Media coverage of Jean-Luc Godard’s death will fall short of what he merits. He was a game-changing creator on the level of Sergei Eisenstein, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and others who changed the grammar of film forever, but his best-known films are from a half-century ago. And there’s this: Under the standards by which successful directors are judged today — box office and awards — Godard was strictly a minor-league player.
His lifelong regard as a master is a tribute to his films above all, but it also speaks to a cinephile culture that elevated and supported him for decades despite the general public’s disinterest.
In the U.S., Godard’s films initially received erratic distribution with short-run showings at a few big-city theaters; even his best-known titles like “Breathless” and “Week-end” received marginal releases. They appeared erratically, out of order, and sometimes not until two or three years after their public debuts.
His lifelong regard as a master is a tribute to his films above all, but it also speaks to a cinephile culture that elevated and supported him for decades despite the general public’s disinterest.
In the U.S., Godard’s films initially received erratic distribution with short-run showings at a few big-city theaters; even his best-known titles like “Breathless” and “Week-end” received marginal releases. They appeared erratically, out of order, and sometimes not until two or three years after their public debuts.
- 9/14/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Jean-Luc Godard, the legendary filmmaker who revolutionized the medium as a leader of the French New Wave of the 1960s, died Tuesday at age 91.
Godard’s partner, Anne-Marie Mieville, confirmed to the Swiss news agency Ats that he died peacefully at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle near Lake Geneva.
French President Emmanuel Macron also confirmed his death on Twitter, calling him a “national treasure” who “invented a resolutely modern, intensely free art.”
Godard burst on the international scene with his debut feature, 1960’s “À bout de souffle” (“Breathless”), which revolutionized cinematic storytelling with its fractured nonlinear narrative about a petty criminal and his girlfriend, improvisational choreography and rapid editing. The film became an international sensation, making a star of its lead actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and earning Godard the best director prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Godard’s partner, Anne-Marie Mieville, confirmed to the Swiss news agency Ats that he died peacefully at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle near Lake Geneva.
French President Emmanuel Macron also confirmed his death on Twitter, calling him a “national treasure” who “invented a resolutely modern, intensely free art.”
Godard burst on the international scene with his debut feature, 1960’s “À bout de souffle” (“Breathless”), which revolutionized cinematic storytelling with its fractured nonlinear narrative about a petty criminal and his girlfriend, improvisational choreography and rapid editing. The film became an international sensation, making a star of its lead actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and earning Godard the best director prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
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- 9/13/2022
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Exclusive: German actor August Diehl, whose credits include The Young Karl Marx, Inglourious Basterds and A Hidden Life, has signed on to play the lead role in big-budget Russian drama Woland.
The $15M project is a loose adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic novel The Master and Margarita, one of the most read books in Russia’s history. Michael Lockshin (Silver Skates) is directing from a screenplay by Roman Kantor and Michael Lockshinbased.
Starring alongside Diehl are Yulia Snigir and Evgeniy Tsyganov. Set in Moscow in the 1930s, the film will weave together the novel’s narrative with Bulgakov’s own history in Russia. It will follow a promising young writer who at the height of his career finds himself in the middle of a scandal of both literary and political nature – his new novel is being crushed by harsh idealistic critics, who say that his vivid depiction of Christ...
The $15M project is a loose adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic novel The Master and Margarita, one of the most read books in Russia’s history. Michael Lockshin (Silver Skates) is directing from a screenplay by Roman Kantor and Michael Lockshinbased.
Starring alongside Diehl are Yulia Snigir and Evgeniy Tsyganov. Set in Moscow in the 1930s, the film will weave together the novel’s narrative with Bulgakov’s own history in Russia. It will follow a promising young writer who at the height of his career finds himself in the middle of a scandal of both literary and political nature – his new novel is being crushed by harsh idealistic critics, who say that his vivid depiction of Christ...
- 7/22/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Sophie Kipner was working as a bartender in London when she first met Baron Wolman. Kipner, an artist and writer, made Wolman a gin and tonic. As the two began chatting, Kipner learned exactly who her customer was: Rolling Stone‘s first chief photographer, who captured Sixties icons like Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, and documented Woodstock in 1969. “I couldn’t believe he was the guy who took all these photos that I’ve been drooling over for so long,” she says.
Kipner was working on a novel at the time,...
Kipner was working on a novel at the time,...
- 3/26/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Hello again, dear readers! We have a brand new batch of home media releases coming our way this week, which includes a few classic John Carpenter films getting some 4K love, several recent indie horror hits, and more. If you’ve been looking to upgrade your copies of Prince of Darkness or They Live, Scream Factory has put together stunning 4K Uhd releases for both films, and if you haven’t had a chance to catch either Spiral (2020) or The Cleansing Hour on Shudder, now is your chance to catch up with both of those movies as well.
Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for January 19th include Giant from the Unknown, The Village in the Woods, Godforsaken, The Clown Doll, and Dark Show.
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Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for January 19th include Giant from the Unknown, The Village in the Woods, Godforsaken, The Clown Doll, and Dark Show.
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Max and Drew run a popular webcast that streams “live exorcisms” watched by millions across the globe. In reality, the exorcisms are just elaborately...
- 1/19/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden outlined a stimulus plan that included, among other things, increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Later the same night, Blake Shelton’s auspiciously titled new song “Minimum Wage” was released to the public — not surprisingly, it doesn’t attempt to unpack the vital issue of income inequality in America.
Instead, it’s a story about love, not working-class wages. Written by Nicolle Galyon, Corey Crowder, and Jesse Frasure, “Minimum Wage” is Shelton’s first new music of 2021. Borrowing a little of its verse...
Instead, it’s a story about love, not working-class wages. Written by Nicolle Galyon, Corey Crowder, and Jesse Frasure, “Minimum Wage” is Shelton’s first new music of 2021. Borrowing a little of its verse...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Paris-based Logical Pictures, a four-year-old company that has financed more than 20 movies including “Revenge” and “Petrov,” is launching 21 Content Ventures, an investment fund dedicated to internationally-driven films and series.
Set to launch in January, the investment fund will be capped at €100 million ($121.6 million) and is structured as an evergreen fund — meaning it’s an open-ended fund with no termination date, allowing investors to exit 21 Content Ventures or change their investment in the fund. The portfolio will be valued each year based on the revenues grossed by each title, and investors shall receive an annual return of 4%-6%. The minimum investment ticket to enter 21 Content Ventures is €100,000.
“Films, TV series and documentaries have been in high demand for the past few years, especially with the rise of streaming platforms such as Netflix, and the pandemic has accelerated this upward trend,” said Frédéric Fiore, president of Logical Pictures Group. He said the...
Set to launch in January, the investment fund will be capped at €100 million ($121.6 million) and is structured as an evergreen fund — meaning it’s an open-ended fund with no termination date, allowing investors to exit 21 Content Ventures or change their investment in the fund. The portfolio will be valued each year based on the revenues grossed by each title, and investors shall receive an annual return of 4%-6%. The minimum investment ticket to enter 21 Content Ventures is €100,000.
“Films, TV series and documentaries have been in high demand for the past few years, especially with the rise of streaming platforms such as Netflix, and the pandemic has accelerated this upward trend,” said Frédéric Fiore, president of Logical Pictures Group. He said the...
- 12/4/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Thirteen years ago, a teenage Miley Cyrus released “See You Again,” a snarling dance-rock single and her first without the Hannah Montana moniker that made her famous. And while it didn’t stray far from Disney Channel’s mass-produced pop, “See You Again” was still a mild surprise: it was cocky, clever, and a bit cooler than anyone really expected from the daughter of the “Achy Breaky Heart” guy. More notably, “See You Again” was Cyrus at her most self-assured and in her element — a feeling she hasn’t been...
- 11/30/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
A year after the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus multimedia box set, Abkco has released “Sympathy for the Devil” from the remastered video.
Clocking in at nearly nine minutes, the clip features the band tearing through the rowdy Beggars Banquet track. It took place on December 12th, 1968 — just six days after the album was released. It also marks the final public performance of the original Stones lineup — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Brian Jones.
Rock and Roll Circus also featured performances by the Who, Yoko Ono,...
Clocking in at nearly nine minutes, the clip features the band tearing through the rowdy Beggars Banquet track. It took place on December 12th, 1968 — just six days after the album was released. It also marks the final public performance of the original Stones lineup — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Brian Jones.
Rock and Roll Circus also featured performances by the Who, Yoko Ono,...
- 11/2/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Richard Thompson has been one of rock’s MVPs since the mid-Sixties. He was a founding member of Fairport Convention — the band that invented the merger of rock and British folk — and his subsequent, musically timeless albums with his ex-wife Linda have long been revered: Their 1982 Shoot Out the Lights made Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. He’s also earned the respect of many of his fellow musicians; his songs have been covered by Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Mould, and the Pointer Sisters,...
- 10/29/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
The Rolling Stones have just announced a previously unreleased concert film, Steel Wheels Live, which documents a 1989 show in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with cameos from Eric Clapton, Axl Rose and more. The film drops September 25th via Eagle Rock Entertainment.
At the end of December 1989, the Stones played three gigs at the Convention Center in Atlantic City to wrap up an extensive trek — their first in North America since 1981 — that had begun in August in support of their latest LP Steel Wheels. The penultimate gig, on December 19th, was...
At the end of December 1989, the Stones played three gigs at the Convention Center in Atlantic City to wrap up an extensive trek — their first in North America since 1981 — that had begun in August in support of their latest LP Steel Wheels. The penultimate gig, on December 19th, was...
- 7/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Rolling Stones kicked off their Extra Licks streaming series Sunday with the bonus footage from their 2017 concert film/documentary Olé Olé Olé! (A Trip Across Latin America), with seven performances from that 2016 South American tour making their digital debut.
The performances — “Out of Control” and “Paint It Black” from Buenos Aires, Argentina, “Honky Tonk Women” and “Sympathy for the Devil” from Sao Paulo, Brazil and “You Got the Silver,” “Midnight Rambler” and “Miss You” from Lima, Peru — were previously only available as DVD extras on the Olé Olé Olé!
The performances — “Out of Control” and “Paint It Black” from Buenos Aires, Argentina, “Honky Tonk Women” and “Sympathy for the Devil” from Sao Paulo, Brazil and “You Got the Silver,” “Midnight Rambler” and “Miss You” from Lima, Peru — were previously only available as DVD extras on the Olé Olé Olé!
- 5/3/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Rolling Stones went into 2020 thinking they’d once again be playing to sold-out football stadiums across North America on their ongoing No Filter tour. It’s still theoretically possible that they’ll find a way to squeeze in those dates before the end of the year, but it’s far more likely that they’ll have to wait until 2021 or even 2022 to play make-up shows.
Fans did get a brief chance to see the Stones play live over the weekend when they appeared at Global Citizen’s “One World: Together at Home” event.
Fans did get a brief chance to see the Stones play live over the weekend when they appeared at Global Citizen’s “One World: Together at Home” event.
- 4/21/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
‘Bait’ and ‘Knives Out’ lead BFI Player charts.
UK streaming platform Curzon Home Cinema (Chc) has reported a record digital opening for Safy Nebbou’s Who You Think I Am.
The romantic drama, starring Juliette Binoche, delivered the platform’s biggest three-day opening for a premium VoD title to date.
It benefitted from Curzon bringing forward the release of the film from May 8, implemented as part of a larger reshuffle to bolster its online offering while cinemas remain closed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The performance helped Chc record a 630% increase on the equivalent weekend in 2019 and revenue generated from...
UK streaming platform Curzon Home Cinema (Chc) has reported a record digital opening for Safy Nebbou’s Who You Think I Am.
The romantic drama, starring Juliette Binoche, delivered the platform’s biggest three-day opening for a premium VoD title to date.
It benefitted from Curzon bringing forward the release of the film from May 8, implemented as part of a larger reshuffle to bolster its online offering while cinemas remain closed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The performance helped Chc record a 630% increase on the equivalent weekend in 2019 and revenue generated from...
- 4/15/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
“A good day for living and a good day to die,” Bob Dylan sings on his epic, nearly 17-minute-long, song “Murder Most Foul.” Dylan released the track at midnight, March 27, according to Variety. The song uses the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to chronicle the decade it defined. “The day they killed him, someone said to me, son, the age of the antichrist has just only begun,” he sings. The offering is perfect for lyrical deconstructionists to pick apart while stuck at home during periods of enforced isolation.
“Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years,” Dylan wrote when he announced the song via Twitter. “This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting. Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.”
There is no indication on when the song was recorded,...
“Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years,” Dylan wrote when he announced the song via Twitter. “This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting. Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.”
There is no indication on when the song was recorded,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Bob Dylan fans woke up this morning to the stunning news that the songwriter had released a 17-minute epic titled “Murder Most Foul.” “Greetings to my fans and followers, with gratitude for all your support and loyalty over the years,” Dylan wrote. “This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting. Stay safe, stay observant, and may God be with you.”
It’s his first original song since 2012’s Tempest, though he has released three albums of cover songs associated with Frank Sinatra since then.
It’s his first original song since 2012’s Tempest, though he has released three albums of cover songs associated with Frank Sinatra since then.
- 3/27/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The cast of the film, which is being produced by Agat Films & Cie and sold by Be for Films, includes Niels Schneider, Sofian Khammes, India Hair, Denis Lavant and Thomas Daloz. On 16 March, the first clapperboard is due to slam for Sentinelle Sud (lit. “South Sentry”) by Mathieu Gérault, who made a splash with his short film Hautes herbes. The cast includes Niels Schneider, Sofian Khammes (who rose to fame in Chouf, turned heads in The World Is Yours and Fast Convoy, and can be seen in movie theatres from 1 April in Fishlove and, in the second half of the year, in The Swarm and Arthur...
In early 1974, Bryan Ferry was on an amazing roll. Roxy Music were at their height, carving out their unique, glammy art-rock space as they made great albums at a yearly clip. (Later in 1974, they’d release one of their finest in Country Life.) At the same time, Ferry was putting out his own solo records, starting with 1973’s near-perfect covers collection These Foolish Things. Just as Ferry’s tuxedoed smoothness and Old World charm stood out among the grease-haired prog-rockers of the era like Jay Gatsby hanging out at the...
- 2/7/2020
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
The Rolling Stones will continue their No Filter tour later this year with a 15-city run of North American stadiums. The tour kicks off May 8th at San Diego’s Sdccu Stadium and wraps up July 9th at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 14th at 10 am local time.
“It’s always a pleasure to return to North America,” Mick Jagger said in a statement, “and play for some of biggest and best crowds in the world!”
“We had the best time on the road last summer,...
“It’s always a pleasure to return to North America,” Mick Jagger said in a statement, “and play for some of biggest and best crowds in the world!”
“We had the best time on the road last summer,...
- 2/6/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay’s compelling feature debut, a reckless reporter finds himself in Bosnia during the long and deadly Siege of Sarajevo, which began in 1992 and lasted for nearly four years.
Based on the experiences of French war correspondent Paul Marchand, Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) provides a firsthand account of the siege through the eyes of a young rebel who, as he spent more time on the ground, began to blur the lines between journalism and intervention, putting himself and others at risk. Released in France after making the festival rounds, where ...
Based on the experiences of French war correspondent Paul Marchand, Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) provides a firsthand account of the siege through the eyes of a young rebel who, as he spent more time on the ground, began to blur the lines between journalism and intervention, putting himself and others at risk. Released in France after making the festival rounds, where ...
- 12/2/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After their platinum 2015 pop-pivot A Head Full of Dreams, an all-star Super Bowl halftime show and a two-year big-box tour that shifted $523 million in tickets, easy-listening rock champs Coldplay release an album that aspires to more than stadium-packing. This is positive: when Ed Sheeran becomes your gold standard, it would seem time for a rethink. Signifying ambition as in days of yore, Everyday Life is a double studio LP; it’s Coldplay’s rangiest and deepest release by orders of magnitude, maybe even their best.
Divided into halves titled (wait for it) “Sunrise” and “Sunset,...
Divided into halves titled (wait for it) “Sunrise” and “Sunset,...
- 11/26/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
“To be clear,” Watchmen series creator Damon Lindelof wants everyone to know, the iconic comic series on which his HBO show is based “is canon.”
However, he added in a lengthy note to fans re-published on his Instagram account in conjunction with the series’ premiere Sunday, “in the spirit of complete honesty, we also sorta want to… uh… Disrupt it?”
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However, he added in a lengthy note to fans re-published on his Instagram account in conjunction with the series’ premiere Sunday, “in the spirit of complete honesty, we also sorta want to… uh… Disrupt it?”
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- 10/21/2019
- TVLine.com
Guillaume de Fontenay’s film has won the Grand Prix, the Best Actor Award for Niels Schneider, as well as the Audience and Youth Jury Awards. Following its mission to highlight feature debuts and sophomore films, the 6th edition of the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival has crowned Guillaume de Fontenay’s Sympathy for the Devil, which swept up four awards including the 2019 Grand Prix, handed out by the jury presided by director Catherine Corsini. A majority French production, the feature debut by the Canadian director was also given the Best Actor Award (for Niels Schneider), the Audience Award, and the Youth Jury Award. Written by the director together with Guillaume Vigneault and Jean Barbe and adapted from the novel by Paul Marchand, the script centres on the character of Paul Marchand who, after working in Lebanon, was for 18 months the sole special correspondent for all French radio stations during the.
- 10/14/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
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