by Cláudio Alves
Michel Hazanavicius joins the Official Competition with an animated film.
As expected, a few more titles have been added to this year's Cannes Film Festival lineup. In the Premiere section, Jessica Palud's Maria Schneider biopic joins a star-studded selection. One of this year's two Count of Monte-Cristo adaptations will screen Out of Competition, while a pair of buzzy documentaries will bow in the Special Screenings program. They are Oliver Stone's Lula and Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film. Other new titles in that section include Arnaud Desplechin's latest Paul Dedalus film and Nasty, directed by Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, and Tudor D. Popescu. But of course, the most important announcements concern the Main Competition, where three films complete the 22-title lineup…...
Michel Hazanavicius joins the Official Competition with an animated film.
As expected, a few more titles have been added to this year's Cannes Film Festival lineup. In the Premiere section, Jessica Palud's Maria Schneider biopic joins a star-studded selection. One of this year's two Count of Monte-Cristo adaptations will screen Out of Competition, while a pair of buzzy documentaries will bow in the Special Screenings program. They are Oliver Stone's Lula and Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film. Other new titles in that section include Arnaud Desplechin's latest Paul Dedalus film and Nasty, directed by Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, and Tudor D. Popescu. But of course, the most important announcements concern the Main Competition, where three films complete the 22-title lineup…...
- 4/23/2024
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Films from Oliver Stone, Michel Hazanavicius and Arnaud Desplechin have been added to the Official Selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. They join previously announced titles from David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader. Greta Gerwig is the president of this year’s jury.
Stone’s film, “Lula” is a documentary about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and will have its world premiere as part of the Special Screenings section, which also features “Spectators,” from Arnaud Desplechin. His latest stars “Anatomy of a Fall” child actor Milo Machado Graner as well as Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”).
Hazanavicius, a Best Director Oscar winner for “The Artist,” joins the Competition lineup with “La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises” (“The Most Precious of Cargoes”), an animated film about a Jewish child during World War II whose father, in a desperate attempt to save his son’s life,...
Stone’s film, “Lula” is a documentary about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and will have its world premiere as part of the Special Screenings section, which also features “Spectators,” from Arnaud Desplechin. His latest stars “Anatomy of a Fall” child actor Milo Machado Graner as well as Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”).
Hazanavicius, a Best Director Oscar winner for “The Artist,” joins the Competition lineup with “La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises” (“The Most Precious of Cargoes”), an animated film about a Jewish child during World War II whose father, in a desperate attempt to save his son’s life,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Cannes Film Festival has completed its 2024 Official Selection with 13 new films, including three new Competition titles.
Michel Hazanavicius’ The Most Precious Of Cargoes, Emanuel Parvu’s Three Kilometres To The End Of The World and Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig join the Competition line-up, bringing it to 22 films.
There are four additional special screenings, including Oliver Stone’s documentary Lula, about Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Also added are Arnaud Desplechin’s Filmlovers! [pictured], Lou Ye’s An Unfinished Film and Tudor Giurgiu’s Nasty.
Un Certain Regard will open with Runar Runarsson’s When The Light Breaks,...
Michel Hazanavicius’ The Most Precious Of Cargoes, Emanuel Parvu’s Three Kilometres To The End Of The World and Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig join the Competition line-up, bringing it to 22 films.
There are four additional special screenings, including Oliver Stone’s documentary Lula, about Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Also added are Arnaud Desplechin’s Filmlovers! [pictured], Lou Ye’s An Unfinished Film and Tudor Giurgiu’s Nasty.
Un Certain Regard will open with Runar Runarsson’s When The Light Breaks,...
- 4/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
After announcing a whopping number of English-language films in competition, Cannes Film Festival has added some international titles: Michel Hazanavicius’ animated feature “The Most Precious of Cargoes” and Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Variety has learned.
An auteur-driven allegorical feature, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” (first-look still below) is adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling novel of the same name, set during World War II against the backdrop of the Holocaust. It will be the first animated feature to compete in more than a decade, since Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir” in 2008.
The film is co-produced and represented internationally by Studiocanal, which also has Gilles Lellouche’s “Beating Hearts” in competition. “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is a passion project for Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “The Artist,” who has been developing the project for years. Hazanavicius penned the script with Grumberg and created the drawings,...
An auteur-driven allegorical feature, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” (first-look still below) is adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling novel of the same name, set during World War II against the backdrop of the Holocaust. It will be the first animated feature to compete in more than a decade, since Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir” in 2008.
The film is co-produced and represented internationally by Studiocanal, which also has Gilles Lellouche’s “Beating Hearts” in competition. “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is a passion project for Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “The Artist,” who has been developing the project for years. Hazanavicius penned the script with Grumberg and created the drawings,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
On what would be his 100th birthday, Marlon Brando remains synonymous not with acting, but great acting — even if this ranked list of all his performances represents what may be the most wildly uneven filmography for any talent of his caliber. But that’s the power of Brando: A handful of his performances are so great and influential they shook up the art of acting forever. Even among his lesser performances, there’s compelling work deserving of rediscovery.
In order to best exemplify what made him such a singular onscreen presence, we ranked all 39 of his films (and one TV appearance), reflecting a spectrum as wide as the man’s broad shoulders. Based on the quality of Brando’s performances rather than the overall films themselves, there are some placements that may surprise you; for example, as great as Brando is in “The Godfather,” it’s still just the fourth-best...
In order to best exemplify what made him such a singular onscreen presence, we ranked all 39 of his films (and one TV appearance), reflecting a spectrum as wide as the man’s broad shoulders. Based on the quality of Brando’s performances rather than the overall films themselves, there are some placements that may surprise you; for example, as great as Brando is in “The Godfather,” it’s still just the fourth-best...
- 4/3/2024
- by Wilson Chapman and Noel Murray
- Indiewire
Yesterday we tossed filmmaker names like Ala Eddine Slim, Alexandre Koberidze, Marco Dutra and the tandem of Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza into the prognostication Un Certain Regard mix. Today we present another ten options and make sure to tune in on Monday for 25 firm Palme d’Or competition guesses. The official line-up will be revealed on April 11th.
Maria –...
Maria –...
- 3/29/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Natasha Lyonne has shared a creepy story about James Woods hitting on her during the filming of Scary Movie 2 as part of a darkly comedic riff on the history of sexual assault in Hollywood that left even Conan O’Brien uncomfortable.
The actor told the story during her recent appearance on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast after revisiting her earlier experience with Marlon Brando holding her boob as part of the script for Scary Movie 2 before he dropped out due to illness.
Woods replaced Brando as Father McFeely in the scene, a spoof of The Exorcist in which Lyonne plays Megan Voorhees, a parody of Linda Blair’s possessed character from the original movie. Speaking on the podcast, Lyonne remembered Woods “hitting on me as a teenager in full monster makeup,” adding, “It’s a crazy move, dude.” Watch the segment below.
Lyonne went on to...
The actor told the story during her recent appearance on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast after revisiting her earlier experience with Marlon Brando holding her boob as part of the script for Scary Movie 2 before he dropped out due to illness.
Woods replaced Brando as Father McFeely in the scene, a spoof of The Exorcist in which Lyonne plays Megan Voorhees, a parody of Linda Blair’s possessed character from the original movie. Speaking on the podcast, Lyonne remembered Woods “hitting on me as a teenager in full monster makeup,” adding, “It’s a crazy move, dude.” Watch the segment below.
Lyonne went on to...
- 1/25/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
French film promotional organization Unifrance put talent in the spotlight at this year’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, where the 10 actors and filmmakers selected as 2024’s Talents to Watch were fêted with flutes of champagne at France’s Ministry of Culture before being introduced to the international press at a dedicated event.
For more than a decade, the 10 to Watch program has pinpointed the creative talents breathing modernity and vitality into contemporary French cinema. Think of a Gallic artist that’s made international waves over the past decade, and chances are they made this list. Here are the voices taking the industry forward in the years to come.
Sofia Alaoui
Sofia Alaoui
Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui will build on the rugged eeriness of her 2023 Sundance jury prize winner “Animalia” with “Tarfaya” – a slow-burn thriller that mines Morocco’s sweeping landscapes for ambient unease.
The upcoming film will follow Meryam, a 40-something...
For more than a decade, the 10 to Watch program has pinpointed the creative talents breathing modernity and vitality into contemporary French cinema. Think of a Gallic artist that’s made international waves over the past decade, and chances are they made this list. Here are the voices taking the industry forward in the years to come.
Sofia Alaoui
Sofia Alaoui
Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui will build on the rugged eeriness of her 2023 Sundance jury prize winner “Animalia” with “Tarfaya” – a slow-burn thriller that mines Morocco’s sweeping landscapes for ambient unease.
The upcoming film will follow Meryam, a 40-something...
- 1/23/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Jessica Palud’s showbiz drama “Being Maria” reframes the short career and tragic life of “Last Tango in Paris” star Maria Schneider in a post-#MeToo light. “Happening” breakout Anamaria Vartolomei plays Schneider, while Matt Dillon takes on the role of her co-star Marlon Brando. Orange Studio is handling international sales.
Currently in post-production and aiming for a festival premiere later this year, the film in part tracks the controversial production and wrenching fallout of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 masterpiece — a landmark that made Schneider an icon while locking her into a sexualized image she never could escape. Palud’s sophomore feature also marks a fitting echo for the Gallic auteur, who kicked off her professional life on the set of Bertolucci’s “The Dreamers.”
Stepping into Brando’s shoes gave Dillon a unique task, not least because the French-language film required the actor to work in an unfamiliar tongue. “I thought to myself,...
Currently in post-production and aiming for a festival premiere later this year, the film in part tracks the controversial production and wrenching fallout of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 masterpiece — a landmark that made Schneider an icon while locking her into a sexualized image she never could escape. Palud’s sophomore feature also marks a fitting echo for the Gallic auteur, who kicked off her professional life on the set of Bertolucci’s “The Dreamers.”
Stepping into Brando’s shoes gave Dillon a unique task, not least because the French-language film required the actor to work in an unfamiliar tongue. “I thought to myself,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
YouTube has earned yet another win in the court of law. In San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed a 2020 lawsuit brought by nine creators of color, who argued that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm discriminated against their videos on the basis of race.
The plaintiffs — including Black and Hispanic creators Lisa Cabrera, Catherine Jones, Denotra Nicole Lewis, and Kimberly Carleste Newman — filed a suit against YouTube in June 2020. The case began less than a month after the killing of George Floyd, which sparked a nationwide referendum on racial justice. In their original complaint, the creators alleged that YouTube and parent company Google “knowingly, intentionally, and systematically” used algorithmic de-ranking to “restrict access and drive them off YouTube.”
Chhabria did not contest the idea that YouTube’s algorithm could have a racial bias, but the federal judge ruled that the suing creators had not done enough to substantiate their allegations.
The plaintiffs — including Black and Hispanic creators Lisa Cabrera, Catherine Jones, Denotra Nicole Lewis, and Kimberly Carleste Newman — filed a suit against YouTube in June 2020. The case began less than a month after the killing of George Floyd, which sparked a nationwide referendum on racial justice. In their original complaint, the creators alleged that YouTube and parent company Google “knowingly, intentionally, and systematically” used algorithmic de-ranking to “restrict access and drive them off YouTube.”
Chhabria did not contest the idea that YouTube’s algorithm could have a racial bias, but the federal judge ruled that the suing creators had not done enough to substantiate their allegations.
- 8/18/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
For three years, musician Maria Schneider has battled YouTube in court in hopes of challenging the platform’s Content ID system. With the case set for a trial, prospects are looking grim for the Grammy winner. Schneider has called for the trial to be delayed so that she can respond to a judicial decision she described as “erroneous.”
In her lawsuit, Schneider argues that YouTube’s rights management system protects powerful interests through its Content ID technology while leaving independent artists out in the cold. That dichotomy, according to Schneider, creates a “hotbed of copyright infringement through [YouTube’s] development and implementation of a copyright enforcement system that protects only the most powerful copyright owners such as major studios and record labels.”
Schneider hoped to gather support from other aggrieved YouTube creators by turning her court case into a class-action lawsuit. YouTube protested that decision, describing the class-action status as a “moving target.
In her lawsuit, Schneider argues that YouTube’s rights management system protects powerful interests through its Content ID technology while leaving independent artists out in the cold. That dichotomy, according to Schneider, creates a “hotbed of copyright infringement through [YouTube’s] development and implementation of a copyright enforcement system that protects only the most powerful copyright owners such as major studios and record labels.”
Schneider hoped to gather support from other aggrieved YouTube creators by turning her court case into a class-action lawsuit. YouTube protested that decision, describing the class-action status as a “moving target.
- 6/7/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Anamaria Vartolomei (who broke out big in Audrey Diwan’s Happening) will be surrounded by the likes of Céleste Brunnquell (who’ll be seen in Critics’ Week Closing Film La Fille de son père by Erwan Le Duc), Jérémie Renier, Edoardo Pesce, Matt Dillon and Marie Gillain in Jessica Palud‘s highly anticipated sophomore feature Maria. At this point we have no idea how much screen time the likes of Bardot, Brando and Bertolucci might take up in the film but the above mentioned players might fill up those shoes. This is of course the troubling, tormented true life story of actress Maria Schneider who paid a huge price for her fame.…...
- 5/8/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Molly Ringwald is revisiting the controversial “Last Tango in Paris.”
The “Breakfast Club” icon translated the non-fiction book “My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir” by Vanessa Schneider from French to English, and in a new interview with The Guardian, Ringwald weighed in on the treatment of then 19-year-old actress Maria Schneider during the erotic 1972 film. Schneider plays a young woman who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with an older man, played by Marlon Brando, with demons of his own.
“She was on board for a lot of it. I feel like she personified the time: she was free, she was bisexual, she was really happy to be part of something that was daring,” Ringwald said of Schneider. “They just went the extra step that they didn’t need to go. The film could have been daring and provocative without that. She should have been able to consent.”
Ringwald began her...
The “Breakfast Club” icon translated the non-fiction book “My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir” by Vanessa Schneider from French to English, and in a new interview with The Guardian, Ringwald weighed in on the treatment of then 19-year-old actress Maria Schneider during the erotic 1972 film. Schneider plays a young woman who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with an older man, played by Marlon Brando, with demons of his own.
“She was on board for a lot of it. I feel like she personified the time: she was free, she was bisexual, she was really happy to be part of something that was daring,” Ringwald said of Schneider. “They just went the extra step that they didn’t need to go. The film could have been daring and provocative without that. She should have been able to consent.”
Ringwald began her...
- 4/24/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Currently in pre-production phase and deep in the casting process, Audrey Diwan (who will be in Cannes as the head of the Critic’s Week jury) appears to have lassoed the actress she knows well for her highly anticipated buzzy third feature film. Golden Lion-winning Happening in Anamaria Vartolomei might have joined the project and would likely play one of the many Western ex-pats that are part of the main character’s entourage. As we already know, Noémie Merlant landed the top role in Emmanuelle – the one of the sexually adventurous wife. The project was co-written by Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowski. It’s a particularly great moment for Vartolomei who might surface in Cannes next month (if they add the title in the last wave offerings) with Bruno Dumont’s L’Empire, and she is attached to play Maria Schneider in Jessica Palud’s Maria.…...
- 4/24/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Hollywood success in the 80s was so unpleasant that Ringwald moved to France. Since then she has made a jazz album, written a novel and translated a memoir about Last Tango in Paris star Maria Schneider
When Molly Ringwald was first approached to translate My Cousin Maria Schneider, by Vanessa Schneider, she said no. It’s not that she wasn’t interested in the late French actor, whose life was so horribly defined and dominated by Last Tango in Paris. Nor was it that she felt too close to the industry to tackle the life story of such a tragic figure. “The opposite,” she says, speaking to me from Vancouver, where she is filming the supernatural drama series Riverdale. “I felt my experience as an actor would only bring more to the project. Because I feel like I understood her.” It was just that she originally didn’t have time.
When Molly Ringwald was first approached to translate My Cousin Maria Schneider, by Vanessa Schneider, she said no. It’s not that she wasn’t interested in the late French actor, whose life was so horribly defined and dominated by Last Tango in Paris. Nor was it that she felt too close to the industry to tackle the life story of such a tragic figure. “The opposite,” she says, speaking to me from Vancouver, where she is filming the supernatural drama series Riverdale. “I felt my experience as an actor would only bring more to the project. Because I feel like I understood her.” It was just that she originally didn’t have time.
- 4/24/2023
- by Zoe Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Walter Smith III has released his stunning new cover of Kate Bush’s “Mother Stands for Comfort,” the latest single from the saxophonist’s forthcoming Blue Note debut return to casual out April 7. The album features pianist Taylor Eigsti, guitarist Matt Stevens, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Kendrick Scott as well as guest appearances by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist James Francies return to casual is available for pre-order now on Blue Note Store exclusive color vinyl, black vinyl, CD, or digital download.
Walter Smith III
It was Akinmusire who first introduced Smith to “Mother Stands for Comfort,” which is the sole non-original composition on the 10-song set. “From the moment I heard it, the mood and character of the piece grabbed me,” recalls Smith. “‘Mother Stands for Comfort’ was my introduction to Kate Bush’s music, and the more I heard the more I was drawn into her style.
Walter Smith III
It was Akinmusire who first introduced Smith to “Mother Stands for Comfort,” which is the sole non-original composition on the 10-song set. “From the moment I heard it, the mood and character of the piece grabbed me,” recalls Smith. “‘Mother Stands for Comfort’ was my introduction to Kate Bush’s music, and the more I heard the more I was drawn into her style.
- 2/27/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Last Tango in Paris is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The controversial film has been criticised in recent years, following shock revelations about its most infamous scene.
Released in the US on 1 February 1973, Bernardo Bertolucci’s erotic drama follows a young woman from Paris (the late Maria Schneider), who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with an older American widower (Marlon Brando).
In one shocking scene, Paul rapes Jeanne, using a stick of butter as a lubricant.
Schneider, who was just 19 when she shot the film opposite 48-year-old Brando, said in a 2007 interview that the scene “wasn’t in the original script”, but that Brando had come up with the idea to simulate it and told her right before they had to film that part.
“I was so angry,” she said. “Marlon said to me, ‘Maria, don’t worry, it’s just a movie,’ but during the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn’t real,...
Released in the US on 1 February 1973, Bernardo Bertolucci’s erotic drama follows a young woman from Paris (the late Maria Schneider), who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with an older American widower (Marlon Brando).
In one shocking scene, Paul rapes Jeanne, using a stick of butter as a lubricant.
Schneider, who was just 19 when she shot the film opposite 48-year-old Brando, said in a 2007 interview that the scene “wasn’t in the original script”, but that Brando had come up with the idea to simulate it and told her right before they had to film that part.
“I was so angry,” she said. “Marlon said to me, ‘Maria, don’t worry, it’s just a movie,’ but during the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn’t real,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
The Italian director’s knotty drama remains a provocation, a film filled with lyrical beauty but also repulsive cruelty
Revisiting films on the occasion of major anniversaries can be a disorienting reminder of time’s too-swift passage: that film is now 20/30/40 years old? How can that be? Why does it still feel so much younger than I do? In other cases, however, the film wears its advanced age in a way that makes complete sense, and so it is with Last Tango in Paris, released in cinemas in 1973. Now a half-century old, Bernardo Bertolucci’s lightning rod for scandal and debate has dated in many of the ways you might expect, but that’s not quite what I mean: at 50, the film’s age has now caught up with the overriding air of middle-aged despair and disarray that it always carried. In a sense, it was a film made to be forgotten,...
Revisiting films on the occasion of major anniversaries can be a disorienting reminder of time’s too-swift passage: that film is now 20/30/40 years old? How can that be? Why does it still feel so much younger than I do? In other cases, however, the film wears its advanced age in a way that makes complete sense, and so it is with Last Tango in Paris, released in cinemas in 1973. Now a half-century old, Bernardo Bertolucci’s lightning rod for scandal and debate has dated in many of the ways you might expect, but that’s not quite what I mean: at 50, the film’s age has now caught up with the overriding air of middle-aged despair and disarray that it always carried. In a sense, it was a film made to be forgotten,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Writer / Director / Actor Halina Reijn discusses some of her favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Gothic (1986)
Warlock (1989)
Annie (1982)
Midsommar (2019) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2019 year-end movie roundup
Bambi (1942) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Annie (2014)
A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
Husbands (1970) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Opening Night (1977)
The Piano Teacher (2001) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Black Book (2006)
Elle (2016) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s 2016 year-end movie roundup
The Fourth Man (1983)
Basic Instinct (1992) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Showgirls (1995)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Fatal Attraction (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
9 ½ Weeks (1986)
Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015)
365 Days (2020)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Last Tango In Paris (1972) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
Marathon Man (1976)
The Abyss (1989)
Apocalypse Now (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Gothic (1986)
Warlock (1989)
Annie (1982)
Midsommar (2019) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2019 year-end movie roundup
Bambi (1942) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Annie (2014)
A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
Husbands (1970) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Opening Night (1977)
The Piano Teacher (2001) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Black Book (2006)
Elle (2016) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s 2016 year-end movie roundup
The Fourth Man (1983)
Basic Instinct (1992) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Showgirls (1995)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Fatal Attraction (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
9 ½ Weeks (1986)
Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015)
365 Days (2020)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Last Tango In Paris (1972) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
Marathon Man (1976)
The Abyss (1989)
Apocalypse Now (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?...
- 9/6/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Rushes: Bruno Dumont's "The Empire," John Carpenter Interviewed, Hito Steyerl x Film Comment Podcast
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSHaunted Hotel.The British Film Institute has begun unveiling the program for the London Film Festival, which runs from October 5-16. So far, they have announced the official competition, featuring films from Alice Diop, Mark Jenkin, and Hlynur Pálmason, and the VR- and Ar-oriented "Extended Realities" strand, including a new work from Guy Maddin, Haunted Hotel.Production has begun on Bruno Dumont's The Empire. Cineuropa reports that the science-fiction film depicts the "epic parallel life of knights from interplanetary kingdoms"; the cast includes Lyna Khoudri (César-winner for Papicha) and the gendarmerie duo from Li'l Quinquin, Bernard Pruvost and Philippe Jore.The international film critics association Fipresci have chosen the winner of their 2022 Grand Prix for Film of the Year: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car.Recommended VIEWINGAndrew Mau and Alan Mak's seminal...
- 8/30/2022
- MUBI
Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, starring Louise Labeque from Bertrand’s Zombi Child is a Currents highlight Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Film at Lincoln Center has announced the Currents selections for the 60th New York Film Festival. Highlights include the Opening Night film João Pedro Rodrigues’s Will-o’-The-Wisp; Ruth Beckermann’s Mutzenbacher; Alain Gomis’s Rewind & Play on Thelonious Monk’s 1969 interview with Henri Renaud screened with Maria Schneider’s short Elisabeth Subrin; Jonás Trueba’s (Fernando Trueba’s son) You Have To Come And See It screening with Pedro Neves Marques’s short Becoming Male In The Middle Ages; Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, starring Louise Labeque from Bonello's Zombi Child, and Radu Jude’s short The Potemkinists screening with Balufu Bakupu-Kanyinda’s Le Damier (in the Revivals programme).
Dennis Lim with Bertrand Bonello for Saint Laurent: “Each Currents lineup is an attempt to distill the spirit of innovation and playfulness...
Film at Lincoln Center has announced the Currents selections for the 60th New York Film Festival. Highlights include the Opening Night film João Pedro Rodrigues’s Will-o’-The-Wisp; Ruth Beckermann’s Mutzenbacher; Alain Gomis’s Rewind & Play on Thelonious Monk’s 1969 interview with Henri Renaud screened with Maria Schneider’s short Elisabeth Subrin; Jonás Trueba’s (Fernando Trueba’s son) You Have To Come And See It screening with Pedro Neves Marques’s short Becoming Male In The Middle Ages; Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, starring Louise Labeque from Bonello's Zombi Child, and Radu Jude’s short The Potemkinists screening with Balufu Bakupu-Kanyinda’s Le Damier (in the Revivals programme).
Dennis Lim with Bertrand Bonello for Saint Laurent: “Each Currents lineup is an attempt to distill the spirit of innovation and playfulness...
- 8/26/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Established during the early heyday of motion pictures, the "star system" is an informal rule of thumb that most movie producers still swear by, even though the elements of a film's package deal in order to get a green light and raise funds have changed in the last 20-odd years. Nowadays, while having an actor with an established fanbase or persona is still a boon to getting a project off the ground, Hollywood is awash with risk-averse producers using an IP to get a movie made — and that IP is usually comic-book superhero material.
Arguably the film that started Hollywood on this superhero-saturated path, 1978's "Superman," was ironically far from a sure-fire hit when producers Pierre Spengler, Alexander Salkind, and Ilya Salkind were attempting to put it together. Since the Superman character himself wasn't enough to raise the money, the production needed an established star and a seasoned director.
As...
Arguably the film that started Hollywood on this superhero-saturated path, 1978's "Superman," was ironically far from a sure-fire hit when producers Pierre Spengler, Alexander Salkind, and Ilya Salkind were attempting to put it together. Since the Superman character himself wasn't enough to raise the money, the production needed an established star and a seasoned director.
As...
- 8/15/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
There's another legal battle brewing between a major video platform and a Grammy winner, and this one has nothing to do with Bridgerton. On August 1, A California judge denied YouTube's request to throw out a 2020 lawsuit filed by jazz musician Maria Schneider. The suit, which argues that YouTube fails to protect smaller creators from infringement, will now be allowed to move forward.
Schenider's suit accuses YouTube of facilitating a "hotbed of copyright infringement through its development and implementation of a copyright enforcement system that protects only the most powerful copyright owners such as major studios and record labels." The jazz orchestra leader and composer is a frequent critic of digital media corporations, their control over our data, and the freemium models they employ. Those themes feature prominently in Schneider's album Data Lords, one of her seven Grammy-winning releases.
"My livelihood is being threatened by illegal distribution of my...
Schenider's suit accuses YouTube of facilitating a "hotbed of copyright infringement through its development and implementation of a copyright enforcement system that protects only the most powerful copyright owners such as major studios and record labels." The jazz orchestra leader and composer is a frequent critic of digital media corporations, their control over our data, and the freemium models they employ. Those themes feature prominently in Schneider's album Data Lords, one of her seven Grammy-winning releases.
"My livelihood is being threatened by illegal distribution of my...
- 8/3/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Researching the life and career of Maria Schneider for a larger project, filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin discovered a brief interview the actress gave in 1983 for the French TV show Cinéma Cinéma. It’s a conversation alternately defiant and mournful, with Schneider reflecting with real critical awareness upon the gendered power structures of the film industry as well as the violations she experienced living and working within it — including, in one painful section, on the set of Last Tango in Paris. Subrin used the interview as the basis for a 60-second short that was a part of […]
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- 5/26/2022
- by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Researching the life and career of Maria Schneider for a larger project, filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin discovered a brief interview the actress gave in 1983 for the French TV show Cinéma Cinéma. It’s a conversation alternately defiant and mournful, with Schneider reflecting with real critical awareness upon the gendered power structures of the film industry as well as the violations she experienced living and working within it — including, in one painful section, on the set of Last Tango in Paris. Subrin used the interview as the basis for a 60-second short that was a part of […]
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The post “Maria Was Saying Things in 1983 That Were Not Addressed by Actresses Until Decades Later”: Elisabeth Subrin on Her Cannes-Premiering Short, Maria Schneider, 1983 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 5/26/2022
- by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
It’s a compact ten offerings that make up the short films selection over at the Directors’ Fortnight. The eyebrow-raiser goes to Radu Jude – who has been “banging” out a bunch of short films since the release of 2021’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn. His The Potemkinists looks at the defiant gesture against Russia made in 1905 by the sailors from the Potemkin Cruiser – they would receive political asylum in Jude’s native Romania. With renewed interested in the life of Maria Schneider (Jessica Palud’s biopic with Anamaria Vartolomei as Maria will premiere next year), Elisabeth Subrin continues to dissect the life of an actress with Maria Schneider, 1983 — you’ll see The Sea Ahead actress Manal Issa (image above), Aïssa Maiga and filmmaker Isabel Sandoval) in the film.…...
- 4/27/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Marlon Brando stars in Bernardo Bertolucci's existential drama "Last Tango in Paris" as Paul, a middle-aged expatriate in Paris who has an intense, anonymous affair with a young girl named Jeanne (Maria Schneider). Paul is a brusque man haunted by the recent death of his wife who uses aggressive sexuality to exorcise his personal demons.
The lines between performance and reality were frequently blurred on set, leading to some controversy surrounding one of the most aberrant sex scenes in the film. Schneider's tears while shooting the violent rape sequence where Paul uses butter as lubricant were genuine, as it was not in the script, but reportedly devised...
The post The Last Tango In Paris Didn't Require Much Acting From Marlon Brando appeared first on /Film.
The lines between performance and reality were frequently blurred on set, leading to some controversy surrounding one of the most aberrant sex scenes in the film. Schneider's tears while shooting the violent rape sequence where Paul uses butter as lubricant were genuine, as it was not in the script, but reportedly devised...
The post The Last Tango In Paris Didn't Require Much Acting From Marlon Brando appeared first on /Film.
- 4/18/2022
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
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By Todd Garbarini
The major question that I have about Douglas Heyes’s Kitten with a Whip, which opened in New York on Wednesday, November 4, 1964 on a double bill with Lance Comfort’s Sing and Swing (1963) with David Hemmings at some theaters, is this: where is the titular whip? We have the kitten, as embodied by the overly beautiful Ann-Margret as “bad girl” Jody Dvorak, but there is no whip to be found. Perhaps the “whip” is her personality? There certainly is an argument to be made for that. Jody has just made a break from a juvenile detention center but not before seriously wounding the head of the place who becomes hospitalized. Outwitting the police, she breaks into the semi-upscale home of David Stratton (John Forsyth), a stuffy, by-the-book political candidate hopeful twenty-three years her senior whose wife and daughter are conveniently...
By Todd Garbarini
The major question that I have about Douglas Heyes’s Kitten with a Whip, which opened in New York on Wednesday, November 4, 1964 on a double bill with Lance Comfort’s Sing and Swing (1963) with David Hemmings at some theaters, is this: where is the titular whip? We have the kitten, as embodied by the overly beautiful Ann-Margret as “bad girl” Jody Dvorak, but there is no whip to be found. Perhaps the “whip” is her personality? There certainly is an argument to be made for that. Jody has just made a break from a juvenile detention center but not before seriously wounding the head of the place who becomes hospitalized. Outwitting the police, she breaks into the semi-upscale home of David Stratton (John Forsyth), a stuffy, by-the-book political candidate hopeful twenty-three years her senior whose wife and daughter are conveniently...
- 4/13/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history. Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1976).Always, throughout the history of cinema, women have made films. And always, they’ve worked within the limits of a patriarchal industry. As a result, the films that women have made have historically been compromised by this imbalance of power. But what if there was another way? What if this inherently collaborative artform could become a space of solidarity, subversion and sisterhood?This was the vision put forward by the feminist film collectives of the 1970s and 1980s. As counterculture and social revolution spread, a wave of politicised women-led film groups began to emerge around the world. These collectives turned their cameras to feminist causes, seizing upon the potential of film to raise awareness, change minds and present new perspectives. For these collectives, control of the...
- 4/6/2022
- MUBI
Winner of the Cesar award for best Female Newcomer this past Friday for her perf in Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion winning L’Événement (Happening), actress Anamaria Vartolomei is now moving into further potential trauma territory toplining a biopic on actress Maria Schneider. Le Film Francais broke the news. We had reported last December that Jessica Palaud was moving onto this project as her sophomore feature. Palud recently set up shop in Rome, Italy — with a shoot likely to take place either this month or next.
Palud showcased Revenir at the 2019 edition of the Venice Film Festival and reteams with her producer Marielle Duigou from Fin Août Productions.…...
Palud showcased Revenir at the 2019 edition of the Venice Film Festival and reteams with her producer Marielle Duigou from Fin Août Productions.…...
- 3/1/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
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By Lee Pfeiffer
When they say "They don't make 'em like that anymore", it might well be in reference to Bernardo Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris", one of the most controversial films of all time. Released by United Artists, the movie was basically an art house niche market production that became a major sensation thanks to the presence of Marlon Brando, who had just made one of the great Hollywood comebacks of all-time with his towering performance in "The Godfather". However, it was the raw sexual content of the movie that resulted in people standing in line for hours to obtain tickets to what was, in reality, anything but a populist film. Prior to the movie's American release in 1973, the Italian government issued arrest warrants for Bertolucci, Brando and female lead Maria Schneider on charges of obscenity- which, of course, only increased the public's desire to see it.
By Lee Pfeiffer
When they say "They don't make 'em like that anymore", it might well be in reference to Bernardo Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris", one of the most controversial films of all time. Released by United Artists, the movie was basically an art house niche market production that became a major sensation thanks to the presence of Marlon Brando, who had just made one of the great Hollywood comebacks of all-time with his towering performance in "The Godfather". However, it was the raw sexual content of the movie that resulted in people standing in line for hours to obtain tickets to what was, in reality, anything but a populist film. Prior to the movie's American release in 1973, the Italian government issued arrest warrants for Bertolucci, Brando and female lead Maria Schneider on charges of obscenity- which, of course, only increased the public's desire to see it.
- 1/23/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Bernardo Bertolucci’s disturbing treatment of Maria Schneider in Last Tango in Paris will likely one facet in the upcoming biopic Maria. French filmmaker Jessica Palud has gotten the greenlight for an upcoming spring shoot on her sophomore feature. Next up: casting the pivotal role of the actress who was plucked from obscurity for Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger. Palud showcased Revenir at the 2019 edition of the Venice Film Festival will reteam with her producer Marielle Duigou from Fin Août Productions. Palud saw her short film Marlon travel the film festival circuit and was nominated for a César.…...
- 12/2/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The drama revolving around the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 erotic film Last Tango in Paris will be the subject of a new limited series from Entourage and Boston Public writers Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn. Part of the first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, Tango will span the 18 months before, during, and after the film’s production. The story will be told through the lens of the film’s stars, Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, as well as Bertolucci, and is said to explore themes of identity, fame, and artistic ambition. Controversy surrounds the film for its inclusion of a rape scene, which Schneider later claimed was not consensual and not in the original script. “I felt humiliated, and to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci,” Schneider told the Daily Mail in 2007. The series, set in Italy, France, and the U.
- 11/29/2021
- TV Insider
Released in 1972, and starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, Last Tango became notorious for its graphic sex scenes and treatment of 19-year-old female lead
The story behind the production of the controversial Bernardo Bertolucci drama Last Tango in Paris, which starred Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, is to become a TV series, it has been announced.
Released in 1972, Last Tango became notorious for its graphic sex scenes and the treatment of Schneider, its 19-year-old female lead, by Bertolucci and Brando. In 2016, controversy was reignited after a three-year-old video of Bertolucci emerged discussing how he and Brando had not informed Schneider about the content of the film’s infamous rape scene. The airing of the admission led to an explosion of anger, including a tweet from Jessica Chastain saying: “To all the people that love this film – you’re watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man. The director planned her attack.
The story behind the production of the controversial Bernardo Bertolucci drama Last Tango in Paris, which starred Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, is to become a TV series, it has been announced.
Released in 1972, Last Tango became notorious for its graphic sex scenes and the treatment of Schneider, its 19-year-old female lead, by Bertolucci and Brando. In 2016, controversy was reignited after a three-year-old video of Bertolucci emerged discussing how he and Brando had not informed Schneider about the content of the film’s infamous rape scene. The airing of the admission led to an explosion of anger, including a tweet from Jessica Chastain saying: “To all the people that love this film – you’re watching a 19yr old get raped by a 48yr old man. The director planned her attack.
- 11/29/2021
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Last Tango In Paris is getting its own The Offer-style making of drama series.
The tumultuous events surrounding the making of the 1972 erotic drama, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, is to be turned into a television series by CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures.
The series comes from Entourage and Boston Public writers Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn with Killing Eve’s Lisa Brühlmann and Narcos’ José Padilha to co-direct.
The project, set in Italy, France and the U.S., will span the 18 months before, during and after the production of the film and will explore questions of identity, fame, and artistic ambition. Told through the lens of those at the center of the events – Schneider, Brando and Bertolucci – the series will begin with Bertolucci traveling to Los Angeles in 1971 to convince a broken-down and bankrupt Brando to take a role in his upcoming...
The tumultuous events surrounding the making of the 1972 erotic drama, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, is to be turned into a television series by CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures.
The series comes from Entourage and Boston Public writers Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn with Killing Eve’s Lisa Brühlmann and Narcos’ José Padilha to co-direct.
The project, set in Italy, France and the U.S., will span the 18 months before, during and after the production of the film and will explore questions of identity, fame, and artistic ambition. Told through the lens of those at the center of the events – Schneider, Brando and Bertolucci – the series will begin with Bertolucci traveling to Los Angeles in 1971 to convince a broken-down and bankrupt Brando to take a role in his upcoming...
- 11/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1973 film “Last Tango in Paris” will be the subject of a limited series to be co-directed by Lisa Brühlmann (“Killing Eve”) and José Padilha (“Narcos”).
The series, titled “Tango,” is part of the international first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, an independent entertainment media company founded by former Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman.
The series, set in Italy, France and the U.S., written by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, will span the 18 months before, during and after the production of “Last Tango in Paris,” and will be told through the lens of those at the center of the events — stars Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando and Bertolucci.
The film is known for its infamous rape scene, which Bertolucci admitted decades later was not consensual.
“Controversy plagued the film following its release in January of 1973, while Brando and...
The series, titled “Tango,” is part of the international first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, an independent entertainment media company founded by former Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman.
The series, set in Italy, France and the U.S., written by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, will span the 18 months before, during and after the production of “Last Tango in Paris,” and will be told through the lens of those at the center of the events — stars Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando and Bertolucci.
The film is known for its infamous rape scene, which Bertolucci admitted decades later was not consensual.
“Controversy plagued the film following its release in January of 1973, while Brando and...
- 11/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
CBS Studios is backing Tango, a limited event series based on the tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris.
Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) and José Padilha (Narcos) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and Jp Sarni of Stampede Ventures executive producing. CBS Studios will co-produce under its international first-look agreement with Stampede, with SVP of international co-productions and development Meghan Lyvers overseeing the project for the studio.
Based on a script by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, Tango traces the 18 months before, during and after the production of Last Tango in Paris, exploring the story through ...
Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) and José Padilha (Narcos) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and Jp Sarni of Stampede Ventures executive producing. CBS Studios will co-produce under its international first-look agreement with Stampede, with SVP of international co-productions and development Meghan Lyvers overseeing the project for the studio.
Based on a script by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, Tango traces the 18 months before, during and after the production of Last Tango in Paris, exploring the story through ...
- 11/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSWe're thrilled to announce Notebook magazine, a new biannual print-only publication dedicated to the art and culture of cinema, with original contributions by film artists, writers, curators, and archivists about a unique and eclectic array of cinematic subjects. Inside our pilot Issue 0 you'll find Apichatpong Weerasethakul reflecting on his personal journey and Wes Anderson on The French Dispatch and The New Yorker; explorations of moviegoing and odes to movie magazines; conversations between the cinema exhibitors of Milan's Cinema Beltrade and Dubai's Cinema Akil, as well as between directors Emma Seligman and Mike Leigh; movie posters from a milestone MoMA exhibition; sheet music handwritten by Nino Rota; new translations of writings by Yasujiro Ozu; and much more. This issue is printed in a limited edition and available for pre-order to Mubi subscribers only—get yours now,...
- 10/27/2021
- MUBI
Better late than never. After the traditional Cannes Film Festival was cancelled last year due to Covid, the glitzy event is back with Covid protocols in order. Instead of taking place in May, the 74th annual gala opened on July 6 and will continue through July 17th at the glamorous French resort town.
Spike Lee, who was supposed to be jury head last year, was asked to take up the reigns of this edition. And he appeared on the legendary red carpet decked out in a striking pink ensemble. The festival opened with the Leos Carax’ offbeat musical “Annette” featuring music by the Sparks Brother and Val Kilmer’s self-titled documentary “Val,” which earned kudos and a long-standing ovation. Other films premiering at the festival including Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Asghar Farhadi’s “The Hero” and Francois Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine.”
Besides screening and selling movies,...
Spike Lee, who was supposed to be jury head last year, was asked to take up the reigns of this edition. And he appeared on the legendary red carpet decked out in a striking pink ensemble. The festival opened with the Leos Carax’ offbeat musical “Annette” featuring music by the Sparks Brother and Val Kilmer’s self-titled documentary “Val,” which earned kudos and a long-standing ovation. Other films premiering at the festival including Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Asghar Farhadi’s “The Hero” and Francois Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine.”
Besides screening and selling movies,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Women dominated the 63rd Grammy Awards on Sunday as Taylor Swift won her third career Album of the Year prize and Beyoncé made history with her 28th career Grammy — the most for any singer or female artist and tying her with Quincy Jones for No. 2 on the all-time wins list.
Swift also etched her name in Grammy lore during Music’s Biggest Night for the World’s Cruelest Year, becoming the first woman to win Album for the Year three times, this year for Folklore from presenter Ringo Starr. Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for “Everything I Wanted,” and Song of the Year went to H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe,” which she penned with Dernst Emile II & Tiara Thomas.
Megan Thee Stallion took Best New Artist to open the primetime show then picked up Rap Song of the Year with Beyoncé for “Savage.” That gave them both...
Swift also etched her name in Grammy lore during Music’s Biggest Night for the World’s Cruelest Year, becoming the first woman to win Album for the Year three times, this year for Folklore from presenter Ringo Starr. Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for “Everything I Wanted,” and Song of the Year went to H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe,” which she penned with Dernst Emile II & Tiara Thomas.
Megan Thee Stallion took Best New Artist to open the primetime show then picked up Rap Song of the Year with Beyoncé for “Savage.” That gave them both...
- 3/15/2021
- by Erik Pedersen and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Grammy Awards, now in their 63rd year, once again take place in L.A. but this time in Covid-safe conditions. For the 2021 ceremony, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah makes his hosting debut. Performers include Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, BTS, Bad Bunny, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Brittany Howard, Miranda Lambert, Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, Harry Styles, and more. Here’s a rundown of all the Grammy winners.
Record of the Year: Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted”
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, Folklore
Best R&b Performance: Beyoncé,...
Record of the Year: Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted”
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, Folklore
Best R&b Performance: Beyoncé,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
As usual, the 2021 Grammy Awards took place in two parts. The vast majority of the 84 categories up for grabs were presented during the Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon, March 14, starting at noon Pacific/3:00pm Eastern and streamed live on Grammy.com. The top categories will then be handed out during the primetime broadcast. So who won during the midday show, did anyone make history, and what does it mean for the awards later to come. Scroll down for our live analysis, updated throughout the day as winners are announced.
The Premiere Ceremony was hosted by Jhene Aiko, herself a three-time Grammy nominee this year: Album of the Year and Best Progressive R&b Album for “Chilombo,” and Best R&b Performance for “Lightning and Thunder” featuring John Legend. The musical performers at this event included Burna Boy, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Igor Levit, Lido Pimienta,...
The Premiere Ceremony was hosted by Jhene Aiko, herself a three-time Grammy nominee this year: Album of the Year and Best Progressive R&b Album for “Chilombo,” and Best R&b Performance for “Lightning and Thunder” featuring John Legend. The musical performers at this event included Burna Boy, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Igor Levit, Lido Pimienta,...
- 3/14/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
It’s 2006. James Bond, as rendered in this particular iteration by franchise newcomer Daniel Craig, is on a train to Montenegro as he prepares for his upcoming mission: a poker tournament, where he will compete against the notorious private banker and criminal mastermind known as Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). However, there’s one factor Bond hasn’t taken into account, and it’s the well-dressed woman in a business suit who elegantly sits herself across from him in the train car. But Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) isn’t merely the agent to the British Treasury that she asserts herself to be — over the course of the story she’ll become the first woman that Bond truly, deeply gives his heart to, as well as the first one to subsequently break said heart. Hers is a role that demands assertiveness and vulnerability, a captivating beauty with a keen mind, and someone...
- 2/17/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Italian film producer whose credits included Last Tango in Paris and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The producer Alberto Grimaldi, who has died aged 95, worked with most of the giants of Italian cinema, including Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. Fittingly for someone who began his career as a lawyer, he seemed to spend almost as much time in court, defending the films he had developed and financed, as he did on set. Hardly surprising when his credits included Bertolucci’s erotic chamber piece Last Tango in Paris (1972) and Pasolini’s remorseless study of fascism, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975). These were among eight of his films that Italian censors and prosecutors accused of offending public decency.
After a three-year legal battle over Last Tango in Paris, Grimaldi received a suspended prison sentence in 1976, along with the director and the film’s stars,...
The producer Alberto Grimaldi, who has died aged 95, worked with most of the giants of Italian cinema, including Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. Fittingly for someone who began his career as a lawyer, he seemed to spend almost as much time in court, defending the films he had developed and financed, as he did on set. Hardly surprising when his credits included Bertolucci’s erotic chamber piece Last Tango in Paris (1972) and Pasolini’s remorseless study of fascism, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975). These were among eight of his films that Italian censors and prosecutors accused of offending public decency.
After a three-year legal battle over Last Tango in Paris, Grimaldi received a suspended prison sentence in 1976, along with the director and the film’s stars,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Aiming to contrast the dichotomies of Love and Lust, director Bernardo Bertolucci originally hoped to star Jean-Louis Trintignant with either Dominique Sanda or Catherine Deneuve, but when those plans fell apart he went with Marlon Brando and 19 year old unknown Maria Schneider. Its graphic but simulated sex scenes garnered a scandalous X rating in the US, later rescinded to an R without cuts. Bertolucci believed this was Brando’s most revealing performance despite the fact that apart from one memorably improvised soliloquy about his childhood he can be seen reading his entire part from cue cards. At one point he asked if his lines could be written on his co-star’s derriere, which the director refused.
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- 11/20/2020
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
The iconic Drive-In Movie critic makes his second visit to the podcast for a very special mini-episode.
Be sure to watch Season 2 of The Last Drive-In, hosted by Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Infested (2002)
Blood Sucking Freaks (1976)
Career Bed (1969)
All About Eve (1950)
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
Fantasex Island (1983)
The G.I. Executioner a.k.a. Wit’s End (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Goldstein (1964)
Other Notable Items
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Shudder TV series (2018- )
The Mission Tiki Drive-In Theater
Joel Reed
Vincent Price
Hervé Villechaize
Luis De Jesus
Fantasy Island TV series (1977-1984)
Tfh Guru Lloyd Kaufman
Troma Entertainment
Chris Jericho
Catherine Deneuve
Maria Schneider
Yvonne Craig
Batman TV series (1966-1968)
Jennifer Welles
Georgina Spellvin
P.J. Soles
Philip Kaufman
Tfh Guru Roger Corman
William Peter Blatty
The Cannes Film Festival
This list is also available on Letterboxd.
The post Joe Bob Briggs Rides Again!
Be sure to watch Season 2 of The Last Drive-In, hosted by Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Infested (2002)
Blood Sucking Freaks (1976)
Career Bed (1969)
All About Eve (1950)
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
Fantasex Island (1983)
The G.I. Executioner a.k.a. Wit’s End (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Goldstein (1964)
Other Notable Items
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Shudder TV series (2018- )
The Mission Tiki Drive-In Theater
Joel Reed
Vincent Price
Hervé Villechaize
Luis De Jesus
Fantasy Island TV series (1977-1984)
Tfh Guru Lloyd Kaufman
Troma Entertainment
Chris Jericho
Catherine Deneuve
Maria Schneider
Yvonne Craig
Batman TV series (1966-1968)
Jennifer Welles
Georgina Spellvin
P.J. Soles
Philip Kaufman
Tfh Guru Roger Corman
William Peter Blatty
The Cannes Film Festival
This list is also available on Letterboxd.
The post Joe Bob Briggs Rides Again!
- 4/24/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
A group of lawmakers are pressing Google to make one of YouTube’s signature anti-piracy features available to a greater number of creators of copyrighted content.
Earlier this month, a dozen Capitol Hill lawmakers led by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-tn) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki asking them if they have considered making its Content ID more widely available, and whether they would also publish the criteria they consider for eligibility to use the service.
YouTube’s Content ID is used by movie studios, record labels and rights collection societies as a way to automatically spot infringing content, but indie companies, like Millennium Media, have been denied access to the anti-piracy tool.
Content ID works using a database of digital “fingerprints” of major copyrighted works that are then compared to a user’s uploads. Copyright holders are notified when an upload contains their works,...
Earlier this month, a dozen Capitol Hill lawmakers led by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-tn) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki asking them if they have considered making its Content ID more widely available, and whether they would also publish the criteria they consider for eligibility to use the service.
YouTube’s Content ID is used by movie studios, record labels and rights collection societies as a way to automatically spot infringing content, but indie companies, like Millennium Media, have been denied access to the anti-piracy tool.
Content ID works using a database of digital “fingerprints” of major copyrighted works that are then compared to a user’s uploads. Copyright holders are notified when an upload contains their works,...
- 2/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Wollen, who wrote and directed the early Tilda Swinton movie Friendship's Death and penned Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, an influential 1969 book about film theory, has died. He was 81.
Wollen died Tuesday in Haslemere, Surrey, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, his son, Chad Wollen, announced.
Wollen also co-wrote with Mark Peploe the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, and collaborated with fellow film theorist Laura Mulvey, his first wife, on several projects, including the documentary Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974) and the features Riddles of ...
Wollen died Tuesday in Haslemere, Surrey, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, his son, Chad Wollen, announced.
Wollen also co-wrote with Mark Peploe the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, and collaborated with fellow film theorist Laura Mulvey, his first wife, on several projects, including the documentary Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974) and the features Riddles of ...
- 12/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Peter Wollen, who wrote and directed the early Tilda Swinton movie Friendship's Death and penned Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, an influential 1969 book about film theory, has died. He was 81.
Wollen died Tuesday in Haslemere, Surrey, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, his son, Chad Wollen, announced.
Wollen also co-wrote with Mark Peploe the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, and collaborated with fellow film theorist Laura Mulvey, his first wife, on several projects, including the documentary Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974) and the features Riddles of ...
Wollen died Tuesday in Haslemere, Surrey, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, his son, Chad Wollen, announced.
Wollen also co-wrote with Mark Peploe the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, and collaborated with fellow film theorist Laura Mulvey, his first wife, on several projects, including the documentary Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974) and the features Riddles of ...
- 12/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter Wollen, film theorist and filmmaker, has died at the age of 81. Wollen is best known for writing the 1969 film theory book “Signs and Meaning in the Cinema,” which became famous for approaching film studies through structuralism and semiotics. “Signs and Meaning” was one of over two dozen film theory books Wollen wrote or contributed to over nearly four decades.
In the film industry itself, Wollen got his start by sharing a screenwriting credit on Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 drama “The Passenger,” starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. Wollen made his directorial debut with “Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons,” which he directed alongside his wife, legendary film scholar Laura Mulvey. The two made several films together. The only film to be solo-directed by Wollen was the 1987 science-fiction romance “Friendship’s Death,” starring Bill Paxton and Tilda Swinton. The latter played a female extraterrestrial robot who crash lands on earth and meets a British war correspondent.
In the film industry itself, Wollen got his start by sharing a screenwriting credit on Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 drama “The Passenger,” starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. Wollen made his directorial debut with “Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons,” which he directed alongside his wife, legendary film scholar Laura Mulvey. The two made several films together. The only film to be solo-directed by Wollen was the 1987 science-fiction romance “Friendship’s Death,” starring Bill Paxton and Tilda Swinton. The latter played a female extraterrestrial robot who crash lands on earth and meets a British war correspondent.
- 12/19/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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