If you have any doubt that reviewing a documentary about Andrew Wakefield, the British doctor who became the public face of the anti-vaccination movement, is a difficult proposition, scroll down. You're bound to see a jampacked comments section featuring incendiary remarks from readers both pro and con on the subject. So, let me stipulate up front that this reviewer is not taking a stand on the controversial issue. Please forgo the invective, folks.
Now back to The Pathological Optimist. For those not up to speed, Wakefield was one of 13 co-authors of a 1998 study in a British medical journal...
Now back to The Pathological Optimist. For those not up to speed, Wakefield was one of 13 co-authors of a 1998 study in a British medical journal...
- 9/28/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Film Arcade will handle theatrical, while Gravitas will handle VOD release.
The Film Arcade and Gravitas Ventures have acquired and will release Miranda Bailey’s documentary The Pathological Optimist.
The film will be released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles by The Film Arcade on September 29, followed by a VOD release via Gravitas later this year.
The Pathological Optimist centres on Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the man behind one of the most controversial, intensely debated topics in modern medicine - the anti-vaccination movement.
An expat from Britain who currently resides in Austin, Texas, Wakefield allowed Bailey and her team to follow him and his family for five years beginning in 2011 as he fought a defamation battle in the courts against the British Medical Journal and journalist Brian Deer.
The Pathological Optimist is Bailey’s follow-up to her debut documentary feature Greenlit, which premiered at SXSW in 2010. Bailey has produced more than 20 films, including the Oscar-nominated...
The Film Arcade and Gravitas Ventures have acquired and will release Miranda Bailey’s documentary The Pathological Optimist.
The film will be released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles by The Film Arcade on September 29, followed by a VOD release via Gravitas later this year.
The Pathological Optimist centres on Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the man behind one of the most controversial, intensely debated topics in modern medicine - the anti-vaccination movement.
An expat from Britain who currently resides in Austin, Texas, Wakefield allowed Bailey and her team to follow him and his family for five years beginning in 2011 as he fought a defamation battle in the courts against the British Medical Journal and journalist Brian Deer.
The Pathological Optimist is Bailey’s follow-up to her debut documentary feature Greenlit, which premiered at SXSW in 2010. Bailey has produced more than 20 films, including the Oscar-nominated...
- 8/14/2017
- ScreenDaily
After a long legacy of resistance, this year the Cannes Film Festival is embracing the revolution that is modern television with a few special presentations. This includes the full second season of “Top of the Lake,” directed by Jane Campion (“The Piano”) and Ariel Kleiman.
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
On May 23, Cannes attendees will be able to screen all six episodes of the season subtitled “China Girl,” starting at 1 p.m. France time following an introduction by Campion. It’s set to end at around 8 p.m. that evening.
This, frankly, sounds like a bad way to spend a day of your life.
It’s not because “China Girl” will be bad — indeed, it will likely be as moving, intimate and intense as the first season, which ran in 2013 on the Sundance Channel (and also screened in its...
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
On May 23, Cannes attendees will be able to screen all six episodes of the season subtitled “China Girl,” starting at 1 p.m. France time following an introduction by Campion. It’s set to end at around 8 p.m. that evening.
This, frankly, sounds like a bad way to spend a day of your life.
It’s not because “China Girl” will be bad — indeed, it will likely be as moving, intimate and intense as the first season, which ran in 2013 on the Sundance Channel (and also screened in its...
- 5/22/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Tilda Swinton is precisely as enigmatic, eloquent, and insightful as you think she is. In a recent interview with The Wrap, the Oscar-winner mused thoughtfully about her sixth film to play the Cannes Film Festival, Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja.” Swinton is an executive producer on the project, a fantastical political satire about a friendship between a young girl and a hippo-like creature named Okja. Set in an alternate reality, Okja was genetically engineered by a greed-fueled corporation. Swinton plays an eccentric villain named Lucy Mirando, head of the Mirando Corporation.
Read More: ‘Okja’ Review: Bong Joon Ho Delivers His ‘E.T.’ With Delightful Tale of a Mutant Pig and the Girl Who Loves Her — Cannes 2017
In the interview, Swinton describes her character as “heir to a rotten great fortune built on the corrupt and morally repugnant initiatives carried out by her father.” Sound familiar? Yes, but Swinton being Swinton, she...
Read More: ‘Okja’ Review: Bong Joon Ho Delivers His ‘E.T.’ With Delightful Tale of a Mutant Pig and the Girl Who Loves Her — Cannes 2017
In the interview, Swinton describes her character as “heir to a rotten great fortune built on the corrupt and morally repugnant initiatives carried out by her father.” Sound familiar? Yes, but Swinton being Swinton, she...
- 5/22/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and IndieWire is partnering with Festival Scope for a second year in a row to give readers the chance to bring a part of the event straight to their own homes. This year, our Critics’ Week sweepstakes features 9 short films and one feature in competition. If you aren’t in Cannes, this is your only chance to watch them all.
Now through Thursday, May 25, IndieWire readers have an exclusive opportunity to register for a chance to win an online Festival Pass to screen the 9 short films and one feature in competition. Click Here for the registration form — all you need to enter is your first and last name and a valid email address — and make sure to enter by May 25 for a chance to win. Festival Scope has...
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and IndieWire is partnering with Festival Scope for a second year in a row to give readers the chance to bring a part of the event straight to their own homes. This year, our Critics’ Week sweepstakes features 9 short films and one feature in competition. If you aren’t in Cannes, this is your only chance to watch them all.
Now through Thursday, May 25, IndieWire readers have an exclusive opportunity to register for a chance to win an online Festival Pass to screen the 9 short films and one feature in competition. Click Here for the registration form — all you need to enter is your first and last name and a valid email address — and make sure to enter by May 25 for a chance to win. Festival Scope has...
- 5/22/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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