As The Voice neared the swan song of its Season 12 Blind Auditions Monday, we were treated to a bevy of contenders covering everyone from Justin Bieber to Johnny Cash. But were any of the vocalists the kinds of talents whose hits future wannabes would cover during their Blind Auditions? Read on for my randomly-ordered reviews of the nine performers (whose full auditions were shown) advancing to the Battle Rounds, then hit the comments to critique and grade them yourself.
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- 3/14/2017
- TVLine.com
Presumably the film's title is a reference to the Al Green's song (popularized by Talking Heads) "Take Me to the River," which David Byrne once described as: "A song that combines teenage lust with baptism. Not equates, you understand, but throws them in the same stew, at least. A potent blend. All praise the mighty spurtin' Jesus." Sobel's film is not all that different from Byrne's description of the song. The film certainly serves up a potent blend of puberty, sexuality and conservative values. Also, the story represents a seminal moment in Ryder's coming-of-age, which could be interpreted as a baptism into adulthood; though rather than being cleansed with water, Ryder ends up with mud on his chest.
- 3/15/2016
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
The post This Week In Trailers: Son of Saul, The Lure, Mad Tiger, Take Me To The River, Los Punks: We Are All We Have appeared first on /Film.
The post This Week In Trailers: Son of Saul, The Lure, Mad Tiger, Take Me To The River, Los Punks: We Are All We Have appeared first on /Film.
- 2/6/2016
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Unlike some other media outlets who are blasphemously drawing up “most anticipated” Sundance lists that come across as a simple rehash of the entire feature film line-up, over here, Nicholas Bell and I pare down this shared enthusiasm in what are individual must see top five lists. The catch: select five films from five sections. In the decade I’ve been coming down here, the U.S Dramatic Comp section was the sure-fire bet for treasures, the Premieres section offered heavyweights and misfires while you had to look elsewhere for the gems. Last year’s Next was where all the riches were at. James White, Entertainment, Tangerine , Nasty Baby, and the upcoming Take Me to the River reminded me why the Next section has become a robust category in itself but surprisingly it might be the Premieres program (half a dozen offerings I could easily see in Cannes) is poised to get the major attention.
- 1/21/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
As always, a number of deserving film festival entries are stragglers in need of distribution or funneled away by buyers to be released in the following year. One of the downsides of attending a number of film fests is seeing great cinema sometimes plopped unceremoniously into a limited theatrical (or even VOD) release over a year later without any traction. And if a film happened to receive a cold shoulder at a prestigious venue like Cannes the chances of convincing audiences otherwise is a difficult feat.
Happily, all but two titles from this list currently have Us distribution (and with a little luck, someone will eventually get around to snapping those up, too). A thankful shout out to the following distributors is in order, with Strand Releasing responsible for three of the titles, while Kino Lorber, Sundance Selects, Drafthouse, A24, and Alchemy make up the others. Until then, here’s...
Happily, all but two titles from this list currently have Us distribution (and with a little luck, someone will eventually get around to snapping those up, too). A thankful shout out to the following distributors is in order, with Strand Releasing responsible for three of the titles, while Kino Lorber, Sundance Selects, Drafthouse, A24, and Alchemy make up the others. Until then, here’s...
- 12/21/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The fifth edition of the Us in Progress co-production forum will be held on October 22-23rd, 2015, as a part of the 6th American Film Festival in Wrocław (October 20-25th).
Us in Progress aims to facilitate professional networking among European film professionals and emerging independent filmmakers from the United States. A biannual event, Us in Progress is also held in June during the Champs-Elysees Film Festival in Paris.
Invite-only screenings will feature six projects selected from fifty American independent feature-length submissions, all in final editing stages. Congratulations to the 2015 Us in Progress Wrocław participants:
"Actor Martinez" by Mike Ott & Nathan Silver "Alaska is a Drag" by Shaz Bennett "Americana" by Zachary Shedd "It Had to Be You" by Sasha Gordon "The Alchemist Cookbook" by Joel Potrykus "The Loner" by Daniel Grove Invited to Wroclaw, the filmmakers and/or their producers will present the projects to top European buyers and festival programmers (Locarno, Edinburgh, Versatile, Memento and Trust Nordisk among others) and attend one-to-one meetings and network.
The 2015 Us in Progress Wrocław partners provide in-kind awards of post-production service packages of combined value amounting to $40,000. Partners from the leading Polish sound and image studios include:
-Soundflower Studio and Maciej Zieliński
-Chimney Poland
-Fixafilms
-Toya Studios .
Prizes are also being offered by Producers' Network at Cannes and Ale kino+ (TV rights acquisition offer).
In 2014, the top prize was awarded to the producers/directors of "Homefront" (by Tyler Walker and Fidel Ruiz-Healy). They recently color-graded in Warsaw's Chimney.
Selections from last year's slate "God Bless the Child" and "Take Me to the River" had World Premieres at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival and the 2015 Sundance Film festivals, respectively. Both films will screen this year in the Spectrum competition at the American Film Festival.
To learn more or contact Us in Progress please email: aff[At]snh.org.pl...
Us in Progress aims to facilitate professional networking among European film professionals and emerging independent filmmakers from the United States. A biannual event, Us in Progress is also held in June during the Champs-Elysees Film Festival in Paris.
Invite-only screenings will feature six projects selected from fifty American independent feature-length submissions, all in final editing stages. Congratulations to the 2015 Us in Progress Wrocław participants:
"Actor Martinez" by Mike Ott & Nathan Silver "Alaska is a Drag" by Shaz Bennett "Americana" by Zachary Shedd "It Had to Be You" by Sasha Gordon "The Alchemist Cookbook" by Joel Potrykus "The Loner" by Daniel Grove Invited to Wroclaw, the filmmakers and/or their producers will present the projects to top European buyers and festival programmers (Locarno, Edinburgh, Versatile, Memento and Trust Nordisk among others) and attend one-to-one meetings and network.
The 2015 Us in Progress Wrocław partners provide in-kind awards of post-production service packages of combined value amounting to $40,000. Partners from the leading Polish sound and image studios include:
-Soundflower Studio and Maciej Zieliński
-Chimney Poland
-Fixafilms
-Toya Studios .
Prizes are also being offered by Producers' Network at Cannes and Ale kino+ (TV rights acquisition offer).
In 2014, the top prize was awarded to the producers/directors of "Homefront" (by Tyler Walker and Fidel Ruiz-Healy). They recently color-graded in Warsaw's Chimney.
Selections from last year's slate "God Bless the Child" and "Take Me to the River" had World Premieres at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival and the 2015 Sundance Film festivals, respectively. Both films will screen this year in the Spectrum competition at the American Film Festival.
To learn more or contact Us in Progress please email: aff[At]snh.org.pl...
- 10/1/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
We all know who’s going to win Season 8 of The Voice — even though his coach semi-sabotaged him tonight with an unspeakable army of Ariana Grande clones.
Still, the identities of the four artists who’ll join preternaturally talented Sawyer Fredericks (Aka He Whose Recorded Burps Would Crack the iTunes Top 10) in next week’s semifinals are far less of a certainty — especially after a mixed showing on Top 6 performance night.
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Still, the identities of the four artists who’ll join preternaturally talented Sawyer Fredericks (Aka He Whose Recorded Burps Would Crack the iTunes Top 10) in next week’s semifinals are far less of a certainty — especially after a mixed showing on Top 6 performance night.
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- 5/5/2015
- TVLine.com
Courtney Love chatted with David Letterman during Tuesday's episode of The Late Show, promoting her first appearance on the Fox musical-drama series Empire. But the host's line of questioning quickly veered toward Love's personal life – including her now-mended relationship with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, her past drug use and the acclaimed Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck.
"We're friends again – we text, and we're cool," Love says of Grohl in the above clip, reconfirming her recent comments that they'd buried the hatchet after years of Nirvana-related lawsuits and public feuding.
"We're friends again – we text, and we're cool," Love says of Grohl in the above clip, reconfirming her recent comments that they'd buried the hatchet after years of Nirvana-related lawsuits and public feuding.
- 2/11/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Much of Empire's success so far has been because of its music (thanks, Timbaland!). And that'll continue tonight, when Courtney Love joins the cast as a washed-up star from the label's glory days. Natch, for her grand introduction, she covers Al Green's "Take Me to the River" (though it was apparently supposed to be Patti Labelle's "Messin' With My Mind" — can you imagine?), and it's not half the disaster you'd expect. Seriously.
- 2/11/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Kim Kardashian‘s “one regret in life” is her sex tape, Happy Endings writers leave fans guessing, a new Pitch Perfect 2 trailer arrives, and more celebrity news.
Kim Kardashian didn’t become famous just because of her sex tape because she says so. [Beauty World News] Happy Endings fans are freaking out, as they should be. [Jezebel] Watch the Pitch Perfect 2 crew take on DC in the latest trailer. [YouTube] See the interview that got NBC’s Brian Williams in deep shit. [Business Insider] Gabrielle Union opens up on her NBA hubby and prenups. [Necole Bitchie] Courtney Love sings “Take Me to the River” for this week’s Empire. [Pitchfork] The Twitter CFO got a fast one pulled on him after an account hacking. [Fast Company] Dave Chappelle announces upcoming comedy shows in NYC. [Brooklyn Vegan] You’re still freaking out about the Happy Endings news, aren’t you? Luckily, this game of Operation with Adam Pally will make you feel better.
Kim Kardashian didn’t become famous just because of her sex tape because she says so. [Beauty World News] Happy Endings fans are freaking out, as they should be. [Jezebel] Watch the Pitch Perfect 2 crew take on DC in the latest trailer. [YouTube] See the interview that got NBC’s Brian Williams in deep shit. [Business Insider] Gabrielle Union opens up on her NBA hubby and prenups. [Necole Bitchie] Courtney Love sings “Take Me to the River” for this week’s Empire. [Pitchfork] The Twitter CFO got a fast one pulled on him after an account hacking. [Fast Company] Dave Chappelle announces upcoming comedy shows in NYC. [Brooklyn Vegan] You’re still freaking out about the Happy Endings news, aren’t you? Luckily, this game of Operation with Adam Pally will make you feel better.
- 2/11/2015
- by Taylor Ferber
- VH1.com
Kim Kardashian‘s “one regret in life” is her sex tape, Happy Endings writers leave fans guessing, a new Pitch Perfect 2 trailer arrives, and more celebrity news.
Kim Kardashian didn’t become famous just because of her sex tape because she says so. [Beauty World News] Happy Endings fans are freaking out, as they should be. [Jezebel] Watch the Pitch Perfect 2 crew take on DC in the latest trailer. [YouTube] See the interview that got NBC’s Brian Williams in deep shit. [Business Insider] Gabrielle Union opens up on her NBA hubby and prenups. [Necole Bitchie] Courtney Love sings “Take Me to the River” for this week’s Empire. [Pitchfork] The Twitter CFO got a fast one pulled on him after an account hacking. [Fast Company] Dave Chappelle announces upcoming comedy shows in NYC. [Brooklyn Vegan] You’re still freaking out about the Happy Endings news, aren’t you? Luckily, this game of Operation with Adam Pally will make you feel better.
Kim Kardashian didn’t become famous just because of her sex tape because she says so. [Beauty World News] Happy Endings fans are freaking out, as they should be. [Jezebel] Watch the Pitch Perfect 2 crew take on DC in the latest trailer. [YouTube] See the interview that got NBC’s Brian Williams in deep shit. [Business Insider] Gabrielle Union opens up on her NBA hubby and prenups. [Necole Bitchie] Courtney Love sings “Take Me to the River” for this week’s Empire. [Pitchfork] The Twitter CFO got a fast one pulled on him after an account hacking. [Fast Company] Dave Chappelle announces upcoming comedy shows in NYC. [Brooklyn Vegan] You’re still freaking out about the Happy Endings news, aren’t you? Luckily, this game of Operation with Adam Pally will make you feel better.
- 2/11/2015
- by Taylor Ferber
- TheFabLife - Movies
As Empire's ratings continue to grow each week, the hip-hop drama has begun to roll out its many guest stars who shake up Empire Entertainment and the Lyon family. Following appearances by Naomi Campbell and Cuba Gooding Jr., Courtney Love is preparing for an arc that will begin in the show's sixth episode, "Out, Damned Spot," and a song her character will be singing is now available to stream below.
The rock star and actress will be playing singer Elle Dallas, a member of the Empire Entertainment family. In her first episode,...
The rock star and actress will be playing singer Elle Dallas, a member of the Empire Entertainment family. In her first episode,...
- 2/10/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Sundance this year seems to have a theme of abuse and action against abuse of women, men, children, and minds.
There was a long list to choose from, including “I Smile Back” (self-abuse), “James White” (self-abuse),“The Stanford Prison Experiment” (mind abuse), “The Mask You Live In” (mind abuse of males in America), “Prophets of Prey” (mind abuse),
“Experimenter” (more mind abuse), “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” (mind abuse), “Stockholm, Pennsylvania” (abduction), “3 ½ Minutes” (victim of violence), “Cartel Land” (drug related violence), “Hot Girls Wanted” (young women in porn), “The Wolfpack” (youths locked up), “Chorus” (child murder), “Glassland” (broken family), “Take Me to the River” (sexual abuse?), “Reversal” (sexual abuse), “Partisan” (kid locked up), “Strangerland” (kids disappear), “Lila & Eve” (son’s murder), “True Story” (identity theft), “Zipper” (sexual addiction), “The Hunting Ground” (sexual abuse on college campuses). Even the opening night film, the eye-opening “What Happened, Miss Simone?” by Liz Garbus dealt with abuse. That is 24 titles!
“Dreamcatcher” (World Documentary, U.K.), which won the World Cinema Documentary Award for Directing, is the one that caught me. Brenda Myers-Powell, a former teenage prostitute with a drug habit has recovered after 25 years on the streets, and is an extraordinary woman.
“Dreamcatcher” takes us into a hidden world which we see through Brenda’s eyes. Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community.
With unprecedented access, multi award winning director, Kim Longinotto paints a vivid portrait of a community struggling to come to terms with some of its most painful truths and of the extraordinary woman who uses her past to inspire others to survive. With warmth and humor, Brenda gives hope to those who have none.
Brenda is a beautiful woman who went into recovery after her face was destroyed by a “john” who physically dragged her across rough terrain. We meet her in the film as she cruises the streets and goes to talk with prostitutes telling them that if they ever need a place to come, to hide, to recover, Dreamcatcher is there to help. She listens to their stories when they do come to her; she goes into prisons to talk to prostitutes, she goes into schools to talk to girls at risk.
At the high school, she opened the group with the discussion point of how to get away from a guy who is pressuring the girls in ways they do not want to go. One girl said she had been abused since she was a child. The rest of the class chimed in with similar stories of sexual abuse taking Brenda by surprise. “I didn’t know this would be the what we talked about today, but since we are talking, I too was abused as a young girl.” There was nothing she heard that shocked her because she had gone through it all herself.
Her calm ability to hear the worst of stories made me ask the film’s publicist, Susan Norget, for an interview with her. My main question was how did she manage to keep all judgment from entering the conversations, how had she learned to listen so well.
When I met her personally, she was even more beautiful than in the movie. We sat and talked and she explained first that the class in the film was in its second semester and she had spent the first semester just trying to get the girls to settle down and behave. She also said that she had spent 25 years on the streets, and “you have to learn to judge people – are they violent, serial killers? You get a sixth sense about people in order to survive.”
But when she was nearly destroyed, she went to someone who had spoken to her as she now speaks to others.
Who was this I wanted to know.
“She was a hippy outreach worker who spoke to me when I was in jail”, she said.
“In prison?” I asked.
“No, jail, not prison”. Jail is where they hold you until they indict you for a crime. When guilty, you go to prison. I was never in prison.”
This hippy outreach woman was a British woman named Edwina Gateley. She was a journalist who, with a therapist, opened her home for women prostitutes. I spent 18 months there, nineteen years ago and I am still with her. They healed my face with natural herbs; I learned to meditate and to love myself.
B: “I am a very spiritual person. My favorite poem is ‘Footprints.' My own god is very personal.
Me: You don’t offer Christianity, you never mention religion. How does recovery work?
B: The girls on the street are not ready for that. You can’t say ‘Jesus Loves You’ and then abandon them. They need to learn to love themselves. Edwina told me my body was special, not meant for what I was using it for. I did a lot of meditation, thinking and talking.
Me: In the movie your daughter talks about her life and how it was for her with you on the streets. Today she is a psychiatrist. How did she get through her childhood to grow up so well?
B: Aunt Suzy took care of my daughters. She is my mother’s sister.
Also Aunt Josey raised my daughters to become women, Christian women. One is a doctor and the other in criminal justice.
I forgot to ask her about her husband, if they were always married or newly married. She has adopted the child of her sister-in-law.
We see in the film that her family and extended family include her high achieving daughter and her drug addicted sister-in-law, tied to a man who seems to harbor a violent temper. We see that she holds a good job – “well good as I see it”, she says, “And having that I feel I must help others achieve it as well”.
She works as a volunteer for Dreamcatcher which is really her life. She has moments of anxiety and worry, all is not perfect, but she clearly sees her mission and is clear about how she speaks of it. This film made me feel like a better person, and if I lived in Chicago, I would be motivated to volunteer with Dreamcatcher.
Brenda would not like to be lionized, but to meet and speak with her is to be inspired.
The Isa handling "Dreamcatcher" is Dogwoof...
There was a long list to choose from, including “I Smile Back” (self-abuse), “James White” (self-abuse),“The Stanford Prison Experiment” (mind abuse), “The Mask You Live In” (mind abuse of males in America), “Prophets of Prey” (mind abuse),
“Experimenter” (more mind abuse), “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” (mind abuse), “Stockholm, Pennsylvania” (abduction), “3 ½ Minutes” (victim of violence), “Cartel Land” (drug related violence), “Hot Girls Wanted” (young women in porn), “The Wolfpack” (youths locked up), “Chorus” (child murder), “Glassland” (broken family), “Take Me to the River” (sexual abuse?), “Reversal” (sexual abuse), “Partisan” (kid locked up), “Strangerland” (kids disappear), “Lila & Eve” (son’s murder), “True Story” (identity theft), “Zipper” (sexual addiction), “The Hunting Ground” (sexual abuse on college campuses). Even the opening night film, the eye-opening “What Happened, Miss Simone?” by Liz Garbus dealt with abuse. That is 24 titles!
“Dreamcatcher” (World Documentary, U.K.), which won the World Cinema Documentary Award for Directing, is the one that caught me. Brenda Myers-Powell, a former teenage prostitute with a drug habit has recovered after 25 years on the streets, and is an extraordinary woman.
“Dreamcatcher” takes us into a hidden world which we see through Brenda’s eyes. Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community.
With unprecedented access, multi award winning director, Kim Longinotto paints a vivid portrait of a community struggling to come to terms with some of its most painful truths and of the extraordinary woman who uses her past to inspire others to survive. With warmth and humor, Brenda gives hope to those who have none.
Brenda is a beautiful woman who went into recovery after her face was destroyed by a “john” who physically dragged her across rough terrain. We meet her in the film as she cruises the streets and goes to talk with prostitutes telling them that if they ever need a place to come, to hide, to recover, Dreamcatcher is there to help. She listens to their stories when they do come to her; she goes into prisons to talk to prostitutes, she goes into schools to talk to girls at risk.
At the high school, she opened the group with the discussion point of how to get away from a guy who is pressuring the girls in ways they do not want to go. One girl said she had been abused since she was a child. The rest of the class chimed in with similar stories of sexual abuse taking Brenda by surprise. “I didn’t know this would be the what we talked about today, but since we are talking, I too was abused as a young girl.” There was nothing she heard that shocked her because she had gone through it all herself.
Her calm ability to hear the worst of stories made me ask the film’s publicist, Susan Norget, for an interview with her. My main question was how did she manage to keep all judgment from entering the conversations, how had she learned to listen so well.
When I met her personally, she was even more beautiful than in the movie. We sat and talked and she explained first that the class in the film was in its second semester and she had spent the first semester just trying to get the girls to settle down and behave. She also said that she had spent 25 years on the streets, and “you have to learn to judge people – are they violent, serial killers? You get a sixth sense about people in order to survive.”
But when she was nearly destroyed, she went to someone who had spoken to her as she now speaks to others.
Who was this I wanted to know.
“She was a hippy outreach worker who spoke to me when I was in jail”, she said.
“In prison?” I asked.
“No, jail, not prison”. Jail is where they hold you until they indict you for a crime. When guilty, you go to prison. I was never in prison.”
This hippy outreach woman was a British woman named Edwina Gateley. She was a journalist who, with a therapist, opened her home for women prostitutes. I spent 18 months there, nineteen years ago and I am still with her. They healed my face with natural herbs; I learned to meditate and to love myself.
B: “I am a very spiritual person. My favorite poem is ‘Footprints.' My own god is very personal.
Me: You don’t offer Christianity, you never mention religion. How does recovery work?
B: The girls on the street are not ready for that. You can’t say ‘Jesus Loves You’ and then abandon them. They need to learn to love themselves. Edwina told me my body was special, not meant for what I was using it for. I did a lot of meditation, thinking and talking.
Me: In the movie your daughter talks about her life and how it was for her with you on the streets. Today she is a psychiatrist. How did she get through her childhood to grow up so well?
B: Aunt Suzy took care of my daughters. She is my mother’s sister.
Also Aunt Josey raised my daughters to become women, Christian women. One is a doctor and the other in criminal justice.
I forgot to ask her about her husband, if they were always married or newly married. She has adopted the child of her sister-in-law.
We see in the film that her family and extended family include her high achieving daughter and her drug addicted sister-in-law, tied to a man who seems to harbor a violent temper. We see that she holds a good job – “well good as I see it”, she says, “And having that I feel I must help others achieve it as well”.
She works as a volunteer for Dreamcatcher which is really her life. She has moments of anxiety and worry, all is not perfect, but she clearly sees her mission and is clear about how she speaks of it. This film made me feel like a better person, and if I lived in Chicago, I would be motivated to volunteer with Dreamcatcher.
Brenda would not like to be lionized, but to meet and speak with her is to be inspired.
The Isa handling "Dreamcatcher" is Dogwoof...
- 2/3/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Presumably the film's title is a reference to the Al Green's song (popularized by Talking Heads) "Take Me to the River," which David Byrne once described as: "A song that combines teenage lust with baptism. Not equates, you understand, but throws them in the same stew, at least. A potent blend. All praise the mighty spurtin' Jesus." Sobel's film is not all that different from Byrne's description of the song. The film certainly serves up a potent blend of puberty, sexuality and conservative values. Also, the story represents a seminal moment in Ryder's coming-of-age, which could be interpreted as a baptism into adulthood; though rather than being cleansed with water, Ryder ends up with mud on his chest.
- 1/27/2015
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Despite the lottery-esque sounding odds, the U.S Dramatic Competition section which produces the finest American indie specimens such as Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station and Whiplash is fairly consistent in terms of quality. Last year’s crop of sixteen have almost all had their theatrical releases with Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter being the last one out of the gates (pegged with an early 2015 release). Last week we individually looked at our top 80 Sundance Film Fest Predictions (you’ll find 30 other titles worth considering in our intro) and below, we’ve split the list into narrative and non-fiction film items and have both identified and color-coded our picks in an AtoZ cheat sheet. You’ll find 2015′s answer to Whiplash located somewhere in the stack below. Click on the individual titles below, for the film’s profile.
- 11/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
In life, as on The Voice, the accomplishment-to-praise threshhold is not always a balanced one.
Your three-year-old makes a wee-wee on the potty, and you treat him like he’s earned the Nobel Prize in toilet-training. You make it to the gym on a Monday morning (after failing to go even once the week prior), and you’re suddenly Rocky atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It doesn’t matter that you had to crawl the last 10 feet to ascend the peak, you’re the heavyweight champ of your own feel-good movie.
NBC’s singing competition takes...
Your three-year-old makes a wee-wee on the potty, and you treat him like he’s earned the Nobel Prize in toilet-training. You make it to the gym on a Monday morning (after failing to go even once the week prior), and you’re suddenly Rocky atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It doesn’t matter that you had to crawl the last 10 feet to ascend the peak, you’re the heavyweight champ of your own feel-good movie.
NBC’s singing competition takes...
- 11/18/2014
- TVLine.com
Other winners include Poland’s Kebab & Horoscope, British film Luna, Japanese feature The Lights Shines Only There and illegal immigrant doc Days of Hope.
Take Me To The River, Martin Shore’s documentary charting the influence of Memphis and Mississippi Delta blues musicians, has been named Raindance’s Feature Film of the Festival.
The film, which includes contributions from Terrance Howard and Snoop Dogg, was honoured at the Raindance Film Festival awards ceremony in London on Saturday night (Oct 4).
The ceremony closed two weeks of the independent film festival, which screened more than 100 features, 176 shorts and hosted 40 industry events.
The winners were chosen by a jury that comprised Sherlock actor Andrew Scott, Sightseers actress Alice Lowe and Homeland casting director Amy Hubbard.
Winning films
Best Debut Feature - Kebab & Horoscope
Best British Feature – Luna
Best International Feature - The Light Shines Only There
Best Documentary Feature - Days of Hope
Film of the Festival (Feature) - [link...
Take Me To The River, Martin Shore’s documentary charting the influence of Memphis and Mississippi Delta blues musicians, has been named Raindance’s Feature Film of the Festival.
The film, which includes contributions from Terrance Howard and Snoop Dogg, was honoured at the Raindance Film Festival awards ceremony in London on Saturday night (Oct 4).
The ceremony closed two weeks of the independent film festival, which screened more than 100 features, 176 shorts and hosted 40 industry events.
The winners were chosen by a jury that comprised Sherlock actor Andrew Scott, Sightseers actress Alice Lowe and Homeland casting director Amy Hubbard.
Winning films
Best Debut Feature - Kebab & Horoscope
Best British Feature – Luna
Best International Feature - The Light Shines Only There
Best Documentary Feature - Days of Hope
Film of the Festival (Feature) - [link...
- 10/6/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard is in talks to reteam with his “Fighting” director Dito Montiel on the psychological thriller “Man Down,” TheWrap has learned. Shia Labeouf, Kate Mara and Gary Oldman will star in the film, which begins shooting at the end of October in Louisiana. Also read: Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples Explore Memphis’ Rich Musical History in ‘Take Me to the River’ Trailer (Video) Written by Adam Simon, story follows an Afghanistan war veteran who's haunted by his experiences as he searches for his family in a post-apocalyptic America. The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international sales and started shopping the.
- 9/26/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
See that purdy vinyl record spinning above? That my friends could be yours. It is the soundtrack from the Memphis music documentary Take Me To The River and we have one LP to give away. Because this item is one of the coolest items I have ever given away I am going to make you work for this one. You will have to dig a bit and compare notes for this one. Ready? This rapper, and singer on the Take Me To The River soundtrack, won an Oscar for a song he wrote for another film. Name that film. When you think you've worked out the answer e-mail me here. I will collect qualifying entries up to Midnight Pst on Thursday, September 18th. This contest is open to...
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- 9/15/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Whenever a major tentpole film dominates the box-office for several weeks, it's usually an unexpected and over performing smaller film aiming at a very different market that knocks the weakening giant off its perch.
It happened again this weekend as the Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson-led, black female audience-targeted thriller "No Good Deed" kicked Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" out of the top slot. 'Deed', costing just $13 million to make, nearly doubled its production budget with a $24.5 million haul over three days.
Family film "Dolphin Tale 2" came in second with $16.6 million, behind the $19.2 million opening of the original back in 2011 though that film had a 3D bump. The news wasn't all bad for 'Guardians' either as it became the first film of 2014 to cross the $300 million mark at the domestic box-office. It came in third with $8 million, and worldwide it also passed the $600 million mark this weekend.
It happened again this weekend as the Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson-led, black female audience-targeted thriller "No Good Deed" kicked Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" out of the top slot. 'Deed', costing just $13 million to make, nearly doubled its production budget with a $24.5 million haul over three days.
Family film "Dolphin Tale 2" came in second with $16.6 million, behind the $19.2 million opening of the original back in 2011 though that film had a 3D bump. The news wasn't all bad for 'Guardians' either as it became the first film of 2014 to cross the $300 million mark at the domestic box-office. It came in third with $8 million, and worldwide it also passed the $600 million mark this weekend.
- 9/15/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Roadside/Lionsgate opened its Sundance prize-winner The Skeleton Twins to robust numbers in a five-city platform debut across 15 theaters, taking one of the highest theater averages of the year among limited releases. In a much broader release, Fox Searchlight edged The Drop to a near-wide release over the weekend, landing sixth in overall box office. American Experience/PBS Films‘ doc Last Days In Vietnam, meanwhile held over solidly, adding one theater in its second week, while China Lion maintained some momentum with the Stateside release of Chinese-language entry But Always, also adding a single location. Sony Pictures Classics expanded Love Is Strange with momentum. Comedy-drama Skeleton Twins starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig grossed nearly $411K in 15 theaters in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington D.C., for a very solid $27,383 PTA. The film, directed by Craig Johnson about long-estranged and troubled twins reuniting was No. 1 in a dozen locations,...
- 9/14/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
It premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival 4 months ago, and was been acquired for Us theatrical release by Richard Abramowitz’s distribution company, Abramorama, in a joint venture with Social Capital Films. From director Martin Shore, the film, titled "Take Me to the River," is a feature documentary that celebrates the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis, amidst pervasive discrimination and segregation. Further... The film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album, to re-imagine the utopia of racial, gender...
- 9/12/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The upcoming weekend boasts an onslaught of new Specialty titles vying for audiences. In all likelihood, however, many will have a short big screen life as the fall’s awards contenders ramp up and crowd others out. Five of this week’s dozen-plus newcomers are spotlighted here with Fox Searchlight’s The Drop edging on a wide release. The feature starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini will bow in over 800 theaters. TWC’s The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby also joins the fray with a platform release. The film also has two accompanying titles told from the perspective of its two main characters, which will be released in more limited runs in October. Magnolia will open its thriller Honeymoon in a day and date release while Dada Films’ Swearnet: The Movie breaks a movie record with the most F-bombs ever. And Cohen Media Group’s My Old Lady bowed Wednesday in limited release.
- 9/11/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
Snoop Dogg wasn’t even born yet when William Bell released “I Forgot to Be Your Lover” in 1968, but he managed to get in on it decades later for Take Me to the River, a documentary that brings the older musical legends of Memphis together with newer artists to re-record updated versions of songs like “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Trying to Live My Life Without You.”
Take Me to the River director Martin Shore worked with Snoop before on 2006’s Hood of Horror so when the rapper found out Shore was working on this documentary, he immediately knew he wanted to be involved.
Take Me to the River director Martin Shore worked with Snoop before on 2006’s Hood of Horror so when the rapper found out Shore was working on this documentary, he immediately knew he wanted to be involved.
- 9/10/2014
- by Ariana Bacle
- EW - Inside Movies
There's an earnest didacticism to Martin Shore's directorial debut, Take Me to the River, a film that initially comes off as a primer on the Memphis sound and a making-of documentary for a genre-blending music project.
Shore and his fellow music producers pair veteran r&b, soul and blues musicians with younger performers, primarily rappers (like narrator and singer Terrence Howard, most have a connection to the Memphis-set Hustle & Flow). It's not always smooth sailing, with musicians of the analog era gently chiding their digital counterparts over sampling and Auto-Tune. The cross-generational collaborations begin to click when musicians who found fame in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s recall the importance of mentors on their careers and demonstrate an eagerness to p...
Shore and his fellow music producers pair veteran r&b, soul and blues musicians with younger performers, primarily rappers (like narrator and singer Terrence Howard, most have a connection to the Memphis-set Hustle & Flow). It's not always smooth sailing, with musicians of the analog era gently chiding their digital counterparts over sampling and Auto-Tune. The cross-generational collaborations begin to click when musicians who found fame in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s recall the importance of mentors on their careers and demonstrate an eagerness to p...
- 9/10/2014
- Village Voice
The documentary Take Me To The River opens nationwide on September 12. Martin Shore's film celebrates the history of incredible Memphis music, following the creative process of multiple generations of musicians as they come together to create a historic new album. The doc stars Terrence Howard, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Yo Gotti, Bobby Rush, Frayser Boy, The North Mississippi All-Stars and many more.Take Me to the River is a feature documentary celebrating the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation.The film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album, to re-imagine the...
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- 8/19/2014
- Screen Anarchy
It premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival 5 months ago, and was acquired for Us theatrical release by Richard Abramowitz’s distribution company, Abramorama, in a joint venture with Social Capital Films. From director Martin Shore, titled "Take Me to the River," the feature documentary celebrates the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis amidst pervasive discrimination and segregation. Further... The film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album, to re-imagine the utopia of racial, gender and generational...
- 8/18/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A trailer has been released for music documentary Take Me to the River.
Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, William Bell, Booker T Jones, Yo Gotti, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut and Charlie Musselwhite are among the cross-generational Memphis musicians to feature in the film.
Terrence Howard narrates the film, which unites the Mississippi Delta musicians to create a classic-modern soul sound.
The film also takes a look back over the region's history and its influence on the music of the last century.
Directed by Martin Shore, it is named after the classic Al Green song.
An album by the film's stars will also be released in tandem with the film.
Take Me to the River will be released on September 12 in the Us. A UK release date has yet to be announced.
Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, William Bell, Booker T Jones, Yo Gotti, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut and Charlie Musselwhite are among the cross-generational Memphis musicians to feature in the film.
Terrence Howard narrates the film, which unites the Mississippi Delta musicians to create a classic-modern soul sound.
The film also takes a look back over the region's history and its influence on the music of the last century.
Directed by Martin Shore, it is named after the classic Al Green song.
An album by the film's stars will also be released in tandem with the film.
Take Me to the River will be released on September 12 in the Us. A UK release date has yet to be announced.
- 8/18/2014
- Digital Spy
The generations combine to celebrate the music of Memphis in the award-winning documentary film “Take Me to the River,” which hits theaters on Sept. 12. The first official trailer spotlights the collaboration of its eclectic cast of musicians, multi-generational and multi-racial, as they come together to celebrate their common love of music. Named after the Al Green classic soul song, the documentary explores the city's rich musical history examining the soul music originators from the middle of the 20th Century, as well as the young musicians coming out with their new sounds today. Also read: ‘The Butler's’ Terrence Howard Joins Fox Limited Series.
- 8/15/2014
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Al Green, Box Tops, Carl Perkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Bobby Womack, Booker T. & The MGs. These soul artists created a body of work that to this day stands with distinction, so what better way to honor them than to team up some of those musicians with.....hip hop artists? That's the central premise of the upcoming documentary "Take Me To The River," that finds director Martin Shore chronicling the making of an album featuring veteran artists like Mavis Staples, Bobby Rush and Otis Clay, teaming with folks like Snoop Dogg, Lil' P-Nut and Yo Gotti. Uh...okay. "Take Me To The River" opens on September 12th, and if you need a little push to see it, the doc scored an Audience Award at SXSW this spring. Watch below. [EW]...
- 8/15/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Detroit has Motown, but the Mississippi delta is where it all began. The gospel, folk, soul and R&B music that developed there evolved into modern pop and became the soundtrack for multiple generations of Americans; and the city of Memphis became this cultural oasis for all sorts of musical experiments and breakthroughs, exemplified by the heyday of Stax Records. In Take Me To the River, filmmaker Martin Shore paired old-school legends with current hip-hop artists for an album and a documentary about the timeless language of music that speaks across all generations and races.
“Outside, on the streets of Memphis,...
“Outside, on the streets of Memphis,...
- 8/14/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
I don't remember the last time I did an MPAA ratings bulletin and didn't have a single title in my movie database, but today brings us exactly that. In fact, the only film on the list I even have any remote familiarity with is Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort from director Valeri Milev and is expected to hit DVD and Blu-ray from Fox Home Entertainment on October 31. Otherwise, not much to talk about... Autumn Blood Rated R For violence including rape, and nudity. Break Point Rated R For language and sexual references. A Matter of Faith Rated PG For mild thematic elements. Plastic Rated R For strong violence, sexuality/nudity, language throughout and some drug use. Seven Assassins Rated R For violence. Take Me to the River Rated PG For thematic material, language and smoking. Under Wraps Rated PG For some scary images, rude humor and action. Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort...
- 8/12/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Tonight's elimination/performances show, kicked off with the remaining contestants doing a group contemporary performance choreographed by Mandy Moore to the song “Take Me To The River” by Annie Lennox. From there, host Kat Deeley, introduced the judges. Misty Copeland was a guest judge once again. Next, they revealed that poor :Bridget Whitman, Marcquet Hill, Zack Everhart, Jr., Tanisha Belnap, Serge Onik, and Brooklyn Fullmer landed in the bottom 6 this week. Then for the next hour and 40 minutes or so, everyone performed their routines. Ricky Ubeda and Valerie Rockey performed Bollywood, Bridget Whitman and Emilio Dosal performed Contemporary, Tanisha Belnap and Rudy Abreu danced Hip Hop, Jessica Richens and Marcquet Hill performed Foxtrot, Serge Onik and Carly Blaney performed Contemporary, Emily James and Teddy Coffey performed Salsa, Jacque LeWarne and Zack Everhart, Jr. danced Jazz, Brooklyn Fullmer and Casey Askew performed Hip Hop, Next, they did something a little different...
- 7/24/2014
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival 4 months ago, and has now been acquired for Us theatrical release by Richard Abramowitz’s distribution company, Abramorama, in a joint venture with Social Capital Films. From director Martin Shore, titled "Take Me to the River," the feature documentary celebrates the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis amidst pervasive discrimination and segregation. Further... The film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album, to re-imagine the utopia of racial, gender and...
- 7/21/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Breaking Glass Pictures has picked up the documentary Corpus Christi: Playing Wnith Redemption.
The film is about Terrence McNally’s Off-Broadway play Corpus Christi and will be released on DVD and VOD on October 14.
The distributor has also acquired Jason Buxton’s thriller Blackbird and releases it on the same platforms on October 7.
Richard Abramowitz’s Abramorama has launched a joint venture with Social Capital Films as the partners acquired Us theatrical rights to Martin Shore’s award-winning music documentary Take Me To The River.
The film follows multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians including Frayser Boy and The North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite and Snoop Dogg as they collaborate on a new album.
Take Me To The River will open on September 12 and premiered at SXSW, where it won the 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award. Abramowitz brokered the deal with ICM Partners for the film-makers.
Bond/360 has...
The film is about Terrence McNally’s Off-Broadway play Corpus Christi and will be released on DVD and VOD on October 14.
The distributor has also acquired Jason Buxton’s thriller Blackbird and releases it on the same platforms on October 7.
Richard Abramowitz’s Abramorama has launched a joint venture with Social Capital Films as the partners acquired Us theatrical rights to Martin Shore’s award-winning music documentary Take Me To The River.
The film follows multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians including Frayser Boy and The North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite and Snoop Dogg as they collaborate on a new album.
Take Me To The River will open on September 12 and premiered at SXSW, where it won the 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award. Abramowitz brokered the deal with ICM Partners for the film-makers.
Bond/360 has...
- 7/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Breaking Glass Pictures has picked up the documentary Corpus Christi: Playing Wnith Redemption.
The film is about Terrence McNally’s Off-Broadway play Corpus Christi and will be released on DVD and VOD on October 14.
The distributor has also acquired Jason Buxton’s thriller Blackbird and releases it on the same platforms on October 7.
Richard Abramowitz’s Abramorama has launched a joint venture with Social Capital Films as the partners acquired Us theatrical rights to Martin Shore’s award-winning music documentary Take Me To The River.
The film follows multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians including Frayser Boy and The North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite and Snoop Dogg as they collaborate on a new album.
Take Me To The River will open on September 12 and premiered at SXSW, where it won the 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award. Abramowitz brokered the deal with ICM Partners for the film-makers.
The film is about Terrence McNally’s Off-Broadway play Corpus Christi and will be released on DVD and VOD on October 14.
The distributor has also acquired Jason Buxton’s thriller Blackbird and releases it on the same platforms on October 7.
Richard Abramowitz’s Abramorama has launched a joint venture with Social Capital Films as the partners acquired Us theatrical rights to Martin Shore’s award-winning music documentary Take Me To The River.
The film follows multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians including Frayser Boy and The North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite and Snoop Dogg as they collaborate on a new album.
Take Me To The River will open on September 12 and premiered at SXSW, where it won the 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award. Abramowitz brokered the deal with ICM Partners for the film-makers.
- 7/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Abramorama and Social Capital Films have jointly acquired U.S. theatrical rights to SXSW award-winning documentary Take Me To The River, tracking the influence of Memphis and Mississippi Delta blues on the American social and political landscape through the recording of a historic new album. Terrence Howard narrates and Martin Shore directs the film which features musicians William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Yo Gotti, Bobby Rush, Academy Award winner Frayser Boy and The North Mississippi All-Stars. Pic will bow theatrically September 12. Take Me To The River premiered at SXSW this […]...
- 7/16/2014
- Deadline
Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project announced on Monday (9) the 10 narrative features selected for the 2014 Independent Filmmaker Labs.
The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 150 submissions, are attending the first session of the program – The Time Warner Foundation Completion Labs – taking place this week in New York.
The 2014 Labs mark the 10th anniversary edition of the mentorship programme.
The scheme was established in 2005 by Filmmaker Magazine’s editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay as a three-day event for eight narrative projects and has evolved under the leadership of head of programming Amy Dotson and senior director of programming Milton Tabbot into a year-round process for 20 projects – 10 documentaries and 10 narratives.
The ninth documentary lab took place recently (pictured).
As an extension of the Labs programme, Ifp has launched First Run to host week-long theatrical releases at the Made In NY Media Center by Ifp this autumn.
“We are thrilled...
The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 150 submissions, are attending the first session of the program – The Time Warner Foundation Completion Labs – taking place this week in New York.
The 2014 Labs mark the 10th anniversary edition of the mentorship programme.
The scheme was established in 2005 by Filmmaker Magazine’s editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay as a three-day event for eight narrative projects and has evolved under the leadership of head of programming Amy Dotson and senior director of programming Milton Tabbot into a year-round process for 20 projects – 10 documentaries and 10 narratives.
The ninth documentary lab took place recently (pictured).
As an extension of the Labs programme, Ifp has launched First Run to host week-long theatrical releases at the Made In NY Media Center by Ifp this autumn.
“We are thrilled...
- 6/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project announced on Monday (9) the 10 narrative features selected for the 2014 Independent Filmmaker Labs.
The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 150 submissions, are attending the first session of the program – The Time Warner Foundation Completion Labs – taking place this week in New York.
The 2014 Labs mark the 10th anniversary edition of the mentorship programme.
The scheme was established in 2005 by Filmmaker Magazine’s editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay as a three-day event for eight narrative projects and has evolved under the leadership of head of programming Amy Dotson and senior director of programming Milton Tabbot into a year-round process for 20 projects – 10 documentaries and 10 narratives.
The ninth documentary lab took place recently (pictured).
As an extension of the Labs programme, Ifp has launched First Run to host week-long theatrical releases at the Made In NY Media Center by Ifp this autumn.
“We are thrilled...
The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 150 submissions, are attending the first session of the program – The Time Warner Foundation Completion Labs – taking place this week in New York.
The 2014 Labs mark the 10th anniversary edition of the mentorship programme.
The scheme was established in 2005 by Filmmaker Magazine’s editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay as a three-day event for eight narrative projects and has evolved under the leadership of head of programming Amy Dotson and senior director of programming Milton Tabbot into a year-round process for 20 projects – 10 documentaries and 10 narratives.
The ninth documentary lab took place recently (pictured).
As an extension of the Labs programme, Ifp has launched First Run to host week-long theatrical releases at the Made In NY Media Center by Ifp this autumn.
“We are thrilled...
- 6/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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I’m on the fence about the new season of In The Flesh. I was hoping for something quite personal, like the first season’s doomed romance between Kieran (Luke Newberry) and Rick. It does seem to be going bigger, political though. Still, Newberry is up for Best Actor in a Television Series at the BAFTAs for his work, and his characterization of Kieran’s relationship with Rick is a bit different than I saw it. “Their relationship is complex and very meaningful. I think they had a strong friendship that maybe led into something more. They understood each other on a very deep level, because it affected Kieran in such a way that he didn’t want to live anymore when Rick died.” So Kieran isn’t gay? Or is gay but not Rick’s boyfriend?...
I’m on the fence about the new season of In The Flesh. I was hoping for something quite personal, like the first season’s doomed romance between Kieran (Luke Newberry) and Rick. It does seem to be going bigger, political though. Still, Newberry is up for Best Actor in a Television Series at the BAFTAs for his work, and his characterization of Kieran’s relationship with Rick is a bit different than I saw it. “Their relationship is complex and very meaningful. I think they had a strong friendship that maybe led into something more. They understood each other on a very deep level, because it affected Kieran in such a way that he didn’t want to live anymore when Rick died.” So Kieran isn’t gay? Or is gay but not Rick’s boyfriend?...
- 5/16/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Apparently, Lance Bass has no problem poking a little fun at his last name. The former boy-bander appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night thanks to fan Matt Davis, who wrote in a note for Fallon's suggestion box asking, "I love those Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish that people put up on their walls. I was wondering if you knew anyone who could recreate that live." Cue "Big Mouth Lance Bass", who was rolled out onstage while mounted to a plaque atop a fireplace and with just one push of a button, he launched into song, mimicking the famous Big Mouth Billy. Of course, Bass sang "Take Me to the River" as he flopped his legs around like a fish while Fallon...
- 5/15/2014
- E! Online
Not so many years ago a strange phenomenon ruled our nation with an iron novelty fist. Any trip to the mall would end with the sultry strains of 'Take Me To The River' belted out over tinny music as an unattended child pressed the button on every Big Mouth Bass at the kiosk, creating a round robin from hell. And now we've come full circle. Former Nsync member Lance Bass channeled his namesake for our, and judging by his silent shaking laugh, his own amusement. Somewhere out there right now, a plucky entrepreneur is figuring out the legality of making novelty Big Mouth Lance Bass for sale.
- 5/15/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
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