Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced a one night only theatrical release of Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, and has rolled out the documentary’s trailer.
A Sundance debut and a Tribeca selection, the film will play in theaters across the country on Wednesday, April 10. There will also be a screening and live performance with the band in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, March 29, and the film will have a digital release to follow on May 7.
“Festival audiences have embraced and celebrated this story of Amy and Emily, and now we get to bring this film to fans in theaters all over the country,” said filmmaker Alexandria Bombach. “A film about community should be seen in community.”
“From our earliest days at Little Five Points Community Pub in Atlanta, the ideal of ‘community’ has informed our music and activism,” adds Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. “We feel...
A Sundance debut and a Tribeca selection, the film will play in theaters across the country on Wednesday, April 10. There will also be a screening and live performance with the band in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, March 29, and the film will have a digital release to follow on May 7.
“Festival audiences have embraced and celebrated this story of Amy and Emily, and now we get to bring this film to fans in theaters all over the country,” said filmmaker Alexandria Bombach. “A film about community should be seen in community.”
“From our earliest days at Little Five Points Community Pub in Atlanta, the ideal of ‘community’ has informed our music and activism,” adds Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. “We feel...
- 3/11/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
NewportFILM Outdoors, a unique celebration of documentary moviemaking that is held in some of the most iconic locations in one of the most storied summer resorts in America, has unveiled its latest line-up of films for its summer season.
They include “It’s Only Life After All,” a look at the Indigo Girls; “After the Bite,” an examination of a community’s reaction to a shark attack; and “Invisible Beauty,” the story of pioneering model, agent and activist, Bethann Hardison. What makes the Newport, Rhode Island event so memorable is that these screenings take place on the lawns of mansions like Marble House and The Elms, as well as historical locations like Fort Adams, which hosts the annual Newport Jazz Festival, and the Newport Polo Grounds. It’s all very shades of Edith Wharton.
“Patrick and the Whale” will open the weekly series on the lawn of the Great Friends Meeting House.
They include “It’s Only Life After All,” a look at the Indigo Girls; “After the Bite,” an examination of a community’s reaction to a shark attack; and “Invisible Beauty,” the story of pioneering model, agent and activist, Bethann Hardison. What makes the Newport, Rhode Island event so memorable is that these screenings take place on the lawns of mansions like Marble House and The Elms, as well as historical locations like Fort Adams, which hosts the annual Newport Jazz Festival, and the Newport Polo Grounds. It’s all very shades of Edith Wharton.
“Patrick and the Whale” will open the weekly series on the lawn of the Great Friends Meeting House.
- 6/20/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Toronto’s Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, has added 12 films to its Special Presentations program. The first tranche of titles was announced March 14. The festival runs April 27 to May 7.
World premieres include Canadian journalist Michelle Shephard’s “The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain,” the uncovering of the story behind the pathologist who stole the genius’ brain in 1955; “The Rise of Wagner,” a chilling exposé on the collusion between Wagner Group mercenaries and the Kremlin, which has resulted in secret killings and countless human rights violations; “We Are Guardians,” the story of the Indigenous guardians of the Brazilian Amazon, struggling to protect their territories from the ravages of extractive industries, deforestation, corrupt politicians and profit hungry global corporations; “Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?,” a chronicle of dissident Hong Kong politician and activist Nathan Law’s fight for democracy; and director Barry Avrich’s “Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella,...
World premieres include Canadian journalist Michelle Shephard’s “The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain,” the uncovering of the story behind the pathologist who stole the genius’ brain in 1955; “The Rise of Wagner,” a chilling exposé on the collusion between Wagner Group mercenaries and the Kremlin, which has resulted in secret killings and countless human rights violations; “We Are Guardians,” the story of the Indigenous guardians of the Brazilian Amazon, struggling to protect their territories from the ravages of extractive industries, deforestation, corrupt politicians and profit hungry global corporations; “Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?,” a chronicle of dissident Hong Kong politician and activist Nathan Law’s fight for democracy; and director Barry Avrich’s “Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Folk-rock icons Indigo Girls touched down in Sundance for the world premiere of their Alexandria Bombach-directed film It’s Only Life After All. The doc debuted the same day they were booked to perform at the fest’s opening night fundraiser, hours after the Jan. 18 death of music legend David Crosby.
“We’re still processing,” Amy Ray, standing beside Emily Saliers on the red carpet, told THR. “The last time we saw him was at the Beacon in New York for Joan Baez’s birthday [in January 2016]. He was a great mentor who had a big influence on us. David and Jackson Browne were two people we met early on in the studio that we were already huge fans of before we worked together. It’s a big loss. It’s hard to start losing your heroes, you know?”
David Crosby and the Indigo Girls
It was a whirlwind few days for the duo,...
“We’re still processing,” Amy Ray, standing beside Emily Saliers on the red carpet, told THR. “The last time we saw him was at the Beacon in New York for Joan Baez’s birthday [in January 2016]. He was a great mentor who had a big influence on us. David and Jackson Browne were two people we met early on in the studio that we were already huge fans of before we worked together. It’s a big loss. It’s hard to start losing your heroes, you know?”
David Crosby and the Indigo Girls
It was a whirlwind few days for the duo,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One hundred forty-four documentary features were eligible for this season’s best documentary feature Oscar. The directors of 10 appeared on the ‘Docs to Watch’ panel at October’s Scad Savannah Film Festival — the nation’s largest university-run film festival — which, for the ninth year in a row, was presented by The Hollywood Reporter and moderated by yours truly.
And in late December, the Academy announced its best documentary feature Oscar shortlist, revealing that of the 15 titles chosen to move on to the next round, eight had been represented at the ‘Docs to Watch’ gathering — Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes (HBO), David Siev’s Bad Axe (IFC), Margaret Brown’s Descendant (Netflix), Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love (Nat Geo), Ondi Timoner’s Last Flight Home (MTV), Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream (Neon), Daniel Roher’s Navalny (Warner Bros./CNN) and Matthew Heineman’s Retrograde (Nat Geo) — alongside two other equally special projects,...
And in late December, the Academy announced its best documentary feature Oscar shortlist, revealing that of the 15 titles chosen to move on to the next round, eight had been represented at the ‘Docs to Watch’ gathering — Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes (HBO), David Siev’s Bad Axe (IFC), Margaret Brown’s Descendant (Netflix), Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love (Nat Geo), Ondi Timoner’s Last Flight Home (MTV), Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream (Neon), Daniel Roher’s Navalny (Warner Bros./CNN) and Matthew Heineman’s Retrograde (Nat Geo) — alongside two other equally special projects,...
- 1/15/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Women and Hollywood has a new date on the awards season calendar.
Set for Friday at the UTA screening room in Beverly Hills, Women and Hollywood is mounting the inaugural Celebrating Creatives in the Industry, an event that was created to highlight and celebrate women filmmakers “who have exhibited extraordinary work over the past year,” per the initiative and website.
The event will include a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing filmmakers today, featuring Kathlyn Horan, director of The Return of Tanya Tucker, Sanaa Lathan, director and actress of On the Come Up, Maria Schrader, director of She Said, and Domee Shi, director and writer of Turning Red. The Hollywood Reporter‘s senior film editor Rebecca Keegan will handle moderating duties.
The event is sponsored by Ruth Harnisch/The Harnisch Foundation with additional support from event partners United Talent Agency, Paramount+, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics and Disney/Pixar.
Set for Friday at the UTA screening room in Beverly Hills, Women and Hollywood is mounting the inaugural Celebrating Creatives in the Industry, an event that was created to highlight and celebrate women filmmakers “who have exhibited extraordinary work over the past year,” per the initiative and website.
The event will include a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing filmmakers today, featuring Kathlyn Horan, director of The Return of Tanya Tucker, Sanaa Lathan, director and actress of On the Come Up, Maria Schrader, director of She Said, and Domee Shi, director and writer of Turning Red. The Hollywood Reporter‘s senior film editor Rebecca Keegan will handle moderating duties.
The event is sponsored by Ruth Harnisch/The Harnisch Foundation with additional support from event partners United Talent Agency, Paramount+, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics and Disney/Pixar.
- 1/10/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Grammy-winning folk rock duo Indigo Girls has been tapped to perform at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance — the new fundraiser kicking off the Sundance Film Festival, which is being presented for the first time in Park City on January 19.
The Indigo Girls will be at Sundance to premiere their new documentary, It’s Only Life After All, directed by Alexandria Bombach. The film produced by Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney and Anya Rous allows the duo — consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers — to look back on their musical partnership, their challenges, and careers spanning three decades with self-criticism, humor and honesty. Pic premieres at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah at 4 p.m on the 19th.
“We are excited to have the Indigo Girls perform at our opening night celebration and help kick off the Festival as we honor inspiring storytellers,” said Sundance Institute CEO, Joana Vicente.
The Indigo Girls will be at Sundance to premiere their new documentary, It’s Only Life After All, directed by Alexandria Bombach. The film produced by Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney and Anya Rous allows the duo — consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers — to look back on their musical partnership, their challenges, and careers spanning three decades with self-criticism, humor and honesty. Pic premieres at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah at 4 p.m on the 19th.
“We are excited to have the Indigo Girls perform at our opening night celebration and help kick off the Festival as we honor inspiring storytellers,” said Sundance Institute CEO, Joana Vicente.
- 1/9/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Louis Armstrong, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Selena Gomez, Sinead O’Connor and Tanya Tucker are the subjects of six separate 2022 music documentaries. But if you ask the directors behind each project whether or not they made a music doc, the answer is resounding no.
Instead, the music created by each legendary artist is used to draw viewers into a deeper story that goes beyond song.
Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” is a prime example. While Jenkins delves into the life and art of the legendary jazz performer, the director also explores America and race by examining the misconception that the New Orleans trumpeter didn’t do enough to support the civil-rights movement.
“The film is much more than a music doc,” says Jenkins. “Music is a great portal into larger conversations because music is always a reflection of and a reaction to the environment, particularly with Black artists in America.
Instead, the music created by each legendary artist is used to draw viewers into a deeper story that goes beyond song.
Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” is a prime example. While Jenkins delves into the life and art of the legendary jazz performer, the director also explores America and race by examining the misconception that the New Orleans trumpeter didn’t do enough to support the civil-rights movement.
“The film is much more than a music doc,” says Jenkins. “Music is a great portal into larger conversations because music is always a reflection of and a reaction to the environment, particularly with Black artists in America.
- 12/17/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Deadline on Wednesday launched its streaming site for Contenders Film: Documentary, the award-season showcase that took place Sunday with creatives from 20 of the year’s buzziest non-fiction movies.
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Top filmmakers including Brett Morgen, Sacha Jenkins, Kathlyn Horan, Alek Keshishian, Reginald Hudlin, Ryan White, Dror Moreh, Margaret Brown and Chris Smith joined the annual panel-fest, in which Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Awards Matthew Carey guided discussions about the films, their inspiration and their impact.
This year’s lineup spanned the globe and at least two planets, with a lineup that included Sony Pictures Classics’ Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song, Turn Every Page and The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile; HBO Documentary Films’ All That Breathes, 38 at the Garden, The Janes and Moonage Daydream; Netflix’s Sr. and Descendant; Apple Original Films’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, Selena Gomez: My Mind...
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Top filmmakers including Brett Morgen, Sacha Jenkins, Kathlyn Horan, Alek Keshishian, Reginald Hudlin, Ryan White, Dror Moreh, Margaret Brown and Chris Smith joined the annual panel-fest, in which Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Awards Matthew Carey guided discussions about the films, their inspiration and their impact.
This year’s lineup spanned the globe and at least two planets, with a lineup that included Sony Pictures Classics’ Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song, Turn Every Page and The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile; HBO Documentary Films’ All That Breathes, 38 at the Garden, The Janes and Moonage Daydream; Netflix’s Sr. and Descendant; Apple Original Films’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, Selena Gomez: My Mind...
- 12/7/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Country music legend Tanya Tucker has been enjoying a career resurgence of late, a phenomenon due not only to her talent but also to the efforts of a fellow country superstar, Brandi Carlile.
It was Carlile who helped convince Tucker to come out of semi-retirement and record While I’m Livin’, her first album in 17 years. The process of making that record, and what it meant for Tucker to re-enter the spotlight, is documented in The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile, directed by Kathlyn Horan.
Related: Contenders Documentary — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
The film explores why Tucker, who shot to fame as a teenager with the hit single “Delta Dawn,” kept to the sidelines for so long.
“She chose to step away. She had lost her parents. And a lot of what this film is, it’s an exploration of this grief process,” Horan explained during an appearance...
It was Carlile who helped convince Tucker to come out of semi-retirement and record While I’m Livin’, her first album in 17 years. The process of making that record, and what it meant for Tucker to re-enter the spotlight, is documented in The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile, directed by Kathlyn Horan.
Related: Contenders Documentary — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
The film explores why Tucker, who shot to fame as a teenager with the hit single “Delta Dawn,” kept to the sidelines for so long.
“She chose to step away. She had lost her parents. And a lot of what this film is, it’s an exploration of this grief process,” Horan explained during an appearance...
- 12/4/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary awards-season event kicks off Sunday at 8 a.m. Pt and promises to open up distant lands and even a distant planet—no passport required.
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The terrain covered by the cast and creatives from our 20 participating films astonishes with its variety and range: an enclave of Delhi, India in All That Breathes, a remote section of Paraguay in Eami, and possibly an even more remote outpost of the Brazilian rainforest in Wildcat. Moscow is the ultimate destination of Navalny, the documentary about Russia’s imprisoned and poisoned opposition leader, and Descendant takes us to a neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama settled by survivors of the last slave ship known to have navigated U.S. waters.
About 5,600 miles separate Moscow from Mobile, mere inches apart compared to the far-flung rendezvous point of Good Night Oppy, about NASA...
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The terrain covered by the cast and creatives from our 20 participating films astonishes with its variety and range: an enclave of Delhi, India in All That Breathes, a remote section of Paraguay in Eami, and possibly an even more remote outpost of the Brazilian rainforest in Wildcat. Moscow is the ultimate destination of Navalny, the documentary about Russia’s imprisoned and poisoned opposition leader, and Descendant takes us to a neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama settled by survivors of the last slave ship known to have navigated U.S. waters.
About 5,600 miles separate Moscow from Mobile, mere inches apart compared to the far-flung rendezvous point of Good Night Oppy, about NASA...
- 12/4/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
We now have a clear picture of where the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature is headed. With Friday’s announcement of the International Documentary Association‘s (IDA) nominations, all four of the major nonfiction precursors have now weighed in. Cinema Eye Honors (Ceh) announced their nominees on November 10, Doc NYC gave us their annual shortlist on October 18, and the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards (Ccda) presented their slate on October 17. Only two films were recognized for top honors by all four of those groups: Sara Dosa‘s “Fire of Love” and Daniel Roher‘s “Navalny.”
Before we get into the full state of this year’s race, let’s understand why these four groups are so important. First off, in the last five years only one film — “The Mole Agent” (2020)– was nominated for the Academy Award without recognition from at least one of these groups first. Of the other 24 nominated films,...
Before we get into the full state of this year’s race, let’s understand why these four groups are so important. First off, in the last five years only one film — “The Mole Agent” (2020)– was nominated for the Academy Award without recognition from at least one of these groups first. Of the other 24 nominated films,...
- 11/13/2022
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
Trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tanya Tucker defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after Tanya slipped from the spotlight, rising Americana music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya’s extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history. The inspiring process is captured in Kathlyn Horan‘s documentary “The Return of Tanya Tucker – featuring Brandi Carlile” from Sony Pictures Classics. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“I’d known Brandi for about 15 years,” Horan explains. “Brandi told me she had this opportunity to go in the studio with Tanya Tucker, who hadn’t made a record in about 17 years. She didn’t know what to expect. Didn’t know if she was going to show up. She had some trepidation about it. She knew that I was likely a fan,...
“I’d known Brandi for about 15 years,” Horan explains. “Brandi told me she had this opportunity to go in the studio with Tanya Tucker, who hadn’t made a record in about 17 years. She didn’t know what to expect. Didn’t know if she was going to show up. She had some trepidation about it. She knew that I was likely a fan,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Following decades of seemingly forgotten greatness, trailblazing country music legend Tanya Tucker is thrust back into the spotlight when her new album, written and produced by Brandi Carlile, sparks one of the greatest comebacks in the history of country music. All of this is chronicled in the riveting, and often inspiring, documentary The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile.
The film tells the story of Tucker’s meteoric rise and, occasionally, hazardous road back to the top using rare archival footage and photographs and contemporary scenes filmed during the creation of her new album. But what really brings the whole endeavor to life is the affinity that Carlile has for Tucker and her music. That proves infectious and sooner than you might think, you find yourself enthralled by the subject of the film and rooting for the album to be a success, even if you weren’t already a fan.
The film tells the story of Tucker’s meteoric rise and, occasionally, hazardous road back to the top using rare archival footage and photographs and contemporary scenes filmed during the creation of her new album. But what really brings the whole endeavor to life is the affinity that Carlile has for Tucker and her music. That proves infectious and sooner than you might think, you find yourself enthralled by the subject of the film and rooting for the album to be a success, even if you weren’t already a fan.
- 11/4/2022
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
So, who doesn’t love the story of a comeback, the rise from the ashes soaring into greater glories and triumphs? Well, this particular performer at the heart of this new feature-length documentary isn’t too keen on it. It actually annoys her a bit, as she prefers something closer to a “resurgence” or a “re-appreciation”. If anyone has truly earned the right to specify a “labeL’ then it’s this artist, who’s been part of the music charts for over fifty years now. She’s amassed lots of fans in that time, but happily one of the youngest fans is making quite a name for herself now, and she’s using her clout to forge a new collaboration with her longtime inspiration. Which explains the lengthy title, The Return Of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile.
The “making of” part of the doc really begins with that “featured” performer.
The “making of” part of the doc really begins with that “featured” performer.
- 11/4/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Banshees of Inisherin, which won writer-director Martin McDonagh Best Screenplay and Colin Farrell the Volpi Cup for Best Actor in Venice last month, hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, expanding to 10 more markets/50 locations next weekend, and to 600-800 screens November 4.
If standing ovations say anything, the comedy-drama had a rapturous 13 minutes of applause on the Lido. It’s certified fresh at 99 on Rotten Tomatoes. (Here’s the Deadline review.) Critical acclaim plus a nascent arthouse revival underway bode well for the Searchlight Pictures film, the distributor’s second big-screen outing after a 10-month hiatus. Its first was See How They Run last month. Next up, Mark Mylod’s Adam McKay-produced horror-comedy The Menu in November, and Sam Mendes drama-romance Empire of Light drops December 9.
Banshees opens at The Grove and Century City in LA and the Angelika and AMC Lincoln Square in NY...
If standing ovations say anything, the comedy-drama had a rapturous 13 minutes of applause on the Lido. It’s certified fresh at 99 on Rotten Tomatoes. (Here’s the Deadline review.) Critical acclaim plus a nascent arthouse revival underway bode well for the Searchlight Pictures film, the distributor’s second big-screen outing after a 10-month hiatus. Its first was See How They Run last month. Next up, Mark Mylod’s Adam McKay-produced horror-comedy The Menu in November, and Sam Mendes drama-romance Empire of Light drops December 9.
Banshees opens at The Grove and Century City in LA and the Angelika and AMC Lincoln Square in NY...
- 10/21/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, announced the titles of its annual Short List: Features program on October 18. The Short List represents a selection of films the festival’s programming team considers to be among the year’s top contenders for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Launched in 2012, the Doc NYC Short List: Features selection has included the eventual Oscar winner nine of the last 10 times, including last year’s champ “Summer of Soul.” The festival also boasts that they screened 44 of the last 50 Oscar-nominated features and in 2021 screened 11 of the 15 films that were named to the academy’s pre-nominees shortlist.
Among this year’s selection is a documentary everyone is watching closely, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” by Oscar winner for “Citizenfour” Laura Poitras. That film became only the second documentary to ever win the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and then screened...
Launched in 2012, the Doc NYC Short List: Features selection has included the eventual Oscar winner nine of the last 10 times, including last year’s champ “Summer of Soul.” The festival also boasts that they screened 44 of the last 50 Oscar-nominated features and in 2021 screened 11 of the 15 films that were named to the academy’s pre-nominees shortlist.
Among this year’s selection is a documentary everyone is watching closely, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” by Oscar winner for “Citizenfour” Laura Poitras. That film became only the second documentary to ever win the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and then screened...
- 10/18/2022
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
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The Scad Savannah Film Festival, which has grown into an Oscar season stop of considerable importance, is set to mark its 25th anniversary with a contender-packed lineup of films and list of honorees.
Opening with The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) and closing with Living (Sony Classics), the nation’s largest university-run film festival, which this year will run Oct. 22-29, will showcase 143 films, including 53 narrative feature films, 20 documentary feature films, and 79 shorts, with eight world premieres and six U.S. premieres.
It will also celebrate Eddie Redmayne with the Virtuoso Award for The Good Nurse (Netflix); Janelle Monáe with the Spotlight Award for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix); Sadie Sink with the Rising Star Award for The Whale (A24); Jeremy Pope with the Distinguished Performance Award for The Inspection (A24); Jonathan Majors with the Spotlight Award and Jd Dillard with the...
The Scad Savannah Film Festival, which has grown into an Oscar season stop of considerable importance, is set to mark its 25th anniversary with a contender-packed lineup of films and list of honorees.
Opening with The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) and closing with Living (Sony Classics), the nation’s largest university-run film festival, which this year will run Oct. 22-29, will showcase 143 films, including 53 narrative feature films, 20 documentary feature films, and 79 shorts, with eight world premieres and six U.S. premieres.
It will also celebrate Eddie Redmayne with the Virtuoso Award for The Good Nurse (Netflix); Janelle Monáe with the Spotlight Award for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix); Sadie Sink with the Rising Star Award for The Whale (A24); Jeremy Pope with the Distinguished Performance Award for The Inspection (A24); Jonathan Majors with the Spotlight Award and Jd Dillard with the...
- 10/3/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If nothing else, the tale of Tanya Tucker is one worthy of its own epic country music song and, as “The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile” shows, even its own documentary.
Country music legend Tucker scored her first major hit, “Delta Dawn,” in 1972, when she was 13 years old and since then, has painstakingly crafted a career despite the ups and downs that come with fame. But it had been 17 years since Tucker had released an album of original music, but with fellow country singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile by her side, she returned to the studio. And at the very last moment, so did a film crew.
Director Kathlyn Horan stopped by TheWrap and Shutterstock’s Interview and Portrait Studio at TIFF to discuss “The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile” with TheWrap’s editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman, and explained how she came to be involved in the project.
Country music legend Tucker scored her first major hit, “Delta Dawn,” in 1972, when she was 13 years old and since then, has painstakingly crafted a career despite the ups and downs that come with fame. But it had been 17 years since Tucker had released an album of original music, but with fellow country singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile by her side, she returned to the studio. And at the very last moment, so did a film crew.
Director Kathlyn Horan stopped by TheWrap and Shutterstock’s Interview and Portrait Studio at TIFF to discuss “The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile” with TheWrap’s editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman, and explained how she came to be involved in the project.
- 9/20/2022
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
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The Scad Savannah Film Festival, which takes place at the Savannah College of Art and Design each year shortly before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences votes to determine its Oscar shortlists, and which has become a premier showcase for documentary programming, in particular, has revealed the names of the 10 documentary features that it will highlight on this year’s edition of its celebrated Docs to Watch panel.
The one-of-a-kind Docs to Watch gathering, which features discussion about the challenges and rewards of documentary filmmaking, will take place at the Lucas Theatre on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 26, midway through the 25th edition of the fest, which will run from Oct. 22 through Oct. 29. For the ninth year in a row, it will be presented by The Hollywood Reporter and moderated by yours truly.
The films represented on the panel will be:...
The Scad Savannah Film Festival, which takes place at the Savannah College of Art and Design each year shortly before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences votes to determine its Oscar shortlists, and which has become a premier showcase for documentary programming, in particular, has revealed the names of the 10 documentary features that it will highlight on this year’s edition of its celebrated Docs to Watch panel.
The one-of-a-kind Docs to Watch gathering, which features discussion about the challenges and rewards of documentary filmmaking, will take place at the Lucas Theatre on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 26, midway through the 25th edition of the fest, which will run from Oct. 22 through Oct. 29. For the ninth year in a row, it will be presented by The Hollywood Reporter and moderated by yours truly.
The films represented on the panel will be:...
- 9/16/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Nashville Film Festival announced the full lineup Friday for a fall gathering of filmgoers in Music City that will begin with the Brandi Carlile-produced documentary “The Return of Tanya Tucker” as the gala opening on Sept. 29 and end with director Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” for closing night on Oct. 5.
The 53rd annual edition of the festival will take place both in-person and virtually, with a selection of more than 150 films that includes 38 full-length features, about 30 of which will be world, North American or U.S. premieres.
Although the virtual component continues to be strong for the festival, its leaders note that of the 150 or so films in the festival, more than 50 will screen for audiences in Nashville venues, starting with the Tanya Tucker doc, which will be seen in the historic main auditorium of the city’s beloved Belcourt Theater, one of the original homes of the Grand Ole Opry.
The 53rd annual edition of the festival will take place both in-person and virtually, with a selection of more than 150 films that includes 38 full-length features, about 30 of which will be world, North American or U.S. premieres.
Although the virtual component continues to be strong for the festival, its leaders note that of the 150 or so films in the festival, more than 50 will screen for audiences in Nashville venues, starting with the Tanya Tucker doc, which will be seen in the historic main auditorium of the city’s beloved Belcourt Theater, one of the original homes of the Grand Ole Opry.
- 8/26/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, Davy Chou’s Return To Seoul get one-week qualifying runs.
Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the 2022 release dates for its upcoming slate including potential awards contenders The Son, and pre-2023 qualifying runs for Cannes duo One Fine Morning and Return To Seoul.
Hugh Jackman stars in upcoming Venice world premiere The Son as a man with a hectic lfe whose ex turns up with their distant, troubled teenager. Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins round out the key cast on Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father, which earned Hopkins a best lead actor Oscar.
Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the 2022 release dates for its upcoming slate including potential awards contenders The Son, and pre-2023 qualifying runs for Cannes duo One Fine Morning and Return To Seoul.
Hugh Jackman stars in upcoming Venice world premiere The Son as a man with a hectic lfe whose ex turns up with their distant, troubled teenager. Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins round out the key cast on Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father, which earned Hopkins a best lead actor Oscar.
- 8/11/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has announced October-December release plans for The Return of Tanya Tucker; Salavatore: Shoemaker Of Dreams; The Son; Living; and Turn Every Page.
Additionally, it said, One Fine Morning, written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and starring Léa Seydoux, and Davy Chou’s Return To Seoul, which were both acquired out of Cannes, will have one-week qualifying runs by the end of the year before their 2023 releases.
Kathlyn Horan’s The Return Of Tanya Tucker, featuring Brandi Carlile will be released on October 21, 2022 in New York and Los Angeles before expanding to additional markets. The documentary follows Tanya’s richly creative, utterly captivating, bumpy ride back to the top as Brandi encourages her to push past her fears to create a new sound and reach a new audience.
Luca Guadagnino’s documentary film, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, which tracks Ferragamo’s life from humble beginnings to California and...
Additionally, it said, One Fine Morning, written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and starring Léa Seydoux, and Davy Chou’s Return To Seoul, which were both acquired out of Cannes, will have one-week qualifying runs by the end of the year before their 2023 releases.
Kathlyn Horan’s The Return Of Tanya Tucker, featuring Brandi Carlile will be released on October 21, 2022 in New York and Los Angeles before expanding to additional markets. The documentary follows Tanya’s richly creative, utterly captivating, bumpy ride back to the top as Brandi encourages her to push past her fears to create a new sound and reach a new audience.
Luca Guadagnino’s documentary film, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, which tracks Ferragamo’s life from humble beginnings to California and...
- 8/10/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The WhaleWAVELENGTHS - FEATURESConcrete Valley (Antoine Bourges)De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor)Dry Ground BurningHorse Opera (Moyra Davey)Pacifiction (Albert Serra)Queens of the Qing Dynasty (Ashley McKenzie)Unrest (Cyril Schäublin)Will-o’-the-Wisp (João Pedro Rodrigues)Wavelenghths - SHORTSAfter Work (Céline Condorelli, Ben Rivers)Bigger on the Inside (Angelo Madsen Minax)Eventide (Sharon Lockhart)F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now (Fox Maxy)Fata Morgana (Tacita Dean)Hors-titre (Wiame Haddad)I Thought the World of You (Kurt Walker)Moonrise (Vincent Grenier)The Newest Olds (Pablo Mazzolo)Puerta a Puerta (Jessica Sarah Rinland, Luis Arnías )The Time That Separates Us (Parastoo Anoushahpour)What Rules the Invisible (Tiffany Sia)Gala PRESENTATIONSAlice, Darling (Mary Nighy)Black Ice (Hubert Davis)The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Peter Farrelly)Butcher’s Crossing (Gabe Polsky)The Hummingbird (Francesca Archibugi)Hunt (Jung-jae Lee)A Jazzman’s Blues (Tyler Perry)Kacchey Limbu (Shubham Yogi)Moving On (Paul Weitz)Paris Memories...
- 8/4/2022
- MUBI
After teasing a number of titles in one-off announcements, including Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, TIFF has now unveiled their full Gala and Special Presentations lineup. Selections include Hong Sangsoo’s second new feature of 2022, Walk Up, plus Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, the Vicky Krieps-led Corsage, Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave, the Jennifer Lawrence-led Causeway, Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daugther, Mark Mylod’s The Menu, Henry Selick’s Wendell & Wild, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, and more.
See the lineup below.
Gala Presentations 2022
*Previously announced
Alice, Darling Mary Nighy | Canada, USA
World Premiere
Black Ice Hubert Davis | Canada
World Premiere
Butcher’s Crossing Gabe Polsky | USA
World Premiere
The Greatest Beer Run Ever Peter Farrelly | USA
World Premiere
The Hummingbird Francesca Archibugi | Italy, France
World Premiere
Hunt Lee Jung-jae | South Korea
North American...
See the lineup below.
Gala Presentations 2022
*Previously announced
Alice, Darling Mary Nighy | Canada, USA
World Premiere
Black Ice Hubert Davis | Canada
World Premiere
Butcher’s Crossing Gabe Polsky | USA
World Premiere
The Greatest Beer Run Ever Peter Farrelly | USA
World Premiere
The Hummingbird Francesca Archibugi | Italy, France
World Premiere
Hunt Lee Jung-jae | South Korea
North American...
- 7/28/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Toronto Film Festival: Tyler Perry, Peter Farrelly, Catherine Hardwicke Films Set for Gala Treatment
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The 2022 Toronto Film Festival has added world premieres for Tyler Perry’s new Netflix film, A Jazzman’s Blues; Peter Farrelly’s Vietnam War movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which stars Russell Crowe and Zac Efron; and the Catherine Hardwicke dramatic thriller Prisoner’s Daughter, starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox.
As TIFF unveiled 18 Gala program titles to screen in Roy Thomson Hall, the festival booked red carpet launches for Hubert Davis’s Black Ice, a documentary about Black hockey players executive produced by Drake; Alice, Darling, director Mary Nighy’s psychological thriller led by Anna Kendrick; Gabe Polsky’s frontier epic Butcher’s Crossing, which stars Nicolas Cage; and Francesca Archibugi’s The Hummingbird, toplined by Nanni Moretti, Berenice Bejo and Pierfrancesco Favino.
Toronto is returning for a 47th edition to run Sept. 8 to 18 that will be in-person, with Hollywood stars on red carpets...
The 2022 Toronto Film Festival has added world premieres for Tyler Perry’s new Netflix film, A Jazzman’s Blues; Peter Farrelly’s Vietnam War movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which stars Russell Crowe and Zac Efron; and the Catherine Hardwicke dramatic thriller Prisoner’s Daughter, starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox.
As TIFF unveiled 18 Gala program titles to screen in Roy Thomson Hall, the festival booked red carpet launches for Hubert Davis’s Black Ice, a documentary about Black hockey players executive produced by Drake; Alice, Darling, director Mary Nighy’s psychological thriller led by Anna Kendrick; Gabe Polsky’s frontier epic Butcher’s Crossing, which stars Nicolas Cage; and Francesca Archibugi’s The Hummingbird, toplined by Nanni Moretti, Berenice Bejo and Pierfrancesco Favino.
Toronto is returning for a 47th edition to run Sept. 8 to 18 that will be in-person, with Hollywood stars on red carpets...
- 7/28/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pretty Problems, Bad Axe, Atlanta among other winners announced on Wednesday.
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring the writer-director alongside Patton Oswalt has won its second major prize at the in-person SXSW 2022, earning the Narrative Feature Competition audience award.
The film won the Narrative Feature Competition jury prize last week and tells of a man who catfishes his son in an effort to reconnect.
‘I Love My Dad’: SXSW Review
David Siev’s Bad Axe took the Documentary Feature Competition prize for its account of an Asian-American family fighting to survive in Trump’s America, while Kestrin Pantera...
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring the writer-director alongside Patton Oswalt has won its second major prize at the in-person SXSW 2022, earning the Narrative Feature Competition audience award.
The film won the Narrative Feature Competition jury prize last week and tells of a man who catfishes his son in an effort to reconnect.
‘I Love My Dad’: SXSW Review
David Siev’s Bad Axe took the Documentary Feature Competition prize for its account of an Asian-American family fighting to survive in Trump’s America, while Kestrin Pantera...
- 3/23/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Updated, 12:23 Pm: South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced the Audience Award winners for the 29th SXSW Film Festival, with the Patton Oswalt comedy I Love My Dad, FX’s comedy series Atlanta, Sony Pictures Classics’ music doc The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile and AMC’s drama series 61st Street coming in as notable recipients.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
- 3/23/2022
- by Valerie Complex and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile,” a documentary that premiered Sunday at the South by Southwest Film Festival, has had its world rights acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, the company announced Wednesday.
“I’m over the moon that this special documentary has found such a perfect home with Sony Pictures Classics,” said Carlile, who is an executive producer as well as a subject of the film, in a statement. “I don’t think there’s a more fascinating human being on the planet than Tanya Tucker. I can’t wait for the world to fall In love with this legend all over again.”
Sony Classics said the film represents “the birth of a major filmmaker in Kathlyn Horan,” the doc’s director and producer. Horan had worked with Carlile on some shorter-form projects previously, including the 2018 documentary short “Brandi Carlile at Washington Correctional Center for Women” and a...
“I’m over the moon that this special documentary has found such a perfect home with Sony Pictures Classics,” said Carlile, who is an executive producer as well as a subject of the film, in a statement. “I don’t think there’s a more fascinating human being on the planet than Tanya Tucker. I can’t wait for the world to fall In love with this legend all over again.”
Sony Classics said the film represents “the birth of a major filmmaker in Kathlyn Horan,” the doc’s director and producer. Horan had worked with Carlile on some shorter-form projects previously, including the 2018 documentary short “Brandi Carlile at Washington Correctional Center for Women” and a...
- 3/17/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Submarine brokered deal on behalf of filmmakers.
In the first on-site deal at SXSW 2022 Sony Pictures Classics has picked up worldwide rights to Kathlyn Horan’s documentary The Return Of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile following its world premiere earlier this week.
Horan’s TinFish Films produced alongside Motto Pictures’ Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn, who produced SPC release The Mole Agent. The producers worked in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising.
The Return Of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile premiered in 24 Beats Per Second and centres on the friendship between country music legend Tucker and six-time Grammy winner Carlile,...
In the first on-site deal at SXSW 2022 Sony Pictures Classics has picked up worldwide rights to Kathlyn Horan’s documentary The Return Of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile following its world premiere earlier this week.
Horan’s TinFish Films produced alongside Motto Pictures’ Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn, who produced SPC release The Mole Agent. The producers worked in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising.
The Return Of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile premiered in 24 Beats Per Second and centres on the friendship between country music legend Tucker and six-time Grammy winner Carlile,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to the feature documentary The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile, on the heels of its world premiere at SXSW.
The film from director Kathlyn Horan (The If Project) tells the story of the trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tucker, who defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after she slipped from the spotlight, six-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya’s extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
Horan’s TinFish Films produced alongside Motto Pictures’ Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements and Carolyn Hepburn (The Velvet Underground), in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising. Carlile and InMaat Productions exec produced alongside Lynn Hubbard & David Zapolsky, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, The Wadsworth Family, Regina K. Scully, and Adam & Melony Lewis.
The film from director Kathlyn Horan (The If Project) tells the story of the trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tucker, who defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after she slipped from the spotlight, six-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya’s extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
Horan’s TinFish Films produced alongside Motto Pictures’ Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements and Carolyn Hepburn (The Velvet Underground), in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising. Carlile and InMaat Productions exec produced alongside Lynn Hubbard & David Zapolsky, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, The Wadsworth Family, Regina K. Scully, and Adam & Melony Lewis.
- 3/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Fifty years into her career, Tanya Tucker hates the word “comeback.” With over 20 studio albums and a roguish outlaw image to her name, Tucker’s carefree, defiant spirit continues to inspire musicians both within and outside the country music scene. Kathlyn Horan’s documentary captures this influence only in the most surface-level fashion. Aptly titled “The Return of Tanya Tucker,” Horan’s doc sprouted from a spur-the-moment invitation to film the creation of Tucker’s album “While I’m Livin’,” a project curated by singer-songwriter-activist Brandi Carlile.
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- 3/14/2022
- by Jonathan Christian
- The Playlist
Folk rock musicians the Indigo Girls are getting the first documentary film of their 30-plus year career thanks to director Alexandria Bombach and Multitude Films.
The film doesn’t have a specific release date or title, and Bombach said in a statement it will be completed in “early 2021.” The Indigo Girls release their 15th studio album, “Look Long,” on May 22.
Since forming the band in 1985, Indigo Girls duo Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have become global queer icons and received awards for both their musical talents and social activism. The pair won a best contemporary folk recording Grammy Award in 1991 for their song “Hammer and a Nail” and received a Pell Award For Lifetime Achievement in the Arts in 2019. Their eponymous second studio album went double platinum in 1989.
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The documentary will include “nearly forty years of video archive that has been locked away in Amy’s basement,...
The film doesn’t have a specific release date or title, and Bombach said in a statement it will be completed in “early 2021.” The Indigo Girls release their 15th studio album, “Look Long,” on May 22.
Since forming the band in 1985, Indigo Girls duo Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have become global queer icons and received awards for both their musical talents and social activism. The pair won a best contemporary folk recording Grammy Award in 1991 for their song “Hammer and a Nail” and received a Pell Award For Lifetime Achievement in the Arts in 2019. Their eponymous second studio album went double platinum in 1989.
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The documentary will include “nearly forty years of video archive that has been locked away in Amy’s basement,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Samson Amore
- The Wrap
When Tanya Tucker arrived at Sunset Sound Recording Studio in Los Angeles to begin work on her new album While I’m Livin‘, cameras were rolling as soon as the “Delta Dawn” singer walked through the door. It was the first time that Tucker met Brandi Carlile, a longtime fan who teamed up with Shooter Jennings to co-produce the country vocalist’s first album in 17 years. The footage of Tucker and Carlile meeting opens Delta Dawn Then and Now the Return of Tanya Tucker, a new documentary directed by Kathlyn Horan.
- 8/26/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
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