Zack Norman, the stand-up comic, actor and producer perhaps best known for his turn as a crocodile-loving antiquities smuggler in Romancing the Stone, has died. He was 83.
Norman died Sunday night of natural causes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family announced.
Norman collaborated frequently with director Henry Jaglom, with the two working together on Tracks (1976), Sitting Ducks (1980), Venice/Venice (1992), Babyfever (1994), Déjà Vu (1997), Festival in Cannes (2001), Hollywood Dreams (2006), Irene in Time (2009), Queen of the Lot (2010), The M Word (2014) and Ovation (2015).
In Robert Zemeckis’ action-adventure Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Norman and Danny DeVito play the smuggling cousins Ira and Ralph, respectively.
“Look at those snappers,” Ira says in admiration whenever he sees a croc.
(He and Douglas would get into a legal spat over a company that they co-founded.)
Norman also appeared on the big screen in James Toback’s Fingers (1978), Milos Forman...
Norman died Sunday night of natural causes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family announced.
Norman collaborated frequently with director Henry Jaglom, with the two working together on Tracks (1976), Sitting Ducks (1980), Venice/Venice (1992), Babyfever (1994), Déjà Vu (1997), Festival in Cannes (2001), Hollywood Dreams (2006), Irene in Time (2009), Queen of the Lot (2010), The M Word (2014) and Ovation (2015).
In Robert Zemeckis’ action-adventure Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Norman and Danny DeVito play the smuggling cousins Ira and Ralph, respectively.
“Look at those snappers,” Ira says in admiration whenever he sees a croc.
(He and Douglas would get into a legal spat over a company that they co-founded.)
Norman also appeared on the big screen in James Toback’s Fingers (1978), Milos Forman...
- 4/29/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bruce Timm attained legendary status when he dabbled in DC mythos and came up with some of the best animated shows in the franchise’s history. Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, and Justice League serve as a reminder of his great acumen. Much like the great creators of his time, his work was also influenced by several real-life events. And it showed in Justice League.
A still from 2001’s Justice League: The Animated Series
Justice League was airing at a time when tensions were high between the US Government and Iraq. And a few episodes of the DC show seemed heavily inspired by what was happening. While the issue was controversial to begin with, the Justice League managed to steer away from them delivering a beautiful message.
Suggested“He’s more of a bastard than he ever was”: Batman Beyond’s Greatest Addition Was Old Bruce...
A still from 2001’s Justice League: The Animated Series
Justice League was airing at a time when tensions were high between the US Government and Iraq. And a few episodes of the DC show seemed heavily inspired by what was happening. While the issue was controversial to begin with, the Justice League managed to steer away from them delivering a beautiful message.
Suggested“He’s more of a bastard than he ever was”: Batman Beyond’s Greatest Addition Was Old Bruce...
- 4/19/2024
- by Sayantan Choudhary
- FandomWire
Welcome to The B-Side from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today, we talk to a great film writer about a great film subgenre! Brian Raftery! Vietnam War Movie B-Sides!
Brian (author of the wonderful Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen) released a wonderful podcast mini-series for The Ringer called Do We Get to Win This Time? this past summer. It examines the evolution of the American Vietnam War movie through the decades. Raftery speaks with everybody for this thing, from Oliver Stone to Dale Dye.
Our B-Sides today are: Hearts and Minds, The Little Girl of Hanoi, and Hamburger Hill.
We cover plenty more, dissecting movies made by both American and Vietnamese filmmakers. From when we first became aware of Vietnam as a war,...
Brian (author of the wonderful Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen) released a wonderful podcast mini-series for The Ringer called Do We Get to Win This Time? this past summer. It examines the evolution of the American Vietnam War movie through the decades. Raftery speaks with everybody for this thing, from Oliver Stone to Dale Dye.
Our B-Sides today are: Hearts and Minds, The Little Girl of Hanoi, and Hamburger Hill.
We cover plenty more, dissecting movies made by both American and Vietnamese filmmakers. From when we first became aware of Vietnam as a war,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Over the years, the Oscar for best documentary feature has provided the Academy Awards with some of the ceremony’s most contentious and divisive moments: In 1975, when the Vietnam War doc Hearts and Minds claimed the prize, producer Bert Schneider read a letter of thanks from the Viet Cong, so incensing hosts Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra that they took it upon themselves later in the broadcast to apologize “for any political references.” In 2003, while accepting his Oscar for the anti-gun doc Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore was greeted with both cheers and boos when he cried “Shame on you, Mr. Bush” for launching the war in Iraq.
In the past couple of years, as Academy membership has grown larger and more diverse, the feature documentary results have been a lot more mellow, with crowd-pleasing choices — like the 2021 concert film Summer of Soul and the 2020 nature doc My Octopus Teacher — prevailing.
In the past couple of years, as Academy membership has grown larger and more diverse, the feature documentary results have been a lot more mellow, with crowd-pleasing choices — like the 2021 concert film Summer of Soul and the 2020 nature doc My Octopus Teacher — prevailing.
- 3/6/2023
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Utilizing three aspect ratios as well as multiple camera formats and a wealth of archival footage over its 2.5-hour-plus runtime, shooting Spike Lee’s Vietnam War epic Da 5 Bloods was no easy feat, but cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel was up to the task. While it was his first feature film collaboration with the director, it was also something of a full-circle moment for the director of photography after beginning his career in the documentary field, particularly shooting the Oscar-nominated Vietnam War doc El Salvador: Another Vietnam in 1981.
With Da 5 Bloods, he brings a palpable sense of both tension and vibrancy as he captures the vistas of Vietnam and Thailand, where the film was shot, and the conflict that is recreated. We had the opportunity to speak with the seasoned vet about his approach to the material, Spike Lee’s mastery, what it was like to shoot the iconic Spike Lee dolly shot,...
With Da 5 Bloods, he brings a palpable sense of both tension and vibrancy as he captures the vistas of Vietnam and Thailand, where the film was shot, and the conflict that is recreated. We had the opportunity to speak with the seasoned vet about his approach to the material, Spike Lee’s mastery, what it was like to shoot the iconic Spike Lee dolly shot,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Standish got to run point on his first mission.
The team went to college and had a great time on campus on Whiskey Cavalier Season 1 Episode 11, but it was Standish's hour to show off.
The kid did a good job and made Frankie and Will proud in the end.
Whiskey Cavalier is cheesy, fun, and most of the time it's entertaining. However, one of the biggest frustrations with the series is how choppy it comes across.
Related: Whiskey Cavalier Season 1 Episode 9 Review: Hearts and Minds
It's a series where many of the installments are meant to be standalone, and there is nothing wrong with that, but when the character development is tied into all of that too, it stands out when the installments are out of sync.
A handful of times it was apparent the series switched around airdate for episodes, and it's most reflective in how the characters get along with one another.
The team went to college and had a great time on campus on Whiskey Cavalier Season 1 Episode 11, but it was Standish's hour to show off.
The kid did a good job and made Frankie and Will proud in the end.
Whiskey Cavalier is cheesy, fun, and most of the time it's entertaining. However, one of the biggest frustrations with the series is how choppy it comes across.
Related: Whiskey Cavalier Season 1 Episode 9 Review: Hearts and Minds
It's a series where many of the installments are meant to be standalone, and there is nothing wrong with that, but when the character development is tied into all of that too, it stands out when the installments are out of sync.
A handful of times it was apparent the series switched around airdate for episodes, and it's most reflective in how the characters get along with one another.
- 5/9/2019
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
The Library of Congress has announced the 25 films joining the National Film Registry in 2018. The most well-known titles in this year’s group include Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca,” Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” and James L. Brooks’ “Broadcast News.” Films that make the cut have been deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and will be preserved under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act.
“The National Film Registry turns 30 this year and for those three decades, we have been recognizing, celebrating, and preserving this distinctive medium,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes, and dreams.”
With the 25 new additions, the National Film Registry now has a total of 750 titles. “Brokeback Mountain,” released in 2005, is the most recently released film to be added to the Registry this year.
“The National Film Registry turns 30 this year and for those three decades, we have been recognizing, celebrating, and preserving this distinctive medium,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes, and dreams.”
With the 25 new additions, the National Film Registry now has a total of 750 titles. “Brokeback Mountain,” released in 2005, is the most recently released film to be added to the Registry this year.
- 12/12/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Since 1989, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been accomplishing the important task of preserving films that “represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking.” From films way back in 1897 all the way up to 2005, they’ve now reached 750 films that celebrate our heritage and encapsulate our film history.
Today they’ve unveiled their 2018 list, which includes Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, and Orson Welles’ The Lady From Shanghai. There’s also Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster behemoth Jurassic Park, Samuel Fuller’s stellar noir Pickup on South Street, the riveting, harrowing documentary Hearts and Minds, and much more.
Check out the full list below and you can watch some films on the registry for free here.
1. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
2. Broadcast News (1987)
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
4. Cinderella (1950)
5. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
6. Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency
7. Eve...
Today they’ve unveiled their 2018 list, which includes Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, and Orson Welles’ The Lady From Shanghai. There’s also Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster behemoth Jurassic Park, Samuel Fuller’s stellar noir Pickup on South Street, the riveting, harrowing documentary Hearts and Minds, and much more.
Check out the full list below and you can watch some films on the registry for free here.
1. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
2. Broadcast News (1987)
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
4. Cinderella (1950)
5. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
6. Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency
7. Eve...
- 12/12/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Jurassic Park,” “My Fair Lady,” “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Shining” were among the 25 American films inducted into the National Film Registry, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced Wednesday.
Selection to the registry will help ensure that these films will be preserved for all time because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s film heritage.
“The National Film Registry turns 30 this year and for those three decades, we have been recognizing, celebrating and preserving this distinctive medium,” Hayden said. “These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes and dreams.”
Also Read: 'Titanic,' 'The Goonies,' 'Superman' Added to National Film Registry
This year’s films span 107 years, from 1898 to 2005. They include blockbusters, documentaries, silent movies, animation and independent films. The 2018 selections bring the number of films in the registry to 750, a small fraction of the Library’s...
Selection to the registry will help ensure that these films will be preserved for all time because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s film heritage.
“The National Film Registry turns 30 this year and for those three decades, we have been recognizing, celebrating and preserving this distinctive medium,” Hayden said. “These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes and dreams.”
Also Read: 'Titanic,' 'The Goonies,' 'Superman' Added to National Film Registry
This year’s films span 107 years, from 1898 to 2005. They include blockbusters, documentaries, silent movies, animation and independent films. The 2018 selections bring the number of films in the registry to 750, a small fraction of the Library’s...
- 12/12/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
“Brokeback Mountain,” “Jurassic Park,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Shining,” “Hud” and “Monterey Pop” are among the best known titles among this year’s additions to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
A place on the list — always made up of 25 films — guarantees the film will be preserved under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act. The criteria for selection is that the movies are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.
“The National Film Registry turns 30 this year and for those three decades, we have been recognizing, celebrating and preserving this distinctive medium,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes and dreams.”
The 2018 selections bring the total number of films in the registry to 750. Hayden will discuss the 25 new films with Leonard Maltin on Turner Classic Movies at 8 p.m. E.T. Wednesday.
The new titles...
A place on the list — always made up of 25 films — guarantees the film will be preserved under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act. The criteria for selection is that the movies are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.
“The National Film Registry turns 30 this year and for those three decades, we have been recognizing, celebrating and preserving this distinctive medium,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. “These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes and dreams.”
The 2018 selections bring the total number of films in the registry to 750. Hayden will discuss the 25 new films with Leonard Maltin on Turner Classic Movies at 8 p.m. E.T. Wednesday.
The new titles...
- 12/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The rough, sometimes druggy genesis of the American independent movie business of the ‘60s and ‘70s was recalled by Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith of the Monkees during a sold-out 50th anniversary American Cinematheque screening of the band’s ill-fated feature film “Head.”
Looking out into the Egyptian Theatre before the film unspooled, Dolenz drolly asked one audience member, “You’ve seen it? Can you tell me what it’s about?”
The evening was hosted by the Monkees’ Boswell, producer Andrew Sandoval, who asked for a show of hands of how many in the crowd were returning “Head” cultists and how many were seeing it for the first time. The 60 percent or so making return trips were hugely enthusiastic, but Sandoval wasn’t making any promises to the 40 percent newbies, warning dryly, “We’ll see how many of you are here when we’re done.”
Relentlessly post-modern and lacking anything...
Looking out into the Egyptian Theatre before the film unspooled, Dolenz drolly asked one audience member, “You’ve seen it? Can you tell me what it’s about?”
The evening was hosted by the Monkees’ Boswell, producer Andrew Sandoval, who asked for a show of hands of how many in the crowd were returning “Head” cultists and how many were seeing it for the first time. The 60 percent or so making return trips were hugely enthusiastic, but Sandoval wasn’t making any promises to the 40 percent newbies, warning dryly, “We’ll see how many of you are here when we’re done.”
Relentlessly post-modern and lacking anything...
- 11/2/2018
- by Chris Morris
- Variety Film + TV
The whole York family was under lock and key on The White Princess Season 1 Episode 2.
Elizabeth was tricked into captivity at the palace, Lizzie can't go out to play because she's pregnant and medieval attitudes about her condition are scary close to those of present day gynoticians, and poor, simple Teddy is a threat.
Even Cecily, who thinks she's a gatekeeper, is captive. She may think they're under quarantine from the plague, but she wouldn't be allowed anywhere even if half of England weren't dying.
Cecily is just the worst. I want to give her some benefit of the doubt, but my god, she just doesn't give us anything to work with, does she?
I mean, sure, she's the often overlooked second daughter – always an afterthought, she was literally the backup bride for Lizzie's original engagement to the dauphin of France.
Her childhood was punctuated by periods of living in...
Elizabeth was tricked into captivity at the palace, Lizzie can't go out to play because she's pregnant and medieval attitudes about her condition are scary close to those of present day gynoticians, and poor, simple Teddy is a threat.
Even Cecily, who thinks she's a gatekeeper, is captive. She may think they're under quarantine from the plague, but she wouldn't be allowed anywhere even if half of England weren't dying.
Cecily is just the worst. I want to give her some benefit of the doubt, but my god, she just doesn't give us anything to work with, does she?
I mean, sure, she's the often overlooked second daughter – always an afterthought, she was literally the backup bride for Lizzie's original engagement to the dauphin of France.
Her childhood was punctuated by periods of living in...
- 4/24/2017
- by Elizabeth Harlow
- TVfanatic
Need to catch up? Check out the previous The White Princess recap here.
When an outbreak of plague* is the best thing that happens to you, you are experiencing some rough times, indeed.
Yet in an episode of The White Princess in which Elizabeth and her mother are put under house arrest, Henry is stabbed and Teddy is thrown in the Tower of London, a little sweating sickness seems like manna from heaven.
How can this be? Read on for the highlights of “Hearts and Minds.”
*Yes, I know it’s not actually the plague. But because Ned mentions it in the episode,...
When an outbreak of plague* is the best thing that happens to you, you are experiencing some rough times, indeed.
Yet in an episode of The White Princess in which Elizabeth and her mother are put under house arrest, Henry is stabbed and Teddy is thrown in the Tower of London, a little sweating sickness seems like manna from heaven.
How can this be? Read on for the highlights of “Hearts and Minds.”
*Yes, I know it’s not actually the plague. But because Ned mentions it in the episode,...
- 4/24/2017
- TVLine.com
My apologies, first off, for the timeliness of this review. Some Monday nights put you in bed at 9:30 and that’s just the way it goes. However, this wasn’t the type of Turn: Washington’s Spies episode that would’ve kept me awake. Don’t get me wrong, because “Hearts and Minds” was magnificently acted and an interesting, well-told story. Just not an action-packed one. This week on Turn: Washington’s Spies: Anna begs for Abraham’s mercy for Hewlett, but he does not budge. Ben is taken in by a widow, who nurses him back to health. Benedict Arnold is suspicious of Andre and Peggy, but moves forward
Turn Washington’s Spies Review: “Hearts and Minds”…But Mostly Hearts...
Turn Washington’s Spies Review: “Hearts and Minds”…But Mostly Hearts...
- 5/17/2016
- by Nick Hogan
- TVovermind.com
Deep Silver have revealed Homefront: The Revolution‘s new Hearts and Minds 101 featurette, showcasing how players can perform actions in the game’s open world. The red, yellow, and green zones in Homefront: The Revolution are there to be liberated, and doing so will earn you the support of the oppressed population of occupied Philadelphia through unique gameplay mechanics.
Through Hearts and Minds, the player’s actions have a direct effect on the world around them, with the ultimate goal being to ignite a revolution against the oppression in Philadelphia. Take a look at the trailer above for a chance to see this interesting new feature in action.
In other news, Deep Silver have also revealed details of a pre-release merit system that players can already start to benefit from. Simply visit Homefront-Game.com and you can begin earning Merits by completing missions on the site to dive deeper into the lore of the universe.
Through Hearts and Minds, the player’s actions have a direct effect on the world around them, with the ultimate goal being to ignite a revolution against the oppression in Philadelphia. Take a look at the trailer above for a chance to see this interesting new feature in action.
In other news, Deep Silver have also revealed details of a pre-release merit system that players can already start to benefit from. Simply visit Homefront-Game.com and you can begin earning Merits by completing missions on the site to dive deeper into the lore of the universe.
- 4/13/2016
- by Gareth Cartwright
- We Got This Covered
The fight against the Kpa begins on the streets of Occupied Philadelphia in Homefront: The Revolution, and a new trailer demonstrates where the spark will ignite. The ultimate goal in Homefront is to inspire the people to rise up against the brutal military occupation and ignite the revolution, and the new trailer is the perfect call to arms.
The latest gameplay trailer – titled ‘Ignite’ – reveals the ‘Hearts and Minds’ feature that will power the player progression in Homefront: The Revolution. Hearts and Minds represents the state of uprising across the oppressed Yellow Zones of occupied Philadelphia, and will increase as the player performs acts of resistance such as destroying any items of Kpa infrastructure.
The open world of Homefront: The Revolution dynamically transforms around the player as Hearts and Minds increases – a once cowed civilian population will join the player in acts of defiance. From here, the entire Zone will...
The latest gameplay trailer – titled ‘Ignite’ – reveals the ‘Hearts and Minds’ feature that will power the player progression in Homefront: The Revolution. Hearts and Minds represents the state of uprising across the oppressed Yellow Zones of occupied Philadelphia, and will increase as the player performs acts of resistance such as destroying any items of Kpa infrastructure.
The open world of Homefront: The Revolution dynamically transforms around the player as Hearts and Minds increases – a once cowed civilian population will join the player in acts of defiance. From here, the entire Zone will...
- 3/30/2016
- by Gareth Cartwright
- We Got This Covered
By Lee Pfeiffer
Remember the old days when unpredictable occurrences seemed to predictably occur at the Oscars ceremony? There was the nude streaker who failed to unravel the ever-unflappable David Niven. There were the political activist winners who used the forum to grandstand for their favorite causes. This included Vanessa Redgrave's pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist remarks during her acceptance speech, Marlon Brando sending a surrogate to reject his "Godfather" Oscar in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans, "Patton" winner George C. Scott refusing to show up at all in protest of the competitive nature of awards shows, the producers of the anti-Vietnam War documentary "Hearts and Minds" taking solace that that the nation was about to be "liberated" by a brutal communist regime, which caused another stir when Frank Sinatra was pushed on stage at Bob Hope's urging to read a hastily-scribbled denouncement of the remark. The Oscars haven't...
Remember the old days when unpredictable occurrences seemed to predictably occur at the Oscars ceremony? There was the nude streaker who failed to unravel the ever-unflappable David Niven. There were the political activist winners who used the forum to grandstand for their favorite causes. This included Vanessa Redgrave's pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist remarks during her acceptance speech, Marlon Brando sending a surrogate to reject his "Godfather" Oscar in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans, "Patton" winner George C. Scott refusing to show up at all in protest of the competitive nature of awards shows, the producers of the anti-Vietnam War documentary "Hearts and Minds" taking solace that that the nation was about to be "liberated" by a brutal communist regime, which caused another stir when Frank Sinatra was pushed on stage at Bob Hope's urging to read a hastily-scribbled denouncement of the remark. The Oscars haven't...
- 2/29/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Barnes & Noble sale may have ended a couple of weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still buy some Criterion Collection releases for 50% off. Best Buy is currently having a 50% off sale on a number of Criterion releases, and Amazon has begun to match their prices.
Thanks to everyone for supporting our site by buying through our affiliate links.
A note on Amazon deals, for those curious: sometimes third party sellers will suddenly appear as the main purchasing option on a product page, even though Amazon will sell it directly from themselves for the sale price that we have listed. If the sale price doesn’t show up, click on the “new” options, and look for Amazon’s listing.
I’ll keep this list updated throughout the week, as new deals are found, and others expire. If you find something that’s wrong, a broken link or price difference,...
Thanks to everyone for supporting our site by buying through our affiliate links.
A note on Amazon deals, for those curious: sometimes third party sellers will suddenly appear as the main purchasing option on a product page, even though Amazon will sell it directly from themselves for the sale price that we have listed. If the sale price doesn’t show up, click on the “new” options, and look for Amazon’s listing.
I’ll keep this list updated throughout the week, as new deals are found, and others expire. If you find something that’s wrong, a broken link or price difference,...
- 12/17/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. I was one of the first to select years for this particular exercise, which probably allowed me to select the correct year. The answer is, of course, 1974 and all other answers are wrong. No matter what your criteria happens to be, 1974 is going to come out on top. Again, this is not ambiguous or open to debate. We have to start, of course, with the best of the best. "Chinatown" is one of the greatest movies ever made. You can't structure a thriller better than Robert Towne and Roman Polanski do, nor shoot a Los Angeles movie better than John Alonzo has done. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway give the best performances of their careers, which is no small achievement. If you ask...
- 4/29/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
TV Picks: Tonight on The Daily Show, Monday, April 6, Gene Baur, president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, a national group dedicated to changing the way society views and treats farm animals, will appear to discuss his new book Living The Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer and Feeling Better Every Day (Rodale Books; April 7, 2015). Living the Farm Sanctuary life is something Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey have been doing a lot of lately.Tracey discovered Farm Sanctuary after happening upon a copy of Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and […]...
- 4/6/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Scott Derrickson, director of Sinister and the upcoming Marvel movie Doctor Strange shares his favorite nonfiction films, including Salesman and Hearts and Minds.
"Doctor Strange Director Scott Derrickson Talks Docs" was originally published on Film School Rejects for our wonderful readers to enjoy. It is not intended to be reproduced on other websites. If you aren't reading this in your favorite RSS reader or on Film School Rejects, you're being bamboozled. We hope you'll come find us and enjoy the best articles about movies, television and culture right from the source.
"Doctor Strange Director Scott Derrickson Talks Docs" was originally published on Film School Rejects for our wonderful readers to enjoy. It is not intended to be reproduced on other websites. If you aren't reading this in your favorite RSS reader or on Film School Rejects, you're being bamboozled. We hope you'll come find us and enjoy the best articles about movies, television and culture right from the source.
- 3/13/2015
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Directed by Rory Kennedy, Last Days in Vietnam focuses on the final weeks of the Vietnam War in April 1975 and the Americans who tried to rescue as many South Vietnamese refugees that they could — against White House orders — as the North Vietnamese Army approached Saigon. Kennedy has never been nominated for an Oscar, but her 2012 documentary Ethel, about Ethel Kennedy (Rory’s mother), was nominated for five Emmys. Last Days in Vietnam, which premiered at Sundance, could garner Kennedy her first Oscar nom.
Historically, Vietnam documentaries have done well in the documentary category at the Oscars, and that may be due to many Academy members having come of age during the war. Here are 11 Vietnam documentaries that have been nominated for best documentary (in chronological order):
The Anderson Platoon
Filmed in 1966 by Pierre Schoendoerffer, a war reporter and cameraman, the film follows a 33-man...
Managing Editor
Directed by Rory Kennedy, Last Days in Vietnam focuses on the final weeks of the Vietnam War in April 1975 and the Americans who tried to rescue as many South Vietnamese refugees that they could — against White House orders — as the North Vietnamese Army approached Saigon. Kennedy has never been nominated for an Oscar, but her 2012 documentary Ethel, about Ethel Kennedy (Rory’s mother), was nominated for five Emmys. Last Days in Vietnam, which premiered at Sundance, could garner Kennedy her first Oscar nom.
Historically, Vietnam documentaries have done well in the documentary category at the Oscars, and that may be due to many Academy members having come of age during the war. Here are 11 Vietnam documentaries that have been nominated for best documentary (in chronological order):
The Anderson Platoon
Filmed in 1966 by Pierre Schoendoerffer, a war reporter and cameraman, the film follows a 33-man...
- 10/24/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Rules of Engagement.
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In a long and productive career in film, TV and print media, Kim Williams observed at first hand the strengths and weaknesses of the most powerful men in Australian media.
In his new book Rules of Engagement the former head of News Corp, Foxtel and Fox Studios Australia provides candid insights into the moguls he worked for and against.
Of Rupert Murdoch, for whom he worked for 18 years, he writes: .[His empire] stands as a testament to a single man and an outstanding instinct and passion for all aspects of media and its evolution over its lifetime. He is without question Australia.s greatest entrepreneur. "
Williams contrasts Murdoch.s notoriously hands-on approach with his newspaper editors with his willingness to empower the managers of his broadcasting and film divisions, observing, .It is not coincidental in my view that all the best commercial performance has been in these parts of...
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In a long and productive career in film, TV and print media, Kim Williams observed at first hand the strengths and weaknesses of the most powerful men in Australian media.
In his new book Rules of Engagement the former head of News Corp, Foxtel and Fox Studios Australia provides candid insights into the moguls he worked for and against.
Of Rupert Murdoch, for whom he worked for 18 years, he writes: .[His empire] stands as a testament to a single man and an outstanding instinct and passion for all aspects of media and its evolution over its lifetime. He is without question Australia.s greatest entrepreneur. "
Williams contrasts Murdoch.s notoriously hands-on approach with his newspaper editors with his willingness to empower the managers of his broadcasting and film divisions, observing, .It is not coincidental in my view that all the best commercial performance has been in these parts of...
- 8/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
To fully recognize the impact that Hearts And Minds had on the American populace when it was released in 1974, one has to recognize just how much hadn't been said about Vietnam, a context that the film itself is acutely aware. In between the grainy atrocities and the Presidential statements that later proved to be demonstrably false, there are clips of old war movies that Hollywood used to put out on a weekly basis, full of handsome, clean-shaven soldiers charging soundstage dunes to tune of mighty bugles. The contrast couldn't be more obvious (or heavy-handed), but it's helpful to modern viewers for whom the impact of Hearts has been dulled by years of imitation. There had not yet been an Apocalypse Now or a Platoon; there might not even have been a montage of helicopters taking off from rice paddies set to "All Along The Watchtower". With that in mind, Hearts...
- 8/18/2014
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Few things are more exciting for hardcore cinephiles than the semi-annual Barnes and Noble Criterion sale. For a few precious weeks a year, super high-quality Blu-Rays of obscure and influential classic films are on the relative cheap. Most noteworthy: they look really, Really pretty.
Most Criterion-heads are lining up to pick up A Hard Day’s Night, Red River, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and other newer (fiction) releases—as they should because they’re all awesome releases. But how about a little love for the documentary?
Maybe you don’t think docs have a ton of rewatch value, and maybe you’re right in some cases. Criterion’s A+ supplements and video quality—not to mention the timelessness of the films they choose—ought to be enough to sway you in the right direction. But if they aren’t, we’re diving a little deeper into ten of the best Criterion documentaries ever.
Most Criterion-heads are lining up to pick up A Hard Day’s Night, Red River, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and other newer (fiction) releases—as they should because they’re all awesome releases. But how about a little love for the documentary?
Maybe you don’t think docs have a ton of rewatch value, and maybe you’re right in some cases. Criterion’s A+ supplements and video quality—not to mention the timelessness of the films they choose—ought to be enough to sway you in the right direction. But if they aren’t, we’re diving a little deeper into ten of the best Criterion documentaries ever.
- 7/12/2014
- by John Gilpatrick
- SoundOnSight
As a historical cinematic document that depicts the horrors of the Vietnam War with unflinching nerve and political consternation, Peter Davis’s Academy Award winning film Hearts and Minds stands unparalleled, forty years out still reverberating with the inherent subsequent amnesia of the war, its underlying capitalist ends and the shame of both of these truths, yet it’s very existence has been baptized in controversy since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival back in 1974. Taking a brazenly anti-Vietnam War stance, the film juxtaposes vacuous Us politicians with the ugly aftermath of the misguided conflict in regretful Us soldiers and heart-wrenching footage of Vietnamese civilians mourning the senseless loss of their beloved. Part retrospective assessment of the back-door politics that led to the American funding of the Indochina War and the subsequent militarization of South Vietnam, and part straight-laced propaganda, Davis’s equally lauded and hated documentary is a...
- 7/1/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
The Grand Budapest Hotel I just received my copy of The Grand Budapest Hotel yesterday so I haven't had a chance just yet to explore it, though it does look a little light on features. I wonder, will Criterion get their hands on this one too in a couple yearsc Nevertheless, it's still one of the best movies of the year so far.
The Lego Movie Another solid movie, though not one I'm going to add to my collection. Once was enough for The Lego Movie for me, at least right now. I wouldn't be surprised if Warner Bros. does a big awards push at the end of the year for this one, maybe I'll watch it again then.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Criterion Collection) Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock was one of the entries in the now defunct Movie Club back in 2012 so if you're looking for...
The Lego Movie Another solid movie, though not one I'm going to add to my collection. Once was enough for The Lego Movie for me, at least right now. I wouldn't be surprised if Warner Bros. does a big awards push at the end of the year for this one, maybe I'll watch it again then.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Criterion Collection) Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock was one of the entries in the now defunct Movie Club back in 2012 so if you're looking for...
- 6/17/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"The Lego Movie"
What's It About? A boring, regular dude Lego named Emmet (Chris Pratt) is suddenly called upon to save the world. Will Ferrell voices bad guy President Business, Elizabeth Banks as the super cool Wyldstyle, Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty, and Nick Offerman as a pirate named Metal Beard.
Why We're In: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller accomplished the unthinkable -- they made what seemed like a craven toy tie-in into a movie that everyone loves. It's kind of crazy.
Post by Moviefone.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Criterion)
What's It About? A group of schoolgirls and their teacher go on a lovely picnic at Hanging Rock, a scenic rock formation in Australia. Their Valentine's Day outing takes a turn for the weird when several of them go missing, leaving a devastated community in their wake.
Why We're In: It's a gorgeous,...
"The Lego Movie"
What's It About? A boring, regular dude Lego named Emmet (Chris Pratt) is suddenly called upon to save the world. Will Ferrell voices bad guy President Business, Elizabeth Banks as the super cool Wyldstyle, Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty, and Nick Offerman as a pirate named Metal Beard.
Why We're In: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller accomplished the unthinkable -- they made what seemed like a craven toy tie-in into a movie that everyone loves. It's kind of crazy.
Post by Moviefone.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Criterion)
What's It About? A group of schoolgirls and their teacher go on a lovely picnic at Hanging Rock, a scenic rock formation in Australia. Their Valentine's Day outing takes a turn for the weird when several of them go missing, leaving a devastated community in their wake.
Why We're In: It's a gorgeous,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
The Los Angeles Film Festival has revealed its jurors for the 2014 summer festival, its 20th, which runs from Wednesday, June 11 to Thursday, June 19 in downtown Los Angeles. The narrative jury:Writer-director Destin Daniel Cretton, whose "Short Term 12" won the Laff Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature in 2013Veteran producer Stuart Cornfeld ("Zoolander," "The Fly") Film critic Ella Taylor (NPR, Elle) The documentary jury:Editor Lynzee Klingman ("Hearts and Minds") Director Margaret Brown ("The Great Invisible," "The Order Of Myths")Film critic and author Justin Chang (Variety) The La Muse jury:Composer-singer-songwriter Kathryn Bostic ("Middle of Nowhere," "Dear White People")Writer-director,-producer Maryam Keshavarz ("Circumstance") Nicole Bernard, Executive Vice President at Laff sponsor Fox Audience Strategy Director Kevin Bray ("Walking Tall") The shorts jury:Writer-actor-director Todd Berger ("It’s a Disaster,"...
- 6/9/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 17, 2014
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
The Vietnam War is examined in Hearts and Minds.
A startling and courageous film, Peter Davis’s landmark 1974 documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronted the United States’ involvement in Vietnam at the height of the foment that surrounded it. The film’s title is based on a quote from President Lyndon Johnson: the ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live out there.”
Using a wealth of sources—from interviews to newsreels to footage of the conflict and the upheaval it occasioned on the home front—Davis constructs a powerfully affecting picture of the disastrous effects of war.
The winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1975, the explosive and persuasive Hearts and Minds is an overwhelming emotional experience and one of the most important nonfiction film ever made...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
The Vietnam War is examined in Hearts and Minds.
A startling and courageous film, Peter Davis’s landmark 1974 documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronted the United States’ involvement in Vietnam at the height of the foment that surrounded it. The film’s title is based on a quote from President Lyndon Johnson: the ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live out there.”
Using a wealth of sources—from interviews to newsreels to footage of the conflict and the upheaval it occasioned on the home front—Davis constructs a powerfully affecting picture of the disastrous effects of war.
The winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1975, the explosive and persuasive Hearts and Minds is an overwhelming emotional experience and one of the most important nonfiction film ever made...
- 3/24/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
For Beatles fans out there, Criterion is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of "A Hard Day's Night" by releasing a new 4K digital restoration of the film, with a newly remixed 5.1 surround soundtrack. Among the accompanying special features are a deleted scene, audio commentary, trailers, and a documentary program. The postmodern masterpiece, "L'Eclisse," by famed Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, will also be released, in addition to Douglas Sirk's "All That Heaven Allows," Peter Davis's "Hearts and Minds," Georges Franju’s "Judex," and Peter Weir's "Picnic at Hanging Rock."Please find below the details for each film (provided by Criterion): All That Heaven Allows (Dual-format Blu-ray/DVD Edition) This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind) follows the blossoming love between a well-off suburban widow (Magnificent Obsession’s Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Seconds’...
- 3/18/2014
- by Melina Gills
- Indiewire
Well folks, it’s time to start picking up some extra shifts or sign up for some primo medical experiments because everybody’s favorite home video boutique label has released their sizzling slate for the month of June. First up, on the second Tuesday of the month two older titles will receive Blu-Ray upgrades: the Douglas Sirk iconic melodrama “All The Heaven Allows” and the final chapter of Michelangelo Antonioni’s informal trilogy on contemporary malaise, “L’Eclisse.” The latter film’s upgrade leaves the first film of the so-called trilogy, “L’avventura,” as the sole film without a high definition release. The following week sees a trio of releases from roughly the same era, with refreshed releases of Peter Davis’s blistering 1974 Vietnam documentary “Hearts and Minds” and Peter Weir’s 1975 breakthrough “Picnic at Hanging Rock." Meanwhile Georges Franju delightful “Judex” makes its Criterion debut bringing with it interviews,...
- 3/18/2014
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
I just received my review copy of Ingmar Bergman's Pesona (3/25) today so I'm a little high on Criterion love at the moment and only minutes after receiving that in the mail I received today's announcement listing the films coming to the Collection in June. I'm sure many will be excited to see Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock getting the Blu-ray upgrade. The remastered release includes a new piece on the making of the film, a new introduction by film scholar David Thomson as well as Weir's 1971 black comedy Homesdale among other additional features. The disc will hit shelves on June 17. The title I'm most looking forward to is Michelangelo Antonioni's L'eclisse the third film in his informal trilogy that includes L'avventura and La notte. This is the only one of those three I haven't yet seen and what a cast as it tells the story of...
- 3/18/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Criterion Collection has announced two new titles and four Blu-ray upgrades set for release in June. Check out the new cover art along with a full list of extra features for each in the gallery viewer below! Debuting in the collection are both Richard Lester's iconic Beatles film A Hard Day's Night and Georges Franju's 1963 adaptation of the pulp hero Judex . Upgrading to Blu-ray are Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows , Michelangelo Antonioni's L'eclisse , Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock and Peter Davis's documentary Hearts and Minds , returning to the collection after years of being out of print. Special features for the new releases are listed as follows: A Hard Day's Night - New 4K digital film restoration, approved by director Richard Lester,...
- 3/17/2014
- Comingsoon.net
With "The Act Of Killing," "Cutie and the Boxer" and "The Square" among the nominees, this year's Best Documentary Feature category is one of the strongest we can remember. But that doesn't mean that the Academy got everything right. Many of the year's most notable non-fiction films were ignored, most notably Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell," a movie which managed to top many critical lists and was widely acclaimed as not just one of the best documentaries of 2013, but as one of the best movies of any kind. But Polley's in good company. Perhaps even more so than with the main Best Picture prize, the documentary branch have a long history of overlooking the towering classics of the form completely. Sure, some great docs have been recognized by the Academy — "The War Game," "Woodstock," "Hearts And Minds," "Harlan County USA," "When We Were Kings," "4 Little Girls," "Man On Wire...
- 2/18/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
On tonight's "Reign" (Nov. 7), Queen Mary has a decision to make. In "Hearts and Minds," the dashing illegitimate child of the King of Portugal, Tomas, offered protection for Scotland if Mary would marry him instead of Prince Francis. But if Mary wants out of her engagement -- and France -- she'll have to lie and sentence a man to death.
"You get to know his dark side in the next episode," teases Manolo Cardona, who plays Tomas.
Tomas is definitely not the knight in shining armor he seemed when he proposed to Mary last week. "Tomas is a character that is very ambitious and selfish, and he will do whatever it takes to get what he wants -- and he wants to be the next king of Portugal," Cordona tells Zap2it. "To get that he has to try to convince Mary to marry him because he's a bastard and...
"You get to know his dark side in the next episode," teases Manolo Cardona, who plays Tomas.
Tomas is definitely not the knight in shining armor he seemed when he proposed to Mary last week. "Tomas is a character that is very ambitious and selfish, and he will do whatever it takes to get what he wants -- and he wants to be the next king of Portugal," Cordona tells Zap2it. "To get that he has to try to convince Mary to marry him because he's a bastard and...
- 11/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Ever since it was announced that Manolo Cardona would be recurring on The CW's period drama "Reign," many have been wondering if he would be a friend or foe to Mary, Queen of Scots. But based on the first look photos The CW released from episode 4, "Hearts and Minds," it looks like he actually might be an antagonist to Prince Francis.
When Tomas, the dashing Prince of Portugal, arrives at the castle, it looks like he brings a healthy (or not so healthy) dose of competition with him as he schools Francis in archery. Is he also going to compete for Mary's heart? His character is described as "playful and seemingly grounded, though he may have a sinister, sadistic, and completely amoral soul," so that can't mean anything good for the shaky betrothal at the heart of "Reign."
Also included in the batch of first look photos is more conspiring...
When Tomas, the dashing Prince of Portugal, arrives at the castle, it looks like he brings a healthy (or not so healthy) dose of competition with him as he schools Francis in archery. Is he also going to compete for Mary's heart? His character is described as "playful and seemingly grounded, though he may have a sinister, sadistic, and completely amoral soul," so that can't mean anything good for the shaky betrothal at the heart of "Reign."
Also included in the batch of first look photos is more conspiring...
- 10/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Screen producers are hopeful an incoming Coalition Government will agree to their pleas to lift the producer offset for TV drama from 20% to 40% and to raise the uncompetitive 16.5% location rebate to 30%.
Producers are also optimistic the next Government will reject proposals by the Australian Law Reform Commission (Alrc) which they fear would severely weaken Australian copyright law.
Statements by the Shadow Arts Minister, Senator George Brandis, at a forum staged in Canberra on Wednesday by the Screen Producers Association of Australia were widely seen as encouraging signs of the policies the Coalition is likely to adopt in Government.
Brandis and Arts Minister Tony Burke took part in a Q&A session moderated by Sky News. David Speers.
While he gave no commitments, Brandis indicated that, if elected, he is willing to listen to arguments that the producer offset and location rebate should be increased to meet market needs. He hinted...
Producers are also optimistic the next Government will reject proposals by the Australian Law Reform Commission (Alrc) which they fear would severely weaken Australian copyright law.
Statements by the Shadow Arts Minister, Senator George Brandis, at a forum staged in Canberra on Wednesday by the Screen Producers Association of Australia were widely seen as encouraging signs of the policies the Coalition is likely to adopt in Government.
Brandis and Arts Minister Tony Burke took part in a Q&A session moderated by Sky News. David Speers.
While he gave no commitments, Brandis indicated that, if elected, he is willing to listen to arguments that the producer offset and location rebate should be increased to meet market needs. He hinted...
- 6/19/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian film and video production revenues reached $2.2 billion while the post sector plummeted to $330 million last year. Out of the combined revenues of $2.5 billion, those businesses. total operating profit before tax was just $178 million. Those are the headline numbers from the first survey of the Australian screen production sector in five years conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The results were released Tuesday at Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra. The production industry.s revenue was up 38% since the last survey in 2006/07 while total employment in that sector expanded by 23% to 13,414. The post industry.s turnover was down by 25% on 2006/07 and employment contracted by 21% to 2,346. Nearly $93 million was generated from visual effects work provided to other businesses and nearly $66 million came from animation services. . While the production volume looks healthy, the Abs report shows news and current affairs programs accounted for 36,500 hours of commercial TV programming last year,...
- 6/18/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Screen Production Association of Australia has warned about a proposed easing of copyright laws and lamented the fall in the volume of TV drama production.
Spaa.s executive director Matthew Deaner blasted recommendations by the Australian Law Reform Commission (Alrc) which he said would repeal all existing copyright exceptions and replace them with a vague Us concept known as .fair use,. which would be largely determined by litigation.
That .thinking is out of touch with commercial reality and shows no understanding of the issues facing our sector,. he told Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra. .These views, if left uncorrected, would undermine many legitimate sources of income..
Deaner said the number of feature films produced today is at best static and there has been a drop in the number of hours of Australian TV drama.
In the documentary field, the volume of hours had...
Spaa.s executive director Matthew Deaner blasted recommendations by the Australian Law Reform Commission (Alrc) which he said would repeal all existing copyright exceptions and replace them with a vague Us concept known as .fair use,. which would be largely determined by litigation.
That .thinking is out of touch with commercial reality and shows no understanding of the issues facing our sector,. he told Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra. .These views, if left uncorrected, would undermine many legitimate sources of income..
Deaner said the number of feature films produced today is at best static and there has been a drop in the number of hours of Australian TV drama.
In the documentary field, the volume of hours had...
- 6/18/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sbs managing director Michael Ebeid has called for increased government funding to enable the broadcaster to commission more Australian content.
.We will continue to advocate for more funding to deliver the level of Australian content that we believe our audiences should be getting and which we think is needed for the health of the local production sector,. Ebeid said in the text of a speech which was delivered on his behalf by Sbs head of TV and online content Tony Iffland at the Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra.
Ebeid indicated Sbs would have supported the Convergence Review recommendation that the Federal Government adopt a local content quota of 28%, which would have been a substantial lift from the current level of about 16%, and said Sbs would welcome increasing the producer offset for TV drama.
The speech highlighted several upcoming Sbs shows including Better Man, a drama about the...
.We will continue to advocate for more funding to deliver the level of Australian content that we believe our audiences should be getting and which we think is needed for the health of the local production sector,. Ebeid said in the text of a speech which was delivered on his behalf by Sbs head of TV and online content Tony Iffland at the Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra.
Ebeid indicated Sbs would have supported the Convergence Review recommendation that the Federal Government adopt a local content quota of 28%, which would have been a substantial lift from the current level of about 16%, and said Sbs would welcome increasing the producer offset for TV drama.
The speech highlighted several upcoming Sbs shows including Better Man, a drama about the...
- 6/18/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia chairman Glen Boreham delivered a state-of-the-industry report today, putting a positive spin on the success of the producer offset and the agency.s investment in drama.
Giving the opening address at today.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference, Boreham said more than $1 billion had been injected into the screen industry by direct and indirect funding over the past five years.
However that funding looks less impressive when set against the modest returns from international film sales, according to figures Boreham quoted.
Since the producer offset was introduced in July 2007, more than 600 final certificates had been issued, resulting in more than $730 million being paid to production companies and triggering more than $3 billion in production budgets, the vast majority spent in Australia.
In addition to the offset, since its foundation Screen Australia has directly invested more than $300 million in funding Australian content. In the past five years he said...
Giving the opening address at today.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference, Boreham said more than $1 billion had been injected into the screen industry by direct and indirect funding over the past five years.
However that funding looks less impressive when set against the modest returns from international film sales, according to figures Boreham quoted.
Since the producer offset was introduced in July 2007, more than 600 final certificates had been issued, resulting in more than $730 million being paid to production companies and triggering more than $3 billion in production budgets, the vast majority spent in Australia.
In addition to the offset, since its foundation Screen Australia has directly invested more than $300 million in funding Australian content. In the past five years he said...
- 6/18/2013
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Just 11 days into his job as the ABC.s Director of Television, Richard Finlayson has affirmed the broadcaster.s commitment to Australian drama and children.s programming.
In his first public address Finlayson identified one of his major challenges as appealing to audiences who are increasingly watching content online.. .According to Lek consulting, over 50% of viewing in the 18-24 demographic is already on-demand,. he told Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra.
.It will be 80% as early as 2017 and older demographics are close behind. We cannot afford to be complacent about the impact of this shift. Add to that the local aspirations of global content makers and distributors, rising costs and declining returns - and there will be plenty to think about.
.But thankfully, there actually is a silver bullet solution. If you understand your audiences, and provide them with compelling Australian content, where and when they want it,...
In his first public address Finlayson identified one of his major challenges as appealing to audiences who are increasingly watching content online.. .According to Lek consulting, over 50% of viewing in the 18-24 demographic is already on-demand,. he told Screen Australia.s Jobs, Dollars, Hearts and Minds conference in Canberra.
.It will be 80% as early as 2017 and older demographics are close behind. We cannot afford to be complacent about the impact of this shift. Add to that the local aspirations of global content makers and distributors, rising costs and declining returns - and there will be plenty to think about.
.But thankfully, there actually is a silver bullet solution. If you understand your audiences, and provide them with compelling Australian content, where and when they want it,...
- 6/18/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
215 Ink
Golgotha Gn, $14.99
AC Comics
Femforce #163 (Eric Coile Regular Cover), $9.95
Femforce #163 (Eduardo Barreto Variant Cover), Ar
Action Lab Entertainment/Danger Zone
Ehmm Theory #1 (Of 4), $3.99
Ghost Town #1 (Of 5), $3.99
Alternative Comics
Failure Gn (not verified by Diamond), $21.95
Andrews McMeel
Get Fuzzy The Birth Of Canis Tp, $12.99
Angry Viking Press
Evil Diva Volume 1 Gn, $12.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie And Friends Double Digest #28, $3.99
Archie Comics Super Special #3, $9.99
Archie Fun ‘N’ Games Activity Book Sc, $6.99
Jinx Volume 2 Little Miss Steps Hc, $16.99
Jinx Volume 2 Little Miss Steps Tp, $9.99
Mega Man #26 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #26 (Patrick Spaziante Throwback Variant Cover), $2.99
Aspen Comics
BubbleGun #1 (Of 5)(Mike Bowden Aspen Reserved Cover), $1.00
BubbleGun #1 (Of 5)(Mike Bowden Direct Market Cover), $1.00
BubbleGun #1 (Of 5)(J. Scott Campbell Variant Cover...
215 Ink
Golgotha Gn, $14.99
AC Comics
Femforce #163 (Eric Coile Regular Cover), $9.95
Femforce #163 (Eduardo Barreto Variant Cover), Ar
Action Lab Entertainment/Danger Zone
Ehmm Theory #1 (Of 4), $3.99
Ghost Town #1 (Of 5), $3.99
Alternative Comics
Failure Gn (not verified by Diamond), $21.95
Andrews McMeel
Get Fuzzy The Birth Of Canis Tp, $12.99
Angry Viking Press
Evil Diva Volume 1 Gn, $12.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie And Friends Double Digest #28, $3.99
Archie Comics Super Special #3, $9.99
Archie Fun ‘N’ Games Activity Book Sc, $6.99
Jinx Volume 2 Little Miss Steps Hc, $16.99
Jinx Volume 2 Little Miss Steps Tp, $9.99
Mega Man #26 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #26 (Patrick Spaziante Throwback Variant Cover), $2.99
Aspen Comics
BubbleGun #1 (Of 5)(Mike Bowden Aspen Reserved Cover), $1.00
BubbleGun #1 (Of 5)(Mike Bowden Direct Market Cover), $1.00
BubbleGun #1 (Of 5)(J. Scott Campbell Variant Cover...
- 6/10/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
‘Tain’t the Meat… It’s the Humanity! and Other Stories
(The EC Comics Library) Fantagraphics Books
Illustrated by Jack Davis; written by Al Feldstein
Tales from the Crypt was a series of horror comics published by Entertaining Comics in the early to mid 1950s. Although it’s fair to say that EC (as it is more frequently known), and other comic book publishers of the time, won the war for the Hearts and Minds of America’s youth, the company stopped publishing them in 1955 after 27 issues. The storied early years of Maxwell Gaines and his comics company, and the trials and tribulations that the nascent comic book industry endured in those years has been well-documented. Shortsighted moralists, hard-line conservatives and righteous clergymen had decided that comics were rotting the brains and corrupting the souls of America’s youth. They needed to be stopped. Horror comics in particular were an...
(The EC Comics Library) Fantagraphics Books
Illustrated by Jack Davis; written by Al Feldstein
Tales from the Crypt was a series of horror comics published by Entertaining Comics in the early to mid 1950s. Although it’s fair to say that EC (as it is more frequently known), and other comic book publishers of the time, won the war for the Hearts and Minds of America’s youth, the company stopped publishing them in 1955 after 27 issues. The storied early years of Maxwell Gaines and his comics company, and the trials and tribulations that the nascent comic book industry endured in those years has been well-documented. Shortsighted moralists, hard-line conservatives and righteous clergymen had decided that comics were rotting the brains and corrupting the souls of America’s youth. They needed to be stopped. Horror comics in particular were an...
- 5/24/2013
- by Chris Auman
- SoundOnSight
Exclusive: Sony Pictures-based producer Matt Tolmach has acquired The Big Cigar, and have attached Little Miss Sunshine‘s Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris to direct. Tolmach, the former production president who most recently produced The Amazing Spider-Man for Sony, bought the project out of his discretionary fund. Joshua Bearman and Jim Hecht are writing the script. The pic is based on an article that Bearman wrote in the December issue of Playboy Magazine, about Black Panthers co-founder Huey Newton and a successful covert effort to smuggle him out of the U.S. and into Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder and a second violent crime. Newton was aided in that effort by Easy Rider producer Bert Schneider, a notable counter-culture figure at the time who among other things quietly funded Abbie Hoffman when he was living underground in the 70s after being charged with setting up a drug deal. Schneider, who...
- 12/12/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING JR.
- Deadline
Tom Hanks has a problem with his dressing room.
The two-time Oscar winner and generally agreed-upon national treasure has just arrived backstage at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, dragging a duffel bag in each hand with his wife, Rita Wilson, trailing behind. (Wilson's wearing a neck brace, for some reason.) It's been 35 years since Hanks made a living in a place like the Freud – a 567-seat theater whose last big show was a student production of A Chorus Line – and though he has a reputation as a down-to-earth, easygoing guy, he's also,...
The two-time Oscar winner and generally agreed-upon national treasure has just arrived backstage at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, dragging a duffel bag in each hand with his wife, Rita Wilson, trailing behind. (Wilson's wearing a neck brace, for some reason.) It's been 35 years since Hanks made a living in a place like the Freud – a 567-seat theater whose last big show was a student production of A Chorus Line – and though he has a reputation as a down-to-earth, easygoing guy, he's also,...
- 12/10/2012
- Rollingstone.com
2016 movie still trailing Michael Moore, Al Gore 2016 Obama's America, Dinesh D'Souza and John Sullivan's anti-Obama documentary, has surpassed the concert movie Katy Perry: Part of Me to become the second highest-grossing non-fiction film released in North America in 2012. By Sunday evening, D'Souza and Sullivan's right-wing doc -- current cume according to the web site Box Office Mojo stands at an estimated $27.66 million (as of Wed., September 13) -- should have also surpassed the nature doc Chimpanzee ($28.97 million) to become the year's top documentary in the United States and Canada. Worldwide, 2016 -- a 100% domestic sleeper hit like, say, the Tyler Perry movies (which have no audience overseas) -- remains behind both Chimpanzee (another domestic-only release) and Katy Perry: Part of Me. (Please scroll down for more details about the box-office performances of non-fiction films worldwide both in 2012 and "all-time.") As per numerous box-office reports, as the sixth biggest non-fiction film ever (or rather,...
- 9/13/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
When Amy Poehler left SNL in December of ’08, Kristen Wiig suddenly became the show’s only full-fledged female cast member. And even after Abby Elliott was officially promoted to repertory player in 2010, Wiig still stood out as one of the series’ most visible performers — and its most visible female player by far. With a dynamo like Wiig dominating the stage and taking nearly every female speaking role, it was nigh on impossible for any other woman to make an impression.
Now, though, Wiig is freeing up her Saturday nights — and the sketch show’s four remaining ladies (Elliott, Vanessa Bayer,...
Now, though, Wiig is freeing up her Saturday nights — and the sketch show’s four remaining ladies (Elliott, Vanessa Bayer,...
- 5/21/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Heart Attack Grill may be making news for sending yet another patron to the hospital, but Pizza Hut is doing its level best to keep up. The fast food chain recently introduced a cheeseburger-ringed pizza crust in its Middle East franchises.
In an ad for the utterly over-the-top pizza, a customer laughs as he jokingly orders a cheeseburger at a Pizza Hut. But, to his astonishment, the server replies with a "Cheeseburger? Sure!" and presents the table with the Crown Crust Pizza.
"Made with perfectly grilled mini-cheeseburger gems, nestled in crown crusts, topped with beef, fresh veggies and drizzled with Pizza Hut's special sauce," intones a voice-over as the monstrosity is shown in extreme close-up.
So far, the pizza is only available in the Middle East. Hearts and minds, people.
In an ad for the utterly over-the-top pizza, a customer laughs as he jokingly orders a cheeseburger at a Pizza Hut. But, to his astonishment, the server replies with a "Cheeseburger? Sure!" and presents the table with the Crown Crust Pizza.
"Made with perfectly grilled mini-cheeseburger gems, nestled in crown crusts, topped with beef, fresh veggies and drizzled with Pizza Hut's special sauce," intones a voice-over as the monstrosity is shown in extreme close-up.
So far, the pizza is only available in the Middle East. Hearts and minds, people.
- 4/25/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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