Severin Films is proud to announce the release of Santa Sangre on Limited Dual Edition on 29 July 2024. We’re giving you the chance to win Limited Dual Edition.
Legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky is lauded by critics and cult cinema enthusiasts alike for his avant-garde, violently surreal, brilliantly original features. Now, one of his finest films, Santa Sangre, is set for brand-new release that will deliver an experience like never before.
Severin Films is proud to announce the release of Santa Sangre Limited Dual Edition on 29 July 2024. Get ready for a breathtaking, epic odyssey through ecstasy and anguish, belief and blasphemy, beauty and madness – and learn about the surreal genius behind it all. This must-have set features the film on both 4K Uhd and Blu-ray, with the 4K scan from the original negative supervised by Jodorowsky himself.We meet Fenix, a young boy who has grown up in a circus in Mexico,...
Legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky is lauded by critics and cult cinema enthusiasts alike for his avant-garde, violently surreal, brilliantly original features. Now, one of his finest films, Santa Sangre, is set for brand-new release that will deliver an experience like never before.
Severin Films is proud to announce the release of Santa Sangre Limited Dual Edition on 29 July 2024. Get ready for a breathtaking, epic odyssey through ecstasy and anguish, belief and blasphemy, beauty and madness – and learn about the surreal genius behind it all. This must-have set features the film on both 4K Uhd and Blu-ray, with the 4K scan from the original negative supervised by Jodorowsky himself.We meet Fenix, a young boy who has grown up in a circus in Mexico,...
- 7/21/2024
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Win 4-Disc Limited Edition Uhd + Blu-Ray of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s masterwork Santa Sangre
Critically acclaimed filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, known for his groundbreaking works like El Topo and The Holy Mountain, continues to captivate audiences with his avant-garde, violently surreal, and brilliantly original creations. Now, one of his masterpieces, Santa Sangre, is being re-released in a stunning new edition, offering an unparalleled viewing experience.
Severin Films proudly announces the release of the Santa Sangre Limited Dual Edition on July 29, 2024. Prepare yourself for an epic journey through ecstasy and anguish, belief and blasphemy, beauty and madness, while diving deep into the mind of a surrealist genius. This essential collection includes the film in both 4K Uhd and Blu-ray formats, with the 4K restoration supervised by Jodorowsky himself,...
Win 4-Disc Limited Edition Uhd + Blu-Ray of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s masterwork Santa Sangre
Critically acclaimed filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, known for his groundbreaking works like El Topo and The Holy Mountain, continues to captivate audiences with his avant-garde, violently surreal, and brilliantly original creations. Now, one of his masterpieces, Santa Sangre, is being re-released in a stunning new edition, offering an unparalleled viewing experience.
Severin Films proudly announces the release of the Santa Sangre Limited Dual Edition on July 29, 2024. Prepare yourself for an epic journey through ecstasy and anguish, belief and blasphemy, beauty and madness, while diving deep into the mind of a surrealist genius. This essential collection includes the film in both 4K Uhd and Blu-ray formats, with the 4K restoration supervised by Jodorowsky himself,...
- 7/13/2024
- by Peter Campbell
- Love Horror
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Paris Theater
Prints of Salò, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Turin Horse, There Will Be Blood, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Au Hasard Balthazar, and Rome, Open City all screen for “Bleak Week.”
Film at Lincoln Center
Films by Minnelli, Bergman, Powell and Pressburger, Lubitsch, and more screen in an Annie Baker-curated series.
Anthology Film Archives
A five-film Aki Kaurismäki retrospective begins, while “Essential Cinema” brings von Stroheim’s Greed on Friday.
Film Forum
Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine begins playing in a new restoration, while films by Jim Jarmusch, George Miller, and more screen in “Out of the 80s“; Stormy Weather shows on Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
The Last of the Mohicans and The Bridges of Madison County play on 35mm as part of “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex”; an Agnieszka Holland retrospective continues...
Paris Theater
Prints of Salò, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Turin Horse, There Will Be Blood, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Au Hasard Balthazar, and Rome, Open City all screen for “Bleak Week.”
Film at Lincoln Center
Films by Minnelli, Bergman, Powell and Pressburger, Lubitsch, and more screen in an Annie Baker-curated series.
Anthology Film Archives
A five-film Aki Kaurismäki retrospective begins, while “Essential Cinema” brings von Stroheim’s Greed on Friday.
Film Forum
Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine begins playing in a new restoration, while films by Jim Jarmusch, George Miller, and more screen in “Out of the 80s“; Stormy Weather shows on Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
The Last of the Mohicans and The Bridges of Madison County play on 35mm as part of “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex”; an Agnieszka Holland retrospective continues...
- 6/14/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film Forum
Films by David Lynch, Tony Scott, David Cronenberg, and Jim Jarmusch play in “Out of the 80s,“ which includes Do the Right Thing on 35mm this Sunday; The Neverending Story plays on Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
Rumble in the Bronx and The Straight Story play on 35mm as part of “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex” which also includes Boomerang and Trainspotting; an Agnieszka Holland retrospective begins; Mothra screens on Saturday.
Roxy Cinema
Altered States plays on 35mm this Friday; Saturday brings Knight of Cups; George Cukor’s It Should Happen to You plays on 16mm this Sunday.
Paris Theater
Seven, Old Joy, Come and See, and The Conformist all screen on a despair-inducing Sunday.
Metrograph
Films by Gus Van Sant and Alain Resnais play in an mk2 retrospective; retrospectives of Obayashi and Dieudo Hamadi...
Film Forum
Films by David Lynch, Tony Scott, David Cronenberg, and Jim Jarmusch play in “Out of the 80s,“ which includes Do the Right Thing on 35mm this Sunday; The Neverending Story plays on Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
Rumble in the Bronx and The Straight Story play on 35mm as part of “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex” which also includes Boomerang and Trainspotting; an Agnieszka Holland retrospective begins; Mothra screens on Saturday.
Roxy Cinema
Altered States plays on 35mm this Friday; Saturday brings Knight of Cups; George Cukor’s It Should Happen to You plays on 16mm this Sunday.
Paris Theater
Seven, Old Joy, Come and See, and The Conformist all screen on a despair-inducing Sunday.
Metrograph
Films by Gus Van Sant and Alain Resnais play in an mk2 retrospective; retrospectives of Obayashi and Dieudo Hamadi...
- 6/7/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
In the early 1970s, a period marked by a surge in experimental cinema and the emergence of new cinematic voices, Chilean-French filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on an ambitious project that would challenge the conventions of traditional filmmaking. This was a time when filmmakers were pushing the boundaries of narrative and visual storytelling, experimenting with new techniques and themes. Jodorowsky, with his unique blend of surrealism and mysticism, was at the forefront of this movement. His goal was to adapt Frank Herbert’s iconic science fiction novel, Dune, into a film.
Jodorowsky is known for his avant-garde and surrealist style, which is evident in his body of work. In addition to his ambitions for Dune, he has directed several other films, each a testament to his unique artistic vision. These include El Topo (1970), a surreal western that is considered a classic of the acid western genre; The Holy Mountain (1973), a spiritual...
Jodorowsky is known for his avant-garde and surrealist style, which is evident in his body of work. In addition to his ambitions for Dune, he has directed several other films, each a testament to his unique artistic vision. These include El Topo (1970), a surreal western that is considered a classic of the acid western genre; The Holy Mountain (1973), a spiritual...
- 6/3/2024
- by Derek Mitchell
- JoBlo.com
The Beatles gave us cult classic movies like Yellow Submarine and Help! It’s only fitting that John Lennon’s favorite movie was a cult classic Western. The movie in question is one of the most bizarre Westerns ever made. Fascinatingly, the director of the film said multiple rock stars connected with his work.
John Lennon loved a cult classic Western movie with a heavy dose of mysticism
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a surrealist filmmaker whose movies are like Salvador Dalí paintings come to life. According to Wired, John’s favorite movie was Jodorowsky’s mystical Western El Topo. The film is about an outlaw called El Topo (Spanish for “The Mole”) who becomes a holy man in a landscape filled with Judeo-Christian and occult imagery.
During a 2011 interview with Interviews with Icons, Jodorowsky discussed John’s relationship with the film. “I was lucky because of rock ‘n’ roll,” explained Jodorowsky.
John Lennon loved a cult classic Western movie with a heavy dose of mysticism
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a surrealist filmmaker whose movies are like Salvador Dalí paintings come to life. According to Wired, John’s favorite movie was Jodorowsky’s mystical Western El Topo. The film is about an outlaw called El Topo (Spanish for “The Mole”) who becomes a holy man in a landscape filled with Judeo-Christian and occult imagery.
During a 2011 interview with Interviews with Icons, Jodorowsky discussed John’s relationship with the film. “I was lucky because of rock ‘n’ roll,” explained Jodorowsky.
- 12/9/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Every month brings a new slate of entertainment to streaming services everywhere, but each turn of the calendar also brings the tragic removal of a list of movies and television shows. While Netflix is debuting a bevy of releases in May 2023, the streaming service is losing some treasured titles. Good thing you have this guide to make sure you catch everything that may have been sitting in your Netflix queue before they mysteriously disappear.
Unfortunately, juggling distribution rights in the ongoing proliferation of streaming services makes it a headache to keep up with who owns what. HBO Max is the biggest offender of losing its own original content, as the merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery and the induction of CEO David Zaslav has wiped a chunk of HBO Max exclusives from the platform. Netflix has a better grasp on its properties, but even the longest-running streaming service has lost some of its licensing,...
Unfortunately, juggling distribution rights in the ongoing proliferation of streaming services makes it a headache to keep up with who owns what. HBO Max is the biggest offender of losing its own original content, as the merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery and the induction of CEO David Zaslav has wiped a chunk of HBO Max exclusives from the platform. Netflix has a better grasp on its properties, but even the longest-running streaming service has lost some of its licensing,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Anthology Film Archives
On Sunday, Courtney Stephens gives a live performance of her archival doc Terra Femme.
Film at Lincoln Center
New 4K restorations of the Infernal Affairs trilogy start screening this weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
The Caan Film Festival returns with 35mm prints of The Godfather, El Dorado, and Games, while Safety Last! screens this Saturday.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Morvern Callar and A Woman Under the Influence, while Godard’s King Lear screens.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; the restoration of Carnal Knowledge continues.
IFC Center
“World of Wong Kar-wai” returns; the 4K Daisies restoration continues, as does the new restoration of Heat; Beaches of Agnes, Bottle Rocket, Aliens, Blue Velvet, The Holy Mountain, El Topo, Taxi Driver, The Shining, and The Silence of the Lambs...
Anthology Film Archives
On Sunday, Courtney Stephens gives a live performance of her archival doc Terra Femme.
Film at Lincoln Center
New 4K restorations of the Infernal Affairs trilogy start screening this weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
The Caan Film Festival returns with 35mm prints of The Godfather, El Dorado, and Games, while Safety Last! screens this Saturday.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Morvern Callar and A Woman Under the Influence, while Godard’s King Lear screens.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; the restoration of Carnal Knowledge continues.
IFC Center
“World of Wong Kar-wai” returns; the 4K Daisies restoration continues, as does the new restoration of Heat; Beaches of Agnes, Bottle Rocket, Aliens, Blue Velvet, The Holy Mountain, El Topo, Taxi Driver, The Shining, and The Silence of the Lambs...
- 9/16/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg’s Dishonored and Alan Rudolph’s rarely screened Remember My Name.
Bam
In advance of her debut feature The African Desperate, Martine Syms has curated a series of influences—among them Spike Lee’s Girl 6, Paprika, and Happy Together.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; “Loving Highsmith” has its second weekend with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; restorations of Alain Resnais’ The War Is Over and Carnal Knowledge continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: White, and Three Colors: Red all play in new 4K restorations.
Museum of the Moving Image
One of Johnnie To’s best films, Vengeance, screens on Friday as part of a retrospective on The Story of Film, while...
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg’s Dishonored and Alan Rudolph’s rarely screened Remember My Name.
Bam
In advance of her debut feature The African Desperate, Martine Syms has curated a series of influences—among them Spike Lee’s Girl 6, Paprika, and Happy Together.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; “Loving Highsmith” has its second weekend with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; restorations of Alain Resnais’ The War Is Over and Carnal Knowledge continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: White, and Three Colors: Red all play in new 4K restorations.
Museum of the Moving Image
One of Johnnie To’s best films, Vengeance, screens on Friday as part of a retrospective on The Story of Film, while...
- 9/8/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Bam
“Working Class Musicals” examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, featuring Cherbourg, Chantal Akerman, West Side Story x2, and more.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Johnny Guitar, Jennifer’s Body, and Woman in the Dunes.
Film Forum
“Loving Highsmith” begins with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; Alain Resnias’ The War Is Over continues and Carnal Knowledge, restored, begins a run.
Japan Society
Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill! plays on 35mm this Friday.
Film at Lincoln Center
As the Three Colors: Red restoration continues, The Wiz has a free outdoor screening this Friday on Governor’s Island.
Paris Theater
Kurosawa’s Ran plays exclusively through the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Streets of Fire, Licorice Pizza, Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
Bam
“Working Class Musicals” examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, featuring Cherbourg, Chantal Akerman, West Side Story x2, and more.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Johnny Guitar, Jennifer’s Body, and Woman in the Dunes.
Film Forum
“Loving Highsmith” begins with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; Alain Resnias’ The War Is Over continues and Carnal Knowledge, restored, begins a run.
Japan Society
Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill! plays on 35mm this Friday.
Film at Lincoln Center
As the Three Colors: Red restoration continues, The Wiz has a free outdoor screening this Friday on Governor’s Island.
Paris Theater
Kurosawa’s Ran plays exclusively through the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Streets of Fire, Licorice Pizza, Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
- 9/1/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
The Three Colors: Red restoration debuts as Three Colors: Blue and Three Colors: White continue.
Paris Theater
Prints of High and Low, The Haunting, and The World According to Garp play in a “Directors Selects” series, which also offers Coppola’s Dracula.
Film Forum
To mark the great Alain Resnias’ centennial, a massive retrospective continues with Marienbad, Hiroshima, Je t’aime, je t’aime, and some of his lesser-seen (but no less great) features—The War Is Over and Stavisky—while Dr. Strangelove plays.
Bam
Obayashi’s Anti-War Trilogy—Hanagatami, Seven Weeks, and Casting Blossoms to the Sky—has screenings this weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Bitter Moon,...
Film at Lincoln Center
The Three Colors: Red restoration debuts as Three Colors: Blue and Three Colors: White continue.
Paris Theater
Prints of High and Low, The Haunting, and The World According to Garp play in a “Directors Selects” series, which also offers Coppola’s Dracula.
Film Forum
To mark the great Alain Resnias’ centennial, a massive retrospective continues with Marienbad, Hiroshima, Je t’aime, je t’aime, and some of his lesser-seen (but no less great) features—The War Is Over and Stavisky—while Dr. Strangelove plays.
Bam
Obayashi’s Anti-War Trilogy—Hanagatami, Seven Weeks, and Casting Blossoms to the Sky—has screenings this weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Bitter Moon,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Just one month after debuting a fan favorite genre hit in the form of Stranger Things season 4, Netflix is once again coming out with the big guns for its list of new releases for June 2022.
The Umbrella Academy season 3 is set to be released June 22 and it will be a busy one for the Hargreeves family of crime fighters. After averting a 1963 nuclear apocalypse in season 2, the gang returns to the present only to find there’s a new team called the Sparrows living in their house. Based on the trailer for season 3, hilarity and many superpowers punches thrown will ensue.
Read more TV The Umbrella Academy Officially Introduces The Sparrow Academy By Alec Bojalad TV The Umbrella Academy Season 3: What To Expect By Michael Ahr
Other Netflix TV original series of note this month include the vampire love story First Kill (June 10) the Melissa McCarthy comedy God’s Favorite Idiot...
The Umbrella Academy season 3 is set to be released June 22 and it will be a busy one for the Hargreeves family of crime fighters. After averting a 1963 nuclear apocalypse in season 2, the gang returns to the present only to find there’s a new team called the Sparrows living in their house. Based on the trailer for season 3, hilarity and many superpowers punches thrown will ensue.
Read more TV The Umbrella Academy Officially Introduces The Sparrow Academy By Alec Bojalad TV The Umbrella Academy Season 3: What To Expect By Michael Ahr
Other Netflix TV original series of note this month include the vampire love story First Kill (June 10) the Melissa McCarthy comedy God’s Favorite Idiot...
- 6/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Formats biz veteran Siobhan Crawford, who has struck deals to revive reality show The Mole in several major territories, is leaving European distributor Primitives.
The former Banijay, Zodiak and Drg exec has been with the Belgium-based company for six years, most recently as Head of Sales and Acquisitions, but is now planning to take a period out before taking on a new challenge. Her last day is Tuesday April 19, she told colleagues and clients this week.
Her key focus has been selling saboteur format The Mole, which is best known for its five-season run on ABC between 2001 and 2008. The show sees a group of contestants work together to accrue cash, with one of them attempting to undermine their efforts. Deadline understands several major deals are in the works.
UK-based Crawford also struck 17 deals, including in the UK and U.S., for competition format 99 To Beat, in which 100 contestants compete...
The former Banijay, Zodiak and Drg exec has been with the Belgium-based company for six years, most recently as Head of Sales and Acquisitions, but is now planning to take a period out before taking on a new challenge. Her last day is Tuesday April 19, she told colleagues and clients this week.
Her key focus has been selling saboteur format The Mole, which is best known for its five-season run on ABC between 2001 and 2008. The show sees a group of contestants work together to accrue cash, with one of them attempting to undermine their efforts. Deadline understands several major deals are in the works.
UK-based Crawford also struck 17 deals, including in the UK and U.S., for competition format 99 To Beat, in which 100 contestants compete...
- 4/14/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The TV documentary explores the Football Leaks website that exposes systematic illegaties in the football industry.
Dr Sales has closed a deal with Bomanbridge Media for a distribution partnership on the Football Leaks documentary A Game Of Secrets, with the Singapore-based Bomanbridge taking rest-of-world territories that Dr had not already pre-sold.
The 90-minute documentary had already been pre-sold to Denmark (Dr), Sweden (Svt) Norway (Nrk), Iceland (Ruv), Finland (Yle) Switzerland (Rts), Eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal, and Holland (HBO Max) and the UK (Dogwoof).
A Game Of Secrets delves into the obscure website Football Leaks that started revealing shady deals and...
Dr Sales has closed a deal with Bomanbridge Media for a distribution partnership on the Football Leaks documentary A Game Of Secrets, with the Singapore-based Bomanbridge taking rest-of-world territories that Dr had not already pre-sold.
The 90-minute documentary had already been pre-sold to Denmark (Dr), Sweden (Svt) Norway (Nrk), Iceland (Ruv), Finland (Yle) Switzerland (Rts), Eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal, and Holland (HBO Max) and the UK (Dogwoof).
A Game Of Secrets delves into the obscure website Football Leaks that started revealing shady deals and...
- 4/5/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Oslo has five non-fiction features in production and development.
Award-winning documentary filmmakers Bjarte Morner Tveit and Tonje Hessen Schei have joined Norway’s Oslo Pictures as the company ramps up its investment in non-fiction.
Producer Morner Tveit joins from Stavanger-based Piraya Film, where his credits included Cold Case Hammarskjold, Inside Fur, The Secret Life of Pigs and The Mole. The latter went undercover in North Korea and won best documentary at the Danish Film Academy’s Robert Awards in 2021.
Director Hessen Schei joins from UpNorth Film, which she co-founded in 2017, and is known for documentaries such as iHuman, Drone and Play Again.
Award-winning documentary filmmakers Bjarte Morner Tveit and Tonje Hessen Schei have joined Norway’s Oslo Pictures as the company ramps up its investment in non-fiction.
Producer Morner Tveit joins from Stavanger-based Piraya Film, where his credits included Cold Case Hammarskjold, Inside Fur, The Secret Life of Pigs and The Mole. The latter went undercover in North Korea and won best documentary at the Danish Film Academy’s Robert Awards in 2021.
Director Hessen Schei joins from UpNorth Film, which she co-founded in 2017, and is known for documentaries such as iHuman, Drone and Play Again.
- 3/22/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Mads Brügger’s feature directorial debut, The Red Chapel, took a Tom Green-via-Sacha Baron-Cohen approach to infiltrating North Korea, with the director finagling himself and two comics — both adopted from North Korea, one with spastic paralysis — into the country. Given that it’s not hard to make an actual absurd environment appear absurd on screen, he emerged with fairly pointless cringe comedy: plenty of awkwardness all round but no real surprises. So it’s interesting to hear Brügger admit at the start of The Mole that The Red Chapel, while an […]
The post Doc NYC 2021: The Mole, Life of Crime 1984-2020 and Mr. Bachmann and His Class first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Doc NYC 2021: The Mole, Life of Crime 1984-2020 and Mr. Bachmann and His Class first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/19/2021
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers on Mel Brooks in the Special Event screening of Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat: “This is a real New Yorker’s film.”
In the final instalment with Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers, we discuss a number of the films that are screening in the 12th edition of Doc NYC. I start with Marc Shaffer’s Exposing Muybridge which has comments from Eadweard Muybridge admirer Gary Oldman; Tom Donahue’s Dean Martin: King Of Cool; Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis; Andrea Arnold’s Cow; Vincent Liota’s Objects; Eva Orner’s Burning; Abby Epstein’s The Business Of Birth Control; Mads Brügger’s The Mole; Robert B Weide and Don Argott’s Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time; Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s The Real Charlie Chaplin; Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat As A Special Event, and end with the Closing Night selection,...
In the final instalment with Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers, we discuss a number of the films that are screening in the 12th edition of Doc NYC. I start with Marc Shaffer’s Exposing Muybridge which has comments from Eadweard Muybridge admirer Gary Oldman; Tom Donahue’s Dean Martin: King Of Cool; Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis; Andrea Arnold’s Cow; Vincent Liota’s Objects; Eva Orner’s Burning; Abby Epstein’s The Business Of Birth Control; Mads Brügger’s The Mole; Robert B Weide and Don Argott’s Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time; Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s The Real Charlie Chaplin; Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat As A Special Event, and end with the Closing Night selection,...
- 11/15/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Looks like his time hosting The Mole paid off! Turns out, there's another side of Anderson Cooper's career the world didn't know about. During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, the famed journalist revealed that he moonlighted as his mother Gloria Vanderbilt's social media assistant, prior to her death in 2019. When the Anderson Cooper 360 host realized that the then 91-year-old—who had been a model, an author and, most famously, a jeans designer— was becoming a bit depressed, he suggested starting an Instagram account to encourage her to get back to working on and selling her art. Gloria agreed, saying the platform was like...
- 10/27/2021
- E! Online
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has set Jon Croker (High In The Clouds) to adapt anticipated fantasy novel series Skandar And The Unicorn Thief, which was acquired by Simon and Schuster and Sony in seven-figure deals last year.
The first book in author A.F Steadman’s series, which is set to launch in spring 2022, follows a thirteen-year-old boy whose dreams of becoming a unicorn rider are disrupted when an emerging enemy steals the land’s most powerful unicorn.
The publishing deal, made by Simon & Schuster Children’s UK and Simon & Schuster U.S., was the biggest known deal for a children’s debut. Sony preemptively acquired the feature rights with their own aggressive offer.
Drew Reed and Jake Bauman were key in landing that deal and Peter Kang has been overseeing the project for Sony Pictures.
Croker is best known for scripting The Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death...
The first book in author A.F Steadman’s series, which is set to launch in spring 2022, follows a thirteen-year-old boy whose dreams of becoming a unicorn rider are disrupted when an emerging enemy steals the land’s most powerful unicorn.
The publishing deal, made by Simon & Schuster Children’s UK and Simon & Schuster U.S., was the biggest known deal for a children’s debut. Sony preemptively acquired the feature rights with their own aggressive offer.
Drew Reed and Jake Bauman were key in landing that deal and Peter Kang has been overseeing the project for Sony Pictures.
Croker is best known for scripting The Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death...
- 10/19/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Why Anderson Cooper’s Underrated, Twist-Filled Seasons of ‘The Mole’ Should Be Your Next Binge-Watch
“The Mole” is on Netflix now. Maybe it’ll finally get the credit it deserves.
The reality show, whose first two seasons recently arrived on the streamer, was part of the early-2000s boom in unscripted TV. Its greatest impact may have been introducing its audience to its host, a not-yet-famous Anderson Cooper. It didn’t match the explosive success (or the staying power) of peer shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” in its moment — but that might just mean it will feel fresh on a second look.
That chance would be overdue: The second season of “The Mole” was pulled from ABC’s schedule in 2001, eventually running as a summer replacement series. It ignominiously returned in a “celebrity” format that sucked out the intellect that had been central to the show, then aired one more civilian season with a new host in 2008 before fading out.
“The Mole’s” clever...
The reality show, whose first two seasons recently arrived on the streamer, was part of the early-2000s boom in unscripted TV. Its greatest impact may have been introducing its audience to its host, a not-yet-famous Anderson Cooper. It didn’t match the explosive success (or the staying power) of peer shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” in its moment — but that might just mean it will feel fresh on a second look.
That chance would be overdue: The second season of “The Mole” was pulled from ABC’s schedule in 2001, eventually running as a summer replacement series. It ignominiously returned in a “celebrity” format that sucked out the intellect that had been central to the show, then aired one more civilian season with a new host in 2008 before fading out.
“The Mole’s” clever...
- 7/29/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Theatre
The U.K.’s National Theatre has revealed a robust return to normal programming services with a host of plays and films scheduled through 2022, as the country limps back to normalcy post-pandemic.
Highlights include National Theatre director Rufus Norris’ new musical “Hex,” based on “Sleeping Beauty” which opens this Christmas in the Olivier Theatre, and The Lyttelton Theatre’s reopening in October with Ayub Khan Din’s “East Is East.” Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father and the Assassin,” about Gandhi and his assassin, opens at the property’s Olivier Theatre in early 2022.
There are returns to Broadway for the acclaimed “The Lehman Trilogy” and tours across the U.K. and Ireland for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” and “The Ocean at the End of the Lane.”
Clint Dyer directs and co-writes “Death of England: Face to Face” with Roy Williams, an original feature film from the Lyttelton Theatre,...
The U.K.’s National Theatre has revealed a robust return to normal programming services with a host of plays and films scheduled through 2022, as the country limps back to normalcy post-pandemic.
Highlights include National Theatre director Rufus Norris’ new musical “Hex,” based on “Sleeping Beauty” which opens this Christmas in the Olivier Theatre, and The Lyttelton Theatre’s reopening in October with Ayub Khan Din’s “East Is East.” Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father and the Assassin,” about Gandhi and his assassin, opens at the property’s Olivier Theatre in early 2022.
There are returns to Broadway for the acclaimed “The Lehman Trilogy” and tours across the U.K. and Ireland for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” and “The Ocean at the End of the Lane.”
Clint Dyer directs and co-writes “Death of England: Face to Face” with Roy Williams, an original feature film from the Lyttelton Theatre,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Heavily slimmed-down show takes place at Los Angeles venues in Union Station, Dolby Theatre.
British talent has made a strong showing in the early awards at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Emerald Fennell won best original screenplay for Promising Young Woman, while Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor for Judas And The Black Messiah.
Carey Mulligan and Vanessa Kirby are in the running for lead actress, while Anthony Hopkins, Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman are contesting the lead actor category.
Chloe Zhao became only the second woman in history to win the directing Oscar and collected her statuette for Nomadland...
British talent has made a strong showing in the early awards at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Emerald Fennell won best original screenplay for Promising Young Woman, while Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor for Judas And The Black Messiah.
Carey Mulligan and Vanessa Kirby are in the running for lead actress, while Anthony Hopkins, Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman are contesting the lead actor category.
Chloe Zhao became only the second woman in history to win the directing Oscar and collected her statuette for Nomadland...
- 4/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Heavily slimmed-down show takes place at Los Angeles venues in Union Station, Dolby Theatre.
British talent has made a strong showing in the early awards at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Emerald Fennell won best original screenplay for Promising Young Woman, while Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor for Judas And The Black Messiah.
Carey Mulligan and Vanessa Kirby are in the running for lead actress, while Anthony Hopkins, Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman are contesting the lead actor category.
Chloe Zhao became only the second woman in history to win the directing Oscar and collected her statuettefor Nomadland on...
British talent has made a strong showing in the early awards at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Emerald Fennell won best original screenplay for Promising Young Woman, while Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor for Judas And The Black Messiah.
Carey Mulligan and Vanessa Kirby are in the running for lead actress, while Anthony Hopkins, Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman are contesting the lead actor category.
Chloe Zhao became only the second woman in history to win the directing Oscar and collected her statuettefor Nomadland on...
- 4/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Heavily slimmed-down show will take place at Los Angeles venues in Union Station, Dolby Theatre.
The 93rd Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (April 25) – the latest it has ever been held.
The heavily slimmed-down show will take place at the Los Angeles venues of Union Station (see artist’s rendering) and Dolby Theatre and will feature satellite links with international locations including BFI Southbank in London, and Paris.
David Fincher’s Mank leads the nominations with 10, followed by six other films which secured six nominations apiece including The Father, Judas And The Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland,...
The 93rd Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (April 25) – the latest it has ever been held.
The heavily slimmed-down show will take place at the Los Angeles venues of Union Station (see artist’s rendering) and Dolby Theatre and will feature satellite links with international locations including BFI Southbank in London, and Paris.
David Fincher’s Mank leads the nominations with 10, followed by six other films which secured six nominations apiece including The Father, Judas And The Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland,...
- 4/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Heavily slimmed-down show will take place at Los Angeles venues in Union Station, Dolby Theatre.
The 93rd Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (April 25) – the latest it has ever been held.
The heavily slimmed-down show will take place at the Los Angeles venues of Union Station (see artist’s rendering) and Dolby Theatre and will feature satellite links with international locations including BFI Southbank in London, and Paris.
David Fincher’s Mank leads the nominations with 10, followed by six other films which secured six nominations apiece including The Father, Judas And The Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland,...
The 93rd Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (April 25) – the latest it has ever been held.
The heavily slimmed-down show will take place at the Los Angeles venues of Union Station (see artist’s rendering) and Dolby Theatre and will feature satellite links with international locations including BFI Southbank in London, and Paris.
David Fincher’s Mank leads the nominations with 10, followed by six other films which secured six nominations apiece including The Father, Judas And The Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland,...
- 4/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Some 70 women representing a record total of 76 overall nominations have been nominated for Oscars this year, a very encouraging statistic for the Academy and the industry.
In honor of this, Academy Museum trustee Diane von Furstenberg and the Academy Museum have released a video (click the link above to watch) celebrating the women nominees of the 93rd Oscars. In a year that posed exceptional challenges to filmmaking, it is especially important to uphold the tradition launched seven years ago to honor talented women filmmakers who continue to break glass ceilings in the entertainment industry.
This year’s women nominees were asked to submit short videos or statements about their film and/or creative process. Cohost von Furstenberg, designer; Jacqueline Stewart, chief artistic and programming officer, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Cynthia Erivo, actor, singer, and producer, and Dawn Hudson, CEO, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, present a video...
In honor of this, Academy Museum trustee Diane von Furstenberg and the Academy Museum have released a video (click the link above to watch) celebrating the women nominees of the 93rd Oscars. In a year that posed exceptional challenges to filmmaking, it is especially important to uphold the tradition launched seven years ago to honor talented women filmmakers who continue to break glass ceilings in the entertainment industry.
This year’s women nominees were asked to submit short videos or statements about their film and/or creative process. Cohost von Furstenberg, designer; Jacqueline Stewart, chief artistic and programming officer, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Cynthia Erivo, actor, singer, and producer, and Dawn Hudson, CEO, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, present a video...
- 4/22/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Factual content producer WildBear Entertainment has expanded outside of Australia for the first time, establishing the WildBear Aotearoa office in New Zealand.
Executive producer, director, and writer Craig Meade has been appointed general manager of the Dunedin-based branch and will report to WildBear Entertainment managing director Alan Erson.
Meade joins from Nhnz where, as head of production, he was responsible for its factual and documentary output, as well as relationships with the wider international television industry.
His 15 years with the company included work on a diverse range of programming, including Gem Hunt for Travel Channel, I Survived 9/11 for A&e, Megastructures for National Geographic, and A Year in the Wild: Scotland for Channel 5.
Prior to this, he helped spearhead the production of reality TV in Australia as a freelance director, writer, and producer, developing House from Hell (which inspired Big Brother) before working as a director and showrunner on several major location formats,...
Executive producer, director, and writer Craig Meade has been appointed general manager of the Dunedin-based branch and will report to WildBear Entertainment managing director Alan Erson.
Meade joins from Nhnz where, as head of production, he was responsible for its factual and documentary output, as well as relationships with the wider international television industry.
His 15 years with the company included work on a diverse range of programming, including Gem Hunt for Travel Channel, I Survived 9/11 for A&e, Megastructures for National Geographic, and A Year in the Wild: Scotland for Channel 5.
Prior to this, he helped spearhead the production of reality TV in Australia as a freelance director, writer, and producer, developing House from Hell (which inspired Big Brother) before working as a director and showrunner on several major location formats,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
It was longer than usually, but at long last, the Oscar nominations are here. The field was led this year by Mank, scoring ten citations, with a number of films next in line. More to come, but for now, why not just get right to the good stuff, no? The movies deserve the stage. So, here you go… Here are the Academy Award nominees for this year: Best Picture The Father Judas And The Black Messiah Mank Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound Of Metal The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed Chadwick Boseman Antony Hopkins Gary Oldman Steven Yeun Actress in a Leading Role Viola Davis Andra Day Vanessa Kirby Frances McDormand Carey Mulligan Actor in a Supporting Role Sacha Baron Cohen Daniel Kaluuya Leslie Odom Jr Paul Raci Lakeith Stanfeld Actress in a Supporting Role Maria Bakalova Glenn Close Olivia Colman Amanda Seyfried...
- 3/15/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Other frontrunners include The Father, Minari and Nomadland.
David Fincher’s Mank comfortably leads the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, which were announced today (March 15).
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Set in 1930s Hollywood, the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane collected 10 nominations including best feature, best director and best actor for Gary Oldman.
The Netflix drama also secured nods for supporting actress Amanda Seyfried, cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt, costume designer Trish Summerville, makeup and hairstyling, production design, sound, and original score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
David Fincher’s Mank comfortably leads the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, which were announced today (March 15).
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Set in 1930s Hollywood, the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane collected 10 nominations including best feature, best director and best actor for Gary Oldman.
The Netflix drama also secured nods for supporting actress Amanda Seyfried, cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt, costume designer Trish Summerville, makeup and hairstyling, production design, sound, and original score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
- 3/15/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Other winners from Danish academy include Riders of Justice, Cry Wolf, The Mole.
Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round continues its streak by winning best film, best director, best original screenplay, best actor and best editing at Denmark’s Robert Awards, presented by the Danish Film Academy on Saturday night (Feb 6).
Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders of Justice, the opening film at Rotterdam last week, also fared well at the Roberts, winning best actress (newcomer Andrea Heick Gadeberg) and best supporting actor for Lars Brygmann, as well as best visual effects.
Another newcomer, Özlem Saglanmak, was named best supporting actress for...
Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round continues its streak by winning best film, best director, best original screenplay, best actor and best editing at Denmark’s Robert Awards, presented by the Danish Film Academy on Saturday night (Feb 6).
Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders of Justice, the opening film at Rotterdam last week, also fared well at the Roberts, winning best actress (newcomer Andrea Heick Gadeberg) and best supporting actor for Lars Brygmann, as well as best visual effects.
Another newcomer, Özlem Saglanmak, was named best supporting actress for...
- 2/9/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The longlists cover all major categories following the first round of voting by the organisation’s voting members.
The Bafta Film Awards has unveiled the longlists for films in all of the major categories following the first round of voting by the organisation’s 6,700 eligible voting members.
Scroll down to see the longlists
Bafta has brought in many changes to the voting procedures this year following an in-depth investigation into membership and voting this summer prompted by last year’s nominations which were widely considered to be lacking in gender, ethnic and national diversity.
The key changes introduced on the...
The Bafta Film Awards has unveiled the longlists for films in all of the major categories following the first round of voting by the organisation’s 6,700 eligible voting members.
Scroll down to see the longlists
Bafta has brought in many changes to the voting procedures this year following an in-depth investigation into membership and voting this summer prompted by last year’s nominations which were widely considered to be lacking in gender, ethnic and national diversity.
The key changes introduced on the...
- 2/4/2021
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
What a busy morning! Not only did the National Board of Review announce its winners, the Film Independent Spirit Awards revealed their nominees. It was quite the precursor day, to say the least! Nbr gave their top prize to Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, while the Spirit Awards were led by Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always. The former snubbed Promising Young Woman as a film, while citing Carey Mulligan in Best Actress, while the latter gave it three nominations, though also snubbing it in Best Feature. Among completely shut out titles, for one reason or another, we have The Father and News of the World. How much does this mean? Well, it remains to be seen, but it’s certainly good news for those titles cited, while at least a slight concern for those left out in the cold. Read on for all of the nominees and winners…...
- 1/26/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Guatemalan Oscar submission title La Llorona named best foreign language film.
British stars Riz Ahmed and Carey Mulligan won top acting awards for Sound Of Metal Promising Young Woman as the National Board of Review announced its 2020 winners.
Spike Lee was named best director and Da 5 Bloods best film in Tuesday’s (January 26) announcement.
Minari, which earlier in the day picked up six Spirit Award nominations, earned Youn Yuh-jung the best supporting actress gong, and Lee Isaac Chung best screenplay. Jayro Bustamente’s Guatemalan Oscar submission title La Llorona was named best foreign language film.
Chadwick Boseman is posthumously...
British stars Riz Ahmed and Carey Mulligan won top acting awards for Sound Of Metal Promising Young Woman as the National Board of Review announced its 2020 winners.
Spike Lee was named best director and Da 5 Bloods best film in Tuesday’s (January 26) announcement.
Minari, which earlier in the day picked up six Spirit Award nominations, earned Youn Yuh-jung the best supporting actress gong, and Lee Isaac Chung best screenplay. Jayro Bustamente’s Guatemalan Oscar submission title La Llorona was named best foreign language film.
Chadwick Boseman is posthumously...
- 1/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Estonian comedy scooped the audience award at Black Nights Film Festival in November.
London-based sales outfit One Eyed Films has secured international sales rights to Estonian comedy Goodbye Soviet Union, which scooped the audience award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last month.
One Eyed Films negotiated the deal with Estonian production company Exitfilm, which excludes Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Cis.
The Estonia-Finland co-production marks the feature directorial debut of Lauri Randla, who also wrote the coming-of-age story set during the final days of the Soviet Union.
The comedy centres on a boy named Johannes, who is...
London-based sales outfit One Eyed Films has secured international sales rights to Estonian comedy Goodbye Soviet Union, which scooped the audience award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last month.
One Eyed Films negotiated the deal with Estonian production company Exitfilm, which excludes Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Cis.
The Estonia-Finland co-production marks the feature directorial debut of Lauri Randla, who also wrote the coming-of-age story set during the final days of the Soviet Union.
The comedy centres on a boy named Johannes, who is...
- 12/18/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The film investigates North Korea’s illegal weapons trade, drug manufacturing and other criminal activities.
Mads Brügger’s latest documentary The Mole has become Dr Sales’ fastest-selling documentary ever, closing new deals with dozens of countries in the past eight weeks.
Deals have now been done with Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Zdf); France (Canal+); Spain (Filmin); Japan (Nhk); French-speaking Belgium (Betv); French-speaking Switzerland (Rts); Iceland (Ruv); Netherlands (Vpro); Croatia free TV (Hrt); Israel (Channel 8 & Yes/Dbs); Latvia (Lrt); Czech Republic (Ceska Television); Poland (Against Gravity); and Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo & Albania (Beldocs).
The film...
Mads Brügger’s latest documentary The Mole has become Dr Sales’ fastest-selling documentary ever, closing new deals with dozens of countries in the past eight weeks.
Deals have now been done with Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Zdf); France (Canal+); Spain (Filmin); Japan (Nhk); French-speaking Belgium (Betv); French-speaking Switzerland (Rts); Iceland (Ruv); Netherlands (Vpro); Croatia free TV (Hrt); Israel (Channel 8 & Yes/Dbs); Latvia (Lrt); Czech Republic (Ceska Television); Poland (Against Gravity); and Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo & Albania (Beldocs).
The film...
- 12/18/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Innovative Artists is bolstering its ranks in alternative and unscripted with the hire of Rabih Gholam, who has worked at companies including 51 Minds, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Evolution Media.
Gholam will head up the new Alternative and Unscripted Department and will be based in LA. The division will complement the agency’s Broadcast and Hosting department, led by Babette Perry.
Gholam was most recently Executive Vice President of Development at Evolution Media, the company behind The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as well as the Vanderpump Rules and Botched franchises. He was also President of Unscripted Content at multi-platform content creator Studio 71, where he launched its unscripted division, and was EVP, Alternative Programming at 51 Minds and Ryan Seacrest Productions.
He has exec produced series including The Mole and the original version of The Hills.
“Rabih’s extensive experience and relationships across the spectrum of unscripted, late night, variety...
Gholam will head up the new Alternative and Unscripted Department and will be based in LA. The division will complement the agency’s Broadcast and Hosting department, led by Babette Perry.
Gholam was most recently Executive Vice President of Development at Evolution Media, the company behind The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as well as the Vanderpump Rules and Botched franchises. He was also President of Unscripted Content at multi-platform content creator Studio 71, where he launched its unscripted division, and was EVP, Alternative Programming at 51 Minds and Ryan Seacrest Productions.
He has exec produced series including The Mole and the original version of The Hills.
“Rabih’s extensive experience and relationships across the spectrum of unscripted, late night, variety...
- 12/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema Eye Honors (Ceh) announced the nominees for its 14th annual awards on December 10, raising the profile of three contenders in the Documentary Feature Oscar derby. Garrett Bradley‘s “Time,” Victor Kossakovsky‘s “Gunda,” and Alexander Nanau‘s “Collective” all reaped bids for Best Documentary Feature, Direction and Editing.
“Time” leads the Ceh’s nominees with six overall, including Debut, Score and Audience Choice. “Gunda” added Cinematography to its tally for four overall, equal to the four for “Collective” which added Production. The other two films nominated for Feature are Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss‘s “Boys State” and Kirsten Johnson‘s “Dick Johnson Is Dead.”
In the last five years the group has matched with the academy’s documentary branch on three nominees, including a nomination and win last year for the eventual Oscar champ “American Factory.” With that precedent in mind, we might expect three of Ceh’s...
“Time” leads the Ceh’s nominees with six overall, including Debut, Score and Audience Choice. “Gunda” added Cinematography to its tally for four overall, equal to the four for “Collective” which added Production. The other two films nominated for Feature are Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss‘s “Boys State” and Kirsten Johnson‘s “Dick Johnson Is Dead.”
In the last five years the group has matched with the academy’s documentary branch on three nominees, including a nomination and win last year for the eventual Oscar champ “American Factory.” With that precedent in mind, we might expect three of Ceh’s...
- 12/11/2020
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
The influential Cinema Eye Honors nominations, voted on by documentary filmmakers, help to narrow the wide field for documentary awards contenders. Amazon Studios release “Time,” Garrett Bradley’s poetic black-and-white portrait of one family’s struggle through years of incarceration, leads the field with six nominations, including Outstanding Feature, Direction, Editing, Score and Debut.
Garnering four nominations: Alexander Nanau’s Romanian health system exposé “Collective” (Magnolia), Victor Kossakovsky’s story of a mother pig, “Gunda” (Neon), and David France’s “Welcome to Chechnya” (HBO) with four.
With three nominations each: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ “Boys State” (Apple), Kirsten Johnson’s “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Netflix), Liz Garbus’ series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” (HBO), Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian Oscar submission “Notturno” (Super Ltd), and Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw’s “The Truffle Hunters” (Sony Pictures Classics).
Per usual, prolific Netflix leads all distributors/broadcasters with thirteen nominations, while HBO Documentary Films grabbed ten,...
Garnering four nominations: Alexander Nanau’s Romanian health system exposé “Collective” (Magnolia), Victor Kossakovsky’s story of a mother pig, “Gunda” (Neon), and David France’s “Welcome to Chechnya” (HBO) with four.
With three nominations each: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ “Boys State” (Apple), Kirsten Johnson’s “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Netflix), Liz Garbus’ series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” (HBO), Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian Oscar submission “Notturno” (Super Ltd), and Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw’s “The Truffle Hunters” (Sony Pictures Classics).
Per usual, prolific Netflix leads all distributors/broadcasters with thirteen nominations, while HBO Documentary Films grabbed ten,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The influential Cinema Eye Honors nominations, voted on by documentary filmmakers, help to narrow the wide field for documentary awards contenders. Amazon Studios release “Time,” Garrett Bradley’s poetic black-and-white portrait of one family’s struggle through years of incarceration, leads the field with six nominations, including Outstanding Feature, Direction, Editing, Score and Debut.
Garnering four nominations: Alexander Nanau’s Romanian health system exposé “Collective” (Magnolia), Victor Kossakovsky’s story of a mother pig, “Gunda” (Neon), and David France’s “Welcome to Chechnya” (HBO) with four.
With three nominations each: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ “Boys State” (Apple), Kirsten Johnson’s “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Netflix), Liz Garbus’ series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” (HBO), Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian Oscar submission “Notturno” (Super Ltd), and Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw’s “The Truffle Hunters” (Sony Pictures Classics).
Per usual, prolific Netflix leads all distributors/broadcasters with thirteen nominations, while HBO Documentary Films grabbed ten,...
Garnering four nominations: Alexander Nanau’s Romanian health system exposé “Collective” (Magnolia), Victor Kossakovsky’s story of a mother pig, “Gunda” (Neon), and David France’s “Welcome to Chechnya” (HBO) with four.
With three nominations each: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ “Boys State” (Apple), Kirsten Johnson’s “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Netflix), Liz Garbus’ series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” (HBO), Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian Oscar submission “Notturno” (Super Ltd), and Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw’s “The Truffle Hunters” (Sony Pictures Classics).
Per usual, prolific Netflix leads all distributors/broadcasters with thirteen nominations, while HBO Documentary Films grabbed ten,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“You are seven years old. You are a man. Bury your first toy and your mother’s picture.”
Alejandro Jodorowsky: 4K Restoration Collection
will be available on September 18th. The deluxe box set by Abkco will include the surrealist filmmaker’s latest Psychomagic, A Healing Art, along with 4K restorations of El Topo, The Holy Mountain, and Fando Y Lis.
Loaded with extras and ephemera, the box set features a 78-page book
with photos and essays, a set of art cards together with four
Blu-ray discs, and two CDs housed in a high-quality case. Check Out this ‘Unboxing’ Video:
Psychomagic, A Healing Art will be available as part of Abkco Films’ Alejandro Jodorowsky: 4K Restoration Collection, due to release on September 18, 2020. This deluxe box set also includes The Maestro’s films Fando y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain, each meticulously restored in 4K on Blu-ray, along with...
Alejandro Jodorowsky: 4K Restoration Collection
will be available on September 18th. The deluxe box set by Abkco will include the surrealist filmmaker’s latest Psychomagic, A Healing Art, along with 4K restorations of El Topo, The Holy Mountain, and Fando Y Lis.
Loaded with extras and ephemera, the box set features a 78-page book
with photos and essays, a set of art cards together with four
Blu-ray discs, and two CDs housed in a high-quality case. Check Out this ‘Unboxing’ Video:
Psychomagic, A Healing Art will be available as part of Abkco Films’ Alejandro Jodorowsky: 4K Restoration Collection, due to release on September 18, 2020. This deluxe box set also includes The Maestro’s films Fando y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain, each meticulously restored in 4K on Blu-ray, along with...
- 8/20/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Akelarre Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival
The Official Selection at San Sebastian Film Festival has been expanded by the announcement of several Spanish titles, including Pablo Agüero’s Akelarre and Antonio Méndez Esparza’s Courtroom 3H.
Akelarre is a period film which sees women accused of witchcraft and marks the second time Agüero has competed for the Golden Shell after Eva Doesn't Sleep in 2015. Esparza, who won the Fipresci prize at the festival with his previous drama Life And Nothing More returns with a documentary observing a Floridian court that deals with family cases.
Two series also join the line-up - Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s six-part Riot Police, playing out of competition, and Aitor Gabilondo’s eight-episode Patria, which will be a special screening.
The festival has previously announced that the Official Selection will open with Woody Allen's Rifkin's Festival, which will also play out of competition.
In...
The Official Selection at San Sebastian Film Festival has been expanded by the announcement of several Spanish titles, including Pablo Agüero’s Akelarre and Antonio Méndez Esparza’s Courtroom 3H.
Akelarre is a period film which sees women accused of witchcraft and marks the second time Agüero has competed for the Golden Shell after Eva Doesn't Sleep in 2015. Esparza, who won the Fipresci prize at the festival with his previous drama Life And Nothing More returns with a documentary observing a Floridian court that deals with family cases.
Two series also join the line-up - Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s six-part Riot Police, playing out of competition, and Aitor Gabilondo’s eight-episode Patria, which will be a special screening.
The festival has previously announced that the Official Selection will open with Woody Allen's Rifkin's Festival, which will also play out of competition.
In...
- 8/5/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In the early 2000s, reality TV swarmed our screens, dominated magazine covers and became the guilty pleasure centerpiece of water-cooler television. Though they weren’t all Top Chefs and American Idols, unscripted shows were inescapable (and still are!) as networks threw idea after idea at the wall to see what stuck. Luckily for TV fans, the reality rage left us with some unsung gems on which we can now shine a much-deserved light.
Despite never fading away like the fad many thought it was, the reality-tv boom gave us some highly bingeable programs that since have slipped through the cracks.
Despite never fading away like the fad many thought it was, the reality-tv boom gave us some highly bingeable programs that since have slipped through the cracks.
- 5/22/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: 3 Ball Productions, the company behind Paramount Network’s Bar Rescue, is developing a U.S. version of pandemic-proof Belgian competition series The Container Cup.
In a competitive situation, the company, which previously produced The Biggest Loser, optioned the rights to the Belgian format, which was developed, sold, produced and aired under shelter-in-place orders in the small European country.
It marks one of the first international Covid-proof formats to make it to market with 3 Ball taking it out imminently to broadcasters.
The Container Cup pits athletic celebrities against professional athletes in a series of intense challenges covering a number of sports except it all takes place inside two massive shipping containers, each equipped with numerous cameras and delivered directly to the competitors’ respective homes.
In the Belgian format, 30 athletes competed in seven disciplines including a 1.5 km distance run, a climbing course with monkey bars, hit a golf ball as far away as possible,...
In a competitive situation, the company, which previously produced The Biggest Loser, optioned the rights to the Belgian format, which was developed, sold, produced and aired under shelter-in-place orders in the small European country.
It marks one of the first international Covid-proof formats to make it to market with 3 Ball taking it out imminently to broadcasters.
The Container Cup pits athletic celebrities against professional athletes in a series of intense challenges covering a number of sports except it all takes place inside two massive shipping containers, each equipped with numerous cameras and delivered directly to the competitors’ respective homes.
In the Belgian format, 30 athletes competed in seven disciplines including a 1.5 km distance run, a climbing course with monkey bars, hit a golf ball as far away as possible,...
- 5/21/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sharon Levy is on a roll. For two years in a row, Endemol Shine North America — where Levy serves as president of unscripted and scripted programming — has been a part of the top-rated new show in primetime.
This year, it’s “Lego Masters,” which is averaging a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 in Live+7 ratings. Last year, it was “The Masked Singer,” the top-rated reality show of the last seven years. (Both shows air on Fox; Endemol Shine is no longer involved in “Masked Singer.”) Besides “Lego Masters,” in recent weeks Endemol Shine has also produced revivals of two major unscripted franchises: “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for Hgtv and “The Biggest Loser” at USA.
“Overall it’s been a really rewarding two years,” said Levy, who arrived at Endemol Shine in 2017 after 12 years at Spike TV (which was later morphed into Paramount Network).
Levy had been head of original series at Spike,...
This year, it’s “Lego Masters,” which is averaging a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 in Live+7 ratings. Last year, it was “The Masked Singer,” the top-rated reality show of the last seven years. (Both shows air on Fox; Endemol Shine is no longer involved in “Masked Singer.”) Besides “Lego Masters,” in recent weeks Endemol Shine has also produced revivals of two major unscripted franchises: “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for Hgtv and “The Biggest Loser” at USA.
“Overall it’s been a really rewarding two years,” said Levy, who arrived at Endemol Shine in 2017 after 12 years at Spike TV (which was later morphed into Paramount Network).
Levy had been head of original series at Spike,...
- 3/4/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Other new titles include ‘Seberg’ and ‘Uncut Gems’.
eOne’s 1917, directed by Sam Mendes, and Universal’s Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart, are among the new openers at the UK box office this weekend.
First World War thriller 1917 arrives on a wave of critical acclaim, which includes nine Bafta nominations and Golden Globe wins for best drama film and best director. It will be distributed in the UK by eOne in 686 cinemas.
Told in what appears to be one continuous shot, the film primarily centres on two young British soldiers on a mission to deliver a message deep in enemy territory.
eOne’s 1917, directed by Sam Mendes, and Universal’s Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart, are among the new openers at the UK box office this weekend.
First World War thriller 1917 arrives on a wave of critical acclaim, which includes nine Bafta nominations and Golden Globe wins for best drama film and best director. It will be distributed in the UK by eOne in 686 cinemas.
Told in what appears to be one continuous shot, the film primarily centres on two young British soldiers on a mission to deliver a message deep in enemy territory.
- 1/10/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The veteran director stars as a black-clad horseman on a bizarre desert quest with worrying Mansonesque overtones in his rereleased head trip of 1970
Now 90 and still a vigorously engaged public figure, the midnight-movie magus, comic-book artist and tarot enthusiast Alejandro Jodorowsky has become the touchstone for a certain kind of untamed cinema, the last survivor-practitioner of underground freaky radicalism, standing up to corporate blandness with his countercultural film-making. A remarkable late-flowering of creativity recently brought us his highly personal films The Dance of Reality (2013) and Endless Poetry (2016). Now we can see his 1970 breakthrough, El Topo (The Mole), which is on rerelease.
Influenced by Sergio Leone, Tod Browning, Luis Buñuel and (worryingly) Charles Manson, it’s a bizarre head-trip festival of occult psychedelia, heatstroke visuals, Age-of-Aquarius nude dancing and violence through poster-paint fake blood splattered about the place. After seeing El Topo in 1970, Jodorowsky superfan John Lennon famously promoted and yet...
Now 90 and still a vigorously engaged public figure, the midnight-movie magus, comic-book artist and tarot enthusiast Alejandro Jodorowsky has become the touchstone for a certain kind of untamed cinema, the last survivor-practitioner of underground freaky radicalism, standing up to corporate blandness with his countercultural film-making. A remarkable late-flowering of creativity recently brought us his highly personal films The Dance of Reality (2013) and Endless Poetry (2016). Now we can see his 1970 breakthrough, El Topo (The Mole), which is on rerelease.
Influenced by Sergio Leone, Tod Browning, Luis Buñuel and (worryingly) Charles Manson, it’s a bizarre head-trip festival of occult psychedelia, heatstroke visuals, Age-of-Aquarius nude dancing and violence through poster-paint fake blood splattered about the place. After seeing El Topo in 1970, Jodorowsky superfan John Lennon famously promoted and yet...
- 1/9/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Eddie Murphy’s return to the screen in Dolemite Is My Name has put him in the awards mix, and he seems poised to regain his position atop the comedy heap starting with tomorrow’s historic return to Saturday Night Live for the first time in 35 years, and with a stand-up comedy special and reprises in Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop. The latter will be at Netflix, which turned the long-gestating Dolemite project into a hit viewed by more than 40 million in its first two weeks. It’s the fifth movie collaboration between Murphy and producer John Davis — along with Doctor Dolittle and its sequel, Daddy Day Care, and the outrageous Norbit, in which Murphy played dual roles. Here, they talk about a long collaborative relationship.
Deadline: Eddie, what is the biggest thing John Davis has done to endear himself to you that you have now made five movies with him,...
Deadline: Eddie, what is the biggest thing John Davis has done to endear himself to you that you have now made five movies with him,...
- 12/20/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Arrow Video goes for the metaphysical jugular this coming March with a trip of amazing looking releases that already have me drooling and checking my couch cushions for cash. First up in an incredible box set of early films from Chilean master, Alejandro Jodorowsky. This set collects Jodo's first three films, Fando Y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain, all three of which having undergone 4K restorations premiering on home video here. On top of a mountain of previously available material gathered from various releases, there is plenty of new content including interviews and Jodorowsky's latest film, Psychomagic, an exploration of his own healing work. This set is exclusively available in the UK, and if you didn't have a region free Blu-ray disc player...
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- 12/20/2019
- Screen Anarchy
The term “midnight movie” has a lot of connotations: Alien babies, giant bunny rabbits, kinky sex dungeons galore. It’s the type of film with a cultish following epitomized by “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Eraserhead,” “El Topo,” “Donnie Darko,” “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” not to mention countless horror movies catering to a young, splatter-obsessed male audience.
But these aren’t the whole story. Over the years, the midnight movie has become a vehicle for women and filmmakers of color to explore issues that more mainstream films might not — and this year, a more diverse group of creators is making midnight movies that are more outside-the-box than ever.
Consider “Greener Grass.” The Sundance discovery, in limited release now by IFC Midnight in select markets and on VOD, marks the directorial debut of Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. Set in a suburban community where everyone wears pastel sundresses, drives golf carts,...
But these aren’t the whole story. Over the years, the midnight movie has become a vehicle for women and filmmakers of color to explore issues that more mainstream films might not — and this year, a more diverse group of creators is making midnight movies that are more outside-the-box than ever.
Consider “Greener Grass.” The Sundance discovery, in limited release now by IFC Midnight in select markets and on VOD, marks the directorial debut of Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. Set in a suburban community where everyone wears pastel sundresses, drives golf carts,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Exhibitor, distributor, producer and director — one of the seminal figures of the modern American independent film movement, Ben Barenholtz, died last Wednesday in Prague. He was 83. In the late ’60s, Barenholtz programmed New York rep house the Elgin Cinema, where his scheduled mixed experimental films with mainstream movies. It was also where he popularized the concept of the “midnight movie,” playing Alejandro Jodoworsky’s El Topo for months on end. Another midnight movie — Eraserhead — was an early marquee title of Barenholtz’s first distribution company, Libra Films, and later, at Circle Films, he bought and distributed the classic […]...
- 7/3/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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