Biscuit Filmworks has added sibling directorial duo the Mundo Sisters—Nadine Mundo and Rena Mundo Croshere–to its roster. Known for their documentary work, the Mundo sisters recently expanded into ad arena with a branded short for fashion designer Rachel Roy to promote her spring 2015 collection.
The Mundo Sisters gained notice in the sports world with their 2014 short film Rowdy Ronda Rousey for ESPN Films, about the trailblazing UFC champion and her meteoric rise. Within 24 hours of its release, it became the second most-viewed short film in ESPN history. The duo then re-teamed with ESPN to develop and direct What Makes Us, a series of shorts profiling top female athletes including soccer stars Megan Rapinoe and Sydney Leroux, and surf champion Carissa Moore. The latest installment features ice hockey player Hilary Knight, and airs this fall.
Previously, the Mundo Sisters’ 2013 feature documentary American Commune–about their childhood on a rural Tennessee commune and their culture shock upon leaving it–premiered to critical acclaim at the HotDocs International Film Festival and was later broadcast on Al Jazeera America. The duo got their start at MTV, where they created and directed My Life (Translated) and were directors on the True Life documentary series.
Joining Biscuit as their formal commercialmaking roost marks a new career chapter for the Mundo Sisters. They are now part of a company directorial lineup which also includes Aaron Ruell, Aaron Stoller, Andreas Nilsson, Ayse Altinok, Christopher Riggert, Clay Weiner, Freise Brothers, The Glue Society (Gary Freedman and Matt Devine), Jeff Low, Matt Dilmore, Noam Murro, Ruairi Robinson, and Steve Rogers.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More