1-20 of 29 items « Prev | Next »
Disney Sets New Release Dates Through 2019, Reveals Slate Of Fairy Tale And Live Action Blockbusters
12 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
With Disney already crushing the domestic box office for 2016, the studio is gearing up to dominate in the years ahead as well. The mouse house is kicking off the week by unveiling a handful of new dates for their increasing successful branch of fairy tale and live action movies, that will carry them through 2019. The kicker? They haven't said which movies will be arriving on those dates just yet, but here's what their boosted slate looks like: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action) previously dated on 12/22/17 moves up to 7/28/17 Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action) now dated on 4/6/18 Untitled Disney Live Action now dated on 8/3/18 Untitled Disney Live Action now dated on 12/25/18 Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action) now dated on 12/20/19 Wondering which movies will get slotted in there? Well, Disney has also provided a list of their brewing fairy tale and live action movies, so from the list below, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Penelope Cruz Faces Adversity In New U.S. Trailer For Julio Medem's 'Ma Ma'
13 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Guided by a go for broke performance from Penélope Cruz, lovely work from cinematographer Kiko de la Rica, and a score by Alberto Iglesias, the ingredients are all here for Julio Medem's "Ma Ma" to be something special. Unfortunately, I really didn't like it when it screened at Tiff last fall, but fans of Cruz may want to give it a whirl, because she gives in a solid turn, even if she deserves better material. From director Julio Medem ("Sex & Lucia"), the movie follows Magda, who goes through no shortage of health, romantic, and professional turmoil, but remains resilient and optimistic through it all, as she always finds a way to work through life's struggles and heartbreaks. Here's the official synopsis: Academy Award®-winning actress and producer Penélope Cruz delivers an extraordinarily emotional performance in ma ma, the newest film from acclaimed director Julio Medem (Sex And LUCÍA). Honoring the high. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
"Art of the Real" on Mubi
13 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Mubi is continuing its partnership with New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center to present online selections from their April festival, Art of the Real, an annual showcase of boundary-pushing nonfiction films. Past collaborations with the Film Society provided online audiences access to highlights from the New York Film Festival's Projections program and their Friends with Benefits series.We covered Art of the Real as it happened in New York, and now Mubi will exclusively be showing the following features direct from the festival:Poet on a Business Trip (Ju Anqui, China), 24 April in the USOriginally shot back in September of 2002, this lo-fi, black-and-white adventure across China’s remote Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is both bawdy and astute. First seen mid-coitus in Beijing, the titular scribe Shu decides to go on a “business trip”—which consists of drinking, eating, and chewing the fat with truck drivers and fellow bus passengers in seedy barbecue joints and hotels. »
- Notebook
Tribeca Review: Neo-Noir 'Detour' Starring Tye Sheridan, Bel Powley And Emory Cohen
13 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
If any one of the ‘90s Quentin Tarantino copycats remade “Sliding Doors,” this neo-noir would be the result, even down to the casting of John Lynch, who starred in the 1998 film. Filled with would-be-witty dialogue, “Detour” takes a Choose Your Own Adventure approach to its twist-filled narrative about a college student whose attempts for revenge go very wrong. Director Christopher Smith employs split screen to show what happens when his hero makes a decision and flips back in time when it wants to show the audience just how little they know. “Detour” isn’t just notable for its structure and style, but for the casting of three promising young actors, even if it doesn't put them all to good use. This ‘90s throwback begins with a shot of Bel Powley ringing around a stripper pole to Goldfrapp’s “Stranger.” The camera is static, and Powley — one of last year’s »
- Kimber Myers
Tribeca 2016: Five Questions for Keep Quiet Directors Joseph Martin and Sam Blair
13 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
A role reversal so outrageous it could only be a work of nonfiction, the story of Csanad Szegedi, an infamous member of Hungary’s conservative Jobbik party, is as preposterously true as they come. A former Holocaust denier and anti-Semite, Szegedi now lives as a practicing Orthodox Jew determined to honor his familial past (his grandparents were Jewish). Fascinated by this turnaround, filmmakers Joseph Martin and Sam Blair created Keep Quiet, an in-depth study of the new life of Szegedi and co-lead Rabbi Boruch Oberlande, as a portrait of internal religious tension and the endless trying struggle to right one’s wrongs. As Keep […] »
- Erik Luers
Daily | The Code, Pickford, Rivette
13 hours ago | Keyframe | See recent Keyframe news »
Pre-Code Hollywood may have been a "giddy period" for the movies, but David Denby argues that women fared better once the Code was instated. Also in today's roundup: A primer in Mary Pickford, an essay on Jacques Rivette's Out 1, a recollection of Stanley Kubrick and The Shining, Dario Argento's Deep Red and Tenebrae on Blu-ray, Tacita Dean and Ben Russell in Los Angeles, early word on a new film from Aki Kaurismäki, a documentary on Ingmar Bergman, a collaboration between Joaquin Phoenix and Jacques Audiard, the Cannes jury, the cast list for the Twin Peaks revival—and more. » - David Hudson »
Contest: Win An Action Packed 'Jane Got A Gun' Prize Pack
13 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Earlier this year, Natalie Portman's gunslinging western "Jane Got A Gun" came and went from theaters. But if you missed it, not only do we have a copy of the movie to help you catch up, but a few more films of female-driven action to make for an exciting quadruple bill of thrills. Directed by Gavin O'Connor, and also featuring Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Noah Emmerich, and Boyd Holbrook, the movie centers on Jane Hammond, who has built a life on the rugged western plains with her husband Bill "Ham" Hammond and young daughter. But when Ham stumbles home riddled with bullets after a run-in with the relentless John Bishop and his gang, she knows they will not stop until her family is dead. In desperation, Jane turns to Dan Frost, a man from her past, for help in what becomes battle for survival. The prize pack »
- The Playlist Staff
Tribeca 2016: Exploring the Virtual Arcade
14 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Tribeca is still a young festival — its fifteenth edition just wrapped last week — and though originally traditional films constituted its entire focus, soon transmedia, interactive work, and then virtual reality gained enough prominence that by 2016 they were as integral a part of the proceedings as the film screenings. This year more Vr was on view than ever before at Storyscapes, the Interactive Playground, and the Virtual Arcade that together ran the length of the entire festival, and by and large the breadth and quality of the projects testify to the burgeoning craft of Vr artists as the medium continues […] »
- Randy Astle
David Simon Says CIA Saga 'Legacy Of Ashes' Might Be His Next Project
14 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
This spring, David Simon, the man behind "The Wire," "Homicide," and "Show Me A Hero" will get cracking on production of his '70s set porn drama "The Deuce," starring James Franco in dual roles. But Simon has much more brewing, among them, a drama set around Capitol Hill with famed journalist Carl Bernstein involved. However, what might be next on the docket is something different, a show that will peel back the layers of one of the most powerful organizations in the United States: the CIA. Chatting with Variety, Simon reveals he's working on an adaptation of the Pulitizer Prize winning book "Legacy Of Ashes" by Tim Weiner, and that it's actually the BBC taking the lead, with HBO essentially willing lend a hand for the stateside work involved in bringing the series to air. And the material is powerful stuff, with Weiner's book taking a hard look at »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Joaquin Phoenix In Talks To Join Jacques Audiard's ‘The Sisters Brothers’ With John C. Reilly
14 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It would seem that Joaquin Phoenix has an embarrassment of options at the moment. Last week, he was eyeing a role playing Jesus in "Mary Magdalene" opposite Rooney Mara, and now a major French auteur wants him for a pretty exciting new picture. Phoenix is in talks to join John C. Reilly in Jacques Audiard's "The Sisters Brothers." Based on Patrick deWitt's acclaimed novel, the darkly funny movie is set against the backdrop of the Gold Rush and follows brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters who are hired to kill prospector Hermann Kermit Warm. Here's the book synopsis: Read More: John C. Reilly To Star In 'A Prophet' Director Jacques Audiard's English Language Western 'The Sisters Brothers' Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Karl Urban Says He'd Be Down For A 'Dredd' Sequel On Netflix Or Amazon
15 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In the era of the internet, nothing really dies. A TV show that was swiftly cancelled, or a movie that did less than blockbuster numbers might disappear in the short term, but if it appears to have enough of a niche, cult audience that shout loud enough, it’s entirely possible that it’ll come back. It’s why we’ve seen revivals of “Firefly,” “Veronica Mars,” “Arrested Development” and similar shows, and it’s why movies as different as “Anchorman” and “John Wick” got sequels. Read More: Alex Garland Says "Keep Your Money" And Stop Buying 'Dredd' DVDs Because A Sequel Will Not Happen So despite “Dredd,” the 2012 adaptation of the classic 2000Ad comic character Judge Dredd, tanking hard at the box office on its release, fans have never quite given up hope that there’d be further installments of the fascistic, helmeted future cop on screen. »
- The Playlist Staff
Read Script Pages From Prince's Rejected Cameo On 'The Simpsons'
16 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Last week, we lost a musical genius and cultural titan, with the passing of Prince. The legacy he left behind him is still being measured, but needless to say it was large, and didn't just touch upon music, but film as well. "Purple Rain" brought Prince's personality and blistering songs to the big screen, and it's still mind-boggling that Warner Bros. ran with his utterly bonkers (and fantastic) soundtrack for Tim Burton's "Batman." However, Prince always moved to the beat of his drum. As the music industry turned to streaming, Prince steadfastly kept most of his catalog off those services, and when it came to "The Simpsons" — another cultural force — he declined to join other celebrities, artists, authors, and musicians from appearing on the show. Read More: 10 Songs From 'Batman' Soundtracks You Probably Forgot About As the tributes continue to roll in for Price, longtime "The Simpsons »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Kodak and Kickstarter Launch Program for Indie Filmmakers to Shoot on Film
16 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Despite outliers such as Alex Ross Perry and Todd Haynes, the general consensus among independent filmmakers is that shooting on film is too expensive to be feasible. Over the past year, Kodak has been working to get the word out that shooting on film is a possibility – even for low-budget indies. Along with Kickstarter, the Eastman Kodak Company today announced a new initiative to support independent filmmakers who want to shoot on film. The program is open to cinematographers launching a Kickstarter campaign in order to bring their vision to life using 35mm or 16mm film. Four directors with upcoming Kickstarter campaigns […] »
- Paula Bernstein
'Twin Peaks' Official Cast List Includes Michael Cera, Tim Roth, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eddie Vedder, Trent Reznor, And More
16 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
We're still a long way from David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" revival, which isn't set to air on Showtime until 2017, but there is still a lot to talk about. It was just over a week ago that Go For Locations — who tweet about production and location news — said that filming had wrapped on the "first 2 seasons" of "Twin Peaks." Of course, that set off a frenzy of speculation that we're getting even more than we bargained for, with chatter only increasing when the post was deleted, and the account started protecting their tweets. Meanwhile, casting has also seen as much rumor as official word, with Lynch and co. cagey about who will be coming back, and which new faces will be arriving. Well, now we know. Read More: Showtime CEO Teases David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' Revival Could Hit The Big Screen Showtime, David Lynch and Mark Frost »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Tribeca 2016: Making Guy Maddin’s Seances Interactive
16 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Watching Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s latest work Seances feels both familiar and utterly strange. Born from the knowledge that over 80% of silent movies have been lost, Maddin and his collaborators at the Nfb wanted to resurrect as many titles — both real and invented — as possible: first in 2012 in production sessions at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Phi Centre in Montreal that were open to the public, then last year in the feature film The Forbidden Room, and now in an interactive version called Seances that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Storyscapes event and is […] »
- Randy Astle
Watch: Trailer For 'Weiner' Explores The Politician Turned Punchline
16 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In the realm of contemporary political scandals, none made for easier headlines (and puns) than Anthony Weiner's fall from grace. The Democrat whose dick pics created a media frenzy found his political career destroyed, but in 2013, he attempted a comeback in the race for New York City mayor, and that wild story is being told in the new documentary appropriately named "Weiner." Read More: The 30 Most Anticipated Films Of The 2016 Sundance Film Festival Directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, the movie goes inside Weiner's campaign, and finds him unable to escape his past. As he tries to address issues facing the city, he's still having to tackle questions about his past, and whether any more skeletons will be coming out of the closet. Here's the synopsis: Sexts, lies, and Carlos Danger: watch the wildest political meltdown in recent history as it unfolds. It’s 2013 and Anthony Weiner »
- Kevin Jagernauth
“Dear Crew”: A Doc Filmmaker Prepares Her Crew for 10 Weeks of Rv Living
16 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Filmmaker Emily MacKenzie is currently on Kickstarter with her documentary Scar Story, about Paulette Leaphart, who survived breast cancer following a double mastectomy, and who will be raising awareness by walking topless from Biloxi, Ms to Washington, D.C. MacKenzie, producer Sasha Solodukhina and their crew will be traveling along with her, and they are now in the final nine days of their campaign to raise production funds. Below, MacKenzie shares a letter she has written to her crew — and partly to herself — about the challenges that lie ahead. Consider donating here at Kickstarter. To my crew – I […] »
- Emily MacKenzie
Listen: Judd Apatow Talks Garry Shandling, 'Girls' & More In 90-Minute Podcast Interview
17 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Not every great artist is a great podcast guest. There are plenty of writers, filmmakers or actors who, while their work is electric on screen, can be a little dull in conversation, or react curiously to the format of long-form conversation in that way. But then there are certain people who are boon to any podcast they might appear on, and Judd Apatow is one of them. Over the years, the comedy titan’s popped up on most of the biggest talk-show-style podcasts, from Wtf and You Made It Weird to Brian Koppelman’s The Moment and Bill Simmons, and he’s always been an engaging, honest and funny listen. Late last week, Apatow popped up for a second time on the Nerdist podcast, and it’s one of his best appearances to date. Read More: Review: Judd Apatow's Netflix Series 'Love' Starring Gillian Jacobs And Paul Rust »
- The Playlist Staff
Filming Poetry, Landscapes & Prostitutes: Ju Anqi Discusses "Poet on a Business Trip"
17 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
In partnership with New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center, Mubi will be hosting four films recently shown at Art of the Real, the Film Society's annual showcase for boundary-pushing nonfiction films. Poet on a Business Trip will be showing April 24 - May 23, 2016 on Mubi in the United States.Director Ju Anqi. Photo by Ma Liang“Poet on a Business Trip”: I do not know how this title reads in Chinese, but in English its matter-of-fact anomaly, a title suggestive of silent film actualities and Luc Moullet’s drollness, serves well this curiously blasé, marvelously unusual film by Ju Anqi.Poet on a Business Trip looks and feels like the time capsule it in fact is: the director took Shu, a young Chinese poet, on a road trip to the barren western (and Uygur) province of Xinjiang back in 2002, during which Shu composed poems. For reasons discussed below in an interview with the filmmaker, »
- Daniel Kasman
Tribeca Interview: Director Deb Shoval And Lola Kirke Talk 'Awol,' Authentic Locations, Building A Love Story, And More
17 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up this weekend, and we’ve caught quite a few great films at the fest this year. One of our favorites was “Awol,” from Deb Shoval, making her directorial feature debut. The film stars Lola Kirke as Joey, a young woman from a small, economically depressed town in Pennsylvania, who has dreams of escaping for a better life through the Army. Her plans get complicated when she becomes entangled in a torrid love affair with the married mom of two, Rayna (Breeda Wool), which lead to life changing decisions. Our review called the film an “arresting love story,” that’s “thematically rich, and confidently directed with a clear point of view, set against a backdrop of relevant socioeconomic and cultural issues.” Read More: Tribeca Review: Deeply Affecting Love Story 'Awol' Starring Lola Kirke And Breeda Wool We had a chance to sit down »
- Katie Walsh
1-20 of 29 items « Prev | Next »
« Prev | Next »