Kristen wins Best Actress at International Film Festival of Milan for Welcome to the Rileys

MIFF AWARDS 2011 - BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE 
Welcome to the Rileys 
KRISTEN STEWART

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Twilightish.com: Interview with @GiovanniAgnelli

- how did the story script WTTR?

Michael Costigan, the President of Scott Free brought the story to us. We met with director Jake Scott, and really loved how honest his vision was for the film.

Read the FULL interview over at .twilightish.com
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Germany's 'Welcome to the Rileys' Poster & Trailer.

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'Welcome To The Rileys' is coming your way Brazil

[gossip-dance]

The official blog of the distributor 'Image Films' released its list Film in Brazilian that will hit theaters next to the month of June, including' Welcome to the Rileys' between releases for May

Mayo 6: 'Welcome to the Rileys'

it'll be a limited release.

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New 'Welcome To The Rileys' Clip

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Behind the Scenes Rob pics of The Summer House

I'm 100% sure i havent seen these.

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WTTR Kristen interview': How difficult was it to prepare for this role?'

As fans of The Twilight Saga wait to see Kristen Stewart in Breaking Dawn, an interview with Stewart from the Welcome to the Riley’s DVD has hit the web.

Although we still have to wait ten months before Kristen Stewart joins Robert Pattinson as a vampire in Breaking Dawn, fans will see Stewart in Welcome to the Riley’s on Blu-ray and DVD on February 1. In the new DVD interview, Kristen Stewart reveals that Welcome to the Riley’s was so far outside of what she's used to that she actually visited strip clubs to research her role.

Check out interview with Kristen Stewart on the Welcome to the Riley’s DVD.




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New WTTR stills

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Kristen Stewart Interview from" Welcome to the Rileys" DVD

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Available February 1st: ‘Welcome To The Rileys’ DVD/Blu-Ray

"Golden Globe® winner James Gandolfini, (“The Sopranos”) is Doug Riley, a man at the crossroads. Ever since the tragic death of his teenage daughter, he's led a life of quiet desperation... and now, something has to give. On a business trip to New Orleans, he encounters Mallory (Kristen Stewart, the Twilight films) -- a raw, angry runaway living a dangerous life as a stripper. Moved by emotions he barely understands, Riley abandons his old life to save hers. The tenuous balance is threatened when his wife Lois (Academy Award® nominee Melissa Leo, Best Actress, Frozen River, 2008) shakes off the fears that have kept her homebound for years. Now three lost souls seek hope and forgiveness in each other... and together, they discover a rare gift of connection that feels like family." Special Features:

Creating the Rileys

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Actor:

James Gandolfini 

Kristen Stewart 

Melissa Leo 

Joe Chrest 

Ally Sheedy

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Director:

Jake Scott

You can now pre-oder a copy oover at amazon.com!
Isn't this exciting?!:D

Thanks Joy (from Sony) for sending us the information!

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Jake Scott Talks About Kristen & WTTR

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new WTTR Kriten images

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Melissa Leo Talks About Kristen

Melissa Leo is about to join us to talk about a raft of new movies she’s in-—including: Welcome to the Rileys with Kristen Stewart and James Gandolfini; The Fighter with Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg; Betty Anne Waters, starring Hilary Swank; and the just announced Mildred Pierce remake in which she stars opposite Kate Winslet, who beat her for the 2009 Oscar—as well as the April 11 premiere of the HBO series Treme, in which she co-stars with John Goodman. 

"Kristen Stewart will grow as an actress as she works. She's interested in learning and expanding. She doesn't think she knows it all. She is not going to be caught in the persona she played in those Twilight films. She is going to make a choice to step out of those parameters. This is an actor, not a movie star." 
Starts at 20:40


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Larry Richman's Favorite Indie Films from 2010

My Top Picks of 2010 - The Best Indies of the Year
There's no doubt in my mind that this year's overall crop of films was better than in 2009. But I've managed to narrow down the list to 16 as I did last year. I've also selected two documentaries and 15 Honorable Mentions. 

These are the festivals I attended this year:

Slamdance Film Festival 
Sundance Film Festival 
SXSW Film Festival 
Gen Art Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival 
Los Angeles Film Festival
ACEFEST 
Toronto International Film Festival 
Fantastic Fest 
Philadelphia Film Festival 

I saw approximately 175 films at those festivals, from which I selected 63 movies collectively as Top Picks. This list comes from that universe of favorites. 

Here are my Top Picks of 2010 (countries of origin in parentheses). Titles link to their respective reviews:


Narratives (in alphabetical order):

Beautiful Boy (US)
Black Swan (US)
Brotherhood (US)
Cherry (US)
Every Day (US)
Girlfriend (US)
Hesher (US)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (US)
The Kids Are All Right (US)
Let Me In (US/UK/Sweden)
The Myth of the American Sleepover (US)
The Runaways (US)
Skateland (US)
Stake Land (US)
Waiting for Forever (US)
Welcome to the Rileys (US)
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Carrie

For Your Consideration: Gauging a Crowded and Female-Friendly Spirit Award Field

This article was originally published in early November, and has been re-purposed in anticipation of the The Film Independent’s Spirit Awards nominations, which will be revealed tomorrow, November 30.

With the recent announcements of the Gotham Award nominations and the British Independent Film Award nominations, it only seems appropriate for this week’s column to take on the grand daddy of independent film awards: The Film Independent’s Spirit Awards. With nominations to be announced November 30 - just under a month from now - the awards promise to (as always) - be a surprising and at times unexpected representation of the year in American independent film.

One thing that can be expected though. This year’s event promises to be much more crowded and much less predictable than last year’s Spirits, which turned out to more or less become the “Precious” show. In large part due to “The Hurt Locker”‘s ineligibility (it was nominated the year prior), “Precious” ended up taking home five major awards including best feature, best director, best first screenplay and acting honors for Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique. There were certainly other films that factored into the mix - including “Crazy Heart,” “A Serious Man,” “A Single Man,” “Sin Nombre,” “The Messenger” and “(500) Days of Summer” - but in general it seemed like a much less congested year than usual. From the outset, it was hard to imagine anything other than “Precious” taking the top prize heading at the ceremony.

This year, this is unlikely to become the case. Sure, Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone” (which, like “Precious” won Sundance’s top prize) certainly seems like this year’s indie darling, but what about Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Valentine,” Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are All Right,” John Cameron Mitchell’s “Rabbit Hole,” and Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere”? All seem likely to eligible for the Spirits, and all have their fair share of supporters. Not to mention Jay and Mark Duplass’s “Cyrus,” Aaron Schneider’s “Get Low,” Nicole Holofener’s “Please Give,” Lena Dunham’s “Tiny Furniture,” and maybe even Matt Reeves’ “Let Me In” (which factored into the Gotham nominations, but straggles a limitation with a reported $20 million - exactly the budget cutoff). That’s a whole lot of indie going on, suggesting a “Winter’s” sweep might be a very unreasonable assumption when the awards head back to the beach in February. Not to say it won’t be a major presence at the awards, and deservedly so. It’s just that it’s going to have a lot of competition. Perhaps more competition than the Spirits have seen in many years.

So let’s break it down with respect to a few of the Spirits’ major categories to see where things might be headed.  Keep in mind the awards’ eligibility rules when considering what is seemingly left out. For example, “127 Hours” is budgeted at $30 million, while “Fair Game” is reportedly budgeted at $22 million, placing them both just outside the limitations of a budget under $20 million. Meanwhile, while “Animal Kingdom,” “Another Year,” “Biutiful,” “I Am Love,” “The King’s Speech” and “Made in Dagenham” are all not American productions, thus excluding them from all categories except “foreign film,” where one would suspect a lot of them will pop up. There’s also the tricky thing of films that haven’t been theatrically released showing up thanks to their festival screenings (“The Hurt Locker” did this in 2008, for example). Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom,” Aaron Katz’s “Cold Weather,” and especially Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff” would be the films to watch out for if that ends up being the case in their regard. So that all said, here’s a best guess (and check out the predictions in chart form here):

Best Lead Male

Prediction: Aaron Eckhart (Rabbit Hole), James Franco (Howl), Stephen Dorff (Somewhere), Robert Duvall (Get Low), Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
Spoilers:  Casey Affleck (The Killer Inside Me), Ronald Bronstein (Daddy Long Legs), Michael Douglas (Solitary Man), James Gandolfini (Welcome To The Rileys), Kevin Kline (The Extra Man), John C. Reilly (Cyrus), Ben Stiller (Greenberg)

Comparatively weak relative to its female counterpart but still offering some fine work, the lead male category could see a pretty awesomely mixed bag of actors. From bonafide Oscar contenders, like “Blue Valentine”‘s Ryan Gosling, “Get Low”‘s Robert Duvall and “Rabbit Hole”‘s Aaron Eckhart, to worthy underdogs, like “Somewhere”‘s Stephen Dorff, “Howl”‘s James Franco, and “Solitary Man”‘s Michael Douglas, to performances that the Spirits were created to honor, such as Casey Affleck in “The Killer Inside Me” or Ronald Bronstein in “Daddy Long Legs” or John C. Reilly in “Cyrus.” Of course there’s always the potential for an Adam Scott in “The Vicious Kind”-type nomination (which last year occurred over favorites like “The Messenger”‘s Ben Foster and “A Serious Man”‘s Michael Stuhlbarg), so who knows how these nominations may pan out. Though a Gosling vs. Duvall showdown (both previous winners in this category, for 1998’s “The Apostle” and 2006’s “Half Nelson,” respectively), seems like a good bet for the ceremony itself.

Best Supporting Female and Best Supporting Male

Female Prediction: Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone), Elle Fanning (Somewhere), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan), Sissy Spacek (Get Low), Dianne Wiest (Rabbit Hole)
Female Spoilers: Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), Rebecca Hall (Please Give), Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Melissa Leo (Welcome To The Rileys), Kristen Stewart (Welcome To The Rileys), Marisa Tomei (Cyrus), Kerry Washington (Mother & Child), Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right)

Male Prediction: Chris Cooper (The Company Men), John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone), Bill Murray (Get Low), John Ortiz (Jack Goes Boating), Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Male Spoilers: Vincent Cassel (Black Swan), Jonah Hill (Cyrus), Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right), Samuel L. Jackson (Mother & Child), Alex Karpovsky (Tiny Furniture), Paul Reubens (Life During Wartime), Sam Rockwell (Conviction), Michael Shannon (The Runaways), Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole)

The Spirits tend to get even more wildly unpredictable when it comes to the supporting categories (who predicted Dina Korzun in “Cold Souls” and Natalie Press in “Fifty Dead Men Walking” over “Crazy Heart”‘s Maggie Gyllenhaal and “A Single Man”‘s Julianne Moore” last year?), so continue to take these suggestions cautiously. But it’s hard to imagine the “Winter’s Bone” supporting duo of Dale Dickey and John Hawkes being left out of these categories, or the many outstanding supporting performances from films like “Rabbit Hole” (Dianne Wiest, and maybe Miles Teller as well), “Black Swan” (Barbara Hershey, and perhaps Mila Kunis or Vincent Cassel), “Cyrus” (Jonah Hill and/or Marisa Tomei), “Get Low” (Bill Murray and/or Sissy Spacek), and “The Kids Are All Right” (Mark Ruffalo and/or his biological children Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson). Whatever happens, expect a diversity of performances in true Spirit Award-spirit, and a much less predictable outcome of winners (last year Woody Harrelson and especially Mo’Nique were essentially assured their trophies).

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Carrie

TwilightNinjas "Welcome to the Rileys" Review

Id like to start off by saying that I apologize for not finishing/posting this review right after I saw Welcome to the Rileys. I’ve been busy preparing for school finals so I’ve been trying to juggle a lot at once (which I do not recommend by the way cause it wasn’t getting me anywhere until I organized a schedule). Secondly, i would like to thank Sony for contacting us 7 letting us know about the private screening :). Anyway, enough about that. On to the review!

 

**Note I am going to be 100% honest in this review. If anyone dislikes anything I have to say, I would appreciate it if you kept to yourself because you were warned at the beginning.  Don’t worry though, I didn’t write anything so bad your going to hate me, but just in case (you know?).**

For those of you who have seen it, you know very well how the story line of the film goes. For those who haven’t, here's a link to the overview of what WTTR is about: Link

Now, my thoughts:

In general, I loved the movie. There were a few hahas here and there that tended to break the “ice” when things were serious. Kristen did a great job playing her role. Although, the character she plays is a serious hot mess, she played it well. I loved the fact the script calls her to use a lot of profanity cause it made her performance seem more powerful at some points, but also gave Kristen’s character a “natural” touch. The only problem I had with her character was the fact that there were parts that were unnecessary (no, I‘m not talking about R rated parts). I‘m talking about a few extra parts that just didn’t really make sense why they where there in the first place. Like when Lois goes outside of the motel she was staying in to look up at the sky. it just didn’t make sense to see that and just frankly took time off of something else they could’ve placed in instead of that. Although, I do wish we could’ve seen more of Kristen pole dancing cause this is what her character makes a living out of (I thought we would see more of this). I mean they don’t give us a clear view of this (they give us a blurry view with her dancing in the background. yeah… that was basically nothing.). Therefore, the way Mallory gets introduced was a bit of a yawn for me (cause she just pops out of nowhere.). [No, I’m not a Krisbian…lol. I’m just a fan.] 
 Erm….moving on! Let’ see……ah! One of my favorite scenes was when Mallory goes bra shopping with Lois and she says something like “I don’t know what happened. I think I got my dad‘s”.lol (It‘s too inappropriate to write what the actual scene was about, but if you watched it, you know what I’m talking about…lol. ).

Although there were parts of the script that I didn’t like, I do think it was unusual because it had the feeling of how Mallory and Doug’s stories/lives interact with one another.When Doug decides to take care of Mallory, he seems to look at this as his opportunity to rescue her from this horrible life she’s been forced to live in and be the father he didn’t get to become for his own daughter. Although, later on we realize he was just someone searching for a meaning in his life. I thought what Doug did was great and all, I mean him helping Mallory out, but who would really make that kind of a decision just like that? That was just too unreal for me cause Doug basically walks away from everything he had (and that just never happens,. people plan if the ever want to walk out. unless of course you don't have anything  to walk out on for starters).

Now Lois. I'm not sure how i felt about her. When she first meets Mallory she runs off cause of what Doug told her. yeah, we all know why but something about that just didnt make sense to me(it's hard to explain).

Lastly, the ending was ok. everyone moves on and everything but couldn't they have had Mallory say bye to Doug and Lois face to face? i think that would've left a stronger last impression.

[All photos belong to Sony]

**Thanks for taking the time to read my review! I know things sounded all bunched up and maybe a little random by parts, but it was the best i could put into my own words. **

~Robstenfan

SoGoPro Interviews Welcome to the Rileys Costume Designer Kim Bowen

Industry Interview - Welcome to the Rileys Costume Designer Kim Bowen

• Genre: Other
• Length: 20:53 minutes (19.12 MB)
• Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Kim Bowen, costume designer for the film Welcome to the Rileys, is interviewed in the latest "Industry Interview" for Southern Gothic Productions. Bowen talks about working with director Jake Scott and actors Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo, to create costumes for this dark film. She also shares stories about tranforming Stewart into the teenage runaway, turned stripper, she portrays.

Listen here: http://www.sogopro.com/node/1342
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Carrie

Fan Driven Oscar Consideration Campaign For 'WTTR' & Cast.

welcome-to-the-rileys-saturday:

"We here at WTTRSaturday believe with all our hearts that it and it's cast deserve Academy Award consideration.  We know, and the critics know, that the performances were incredibly strong from Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo.  We also know it's expensive to get this movie into the hands of Academy Voters.

That is why, we, the fans have taken it upon ourselves to raise the money in order to buy ads in trade magazines, these are the magazines that industry insiders and voters receive and help with Oscar consideration. Did I mention these ads are very expensive?

We are seeking to raise $50,000 by December 15th, 2010.

We ask everyone to please check out our site at the following address and give what you can.  Our Goal may be $50,000, but regardless of what is made, be it more or less, every single penny goes to the purchase of these ads (the more the better, that just means we get bigger and better and more of them to reach more people!)

Think how incredible it would be to see these three incredible actors be gracing the Academy Award red carpet, all nominated together for the incredible film, Welcome to the Rileys."

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'Welcome to the Rileys' DVD gets a release date

“Welcome to the Rileys” on Blu-ray in February 2011

In an early alert to retailers Sony has made public plans to bring the 2010 film “Welcome to the Rileys” directed by Jake Scott to Blu-ray Disc on February 1st, 2011. The film stars James Gandolfini (of “The Sopranos” fame), Kristen Stewart (of “The Twilight Saga” fame), and Melissa Leo. The title is already available for PRE-ORDER over at Amazon with a $23.99 price tag. No information yet regarding the tech specs or bonus materials for the release but stay tuned and we will keep you updated.

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Carrie

Jake Scott WTTR interview w/Making Of - mentions Kristen

Kristen mentions start at the 4:46 mark
"I regarded her like my daughter...I felt very protective"

THIS IS JUST A GREAT INTERVIEW

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