The Producers Guild of America has announced the first round of speakers for the 2024 edition of the Produced By Conference, which is taking place on the Fox studio lot in Century City on Saturday, June 8.
Those confirmed to speak so far include Alan Poul (Tokyo Vice), Angela Russo-Otstot (Cherry), Brad Simpson (Crazy Rich Asians), Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), Greg Berlanti, Ghaith Mahmood (Partner of Latham & Watkins), Howard Gordon (Accused), Jack Rapke (Cast Away), Paul W. Downs (Hacks), Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm), John Wilson (How To with John Wilson), J.T. Rogers (Tokyo Vice), Jen Statsky (Hacks), Kate Crawford (Atlas of AI), Lori McCreary (Madam Secretary), Lucia Aniello (Hacks), Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star Is Born), Mike Farah (@fter Midnight), Renard T. Jenkins, Roxanne Taylor (the Goat) and Tommy Oliver (Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss).
Confirmed to moderate discussions are Amy Gravitt...
Those confirmed to speak so far include Alan Poul (Tokyo Vice), Angela Russo-Otstot (Cherry), Brad Simpson (Crazy Rich Asians), Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), Greg Berlanti, Ghaith Mahmood (Partner of Latham & Watkins), Howard Gordon (Accused), Jack Rapke (Cast Away), Paul W. Downs (Hacks), Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm), John Wilson (How To with John Wilson), J.T. Rogers (Tokyo Vice), Jen Statsky (Hacks), Kate Crawford (Atlas of AI), Lori McCreary (Madam Secretary), Lucia Aniello (Hacks), Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star Is Born), Mike Farah (@fter Midnight), Renard T. Jenkins, Roxanne Taylor (the Goat) and Tommy Oliver (Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss).
Confirmed to moderate discussions are Amy Gravitt...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Werner Herzog And Peter Zeitlinger Set For Camerimage Honors
Camerimage’s special award for cinematographer-director duos will be handed to Werner Herzog and Peter Zeitlinger. Both filmmakers will receive the award in person at Camerimage’s upcoming 31st edition, where they will meet with the festival audience in Toruń, Poland, and present a retrospective review of their films, including both feature and documentary productions. Zeitlinger and Herzog have collaborated for 30 years. Alongside their first joint venture, Death for Five Voices (1995), their productions include the documentaries Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Wheel of Time (2003), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), Into the Abyss (2011), From One Second to the Next (2013), Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016), Into the Inferno (2016), Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Theatre of Thought (2022), and the feature films Invincible (2001), Rescue Dawn (2006), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), My Son,...
Camerimage’s special award for cinematographer-director duos will be handed to Werner Herzog and Peter Zeitlinger. Both filmmakers will receive the award in person at Camerimage’s upcoming 31st edition, where they will meet with the festival audience in Toruń, Poland, and present a retrospective review of their films, including both feature and documentary productions. Zeitlinger and Herzog have collaborated for 30 years. Alongside their first joint venture, Death for Five Voices (1995), their productions include the documentaries Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Wheel of Time (2003), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), Into the Abyss (2011), From One Second to the Next (2013), Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016), Into the Inferno (2016), Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Theatre of Thought (2022), and the feature films Invincible (2001), Rescue Dawn (2006), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), My Son,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Celebrated director (and sometime actor) Werner Herzog and his longtime cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger will be bestowed with the Cinematographer-Director Duo Award at this year’s 31st EnergaCamerimage festival this fall in Toruń, Poland, a European celebration of the best-of-the-best cinematographers around the world. The honor will also include a retrospective of their work which will include narrative features as well as documentaries.
Herzog and Zeitlinger first collaborated on the 1995 German film “Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices” and have teamed up for many of the former’s most notable films, including “Grizzly Man,” “Rescue Dawn,” “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” and “Into the Abyss.” It is expected a number of these films will be shown alongside the soon-to-be-announced competition films at Camerimage.
Joining Herzog and Zeitlinger for honors at the 2023 fest is the already-announced, Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Biziou, the lenser behind such films as “Time Bandits,” “The Truman Show,...
Herzog and Zeitlinger first collaborated on the 1995 German film “Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices” and have teamed up for many of the former’s most notable films, including “Grizzly Man,” “Rescue Dawn,” “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” and “Into the Abyss.” It is expected a number of these films will be shown alongside the soon-to-be-announced competition films at Camerimage.
Joining Herzog and Zeitlinger for honors at the 2023 fest is the already-announced, Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Biziou, the lenser behind such films as “Time Bandits,” “The Truman Show,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
The official trailer for Argentine sci-fi horror flick Into The Abyss has been sent out by Black Mandala. Into The Abyss was directed Matías Rispau and co-written with a frequent collaborator, Boris C.Q. Rispau's film had its world premiere in front of a home town crowd at Mar del Plata then played in front of his peers at the Buenos Aires based genre festival, Rojo Sangre Film Fest. There it won the "Best Director","Best Sound" and "Special Mention" awards. They came from heaven, installing perpetual night. Then the deluge that would change humanity forever. Bannon is trapped in the middle of a city isolated and covered by a black and rainy sky, which epitomizes the end and decay of the old world. Seeking...
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- 2/16/2023
- Screen Anarchy
"The sun will turn into darkness and the moon into blood..." Black Mandala Films has revealed an official trailer for an incredible Argentinian sci-fi horror indie creation known as Into the Abyss, which is a short title from the original Me encontrarás en lo profundo del abismo ("You will find me deep in the abyss"). This terrifying story had its world premiere at the Mar del Plata Film Fest, and it won Best Director, Best Sound and a Special Mention at the last edition of the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Fest. They came from heaven, installing perpetual night. Then the deluge that would change humanity forever. Bannon is trapped in the middle of a city isolated and covered by a black and rainy sky, which epitomizes the end and decay of the old world. Seeking to leave the condemned area, he will realize his very existence drags the vestiges...
- 2/15/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 12th annual awards ceremony virtually to celebrate outstanding achievement in the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, games, advertising and trailers.
Mandi Collier took home two awards for her work on Sylie’s Love and Zola while the Oscar-nominated original song “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto by Lin-Manuel Miranda won for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film.
Legendary songwriter and record producer Diane Warren was presented with this year’s Icon Award and music supervisor Mitchell Leib took home the Legacy Award.
Tonight’s presenters included Hollywood luminaries such as Javier Bardem, Jessica Chastain, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Ryan Tedder, Marlon Wayans, Dave Burd aka Lil Dicky, Rickey Minor, Rufus Wainwright and more.
The 12th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards was produced by President Joel C. High, Vice President Madonna Wade-Reed and former Gms President Thomas Golubić.
Mandi Collier took home two awards for her work on Sylie’s Love and Zola while the Oscar-nominated original song “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto by Lin-Manuel Miranda won for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film.
Legendary songwriter and record producer Diane Warren was presented with this year’s Icon Award and music supervisor Mitchell Leib took home the Legacy Award.
Tonight’s presenters included Hollywood luminaries such as Javier Bardem, Jessica Chastain, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Ryan Tedder, Marlon Wayans, Dave Burd aka Lil Dicky, Rickey Minor, Rufus Wainwright and more.
The 12th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards was produced by President Joel C. High, Vice President Madonna Wade-Reed and former Gms President Thomas Golubić.
- 3/21/2022
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
The “Encanto” song “Dos Oruguitas” and the music supervision of “Zola,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “tick, tick…Boom!” have been honored at the 12th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which took place in a virtual ceremony on Saturday evening.
The music supervisors of “Zola,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “tick, tick…Boom!” won for the best supervision of a film at four different budget levels. Songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” won in the Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film category, the only GMA category that corresponds to an Oscar music category.
Over the six years in which the guild has been giving out that award, the winner has gone on to take the Oscar only twice, with “City of Stars” from “La La Land” and “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born.
The music supervisors of “Zola,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “tick, tick…Boom!” won for the best supervision of a film at four different budget levels. Songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” won in the Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film category, the only GMA category that corresponds to an Oscar music category.
Over the six years in which the guild has been giving out that award, the winner has gone on to take the Oscar only twice, with “City of Stars” from “La La Land” and “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born.
- 3/21/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: UTA has signed award-winning filmmaker Erik Nelson (Terror and Glory: 1945) and his production company Creative Differences for worldwide representation in all areas.
Nelson is an IDA Award winner who most recently directed and produced the Discovery+ feature documentary Terror and Glory: 1945, which focused on the final months of World War II and its consequences. He previously wrote, directed and produced the World War II documentary The Cold Blue for HBO Max—also helming A Gray State, a prescient true-crime look at the culture of conspiracy, released in 2017. All three films hold a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Nelson is otherwise best known for his collaborations with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Werner Herzog. The duo produced four films together including the Oscar-nominated Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Into The Abyss, with Herzog narrating Nelson’s animated feature Dinotasia and exec producing A Gray State.
Nelson is an IDA Award winner who most recently directed and produced the Discovery+ feature documentary Terror and Glory: 1945, which focused on the final months of World War II and its consequences. He previously wrote, directed and produced the World War II documentary The Cold Blue for HBO Max—also helming A Gray State, a prescient true-crime look at the culture of conspiracy, released in 2017. All three films hold a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Nelson is otherwise best known for his collaborations with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Werner Herzog. The duo produced four films together including the Oscar-nominated Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Into The Abyss, with Herzog narrating Nelson’s animated feature Dinotasia and exec producing A Gray State.
- 3/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
When Rolling Stone profiled Future in January 2019, he admitted that he had some regrets about the way he’d rapped about drugs in the past. “I was like ‘Oh shit. What the fuck have I done?’” he said. “It really bothered me…. How many other sixth-graders did I influence to drink lean?” Future was talking about a conversation he’d had with the rapper Juice Wrld, who would die of a drug overdose later that year, and who is now the focus of a new HBO documentary, Into the Abyss.
- 12/17/2021
- by Jayson Buford
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: HBO is turning up the volume of its music documentary slate. The network has renewed Music Box, its Bill Simmons-led collection of feature docs, for a second season.
It comes as the last of its initial six film collection – Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss – is set to air on December 16.
Simmons and HBO will now search for a new selection of films for the sophomore run with each film helmed by a different direction. Each will continue to explore essential moments in music for an artist or band, an iconic album, or the music industry as a whole.
The six films in the first slate were Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, directed by Garret Price, which premiered in July, Alanis Morissette documentary Jagged, directed by Alison Klayman, Dmx: Don’t Try to Understand, directed by Christopher Frierson, Listening to Kenny G, directed by Penny Lane, Mr. Saturday Night,...
It comes as the last of its initial six film collection – Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss – is set to air on December 16.
Simmons and HBO will now search for a new selection of films for the sophomore run with each film helmed by a different direction. Each will continue to explore essential moments in music for an artist or band, an iconic album, or the music industry as a whole.
The six films in the first slate were Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, directed by Garret Price, which premiered in July, Alanis Morissette documentary Jagged, directed by Alison Klayman, Dmx: Don’t Try to Understand, directed by Christopher Frierson, Listening to Kenny G, directed by Penny Lane, Mr. Saturday Night,...
- 12/15/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Romance has long been a socially accepted way to cope with the precarity of life and the prospect of death. Crackling chemistry has a way of helping us project ourselves into a future unknown, while fuzzy warm memories stave off the inevitability of our own demise. Miroslav Mandić’s tender-hearted “Sanremo” places us squarely in a place where such leaps, both backward and forward, are all but impossible: a nursing home. Specifically, one where two of its inhabitants suffer from dementia, making their every interaction an opportunity to rekindle the romance neither can remember having embarked on.
Bruno (Sandi Pavlin) spends his days worrying about his dog. He’s always eager to leave the nursing home behind and return to the house he kept for years with his wife to feed his beloved canine companion. He’s gently reminded that his home is no longer his. Or rather, that his...
Bruno (Sandi Pavlin) spends his days worrying about his dog. He’s always eager to leave the nursing home behind and return to the house he kept for years with his wife to feed his beloved canine companion. He’s gently reminded that his home is no longer his. Or rather, that his...
- 12/9/2021
- by Manuel Betancourt
- Variety Film + TV
Juice Wrld’s untimely death two years ago did little to snuff out his burgeoning stardom — quite the opposite, in fact. As evidenced by the very existence of Tommy Oliver’s documentary “Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss,” the rapper’s impact on those around him — to say nothing of his legions of fans — continues to be felt today. The film’s vérité, behind-the-scenes look at his trials and tribulations may feel surface-level to those unfamiliar with Juice, but his many admirers will likely consider it essential viewing.
One of the first things we hear Juice say in the film is “I pop Percs to numb all the pain ’cause it hurts to live,” a line delivered with characteristic effortlessness in one of the many freestyle raps he performs. Like just about everything else he ever wrote and recorded, this one is “from the dome” — off the top of his head and not written in advance.
One of the first things we hear Juice say in the film is “I pop Percs to numb all the pain ’cause it hurts to live,” a line delivered with characteristic effortlessness in one of the many freestyle raps he performs. Like just about everything else he ever wrote and recorded, this one is “from the dome” — off the top of his head and not written in advance.
- 11/13/2021
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
A version of this story first appeared in the Documentaries issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The Oscars competition in the Best Documentary Feature category has more than 200 eligible films this year for this first time ever, due largely to rule changes that made it easier for nonfiction films to qualify in the year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The rules, which will likely end when theaters reopen, include routes to qualify by being booked at film festivals or by premiering online but paying to be in the online Academy Screening Room for members. They’re resulted in 215 films qualifying by late December, with an additional small group of films expected to be added to the list in early January. The previous record for entries, set in 2017, was 170.
But rule changes have long been standard in the Oscars documentary category, particularly in the last two or three decades. Often, they involve...
The Oscars competition in the Best Documentary Feature category has more than 200 eligible films this year for this first time ever, due largely to rule changes that made it easier for nonfiction films to qualify in the year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The rules, which will likely end when theaters reopen, include routes to qualify by being booked at film festivals or by premiering online but paying to be in the online Academy Screening Room for members. They’re resulted in 215 films qualifying by late December, with an additional small group of films expected to be added to the list in early January. The previous record for entries, set in 2017, was 170.
But rule changes have long been standard in the Oscars documentary category, particularly in the last two or three decades. Often, they involve...
- 1/4/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Discovery and Abramorama are teaming for a virtual theatrical and broadcast rollout of Apocalypse ‘45, a documentary from Erik Nelson that recounts the harrowing end of World War II through the eyes of 24 men who lived through the events and using never-before-seen footage. The documentary will get a two-week exclusive virtual cinema run beginning August 14, leading into the the film’s Labor Day Weekend broadcast on Discovery Channel.
The timing coincides with the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on August 15, when the Japanese forces surrendered to the Allies, with the National WW II Museum in New Orleans and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York among those participating in screening events. An invite-only premiere is set for Thursday.
Nelson, a longtime collaborator of Werner Herzog has followed up his previous archival feature The Cold Blue with this doc, for which the National Archives allowed previously denied access to more than 700 reels of footage, covering the harrowing expanse of the final months of WWII in the Pacific that culminated in the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The footage, which includes film shot by director John Ford capturing the ruins of the Pacific Fleet after the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been digitally restored in 4K and in color.
Interviews with the two dozen men who lived through the events make up the film’s narration, guiding viewers from the flag-raising at Iwo Jima in February 1945, Okinawa in April, the New Mexico desert bomb tests in July and the air war over Japan in the summer.
Check out the trailer here:
“This was an important time in our nation’s history, and it is vital that we never forget the sacrifices of the people who lived through it,” said Nancy Daniels, Chief Brand Officer at Discovery and Factual. “Erik’s documentary delivers their stories with stunning, never-before-seen footage and raw emotion. With the 75th anniversary, it is the perfect opportunity to bring this timely film to Discovery audiences in multiple ways.”
Said Abramorama principals Richard Abramowitz and Karol Martesko-Fenster: “We are honored to be partnering with Discovery to release Erik’s astonishing film to mark this momentous time in our history. Now more than ever we need the kind of heroes who understand the consequences of their actions.”
Apocalypse 45 is produced by Peter Hankoff and Elisabeth M. Hartjens, with Clark Bunting, Daniels, Dave Harding and Howard Swartz executive producers.
Here’s the poster:...
The timing coincides with the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on August 15, when the Japanese forces surrendered to the Allies, with the National WW II Museum in New Orleans and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York among those participating in screening events. An invite-only premiere is set for Thursday.
Nelson, a longtime collaborator of Werner Herzog has followed up his previous archival feature The Cold Blue with this doc, for which the National Archives allowed previously denied access to more than 700 reels of footage, covering the harrowing expanse of the final months of WWII in the Pacific that culminated in the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The footage, which includes film shot by director John Ford capturing the ruins of the Pacific Fleet after the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been digitally restored in 4K and in color.
Interviews with the two dozen men who lived through the events make up the film’s narration, guiding viewers from the flag-raising at Iwo Jima in February 1945, Okinawa in April, the New Mexico desert bomb tests in July and the air war over Japan in the summer.
Check out the trailer here:
“This was an important time in our nation’s history, and it is vital that we never forget the sacrifices of the people who lived through it,” said Nancy Daniels, Chief Brand Officer at Discovery and Factual. “Erik’s documentary delivers their stories with stunning, never-before-seen footage and raw emotion. With the 75th anniversary, it is the perfect opportunity to bring this timely film to Discovery audiences in multiple ways.”
Said Abramorama principals Richard Abramowitz and Karol Martesko-Fenster: “We are honored to be partnering with Discovery to release Erik’s astonishing film to mark this momentous time in our history. Now more than ever we need the kind of heroes who understand the consequences of their actions.”
Apocalypse 45 is produced by Peter Hankoff and Elisabeth M. Hartjens, with Clark Bunting, Daniels, Dave Harding and Howard Swartz executive producers.
Here’s the poster:...
- 8/3/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Above: Werner Herzog in Burden of Dreams.In the perpetual pursuit for what he terms an “ecstatic truth,” Werner Herzog has, for nearly six decades and over the course of more than 70 features, shorts, and documentaries, taken audiences on an astonishingly variable journey of cinematic revelation. Born Werner Stipetić, Sept. 5, 1942, Herzog was raised in a remote Bavarian village and later traveled extensively throughout the world, studying multiple artistic and historical disciplines and eventually integrating his accumulated interests into an enduring, endlessly fascinating filmmaking career. Although his humble origins prevented him from even seeing a movie until he was almost a teenager, Herzog nevertheless became enamored with the medium and its enlightening potential. “I always, from a very young age, had the feeling I had to invent cinema,” Herzog once stated. “Even...
- 7/21/2020
- MUBI
The American Society of Cinematographers said Thursday that it will give this year’s Board of Governors Award to Werner Herzog. The prolific writer-director and occasional actor (Disney+’s The Mandalorian) will be honored January 25 at the 34th annual Asc Awards for Outstanding Achievement at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.
The Asc Board of Governors Award is given to industry stalwarts whose body of work has made significant and indelible contributions to cinema. It is reserved for filmmakers who have been champions for directors of photography and the visual art form.
The German-born Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than 70 feature and documentary films, with Oscar nominations for his documentary Encounters at the End of the World (2009) and an Emmy nom for Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997).
His credits at the vanguard of German cinema along with fellow filmmakers Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff include Aguirre, the Wrath of God...
The Asc Board of Governors Award is given to industry stalwarts whose body of work has made significant and indelible contributions to cinema. It is reserved for filmmakers who have been champions for directors of photography and the visual art form.
The German-born Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than 70 feature and documentary films, with Oscar nominations for his documentary Encounters at the End of the World (2009) and an Emmy nom for Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997).
His credits at the vanguard of German cinema along with fellow filmmakers Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff include Aguirre, the Wrath of God...
- 1/9/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
In Werner Herzog’s 2011 documentary Into the Abyss, the irrepressible German master-turned-Hollywood-adventurer prefaces a series of interviews with two death row inmates, their families, their jailers, and the victims of their multiple murders, by offering an unsolicited point-blank confession to his primary subjects: that he does not sympathize with their predicament, that he will never downplay the severity of their crimes, and that he does not morally condone capital punishment under any circumstances. Then, without missing a beat, he begins asking them intimate, open-ended personal questions. It’s a whopping juxtaposition that highlights the absolute best and bravest qualities of Herzog’s voice as a documentarian: driven by an insatiable curiosity and empathy for human experience, yet uncompromised by the editorial traps of narrative simplification or moral relativism.
Herzog’s Meeting Gorbachev, a profile of the Soviet Union’s final figurehead co-directed by André Singer and featuring extensive original interviews...
Herzog’s Meeting Gorbachev, a profile of the Soviet Union’s final figurehead co-directed by André Singer and featuring extensive original interviews...
- 5/6/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Matthew Byrd Apr 2, 2019
Eve Vegas will give U.S. players a chance to take part in the Eve Invasion World Tour. Here's how you can buy tickets:
Tickets are officially on sale for "the only U.S. stop on the Eve Invasion World Tour," Eve Vegas.
"The Eve Invasion World Tour is a global series of capsuleer conventions throughout 2019," reads a statement from Eve Online developer Ccp Games. "Working in close partnership with its community, Ccp Games is bringing an assortment of tournaments, announcements, developer roundtables, live streams, unique in-game rewards and stellar parties directly to fans, bringing Eve Online closer to its community than ever before."
The Las Vegas portion of the Eve Invasion World Tour will run from October 25-27. Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.
While the full details of what will be available at the show haven't been revealed quite yet, previous events have featured quite...
Eve Vegas will give U.S. players a chance to take part in the Eve Invasion World Tour. Here's how you can buy tickets:
Tickets are officially on sale for "the only U.S. stop on the Eve Invasion World Tour," Eve Vegas.
"The Eve Invasion World Tour is a global series of capsuleer conventions throughout 2019," reads a statement from Eve Online developer Ccp Games. "Working in close partnership with its community, Ccp Games is bringing an assortment of tournaments, announcements, developer roundtables, live streams, unique in-game rewards and stellar parties directly to fans, bringing Eve Online closer to its community than ever before."
The Las Vegas portion of the Eve Invasion World Tour will run from October 25-27. Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.
While the full details of what will be available at the show haven't been revealed quite yet, previous events have featured quite...
- 4/2/2019
- Den of Geek
It’s a meeting for the ages. In one corner, the architect of Perestroika. In the other, the director who nearly tamed Klaus Kinski.
“Meeting Gorbachev,” a nonfiction film documenting a series of interviews between filmmaker Werner Herzog and Mikhail Gorbachev, has been acquired by the Orchard. The indie distributor plans to release the film theatrically in 2019. “Meeting Gorbachev” premiered at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival and played at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is directed by Herzog and his longtime collaborator André Singer.
Herzog, famous for “Fitzcarraldo” and “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” interviewed Gorbachev on three separate occasions over six months. He captured the last leader of the Soviet Union’s thoughts on peace and history.
“’Meeting Gorbachev’ is an enthralling look back at a fascinating leader and diplomat, all the more impactful based on what the world looks like today,” said Paul Davidson, the Orchard’s Evp of film and television.
“Meeting Gorbachev,” a nonfiction film documenting a series of interviews between filmmaker Werner Herzog and Mikhail Gorbachev, has been acquired by the Orchard. The indie distributor plans to release the film theatrically in 2019. “Meeting Gorbachev” premiered at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival and played at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is directed by Herzog and his longtime collaborator André Singer.
Herzog, famous for “Fitzcarraldo” and “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” interviewed Gorbachev on three separate occasions over six months. He captured the last leader of the Soviet Union’s thoughts on peace and history.
“’Meeting Gorbachev’ is an enthralling look back at a fascinating leader and diplomat, all the more impactful based on what the world looks like today,” said Paul Davidson, the Orchard’s Evp of film and television.
- 12/7/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Many movies have tackled the death penalty issue head-on, from certified weepies like Dead Man Walking to turgid dramas like Monster’s Ball to bracing non-fictional investigations like Werner Herzog’s Into the Abyss. Approaching the question from another, more subtle angle, Florent Vassault’s documentary Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 follows the aftermath of a murder trial that sent one young man to the grave and one woman on a quest to find some kind of peace for putting him there.
Released theatrically in France after festival screenings at True/False, Sheffield and Human Rights Watch in New York, the film provides a sobering ...
Released theatrically in France after festival screenings at True/False, Sheffield and Human Rights Watch in New York, the film provides a sobering ...
- 10/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Many movies have tackled the death penalty issue head-on, from certified weepies like Dead Man Walking to turgid dramas like Monster’s Ball to bracing non-fictional investigations like Werner Herzog’s Into the Abyss. Approaching the question from another, more subtle angle, Florent Vassault’s documentary Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 follows the aftermath of a murder trial that sent one young man to the grave and one woman on a quest to find some kind of peace for putting him there.
Released theatrically in France after festival screenings at True/False, Sheffield and Human Rights Watch in New York, the film provides a sobering ...
Released theatrically in France after festival screenings at True/False, Sheffield and Human Rights Watch in New York, the film provides a sobering ...
- 10/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Let’s say you’re pregnant. It’s quite possibly the happiest and most anxiety-inducing time of your life. And then the doctor delivers the news: Your baby will be born with Down syndrome, deafness, or dwarfism. How do you react? Or maybe you’ve been a proud parent for years, and somewhere along the way, when your child reaches age 2 or 12 or 20, you learn that he has autism, identifies as transgender, or has been arrested for murder.
For centuries of human existence, such surprises have been greeted with horror by some parents, who have been known to surrender, institutionalize, or even disown their children on account of these culturally shameful differences — often the very things that make them special. Wrestling with what he perceived as a lack of love from his mother and father in reaction to his own homosexuality, Columbia University psychology professor Andrew Solomon wrote “Far From the Tree,...
For centuries of human existence, such surprises have been greeted with horror by some parents, who have been known to surrender, institutionalize, or even disown their children on account of these culturally shameful differences — often the very things that make them special. Wrestling with what he perceived as a lack of love from his mother and father in reaction to his own homosexuality, Columbia University psychology professor Andrew Solomon wrote “Far From the Tree,...
- 7/20/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Travel Channel has named veteran TV exec Jane Latman as General Manager, expanding her current role with Discovery. Latman now will be responsible for the creative leadership and programming strategy for the 83 million subscriber network.
Latman will remain in Silver Spring, MD and continue to serve as Evp, development and research for Investigation Discovery and American Heroes Channel and general manager of Destination America. She will continue to report to Henry Schleiff, Group President.
The move is part of the restructuring following the company’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, in which Travel Channel was added to Schleiff’s portfolio.
A 15-year veteran of programming and development at Discovery, Latman has been credited as the creative leader behind ID’srise from the #50 network a decade ago to the #1 network for W25-54, today.
“Jane is an unrivaled force in the television industry whose visionary creativity, natural leadership skills and passionate...
Latman will remain in Silver Spring, MD and continue to serve as Evp, development and research for Investigation Discovery and American Heroes Channel and general manager of Destination America. She will continue to report to Henry Schleiff, Group President.
The move is part of the restructuring following the company’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, in which Travel Channel was added to Schleiff’s portfolio.
A 15-year veteran of programming and development at Discovery, Latman has been credited as the creative leader behind ID’srise from the #50 network a decade ago to the #1 network for W25-54, today.
“Jane is an unrivaled force in the television industry whose visionary creativity, natural leadership skills and passionate...
- 4/19/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Latman has been named general manager of Travel Channel. She carries the same title at Destination America.
“Jane is an unrivaled force in the television industry whose visionary creativity, natural leadership skills and passionate belief in collaboration make her one of the most, deservedly, respected executives in the industry,” said her boss, Henry Schleiff. “I’m continually impressed by her ability to cultivate content that converts viewers into passionate fans – and, move a brand forward — a trait that will undoubtedly make her a successful steward at Travel Channel.”
Latman is also an executive vice president of Development and Research at Discovery’s ID and American Heroes Channel. She’ll continue to work in Silver Springs, Maryland.
Also Read: Animal Planet Orders 'Wolves & Warriors,' Which Pairs Combat Vets With, Well, Wolves (Exclusive)
Below is Latman’s full bio, per Discovery, Inc.:
Jane Latman has worked in non-fiction television for more than 20 years and has been at Discovery, Inc. since 2003, when she joined the programming department for what was then the Discovery Times Channel. After a stint in development for the Military Channel, Latman was tapped to help transition Discovery Times to Investigation Discovery, giving her the challenging privilege of designing content for the network that would ultimately propel it to astounding growth. Many of her series have become the network’s top hits, including “Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda,” “On the Case with Paula Zahn,” “A Crime to Remember,” the “American Murder Mystery” franchise, “Web of Lies,” “Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen,” “Vanity Fair Confidential,” “Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall” and “Disappeared.” Latman also developed the critically acclaimed documentary film Into the Abyss and subsequent television series “On Death Row” with legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.
As general manager of Destination America, Latman oversees the development, production, scheduling, research, marketing, communications, and online efforts for this growing brand. Under her stewardship, the network successfully launched paranormal programming hits such as “Paranormal Lockdown,” “Ghost Brothers,” and “Ghosts of Shepherdstown.”
Previously, Latman was general manager at Discovery Life Channel where she championed the network’s transition from Discovery Fit & Health and oversaw a diverse slate of lifestyle and medical programming, including the groundbreaking series “New Girls on the Block,” the first television series to embed with a group of friends within the transgender community.
Prior to joining Discovery, Latman was a freelance producer, director, and writer for projects that included the award-winning series “Nurses” for Discovery Health Channel and “Understanding Obesity” for The Learning Channel’s acclaimed “Understanding” series. She also did development work for a variety of ventures including PBS’s miniseries “Stealing Time: The Science of Aging.”
Before launching her television career, Latman was a freelance theater director in Washington, D.C. An adventure-seeker at heart, Latman travels often with her husband and son.
Read original story Jane Latman Named Travel Channel Gm At TheWrap...
“Jane is an unrivaled force in the television industry whose visionary creativity, natural leadership skills and passionate belief in collaboration make her one of the most, deservedly, respected executives in the industry,” said her boss, Henry Schleiff. “I’m continually impressed by her ability to cultivate content that converts viewers into passionate fans – and, move a brand forward — a trait that will undoubtedly make her a successful steward at Travel Channel.”
Latman is also an executive vice president of Development and Research at Discovery’s ID and American Heroes Channel. She’ll continue to work in Silver Springs, Maryland.
Also Read: Animal Planet Orders 'Wolves & Warriors,' Which Pairs Combat Vets With, Well, Wolves (Exclusive)
Below is Latman’s full bio, per Discovery, Inc.:
Jane Latman has worked in non-fiction television for more than 20 years and has been at Discovery, Inc. since 2003, when she joined the programming department for what was then the Discovery Times Channel. After a stint in development for the Military Channel, Latman was tapped to help transition Discovery Times to Investigation Discovery, giving her the challenging privilege of designing content for the network that would ultimately propel it to astounding growth. Many of her series have become the network’s top hits, including “Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda,” “On the Case with Paula Zahn,” “A Crime to Remember,” the “American Murder Mystery” franchise, “Web of Lies,” “Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen,” “Vanity Fair Confidential,” “Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall” and “Disappeared.” Latman also developed the critically acclaimed documentary film Into the Abyss and subsequent television series “On Death Row” with legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.
As general manager of Destination America, Latman oversees the development, production, scheduling, research, marketing, communications, and online efforts for this growing brand. Under her stewardship, the network successfully launched paranormal programming hits such as “Paranormal Lockdown,” “Ghost Brothers,” and “Ghosts of Shepherdstown.”
Previously, Latman was general manager at Discovery Life Channel where she championed the network’s transition from Discovery Fit & Health and oversaw a diverse slate of lifestyle and medical programming, including the groundbreaking series “New Girls on the Block,” the first television series to embed with a group of friends within the transgender community.
Prior to joining Discovery, Latman was a freelance producer, director, and writer for projects that included the award-winning series “Nurses” for Discovery Health Channel and “Understanding Obesity” for The Learning Channel’s acclaimed “Understanding” series. She also did development work for a variety of ventures including PBS’s miniseries “Stealing Time: The Science of Aging.”
Before launching her television career, Latman was a freelance theater director in Washington, D.C. An adventure-seeker at heart, Latman travels often with her husband and son.
Read original story Jane Latman Named Travel Channel Gm At TheWrap...
- 4/19/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)
In the Taliban-controlled Afghan city of Kabul, Nora Twomey’s debut film as sole director (she co-helmed Oscar nominee The Secret of Kells) depicts an eleven-year old girl facing the futility her future inevitably holds. Adapted by Anita Doron from the award-winning novel by Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner delivers a heart-wrenching coming-of-age tale within a nation that’s lost its way. The shift was virtually...
The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)
In the Taliban-controlled Afghan city of Kabul, Nora Twomey’s debut film as sole director (she co-helmed Oscar nominee The Secret of Kells) depicts an eleven-year old girl facing the futility her future inevitably holds. Adapted by Anita Doron from the award-winning novel by Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner delivers a heart-wrenching coming-of-age tale within a nation that’s lost its way. The shift was virtually...
- 2/23/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Tracing the link between prior family violence and the present day, A Murder in Mansfield is Barbara Kopple’s intimate exploration of the relationship between cinematographer Collier Landry and his father John Boyle, who was convicted of the grisly murder of his wife, Noreen. The facts of the case are known: Noreen was killed in the middle of the night in Mansfield, Oh, her body transported to the Boyle’s new home in Erie, Pa, buried under fresh concrete and discovered in January of 1990. A 12-year-old Collier was the key witness in his mother’s murder trial against his own father, instantly capturing the attention of the news.
Going beyond a “where are they now” story, A Murder in Mansfield explores the effect of the murder as Landry returns from L.A. to Ohio in the dead of winter to revisit his childhood home. The case’s lead investigator, the kind Lt.
Going beyond a “where are they now” story, A Murder in Mansfield explores the effect of the murder as Landry returns from L.A. to Ohio in the dead of winter to revisit his childhood home. The case’s lead investigator, the kind Lt.
- 11/17/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Review: The Director of ‘The Lobster’ Drags You Into the Abyss [Tiff]
While watching The Killing of a Sacred Deer, a passage from Stephen King’s Pet Sematary came to mind: “It’s probably wrong to believe there can be any limit to the horror which the human mind can experience. On the contrary, it seems that some exponential effect begins to obtain as deeper and deeper darkness falls […]
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- 9/13/2017
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
MaryAnn’s quick take… This may be Werner Herzog’s most conventional film, but its mostly untold true story knows what it means for a woman to choose a life of adventure and intellect. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Have you heard that there is a new movie, a sweeping biopic of a major historical figure, written and directed by Werner Herzog, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, and Robert Pattinson? Seems like kind of a big deal, doesn’t it? Seems like the kind of movie you’d hear a lot about. Instead, Queen of the Desert has been sitting on a shelf since it debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015 — more than two years ago — because… why? Why did it just now get a...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Have you heard that there is a new movie, a sweeping biopic of a major historical figure, written and directed by Werner Herzog, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, and Robert Pattinson? Seems like kind of a big deal, doesn’t it? Seems like the kind of movie you’d hear a lot about. Instead, Queen of the Desert has been sitting on a shelf since it debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015 — more than two years ago — because… why? Why did it just now get a...
- 4/26/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Skips away every time it seems like it’s about to delve deeply into something odd and fascinating. Feels like teases from a slew of other Herzog films. I’m “biast” (pro): adore Werner Herzog; huge Internet nerd
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I love Werner Herzog. I love his unique perspective on the world. I love how, in the opening moments of Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World — his stream-of-consciousness documentary look at the Internet, what it hath wrought, and what it may yet bring — he chooses to describe as “repulsive” the university corridor that leads to the room where the very first computer on the Internet still stands today. (That’s the machine pictured above, with Internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock. That node of the Net is no longer active. Kleinrock is still a prof at UCLA.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I love Werner Herzog. I love his unique perspective on the world. I love how, in the opening moments of Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World — his stream-of-consciousness documentary look at the Internet, what it hath wrought, and what it may yet bring — he chooses to describe as “repulsive” the university corridor that leads to the room where the very first computer on the Internet still stands today. (That’s the machine pictured above, with Internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock. That node of the Net is no longer active. Kleinrock is still a prof at UCLA.
- 11/29/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Werner Herzog’s latest documentary which surveys the world’s most dangerous and active volcanoes, Into the Inferno, is unsurprisingly not about volcanoes. Despite privileged access to one-of-a-kind sites and the researchers who work on them, Herzog has little concern for info-doc subject matter. While another filmmaker might take the opportunity to discuss climate change or how unprepared we are for catastrophe, Herzog is only after one truth, the thing hidden by data, ideology and his own myth: the cosmic indifference of nature, the universe in all of its nihilistic purposelessness.Clashes between nature and subject, and The Real and The Symbolic have been the thematic through-line of Herzog’s distinctive oeuvre: the grizzly bears and Timothy Treadwell’s perception, the jungle and Fitzcarraldo’s exotic dreams, the Amazon River and Aguirre’s doomed quest. There is a clear line between the indifferent filmic environment and the assumptions of the characters and filmmaker,...
- 11/29/2016
- MUBI
Cinema Eye has named 10 filmmakers and 20 films that have been voted as the top achievements in documentary filmmaking during the past 10 years. Founded in 2007 to “recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film,” Cinema Eye polled 110 members of the documentary community to determine the winning films and filmmakers just as the organization kicks off its tenth year.
Read More: Behind the Scenes of Cinema Eye’s Secret Field Trip for Nominees
Among the films chosen are Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” and Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Poitras and Oppenheimer were both also named to the list of the top documentary filmmakers, joining Alex Gibney, Werner Herzog and Frederick Wiseman, who recently won an honorary Oscar and will be saluted at the annual Governors Awards on November 12.
“It’s fantastic that he is being recognized by the Academy for a...
Read More: Behind the Scenes of Cinema Eye’s Secret Field Trip for Nominees
Among the films chosen are Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” and Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Poitras and Oppenheimer were both also named to the list of the top documentary filmmakers, joining Alex Gibney, Werner Herzog and Frederick Wiseman, who recently won an honorary Oscar and will be saluted at the annual Governors Awards on November 12.
“It’s fantastic that he is being recognized by the Academy for a...
- 9/21/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
March 2016 is a sad month for some Netflix subscribers.
Say goodbye to '90s films "American Pie" (1999), "Hackers" (1995), Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" (1990), "Indecent Proposal" (1993) and "Jumanji" (1995) in March. Also disappearing: Will Smith movies "Hitch" (2005) and "Men in Black II" (2002), as well as oodles of TEDTalks that are all expiring next month.
Here's the complete list of what's leaving Netflix streaming in March.
Leaving March 1, 2016
"Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman" (2000)
"American Pie" (1999)
"American Wedding" (2003)
"Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001)
"The Babysitters" (2007)
"The Chosen One" (2010)
"Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986)
"Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights" (1992)
"Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000)
"Hackers" (1995)
"Hamlet" (1990)
"Hannie Caulder" (1971)
"Hardball" (2001)
"Hart's War" (2002)
"Hitch" (2005)
"Indecent Proposal" (1993)
"Johnny Dangerously" (1984)
"Jumanji" (1995)
"Masters of the Universe" (1987)
"Men in Black II" (2002)
"The Monster Squad" (1987)
"Not Another Teen Movie" (2001)
"Paycheck" (2003)
"Switchmas" (2013)
"The United States of Leland" (2003)
"Wings" (1927)
Leaving March 2, 2016
"Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams" (2013)
Leaving March 3, 2016
"Night Catches Us" (2010)
Leaving March 4, 2016
"Getting...
Say goodbye to '90s films "American Pie" (1999), "Hackers" (1995), Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" (1990), "Indecent Proposal" (1993) and "Jumanji" (1995) in March. Also disappearing: Will Smith movies "Hitch" (2005) and "Men in Black II" (2002), as well as oodles of TEDTalks that are all expiring next month.
Here's the complete list of what's leaving Netflix streaming in March.
Leaving March 1, 2016
"Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman" (2000)
"American Pie" (1999)
"American Wedding" (2003)
"Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001)
"The Babysitters" (2007)
"The Chosen One" (2010)
"Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986)
"Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights" (1992)
"Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000)
"Hackers" (1995)
"Hamlet" (1990)
"Hannie Caulder" (1971)
"Hardball" (2001)
"Hart's War" (2002)
"Hitch" (2005)
"Indecent Proposal" (1993)
"Johnny Dangerously" (1984)
"Jumanji" (1995)
"Masters of the Universe" (1987)
"Men in Black II" (2002)
"The Monster Squad" (1987)
"Not Another Teen Movie" (2001)
"Paycheck" (2003)
"Switchmas" (2013)
"The United States of Leland" (2003)
"Wings" (1927)
Leaving March 2, 2016
"Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams" (2013)
Leaving March 3, 2016
"Night Catches Us" (2010)
Leaving March 4, 2016
"Getting...
- 2/23/2016
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
With that unmistakable voice—and archival footage from the dawn of the Internet age—Werner Herzog introduces the first trailer for his Sundance world premiere documentary "Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World." Of course, for the longtime investigator of human frailties in both fiction ("Aguirre, The Wrath of God," "Fitzcarraldo") and nonfiction ("Grizzly Man," "Into the Abyss"), this is not only a tale of possibilities. It's one of grave responsibilities, too. Read More: "Sundance Adds New Films by Werner Herzog, Kenneth Lonergan, Kelly Reichardt, and Others to 2016 Slate" With his familiar blend of interviews with iconoclastic figures and his own deeply philosophical commentary, Herzog continues to explore both the dark and bright sides of our need to connect, and of our periodic failure to do so. "Lo and Behold" is the filmmaker's first documentary feature since 2011's "Into the...
- 1/4/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
"This is an extraordinary moment in the life of human beings." The most recent feature documentary made by iconic German filmmaker Werner Herzog was Into the Abyss (and Cave of Forgotten Dreams before that), nearly 5 years ago, and he's back with another one about the people of this world. This time he is examining the internet, and the "Reveries of the Connected World" (as well as the troubles it can bring) in a documentary called Lo and Behold. The doc will premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in a few weeks, and the first trailer has arrived online to give us an early peek. I'm fascinated by this already and I'm looking forward to seeing what Herzog has to say about the internet and the way it connects all of us. Enjoy! The trailer for Werner Herzog's Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, via The Film Stage: Description...
- 1/3/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Easily one of the most-anticipated films of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival line-up is a new documentary from a solidified master in the field: Werner Herzog. Marking his first feature-length non-fiction film in a half-decade — since the the profound, intimate death row documentary Into the Abyss — his new feature is titled Lo and Behold Reveries of the Connected World.
Exploring the effects of the Internet on our culture and connection, according to the Sundance synopsis, the director “documents a treasure trove of interviews of strange and beguiling individuals—ranging from Internet pioneers to victims of wireless radiation, whose anecdotes and reflections weave together a complex portrait of our brave new world.”
Ahead of a premiere exactly three weeks from today, check out the first trailer below.
Society depends on the Internet for nearly everything but rarely do we step back and recognize its endless intricacies and unsettling omnipotence. From the brilliant...
Exploring the effects of the Internet on our culture and connection, according to the Sundance synopsis, the director “documents a treasure trove of interviews of strange and beguiling individuals—ranging from Internet pioneers to victims of wireless radiation, whose anecdotes and reflections weave together a complex portrait of our brave new world.”
Ahead of a premiere exactly three weeks from today, check out the first trailer below.
Society depends on the Internet for nearly everything but rarely do we step back and recognize its endless intricacies and unsettling omnipotence. From the brilliant...
- 1/2/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
- 11/12/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
While wars and the trials and tribulations faced by the soldiers and civilians who get caught up in them have been ripe fodder for films around the world, a new film is set to look at the lives of journalists who get involved in war coverage.
Titled Thank You for Bombing, the film is the newest entry from Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder. The film, which now has a festival trailer, is directed by Eder, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Thomas Pridnig. The movie stars Raphael von Bargen, Manon Kahle, and Erwin Steinhauer.
The film’s synopsis is as follows:
Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder’s latest fiction feature looks at the behind-the-camera lives of three international war correspondents on assignment in Afghanistan.
This is Eder’s first feature since 2010, and her first film since her 2013 documentary Profilers, Gaze Into The Abyss, which was followed by a foray into television. The trailer itself,...
Titled Thank You for Bombing, the film is the newest entry from Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder. The film, which now has a festival trailer, is directed by Eder, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Thomas Pridnig. The movie stars Raphael von Bargen, Manon Kahle, and Erwin Steinhauer.
The film’s synopsis is as follows:
Austrian filmmaker Barbara Eder’s latest fiction feature looks at the behind-the-camera lives of three international war correspondents on assignment in Afghanistan.
This is Eder’s first feature since 2010, and her first film since her 2013 documentary Profilers, Gaze Into The Abyss, which was followed by a foray into television. The trailer itself,...
- 8/20/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
The 100 may well be one of the best sci-fi shows currently on the air. If you gave up on it early on, now's the time to catch up...
This review contains spoilers.
2.8 Spacewalker
Having one of your main characters kill 18 people in a single scene is something a show like The 100 can’t really come back from. Murphy was one thing (though the show doesn’t let us forget), smothering a couple of sickly redshirts after being captured and tortured by the Grounders, but what Finn did was painted as a much more loaded act from the moment it happened.
He killed a bunch of the ‘opposition’ in the middle of a war that didn’t need to begin in the first place, and his panicked response to Clarke possibly being in danger is what led everyone to the precarious, dangerous place they occupy in this mid-season finale.
And so,...
This review contains spoilers.
2.8 Spacewalker
Having one of your main characters kill 18 people in a single scene is something a show like The 100 can’t really come back from. Murphy was one thing (though the show doesn’t let us forget), smothering a couple of sickly redshirts after being captured and tortured by the Grounders, but what Finn did was painted as a much more loaded act from the moment it happened.
He killed a bunch of the ‘opposition’ in the middle of a war that didn’t need to begin in the first place, and his panicked response to Clarke possibly being in danger is what led everyone to the precarious, dangerous place they occupy in this mid-season finale.
And so,...
- 12/19/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Further threats emerge in The 100's penultimate episode before the Christmas break. Here's Caroline's review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.7 Long Into The Abyss
One of the most enthralling things about The 100 has always been the overwhelming presence of characters who are all just trying to get stuff done. Whatever side they're on or whatever their motives, each and every one of these characters is fighting for something, and believes wholeheartedly that their goal is a worthy one.
And in this penultimate episode before the holiday break, that idea comes to the forefront of the show. A throughline of the show's second season has been how incompetent and meddlesome the adults of The 100 really can be, but even they are acting on what they perceive is logic, reason and experience. Throughout the show, we've seen that it's the teenagers who actually know what they're doing, and the fight...
This review contains spoilers.
2.7 Long Into The Abyss
One of the most enthralling things about The 100 has always been the overwhelming presence of characters who are all just trying to get stuff done. Whatever side they're on or whatever their motives, each and every one of these characters is fighting for something, and believes wholeheartedly that their goal is a worthy one.
And in this penultimate episode before the holiday break, that idea comes to the forefront of the show. A throughline of the show's second season has been how incompetent and meddlesome the adults of The 100 really can be, but even they are acting on what they perceive is logic, reason and experience. Throughout the show, we've seen that it's the teenagers who actually know what they're doing, and the fight...
- 12/15/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Werner Herzog is one of my all time favourite directors. Ever since watching his take on Nosferatu, I knew I was hooked. Exploring both his fictional and documentary films, you will find a fascinating body of work. Sure, some of his opinions I really don’t agree with (I’m talking about you, Into the Abyss and Death Row) but whether you agree with the content or not, a film with Herzog’s name on it will at least touch you in one way.
The British Film Institute recently released a 10 disc box set of some of Herzog’s films. Over the coming weeks (and maybe months) I will be going through each disc. Part review. Part retrospective. Hopefully you will join me on my Herzogian journey.
Whether you are a fan of Herzog or a newcomer to his work, I hope you at least get something out of this.
The British Film Institute recently released a 10 disc box set of some of Herzog’s films. Over the coming weeks (and maybe months) I will be going through each disc. Part review. Part retrospective. Hopefully you will join me on my Herzogian journey.
Whether you are a fan of Herzog or a newcomer to his work, I hope you at least get something out of this.
- 10/3/2014
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Where feature filmmakers head into a project with a script and a plan, the path for documentarians is unpredictable. They follow real subjects and real issues often in real time — and sometimes for years at a time — and piece everything together as the footage comes along. Sometimes, things fall apart or the subject has to change, such as it with Alex Gibney’s The Armstrong Lie (2013). Though different skill sets go into the distinct film forms, some documentary filmmakers choose to transition to narrative features and vice versa, such as Spike Lee, whose next release will be a documentary titled Go Brasil Go!.
Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman have made the jump from documentaries to feature films and have said that they intend on continuing to make both types of film. Epstein and Friedman won an Oscar for their first co-directed documentary, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt...
Managing Editor
Where feature filmmakers head into a project with a script and a plan, the path for documentarians is unpredictable. They follow real subjects and real issues often in real time — and sometimes for years at a time — and piece everything together as the footage comes along. Sometimes, things fall apart or the subject has to change, such as it with Alex Gibney’s The Armstrong Lie (2013). Though different skill sets go into the distinct film forms, some documentary filmmakers choose to transition to narrative features and vice versa, such as Spike Lee, whose next release will be a documentary titled Go Brasil Go!.
Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman have made the jump from documentaries to feature films and have said that they intend on continuing to make both types of film. Epstein and Friedman won an Oscar for their first co-directed documentary, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt...
- 9/23/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Main Street during The Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival seemingly appears overnight against the gorgeous backdrop of rugged mountains. It lasts just four days but in fact it takes more than a month of intensive labor to transform the elementary school, high school, hockey rink, library, the park in the middle of town and a masonic temple into theaters. Now in its 41st year,up until recently this hallowed Labor Day weekend event has long been a quiet fixture on the festival circuit. As most of the festival world knows, the escalating word of mouth about the quality of Telluride’s unofficial premieres caused the Toronto International Film Festival to issue an ultimatum to those hoping to land choice spots in the fall line-up: if you choose to screen at Telluride first, your film will be pushed back on Tiff’s slate. Realistically- Toronto has little to fear from Telluride besides buzz.
The Telluride Film Festival seemingly appears overnight against the gorgeous backdrop of rugged mountains. It lasts just four days but in fact it takes more than a month of intensive labor to transform the elementary school, high school, hockey rink, library, the park in the middle of town and a masonic temple into theaters. Now in its 41st year,up until recently this hallowed Labor Day weekend event has long been a quiet fixture on the festival circuit. As most of the festival world knows, the escalating word of mouth about the quality of Telluride’s unofficial premieres caused the Toronto International Film Festival to issue an ultimatum to those hoping to land choice spots in the fall line-up: if you choose to screen at Telluride first, your film will be pushed back on Tiff’s slate. Realistically- Toronto has little to fear from Telluride besides buzz.
- 8/26/2014
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
‘Stories We Tell,’ ‘Blackfish’ out of the Oscar 2014 race: Academy’s Documentary Branch ‘anti-female’? (Photo: Sarah Polley [with camera] directing ‘Stories We Tell’) Besides Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, among the other glaring Oscar 2014 absentees were Robert Redford and Golden Globe-winning composer Alex Ebert for All Is Lost; Joel and Ethan Coen’s well-received Inside Llewyn Davis from the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay shortlists; Daniel Brühl and his movie, Ron Howard’s Rush, which was completely shut out; two Weinstein Company releases that were also completely shut out, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, and their respective stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, and Michael B. Jordan; Guillermo del Toro-Charlie Hunnam’s Pacific Rim and Marc Forster-Brad Pitt’s World War Z from any of the technical categories; and finally, Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell and Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s...
- 1/22/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Survival movies are having a moment this fall with "Gravity," "Captain Phillips"and the recently premiered "Lone Survivor" (read our review) but of course, as our feature 20 Survival Films That Will Take You Into The Abyss points out, it's not exactly new cinematic territory. Still, one has to wonder how recently Dwayne Johnson saw the Robert Redford starring "All Is Lost" before signing onto this project (or maybe he's just a big fan of "The Perfect Storm"). The Rock will take the lead in "Not Without Hope," the adaptation of the memoir by Nick Schuyler. The true story will tell the tale of four football playing buds (hence the need for someone of Dwayne Johnson's size), who set sail from Tampa Bay on an early winter's day in 2009, only to have their boat flip 35 miles from shore, and have to fight for their survival. Only one came back alive.
- 11/13/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Documentaries aren't always the most obviously cinematic features, and aside from a few breakouts from the likes of Michael Moore or Werner Herzog, are unfairly given short shrift theatrically. There's still that small-screen association for most cinema-goers, lured away by the comfort of escapist fiction. So when things like the visceral Senna or Tt 3D: Closer to the Edge gain momentum, it's a minor triumph for the perennial box office underdog. I can understand lacking the drive to catch Into The Abyss on a bloody great cinema screen, but when an epic vista-laden doc like The Summit comes along, it's well worth catching on the largest screen you can find. Nick Ryan's documentary attempts to piece together the extraordinary events in August 2008 that saw...
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- 10/3/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Expanding further on a project that began with the feature film Into the Abyss two years ago, Werner Herzog has added another set of four hour-long entries to his On Death Row mini-series. The initial film focused on a single murder case in Conroe, Texas, the two criminals, various loved ones of the victims, and even employees of the state involved in acting out the death penalty. Without playing down the horror—and absurdity—of the crimes, indeed emphasizing the meaninglessness of the murders, Herzog created rich human portraits of the "killers", arguing not for their innocence but simply against the primitive death penalty. By carefully tracing the reverberating pain caused by the crimes, and the trauma inflicted on everyone it reaches, the film's empathy lay equally with everyone on screen. As beautifully restrained and convincing the film was, the TV spin-off, is, in some ways, even more successful, and...
- 8/23/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
In the latest installment of Euro Beat, I'll be taking a look at several brand new (at least,new to the public), very significant projects originating from unlikely places. As always, click through the gallery below for additional European news briefs as well as the latest box office report. First up is German fiction and documentary giant Werner Herzog who has followed up his harrowing death row documentary Into the Abyss with a public service announcement about texting and driving that is, no kidding, also harrowing. The spot has been getting generous coverage around the internet partly because our culture is only just now becoming vocal about this issue, and partly because legendary filmmakers don't tackle PSA's very often. However, in case you just cracked a...
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- 8/13/2013
- Screen Anarchy
When a filmmaker teams up with a giant corporate brand to film something for them, it can usually be called selling out, or at least an understandable example of a filmmaker trying to make some cash to fund his next "real" project. But in working with At&T for this short documentary, called "From One Second To The Next," Werner Herzog may be literally saving lives-- along with making a piece as stirring and hard to watch as his other documentaries like Grizzly Man or Into the Abyss. Technically it's a Public Service Announcement, made to be shown to 40,000 different high schoolers and various safety organizations, according to The Associated Press. But it's a strong documentary on its own, a look at what's becoming a terrifyingly common kind of acciden-- people injured or killed by a driver who was texting. Herzog gives us time to get to know the victims...
- 8/9/2013
- cinemablend.com
Exclusive: Werner Herzog, who has an eclectic run ranging from the documentary Into The Abyss and Cave Of Forgotten Dreams to playing the heavy opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher, has taken another intriguing turn. He directed One Second To The Next, a documentary film that shows the aftermath of texting and driving. To give voice to the individuals whose lives were changed forever by drivers taking their eyes off the road for even a few seconds, Herzog used the people who have been featured in the “It Can Wait” ad campaign sponsored by At&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. The film will premiere in the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen theater in Los Angeles on August 8 and be distributed to almost 40,000 schools across the country along with hundreds of government and safety organizations. It will also be on the website ItCanWait.com and available on-demand from those carriers with cable services,...
- 7/29/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The first "Borderlands" provided hours upon hours of content that only got larger with three excellent (and one kinda Ok) expansions. With the launch of "Borderlands 2," Vault Hunters all over the world knew they'd be in for a treat after the main game was over with even more content courtesy of a Dlc season pass. Tweaked (that's Twitter Leaked) earlier, we learned that Tiny Tina would be taking a larger storytelling role and, as the Dlc name suggests, it looks we'll be in for another wild ride thanks to Gearbox.
5. An Epically, Epic Expansion
'Tiny Tina's Assault On Dragon Keep' will be big -- really, really big. Much in the same vain as the first "Borderlands" 3rd Dlc, "Secret Armory of General Knoxx," Ttaodk promises to be a huge addition to the the second game. Touting more missions, more areas, and more humor, this fourth add-on will larger than the last three expansions combined.
5. An Epically, Epic Expansion
'Tiny Tina's Assault On Dragon Keep' will be big -- really, really big. Much in the same vain as the first "Borderlands" 3rd Dlc, "Secret Armory of General Knoxx," Ttaodk promises to be a huge addition to the the second game. Touting more missions, more areas, and more humor, this fourth add-on will larger than the last three expansions combined.
- 5/28/2013
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
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