MOTHER OF MOVIES January 4, 2021 "Best Horror, Thriller & Dark Cinema Movies 2020" By Vanessa Stewart https://vanessasnonspoilers.com/archives/24585/best-horror-and-thriller-movies-2020/

"20. The Other Lamb The Other Lamb was about as well-received as flies at a BBQ for some fans of mystery cult horror. It’s true there is not a lot of dialogue and there certainly are many very humorous reviews around pointing out the messiah and cult leaders’ use of putting his fingers in young women’s mouths from time to time. However, the cinematography is striking, and the way the quietness and the slow-moving story floats the idea of control and how those inside a bubble can still rise up against the only things they know is beautifully disturbing. The sound design was immaculately produced to create an atmosphere that builds tension when you can’t see it. A directorial debut by Małgorzata Szumowska and written by Catherine S. McMullen."

READY STEADY CUT January 3, 2021 "M.N. Miller's Film Year in Review: The 25 Best Films of 2020" By M.N. Miller https://readysteadycut.com/2021/01/03/m-n-millers-film-year-in-review-the-25-best-films-of-2020/

"Malgorzata Szumowska’s The Other Lamb is a striking work with a trio of great performances from Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, and Denise Gough, that at times rises to the level of pure genius. A terrifying, moody, atmospheric film that’s filled to the brim of admissions of unfeigned regret."

From Studio Binder

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/best-movies-of-the-decade/

By Mike Bedard 

Three movies by Rumble Films were placed on Studio Binder's top 20 movies of the decade, with "Drive" at number twenty, "Whiplash" at fifteen, and "Nightcrawler" at seven.

20. Drive (2011)

There’s a serene beauty to Drive. It’s an ideal action movie with brutal moments of violence. But it’s also a love story of unrequited love and a man who can never be with the woman he’s fallen for. It’s tragic but director Nicolas Winding Refn brings a stylistic, visual flair to make it one of the prettiest things put to film in the 2010s. Drive transcended expectations, something movies shouldn’t be afraid to do more often. It will draw you in with the promise of car chases and fight scenes, but it will stick in your memory long after with Ryan Gosling’s brilliant performance as a loner masking his emotions.

15. Whiplash (2014)

Whiplash may not be as much of a crowd pleaser as Damien Chazelle’s other movie about a jazz lover who goes to great lengths to make his film come true, but it’s the far better one. It’s the ultimate portrayal of needing to suffer for your art. The film is all the better due to is ambiguous ending. We’re left wondering whether all this pain and suffering will be worth it in the end. It’s a dark portrait about the codependent nature between teacher and student. There may not be monsters of hitmen, but it’s one of the tensest moviegoing experiences you can witness.

7. Nightcrawler (2014)

At its core, Nightcrawler is a sick joke. It lampoons both the media circuit as well as the television viewers who watch a bit closer any time something gory comes on. But the film is also an indictment on the current cutthroat landscape of landing a job and going to dark, perverse places to get ahead in a career. As a modern noir, Nightcrawler films modern Los Angeles with the same grimy appreciation it has toward its protagonist. It’s the kind of film that has you looking inward because there’s a good chance you’re more like Lou than you’d care to admit.

From Deadline Hollywood

By Amanda N'Duka

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One (eOne) and Rumble Films, an independent production company founded by Oscar-nominated Whiplash and Nightcrawler producer David Lancaster, have formed strategic financing and development agreement for film and television. Under the new deal, the companies will jointly finance new projects and will give Rumble access to eOne’s distribution base, in multiple territories, as well as Sierra/Affinity’s international sales force.

“Having worked with and enjoyed much success with Nick and Marc and all my friends at eOne for over a decade, I’m excited to join forces and aim for smart commercial projects with the resources to execute on a robust footing,” said Lancaster.

The deal was negotiated by Marc Schaberg for eOne and Lancaster and Jon Shiffman for Rumble with assistance from UTA’s Jim Meenaghan.

Rumble, which currently maintains financial backing from Andrew Schwartzberg, recently produced The Burnt Orange Heresy, a noir thriller starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland, as well as the psychological horror film, The Other Lamb, with Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman and Denise Gough.

From the Polish Film Institute

Based on Press Release

Director Małgorzata Szumowska's first English-language film, "The Other Lamb", has been selected to world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Szumowska is already a prolific filmmaker, having won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival 2015 for her film "Body" and subsequently the Grand Jury Prize for her film "Mug" in 2018 (both films were co-financed by the Polish Film Institute).

For this European co-production, Szumowska has gathered a talented and highly acclaimed team both on and off-screen, and the recent selection for Toronto marks the high quality of the film. Managing Director of TrustNordisk, Susan Wendt, comments:

‘We are very proud to have The Other Lamb premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. It is a pleasure to be working with such a talented team on this feature with a thrilling psychological story at its heart.’

Cast and crew

Written by award-winning Australian screenwriter Catherine S. McMullen and featured on the 2017 Black List and Blood List, "The Other Lamb" features young talent Raffey Cassidy, who most recently starred opposite Natalie Portman in Brady Corbet’s "Vox Lux" (2018) as well as in Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Killing Of A Sacred Deer" (2017). Cassidy was the youngest ever actor to be named in Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2013 for her role as Athena in "Tomorrowland", opposite George Clooney.

"The Other Lamb"’s cast also includes the talented Michiel Huisman, who was most recently seen in the popular Netflix series "The Haunting Of Hill House" (2018), as well as in HBO’s "Game Of Thrones" as Daario Naharis (2014-2016) and "The Age Of Adaline" (2015), and award-winning Denise Gough ("Colette", 2018; "Juliet, Naked", 2018).

The film is lensed by Michał Englert and edited by Jarosłąw Kamiński.

"The Other Lamb" is produced by Academy Award®-nominee David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox of Rumble Films, who have also produced the award-winning "Whiplash" (2014), "Nightcrawler" (2014) and "Eye In The Sky" (2016), together with Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch of Subotica ("Miss Julie", 2014; "Young Ones", 2014), Danish producer Marie Gade Denessen of Zentropa ("The House That Jack Built", 2018; "The Hunt", 2012) and in co-production with Umedia ("My Brilliant Friend", 2019; "Mandy", 2018).

Synopsis

"The Other Lamb" is a haunting and nightmarish tale that tells the story of Selah (Raffey Cassidy), a young girl born into an alternative religion known as the Flock. The members of the Flock – all women and female children – live in a rural compound, and are led by one man, known only as Shepherd (Michiel Huisman). Selah, a daughter who is on the cusp of teenage-hood, is an incredibly devoted follower, but begins to bond with Sarah (Denise Gough), an outcast wife who has grown skeptical of Shepherd’s teachings. Selah is given the great honor of participating in the sacred ritual of the birthing of the lambs - upon which they depend for survival - where she has a shocking and transformative experience. She begins to have strange visions that make her question her own reality, and everything the Shepherd has taught her and her sisters.

"The Other Lamb" is produced by Rumble Films and Subotica Productions, in association with Zentropa and in co-production with Umedia. Executive producers are Julia Godzinskaya and Will Norton of Rooks Nest Entertainment, Jon Shiffman and Andrew Schwartzberg of Rumble Films, Adrian Politowski of Umedia and Anders Kjærhauge of Zentropa. The film is made with the participation of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and is an official Irish-Belgian co-production.

International sales handled by TrustNordisk.

More: http://www.trustnordisk.com/film/2019-other-lamb.

From Deadline Hollywood

By Andreas Wiseman

This year’s Venice Film Festival will close on September 7 with the world premiere of director Giuseppe Capotondi’s feature The Burnt Orange Heresy, starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger.

The Out Of Competition screening will be held in the Sala Grande after the festival’s awards ceremony. The art world and the underworld collide in the neo-noir thriller set in present day Italy. The film follows charismatic art critic James Figueras (Bang) who hooks up with provocative fellow American, Berenice Hollis (Debicki). The new lovers travel to the lavish and opulent Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Cassidy (Jagger). Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney (Sutherland), the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist’s studio, whatever the cost. As the couple spend time with the legendary Debney, they start to realise that nothing about the artist nor their mission is what it seems.

Producers are David Zander, David Lancaster, William Horberg. Executive producers include Sienna Aquilini and Peter Touche. Screenplay comes from Scott B. Smith, from the novel by Charles Willeford. Director of photography is David Ungaro and international sales are handled by HanWay Films with domestic sales overseen by UTA/CAA.

From Deadline

By Amanda N'Duka

Kingdom star Frank Grillo has been tapped to star in brawl film Donnybrook, along with Fantastic Four‘s Jamie Bell, Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), and James Badge Dale (Only The Brave). From writer and director Tim Sutton, the film is an adaptation Frank Bill’s 2013 noir novel of the same name. Described as a backwoods version of Fight Club meets No Country For Old Men, the story follows a man, in order to support his family, competes in the Donnybrook, a legendary, bare-knuckle brawl where a $100,000 prize goes to the last man standing. David Lancaster (Whiplash) and Stephanie Wilcox of Rumble Films are producing with Paris-based Backup Media (Submergence), who is fully financing the project. UTA Independent Film Group is reps North American rights. Production commences next week. Grillo is repped by CAA and Management 360; Bell by UTA and Artists Independent Management; Qualley by UTA and Management 360; Dale by CAA and MJ Management.