If you’ve been contemplating whether to buy an Instant Pot, Airfryer or KitchenAid mixer, there’s no better time than right now. Williams Sonoma just kicked off its Semi-Annual Electrics Sale, offering 20% off these coveted kitchen items as well as blenders, juicers, food processors, coffee makers and more. Even better: Shipping is free! Among the items we’re clearing space on our counters for:
Instant Pot Duo Plus60 9-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker (6 Quart), $95.96 (originally $119.95)
KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer, $279.96 (originally $349.95)
Philips Airfryer with TurboStar Avance, $199.96 (originally $249.95)
Cuisinart Elemental 13-Cup Dicing Food Processor, $159.96 (originally $199.95)
Nespresso Vertuo Coffee & Espresso Maker, $159.96 (originally...
Instant Pot Duo Plus60 9-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker (6 Quart), $95.96 (originally $119.95)
KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer, $279.96 (originally $349.95)
Philips Airfryer with TurboStar Avance, $199.96 (originally $249.95)
Cuisinart Elemental 13-Cup Dicing Food Processor, $159.96 (originally $199.95)
Nespresso Vertuo Coffee & Espresso Maker, $159.96 (originally...
- 7/7/2017
- by peoplestaff225
- PEOPLE.com
How did Kiss Me Deadly come to be restored? The real question should be, how did filmdom lose track of its original ending in the first place? Savant uncovers evidence that may explain when, and why, United Artists mutilated the finish of Robert Aldrich’s apocalyptic film noir.
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Before home video the final home for Hollywood films was Television. Robert Aldrich’s 1955 Kiss Me Deadly never saw a theatrical reissue, and it dropped out of major TV visibility in 1962. I saw the documentation in United Artists’ legal folder on the film. To secure capital to launch more movies, Robert Aldrich sold all of his ‘Associates and Aldrich’ pictures back to UA after their original releases were concluded. More papers showed Kiss Me Deadly being included in at least two TV syndication packages, and then each time pointedly removed.
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Before home video the final home for Hollywood films was Television. Robert Aldrich’s 1955 Kiss Me Deadly never saw a theatrical reissue, and it dropped out of major TV visibility in 1962. I saw the documentation in United Artists’ legal folder on the film. To secure capital to launch more movies, Robert Aldrich sold all of his ‘Associates and Aldrich’ pictures back to UA after their original releases were concluded. More papers showed Kiss Me Deadly being included in at least two TV syndication packages, and then each time pointedly removed.
- 5/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
No one can hawk a cookbook quite like Ina Garten.
Selling a little more than 400,000 copies, the Barefoot Contessa’s latest work, Cooking for Jeffrey, was the bestselling cookbook of the year, despite only being released this October. (If you too have been hesitantly hovering over the “Add to Cart” button on Amazon, you can get a taste of the beloved book here and here first.)
For more breaking food news, follow People Food on Facebook.
Not far behind her on the Nielsen BookScan list released by Publishers Weekly was Chrissy Teigen‘s first book, Cravings. More than 270,000 buyers couldn...
Selling a little more than 400,000 copies, the Barefoot Contessa’s latest work, Cooking for Jeffrey, was the bestselling cookbook of the year, despite only being released this October. (If you too have been hesitantly hovering over the “Add to Cart” button on Amazon, you can get a taste of the beloved book here and here first.)
For more breaking food news, follow People Food on Facebook.
Not far behind her on the Nielsen BookScan list released by Publishers Weekly was Chrissy Teigen‘s first book, Cravings. More than 270,000 buyers couldn...
- 1/19/2017
- by acalderone1271
- PEOPLE.com
The film is dizzying in its portrayal of the man (is he simple-minded or a genius?) whose art equals craft and who has supplied many, many museums of artfully forged paintings by masters across the ages. Is he an artist or just a very talented forger? I think his forging is an art in itself.
It fits into a genre of “art films” dealing with eccentric (and lovable) artists (and their collectors or copiers), such as “Tim’s Vermeer”, “Herb and Dorothy: 50 x 50” or “Cutie and the Boxer” or “Bill Cunningham". What types of people these artists are brings viewers to experience an amazing range of distinctive and odd folk. Not only is art (or the love of art in the case of “Herb and Dorothy”) a tough passion, it is based upon tough eccentric personalities whose passions carry them though tough times in which their survival an issue that they choose to overlook even while knowing it is important. Art is their life, not survival.
Mark Landis has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in Us history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods that includes 15th Century Icons, Picasso, and even Walt Disney. And while the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn’t in it for money. He poses as a philanthropic donor, a grieving executor of a family member’s will, and most recently as a Jesuit priest. Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States. When Matthew Leininger, a tenacious registrar who sets out to expose his career as philanthropic forger, Landis is force to confront his false legacy.
It becomes clear that this story is bigger than its art world foundation when Landis opens up about his past, his family and his struggles with mental illness. Afflicted by schizophrenia and multiple behavioral disorders, Landis had been ostracized his whole life as someone struggling with those conditions. His elaborate thirty-year con had become a means to change all that, allowing him to regain control and finally be given respect. He found purpose in philanthropy, which was nothing short of an addiction.
The film starts out questioning authorship and authenticity, but what emerges is a much more intimate human story of obsession and the universal need for community, appreciation, and purpose.
"Art and Craft" is being distributed in the U.S. by Oscilloscope Pictures, in Canada by Blue Ice Docs. International Sales are being handle by Autlook Film Sales.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer
Sam Cullman co-directed, shot and produced the Oscar®-nominated documentary, "If a Tree Falls"and was a Producer and Director of Photography on the Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning "The House I Live in." Previously, his camerawork appeared in dozens of documentaries including "King Con"and "Why We Fight."
Prior to his work in documentary, Cullman had his own background in the arts as a former printmaker and painter.
Director/Producer
Jennifer Grausman directed and produced the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Pressure Cooker."Grausman also co-produced "3 Backyards," and produced six short films. Previously she was the Manager of Exhibition and Film Funding at The Museum of Modern Art. Grausman grew up in the art world – her uncle is a sculptor and her aunt owned a gallery.
Co-Director/Editor
Mark Becker produced, directed and edited the Independent Spirit-nominated documentary "Romantico," and directed and edited the Emmy-nominated film "Pressure Cooker." He has edited several documentaries including "The Lost Boys of Sudan" and "Circo."
"Art and Craft" opens today at the Landmark’s Nuart Theater in West La, the film is also currently playing in NYC.
It fits into a genre of “art films” dealing with eccentric (and lovable) artists (and their collectors or copiers), such as “Tim’s Vermeer”, “Herb and Dorothy: 50 x 50” or “Cutie and the Boxer” or “Bill Cunningham". What types of people these artists are brings viewers to experience an amazing range of distinctive and odd folk. Not only is art (or the love of art in the case of “Herb and Dorothy”) a tough passion, it is based upon tough eccentric personalities whose passions carry them though tough times in which their survival an issue that they choose to overlook even while knowing it is important. Art is their life, not survival.
Mark Landis has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in Us history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods that includes 15th Century Icons, Picasso, and even Walt Disney. And while the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn’t in it for money. He poses as a philanthropic donor, a grieving executor of a family member’s will, and most recently as a Jesuit priest. Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States. When Matthew Leininger, a tenacious registrar who sets out to expose his career as philanthropic forger, Landis is force to confront his false legacy.
It becomes clear that this story is bigger than its art world foundation when Landis opens up about his past, his family and his struggles with mental illness. Afflicted by schizophrenia and multiple behavioral disorders, Landis had been ostracized his whole life as someone struggling with those conditions. His elaborate thirty-year con had become a means to change all that, allowing him to regain control and finally be given respect. He found purpose in philanthropy, which was nothing short of an addiction.
The film starts out questioning authorship and authenticity, but what emerges is a much more intimate human story of obsession and the universal need for community, appreciation, and purpose.
"Art and Craft" is being distributed in the U.S. by Oscilloscope Pictures, in Canada by Blue Ice Docs. International Sales are being handle by Autlook Film Sales.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer
Sam Cullman co-directed, shot and produced the Oscar®-nominated documentary, "If a Tree Falls"and was a Producer and Director of Photography on the Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning "The House I Live in." Previously, his camerawork appeared in dozens of documentaries including "King Con"and "Why We Fight."
Prior to his work in documentary, Cullman had his own background in the arts as a former printmaker and painter.
Director/Producer
Jennifer Grausman directed and produced the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Pressure Cooker."Grausman also co-produced "3 Backyards," and produced six short films. Previously she was the Manager of Exhibition and Film Funding at The Museum of Modern Art. Grausman grew up in the art world – her uncle is a sculptor and her aunt owned a gallery.
Co-Director/Editor
Mark Becker produced, directed and edited the Independent Spirit-nominated documentary "Romantico," and directed and edited the Emmy-nominated film "Pressure Cooker." He has edited several documentaries including "The Lost Boys of Sudan" and "Circo."
"Art and Craft" opens today at the Landmark’s Nuart Theater in West La, the film is also currently playing in NYC.
- 9/26/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
If Tim’s Vermeer found traces of lenses and mirrors in the painting process, Sam Cullman and Jennifer Grausman’s Art and Craft looks to set aside the smoke and mirrors of the undertaking. Deadline reports that Oscilloscope, a distrib co. that pretty much works with a 50/50 fiction/non-fiction slate, acquired the rights to the doc just prior to its Tribeca Film Fest showing and will put the film out theatrically later in the year.
Gist: Following a prolific (and still-active) art forger who donates his work to museums instead of selling it, Art and Craft uncovers a curious story of obsession and understanding at the intersection of art, philanthropy and mental health.
Worth Noting: Previous creds for Cullman include the Oscar-nominated co-director of 2011′s If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (see trailer below), and in the Jennifer Grausman camp, she directed the Emmy-nominated Pressure Cooker.
Gist: Following a prolific (and still-active) art forger who donates his work to museums instead of selling it, Art and Craft uncovers a curious story of obsession and understanding at the intersection of art, philanthropy and mental health.
Worth Noting: Previous creds for Cullman include the Oscar-nominated co-director of 2011′s If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (see trailer below), and in the Jennifer Grausman camp, she directed the Emmy-nominated Pressure Cooker.
- 3/26/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
I know that many of you who read GeekTyrant are interested in becoming future filmmakers, which is awesome! It should come as no surprise to you that since I run a movie blog that I too would like to get into the business of making movies.
The Hollywood Reporter has come up with their list of 25 best film schools with basic details for each one. For those of you wanting to study the art of filmmaking, and wondering what the best schools for this are then this list should come in handy. Check out the full list below, and tell us what you think!
1. American Film Institute
Among the most selective film schools in America, AFI's Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies in Los Angeles offers a two-year conservatory program where students specialize in fields including directing, producing and writing, often coming to the institute after working in the...
The Hollywood Reporter has come up with their list of 25 best film schools with basic details for each one. For those of you wanting to study the art of filmmaking, and wondering what the best schools for this are then this list should come in handy. Check out the full list below, and tell us what you think!
1. American Film Institute
Among the most selective film schools in America, AFI's Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies in Los Angeles offers a two-year conservatory program where students specialize in fields including directing, producing and writing, often coming to the institute after working in the...
- 7/27/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to the worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch.
This week Captain Jack returns to theaters to face off against – well, no one really…That’s right. Not one single studio feature wanted to do battle with Pirates 4 at the box office. Happily a trio of new features will be opening in limited release, including the latest from Woody Allen, an African-American ensemble dramedy, and documentary about the power of slam poetry. And as always, if you’re keen to take the gasps, laughs, love, and real-world drama home – we’ve got you covered.
—
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
In this high seas adventure, Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) joins forces with his old foe Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to uncover the legendary Fountain of Youth. But these unlikely allies find a new enemy...
This week Captain Jack returns to theaters to face off against – well, no one really…That’s right. Not one single studio feature wanted to do battle with Pirates 4 at the box office. Happily a trio of new features will be opening in limited release, including the latest from Woody Allen, an African-American ensemble dramedy, and documentary about the power of slam poetry. And as always, if you’re keen to take the gasps, laughs, love, and real-world drama home – we’ve got you covered.
—
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
In this high seas adventure, Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) joins forces with his old foe Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to uncover the legendary Fountain of Youth. But these unlikely allies find a new enemy...
- 5/19/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
As high school seniors across America choose their college, The Daily Beast again pores through the data to determine the 50 biggest higher-education pressure cookers.
For high school students applying to top colleges in the nation, the stress of higher education doesn't end with an admission or rejection notice, or the decision many of now grappling with-which school to attend.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Princeton's Woman Problem
Gallery: America's 50 Biggest Pressure Cooker Colleges
High academic expectations can result in a high-stress college environment, with young women, it turns out, even more prone than men to freshman stress. But colleges and students aren't powerless. Sports teams and fraternal groups can reduce stress, and some pressure cooker schools are using out-of-the-box thinking to help students relax-Yale University, for instance, recently completed a trial program that allowed students to spend time with a therapy dog by appointment.
Last year, when we ranked...
For high school students applying to top colleges in the nation, the stress of higher education doesn't end with an admission or rejection notice, or the decision many of now grappling with-which school to attend.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Princeton's Woman Problem
Gallery: America's 50 Biggest Pressure Cooker Colleges
High academic expectations can result in a high-stress college environment, with young women, it turns out, even more prone than men to freshman stress. But colleges and students aren't powerless. Sports teams and fraternal groups can reduce stress, and some pressure cooker schools are using out-of-the-box thinking to help students relax-Yale University, for instance, recently completed a trial program that allowed students to spend time with a therapy dog by appointment.
Last year, when we ranked...
- 4/11/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
Emmy winners Top Chef are wrapping the season on Bravo. Bring on the intergalactic puns: the competition "blasts off" this week when the five remaining chef'testants visit Nasa to receive their very unique elimination challenge: come up with space food creations that do not taste like moon rocks. The winner will have their dish served in space! And there are some very special guest judges to taste the chefs creations: discerning foodie and my secret husband Anthony Bourdain and Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin join the panel to decide which four chefs will make the cut to go to the Finale in Singapore? Find out this Wednesday 9/1 @ 10/9c - Top Chef D.C. Pressure Cooker: The...
- 8/31/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
All the nominees for the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
H. Jon Benjamin, "Archer"
Dave Foley, "Disney Prep & Landing"
Seth Green, "Robot Chicken"
Dan Castellaneta, "The Simpsons"
Hank Azaria, "The Simpsons"
Anne Hathaway, "The Simpsons"
Outstanding Animated Program
"Alien Earths" (Ngc)
"Disney Prep & Landing" (ABC)
"The Ricky Gervais Show" - "Knob at Night" (HBO)
"The Simpsons" - "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (Fox)
"South Park" - "200/201" (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program
"Adventure Time" - "My Two Favorite People" (Cartoon Network)
"Chowder" - "The Toots" (Cartoon Network)
"Disney Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil" - "Racing the Schoolbus" (Disney Channel)
"The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack" - "Tee Hee Tummy Tums" (Cartoon Network)
"Robot Chicken" - "Full-Assed Christmas Special" (Cartoon Network)
"Uncle Grandpa" (cartoonnetwork.com)
Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Hell's Kitchen"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"The New Adventures Of Old Christine...
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
H. Jon Benjamin, "Archer"
Dave Foley, "Disney Prep & Landing"
Seth Green, "Robot Chicken"
Dan Castellaneta, "The Simpsons"
Hank Azaria, "The Simpsons"
Anne Hathaway, "The Simpsons"
Outstanding Animated Program
"Alien Earths" (Ngc)
"Disney Prep & Landing" (ABC)
"The Ricky Gervais Show" - "Knob at Night" (HBO)
"The Simpsons" - "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (Fox)
"South Park" - "200/201" (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program
"Adventure Time" - "My Two Favorite People" (Cartoon Network)
"Chowder" - "The Toots" (Cartoon Network)
"Disney Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil" - "Racing the Schoolbus" (Disney Channel)
"The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack" - "Tee Hee Tummy Tums" (Cartoon Network)
"Robot Chicken" - "Full-Assed Christmas Special" (Cartoon Network)
"Uncle Grandpa" (cartoonnetwork.com)
Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Hell's Kitchen"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"The New Adventures Of Old Christine...
- 7/8/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
ITV Daytime has confirmed the details of three new cookery shows starting later this year. Dinner Date, Celebrity Pressure Cooker and Ten Mile Menus will air during the spring, summer and autumn on ITV1. Hosted by Lorraine Kelly, Celebrity Pressure Cooker will feature celebrities attempting to cook in the style of professional chefs. Kirsten O'Brien, Christopher Biggins and Hardeep Singh Kohli are among the celebrities lined up for the series. Ten Mile Menus will also feature celebrity contestants, but will team them with professionals in competitions against each other, (more)...
- 4/22/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! It’s that time of year when we announce that we are actively looking and asking for submissions for this year’s Black Harvest Film Festival which takes place during the entire month of August at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago. Last year’s festival, in which we celebrated our 15th year incduing several big hits such as Pressure Cooker, Black Dynamite, Family, Complexion, If You Love Me, The Prince of Broadway just to name a few, broke all previous attendance records and this year we aim to either match that record or beat it. So it’s up to You! If you have a film that you’ve completed either last year or will by May of this year and that hasn’t been screened in Chicago we want to take a look at it.
It can be in any genre,...
It can be in any genre,...
- 1/7/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
IndieWire, La Weekly & Village Voice have posted the full list of every single film that’s been released this year (in the USA) – specifically, every film that’s screened in theatres for at least 1 week; whether indie or mainstream; foreign or domestically-produced; limited release, or wide; whether in 1 theatre in New York, or 3500 screens nationwide. It’s all there!
The total? 589 films - including films that haven’t yet been released, but will be, before the end of the year, in the next 3 weeks.
That’s a lot of movies, right? How many of those did you see? And maybe more importantly, how many fall under the category of “black films?”
Well, to answer the latter question… I looked over the list – although, to be honest, I did it rather quickly, so there’s a chance I missed 1 or 2; but I don’t think I missed more than that. But...
The total? 589 films - including films that haven’t yet been released, but will be, before the end of the year, in the next 3 weeks.
That’s a lot of movies, right? How many of those did you see? And maybe more importantly, how many fall under the category of “black films?”
Well, to answer the latter question… I looked over the list – although, to be honest, I did it rather quickly, so there’s a chance I missed 1 or 2; but I don’t think I missed more than that. But...
- 12/9/2009
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The Flu Season: Two weeks after the flu bug first hit the ballroom, Lacey Schwimmer and Donny Osmond fell ill. Anna Trebunskaya filled in for Schwimmer, dancing the fox trot with Mark Dacascos on Monday night. But Osmond tells People that for him, the show had to go on. "I just can't let Kym [Johnson] down," he said. Clutching a wad of tissue, Osmond stayed an arm's length away during his post-show interviews. Given the long hours, the strenuous routines and the close proximity in which the stars and pros work, staying healthy is a challenge for everyone. Vitamin C, Emergen-c, and every kind of cold remedy out there is stocked at the craft services table. "If it's legal, I'm taking it," Osmond says. "The room was literally spinning tonight when we did the quickstep. I thought I was dancing on the ceiling for a bit." Who Wears the Pants: For...
- 11/3/2009
- by StyleWatch
- People.com - TV Watch
As the clock ticks and a cooking competition is coming to a close, a small figure wraps her hands together and paces in circles nervously. “Where are our kids? All the others have their food down already,” she asks aloud, tinged with worry.
This is Wilma Stephenson, a culinary arts teacher at Frankford High School in Philadelphia, who has helped many of her inner city students get out of a dead-end life by winning college scholarships through cooking. Her reputation is that of a no-nonsense coach, scary and disliked by those who fail to meet her standards of discipline. Of course, the jumpy lady praying for her students is a far cry from the image of the so-called boot camp teacher, but what’s on display at that moment is the true compassionate side of Wilma Stephenson that you have to earn first to see.
Pressure Cooker depicts one school...
This is Wilma Stephenson, a culinary arts teacher at Frankford High School in Philadelphia, who has helped many of her inner city students get out of a dead-end life by winning college scholarships through cooking. Her reputation is that of a no-nonsense coach, scary and disliked by those who fail to meet her standards of discipline. Of course, the jumpy lady praying for her students is a far cry from the image of the so-called boot camp teacher, but what’s on display at that moment is the true compassionate side of Wilma Stephenson that you have to earn first to see.
Pressure Cooker depicts one school...
- 8/23/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Rewinding the past seven days of the wonderful world of independent films:
Deals. Twilight fans will have the opportunity to see Kristen Stewart in a different type of role later this year. In Udayan Prasad's The Yellow Handkerchief, based on a story by Pete Hamill, Stewart jumps into a stranger's car. She and the driver (Eddie Redmayne) are soon joined by a newly-released convict (William Hurt) as they travel through rural Louisiana toward a hoped-for reunion with the ex-con's beloved (Maria Bello). Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights and is planning a theatrical release, according to indieWIRE.
Hans-Christian Schmid's legal thriller Storm will also hit theaters later this year, indieWIRE says, courtesy of Film Movement. Kerry Fox stars as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague; she must convince a witness (Anamaria Marinca from 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) to...
Deals. Twilight fans will have the opportunity to see Kristen Stewart in a different type of role later this year. In Udayan Prasad's The Yellow Handkerchief, based on a story by Pete Hamill, Stewart jumps into a stranger's car. She and the driver (Eddie Redmayne) are soon joined by a newly-released convict (William Hurt) as they travel through rural Louisiana toward a hoped-for reunion with the ex-con's beloved (Maria Bello). Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights and is planning a theatrical release, according to indieWIRE.
Hans-Christian Schmid's legal thriller Storm will also hit theaters later this year, indieWIRE says, courtesy of Film Movement. Kerry Fox stars as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague; she must convince a witness (Anamaria Marinca from 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) to...
- 6/4/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Internet Week New York kicks off next week and social fundraising site IndieGoGo will bookend the event with a screening of Mark Becker and Jennifer Grausman's Pressure Cooker on Monday night at the IFC Center (followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, moderated by yours truly), then on Sunday they will host a panel discussion on film funding, promotion and distribution on the Internet at the Apple Store in SoHo (panelists include filmmaker Lance Weiler, Christopher Roberts, and CinemaTech's Scott Kirsner will moderate) ending with a party in the evening. Details for all events are here.
- 5/28/2009
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Bev Pictures will release Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker's documentary "Pressure Cooker," a look at a culinary arts class in a Philadelphia high school. The film will bow May 27 at New York's IFC Center and June 5 in Los Angeles.
A new distribution outfit founded by Emily Woodburne, Bridget Stokes and Vicky Wight, Bev Pictures plans to release a slate of films that will use grass-roots networking and online marketing.
"Pressure," which won a special jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival and audience awards at the Aspen Film Festival and Portland International Film Festival, was executive produced by Participant Media.
"We are very excited about working with Bev Pictures," Grausman said. "They understand how to reach many different audiences and are deft at thinking about the grass-roots aspect of distribution."...
A new distribution outfit founded by Emily Woodburne, Bridget Stokes and Vicky Wight, Bev Pictures plans to release a slate of films that will use grass-roots networking and online marketing.
"Pressure," which won a special jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival and audience awards at the Aspen Film Festival and Portland International Film Festival, was executive produced by Participant Media.
"We are very excited about working with Bev Pictures," Grausman said. "They understand how to reach many different audiences and are deft at thinking about the grass-roots aspect of distribution."...
- 3/27/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here are the final results for Portland own film festival. Great turnout, great films. And now on to the press release ... The Northwest Film Center Announces The 32nd Portland International Film Festival’s Audience Awards The 31,000 audience members at this year’s 32nd Portland International Film Festival have selected their favorite films from among the 78 feature and 36 shorts screened February 6-22. Tying for first place for Best Feature Award are Toa Frazer’s Dean Spanley (New Zealand) and Dorie Dörrie’s Cherry Blossoms (Germany). Two films also tied for the Best Documentary Award—Festival guest Jennifer Grausman’s film Pressure Cooker (Us), co-directed with Mark Becker, and Agnés Varda’s The Beaches Of AGNÉS (France), both of which tied for second place in the overall balloting. The winner...
- 3/4/2009
- The Scorecard Review
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