Are you ready for the return of the king? It's been 13 years since Francis Ford Coppola helmed a feature film — that would be 2011's weird horror flick "Twixt" — and now he's back in the director's chair to realize his dream project. In the 1980s, Coppola started writing "Megalopolis," an epic, sprawling drama that could very well be his biggest movie ever. He would tinker with the work over the years and finally start shooting second unit footage in 2001.
And then disaster struck, literally. The film's script dealt with the aftermath of a disaster that befalls New York City, and just as Coppola was gearing up to get "Megalopolis" off the ground, the 9/11 attacks changed everything. Realizing that no one at the time would be in the mood to watch a post-disaster movie set in New York, Coppola shelved the project — but he never forgot about it.
Now, the seemingly impossible...
And then disaster struck, literally. The film's script dealt with the aftermath of a disaster that befalls New York City, and just as Coppola was gearing up to get "Megalopolis" off the ground, the 9/11 attacks changed everything. Realizing that no one at the time would be in the mood to watch a post-disaster movie set in New York, Coppola shelved the project — but he never forgot about it.
Now, the seemingly impossible...
- 5/14/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
History ended in the 1990s, at least according to a famous essay by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama. Under his inflammatory headline, Fukuyama argues that the end of the Cold War and the establishment of the United States as the world’s sole global power pole meant that liberal democracies have become the ultimate form of government. As if to prove the argument correct, the US and the UK entered a period of governmental peace and capitalist expansion.
However, those of us who actually lived through the 90s know that the decade wasn’t nearly as rosy as some predicted (or recall). Against the picture of ascendancy painted by Bill Clinton and, eventually, Tony Blair, pop culture reflected the fragmented state of actual lives, and we ended up with some of the most controversial movies of all time.
In addition to the big breakthroughs of the decade, such as Quentin Tarantino...
However, those of us who actually lived through the 90s know that the decade wasn’t nearly as rosy as some predicted (or recall). Against the picture of ascendancy painted by Bill Clinton and, eventually, Tony Blair, pop culture reflected the fragmented state of actual lives, and we ended up with some of the most controversial movies of all time.
In addition to the big breakthroughs of the decade, such as Quentin Tarantino...
- 5/31/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Paul Verhoeven grew up in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands and that's why he and his films have such a distaste for authoritarians. Even with years spent working in the U.S., the filmmaker has never adopted the black and white moral framing of America. "I have a hard time believing in all these hero stories," he once told The Independent.
Verhoeven was especially repelled when he tried to read "Starship Troopers," Robert Heinlein's novel where humanity has become an interstellar empire. The director recalled to Empire, "I stopped after two chapters because it was so boring. It is really quite a bad book... It's a very right-wing book." So what did Verhoeven do with the book he couldn't even finish? Why, make a movie out of it, of course.
As /Film's Erin Brady has written about, Verhoeven and his screenwriter Ed Neumeier decided their "Starship Troopers" wouldn't be just an adaptation of the novel,...
Verhoeven was especially repelled when he tried to read "Starship Troopers," Robert Heinlein's novel where humanity has become an interstellar empire. The director recalled to Empire, "I stopped after two chapters because it was so boring. It is really quite a bad book... It's a very right-wing book." So what did Verhoeven do with the book he couldn't even finish? Why, make a movie out of it, of course.
As /Film's Erin Brady has written about, Verhoeven and his screenwriter Ed Neumeier decided their "Starship Troopers" wouldn't be just an adaptation of the novel,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Is it possible to square loving The Crown with ambivalence about the “crown”? This has always been the fine line that Netflix’s behemoth has straddled. A fussy, at times unlikeable, protagonist, carrying the flag for institutions that, at the most charitable, represent hereditary privilege, and, at the less forgiving end of the spectrum, the atrocities of the British Empire. As mitigation, the show’s creator Peter Morgan has turned the central figure, Elizabeth II, into a prism through which to view the 20th century. From the twilight of Empire through the Cold War, by way of crises in Suez and Falklands, Aberfan and the Troubles. A noble solution, until, that is, you run out of history.
And so we find ourselves now, with the show’s fifth outing, firmly in the recent memory. John Major is prime minister. Prince Charles (Dominic West) is a jug-eared familiar, and Anne (Claudia Harrison...
And so we find ourselves now, with the show’s fifth outing, firmly in the recent memory. John Major is prime minister. Prince Charles (Dominic West) is a jug-eared familiar, and Anne (Claudia Harrison...
- 11/5/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
, Kier-La Janisse’s “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched” crams an entire semester’s worth of Hauntology 101 into a numbingly comprehensive 193-minute documentary that unearths the history of cinematic folk horror in such loving, erudite, and seductive detail that you almost can’t wait for it to be over so you can start watching some of the 100+ films that are excerpted along the way.
Not that such patience will necessarily be required. Trusting that her subject matter is fertile enough to merit such a scholarly approach, and also bewitching enough to survive it, Janisse connects the dots between “The Wicker Man” and “La Llorona” in a way that allows this multi-chapter epic to function as both séance-like spectacle and streaming-era syllabus in equal measure.
On the one hand, auditing the whole course in a single sitting makes it easier to recognize folk horror as a mode rather than a genre, and...
Not that such patience will necessarily be required. Trusting that her subject matter is fertile enough to merit such a scholarly approach, and also bewitching enough to survive it, Janisse connects the dots between “The Wicker Man” and “La Llorona” in a way that allows this multi-chapter epic to function as both séance-like spectacle and streaming-era syllabus in equal measure.
On the one hand, auditing the whole course in a single sitting makes it easier to recognize folk horror as a mode rather than a genre, and...
- 3/17/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Starz & Strife, a documentary examining what the filmmaker calls the “lost heart of America,” has set an on-demand rental and purchase run via Virgil Films in August before a premiere on Starz.
The film is written and directed by David Smick, an economic strategist and best-selling author of books like The Great Equalizer. Barry Levinson is an executive producer.
On August 11, the film will be available for rent or purchase on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and other platforms. On September 21, it is slated to start airing on Starz.
The film features activists like Hawk Newsome, past political leaders like James Baker, Leon Panetta and Rahm Emmanuel, academics like Amy Chua and Francis Fukuyama and business figures like Home Depot founder Ken Langone. Current elected officials such as Rep. Chrissy Houlihan of Pennsylvania and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland also make appearances.
“This film explores the epidemic of hate...
The film is written and directed by David Smick, an economic strategist and best-selling author of books like The Great Equalizer. Barry Levinson is an executive producer.
On August 11, the film will be available for rent or purchase on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and other platforms. On September 21, it is slated to start airing on Starz.
The film features activists like Hawk Newsome, past political leaders like James Baker, Leon Panetta and Rahm Emmanuel, academics like Amy Chua and Francis Fukuyama and business figures like Home Depot founder Ken Langone. Current elected officials such as Rep. Chrissy Houlihan of Pennsylvania and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland also make appearances.
“This film explores the epidemic of hate...
- 8/6/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Capital In The Twenty-first Century Kino Lorber Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Justin Pemberton Screenwriter: Adapted by Matthew Metcalfe, Justin Pemberton, Thomas Piketty, based on Thomas Piketty’s book Cast: Thomas Piketty, Joseph Stiglitz, Gillian Tett, Kate Williams, Gabriel Zucman, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, Francis Fukuyama Screened at: […]
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- 4/26/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Film will receive North American premiere at Doc NYC on November 10.
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights from Studiocanal to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, the adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty’s bestseller.
Justin Pemberton directed the documentary that combines pop culture references and interviews with leading economic and political science experts such as Piketty himself, Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama, to show how the accumulation of capital contributes to widespread social inequality.
The film will receive its North American premiere at Doc NYC on November 10, and Kino Lorber plans a nationwide release in...
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights from Studiocanal to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, the adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty’s bestseller.
Justin Pemberton directed the documentary that combines pop culture references and interviews with leading economic and political science experts such as Piketty himself, Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama, to show how the accumulation of capital contributes to widespread social inequality.
The film will receive its North American premiere at Doc NYC on November 10, and Kino Lorber plans a nationwide release in...
- 11/6/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, Justin Pemberton’s feature doc that explores wealth and power and shines a light on today’s growing inequality.
Pic is based on the best-seller by French economist Thomas Piketty. It will have its North American premiere on Sunday (November 10) at Doc NYC following its debut at the Sydney film festival in July.
Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in April 2020. It is partnering with Kanopy, the free-to-the-user video streaming platform, for digital educational and library rights, and the home ent release in July 2020 will also see it available on Kino Lorber’s new digital platform KinoNow.
The theatrical rollout will coincide with the release of Piketty’s follow-up book Capital And Ideology.
Alongside Piketty, the film features interviews with leading economists Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama.
Deal was negotiated...
Pic is based on the best-seller by French economist Thomas Piketty. It will have its North American premiere on Sunday (November 10) at Doc NYC following its debut at the Sydney film festival in July.
Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in April 2020. It is partnering with Kanopy, the free-to-the-user video streaming platform, for digital educational and library rights, and the home ent release in July 2020 will also see it available on Kino Lorber’s new digital platform KinoNow.
The theatrical rollout will coincide with the release of Piketty’s follow-up book Capital And Ideology.
Alongside Piketty, the film features interviews with leading economists Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama.
Deal was negotiated...
- 11/6/2019
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Neoconservatives, the architects of the War on Terror, are the political version of Jason in Friday the 13th: You can never bank on them being completely dead. They just hide under a log until the next funder appears.
The neocon media tribune, the Weekly Standard, did indeed fold recently. In no time they had a new voice: The Bulwark, edited by former Weekly Standard and current NBC/MSNBC contributor Charlie Sykes, with Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol listed as “editor at large.”
The Bulwark features a quasi-Soviet realist title font,...
The neocon media tribune, the Weekly Standard, did indeed fold recently. In no time they had a new voice: The Bulwark, edited by former Weekly Standard and current NBC/MSNBC contributor Charlie Sykes, with Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol listed as “editor at large.”
The Bulwark features a quasi-Soviet realist title font,...
- 1/14/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
“What’s wrong with elitism?” asked Washington Post columnist Max Boot this week on Twitter. Boot posed this in a discussion about the merits of centrism, raised in the context of the “yellow vest” protests against the government of Emmanuel Macron in France.
American media seems to be confused by the protests. Few seem to understand what protesters want, or even who they are. Some outlets describe protesters as Trump-like nationalists aligned with Marine Le Pen, others as antifa-style leftists aligned with Jean-Luc Melenchon.
The marchers actually cut across all political lines,...
American media seems to be confused by the protests. Few seem to understand what protesters want, or even who they are. Some outlets describe protesters as Trump-like nationalists aligned with Marine Le Pen, others as antifa-style leftists aligned with Jean-Luc Melenchon.
The marchers actually cut across all political lines,...
- 12/13/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy is famous for checking in on the relationship between Jesse and Celine (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) every 9 years, and Elio and Oliver from “Call Me By Your Name” will operate similarly on the big screen if Luca Guadagnino has his way. ScreenDaily reports that the Italian filmmaker is planning a sequel to his Sundance darling in which the movie will pick up with the characters three years later. Similar to the “Before” trilogy, actors Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer will match the ages of their characters.
“I want to do a sequel because Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel – they are all gems,” Guadagnino said during the BFI London Film Festival. “The texture we built together is very consistent. We created a place in which you believe in the world before them. They are young but they are growing up.
“I want to do a sequel because Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel – they are all gems,” Guadagnino said during the BFI London Film Festival. “The texture we built together is very consistent. We created a place in which you believe in the world before them. They are young but they are growing up.
- 10/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
"The Us Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it."—Benjamin Franklin
In Joel Potrykus' previous film, Ape, a young stand-up comedian with a passion for flames fought his way to failure with noble indifference. In Buzzard, Potrykus' second feature film, Marty (played by the remarkable Joshua Burge) seems no longer interested in trying to “make it” and navigates instead the caveats of the consumer economy in a less-than-successful attempt to trick the system to his own advantage. Temporarily employed at a mortgage company, Marty dabbles in minor scams including getting refunded for unneeded office supplies, closing and reopening his checking account to take advantage of the $50 promotion for new account holders, and so ingeniously forth. Work ethic, that quintessential dogma of the American Way of Life, has no place in Marty's life. When his eager colleague informs him that she's gonna be hired next month, he offers...
In Joel Potrykus' previous film, Ape, a young stand-up comedian with a passion for flames fought his way to failure with noble indifference. In Buzzard, Potrykus' second feature film, Marty (played by the remarkable Joshua Burge) seems no longer interested in trying to “make it” and navigates instead the caveats of the consumer economy in a less-than-successful attempt to trick the system to his own advantage. Temporarily employed at a mortgage company, Marty dabbles in minor scams including getting refunded for unneeded office supplies, closing and reopening his checking account to take advantage of the $50 promotion for new account holders, and so ingeniously forth. Work ethic, that quintessential dogma of the American Way of Life, has no place in Marty's life. When his eager colleague informs him that she's gonna be hired next month, he offers...
- 8/18/2014
- by Celluloid Liberation Front
- MUBI
A revealing new season of films at the Ica looks at the links between religion and revolt
Do the roots of the Arab spring lie in cinema? The question seems absurd: surely kleptocratic dictatorship, youth unemployment and grain prices all played a more important part. Iranian film scholar Hamid Dabashi disagrees: "If you want to understand the emotive universe from which the Arab spring arose, cinema is a good place to start. Look at a film like Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention: there the director spits out an apricot pit at an Israeli tank and blows it up. The scene is both fantasy and prophecy."
Dabashi will be speaking this month at Winds of Change, a series of talks and screenings at the Ica in London showcasing films from across the Muslim world; it hopes to explore the rich, sometimes fraught relationship between religion and civic society. Özer Kiziltan's...
Do the roots of the Arab spring lie in cinema? The question seems absurd: surely kleptocratic dictatorship, youth unemployment and grain prices all played a more important part. Iranian film scholar Hamid Dabashi disagrees: "If you want to understand the emotive universe from which the Arab spring arose, cinema is a good place to start. Look at a film like Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention: there the director spits out an apricot pit at an Israeli tank and blows it up. The scene is both fantasy and prophecy."
Dabashi will be speaking this month at Winds of Change, a series of talks and screenings at the Ica in London showcasing films from across the Muslim world; it hopes to explore the rich, sometimes fraught relationship between religion and civic society. Özer Kiziltan's...
- 9/20/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Last night the world got some extremely big news that I am not at All qualified to discuss which is really unfortunate since tonight's television offerings are duller than watching paint dry for the most part. Actually, I'm kind of eager for most of the current shows to end and the summer series to start because there's a few I'm actually interested in and they'll give me something new to talk about. Right now? It's like "Hey, it's Monday! That means 'House' is on! Again. Because I'm sure some of you still get excited about that, maybe." And "RuPaul's Drag Race" is over so I can't even be jealous of those of you who get Logo. At least until "Be Good Johnny Weir" comes back. Then I'll be breaking out the voodoo dolls. Here's your Monday night TV:
7:30pm: "NHL Playoffs: Boston at Philadelphia, Game 2" on Versus
8:00pm:...
7:30pm: "NHL Playoffs: Boston at Philadelphia, Game 2" on Versus
8:00pm:...
- 5/2/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Hello, Zoners!
I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to another week of wonderfulness. I had everything for this post written and ready to go, but with shock and surprise, only moments ago I scrapped my original greeting. For right now, late on Sunday, I am in front of my TV set, watching President Obama, and trying to absorb the news that nearly 10 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, bin Laden is dead. As a New Yorker, this naturally resonates profoundly with me. I sit here, remembering that day in September, which was so beautiful when it began, and so shattered.
I feel I know how Jon will handle this; I wonder what Stephen will do. Jon can be sincere, emotional, and himself. Stephen’s character complicates things, but I have complete faith that he is up to the task.
Now, as I take a breath,...
I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to another week of wonderfulness. I had everything for this post written and ready to go, but with shock and surprise, only moments ago I scrapped my original greeting. For right now, late on Sunday, I am in front of my TV set, watching President Obama, and trying to absorb the news that nearly 10 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, bin Laden is dead. As a New Yorker, this naturally resonates profoundly with me. I sit here, remembering that day in September, which was so beautiful when it began, and so shattered.
I feel I know how Jon will handle this; I wonder what Stephen will do. Jon can be sincere, emotional, and himself. Stephen’s character complicates things, but I have complete faith that he is up to the task.
Now, as I take a breath,...
- 5/2/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
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