Monday, April 29, 2024
Storytelling Blu-ray This Summer!
Will it have extras? Yes! There will be brand-new on-camera interviews with the cinematographer Frederick Elmes and the composer Nathaon Larson, as well as the censored "red box" scene and theatrical trailer. So we can finally toss our DVDs and make room for a new, high def version of Storytelling!
Friday, December 1, 2023
The Final Iteration Of Love Child?
Apparently Rachel Weisz & Colin Farrell are as out as Penélope Cruz & Edgar Ramírez before them, but Love Child is still coming. According to FilmStage.com, Elizabeth Olsen is now set to star in the picture, with no word yet on her male co-star. The brief description of the plot reads the same as it did in 2017, though they quite possibly just took it from there. According to a casting ad in Backstage, it's coming from Volition Media and is due to start filming in "March or April 2024 in NYC." Not to jinx it, but that sounds pretty settled! 🤞
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Welcome To the Dollhouse - The Special Edition!
2023 Radiance Films blu-ray. |
Importantly, too, in the audio department, Radiance restores the original stereo track (in lossless PCM), as opposed to the US blu-ray, which replaced it with a 5.1 remix. All three discs also offer optional English subtitles.
But now let's get into The Special Features Club (sorry)! First and foremost, we get all new on-camera interviews with Solondz and Heather Matarazzo. There's also a Criterion-style visual essay, which tracks the Dawn Wiener character through this, Palindromes and Wiener-Dog, and a fun audio commentary by the hosts of the This Ends At Prom podcast. The trailer is here, too, restored to widescreen for the first time. Also included is a full-color, 48-page booklet, with credits, Solondz's director's notes, three critical essays, extracts from a Solondz interview and critical reviews, and technical notes. This limited edition features reversible artwork, an obi strip, and if you order direct from Radiance, a Welcome To the Dollhouse bookmark.
The limited edition is restricted to just 2000 copies, and is still available as of this writing. Though after that sells out, there will very likely be a standard edition with all of the same contents except the obi, bookmark and booklet. This release is region B, so make sure you can play region B blu-rays before ordering. If you can't, though, this fantastic disc may be reason enough to get yourself a region free player!
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Love Child Is Back On Track!
It's been over four years since we heard about Todd Solondz's upcoming feature, Love Child. Obviously, the pandemic derailed everybody's film projects, but the fact that it was originally intended for a 2018 release date made it seem like this particular film was stalling long before that. So it was great news to wake up to a Love Child news story today across the trades. Apparently the film is complete and ready to start making the semi-public rounds, debuting at Cannes' upcoming "Virtual Market" later this month. This article from Indiewire seems to have the most details.
The film is still with Killer Films, but apparently Penélope Cruz & Edgar Ramírez are out, and Rachel Weisz & Colin Farrell are in - the film's imdb page has already been updated to confirm the replacements. The premise sounds the same as it was described to us in 2017, though I think there's a good chance the characters are no longer named Immaculada and Nacho. Solondz has been quoted as saying, "This is my first movie with a plot and my first movie taking place in Texas... It’s fun and it’s sexy and it’s shaped by the Hollywood movies that made me want to become a filmmaker." Can't wait!
After this unexpected good news, one wonders if we'll hear updates on The Quarters and St. Petersburg sometime soon, now, too.