5 Brief Romances With 'Weekend' Director Haigh

La (AP) The indie romance "Weekend," in theaters in limited release, is really a sweet, wistful glimpse in a love that might have been from author-director Andrew Haigh.The result is the brief but intense relationship between two youthful, gay males who meet inside a boozy haze in a London club on the Friday evening. They're going home together, then spend the following day or two making love, taking drugs, discussing tales and forging a fast but genuine closeness. It's shot by having an engaging naturalism and written having a bracing honesty.So since we loved his film a lot, we requested Haigh to become listed on us within the Five Most space now to choose his favorite ticking-clock romances and elaborate on his options. Don't wait see these movies before time runs out: "Brief Encounter" (1945): From director David Lean, the best tale of strong passions hiding beneath the repressed British exterior. The film finishes using the famous scene in the stop once the two figures are heartbreakingly conned of the final goodbye. (It had been) compiled by Noel Coward, there will always be gossips it really was about two males, and when you watch it now for the reason that context, celebrate wonderful sense. "Last Evening" (1998): Directed by Don McKellar, an finish-of-the-world movie told with quiet simplicity. Among the tales follows two other people, performed by McKellar themself and Sandra Oh, who finish up investing their last hrs together. Because the clock ticks away, they realize just how much that like one another, and also the final moment once they realize they have really fallen for each other because the world finishes around them is devastating. "Before Sunset" (2004): The 2nd of these two films from director Richard Linklater is my personal favorite. It's a story of regrets and skipped chances. Watching Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke roam the roads of Paris articulating everything that may have been, you cannot help but wish that things might have been different. You cannot help but hope that this time around it'll, actually, differ. You hope he won't catch the plane to the U.S., he will remain. "Quiet City" (2007): From director Aaron Katz. A woman will get off a train and attempts to find her friend but rather stays 24 hrs spending time with a stranger until she will track her lower and start her existence. Their time together is sort of a breath, an area. It's unpretentious, poetic and authentic. It is just like watching rapport develop immediately before your vision. "Lost in Translation" (2003): From director Sofia Coppola, another limited-time-frame story with return plane tickets to trap for the figures. A non-romantic romance that's just as essential as an appreciation affair. I really like the way in which this film feels as though time suspended, existing outdoors of the lives, lost within the haze of jet lag. You realize it won't drastically change either character's lives however, you just realize that in certain, almost inexplicable way, both of them are deeply impacted by their time together.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Ascot Elite taps Otto

OttoBERLIN -- Ascot Elite Filmverleih, the German theatrical arm of Swiss-based Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, has tapped former Sony Pictures Television Deutschland exec Daniel Otto as head of acquisitions, sales and co-productions.Otto most recently served as director of acquisitions at Sony, where he also oversaw acquisitions and content for the group's pay TV channels AXN, AXN-HD and Animax, as well as the South African Animax.In his new post, Otto will report to Ascot Elite chief operating officer Stephan Giger and CEO Ralph Dietrich."Our German operations, namely our theatrical activities, are a very strong pillar of our distribution strategy in the territory," Dietrich said. "We are very proud to have Daniel on board. He is known for being an excellent and well connected buyer, and knows the international and German market by heart. Based on his background and personality, he will be a valuable addition to our team."Otto began his career in 1996 at the now defunct Kirch Media, where he headed feature film acquisitions. After a three-year stint at German sales company Peppermint and its parent company Helkon, he joined Deutsche Telekom's T-Online division in 2003 to help build its VOD business. He later moved to German pay TV platform Premiere (now Sky Deutschland), where he oversaw VOD rights acquisitions before joining Sony, where he worked the past four years.Ascot Elite's current German releases include John Michael McDonagh's "The Guard," and upcoming titles such as Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," Peter Jay Brown's "Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist" and Jeff Nichols' "Take Shelter," starring Michael Shannon ("Man of Steel"). Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com

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The Bard Goes Global With 37 Plays in 37 Languages

LONDON (AP) All the world's onstage a single stage as theater troupes from around the globe perform all of Shakespeare's plays in three dozen languages in the Bard's symbolic London home.Shakespeare's Globe theater announced details Tuesday of a festival that will see all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays performed in 37 languages, from Urdu to Swahili, over six weeks in 2012.The "Globe to Globe" festival includes companies from six continents, including the world's most populous countries, China and India, and the youngest South Sudan, which became an independent nation in July.Globe artistic director Dominic Dromgoole said a production of "Cymbeline" performed in the local Juba Arabic tongue would be the first time South Sudan has participated in an international cultural event, and a major achievement for the new country."The size of their desire to come here was simply overwhelming," he said.The festival, part of the cultural warmup to next summer's 2012 London Olympic Games, reflects the ability of Britain's most famous playwright to reach audiences in myriad languages and cultures.It kicks off April 23, Shakespeare's birthday, with "Troilus and Cressida" in Maori, performed by New Zealand's Ngakau Toa company, and includes what Dromgoole called a "lurid, tawdry, drugs-and-strippers" version of "Macbeth" from Poland.Also on the program are "Twelfth Night" in Hindi, "Pericles" in Greek and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in Swahili, along with productions by both Israelis and Palestinians. Tel Aviv's Habima company performs "The Merchant of Venice" a play often accused of anti-Semitism while Ramallah-based Ashtar Theater stages "Richard II.""Henry VI," a three-part history of war and national identity, is being reinvented as a "Balkan trilogy" by the national theaters of Serbia, Albania and Macedonia.Participants range from large and well-established companies such as the National Theater of China performing "Richard III," a study of coercion and dictatorship to semi-underground troupes such as the Belarus Free Theater, whose members have been arrested and harassed by the former Soviet state's autocratic regime. It will perform Shakespeare's study of a dictator in decline, "King Lear."Afghanistan's Roy-e-Sabs will perform for the first time outside Kabul with a production of "A Comedy of Errors" in Dari. Until recently the troupe rehearsed in the British Council compound in Kabul, which was attacked by suicide bombers last month, sparking an eight-hour battle that killed eight people.Three productions come from the English-speaking world: The Globe's own production of "Henry V" and a hip-hop-flavored "Othello" from Chicago's Q Brothers. London company "Deafinitely Theatre" will perform "Love's Labor's Lost" in British Sign Language.The festival will be a complex logistical exercise, and producer Tom Bird said the ground rules given to participants were simple don't bring a set, rely on costumes and movement and "revel in the music of your own language."The Globe is a recreation of the open-air theater where many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed. Many patrons stand in the open air as "groundlings" like their Elizabethan predecessors.The festival is offering a variety of Olympic-themed ticket plans, from a two-play "biathlon" to a "marathon" of 26 plays. Adventurous and energetic theatergoers can see all 37 plays for 100 pounds ($160) if they are willing to stand.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Bravo Regrets Patti Stanger's Anti-Gay, Anti-Semitic Comments on Watch What Goes On Live

Andy Cohen and Patti Stanger Bravo regrets Patti Stanger's anti-gay and anti-Semitic comments on Watch What Goes On: Live Sunday evening, based on the Hollywood Reporter. Take a look at our fall preview for art galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and much more! The Uniform Matchmaker star sparked debate when she told Watch's Andy Cohen that "Jewish males lie," which "There's no curbing the gay guy." She went right into a extended discussion using the freely gay Cohen about how exactly gay males are not able to become monogamous. "Bravo regrets your comments ought to expressed by Patti Stanger on Watch What Goes On: Live last evening," a representative for that network told the trade. "Her surveys are not associated with the network's values and opinions. We apologize for that offense it triggered." Take a look at all of the familiar faces coming back to TV this season On Monday, Stanger tweeted her very own apology, stating, "Attn male Gays: I give you support & my discuss WWHL ended up being to a LA guy who aren't able to find commitment... So sorry - did not mean to offend anybody. Adore you all. X0" Stanger has yet to acknowledge the comment she made about Jewish males. Reps for Bravo's Watch didn't immediately react to TVGuide.com's request comment.

ABC Offers Fred Savage Happy Being

Fred Savage Fred Savage is positioned to direct and guest-star inside an episode of Happy Being, Entertainment Weekly reviews. The Question Years star will helm the second episode of ABC's sophomore comedy creating a cameo as themselves. Particulars concerning the plot are scarce, and reps for your series did not immediately respond to TVGuide.com's request comment, but EW states he'll connect with Alex (Elisha Cuthbert). Exclusive Start Searching: Get yourself a large taste of Happy Endings' second season The 35-year-old actor has directed cases of It Definitely Is Sunny, Modern Family, My Boys, Ugly Betty and Party Lower, among comedy series. Happy Being returns Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 9:30/8:30c.

Okiura's 'Momo' to spread out wide

"Instructions to Momo"Tokyo, japan -- Kadokawa Pictures will release the Hiroyuki Okiura toon "Instructions to Momo" on 300 screens in next year's spring Golden Week holiday period, the organization has revealed. Seven years within the making, the toon is screening at Toronto within the TIFF Kids section. The storyline, in regards to a girl who, right after the dying of her father, moves to some remote island together with her mother, where she encounters supernatural goings-on, seemed to be scripted by Okiura. 3 hundred is really a large quantity of screens for any local toon produced from an authentic story, not really a comic or TV toon franchise. 2 yrs ago Toei toon "One Piece Film: Strong World" bowed on only 188 screens, but finished north of $50 million.Okiura last directed the fantasy-thriller toon "Jin-roh" in 1999. Other credits include stints being an animator on Satoshi Kon's "Paprika" (2006) and Mamoru Oshii's "Ghost within the Spend 2: Innocence" (2004). The development clients are Production I.G. Additionally to Toronto, the toon is skedded to screen in the Sitges and Busan fests. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

WATCH IT NOW: New Breaking Dawn Trailer!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Its finally here the brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1! In the trailer two minutes and 27 seconds of never-before-seen footage for the highly anticipated film, fans get a glimpse of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edwards (Robert Pattinson) wedding day. However, the honeymoon phase is short-lived, as the newlyweds must soon deal with the difficulties and dangers of Bellas pregnancy. Its crushing you from the inside out, a worried Edward tells his new bride in the clip. With Bellas life in peril both from the complications of her unborn baby and from the threat of outside forces Edward and the Cullen clan must come to the defense of their new family member. But, will Jacob (Taylor Lautner) stand by his longtime friends side especially when the wolfpack has other ideas? Will the Volturi prove to be too powerful to hold back? And, will Bella survive? CLICK HERE to check out the brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, which hits theaters November 18, 2011! The trailer also airs on Tuesdays Access Hollywood (check local listings). Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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