Have you ever been mesmerized by a magician on the big screen? Magic has always been a popular topic for movies, and there have been some great ones.
Hollywood has always been fascinated by the world of magic and illusion. From the early days of cinema, magicians have been appearing on the silver screen, performing their tricks for the amusement of moviegoers.
13 Movies About Twins You Can’t Miss
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in magic in movies, with several films exploring the theme of magic and its place in the modern world.
These movies offer a unique perspective on the world of magic and provide audiences with an insight into the fascinating world of magicians.
They are also entertaining and often humorous, providing viewers with an enjoyable way to escape from the everyday world. Whether you are interested in the history of magic or want...
Hollywood has always been fascinated by the world of magic and illusion. From the early days of cinema, magicians have been appearing on the silver screen, performing their tricks for the amusement of moviegoers.
13 Movies About Twins You Can’t Miss
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in magic in movies, with several films exploring the theme of magic and its place in the modern world.
These movies offer a unique perspective on the world of magic and provide audiences with an insight into the fascinating world of magicians.
They are also entertaining and often humorous, providing viewers with an enjoyable way to escape from the everyday world. Whether you are interested in the history of magic or want...
- 4/4/2022
- by Israr
- buddytv.com
This is definitely the time of year when film critic types (I’m sure you know who I mean) spend an inordinate amount of time leading up to awards season—and it all leads up to awards season, don’t it?—compiling lists and trying to convince anyone who will listen that it was a shitty year at the movies for anyone who liked something other than what they saw and liked. And ‘tis the season, or at least ‘thas (?) been in the recent past, for that most beloved of academic parlor games, bemoaning the death of cinema, which, if the sackcloth-and-ashes-clad among us are to be believed, is an increasingly detached and irrelevant art form in the process of being smothered under the wet, steaming blanket of American blockbuster-it is. And it’s going all malnourished from the siphoning off of all the talent back to TV, which, as everyone knows,...
- 1/9/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
So here we are, smack dab in the middle of the dog days of summer (and if you don’t get that little saying, try lying out on the sidewalk in 100-degree heat for 15 minutes or so, like Fido does, and see if a light bulb doesn’t go off). The dogs are often howling in movie theaters too—at times it seems as though August has replaced January in the hearts of moviegoers as the dumping ground for pictures not really worthy of our attention (or a serious investment in the marketing department). Movies like Pixels and Fantastic Four have their perverse fascination—just how bad can they possibly be? Both were greeted with reviews so scathing and unyielding in their acidity that studio heads can only pray nothing in October, November or December will be perceived as worse, and I have to admit a certain curiosity. But that...
- 8/13/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Chicago – Magician James Randi, or “The Amazing Randi,” has a made a legacy in using his love of magic to show audiences how they’re being tricked by evangelists, spoon-benders, psychics, etc. A ruthlessly charming Houdini-wannabe with instant showman charisma, he exists as the humbling gravity to a world that can convince itself that unattainable answers are to be found in ideas beyond science.
When someone claims that they’re able to talk to spirits from over 35,000 years ago, or can push a pen with extreme focus and the wave of their hand, Randi shows up at the scene, and throws down with logic at his side. It often happens on the stage of talk shows, whether it’s Johnny Carson or Larry King, and it’s glorious. He never loses. In a world where a sucker is indeed born every minute, he’s a hero as much as he is a necessity.
When someone claims that they’re able to talk to spirits from over 35,000 years ago, or can push a pen with extreme focus and the wave of their hand, Randi shows up at the scene, and throws down with logic at his side. It often happens on the stage of talk shows, whether it’s Johnny Carson or Larry King, and it’s glorious. He never loses. In a world where a sucker is indeed born every minute, he’s a hero as much as he is a necessity.
- 3/19/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Jurassic World
The official Twitter account for Universal Pictures' "Jurassic World" has released two new photos featuring Chris Pratt as dinosaur trainer Owen Grady in the film to celebrate its release approximately three months from now on June 12th. Check out the first photo here and the second photo here.
Emmys
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Andy Samberg has been announced as host of this year's Emmy awards, his first time hosting a major television event. Said awards are slated to air on September 20th. [Source: The Live Feed]
Disney
During yesterday's Disney annual shareholders meeting, the company's CEO Bob Iger not only made those big "Frozen 2" and "Star Wars" announcements, he also confirmed a new policy the studio has put in place.
That policy? Unless the film needs to be historically accurate, Disney has "absolutely prohibited" smoking in all films aimed at kids. Iger said the decision was made this week and that "I...
The official Twitter account for Universal Pictures' "Jurassic World" has released two new photos featuring Chris Pratt as dinosaur trainer Owen Grady in the film to celebrate its release approximately three months from now on June 12th. Check out the first photo here and the second photo here.
Emmys
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Andy Samberg has been announced as host of this year's Emmy awards, his first time hosting a major television event. Said awards are slated to air on September 20th. [Source: The Live Feed]
Disney
During yesterday's Disney annual shareholders meeting, the company's CEO Bob Iger not only made those big "Frozen 2" and "Star Wars" announcements, he also confirmed a new policy the studio has put in place.
That policy? Unless the film needs to be historically accurate, Disney has "absolutely prohibited" smoking in all films aimed at kids. Iger said the decision was made this week and that "I...
- 3/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Film is based on James ‘The Amazing’ Randi’s real-life hoax orchestrated with two fake psychics.
Barry Sonnenfeld will direct a film based on real-life hoax Project Alpha.
Orchestrated by James ‘The Amazing’ Randi and two fake psychics, Steve Shaw and Michael Edwards, Project Alpha lasted over two years and saw them participate in a paranormal research project led by researchers who thought the fake psychics had genuine powers.
The hoax is explored in current documentary An Honest Liar directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, distributed in the Us through Abramorama. The directing duo will serve as producers on the new film.
Sonnenfeld commented: “Not only did I love An Honest Liar, but I knew there was an excellent narrative film to be made out of this story, with James Randi playing the ‘behind the curtain’ puppeteer.”...
Barry Sonnenfeld will direct a film based on real-life hoax Project Alpha.
Orchestrated by James ‘The Amazing’ Randi and two fake psychics, Steve Shaw and Michael Edwards, Project Alpha lasted over two years and saw them participate in a paranormal research project led by researchers who thought the fake psychics had genuine powers.
The hoax is explored in current documentary An Honest Liar directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, distributed in the Us through Abramorama. The directing duo will serve as producers on the new film.
Sonnenfeld commented: “Not only did I love An Honest Liar, but I knew there was an excellent narrative film to be made out of this story, with James Randi playing the ‘behind the curtain’ puppeteer.”...
- 3/13/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
In the Works: Barry Sonnenfeld's New Project Involves a Magician, Fake Psychics, and a Two-Year Hoax
Director Barry Sonnenfeld ("Get Shorty," "Men in Black") has a new project in the works, based on an elaborate 1979 hoax mounted by enigmatic magician and skeptic James "The Amazing" Randi. Known as "Project Alpha," the deception employed two fake psychics to fool paranormal researchers into believing they could bend spoons, blow fuses, and move objects inside sealed, transparent containers. Producers Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom recounted the two-year ruse in their documentary "An Honest Liar." The 86-year-old Randi, subject of a fascinating profile in the New York Times Magazine last fall, is known as an illusionist who's deeply invested in scientific investigations, a "debunker," as he's sometimes called, of "everything from fairies to telekinesis." For his part, Sonnenfeld, who cut his teeth as director of photography on Coen brothers' classics like "Blood Simple" (1984) and "Miller's...
- 3/12/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Barry Sonnenfeld has signed on to direct a feature adaptation based on James “The Amazing' Randi's” Project Alpha, a real-life story that appeared in the feature documentary An Honest Liar. The project is currently in development. Justin Weinstein's and Tyler Measom's An Honest Liar is based on the life of psychic fake and debunker The Amazing Randi. Project Alpha was a ruse done by “Randi” along with Steve Shaw (known as Banachek) and Michael Edwards who auditioned for…...
- 3/12/2015
- Deadline
After jumping back into the fantastical world of the Men In Black series and pondering making Kevin Spacey swap bodies with a family cat in the still-developing Nine Lives, Barry Sonnenfeld is looking for a little dose of reality. Well, we say reality, because a potential future film is based on a hoax. Sonnenfeld is aboard to direct a film based on magician James “The Amazing” Randi’s Project Alpha idea, which ran in the late 1970s and early ‘80s and saw him and two fake psychics pull a fast one on paranormal researchers. The hoaxers, including Steve Shaw and Michael Edwards, made the scientific team believe they had legitimate psychic powers not for an hour or an afternoon, but for two bloomin’ years. The fraud was eventually revealed publicly in Discover magazine.The hoax is also covered in Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s documentary of Randi, An Honest Liar,...
- 3/12/2015
- EmpireOnline
I’ve been a fan of Tyler Measom’s work ever since I wandered into a screening of his and Jennilyn Merten’s nail-biting portrait of teen exiles from the Flds Church, Sons of Perdition, at Tribeca five years back. (The doc ultimately went on to be picked up by the Oprah Winfrey Network for broadcast the following year.) Now Measom has teamed up with producer Justin Weinstein (a scientist turned filmmaker and both executive producer of Ryan Murdoch’s Bronx Obama and writer/editor of Constance Marks’s Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey) to craft another festival success story. An Honest Liar is an up […]...
- 3/7/2015
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
I’ve been a fan of Tyler Measom’s work ever since I wandered into a screening of his and Jennilyn Merten’s nail-biting portrait of teen exiles from the Flds Church, Sons of Perdition, at Tribeca five years back. (The doc ultimately went on to be picked up by the Oprah Winfrey Network for broadcast the following year.) Now Measom has teamed up with producer Justin Weinstein (a scientist turned filmmaker and both executive producer of Ryan Murdoch’s Bronx Obama and writer/editor of Constance Marks’s Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey) to craft another festival success story. An Honest Liar is an up […]...
- 3/7/2015
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Hot projects new to Screenbase include Nicolas Winding Refn feature The Neon Demon, Pope Francis biopic Francisco, Brady Corbet’s directorial debut The Childhood Of A Leader and a new adaptation by Wim Wenders.Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.
“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.
Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.
Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez
This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.
Brady Corbet’s [link...
Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.
“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.
Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.
Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez
This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.
Brady Corbet’s [link...
- 2/18/2015
- by maud.le-rest@sciencespo-toulouse.net (Maud Le Rest)
- ScreenDaily
Richard Abramowitz will guide the nationwide release of the documentary through his company.
Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s documentary trains its sights on James ‘The Amazing’ Randi, the magician, escapologist and debunker of the paranormal.
Barry Sonnenfeld and Nick Fraser of BBC Storyville are among the executive producers.
Abramowitz is partnering with the film team using his film-makers’ participation model that provides for equitable participation without a transfer of rights.
In keeping with the business plan Abramowitz established under his Abramorama banner more than 15 years ago, the film-makers will maintain active involvement in the marketing and distribution.
“A big part of what I’ve done all these years is to empower the film-makers and work side-by-side with them so that they have a real voice in the way their films are presented,” said Abramowitz.
“An Honest Liar is a smart, insightful film and I feel privileged to be able to help Justin, Tyler and executive...
Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s documentary trains its sights on James ‘The Amazing’ Randi, the magician, escapologist and debunker of the paranormal.
Barry Sonnenfeld and Nick Fraser of BBC Storyville are among the executive producers.
Abramowitz is partnering with the film team using his film-makers’ participation model that provides for equitable participation without a transfer of rights.
In keeping with the business plan Abramowitz established under his Abramorama banner more than 15 years ago, the film-makers will maintain active involvement in the marketing and distribution.
“A big part of what I’ve done all these years is to empower the film-makers and work side-by-side with them so that they have a real voice in the way their films are presented,” said Abramowitz.
“An Honest Liar is a smart, insightful film and I feel privileged to be able to help Justin, Tyler and executive...
- 2/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Further reminding us that the Academy Awards are irrelevant in year-end discussions for the best in documentary film, according to the experts at the Cinema Eye Honors’ voting committee, Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour, Steve James’ Life Itself and Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days on Earth would be among the best docu films of the year, leading the pack in almost all categories. Not to be overlooked, Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters and Robert Greene’s Actress received kudos in Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in Direction while the major surprise of the noms belongs to Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga (presented at the Tribeca and Hot Docs Film Fests) grabbing a total of three. Left completely off the scorecard, Manakamana failed to produce a single nom. The Cinema Eye Honors winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 7 at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image.
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Our “Hidden Treats” series continues with a chat with Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, whose documentary An Honest Liar examines influential – and controversial – magician and activist skeptic James “The Amazing” Randi. Randi himself was also in attendance at… Continue Reading →
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- 10/30/2014
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
The audience awards at this year's AFI Docs went to two films that cover vastly different subjects, yet, at the the same time share the same, core premise. Both "An Honest Liar" and "Beyond Recognition: The Incredible Story of a Face Transplant" -- this year's audience award winners for Best Feature and Best Short, respectively -- share a contemplative concern for notions of appearance. "An Honest Liar" follows a passionate illusionist names James "The Amazing" Randi. As a magician, Randi not only performs, but also has made it his life's mission to expose fraudulent healers and psychics who use magic tricks to con people out of money. "Beyond Recognition," on the other hand, chronicles the journey of a burn victim who elects to undergo experimental face transplant surgery. Co-directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, "An Honest Liar" premiered at Tribeca earlier this year. Sam Thonis' "Beyond...
- 6/24/2014
- by Shipra Gupta
- Indiewire
Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s film earned the festival’s audience award for best feature at the weekend.
The audience award for best short went To Beyond Recoginition: The Incredible Story Of A Face Transplant by Sam Thonis.
“Congratulations to An Honest Liar [pictured] and Beyond Recognition for winning over audiences with their remarkable stories,” said festival director Christine O’Malley. “We would like to thank all of the filmmakers who traveled from far and wide for making this year’s AFI Docs an extraordinary one.”
Several policymakers participated in festival events including Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Senator Barbara Boxer of California, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
They were joined by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool and Francois Rivasseau, deputy-head of the EU Delegation to the Us.
More than 100 filmmakers from 29 countries attended including Alex Gibney, Ross Kauffman, Joe Berlinger, Marshall Curry and Steve...
The audience award for best short went To Beyond Recoginition: The Incredible Story Of A Face Transplant by Sam Thonis.
“Congratulations to An Honest Liar [pictured] and Beyond Recognition for winning over audiences with their remarkable stories,” said festival director Christine O’Malley. “We would like to thank all of the filmmakers who traveled from far and wide for making this year’s AFI Docs an extraordinary one.”
Several policymakers participated in festival events including Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Senator Barbara Boxer of California, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
They were joined by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool and Francois Rivasseau, deputy-head of the EU Delegation to the Us.
More than 100 filmmakers from 29 countries attended including Alex Gibney, Ross Kauffman, Joe Berlinger, Marshall Curry and Steve...
- 6/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
And Tribeca Film Festival 2014 is a wrap! While we put together our interview footage and write up some full reviews, let's dive back into our mini reviews so you'll know what movies to watch for as they nab distribution.
Preservation - directed by Christopher Denham (USA)
A disgruntled vet, his work-obsessed brother and his somewhat timid wife trek into an off limits nature preserve to live off the land, hunt with their dog... and fight for their lives!! And that's pretty much the whole plot.
The film takes a great deal of time at the front end setting up every little thing that unfolds in the back end but fails to flesh out likable characters you'll not want to see killed or present villains that elicit any emotion from the viewer whatsoever. Offering nothing new to a sub-genre that has plenty of titles to choose from, Preservation should be left out to rot.
Preservation - directed by Christopher Denham (USA)
A disgruntled vet, his work-obsessed brother and his somewhat timid wife trek into an off limits nature preserve to live off the land, hunt with their dog... and fight for their lives!! And that's pretty much the whole plot.
The film takes a great deal of time at the front end setting up every little thing that unfolds in the back end but fails to flesh out likable characters you'll not want to see killed or present villains that elicit any emotion from the viewer whatsoever. Offering nothing new to a sub-genre that has plenty of titles to choose from, Preservation should be left out to rot.
- 4/30/2014
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
Nowadays, it's not surprising for the bulk of films screening at top film festivals to have turned to crowdfunding for at least part of their budget. Of course, some films used crowdfunding for finishing funds while others used the platforms to raise the entire budget -- and projects' goals varied dramatically (in the case of Tribeca films, they ranged from just above $15,000 to nearly $250,000). Below we break down which films at Tribeca used which crowdfunding platforms (and include links to the original campaign pages), as well as how much they raised. The experience of crowdfunding was "Wonderful, loads of work, love our supporters for helping us get the film made," said "An Honest Liar" director Justin Weinstein. "I would like to have a big party just to thank them, but I don't think that's how they want us to spend their money." Meanwhile, Kickstarter has published a blog post which...
- 4/22/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
With a life and occupation not unlike Harry Houdini's, "The Amazing" Randi set out to shame fakers and sub-par psychics with his performances. But going beyond his bewitching story, the investigative documentary, "An Honest Liar," takes a closer look at the deceptive escapade that became his life-long career. Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom's documentary is coming to 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. Watch the trailer to see footage of real tricks, escape artistry, bending spoons, and bits of interviews with Alice Cooper, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Penn & Teller, and Adam Savage weighing in on the hoodwinking wonder. The film world premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18.
- 4/14/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
Documentaries are prone to exposing surprising truths, which makes Tyler Measom and Justin Weinstein's film "An Honest Liar" all the more complex given the nature of its subject: the art of deception. Measom and Weinstein chronicle the life of famed magician James "The Amazing" Randi and his attempt to expose the numerous frauds who use their tricks to con people out of money, which ultimately proves to be quite the trick itself. Tell us about yourself. Tyler Measom: I am but a humble chimney sweep and documentary filmmaker laboring to put bread on the table. "An Honest Liar" is my third feature to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The others: "Take" (2008) starring Minnie Driver and Jeremy Renner and the documentary "Sons of Perdition" (2010). I live and work under the shade of a large oak tree in the lovely town of Salt Lake City. And no, I'm not a Mormon.
- 4/10/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
By the looks of it, the Tribeca Film Festival might finally be growing out of their awkward teenage phase and moving into a new era where the nab more than just Sundance and SXSW festival rejects. Artistic Director Frederic Boyer has managed to nab some noteworthy American indie projects such as Lou Howe’s Gabriel (see pic above), Keith Miller’s Five Star, Adam Rapp’s Loitering with Intent, and Tristan Patterson’s Electric Slide.
On the docu front, we’ve got the latest from the likes of notable documentarians Marshall Curry and Jessica Yu. Think Ewan McGregor’s Long Way Round meets child solider movie for Curry’s awesomely titled Point and Shoot — where the Libyan rebel army take hold of Curry’s subject. Yu moves from water shortage in Last Call at the Oasis (read our review) to the biggest pandemic of all; Misconception looks at the consequences...
On the docu front, we’ve got the latest from the likes of notable documentarians Marshall Curry and Jessica Yu. Think Ewan McGregor’s Long Way Round meets child solider movie for Curry’s awesomely titled Point and Shoot — where the Libyan rebel army take hold of Curry’s subject. Yu moves from water shortage in Last Call at the Oasis (read our review) to the biggest pandemic of all; Misconception looks at the consequences...
- 3/4/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival has announced half its slate for next month’s New York celebration, which runs April 16-27. Culled from more than 6,000 submissions, Tribeca 2014 includes 55 world premieres, 37 first-time filmmakers, and 22 female directors. “Variously inspired by individual interests and experience and driven by an intense sensibility of style, the array of new filmmaking voices in this year’s competition is especially impressive and I think memorable,” said Frederic Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director. “The range of American subcultures and international genres represented here are both eclectic and wide reaching.”
On April 17, Gabriel will open the World Narrative competition,...
On April 17, Gabriel will open the World Narrative competition,...
- 3/4/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Tribeca Film Festival top brass have announced (4) the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections and Viewpoints titles, comprising 47 of the 89 features that will screen at the festival over April 16-27.
The World Narrative Feature Competition will open with the world premiere of Lou Howe’s Gabriel starring Rory Culkin, while the corresponding documentary category kicks off with the world premiere of Frédéric Tcheng’s Dior And I (pictured).
Viewpoints opens with the world premiere of Onur Tukel’s Summer Of Blood and the section includes the North American premiere of Diao Yinan’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Black Coal, Thin Ice as well as the Us premiere of David Mackenzie’s Starred Up.
All three sections will commence on April 17. As previously announced, the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival will open with documentary Time Is Illmatic a day earlier.
Overall the festival will screen features from 32 countries including 55 world premieres, six international premieres, 12 North American...
The World Narrative Feature Competition will open with the world premiere of Lou Howe’s Gabriel starring Rory Culkin, while the corresponding documentary category kicks off with the world premiere of Frédéric Tcheng’s Dior And I (pictured).
Viewpoints opens with the world premiere of Onur Tukel’s Summer Of Blood and the section includes the North American premiere of Diao Yinan’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Black Coal, Thin Ice as well as the Us premiere of David Mackenzie’s Starred Up.
All three sections will commence on April 17. As previously announced, the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival will open with documentary Time Is Illmatic a day earlier.
Overall the festival will screen features from 32 countries including 55 world premieres, six international premieres, 12 North American...
- 3/4/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Congratulations to "An Honest Liar: The Amazing Randi Story" directors Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom! The project received the most votes to win January's Project of the Month. The prize is a creative consultation from the Tribeca Film Institute. Here's a look at the film's pitch: An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of famed magician-turned-skeptic and enemy of deception, James “The Amazing” Randi. The film brings to life his elaborate schemes and investigations that famously exposed psychics, faith healers and con artists. Yet after recently coming out of the closet as a gay man, Randi himself now faces the price of a very personal deception that might result in the deportation of his partner of 26 years. For more information on this project, visit its Project of the Day page. If you’re a filmmaker (or know one) and you want us to...
- 2/4/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
When looking for crowd-funding campaigns to spotlight each week, I often think about our readers. Documentaries about geeky subject matter and/or the failure of a certain comic book movie. Maybe a narrative film that might appeal to genre fans. But this week I’m going with something that I personally really, really want to see and hope that you’ll agree is deserving of a few of your pre-purchase dollars, too. It’s a doc about a famous stage magician called The Amazing Randi. After making a name for himself as an illusionist, including a special gig on tour with Alice Cooper, he became more well known for debunking other people’s tricks. Not magicians but “spiritualist” and “psychic” con men who pass off illusion as miracle or paranormal activity. Obviously he became rather controversial. The film is called An Honest Liar: The Amazing Randi Story and is co-directed by Justin Weinstein, who...
- 2/2/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Thanks to your votes, the film about the magician who comes out as gay, "An Honest Liar," won this weekend’s Project of the Week contest! Congratulations to "An Honest Liar" directors Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom. The filmmakers will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and the film is now officially a candidate for Project of the Month. That winner will be awarded with a consultation from the Tribeca Film Institute. Here's what the project's about: An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of famed magician-turned-skeptic and enemy of deception, James “The Amazing” Randi. The film brings to life his elaborate schemes and investigations that famously exposed psychics, faith healers and con artists. Yet after recently coming out of the closet as a gay man, Randi himself now faces the price of a very...
- 1/28/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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