One problem with being The New York Times—big, lumbering, important—is that you sometimes get in your own way. It happens even when you cover the movies. Every now and then, you find yourself looking at a picture that’s looking at you. And that can be awkward.
Just such a moment is pending, as The Times prepares to deal with She Said, Maria Schrader’s film about the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of Harvey Weinstein and sex abuse by two of its reporters, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
That was a proud enterprise for the paper, the kind of reporting it’s supposed to do. But past triumph won’t make it any easier for the Times‘ critics and cultural reporters to cover the film when Universal unveils it at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 13, at a world premiere that will find their two colleagues on-stage with the actresses who portray them,...
Just such a moment is pending, as The Times prepares to deal with She Said, Maria Schrader’s film about the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of Harvey Weinstein and sex abuse by two of its reporters, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
That was a proud enterprise for the paper, the kind of reporting it’s supposed to do. But past triumph won’t make it any easier for the Times‘ critics and cultural reporters to cover the film when Universal unveils it at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 13, at a world premiere that will find their two colleagues on-stage with the actresses who portray them,...
- 9/23/2022
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
The Last Dance, one of the most ambitious sports documentaries to come from ESPN since the birth of its 30 for 30 series 11 years ago, is set to air its first two episodes at 9 p.m. Et Sunday, April 19 on the network and its streaming platform.
Over the next five Sundays, the 10-hour miniseries from director Jason Hehir will tell the story of Michael Jordan’s final NBA championship run with the Chicago Bulls during the 1997-98 season. That runtime eclipses even the Worldwide Leader’s lengthy Academy Award-winning marathon doc by more than two hours.
The 30 for 30 franchise and its related endeavors from ESPN Films have produced scores of enthralling feature films, shorts, and podcasts since 2009. For those looking to fill this time without live sports, it’s hard to go wrong by simply picking something at random from the back catalog of sports documentaries available through an ESPN+ subscription.
But...
Over the next five Sundays, the 10-hour miniseries from director Jason Hehir will tell the story of Michael Jordan’s final NBA championship run with the Chicago Bulls during the 1997-98 season. That runtime eclipses even the Worldwide Leader’s lengthy Academy Award-winning marathon doc by more than two hours.
The 30 for 30 franchise and its related endeavors from ESPN Films have produced scores of enthralling feature films, shorts, and podcasts since 2009. For those looking to fill this time without live sports, it’s hard to go wrong by simply picking something at random from the back catalog of sports documentaries available through an ESPN+ subscription.
But...
- 4/17/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Now 90, Dr. Ruth Westheimer had resisted past overtures to do a documentary, but she was won over by filmmaker Ryan White. Ask Dr. Ruth, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, opens in theaters this weekend via Magnolia Pictures after screening at Tribeca Film Festival this week. The theatrical run comes ahead of its Hulu bow in June. 1091 Media, formerly The Orchard, is opening fellow Tribeca doc, Meeting Gorbachev by Werner Herzog and André Singer. Venice, Toronto, Telluride & Nyff title, Non-Fiction, by Olivier Assayas and starring Juliette Binoche opens in select locations on the coasts Friday, while Good Deed Entertainment has Tell It to the Bees with Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger in select cities around the country. Also on tap is Patrick Creadon doc Hesburgh, a self-release, in 30-plus markets this weekend.
Also opening in limited release is Briarcliff Entertainment’s El Chicano by Ben Hernandez Bray...
Also opening in limited release is Briarcliff Entertainment’s El Chicano by Ben Hernandez Bray...
- 5/3/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Some specialty distributors waded into a weekend that was all but set to be dominated by Avengers: Endgame. Sony Classics’ bio-drama The White Crow by Ralph Fiennes took the mantle with an $80,675 gross in five theaters, averaging $16,135, the highest per theater average of the weekend’s limited release newcomers.
Self-release doc Hesburgh by Patrick Creadon played two runs for $18,150, while Abramorama tuned Carmine Street Guitars with an exclusive outing in New York, grossing $7,081.
New Releases
Carmine Street Guitars (Abramorama) New [1 Theater] Weekend $7,081, Cume $10,216
Hesburgh (O’Malley Creadon Productions) New [2 Theaters] Weekend $18,150, Average $9,075
If The Dancer Dances (Monument Releasing) New [1 Theater] Weekend $5,000
The White Crow (Sony Pictures Classics) New [5 Theaters] Weekend $80,675, Average $16,135
Returning/Second Weekend
Family (The Film Arcade) Week 2 [107 Theaters] Weekend $102,720, Average $960, Cume $126,522
Little Woods (Neon) Week 2 [29 Theaters] Weekend $34,310, Average $1,183, Cume $116,475
Red Joan (IFC Films) Week 2 [45 Theaters] Weekend $165,204, Average $3,671, Cume $222,257
Holdovers / Third+ Weekends
Her Smell (Gunpowder & Sky) Week 3 [40 Theaters] Weekend $34,835, Average $870, Cume $171,725
Long Day’s Journey Into...
Self-release doc Hesburgh by Patrick Creadon played two runs for $18,150, while Abramorama tuned Carmine Street Guitars with an exclusive outing in New York, grossing $7,081.
New Releases
Carmine Street Guitars (Abramorama) New [1 Theater] Weekend $7,081, Cume $10,216
Hesburgh (O’Malley Creadon Productions) New [2 Theaters] Weekend $18,150, Average $9,075
If The Dancer Dances (Monument Releasing) New [1 Theater] Weekend $5,000
The White Crow (Sony Pictures Classics) New [5 Theaters] Weekend $80,675, Average $16,135
Returning/Second Weekend
Family (The Film Arcade) Week 2 [107 Theaters] Weekend $102,720, Average $960, Cume $126,522
Little Woods (Neon) Week 2 [29 Theaters] Weekend $34,310, Average $1,183, Cume $116,475
Red Joan (IFC Films) Week 2 [45 Theaters] Weekend $165,204, Average $3,671, Cume $222,257
Holdovers / Third+ Weekends
Her Smell (Gunpowder & Sky) Week 3 [40 Theaters] Weekend $34,835, Average $870, Cume $171,725
Long Day’s Journey Into...
- 4/28/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – For every grand name in history, there are behind-the-scenes performers who contribute to that history just as profoundly. One such person was “Father Ted” of Notre Dame, profiled in Patrick Creadon’s new documentary, “Hesburgh.” The film opens Friday, April 26th, 2019, at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago.
Opens Friday, April 26th, at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago
Photo credit: Cinetic
Father Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh was a legendary Catholic priest and president of Notre Dame from 1952 through 1987, during a period of monumental religious and social change. Hesburgh was in the middle of it, fighting for social justice, civil rights, free thought at his Catholic University and the growth of the school itself. Director Creadon tells the priest’s story in segments rather than a timeline, but at the heart of those stories is Hesburgh, a man who those grand names of history admired, and who followed up on...
Opens Friday, April 26th, at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago
Photo credit: Cinetic
Father Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh was a legendary Catholic priest and president of Notre Dame from 1952 through 1987, during a period of monumental religious and social change. Hesburgh was in the middle of it, fighting for social justice, civil rights, free thought at his Catholic University and the growth of the school itself. Director Creadon tells the priest’s story in segments rather than a timeline, but at the heart of those stories is Hesburgh, a man who those grand names of history admired, and who followed up on...
- 4/25/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"He was a mythic figure." Cinetic has debuted an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Hesburgh, which premiered at a film festival last year and is hitting select theaters in late April this spring. The film is about Father Theodore Hesburgh, a beloved, outspoken priest who was also the president of the University of Notre Dame for 35 years during the 60s and 70s. In addition to his career as an educator and an author, he was a public servant and an activist fighting for civil rights. "One ordinary man. One extraordinary life. Watch 50 years of American history unfold through the eyes of country's most well-known Catholic priest." I've heard this is an unexpectedly great doc, and that really seems to be the case. It's certainly worth a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Patrick Creadon's documentary Hesburgh, direct from YouTube: Amidst some of the most tumultuous...
- 3/17/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: With Dan Rather calling the former Notre Dame University president, one of “the most influential men in American life,” the new documentary Hesburgh spotlighting the life and work of Father Theodore Hesburgh is packed with high profile names praising the Catholic priest.
In the exclusive trailer above, ex-White House Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calls Father Hesburgh the “conscience of the country” during the political and cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1970s.
Add to that the April 26 opening film features interviews and footage from the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Jimmy Carter, current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Coretta Scott King and Ted Koppel discussing the former Rockefeller Foundation boss and his quest for a better America.
“Ted Hesburgh was an extraordinarily effective leader at a time when our country was deeply divided,” director Patrick Creadon told Deadline of his latest subject.
In the exclusive trailer above, ex-White House Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calls Father Hesburgh the “conscience of the country” during the political and cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1970s.
Add to that the April 26 opening film features interviews and footage from the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Jimmy Carter, current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Coretta Scott King and Ted Koppel discussing the former Rockefeller Foundation boss and his quest for a better America.
“Ted Hesburgh was an extraordinarily effective leader at a time when our country was deeply divided,” director Patrick Creadon told Deadline of his latest subject.
- 3/14/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Awards were handed out Thursday at the 25th annual Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with nine films earning honors in the jury, audience and sponsored categories.
The narrative jury prize was awarded to the feminist puppet animation film “Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture,” directed by Nicole Brending. Honorable mention was given to “Cat Sticks,” directed by Ronny Sen.
“Dollhouse wasn’t like any other film at the festival or any festival. It was outrageous, bold, hilarious,” read the jury statement from Frédéric Forestier, Shih-Ching Tsou and Jeremiah Zagar. “We’re also giving it the grand prize because we think it really embodies the spirit of the Slamdance. ‘Cat Sticks’ is unbelievably gorgeous and has some of the most incredible poetic moments of any movies we’ve ever seen. We hope it finds a vein in American culture!”
The documentary jury prize was awarded to David Hambridge’s “Kifaru,...
The narrative jury prize was awarded to the feminist puppet animation film “Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture,” directed by Nicole Brending. Honorable mention was given to “Cat Sticks,” directed by Ronny Sen.
“Dollhouse wasn’t like any other film at the festival or any festival. It was outrageous, bold, hilarious,” read the jury statement from Frédéric Forestier, Shih-Ching Tsou and Jeremiah Zagar. “We’re also giving it the grand prize because we think it really embodies the spirit of the Slamdance. ‘Cat Sticks’ is unbelievably gorgeous and has some of the most incredible poetic moments of any movies we’ve ever seen. We hope it finds a vein in American culture!”
The documentary jury prize was awarded to David Hambridge’s “Kifaru,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Nicole Brending’s “Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture” has won the Narrative Feature Grand Jury prize and the Spirit of Slamdance award at the 25th Slamdance Film Festival.
The film follows rise and fall of fictional child pop star Junie Spoons as her life story unfolds, as told by those who knew her.
“’Dollhouse’ wasn’t like any other film at the festival or any festival,” the feature film jury said. “It was outrageous, bold, hilarious. We’re also giving it the grand prize because we think it really embodies the spirit of the Slamdance.”
Winners were announced at a ceremony at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah on Thursday evening. The festival runs concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival. The Slamdance feature competition is limited to films made by first-time directors with budgets under $1 million and without U.S. distribution.
“The Vast of Night,...
The film follows rise and fall of fictional child pop star Junie Spoons as her life story unfolds, as told by those who knew her.
“’Dollhouse’ wasn’t like any other film at the festival or any festival,” the feature film jury said. “It was outrageous, bold, hilarious. We’re also giving it the grand prize because we think it really embodies the spirit of the Slamdance.”
Winners were announced at a ceremony at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah on Thursday evening. The festival runs concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival. The Slamdance feature competition is limited to films made by first-time directors with budgets under $1 million and without U.S. distribution.
“The Vast of Night,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
We have the prize winners from the 25th anniversary Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture took the Jury Award for Narrative Features, and its director Nicole Brending also scored the George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award. Kifaro won both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Documentary Features.
A no-holds-barred look at misogyny as told by puppets, Dollhouse charts the life and times of Junie Spoons, a once-popular child star and tween idol who peaks at 18 and is D-listed to society’s where-are-they-now junk drawer. Spanning four years, Kifaru follows two ranger recruits mentored by a seasoned ranger with an unorthodox approach to caring for the world’s last northern white rhino.
The fest’s two other Audience Awards went to Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night (Narrative Feature) and Patrick Creadon’s Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story...
A no-holds-barred look at misogyny as told by puppets, Dollhouse charts the life and times of Junie Spoons, a once-popular child star and tween idol who peaks at 18 and is D-listed to society’s where-are-they-now junk drawer. Spanning four years, Kifaru follows two ranger recruits mentored by a seasoned ranger with an unorthodox approach to caring for the world’s last northern white rhino.
The fest’s two other Audience Awards went to Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night (Narrative Feature) and Patrick Creadon’s Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story...
- 2/1/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Kifaru named best documentary, audience award winner.
Dollhouse: The Eradication Of Female Subjectivity In American Popular Culture was awarded the Slamdance 2019 narrative grand jury prize on Thursday night (31).
Nicole Brending’s film took its place on the honour roll alongside David Hambridge’s documentary prize winner Kifaru.
Audience Awards went to Andrew Patterson’s narrative feature The Vast Of Night and Kifaru again, while Patrick Creadon’s Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story earned the Best of Breakouts Audience Award in Park City.
“Slamdance has helped launch many filmmakers that have gone on to change the face of entertainment,” said Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter.
Dollhouse: The Eradication Of Female Subjectivity In American Popular Culture was awarded the Slamdance 2019 narrative grand jury prize on Thursday night (31).
Nicole Brending’s film took its place on the honour roll alongside David Hambridge’s documentary prize winner Kifaru.
Audience Awards went to Andrew Patterson’s narrative feature The Vast Of Night and Kifaru again, while Patrick Creadon’s Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story earned the Best of Breakouts Audience Award in Park City.
“Slamdance has helped launch many filmmakers that have gone on to change the face of entertainment,” said Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter.
- 1/31/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Steven Soderbergh will be the 2019 recipient of the Founders Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, the festival announced Tuesday.
His latest film “High Flying Bird” will also receive a sneak preview at the festival taking place in Park City, Utah, between Jan. 25-31. Soderbergh will participate in a live discussion about the film with Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter ahead of the preview.
The Founders Award is given to Slamdance alumnus who continue to represent the Slamdance organization and support the filmmaker community of Slamdance well into their careers. Christopher Nolan won the inaugural award in 2015, and “Avengers” directors Joe and Anthony Russo won the prize in 2018.
Also Read: Jordan Peele, Rosamund Pike, Steven Soderbergh Projects Announced for 2019 Sundance Indie Episodic, Shorts Slate
“‘Don’t ask for permission!’ That was Steven Soderbergh’s advice to us when Slamdance was getting started and it continues to be the core of our brand.
His latest film “High Flying Bird” will also receive a sneak preview at the festival taking place in Park City, Utah, between Jan. 25-31. Soderbergh will participate in a live discussion about the film with Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter ahead of the preview.
The Founders Award is given to Slamdance alumnus who continue to represent the Slamdance organization and support the filmmaker community of Slamdance well into their careers. Christopher Nolan won the inaugural award in 2015, and “Avengers” directors Joe and Anthony Russo won the prize in 2018.
Also Read: Jordan Peele, Rosamund Pike, Steven Soderbergh Projects Announced for 2019 Sundance Indie Episodic, Shorts Slate
“‘Don’t ask for permission!’ That was Steven Soderbergh’s advice to us when Slamdance was getting started and it continues to be the core of our brand.
- 12/11/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Slamdance Film Festival has selected Steven Soderbergh for its 2019 Founders Award.
The award, first presented in 2015 to Christopher Nolan, is given to a Slamdance alumnus who has represented the Slamdance organization and supported the filmmaker community of Slamdance. It was awarded earlier this year to Joe and Anthony Russo (“Avengers: Infinity War”). Slamdance will be in its 25th year and the festival will run from Jan. 25 to 31.
Soderbergh will participate in a live discussion with Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter before a sneak preview of his newest film, “High Flying Bird.” Soderbergh directed from a script by Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”) with André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Kyle MacLachlan and Bill Duke starring in a story set during a pro basketball lockout. “High Flying Bird” will launch globally on Feb. 8 on Netflix.
“’Don’t ask for permission!’ That was Steven Soderbergh’s advice...
The award, first presented in 2015 to Christopher Nolan, is given to a Slamdance alumnus who has represented the Slamdance organization and supported the filmmaker community of Slamdance. It was awarded earlier this year to Joe and Anthony Russo (“Avengers: Infinity War”). Slamdance will be in its 25th year and the festival will run from Jan. 25 to 31.
Soderbergh will participate in a live discussion with Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter before a sneak preview of his newest film, “High Flying Bird.” Soderbergh directed from a script by Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”) with André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Kyle MacLachlan and Bill Duke starring in a story set during a pro basketball lockout. “High Flying Bird” will launch globally on Feb. 8 on Netflix.
“’Don’t ask for permission!’ That was Steven Soderbergh’s advice...
- 12/11/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Podtalk: Director Patrick Creadon on ‘Hesburgh’ at Midwest Independent Film Festival on Sep. 4, 2018
Chicago – For every grand name in history, there are behind-the-scenes performers who contribute to that history just as profoundly. One such person was “Father Ted” of Notre Dame, profiled in Patrick Creadon’s new documentary, “Hesburgh.”
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 at the Midwest Independent Film Festival
Photo credit: O’Malley Creadon Productions/MidwestFilm.com
Father Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh was a legendary Catholic priest and president of Notre Dame from 1952 through 1987, during a period of monumental religious and social change. Hesburgh was in the middle of it, fighting for social justice, civil rights, free thought at his Catholic University and the growth of the school itself. Director Creadon tells the priest’s story in segments rather than a timeline, but at the heart of those stories is Hesburgh, a man who those grand names of history admired, and who followed up on the tenets of Christianity as a bridge builder in society.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 at the Midwest Independent Film Festival
Photo credit: O’Malley Creadon Productions/MidwestFilm.com
Father Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh was a legendary Catholic priest and president of Notre Dame from 1952 through 1987, during a period of monumental religious and social change. Hesburgh was in the middle of it, fighting for social justice, civil rights, free thought at his Catholic University and the growth of the school itself. Director Creadon tells the priest’s story in segments rather than a timeline, but at the heart of those stories is Hesburgh, a man who those grand names of history admired, and who followed up on the tenets of Christianity as a bridge builder in society.
- 9/4/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Washington — AFI Docs has unveiled the lineup for this year’s festival, which kicks off with the world premiere of “Personal Statement.”
The fest — held from June 13 to June 17 in Washington and Silver Spring, Md. — will include five world premieres and feature 92 films representing 22 countries.
“Personal Statement,” directed by Juliane Dressner and Edwin Martinez, is about three high school seniors in Brooklyn who take it upon themselves to become college counselors in their schools in their determination to earn a higher education.
“United Skates,” about the fight to save roller skating rinks — a staple of African American culture — will close the festival. The project is directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown.
The centerpiece screening will be Rory Kennedy’s “Above and Beyond: Nasa’s Journey to Tomorrow.” It tells the story about the workforce of Nasa in its exploration of the solar system and of Earth.
“While this...
The fest — held from June 13 to June 17 in Washington and Silver Spring, Md. — will include five world premieres and feature 92 films representing 22 countries.
“Personal Statement,” directed by Juliane Dressner and Edwin Martinez, is about three high school seniors in Brooklyn who take it upon themselves to become college counselors in their schools in their determination to earn a higher education.
“United Skates,” about the fight to save roller skating rinks — a staple of African American culture — will close the festival. The project is directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown.
The centerpiece screening will be Rory Kennedy’s “Above and Beyond: Nasa’s Journey to Tomorrow.” It tells the story about the workforce of Nasa in its exploration of the solar system and of Earth.
“While this...
- 5/11/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Mary J. Blige, DJ Z-Trip and dancers Erica Lall and Naazir Muhammad will perform following films in this year’s Special Screenings section. For the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by At&T, our Special Screenings program pairs exciting film experiences with unique live performances. One event movie and music lovers will undoubtedly be talking about is Mary J. Blige—The London Sessions, a new documentary that shows the singer’s creative process as she writes, records, and curates one of her most experimental albums to date. After the world premiere at the Beacon Theater, Blige will take the stage in front of our Tff audience, which will no doubt prove to be unforgettable. Filmmaker Nelson George will debut A Ballerina’s Tale, his documentary on trailblazing dancer Misty Copeland, which will be followed by a conversation with Copeland and a special performance by her protégées. DJ Z-Trip will perform a...
- 3/8/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil Labute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil Labute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil Labute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska at this afternoon’s 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Blue Jasmine, Fruitvale Station, Blue is the Warmest Color, Short Term 12, This is Martin Bonner and 20 Feet from Stardom also received awards at the ceremony, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.
Comedian Patton Oswalt was this year’s host.
Highlights include: The first ever award delivered via Wild Rabbit’s state-of-the-art drone. Mid-show Patton also received multiple motivational messages via Skype from Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts, Weird Al Yankovic and… his parents. Also showcased during the ceremony, the Indie-izer, Patton’s newly developed app that turns anyHollywood big budget film into an indie film.
The Spirit Awards were the first event to exclusively honor independent film,...
Comedian Patton Oswalt was this year’s host.
Highlights include: The first ever award delivered via Wild Rabbit’s state-of-the-art drone. Mid-show Patton also received multiple motivational messages via Skype from Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts, Weird Al Yankovic and… his parents. Also showcased during the ceremony, the Indie-izer, Patton’s newly developed app that turns anyHollywood big budget film into an indie film.
The Spirit Awards were the first event to exclusively honor independent film,...
- 3/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Title: If You Build It Director: Patrick Creadon An engaging documentary about the transformative power of the sort of teacher who is able to connect with and inspire teenagers, “If You Build It” illustrates the benefits of the practical application of alternative education, and the ripple effects that it can often create for a community — if and when that community is ready to embrace it. Telling the story of a pair of architectural designer-activists who alight upon a rural burgh with dwindling economic opportunity, the film is a bittersweet exploration of outreach and advocacy. Directed by Patrick Creadon, “If You Build It” unfolds in the small town of Windsor, North Carolina, in [ Read More ]
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- 1/25/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
"Constraint builds ingenuity," declares Matthew Miller in the documentary "If You Build It," with his life and business partner Emily Pilloton quickly quipping, "We're masochists a little bit." And that little exchange perfectly encapsulates the determined spirit of the pair as they bring their fledgling student program Studio H to Windsor in Bertie County, one of the poorest in North Carolina. And the concept is simple: design, build, transform. That's the motto Miller and Pilloton live by, and in the film by Patrick Creadon, we witness the tremendous sacrifice they make to prove their simple idea that giving back to the community is a lesson that leaves an impression that lasts far beyond the classroom. And for the kids of Windsor, the classroom is mostly a laptop. With budgets being squeezed, some of the students see as much as half of their course load taking place online (including phys ed,...
- 1/10/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In If You Build It, a documentary about a high-concept high school product-design class in, of all places, rural North Carolina, director Patrick Creadon collects rich material but builds a rickety structure.
The program is Studio H, led by two enterprising, idealistic architects who are brought to rural Bertie County to inject new life into a stalled community's educational system by a visionary superintendent of schools — who, early in the film, is canned by the stuck-in-the-mud school board, marking the last we see of him.
The board agrees to continue with Studio H only after the designers, Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller, forego any salary. Creadon's great strength here is in his unsentimental introduction of a slice of America often treated with sentim...
The program is Studio H, led by two enterprising, idealistic architects who are brought to rural Bertie County to inject new life into a stalled community's educational system by a visionary superintendent of schools — who, early in the film, is canned by the stuck-in-the-mud school board, marking the last we see of him.
The board agrees to continue with Studio H only after the designers, Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller, forego any salary. Creadon's great strength here is in his unsentimental introduction of a slice of America often treated with sentim...
- 1/7/2014
- Village Voice
If one needs an example of just how broken the schooling system has become, they may not need to look much further than Bertie County in North Carolina. Students there find themselves stuck behind computer terminals where most of their classes take place online—even phys ed—offering them little chance of interacting with fellow classmates, teachers or the community at large. But all that is about to change. Director Patrick Creadon ("Wordplay," "I.O.U.S.A.") chronicles how Bertie County is changed by the arrival of designer/activists Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller in his forthcoming documentary "If You Build It." The pair work with the students on a year long project that sees them eventually constructing an entire farmers market, which proves to be an inspiring and life-changing endeavor for all involved. But as you'll see in this exclusive clip, highlighting the current educational experience the kids have, Pilloton and Miller...
- 12/11/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Several of the films from this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival dealt with themes of community. Two films in particular that focused on question of community were Patrick Creadon’s If You Build It and Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman’s Remote Area Medical. In both cases, we are introduced to both the pleasures and the complexities of providing resources — medical or educational — to rural communities that have been neglected in recent years. If You Build It depicts the efforts of Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller to introduce a design-oriented curriculum to rural Bertie County, North Carolina, and to …...
- 4/8/2013
- by Chuck Tryon
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Over the long weekend, plenty of folks got the news that they’ve had their feature, doc or short films accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. This Wednesday, the festival begins making their line-up official while keeping the short film announcements for the following week. The previous week we’ve made some prognostications as to what should be included in the 2013 edition. Here’s an easy to click recap of some of those predictions. We’ve added those who’ve been mentioned in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, the fortunate ones who’ve had their work run inside the Sundance Labs, those who are working from a Blacklist named screenplay, those who are basing their feature on a short film that was accepted into the festival in a previous edition and finally those who’ve had funding via Kickstarter. * denotes feature directorial debut while ++ denotes that person...
- 11/26/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Following Park City premieres of Wordplay (Sundance ’06) and I.O.U.S.A. (Sundance ’08), docu-helmer Patrick Creadon would be looking to make it 3 for 3 with his latest, a kickstarter funded project (visit page) known as Studio H. The docu was invited to Sundance’s 2012 June Documentary Edit and Story Lab and 2012 Creative Producing Summit.
Gist: Studio H spends a year in the life of one of America’s most innovative classrooms. Designer/activists Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller, together with their high school students, unleash the power of humanitarian design to help their struggling community in North Carolina.
Production Co./Producers: Neal Baer and Christine O’Malley
Prediction: U.S. Documentary Competition
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
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Gist: Studio H spends a year in the life of one of America’s most innovative classrooms. Designer/activists Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller, together with their high school students, unleash the power of humanitarian design to help their struggling community in North Carolina.
Production Co./Producers: Neal Baer and Christine O’Malley
Prediction: U.S. Documentary Competition
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
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- 11/22/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Here is a preview at the upcoming films being distributed by Roadside Attractions this year. They have some pretty fantastic things lined up. Take a peek!
Project Nim
In Theatres June 10th
From the Oscar-winning team behind Man On Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim’s extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature – and indeed our own . is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.
The Future
In Theatres July 29th
The Future tells the story of a thirty-something couple who,...
Project Nim
In Theatres June 10th
From the Oscar-winning team behind Man On Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim’s extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature – and indeed our own . is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.
The Future
In Theatres July 29th
The Future tells the story of a thirty-something couple who,...
- 5/16/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Alonso F. Mayo and Bill Brummel’s Viva la Causa and Patrick Creadon’s I.O.U.S.A. will be screened in the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. Viva la Causa tells the story of a small group of abused California farm workers who, led by Cesar Chavez, put themselves on the line after launching a strike and a national boycott against the multimillion-dollar California grape industry. Mayo and Brummel will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening. I.O.U.S.A. follows former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker on his [...]...
- 5/12/2010
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
A story of an abused inner-city teenager trying to set her life right moved audiences and the jury at the Sundance Film Festival, as "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," won both the grand jury award and the audience award in the U.S. dramatic competition in Park City.
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
- 1/24/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Errol Morris, on Oscar winner in 2004 for his documentary "The Fog of War," has made the cut that could lead to another Academy Award nomination for his latest film, "Standard Operating Procedure," a study of torture in Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
Morris' film, from Participant and Sony Pictures Classics, is one of 15 films that have made it through a preliminary round of voting by the Academy's documentary branch steering committee and are now eligible to compete for one of the five nominations in the feature documentary category.
Bill Maher's "Religulous," the top-grossing doc of the year with $12.6 million domestically, failed to make the list, though plenty of other hot-button topics were represented.
Joshua Tickell's "Fuel" looks at the energy crisis; Patrick Creadon's "I.O.U.S.A.," from Roadside Attractions, takes on the credit crunch; Peter Gilbert and Steve James' "At the Death House Door" examines a case of capital punishment...
Morris' film, from Participant and Sony Pictures Classics, is one of 15 films that have made it through a preliminary round of voting by the Academy's documentary branch steering committee and are now eligible to compete for one of the five nominations in the feature documentary category.
Bill Maher's "Religulous," the top-grossing doc of the year with $12.6 million domestically, failed to make the list, though plenty of other hot-button topics were represented.
Joshua Tickell's "Fuel" looks at the energy crisis; Patrick Creadon's "I.O.U.S.A.," from Roadside Attractions, takes on the credit crunch; Peter Gilbert and Steve James' "At the Death House Door" examines a case of capital punishment...
- 11/17/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I.O.U.S.A.
Featuring Warren Buffet, Ron Paul, and Alan Greenspan
Directed by Patrick Creadon
Rated PG
Knowing that its subject is a little dry and doesn't have a lot of laughs, the filmmakers of I.O.U.S.A. have gone out of their way to make this film about the current economic crisis and its early indicators as accessible as possible.
Why would you want to see a movie that just reinforces the compounding news reports of our grim financial outlook? Does the phrase "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it" mean anything to you?
This documentary was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. To those audiences, these concepts must have seemed vaguely foreign. Everybody knows the economy was worse in 2006 and 2007 than it was in 1999, but it hadn't really taken hold the way it has in the past three months.
For a narrative, it follows two campaigners...
Featuring Warren Buffet, Ron Paul, and Alan Greenspan
Directed by Patrick Creadon
Rated PG
Knowing that its subject is a little dry and doesn't have a lot of laughs, the filmmakers of I.O.U.S.A. have gone out of their way to make this film about the current economic crisis and its early indicators as accessible as possible.
Why would you want to see a movie that just reinforces the compounding news reports of our grim financial outlook? Does the phrase "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it" mean anything to you?
This documentary was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. To those audiences, these concepts must have seemed vaguely foreign. Everybody knows the economy was worse in 2006 and 2007 than it was in 1999, but it hadn't really taken hold the way it has in the past three months.
For a narrative, it follows two campaigners...
- 10/31/2008
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
I.O.U.S.A Directed by: Patrick Creadon Time: 1 hour and 15 mins Rating: Documentary, unrated I.O.U.S.A--or, as I like to call it, Saw 5 for Grownups--might just be the scariest movie I've seen in a long, long time. The documentary deconstructs and explains each little aspect of this Nation's skyrocketing debt, and it does a splendid job. Usually, one would use the word "splendid" to describe a nice picnic on a sunny day, but in this context, "splendid" signifies "I miss my ignorance." Basically, if the government doesn't figure out how to balance its checkbook sooner than later, it's all going to hell in a handbasket and our country will collapse and the next few generations will end up having to pay a 50 to 75 percent income tax...truly. Seriously about the 50 to 75...
- 10/31/2008
- The Scorecard Review
Licensed To Ill introduced Adam Yauch, a.k.a. McA, as a man singularly devoted to brews, broads, and partying down. But the rapper has subsequently proven to be a serious, socially conscious soul and an international renaissance man. In spite of its name, Flow, a new release from Yauch's Oscilloscope Pictures, has nothing to do with busting dope rhymes, and everything to do with two of Yauch's drearier preoccupations: independent film and saving the world. Like Patrick Creadon's recent national-deficit downer, I.O.U.S.A., Flow: For The Love Of Water skips right past depressing on its way to apocalyptic. Irena Salina's muckraking expose of the international water crisis explores the way greedy multinational corporations, many run by snooty Frenchmen in expensive suits (boo! hiss!), callously exploit the poverty and desperation of Third World peasants by privatizing water distribution, stealing and bottling water without offering anything in return, and generally giving capitalism a.
- 9/11/2008
- by Nathan Rabin
- avclub.com
- [Ed's note: This was originally published during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.] Patrick Creadon Can you discuss the genius of this project – how did the initial idea come about or how did this become a story you wanted to tell? Did Wordplay put you in a financial hole? As we were wrapping up our last film “Wordplay” we received a call from producer Sarah Gibson about doing a film about the national debt. The film is based loosely on the writings of William Bonner and Addison Wiggin and their book “Empire of Debt”. We thought the story they told was a very fascinating and important one and decided to take on the project. Sarah and the authors had seen “Wordplay” and – only half-jokingly -- thought that if we could make crossword puzzles interesting and entertaining, imagine what we could do with the federal debt! As for “Wordplay”, it was film that Christine and I financed with help from my brother Michael Creadon
- 8/22/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
First the bad news, courtesy of Patrick Creadon's alarming new documentary I.O.U.S.A.: Our country is drowning in a flood of debt of near-biblical proportions. We're talking trillions of dollars. Thanks to centuries of gross fiscal irresponsibility, the budget deficit is enormous and steadily spiraling out of control. Its vastness and the short-sided myopia of our current leaders, especially the free-spending warriors in the White House, pose a dire threat to the economic health of future generations. Now the good news: Well, there really isn't any good news, except that if we embrace belt-tightening and financial discipline, our economic future might look mildly less cataclysmic than it does today. How's that for a pick-me-up? Using an avalanche of charts, statistics, and talking heads, Creadon traces the alarming rise of the national debt, from the Revolutionary War to the current fiscal crisis. Creadon's heroes are a smattering of numbers-crunching, pencil-necked geeks.
- 8/21/2008
- by Nathan Rabin
- avclub.com
By Neil Pedley
This week finds Shakespeare meeting Sexy Jesus, a crash course in Czech history alongside a totalitarian demolition derby, apocalyptic sea monsters and Fred Durst trying to get in touch with his fuzzy side.
"Cthulhu"
Director Dan Gildark certainly isn't lacking for confidence. Whereas most first-time filmmakers would turn to the well-worn territory of twentysomethings and their quirky quarterlife crises for subject matter, Gildark has opted to tackle H.P Lovecraft's sprawling, heady, quasi-religious mythos from the short story "Shadow over Innsmouth" instead. Jason Cottle stars as Russ, a history professor who returns home to Oregon to execute his late mother's will and discovers his father is the leader of the coastal town's apocalyptic cult that centers on the fabled Cthulhu, an extraterrestrial deity that exists in a state of torpor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. When Russ learns a mass sacrifice may be in the offing,...
This week finds Shakespeare meeting Sexy Jesus, a crash course in Czech history alongside a totalitarian demolition derby, apocalyptic sea monsters and Fred Durst trying to get in touch with his fuzzy side.
"Cthulhu"
Director Dan Gildark certainly isn't lacking for confidence. Whereas most first-time filmmakers would turn to the well-worn territory of twentysomethings and their quirky quarterlife crises for subject matter, Gildark has opted to tackle H.P Lovecraft's sprawling, heady, quasi-religious mythos from the short story "Shadow over Innsmouth" instead. Jason Cottle stars as Russ, a history professor who returns home to Oregon to execute his late mother's will and discovers his father is the leader of the coastal town's apocalyptic cult that centers on the fabled Cthulhu, an extraterrestrial deity that exists in a state of torpor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. When Russ learns a mass sacrifice may be in the offing,...
- 8/18/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
New York -- Roadside Attractions is launching Us theatrical distribution of its new political documentary "I.O.U.S.A." with a nationwide in-theater "town hall" featuring top economic experts Warren Buffett, Pete Peterson and Dave Walker.
The trio will be joined by Aarp CEO Bill Novelli and Cato Institute chair William Niskanen for a post-screening talk on national economic challenges in 428 theaters around the country Aug. 21.
The docu from director Patrick Creadon ("Wordplay") follows the The Concord Coalition's "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour" addressing the country's budget, savings, balance of payments and leadership deficits, featuring many of the event's participants.
Ncm Fathom, the Peterson Foundation and Roadside will present the talk in association with Agora Financial, Concord and the Aicpa in select AMC, Cinemark, Clearview Cinemas, National Amusements, Regal Entertainment Group and other movie theaters.
The trio will be joined by Aarp CEO Bill Novelli and Cato Institute chair William Niskanen for a post-screening talk on national economic challenges in 428 theaters around the country Aug. 21.
The docu from director Patrick Creadon ("Wordplay") follows the The Concord Coalition's "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour" addressing the country's budget, savings, balance of payments and leadership deficits, featuring many of the event's participants.
Ncm Fathom, the Peterson Foundation and Roadside will present the talk in association with Agora Financial, Concord and the Aicpa in select AMC, Cinemark, Clearview Cinemas, National Amusements, Regal Entertainment Group and other movie theaters.
- 7/31/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SilverDocs announced a 108-documentary slate of films Thursday that includes a half-dozen world premieres and eight North American premieres.
Notable filmmakers presenting their work this year include Spike Lee, Alex Gibney, Al Maysles, Nanette Burstein, Ellen Kuras, Guy Maddin (“My Winnipeg”) and Patrick Creadon (“I.O.U.S.A.”).
In its sixth year, the AFI/Discovery Channel-sponsored festival and conference in Silver Springs, Md., has become one of the nation’s leading destinations for nonfiction filmmakers.
Notable filmmakers presenting their work this year include Spike Lee, Alex Gibney, Al Maysles, Nanette Burstein, Ellen Kuras, Guy Maddin (“My Winnipeg”) and Patrick Creadon (“I.O.U.S.A.”).
In its sixth year, the AFI/Discovery Channel-sponsored festival and conference in Silver Springs, Md., has become one of the nation’s leading destinations for nonfiction filmmakers.
- 5/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- You can call it the Superbowl of independent film. Sticking with the analogy of football: it is always nice to see a rookie play in the big game....as would be the case with Chusy Haney-Jardine. The filmmaker behind Anywhere, USA has been visually blogging the experience and as an admirer of the entire filmmaking process, this in all honesty reminds me of what is best about Sundance: the little guys (and girls) getting their chance to be in the spotlight. You can check out the entire family experience over here. Speaking about being in the spotlight: this event also allows for wanna-be journalists to rub elbows with the normally unattainable. Here one gets to ask Morgan Spurlock somes basic Qs about his Osama Bl docu. If you want the best coverage there is only one stop: IndieWIRE.com. Sales were slim today: Sony Pictures Classics picked up Frozen River,
- 1/28/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- New works from documentary filmmaker faves in Alex Gibney (Gonzo: The Life and Times of Hunter Thompson), Margaret Brown (The Order of Myths) and Patrick Creadon (I.O.U.S.A.) and many first time doc filmmakers make up the section in this year's documentary Comp lineup. I don't count many Iraq-war related items listed below, telling us that the doc vague of such films is officially D.O.A. Click on the individual links below for more info on each film (including official sites and trailers). Documentary COMPETITIONAn American Soldier directed and written by Edet Belzberg ("Children Underground"), a look at one of the U.S. Army's all-time top recruiters, Sgt. 1st Class Clay Usie.American Teen directed and written by Nanette Burstein ("On the Ropes"), an irreverent, frank account of four Indiana high school seniors.Bigger, Faster, Stronger directed by Christopher Bell and written by Bell, Alexander Buono and Tamsin Rawady,
- 11/28/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Chris Eska earned the Target Filmmaker Award for best narrative feature, and Jennifer Venditti took the prize for best documentary feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival's Spirit of Independence event Thursday night.
Eska was honored for his film August Evening, a character study about undocumented workers, while Venditti's docu Billy the Kid revolves around a troubled Maine teenager named Billy P. Both. Awards carry an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000 funded by Target.
"These films represent the unique vision, independent spirit and outstanding qualities we strive to support and promote at Film Independent," said Dawn Hudson, exec director of Film Independent, which presents the fest.
The narrative feature competition jury comprised Karyn Kusama, Rob Nelson and Tom Quinn. The documentary competition jury comprised Patrick Creadon, Rob Epstein and Lisa Schwarzbaum.
This year's Audience Award winners and the winners of the short film and music video competitions will be announced Sunday at the fest's closing night. Danny Boyle's Sunshine, from Fox Searchlight, will screen as the closing-night film.
Eska was honored for his film August Evening, a character study about undocumented workers, while Venditti's docu Billy the Kid revolves around a troubled Maine teenager named Billy P. Both. Awards carry an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000 funded by Target.
"These films represent the unique vision, independent spirit and outstanding qualities we strive to support and promote at Film Independent," said Dawn Hudson, exec director of Film Independent, which presents the fest.
The narrative feature competition jury comprised Karyn Kusama, Rob Nelson and Tom Quinn. The documentary competition jury comprised Patrick Creadon, Rob Epstein and Lisa Schwarzbaum.
This year's Audience Award winners and the winners of the short film and music video competitions will be announced Sunday at the fest's closing night. Danny Boyle's Sunshine, from Fox Searchlight, will screen as the closing-night film.
- 6/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley, the filmmakers behind the hit documentary Wordplay, are leaving the world of crossword puzzles to examine the expansive topic of the U.S. federal debt.
The husband-and-wife writing-directing-producing team will partner with indie production company Open Sky Entertainment to create a new feature-length documentary exploring the growing federal debt and its implications for the country's future.
"This film presents challenges similar to the ones we met when we made 'Wordplay, ' " said O'Malley, whose 2006 Sundance debut went on to earn $3.1 million at the domestic boxoffice. "Our hope is that we can again take a potentially dry story and make it cinematic, revealing and entertaining."
The film will be based loosely on the writings of Bill Bonner, Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera, editors of the financial newsletter "The Daily Reckoning." Creadon will write and direct the new documentary, and O'Malley will co-write and produce. Open Sky Entertainment co-founders Glenn Garland and Christopher Duddy will produce.
The husband-and-wife writing-directing-producing team will partner with indie production company Open Sky Entertainment to create a new feature-length documentary exploring the growing federal debt and its implications for the country's future.
"This film presents challenges similar to the ones we met when we made 'Wordplay, ' " said O'Malley, whose 2006 Sundance debut went on to earn $3.1 million at the domestic boxoffice. "Our hope is that we can again take a potentially dry story and make it cinematic, revealing and entertaining."
The film will be based loosely on the writings of Bill Bonner, Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera, editors of the financial newsletter "The Daily Reckoning." Creadon will write and direct the new documentary, and O'Malley will co-write and produce. Open Sky Entertainment co-founders Glenn Garland and Christopher Duddy will produce.
Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley, the filmmakers behind the hit documentary "Wordplay", are leaving the world of crossword puzzles to examine the expansive topic of the U.S. federal debt.
The husband-and-wife writing-directing-producing team will partner with indie production company Open Sky Entertainment to create a new feature-length documentary exploring the growing federal debt and its implications for the country's future.
"This film presents challenges similar to the ones we met when we made 'Wordplay, ' " said O'Malley, whose 2006 Sundance debut went on to earn $3.1 million at the domestic boxoffice. "Our hope is that we can again take a potentially dry story and make it cinematic, revealing and entertaining."
The film will be based loosely on the writings of Bill Bonner, Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera, editors of the financial newsletter "The Daily Reckoning". Creadon will write and direct the new documentary, and O'Malley will co-write and produce. Wiggin of Agora Financial Llc. and Jon Carnes of the One Horizon Foundation will serve as executive producers.
The husband-and-wife writing-directing-producing team will partner with indie production company Open Sky Entertainment to create a new feature-length documentary exploring the growing federal debt and its implications for the country's future.
"This film presents challenges similar to the ones we met when we made 'Wordplay, ' " said O'Malley, whose 2006 Sundance debut went on to earn $3.1 million at the domestic boxoffice. "Our hope is that we can again take a potentially dry story and make it cinematic, revealing and entertaining."
The film will be based loosely on the writings of Bill Bonner, Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera, editors of the financial newsletter "The Daily Reckoning". Creadon will write and direct the new documentary, and O'Malley will co-write and produce. Wiggin of Agora Financial Llc. and Jon Carnes of the One Horizon Foundation will serve as executive producers.
- 1/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- After a brief stint as an agent in ICM's Independent and International Film division, Sarah Lash has left the talent agency to join Cinetic Media as a senior sales executive. In her new position, Lash will work closely with Cinetic head John Sloss on independent film sales. She joined ICM's New York office on May 1 after a five-year run at IFC Films, where she rose from director of acquisitions to vp acquisitions and co-productions. "(ICM Independent and International Film head) Hal Sadoff is a fantastic guy, but in terms of my personal sensibility, this is a much better fit," Lash said. "I've known John for ages. He's really smart and he's carved out a real and lasting niche in independent film." Lash negotiated on behalf of IFC Films with Sloss in the acquisition of Patrick Creadon's "Wordplay" at January's Sundance Film Festival.
- 10/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago-native Patrick Creadon's first feature film, a documentary called "Wordplay," shows us the world of crossword puzzles and the puzzlers who attempt and obsess over them. Will Shortz, New York Times puzzle editor and the NPR Puzzle Master, is one of them. We meet him as well as famous faces, such as Jon Stewart and Bill Clinton, who've fallen for the crossword. The culmination of "Wordplay" is the 2005 Crossword Puzzle Championships. But Creadon's personal high point of making the film might've been seeing his movie on the marquee with "Mission Impossible 3" and the "DaVinci Code." Creadon runs through a list when asked about some of his favorite Chicago things, including: cheeseburgers at Billy Goat, Wrigley Field, 16-inch softball leagues in River Forest, Johnny’s Beef and Duey’s Pizza. He grew up in Riverside and attended Fenwick High School in...
- 7/10/2006
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival announced its slate of films and programs Thursday. It includes talks by former Vice President Al Gore and director Martin Scorsese. The June 13-18 film festival has become the premier showcase for documentary films in America. It will showcase 100 films from 22 countries with 13 world, 12 North American and six U.S. premieres. Among the films are Ward Serrill's The Heart of the Game and Patrick Creadon's Wordplay.
- 5/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Weinstein Co. and IFC Films are teaming to co-distribute the crossword-themed documentary Wordplay. Directed by Patrick Creadon and produced by Christine O'Malley, the film explores the passionate puzzle subculture, which boasts such colorful characters as New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz. Wordplay generated buzz at January's Sundance Film Festival.
- 5/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Weinstein Co. has acquired all international rights, which it will be selling at the Festival de Cannes, to Patrick Creadon's Wordplay. IFC Films is distributing the documentary in the U.S. and Canada. The film, produced by Christine O'Malley, profiles New York Times crossword editor and National Public Radio puzzle-king Will Shortz. International president Glen Basner negotiated the agreement on behalf of the Weinstein Co. Cinetic Media represented the filmmakers in the sale.
PARK CITY - Eight-letter word for the award this Sundance documentary entrant will likely win.
AUDIENCE.
You don't have to finish the N.Y. Times Saturday crossword puzzle in under three minutes like some of us (just kidding) to enjoy this witty ditty about the importance of crossword puzzles. A welcome respite from the high-issue entrants in the Documentary Competition here - Gaza Strip, Death Penalty - that generally bark out at you as "important issue," "Wordplay is a delightful diversion.
In this frothy amusement, filmmaker Patrick Creadon focuses on "The New York Times" crossword puzzle editor William Shortz and the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, he hosts in Stamford, Conn, Shortz designed his own major at Indiana University, dubbing it "enigmatology" because even as a teen he knew that crossword puzzles were his life.
While puzzles are not most peoples' lives, they are truly an essential part. "Wordplay" goes up/down and across on the varied reasons why more than 50 million Americans do a crossword puzzle every week. Filmmaker Patrick Creadon not only fills in the empty spaces but arranges the blocks in such a way that unveils not only the puzzles' addictive pleasures but its origins and aesthetics
Centering on the Competition, Creadon rolls out the long line of different-folks who sharpen their pencils, click their pens or partake in whatever personal ritual applies to their crossword "approach." It's a pleasurable and, sometimes, maddening part of their lives. There is no such thing as a "crossword puzzle"-type, as some might expect. True, there are compulsive nerds who grind away at crossword puzzles like taking an SAT, but the range of aficionados is a wonderfully puzzling cross of lines - class, age, personality. However, those in the math professions and music have their brains wired in such a way as to generally lead the pack.
Smartly mixing puzzle construction arcana with idiosyncratic personal asides, Creadon unspools insider puzzle facts with idiosyncratic asides. He presents a wide range of exuberant puzzle-heads who offer commentary: filmmaker Ken Burns, piano man Joe Delfin, ex-President Bill Clinton, Yankee pitcher Mike Mussina, The Indigo Girls, and "The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, among many others. Each expounds on the particular appeals, pleasures and lessons they enjoy from their daily crossword rituals. Clinton exudes that he tries to start at core places where he knows the answers and builds from there, likening it to diplomacy and political problem solving.
While it's smart, "Wordplay" is not too serious about itself. Under filmmaker Patrick Creadon's sharp approach, the technical contributions are graceful, particularly composer Peter Golub's zesty, sounds which are perfect counter-point to any big illuminations on why these doggone things are so fun and addictive.
WORDPLAY
O'Malley Creadon Prods.
Director/Director of photography
Producer:Christine O'Malley
Music: Peter Golub
Editor: Doug Blush
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 90 minutes...
AUDIENCE.
You don't have to finish the N.Y. Times Saturday crossword puzzle in under three minutes like some of us (just kidding) to enjoy this witty ditty about the importance of crossword puzzles. A welcome respite from the high-issue entrants in the Documentary Competition here - Gaza Strip, Death Penalty - that generally bark out at you as "important issue," "Wordplay is a delightful diversion.
In this frothy amusement, filmmaker Patrick Creadon focuses on "The New York Times" crossword puzzle editor William Shortz and the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, he hosts in Stamford, Conn, Shortz designed his own major at Indiana University, dubbing it "enigmatology" because even as a teen he knew that crossword puzzles were his life.
While puzzles are not most peoples' lives, they are truly an essential part. "Wordplay" goes up/down and across on the varied reasons why more than 50 million Americans do a crossword puzzle every week. Filmmaker Patrick Creadon not only fills in the empty spaces but arranges the blocks in such a way that unveils not only the puzzles' addictive pleasures but its origins and aesthetics
Centering on the Competition, Creadon rolls out the long line of different-folks who sharpen their pencils, click their pens or partake in whatever personal ritual applies to their crossword "approach." It's a pleasurable and, sometimes, maddening part of their lives. There is no such thing as a "crossword puzzle"-type, as some might expect. True, there are compulsive nerds who grind away at crossword puzzles like taking an SAT, but the range of aficionados is a wonderfully puzzling cross of lines - class, age, personality. However, those in the math professions and music have their brains wired in such a way as to generally lead the pack.
Smartly mixing puzzle construction arcana with idiosyncratic personal asides, Creadon unspools insider puzzle facts with idiosyncratic asides. He presents a wide range of exuberant puzzle-heads who offer commentary: filmmaker Ken Burns, piano man Joe Delfin, ex-President Bill Clinton, Yankee pitcher Mike Mussina, The Indigo Girls, and "The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, among many others. Each expounds on the particular appeals, pleasures and lessons they enjoy from their daily crossword rituals. Clinton exudes that he tries to start at core places where he knows the answers and builds from there, likening it to diplomacy and political problem solving.
While it's smart, "Wordplay" is not too serious about itself. Under filmmaker Patrick Creadon's sharp approach, the technical contributions are graceful, particularly composer Peter Golub's zesty, sounds which are perfect counter-point to any big illuminations on why these doggone things are so fun and addictive.
WORDPLAY
O'Malley Creadon Prods.
Director/Director of photography
Producer:Christine O'Malley
Music: Peter Golub
Editor: Doug Blush
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 90 minutes...
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