A well-meaning yet generic environmental activism documentary with sporadic insights, “Common Ground” opens with a series of stars including Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson and Rosario Dawson as they write apologetic letters to future generations. Their words claim to reveal harsh truths that boil down to, “We have failed you” and “We should have done better.” This parade of famous voices is a curiously trite start for a film driven by facts and stats for the most part. It’s as if co-directors Joshua and Rebecca Harrell Tickell (“Kiss The Ground”) seek instant credibility through empty-calorie celebrity activism, when they should just let the experts speak about the film’s main focus: ethical regenerative farming. And once they do, “Common Ground” proves it has some meaty arguments to offer, despite feeling like a sunny infomercial on occasion.
The most fundamental of those arguments goes like this: In...
The most fundamental of those arguments goes like this: In...
- 4/16/2024
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: To commemorate Earth Day, the filmmakers and Executive Producer, Laura Dern of Common Ground are excited to announce Common Ground: Earth Day 2024, a nationwide screening event aimed at amplifying support for regenerative agriculture on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024. Check out a teaser above.
Partnering with industry leader AMC Theatres, event-based distributor Area 23a, and other national exhibitors, the filmmakers bring Common Ground: Earth Day 2024 to a minimum of 75 screens across major markets, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Minneapolis, and more.
On this year’s Earth Day, theaters will showcase a special version of the film for one day only, spreading the message of regenerative models of agriculture. This never-before-seen version of the documentary includes pre-recorded Q&a sessions featuring the filmmakers co-stars of the film and along with new scenes.
Directed and produced by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell and distributed by...
Partnering with industry leader AMC Theatres, event-based distributor Area 23a, and other national exhibitors, the filmmakers bring Common Ground: Earth Day 2024 to a minimum of 75 screens across major markets, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Minneapolis, and more.
On this year’s Earth Day, theaters will showcase a special version of the film for one day only, spreading the message of regenerative models of agriculture. This never-before-seen version of the documentary includes pre-recorded Q&a sessions featuring the filmmakers co-stars of the film and along with new scenes.
Directed and produced by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell and distributed by...
- 4/3/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Palm Royale and Apples Never Fall.
SXSW
Hollywood headed over to Austin for the annual festival, which this year ran from March 8 to March 16 and featured the premieres of The Fall Guy, Road House, I Don’t Understand You, Immaculate, Civil War and The Idea of You.
Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu, Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham, Kelly McCormick, and David Leitch attend the SXSW premiere of ‘The Fall Guy’ Post Malone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lukas Gage, Jennifer Salke and Conor McGregor at the ‘Road House’ premiere Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells at the ‘I Don’t Understand You’ premiere party Michael Mohan, Benedetta Porcaroli, Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco, and Alvaro Morte attend the world premiere of ‘Immaculate’ Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny and Alex Garland attend...
SXSW
Hollywood headed over to Austin for the annual festival, which this year ran from March 8 to March 16 and featured the premieres of The Fall Guy, Road House, I Don’t Understand You, Immaculate, Civil War and The Idea of You.
Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu, Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham, Kelly McCormick, and David Leitch attend the SXSW premiere of ‘The Fall Guy’ Post Malone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lukas Gage, Jennifer Salke and Conor McGregor at the ‘Road House’ premiere Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells at the ‘I Don’t Understand You’ premiere party Michael Mohan, Benedetta Porcaroli, Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco, and Alvaro Morte attend the world premiere of ‘Immaculate’ Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny and Alex Garland attend...
- 3/15/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pope Francis, Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Un chief Ban Ki-Moon will be honored at the upcoming Cinema for Peace gala in Berlin on February 19.
The long-running gala run by the Cinema for Peace Foundation will be accompanied by the inaugural World Forum on the Future Of Democracy, Tech and Humankind.
The latter event will run from February 18 to 19 at the Allianz Forum next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the aim of promoting the renewal of democracy and freedom at a time when both are under threat.
The Cinema for Peace Foundation was created in 2008 as an international non-profit organization with the goal to foster change through film. Over the years it has worked with a host of stars including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney.
Clinton and Ban will attend the February 19 gala in person while Pope Francis will be shown receiving his award in a recorded video.
The long-running gala run by the Cinema for Peace Foundation will be accompanied by the inaugural World Forum on the Future Of Democracy, Tech and Humankind.
The latter event will run from February 18 to 19 at the Allianz Forum next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the aim of promoting the renewal of democracy and freedom at a time when both are under threat.
The Cinema for Peace Foundation was created in 2008 as an international non-profit organization with the goal to foster change through film. Over the years it has worked with a host of stars including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney.
Clinton and Ban will attend the February 19 gala in person while Pope Francis will be shown receiving his award in a recorded video.
- 2/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The creatives behind this year’s awards contenders convened for a series of conversations about their craft during Variety FYC Fest on Dec. 6 in Los Angeles.
Variety‘s senior awards editor Clayton Davis, senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay and senior entertainment and media writer Matt Donnelly moderated several panels throughout the event. From the environmental documentaries “Common Ground” and “The Issue With Tissue: A Boreal Love Story,” to Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” a diverse array of filmmakers behind this year’s movies pulled back the curtain on their process.
Cord Jefferson Panel “American Fiction” Spotlight
“American Fiction” director and writer Cord Jefferson sat down for a one-on-one interview with Variety‘s Davis.
Jefferson revealed that after stumbling upon a review of Percival Everett’s “Erasure,” he immediately picked up the novel that would later inspire his screenplay. “It resonated with me deeper than any piece of art had ever resonated with me,...
Variety‘s senior awards editor Clayton Davis, senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay and senior entertainment and media writer Matt Donnelly moderated several panels throughout the event. From the environmental documentaries “Common Ground” and “The Issue With Tissue: A Boreal Love Story,” to Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” a diverse array of filmmakers behind this year’s movies pulled back the curtain on their process.
Cord Jefferson Panel “American Fiction” Spotlight
“American Fiction” director and writer Cord Jefferson sat down for a one-on-one interview with Variety‘s Davis.
Jefferson revealed that after stumbling upon a review of Percival Everett’s “Erasure,” he immediately picked up the novel that would later inspire his screenplay. “It resonated with me deeper than any piece of art had ever resonated with me,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Jaden Thompson, Valerie Wu and Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
Independent film Common Ground seeks to explain how climate change can be combated directly through the current farm system.
Narrated by stars like Jason Momoa, Laura Dern, Rosario Dawson, Donald Glover, Ian Somerhalder, and Woody Harrelson, Common Ground is a letter to the world’s children that explains how soil may be the answer to a healthier planet.
Directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Common Ground continues the conversation that Kiss the Ground started. The film points out that the average person believes that “someone” or “something” will pull the world off the cliff of irrevocable change or that the solution is too complex or expensive to consider.
“There’s always the mentality that somebody else is coming or something else is coming that will solve the big problems,” Josh Tickell told Showbiz Cheat Sheet. “This problem is a distributed problem, and it’s going to take a distributed solution.
Narrated by stars like Jason Momoa, Laura Dern, Rosario Dawson, Donald Glover, Ian Somerhalder, and Woody Harrelson, Common Ground is a letter to the world’s children that explains how soil may be the answer to a healthier planet.
Directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Common Ground continues the conversation that Kiss the Ground started. The film points out that the average person believes that “someone” or “something” will pull the world off the cliff of irrevocable change or that the solution is too complex or expensive to consider.
“There’s always the mentality that somebody else is coming or something else is coming that will solve the big problems,” Josh Tickell told Showbiz Cheat Sheet. “This problem is a distributed problem, and it’s going to take a distributed solution.
- 10/13/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Story Ave starring Luis Guzman grossed $9.85k in a limited opening at one theater, Quad Cinema, with multiple sold-out shows. The first feature from director Aristotle Torres, which won for Best Cinematography at SXSW (see Deadline review) expands to Chicago and the Bronx next week, followed by LA and additional markets October 13.
Guzman plays a no-nonsense subway operator who becomes an unlikely mentor to a teenager (Asante Blackk) caught up in the dangerous world of Bronx graffiti gangs. Written by Torres and Bonsu Thompson. Produced by Jamie Foxx.
In an overall market “that’s not exactly easy,” Story Ave pulled in a diverse crowd, said Kino’s director of theatrical distribution, Maxwell Wolkin. “You have to get creative, and find an angle, and find things that hit. And it’s not necessarily always what you expect, but this film is audience friendly, it’s got a real voice, it’s connecting with people.
Guzman plays a no-nonsense subway operator who becomes an unlikely mentor to a teenager (Asante Blackk) caught up in the dangerous world of Bronx graffiti gangs. Written by Torres and Bonsu Thompson. Produced by Jamie Foxx.
In an overall market “that’s not exactly easy,” Story Ave pulled in a diverse crowd, said Kino’s director of theatrical distribution, Maxwell Wolkin. “You have to get creative, and find an angle, and find things that hit. And it’s not necessarily always what you expect, but this film is audience friendly, it’s got a real voice, it’s connecting with people.
- 10/1/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Indigenous-focused programme includes recent prize-winners from the Annecy and Tribeca festivals.
The Red Nation International Film Festival, which spotlights American Indian and Indigenous cinema, has announced the line-up for its twenty-eighth edition, running November 1-12 in Los Angeles.
The festival, staged by the Red Nation Celebration Institute (Rnci) at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, will open with Aron Gauder’s animation Four Souls Of Coyote, best feature jury award winner at this year’s Annecy, and Madison Thomas’ post-apocalyptic drama Finality Of Dusk.
Spotlight screenings include Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s 2022 Cannes Camera D’Or winner...
The Red Nation International Film Festival, which spotlights American Indian and Indigenous cinema, has announced the line-up for its twenty-eighth edition, running November 1-12 in Los Angeles.
The festival, staged by the Red Nation Celebration Institute (Rnci) at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, will open with Aron Gauder’s animation Four Souls Of Coyote, best feature jury award winner at this year’s Annecy, and Madison Thomas’ post-apocalyptic drama Finality Of Dusk.
Spotlight screenings include Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s 2022 Cannes Camera D’Or winner...
- 9/30/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
A documentary extolling the virtues of regenerative agriculture, “Common Ground” gets its world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it is also claiming a Human/Nature Award.
What is regenerative agriculture, you ask? It’s farming that forgoes tillage and chemicals in favor of cover crops and planned grazing – essentially, the practices of Indigenous peoples before the arrival of colonizers.
Industrialization post WWII popularized the use of machinery, pesticides and herbicides in agriculture as, per the film, suppliers of tanks and chemical weapons looked to pivot to a steadier business model. It goes on to explain the agrichemical industry’s overwhelming pull on politicians and researchers at land-grant universities.
Per Senator Cory Booker (D-n.J.), the public is paying multiple times: in subsidies, food assistance and Medicaid costs. Farm Bill provisions mandate what to grow. Farmers incur massive debt purchasing pesticides and the seeds genetically modified to withstand them.
What is regenerative agriculture, you ask? It’s farming that forgoes tillage and chemicals in favor of cover crops and planned grazing – essentially, the practices of Indigenous peoples before the arrival of colonizers.
Industrialization post WWII popularized the use of machinery, pesticides and herbicides in agriculture as, per the film, suppliers of tanks and chemical weapons looked to pivot to a steadier business model. It goes on to explain the agrichemical industry’s overwhelming pull on politicians and researchers at land-grant universities.
Per Senator Cory Booker (D-n.J.), the public is paying multiple times: in subsidies, food assistance and Medicaid costs. Farm Bill provisions mandate what to grow. Farmers incur massive debt purchasing pesticides and the seeds genetically modified to withstand them.
- 6/8/2023
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
Donald Glover, Jason Momoa, Laura Dern, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder and Rosario Dawson pen letters to a future generation about climate concerns in the above clip from the documentary Common Ground, which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting exclusively.
The film, written, directed and produced by Kiss the Ground helmers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and premiering at the Tribeca Festival on Thursday, explores the connections between farming, politics and illness as well as the Regenerative Agriculture movement. Glover, Momoa, Dern, Harrelson, Dawson and Somerhalder narrate. In addition to warning the next generation, the famous narrators provide hope for ways to fix broken systems.
“As parents of two young children, Common Ground is not only a love letter to kids, but all of the co-narrators of the film are also writing the letter to their children,” Rebecca Tickell tells THR. “The film, and the letter it depicts, are a commitment that we...
The film, written, directed and produced by Kiss the Ground helmers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and premiering at the Tribeca Festival on Thursday, explores the connections between farming, politics and illness as well as the Regenerative Agriculture movement. Glover, Momoa, Dern, Harrelson, Dawson and Somerhalder narrate. In addition to warning the next generation, the famous narrators provide hope for ways to fix broken systems.
“As parents of two young children, Common Ground is not only a love letter to kids, but all of the co-narrators of the film are also writing the letter to their children,” Rebecca Tickell tells THR. “The film, and the letter it depicts, are a commitment that we...
- 6/8/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ojai, California may not be the obvious location for a real-life horror film, but the secret reality is the community has been living a nightmare and no one is hearing their screams.
The documentary Regenerate Ojai, narrated by actor Laura Dern, busts down the door that’s been hiding the environmental health threat facing the community in Ventura County, California.
Rebecca Tickell, Josh Tickell, and Laura Dern | Maury Phillips/WireImage
Regenerate Ojai filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell reveal that over five million pounds of pesticides are used per year in Ventura County. That is the highest per acre and per capita in the entire state. The community has the most kids exposed to the worst chemicals of any county in California.
The pastoral setting, home to celebrities, farmers, and families, lends itself to keeping the community in this hamster wheel of hope and despair because behind the rolling green landscape...
The documentary Regenerate Ojai, narrated by actor Laura Dern, busts down the door that’s been hiding the environmental health threat facing the community in Ventura County, California.
Rebecca Tickell, Josh Tickell, and Laura Dern | Maury Phillips/WireImage
Regenerate Ojai filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell reveal that over five million pounds of pesticides are used per year in Ventura County. That is the highest per acre and per capita in the entire state. The community has the most kids exposed to the worst chemicals of any county in California.
The pastoral setting, home to celebrities, farmers, and families, lends itself to keeping the community in this hamster wheel of hope and despair because behind the rolling green landscape...
- 5/17/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Although there is much to admire in “On Sacred Ground,” the first dramatic feature by environmental activist documentarians Josh and Rebecca Tickell, this technically polished indie effort is overall more admirable in its intent than compelling in its narrative. And there’s really no way of getting around the fact that many viewers will be put off by the abundance of “white savior melodrama” in a movie putatively focused on 2016 protests by Native Americans and their allies against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
To be sure, it can be argued that telling the story through a non-Indigenous protagonist’s point of view is an efficient way to expose a wider audience to pressing social issues about land use, water rights and cultural imperialism as the lead character gets his eyes opened and his conscience stoked and blah, blah, blah. Trouble is, the movie places so much emphasis in so many scenes on the professional,...
To be sure, it can be argued that telling the story through a non-Indigenous protagonist’s point of view is an efficient way to expose a wider audience to pressing social issues about land use, water rights and cultural imperialism as the lead character gets his eyes opened and his conscience stoked and blah, blah, blah. Trouble is, the movie places so much emphasis in so many scenes on the professional,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
On Sacred Ground is a 2022 drama movie directed by Josh Tickell, Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell.
It stars William Mapother, Amy Smart, Frances Fisher and Rebecca Harrell Tickell.
Premise
Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on land that is owned by the Lakota “Sioux” Tribe. The film follows Daniel, a journalist and Afghanistan War military veteran, and Elliot, an oil company executive, who find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious pipeline.
Release Date
January 13, 2023
Cast
William Mapother / Daniel McKinney
Amy Smart / Julie
David Arquette / Elliot
Frances Fisher / Ricky
Kerry Knuppe / Mika
Irene Bedard / Mary Singing Crow
Mariel Hemingway / Marion
David Midthunder / TerryChe Jim / Akicita
See full credits >>...
It stars William Mapother, Amy Smart, Frances Fisher and Rebecca Harrell Tickell.
Premise
Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on land that is owned by the Lakota “Sioux” Tribe. The film follows Daniel, a journalist and Afghanistan War military veteran, and Elliot, an oil company executive, who find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious pipeline.
Release Date
January 13, 2023
Cast
William Mapother / Daniel McKinney
Amy Smart / Julie
David Arquette / Elliot
Frances Fisher / Ricky
Kerry Knuppe / Mika
Irene Bedard / Mary Singing Crow
Mariel Hemingway / Marion
David Midthunder / TerryChe Jim / Akicita
See full credits >>...
- 11/24/2022
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
"Are you here to redeem yourself or make money for somebody else?" Shout Factory + Big Picture Ranch have revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled On Sacred Ground, a narrative "fictional" feature made by acclaimed environmentalist doc filmmakers Josh Tickell & Rebecca Tickell. Based on true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs right through the Standing Rock Reservation, the environmental drama opens in limited theaters and on VOD in January. A journalist and oil company executive find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the building of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through a Native Reservation in North Dakota. This is a different kind of propaganda film, about how doing the right thing to defend people and their land can really upset corporate overlords. The film stars David Arquette, William Mapother, Amy Smart, Kerry Knuppe, Frances Fisher, Irene Bedard, Mariel Hemingway,...
- 11/16/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
On Sacred Ground Trailer — Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell‘s On Sacred Ground (2022) movie trailer has been released by Shout! Factory. The On Sacred Ground trailer stars David Arquette, William Mapother, Amy Smart, Mariel Hemingway, Irene Bedard, Kerry Knuppe, David Midthunder, Che Jim, and Frances Fisher. Crew Name wrote the screenplay for On Sacred Ground. [...]
Continue reading: On Sacred Ground (2022) Movie Trailer: David Arquette stars in the Dakota Access Pipeline Construction / Protest Film...
Continue reading: On Sacred Ground (2022) Movie Trailer: David Arquette stars in the Dakota Access Pipeline Construction / Protest Film...
- 11/13/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"We are in a 'do or die' situation... What are we going to do?" Greenwich Ent. has released an official trailer for The Revolution Generation, a documentary film from activist filmmakers Joshua Tickell & Rebecca Harrell Tickell. This premiered at a few festivals last year and is arriving to watch on digital this spring. "A fascinating mosaic of the change-makers that belong to this questioned generation." It's an exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of the largest youth generation in history - fighting for change in the last few years. The film shows examples of young leaders working to revolutionize systems that have failed their generation. It paints a powerful & hopeful picture of how today’s youth can solve global political and environmental crises. This sounds like an inspiring, rousing look at what's happening with activism, I just hope it shows how much resistance they're encountering. It's harder than ever...
- 3/14/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The award-winning environmental documentary: “Kiss the Ground” will be made free to educators, as well as a follow-up curriculum by the National Science Teaching Association, starting Jan. 28.
Narrated by Woody Harrelson, the Grade 6-12 version of the critically acclaimed eco-doc will include new sequences and a supplementary curriculum. Directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell will release a 45-minute educational version of the documentary that will be made free to all schools, students, teachers,and community educators via the documentary’s website.
The new scenes not originally included in the feature film are a series of person-on-street interviews with Rosario Dawson and a scene in which Tony Tenfingers, a Lakota Elder, describes the importance of the once-prevalent buffalo for Native American peoples. It is also available with subtitles in 18 languages including English closed captions, Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi.
“Rebecca and I are proud to present this new version of “Kiss the Ground...
Narrated by Woody Harrelson, the Grade 6-12 version of the critically acclaimed eco-doc will include new sequences and a supplementary curriculum. Directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell will release a 45-minute educational version of the documentary that will be made free to all schools, students, teachers,and community educators via the documentary’s website.
The new scenes not originally included in the feature film are a series of person-on-street interviews with Rosario Dawson and a scene in which Tony Tenfingers, a Lakota Elder, describes the importance of the once-prevalent buffalo for Native American peoples. It is also available with subtitles in 18 languages including English closed captions, Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi.
“Rebecca and I are proud to present this new version of “Kiss the Ground...
- 1/25/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Kiss The Ground talks of a simple solution to save planet Earth from most of its ecological woes. The docu-film draws focus on the power of the soil, and suggests regenerative cultivation of the soil as an effective way to avert impending doom.
For a glamour draw, directors Joshua and Rebecca Harrell Tickell have roped in Woody Harrelson as narrator of their cinematic prescription to resuscitate the planet. "Soil contains a universe of life," asserts Harrelson, as the narrative goes about investing its minutes to explain how tapping into the power of the soil to lower carbon footprint is necessary if we must curb the ill impact of climate change.
Watch Kiss the Ground Film Trailer (2020)
https://youtu.be/K3-V1j-zMZw
In order to understand why soil is important, the Tickells and co-writer Johnny O'Hara start off by explaining how rampant abuse of the earth surface has triggered off erosion.
For a glamour draw, directors Joshua and Rebecca Harrell Tickell have roped in Woody Harrelson as narrator of their cinematic prescription to resuscitate the planet. "Soil contains a universe of life," asserts Harrelson, as the narrative goes about investing its minutes to explain how tapping into the power of the soil to lower carbon footprint is necessary if we must curb the ill impact of climate change.
Watch Kiss the Ground Film Trailer (2020)
https://youtu.be/K3-V1j-zMZw
In order to understand why soil is important, the Tickells and co-writer Johnny O'Hara start off by explaining how rampant abuse of the earth surface has triggered off erosion.
- 9/29/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
There’s a good message at the heart of Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell’s climate crisis documentary, “Kiss the Ground,” though that add paper-thin razzle dazzle to the proceedings. The documentary does offer a “simple solution” to the climate crisis, with a comprehensive, common-sense plan that centers on reinvigorating our depleted soil. But the Tickells’ apparent belief that fact-based information is more thrilling when it’s delivered by stars that offer no bonafides beyond “hey, I like vegetables too” threatens to keep the film from ever hitting hard enough to truly inspire its viewers.
That’s not to say that a little pomp isn’t welcome, including narrator Woody Harrelson, who manages to straddle the line between “oh, a famous person!” and “well, here’s somebody who knows what they’re doing” in a way that other talking heads, including Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady, and Jason Mraz, can never quite manage.
That’s not to say that a little pomp isn’t welcome, including narrator Woody Harrelson, who manages to straddle the line between “oh, a famous person!” and “well, here’s somebody who knows what they’re doing” in a way that other talking heads, including Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady, and Jason Mraz, can never quite manage.
- 9/22/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
By the time Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell’s documentary about billionaire businessman/philanthropist John Paul DeJoria is over, you’ll want to know DeJoria. You’ll want to work for DeJoria. Hell, you’ll want to be adopted by DeJoria. The laudatory tone of this well-meaning, inspirational effort is so extreme that even Frank Capra might have dismissed it as being too good to be true.
And yet it is, according to the aptly titled Good Fortune.
DeJoria had a hardscrabble upbringing at the hands of a single mother in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles — his father abandoned the family...
And yet it is, according to the aptly titled Good Fortune.
DeJoria had a hardscrabble upbringing at the hands of a single mother in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles — his father abandoned the family...
- 6/23/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
11th Gasparilla International Film Festival to Screen 35 Features Including J.K. Simmons’ ‘All Nighter’“All Nighter”
The 11th edition of Tampa’s most prominent film event, Suncoast Credit Union’s Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff), will take place March 2-March 9, 2017 at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor. Gavin Wiesen’s “All Nighter,” starring Academy Award-winner J. K. Simmons will have its World Premiere as part of the festival.
A total of 35 films and over 70 shorts will screen over eight days and will include international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films from around the world. In addition to the film program, Giff will also feature master classes and panel discussions.
The title sponsor, Suncoast Credit Union, has been committed to the festival for three consecutive years with the goal of bringing quality entertainment and enrichment to the community. The Suncoast Credit Union also sponsors the Family Fun...
The 11th edition of Tampa’s most prominent film event, Suncoast Credit Union’s Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff), will take place March 2-March 9, 2017 at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor. Gavin Wiesen’s “All Nighter,” starring Academy Award-winner J. K. Simmons will have its World Premiere as part of the festival.
A total of 35 films and over 70 shorts will screen over eight days and will include international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films from around the world. In addition to the film program, Giff will also feature master classes and panel discussions.
The title sponsor, Suncoast Credit Union, has been committed to the festival for three consecutive years with the goal of bringing quality entertainment and enrichment to the community. The Suncoast Credit Union also sponsors the Family Fun...
- 3/1/2017
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff) announced its official selection for the annual event held at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor in Tampa, Florida, from March 2-March 9.
The festival will host the world premiere for All Nighter starring Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons and directed by Gavin Wiesen.
There will be 35 films and over 70 shorts, in which it will host international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films around the world.
Here are the highlighted line up of the films:
Opening Night Film:
Burn Your Maps: A nine-year-old boy, grieving with his parents over the recent loss of his baby sister, becomes obsessed with the idea that he’s a Mongolian goat herder who belongs back home in his small village in Mongolia. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay, Virginia Madsen, Suraj Sharma. Directed by Jordan Roberts
Closing Night Film:
Unleashed: When...
The festival will host the world premiere for All Nighter starring Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons and directed by Gavin Wiesen.
There will be 35 films and over 70 shorts, in which it will host international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films around the world.
Here are the highlighted line up of the films:
Opening Night Film:
Burn Your Maps: A nine-year-old boy, grieving with his parents over the recent loss of his baby sister, becomes obsessed with the idea that he’s a Mongolian goat herder who belongs back home in his small village in Mongolia. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay, Virginia Madsen, Suraj Sharma. Directed by Jordan Roberts
Closing Night Film:
Unleashed: When...
- 2/22/2017
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
European premieres for Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon and Garth Davis’ Lion are among highlights.
The Zurich Film Festival, which has revealed its full line-up today, will screen a total of 172 productions from 36 countries, including 43 debut works, 17 world premieres and a record number of Swiss films.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival are the European premieres of Garth Davis’ Lion starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel alongside Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, which will open festival on Sept. 22; Peter Berg’s real-life oil catastrophe story Deepwater Horizon; and Lbj, Rob Reiner’s political biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Among actors set to attend are Hugh Grant, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley while French director Olivier Assayas will be honored with a retrospective.
Deepwater Horizon producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will also be honored with Zurich’s Golden Eye award for his life’s work. Regular guest Harvey Weinstein...
The Zurich Film Festival, which has revealed its full line-up today, will screen a total of 172 productions from 36 countries, including 43 debut works, 17 world premieres and a record number of Swiss films.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival are the European premieres of Garth Davis’ Lion starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel alongside Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, which will open festival on Sept. 22; Peter Berg’s real-life oil catastrophe story Deepwater Horizon; and Lbj, Rob Reiner’s political biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Among actors set to attend are Hugh Grant, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley while French director Olivier Assayas will be honored with a retrospective.
Deepwater Horizon producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will also be honored with Zurich’s Golden Eye award for his life’s work. Regular guest Harvey Weinstein...
- 9/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Dorothy Tristan wrote and stars in the latest film from Academy Award® nominated director John Hancock,"The Looking Glass," set to open in New York at the Cinema Village, and in Los Angeles at the Fine Arts on October 23, 2015.
“I was very moved by the film. Dorothy gives an extremely touching performance, one that is definitely worthy of an Academy Award nomination,” said film critic Kathleen Carroll.
The official synopsis reads: "After losing her mother, troubled 13-year-old Julie must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother, Karen. Karen, a former star of stage and screen, now facing the end of her life, wants desperately to connect with her granddaughter in a meaningful way and pass on all she knows before it's too late. But the two of them—each stubborn in her own way—butt heads at every turn. Soon, Karen makes a remarkable discovery: Julie’s powerful, unique singing voice. Will the sudden discovery of Julie’s talent be enough to bring the two together and allow Karen to pass on her legacy? This beautifully shot film shows a tenderness in its treatment of family matters such as depression and low self-esteem. In watching the story unfold, the watcher is touched at the beauty and sadness of the rebellious young girl. Our hopes for her finding herself and allowing her voice to be shared with the world engages as the movie unfolds. This is the sort of film families with pre-teen and teen girls and boys would enjoy together. Then one talks of 'family entertainment,' this is the film that fits for a pleasurable movie day"
Married for forty years, "The Looking Glass" finds Dorothy Tristan and John Hancock collaborating for the seventh time. Since 1994, when their house was destroyed in the Malibu fire, they’ve been living and working in La Porte County, Indiana, and turning that little corner of the Midwest into a filmmaking hub.
Dorothy appeared in the director's “California Dreaming” and wrote “Steal the Sky,” “Weeds,” “A Piece of Eden” and “Suspended Animation.” She also did the final polish on Hancock's Christmas classic, “Prancer.” Tristan began her acting career in theatre, playing Charlotte Corday in the national touring production of “Marat/Sade.” She was Helena in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Lady Macduff in “Macbeth” at Stratford, Connecticut. She played Blanche Dubois opposite Jon Voight in “Streetcar Named Desire.” She had leading or supporting roles in a number of major motion pictures including “Klute,” “Man on a Swing,” and Aram Avakian’s “End of the Road” with James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach.
Hancock’s feature film credits include “Bang The Drum Slowly,” “California Dreaming,” “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death,” “Baby Blue Marine,” “Weeds,’ and the Christmas classic “Prancer,” starring Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda and Rebecca Harrell, which he shot "The Looking Glass" on his family’s fruit farm in Laporte County. His current production, , brings him home again, physically and emotionally. He says he “tried to catch the sense of returning to this place where you grew up, and falling in love with what you were not truly able to see before.
The story hits close to home for Hancock and Tristan. “Dorothy and I have reached a point in our lives where we’ve thought a lot about what we’ve accomplished, and what kind of legacy we hope to leave behind once we’re no longer here,” says Hancock, 76.
“You always hope you’ve had some type of impact on people, that what you did with your life meant something to people. That’s what this story is about: reaching out to those closest to you and imparting on them all your knowledge, all your life lessons so a part of you lives on.
“You’re preparing the next generation for greatness. That’s true not just for the characters in the film, but for Dorothy and me, that maybe we can inspire a new generation of filmmakers to create movies that mean something to people.”...
“I was very moved by the film. Dorothy gives an extremely touching performance, one that is definitely worthy of an Academy Award nomination,” said film critic Kathleen Carroll.
The official synopsis reads: "After losing her mother, troubled 13-year-old Julie must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother, Karen. Karen, a former star of stage and screen, now facing the end of her life, wants desperately to connect with her granddaughter in a meaningful way and pass on all she knows before it's too late. But the two of them—each stubborn in her own way—butt heads at every turn. Soon, Karen makes a remarkable discovery: Julie’s powerful, unique singing voice. Will the sudden discovery of Julie’s talent be enough to bring the two together and allow Karen to pass on her legacy? This beautifully shot film shows a tenderness in its treatment of family matters such as depression and low self-esteem. In watching the story unfold, the watcher is touched at the beauty and sadness of the rebellious young girl. Our hopes for her finding herself and allowing her voice to be shared with the world engages as the movie unfolds. This is the sort of film families with pre-teen and teen girls and boys would enjoy together. Then one talks of 'family entertainment,' this is the film that fits for a pleasurable movie day"
Married for forty years, "The Looking Glass" finds Dorothy Tristan and John Hancock collaborating for the seventh time. Since 1994, when their house was destroyed in the Malibu fire, they’ve been living and working in La Porte County, Indiana, and turning that little corner of the Midwest into a filmmaking hub.
Dorothy appeared in the director's “California Dreaming” and wrote “Steal the Sky,” “Weeds,” “A Piece of Eden” and “Suspended Animation.” She also did the final polish on Hancock's Christmas classic, “Prancer.” Tristan began her acting career in theatre, playing Charlotte Corday in the national touring production of “Marat/Sade.” She was Helena in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Lady Macduff in “Macbeth” at Stratford, Connecticut. She played Blanche Dubois opposite Jon Voight in “Streetcar Named Desire.” She had leading or supporting roles in a number of major motion pictures including “Klute,” “Man on a Swing,” and Aram Avakian’s “End of the Road” with James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach.
Hancock’s feature film credits include “Bang The Drum Slowly,” “California Dreaming,” “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death,” “Baby Blue Marine,” “Weeds,’ and the Christmas classic “Prancer,” starring Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda and Rebecca Harrell, which he shot "The Looking Glass" on his family’s fruit farm in Laporte County. His current production, , brings him home again, physically and emotionally. He says he “tried to catch the sense of returning to this place where you grew up, and falling in love with what you were not truly able to see before.
The story hits close to home for Hancock and Tristan. “Dorothy and I have reached a point in our lives where we’ve thought a lot about what we’ve accomplished, and what kind of legacy we hope to leave behind once we’re no longer here,” says Hancock, 76.
“You always hope you’ve had some type of impact on people, that what you did with your life meant something to people. That’s what this story is about: reaching out to those closest to you and imparting on them all your knowledge, all your life lessons so a part of you lives on.
“You’re preparing the next generation for greatness. That’s true not just for the characters in the film, but for Dorothy and me, that maybe we can inspire a new generation of filmmakers to create movies that mean something to people.”...
- 10/6/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Michael Nyqvist and Famke Janssen will star in the Hitchcockian thriller set to begin production in July.
Finnish filmmaker Aj Annila, who made his debut on Jade Warrior, directs his first English-language feature about a young piano prodigy who suspects his brilliant tutor might be a serial killer targetting musicians.
13 Films’ Tannaz Anisi will commence pre-sales on Every Good Boy Does Fine and heads to the Croisette a with newly appointed director of international sales Juliana Lubin, who arrives from The Exchange, and existing director Jae-woo Kim.
Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen of iDeal Partners Film Fund produce the project with Margo Klewans.
The Us producers are partnering with Frederik Zander of Swedish post production house The Chimney Group and Jesse Fryckman of Solar Films in Finland. The producers hold Us rights to the project.
Steve Buscemi and Wren Arthur of Olive Productions serve as executive producers alongside Anisi.
“We’ve been working hard on this project...
Finnish filmmaker Aj Annila, who made his debut on Jade Warrior, directs his first English-language feature about a young piano prodigy who suspects his brilliant tutor might be a serial killer targetting musicians.
13 Films’ Tannaz Anisi will commence pre-sales on Every Good Boy Does Fine and heads to the Croisette a with newly appointed director of international sales Juliana Lubin, who arrives from The Exchange, and existing director Jae-woo Kim.
Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen of iDeal Partners Film Fund produce the project with Margo Klewans.
The Us producers are partnering with Frederik Zander of Swedish post production house The Chimney Group and Jesse Fryckman of Solar Films in Finland. The producers hold Us rights to the project.
Steve Buscemi and Wren Arthur of Olive Productions serve as executive producers alongside Anisi.
“We’ve been working hard on this project...
- 5/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
You will be shocked, I am sure, to discover that Big Oil has put its profits before all else (including you). I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
So, remember how, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the big bad villainy was tied up in how Big Oil was bent on destroying Los Angeles’s wonderful trolley system in order to force everyone to drive automobiles? That really is basically what happened in the United States after World War II: Big Oil had to find new ways to ensure its revenue stream, and mass transit that didn’t run on oil (such as electric trolleys) got pushed out in favor of those that did (such as buses), and in favor — oh dear god yes in favor — of cars. Pump covers that nasty historical tidbit. And if you...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
So, remember how, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the big bad villainy was tied up in how Big Oil was bent on destroying Los Angeles’s wonderful trolley system in order to force everyone to drive automobiles? That really is basically what happened in the United States after World War II: Big Oil had to find new ways to ensure its revenue stream, and mass transit that didn’t run on oil (such as electric trolleys) got pushed out in favor of those that did (such as buses), and in favor — oh dear god yes in favor — of cars. Pump covers that nasty historical tidbit. And if you...
- 1/26/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Films from notables Nick Cave, Kevin Smith and Terry Gilliam, and another featuring Downton Abbey vet Dan Stevens are helping fill this weekend’s box office, despite studio blockbuster debuts for The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
- 9/19/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
International and documentary competitions include The Skeleton Twins, ‘71 and The Look of Silence. A total of 17 world premieres secured for the festival, which has received a budget boost.
The 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 – Oct 5) has revealed its full line-up, which comprises 145 features – up from 122 last year – from 29 countries.
Co-director Nadja Schildknecht revealed a rise in budget for the festival as well as growth in anticipated guest numbers.
“This year, we expect some 500 guests (previous year 450) from around the world to accompany their films,” she said.
“And the budget has increased accordingly to CHF6.9m ($7.4m) (previous year CHF6.1m/$6.5m).”
As previously announced, Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic Get On Up will open the festival on Sept 25. The closing film has yet to be revealed.
International competition
The International Feature Film Competition includes 14 titles, some of which have received critical acclaim at previous festivals such as Yann Demange’s action thriller ‘71, which debuted at the...
The 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 – Oct 5) has revealed its full line-up, which comprises 145 features – up from 122 last year – from 29 countries.
Co-director Nadja Schildknecht revealed a rise in budget for the festival as well as growth in anticipated guest numbers.
“This year, we expect some 500 guests (previous year 450) from around the world to accompany their films,” she said.
“And the budget has increased accordingly to CHF6.9m ($7.4m) (previous year CHF6.1m/$6.5m).”
As previously announced, Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic Get On Up will open the festival on Sept 25. The closing film has yet to be revealed.
International competition
The International Feature Film Competition includes 14 titles, some of which have received critical acclaim at previous festivals such as Yann Demange’s action thriller ‘71, which debuted at the...
- 9/11/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A trailer for Pump has been released.
The documentary explores the fuel crisis and the solutions offered by petrol alternatives.
Tesla Motor CEO Elon Musk features in the film, alongside Citizens for Affordable Energy CEO and founder John Hofmeister and former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
It was directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, whose previous projects include the Sundance award-winning 2008 film Fuel.
The film focuses on alternatives to fossil fuels and the ease in which we could switch to them.
A release date for Pump is yet to be confirmed.
The documentary explores the fuel crisis and the solutions offered by petrol alternatives.
Tesla Motor CEO Elon Musk features in the film, alongside Citizens for Affordable Energy CEO and founder John Hofmeister and former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
It was directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, whose previous projects include the Sundance award-winning 2008 film Fuel.
The film focuses on alternatives to fossil fuels and the ease in which we could switch to them.
A release date for Pump is yet to be confirmed.
- 7/16/2014
- Digital Spy
Submarine Deluxe has released the first trailer for the upcoming documentary Pump, taking a look at America's addiction to oil, from what the official synopsis describes as "its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it - and finally win choice at the pump." Directed by Joshua and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, the film will play select theaters on September 12 and features interview subjects such as John Hofmeister (Founder and CEO at Citizens for Affordable Energy), Elon Musk (CEO & Cheif Product Architect of Tesla Motors) and Luiz Inacio da Silva (Brazil's president from 2003-2011) and plenty of people from around the country using alternate fuel to power their vehicles. yt id="iTytxMdlazM" width="640" Today oil is our only option of transportation fuel at the pump. Our exclusive use of it has drained our wallets, increased air pollution and sent our sons...
- 7/15/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Digital distribution company GoDigital has received what it says is a high six-figure investment from digital-media venture fund Preferred Ventures, GoDigital CEO Logan Mulvey announced Thursday. The new capital will go towards hiring and expanding the company’s digital marketing and audience-strategy department. FreeCreditReport.com founder and former Experian Interactive CEO Ed Ojdana and former Facebook chief privacy officer and founder of Kelly Investments Chris Kelly launched Preferred Ventures in 2011. As part of the new deal, Ojdana becomes chairman of the GoDigital board, and Mulvey and Kelly join the board of directors. GoDigital’s recent releases and acquisitions include Marc H. Simon’s “Unraveled,” Andrew Neel’s SXSW premiere “King Kelly,” Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell's Cannes 2011 documentary "The Big Fix" and the infamous "Zyzzyx Road". Preferred Content managing partner Kevin...
- 8/3/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
DVD Release Date: June 19, 2012
Price: DVD $ $24.95
Studio: Green Planet Productions
The 2011 documentary film The Big Fix recounts the events surrounding the 2010 sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico and paints a disturbing picture of the aftermath of the largest oil spill in America’s history.
Directed by the husband-and-wife filmmaking team Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell (Fuel), the film contains interviews with scientists, government officials, journalists, attorneys and Gulf States natives. It sets out to reveal the powerful political and corporate system that put profits over the health and long-term sustainability of people and the environment in the aftermath of the spill. The film posits that no matter what the petroleum and government officials say, the oil is still coming ashore, the seafood industry is wiped out, and many people of the locals are sick.
Most disturbingly, Rebecca Harrell Tickell became ill after being exposed...
Price: DVD $ $24.95
Studio: Green Planet Productions
The 2011 documentary film The Big Fix recounts the events surrounding the 2010 sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico and paints a disturbing picture of the aftermath of the largest oil spill in America’s history.
Directed by the husband-and-wife filmmaking team Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell (Fuel), the film contains interviews with scientists, government officials, journalists, attorneys and Gulf States natives. It sets out to reveal the powerful political and corporate system that put profits over the health and long-term sustainability of people and the environment in the aftermath of the spill. The film posits that no matter what the petroleum and government officials say, the oil is still coming ashore, the seafood industry is wiped out, and many people of the locals are sick.
Most disturbingly, Rebecca Harrell Tickell became ill after being exposed...
- 5/3/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell's Cannes 2011 documentary "The Big Fix," which investigates the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and its economic and environmental after-effects, will receive a June 19 release on DVD and VOD. GoDigital is handling digital rights while Lionsgate will handle the release on cable VOD and the social gifting platform PlayItFWD.com The Green Planet Productions release features Peter Fonda, who is an executive producer along with Tim Robbins and Maggie Wachsberger. Associate producer Jason Mraz contributed the original song “Collapsible Plans” to the film's soundtrack. UTA and Preferred Content repped the filmmakers.
- 5/1/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light won Best Feature at the International Documentary Association's Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night. The La Times' Susan King: "Set in northern Chile's Atacama Desert, the documentary juxtaposes scenes of astronomers in observatories scanning the galaxies, while nearby, archaeologists and elderly women dig through the sand searching for the human remains of pre-Columbian mummies, 19th century miners who labored in slave conditions and the bodies of victims of Gen Augusto Pinochet's regime who were taken to the Atacama as political prisoners and dumped there." Michael Guillén interviewed Guzmán in October 2010.
TheWrap's Steve Pond notes that neither Nostalgia nor any of the other docs nominated for the Ida's top award — Better This World, How to Die in Oregon, The Redemption of General Butt Naked and The Tiniest Place — have made the Academy's shortlist of 15 films left in the race for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.
TheWrap's Steve Pond notes that neither Nostalgia nor any of the other docs nominated for the Ida's top award — Better This World, How to Die in Oregon, The Redemption of General Butt Naked and The Tiniest Place — have made the Academy's shortlist of 15 films left in the race for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.
- 12/3/2011
- MUBI
A Flintstones Christmas Carol (Dickensian Re-Do)
ABC Family, 6 Pm Et
Fred is cast as the stingy Ebenezer in the Bedrock Community Players' production of the holiday classic, and takes on Scrooge's behavior.
Holiday in Handcuffs (Sugarplum Romance)
ABC Family, 9 Pm Et
A struggling artist-waitress (Melissa Joan Hart) kidnaps a customer (Mario Lopez) to take home to her disappointed parents for Christmas.
Prancer (Family Dramedy)
AMC, 10:30 Pm Et
A widower's (Sam Elliott) daughter (Rebecca Harrell) finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa's sleigh.
What else is showing this season? See our The 12 Flavors of Christmas - 2010 Holiday TV Movie Guide.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 12/13/2010 by reelz
Sam Elliott | Rebecca Harrell | Mario Lopez | Melissa J Hart | Holiday in Handcuffs | Prancer | A Flintstones Christmas Carol...
ABC Family, 6 Pm Et
Fred is cast as the stingy Ebenezer in the Bedrock Community Players' production of the holiday classic, and takes on Scrooge's behavior.
Holiday in Handcuffs (Sugarplum Romance)
ABC Family, 9 Pm Et
A struggling artist-waitress (Melissa Joan Hart) kidnaps a customer (Mario Lopez) to take home to her disappointed parents for Christmas.
Prancer (Family Dramedy)
AMC, 10:30 Pm Et
A widower's (Sam Elliott) daughter (Rebecca Harrell) finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa's sleigh.
What else is showing this season? See our The 12 Flavors of Christmas - 2010 Holiday TV Movie Guide.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 12/13/2010 by reelz
Sam Elliott | Rebecca Harrell | Mario Lopez | Melissa J Hart | Holiday in Handcuffs | Prancer | A Flintstones Christmas Carol...
- 12/13/2010
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Here's a brief list of some interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles:
The Devil In the White City – Cobb's next case could be a nightmare. Inception's Leonardo DiCaprio has snagged the rights to this serial killer's tale about a doctor who set up shop at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and may have claimed the lives of nearly 200 women.
Untitled Ice Cube/David O. Russell Project – Ice Cube must be feeling lucky. The actor-producer is channeling Clint Eastwood's trigger-happy Detective, Dirty Harry, for a new project he's developing with his Three Kings director, David O. Russell.
Frankie Goes Boom – Making yet another move from the small screen to the big time, "Party Down"'s Lizzy Caplan, "Sons of Anarchy"'s Charlie Hunnam and "The IT Crowd"'s Chris O'Dowd join Ron Perlman (also riding along in "Anarchy") in this indie comedy from March of the Penguins scribe Jordan Roberts.
Hot, Rich & Green – Fuel filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell are working on their next eco-documentary about the "secret formula women are using to get rich and save the planet." The documentary will interview scientists, business owners, authors and actors on how make a difference, make a profit and make it look good.
Hypergraphia – Independent filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano takes on the yeoman's task of adapting the longest recorded diary in the English language—17 million words to be exact. Based on the work of early 20th century poet, Arthur Inman, the film tells the tale of a man obsessed with connectivity.
The Devil In the White City – Cobb's next case could be a nightmare. Inception's Leonardo DiCaprio has snagged the rights to this serial killer's tale about a doctor who set up shop at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and may have claimed the lives of nearly 200 women.
Untitled Ice Cube/David O. Russell Project – Ice Cube must be feeling lucky. The actor-producer is channeling Clint Eastwood's trigger-happy Detective, Dirty Harry, for a new project he's developing with his Three Kings director, David O. Russell.
Frankie Goes Boom – Making yet another move from the small screen to the big time, "Party Down"'s Lizzy Caplan, "Sons of Anarchy"'s Charlie Hunnam and "The IT Crowd"'s Chris O'Dowd join Ron Perlman (also riding along in "Anarchy") in this indie comedy from March of the Penguins scribe Jordan Roberts.
Hot, Rich & Green – Fuel filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell are working on their next eco-documentary about the "secret formula women are using to get rich and save the planet." The documentary will interview scientists, business owners, authors and actors on how make a difference, make a profit and make it look good.
Hypergraphia – Independent filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano takes on the yeoman's task of adapting the longest recorded diary in the English language—17 million words to be exact. Based on the work of early 20th century poet, Arthur Inman, the film tells the tale of a man obsessed with connectivity.
- 11/12/2010
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Yes, Virginia (Yes, Virginia)
CBS, 8 Pm Et
New animated version of the story of Virginia O'Hanlon, who inspired one of the most famous newspaper editorials.
Prancer (Family Dramedy)
AMC, 8 Pm Et
A widower's (Sam Elliott) daughter (Rebecca Harrell) finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa's sleigh.
Santa Claus: The Movie (Mistletoe & Mayhem)
AMC, 10 Pm Et
Santa (David Huddleston) and an elf (Dudley Moore) foil a New York toy manufacturer's (John Lithgow) scheme to get rich off Christmas.
What else is showing this season? See the complete Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.
And if you're wondering what to buy the movie lovers on your shopping list, check out our Holiday Gifts store.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 12/11/2009 by reelz
David Huddleston | John Lithgow | Sam Elliott | Dudley Moore | Rebecca Harrell | Yes, Virginia | Prancer | Santa Claus: The Movie...
CBS, 8 Pm Et
New animated version of the story of Virginia O'Hanlon, who inspired one of the most famous newspaper editorials.
Prancer (Family Dramedy)
AMC, 8 Pm Et
A widower's (Sam Elliott) daughter (Rebecca Harrell) finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa's sleigh.
Santa Claus: The Movie (Mistletoe & Mayhem)
AMC, 10 Pm Et
Santa (David Huddleston) and an elf (Dudley Moore) foil a New York toy manufacturer's (John Lithgow) scheme to get rich off Christmas.
What else is showing this season? See the complete Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.
And if you're wondering what to buy the movie lovers on your shopping list, check out our Holiday Gifts store.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 12/11/2009 by reelz
David Huddleston | John Lithgow | Sam Elliott | Dudley Moore | Rebecca Harrell | Yes, Virginia | Prancer | Santa Claus: The Movie...
- 12/11/2009
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
We have the trailer for the documentary "Fuel," directed by Joshua Tickell and produced by Daniel Assael, Greg Reitman, Dale Rosenbloom, Rebecca Harrell and Darius Fisher. The documentary focuses on the fuel crisis and a young activisits dream to change the fuel dependent world in which we live. After Al Gore driven "An Inconvenient Truth," this was expected. The cast includes Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, George W. Bush, Larry David, Deborah Dupre, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Ronald Reagan, Julia Roberts.
- 10/31/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have the trailer for the documentary "Fuel," directed by Joshua Tickell and produced by Daniel Assael, Greg Reitman, Dale Rosenbloom, Rebecca Harrell and Darius Fisher. The documentary focuses on the fuel crisis and a young activisits dream to change the fuel dependent world in which we live. After Al Gore driven "An Inconvenient Truth," this was expected. The cast includes Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, George W. Bush, Larry David, Deborah Dupre, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Ronald Reagan, Julia Roberts.
- 10/31/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have the trailer for the documentary "Fuel," directed by Joshua Tickell and produced by Daniel Assael, Greg Reitman, Dale Rosenbloom, Rebecca Harrell and Darius Fisher. The documentary focuses on the fuel crisis and a young activisits dream to change the fuel dependent world in which we live. After Al Gore driven "An Inconvenient Truth," this was expected. The cast includes Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, George W. Bush, Larry David, Deborah Dupre, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Ronald Reagan, Julia Roberts.See the trailer! Most Americans know we’ve got a problem: an addiction to oil that taxes the environment, entangles us in costly foreign policies, and threatens the nation’s long-term stability. But few are informed or empowered enough to do much about it. Enter Josh Tickell, an expert young activist who, driven by his own emotionally charged motives, shuttles us on a revelatory, whirlwind journey to unravel this addiction...
- 10/31/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have the trailer for the documentary "Fuel," directed by Joshua Tickell and produced by Daniel Assael, Greg Reitman, Dale Rosenbloom, Rebecca Harrell and Darius Fisher. The documentary focuses on the fuel crisis and a young activisits dream to change the fuel dependent world in which we live. After Al Gore driven "An Inconvenient Truth," this was expected. The cast includes Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, George W. Bush, Larry David, Deborah Dupre, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Ronald Reagan, Julia Roberts.
- 10/31/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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