The Cavalry Productions has added Leticia Gurjao as its new director of business development. Prior to joining The Cavalry, Gurjao worked as director of development at Green Dot Films…..
DP Quyen Tran (The Automatic Hate directed by Justin Lerner, which premiered at SXSW) has been signed by agent Danica Pupa of Dattner Dispoto and Associates for representation….
ChopShop Entertainment–which offers ideation, production, design and animation to develop content for broadcast, digital and events–has signed with Dana Dubay for representation in the Eastern region of the U.S. from Maine to Florida and all Eastern states. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dubay will primarily call on agency clients on behalf of ChopShop. Dubay began his career in New York at Moondog Edit working as an assistant editor and from there moved into sales and representation at Blue Rock, Compulsive Pictures and Ten Music before establishing Dubay in 2011. His current client roster includes selected directors and hybrid production companies as well as a music company….
EditShare, known for intelligent shared storage and media management solutions, has promoted Jeff Barnes to sales director while adding Keith Bodner as sr. account manager for workflow solutions for EditShare Americas. Barnes was instrumental in the adoption of EditShare’s integrated production asset management, shared storage and archiving platform into large broadcast facilities and live event space. In his new role, he will lead the Americas sales team. Bodner has extensive media production and sales experience working as Avid’s channel partner account manager and Broadcast Pix’s regional sales manager….
Roland’s Professional A/V Division, headquartered in L.A., has secured two new manufacturers’ representatives. Lienau AV Associates, Inc., has been appointed representative for the mid-Atlantic region, and AudioPros will now represent Roland Pro A/V in the Northeast region. The announcement was made by Christian Delfino, VP of sales and marketing for Roland Professional A/V Division, and it represents the division’s ongoing growth and expansion nationwide. Lienau AV Associates, headed by principals Chris Hutnick, Tom Macri and Domenic Troilo, is an independent manufacturer’s representative firm serving clients in the Mid-Atlantic region of Delaware, Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania and Virginia. AudioPros is a New England-based manufacturer representative firm focusing on professional AV products. Principal Rick Swensen, a 20-year veteran in the industry, and his team recently began representing Roland Pro A/V in New England (CT, RI, VT, MA, NH, ME) and upstate NY….
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More