Peepshow Post, London and New York, has secured independent firm Stable 7 to handle sales representation and brand development on both coasts in the U.S. The West Coast representation effort on behalf of Peepshow will be headed by Stable 7 partner Meghan Lang in Los Angeles. Her Stable 7 counterpart on the East Coast is New York-based Susanne Kelly. The Stable 7 roster of clients also includes creative design studio Charlex, integrated creative studio The Science Project, design shop Transistor Studios, and digital design and media studio Tronic. Peepshow was launched in 2001 by editor Andrea MacArthur….Music/sound house Black Iris (which maintains indie label White Iris) has secured Lisa Houck’s independent rep firm Salon to handle the West Coast. Black Iris, headed by owner/executive producer Daron Hollowell, has studios in New York, Los Angeles and Virginia…Cinematographer Andrij Parekh has completed principal photography on Dan Algrant’s Greetings from Tim Buckley and is again available for commercials and feature films through The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….
Directing and Editing “Conclave”; Insights From Edward Berger and Nick Emerson
It’s been a bruising election year but this time we’re referring to a ballot box struggle that’s more adult than the one you’d typically first think of in 2024. Rather, on the industry awards front, the election being cited is that of the Pope which takes front and center stage in director Edward Berger’s Conclave (Focus Features), based on the 2016 novel of the same title by Robert Harris. Adapted by screenwriter Peter Straugham, Conclave stars Ralph Fiennes as the cardinal leading the conclave that has convened to select the next Pope. While part political thriller, full of backstabbing and behind-closed-door machinations, Conclave also registers as a thoughtful adult drama dealing with themes such as a crisis of faith, weighing the greater good, and engaging in a struggle that’s as much about spirituality as the attainment of power.
Conclave is Berger’s first feature after his heralded All Quiet on the Western Front, winner of four Oscars in 2023, including for Best International Feature Film. And while Conclave would on the surface seem to be quite a departure from that World War I drama, there’s a shared bond of humanity which courses through both films.
For Berger, the heightened awareness of humanity hit home for him by virtue of where he was--in Rome, primarily at the famed Cinecittà studio--to shoot Conclave, sans any involvement from the Vatican. He recalled waking up in Rome to “soak up” the city. While having his morning espresso, Berger recollected looking out a window and seeing a priest walking about with a cigarette in his mouth, a nun having a cup of coffee, an archbishop carrying a briefcase. It dawned on Berger that these were just people going to... Read More