Director Noah Marshall, who continues to be handled internationally by The Sweet Shop, has taken that representation global by signing with the company’s U.S. operation. He had previously been repped in the American ad market by PRETTYBIRD.
Marshall said of his decision to sign with The Sweet Shop US, “It feels like the perfect time to consolidate my management to coordinate and concentrate on the great work that’s been coming my way, as one voice. The executive team in the US, helmed by MD [managing director] Laura Thoel, features some of the most forward-thinking talent around and I can’t wait to see what we accomplish together in the States and on the worldwide stage.”
Marshall cut his teeth in the ad world as an art director, working with agencies including Bates, BBDO and FCB. He then settled into the director’s chair to marry his passion for storytelling with his love of image and design. The result is a body of work that has been honored at competitions including Cannes, D&AD and The One Show.
Among Marshall’s clients over the years are Beats by Dre, Nike, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Sony, Panasonic, Ford, Toyota, General Motors, HSBC, Barclays Bank, HP and Schweppes.
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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