With spring break simmering to 8% K-12 on break, and 1% colleges off, it’s a hodgepodge at the weekend box office until 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes arrives to an expected $50 million-plus opening during the second weekend of May.
A24’s Civil War, which currently counts $27M through Monday after $1.9M yesterday, will need to defend its No. 1 flag from Universal’s Radio Silence-directed genre title Abigail. Both are looking at around $12M apiece. Still, that would rep a 53% decline for Alex Garland’s dystopian, divided America thriller, which would be excellent. Civil War will share Imax auditoriums with Sony/Crunchyroll’s anime Spy x Family Code: White as well as the Nathaniel Kahn-directed documentary Deep Sky.
‘Abigail’
Booked at 3,300 theaters, Abigail stars Melissa Barrera and the late Angus Cloud as well as Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand as a bunch of kidnappers who opt to abduct 12-year old ballerina Abigail (Alisha Weir). She’s the daughter of a powerful underworld figure, and her ransom is for $50M.
In an isolated mansion, the captors, whose job it is to watch her, start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. The pic will share Plf screens with Lionsgate’s Guy Ritchie-directed The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which is looking at mid single-digits, as well as Spy x Family Code: White, which is looking to do about the same.
Abigail, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, starts previews on Thursday at 5 p.m. Men and women 18-34 are the sweet spot. Reviews for the R-rated pic are currently at 82% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
A $6M-ish opening for the Ritchie movie is in the same realm as The Covenant. The R-rated Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare received an A- CinemaScore during last weekend’s sneaks and will preview at 6 p.m. Thursday before going wide in 2,700 theaters.
‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
The Ritchie-written title is based upon recently declassified files of the British war department and inspired by true events. Pic tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British Sas and modern black ops warfare. Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding and Cary Elwes star. Some exhibitors believe the movie has a shot at blowing past its estimates. Rt reviews are at 81% fresh.
‘Spy x Family Code: White’
Spy x Family Code: White is booked at 2,000 engagements with 4 p.m. Thursday previews going in 1,870 sites. Pic will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English. The Takashi Katagiri-directed movie is the first film installment of the TV series, here with a stand-alone story featuring secret agent <Twilight>, his deadly assassin wife Yor, and their telepathic adopted daughter Anya in an all-new mission. Pic is based on the Harvey- and Eisner Award-nominated manga written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The TV series debuted on April 9, 2022, with the first two seasons available to watch on Crunchyroll.
A24’s Civil War, which currently counts $27M through Monday after $1.9M yesterday, will need to defend its No. 1 flag from Universal’s Radio Silence-directed genre title Abigail. Both are looking at around $12M apiece. Still, that would rep a 53% decline for Alex Garland’s dystopian, divided America thriller, which would be excellent. Civil War will share Imax auditoriums with Sony/Crunchyroll’s anime Spy x Family Code: White as well as the Nathaniel Kahn-directed documentary Deep Sky.
‘Abigail’
Booked at 3,300 theaters, Abigail stars Melissa Barrera and the late Angus Cloud as well as Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand as a bunch of kidnappers who opt to abduct 12-year old ballerina Abigail (Alisha Weir). She’s the daughter of a powerful underworld figure, and her ransom is for $50M.
In an isolated mansion, the captors, whose job it is to watch her, start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. The pic will share Plf screens with Lionsgate’s Guy Ritchie-directed The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which is looking at mid single-digits, as well as Spy x Family Code: White, which is looking to do about the same.
Abigail, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, starts previews on Thursday at 5 p.m. Men and women 18-34 are the sweet spot. Reviews for the R-rated pic are currently at 82% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
A $6M-ish opening for the Ritchie movie is in the same realm as The Covenant. The R-rated Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare received an A- CinemaScore during last weekend’s sneaks and will preview at 6 p.m. Thursday before going wide in 2,700 theaters.
‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
The Ritchie-written title is based upon recently declassified files of the British war department and inspired by true events. Pic tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British Sas and modern black ops warfare. Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding and Cary Elwes star. Some exhibitors believe the movie has a shot at blowing past its estimates. Rt reviews are at 81% fresh.
‘Spy x Family Code: White’
Spy x Family Code: White is booked at 2,000 engagements with 4 p.m. Thursday previews going in 1,870 sites. Pic will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English. The Takashi Katagiri-directed movie is the first film installment of the TV series, here with a stand-alone story featuring secret agent <Twilight>, his deadly assassin wife Yor, and their telepathic adopted daughter Anya in an all-new mission. Pic is based on the Harvey- and Eisner Award-nominated manga written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The TV series debuted on April 9, 2022, with the first two seasons available to watch on Crunchyroll.
- 4/16/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Last Airbender director M. Night Shyamalan landed himself in controversy after employing a rather unethical marketing strategy for his film, The Village. To create buzz around the Joaquin Phoenix film, Syfy Channel (earlier Sci Fi) aired a documentary, The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan, that claimed to reveal deep secrets about the director. The documentary was later revealed to be a hoax, blending real-life events with fiction.
The Last Airbender director M. Night Shyamalan undertook a questionable marketing tactic for his film The Village
The documentary was created by Nathaniel Kahn and Callum Greene. It allegedly uncovered events from Shyamalan’s life through interviews, reenactments, and supposedly leaked footage. The documentary suggested that Shyamalan had a direct connection to the supernatural.
The Last Airbender Director Created A Fake Documentary To Promote His Film
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan was created as a marketing strategy for The Village...
The Last Airbender director M. Night Shyamalan undertook a questionable marketing tactic for his film The Village
The documentary was created by Nathaniel Kahn and Callum Greene. It allegedly uncovered events from Shyamalan’s life through interviews, reenactments, and supposedly leaked footage. The documentary suggested that Shyamalan had a direct connection to the supernatural.
The Last Airbender Director Created A Fake Documentary To Promote His Film
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan was created as a marketing strategy for The Village...
- 4/11/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
"A telescope is a time machine" IMAX has revealed an official trailer for a space documentary experience called Deep Sky, from the same director behind My Architect, The Price of Everything, and The Hunt for Planet B. "Admire the stars tonight, then make plans to journey through the cosmos and travel through time with the NASA James Webb Space Telescope in IMAX." Coming to the big, Big screen this fall. Directed by filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn, and narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams (hear her in this trailer), Deep Sky is an immersive experience sharing some of the astonishing images taken by this device. This inspiring film explores the $10 billion Jwst's engineering and construction process, historic Dec. 25, 2021 launch, and the release of its first full-color, galaxy-sprinkled images on July 12, 2022 witnessed by the entire planet. This isn't the only film about the new telescope - there's also Netflix's doc Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
IMAX Corporation and Crazy Boat Pictures Ltd., together with Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn, today announced that they’ve completed production on “Deep Sky”, a new documentary on NASA’s Webb Telescope (Jwst). The 40-minute short film is narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams, and is currently slated for release across IMAX’s institutional theater network in October 2023.
This announcement was made today at the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C., as part of the one-year anniversary of the release of the first images from Jwst.
“‘Deep Sky’ represents an exciting return to form for IMAX Documentaries and our long tradition of immersive space films,” said John Turner, Head of Documentaries for IMAX. “Nathaniel Kahn’s Oscar-nominated documentary ‘My Architect’ is iconic and his Emmy-winning ‘The Hunt for Planet B’ served as the fascinating first step in telling the story of the people who built this telescope. Now...
This announcement was made today at the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C., as part of the one-year anniversary of the release of the first images from Jwst.
“‘Deep Sky’ represents an exciting return to form for IMAX Documentaries and our long tradition of immersive space films,” said John Turner, Head of Documentaries for IMAX. “Nathaniel Kahn’s Oscar-nominated documentary ‘My Architect’ is iconic and his Emmy-winning ‘The Hunt for Planet B’ served as the fascinating first step in telling the story of the people who built this telescope. Now...
- 7/14/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
"How accidental our existences are, how full of influence by circumstance." Abramorama has revealed the new 2022 official trailer for My Architect, a documentary film from 2003 that is getting a re-release this year. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004, after premiering at film festivals in 2003. My Architect is getting a restoration re-release this year, 19 years later, just one year shy of its 20th anniversary. Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand the complexities of his father, the renowned architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974. The film has interviews with many architects including B.V. Doshi, Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry, Shamsul Wares, I.M. Pei, Moshe Safdie, and Anne Tyng. In the film, Kahn visits all of his father's buildings including The Yale Center for British Art, The Salk Institute, Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. This looks like a fascinating story that is about...
- 10/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Hunt for Planet B is an evocative documentary about something everyone has pondered at one time or another: is there another evolved planet beyond our galaxy? The James Webb Space Telescope may provide that answer when it finally launches after several delays. Down here on Earth 1, director Nathaniel Kahn’s documentary chronicles the work of a thousand scientists, explorers, and engineers working on the most complex telescope in NASA’s history at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
The analogy often given regarding the sensitivity and specificity of the telescope is that it is able to detect a child’s night light from millions of miles away or the movement of a window blind in an illuminated sky scraper to the millimeter. Kahn’s broad mosaic begins with the defense of science as one of the film’s subjects, Sara Seager, explains to a Congressional committee why it is...
The analogy often given regarding the sensitivity and specificity of the telescope is that it is able to detect a child’s night light from millions of miles away or the movement of a window blind in an illuminated sky scraper to the millimeter. Kahn’s broad mosaic begins with the defense of science as one of the film’s subjects, Sara Seager, explains to a Congressional committee why it is...
- 3/27/2021
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Distilling down the complex logistics of designing and building a multi-billion dollar satellite into an informative and entertaining film, Nathaniel Kahn’s “The Hunt for Planet B” is a entertaining and insightful look at the creation of the James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch later this year, and the scientists and engineers who contributed to it. Foregrounding the contributions of many women to the process, including MIT Professor Sara Seagar, Webb Engineer Amy Lo, Astronomer Maggie Turbull and Jill Tarter, who served as the inspiration for Ellie Arroway from the novel and film “Contact,” Kahn’s film oscillates between providing an overview of exoplanets, planets outside of our solar system that possibly sustain life, and the massive process of putting the Webb telescope together.
Continue reading ‘The Hunt for Planet B’ Profiles The People Behind the Webb Telescope [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Hunt for Planet B’ Profiles The People Behind the Webb Telescope [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/21/2021
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
The James Webb Space Telescope hasn’t generated as many headlines as climate change activism or another relief bill, but its planned launch in October 2021 could yield even greater long-term impact. After nearly 15 years of turnaround, the promising Hubble replacement will peer out at ancient galaxies and stars, possibly uncovering distant planets hospitable to life in process. Director Nathaniel Kahn’s “The Hunt for Planet B” puts that perspective in a much broader context than the bureaucracy responsible for grounding the Webb telescope all these years, showing how its success could galvanize a community of passionate stargazers and eventually change our relationship to the universe itself.
Kahn, who previously directed the 2016 short “Into the Unknown” about the team behind the telescope, has expanded that project into . Kahn’s earnest overview is not always the sum of its parts: It lacks the awe-inspiring production values that make “Cosmos” so fun and...
Kahn, who previously directed the 2016 short “Into the Unknown” about the team behind the telescope, has expanded that project into . Kahn’s earnest overview is not always the sum of its parts: It lacks the awe-inspiring production values that make “Cosmos” so fun and...
- 3/19/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Ever since the well-received release of his feature film debut, Girl on the Third Floor, many horror fans have been eager to see what new nightmares prolific producer Travis Stevens cooks up on the big screen, and thankfully the wait for his next film is going to be a relatively short one for attendees of this year's virtal SXSW Film Festival.
Starring Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, Stevens' new movie Jakob's Wife (which he co-wrote along with Kathy Charles and Mark Steenland) will have its world premiere as part of the Midnighters program at SXSW:
Synopsis: The disappearance of a young woman threatens to change the beige and banal lives of Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden) forever.
We have the full press release with details on additional SXSW films below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for the full Midnighters lineup!
Press Release:...
Starring Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, Stevens' new movie Jakob's Wife (which he co-wrote along with Kathy Charles and Mark Steenland) will have its world premiere as part of the Midnighters program at SXSW:
Synopsis: The disappearance of a young woman threatens to change the beige and banal lives of Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden) forever.
We have the full press release with details on additional SXSW films below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for the full Midnighters lineup!
Press Release:...
- 1/18/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Demi Lovato’s new docuseries has been set as the opening night headliner at the 2021 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced that the YouTube Originals docuseries “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” directed by Michael D. Ratner, will make its world premiere and kick off the 2021 online event, which runs March 16-20.
In the project (which is set to debut on YouTube in March), Lovato opens up for the first time about her nearly fatal overdose, dissecting every aspect that led to the 2018 incident and her awakenings in the aftermath. Lovato is said to have granted Ratner “unprecedented access to [her] personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health.” A description of the project paints it as, “far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface,...
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced that the YouTube Originals docuseries “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” directed by Michael D. Ratner, will make its world premiere and kick off the 2021 online event, which runs March 16-20.
In the project (which is set to debut on YouTube in March), Lovato opens up for the first time about her nearly fatal overdose, dissecting every aspect that led to the 2018 incident and her awakenings in the aftermath. Lovato is said to have granted Ratner “unprecedented access to [her] personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health.” A description of the project paints it as, “far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
“Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” a docuseries exploring the singer’s near fatal overdose, will open the 2021 SXSW Film Festival in March, the festival announced Thursday.
Michael D. Ratner directed the YouTube Originals docuseries, which will look at Lovato’s awakenings following her 2018 overdose and her return to music. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the pop star’s personal and musical journey.
“It’s impressive and rare to see a pop superstar tell their story so authentically and without pretense,” said Janet Pierson, director of film at SXSW. “We’re privileged to present this intimate journey told with such vulnerability. Demi Lovato’s profound interest in mental health awareness is helping change the landscape of a crucial issue in this year of national and international trauma and loss.”
Pierson added: “We are excited to share a handful of films from various sections of the festival to give you a taste of the talent,...
Michael D. Ratner directed the YouTube Originals docuseries, which will look at Lovato’s awakenings following her 2018 overdose and her return to music. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the pop star’s personal and musical journey.
“It’s impressive and rare to see a pop superstar tell their story so authentically and without pretense,” said Janet Pierson, director of film at SXSW. “We’re privileged to present this intimate journey told with such vulnerability. Demi Lovato’s profound interest in mental health awareness is helping change the landscape of a crucial issue in this year of national and international trauma and loss.”
Pierson added: “We are excited to share a handful of films from various sections of the festival to give you a taste of the talent,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
As Austin-based South by Southwest shifts online this year, the SXSW Film Festival isn’t slowing down when it comes to bringing progressive, exciting, envelope-pushing — and sometimes delightfully bizarre cinema from all over the world. The film festival will kick off with the World Premiere of YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil as its Opening Night Headliner. SXSW Online kicks off on March 16 and continues through March 20.
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil explores every aspect that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath. Director Michael D. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the superstar’s personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health. Far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface, the docuseries is an intimate portrait of addiction,...
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil explores every aspect that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath. Director Michael D. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the superstar’s personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health. Far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface, the docuseries is an intimate portrait of addiction,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
After last year’s South by Southwest was among the first major events to be derailed by the pandemic, the annual series of conferences and festivals is making its return with a 2021 online edition. On Thursday, festival organizers announced the first nine titles in its film and TV lineup, including a docuseries exploring Demi Lovato’s near-fatal overdose, a true-crime miniseries from Joe Berlinger, and Justine Bateman’s directorial debut starring Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux.
SXSW will offer an online program of events from March 16-20, with film screenings, conference sessions, music showcases, exhibitions, meetups, and other virtual versions of the annual festival’s mainstays.
The opening night headliner will be “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” from director Michael D. Ratner. Like his “Justin Bieber: Seasons” docuseries, the Demi Lovato title is a YouTube Original. The series explores “every aspect” that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal...
SXSW will offer an online program of events from March 16-20, with film screenings, conference sessions, music showcases, exhibitions, meetups, and other virtual versions of the annual festival’s mainstays.
The opening night headliner will be “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” from director Michael D. Ratner. Like his “Justin Bieber: Seasons” docuseries, the Demi Lovato title is a YouTube Original. The series explores “every aspect” that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal...
- 1/14/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Amp Films International handles sales on Travis Stevens’ Jakob’s Wife.
The world premiere of YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil will open SXSW Online 2021 on March 16.
Michael D. Ratner’s series plays in Headliners and examines the lead-up to the pop superstar’s near-fatal overdose in 2018 and her subsequent recovery.
Festival brass released a teaser trailer on Thursday (January 14) that gave a preview of the Lovato documentary and a further eight anticipated titles.
Documentary and Global selection Luchadoras (Germany) by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim chronicles female wrestlers in Ciudad Juárez, the notorious Mexican city renowned...
The world premiere of YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil will open SXSW Online 2021 on March 16.
Michael D. Ratner’s series plays in Headliners and examines the lead-up to the pop superstar’s near-fatal overdose in 2018 and her subsequent recovery.
Festival brass released a teaser trailer on Thursday (January 14) that gave a preview of the Lovato documentary and a further eight anticipated titles.
Documentary and Global selection Luchadoras (Germany) by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim chronicles female wrestlers in Ciudad Juárez, the notorious Mexican city renowned...
- 1/14/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
New Indie
“The Lighthouse” (Lionsgate) is the kind of movie that yields new discoveries with every viewing, so why not make this new Blu-ray part of your permanent collection? Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star as keepers of the titular structure, driving themselves and each other insane in a desolate and solitary location. Jarin Blaschke’s Oscar-nominated cinematography adds layers of grotesque delight to writer-director Robert Eggers’ fascinating follow-up to “The Witch.”
Also available: Inspirational sports tale “Sprinter” (FilmRise) features a cameo by Olympic medalist Usain Bolt; Jess Wexler and Adam Pearson play star-crossed co-stars in the uniquely offbeat “Chained for Life” (Kino Lorber); the Helen Hunt thriller “I See You” (Saban/Paramount) premiered at South by Southwest; Tim Heidecker runs for public office in the unsettling mockumentary “Mister America” (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
America’s stoner superheroes snooch one last bootch in “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” (Lionsgate); Laurence Fishburne...
“The Lighthouse” (Lionsgate) is the kind of movie that yields new discoveries with every viewing, so why not make this new Blu-ray part of your permanent collection? Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star as keepers of the titular structure, driving themselves and each other insane in a desolate and solitary location. Jarin Blaschke’s Oscar-nominated cinematography adds layers of grotesque delight to writer-director Robert Eggers’ fascinating follow-up to “The Witch.”
Also available: Inspirational sports tale “Sprinter” (FilmRise) features a cameo by Olympic medalist Usain Bolt; Jess Wexler and Adam Pearson play star-crossed co-stars in the uniquely offbeat “Chained for Life” (Kino Lorber); the Helen Hunt thriller “I See You” (Saban/Paramount) premiered at South by Southwest; Tim Heidecker runs for public office in the unsettling mockumentary “Mister America” (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
America’s stoner superheroes snooch one last bootch in “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” (Lionsgate); Laurence Fishburne...
- 1/24/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Brie Larson in ‘Captain Marvel’ (Photo credit: Disney).
After a terrible start to the year with grosses down 12 per cent on the same period last year, Australian exhibitors had something to cheer about last weekend thanks to Disney/Marvel’s Captain Marvel.
Starring Brie Larson as the first female Marvel character to front her own movie, the sci-fi fantasy co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck notched the biggest debut of 2019 and an all-time record for March.
The estimated Us launch of $US153 million ranks as the third biggest in March behind Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Warner Bros’ Batman v. Superman. The global total of $US455 million was the sixth highest ever and the second best for a superhero film behind Avengers : Infinity War.
It is a triumph for many women behind the camera including co-director and writer Boden, co-screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet, story credits for Meg LeFauve and Nicole Perlman,...
After a terrible start to the year with grosses down 12 per cent on the same period last year, Australian exhibitors had something to cheer about last weekend thanks to Disney/Marvel’s Captain Marvel.
Starring Brie Larson as the first female Marvel character to front her own movie, the sci-fi fantasy co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck notched the biggest debut of 2019 and an all-time record for March.
The estimated Us launch of $US153 million ranks as the third biggest in March behind Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Warner Bros’ Batman v. Superman. The global total of $US455 million was the sixth highest ever and the second best for a superhero film behind Avengers : Infinity War.
It is a triumph for many women behind the camera including co-director and writer Boden, co-screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet, story credits for Meg LeFauve and Nicole Perlman,...
- 3/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The new documentary The Price of Everything is nothing if not layered—kind of like an onion. And like an onion, the more you peel into it, the more it makes you want to cry.
Nathaniel Kahn’s complex film explores the dynamics of the contemporary art world where individual works regularly fetch astronomical amounts at auction: $91.9 million earlier this week for Edward Hopper’s canvas “Chop Suey,” and $110.4 million last year for an untitled Jean-Michel Basquiat painting that sold for $19,000 in 1984.
The sums have become so impressive that money managers now promote art collecting to the wealthy as an “investment asset class,” as the accounting firm Deloitte once put it. According to a report by Artprice, “the world leader in art market information,” between July 2016 and June 2017 contemporary art “generated a global auction turnover of $1.58 billion.”
“I very much wanted to investigate in this film this hyper-commoditized environment that we are in,...
Nathaniel Kahn’s complex film explores the dynamics of the contemporary art world where individual works regularly fetch astronomical amounts at auction: $91.9 million earlier this week for Edward Hopper’s canvas “Chop Suey,” and $110.4 million last year for an untitled Jean-Michel Basquiat painting that sold for $19,000 in 1984.
The sums have become so impressive that money managers now promote art collecting to the wealthy as an “investment asset class,” as the accounting firm Deloitte once put it. According to a report by Artprice, “the world leader in art market information,” between July 2016 and June 2017 contemporary art “generated a global auction turnover of $1.58 billion.”
“I very much wanted to investigate in this film this hyper-commoditized environment that we are in,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Nathaniel Kahn’s documentary asks why some artists’ airy work is priced so highly while other marvels go unsung
Nathaniel Kahn created a stir in the documentary world in 2003 with My Architect, a very personal film about his father, Louis Kahn, an influential but deeply troubled architect from whom Kahn the younger was estranged when Louis died, broke and nearly forgotten. A work that foregrounded the film-maker’s relationship to the subject when such memoir-like strategies weren’t yet common in film practice, My Architect was both a formally fascinating work as well as being one about a compelling, neglected figure from architectural history.
Kahn’s latest doc, The Price of Everything, is a more conventional, drier work that examines how the work of some artists draws huge multimillion-dollar bids at auction houses while the work of others, for no easily graspable reason, goes barely noticed. Jeff Koons, for example,...
Nathaniel Kahn created a stir in the documentary world in 2003 with My Architect, a very personal film about his father, Louis Kahn, an influential but deeply troubled architect from whom Kahn the younger was estranged when Louis died, broke and nearly forgotten. A work that foregrounded the film-maker’s relationship to the subject when such memoir-like strategies weren’t yet common in film practice, My Architect was both a formally fascinating work as well as being one about a compelling, neglected figure from architectural history.
Kahn’s latest doc, The Price of Everything, is a more conventional, drier work that examines how the work of some artists draws huge multimillion-dollar bids at auction houses while the work of others, for no easily graspable reason, goes barely noticed. Jeff Koons, for example,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
The directors of 10 of the year's most outstanding documentaries — Hulu's Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing), National Geographic's Free Solo (Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi), Aos' In Search of Greatness (Gabe Polsky), HBO's The Price of Everything (two-time Oscar nominee Nathaniel Kahn), Netflix's Quincy (Al Hicks and Rashida Jones), Magnolia/CNN Films' Rbg (Julie Cohen and Betsy West), National Geographic's Science Fair (Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster), Zeitgeist's Studio 54 (Matt Tyrnauer), Neon/CNN Films' Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle) and Focus Features' Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Oscar winner Morgan Neville) — gathered on Oct. 28 at the Savannah College of Art and Design'...
- 11/5/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The directors of 10 of the year's most outstanding documentaries — Hulu's Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing), National Geographic's Free Solo (Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasahelyi), Aos' In Search of Greatness (Gabe Polsky), HBO's The Price of Everything (two-time Oscar nominee Nathaniel Kahn), Netflix's Quincy (Al Hicks and Rashida Jones), Magnolia/CNN Films' Rbg (Julie Cohen and Betsy West), National Geographic's Science Fair (Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster), Zeitgeist's Studio 54 (Matt Tyrnauer), Neon/CNN Films' Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle) and Focus Features' Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Oscar winner Morgan Neville) — gathered on Oct. 28 at the Savannah College of Art and Design'...
- 11/5/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad) has announced the award winners for its 21st celebration of the Scad Savannah Film Festival.
The honors were revealed during an awards brunch held at local restaurant The Olde Pink House. A key stop on the Oscar festival circuit, this year’s Scad Savannah Film Festival screened a total of 164 films, including 33 narrative films, 16 documentary films and 115 shorts, more than any year before.
Twenty-seven awards were announced from the 105 films that competed in the categories of narrative features, documentary features, professional shorts, animated shorts, and student shorts selections.
Professional Competition
Best Narrative Feature – Tomorrow Best Documentary Feature – The Human Element Best Narrative Short – Geoff Best Directing – Will Kenning & Michael Rouse – Geoff Best Editing – Hold The Night Jury Award for Acting – Skyler Samuels – Spare Room Jury Award for Screenwriting – One Cambodian Family Please For My Pleasure Jury Award, Unheard Voices – Facing The Dragon...
The honors were revealed during an awards brunch held at local restaurant The Olde Pink House. A key stop on the Oscar festival circuit, this year’s Scad Savannah Film Festival screened a total of 164 films, including 33 narrative films, 16 documentary films and 115 shorts, more than any year before.
Twenty-seven awards were announced from the 105 films that competed in the categories of narrative features, documentary features, professional shorts, animated shorts, and student shorts selections.
Professional Competition
Best Narrative Feature – Tomorrow Best Documentary Feature – The Human Element Best Narrative Short – Geoff Best Directing – Will Kenning & Michael Rouse – Geoff Best Editing – Hold The Night Jury Award for Acting – Skyler Samuels – Spare Room Jury Award for Screenwriting – One Cambodian Family Please For My Pleasure Jury Award, Unheard Voices – Facing The Dragon...
- 11/3/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
By Glenn Dunks
We took a week off recently due to office job duties so as a means of not getting behind in the schedule, we're posting a (for now) one-off weekend documentary review for your Sunday reading.
The world is a distressing place right now where seemingly everything is terrible. It’s only natural that documentary filmmaking would reflect this global tussle for law and democracy. If these films aren’t telling us something frightening and new then they at least usually these films at least attempt to show us something familiarly awful from a new angle or with an unfamiliar point of view. I’m here to tell you, however, that one of 2018’s most miserable moviegoing experiences isn’t about war or famine, disease or political unrest. Rather, it’s about the art world. A ghastly portrait of some of society’s worst impulses of greed and capitalist grotesquery.
We took a week off recently due to office job duties so as a means of not getting behind in the schedule, we're posting a (for now) one-off weekend documentary review for your Sunday reading.
The world is a distressing place right now where seemingly everything is terrible. It’s only natural that documentary filmmaking would reflect this global tussle for law and democracy. If these films aren’t telling us something frightening and new then they at least usually these films at least attempt to show us something familiarly awful from a new angle or with an unfamiliar point of view. I’m here to tell you, however, that one of 2018’s most miserable moviegoing experiences isn’t about war or famine, disease or political unrest. Rather, it’s about the art world. A ghastly portrait of some of society’s worst impulses of greed and capitalist grotesquery.
- 10/28/2018
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
The Difference Between Price And Value: Kahn Seeks Answers To Unanswerable Questions
The modern art world has been inexorably bound to the whims of collectors and curators for the past few decades, seemingly now more than ever. A travesty to some, a natural evolution for others, this companionship dictates the temperamental price of contemporary art and defines how that art is to be truly valued moving into the future. Nathaniel Kahn has gained unprecedented access to numerous art personalities and the works they all revere, to dive headlong into a community where everything is sold and traded like Wall Street stocks.…...
The modern art world has been inexorably bound to the whims of collectors and curators for the past few decades, seemingly now more than ever. A travesty to some, a natural evolution for others, this companionship dictates the temperamental price of contemporary art and defines how that art is to be truly valued moving into the future. Nathaniel Kahn has gained unprecedented access to numerous art personalities and the works they all revere, to dive headlong into a community where everything is sold and traded like Wall Street stocks.…...
- 10/19/2018
- by Matthew Roe
- IONCINEMA.com
The Price Of Everything HBO Documentary Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Nathaniel Kahn Screenwriter: Nathaniel Kahn Screened at: HBO, NYC, 9/26/18 Opens: October 19, 2018 Most people ignore high art as the playthings of the rich, going to museums only when they’re traveling because the Prado, the Louvre, the Vatican are the places to […]
The post The Price of Everything Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post The Price of Everything Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 10/16/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
NewportFILM will screen documentaries by Morgan Neville, Matt Tyrnauer, Nathanel Kahn, and Andrew Solomon as part of its annual summer series.
The festival has become something of an institution in the posh seaside community — Newport, Rhode Island is an old world resort, with Gilded Age mansions that are straight out of an Edith Wharton novel. Part of the attraction is that the sunset screenings are hosted in several different historic venues, including Rosecliff, a mansion featured in the 1974 version of “The Great Gatsby” with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, the Eisenhower House, which was the “Summer White House” for President Dwight D. Eisenhower or his Mar a Lago, and the Newport International Polo Grounds.
The screenings kicked off Thursday with Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” a look at the enduring legacy of Fred Rogers, and runs through September 6th. Past films that have played at newportFILM include Brett Morgan’s “Jane,...
The festival has become something of an institution in the posh seaside community — Newport, Rhode Island is an old world resort, with Gilded Age mansions that are straight out of an Edith Wharton novel. Part of the attraction is that the sunset screenings are hosted in several different historic venues, including Rosecliff, a mansion featured in the 1974 version of “The Great Gatsby” with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, the Eisenhower House, which was the “Summer White House” for President Dwight D. Eisenhower or his Mar a Lago, and the Newport International Polo Grounds.
The screenings kicked off Thursday with Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” a look at the enduring legacy of Fred Rogers, and runs through September 6th. Past films that have played at newportFILM include Brett Morgan’s “Jane,...
- 6/22/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
newportFILM on Wednesday unveiled its lineup of documentaries for its annual summer series newportFILM Outdoors.
The sunset screenings in the resort Rhode Island city kick off Thursday with Morgan Neville’s crowd-pleaser Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and run through Sept. 6, with weekly Thursday night screenings, accompanied by pre-film live music and post-screening filmmaker conversations, moderated by high-profile film and arts journalists from around the country.
This year's attendees include Oscar winner Neville (Twenty Feet From Stardom), Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor), Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect) and best-selling author Andrew Solomon (Far From the Tree: Parents, Children ...
The sunset screenings in the resort Rhode Island city kick off Thursday with Morgan Neville’s crowd-pleaser Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and run through Sept. 6, with weekly Thursday night screenings, accompanied by pre-film live music and post-screening filmmaker conversations, moderated by high-profile film and arts journalists from around the country.
This year's attendees include Oscar winner Neville (Twenty Feet From Stardom), Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor), Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect) and best-selling author Andrew Solomon (Far From the Tree: Parents, Children ...
- 6/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
newportFILM on Wednesday unveiled its lineup of documentaries for its annual summer series newportFILM Outdoors.
The sunset screenings in the resort Rhode Island city kick off Thursday with Morgan Neville’s crowd-pleaser Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and run through Sept. 6, with weekly Thursday night screenings, accompanied by pre-film live music and post-screening filmmaker conversations, moderated by high-profile film and arts journalists from around the country.
This year's attendees include Oscar winner Neville (Twenty Feet From Stardom), Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor), Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect) and best-selling author Andrew Solomon (Far From the Tree: Parents, Children ...
The sunset screenings in the resort Rhode Island city kick off Thursday with Morgan Neville’s crowd-pleaser Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and run through Sept. 6, with weekly Thursday night screenings, accompanied by pre-film live music and post-screening filmmaker conversations, moderated by high-profile film and arts journalists from around the country.
This year's attendees include Oscar winner Neville (Twenty Feet From Stardom), Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor), Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect) and best-selling author Andrew Solomon (Far From the Tree: Parents, Children ...
- 6/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance has long delivered a few Oscar documentary contenders each year, most recently with “Last Men in Aleppo,” “Icarus” and Strong Island.” This year, the festival introduced a plethora of leading hopefuls, led by Morgan Neville’s heart-tugging portrait of the late PBS children’s host Fred Rogers, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (Metascore: 83), which Focus Features scooped up last summer; it goes into release June 8. The Sundance audience was in tears, slayed by a portrait of a beloved cultural figure who tried to do good. At Sundance, Oscar-winner Neville (“Twenty Feet From Stardom”) told me that he hopes this movie about a well-meaning conservative Republican Presbyterian minister will reach a wider swath than the usual liberal moviegoer. Count on it. This zeitgeist-hitter will be hard to beat.
Two other well-reviewed Sundance biodocs could emerge from the HBO broadcast realm: Susan Lacy biography “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” and...
Two other well-reviewed Sundance biodocs could emerge from the HBO broadcast realm: Susan Lacy biography “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” and...
- 6/6/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In today’s film news roundup, Amy Carlson and Jamie McShane join “Sunny Daze,” Paul Rudd’s “Ideal Home” gets a release, Ivanhoe Pictures makes a Vietnam deal, and Ashley Judd will get an honor in Connecticut.
Castings
Amy Carlson, Jamie McShane, Stephen Peace, and Carolyn Michelle Smith have joined the cast of “Sunny Daze,” an independent drama written and directed by Jason Wiles, Variety has learned exclusively.
Wiles, Michael Beach, Lonnie Chavis, and Ryan Merriman have already been announced as cast members with shooting starting in Los Angeles in May in the story about the life-altering friendship formed when Wiles’ character and an 11-year-old (Chavis) grow a strong bond as they grieve over the passing of the boy’s father.
Wiles and Peace are producing “Sunny Daze,” which will be the first project under their newly formed banner Sunny Daze Studios. Other producers are Michael O’Shea Jr., Mandy June Turpin,...
Castings
Amy Carlson, Jamie McShane, Stephen Peace, and Carolyn Michelle Smith have joined the cast of “Sunny Daze,” an independent drama written and directed by Jason Wiles, Variety has learned exclusively.
Wiles, Michael Beach, Lonnie Chavis, and Ryan Merriman have already been announced as cast members with shooting starting in Los Angeles in May in the story about the life-altering friendship formed when Wiles’ character and an 11-year-old (Chavis) grow a strong bond as they grieve over the passing of the boy’s father.
Wiles and Peace are producing “Sunny Daze,” which will be the first project under their newly formed banner Sunny Daze Studios. Other producers are Michael O’Shea Jr., Mandy June Turpin,...
- 5/2/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Nathaniel Kahn’s art world documentary The Price of Everything is set as the opening-night film at the fourth annual Greenwich Film Festival, which runs May 31-June 3 in Greenwich, Ct. The film about the intersection of art and commerce will kick off a lineup of narrative, documentary and short films announced today, as well as panels and tributes that include recipients James Ivory, Tony Goldwyn and Ashley Judd, the latter of whom will be honored at the fest’s Changemaker Award Gala on May 31. Its Social Impact Awards will feature a jury led by Ryan Eggold, and a performance by Lauryn Hill will highlight the opening-night party June 1. For the full lineup of films click here.
Ondi Timoner’s Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith has been set as the closing-night film at the 20th annual Provincetown Film Festival, which this year features a Spotlight lineup of films entirely directed by women.
Ondi Timoner’s Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith has been set as the closing-night film at the 20th annual Provincetown Film Festival, which this year features a Spotlight lineup of films entirely directed by women.
- 5/2/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Every so often, when you hear that a painting by Picasso just sold at auction for a record $179 million, or that a Pollock or a Basquiat or a Jeff Koons now routinely fetch prices worthy of a Silicon Valley start-up, it’s easy to wonder what, exactly, is going on. Is this a true expression of the art’s value? Or is it the symptom of some skyrocketing hothouse bubble that has decadently transformed art into gold?
“The Price of Everything,” Nathaniel Kahn’s brilliant and captivating documentary about how the art world got converted into a money market, is shrewd enough to know that the answer is both. The movie gazes, with a good amount of woe (but also with the pleasurable voyeuristic charge that tends to accompany displays of great wealth), at what the art world has become: the staggering auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, where masterpieces,...
“The Price of Everything,” Nathaniel Kahn’s brilliant and captivating documentary about how the art world got converted into a money market, is shrewd enough to know that the answer is both. The movie gazes, with a good amount of woe (but also with the pleasurable voyeuristic charge that tends to accompany displays of great wealth), at what the art world has become: the staggering auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, where masterpieces,...
- 4/1/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Where does art exist? If it sounds like a trick question it’s because it is. It begins in the mind of the creator, but from there it can go off in many different directions. How we consume art and the role of the museum and the art collector is called into question in Nathaniel Kahn’s documentary The Price Of Everything. Instead of approaching the topic with fiery passion, Kahn takes his time to explore the subject from all sides, including dozens of artists, curators, historians, and collectors that are enveloped in the world. Everyone plays a role in the contemporary art world (regardless of your direct involvement) and Kahn calls into question the moral, financial, and creative concerns when art is more than just a means to express oneself.
In his introduction to the film, the director compared it to the work of Robert Altman. This isn’t too far off,...
In his introduction to the film, the director compared it to the work of Robert Altman. This isn’t too far off,...
- 3/12/2018
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Feature was produced by John Battsek and Corey Reeser.
UK-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has taken a selection of international sales rights to Studio 54, Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary about the titular New York nightclub famous for excess and exclusivity.
The film, which premiered at Sundance last month, depicts how club owners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell presided over the venue during a celebrated and controversial time in clubbing history.
Dogwoof will handle rights for Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan and will present to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm). Cinetic is handling North America while A+E Networks covers the rest of the world.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film in the UK - theatrical releases are planned for this year.
Tyrnauer’s previous documentaries include Citizen Jane: Battle For The City and Valentino: The Last Emperor.
Studio 54 was produced by John Battsek and Corey Reeser.
UK-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has taken a selection of international sales rights to Studio 54, Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary about the titular New York nightclub famous for excess and exclusivity.
The film, which premiered at Sundance last month, depicts how club owners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell presided over the venue during a celebrated and controversial time in clubbing history.
Dogwoof will handle rights for Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan and will present to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm). Cinetic is handling North America while A+E Networks covers the rest of the world.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film in the UK - theatrical releases are planned for this year.
Tyrnauer’s previous documentaries include Citizen Jane: Battle For The City and Valentino: The Last Emperor.
Studio 54 was produced by John Battsek and Corey Reeser.
- 2/13/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Feature doc explores the role of contemporary art in consumerist society.
London-based documentary specialists Dogwoof has picked up UK distribution and international sales rights to Nathaniel Kahn’s contemporary art documentary The Price Of Everything.
The film had its world premiere at Sundance, ahead of which HBO Documentary Films acquired Us rights. The deal was negotiated by Josh Braun and David Koh of production outfit Submarine with Anna Godas of Dogwoof
Kahn previously directed the Oscar-nominated featuere My Architect and the Oscar-nominated short Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story. Featuring world-renowned artists including Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter, collectors, dealers, and auctioneers, the film reveals how the contemporary art market works and uncovers the medium’s enduring power.
The Price Of Everything is an expose doc focused on the role of art in consumerist society.
“This highly entertaining and accessible film takes us inside the art world like never before, with incredible access...
London-based documentary specialists Dogwoof has picked up UK distribution and international sales rights to Nathaniel Kahn’s contemporary art documentary The Price Of Everything.
The film had its world premiere at Sundance, ahead of which HBO Documentary Films acquired Us rights. The deal was negotiated by Josh Braun and David Koh of production outfit Submarine with Anna Godas of Dogwoof
Kahn previously directed the Oscar-nominated featuere My Architect and the Oscar-nominated short Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story. Featuring world-renowned artists including Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter, collectors, dealers, and auctioneers, the film reveals how the contemporary art market works and uncovers the medium’s enduring power.
The Price Of Everything is an expose doc focused on the role of art in consumerist society.
“This highly entertaining and accessible film takes us inside the art world like never before, with incredible access...
- 2/13/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
A look behind the sensational headlines charting the ever-rising prices for art sold at auction, Nathaniel Kahn's The Price of Everything offers interviews with those who make, sell, buy and study the art in question. More conversational than journalistic in spirit, it avoids hard statistics (and the reasons those stats can be hard to come by) in favor of well-informed impressions and anecdotes. Though not the first doc to note the insanity surrounding this subject, it is easily accessible to non-insiders and holds interest even for those who follow art closely.
Structured fairly arbitrarily around a countdown to one of...
Structured fairly arbitrarily around a countdown to one of...
- 1/25/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sabine Krayenbühl began her career as an editor in 1994 with a number of small shorts and features. Her breakthrough came in 2003 with My Architect, a documentary on architect Louis Kahn directed by his song Nathaniel. She has since edited more than 10 feature-length docs, including the 2016 film Letters from Baghdad, which she directed. She reunites with Nathaniel Kahn for The Price of Everything, a documentary look at the contemporary art world, which, as she says below, “values money above everything.” Krayenbühl spoke with Filmmaker ahead of the film’s five screenings at Sundance about her editing process. Filmmaker: How and why […]...
- 1/24/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Brooklyn-born Dp Bob Richman began his career as a production assistant for Albert and David Maysles. He’s since gone on to shoot some of the most widely seen documentaries of the past 20 years: An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for ‘Superman’, the Paradise Lost trilogy and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, to name a few. His latest feature, The Price of Everything, is a vérité doc on the puzzlingly astronomical price of fine art. Richman spoke with Filmmaker ahead of the film’s Sundance premiere about his preferred camera for vérité filmmaking, reuniting with director Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect) and the essential importance of a good […]...
- 1/18/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
HBO Documentary Films has acquired Us TV rights to The Price Of Everything in the run-up to its world premiere at Sundance in U.S. Documentary Competition on Friday (January 19).
HBO Documentary Films has acquired Us TV rights to The Price Of Everything in the run-up to its world premiere at Sundance in U.S. Documentary Competition on Friday (January 19).
The company will also open Nathaniel Kahn’s (My Architect) Park City selection in theatres in a minimum of 12 Us markets prior to its HBO premiere.
The Price Of Everything explores the labyrinthine art world and the role of art and artistic passion in society. Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby are among the talking heads.
“I couldn’t think of a better home for the film than HBO,” Kahn said. “I had a great experience with them on both My Architect and my short, Two Hands, and am particularly happy they will be taking...
HBO Documentary Films has acquired Us TV rights to The Price Of Everything in the run-up to its world premiere at Sundance in U.S. Documentary Competition on Friday (January 19).
The company will also open Nathaniel Kahn’s (My Architect) Park City selection in theatres in a minimum of 12 Us markets prior to its HBO premiere.
The Price Of Everything explores the labyrinthine art world and the role of art and artistic passion in society. Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby are among the talking heads.
“I couldn’t think of a better home for the film than HBO,” Kahn said. “I had a great experience with them on both My Architect and my short, Two Hands, and am particularly happy they will be taking...
- 1/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
HBO Documentary Films has picked up the rights to “The Price of Everything” ahead of its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The premium cable network acquired both the U.S. TV and theatrical rights to the Nathaniel Kahn-directed film, and plans to open it in theaters in a minimum of 12 U.S. markets prior to its HBO premiere. The flick, a deep dive into the contemporary art world, will bow in the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition on Jan. 19. Also Read: Sundance Parties 2018: Highlights of the Starry Scene Invading Park City “I couldn’t think of a better home for the film...
- 1/16/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
HBO Documentary Films has made an artsy pickup. The premium cabler’s docu unit grabbed TV and theatrical rights to The Price of Everything ahead of its world premiere Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, director Nathaniel Kahn’s docu examines the role of art and artistic passion in today's money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists — from current…...
- 1/16/2018
- Deadline TV
HBO Documentary Films has made an artsy pickup. The premium cabler’s docu unit grabbed TV and theatrical rights to The Price of Everything ahead of its world premiere Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, director Nathaniel Kahn’s docu examines the role of art and artistic passion in today's money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists — from current…...
- 1/16/2018
- Deadline
In the first deal of the Sundance Film Festival, HBO Documentary Films has picked up the art documentary The Price of Everything.
Director Nathaniel Kahn took a deep dive into the high-end art world, where artistic passion and consumerism collide. The feature includes interviews with collectors, dealers, auctioneers and artists like Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
Jennifer Blei Stockman and Debi Wisch for Hot & Sunny Productions and Carla Solomon for Anthos Media produced, with Lisa Remington and Kayla Malahiazar acting as co-producers.
The Price of Everything will debut in the U.S. Documentary Competition...
Director Nathaniel Kahn took a deep dive into the high-end art world, where artistic passion and consumerism collide. The feature includes interviews with collectors, dealers, auctioneers and artists like Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
Jennifer Blei Stockman and Debi Wisch for Hot & Sunny Productions and Carla Solomon for Anthos Media produced, with Lisa Remington and Kayla Malahiazar acting as co-producers.
The Price of Everything will debut in the U.S. Documentary Competition...
- 1/16/2018
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dhaka Film Festival 16th Edition January 12–20th
The 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (Diff) will be held in Dhaka from 12 to 20 January 2018. The general theme of the festival is “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society.”The Festival has been organized on a regular basis by Rainbow Film Society, which has been dedicated to the promotion of a healthy cine culture in Bangladesh and in celebrating the global mainstream in film and its social relevance since 1977.
Rainbow Film Society is one of the most active film entities in the film society movement of Bangladesh. Apart from holding regular film shows and film related seminars and workshops, Rainbow also brings out “The Celluloid”, one of the leading cinema periodicals from Bangladesh with an international audience.
The Diff is one of the most prestigious film events in Bangladesh and, to a great extent, has helped shape an increasingly healthy and positive national film culture.
The 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (Diff) will be held in Dhaka from 12 to 20 January 2018. The general theme of the festival is “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society.”The Festival has been organized on a regular basis by Rainbow Film Society, which has been dedicated to the promotion of a healthy cine culture in Bangladesh and in celebrating the global mainstream in film and its social relevance since 1977.
Rainbow Film Society is one of the most active film entities in the film society movement of Bangladesh. Apart from holding regular film shows and film related seminars and workshops, Rainbow also brings out “The Celluloid”, one of the leading cinema periodicals from Bangladesh with an international audience.
The Diff is one of the most prestigious film events in Bangladesh and, to a great extent, has helped shape an increasingly healthy and positive national film culture.
- 12/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
“Being in love is like being high,” says Roberta Haze, a California-based costume designer sporting purple hair and layers of hoop wearings. “That has to transform into love, because that stays. Like snorting coke, it’s not a state that you can live in all the time.” Roberta is neighbors with the filmmaker Tao Ruspoli, who turned a painful divorce from his wife of ten years into a fascinating and stylish new documentary, “Monogamish.”
The title comes from a term coined by beloved sex and relationships columnist Dan Savage, who appears in the film as a talking head, but also as a benevolent guide for Ruspoli’s infectious curiosity.
Through his “Savage Love” column and podcast, which he has been writing since 1991 in Seattle paper The Stranger, Savage has become the most vocal and visible proponent of non-monogamy and non-traditional relationships in the country. Savage, along with other interview subjects Esther Perel,...
The title comes from a term coined by beloved sex and relationships columnist Dan Savage, who appears in the film as a talking head, but also as a benevolent guide for Ruspoli’s infectious curiosity.
Through his “Savage Love” column and podcast, which he has been writing since 1991 in Seattle paper The Stranger, Savage has become the most vocal and visible proponent of non-monogamy and non-traditional relationships in the country. Savage, along with other interview subjects Esther Perel,...
- 10/14/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Film historian B. Ruby Rich credits the 1992 Sundance Film Festival as the cradle of New Queer Cinema, and a quick survey of this year’s festival lineup confirms that Lgbt films stand an excellent chance of attracting audiences. Lesbian filmmaker Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” is one of the most talked about films of the year, trans director Yance Ford’s deeply personal “Strong Island” has been years in the making, and we may have the British “Brokeback Mountain” (but better) with Francis Lee’s “God’s Own Country.”
Perusing the slate of queer films, filmmakers, and performers at Sundance this year, 2017 is set to be the best year queer cinema has seen in a long time. Here’s 10 reasons why:
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
Dee Rees is About to Become the Most Successful Black Lesbian Director in Hollywood
Queer audiences have known Dee Rees since...
Perusing the slate of queer films, filmmakers, and performers at Sundance this year, 2017 is set to be the best year queer cinema has seen in a long time. Here’s 10 reasons why:
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
Dee Rees is About to Become the Most Successful Black Lesbian Director in Hollywood
Queer audiences have known Dee Rees since...
- 1/18/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The 20th edition of the festival includes competition titles ’71 and Blind.
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
- 9/17/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Latest Additions Include Star-Studded Appearances, Noted Film Historians,
An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956)
And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film
Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival
With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:
On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the...
An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956)
And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film
Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival
With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:
On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the...
- 3/28/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From The Fountainhead to Blade Runner, the way films portray buildings and architects has nothing to do with reality, right? You'd be surprised
Howard Roark is, up to a point, a plausible name for an architect, but I am less convinced by Stourley Kracklite. Roark, played by Gary Cooper in King Vidor's schlockfest The Fountainhead is a picture of toned muscle and angst, handy with a rock drill and brutal in his wooing. In contrast Kracklite, played by Brian Dennehy in Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect, has a waistline that authentically overwhelms his belt in the manner pioneered by the 20-stone James Stirling.
Both films have always fascinated me. In the case of The Fountainhead, it's not so much Roark – a tortured genius somewhere between Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright – who's the special attraction, although it's hard not to warm to an architect who, rather than see his work compromised,...
Howard Roark is, up to a point, a plausible name for an architect, but I am less convinced by Stourley Kracklite. Roark, played by Gary Cooper in King Vidor's schlockfest The Fountainhead is a picture of toned muscle and angst, handy with a rock drill and brutal in his wooing. In contrast Kracklite, played by Brian Dennehy in Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect, has a waistline that authentically overwhelms his belt in the manner pioneered by the 20-stone James Stirling.
Both films have always fascinated me. In the case of The Fountainhead, it's not so much Roark – a tortured genius somewhere between Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright – who's the special attraction, although it's hard not to warm to an architect who, rather than see his work compromised,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Deyan Sudjic
- The Guardian - Film News
My Architect, a documentary film, will be screened at the American Center Auditorium on June 15. Directed by Nathaniel Kahn, son of renowned architect Louis Kahn, the filmmaker reveals the haunting beauty behind his father’s monumental creations and takes us deep within his own divided family, uncovering a world of prejudice, intrigue and the myths that haunts parents and children. The documentary has an emotional impact of a dramatic feature film, as Nathaniel’s personal journey becomes a universal investigation of identity, a celebration of art and ultimately, of life itself. The screening will be followed by panel discussion with heritage ...
- 6/13/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
A wave of design documentaries are unlikely crowd pleasers.
You won't see any chase scenes or canoodling. No scatological jokes, and hardly any women. For the most part it's just wrinkly old white men talking about fenestration and foundation walls. Design documentaries may not be sexy, but they're enjoying a surprising surge on the indie film circuit.
Why design? The documentaries riding a wave of interest in the field, and designers are, almost without exception, charismatic figures who know how to court the camera.
The trend began six years ago with My Architect, an effort by Nathaniel Kahn to uncover the hidden life of his father, the enigmatic Louis Kahn. Nathaniel was born out of wedlock, and he barely knew his father, whom many consider the greatest architect of the 20th century. Kahn, who died badly in debt in a Penn Station men's room in 1974, maintained three families for years in almost total secrecy.
You won't see any chase scenes or canoodling. No scatological jokes, and hardly any women. For the most part it's just wrinkly old white men talking about fenestration and foundation walls. Design documentaries may not be sexy, but they're enjoying a surprising surge on the indie film circuit.
Why design? The documentaries riding a wave of interest in the field, and designers are, almost without exception, charismatic figures who know how to court the camera.
The trend began six years ago with My Architect, an effort by Nathaniel Kahn to uncover the hidden life of his father, the enigmatic Louis Kahn. Nathaniel was born out of wedlock, and he barely knew his father, whom many consider the greatest architect of the 20th century. Kahn, who died badly in debt in a Penn Station men's room in 1974, maintained three families for years in almost total secrecy.
- 7/7/2009
- by Michael Cannell
- Fast Company
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.