The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, also known as the “Main Branch” of the New York Public Library, is located at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, next to Bryant Park. Almost 150 years ago that was the setting of the Murray Hill Reservoir, which supplied drinking water for most of the city through the end of the 19th century. It’s perhaps no coincide that the Nypl’s headquarters are located there, since they have taken on the duty of supplying the city with knowledge and culture, elements which are as essential to New Yorkers as water. The iconic building is at the center of Frederick Wiseman’s Ex Libris, an enthralling documentary that chronicles the work the Nypl continues to do since its inception in 1911.
Wiseman’s enlightening, often quite moving film, explores the Nypl’s reach beyond 42nd Street, through its almost 90 branches, which provide courses, talks and, of course,...
Wiseman’s enlightening, often quite moving film, explores the Nypl’s reach beyond 42nd Street, through its almost 90 branches, which provide courses, talks and, of course,...
- 9/19/2017
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
You probably haven’t been thinking about libraries a lot recently, what with all the politics and genocide and hurricanes. But then, you may not have been thinking about the University of California, Berkeley, or London’s National Gallery or the northwestern Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights much either, unless you’re one of the small but growing number of devoted fans of documentarian Frederick Wiseman. His run of late-period docu-epics “At Berkeley,” “National Gallery” and “In Jackson Heights” continued in Venice last week with the premiere of his latest, “Ex Libris: New York Public Library,” which is already out in limited release.
Continue reading Frederick Wiseman’s Intensely Rewarding, Humane ‘Ex Libris: New York Public Library’ [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Frederick Wiseman’s Intensely Rewarding, Humane ‘Ex Libris: New York Public Library’ [Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/15/2017
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Claire Simon's The Graduation (1936) is playing September 11 - October 11, 2017 in the United Kingdom and most countries around the world as part of We Don't Need No Education: A Back-to-School Series.The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.— Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro” “I hope it’s not just the quantity that counts. I said what I have to say.”— Applicant exiting exam hall, The GraduationFilm school: who needs it? In The Graduation (2016), Claire Simon’s account of the protracted admissions process at France’s most prestigious film school, La Fémis, the question is implicit—and the myriad answers are potentially troubling. Writing about the film in the New Yorker earlier this year, Richard Brody remarked: “Seeing, in Simon’s documentary, the directing candidates forced to analyze a scene,...
- 9/12/2017
- MUBI
Most of Frederick Wiseman’s films are long, but very few of them — possibly none — are too long. There’s a good reason for that. Actually, there are a lot of good reasons for that, but one tends to rise above the rest: Boredom is fundamentally antithetical to his work. Cinematically vivisecting American institutions since 1967, Wiseman has been able to sustain interest throughout endless documentary epics like “At Berkeley” and “Belfast, Maine” because his observational approach insists that drama is woven into the fabric of everyday life, and because his shrewd instinct for non-linear storytelling proves that point beyond any shadow of a doubt. His best films frame reality in a way that allows us to see it more clearly through his camera than we can with the naked eye,. All of his films are his best films.
All the same, the hypnotic and thoroughly essential “Ex Libris — The New...
All the same, the hypnotic and thoroughly essential “Ex Libris — The New...
- 9/3/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Ann Coulter will be heard.
The political commentator has promised to continue with her plans to speak at the University of California Berkeley campus on April 27, despite the university canceling the event, according to the Associated Press.
Fake News! @sfchronicle reports vague forces behind Uc-Berkeley canceling my speech. (Which will go on.) https://t.co/0xbftl8WO0
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 19, 2017
She fired off a series of angry tweets on Wednesday, writing, “Fake News! @sfchronicle reports vague forces behind Uc-Berkeley canceling my speech. (Which will go on.)”
Responding to a tweet, Coulter insisted the event was not canceled and that she would be there.
The political commentator has promised to continue with her plans to speak at the University of California Berkeley campus on April 27, despite the university canceling the event, according to the Associated Press.
Fake News! @sfchronicle reports vague forces behind Uc-Berkeley canceling my speech. (Which will go on.) https://t.co/0xbftl8WO0
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 19, 2017
She fired off a series of angry tweets on Wednesday, writing, “Fake News! @sfchronicle reports vague forces behind Uc-Berkeley canceling my speech. (Which will go on.)”
Responding to a tweet, Coulter insisted the event was not canceled and that she would be there.
- 4/20/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Conventional limitations on cinematic runtimes, often driven by basic practical and commercial concerns, are at once arbitrary and enduring. Under 90 minutes is short; over 150 minutes is long. Short films lie on one end of the spectrum and Andy Warhol on the other. But even limiting discussion to non-experimental feature films reveals a wide variation in the use of massive duration, discussions of which tend to be obscured by the hyperbole (in both directions) that such films often elicit. (This hyperbolic tendency also extends to trilogies, multi-part films, or even novels and literature in general. Just ask anyone who’s seen Sátántangó or read Infinite Jest.) Nonetheless, such films tend to be fascinating opportunities for exploration, both in their justification for and use of such length. And on the occasion of Mubi’s retrospective of Lav Diaz’s filmography (the body of work that most consistently makes use of duration), three vastly different 2016 films,...
- 11/29/2016
- MUBI
The Board of Governors from AMPAS have finally announced their selections for this year's Honorary Oscars. This year they're not giving out the Thalberg (for Producing) or the Hersholt (for Huminatarian efforts) but just the regular ol' Honorary Oscars. If such a thing can be deemed "regular" since they're so hard to come by. Consider that James Ivory still doesn't have one despite being a masterful oft imitated but never duplicated director behind three major Best Picture contenders (and many other beautiful films) and never having won an an Oscar and being 88 years old. Nathaniel wept. Oscar remains remarkably stingy with the gays but at least they've noticed the need for diversity in other ways.
Congratulations to this year's esteemed recipients!
Jackie Chan's starmaking hit The Legend of Drunken Master (1978)
Superstar Jackie Chan
He's a famous actor, producer, and director and his filmography is just enormous with well over 100 films under his belt.
Congratulations to this year's esteemed recipients!
Jackie Chan's starmaking hit The Legend of Drunken Master (1978)
Superstar Jackie Chan
He's a famous actor, producer, and director and his filmography is just enormous with well over 100 films under his belt.
- 9/1/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
I saw The Academy of Muses a month ago and have considered it almost every day since then, turning over in my mind the clearly defined ideas, only-half-understood narrative directions, and documentary-narrative distinctions that mark José Luis Guerín‘s first fiction feature since 2007’s In the City of Sylvia. Those who go into it blind won’t initially find much distinction, though: there might instead be the belief they’ve entered an At Berkeley-esque documentary about European academia — until the movie slowly becomes something much more complicated, and then blossoms into full-on drama.
Grasshopper Film — recently of Fireworks Wednesday and Kaili Blues, and soon to release Right Now, Wrong Then and Don’t Blink – Robert Frank — will begin distributing The Academy of Muses stateside this September, and has let us premiere the trailer. A film with as many moving parts probably couldn’t be captured in a two-minute preview, so the strategy, it seems, is one of general mood and feeling, here communicated in the best way: through Guerín’s mixture of verbosity with light-streaked, reflection-heavy images. If what’s seen herein manages to intrigue, the full experience is certain to captivate.
See it below:
Synopsis:
A university professor teaches a class on muses in art and literature as a means of romancing his female students in this breathtaking new film from Jose Luis Guerín, director of the widely heralded In the City of Sylvia. Part relationship drama, part intellectual discourse, the film centers on a philology professor — played by actual philology professor Raffaele Pinto — and the women surrounding him: his wife and students. But as each and every player engages in debates — concerning, among other things, art, the artist’s perspective, and male-female dynamics — Guerín focuses as much attention on the slippery boundary between documentary and fiction, in turn engaging with an evolving narrative, increasingly complex character dynamics, and an endlessly vivid emotional journey.
The Academy of Muses begins a U.S. theatrical run at New York’s Anthology Film Archives on September 2.
Grasshopper Film — recently of Fireworks Wednesday and Kaili Blues, and soon to release Right Now, Wrong Then and Don’t Blink – Robert Frank — will begin distributing The Academy of Muses stateside this September, and has let us premiere the trailer. A film with as many moving parts probably couldn’t be captured in a two-minute preview, so the strategy, it seems, is one of general mood and feeling, here communicated in the best way: through Guerín’s mixture of verbosity with light-streaked, reflection-heavy images. If what’s seen herein manages to intrigue, the full experience is certain to captivate.
See it below:
Synopsis:
A university professor teaches a class on muses in art and literature as a means of romancing his female students in this breathtaking new film from Jose Luis Guerín, director of the widely heralded In the City of Sylvia. Part relationship drama, part intellectual discourse, the film centers on a philology professor — played by actual philology professor Raffaele Pinto — and the women surrounding him: his wife and students. But as each and every player engages in debates — concerning, among other things, art, the artist’s perspective, and male-female dynamics — Guerín focuses as much attention on the slippery boundary between documentary and fiction, in turn engaging with an evolving narrative, increasingly complex character dynamics, and an endlessly vivid emotional journey.
The Academy of Muses begins a U.S. theatrical run at New York’s Anthology Film Archives on September 2.
- 6/15/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
There are few filmmakers working at as high a clip as one Frederick Wiseman, and even fewer who have had as large an impact on filmmaking. Now 40 films into his career, all 49 years of it, Wiseman has become synonymous with a certain brand of street level, verite storytelling that he helped bring to the cinematic forefront early in his career. Fully evolving that style into what is now a mode of long form, narration/interview-free documentary storytelling, films like At Berkeley have found Wiseman crafting hours long narratives out of the lives of a wide cross section of humanity.
In Jackson Heights is the filmmaker’s latest, and possibly greatest, achievement of this segment of his career. Wiseman this time sets his sights on the Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens, New York, one of the nation’s most diverse neighborhoods. With large populations of people from India, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan,...
In Jackson Heights is the filmmaker’s latest, and possibly greatest, achievement of this segment of his career. Wiseman this time sets his sights on the Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens, New York, one of the nation’s most diverse neighborhoods. With large populations of people from India, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan,...
- 11/6/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Famed documentarian Frederick Wiseman may be 85-years-old, but he's working a clip worthy of a filmmaker half his age. He's been busy knocking out documentaries at nearly one per year since 2009 (he did miss delivering something in 2012), and he continues to be in top form. His last two efforts, "National Gallery" (review here) and "At Berkeley" (our review), got some very good notices, and now he's at the Venice Film Festival, where he'll debut his next film, "In Jackson Heights." Read More: Watch The Trailer For Frederick Wiseman's Art Documentary 'National Gallery' Once again, Wiseman is taking a deep, immersive look, this time bringing his camera to the titular New York City neighborhood, chronicling the diverse, multi-ethnic citizens, in a picture that runs over three-hours-long. Here's the official synopsis: In Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, live many immigrants coming from South America, Mexico, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan,...
- 9/3/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
It’s been a surprisingly interesting month of moving and shaking in terms of doc development. Just a month after making his first public funding pitch at Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum, legendary doc filmmaker Frederick Wiseman took to Kickstarter to help cover the remaining expenses for his 40th feature film In Jackson Heights (see the film’s first trailer below). Unrelentingly rigorous in his determination to capture the American institutional landscape on film, his latest continues down this thematic rabbit hole, taking on the immensely diverse New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights as his latest subject. According to the Kickstarter page, Wiseman is currently editing the 120 hours of rushes he shot with hopes of having the film ready for a fall festival premiere (my guess would be Tiff, where both National Gallery and At Berkeley made their North American debut), though he’s currently quite a ways away from his $75,000 goal.
- 7/6/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
★★★★☆ Painting has only "the speed of light to tell its story," explains one tour guide in pro documentarian Frederick Wiseman's National Gallery (2014), a study of the Trafalgar Square institution. Wiseman's film is nearly three hours in length (still an hour shorter than his previous effort, 2013's At Berkeley), but every frame seems to illuminate some distinctive element of the ethereal nature of the place, and even at the speed of light his portrait of an institution in motion has questions that ruminate afterwards. In his signature style, without talking heads, narration or explanatory context, Wiseman takes us straight into the London gallery itself and the inhabitants inside - both human and paint-form.
- 5/12/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Museum Hours: Wiseman’s Tour through London’s Famed Museum
If you’ve never been to The National Gallery in London, England, one of the most preeminent museums in the world, then Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, the simply named National Gallery, will appear to be something of a soothing, handsomely photographed introduction. Like a phantom floating through crowds and into behind-the-scenes operations, there’s even a bit of priceless perspective to be had on a tour, here presented as the learning experience many take for granted when they’re strewn haphazardly through the landscape of privileged youths. As solemn and well-thought as this documentary usually is, at a running time of three hours and without much more of a thrust than an all-encompassing experience of the renowned establishment, attentions spans may teeter in and out of sharply honed focused as our consciousness’ are restlessly pulled into the works on display themselves,...
If you’ve never been to The National Gallery in London, England, one of the most preeminent museums in the world, then Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, the simply named National Gallery, will appear to be something of a soothing, handsomely photographed introduction. Like a phantom floating through crowds and into behind-the-scenes operations, there’s even a bit of priceless perspective to be had on a tour, here presented as the learning experience many take for granted when they’re strewn haphazardly through the landscape of privileged youths. As solemn and well-thought as this documentary usually is, at a running time of three hours and without much more of a thrust than an all-encompassing experience of the renowned establishment, attentions spans may teeter in and out of sharply honed focused as our consciousness’ are restlessly pulled into the works on display themselves,...
- 11/19/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
This weekend is shaping up to mirror early fall, when specialty distributors packed theaters with new titles. Many of those disappeared quickly, and this weekend could be similar as companies usher in about a dozen limited-release theatrical newcomers. Focus Features’ The Theory Of Everything, however, has amassed a good amount of attention. Directed by Oscar winner James Marsh (Man On Wire), the Stephen Hawking biopic is opening two months after its Toronto debut. Two notable nonfiction titles also join the fray this weekend: Cinema Guild’s Actress, from director Robert Greene, and Zipporah Films’ National Gallery by nonfiction maverick Frederick Wiseman. Both deserve attention as the awards-race heats up. Two years after the theatrical bow of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President is the focus of Amplify’s The Better Angels — though it focuses a very different phase of his life. Distrib Films is opening Italian political...
- 11/7/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
Frederick Wiseman has always been interested, above and beyond anything else, in institutions. The veteran documentarian has, in his nearly 50-year career, pointed his lens at all kinds of social microcosms, from ballet companies and strip clubs, to high schools and the state legislature. Now, hot on the heels of last year's masterpiece "At Berkeley," Wiseman is taking a look at the art world with his latest, "National Gallery." After being turned down by the Met in New York, Wiseman went across the pond and shot in and around the titular National Gallery in London. Located in the famous Trafalgar Square and established in 1824, it plays host to a positive treasure trove of paintings, from pre-Renaissance to the 19th century (leaving more contemporary fare to the Tate galleries). In 2012, during the lengthy post-production on "At Berkeley," Wiseman was granted his usually comprehensive access to the National, and the result is another lengthy.
- 11/6/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
At a brisk 180 minutes, National Gallery is hardly one of Frederick Wiseman’s documentary marathons, but it still brims with ideas. After the classrooms in At Berkeley (2013), here the incredibly spritely octogenarian filmmaker focuses on the halls of the National Gallery in London, and contemplates ways of looking, storytelling, and, through this, the nature of cinema itself.
While, as always, the structuring device of the film is the institution of the museum, here Wiseman feels more playfully direct in his editing process—though never didactic. In shooting details of paintings, cutting between oil painted visages and the flesh one of the guests, and capturing the gallery’s gesticulating guides, Wiseman points the audience time and again to the different ways we perceive the world, be in through art, film, poetry or dance.
During the Toronto International Film Festival, I talked to Wiseman about this theme of looking, the genesis of...
While, as always, the structuring device of the film is the institution of the museum, here Wiseman feels more playfully direct in his editing process—though never didactic. In shooting details of paintings, cutting between oil painted visages and the flesh one of the guests, and capturing the gallery’s gesticulating guides, Wiseman points the audience time and again to the different ways we perceive the world, be in through art, film, poetry or dance.
During the Toronto International Film Festival, I talked to Wiseman about this theme of looking, the genesis of...
- 10/3/2014
- by Kiva Reardon
- MUBI
★★★★☆During one heated discussion in Frederick Wiseman's At Berkeley (2013), a lecturer insists that a 'revolution in ideas' is the best strategy for eradicating the inequality prevalent in contemporary society. Thankfully, ideas are bountiful in this immersive voyage through the corridors and classrooms of the America's most prestigious state-funded college, the University of California, Berkeley. The balance between knowledge and pleasure has long been the defining equation of how documentaries structurally and stylistically differ from fictional filmmaking, yet in Wiseman's doc about the importance of accessible education during an enduring era of economic uncertainty, knowledge and pleasure are indistinguishable.
- 9/11/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Fury (David Ayer)
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
- 9/3/2014
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Wiseman’s At Berkeley was a favorite of mine last year, and I’m just as eager for his follow-up, a three hour rumination on London’s National Gallery. Here’s our first look at the documentary, en route to Tiff and likely Nyff after its Cannes premiere, which covers the visiting public, the curators, the staff and, of course, the art, with Wiseman’s characteristic brand of watchful analysis. It’s all faintly reminiscent of the Bruegel room conversation in Museum Hours, in the best possible way. Watch above.
- 8/8/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Wiseman’s At Berkeley was a favorite of mine last year, and I’m just as eager for his follow-up, a three hour rumination on London’s National Gallery. Here’s our first look at the documentary, en route to Tiff and likely Nyff after its Cannes premiere, which covers the visiting public, the curators, the staff and, of course, the art, with Wiseman’s characteristic brand of watchful analysis. It’s all faintly reminiscent of the Bruegel room conversation in Museum Hours, in the best possible way. Watch above.
- 8/8/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Toronto International Film Festival is known for its Oscar bait prestige dramas, major Hollywood studio releases, a focus (appropriately) on Canadian film and, to a lesser extent, its Midnight Madness program. One thing it doesn't have a strong reputation for is documentaries. That's why it's no surprise that only six of the initial 15 documentaries announced for the 2014 festival this morning are world premieres. Even with a 25th anniversary screening of Michael Moore's "Roger & Me" on deck, this year's documentary slate appears weak. Joshua Oppenheimer will screen his Indonesian genocide doc "The Look of Silence," Ethan Hawke has his nonfiction directing debut "Seymour: An Introduction" and Cannes favorite "Red Army" will be on hand, but all of those films debuted or will debut somewhere else first. Intriguing new docs include "Tales of the Grim Sleeper," about a serial killer's 25-year run in Southern California; "Sunshine Superman," about Base jumping...
- 7/30/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
This world is indeed a dangerous place and according to Tiff Doc programmer Thom Powers’ it might just be the docu filmmakers and subjects who are truly the “rebels, resisters and risk-takers” of the festival. While there might be a couple of more docu items in store along with a look back at Michael Moore’s Roger & Me, both Toronto, and Telluride auds will be in for treats with the Cannes invited Gabe Polsky’s Red Army and Venice Film Festival competing The Look of Silence (see pic above) from Joshua Oppenheimer (which is easily our most anticipated doc of the year) and Robert Kenner’s Merchants of Doubt — about the greediest folk there are: the spinsters (prediction: look for Kenner to be invited on Real Time with Bill Maher). Other hot commodities include World Premiere status latest from the Laura Nix & The Yes Men (The Yes Men Are Revolting...
- 7/29/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It is the first time a film editor has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are to be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which runs August 27-Sept 6.
Schoonmaker has received three Oscars (Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed) and two BAFTAs (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) during her career as an editor. Since 1980 she has edited all of Scorsese’s feature-length films including the most recent, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). I
It is the first time the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded by the Venice Film Festival to an artist in the field of film editing.
Film director Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Welfare (1975), Public Housing (1997), Near Death (1989), La Comédie Française ou L’amour joué (1996), La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009) and [link=tt...
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are to be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which runs August 27-Sept 6.
Schoonmaker has received three Oscars (Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed) and two BAFTAs (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) during her career as an editor. Since 1980 she has edited all of Scorsese’s feature-length films including the most recent, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). I
It is the first time the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded by the Venice Film Festival to an artist in the field of film editing.
Film director Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Welfare (1975), Public Housing (1997), Near Death (1989), La Comédie Française ou L’amour joué (1996), La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009) and [link=tt...
- 7/18/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
It is the first time a film editor has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are to be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which runs August 27-Sept 6.
Schoonmaker has received three Oscars (Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed) and two BAFTAs (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) during her career as an editor. Since 1980 she has edited all of Scorsese’s feature-length films including the most recent, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). I
It is the first time the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded by the Venice Film Festival to an artist in the field of film editing.
Film director Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Welfare (1975), Public Housing (1997), Near Death (1989), La Comédie Française ou L’amour joué (1996), La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009) and [link=tt...
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are to be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which runs August 27-Sept 6.
Schoonmaker has received three Oscars (Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed) and two BAFTAs (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) during her career as an editor. Since 1980 she has edited all of Scorsese’s feature-length films including the most recent, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). I
It is the first time the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded by the Venice Film Festival to an artist in the field of film editing.
Film director Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Welfare (1975), Public Housing (1997), Near Death (1989), La Comédie Française ou L’amour joué (1996), La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009) and [link=tt...
- 7/18/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Frederick Wiseman has always been interested, above and beyond anything else, in institutions. The veteran documentarian has, in his nearly 50-year career, pointed his lens at all kinds of social microcosms, from ballet companies and strip clubs, to high schools and the state legislature. Now, hot on the heels of last year's masterpiece "At Berkeley," Wiseman is taking a look at the art world with his latest, "National Gallery." After being turned down by the Met in New York, Wiseman went across the pond and shot in and around the titular National Gallery in London. Located in the famous Trafalgar Square and established in 1824, it plays host to a positive treasure trove of paintings, from pre-Renaissance to the 19th century (leaving more contemporary fare to the Tate galleries). In 2012, during the lengthy post-production on "At Berkeley," Wiseman was granted his usually comprehensive access to the National, and the result is another lengthy epic (three hours,...
- 5/19/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
When the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection was unveiled last week, many were surprised not to see one carry-over from the Sundance fest in the Un Certain Regard section -- in recent years, it's been something of a tradition for a Park City sensation (often the Grand Jury Prize winner) to compete again there, with the likes of "Precious" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" getting a second surge of festival buzz on the Croisette. This year, Thierry Fremaux's team clearly thought nothing from Sundance 2014 was suitable, but the Directors' Fortnight sidebar has made up for it, including both Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash" and Jim Mickle's "Cold in July" in a name-heavy lineup. Starring Miles Teller as a young jazz drummer, "Whiplash" won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the Us Dramatic section at Sundance, while Mickle's uproarious retro genre mash-up -- starring Michael C. Hall...
- 4/22/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
The International Cinephile Society has announced the nominees for the 11th Ics Awards. Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue is the Warmest Color," the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Spike Jonze's "Her," and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" dominated the nominations with 7 nods each.
Winners of the 11th Ics Awards will be announced on February 23, 2014.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Picture
. 12 Years a Slave
. Before Midnight
. Blue is the Warmest Color
. Frances Ha
. Gravity
. The Great Beauty
. Her
. Inside Llewyn Davis
. Laurence Anyways
. Spring Breakers
. The Wolf of Wall Street
Director
. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
. Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
. Xavier Dolan - Laurence Anyways
. Spike Jonze - Her
. Abdellatif Kechiche - Blue is the Warmest Color
. Paolo Sorrentino - The Great Beauty
Film Not In The English Language
. Beyond the Hills
. Blancanieves
. Blue is the Warmest Color
. Faust
. The Great Beauty
. The Hunt
. In the...
Winners of the 11th Ics Awards will be announced on February 23, 2014.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Picture
. 12 Years a Slave
. Before Midnight
. Blue is the Warmest Color
. Frances Ha
. Gravity
. The Great Beauty
. Her
. Inside Llewyn Davis
. Laurence Anyways
. Spring Breakers
. The Wolf of Wall Street
Director
. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
. Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
. Xavier Dolan - Laurence Anyways
. Spike Jonze - Her
. Abdellatif Kechiche - Blue is the Warmest Color
. Paolo Sorrentino - The Great Beauty
Film Not In The English Language
. Beyond the Hills
. Blancanieves
. Blue is the Warmest Color
. Faust
. The Great Beauty
. The Hunt
. In the...
- 1/14/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV like "Downton Abbey," "Girls," "The Good Wife," "House of Lies," "Shameless" and "True Detective," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Archer": Season Premiere Monday, January 13th at 10pm on FX Adam Reed's profanely hilarious spy comedy "Archer" kicks off the season with a character death and something even more shocking -- a genuine shake-up of the series' premise. What hasn't changed is the series' sense of humor, which remains as wonderfully filthy and oddly esoteric as ever. The show will be followed by the premiere of new series "Chozen" at 10:30pm, another boundary-pushing animated comedy produced by Reed's Floyd County Productions. "Independent Lens": "At Berkeley" Monday, January 13th at 10pm on PBS You're going to want to clear...
- 1/13/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
In the documentary The Act of Killing, Indonesian death squad members are persuaded to recreate atrocities they committed during the ’60s as if they were acting in Hollywood movies. As compelling as it is disturbing the Drafthouse Films release is on the Oscars shortlist for best documentary feature and just this weekend shared the best non-fiction film trophy with At Berkeley at the National Society of Film Critics Awards.
The Act of Killing debuts today on DVD and Blu-ray formats today with a commentary from director Joshua Oppenheimer and one of the movie’s executive producers, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.
The Act of Killing debuts today on DVD and Blu-ray formats today with a commentary from director Joshua Oppenheimer and one of the movie’s executive producers, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.
- 1/7/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Will 12 Years a Slave last it out and beat Gravity and Mandela to the honours? We list our best hopes for 2014 Bafta film glory
• Bafta Rising Star award announced
• More on the Baftas
Happy news for those struggling to fill the days between last month's Golden Globe nominations and next week's Oscar nominations – the shortlist for the 2014 Bafta awards is announced on 8 January (tomorrow morning), at around 7.45am. So fire up a cigar and crack open the gin. The festivities of this year's awards race are barely getting started.
Last month's Globe nominations established Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and David O Russell's American Hustle as the films to beat in the run-up to Oscar night. We're expecting Bafta to largely follow suit – leaning slightly towards Slave at Hustle's expense. Here, for the sake of argument and humiliation, is how we think the nominations will look. But please feel free to set us straight.
• Bafta Rising Star award announced
• More on the Baftas
Happy news for those struggling to fill the days between last month's Golden Globe nominations and next week's Oscar nominations – the shortlist for the 2014 Bafta awards is announced on 8 January (tomorrow morning), at around 7.45am. So fire up a cigar and crack open the gin. The festivities of this year's awards race are barely getting started.
Last month's Globe nominations established Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and David O Russell's American Hustle as the films to beat in the run-up to Oscar night. We're expecting Bafta to largely follow suit – leaning slightly towards Slave at Hustle's expense. Here, for the sake of argument and humiliation, is how we think the nominations will look. But please feel free to set us straight.
- 1/7/2014
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Joel and Ethan Coen movie ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ tops 2014 National Society of Film Critics Awards (Oscar Isaac in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’) The National Society of Film Critics is the last major U.S.-based critics’ group to announce their annual winners. This year, their top film was Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, a comedy-drama about a hapless folk singer. Inside Llewyn Davis also earned honors for the directors, star Oscar Isaac, and cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel. Additionally, the Coen brothers’ film was the runner-up in the Best Screenplay category. Inside Llewyn Davis is the first movie directed by Joel and Ethan Coen to win the top prize at the National Society of Film Critics Awards. Back in early 2008, whereas most critics’ groups — and the Academy Awards — went for the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, the Nsfc selected instead Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.
- 1/7/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
"Inside Llewyn Davis," the fantastic film from the Coen Brothers, was the big winner at the National Society of Film Critics awards taking home the Best Picture, Director, Actor (Oscar Isaac), and Cinematography (Bruno Delbonnel).
So how do they vote? Here's their explanation (taken from their official website):
The Society, made up of many of the country.s most distinguished movie critics, held its 48th annual awards voting meeting, using a weighted ballot system, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Scrolls will be sent to the winners.
Fifty-six members are eligible to vote, though a few disqualify themselves if they haven.t seen every film. Any film that opened in the U.S. during the year 2013 was eligible for consideration. There is no nomination process; members meet, vote (using a weighted ballot), and announce all on January 4th. There is...
So how do they vote? Here's their explanation (taken from their official website):
The Society, made up of many of the country.s most distinguished movie critics, held its 48th annual awards voting meeting, using a weighted ballot system, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Scrolls will be sent to the winners.
Fifty-six members are eligible to vote, though a few disqualify themselves if they haven.t seen every film. Any film that opened in the U.S. during the year 2013 was eligible for consideration. There is no nomination process; members meet, vote (using a weighted ballot), and announce all on January 4th. There is...
- 1/6/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The National Society of Film Critics named Inside Llewyn Davis the best film of 2013 on Saturday, Reuters reports. Oscar Isaac, who plays the struggling folk singer at the center of the film, won the group's award for best actor, while Joel and Ethan Coen shared the prize for best director. The film also took the prize for best cinematography.
See Where 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Landed on Peter Travers' List of the Best Movies of 2013
Cate Blanchett received the group's nod for best actress for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
See Where 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Landed on Peter Travers' List of the Best Movies of 2013
Cate Blanchett received the group's nod for best actress for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
- 1/5/2014
- Rollingstone.com
The National Society of Film Critics is the second oldest film critics group, after the grandfather of them all the New York Film Critics Circle. This year they swooned for that cad with the cat, Llewyn Davis, giving the Coen brothers Inside Llewyn Davis four of its major prizes: Picture, Director, Actor and Cinematography.
Their prizes
Picture Inside Llewyn Davis (runner up: American Hustle)
Director Joel and Ethan Coen Inside Llewyn Davis (runner up: Alfonso Cuaron)
Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (runner up: Adéle Exarchopoulus)
Actor Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis (runner up: Chiwetel Ejiofor)
Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle (runner up: Lupita Nyong'o)
Supporting Actor James Franco, Spring Breakers (runner up: Jared Leto)
Foreign Film Blue is the Warmest Color (runner up: A Touch of Sin)
Non-fiction [tie] The Act of Killing & At Berkeley)
Experimental Film Leviathan
More after the jump...
Their prizes
Picture Inside Llewyn Davis (runner up: American Hustle)
Director Joel and Ethan Coen Inside Llewyn Davis (runner up: Alfonso Cuaron)
Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (runner up: Adéle Exarchopoulus)
Actor Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis (runner up: Chiwetel Ejiofor)
Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle (runner up: Lupita Nyong'o)
Supporting Actor James Franco, Spring Breakers (runner up: Jared Leto)
Foreign Film Blue is the Warmest Color (runner up: A Touch of Sin)
Non-fiction [tie] The Act of Killing & At Berkeley)
Experimental Film Leviathan
More after the jump...
- 1/5/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Could "Inside Llewyn Davis" have a few more songs left in its awards season campaign? After a week that left its Oscar prospects in serious question, after being shut out by both the PGA and WGA nominations, the latest from the Coens has scored some big honors at the National Society Of Film Critics Awards. The film won the major prizes of Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor while also taking Best Cinematography, leaping over some major competition in the process. Elsewhere, the love was spread around with some of the notable wins including: James Franco for Best Supporting Actor for "Spring Breakers"; Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine") and Jennifer Lawrence ("American Hustle") for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively; and a tie in the documentary category for "At Berkeley" and "The Act Of Killing." Full list of winners below. [Indiewire] Picture: “Inside Llewyn Davis” (23) Runners-up: “American Hustle” (17); “12 Years a...
- 1/5/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Coens’ film about failure continues to experience little of it. The National Society of Film Critics handed out their awards on Saturday and Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel and Ethan Coen’s soulful and sardonic journey set among the Greenwich Village folk set, came away with a number of top prizes, including Picture, Director, and Actor. Also honored were Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, James Franco for Spring Breakers, and Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle. Check out the full list of winners and runners-up below, including how the votes broke down.
Best Picture
Inside Llewyn Davis – 23
American Hustle – 17
12 Years a...
Best Picture
Inside Llewyn Davis – 23
American Hustle – 17
12 Years a...
- 1/4/2014
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW - Inside Movies
The National Society of Film Critics have announced its 48th annual awards, honoring Inside Llewyn Davis in the Best Picture category. The society, made up of 56 critics across the United States, considered any film that opened in the U.S. during 2013. The list of winners: Best Director - Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) Best Foreign Language Film - Blue Is the Warmest Color Best Non-Fiction Film (Tie) - The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer), At Berkeley (Frederick Wiseman) Best Screenplay - Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke) Best Cinematography - Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis) Best Actor - Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)
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- 1/4/2014
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Documentaries have come a long way in the past 20 years, especially in the last decade. Documentary film has developed into a popular and visible form of entertainment, while having a bigger effect on society, usually addressing important issues with the goal of informing the public and pushing for social change. Ten years ago, it was more difficult to name 10 “great” documentaries released in one single year. Oh, how times have changed. There are so many incredible docs released each year – most never released wide – that it is impossible to catch up with each – but we try our best here at Sound On Sight. The following is a list of recent documentaries recommended most by our staff. It was hard to choose between the many great docs released this year, but we decided to narrow it down to a list of 10, based on what received the most votes from our end-year...
- 12/17/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Online Film Critics Society has announced the winners of their 17th annual awards, and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack with wins for Best Picture, actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, supporting actor for Michael Fassbender, and supporting actress for Lupita Nyong'o.
Here's the complete list of winners (bolded) and nominations of the 17th Online Film Critics Society awards:
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Before Midnight
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Short Term 12
The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2
From Up on Poppy Hill
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises
Best Film Not in the English Language
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Museum Hours
Wadjda
The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
56 Up
The Act of Killing
At Berkeley
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Best Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron...
Here's the complete list of winners (bolded) and nominations of the 17th Online Film Critics Society awards:
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Before Midnight
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Short Term 12
The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2
From Up on Poppy Hill
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises
Best Film Not in the English Language
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Museum Hours
Wadjda
The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
56 Up
The Act of Killing
At Berkeley
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Best Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
PBS documentary series "Independent Lens" announced its Winter/Spring 2014 lineup today, presenting a varied selection of independent docs from both first-time filmmakers and familiar names like Frederick Wiseman and Bill Siegel. The season's premiere include "Spies of Mississippi," a look at a little-known chapter of civil rights history, "Las Marthas," a peek at Laredo's unique debutante tradition, and "Muscle Shoals," a tribute to the powerful sound of the titular Alabama musical mecca. "What strikes me most about our winter and spring line-up is the sheer range these award-winning films cover," said "Independent Lens" senior series producer Lois Vossen. "We're eager to share these provocative films that move you with people's stories, with music, with our complex living history." Here's the lineup: "At Berkeley" by Frederick Wiseman Monday, January 13, 2014, 10:00 Pm-2:00Am, Et Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman goes back to school for this intimate and...
- 12/16/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The Online Film Critics have announced the nominees for their 17th annual awards! Winners will be revealed on Monday, December 16.
Here's the complete list of nominations of the 17th Online Film Critics awards:
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Before Midnight
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Short Term 12
The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2
From Up on Poppy Hill
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises
Best Film Not in the English Language
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Museum Hours
Wadjda
The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
56 Up
The Act of Killing
At Berkeley
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Best Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Hayao Miyazaki - The Wind Rises
Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks...
Here's the complete list of nominations of the 17th Online Film Critics awards:
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Before Midnight
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Short Term 12
The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2
From Up on Poppy Hill
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises
Best Film Not in the English Language
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Drug War
Museum Hours
Wadjda
The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
56 Up
The Act of Killing
At Berkeley
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Best Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Hayao Miyazaki - The Wind Rises
Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks...
- 12/9/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Founded in 1997, the Online Film Critics Society (Ofcs) is the largest and oldest organization of its kind, and a key catalyst in the expansion of Internet-based film journalism. As a newly ordained member of the Ofcs, I am honored to be one of the 265-or-so members who voted in the nomination process. With such a sizable and diverse international voting population, some very interesting nominees bubbled to the top, while some of my favorite films and/or filmmakers seemed to get lost in the shuffle. For better or for worse, here are the nominees for the Ofcs's 17th annual awards. We will be announcing the winners on Monday, December 16. Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Before Midnight, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Drug War, Gravity, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Short Term 12, The Wind Rises; Best Animated Feature: Despicable Me 2, From Up on Poppy Hill, Frozen, Monsters University...
- 12/9/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The Online Film Critics' Society announced its awards line-up today. Though no film showed a clear lead, several names stood out, with 12 Years A Slave, Her, Gravity, Inside Llewyn Davis and Blue Is The Warmest Colour all receiving multiple nominations. The winners will be revealed on December 16.
Those awards in full:-
Best Picture
12 Years A Slave American Hustle Before Midnight Blue Is The Warmest Color Drug War Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Short Term 12 The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2 From Up On Poppy Hill Frozen Monsters University The Wind Rises
Best Film Not in the English Language
Blue Is The Warmest Color Drug War Museum Hours Wadjda The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
56 Up The Act Of Killing At Berkeley Blackfish Stories We Tell
Best Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity Spike Jonze - Her Steve McQueen - 12 Years...
Those awards in full:-
Best Picture
12 Years A Slave American Hustle Before Midnight Blue Is The Warmest Color Drug War Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Short Term 12 The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2 From Up On Poppy Hill Frozen Monsters University The Wind Rises
Best Film Not in the English Language
Blue Is The Warmest Color Drug War Museum Hours Wadjda The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
56 Up The Act Of Killing At Berkeley Blackfish Stories We Tell
Best Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity Spike Jonze - Her Steve McQueen - 12 Years...
- 12/9/2013
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Online Film Critics have announced the nominees for the group's 17th annual awards. Alongside the usual suspects expected to score well at the Oscars, Best Picture mentions also went to Johnnie To's "Drug War," Hayao Miyazaki's anime film "The Wind Rises" and Destin Daniel Cretton's American indie "Short Term 12." The winners will be announced next Monday, December 16. Best Picture 12 Years a Slave American Hustle Before Midnight Blue Is the Warmest Color Drug War Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Short Term 12 The Wind Rises Best Animated Feature Despicable Me 2 From Up on Poppy Hill Frozen Monsters University The Wind Rises Best Film Not in the English Language Blue Is the Warmest Color Drug War Museum Hours Wadjda The Wind Rises Best Documentary 56 Up The Act of Killing At Berkeley Blackfish Stories We Tell Best Director Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis Alfonso Cuaron...
- 12/9/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Amir here, bringing you this weekend’s box office report, which looks curiously like last weekend’s box office report. Of course no one is surprised that Out of the Furnace didn’t have the power to blast off Catching Fire and Frozen. The reviews aren’t over the moon; its stars aren’t quite stars, but famous actors; and this time of year, if you’re not a franchise entry or an animated film, you better be an Oscar player with huge buzz to sell tickets. Furnace is none of those things, and this weekend isn’t particularly notable for big numbers anyway. The last time any film opened in the first week of December to what can be considered reasonably successful sales is The Golden Compass all the way back in 2007. The only other noteworthy release is Inside Llewyn Davis, which opened on 4 screens to a strong per screen average.
- 12/9/2013
- by Amir S.
- FilmExperience
We will be taking a closer look at each of the 15 contenders for Best Documentary soon, but for now let's look at the films that Oscar's doc branch decided to shortlist from that gargantuan list of 151 contenders. All of the titles are rather high profile with a few left field contenders for fun. I was surprised to not see the likes of A River Changes Course, Let the Fire Burn (the only Ida nominee which didn't make it), At Berkeley, Call me Kuchu, and my personal favourite, The Missing Picture, but this looks like a fairly well representative list of films from what has arguably been one of the strongest years ever for documentaries.
The 15 contenders are:
The Act of Killing The Armstrong Lie Blackfish The Crash Reel Cutie and the Boxer Dirty Wars First Cousin: Once Removed God Loves Uganda (Reviewed) Life According to Sam Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (Reviewed) Stories We Tell,...
The 15 contenders are:
The Act of Killing The Armstrong Lie Blackfish The Crash Reel Cutie and the Boxer Dirty Wars First Cousin: Once Removed God Loves Uganda (Reviewed) Life According to Sam Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (Reviewed) Stories We Tell,...
- 12/4/2013
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
The New York Film Critics Circle, the oldest such organization in the country, provided us with a surprise bang this morning. Like Jennifer Lawrence playing with her "science oven" in American Hustle their announcement leaves visible scorch marks, as if awards season has just blasted off like a rocket.
Whether or not these prizes have a lasting impact is yet to be determined. Some will say that the one-two punch of the Gotham Awards and Nyfcc not awarding 12 Years a Slave with their best feature is a sign. But it may well just be a coincidence and could even be good for the film; it's better to be a wildly special underdog than a frontrunner with heavy baggage when you have three whole months left to carry oneself across the finish line.
Picture American Hustle
Director Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Actor Robert Redford, All is Lost...
Whether or not these prizes have a lasting impact is yet to be determined. Some will say that the one-two punch of the Gotham Awards and Nyfcc not awarding 12 Years a Slave with their best feature is a sign. But it may well just be a coincidence and could even be good for the film; it's better to be a wildly special underdog than a frontrunner with heavy baggage when you have three whole months left to carry oneself across the finish line.
Picture American Hustle
Director Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Actor Robert Redford, All is Lost...
- 12/3/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Amir here, bringing you Thanksgiving weekend’s box office report.
It’s a testament to the popularity and success of The Hunger Games series that Frozen, in its own right a breaker of multiple records this weekend, could not displace it as the number one film. Catching Fire has banked almost $300m in just ten days, leaving virtually no doubt that it will trump Iron Man 3 as the best selling film of the year. One can only imagine how much a Katniss vs. Tony Stark mash-up film would sell, though I struggle to think of any way in which Jennifer Lawrence is not superior to Robert Downey Jr. at the moment. Frozen, meanwhile, is now firmly positioned as the frontrunner for the animated film Oscar, what with positive reviews, strong word of mouth and incredible sales that guarantee every voter will be tempted to pop this screener in.
Box...
It’s a testament to the popularity and success of The Hunger Games series that Frozen, in its own right a breaker of multiple records this weekend, could not displace it as the number one film. Catching Fire has banked almost $300m in just ten days, leaving virtually no doubt that it will trump Iron Man 3 as the best selling film of the year. One can only imagine how much a Katniss vs. Tony Stark mash-up film would sell, though I struggle to think of any way in which Jennifer Lawrence is not superior to Robert Downey Jr. at the moment. Frozen, meanwhile, is now firmly positioned as the frontrunner for the animated film Oscar, what with positive reviews, strong word of mouth and incredible sales that guarantee every voter will be tempted to pop this screener in.
Box...
- 12/2/2013
- by Amir S.
- FilmExperience
News.
Canadian documentarian Peter Wintonick has passed away at the age of 60. Aaron Cutler has some words and links on the artist.
The Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, also known as the Rome Film Festival, has announced its awards from a Jury chaired by James Gray. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Seventh Code was among the winners, picking up Best Director and Best Technical Contribution.
The Seventh Art's latest video mag is now online, featuring interviews with João Pedro Rodrigues and Corneliu Porumboiu, among others. What's next for Joe Dante? A horror-comedy starring Anton Yelchin titled Burying the Ex (it's the sort of cheesy title we'd only let him get away with!).
Finds.
Above: from our friend Adrian Curry's Tumblr, a French poster for The Big Sleep that auctioned off for $21,510. Check out this fun, totally bizarre interactive video for Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". For Film Comment, Max Nelson...
Canadian documentarian Peter Wintonick has passed away at the age of 60. Aaron Cutler has some words and links on the artist.
The Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, also known as the Rome Film Festival, has announced its awards from a Jury chaired by James Gray. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Seventh Code was among the winners, picking up Best Director and Best Technical Contribution.
The Seventh Art's latest video mag is now online, featuring interviews with João Pedro Rodrigues and Corneliu Porumboiu, among others. What's next for Joe Dante? A horror-comedy starring Anton Yelchin titled Burying the Ex (it's the sort of cheesy title we'd only let him get away with!).
Finds.
Above: from our friend Adrian Curry's Tumblr, a French poster for The Big Sleep that auctioned off for $21,510. Check out this fun, totally bizarre interactive video for Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". For Film Comment, Max Nelson...
- 11/20/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
It's a relatively quiet week for new releases and rep screenings, but with the F1 crowd making traffic through Austin a slow-moving experience, maybe that's just as well. You can venture away from downtown to join the Austin Film Society at the Marchesa over the next week for some top-notch bookings that would have otherwise skipped over our fair city completely. On Saturday afternoon, they've got Andrew Dosunmu's Mother Of George, an acclaimed film that debuted at Sundance earlier this year about a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn who cannot have a child of their own.
At Berkeley is another movie that nobody else would dare to bring to town. This 4-hour documentary from legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman details four months on campus at the University of Southern California at Berkeley. It has one screening only on Sunday at noon and it will feature a Skype Q&A with Wiseman after the film.
At Berkeley is another movie that nobody else would dare to bring to town. This 4-hour documentary from legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman details four months on campus at the University of Southern California at Berkeley. It has one screening only on Sunday at noon and it will feature a Skype Q&A with Wiseman after the film.
- 11/15/2013
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
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