New York, NY — March 27, 2023 — The 92nd Street Y, New York (92Ny), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Drew Petersen, piano, plays Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, and more, on April 20, 2023 at 7:30pm Et. The concert will also be available for viewing online for 72 hours from time of broadcast. Tickets for both the in-person and livestream options start at $25 and are available at 92ny.org/event/drew-petersen-piano.
Pianist Drew Petersen makes his NYC recital debut in 92Ny’s newly renovated Buttenwieser Hall. At the heart of his program: piano masterworks by Ravel and Schumann in Gaspard de la nuit and Schumann’s love letter in music, the C-Major Fantasie. A selection of Chopin Études is preceded by John Corigliano’s Etude Fantasy, a set of five studies in the form and character of a fantasy, creating an arc from the program’s start to finish that reflects the thoughtfulness of Petersen’s artistic conception.
Pianist Drew Petersen makes his NYC recital debut in 92Ny’s newly renovated Buttenwieser Hall. At the heart of his program: piano masterworks by Ravel and Schumann in Gaspard de la nuit and Schumann’s love letter in music, the C-Major Fantasie. A selection of Chopin Études is preceded by John Corigliano’s Etude Fantasy, a set of five studies in the form and character of a fantasy, creating an arc from the program’s start to finish that reflects the thoughtfulness of Petersen’s artistic conception.
- 3/27/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
The Gotham Film & Media Institute on Monday has selected the films and series for its Project Market, a slate which IndieWire can exclusively reveal. Taking place during September’s Gotham Week at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the annual sales and development forum connects creators to distributors, financiers, and other industry decision-makers. It offers a look ahead at what could become the next buzzy films; “Moonlight” and “American Factory” are recent Oscar winners that were launched at past Project Market events.
This year’s lineup includes 65 fiction features and series, 60 nonfiction features and series, and 17 audio projects in various stages of development or production, including new projects from the producers of “Dopesick,” “Pose,” and “Sorry to Bother You.” For the first time since the pandemic, the annual event will include both in-person and virtual participation. In-person meetings run September 17-23, while virtual meetings will be held September 22-23.
“Being able...
This year’s lineup includes 65 fiction features and series, 60 nonfiction features and series, and 17 audio projects in various stages of development or production, including new projects from the producers of “Dopesick,” “Pose,” and “Sorry to Bother You.” For the first time since the pandemic, the annual event will include both in-person and virtual participation. In-person meetings run September 17-23, while virtual meetings will be held September 22-23.
“Being able...
- 8/1/2022
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
In other prizes Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon clinches Fipresci prize and inaugural Green Award.
Finnish director Teemu Nikki’s dark comedy-drama The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic scooped the El Gouna Film Festival’s $50,000 Golden Star award for best narrative film over the weekend.
Its star Petri Poikolainen also won best actor for his performance as a blind man who ventures out of his small apartment and onto the streets to travel by train to spend time with his long-distance girlfriend.
The film world premiered in Venice’s new Horizon Extras where it won the audience award.
Finnish director Teemu Nikki’s dark comedy-drama The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic scooped the El Gouna Film Festival’s $50,000 Golden Star award for best narrative film over the weekend.
Its star Petri Poikolainen also won best actor for his performance as a blind man who ventures out of his small apartment and onto the streets to travel by train to spend time with his long-distance girlfriend.
The film world premiered in Venice’s new Horizon Extras where it won the audience award.
- 10/25/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has secured the North American distribution rights to Us Kids, the Kim A. Snyder-directed documentary, which chronicles the March For Our Lives student-led movement that was sparked by the plague of gun violence ravaging their schools. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters and on digital platforms on April 9, shortly after the three-year anniversary of March For Our Lives.
The documentary follows Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, gun violence survivors and teenage activists, as they pull together the largest youth protest in American history. Their movement went global with rallies on 6 continents and in over 700 cities in every state across the nation, expanding to address racial injustice, a growing public health crisis, and shocking a political system into change. The movement was instrumental in the record youth voter turnout in 2018 and 2020.
“You have got to watch this film.
The documentary follows Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, gun violence survivors and teenage activists, as they pull together the largest youth protest in American history. Their movement went global with rallies on 6 continents and in over 700 cities in every state across the nation, expanding to address racial injustice, a growing public health crisis, and shocking a political system into change. The movement was instrumental in the record youth voter turnout in 2018 and 2020.
“You have got to watch this film.
- 2/4/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Two weeks from now marks the third anniversary of the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, during which 17 teenagers were tragically killed. On Sunday night (Jan. 31), Academy Award-winning actress, singer and activist Cher and activist Emma Gonzalez — a Parkland survivor — continued the conversation with a virtual screening of Kim A. Snyder’s 2020 documentary, “Us Kids,” followed by a live question and answer session.
“I was happy to see that Emma’s passion has not diminished a drop since the making of this profound documentary,” Cher tells Variety. “As I said during the conversation, I think our generations working together can make great progress addressing gun violence and other important issues”.
The talk, which was capped with a Cher singalong of her 1998 hit, “Believe,” centered not only on the film, but on other issues plaguing the U.S. and the world. “What’s going on...
“I was happy to see that Emma’s passion has not diminished a drop since the making of this profound documentary,” Cher tells Variety. “As I said during the conversation, I think our generations working together can make great progress addressing gun violence and other important issues”.
The talk, which was capped with a Cher singalong of her 1998 hit, “Believe,” centered not only on the film, but on other issues plaguing the U.S. and the world. “What’s going on...
- 2/1/2021
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
After tragedy struck Parkland, Fla., in early 2018, the young survivors of the mass shooting felt they had no other choice but to stand up and fight for their rights. They were just kids, but the students banded together and fell into an unexpected calling as youth activists.
A month after 17 lives were lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, they pulled off the largest youth protest in American history with March for Our Lives, a student-led demonstration in support of legislation to prevent gun violence, which captured the attention of Hollywood A-listers and millions of people around the world. That summer, the activists embarked on a tour around the country, as their movement grew to tackle much more than gun reform.
The documentary, “Us Kids” — from filmmaker Kim A. Snyder, who directed the Peabody Award-winning doc “Newtown” in 2016 — follows the young activists, as they spread their movement across the country,...
A month after 17 lives were lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, they pulled off the largest youth protest in American history with March for Our Lives, a student-led demonstration in support of legislation to prevent gun violence, which captured the attention of Hollywood A-listers and millions of people around the world. That summer, the activists embarked on a tour around the country, as their movement grew to tackle much more than gun reform.
The documentary, “Us Kids” — from filmmaker Kim A. Snyder, who directed the Peabody Award-winning doc “Newtown” in 2016 — follows the young activists, as they spread their movement across the country,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” and Mohammad Rasoulof’s “There Is No Evil” have won the top feature awards at the ninth annual Montclair Film Festival.
The awards were announced Monday following the festival’s 10-day run, which launched with Nomadland.” The film is set after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, with Frances McDormand’s character Fern exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 11 and won the Golden Lion.
“Nomadland” won the audience award for fiction feature. Frank Oz’s “Derek DelGaudio’s In & of Itself” won the Audience Award for non-fiction feature. “Two of Us,” directed by Filippo Meneghetti, won the audience for world cinema. Mackenzie Robertson’s “Life Without Parole: The Sammy Gladden Story,” won the short film category.
“There Is No Evil” won the jury award for nonfiction feature. The...
The awards were announced Monday following the festival’s 10-day run, which launched with Nomadland.” The film is set after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, with Frances McDormand’s character Fern exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 11 and won the Golden Lion.
“Nomadland” won the audience award for fiction feature. Frank Oz’s “Derek DelGaudio’s In & of Itself” won the Audience Award for non-fiction feature. “Two of Us,” directed by Filippo Meneghetti, won the audience for world cinema. Mackenzie Robertson’s “Life Without Parole: The Sammy Gladden Story,” won the short film category.
“There Is No Evil” won the jury award for nonfiction feature. The...
- 10/26/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In early 2018, the community of Parkland, Fla., was changed forever. After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragically took the lives of 17 individuals, the student survivors were thrust into a life they never expected — coping with their trauma, while becoming historical activists with global notoriety.
Today, those young survivors will continue their fight for young voices to be heard, presenting their documentary, “Us Kids,” at the virtual “Vote With Us” rally, which will bring together some of the biggest names in Hollywood to urge young people and people of color to get out and vote early.
Thus far, more than 50 million people have voted early, breaking previous records. As of Oct. 21, over three million young people, under the age of 30, have voted early or absentee in the 2020 elections.
Parkland anti-gun activists Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg and more will appear at the three-hour livestream event, which will also feature performances by Common,...
Today, those young survivors will continue their fight for young voices to be heard, presenting their documentary, “Us Kids,” at the virtual “Vote With Us” rally, which will bring together some of the biggest names in Hollywood to urge young people and people of color to get out and vote early.
Thus far, more than 50 million people have voted early, breaking previous records. As of Oct. 21, over three million young people, under the age of 30, have voted early or absentee in the 2020 elections.
Parkland anti-gun activists Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg and more will appear at the three-hour livestream event, which will also feature performances by Common,...
- 10/24/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Director Kim A. Snyder, who last helmed the harrowing documentary Newtown, continues to capture the fight against gun violence with her next film. Us Kids, a selection at Sundance and SXSW, exploring the March For Our Lives movement with Emma González, David Hogg, Samantha Fuentes, and more. Set for a theatrical and virtual cinema release next week, the first trailer has now arrived along with special sneak preview news.
Us Kids will kick off its launch with the Vote With Us Virtual Rally, a national Gotv campaign with the focus to educate, motivate, and mobilize young people and communities of color to vote early. The event will take place this Saturday, October 24, at 3 p.m. Et/Noon Pt, streaming at www.votewith.us and simulcast across YouTube and more. Immediately following the rally, as a special sneak preview, the film will be made available for free over the weekend, October 24-25 on YouTube,...
Us Kids will kick off its launch with the Vote With Us Virtual Rally, a national Gotv campaign with the focus to educate, motivate, and mobilize young people and communities of color to vote early. The event will take place this Saturday, October 24, at 3 p.m. Et/Noon Pt, streaming at www.votewith.us and simulcast across YouTube and more. Immediately following the rally, as a special sneak preview, the film will be made available for free over the weekend, October 24-25 on YouTube,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Change is on the horizon!" Hopefully it is! An official trailer has debuted for the acclaimed documentary Us Kids, from award-winning doc filmmaker Kim A. Snyder. This originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and also just stopped by the Montclair Film Festival this fall. It will be available to watch in virtual cinemas starting at the end of October. The film is an inspiring, authentic profile of various young activists from all over America. The primary focus is on the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida who speak out against the national gun-violence epidemic after a mass shooting at their school kills 17 people in 2018. Us Kids chronicles the March For Our Lives movement from the point of view of Parkland students Emma González, David Hogg, Samantha Fuentes, and others that become a key part of the movement. It is a vitally important doc film...
- 10/23/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Film Life Foundation’s inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (Sjnff) has unveiled its robust program including its spotlight screenings including the documentaries 40 Years A Prisoner from HBO, Us Kids, and Sncc executive produced by Pharell Williams as well as I Am Other. and the narrative feature Reefa. The fest will also feature the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed Just Mercy and Ryan Coogler’s award-winning Fruitvale Station as opening night films which will screen at Paramount’s Drive-In Theater on Wednesday, October 21. Both films star Michael B. Jordan, who was previously announced as Co-Ambassador alongside Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi. All official selections and spotlight screenings will be available to stream for free on abffplay.com, a new digital platform, powered by Endeavor Streaming from October 21-25.
“Through these films, we hope to advance the dialogue and help to reshape the narrative of racial and social justice in this country.
“Through these films, we hope to advance the dialogue and help to reshape the narrative of racial and social justice in this country.
- 10/12/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
“Black Bear,” “Kokoloko,” “Night of the Kings,” “Rosa’s Wedding” and “Undine” have been selected as the competition titles for the Marimba Award at the upcoming Miami Film Festival Gems event.
The seventh annual edition of Gems will be held virtually from Oct. 8-11. The juried prize, which carries a $25,000 award, is given for a film that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future.
“Black Bear is a U.S. film, directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and starring Aubrey Plaza, Sara Gadon and Christopher Abbot. It premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
“Kokoloko” (Mexico), directed by Gerardo Naranjo, received a Best Actor prize for Noé Hernández at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
“Night of the Kings” comes from Ivory Coast, France, Canada and Senegal. Directed by Philippe Lacôte, it is the Ivory Coast’s official submission in the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category
“Rosa’s Wedding” (Spain...
The seventh annual edition of Gems will be held virtually from Oct. 8-11. The juried prize, which carries a $25,000 award, is given for a film that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future.
“Black Bear is a U.S. film, directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and starring Aubrey Plaza, Sara Gadon and Christopher Abbot. It premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
“Kokoloko” (Mexico), directed by Gerardo Naranjo, received a Best Actor prize for Noé Hernández at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
“Night of the Kings” comes from Ivory Coast, France, Canada and Senegal. Directed by Philippe Lacôte, it is the Ivory Coast’s official submission in the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category
“Rosa’s Wedding” (Spain...
- 9/23/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sheffield Doc/Fest, the U.K.’s leading documentary festival, has unveiled its 2020 selection, with a line-up of 115 films, including 31 world premieres.
Due to coronavirus, this year’s festival is largely taking place online. The June event is also extending its activities throughout the rest of the year both in Sheffield and virtually.
The festival is launching a VOD platform, Sheffield Doc/Fest Selects, on June 10 with pay-per-view and subscription options for U.K.-based public audiences including Q&As with filmmakers.
The Doc/Player, a film industry-oriented video library, is also being made available to festival passholders globally from today to August 31.
The festival is also organising weekend screenings in Sheffield cinemas in October – November.
In addition, Doc/Fest has partnered with BFI Player, Doc Alliance Films, The Guardian, and Mubi which will host its curated programmes at various points between July and November.
As announced previously, Sheffield Doc...
Due to coronavirus, this year’s festival is largely taking place online. The June event is also extending its activities throughout the rest of the year both in Sheffield and virtually.
The festival is launching a VOD platform, Sheffield Doc/Fest Selects, on June 10 with pay-per-view and subscription options for U.K.-based public audiences including Q&As with filmmakers.
The Doc/Player, a film industry-oriented video library, is also being made available to festival passholders globally from today to August 31.
The festival is also organising weekend screenings in Sheffield cinemas in October – November.
In addition, Doc/Fest has partnered with BFI Player, Doc Alliance Films, The Guardian, and Mubi which will host its curated programmes at various points between July and November.
As announced previously, Sheffield Doc...
- 6/8/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Emotionally affecting if somewhat unfocused at times, Kim A. Snyder’s Us Kids is an often inspirational documentary capturing the energy and personalities behind the March for Our Lives and Vote For Our Lives moment that sprung out of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The film is most effective at chronicling the work and friendships of those in spotlight, including Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, and shooting survivor Sam Fuentes, all of which have become reluctant advocates in accelerating the conversation.
A broad and sweeping look at the movement, what the film lacks in focus it makes up for in passion as a grassroots movement springs up, led in part by Hogg and Gonzalez. Kasky, who digs in and organizes events like rallies and negotiates for permits on conference calls with municipalities, starts to take a backseat while Fuentes finds the strength...
A broad and sweeping look at the movement, what the film lacks in focus it makes up for in passion as a grassroots movement springs up, led in part by Hogg and Gonzalez. Kasky, who digs in and organizes events like rallies and negotiates for permits on conference calls with municipalities, starts to take a backseat while Fuentes finds the strength...
- 3/15/2020
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
After a 2018 mass shooting at a South Florida high school left 17 people dead and 17 more injured, Parkland students Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg and Jackie Corin found themselves at the forefront of a national conversation about gun control reform before they were even old enough to vote.
Two years after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the survivors are again grappling with the legacy of that terrible day, this time in “Us Kids,” a documentary by Kim A. Snyder (“Newtown”) that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Through the eyes of the young activists, “Us Kids” chronicles the global impact of their efforts over the 18 months that followed, including the March for Our Lives movement and the Road to Change tour to mobilize the youth vote during midterm elections.
“We’re looking forward to using this film as a tool to facilitate more conversations about gun violence prevention around...
Two years after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the survivors are again grappling with the legacy of that terrible day, this time in “Us Kids,” a documentary by Kim A. Snyder (“Newtown”) that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Through the eyes of the young activists, “Us Kids” chronicles the global impact of their efforts over the 18 months that followed, including the March for Our Lives movement and the Road to Change tour to mobilize the youth vote during midterm elections.
“We’re looking forward to using this film as a tool to facilitate more conversations about gun violence prevention around...
- 1/30/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
How do you make a movie about the gun crisis in America? How do you document a plague in a country that has become so desensitized to the pain it causes? How — at a time of such rampant inhumanity that millions of people seem resigned to even the most preventable horrors — do you possibly make a film that resonates with this amnesiac nation in a way that regular images of murdered club-goers, concert attendees, religious worshippers, multiplex patrons, Walmart shoppers, children, children, children, and always more children, have not?
If these aren’t rhetorical questions, that’s only because well-intentioned filmmakers like Kim A. Snyder will be reckoning with them for a long time to come. We’re lucky for their resolve; they accomplish more by failing to find the right answers than our entire political establishment does by settling for the wrong ones. In 2016’s “Newtown,” Snyder vivisected the...
If these aren’t rhetorical questions, that’s only because well-intentioned filmmakers like Kim A. Snyder will be reckoning with them for a long time to come. We’re lucky for their resolve; they accomplish more by failing to find the right answers than our entire political establishment does by settling for the wrong ones. In 2016’s “Newtown,” Snyder vivisected the...
- 1/25/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The nonstop drama of the Trump White House has succeeded, among other things, in largely pushing gun control from the forefront of the news cycle — no doubt to the relief of the NRA and its allies, despite the continued frequency of U.S. mass shootings. As a result, and perhaps unfairly, Kim A. Snyder’s “Us Kids” feels a bit like old news, as it focuses on a school massacre and the subsequent activist tide that occurred less than two years ago, yet somehow already feel distant. Nonetheless, who themselves just survived a school shooting.
Where Snyder’s 2016 “Newtown” held to the perspective of parents grieving after a gunman killed 26 people (including 20 first-graders) at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary in late 2012, “Kids” charts the very different reaction of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., a little over five years later. When another gunman (this time an alumnus...
Where Snyder’s 2016 “Newtown” held to the perspective of parents grieving after a gunman killed 26 people (including 20 first-graders) at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary in late 2012, “Kids” charts the very different reaction of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., a little over five years later. When another gunman (this time an alumnus...
- 1/25/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Documentarian Kim A. Snyder had been down this road before, talking to grieving parents and families about children felled by gun violence, three years ago with 2016’s shocking “Newtown.” “I thought, ‘That was it, I was done,'” she told me on the phone. “Since that time, there have been many hundreds of thousands of mass shootings; people are numb. That’s a movie I couldn’t or wouldn’t make today, it was a different moment and motivation.”
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
- 1/25/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Documentarian Kim A. Snyder had been down this road before, talking to grieving parents and families about children felled by gun violence, three years ago with 2016’s shocking “Newtown.” “I thought, ‘That was it, I was done,'” she told me on the phone. “Since that time, there have been many hundreds of thousands of mass shootings; people are numb. That’s a movie I couldn’t or wouldn’t make today, it was a different moment and motivation.”
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
- 1/25/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
While a few lauded Sundance Film Festival titles like “The Farewell” and “The Report” still seek 2020 awards attention, the 2019 narrative selection became more talent discovery than Oscar launchpad as heated buys like “Late Night” and “Brittany Runs a Marathon” fizzled at the box office. For the documentary section, however, it’s a different story.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
- 12/5/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
While a few lauded Sundance Film Festival titles like “The Farewell” and “The Report” still seek 2020 awards attention, the 2019 narrative selection became more talent discovery than Oscar launchpad as heated buys like “Late Night” and “Brittany Runs a Marathon” fizzled at the box office. For the documentary section, however, it’s a different story.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
- 12/5/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Apa is upping three in its Literary Group. The agency has promoted Sheryl Petersen and Ryan Saul to co-head the agency’s Motion Picture Literary department, and Lindsay Howard Parker to co-head the Television Literary department.
“Sheryl, Ryan and Lindsay have done a tremendous job in positioning Apa as a major player in all areas of content creation,” said Apa’s Head of Literary Lee Dinstman in making the announcement. “Through their leadership and expertise, they embody our collaborative team-oriented culture at Apa, which has been the foundation of our success and that of our clients.”
“They have exceptional instincts for uncovering and nurturing great talent,” added David Saunders, Executive Vice President of Apa’s Literary Group. “Their contributions to the success of the department have been extraordinary.
Apa’s television and motion picture literary department’s clients include John and Sandy Carpenter and their Storm King Production; Wes Ball...
“Sheryl, Ryan and Lindsay have done a tremendous job in positioning Apa as a major player in all areas of content creation,” said Apa’s Head of Literary Lee Dinstman in making the announcement. “Through their leadership and expertise, they embody our collaborative team-oriented culture at Apa, which has been the foundation of our success and that of our clients.”
“They have exceptional instincts for uncovering and nurturing great talent,” added David Saunders, Executive Vice President of Apa’s Literary Group. “Their contributions to the success of the department have been extraordinary.
Apa’s television and motion picture literary department’s clients include John and Sandy Carpenter and their Storm King Production; Wes Ball...
- 1/14/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Features selection includes Free Solo, Rbg, Quincy.
John Chester’s The Biggest Little Farm will open Doc NYC on November 8 following a strong reception at the recent world premiere in Telluride and the Canadian premiere in Tiff.
Neon acquired Us rights in Toronto to the film about Chester and his wife as they create a sustainable family farm in California, and will be release next spring.
The festival has also announced its 2018 Doc NYC Short List: Features and Short List: Short Films selections.
The Features selection is in its seventh year, and includes 15 entries, while the Short Films selection is...
John Chester’s The Biggest Little Farm will open Doc NYC on November 8 following a strong reception at the recent world premiere in Telluride and the Canadian premiere in Tiff.
Neon acquired Us rights in Toronto to the film about Chester and his wife as they create a sustainable family farm in California, and will be release next spring.
The festival has also announced its 2018 Doc NYC Short List: Features and Short List: Short Films selections.
The Features selection is in its seventh year, and includes 15 entries, while the Short Films selection is...
- 9/27/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Do you want to know what film is going to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature next February?
It’ll either be Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s “Rgb,” Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers,” Susan Lacy’s “Jane Fonda: A Life in Five Acts,” Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” or one of these 10 other docs:
“Crime + Punishment,” Stephen Maing; “Free Solo,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin; “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross; “Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu; “On Her Shoulders,” Alexandra Bombach; “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,” Wim Wenders; “Quincy,” Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks; “Reversing Roe,” Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern; “The Sentence,” Rudy Valdez; “Shirkers,” Sandi Tan.
Those, at least, are the 15 films on the annual Short List compiled by the documentary festival Doc NYC. Since its inception in 2012, the list has...
It’ll either be Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s “Rgb,” Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers,” Susan Lacy’s “Jane Fonda: A Life in Five Acts,” Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” or one of these 10 other docs:
“Crime + Punishment,” Stephen Maing; “Free Solo,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin; “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross; “Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu; “On Her Shoulders,” Alexandra Bombach; “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,” Wim Wenders; “Quincy,” Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks; “Reversing Roe,” Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern; “The Sentence,” Rudy Valdez; “Shirkers,” Sandi Tan.
Those, at least, are the 15 films on the annual Short List compiled by the documentary festival Doc NYC. Since its inception in 2012, the list has...
- 9/27/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
"This is one of those moments where presence is the answer." Netflix has unveiled the trailer for a short documentary (only 22 minutes) debuting later this month titled Lessons From A School Shooting: Notes From Dunblane. That's quite a provocative title, but the film is exactly as it says - about how two people corresponded regarding their experiences with school shootings. In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow priest in Dunblane, Scotland, whose community suffered an eerily similar fate in 1996. From across the Atlantic, the two priests forge a bond through the shared experience of trauma and healing. This is made by the same filmmaker who made the documentary Newtown, about the town recovering from the shooting. This looks like a sad, somber, but very moving film about communities.
- 9/20/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Peabody Awards ended up being tragically timely, with the organization's annual celebration of winners falling a day after a high-school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, left 10 people dead, the deadliest such attack since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, after which a number of the teenage survivors have become activists for efforts to improve safety for students.
One of Saturday's 30 winners across TV, radio/podcasts and the web was Newtown, a documentary about the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.
Newtown director Kim A. Snyder has, in recent months, been embedded with the Parkland ...
One of Saturday's 30 winners across TV, radio/podcasts and the web was Newtown, a documentary about the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.
Newtown director Kim A. Snyder has, in recent months, been embedded with the Parkland ...
- 5/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kim A. Snyder has already chronicled the fatal Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in her 2016 documentary <em>Newtown</em>, which recently won a Peabody Award, and now she might be turning her lens on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead. Since the tragic incident, a number of the Parkland survivors have become high-profile advocates for gun reform.
“We're very inspired right now with the youth movement,” Snyder told <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i> ahead of a Sunday panel discussion at the Tribeca Film Festival about her short film <em>Notes From Dunblane: ...</em>...
“We're very inspired right now with the youth movement,” Snyder told <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i> ahead of a Sunday panel discussion at the Tribeca Film Festival about her short film <em>Notes From Dunblane: ...</em>...
Kim A. Snyder has already chronicled the fatal Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in her 2016 documentary Newtown, which recently won a Peabody Award, and now she might be turning her lens on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead. Since the tragic incident, a number of the Parkland survivors have become high-profile advocates for gun reform.
“We're very inspired right now with the youth movement,” Snyder told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of a Sunday panel discussion at the Tribeca Film Festival about her short film Notes From Dunblane: Lessons From...
“We're very inspired right now with the youth movement,” Snyder told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of a Sunday panel discussion at the Tribeca Film Festival about her short film Notes From Dunblane: Lessons From...
- 4/30/2018
- by Zoe Haylock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York City – The 17th Edition of the Tribeca Film Festival continues through April 29th, 2018, but the main jury awards were announced on April 26th at Awards Night ceremonies. “DIane,” directed by Kent Jones, was awarded Best U.S. Narrative Feature. “Smuggling Hendrix” took the honors for Best International Narrative Feature, and “Island of Hungry Ghosts” was Best Documentary Feature.
Awards were distributed in the following feature film competition categories – U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Documentary, New Narrative Director, The Albert Maysles New Documentary Director, and the Nora Ephron Prize, honoring a woman writer or director. Awards were also given in the short film categories – Narrative, Documentary, Student Visionary and Animation. For the sixth year, Tribeca awarded innovation in storytelling through its Storyscapes Award for immersive (Vr) storytelling.
Jury Awards for the 17th Tribeca Film Festival Took Place on April 26th, 2018
Photo credit: Tribeca Film Festival
“It is rewarding to honor...
Awards were distributed in the following feature film competition categories – U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Documentary, New Narrative Director, The Albert Maysles New Documentary Director, and the Nora Ephron Prize, honoring a woman writer or director. Awards were also given in the short film categories – Narrative, Documentary, Student Visionary and Animation. For the sixth year, Tribeca awarded innovation in storytelling through its Storyscapes Award for immersive (Vr) storytelling.
Jury Awards for the 17th Tribeca Film Festival Took Place on April 26th, 2018
Photo credit: Tribeca Film Festival
“It is rewarding to honor...
- 4/28/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“Diane,” writer-director Kent Jones’ drama starring Mary Kay Place, and actors Jeffrey Wright and Alia Shawkat were among the winners of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival’s slate of juried awards.
“Diane,” the first narrative feature from New York Film Festival director Jones, centers on a 70-something woman (Place) and the relationships and memories she’d rather not confront, and won awards for narrative feature, cinematography and for screenplay (U.S. narrative). Wright (“Westworld”) scored a trophy for “O.G.,” in which he plays a maximum-security prison inmate, and Shawkat (“Arrested Development”) earned her award for her turn in “Duck Butter,” about a romantic experiment between two women.
Also on the list of Tribeca award recipients were international narrative feature winner “Smuggling Hendrix,” Marios’ Piperides movie about a washed-up musician trying to rescue his dog, and “Island of the Hungry Ghosts,” Gabrielle Brady’s winning documentary feature about a detention center on Christmas Island.
“Diane,” the first narrative feature from New York Film Festival director Jones, centers on a 70-something woman (Place) and the relationships and memories she’d rather not confront, and won awards for narrative feature, cinematography and for screenplay (U.S. narrative). Wright (“Westworld”) scored a trophy for “O.G.,” in which he plays a maximum-security prison inmate, and Shawkat (“Arrested Development”) earned her award for her turn in “Duck Butter,” about a romantic experiment between two women.
Also on the list of Tribeca award recipients were international narrative feature winner “Smuggling Hendrix,” Marios’ Piperides movie about a washed-up musician trying to rescue his dog, and “Island of the Hungry Ghosts,” Gabrielle Brady’s winning documentary feature about a detention center on Christmas Island.
- 4/26/2018
- by Gordon Cox
- Variety Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
The Handmaiden is pure cinema — a tender, moving, utterly believable love story. It’s also a tense, unsettling, erotic masterpiece. There’s a palpable exhilaration that comes from watching this latest film from Park Chan-wook. From its four central performances and twisty script to the cinematography of Chung Chung-hoon and feverish, haunting score by Cho Young-wuk, The Handmaiden is crafted to take your breath away.
The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
The Handmaiden is pure cinema — a tender, moving, utterly believable love story. It’s also a tense, unsettling, erotic masterpiece. There’s a palpable exhilaration that comes from watching this latest film from Park Chan-wook. From its four central performances and twisty script to the cinematography of Chung Chung-hoon and feverish, haunting score by Cho Young-wuk, The Handmaiden is crafted to take your breath away.
- 4/14/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ronny Ahmed will never forget the moment in 2014 when a gunman emerged suddenly and shot him while he was studying for finals at Florida State University.
“First bullet went through, hit my spine at my T-10, bounced off my spine, hit my liver — and then that one instantly paralyzed me,” he says in the third installment of We Are All Newtown, a three-part web series that People is exclusively debuting this week.
In the same webisode, an NRA gun safety instructor says he thinks a trained shooter like himself might have helped prevent the tragedy on Nov. 20, 2014, when a gunman...
“First bullet went through, hit my spine at my T-10, bounced off my spine, hit my liver — and then that one instantly paralyzed me,” he says in the third installment of We Are All Newtown, a three-part web series that People is exclusively debuting this week.
In the same webisode, an NRA gun safety instructor says he thinks a trained shooter like himself might have helped prevent the tragedy on Nov. 20, 2014, when a gunman...
- 3/31/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
The bullet that is still lodged in Javier Nava’s body is a constant reminder of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, in Orlando, Florida, that stole the lives of four of his friends and killed 45 others.
The long scar on Nava’s abdomen is another remnant of that day.
“For me, it’s just hard to see my body with a big scar,” he says in the second installment of We Are All Newtown, a three-part web series that People is exclusively debuting this week.
“At the same time,” Nava says in the episode, “I’m pretty sure that any one...
The long scar on Nava’s abdomen is another remnant of that day.
“For me, it’s just hard to see my body with a big scar,” he says in the second installment of We Are All Newtown, a three-part web series that People is exclusively debuting this week.
“At the same time,” Nava says in the episode, “I’m pretty sure that any one...
- 3/30/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
Six weeks after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 killed 26 people, including 20 first-graders, in Newtown, Connecticut, filmmaker Kim A. Snyder traveled to the shattered town.
She spent the next three and a half years in a community still reeling from the carnage.
The result? The documentary Newtown, premiering on PBS on April 3, which weaves together intimate and emotionally raw interviews of parents, teachers, first responders and others with never-before-seen footage.
“After the cameras leave, the community is left to carry on with the trauma and the heartache of the worst devastation imaginable,” producer Maria Cuomo Cole tells People.
She says their...
She spent the next three and a half years in a community still reeling from the carnage.
The result? The documentary Newtown, premiering on PBS on April 3, which weaves together intimate and emotionally raw interviews of parents, teachers, first responders and others with never-before-seen footage.
“After the cameras leave, the community is left to carry on with the trauma and the heartache of the worst devastation imaginable,” producer Maria Cuomo Cole tells People.
She says their...
- 3/29/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
Newtown screens Friday February 24th through Sunday February 26th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts at 7:30 all three evenings.
Twenty months after the horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Ct that took the lives of twenty elementary school children and six educators on December 14, 2012, the small New England town is a complex psychological
web of tragic aftermath in the wake of yet another act of mass killing at the hands of a disturbed young gunman. Kim A. Snyder’s searing Newtown documents a traumatized community fractured by grief and driven toward a
sense of purpose.
The critics love Newtown:
The Atlantic said:
“It feels like the closest thing to a tribute audiences can pay to the children and adults who died, and the town that continues to grieve them.”
The L.A. Times says:
“Snyder has chosen to make a documentary about collective grief.
Twenty months after the horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Ct that took the lives of twenty elementary school children and six educators on December 14, 2012, the small New England town is a complex psychological
web of tragic aftermath in the wake of yet another act of mass killing at the hands of a disturbed young gunman. Kim A. Snyder’s searing Newtown documents a traumatized community fractured by grief and driven toward a
sense of purpose.
The critics love Newtown:
The Atlantic said:
“It feels like the closest thing to a tribute audiences can pay to the children and adults who died, and the town that continues to grieve them.”
The L.A. Times says:
“Snyder has chosen to make a documentary about collective grief.
- 2/20/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre still lingers in the hearts and minds of the nation five years later. In the aftermath of the tragedy, a group of artists from New York traveled to Newtown, Connecticut to work with kids from the local school system to mount an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Director Lloyd Kramer decided to film the production for a documentary entitled “Midsummer in Newtown.” Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: Students on Stage Bring Joy in the Wake of Loss in Exclusive Trailer For ‘Midsummer in Newtown’ — Watch
The film follows the young kids as they explore Shakespeare’s language for the first time and work together to connect with art and potentially emerge from the trauma. Meanwhile, Kramer also follows the lives of Jimmy Greene, an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, and Nelba Márquez-Greene, a therapist who decidates herself to crisis intervention,...
Read More: Students on Stage Bring Joy in the Wake of Loss in Exclusive Trailer For ‘Midsummer in Newtown’ — Watch
The film follows the young kids as they explore Shakespeare’s language for the first time and work together to connect with art and potentially emerge from the trauma. Meanwhile, Kramer also follows the lives of Jimmy Greene, an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, and Nelba Márquez-Greene, a therapist who decidates herself to crisis intervention,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Released last fall and now available on VOD, one of the most gut-wrenching, vital documentaries of the last year is Newtown. The film finds director Kim A. Snyder taking a humanistic approach in exploring this recovery in the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in United States history, which left 26 people, including 20 children, dead. With the film now more widely available, we’re pleased to debut an exclusive clip from the documentary, which features Dr. William Begg speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee on assault weapons and discussing his experience being in the emergency room the day of the shooting.
We said in our review from Sundance, “Newtown is not much interested in going down the rabbit hole of proposed motivations of the never-audibly-named killer, or even the horrific specifics of the timeline of what occurred on that dreadful day in December 2012. Rather, the documentary’s foundation is...
We said in our review from Sundance, “Newtown is not much interested in going down the rabbit hole of proposed motivations of the never-audibly-named killer, or even the horrific specifics of the timeline of what occurred on that dreadful day in December 2012. Rather, the documentary’s foundation is...
- 1/12/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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On December 14, 2012, tragedy stuck Newtown, Connecticut, after 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The massacre made national headlines and forever changed the lives of the families living in the quiet Connecticut suburb. Kim A. Snyder’s acclaimed documentary “Newtown” gathers parents of the victims and teachers to provide tense and heartbreaking memories from the fateful day and all that followed. It’s a harrowing watch, but one Snyder crafts in a necessary and urgent way.
Read More: Oscars: ‘Newtown’ Returns Gun Debate to Documentary Race, 14 Years After ‘Bowling for Columbine’
The director spends a majority of the film following the families of three young victims—Daniel Barden, Ben Wheeler, and Dylan Hockley—through the unimaginable aftermath of that horrific day. It’s from...
On December 14, 2012, tragedy stuck Newtown, Connecticut, after 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The massacre made national headlines and forever changed the lives of the families living in the quiet Connecticut suburb. Kim A. Snyder’s acclaimed documentary “Newtown” gathers parents of the victims and teachers to provide tense and heartbreaking memories from the fateful day and all that followed. It’s a harrowing watch, but one Snyder crafts in a necessary and urgent way.
Read More: Oscars: ‘Newtown’ Returns Gun Debate to Documentary Race, 14 Years After ‘Bowling for Columbine’
The director spends a majority of the film following the families of three young victims—Daniel Barden, Ben Wheeler, and Dylan Hockley—through the unimaginable aftermath of that horrific day. It’s from...
- 1/10/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)
As we await Paul Thomas Anderson‘s next film later this year, one now has the chance to see his sprawling second feature about the world of pornography in a 70s and 80s Los Angeles on Netflix. Boogie Nights, which features much of the ensemble — including Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Heather Graham — at their best,...
Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)
As we await Paul Thomas Anderson‘s next film later this year, one now has the chance to see his sprawling second feature about the world of pornography in a 70s and 80s Los Angeles on Netflix. Boogie Nights, which features much of the ensemble — including Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Heather Graham — at their best,...
- 1/6/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The iconic filmmaker will receive the Writers Guild Of America, West’s 2017 Laurel Award for screenwriting achievement in recognition of his body of work.
Stone, whose latest film Snowden has earned plaudits, will be honoured at the Guild’s awards show in Beverly Hills on February 19.
“Oliver Stone may be our most committed screenwriter, using an unparalleled sense of conflict and drama to define the past half century,” said Wgaw president Howard A. Rodman. “Stone’s Vietnam trilogy – Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Heaven & Earth– not only illuminated the war, but made us face its consequences.
“His unofficial and extraordinary history of the 1960s and 1970s – from JFK and The Doors through Nixon and Wall Street – wove a coherent narrative from incoherent facts. His dialogue is always memorable: think of Gordon Gekko’s ‘greed is good,’ or Tony Manero’s 182 ‘fucks’ in Scarface.
“But even Stone’s most amoral characters are, in the end...
Stone, whose latest film Snowden has earned plaudits, will be honoured at the Guild’s awards show in Beverly Hills on February 19.
“Oliver Stone may be our most committed screenwriter, using an unparalleled sense of conflict and drama to define the past half century,” said Wgaw president Howard A. Rodman. “Stone’s Vietnam trilogy – Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Heaven & Earth– not only illuminated the war, but made us face its consequences.
“His unofficial and extraordinary history of the 1960s and 1970s – from JFK and The Doors through Nixon and Wall Street – wove a coherent narrative from incoherent facts. His dialogue is always memorable: think of Gordon Gekko’s ‘greed is good,’ or Tony Manero’s 182 ‘fucks’ in Scarface.
“But even Stone’s most amoral characters are, in the end...
- 12/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Filmed over three years, Newtown is a new documentary exploring the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history, focusing on the journey of the fractured families and community affected by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Filmmakers Kim A. Snyder and Maria Cuomo Cole recently sat down with uInterview to talk […]
The post Kim A. Snyder And Maria Cuomo Cole On Doc ‘Newtown’ appeared first on uInterview.
The post Kim A. Snyder And Maria Cuomo Cole On Doc ‘Newtown’ appeared first on uInterview.
- 11/2/2016
- by Travis Jeffrey Gonzalez
- Uinterview
As we as a country make our way through the ugliest election season in recent memory, one issue is still on the tip of everyone’s tongue; gun control. Mass shootings are ravaging towns both big and small at an alarming rate, and they all shatter families, communities and the nation as a whole.
And then there’s what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 20 children and six teachers were murdered in cold blood. Thrusting this small town into the center of this nation’s most controversial debate, these horrendous events left the community searching for answers and retribution of a political sort.
This community’s journey has also become the topic of a new documentary from director Kim A. Snyder, entitled Newtown. Shot over the span of roughly three years, Snyder gives us unfathomable insight into those lives impacted directly and indirectly by this horrific tragedy,...
And then there’s what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 20 children and six teachers were murdered in cold blood. Thrusting this small town into the center of this nation’s most controversial debate, these horrendous events left the community searching for answers and retribution of a political sort.
This community’s journey has also become the topic of a new documentary from director Kim A. Snyder, entitled Newtown. Shot over the span of roughly three years, Snyder gives us unfathomable insight into those lives impacted directly and indirectly by this horrific tragedy,...
- 10/10/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The weekend turned out almost exactly as expected with Universal and DreamWorks's The Girl on the Train finishing at #1 and the weekend top twelve coming in ~8.7% behind the same weekend last year, grossing a combined $96.4 million. The weekend's two other new wide releases*The Birth of a Nation and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life*are in a fight for sixth place as holdovers mostly ruled the top five. This weekend also saw Disney's Finding Dory become the 27th film to ever cross $1 billion worldwide, making it the third Disney release of 2016 to cross that mark. Finishing at #1, the adaptation of Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, The Girl on the Train, came up just a bit shy of expectations with an estimated $24.7 million from 3,144 theaters. It's no stretch to assume the film experienced diminishing buzz as the weekend wore on, due mostly to the largely negative reviews (44% on RottenTomatoes) and lackluster,...
- 10/9/2016
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
“Newtown” explores the aftermath of the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and touches on the salient issue of gun access in the U.S. The documentary had a special opening-night screening on Friday at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in New York, where Governor Andrew M. Cuomo attended and delivered remarks about the film and gun-control issues.
The documentary is directed by Kim A. Snyder and produced by the governor’s sister, Maria Cuomo Cole. Taking the stage, Governor Cuomo congratulated his sister and the “Newtown” team for their hard work, then delved into the changes that need to be made in this country regarding gun violence.
“Just a couple of words, because this film is so powerful and the film is going to say better than any message I could convey to you,” he said. “The gun issue is still one that truly confounds me and the insanity of it,...
The documentary is directed by Kim A. Snyder and produced by the governor’s sister, Maria Cuomo Cole. Taking the stage, Governor Cuomo congratulated his sister and the “Newtown” team for their hard work, then delved into the changes that need to be made in this country regarding gun violence.
“Just a couple of words, because this film is so powerful and the film is going to say better than any message I could convey to you,” he said. “The gun issue is still one that truly confounds me and the insanity of it,...
- 10/8/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
October is upon us. The leaves are changing. Sweaters are becoming more abundant. Awards contenders are popping up in theaters nationwide. But those are far from the only films opening throughout the coming weeks. Below, you’ll find every planned theatrical release for the month of October, separated out into films with wide runs and limited ones. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Stay warm and happy watching!
Week of October 7 Wide
The Birth of a Nation
Director: Nate Parker
Cast: Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer, Gabrielle Union, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Junior, Nate Parker
Synopsis: Set against the antebellum South and based on a true story, “The Birth...
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Stay warm and happy watching!
Week of October 7 Wide
The Birth of a Nation
Director: Nate Parker
Cast: Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer, Gabrielle Union, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Junior, Nate Parker
Synopsis: Set against the antebellum South and based on a true story, “The Birth...
- 10/6/2016
- by Steve Greene and Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
No parent should have to bury a child. That’s the quote that will repeatedly run through your mind as you watch “Newtown,” Kim A. Snyder’s documentary about the Dec. 14, 2012, mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children and six adults died in the massacre, which was carried out by 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza, who then killed himself. Prior to arriving at the school that December morning, Lanza shot and killed his mother, whom some blame for having taken her once-bullied, socially awkward son to shooting ranges and for keeping various weapons in their house.
- 10/6/2016
- by Tricia Olszewski
- The Wrap
In his Oscar-winning documentary “Bowling for Columbine” (2002), Michael Moore confronts Charlton Heston and Kmart executives, Michigan militiamen and the producer of “Cops,” but his quixotic search is for the structure itself, the undercarriage of American violence. Though his starting point is the 1999 massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School, in which two students murdered one teacher, 12 classmates, and injured 21 others, Moore spins a dense web of historical connections and geopolitical comparisons: A montage of American imperialism from the overthrow of Mohammed Mossedegh to the rise of Osama bin Laden, set to “What a Wonderful World”; interviews with ordinary Canadians baffled by the American obsession with crime. “Bowling for Columbine” is, in short, the filmmaker’s most chilling and prescient polemic, framing the United States’ gun epidemic as the logical consequence of our “culture of fear,” and its concomitant economy of terror.
Nearly 14 years on from Moore’s Oscar acceptance speech,...
Nearly 14 years on from Moore’s Oscar acceptance speech,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
- 10/5/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Kim A. Snyder’s documentary “Newtown” examines the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the deadliest mass shooting of school children, with citizens of the Newtown community. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and later screened at SXSW and the Cleveland International Film Festival. It also screened the White House the week of the 2016 Orlando shootings. Now, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will attend the opening night screening of “Newtown”on Friday, October 7th and will provide post-screening remarks with Snyder, producer Maria Cuomo Cole, and Newtown parents Mark and Jackie Barden, Nicole Hockley, and David and Francine Wheeler. It will be a public screening at 7:45pm at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema.
Read More: Sundance Review: Kim A. Snyder’s Emotionally Devastating Documentary ‘Newtown’
Snyder has previously directed the documentaries “I Remember Me,” a biographical film about chronic fatigue syndrome that explores...
Read More: Sundance Review: Kim A. Snyder’s Emotionally Devastating Documentary ‘Newtown’
Snyder has previously directed the documentaries “I Remember Me,” a biographical film about chronic fatigue syndrome that explores...
- 10/4/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
With only a few months left to go in the year, if you’re around our home base, you can experience some of the best films of 2016 (and 2017) at New York Film Festival. However, if you happen not to be anywhere close, there’s still a handful of must-see films spooling out over the next four weeks, and we’ve collected our top 15 picks. Aside from some of our favorites this year, we should note that a restoration of the landmark drama The Battle of Algiers will begin a nationwide roll-out starting on October 7, so seek that out if it’s playing near you.
Check out our recommendations below and let us know what you are most looking forward to seeing.
15. Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi; Oct. 21)
Synopsis: Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
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Check out our recommendations below and let us know what you are most looking forward to seeing.
15. Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi; Oct. 21)
Synopsis: Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: After...
- 10/3/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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