Oh, Canada debuting this week on the Croisette is high time to see lesser-seen Schrader on the Criterion Channel, who’ll debut an 11-title series including the likes of Touch, The Canyons, and Patty Hearst, while Old Boyfriends (written with his brother Leonard) and his own “Adventures in Moviegoing” are also programmed. Five films by Jean Grémillon, a rather underappreciated figure of French cinema, will be showing
Series-wise, there’s an appreciation of the synth soundtrack stretching all the way back to 1956’s Forbidden Planet while, naturally, finding its glut of titles in the ’70s and ’80s––Argento and Carpenter, obviously, but also Tarkovsky and Peter Weir. A Prince and restorations of films by Bob Odenkirk, Obayashi, John Greyson, and Jacques Rivette (whose Duelle is a masterpiece of the highest order) make streaming debuts. I Am Cuba, Girlfight, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Dazed and Confused are June’s Criterion Editions.
Series-wise, there’s an appreciation of the synth soundtrack stretching all the way back to 1956’s Forbidden Planet while, naturally, finding its glut of titles in the ’70s and ’80s––Argento and Carpenter, obviously, but also Tarkovsky and Peter Weir. A Prince and restorations of films by Bob Odenkirk, Obayashi, John Greyson, and Jacques Rivette (whose Duelle is a masterpiece of the highest order) make streaming debuts. I Am Cuba, Girlfight, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Dazed and Confused are June’s Criterion Editions.
- 5/14/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
John Tilley, a longtime distribution exec and advocate for independent film at companies including United Artists Classics, Cinevista and Strand, who was instrumental in introducing the films of Pedro Almodovar to U.S. audiences, died Sunday in New York City. He was 75.
“John was always a consummate encyclopedia of knowledge of the industry, and his pool of friends and colleagues from around the globe always created a sense of family in Cannes, Berlin and more. His work at Strand Releasing was invaluable,” said Marcus Hu, co-president of Strand Releasing.
Filmmaker Ira Sachs said, “John was one of the first people I met in the film business, and he remained one of the kindest. He was open, curious, passionate, opinionated, and wise, and he knew the history of American and queer independent cinema like few others. His loss represents the passing of a generation of pioneers that created the community and industry that we know today.
“John was always a consummate encyclopedia of knowledge of the industry, and his pool of friends and colleagues from around the globe always created a sense of family in Cannes, Berlin and more. His work at Strand Releasing was invaluable,” said Marcus Hu, co-president of Strand Releasing.
Filmmaker Ira Sachs said, “John was one of the first people I met in the film business, and he remained one of the kindest. He was open, curious, passionate, opinionated, and wise, and he knew the history of American and queer independent cinema like few others. His loss represents the passing of a generation of pioneers that created the community and industry that we know today.
- 10/11/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood screenwriter and author Bettina Gilois died Sunday night in her sleep after battling cancer, her friend Joshua Plant confirmed to Variety. She was 58.
Gilois wrote the HBO film “Bessie” starring Queen Latifah, and numerous other films and books.
Before her death, Gilois had several projects in the works, including the drama “Shutter Spy,” about Hollywood photographer Frank Worth, and the series “Muscle Shoals,” which is produced by Johnny Depp. She was also writing a story for Lifetime about Mahalia Jackson, and Netflix’s “A Million Miles Away,” a true story about Jose Hernandez, a migrant worker who later became an astronaut.
Her credits include Disney’s “McFarland, USA” with Kevin Costner, “Glory Road” starring Josh Lucas and Lifetime’s “The Lost Wife of Robert Durst.” She was nominated for a Emmy for writing “Bessie” and “McFarland, USA.”
Among its accolades, “Bessie” won an NAACP Image Award for writing for...
Gilois wrote the HBO film “Bessie” starring Queen Latifah, and numerous other films and books.
Before her death, Gilois had several projects in the works, including the drama “Shutter Spy,” about Hollywood photographer Frank Worth, and the series “Muscle Shoals,” which is produced by Johnny Depp. She was also writing a story for Lifetime about Mahalia Jackson, and Netflix’s “A Million Miles Away,” a true story about Jose Hernandez, a migrant worker who later became an astronaut.
Her credits include Disney’s “McFarland, USA” with Kevin Costner, “Glory Road” starring Josh Lucas and Lifetime’s “The Lost Wife of Robert Durst.” She was nominated for a Emmy for writing “Bessie” and “McFarland, USA.”
Among its accolades, “Bessie” won an NAACP Image Award for writing for...
- 7/6/2020
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Bettina Gilois, an award-winning screenwriter and author, has died in her sleep at age 58, according to a friend. She had an advanced form of cancer and passed just days before her July 9 birthday.
Gilois was having what was described by a friend as “a career year” when she passed, with several projects in development at various networks.
Gilois first began working as an assistant to Slava Tsukerman, the director of Liquid Sky, in her native Berlin. She also worked at Andy Warhol’s Factory in New York on the television series Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes.
She subsequently joined Keith Barish and Arnold Kopelson Productions as a development executive, which led to producing credits on Fire Birds, as well as Triple Bogie on a Par Five Hole with Amos Poe.
She began her writing career working with Joel Silver Productions, and in the last twenty five years has written projects for further notable producers,...
Gilois was having what was described by a friend as “a career year” when she passed, with several projects in development at various networks.
Gilois first began working as an assistant to Slava Tsukerman, the director of Liquid Sky, in her native Berlin. She also worked at Andy Warhol’s Factory in New York on the television series Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes.
She subsequently joined Keith Barish and Arnold Kopelson Productions as a development executive, which led to producing credits on Fire Birds, as well as Triple Bogie on a Par Five Hole with Amos Poe.
She began her writing career working with Joel Silver Productions, and in the last twenty five years has written projects for further notable producers,...
- 7/5/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In addition to their recently announced 13-film David Cronenberg celebration, Beyond Fest's full programming slate honors the horror genre's past and present with a wide range of screenings, including Halloween (2018), Bob Clark's Black Christmas (a big influence on the new Halloween), John Carpenter's Halloween, The Monster Squad (with cast and crew in attendance), Anna and the Apocalypse, early screenings of the new Suspiria at the nearby Cinerama Dome, and much more:
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Friday, September 14, 2018 - Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the Us, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2018 programming featuring 46 features and 24 West Coast premieres of cinematic excess. Co-presented by Hulu and Shudder, Beyond Fest returns to Hollywood’s famed Egyptian Theatre for 14 days of cinematic splendor spanning Wednesday, September 26th - Tuesday, October 9th to generate funds for the nonprofit 501c3 American Cinematheque.
With a diverse slate celebrating...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Friday, September 14, 2018 - Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the Us, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2018 programming featuring 46 features and 24 West Coast premieres of cinematic excess. Co-presented by Hulu and Shudder, Beyond Fest returns to Hollywood’s famed Egyptian Theatre for 14 days of cinematic splendor spanning Wednesday, September 26th - Tuesday, October 9th to generate funds for the nonprofit 501c3 American Cinematheque.
With a diverse slate celebrating...
- 9/14/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
New Additions in September
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Check Out What’S New On Shudder In September, Including 18 Films And The 2nd Installment Of Channel Zero.
September 1
Bait 3D A freak tsunami traps a group of people in a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape, they are hunted by white sharks that are hungry for meat.
The Eye 2 A pregnant woman discovers the ability to see ghosts after she unsuccessfully attempts suicide.
September 3
Gattaca A genetically inferior man (Ethan Hawke) assumes the identity of a superior one (Jude Law) in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
Nurse 3D A young nurse (Katrina Bowden) begins to suspect that a sexy colleague (Paz de la Huerta) is responsible for murdering a string of unfaithful men.
Dan Curtis’ Dracula In this British television movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula,...
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Check Out What’S New On Shudder In September, Including 18 Films And The 2nd Installment Of Channel Zero.
September 1
Bait 3D A freak tsunami traps a group of people in a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape, they are hunted by white sharks that are hungry for meat.
The Eye 2 A pregnant woman discovers the ability to see ghosts after she unsuccessfully attempts suicide.
September 3
Gattaca A genetically inferior man (Ethan Hawke) assumes the identity of a superior one (Jude Law) in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
Nurse 3D A young nurse (Katrina Bowden) begins to suspect that a sexy colleague (Paz de la Huerta) is responsible for murdering a string of unfaithful men.
Dan Curtis’ Dracula In this British television movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
From sharks in a supermarket to the limitless horrors of the No-End House, Shudder has a wide variety of scares to experience in September, as the streaming service is adding 18 films and the second season of Channel Zero to their eerie viewing arsenal in the Us:
"September 1
Bait 3D A freak tsunami traps a group of people in a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape, they are hunted by white sharks that are hungry for meat.
The Eye 2 A pregnant woman discovers the ability to see ghosts after she unsuccessfully attempts suicide.
September 3
Gattaca A genetically inferior man (Ethan Hawke) assumes the identity of a superior one (Jude Law) in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
Nurse 3D A young nurse (Katrina Bowden) begins to suspect that a sexy colleague (Paz de la Huerta) is responsible for murdering a string of unfaithful men.
Dan...
"September 1
Bait 3D A freak tsunami traps a group of people in a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape, they are hunted by white sharks that are hungry for meat.
The Eye 2 A pregnant woman discovers the ability to see ghosts after she unsuccessfully attempts suicide.
September 3
Gattaca A genetically inferior man (Ethan Hawke) assumes the identity of a superior one (Jude Law) in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
Nurse 3D A young nurse (Katrina Bowden) begins to suspect that a sexy colleague (Paz de la Huerta) is responsible for murdering a string of unfaithful men.
Dan...
- 8/22/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“That’s really quite a world that you’ve shown me. German scientists are as tall as the Empire State Building, and aliens are as big as jumbo shrimp.”
Liquid Sky (1983) plays midnights this weekend (June 15th and 16th) at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series.
Equal parts satire, self-parody, and science fiction, Liquid Sky was considered ‘New Wave’ chic back in ’83. I saw it then when it played at The Varsity on Delmar and it should be interesting to see how it’s aged. Aliens are after the heroin-like substance produced by the human brain at the point of orgasm. Anne Carlisle, who cowrote the screenplay, plays a lesbian punk model and also male homosexual punk model (talk about range!). As a woman, Carlisle discovers a special sexual power. At orgasm she can make her lover disappear into thin air, courtesy of some low-tech special effects.
Liquid Sky (1983) plays midnights this weekend (June 15th and 16th) at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series.
Equal parts satire, self-parody, and science fiction, Liquid Sky was considered ‘New Wave’ chic back in ’83. I saw it then when it played at The Varsity on Delmar and it should be interesting to see how it’s aged. Aliens are after the heroin-like substance produced by the human brain at the point of orgasm. Anne Carlisle, who cowrote the screenplay, plays a lesbian punk model and also male homosexual punk model (talk about range!). As a woman, Carlisle discovers a special sexual power. At orgasm she can make her lover disappear into thin air, courtesy of some low-tech special effects.
- 6/13/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Another month, another look at the glorious gems that our heroes at Vinegar Syndrome have excavated from the tombs. This time we're checking out the brand new 4K restoration of Slava Tsukerman's punk-era avant-garde classic Liquid Sky, goofball Svengali film Lucifer's Women, and late '70s UK erotic sci-fi horror from the UK, Prey. Check out the details below...
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- 4/27/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Last weekend I checked out Vinegar Syndrome's Blu-ray release of Slava Tsukerman's 1982 film Liquid Sky, and was very much impressed by what I saw. Liquid Sky is an obscure cult-film that's often been described as "trippy low-budget science fiction", but there's a lot more going on here than just a weird style. Tsukerman and double-lead-and-writer Anne Carlisle have a few things to say about fitting in, beauty, sex, drugs, abuse and self-destruction. And that's even before we get to the killing alien! I've heard about this film for decades (since the first Dutch VHS rental release of the mid-eighties) and it has intrigued me ever since. To be able to finally see it with this clarity and sharpness is more than I ever expected....
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- 3/20/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Remembered as a briefly hot quasi- avant-garde title, then a cult item, Slava Tsukerman’s brightly colored movie is said to capture a New York fashion ‘n’ drugs scene that could be called Neon Punk. It certainly extended model Anne Carlisle’s fifteen minutes of fame. Oh . . . technically it’s also a Science Fiction movie.
Liquid Sky
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome
1982 / Color / 1:85 / 112 min. / Street Date April 24, 2018 / 32.98
Starring: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady, Elaine C. Grove, Stanley Knap, Jack Adalist, Lloyd Ziff, Harry Lum, Roy MacArthur, Sara Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova.
Cinematography: Yuri Neyman
Film Editors: Sharyn Leslie Ross, Slava Tsukerman
Production Design: Marina Levikova-Neyman
Original Music: Brenda I. Hutchinson, Clive Smith, Slava Tsukerman
Written by Slava Tsukerman, Anne Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova
Produced and Directed by Slava Tsukerman
Liquid Sky is said to have been a major independent success in 1983. What is it?...
Liquid Sky
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome
1982 / Color / 1:85 / 112 min. / Street Date April 24, 2018 / 32.98
Starring: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady, Elaine C. Grove, Stanley Knap, Jack Adalist, Lloyd Ziff, Harry Lum, Roy MacArthur, Sara Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova.
Cinematography: Yuri Neyman
Film Editors: Sharyn Leslie Ross, Slava Tsukerman
Production Design: Marina Levikova-Neyman
Original Music: Brenda I. Hutchinson, Clive Smith, Slava Tsukerman
Written by Slava Tsukerman, Anne Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova
Produced and Directed by Slava Tsukerman
Liquid Sky is said to have been a major independent success in 1983. What is it?...
- 3/17/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A celebration of genre films both old and new, the Boston Underground Film Festival returns for its 20th year later this month at Harvard Square, and the lineup is packed with new anticipated titles such as Jenn Wexler's The Ranger and Coralie Fargeat's Revenge, as well as a 35th anniversary screening of Slava Tsukerman's Liquid Sky:
Press Release: Cambridge, Ma – New England’s spring festival season is nigh, with the 20th annual Boston Underground Film Festival returning to Harvard Square, bringing with it a five day fever dream of vanguard and description-defying filmmaking, including soul- thrillers/killers/chillers, to the Brattle Theatre and Harvard Film Archive from March 21st through the 25th. This year’s program includes some of the festival’s most eclectic and challenging selections to date, highlighting the harrowing, the horrifying, and the heady.
Kicking off the big 2-0 is the East Coast...
Press Release: Cambridge, Ma – New England’s spring festival season is nigh, with the 20th annual Boston Underground Film Festival returning to Harvard Square, bringing with it a five day fever dream of vanguard and description-defying filmmaking, including soul- thrillers/killers/chillers, to the Brattle Theatre and Harvard Film Archive from March 21st through the 25th. This year’s program includes some of the festival’s most eclectic and challenging selections to date, highlighting the harrowing, the horrifying, and the heady.
Kicking off the big 2-0 is the East Coast...
- 3/13/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Following their sold-out limited edition release of their 4K restoration of the cult 1982 sci-fi movie Liquid Sky, Vinegar Syndrome has announced an April release for a standard Blu-ray that will still come with plenty of bonus features for fans of the Slava Tsukerman film to enjoy.
According to Blu-ray.com, Vinegar Syndrome will give their Liquid Sky Blu-ray a wide Region 1 release on April 24th with the following special features and cover art:
Synopsis and Special Features (via Blu-ray.com): "Margaret (Anne Carlisle) is a fashion model with dreams of stardom, whose alter ego and rival, Jimmy (also Carlisle), abuses and takes advantage of her to satisfy his rampant drug addiction. Unknown to them, tiny, invisible aliens have landed on the roof above the bohemian squalor in which they live and begin killing anyone Margaret has sex with to feed on their pleasure giving neurotransmitters. All the while, a...
According to Blu-ray.com, Vinegar Syndrome will give their Liquid Sky Blu-ray a wide Region 1 release on April 24th with the following special features and cover art:
Synopsis and Special Features (via Blu-ray.com): "Margaret (Anne Carlisle) is a fashion model with dreams of stardom, whose alter ego and rival, Jimmy (also Carlisle), abuses and takes advantage of her to satisfy his rampant drug addiction. Unknown to them, tiny, invisible aliens have landed on the roof above the bohemian squalor in which they live and begin killing anyone Margaret has sex with to feed on their pleasure giving neurotransmitters. All the while, a...
- 1/29/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
For the past three decades, midnight movie staple Liquid Sky could only be seen during infrequent 35mm screenings and on out-of-print VHS and DVD editions. If a film fan actually saw Slava Tsukerman’s science fiction spectacle about downtown New York City residents coming into conflict with dopamine-devouring aliens, their experience of the film — known for its striking neon images and “electronic circus” soundtrack — was marred by aging film stock or subpar transfer. Enjoying the classic at the full audio-visual potency of its 1982 release was impossible with the options available. “Liquid Sky was kind of in the same […]...
- 11/24/2017
- by Jon Hogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Last Emperor composers David Byrne and Ryuichi Sakamoto had a Forbidden Colors conversation at the Quad Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the Quad Cinema - Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise; Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth; Mitchell Leisen's Hold Back The Dawn; Elia Kazan's America, America; Werner Herzog's Stroszek; Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America, Slava Tsukerman's Liquid Sky with Anne Carlisle become Immigrant Songs. Retrospectives for Goldie Hawn, Frank Perry & Eleanor Perry, Bertrand Tavernier and Ryuichi Sakamoto; a Rainer Werner Fassbinder Lola First Encounter with Sandra Bernhard, Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear and a drop of Nathan Silver's Thirst Street come up in my conversation with Director of Programming C Mason Wells.
Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor at China: Through The Looking Glass Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Grandmaster director Wong Kar Wai chose a clip from...
At the Quad Cinema - Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise; Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth; Mitchell Leisen's Hold Back The Dawn; Elia Kazan's America, America; Werner Herzog's Stroszek; Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America, Slava Tsukerman's Liquid Sky with Anne Carlisle become Immigrant Songs. Retrospectives for Goldie Hawn, Frank Perry & Eleanor Perry, Bertrand Tavernier and Ryuichi Sakamoto; a Rainer Werner Fassbinder Lola First Encounter with Sandra Bernhard, Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear and a drop of Nathan Silver's Thirst Street come up in my conversation with Director of Programming C Mason Wells.
Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor at China: Through The Looking Glass Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Grandmaster director Wong Kar Wai chose a clip from...
- 5/25/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Over the last handful of years, immigration has become not only a hotly contested political issue, but one that has birthed nationalist movements globally. Subsequently giving rise to an expansion of these parties and movements, immigration is only increasing in political discussion. And even some film programmers are seeing this as the most important moment to contextualize cinema’s relationship with this issue.
At the newly refurbished Quad Cinema in New York City, the theater and its programmers have collected roughly two dozen films ranging from comedies to historical epics for a new series entitled Immigrant Songs. Shining a light on some of the great unsung immigrant stories from the likes of Jonas Mekas while setting them alongside masterpieces like Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (which sees its centennial anniversary this year), this series is a direct response to current political climates across the world and hopes to give context to the immigrant experience globally.
At the newly refurbished Quad Cinema in New York City, the theater and its programmers have collected roughly two dozen films ranging from comedies to historical epics for a new series entitled Immigrant Songs. Shining a light on some of the great unsung immigrant stories from the likes of Jonas Mekas while setting them alongside masterpieces like Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (which sees its centennial anniversary this year), this series is a direct response to current political climates across the world and hopes to give context to the immigrant experience globally.
- 5/19/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
“Il Bello Marcello” highlights Italy’s greatest actor and, in turn, its greatest filmmakers.
Stalker continues its run.
Museum of the Moving Image
The Caan Film Festival is underway! Films from Michael Mann, Coppola, Hawks, and more kick it off.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari plays on Sunday.
Metrograph
A...
Film Society of Lincoln Center
“Il Bello Marcello” highlights Italy’s greatest actor and, in turn, its greatest filmmakers.
Stalker continues its run.
Museum of the Moving Image
The Caan Film Festival is underway! Films from Michael Mann, Coppola, Hawks, and more kick it off.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari plays on Sunday.
Metrograph
A...
- 5/18/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
In today's roundup: A conversation about films by—and recommended by—Pedro Costa; the work of Gena Rowlands, film by film; Nelson George on Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman's documentary about Ousmane Sembene; an appreciation of Satyajit Ray; Aki Kaurismäki Day at DC's; interviews with Abbas Kiarostami and Sean Baker; a new book on Dario Argento's Suspiria; a call to save Anne Carlisle and Slava Tsukerman's Liquid Sky; fashion by Kenneth Anger; Illeana Douglas on Robert De Niro; and Francesca Coppola's Jonny Come Lately, featuring Deragh Campbell, Kentucker Audley and Evan Louison, has premiered online at Filmmaker (18'43"). » - David Hudson...
- 11/23/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup: A conversation about films by—and recommended by—Pedro Costa; the work of Gena Rowlands, film by film; Nelson George on Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman's documentary about Ousmane Sembene; an appreciation of Satyajit Ray; Aki Kaurismäki Day at DC's; interviews with Abbas Kiarostami and Sean Baker; a new book on Dario Argento's Suspiria; a call to save Anne Carlisle and Slava Tsukerman's Liquid Sky; fashion by Kenneth Anger; Illeana Douglas on Robert De Niro; and Francesca Coppola's Jonny Come Lately, featuring Deragh Campbell, Kentucker Audley and Evan Louison, has premiered online at Filmmaker (18'43"). » - David Hudson...
- 11/23/2015
- Keyframe
New York has often been the setting for films about heroin addicts, with titles ranging from Shirley Clarke's cinéma-vérité-tweaking The Connection (1961) to Slava Tsukerman's new-wave cult classic Liquid Sky (1982) mining the drama of smack freaks tying off, shooting up, and nodding out. But Josh and Benny Safdie's tough, lean Heaven Knows What has a searing intensity those antecedents lack: It centers on electrifying newcomer Arielle Holmes as a homeless junkie named Harley, a character largely shaped by the performer's own extremely recent past.
The Safdie brothers' film, in fact, takes off from Holmes's as-yet-unpublished book Mad Love in New York City, a chronicle of her teenage vagrancy and obsessive, self-destructi...
The Safdie brothers' film, in fact, takes off from Holmes's as-yet-unpublished book Mad Love in New York City, a chronicle of her teenage vagrancy and obsessive, self-destructi...
- 5/27/2015
- Village Voice
In today's roundup of news and views: Gary Giddins on Federico Fellini, Glenn Kenny on Walerian Borowczyk and Aliza Ma on Martin Scorsese; interviews with Juliette Binoche and Cherien Dabis; early word on the next projects from Abbas Kiarostami and Stephen Frears; podcasts on Raquel Welch and Slava Tsukerman; Thessaloniki's lineup and a first wave of programming for SXSW; classic horror indies in New York; and Griffin Dunne's preparing a documentary on his aunt, Joan Didion. » - David Hudson...
- 10/22/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup of news and views: Gary Giddins on Federico Fellini, Glenn Kenny on Walerian Borowczyk and Aliza Ma on Martin Scorsese; interviews with Juliette Binoche and Cherien Dabis; early word on the next projects from Abbas Kiarostami and Stephen Frears; podcasts on Raquel Welch and Slava Tsukerman; Thessaloniki's lineup and a first wave of programming for SXSW; classic horror indies in New York; and Griffin Dunne's preparing a documentary on his aunt, Joan Didion. » - David Hudson...
- 10/22/2014
- Keyframe
Congratulations to our Austin Film Society family on their beautifully spruced-up website and a massively successful launch for Richard Linklater's Jewels In The Wasteland 35mm series at the Marchesa last week. I was part of the sold-out crowd that got to enjoy a beautiful print of Scorsese's The King Of Comedy and participate in a lively post-film discussion. It continues on Wednesday night with Fassbinder's Veronika Voss and if you're interested in catching these great 80s gems in the weeks ahead, you should probably get used to buying tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
More Afs at the Marchesa: This weekend, you can catch Godard's Week End in 35mm. It plays tonight and Sunday afternoon, while SXSW favorite 12 O'Clock Boys also screens this evening. Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu was recently restored and it plays on Tuesday night at the Marchesa in digitally restored Dcp [ed. note, not in in 35mm as we originally reported] -- it will also have...
More Afs at the Marchesa: This weekend, you can catch Godard's Week End in 35mm. It plays tonight and Sunday afternoon, while SXSW favorite 12 O'Clock Boys also screens this evening. Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu was recently restored and it plays on Tuesday night at the Marchesa in digitally restored Dcp [ed. note, not in in 35mm as we originally reported] -- it will also have...
- 1/31/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
The Qatsi Trilogy is a collection of films made by Godfrey Reggio between 1983 and 2002. Each film offers an extraordinary and unforgettable cinematic experience, and their messages are, astonishingly, even more pertinent and vital today. The visual and aural wonders of The Qatsi Trilogy fall into no preset genre or easily explainable category of filmmaking. The simplest description would be a grafting of somber political treatise with I-Max style sensory joyride.
To fully understand these unique works, one must understand the filmmaker, and his singular background and sensibilities. Godfrey Reggio is not an assembly line graduate of the USC film school. In fact, he spent the 1960s as a social worker and political activist, founding several community programs for disadvantaged youth in New Mexico. He also spent 14 years in training for the priesthood, but abandoned that quest to pursue a deeper understanding of the philosophy and mysticism of the Hopi Indians.
To fully understand these unique works, one must understand the filmmaker, and his singular background and sensibilities. Godfrey Reggio is not an assembly line graduate of the USC film school. In fact, he spent the 1960s as a social worker and political activist, founding several community programs for disadvantaged youth in New Mexico. He also spent 14 years in training for the priesthood, but abandoned that quest to pursue a deeper understanding of the philosophy and mysticism of the Hopi Indians.
- 12/11/2012
- by David Anderson
- IONCINEMA.com
The Wrap's Steve Pond has read some version or other of Charlie Kaufman's screenplay for Frank or Francis and finds it to be "a twisted and bitter broadside against nearly every aspect of the movie business, from filmmakers to critics to audiences." As Movie City News warns: Spoilers ahead. Kaufman will begin shooting in January with with Nicolas Cage, Jack Black, Steve Carell and Kevin Kline.
For the Independent, Rob Sharp talks with Terry Gilliam who may or may not direct an English National Opera production of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini and may or may not direct an adaptation of Paul Auster's novel Mr Vertigo.
Melissa Anderson for Artforum: "Slava Tsukerman's 1982 cult classic, Liquid Sky, may be the first example of heroin cheek, imagining an invasion of extraterrestrials drawn to a city where new-wave androgynes languidly hope to score and the Empire State Building looms as a giant hypodermic needle.
For the Independent, Rob Sharp talks with Terry Gilliam who may or may not direct an English National Opera production of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini and may or may not direct an adaptation of Paul Auster's novel Mr Vertigo.
Melissa Anderson for Artforum: "Slava Tsukerman's 1982 cult classic, Liquid Sky, may be the first example of heroin cheek, imagining an invasion of extraterrestrials drawn to a city where new-wave androgynes languidly hope to score and the Empire State Building looms as a giant hypodermic needle.
- 10/10/2011
- MUBI
Too much science-babble obscures the truth of Perestroika. The tragedy of the aftermath would have made a better story unvarnished Slava Tsukerman has seen a lot come and go since his cult indie hit .Liquid Sky,. a sci-fi send up from the 1980.s urban sub-culture. In this relatively down to earth treatment of the scandalous re-structuring of 1990s Ussr an expatriate Soviet nuclear scientist returns to Moscow after 17 years in the USA to be greeted as part hero and part capitalist icon. As he prepares to deliver his paper on the origins and future of the universe, Sasha Greenberg (Sam Robards) is forced to confront his own feelings about leaving his homeland. He has had a better life...
- 4/17/2009
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
The production notes for "Perestroika" state that its Russian writer-producer-director, Slava Tsukerman, has made 43 films.
The only one that captured attention in the Us was the cult hit "Liquid Sky" (1982), in which space aliens land on the roof of a downtown Manhattan penthouse in search of a chemical released during sex.
"Perestroika" forgoes aliens -- but not sex -- to tell the story of the director's alter ego, Sasha Greenberg (Sam Robards), an astrophysicist who returns to his native Moscow after 17 years of self-exile in America.
The only one that captured attention in the Us was the cult hit "Liquid Sky" (1982), in which space aliens land on the roof of a downtown Manhattan penthouse in search of a chemical released during sex.
"Perestroika" forgoes aliens -- but not sex -- to tell the story of the director's alter ego, Sasha Greenberg (Sam Robards), an astrophysicist who returns to his native Moscow after 17 years of self-exile in America.
- 4/17/2009
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
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