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Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Emma Tillinger Koskoff (born 1972) is an American film producer. She is best known for her collaborations with Martin Scorsese, including acting as a producer on his films ''The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film), The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), ''Silence (2016 film), Silence'' (2016) and ''The Irishman'' (2019). She is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and a Hollywood Film Awards, Hollywood Film Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Film Awards and three Academy Awards, among other accolades. Life and career Tillinger is the daughter of actors John Tillinger and Dorothy Lyman. Her paternal grandfather was a German Jew. Her younger brother, Sebastian Tillinger, has also been an actor. Tillinger started her career at Artist Management Group, where she worked for co-founder Rick Yorn. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tillinger
John Tillinger (born June 28, 1938) is a theatre director and actor. Life and career Joachim F. Tillinger was born in Tabriz, Iran. His father was German Jewish and his mother was Protestant. Tillinger was raised in England, where he was first exposed to the theatre. He spent his early years on Broadway as an actor, appearing in ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' (standby "Freddie", 1968), '' Othello'' ("Roderigo", 1970), '' Hay Fever'' ("Sandy Tyrell", 1970), and '' The Changing Room'' ("Colin Jagger", 1973). Tillinger's first Broadway directing credit was ''Solomon's Child'' in 1982. Since then he has directed:[Biography"filmreference.com, accessed May 4, 2014 Personal Tillinger was married to actress/director Dorothy Lyman">iography"">[Biography"filmreference.com, accessed May 4, 2014 Personal Tillinger was married to actress/director Dorothy Lyman from 1971 to 1978. They have two children, actor Sebastian Tillinger and producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff">Emma Tillinger. Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Souvenir
''The Souvenir'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Joanna Hogg. A semi-autobiographical account of Hogg's experiences at film school, it stars Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke and Tilda Swinton. ''The Souvenir'' had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 17 January 2019, and was released in the US on 17 May 2019 by A24, and in the UK on 30 August 2019, by Curzon Artificial Eye. It received critical acclaim. A sequel, ''The Souvenir Part II'', was released in 2021. Plot Julie, a film student, intends to make a movie about a boy, his mother, and their life in the city of Sunderland. She lives in a Knightsbridge flat with another student and his girlfriend. She meets Anthony, a well-to-do man who works at the Foreign Office, who moves in with her after her flatmate moves out. He leaves a postcard with a picture of the girl in a painting called ''The Souvenir''. He later takes her to the gallery where the painting is hung. Julie says the girl looks sad, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow (2018 Film)
''Tomorrow'' is a 2018 British drama film directed by Martha Pinson, written by Stuart Brennan and Sebastian Street, and starring Sebastian Street, Stuart Brennan, Stephen Fry, Sophie Kennedy Clark, James Cosmo, Paul Kaye, Stephanie Leonidas and Joss Stone. Its plot concerns the difficulties faced by soldiers returning home from war. It is the directorial debut of Pinson, a long-time script supervisor to Martin Scorsese. Filming began on 22 September 2014 in London and shot for nine weeks, then moved to Spain, for a further week. Premise The story deals with love, life and living in London. Focusing on a soldier returning home from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, his enigmatic new friend and their difficulties in trying to live normal lives. Cast * Sebastian Street as Tesla * Stuart Brennan as Sky * Stephen Fry as Chris * Sophie Kennedy Clark as Lee-Anne * James Cosmo as Mr. Charles * Paul Kaye as Milo * Stephanie Leonidas as Katie * Joss Stone as Mandy Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snowman (2017 Film)
''The Snowman'' is a 2017 psychological thriller film directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, and Søren Sveistrup. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, and Japan, the story is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, and J. K. Simmons, and follows inspector Harry Hole as he tracks a serial killer who builds snowmen at his crime scenes. Principal photography began on 18 January 2016 in Norway, before moving to London and Sweden. ''The Snowman'' premiered on 7 October 2017 at the Haifa International Film Festival, and was theatrically released by on 13 October 2017 in the United Kingdom and Sweden, and on 20 October 2017 in the United States by Universal Pictures. The film grossed $43 million worldwide against a $35 million budget, and it was widely panned by critics, who called it "clichéd and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ciambra
''A Ciambra'' () is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Jonas Carpignano. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes in won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is the second in the director's trilogy set in a Calabrian town, following ''Mediterranea'' (2015) and followed by ''A Chiara'' (2022). Plot Fourteen-year-old Pio Amato idolizes his older brother in their small Romani community in Calabria. Challenges mount after his older brother disappears. Cast * Pio Amato as Pio Amato * Koudous Seihon * Damiano Amato as Cosimo Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 58 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Fire
''Free Fire'' is a 2016 British black comedy-action film directed by Ben Wheatley, from a screenplay by Wheatley and Amy Jump. It stars Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley and Noah Taylor. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2016, and also served as the closer of the 2016 BFI London Film Festival on 16 October. The film was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2017, by StudioCanal UK, and in the United States on 21 April 2017, by A24. Plot On a cold night in 1978, while driving to meet IRA members Chris (Cillian Murphy) and Frank (Michael Smiley), Stevo (Sam Riley) tells Bernie (Enzo Cilenti) that he was beaten up the previous day by the cousin of a woman he assaulted. The group meet outside a Boston warehouse with intermediary Justine (Brie Larson), and a representative, Ord (Armie Hammer), leads them inside. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleed For This
''Bleed for This'' is a 2016 American biographical sports film written and directed by Ben Younger and based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza. The film stars Miles Teller as Pazienza, with Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, and Ted Levine in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the 43rd Annual Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016, and was released in the United States on November 18, 2016, by Open Road Films. Plot In November 1988, Vinny Pazienza boxes Roger Mayweather for the WBC World Light Welterweight Title. He arrives late to the weigh-in, as he has been riding a stationary bicycle in order to make the weight limit. Vinny's final weight is 140 pounds even, which qualifies him for the fight. Instead of resting up for the fight, Vinny spends the night at a casino. The following day, he loses to Mayweather. At one point during the fight, Vinny is hit after the bell. His boxing manager Lou Duva causes a scene by going a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Hurt
''Bad Hurt'' is a 2015 American film directed by Mark Kemble. It stars Theo Rossi, Karen Allen and Johnny Whitworth. The film is based on the play ''Badhurt on Cedar Street''. Plot A Staten Island family cares for their Iraq veteran son with PTSD and their mentally disabled daughter. Cast * Theo Rossi as Todd Kendall * Ashley Williams as Jessie * Johnny Whitworth as Kent Kendall * Iris Gilad as Dee Dee Kendall * Calvin Dutton as Willy Crum * Karen Allen as Elaine Kendall * Michael Harney as Ed Kendall * Dorothy Lyman as Mrs. Salisbury Reception The film got 79% positive reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. In ''The Hollywood Reporter'', Jordan Mintzer wrote that the film "marks a promising directorial debut from playwright Mark Kemble". Gary Goldstein of the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo (film)
''Hugo'' is a 2011 American adventure film, adventure drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, and adapted for the screen by John Logan (writer), John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's 2007 book ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'', it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s, only to become embroiled in a mystery surrounding his late father's automaton and the pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès. ''Hugo'' is Scorsese's first film shot in 3-D film, 3D, about which the filmmaker remarked, "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was released in the United States on November 23, 2011. ''Hugo'' received 11 Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations (including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture), more than any other film that year, winning five: Academy Award for Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutter Island (film)
''Shutter Island'' is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and adapted by Laeta Kalogridis, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on Shutter Island after one of the patients goes missing. Mark Ruffalo plays his partner and fellow deputy marshal, Ben Kingsley is the facility's lead psychiatrist, Max von Sydow is a German doctor, and Michelle Williams is Daniels' wife. Released on February 19, 2010, ''Shutter Island'' received generally positive reviews from critics, was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2010, and grossed $294 million worldwide. The film is noted for its soundtrack, which prominently used classical music, such as that of Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, John Cage, Ingram Marshall, and Max Richter. Plot In 1954, U.S. Marshal E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Departed
''The Departed'' is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film ''Infernal Affairs'' and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin in supporting roles. The film takes place in Boston. Irish Mob boss Frank Costello (Nicholson) plants Colin Sullivan (Damon) as a spy within the Massachusetts State Police; simultaneously, the police assign undercover state trooper Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) to infiltrate Costello's crew. When both sides realize the situation, Sullivan and Costigan each attempt to discover the other's identity before they are found out. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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