Machine Media Advisors has acquired 1992 animated film “FernGully: The Last Rainforest” and its associated rights.
“FernGully: The Last Rainforest” — starring Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry and Christian Slater — follows a group of fairies living in a rainforest fighting off an evil force that aims to pollute and destroy their home. Led by Jonathan Sheinberg, Susan Sheinberg and Matt Feige, Machine Media Advisors along with Moonheart Entertainment plans to revive the environmentally-conscious film in new iterations while also honoring the original.
The team is currently in the process of reimagining the “FernGully” concept with new worlds, characters and storylines, according to the press release. They are in talks with major studios for both live-action and animated additions to the “FernGully” universe.
Machine Media Advisors with the instrumental support of their minority partner Moonheart led by Moonli Singha, Rosa Gudmundsdottir and Krystine Beneke re-released the original film’s soundtrack. In 2022, they...
“FernGully: The Last Rainforest” — starring Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry and Christian Slater — follows a group of fairies living in a rainforest fighting off an evil force that aims to pollute and destroy their home. Led by Jonathan Sheinberg, Susan Sheinberg and Matt Feige, Machine Media Advisors along with Moonheart Entertainment plans to revive the environmentally-conscious film in new iterations while also honoring the original.
The team is currently in the process of reimagining the “FernGully” concept with new worlds, characters and storylines, according to the press release. They are in talks with major studios for both live-action and animated additions to the “FernGully” universe.
Machine Media Advisors with the instrumental support of their minority partner Moonheart led by Moonli Singha, Rosa Gudmundsdottir and Krystine Beneke re-released the original film’s soundtrack. In 2022, they...
- 11/20/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew and Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
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Among design superstars like the Rolex Submariner and Porsche 911 is the Eames Lounge chair; arguably the best-known and most coveted piece of furniture in the world.
First introduced in 1956, the Eames chair is still a favorite among experts and casual interior designers alike, with a place in multiple museums around the world. And it’s easy to see (and feel) why: The chair brings unrivaled mid-century style and a plush,...
Among design superstars like the Rolex Submariner and Porsche 911 is the Eames Lounge chair; arguably the best-known and most coveted piece of furniture in the world.
First introduced in 1956, the Eames chair is still a favorite among experts and casual interior designers alike, with a place in multiple museums around the world. And it’s easy to see (and feel) why: The chair brings unrivaled mid-century style and a plush,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Oscar Hartzog
- Rollingstone.com
Whether capturing or creating a world, the objects onscreen tell as much of a story as the people within it. Whether sourced or accidental, insert shot or background detail, what prop or piece of set decoration do you find particularly integral to your film? What story does it tell? Charles and Ray Eames apparently wanted their Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman to have the “warm receptive look of a well-used first baseman’s mitt.” When I was a child, I simply knew their chair as “Dad’s chair.” He had one of them at his psychiatry office and one at home. Buying […]...
- 1/25/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Whether capturing or creating a world, the objects onscreen tell as much of a story as the people within it. Whether sourced or accidental, insert shot or background detail, what prop or piece of set decoration do you find particularly integral to your film? What story does it tell? Charles and Ray Eames apparently wanted their Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman to have the “warm receptive look of a well-used first baseman’s mitt.” When I was a child, I simply knew their chair as “Dad’s chair.” He had one of them at his psychiatry office and one at home. Buying […]...
- 1/25/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Each year, the Sundance Film Festival rolls out an enviable lineup of jury members — billed as “experts in film, art, culture and science” — to dole out awards to the feature-length works shown at the festival. In total, 28 prizes (and sometimes more!) will be announced at a ceremony on January 28 (as ever, Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 24). The festival has now announced this year’s various jury members, including actors, filmmakers, producers, writers and other luminaries (and, yes, plenty of Sundance alums pop up amongst their ranks).
Additionally, the festival has also announced that actress, comedian, correspondent and podcast host Jessica Williams will host the annual awards. Jones seems poised to have a very busy Sundance indeed, as she also toplines James Strouse’s premiere “The Incredible Jessica James,” which will close out the festival the night before.
The awards, which recognize standout artistic and story elements,...
Additionally, the festival has also announced that actress, comedian, correspondent and podcast host Jessica Williams will host the annual awards. Jones seems poised to have a very busy Sundance indeed, as she also toplines James Strouse’s premiere “The Incredible Jessica James,” which will close out the festival the night before.
The awards, which recognize standout artistic and story elements,...
- 1/11/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Since any New York cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Metrograph
A full-career Brian De Palma retrospective is now underway. Sisters and Carrie play on Friday, and Saturday brings The Phantom of the Paradise — but that’s not even half of the first weekend.
Prints of Gilda, Space Jam, and shorts by Charles and Ray Eames screen this Saturday.
Museum of the Moving Image
Discover the...
Metrograph
A full-career Brian De Palma retrospective is now underway. Sisters and Carrie play on Friday, and Saturday brings The Phantom of the Paradise — but that’s not even half of the first weekend.
Prints of Gilda, Space Jam, and shorts by Charles and Ray Eames screen this Saturday.
Museum of the Moving Image
Discover the...
- 6/3/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
If Hollywood’s newfound fascination with outerspace in The Martian, Interstellar, Gravity and others have one feeling let down in terms of adhering to the functional specifics, look no further than A Space Program, a film described by one (very positive) review as a “mockumentary / performance piece [that’s] sci-fi by way of Wes Anderson.” The cinematic condensing of Van Neistat and Tom Sachs‘ New York installation will arrive in limited release this week, and today we’re pleased to present an exclusive clip.
Said to work as “a handmade Space Odyssey–playing wryly with industrial filmmaking, invoking everything from Charles & Ray Eames to chemistry class safety videos (with a dollop of Ed Wood) in a gleeful demonstration of engineering and creativity,” these qualities are fully on display as we can see the crew preparing to launch. Check out the clip below, along with the filmmakers’ how-to guide to prepare for the film.
Said to work as “a handmade Space Odyssey–playing wryly with industrial filmmaking, invoking everything from Charles & Ray Eames to chemistry class safety videos (with a dollop of Ed Wood) in a gleeful demonstration of engineering and creativity,” these qualities are fully on display as we can see the crew preparing to launch. Check out the clip below, along with the filmmakers’ how-to guide to prepare for the film.
- 3/16/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With his new movie Me And Earl And The Dying Girl in cinemas soon, we talk to director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon about Glee, Scorsese and more...
The 'overnight success' is a familiar enough narrative in the movie business. Actors are plucked from obscurity and set on the road to stardom. Directors offered major movie deals after one of their shorts goes viral on YouTube.
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, on the other hand, has worked his way up through the ranks of the film industry, culminating in his latest movie, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, a moving and very funny drama which won a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Before that, Gomez-Rejon began as an assistant to the likes of Martin Scorsese and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu before moving up to the role of second unit director on movies including Babel and Argo. His work on TV...
The 'overnight success' is a familiar enough narrative in the movie business. Actors are plucked from obscurity and set on the road to stardom. Directors offered major movie deals after one of their shorts goes viral on YouTube.
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, on the other hand, has worked his way up through the ranks of the film industry, culminating in his latest movie, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, a moving and very funny drama which won a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Before that, Gomez-Rejon began as an assistant to the likes of Martin Scorsese and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu before moving up to the role of second unit director on movies including Babel and Argo. His work on TV...
- 9/1/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Chicago – In my second meeting with director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, I was struck by his almost child-like wonder regarding his breakout film, “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” Gomez-Rejon bleeds celluloid, and loves films in every fiber of his being. To be able to contribute to the cinema universe is his greatest reward.
The film came out of the Sundance festival with the top jury prize and audience favorite awards, much as its predecessor “Whiplash” has done in 2014. The poignant film, about the effect a dying classmate has on a movie loving boy, is done almost as an allegory in so many aspects. Its success is a testament to director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who has worked his way upward in the film industry for years, under the auspice of mentors such as Martin Scorsese, Nora Ephron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon On Set for ’Me and Earl and the Dying Girl...
The film came out of the Sundance festival with the top jury prize and audience favorite awards, much as its predecessor “Whiplash” has done in 2014. The poignant film, about the effect a dying classmate has on a movie loving boy, is done almost as an allegory in so many aspects. Its success is a testament to director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who has worked his way upward in the film industry for years, under the auspice of mentors such as Martin Scorsese, Nora Ephron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon On Set for ’Me and Earl and the Dying Girl...
- 6/11/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“Look at where you are.”
(Spoilers abound.)
Michael Mann’s new film, Blackhat, is a paradox of magnitudes and proximities. The scale is global, as announced in the opening shots that rhyme with the Universal logo just prior and, thanks to the dissolves down to Earth, Charles and Ray Eames' 1977 Powers of Ten. Once on ground, in a nuclear reactor’s control room, the powers of cinema take us yet deeper, smaller, to see how fast data travels across minuscule relays inside a screen, a computer, a network. And this data, or code, is made visible as points of light—dots arrayed and racing in tandem with the image (itself a fiction of code, or data) of this new vast universe—given weight through the thunder and crackle of sound design—a truly cinematic sequence of movement/animation no text can replicate.
This opening serves to illustrate the mechanisms...
(Spoilers abound.)
Michael Mann’s new film, Blackhat, is a paradox of magnitudes and proximities. The scale is global, as announced in the opening shots that rhyme with the Universal logo just prior and, thanks to the dissolves down to Earth, Charles and Ray Eames' 1977 Powers of Ten. Once on ground, in a nuclear reactor’s control room, the powers of cinema take us yet deeper, smaller, to see how fast data travels across minuscule relays inside a screen, a computer, a network. And this data, or code, is made visible as points of light—dots arrayed and racing in tandem with the image (itself a fiction of code, or data) of this new vast universe—given weight through the thunder and crackle of sound design—a truly cinematic sequence of movement/animation no text can replicate.
This opening serves to illustrate the mechanisms...
- 1/20/2015
- by Ryland Walker Knight
- MUBI
Over at IndieWire, A.D. Jameson has written a compelling article about whether or not GIFs (the bitmap image format known as Graphics Interchange Format) can be considered cinema. The piece is miles from a imminently clickable gimmick made to start an argument – Jameson’s case is intelligently and thoroughly argued, and he trots out everything from Bruce Conner’s A Movie to Charles and Ray Eames’s Atlas to make it. While far from a heated question (as Jameson points out, the question of whether or not gifs are movies presumes an argument that does not, in fact, exist), it’s an important one. With something as seemingly simple and trivial as the gif, we can ask not only what something called cinema means in and for the 21st century, but also how moving image communication in the age of the Internet communicates in particularly cinematic terms. So I offer something of a refutation, or...
- 4/23/2013
- by Landon Palmer
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Looking back at 2012 on what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2012—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2012 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some...
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some...
- 1/9/2013
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
This documentary about the famous designers celebrates a unique kind of American creativity that anticipates the digital age
This documentary by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey celebrates a unique kind of American creativity. Charles Eames, in underacknowledged partnership with his artist wife, Ray Eames, created a design studio in the mid-20th century in Venice, California. It was not merely a question of their classic Eames chair. They worked in almost every field of art, architecture and design; acting like an ad agency, they accepted commissions from big corporations like Ibm to produce idiosyncratic promotional films that humanised their sponsors and look now like the most earnest but entertaining instructional movies liable to be shown in Us high schools. The most celebrated of these is Powers of Ten (1968), a 9-minute animation about relative scale starting with an overhead shot of a sunbathing couple, zooming out progressively into space and then...
This documentary by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey celebrates a unique kind of American creativity. Charles Eames, in underacknowledged partnership with his artist wife, Ray Eames, created a design studio in the mid-20th century in Venice, California. It was not merely a question of their classic Eames chair. They worked in almost every field of art, architecture and design; acting like an ad agency, they accepted commissions from big corporations like Ibm to produce idiosyncratic promotional films that humanised their sponsors and look now like the most earnest but entertaining instructional movies liable to be shown in Us high schools. The most celebrated of these is Powers of Ten (1968), a 9-minute animation about relative scale starting with an overhead shot of a sunbathing couple, zooming out progressively into space and then...
- 8/2/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Venice property that long housed the offices of famed designers Charles and Ray Eames has sold to real estate investment firm Dlj Real Estate Capital Partners. The deal for the 901 Abbot Kinney Blvd. building closed in early July; the seller was NextEngine Ventures, a private investment firm. Real estate sources said that the price was in the range of $12 million to $14 million. Dlj declined to discuss the price. The 14,275-square-foot building previously housed an office of Facebook, which vacated the facility at the end of 2011 and moved to other offices nearby.
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- 7/12/2012
- by Daniel Miller
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Australia’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival will be holding it’s explosive 15th annual edition on July 5-15 with one of it’s most jam-packed lineups yet.
One of the most special events that Revelation will be holding is July 14‘s retrospective of the films of Jeff Keen, the pioneering British underground filmmaker who very sadly just passed away on June 21. Keen’s work has been having a major resurgence lately and Revelation is the latest organization to so boldly feature his breathtaking experimental film work, from classics like 1967′s Marvo Movie to modern films like Artwar (1993) and Joy Thru Film (2000). This is absolutely an event not to be missed.
Another staggering event this year is a very special live presentation of Crispin Hellion Glover‘s notorious underground films What Is It? and It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (Click film titles for Bad Lit reviews!) These very...
One of the most special events that Revelation will be holding is July 14‘s retrospective of the films of Jeff Keen, the pioneering British underground filmmaker who very sadly just passed away on June 21. Keen’s work has been having a major resurgence lately and Revelation is the latest organization to so boldly feature his breathtaking experimental film work, from classics like 1967′s Marvo Movie to modern films like Artwar (1993) and Joy Thru Film (2000). This is absolutely an event not to be missed.
Another staggering event this year is a very special live presentation of Crispin Hellion Glover‘s notorious underground films What Is It? and It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (Click film titles for Bad Lit reviews!) These very...
- 6/26/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
On Wednesday (April 4), the winners of the 71st annual Peabody Awards were announced by the University of Georgia. The awards honor excellence in electronic media. While the honorees usually skew to the newsy end of the spectrum, a handful of TV shows were also cited this year.
"Homeland," "The Colbert Report," "Portlandia," "Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation" and "Jeopardy!" were all included for their contributions to pop culture.
The full winners' list:
CNN's Reporting of the Arab Springike wildfire across the region.
Ted.com
"American Experience" (PBS)
"Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families" (NPR member stations)
"Pov: My Perestroika" (PBS)
"The Colbert Report" - Super Pac Segments (Comedy Central)
"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" (CNN, CNN International, CNN Espanol)
"StoryCorps 9/11" (NPR Morning Edition)
BBC.com
"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" (Kbdi Denver and other Neta stations)
"News Magazine: People's Republic of Cheating and Misjudged Cases" (Tvb Jade Channel)
"Homeland...
"Homeland," "The Colbert Report," "Portlandia," "Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation" and "Jeopardy!" were all included for their contributions to pop culture.
The full winners' list:
CNN's Reporting of the Arab Springike wildfire across the region.
Ted.com
"American Experience" (PBS)
"Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families" (NPR member stations)
"Pov: My Perestroika" (PBS)
"The Colbert Report" - Super Pac Segments (Comedy Central)
"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" (CNN, CNN International, CNN Espanol)
"StoryCorps 9/11" (NPR Morning Edition)
BBC.com
"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" (Kbdi Denver and other Neta stations)
"News Magazine: People's Republic of Cheating and Misjudged Cases" (Tvb Jade Channel)
"Homeland...
- 4/4/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The winners of the George Foster Peabody Awards were announced this morning, and among the entertainment winners are "Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation," "Portlandia," "The Colbert Report" and "Treme."
In the television news and documentary categories, Al Jazeera English, NPR and CNN all won Peabodys for their coverage of the Arab Spring, and two Japanese networks won for their coverage of the tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.
The Peabody Awards honor excellence in all electronic media, and in the program's 71st year, 38 awards were handed out. Those winners range from Web sites such as Ted.com and Human Rights Watch to ongoing programs like American Masters to the radio series StoryCorps to long-running shows like "Austin City Limits" and "Jeopardy!" A full list of winners is below.
I am fortunate enough to be one of the 16 Peabody board members, and it's been an honor and a great pleasure...
In the television news and documentary categories, Al Jazeera English, NPR and CNN all won Peabodys for their coverage of the Arab Spring, and two Japanese networks won for their coverage of the tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.
The Peabody Awards honor excellence in all electronic media, and in the program's 71st year, 38 awards were handed out. Those winners range from Web sites such as Ted.com and Human Rights Watch to ongoing programs like American Masters to the radio series StoryCorps to long-running shows like "Austin City Limits" and "Jeopardy!" A full list of winners is below.
I am fortunate enough to be one of the 16 Peabody board members, and it's been an honor and a great pleasure...
- 4/4/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Huffington Post
On TV this Monday: season-ending portal combat on Terra Nova, a possible Super Bowl sneak peek, The Closer clashes with the commish and more. We’ve found eight programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm Terra Nova (Fox) | Two-hour season finale: As the 11th Pilgrimage arrives, the Phoenix Group in 2149 makes its move to pillage the past with the help of Lucas and Mira; a colonist makes the ultimate sacrifice and a decision is made that will change life in Terra Nova forever.
8 pm Who’s Still Standing? (NBC) | Ben Bailey (Cash Cab) hosts this adaptation of an Israeli quiz...
8 pm Terra Nova (Fox) | Two-hour season finale: As the 11th Pilgrimage arrives, the Phoenix Group in 2149 makes its move to pillage the past with the help of Lucas and Mira; a colonist makes the ultimate sacrifice and a decision is made that will change life in Terra Nova forever.
8 pm Who’s Still Standing? (NBC) | Ben Bailey (Cash Cab) hosts this adaptation of an Israeli quiz...
- 12/19/2011
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
You may recognize Ice Cube as the mild-mannered star of family fare like "Are We There Yet" or, reaching back a little bit, the masterpiece that is "Friday" or -- keep going -- as one of the founding members of Nwa, the rap group that launched his career and gave him a platform to sing about his hometown, Los Angeles.
In a new short film produced by Pacific Standard Time, we get a little deeper into Ice Cube's past and his astute take on L.A., architecture and -- in particular -- Charles and Ray Eames.
"A lot of people think L.A. is just eyesore after eyesore, full of mini-malls, palm trees and billboards," he says. "They don't know the L.A. I know -- the good, the bad and the ugly ... One man's eyesore is another man's paradise."
He ticks off a list of his favorite L.
In a new short film produced by Pacific Standard Time, we get a little deeper into Ice Cube's past and his astute take on L.A., architecture and -- in particular -- Charles and Ray Eames.
"A lot of people think L.A. is just eyesore after eyesore, full of mini-malls, palm trees and billboards," he says. "They don't know the L.A. I know -- the good, the bad and the ugly ... One man's eyesore is another man's paradise."
He ticks off a list of his favorite L.
- 12/8/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Rapper Ice Cube has created a short film to pay homage to California's classic architecture.
Ice Cube, real name O'Shea Jackson, enrolled in drafting classes at the Phoenix Institute of Technology in Arizona when he was 18 but abandoned his artistic dreams to pursue a career in music.
And now the hitmaker has gone back to his roots by shooting Pacific Standard Time: Art in La 1945-1980 to show fans the true beauty of such buildings as the historic Eames House.
He tells NME.com, "The Eames (architects) made structure and nature one. This is going green 1949 style, b**ch. Believe that... It's not about the pieces, it's how the pieces work together, you know, taking something that already exists and making it something special… kinda like sampling.
"A lot of people think La is just eyesore after eyesore… so what? They don’t know the La I know. One man's eyesore is another man's paradise."
He isn't the only star paying tribute to architects Charles and Ray Eames onscreen - James Franco has signed on to narrate a new film about the brothers after his former college professor at UCLA in Los Angeles suggested he would be perfect to voice the film.
The 127 Hours star is now part of director Jason Cohn's new movie Eames: The Architect & The Painter.
Ice Cube, real name O'Shea Jackson, enrolled in drafting classes at the Phoenix Institute of Technology in Arizona when he was 18 but abandoned his artistic dreams to pursue a career in music.
And now the hitmaker has gone back to his roots by shooting Pacific Standard Time: Art in La 1945-1980 to show fans the true beauty of such buildings as the historic Eames House.
He tells NME.com, "The Eames (architects) made structure and nature one. This is going green 1949 style, b**ch. Believe that... It's not about the pieces, it's how the pieces work together, you know, taking something that already exists and making it something special… kinda like sampling.
"A lot of people think La is just eyesore after eyesore… so what? They don’t know the La I know. One man's eyesore is another man's paradise."
He isn't the only star paying tribute to architects Charles and Ray Eames onscreen - James Franco has signed on to narrate a new film about the brothers after his former college professor at UCLA in Los Angeles suggested he would be perfect to voice the film.
The 127 Hours star is now part of director Jason Cohn's new movie Eames: The Architect & The Painter.
- 12/8/2011
- WENN
Degen Pener
This story first appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Eames chairs are beloved by Hollywood, and the release of new versions of two of the most iconic will only further whet the appetite. This winter, Herman Miller is imparting a light note to Charles and Ray Eames' famously comfortable lounger and ottoman, offering them in white-leather upholstered ash. And Eames' sleekly functional Executive Chair (Don Draper's choice) can now go out on the patio -- it has just become available in weather-resistant metal. In recent years, of course, Eames has become an easy signifier
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This story first appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Eames chairs are beloved by Hollywood, and the release of new versions of two of the most iconic will only further whet the appetite. This winter, Herman Miller is imparting a light note to Charles and Ray Eames' famously comfortable lounger and ottoman, offering them in white-leather upholstered ash. And Eames' sleekly functional Executive Chair (Don Draper's choice) can now go out on the patio -- it has just become available in weather-resistant metal. In recent years, of course, Eames has become an easy signifier
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- 11/25/2011
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London, Nov 19(Ians) Actor James Franco has been hired to narrate a documentary about architects Charles and Ray Eames.
The '127 Hours' star is going to be the voice behind director Jason Cohn's Eames 'The Architect & The Painter'.
This followed a suggestion from his former college professor Thomas Hines, who felt he would be the perfect choice to give voice to the film, reports dailystar.co.uk.
Ians...
The '127 Hours' star is going to be the voice behind director Jason Cohn's Eames 'The Architect & The Painter'.
This followed a suggestion from his former college professor Thomas Hines, who felt he would be the perfect choice to give voice to the film, reports dailystar.co.uk.
Ians...
- 11/19/2011
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Modern American design and its history have become major preoccupations within contemporary cosmopolitan circles. Gary Hustwit recently finished his third documentary on the subject, Mad Men makes us nostalgically long for clean copy and clear utility, and the death of Steve Jobs brought forth considerations of the important connections between user-friendliness, sleek aesthetics, and the construction of products around human intuition. Making the case that we have still yet to exhaust what continually proves to be a fascinating and increasingly relevant subject, Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey’s historical documentary Eames: The Architect and The Painter traverses the fascinating life of a couple whose contributions broadly determined what modern postwar American life looked and felt like. As narrator James Franco romantically points towards the beginning of the film, Charles Eames was an architect who never got his license, and Ray Eames was a painter who rarely painted. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of their influential lives was...
- 11/18/2011
- by Landon Palmer
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
"Designers Charles and Ray Eames, respective subjects of the documentary Eames: The Architect and the Painter, and largely credited with bringing modernism into the American living room with their now ubiquitous contoured chairs, may have also helped to comfortably contextualize the philosophy of European modernists within our own post-war progressivism," writes Joseph Jon Lanthier in Slant. "Charles's mantra ('The best for the most for least'), echoes of which are audible in the ostensible aesthetic egalitarianism of Ikea's retail theory, saw the potential for mass production within the rigid, deceptively simplified form and primary color-fetishism of the era's visual artists. Furthermore, the couple's playfully inter-disciplinary, media-obsessed, auto-didactic approach to design — neither were trained in anything in particular, though Ray studied under Hans Hofmann — suggested that a modern man, or woman, could push on by remaining in awe of contemporary advances in science and technology while holding fast to the traditional grievances...
- 11/18/2011
- MUBI
Actor James Franco has been hired to narrate a documentary about architects Charles and Ray Eames after his former college professor suggested he would be perfect to voice the film.
The 127 Hours star has signed up as the voice behind director Jason Cohn's Eames: The Architect & The Painter after UCLA historian Thomas Hines put the pair together, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Franco took the professor's Social & Cultural History of Los Angeles class when he attended the Los Angeles college between 2006 and 2008.
The 127 Hours star has signed up as the voice behind director Jason Cohn's Eames: The Architect & The Painter after UCLA historian Thomas Hines put the pair together, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Franco took the professor's Social & Cultural History of Los Angeles class when he attended the Los Angeles college between 2006 and 2008.
- 11/18/2011
- WENN
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? The Hunter Trailer This certainly has a nice pedigree. Having a film being executive produced by the man who brought us Animal Kingdom, being based...
- 11/5/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Texas is known for some great film festivals. apart from SXSW and Fantastic Fest, both held in Austin – Houston also hosts some wonderful events. Among them is the Cinema Arts Festival. This year’s line-up is extremely strong, with titles that include Pina, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, The Artist and the World Premiere of Art Car: The Movie. Sadly we do not have any contributors over in Houston, but I did feel the need to quickly promote the festival. Here is the press release.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
- 10/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Where does a superhero live? In a top secret location, location, location says Steve Rose
There are a few essentials that every self-respecting superhero needs to get right before embarking on a crime-fighting career. A cool name. Some great powers. The ability to sew your own costume. But after a long night spent keeping the streets safe from supervillains, what you really need is somewhere quiet to get away from it all. So who would live in a secret lair like this..?
Wayne Manor/The Batcave
Location A very quiet corner of suburban Gotham which nobody ever drives past.
Estate agent pitch A miraculously preserved late-Gothic manor house. Breathtaking original features, oak panelling, fine carvings, suits of armour, antique butler.
Facilities The cavernous basement includes a gym, trophy room, parking for car/boat/bike/plane.
What it says about the owner Split personality alert: materialist playboy on the surface; sinister hidden depths.
There are a few essentials that every self-respecting superhero needs to get right before embarking on a crime-fighting career. A cool name. Some great powers. The ability to sew your own costume. But after a long night spent keeping the streets safe from supervillains, what you really need is somewhere quiet to get away from it all. So who would live in a secret lair like this..?
Wayne Manor/The Batcave
Location A very quiet corner of suburban Gotham which nobody ever drives past.
Estate agent pitch A miraculously preserved late-Gothic manor house. Breathtaking original features, oak panelling, fine carvings, suits of armour, antique butler.
Facilities The cavernous basement includes a gym, trophy room, parking for car/boat/bike/plane.
What it says about the owner Split personality alert: materialist playboy on the surface; sinister hidden depths.
- 7/22/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
A native of California, Philip Pirolo left his home in Joshua Tree to study music composition at the University of Southern California and fine art painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating, Pirolo worked at a small design studio and later became the creative director of the influential arts and photography journal Provocateur, for which he won many design awards. The magazine’s aesthetic and layout mirrored his artistic sensibility and reflected his interest in the male form, subversive artwork, and underrepresented artistic visions and explorations. Through photography, sculpture, and painting, Pirolo’s work explores issues of sexual identity, social norms, and ways in which surface, beauty, and form become potent metaphors for control, desire, and loss. He uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence but also the visceral nature of being.
- 2/5/2011
- The Advocate
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