There’s a last-minute change brewing at “60 Minutes.”
When the venerable CBS newsmagazine launches its 55th season this Sunday, viewers may notice a twist at the end of the hour. The show is debuting a new end segment, something that its top producer hopes will resonate with crowds as much as previous codas like “Point/Counterpoint” or the musings of Andy Rooney did in their respective eras.
“We have tried different things to fill the space, and they felt a little unsatisfying,” executive producer Bill Owens tells Variety. “There wasn’t a consistency to it. I ended up giving that time back to the stories and the correspondents, so they would each have 20 to 30 seconds more. They were all very happy to have that time, but it felt like something was missing.”
The new final piece to the show, “The Last Minute,” will allow for updates to past “60 Minutes” stories...
When the venerable CBS newsmagazine launches its 55th season this Sunday, viewers may notice a twist at the end of the hour. The show is debuting a new end segment, something that its top producer hopes will resonate with crowds as much as previous codas like “Point/Counterpoint” or the musings of Andy Rooney did in their respective eras.
“We have tried different things to fill the space, and they felt a little unsatisfying,” executive producer Bill Owens tells Variety. “There wasn’t a consistency to it. I ended up giving that time back to the stories and the correspondents, so they would each have 20 to 30 seconds more. They were all very happy to have that time, but it felt like something was missing.”
The new final piece to the show, “The Last Minute,” will allow for updates to past “60 Minutes” stories...
- 9/15/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
‘Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint’ and ‘Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins’ are set for release in October.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to documentaries Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint and Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins, and plans to release both this autumn.
The agreement for Beyond The Visible was closed with German sales agency Mindjazz Pictures and Modern Films is set to release the film on October 9 to coincide with international art event the Frieze Art Fair.
Marking the feature debut of director Halina Dyrschka,...
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to documentaries Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint and Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins, and plans to release both this autumn.
The agreement for Beyond The Visible was closed with German sales agency Mindjazz Pictures and Modern Films is set to release the film on October 9 to coincide with international art event the Frieze Art Fair.
Marking the feature debut of director Halina Dyrschka,...
- 8/7/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Interstate 35 is a six-lane scar that runs through the middle of Austin. To the south, the highway runs all the way down to the Mexican border. To the North, it zig-zags up to Minneapolis, where, on May 25th, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, handcuffed and asphyxiated a black man named George Floyd. When I-35 was completed in 1962, it became a concrete barrier that divided the city, with black Austin to the east and white Austin to the west. It has been a symbol of segregation and racial injustice ever since.
- 6/3/2020
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Before we get to our weekly streaming picks, check out our annual feature: Where to Stream the Best Films of 2019.
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi)
3 Faces is the fourth film Jafar Panahi has made in defiance of a 20-year filmmaking ban the Iranian government issued against him in 2010. The first three were all small-scale affairs, shot solo or with tiny crews, in which the camera never left the confines of a given space – Panahi’s apartment building in This Is Not a Film (2011), a holiday house in Closed Curtain (2013), and a taxi in Taxi (2015). His newest, which sees him working with a larger team, is almost...
Before we get to our weekly streaming picks, check out our annual feature: Where to Stream the Best Films of 2019.
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi)
3 Faces is the fourth film Jafar Panahi has made in defiance of a 20-year filmmaking ban the Iranian government issued against him in 2010. The first three were all small-scale affairs, shot solo or with tiny crews, in which the camera never left the confines of a given space – Panahi’s apartment building in This Is Not a Film (2011), a holiday house in Closed Curtain (2013), and a taxi in Taxi (2015). His newest, which sees him working with a larger team, is almost...
- 1/3/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Hulu is kicking off the new year with a mix of new and old movies and TV shows that will be added to the streaming service in January.
Reality series including “The Bachelor,” “Project Runway” will release this month, along with “Cooks vs. Cons” and “Cutthroat: Kitchen.”
On the film front, “13 Going on 30,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Forrest Gump” and “Little Miss Sunshine” are arriving early in January.
Several children’s classics will be added on the platform as well. “Dennis the Menace,” which stars a young Mason Gamble as a neighborhood hooligan, and the animated saga “An American Tail,” starring an adventurous mouse named Fievel, will be available to stream.
See a complete list of movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in January 2020:
Jan. 1
Bring It!: Season 4
Brockmire: Season 3
Damages
Deputy: Series Premiere
Divided States
Fox’s New Year’s Eve Special with Steve Harvey
Glam...
Reality series including “The Bachelor,” “Project Runway” will release this month, along with “Cooks vs. Cons” and “Cutthroat: Kitchen.”
On the film front, “13 Going on 30,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Forrest Gump” and “Little Miss Sunshine” are arriving early in January.
Several children’s classics will be added on the platform as well. “Dennis the Menace,” which stars a young Mason Gamble as a neighborhood hooligan, and the animated saga “An American Tail,” starring an adventurous mouse named Fievel, will be available to stream.
See a complete list of movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in January 2020:
Jan. 1
Bring It!: Season 4
Brockmire: Season 3
Damages
Deputy: Series Premiere
Divided States
Fox’s New Year’s Eve Special with Steve Harvey
Glam...
- 12/24/2019
- by Lorraine Wheat
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has unveiled the 159 documentary features that have been submitted for the 92nd annual Academy Awards.
A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on Dec. 16. Nominations will be announced on Jan. 13. The winners will be revealed on Feb. 9.
High-profile titles include “American Factory,” “The Apollo,” “Apollo 11,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Echo in the Canyon,” “The Edge of Democracy,” “For Sama,” “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” “One Child Nation,” “Sea of Shadows,” and “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”
AMPAS noted the several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases.
“Free Solo” won the documentary Oscar on Feb. 24 for filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, and Shannon Dill.
See the full list below.
Advocate
After Parkland
The All-Americans
Always in Season
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
American Dharma
American Factory
American Relapse...
A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on Dec. 16. Nominations will be announced on Jan. 13. The winners will be revealed on Feb. 9.
High-profile titles include “American Factory,” “The Apollo,” “Apollo 11,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Echo in the Canyon,” “The Edge of Democracy,” “For Sama,” “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” “One Child Nation,” “Sea of Shadows,” and “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”
AMPAS noted the several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases.
“Free Solo” won the documentary Oscar on Feb. 24 for filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, and Shannon Dill.
See the full list below.
Advocate
After Parkland
The All-Americans
Always in Season
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
American Dharma
American Factory
American Relapse...
- 11/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary submissions may also qualify for Oscars in other categories, including best picture.
Apollo 11, The Biggest Little Farm, The Sea Of Shadows and The Elephant Queen are among 159 features submitted for consideration in the documentary feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
The Academy unveiled the list on Tuesday (12).Several films have not yet had their Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submissions must fulfil theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process.
Documentary submissions may also qualify for Oscars in other categories, including best picture.
Apollo 11, The Biggest Little Farm, The Sea Of Shadows and The Elephant Queen are among 159 features submitted for consideration in the documentary feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
The Academy unveiled the list on Tuesday (12).Several films have not yet had their Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submissions must fulfil theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process.
Documentary submissions may also qualify for Oscars in other categories, including best picture.
- 11/12/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its list of 159 documentary features that have been submitted for the 92 annual Academy Awards. See the full list below.
A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 16.
The Academy notes that several of the films have not had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases yet. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process.
Documentary features that have won a qualifying award at a competitive film festival or have been submitted in the International Feature Film category as their country’s official selection also are eligible in the category.
Here is the alphabetical list:
Advocate
After Parkland
The All-Americans
Always in Season
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
American Dharma
American Factory
American Relapse
Angels Are Made of Light
The Apollo
Apollo 11
Aquarela
Ask Dr.
A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 16.
The Academy notes that several of the films have not had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases yet. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process.
Documentary features that have won a qualifying award at a competitive film festival or have been submitted in the International Feature Film category as their country’s official selection also are eligible in the category.
Here is the alphabetical list:
Advocate
After Parkland
The All-Americans
Always in Season
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
American Dharma
American Factory
American Relapse
Angels Are Made of Light
The Apollo
Apollo 11
Aquarela
Ask Dr.
- 11/12/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
For fans of the late legendary journalist Molly Ivins, one of the many things to lament about her passing is that she didn’t live to see the Trump presidency.
The Lone Star State native would have carved up Trump like a Texas T-bone, in the opinion of one expert in all things Ivins.
“She’d be dining out on him for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” asserts Janice Engel, director of the documentary Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. “Oh my god, it would be a feast!”
In a career of more than 30 years as a reporter and columnist, Ivins displayed a particular gift for skewering politicians, especially those from her home state. She wrote of one House Republican from Texas, “If his Iq slips any lower we’ll have to water him twice a day.” And it was she who dubbed George W. Bush “Shrub,” warning...
The Lone Star State native would have carved up Trump like a Texas T-bone, in the opinion of one expert in all things Ivins.
“She’d be dining out on him for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” asserts Janice Engel, director of the documentary Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. “Oh my god, it would be a feast!”
In a career of more than 30 years as a reporter and columnist, Ivins displayed a particular gift for skewering politicians, especially those from her home state. She wrote of one House Republican from Texas, “If his Iq slips any lower we’ll have to water him twice a day.” And it was she who dubbed George W. Bush “Shrub,” warning...
- 11/1/2019
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week I extolled the pleasures of a new documentary feature focused on a very talented singer, Ms. Linda Ronstadt. And this weekend sees the release of another “entertainment personality” doc. Now, it’s not another singer or musician this time. No, it’s not an actress or actor. And it’s not a painter or a comedian (even her detractors would have to admit that she was very witty). As you’ve no doubt concluded, this film is all about a writer, not of plays or books, rather she toiled away in the “fourth estate”, newspapers. Yes twenty-somethings, just decade or two ago, folks got their news on folded paper, not this monitor screen or on an app. Some of the writers of columns (usually in the editorial section) became stars, with papers fighting over their services (this happened with comic strip creators in their heyday) and promoting them...
- 9/19/2019
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From “Doctor Who” to “The Crown,” Matt Smith has enjoyed an enviable career on the small screen. But he makes a powerful impression on the big screen in Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets,” where he plays real-life English whistleblowing reporter Martin Bright. “Official Secrets,” which is currently expanding throughout the U.S., also stars Keira Knightley as British intelligence whiz Katharine Gun who, in the lead-up to the Iraq War, leaked damning intel on Britain’s attempt to blackmail U.N. council members into voting in favor of the invasion.
In dealing with the still-unspooling fallout of the Iraq War, “Official Secrets” takes audiences to an uncomfortable and all-too-recent place that most generations will remember acutely. “In our recent history, there’s a lot we can be proud of and a great deal we are ashamed of as well,” Smith told IndieWire in a recent phone interview. “Whatever your take on this movie,...
In dealing with the still-unspooling fallout of the Iraq War, “Official Secrets” takes audiences to an uncomfortable and all-too-recent place that most generations will remember acutely. “In our recent history, there’s a lot we can be proud of and a great deal we are ashamed of as well,” Smith told IndieWire in a recent phone interview. “Whatever your take on this movie,...
- 9/7/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
IFC Films’ Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes is tracking atop the specialty box office Labor Day weekend with a solid start in four theaters. The Sundance ’19 premiere has a four-day estimate of $80,046 in four New York and Los Angeles theaters, averaging $20,012. Directed by Gavin Hood, the title’s launch is one of a half-dozen specialties reporting numbers Sunday of Labor Day weekend.
Official Secret’s bow is on par with Hood’s previous directorial, Eye In The Sky, which Bleecker Street launched in 5 theaters, grossing $113,803 in its opening frame, averaging $22,761. The feature went on to cume $18.7M.
Commented IFC Films Sunday: “We are pleased and excited about our opening weekend numbers thus far, as audiences have come out to deliver Official Secrets, the latest from acclaimed and award winning filmmaker Gavin Hood, one of the strongest per screen averages for a specialized film over Labor Day weekend.
Official Secret’s bow is on par with Hood’s previous directorial, Eye In The Sky, which Bleecker Street launched in 5 theaters, grossing $113,803 in its opening frame, averaging $22,761. The feature went on to cume $18.7M.
Commented IFC Films Sunday: “We are pleased and excited about our opening weekend numbers thus far, as audiences have come out to deliver Official Secrets, the latest from acclaimed and award winning filmmaker Gavin Hood, one of the strongest per screen averages for a specialized film over Labor Day weekend.
- 9/1/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
After a very uneven summer, several new and recently released titles showed some positive results this weekend. It’s a opportunistic moment: The studios’ schedules are light and screens are more available before the onslaught of the top titles now playing at festivals.
Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets” had a decent debut in New York and Los Angeles, and an atypical release of “Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins” in Texas also showed initial interest that could translate into other cities ahead.
The second weekend of “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” with its slower release pattern, had a positive result but it’s still unclear as to how well it will crossover. Similarly, “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is already showing strong grosses as it moves past the 1,000 theater mark. Among other recent openers, “Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool” had an excellent Los Angeles opening to match its initial New York date.
Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets” had a decent debut in New York and Los Angeles, and an atypical release of “Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins” in Texas also showed initial interest that could translate into other cities ahead.
The second weekend of “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” with its slower release pattern, had a positive result but it’s still unclear as to how well it will crossover. Similarly, “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is already showing strong grosses as it moves past the 1,000 theater mark. Among other recent openers, “Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool” had an excellent Los Angeles opening to match its initial New York date.
- 9/1/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
This weekend sees the 2019 summer movie season come to a close with the second worst weekend of the year so far, in which the top twelve generated a combined $69.5 million. The summer performance currently ranks as the eighth largest summer of all-time, in which the domestic box office generated $4.22 billion, down ~4% compared to last year's summer total which actually saw the box office rise considerably compared to the dismal 2017 summer season.
Leading this weekend's charge for a second week in a row was Lionsgate and Millennium's Angel Has Fallen with an estimated $11.57 million. The film is expected to deliver $14.5 million for the four-day holiday, which would bring the domestic cume to $43.6 million by the end of day on Monday.
Universal's Good Boys landed in second, dipping -21% compared to last weekend, bringing in an estimated $9.19 million, pushing the film's domestic cume over $56 million. The film is expected to add...
Leading this weekend's charge for a second week in a row was Lionsgate and Millennium's Angel Has Fallen with an estimated $11.57 million. The film is expected to deliver $14.5 million for the four-day holiday, which would bring the domestic cume to $43.6 million by the end of day on Monday.
Universal's Good Boys landed in second, dipping -21% compared to last weekend, bringing in an estimated $9.19 million, pushing the film's domestic cume over $56 million. The film is expected to add...
- 9/1/2019
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
By Glenn Dunks
Aware that people with vision impairments may likely read this review, I have included accessable captions underneath the images. In my day job I regularly have to work to accessibility guidelines and I think it's something we should all think about.
I’m not going to lie. There really isn’t all that much connecting the two films I’m going to talk about today other than they’re both being released around the same time and I wanted to give them some attention. And, truly, what are we even doing here if we can’t throw a wee bit of love to movies that would otherwise go completely under the radar?
Film poster for Vision Portraits showing Rodney Evans' face against colourful lights that are out of focus.I have no doubt that Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins will find an appreciative audience.
Aware that people with vision impairments may likely read this review, I have included accessable captions underneath the images. In my day job I regularly have to work to accessibility guidelines and I think it's something we should all think about.
I’m not going to lie. There really isn’t all that much connecting the two films I’m going to talk about today other than they’re both being released around the same time and I wanted to give them some attention. And, truly, what are we even doing here if we can’t throw a wee bit of love to movies that would otherwise go completely under the radar?
Film poster for Vision Portraits showing Rodney Evans' face against colourful lights that are out of focus.I have no doubt that Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins will find an appreciative audience.
- 8/28/2019
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Molly Ivins, the consistently acerbic and witty liberal journalist whose writings and interviews have continued to influence myriad journalists and political pundits has been given the documentary treatment with Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. An official selection of Sundance, the film traces her early roots writing for the Texas Observer to writing for The New York Times and The Washington Post while staying true to her southern heritage, all while keeping her liberal convictions intact regardless of criticism or attacks on her person.
Ahead of a release starting in NYC on September 6, the film will have a special one-night screening at the Alamo Drafthouse in South Lamar, Austin TX on August 28, to be followed by a panel discussion with the director Janice Engel, Richard Linklater, Jim Hightower, and Emily Ramshaw. The panel will be livestreamed to Drafthouse locations across Texas that same night and full runs...
Ahead of a release starting in NYC on September 6, the film will have a special one-night screening at the Alamo Drafthouse in South Lamar, Austin TX on August 28, to be followed by a panel discussion with the director Janice Engel, Richard Linklater, Jim Hightower, and Emily Ramshaw. The panel will be livestreamed to Drafthouse locations across Texas that same night and full runs...
- 8/12/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
"Any time you do the kind of work Molly did, there's a price to pay for it." Magnolia Pictures has debuted an official trailer for the documentary Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The doc film also won the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival in the spring. Raise Hell tells the story of "media firebrand" Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said "Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country." Molly's words have proved prescient. Reviews say the film is a "slick, enjoyable documentary...
- 8/8/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Out of all the journalists, none have been as witty as one Molly Ivins. The story of one of America’s most outspoken and humorous journalists has been brought to the screen in “Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins.”
Read More: ‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins’ Commemorates A Razor Sharp Wit [Sundance Review]
Director and co-writer Janice Engel (“Ted Hawkins: Amazing Grace” and “Addicted” gives audiences a documentary based on the life of the former Texan columnist, who sadly passed away in 2007 at the age of 62 from cancer.
Continue reading ‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins’ Trailer: Janice Engel’s Biography Of An Outspoken Political Columnist at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins’ Commemorates A Razor Sharp Wit [Sundance Review]
Director and co-writer Janice Engel (“Ted Hawkins: Amazing Grace” and “Addicted” gives audiences a documentary based on the life of the former Texan columnist, who sadly passed away in 2007 at the age of 62 from cancer.
Continue reading ‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins’ Trailer: Janice Engel’s Biography Of An Outspoken Political Columnist at The Playlist.
- 8/8/2019
- by Harry Frazer
- The Playlist
The most successful political commentators are often those whose personalities and opinions are larger than life. The late Molly Ivins was one such legendary columnist-humorist who was just as bold and towering as her home state of Texas, as she often offered her fearless observations and critiques on such decisive topics as government and religion. […]
The post SXSW 2019 Interview: Janice Engel Talks Raise Hell (Exclusive) appeared first on Shockya.com.
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- 8/1/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
The AFI Docs Festival has selected the Steven Bognar-Julia Reichert documentary “American Factory” as its centerpiece film, screening on June 21.
The event will take place at the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
“American Factory” centers on the aftermath of the 2014 purchase of a General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio, which had closed in 2008. A Chinese billionaire reopened the facility as Fuyao Glass America, with the promise of giving work to more than 2,000 local residents, along with bringing hundreds of Chinese workers to Ohio. Tensions mount among the Americans due to low wages and concerns about safety.
The festival revealed its full slate of films Wednesday for the 2019 edition, the 17th year, with 72 films representing 17 countries. The festival runs June 19–23 in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Md.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the world premiere of...
The event will take place at the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
“American Factory” centers on the aftermath of the 2014 purchase of a General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio, which had closed in 2008. A Chinese billionaire reopened the facility as Fuyao Glass America, with the promise of giving work to more than 2,000 local residents, along with bringing hundreds of Chinese workers to Ohio. Tensions mount among the Americans due to low wages and concerns about safety.
The festival revealed its full slate of films Wednesday for the 2019 edition, the 17th year, with 72 films representing 17 countries. The festival runs June 19–23 in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Md.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the world premiere of...
- 5/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
AFI Docs has raised the curtain on its 2019 slate — 68% of which are films produced by women and nearly half that feature a female helmer. The lineup features 72 documentaries from 17 countries, including six world premieres.
The films will unspool from June 19-23 in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, MD. See the full program for the fest below.
This year’s Centerpiece film will be American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, which examines the culture clash resulting from the takeover of a Dayton, Oh, factory by a Chinese company. It will screen on Friday, June 21.
“Each year, the AFI Docs slate includes a variety of films exploring topical issues, intriguing personalities and compelling voices,” said Michael Lumpkin, Director of AFI Festivals. “This year’s festival offers audiences a chance to discover new perspectives on familiar topics and unique stories they may be hearing for the first time — demonstrating...
The films will unspool from June 19-23 in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, MD. See the full program for the fest below.
This year’s Centerpiece film will be American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, which examines the culture clash resulting from the takeover of a Dayton, Oh, factory by a Chinese company. It will screen on Friday, June 21.
“Each year, the AFI Docs slate includes a variety of films exploring topical issues, intriguing personalities and compelling voices,” said Michael Lumpkin, Director of AFI Festivals. “This year’s festival offers audiences a chance to discover new perspectives on familiar topics and unique stories they may be hearing for the first time — demonstrating...
- 5/15/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the more entertaining as well as insightful political commentators of the past half-century is paid a suitably entertaining tribute in “Raise Hell.” A long tall Texan too amusingly outrageous to draw real resentment from most of her targets, Molly Ivins nonetheless aimed stinging criticism at political figures both national and in her native state, where her liberal stance would’ve been controversial no matter how it was articulated. The late journalist’s career and witticisms are smoothly encapsulated by veteran documentarian Janice Engel’s slick feature, which seems a natural for broadcast, streaming platforms and possible limited theatrical release.
Raised in Houston’s toniest district of River Oaks, Ivins spent childhood “up a tree reading books.” When she came down, she was a six-foot 12-year-old whose mother considered her the “smart one,” her sister the “pretty one” — with the result that Molly thought herself ugly, and sister Sara...
Raised in Houston’s toniest district of River Oaks, Ivins spent childhood “up a tree reading books.” When she came down, she was a six-foot 12-year-old whose mother considered her the “smart one,” her sister the “pretty one” — with the result that Molly thought herself ugly, and sister Sara...
- 4/23/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Raise Hell, a new documentary about the great Texas columnist, sends an urgent message from the Bush years to a nation under Trump with sharp humour
After Pat Buchanan delivered an infamous speech at the 1992 Republican convention, couching the struggle with Democrats in terms of a “cultural war”, columnist Molly Ivins wrote that it “probably sounded better in the original German”. She did not live to cover a Donald Trump rally.
Related: Obituary: Molly Ivins...
After Pat Buchanan delivered an infamous speech at the 1992 Republican convention, couching the struggle with Democrats in terms of a “cultural war”, columnist Molly Ivins wrote that it “probably sounded better in the original German”. She did not live to cover a Donald Trump rally.
Related: Obituary: Molly Ivins...
- 3/18/2019
- by Martin Pengelly
- The Guardian - Film News
As SXSW comes to a close, the Austin-based festival unveiled the audience winners from this year’s film festival which includes the Shia Labeouf-fronted drama The Peanut Butter Falcon as well as David Modigliano’s documentary Running With Beto.
The winners for the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic Premieres, Global, Festival Favorites, Design Award, and Virtual Cinema Jury Award categories were announced Saturday morning.
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon took the Audience Award for Narrative Spotlight. Featuring an all-star cast including Labeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church, John Bertnthal and some professional wrestlers you might recognize as well as breakout star Zack Gottsagen, the film follows a young man with Down syndrome runs away from the retirement home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. The crowd...
The winners for the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic Premieres, Global, Festival Favorites, Design Award, and Virtual Cinema Jury Award categories were announced Saturday morning.
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon took the Audience Award for Narrative Spotlight. Featuring an all-star cast including Labeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church, John Bertnthal and some professional wrestlers you might recognize as well as breakout star Zack Gottsagen, the film follows a young man with Down syndrome runs away from the retirement home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. The crowd...
- 3/16/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Recently another film, about a culturally important woman writer at the end of the 20th Century — Molly Ivins — reminds me very much of the doc ‘What She Said — The Art Of Pauline Kael’. I speak here of ‘Raise Hell — The Life & Times of Molly Ivins’.
Not only stylistically but also thematically similar, each film is about a woman writer who changed our thinking in the period of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Each was not writing particularly about women but about larger issues. Molly about the political scene, the parties, movements, direction. Pauline about the changes in cinema which of course reflected social upheavals and change.
Living through those crazy times — the Viet War, urban uprisings, civil rights, the women’s movement — formed us.
Molly Ivins
What perhaps is most strange is how these prophetic voices, such as these rwo outspoken, leading female thinkers have so long been silenced.
That...
Not only stylistically but also thematically similar, each film is about a woman writer who changed our thinking in the period of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Each was not writing particularly about women but about larger issues. Molly about the political scene, the parties, movements, direction. Pauline about the changes in cinema which of course reflected social upheavals and change.
Living through those crazy times — the Viet War, urban uprisings, civil rights, the women’s movement — formed us.
Molly Ivins
What perhaps is most strange is how these prophetic voices, such as these rwo outspoken, leading female thinkers have so long been silenced.
That...
- 2/19/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Berlinale 2019: ‘What She Said — The Art Of Pauline Kael’Review by Peter BelsitoThis review is also a reminiscence. I knew Pauline at an interesting time, in the late 1960s in Los Angeles.
Firstly the film.
What She Said — The Art Of Pauline Kael does not really go deeply into her mind or her critical and often abrasive personality. It tracks her career path and her rise to New Yorker mag film critic — about as high as you could go then for someone who did what she did.
The fact that she was female and outspoken and abrasive to the vast consensus of her readers was very important to us film nuts then. Because she had an edge to what she wrote, she was often attacked for it. In the ‘60s we all wanted that then. That is, if the L.A. Times or the ‘trades’ — Variety, Hollywood Reporter etc.
Firstly the film.
What She Said — The Art Of Pauline Kael does not really go deeply into her mind or her critical and often abrasive personality. It tracks her career path and her rise to New Yorker mag film critic — about as high as you could go then for someone who did what she did.
The fact that she was female and outspoken and abrasive to the vast consensus of her readers was very important to us film nuts then. Because she had an edge to what she wrote, she was often attacked for it. In the ‘60s we all wanted that then. That is, if the L.A. Times or the ‘trades’ — Variety, Hollywood Reporter etc.
- 2/19/2019
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Often hilarious and always a delight, Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins is the conversational, down-home story of the Smith College-educated Texan who found herself bouncing around the country to find her voice. When she landed at the New York Times in the late 70s after a stint at the Texas Observer her colorful language became too much for the conservative editors of The Gray Lady. She found herself running the paper’s one-woman Rocky Mountain bureau, concluding that best job at the Times is one away from New York City.
A Texan at heart, she found herself in Dallas where she was given a broad mandate at the Dallas Times Herald, penning several books and later becoming an unintentional expert of the Bush family dynasty. Standing over six-feet tall with a wide frame, Ivins proclaims herself, despite her left-leaning politics, as a proud gun-loving, beer-drinking Texan...
A Texan at heart, she found herself in Dallas where she was given a broad mandate at the Dallas Times Herald, penning several books and later becoming an unintentional expert of the Bush family dynasty. Standing over six-feet tall with a wide frame, Ivins proclaims herself, despite her left-leaning politics, as a proud gun-loving, beer-drinking Texan...
- 1/30/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
If you’re a writer, feminist or liberal, and Molly Ivins wasn’t a hero to you before, “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins” will instantly help you see the light. Directed by Janice Engel, the documentary ‘Raise Hell’ is a rousing biography that should fill that “Rbg“-shaped hole in the program at this year’s Sundance, reminding fans what they love about the progressive political columnist and introducing others to their new idol.
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Continue reading ‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins’ Commemorates A Razor Sharp Wit [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/29/2019
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
Columnist, humorist and author Molly Ivins died in 2007, but the new documentary “Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins” reminds us that her particular brand of perspicacity is as vital and as necessary now as it was when she covered the 1968 Democratic Convention or watched George W. Bush rocket from the Texas governor’s mansion to the White House.
Her trenchant observations about corrupt, lazy or flat-out stupid politicians was must reading then, and timeless in our current era. When one of the film’s many interview clips has her noting that the political spectrum in this country doesn’t run left to right, but rather top to bottom, it’s as relevant as anything in tomorrow’s newspaper.
Newspapers, incidentally, play a significant role in Ivins’ life story, as it’s told by director Janice Engel, making her theatrical feature debut. We follow the writer from gawky...
Her trenchant observations about corrupt, lazy or flat-out stupid politicians was must reading then, and timeless in our current era. When one of the film’s many interview clips has her noting that the political spectrum in this country doesn’t run left to right, but rather top to bottom, it’s as relevant as anything in tomorrow’s newspaper.
Newspapers, incidentally, play a significant role in Ivins’ life story, as it’s told by director Janice Engel, making her theatrical feature debut. We follow the writer from gawky...
- 1/29/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In a clip from the forthcoming Sundance documentary Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins, the spotlight is put on Texas journalist, best-selling author and Aclu activist Molly Ivins who Rachel Maddow says “was not afraid to be angry.”
The clip starts with the outspoken figure describing two kinds of humor: the kind that illustrates our “common humanity and foibles” and the kind that holds people to “contempt and ridicule.” In regards to the latter Ivins says, “That’s what I do.”
Directed by Janice Engel, Raise Hell, chronicles the life of political columnist and Texas maverick who spoke truth to power and gave voice to those that had none. Molly used humor like Mark Twain — to skewer the powerful, protect the helpless, and to shine a light on bad government. Six-foot-tall with flaming red hair, Molly was a fearless reporter who stopped at nothing, not even death threats,...
The clip starts with the outspoken figure describing two kinds of humor: the kind that illustrates our “common humanity and foibles” and the kind that holds people to “contempt and ridicule.” In regards to the latter Ivins says, “That’s what I do.”
Directed by Janice Engel, Raise Hell, chronicles the life of political columnist and Texas maverick who spoke truth to power and gave voice to those that had none. Molly used humor like Mark Twain — to skewer the powerful, protect the helpless, and to shine a light on bad government. Six-foot-tall with flaming red hair, Molly was a fearless reporter who stopped at nothing, not even death threats,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
I'm writing this on Sunday, August 31. If Molly Ivins were still alive, it would be her 70th birthday. And today is Labor Day, so it seems like a fine time to remember my favorite political columnist through movie and video clips.
Actually, Don writing a Tami Flashback about John Henry Faulk (go read it when you're done here) inspired me. I had first read about Faulk in Ivins' essay in Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? If you watch the Tami video from Faulk's memorial service, right at the end Ivins tells a very funny story from that essay. Here, I'll make it easy on you by embedding the video again. Skip ahead to 1:24:00 for Ivins. (The story might also make you feel nostalgic about Cinema West.)
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Actually, Don writing a Tami Flashback about John Henry Faulk (go read it when you're done here) inspired me. I had first read about Faulk in Ivins' essay in Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? If you watch the Tami video from Faulk's memorial service, right at the end Ivins tells a very funny story from that essay. Here, I'll make it easy on you by embedding the video again. Skip ahead to 1:24:00 for Ivins. (The story might also make you feel nostalgic about Cinema West.)
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- 9/1/2014
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Artistic Director Molly Smith tackles a unique, in-the-round staging of Bertolt Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Iconic stage and screen actress and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage following her sold-out run of Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to make her professional singing debut as the tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage-a single mother determined to keep her family alive and her business afloat during war. Mother Courage and Her Children runs through March 9, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at opening night below...
- 2/10/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Artistic Director Molly Smith tackles a unique, in-the-round staging of Bertolt Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Iconic stage and screen actress and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage following her sold-out run of Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to make her professional singing debut as the tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage-a single mother determined to keep her family alive and her business afloat during war. Mother Courage and Her Children runs tonight, January 31-March 9, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage. BroadwayWorld has a look at Turner and the cast below...
- 1/31/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Artistic Director Molly Smith tackles a unique, in-the-round staging of Bertolt Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Iconic stage and screen actress and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage following her sold-out run of Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to make her professional singing debut as the tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage-a single mother determined to keep her family alive and her business afloat during war. Mother Courage and Her Children runs January 31-March 9, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at Turner and the cast below...
- 1/16/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Artistic Director Molly Smith tackles a unique, in-the-round staging of Bertolt Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Iconic stage and screen actress and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage following her sold-out run of Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to make her professional singing debut as the tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage-a single mother determined to keep her family alive and her business afloat during war. Using the David Hare translation, the show fuses politics and satire to paint an unforgettable and provocative portrait of war, incorporating more than 10 pieces of original music composed in a rollicking, gypsy-punk style and performed by cast members doubling as musicians. Mother Courage and Her Children runs January 31-March 9, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage.
- 1/2/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Artistic Director Molly Smith tackles a unique, in-the-round staging of Bertolt Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Iconic stage and screen actress and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage following her sold-out run of Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to make her professional singing debut as the tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage-a single mother determined to keep her family alive and her business afloat during war. Using the David Hare translation, the show fuses politics and satire to paint an unforgettable and provocative portrait of war, incorporating more than 10 pieces of original music composed in a rollicking, gypsy-punk style and performed by cast members doubling as musicians. Mother Courage and Her Children runs January 31-March 9, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage.
- 12/18/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The following is excerpted from New Yorker writer David Denby's Do The Movies Have A Future? (published by Simon & Schuster. The following was written in 2009, but is published here for the first time:
Good chick flicks can be constructed on the solid foundation of classic folk tales—not just Cinderella, but Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood, all of them archetypal stories that can be varied in infinite ways. Chick flicks are also good when they update the Austen marriage plot (literally in Clueless, a delightful 90210 version of Emma; and by inheri- tance in Bridget Jones’s Diary). In that fable, a young woman is attracted to a witty, glamorous, even devastating man, and then slowly, by degrees, extricates herself from enthrallment and chooses another man who may seem stolid at first but who shows himself, after trials, to be made of finer stuff. Her choice is an act...
Good chick flicks can be constructed on the solid foundation of classic folk tales—not just Cinderella, but Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood, all of them archetypal stories that can be varied in infinite ways. Chick flicks are also good when they update the Austen marriage plot (literally in Clueless, a delightful 90210 version of Emma; and by inheri- tance in Bridget Jones’s Diary). In that fable, a young woman is attracted to a witty, glamorous, even devastating man, and then slowly, by degrees, extricates herself from enthrallment and chooses another man who may seem stolid at first but who shows himself, after trials, to be made of finer stuff. Her choice is an act...
- 11/19/2012
- by Zoë Triska
- Huffington Post
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-ass Wit Of Molly Ivins, Starring Kathleen Turner, Opens Arena Season, 8/23
Iconic stage and screen actress Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater to star in Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, as the feisty, unforgettable political journalist. Written by twin-sister journalists Margaret Engel and Allison Engel and directed by David Esbjornson Broadways The Goat, or Who is Sylvia and Driving Miss Daisy, the D.C. premiere kicks off Arena Stages 201213 season playing tonight, August 23 through October 28, 2012 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.
- 8/23/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
"Satire is the weapon of the powerless against the powerful."The above quote by the late populist columnist Molly Ivins is written on a whiteboard at the Manhattan production offices for "Totally Biased," FX's new weekly late-night show created and hosted by standup comedian W. Kamau Bell. Below that, Bell has paired Ivins' inspirational message with words of wisdom from his 1-year-old daughter: "Aaah Aaah Baah Aaah."The juxtaposition is an apt reflection of Bell's comedy, which balances socially conscious political commentary with an appreciation for the absurdity and wonder of our shared human existence. Most often, Bell turns his gaze to racism and inequality in America, with a witty and challenging point of view that combines Jon Stewart with Paul Mooney. But as FX has been asking in its promos leading up to the Aug. 9 premiere of "Totally Biased," "Who is W. Kamau Bell?"He's been building a following for years.
- 8/9/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
Iconic stage and screen actress Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater to star in Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, as the feisty, unforgettable political journalist. Written by twin-sister journalists Margaret Engel and Allison Engel and directed by David Esbjornson Broadways The Goat, or Who is Sylvia and Driving Miss Daisy, the D.C. premiere kicks off Arena Stages 201213 season playing August 23 through October 28, 2012 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.
- 8/1/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Iconic stage and screen actress Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater to star in Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, as the feisty, unforgettable political journalist. Written by twin-sister journalists Margaret Engel and Allison Engel and directed by David Esbjornson Broadways The Goat, or Who is Sylvia and Driving Miss Daisy, the D.C. premiere kicks off Arena Stages 201213 season playing August 23 through October 28, 2012 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.
- 8/1/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
I want to tell you about a woman named Betty Brandenburg. You've not heard of her, but her passing must not go unremarked. I've written many times about the Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She made it run. She dealt with the most impossible man in Colorado. She was a young widow who raised two children on her own. I met her the first year I went to Boulder, in 1969, and saw her the last time a few years ago at one of the annual Wednesday night dinners our little group held at the Red Lion Inn.
Are you wondering why I'm telling you this? Is this only something personal with me? Why am I involving you? Maybe it's because of a piece I wrote not long ago, about when we die the most important thing we leave behind is our memory, and when those who remember us die,...
Are you wondering why I'm telling you this? Is this only something personal with me? Why am I involving you? Maybe it's because of a piece I wrote not long ago, about when we die the most important thing we leave behind is our memory, and when those who remember us die,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
In her new indie drama The Perfect Family, Kathleen Turner plays a docile, frumpy Catholic housewife whose life is thrown into turmoil when her nomination for Catholic Woman of the Year (yes, it's a real thing) is threatened by her daughter's lesbian wedding and her son's impending divorce. But this being a Kathleen Turner character, she finds that she has some unexpected fight in her. In real life, Turner has fought the stigma of the aging sex symbol, won her own battles with both rheumatoid arthritis and alcoholism, and emerged as a woman thoroughly in charge of her career. She does fewer films these days, preferring to work in theater — her next project is a revival of Red Hot Patriot, her acclaimed one-woman show about political humorist Molly Ivins, which she's taking to Washington. And though she has long sworn off doing her own television series, she told us...
- 5/1/2012
- by Gwynne Watkins
- Vulture
If there was ever anything to make you wish to God (with a capital G) that Molly Ivins were alive and sitting right next to you with a glass of Maker's, providing a running commentary, it is ABC's new series "Gcb." I will not be as good at reviewing this fictional Texas scenarios as Ivins was at critiquing things that actually happened in Texas. Have you ever read her take on the Texas legislature? It was a beautiful thing to behold, but I am not there yet. Additional handicaps: 1) I am from the South and grew up visiting relatives in Texas, but I am not a Lone Star native. 2) My taste in television tends toward "The Bachelor" and "Criminal Minds." Consider your source.
Here's what I do know: Generally speaking, it's not terribly effective to give a film or series that you want people to remember a name that is...
Here's what I do know: Generally speaking, it's not terribly effective to give a film or series that you want people to remember a name that is...
- 3/2/2012
- by Margaret Wheeler Johnson
- Aol TV.
Red Hot Patriot The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins starring two-time Tony and Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner plays the Geffen Playhouse though February 19. Turner sizzles as Molly Ivins, the brassy Texan reporter whose liberal journalism skyrocketed her to the national stage. This acclaimed one-woman show captures the red-headed reporter's indomitable character by weaving personal anecdotes with her colorful take on national politics. Check out a sneak peek of the production by clicking below...
- 1/23/2012
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Gleeks, Geeks, and dedicated fans of all sorts ruled the stage world this week. Glee star Darren Criss, the current lead of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, outsold his predecessor Daniel Radcliffe—and caused quite a stir in Manhattan’s midtown. Star Trek icon William Shatner confirmed the dates and venue for his one-man Main Stem show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. Newsies lovers finally got their Broadway lead, Jeremy Jordan. And our critics got back to being theater nerds after a short winter break. (The Harry Connick Jr.-led On a Clear Day You Can See Forever...
- 1/15/2012
- by Aubry D'Arminio
- EW.com - PopWatch
Kathleen Turner as Molly Ivins
Those of you in the Los Angeles area have two enticing theater options coming up. The first -- an absolute must see -- is the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies. It's coming to La soon from Broadway intact but for Bernadette Peters who will be replaced by another major but less famous talent, Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza). The other theater option is currently playing. I can't vouch for since I haven't seen it, but it's the one and only Kathleen Turner playing Molly Ivins in the one woman show Red Hot Patriot.
I have however seen Kathleen Turner live on stage twice (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and High) and she doesn't lose even one ounce of her charisma or gift on the stage the way many screen stars do when they attempt the transfer. Earlier this week she had...
Those of you in the Los Angeles area have two enticing theater options coming up. The first -- an absolute must see -- is the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies. It's coming to La soon from Broadway intact but for Bernadette Peters who will be replaced by another major but less famous talent, Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza). The other theater option is currently playing. I can't vouch for since I haven't seen it, but it's the one and only Kathleen Turner playing Molly Ivins in the one woman show Red Hot Patriot.
I have however seen Kathleen Turner live on stage twice (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and High) and she doesn't lose even one ounce of her charisma or gift on the stage the way many screen stars do when they attempt the transfer. Earlier this week she had...
- 1/13/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Everett Ernie Pyle
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists has weighed in on the question of what it considers the finest example of its craft. And the short answer? No, Virginia.
In an online poll, the society’s members voted Ernie Pyle’s “The Death of Captain Warskow ” the best column ever published in an American newspaper, placing the 1944 story ahead of Francis Pharcellus Church’s classic 1897 editorial-page proclamation, “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” The announcement about the...
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists has weighed in on the question of what it considers the finest example of its craft. And the short answer? No, Virginia.
In an online poll, the society’s members voted Ernie Pyle’s “The Death of Captain Warskow ” the best column ever published in an American newspaper, placing the 1944 story ahead of Francis Pharcellus Church’s classic 1897 editorial-page proclamation, “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” The announcement about the...
- 6/25/2011
- by Charles Passy
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
This article is the sixth in a Slackerwood series about the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (Tami) video library.
There is an ancient joke that the people of Texas would be much better off if the Texas Legislature, instead of meeting for 140 days every two years, would meet for two days every 140 years. Given the current legislature's less than stellar performance, I'm inclined to agree. (Molly Ivins said it best when she labeled Texas "the national laboratory for bad government.")
Whatever your opinion of the Texas Legislature, you'll probably agree that the biennial proceedings at the Texas Capitol are endlessly fascinating. And in conjunction with the current legislative session, this month I'm featuring a few Tami videos that remind us some things never change in Texas politics.
Produced c. 1965, Mr. Speaker is an entertaining and informative documentary about a day in the life of Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes.
There is an ancient joke that the people of Texas would be much better off if the Texas Legislature, instead of meeting for 140 days every two years, would meet for two days every 140 years. Given the current legislature's less than stellar performance, I'm inclined to agree. (Molly Ivins said it best when she labeled Texas "the national laboratory for bad government.")
Whatever your opinion of the Texas Legislature, you'll probably agree that the biennial proceedings at the Texas Capitol are endlessly fascinating. And in conjunction with the current legislative session, this month I'm featuring a few Tami videos that remind us some things never change in Texas politics.
Produced c. 1965, Mr. Speaker is an entertaining and informative documentary about a day in the life of Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes.
- 4/21/2011
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins by Margaret and Allison Engel just opened in Philadelphia. I had the privilege of having Ivins' as one of my best friends at Smith College in the sixties and I can tell you that the authors and Kathleen Turner, who plays Molly Ivins in this one-woman show, got her just right -- neither too sweet nor preachy; but original, unpredictable and sympathetic. The play immortalizes her dazzling humor -- always directed at the rich and powerful -- for which she was justly famous. Even back in her Smith Rally-Day Show writing days, Ivins never settled for cheap shots. As Dorothy Parker once said, "Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words." Ivins was a true wit. It's not surprising that a play about her...
- 3/31/2010
- by Alison Teal
- Huffington Post
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