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Surprisingly, Andrew Haigh‘s celebrated new drama “All of Us Strangers” is full of “firsts.” It’s the first time longtime friends Claire Foy and Andrew Scott have been in a movie together. It’s the first time Paul Mescal has portrayed a gay character on screen.

Variety asks directors and writers to write about the films that resonated most deeply with them, relating what makes these selected works special, memorable and endearing both to them and audiences overall. In the following 13 essays, screenwriters commend their fellow scribes for crafting memorable tales that traverse fantasy and fiction, depict figures both imaginative and historical, and span from Barbieland to New York City.

Andrew Scott shares a laugh with Claire Foy and Jamie Bell while stepping out for a weekend screening of their upcoming movie All of Us Strangers held at Vidiots Foundation – Eagle Theatre on Saturday (December 9) in Los Angeles.

From acclaimed British filmmaker Andrew Haigh, known for “Weekend,” “45 Years,” “Lean on Pete,” and most recently, the BBC series, “The North Water,” his latest film is the heralded love story/family drama/quasi ghost story, “All Of Us Strangers.” READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2024 Starring the stellar cast of Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy, one wants to tread lightly when discussing the film to avoid spoiling it; the drama centers on a lonely screenwriter (Scott) drawn back to his childhood home.

The love pairing of flirty, late-era Millennial Harry (Paul Mescal) and the shy, fringe Gen X-er Adam (Andrew Scott) isn’t what you’d necessarily expect in most contemporary gay love affairs, let alone in Andrew Haigh’s sublime new drama, “All of Us Strangers.” But, lonely living in a barely occupied London apartment tower can make for unexpected and literal bedfellows. In the context of the film, it also leads to several intimate cinematic scenes that are both emotionally moving and, well, quite erotic.

Andrew Scott and Jamie Bell are stepping out to promote their new movie.

The best in film and television was honored tonight at the 2023 Gotham Awards, which kicked off awards season with a bang!

Caroline Brew editor The Gotham Awards are underway at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The 33rd edition of the ceremony — which traditionally serves as the earliest awards show of the season — begins at 7 p.m. ET and is being livestreamed on Variety‘s official YouTube.

There is a sequence of scenes in Andrew Haigh‘s acclaimed drama “All of Us Strangers” that will surprise both straight and queer audiences, but it’s not what you think. Sure, there is another buzzworthy sex scene between stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal for a fall movie season seemingly full of them.

EXCLUSIVE: Derval Whelan, who previously worked at Searchlight Pictures for 14 years until 2021, is returning to the Disney specialty label as their Head of Distribution. She takes over for former Head of Distribution Frank Rodriguez, who Deadline told you departed for Amazon MGM to be their General Sales Manager.

James Bond film Spectre, saying he “wasn’t that good” in his role.In the 2015 film, Scott played C, aka Max Denbigh, who is revealed to be an undercover member of the terrorist organisation Spectre. The role came after his standout villainous turn as Moriarty in BBC series Sherlock, where he starred opposite Benedict Cumberbatch.Speaking to British GQ, Scott explained how, following Spectre, he was turned off from playing overtly villainous characters.“If I’m honest, it’s not a territory that I feel like I would want to go over again,” Scott said.

Andrew Scott has revealed that he was encouraged by various people in the film and television industry to keep his sexuality to himself.The Fleabag actor – who is starring in All Of Us Strangers, set to release in January 2024 – has told GQ that he “was encouraged, by people in the industry who I really admired and who had my best interests at heart, to keep that [to myself].”He went on to say, “I understand why they gave that advice, but I’m also glad that I eventually ignored it.”In 2013, the Sherlock actor ‘came out’ in an interview in The Independent. On the experience, Scott told GQ, “Sometimes I find the prurient nature of the way we talk about it a little bit exhausting.

Naman Ramachandran Feature debutant Raine Allen-Miller’s “Rye Lane” led the nominations at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with 16 nods. “Scrapper” by debutant Charlotte Regan and veteran Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” scored 14 nominations each while Molly Manning Walker’s “How to Have Sex” had 13, Sam H.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Andrew Haigh has described “All of Us Strangers,” a spectral meditation on love and loneliness, as a deeply personal film, one infused with his own feelings about parents and relationships. That’s not unique — write what you know is an adage for a reason. But “All of Us Strangers” may be one of the only major movies to have been shot in the childhood home of its creator.

“Going Varsity in Mariachi” is one of the films with LGBTQ themes that will screen at AFI Fest 2023 in Hollywood. Photo: Provided by AFI Fest.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “All of Us Strangers,” Andrew Haigh, U.K., U.S.) Setting a high benchmark for Valladolid’s main competition, “a curious kind of ghost story, at once incredibly tender and profoundly devastating as it slowly reveals its secrets,” Variety wrote in its review. Written and directed by Haigh.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Arriving just as Britain’s dire housing crisis is set to be a key campaign issue in next year’s long-awaited general election, “The Kitchen” offers a solemnly affecting look at what might happen if it’s left to fester. Zooming through a dystopian London in what seems the too-near future, this sharply accomplished feature directing debut from Kibwe Tavares and actor Daniel Kaluuya surprisingly eschews high-concept genre plotting to go with its elaborate sci-fi scene-setting, instead narrowing to an intimate, humane study of Black male bonding in a time of systemic social oppression.

UPDATED with lineup additions, 11:01 AM: The American Film Institute today added some films to its 2023 lineup. The five films selected by Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig are All That Jazz, An American in Paris, Wings of Desire A Matter of Life and Death and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. She will introduce the latter two.

The American Film Institute on Thursday revealed the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 25-29. It joins the previously announced fest opener, Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind, and closer in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro. Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story is the Centerpiece film.

The Tokyo Film Festival has set the lineup for its bumper 2023 edition, running October 23 to November 1. Scroll down for the full list. 

Naman Ramachandran Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green. Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.

Andrew Scott is getting major Oscar buzz for his work in the new movie All Of Us Strangers and the official trailer for the movie is finally out now!

Sophia Scorziello editor Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott are closer than ever in the trailer for Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming gay romance “All of Us Strangers.” Helmed by Andrew Haigh, the film is an adaptation of Taichi Yamada’s 1987 Japanese psychological novel “Strangers.” The two actors star as neighbors-turned-lovers — a screenwriter named Adam (Scott) and the enigmatic Harry (Mescal). As their relationship evolves, Adam returns to his childhood home to discover that his three-decades-deceased parents, played by Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, are seemingly alive.

Andrew Haigh‘s latest movie, “All of Us Strangers” is poised to be a massive awards contender this year. After the incredible acclaim of some of Haigh’s past efforts, like “45 Years” and “Weekend,” the filmmaker looks like he has another critical darling this year.

McKinley Franklin editor New York-based LGBTQ+ film festival NewFest has debuted the lineup for its 35th festival, which is set to run from Oct. 12 to Oct. 24.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic The best scene of “Call Me by Your Name” has nothing to do with fruit, but a frank father-son conversation. Brittle to the point of breaking, Timothée Chalamet sits on the couch, arms crossed, resenting his dad for acknowledging the source of his anguish. “You’re too smart not to know how rare, how special, what you two had was,” Michael Stuhlbarg tells the boy.

In Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel, All of Us Strangers was a ghost story of a son reconnecting with his long-dead parents while navigating romance in the current era. In adapting this weird story for the screen, writer-director Andrew Haigh made some changes, largely making the main character gay, not heterosexual, and letting the ghostly elements disappear into a feeling that this is all happening in the present day, even if son and parents are essentially the same age.

TELLURIDE – There is quiet tension bubbling underneath Andrew Haigh’s latest endeavor. An often sublime drama that features a unique reunion between a son and his parents and a transformative, passionate romance.

Naman Ramachandran The 67th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup, which includes galas and special presentations of films by contemporary masters. As previously announced, Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” will open the festival and Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s “The Kitchen” will close it.

The Telluride Film Festival, a key part of the fall festival circuit launching awards season and perhaps some major Academy Award contenders, announced the wide-ranging lineup of films for its landmark 50th edition. The fest kicks off Thursday and runs through Labor Day and will feature world premieres of Oscar winners Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (Focus Features), Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (Amazon) and Free Solo filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s narrative feature Nyad (Netflix).

The 2023 Telluride Film Festival will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with an extra day of screenings and an impressive 20 world premieres. Notable films making their debuts in the mountains include Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” follow-up, “Saltburn”; Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” with Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell; Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy; and Ethan Hawke‘s latest directorial effort, “Wildcat,” co-starring Telluride resident Laura Linney.

Ethan Shanfeld According to “All of Us Strangers” filmmaker Andrew Haigh, Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott hit it off immediately while on the set of the upcoming gay romance film. “There was chemistry between the two of them literally the second I saw them together,” Haigh said in an interview with Vanity Fair.

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal star in the upcoming movie All Of Us Strangers and the film’s director is opening up about their sex scenes.

Film at Lincoln Center has set the 32 features from 18 countries making up the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival, from Cannes prize-winners Anatomy Of A Fall by Justine Triet (Palme d’Or) and Zone Of Interest by Jonathan Glazer (Grand Prix), to the latest by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, Hong Sangsoo, Radu Jude, Yorgos Lanthimos and Alice Rohrwacher.

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal have teamed up for the upcoming movie All of Us Strangers and Searchlight Pictures has released the first look!

Searchlight has added their third release to the December calendar before the year-end Oscar qualification date, that being the Andrew Haigh directed and written fantasy drama, All of Us Strangers, on Dec. 22.