How lucky are we? I suppose that depends upon how you feel about the work of director Steven Soderbergh. One of the most deliberately eclectic and diverse filmmakers in the history of Hollywood, Soderbergh has seen fit to shift gears abruptly from mainstream big-budget potboiler (Ocean's 11, Haywire, King of the Hill, Out of Sight) to artsy fartsy experimental throughout his entire career (Schizopolis, Bubble, Full Frontal), letting the two blend occasionally, just to keep things even more interesting (Magic Mike, Traffic, The Limey). Since his 1989 indie film world sensation sex, lies and videotape, he's never stopped. Even his much ballyhooed retirement from feature filmmaking resulted in him directing every episode of two seasons of the turn of the century medical television series, The...
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- 8/18/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Year By The Sea screens Saturday, Nov. 12 at 8:00pm at The Tivoli Theater as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Writer/director/composer Alexander Janko, producer Laura Goodenow, and star Karen Allen, a 2016 Women in Film Award honoree, will be in attendance. Ticket information can be found Here
After 30 years as a wife and mother, empty-nester Joan Anderson (Karen Allen) retreats to Cape Cod rather than follow her relocated husband (Michael Cristofer) to Kansas. Intent on rediscovering herself, but plagued with guilt, she questions her decision until stumbling on a spirited mentor, Joan Erikson (Celia Imrie), wife of the famed psychologist Erik Erikson. Supported by her literary agent (S. Epatha Merkerson) and a host of locals, including a sexy fisherman (Yannick Bisson), Joan learns to embrace the ebb and flow of life — ultimately discovering the balance between self and sacrifice, obligation and desire. Based on...
After 30 years as a wife and mother, empty-nester Joan Anderson (Karen Allen) retreats to Cape Cod rather than follow her relocated husband (Michael Cristofer) to Kansas. Intent on rediscovering herself, but plagued with guilt, she questions her decision until stumbling on a spirited mentor, Joan Erikson (Celia Imrie), wife of the famed psychologist Erik Erikson. Supported by her literary agent (S. Epatha Merkerson) and a host of locals, including a sexy fisherman (Yannick Bisson), Joan learns to embrace the ebb and flow of life — ultimately discovering the balance between self and sacrifice, obligation and desire. Based on...
- 11/8/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After scoring a number of films for acclaimed directors Nicolas Winding Refn & Steven Soderbergh over the years, composer Cliff Martinez is ready to embark on a whole new kind of challenge in the world of comic book movies. Earlier today, Film Music Reporter learned that Martinez has signed on to score James Mangold's upcoming Wolverine sequel, which stars the Academy Award-nominated Hugh Jackman in his final outing as the fan-favorite hero. He'll take over from Marco Beltrami, who scored 2013's The Wolverine. Details on the film's plot are being kept under lock-and-key, but it's been heavily rumored that the film could possibly be a loose adaptation of the Old Man Logan and/or Death of Wolverine storylines. Principal photography is currently underway in New Orleans. Martinez is best known for his work on over ten different Soderbergh projects for film and television, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape, King of the Hill,...
- 7/1/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Read More: Review: 'Magic Mike Xxl' is Steven Soderbergh's Striptease Concert Film (And That's Just Fine) Since serving as assistant director on 1993's "King of the Hill," Gregory Jacobs has become one of Steven Soderbergh's closest collaborators – perhaps the closest, so long as you rule out Soderbergh's pseudonymous cinematographer Peter Andrews and editor Mary Ann Bernard. In addition to assistant directing all subsequent Soderbergh titles, including the first season of "The Knick," Jacobs has also served as a producer or an executive producer on everything from "Solaris" to "Behind the Candelabra," as well as Doug Liman's recent hit, "Edge of Tomorrow." With "Magic Mike Xxl," Jacobs picks up where his mentor left off, at the helm of one of the most aesthetically entertaining and cunningly clever potential franchises of the aughts. Indiewire spoke to Jacobs about juggling his many hats, working with Soderbergh, and...
- 6/30/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Indiewire
Magic Mike Xxl is not directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has retired from feature filmmaking. But what’s in a name? Magic Mike Xxl is directed by Gregory Jacobs, Soderbergh’s regular 1st Ad since 1993’s King of the Hill, is crewed by Soderbergh regulars (production designer Howard Cummings and set director Eric R. Johnson have been onhand since Contagion), and was shot and edited by the man himself. The trailer’s color palette — muted and dark, with strong golds and shadows — is accordingly exactly what you’d get from a Soderbergh film, and it even opens with the same ’70s WB Saul Bass-designed logo that […]...
- 2/4/2015
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Magic Mike Xxl is not directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has retired from feature filmmaking. But what’s in a name? Magic Mike Xxl is directed by Gregory Jacobs, Soderbergh’s regular 1st Ad since 1993’s King of the Hill, is crewed by Soderbergh regulars (production designer Howard Cummings and set director Eric R. Johnson have been onhand since Contagion), and was shot and edited by the man himself. The trailer’s color palette — muted and dark, with strong golds and shadows — is accordingly exactly what you’d get from a Soderbergh film, and it even opens with the same ’70s WB Saul Bass-designed logo that […]...
- 2/4/2015
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
If you're a member of Austin Film Society, tonight marks the first event in a new monthly series called Free Member Fridays! Actor Thomas Haden Church and director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais will be at the Marchesa for a special screening of their new film Whitewash. It is free for Afs members and general admission tickets will also be available for $15 at the door subject to capacity. Afs also is presenting the new release Hateship Loveship on Sunday afternoon. While this IFC Films release is available on VOD, this (along with a second showing next Friday) is your only chance to catch it locally on the big screen. The movie stars Kristen Wiig and Guy Pearce and is an adaptation of a story by Alice Munro. Richard Linklater's Jewels In The Wasteland series returns on Wednesday night with a 35mm print of Coppola's 1983 feature Rumble Fish. Finally, the week in movies...
- 5/2/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
When director Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven," "Magic Mike") announced that he fully intended on following through with his long-discussed retirement, film fanatics everywhere mourned, crying deeply into their Criterion Blu-ray box set of "Che" and wondering what would become of modern cinema.
But he hasn't exactly been resting on his laurels (if that were even possible) -- several of his older films have either been reissued in HD (like "King of the Hill") or are currently being worked on ("Kafka," finally), he's just directed an off-Broadway play in New York ("The Library," written by his frequent collaborator Scott Z. Burns) and, over on his website, he does continually weird stuff like re-editing "Psycho" and "Heaven's Gate."
But the biggest, most ambitious, and most hotly anticipated post-retirement Soderbergh joint is happening this summer: "The Knick," a limited-run Cinemax series that stars Clive Owen as a doctor working at the Knickerbocker Hospital in turn-of-the-century New York.
But he hasn't exactly been resting on his laurels (if that were even possible) -- several of his older films have either been reissued in HD (like "King of the Hill") or are currently being worked on ("Kafka," finally), he's just directed an off-Broadway play in New York ("The Library," written by his frequent collaborator Scott Z. Burns) and, over on his website, he does continually weird stuff like re-editing "Psycho" and "Heaven's Gate."
But the biggest, most ambitious, and most hotly anticipated post-retirement Soderbergh joint is happening this summer: "The Knick," a limited-run Cinemax series that stars Clive Owen as a doctor working at the Knickerbocker Hospital in turn-of-the-century New York.
- 4/28/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
While we’ve known for a while that Channing Tatum is hard at work on the Magic Mike sequel – the man himself recently tweeted photographic evidence – but most other details were still hidden. Now The Playlist has it that Greg Jacobs will be the man to direct the new film, and that it will be called Magic Mike Xxl.The word arrives from “sources”, so we can’t treat it as official yet, but Jacobs certainly isn’t a stranger to the world of Magic Mike, nor the first film’s director, Steven Soderbergh. He’s served as first assistant director for Soderbergh since King Of The Hill and has been a producer on his films for several years. So while there had been chatter about Tatum or writing/producing partner Reid Carolin taking the reins, Jacobs would seem to be a smart choice. Jacobs has also called the shots...
- 3/30/2014
- EmpireOnline
Hey, ladies. Here’s the news you’re waiting for.
As you may know our very own Kellvin Chavez got a chance to talk to Joe Manganiello on Sunday in NYC and Joe said that the sequel to Magic Mike will start shooting in the Fall.
Magic Mike fans Joe Manganiello told me the sequel will start shooting in the fall.
— LatinoReview-Kel (@Latinoreview) March 24, 2014
The Playlist is reporting director Greg Jacobs will helm the project and the title of the sequel will be “Magic Mike Xxl”
“Magic Mike” director Steven Soderbergh will remain as an executive produce. Jacob was first assistant director to Soderbergh on “King Of the Hill” and listed as producer on most of his films. He has a couple of films as director under his belt including “Wind Chill” and “Criminal.”
Most of the cast of “Magic Mike” is expected to return. It will begin shooting in the fall.
As you may know our very own Kellvin Chavez got a chance to talk to Joe Manganiello on Sunday in NYC and Joe said that the sequel to Magic Mike will start shooting in the Fall.
Magic Mike fans Joe Manganiello told me the sequel will start shooting in the fall.
— LatinoReview-Kel (@Latinoreview) March 24, 2014
The Playlist is reporting director Greg Jacobs will helm the project and the title of the sequel will be “Magic Mike Xxl”
“Magic Mike” director Steven Soderbergh will remain as an executive produce. Jacob was first assistant director to Soderbergh on “King Of the Hill” and listed as producer on most of his films. He has a couple of films as director under his belt including “Wind Chill” and “Criminal.”
Most of the cast of “Magic Mike” is expected to return. It will begin shooting in the fall.
- 3/28/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Last summer, we knew Magic Mike 2 was happening, but with Steven Soderbergh retiring from filmmaking, no one was sure who would direct. There was a chance that Channing Tatum and his producing partner Reid Carolin might step up to direct, and Soderbergh said he would help out as director of photography, but it sounds like the sequel is going with another name from behind the scenes of the original male stripper movie. The Playlist has learned that the film will be appropriately and hilariously called Magic Mike Xxl, and first assistant director Greg Jacobs is stepping up to direct it. More below! This isn't all that surprising, and it's not a choice out of left field, because Jacobs has been working with Soderbergh for years. Jacobs has been Soderbergh's go-to Ad starting with King of the Hill and running through the Ocean's Eleven franchise, Out of Sight, Bubble, Erin Brockovich,...
- 3/28/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Hot on the heels of Joe Manganiello's informal announcement that the sequel to Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike" will shoot this fall, new details about the stripper dramedy have emerged. "I think they’re going to announce it soon," the actor said. And he's right. While potential helmers to take over the directing chair for the sequel included star and original co-writer Channing Tatum and co-writer/producer Reid Carolin, sources close to the camp tell The Playlist that a filmmaker has been found: Greg Jacobs. And that the title of the sequel will be "Magic Mike Xxl." Look for an “official announcement” soon, but the team behind the movie has decided on their man. With Soderbergh remaining as an executive producer on the project, Jacobs' name comes as little surprise—he’s been the director’s right hand man and creative partner for decades. He's been Soderbergh's first Ad since "King Of The Hill,...
- 3/28/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
After a pair of edgy indies and a Palme d’Or to boot, Steven Soderbergh was given his first opportunity to bed down with the studio system and take advantage of the much deeper pockets that such an opportunity affords, but no one expected that under the watch of Universal the young auteur would make the polished and saccharine King of the Hill his first project. Adapted from A. E. Hotchner’s depression era memoir of the same title in which a preadolescent boy named Aaron is faced with the harsh realities of true poverty, Soderbergh’s first studio effort remains a wholesome oddity within a filmography that seems increasingly chameleonic, but rarely sentimental. After the subversion of Sex, Lies, and Videotape and the experimentalism of the bio-pic Kafka, the chances that his next film would boast the fluffiness of a made for TV afternoon special about how hard it...
- 2/25/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Following the release of Sex, Lies, and Videotape in 1989, Steven Soderbergh was poised for stardom as the darling of the indie scene. He sat at the head table in a push to change the face of cinema. Unlike contemporaries like Tarantino, his predicted rise didn’t happen right away. He followed the popular debut with Kafka and King of the Hill, and neither came close to earning a significant return. The talent was there, but Soderbergh needed more than critical praise to keep his career intact. His next step was 1995’s The Underneath, a low-key noir film that didn’t change his perception as a director with limited appeal. Despite a convincing lead performance from Peter Gallagher, it earned just over $500,000 on a more than $6 million budget. Was Soderbergh doomed to slip completely off the map? Despite the lack of financial rewards, this movie contains the elements that served him well several years later.
- 11/29/2013
- by Dan Heaton
- SoundOnSight
When a filmmaker creates a period piece, the audience will expect certain details to be highlighted as an effort of world-building and cinematic magic. They are commonly referred to as costume dramas, a display of a large amount of money pumped into costume and set design to amaze modern audiences in their plight for historicity. With The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann was able to milk our infatuation to the point that several men’s fashion designers crafted clothing lines around the film. There are anywhere from one to three big pictures like this each year that will flaunt their stars in period-perfect garb, take home their Best Picture Oscar, and fall into obscurity. What may rescue many of these films is their ability to not simply match the look of the past, but its feeling, the atmosphere of the times that helps audiences relate to characters long dead and presented in unimaginable circumstances.
- 11/26/2013
- by Zach Lewis
- SoundOnSight
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 25, 2014
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jesse Bradford is King of the Hill.
The 1993 drama King of the Hill represented the first Hollywood studio production for Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a few years earlier.
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent (Bring It On’s Jesse Bradford) who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips.
An evocative period piece about growing up, the film is faithfully adapted from the memoir by the novelist A. E. Hotchner. Among the ever versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films, it features a strong supporting cast that includes...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jesse Bradford is King of the Hill.
The 1993 drama King of the Hill represented the first Hollywood studio production for Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a few years earlier.
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent (Bring It On’s Jesse Bradford) who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips.
An evocative period piece about growing up, the film is faithfully adapted from the memoir by the novelist A. E. Hotchner. Among the ever versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films, it features a strong supporting cast that includes...
- 11/20/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Criterion has announced their February 2014 titles and among them is the lone Wes Anderson film that was previously missing from the collection (edit: aside from Moonrise Kingdom and yes, this is Criterion's first animated film, post laserdisc era), Fantastic Mr. Fox, which was previously released by Fox Searchlight, but is now getting the full Criterion treatment. Here's a look at the features: New digital master, approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary featuring Anderson Storyboard animatics for the entire film Footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, and the recording of the score Interviews with cast and crew Puppet animation tests Photo gallery of puppets, props, and sets Animated awards acceptance speeches Audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading the book on which the film is based Gallery of Dahl's original manuscripts Discussion and analysis of the...
- 11/15/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Cannes Film Festival accorded Steven Soderbergh's lush period melodrama "Behind the Candelabra" a prime competition slot (his fourth) for a reason. While it's not the first time an HBO movie has played in the mainbar (Stephen Hopkins' "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" was in competition in 2004), it will be Soderbergh's last, if he sticks to his planned retirement from making films. With "Behind the Candelabra," the 50-year-old filmmaker is coming full circle at Cannes. He landed in competition with his first film in 1989, "sex lies and videotape," even though it had played Sundance, and took home the Palme d'Or. "It's not often you get the opportunity to arrange that kind of symmetry," Soderbergh told The Huffington Post. "It's funny to think about how long ago that was." If "Behind the Candelabra" is his final film, it's a winner, easily among the best of his 26 features...
- 5/27/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
If you haven't assumed the notion by now, Steven Soderbergh is pretty much the ideal interview subject (check out our recent conversation with him here). Witty, relatable, and willing to divulge extensive behind-the-scenes details, the director has faced his indefinite hiatus with reflections galore, the latest of which concerns his turn away from screenwriting, and more toward the cinematographer role he's so frequently explored. Starting with his Sundance breakout hit, “sex lies and videotape,” Soderbergh supplied the scripts for his and other directors' films throughout the '90s, including “King of the Hill,” “Schizopolis” and Gregory Jacob's “Criminal” (under the pseudonym Peter Lowry). However, he stopped after 2002's “Solaris” to start on his trail of collaborations with other writers, and speaking with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky over at Mubi, he claims there's a simple answer as to why -- namely, that “writing is the worst job in the...
- 3/1/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Leading up to our 400th recording, we’ve decided to record our fourth Steven Soderbergh special. This time, we discuss the director’s last theatrical release, Side Effects as well as his criminally under-seen coming of age flick, King of the Hill. Ricky D takes a week off and Josh Spiegel of Mousterpiece Cinema takes his place. Remember folks, next week is our big 400 anniversary special, and you don’t want to miss it.
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- 2/19/2013
- by Sound On Sight Podcast
- SoundOnSight
Given that Steven Soderbergh's "final" theatrical release is 'Now Playing' in theaters near you, I thought it was time to look back on his entire oeuvre. His movies stretched from the Palme D'Or winning breakthrough sex, lies and videotape (1989) to the mid-career twinner Traffic & Erin Brockovich (2000) that won him an Oscar and on through a last rush of product in the past 13 months from experimental action Haywire to stripper drama Magic Mike (a Best Picture nominee right here) and culminated with Side Effects.
How many have you seen?
sex, lies and videotape (1989)
Kafka (1991)
King of the Hill (1993)
21 (or so) more after the jump...
How many have you seen?
sex, lies and videotape (1989)
Kafka (1991)
King of the Hill (1993)
21 (or so) more after the jump...
- 2/11/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The best reason to see "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," executive produced by Alicia Keys and premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, is the breakout star turn by young actor Skylan Brooks. Unfortunately, he's also pretty much the only reason to see a movie that's more sentimental than moving and more cutesy than credible.
At least "Mister and Pete" is as cutesy as a movie about the hard knocks of ghetto life can be. Brooks stars as heroic 14-year-old Mister, who struggles at school but dreams of escaping from the projects and achieving his goal of becoming a big time movie star. His mother (Jennifer Hudson, de-glammed and fully committed in an underdeveloped role) is a hardcore heroin addict who supports her habit through prostitution.
Mister routinely sees residents in his neighborhood dragged off to jail and kids shipped off to group homes by child protective services. When...
At least "Mister and Pete" is as cutesy as a movie about the hard knocks of ghetto life can be. Brooks stars as heroic 14-year-old Mister, who struggles at school but dreams of escaping from the projects and achieving his goal of becoming a big time movie star. His mother (Jennifer Hudson, de-glammed and fully committed in an underdeveloped role) is a hardcore heroin addict who supports her habit through prostitution.
Mister routinely sees residents in his neighborhood dragged off to jail and kids shipped off to group homes by child protective services. When...
- 1/21/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The following is the text of the keynote address delivered by Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger at the annual Sundance Film Festival Producers Brunch Sunday, Jan. 20. They are the producers of "King of the Hill," "Election," "Cold Mountain," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Little Children," "Ruby Sparks" and "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman," which will have its world premiere Monday, Jan. 21, at the Eccles Theatre. --------------------------------------- Ron Yerxa: Good Morning Sundance Comrades and Assorted Friends We are so grateful that Sundance has created this beautiful ceremony in honor of our 20th anniversary as partners in Bona Fide Productions. To be totally transparent, this isn't actually our 20th year, it's more like 21 or 23 depending on how you're counting. But our appropriation of this event is in keeping with the central theme of today's talk: "Producers...
- 1/20/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
You guyz. I totes forgot to honor Steven Soderbergh on his 50th birthday on Monday but The Stubborn Jodieness of Jodie, who also just turned the half-century mark, was all I could process. And process. And process. Anyway... Soderbergh announced his retirement so long ago and kept right on making movies that it's started to seem like a comic dark cloud that's hung over his career since, oh, sex, lies and videotape (1989).
I couldn't begin to list my 50 favorite things about him, or even my top ten films since I haven't been a completist and he's often as much of a deterrent as a draw for me (especially this past decade). But there's no denying that he's a restless, creative guy who occassionally crafts something masterful.
Here are his five essential films according to my brain... aka my favorites. I love them so much more than the rest of his...
I couldn't begin to list my 50 favorite things about him, or even my top ten films since I haven't been a completist and he's often as much of a deterrent as a draw for me (especially this past decade). But there's no denying that he's a restless, creative guy who occassionally crafts something masterful.
Here are his five essential films according to my brain... aka my favorites. I love them so much more than the rest of his...
- 1/16/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Producers Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger have built up a helluva CV over the years, with their names gracing films like "Little Miss Sunshine," "Cold Mountain," "King Of The Hill," "Chuck & Buck" and Alexander Payne's upcoming "Nebraska." With their latest effort "Ruby Sparks" now in theaters, Thompson On Hollywood recently caught up with the pair, and they provided an update on a handful of projects they have in the works, including one which has gained a helmer coming off a summer blockbuster. The duo revealed that director Marc Webb is now attached to helm "The Only Living Boy In New York." Last we heard, the project had Seth Gordon and Logan Lerman on board with the latter coincidentally a contender for the lead at one point for Webb's own recent film about a boy (and superhero) in New York, "The Amazing Spider-Man." A project in gestation for nearly 7 years,...
- 8/15/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
At a time when it has never been tougher to get a movie made, credit is due to indie producers Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger, who have slowly but surely turned out quality indie pics ever since they hung their Bona Fide Productions shingle back in 1993. Their most recent film, romantic comedy "Ruby Sparks," marks the return to the screen of Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, the husband and wife team who directed sleeper hit "Little Miss Sunshine," released by Fox Searchlight after it broke out at Sundance 2006. While Big Beach paid for that movie, it was Berger and Yerxa who found the script from eventual Oscar-winner Michael Arndt--his first produced screenplay--and brought in music video directors Dayton and Faris. The movie was a hit, but these producers have never been about making money. Check out their movies: Steven Soderbergh tearjerker "King of the Hill" (1993), Alexander Payne high school satire "Election" (1999), wedding comedy.
- 8/14/2012
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) is one of the most beloved zombie slayers in town thanks to The Walking Dead‘s first showrunner Frank Darabont and Dixon’s brilliantly reserved portrayal by Reedus. His skill with a crossbow and unique little-brother relationship to racist-redneck Merle has now earned him the coveted spot as lead character in a new Twd video game.
Although Telltale games has been releasing comic book inspired gamed, which center on strong storytelling and quicktime clips, Walking Dead has extended its license to Activision, which will be releasing a new First-Person Shooter (Fps) based on the AMC TV series.
Editor’S Pick: Interview – “Hi My Name is Daryl: Norman Reedus”
It’s a stealth driven game where, according to Activision: “No place is truly safe for Daryl as he makes his way through the Georgia countryside in this new, post-apocalyptic world.”
If there are two things I love,...
Although Telltale games has been releasing comic book inspired gamed, which center on strong storytelling and quicktime clips, Walking Dead has extended its license to Activision, which will be releasing a new First-Person Shooter (Fps) based on the AMC TV series.
Editor’S Pick: Interview – “Hi My Name is Daryl: Norman Reedus”
It’s a stealth driven game where, according to Activision: “No place is truly safe for Daryl as he makes his way through the Georgia countryside in this new, post-apocalyptic world.”
If there are two things I love,...
- 7/7/2012
- by Bags Hooper
- BuzzFocus.com
After a lifetime’s worth of straight stage work, and several decades of fine tuning his own signature craft, Spalding Gray’s final long form monologue to be converted for the big screen was the Steven Soderbergh directed Gray’s Anatomy. Two previous works (Jonathan Demme’s Swimming To Cambodia and Nick Broomfield’s Monster In A Box) were basically condensed live performances of Gray’s original monologues captured on film, but Soderbergh is not one to follow in the footsteps of previous creators. So, the live audience was scrapped, the budget was minimized, and home viewers are brought directly into the room with a neurotic man born to recount stories, his glass of water, notebook, and microphone, which is anchored iconically to his wooden desk.
In the wake of his previous successful monologues, Gray was approached to create yet another in hopes of cashing in on his then current popularity.
In the wake of his previous successful monologues, Gray was approached to create yet another in hopes of cashing in on his then current popularity.
- 6/26/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
As any good filmmaker will tell you, a good music composers is a vital part to any film success. Cliff Martinez, perhaps best known for his collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh, has had an interesting and diverse career working on many fantastic films. Last year he created the score for Contagion along with Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive. This year he has returned to Park City as a juror for the Sundance dramatic competition as well as having composed music for the Richard Gere vehicle Arbitrage. I was lucky enough to sit down with the esteemed composer and discuss his career, how he met Soderbergh and advice for aspiring musicians looking to break into film composing.
The Film Stage: How do you decide what kind of projects you want to work on and what attracts you to a filmmaker, film, or script? What needs the Cliff seal of approval?
Cliff Martinez...
The Film Stage: How do you decide what kind of projects you want to work on and what attracts you to a filmmaker, film, or script? What needs the Cliff seal of approval?
Cliff Martinez...
- 1/28/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
With Steven Soderbergh continuing to make headlines this week, it would seem that last week's poll results are still somewhat topical. Bonus! We asked you guys to pick your favourite Soderbergh movie, and the final count was extremely close. In the end, it was Ocean's Eleven by a nose... who'd a thunk it? I know some people were disappointed that Ocean's Twelve and Thirteen weren't on the poll, so I'm assuming this probably included votes for the entire trilogy as well. Traffic was a very close second, and together they made up over 50% of the votes. Out of Sight, The Limey, and his most recent film Contagion rounded out the top 5. Schizopolis and King of the Hill pulled up the rear... apparently they're a little too obscure even for Soderbergh fans. Do you agree with these results? 1. Ocean's Eleven -- 27.2% 2. Traffic -- 26.9% 3. Out of Sight -- 14.4% 4. The Limey -- 9.9% 5. Contagion -- 7.2% 6. Sex,...
- 11/18/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that this year’s “Secret Screening” at AFI Fest presented by Audi will be the debut of Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh’s highly anticipated new film Haywire, starring Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and introducing mixed martial arts (Mma) star Gina Carano in a demanding lead role that has her performing her own high-adrenaline stunts. AFI Fest will roll out the People’s Red Carpet prior to the screening Tonight (November 6) at 9:30 p.m. where all guests can walk the carpet and pose for photos.
A dynamic action-thriller, Haywire tells the story of Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone...
A dynamic action-thriller, Haywire tells the story of Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone...
- 11/6/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Star-studded killer virus movie Contagion mixes the spirit of 70s disaster movies with the tone of The Birds
For a man who recently said he was retiring to pursue painting as his main form of expression, Steven Soderbergh is all around us at the movies right now. In addition to unleashing the bleakest yet most kinetic apocalyptic thriller in years in the form of Contagion, he also had a hand in producing Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin. In the States, Contagion is competing against the smart and critically lauded baseball movie Moneyball, which was a long-nourished Soderbergh project – and still vaguely feels like one – that ended up being directed by Bennett Miller. In the pipeline are The Man From Uncle and a Liberace biopic. Then it's off to his easel, and turpentine.
I'll believe it when I see it. If Soderbergh is retiring, so be it,...
For a man who recently said he was retiring to pursue painting as his main form of expression, Steven Soderbergh is all around us at the movies right now. In addition to unleashing the bleakest yet most kinetic apocalyptic thriller in years in the form of Contagion, he also had a hand in producing Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin. In the States, Contagion is competing against the smart and critically lauded baseball movie Moneyball, which was a long-nourished Soderbergh project – and still vaguely feels like one – that ended up being directed by Bennett Miller. In the pipeline are The Man From Uncle and a Liberace biopic. Then it's off to his easel, and turpentine.
I'll believe it when I see it. If Soderbergh is retiring, so be it,...
- 10/14/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
HollywoodNews.com: It was good news/bad news at the box office this weekend. Two critically-acclaimed adult entries squared off and only only came out shining. The winner for the weekend was Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, grossing $23.1 million from 3,222 screens. The all-star pandemic thriller fits squarely into the realm of Soderbergh’s ‘commercial ventures’. With the exception of Erin Brockovich (which was a Julia Roberts vehicle), Soderbergh alternates between artier and sometimes experimental fare of varying quality (Bubble, The Limey, King of the Hill – good! The Girlfriend Experience, The Good German, Full Frontal – bad!) and all-star genre entries that are inherently populist and commercial even with their occasional artier sensibilities (Ocean’s 11, Traffic, Out of Sight, etc).
But even his commercial ventures are generally aimed at adults with adult sensibilities, so the solid opening weekend is to be celebrated. The well-reviewed film played mostly to the over-25 set, which means...
But even his commercial ventures are generally aimed at adults with adult sensibilities, so the solid opening weekend is to be celebrated. The well-reviewed film played mostly to the over-25 set, which means...
- 9/11/2011
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Says Soderbergh Is Temping The Film With 'French Connection' & 'Marathon Man' Scores Exclusive: Working at a relentless pace, Steven Soderbergh's work ethic has benefitted not only from his drive and focus, but from surrounding himself with a regular group of collaborators who understand his process and approach to filmmaking. And one of those regulars is composer Cliff Martinez (a former drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers too). He has worked with Soderbergh ever since his debut "sex, lies & videotape," contributing to films big and small including "Kafka," "Traffic," "The Limey," "King Of The Hill" and more. The…...
- 4/25/2011
- The Playlist
I'm just going to keep using this one photo I concocted below until people stop with the Hailee Steinfeld is a supporting actress in True Grit meme. I've even seen her so labelled In Reviews that have nothing to do with Oscars. Oscar culture has truly distorted all concepts of narrative in our modern society. I realize that I'm the lone ornery voice of dissent but, so what? I'm demonstrating my own true grit; Hailee would be proud of me... well, except for the part where I wouldn't nominate her.
But, the ageism and sexism of movie awards is really getting to me this year, sorry.
Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), the captain of True Grit's ship. Fact: No teenage boy who was leading a picture like True Grit (just imagine the gender reversed) would ever win any awards beyond "breakthrough." Remember when Leonardo DiCaprio won all those statues for...
But, the ageism and sexism of movie awards is really getting to me this year, sorry.
Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), the captain of True Grit's ship. Fact: No teenage boy who was leading a picture like True Grit (just imagine the gender reversed) would ever win any awards beyond "breakthrough." Remember when Leonardo DiCaprio won all those statues for...
- 12/20/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Before reality television, there was Spalding Gray. Part performance artist, part actor and part journalist, Gray's autobiographical stage performances were mesmerizing. The man was just a natural born storyteller. Armed with only a table and a glass of water, Gray would spend hours interestingly and hysterically exposing the cracks in his mind and his life. He was notoriously depressed, possibly bipolar and after having suffered a 2001 car accident and horrific injuries from which he never truly recovered, in 2004 he followed his mother's lead by committing suicide.
The life in between was filled with success, though Gray himself never seemed to realize it. He acted in many films including The Killing Fields, after which he wrote and performed Swimming to Cambodia, a stage monologue based on his experiences while making Tkf; Swimming to Cambodia later became a Jonathan Demme film. Gray won an Obie for the play and the National Book Award for his writing.
The life in between was filled with success, though Gray himself never seemed to realize it. He acted in many films including The Killing Fields, after which he wrote and performed Swimming to Cambodia, a stage monologue based on his experiences while making Tkf; Swimming to Cambodia later became a Jonathan Demme film. Gray won an Obie for the play and the National Book Award for his writing.
- 12/8/2010
- by Cindy Davis
Now That's A Mouthful With only about five and a half months to go until this thing hits theaters, the Timur Bekmambetov produced, reality based thriller "Apollo 18" is switching directors with Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego replacing the previously attached Trevor Caewood. Lopez-Gallego is a director familiar with The Weinstein Company team as he directed "King Of The Hill" (not to be confused with the Steven Soderbergh film) which was released by Dimension Films (run by Bob Weinstein; see the trailer below). Caewood was originally going to also run the visual effects work through his own company, but with time constraints a…...
- 11/17/2010
- The Playlist
"When I say that this is the most important motion picture you will ever attend my motivation is not financial gain but a firm belief that the delicate fabric that holds all of us together will be ripped apart unless every man, woman, and child in this country sees this film and pays full ticket price, not some bargain, matinee, cut rate deal...In the event that you find certain sequences or ideas confusing, please bear in mind that this is your fault, not ours. You will need to see the picture again and again until you understand everything."-Steven Soderbergh in Schizopolis
Shortly after Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) debuted at Cannes in 1989, a few critics compared Soderbergh's accomplishment with that of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941) nearly fifty years earlier. Here was another film, written and directed by a twenty-five year old (Greatness at before thirty?...
Shortly after Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) debuted at Cannes in 1989, a few critics compared Soderbergh's accomplishment with that of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941) nearly fifty years earlier. Here was another film, written and directed by a twenty-five year old (Greatness at before thirty?...
- 8/24/2010
- by Drew Morton
Oscar winner Adrien Brody is back in theaters with Predators (i.e. Predators 5: A Reboot??? I don't know. I don't follow these things) and it arrives so shortly after his last sci-fi effort Splice... why not feature him? We never discuss him and isn't there plenty to discuss. As in Wtf with his career? I can't include all 35 movies so I thought we'd pick up just where things got interesting.
Though he's had his share of straight to DVD or barely released indies over the years, he actually started off with quite a few classy projects with the likes of Steven Soderbergh (King of the Hill) and Francis Ford Coppola (New York Stories). He reportedly expected Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) to be his film-carrying breakthrough but Malick's film was so fluid in the telling that many famous actors were entirely deleted in the final cut and Brody's part was drastically reduced.
Though he's had his share of straight to DVD or barely released indies over the years, he actually started off with quite a few classy projects with the likes of Steven Soderbergh (King of the Hill) and Francis Ford Coppola (New York Stories). He reportedly expected Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) to be his film-carrying breakthrough but Malick's film was so fluid in the telling that many famous actors were entirely deleted in the final cut and Brody's part was drastically reduced.
- 7/11/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Robert here, back with more of my series on great contemporary directors. Last week I promised someone more universally beloved than my subject Andrew Bujalski. I'm not sure if I've kept that promise. Although Mr. Soderbergh is certainly better known (though not necessarily less experimental) which is why he's so damn interesting.
Maestro: Steven Soderbergh
Known For: Politically charged dramas, mini-budget indies and the Oceans films.
Influences: William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, take your pick from the 70's but also Bergman and (according to Soderbergh) Jean-Luc Godard most of all.
Masterpieces: So many of his films depend on personal reaction... but let's say Traffic.
Disasters:i'd say Full Frontal and Ocean's Twelve.
Better than you remember: And how you remember them is also so personal. Let's say Che.
Box Office: 183 mil for Ocean's Eleven... no shock there.
Favorite Actor:After scouring through Soderbergh's vast casts, I find the answer to be Clooney with...
Maestro: Steven Soderbergh
Known For: Politically charged dramas, mini-budget indies and the Oceans films.
Influences: William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, take your pick from the 70's but also Bergman and (according to Soderbergh) Jean-Luc Godard most of all.
Masterpieces: So many of his films depend on personal reaction... but let's say Traffic.
Disasters:i'd say Full Frontal and Ocean's Twelve.
Better than you remember: And how you remember them is also so personal. Let's say Che.
Box Office: 183 mil for Ocean's Eleven... no shock there.
Favorite Actor:After scouring through Soderbergh's vast casts, I find the answer to be Clooney with...
- 6/25/2010
- by Robert
- FilmExperience
Slamdance 2010 (the other Park City, Ut film fest) is where you'll want to be to catch the world premiere of Steven Soderbergh's upcoming documentary, And Everything Is Going Fine. The doc concerns the life and work of Spalding Gray, who made a career as a writer, actor, and monologist. Gray and Soderbergh worked together previously on the 1996 film, Gray's Anatomy, as well as 1993's King of the Hill . While at Slamdance, Soderbergh will also take part in the Filmmaker's Summit, which will gather filmmakers to "collectively craft a new charter for storytelling and content distribution, with and by the global filmmaking community, that can succeed by using new technology." Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter is unsurprisingly glad to have Soderbergh involved with the festival once again: Steven Soderbergh represents the spirit of Slamdance. This year, he's fully immersed himself within our community in support of the indie filmmaker by debuting...
- 12/9/2009
- by Devindra Hardawar
- Slash Film
The body of Spalding Gray was found this weekend in the East River, confirming suspicions that the actor, writer and monologuist had died two months ago, when he left his Manhattan apartment and never returned; he was 62. While the official cause of death had not yet been determined, it was widely reported that Gray had battled severe depression and had previously attempted suicide, including a 2002 attempt in which he tried to jump from a Long Island bridge. Last seen on January 10, Gray's family had kept up a search for him despite pressing evidence that he may have taken his own life. A superb live performer, Gray began his acting career in the 70s, but came to prominence with Swimming to Cambodia, a staged monologue that recounted his adventures while making the 1984 film The Killing Fields; Jonathan Demme filmed Cambodia in 1987. The resulting acclaim helped garner Gray roles in such films as True Stories, Beaches, King of the Hill, The Paper, and Kate & Leopold, among others, and his recounting of his travails with an eye condition was turned into Gray's Anatomy (1996), directed by Steven Soderbergh. Despite his film career, Gray continued to work onstage, playing the Stage Manager in a Tony Award-winning revival of Our Town, and turning his midlife crises into another acclaimed monologue, It's a Slippery Slope. Gray's life was marred by tragedy in recent years, as he suffered a horrible car accident in Ireland in 2001, which jeopardized his health, derailed his most recent monologue, Blind Spot, and seemed to accelerate his depression. Gray is survived by his wife, Kathleen Russo, and their two children. --Prepared by IMDb staff...
- 3/8/2004
- WENN
Jesse Bradford is making his television debut with a recurring role on NBC's White House drama The West Wing. At the same time, the actor is poised to join Don Roos' Happy Endings for Stratus Film Co. Bradford is set to appear in 10 episodes of John Wells Prods./Warner Bros. TV's West Wing this season, playing a spoiled twentysomething intern from a known political family. "I've been a fan of Jesse's work since I first saw him in (Steven Soderbergh's 1993 feature) King of the Hill, and I'm thrilled that he has decided to join us on The West Wing," the show's executive producer John Wells said. Bradford joins Annabeth Gish and Steven Eckholdt, who also have signed on to recur on the Emmy-winning drama during its upcoming fifth season (HR 7/24).
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