PBS Kids has greenlit animated series Luna Around the World from Emmy winner Joe Murray (Rocko's Modern Life, Camp Lazlo) and 9 Story Media Group. The multi-platform series will premiere nationwide in fall 2018 on PBS stations, the new 24/7 PBS Kids channel and PBS Kids digital platforms, it was announced Sunday as part of PBS’ TCA presentation. With a social studies curriculum, which integrates concepts of anthropology, history, ecology, geography, sociology and…...
- 7/30/2017
- Deadline TV
From the Austin Daily Texan, September 22, 1966
Film-Makers’ Co-Op Shows ‘The Wild One’
The Gulf Coast Film-Makers’ Co-Op, an off campus student organization, will inaugurate its Film Factory at 8 p.m., Friday.
Founded to encourage student film-making, Film-Makers’ Co-Op is a result of interest among university students for a place to show and make films. Spokesmen cite the fact that at present there isn’t any University course for the beginning student who wants to make creative films, and of the two courses devoted to film on campus, both are oriented for radio and TV majors.
The Group has received support from the New American Cinema groups on both east and west coasts. Independent film-makers like Bruce Baillie and Robert Nelson from California have provided films for the first program. In New York, Pop Artist Andy Warhol will provide his newest film, “Camp” with Baby Jane Holzer and Jack Smith, for...
Film-Makers’ Co-Op Shows ‘The Wild One’
The Gulf Coast Film-Makers’ Co-Op, an off campus student organization, will inaugurate its Film Factory at 8 p.m., Friday.
Founded to encourage student film-making, Film-Makers’ Co-Op is a result of interest among university students for a place to show and make films. Spokesmen cite the fact that at present there isn’t any University course for the beginning student who wants to make creative films, and of the two courses devoted to film on campus, both are oriented for radio and TV majors.
The Group has received support from the New American Cinema groups on both east and west coasts. Independent film-makers like Bruce Baillie and Robert Nelson from California have provided films for the first program. In New York, Pop Artist Andy Warhol will provide his newest film, “Camp” with Baby Jane Holzer and Jack Smith, for...
- 7/8/2017
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Jared Leto will make his feature-length scripted directorial debut with the crime thriller “77” for Paramount Pictures. Dick Wolf and Tony Ganz of Wolf Films will produce, along with Leto. Emma Ludbrook will serve as executive producer under Leto and Ludbrook’s company, Paradox.
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Leto previously directed the 2012 feature documentary, “Artifact,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012. The film told the story of Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, as they fight a relentless lawsuit with record label Virgin/Emi. He has also directed numerous music videos and commercials (under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins), as well as the docu short “Great Wide Open,” and the docu series “Into The Wild” and “Beyond the Horizon.”
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David Mathews (“Narcos,” “Boardwalk Empire...
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Leto previously directed the 2012 feature documentary, “Artifact,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012. The film told the story of Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, as they fight a relentless lawsuit with record label Virgin/Emi. He has also directed numerous music videos and commercials (under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins), as well as the docu short “Great Wide Open,” and the docu series “Into The Wild” and “Beyond the Horizon.”
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David Mathews (“Narcos,” “Boardwalk Empire...
- 2/16/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Jared Leto will release his feature-length documentary directing debut this weekend when “Camp Mars: The Concert Film” hits the web on October 9. The doc captures the annual three-day retreat in Malibu where Leto and his band 30 Seconds to Mars play two nights of live performances.
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Leto has been working his way toward directing a feature-length doc for years. The actor-musician directed a 30-minute short documentary in 2010 called “30 Seconds to Mars: The Making of ‘The Ride,'” about the making of a music video for the song “Kings and Queens.” In 2013, Leto also directed “30 Seconds to Mars: Up in the Air,” a music video of the song Up In The Air from the band’s fourth album, “Love Lust Faith+Dreams.”
His most recent directing project before “Camp Mars” came earlier this year he released the the digital documentary short series “Great Wide Open,...
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Leto has been working his way toward directing a feature-length doc for years. The actor-musician directed a 30-minute short documentary in 2010 called “30 Seconds to Mars: The Making of ‘The Ride,'” about the making of a music video for the song “Kings and Queens.” In 2013, Leto also directed “30 Seconds to Mars: Up in the Air,” a music video of the song Up In The Air from the band’s fourth album, “Love Lust Faith+Dreams.”
His most recent directing project before “Camp Mars” came earlier this year he released the the digital documentary short series “Great Wide Open,...
- 10/3/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
In Sunday’s episode of True Blood, Eric turns to just about the last person you’d expect – and certainly the last person he wants to – in hopes of canceling Nora’s date with the Grim Reaper. But can even Billith’s “divine” blood cure her of hep V? Read on to find out (as if you haven’t already watched “In the Evening”).
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Grave Matters | After Eric sneaks Nora out of Vamp Camp and we’re “treated” to a bewigged flashback in which we see his...
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Grave Matters | After Eric sneaks Nora out of Vamp Camp and we’re “treated” to a bewigged flashback in which we see his...
- 7/29/2013
- by Andy Patrick
- TVLine.com
Thank goodness it only took four episodes to reveal Warlow's identity: it's Ben! Was anyone that surprised? Probably not. In fact, we discussed last week how there's no way a seemingly perfect guy can waltz into Sookie's life and actually be perfect. Instead he's the vampire who killed her parents and she is sworn to, which is sort of romantic in a way, right?
Fortunately she doesn't think so either, and planned a perfectly tasty silver-filled feast to try to kill him once she connected the dots that Ben is actually the vampire who's tormenting her. While she used a little Nancy Drew detective skills to figure it out, Jason realized in a slightly less glamorous way. After his injury in "You're No Good," Ben-low used his vampire blood to heal the non-fae Stackhouse, causing Jason to have sexy straight razor shaving dreams about Ben. That leads Jason to have...
Fortunately she doesn't think so either, and planned a perfectly tasty silver-filled feast to try to kill him once she connected the dots that Ben is actually the vampire who's tormenting her. While she used a little Nancy Drew detective skills to figure it out, Jason realized in a slightly less glamorous way. After his injury in "You're No Good," Ben-low used his vampire blood to heal the non-fae Stackhouse, causing Jason to have sexy straight razor shaving dreams about Ben. That leads Jason to have...
- 7/8/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"True Blood" Season 6 finally hit its stride with this week's episode, "The Sun." While many complained in previous seasons about the HBO series' tendency to deviate into too many storylines, Season 6 is relatively streamlined in comparison and it's definitely for the better. It's easy to see how the mystery surrounding the vampire Warlow will tie together Sookie, Bill, Jason, Eric, Pam and Jessica's storylines, while Alcide, Sam and the rest of the shape-shifting supe population will be faced with whether to come out to the world or remain hidden.
In "The Sun," the audience learns that Warlow is not the same person as Rutger Hauer's character who was driving Jason around in the season's premiere -- or is he? "True Blood" has pulled plenty of fast ones on us in the past, and it wouldn't be too surprising if Hauer's character ended up not being Sookie and Jason's grandfather like he claims.
In "The Sun," the audience learns that Warlow is not the same person as Rutger Hauer's character who was driving Jason around in the season's premiere -- or is he? "True Blood" has pulled plenty of fast ones on us in the past, and it wouldn't be too surprising if Hauer's character ended up not being Sookie and Jason's grandfather like he claims.
- 6/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Born in the Big Apple in january of 1951, Sheldon Lettich moved with his family to the West Coast at a young age. After finishing High School, he joined the Marine Corps, serving his country for four years, one of them as a Radio Operator in Vietnam.
Partially based upon his experiences in Southeast Asia, he co-authored Tracers, a play seen in the Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and London stages, to great acclaim; It subsequently won the prestigious Drama Desk and L.A. Drama Critics Awards.
The writing of screenplays seemed like a natural progression and his writing eventually began attracting the attention of many Hollywood producers.
Since then, Lettich has become known as expert in testosterone-driven action extravaganzas, many of the films starring some of the silver screen´s best-loved slugfest protagonists: Sylvester Stallone (Sheldon shared screenwriting credit with Sly in the third cinematic episode of the Rambo series,...
Partially based upon his experiences in Southeast Asia, he co-authored Tracers, a play seen in the Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and London stages, to great acclaim; It subsequently won the prestigious Drama Desk and L.A. Drama Critics Awards.
The writing of screenplays seemed like a natural progression and his writing eventually began attracting the attention of many Hollywood producers.
Since then, Lettich has become known as expert in testosterone-driven action extravaganzas, many of the films starring some of the silver screen´s best-loved slugfest protagonists: Sylvester Stallone (Sheldon shared screenwriting credit with Sly in the third cinematic episode of the Rambo series,...
- 11/29/2012
- by Marco
- AsianMoviePulse
In terms of documentary film servings in the fall (pre Idfa in November), in the hands of Thom Powers, Tiff’s former Real to Reel section now simply known as Tiff Docs is the equivalent to riding the gravy train. To be housed at the new spanking brand new Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, this year’s docu items included such names/titles as Ken Burns and what looks to be the Telluride preemed The Central Park Five, Julien Temple’s London – The Modern Babylon, Marina Zenovich’s sequel Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, another hot topic subject for Alex Gibney with Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God and an exec produced item from Errol Morris with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing side by side with with the latest from Crossing the Line helmer Daniel Gordon (9.79*) and Operation Filmmaker helmer Nina Davenport (First Comes Love). Here...
- 7/31/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Following up an already stellar initial line-up, the Toronto International Film Festival 2012 has announced additional sections including Midnight Madness, Documentaries and Vanguard. When the clock strikes 12, some titles one will be able to see include the highly anticipated Seven Psychopaths, from In Bruges director Martin McDonagh. There’s also the world premiere of the horror anthology The ABCs of Death, as well as Dredd and Eli Roth‘s Aftershock and new films from Rob Zombie and Barry Levinson.
The documentary section brings new films from Alex Gibney, Ken Burns and an interesting one titled How to Make Money Selling Drugs, featuring interviews with 50 Cent, Eminem and more. Rounding out the Vanguard section is many titles screened elsewhere, including the excellent documentary on The Shining, Room 237, as well as the next from Kill List director Ben Wheatley, Sightseers (Cannes review). We also have Luis Prieto‘s Pusher remake, and Michel Gondry...
The documentary section brings new films from Alex Gibney, Ken Burns and an interesting one titled How to Make Money Selling Drugs, featuring interviews with 50 Cent, Eminem and more. Rounding out the Vanguard section is many titles screened elsewhere, including the excellent documentary on The Shining, Room 237, as well as the next from Kill List director Ben Wheatley, Sightseers (Cannes review). We also have Luis Prieto‘s Pusher remake, and Michel Gondry...
- 7/31/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Underground film-maker with a bent for the tawdry and camp
If ever there were an exemplar of Susan Sontag's definitions of camp, it would be the work of the underground film-maker George Kuchar, who has died of prostate cancer aged 69. Although Kuchar was unknown to Sontag at the time she wrote Notes on Camp (1964), she could have been referring to his no-budget pictures with her general description of camp as being "serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious. The essence of camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration. Camp sees everything in quotation marks. The ultimate camp statement is it's good because it's awful."
Around the time of Sontag's seminal essay, there emerged a series of influential "outrageous" camp films such as Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures (1963), which depicted a transvestite orgy, Andy Warhol's Blow Job (1963) and Kenneth Anger's gay biker movie...
If ever there were an exemplar of Susan Sontag's definitions of camp, it would be the work of the underground film-maker George Kuchar, who has died of prostate cancer aged 69. Although Kuchar was unknown to Sontag at the time she wrote Notes on Camp (1964), she could have been referring to his no-budget pictures with her general description of camp as being "serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious. The essence of camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration. Camp sees everything in quotation marks. The ultimate camp statement is it's good because it's awful."
Around the time of Sontag's seminal essay, there emerged a series of influential "outrageous" camp films such as Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures (1963), which depicted a transvestite orgy, Andy Warhol's Blow Job (1963) and Kenneth Anger's gay biker movie...
- 10/19/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
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