Once again three of the Miami Dolphins took a knee during the playing of the national anthem and once again the Florida NFL team came up short in primetime. As Michael Thomas, Kenny Stills and Julius Thomas protested in Charlotte, N.C., last night's Monday Night Football felt a bit like a repeat of the November 5 Sunday Night Football game when the Dolphins lost to the Oakland Raiders 27-24. However, unlike that match-up on NBC, Monday's gridiron battle on Espn was a much…...
- 11/14/2017
- Deadline TV
At the halfway point now in the NFL season, the much traveled Oakland Raiders pulled off a Sunday Night Football win against the Miami Dolphins as yet again protests stole much of the game's thunder. The Raiders' Week 9 27-24 victory saw the Dolphins' Michael Thomas, Julius Thomas and wide receiver Kenny Stills kneel during the national anthem. That's the first such protest by players for the Florida franchise since the team's coach instituted a rule against such…...
- 11/6/2017
- Deadline TV
Hurricane Harvey has caused terrible wreckage after hitting landfall in Texas on Friday night.
Harvey slammed into the town of Rockport as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph. Buildings were ripped apart and firefighters were unable to respond to victims in the hours after the storm traveled through the town, according to the latest reports from the Weather Channel.
At least 10 people sustained injuries when the roof of a senior housing complex collapsed during the storm in the Aransas Bay town, Ktrk-tv reported.
“We know there is widespread devastation,” Rockport Mayor Cj Wax said during a Saturday morning interview with The Weather Channel.
Harvey slammed into the town of Rockport as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph. Buildings were ripped apart and firefighters were unable to respond to victims in the hours after the storm traveled through the town, according to the latest reports from the Weather Channel.
At least 10 people sustained injuries when the roof of a senior housing complex collapsed during the storm in the Aransas Bay town, Ktrk-tv reported.
“We know there is widespread devastation,” Rockport Mayor Cj Wax said during a Saturday morning interview with The Weather Channel.
- 8/26/2017
- by Yvonne Juris
- PEOPLE.com
Colin Kaepernick says he has had death threats in response to his decision to draw attention to racial oppression and inequality by kneeling during the national anthem played at NFL games. The San Francisco 49s quarterback said he has received the threats through a "couple different avenues," he told reporters on Tuesday, along with threats on social media. But Kaepernick isn't fazed. Instead, he says it's only highlighting why he began protesting during the NFL's preseason on Aug 26. "To me, if something like that were to happen, you've proved my point and it will be loud and clear for everyone...
- 9/21/2016
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
Kate Upton has spoken out against the four Miami Dolphins players who knelt during the national anthem during Sunday's game. The athletes—running back Arian Foster, outside linebacker Jelani Jenkins, free safety Michael Thomas and wide receiver Kenny Stills—got down on their knees as the song played before the team's 12-10 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The four players' decision to kneel rather than stand during the national anthem was the latest in a series of protests undertaken by several NFL players. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began the controversial demonstration before a preseason football game in August. Upton first retweeted SportsCenter Sunday night, adding,...
- 9/12/2016
- E! Online
Sales agent Coproduction Office has closed multiple deals on the feature doc, whose subjects will be on the Lido.
Maverick Austrian director Ulrich Seidl will be accompanied by a family of safari hunters this week in Venice for the world premiere of his new film.
Safari (sold by Coproduction Office and also screening at Tiff) is a feature documentary following German and Austrian hunting tourists as they travel through the African bush, stalking and massacring the local wildlife.
The film is billed as “a vacation movie about killing, a movie about human nature.”
The safari hunting family featured in the film will be coming to the Lido to attend the Venice screening. However, Seidl has told Screen that he will not “feed” these hunters to the media and that he feels “a certain responsibility to them.” They will not be doing any media interviews and will not attend the film’s press conference.
“My opinion...
Maverick Austrian director Ulrich Seidl will be accompanied by a family of safari hunters this week in Venice for the world premiere of his new film.
Safari (sold by Coproduction Office and also screening at Tiff) is a feature documentary following German and Austrian hunting tourists as they travel through the African bush, stalking and massacring the local wildlife.
The film is billed as “a vacation movie about killing, a movie about human nature.”
The safari hunting family featured in the film will be coming to the Lido to attend the Venice screening. However, Seidl has told Screen that he will not “feed” these hunters to the media and that he feels “a certain responsibility to them.” They will not be doing any media interviews and will not attend the film’s press conference.
“My opinion...
- 9/1/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
It's a somber day for Reba McEntire. The singer is remembering the bandmates she lost 25 years ago in a plane crash following one of their shows. McEntire, 60, took to Instagram on Wednesday sharing a tribute post to those who died. "Today is the 25th anniversary of the airplane crash. I went back to San Diego Nov of last year and took a helicopter up to the crash site," she captioned a black and white photo of herself staring down at the ocean from the chopper's window. "I feel in my heart that they know we still miss them so much.
- 3/17/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
It's a somber day for Reba McEntire. The singer is remembering the bandmates she lost 25 years ago in a plane crash following one of their shows. McEntire, 60, took to Instagram on Wednesday sharing a tribute post to those who died. "Today is the 25th anniversary of the airplane crash. I went back to San Diego Nov of last year and took a helicopter up to the crash site," she captioned a black and white photo of herself staring down at the ocean from the chopper's window. "I feel in my heart that they know we still miss them so much.
- 3/17/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
It's a somber day for Reba McEntire. The singer is remembering the bandmates she lost 25 years ago in a plane crash following one of their shows. McEntire, 60, took to Instagram on Wednesday sharing a tribute post to those who died. "Today is the 25th anniversary of the airplane crash. I went back to San Diego Nov of last year and took a helicopter up to the crash site," she captioned a black and white photo of herself staring down at the ocean from the chopper's window. "I feel in my heart that they know we still miss them so much.
- 3/17/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
This year the Art House Convergence has seen a huge jump in attendance. Eleven years ago when Sundance initiated the Art House Convergence a small handful of arthouse theater owners were in attendance. Five years ago when I began coming, there were more exhibitors plus the distributors of art house cinema began to come to chat and discuss their offerings. The congenial mix of the two charmed me. It reminded me of the early days of Sundance in the late 80s when acquisitions execs all knew and liked each other and we were able to cover all the ground without stress.
This year there were so many more people - about 600 total - including vendors of everything an exhibitor must need plus a parallel event of the Film Festival Alliance, a great initiative of Ifp established in 2010 in which festivals get together to discuss mutual interests.
The confluence of the smaller regional festivals and the art house theaters is a natural fit since the festivals are held in the theaters and bring in the community, obviously a desired outcome of art house exhibitors. All that combined makes for a much larger event than ever before and points toward even greater growth for Ahc, something perhaps to be desired but also something which perhaps will not be quite so welcoming for newcomers as the earlier events.
The topics covered in the break out sessions are a large part about the logistics of U.S. art house operations from creating fan bases and membership. Another large part focuses on festival logistics from starting a film festival – and here I want to give a plug to Jon Gann, the founder of DC Shorts Film Festival for his new book, So, You Want to Start a Film Festival: Conversations with Top Festival Creators -- to the panel “Conversation with Sundance Senior Manager Adam Montgomery” in which Montgomery discussed Sundance’s process of accepting submissions, the work flow, planning, technology, usage tips and more.
Some awards by way of recognition to those who established indies as a going concern and are keeping it going through their hard work and devotion were Gary Meyer, founder of Landmark Theaters in 1975, Jan Klingenhofer and Chapin Cutter.
Niches and small business introducing themselves included the former Emerging Pictures executive Barry Rebo with his new startup CineConductor, along with his international partner Ymagis. The service for a $75 per month fee allows theaters to download unlimited DCPs (The Digital Cinema Package is a collection of digital files used to store and convey digital cinema (DC) audio, image, and data streams.) from all distributors – an easy and cheaper way for theaters to show more films at various times during the week.
Barry Rebo of CineConductor says, “We had a terrific Art House Convergence. We arrived with 51 high profile arthouse members and left with close to 65, maybe more once we re-connect with ones now tied up at the actual festival.
Current venues are both evangelizing our value to new venues and lobbying rights holders to deliver their booked film via the CineConductor service rather than hard drives. It not only save the venues money it makes their day-to-day operations ever more efficient.
We also have two high profile international film agencies we are servicing via the portal - UniFrance’s ongoing Young French Cinema 2 and Tiff & TeleFilm Canada’s upcoming See The North series.
More information about CineConductor: Click this link.
Considering we only debuted the system - really a 'soft opening' - at last year’s Ahc and connected the first batch of venues beginning in June of ‘15 getting to 51 quality sites by the end of the first indicates the service is being seen as being both highly cost effective (venues join on a Network Access Fee basis - no charge for equipment and only $75.00 per month for Unlimited Dcp deliveries of Specialty Film & Event Cinema programs offered by their rights holder via CineConductor.
Rights Holders (Rh) - traditional distribution companies; international film advocacy groups; international sales agents; the filmmakers themselves pay nothing today to post on the CineConductor portal. They pay only $50.00 per feature Dcp delivery Includes Kdm if requested) and $10.00 per Dcp trailer set (flat and scope) once they accept an engagement directly from a participating venue. It’s a great deal for both the exhibition and distribution sides of the arthouse field.
For the broader arthouse community - exhibitors, distributors and audiences - our decision to go this way was based on our belief that by offering a flat fee, more valuable content is made available on more screens. More onscreen diversity will drive a more diverse audience. I’m happy to report it’s already working as planned.
What we have created is truly and international platform. My investor/ parent company, Ymagis, is Paris-based and operates all across Europe. See www.ymagis.com "
Another endeavor of note is Benjamin Oberman’s (Film Festival Flix) mountain climbing film “Citadel” around which he can mobilize literally millions of outdoors sports folk through organizations he has formed alliances with in every region of the U.S. This type of specialized distribution is one excellent way into the future! Compared to his development of this last year, he has moved miles ahead.
Another to watch is Bobbi Thompson as she creates pop-up theaters in studio spaces with art exhibition for adults with learning disabilities and other handicaps.
An example of the new types of festivals is that of Gary Meyer, always a pioneer from his launching of Landmark theaters, of animation showcases, of Telluride Film Festival programming to his newest, Eat Drink Films. Based in a San Francisco his site discusses film and food and hosts recently Real Food Media also announced the launch of its third-annual contest with a call for submissions of super-short films on underreported issues, unique change-makers and creative solutions to foster a broad, public conversation about solving our global food system’s most intractable problems – from hunger to diet-related illnesses to environmental crises.
And Ahc has gone international. Last year a few folks from France, Europa Cinemas and the U.S. in Progress in Poland (American Film Festival’s Ula Sniegowska) and in France (Adeline Monzier of Unifrance) were here. This year they are here again and joined by Brigitte Hubmann of Telefilm Canada with film packages available directly to theaters via Barry Rebo’s CineConductor, a model that German films and all other national film entities should emulate. Also attending this year is Europa International, a consortium of 40 European international sales agents from 13 European countries looking to find direct outlets to theaters without the distribution middleman. This will become increasingly important at Netflix swopes down on worldwide digital rights acquisitions. TrustNordisk’s head of sales, Susan Wendt from Denmark represented Europa International here.
Europa International’s panel presented European case studies on ways to attract new audiences in the era of social media with an eye toward directing young people towards “quality” cinema and fostering critical minds while forming partnership strategies included Justin Camileri of Euro Media Forum, Fatima Djoumer of Europa Cinemas, Matts Gillmor of Palladium, Elisa Giovannelli of Cineteca Bologna and Justyna Kociszewska of Kino Lab.
U.S. distributor Neil Friedman’s Menemsha Films is here with the Jonathan Pryce film “Dough” a funny and feel-good trans-cultural mix proving ‘you don’t have to be Jewish’ to love this film. Representing Menemsha at Ahc is former United King acquisitions executive from Israel, Oded Horowitz, who has now moved to California with his partner and their 6 year old twin girls. Diarah N’Daw-Spech of ArtMattan is here among now old friends managing to inject some diversity into a little too homogenous population of film lovers.
This place is full of 'our' people, that is, we-the-now-older generation who got this thing going in the 80s: those I mentioned above plus Paul Cohen, Ira Deutchman, Anne Thompson, Mj Pekos (Dada Films), Larry Greenberg (Momentum/ eOne), Richard Abramowitz (Abramarama), Cary Jones (IFC), Peter Baxter (Slamdance), Peter Becker (Janus) (who was a young one when we began but was there - and our sympathy to him for his father’s passing… whose colleague Jonathan Turrell whose father Saul in those days in print distribution at Janus Films was one of New York’s most colorful figures), Ron Diamond (Animation Show of Shows), Peter Belsito (SydneysBuzz), Mark Fishkin (California Film Institute), Christian Gaines (ArtPrize), Larry Kardish (Board member and former head of NY Film Society, Lincoln Center, now with Chatham Film Club), Greg Laemmle of Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles’ preeminent indie arthouse started by his grandfather Carl Laemmle, former head of Universal (!), Richard Lorber (Kino Lorber), Scott Mansfield (monterey media), Mike Thomas (Theatre Properties) and Michael Donaldson (Donaldson & Callif).
After the panel “Why Critics Matter: A Conversation with Anne Thompson and Sam Adams” moderated by Ira Deutchman, a discussion of contemporary film criticism and its importance within the independent exhibition community created a flurry of comments on the Ahc newsletter which you can read along with other year round commentaries of importance by subscribing to Google Groups "Art House Convergence". Sam Adams himself writes,
“In a national survey covering 25 art house theaters and 20,000 patrons, Avenue Isr's Woody Smith said that reviews were the third-most important tool in drawing audiences to theaters, just behind recommendations from friends. (Most-effective, by a wide margin: trailers.) 41 percent of respondents listed print reviews among the most important factors, with online reviews at 35 percent, although the former number drops dramatically when limited to viewers 35 or younger.
Speaking anecdotally to me, many exhibitors told me that Rotten Tomatoes plays a huge role in what films audiences select. In one medium-sized market, the local paper, which no longer employs its own critics, uses the Tomatometer to decide which review to pull from the wire services: If it's "fresh," they run a positive review; if it's "rotten," they run a pan. By pretty much any measure, that's a huge dereliction of duty — not to mention incredibly lazy journalistic practice — but the good news is that same exhibitor sought me out later to tell me he going to start a criticism contest for local students, bringing back dialogue to a community that's lost an outlet for those voices.”
At Ahc with a new panel discussion, one most worthy of notice is Hollie Mahadeo, General Manager of Enzian Theater in Maitland Florida. Her initiative, Starting Young: Hooking Youth on Cinema, discussed cultivating the next generation of filmgoers and film lovers. Amy Averett of Alamo Drafthouse, Mats Gillmor of Palladium and Hollie Mahadeo of Enzian spoke of their successes in this crucial area.
Hollie has spent 17 years building a home for youth in cinema. Art houses do not generally think about kids because the ones working in them are usually young and single and the ones attending them are usually grandparents. As Hollie and her colleagues grew, they married and now have children and so are concerned with how cinema and their own children will interact. Six years ago their audience was all over 40 and so they began programming to get 20-somethings in.
Then they started courting the children with their Peanut Butter Matinees, programming films to appeal to the children and their parents, like “Neverending Story”. These monthly matinees work well for parents with children from five to ten years who would not ordinarily go to cinemas. The room seats 220 but is filled with tables and chairs so some play while others eat and others sit enraptured by the cinema. They have 1,200 screenings in a year and are a $3.5 million organization in all.
The Peanut Butter Matinee has a kid friendly menu, balloons to take away, raffles to take part in and the film, always projected digitally. It has grown to special holiday celebrations for Christmas, Halloween, Easter and the children have also grown. The events are free for children under 12; all others buy $8 tickets.
Amy of Alamo states that it is cheaper to bring kids to the movies than to hire a babysitter.
Enzion has also instituted a Filmmaking Camp, a summer day camp now in its seventh year. It began as a one-week camp for 10 kids but now has a four-week camp, Thirty-two kids go to a two-week session in Camp 1 and another 32 go to a second two-week session. They have temporary staff of two filmmakers who bring in the equipment and one head instructor, a teacher from a local film school and a counselor to help with the scheduling, meals, and other issues. There are volunteer filmmakers from college and a junior counselor program for kids too old to be campers but too young to be filmmakers (yet). The oldest graduate of the camp is now in high school and looking at film schools. The youngest camper is in the fifth grade. At the end of the camp there are at least two world premiers.
Now they also have youth acting Programs. For grades 2 through 12, classes are held after school twice a week.
All in all, the Ahc was full and fun. The cold was bitter and when we left to go down the road to Sundance, about half of us were nursing our first winter colds which made for an even more fun filled Sundance Film Festival…well for me at least, my low energy level was no match of the excitement of the festival this year.
This year there were so many more people - about 600 total - including vendors of everything an exhibitor must need plus a parallel event of the Film Festival Alliance, a great initiative of Ifp established in 2010 in which festivals get together to discuss mutual interests.
The confluence of the smaller regional festivals and the art house theaters is a natural fit since the festivals are held in the theaters and bring in the community, obviously a desired outcome of art house exhibitors. All that combined makes for a much larger event than ever before and points toward even greater growth for Ahc, something perhaps to be desired but also something which perhaps will not be quite so welcoming for newcomers as the earlier events.
The topics covered in the break out sessions are a large part about the logistics of U.S. art house operations from creating fan bases and membership. Another large part focuses on festival logistics from starting a film festival – and here I want to give a plug to Jon Gann, the founder of DC Shorts Film Festival for his new book, So, You Want to Start a Film Festival: Conversations with Top Festival Creators -- to the panel “Conversation with Sundance Senior Manager Adam Montgomery” in which Montgomery discussed Sundance’s process of accepting submissions, the work flow, planning, technology, usage tips and more.
Some awards by way of recognition to those who established indies as a going concern and are keeping it going through their hard work and devotion were Gary Meyer, founder of Landmark Theaters in 1975, Jan Klingenhofer and Chapin Cutter.
Niches and small business introducing themselves included the former Emerging Pictures executive Barry Rebo with his new startup CineConductor, along with his international partner Ymagis. The service for a $75 per month fee allows theaters to download unlimited DCPs (The Digital Cinema Package is a collection of digital files used to store and convey digital cinema (DC) audio, image, and data streams.) from all distributors – an easy and cheaper way for theaters to show more films at various times during the week.
Barry Rebo of CineConductor says, “We had a terrific Art House Convergence. We arrived with 51 high profile arthouse members and left with close to 65, maybe more once we re-connect with ones now tied up at the actual festival.
Current venues are both evangelizing our value to new venues and lobbying rights holders to deliver their booked film via the CineConductor service rather than hard drives. It not only save the venues money it makes their day-to-day operations ever more efficient.
We also have two high profile international film agencies we are servicing via the portal - UniFrance’s ongoing Young French Cinema 2 and Tiff & TeleFilm Canada’s upcoming See The North series.
More information about CineConductor: Click this link.
Considering we only debuted the system - really a 'soft opening' - at last year’s Ahc and connected the first batch of venues beginning in June of ‘15 getting to 51 quality sites by the end of the first indicates the service is being seen as being both highly cost effective (venues join on a Network Access Fee basis - no charge for equipment and only $75.00 per month for Unlimited Dcp deliveries of Specialty Film & Event Cinema programs offered by their rights holder via CineConductor.
Rights Holders (Rh) - traditional distribution companies; international film advocacy groups; international sales agents; the filmmakers themselves pay nothing today to post on the CineConductor portal. They pay only $50.00 per feature Dcp delivery Includes Kdm if requested) and $10.00 per Dcp trailer set (flat and scope) once they accept an engagement directly from a participating venue. It’s a great deal for both the exhibition and distribution sides of the arthouse field.
For the broader arthouse community - exhibitors, distributors and audiences - our decision to go this way was based on our belief that by offering a flat fee, more valuable content is made available on more screens. More onscreen diversity will drive a more diverse audience. I’m happy to report it’s already working as planned.
What we have created is truly and international platform. My investor/ parent company, Ymagis, is Paris-based and operates all across Europe. See www.ymagis.com "
Another endeavor of note is Benjamin Oberman’s (Film Festival Flix) mountain climbing film “Citadel” around which he can mobilize literally millions of outdoors sports folk through organizations he has formed alliances with in every region of the U.S. This type of specialized distribution is one excellent way into the future! Compared to his development of this last year, he has moved miles ahead.
Another to watch is Bobbi Thompson as she creates pop-up theaters in studio spaces with art exhibition for adults with learning disabilities and other handicaps.
An example of the new types of festivals is that of Gary Meyer, always a pioneer from his launching of Landmark theaters, of animation showcases, of Telluride Film Festival programming to his newest, Eat Drink Films. Based in a San Francisco his site discusses film and food and hosts recently Real Food Media also announced the launch of its third-annual contest with a call for submissions of super-short films on underreported issues, unique change-makers and creative solutions to foster a broad, public conversation about solving our global food system’s most intractable problems – from hunger to diet-related illnesses to environmental crises.
And Ahc has gone international. Last year a few folks from France, Europa Cinemas and the U.S. in Progress in Poland (American Film Festival’s Ula Sniegowska) and in France (Adeline Monzier of Unifrance) were here. This year they are here again and joined by Brigitte Hubmann of Telefilm Canada with film packages available directly to theaters via Barry Rebo’s CineConductor, a model that German films and all other national film entities should emulate. Also attending this year is Europa International, a consortium of 40 European international sales agents from 13 European countries looking to find direct outlets to theaters without the distribution middleman. This will become increasingly important at Netflix swopes down on worldwide digital rights acquisitions. TrustNordisk’s head of sales, Susan Wendt from Denmark represented Europa International here.
Europa International’s panel presented European case studies on ways to attract new audiences in the era of social media with an eye toward directing young people towards “quality” cinema and fostering critical minds while forming partnership strategies included Justin Camileri of Euro Media Forum, Fatima Djoumer of Europa Cinemas, Matts Gillmor of Palladium, Elisa Giovannelli of Cineteca Bologna and Justyna Kociszewska of Kino Lab.
U.S. distributor Neil Friedman’s Menemsha Films is here with the Jonathan Pryce film “Dough” a funny and feel-good trans-cultural mix proving ‘you don’t have to be Jewish’ to love this film. Representing Menemsha at Ahc is former United King acquisitions executive from Israel, Oded Horowitz, who has now moved to California with his partner and their 6 year old twin girls. Diarah N’Daw-Spech of ArtMattan is here among now old friends managing to inject some diversity into a little too homogenous population of film lovers.
This place is full of 'our' people, that is, we-the-now-older generation who got this thing going in the 80s: those I mentioned above plus Paul Cohen, Ira Deutchman, Anne Thompson, Mj Pekos (Dada Films), Larry Greenberg (Momentum/ eOne), Richard Abramowitz (Abramarama), Cary Jones (IFC), Peter Baxter (Slamdance), Peter Becker (Janus) (who was a young one when we began but was there - and our sympathy to him for his father’s passing… whose colleague Jonathan Turrell whose father Saul in those days in print distribution at Janus Films was one of New York’s most colorful figures), Ron Diamond (Animation Show of Shows), Peter Belsito (SydneysBuzz), Mark Fishkin (California Film Institute), Christian Gaines (ArtPrize), Larry Kardish (Board member and former head of NY Film Society, Lincoln Center, now with Chatham Film Club), Greg Laemmle of Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles’ preeminent indie arthouse started by his grandfather Carl Laemmle, former head of Universal (!), Richard Lorber (Kino Lorber), Scott Mansfield (monterey media), Mike Thomas (Theatre Properties) and Michael Donaldson (Donaldson & Callif).
After the panel “Why Critics Matter: A Conversation with Anne Thompson and Sam Adams” moderated by Ira Deutchman, a discussion of contemporary film criticism and its importance within the independent exhibition community created a flurry of comments on the Ahc newsletter which you can read along with other year round commentaries of importance by subscribing to Google Groups "Art House Convergence". Sam Adams himself writes,
“In a national survey covering 25 art house theaters and 20,000 patrons, Avenue Isr's Woody Smith said that reviews were the third-most important tool in drawing audiences to theaters, just behind recommendations from friends. (Most-effective, by a wide margin: trailers.) 41 percent of respondents listed print reviews among the most important factors, with online reviews at 35 percent, although the former number drops dramatically when limited to viewers 35 or younger.
Speaking anecdotally to me, many exhibitors told me that Rotten Tomatoes plays a huge role in what films audiences select. In one medium-sized market, the local paper, which no longer employs its own critics, uses the Tomatometer to decide which review to pull from the wire services: If it's "fresh," they run a positive review; if it's "rotten," they run a pan. By pretty much any measure, that's a huge dereliction of duty — not to mention incredibly lazy journalistic practice — but the good news is that same exhibitor sought me out later to tell me he going to start a criticism contest for local students, bringing back dialogue to a community that's lost an outlet for those voices.”
At Ahc with a new panel discussion, one most worthy of notice is Hollie Mahadeo, General Manager of Enzian Theater in Maitland Florida. Her initiative, Starting Young: Hooking Youth on Cinema, discussed cultivating the next generation of filmgoers and film lovers. Amy Averett of Alamo Drafthouse, Mats Gillmor of Palladium and Hollie Mahadeo of Enzian spoke of their successes in this crucial area.
Hollie has spent 17 years building a home for youth in cinema. Art houses do not generally think about kids because the ones working in them are usually young and single and the ones attending them are usually grandparents. As Hollie and her colleagues grew, they married and now have children and so are concerned with how cinema and their own children will interact. Six years ago their audience was all over 40 and so they began programming to get 20-somethings in.
Then they started courting the children with their Peanut Butter Matinees, programming films to appeal to the children and their parents, like “Neverending Story”. These monthly matinees work well for parents with children from five to ten years who would not ordinarily go to cinemas. The room seats 220 but is filled with tables and chairs so some play while others eat and others sit enraptured by the cinema. They have 1,200 screenings in a year and are a $3.5 million organization in all.
The Peanut Butter Matinee has a kid friendly menu, balloons to take away, raffles to take part in and the film, always projected digitally. It has grown to special holiday celebrations for Christmas, Halloween, Easter and the children have also grown. The events are free for children under 12; all others buy $8 tickets.
Amy of Alamo states that it is cheaper to bring kids to the movies than to hire a babysitter.
Enzion has also instituted a Filmmaking Camp, a summer day camp now in its seventh year. It began as a one-week camp for 10 kids but now has a four-week camp, Thirty-two kids go to a two-week session in Camp 1 and another 32 go to a second two-week session. They have temporary staff of two filmmakers who bring in the equipment and one head instructor, a teacher from a local film school and a counselor to help with the scheduling, meals, and other issues. There are volunteer filmmakers from college and a junior counselor program for kids too old to be campers but too young to be filmmakers (yet). The oldest graduate of the camp is now in high school and looking at film schools. The youngest camper is in the fifth grade. At the end of the camp there are at least two world premiers.
Now they also have youth acting Programs. For grades 2 through 12, classes are held after school twice a week.
All in all, the Ahc was full and fun. The cold was bitter and when we left to go down the road to Sundance, about half of us were nursing our first winter colds which made for an even more fun filled Sundance Film Festival…well for me at least, my low energy level was no match of the excitement of the festival this year.
- 2/2/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Madonna must make D.C. weatherman, Mike Thomas, want to express how he feels 'cause he couldn't resist inserting lyrics of her songs into his weather forecast. In the news studio, time goes by so slowly so Mike spiced things up with his pop queen references. Let's get to it, strike a pose, there's nothing to it just watch this Madonna-tastic video. Read more...
- 9/14/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
by Mike Thomas
MoreHorror.com
Three Examples:
-a person attends a horror movie, or goes to a haunted house attraction
- a person set up with a prank by being startled by something that frightens them
- a person is unwittingly put in a frightening situation against their will
My query: Is it right to frighten an unknowing victim?
We have shows like “Scare Tactics,” where friends set up other friends to be put in horrifying situations, and of course, “Punk’d” episodes where friends are put in awkward situations.
The big difference is shows like the above are staged by friends for friends. And the victims’ friends are aware of their friends’ limits.
My reason for this discussion: there is a video circulating where a person(s) is set up in a fake elevator where the lights go out, and when the lights come back on, a little girl...
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Three Examples:
-a person attends a horror movie, or goes to a haunted house attraction
- a person set up with a prank by being startled by something that frightens them
- a person is unwittingly put in a frightening situation against their will
My query: Is it right to frighten an unknowing victim?
We have shows like “Scare Tactics,” where friends set up other friends to be put in horrifying situations, and of course, “Punk’d” episodes where friends are put in awkward situations.
The big difference is shows like the above are staged by friends for friends. And the victims’ friends are aware of their friends’ limits.
My reason for this discussion: there is a video circulating where a person(s) is set up in a fake elevator where the lights go out, and when the lights come back on, a little girl...
- 8/14/2015
- by Mike Thomas
- MoreHorror
By Mike Thomas
MoreHorror.com
Today we have the honor to speak with a very versatile performer. Fearless, she is adept in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes. She’s done shocking films, like Circus of the Dead, as well as cerebral projects like her Award-Winning Phoenix Song. We are honored to talk to Kristin West.
Thank you for taking the time to speak with us.
Mh: You have such an innocent face. How did you get connected with horror?
Kristin: Many of my opportunities have been in horror and as my mother always says, “Walk through the open door.” As to having an “innocent face,” I’ve been told that before and it always makes me chuckle. I’ve been called angel-faced, baby-faced, and cherubic—but then some find my eyes a bit sinister. I like playing with that.
Mh: What drew you to horror?...
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Today we have the honor to speak with a very versatile performer. Fearless, she is adept in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes. She’s done shocking films, like Circus of the Dead, as well as cerebral projects like her Award-Winning Phoenix Song. We are honored to talk to Kristin West.
Thank you for taking the time to speak with us.
Mh: You have such an innocent face. How did you get connected with horror?
Kristin: Many of my opportunities have been in horror and as my mother always says, “Walk through the open door.” As to having an “innocent face,” I’ve been told that before and it always makes me chuckle. I’ve been called angel-faced, baby-faced, and cherubic—but then some find my eyes a bit sinister. I like playing with that.
Mh: What drew you to horror?...
- 7/11/2015
- by Mike Thomas
- MoreHorror
Shorts Double Feature Announcement Black Orchid And God Sins
Chosen As Official Selections For Fhff’S
2015 Season
By Mike Thomas
MoreHorror.com
For Immediate Release
The FANtastic Horror Film Festival chooses as their next Official Selections for the 2015 Season, Brett Hunt’s Double Shorts Selection - Micah Delhauer’s Horror Short, Black Orchid and Brett Hunt’s Horror Short, God Sins, from Maderfilm Productions and Raging Gopher Films.
Synopses: Black Orchid: Film Noir with the Femme Fatale. It’s the story of the rise of a young girl, killing her way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Trivia: This film has been accepted to the Monaco Charity Film Festival and is nominated for two awards - Best Short & Best Screenplay. Actors - Brett Hunt & Amber Nicole
Synopses: God Sins: A serial killer, believing he is doing God’s work by maintaining the status quo.
Trivia: This film...
Chosen As Official Selections For Fhff’S
2015 Season
By Mike Thomas
MoreHorror.com
For Immediate Release
The FANtastic Horror Film Festival chooses as their next Official Selections for the 2015 Season, Brett Hunt’s Double Shorts Selection - Micah Delhauer’s Horror Short, Black Orchid and Brett Hunt’s Horror Short, God Sins, from Maderfilm Productions and Raging Gopher Films.
Synopses: Black Orchid: Film Noir with the Femme Fatale. It’s the story of the rise of a young girl, killing her way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Trivia: This film has been accepted to the Monaco Charity Film Festival and is nominated for two awards - Best Short & Best Screenplay. Actors - Brett Hunt & Amber Nicole
Synopses: God Sins: A serial killer, believing he is doing God’s work by maintaining the status quo.
Trivia: This film...
- 7/3/2015
- by Mike Thomas
- MoreHorror
By Mike Thomas
MoreHorror.com
In the beginning, there was Lon. As the disfigured antagonist in The Phantom of the Opera, his half-masked face hid a horrible secret, only to be revealed at the climax of the film. The formula of the masked villain had been played out in countless films, with the hero unmasking the villain in the end. This worked well for suspense, and it an easy gimmick for an exciting reveal.
In the Golden Age of Horror, villains - monsters - had faces. Frankenstein. Dracula. the Wolfman.. With these characters, it was the creature that was important, not the actor. So anyone, from Bela Lugosi, to John Carradine, to -- Leslie Nielsen could portray the undead creature of the night. (Bar Bet: though Lugosi is most identified with Dracula, it was Count Dooku, Christopher Lee, who played the part more than any other actor). In the Universal Monsters era,...
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In the beginning, there was Lon. As the disfigured antagonist in The Phantom of the Opera, his half-masked face hid a horrible secret, only to be revealed at the climax of the film. The formula of the masked villain had been played out in countless films, with the hero unmasking the villain in the end. This worked well for suspense, and it an easy gimmick for an exciting reveal.
In the Golden Age of Horror, villains - monsters - had faces. Frankenstein. Dracula. the Wolfman.. With these characters, it was the creature that was important, not the actor. So anyone, from Bela Lugosi, to John Carradine, to -- Leslie Nielsen could portray the undead creature of the night. (Bar Bet: though Lugosi is most identified with Dracula, it was Count Dooku, Christopher Lee, who played the part more than any other actor). In the Universal Monsters era,...
- 6/26/2015
- by Mike Thomas
- MoreHorror
Todo Sobre Camisetas
Have Arsenal’s Puma strips for the forthcoming season all been leaked?
With a little over six weeks until the new season kicks off, it looks like all three of the Gunners’ new strips, produced by new kit maker Puma have hit the net.
The red and white home strip has appeared on a number of outlets in the past few weeks, with pace gathering behind the claims that it is this simple kit that Arsenal will line up in at the Emirates next term…
https://twitter.com/102greatgoals/status/483223283953696769/photo/1
The away strip meanwhile scores a victory for fans who want a return to a more classic yellow and blue kit, like the iconic design worn in the title winning season of 1988/89 that saw Michael Thomas break Liverpool hearts to bring the First Division title to North London. The same design was brought back 20 years later for the 2008/09 season,...
Have Arsenal’s Puma strips for the forthcoming season all been leaked?
With a little over six weeks until the new season kicks off, it looks like all three of the Gunners’ new strips, produced by new kit maker Puma have hit the net.
The red and white home strip has appeared on a number of outlets in the past few weeks, with pace gathering behind the claims that it is this simple kit that Arsenal will line up in at the Emirates next term…
https://twitter.com/102greatgoals/status/483223283953696769/photo/1
The away strip meanwhile scores a victory for fans who want a return to a more classic yellow and blue kit, like the iconic design worn in the title winning season of 1988/89 that saw Michael Thomas break Liverpool hearts to bring the First Division title to North London. The same design was brought back 20 years later for the 2008/09 season,...
- 7/1/2014
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Mti Home Video will release Ivan Zuccon's (Colour from the Dark) Wrath of Crows. The release date is scheduled this summer. And, the film was developed from Gerardo Di Filippo's script. The story involves a hellish prison and several prisoners. These prisoners are each held for a reason, though. Tiffany Shepis (The Prometheus Project), Debbie Rochon (Santa Claws), Tara Cardinal, Domiziano Arcangeli and Suzi Lorraine star in this horror feature. Early reviews have been a mixed bag. Mike Thomas of Matchflick liked the film's acting: "Wrath of the Crows, albeit a very confusing title, is an intense morality play with very strong performances from the entire cast." Many of those in the cast are no strangers to horror. Meanwhile, Thomas T. Sueyres of Original Vid was unsurprised by the twists within the film: "Zuccon may pull the rug out from under the viewer once too often and one...
- 4/29/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Valentine's Day is just days away, so it's okay if you were picking up a last-minute gift for a special someone instead of, say, ogling a photo of Mariah Carey. So let the belated ogling commence - here's what you missed this weekend: 5. And the Newest Member of the Hollywood Pixie Club Is ...In our dreams, the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Pamela Anderson held a top-secret ceremony to inaugurate their latest hair twin: Julianne Hough! Hough, who's known to experiment with extensions, showed off her chop when she stepped out in Beverly Hills on Saturday. Check out her new look!
- 2/10/2014
- by Alison Schwartz
- PEOPLE.com
Channel 4 Films
There’s a line in Fever Pitch that every Arsenal fan can relate to. Michael Thomas has just netted the most dramatic goal in league history, and Arsenal are on course to win their first title in eighteen years; but still, Colin Firth’s character, Paul, believes his side are going to throw it all away.
Because often in football, if there’s one thing you can’t trust, it’s Arsenal. They’re having slightly too good a season for fans to be excited about; there’s been a bit of a blip, but they’ve come out of Christmas still in the title race. Surely it can’t all last? Arsene Wenger famously doesn’t like signing players, but can they really make it to May on the squad they’ve got, and expect to be crowned Premier League champions?
Maybe all that’s about...
There’s a line in Fever Pitch that every Arsenal fan can relate to. Michael Thomas has just netted the most dramatic goal in league history, and Arsenal are on course to win their first title in eighteen years; but still, Colin Firth’s character, Paul, believes his side are going to throw it all away.
Because often in football, if there’s one thing you can’t trust, it’s Arsenal. They’re having slightly too good a season for fans to be excited about; there’s been a bit of a blip, but they’ve come out of Christmas still in the title race. Surely it can’t all last? Arsene Wenger famously doesn’t like signing players, but can they really make it to May on the squad they’ve got, and expect to be crowned Premier League champions?
Maybe all that’s about...
- 1/21/2014
- by Mark White
- Obsessed with Film
Exclusive: Shooting is underway in Colombia on the true-life story of the group of mostly Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days following a mine collapse in 2010.
Good Universe kicked off international sales at the Afm on The 33, the first international film to qualify for Colombia’s Law 1556 production incentive.
The new legislation provides 40% rebate on local labour spend, with a 20% savings on items such as catering, transport and hotels.
Principal photography on the $20m Us-Chile-China project kicked off on December 7. Colombia’s Dynamo is the production services company and the shoot will continue into January in the Colombian mines in Nemocón outside Bogotá, before relocating to Chile for exteriors.
Mike Medavoy, Robert Katz and Edward McGurn are producing and Carlos Eugenio Lavin, Leopoldo Enriquez and Alan Zhang serve as executive producers.
Patricia Riggen directs The 33 from a screnenplay by Dallas Buyers Club co-writer Craig Borten and Michael Thomas.
On December...
Good Universe kicked off international sales at the Afm on The 33, the first international film to qualify for Colombia’s Law 1556 production incentive.
The new legislation provides 40% rebate on local labour spend, with a 20% savings on items such as catering, transport and hotels.
Principal photography on the $20m Us-Chile-China project kicked off on December 7. Colombia’s Dynamo is the production services company and the shoot will continue into January in the Colombian mines in Nemocón outside Bogotá, before relocating to Chile for exteriors.
Mike Medavoy, Robert Katz and Edward McGurn are producing and Carlos Eugenio Lavin, Leopoldo Enriquez and Alan Zhang serve as executive producers.
Patricia Riggen directs The 33 from a screnenplay by Dallas Buyers Club co-writer Craig Borten and Michael Thomas.
On December...
- 12/27/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Grand Finale: Seidl’s Final Chapter Strikes Surprisingly Tender Notes
With Paradise: Hope, the crowning chapter of Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise Trilogy, the provocateur surprises us with perhaps the only way he possibly could after two emotionally grueling chapters—a stroke of tenderness. That’s not to say that Hope is less uncomfortable or bleak as Love and Faith, but for once his addendum seems less harshly skewed, even if our lead character’s illusion of hope is just as cursory. A thrillingly good equal to its sister films, Seidl tantalizes here by subverting our expectations based on his previous work, giving us a modestly sweet afterglow after we’ve gnawed our way through the sour and sublime.
While her mom is off in Kenya exploring sex tourism and her aunt Anna Maria suffers through a summer rendezvous with religion, thirteen year old Melanie (Melanie Lenz), known as Millie to her friends,...
With Paradise: Hope, the crowning chapter of Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise Trilogy, the provocateur surprises us with perhaps the only way he possibly could after two emotionally grueling chapters—a stroke of tenderness. That’s not to say that Hope is less uncomfortable or bleak as Love and Faith, but for once his addendum seems less harshly skewed, even if our lead character’s illusion of hope is just as cursory. A thrillingly good equal to its sister films, Seidl tantalizes here by subverting our expectations based on his previous work, giving us a modestly sweet afterglow after we’ve gnawed our way through the sour and sublime.
While her mom is off in Kenya exploring sex tourism and her aunt Anna Maria suffers through a summer rendezvous with religion, thirteen year old Melanie (Melanie Lenz), known as Millie to her friends,...
- 12/18/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Trevor Juenger's surreal horror Coyote now has a short video clip for fans. This title was recently shown at the Pollygrind Film Festival. And, the film central stars horror vet' Bill Oberst Jr. (Children of Sorrow), along with Joe Hammerstone (Tales of Fear) and Victoria Mullen. This title might be coming to a theatre near you. And, fans of arthouse in cinema can view the expressionistic clip below. The film involves a paranoid writer, whose insomnia leads him to violence and self-destruction. This is Juenger's first feature film and it is already receiving praise from websites. Greg Baty at Cinesploitation enjoyed the "nightmarish imagery," while Mike Thomas at Matchflick felt lost in the story: "It is a film that you don't understand, rather you hold on, or get lost forever." Some of those bizarre visuals and strange story details can be found in the clip below. Release Date: Tba.
- 11/15/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Cuckolded husband Gerry (Aidan Gillen, Game of Thrones) leaves his fracturing marriage behind in London to travel to Singapore to look after his late brother's business - a hostess bar. However, he also finds himself seduced by his erstwhile sister-in-law (Zoe Tay) and filling the gap left by his sibling. Unfortunately, this includes dodgy dealings with local thugs (Michael Thomas).
- 9/19/2013
- Sky Movies
Dedicated television viewers know that there will always be shows that everyone wants you to watch, either it’s a cult show, a show that ended way before it’s time, or seems to grab everyone’s attention but yours. However many viewers find themselves stumbling upon these shows either years later or late into a shows run. I’ve compiled a list of ten shows, published once a week, that have become classics or are on their way to doing so and have recently been discovered by this writer.
Miami Vice
Created by Anthony Yerkovich
Original Run 1984-1989
NBC
I actually have a good reason for not discovering Miami Vice until just a few months ago. I wasn’t actually born when it started and I was only a year old when it ended. What I don’t have is a good excuse as to why I actually chose...
Miami Vice
Created by Anthony Yerkovich
Original Run 1984-1989
NBC
I actually have a good reason for not discovering Miami Vice until just a few months ago. I wasn’t actually born when it started and I was only a year old when it ended. What I don’t have is a good excuse as to why I actually chose...
- 6/10/2013
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Mti Home Video has recently released the thriller 23 Minutes to Sunrise. This film stars Eric Roberts and the film released on DVD March 19th. The film's story is a mystery. Several characters find themselves at a rest stop. A man has an unnamed proposition for them, but no one wants to take him up on his offer. Events become dangerous when a young man brings a gun into the equation. But, is their an escape from this lonesome diner? An early review for 23 Minutes to Sunrise has been positive. The film has been called a "clever ensemble piece," by Mike Thomas (Matchflick). And, the film's trailer is curious. View the clip below. Release Date: March 19th, 2013 (DVD). Director: Jay Kanzler. Writers: Jay Kanzler and Patrick Pinkston. Cast: Eric Roberts, Nia Peeples, Bob Zany and Dingani Beza. The trailer for the film is here: An early review of the film is...
- 3/25/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
"Alcatraz" actor Sam Neill and "Entourage" alum Emmanuelle Chriqui have been cast in the CBS pilot "The Ordained." The drama project follows Tom, the son of a Kennedy-esque family (played by "Boardwalk Empire" alum Charlie Cox) who abandons the priesthood and joins the legal profession to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated. Also read: CBS Pilots 2013 Neill will play Michael Thomas Riley, Tom's father, who's also known as "The Governor." Chriqui (left) will play Sam, who lives next door to Sam. R.J. Cutler ("Nashville") is directing the pilot, which comes from CBS...
- 3/6/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Sam Neill and Entourage alumna Emmanuelle Chriqui has been cast in the CBS drama pilot The Ordained, executive produced by Frank Marshall. Directed by Rj Cutler from a script by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Ordained centers on Tom Reilly (Charlie Cox), the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer at a top New York firm to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated. Neill plays Tom’s dad, Michael Thomas Riley aka The Governor. Chriqui plays Sam who lives next door to Tom.
- 3/6/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
CBS is staging an Alcatraz reunion. Sam Neill has been added to the cast of the network's drama pilot The Ordained, reuniting with his co-star on the short-lived mystery drama Jorge Garcia, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Additionally, Entourage alum Emmanuelle Chriqui has joined the cast of the legal thriller starring Boardwalk Empire's Charlie Cox. Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2013 Ordained centers on Tom (Cox), the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated. Neill will play Michael Thomas Riley, Tom's dad, who
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- 3/6/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Adele is halfway to an Egot (winning an Emmy, Oscar, Grammy and a Tony) and she's got plans to complete the title.
The "Rolling In The Deep" singer took home an Oscar for "Skyfall" at the 2013 ceremony and already has multiple Grammys to her name. What will she do for the Emmy and Tony?
"Maybe I'll do an HBO special like Beyonce did," she said backstage at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, Feb. 24. "And a Tony, I'm not so sure. Maybe someday I'll do a musical."
The current list of Egot honorees is a short one. Actors John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno and Whoopi Goldberg have received all four awards, as have composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers and Jonathan Tunick. Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols and producer Scott Rudin have also gotten all four. James Earl Jones, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand are considered Egot winners, but...
The "Rolling In The Deep" singer took home an Oscar for "Skyfall" at the 2013 ceremony and already has multiple Grammys to her name. What will she do for the Emmy and Tony?
"Maybe I'll do an HBO special like Beyonce did," she said backstage at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, Feb. 24. "And a Tony, I'm not so sure. Maybe someday I'll do a musical."
The current list of Egot honorees is a short one. Actors John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno and Whoopi Goldberg have received all four awards, as have composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers and Jonathan Tunick. Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols and producer Scott Rudin have also gotten all four. James Earl Jones, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand are considered Egot winners, but...
- 2/25/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Paradise: Hope
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Writer(s): Seidl & Veronika Franz
Producers: Seidl, Christine Ruppert, Philippe Bober
U.S. Distributor: Strand Releasing
Cast: Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch
We’re waiting for a full retrospective on the director – we’ve only seen a small sampling of his work with Dog Days and Import/Export but we get a true sense of Ulrich Seidl’s works as a docu filmmaker. Our Nicholas Bell was thoroughly impressed (review) by Paradise: Faith, while I found Paradise: Love (the first part of the trilogy) suffered from its lengthy run-time but it was certainly candid and unforgettable sampling of ugly tourism.
Gist: Hope, the third film in the Paradise Trilogy, tells the story of the 13-year-old Melanie. While her mother (Teresa) travels to Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet camp for overweight teenagers.
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Writer(s): Seidl & Veronika Franz
Producers: Seidl, Christine Ruppert, Philippe Bober
U.S. Distributor: Strand Releasing
Cast: Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch
We’re waiting for a full retrospective on the director – we’ve only seen a small sampling of his work with Dog Days and Import/Export but we get a true sense of Ulrich Seidl’s works as a docu filmmaker. Our Nicholas Bell was thoroughly impressed (review) by Paradise: Faith, while I found Paradise: Love (the first part of the trilogy) suffered from its lengthy run-time but it was certainly candid and unforgettable sampling of ugly tourism.
Gist: Hope, the third film in the Paradise Trilogy, tells the story of the 13-year-old Melanie. While her mother (Teresa) travels to Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet camp for overweight teenagers.
- 1/15/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Berlinale’s Competition section has picked the first six films for the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. They include productions and co-productions from Austria, Chile, France, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Spain and the USA.
In addition, Christian Rost and Claus Strigel will present the world premiere of their documentary Unter Menschen (Redemption Impossible) in the Berlinale Special.
Competition
Gloria
Chile/Spain
By Sebastián Lelio (La Sagrada Familia, Navidad, El año del tigre)
With Paulina García, Sergio Hernández
World premiere
Nugu-ui Ttal-do Anin (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon)
Republic of Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Night and Day, Hahaha, In Another Country)
With Eunchae Jung, Sunkyun Lee
World premiere
Paradies: Hoffnung (Paradise: Hope)
Austria/France/Germany
By Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days, Import Export, Paradise: Love)
With Melanie Lenz, Vivian Bartsch, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas
World premiere
Poziţia Copilului (Child’s Pose)
Romania
By Călin Peter Netzer (Maria, Medal of Honor,...
In addition, Christian Rost and Claus Strigel will present the world premiere of their documentary Unter Menschen (Redemption Impossible) in the Berlinale Special.
Competition
Gloria
Chile/Spain
By Sebastián Lelio (La Sagrada Familia, Navidad, El año del tigre)
With Paulina García, Sergio Hernández
World premiere
Nugu-ui Ttal-do Anin (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon)
Republic of Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Night and Day, Hahaha, In Another Country)
With Eunchae Jung, Sunkyun Lee
World premiere
Paradies: Hoffnung (Paradise: Hope)
Austria/France/Germany
By Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days, Import Export, Paradise: Love)
With Melanie Lenz, Vivian Bartsch, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas
World premiere
Poziţia Copilului (Child’s Pose)
Romania
By Călin Peter Netzer (Maria, Medal of Honor,...
- 12/13/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A lot of famous actors write autobiographies, but not many have those same autobiographies turned into movies. Of course, if those actors had lived their lives like Pam Grier, perhaps Imprint Entertainment would have tried to make a biopic out of their lives instead. Announced yesterday, Imprint, one of the production companies behind "Percy Jackson and the lightning Thief" and "Twilight," have optioned the film rights to Grier's 2010 autobiography, "Foxy, My Life in Three Acts."
Considering the actress is only in her early 60s, it would seem Grier's 'Three Acts' is still ongoing, or perhaps she is looking to eventually add a fourth act. Either way, the first act of Grier's acting career is undoubtedly the 1970s, where Grier quickly became the Queen of Blaxploitation films and perhaps the first female action star after the success of 1973's "Coffy" and 1974's "Foxy Brown" and dated the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,...
Considering the actress is only in her early 60s, it would seem Grier's 'Three Acts' is still ongoing, or perhaps she is looking to eventually add a fourth act. Either way, the first act of Grier's acting career is undoubtedly the 1970s, where Grier quickly became the Queen of Blaxploitation films and perhaps the first female action star after the success of 1973's "Coffy" and 1974's "Foxy Brown" and dated the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,...
- 4/6/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- The Playlist
CBS
This season’s meandering plots are starting to pay off: The “Gloves Come Off” episode offers character developments galore as Alicia shows how much she’s grown professionally; Diane becomes the boss of her own love life; Will’s ex, the awful Tammy, returns to taunt and torment; and Kalinda and Alicia achieve a long-awaited rapprochement.
The hour opens with squabbling in the Lockhart conference room, first about whether or not they should replace Will during his disciplinary time out (all in favor: Gold,...
This season’s meandering plots are starting to pay off: The “Gloves Come Off” episode offers character developments galore as Alicia shows how much she’s grown professionally; Diane becomes the boss of her own love life; Will’s ex, the awful Tammy, returns to taunt and torment; and Kalinda and Alicia achieve a long-awaited rapprochement.
The hour opens with squabbling in the Lockhart conference room, first about whether or not they should replace Will during his disciplinary time out (all in favor: Gold,...
- 3/19/2012
- by Susan Toepfer
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The latest episode of "The Good Wife" was the epitome of what we like about this show - sharp writing, strong case of the week, some personal shenanigans (Diane, we're looking at you) and outstanding guest stars.
Case of the Week
The Cotw is a rather fascinating piece of litigation regarding a snowmobile accident, a head injury and a faux-National Hockey League. The plaintiff becomes the faux-nhl (Aphl) when Lockhart/Gardner wants a settlement for a snowmobile accident that killed the wife of Duvernay, a former player, who was not properly diagnosed and treated for a head injury.
Michael J. Fox is back as the attorney for the Aphl and Frank Michael Thomas is back as the attorney for a class-action suit against the Aphl waiting in the wings. L/G's whole argument is that not only does hockey not properly treat or diagnose head injuries, they encourage fighting and the fans' interest in it.
Case of the Week
The Cotw is a rather fascinating piece of litigation regarding a snowmobile accident, a head injury and a faux-National Hockey League. The plaintiff becomes the faux-nhl (Aphl) when Lockhart/Gardner wants a settlement for a snowmobile accident that killed the wife of Duvernay, a former player, who was not properly diagnosed and treated for a head injury.
Michael J. Fox is back as the attorney for the Aphl and Frank Michael Thomas is back as the attorney for a class-action suit against the Aphl waiting in the wings. L/G's whole argument is that not only does hockey not properly treat or diagnose head injuries, they encourage fighting and the fans' interest in it.
- 3/19/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I don’t play Minecraft. There’s just something about the idea of building my own fun that fundamentally does not appeal to the lazy gamer in me, and I’d rather have something self-contained and pre-fabricated dropped into my lap for my thumbs to enjoy without the obligatory planning and construction stages thrown in.
But in a massive contradiction, I love Lego, and still ache to buy every brightly coloured set that populates the shelves of my local supermarkets and toystores (which is why I do buy them…). Lego’s lastest official announcement has put those two contrasting stances on a collision course, thanks to the unlikely sounding marriage of the Scandinavian construction blocks and the massively popular Minecraft.
When you think about it, Minecraft is just a clever new Lego, which allows players to actually play out the fantasies that Lego only facilitated in the player’s mind’s eye,...
But in a massive contradiction, I love Lego, and still ache to buy every brightly coloured set that populates the shelves of my local supermarkets and toystores (which is why I do buy them…). Lego’s lastest official announcement has put those two contrasting stances on a collision course, thanks to the unlikely sounding marriage of the Scandinavian construction blocks and the massively popular Minecraft.
When you think about it, Minecraft is just a clever new Lego, which allows players to actually play out the fantasies that Lego only facilitated in the player’s mind’s eye,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Lego has released images of their official Minecraft playset, which is set to be released this summer. For those of you anxious to get your hands on a set, they are now available for pre-order for $35.
The set includes 430 Lego pieces, and it divides into four smaller sections, as you will see in the photos below. That way you can see inside your... mine, where you will keep all of your dirty secrets hidden from the world. Here's a little breakdown of info for the set.
Help Steve survive his first night in a strange new world. Avoid the creeper and start mining for resources that will help you survive and thrive. Configure your four micro-scale Lego Minecraft modules any way you like. Build your own mines and hills, and expand your world with multiple sets. Includes four Lego Minecraft modules, hidden resources, extra pieces for wood, dirt, and stone,...
The set includes 430 Lego pieces, and it divides into four smaller sections, as you will see in the photos below. That way you can see inside your... mine, where you will keep all of your dirty secrets hidden from the world. Here's a little breakdown of info for the set.
Help Steve survive his first night in a strange new world. Avoid the creeper and start mining for resources that will help you survive and thrive. Configure your four micro-scale Lego Minecraft modules any way you like. Build your own mines and hills, and expand your world with multiple sets. Includes four Lego Minecraft modules, hidden resources, extra pieces for wood, dirt, and stone,...
- 2/17/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York Just last week, an email ad plugging Meryl Streep's performance in The Weinstein Company release The Iron Lady raised a number of eyebrows, as the email appeared to break the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' vote-soliciting rules. But thanks to a humongous loophole in the Academy's set of rules regarding that matter, the Meryl Streep email ad was perfectly "legal." Two years ago, however, another Oscar vote-soliciting email got an overeager producer in trouble. That was when Nicolas Chartier, one of the four Oscar-nominated producers of the eventual Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, was penalized by the Academy for sending out e-mails asking Academy members to vote for the Kathryn Bigelow-directed Iraq War drama instead of "a $500M film." The latter was James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar, The Hurt Locker's chief competitor for Best Picture.
- 2/16/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Devil’s Double
Written by Michael Thomas
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Belgium, 2011
Make no mistake about it. The Devil’s Double is worth seeing in theatres, if for nothing else than to see Dominic Cooper’s tour de force dual performance. Nothing previously in Cooper’s filmography could have prepared us for the work he does here. In his first starring role, he makes both Hussein and Yahia into complex and very different characters. The movie surrounding him is very good, although it unfortunately loses its way in the final twenty minutes when it decides to enter pure thriller mode.
Many tales have emerged from Iraq during the time of the Gulf War. Many people have claimed to have known Saddam Hussein, and there are many tales of survival from Iraqis who have escaped Saddam’s Iraq when they could. Lee Tamahori’s film tells the “true” story of Latif Yahia,...
Written by Michael Thomas
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Belgium, 2011
Make no mistake about it. The Devil’s Double is worth seeing in theatres, if for nothing else than to see Dominic Cooper’s tour de force dual performance. Nothing previously in Cooper’s filmography could have prepared us for the work he does here. In his first starring role, he makes both Hussein and Yahia into complex and very different characters. The movie surrounding him is very good, although it unfortunately loses its way in the final twenty minutes when it decides to enter pure thriller mode.
Many tales have emerged from Iraq during the time of the Gulf War. Many people have claimed to have known Saddam Hussein, and there are many tales of survival from Iraqis who have escaped Saddam’s Iraq when they could. Lee Tamahori’s film tells the “true” story of Latif Yahia,...
- 8/16/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
Director: Lee Tamahori Writers: Michael Thomas (screenplay), Latif Yahia (novel) Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda, Dar Salim Lee Tamahori’s new film, The Devil’s Double, based on the 1997 memoir, I Was Saddam's Son, tells the story of the unfortunate Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia who bears so strong a resemblance to Saddam Hussein’s elder son Uday that he is forced by Hussein’s inner circle to serve as a body double for this corrupt, sociopathic live wire who represents all of the excess and paranoia of Hussein’s regime. Unfortunately, what might have been a compelling drama steeped in recent history and politics is instead little more than a second-rate genre film that often looks and feels like a made for TV movie. Dominic Cooper (Captain America, An Education) plays both the reluctant Latif and the leering, violent-tempered Uday Hussein, which seems a sensible enough casting decision.
- 8/12/2011
- by Dave Wilson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Chicago – There is evil all over the world, as long as there are human beings whose lust for power overcomes any semblance of morality. Iraq seems to be ground zero for those consequences, broken from within and invaded from the outside. It is the surreal tale of Saddam Hussein’s oldest son Uday that’s outlined in “The Devil’s Double.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Dominic Cooper gives a raging performance as Uday Hussein, as well as portraying Hussein’s body double, Latif. The two characters are distinct and separate, and Cooper’s understanding of both is the highlight of the film. The story is based on the book by Latif Yahia, and showcases Uday as a sensationalistic pleasure seeker, a poisonous monster with a paranoid distrust of virtually everything, infiltrating every perceived enemy or simply using his false friends.
Latif is an effective Iraqi soldier as the film begins, who had attended...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Dominic Cooper gives a raging performance as Uday Hussein, as well as portraying Hussein’s body double, Latif. The two characters are distinct and separate, and Cooper’s understanding of both is the highlight of the film. The story is based on the book by Latif Yahia, and showcases Uday as a sensationalistic pleasure seeker, a poisonous monster with a paranoid distrust of virtually everything, infiltrating every perceived enemy or simply using his false friends.
Latif is an effective Iraqi soldier as the film begins, who had attended...
- 8/8/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The official poster for Lionsgate’s “The Devil’s Double,” which played Sundance earlier this year, made its debut online at Ain’t It Cool News. We’ve got it below.
Based on a true story, “Double” stars Dominic Cooper in two striking roles. He plays Latif Yahia, an Iraqi army lieutenant who is ordered to become the ‘fiday’ – or body double – to Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday (also Cooper), who is a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality.
Lee Tamahori, who helmed “XXX: State of the Union” and the James Bond installment “Die Another Day,” directs from a script by Michael Thomas.
I expect we’ll see a trailer soon, as “Devil’s Double” will be in theaters on July 29.
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Hollywoodnews.com: The official poster for Lionsgate’s “The Devil’s Double,” which played Sundance earlier this year, made its debut online at Ain’t It Cool News. We’ve got it below.
Based on a true story, “Double” stars Dominic Cooper in two striking roles. He plays Latif Yahia, an Iraqi army lieutenant who is ordered to become the ‘fiday’ – or body double – to Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday (also Cooper), who is a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality.
Lee Tamahori, who helmed “XXX: State of the Union” and the James Bond installment “Die Another Day,” directs from a script by Michael Thomas.
I expect we’ll see a trailer soon, as “Devil’s Double” will be in theaters on July 29.
Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information.
Hollywood News, Hollywood Awards, Awards, Movies, News, Award News,...
- 4/20/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The "Good Wife" case of the week is fairly boring, though it does let America Ferrera and Ana Gasteyer back into our lives as guest stars, which is always nice. But the big news is the campaign and Alicia finally finding out about "Leela."
Case of the Week
The client, Luis Rios, had a heart attack and has sent his daughter Aida to be at the deposition in his place. The deposition is of Ryan Francis, a bigwig in oil conglomerate Platico Stillman, who did not pay Luis Rios of Latin Star drilling. Platico Stillman maintains Latin Star should not be paid because they were four months late. Will asserts that it's because of the changing political climate in Venezuela. But Natalie Flores, who is interning at the firm, finds a mistranslation in the documents that renders the deal with Luis and Latin Star null and void.
But suddenly Frank...
Case of the Week
The client, Luis Rios, had a heart attack and has sent his daughter Aida to be at the deposition in his place. The deposition is of Ryan Francis, a bigwig in oil conglomerate Platico Stillman, who did not pay Luis Rios of Latin Star drilling. Platico Stillman maintains Latin Star should not be paid because they were four months late. Will asserts that it's because of the changing political climate in Venezuela. But Natalie Flores, who is interning at the firm, finds a mistranslation in the documents that renders the deal with Luis and Latin Star null and void.
But suddenly Frank...
- 4/13/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Reviewed by Jeremy Mathews
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Written by: Michael Thomas
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda, Dar Salim, Khalid Laith and Pano Masti
“The Devil’s Double” tests the limits of just how much a film can get away with when it’s based on a true story. It’s as if the filmmakers decided that there’d been enough pensive, measured films about Iraq and it was about time someone went completely, insanely over the top. If that’s the case, they picked the perfect character with whom to go that direction: Saddam Hussein’s sadistic, psychopathic son Uday.
The film is ostensibly the story of Latif Yahia, Uday’s look-alike stand-in who makes public appearances, confuses assassination attempts and does whatever else his doppelgänger commands. Uday has grown tired of watching his father have so much fun with...
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Written by: Michael Thomas
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda, Dar Salim, Khalid Laith and Pano Masti
“The Devil’s Double” tests the limits of just how much a film can get away with when it’s based on a true story. It’s as if the filmmakers decided that there’d been enough pensive, measured films about Iraq and it was about time someone went completely, insanely over the top. If that’s the case, they picked the perfect character with whom to go that direction: Saddam Hussein’s sadistic, psychopathic son Uday.
The film is ostensibly the story of Latif Yahia, Uday’s look-alike stand-in who makes public appearances, confuses assassination attempts and does whatever else his doppelgänger commands. Uday has grown tired of watching his father have so much fun with...
- 2/3/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Jeremy Mathews
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Written by: Michael Thomas
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda, Dar Salim, Khalid Laith and Pano Masti
“The Devil’s Double” tests the limits of just how much a film can get away with when it’s based on a true story. It’s as if the filmmakers decided that there’d been enough pensive, measured films about Iraq and it was about time someone went completely, insanely over the top. If that’s the case, they picked the perfect character with whom to go that direction: Saddam Hussein’s sadistic, psychopathic son Uday.
The film is ostensibly the story of Latif Yahia, Uday’s look-alike stand-in who makes public appearances, confuses assassination attempts and does whatever else his doppelgänger commands. Uday has grown tired of watching his father have so much fun with...
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Written by: Michael Thomas
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda, Dar Salim, Khalid Laith and Pano Masti
“The Devil’s Double” tests the limits of just how much a film can get away with when it’s based on a true story. It’s as if the filmmakers decided that there’d been enough pensive, measured films about Iraq and it was about time someone went completely, insanely over the top. If that’s the case, they picked the perfect character with whom to go that direction: Saddam Hussein’s sadistic, psychopathic son Uday.
The film is ostensibly the story of Latif Yahia, Uday’s look-alike stand-in who makes public appearances, confuses assassination attempts and does whatever else his doppelgänger commands. Uday has grown tired of watching his father have so much fun with...
- 2/3/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
No less than this generation’s Scarface, Lee Tamahori’s The Devil’s Double is an indie-funded epic about the son of Saddam Hussein and his unwilling look-alike. Both roles are played by British thespian Dominic Cooper with the kind of blind, untamed ambition that people remember, good and bad. Tamahori matches Cooper with glossy, endlessly overwrought direction. There are no strings attached to this production, those with the money apparently leaving Tamahori and his star to run wild. Cooper’s living an actor’s dream: the freedom to play-act in front of the mirror.
Appropriately, young Uday Hussein is the equivalent of a bratty child. His crooked teeth and uncombed hair only add to his fetal mindset. He’s also a psychopath, raping young women (children in some cases) and shooting both friends and enemies only after he’s sliced their Achilles’ tendons apart with a jewel-covered sword. The man who looks like him,...
Appropriately, young Uday Hussein is the equivalent of a bratty child. His crooked teeth and uncombed hair only add to his fetal mindset. He’s also a psychopath, raping young women (children in some cases) and shooting both friends and enemies only after he’s sliced their Achilles’ tendons apart with a jewel-covered sword. The man who looks like him,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Bill Page, the host of Indie Film Night recently send us information on what's coming up this week on Indie Film Night.This Wednesday Jan 19 8Pm Est, "How To Become An Action Star In Ten Weeks".Join Gwen Gioia & Bill Page along with special guest Michael Thomas, Writer/Director/Producer.How To Become An Action Star In Ten Weeks SynopsisMichael Thomas is a lonely banker with a big dream: to...
- 1/17/2011
- by Anthony T
Damsels in Distress
Opens: 2011
Cast: Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf
Director: Whit Stillman
Summary: The story revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university.
Analysis: The first film in a decade from arthouse darling Whit Stillman, a filmmaker's filmmaker whose three Manhattan-based, yuppie-themed mannerist comedies - "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco" - were a big influence on the likes of auteurs such as Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Stillman says this film varies somewhat from his previous trilogy of sorts, telling First Things that "This film is different, Completely different. Okay, not completely different, but it’s different".
Independently financed by Castle Rock CEO Martin Shafer, the project recently wrapped filming in Manhattan where Stillman returned to last year after having spent much...
Opens: 2011
Cast: Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf
Director: Whit Stillman
Summary: The story revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university.
Analysis: The first film in a decade from arthouse darling Whit Stillman, a filmmaker's filmmaker whose three Manhattan-based, yuppie-themed mannerist comedies - "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco" - were a big influence on the likes of auteurs such as Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Stillman says this film varies somewhat from his previous trilogy of sorts, telling First Things that "This film is different, Completely different. Okay, not completely different, but it’s different".
Independently financed by Castle Rock CEO Martin Shafer, the project recently wrapped filming in Manhattan where Stillman returned to last year after having spent much...
- 12/28/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Damsels in Distress
Opens: 2011
Cast: Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf
Director: Whit Stillman
Summary: The story revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university.
Analysis: The first film in a decade from arthouse darling Whit Stillman, a filmmaker's filmmaker whose three Manhattan-based, yuppie-themed mannerist comedies - "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco" - were a big influence on the likes of auteurs such as Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Stillman says this film varies somewhat from his previous trilogy of sorts, telling First Things that "This film is different, Completely different. Okay, not completely different, but it’s different".
Independently financed by Castle Rock CEO Martin Shafer, the project recently wrapped filming in Manhattan where Stillman returned to last year after having spent much...
Opens: 2011
Cast: Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf
Director: Whit Stillman
Summary: The story revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university.
Analysis: The first film in a decade from arthouse darling Whit Stillman, a filmmaker's filmmaker whose three Manhattan-based, yuppie-themed mannerist comedies - "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco" - were a big influence on the likes of auteurs such as Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Stillman says this film varies somewhat from his previous trilogy of sorts, telling First Things that "This film is different, Completely different. Okay, not completely different, but it’s different".
Independently financed by Castle Rock CEO Martin Shafer, the project recently wrapped filming in Manhattan where Stillman returned to last year after having spent much...
- 12/28/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Tons of high-profile film items for sale with star casts are, as I predicted, making the cut this year in the Premieres section. If I'm not mistaken, Fox Searchlight will use the fest to not only go shopping, but they'll be using Park City to launch Cedar Rapids and Win Win. With yesterday's Comp titles announcement, there appears to be a breakout commentary of an anti-church and anti-religion statement. We have Higher Ground, Martha Marcy May Marlene and we could add George Ratliff's Salvation Boulevard and Kevin Smith's Red State (see pic above) to the same discourse. Cedar Rapids /U.S.A. (Director: Miguel Arteta; Screenwriter: Phil Johnston) A wholesome and naive small-town Wisconsin man travels to big city Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company at a regional insurance conference. Cast: Ed Helms, Sigourney Weaver, Alia Shawkat, John C. Reilly, Rob Corddry, Anne Heche. The Convincer /U.
- 12/2/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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