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Martin Scorsese Says He’s Hasn’t Seen Many New Films Because “The Images Don’t Mean Anything”
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Martin Scorsese doesn’t need to prove his cinephile bonafides — he’s a walking film encyclopedia. Whether it’s classic American cinema, foreign films, or the dustiest corners of movie lore, odds are that not only does he know something about it, he’s well versed in it as well. However, when it comes to contemporary cinema, it would seem that the legendary filmmaker is a bit cooler on what’s available.
At a press conference for his upcoming “Silence” (via HeyUGuys), the director revealed his thoughts on the state of movies at the moment, and his belief that there simply might be too much and/or not enough of it meets the high bar for the best the medium has to offer.
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- Kevin Jagernauth
50 Cent Says the Golden Globes ‘Can Suck a D—‘ Over ‘Power’ Snub, Wants to Leave Show
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The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, and in the hours since we’ve seen a slew of statements from grateful nominees. 50 Cent has released a statement of his own, though it isn’t a happy one. The rapper, actor and producer took to Instagram to express his displeasure that “Power” hadn’t been nominated, stating in no uncertain terms that the Globes “can suck a dick.”
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Fiddy (real name Curtis Jackson) is an executive producer on the Starz drama and also co-stars as Kanan. “I’m on the move again, Golden globe’s can suck a dick,” begins the caption to his Instagram post (below). “I accept my series Power was not intended to be a signature show for the network but it is the highest rated show. I know my audience very well, »
- Michael Nordine
‘American Pastoral’ Exclusive Home Video Release Trailer: Ewan McGregor Adapts Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel
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This year featured two feature-length adaptations of Philip Roth novels. One was James Schamus’ “Indignation,” based on Roth’s 2008 novel, while the other was Ewan McGregor’s directorial debut “American Pastoral,” based on Roth’s 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. The film starred McGregor himself as Seymour “Swede” Levov, a former high school athlete turned successful businessman with a beauty queen (Jennifer Connelly) as a wife. But when their politically radical daughter Merry (Dakota Fanning) is accused of a violent crime, Swede is forced to make sense of the chaos that is his life. It also stars Rupert Evans (“The Man in the High Castle”), Valorie Curry (“Veronica Mars”), David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck”) and Uzo Aduba (“Orange Is the New Black”). Watch an exclusive trailer for the film’s home video release below.
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- Vikram Murthi
Best & Worst Of The 2017 Golden Globe Awards Nominations: Thandie Newton, ‘Deadpool,’ ‘Moonlight’
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The HFPA gives birth to awards season dreams and the HFPA crushes them. Well, that’s what they like to think. The Golden Globe Awards are nothing more really than a marketing exercise to get people to buy tickets for end of year prestige flicks and to get Academy members to put one or two films higher on that screener pile. Keeping that in mind we’ve studied the nominees for the 74th Golden Globes announced earlier this morning and compiled a pretty fair best and worst list for your consideration.
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- Gregory Ellwood
‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’: A VFX Creature Guide
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The real stars of J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts,” of course, are the creatures themselves.
They’re animated by a gaggle of VFX all-stars: Framestore, Double Negative, Mpc, Image Engine, among others, overseen by production VFX supervisors Christian Manz and Tim Burke.
The mandate from “Harry Potter” veteran director David Yates was not too make the creatures overly fantastical and thereby unrelatable, which is why there are so many distinct animal influences. And originally the VFX supervisors envisioned individual environments for each beast inside the suitcase, but Rowlings suggested that wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) would have to be as powerful as Valdemort to pull that off, so they scaled it way back. Here are a few of the highlights:
The Niffler
This badger-like creature has a penchant for stealing treasure. “He was always going to be a cheeky character that’s always trying to get out to steal stuff and embarrass Newt, »
- Bill Desowitz
‘Rogue One’ Star Ben Mendelsohn Explains Where His New Villain Fits in ‘Star Wars’ Franchise
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Ben Mendelsohn isn’t trying to best the biggest bad guy of all, but he may be getting close with his new turn in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” In the Gareth Edwards feature, the Australian actor stars as Director Orson Krennic, an Imperial bigwig who seems all too happy to carry out the whims of the Empire. But that doesn’t mean he expects to in any way overstep his boundaries, especially when it comes to Darth Vader.
“Well, I think it’s hard to go past Vader,” Mendelsohn recently told IndieWire when asked about where his new character fits in the hierarchy of “Star Wars” villains. “I mean, it’s pretty hard to go past him. It’s hard to think of anyone that tops it, the big guy itself.”
The first standalone film in the ever-expanding “Star Wars” universe follows a group of loosely assembled rebels — including Felicity Jones, »
- Kate Erbland
Elton John and YouTube Launch Global Search to Find New Music Video Directors
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Next year, singer Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their songwriting partnership. In honor of the occasion, John has teamed up with YouTube for a worldwide search titled “Elton John: The Cut” to find filmmakers to make music videos for three of his hit songs — “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Bennie and the Jets.” Watch an announcement video featuring John and Taupin below.
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The competition for each song will focus on different artistic elements: submissions for “Rocket Man” will feature animation; “Tiny Dancer” will be live-action; and “Bennie and the Jets” will feature choreography. John, Taupin and a panel of judges will select three winners, all of whom will also receive $10,000 to support future creative projects. The winning entries are slated to premiere on YouTube in the summer of »
- Vikram Murthi
Vancouver Web Fest Announces Official Selections for Fourth Annual Festival
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In the burgeoning world of festivals that honor achievements in web series and video, the Vancouver Web Fest has emerged as one of the leading destinations for quality web content. Now in its fourth year, the Vancouver-based festival takes place in a city often hailed as the “Hollywood of Canada,” and a popular production destination for film, television, and now web series. The festival will take place March 17-19, 2017, with public screenings, panels from leading industry professionals, and “speed-dating” pitch sessions between creators and developers.
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“Vancouver Web Fest creates an experience that brings people together to discover extraordinary digital series and web content from around the world,” writes Executive Director and Founder Suzette Laqua. “It fosters a welcoming environment that encourages exploration into new formats of storytelling.”
Previous panelists have included New Form Digital »
- Jude Dry
‘Billy on the Street’: Aziz Ansari Tells New Yorkers About the Golden Age of Television — Watch
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Billy Eichner is back on the street for the fifth season of his web series-turned-actual show, and in his latest clip he’s brought Aziz Ansari with him. The topic of conversation: the golden age of television, which Eichner and the “Master of None” creator/star loudly tell passersby about on the streets of New York. Watch the latest “Billy on the Street” clip below.
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The two are, of course, met with a range of reactions: One woman simply says, “Okay, bye,” in an effort to remove herself from the situation, while another insists, “TV’s horrible,” and that she prefers books. Ansari asks yet another woman whether she’s seen “The Leftovers,” explaining that “Season 1’s pretty good, but Season 2’s supposed to be extraordinary.” (He’s right! »
- Michael Nordine
‘Tangerine’ Gets a Costa Rican Twist In ‘Abrázame Como Antes’ — Review
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Only a small handful of films are produced in Costa Rica every year, and even fewer (if any) are afforded any sort of international distribution. But, however unfortunate that may be, the fluorescent purgatory of Jurgen Ureña’s “Abrázame Como Antes” is made all the more striking by virtue of its uncertain commercial future — Ureña’s second feature is a beautiful micro-portrait of a world that tourists and foreigners may never see, and the movie’s power is only compounded by the unavoidable fact that most tourists and foreigners will never see it.
Borrowing its name from a line in Jeane Manson’s 1979 pop hit “Avant de Nous Dire Adieu,” “Abrázame Como Antes” tells a story that’s canopied beneath the muted evening hum of streetlights and distant cars. The film’s title translates to “Hold Me Like Before,” and every frame of this tender still life buzzes with the »
- David Ehrlich
Madonna Biopic ‘Blond Ambition’ Leads 2016 Black List Of Best Unproduced Screenplays
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This morning the Golden Globe nominations were revealed, providing your guide to the movies you need to catch up with if you want to stay in the awards season conversation. But if you want to get an idea of the movies or writers will be making an awards season wave in the years ahead, then you might want to peruse the 2016 Black List.
The annual ranking of the best unproduced screenplays by those in the know in Hollywood is always fun to look at.
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- Kevin Jagernauth
Black List: Madonna Biopic ‘Blond Ambition’ Leads 2016 Edition
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Seventy-three unproduced screenplays comprise this year’s Black List, an annual ranking of well-regarded scripts that have yet to make the leap from page to screen. More than 250 executives in the film industry voted on this year’s edition, and their consensus is that Elyse Hollander’s Madonna biopic “Blond Ambition” is the “most liked” of them.
Previous screenplays that have appeared on the Black List and gone on to be produced include “Spotlight,” “Arrival” and “Manchester by the Sea.” Full list below:
“Blond Ambition” by Elyse Hollander (48)
“Life Itself” by Dan Fogelman (35)
“The Olympian” by Tony Tost (35)
“The Post” by Liz Hannah (35)
“Voyagers” by Zach Dean (28)
“In the Blink of an Eye” by Colby Day (25)
“O2” by Christie LeBlan (22)
“Untitled Lax Mandis Project” by Seth Spector (22)
“Dark Money” by Matt Fruchtman (21)
“Letters from Rosemary Kennedy” by Nick Yarborough (21)
“Linda and Monica” by Flint Wainess (20)
“Hala” by Minhal Baig (19)
“The »
- Michael Nordine
7 Reasons You Should Be Watching ‘Rectify’ Right Now — No More Excuses
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SundanceTV’s first original series is coming to an end this Wednesday, and a nation mourns. Well, a nation of critics, to be specific. It seems like every critic in the world (or, almost every critic) has been backing Ray McKinnon’s meditative drama since the start, but the viewership has remained relatively small in comparison to its universal praise.
SundanceTV has done everything and then some to grow its viewership, but we’re guessing a few of you just haven’t gotten started yet. Well, now’s your chance. With the series finale set for Wednesday, December 14, now is the perfect time to start watching “Rectify.” Otherwise, it may just slip by you, and that’s simply not a route you want to take.
To help get you over the hump and start bingeing, IndieWire’s Very Good TV Podcast hosted a special episode dedicated to one of this decade’s best shows. »
- Ben Travers
Contest: Win The Complete ‘Klown’ Collection On A Distinctive Flash Drive
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Capturing the attention of none other than Sacha Baron Cohen who’s planning a remake, Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen created something that struck a cult comedy chord with “Klown.” And now, we want to give a lucky reader their entire, naughty oeuvre in most Nsfw way imaginable — on a penis-shaped flash drive.
Featuring the smash hit “Klown,” its sequel “Klown Forever,” and all six seasons of the TV series that preceded both films — plus extras like deleted scenes and more — the complete collection will give you everything from Denmark’s most beloved and notorious comedians, Hvam and Christensen, who are committed to an ongoing battle against decency and taboo.
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- Edward Davis
‘The Oa’ Trailer: Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij Reunite for Enigmatic Netflix Series — Watch
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After becoming a Sundance staple with “Sound of My Voice” and “The East,” Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij are bringing their talents to Netflix. The streaming service has just announced the release date for “The Oa,” a new original series co-created and -written by the duo — and it’s this Friday. Watch the just-released trailer below.
Read More: Brit Marling’s Co-Written Drama ‘The Oa’ to Air on Netflix
Marling stars as Prairie Johnson, who returns home seven years after going missing with a new change: her sight has been restored. She’s never actually seen her parents before, and adjusting to that aspect of her life looks to be just one narrative thread here — figuring out how and why any of this happened will surely factor prominently into the plot as well. The vibe of the trailer is very much in keeping with Marling and Batmanglij’s previous collaborations, »
- Michael Nordine
Casey Affleck Reveals He Really Wanted to Be ‘Llewyn Davis’ But Bombed the Audition
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Casey Affleck is wracking up acclaim and awards notices for his performance in “Manchester by the Sea,” including a Golden Globe nomination this morning. But three years ago, Affleck could have landed another role that has received almost universal acclaim: Llewyn Davis in the Coen Brothers’ 2013 film “Inside Llewyn Davis.” As reported by The Film Stage, Affleck revealed on the latest episode of “Wtf with Marc Maron” that he lied to the Coens about being able to sing.
Read More: National Board of Review Names ‘Manchester By the Sea’ Best Film of 2016, Other Winners Include ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Arrival’
“The guy had to sing. He had to sing really, really well,” he says. “The director said, ‘We have to have someone who can really sing and play the guitar.’ I said, ‘Yeah, I can do it.’ I knew I was fucked. When I way saying the words, I knew I couldn’t do it. »
- Vikram Murthi
First Poster For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ Teases The Event That Shaped Our World
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As if “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” hitting the globe this week wasn’t enough, a new trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s “Dunkirk” is on the way as well (not to mention a massive, IMAX prologue in select cinemas). But before we get to all that, here’s the first official one sheet which teases the WWII event picture.
As you already know, newbies Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan rub shoulders with more experienced thesps Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, and Cillian Murphy in Nolan’s depiction of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (Bef) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk, which took place from May-June of 1940.
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- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Rogue One’ Star Riz Ahmed On Why His Diverse ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff Is a ‘Different Kind’ of Franchise Film
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When Gareth Edwards’ “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” hits theaters later this week, “Star Wars” fans will finally get to meet a brand new set of characters as they embark on the frequently referred to, yet never previously dramatized mission to steal the Death Star plans. First looks at the so-called gritty war film have played up the more roguish aspects of its diverse new stars, from Felicity Jones as leader Jyn Erso to Diego Luna as rebel higher-up Cassian Endor to Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen as a mysterious (but very clearly dangerous) pair of warriors with their own secrets.
Yet few characters are as intriguing as Riz Ahmed’s Bodhi Rook, a former Imperial pilot who deserts the Empire to join up with the Rebel Alliance, ostensibly to aid in their mission and to get revenge on the nefarious group that previously employed him. It’s a »
- Kate Erbland
HBO Announces Multi-Part Muhammad Ali Documentary From Director Antoine Fuqua
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Antoine Fuqua and LeBron James are partnering on a multi-part Muhammad Ali documentary for HBO. The untitled project will be directed by Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Magnificent Seven”) and follow the life and career of Ali, who passed away at the age of 74 earlier this year.
“It’s tough to put into words how much it means to me to be a part of this project honoring the legacy and telling the extremely important story of the great Muhammad Ali,” says James in a statement. “He transcended sports and used his platform to empower people, which paved the way for all athletes and people of every race and gender that came after him, myself included.”
“Muhammad Ali meant many things to many people, »
- Michael Nordine
The 30 Best Film Scores & Soundtracks Of 2016
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It’s been something of a mixed year for movies in some ways — a fairly sparse first half of the year, including the worst blockbuster season in living memory, followed by an absolutely rammed fall season that, even more than most, has seen a wealth of pleasures in movie theaters. But one thing for sure is that it’s been a really great year for music and the movies (and yes, .)
Read More: 11-Minute Video Essay Listens To The Power Of A Film’s Score
Perhaps appropriately for a year where a musical looks to be the Oscar front-runner, we’ve had all kinds of wonderful scores and soundtracks, from a young composer turning the biopic on its head to an instantly iconic Netflix synthpop score, from a blast of original hip-hop from a little-seen indie to some unusually convincing comedy songs from some ex-SNLers.
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- Oliver Lyttelton
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