The cosmos somehow aligned for this to be the weekend in which two headlining actors star as singers in two limited releases that open in the same frame — albeit with quite different stories… In the end, it seems both Gunpowder & Sky's Her Smell and Bleecker Street's Teen Spirit mostly split the audiences — or shared…

Women and music are at the center of two new Specialty releases this weekend. LD Entertainment/Bleecker Street is taking Elle Fanning starrer Teen Spirit by Max Minghella to New York and L.A. before a fairly wide expansion next weekend, while Gunpowder & Sky is opening Alex Ross Perry's punk drama Her Smell with…

“This world is extremely competitive,” one adult tells the aspiring singer in Teen Spirit. “You’ll be up against some of the best singers in the country.” Says another: “Life comes down to these moments, Violet. Don’t take them for granted.” They are advising Violet (Elle Fanning), a shy teenager living on the Isle of…

Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment are teaming up for U.S. distribution rights to Max Minghella's directorial debut film Teen Spirit. Starring Elle Fanning as a shy teen from a small European town who dreams of pop stardom, the pic had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters…

Deadline kicked off its annual Toronto Film Festival panel series, Coffee With Creators, with Teen Spirit, the drama written and directed by Max Minghella. Elle Fanning stars as Violet, a teen who dreams of stardom as a way to escape her family and dreary life on the Isle Of Wight. She sets out to enter an American…

EXCLUSIVE: Elle Fanning is about to make waves at the Toronto Film Festival when her new film debuts there later this week. In Teen Spirit, Fanning plays Violet, a young teen who dreams of stardom as a way to escape her family and dreary life on the Isle Of Wight. What to do? With some unconventional help from a…

The British Film Institute has launched a Commission on UK Independent Film to look at the health of the UK indie film business with a plan to make evidence-based recommendations on what should be done to improve conditions for its long-term future, in particular for stronger growth at home and internationally…

Elle Fanning is set to star in Max Minghella's directorial debut Teen Spirit, which David Garrett's Mister Smith Entertainment is shopping to international buyers at the EFM. She'll star as Violet, a shy teenager living in a small European town who dreams of pop stardom as an escape from her dismal surroundings and…

Max Minghella is set to make his directorial debut with Teen Spirit, an emotional underdog story set in the world of pop music that Mister Smith Entertainment is launching to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next month. Minghella, who has acted in such film as The Social Network and The Ides of March…