Mubi has officially made history with the iconic Whitney Museum.
This Whitney Biennial, eight films from the program will be able to be streamed during the show across the U.S., Canada, and UK beginning this Friday, April 12. The forthcoming film program is part of the “Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing” for the 81st edition of the Museum’s landmark exhibition series.
“Film has been an important component of Whitney Biennials since the 1970s, and we are thrilled to continue our commitment to film in a new online initiative partnering with Mubi, giving an even greater platform to artists and allowing us to reach wider audiences beyond the Museum,” Whitney curators Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli said in a press statement.
The program is additionally co-organized by guest curators Korakrit Arunanondchai, asinnajaq, Greg de Cuir Jr., and Zackary Drucker. Select films include Siku Allooloo’s “Spirit Emulsion,...
This Whitney Biennial, eight films from the program will be able to be streamed during the show across the U.S., Canada, and UK beginning this Friday, April 12. The forthcoming film program is part of the “Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing” for the 81st edition of the Museum’s landmark exhibition series.
“Film has been an important component of Whitney Biennials since the 1970s, and we are thrilled to continue our commitment to film in a new online initiative partnering with Mubi, giving an even greater platform to artists and allowing us to reach wider audiences beyond the Museum,” Whitney curators Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli said in a press statement.
The program is additionally co-organized by guest curators Korakrit Arunanondchai, asinnajaq, Greg de Cuir Jr., and Zackary Drucker. Select films include Siku Allooloo’s “Spirit Emulsion,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Robyn, Fever Ray, and First Aid Kit are among more than 1,000 Swedish artists who have called for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision 2024 song contest.
The musicians signed an open letter calling for Israel’s ban from the 2024 competition, which is currently scheduled to host its finale in Malmö, Sweden on May 11th. In addition to Robyn, First Aid Kit, and Fever Ray, other signatures came from fellow Swedish artists, dancers, producers, and songwriters, including Axel Boman, Refused, Viagra Boys, DJ Seinfeld, and Kite.
Addressing the European Broadcast Union (Ebu), the letter outlines the collective artists’ frustration with the decision to let Israel compete in light of the ongoing war in Gaza. “The fact that countries that place themselves above humanitarian law are welcomed to participate in international cultural events trivializes violations of international law and makes the suffering of the victims invisible,” the letter reads.
“Allowing Israel’s...
The musicians signed an open letter calling for Israel’s ban from the 2024 competition, which is currently scheduled to host its finale in Malmö, Sweden on May 11th. In addition to Robyn, First Aid Kit, and Fever Ray, other signatures came from fellow Swedish artists, dancers, producers, and songwriters, including Axel Boman, Refused, Viagra Boys, DJ Seinfeld, and Kite.
Addressing the European Broadcast Union (Ebu), the letter outlines the collective artists’ frustration with the decision to let Israel compete in light of the ongoing war in Gaza. “The fact that countries that place themselves above humanitarian law are welcomed to participate in international cultural events trivializes violations of international law and makes the suffering of the victims invisible,” the letter reads.
“Allowing Israel’s...
- 1/30/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
It’s time to wing it — Max has released the first official teaser for its animated “Harley Quinn” spin-off “Kite Man: Hell Yeah!,” which is set to debut in 2024.
“Kite Man and Golden Glider take their relationship to the next level by opening a bar in the shadow of Lex Luthor’s Legion of Doom. Nobody said serving cold ones to the most dangerous rogues outside of Arkham Asylum would be easy, but sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and how to hide a body,” reads the show’s official logline.
Matt Oberg will reprise his role of Kite Man that originally debuted in “Harley Quinn” while Stephanie Hsu will star alongside him as Golden Glider. Rounding out the cast of “Kite Man” is James Adomian as Bane, Natasia Demetriou as Malice, Janelle James as Queen of Fables, Jonathan Banks as Noonan, Keith David as Darkseid,...
“Kite Man and Golden Glider take their relationship to the next level by opening a bar in the shadow of Lex Luthor’s Legion of Doom. Nobody said serving cold ones to the most dangerous rogues outside of Arkham Asylum would be easy, but sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and how to hide a body,” reads the show’s official logline.
Matt Oberg will reprise his role of Kite Man that originally debuted in “Harley Quinn” while Stephanie Hsu will star alongside him as Golden Glider. Rounding out the cast of “Kite Man” is James Adomian as Bane, Natasia Demetriou as Malice, Janelle James as Queen of Fables, Jonathan Banks as Noonan, Keith David as Darkseid,...
- 9/14/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Tl;Dr:
Howard Stern first heard The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band when he was 13. He said listening to The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper felt like a major discovery. Stern got closer to his mother because of the album.
Howard Stern first heard The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band when it was new. He said he had a strong reaction to one classic song from Sgt. Pepper. Subsequently, the experience influenced his attitude toward music as an adult.
Howard Stern felt like a rabbinical student while analyzing The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’
In his 2019 book Howard Stern Comes Again, Stern discussed hearing The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper for the first time in the summer of 1967 when he was 13. “I had a record player in my room, and I called to my mother: ‘Mom, come in here! You gotta hear this!'” he said. “She sat on my...
Howard Stern first heard The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band when he was 13. He said listening to The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper felt like a major discovery. Stern got closer to his mother because of the album.
Howard Stern first heard The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band when it was new. He said he had a strong reaction to one classic song from Sgt. Pepper. Subsequently, the experience influenced his attitude toward music as an adult.
Howard Stern felt like a rabbinical student while analyzing The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’
In his 2019 book Howard Stern Comes Again, Stern discussed hearing The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper for the first time in the summer of 1967 when he was 13. “I had a record player in my room, and I called to my mother: ‘Mom, come in here! You gotta hear this!'” he said. “She sat on my...
- 7/6/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon has been lauded as one of the most prolific songwriters of all time, but he once admitted to stealing the lyrics to a Beatles song. He said that he often looked to the world around him for inspiration. He once took this a bit further than usual, though. Lennon couldn’t help but feel slightly embarrassed by the song.
John Lennon | Keystone/Getty Images John Lennon said he took outside inspiration for many Beatles songs
Lennon said that of all the songs he wrote with The Beatles, only one seemed to fall into his head from nowhere. Fittingly, the song is “Nowhere Man.”
“I was just sitting, trying to think of a song, and I thought of myself sitting there, doing nothing and going nowhere,” he said, per the book The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies. “Once I’d thought of that, it was easy. It all came out.
John Lennon | Keystone/Getty Images John Lennon said he took outside inspiration for many Beatles songs
Lennon said that of all the songs he wrote with The Beatles, only one seemed to fall into his head from nowhere. Fittingly, the song is “Nowhere Man.”
“I was just sitting, trying to think of a song, and I thought of myself sitting there, doing nothing and going nowhere,” he said, per the book The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies. “Once I’d thought of that, it was easy. It all came out.
- 3/24/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sara Waisglass, Jonathan Kite and Thomas Lennon will star in an upcoming holiday feature from DeVan Clan Productions, entitled “Needle Little Christmas.”
The Christmas tale centers around kindred spirits Maddie, Elizabeth and Trevor. When Maddie passes away before the holiday season in a sudden accident, she is given a second chance at life to convince Elizabeth and Trevor that magic exists. The one problem? To do so, Maddie’s spirit is transferred into her family’s Christmas tree.
Lennon will portray Perry, an invasive neighbor with Grinch-like reservations about getting into the Christmas cheer. Maddie must thwart off Perry while reminding her family and friends of the power of love before the last needle of the tree drops, thereby erasing her from existence.
The three performers hail from popular series: Waisglass plays Maxine Baker on “Ginny & Georgia,” Kite appeared as Oleg on “2 Broke Girls” and Lennon portrays...
The Christmas tale centers around kindred spirits Maddie, Elizabeth and Trevor. When Maddie passes away before the holiday season in a sudden accident, she is given a second chance at life to convince Elizabeth and Trevor that magic exists. The one problem? To do so, Maddie’s spirit is transferred into her family’s Christmas tree.
Lennon will portray Perry, an invasive neighbor with Grinch-like reservations about getting into the Christmas cheer. Maddie must thwart off Perry while reminding her family and friends of the power of love before the last needle of the tree drops, thereby erasing her from existence.
The three performers hail from popular series: Waisglass plays Maxine Baker on “Ginny & Georgia,” Kite appeared as Oleg on “2 Broke Girls” and Lennon portrays...
- 3/2/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone & Kevin Connolly To Star In Dark Comedy ‘Krazy House’
Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone, and Kevin Connolly have signed on to star in the dark comedy Krazy House from writer-directors Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil. Production on the pic has just been completed in Amsterdam. The cast is rounded out by Gaite Jansen, Walt Klink, Jan Bijvoet, Chris Peters, and Matti Stooker. Maarten Swart will produce the film for Kaap Holland Film, in a co-production with Haars and van der Kuil. Kaap Holland Film’s Jorn Baars and XYZ’s Todd Brown are executive producers. Splendid Films is handling distribution in the Benelux. XYZ has North American sales rights.
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TIFF Title ‘The Young Arsonists’ Picked Up By Game Theory
Exclusive: Game Theory Films has acquired US and Canadian rights to The Young Arsonists from filmmaker and artist Sheila Pye.
Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone, and Kevin Connolly have signed on to star in the dark comedy Krazy House from writer-directors Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil. Production on the pic has just been completed in Amsterdam. The cast is rounded out by Gaite Jansen, Walt Klink, Jan Bijvoet, Chris Peters, and Matti Stooker. Maarten Swart will produce the film for Kaap Holland Film, in a co-production with Haars and van der Kuil. Kaap Holland Film’s Jorn Baars and XYZ’s Todd Brown are executive producers. Splendid Films is handling distribution in the Benelux. XYZ has North American sales rights.
Related: Deadline’s Berlin Film Festival Coverage
TIFF Title ‘The Young Arsonists’ Picked Up By Game Theory
Exclusive: Game Theory Films has acquired US and Canadian rights to The Young Arsonists from filmmaker and artist Sheila Pye.
- 2/18/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Christina Milian (Step Up: High Water) and Steven Strait (The Expanse) will topline the thriller Body Language from MarVista Entertainment, which has wrapped production. Others set for the film directed by Cory Miller, which marks Milian’s first as a producer, include Annie Gonzalez (Flamin’ Hot), Gregg Wayans (Kidding) and Robert Belushi (Ballers).
Written by Miller and Belushi, Body Language centers on Mariana (Milian), who serves as Director of Personnel for a major security firm. Mariana excels at reading people, a skill that’s put to the test one night when her fiancé’s enigmatic college buddy, Dylan (Strait), visits to cook a celebratory engagement dinner.
Milian is joined as a producer on Body Language by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring), as well as Neon Kite’s Lisa Wight and Jay Glazer, Belushi, and Mandy June Turpin. Carmen Milian is exec producing alongside Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista Entertainment.
Written by Miller and Belushi, Body Language centers on Mariana (Milian), who serves as Director of Personnel for a major security firm. Mariana excels at reading people, a skill that’s put to the test one night when her fiancé’s enigmatic college buddy, Dylan (Strait), visits to cook a celebratory engagement dinner.
Milian is joined as a producer on Body Language by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring), as well as Neon Kite’s Lisa Wight and Jay Glazer, Belushi, and Mandy June Turpin. Carmen Milian is exec producing alongside Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista Entertainment.
- 12/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Madsen, Rob Morrow and Jay Mohr have joined the cast of the indie drama feature Max Dagan from writer-director Terre Weisman. It follows Max Dagan (Zachary Gordon) as he works to earn his dying father a compassionate release from prison. In desperation, Max seeks the help of Alaina (newcomer Lindsey Dresbach), the daughter of the man his father killed.
Kirk Fox, Jeffrey Ross, Rob Brownstein, Lisa Roumain, Jacob Wysocki, and Eugenia Kuzmina round out the cast.
“Attracting such talented actors with this script, adapted from my novel, is a testament to this original story that has been over a decade in the making.” said Weisman. “I’m truly honored to collaborate with this incredible cast.
The producers are Terre and Mitch Weisman of Creative Balance Films; Rafi Jacobs, Stephen Mastrocola and Liana Montemayor, under their newly formed banner Static Films; and Barry Katz through Barry Katz Entertainment.
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Kirk Fox, Jeffrey Ross, Rob Brownstein, Lisa Roumain, Jacob Wysocki, and Eugenia Kuzmina round out the cast.
“Attracting such talented actors with this script, adapted from my novel, is a testament to this original story that has been over a decade in the making.” said Weisman. “I’m truly honored to collaborate with this incredible cast.
The producers are Terre and Mitch Weisman of Creative Balance Films; Rafi Jacobs, Stephen Mastrocola and Liana Montemayor, under their newly formed banner Static Films; and Barry Katz through Barry Katz Entertainment.
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- 9/29/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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