Francis Lee’s “Ammonite” might be the biggest study in contrasts that you’ll find at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
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Kate Winslet revealed she and "Ammonite" co-star Saoirse Ronan took their sex scene very seriously. So much so, the two actresses "choreographed" it themselves. Winslet explained to The Hollywood Reporter that the film's director, Francis Lee, was "nervous" about how the scene would look.
"I just said to him, 'Listen, let us work it out.' And we did," Winslet said. ''We'll start here.
Francis Lee’s “Ammonite” might be the biggest study in contrasts that you’ll find at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
Todd McCarthy The temptation will be too great for some critics to resist proclaiming, “Ammonite is dynamite!,” as in some respects it is, specifically in the way it resembles a hand grenade thrown into the midst of an otherwise decorous, serious-minded 19th century British period piece.James Ivory might be proud and even jealous of the way writer-director Francis Lee takes the Anglo art house tradition of quality to an uncustomary level of sexual frankness, an aspect that will remind many
Clayton Davis Indie distributor Neon has shown the power of storytelling in three short, but very successful years. Starting in 2017 with “I, Tonya,” which earned an Oscar for Allison Janney in the supporting actress category, it continued its hot streak in 2019, when Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” made history by winning best picture.
It’s pretty crazy to think that it’s been more than 25 years since Kate Winslet had her breakout role in the film, “Heavenly Creatures.” Over that time span, she’s won an Oscar (along with various other prestigious awards), she’s starred in one of the biggest films of all time (“Titanic”), and a number of other acclaimed features that have gained her the status of being one of the very best performers in the industry.
Eli Countryman Kate Winslet has worked with both Woody Allen and Roman Polanski. Looking back, she questions why the film industry — herself included — ever even supported the men.In an interview with Vanity Fair ahead of the “Ammonite” premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the star opened up about her regrets and how she’s learned to speak up for herself on set.
Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway has given a new update on her husband Derek Draper, who was hospitalised back in March due to COVID and continues to be in intensive care in a minimally conscious state.Speaking to YOU magazine on the week that they would've renewed their wedding vows on their 15th wedding anniversary on 5 September, Kate detailed the moment she first saw him via FaceTime and looked completely unrecognisable after losing a total of eight stone in weight.MORE: Kate Garraway in
Ammonite.The pair play starcrossed lovers Mary Anning, a real-life fossil hunter, and the married woman, Charlotte Murchison, she has a relationship with.Kate admitted that she was ‘nervous’ to shoot the love scenes with Saoirse, but went on to say that they are the scenes she is ‘proudest’ of now.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she explained that she and Saoirse went away to ‘choreograph’ the racy scenes which feature in the movie.She admitted that the director Francis Lee had been
While many people around the world were not prepared for the coronavirus pandemic, actress Kate Winslet was. The Oscar winner, 44, recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the pandemic, revealing that after starring in 2011's "Contagion," she was ready for the outbreak long before everyone else.
Kate Winslet has been taking the coronavirus pandemic very seriously from the beginning.
Kate Winslet is not afraid to acknowledge that her sex scene with her co-star, Saoirse Ronan, took serious work. In a new interview with, the 44-year-old actress candidly discusses what went into filming the scene and how proud of it she is.
One of the by-products of the #MeToo movement is the spotlight that has been put on the working conditions that actresses face on film sets, especially when they’re asked to be nude or do love scenes.
Kate Winslet discusses her new lesbian drama “Ammonite” and what it was like filming the very imtimate sex scenes with Saoirse Ronan in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Ammonite, the buzzy LGBT period romance starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, is set to close the 2020 BFI London Film Festival. The film — from Brit director Francis Lee (God's Own Country) which will have its world premiere in Toronto in September — will bow in the U.K.
Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe BFI London Film Festival has set Francis Lee’s Ammonite as its closing film.Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, the film is set in the 1840s, following palaeontologist Mary Anning when she encounters a young woman recuperating from a personal tragedy,It is world premiering at Toronto and also took part in the 2020 Cannes Label selection at the cancelled French festival.The London screening will take place on October 17 at cinemas across the UK,
Naman Ramachandran The U.K. premiere of “Ammonite,” starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, and directed by Francis Lee (“God’s Own Country”), will close the British Film Institute London Film Festival on Oct.
The first official trailer for Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan's "Ammonite" has arrived. The film centers on the blossoming relationship between Mary (Winslet) and Charlotte (Ronan) as the latter takes up an apprenticeship under Mary, a renowned paleontologist.