Spotlighting New Hollywood, rising stars & films, with news reviews & exclusive interviews.
Andy Serkis is one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood today, and although you may not recognize his face, you have no doubt enjoyed his work. Often referred to as the “king of motion capture”, Serkis has starred in some of the biggest franchises in movie history – The Lord of the Rings, The ...
Molly's Game premiered at Toronto International Film festival (TIFF) on September 9, 2017 at the Wintergarden Theatre. After years as one of Hollywood’s most prominent and polarizing screenwriters, Aaron Sorkin has finally taken his first foray into directing with Molly’s Game, a true story based on poker madam Molly Bloom’s rise and fall in the ...
KISSING CANDICE opens with a red neon nightmare. A young woman sits in a red car with a young man at night. She kisses him, then draws back. Kisses him again, then pulls away. The sexual frustration is palpable, but then the young man abruptly gets out of the car and walks into a grotesque ...
"Young Hollywood" has been roughly defined by ages 18-35 when an actor can still play a high schooler or virgin with any sort of authenticity. Into this fray are actors in their 20s all vying for the same number of projects. From a producer's point of view, they want an actor who will help sell their ...
"Any progress?" "Not really." And with that exchange between husband and wife 20 minutes into THE ATONING, we're off to a slow start for something to happen. Writer/Director Michael Williams clearly made this flick in the mode of THE SHINING. A good looking film set in the most perfectly decorated isolated farmhouse this side of a Crate and ...
This week, as our film pick, we want to draw your attention to an important crime-drama which sadly tells another true tale of unfair punishment in the jaws of the American prison system. Crown Heights (distributed by Amazon Studios, IFC Films), written and directed by Matt Ruskin, winner of the 2017 Sundance Audience award, is ...
This week came the trailer for The Atoning, a new indie horror film, released by Gravitas Ventures. The film stars: Virginia Newcomb (soon to be seen in Jumanji ), Michael LaCour (Texas Heart), and Cannon Bosarge (Bonnie & Clyde, TV series), and it is written, and directed by Michael Williams (OzLand). Don’t be fooled by its relatively unknown ...
We have been blessed, here at Brave New Hollywood, lately, with a row of documentary films, and the film we must bring to your attention is one that is loved by us and many critics online. Letters From Baghdad (distributed by Vitagraph Films) is an important, entertaining film we highly recommend. It is the untold story ...
American independent film director, writer, actor and novelist, John Sayles, talks about receiving the Sierra Spirit Award at this year’s Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, in this video, shot in Mammoth Lakes, California. In this exclusive interview with Brave New Hollywood, the veteran director known for his independent films such as Lone Star (1996), Limbo (1999), City ...
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017 announced the line up for this year’s competition, including special events honoring iconic filmmakers John Sayles (Limbo) and Tommy Chong (Up in Smoke). The five-day festival screens independent features and shorts in the gorgeous eastern Sierra settings of Mammoth Lakes, from May 24 until May 28, 2017, Memorial Day weekend. Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017 ...
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