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TIFF: ‘Lovely, Still’ Q&A With Director Nik Fackler

Rodrigo Perez — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:15:00 +0000

We didn’t adore “Lovely, Still” in the least; the debut feature from 24-year-old Omaha director Nik Fackler (he’s got ties to the whole Saddle Creek label and those guys scored the film) and we’re not entirely convinced about him in general, but let’s give him a break. He’s young and he’s got some decent intentions. During a screening of the film at TIFF, he talked about the film, how he came up with the story of two senior citizens falling in love, and how he got Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn to appear in the film.

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TIFF Review: ‘Lovely, Still’ Is Not That Beautiful

Rodrigo Perez — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:25:00 +0000

Here’s a film we didn’t see the younger bloggers (and a lot of people) really giving a shit about. But thesps like Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn (whom we adore) in a story about a late-life courtship that keeps the bachelor Landau in a “constant state of wonderment and surprise”?

Yeah, “Lovely Still” totally sounded like something we’d love to see.

Boy, were we wrong. The film is directed by a 24-year-old video director Nik Fackler — and the kids intentions were on the money.

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Saddle Creek Mainstays And Bright Eyes Members Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis Score ‘Lovely Still’

Rodrigo Perez — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:05:00 +0000

People have complained, why no music-movie stories of late? (though we kinda killed it this week, no?)

Well for one, there hasn’t been that many movie-music notable news this year (at least not compared to last year) and secondly, the film festival circuit hadn’t hit where information is easy to access free from the hands of publicists that only want to put the news in one outlets hands (you lazy fuckers).

So yeah, scan the Toronto International Film Festival and you’ll find some interesting bits of info, the latest being that Saddlecreek mainstays and Bright Eyes conspirators/collaborators Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott have scored the music to the upcoming film, “Lovely, Still,” which stars the excellent Ellen Burstyn and Martin Landau as an couple who begin a late-life courtship that’s full of surprises.

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More Toronto ’08 Film Fest Pics Added; More Announced Tomorrow

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:34:00 +0000

We’re a bit late on this other list of additions to the Toronto International Film Festival that went out late last week, but since we’re completists, we wanted to note which we thought were that sounded best. Nineteen more films were announced on top of the prestige 20 announce early last week that included fall touchstones like Soderbergh’s “Che,” Charlie Kaufman’s “Synechdoche New York,” plus new films by Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire), Richard Linklater’s “Me and Orson Welles,” which stars Christian McKay, Claire Danes and teen idol Zac Efron co-star and Kevin Smith’s hard-R-rated “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” among many many others.

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