Latest news with #Anora
Elle
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
‘Together' Stars Alison Brie and Dave Franco in a Darkly Twisted Love Story—Here's How to Watch
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco co-star in Together, an audacious body‑horror romance from Australian director Michael Shanks. The film, out in theaters today, follows longtime partners Millie and Tim after they move to the countryside—and a supernatural begins to take over. Shanks has said the movie's high‑concept hook came from a deeply personal place. 'I've only ever wanted to make stuff that has a high concept premise to it. Something where you can kind of sum up in a couple of sentences and go, 'Oh, I haven't seen that movie before,'' he told The AU Review. 'I thought it could be a body horror film, which is a genre I love,' Shanks added. 'I thought it would be a lot of fun to explore and really satisfy the genre freak filmmaker in me.' But the story also includes 'my own kind of personal, emotional truth and specificity of what it feels like to fall in love and share a life with somebody,' he said. 'And not just from my own relationship, but from relationships of people that I've observed.' Casting Brie and Franco wasn't just a stunt, but integral to bringing the film to life. 'Physically, there was stuff we were doing every day that we truly finished every day of filming, going, 'We couldn't do this with anyone else,'' Brie said told Moviefone. In the same interview, Franco recalled meeting Shanks and reading the Together script for the first time. 'I read it, and I was just like, 'This is one of the most innovative scripts I've ever read,' he said. 'These set pieces are unbelievable.' I turned to Alison, and I was like, 'I think we should do this together, because our real relationship could help inform these characters in the movie, who have been together for over a decade, and hopefully we could add some real kind of history and weight to that relationship.'' Although Neon has yet to announce an official streaming date for Together, the film is expected to eventually hit Hulu, given Neon's partnership with the streaming platform. Past Neon films, like Anora, have also landed on the platform. Until then, you can catch the movie on the big screen. GET TICKETS
AU Financial Review
a day ago
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Together may be the year's best Australian horror flick
In a year swimming in Australian horror movies, we may just have a winner. Together, the debut feature from Melburnian Michael Shanks, has momentum even before its commercial release this week, here and in North America. Its world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival sparked a bidding war from international distributors, with hit-making distributor Neon (Oscar Best Picture winner Anora) acquiring worldwide rights, reportedly for $26 million, the biggest sale at the festival, and for some time.
Cosmopolitan
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
When 'Together' Movie Will Be Available to Stream and How to Watch
Hollywood's favorite couple just debuted the horror of the summer. Together, starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, is body horror built for the big screen, landing in theaters July 30. Together premiered at Sundance in January 2025, sparked a fierce bidding war, and was scooped up by Neon for about $17 million. Like most of Neon's recent releases – think Longlegs and Anora – Together is playing in theaters exclusively for the foreseeable future. Neon's traditional model means you're not bumping it into your queue until at least six months post-release—possibly longer, depending on licensing and platform negotiations. So if you're champing at the bit between now and the new year, you'll be catching it in theaters. BUY TICKETS Together's aforementioned elder, Longlegs, hit theaters in July 2024, and didn't stream until February 2025. The buzz and surrounding Together could shorten that window, if the powers at be want to capitalize on the ephemeral moment. If you're opposed to the movie theater experience, you're wrong but you're lucky. You've found yourself in the height of the streaming empire, with access to more content than ever in cinematic history. So, if you're looking for a Together vibe, but are waiting to watch Together alone, here are some sister films to consider. David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986), stars Jeff Goldblum as a scientist whose teleportation machine merges his DNA with that of a housefly. His body begins to deteriorate, alongside his relationship with his journalist girlfriend (Geena Davis). Another '80s hit, Possession (1981) traces a crumbling marriage to its most absurd conclusion– a grotesque transformation in one of cinema's most disturbing depictions of emotional collapse. That aforementioned Cronenberg is really the godfather of body horror and, essentially, walked so the team behind Together could run. His most disturbing and provocative work was Crash (1996), which followed a group of people who derive sexual pleasure from car crashes and bodily trauma. Decades later, Julia Ducournau delivered a Cronenberg inspired body horror for the new age, Titane (2021) follows a woman whose traumatic head injury sparks a sexual attraction to cars. Unhinged Jake Gyllenhaal is a cinematic subgenre at this point in history. Enter Enemy (2013), which stars the star as a reclusive professor who discovers an actor that looks exactly like him. As their lives intertwine, reality fractures, obsession deepens, and identity blurs into psychological horror. Same, same, but different, Swallow (2019) is about a young woman who marries into wealth and develops a compulsive urge to swallow inedible objects like thumbtacks and batteries. It's a haunting meditation on the erasure of self within domestic relationships and patriarchal systems—a film where body horror is internalized and symbolic. If you're having trouble seeing the forest for the trees, all of these movies share themes of mental or emotional strife manifesting itself in the body. Together is the latest to sew together a relationship drama with that thread. As with any horror flick, we are in spoiler territory. Our recommendation? Hit the theaters. Otherwise, we'll meet back here in 2026. Buy Tickets
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel; See pics
The first photos of Hollywood star Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth in The Adventures of Cliff Booth, the follow-up to Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning feature Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, are now out— and yes, the signature long hair is back. Brad Pitt plays Cliff Booth While earlier images from the set had shown Brad sporting a buzz cut, those now appear to have been from rehearsals. Fresh paparazzi shots, from the actual shoot, taken on Tuesday night outside Los Angeles' Beverly Cinema by Just Jared, confirm that Brad is back in full costume — complete with a blonde wig and vintage '70s threads — for the upcoming film which will stream on Netflix. According to report in Just Jared, earlier that day, Brad was also spotted in casual wear prepping for scenes alongside Girl Meets World alum Corey Fogelmanis and Anora actor Karren Karagulian. A closer look at the set reveals some key period details: notably, a poster of Richard Pryor's 1977 comedy Which Way Is Up? displayed at the cinema's entrance — a clue that the sequel unfolds nearly a decade after the events of the original film. The new project has attracted particular attention because it brings together some of Hollywood's biggest names, both on and off camera. Though Quentin originally wrote the script and had once planned to direct it as his tenth (and possibly final) film, he ultimately set the story aside. That's when Brad — who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the cool-headed stuntman in the original — stepped in to resurrect the project, reportedly helping shepherd it to Netflix. The streaming platform is said to have purchased the unused Quentin screenplay for $20 million. David Fincher, who has worked with Brad before in Seven and Fight Club, will be helming the film, taking over from Quentin. In comments made during a promotional event for his recently released film F1, Brad clarified that the movie is 'an episode in the character's life and not a sequel.' 'This is something Quentin Tarantino wrote. He didn't want to direct it at this time, so our friend David Fincher stepped in,' he had said. Set in the late 1970s, the film nods to several cinematic influences of the era. The setting year — 1977 — is significant not just because of the Pryor poster, but also because it marks the release of Rolling Thunder, one of Quentin's personal favorites. Alongside Pitt, the ensemble cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, JB Tadena, and Corey Fogelmanis, whose casting was recently confirmed by Deadline.
Euronews
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Why is this children's classic Britain's most complained about film?
2024 was a great year for cinema, and several films that made our year featured some NSFW content. Whether it was the nudity in Anora, the colourful language in Kneecap, the grotesque body horror in The Substance or some of the gorgeous yet horrific tableaus in The Devil's Bath, there was plenty to keep censors busy. Still, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has revealed that none of these films were in consideration for the most complained about movie of 2024. It turns out that the new age rating given to a beloved classic caused the biggest stink... In their annual report, the BBFC reveals that its decision to reclassify the 1964 classic Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, from a U (Universal – suitable for all) to a PG (Parental Guidance) has made it the most complained about movie of 2024. According to the BBFC, of the 224 complaints made during the year, 56 were for Mary Poppins – meaning it came ahead of complaints about knife fights in Dune: Part Two and that sex scene in Saltburn. So, why was Mary Poppins' rating changed? It all comes down to the word 'hottentots' – which is used twice in the film by the character Admiral Boom, who refers to chimney sweeps covered in soot. Hottentots is a slur originally used by Dutch settlers in South Africa – and was later used to refer to all Black people. Those complaining to the BBFC deemed the discriminatory term to be too outdated and wanted the rating to remain unchanged David Austin, chief executive of the BBFC said: 'The two uses of the discriminatory term 'hottentots' are neither criticised nor condemned, increasing the risk that very young viewers might repeat it without realising the potential for offence.' Elsewhere, there were 17 complaints regarding the 1989 sci-fi classic The Abyss - regarding rumours that the film had been cancelled because of BBFC advice concerning a scene in which a man submerges a live rat in liquid – and Dune Part Two got 13 complaints from people feeling that the 12A (no one younger than 12 may be permitted to attend a 12A cinema screening unless they are accompanied by an adult) was too lenient. Rounding things off was the dark comedy Saltburn, which tallied ten complaints after being rated 15 for 'strong sex, nudity, sexual threat, drug misuse and very strong language'. Austin said: 'Those who got in touch with us generally felt that the film's depiction of sexual obsession was too disturbing for 15. Given the blackly comic tone of the film and that the key scenes, while strong, lacked graphic nudity and other visual explicitness, Saltburn meets our standards at a 15 classification.' The current UK ratings are U, PG, 12A/12, 15, 18 and R18. You can read all about the UK's precise – some might say illiberal – classification system here. And in case you missed it, check out our Top Movies of 2024 here. And remember: "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way!"
