After naming Alfonso Cuarón the best-reviewed filmmaker of the 21st century and Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer the worst, Metacritic’s next list explores the 25 best movies directed by women. Unsurprisingly, Kathryn Bigelow takes both the #1 and #2 spots with “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Hurt Locker,” respectively.
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Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director with the latter, a painfully tense drama about the Iraq War. (Her latest, “Detroit,” just misses the list by a few points.) Ava DuVernay also shows up twice (with “Selma” and “13th”), as does Sarah Polley (“Away from Her” and “Stories We Tell”), while the likes of Sofia Coppola, Mia Hansen-Løve, and Maren Ade are represented as well. Here’s the data-driven review aggregator’s full list:
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Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director with the latter, a painfully tense drama about the Iraq War. (Her latest, “Detroit,” just misses the list by a few points.) Ava DuVernay also shows up twice (with “Selma” and “13th”), as does Sarah Polley (“Away from Her” and “Stories We Tell”), while the likes of Sofia Coppola, Mia Hansen-Løve, and Maren Ade are represented as well. Here’s the data-driven review aggregator’s full list:
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- 7/30/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Congratulations to Wendy Lidell, whom we have known during her outstanding career spanning over 25 years, for being appointed as the Kino Lorber'snew Senior Vice President, Theatrical Distribution and Acquisitions.
As the head of Kino Lorber’s theatrical division, Ms. Lidell will oversee and manage all aspects of the company’s theatrical and non-theatrical slate, over 25 films per year, reporting directly to CEO Richard Lorber. Reporting to her are the company’s current team: Jonathan Hertzberg, Director of Theatrical Sales (who will continue to handle film bookings nationwide), Sylvia Savadjian, Director of Marketing, and Rodrigo Brandão, VP of Marketing and Publicity.
In addition to her new duties, Lidell will work directly with Richard Lorber to drive new business opportunities for the company, including identifying new content acquisitions and strategic growth areas.
She previously worked with Richard Lorber when he acquired International Film Circuit in 1998, to become the theatrical division of his company Fox Lorber. While at Fox Lorber, which later became Wellspring Media, Lidell released six to eight titles per year, including Alexander Sokurov’s "Russian Ark", François Ozon’s "Under the Sand", starring Charlotte Rampling, "Yi Yi“ by Edward Yang (named Best Film of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics), and "On the Ropes" (nominated for a documentary Academy Award).
After returning to International Film Circuit in 2004, Lidell released dozens of films, including "Don't Move," starring Penelope Cruz, "Darwin's Nightmare," which earned her a second documentary Academy Award nomination, and "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, "which joined the elite group of documentaries that have grossed over $1 million theatrically. Other notable successes included "My Perestroika," "The Waiting Room," Nancy Spielberg’s "Above and Beyond" and "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness."
“It’s a very happy opportunity for Kino Lorber and me, personally, to work with Wendy again,” said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. “She has distinguished herself as a brilliant forward thinking film executive and passionate entrepreneur in our challenging environment, regularly acquiring and bringing to screen films of exceptional quality and commercial promise. In all my earlier years working with her, she never disappointed me – while her eye for quality and intelligence of execution never failed her. We couldn’t be more pleased to have her lead our theatrical team into the future. “
“It will be an enormous pleasure to join the Kino Lorber team,” wrote Wendy Lidell. “There are few film companies that combine a passion for great cinema with the business acumen required to navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing distribution landscape. Together, I hope we can continue for many years to bring more great films to bigger and more diverse audiences.”
Current and upcoming released from Kino Lorber include Amos Gitai’s "Rabin, the Last Day, Jia Zhangke’s "Mountains May Depart," Jayro Bustamante's "Ixcanul," and "Sons My Brother Taught Me. "...
As the head of Kino Lorber’s theatrical division, Ms. Lidell will oversee and manage all aspects of the company’s theatrical and non-theatrical slate, over 25 films per year, reporting directly to CEO Richard Lorber. Reporting to her are the company’s current team: Jonathan Hertzberg, Director of Theatrical Sales (who will continue to handle film bookings nationwide), Sylvia Savadjian, Director of Marketing, and Rodrigo Brandão, VP of Marketing and Publicity.
In addition to her new duties, Lidell will work directly with Richard Lorber to drive new business opportunities for the company, including identifying new content acquisitions and strategic growth areas.
She previously worked with Richard Lorber when he acquired International Film Circuit in 1998, to become the theatrical division of his company Fox Lorber. While at Fox Lorber, which later became Wellspring Media, Lidell released six to eight titles per year, including Alexander Sokurov’s "Russian Ark", François Ozon’s "Under the Sand", starring Charlotte Rampling, "Yi Yi“ by Edward Yang (named Best Film of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics), and "On the Ropes" (nominated for a documentary Academy Award).
After returning to International Film Circuit in 2004, Lidell released dozens of films, including "Don't Move," starring Penelope Cruz, "Darwin's Nightmare," which earned her a second documentary Academy Award nomination, and "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, "which joined the elite group of documentaries that have grossed over $1 million theatrically. Other notable successes included "My Perestroika," "The Waiting Room," Nancy Spielberg’s "Above and Beyond" and "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness."
“It’s a very happy opportunity for Kino Lorber and me, personally, to work with Wendy again,” said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. “She has distinguished herself as a brilliant forward thinking film executive and passionate entrepreneur in our challenging environment, regularly acquiring and bringing to screen films of exceptional quality and commercial promise. In all my earlier years working with her, she never disappointed me – while her eye for quality and intelligence of execution never failed her. We couldn’t be more pleased to have her lead our theatrical team into the future. “
“It will be an enormous pleasure to join the Kino Lorber team,” wrote Wendy Lidell. “There are few film companies that combine a passion for great cinema with the business acumen required to navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing distribution landscape. Together, I hope we can continue for many years to bring more great films to bigger and more diverse audiences.”
Current and upcoming released from Kino Lorber include Amos Gitai’s "Rabin, the Last Day, Jia Zhangke’s "Mountains May Depart," Jayro Bustamante's "Ixcanul," and "Sons My Brother Taught Me. "...
- 2/24/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
From International Film Circuit, the distributor of the The Waiting Room, Emmy-winner Where Soldiers Come From, Peabody-winner My Perestroika, The Devil Came on Horseback and the Academy Award-nominated film Darwin's Nightmare, comes a new documentary release titled Sweet Dreams, a film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman. Sweet Dreams follows a remarkable group of Rwandan women, post the 1994 genocide, who collect to form the country’s first all-female drumming troupe and open the country's first ice cream parlor. Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drumming troupe. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan...
- 10/28/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
From International Film Circuit, the distributor of the The Waiting Room, Emmy-winner Where Soldiers Come From, Peabody-winner My Perestroika, The Devil Came on Horseback and the Academy Award-nominated film Darwin's Nightmare, comes a new documentary release titled Sweet Dreams, a film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman. Sweet Dreams follows a remarkable group of Rwandan women, post the 1994 genocide, who collect to form the country’s first all-female drumming troupe and open the country's first ice cream parlor. Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drumming troupe. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan...
- 10/16/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
It made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, competing in the World Cinema Documentary category, and it now has an official USA theatrical release date, courtesy of International Film Circuit (the distributor of other topical, socially-relevant docs like The Waiting Room, Emmy-winner Where Soldiers Come From, Peabody-winner My Perestroika, The Devil Came on Horseback and the Academy Award-nominated film Darwin's Nightmare). The feature documentary is titled Fire In The Blood, from director Dylan Mohan Gray, and is described as an intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice," which follows an improbable...
- 9/6/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
It made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, competing in the World Cinema Documentary category, and it now has an official USA theatrical release date, courtesy of International Film Circuit (the distributor of other topical, socially-relevant docs like The Waiting Room, Emmy-winner Where Soldiers Come From, Peabody-winner My Perestroika, The Devil Came on Horseback and the Academy Award-nominated film Darwin's Nightmare). The feature documentary is titled Fire In The Blood, from director Dylan Mohan Gray, and is described as an intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice," which follows an improbable...
- 9/3/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
It made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, competing in the World Cinema Documentary category, and it now has an official USA theatrical release date, courtesy of International Film Circuit (the distributor of other topical, socially-relevant docs like The Waiting Room, Emmy-winner Where Soldiers Come From, Peabody-winner My Perestroika, The Devil Came on Horseback and the Academy Award-nominated film Darwin's Nightmare). The feature documentary is titled Fire In The Blood, from director Dylan Mohan Gray, and is described as an intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice," which follows an improbable...
- 8/5/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
It made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, competing in the World Cinema Documentary category, and it now has an official USA theatrical release date, courtesy of International Film Circuit (the distributor of other topical, socially-relevant docs like The Waiting Room, Emmy-winner Where Soldiers Come From, Peabody-winner My Perestroika, The Devil Came on Horseback and the Academy Award-nominated film Darwin's Nightmare). The feature documentary is titled Fire In The Blood, from director Dylan Mohan Gray, and is described as an intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice," which follows an improbable...
- 7/2/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
On Wednesday (April 4), the winners of the 71st annual Peabody Awards were announced by the University of Georgia. The awards honor excellence in electronic media. While the honorees usually skew to the newsy end of the spectrum, a handful of TV shows were also cited this year.
"Homeland," "The Colbert Report," "Portlandia," "Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation" and "Jeopardy!" were all included for their contributions to pop culture.
The full winners' list:
CNN's Reporting of the Arab Springike wildfire across the region.
Ted.com
"American Experience" (PBS)
"Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families" (NPR member stations)
"Pov: My Perestroika" (PBS)
"The Colbert Report" - Super Pac Segments (Comedy Central)
"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" (CNN, CNN International, CNN Espanol)
"StoryCorps 9/11" (NPR Morning Edition)
BBC.com
"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" (Kbdi Denver and other Neta stations)
"News Magazine: People's Republic of Cheating and Misjudged Cases" (Tvb Jade Channel)
"Homeland...
"Homeland," "The Colbert Report," "Portlandia," "Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation" and "Jeopardy!" were all included for their contributions to pop culture.
The full winners' list:
CNN's Reporting of the Arab Springike wildfire across the region.
Ted.com
"American Experience" (PBS)
"Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families" (NPR member stations)
"Pov: My Perestroika" (PBS)
"The Colbert Report" - Super Pac Segments (Comedy Central)
"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" (CNN, CNN International, CNN Espanol)
"StoryCorps 9/11" (NPR Morning Edition)
BBC.com
"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" (Kbdi Denver and other Neta stations)
"News Magazine: People's Republic of Cheating and Misjudged Cases" (Tvb Jade Channel)
"Homeland...
- 4/4/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The winners of the George Foster Peabody Awards were announced this morning, and among the entertainment winners are "Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation," "Portlandia," "The Colbert Report" and "Treme."
In the television news and documentary categories, Al Jazeera English, NPR and CNN all won Peabodys for their coverage of the Arab Spring, and two Japanese networks won for their coverage of the tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.
The Peabody Awards honor excellence in all electronic media, and in the program's 71st year, 38 awards were handed out. Those winners range from Web sites such as Ted.com and Human Rights Watch to ongoing programs like American Masters to the radio series StoryCorps to long-running shows like "Austin City Limits" and "Jeopardy!" A full list of winners is below.
I am fortunate enough to be one of the 16 Peabody board members, and it's been an honor and a great pleasure...
In the television news and documentary categories, Al Jazeera English, NPR and CNN all won Peabodys for their coverage of the Arab Spring, and two Japanese networks won for their coverage of the tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.
The Peabody Awards honor excellence in all electronic media, and in the program's 71st year, 38 awards were handed out. Those winners range from Web sites such as Ted.com and Human Rights Watch to ongoing programs like American Masters to the radio series StoryCorps to long-running shows like "Austin City Limits" and "Jeopardy!" A full list of winners is below.
I am fortunate enough to be one of the 16 Peabody board members, and it's been an honor and a great pleasure...
- 4/4/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Huffington Post
Athens, Georgia, April 4, 2012 – Thirty-eight recipients of the 71st Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2011, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery on the University of Georgia Campus. Complete List Of Recipients Of The 71st Annual Peabody Awards CNN’s Reporting of the Arab Spring including Worldwide Coverage: Egypt –Wave of Discontent and Uprising in Libya (CNN) (CNN) With seasoned correspondents already stationed throughout the Middle East, CNN was prepared when revolution began to leap like wildfire across the region. Ted.com Ted An outgrowth of a 1984 conference that brought together leaders in technology, entertainment and design (Ted), the site makes creative thinkers and their ideas available everywhere, anytime. American Experience (PBS) American Experience in association with Apograph Productions, Firelight...
- 4/4/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Beau Bridges, George Clooney in Alexander Payne's The Descendants
Water For Elephants, Soul Surfer, The Guard Among Satellite Awards Winners
Best Film
The Artist
* The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Best Actor
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo diCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
* Ryan Gosling, Drive
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Actress
Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
* Viola Davis, The Help
Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Emily Watson, Oranges and Sunshine
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Michelle Yeoh, The Lady
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
* Albert Brooks, Drive
Colin Farrell, Horrible Bosses
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Nick Nolte,...
Water For Elephants, Soul Surfer, The Guard Among Satellite Awards Winners
Best Film
The Artist
* The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Best Actor
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo diCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
* Ryan Gosling, Drive
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Actress
Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
* Viola Davis, The Help
Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Emily Watson, Oranges and Sunshine
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Michelle Yeoh, The Lady
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
* Albert Brooks, Drive
Colin Farrell, Horrible Bosses
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Nick Nolte,...
- 12/19/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The International Press Academy has announced the winners of the 16th Annual Satellite Awards and Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" and Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive" triumphed!
"Drive" took home the most wins, four total, including Ryan Gosling for Best Actor, Albert Brooks for Best Supporting Actor, Nicholas Winding Refn for Best Director, and the film also won Best Editing.
But "The Descendants" received the big honor of the night, the Best Picture award, and the film also won Best Adapted Screenplay.
It's interesting that the Ipa honored Gosling for Best Actor and Viola Davis for Best Actress -- both are not considered Oscar frontrunners, but gave the performances of their lives nonetheless.
The 16th Annual Satellite Awards. were held Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in the Rodeo Ballroom of The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Here's the complete list of nominees and highlighted winners (If you're interested to see the winners/nominations from other award-giving bodies,...
"Drive" took home the most wins, four total, including Ryan Gosling for Best Actor, Albert Brooks for Best Supporting Actor, Nicholas Winding Refn for Best Director, and the film also won Best Editing.
But "The Descendants" received the big honor of the night, the Best Picture award, and the film also won Best Adapted Screenplay.
It's interesting that the Ipa honored Gosling for Best Actor and Viola Davis for Best Actress -- both are not considered Oscar frontrunners, but gave the performances of their lives nonetheless.
The 16th Annual Satellite Awards. were held Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in the Rodeo Ballroom of The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Here's the complete list of nominees and highlighted winners (If you're interested to see the winners/nominations from other award-giving bodies,...
- 12/19/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
As we walk down towards the Super Bowl of the movie awards season aka the Academy Awards aka the Oscars, all the various critics associations and guilds release their own kudofest. It can get confusing and beguiling, so I created a nifty package for you -- I compiled all the nominees, winners of various award-giving bodies so you can make informed decision when it comes to predicting the Oscars.
Come and take the Awards Avenue with me!
And here we go (click on each link):
AFI Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Cinema Eye Honors
Critics' Choice (Broadcast Film Critics Association)
Detroit Film Critics
European Film Awards
Gotham Awards
Houston Film Critics Awards
Ida Awards
Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Indiana Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
New York...
Come and take the Awards Avenue with me!
And here we go (click on each link):
AFI Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Cinema Eye Honors
Critics' Choice (Broadcast Film Critics Association)
Detroit Film Critics
European Film Awards
Gotham Awards
Houston Film Critics Awards
Ida Awards
Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Indiana Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
New York...
- 12/12/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Drive The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball Shame Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse Best Actor George Clooney, The Descendants Leonardo diCaprio, J. Edgar Michael Fassbender, Shame Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Ryan Gosling, Drive Tom Hardy, Warrior Woody Harrelson, Rampart Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt, Moneyball Michael Shannon, Take Shelter Best Actress Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Charlize Theron, Young Adult Emily Watson, Oranges and Sunshine Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Michelle Yeoh, The Lady Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive Colin Farrell, Horrible Bosses Jonah Hill, Moneyball Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method Nick Nolte, Warrior Christopher Plummer, Beginners Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes Christoph Waltz,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The International Press Academy has announced the nominees of the 16th Annual Satellite Awards. "Drive" by Nicholas Winding Refn and Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" led the pack with eight nominations each including Best Picture.
Winners will be announced on Sunday, Dec, 18th in Beverly Hills, California.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 16th Annual Satellite Awards:
Best Picture:
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Shame
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse
Best Actor:
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo diCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Actress:
Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Emily Watson,...
Winners will be announced on Sunday, Dec, 18th in Beverly Hills, California.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 16th Annual Satellite Awards:
Best Picture:
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Shame
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse
Best Actor:
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo diCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Actress:
Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Emily Watson,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Antenna International Documentary Film Festival has announced their inaugural line-up for the event which runs 5-9 October.
Boasting 15 Australian premieres and 25 Sydney premieres with films from 18 different countries, there is $10,000 in prizes.
Opening night at the Dendy Opera Quays will screen Robert Nugent’s Memoirs of a Plague that looks at the relationship between humans and the locust.
Closing night will be Philip Cox’s The Bengali Detective followed by an awards presentation to announce the winner of the Sbs Award for International Documentary (worth $5000) and the Best Australian Documentary ($2500). Both films are in competition.
Other films in International Competition: Michael Madsen’s Into Eternity, Robin Hessman’s My Perestroika, Danfun Dennis’ Hell and Back Again and Marcus Linden’s Regretters – winner of the Prix Europa Best Documentary at Berlin 2010 about two transgender people regretting their decisions to undergo surgery.
In the international special screenings, see Alex Gibney’s...
Boasting 15 Australian premieres and 25 Sydney premieres with films from 18 different countries, there is $10,000 in prizes.
Opening night at the Dendy Opera Quays will screen Robert Nugent’s Memoirs of a Plague that looks at the relationship between humans and the locust.
Closing night will be Philip Cox’s The Bengali Detective followed by an awards presentation to announce the winner of the Sbs Award for International Documentary (worth $5000) and the Best Australian Documentary ($2500). Both films are in competition.
Other films in International Competition: Michael Madsen’s Into Eternity, Robin Hessman’s My Perestroika, Danfun Dennis’ Hell and Back Again and Marcus Linden’s Regretters – winner of the Prix Europa Best Documentary at Berlin 2010 about two transgender people regretting their decisions to undergo surgery.
In the international special screenings, see Alex Gibney’s...
- 9/6/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Antenna International Documentary Film Festival will debut this year at Sydney’ Chauvel Cinema from 5 to 9 October.
The festival, with 28 feature documentaries will also include nearly $10,000 in prize money spread across three categories.
Films will compete for either the Sbs Award for Best International Documentary ($5,000), Award for Best Australian Documentary ($2500), or a student competition in association with Aftrs ($2,000).
In a statement, Antenna Founding Director David Rokach said, “I have seen the impact that documentary film festivals have in other countries, not just in the development of new audiences for documentary but also in the quality of the films being produced. We thought a festival dedicated exclusively to documentary would be a great contribution to Australia and we hope Antenna will become a fruitful platform for presenting the complexities of the world we live in. We look to present films that will challenge audiences, while also being relevant.”
Matchmaking mayors, pool parties,...
The festival, with 28 feature documentaries will also include nearly $10,000 in prize money spread across three categories.
Films will compete for either the Sbs Award for Best International Documentary ($5,000), Award for Best Australian Documentary ($2500), or a student competition in association with Aftrs ($2,000).
In a statement, Antenna Founding Director David Rokach said, “I have seen the impact that documentary film festivals have in other countries, not just in the development of new audiences for documentary but also in the quality of the films being produced. We thought a festival dedicated exclusively to documentary would be a great contribution to Australia and we hope Antenna will become a fruitful platform for presenting the complexities of the world we live in. We look to present films that will challenge audiences, while also being relevant.”
Matchmaking mayors, pool parties,...
- 7/29/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Economist Film Project, which I wrote about previously in this interview with editorial director Gideon Lichfeld, has just launched its website. At the site, viewers can watch the short documentary excerpts that appear via the project on the PBS News Hour. For example, embedded below is the debut offering, Dawn Sinclair Shapiro’s The Edge of Joy, about maternal healthcare in Nigeria. Also up on the site now are excerpts from Robin Hessman’s My Perestroika, N.C. Heikin’s Kimjongilia, and Adam Wakeling’s Up in Smoke.
The website follows a Variety article on The Economist Film Project, which states that it’s now a prime publicity item for any documentary film. From the piece by Marc Graser:
More than 930 submissions have been received to date, with 1,000 expected by the end of the summer. Without much promotion, the project’s site has attracted 160,000 unique visitors. It’s not surprising why.
The website follows a Variety article on The Economist Film Project, which states that it’s now a prime publicity item for any documentary film. From the piece by Marc Graser:
More than 930 submissions have been received to date, with 1,000 expected by the end of the summer. Without much promotion, the project’s site has attracted 160,000 unique visitors. It’s not surprising why.
- 7/14/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
There's nothing really good on TV tonight, just the occasional show that's more entertaining than it has a right to be (looking at you, "White Collar" with your dashing suits and your Matt Bomer who seems to have finally gotten a handle on the crazy eyes. Also that girl that looks and soundslike Emma Stone and Emma Pillsbury from "Glee" went into the "If they Mated" machine. If you watch the show you know what I mean.) and a lot of reality stuff involving cupcakes. Ok, maybe not a lot of it involves cupcakes but two different shows on two different networks qualifies as a lot of cupcake shows as far as I'm concerned. Maybe you could just throw a movie on. I'd suggest The Jungle Book because I've been singing "I Wanna Be Like You" to myself All Day and I'm spreading that ear-worm as far as I can...
- 6/28/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Director: Robin Hessman Perestroika, Glasnost, Gorbachev, Yeltsin and a ’91 hard-line Soviet coup…words and events both familiar and foreign at the same time, a story once well known but one that now only foggily lingers around the edges of memory for many Americans of my generation. But in presenting the stories of five Russian classmates, remnants of the last generation to be raised in the old communist state and one of the first to enter adulthood in the new post-communist Russia, My Perestroika (literal translation “My Restructuring”) masterfully weaves together vintage Soviet propaganda footage, recent personal interview recollections and childhood home videos to make the events break through the fog. And in the process, director Robin Hessman manages to juxtapose the official Soviet story against five diverse individual experiences, showing that in reality there is no true official history but only the shared experiences of countless individuals. And the individuals...
- 4/18/2011
- by Linc Leifeste
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Jane Eyre led all limited releases thanks to its theater count advantage, and Win Win showed signs of growth potential. None of the weekend's new entries really stood out, with sports drama The 5th Quarter stumbling out of the gate and controversial drama Miral failing to leverage substantial press coverage.Jane Eyre finished in 16th place on the overall weekend chart, up 108 percent to $969,993. This gain was mostly attributed to an increase from 26 to 90 theaters, but the movie's per-theater average declined 40 percent to $10,778. The Mia Wasikowska-Michael Fassbender drama continued to outperform similar movies The Duchess and The Young Victoria, which ended their runs with $13.9 million and $11 million, respectively. With $1.9 million so far, Jane Eyre is set to expand to at least 150 locations this coming weekend. Win Win added 18 theaters for a total of 23 and was up 209 percent to $464,420. That's just a few thousand dollars behind what Jane Eyre did in its second weekend,...
- 3/28/2011
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Four new specialty films - "Miral," "Potiche," "Mia and the Migoo," and "My Perestroika" - reported box office estimates this morning, each scoring per-theater-averages above $10,000. Alongside a trio of robust holdover films including, "Bill Cunningham, New York," "Win Win" and "Jane Eyre," all combined for another strong weekend for the specialty market, in contrast to the studio box office, which continued to slump. On 7 screens, Francois Ozon "Potiche" ...
- 3/28/2011
- Indiewire
The weekend brings few mainstream releases--just Sucker Punch and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (each mark 27% of Fandango's pre-sales, as of Thursday). If you are seeking something new, you may want to check out indie offerings from well-reviewed doc My Perestroika to Francois Ozon's delightful 70s feminist comedy Potiche starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. Details, reviews and trailers are below. Sucker Punch, Warner Bros. Dir: Zack Snyder; Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens | Metacritic, 25% on RottenTomatoes | Review round-up. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Twentieth Century Fox Dir: David Bowers; Cast: Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rachel Harris | Metacritic, RottenTomatoes. Miral, The Weinstein Co. Dir: Julian Schnabel; Cast: Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Yasmine A; ...
- 3/25/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
There's not much debate over what the biggest new release of the weekend is, as Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch is expected to put a serious dent in the box office. However, early reviews have been overwhelmingly negative... will it keep people away from his latest fantasy / sci-fi epic? There aren't many alternatives out there with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules being the only other wide release in the U.S. Fortunately, for those of us north of the border, Jason Eisener's Hobo with a Shotgun is debuting in a pretty decent number of theatres as well. In select theatres we also have Julian Schnabel's controversial drama Miral, Peep World starring Michael C. Hall and Sarah Silverman, and White Irish Drinkers, from the director of Helter Skelter and Brian's Song. What will you be checking out this weekend? Sucker Punch [1] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules...
- 3/25/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
"If you're under the impression that post-Soviet Russia is a Wild West peopled at one extreme by gold-chained Mafiosi and at the other by starving babushkas hawking single daffodils in the Moscow subway, you may want to treat yourself to a riveting new documentary by New York-based filmmaker Robin Hessman," writes Ella Taylor, introducing her interview for NPR. "My Perestroika is an intimate portrait of five middle-class Moscow schoolmates. All of them were raised as upstanding Communist youth. All of them came of age with glasnost, and all of them — closing in on middle age today — piece together more or less viable lives under Vladimir Putin's queasy democracy, 20 years after the failed coup that led to the collapse of Soviet rule."...
- 3/24/2011
- MUBI
In 1985, while Sting was singing smug songs about whether the Russians loved their children, actual Russian children were watching Mikhail Gorbachev on TV for the first time, and wondering if that strange middle-aged man talking about openness would be shot before he finished a sentence. Robin Hessman’s documentary My Perestroika offers a series of intimate interviews with five people who were teenage classmates when the glasnost era began, and were young adults trying to start their lives when the political upheavals of the early ’90s transformed their country. Each describes what it was like to grow up indoctrinated ...
- 3/24/2011
- avclub.com
In her first feature, documentarian Robin Hessman looks at Russia’s 1990′s reforms through examining the lives of five former classmates who came of age as the Ussr crumbled. My Perestroika neatly knits together these intimate portraits within the context of Russia’s cultural and political revolutions to create something surprising and engrossing.
Hessman presents five Russians who were part of the last generation of children to be indoctrinated with Soviet Union ideals of community, communism, and conformity. Today they exist in different social classes, revealing the truly revolutionary changes their country underwent during their formative years. Olga, the prettiest girl in her class, is now a single mother, living just above the poverty level. Andrei, who dreamed of joining the Soviet party as a boy, has become a wealthy businessman who bought into Russia’s thirst for Western fashions by purchasing a French shirt franchise. Ruslan, currently a street...
Hessman presents five Russians who were part of the last generation of children to be indoctrinated with Soviet Union ideals of community, communism, and conformity. Today they exist in different social classes, revealing the truly revolutionary changes their country underwent during their formative years. Olga, the prettiest girl in her class, is now a single mother, living just above the poverty level. Andrei, who dreamed of joining the Soviet party as a boy, has become a wealthy businessman who bought into Russia’s thirst for Western fashions by purchasing a French shirt franchise. Ruslan, currently a street...
- 3/24/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(March 2011)
Directed by: Robin Hessman
Featuring: Olga Durikova, Boris “Borya” Meyerson, Lyubov “Lyuba” Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin and Andrei Yevgrafov
During the 1980s, the Perestroika (restructuring) political movement initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev brought a wave of political and economic changes that would end in the dissolution of the Ussr. Director Robin Hessman’s documentary “My Perestroika” examines this crucial span of time as told by five adults who were schoolmates during this era, offering individual retellings that make politics personal.
The children born behind the Iron Curtain are now adults, weathered and facing the gamut of challenges in contemporary life, and each relives his or her experiences through the restructuring of Soviet Russia and life after communism. Each retelling is informed by unique events and perspectives, but there are clear similarities that bind them. But as compelling as it is to hear personal accounts of history,...
(March 2011)
Directed by: Robin Hessman
Featuring: Olga Durikova, Boris “Borya” Meyerson, Lyubov “Lyuba” Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin and Andrei Yevgrafov
During the 1980s, the Perestroika (restructuring) political movement initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev brought a wave of political and economic changes that would end in the dissolution of the Ussr. Director Robin Hessman’s documentary “My Perestroika” examines this crucial span of time as told by five adults who were schoolmates during this era, offering individual retellings that make politics personal.
The children born behind the Iron Curtain are now adults, weathered and facing the gamut of challenges in contemporary life, and each relives his or her experiences through the restructuring of Soviet Russia and life after communism. Each retelling is informed by unique events and perspectives, but there are clear similarities that bind them. But as compelling as it is to hear personal accounts of history,...
- 3/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(March 2011)
Directed by: Robin Hessman
Featuring: Olga Durikova, Boris “Borya” Meyerson, Lyubov “Lyuba” Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin and Andrei Yevgrafov
During the 1980s, the Perestroika (restructuring) political movement initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev brought a wave of political and economic changes that would end in the dissolution of the Ussr. Director Robin Hessman’s documentary “My Perestroika” examines this crucial span of time as told by five adults who were schoolmates during this era, offering individual retellings that make politics personal.
The children born behind the Iron Curtain are now adults, weathered and facing the gamut of challenges in contemporary life, and each relives his or her experiences through the restructuring of Soviet Russia and life after communism. Each retelling is informed by unique events and perspectives, but there are clear similarities that bind them. But as compelling as it is to hear personal accounts of history,...
(March 2011)
Directed by: Robin Hessman
Featuring: Olga Durikova, Boris “Borya” Meyerson, Lyubov “Lyuba” Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin and Andrei Yevgrafov
During the 1980s, the Perestroika (restructuring) political movement initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev brought a wave of political and economic changes that would end in the dissolution of the Ussr. Director Robin Hessman’s documentary “My Perestroika” examines this crucial span of time as told by five adults who were schoolmates during this era, offering individual retellings that make politics personal.
The children born behind the Iron Curtain are now adults, weathered and facing the gamut of challenges in contemporary life, and each relives his or her experiences through the restructuring of Soviet Russia and life after communism. Each retelling is informed by unique events and perspectives, but there are clear similarities that bind them. But as compelling as it is to hear personal accounts of history,...
- 3/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK.
Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
This week we have 3 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
José e Pilar (José & Pilar) UK Cinema Release Date: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Synopsis: City of God director Fernando Meirelles described this documentary as ‘a truth rare in...
Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
This week we have 3 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
José e Pilar (José & Pilar) UK Cinema Release Date: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Synopsis: City of God director Fernando Meirelles described this documentary as ‘a truth rare in...
- 3/22/2011
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This interview with "My Perestroika" director Robin Hessman was originally published during indieWIRE's coverage of last year's New Directors/New Films. "My Perestroika" opens in limited release this Wednesday, March 23. "My Perestroika" follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times — from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Together, these childhood classmates ...
- 3/21/2011
- Indiewire
This interview with "My Perestroika" director Robin Hessman was originally published during indieWIRE's coverage of last year's New Directors/New Films. "My Perestroika" opens in limited release this Wednesday, March 23. "My Perestroika" follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times — from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Together, these childhood classmates ...
- 3/21/2011
- indieWIRE - People
International Film Circuit has announced its plans for a theatrical release of Robin Hessman's "My Perestroika," which premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival and has since gone on to screen at New Directors/New Films, Full Frame (where it won the 2010 Filmmaker Award), and Silverdocs (where it won the 2010 Special Jury Award). The film will open in New York on March 23rd, followed by a national rollout. Full ...
- 3/10/2011
- Indiewire
My Perestroika is a Russian documentary that follows five individuals who came of age at the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union. The individuals reflect back on their school days and life under the Soviet regime and after the dissolution of the Ussr. Borya and his wife are school teachers in Moscow #57. Their son attends this school and this is the school that Borya attended as a youth. We meet up with other classmates of Borya.s; Ogla, Ruslan, and Andrei. Olga is an unmarried mom who is a billiards table service technician. Ruslan is a musician; he does not have a steady job but works on the sly for cash only jobs. Andrei is a businessman who owns a western style clothing store; many of the jobs that he has held would not have been possible under the old Soviet system. The documentary shows the individual.s reminiscences through home movies.
- 11/20/2010
- by Joan Rapp
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Yeo-haeng-ja's "A Brand New Life," and Robin Hessman's "My Perestroika," were the big winners at the 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival which just wrapped last Sunday, topping the Fiction Competition and Documentary Competition respectively. Each film walked away with a $2,500 cash prize. The award ceremony marked the end of the 11-day event, presented by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. This year, the second edition of the festival, saw ticket sales increase fifty ...
- 10/5/2010
- Indiewire
Best Picture
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
Major Threats
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, Tbd, no trailer yet)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics, 11/19, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
Possibilities
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“Fair Game” (Summit, Tbd, trailer)
“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” (20th Century Fox, 9/24, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, no trailer yet)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, no trailer yet)
Outside Shots
“For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate,...
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
Major Threats
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, Tbd, no trailer yet)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics, 11/19, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
Possibilities
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“Fair Game” (Summit, Tbd, trailer)
“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” (20th Century Fox, 9/24, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, no trailer yet)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, no trailer yet)
Outside Shots
“For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate,...
- 10/5/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Like history itself, historical documentaries tend to be written by the winners – experts whose “greatest hits” style approach is as comforting as the muzak that plays underneath their interviews. Last night’s Stranger Than Fiction featured director Robin Hessman’s My Perestroika, a documentary so good at breaking the rules of historical docs that it makes you question why anyone ever follows them. Hessman focuses on the Meyersons, an ordinary Moscow couple who teach history at the same school they attended as children. Struggling to articulate what it meant to grow up Soviet to a group of students that did not, the Meyersons are a little stunned to realize that the world they knew is not just past – it’s history. Weaving...
- 5/19/2010
- by Mary Anderson Casavant
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The annual New Directors / New Films showcase organized by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center has selected as one of this year’s films Amer, the feature film debut by Montreal transgressive filmmaking duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani. The film will screen twice during the program:
April 2
9:15 p.m.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
April 3
2:00 p.m.
Museum of Modern Art
So far, 2010 is looking to be a huge year for Cattet and Forzani. Prior to Nd/Nf in April, Amer will screen in March at both the Boston Underground Film Festival and at SXSW. This is already after having a very successful 2009, where the film played at the Lausanne Underground Film Festival and has won awards at the Lund Fantastisk Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Festival Nouveau Cinema de Montreal and more.
Amer is a tribute to the...
April 2
9:15 p.m.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
April 3
2:00 p.m.
Museum of Modern Art
So far, 2010 is looking to be a huge year for Cattet and Forzani. Prior to Nd/Nf in April, Amer will screen in March at both the Boston Underground Film Festival and at SXSW. This is already after having a very successful 2009, where the film played at the Lausanne Underground Film Festival and has won awards at the Lund Fantastisk Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Festival Nouveau Cinema de Montreal and more.
Amer is a tribute to the...
- 2/28/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
While our Sundance home page is the place for all our coverage from Park City, here is a brief rundown of what's been going on during the last 24 hours, including Matt Singer's interview with "The Freebie" writer/director Katie Aselton and co-star Dax Shepard and reviews of the Chace Crawford drama "Twelve," the Banksy doc "Exit Through the Gift Shop," Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut "Jack Goes Boating" and the 3D Aussie doc "Cane Toads 2: The Conquest."
Some were puzzled when Sundance accepted "Batman and Robin" director Joel Schumacher's latest film "Twelve." James Rocchi writes that the concern was justified. Here's an excerpt from his review, which can be found in full here:
Directed by Joel Schumacher ("Batman and Robin," "The Lost Boys"), "Twelve" is unquestionably the funniest film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; if only it had been made with that intention. "Twelve"'s ham-handed ineptitude...
Some were puzzled when Sundance accepted "Batman and Robin" director Joel Schumacher's latest film "Twelve." James Rocchi writes that the concern was justified. Here's an excerpt from his review, which can be found in full here:
Directed by Joel Schumacher ("Batman and Robin," "The Lost Boys"), "Twelve" is unquestionably the funniest film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; if only it had been made with that intention. "Twelve"'s ham-handed ineptitude...
- 1/28/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Robin Hessman makes her Sundance debut with “My Perestroika,” a documentary that “adopts the idea of the ‘everyman story,’ suggesting that the unheralded lives of the last generation of Soviets to grow up behind the iron curtain hold the key to understanding the contradictions of modern Russia from the inside out. “Crafted during five years of researching and shooting, and based on almost a decade of living in Russia in the …...
- 1/8/2010
- indieWIRE - People
Robin Hessman makes her Sundance debut with “My Perestroika,” a documentary that “adopts the idea of the ‘everyman story,’ suggesting that the unheralded lives of the last generation of Soviets to grow up behind the iron curtain hold the key to understanding the contradictions of modern Russia from the inside out. “Crafted during five years of researching and shooting, and based on almost a decade of living in Russia in the …...
- 1/8/2010
- Indiewire
Robin Hessman makes her Sundance debut with “My Perestroika,” a documentary that “adopts the idea of the ‘everyman story,’ suggesting that the unheralded lives of the last generation of Soviets to grow up behind the iron curtain hold the key to understanding the contradictions of modern Russia from the inside out. “Crafted during five years of researching and shooting, and based on almost a decade of living in Russia in the …...
- 1/8/2010
- indieWIRE - People
Judging by names like Gibney, Blitz, Poitras, Guggenheim, Stern/Sundberg and Grady/Ewing, 2010's Sundance Documentary Competition will be stellar edition with so many return Sundance filmmakers clogging up the section. - Judging by names like Gibney, Blitz, Poitras, Guggenheim, Stern/Sundberg and Grady/Ewing, 2010's Sundance Documentary Competition will be stellar edition with so many return Sundance filmmakers clogging up the section. I'll do more groundwork but off the bat, I'm automatically interested in Gibney's exploration of Jack Abramoff and crew (the official title for the doc is Casino Jack and the United States of Money), Amir Bar-Lev moves from Kids who paint pictures to adults creating their own pictures as was the bad judgment calls from some high ranking folk in the U.S. government (I'm Pat ------- Tillman) and Jeffrey Blitz's long awaited doc on lottery winners (Lucky). Dammit. I pretty much want to see the entire section.
- 12/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
I feel a special bond with the Sundance Film Festival. Not because I’ve been there, but because the guy in charge of it this year, John Cooper, shares my name. Because we share this bond, I feel that I’m able to take license in referring to the man as Coop for the rest of this article.
For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.
Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:
“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...
For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.
Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:
“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...
- 12/3/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
Sundance Film Festival 2010 is a little over a month away and that means we can now bring you a list of the competition films that will be playing. Here you go boys and girls… enjoy!
Documentary Competition
“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.
Documentary Competition
“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.
- 12/3/2009
- by Scott
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo: Sundance Today the Sundance Institute announced the films that will be in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in both the U.S. and International dramatic and documentary categories. The festival will run from January 21-31 in Park City, Utah. There are a few changes this year as there will be no opening-night picture and the festival will take select festival films to eight cities during as the fest plays out.
Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.
As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...
Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.
As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...
- 12/2/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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