Weird is a very comfortable word in Jeff Lieberman’s lexicon. From the night crawler nastiness of Squirm (1976) to his mountaintop massacre Just Before Dawn (1981), his films are always a little left of the norm and all the better for it. And in between those two, he decided to take a run at a paranoia thriller nursing a major ‘60s hangover, pulsating with psychotic, Kojakian ex hippies. Welcome to Blue Sunshine (1978), a film more potent than the brown acid your great uncle said he took at Woodstock. (Although he probably wasn’t even there.)
Released Stateside in May (after a stop across the pond at the BFI the previous November) by Cinema Shares International (the fine folks behind Soul Brothers of Kung Fu), Blue Sunshine’s limited run and puzzled looks from critics saw it quickly fade away into cultdom, where it resided for decades with Lieberman’s other films...
Released Stateside in May (after a stop across the pond at the BFI the previous November) by Cinema Shares International (the fine folks behind Soul Brothers of Kung Fu), Blue Sunshine’s limited run and puzzled looks from critics saw it quickly fade away into cultdom, where it resided for decades with Lieberman’s other films...
- 7/15/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Taylor Swift, Paul Potts and James Corden attended the premiere for One Chance at the Toronto Film Festival last night (Monday, September 9).
Swift looked stunning in a white Calvin Klein dress with cut-out side panels, as she towered over opera star Potts at the annual festival's screening.
The 23-year-old singer revealed at the festival that she wrote a song for British actress Alexandra Roach's character Julie-Ann Cooper to perform at the end of the film.
Speaking about her contribution, Swift said: "It's amazing to be a part of this project. It's a movie that really moved me in a way that I haven't been moved in a long time, and to have just a small part in telling the story.
"I wrote the end credits song - so it's the last thing you see of the story - and I'm really, really honoured."
The biopic follows Potts's rise...
Swift looked stunning in a white Calvin Klein dress with cut-out side panels, as she towered over opera star Potts at the annual festival's screening.
The 23-year-old singer revealed at the festival that she wrote a song for British actress Alexandra Roach's character Julie-Ann Cooper to perform at the end of the film.
Speaking about her contribution, Swift said: "It's amazing to be a part of this project. It's a movie that really moved me in a way that I haven't been moved in a long time, and to have just a small part in telling the story.
"I wrote the end credits song - so it's the last thing you see of the story - and I'm really, really honoured."
The biopic follows Potts's rise...
- 9/10/2013
- Digital Spy
Kellee Stewart has joined the cast of ABC’s comedy pilot Middle Age Rage. The logline reads: About a middle aged mother who is fed up with feeling invisible and begins to speak up and demand the respect she feels she’s earned. Stewart will co-star opposite Bridesmaids' Annie Mumolo (who'll star in the series) from Malibu Country's Cheryl Holliday. Stewart (who was a series regular on the TBS comedy series My Boys from 2006 to 2010) will play Beth Ann Cooper, the leader of the book club Mumolo's lead character belongs to. Middle Age Rage is executive produced by Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank (Smash).
- 3/12/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Kellee Stewart (Hot Tub Time Machine) has been added to ABC‘s comedy pilot Middle Age Rage, about Carol (Annie Mumolo), a middle-aged wife and mother who is fed up with feeling invisible and begins to speak up and demand the respect she feels she’s earned. Stewart, repped by Domain and Robyn Bluestone Management, plays Beth Ann Cooper, the leader of the book club Carol belongs to. In his first pilot season, newcomer Christopher Larkin has landed a series regular role on the CW‘s The 100. Set 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, it revolves around 100 juvenile delinquents sent back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet. Larkin, repped by Bold Management and Buchwald Fortitude, plays the sweet and likable Monty, the furthest thing from a delinquent, but he uses his smarts and sense of humor to help delinquent Clarke (Eliza Taylor) in her quest to survive.
- 3/12/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
When a colossus in the field of cinema crosses paths with a colossus in the field of dance, it makes for a historically significant moment. And so it was in 1976 that the worlds of Satyajit Ray and Tanjore Balasaraswati briefly came together, when the former was commissioned by the Ncpa and the Government of Tamil Nadu to make a documentary film, Bala, on the latter.
The film, at little over half hour in length, offers a peek into the craft of one of the most acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponents ever. For the most part, Ray is a bystander who is interested in objectively recording the world of the dancer rather than defining it in subjective ways for the viewer. (The notable exception to this approach is discussed in this piece.) With his rich, baritone voice he is the physically absent narrator who looks out of the window at the world beyond...
The film, at little over half hour in length, offers a peek into the craft of one of the most acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponents ever. For the most part, Ray is a bystander who is interested in objectively recording the world of the dancer rather than defining it in subjective ways for the viewer. (The notable exception to this approach is discussed in this piece.) With his rich, baritone voice he is the physically absent narrator who looks out of the window at the world beyond...
- 10/31/2012
- by Nivedita Ramakrishnan
- DearCinema.com
David Frankel has revealed the likely cast for Paul Potts biopic One Chance. James Corden will play the winner of the first series of Britain's Got Talent, with The Devil Wears Prada director Frankel at the helm. Frankel today (August 31) revealed to Digital Spy that, while deals are still yet to be finalised, the film's major roles have all been cast. The Iron Lady's Alexandra Roach will play Potts's girlfriend and later wife Julie-Ann Cooper, alongside Mackenzie Crook as his best friend, and Julie Walters and Colm Meaney as his parents. "We start shooting in about six or seven weeks," Frankel said. "It'll be done by Christmas." "It's just the Rocky (more)...
- 8/31/2012
- by By Emma Dibdin
- Digital Spy
During the Academy Awards, Harvey Weinstein approached singer Katy Perry to find out if she would be interested in starring in "One Chance," a "Billy Elliot"-style movie about a British opera singer Paul Potts. Weinstein would like to see Perry play the wife of Potts - a mobile-phone salesman who became a singing sensation after winning Simon Cowell's "Britain's Got Talent" in 2007. "I was talking to Katy about a new project, a possible dramatic role in the Paul Potts movie, which will be shooting in England soon," said Weinstein. "We'd really like someone like Katy or Adele to play the role of Potts' wife, and Katy seemed genuinely interested." Following his win, Potts performed for Queen Elizabeth and recorded the album "One Chance," which topped the charts in nine countries. He was said to be worth about $8 million in 2009. Potts met his wife, Julie-Ann Cooper, on the...
- 3/3/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Katy Perry has been approached by Harvey Weinstein to appear in the planned biopic of opera singer Paul Potts. Potts won Britain's Got Talent in 2007 and a movie about his rise to fame has been in pre-production for several years, reportedly landing Marley & Me's David Frankel as a director in 2010. Producer Weinstein told the New York Post at a pre-Oscars party that he spoke to popstar Perry about playing the role of Potts's wife Julie-Ann Cooper. "I was talking to Katy about a new project, a possible dramatic role in the Paul Potts movie, which will be shooting in (more)...
- 3/2/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Photograph by Mike Piscitelli
Alex Bogusky, the Elvis of advertising, has left the business. Is this a New Age midlife crisis or his greatest rebranding campaign?
"The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men -- the man he is and the man he wants to be." -- William Feather
Alex Bogusky, advertising Dadaist, postmodern media manipulator, pop-culture Houdini, daddy of 21st-century advertising, and now a seeker of meaning on the dirt path of life, invites me and his monk into the FearLess Cottage. Inside the quaint cherry-brick-and-wood house, so placidly typical of Bogusky's adopted hometown of Boulder, Colorado, are the props of an adman attempting rehab. There are the wrinkled tubes of acrylic paint lying like fallen soldiers next to a canvas and easel, an acoustic guitar alongside a cowhide chair, and a wood-framed mirror from Bogusky's former Crispin Porter + Bogusky client Russ Klein,...
Alex Bogusky, the Elvis of advertising, has left the business. Is this a New Age midlife crisis or his greatest rebranding campaign?
"The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men -- the man he is and the man he wants to be." -- William Feather
Alex Bogusky, advertising Dadaist, postmodern media manipulator, pop-culture Houdini, daddy of 21st-century advertising, and now a seeker of meaning on the dirt path of life, invites me and his monk into the FearLess Cottage. Inside the quaint cherry-brick-and-wood house, so placidly typical of Bogusky's adopted hometown of Boulder, Colorado, are the props of an adman attempting rehab. There are the wrinkled tubes of acrylic paint lying like fallen soldiers next to a canvas and easel, an acoustic guitar alongside a cowhide chair, and a wood-framed mirror from Bogusky's former Crispin Porter + Bogusky client Russ Klein,...
- 8/9/2010
- by Danielle Sacks
- Fast Company
In the pantheon of strange films, Blue Sunshine (1976) certainly holds a spot, and a high-ranking spot amidst the films of the 70’s. Written and directed by Jeff Lieberman (Squirm), this is a movie that appeals on more than one level. To some, the film will be a memorable b-movie experience, but it’s a drug-induced out-of-your-mind crazy experience as well. The film also appeals to those horror fans that enjoyed the early works of David Cronenberg, as it maintains a similar feel as movies like Rabid and Brood.
I saw this movie some years ago, but recently picked it up on DVD off that Internet thing. Sure, I could have purchased the Blue Sunshine DVD on it’s own, but part of the fun for me seeing it the first time was that I discovered it while watching Elvira’S Movie MacAbre on TV. Yeah, you got me… the original...
I saw this movie some years ago, but recently picked it up on DVD off that Internet thing. Sure, I could have purchased the Blue Sunshine DVD on it’s own, but part of the fun for me seeing it the first time was that I discovered it while watching Elvira’S Movie MacAbre on TV. Yeah, you got me… the original...
- 8/24/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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