Editor Anthony Marinelli–whose experience spans commercial, brand content, film and social projects–has joined NY/LA/SF based postproduction boutique Northern Lights. Marinelli comes to Northern Lights from a four year stint at TwoPointO where he was also a partner. He has previously worked at KIND Editorial, Alkemy X, Red Car, Cut+Run, and Crew Cuts.
Marinelli’s work for brands like Mercedes, FedEx, BMW, Visa, Pepsi, Scotts, Mount Sinai, and Verizon has aired in the Super Bowl and the Oscars. He also edited the Webby Award winning documentary Alicia in Africa featuring Alicia Keys for Keep a Child Alive.
Marinelli is also active in independent theater and film. He has written and directed numerous award winning plays and short films including Acoustic Space which won Best Short at the 2018 Ridgewood Guild Film Festival and Best Short Screenplay in the Richmond International Film Festival.
Marinelli’s most recent campaigns are for Mount Sinai and Bernie & Phyl’s for DeVito Verdi.
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