With the scope of possibility in visual effects and the boundlessness of imagination there are very few places we cannot explore in fiction nowadays… that is unless we explore stories that are stranger than fiction. There is a tangible thirst for the real; the overwhelming response to Netflix documentary Making a Murderer in the news and social media, as just one example, exposes the desire for and importance of representation of real events available to be streamed to a large audience. We love a case we can really sink our teeth into and, whether on screen or off, documentary even has the power to deliver justice.
Through documentary, we are offered a look into the actions, beliefs and injustices of others whose lives and experiences are vastly different to our own. We are introduced to events that we can become invested in and leave feeling as though we have a...
Through documentary, we are offered a look into the actions, beliefs and injustices of others whose lives and experiences are vastly different to our own. We are introduced to events that we can become invested in and leave feeling as though we have a...
- 3/19/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
The 26th annual SAG Awards are getting underway tonight at 8 Pm Et/5 Pm Pt at the Shrine Auditorium, with the show airing live on TNT and TBS. SAG-aftra is presenting awards in 15 categories honoring the year’s best film and TV acting performances.
The handing out of awards has already began on the Shrine red carpet, with the ensemble stunt teams of Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame and HBO’s Game of Thrones winning the motion picture and TV categories, respectively.
Also on tap tonight is Robert De Niro receiving the SAG Life Achievement Award, with Leonardo DiCaprio doing the presenting. Both have dogs in the fight tonight: De Niro with Netlfix’s The Irishman and DiCaprio with Sony’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
This year’s marquee Performance By a Cast in a Motion Picture category aside from the two mentioned above includes Lionsgate’s Bombshell — Bombshell,...
The handing out of awards has already began on the Shrine red carpet, with the ensemble stunt teams of Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame and HBO’s Game of Thrones winning the motion picture and TV categories, respectively.
Also on tap tonight is Robert De Niro receiving the SAG Life Achievement Award, with Leonardo DiCaprio doing the presenting. Both have dogs in the fight tonight: De Niro with Netlfix’s The Irishman and DiCaprio with Sony’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
This year’s marquee Performance By a Cast in a Motion Picture category aside from the two mentioned above includes Lionsgate’s Bombshell — Bombshell,...
- 1/19/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Like all great documentaries, Netflix’s “Tell Me Who I Am” focuses on a unique situation but makes it universal. The Oscar-potential film centers on twins Alex and Marcus Lewis. The 18-year-old Alex went into a six-week coma after an accident. When he awoke, he didn’t remember anything about his life, and didn’t recognize anyone — except his brother. So Marcus began filling him in, painting an upbeat picture of their youth.
The doc, from director Ed Perkins and producer Simon Chinn, challenged that picture. An outgrowth of the twins’ 2013 book of the same name, it taps into primal issues of trust, memory, family, cruelty, kindness and healing, and the secrets we hold, even from those to whom we are closest.
Marcus had filled in a few facts about their childhood with the book. But even when he started the film, he wasn’t ready to be completely open.
The doc, from director Ed Perkins and producer Simon Chinn, challenged that picture. An outgrowth of the twins’ 2013 book of the same name, it taps into primal issues of trust, memory, family, cruelty, kindness and healing, and the secrets we hold, even from those to whom we are closest.
Marcus had filled in a few facts about their childhood with the book. But even when he started the film, he wasn’t ready to be completely open.
- 11/8/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
In 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences expanded Oscar’s best pic contenders from five to 10. Then-president Sid Ganis hoped this would open the category to animation, foreign-language films and documentaries.
Animation and international have scored a few best-picture noms, but docus remain the final frontier. Maybe 2019 is the year when they make it. There are certainly films this year worth consideration. Exhibit A: “Tell Me Who I Am,” directed by Ed Perkins and produced by Simon Chinn.
The story centers on identical twins, Alex and Marcus Lewis. After an accident, 18-year-old Alex went into a coma. When he awoke, he had no memory and recognized no one, except his brother. So Marcus began filling him in, in essence creating a lifetime of memories. It’s a gripping, emotional story, enhanced by expert filmmaking and its virtues stand as a good example of the unique beauty of documentaries.
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Animation and international have scored a few best-picture noms, but docus remain the final frontier. Maybe 2019 is the year when they make it. There are certainly films this year worth consideration. Exhibit A: “Tell Me Who I Am,” directed by Ed Perkins and produced by Simon Chinn.
The story centers on identical twins, Alex and Marcus Lewis. After an accident, 18-year-old Alex went into a coma. When he awoke, he had no memory and recognized no one, except his brother. So Marcus began filling him in, in essence creating a lifetime of memories. It’s a gripping, emotional story, enhanced by expert filmmaking and its virtues stand as a good example of the unique beauty of documentaries.
Back on Feb.
- 11/8/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
It’s no accident that when the twin subjects of Ed Perkins‘ documentary, “Tell Me Who I Am,” have their most honest conversation in a setting that looks very bare. “There’s a reason why they’ve never been able to have this conversation in this way in the real world,” Perkins explains in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above). “We’re going to build a sterile space that is very unnatural and ask them if they want to come to this space that we created for this purpose and allow a conversation to happen there,” he adds.
SEENetflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in November 2019
“Tell Me Who I Am,” which recently premiered on Netflix, chronicles identical twins Alex Lewis and Marcus Lewis. At age 18, Alex woke up in a hospital after a motorcycle accident with near-total amnesia. The only thing he recognized was his twin brother.
SEENetflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in November 2019
“Tell Me Who I Am,” which recently premiered on Netflix, chronicles identical twins Alex Lewis and Marcus Lewis. At age 18, Alex woke up in a hospital after a motorcycle accident with near-total amnesia. The only thing he recognized was his twin brother.
- 11/6/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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