Revenge (Shudder), Only God Forgives (Radius), Mandy (Rlje Entertainment)Graphic: The A.V. Club
The appeal of the revenge thriller is simple: it’s catharsis. A grim power fantasy that taps into the irrational parts of our brains that crave satisfaction after being wronged. Of course, in life, most people will...
The appeal of the revenge thriller is simple: it’s catharsis. A grim power fantasy that taps into the irrational parts of our brains that crave satisfaction after being wronged. Of course, in life, most people will...
- 4/4/2024
- by Jarrod Jones
- avclub.com
“Morning time, I get on my knees, I pray to Allah/Forgive me for the shit that I did,” harmonizes Lil Durk on “Pelle Coat,” a track from his new album, Almost Healed. The 30-year-old Chicago rapper has steadily gathered momentum ever since he signed with Def Jam in 2013. He’s arguably the most commercially viable proponent of drill music, and that success allows him to float above the noise that roils heated discussions about the homegrown subgenre, even as he navigates the kind of industry bullshit — a long-running beef...
- 5/26/2023
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
Sal Piro, who stoked audience participation routines for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and extended its popularity as a cult classic, died at his home in New York City on Jan 21. He was 71.
The Rocky Horror fanclub Twitter account posted a statement announcing Piro’s death Sunday.
“With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away,” the statement reads. “Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed.”
With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away. Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed. #salpiro #rockyhorrorpictureshow #rockyhorror pic.twitter.com/rPjdSO0cnx
— Rocky Horror fanclub (@TRHPSFanClub) January 23, 2023
The...
The Rocky Horror fanclub Twitter account posted a statement announcing Piro’s death Sunday.
“With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away,” the statement reads. “Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed.”
With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away. Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed. #salpiro #rockyhorrorpictureshow #rockyhorror pic.twitter.com/rPjdSO0cnx
— Rocky Horror fanclub (@TRHPSFanClub) January 23, 2023
The...
- 1/25/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg’s Dishonored and Alan Rudolph’s rarely screened Remember My Name.
Bam
In advance of her debut feature The African Desperate, Martine Syms has curated a series of influences—among them Spike Lee’s Girl 6, Paprika, and Happy Together.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; “Loving Highsmith” has its second weekend with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; restorations of Alain Resnais’ The War Is Over and Carnal Knowledge continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: White, and Three Colors: Red all play in new 4K restorations.
Museum of the Moving Image
One of Johnnie To’s best films, Vengeance, screens on Friday as part of a retrospective on The Story of Film, while...
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg’s Dishonored and Alan Rudolph’s rarely screened Remember My Name.
Bam
In advance of her debut feature The African Desperate, Martine Syms has curated a series of influences—among them Spike Lee’s Girl 6, Paprika, and Happy Together.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; “Loving Highsmith” has its second weekend with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; restorations of Alain Resnais’ The War Is Over and Carnal Knowledge continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: White, and Three Colors: Red all play in new 4K restorations.
Museum of the Moving Image
One of Johnnie To’s best films, Vengeance, screens on Friday as part of a retrospective on The Story of Film, while...
- 9/8/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
On Tuesday, David Crosby declared to Howard Stern’s listeners that filmmaker Robert Zemeckis would be directing a documentary on Crosby, Stills & Nash, making possible use of “10,000 hours” of existing footage as well as fresh interviews. On Wednesday, that announcement got walked back a bit, with word that the tantalizing prospect of a full-on Csn doc is still only under discussion.
“They’re gonna do a huge documentary on Csn. You know about that, right?” Crosby asked Stern during their extensive SiriusXM interview, after the host had asked a number of questions about strained relations in the currently off-again supergroup. Crosby elaborated that the doc would be directed by Zemeckis and produced by Nigel Sinclair and Tim Sexton.
Asked Stern, “David, how can they do that without the three of you guys getting in the same room together?” — the near-impossibility of that having been just established.
“They’re gonna have to,...
“They’re gonna do a huge documentary on Csn. You know about that, right?” Crosby asked Stern during their extensive SiriusXM interview, after the host had asked a number of questions about strained relations in the currently off-again supergroup. Crosby elaborated that the doc would be directed by Zemeckis and produced by Nigel Sinclair and Tim Sexton.
Asked Stern, “David, how can they do that without the three of you guys getting in the same room together?” — the near-impossibility of that having been just established.
“They’re gonna have to,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
I’m sure when you first heard that TikTok was entering the Emmy race, you wondered, “Wait — is that guy drinking Ocean Spray cranberry juice while skating down the highway and grooving to Fleetwood Mac even eligible?” Well, no. But viral hit “Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” has been given the green light to submit, and now TikTok is aiming to join YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and other social media outlets that have entered the awards competition once just reserved for good ol’ fashioned television.
“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” began life as a video by user Emily Jacobsen, who performed an ode to Remy the rat from the animated Disney film. Soon, other TikTok users joined in — most notably, Daniel Mertzlufft, who gave Jacobson’s song the full Alan Menken treatment, complete with orchestra score and 20 vocalists. As this started to become a phenomenon on the platform with hundreds of millions of views,...
“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” began life as a video by user Emily Jacobsen, who performed an ode to Remy the rat from the animated Disney film. Soon, other TikTok users joined in — most notably, Daniel Mertzlufft, who gave Jacobson’s song the full Alan Menken treatment, complete with orchestra score and 20 vocalists. As this started to become a phenomenon on the platform with hundreds of millions of views,...
- 6/9/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Outliers in the music supervision field this Emmy season include “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which used songs by Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears performed as the queens battle it out in epic lip sync battles, and “Ratatouille: The Musical,” the TikTok sensation.
Season 13 of “Drag Race” helped several songs surge on streaming, including “Rumors” by Lindsay Lohan, and also saw original numbers written for the contestants chart. “U.K, Hun?” was a No. 1 in the U.K after being featured in the Brit version of the show.
Writer-composer Freddy Scott says of the process: “We always start with what is the catchiest, most broadly infectious earwormy way to deliver lyrics and melody and then work backwards on how that fits into the context of each episode.”
“Ratatouille: The Musical” marks the first time that a TikTok sensation is eligible for an Emmy. Based on the Pixar film, the musical...
Season 13 of “Drag Race” helped several songs surge on streaming, including “Rumors” by Lindsay Lohan, and also saw original numbers written for the contestants chart. “U.K, Hun?” was a No. 1 in the U.K after being featured in the Brit version of the show.
Writer-composer Freddy Scott says of the process: “We always start with what is the catchiest, most broadly infectious earwormy way to deliver lyrics and melody and then work backwards on how that fits into the context of each episode.”
“Ratatouille: The Musical” marks the first time that a TikTok sensation is eligible for an Emmy. Based on the Pixar film, the musical...
- 6/2/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The crowdsourced Ratatouille musical that was cooked up on TikTok has progressed to a new stage with a cast — including Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert, Wayne Brady, Andre De Sheilds, and Ashley Park — announced for a one-night-only benefit concert. You can check out a rendition of “Remember My Name” above performed by music supervisor Daniel Mertzlufft — Burgess will perform the song in the official show.
Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical will stream on Friday at 7 p.m. Et for 72 hours. The $5 tickets are on sale exclusively on TodayTix.com, with proceeds benefiting the Actors Fund,...
Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical will stream on Friday at 7 p.m. Et for 72 hours. The $5 tickets are on sale exclusively on TodayTix.com, with proceeds benefiting the Actors Fund,...
- 12/30/2020
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
David Crosby had a busy 2020 lined up, with three separate tours, major shows with Phil Lesh, Joe Walsh, and Jason Isbell, and a lot of new music to make. At the moment, Crosby has no idea if any of that is going to happen. “I don’t want to be sitting at home, man,” Crosby says on the phone from his Santa Ynez, California, home. “I’m 78. I only got a few years left. You know that. I don’t want to spend them sitting on my butt. I got...
- 4/17/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Next month, Hulu will ring in Valentine’s Day with some counterprogramming. The streaming service will debut its original series “High Fidelity,” a gender-swapped reimagining of Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name. Previously, the book was adapted into a 2000 movie from Stephen Frears starring John Cusack. Zoë Kravitz stars as Rob Brooks, a music-obsessive record store owner in Brooklyn re-examining her previous romantic relationships to figure out what went wrong.
On the film front, the “Bridget Jones” trilogy, “Buffalo ’66,” “The Fugitive,” “Ghost” and “When Harry Met Sally” are among the new selections being offered in February. Releases from last year, like “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” and “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” are also making their way onto the platform.
New seasons of reality series like “The Voice” and “American Idol” will also be available to stream later in the month.
See the complete list below.
On the film front, the “Bridget Jones” trilogy, “Buffalo ’66,” “The Fugitive,” “Ghost” and “When Harry Met Sally” are among the new selections being offered in February. Releases from last year, like “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” and “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” are also making their way onto the platform.
New seasons of reality series like “The Voice” and “American Idol” will also be available to stream later in the month.
See the complete list below.
- 1/29/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu is out with its list of all the content that’s coming and going to the streaming service in February.
Highlights include the series premiere of Zoë Kravitz’s “High Fidelity” reboot, coming on Valentine’s Day, in which she stars as a record store owner in a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood, revisiting past relationships through music and trying to get over her one true love. Her character was played by John Cusack in the 2000 film, and both are based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name.
There is also a new episode of “Into the Dark” titled “My Valentine,” which will be released on Feb. 7, in which a pop singer’s ex-boyfriend and manager steals her songs and gives them to his new protégé.
Also Read: Why Hulu Programming Chief Is Ok Sharing Classic Content Like 'Svu' With Rival Streamers
Season 1 of Hulu Original “Utopia Falls” comes out Feb.
Highlights include the series premiere of Zoë Kravitz’s “High Fidelity” reboot, coming on Valentine’s Day, in which she stars as a record store owner in a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood, revisiting past relationships through music and trying to get over her one true love. Her character was played by John Cusack in the 2000 film, and both are based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name.
There is also a new episode of “Into the Dark” titled “My Valentine,” which will be released on Feb. 7, in which a pop singer’s ex-boyfriend and manager steals her songs and gives them to his new protégé.
Also Read: Why Hulu Programming Chief Is Ok Sharing Classic Content Like 'Svu' With Rival Streamers
Season 1 of Hulu Original “Utopia Falls” comes out Feb.
- 1/21/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Beyonce has won 23 Grammys over the course of her career. The all-time record for female artists is 27 — that’s how many country/bluegrass star Alison Krauss has accumulated. It just so happens that Beyonce has four nominations this year, which is exactly what she needs to tie that record, assuming she wins all of them. That’s easier said than done, though. According to our readers, she’ll win at least one of her categories when prizes are handed out in January, but she won’t win all of them. Scroll down for our complete poll results.
Queen Bey is nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Visual Media Song for “Spirit,” Best Pop Album for “The Lion King: The Gift” and Best Music Film for “Homecoming.” Less than a quarter of our respondents (24%) are expecting a clean sweep. More than half (56%) say that she’ll win something, but not everything.
Queen Bey is nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Visual Media Song for “Spirit,” Best Pop Album for “The Lion King: The Gift” and Best Music Film for “Homecoming.” Less than a quarter of our respondents (24%) are expecting a clean sweep. More than half (56%) say that she’ll win something, but not everything.
- 12/31/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
When Alfre Woodard was 22, she drove from Boston to Los Angeles, only stopping in her Tulsa, Okla., hometown. The four-time Emmy winner, now 67, has been acting ever since. Woodard’s career began in theater, despite her inability to sing or dance, with help from late choreographer Lester Wilson. An early play, “So Nice, They Named It Twice,” earned Woodard her first Variety mention on April 21, 1976. Woodard continued with the 1977 off-Broadway breakout role in “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” Her film debut came in 1978 with “Remember My Name.” Woodard has appeared in over 90 films, her latest as the leading actor of Neon’s “Clemency,” a drama about a death row prison warden.
How did “So Nice” influence your early career?
Rosemary Tischler, the head of casting at The Public Theater, would see me at the Tcg (Theatre Communications Group) and remembered me. I told her,...
How did “So Nice” influence your early career?
Rosemary Tischler, the head of casting at The Public Theater, would see me at the Tcg (Theatre Communications Group) and remembered me. I told her,...
- 12/5/2019
- by LaTesha Harris
- Variety Film + TV
Scores for movies including Alan Silvestri’s Avengers: Endgame, Hans Zimmer’s The Lion King and Marc Shaiman’s Mary Poppins Returns and Emmy-winning TV series Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi) and Chernobyl (Hildur Guðnadóttir) were nominated in the Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media category Wednesday when nominations were unveiled for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.
The Lion King also scored noms for its soundtrack that featured Beyoncé, whose haul also included the song “Spirit” from the Disney adaptation of the animated classic. She also landed a nom for Netflix’s Coachella documentary Homecoming in the Best Music Film category, a list that includes bio-docs on Miles Davis (Birth of the Cool), Rick Rubin (Shangri-La) and David Crosby (Remember My Name).
Joining Beyoncé best song list for a visual media is Randy Newman’s “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy” from Toy Story 4, Dolly Parton’s “Girl in...
The Lion King also scored noms for its soundtrack that featured Beyoncé, whose haul also included the song “Spirit” from the Disney adaptation of the animated classic. She also landed a nom for Netflix’s Coachella documentary Homecoming in the Best Music Film category, a list that includes bio-docs on Miles Davis (Birth of the Cool), Rick Rubin (Shangri-La) and David Crosby (Remember My Name).
Joining Beyoncé best song list for a visual media is Randy Newman’s “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy” from Toy Story 4, Dolly Parton’s “Girl in...
- 11/20/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Apollo 11” was the big winner at the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards on Sunday in New York City.
The film took home the award for documentary feature, as well as editing for Todd Douglas Miller and score for Matt Morton. “Apollo 11” was also honored with archival documentary and science/nature documentary prizes.
There was a tie for director between Peter Jackson for “They Shall Not Grow Old,” and Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar for “American Factory.” “They Shall Not Grow Old” also brought home the award for innovative documentary. “American Factory” nabbed the prize for political documentary.
The inaugural D. A. Pennebaker Award, formerly known as the Critics’ Choice lifetime achievement award, was presented to Chris Hegedus, Pennebaker’s longtime collaborator and widow. Michael Apted received the landmark award in honor of his “Up” series.
The ceremony, hosted by “Property Brothers” star Jonathan Scott, was held at Bric in Brooklyn.
The film took home the award for documentary feature, as well as editing for Todd Douglas Miller and score for Matt Morton. “Apollo 11” was also honored with archival documentary and science/nature documentary prizes.
There was a tie for director between Peter Jackson for “They Shall Not Grow Old,” and Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar for “American Factory.” “They Shall Not Grow Old” also brought home the award for innovative documentary. “American Factory” nabbed the prize for political documentary.
The inaugural D. A. Pennebaker Award, formerly known as the Critics’ Choice lifetime achievement award, was presented to Chris Hegedus, Pennebaker’s longtime collaborator and widow. Michael Apted received the landmark award in honor of his “Up” series.
The ceremony, hosted by “Property Brothers” star Jonathan Scott, was held at Bric in Brooklyn.
- 11/11/2019
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
For the second year in a row, Variety will present its 10 Actors to Watch in conjunction with the Newport Beach Film Festival and Visit Newport Beach. This marks the 21st year Variety has presented 10 Actors to Watch.
The festival will also bestow honors on artists who have made a significant impact in film this year. Talent will be celebrated at a brunch and ceremony held Nov. 3 at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast.
Newport Beach will present Artist of Distinction awards to “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor Stephanie Beatriz, “Downton Abbey” star Allen Leech, “The Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch and playwright-thesp Tracy Letts, soon to be seen in “Ford v Ferrari.” Alfre Woodard will receive the Icon Award.
Woodard began her journey on an acting career in high school, the moment she first stepped onto the stage as a junior in Federico García Lorca’s “House of Bernarda Alba.
The festival will also bestow honors on artists who have made a significant impact in film this year. Talent will be celebrated at a brunch and ceremony held Nov. 3 at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast.
Newport Beach will present Artist of Distinction awards to “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor Stephanie Beatriz, “Downton Abbey” star Allen Leech, “The Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch and playwright-thesp Tracy Letts, soon to be seen in “Ford v Ferrari.” Alfre Woodard will receive the Icon Award.
Woodard began her journey on an acting career in high school, the moment she first stepped onto the stage as a junior in Federico García Lorca’s “House of Bernarda Alba.
- 11/1/2019
- by Paul Plunkett
- Variety Film + TV
“The Biggest Little Farm” leads nominees for the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, with seven bids, followed by “Apollo 11” and “They Shall Not Grow Old.” “One Child Nation” received five nominations.
The winners will be presented their awards at a gala, hosted by Property Brothers’ Jonathan Scott, on Nov. 10 at Bric in Brooklyn.
The awards honor documentaries released in theaters, on TV and on major digital platforms, as determined by the voting of qualified Cca members.
A new honor, the D.A. Pennebaker Award, will be presented to Frederick Wiseman. Michael Apted will receive the landmark award for his work on the “Up” series of films, with “63 Up” opening this year.
“As the film and television industry constantly evolves, documentaries remain a vibrant creative art form that entertains as well as informs,” said Cca CEO Joey Berlin. “We are proud that our awards event has become a...
The winners will be presented their awards at a gala, hosted by Property Brothers’ Jonathan Scott, on Nov. 10 at Bric in Brooklyn.
The awards honor documentaries released in theaters, on TV and on major digital platforms, as determined by the voting of qualified Cca members.
A new honor, the D.A. Pennebaker Award, will be presented to Frederick Wiseman. Michael Apted will receive the landmark award for his work on the “Up” series of films, with “63 Up” opening this year.
“As the film and television industry constantly evolves, documentaries remain a vibrant creative art form that entertains as well as informs,” said Cca CEO Joey Berlin. “We are proud that our awards event has become a...
- 10/14/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
John Chester’s “The Biggest Little Farm,” a film about a husband and wife trying to establish a small farm in Southern California, led all films in nominations for the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, the Critics Choice Association announced on Monday.
The film received seven nominations in 16 categories, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director. Todd Douglas Miller’s “Apollo 11,” which used 50-year-old footage to reconstruct the moon mission, received six, as did Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old,” which used enhanced 100-year-old footage to bring World War I to movie screens in special-event engagements.
Other films nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category are “American Factory,” “The Cave,” “Honeyland,” “The Kingmaker,” “Knock Down the House,” “Maiden” and “One Child Nation.” And because the Bfca has given up trying to draw a line between film and television docs, the HBO two-part series “Leaving Neverland” was...
The film received seven nominations in 16 categories, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director. Todd Douglas Miller’s “Apollo 11,” which used 50-year-old footage to reconstruct the moon mission, received six, as did Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old,” which used enhanced 100-year-old footage to bring World War I to movie screens in special-event engagements.
Other films nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category are “American Factory,” “The Cave,” “Honeyland,” “The Kingmaker,” “Knock Down the House,” “Maiden” and “One Child Nation.” And because the Bfca has given up trying to draw a line between film and television docs, the HBO two-part series “Leaving Neverland” was...
- 10/14/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace,” the moon-mission chronicle “Apollo 11” and the first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” have made the short list for the International Documentary Association’s 2019 Ida Documentary Awards, the Ida announced on Thursday.
The announcement narrows the field to 30 feature films and 21 shorts that will move on to a second round of voting.
The IDA’s short list of 30 feature films contains 10 films that were on Doc NYC’s recent 15-film list of the year’s likeliest nonfiction awards contenders: “American Factory,” “The Apollo,” “Apollo 11,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “The Cave,” “Diego Maradona,” “The Edge of Democracy,” “For Sama,” “Honeyland” and “One Child Nation.”
Additional films on the Ida’s list include “Amazing Grace,...
The announcement narrows the field to 30 feature films and 21 shorts that will move on to a second round of voting.
The IDA’s short list of 30 feature films contains 10 films that were on Doc NYC’s recent 15-film list of the year’s likeliest nonfiction awards contenders: “American Factory,” “The Apollo,” “Apollo 11,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “The Cave,” “Diego Maradona,” “The Edge of Democracy,” “For Sama,” “Honeyland” and “One Child Nation.”
Additional films on the Ida’s list include “Amazing Grace,...
- 10/10/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
When it comes to how we’ll be watching movies — or, at least, watching serious dramas for adults — in the future, here are two stark and timely contradictory facts:
1. Last week, as the Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close, a deal that had been in the rumor stage for a while was finally announced: “Bad Education,” a tense and enthralling Long Island white-collar-crime noir, starring Hugh Jackman in a head-turning performance, was sold for a whopping $17 million — the kind of deal that makes headlines out of Sundance, and that in Toronto may stand out even more, since Tiff, with so many major films coming into the festival already having distributors, is less of a high-profile market. That said, the “Bad Education” deal, juicy as it sounds, was not (in all likelihood) for theatrical release. The film was sold to HBO, which means that it will probably be shown only on HBO.
1. Last week, as the Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close, a deal that had been in the rumor stage for a while was finally announced: “Bad Education,” a tense and enthralling Long Island white-collar-crime noir, starring Hugh Jackman in a head-turning performance, was sold for a whopping $17 million — the kind of deal that makes headlines out of Sundance, and that in Toronto may stand out even more, since Tiff, with so many major films coming into the festival already having distributors, is less of a high-profile market. That said, the “Bad Education” deal, juicy as it sounds, was not (in all likelihood) for theatrical release. The film was sold to HBO, which means that it will probably be shown only on HBO.
- 9/22/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
“It’s not easy. It’s hard being naked in public,” David Crosby, the legendary troubadour of classic rock, reflected at Tuesday night’s New York City premiere of “David Crosby: Remember My Name.” “I don’t know what to do here. There’s no guitars, no drums,” he laughed.
Directed by newcomer A.J. Eaton and produced by the legendary Rolling Stone journalist and “Almost Famous” scribe Cameron Crowe, “Remember My Name” is an unblurred, deeply personal look at the long-troubled life of David Crosby, whose rise to fame as a founding member of The Byrds and tenure with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is inexorably tied to a few of this country’s most transcendent artifacts of cultural and music history.
“They’ll see a real guy. They’ll see who I am. And I think it’s better that they see an honest portrayal than they see some kind of fake.
Directed by newcomer A.J. Eaton and produced by the legendary Rolling Stone journalist and “Almost Famous” scribe Cameron Crowe, “Remember My Name” is an unblurred, deeply personal look at the long-troubled life of David Crosby, whose rise to fame as a founding member of The Byrds and tenure with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is inexorably tied to a few of this country’s most transcendent artifacts of cultural and music history.
“They’ll see a real guy. They’ll see who I am. And I think it’s better that they see an honest portrayal than they see some kind of fake.
- 7/17/2019
- by Michael Appler
- Variety Film + TV
Nantucket, Mass. — Adventure drama “The Peanut Butter Falcon” and Syria documentary “For Sama” emerged as the top winners at the 24th annual Nantucket Film Festival.
The festival, which concludes today, as ever put the emphasis on screenwriters and emerging talents. Director Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Sundance hit “Brittany Runs a Marathon” had a number of well-received screenings, as did Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets.” Documentaries that played at the island getaway off the coast of Massachusetts included “It Started As a Joke,” “David Crosby: Remember My Name” and “We Are the Radical Monarchs.”
The festival’s annual screenwriter tributes went to female forces in the comedy realm. Leslie Dixon, the seasoned scribe behind “Mrs. Doubtfire” and the musical rendition of “Hairspray,” was recognized, as were five former and current women from the “Saturday Night Live” orbit: Jane Curtin, writer Anne Beatts, Heidi Gardner, Sudi Green and Sarah Schneider.
The...
The festival, which concludes today, as ever put the emphasis on screenwriters and emerging talents. Director Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Sundance hit “Brittany Runs a Marathon” had a number of well-received screenings, as did Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets.” Documentaries that played at the island getaway off the coast of Massachusetts included “It Started As a Joke,” “David Crosby: Remember My Name” and “We Are the Radical Monarchs.”
The festival’s annual screenwriter tributes went to female forces in the comedy realm. Leslie Dixon, the seasoned scribe behind “Mrs. Doubtfire” and the musical rendition of “Hairspray,” was recognized, as were five former and current women from the “Saturday Night Live” orbit: Jane Curtin, writer Anne Beatts, Heidi Gardner, Sudi Green and Sarah Schneider.
The...
- 6/24/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
David Crosby might not seem like the obvious candidate for an advice columnist. After all, this is a man that has abused just about every drug in the world, alienated most of his former bandmates and spent time in a Texas prison. But we approached him to spearhead this column because he’s learned from the many mistakes of his past and is now full of hard-earned wisdom. He’s also recording some of the best music of his career, on a U.S. tour and the subject of Cameron Crowe...
- 6/4/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American rights to “Frankie,” the latest film from director Ira Sachs starring Isabelle Huppert that will make its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the company announced Tuesday.
The film is playing In Competition at the festival, and Sony Pictures Classics has also acquired the rights to release the film in Eastern Europe (including Cis), Scandinavia, the Middle East, South Africa, Spain, India and for worldwide airlines.
“Frankie” stars Huppert alongside Marisa Tomei, Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson. It’s a story about three generations of a European family who come together in the fabled town of Sintra, Portugal, for one last vacation before the family matriarch faces the next, and last, chapter of her life. Over the course of one crisp October day, the fairy tale setting brings about everyone’s most romantic impulses, revealing cracks between them, as well as unexpected depth of feeling.
The film is playing In Competition at the festival, and Sony Pictures Classics has also acquired the rights to release the film in Eastern Europe (including Cis), Scandinavia, the Middle East, South Africa, Spain, India and for worldwide airlines.
“Frankie” stars Huppert alongside Marisa Tomei, Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson. It’s a story about three generations of a European family who come together in the fabled town of Sintra, Portugal, for one last vacation before the family matriarch faces the next, and last, chapter of her life. Over the course of one crisp October day, the fairy tale setting brings about everyone’s most romantic impulses, revealing cracks between them, as well as unexpected depth of feeling.
- 4/30/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jia Zhangke is one of contemporary China’s certified masters, and his newest work Ash is Purest White marks a key point in an ongoing dance between social-realist drama and genre exploits, starring (you guessed it!) Zhao Tao as a woman whose scorn launches a 17-year redemption jag populated with observations of her changing nation and a desire not unlike revenge.
“A lot going on here,” to use today’s parlance. More than most native-born American audiences are liable to pick up, actually, which is okay: the pleasures of Zhao’s gangster life and subsequent, Remember My Name-esque reintroduction to a world she tries to once again make her own are so intense that both viewings left me thinking, even if only for certain stretches, that I was watching the most entertaining film ever made. To say I anticipated this interview is an understatement.
Special thanks to Vincent Chang,...
“A lot going on here,” to use today’s parlance. More than most native-born American audiences are liable to pick up, actually, which is okay: the pleasures of Zhao’s gangster life and subsequent, Remember My Name-esque reintroduction to a world she tries to once again make her own are so intense that both viewings left me thinking, even if only for certain stretches, that I was watching the most entertaining film ever made. To say I anticipated this interview is an understatement.
Special thanks to Vincent Chang,...
- 3/13/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights worldwide to Zachary Fuhrer’s documentary about singer-songwriter John Prine, tentatively titled “John Prine: Hello in There.”
Currently in postproduction, the film tells the story of Prine, who broke through with an album he wrote as a mailman in the Chicago suburbs, and went on to create some of the strangest, funniest, most surreal and most enduring songs of our time, including “Angel From Montgomery.”
Fuhrer and Patrick Doyle co-wrote the film, which Doyle also produced. RadicalMedia is a production partner on the film, which will be released theatrically.
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The filmmakers followed Prine as he prepared to release his first album of new songs in 13 years, tracking his appearances at Radio City Music Hall and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The film includes interviews with Prine’s friends and peers,...
Currently in postproduction, the film tells the story of Prine, who broke through with an album he wrote as a mailman in the Chicago suburbs, and went on to create some of the strangest, funniest, most surreal and most enduring songs of our time, including “Angel From Montgomery.”
Fuhrer and Patrick Doyle co-wrote the film, which Doyle also produced. RadicalMedia is a production partner on the film, which will be released theatrically.
Also Read: David Crosby Documentary 'Remember My Name' Acquired By Sony Pictures Classics
The filmmakers followed Prine as he prepared to release his first album of new songs in 13 years, tracking his appearances at Radio City Music Hall and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The film includes interviews with Prine’s friends and peers,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Deadline broke news last Wednesday that Netflix had won a heated auction for the Sundance documentary Knock Down the House, but it wasn’t immediately clear how much the picture sold for. I can reveal that Netflix paid $10 million for worldwide rights to a film that yesterday received Sundance’s coveted Festival Favorite Award.
By my count, that makes Knock Down the House the biggest documentary sale ever brokered at a film festival, this for the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and three other candidates who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, shaking up the status quo and bringing fresh blood into Congress.
Long marginalized in comparisons to narrative films, documentaries have entered an unprecedented golden age, one that is only going to get better, as studio-backed subscription streaming services will seek out these films in the next year or...
By my count, that makes Knock Down the House the biggest documentary sale ever brokered at a film festival, this for the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and three other candidates who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, shaking up the status quo and bringing fresh blood into Congress.
Long marginalized in comparisons to narrative films, documentaries have entered an unprecedented golden age, one that is only going to get better, as studio-backed subscription streaming services will seek out these films in the next year or...
- 2/6/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In “David Crosby: Remember My Name,” A.J. Eaton’s moving and elegiac rock-nostalgia documentary, David Crosby appears before us as an older and wiser hippie troubadour, his signature long locks and frontier mustache now white, his spirit chastened but still keyed to the muse of his holy boomer-rock self. In the movie, Crosby speaks with candor about all the drugs he did, the women he “didn’t love enough,” the abuse he handed out to his body and soul. Yet he’s not apologizing; he’s testifying. In “Remember My Name,” he treats his life as a shamanistic parable of pleasure and pain, beauty and loss.
The survivors of the ’60s have been flaunting — and, in some cases, regretting — the consequences of their hedonistic if-it-feels-good-do-it lifestyles ever since the ’60s ended. It was back in 1989 when I first remember seeing an interview with David Crosby (on CNN) in which he announced,...
The survivors of the ’60s have been flaunting — and, in some cases, regretting — the consequences of their hedonistic if-it-feels-good-do-it lifestyles ever since the ’60s ended. It was back in 1989 when I first remember seeing an interview with David Crosby (on CNN) in which he announced,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Legendary rocker David Crosby has never been one to mince words, but in A.J. Eaton’s startlingly intimate documentary “David Crosby: Remember My Name,” the singer and guitarist finally uses his words to tap into something long-necessary: genuine self-reflection. Eaton’s film goes deep with the musician, and quickly. Within the first five minutes of “Remember My Name,” Crosby has already confessed twice how fervently he does not want to die and how deeply he regrets some of the wildness of his earlier years.
“Yeah, I got a huge regret about the time I wasted, smashed,” Crosby says straight to the camera, and that’s putting it mildly. A compelling mix of literal walking tour — “Remember My Name” features Crosby ambling straight up to Joni Mitchell’s old house in its first act, and good luck not feeling chills with that one — and interviews with Crosby and his contemporaries, the effect is a full-bodied one.
“Yeah, I got a huge regret about the time I wasted, smashed,” Crosby says straight to the camera, and that’s putting it mildly. A compelling mix of literal walking tour — “Remember My Name” features Crosby ambling straight up to Joni Mitchell’s old house in its first act, and good luck not feeling chills with that one — and interviews with Crosby and his contemporaries, the effect is a full-bodied one.
- 1/31/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
McKenna Grace’s character in the new Sundance film “Troop Zero” is named “Christmas Flint,” and with a name like that, you’re bound to be a little odd.
The 12-year-old star of the film told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven why it’s Ok to show your true colors.
“It’s Ok to be weird. It doesn’t matter who you love, who you are, what religion you are, what race you are, or if you just feel different just because. It just shows you that it’s Ok to be different,” Grace said as part of TheWrap’s Sundance studio. “Difference is the one thing we all have in common.”
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In “Troop Zero,” McKenna stars opposite Viola Davis, Allison Janney and Jim Gaffigan in a story set in rural 1970s Georgia. Her character...
The 12-year-old star of the film told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven why it’s Ok to show your true colors.
“It’s Ok to be weird. It doesn’t matter who you love, who you are, what religion you are, what race you are, or if you just feel different just because. It just shows you that it’s Ok to be different,” Grace said as part of TheWrap’s Sundance studio. “Difference is the one thing we all have in common.”
Also Read: Is Streaming Still the Mortal Enemy of Traditional Film Distribution? Sundance Panelists Say No
In “Troop Zero,” McKenna stars opposite Viola Davis, Allison Janney and Jim Gaffigan in a story set in rural 1970s Georgia. Her character...
- 1/29/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Classics announced Monday that it has acquired the North American rights to “David Crosby: Remember My Name,” the documentary on the career and life of the Crosby, Stills and Nash singer that premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.
The deal also includes several other territories outside the U.S. — Sony Pictures Classics has yet to set release plans.
Cameron Crowe produced the documentary directed by A.J. Eaton that is competing in the U.S. Documentary section at Sundance. “Remember My Name” attempts to go beyond the conventions of typical rock-doc profiles and observes the often candid Crosby throughout his 50-year career in music.
Also Read: Csny Comeback? David Crosby Calls for Reunion With Stills, Nash and Young (Video)
It follows Crosby, now in his ’70s, back out onto the road while looking back on his days with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and in The Byrds,...
The deal also includes several other territories outside the U.S. — Sony Pictures Classics has yet to set release plans.
Cameron Crowe produced the documentary directed by A.J. Eaton that is competing in the U.S. Documentary section at Sundance. “Remember My Name” attempts to go beyond the conventions of typical rock-doc profiles and observes the often candid Crosby throughout his 50-year career in music.
Also Read: Csny Comeback? David Crosby Calls for Reunion With Stills, Nash and Young (Video)
It follows Crosby, now in his ’70s, back out onto the road while looking back on his days with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and in The Byrds,...
- 1/29/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival brings more questions than usual.
Sellers believe they have brought the goods, but with few new buyers on the horizon, several more wavering, questions of whether Netflix and Amazon will be aggressive as they make their own content, and the influx of streaming services another year or two away, will there be enough of an appetite to fuel the all-nighter auctions that have made this festival exciting and exhausting?
Will Bruce Springsteen come to Park City for the premiere of Blinded By The Light, the coming of age of a Muslim teen directed by Bend it Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chada, with 16 Springsteen songs providing the narrative backbeat? And for that matter, what about Wu-Tang Clan for the debut of the four episodes of the limited series Of Mics and Men, about that storied band’s history, or the David Crosby docu Remember My Name that premieres in competition this weekend?...
Sellers believe they have brought the goods, but with few new buyers on the horizon, several more wavering, questions of whether Netflix and Amazon will be aggressive as they make their own content, and the influx of streaming services another year or two away, will there be enough of an appetite to fuel the all-nighter auctions that have made this festival exciting and exhausting?
Will Bruce Springsteen come to Park City for the premiere of Blinded By The Light, the coming of age of a Muslim teen directed by Bend it Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chada, with 16 Springsteen songs providing the narrative backbeat? And for that matter, what about Wu-Tang Clan for the debut of the four episodes of the limited series Of Mics and Men, about that storied band’s history, or the David Crosby docu Remember My Name that premieres in competition this weekend?...
- 1/24/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Prepare to trip a little light fantastic with the following celebration of movie musicals.
On Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show, James Corden was joined by Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda for the latest installment of “Role Call.” What followed was a rundown of 22 musicals in 12 minutes, including the highly anticipated Mary Poppins Returns. The impressive feat was shot in one take, and featured a cameo by Kermit the Frog. The full setlist went as follows:
1. “Willkommen” (Cabaret)
2. “All That Jazz” (Chicago)
3. “City of Stars” (La La Land)
4. “Be Our Guest” (Beauty and the Beast)
5. “Sit Down, You...
On Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show, James Corden was joined by Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda for the latest installment of “Role Call.” What followed was a rundown of 22 musicals in 12 minutes, including the highly anticipated Mary Poppins Returns. The impressive feat was shot in one take, and featured a cameo by Kermit the Frog. The full setlist went as follows:
1. “Willkommen” (Cabaret)
2. “All That Jazz” (Chicago)
3. “City of Stars” (La La Land)
4. “Be Our Guest” (Beauty and the Beast)
5. “Sit Down, You...
- 12/19/2018
- TVLine.com
Above: Us one sheet for Trouble in Mind (1985). Art direction by Mike Kaplan, illustration by Ignacio Gomez.Alan Rudolph may not be one of the best known names in American independent film and that is a shame because his 22-feature filmography comprises a unique body of work of literate, off-kilter, romantic, humanistic cinema. New Yorkers have a chance to devour that work over the next few weeks at the Quad Cinema in their essential retrospective, "Alan Rudolph’s Everyday Lovers."Rudolph’s poster-ography is as erratic and full of gems as his filmic career. It starts out with a couple of genre horror films—with gaudy posters to match—before launching into the early masterpieces Welcome to L.A. and Remember My Name, both film which were released by Mike Kaplan’s Lagoon. Kaplan, who had previously worked with Stanley Kubrick, is a keen connoisseur and collector of posters himself,...
- 4/27/2018
- MUBI
The ’80s are making a comeback!
On Friday, Zac Efron joined forces with his The Greatest Showman costars Zendaya and Hugh Jackman to film a wig-centric skit with James Corden, presumably for The Late Late Show.
Teasing the still unaired sketch on Instagram, Efron, 30, was wearing a curly blonde wig with an oversized denim jacket and gray sweatpants while next to him castmate Zendaya, 21, struck a pose while wearing leg warmers, a leotard and teased hair.
Toward the edges of the photo, the TV host could also be seen squatting in the front row, showing off his striped tube socks and bright yellow sweatband.
On Friday, Zac Efron joined forces with his The Greatest Showman costars Zendaya and Hugh Jackman to film a wig-centric skit with James Corden, presumably for The Late Late Show.
Teasing the still unaired sketch on Instagram, Efron, 30, was wearing a curly blonde wig with an oversized denim jacket and gray sweatpants while next to him castmate Zendaya, 21, struck a pose while wearing leg warmers, a leotard and teased hair.
Toward the edges of the photo, the TV host could also be seen squatting in the front row, showing off his striped tube socks and bright yellow sweatband.
- 12/9/2017
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
Previous | Image 1 of 3 | NextAlfre Woodard at her tribute at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival.
Chicago – It was an evening to celebrate the Black Perspective in filmmaking at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, and also to celebrate one of the great African American actors with a tribute to Alfre Woodard. Woodard walked the Red Carpet on October 21st, 2017, with fellow actors Regina Taylor (“I’ll Fly Away”) and Jussie Smollett (“Empire”).
Alfre Woodard was born in Oklahoma, and studied drama at Boston University. Her breakthrough stage role was in 1977, with “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” and her film debut came a year later with “Remember My Name.” After winning an Emmy for a three episode run on TV’s “Hill Street Blues,’ she was hired by the same production team to portray Dr. Roxanne Turner on “St. Elsewhere” from 1985-88. Her film...
Chicago – It was an evening to celebrate the Black Perspective in filmmaking at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, and also to celebrate one of the great African American actors with a tribute to Alfre Woodard. Woodard walked the Red Carpet on October 21st, 2017, with fellow actors Regina Taylor (“I’ll Fly Away”) and Jussie Smollett (“Empire”).
Alfre Woodard was born in Oklahoma, and studied drama at Boston University. Her breakthrough stage role was in 1977, with “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” and her film debut came a year later with “Remember My Name.” After winning an Emmy for a three episode run on TV’s “Hill Street Blues,’ she was hired by the same production team to portray Dr. Roxanne Turner on “St. Elsewhere” from 1985-88. Her film...
- 10/28/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This is where I'm supposed to summarize the past year, find some overaching theme or thread running through my choices, spot trends, or something along those lines. Instead it's just another mea culpa for my continuing and accelerating estrangement from mainstream pop music. Don't mind me, I'm just a grumpy old fart. But these twenty new albums made me less grumpy.
1. Diiv: Is the Is Are (Captured Tracks)
I enjoyed their first album, and far from a sophomore slump, their second is even better. Sure, I'm heavily predisposed to love bands that conjure a moody '80s vibe with thrumming bass, chiming guitar jangle, and submerged vocals, but this is greater than the sum of those parts, simultaneously updating the sound while tapping into a new level of melodicism for this band.
2. David Bowie: Black Star (Sony)
I wrote about this at length. What can I add now that...
1. Diiv: Is the Is Are (Captured Tracks)
I enjoyed their first album, and far from a sophomore slump, their second is even better. Sure, I'm heavily predisposed to love bands that conjure a moody '80s vibe with thrumming bass, chiming guitar jangle, and submerged vocals, but this is greater than the sum of those parts, simultaneously updating the sound while tapping into a new level of melodicism for this band.
2. David Bowie: Black Star (Sony)
I wrote about this at length. What can I add now that...
- 1/18/2017
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
You can try to survive the chaos of Black Friday from your own couch now that Dead Rising 4 is available for the Xbox One and Windows 10 from Capcom, but the crowds Frank West faces are more interested in his flesh than the great deals at the Willamette mall. Injecting holiday cheer and palpable fear into the new Dead Rising game's soundtrack is Oleksa Lozowchuk, and we caught up with the composer and soundtrack producer for our latest Q&A feature.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Oleksa. You’ve created music for the Dead Rising franchise in the realms of video games and film. How do you balance bringing something new to the table while building upon the music that you’ve already created for the franchise?
Oleksa Lozowchuk: That’s a great question. A lot of it comes down to instinct. You try...
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Oleksa. You’ve created music for the Dead Rising franchise in the realms of video games and film. How do you balance bringing something new to the table while building upon the music that you’ve already created for the franchise?
Oleksa Lozowchuk: That’s a great question. A lot of it comes down to instinct. You try...
- 12/22/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Alec Bojalad Jan 16, 2020
We have a list of the new Hulu movies and shows arriving in February 2020.
February is a month for love and Hulu knows exactly what to do with it. For its February 2020 new releases, Hulu is introducing an original series fit for Valentine's Day. High Fidelity premieres on Valentine's Day and this modern adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel and Stephen Frears film will bring some love and music to the mid-February doldrums.
Hulu's only $5.99/month now, grab the deal here!
Another original arriving in February is Utopia Falls (also premiering on February 14), which looks to be teenage-oriented series combining Harry Potter, The Expanse, and music. That sound like something that might interest you?
February 1 sees the arrival of plenty of films to enjoy like 300, When Harry Met Sally, The Fugitive, and 28 Days Later. That's about as diverse an array of genre films as you'll get.
We have a list of the new Hulu movies and shows arriving in February 2020.
February is a month for love and Hulu knows exactly what to do with it. For its February 2020 new releases, Hulu is introducing an original series fit for Valentine's Day. High Fidelity premieres on Valentine's Day and this modern adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel and Stephen Frears film will bring some love and music to the mid-February doldrums.
Hulu's only $5.99/month now, grab the deal here!
Another original arriving in February is Utopia Falls (also premiering on February 14), which looks to be teenage-oriented series combining Harry Potter, The Expanse, and music. That sound like something that might interest you?
February 1 sees the arrival of plenty of films to enjoy like 300, When Harry Met Sally, The Fugitive, and 28 Days Later. That's about as diverse an array of genre films as you'll get.
- 1/21/2016
- Den of Geek
The spirit of Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, and early solo David Crosby circa If Only I Could Remember My Name, thrive in this former Brooklyn-based "metaphysical" cowboy Israel Nash Giripka's musical universe. Having stumbled upon him quite by accident I was immediately drawn to his tone, stringed textures (Gretsch guitars, pedal steel), and musical chops. The most excellent single entitled "Strangers" is the debut track from his sixth album Israel Nash's Silver Season, available worldwide October 9th via Loose Music & Thirty Tigers.
- 9/28/2015
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Everyone knows that Little League pitching sensation Mo'ne Davis can hurl a baseball a blistering 71 mph - a painful fact that countless batters on opposing teams have learned the hard way. But can the 13-year-old Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year - who just released her memoir Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name - dance? Actually, she can - or at least she enjoys doing it at every opportunity. "I pretty much dance around everywhere," the athlete tells People. "Even though I'm not the greatest dancer, I still do it." Of course, one thing she knows she's great at is baseball.
- 3/17/2015
- by Johnny Dodd, @Johnny_Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
Everyone knows that Little League pitching sensation Mo'ne Davis can hurl a baseball a blistering 71 mph - a painful fact that countless batters on opposing teams have learned the hard way. But can the 13-year-old Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year - who just released her memoir Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name - dance? Actually, she can - or at least she enjoys doing it at every opportunity. "I pretty much dance around everywhere," the athlete tells People. "Even though I'm not the greatest dancer, I still do it." Of course, one thing she knows she's great at is baseball.
- 3/17/2015
- by Johnny Dodd, @Johnny_Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
This round-table interview was tons of fun. I got a minute to share a table with Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man and Marc Webb, director of Spider-Man and a gentleman I am very much in favor of.
Why do you like Marc Webb so much, Da7e? Good question, reader. He was my first one-on-one interview ever for this site during his (500) Days of Summer press tour. We shared a container of blueberries and even though our site has changed hands a few times since then, The Way-Way Back Machine has archived the discussion I had with web about music video reality, back in 2009.
I wasn't given access to Webb during The Amazing Spider-Man, which was probably for the best as I was chasing another story about the interactions between Columbia and Webb concerning lots of stuff that I couldn't care about less now that Webb gets his Spider-Man trilogy with Andrew Garfield.
Why do you like Marc Webb so much, Da7e? Good question, reader. He was my first one-on-one interview ever for this site during his (500) Days of Summer press tour. We shared a container of blueberries and even though our site has changed hands a few times since then, The Way-Way Back Machine has archived the discussion I had with web about music video reality, back in 2009.
I wasn't given access to Webb during The Amazing Spider-Man, which was probably for the best as I was chasing another story about the interactions between Columbia and Webb concerning lots of stuff that I couldn't care about less now that Webb gets his Spider-Man trilogy with Andrew Garfield.
- 4/28/2014
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
Fall 2013 has been a damn good season for horror game soundtrack fans, with a variety of entertaining scores coming down the pipe – ranging from purely fun entries like the hard-rocking Zombie Squash to big studio-quality symphonic epics like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. An even more colorful variety of styles comes together in the soundtrack for Dead Rising 3, the latest entry in Capcom's hit zombie-slaying game series that began as a Dawn of the Dead homage and quickly expanded to World War Z proportions. The third chapter takes the music to the next level, involving not only acclaimed composers like Brian Reitzell (30 Days of Night, Hannibal), Jeremy Soule (Elder Scrolls, the Harry Potter game series) and returning Dead Rising composer Oleksa Lozowchuk, but also a host of talented cyber-rockers including FEARnet fave Celldweller. The standard edition album weighs in at 40 tracks across two CDs, the bulk of which is dedicated to Lozowchuk's score and source cues,...
- 11/21/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
With Dead Rising 3's release date inching ever closer, word has come about the game's soundtrack, and we have all the details right here. With music composed and produced by Oleksa Lozowchuk, look for the digital album November 19th and the two-disc CD November 26th.
From the Press Release:
Sumthing Else Music Works, the premier record label dedicated to licensing and distributing video game soundtracks, proudly presents the Dead Rising 3 Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from Capcom's new generation open-world zombie action video game available exclusively on Xbox One. The Dead Rising series is one of the most popular zombie game franchises, with more than 5.4 million units sold worldwide to date.
The Dead Rising 3 Original Soundtrack will be available digitally at iTunes, Amazon (pre-order info below), and other music sites on November 19, 2013. An expanded 99-track version of the album will be available exclusively at Sumthing.com. As a bonus,...
From the Press Release:
Sumthing Else Music Works, the premier record label dedicated to licensing and distributing video game soundtracks, proudly presents the Dead Rising 3 Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from Capcom's new generation open-world zombie action video game available exclusively on Xbox One. The Dead Rising series is one of the most popular zombie game franchises, with more than 5.4 million units sold worldwide to date.
The Dead Rising 3 Original Soundtrack will be available digitally at iTunes, Amazon (pre-order info below), and other music sites on November 19, 2013. An expanded 99-track version of the album will be available exclusively at Sumthing.com. As a bonus,...
- 11/15/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
The final episodes of Breaking Bad, which returned Sunday night, use the tagline "Remember My Name." In October 2011, before the fifth season began, creator Vince Gilligan talked to The Hollywood Reporter for the annual Showrunners Issue about why history would remember his landmark show. Photos: 'Breaking Bad': 20 Most Shocking Deaths He also revealed how The X-Files taught him the key to success, why he wishes he'd written SpongeBob SquarePants and where the phrase "breaking bad" came from. Here are highlights from that interview. The Hollywood Reporter: What do you think is your achievement in Breaking Bad?
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- 8/12/2013
- by Tim Appelo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
How will Breaking Bad end? The answer is just weeks away: The first of eight final episodes airs Sunday, August 11, and they’re already taking wagers at BettingBad.com to predict who will survive through the show’s final hour. The central question on any gambler’s mind: Will Walter White live or die? The finale airs Sept. 29, so there’s still a little time to consider possibilities. In the meantime, let’s all pray for Badger and Skinny Pete.
Walt Dies Of Cancer, Heisenberg Lives Forever
The theory: Everyone fears the One Who Knocks … except, obviously, cancer. During the...
Walt Dies Of Cancer, Heisenberg Lives Forever
The theory: Everyone fears the One Who Knocks … except, obviously, cancer. During the...
- 8/9/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW.com - PopWatch
AMC has released the official poster for the last eight episodes of Breaking Bad. The artwork's tagline, "Remember my name" is an obvious play on the desert face-off ("Say my name!") from last summer's run.
The final installments kick off on Sunday, August 11th, at 9pm. The series finale is expected to air on September 29th.
This time around, the Bryan Cranston series will be paired with Talking Bad, a live half-hour show that will discuss the events of the just-aired episode of Breaking Bad.
What do you think? What do you think the poster means? Will you be watching the final episodes? Will you watch live, on-demand, or online?...
The final installments kick off on Sunday, August 11th, at 9pm. The series finale is expected to air on September 29th.
This time around, the Bryan Cranston series will be paired with Talking Bad, a live half-hour show that will discuss the events of the just-aired episode of Breaking Bad.
What do you think? What do you think the poster means? Will you be watching the final episodes? Will you watch live, on-demand, or online?...
- 6/28/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Poster Louisa Mellor 26 Jun 2013 - 07:15
Walter White wants you to remember his name in this brand new poster for Breaking Bad's return on the 11th of August...
There's something monumental about Breaking Bad's return to AMC this August. The year-long wait for season five's final eight episodes, and the knowledge that they're to be its last, have endowed the 11th of August with a gravitas that would be laughable applied to most TV shows.
Breaking Bad, as we know, isn't most TV shows.
Preparing the ground for Walter White's return to television this summer is a brand new poster, featuring Bryan Cranston looking suitably serious, with a single message: Remember my name. As if there's any danger of forgetting after he's finished with us...
Breaking Bad returns to AMC on Sunday the 11th of August. Read our reviews of season five's first eight episodes, here.
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Walter White wants you to remember his name in this brand new poster for Breaking Bad's return on the 11th of August...
There's something monumental about Breaking Bad's return to AMC this August. The year-long wait for season five's final eight episodes, and the knowledge that they're to be its last, have endowed the 11th of August with a gravitas that would be laughable applied to most TV shows.
Breaking Bad, as we know, isn't most TV shows.
Preparing the ground for Walter White's return to television this summer is a brand new poster, featuring Bryan Cranston looking suitably serious, with a single message: Remember my name. As if there's any danger of forgetting after he's finished with us...
Breaking Bad returns to AMC on Sunday the 11th of August. Read our reviews of season five's first eight episodes, here.
Coming Soon
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- 6/26/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Whetting fans appetites for its final season, AMC revealed a new poster for the hit series "Breaking Bad" on Tuesday (June 25).
The art features Bryan Cranston as Walter White behind the words "Remember my name" in yellow.
Also starring Aaron Paul, the critically acclaimed drama follows a high school chemistry teacher who turns to a life of crime in order to secure his family's financial future.
"Breaking Bad" returns for its last eight episodes on Sunday, August 11 at 9/8 central on AMC.
The art features Bryan Cranston as Walter White behind the words "Remember my name" in yellow.
Also starring Aaron Paul, the critically acclaimed drama follows a high school chemistry teacher who turns to a life of crime in order to secure his family's financial future.
"Breaking Bad" returns for its last eight episodes on Sunday, August 11 at 9/8 central on AMC.
- 6/26/2013
- GossipCenter
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