Christopher Nolan has made a career for himself for his unconventional narrative structures of storytelling. His 11 films have ranged from psychological thrillers to science fiction epics to “The Dark Knight” trilogy, and have garnered a total of 36 Academy Award nominations, five of which for Nolan individually. With his latest directed epic “Oppenheimer” breaking box office records and gathering massive awards buzz since its release on July 21 by Universal Pictures, let’s break down Nolan’s five Oscar nominations for three of his movies.
Nolan’s first recognition at the Oscars came for his second feature “Memento,” based on his brother Jonathan Nolan’s short story “Memento Mori,” both released in 2001. The psychological mystery thriller written and directed by Nolan stars Guy Pearce as a man with anterograde amnesia and short-term memory loss as he tries to solve the murder of his wife. The neo-noir was lauded for its original storytelling...
Nolan’s first recognition at the Oscars came for his second feature “Memento,” based on his brother Jonathan Nolan’s short story “Memento Mori,” both released in 2001. The psychological mystery thriller written and directed by Nolan stars Guy Pearce as a man with anterograde amnesia and short-term memory loss as he tries to solve the murder of his wife. The neo-noir was lauded for its original storytelling...
- 12/18/2023
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Discover how Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon’ transformed from a concept inspired by ‘Star Wars’ into two Netflix movies. (Picture Credit: IMDb)
In the realm of Hollywood, Zack Snyder stands as a cinematic maestro, his unmistakable style leaving an indelible mark on the industry. Koimoi’s exclusive insights bring forth a wealth of information about Snyder’s latest venture, Rebel Moon, now presented in a concise article to unravel the intricacies of this cinematic saga.
After nearly a decade devoted to the DC Extended Universe (Dceu), Snyder is embarking on an ambitious two-part film series, commencing with Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, followed by Part Two: The Scargiver. Netflix‘s support from the project’s inception underscores the extensive development spanning the past five years.
In an exclusive revelation, Snyder emphasized his commitment to maintaining a two-hour runtime for both parts of this R-rated director’s cut.
In the realm of Hollywood, Zack Snyder stands as a cinematic maestro, his unmistakable style leaving an indelible mark on the industry. Koimoi’s exclusive insights bring forth a wealth of information about Snyder’s latest venture, Rebel Moon, now presented in a concise article to unravel the intricacies of this cinematic saga.
After nearly a decade devoted to the DC Extended Universe (Dceu), Snyder is embarking on an ambitious two-part film series, commencing with Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, followed by Part Two: The Scargiver. Netflix‘s support from the project’s inception underscores the extensive development spanning the past five years.
In an exclusive revelation, Snyder emphasized his commitment to maintaining a two-hour runtime for both parts of this R-rated director’s cut.
- 12/13/2023
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
Steven Soderbergh isn’t losing sleep over Christopher Nolan’s career.
The “Command Z” director recalled reaching out to Warner Bros. for Nolan to be considered to direct 2002 thriller “Insomnia” starring Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams. While Soderbergh seemingly downplayed his involvement in forging a two-decade relationship between Warner Bros. and Nolan during a recent Rolling Stone interview, the “Full Circle” helmer noted that Nolan would still be a major filmmaker today regardless of directing “Insomnia.”
Soderbergh even called Nolan’s directorial debut “Memento” an “instant classic” upon first viewing it.
“What happened was, I got a call from Chris’ agent, Dan Aloni, who I had known because he screened ‘Memento’ for me after ‘Memento’ couldn’t find a distributor after being on the festival circuit for a year. Dan calls me up out of the blue and says, ‘Could you watch this movie? I have this client...
The “Command Z” director recalled reaching out to Warner Bros. for Nolan to be considered to direct 2002 thriller “Insomnia” starring Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams. While Soderbergh seemingly downplayed his involvement in forging a two-decade relationship between Warner Bros. and Nolan during a recent Rolling Stone interview, the “Full Circle” helmer noted that Nolan would still be a major filmmaker today regardless of directing “Insomnia.”
Soderbergh even called Nolan’s directorial debut “Memento” an “instant classic” upon first viewing it.
“What happened was, I got a call from Chris’ agent, Dan Aloni, who I had known because he screened ‘Memento’ for me after ‘Memento’ couldn’t find a distributor after being on the festival circuit for a year. Dan calls me up out of the blue and says, ‘Could you watch this movie? I have this client...
- 8/7/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected 2022-2023 Board of Governors, who will help set the Academy’s strategic vision, preserve the organization’s financial health, and assure the fulfillment of its mission.
Among the 12 additions elected to the board for the first time are Oscar winner Marlee Matlin to the Actors Branch, three-time Best Picture nominee Jason Blum to the Producers Branch, and four-time nominee Jason Reitman to the Directors Branch.
By each joining one of the Academy’s 17 branches, which are each represented by three governors, they start the first of their three-year terms. Per Academy rules, the new governors are allowed to serve up to two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms, for a lifetime maximum of 12 years.
The four incumbent governors reelected this year include...
Among the 12 additions elected to the board for the first time are Oscar winner Marlee Matlin to the Actors Branch, three-time Best Picture nominee Jason Blum to the Producers Branch, and four-time nominee Jason Reitman to the Directors Branch.
By each joining one of the Academy’s 17 branches, which are each represented by three governors, they start the first of their three-year terms. Per Academy rules, the new governors are allowed to serve up to two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms, for a lifetime maximum of 12 years.
The four incumbent governors reelected this year include...
- 6/22/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2022-2023 year.
Elected to the board for the first time are Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin, cinematographer Dion Beebe, director Jason Reitman, producer Jason Blum, casting director Richard Hicks and more. In addition, four incumbents were re-elected to the board, including Ruth E. Carter (costume designers), Donna Gigliotti (executives), Howard Berger (makeup artists and hairstylists) and Eric Roth (writers). In addition, Oscar nominee Charles Fox returns to the board after a hiatus.
They will join returning governors Pam Abdy, Kate Amend, Bonnie Arnold, Lesley Barber, Charles Bernstein, Susanne Bier, Jon Bloom, Gary C. Bourgeois, Rob Bredow, Brooke Breton, Paul Cameron, Eduardo Castro, Bill Corso, Teri E. Dorman, Tom Duffield, Ava DuVernay, Linda Flowers, DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo García, Whoopi Goldberg, Lynette Howell Taylor, Larry Karaszewski, Laura C. Kim, Christina Kounelias, David Linde, Isis Mussenden, Stephen Rivkin,...
Elected to the board for the first time are Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin, cinematographer Dion Beebe, director Jason Reitman, producer Jason Blum, casting director Richard Hicks and more. In addition, four incumbents were re-elected to the board, including Ruth E. Carter (costume designers), Donna Gigliotti (executives), Howard Berger (makeup artists and hairstylists) and Eric Roth (writers). In addition, Oscar nominee Charles Fox returns to the board after a hiatus.
They will join returning governors Pam Abdy, Kate Amend, Bonnie Arnold, Lesley Barber, Charles Bernstein, Susanne Bier, Jon Bloom, Gary C. Bourgeois, Rob Bredow, Brooke Breton, Paul Cameron, Eduardo Castro, Bill Corso, Teri E. Dorman, Tom Duffield, Ava DuVernay, Linda Flowers, DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo García, Whoopi Goldberg, Lynette Howell Taylor, Larry Karaszewski, Laura C. Kim, Christina Kounelias, David Linde, Isis Mussenden, Stephen Rivkin,...
- 6/22/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
The 54-person board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — comprised of three elected governors from each of the organization’s 17 branches and three “governors-at-large” appointed by the president — will look very different when it gathers next month than it did when it convened on Tuesday.
Following elections held over the past month, 12 people were elected to the board for the first time, including Marlee Matlin, the Oscar-winning star of Children of a Lesser God and this year’s best picture Oscar winner Coda, who will represent the actors branch; Jason Reitman, the second-generation filmmaker behind best picture Oscar nominees Juno and Up in the Air, who will serve the directors branch; and Jason Blum, the Blumhouse chief and producer of best picture Oscar nominee Get Out, who will advocate for the producers branch.
Other rookie governors will include...
The 54-person board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — comprised of three elected governors from each of the organization’s 17 branches and three “governors-at-large” appointed by the president — will look very different when it gathers next month than it did when it convened on Tuesday.
Following elections held over the past month, 12 people were elected to the board for the first time, including Marlee Matlin, the Oscar-winning star of Children of a Lesser God and this year’s best picture Oscar winner Coda, who will represent the actors branch; Jason Reitman, the second-generation filmmaker behind best picture Oscar nominees Juno and Up in the Air, who will serve the directors branch; and Jason Blum, the Blumhouse chief and producer of best picture Oscar nominee Get Out, who will advocate for the producers branch.
Other rookie governors will include...
- 6/22/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actress Marlee Matlin, director Jason Reitman and producer Jason Blum are among the 12 film professionals who have been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors for the first time, the Academy announced on Wednesday.
Where Academy elections have typically found incumbents winning in nearly all branches, this year’s was a step in a dramatic remaking of the board that will take place over a few years.
While all four of the incumbents who ran for re-election did win, stricter terms limits meant that existing governors could not run again in 11 of the 17 races, and the incumbents chose not to run in an additional two races.
The change was set in motion by new, stricter limits on that were put in place in 2020. Previously, they had to leave the board after serving three consecutive three-year terms, but could return after spending a year away.
Where Academy elections have typically found incumbents winning in nearly all branches, this year’s was a step in a dramatic remaking of the board that will take place over a few years.
While all four of the incumbents who ran for re-election did win, stricter terms limits meant that existing governors could not run again in 11 of the 17 races, and the incumbents chose not to run in an additional two races.
The change was set in motion by new, stricter limits on that were put in place in 2020. Previously, they had to leave the board after serving three consecutive three-year terms, but could return after spending a year away.
- 6/22/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
It’s the director’s best film since his “Dawn of the Dead,” but like so many Snyder movies, it’s both too much and not enough
“Army of the Dead” is that rare film that will unite two disparate audiences — both the hardcore fans of director Zack Snyder and the viewers who can’t stand his superhero movies but wish he would make another film like his 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead.”
Granted, this latest saga has no direct narrative connection with that earlier film, telling a brand-new and totally discrete tale of the undead. It also overextends its welcome at nearly two-and-a-half hours, but after the bloated excess of Snyder’s extended “Justice League” cut, “Army” feels lean and brisk.
It’s not that Snyder can’t be an economical storyteller when he wants to be; “Army of the Dead” opens with a prologue and credits sequence...
“Army of the Dead” is that rare film that will unite two disparate audiences — both the hardcore fans of director Zack Snyder and the viewers who can’t stand his superhero movies but wish he would make another film like his 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead.”
Granted, this latest saga has no direct narrative connection with that earlier film, telling a brand-new and totally discrete tale of the undead. It also overextends its welcome at nearly two-and-a-half hours, but after the bloated excess of Snyder’s extended “Justice League” cut, “Army” feels lean and brisk.
It’s not that Snyder can’t be an economical storyteller when he wants to be; “Army of the Dead” opens with a prologue and credits sequence...
- 5/11/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Dody Dorn has won a runoff election with Mark Goldblatt to represent the Film Editors Branch on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors, the Academy announced on Thursday.
Dorn and Goldblatt had tied in the initial election for one of the branch’s three seats. She will serve a three-year term, and will join returning governors Carol Littleton and Michael Tronick in representing the branch on the 54-member board.
Each of the Academy’s 17 branches is represented by three governors who serve staggered three-year terms so that one seat is up for election each year.
Also Read: Academy Increases Number of Women, People of Color on Its Board of Governors
The victory for Dorn, whose work as an editor includes “Memento,” “Kingdom of Heaven” and “End of Watch,” makes Goldblatt the only sitting governor to lose a re-election bid this year. The other 10 governors who ran for re-election all won.
Dorn and Goldblatt had tied in the initial election for one of the branch’s three seats. She will serve a three-year term, and will join returning governors Carol Littleton and Michael Tronick in representing the branch on the 54-member board.
Each of the Academy’s 17 branches is represented by three governors who serve staggered three-year terms so that one seat is up for election each year.
Also Read: Academy Increases Number of Women, People of Color on Its Board of Governors
The victory for Dorn, whose work as an editor includes “Memento,” “Kingdom of Heaven” and “End of Watch,” makes Goldblatt the only sitting governor to lose a re-election bid this year. The other 10 governors who ran for re-election all won.
- 6/20/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Updated, 10:08 a.m.: Dody Dorn has won the runoff election for the open Film Editors Branch seat on the 2019–20 Board of Governors. She and Mark Goldblatt had tied for the seat in the board election last week, just the fifth tie in Academy history.
Previously, June 11: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected 2019–20 Board of Governors. They will assume their posts July 1.
Among the newly elected governors are 2019 Oscarcast producer Donna Gigliotti from the Executives Branch, screenwriter Eric Roth and filmmaker Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2 & 3).
Steven Spielberg was among those re-elected to the board — after his bid to revise Academy rules regarding streaming services — along with Laura Dern, Mark Johnson, Nancy Utley and others.
Balloting in the Academy’s Film Editors Branch produced a tie between candidates Dody Dorn and Mark Goldblatt,...
Previously, June 11: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected 2019–20 Board of Governors. They will assume their posts July 1.
Among the newly elected governors are 2019 Oscarcast producer Donna Gigliotti from the Executives Branch, screenwriter Eric Roth and filmmaker Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2 & 3).
Steven Spielberg was among those re-elected to the board — after his bid to revise Academy rules regarding streaming services — along with Laura Dern, Mark Johnson, Nancy Utley and others.
Balloting in the Academy’s Film Editors Branch produced a tie between candidates Dody Dorn and Mark Goldblatt,...
- 6/20/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Dody Dorn, an Oscar-nominated film editor, has been elected by the film editors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be one of its three representatives on the Academy's board of governors, joining incumbents Carol Littleton and Michael Tronick and solidifying the final makeup of the 54-person board for the 2019-2020 cycle.
One-third of the 51 board seats that are chosen by members, as opposed to the Academy's president, come up for a vote every year, and the results of 16 of those 17 contests were announced back on June 11. But, for only the fifth time in ...
One-third of the 51 board seats that are chosen by members, as opposed to the Academy's president, come up for a vote every year, and the results of 16 of those 17 contests were announced back on June 11. But, for only the fifth time in ...
- 6/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dody Dorn, an Oscar-nominated film editor, has been elected by the film editors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be one of its three representatives on the Academy's board of governors, joining incumbents Carol Littleton and Michael Tronick and solidifying the final makeup of the 54-person board for the 2019-2020 cycle.
One-third of the 51 board seats that are chosen by members, as opposed to the Academy's president, come up for a vote every year, and the results of 16 of those 17 contests were announced back on June 11. But, for only the fifth time in ...
One-third of the 51 board seats that are chosen by members, as opposed to the Academy's president, come up for a vote every year, and the results of 16 of those 17 contests were announced back on June 11. But, for only the fifth time in ...
- 6/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected its 2019-20 Board of Governors. And it’s more diverse than ever before. These are the folks, for better or worse, who steer the Academy ship. When they assume their posts July 1, the number of women Academy governors will increase from 22 to 24, and people of color will grow from 10 to 11, including the already announced three new Governors-at-Large: DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo Garcia, and Janet Yang.
Among the 54 governors — three for each of 17 branches, serving three years — voluntarily leaving their board seats are Sharen Davis, Leonard Engelman, and Daniel Fellman, while terming out are president John Bailey, Robin Swicord, and John Bloom.
Among the finalists vying for board slots, actress Laura Dern beat out Tim Matheson and Rita Wilson, writer Eric Roth outpaced John Ridley, director Steven Spielberg overcame rivals Reginald Hudlin and Michael Mann, Oscar producer Donna Gigliotti outranked Sony executives Tom Rothman and Michael Barker,...
Among the 54 governors — three for each of 17 branches, serving three years — voluntarily leaving their board seats are Sharen Davis, Leonard Engelman, and Daniel Fellman, while terming out are president John Bailey, Robin Swicord, and John Bloom.
Among the finalists vying for board slots, actress Laura Dern beat out Tim Matheson and Rita Wilson, writer Eric Roth outpaced John Ridley, director Steven Spielberg overcame rivals Reginald Hudlin and Michael Mann, Oscar producer Donna Gigliotti outranked Sony executives Tom Rothman and Michael Barker,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected its 2019-20 Board of Governors. And it’s more diverse than ever before. These are the folks, for better or worse, who steer the Academy ship. When they assume their posts July 1, the number of women Academy governors will increase from 22 to 24, and people of color will grow from 10 to 11, including the already announced three new Governors-at-Large: DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo Garcia, and Janet Yang.
Among the 54 governors — three for each of 17 branches, serving three years — voluntarily leaving their board seats are Sharen Davis, Leonard Engelman, and Daniel Fellman, while terming out are president John Bailey, Robin Swicord, and John Bloom.
Among the finalists vying for board slots, actress Laura Dern beat out Tim Matheson and Rita Wilson, writer Eric Roth outpaced John Ridley, director Steven Spielberg overcame rivals Reginald Hudlin and Michael Mann, Oscar producer Donna Gigliotti outranked Sony executives Tom Rothman and Michael Barker,...
Among the 54 governors — three for each of 17 branches, serving three years — voluntarily leaving their board seats are Sharen Davis, Leonard Engelman, and Daniel Fellman, while terming out are president John Bailey, Robin Swicord, and John Bloom.
Among the finalists vying for board slots, actress Laura Dern beat out Tim Matheson and Rita Wilson, writer Eric Roth outpaced John Ridley, director Steven Spielberg overcame rivals Reginald Hudlin and Michael Mann, Oscar producer Donna Gigliotti outranked Sony executives Tom Rothman and Michael Barker,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Election results are in for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with producer Donna Gigliotti and screenwriter Eric Roth among the newly chosen for the lofty positions that advise and manage the Oscar voting body. Prominent members to win reelection include Laura Dern, Steven Spielberg and Fox Searchlight executive Nancy Utley.
The election also proved an incremental win for inclusion, as the number of female Academy governors increases from 22 to 24, and people of color increases from 10 to 11.
Election in the film editors branch resulted in a tie, requiring an upcoming runoff election between candidates Dody Dorn and Mark Goldblatt. That vote will take place Monday, June 17, and end Tuesday, June 18.
The past year has been the most contentious in recent memory for the Academy, from the fallout over defunct host Kevin Hart to wide backlash over a decision to present certain Academy Award winners during commercial breaks on the annual telecast.
The election also proved an incremental win for inclusion, as the number of female Academy governors increases from 22 to 24, and people of color increases from 10 to 11.
Election in the film editors branch resulted in a tie, requiring an upcoming runoff election between candidates Dody Dorn and Mark Goldblatt. That vote will take place Monday, June 17, and end Tuesday, June 18.
The past year has been the most contentious in recent memory for the Academy, from the fallout over defunct host Kevin Hart to wide backlash over a decision to present certain Academy Award winners during commercial breaks on the annual telecast.
- 6/11/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected its 2019-2020 Board of Governors, with 10 incumbents returning to positions on the board and six new governors elected for the first time.
The election increases the number of female governors on the 54-person board from 22 to 24, and the number of people of color from 10 to 11.
The election resulted in a tie in the Film Editors Branch, with Dody Dorn and Mark Goldblatt moving to a runoff election that ends Tuesday, June 18.
Also Read: Oscars to Move Back to Late February in 2021 and 2022
Despite the turmoil within the Academy over the last year, with numerous snafus around the Oscars show and new rules passed and then rescinded, incumbents fared extremely well in the election. Of the 11 incumbents who were running, 10 won re-election outright, while Goldblatt made it to the runoff election.
The re-elected incumbents included director Steven Spielberg, actor Laura Dern,...
The election increases the number of female governors on the 54-person board from 22 to 24, and the number of people of color from 10 to 11.
The election resulted in a tie in the Film Editors Branch, with Dody Dorn and Mark Goldblatt moving to a runoff election that ends Tuesday, June 18.
Also Read: Oscars to Move Back to Late February in 2021 and 2022
Despite the turmoil within the Academy over the last year, with numerous snafus around the Oscars show and new rules passed and then rescinded, incumbents fared extremely well in the election. Of the 11 incumbents who were running, 10 won re-election outright, while Goldblatt made it to the runoff election.
The re-elected incumbents included director Steven Spielberg, actor Laura Dern,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Still looking sharp 26 years since its premiere, James Cameron’s picture completely masters the mass audience thriller while pushing the effects envelope far beyond the industry’s horizon. Technically slick, conceptually brutal, Cameron’s style is what still prevails in action-based Sci-Fi. All this, and Ah-nold too.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital
Lionsgate
1991 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 137 min. / Street Date December 26, 2017 / 22.99
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Earl Boen, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley.
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Film Editors: Conrad Buff, Dody Dorn, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
Original Music: Brad Fiedel
Written by James Cameron, William Wisher
Produced and Directed by James Cameron
Back again and cleaned up for a new home video format Terminator 2: Judgment Day looks better than ever, showing off the superior effects talents of its demanding producer-director. James Cameron’s career...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital
Lionsgate
1991 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 137 min. / Street Date December 26, 2017 / 22.99
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Earl Boen, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley.
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Film Editors: Conrad Buff, Dody Dorn, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
Original Music: Brad Fiedel
Written by James Cameron, William Wisher
Produced and Directed by James Cameron
Back again and cleaned up for a new home video format Terminator 2: Judgment Day looks better than ever, showing off the superior effects talents of its demanding producer-director. James Cameron’s career...
- 12/23/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Earlier today, the Academy sent an email to all members with the final list of Board of Governors candidates. Conspicuously absent is Netflix CEO and Ted Sarandos, who hosted a recent Academy museum fundraiser and was hoping to get a chance to run for the board.
Also absent is Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the current president of AMPAS, who’s stepping down this August and not seeking a third three-year term on the 54-member board. You have to be on the board in order to run for President. Others no longer in the running are Sony Pictures Classics and CBS Films executives Michael Barker and Terry Press, producer Paula Wagner, director Brett Ratner and actors Queen Latifah and Lou Diamond Phillips. Actress Laura Dern is one current board member who is backed by Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and gaining support.
The final election begins Monday, June 19 and closes on Friday, June...
Also absent is Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the current president of AMPAS, who’s stepping down this August and not seeking a third three-year term on the 54-member board. You have to be on the board in order to run for President. Others no longer in the running are Sony Pictures Classics and CBS Films executives Michael Barker and Terry Press, producer Paula Wagner, director Brett Ratner and actors Queen Latifah and Lou Diamond Phillips. Actress Laura Dern is one current board member who is backed by Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and gaining support.
The final election begins Monday, June 19 and closes on Friday, June...
- 6/2/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Earlier today, the Academy sent an email to all members with the final list of Board of Governors candidates. Conspicuously absent is Netflix CEO and Ted Sarandos, who hosted a recent Academy museum fundraiser and was hoping to get a chance to run for the board.
Also absent is Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the current president of AMPAS, who’s stepping down this August and not seeking a third three-year term on the 54-member board. You have to be on the board in order to run for President. Others no longer in the running are Sony Pictures Classics and CBS Films executives Michael Barker and Terry Press, producer Paula Wagner, director Brett Ratner and actors Queen Latifah and Lou Diamond Phillips. Actress Laura Dern is one current board member who is backed by Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and gaining support.
The final election begins Monday, June 19 and closes on Friday, June...
Also absent is Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the current president of AMPAS, who’s stepping down this August and not seeking a third three-year term on the 54-member board. You have to be on the board in order to run for President. Others no longer in the running are Sony Pictures Classics and CBS Films executives Michael Barker and Terry Press, producer Paula Wagner, director Brett Ratner and actors Queen Latifah and Lou Diamond Phillips. Actress Laura Dern is one current board member who is backed by Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and gaining support.
The final election begins Monday, June 19 and closes on Friday, June...
- 6/2/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The talk of Hollywood’s diversity problem has rightly dominated much of the cultural conversation as of late, particularly in the latter half of 2015. And yet if there’s one creative field in which women in particular can hope to thrive, it’s editing. From legends of the craft like Thelma Schoonmaker and Sally Menke, who cut their teeth working largely for Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, respectively, to lesser-known but promising names like Dody Dorn (“Memento,” “Fury”) and Lisa Lassek (the “Avengers” films), editing is a medium in which women have long played an integral role. There are many potential reasons for this, but Maryann Brandon — who, alongside frequent collaborator Mary Jo Markey, edited J.J. Abrams’ megahit “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — has her own theories. She insists that the reasons are historical. “One advantage that women have had in editing is that women were editors from the beginning of the film business,...
- 2/17/2016
- by Nicholas Laskin
- The Playlist
Now this is a list that could result in a lot of fascinating dissection and thanks to HitFix it comes to our attention almost three years after it was originally released back in 2012, celebrating the Motion Picture Editors Guild's 75th anniversary. Over at HitFix, Kris Tapley asks, "Is this news to anyone elsec" Um, yes, I find it immensely interesting and a perfect starting point for anyone looking to further explore the art of film editing. In an accompanying article we get the particulars concerning what films were eligible and how films were to be considered: In our Jan-feb 12 issue, we asked Guild members to vote on what they consider to be the Best Edited Films of all time. Any feature-length film from any country in the world was eligible. And by "Best Edited," we explained, we didn't just mean picture; sound, music and mixing were to be considered as well.
- 2/4/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A random bit of researching on a Tuesday night led me to something I didn't know existed: The Motion Picture Editors Guild's list of the 75 best-edited films of all time. It was a feature in part celebrating the Guild's 75th anniversary in 2012. Is this news to anyone else? I confess to having missed it entirely. Naturally, I had to dig in. What was immediately striking to me about the list — which was decided upon by the Guild membership and, per instruction, was considered in terms of picture and sound editorial as opposed to just the former — was the most popular decade ranking. Naturally, the 1970s led with 17 mentions, but right on its heels was the 1990s. I wouldn't have expected that but I happen to agree with the assessment. Thelma Schoonmaker's work on "Raging Bull" came out on top, an objectively difficult choice to dispute, really. It was so transformative,...
- 2/4/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Hollywood Film Awards: What Went Down and Why It Mattered Host Queen Latifah, and Hollywood Career Achievement Award winner Michael Keaton, presented by Geena Davis; Hollywood Film Award winner “Gone Girl,” accepted by Ben Affleck, presented by Ron Howard; Hollywood Director Award winner Morten Tyldum for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Robert Pattinson; Hollywood Actor Award winner Benedict Cumberbatch for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Amy Adams; Hollywood Actress Award winner Julianne Moore for “Still Alice,” presented by Kristen Stewart; Hollywood Supporting Actor Award winner Robert Duvall for “The Judge,” presented by Robert Downey Jr.; Hollywood Supporting Actress Award winner Keira Knightley for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Christoph Waltz; Hollywood Ensemble Award winner “Foxcatcher” cast (Steve Carell, Channing Tatum), presented by Jonah Hill; Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award winner Shailene Woodley for “The Fault in Our Stars,” presented by Laura Dern; Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award winner Eddie Redmayne...
- 11/16/2014
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The 18th annual Hollywood Film Awards kicked off awards season Friday night, and for the first time ever, the event was broadcasted live on CBS. Host Queen Latifah entertained the crowd at the Hollywood Palladium as viewers and attendees got a glimpse of some of this year's major award frontrunners.
Robert Downey Jr. kicked off the evening, presenting the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award award to his The Judge co-star Robert Duvall.
"There’s never been anyone better and there likely never will be," Downey said of Duvall, who was equally effusive about his co-star.
"The reason I took the project mainly is because of Robert Downey Jr," Duvall praised. "We spent many good times together."
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Duvall also thanked his wife Luciana Pedraza, laughing, "I’ve had a few better halves, but she’s the best better half I’ve ever had."
Laura Dern presented Breakout Performance by an Actress to her on-screen daughter from The Fault In Our Stars...
Robert Downey Jr. kicked off the evening, presenting the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award award to his The Judge co-star Robert Duvall.
"There’s never been anyone better and there likely never will be," Downey said of Duvall, who was equally effusive about his co-star.
"The reason I took the project mainly is because of Robert Downey Jr," Duvall praised. "We spent many good times together."
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Duvall also thanked his wife Luciana Pedraza, laughing, "I’ve had a few better halves, but she’s the best better half I’ve ever had."
Laura Dern presented Breakout Performance by an Actress to her on-screen daughter from The Fault In Our Stars...
- 11/15/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
It should have been bad. It should have been terrible. A live broadcast of the Hollywood Film Awards with Queen "People's Choice" Latifah as host? A network spotlight on the most fake awards show of them all? Even with low expectations, how could talent go on stage and pick up these, cough, "awards" in front of a national audience? An award given to them because they were available to show up and their studios lobbied for it? (At least fans vote for some of the Teen Choice Awards!) Well, watch out Critics Choice Awards because CBS and Dick Clark Productions figured out a way to fashion a much more entertaining two hours than you've delivered the past few years. Ok. Maybe they got lucky. Maybe. Live events thrive off the unexpected and the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards had a ton of it. Major flubs, some seriously intoxicated presenters and a number...
- 11/15/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Gone Girl won the top prize at tonight’s 18th annual Hollywood Film Awards. David Fincher’s drama starring Ben Affleck took the Hollywood Film Award. World War II codebreaker drama The Imitation Game won the most hardware, scoring four wins including best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and director for Morten Tyldem. Julianne Moore scooped up the Hollywood Actress Award for Still Alice, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 won the animation prize. Michael Keaton was the lifetime achievement honoree. A complete list of winners is below.
Queen Latifah hosted HFAs, which were televised for the first time. The event always has been a private Tinseltown affair, but CBS aired the show live from the Hollywood Palladium at 8 Pm in the East and delayed at 8 Pm Pacific. Organizers like to consider the negotiated Hollywood Film Awards the first stop on the long awards-season journey, and studios seem to love...
Queen Latifah hosted HFAs, which were televised for the first time. The event always has been a private Tinseltown affair, but CBS aired the show live from the Hollywood Palladium at 8 Pm in the East and delayed at 8 Pm Pacific. Organizers like to consider the negotiated Hollywood Film Awards the first stop on the long awards-season journey, and studios seem to love...
- 11/15/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
. Kevin Polowy delves into the secrecy surrounding "Interstellar" with writer/director Christopher Nolan: "It’s very important to try to preserve the experience for the audience. I think 'Interstellar,' more than any other film I’ve made, really benefits from people not knowing too much about the story.” Yahoo! Movies -Break- The Hollywood Film Awards, which will make their TV debut Nov. 18 on CBS, announced a slew of winners for the craft prizes: Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”); Costume Design (Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”); Editing (Jay Cassidy and Dody Dorn, “Fury”); Production Design (Dylan Cole and Gary Freeman, “Maleficent”); Score (Alexandre Desplat, “The Imitation Game”); Sound (Ren Klyce, “Gone Girl”); and Visual Effects (Scott Farrar, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”). Hfa Sasha Stone tallies up score..."...
- 11/7/2014
- Gold Derby
The Hollywood Film Awards announced the eight 2014 award winners in the categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Composer, Costume Design, Editing, Production Design and Make-up & Hairstyling. The winners of these awards will be given prior to the live inaugural broadcast from the Hollywood Palladium on Friday, November 14 (8:00-10:00 Pm, live Et/delayed Pt) on the CBS Television Network. The Hollywood Film Awards also announced the inaugural Hollywood International Award, which will be bestowed on Jing Tian, an emerging Chinese actress whose performances have ignited the box office in her native land. The Hollywood International Award was established to recognize cinematic talent from around the world and will be given every year to recognize excellence in cinema in the native language of the country of origin. The Hollywood Film Awards, the official launch of the awards season?, has recognized excellence in the art of cinema and filmmaking for 17 years, honoring some of the world?...
- 11/6/2014
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Want to know what's in contention for Best Picture? Look to Best Film Editing. No category except Best Director has as much overlap with the top category as of late. Is that how things will turn out this year? Let's take a look… That aside, the branch is also fond of suspense films, action films and war films. Musicals (if they are big players overall) and films with non-linear narratives tend to have a leg up, too. We don't tend to see film editors racking up nods like we do other disciplines, though. Michael Kahn is the all-time nominations leader with eight. And don't get me wrong – that's a lot of nominations. But compared to "all time" figures in every other crafts category, it's on the low side. So with that out of the way, what can we bank on this year? William Goldenberg won this category two years ago...
- 11/6/2014
- by Gerard Kennedy
- Hitfix
Between Dark Knight films, Christopher Nolan made The Prestige and Inception. Here's how Interstellar completes another personal trilogy...
It’s often said that filmmaking is a battle between art and commerce. In his career so far, British director Christopher Nolan has managed to strike a balance between the two better than just about any filmmaker currently working.
Look at how cleanly Nolan made the transition from independent movie-making to the Hollywood mainstream. He shot his first film in 1998, the black-and-white thriller Following, on a budget of just $6,000. Its festival success led him to make Memento, a uniquely constructed, taut psychological thriller made for a lean $5m. Despite Nolan’s initial difficulty in finding a distributor for the film - its style of editing was too confusing, they said - Memento became a hit, aided largely by strong reviews and positive word-of-mouth.
Memento’s success led to his first studio movie: Insomnia,...
It’s often said that filmmaking is a battle between art and commerce. In his career so far, British director Christopher Nolan has managed to strike a balance between the two better than just about any filmmaker currently working.
Look at how cleanly Nolan made the transition from independent movie-making to the Hollywood mainstream. He shot his first film in 1998, the black-and-white thriller Following, on a budget of just $6,000. Its festival success led him to make Memento, a uniquely constructed, taut psychological thriller made for a lean $5m. Despite Nolan’s initial difficulty in finding a distributor for the film - its style of editing was too confusing, they said - Memento became a hit, aided largely by strong reviews and positive word-of-mouth.
Memento’s success led to his first studio movie: Insomnia,...
- 11/4/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Director David Ayer’s gripping World War 2 film, Fury, is now in cinemas and took in $23.5M at the box office to claim the #1 spot this weekend.
Over the course of 24 fateful hours, five men of the Sherman Tank “Fury” – Wardaddy, the commander; Boyd Swan, the gunner; Grady Travis, the loader; Trini Garcia, the driver; and Norman, the assistant driver – take on 300 enemy German troops in a desperate battle for survival. Ayer’s movie resonates with common themes of brotherly love, friendship, and trust.
The closing night film at the BFI London Film Festival, Sony Pictures’ Fury stars Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, and Scott Eastwood. Fury opens in UK cinemas on October 22.
The creative behind the scenes artists are cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, production designer Andrew Menzies, film editors Dody Dorn, Ace and Jay Cassidy, Ace, costume designer Owen Thornton, and composer Steven Price.
Over the course of 24 fateful hours, five men of the Sherman Tank “Fury” – Wardaddy, the commander; Boyd Swan, the gunner; Grady Travis, the loader; Trini Garcia, the driver; and Norman, the assistant driver – take on 300 enemy German troops in a desperate battle for survival. Ayer’s movie resonates with common themes of brotherly love, friendship, and trust.
The closing night film at the BFI London Film Festival, Sony Pictures’ Fury stars Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, and Scott Eastwood. Fury opens in UK cinemas on October 22.
The creative behind the scenes artists are cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, production designer Andrew Menzies, film editors Dody Dorn, Ace and Jay Cassidy, Ace, costume designer Owen Thornton, and composer Steven Price.
- 10/20/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
David Ayer bit off a whole hell of a lot on the World War II drama "Fury." I'm not sure he could chew it all, but it's fascinating to watch the bevy of ideas bounce around on the screen nevertheless. It's a loud, bloody, gut-punching depiction, one that may or may not be too unsettling to appeal to Academy types but is still the best work Ayer has done, the most unflinching, and the most intriguing, certainly. In characterizing the movie as "one of the most daring studio movies in an awards season that will bring several World War II films," The New York Times had it pegged a few months back. This is the WWII your grandfather wouldn't talk about. It was bad. That point is probably driven home too much, even. "This is war, and war is hell." After all, you can only observe what a .50 caliber machine...
- 10/10/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
The Fury crew with Wardaddy (Brad Pitt), Grady Travis (Jon Bernthal), Boyd Swan (Shia Labeouf), Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman) and Trini Garcia (Michael Peña).
Director David Ayer gives a rundown of these men from his upcoming film Fury in the new “Brothers Under The Gun” featurette.
“Combat’s a brutal, dirty business. It’s incredibly taxing on the fighting man’s soul.”
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Fury’s crew includes Andrew Menzies (production designer, 3:10 To Yuma), Roman Vasyanov (director of photography, End Of Watch), Dody Dorn (editor, End Of Watch, Sabotage) and Steven Price (composer, Gravity...
Director David Ayer gives a rundown of these men from his upcoming film Fury in the new “Brothers Under The Gun” featurette.
“Combat’s a brutal, dirty business. It’s incredibly taxing on the fighting man’s soul.”
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Fury’s crew includes Andrew Menzies (production designer, 3:10 To Yuma), Roman Vasyanov (director of photography, End Of Watch), Dody Dorn (editor, End Of Watch, Sabotage) and Steven Price (composer, Gravity...
- 9/13/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sony Pictures has released the teaser poster for Director David Ayer’s Fury.
The film stars Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal and Michael Peña.
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Fury’s crew includes Andrew Menzies (production designer, 3:10 To Yuma), Roman Vasyanov (director of photography, End Of Watch), Dody Dorn (editor, End Of Watch, Sabotage) and Steven Price (composer, Gravity).
Fury will open in theaters November 14, 2014.
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The film stars Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal and Michael Peña.
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Fury’s crew includes Andrew Menzies (production designer, 3:10 To Yuma), Roman Vasyanov (director of photography, End Of Watch), Dody Dorn (editor, End Of Watch, Sabotage) and Steven Price (composer, Gravity).
Fury will open in theaters November 14, 2014.
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- 6/24/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Oscar winning producer and actor Brad Pitt and Director/Writer David Ayer go behind the scenes in this new featurette from the upcoming movie Fury. The film also stars Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal and Michael Peña.
This first footage of the film was shown at Wargaming.net’s panel during E3 2014.
Official synopsis:
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
(IGN)
Look for this one to be an awards season player at years end.
Fury’s crew includes Andrew Menzies (production designer, 3:10 To Yuma), Roman Vasyanov (director of photography, End Of Watch), Dody Dorn (editor, End Of Watch,...
This first footage of the film was shown at Wargaming.net’s panel during E3 2014.
Official synopsis:
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
(IGN)
Look for this one to be an awards season player at years end.
Fury’s crew includes Andrew Menzies (production designer, 3:10 To Yuma), Roman Vasyanov (director of photography, End Of Watch), Dody Dorn (editor, End Of Watch,...
- 6/11/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Blu-ray Release Date: June 26, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $49.99
Studio: Warner Home Video
Timed to the theatrical release of The Dark Knight Rises, The Christopher Nolan Blu-ray Collection is basically a repackaged version of some of the director’s already available films. But it does have a nice extra, and if these movies aren’t already in your library, this set is a good way to get them for a collectively lower price.
The box includes Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, Insomnia and Memento, as well as a book featuring production stills and notes on the making of each film. Each box also contains Movie Cash good for up to $8 off one admission to see The Dark Knight Rises at participating theaters through Aug. 5, 2012.
Here’s the list of special features that come with each film, all of which were on earlier discs:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight IMAX Prologue (in high-definition...
Price: Blu-ray $49.99
Studio: Warner Home Video
Timed to the theatrical release of The Dark Knight Rises, The Christopher Nolan Blu-ray Collection is basically a repackaged version of some of the director’s already available films. But it does have a nice extra, and if these movies aren’t already in your library, this set is a good way to get them for a collectively lower price.
The box includes Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, Insomnia and Memento, as well as a book featuring production stills and notes on the making of each film. Each box also contains Movie Cash good for up to $8 off one admission to see The Dark Knight Rises at participating theaters through Aug. 5, 2012.
Here’s the list of special features that come with each film, all of which were on earlier discs:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight IMAX Prologue (in high-definition...
- 5/23/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
First off, I have to tell you that this page may load slow. We're making an awful lot of calls to the Amazon Api here, and that's bound to monkey with things. If you have no idea what that means... it's shiny. Please note also that, for the same reason, you may find, depending on traffic, that not all of the Amazon details will load properly. I apologize for that, it's just the nature of the beast, and the fact that the Api wasn't really meant for such things. If you refresh, it will probably fix.
You may have heard me mention this giveaway quite a while ago, and it's taken me a long time to figure out what sort of format to put things in, and I kept added things. Eventually it became too much to really give any kind of run down on the items, so I decided...
You may have heard me mention this giveaway quite a while ago, and it's taken me a long time to figure out what sort of format to put things in, and I kept added things. Eventually it became too much to really give any kind of run down on the items, so I decided...
- 9/15/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
With the untimely death of Quentin Tarantino’s long-time collaborating film editor Sally Menke earlier this year it raises the question; just how important is a film editor to director’s vision? Sidney Lumet says in his book, Making Movies, the two main elements of editing are, “juxtapositioning of images and creating tempo.” So it would follow that in order for a director with a strong style (like Tarantino) to maintain that style throughout his career, finding a good film editor is essential.
There are several highly stylistic directors who collaborate with the same editor multiple times. For example, Baz Luhrmann worked with Jill Billcock on his first three films – Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! All three films have a very similar feel to them, so much so that they are referred to collectively as the Red Curtain Trilogy. For his fourth film, Australia, Luhrmann worked with a different film editor – Dody Dorn.
There are several highly stylistic directors who collaborate with the same editor multiple times. For example, Baz Luhrmann worked with Jill Billcock on his first three films – Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! All three films have a very similar feel to them, so much so that they are referred to collectively as the Red Curtain Trilogy. For his fourth film, Australia, Luhrmann worked with a different film editor – Dody Dorn.
- 11/19/2010
- Cinelinx
First off, a note to all the readers expecting my promised review of Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974): it simply isn't going to happen because Tk reviewed it a few years back. For the most part, it has been the editorial stance of Pajiba not to publish two separate reviews of the same film. My apologies to you all, Dustin, and Tk; I didn't realize the film had been reviewed when I promised to do so. I simply do not wish to infringe on Tk's piece. Having put Chinatown aside, I went to review Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential (1997), only to discover that Dan Carlson reviewed it a few years back. Honestly, I was rather relieved at not having to deal with those two flicks; I love them to death, but this retrospective has been wearing out its welcome. I'm ready to go watch some different films. That said,...
- 8/3/2010
- by Drew Morton
Providing some hope for the Hollywood machine, Christopher Nolan found his way to the high-profile remake Insomnia with, all things considered, very little on his resume. Small-budget hits Following and Memento have become such cult favorites that they’ve transcended “cult,” but you rarely see such a director getting the chance to shoot straight to a big money venture with such names as Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank.
While not the biggest fan of Inception you’ll find, I am quite the Nolan fan, and even if I am torn as to the necessity of this remake (the original being brilliantly constructed), there is great ability at work here.
Deceptively simple, the story follows an L.A. homicide detective (Pacino), and his effort to track a criminal in a small Alaskan town so far north that, this time of year, the sun never sets. Teaming up with the local police,...
While not the biggest fan of Inception you’ll find, I am quite the Nolan fan, and even if I am torn as to the necessity of this remake (the original being brilliantly constructed), there is great ability at work here.
Deceptively simple, the story follows an L.A. homicide detective (Pacino), and his effort to track a criminal in a small Alaskan town so far north that, this time of year, the sun never sets. Teaming up with the local police,...
- 7/21/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – In many ways, Christopher Nolan’s “Insomnia,” recently released on beautiful Blu-ray, is the perfect companion piece to his new masterpiece, “Inception,” now playing in theaters. The film may not get the international attention of “The Dark Knight” but it stands as further proof that this man is one of our best living directors.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
A follow-up to the highly-buzzed “Memento” was bound to be difficult for any director and so Chris Nolan turned to a remake of an excellent foreign film and made it distinctly its own. Al Pacino, in one of his most underrated performances, plays a police officer sent to Alaska to find a killer. He’s already weary from a world that keeps bringing him down and his problem worsens in the land of the midnight sun.
Insomnia was released on Blu-ray on July 13th, 2010
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
While totally thrown off his game mentally and physically,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
A follow-up to the highly-buzzed “Memento” was bound to be difficult for any director and so Chris Nolan turned to a remake of an excellent foreign film and made it distinctly its own. Al Pacino, in one of his most underrated performances, plays a police officer sent to Alaska to find a killer. He’s already weary from a world that keeps bringing him down and his problem worsens in the land of the midnight sun.
Insomnia was released on Blu-ray on July 13th, 2010
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
While totally thrown off his game mentally and physically,...
- 7/19/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I had been pushing off my neo-noir retrospective review of Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) for numerous reasons. Initially, I kept pushing it off so that we could run it the same week that his latest film, Inception -- one of the most awaited films of the summer -- hit theaters. Well, that week has finally come (I have my midnight tickets, do you?), yet I was still feeling a bout of procrastination when it came to writing about Memento. Despite my rationalizing, the main reason I kept pushing the review off was, regardless of my love of the film and noir in general, I simply did not know what original insights I could bring to the table. Memento, like so many other great films before it, has inspired a great deal of criticism and analysis. That said, I'm tapping out. I'm playing my get out of jail free card. I'm writing my first real-time review.
- 7/14/2010
- by Drew Morton
Before watching Warner's Blu-ray for Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Insomnia the only other time I'd seen the film was in 2002 upon its theatrical release. It was touted as being from the director of Memento (a film I loved at that time), it starred Al Pacino and featured Robin Williams in his first of two creepy movie roles of that year. It was a combination of actors and a director that got me interested, but it did very little for me then and it still doesn't move me eight years later.
Adapted from the 1997 Norwegian movie of the same name (buy it here), Insomnia tells the story of Will Dormer (Pacino), a Los Angeles detective under investigation by Internal Affairs as he is sent to the fictional city of Nightmute, Alaska to head the investigation of a local murder case. Stressed due to troubles back home and having a hard...
Adapted from the 1997 Norwegian movie of the same name (buy it here), Insomnia tells the story of Will Dormer (Pacino), a Los Angeles detective under investigation by Internal Affairs as he is sent to the fictional city of Nightmute, Alaska to head the investigation of a local murder case. Stressed due to troubles back home and having a hard...
- 7/13/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We now know that the third Batman movie will be out on July 20, 2012. Christopher Nolan has not been confirmed by the studio as returning as writer-director, but that's probably nothing but a formality. It's been quite a decade for Nolan, who outside of two Batmovies and this summer's Inception also directed Memento, The Prestige, and the less-heralded Insomnia, headed for Blu-ray on July 13th.
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According to DVD Active, Warner Home Video has placed a reasonable $25 price tag on the new transfer, which will feature a ton of commentators - Nolan, Hilary Swank, cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Dody Dorn, and writer Hillary Seitz. Nolan has worked with Pfister on every film, and Nathan Crowley and Dody Dorn have teamed up with him a time or two outside of this film.
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According to DVD Active, Warner Home Video has placed a reasonable $25 price tag on the new transfer, which will feature a ton of commentators - Nolan, Hilary Swank, cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Dody Dorn, and writer Hillary Seitz. Nolan has worked with Pfister on every film, and Nathan Crowley and Dody Dorn have teamed up with him a time or two outside of this film.
- 5/3/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Warner Bros. has announced a Blu-ray release of Christopher Nolan’s 2002 film Insomnia. The film, starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name. The release is set for July 13th, three days before the release of Nolan’s upcoming film Inception. As an incentive to pick up Insomnia, the Bd will include ‘movie money’ ($7.50 value) that can be used for an Inception ticket.
Special features for the Bd include two commentaries, one with Christopher Nolan and another with Wally Pfister, Hilary Swank, Editor Dody Dorn, Screenwriter Hillary Seitz, and Production Designer Nathan Crowley, as well as four featurettes (“Day for Night: Making the Movie”, “180°: A Conversation with Christopher Nolan and Al Pacino”, “In the Fog: Cinemtography and Production Design”, “Eyes Wide Open: The Insomniac’s World”), the theatrical trailer, an additional scene, and a still gallery.
Special features for the Bd include two commentaries, one with Christopher Nolan and another with Wally Pfister, Hilary Swank, Editor Dody Dorn, Screenwriter Hillary Seitz, and Production Designer Nathan Crowley, as well as four featurettes (“Day for Night: Making the Movie”, “180°: A Conversation with Christopher Nolan and Al Pacino”, “In the Fog: Cinemtography and Production Design”, “Eyes Wide Open: The Insomniac’s World”), the theatrical trailer, an additional scene, and a still gallery.
- 3/29/2010
- by George
- Nolan Fans
Today's collection is a complete, eight-page look at all of the preliminary 2011 Oscar Contenders I've featured over the week in one complete post. There are a few I'll be adding, such as yesterday's Welcome to the RIleys suggestion and hopefully a few more documentaries, before the doors to the new "The Contenders" section opens up in April, but until then this is your one-stop-shop.
As we move along add any thoughts or films you think should be added in the comments below or send me an email directly if you have thoughts on additional contenders or news on any of those on this list. Your suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.
127 Hours Release Date: Release date not yet set Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Directed By: Danny Boyle Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara Quick Thoughts: Directed by Danny Boyle whose last film, Slumdog Millionaire, racked up eight Oscars including Best Picture,...
As we move along add any thoughts or films you think should be added in the comments below or send me an email directly if you have thoughts on additional contenders or news on any of those on this list. Your suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.
127 Hours Release Date: Release date not yet set Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Directed By: Danny Boyle Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara Quick Thoughts: Directed by Danny Boyle whose last film, Slumdog Millionaire, racked up eight Oscars including Best Picture,...
- 3/19/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Part three arrives and it comes with 20 more films to keep an eye on this year as potential Oscar candidates. If you missed parts one and two, the links for both of those can be found on the bottom of page two of this post.
With today's list of films it brings the total previewed thus far to 60 early Oscar contending films and already one reader has sent in a potential new candidate I am looking into further to see if the list again will grow from it's current total of 73 films to 74 and what may amount to a fifth film for Helen Mirren. With no films this year for Meryl Streep, it looks like Mirren is stacking the deck.
I will again remind you, this is merely a guide to potential nominees, not a guarantee, not a lock, but simply films that could potentially go on to be remembered at the year-end Oscar race.
With today's list of films it brings the total previewed thus far to 60 early Oscar contending films and already one reader has sent in a potential new candidate I am looking into further to see if the list again will grow from it's current total of 73 films to 74 and what may amount to a fifth film for Helen Mirren. With no films this year for Meryl Streep, it looks like Mirren is stacking the deck.
I will again remind you, this is merely a guide to potential nominees, not a guarantee, not a lock, but simply films that could potentially go on to be remembered at the year-end Oscar race.
- 3/17/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Baz Luhrmann'S Epic Romance/Adventure Invites Aspiring Film Editors To Create A :30 Spot For The Film.
{sidebar id=1}Twentieth Century Fox's upcomingromantic adventure Australia and Metacafe are joining forces to launch "The Thirty Second Film Contest," on October 24. The contest challengesaspiring film editors to use materials from the film as well as their own creative "spin" - including visual effects, music, voice-over - to put together a thirty-second spot for the film. ( www.metacafe.com/australiacontest)
The launch of "The Thirty Second Film Contest" coincides with the release of a production video featuring director Baz Luhrmann discussing the editing process on Australia. Luhrmann, the Oscar(r)-nominated director of "Moulin Rouge!" and "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," collaborated with editors Dody Dorn ("Kingdom of Heaven," "Memento") and Michael McCusker ("3:10 to Yuma," "Walk the Line") to turn 2.5 million feet of raw footage into the finished film, which opens...
{sidebar id=1}Twentieth Century Fox's upcomingromantic adventure Australia and Metacafe are joining forces to launch "The Thirty Second Film Contest," on October 24. The contest challengesaspiring film editors to use materials from the film as well as their own creative "spin" - including visual effects, music, voice-over - to put together a thirty-second spot for the film. ( www.metacafe.com/australiacontest)
The launch of "The Thirty Second Film Contest" coincides with the release of a production video featuring director Baz Luhrmann discussing the editing process on Australia. Luhrmann, the Oscar(r)-nominated director of "Moulin Rouge!" and "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," collaborated with editors Dody Dorn ("Kingdom of Heaven," "Memento") and Michael McCusker ("3:10 to Yuma," "Walk the Line") to turn 2.5 million feet of raw footage into the finished film, which opens...
- 10/27/2008
- by IESB Staff <alyson@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
PARK CITY, Utah -- No medieval damsel but nonetheless a damsel-in-distress story, "Guinevere" is a sterling tale of one young woman's post-"Graduate" attempt to redirect her life. With an exquisite lead performance from Sarah Polley, this Miramax release is one of the most bracing, funny and revealing films in recent Sundance memory. It seems destined for festival accolades and will surely win further tributes and recognition on the select-site circuit.
Life on the surface seems cozy and bright for '90s graduate Harper (Polley). She's been accepted to Harvard Law School and is on the fast track to fulfill her parents' fervent wishes. Both lawyers, they've provided the kind of patrician upbringing that will surely catapult Harper into a successful life.
Alas, going down this insular patrician world does not appeal to Harper. Somewhat mousy and lacking in self-confidence, she wallows in minor rebellion until she meets her catalyst, charming photographer Connie (Stephen Rea) who photographs her sister's tony wedding. Somewhat of a self-styled bohemian, Connie taps into Harper's angst. He's unusually perceptive about her insecurities and sagely realizes that Harper is bursting with inner energies and talents, long suppressed out of daughterly duty as well as the stultifying nature of her home life.
Part personal rebellion but also part attempt to realize herself, Harper moves in with Connie. Not unexpectedly, it elicits the reaction she expects from her mother. Better yet, under Connie's encouraging tutelage, she gathers confidence and begins to widen her interest beyond the strict confines of the law-school path.
No mere May-December love story, "Guinevere" brims with a more complex kind of love: It is more accurately a union of two people who don't fit into the tight strictures of normal life. Through screenwriter-director Audrey Wells' perceptive and pithy storytelling, we come to see the regenerative wonderfulness that this relationship brings. We also see the underskin, the neediness of Harper and Connie. Both have feet of clay and Wells shows us the limits that each character possesses. In particular, we see that Connie is caught in a lifelong rut, "mentoring" young women in a serial downspin -- they're his Guineveres.
Under Wells' sympathetic, revealing hand, "Guinevere"'s performances are sparkling and well-honed. Polley is magnificent as fragile and unfulfilled Harper, brittle and resilient at once. As sensitive older man Connie who sees into the souls of young girls, Rea shows the pied-piper magic of his character as well as his life's pathetic, repetitive routine. The supporting characters are picture-perfectly selected. Particular praise to casting directors Linda Lowy and John Brace for their apt, brahmin selections. Among the standouts in this WASP world are Jean Smart as Harper's snide, domineering mother, while Gina Gershon is winning as Harper's sympathetic, Guinevere predecessor.
Technically, the film is articulately polished, most prominently production designer Stephen McCabe's properly sterile production look, clueing us immediately to the cold life that Harper is in store for if she remains the good girl and goes off to Harvard.
GUINEVERE
Miramax Films
Producers: Jonathan King, Brad Weston
Screenwriter-director: Audrey Wells
Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, John Thompson, Boaz Davidson
Line producer: Tani Cohen
Production designer: Stephen McCabe
Director of photography: Charles Minsky
Costume designer: Genevieve Tyrrell
Music supervisor: Barklie K. Griggs
Music: Cristophe Beck
Editor: Dody Dorn
Casting directors : Linda Lowy, John Brace
Color/stereo
Cast:
Harper Sloane: Sarah Polley
Connie Fitzpatrick: Stephen Rea
Deborah Sloane: Jean Smart
Billie: Gina Gershon
Walter: Paul Dooley
Patty: Carrie Preston
Zack: Tracy Letts
Susan Sloane: Emily Procter
Leslie: Sharon McKnight
Ed: Gedde Watanabe
Jay: Carlton Wilborn
Cindy: Sandra Oh
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating...
Life on the surface seems cozy and bright for '90s graduate Harper (Polley). She's been accepted to Harvard Law School and is on the fast track to fulfill her parents' fervent wishes. Both lawyers, they've provided the kind of patrician upbringing that will surely catapult Harper into a successful life.
Alas, going down this insular patrician world does not appeal to Harper. Somewhat mousy and lacking in self-confidence, she wallows in minor rebellion until she meets her catalyst, charming photographer Connie (Stephen Rea) who photographs her sister's tony wedding. Somewhat of a self-styled bohemian, Connie taps into Harper's angst. He's unusually perceptive about her insecurities and sagely realizes that Harper is bursting with inner energies and talents, long suppressed out of daughterly duty as well as the stultifying nature of her home life.
Part personal rebellion but also part attempt to realize herself, Harper moves in with Connie. Not unexpectedly, it elicits the reaction she expects from her mother. Better yet, under Connie's encouraging tutelage, she gathers confidence and begins to widen her interest beyond the strict confines of the law-school path.
No mere May-December love story, "Guinevere" brims with a more complex kind of love: It is more accurately a union of two people who don't fit into the tight strictures of normal life. Through screenwriter-director Audrey Wells' perceptive and pithy storytelling, we come to see the regenerative wonderfulness that this relationship brings. We also see the underskin, the neediness of Harper and Connie. Both have feet of clay and Wells shows us the limits that each character possesses. In particular, we see that Connie is caught in a lifelong rut, "mentoring" young women in a serial downspin -- they're his Guineveres.
Under Wells' sympathetic, revealing hand, "Guinevere"'s performances are sparkling and well-honed. Polley is magnificent as fragile and unfulfilled Harper, brittle and resilient at once. As sensitive older man Connie who sees into the souls of young girls, Rea shows the pied-piper magic of his character as well as his life's pathetic, repetitive routine. The supporting characters are picture-perfectly selected. Particular praise to casting directors Linda Lowy and John Brace for their apt, brahmin selections. Among the standouts in this WASP world are Jean Smart as Harper's snide, domineering mother, while Gina Gershon is winning as Harper's sympathetic, Guinevere predecessor.
Technically, the film is articulately polished, most prominently production designer Stephen McCabe's properly sterile production look, clueing us immediately to the cold life that Harper is in store for if she remains the good girl and goes off to Harvard.
GUINEVERE
Miramax Films
Producers: Jonathan King, Brad Weston
Screenwriter-director: Audrey Wells
Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, John Thompson, Boaz Davidson
Line producer: Tani Cohen
Production designer: Stephen McCabe
Director of photography: Charles Minsky
Costume designer: Genevieve Tyrrell
Music supervisor: Barklie K. Griggs
Music: Cristophe Beck
Editor: Dody Dorn
Casting directors : Linda Lowy, John Brace
Color/stereo
Cast:
Harper Sloane: Sarah Polley
Connie Fitzpatrick: Stephen Rea
Deborah Sloane: Jean Smart
Billie: Gina Gershon
Walter: Paul Dooley
Patty: Carrie Preston
Zack: Tracy Letts
Susan Sloane: Emily Procter
Leslie: Sharon McKnight
Ed: Gedde Watanabe
Jay: Carlton Wilborn
Cindy: Sandra Oh
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating...
- 1/29/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of the more provocative documentaries to come down the pike in recent years, to say the least, "Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist" is the story of the late performance artist whose specialty was the demonstration of self-inflicted pain.
Shown at Sundance to great acclaim, this is not a film for the faint-hearted and will no doubt leave audiences sharply divided, if not queasy. An item for only the most adventurous art houses, it was showcased at Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films fest.
Flanagan, who died last year, was born with cystic fibrosis, and like most victims of the disease, was not expected to live very long. Not only did he survive into his 40s, but he used his disease as a psychological springboard to examine the nature of pain and suffering. His act consisted of demonstrations of the many varieties of masochism, and he found a perfect partner for both his life and his work in his wife, Sheree Rose, a convivial sadist.
Kirby Dick's documentary, made with the cooperation of the artist's widow, offers many examples of Flanagan's work, as well as an up-close and personal look at a romantic couple who seemed to have stepped out of a David Lynch film.
The performance and art pieces on display here will certainly inspire spirited debate as to their merits or lack thereof, but there is no doubt about Flanagan's commitment to his work or the warped appeal of his humorous, self-deprecating personality.
We get to see many of his greatest hits, including his most notorious bit, in which he nails his genitalia to a wooden board. (From the squirming in the theater, you'd actually think that the jaded urbanites in the audience had never seen this sort of thing before.) Other highlights include "The Visible Man", a takeoff on the classic instructional toy, in which he explicitly demonstrates a wide variety of bodily functions; and "Autopsy", in which Sheree illustrates in full detail the extent of Flanagan's physical alterations thanks to their mutual obsession.
For a long time, audience members may feel that if Flanagan had really wanted to experience suffering, all he needed to do was sit through this film. And yet, as "Sick" progresses and we come to some understanding of the physical and psychological underpinning of his obsessions, it's hard not to be strangely moved by his courage, determination and iconoclasm.
The final segments, graphically depicting the final stages of the disease that finally caused his death, form a powerfully moving coda.
SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST
Producer-director Kirby Dick
Editors Kirby Dick, Dody Dorn
Original score Blake Leyh
Associate producers Dody Dorn, Sheree Rose
Camera Jonathan Dayton, Kirby Dick
Sheree Rose, Geza Sinkovics
Interviewers Kathe Burkhart, Kirby Dick
Rita Valencia
Color/stereo
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Shown at Sundance to great acclaim, this is not a film for the faint-hearted and will no doubt leave audiences sharply divided, if not queasy. An item for only the most adventurous art houses, it was showcased at Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films fest.
Flanagan, who died last year, was born with cystic fibrosis, and like most victims of the disease, was not expected to live very long. Not only did he survive into his 40s, but he used his disease as a psychological springboard to examine the nature of pain and suffering. His act consisted of demonstrations of the many varieties of masochism, and he found a perfect partner for both his life and his work in his wife, Sheree Rose, a convivial sadist.
Kirby Dick's documentary, made with the cooperation of the artist's widow, offers many examples of Flanagan's work, as well as an up-close and personal look at a romantic couple who seemed to have stepped out of a David Lynch film.
The performance and art pieces on display here will certainly inspire spirited debate as to their merits or lack thereof, but there is no doubt about Flanagan's commitment to his work or the warped appeal of his humorous, self-deprecating personality.
We get to see many of his greatest hits, including his most notorious bit, in which he nails his genitalia to a wooden board. (From the squirming in the theater, you'd actually think that the jaded urbanites in the audience had never seen this sort of thing before.) Other highlights include "The Visible Man", a takeoff on the classic instructional toy, in which he explicitly demonstrates a wide variety of bodily functions; and "Autopsy", in which Sheree illustrates in full detail the extent of Flanagan's physical alterations thanks to their mutual obsession.
For a long time, audience members may feel that if Flanagan had really wanted to experience suffering, all he needed to do was sit through this film. And yet, as "Sick" progresses and we come to some understanding of the physical and psychological underpinning of his obsessions, it's hard not to be strangely moved by his courage, determination and iconoclasm.
The final segments, graphically depicting the final stages of the disease that finally caused his death, form a powerfully moving coda.
SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST
Producer-director Kirby Dick
Editors Kirby Dick, Dody Dorn
Original score Blake Leyh
Associate producers Dody Dorn, Sheree Rose
Camera Jonathan Dayton, Kirby Dick
Sheree Rose, Geza Sinkovics
Interviewers Kathe Burkhart, Kirby Dick
Rita Valencia
Color/stereo
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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