Mubi has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including David Easteal’s The Plains (one of the best films we saw on the festival circuit last year), Christophe Honoré’s Winter Boy, Koji Fukada’s 10-part series The Real Thing, Bruce Labruce’s Saint-Narcisse, and more.
Additional highlights include three films by Joan Micklin Silver, additions to their Lars von Trier series, Sylvain Chomet’s The Triplets of Belleville, Sally Potter’s Orlando, Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire, Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms, and more.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
April 1 – Henry Fool, directed by Hal Hartley
April 2 – Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman
April 3 – The All-Round Reduced Personality – Redupers, directed by Helke Sander | What Sets Us Free? German Feminist Cinema
April 4 – Saint-Narcisse, directed by Bruce Labruce
April 5 – Jaime Francisco, directed by Javier Rodríguez | Brief Encounters
April 6 – Hester Street, directed by Joan Micklin...
Additional highlights include three films by Joan Micklin Silver, additions to their Lars von Trier series, Sylvain Chomet’s The Triplets of Belleville, Sally Potter’s Orlando, Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire, Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms, and more.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
April 1 – Henry Fool, directed by Hal Hartley
April 2 – Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman
April 3 – The All-Round Reduced Personality – Redupers, directed by Helke Sander | What Sets Us Free? German Feminist Cinema
April 4 – Saint-Narcisse, directed by Bruce Labruce
April 5 – Jaime Francisco, directed by Javier Rodríguez | Brief Encounters
April 6 – Hester Street, directed by Joan Micklin...
- 3/23/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The hit TV show Taxi aired on ABC and NBC from 1979 to 1983. The series focused on the employees of the Sunshine Taxi Company. Which Taxi cast member has the highest net worth today? Here’s what we know.
Jeff Conaway The cast of ‘Taxi.’ | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Net worth: $250,000
The late Jeff Conaway played the character Bobby Wheeler. Conaway had an estimated net worth of $250,000 at the time of his death, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He died on May 27, 2011. Conaway reportedly died after an accidental drug overdose. He was 60 years old.
Carol Kane Carol Kane | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Net worth: $3 million
Carol Kane played the character Simka Dahblitz-Gravas. As of this writing, she has an estimated net worth of $3 million. One of Kane’s early acting roles was an appearance in the 1971 movie Carnal Knowledge.
Jeff Conaway The cast of ‘Taxi.’ | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Net worth: $250,000
The late Jeff Conaway played the character Bobby Wheeler. Conaway had an estimated net worth of $250,000 at the time of his death, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He died on May 27, 2011. Conaway reportedly died after an accidental drug overdose. He was 60 years old.
Carol Kane Carol Kane | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Net worth: $3 million
Carol Kane played the character Simka Dahblitz-Gravas. As of this writing, she has an estimated net worth of $3 million. One of Kane’s early acting roles was an appearance in the 1971 movie Carnal Knowledge.
- 3/17/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
American Film Institute Announces AFI Conservatory Grant Award Winners
The American Film Institute announced the recipients of the AFI Conservatory Alumni Awards at the 2022 AFI Alumni Reunion. The awards recognize achievements in directing and screenwriting at AFI, and include the Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award with a 15,000 grant; the William J. Fadiman Award with a 10,000 grant; and the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award with a 20,000 grant.
Below is the complete winners list of the AFI Conservatory Alumni Awards:
Class of 2020 Award Winners
Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award
Olivia Hang Zhou, “Apart Together”
William J. Fadiman Screenwriting Award
Suhana Chander, “From the Golden Land”
Victor Gabriel, “The Incredible Heist of Hallelujah Jones”
Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award
Omar S. Kamara, “Mass Ave”
Class of 2021 Award Winners
Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award
Daniel J. Egbert, “Chorus”
William J. Fadiman Screenwriting Award
E Southern, “Between the Lines”
Scout Cripps,...
The American Film Institute announced the recipients of the AFI Conservatory Alumni Awards at the 2022 AFI Alumni Reunion. The awards recognize achievements in directing and screenwriting at AFI, and include the Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award with a 15,000 grant; the William J. Fadiman Award with a 10,000 grant; and the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award with a 20,000 grant.
Below is the complete winners list of the AFI Conservatory Alumni Awards:
Class of 2020 Award Winners
Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award
Olivia Hang Zhou, “Apart Together”
William J. Fadiman Screenwriting Award
Suhana Chander, “From the Golden Land”
Victor Gabriel, “The Incredible Heist of Hallelujah Jones”
Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award
Omar S. Kamara, “Mass Ave”
Class of 2021 Award Winners
Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award
Daniel J. Egbert, “Chorus”
William J. Fadiman Screenwriting Award
E Southern, “Between the Lines”
Scout Cripps,...
- 11/23/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
What can add joy to any pop fan’s holiday season? A little Electric Youth. Debbie Gibson throws her Santa hat in the ring with Winterlicious, her first-ever holiday album, which drops on October 21. It’s a Christmas celebration for the once and future pop queen, 35 years after her classic Eighties debut Out of the Blue and a year after her excellent 2021 comeback, The Body Remembers. “People need festive now more than ever,” Gibson tells Rolling Stone. “I think any chance for people to be uplifted is a good thing.
- 9/7/2022
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Netflix has snapped up rights in a preemptive deal to Jodi Picoult’s upcoming novel Wish You Were Here, with an eye on turning it into a feature film.
The pic will be produced by Liza Chasin for 3Dot Productions, and Jennifer Todd for Jennifer Todd Pictures.
Wish You Were Here, which will hit shelves November 30 from Ballantine Books, centers on Diana O’Toole. Her life is perfectly on track: She’s climbing the professional ladder in New York City, and she and her boyfriend, Finn, are about to embark on a romantic getaway to the Galápagos Islands where she is certain he will propose. When events out of her control require Finn to stay back in the city, she reluctantly heads to the Galápagos alone. As she falls deeply in love with the place, and the people who live there, Diana wonders if she’ll be able to go back to her old,...
The pic will be produced by Liza Chasin for 3Dot Productions, and Jennifer Todd for Jennifer Todd Pictures.
Wish You Were Here, which will hit shelves November 30 from Ballantine Books, centers on Diana O’Toole. Her life is perfectly on track: She’s climbing the professional ladder in New York City, and she and her boyfriend, Finn, are about to embark on a romantic getaway to the Galápagos Islands where she is certain he will propose. When events out of her control require Finn to stay back in the city, she reluctantly heads to the Galápagos alone. As she falls deeply in love with the place, and the people who live there, Diana wonders if she’ll be able to go back to her old,...
- 11/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello there! Viddsee has many films lined up for October ranging from animation to melodramas that dive into topics of youths, multiracialism, nationality and grief.
Check out all the titles:
Mirage
[5 x 17 mins] Premieres Monday, 4 October
“Mirage” traces five protagonists who are thrust into their respective predicament, blurring their moral compass and putting their principles to a test. In each of these stories, “Mirage” is a social commentary on how things are not as black and white, where the line between what is right and wrong becomes ambiguous, like the optical illusion that produces a displaced image which the series is named after.
One Last Dance
One Last Dance
[19 mins] Premieres Friday, 1 October
Still mourning the death of his late grandmother, a shy and reclusive teenage boy spends the last days in his childhood listening to her favourite song on the cassette player she left him. The day before moving out, he loses...
Check out all the titles:
Mirage
[5 x 17 mins] Premieres Monday, 4 October
“Mirage” traces five protagonists who are thrust into their respective predicament, blurring their moral compass and putting their principles to a test. In each of these stories, “Mirage” is a social commentary on how things are not as black and white, where the line between what is right and wrong becomes ambiguous, like the optical illusion that produces a displaced image which the series is named after.
One Last Dance
One Last Dance
[19 mins] Premieres Friday, 1 October
Still mourning the death of his late grandmother, a shy and reclusive teenage boy spends the last days in his childhood listening to her favourite song on the cassette player she left him. The day before moving out, he loses...
- 10/3/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Most people, cinephiles or not, know Carol Kane as Valerie, bossy wife to Billy Crystal’s Miracle Max in “The Princess Bride.” Her face may have been tough to recognize under all that old age make-up, but her distinctive warble is unmistakable, causing new generations to fall in love with her as Kimmy’s eccentric landlady Lillian in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
But Kane wasn’t always the incomparable character actress we know and love today, and younger audiences may be surprised to learn that her early career included some more dramatic turns, most notably in her Oscar-nominated performance in Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 masterpiece “Hester Street,” which is receiving renewed interest with a gorgeous 4k restoration from the Cohen Film Collection.
In “Hester Street,” the young Kane plays a Jewish immigrant who arrives in New York to find her husband (Steven Keats) already happily assimilated into American life. She has...
But Kane wasn’t always the incomparable character actress we know and love today, and younger audiences may be surprised to learn that her early career included some more dramatic turns, most notably in her Oscar-nominated performance in Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 masterpiece “Hester Street,” which is receiving renewed interest with a gorgeous 4k restoration from the Cohen Film Collection.
In “Hester Street,” the young Kane plays a Jewish immigrant who arrives in New York to find her husband (Steven Keats) already happily assimilated into American life. She has...
- 9/9/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has partnered with film distribution company Kino Lorber to present a new film series titled “AWFJ Presents.”
Curated by esteemed female film journalists and critics under the new “AWFJ Presents” banner on Kino Lorber’s digital platform KinoMarquee, the inaugural selections include six exceptionally entertaining and relevant films by women directors.
Jennifer Merin, AWFJ president, said, “The alliance is very proud to partner with Kino Lorber for our inaugural ‘AWFJ Presents’ series to highlight some truly outstanding films by some of the world’s finest women directors. The films tell stories that are true to women’s experiences and represent women’s perspectives, but have universal appeal. We are also beyond appreciative of their enthusiasm and generosity regarding this partnership.”
Kino Lorber SVP Wendy Lidell, added, “It is as important to increase the number and presence of female film critics as it is...
Curated by esteemed female film journalists and critics under the new “AWFJ Presents” banner on Kino Lorber’s digital platform KinoMarquee, the inaugural selections include six exceptionally entertaining and relevant films by women directors.
Jennifer Merin, AWFJ president, said, “The alliance is very proud to partner with Kino Lorber for our inaugural ‘AWFJ Presents’ series to highlight some truly outstanding films by some of the world’s finest women directors. The films tell stories that are true to women’s experiences and represent women’s perspectives, but have universal appeal. We are also beyond appreciative of their enthusiasm and generosity regarding this partnership.”
Kino Lorber SVP Wendy Lidell, added, “It is as important to increase the number and presence of female film critics as it is...
- 6/9/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The time is right for Debbie Gibson to finally get her due as a pioneer. She invented the whole concept of a teenage girl writing and producing her own Number One hits, singing about her own feelings, at a time when the music world scoffed at the idea. Debbie was just 17 when she dropped one of the great pop albums of the Eighties with her 1987 debut, Out of the Blue. She was a songwriting prodigy, but she also had a radical vision: ordinary teen girls deserve to be heard. She...
- 6/4/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
An Emmy-winning set designer, who had been missing since September and was known for hoarding, was found dead at her New York City home under a sizable pile of trash.
Police say Evelyn Sakash, 66, was discovered Tuesday afternoon in her kitchen by her sister and a crew hired to clean the house in the borough of Queens.
A missing persons report filed with New York City police stated Sakash was last seen in September 2020. There has been no determination of a cause of death or whether foul play was suspected.
Sakash’s TV and film credits include “Orange Is the New Black,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” 1990’s “Mermaids,” 2014’s “Still Alice” and 2003’s “Between the Lines,” for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.
Sakash’s sister, Ellen Brown, told the New York Daily News she didn’t want her sister to be remembered for how she was found.
Police say Evelyn Sakash, 66, was discovered Tuesday afternoon in her kitchen by her sister and a crew hired to clean the house in the borough of Queens.
A missing persons report filed with New York City police stated Sakash was last seen in September 2020. There has been no determination of a cause of death or whether foul play was suspected.
Sakash’s TV and film credits include “Orange Is the New Black,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” 1990’s “Mermaids,” 2014’s “Still Alice” and 2003’s “Between the Lines,” for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.
Sakash’s sister, Ellen Brown, told the New York Daily News she didn’t want her sister to be remembered for how she was found.
- 4/1/2021
- by Jeremy Bailey
- The Wrap
Evelyn Sakash, a veteran production designer and scenic artist who won a Daytime Emmy for PBS’ Between the Lions and worked on films, including Still Alice and Mrs. Winterbourne, was found dead Tuesday at her New York City home. She was 66.
The Associated Press reported that Sakash was a known hoarder and was found lying on her kitchen floor under a pile of garbage. The body was discovered by her sister, who told police she had hired a cleaning crew to clear the home in Queens and to look for Sakash. The medical examiner’s office will work to determine the cause of death.
A missing-persons report filed with the NYPD said Sakash hadn’t been seen since September 30.
Along with her Daytime Emmy win in 2003, she picked up another nom for the live-action/puppetry series Between the Lines the following year. Her other TV credits include all episodes of the 1994-97 Nick Jr.
The Associated Press reported that Sakash was a known hoarder and was found lying on her kitchen floor under a pile of garbage. The body was discovered by her sister, who told police she had hired a cleaning crew to clear the home in Queens and to look for Sakash. The medical examiner’s office will work to determine the cause of death.
A missing-persons report filed with the NYPD said Sakash hadn’t been seen since September 30.
Along with her Daytime Emmy win in 2003, she picked up another nom for the live-action/puppetry series Between the Lines the following year. Her other TV credits include all episodes of the 1994-97 Nick Jr.
- 4/1/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“I don’t want to scare anybody off.” That’s what Adam Wingard, the director of Godzilla vs. Kong and the upcoming Face/Off sequel, told us when we asked for clarification about whether or not original stars John Travolta and Nicolas Cage are vital to the success of his planned follow-up to John Woo’s 1997 action classic. But […]
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- 3/24/2021
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Joan Micklin Silver, who forged her own way as a female director in the 1970s and ’80s and helmed seven features including “Crossing Delancey” and “Hester Street,” died Thursday in Manhattan. She was 85.
Her daughter, Claudia Silver, told the New York Times the cause was vascular dementia.
The 1975 independent film “Hester Street” was the story of a Jewish immigrant couple in the 1890s. The low-budget black and white film, in Yiddish with English subtitles, proved a hard sell to studios, and was eventually financed by her husband, real estate developer Raphael D. Silver. It won rave reviews and earned $5 million at the box office, an impressive amount at the time. The 21-year old Carol Kane was nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role as the wife, Gitl.
The 1988 romantic comedy “Crossing Delancey” was also set in Manhattan’s Lower East Side Jewish community. Starring Amy Irving, Sylvia Miles and Peter Riegert,...
Her daughter, Claudia Silver, told the New York Times the cause was vascular dementia.
The 1975 independent film “Hester Street” was the story of a Jewish immigrant couple in the 1890s. The low-budget black and white film, in Yiddish with English subtitles, proved a hard sell to studios, and was eventually financed by her husband, real estate developer Raphael D. Silver. It won rave reviews and earned $5 million at the box office, an impressive amount at the time. The 21-year old Carol Kane was nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role as the wife, Gitl.
The 1988 romantic comedy “Crossing Delancey” was also set in Manhattan’s Lower East Side Jewish community. Starring Amy Irving, Sylvia Miles and Peter Riegert,...
- 1/2/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Joan Micklin Silver, the director of films like “Crossing Delancy,” “Hester Street,” and “Between the Lines” died on Thursday at the age of 85, The New York Times reports. Her daughter, Claudia Silver, told the paper that the cause of death was vascular dementia. In addition to Claudia, Silver’s survivors include two other daughters, Dina and Marisa Silver; a sister, Renee; and five grandchildren. Her long-time husband, Raphael D. Silver, died at age 83 in 2013 after a skiing accident in Park City, Utah.
An indie pioneer who first got her start writing a series of educational films for companies like Encyclopedia Britannica and the Learning Corporation of America in the 1970s, Silver was long aware of the barriers that would likely prevent her from entering into the male-dominated filmmaking milieu.
And yet the Omaha native soon made her own opportunities, including writing and directing her first film, the low-budget drama 1975 “Hester Street.
An indie pioneer who first got her start writing a series of educational films for companies like Encyclopedia Britannica and the Learning Corporation of America in the 1970s, Silver was long aware of the barriers that would likely prevent her from entering into the male-dominated filmmaking milieu.
And yet the Omaha native soon made her own opportunities, including writing and directing her first film, the low-budget drama 1975 “Hester Street.
- 1/1/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: UK producer-financier Goldfinch has struck a first look deal with UK podcast creators Stakhanov, launching with missing bookie story 5 Dimes, which is being jointly optioned for production.
The idea will be for Goldfinch to develop and produce TV series and narrative features and documentaries based on Stakhanov podcasts. In turn, Stakhanov will get first look to create podcasts from Goldfinch’s productions including companion pieces to run alongside productions and long form content adapted from their documentaries and features. The collaboration also allows both companies to jointly option and develop IP.
The first piece of IP Goldfinch and Stakhanov have optioned is the article 5 Dimes by David Hill, taken from New York publication Victory Journal, in a deal secured by William Ralston, Literary Partner at Goldfinch’s new management label, The Koop.
The article charts the turbulent rise and sudden disappearance of William Sean Creighton, aka Tony 5Dimes, whose...
The idea will be for Goldfinch to develop and produce TV series and narrative features and documentaries based on Stakhanov podcasts. In turn, Stakhanov will get first look to create podcasts from Goldfinch’s productions including companion pieces to run alongside productions and long form content adapted from their documentaries and features. The collaboration also allows both companies to jointly option and develop IP.
The first piece of IP Goldfinch and Stakhanov have optioned is the article 5 Dimes by David Hill, taken from New York publication Victory Journal, in a deal secured by William Ralston, Literary Partner at Goldfinch’s new management label, The Koop.
The article charts the turbulent rise and sudden disappearance of William Sean Creighton, aka Tony 5Dimes, whose...
- 10/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Silver films star Jeff Goldblum, Jerry Stiller, Mark Ruffalo.
Cohen Media Group has added five titles to its Cannes virtual market slate including the market world premiere of documentary Breaking Bread.
Beth Elise Hawk directed the profile of Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s Master Chef who uses the platform to build cultural bridges and invites Arab and Jewish chefs to a cooking event in Haifa, Israel.
Cohen Media Group acquired Us rights to the film before the market and plans a theatrical release this year. On Monday it emerged that Cohen and wholly-owned Curzon...
Cohen Media Group has added five titles to its Cannes virtual market slate including the market world premiere of documentary Breaking Bread.
Beth Elise Hawk directed the profile of Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s Master Chef who uses the platform to build cultural bridges and invites Arab and Jewish chefs to a cooking event in Haifa, Israel.
Cohen Media Group acquired Us rights to the film before the market and plans a theatrical release this year. On Monday it emerged that Cohen and wholly-owned Curzon...
- 6/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
On the day her new Off Broadway production Between the Lines was set to open, producer Daryl Roth has announced the musical based on the novel by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer will instead make its debut in Spring 2021.
Most of the planned cast will stay on board for the pandemic-postponed production, including Arielle Jacobs, Morgan Siobhan Green (Be More Chill), Vicki Lewis, Will Burton, Jerusha Cavazos (The Prom), Pierre Marais (Aladdin), John Rapson (Les Misérables), Carrie St. Louis, and Julia Murney (Wicked). Due to scheduling conflicts, Jason Gotay, previously announced as Prince Oliver, will cede the throne to Jake David Smith.
Directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Paul McGill, Between the Lines features a book by Timothy Allen McDonald and music & lyrics by Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson.
Between the Lines follows Delilah, an outsider...
Most of the planned cast will stay on board for the pandemic-postponed production, including Arielle Jacobs, Morgan Siobhan Green (Be More Chill), Vicki Lewis, Will Burton, Jerusha Cavazos (The Prom), Pierre Marais (Aladdin), John Rapson (Les Misérables), Carrie St. Louis, and Julia Murney (Wicked). Due to scheduling conflicts, Jason Gotay, previously announced as Prince Oliver, will cede the throne to Jake David Smith.
Directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Paul McGill, Between the Lines features a book by Timothy Allen McDonald and music & lyrics by Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson.
Between the Lines follows Delilah, an outsider...
- 5/7/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Multi-Tony Award-Winner, Bernadette Peters, along with New York’s theatrical community, will raise funds and awareness for pulmonary fibrosis (Pf), a debilitating lung disease, in the 10th annual Broadway Belts for Pff!
Bernadette Peters To Perform In Pulmonary Fibrosis Benefit
Hosted by Broadway’s Julie Halston, the celebration benefiting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Pff) is set for Monday, February 24, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
This year’s Broadway Belts for Pff! will feature performances by some of Broadway’s biggest stars including J. Harrison Ghee, Jason Gotay, Sierra Boggess, Tony Award-Winner Annaleigh Ashford (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park With George), Tony Award-Nominees Charles Busch and Beth Malone, and New York Yankees legend and Latin Grammy-Nominee Bernie Williams. Sponsorships and tickets for this exclusive evening feature a pre-event cocktail reception, elegant dinner, seating for the show, and after-party. Tickets are available at BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org
Broadway Belts for Pff!
Bernadette Peters To Perform In Pulmonary Fibrosis Benefit
Hosted by Broadway’s Julie Halston, the celebration benefiting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Pff) is set for Monday, February 24, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
This year’s Broadway Belts for Pff! will feature performances by some of Broadway’s biggest stars including J. Harrison Ghee, Jason Gotay, Sierra Boggess, Tony Award-Winner Annaleigh Ashford (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park With George), Tony Award-Nominees Charles Busch and Beth Malone, and New York Yankees legend and Latin Grammy-Nominee Bernie Williams. Sponsorships and tickets for this exclusive evening feature a pre-event cocktail reception, elegant dinner, seating for the show, and after-party. Tickets are available at BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org
Broadway Belts for Pff!
- 2/13/2020
- Look to the Stars
Garnett also worked on Earth Girls Are Easy and seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
Tony Garnett, the film and television producer behind Ken Loach’s breakthrough features, has died aged 83.
The British producer collaborated with Loach from 1965 to 1979 on films including Kes, Family Life and Black Jack as well as seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
World Productions, the company he co-founded in 1990, said in a statement: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV and film producer… died around midday on January 12. Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
Tony Garnett, the film and television producer behind Ken Loach’s breakthrough features, has died aged 83.
The British producer collaborated with Loach from 1965 to 1979 on films including Kes, Family Life and Black Jack as well as seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
World Productions, the company he co-founded in 1990, said in a statement: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV and film producer… died around midday on January 12. Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
- 1/13/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
British film and TV producer Tony Garnett, founder of “Bodyguard” producer World Productions, died Sunday at the age of 83.
His death was confirmed by the ITV Studios-backed World Productions, which released the following statement Sunday night: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV and film producer and founder of World Productions, died around midday on January 12. Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.”
The Birmingham, U.K.-born Garnett began his career as an actor in the 1960s before going on to produce TV movies such as “Cathy Come Home” and “Kes” with “I, Daniel Blake” director Ken Loach – a frequent collaborator.
His work was known for a hard-nosed social realism that tackled issues such as homelessness and abortion.
Garnett worked in Hollywood in the 1980s, where he produced films such as “Earth Girls Are Easy,...
His death was confirmed by the ITV Studios-backed World Productions, which released the following statement Sunday night: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV and film producer and founder of World Productions, died around midday on January 12. Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.”
The Birmingham, U.K.-born Garnett began his career as an actor in the 1960s before going on to produce TV movies such as “Cathy Come Home” and “Kes” with “I, Daniel Blake” director Ken Loach – a frequent collaborator.
His work was known for a hard-nosed social realism that tackled issues such as homelessness and abortion.
Garnett worked in Hollywood in the 1980s, where he produced films such as “Earth Girls Are Easy,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
How do you market a witty, wordy, intellectual French ensemble comedy these days? Olivier Assayas’s Non-Fiction, which opens in the U.S. today, has an unusual variety of international posters. In this age of marketing homogenization it’s surprising to see quite so many different looks for one film, but more than anything that may be the result of distributors’ inability to decide exactly how to market such a film. You’ve got Juliette Binoche, who always looks good on posters, but she’s not the sole star of the film, which deals with life and love in the publishing world as it wobbles into the digital age; not the easiest thing to capture with stills of actors smiling at each other (even though that’s what many of these posters try to do).The original French poster, the best of them all, features a charming illustration by Stéphane Manel...
- 5/7/2019
- MUBI
Zdf Enterprises will bring “Queens of Mystery” to a host of markets after striking a rights deal for the offbeat drama that streaming service Acorn TV ordered as one of it latest originals.
The deal with Acorn hands Zdfe the rights to the show in non-English-language territories. It is the second time Zdfe and Acorn have pacted on distribution after they worked together on “London Kills,” another original for the British-content-skewed streamer and which has been picked up by the BBC in the U.K.
Specifically, Zdfe has teamed with Acorn Media Enterprises, the AMC-owned firm’s content division. Its sales unit, Acorn Media International, will sell “Queens of Mystery” in English-language markets.
Olivia Vinall (“Apple Tree Yard”) plays Matilda. Her aunts are played by Julie Graham (“The Bletchley Circle”), Sarah Woodward (“New Blood”), and Siobhan Redmond (“Between the Lines”).
Andrew Leung (Doctor Who) also stars a dashing doctor in the series,...
The deal with Acorn hands Zdfe the rights to the show in non-English-language territories. It is the second time Zdfe and Acorn have pacted on distribution after they worked together on “London Kills,” another original for the British-content-skewed streamer and which has been picked up by the BBC in the U.K.
Specifically, Zdfe has teamed with Acorn Media Enterprises, the AMC-owned firm’s content division. Its sales unit, Acorn Media International, will sell “Queens of Mystery” in English-language markets.
Olivia Vinall (“Apple Tree Yard”) plays Matilda. Her aunts are played by Julie Graham (“The Bletchley Circle”), Sarah Woodward (“New Blood”), and Siobhan Redmond (“Between the Lines”).
Andrew Leung (Doctor Who) also stars a dashing doctor in the series,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Robyn parties in Ibiza in her new video for “Between the Lines,” a track from her 2018 album Honey.
The clip, directed by Cody Critcheloe (aka Ssion) and filmed with a mini camcorder, takes place while Robyn toured the party-happy island. “Between the Lines” shows her swimming off the coast, performing in front of festival crowds, and singing in a (very) makeshift ball pit.
Ssion said in a statement that the “intimate, messy, sweaty, silly and slightly voyeuristic” clip was inspired by Wham!’s “Club Tropicana” video, filmed at Ibiza’s Pikes Hotel.
The clip, directed by Cody Critcheloe (aka Ssion) and filmed with a mini camcorder, takes place while Robyn toured the party-happy island. “Between the Lines” shows her swimming off the coast, performing in front of festival crowds, and singing in a (very) makeshift ball pit.
Ssion said in a statement that the “intimate, messy, sweaty, silly and slightly voyeuristic” clip was inspired by Wham!’s “Club Tropicana” video, filmed at Ibiza’s Pikes Hotel.
- 4/3/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Anthology Film Archives
Decades after his disappearance, the little-screened Argentinian insurgent filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer is given some due.
A 12-hour, six-film Hong-Kong-a-Thon runs Saturday and, per the website, “ends when everybody is dead.”
Bam
The classics (and otherwise) of George A. Romero are subject of a career-long retrospective.
Film Forum
Bertolucci’s 1900, featuring De Niro...
Anthology Film Archives
Decades after his disappearance, the little-screened Argentinian insurgent filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer is given some due.
A 12-hour, six-film Hong-Kong-a-Thon runs Saturday and, per the website, “ends when everybody is dead.”
Bam
The classics (and otherwise) of George A. Romero are subject of a career-long retrospective.
Film Forum
Bertolucci’s 1900, featuring De Niro...
- 2/22/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Above: character posters for Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Hotel Artemis (2018).Jeff Goldblum is having a moment. After being in movies for 45 years, the 6'4" 66-year-old actor is suddenly the coolest man on the planet. He was all over Sundance last week with his new film, The Mountain, and starting today the Quad Cinema in New York is playing “The Goldblum Variations,” a retrospective of sixteen of the tall guy’s best films.Ever since his debut as Freak #1 in Michael Winner’s Death Wish (1974), Goldblum has been a compelling, quirky presence in movies. He was a supporting player for some ten years before his break-out role in Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill (1983) which led to starring roles in John Landis’ Into the Night (1985) and David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986). His major leading man period lasted about a decade before he comfortably became an ensemble player once again (naturally fitting right...
- 2/8/2019
- MUBI
“Have I ever missed a deadline?” “Constantly.” Over forty years after making its debut, Joan Micklin Silver’s sophomore feature — following her low-budget 1975 historical drama “Hester Street” — “Between the Lines” is more timely than ever. The zippy, lived-in dramedy chronicles the intersecting lives of a pack of staffers at a Boston alt-weekly that’s already full of drama before it kicks into its central plot: what happens when the paper seems destined to fall prey to a corporate takeover.
As the staff grapples with the possibility that their lives (and livelihoods) are about to be forever changed, the film digs into plenty of still-intriguing ideas about the responsibility of the press, what it means to grow up, and how to hold on to your youthful zest when real-life responsibilities won’t stop calling.
The film features Jeff Goldblum in one of his earliest roles — after “Next Stop, Greenwich Village,” before...
As the staff grapples with the possibility that their lives (and livelihoods) are about to be forever changed, the film digs into plenty of still-intriguing ideas about the responsibility of the press, what it means to grow up, and how to hold on to your youthful zest when real-life responsibilities won’t stop calling.
The film features Jeff Goldblum in one of his earliest roles — after “Next Stop, Greenwich Village,” before...
- 2/5/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Singaporean filmmaker, Yeo Siew Hua is to receive the Young Cinema Award at the upcoming Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Indian director and actress, Nandita Das will receive the Fiapf Award.
Yeo’s prize is awarded in recognition of his film “A Land Imagined,” which won the Golden Leopard prize at Locarno earlier this year. The prize is open to directors making their first or second narrative feature films, and is awarded by Apsa, Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (Netpac) and the Griffith Film School.
Apsa described the film as a “well-scripted, deftly directed and beautifully-lensed thriller (that) vividly captures the dangers for and the loneliness of illegal workers against the background of Singapore’s controversial land reclamation project.” The film’s Japanese director of photography Hideho Urata is also nominated for an Apsa cinematography prize. The Apsa Academy previously sponsored Yeo through a year-long mentorship program.
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Yeo’s prize is awarded in recognition of his film “A Land Imagined,” which won the Golden Leopard prize at Locarno earlier this year. The prize is open to directors making their first or second narrative feature films, and is awarded by Apsa, Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (Netpac) and the Griffith Film School.
Apsa described the film as a “well-scripted, deftly directed and beautifully-lensed thriller (that) vividly captures the dangers for and the loneliness of illegal workers against the background of Singapore’s controversial land reclamation project.” The film’s Japanese director of photography Hideho Urata is also nominated for an Apsa cinematography prize. The Apsa Academy previously sponsored Yeo through a year-long mentorship program.
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- 11/22/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
After teasing the song for a year, Robyn has finally released “Honey,” which will appear on her forthcoming album of the same name. Like some of the Swedish pop stars biggest hits, “Honey” is both extremely catchy and – excuse the pun – bittersweet.
“But the waves come in and they’re golden/But down in the deep, the honey is sweeter,” she sings on the pre-chorus. The lyrics revolve around Robyn telling a lover the reverse of what Mick Jagger told his in 1969: you can’t always get what you need,...
“But the waves come in and they’re golden/But down in the deep, the honey is sweeter,” she sings on the pre-chorus. The lyrics revolve around Robyn telling a lover the reverse of what Mick Jagger told his in 1969: you can’t always get what you need,...
- 9/26/2018
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
There’s an interesting continuity going on in the Disney “Frozen” world. In the “Frozen Fever” short (2015), Elsa (Idina Menzel) catches cold and nearly ruins the birthday party for Anna (Kristen Bell). And, in “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure,” which opens in front of Pixar’s “Coco” (a first for Disney), there are no holiday traditions to embrace during their first Christmas together, also thanks to Elsa’s curse.
Clearly, there are emotional loose ends being tied up between the sibling princesses, which will presumably allow them to be better prepared to confront whatever threat awaits them in “Frozen 2” (November 27, 2009).
Meanwhile, Olaf (Josh Gad) continues to evolve as the child-like snowman in the 21-minute featurette (originally intended as an ABC holiday special). But with its eye-popping animation and emphasis on family and tradition, “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” makes the perfect opener for “Coco,” which embraces similar thematic territory during Día de los Muertos.
Clearly, there are emotional loose ends being tied up between the sibling princesses, which will presumably allow them to be better prepared to confront whatever threat awaits them in “Frozen 2” (November 27, 2009).
Meanwhile, Olaf (Josh Gad) continues to evolve as the child-like snowman in the 21-minute featurette (originally intended as an ABC holiday special). But with its eye-popping animation and emphasis on family and tradition, “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” makes the perfect opener for “Coco,” which embraces similar thematic territory during Día de los Muertos.
- 11/22/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
David Fincher is one of the most distinctive visual storytellers working today. On his new Netflix’s show “Mindhunter,” the director’s well-established visual style and use of film language is carried throughout the entire Season 1 arc, despite Fincher having only directed four of the ten episodes himself. IndieWire recently talked the show’s principal cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt – who was once Fincher’s gaffer, and shot 90% of “Mindhunter” – about what defines the cinematic style of the great auteur and how he built off the look of “Zodiac” to create something we aren’t use to seeing on TV.
The Color Palette
The imagery in a Fincher film is grounded in realism, but it’s a dark, stylized realism. This is most notable in the director’s use of colors. “[David] has an aversion to saturated colors and magenta,” said Messerschmidt in an interview. “The show has a desaturated green-yellow look, for sure,...
The Color Palette
The imagery in a Fincher film is grounded in realism, but it’s a dark, stylized realism. This is most notable in the director’s use of colors. “[David] has an aversion to saturated colors and magenta,” said Messerschmidt in an interview. “The show has a desaturated green-yellow look, for sure,...
- 10/19/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Kansas City Repertory Theatre will open its 201718 season with Between The Lines, a new musical based on the best-selling book by New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer that features music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, book by Timothy Allen McDonald and be directed by Tony Award-nominated director Jeff Calhoun.
- 8/27/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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Walt Disney Animation Studios (Wdas) and Pixar Animation Studios are teaming up this holiday season when Wdas’ new featurette “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” opens in front of Disney•Pixar’s original feature film “Coco” on Nov. 22, 2017.
The new trailer for the featurette will run in front of Disney•Pixar’s “Cars 3,” beginning this Friday, June 16, when Lightning McQueen’s new big-screen adventure opens in theaters nationwide.
“I’m thrilled that Disney Animation’s featurette ‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’ will be coming to theaters in November with Pixar’s ‘Coco,’” said John Lasseter, chief creative officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. “It’s a perfect pairing – they’re both beautiful, heartfelt films about families and how people carry traditions forward. I can’t wait for audiences to get to see both of these terrific projects together on the big screen.”
Featuring four new original songs,...
Walt Disney Animation Studios (Wdas) and Pixar Animation Studios are teaming up this holiday season when Wdas’ new featurette “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” opens in front of Disney•Pixar’s original feature film “Coco” on Nov. 22, 2017.
The new trailer for the featurette will run in front of Disney•Pixar’s “Cars 3,” beginning this Friday, June 16, when Lightning McQueen’s new big-screen adventure opens in theaters nationwide.
“I’m thrilled that Disney Animation’s featurette ‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’ will be coming to theaters in November with Pixar’s ‘Coco,’” said John Lasseter, chief creative officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. “It’s a perfect pairing – they’re both beautiful, heartfelt films about families and how people carry traditions forward. I can’t wait for audiences to get to see both of these terrific projects together on the big screen.”
Featuring four new original songs,...
- 6/13/2017
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Movies have long reflected the obsessions and anxieties of the massive audience watching them. But can they also shape public opinion and condition people to accept certain ideas over time? These are the issues at the heart of “From Caligari To Hitler: Imagining The Tyrant,” an episode of the web series Between The Lines by YouTuber and movie critic Kyle Kallgren. The episode takes its inspiration (and the first half of its title) from a seminal, still controversial 1947 book by Siegfried Kracauer, who examined the supposedly “escapist“ German films from the Weimar era (1919-33)—including The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari—and found that these films foretold the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Kallgren points out that the directors and actors who worked on these films were not Nazi sympathizers. Many actually fled Germany to escape Hitler. But it is possible that Weimar cinema trained the public ...
Kallgren points out that the directors and actors who worked on these films were not Nazi sympathizers. Many actually fled Germany to escape Hitler. But it is possible that Weimar cinema trained the public ...
- 12/1/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
Look out: John Carpenter's chilly tale of shape-shifting chaos at the South Pole creeps back with a new transfer and two fully stocked discs of extras old and new, including the bowdlerized Network cut, just for laughs. The picture still works like gangbusters -- the best monsters are still the gooey, rubbery pre-cgi kind. John Carpenter's The Thing Collector's Edition Blu-ray Scream Factory 1982 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 109 min. / Street Date September 20, 2016 / 34.93 Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis. Cinematography Dean Cundey Production Design John J. Lloyd Special Makeup Effects Rob Bottin Film Editor Todd Ramsay Original Music Ennio Morricone Written by Bill Lancaster from the short story "Who Goes There?"by John W. Campbell Jr. Produced by David Foster, Lawrence Turman Directed by John Carpenter
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
It's been eight years since...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
It's been eight years since...
- 11/1/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
On October 11th, horror and sci-fi fans have many reasons to rejoice, as we have two stellar Collector’s Edition releases from Scream Factory coming our way this week, The Thing and Carrie. Arrow Video is also keeping busy this Tuesday with two Special Edition releases of their own—The Hills Have Eyes and Dark Water (2002)—and the most recent Ghostbusters comes home this week on Blu-ray and DVD as well.
Other notable releases for October 11th include Hannibal: The Complete Series, 2 Jennifer, Astro-Zombies, Killer Ink, a holiday art version of Krampus, the entire run of Kolchak: The Night Stalker on DVD, A Werewolf in the Amazon collection, and an assortment of Blu-ray and DVD re-releases of The Twilight Zone.
Carrie: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, this "absolutely spellbinding horror movie", (Roger Ebert) has become a pervasive, pop-culture touchstone...
Other notable releases for October 11th include Hannibal: The Complete Series, 2 Jennifer, Astro-Zombies, Killer Ink, a holiday art version of Krampus, the entire run of Kolchak: The Night Stalker on DVD, A Werewolf in the Amazon collection, and an assortment of Blu-ray and DVD re-releases of The Twilight Zone.
Carrie: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, this "absolutely spellbinding horror movie", (Roger Ebert) has become a pervasive, pop-culture touchstone...
- 10/11/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
John Carpenter's classic horror film The Thing receives the Collector's Edition treatment from Scream Factory on Tuesday, October 11th, and we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Thing Collector's Edition.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Thing Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on October 14th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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From the Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing--a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Thing Collector's Edition.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Thing Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on October 14th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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From the Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing--a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide.
- 10/8/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Coming out on a Collector's Edition Blu-ray on Tuesday, October 11th, Scream Factory's high-def release of John Carpenter's The Thing is teased in two clips and a trailer.
From the Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing--a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide. On [October 11th] the Scream Factory™ home entertainment brand is proud to present this landmark horror film in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release which includes a brand new 2K scan of the film (supervised by Director of Photography Dean Cundey) and over 5 hours of extras.
Directed by Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell (Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China) and features special visual effects by Albert Whitlock (Dune) and special makeup effects by Rob Bottin (The Howling, Fight Club). This definitive set includes a collectible...
From the Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing--a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide. On [October 11th] the Scream Factory™ home entertainment brand is proud to present this landmark horror film in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release which includes a brand new 2K scan of the film (supervised by Director of Photography Dean Cundey) and over 5 hours of extras.
Directed by Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell (Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China) and features special visual effects by Albert Whitlock (Dune) and special makeup effects by Rob Bottin (The Howling, Fight Club). This definitive set includes a collectible...
- 10/7/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Almost as scary as the alien parasite in John Carpenter's The Thing is the barren, brutally cold landscape surrounding the isolated characters. With The Thing being released on a Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory on October 11th, we've been provided with an exclusive behind-the-scenes Blu-ray clip in which actors Joel Polis, Peter Maloney, and Thomas G. Waites discuss filming in the arctic conditions.
From the Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing--a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide. On [October 11th] the Scream Factory™ home entertainment brand is proud to present this landmark horror film in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release which includes a brand new 2K scan of the film (supervised by Director of Photography Dean Cundey) and over 5 hours of extras.
Directed by Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell (Escape from New York,...
From the Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing--a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide. On [October 11th] the Scream Factory™ home entertainment brand is proud to present this landmark horror film in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release which includes a brand new 2K scan of the film (supervised by Director of Photography Dean Cundey) and over 5 hours of extras.
Directed by Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell (Escape from New York,...
- 10/4/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Scream Factory has revealed the special features list and cover art for their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of John Carpenter’s The Thing, due out on September 20th with a new 2K scan of the film’s inter-positive, a new audio commentary with director of photography Dean Cundey, and much more:
Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing–a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide. On September 20, 2016, the Scream Factory™ home entertainment brand is proud to present this landmark horror film in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release which includes a brand new 2K scan of the film (supervised by Director of Photography Dean Cundey) and over 5 hours of extras.
Directed by Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell (Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China) and features special visual effects...
Press Release: In 1982 legendary genre filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live) unleashed The Thing–a chilling sci-fi thriller that raised the bar on shocking special effects and terrified movie audiences worldwide. On September 20, 2016, the Scream Factory™ home entertainment brand is proud to present this landmark horror film in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release which includes a brand new 2K scan of the film (supervised by Director of Photography Dean Cundey) and over 5 hours of extras.
Directed by Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell (Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China) and features special visual effects...
- 6/8/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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We speak to Samantha Morton about Sky Atlantic's crime drama The Last Panthers and politicised, groundbreaking television...
Samantha Morton has built an impressive career in television and film. She is currently starring in Sky Atlantic’s The Last Panthers, a multilingual, multinational drama in which she plays Naomi Franckom, an insurance loss-adjuster on the trail of an organised gang of diamond thieves. We spoke to her about transnational crime, the scars of war and deadlifting sixty kilograms.
I want to talk to you about your character Naomi. Her background is clearly very significant to the whole theme of the show but it’s not really fully explored until later on in the series, so how did you approach the task of sketching in her history?
I think it was about getting her, I found her. That was a combination of discussions with Johan [Renck, who directed all six episodes], Peter [Carlton, producer] and Jack Thorne...
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We speak to Samantha Morton about Sky Atlantic's crime drama The Last Panthers and politicised, groundbreaking television...
Samantha Morton has built an impressive career in television and film. She is currently starring in Sky Atlantic’s The Last Panthers, a multilingual, multinational drama in which she plays Naomi Franckom, an insurance loss-adjuster on the trail of an organised gang of diamond thieves. We spoke to her about transnational crime, the scars of war and deadlifting sixty kilograms.
I want to talk to you about your character Naomi. Her background is clearly very significant to the whole theme of the show but it’s not really fully explored until later on in the series, so how did you approach the task of sketching in her history?
I think it was about getting her, I found her. That was a combination of discussions with Johan [Renck, who directed all six episodes], Peter [Carlton, producer] and Jack Thorne...
- 12/10/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
A long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away — well, to be more precise, it was 2012 on Earth — "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Toy Story 3" scribe Michael Arndt was announced as the screenwriter for the then untitled, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." However, the writer was replaced soon thereafter by J.J. Abrams and franchise veteran Lawrence Kasdan. “It became clear that given the time frame and given the process and the way the thing was going that working with Larry in this way was going to get us where we need to be and when we needed to be,” Abrams said in 2013. “Working with Larry Kasdan, especially on a 'Star Wars' movie is kind of unbeatable.” Between the lines, Abrams may have been addressing the crush to meet a 2015 release date (he and producer Kathleen Kennedy had asked Disney for a May 2016 bow, but were denied) but...
- 10/19/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
One of my favorite people on the Internet diving into film is Kyle Kallgren. He has two primary shows he works on. His primary series is "Brows Held High" which is an informative and funny look at, for lack of a better term, "art house" films. His second, which features the video you can watch below, is "Between the Lines". This series takes an analytical look at film and television in the popular consciousness. Past episodes include looks at "Game of Thrones" and Batman. With the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron under a month away, his latest episode concerns the superhero team. He looks at why people respond to these heroes, the pros and cons of grouping such disparate characters, and why people need to be less concerned with what superpower a person has and more about what they do with it. Give the video a watch below. It is well worth your time.
- 4/15/2015
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
Awards also included the youngest-ever winner of a Bafta.
The Lego Movie won Best Feature Film at the Bafta Children’s Awards in London last night (Nov 23).
The Warner Bros. film, directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, beat competition from Disney’s Frozen and Maleficent as well as Dreamworks’ How To Train Your Dragon 2.
However, Frozen took the top film prize in the Bafta Kids’ vote, based on more than 200,000 votes from children aged 7-14.
The ceremony, held at London’s Roundhouse, also saw nine-year-old Cherry Campbell become the youngest Bafta winner ever, winning Best Performer for her title role in kids drama series Katie Morag.
The show, about a feisty young girl who lives on a Scottish island with her family, also won the award for Best Drama.
Campbell was seven when she started making Katie Morag, based on the books of Mairi Hedderwick.
For the first time, Cartoon Network...
The Lego Movie won Best Feature Film at the Bafta Children’s Awards in London last night (Nov 23).
The Warner Bros. film, directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, beat competition from Disney’s Frozen and Maleficent as well as Dreamworks’ How To Train Your Dragon 2.
However, Frozen took the top film prize in the Bafta Kids’ vote, based on more than 200,000 votes from children aged 7-14.
The ceremony, held at London’s Roundhouse, also saw nine-year-old Cherry Campbell become the youngest Bafta winner ever, winning Best Performer for her title role in kids drama series Katie Morag.
The show, about a feisty young girl who lives on a Scottish island with her family, also won the award for Best Drama.
Campbell was seven when she started making Katie Morag, based on the books of Mairi Hedderwick.
For the first time, Cartoon Network...
- 11/24/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The winners of the British Academy Children's Awards have been announced.
CBeebies' Katie Morag claimed two awards at the ceremony hosted by Doc Brown at London's Roundhouse.
The show won Drama and the show's star Cherry Campbell also received the Performer award for her turn in the title role.
Dick & Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood) picked up the Presenter award, while their show Diddy Movies picked up the Comedy gong.
Elsewhere, Cartoon Network won in the Channel of the Year category, Dixi was named as Interactive Original, and Adventure Time won International.
Other winners included Share a Story (Short Form), Operation Ouch! (Factual), Aardman (Animation), The Lego Movie (Feature Film), Mario Kart 8 (Game) and Peter Firmin (Special Award).
Also among the winners were Disney Animated (Interactive – Adapted), Kindle Entertainment (Independent Production Company of the Year), Lizard Girl (Learning: Primary), Poetry: Between the Lines (Learning: Secondary), Old Jack's Boat (Pre-school...
CBeebies' Katie Morag claimed two awards at the ceremony hosted by Doc Brown at London's Roundhouse.
The show won Drama and the show's star Cherry Campbell also received the Performer award for her turn in the title role.
Dick & Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood) picked up the Presenter award, while their show Diddy Movies picked up the Comedy gong.
Elsewhere, Cartoon Network won in the Channel of the Year category, Dixi was named as Interactive Original, and Adventure Time won International.
Other winners included Share a Story (Short Form), Operation Ouch! (Factual), Aardman (Animation), The Lego Movie (Feature Film), Mario Kart 8 (Game) and Peter Firmin (Special Award).
Also among the winners were Disney Animated (Interactive – Adapted), Kindle Entertainment (Independent Production Company of the Year), Lizard Girl (Learning: Primary), Poetry: Between the Lines (Learning: Secondary), Old Jack's Boat (Pre-school...
- 11/24/2014
- Digital Spy
When we last left off, I’d taken you through the steps to get us towards completion of an independent comic book. Or really any comic book, I suppose. We plotted, outlined, scripted, gathered reference material, and now penciled then inked (or in my case, digitally rendered) each page in the book. Now, with a pile of black and white artwork, it’s time for the most unsung of duties: coloring, lettering, layout, and print pre-production. If you take nothing else from this week’s brain droppings, I hope you’ll leave with a seriously redefined respect for all the names that get penned in on the credits page.
Stay Between the Lines, Billy!
The first duty in finishing our comic pages comes with adding flat panes of color in between each line. This is akin to the coloring books of your youth, savvy? The process of flatting nowadays is...
Stay Between the Lines, Billy!
The first duty in finishing our comic pages comes with adding flat panes of color in between each line. This is akin to the coloring books of your youth, savvy? The process of flatting nowadays is...
- 7/12/2014
- by Marc Alan Fishman
- Comicmix.com
George Gently, Series 6
Created by Peter Flannery
Available Streaming on Acorn.TV
The police procedural is as old as television itself. Over the decades, pretty much every permutation of the genre has had its day in the sun, with the genre itself often changing as television progressed. From the original Golden Age classic Dragnet, to the increasingly serialized Hill Street Blues, to the grittier NYPD Blue and the modern era’s novelistic, realistic masterpiece The Wire, the genre shifts with each age, and reflects back on the society that produces it.
You may have noticed that all of the shows in the above paragraph were American productions, and in fact, most of the genre’s heights hail from this side of the pond. Yet the British have their own history of police shows (from Z-Cars, through Prime Suspect, and even last year’s Broadchurch) to draw from. George Gently, which just wrapped its sixth series,...
Created by Peter Flannery
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The police procedural is as old as television itself. Over the decades, pretty much every permutation of the genre has had its day in the sun, with the genre itself often changing as television progressed. From the original Golden Age classic Dragnet, to the increasingly serialized Hill Street Blues, to the grittier NYPD Blue and the modern era’s novelistic, realistic masterpiece The Wire, the genre shifts with each age, and reflects back on the society that produces it.
You may have noticed that all of the shows in the above paragraph were American productions, and in fact, most of the genre’s heights hail from this side of the pond. Yet the British have their own history of police shows (from Z-Cars, through Prime Suspect, and even last year’s Broadchurch) to draw from. George Gently, which just wrapped its sixth series,...
- 4/3/2014
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
New NCIS Los Angeles season 5,episode 17 not airing tonight,delayed until next week. Hey, "NCIS: Los Angeles" peeps. Unfortunately, we have to inform you guys that the new episode 17 of season 5, labeled, "Between The Lines," will indeed be missing in action tonight as the show is currently taking a very small break. It will be returning next week, Tuesday night,March 18th at 8pm central time, so go ahead and jot that down on your TV calendars. As previously reported, CBS did release the new,official spoilers/plotline for episode 17 in a press release that reads like this: "When a local gang videotapes the execution of an undercover agent as a warning, The NCIS: La team is going to search for a mole before other agents are put at risk. When an undercover agent is identified and executed by a local gang, the NCIS: Los Angeles team is going to...
- 3/11/2014
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
New NCIS Los Angeles season 5,episode 17 official spoilers,plotline revealed by CBS. Recently, CBS released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 17 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "Between the Lines," and it sounds like things will get very interesting and dramatic as the NCIS: La peeps have to hunt down a very dangerous mole right in the nick of time, and more. In the new,17th episode press release: when a local gang videotapes the execution of an undercover agent as a warning, The NCIS: La team is going to search for a mole before other agents are put at risk. Press release number 2: When an undercover agent is identified and executed by a local gang, the NCIS: Los Angeles team is going to have to locate the mole before other agents’ lives are put in danger. In the meantime, Granger is going...
- 3/4/2014
- by Derek
- OnTheFlix
Gently Between The Lines
Last season George Gently ended on a cliffhanger as the title character and his ever reliable sidekick, lay shot and wounded on the floor of Durham Cathedral. Tonight, we quickly learned that the duo had survived although the events of that day had left lasting physical and psychological scars. Gently attempted to “move on” by burying himself in his work while Bacchus sought to drown his troubles at the bottom of a whiskey glass. The latter eventually turned in his resignation, but Gently forced him to serve out his month’s notice. He hoped Bacchus would change his mind about police life once he got back to work.
Gently’s plan didn’t exactly get off to the best of starts as the duo were tasked with investigating a possible case of police brutality. A suspect died in custody after being arrested on flimsy evidence for...
Last season George Gently ended on a cliffhanger as the title character and his ever reliable sidekick, lay shot and wounded on the floor of Durham Cathedral. Tonight, we quickly learned that the duo had survived although the events of that day had left lasting physical and psychological scars. Gently attempted to “move on” by burying himself in his work while Bacchus sought to drown his troubles at the bottom of a whiskey glass. The latter eventually turned in his resignation, but Gently forced him to serve out his month’s notice. He hoped Bacchus would change his mind about police life once he got back to work.
Gently’s plan didn’t exactly get off to the best of starts as the duo were tasked with investigating a possible case of police brutality. A suspect died in custody after being arrested on flimsy evidence for...
- 2/7/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
According to a new lawsuit filed against the makers of the "Twilight" series, the movies are racist and perverted. But just how serious is the claim?
The company behind the suit, Between the Lines Productions, is the same one that made a "Twilight" parody film called "TwiHard," and the basis for their suit is that Lionsgate and Summit, "Twilight"'s distributors, tried to block their movie from release with baseless legal threats. But their complaint also contains a multitude of criticisms about the "Twilight" films themselves.
Whatever the motivation, the suit is filled with multiple examples of what Between the Lines dubs rampant racism, sexism, and sexual perversion. One example is the "one-dimensional stereotypes about Native Americans and indigenous culture through the depiction of the character Jacob Black as a 'noble savage,' bloodthirsty warrior' and 'sexual predator."
The complaint also claims that the movies highlight domestic violence, as well...
The company behind the suit, Between the Lines Productions, is the same one that made a "Twilight" parody film called "TwiHard," and the basis for their suit is that Lionsgate and Summit, "Twilight"'s distributors, tried to block their movie from release with baseless legal threats. But their complaint also contains a multitude of criticisms about the "Twilight" films themselves.
Whatever the motivation, the suit is filled with multiple examples of what Between the Lines dubs rampant racism, sexism, and sexual perversion. One example is the "one-dimensional stereotypes about Native Americans and indigenous culture through the depiction of the character Jacob Black as a 'noble savage,' bloodthirsty warrior' and 'sexual predator."
The complaint also claims that the movies highlight domestic violence, as well...
- 12/18/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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