<![CDATA[Such Much Films, Inc. - News]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:36:55 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Ben Lewin to direct new film with Katherine Heigl]]>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:42 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2013/05/ben-lewin-to-direct-new-film-with-katherine-heigl.htmlBen Lewin has signed on to direct the romantic drama A MOMENT TO REMEMBER starring Katherin Heigl. Judi Levine will executive produce with an expected production start later this year.  

Click here to read the Hollywood Reporter article
]]><![CDATA[Fall Movie Previews feature The Sessions]]>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:10:03 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/08/fall-movie-previews-feature-the-sessions.htmlThe Fall Movie Preview magazine issues are starting to appear on store shelves, and guess what?!?!?  The Sessions is in them!

Check out this interview with John Hawkes in the New York Magazine - Click here to read

We're also featured on pages 61 and 62 of the Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview issue with s, on news stands now!
]]><![CDATA[Gearing up for "The Sessions" premiere at MIFF]]>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:12:07 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/08/gearing-up-for-the-sessions-premiere-at-miff.htmlWe're just a day away from the international premiere of "The Sessions" at the Melbourne International Film Festival and the word is starting to spread!

Check out this write up that ran concurrently in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.  Click here to go to TheAge
]]><![CDATA[London's The Daily Mail calls "The Sessions" 'Truly Inspirational']]>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:07:24 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/08/londons-the-daily-mailcalls-the-sessions-truly-inspirational.html
The following write-up by Baz Bambigboye ran in London's Daily Mail on July 27th.  Couldn't really ask for a better review!

John Hawkes and Helen Hunt star in a movie called The Sessions, which will emerge as one of the year’s best, though, annoyingly, it doesn’t open here until January 2013. 

It’s based on a true story about a poet and journalist by the name of Mark O’Brien. If I tell you that O’Brien, in the film and real life, was dependent on an iron lung because he contracted polio as a boy and was left paralysed from the neck down, you might think for a moment: ‘Oh, please, I don’t need to see this.’ 

But you do need to see this film. And what’s more, you need to see it more than once. Hawkes’s portrayal of O’Brien brims with humour and intelligence. It’s a towering performance that captures a man’s life with empathy and honesty. 


I haven’t even reached the bit where O’Brien, a staunch Roman Catholic, decides that aged 36 he’s tired of being a  virgin, so he seeks the blessing of his priest (a lively turn from William H. Macy) to hire a willing volunteer who will initiate him in the joys of the flesh. 


Helen Hunt plays Cheryl Cohen Greene who did, indeed, teach O’Brien how to achieve satisfaction. Hunt’s had disappointing roles in the past, but she makes the most of this one. 


Hawkes dominates the film. He was nominated a couple of years back for best supporting actor in Winter’s Bone. He surely deserves Oscar and Bafta nominations for a performance that teaches us all to live life to the full.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2179544/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Why-Frances-la-Tour-Alan-Bennetts-People-person-new-play.html#ixzz22RroPVpT
]]><![CDATA[The Sessions to screen at Toronto International Film Festival]]>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:00:43 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/07/the-sessions-to-screen-at-toronto-international-film-festival.htmlThe list is growing, The Sessions is now also scheduled to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.  See the film mentioned in this recent Los Angeles Times article.

Look for more announcements soon!]]><![CDATA[Bringing it all back home...The Sessions to screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival]]>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:03:28 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/07/bringing-it-all-back-homethe-sessionsto-screen-at-the-melbourne-international-film-festival.htmlJust announced yesterday, The Sessions is currently scheduled for two screenings in writer/director Ben Lewin and producer Judi Levine's home town of Melbourne, Australia.  Ben and Judi will be guests of the Melbourne International Film Festival in August of this year, where the film will make it's Southern Hemisphere debut.  

Current screening times are Saturday August 4th, 6:30pm at Hoyts Melbourne Central and Sunday August 5th, 6:30pm at Greater Union Cinema 3.

Click here to go to the online catalogue page to find out more about screenings and tickets.]]><![CDATA[Recent online articles about The Sessions]]>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:22:57 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/07/recent-online-articles-about-the-sessions.htmlCheck out some of these great posts that have popped up online since The Sessions trailer was released last week.  Also, don't forget to go seen the other recent Fox Searchlight release Beasts of the Southern Wild and look for The Sessions trailer before hand.


-Hollywood.com
"The Sessions" Gets the Goods

-The Huffington Post
"The Sessions" Trailer: John Hawkes, Your Future Best Actor Winner?

-Screen Rant
The Sessions Trailer: John Hawkes Is the 38- Year Old (Paralyzed) Virgin

-We Got This Covered
First Trailer for the Sundance Hit "The Sessions"

-Cinema Blend.com
Sundance Hit "the Sessions"

-Collider.com
First Trailer and Poster for THE SESSIONS Starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy

-City of Films
Gather Round Everyone, Helen Hunt is Back


-Very Aware 
Trailer: Helen Hunt Helps John Hawkes in The Sessions

-Ropes of Silicon
Trailer for the Oscar Contender The Sessions



]]><![CDATA[The Sessions in 2013 Oscar predictions]]>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:28:43 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/06/the-sessionsstill-receiving-praise-post-cannes-film-festival.htmlCheck out this great Indiewire blog post listing The Sessions in multiple categories for Oscar 2013 predictions. (please note, the article refers to the film by its working title Six Sessions) 
Click here to read the post]]><![CDATA[New Title and Release Date!]]>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:28:13 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/06/new-title-and-release-date.htmlThe Surrogate is now The Sessions and is slated for a US release on October 26th!!!  Look for more exciting news in the coming weeks...]]><![CDATA[The Sesssions  wins Audience Award & Special Jury Prize at 2012 Sundance Film Fest]]>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:21:58 GMThttp://www.suchmuchfilms.com/1/post/2012/01/the-sesssions-wins-audience-award-special-jury-prize-at-2012-sundance-film-fest.html
The Sessions (formerly The Surrogate) swept the awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival winning both Audience Award and Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting in the U.S. Dramatic category.  

Watch the awards ceremony here and see Ben & Judi graciously accepting the awards for the film.
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