It started with a playdate. It was the 2019 Berlin Film festival, and five industry professionals — Sarah Calderon of The Film Agency, Berlinale programmer Aurelie Godet, Olimpia Pont Chafer of Torino Film, Alan Seville of the European Works in Progress program, and Rotterdam festival programmer Michelle Carey — all working moms, met up for a break from the Berlin hustle and bustle and to give their kids a chance to interact with other non-adults.
“We started talking about what we were all facing, trying to balance being a parent with this job, and the stresses on our personal life,” Carey recalls. “We all said: this has to change.”
Anyone who has experienced the film festival circuit as the parent of young children can emphatize. With its cycle of international travel, late-night premieres and boozy after-hours events, most international fests are distinctly un-family friendly. It’s fine for celebrities able to pay for private nannies and entertainment.
“We started talking about what we were all facing, trying to balance being a parent with this job, and the stresses on our personal life,” Carey recalls. “We all said: this has to change.”
Anyone who has experienced the film festival circuit as the parent of young children can emphatize. With its cycle of international travel, late-night premieres and boozy after-hours events, most international fests are distinctly un-family friendly. It’s fine for celebrities able to pay for private nannies and entertainment.
- 2/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2023 New York Film Festival (NYFF) has confirmed its dates for the fall festival.
Film at Lincoln Center (Flc) announced that the 61st annual NYFF will take place from September 29 through October 15, 2023. Short film submissions may be accepted starting February 27 via FilmFreeway, with the deadline set for May 5.
This year’s New York Film Festival is run by Dennis Lim, artistic director, and Matt Bolish, the newly promoted managing director. Bolish’s role marks a new position for the festival. Bolish has been a member of the Flc staff since 2011 and is currently the organization’s vice president of operations, in addition to serving as NYFF producer since 2016.
Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang was also appointed to the five-member NYFF Main Slate Selection Committee.
“Justin’s love and knowledge of cinema are evident in everything he writes, and I’m excited for him to bring his curiosity, generosity,...
Film at Lincoln Center (Flc) announced that the 61st annual NYFF will take place from September 29 through October 15, 2023. Short film submissions may be accepted starting February 27 via FilmFreeway, with the deadline set for May 5.
This year’s New York Film Festival is run by Dennis Lim, artistic director, and Matt Bolish, the newly promoted managing director. Bolish’s role marks a new position for the festival. Bolish has been a member of the Flc staff since 2011 and is currently the organization’s vice president of operations, in addition to serving as NYFF producer since 2016.
Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang was also appointed to the five-member NYFF Main Slate Selection Committee.
“Justin’s love and knowledge of cinema are evident in everything he writes, and I’m excited for him to bring his curiosity, generosity,...
- 1/18/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
New movies from directors Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Ruben Östlund, Kelly Reichardt and Paul Schrader will play at the 60th New York Film Festival, which is running from Sept. 30 through Oct. 16.
On Tuesday, Film at Lincoln Center, which hosts the annual Manhattan-based celebration of cinema, unveiled the 32 films that comprise the main slate. The lineup showcases films produced in 18 different countries and spotlights a mix of first-time and returning filmmakers.
Several movies that first screened at Cannes Film Festival, including Claire Denis’s Grand Prix winner “Stars at Noon,” Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness” and Charlotte Wells’ debut feature “Aftersun,” will play at NYFF. Carla Simón’s “Alcarràs,” which was awarded the Golden Bear at the 72nd Berlinale Festival, and Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes,” which took Sundance Film Festival’s grand jury prize in the world cinema documentary competition,...
On Tuesday, Film at Lincoln Center, which hosts the annual Manhattan-based celebration of cinema, unveiled the 32 films that comprise the main slate. The lineup showcases films produced in 18 different countries and spotlights a mix of first-time and returning filmmakers.
Several movies that first screened at Cannes Film Festival, including Claire Denis’s Grand Prix winner “Stars at Noon,” Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness” and Charlotte Wells’ debut feature “Aftersun,” will play at NYFF. Carla Simón’s “Alcarràs,” which was awarded the Golden Bear at the 72nd Berlinale Festival, and Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes,” which took Sundance Film Festival’s grand jury prize in the world cinema documentary competition,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
By Lee Pfeiffer
In Cinema Retro's never-ending quest to analyze relatively inconsequential movies, the trail takes us to Dirty Dingus Magee, one of Frank Sinatra's last starring feature films. The movie shocked critics when it opened in 1970 due to the trivial of the production. Time has done nothing to enhance its reputation and one can only wonder what possessed Sinatra to star in this tepid Western comedy. In reality, Sinatra's passion for movie-making was also tepid. He always preferred to concentrate on his singing career and regarded acting as a time-consuming sideline. His penchant for rarely approving a second take became legendary. Nevertheless, he was undeniably one of the cinema's great icons. Prior to Dirty Dingus Magee, Sinatra had shown good judgment with the majority of the films he made during the mid-to-late Sixties. There were some misguided efforts but Von Ryan's Express, Tony Rome, Lady in Cement...
In Cinema Retro's never-ending quest to analyze relatively inconsequential movies, the trail takes us to Dirty Dingus Magee, one of Frank Sinatra's last starring feature films. The movie shocked critics when it opened in 1970 due to the trivial of the production. Time has done nothing to enhance its reputation and one can only wonder what possessed Sinatra to star in this tepid Western comedy. In reality, Sinatra's passion for movie-making was also tepid. He always preferred to concentrate on his singing career and regarded acting as a time-consuming sideline. His penchant for rarely approving a second take became legendary. Nevertheless, he was undeniably one of the cinema's great icons. Prior to Dirty Dingus Magee, Sinatra had shown good judgment with the majority of the films he made during the mid-to-late Sixties. There were some misguided efforts but Von Ryan's Express, Tony Rome, Lady in Cement...
- 11/25/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Michele Carey, Elvis Presley‘s former costar in Live a Little, Love a Little, has died. She was 75.
The actress, who retired in 1986, passed away on Nov. 21, according to spokesperson Michael Anthony, who confirmed the news on her Facebook page on Saturday.
“Today I have the saddest task, one I had never hoped to do during my lifetime, and that is to report to the many friends and fans of Michele Carey that what you have read online is terribly true,” the post read.
“Michele passed away on November 21st with her family by her side at the tender age...
The actress, who retired in 1986, passed away on Nov. 21, according to spokesperson Michael Anthony, who confirmed the news on her Facebook page on Saturday.
“Today I have the saddest task, one I had never hoped to do during my lifetime, and that is to report to the many friends and fans of Michele Carey that what you have read online is terribly true,” the post read.
“Michele passed away on November 21st with her family by her side at the tender age...
- 12/3/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Model-turned-actress Michele Carey died November 21 from natural causes in her home in Newport Beach. The news was announced on her Facebook page. She was 75.
Carey was born on February 26, 1943, in Annapolis, Maryland. She was a performer at a very early age as a piano prodigy. At the 13, she won a national contest at the Chicago Music Festival and went on to perform with the Rochester Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from high school in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was briefly married and had a son during high school. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles with her son to pursue a career in modeling in 1964. While in Hollywood, she took an interest in acting and it wasn’t long before she was on television.
She appeared on television but then went on to have a small role in the 1965 film How to Stuff a Wild Bikini. The following year, she landed...
Carey was born on February 26, 1943, in Annapolis, Maryland. She was a performer at a very early age as a piano prodigy. At the 13, she won a national contest at the Chicago Music Festival and went on to perform with the Rochester Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from high school in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was briefly married and had a son during high school. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles with her son to pursue a career in modeling in 1964. While in Hollywood, she took an interest in acting and it wasn’t long before she was on television.
She appeared on television but then went on to have a small role in the 1965 film How to Stuff a Wild Bikini. The following year, she landed...
- 12/3/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Michele Carey, the attractive actress who starred alongside John Wayne in El Dorado and with Elvis Presley in Live a Little, Love a Little, has died. She was 75.
Carey died Nov. 21 of natural causes in Newport Beach, California, according to a spokesperson who ran her Facebook page and a report in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Known for her wild, brunette mane, the blue-eyed actress portrayed an adult film star who is dating a beatnik (Bob Denver) in The Sweet Ride (1968) and was a Native American woman named Anna Hot Water in Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), starring Frank Sinatra.
In El Dorado ...
Carey died Nov. 21 of natural causes in Newport Beach, California, according to a spokesperson who ran her Facebook page and a report in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Known for her wild, brunette mane, the blue-eyed actress portrayed an adult film star who is dating a beatnik (Bob Denver) in The Sweet Ride (1968) and was a Native American woman named Anna Hot Water in Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), starring Frank Sinatra.
In El Dorado ...
- 12/3/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michele Carey, the attractive actress who starred alongside John Wayne in El Dorado and with Elvis Presley in Live a Little, Love a Little, has died. She was 75.
Carey died Nov. 21 of natural causes in Newport Beach, California, according to a spokesperson who ran her Facebook page and a report in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Known for her wild, brunette mane, the blue-eyed actress portrayed an adult film star who is dating a beatnik (Bob Denver) in The Sweet Ride (1968) and was a Native American woman named Anna Hot Water in Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), starring Frank Sinatra.
In El Dorado ...
Carey died Nov. 21 of natural causes in Newport Beach, California, according to a spokesperson who ran her Facebook page and a report in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Known for her wild, brunette mane, the blue-eyed actress portrayed an adult film star who is dating a beatnik (Bob Denver) in The Sweet Ride (1968) and was a Native American woman named Anna Hot Water in Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), starring Frank Sinatra.
In El Dorado ...
- 12/3/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Magna Szubanski in 'Three Summers'..
Ben Elton.s Three Summers will make its world premiere at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), screening as the Centrepiece Gala..
Writer-director Elton shot the ensemble comedy, which stars Robert Sheehan, Rebecca Breeds, Michael Caton, Magda Szubanski, Deborah Mailman, Jacqueline McKenzie and John Waters, last year in Western Australia. It was produced by Sue Taylor and Michael Wrenn..Set over three summers at a fictional folk music festival in Wa, the film follows two musicians (Sheehan and Breeds) as they fall in love..
.It.s a great thrill and also a great honour to have Three Summers selected as this year.s Miff Centrepiece Gala Presentation,. said the writer-director..
.I cannot think of a better start for our movie than to be centre stage at this famous festival, which is such a true champion of Australian filmmaking. It.s also very...
Ben Elton.s Three Summers will make its world premiere at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), screening as the Centrepiece Gala..
Writer-director Elton shot the ensemble comedy, which stars Robert Sheehan, Rebecca Breeds, Michael Caton, Magda Szubanski, Deborah Mailman, Jacqueline McKenzie and John Waters, last year in Western Australia. It was produced by Sue Taylor and Michael Wrenn..Set over three summers at a fictional folk music festival in Wa, the film follows two musicians (Sheehan and Breeds) as they fall in love..
.It.s a great thrill and also a great honour to have Three Summers selected as this year.s Miff Centrepiece Gala Presentation,. said the writer-director..
.I cannot think of a better start for our movie than to be centre stage at this famous festival, which is such a true champion of Australian filmmaking. It.s also very...
- 7/7/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Updated: Watch the first trailer for Jungle below. The world premiere gala screening of Greg McLean’s (Wolf Creek) new film Jungle starring Daniel Radcliffe will open the 66th Melbourne International Film Festival. Artistic Director Michelle Carey had this to say about the film; “Greg McLean’s Jungle is bold, hugely entertaining and a thrilling ride... an impressive showcase of Australian and international talent behind and in front of the camera.” Of course, picking this film to kick-off the fest makes sense as McLean hails from Melbourne, and his new genre piece is one of the bigger budget features to open Miff, following a few years of smaller, independent and for some reason time-travel centric efforts (Predestination, The Life and Death of Otto Bloom). Jungle is "an amazing...
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- 6/14/2017
- Screen Anarchy
It takes a lot to stand out when you’re standing between Robert Mitchum and John Wayne. And it surely isn’t easy when you’re also standing in front of the venerable Howard Hawks. But this was the position 25-year-old James Caan found himself in when he took on the role of Alan Bourdillon Traherne, otherwise known as Mississippi, in Hawks’ 1967 Western, El Dorado. Though Hawks was nearing the end of his filmmaking career (this would be his penultimate movie) and Caan was just at the start of his (following two features and about five years of extensive television work), they were each entering the project under similar circumstances. Indeed, it was their shared experience on the disappointing Red Line 7000 (1965) that left them both wanting. It may have been a personal letdown for Caan, but that film’s poor reception wasn’t a deal-breaker as far as his prospects were likely to continue.
- 5/15/2017
- MUBI
The future of film criticism in Australia is under a cloud, with the number of full-time salaried critics in the country down to a handful — by some estimates, just two people — in the face of a perfect storm of technological disruption, cratering freelance rates and arts funding cuts.
Coverage of the arts, already a marginal element of the news media, is particularly sensitive to the commercial pressures affecting journalism as a whole.
The last two salaried, fulltime film reviewers standing are believed to be Jason Di Rosso at the ABC and Leigh Paatsch at the Herald Sun, whose writing is syndicated across the News Ltd network.
Local magazine-turned-website FilmInk employs three critics, although they combine the role with other editorial or publishing tasks.
The rest of Australia.s film reviewing comes from a patchwork of freelancers and contributors, who are sometimes paid very little or asked to work for free.
Coverage of the arts, already a marginal element of the news media, is particularly sensitive to the commercial pressures affecting journalism as a whole.
The last two salaried, fulltime film reviewers standing are believed to be Jason Di Rosso at the ABC and Leigh Paatsch at the Herald Sun, whose writing is syndicated across the News Ltd network.
Local magazine-turned-website FilmInk employs three critics, although they combine the role with other editorial or publishing tasks.
The rest of Australia.s film reviewing comes from a patchwork of freelancers and contributors, who are sometimes paid very little or asked to work for free.
- 2/7/2017
- by Anders Furze
- IF.com.au
Rachel Ward and Matilda Brown star in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom.
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, starring Xavier Samuel, Rachel Ward and Matilda Brown, will open this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
The film, directed by Cris Jones, chronicles the life and great love of Bloom (Samuel), a man who experiences time in reverse — passing backwards through the years while remembering the future.
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom is Jones' first feature.
The full program for the festival will be revealed on July 5.
Jones said it was an honour and a joy to have his first feature opening Miff..
"For me, Miff is more than a celebration of film," he said..
"It is a family and a home. The festival has played an enormous role in my journey as a filmmaker, and without the support of the Premiere Fund, this film would not exist.
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, starring Xavier Samuel, Rachel Ward and Matilda Brown, will open this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
The film, directed by Cris Jones, chronicles the life and great love of Bloom (Samuel), a man who experiences time in reverse — passing backwards through the years while remembering the future.
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom is Jones' first feature.
The full program for the festival will be revealed on July 5.
Jones said it was an honour and a joy to have his first feature opening Miff..
"For me, Miff is more than a celebration of film," he said..
"It is a family and a home. The festival has played an enormous role in my journey as a filmmaker, and without the support of the Premiere Fund, this film would not exist.
- 5/16/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
This audiovideo essay collaboration on Jacques Rivette's Out 1 is the fifth entry in the Out 1 Video Essay Project. Special thanks to Michelle Carey.***Our mission, as we chose to accept it, consisted of a game of exchange between strangers. Each was to give the other a video lettre which would then be returned in sequence, the final structure of the work a literal replication of this back-and-forth dialectic. In order to facilitate a wider dialogue, each letter was to be about a minute long, and constructed mostly through images and sounds from Rivette’s Out 1: noli me tangere. I had never attempted something like this before, nor had I seen Rivette’s mammoth film. During a first viewing, I came to the realization that few movies could offer so many possibilities for an exchange of this nature, with so much potential freedom…and madness. For my first video letter,...
- 1/19/2016
- by Covadonga G. Lahera & Joel Bocko
- MUBI
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSJust have celebrating his 69th birthday and releasing a new album, David Bowie has left us. (The wonderful gif above is by Helen Green, via Dangerous Minds.)Dalian Wanda buys Legendary Entertainment: For the oh-so-reasonable price of $3.5 billion, the Chinese company which already owns American cinema chain AMC has bought the Hollywood production company. Some may remember this company because of its announcement to create the lavishly funded Qingdao Film Festival, directed and programmed by several Americans.Mia Hansen-Løve's Things to Come.More titles have been announced for next month's Berlin International Film Festival. Most exciting to us are new films by Lav Diaz, Mia Hansen-Løve, and André Téchiné. (And there's a wonderfully Ralph Fiennes-full new trailer for the Coen brothers' opening night film, Hail Caesar!) Meanwhile, the...
- 1/14/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Family animation Song of the Sea has edged out Neil Armfield's Holding the Man to take out the Melbourne International Film Festival People's Choice Award.
The Tomm Moore directed animation has won the Best Feature Film Award beating out rivals Holding the Man and In the Crosswind.
Song of the Sea is about a young Irish boy, Ben, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal.
The animation follows them on their adventure to free the faeries and save the spirit world..
An, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, A Pefect Day, Mustang, Victoria, Pawno and Tehran taxi rounded out the top ten.
Graceful Girls, directed by Olivia Peniston-Bird won the Best Documentary Award, while The Look of Silence was runner-up.
Graceful girls follows school teacher Brianna Lee as she attmepts to fulfill her lifelong dream of winning Calisthenics' most prestigious title 'The Most Graceful Girl'.
The Tomm Moore directed animation has won the Best Feature Film Award beating out rivals Holding the Man and In the Crosswind.
Song of the Sea is about a young Irish boy, Ben, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal.
The animation follows them on their adventure to free the faeries and save the spirit world..
An, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, A Pefect Day, Mustang, Victoria, Pawno and Tehran taxi rounded out the top ten.
Graceful Girls, directed by Olivia Peniston-Bird won the Best Documentary Award, while The Look of Silence was runner-up.
Graceful girls follows school teacher Brianna Lee as she attmepts to fulfill her lifelong dream of winning Calisthenics' most prestigious title 'The Most Graceful Girl'.
- 8/21/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Amber Sloan has been appointed general manager of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
A Miff attendee for 18 years since she was a student at Rmit, Sloan in effect replaces Maria Amato, who was CEO until her departure in December.
In a subsequent restructure the CEO.s position was replaced by the Gm role. Sloan joins the Miff executive team alongside artistic director Michelle Carey and industry director Mark Woods.
She worked for Private Media, publisher of Crikey, for almost 10 years, starting as marketing manager before becoming Gm then chief operating officer and company secretary.
.Miff.s management will be enriched by Amber.s wealth of experience in marketing, subscriber and revenue management and we are delighted to welcome her to the team,. said Miff chair Claire Dobbin. The 64th Miff 2015 runs from July 30 — August 16.
A Miff attendee for 18 years since she was a student at Rmit, Sloan in effect replaces Maria Amato, who was CEO until her departure in December.
In a subsequent restructure the CEO.s position was replaced by the Gm role. Sloan joins the Miff executive team alongside artistic director Michelle Carey and industry director Mark Woods.
She worked for Private Media, publisher of Crikey, for almost 10 years, starting as marketing manager before becoming Gm then chief operating officer and company secretary.
.Miff.s management will be enriched by Amber.s wealth of experience in marketing, subscriber and revenue management and we are delighted to welcome her to the team,. said Miff chair Claire Dobbin. The 64th Miff 2015 runs from July 30 — August 16.
- 1/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
At a panel in Rotterdam, the ‘next wave’ of festival programmers from across the globe debated topics such as how much to programme audience-friendly films while championing more challenging work.
As Thure Munkholm from Copenhagen’s Cph:pix asked succinctly: “How do we get the audience to take a chance with us to screen what is new? That is getting harder and harder.”
He said it’s important to develop with an audience, not just impose a festivals ideas on them. “There is an actual audience that we want to evolve with. In order to push the boundaries, you have to communicate with the audience. “
Michelle Carey of the Melbourne Film Festival said: “I don’t believe in looking down on the audience and pandering down to the lowest common denominator.”
She paid tribute to Iffr for programming medium-length films, something that’s hard for more traditional festivals to find homes for. “If you ask...
As Thure Munkholm from Copenhagen’s Cph:pix asked succinctly: “How do we get the audience to take a chance with us to screen what is new? That is getting harder and harder.”
He said it’s important to develop with an audience, not just impose a festivals ideas on them. “There is an actual audience that we want to evolve with. In order to push the boundaries, you have to communicate with the audience. “
Michelle Carey of the Melbourne Film Festival said: “I don’t believe in looking down on the audience and pandering down to the lowest common denominator.”
She paid tribute to Iffr for programming medium-length films, something that’s hard for more traditional festivals to find homes for. “If you ask...
- 1/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
More than 20 festival heads and programmers have signed a statement in support of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, which was shut down by Chinese authorities last weekend.
The statement expresses deep concern over the closure of the festival and a raid on the offices of the festival’s organiser, the Li Xianting Film Fund, during which the organisation’s complete archives of independent films and related research materials were confiscated.
Signatories to the statement include festival chiefs such as Rotterdam’s Rutger Wolfson, Sydney’s Nashen Moodley, Torino Film Festival’s Emanuela Martini and New York Film Festival’s Kent Jones, along with prominent artistic directors and programmers and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s programming director Dennis Lim (see full statement and list of signatories below).
The Beijing Independent Film Festival aims to showcase the work of independent Chinese filmmakers, working outside the government-sanctioned mainstream film industry. It was scheduled to hold its 11th edition...
The statement expresses deep concern over the closure of the festival and a raid on the offices of the festival’s organiser, the Li Xianting Film Fund, during which the organisation’s complete archives of independent films and related research materials were confiscated.
Signatories to the statement include festival chiefs such as Rotterdam’s Rutger Wolfson, Sydney’s Nashen Moodley, Torino Film Festival’s Emanuela Martini and New York Film Festival’s Kent Jones, along with prominent artistic directors and programmers and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s programming director Dennis Lim (see full statement and list of signatories below).
The Beijing Independent Film Festival aims to showcase the work of independent Chinese filmmakers, working outside the government-sanctioned mainstream film industry. It was scheduled to hold its 11th edition...
- 8/27/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
More than 20 festival heads and programmers have signed a statement in support of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, which was shut down by Chinese authorities last weekend.
The statement expresses deep concern over the closure of the festival and a raid on the offices of the festival’s organiser, the Li Xianting Film Fund, during which the organisation’s complete archives of independent films and related research materials were confiscated.
Signatories to the statement include festival chiefs such as Rotterdam’s Rutger Wolfson, Sydney’s Nashen Moodley, Torino Film Festival’s Emanuela Martini and New York Film Festival’s Kent Jones, along with prominent artistic directors and programmers and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s programming director Dennis Lim (see full statement and list of signatories below).
The Beijing Independent Film Festival aims to showcase the work of independent Chinese filmmakers, working outside the government-sanctioned mainstream film industry. It was scheduled to hold its 11th edition...
The statement expresses deep concern over the closure of the festival and a raid on the offices of the festival’s organiser, the Li Xianting Film Fund, during which the organisation’s complete archives of independent films and related research materials were confiscated.
Signatories to the statement include festival chiefs such as Rotterdam’s Rutger Wolfson, Sydney’s Nashen Moodley, Torino Film Festival’s Emanuela Martini and New York Film Festival’s Kent Jones, along with prominent artistic directors and programmers and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s programming director Dennis Lim (see full statement and list of signatories below).
The Beijing Independent Film Festival aims to showcase the work of independent Chinese filmmakers, working outside the government-sanctioned mainstream film industry. It was scheduled to hold its 11th edition...
- 8/27/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Richard Linklater's Boyhood won best feature and Daniel Ziv took the documentary prize for Jalanan in the People.s Choice awards at the 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival.
Argentine director Manuel Abramovich.s The Queen was named best short and Eddy Bell.s Grey Bull was best Australian short.
The Swinburne Award for emerging Australian filmmaker went to Ben Briand for Blood Pulls a Gun, a short which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood follows a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows up in front of the cameras. Featuring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister, the Universal film previews this weekend and next weekend before its September 4 launch.
Jalanan looks at three charismatic buskers . Boni, Ho and Titi . over a five-year period as they navigate the economic,...
Argentine director Manuel Abramovich.s The Queen was named best short and Eddy Bell.s Grey Bull was best Australian short.
The Swinburne Award for emerging Australian filmmaker went to Ben Briand for Blood Pulls a Gun, a short which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood follows a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows up in front of the cameras. Featuring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister, the Universal film previews this weekend and next weekend before its September 4 launch.
Jalanan looks at three charismatic buskers . Boni, Ho and Titi . over a five-year period as they navigate the economic,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
El Dorado
Written by Leigh Brackett
Directed by Howard Hawks
USA, 1966
When El Dorado was first shown in 1966, the Western in its classical form was beginning to disappear from American cinema. John Ford, synonymous with the genre, released his last feature that year, and El Dorado would be the second-to-last film by its own legendary director, Howard Hawks. The Western was evolving and its old masters were giving way to modern innovators. The stylishly self-conscious films of Sergio Leone first signaled the shift (the films of his “Dollars Trilogy” came out in 1964-1966), and it was certified by the critical, ominous, and violent The Wild Bunch, directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1969. Hawks decried the slow-motion bloodletting of Peckinpah. He argued that he could kill four men, get them to the morgue, and bury them before this newcomer could get one on the ground.
With this as the context of its gestation,...
Written by Leigh Brackett
Directed by Howard Hawks
USA, 1966
When El Dorado was first shown in 1966, the Western in its classical form was beginning to disappear from American cinema. John Ford, synonymous with the genre, released his last feature that year, and El Dorado would be the second-to-last film by its own legendary director, Howard Hawks. The Western was evolving and its old masters were giving way to modern innovators. The stylishly self-conscious films of Sergio Leone first signaled the shift (the films of his “Dollars Trilogy” came out in 1964-1966), and it was certified by the critical, ominous, and violent The Wild Bunch, directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1969. Hawks decried the slow-motion bloodletting of Peckinpah. He argued that he could kill four men, get them to the morgue, and bury them before this newcomer could get one on the ground.
With this as the context of its gestation,...
- 3/14/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
The 62nd Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) ended on August 11 after 17 days, screening 320 films over 453 sessions from 63 countries in 45 different languages, including 23 world premieres and 52 Australian films."2013 has been a very successful festival boasting more than 170 sold out sessions," said Miff Artistic Director Michelle Carey. "It's very heartening to see audiences embracing the program and engaging with our guests both through Q&As and the Talking Pictures program."The Age newspaper critics, comprising Philippa Hawker, Jake Wilson and Craig Matheison, presented the Miff Premiere Fund-supported These Final Hours with a $5000 cash prize and the title of best Australian feature at Miff 2013, while fellow Miff Premiere Fund title In Bob We Trust was hailed by Jake Wilson...
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- 8/14/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The Rocket was voted most popular feature and The Crash Reel as most popular documentary at the 62nd Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff).
The 17-day festival screened 320 films from 63 countries in 45 different languages, including 23 world premieres and 52 Australian films. .2013 has been a very successful festival boasting more than 170 sold out sessions,. said Miff artistic director Michelle Carey. .It.s very heartening to see audiences embracing the program and engaging with our guests both through Q&As and the Talking Pictures program.. The Age critics (Philippa Hawker, Jake Wilson and Craig Matheison) presented the Miff Premiere Fund-supported These Final Hours with a $5,000 cash prize and the title of best Australian feature while fellow Miff Premiere Fund title In Bob We Trust was hailed by Wilson as .one of the best Australian films of any kind in years.. Highlights of the 2013 Festival included:
- The world premiere of the Miff Premiere Fund-supported Tim Winton.s The Turning,...
The 17-day festival screened 320 films from 63 countries in 45 different languages, including 23 world premieres and 52 Australian films. .2013 has been a very successful festival boasting more than 170 sold out sessions,. said Miff artistic director Michelle Carey. .It.s very heartening to see audiences embracing the program and engaging with our guests both through Q&As and the Talking Pictures program.. The Age critics (Philippa Hawker, Jake Wilson and Craig Matheison) presented the Miff Premiere Fund-supported These Final Hours with a $5,000 cash prize and the title of best Australian feature while fellow Miff Premiere Fund title In Bob We Trust was hailed by Wilson as .one of the best Australian films of any kind in years.. Highlights of the 2013 Festival included:
- The world premiere of the Miff Premiere Fund-supported Tim Winton.s The Turning,...
- 8/13/2013
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Six of the 10 homegrown feature-length films that will have their world premieres at the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) have been supported by the Miff Premiere Fund, including anthology drama The Turning and Anna Broinowski’s documentary Aim High In Creation!.
Australia’s oldest and largest film festival runs from July 25 to August 11, opening with Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited! and closing with Jc Chandor’s All Is Lost, starring Robert Redford.
The 17 programme strands include activism on film and new Arabic cinema, both of which artistic director Michelle Carey says “effortlessly suggested themselves”, plus such perennial favourites as the backbeat music program, accent on Asia, night shift, international panorama and documentaries.
The Turning is an adaptation of the country’s most popular Australian book of 17 short stories set in one locale, interconnected and written by acclaimed author Tim Winton. A different person has directed each. Some are first-timers including actors David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska...
Australia’s oldest and largest film festival runs from July 25 to August 11, opening with Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited! and closing with Jc Chandor’s All Is Lost, starring Robert Redford.
The 17 programme strands include activism on film and new Arabic cinema, both of which artistic director Michelle Carey says “effortlessly suggested themselves”, plus such perennial favourites as the backbeat music program, accent on Asia, night shift, international panorama and documentaries.
The Turning is an adaptation of the country’s most popular Australian book of 17 short stories set in one locale, interconnected and written by acclaimed author Tim Winton. A different person has directed each. Some are first-timers including actors David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska...
- 7/3/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
The Melbourne International Film Festival will close on August 18 with P.J. Hogan.s Mental.
Mental reunites writer-director P.J. Hogan with his original leading lady Toni Collette for the first time since Muriel's Wedding. The film follows the story of the Moochmore family after mother Shirley (Rebecca Gibney), unable to cope with her five teenage daughters and philandering husband, Barry (Anthony Lapaglia), suffers a nervous breakdown. A hitchhiker named Shaz (Collette) then enters the family home as nanny.
.How wonderful that we are able to book-end the 2012 Miff with what will surely be two of the biggest Australian films of the year, in The Sapphires and Mental," Miff artistic director Michelle Carey said. "Featuring an incredible ensemble cast, P.J. Hogan.s new film is as outrageously fun as it is smart and moving."
The festival will also hold a world premiere screening of local cricket comedy Save Your Legs! which stars Stephen Curry,...
Mental reunites writer-director P.J. Hogan with his original leading lady Toni Collette for the first time since Muriel's Wedding. The film follows the story of the Moochmore family after mother Shirley (Rebecca Gibney), unable to cope with her five teenage daughters and philandering husband, Barry (Anthony Lapaglia), suffers a nervous breakdown. A hitchhiker named Shaz (Collette) then enters the family home as nanny.
.How wonderful that we are able to book-end the 2012 Miff with what will surely be two of the biggest Australian films of the year, in The Sapphires and Mental," Miff artistic director Michelle Carey said. "Featuring an incredible ensemble cast, P.J. Hogan.s new film is as outrageously fun as it is smart and moving."
The festival will also hold a world premiere screening of local cricket comedy Save Your Legs! which stars Stephen Curry,...
- 7/11/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
P.J. Hogan’s Mental has been named as Melbourne International Film Festival’s closing night film on Saturday 18 August.
The film reunites the Muriel’s Wedding writer and director, Hogan with its star, Toni Collette.
Mental joins over 300 films including opening film, The Sapphires, about an Aboriginal all-girl singing group sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
Miff’s artistic director Michelle Carey said: “How wonderful that we are able to book-end the 2012 Miff with what will surely be two of the biggest Australian films of the year, in The Sapphires and Mental. Featuring an incredible ensemble cast, P.J. Hogan’s new film is as outrageously fun as it is smart and moving.”
The news comes at the announcement of the full program line-up.
The festival will also see a number of world premieres for Australian films including those from the Premiere Film Fund: 100 Bloody Acres, directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes; Save Your Legs!
The film reunites the Muriel’s Wedding writer and director, Hogan with its star, Toni Collette.
Mental joins over 300 films including opening film, The Sapphires, about an Aboriginal all-girl singing group sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
Miff’s artistic director Michelle Carey said: “How wonderful that we are able to book-end the 2012 Miff with what will surely be two of the biggest Australian films of the year, in The Sapphires and Mental. Featuring an incredible ensemble cast, P.J. Hogan’s new film is as outrageously fun as it is smart and moving.”
The news comes at the announcement of the full program line-up.
The festival will also see a number of world premieres for Australian films including those from the Premiere Film Fund: 100 Bloody Acres, directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes; Save Your Legs!
- 7/11/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Melbourne International Film Festival has just launched its full program for 2012, including the exciting announcement that P.J. Hogan's just-wrapped comedy/drama, Mental (pictured), will close the festival on August 18. As previously announced, the festival will kick off with Wayne Blair's feel-good musical drama, The Sapphires, and festival director, Michelle Carey, is thrilled to commence and close the festival with strong Australian fare.
- 7/11/2012
- FilmInk.com.au
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced a big line-up of films which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) will screen its biggest selection of films straight from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Miff is one of the first festivals to screen these films after their world premiere at Cannes, meaning Melbourne audiences will be one of the first in the world to watch them after their debut on the French Riviera.
Over 35 films from Cannes are included in this year’s Festival line-up. Along with Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour, Benh Zeitlin’s Camera d’Or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Wes Anderson’s Moonlight Kingdom, all announced in Miff’s First Glance on 5th June, Miff audiences will be treated to a huge selection of the world’s best filmmakers and films.
“Cannes is...
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) will screen its biggest selection of films straight from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Miff is one of the first festivals to screen these films after their world premiere at Cannes, meaning Melbourne audiences will be one of the first in the world to watch them after their debut on the French Riviera.
Over 35 films from Cannes are included in this year’s Festival line-up. Along with Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour, Benh Zeitlin’s Camera d’Or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Wes Anderson’s Moonlight Kingdom, all announced in Miff’s First Glance on 5th June, Miff audiences will be treated to a huge selection of the world’s best filmmakers and films.
“Cannes is...
- 6/20/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The good news keeps coming for the team behind The Sapphires, with The Weinstein Company (TWC) buying international sales rights from Goalpost Films -- minus some territories -- and Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) director Michelle Carey choosing it as her opening night film.
Australia and New Zealand, where Hopscotch has held the rights since before cameras rolled, the UK & Ireland, France, Canada, Israel and Portugal are exempt from the Weinstein deal, as are airlines.
.These girls light up the screen as much as their music lights up the stage," said TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein in a statement issued overnight in New York. "We.re thrilled to bring the stories and music from these sisters to audiences all over the world..
Said Carey: .Not only is this one of the most anticipated Australian films of the year, a Victorian story and a brilliant filmmaking team, the film will leave audiences on an immense high,...
Australia and New Zealand, where Hopscotch has held the rights since before cameras rolled, the UK & Ireland, France, Canada, Israel and Portugal are exempt from the Weinstein deal, as are airlines.
.These girls light up the screen as much as their music lights up the stage," said TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein in a statement issued overnight in New York. "We.re thrilled to bring the stories and music from these sisters to audiences all over the world..
Said Carey: .Not only is this one of the most anticipated Australian films of the year, a Victorian story and a brilliant filmmaking team, the film will leave audiences on an immense high,...
- 5/15/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Ten weeks after Wayne Blair.s debut feature The Sapphires gets its out-of-competition gala midnight screening at Cannes this Saturday, it will open the 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) on August 2.
.Not only is this one of the most anticipated Australian films of the year, a Victorian story and a brilliant filmmaking team, the film will leave audiences on an immense high, ready to kick up their heels at what is sure to be one of the most celebratory parties of the year,. said festival director Michelle Carey.
The musical is based on Tony Briggs. stage play of the same name and he and Keith Thompson wrote the big-screen version with Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne producing.
Inspired by the true story of Briggs mother and her family, it is set in 1968 when four talented singers from an Aboriginal mission in Victoria are discovered by an unlikely talent scout,...
.Not only is this one of the most anticipated Australian films of the year, a Victorian story and a brilliant filmmaking team, the film will leave audiences on an immense high, ready to kick up their heels at what is sure to be one of the most celebratory parties of the year,. said festival director Michelle Carey.
The musical is based on Tony Briggs. stage play of the same name and he and Keith Thompson wrote the big-screen version with Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne producing.
Inspired by the true story of Briggs mother and her family, it is set in 1968 when four talented singers from an Aboriginal mission in Victoria are discovered by an unlikely talent scout,...
- 5/15/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
The Melbourne International Film Festival will open with the Australian premiere of The Sapphires, set in the 1960s around an Indigenous all-girl soul group taken from the outback to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) is proud to announce that the 2012 Festival will open with the Australian Premiere of The Sapphires. Australia’s brightest stars and biggest names in film and entertainment will walk the red carpet at one of the most anticipated events on the Australian film calendar.
Festival Director Michelle Carey commented “Miff is thrilled to be presenting The Sapphires straight from Cannes. Not only is this one of the most anticipated Australian films of the year, a Victorian story and a brilliant filmmaking team, the film will leave audiences on an immense high, ready to kick up their heels at what is sure to be one of the most celebratory parties of the year.
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) is proud to announce that the 2012 Festival will open with the Australian Premiere of The Sapphires. Australia’s brightest stars and biggest names in film and entertainment will walk the red carpet at one of the most anticipated events on the Australian film calendar.
Festival Director Michelle Carey commented “Miff is thrilled to be presenting The Sapphires straight from Cannes. Not only is this one of the most anticipated Australian films of the year, a Victorian story and a brilliant filmmaking team, the film will leave audiences on an immense high, ready to kick up their heels at what is sure to be one of the most celebratory parties of the year.
- 5/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The 60th Melbourne International Film Festival opens tonight and runs until 7 August.
Belgian/French film The Fairy will open the festival with a black tie event at Great Union Cinemas (131 Russell St, Melbourne).
Miff Artistic Director, Michelle Carey described The Fairy as: “That rare case of a festival-friendly film that is honourably humanist and inventive yet unapologetically accessible and comical. That it is also whimsical and a little nostalgic makes it the perfect opening for the 60th Miff.”
An afterparty at Melbourne Town Hall (90-120 Swanston St) will run until 1am.
Beyond tonight there are: industry and public lectures; special screenings and events; and the Talking Pictures of talks, forums and masterclasses, co-presented by Aftrs; and the 50th Miff Shorts Awards.
Belgian/French film The Fairy will open the festival with a black tie event at Great Union Cinemas (131 Russell St, Melbourne).
Miff Artistic Director, Michelle Carey described The Fairy as: “That rare case of a festival-friendly film that is honourably humanist and inventive yet unapologetically accessible and comical. That it is also whimsical and a little nostalgic makes it the perfect opening for the 60th Miff.”
An afterparty at Melbourne Town Hall (90-120 Swanston St) will run until 1am.
Beyond tonight there are: industry and public lectures; special screenings and events; and the Talking Pictures of talks, forums and masterclasses, co-presented by Aftrs; and the 50th Miff Shorts Awards.
- 7/21/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
By Lee Pfeiffer
Paramount has recently released two major John Wayne titles as two DVD special editions. The releases were tied in with the studio's Centennial line of classics. In fact, El Dorado probably doesn't qualify as a classic, as it represents Howard Hawks' virtual remake of his 1959 film Rio Bravo (which is a genuine classic.) Regarded as a good, run-of-the-mill Western when released in 1967, the film has grown in stature as film scholars grapple with the notion that there simply aren't artists around today as interesting as Wayne, Hawks and Robert Mitchum, the other lead. The film showcases a fine supporting cast including James Caan in one of his first major roles, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Ed Asner and old reliable character actors Paul Fix and Arthur Hunnicutt playing a role that seems tailor-made for Walter Brennan. The plot is virtually identical to that of the previous film:...
Paramount has recently released two major John Wayne titles as two DVD special editions. The releases were tied in with the studio's Centennial line of classics. In fact, El Dorado probably doesn't qualify as a classic, as it represents Howard Hawks' virtual remake of his 1959 film Rio Bravo (which is a genuine classic.) Regarded as a good, run-of-the-mill Western when released in 1967, the film has grown in stature as film scholars grapple with the notion that there simply aren't artists around today as interesting as Wayne, Hawks and Robert Mitchum, the other lead. The film showcases a fine supporting cast including James Caan in one of his first major roles, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Ed Asner and old reliable character actors Paul Fix and Arthur Hunnicutt playing a role that seems tailor-made for Walter Brennan. The plot is virtually identical to that of the previous film:...
- 2/8/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Western movie genre is something most of us consider a relic from the 1950s, and yet, two of the better regarded films – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and El Dorado – are products of the 1960s, even though they feel older given the changes to American cinema in that decade. Both movies, coming out Tuesday as part of Paramount Home Video’s Centennial Collection, are both solid and entertaining.
The former may be best recalled for line, "This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." It stars James Stewart and John Ford playing entirely different kinds of men of the west. Wayne was a rancher, a fairly decent sort but narrow-minded, prone to jealousy, and believed using a gun was essential to surviving on the frontier. Stewart, a lawyer by training, came west to start his career. Both loved Hallie (Vera Miles) and had...
The former may be best recalled for line, "This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." It stars James Stewart and John Ford playing entirely different kinds of men of the west. Wayne was a rancher, a fairly decent sort but narrow-minded, prone to jealousy, and believed using a gun was essential to surviving on the frontier. Stewart, a lawyer by training, came west to start his career. Both loved Hallie (Vera Miles) and had...
- 5/17/2009
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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