Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold, 2025)

[Never Cursed]

No Films of 2025 thread yet so this insane piece of news is going here - Mona Fastvold wrote and shot in secret (Brady Corbet co-wrote, Daniel Blumberg did music) Ann Lee, an “epic fable” musical about the eponymous founder of the Shakers. Amanda Seyfried stars as Ann Lee, with Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Christopher Abbott, Tim Blake Nelson and Stacy Martin also in the film

[yoloswegmaster]

The even more insane piece of news is that there are rumours that The Brutalist hasn't received an official rating from the MPAA because they want to give it a NC-17 rating (that might actually not be that more insane).

[domino harvey]

That sounds great, maybe we’ll finally get another good modern musical out of it

[Never Cursed]

The even more insane piece of news is that there are rumours that The Brutalist hasn't received an official rating from the MPAA because they want to give it a NC-17 rating (that might actually not be that more insane).

All I can say is anyone interested in this film should probably steer clear of discussions of this in detail, because the reasons why this might be a problem for the film (and there are some, though I don't know if content-wise this is any worse than Poor Things, which was fine last year BBFC quibble notwithstanding) are strong spoilers

[beamish14]

It’s really sad that even Amanda Seyfriend couldn’t get North American distributors (or even high-profile festivals) interested in her second film with Atom Egoyan

[therewillbeblus]

That sounds great, maybe we’ll finally get another good modern musical out of it

Look no further than Joshua Oppenheimer's The End for the most creative modern musical in ages, which seems tailor-made for swo17

[thirtyframesasecond]

It’s really sad that even Amanda Seyfriend couldn’t get North American distributors (or even high-profile festivals) interested in her second film with Atom Egoyan

Is that more of a reflection that Egoyan's been off the boil for a long time (that said, I really enjoyed Remember)?

[beamish14]

It’s really sad that even Amanda Seyfriend couldn’t get North American distributors (or even high-profile festivals) interested in her second film with Atom Egoyan

Is that more of a reflection that Egoyan's been off the boil for a long time (that said, I really enjoyed Remember)?

Oh, for sure

[John Cope]

I've been hounding people online for well over a year now as to when somebody somewhere would release Seven Veils, especially as it was received very well in its original festival debut (a friend I trust tells me it's Egoyan's most beautiful movie since The Adjuster). It's not the only one like that from him that still needs a release (Citadel, for sure, even more so). Then of course I have long been a late career (post-Sweet Hereafter) Egoyan apologist/defender but that's a whole other subject.
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