It’s been over a year now since Viggo Mortensen embarked on the press circuit for Captain Fantastic, seeing Matt Ross’s second feature, Captain Fantastic, draw raves and a standing ovation at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Certainly, the year that followed has been just as welcoming. Repeatedly…

Some movies need to be discovered for the little gem that they are, and there is no question Captain Fantastic, which has been gaining a lot of awards heat this week, is one of them. To help that cause I was pleased to moderate the session with writer-director Matt Ross and star Viggo Mortensen during the Bleecker…

Eye in the Sky marked the last film from the late beloved actor Alan Rickman, which did not go unnoticed at during Bleecker Street’s panel at the Contenders event today. In a discussion with Deadline’s Pete Hammond, director Gavin Hood lauded Rickman’s final performance. “He was a man of great intelligence, great…

Update with more details: Woody Allen's latest topped 2016 debuts. The Cannes debut is the best screen average of the year at $71K, giving the Specialty box office a needed shot. And on the eve of the Republican convention in Cleveland, doc Hillary's America: The History of the Democratic Party topped spring roll out…

EXCLUSIVE: Jacki Weaver and Jason Schwartzman are set to join Jack Black in The Man Who Would Be Polka King. The feature project is based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak's 2009 documentary, which follows the rise and fall of Jan Lewan, a Pennsylvania polka sensation who unwittingly brought a town to its knees in a…

The Academy has fattened its ranks in the last couple of weeks with all sorts of diverse and international filmmakers in a grand plan to, among other things, avoid a threepeat of no actors of color nominated among the 2016 class in the upcoming Oscar race. Of course, bringing in new members — no matter what the…

UPDATE with more details: Captain Fantastic burst out over the weekend in four New York and Los Angeles theaters grossing $98,451, placing it fifth among titles to open several locations in 2016. The pic ranked atop a fairly crowded pack of newcomers, when looking at per theater averages, though other titles showed…

After mostly taking a pause on Fourth of July weekend, specialty distributors appear to be kicking in with summer alternatives for the second weekend of the month. Bleecker Street is heading out with Sundance debut Captain Fantastic starring Viggo Mortensen. Following today's start in New York and Los Angeles, the…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: With 24 hours to go until the Palme d’Or and other winners are unveiled in the main Cannes Film Festival competition, its companion section, Un Certain Regard, handed out its laurels tonight. The top prize went to The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki. The black-and-white Finnish boxing…

It was the fifth, count ’em fifth, movie of the day for me here on this Tuesday in Cannes. I saw everything in languages ranging from Spanish (Almodovar’s Julieta) to Tagalog (Mama Rosa) to Portugese (a delicious Sonia Braga in Aquarius) and English channeled thru French director Olivier Assayas (Kristen Stewart in Per…

The first trailer for Bleecker Street’s Captain Fantastic has dropped online today, and it’s looking like the film is as odd and interesting as its premise. Starring Viggo Mortensen, the Sundance film follows a father raising his six children in the forests of the Pacific Northwest on a rigorous physical and…

Bleecker Street has staked out a July 8 release date for Captain Fantastic, its Sundance drama starring Viggo Mortensen. He plays a father in the forests of the Pacific Northwest who is raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education. Forced to leave his home and enter the world, he begins a…