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Tyler, the Creator is set to make his feature film acting debut in Marty Supreme, the Timothée Chalamet A24 movie from Josh Safdie.

Safdie will direct the feature from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Plot details remain under wraps, but while it was previously rumored to be loosely inspired by a pro ping-pong player, the movie is said to be a fictionalized original film.

Gwyneth Paltrow is set for the feature, her first onscreen feature role since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

Marty Supreme will be produced by Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Bronstein, Safdie, Chalamet and A24. The project reunites Safdie with A24 after the company produced his two most recent films, Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019), both of which he co-directed with his brother Benny Safdie.

Tyler, the Creator is best known for his music career as one of the members of the Odd Future music collective. His...

After answering the call to defeat Thanos in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, Gwyneth Paltrow stepped away from the Hollywood spotlight to appear in shorts, Netflix’s The Politician series, a voice-acting role in She Said, and a guest voice role in American Horror Stories. While in big screen hibernation, she nurtured Goop, her wellness and lifestyle program. Now, Gwyneth Paltrow is ready to return to cinemas as a featured player in Josh Safdie’s mysterious new film project, Marty Supreme.

The forthcoming film hails from Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems), with the project based on a script he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Initially, watercooler whispers pegged Marty Supreme as a film loosely revolving around a pro ping pong player. However, the latest gossip says it’s a fictionalized original film. Is the project still making moves to tell the story of ping-pong professional Marty Reisman? Your guess is as good as ours.

After a few years away from the big screen, Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) is back, as we’ve learned that she’s set to star opposite Timothée Chalamet in A24’s new film Marty Supreme directed by Josh Safdie.

The project will feature her first substantial film role since Avengers: Endgame back in 2019.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the pic has been reported as being loosely inspired by pro ping pong player Marty Reisman. At the same time, sources close to the production stress that it’s a fictionalized original, rather than a biopic. It’s unclear for the moment who Paltrow will be playing.

Safdie and Ronald Bronstein penned the script and will produce alongside Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Chalamet and A24.

For Safdie, who saw A24 produce and/or distribute his and brother Benny’s acclaimed films Uncut Gems and Good Time,...

Shakespeare in Love Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow is returning to the big screen.

The Goop founder will join Timothée Chalamet in A24’s Marty Supreme, to be directed by Josh Safdie from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Plot details remain under wraps, but while it was previously rumored to be loosely inspired by a pro ping-pong player, the movie is said to be a fictionalized original film.

Paltrow’s most recent movie credit was five years ago in Avengers: Endgame, and she’s also starred in Sliding Doors, Proof, Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, David Fincher’s Seven, the Farrelly brothers’ Shallow Hal and Alfonso Cuarón’s Great Expectations during her long career.

Marty Supreme will be produced by Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Bronstein, Safdie, Chalamet and A24. The project reunites Safdie with A24 after the company produced his two most recent films,...

Newsa.I. Artificial Intelligence.Voting is underway to ratify IATSE’s tentative agreement with AMPTP, as union leaders try to assuage the fears of members about new allowances for AI. Results will be announced tomorrow, July 18.Agnieszka Holland, James Gray, Andrew Haigh, and Kleber Mendonça Filho, are among the members of the main competition jury of next month’s Venice Film Festival, led by Isabelle Huppert. An AI company called Flawless is developing technology to dub films and television programs into different languages with “perfectly lip-synced visuals,” playing to the aspirations of non-English-language productions, especially, to reach a subtitle-averse market in the US.In PRODUCTIONTimothée Chalamet will star in and produce Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, apparently inspired by the professional ping pong player Marty Reisman. This is Safdie’s first solo outing as a director since The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), having shared the credit for his last five films with his brother,...

Timothée Chalamet is eyeing the lead role in Josh Safdie’s next film.

The actor is in final negotiations to star in A24’s upcoming feature Marty Supreme, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Plot details are under wraps, but the movie is said to be a fictionalized original work.

Safdie is set to helm the film from a script he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Producers include Safdie, Chalamet, Bronstein, Eli Bush and Anthony Katagas.

The project reunites Safdie with A24 after the company produced his two most recent films, Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019), both of which he co-directed with his brother Benny Safdie. The Safdies are no longer planning to co-direct projects but continue to produce together through their company Elara Pictures. Bronstein has writing credits on both the Robert Pattinson-led Good Time and the Adam Sandler-starring Uncut Gems.

Marty Supreme is reported to involve ping-pong, and...

With Timothée Chalamet next playing Bob Dylan, he’ll next be trading singing for ping pong slinging.

The actor, who is portraying Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” is in final negotiations to star in and produce Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” about a professional ping pong champ, A24 announced on Monday.

The movie is a fictionalized, original film written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, and official plot details are being kept under wraps.

Though as Variety is reporting, the film may be loosely inspired by the life of Marty Reisman, a ping pong champion who won 22 major ping pong titles from 1946 to 2002, and five bronze medals at the World Table Tennis Championships across his career. He also made history as the oldest player to win an open national competition in a racket sport while competing in the United States National Hardbat Championship. He died in 2012.

Reisman...

Timothée Chalamet (Dune franchise) is in final negotiations to produce and star in Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s new film for A24, Deadline has confirmed.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the film reportedly is loosely inspired by pro ping pong player Marty Reisman. Ronald Bronstein and Safdie penned the script, with the pair to produce alongside Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas and A24. Previously seeing A24 produce his and brother Benny Safdie’s films Uncut Gems and Good Time, Josh’s most recent solo directorial effort prior to Marty Supreme was 2008’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed. He comes to the project on his own following the revelation not too long ago that he and his brother have split off to pursue solo directing careers, while continuing to produce together through their Elara Pictures.

A legendary American table tennis player known for his flamboyant style and exceptional skill,...

Get ready to rally with Chalamet.

Timothée Chalamet is set to star in and produce “Marty Supreme,” an original movie from Josh Safdie and A24. Sources close to the film say “Marty Supreme” is a fictionalized story, while Variety hears the film is inspired by professional ping pong player Marty Reisman.

“Marty Supreme” is written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, who produce alongside Eli Bush and Anthony Katagas. The film reunites Safdie with producer A24, which distributed his last two features, “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time.”

A24 confirmed the news in a social media post, writing, “Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme starring @RealChalamet. Coming soon.”

Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme starring @RealChalamet. Coming soon pic.twitter.com/9ko3uu0IsC

— A24 (@A24) July 15, 2024

Reisman, who died in 2012, was a table tennis champion who started his career as a hustler in Manhattan, playing for bets and prize money. He won 22 major ping...

A few seconds before the world premiere of Sean Price Williams’ directorial debut “The Sweet East,” the names of Josh and Benny Safdie rolled on the screen as part of the Directors’ Fortnight vignette. It feels only prescient, as the Cannes sidebar is destined to do for Williams what it did for the brothers, having launched the Safdies’ career by playing their first two features, “The Pleasure of Being Robbed” and “Daddy Longlegs,” in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

Continue reading ‘The Sweet East’ Review: Sean Price Williams’ Incisive Directorial Debut Is A Caustic Portrayal of Americana at The Playlist.

Video Version of this Article Photo/Video: Safdie Brothers/Shutterstock/Hollywood Insider YouTube Channel The Safdie Brothers, Josh and Benny, are New York natives, and from watching their films, you’d probably be able to guess that. Every single one of the Safdie Brothers’ six feature films takes place in New York City, and that’s only the start of the similarities between them. Though unassuming at first, the Safdie Brothers have organized one of the most successful underground filmmakers come-ups of the 2010s. First appearing on the scene with ‘The Pleasure of Being Robbed’, the Safdies have and continue to use film festivals as their main way of gaining notoriety. Let’s take a look at their filmography to see the rise of the Safdie Brothers and find out what they’re planning next. Related article: The Complete List of 2021 Oscar Nominations – Celebrations, Surprises & Snubs | The Show Must Go...

With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform. Parts of this article were published when “Good Time” premiered at Cannes.

Filmmaking duo Josh and Benny Safdie are quickly becoming some of the most celebrated American directors out there: “Uncut Gems” was the surprise hit of 2019, a dark and gritty Adam Sandler vehicle that transformed his oddball humor into a cinematic odyssey through the streets of New York’s diamond district. Now, with the movie continuing to raise its profile as one of Netflix’s most popular new releases, the Safdie brand has never been stronger: As with Robert Pattinson in “Good Time,” the Safdies have once again proven they can transform stars into naturalistic puddles of exasperation, real human faces for these anxiety-riddled times.

However, Safdie completists know that the...

This is how HBO wins: The network has signed a two-year first look deal with “Uncut Gems” writer-directors Josh and Benny Safdie.

Variety reported that duo and Elara Pictures, which the brothers co-founded with Sebastian Bear-McClard and Ronald Bronstein in 2014, will produce film and television projects for the platform. A24, which produced the Safdie brothers’ “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time,” as well as acclaimed films such as “Midsommar,” will executive produce all projects under the deal and will partner with Elara on certain projects outside the deal. A24 has partnered with HBO on several past television projects, most recently drama series “Euphoria” starring Zendaya, which has been renewed for a second season.

Terms of the Safdie brothers’ HBO deal were not disclosed.

The deal could result in the Safdie brothers’ first television project. The duo’s filmography has been widely praised and last year’s Adam Sandler-led “Uncut Gems...

Following our top 50 films of 2019, we’re sharing personal top 10 lists from our contributors. Check out the latest below and see our complete year-end coverage here.

To paraphrase Drake, “Where should I even really start?” 2019 was a year full of cinematic riches informed by dominant forces of the day: global politics, streaming (with an endless river of tech money), and an increased push across the board to include diverse voices at both festivals and in studios, which has led to more innovative storytelling across the board. Certainly, there is more work to be done but 2019’s global filmmakers went to work reflecting our collective dreams, fears, and anxieties. Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple TV created and distributed content in a kind of arms race that truly benefits consumers.

Streaming and the need for prestige content like The Irishman and Marriage Story (typically the domain of studios or their...

Adam Sandler has embodied many obnoxious, self-absorbed figures over the years, but with “Uncut Gems,” he plays the most contemptible character in a 30-year career. Directors Joshua and Benny Safdie’s followup to “Good Time” is on that same wavelength — abrasive, deranged, driven by an insuppressible blur of movement and noise. It’s also a riveting high-wire act, pairing cosmic visuals with the gritty energy of a dark psychological thriller and sudden bursts of frantic comedy, and it’s the first movie to truly commune with Sandler’s performative strengths since “Punch-Drunk Love.”

After all, it’s a Safdie brothers movie. Ever since 2008’s “The Pleasure of Being Robbed,” these sibling filmmakers have excelled at burrowing inside the mindset of combustible characters driven to destructive tendencies just to survive another day. The dysfunctional father of “Daddy Longlegs” may as well exist in the same restless universe as the furious junkies...

First reactions from Benny and Josh Safdie’s “Uncut Gems,” starring Adam Sandler as a New York jewelry merchant caught up in a hot jam, are flying out of Telluride. Anticipation was high on the heels of the Safdies’ 2017 heist-thriller-from-hell “Good Time.”

With Telluride audiences’ ears literally still ringing, per the reactions rounded up below, it seems “Uncut Gems” is yet another merciless assault on the senses from the auteur brothers, who previously plunged viewers headfirst into heroin addiction with “Heaven Knows What” and casual kleptomania with “The Pleasure of Being Robbed.” Comparisons to cocaine and pleas for post-screening benzos abound.

Yes, yes, Adam Sandler rules. But the nerve-rattling fun of Uncut Gems is how it synthesizes every Safdie bros movie before it, from Good Time to Daddy Longlegs to Lenny Cooke in a mesmerizing chronicle of desperate schemes…think Mean Streets meets Preston Sturges. #Telluride

— erickohn (@erickohn) August 31, 2019

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Shot on a $1.5 million budget and ranking as the lowest-budgeted film in Academy Awards’ history, 2017 best picture winner “Moonlight”, highlighted the talent associated to Miami’s burgeoning film community.

To capitalize on the surge in local filmmaking talent, ArtCenter/South Florida has launched a micro-budget Cinematic Arts residency, accepting entries until Sept. 18, that will provide up to $50,000 funding per project for two feature films by Miami-based filmmakers.

The residency will roll-off on Miami’s unique mix of talent and ethnic communities, including a large number of filmmakers with Latin American roots. It will be run by local helmer Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, co-founder of the Third Horizon Film Festival, whose Haiti-set documentary “Papa Machete,” premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and has generated over one million views on NationalGeographic.com.

Projects will be selected by a jury headed by Andrew Hevia, “Moonlight” co-producer and co-founder of the Borscht Film Festival.

Jeffers...

Film is certainly not dead! The box office may be down due to a steady diet of crap fed by the studio system, but even if Baywatch (the whipping boy for this year’s domestic box office) had been decent, would we have remembered it months later? Hollywood did churn out some good films–the best of which were considered crowd pleasers with a charm all their own; films like Coco and Girls Trip offered big laughs with a lot of heart. Those that took risks, notably Get Out, also found themselves rewarded while too much risk (mother!) proved to turn off casual moviegoers, even if they offered pleasure for those resisting a literal reading of what was on screen.

At the art house (and those multiplexes that offer a screen or two to quality films), it was a virtual embarrassment of cinematic riches, with no shortage of stimulating conversation...

Josh and Benny Safdie have been making critically acclaimed and award-winning features for about a decade, starting with The Pleasure of Being Robbed, but they're only now getting mainstream attention with Good Time, their incredible new thriller starring Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The former has been receiving awards buzz all season and even though he's missing out on major kudos like the Golden Globes, he and the movie are basking in the consideration. Now the Safdie brothers are probably basking in greater Hollywood favor. Good Time is an indie but one that proves the duo can deliver on intense, entertaining action that's driven by compelling characters and strong storytelling. It's no wonder that they've been tapped to remake...

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Josh and Benny Safdie have been making critically acclaimed and award-winning features for about a decade, starting with The Pleasure of Being Robbed, but they're only now getting mainstream attention with Good Time, their incredible new thriller starring Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The former has been receiving awards buzz all season and even though he's missing out on major kudos like the Golden Globes, he and the movie are basking in the consideration. Now the...

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With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

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Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.

Long before Robert Pattinson took a risk on them by starring in the gritty heist movie “Good Time,” sibling directors Josh and Benny Safdie spent a decade making scrappy, low-budget movies on the streets of New York. Now, they’ve been to Cannes three times, won fans from Hollywood executives and Martin Scorsese alike, and set up their own production company.

Just a few weeks after “Good Time” landed acclaim in competition at Cannes, a big studio project offered them a project. And they said no.

“It’s been a strange confluence of events,” said Benny in an interview a few days before the movie’s release in New York. “It’s just weird, because now there are a lot more people asking us questions—“

Josh, who’s a year and half older at 33, cut in. He does that a lot. “All of a sudden, everyone’s like, ‘Oh, you speak our language.

Robert Pattinson can't explain it – he just knew.

It was early 2015, and the Twilight star was now three years removed from Edward Cullen, the iconic vampire heartthrob who made the British actor's name but had also painted him into a corner. Looking to break free, the then-29-year-old star began seeking out daring dramas and working with filmmakers like David Cronenberg, David Michôd, Werner Herzog and James Gray. He was determined to prove that he wasn't just a Ya pinup. And in the midst of that reinvention, Pattinson stumbled upon...

Josh and Ben Safdie’s Cannes entry “Good Time” doesn’t hit theaters until August 11, but Robert Pattinson fans can get a taste of the crime-drama by listening to a song on the film’s soundtrack from Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never. “The Pure and the Damned” is a collaboration with Iggy Pop and closes out the 13-song soundtrack, also out August 11.

Read More: Cannes 2017: The 10 Best Movies of This Year’s Festival

“Good Time,” which won the Soundtrack Award at Cannes last month, follows a bank robber (Pattinson) who finds himself unable to evade those who are looking for him.

“About 8 years ago, we were turned onto the music of Oneohtrix Point Never,” Josh Safdie wrote on the YouTube page for the song. “I had always imagined Dan’s work, especially his earlier work, as soundtracks to movies that never existed.”

Lopatin added, “To me the Safdies...

Exclusive: Cannes title secures mix of traditional distributors and Netflix on a number of key territories.

Memento Films International (Mfi) is reporting “sell-out sales” on Josh and Benny Safdie’s Cannes Palme d’Or contender Good Time, in a mix of deals combining a multi-territory Netflix Svod accord with a slew of theatrical pick-ups.

The heist thriller, starring Robert Pattinson, marked the brothers’ Cannes Competition debut after previously playing in Directors’ Fortnight with The Pleasure Of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs.

Paris-based Mfi said Netflix has picked up the film for a Svod window in Spain, Italy, UK and Ireland, Scandinavia, Israel, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia, Cis, the Baltics, ex-Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Netflix acquired the film after the initial sales launch at the Afm last November in a deal stipulating that the streaming giant allow a theatrical release in territories where distributors wanted to take...

Exclusive: Cannes title also scores cinema deals, reflecting a shift in global distribution landscape.

Memento Films International (Mfi) is reporting “sell-out sales” on Josh and Benny Safdie’s Cannes Palme d’Or contender Good Time, in a mix of deals combining a multi-territory Netflix Svod accord with a slew of theatrical pick-ups.

The heist thriller, starring Robert Pattinson, marked the brothers’ Cannes Competition debut after previously playing in Directors’ Fortnight with The Pleasure Of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs.

Paris-based Mfi said Netflix has picked up the film for a Svod window in Spain, Italy, UK and Ireland, Scandinavia, Israel, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia, Cis, the Baltics, ex-Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Netflix acquired the film after the initial sales launch at the Afm last November in a deal stipulating that the streaming giant allow a theatrical release in territories where distributors wanted to take on the...

Robert Pattinson made his name in “Twilight” and now capitalizes on his global bankability by chasing distinctive character roles and indie auteurs. This time it’s Josh and Benny Safdie’s Cannes Competition entry “Good Time” (A24, August 11) as he takes on the canny older brother who looks out for his impulsive, hulking sibling (Benny Safdie).

At the official Cannes press conference following the screening, he announced that he’ll star in “Parrots of Summer,” the upcoming film from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ciro Guerra (“Embrace of the Serpent”) as well as another film with David Michôd, with whom he worked on “The Rover.”

In the can is “Damsel,” a Zellner brothers western with Mia Wasikowska, which is seeking distribution; coming up are movies with French filmmaker Claire Denis (father-daughter space drama “High Life”) and “Christine” director Antonio Campos.

Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted...

Robert Pattinson made his name in “Twilight” and now capitalizes on his global bankability by chasing distinctive character roles and indie auteurs. This time it’s Josh and Benny Safdie’s Cannes Competition entry “Good Time” (A24, August 11) as he takes on the canny older brother who looks out for his impulsive, hulking sibling (Benny Safdie).

At the official Cannes press conference following the screening, he announced that he’ll star in “Parrots of Summer,” the upcoming film from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ciro Guerra (“Embrace of the Serpent”) as well as another film with David Michôd, with whom he worked on “The Rover.”

In the can is “Damsel,” a Zellner brothers western with Mia Wasikowska, which is seeking distribution; coming up are movies with French filmmaker Claire Denis (father-daughter space drama “High Life”) and “Christine” director Antonio Campos.

Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted...

A24, the New York-based independent entertainment company founded by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges has just scooped up the worldwide rights to Uncut Gems, a thriller set to be directed by both Josh and Benny Safdie (The Pleasure Of Being Robbed, Daddy Longlegs). Alongside the announcement of the film, it's also been revealed that Jonah Hill (War Dogs, Moneyball) is set to star in the project... Read More...

A24 has purchased the worldwide rights to the Safdie brothers’ next film, the thriller “Uncut Gems,” Deadline reports. Scott Rudin and Eli Bush of Scott Rudin Productions are producing, with Martin Scorsese executive producing. Benny and Josh Safdie co-wrote the script with Ronald Bronstein.

Read More: Cannes: Before ‘Good Time,’ the Safdie Brothers’ ‘Daddy Longlegs’ Reinvented the New York Movie

“Uncut Gems” will star Jonah Hill as Howard Ratner, the central character in a story set in New York City’s Diamond District. Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producer of Scorsese’s “Silence,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and the upcoming “The Irishman,” will also executive produce.

The Safdie brothers’ new film, “Good Time,” is having its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie follows a bank robber, played by Robert Pattinson, who finds himself unable to evade those who are looking for him. “Good Time, the film...

Robert Pattinson is extending his list of films that will have their world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival with “Good Time,” which follows a bank robber who finds himself unable to evade those who are looking for him. The film will play in Competition at Cannes. Pattinson’s previous Cannes movies include David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis” and “Maps To The Stars” and David Michod’s “The Rover.”

Watch First Short By ‘Heaven Knows What’ Director Benny Safdie Online For Free

Directed by brothers Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie, “Good Time” also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Barkhad Abdi. Josh Safdie recently commented on the film in an Instagram post, saying:

Good Time, the film we’ve been slaving over for the past 19 months, will world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the main competition! Here’s a still of #RobertPattinson as Connie. He and everyone else in the film are incredible.

For such a highly anticipated event, the Cannes Film Festival tends to contain a fairly predictable lineup: The Official Selection focuses on established auteurs whose work lands a coveted slot at the flashy gathering on autopilot. That was certainly the case last year, when the 2016 edition opened with a Woody Allen movie and featured new work from the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Nicolas Winding Refn, the Dardennes brothers and Olivier Assayas.

But we live in unpredictable times, and judging by today’s announcement of the Official Selection for Cannes 2017, even the world’s most powerful festival isn’t impervious to change. This year’s Cannes is filled with surprises: television and virtual reality, some intriguing non-fiction selections, and a whole lot of unknown quantities that push the festival in fresh directions.

That’s not to say that there aren’t a few familiar names that stand out. Todd Haynes is...

In order to make accurate predictions about the potential Cannes Film Festival lineup, it’s first important to explore which films definitely won’t make the cut. The glamorous French gathering is notorious for waiting until the last minute before locking in every slot for its Official Selection. That includes competition titles, out of competition titles, a small midnight section and the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Cannes announces the bulk of its selections in Paris on April 13, but until then, there are plenty of ways to make educated guesses. Much of the reporting surrounding the upcoming festival selection is simply lists of films expected to come out this year. However, certain movies are definitely not going to the festival for various reasons.

That’s why our own list of potentials doesn’t include “Image Et Parole,” Jean-Luc Godard’s followup to “Goodbye to Language,” which sales agent Wild Bunch now anticipates as a 2018 title.

Is Casey Neistat “the innovator of vlogging”? That was the gushing description heaped on the filmmaker in an introduction to his appearance at Vidcon last week. He was all for the hyperbole. “Say it louder,” he said as he sat down for a discussion about his career. As a professional vlogger, part of Neistat’s product (and his charm) is his persona: A blend of daredevil machismo and heartfelt humility. In person and online, he emanates a playful warmth and a deep love for his fans.

In addition to sharing daily videos on his YouTube channel, Neistat is a filmmaker, producer, and director. He has roots in the indie film world, with a producer credit on John and Benny Safdie’s “Daddy Longlegs,” which won an Independent Spirit Award in 2011, and executive producing “The Pleasure of Being Robbed,” which played Cannes in 2008.

But the Internet has welcomed Neistat more warmly than any film festival.

“Heaven Knows What” is the latest film from Josh and Ben Safdie. The brothers' first two features, "The Pleasure Of Being Robbed" and "Daddy Longlegs" put them on the radar and appeared at top-tier festivals around the world. Meanwhile, their first feature documentary “Lenny Cooke” hit both the Tribeca Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. And now, you can watch the new trailer for their latest which is also earning them a fair share of attention. The story takes place in New York City’s Upper West Side, telling the tale of two heroin-addicted lovers played by Arielle Holmes and Caleb Landry Jones. The film is based on the true stories told in the book "Mad Love In New York City" written by Holmes, and our review called the movie "a strident, difficult watch" but one that is "nonetheless a truthful, specific film." The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the C.

Winner of the top prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2014, Josh and Benny Safdie's latest film, Heaven Knows What, is based on Arielle Holmes' unpublished memoirs about her days as a heroin addict on the streets of New York City. Holmes stars alongside Caleb Landry Jones (Antiviral). RADiUS TWC will be releasing the film stateside later this spring, while Paste Magazine premiered the trailer today. It's a feverish cut, knocking us straight into the tumult of an addict's desperation. The Safdie Brothers have been steadily building up an interesting body of work on the American Independent scene, starting years ago with The Pleasure Of Being Robbed, which I still hold charming memories of. This promises to be their most assured film yet,...

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After landing more audience “friendly” items in Ross Katz’ Adult Beginners and Richard Lagravenese’s The Last 5 Years, RADiUS’ Tom Quinn and Jason Janego have made their third pick-up of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (technically their first post-fest item) with a boundary-pushing/raw street film that blurs the lines between docu and fiction. After world preeming in Venice, and Tiff, the Safdie Bros.’ Heaven Knows What lands at Nyff tomorrow and will be pegged with a second quarter 2015 release.

Gist: Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, this is based on Arielle Holmes’ soon-to-be-published memoir Mad Love in New York City and tells the story of a vagabond couple in NYC battling addiction amidst a manic love affair.

Worth Noting: Creative members of the Safdies collaborative include Ronald Brownstein, mutli-tasking actress Eleonore Hendricks and for a second outing, Sean Price Williams (Dp on Alex Ross Perry’s films).

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Heaven Knows What

Written by Ronald Bronstein and Joshua Safdie

Directed by Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

USA, 2014

While some spectators may roll their eyes at the thought of another indie film about drug addiction, Josh and Benny Safdie’s Heaven Knows What is a horrifying and remarkable piece of cinema that feels both alarmingly alive and alien given its subject matter. Bold, raw, and severely emotive, the Safdie’s latest is another one of their standard New York tales. Far more emotionally affecting and aesthetically brazen than their first two feature length films, The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008) and Daddy Longlegs (2009), Heaven Knows What is one of the few films of its kind that thrives on a new kind of detail and specificity regarding its characters and their milieu.

We’re immediately dropped into the world of junkies and users just barely scraping by and living the daily grind...

Sibling directors have been a thing ever since the Coen brothers rose to prominence, but the Safdie Brothers have been carving out their own niche. Their debut feature "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" was the only American premiere at the 2008 Directors Fortnight sidebar at Cannes, where they returned a year later with "Daddy Longlegs," which went on to receive acclaim at Sundance and elsewhere. Their basketball documentary "Lenny Cooke" hit theaters last year to strong acclaim. Now, Indiewire has learned that the duo is planning another feature, titled "Heaven Knows What," and launching a new production company. Read More: Why the Poignant, Fascinating 'Lenny Cooke' Is Not Your Typical Sports Doc Based on the experiences faced by Arielle Holmes, a street kid the brothers met on a subway, the film is said to be a tumultuous drama (starring Holmes) about a couple who face addiction.  "Heaven Knows What" was co-written by Ronald Bronstein,...

Josh and Benny Safdie, the New York filmmakers behind 2010's “Daddy Longlegs” and 2008's “The Pleasure of Being Robbed,” have wrapped production on their latest film, “Heaven Knows What.” A hybrid picture that blends documentary and narrative, “Heaven” features Arielle Holmes, a kid the filmmaker brothers met on the subway, playing a fictionalized version of herself. She'll star alongside Caleb Landry Jones (“X-Men: First Class”) in a story about “a young vagabond couple in New York City battling addiction amidst a manic love affair.” Also read: James Franco Wins One for ‘Spring Breakers’ – Just Like That, A24's Awards Campaign ‘Feels More Real’ The film.

An intimate portrait of a near-forgotten high school basketball phenom turned undrafted afterthought, Lenny Cooke is the first documentary from the young New York wunderkinds Benny and Josh Safdie. Given that their previous films, The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs (I miss its original title, Go Get Some Rosemary), were intimate, 16 millimeter throwbacks to another era of rough and tumble New York independent filmmaking, this film comes as a surprise in a way. Made by self-professed basketball fanatics in the midst of a season of discontent (poor Knicks), Lenny Cooke is a project that predates any of the Safdies narrative efforts. An emotionally […]...

An intimate portrait of a near-forgotten high school basketball phenom turned undrafted afterthought, Lenny Cooke is the first documentary from the young New York wunderkinds Benny and Josh Safdie. Given that their previous films, The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs (I miss its original title, Go Get Some Rosemary), were intimate, 16 millimeter throwbacks to another era of rough and tumble New York independent filmmaking, this film comes as a surprise in a way. Made by self-professed basketball fanatics in the midst of a season of discontent (poor Knicks), Lenny Cooke is a project that predates any of the Safdies narrative efforts. An emotionally […]...

New York filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie are known for their irreverent urban narratives "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" and "Daddy Longlegs," both of which contain a naturalistic quality that suggests they could work wonders with non-fiction. With "Lenny Cooke," they've done just that: Partly a found footage documentary about former high school basketball star Lenny Cooke, who in 2001 ranked highest in the country, the movie follows Cooke from his promising teen years through the series of disappointments that follow, constructing a beguiling American tragedy that defies genre categorization and eventually veers into magic realism even as it remains tethered to a true story. The Safdies have stood out over the last few years for continually challenging audience expectations even while seeming to adhere to conventional storytelling traditions, and that's certainly true here: You've never seen a sports movie like this before. Early on, it's clear that the Safdies find their subject.

New York filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie are known for their irreverent urban narratives "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" and "Daddy Longlegs," both of which contain a naturalistic quality that suggests they could work wonders with non-fiction. With "Lenny Cooke," they've done just that: Partly a found footage documentary about former high school basketball star Lenny Cooke, who in 2001 ranked highest in the country, the movie follows Cooke from his promising teen years through the series of disappointments that follow, constructing a beguiling American tragedy that defies genre categorization and eventually veers into magic realism even as it remains tethered to a true story. The Safdies have stood out over the last few years for continually challenging audience expectations even while seeming to adhere to conventional storytelling traditions, and that's certainly true here: You've never seen a sports movie like this before. Early on, it's clear that the Safdies find their subject.

We've got your exclusive first look at the poster one sheet for Gregory Kohn's Northeast, the shot on 16mm pic which stars David Call, ("Two Gates of Sleep") and Eleonore Hendricks (from the Safdie Bros.' The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Go Get Some Rosemary). Tribeca Film is releasing the indie pic nationwide on December 26th via cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon, and Vudu. Tomorrow we'll be bringing you the trailer. David Call plays Will, an unemployed and aimless playboy in Brooklyn, New York, has spent his 20’s skating on easy charm from one casual, distant affair to the next. Noticing his friends’ happiness as they gradually settle into steady jobs and committed relationships, Will decides to trade apathy for effort in order to find someone with whom he can start the next chapter of his life.

When we watch movies, it's always filtered through our own experiences. I never had pets growing up, so violence against animals never bothers me. But for some folks, it's a deal breaker. I like depressing relationship "comedies" like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lars and the Real Girl and Blue Valentine, but for folks who like sunshine and rainbows, it's a dreary experience. We all watch movies differently, based on how we've lived our lives, and so our reactions are different. But even more so than that, it's how we watch the movies. A comedy watched in a theater full of an appreciative audience might be funnier than when we watch it alone at home during the week. The first film you see with your father or mother in a theater is going to resonate much differently than if you are watching it with a group of friends,...

Disclaimer: If you want to see Catfish, go see it, or ask that it be screened in your town. Telling you anything about this film is in reality a spoiler. If this were Rotten Tomatoes, and godwilling, as new members of the Ofcs Daniel Carlson and I will soon be counted on the Tomatometer, I'd give it a Fresh rating, but probably tell you that it's a little moldy.

I'm hesitant to write anything about Catfish, other than you should give it a gander. Addressing even the smallest part of the film seems like cheating the potential viewer. It was obviously designed to be a small secret documentary that snuck in through the back door of your mind and played all manner of games with your head. The entire project is meant as not the bottom-feeding titular fish, but rather a giant red herring to force you to ponder on...

I landed at the quaint Lugano airport in Switzerland yesterday, completing a seven hour journey from New York to cover the Locarno Film Festival, which I'll attend until August 13. Surrounded by the natural tranquility of the Swiss alps, I nearly forgot I was there to watch movies. But then I spotted Locarno juror Josh Safdie, accompanied by his brother Benny, and the context came rushing back. The Safdies are fresh from working on their new 35mm short and gearing up for a nifty series they curated at Bam. Josh, whose "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" was programmed at Director's…...

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Directors: Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie Starring: Ron Bronstein, Frey and Sage Ranaldo Cinematographers: Brett Jutkiewicz, Joshua Safdie Studio/Run Time: Tk, 100 mins. Unconventional parenting Is Lenny Sokol the coolest dad ever? Or is he a walking hazard who exposes his often unruly twin boys to risks most parents would consider unthinkable, if not prosecutable? Both, actually. This autobiographical film by brothers Ben and Joshua Safdie (The Pleasure of Being Robbed) is a freewheeling, totally bugged-out portrait of a father whose love is inseparable from chaos....