“Welcome to The View, ladies!” Michelle Buteau whoops as the comedy actress roundtable veers into more dramatic territory. It was a question about the most transformative performances or periods of their collective careers that has sent this Emmy-worthy sextet — Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, Saturday Night Live’s Ego Nwodim, Loot’s Maya Rudolph, Palm Royale’s Kristen Wiig, Girls5eva’s Renée Elise Goldsberry and Survival of the Thickest’s Buteau — down a rabbit hole of self-doubt and self-discovery. And though a succession of big belly laughs punctuate the hourlong conversation at The Georgian Hotel in mid-April, the actresses also get serious about their fertility struggles and identity crises.
What is the funniest or strangest feedback you’ve gotten or read about yourself?
RENÉE Elise Goldsberry I won an award for being the No. 1 vegetarian …
All Ooooh.
Goldsberry … (Whispers) But I’m not a vegetarian.
Kristen Wiig Same! It’s,...
What is the funniest or strangest feedback you’ve gotten or read about yourself?
RENÉE Elise Goldsberry I won an award for being the No. 1 vegetarian …
All Ooooh.
Goldsberry … (Whispers) But I’m not a vegetarian.
Kristen Wiig Same! It’s,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disaster movies tend to focus on the spectacle of the actual disaster, on the big explosions and debris, and on the sense of awe at seeing big-scale destruction. "Concrete Utopia" is not like that. Instead, director Um Tae-hwa focuses on what comes after the disaster, telling a compelling and gripping human drama about immigration and economic disparity, laying out an allegory for Korea's unique relationship with real estate and class.
Indeed, the first thing to know about "Concrete Utopia," which was announced as Korea's entry to the Oscars, is that the earthquake that decimates Seoul is barely seen. What little we do see of it looks stunning, the VFX work in the movie rather impressively creating an apocalyptic event that decimates the city — but that is not the focus of the film. Rather than build up to it or show us how people survive in the middle of the disaster,...
Indeed, the first thing to know about "Concrete Utopia," which was announced as Korea's entry to the Oscars, is that the earthquake that decimates Seoul is barely seen. What little we do see of it looks stunning, the VFX work in the movie rather impressively creating an apocalyptic event that decimates the city — but that is not the focus of the film. Rather than build up to it or show us how people survive in the middle of the disaster,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
It's all-out, bloody battle for survival when Russian vampires invade the Alaskan frontier in the latest issue of Survival! From writer Sean Lewis, artist Bryndon Everett, colorist Natalie Barahona, letterer Ed Dukeshire, and cover artist Tomm Coker, we have an exclusive look at Survival #3 before it's released by Dark Horse Comics on July 5th!
Series Synopsis: "When Emma Reed journeyed back to her hometown in Alaska, she was expecting little more than a tense family reunion at the annual military alumni get together. But early that morning, a plane crash landed in the thick woods near the mountain. And the creature within brings an ancient terror to the last American frontier, and will turn this unspoiled wilderness into a killing ground."
Survival #3: "The night erupts in flames with blood spilled on both sides, and amidst the carnage of the Nosferatu's attack, the survivalists begin to learn more about the nature of their enemies.
Series Synopsis: "When Emma Reed journeyed back to her hometown in Alaska, she was expecting little more than a tense family reunion at the annual military alumni get together. But early that morning, a plane crash landed in the thick woods near the mountain. And the creature within brings an ancient terror to the last American frontier, and will turn this unspoiled wilderness into a killing ground."
Survival #3: "The night erupts in flames with blood spilled on both sides, and amidst the carnage of the Nosferatu's attack, the survivalists begin to learn more about the nature of their enemies.
- 6/23/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stealth Survival Horror is headed your way with Vincent Lade’s Jawbreaker. Not to be confused with the Darren Stein film, the game is inspired by the likes of Outlast, Alien Isolation and Resident Evil. Jawbreaker already has a demo available on Steam and itch.io, with a release date of Q4 2023.
Jawbreaker takes place in the alternate future of 2028, where after an economic collapse in the United States results in the “Awakening”, where the average person is driven to join any armed group that will have them in order to fight for supplies and territory. You play as one such member of a gang in New Citadel City. Supplies are running low in your bunker, and you’ve volunteered to venture out into the concrete ruins of the city to loot for anything to bring back. During your expedition, an untouched police station catches your eye. Breaking into the station,...
Jawbreaker takes place in the alternate future of 2028, where after an economic collapse in the United States results in the “Awakening”, where the average person is driven to join any armed group that will have them in order to fight for supplies and territory. You play as one such member of a gang in New Citadel City. Supplies are running low in your bunker, and you’ve volunteered to venture out into the concrete ruins of the city to loot for anything to bring back. During your expedition, an untouched police station catches your eye. Breaking into the station,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
By Larry Luxner written for The Times of Israel
New Release: Available Now for Film Festival & Event ScreeningsUnder Gen. Fulgencio Batista, Cuba Took In Some 6,000 Jewish Diamond Cutters And FamiliesCuba’s Forgotten Jewels explores the little known story of the Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe and found a safe haven on the Caribbean island of Cuba.
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Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana
Directors: Judy Kreith & Robin Truesdale
USA, 2017, 46 minutes, In English
Exhibition formats: Dcp, Blu-ray, DVD
A Tropical Story of Diamonds and Holocaust Survival in ‘Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels’
New film explores the forgotten era when the Caribbean island became a temporary gem hub after opening its doors to thousands of European Jews fleeing the Nazis.
— Times of Israel, August 14, 2017
After a wave of Jewish refugees emigrated in the 1920s and 30s, Cuba shut its doors to immigrants, most notably to the Jews aboard the ship the St.
New Release: Available Now for Film Festival & Event ScreeningsUnder Gen. Fulgencio Batista, Cuba Took In Some 6,000 Jewish Diamond Cutters And FamiliesCuba’s Forgotten Jewels explores the little known story of the Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe and found a safe haven on the Caribbean island of Cuba.
Watch the Trailer
Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana
Directors: Judy Kreith & Robin Truesdale
USA, 2017, 46 minutes, In English
Exhibition formats: Dcp, Blu-ray, DVD
A Tropical Story of Diamonds and Holocaust Survival in ‘Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels’
New film explores the forgotten era when the Caribbean island became a temporary gem hub after opening its doors to thousands of European Jews fleeing the Nazis.
— Times of Israel, August 14, 2017
After a wave of Jewish refugees emigrated in the 1920s and 30s, Cuba shut its doors to immigrants, most notably to the Jews aboard the ship the St.
- 8/30/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
An original feature documentary on late actor-filmmaker Orson Welles is in the works at Netflix, and it will be helmed by Academy Award winning director Morgan Neville (“20 Feet from Stardom”). The documentary will explore the final fifteen years of Welles’ life and his complex relationship with the film industry, both artistically and commercially, through the lens of his final movie, “The Other Side of the Wind,” which he shot in the beginning of the 1970s and has remained unfinished since then.
Read More: From Paris to Netflix: The Long, Strange Journey of Orson Welles’ Last Movie, ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
“‘The Other Side of the Wind’ has long been a ghostly legend in cinema history, but the story behind it is equally fascinating,” Neville said in a statement. “I’m excited to be able to tell the incredible story behind this film and to explore what made Welles such an enduring figure.
Read More: From Paris to Netflix: The Long, Strange Journey of Orson Welles’ Last Movie, ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
“‘The Other Side of the Wind’ has long been a ghostly legend in cinema history, but the story behind it is equally fascinating,” Neville said in a statement. “I’m excited to be able to tell the incredible story behind this film and to explore what made Welles such an enduring figure.
- 5/15/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
“Most Beautiful Island”
A short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early Polanski psychodrama, “Most Beautiful Island” was a worthy winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature, and might prove to be a breakthrough moment for a major new talent: Spanish actress Ana Asensio not only wrote, directed, and produced this fraught metropolitan thriller, she also appears in just about every frame.
It would be criminal to reveal too much about what happens to her character, a Manhattan immigrant who’s struggling to make a life for herself in the big city and in for the longest night of her life, but it’s thrilling to watch the anxiety of neo-realism as it slowly bleeds into something that resembles the suspense of the orgy sequence from “Eyes Wide Shut.” Creating a lucid sense of reality only so...
A short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early Polanski psychodrama, “Most Beautiful Island” was a worthy winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature, and might prove to be a breakthrough moment for a major new talent: Spanish actress Ana Asensio not only wrote, directed, and produced this fraught metropolitan thriller, she also appears in just about every frame.
It would be criminal to reveal too much about what happens to her character, a Manhattan immigrant who’s struggling to make a life for herself in the big city and in for the longest night of her life, but it’s thrilling to watch the anxiety of neo-realism as it slowly bleeds into something that resembles the suspense of the orgy sequence from “Eyes Wide Shut.” Creating a lucid sense of reality only so...
- 3/18/2017
- by Chris O'Falt, David Ehrlich, Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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Highwaymen, cat people and Winston Churchill. Here are the geeky bits and pieces we noted in Doctor Who's The Woman Who Lived...
The Woman Who Lived is a fascinating episode of Doctor Who, filled with philosophical discussions and ruminations on the nature of immortality. In truth, on first viewing we weren’t sure there’d be very much to write about in this column this week. However, as a great man once said, ‘life finds a way’. So here are all of the callbacks, similarities and tenuous-but-interesting geeky things we spotted in this week’s episode. If we’ve missed any, make your way to the all-important comments section below!
Your References Or Your Life
Ashildr isn’t the first highwayman to team up with the Doctor; 1982’s The Visitation saw the Doctor and his companions befriend highwayman Richard Mace. Together they thwarted the reptilian Terileptils,...
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Highwaymen, cat people and Winston Churchill. Here are the geeky bits and pieces we noted in Doctor Who's The Woman Who Lived...
The Woman Who Lived is a fascinating episode of Doctor Who, filled with philosophical discussions and ruminations on the nature of immortality. In truth, on first viewing we weren’t sure there’d be very much to write about in this column this week. However, as a great man once said, ‘life finds a way’. So here are all of the callbacks, similarities and tenuous-but-interesting geeky things we spotted in this week’s episode. If we’ve missed any, make your way to the all-important comments section below!
Your References Or Your Life
Ashildr isn’t the first highwayman to team up with the Doctor; 1982’s The Visitation saw the Doctor and his companions befriend highwayman Richard Mace. Together they thwarted the reptilian Terileptils,...
- 10/23/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
One of the world's leading wildlife photographers and film-makers
Film-maker and photographer Des Bartlett, who has died aged 82, became one of the world's leading wildlife film-makers in a career that lasted more than 50 years. He worked with the renowned documentary makers Armand and Michaela Denis before joining Survival Anglia, for which he made the Emmy award-winning Flight of the Snow Geese, one of the greatest wildlife shows on earth.
During his long career he shot more than two million feet of film on six continents and made more than 200 documentaries. He contributed film, stills and articles to National Geographic, with whom, in 1993, he won a second Emmy for Survivors of the Skeleton Coast, shot on the desert coastline of Namibia, his adopted homeland for the last 31 years.
In 1956, Des was married in London to fellow Australian Jen Edmondson, who was playing tennis at Wimbledon. So began one of the most...
Film-maker and photographer Des Bartlett, who has died aged 82, became one of the world's leading wildlife film-makers in a career that lasted more than 50 years. He worked with the renowned documentary makers Armand and Michaela Denis before joining Survival Anglia, for which he made the Emmy award-winning Flight of the Snow Geese, one of the greatest wildlife shows on earth.
During his long career he shot more than two million feet of film on six continents and made more than 200 documentaries. He contributed film, stills and articles to National Geographic, with whom, in 1993, he won a second Emmy for Survivors of the Skeleton Coast, shot on the desert coastline of Namibia, his adopted homeland for the last 31 years.
In 1956, Des was married in London to fellow Australian Jen Edmondson, who was playing tennis at Wimbledon. So began one of the most...
- 11/9/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
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