In March 2020, during the first days of the Covid pandemic, IndieWire launched an Instagram Live series. The idea was to hold a causal conversation with talent about their creative process and how they spend their free time, a discussion that took on a very different meaning against the uncertain backdrop of the lockdown. IndieWire instinctively turned to Ethan Hawke to launch the series and set the tone; and at a time when most creatives understandably went dark, Hawke was hungry for the conversation.
Later that summer, the actor-writer-director gave a Ted-Ed talk, “Give yourself permission to be creative.” Even if you haven’t watched the nine-minute talk, you’ve seen it: Excerpts, four years later, still flood most social media feeds on a daily basis.
In the most viral clip, Hawke, discussing what happens to people when they suffer a great loss, said, “Did anyone feel like this before? What is happening to me?...
Later that summer, the actor-writer-director gave a Ted-Ed talk, “Give yourself permission to be creative.” Even if you haven’t watched the nine-minute talk, you’ve seen it: Excerpts, four years later, still flood most social media feeds on a daily basis.
In the most viral clip, Hawke, discussing what happens to people when they suffer a great loss, said, “Did anyone feel like this before? What is happening to me?...
- 4/30/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Ethan Hawke goes back behind the camera for Wildcat, and here are details of his new film – plus a trailer.
Ethan Hawke is better known as an actor than a director, with a prolific career that has included many collaborations with Richard Linklater – the sublime Before trilogy, Tape, The Newton Boys and Boyhood stand tall. Plus, films as diverse as Dead Poet’s Society, Training Day, The Purge, Predestination and Lord Of War – the sequel to the latter is currently in development, with writer and director Andrew Niccol and star Nicholas Cage on board. It has not been confirmed if Hawke will appear.
However, he has also steadily built up an impressive career behind the camera. Besides co-writing the last two Before films with Linklater and Julie Delpy, he has directed several documentaries and three feature films – Chelsea Walls in 1999, The Hottest State, adapted from his own novel in 2006, and...
Ethan Hawke is better known as an actor than a director, with a prolific career that has included many collaborations with Richard Linklater – the sublime Before trilogy, Tape, The Newton Boys and Boyhood stand tall. Plus, films as diverse as Dead Poet’s Society, Training Day, The Purge, Predestination and Lord Of War – the sequel to the latter is currently in development, with writer and director Andrew Niccol and star Nicholas Cage on board. It has not been confirmed if Hawke will appear.
However, he has also steadily built up an impressive career behind the camera. Besides co-writing the last two Before films with Linklater and Julie Delpy, he has directed several documentaries and three feature films – Chelsea Walls in 1999, The Hottest State, adapted from his own novel in 2006, and...
- 3/14/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
It’s a rainy day in New York City, and Maya Hawke is telling me about her short-lived attempt to call her father ‘Ethan’ on the set of their new film, “Wildcat.” We’re escaping the downpour at a cozy neighborhood restaurant in Chelsea, and sitting across from the striking father-daughter duo is like having a front-row seat to the royal family of art-house cinema.
“I started using his name — ‘Ethan’ — to be like, ‘I’m a professional,’” the 25-year-old “Stranger Things” actress says. “And then I realized it was actually more distracting to people. They’d be like, ‘Why are you doing that?’ So I mostly called him ‘Dad.’”
Such is life when you’re a Gen Z “It” girl whose father is a Gen X icon. But there’s very little celebrity polish to the pair when we meet in the dog days of August. Maya, who has...
“I started using his name — ‘Ethan’ — to be like, ‘I’m a professional,’” the 25-year-old “Stranger Things” actress says. “And then I realized it was actually more distracting to people. They’d be like, ‘Why are you doing that?’ So I mostly called him ‘Dad.’”
Such is life when you’re a Gen Z “It” girl whose father is a Gen X icon. But there’s very little celebrity polish to the pair when we meet in the dog days of August. Maya, who has...
- 9/5/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Cera and Ryan Gosling star in the biggest movie of the summer, "Barbie," and both have received rave reviews as the magnificently neutral Allan and the insecure Ken, respectively. Gosling, in particular, has made waves for his blockbuster performance of the song "I'm Just Ken," which allows him to show off his dance skills and impressive vocal range. Unfortunately, Cera's Allan doesn't get to show off his vocal skills, which is a shame because Cera actually has a very nice voice, and he's used it to make some pretty solid indie folk music.
As it turns out, both Cera and Gosling have produced impressive indie music projects over the years. Cera released his debut album, "True That," in 2014, and it's a soft, wistful, lo-fi folk project that garnered generally positive reviews and comparisons to the likes of Elliot Smith. Though the album showcases Cera's impressive songwriting skills, one...
As it turns out, both Cera and Gosling have produced impressive indie music projects over the years. Cera released his debut album, "True That," in 2014, and it's a soft, wistful, lo-fi folk project that garnered generally positive reviews and comparisons to the likes of Elliot Smith. Though the album showcases Cera's impressive songwriting skills, one...
- 8/7/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
“American Idol” has crowned its newest winner in Hawaii native Iam Tongi, whose victory as the first Aapi winner of the ABC competition still has not fully hit him.
“It’s unreal,” Tongi told TheWrap just two days after Ryan Seacrest announced his name on the big stage. “It’s weird to be here [as] the winner, because … it was going so slow during the competition, but out of nowhere it was finished and I was like ‘that went by so fast.'”
While several Aapi contestants have climbed their way to the top three finalists, including fan-favorite Jasmine Trias of the show’s third installment, Tongi noted that this milestone achievement happening during national Aapi month in May gives the win an even bigger significance, saying “it feels really good to be representing why Polynesian people during this month.”
Originally from Kahuku, a town in O’ahu, Hawaii, Tongi noted...
“It’s unreal,” Tongi told TheWrap just two days after Ryan Seacrest announced his name on the big stage. “It’s weird to be here [as] the winner, because … it was going so slow during the competition, but out of nowhere it was finished and I was like ‘that went by so fast.'”
While several Aapi contestants have climbed their way to the top three finalists, including fan-favorite Jasmine Trias of the show’s third installment, Tongi noted that this milestone achievement happening during national Aapi month in May gives the win an even bigger significance, saying “it feels really good to be representing why Polynesian people during this month.”
Originally from Kahuku, a town in O’ahu, Hawaii, Tongi noted...
- 5/24/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Prior to performing a swerving version of Lucinda Williams’ “Drunken Angel” for an intimate dinner party in Nashville on Monday night, Jason Isbell remarked how some songwriters just can’t write a good song anymore. But Williams, he said, was so unfailingly talented that she could restart her career right now and in 10 years “we’d be right back here.” Here was the BMI Troubadour Award celebration, which honored Williams — the first woman to receive the award — for decades of songwriting greatness.
The BMI Troubadour dinner is one of Nashville’s most gloriously low-key events,...
The BMI Troubadour dinner is one of Nashville’s most gloriously low-key events,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Ethan Hawke came to the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to receive the President’s Award and to show Paul Schrader’s masterful 2017 film “First Reformed,” a dark drama in which Hawke gives one of his finest and most complex performances as a former military chaplain fighting despair.
But the actor also came to the Czech town at an extraordinarily busy time in his career: The past several years have seen the four-time Oscar-nominated actor and writer acting in “First Reformed,” “Juliet, Naked,” “The Truth” and “Stockholm,” among others; directing “Blaze,” a sharp and lyrical film about cult musician Blaze Foley; acting in and producing the massive Showtime miniseries “The Good Lord Bird”; releasing his first novel in 20 years, “A Bright Ray of Darkness,” and collaborating with Greg Ruth on the graphic novel “Meadowlark: A Coming of Age Crime Story.”
He also has a voiceover role in Antoine Fuqua’s drama “The Guilty,...
But the actor also came to the Czech town at an extraordinarily busy time in his career: The past several years have seen the four-time Oscar-nominated actor and writer acting in “First Reformed,” “Juliet, Naked,” “The Truth” and “Stockholm,” among others; directing “Blaze,” a sharp and lyrical film about cult musician Blaze Foley; acting in and producing the massive Showtime miniseries “The Good Lord Bird”; releasing his first novel in 20 years, “A Bright Ray of Darkness,” and collaborating with Greg Ruth on the graphic novel “Meadowlark: A Coming of Age Crime Story.”
He also has a voiceover role in Antoine Fuqua’s drama “The Guilty,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading cinema event in Central and Eastern Europe, will honor American actor, director, and writer Ethan Hawke, who will receive the Festival President’s Award at its 55th edition, taking place Aug. 20-28. The award is given to actors, directors, and producers who have “contributed in a fundamental way to the development of contemporary world cinema.”
“We are thrilled to welcome to Karlovy Vary an artist we’ve been admiring for a long time. In 2018, Kviff paid tribute to the Austin Film Society and it is exciting to extend our appreciation of this renowned organization’s work by honoring an actor and director who is so closely connected to the Texas independent film scene,” said artistic director Karel Och and executive director Krystof Mucha.
Hawke will personally introduce Paul Schrader’s thriller “First Reformed,” in which he portrays a parish pastor experiencing a crisis of faith.
“We are thrilled to welcome to Karlovy Vary an artist we’ve been admiring for a long time. In 2018, Kviff paid tribute to the Austin Film Society and it is exciting to extend our appreciation of this renowned organization’s work by honoring an actor and director who is so closely connected to the Texas independent film scene,” said artistic director Karel Och and executive director Krystof Mucha.
Hawke will personally introduce Paul Schrader’s thriller “First Reformed,” in which he portrays a parish pastor experiencing a crisis of faith.
- 8/5/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
It’s time to look ahead at what Netflix will be delivering over the following week, and it’s another hefty haul coming up across the next seven days. Interestingly, there aren’t many recognizable films and TV shows in this batch, making it more of a showcase of foreign cinema and television and underrated or unseen gems.
Without further ado, though, take a look below at the full list of what’s being added to the streaming site’s library from Monday, August 24th to Sunday, August 30th:
August 25th
Emily’s Wonder Lab (Season 1) N – Kids educational series hosted by Emily Calandrelli. Trinkets (Season 2) N – Final season of the teen drama.
August 26th
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) N – Korean drama series about a pianist who moves to a small town to find new love. Lingua Franca (2019) – An undocumented transwoman tries to obtain...
Without further ado, though, take a look below at the full list of what’s being added to the streaming site’s library from Monday, August 24th to Sunday, August 30th:
August 25th
Emily’s Wonder Lab (Season 1) N – Kids educational series hosted by Emily Calandrelli. Trinkets (Season 2) N – Final season of the teen drama.
August 26th
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) N – Korean drama series about a pianist who moves to a small town to find new love. Lingua Franca (2019) – An undocumented transwoman tries to obtain...
- 8/23/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
When Ethan Hawke was promoting “Blaze,” his biopic about troubled singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, he went around Texas talking up the low-budget indie to country music fans. It was a grassroots effort, one that saw staffers at IFC, the studio behind the 2018 film, crisscross the state while ferrying the cast and crew in rental cars from one theater to another.
“Of course, it would have been easier if we’d had $20 million to promote the film,” says Hawke. “But this somehow matched the spirit of ‘Blaze.’ IFC is hungry and scrappy, and they’re not pretentious. Those are the qualities you look for in a good indie film.”
Hawke acknowledges that when he signs up for an IFC release, he’s abandoning the creature comforts that come with a big studio movie. The private plane trips and ritzy hotel suites may be lacking, but IFC’s commitment to fostering challenging and...
“Of course, it would have been easier if we’d had $20 million to promote the film,” says Hawke. “But this somehow matched the spirit of ‘Blaze.’ IFC is hungry and scrappy, and they’re not pretentious. Those are the qualities you look for in a good indie film.”
Hawke acknowledges that when he signs up for an IFC release, he’s abandoning the creature comforts that come with a big studio movie. The private plane trips and ritzy hotel suites may be lacking, but IFC’s commitment to fostering challenging and...
- 3/19/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The story of Country Music Hall of Fame duo the Louvin Brothers will be told in a new biopic starring Ethan Hawke, according to Variety. Satan Is Real, currently in development, costars Hawke and Alessandro Nivola as sibling singers Charlie and Ira Louvin.
Best known for their 1958 album Satan Is Real, with its outrageous hellscape album cover, the Louvin Brothers were a study in conflict. While delivering songs like “The Christian Life” and “The Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea,” the siblings often quarreled and lived on the edge, particularly Ira, whose...
Best known for their 1958 album Satan Is Real, with its outrageous hellscape album cover, the Louvin Brothers were a study in conflict. While delivering songs like “The Christian Life” and “The Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea,” the siblings often quarreled and lived on the edge, particularly Ira, whose...
- 5/16/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
On April 6th, 2016, his 79th birthday, country music icon Merle Haggard died at his home in California’s San Joaquin Valley after a battle with pneumonia. In the three years since his passing, Haggard’s already sizeable legacy continues to inspire country artists and others touched by his image as the “poet of the common man.”
Merle Haggard was one of the chief architects of the Bakersfield Sound, the hugely influential West Coast-based sub-genre of country music. The city’s first recording studio dedicated to country music was Tally Records,...
Merle Haggard was one of the chief architects of the Bakersfield Sound, the hugely influential West Coast-based sub-genre of country music. The city’s first recording studio dedicated to country music was Tally Records,...
- 4/6/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
“We wanted to celebrate the closing of True West with something beginning,” Ethan Hawke said Saturday night at a New York City party celebrating both the closing of Hawke and Paul Dano’s performance of Sam Shepard’s drama True West and the album release party of singer-songwriter Ben Dickey.
Dickey, a longtime friend of Hawke who came to prominence in his lead role in last year’s Hawke-directed biopic Blaze and is now signed to Hawke’s label, led his five-piece band at the “Departures and Arrivals”-themed album release party through a blistering,...
Dickey, a longtime friend of Hawke who came to prominence in his lead role in last year’s Hawke-directed biopic Blaze and is now signed to Hawke’s label, led his five-piece band at the “Departures and Arrivals”-themed album release party through a blistering,...
- 3/24/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
When Ben Dickey returned home to his farm in Louisiana after spending months working on Ethan Hawke’s film Blaze, he fell into a depression. “I was still in a Blaze way,” says Dickey, who, after playing the role of Seventies country outsider Blaze Foley in his acting debut, says he began to assume some of Foley’s personal troubles even after the project ended.
“When it was over, I suffered from not knowing how to pull myself out of Blazetown,” he says. “I thought, the thing that I should do is wander.
“When it was over, I suffered from not knowing how to pull myself out of Blazetown,” he says. “I thought, the thing that I should do is wander.
- 3/11/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The fourth annual Outlaw Country Cruise set sail this week from Tampa for the Bahamas, but for the 2,500 or so rabid fans onboard, the Norwegian Pearl could have just circled Tampa Bay — these folks were here for the tunes. Presented by cruise promoter Sixthman in conjunction with SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel, OCC4 boasted one of the journey’s most strong and varied lineups yet, with Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers and Margo Price all headlining. From surprise jam sessions to special screenings of upcoming country-music documentaries and even an episode of cruise favorite Squidbillies,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Lucinda Williams and her loose three-piece band have just kicked into “Right in Time,” the lead-off track to her 1998 breakthrough album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and the venue is, quite literally, rocking. Williams is somewhere in the Atlantic onboard the fourth installment of the Outlaw Country Cruise and as the ship bounces back and forth through some choppy water, the song is proving to be well-suited to the moment, her famously woozy voice matching the vessel’s uneasy sway.
Williams, who turned 66 on Saturday, has been celebrating the...
Williams, who turned 66 on Saturday, has been celebrating the...
- 1/29/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
Not unlike its main subject, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze is likeable, long-winded and a little all over the place. Starring musician Ben Dickey as the titular Blaze Foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural follow-up to Hawke’s last directorial effort, Seymour: An Introduction. That documentary examined the life of Seymour Bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. This film concerns Foley, an Arkansas-born but Texas-raised singer-songwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. Both are ultimately optimistic, though Hawke does well in finding the sour with the sweet. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon,...
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
Not unlike its main subject, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze is likeable, long-winded and a little all over the place. Starring musician Ben Dickey as the titular Blaze Foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural follow-up to Hawke’s last directorial effort, Seymour: An Introduction. That documentary examined the life of Seymour Bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. This film concerns Foley, an Arkansas-born but Texas-raised singer-songwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. Both are ultimately optimistic, though Hawke does well in finding the sour with the sweet. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon,...
- 1/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Ben Dickey, the musician and actor who inhabited the role of mercurial singer-songwriter Blaze Foley in the biopic Blaze last year, is set to release his full-length LP A Glimmer on the Outskirts for SexHawkeBlack Records on March 8th. The boutique Americana label based in Austin is a joint venture with Nashville’s Dualtone Records and was co-founded by filmmaker Ethan Hawke, Austin businessman Louis Black and musician-actor Charlie Sexton, who portrayed Townes Van Zandt in the film.
Produced by Sexton, Glimmer is the follow-up to the Blaze soundtrack, which...
Produced by Sexton, Glimmer is the follow-up to the Blaze soundtrack, which...
- 1/17/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences currently sit with ballots at the ready, a stack of screener stragglers waiting to be watched and plenty of choices to make regarding the 2018 film year. Voting concludes on Monday, Jan. 14. Here are a few personal pleas for consideration as phase one enters the home stretch this weekend.
Don’t sleep on Brian Tyree Henry in “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
Somewhere along the way, Barry Jenkins’ soulful portrait of black love got a little lost. Where is the urgency around a best picture-winning filmmaker’s sublime follow-up? There are so many elements to consider here, from Regina King’s critically acclaimed performance (she popped on the Golden Globes just in time) to rich costume and production design to lush photography that easily ranks among the best of the year (the Asc dropped the ball here) to a score that settles in your bones.
Don’t sleep on Brian Tyree Henry in “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
Somewhere along the way, Barry Jenkins’ soulful portrait of black love got a little lost. Where is the urgency around a best picture-winning filmmaker’s sublime follow-up? There are so many elements to consider here, from Regina King’s critically acclaimed performance (she popped on the Golden Globes just in time) to rich costume and production design to lush photography that easily ranks among the best of the year (the Asc dropped the ball here) to a score that settles in your bones.
- 1/11/2019
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
Ethan Hawke invited Rolling Stone‘s David Fear to join him at one of his favorite Brooklyn restaurants for the latest installment of the Rs Interview. Hawke has been earning critical acclaim for his role in Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, with some predicting he’ll get an Oscar nomination for his role as a conflicted priest. He’ll also be returning to Broadway this month in a production of Sam Shepard’s True West, alongside Paul Dano. In our wide-ranging chat, the actor touched on an array of topics including his new movie Blaze,...
- 1/8/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
This article about Ethan Hawke first appeared in the TheWrap Magazine’s Oscar Nominations Preview issue.
They knew it on the first day of rehearsal. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger and Cedric Kyles had gathered to run through the script of “First Reformed” when they all noticed something about their writer-director, Paul Schrader.
“We read through the script, and Paul was trembling,” said Hawke, who plays a minister struggling with a crisis of faith after his son is killed in Iraq. “He was trembling the way a young artist trembles with anticipation, anxiety, fear, electrical current. He’s 71 and he’s made a ton of movies, and he was trembling.
“And we all looked at each other and went, ‘Wow, this is extremely important to this man.’ And that’s the way it felt on the set. He would forget to say hello, he would forget to say goodbye.
They knew it on the first day of rehearsal. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger and Cedric Kyles had gathered to run through the script of “First Reformed” when they all noticed something about their writer-director, Paul Schrader.
“We read through the script, and Paul was trembling,” said Hawke, who plays a minister struggling with a crisis of faith after his son is killed in Iraq. “He was trembling the way a young artist trembles with anticipation, anxiety, fear, electrical current. He’s 71 and he’s made a ton of movies, and he was trembling.
“And we all looked at each other and went, ‘Wow, this is extremely important to this man.’ And that’s the way it felt on the set. He would forget to say hello, he would forget to say goodbye.
- 1/7/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Some were launched with mega-hype, only to wind up branded as financial disappointments. Others were indie-produced Cinderellas that got lost on their way to the ball. And one was a legendary film maudit that appears well on its way to becoming a footnote.
What do they all have in common? Their inclusion on this list of the Ten Most Underrated Movies of 2018.
“Blaze”
Despite a strong Sundance sendoff and scads of glowing reviews for his labor-of-love directorial effort, Ethan Hawke couldn’t get many ticketbuyers to share his deep regard for Blaze Foley (1949-89), a relatively obscure figure in the Outlaw Country movement who remains best known for a handful of songs recorded by other, more famous artists. Those who did join Hawke on his detour off the beaten track couldn’t help admiring his avoidance of traditional musical biopic clichés and conventions, and appreciate musician-turned-actor Benjamin Dickey’s raw...
What do they all have in common? Their inclusion on this list of the Ten Most Underrated Movies of 2018.
“Blaze”
Despite a strong Sundance sendoff and scads of glowing reviews for his labor-of-love directorial effort, Ethan Hawke couldn’t get many ticketbuyers to share his deep regard for Blaze Foley (1949-89), a relatively obscure figure in the Outlaw Country movement who remains best known for a handful of songs recorded by other, more famous artists. Those who did join Hawke on his detour off the beaten track couldn’t help admiring his avoidance of traditional musical biopic clichés and conventions, and appreciate musician-turned-actor Benjamin Dickey’s raw...
- 12/19/2018
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Yórgos Lánthimos’s “The Favourite,” Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria,” Claire Denis’s “High Life” and Ethan Hawke’s “Blaze” are among the many well-received films from Venice and Toronto set to be having their French premiere at La Roche-sur-Yon Festival which is headed by Paolo Moretti, the new topper of Cannes’s Directors Fortnight.
The international competition lineup of this 9th edition is headlined by “The Favourite,” Timur Bekmanbetov’s “Profile,” Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Maya,” and Berlin’s Golden Bear winner “Touch Me Not” directed by Adina Pintilie.
“Our idea is to shed light on contemporary films that were discovered in other festivals than Cannes in order to give our audiences an alternative image of cinema,” said Moretti.
Among the stars and filmmakers expected to attend La Roche-sur-Yon is Hawke who will be on hand to present his latest directorial outing, “Blaze” (pictured), as well as Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” in which he stars.
The international competition lineup of this 9th edition is headlined by “The Favourite,” Timur Bekmanbetov’s “Profile,” Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Maya,” and Berlin’s Golden Bear winner “Touch Me Not” directed by Adina Pintilie.
“Our idea is to shed light on contemporary films that were discovered in other festivals than Cannes in order to give our audiences an alternative image of cinema,” said Moretti.
Among the stars and filmmakers expected to attend La Roche-sur-Yon is Hawke who will be on hand to present his latest directorial outing, “Blaze” (pictured), as well as Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” in which he stars.
- 10/10/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 2018 Americana Music Festival and Conference brought hundreds of artists to Nashville for six days of sweaty showcases, elbow-to-elbow day parties and probing panels. Powerful new solo voices emerged, rock bands proved their place in the genre, and the old Americana guard reinforced their legend status. Here’s the best things we saw.
Best Speak Your Mind: Tyler Childers
If it were a just world, Tyler Childers would have already won a new artist award at either (or both) the Cma Awards or the ACMs. Instead, the Kentucky songwriter was...
Best Speak Your Mind: Tyler Childers
If it were a just world, Tyler Childers would have already won a new artist award at either (or both) the Cma Awards or the ACMs. Instead, the Kentucky songwriter was...
- 9/17/2018
- by Jon Freeman, Jeff Gage, Adam Gold, Joseph Hudak, Brittney McKenna and Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
Before he was getting excellent reviews for his starring role in Blaze, Ben Dickey was really nervous. His indie music career had hit a wall, and he was working as a chef in Philadelphia when his friend Ethan Hawke suggested he star in a film about Blaze Foley, the outlaw singer who wrote classics like “If I Could Only Fly” before he was shot dead at age 39 in 1989. Hawke and Dickey had hatched the plan for during a drunken New Years Eve party. ” “I said, ‘It’d be a lot of work.
- 9/17/2018
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Weekend debuts are minimal as the film industry’s gravity heads north to the Toronto International Film Festival, though some roll outs hope to fill a narrow vacuum of new specialties in the marketplace ahead of the coming fall onslaught. Sundance premiere, Hal, about Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hal Ashby boasts an impressive roster of stars talking about the director behind classics such as Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. Oscilloscope opens the doc exclusively in New York today before heading to L.A. next weekend. Music Box Films is rolling out French drama-mystery The Apparition, which it first viewed in the European Film Market coinciding with the Berlinale in February. And Uncork’d Entertainment is spearheading the stateside launch of South Africa’s Five Fingers for Marseilles, which it picked up out of Toronto last year, heading out Friday in a day and date release.
Also notable is that Ethan Hawke...
Also notable is that Ethan Hawke...
- 9/7/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Never heard of Blaze Foley? You’re not alone. So why would Ethan Hawke decide to direct a film about a country singer and songwriter who died at 39 after a flirtation with fame that went nowhere? Maybe for just that very reason. Right up until that day in 1989 when he took a fatal gunshot to the chest from the son of a friend, Foley was making his own kind of music, this time in a dive bar in Austin, Texas called the Outhouse. Hawke keeps coming back to that recording,...
- 9/4/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke is an actor, writer and director, but soon he will have another title: music executive.
Hawke, in conjunction with friends Louis Black and Charlie Sexton, announced the formation of their new record label, SexHawkeBlack, on Tuesday. Black is a film producer, as well as the co-founder of SXSW and the The Austin Chronicle. Sexton is a musician currently on tour with Bob Dylan, and is also the music director for the Austin Music Awards.
While promoting Hawke's Blaze, a biopic about musician Blaze Foley that he co-wrote and directed and which debuted ...
Hawke, in conjunction with friends Louis Black and Charlie Sexton, announced the formation of their new record label, SexHawkeBlack, on Tuesday. Black is a film producer, as well as the co-founder of SXSW and the The Austin Chronicle. Sexton is a musician currently on tour with Bob Dylan, and is also the music director for the Austin Music Awards.
While promoting Hawke's Blaze, a biopic about musician Blaze Foley that he co-wrote and directed and which debuted ...
Four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke is an actor, writer and director, but soon he will have another title: music executive.
Hawke, in conjunction with friends Louis Black and Charlie Sexton, announced the formation of their new record label, SexHawkeBlack, on Tuesday. Black is a film producer, as well as the co-founder of SXSW and the The Austin Chronicle. Sexton is a musician currently on tour with Bob Dylan, and is also the music director for the Austin Music Awards.
While promoting Hawke's Blaze, a biopic about musician Blaze Foley that he co-wrote and directed and which debuted ...
Hawke, in conjunction with friends Louis Black and Charlie Sexton, announced the formation of their new record label, SexHawkeBlack, on Tuesday. Black is a film producer, as well as the co-founder of SXSW and the The Austin Chronicle. Sexton is a musician currently on tour with Bob Dylan, and is also the music director for the Austin Music Awards.
While promoting Hawke's Blaze, a biopic about musician Blaze Foley that he co-wrote and directed and which debuted ...
A quintessential Americana artist before such a thing existed, Blaze Foley’s songs were, at various turns, plaintive, hilarious and darkly intense. Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett and John Prine were among those who recorded his songs, while Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt wrote odes to Foley. And future Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich once reportedly referred to him as his “own Bob Dylan.” Yet, between two indisputable facts there is little about Foley that hasn’t been shrouded in mystery and duct-taped together in mythical fashion. These are...
- 8/31/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
To see Ben Dickey at all is to spot him from a country mile away. The 41-year-old musician is milling about something called the Gibson Showroom in Austin, a sort of multi-purpose space decorated in vigorous 21st-century guitar chic, and clocking in well over six feet tall, the Little Rock, Arkansas, native dominates whatever square footage he is in. The dude is big, and a little husky. But you wouldn’t call him intimidating. In fact, when you watch Dickey in Blaze, Ethan Hawke’s semi-biopic about singer-songwriter Blaze Foley...
- 8/25/2018
- by Joe Gross
- Rollingstone.com
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.
Ethan Hawke is having one hell of a year, and on both sides of the camera. After starting the summer with a profoundly moving turn in Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” he’s ending it with a pivotal role in Jesse Peretz’s romantic comedy, “Juliet, Naked.” And as if that weren’t enough, the guy also wrote and directed a musical biopic about the late country-western legend, Blaze Foley, which is just beginning to expand across the country.
As a tribute to Hawke’s long and restless career, this week’s survey asked critics to pick their favorite of his performances to date.
Clint Worthington (@alcohollywood), Consequence of Sound, Alcohollywood
Ethan Hawke’s a curious creature; there’s hardly anyone who can flit between arthouse stuff and big-money studio schlock as effortlessly as he,...
Ethan Hawke is having one hell of a year, and on both sides of the camera. After starting the summer with a profoundly moving turn in Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” he’s ending it with a pivotal role in Jesse Peretz’s romantic comedy, “Juliet, Naked.” And as if that weren’t enough, the guy also wrote and directed a musical biopic about the late country-western legend, Blaze Foley, which is just beginning to expand across the country.
As a tribute to Hawke’s long and restless career, this week’s survey asked critics to pick their favorite of his performances to date.
Clint Worthington (@alcohollywood), Consequence of Sound, Alcohollywood
Ethan Hawke’s a curious creature; there’s hardly anyone who can flit between arthouse stuff and big-money studio schlock as effortlessly as he,...
- 8/20/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Ethan Hawke is a notorious multi-tasker. He writes articles, books, and scripts — both “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight” (with Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater) were nominated for Adapted Screenplay Oscars. He’s a gifted theater director (“A Lie of the Mind”), musician, and songwriter.
His day job has yielded a couple of Supporting Actor Oscar nominations (Antoine Fuqua’s “Training Day” and Linklater’s “Boyhood”). He can do everything from action westerns (“The Magnificent Seven” and the upcoming “The Kid”) to heist movies (Robert Budreau’s upcoming “Stockholm”) and sincere romance. And he’s having a good year: He’s in the running for a Best Actor nod for his performance as an angst-ridden priest in the Paul Schrader drama “First Reformed.”
Like fellow multi-taskers Mark Duplass, David Lowery, Amy Seimetz and Jeff Bridges, Hawke feeds his creative mojo with rich nutrients. That’s why, at age 47, he’s already...
His day job has yielded a couple of Supporting Actor Oscar nominations (Antoine Fuqua’s “Training Day” and Linklater’s “Boyhood”). He can do everything from action westerns (“The Magnificent Seven” and the upcoming “The Kid”) to heist movies (Robert Budreau’s upcoming “Stockholm”) and sincere romance. And he’s having a good year: He’s in the running for a Best Actor nod for his performance as an angst-ridden priest in the Paul Schrader drama “First Reformed.”
Like fellow multi-taskers Mark Duplass, David Lowery, Amy Seimetz and Jeff Bridges, Hawke feeds his creative mojo with rich nutrients. That’s why, at age 47, he’s already...
- 8/20/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Ethan Hawke is a notorious multi-tasker. He writes articles, books, and scripts — both “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight” (with Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater) were nominated for Adapted Screenplay Oscars. He’s a gifted theater director (“A Lie of the Mind”), musician, and songwriter.
His day job has yielded a couple of Supporting Actor Oscar nominations (Antoine Fuqua’s “Training Day” and Linklater’s “Boyhood”). He can do everything from action westerns (“The Magnificent Seven” and the upcoming “The Kid”) to heist movies (Robert Budreau’s upcoming “Stockholm”) and sincere romance. And he’s having a good year: He’s in the running for a Best Actor nod for his performance as an angst-ridden priest in the Paul Schrader drama “First Reformed.”
Like fellow multi-taskers Mark Duplass, David Lowery, Amy Seimetz and Jeff Bridges, Hawke feeds his creative mojo with rich nutrients. That’s why, at age 47, he’s already...
His day job has yielded a couple of Supporting Actor Oscar nominations (Antoine Fuqua’s “Training Day” and Linklater’s “Boyhood”). He can do everything from action westerns (“The Magnificent Seven” and the upcoming “The Kid”) to heist movies (Robert Budreau’s upcoming “Stockholm”) and sincere romance. And he’s having a good year: He’s in the running for a Best Actor nod for his performance as an angst-ridden priest in the Paul Schrader drama “First Reformed.”
Like fellow multi-taskers Mark Duplass, David Lowery, Amy Seimetz and Jeff Bridges, Hawke feeds his creative mojo with rich nutrients. That’s why, at age 47, he’s already...
- 8/20/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The rekindled enthusiasm for narrative specialty film continues. Sony Pictures Classics opened Tiff 2017 premiere, Glenn Close vehicle “The Wife,” to strong response, while Sundance 2018 debut “We the Animals” (The Orchard) led conventional two-city openings. Another Sundance movie, Texas native Ethan Hawke’s musical biopic “Blaze” (IFC), opened in Austin, Texas to strong initial results before heading to other cities.
And the torrid box office for documentaries has turned “Three Identical Strangers” (Neon) into the fifth specialized release since late spring to pass the $10 million mark. And that’s before any of these films have started awards campaigning.
Opening
The Wife (Sony Pictures Classics) – Metacritic: 75; Festivals include: Toronto 2017
$111,137 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $27,784
Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce both nabbed raves for their performances in this drama set around the Nobel Literature Prize. This family drama opened in four prime New York/Los Angeles theaters, led by the Paris in Manhattan.
And the torrid box office for documentaries has turned “Three Identical Strangers” (Neon) into the fifth specialized release since late spring to pass the $10 million mark. And that’s before any of these films have started awards campaigning.
Opening
The Wife (Sony Pictures Classics) – Metacritic: 75; Festivals include: Toronto 2017
$111,137 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $27,784
Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce both nabbed raves for their performances in this drama set around the Nobel Literature Prize. This family drama opened in four prime New York/Los Angeles theaters, led by the Paris in Manhattan.
- 8/19/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
When Ethan Hawke was 24, he became a Gen X pinup thanks to “Reality Bites.”
As Troy Dyer, a good-looking slacker and aspiring musician with a wisp of a Van Dyke beard and a duffel bag full of unearned wisdom about life and materialism, Hawke defined the fears and hopes of young adults in the MTV era. But fame had a stultifying quality for the actor, who says he had trouble coming to terms with the success of the 1994 romantic comedy-drama.
“When you’re in your early 20s and you’re still struggling to find out who you are, it pours gasoline on the fire of confusion,” says Hawke. “You don’t know north or south, east or west. Some people hated the [‘Reality Bites’] character and they hated me, or they loved the character and they loved me. I didn’t know enough about acting then to understand what was going on.
As Troy Dyer, a good-looking slacker and aspiring musician with a wisp of a Van Dyke beard and a duffel bag full of unearned wisdom about life and materialism, Hawke defined the fears and hopes of young adults in the MTV era. But fame had a stultifying quality for the actor, who says he had trouble coming to terms with the success of the 1994 romantic comedy-drama.
“When you’re in your early 20s and you’re still struggling to find out who you are, it pours gasoline on the fire of confusion,” says Hawke. “You don’t know north or south, east or west. Some people hated the [‘Reality Bites’] character and they hated me, or they loved the character and they loved me. I didn’t know enough about acting then to understand what was going on.
- 8/15/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Among the many actors who also step behind the camera to direct, few are more underrated than Ethan Hawke. You can write whole articles on his acting prowess (and we have), but he’s also quite a filmmaker as well. This week, his best narrative feature to date is hitting screens in Blaze, an unconventional biopic of a criminally unknown Austin based musician. You can feel the passion that Hawke has for the topic, as it’s engrained in the film from start to finish. With a tremendous performance by Ben Dickey in the title role, there’s a lot to like here. Blaze, rather quietly, is one of the better independent outings of the summer. The movie is a look at the life of Blaze Foley (Dickey), adapted from his partner Sybil Rosen’s book Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze. Here, the official film synopsis...
- 8/13/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Even Blaze Foley’s closest friends didn’t know much about him. The eccentric, burly Texas songwriter – who wrote country classics such as “If I Could Only Fly” and “Clay Pigeons” before he was shot dead at 39 years old in 1989 – was known to embellish the story of his background, and his death was clouded in mystery. “I heard he got shot at the unemployment office taking a bullet for another homeless guy,” says Ethan Hawke. “I remember waxing poetic about that one night. . . . Then we found out that’s actually not true.
- 8/1/2018
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
In the upcoming Ethan Hawke-directed film Blaze, musician and first-time actor Ben Dickey pulls off nothing short of an astonishing feat as he inhabits the lead role of singer-songwriter Blaze Foley. A character steeped in myth and legend long before a blast from a .22 rifle ended his life at just 39 years old on January 31st, 1989, Foley has been paid posthumous tribute in song (Lucinda Williams’ “Drunken Angel”), and his songs, including “If I Could Only Fly” and “Clay Pigeons” have been covered, respectively, by Merle Haggard and John Prine,...
- 7/25/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
A Canadian group of rootsy outlaws, an unabashed Nineties-country bro and an Americana duo who excel at hushed elegance make up the 10 new country and Americana artists you need to hear right now.
Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
Sounds Like: A fleet of rumbling Iroc-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded gasoline and ready to chase the checkered flag
For Fans of: Blackberry Smoke, Whiskey Myers, latter-day Lynyrd Skynyrd
Why You Should Pay Attention: Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion may seem to have come from nowhere, but this band of Canadians are pros...
Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
Sounds Like: A fleet of rumbling Iroc-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded gasoline and ready to chase the checkered flag
For Fans of: Blackberry Smoke, Whiskey Myers, latter-day Lynyrd Skynyrd
Why You Should Pay Attention: Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion may seem to have come from nowhere, but this band of Canadians are pros...
- 7/25/2018
- by Brittney McKenna, Jeff Gage, Marissa R. Moss, David Menconi, Robert Crawford, Chris Parton and Jim Beaugez
- Rollingstone.com
New films from Hong Sangsoo, Abbas Fahdel, Radu Muntean in competition.
The line-up for Carlo Chatrian’s last outing as the artistic director of the Locarno Festival (Aug 1-11) in Switzerland includes the world premieres of Swiss filmmaker Bettina Oberli’s Le Vent Tourne and German director Sandra Nettelbeck’s tragicomedy Was Uns Nicht Umbringt.
Both will screen as part of the non-competitive Piazza Grande open-air programme.
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Further Piazza Grande films include Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, actor-director Ethan Hawke’s Blaze, Aneesh Chaganty’s debut feature Searching, and the late Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka’s...
The line-up for Carlo Chatrian’s last outing as the artistic director of the Locarno Festival (Aug 1-11) in Switzerland includes the world premieres of Swiss filmmaker Bettina Oberli’s Le Vent Tourne and German director Sandra Nettelbeck’s tragicomedy Was Uns Nicht Umbringt.
Both will screen as part of the non-competitive Piazza Grande open-air programme.
Scroll down for full line-up
Further Piazza Grande films include Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, actor-director Ethan Hawke’s Blaze, Aneesh Chaganty’s debut feature Searching, and the late Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka’s...
- 7/11/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Opening in Austin, Texas on August 17th is Blaze. Sundance Selects has released the brand new poster for the upcoming film.
Directed by Ethan Hawke, Blaze stars newcomer Ben Dickey as Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.
The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat); his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze’s profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.
Ben Dickey and Ethan Hawke on the set of Ethan Hawke’s Blaze. Courtesy of IFC Films.
Directed by Ethan Hawke, Blaze stars newcomer Ben Dickey as Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.
The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat); his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze’s profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.
Ben Dickey and Ethan Hawke on the set of Ethan Hawke’s Blaze. Courtesy of IFC Films.
- 7/10/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ethan Hawke directed an outstanding little indie film called Blaze which I had a chance to see at Sundance this year. He did an incredible job telling this story which is based on the life of Blaze Foley, "the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson."
The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The braided storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze's profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.
Ben Dickey stars as Blaze Foley and he did an incredible job in the role.
The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The braided storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze's profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.
Ben Dickey stars as Blaze Foley and he did an incredible job in the role.
- 6/25/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
I’ve never heard of Blaze Foley, and perhaps you haven’t either. If that’s the case, Ethan Hawke wants to remedy that with his new film Blaze. Hawke helms the new drama which examines the life of the late country music singer-songwriter, who died in 1989. Watch the Blaze trailer below. Blaze Trailer Blaze Foley, born Michael David Fuller, isn’t […]
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- 6/24/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
With the release of First Reformed earlier this year, we were reminded of Ethan Hawke’s dedication to visceral storytelling, and the inherent artistry involved throughout the creative process. Considering this, its no surprise that his commitment is once again on display in his latest directorial outing Blaze. Following its initial premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, as well as its subsequent screenings at South by Southwest, Louisiana International, and Montclair Film Festivals, Sundance Selects has now released the first trailer for the film.
Blaze recounts the life and career of the Arkansas-born country singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, who made his name in Texas. Born in 1949, Foley grew up in a family of musicians. He spent the majority of his youth in a band named The Singing Fuller Family with his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. As a young adult, Foley began to expand his ventures when he met artistic companion Sybil Rosen.
Blaze recounts the life and career of the Arkansas-born country singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, who made his name in Texas. Born in 1949, Foley grew up in a family of musicians. He spent the majority of his youth in a band named The Singing Fuller Family with his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. As a young adult, Foley began to expand his ventures when he met artistic companion Sybil Rosen.
- 6/24/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ethan Hawke previews the tragic life and unsung legacy of outlaw country artist Blaze Foley in the new trailer for his upcoming film Blaze.
The clip opens with an optimistic Foley (Ben Dickey) starting a love affair with Sybil Rosen (Search Party's Alia Shawkat) and traveling around the U.S. in hopes of launching a music career. "I don't want to be a star," he tells Rosen. "I wants to be a legend."
But Foley's career disintegrates through repeated arrests and struggles with alcoholism. In one scene, the songwriter flails...
The clip opens with an optimistic Foley (Ben Dickey) starting a love affair with Sybil Rosen (Search Party's Alia Shawkat) and traveling around the U.S. in hopes of launching a music career. "I don't want to be a star," he tells Rosen. "I wants to be a legend."
But Foley's career disintegrates through repeated arrests and struggles with alcoholism. In one scene, the songwriter flails...
- 6/22/2018
- Rollingstone.com
"You really should know who Blaze was..." IFC Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie musician biopic titled Blaze, telling the story of folk musicians Blaze Foley. The film is directed by Ethan Hawke and it first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year in competition. Ben Dickey stars as Blaze Foley, a musician originally from Arkansas, who is described as "the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson." The full cast includes Alia Shawkat, Josh Hamilton, Laura Costine, and Charlie Sexton. The film won a Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting at Sundance for Dickey's performance, which looks quite impressive. This is definitely worth a watch. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Ethan Hawke's Blaze, direct from IFC's YouTube: Blaze is inspired by the life of Blaze ...
- 6/22/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ethan Hawke has already delivered one of the year’s great performances thanks to his turn in Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” and now we get to see his skills behind the camera with his latest directorial effort, “Blaze.” The country music drama premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it earned strong reviews and actor Ben Dickey a Special Jury Prize for Achievement in Acting.
“Blaze” tells the story of country musician Blaze Foley, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas who found success in the late 1970s and 1980s and ended being murdered in a tragic shooting. Hawke co-wrote the film with Foley’s romantic partner Sybil Rosen, played in the movie by Alia Shawkat. Sam Rockwell, Wyatt Russell, and Steve Zahn appear in supporting performances.
Hawke’s directorial career has been dominated by music-centric features, including 2006’s “The Hottest State,” which makes “Blaze” a natural fit for four-time Oscar nominee.
“Blaze” tells the story of country musician Blaze Foley, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas who found success in the late 1970s and 1980s and ended being murdered in a tragic shooting. Hawke co-wrote the film with Foley’s romantic partner Sybil Rosen, played in the movie by Alia Shawkat. Sam Rockwell, Wyatt Russell, and Steve Zahn appear in supporting performances.
Hawke’s directorial career has been dominated by music-centric features, including 2006’s “The Hottest State,” which makes “Blaze” a natural fit for four-time Oscar nominee.
- 6/22/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Chicago – Ethan Hawke has made 2018 his year, and on June 7th the Gene Siskel Film Center of Chicago recognized his recent artistic achievements and his career by honoring him with their annual Renaissance Award. The event included a Red Carpet walk, and an on-stage talk with his friend, actor Vincent D’Onofrio.
Ethan Hawke got high praise for his performance in writer/director Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” which was released in May. He portrays the minister of a Christian church that is losing its congregation, except for a young married couple who seeks his counsel. Hawke is also behind the camera as director for “Blaze,” a biography of country singer Blaze Foley, set for release in July.
Ethan Hawke, Gene Siskel Film Center Renaissance Award Recipient, June 7, 2018
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck photo for HollywoodChicago.com
Hawke was born in Texas, but eventually relocated to New Jersey as a child.
Ethan Hawke got high praise for his performance in writer/director Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” which was released in May. He portrays the minister of a Christian church that is losing its congregation, except for a young married couple who seeks his counsel. Hawke is also behind the camera as director for “Blaze,” a biography of country singer Blaze Foley, set for release in July.
Ethan Hawke, Gene Siskel Film Center Renaissance Award Recipient, June 7, 2018
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck photo for HollywoodChicago.com
Hawke was born in Texas, but eventually relocated to New Jersey as a child.
- 6/19/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Tony Sokol Oct 25, 2018
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus season 2 trailer gets seriously funky with Rick James.
The funk is its own reward, we hear in the trailer for Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus season 2, which premieres on Showtime on November 2. The guy that brought us Beavis and Butt-Head is giving viewers the chance to dance their way out of their constrictions and prove we are one nation under a groove. The trailer promises the series will change genres, and offers up a little Rick James "Mary Jane" warnings to the mass transit appeal. It appears Arkansas was very serious about keeping heads straight.
After following country music’s true outlaws in its debut, Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus season 2 will slap on the funk. The new season will focus on funk music greats, including James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins.
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus season 2 trailer gets seriously funky with Rick James.
The funk is its own reward, we hear in the trailer for Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus season 2, which premieres on Showtime on November 2. The guy that brought us Beavis and Butt-Head is giving viewers the chance to dance their way out of their constrictions and prove we are one nation under a groove. The trailer promises the series will change genres, and offers up a little Rick James "Mary Jane" warnings to the mass transit appeal. It appears Arkansas was very serious about keeping heads straight.
After following country music’s true outlaws in its debut, Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus season 2 will slap on the funk. The new season will focus on funk music greats, including James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins.
- 5/24/2018
- Den of Geek
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