Netflix released a new batch of first look photos for Ryan Murphy’s upcoming limited series “Hollywood” on Thursday, featuring series stars Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Jeremy Pope and more.
The period drama, set to debut on May 1, follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it in Tinseltown — no matter the cost. According to Netflix, “Each character offers a unique glimpse behind the gilded curtain of Hollywood’s Golden Age, spotlighting the unfair systems and biases across race, gender and sexuality that continue to this day. Provocative and incisive, ‘Hollywood’ exposes and examines decades-old power dynamics, and what the entertainment landscape might look like if they had been dismantled.”
In a statement accompanying the image, executive producer Janet Mock explained that the show looks to the past in an attempt to clarify the current moment.
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The period drama, set to debut on May 1, follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it in Tinseltown — no matter the cost. According to Netflix, “Each character offers a unique glimpse behind the gilded curtain of Hollywood’s Golden Age, spotlighting the unfair systems and biases across race, gender and sexuality that continue to this day. Provocative and incisive, ‘Hollywood’ exposes and examines decades-old power dynamics, and what the entertainment landscape might look like if they had been dismantled.”
In a statement accompanying the image, executive producer Janet Mock explained that the show looks to the past in an attempt to clarify the current moment.
Also Read: Ryan Murphy...
- 4/2/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Netflix has set the premiere date for Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood,” the first series the streaming service ordered from the prolific producer after signing him to a mega overall deal in February 2018.
The seven-episode limited series starring Darren Criss, “Politician” breakout David Corenswet and Jeremy Pope will debut on May 1, Netflix revealed Wednesday.
The streaming service also unveiled the key art for the show — which you can view below — and provided us with the official synopsis for “Hollywood,” a project with a plot that has very much been kept under wraps until now.
Also Read: 'Halston': See Ewan McGregor Transform Into a Fashion Legend in First Look at Ryan Murphy Netflix Series (Video)
Here’s the logline, courtesy of Netflix:
A new limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, “Hollywood” follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it...
The seven-episode limited series starring Darren Criss, “Politician” breakout David Corenswet and Jeremy Pope will debut on May 1, Netflix revealed Wednesday.
The streaming service also unveiled the key art for the show — which you can view below — and provided us with the official synopsis for “Hollywood,” a project with a plot that has very much been kept under wraps until now.
Also Read: 'Halston': See Ewan McGregor Transform Into a Fashion Legend in First Look at Ryan Murphy Netflix Series (Video)
Here’s the logline, courtesy of Netflix:
A new limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, “Hollywood” follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it...
- 2/20/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Ryan Murphy and Netflix have announced the release date for “Hollywood,” the creator’s next big project under the streaming giant. A May 1 release will introduce “Hollywood” right in time for Emmy season, and Murphy is clearly hoping to keep it fresh on the mind of voters. The post-wwii-set limited series follows a fictional group of aspiring actors and producers as they navigate the murky waters of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Official synopsis below.
A new limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, ‘Hollywood’ follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it in Tinseltown — no matter the cost. Each character offers a unique glimpse behind the gilded curtain of Hollywood’s Golden Age, spotlighting the unfair systems and biases across race, gender and sexuality that continue to this day. Provocative and incisive, ‘Hollywood’ exposes and examines decades-old power dynamics,...
A new limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, ‘Hollywood’ follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it in Tinseltown — no matter the cost. Each character offers a unique glimpse behind the gilded curtain of Hollywood’s Golden Age, spotlighting the unfair systems and biases across race, gender and sexuality that continue to this day. Provocative and incisive, ‘Hollywood’ exposes and examines decades-old power dynamics,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Ryan Murphy shared a first-look video of Ewan McGregor as fashion legend Halston on Instagram Tuesday and announced the full cast of the upcoming Netflix series.
“After a long 20 years of twists and turns, the limited series ‘Halston’ starring the fantastic Ewan McGregor began production today,” Murphy wrote in the post. “I am so proud of our director and leader Dan Minahan, and Christine Vachon of Killer Films. I am thrilled to be producing this great and meaningful show with them and Alexis Martin Woodall and Pamela Koffler.”
First announced last year as part of Murphy’s line-up of projects under his Netflix deal, “Halston” is a limited series biopic about the legendary designer who revolutionized American fashion in the 1970s.
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Joining McGregor in the cast are Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher,...
“After a long 20 years of twists and turns, the limited series ‘Halston’ starring the fantastic Ewan McGregor began production today,” Murphy wrote in the post. “I am so proud of our director and leader Dan Minahan, and Christine Vachon of Killer Films. I am thrilled to be producing this great and meaningful show with them and Alexis Martin Woodall and Pamela Koffler.”
First announced last year as part of Murphy’s line-up of projects under his Netflix deal, “Halston” is a limited series biopic about the legendary designer who revolutionized American fashion in the 1970s.
Also Read: Ryan Murphy Sets 'A Chorus Line' Miniseries, Halston Biopic Starring Ewan McGregor at Netflix
Joining McGregor in the cast are Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher,...
- 2/18/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The music supervisors from “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” “Queen & Slim,” “Waves” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and singer-songwriter Regina Spektor have won the top film awards from the Guild of Music Supervisors, which handed out its annual awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night.
The Gms categories for film are separated by budget. “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” won the award for music supervision on a film with a budget of more than $25 million, “Queen & Slim” for a film between $10 million and $25 million, “Waves” for a film between $5 million and $10 million and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” for a film with a budget of less than $5 million.
The award for a song written for film went to Spektor’s “One Little Soldier” from “Bombshell.” The song category is the only Gms category that overlaps with the Academy Awards, but only one of the five nominees,...
The Gms categories for film are separated by budget. “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” won the award for music supervision on a film with a budget of more than $25 million, “Queen & Slim” for a film between $10 million and $25 million, “Waves” for a film between $5 million and $10 million and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” for a film with a budget of less than $5 million.
The award for a song written for film went to Spektor’s “One Little Soldier” from “Bombshell.” The song category is the only Gms category that overlaps with the Academy Awards, but only one of the five nominees,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Ethan Hawke, “Mudbound” director-screenwriter Dee Rees and Emily Mortimer are among the jury members selected for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute announced on Tuesday.
Twenty-five experts were selected to award feature films and short films shown at the upcoming festival, which will take place from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 in Park City, Utah. Thirty-one prizes will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 1, while the Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 28.
The juried Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize was awarded to “Tesla,” which stars Hawke, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan and Lucy Walters.
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See the jury members below.
U.S. Dramatic Jury
Rodrigo Garcia
Rodrigo Garcia’s films include the award-winning Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs, Mother and Child, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. His television...
Twenty-five experts were selected to award feature films and short films shown at the upcoming festival, which will take place from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 in Park City, Utah. Thirty-one prizes will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 1, while the Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 28.
The juried Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize was awarded to “Tesla,” which stars Hawke, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan and Lucy Walters.
Also Read: Taylor Swift, Viggo Mortensen and Tessa Thompson Lead Diverse 2020 Sundance Lineup
See the jury members below.
U.S. Dramatic Jury
Rodrigo Garcia
Rodrigo Garcia’s films include the award-winning Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs, Mother and Child, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. His television...
- 1/14/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Leah Remini will be the first recipient of the new Truth to Power Award for her A&e documentary series “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” the International Documentary Association announced on Tuesday.
The award will be given to Remini at the 35th annual Ida Documentary Awards, which will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7 on the Paramount Studios lot.
The Truth to Power Award, Ida executive director Simon Kilmurry said in a statement, was created “to honor those who show immense bravery in holding the powerful to account regardless of the consequences. We are thrilled to honor Leah Remini who, for the past three seasons in ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,’ stood strong in the face of untold backlash, harassment and personal attacks as she exposed the truth behind Scientology.”
Also Read: Leah Remini's 'Scientology and the Aftermath' to End With 2-Hour Special After 3 Seasons at A&e
The Ida...
The award will be given to Remini at the 35th annual Ida Documentary Awards, which will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7 on the Paramount Studios lot.
The Truth to Power Award, Ida executive director Simon Kilmurry said in a statement, was created “to honor those who show immense bravery in holding the powerful to account regardless of the consequences. We are thrilled to honor Leah Remini who, for the past three seasons in ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,’ stood strong in the face of untold backlash, harassment and personal attacks as she exposed the truth behind Scientology.”
Also Read: Leah Remini's 'Scientology and the Aftermath' to End With 2-Hour Special After 3 Seasons at A&e
The Ida...
- 11/19/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A total of 159 documentary features have qualified in the Oscars’ Best Documentary Feature category, the Academy announced on Tuesday.
Last year, 166 documentaries qualified. In 2017, a record 170 made the cut.
All of the films are now available to members of the Documentary Branch to stream on the Academy’s secure members website. The films have been placed there over the last six months, with 23 added to the site in June, 24 in July, 26 in August, 19 in September and 62 in October and only five in November.
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Each member is randomly assigned 20% of the films as mandatory viewing but is free to see any additional films beyond those that are assigned. A preliminary round of voting will produce a 15-film shortlist, with a second-round narrowing those 15 to the five nominees.
This year is...
Last year, 166 documentaries qualified. In 2017, a record 170 made the cut.
All of the films are now available to members of the Documentary Branch to stream on the Academy’s secure members website. The films have been placed there over the last six months, with 23 added to the site in June, 24 in July, 26 in August, 19 in September and 62 in October and only five in November.
Also Read: 'Maiden' Star Tracy Edwards Kept Her Story 'Messy' to Serve the Next Generation of Women Athletes (Video)
Each member is randomly assigned 20% of the films as mandatory viewing but is free to see any additional films beyond those that are assigned. A preliminary round of voting will produce a 15-film shortlist, with a second-round narrowing those 15 to the five nominees.
This year is...
- 11/12/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: London-based doc specialist Dogwoof, which has a pipeline deal with Nat Geo, is expanding further into production and financing as it eyes bigger plays in an increasingly crowded and lucrative factual market.
The film and TV distribution company, a regular at major European film and TV markets, has had a banner year with Oscar-winner Free Solo and Apollo 11 returning strong grosses at the UK box office, taking $2.7m and $1.8m, respectively.
The firm’s sales wing has also done good recent business on the likes of Cunningham, which went to Magnolia Pictures, and Maiden, which sold to Sony Pictures Classics.
Now, we can reveal the six titles that will comprise the outfit’s next wave of productions. (All working titles.) Below is also our interview with company bosses about growth.
The Lost Leonardo (in production): From director Andreas Koefoed, whose Ballroom Dancer played...
The film and TV distribution company, a regular at major European film and TV markets, has had a banner year with Oscar-winner Free Solo and Apollo 11 returning strong grosses at the UK box office, taking $2.7m and $1.8m, respectively.
The firm’s sales wing has also done good recent business on the likes of Cunningham, which went to Magnolia Pictures, and Maiden, which sold to Sony Pictures Classics.
Now, we can reveal the six titles that will comprise the outfit’s next wave of productions. (All working titles.) Below is also our interview with company bosses about growth.
The Lost Leonardo (in production): From director Andreas Koefoed, whose Ballroom Dancer played...
- 10/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Courtney Sexton, a seasoned producer and development executive, has been promoted to senior vice president of CNN Films, the network announced on Thursday.
Sexton joined CNN in 2013 and executive produced recent films like “Apollo 11” and “Halston,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and the Primetime Emmy-nominated documentaries “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers,” and “Love, Gilda.” Other films she’s been involved with through CNN Films include “Blackfish,” “Steve Jobs: The Man and the Machine,” and “American Jail.”
Sexton was previously an executive at Participant Media for eight years and oversaw films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” which nabbed the best documentary Oscar in 2007, and “Page One: Inside the New York Times” and “Food, Inc.”
Based in Los Angeles, Sexton will report to Amy Entelis, CNN Worldwide’s executive vice president for talent and content distribution.
Read original story Courtney Sexton Promoted to Senior Vice President for CNN...
Sexton joined CNN in 2013 and executive produced recent films like “Apollo 11” and “Halston,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and the Primetime Emmy-nominated documentaries “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers,” and “Love, Gilda.” Other films she’s been involved with through CNN Films include “Blackfish,” “Steve Jobs: The Man and the Machine,” and “American Jail.”
Sexton was previously an executive at Participant Media for eight years and oversaw films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” which nabbed the best documentary Oscar in 2007, and “Page One: Inside the New York Times” and “Food, Inc.”
Based in Los Angeles, Sexton will report to Amy Entelis, CNN Worldwide’s executive vice president for talent and content distribution.
Read original story Courtney Sexton Promoted to Senior Vice President for CNN...
- 9/12/2019
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
In today’s roundup, HBO drops the first trailer for its forthcoming limited series “Catherine the Great” and Variety obtains an exclusive sneak peek of the next episode of TV Land’s “Younger.”
Dates
CNN Films will premiere its documentary “Halston” on Aug. 18. The doc, which tells the life of the legendary design and lifestyle icon, is directed by Frédéric Tcheng (“Dior and I”) and will air again on Aug. 24.
Oxygen has announced an Aug. 10 premiere date for its upcoming two-hour special “Manson: The Women,” in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Manson Family murders. The special features interviews with Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, Sandra “Blue” Good, Catherine “Gypsy” Share, and Dianne “Snake” Lake as they recount their experiences with the infamous serial killer.
First Looks
HBO has released the first trailer for its upcoming series “Catherine the Great.” The limited series, which premieres this fall, stars Helen Mirren as...
Dates
CNN Films will premiere its documentary “Halston” on Aug. 18. The doc, which tells the life of the legendary design and lifestyle icon, is directed by Frédéric Tcheng (“Dior and I”) and will air again on Aug. 24.
Oxygen has announced an Aug. 10 premiere date for its upcoming two-hour special “Manson: The Women,” in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Manson Family murders. The special features interviews with Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, Sandra “Blue” Good, Catherine “Gypsy” Share, and Dianne “Snake” Lake as they recount their experiences with the infamous serial killer.
First Looks
HBO has released the first trailer for its upcoming series “Catherine the Great.” The limited series, which premieres this fall, stars Helen Mirren as...
- 7/22/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 have acquired the North American rights to the rock documentary “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” and plan to release the film in theaters this September, the companies announced Monday.
CNN Films, who also produced co-financed the documentary with Pch Films, has also acquired the North American broadcast TV rights for North America.
“The Sound of My Voice” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and also won an audience award for documentaries at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Also Read: 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice' Review: Rock Doc Starts and Ends With the Music
The film includes archival footage spanning 50 years, following her from the start of her career in the 1960s through becoming the highest paid female rock and roll performer in the ’70s, all culminating in her retirement in 2011 due to her battle with Parkinson’s disease.
CNN Films, who also produced co-financed the documentary with Pch Films, has also acquired the North American broadcast TV rights for North America.
“The Sound of My Voice” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and also won an audience award for documentaries at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Also Read: 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice' Review: Rock Doc Starts and Ends With the Music
The film includes archival footage spanning 50 years, following her from the start of her career in the 1960s through becoming the highest paid female rock and roll performer in the ’70s, all culminating in her retirement in 2011 due to her battle with Parkinson’s disease.
- 7/1/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: North American distribution rights to Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice have been co-acquired by Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 (formerly The Orchard).
The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and Michele Farinola and CNN Films, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and recently took the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Co-financed by Keach’s Pch Films and CNN Films, the latter has also acquired broadcast television rights for North America. It will open in theaters in September. It is a powerful and no-holds barred look at the 1960s and ’70s music icon whose voice transcends all genres, and as I said when I wrote about its Tribeca premiere, the film is another sterling example in the wave of musical documentaries and biopics sweeping the theatrical exhibition scene.
Constructed from interviews over 50 years,...
The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and Michele Farinola and CNN Films, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and recently took the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Co-financed by Keach’s Pch Films and CNN Films, the latter has also acquired broadcast television rights for North America. It will open in theaters in September. It is a powerful and no-holds barred look at the 1960s and ’70s music icon whose voice transcends all genres, and as I said when I wrote about its Tribeca premiere, the film is another sterling example in the wave of musical documentaries and biopics sweeping the theatrical exhibition scene.
Constructed from interviews over 50 years,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Elizabeth Banks will receive the Pioneer of the Year Award, “The Great Hack” launches a festival, Women In Media launch the CAMERAderie Initiative and UCLA, University of Michigan and USC are receiving $50 million.
Banks Honored
The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation has selected Elizabeth Banks as the recipient of its Pioneer of the Year Award.
The honor will be presented on Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Banks is the first female director to receive the honor, which is given to a member of the motion picture community who exemplifies professional leadership, service and commitment to philanthropy.
Banks made her directorial debut with Universal Pictures’ “Pitch Perfect 2,” the top grossing musical comedy of all time with $287 million. she is also currently directing, producing, co-writing and starring as Bosley in “Charlie’s Angels” for Sony Pictures and has starred in “The Hunger Games...
Banks Honored
The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation has selected Elizabeth Banks as the recipient of its Pioneer of the Year Award.
The honor will be presented on Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Banks is the first female director to receive the honor, which is given to a member of the motion picture community who exemplifies professional leadership, service and commitment to philanthropy.
Banks made her directorial debut with Universal Pictures’ “Pitch Perfect 2,” the top grossing musical comedy of all time with $287 million. she is also currently directing, producing, co-writing and starring as Bosley in “Charlie’s Angels” for Sony Pictures and has starred in “The Hunger Games...
- 6/21/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Newcomers unlikely to displace chart-topper Aladdin.
Disney’s live-action Aladdin feature is looking to retain its spot at the top of the UK box office chart for a third straight weekend. The film was up to £19.8m as of June 2 having dropped a meagre 15% on its opening, and by close of play on Wednesday (June 5) stood at £21.6m.
The film will face competition from 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the latest edition to the franchise that has spawned a host of entries over the last decade.
While the X-Men comic books originate from the Marvel stable, the film...
Disney’s live-action Aladdin feature is looking to retain its spot at the top of the UK box office chart for a third straight weekend. The film was up to £19.8m as of June 2 having dropped a meagre 15% on its opening, and by close of play on Wednesday (June 5) stood at £21.6m.
The film will face competition from 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the latest edition to the franchise that has spawned a host of entries over the last decade.
While the X-Men comic books originate from the Marvel stable, the film...
- 6/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Chicago – Before there was Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Tom Ford or even Miranda Priestly, there was “Halston.” Roy Halston Frowley was known only by that single name, and wore the celebrity fashion designer crown of the 1960s and ‘70s. Filmmaker Frédéric Tceng brings the icon back to life in “Halston.”
The documentary chronicles the rise and precipitous fall of the House of Halston, as his work-hard-play-hard philosophy was eventually his undoing. But it is a fascinating story, involving mysterious origins in Des Moines, Iowa, to the top of the fashion chain in New York City. Halston began as a hat maker, and when Jackie Kennedy wore his designer chapeaus around her husband’s presidency, his legacy was assured. He built his empire from there, partnering with an American corporation who took him to new heights. But everything that rises must converge, and Halston ran afoul of the very business community that financed him.
The documentary chronicles the rise and precipitous fall of the House of Halston, as his work-hard-play-hard philosophy was eventually his undoing. But it is a fascinating story, involving mysterious origins in Des Moines, Iowa, to the top of the fashion chain in New York City. Halston began as a hat maker, and when Jackie Kennedy wore his designer chapeaus around her husband’s presidency, his legacy was assured. He built his empire from there, partnering with an American corporation who took him to new heights. But everything that rises must converge, and Halston ran afoul of the very business community that financed him.
- 6/6/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
News coming out of Cannes 2019 was upbeat for multiple acclaimed specialized titles. They are still months away from domestic view, per usual. What is different this year is the lack of summer releases to supply the theaters needed to sustain these later films. A year ago, within a week or so of this early June weekend, three notable narrative titles with strong reviews, “American Animals,” “First Reformed,” and “Hearts Beat Loud,” all played to decent business at core theaters. And then “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” burst into the mix, continuing the current wave of powerful documentary performers.
Whatever the varying quality, no limited opener this weekend is likely to amass a total gross of $250,000. That’s partly because they face serious competition from both “Booksmart” (United Artists) and “Rocketman” (Paramount), which debuted on thousands of screens after launching with splashy major festival attention. Both competed for the same pool of viewers.
Whatever the varying quality, no limited opener this weekend is likely to amass a total gross of $250,000. That’s partly because they face serious competition from both “Booksmart” (United Artists) and “Rocketman” (Paramount), which debuted on thousands of screens after launching with splashy major festival attention. Both competed for the same pool of viewers.
- 6/2/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The most moving moment in Frédéric Tcheng’s documentary, “Halston,” about the commanding and complex fashion designer, isn’t a secret revelation about his private life. It’s when one of his closest friends, Liza Minnelli, refuses to divulge anything bad about him.
Halston’s influenced spanned decades — he designed pillbox hats for first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and dresses for everyone. Tcheng’s lush, detailed documentary chronicles Roy Halston Frowick’s journey from Depression-era Midwesterner to disco’s favorite designer to Wall Street pioneer. He brought high fashion to Jc Penney and used plus-size models and models of color at a time when few designers did.
Along the way, he did a fair amount of drugs, hurt some feelings, and made some mistakes — while making the world more beautiful. His muses included Elizabeth Taylor, Angelica Huston and, of course, Minnelli.
Also Read: How Halston Went From Studio 54 to Jc...
Halston’s influenced spanned decades — he designed pillbox hats for first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and dresses for everyone. Tcheng’s lush, detailed documentary chronicles Roy Halston Frowick’s journey from Depression-era Midwesterner to disco’s favorite designer to Wall Street pioneer. He brought high fashion to Jc Penney and used plus-size models and models of color at a time when few designers did.
Along the way, he did a fair amount of drugs, hurt some feelings, and made some mistakes — while making the world more beautiful. His muses included Elizabeth Taylor, Angelica Huston and, of course, Minnelli.
Also Read: How Halston Went From Studio 54 to Jc...
- 5/29/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Truman Capote, Martha Graham, Betty Ford, Halston, and Elizabeth Taylor on the scene at Steve Rubell's Studio 54 Photo: Dustin Pittman
Halston, by Dior And I director Frédéric Tcheng, shines light on the designer's crowning achievements and attempts to come to grips with his eventual fall. The first thought of Halston might be of Studio 54 with Andy Warhol or of Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat and cloth coat for JFK's inauguration at a time when wives in the public eye wrapped themselves in furs.
There is footage from the Nineties of a tipsy interview with Elsa Peretti, recent interviews including Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Pat Cleveland, Bob Colacello, and Joel Schumacher, and glimpses of the infamous Battle of Versailles Fashion Show that put American fashion on the map, and is documented on film in Deborah Riley Draper's Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution.
Frédéric Tcheng on Liza Minnelli in...
Halston, by Dior And I director Frédéric Tcheng, shines light on the designer's crowning achievements and attempts to come to grips with his eventual fall. The first thought of Halston might be of Studio 54 with Andy Warhol or of Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat and cloth coat for JFK's inauguration at a time when wives in the public eye wrapped themselves in furs.
There is footage from the Nineties of a tipsy interview with Elsa Peretti, recent interviews including Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Pat Cleveland, Bob Colacello, and Joel Schumacher, and glimpses of the infamous Battle of Versailles Fashion Show that put American fashion on the map, and is documented on film in Deborah Riley Draper's Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution.
Frédéric Tcheng on Liza Minnelli in...
- 5/26/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In the 1960s, early in his career as a milliner for New York’s Bergdorf Goodman, Roy Halston Frowick, who would come to be known only by that middle name, attended a dinner in the Hamptons at which two heterosexual men refused to be seated at the same table as, in their words, a “f—ot.”
While hardly an inciting incident, the variations on this sort of moment tend to hover over the careers of accomplished queer people, driving them to be better at their jobs in a world that still denigrates their humanity, and it also hovers over “Halston,” a sleek documentary from director Frédéric Tcheng (“Dior and I”) about the American fashion designer’s legendary career and rocky relationship with business interests.
Another equally chilling word also hovers over the film: “Volume.” It’s uttered by a Jc Penney executive in archival footage from 1982, when he’s asked...
While hardly an inciting incident, the variations on this sort of moment tend to hover over the careers of accomplished queer people, driving them to be better at their jobs in a world that still denigrates their humanity, and it also hovers over “Halston,” a sleek documentary from director Frédéric Tcheng (“Dior and I”) about the American fashion designer’s legendary career and rocky relationship with business interests.
Another equally chilling word also hovers over the film: “Volume.” It’s uttered by a Jc Penney executive in archival footage from 1982, when he’s asked...
- 5/24/2019
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
by Nathaniel R
Some people's talents are so supersized that they're destined for fame. Others are born right into it. In the delicious nutty case of Liza Minnelli it was both. She was famous at birth, being the first child of a superstar couple (Movie star Judy Garland and celebrated director Vincente Minnelli) but later her talents proved that she would have become Liza even if she'd been born to a phone operator and a brick-layer.
Liza is currently back in select movie theaters as herself in the documentary Halston (2019). But we're here to look back today. You can actually catch baby Liza (uncredited) at the end of the Judy Garland musical In the Good Old Summertime (1949) but her film debut proper came in 1968 in the Albert Finney comedy Charlie Bubbles.
How many of her movies have you seen? Every poster is after the jump but since she's an all...
Some people's talents are so supersized that they're destined for fame. Others are born right into it. In the delicious nutty case of Liza Minnelli it was both. She was famous at birth, being the first child of a superstar couple (Movie star Judy Garland and celebrated director Vincente Minnelli) but later her talents proved that she would have become Liza even if she'd been born to a phone operator and a brick-layer.
Liza is currently back in select movie theaters as herself in the documentary Halston (2019). But we're here to look back today. You can actually catch baby Liza (uncredited) at the end of the Judy Garland musical In the Good Old Summertime (1949) but her film debut proper came in 1968 in the Albert Finney comedy Charlie Bubbles.
How many of her movies have you seen? Every poster is after the jump but since she's an all...
- 5/24/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
If the Cannes Market’s Doc Corner, a hub for feature documentary filmmakers and executives, feels more crowded this year, it may have to do with the strong theatrical performance of features docs such as “Free Solo” and “Amazing Grace,” and the slew of U.S. and international titles acquired or admired at Sundance, SXSW (“For Sama”) and Tribeca (“The Apollo”). The combination of the box office and quality product is stoking a competitive marketplace not just in acquisitions but, increasingly, in pre-production involvement.
“With a clear acceleration this decade, feature docs have imposed themselves as a major, indispensable part of the film industry, generating business and revenues, and enabling a strong ecosystem to structure itself, with specialized festivals playing a major role,” says Pierre-Alexis Chevit, project manager of Doc Corner and its conference-style Doc Day on May 21.
Chevit says one of the major talking points in the sector is “inclusion and diversity,...
“With a clear acceleration this decade, feature docs have imposed themselves as a major, indispensable part of the film industry, generating business and revenues, and enabling a strong ecosystem to structure itself, with specialized festivals playing a major role,” says Pierre-Alexis Chevit, project manager of Doc Corner and its conference-style Doc Day on May 21.
Chevit says one of the major talking points in the sector is “inclusion and diversity,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary from CNN Films.
Director Dawn Porter (“Gideon’s Army”) has already started shooting the project, following the Democratic congressman as he worked to flip the house in the 2018 mid-term elections. She also followed Lewis as he worked behind-the-scenes during the recent government shutdown and as the Democrats took control of the House. In addition to interviews with Lewis, Porter plans to rely on archival footage to chart Lewis’ social activism, as well as his career in Washington, where he has advocated for voting rights, gun control, and healthcare reform.
CNN Films will retain North American broadcast rights for the film. Other U.S. rights for the film, including theatrical distribution, are for sale. Agc Studios is co-financing and controls international rights that will be sold via its worldwide sales subsidiary, Agc International.
Director Dawn Porter (“Gideon’s Army”) has already started shooting the project, following the Democratic congressman as he worked to flip the house in the 2018 mid-term elections. She also followed Lewis as he worked behind-the-scenes during the recent government shutdown and as the Democrats took control of the House. In addition to interviews with Lewis, Porter plans to rely on archival footage to chart Lewis’ social activism, as well as his career in Washington, where he has advocated for voting rights, gun control, and healthcare reform.
CNN Films will retain North American broadcast rights for the film. Other U.S. rights for the film, including theatrical distribution, are for sale. Agc Studios is co-financing and controls international rights that will be sold via its worldwide sales subsidiary, Agc International.
- 5/8/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
1091 Media laid off roughly 25% of its workforce on Friday, resulting in nine employees in the company’s marketing and distribution division, as well as other areas, losing their jobs.
In addition to the layoffs, COO and CFO Chad Blackwell and Chief Revenue Officer Julie Dansker also announced that the indie distributor will release fewer films going forward as part of a shift in its strategic vision.
“We have a new strategic vision, which focuses on four to six traditional theatrical releases a year, continuing to build on a strong, curated slate of ancillary/non-theatrical titles,” Blackwell and Dansker wrote in a staff memo. “This realignment of our priorities will more effectively service our filmmakers and the broader content creator community in the next chapter of our growth.”
Also Read: The Orchard's Film Group Acquired by 1091 Media Investment Group
The reductions and shift in focus come just a few months...
In addition to the layoffs, COO and CFO Chad Blackwell and Chief Revenue Officer Julie Dansker also announced that the indie distributor will release fewer films going forward as part of a shift in its strategic vision.
“We have a new strategic vision, which focuses on four to six traditional theatrical releases a year, continuing to build on a strong, curated slate of ancillary/non-theatrical titles,” Blackwell and Dansker wrote in a staff memo. “This realignment of our priorities will more effectively service our filmmakers and the broader content creator community in the next chapter of our growth.”
Also Read: The Orchard's Film Group Acquired by 1091 Media Investment Group
The reductions and shift in focus come just a few months...
- 5/3/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
As far as documentary subjects go, the fashion world is particularly ripe for the cinematic treatment. There’s the obvious appeal of eye-popping visuals, a treasure trove of archival footage from runway shows and behind the scenes at photo shoots, and no shortage of colorful characters to serve as narrators. The French filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng is fast becoming a master of the stylish sub-genre, having now completed a luxurious trilogy of fashion documentaries as gorgeously rendered as they are entertaining. In “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel” and “Dior and I,” he illustrated the two monumental fashion figures with a style consummate with their own. His latest film about legendary designer Roy Halston Frowick, titled simply “Halston,” released its first official trailer today.
“America’s first superstar designer, Halston rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century,...
“America’s first superstar designer, Halston rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century,...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
"He kept saying: 'I want to dress everybody in America.'" The Orchard has released an official trailer for a fascinating indie documentary titled Halston, from director Frédéric Tcheng (of Dior and I previously). This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and is hitting theaters in late May. The film tells the story of the "prodigiously talented" fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, known simply as just Halston, who reigned over fashion in the 1970s and became a household name. But everything changed in the Wall Street era. With his empire under threat, Halston took the biggest gamble of his life... "Reaching beyond the glitz and glamour, acclaimed filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng reveals Halston’s profound impact on fashion, culture, and business." This looks like another crazy story about the ups and downs of life, and how success isn't the best thing. I'm a big fan of these historical docs,...
- 4/19/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Over the last year, CNN Films has really upped its game when it comes to documentaries. In 2018 and early 2019, the studio has released docs such as “Three Identical Strangers,” “Rbg,” “Love, Gilda,” and “Apollo 11.” Those four films are easily some of the best examples of documentary filmmaking over the last calendar year. Now, CNN Films hopes to keep the streak going with a standout at this year’s Sundance, titled “Halston.”
Read More: ‘Apollo 11’ Is An Astounding Documentary That Deserves The Biggest Screen Possible [Review]
In the trailer for the new film, you see that “Halston” covers the rise and fall of one of the biggest names in American fashion.
Continue reading ‘Halston’ Trailer: CNN Films’ Latest Doc Takes A Look At The Rise & Fall Of One Of America’s First Fashion Icons at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Apollo 11’ Is An Astounding Documentary That Deserves The Biggest Screen Possible [Review]
In the trailer for the new film, you see that “Halston” covers the rise and fall of one of the biggest names in American fashion.
Continue reading ‘Halston’ Trailer: CNN Films’ Latest Doc Takes A Look At The Rise & Fall Of One Of America’s First Fashion Icons at The Playlist.
- 4/19/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Come get your Q on! The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis,runs April 28-May 2, 2019, at the Tivoli Theatre.The St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of 28 films. The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and to celebrate queer culture.
The fest is especially pleased to host the St. Louis premieres of two bio-docs: “Halston,” about the renowned fashion designer, and “Making Montgomery Clift,” about the legendary anti-Hollywood film star. The documentary “TransGeek,” which is about transgender people who are gamers, programmers, and video-game designers, has many local connections, including director, producers, and interview subjects. Several international narrative features receive their St. Louis premieres, including the lush biopic “Vita & Virginia,” about...
The fest is especially pleased to host the St. Louis premieres of two bio-docs: “Halston,” about the renowned fashion designer, and “Making Montgomery Clift,” about the legendary anti-Hollywood film star. The documentary “TransGeek,” which is about transgender people who are gamers, programmers, and video-game designers, has many local connections, including director, producers, and interview subjects. Several international narrative features receive their St. Louis premieres, including the lush biopic “Vita & Virginia,” about...
- 4/8/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Orchard Film Group is re-launching as 1091 after being acquired by investment group 1091 Media.
Daniel Stein and Joe Samberg, principals of 1091 Media, made the announcement on Wednesday. Stein will take an active role in the company as executive chairman of 1091.
The company has set a May 3 opening for Werner Herzog’s documentary “Meeting Gorbachev” and a May 24 release for the fashion documentary “Halston” as its first theatrical releases under the new banner. Both movies will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The new company’s leadership includes Chad Blackwell, chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Julie Dansker, chief revenue officer; Danielle Di Giacomo, senior VP of acquisitions and strategic partnerships; Adam Brostoff, senior VP of operations; Danny Grant, senior VP of film and strategic partnerships; and Natalie Mooallem, senior VP of client management.
The film business was acquired from global music distribution company the Orchard, which was...
Daniel Stein and Joe Samberg, principals of 1091 Media, made the announcement on Wednesday. Stein will take an active role in the company as executive chairman of 1091.
The company has set a May 3 opening for Werner Herzog’s documentary “Meeting Gorbachev” and a May 24 release for the fashion documentary “Halston” as its first theatrical releases under the new banner. Both movies will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The new company’s leadership includes Chad Blackwell, chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Julie Dansker, chief revenue officer; Danielle Di Giacomo, senior VP of acquisitions and strategic partnerships; Adam Brostoff, senior VP of operations; Danny Grant, senior VP of film and strategic partnerships; and Natalie Mooallem, senior VP of client management.
The film business was acquired from global music distribution company the Orchard, which was...
- 4/3/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Orchard Film Group has officially relaunched as 1091, a new distribution company for independent film and television content creators. The announcement was made by Daniel Stein and Joe Samberg, principals of 1091 Media. Stein will take an active role in the company as executive chairman. The name 1091 comes from the address number of Stein and Samberg’s investment firm, which was The Orchard’s original investor in 2003.
In addition to announcing the new company name, 1091 has already set its first two theatrical releases in the U.S.: Werner Herzog’s political documentary “Meeting Gorbachev,” which will open May 3, and the fashion documentary “Halston,” which will debut in theaters May 24. Both films will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.
In addition to Stein, 1091’s new leadership includes Chad Blackwell, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Julie Dansker, Chief Revenue Officer; Danielle Digiacomo, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships; Adam Brostoff,...
In addition to announcing the new company name, 1091 has already set its first two theatrical releases in the U.S.: Werner Herzog’s political documentary “Meeting Gorbachev,” which will open May 3, and the fashion documentary “Halston,” which will debut in theaters May 24. Both films will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.
In addition to Stein, 1091’s new leadership includes Chad Blackwell, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Julie Dansker, Chief Revenue Officer; Danielle Digiacomo, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships; Adam Brostoff,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Orchard Film Group has officially launched under its new name, 1091, after being acquired by investment group 1091 Media. Daniel Stein, a principal with 1091 Media alongside Joe Samberg, is taking on the role of Executive Chairman of 1091, Stein and Samberg announced Wednesday.
The company’s first releases under its new banner are “Meeting Gorbachev,” a documentary from Werner Herzog being released on May 3, and “Halston,” another documentary releasing on May 24. Both films will play at the Tribeca Film Festival.
In addition to Stein, the new company’s leadership includes Chad Blackwell, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Julie Dansker, Chief Revenue Officer; Danielle Digiacomo, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships; Adam Brostoff, Senior Vice President, Operations; Danny Grant, Senior Vice President, Film and Strategic Partnerships; and Natalie Mooallem, Senior Vice President, Client Management.
Also Read: The Orchard Film, TV Evp Paul Davidson to Step Down
The film business...
The company’s first releases under its new banner are “Meeting Gorbachev,” a documentary from Werner Herzog being released on May 3, and “Halston,” another documentary releasing on May 24. Both films will play at the Tribeca Film Festival.
In addition to Stein, the new company’s leadership includes Chad Blackwell, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Julie Dansker, Chief Revenue Officer; Danielle Digiacomo, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships; Adam Brostoff, Senior Vice President, Operations; Danny Grant, Senior Vice President, Film and Strategic Partnerships; and Natalie Mooallem, Senior Vice President, Client Management.
Also Read: The Orchard Film, TV Evp Paul Davidson to Step Down
The film business...
- 4/3/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Orchard Film Group has relaunched as 1091, describing itself as “a new global commercial distribution platform company for independent film and television content creators.”
1091 Media is an investment group affiliated with the leadership team of the digital media holding company Dimensional Associates. In the announcement of the change, the company said it plans to invest in technology, new delivery options and business intelligence that will offer “superior levels of transparency” for clients.
Daniel Stein and Joe Samberg are principals. Stein will take an active role in the company as Executive Chairman of 1091. No financial terms were disclosed for the relaunch, which follows a transaction in January in which the Orchard Film Group was wholly acquired by 1091’s principals from The Orchard, a global music distribution company.
The rebranded company has set Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev on May 3 and the fashion documentary Halston on May 24 as its...
1091 Media is an investment group affiliated with the leadership team of the digital media holding company Dimensional Associates. In the announcement of the change, the company said it plans to invest in technology, new delivery options and business intelligence that will offer “superior levels of transparency” for clients.
Daniel Stein and Joe Samberg are principals. Stein will take an active role in the company as Executive Chairman of 1091. No financial terms were disclosed for the relaunch, which follows a transaction in January in which the Orchard Film Group was wholly acquired by 1091’s principals from The Orchard, a global music distribution company.
The rebranded company has set Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev on May 3 and the fashion documentary Halston on May 24 as its...
- 4/3/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Davidson, The Orchard Film Group’s executive vice president of film and television, is stepping down after the sale of the company to 1091 Media is completed, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.
In a memo to staff, Davidson wrote: “As the company ends one chapter and begins another, I have made the decision to move on from The Orchard film group. While I am very appreciative that 1091 asked me to continue to run the company in its new iteration, for me the time is right to look toward my own next chapter and build something new. There are exciting things on the horizon, and I look forward to sharing more when I’m able. “
Davidson has been with The Orchard for five years. In January, 1091 Media announced its acquisition of the company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Orchard Film Group is owned by The Orchard,...
In a memo to staff, Davidson wrote: “As the company ends one chapter and begins another, I have made the decision to move on from The Orchard film group. While I am very appreciative that 1091 asked me to continue to run the company in its new iteration, for me the time is right to look toward my own next chapter and build something new. There are exciting things on the horizon, and I look forward to sharing more when I’m able. “
Davidson has been with The Orchard for five years. In January, 1091 Media announced its acquisition of the company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Orchard Film Group is owned by The Orchard,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Isabelle Huppert stars opposite Lou de Laâge and Benoît Poelvoorde in Anne Fontaine's White As Snow (Blanche Comme Neige aka Blanche-Neige) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The feature film line-up for the 18th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival has been announced.
Films of note include the documentaries The Projectionist by Abel Ferrara, Jeanie Finlay's Seahorse, executive produced by Virunga director Orlando Von Einsiedel, and Frédéric Tcheng's Halston; the directorial débuts from Dolly Wells with Good Posture, starring Emily Mortimer, and Christoph Waltz's Georgetown with Annette Bening, Vanessa Redgrave, and Waltz; Roads with Fionn Whitehead, Stéphane Bak, and Moritz Bleibtreu, directed by Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann producer, Sebastian Schipper; the Oren Moverman and Trudie Styler produced Skin, directed by Guy Nattiv, Michela Occhipinti's Flesh Out, produced by Marta Donzelli, and Anne Fontaine's White As Snow with Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Huppert, Damien Bonnard, Vincent Macaigne, Charles Berling,...
The feature film line-up for the 18th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival has been announced.
Films of note include the documentaries The Projectionist by Abel Ferrara, Jeanie Finlay's Seahorse, executive produced by Virunga director Orlando Von Einsiedel, and Frédéric Tcheng's Halston; the directorial débuts from Dolly Wells with Good Posture, starring Emily Mortimer, and Christoph Waltz's Georgetown with Annette Bening, Vanessa Redgrave, and Waltz; Roads with Fionn Whitehead, Stéphane Bak, and Moritz Bleibtreu, directed by Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann producer, Sebastian Schipper; the Oren Moverman and Trudie Styler produced Skin, directed by Guy Nattiv, Michela Occhipinti's Flesh Out, produced by Marta Donzelli, and Anne Fontaine's White As Snow with Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Huppert, Damien Bonnard, Vincent Macaigne, Charles Berling,...
- 3/7/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If things had gone differently, the red-carpet mileage of awards season would still be splashed with the showy, flowy designs of Roy Halston Frowick: better known simply by his middle name, the Midwest-raised fashion designer belatedly put American couture on the map in the 1970s. After his luxury brand expanded to ubiquitous levels in just a few years, riding a wave of celebrity disco culture, a series of ill-advised business decisions and cruel corporate sabotage combined to demolish it even more suddenly, making Halston a has-been by the time of his AIDS-related death in 1990. It’s a true fashion tragedy that docmaker Frédéric Tcheng unpicks with devotion and compelling attention to detail in his plainly titled “Halston,” though the film errs by treating its subject’s demise as more of a mystery than it really was.
Soon-to-be-rebranded distributor The Orchard has already picked up U.S. rights to this suitably flashy Sundance premiere,...
Soon-to-be-rebranded distributor The Orchard has already picked up U.S. rights to this suitably flashy Sundance premiere,...
- 2/13/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Frédéric Tcheng’s intoxicating documentary “Halston” is about an Iowa boy turned fashion icon who went from making hats for Jackie Kennedy to ruling Studio 54 to designing mass-market clothes for J.C. Penney. He’s also the subject of our latest “Shoot This Now” podcast, which you can hear on Apple or right here, at your fabulous leisure:
In the podcast, Tcheng and producer Roland Ballester take us seamlessly through Halston’s famous friends to the heights of Wall Street, and finally to the devastating losses of the AIDS epidemic.
Also Read: Move Over, Fyre Festival: Woodstock '99 Was Even Worse (Podcast)
Tcheng’s film does a breathtakingly beautiful job of tracking Halston from Iowa to New York to Versailles to China, explaining his context and significance in the world of fashion and beyond. Thanks to a charming contribution from Tavi Gevinson, it also takes a “Citizen Kane” approach to understanding the great man,...
In the podcast, Tcheng and producer Roland Ballester take us seamlessly through Halston’s famous friends to the heights of Wall Street, and finally to the devastating losses of the AIDS epidemic.
Also Read: Move Over, Fyre Festival: Woodstock '99 Was Even Worse (Podcast)
Tcheng’s film does a breathtakingly beautiful job of tracking Halston from Iowa to New York to Versailles to China, explaining his context and significance in the world of fashion and beyond. Thanks to a charming contribution from Tavi Gevinson, it also takes a “Citizen Kane” approach to understanding the great man,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Sundance 2019 brought into sharp focus the two-tiered reality that now dominates the world of independent content.
It’s a story of the haves and the have-nots.
The haves are those giant tech-based companies like Netflix, Amazon and Apple that can plunk down many millions of dollars on a movie they like without a second thought.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far, From 'Late Night' to 'The Farewell' (Updating)
The have-nots are everybody else — scrappy distributors who still do the Old Math: adding up the P&A costs, the ancillary rights like TV and international and, um, airlines to figure out how to protect their downside and maybe make a profit.
But there’s no such old-style nonsense for the tech giants — and Amazon is the colossus of choice at this year’s Sundance, blithely buying multiple movies for $15 million. Who does that?
“Late Night,...
It’s a story of the haves and the have-nots.
The haves are those giant tech-based companies like Netflix, Amazon and Apple that can plunk down many millions of dollars on a movie they like without a second thought.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far, From 'Late Night' to 'The Farewell' (Updating)
The have-nots are everybody else — scrappy distributors who still do the Old Math: adding up the P&A costs, the ancillary rights like TV and international and, um, airlines to figure out how to protect their downside and maybe make a profit.
But there’s no such old-style nonsense for the tech giants — and Amazon is the colossus of choice at this year’s Sundance, blithely buying multiple movies for $15 million. Who does that?
“Late Night,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
“That’s a great Netflix movie,” said one premium cable executive of “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” a scruffy New York comedy based on rookie writer-director Paul Downs Colaizzo’s best friend, an overweight 30ish party girl (TV star Jillian Bell), who changes her life by committing to run the New York Marathon. After the world premiere at the Eccles, the executive was wiping her eyes as a heated Sundance bidding war was already under way. However, the buyer wasn’t Netflix; it was Amazon Studios. It wasn’t chasing the big numbers at first, but as soon as new chief Jennifer Salke saw it, she rushed back into the fray to nail down the movie for $14 million worldwide. It was their third big buy of the festival.
The shift in the market for Sundance titles is dramatic, as the buyers with the most to spend and the most need for ample content — Apple,...
The shift in the market for Sundance titles is dramatic, as the buyers with the most to spend and the most need for ample content — Apple,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“That’s a great Netflix movie,” said one premium cable executive of “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” a scruffy New York comedy based on rookie writer-director Paul Downs Colaizzo’s best friend, an overweight 30ish party girl (TV star Jillian Bell), who changes her life by committing to run the New York Marathon. After the world premiere at the Eccles, the executive was wiping her eyes as a heated Sundance bidding war was already under way. However, the buyer wasn’t Netflix; it was Amazon Studios. It wasn’t chasing the big numbers at first, but as soon as new chief Jennifer Salke saw it, she rushed back into the fray to nail down the movie for $14 million worldwide. It was their third big buy of the festival.
The shift in the market for Sundance titles is dramatic, as the buyers with the most to spend and the most need for ample content — Apple,...
The shift in the market for Sundance titles is dramatic, as the buyers with the most to spend and the most need for ample content — Apple,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
You've got to fret for future audiovisual fashion historians as they comb the archives searching for a great game-changing design luminary that hasn't yet been given feature documentary treatment. So it's mildly astonishing that we've had to wait until now for a comprehensive assessment of the style revolution of Roy Halston Frowick — his stratospheric ascent to become a business empire and the first bona fide American celebrity designer, his rejection by the fashion establishment after a misjudged venture, his sad decline and his indelible legacy. Frederic Tcheng delivers all that in the succinctly titled Halston, a ...
- 1/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
You've got to fret for future audiovisual fashion historians as they comb the archives searching for a great game-changing design luminary that hasn't yet been given feature documentary treatment. So it's mildly astonishing that we've had to wait until now for a comprehensive assessment of the style revolution of Roy Halston Frowick — his stratospheric ascent to become a business empire and the first bona fide American celebrity designer, his rejection by the fashion establishment after a misjudged venture, his sad decline and his indelible legacy. Frederic Tcheng delivers all that in the succinctly titled Halston, a ...
- 1/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neon has picked up rights to “The Lodge,” a creepy cabin tale about a damaged woman and the children she is caring for after it thrilled audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film follows twos siblings who are snowed in with Grace, the younger woman that their separated father plans to marry. Just as the kids begin to warm to their stepmother-to-be, events intercede and threaten to dig up psychological demons from Grace’s childhood as a member of a religious cult. It has been a hit with horror fans since it debuted last week in Sundance’s Midnight section. In a rave, Bloody Disgusting’s Meredith Borders writes, “Every choice in [‘The Lodge’] – every frame, every performance, every sound and edit — is crafted for utmost discomfort, making for a relentless onslaught of unease.”
The movie is eying a theatrical release at some point in 2019. The deal is in the $2 million range,...
The film follows twos siblings who are snowed in with Grace, the younger woman that their separated father plans to marry. Just as the kids begin to warm to their stepmother-to-be, events intercede and threaten to dig up psychological demons from Grace’s childhood as a member of a religious cult. It has been a hit with horror fans since it debuted last week in Sundance’s Midnight section. In a rave, Bloody Disgusting’s Meredith Borders writes, “Every choice in [‘The Lodge’] – every frame, every performance, every sound and edit — is crafted for utmost discomfort, making for a relentless onslaught of unease.”
The movie is eying a theatrical release at some point in 2019. The deal is in the $2 million range,...
- 1/28/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hilary Swank says it’s a “beautiful time for storytelling,” telling TheWrap at the Sundance Film Festival that she is optimistic about the increasing opportunities being provided to women in acting.
“We’re being more inclusive of everybody…I’m seeing more stories across my desk that are more diverse and interesting and representative of the world that we’re living in,” Swank told TheWrap CEO Sharon Waxman in an on-camera interview.
Swank is at Sundance for her latest film, “I Am Mother,” a postapocalyptic thriller set in a future where automation has led to societal collapse.
Also Read: Rosanna Arquette Says Harvey Weinstein Should Go to Jail: 'Absolutely' (Video)
The two-time Oscar winner plays a human woman discovered by a child and her android caretaker, who has watched over the child since she was an embryo.
Swank says the role is an example of how older women in Hollywood are getting more interesting roles,...
“We’re being more inclusive of everybody…I’m seeing more stories across my desk that are more diverse and interesting and representative of the world that we’re living in,” Swank told TheWrap CEO Sharon Waxman in an on-camera interview.
Swank is at Sundance for her latest film, “I Am Mother,” a postapocalyptic thriller set in a future where automation has led to societal collapse.
Also Read: Rosanna Arquette Says Harvey Weinstein Should Go to Jail: 'Absolutely' (Video)
The two-time Oscar winner plays a human woman discovered by a child and her android caretaker, who has watched over the child since she was an embryo.
Swank says the role is an example of how older women in Hollywood are getting more interesting roles,...
- 1/28/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Streamers and studios had been in pursuit of Lulu Wang crowd-pleaser starring Awkwafina.
A24 is closing on what is undestood to be a $6m deal for worldwide rights to Lulu Wang’s directorial debut The Farewell starring Awkwafina, which became an early Sundance hit following its world premiere in Park City in Friday.
The distributor beat out a number of studios and streamers, all of whom had bid on the film after it lit up The Eccles at its first showing in Us Dramatic Competition. It screens again on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The deal followed Amazon Studio’s $13m...
A24 is closing on what is undestood to be a $6m deal for worldwide rights to Lulu Wang’s directorial debut The Farewell starring Awkwafina, which became an early Sundance hit following its world premiere in Park City in Friday.
The distributor beat out a number of studios and streamers, all of whom had bid on the film after it lit up The Eccles at its first showing in Us Dramatic Competition. It screens again on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The deal followed Amazon Studio’s $13m...
- 1/27/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Neon has picked up the survival thriller “Monos,” Variety has confirmed.
The deal is for U.S. rights and follows the film’s world premiere on Saturday at Sundance. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
“Monos” centers on a group of Latin American rebels and their American hostage. An ambush drives the soldiers deeper into the jungle and their mission begins to grow imperiled.
Director Alejandro Landes co-wrote the film’s screenplay with Alexis Dos Santos. The cast includes Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón.
UTA Independent Film Group and Le Pacte represented filmmakers. Neon, which has previously released “I, Tonya” and “Vox Lux,” is also represented at Sundance with screenings of “Apollo 11” and “The Biggest Little Farm.”
“Making ‘Monos’ was a life-changing adventure for myself and the team,” said Landes in a statement. “We could not be more excited...
The deal is for U.S. rights and follows the film’s world premiere on Saturday at Sundance. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
“Monos” centers on a group of Latin American rebels and their American hostage. An ambush drives the soldiers deeper into the jungle and their mission begins to grow imperiled.
Director Alejandro Landes co-wrote the film’s screenplay with Alexis Dos Santos. The cast includes Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón.
UTA Independent Film Group and Le Pacte represented filmmakers. Neon, which has previously released “I, Tonya” and “Vox Lux,” is also represented at Sundance with screenings of “Apollo 11” and “The Biggest Little Farm.”
“Making ‘Monos’ was a life-changing adventure for myself and the team,” said Landes in a statement. “We could not be more excited...
- 1/27/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The company formerly known as the Orchard, under its new owners, 1091 Media, has acquired North American theatrical rights to “Halston,” Frédéric Tcheng’s Sundance documentary about the fashion designer.
The acquisition came on the heels of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. North American broadcast rights for “Halston” are owned by CNN Films, whose Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton served as executive producers. CNN plans a broadcast premiere in the third quarter of 2019.
The Orchard, which will change its name under 1091 Media but has yet to announce the new name, plans a theatrical release in the spring.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far, From 'Late Night' to 'Ask Dr. Ruth' (Updating)
In 2015, the Orchard released Tcheng’s “Dior and I.” This marks its film group’s third collaboration with CNN Films.
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The acquisition came on the heels of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. North American broadcast rights for “Halston” are owned by CNN Films, whose Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton served as executive producers. CNN plans a broadcast premiere in the third quarter of 2019.
The Orchard, which will change its name under 1091 Media but has yet to announce the new name, plans a theatrical release in the spring.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far, From 'Late Night' to 'Ask Dr. Ruth' (Updating)
In 2015, the Orchard released Tcheng’s “Dior and I.” This marks its film group’s third collaboration with CNN Films.
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- 1/27/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Halston,” a look at the famous American fashion designer, has sold theatrical distribution and home entertainment rights to the studio formerly known as The Orchard Film Group. The deal comes following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.
It’s the first major purchase for the indie label since it announced this week that it had a deal in place to be sold to 1091 Media, an investment group run by Danny Stein and Joe Samberg, who previously oversaw The Orchard’s push into releasing films. The Orchard is divesting from movies to concentrate on its core music business. The film group will be renamed.
“Halston,” an intimate look at a man who rose to the top of the world of haute couture with his minimalist aesthetic, was produced by CNN Films, which will retain all North American broadcast rights. It was directed by Frédéric Tcheng. The Orchard previously...
It’s the first major purchase for the indie label since it announced this week that it had a deal in place to be sold to 1091 Media, an investment group run by Danny Stein and Joe Samberg, who previously oversaw The Orchard’s push into releasing films. The Orchard is divesting from movies to concentrate on its core music business. The film group will be renamed.
“Halston,” an intimate look at a man who rose to the top of the world of haute couture with his minimalist aesthetic, was produced by CNN Films, which will retain all North American broadcast rights. It was directed by Frédéric Tcheng. The Orchard previously...
- 1/27/2019
- by Brent Lang and Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
It’s not entirely surprising that portrait documentaries dominate this year’s Sundance nonfiction lineup. Two of the biggest nonfiction films of 2018 – “Rbg” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” – are profile films that premiered at last year’s Sundance and later made the Oscar docu shortlist.
The success of both docs could help explain why Sundance senior programmers David Courier and Caroline Libresco were bombarded with nonfiction biopic submissions for Sundance 2019. “The trick is to find those [profile docs] that are really cinematic and that transcend this notion of traditional biopic,” says Libresco.
Both programmers didn’t seem to have a problem doing just that. Case in point, 12 of the 13 films that make up the fest’s Documentary Premieres section are portrait docs. Steve Bannon, Miles Davis and Harvey Weinstein are among the many famous and infamous figures being explored. Bio films are also prevalent in the Docu Competition and Docu World Cinema Competition categories.
The success of both docs could help explain why Sundance senior programmers David Courier and Caroline Libresco were bombarded with nonfiction biopic submissions for Sundance 2019. “The trick is to find those [profile docs] that are really cinematic and that transcend this notion of traditional biopic,” says Libresco.
Both programmers didn’t seem to have a problem doing just that. Case in point, 12 of the 13 films that make up the fest’s Documentary Premieres section are portrait docs. Steve Bannon, Miles Davis and Harvey Weinstein are among the many famous and infamous figures being explored. Bio films are also prevalent in the Docu Competition and Docu World Cinema Competition categories.
- 1/23/2019
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
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