Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSJafar Panahi.Having been detained last week for protesting the arrest of fellow Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Aleahmad, Jafar Panahi has now been ordered to serve six years in prison. Ahead of this development Eric Kohn reported on the broader situation in Indiewire. “Maybe they will come for all of us one by one,” says one anonymous filmmaker who is quoted in the article.Martine Marignac, a producer of vital films by Jacques Rivette, Chantal Akerman, Leos Carax, Jeanne Balibar, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, and others, has died aged 75.The juries have been announced for the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Julianne Moore will head up the main jury, supported by filmmakers Audrey Diwan, Leonardo di Costanzo, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, and Mariano Cohn, plus actor Leila Hatami and author Kazuo Ishiguro.
- 7/20/2022
- MUBI
“It’s a very beautiful, lush book that wants to cradle you, but it’s also angry as hell. And as a storyteller I was obsessed with pairing this nurturing and this anger,” says Barry Jenkins about “If Beale Streat Could Talk,” the novel by James Baldwin he has adapted into a new movie of the same name. “Beale Street” screened as an official selection of the 56th New York Film Festival, and on October 8 Jenkins was joined by author Darryl Pinckney for an in-depth discussion about the film and his career. Watch part of that discussion above.
The love story at the heart of the film is between Tish Rivers (Kiki Layne) and Fonny Hunt (Stephan James), a young Harlem couple in the 1970s who have known each other all their lives. The anger arises from the criminal justice system when a racist cop railroads Fonny for a crime he didn’t commit.
The love story at the heart of the film is between Tish Rivers (Kiki Layne) and Fonny Hunt (Stephan James), a young Harlem couple in the 1970s who have known each other all their lives. The anger arises from the criminal justice system when a racist cop railroads Fonny for a crime he didn’t commit.
- 10/16/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Margarethe von Trotta with Anne-Katrin Titze, on Ingmar Bergman: "He wanted to be the child all the time. Even when he was grown up." Photo: Gary Springer
On Columbus Day, following An Afternoon with Barry Jenkins (director of Oscar-winning Moonlight and the adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk), a discussion led by Darryl Pinckney at Alice Tully Hall during the 56th New York Film Festival, Margarethe von Trotta joined me for a conversation on Searching For Ingmar Bergman.
In the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center green room, we discussed the interviews she conducted with Stig Björkman, Mia Hansen-Løve, Ruben Östlund, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Bergman, and Gaby Dohm. She also shared her thoughts on The Seventh Seal, Winter Light, Fanny and Alexander, The Serpent's Egg, From the Life of the Marionettes, the persona of Ingmar Bergman, a Rainer Werner Fassbinder connection, Eta Hoffmann, and the hour of the wolf.
On Columbus Day, following An Afternoon with Barry Jenkins (director of Oscar-winning Moonlight and the adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk), a discussion led by Darryl Pinckney at Alice Tully Hall during the 56th New York Film Festival, Margarethe von Trotta joined me for a conversation on Searching For Ingmar Bergman.
In the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center green room, we discussed the interviews she conducted with Stig Björkman, Mia Hansen-Løve, Ruben Östlund, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Bergman, and Gaby Dohm. She also shared her thoughts on The Seventh Seal, Winter Light, Fanny and Alexander, The Serpent's Egg, From the Life of the Marionettes, the persona of Ingmar Bergman, a Rainer Werner Fassbinder connection, Eta Hoffmann, and the hour of the wolf.
- 10/12/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Celebrated African American author and culture critic James Baldwin had very few engagements with Hollywood, mostly appearing in several documentaries as himself. Most recently, he came to moviegoers in archival footage as the subject of Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated 2016 documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro.” Baldwin was a fervent critic of America’s commercial entertainment complex, so it may come as a surprise to learn that, 40 years ago, he was considering a film version of his 1974 novel, “If Beale Street Could Talk” — which has finally made its way to a movie version, with Barry Jenkins at the helm.
It turns out that Baldwin jotted down ideas on how he would approach the adaptation, including some suggestions for the cast. Jenkins shared details on this previously-unreleased information during an hour-long in-depth conversation at a New York Film Festival event ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere.
During the wide-ranging conversation,...
It turns out that Baldwin jotted down ideas on how he would approach the adaptation, including some suggestions for the cast. Jenkins shared details on this previously-unreleased information during an hour-long in-depth conversation at a New York Film Festival event ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere.
During the wide-ranging conversation,...
- 10/9/2018
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSJia Zhangke's Ash is Purest White.Just in case you missed it, the multiple lineups for the various festivals at Cannes this year have been announced. You can find all of the announcements on Notebook: the 71st Cannes Film Festival, Directors' Fortnight, Critics Week, and Acid. Additionally, Cannes has also announced the jury tending to the official selection: Cate Blanchett (President), Chang Chen, Ava DuVernay, Robert Guédiguian, Khadja Nin, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Denis Villeneuve, and Andrey Zvyagintsev. After a truly eventful life (which includes being kidnapped by Kim Jong-il) and phenomenal career in cinema, the Korean screen legend Choi Eun-hee has died. Screen International provides a thorough obituary.Czech New Wave luminary and New Hollywood transplant Miloš Forman has died. Duane Byrge honors the man and artist with an obituary for The Hollywood Reporter.
- 4/18/2018
- MUBI
Exclusive: Uncle Howard director to helm an adaptation of Darryl Pinckney’s novel.
UK production outfit Pinball London has optioned Darryl Pinckney novel Black Deutschland as the latest project for Aaron Brookner (Uncle Howard, pictured) to write and direct.
The book is about a young black man from an affluent background in Chicago who heads to Germany after coming out of rehab. A troubled college dropout struggling to come to terms with his sexuality (he is gay), he hopes to build a new life in Berlin, a city he is drawn to by its decadent and bohemian reputation.
The film will be produced by Paula Vaccaro. It is being put together as a UK-Germany-us co-production.
Brookner’s previous feature Uncle Howard - sold internationally by Upside Distribution - is screening at the Cannes Marché following its selections in Sundance and Berlin.
Uncle Howard is about director Brooker’s uncle, the celebrated filmmaker Howard Brookner who died of...
UK production outfit Pinball London has optioned Darryl Pinckney novel Black Deutschland as the latest project for Aaron Brookner (Uncle Howard, pictured) to write and direct.
The book is about a young black man from an affluent background in Chicago who heads to Germany after coming out of rehab. A troubled college dropout struggling to come to terms with his sexuality (he is gay), he hopes to build a new life in Berlin, a city he is drawn to by its decadent and bohemian reputation.
The film will be produced by Paula Vaccaro. It is being put together as a UK-Germany-us co-production.
Brookner’s previous feature Uncle Howard - sold internationally by Upside Distribution - is screening at the Cannes Marché following its selections in Sundance and Berlin.
Uncle Howard is about director Brooker’s uncle, the celebrated filmmaker Howard Brookner who died of...
- 5/15/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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