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Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kristen Stewart Gets Emotional After Directorial Debut ‘The Chronology of Water' Receives Warm Reception in Cannes
Kristen Stewart's long-awaited directorial debut The Chronology of Water received a warm reception at its world premiere in Cannes Friday night, with the crowd inside the Palais des Festivals greeting the film with a four-and-a-half-minute standing ovation. An emotional Stewart embraced her actors with hugs and high-fives as the ovation carried on. She later bounded across the auditorium to give Cannes head Thierry Frémaux a long hug. More from The Hollywood Reporter Cannes: 'Militantropos' Directors on Identity and the Limits of Art: "The War Has Become Part of Us" Cannes: Salty Pictures Sets Martial Arts Drama '8 Limbed Dragon,' Starring UFC Fighter Jingliang Li (Exclusive) Ethan Coen, Wife and Writing Partner Tricia Cooke on Lesbian B-Movies, Trump, Re-Teaming With Joel 'I don't have anything else to say; I left it all on the screen,' Stewart said in part. 'Just thank you all for being here. Seriously, we finished the movie five minutes ago — it's not even done. We got so lucky, and I'm so grateful to be here.' She then gestured to her star, Imogen Poots, to take the mic, saying, 'Truly, your body is the movie, I'm giving it to you.' An emotional Poots obliged, saying only, 'She's the best director, and I hope you all liked the movie.' The project was produced by Scott Free Productions, with Ridley Scott among the producers, and was filmed in Latvia and Malta over six weeks in 2024. Stewart adapted Yuknavitch's memoir herself with co-writer Andy Mingo, reportedly aiming to retain the fragmented, stream-of-consciousness quality of the original text. The film also stars Thora Birch, Earl Cave, Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon and Jim Belushi in supporting roles. Stewart was characteristically candid and off-the-cuff when discussing the film with THR ahead of the premiere. 'I cannot believe it,' she said about returning to the Côte d'Azur to present her first film as a feature filmmaker, before adding of the film, 'this is my fucking first draft … We're running in here half-dressed. But I'm into it.' She joked that she hoped The Chronology of Water 'crashes and burns' in Cannes, adding that making mistakes is 'fucking hot.' Stewart also said she wanted to direct well before her career as a major Hollywood actress began some 20 years ago. 'I think I was nine years old,' she said of when the impulse to direct first hit her. Inside the Debussy theater in Cannes Friday night, Stewart introduced the feature from the stage by saying, 'I'd like to speak so plainly just for one second. This was a radical act of love. All I want to say, before everyone here engages with it with our minds and our bodies is that after eight years of memory making, this iteration is asking for nothing but to be seen and heard. And so my extreme gratitude goes to every mind and body who is sitting in this theater now that's going to add to the experience and multiply it. The movie invites you to have at it.' And she concluded her remarks with an intense thanks to Yuknavitch for creating the book that would spawn the feature: 'Lydia, thank you for writing and spewing in the very face of fuck. Thank you for the trickle. Thank you for the gush. Thank you for everything. Now let's rip off this bandaid and watch the fucking movie!' Several major actors are debuting works as first-time directors at Cannes this year. Scarlett Johansson will unveil Eleanor the Great, starring 95-year-old screen favorite June Squibb, and Babygirl star Harris Dickinson — soon set to headline Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics for Sony — will premiere his feature drama, Urchin. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Pink Villa
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Kristen Stewart Gets Emotional as Her Directorial Debut The Chronology of Water Earns Standing Ovation at Cannes 2025
Kristen Stewart's directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, received a warm and emotional welcome at its world premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival on Friday night. The film was met with a four-and-a-half-minute standing ovation at the Palais des Festivals. Stewart, visibly moved by the reaction, embraced her cast with hugs and high-fives as the audience applauded. She also crossed the auditorium to give Cannes director Thierry Frémaux a heartfelt hug. Addressing the crowd, she said, 'I don't have anything else to say; I left it all on the screen. Just thank you all for being here. Seriously, we finished the movie five minutes ago — it's not even done. We got so lucky, and I'm so grateful to be here.' She then invited lead actor Imogen Poots to speak, saying, 'Truly, your body is the movie, I'm giving it to you.' Poots responded simply, 'She's the best director, and I hope you all liked the movie.' Adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir, The Chronology of Water was co-written by Stewart and Andy Mingo. The film was produced by Scott Free Productions, with Ridley Scott among the producers. It was shot over six weeks in Latvia and Malta. Alongside Poots, the film features Thora Birch, Earl Cave, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, and Jim Belushi. Before the screening, Stewart introduced the film at the Debussy Theatre, calling it 'a radical act of love.' She thanked Yuknavitch for the source material, saying, 'Lydia, thank you for writing and spewing in the very face of f**k. Thank you for the trickle. Thank you for the gush. Thank you for everything. Now let's rip off this bandaid and watch the fucking movie!'
South China Morning Post
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
How Alien director Ridley Scott was persuaded to help create a graphic novel, Modville
When Ridley Scott, visionary director of Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator, connects with your story, it's probably a good idea to explore it in any medium possible. Advertisement Modville, a four-issue neo-noir graphic novel set in New Orleans in 2169 that unfolds in a world of crime and artificial humans, known as mods, was just that story. Created by Jesse Negron, the comic touches on themes of father-daughter relationships, morality and humanity. The comic series bucks the current trend of reframing superhero narratives. Instead, it is from an original idea and will go direct to consumers as opposed to being released by a big publisher. Negron, who had previously worked with the director and his late brother, Tony Scott, pitched the idea of doing a comic book to Tom Moran, senior vice-president of Ridley Scott's film and TV company Scott Free Productions. Advertisement 'Tony was a big fan of Jesse's. We met and talked about his ideas, and I said, 'Well, what do you want to do? Film or TV?' He said, 'I really want to do comics, but you guys don't do that'.'
