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Jon Hamm is on a whirlwind press tour. The actor and his Top Gun: Maverick castmates started in San Diego, where they attended the film’s stateside premiere before flying to the Cannes Film Festival (then flew back out in less than a day). Next, they were off to London, all in pursuit of a grand return to movie theaters. This week, Hamm pivots to celebrating his Kafkaesque workplace satire Corner Office at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here, he opines about the film biz and post-pandemic recalibrations.
What do you remember about your first film festival?
I think my first time must have been for The Town, and it was a double whammy because we went from Venice to Toronto. Just like with Top Gun, it was a movie that people were really excited about. I remember being a young actor and thinking,...
Jon Hamm is on a whirlwind press tour. The actor and his Top Gun: Maverick castmates started in San Diego, where they attended the film’s stateside premiere before flying to the Cannes Film Festival (then flew back out in less than a day). Next, they were off to London, all in pursuit of a grand return to movie theaters. This week, Hamm pivots to celebrating his Kafkaesque workplace satire Corner Office at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here, he opines about the film biz and post-pandemic recalibrations.
What do you remember about your first film festival?
I think my first time must have been for The Town, and it was a double whammy because we went from Venice to Toronto. Just like with Top Gun, it was a movie that people were really excited about. I remember being a young actor and thinking,...
- 6/7/2022
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tribeca Festival, the event that wants to offer something for everyone, returns Wednesday with its sprawling collection of features and shorts, live music, TV, podcasts, games, and Ar/VR. The annual New York City-set fest has moved mostly back indoors this year, but will feature nods to 2021 like free outdoor screenings and an online edition, Tribeca At Home. A rich documentary slate tackles abortion, press freedom and the rise of social media. There’s a first-time award for environmental impact and a series of talks with Blackhouse Foundation centered on Poc storytelling.
“We’re an activist festival,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder with Robert De Niro and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises. “When you think back to how we founded the festival, we’ve always been political,” she added, a nod to the duo launching Tribeca after the September 11 terrorist attacks to buck up a physically and emotionally devastated neighborhood.
This year,...
“We’re an activist festival,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder with Robert De Niro and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises. “When you think back to how we founded the festival, we’ve always been political,” she added, a nod to the duo launching Tribeca after the September 11 terrorist attacks to buck up a physically and emotionally devastated neighborhood.
This year,...
- 6/7/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has secured North American rights to the romantic drama Alone Together, written, directed by and starring Katie Holmes, which will make its world premiere in the Spotlight Narrative section of the Tribeca Film Festival on June 14. Vertical plans to release the film exclusively in theaters in July 22, with a VOD bow to follow on July 29.
Alone Together follows June (Holmes), a food critic going upstate for a short romantic getaway to escape the pandemic in New York City, whose plans go wrong from the start. Arriving at the Airbnb in advance of her boyfriend, John (Derek Luke), she is shocked to discover it has been double-booked by the recently single Charlie (Jim Sturgess). When John decides to stay in the city to take care of his parents, June has to settle in for the long haul as she realizes that the initial two weeks of the pandemic...
Alone Together follows June (Holmes), a food critic going upstate for a short romantic getaway to escape the pandemic in New York City, whose plans go wrong from the start. Arriving at the Airbnb in advance of her boyfriend, John (Derek Luke), she is shocked to discover it has been double-booked by the recently single Charlie (Jim Sturgess). When John decides to stay in the city to take care of his parents, June has to settle in for the long haul as she realizes that the initial two weeks of the pandemic...
- 6/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The full Tribeca Film Festival lineup of 109 feature films from 40 countries and 88 world premieres for the 2022 event that takes place June 9-18 has been announced. It’ll be interesting to see if some of the films at the festival will end up being popular breakouts, land major studio/streamer distribution, or eventually move on to get recognized during awards season.
Some highlights of those upcoming films at the fest include Joachim Back’s “Corner Office” starring Jon Hamm, “Somewhere In Queens” which was directed by Ray Romano starring Romano and Laurie Metcalf, “American Dreamer” with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon, and Danny Glover; “Beauty” that was written by Lena Waithe, “Jerry & Marge Go Large” by David Frankel and starring Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, and Rainn Wilson, Andrew Bujalski‘s new film, “There There” starring Jason Schwartzman, Lili Taylor, and Molly Gordon, “Aisha” with Letitia Wright, “MLK/FBI” director Sam Pollard‘s new documentary,...
Some highlights of those upcoming films at the fest include Joachim Back’s “Corner Office” starring Jon Hamm, “Somewhere In Queens” which was directed by Ray Romano starring Romano and Laurie Metcalf, “American Dreamer” with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon, and Danny Glover; “Beauty” that was written by Lena Waithe, “Jerry & Marge Go Large” by David Frankel and starring Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, and Rainn Wilson, Andrew Bujalski‘s new film, “There There” starring Jason Schwartzman, Lili Taylor, and Molly Gordon, “Aisha” with Letitia Wright, “MLK/FBI” director Sam Pollard‘s new documentary,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
The 2022 Tribeca Festival today announced its lineup of feature and short narrative, documentary, and animated films. This year’s festival runs June 8–19 and will open, as previously announced, with the Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime.”
The features program spans 10 categories and showcases 110 feature films and 16 online premieres from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries. The lineup includes 88 world premieres, two international premieres, seven North American premieres, two U.S. premieres, and 11 New York premieres. There are 32 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects, and 50 first-time directors. More than 64 percent (81) of the feature films are directed by female, Bipoc, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers: 46 percent (58) female directors, 34percent (43) Bipoc directors, and 8 percent (10) LGBTQ+ directors.
World premieres include “Corner Office,” starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, and “Somewhere in Queens,” directed by Ray Romano and co-starring Laurie Metcalf, Tony Lo Bianco, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Jennifer Esposito. Additional films include “American Dreamer,” with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon,...
The features program spans 10 categories and showcases 110 feature films and 16 online premieres from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries. The lineup includes 88 world premieres, two international premieres, seven North American premieres, two U.S. premieres, and 11 New York premieres. There are 32 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects, and 50 first-time directors. More than 64 percent (81) of the feature films are directed by female, Bipoc, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers: 46 percent (58) female directors, 34percent (43) Bipoc directors, and 8 percent (10) LGBTQ+ directors.
World premieres include “Corner Office,” starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, and “Somewhere in Queens,” directed by Ray Romano and co-starring Laurie Metcalf, Tony Lo Bianco, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Jennifer Esposito. Additional films include “American Dreamer,” with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The festival is set to take place from June 8-19, and features 88 world premieres.
Tribeca has unveiled its 2022 line-up, with world premieres including Joachim Back’s Corner Office starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, and Ray Romano’s directorial debut, Somewhere In Queens. Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth is set to close the festival.
The 21st edition is to take place in New York from June 8-19, with 88 world premieres across its 10 categories, showcasing 109 feature films and 16 online premieres from 150 filmmakers across 40 countries. The Tribeca At Home platform will allow US audiences to watch a selection of films online from June...
Tribeca has unveiled its 2022 line-up, with world premieres including Joachim Back’s Corner Office starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, and Ray Romano’s directorial debut, Somewhere In Queens. Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth is set to close the festival.
The 21st edition is to take place in New York from June 8-19, with 88 world premieres across its 10 categories, showcasing 109 feature films and 16 online premieres from 150 filmmakers across 40 countries. The Tribeca At Home platform will allow US audiences to watch a selection of films online from June...
- 4/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
“Jerry and Marge Go Large,” a comedy starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening, as well as new films from directors Lena Waithe and Ray Romano, will premiere at this year’s Tribeca Festival.
Tribeca, which is set to take place in New York City from June 8 through June 19, unveiled on Tuesday its lineup of feature, short narrative, documentary and animated films.
The features program spans 10 categories — from narrative competitions and topical documentaries to anticipated new films — and includes 110 feature films and 16 online premieres. There are 32 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects, along with 50 first-time directors. This year, Tribeca has made notable strides toward parity and representation. More than 64 (81) of the feature films are directed by female, Bipoc and LGBT filmmakers. Of the movies slated to play at Tribeca, 46 (58) were helmed by female directors, 34 (43) by Bipoc directors and 8 (10) by LGBTQ+ directors.
The festival is also set to include documentaries about LeVar Burton,...
Tribeca, which is set to take place in New York City from June 8 through June 19, unveiled on Tuesday its lineup of feature, short narrative, documentary and animated films.
The features program spans 10 categories — from narrative competitions and topical documentaries to anticipated new films — and includes 110 feature films and 16 online premieres. There are 32 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects, along with 50 first-time directors. This year, Tribeca has made notable strides toward parity and representation. More than 64 (81) of the feature films are directed by female, Bipoc and LGBT filmmakers. Of the movies slated to play at Tribeca, 46 (58) were helmed by female directors, 34 (43) by Bipoc directors and 8 (10) by LGBTQ+ directors.
The festival is also set to include documentaries about LeVar Burton,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Tribeca Festival has unveiled its 2022 lineup of 109 feature films from 40 countries and 88 world premieres including Joachim Back’s Corner Office starring Jon Hamm and Somewhere in Queens, directed by Ray Romano starring Romano and Laurie Metcalf.
The fest, June 8-19, also features American Dreamer with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon and Danny Glover; The Cave of Adullam, produced by Laurence Fishburne; Beauty, written by Lena Waithe; Jerry & Marge Go Large by David Frankel and starring Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening and Rainn Wilson; Aisha with Letitia Wright; Alone Together, directed, written and starring Katie Holmes alongside Jim Sturgess, Zosia Mamet and Melissa Leo; My Name Is Andrea with Ashley Judd; Space Oddity, directed by Kyra Sedgwick; Acidman with Thomas Haden Church and Dianna Agron; and The Integrity of Joseph Chambers with Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
See full lineup below.
“This 2022 feature film program leaves us...
The fest, June 8-19, also features American Dreamer with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon and Danny Glover; The Cave of Adullam, produced by Laurence Fishburne; Beauty, written by Lena Waithe; Jerry & Marge Go Large by David Frankel and starring Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening and Rainn Wilson; Aisha with Letitia Wright; Alone Together, directed, written and starring Katie Holmes alongside Jim Sturgess, Zosia Mamet and Melissa Leo; My Name Is Andrea with Ashley Judd; Space Oddity, directed by Kyra Sedgwick; Acidman with Thomas Haden Church and Dianna Agron; and The Integrity of Joseph Chambers with Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
See full lineup below.
“This 2022 feature film program leaves us...
- 4/19/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
2022 Tribeca Film Festival Lineup Includes Ray Romano’s Directorial Debut and Jon Hamm Office Satire
The 2022 Tribeca Festival will feature world premieres of Ray Romano’s directorial debut “Somewhere in Queens” and “Corner Office,” a workplace satire starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, among many others.
Tribeca announced on Tuesday its full lineup of features and shorts, including documentaries and animated films. In all, 110 feature films will play at the festival from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries, with 88 being world premieres.
Romano also stars in his film “Somewhere in Queens” alongside Laurie Metcalf, Tony Lo Bianco, Sebastian Maniscalco and Jennifer Esposito. The film is about an Italian-American dad from Queens who gets increasingly involved in ensuring his son’s high school basketball success. “Corner Office” is directed by Joachim Back and stars Hamm as a straight-laced employee who retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues, only to find that his move upsets them immensely.
Other highlights include “American Dreamer” with Peter Dinklage,...
Tribeca announced on Tuesday its full lineup of features and shorts, including documentaries and animated films. In all, 110 feature films will play at the festival from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries, with 88 being world premieres.
Romano also stars in his film “Somewhere in Queens” alongside Laurie Metcalf, Tony Lo Bianco, Sebastian Maniscalco and Jennifer Esposito. The film is about an Italian-American dad from Queens who gets increasingly involved in ensuring his son’s high school basketball success. “Corner Office” is directed by Joachim Back and stars Hamm as a straight-laced employee who retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues, only to find that his move upsets them immensely.
Other highlights include “American Dreamer” with Peter Dinklage,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Marvel Studios’ “Ironheart” has found its directors.
Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) will divide directing duties for the Disney Plus series — which will be produced by Proximity, the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler.
The series follows Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who invents a suit of armor similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit. Not much more is known about the series’ storyline, but Thorne is set to debut as Williams first in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is scheduled to debut in November.
Williams will be joined by Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”) and Lyric Ross (“This Is Us”) on the series, which was created by head writer Chinaka Hodge (“Snowpiercer”).
Proximity co-founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian are serving as executive producers on the series, alongside Hodge and Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum and Zoie Nagelhout.
Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) will divide directing duties for the Disney Plus series — which will be produced by Proximity, the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler.
The series follows Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who invents a suit of armor similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit. Not much more is known about the series’ storyline, but Thorne is set to debut as Williams first in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is scheduled to debut in November.
Williams will be joined by Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”) and Lyric Ross (“This Is Us”) on the series, which was created by head writer Chinaka Hodge (“Snowpiercer”).
Proximity co-founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian are serving as executive producers on the series, alongside Hodge and Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum and Zoie Nagelhout.
- 4/11/2022
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Sales
International media group Fremantle has picked up sales rights outside Asia to Korean format “DNA Singer.” The music gameshow was created by specialty firm FormatEast and Kyung Hwangbo for Sbs and has not yet gone to air. Family members who are genetically linked with celebrities such as singers and actors perform, while the judges must guess which celebrities they are genetically related to. “Fantastic Family – DNA Singer” launches in Korea next week as Lunar New Year specials on Sbs. “It is by no means easy to sell a paper format, before the initial proposal has aired. But recently the preference for Korean content has amplified interest in our shows. We are seeing a trend for major players in the global entertainment industry to acquire our formats in advance to stay ahead of the game,” said Kim Il-Joong, executive director of FormatEast. Fremantle has produced local versions of Korean global...
International media group Fremantle has picked up sales rights outside Asia to Korean format “DNA Singer.” The music gameshow was created by specialty firm FormatEast and Kyung Hwangbo for Sbs and has not yet gone to air. Family members who are genetically linked with celebrities such as singers and actors perform, while the judges must guess which celebrities they are genetically related to. “Fantastic Family – DNA Singer” launches in Korea next week as Lunar New Year specials on Sbs. “It is by no means easy to sell a paper format, before the initial proposal has aired. But recently the preference for Korean content has amplified interest in our shows. We are seeing a trend for major players in the global entertainment industry to acquire our formats in advance to stay ahead of the game,” said Kim Il-Joong, executive director of FormatEast. Fremantle has produced local versions of Korean global...
- 1/27/2022
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
‘Nautilus’ Producer Moonriver TV Expands Exec Team
Moonriver TV, the producer behind Disney+’s upcoming Jules Verne adaptation Nautilus, has signed Around The World In 80 Days indie Slim Film + Television’s Head of Production Lincia Daniel, while promoting Casey Herbert. Daniel, who has also worked on Cbbc series Mystic, joins as Exec Producer, with Herbert promoted to Senior Executive Producer overseeing the creative team in London and working alongside CEO Xavier Marchand on a slate of premium British and International drama projects. Marchand is currently in Australia working on Moonriver’s Disney+ adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, titled Nautilus. Moonriver recently wrapped on Lesley Manville/Isabelle Huppert pic Mrs Harris Goes To Paris and is also developing Henry Fry’s First Time For Everything, William Boyd’s Notre Dame and Amor Towles’ Gentleman in Moscow. “This is a tremendous start to 2022 and absolutely the...
Moonriver TV, the producer behind Disney+’s upcoming Jules Verne adaptation Nautilus, has signed Around The World In 80 Days indie Slim Film + Television’s Head of Production Lincia Daniel, while promoting Casey Herbert. Daniel, who has also worked on Cbbc series Mystic, joins as Exec Producer, with Herbert promoted to Senior Executive Producer overseeing the creative team in London and working alongside CEO Xavier Marchand on a slate of premium British and International drama projects. Marchand is currently in Australia working on Moonriver’s Disney+ adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, titled Nautilus. Moonriver recently wrapped on Lesley Manville/Isabelle Huppert pic Mrs Harris Goes To Paris and is also developing Henry Fry’s First Time For Everything, William Boyd’s Notre Dame and Amor Towles’ Gentleman in Moscow. “This is a tremendous start to 2022 and absolutely the...
- 1/27/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Entertainment have formed international film sales and distribution company, Great Escape.
Set up to represent their growing slate of in-house titles in addition to select third party content, Yale is launching the label ahead of the upcoming virtual European Film Market.
Nicholas Donnermeyer, previously longtime President of International Sales at Bleiberg Entertainment, has been appointed President of the new venture, which sits under the Yale Entertainment umbrella alongside its long-standing production arm, Yale Productions.
The group also recently formed Lafayette Pictures with actor-director Katie Holmes and have recently wrapped two features which Holmes directed and starred in, Alone Together, with Jim Sturgess and Melissa Leo, and Rare Objects with Derek Luke and Alan Cumming.
To date, Yale Entertainment’s slate has focused on action, thrillers and horror. Recently completed productions include Banshee with Antonio Banderas; Panama starring Cole Hauser...
Set up to represent their growing slate of in-house titles in addition to select third party content, Yale is launching the label ahead of the upcoming virtual European Film Market.
Nicholas Donnermeyer, previously longtime President of International Sales at Bleiberg Entertainment, has been appointed President of the new venture, which sits under the Yale Entertainment umbrella alongside its long-standing production arm, Yale Productions.
The group also recently formed Lafayette Pictures with actor-director Katie Holmes and have recently wrapped two features which Holmes directed and starred in, Alone Together, with Jim Sturgess and Melissa Leo, and Rare Objects with Derek Luke and Alan Cumming.
To date, Yale Entertainment’s slate has focused on action, thrillers and horror. Recently completed productions include Banshee with Antonio Banderas; Panama starring Cole Hauser...
- 1/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Further details on strategy expected by EFM.
Industry veteran Nick Donnermeyer has left Bleiberg Entertainment after 16 years to head up sales at Yale Entertainment’s new sales venture Great Escape.
Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman announced the news on Thursday (January 20) and said Great Escape will represent in-house titles and third-party content. Further details on the strategy will emerge during the online EFM.
Great Escape will reside under the Yale Entertainment umbrella alongside Yale Productions. Donnermeyer, who serves as president of Great Escape, said Yale’s output over the last two years was “unmatched”.
The group recently...
Industry veteran Nick Donnermeyer has left Bleiberg Entertainment after 16 years to head up sales at Yale Entertainment’s new sales venture Great Escape.
Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman announced the news on Thursday (January 20) and said Great Escape will represent in-house titles and third-party content. Further details on the strategy will emerge during the online EFM.
Great Escape will reside under the Yale Entertainment umbrella alongside Yale Productions. Donnermeyer, who serves as president of Great Escape, said Yale’s output over the last two years was “unmatched”.
The group recently...
- 1/20/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Yale Productions has signed producer Anne Clements of Idiot Savant Pictures to an overall deal, Deadline has learned.
Clements’ deal with the company led by partners Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman will see her shepherding the development and production of several new films in the coming year.
Her first feature, Quinceañera—helmed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland—won several major awards including the Sundance Film Festival’s coveted Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize, a Humanitas Prize and Film Independent’s John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature. She’s also worked on films including the Lili Taylor drama Paper Spiders and the comedy Stage Mother, starring Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu and Adrian Grenier, along with such series as Fox’s Fantasy Island and Starz’s Bmf.
Past projects Clements has produced with Yale Productions include Chick Fight, starring Malin Akerman; Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut, As Sick as They Made Us,...
Clements’ deal with the company led by partners Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman will see her shepherding the development and production of several new films in the coming year.
Her first feature, Quinceañera—helmed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland—won several major awards including the Sundance Film Festival’s coveted Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize, a Humanitas Prize and Film Independent’s John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature. She’s also worked on films including the Lili Taylor drama Paper Spiders and the comedy Stage Mother, starring Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu and Adrian Grenier, along with such series as Fox’s Fantasy Island and Starz’s Bmf.
Past projects Clements has produced with Yale Productions include Chick Fight, starring Malin Akerman; Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut, As Sick as They Made Us,...
- 12/6/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi is closing the year out on a high note with their December lineup, featuring some of 2021’s most acclaimed U.S. releases.
Highlights include Tsai Ming-liang’s Days (along with his previous feature Afternoon), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Andreas Fontana’s Azor, Anders Edströ & C.W. Winter’s eight-hour epic The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), Frank Beauvais’ Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream, and Michael M. Bilandic’s soon-to-premiere Project Space 13.
Also among the lineup is Arnaud Desplechin’s Esther Kahn, a quartet of Godard classics, Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s short The Bones, produced by Ari Aster, and much more.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
December 1 | Pierrot le fou | Jean-Luc Godard | The Cinema of Marx and Coca-Cola: Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960s
December 2 | Le bel indifferent | Jacques Demy | Scenes from a Small Town:...
Highlights include Tsai Ming-liang’s Days (along with his previous feature Afternoon), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Andreas Fontana’s Azor, Anders Edströ & C.W. Winter’s eight-hour epic The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), Frank Beauvais’ Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream, and Michael M. Bilandic’s soon-to-premiere Project Space 13.
Also among the lineup is Arnaud Desplechin’s Esther Kahn, a quartet of Godard classics, Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s short The Bones, produced by Ari Aster, and much more.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
December 1 | Pierrot le fou | Jean-Luc Godard | The Cinema of Marx and Coca-Cola: Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960s
December 2 | Le bel indifferent | Jacques Demy | Scenes from a Small Town:...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Katie Holmes has found her next project.
The “Dawson’s Creek” and “Wonder Boys” actress will star in “Rare Objects,” in addition to directing, producing and co-writing the adaptation of Kathleen Tessaro’s novel of the same name. Production on the film has started in New York with Yale Productions and Holmes’ Lafayette Pictures producing the movie.
Phaedon Papadopoulos co-wrote the script. The film is also produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Jesse Korman of Lafayette Pictures/Yale Productions with Shaun Sanghani of Sss Entertainment. Mark Maxey is also a producer.
“Rare Objects” tells the story of a young woman with a traumatic past who seeks to rebuild her life when she begins working at an antique store. Receiving wisdom and guidance from the kind souls that own the ship, she gains a new level of confidence that will then be put to the test when those from her...
The “Dawson’s Creek” and “Wonder Boys” actress will star in “Rare Objects,” in addition to directing, producing and co-writing the adaptation of Kathleen Tessaro’s novel of the same name. Production on the film has started in New York with Yale Productions and Holmes’ Lafayette Pictures producing the movie.
Phaedon Papadopoulos co-wrote the script. The film is also produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Jesse Korman of Lafayette Pictures/Yale Productions with Shaun Sanghani of Sss Entertainment. Mark Maxey is also a producer.
“Rare Objects” tells the story of a young woman with a traumatic past who seeks to rebuild her life when she begins working at an antique store. Receiving wisdom and guidance from the kind souls that own the ship, she gains a new level of confidence that will then be put to the test when those from her...
- 11/3/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Charli Xcx: Alone Together, a documentary that follows international pop star Charli Xcx as she records an album during the pandemic with online input from her fans.
Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler directed the film, which Greenwich plans to release in January. The documentary premiered in March at SXSW.
“Charli Xcx… was riding high after an electric headline global tour in 2019. However, everything changes when the Covid-19 pandemic turns the world upside down,” Greenwich wrote in a release describing the documentary project. “Lost in the early days of quarantine Charli turns to music and announces she will make an album at home in 40 days by enlisting the help of her fans online. The boundaries take Charli on a unique creative and emotional journey as she confronts mental health issues, rekindles her relationship with her boyfriend, connects with her fans, and ultimately...
Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler directed the film, which Greenwich plans to release in January. The documentary premiered in March at SXSW.
“Charli Xcx… was riding high after an electric headline global tour in 2019. However, everything changes when the Covid-19 pandemic turns the world upside down,” Greenwich wrote in a release describing the documentary project. “Lost in the early days of quarantine Charli turns to music and announces she will make an album at home in 40 days by enlisting the help of her fans online. The boundaries take Charli on a unique creative and emotional journey as she confronts mental health issues, rekindles her relationship with her boyfriend, connects with her fans, and ultimately...
- 9/23/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Julie Jarmon, most recently VP Scripted Programming Development at The CW, has been named SVP Development for Freeform, overseeing scripted series development for the Disney network.
This marks Jarmon’s return to Freeform where she previously served as an executive director in development. She replaces Lynn Barrie who in March left Freeform after a three-year stint as SVP Original Programming and Development.
Jarmon, who starts Aug. 23, will oversee the Freeform scripted series development team, identify new ideas and concepts for scripted series at the network, and supervise creative production on series pilots, as well as the first season of all new scripted series.
“Julie has a keen understanding of our audience. She has a proven track record for finding unique and captivating stories and understands the importance of authentically reflecting the spirit of the millennial and Gen Z generation,” said Jamila Hunter, EVP of Programming and Development, Freeform, to whom Jarmon will report.
This marks Jarmon’s return to Freeform where she previously served as an executive director in development. She replaces Lynn Barrie who in March left Freeform after a three-year stint as SVP Original Programming and Development.
Jarmon, who starts Aug. 23, will oversee the Freeform scripted series development team, identify new ideas and concepts for scripted series at the network, and supervise creative production on series pilots, as well as the first season of all new scripted series.
“Julie has a keen understanding of our audience. She has a proven track record for finding unique and captivating stories and understands the importance of authentically reflecting the spirit of the millennial and Gen Z generation,” said Jamila Hunter, EVP of Programming and Development, Freeform, to whom Jarmon will report.
- 8/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Freeform has tapped Julie Jarmon as senior VP of development in a return to the network for the exec, who was part of Freeform’s original launch team.
Jarmon, most recently VP of scripted programming development at the CW, will oversee the scripted series development team in her new role, reporting to Jamila Hunter, exec VP of programming and development. Jarmon will identify new ideas and concepts for scripted series at the network, and supervise creative production on series pilots, as well as the first season of all new scripted series.
The exec previously was an executive director on the network’s development team, working on such series as “The Bold Type,” “Alone Together” and “Motherland: Fort Salem.”
“Julie has a keen understanding of our audience,” Hunter said. “She has a proven track record for finding unique and captivating stories and understands the importance of authentically reflecting the spirit of...
Jarmon, most recently VP of scripted programming development at the CW, will oversee the scripted series development team in her new role, reporting to Jamila Hunter, exec VP of programming and development. Jarmon will identify new ideas and concepts for scripted series at the network, and supervise creative production on series pilots, as well as the first season of all new scripted series.
The exec previously was an executive director on the network’s development team, working on such series as “The Bold Type,” “Alone Together” and “Motherland: Fort Salem.”
“Julie has a keen understanding of our audience,” Hunter said. “She has a proven track record for finding unique and captivating stories and understands the importance of authentically reflecting the spirit of...
- 8/19/2021
- by Diane Garrett
- Variety Film + TV
Julie Jarmon is returning to Freeform.
The former exec director who developed series for the Disney-backed cabler including The Bold Type, Alone Together and Motherland: Fort Salem has been re-hired as senior vp development. In her new role, which begins Aug. 23, she will oversee Freeform’s scripted development team, identify new ideas and concepts for original series and oversee pilots and first seasons of those shows.
Jarmon will report to Jamila Hunter, who was elevated in December to serve as exec vp originals. Hunter was promoted by new Freeform president Tara Duncan, who was hired to replace Tom Ascheim last ...
The former exec director who developed series for the Disney-backed cabler including The Bold Type, Alone Together and Motherland: Fort Salem has been re-hired as senior vp development. In her new role, which begins Aug. 23, she will oversee Freeform’s scripted development team, identify new ideas and concepts for original series and oversee pilots and first seasons of those shows.
Jarmon will report to Jamila Hunter, who was elevated in December to serve as exec vp originals. Hunter was promoted by new Freeform president Tara Duncan, who was hired to replace Tom Ascheim last ...
- 8/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Julie Jarmon is returning to Freeform.
The former exec director who developed series for the Disney-backed cabler including The Bold Type, Alone Together and Motherland: Fort Salem has been re-hired as senior vp development. In her new role, which begins Aug. 23, she will oversee Freeform’s scripted development team, identify new ideas and concepts for original series and oversee pilots and first seasons of those shows.
Jarmon will report to Jamila Hunter, who was elevated in December to serve as exec vp originals. Hunter was promoted by new Freeform president Tara Duncan, who was hired to replace Tom Ascheim last ...
The former exec director who developed series for the Disney-backed cabler including The Bold Type, Alone Together and Motherland: Fort Salem has been re-hired as senior vp development. In her new role, which begins Aug. 23, she will oversee Freeform’s scripted development team, identify new ideas and concepts for original series and oversee pilots and first seasons of those shows.
Jarmon will report to Jamila Hunter, who was elevated in December to serve as exec vp originals. Hunter was promoted by new Freeform president Tara Duncan, who was hired to replace Tom Ascheim last ...
- 8/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC Family Freeform has had some very successful scripted shows -- and a lot more of the less-successful kind. Which are your favorites? Which of the current TV series will be cancelled or renewed for another season? Stay tuned!
Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, and Young & Hungry.
Updated with the latest ratings for Cruel Summer and Everything's Gonna Be Okay.
There's a lot of data that Freeform execs look at when deciding whether to...
Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, and Young & Hungry.
Updated with the latest ratings for Cruel Summer and Everything's Gonna Be Okay.
There's a lot of data that Freeform execs look at when deciding whether to...
- 5/26/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The 31st Inside Out Toronto 2Slgbtq+ Film Festival this week unveiled its full lineup for its virtual edition, which will run May 27-June 6. A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series will unspool, according to new executive director Lauren Howes and director of programming Andrew Murphy. A total of 70% of this year’s selected films are by women/trans/non-binary directors
Natalie Morales’ directorial debut Language Lessons, which won the audience award at this year’s SXSW, will open the festival, with the Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together set to close. Highlights of the slate include Sundance winner Ma Belle, My Beauty, Wes Hurley’s Potato Dreams of America and Mari Walker’s See You Then, along with the world premiere of Shelley Thompsons’ trans family drama Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor. Docs include the Zachary Quinto-narrated Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story and Drag Invasion,...
Natalie Morales’ directorial debut Language Lessons, which won the audience award at this year’s SXSW, will open the festival, with the Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together set to close. Highlights of the slate include Sundance winner Ma Belle, My Beauty, Wes Hurley’s Potato Dreams of America and Mari Walker’s See You Then, along with the world premiere of Shelley Thompsons’ trans family drama Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor. Docs include the Zachary Quinto-narrated Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story and Drag Invasion,...
- 5/7/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Monday, May 3
Charli Xcx Documentary to Close Inside Out Film Festival
Toronto’s 2021 Inside Out film festival will take place online from May 27 to June 6. The 2Slgbtq+ fest will open with Natalie Morales’ “Language Lessons,” which picked up the audience award at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Closing Inside Out will be the Charli Xcx documentary “Alone Together.” A total of 143 films, including 33 features and five episodic series, fill the lineup for this year’s programming.
Other highlights include the Zachary Quinto-narrated “Yes, I Am: The Ric Weiland Story,” about queer computer programmer Rich Weiland, and “Drag Invasion,” a doc about an LGBTQ community in Peru that is inspired to mobilize while watching “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The Sundance Audience Award-winning “Ma Belle, My Beauty” will also be show,n as will the premiere of Wes Hurley’s autobiographical dark comedy “Potaro Dreams of America.”
“Having pulled off the...
Charli Xcx Documentary to Close Inside Out Film Festival
Toronto’s 2021 Inside Out film festival will take place online from May 27 to June 6. The 2Slgbtq+ fest will open with Natalie Morales’ “Language Lessons,” which picked up the audience award at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Closing Inside Out will be the Charli Xcx documentary “Alone Together.” A total of 143 films, including 33 features and five episodic series, fill the lineup for this year’s programming.
Other highlights include the Zachary Quinto-narrated “Yes, I Am: The Ric Weiland Story,” about queer computer programmer Rich Weiland, and “Drag Invasion,” a doc about an LGBTQ community in Peru that is inspired to mobilize while watching “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The Sundance Audience Award-winning “Ma Belle, My Beauty” will also be show,n as will the premiere of Wes Hurley’s autobiographical dark comedy “Potaro Dreams of America.”
“Having pulled off the...
- 5/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Fest runs entrely online from May 27-June 6.
Natalie Morales’ Language Lessons will open the 31st annual Inside Out Toronto 2Slgbtq+ Film Festival running entirely online from May 27-June 6.
The festival will showcase 143 films including 33 feature films and five episodic series, as well as the fifth edition of the annual 2Slgbtq+ Film Finance Forum.
Closing the festival will be the Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together – a SXSW selection like the opening film, which premiered in Berlin. Both films will stream live in the evening.
For all films in Premieres, the films will be available at a specific indicated date and time,...
Natalie Morales’ Language Lessons will open the 31st annual Inside Out Toronto 2Slgbtq+ Film Festival running entirely online from May 27-June 6.
The festival will showcase 143 films including 33 feature films and five episodic series, as well as the fifth edition of the annual 2Slgbtq+ Film Finance Forum.
Closing the festival will be the Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together – a SXSW selection like the opening film, which premiered in Berlin. Both films will stream live in the evening.
For all films in Premieres, the films will be available at a specific indicated date and time,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In today’s Global Bulletin, HBO Max commits to 100 original productions in Latin America over the next two years; Spt launches a new Creative Diversity Fund for its TV production companies; YouTube Originals commissions “Terms and Conditions 2”; Atresmedia picks up remake rights to Nippon TV’s “Mother”; and Sheffield Doc/Fest unveils the lineup for this year’s Rhyme & Rhythm strand.
Production
Two months after unveiling its first original series lineup for HBO Max out of Latin America, WarnerMedia has announced that over the next two years the streaming platform will develop more than 100 local productions across the territory as Max Originals. The first third are already in production, with several scheduled to release as HBO Max rolls out across Latin America and the Caribbean in June.
Two new series from the 100-production commitment were unveiled as part of the announcement. “Bilardo, El Doctor del Fútbol” is a four-part docuseries about...
Production
Two months after unveiling its first original series lineup for HBO Max out of Latin America, WarnerMedia has announced that over the next two years the streaming platform will develop more than 100 local productions across the territory as Max Originals. The first third are already in production, with several scheduled to release as HBO Max rolls out across Latin America and the Caribbean in June.
Two new series from the 100-production commitment were unveiled as part of the announcement. “Bilardo, El Doctor del Fútbol” is a four-part docuseries about...
- 4/30/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Channel 4 format “The Write Offs” is getting local versions in Australia and Denmark, marking the first international deals for the Banijay-sold format.
Originally created by Shine TV for Channel 4, “The Write Offs” finds former “Great British Bake Off” host Sandi Toksvig helping a group of adults improve their literacy. Metronome Productions will make the local Danish version for DR1, while Sbs has ordered its own version of the show, which will be called “Lost for Words.” Endemol Shine Australia will produce.
Like the U.K. version, the Australian and Danish productions offer a group of adults the chance to change their lives forever. In the show, they receive one-to-one tuition and face entertaining tasks to take them out of their comfort zones in order to improve their reading and writing.
Lucas Green, global head of content operations at Banijay, said: “‘The Write Offs’ is a heart-warming format which uses...
Originally created by Shine TV for Channel 4, “The Write Offs” finds former “Great British Bake Off” host Sandi Toksvig helping a group of adults improve their literacy. Metronome Productions will make the local Danish version for DR1, while Sbs has ordered its own version of the show, which will be called “Lost for Words.” Endemol Shine Australia will produce.
Like the U.K. version, the Australian and Danish productions offer a group of adults the chance to change their lives forever. In the show, they receive one-to-one tuition and face entertaining tasks to take them out of their comfort zones in order to improve their reading and writing.
Lucas Green, global head of content operations at Banijay, said: “‘The Write Offs’ is a heart-warming format which uses...
- 4/13/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amy York Rubin is set to direct CBS’ comedy pilot based on TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, from writer Cindy Chupack and producers Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi and CBS Studios.
Co-written by Cooper and Chupack, the Untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack Project revolves around three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives.
Sex and the City alumna Chupack, who serves as showrunner, executive produces with Cooper, as well as Tassler and Di Novi via their PatMa Productions.
2021 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Rubin, along with her directing partner Pilar Boehm, recently served as co-executive producer and pilot director of Love, Victor, for Hulu and 20th Century Television. She also directed the pilot of Netflix’s critically acclaimed dark comedy Dead to Me.
Co-written by Cooper and Chupack, the Untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack Project revolves around three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives.
Sex and the City alumna Chupack, who serves as showrunner, executive produces with Cooper, as well as Tassler and Di Novi via their PatMa Productions.
2021 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Rubin, along with her directing partner Pilar Boehm, recently served as co-executive producer and pilot director of Love, Victor, for Hulu and 20th Century Television. She also directed the pilot of Netflix’s critically acclaimed dark comedy Dead to Me.
- 4/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Cougar Town alum Ian Gomez is set for a recurring role on Apple TV+’s dramedy Physical opposite Rose Byrne and Rory Scovell, from Almost Family creator Annie Weisman, Dirty John showrunner Alexandra Cunningham and Tomorrow Studios. Written by Weisman, who also will serve as showrunner, Physical is set in a 1980s Southern California beach community. It follows Sheila (Byrne), a woman struggling in her life as a quietly tortured housewife who finds an unconventional path to power through an unlikely source: the world of aerobics. Gomez will play ‘Ernie,’ an early tech pioneer who hit the jackpot with one of his inventions, and now plays a big role in local politics. Gomez is best known for playing Courtney Cox’s lovable neighbor Andy Torres on six seasons of the ABC comedy series Cougar Town. His other recent credits include features The Ultimate Playlist of Noise for Hulu and Lionsgate...
- 4/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
At this year’s SXSW the pandemic has been a prominent presence in films, either through direct plot lines or simply the conversation surrounding how the movie, in particular, was shot. However, one of the better films to explore the time we’re living in was, somewhat unexpectedly, the documentary following pop singer Charli Xcx in the early stages of quarantine as she set forth to create an album in five weeks with reliance on sharing the process with her fans.
Continue reading Bradley Bell & Pablo Jones-Soler Talk ‘Alone Together,’ Working With Charli Xcx & More [SXSW Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Bradley Bell & Pablo Jones-Soler Talk ‘Alone Together,’ Working With Charli Xcx & More [SXSW Interview] at The Playlist.
- 3/26/2021
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
It’s a shame pop musician Charli Xcx wasn’t quarantined with anyone with formal film training during the pandemic. Alone Together, her debut feature as co-cinematographer, resists documenting a creative process she had already chronicled live on Instagram: writing, producing, and recording her new album How I’m Feeling Now with a self-imposed six-week deadline when we didn’t know exactly how long the Covid would last. Cobbled together by music video directors Bradley & Pablo, who have the task of imposing order on previously-shot footage taken from Zooms, live feeds, and Charli’s primitive “Charli Cam” (a Dv camera she carries around the house like Ethan Hawke’s Hamlet), Alone Together is the ultimate act of fan service for her most devoted core, known as the Angels. As might be obvious, this is a film that is probably not for casual fans.
Quarantined with boyfriend Huck Kwong and...
Quarantined with boyfriend Huck Kwong and...
- 3/24/2021
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
“Alone Together,” a documentary about the creation of Charli Xcx’s 2020 album “How I’m Feeling Now,” aims to show how the singer pulled together a full-fledged project last year under quarantine conditions and an arbitrarily fast, self-imposed deadline. But, in truth, the film is really the second time the album’s creation has been documented. The first came when she invited devotees to watch and weigh in on its making on a daily basis, via social media, livestreams, chat rooms and every other means a modern star can employ to make fans feel like they’re in on the action. It’s a little bit less of a “making of” than it is a love story between a woman and her fan base, with an album project-in-progress as a conduit for real-time romance.
The film has a quick preamble in pre-pandemic days, as the singer is playing to adoring...
The film has a quick preamble in pre-pandemic days, as the singer is playing to adoring...
- 3/21/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The new documentary “Alone Together” chronicles the making of Charli Xcx’s latest album, “How I’m Feeling Now,” during the pandemic. The only problem was, the pop star had already livestreamed every step of the recording process to her fans. So how do you make a compelling behind-the-scenes film when everyone already knows the full story?
That was the challenge facing directors Bradley & Pablo, whose “Alone Together” premiered on Friday as the closing night film of SXSW. The documentary shows how Charli Xcx made her experimental, electro-pop fourth album in just six weeks as a DIY project. Along the way, she shared her progress with her loyal fans (or “Angels”), and even incorporated their feedback and suggestions into the music. In much the same way, Bradley & Pablo went beyond making Charli the sole protagonist of their doc, instead looping in several of the fans who worked with her and highlighting their stories alongside hers.
That was the challenge facing directors Bradley & Pablo, whose “Alone Together” premiered on Friday as the closing night film of SXSW. The documentary shows how Charli Xcx made her experimental, electro-pop fourth album in just six weeks as a DIY project. Along the way, she shared her progress with her loyal fans (or “Angels”), and even incorporated their feedback and suggestions into the music. In much the same way, Bradley & Pablo went beyond making Charli the sole protagonist of their doc, instead looping in several of the fans who worked with her and highlighting their stories alongside hers.
- 3/19/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The relationship between any creative individual—musician, actor, director—and their fandom is complicated. The term “fandom” itself suggests a certain kind of enthusiast, someone who is so passionate in their devotion that they’re practically unswayable, and the nature of modern fame is that the celebrity on the receiving end of that loyalty is almost certainly hyper-aware of it, and of the protection it provides. (Let me whisper here for a moment: Snyder Cut.) So the Charli Xcx documentary “Alone Together,” for all of its heartbreaking honesty on Charli’s part, for all her willingness to invite viewers into her creative process, and for all her candor in discussing her mental health, also raises a question: At what point does inclusion cross over into exploitation?
Continue reading ‘Alone Together’ Captures Charli Xcx Confessing To Fans, But Questions Of Exploitation Linger [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Alone Together’ Captures Charli Xcx Confessing To Fans, But Questions Of Exploitation Linger [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/19/2021
- by Roxana Hadadi
- The Playlist
When we began lockdown a year ago, a popular meme went around informing people that William Shakespeare wrote King Lear while isolating amid the bubonic plague. As weeks and months went by, the meme was repurposed to compare writing King Lear to learning to bake bread or to putting on pants in the morning.
It’s still too early to tell how many great works of art have gestated during the Covid-19 lockdown, but I think we can mostly agree that whether you’ve spent these months attempting to be innovative or merely consistently cogent, creativity has been a grind.
Alone Together, a new ...
It’s still too early to tell how many great works of art have gestated during the Covid-19 lockdown, but I think we can mostly agree that whether you’ve spent these months attempting to be innovative or merely consistently cogent, creativity has been a grind.
Alone Together, a new ...
- 3/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Pop stars pay lip service to how much they need their fans, a sentiment that carries real weight when a billion Spotify streams is barely enough to cover the rent and the pandemic rendered music venues moot. With the transactional layer of the artist-fan dynamic stripped away like a dirty Band-Aid, the scrambled migration toward digital spaces began to reveal deeper truths about what (some) creators really need from their cults of personality.
For British singer-songwriter Charli Xcx — on top of the world before Covid-19 forced the brashly individualistic 28-year-old to hole up at home with the rest of us — those truths were as much a revelation to herself as they were to any of the people who listen to her music. Stuck in her L.A. house with two managers and an on-again off-again boyfriend, Charli found herself slowing down for the first time since her career blew...
For British singer-songwriter Charli Xcx — on top of the world before Covid-19 forced the brashly individualistic 28-year-old to hole up at home with the rest of us — those truths were as much a revelation to herself as they were to any of the people who listen to her music. Stuck in her L.A. house with two managers and an on-again off-again boyfriend, Charli found herself slowing down for the first time since her career blew...
- 3/19/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
These are heady times for music documentaries. Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” won the audience and jury prizes at the Sundance Film Festival; docs about the Beastie Boys, Taylor Swift, the Bee Gees, the Go-Go’s, Tina Turner, Billie Eilish, Britney Spears and many others have gotten attention lately; high-profile narrative directors Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright and Todd Haynes have made recent or upcoming docs about the Beatles, Sparks and the Velvet Underground, respectively; and films on Tom Petty, Charlie Xcx, Guy Clark and Poly Styrene are on the bill at the South by Southwest festival.
One advantage of docs like those has always been that they have a built-in, passionate audience of fans for the subject’s music – and in many cases, filmmakers aim their work at the devotees who will savor every detail and sing along with every word. I might embrace each nuance in “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You,...
One advantage of docs like those has always been that they have a built-in, passionate audience of fans for the subject’s music – and in many cases, filmmakers aim their work at the devotees who will savor every detail and sing along with every word. I might embrace each nuance in “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You,...
- 3/19/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Few film institutions, and certainly no film festivals, experienced a Covid trial by fire quite as SXSW did last year. The mammoth Austin event — which includes a film festival, a tech conference and its original smorgasbord of musical performances — was the first major film festival to cancel in response to the pandemic when the city of Austin shut it down on March 6, a week before it was supposed to kick off. It was also the first to experiment with streaming some of its programming online, when it partnered with Amazon to present a small selection from its lineup just a month later.
It’s a testament to how much things have changed, and how quickly, that SXSW’s first impromptu foray into virtual festival screenings only saw seven full-length features opt to participate, so new and untested was the model. This year, the festival, which runs virtually from March 16-20, boasts 75 feature films,...
It’s a testament to how much things have changed, and how quickly, that SXSW’s first impromptu foray into virtual festival screenings only saw seven full-length features opt to participate, so new and untested was the model. This year, the festival, which runs virtually from March 16-20, boasts 75 feature films,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
Monday’s “9-1-1” will pick up where last week’s Season 4 premiere left off, with a whole mess of trouble created in Los Angeles by the Hollywood Reservoir’s dam breaking. And in TheWrap’s exclusive sneak peek of the episode, you’ll see one of the biggest problem — literally — is finding the missing “H” that fell off the Hollywood sign as a result of the disaster.
In the video, which you can view above, Bobby (Peter Krause), Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) are looking for that giant letter, which Hen says really should not be this hard to find, given that it’s four stories tall.
“This isn’t the first time the Hollywood sign has fallen,” Bobby says, as he begins to school Hen and Eddie on LA trivia. “Legend has it back in the day, a groundskeeper got drunk, crashed his car into it and knocked down the ‘H.
In the video, which you can view above, Bobby (Peter Krause), Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) are looking for that giant letter, which Hen says really should not be this hard to find, given that it’s four stories tall.
“This isn’t the first time the Hollywood sign has fallen,” Bobby says, as he begins to school Hen and Eddie on LA trivia. “Legend has it back in the day, a groundskeeper got drunk, crashed his car into it and knocked down the ‘H.
- 1/25/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
General Hospital will honor the late John Reilly with an episode dedicated to the actor and his character Sean Donely, our sister site Variety reports. The special installment is slated to air this spring.
Reilly “was a huge part” of the ABC soap’s history, executive producer Frank Valentini tells Variety, adding that the writers are currently working on the tribute.
More from TVLineJohn Reilly, General Hospital and Passions Vet, Dead at 86TVLine Items: Rhys Darby Joins Pirate Comedy, Gh Mom Returns and MoreYear in Review: The Daytime Soaps' Most Shocking Plot Twists, From Sudden Siblings to Explosive Exits
Reilly...
Reilly “was a huge part” of the ABC soap’s history, executive producer Frank Valentini tells Variety, adding that the writers are currently working on the tribute.
More from TVLineJohn Reilly, General Hospital and Passions Vet, Dead at 86TVLine Items: Rhys Darby Joins Pirate Comedy, Gh Mom Returns and MoreYear in Review: The Daytime Soaps' Most Shocking Plot Twists, From Sudden Siblings to Explosive Exits
Reilly...
- 1/12/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television have cast the new group of teenagers (and a couple of adults) at the center of the I Know What You Did Last Summer series reboot.
Madison Iseman (Jumanji: The Next Level), Brianne Tju (Light as a Feather), Ezekiel Goodman, Ashley Moore (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), Sebastian Amoruso (Solve), Fiona Rene (Stumptown), Cassie Beck (Connecting), Brooke Bloom (Homecoming) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) are set to star in the YA horror series, a modern take on the hit 1997 slasher film. Production will begin this month in Hawaii.
Written by Sara Goodman (Preacher) based on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan, the I Know What You Did Last Summer series has the same premise as the movie adaptation: In a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.
Madison Iseman (Jumanji: The Next Level), Brianne Tju (Light as a Feather), Ezekiel Goodman, Ashley Moore (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), Sebastian Amoruso (Solve), Fiona Rene (Stumptown), Cassie Beck (Connecting), Brooke Bloom (Homecoming) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) are set to star in the YA horror series, a modern take on the hit 1997 slasher film. Production will begin this month in Hawaii.
Written by Sara Goodman (Preacher) based on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan, the I Know What You Did Last Summer series has the same premise as the movie adaptation: In a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.
- 1/11/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Hayes Carll releases the Alone Together Sessions on September 4th, a collection of his songs reimagined as stripped-down acoustic numbers. In some cases, the songs stay true to form, but others are drastically different. Like “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart,” which the Texas songwriter premieres Wednesday.
As it appears on Carll’s 2008 album Trouble in Mind, “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” is a roadhouse rocker, equal parts Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones and Georgia Satellites twang. On the Alone Together Sessions, it’s practically a dirge, with haunting harmonies from Allison Moorer.
As it appears on Carll’s 2008 album Trouble in Mind, “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” is a roadhouse rocker, equal parts Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones and Georgia Satellites twang. On the Alone Together Sessions, it’s practically a dirge, with haunting harmonies from Allison Moorer.
- 8/26/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For nearly two decades, Hayes Carll has been making consistently great singer-songwriter records, influenced by the back-porch songcraft of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. While off the road in Nashville for his longest stretch in years, Carll had the chance to revisit some of his best material — which he reimagines on a new acoustic album, Alone Together Sessions, out September 4th on Dualtone.
“It’s probably good to pause every now and then, to take stock of everything,” Carll said in a statement, talking about returning to his older material in the studio.
“It’s probably good to pause every now and then, to take stock of everything,” Carll said in a statement, talking about returning to his older material in the studio.
- 8/12/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Spill all the tea. Dish all the dirt. Check all the WiFi connections.
The queens have reunited for the first-ever Drag Race virtual reunion on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 Episode 13.
No topic was off the table now that the queens have watched every episode from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12. Though, there was no physical table since they have to social-distance. (This was a first for the series.)
Drag Race isn't afraid to try something new. They've shaken up formats in the past, like when they incorporated the "Lipsync For The Crown" finale from the previous split reunion/finale. Finding a new way to deliver on an episode is right up their alley.
Plus, the reunions are so much fun! It would've been a shame to lose out on having the queens reunited and spill the tea on the events of the season.
Thankfully, everyone had a great WiFi connection and...
The queens have reunited for the first-ever Drag Race virtual reunion on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 Episode 13.
No topic was off the table now that the queens have watched every episode from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12. Though, there was no physical table since they have to social-distance. (This was a first for the series.)
Drag Race isn't afraid to try something new. They've shaken up formats in the past, like when they incorporated the "Lipsync For The Crown" finale from the previous split reunion/finale. Finding a new way to deliver on an episode is right up their alley.
Plus, the reunions are so much fun! It would've been a shame to lose out on having the queens reunited and spill the tea on the events of the season.
Thankfully, everyone had a great WiFi connection and...
- 5/23/2020
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
"Lying, thinking... Last night how to find my soul a home." Need a dose of positivity? Or a warm, friendly (virtual) hug? Watch this short. Alone Together is a beautiful, lovely short film made by filmmaker Andy Delaney (we also featured his short Christmas Spirit last year) created during the coronavirus lockdown to bring us together wherever we may be. Maya Angelou's "Alone" is a poem about loneliness and togetherness, a "thinking out loud" reflection on vulnerability and community; "Nobody, but nobody, can make it out here alone." Though originally written in 1975, it clearly resonates with the alone/together experiences we've all lived through during the pandemic. The short features a reading of the poem by Dr. Maya Angelou's son, Guy Johnson, spoken over footage filmed by cinematographers / filmmakers from 11 different countries. It's a moving little poetic short film that feels so comforting, a heartfelt reminder that we are all in this together.
- 5/18/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Comedy and theatre troupe The Second City, which kicked off the careers of the likes of Bill Murray, Steve Carell and Tina Fey, has teamed with streaming service Topic on a weekly variety series.
The first episode of half-hour series The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth will be hosted by 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer and feature guests including Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Tiger King’s Kelci “Saff” Saffery.
More from Deadline'Lambs Of God': Streamer Topic Takes North American Rights To Australian Drama Starring Jessica Barden, Essie Davis & Ann DowdTopic Adds Maria Bamford-Fronted Mental Health Talk Show, Horror Anthology Series To Originals SlateFirst Look Media's Streaming Service Topic Strikes Deals With BBC Studios & Keshet Ahead Of Launch
The show will initially launch as a 24-hour global stream on The Second City’s and Topic’s social channels on April 16 and then air on Topic’s...
The first episode of half-hour series The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth will be hosted by 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer and feature guests including Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Tiger King’s Kelci “Saff” Saffery.
More from Deadline'Lambs Of God': Streamer Topic Takes North American Rights To Australian Drama Starring Jessica Barden, Essie Davis & Ann DowdTopic Adds Maria Bamford-Fronted Mental Health Talk Show, Horror Anthology Series To Originals SlateFirst Look Media's Streaming Service Topic Strikes Deals With BBC Studios & Keshet Ahead Of Launch
The show will initially launch as a 24-hour global stream on The Second City’s and Topic’s social channels on April 16 and then air on Topic’s...
- 4/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Atlas Entertainment is expanding into literary management with the launch of Atlas Literary following the acquisition of HertzbergMedia.
Alex Hertzberg will lead the new division as CEO as they focus on literary creators with unique artistic identities and brands.
“Atlas Entertainment has since its inception had the good fortune to manage some of the worlds most talented creative voices both in front of the camera and musically. These relationships have always enhanced Atlas’ content creation in the motion picture, television and music mediums. We are excited to establish similar relationships in the literary arena,” said Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven. “We are thrilled to have Alex, with his depth of experience and stellar clients, as our partner in this new venture. This division is the perfect companion to Atlas Entertainment and Atlas Artists and our unified ability to create holistic content”
“Atlas Entertainment and Atlas Artists teams operate with the...
Alex Hertzberg will lead the new division as CEO as they focus on literary creators with unique artistic identities and brands.
“Atlas Entertainment has since its inception had the good fortune to manage some of the worlds most talented creative voices both in front of the camera and musically. These relationships have always enhanced Atlas’ content creation in the motion picture, television and music mediums. We are excited to establish similar relationships in the literary arena,” said Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven. “We are thrilled to have Alex, with his depth of experience and stellar clients, as our partner in this new venture. This division is the perfect companion to Atlas Entertainment and Atlas Artists and our unified ability to create holistic content”
“Atlas Entertainment and Atlas Artists teams operate with the...
- 2/5/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the people, places and things that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...
Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...
- 12/6/2019
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Comedian and Alone Together co-creator/star Esther Povitsky has stolen scenes in just about every one of your favorite TV comedies of the past few years. Perhaps you saw her in Brooklyn Nine-Nine or Parks And Recreation or Love or Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (just to name a few)? And now you can catch her doing the same in…...
- 11/22/2019
- by Cameron Scheetz on TV Club, shared by Cameron Scheetz to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
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