After Jean-Luc Godard, Leos Carax is probably the French filmmaker most associated with the term enfant terrible. In some ways, he’s been even more terrible than Godard ever was, adopting a pseudonym (he was born Alex Dupont) as a teenager and bursting onto the scene at age 24 with Boy Meets Girl — Godard made Breathless when he was 30 — which immediately turned him into a major young auteur to be reckoned with.
He followed that up with the powerful, AIDS-inspired Mauvais Sang, and then made The Lovers on the Bridge, a film infamous for being a French Heaven’s Gate that went way over budget and flopped (it’s still a fantastic movie). After that Carax disappeared for a while, then reemerged to make a few shorts, compose pop songs and shoot a new feature every decade, the last one being the Adam Driver-Marion Cotillard starrer, Annette.
His latest work, the medium-length,...
He followed that up with the powerful, AIDS-inspired Mauvais Sang, and then made The Lovers on the Bridge, a film infamous for being a French Heaven’s Gate that went way over budget and flopped (it’s still a fantastic movie). After that Carax disappeared for a while, then reemerged to make a few shorts, compose pop songs and shoot a new feature every decade, the last one being the Adam Driver-Marion Cotillard starrer, Annette.
His latest work, the medium-length,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ever since the dawn of cinema, stunts have been at the heart of the medium. The very first motion picture, Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 reel The Horse In Motion, captured a jockey riding a horse at speed — cinema’s first stunt! And ever since then, fearless stunt people have been engaging themselves in the ultimate game of one-upmanship, putting their bodies on the line and minds at work to help make movies soar higher, go faster, hit harder, and be bigger than ever before. Even if the Oscars still aren’t ready to recognise that just yet with a Stunt category, we don’t need an awards ceremony to pay tribute to the crazy folk who do this stuff for real.
To celebrate the stunt community – and mark the release of stunt-tastic action extravaganza The Fall Guy – take a look back over the craziest movie stunts that were actually done for real.
To celebrate the stunt community – and mark the release of stunt-tastic action extravaganza The Fall Guy – take a look back over the craziest movie stunts that were actually done for real.
- 5/3/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Is Aggro Dr1ft the future of cinema? Not in any quantifiable, justifiable sense. Does it have anything to say? I admire Harmony Korine using infrared images and abstract editing to convey anxieties about growing older, being a married man, and serving as father to two children in this violent world. Did I laugh at the angel-winged, sword-wielding, gravel-voiced bad guy saying, “Dance bitches. Dance bitches. Dance bitch. Dance bitches”? Well…
After a contentious fall-festival run where people either had to declare Aggro Dr1ft either pisses on the graves of Eadweard Muybridge and Orson Welles or is an embarrassment for which Korine should be ashamed––I propose it’s sufficient to think “this looks neat” and find yourself chortling across 80 fleet-enough minutes––Korine’s Edglrd is migrating from initial public venues (L.A. strip clubs) to a proper theatrical release: 17 coast-to-coast theaters between May 10 and 16.
Release dates are below; we...
After a contentious fall-festival run where people either had to declare Aggro Dr1ft either pisses on the graves of Eadweard Muybridge and Orson Welles or is an embarrassment for which Korine should be ashamed––I propose it’s sufficient to think “this looks neat” and find yourself chortling across 80 fleet-enough minutes––Korine’s Edglrd is migrating from initial public venues (L.A. strip clubs) to a proper theatrical release: 17 coast-to-coast theaters between May 10 and 16.
Release dates are below; we...
- 4/9/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Is Aggro Dr1ft the future of cinema? Not in any quantifiable, justifiable sense. Does it have anything to say? I admire Harmony Korine using infrared images and abstract editing to convey anxieties about growing older, being a married man, and acting as father to two children in a violent world. Did I laugh at the angel-winged, sword-wielding, gravel-voiced bad guy saying, “Dance bitches. Dance bitches. Dance bitch. Dance bitches”? Well…
After a contentious run on the fall-festival circuit, where people either had to declare Aggro Dr1ft was putting a stake in cinema’s heart by righteously pissing on the graves of Eadweard Muybridge and Orson Welles or an embarrassment for which Korine should be ashamed––I propose it’s sufficient to think “this looks kind of neat” and occasionally laugh across 80 fleet-enough minutes––Korine’s Edglrd is beginning their roll-out of the film at the Los Angeles strip club Crazy Girls...
After a contentious run on the fall-festival circuit, where people either had to declare Aggro Dr1ft was putting a stake in cinema’s heart by righteously pissing on the graves of Eadweard Muybridge and Orson Welles or an embarrassment for which Korine should be ashamed––I propose it’s sufficient to think “this looks kind of neat” and occasionally laugh across 80 fleet-enough minutes––Korine’s Edglrd is beginning their roll-out of the film at the Los Angeles strip club Crazy Girls...
- 1/25/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
My friend and collaborator Stephen Herbert, who has died aged 71, was a moving image historian who spent a number of years as head of technical services at the BFI Southbank cinema in London, also working for the BFI’s Museum of the Moving Image.
Later on, his knowledge of early visual media was sought out by academics, museums, programme makers and film producers, and his expertise in all things to do with the Victorian photographer Eadweard Muybridge led to a visiting research fellowship at Kingston University.
Later on, his knowledge of early visual media was sought out by academics, museums, programme makers and film producers, and his expertise in all things to do with the Victorian photographer Eadweard Muybridge led to a visiting research fellowship at Kingston University.
- 9/22/2023
- by Luke McKernan
- The Guardian - Film News
With horseback riding comes pleasure, pain, and the kind of purpose that could only be derived from the bond between a woman and a horse. It’s with this in mind that Berlin-based visual artist Ann Oren co-wrote and directed her feature debut “Piaffe,” which is also inspired by the concept of a female centaur, or a woman whose sexual organs are, well, horse-like.
“Piaffe” premiered at the 2022 Locarno International Festival, where it became a critical hit. Co-written by Thais Guisasola, Oren’s “Piaffe” may sound like a surreal drug-induced fantasy: An introverted woman named Eva (Simone Bucio) grows a horse’s tail while foleying sound for a commercial about an equine-inspired drug. Eva becomes part of a Bdsm relationship with a botanist (Sebastian Rudolph) that involves auto-erotic asphyxiation, whipping, and more kinks.
But while Eva is the submissive subject in the relationship, Oren explained to IndieWire that “Piaffe” is...
“Piaffe” premiered at the 2022 Locarno International Festival, where it became a critical hit. Co-written by Thais Guisasola, Oren’s “Piaffe” may sound like a surreal drug-induced fantasy: An introverted woman named Eva (Simone Bucio) grows a horse’s tail while foleying sound for a commercial about an equine-inspired drug. Eva becomes part of a Bdsm relationship with a botanist (Sebastian Rudolph) that involves auto-erotic asphyxiation, whipping, and more kinks.
But while Eva is the submissive subject in the relationship, Oren explained to IndieWire that “Piaffe” is...
- 8/24/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The history of film is filled with fascinating symmetries, with Edison’s early kinescopes like Fred Ott’s Sneeze and The Kiss resembling the kinds of stories friends might send you on Snapchat or Instagram. Unfortunately, Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck’s Fantastic Machine doesn’t know quite what to make of them. An essay film on the study of photography–from the early camera obscuras to cell phone videos and police body-cam footage–it has a seemingly limitless canvas to explore all aspects of photography, including its possibilities, shortcomings, and manipulations. Sourced from found footage, the film presents itself as a roadmap to the unknown, and playfully comes up short in its conclusions.
The starting point is early plate photography: Eadweard Muybridge’s 1859 experiment commonly considered the birth of the motion picture. The documentary then quickly crisscrosses over the next 164-or-so years, only periodically stopping to draw correlations...
The starting point is early plate photography: Eadweard Muybridge’s 1859 experiment commonly considered the birth of the motion picture. The documentary then quickly crisscrosses over the next 164-or-so years, only periodically stopping to draw correlations...
- 2/1/2023
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Photo: Movie Theaters
Movie Theaters Strife It’s no secret that theaters are struggling. With the rise of streaming services, the theater industry has been hit hard in recent years by multiple factors. That doesn’t mean we should give up on this unrivaled experience. Theaters are a vital window into our world's different cultures and societies. They’re places where we can come together and escape the outside world for a few hours. They’re a source of community and connection in a world that can often feel isolating and lonely. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal,...
Movie Theaters Strife It’s no secret that theaters are struggling. With the rise of streaming services, the theater industry has been hit hard in recent years by multiple factors. That doesn’t mean we should give up on this unrivaled experience. Theaters are a vital window into our world's different cultures and societies. They’re places where we can come together and escape the outside world for a few hours. They’re a source of community and connection in a world that can often feel isolating and lonely. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal,...
- 1/8/2023
- by Nathan Paul Pasquale
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Jane Fonda and Rose McGowan Strip Down the Myths of Movie Sex Scenes in ‘Body Parts’ Trailer — Watch
What is the effect of sex scenes in film? Who decides what is “sexy”?
Jane Fonda is among the many artists featured in the documentary “Body Parts,” which addresses what it means to undress onscreen. While some movies act as an informal sexual education for audiences, others act as vehicles to deepen the patriarchal straight male fantastical definition of what it means to be “sexy.”
Filmmakers Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Helen Hood Scheer capture Fonda, Rose McGowan, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Joey Soloway, Alexandra Billings, Angela Robinson, Emily Meade, and David Simon in the latest doc from Shout! Factory.
“I was at a place in my life where if you were asked to do something, especially by a man, you did it,” Fonda says in the film about filming the iconic “Barbella.”
Per the official synopsis, for too long cinema has been dominated by the male gaze. Innovative and incisive, “Body...
Jane Fonda is among the many artists featured in the documentary “Body Parts,” which addresses what it means to undress onscreen. While some movies act as an informal sexual education for audiences, others act as vehicles to deepen the patriarchal straight male fantastical definition of what it means to be “sexy.”
Filmmakers Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Helen Hood Scheer capture Fonda, Rose McGowan, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Joey Soloway, Alexandra Billings, Angela Robinson, Emily Meade, and David Simon in the latest doc from Shout! Factory.
“I was at a place in my life where if you were asked to do something, especially by a man, you did it,” Fonda says in the film about filming the iconic “Barbella.”
Per the official synopsis, for too long cinema has been dominated by the male gaze. Innovative and incisive, “Body...
- 1/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
With another year at the movies coming to a close, cinephiles may find their minds wandering to the legendary films and filmmakers of the past. As audiences ponder what does and doesn’t deserve to be in the running for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards, considering how the art of the motion picture has evolved — since its invention in the late 19th century — can be critical to comprehensive critique. Plus, it’s just plain fun.
Of course, there’s no one still alive from back when Eadweard Muybridge, Thomas Edison, Louis Le Prince, and their contemporaries were first tinkering with new-fangled movie technology. In 2022, the oldest verified living person is 118-year-old Lucile Randon, who was born in 1904: roughly 16 years after the first moving image was shot. (Interesting fact: She is also the oldest person to have survived a Covid-19 diagnosis.)
That said, there are living Hollywood icons...
Of course, there’s no one still alive from back when Eadweard Muybridge, Thomas Edison, Louis Le Prince, and their contemporaries were first tinkering with new-fangled movie technology. In 2022, the oldest verified living person is 118-year-old Lucile Randon, who was born in 1904: roughly 16 years after the first moving image was shot. (Interesting fact: She is also the oldest person to have survived a Covid-19 diagnosis.)
That said, there are living Hollywood icons...
- 12/2/2022
- by Alison Foreman and Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated third feature film, “Nope,” has finally arrived.
The film follows Peele’s first two horror films as a writer/director, 2017’s “Get Out” and 2019’s “Us.” Known for his comedy and leading role in “Key and Peele,” Peele has quickly become a draw for fans as a filmmaker and “Nope,” unlike Peele’s first two films, leans heavily into the sci-fi genre with a blockbuster-sized budget. Peele reteamed with Daniel Kaluuya on the film, which finds a brother and sister duo trying to catch UFOs on camera.
With “Nope” being one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, many are no doubt wondering where and how to watch it. All your questions answered below.
Also Read:
‘Nope’ Writer/Director Jordan Peele on the Personal Nature of Steven Yeun’s Character: ‘They’re All Very Much Me’ When Is “Nope” Streaming?
After opening exclusively...
The film follows Peele’s first two horror films as a writer/director, 2017’s “Get Out” and 2019’s “Us.” Known for his comedy and leading role in “Key and Peele,” Peele has quickly become a draw for fans as a filmmaker and “Nope,” unlike Peele’s first two films, leans heavily into the sci-fi genre with a blockbuster-sized budget. Peele reteamed with Daniel Kaluuya on the film, which finds a brother and sister duo trying to catch UFOs on camera.
With “Nope” being one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, many are no doubt wondering where and how to watch it. All your questions answered below.
Also Read:
‘Nope’ Writer/Director Jordan Peele on the Personal Nature of Steven Yeun’s Character: ‘They’re All Very Much Me’ When Is “Nope” Streaming?
After opening exclusively...
- 11/9/2022
- by Charna Flam and Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Marking their third appearance on our pages, Dn alums Tanya Babic and Jason Sukadana, better know as Versus, return with Beyond Words a project they describe as “a moment 60 years in the making”. Commissioned as a celebration of the 60 year strong existence of The Australian Ballet, the pair were tasked with creating a mixed media film which would marry the premier ballet company’s rich dance history with its contemporary dancers. No mean feat, but a challenge they met by reaching into the annals of cinematic history to construct a version of Eadweard Muybridge invention the zoopraxiscope. The resulting film sees modern dancers cascade through the 60 second piece where old pictures and performers are given a new life merging with the movements of the dancers who followed them. Entranced, we caught up with Versus to learn about the technicalities of constructing a zoopraxiscope that created motion for the camera rather than the human eye,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
This might be the biggest Blu-ray column we've ever published here. I tell you this for no real reason, I just want to impress you. In this latest Blu-ray round-up, we have the newest Jordan Peele movie, a David Lynch horror masterpiece headed to 4K from the Criterion Collection, Brad Pitt making terrible jokes in between okay fight scenes, Idris Elba fighting a lion, a suburban family fighting some ghosts, and much more. Keep those discs spinning.
Nope
One of the best movies of the year, Jordan Peele's "Nope" is at first blush a film about aliens and UFOs. But as usual, Peele has a lot more on his mind — specifically, the way we, as humans, approach spectacles and dare to push back against things that we should probably leave alone. This is Peele's slickest movie yet, with the filmmaker going into full Spielberg mode to create the type of thrilling flick that's funny,...
Nope
One of the best movies of the year, Jordan Peele's "Nope" is at first blush a film about aliens and UFOs. But as usual, Peele has a lot more on his mind — specifically, the way we, as humans, approach spectacles and dare to push back against things that we should probably leave alone. This is Peele's slickest movie yet, with the filmmaker going into full Spielberg mode to create the type of thrilling flick that's funny,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Universal City, California, September 13, 2022 – Oscar®-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele unleashes his latest spine-tingling thriller with Nope, a mysterious sci-fi pop nightmare available to own for the first time as a Collector’s Edition on Digital September 20, 2022 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 25, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, this “spellbinder that keeps pushing boundaries” will have you never looking at clouds the same way ever again. The exclusive Collector’s Edition comes filled with more than 90 minutes of never-before-seen bonus content, including a revealing documentary that dives deep into the film’s rich DNA and Peele’s extraordinary vision; an exploration into the conception, design and execution of entity “Jean Jacket”; deleted scenes, a gag reel and more taking audiences behind the scenes of the out-of-this-world adventure.
Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and produced by...
Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and produced by...
- 10/13/2022
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Jordan Peele‘s sci-fi horror extravaganza Nope is making its way to Digital HD tomorrow, September 20, and Bloody Disgusting has a really cool exclusive look at one of the extras, which we should warn is extremely spoilery.
In one of the backstories, a beloved sitcom ape is triggered, sending it on a violent murder spree, killing both stars and members of the studio audience. It’s revealed in this clip that the monkey was played by actor Terry Notary, who is seen acting out the sequence without any CGI covering him!
Watch the bonus feature below and read on for home video release details.
In the film…
“Following their father’s shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler Oj (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera.
In one of the backstories, a beloved sitcom ape is triggered, sending it on a violent murder spree, killing both stars and members of the studio audience. It’s revealed in this clip that the monkey was played by actor Terry Notary, who is seen acting out the sequence without any CGI covering him!
Watch the bonus feature below and read on for home video release details.
In the film…
“Following their father’s shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler Oj (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera.
- 9/19/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Oscar®-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele unleashes his latest spine-tingling thriller with Nope, a mysterious sci-fi pop nightmare available to own for the first time as a Collector’s Edition on Digital September 20, 2022 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on October 25, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, this “spellbinder that keeps pushing boundaries” will have you never looking at clouds the same way ever again. The exclusive Collector’s Edition comes filled with more than 90 minutes of never-before-seen bonus content, including a revealing documentary that dives deep into the film’s rich DNA and Peele’s extraordinary vision; an exploration into the conception, design and execution of entity “Jean Jacket”; deleted scenes, a gag reel and more taking audiences behind the scenes of the out-of-this-world adventure.
https://www.uphe.com/movies/nope
Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and...
https://www.uphe.com/movies/nope
Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and...
- 9/16/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Universal City, California, September 13, 2022 – Oscar®-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele unleashes his latest spine-tingling thriller with Nope, a mysterious sci-fi pop nightmare available to own for the first time as a Collector’s Edition on Digital September 20, 2022 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 25, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, this “spellbinder that keeps pushing boundaries” will have you never looking at clouds the same way ever again. The exclusive Collector’s Edition comes filled with more than 90 minutes of never-before-seen bonus content, including a revealing documentary that dives deep into the film’s rich DNA and Peele’s extraordinary vision; an exploration into the conception, design and execution of entity “Jean Jacket”; deleted scenes, a gag reel and more taking audiences behind the scenes of the out-of-this-world adventure.
Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and produced by...
Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and produced by...
- 9/15/2022
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
If you’re ready to experience the mysteries of Jordan Peele’s Nope once again, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment announced that they will release the movie on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on October 25th. Nope will also receive a Digital release on September 20th.
Related Jordan Peele: More Nope? Maybe!
Nope stars Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Keke Palmer (Hustlers) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Steven Yeun (Minari) and Michael Wincott (Westworld) also star in the film. The special features of the Bluray and 4K UItra HD releases of Nope include:
Shadows: The Making of Nope — Unpack the meaning of Nope with Jordan Peele. Secrets are revealed with this 56-minute immersion exploring the film’s unanswered questions, taking you on an intimate journey inside every aspect of production and offering a detailed look at Peele’s revolutionary filmmaking process.
Related Jordan Peele: More Nope? Maybe!
Nope stars Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Keke Palmer (Hustlers) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Steven Yeun (Minari) and Michael Wincott (Westworld) also star in the film. The special features of the Bluray and 4K UItra HD releases of Nope include:
Shadows: The Making of Nope — Unpack the meaning of Nope with Jordan Peele. Secrets are revealed with this 56-minute immersion exploring the film’s unanswered questions, taking you on an intimate journey inside every aspect of production and offering a detailed look at Peele’s revolutionary filmmaking process.
- 9/15/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Comes Home to 4K & Blu-ray for Halloween with a Documentary and Deleted Scenes
Jordan Peele‘s third horror movie Nope has scared up 166 million at the worldwide box office thus far, and we’ve learned today that the physical media release is on the way.
Nope is yours to own on Digital 9/20 and on 4K & Blu-ray 10/25, Universal has announced. An exclusive documentary will be included, along with Deleted Scenes and more!
In the meantime, you can currently rent the film for 19.99 on Digital outlets.
Exclusive Bonus Features On 4K Uhd, Blu-raytm, DVD & Digital:
Shadows: The Making Of Nope* – Unpack the meaning of Nope with Jordan Peele. Secrets are revealed with this 56-minute immersion exploring the film’s unanswered questions, taking you on an intimate journey inside every aspect of production and offering a detailed look at Peele’s revolutionary filmmaking process. Deleted Scenes – Watch five unreleased scenes from Nope Gag Reel – A highlight reel of bloopers and outtakes featuring main cast Call Him...
Nope is yours to own on Digital 9/20 and on 4K & Blu-ray 10/25, Universal has announced. An exclusive documentary will be included, along with Deleted Scenes and more!
In the meantime, you can currently rent the film for 19.99 on Digital outlets.
Exclusive Bonus Features On 4K Uhd, Blu-raytm, DVD & Digital:
Shadows: The Making Of Nope* – Unpack the meaning of Nope with Jordan Peele. Secrets are revealed with this 56-minute immersion exploring the film’s unanswered questions, taking you on an intimate journey inside every aspect of production and offering a detailed look at Peele’s revolutionary filmmaking process. Deleted Scenes – Watch five unreleased scenes from Nope Gag Reel – A highlight reel of bloopers and outtakes featuring main cast Call Him...
- 9/13/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Is there an American filmmaker working today who is more in tune with the blockbusters of the past, the movies he is building on, than Jordan Peele? I’m not sure there is. I’m even more confident that no one is doing anything like what Peele has been up to with the three films he’s given us so far: he’s actively reexamining genre tropes, reframing the cultural contexts in which they exist, refocusing their perspective — reconsidering, well, everything about the kinds of stories they’re telling.
Peele keeps giving us more of the stuff we’ve loved for the past 50-plus years without simply xeroxing what has come before. He put a racially aware spin on paranoid science fiction and body horror with 2017’s Get Out. With 2019’s Us, he consciously called up 80s Spielbergian wonders, then interrogated and replied to those fantasies. Now, with Nope, he...
Peele keeps giving us more of the stuff we’ve loved for the past 50-plus years without simply xeroxing what has come before. He put a racially aware spin on paranoid science fiction and body horror with 2017’s Get Out. With 2019’s Us, he consciously called up 80s Spielbergian wonders, then interrogated and replied to those fantasies. Now, with Nope, he...
- 8/26/2022
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Jordan Peele’s Nope is a UFO story where characters aren’t concerned with killing an alien so much as capturing it on camera. In that regard, it’s an extraterrestrial thriller that feels very much in sync with our zeitgeist, one whose chief preoccupation revolves around our struggles to process singular, horrific happenings in an age when they are so swiftly commodified into something sellable, scrollable, and endlessly watchable. Daniel Kaluuya plays Oj Haywood, Keke Palmer his sister Emerald. They’re the descendants of the Black jockey immortalized in Eadweard Muybridge’s The Horse in Motion (1878), a man whose name (unlike the horse’s and its owner’s) has long been erased from history. The Haywood siblings own a ranch in Agua Dulce, where they train horses for film appearances. But business is drying up, and a neighbor—former child star Ricky “Jupe” Park (Steven Yeun)—wants to buy them out.
- 8/16/2022
- MUBI
The director’s elliptical follow-up to Us stars Daniel Kaluuya as a California wrangler defending the family ranch from a deadly threat from above
At a key moment in this self-consciously deconstructive slice of spectacular cinema from Jordan Peele, writer-director of Get Out and Us, a character theorises that the monster (whatever it may be) is at its most dangerous when being looked at. It’s an idea that’s as old as the Greek myth of Medusa (one gaze will turn you to stone) and that resurfaced in 2018 in Susanne Bier’s post-apocalyptic chiller Bird Box (one look will make you kill yourself). It’s even cheekily echoed in Adam McKay’s recent Don’t Look Up, in which Trumpian politicians insist that destruction-by-comet can be avoided by simply refusing to stare death in the face.
In Nope, horse wrangler/trainer Otis “Oj” Haywood Jr (an understatedly intense Daniel Kaluuya...
At a key moment in this self-consciously deconstructive slice of spectacular cinema from Jordan Peele, writer-director of Get Out and Us, a character theorises that the monster (whatever it may be) is at its most dangerous when being looked at. It’s an idea that’s as old as the Greek myth of Medusa (one gaze will turn you to stone) and that resurfaced in 2018 in Susanne Bier’s post-apocalyptic chiller Bird Box (one look will make you kill yourself). It’s even cheekily echoed in Adam McKay’s recent Don’t Look Up, in which Trumpian politicians insist that destruction-by-comet can be avoided by simply refusing to stare death in the face.
In Nope, horse wrangler/trainer Otis “Oj” Haywood Jr (an understatedly intense Daniel Kaluuya...
- 8/14/2022
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Jordan Peele’s sprawling sci-fi horror flick Nope was inspired, in part, by a burned CD a friend handed him in the mid-2000s. Scrawled, simply, with the word “Exuma,” the CD contained cult Bahamian performer Tony Mackey’s 1970 debut — and the kernel that would become an epic film about the Black figures history has forgotten.
“I immediately responded to the haunting and elemental quality of his music,” Peele tells Rolling Stone of Exuma, whose records are basically aural movies about zombies, gods, and slaves rising up to punish their...
“I immediately responded to the haunting and elemental quality of his music,” Peele tells Rolling Stone of Exuma, whose records are basically aural movies about zombies, gods, and slaves rising up to punish their...
- 8/4/2022
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a quiet month for studio blockbusters. Sony has Bullet Train (August 5) and The Invitation (August 26); Universal has Beast (August 19). Not to speak on their quality—I’ve yet to see any—but those aren’t the sort of titles that make competitors scramble to avoid.
As such, the board is wide open. Hook an audience with a compelling marketing campaign and earn yourself a ticket sale. It’s no surprise the likes of A24, Bleecker Street, and IFC each have two or more titles on the calendar—they found the soft spot and they’re capitalizing.
Less is more
I never know where to put Lionsgate in the hierarchy. Probably between the top and mid-range studios mentioned above. Their latest is Fall (August 12), a film I’ve seen nothing about save Richard Rho’s poster. It might not be enough for me to go, but it did earn it a mention here.
As such, the board is wide open. Hook an audience with a compelling marketing campaign and earn yourself a ticket sale. It’s no surprise the likes of A24, Bleecker Street, and IFC each have two or more titles on the calendar—they found the soft spot and they’re capitalizing.
Less is more
I never know where to put Lionsgate in the hierarchy. Probably between the top and mid-range studios mentioned above. Their latest is Fall (August 12), a film I’ve seen nothing about save Richard Rho’s poster. It might not be enough for me to go, but it did earn it a mention here.
- 8/4/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures is saying “Yup” to a documentary about an artist referenced in Nope.
The company has acquired North American rights to Exposing Muybridge, an award-winning film exploring the life and career of Eadweard Muybridge, an English-born, American-based photographer known for his pioneering motion studies. Gravitas will release the documentary, directed by Marc Shaffer, tomorrow on Digital HD, cable and satellite VOD, Blu-ray and DVD.
Muybridge’s work has been thrust front and center this summer courtesy of Jordan Peele’s horror-sci fi feature Nope. The photographer’s “Plate Number 626,” a motion study of a race horse ridden by a Black jockey, figures prominently in the box office hit.
Exposing Muybridge, meanwhile, boasts Hollywood connections of its own. Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, an avid Muybridge fan and collector, is featured in the documentary, along with historians of film and photography, a museum curator, a wet-plate photographer and others.
Muybridge...
The company has acquired North American rights to Exposing Muybridge, an award-winning film exploring the life and career of Eadweard Muybridge, an English-born, American-based photographer known for his pioneering motion studies. Gravitas will release the documentary, directed by Marc Shaffer, tomorrow on Digital HD, cable and satellite VOD, Blu-ray and DVD.
Muybridge’s work has been thrust front and center this summer courtesy of Jordan Peele’s horror-sci fi feature Nope. The photographer’s “Plate Number 626,” a motion study of a race horse ridden by a Black jockey, figures prominently in the box office hit.
Exposing Muybridge, meanwhile, boasts Hollywood connections of its own. Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, an avid Muybridge fan and collector, is featured in the documentary, along with historians of film and photography, a museum curator, a wet-plate photographer and others.
Muybridge...
- 8/1/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
When equestrian Randy Savvy saw “Nope,” he was impressed with Daniel Kaluuya’s ease around horses. Savvy knew it was a sign of the actor’s process coming to fruition: To prepare for his part as Hollywood horse trainer Oj Haywood, Kaluuya reached out to the co-founder of the Compton Cowboys for lessons in horsemanship. It paid off. “In order for him to fully and authentically execute his role, he wanted to be able to get some experience and some insights from guys who are already essentially living that role. Like we do this, we’re Black men, we work with horses in Hollywood,” Savvy told IndieWire. “So for him, connecting that link was important. And he ended up getting some good takeaways from it. I saw some stuff on the screen like, okay, bro, I see you.”
Jordan Peele’s alien thriller has a rare relationship to animals on screen.
Jordan Peele’s alien thriller has a rare relationship to animals on screen.
- 7/30/2022
- by Esther Zuckerman
- Indiewire
Click here to read the full article.
[This story contains spoilers for Jordan Peele’s Nope.]
What’s the deal with the chimp? Well that chimp, Gordy, is the key to the whole bloody affair.
Let’s back up for a moment. Jordan Peele’s latest film, Nope, further cements the filmmaker as one the most important contemporary voices in cinema. Across three films, Get Out (2017), Us (2019) and Nope, Peele has displayed a unique and incisive ability to discuss who we are as a species shaped by history we remain largely ignorant of. His latest, an ambitious sci-fi-horror film that subverts expectations, has such sights to show us. And while we cast our eyes upon these sights, we’re left to question whether we should be looking at all.
In this age of “content” geared towards “consumers,” in which almost every experience, the beautiful, the tragic, and the horrific, is made public and packaged for our entertainment,...
[This story contains spoilers for Jordan Peele’s Nope.]
What’s the deal with the chimp? Well that chimp, Gordy, is the key to the whole bloody affair.
Let’s back up for a moment. Jordan Peele’s latest film, Nope, further cements the filmmaker as one the most important contemporary voices in cinema. Across three films, Get Out (2017), Us (2019) and Nope, Peele has displayed a unique and incisive ability to discuss who we are as a species shaped by history we remain largely ignorant of. His latest, an ambitious sci-fi-horror film that subverts expectations, has such sights to show us. And while we cast our eyes upon these sights, we’re left to question whether we should be looking at all.
In this age of “content” geared towards “consumers,” in which almost every experience, the beautiful, the tragic, and the horrific, is made public and packaged for our entertainment,...
- 7/23/2022
- by Richard Newby
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This Nope article contains spoilers.
In writer-director Jordan Peele’s Nope, a brother and sister named Oj (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) Haywood are struggling to keep their family business – which provides trained horses for Hollywood productions – afloat following the bizarre death of their father, Otis (Keith David), and studios’ increasing dependence on CG rather than real animals.
The taciturn Oj (or Otis Jr.) wants to keep the business alive and hang onto the family ranch nestled in a remote California valley north of Los Angeles, while the more outgoing Emerald wants to somehow find a way to monetize their legacy as she pursues her own dreams of Hollywood fame.
The inexplicable object in the room, however, is the unidentified flying object – that’s UFO to you – that has been plaguing their property for months, starting with the unexplained rain of solid objects from the sky that ended with the death of Otis Sr.
In writer-director Jordan Peele’s Nope, a brother and sister named Oj (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) Haywood are struggling to keep their family business – which provides trained horses for Hollywood productions – afloat following the bizarre death of their father, Otis (Keith David), and studios’ increasing dependence on CG rather than real animals.
The taciturn Oj (or Otis Jr.) wants to keep the business alive and hang onto the family ranch nestled in a remote California valley north of Los Angeles, while the more outgoing Emerald wants to somehow find a way to monetize their legacy as she pursues her own dreams of Hollywood fame.
The inexplicable object in the room, however, is the unidentified flying object – that’s UFO to you – that has been plaguing their property for months, starting with the unexplained rain of solid objects from the sky that ended with the death of Otis Sr.
- 7/22/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
[Editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for “Nope.”]
With “Nope,” horror director Jordan Peele was ready to tackle an unconventional, big budget, UFO summer thriller. It’s a flipped-out “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-trainer siblings who try to capture the existence of a flying saucer on film as the impossible “money shot.” Along the way, their journey is filled with bizarre terror and mayhem, which makes “Nope” a spectacle about spectacle: an ode to the theatrical experience, but, at the same time, a deep exploration of “our addiction to spectacle,” according to Peele.
So, naturally, the movie had to be shot with large format IMAX cameras for the immersive action. Peele found the perfect collaborator in Hoyte van Hoytema — Christopher Nolan’s go-to cinematographer — who has transformed IMAX into innovative spectacle with “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk,” “Tenet,” and the upcoming “Oppenheimer.”
“We already wanted to work with each other for a while,...
With “Nope,” horror director Jordan Peele was ready to tackle an unconventional, big budget, UFO summer thriller. It’s a flipped-out “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-trainer siblings who try to capture the existence of a flying saucer on film as the impossible “money shot.” Along the way, their journey is filled with bizarre terror and mayhem, which makes “Nope” a spectacle about spectacle: an ode to the theatrical experience, but, at the same time, a deep exploration of “our addiction to spectacle,” according to Peele.
So, naturally, the movie had to be shot with large format IMAX cameras for the immersive action. Peele found the perfect collaborator in Hoyte van Hoytema — Christopher Nolan’s go-to cinematographer — who has transformed IMAX into innovative spectacle with “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk,” “Tenet,” and the upcoming “Oppenheimer.”
“We already wanted to work with each other for a while,...
- 7/21/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
How do we live with some of the shit that we’ve been forced to watch on a daily basis? Why are we so eager to immortalize the worst images that our world is capable of producing, and what kind of awful power do we lend such tragedies by sanctifying them into spectacles that can play out over and over again?
While Jordan Peele has fast become one of the most relevant and profitable of modern American filmmakers, “Nope” is the first time that he’s been afforded a budget fit for a true blockbuster spectacle, and that’s exactly what he’s created with it. But if this is such an old school delight that it starts with a shout-out to early cinema pioneer Eadweard Muybridge (before paying homage to more direct influences like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”), it’s also a thoroughly modern popcorn movie for...
While Jordan Peele has fast become one of the most relevant and profitable of modern American filmmakers, “Nope” is the first time that he’s been afforded a budget fit for a true blockbuster spectacle, and that’s exactly what he’s created with it. But if this is such an old school delight that it starts with a shout-out to early cinema pioneer Eadweard Muybridge (before paying homage to more direct influences like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”), it’s also a thoroughly modern popcorn movie for...
- 7/20/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Early in Nope, Jordan Peele’s thrilling new horror movie, a woman named Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer) tells a story. She and her brother Oj (Daniel Kaluuya) are horse handlers and ranch owners by trade, who parlay their animal wrangling skills on TV and film shoots, which is where we meet them today. But the ranch is a family business, passed down to them by their father, the late Otis Haywood (Keith David), and by his father before him. Go back far enough in their family line and you’ll...
- 7/20/2022
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
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Nope, Jordan Peele’s latest offering, slinks and slithers from the clutches of snap judgement. It avoids the comfort of tidy conclusions, too. This elusive third feature from the director of Get Out and Us peacocks its ambitions (and budget) while indulging in narrative tangents and detours. It is sprawling and vigorous. Depending on your appetite for the heady and sonorous, it will either feel frustratingly perplexing or strike you as a work of unquestionable genius.
This is, undoubtedly, Peele’s effect. Since his canonical social thriller Get Out, the director has proven himself unafraid of his own imagination. His films are grand in scope, enigmatic in meaning and rarely boring. Their cool frames are buttressed by the director’s enthusiastic, genre-fan eye. Peele loves a good time, and his films are like Gatsby-esque soirées for enjoyment-starved audiences.
Even when parts of it don’t gel,...
Nope, Jordan Peele’s latest offering, slinks and slithers from the clutches of snap judgement. It avoids the comfort of tidy conclusions, too. This elusive third feature from the director of Get Out and Us peacocks its ambitions (and budget) while indulging in narrative tangents and detours. It is sprawling and vigorous. Depending on your appetite for the heady and sonorous, it will either feel frustratingly perplexing or strike you as a work of unquestionable genius.
This is, undoubtedly, Peele’s effect. Since his canonical social thriller Get Out, the director has proven himself unafraid of his own imagination. His films are grand in scope, enigmatic in meaning and rarely boring. Their cool frames are buttressed by the director’s enthusiastic, genre-fan eye. Peele loves a good time, and his films are like Gatsby-esque soirées for enjoyment-starved audiences.
Even when parts of it don’t gel,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With “Thor: Love and Thunder” now in theaters, the next big Hollywood tentpole this summer movie season is Jordan Peele’s “Nope.” The Universal release reunites the Oscar winner with “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya in the story of two siblings (Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) who set out to record video evidence of a UFO. While Peele has become a household name as a director because of the horror genre, he recently told Essence magazine that “Nope” had to be more than just “Black horror” in order to speak to the times.
“It’s so tricky being considered in the vanguard of Black horror, because obviously Black horror is so very real, and it’s hard to do it in a way that’s not re-traumatizing and sad,” Peele said. “I was going into my third horror film starring Black leads, and somewhere in the process I realized that the...
“It’s so tricky being considered in the vanguard of Black horror, because obviously Black horror is so very real, and it’s hard to do it in a way that’s not re-traumatizing and sad,” Peele said. “I was going into my third horror film starring Black leads, and somewhere in the process I realized that the...
- 7/11/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Jordan Peele is not one to give away any secrets about his films, but in a new interview he discussed some of the themes that will drive his latest movie “Nope,” saying that it’s a movie about our fascination and even “addiction” to spectacle.
The most recent trailer for “Nope” provided a little more plot details and insight into Peele’s latest, revealing that it’s about a pair of siblings who witness the ominous presence of a UFO on their ranch. But like “Get Out” and “Us,” the horror film is bound to be more thoughtful and purposeful than that.
“I wanted to make a spectacle, something that would promote my favorite art form and my favorite way of watching that art form: the theatrical experience,” Peele said in an interview with Empire. “As I started writing the script, I started to dig into the nature of spectacle,...
The most recent trailer for “Nope” provided a little more plot details and insight into Peele’s latest, revealing that it’s about a pair of siblings who witness the ominous presence of a UFO on their ranch. But like “Get Out” and “Us,” the horror film is bound to be more thoughtful and purposeful than that.
“I wanted to make a spectacle, something that would promote my favorite art form and my favorite way of watching that art form: the theatrical experience,” Peele said in an interview with Empire. “As I started writing the script, I started to dig into the nature of spectacle,...
- 7/5/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
"It's the content of what will become the industry of motion pictures: stories and sex." Madman Films in Australia has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film titled Exposing Muybridge, which tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. This premiered at Doc NYC last year and is still touring festivals this summer, including at the Sheffield Doc Fest most recently. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see--Leland Stanford's galloping horses. Artful, resilient, selfish, naive, eccentric, deceitful--Muybridge is a complicated, imperfect man and his story drips with ambition and success, loss and betrayal, near death experiences and even some murder (what?!). More than a century after his death, Muybridge's photographs have never ceased to seduce cutting-edge artists, scientists, innovators, and general viewers alike.
- 6/21/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Piano prodigies documentary directed by Guy Lennon.
Gary Lennon’s documentary Piano Dreams has been acquired by Vendetta Films for Australia/New Zealand from London-based MetFilm Sales.
The film follows three young prodigies and their families exploring the popular and competitive world of piano playing in China.
International broadcasters are also tuning in with France, Germany (Ndr Arte), Norway (Nrk), Sweden (Svt) and the Netherlands (Ntr) on board.
Producers are Lennon and Raymon McCormack for Ireland’s Gambit Picture, with Germany’s 3B-Produktion. Screen Ireland is backing the project.
MetFilm Sales is also in Cannes with Exposing Muybridge, a documentary about pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge,...
Gary Lennon’s documentary Piano Dreams has been acquired by Vendetta Films for Australia/New Zealand from London-based MetFilm Sales.
The film follows three young prodigies and their families exploring the popular and competitive world of piano playing in China.
International broadcasters are also tuning in with France, Germany (Ndr Arte), Norway (Nrk), Sweden (Svt) and the Netherlands (Ntr) on board.
Producers are Lennon and Raymon McCormack for Ireland’s Gambit Picture, with Germany’s 3B-Produktion. Screen Ireland is backing the project.
MetFilm Sales is also in Cannes with Exposing Muybridge, a documentary about pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
London-based sales agent MetFilm Sales has boarded feature documentary “Exposing Muybridge,” featuring Gary Oldman, about revolutionary photographer Eadweard Muybridge.
Muybridge (1830–1904) was an English photographer known for his groundbreaking work in photographic studies of motion who played a seminal role in motion picture history. His images of running horses transformed the camera into a machine of unmatched powers of perception and persuasion, and set the course for the birth of cinema. He was a complicated man whose personal story was imbued with ambition, success, loss, and even cold-blooded murder. He directly inspired numerous artists from Francis Bacon to David Hockney to Gary Oldman, who has made a passionate contribution to the documentary.
Directed by Marc Shaffer (“Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787”), the documentary had its world premiere at Doc NYC in 2021 and won best documentary screenplay at the Writer’s Guild of America Awards 2022. The film will have its market premiere at...
Muybridge (1830–1904) was an English photographer known for his groundbreaking work in photographic studies of motion who played a seminal role in motion picture history. His images of running horses transformed the camera into a machine of unmatched powers of perception and persuasion, and set the course for the birth of cinema. He was a complicated man whose personal story was imbued with ambition, success, loss, and even cold-blooded murder. He directly inspired numerous artists from Francis Bacon to David Hockney to Gary Oldman, who has made a passionate contribution to the documentary.
Directed by Marc Shaffer (“Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787”), the documentary had its world premiere at Doc NYC in 2021 and won best documentary screenplay at the Writer’s Guild of America Awards 2022. The film will have its market premiere at...
- 4/27/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
NonStop also picks up three Sundance titles.
NonStop Entertainment has gone on a buying spree for Nordic rights to new titles including Berlinale opening film Peter Von Kant directed by Francois Ozon, in a deal with Playtime.
Also from Berlinale’s official selection, the company acquired Dark Glasses by Dario Argento, with Nordic rights acquired from Wild Bunch. The thriller set in Rome stars Asia Argento.
From the Sundance 2022 selection, NonStop acquired Nordic rights from A24 to After Yang by Kogonada (also selected for Cannes 2021). Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith star in a sci-fi about memory, grief and love. Also,...
NonStop Entertainment has gone on a buying spree for Nordic rights to new titles including Berlinale opening film Peter Von Kant directed by Francois Ozon, in a deal with Playtime.
Also from Berlinale’s official selection, the company acquired Dark Glasses by Dario Argento, with Nordic rights acquired from Wild Bunch. The thriller set in Rome stars Asia Argento.
From the Sundance 2022 selection, NonStop acquired Nordic rights from A24 to After Yang by Kogonada (also selected for Cannes 2021). Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith star in a sci-fi about memory, grief and love. Also,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The biggest VFX decision on “The Matrix Resurrections,” of course, was how to update the mind-blowing Bullet Time effect for the return of Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss). After all, a lot has changed since Bullet Time earned the Oscar in 2000, creating the illusion of bending time and space so Neo could perform his balletic martial arts. But thanks to new advancements in physics-based lighting and volumetric capture, it’s now a lot easier to produce amazing photorealism. Yet director Lana Wachowski didn’t want the VFX to overwhelm her richer and warmer aesthetic, in keeping with the surprisingly emotional love story between Neo and Trinity. That applied to cracking the new code for Bullet Time by Dneg.
“One of the things that was important was the aesthetic,” said Dan Glass, Dneg’s senior VFX supervisor (who previously worked on “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions”). “It’s clearly an upgrade.
“One of the things that was important was the aesthetic,” said Dan Glass, Dneg’s senior VFX supervisor (who previously worked on “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions”). “It’s clearly an upgrade.
- 1/7/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers on Mel Brooks in the Special Event screening of Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat: “This is a real New Yorker’s film.”
In the final instalment with Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers, we discuss a number of the films that are screening in the 12th edition of Doc NYC. I start with Marc Shaffer’s Exposing Muybridge which has comments from Eadweard Muybridge admirer Gary Oldman; Tom Donahue’s Dean Martin: King Of Cool; Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis; Andrea Arnold’s Cow; Vincent Liota’s Objects; Eva Orner’s Burning; Abby Epstein’s The Business Of Birth Control; Mads Brügger’s The Mole; Robert B Weide and Don Argott’s Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time; Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s The Real Charlie Chaplin; Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat As A Special Event, and end with the Closing Night selection,...
In the final instalment with Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers, we discuss a number of the films that are screening in the 12th edition of Doc NYC. I start with Marc Shaffer’s Exposing Muybridge which has comments from Eadweard Muybridge admirer Gary Oldman; Tom Donahue’s Dean Martin: King Of Cool; Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis; Andrea Arnold’s Cow; Vincent Liota’s Objects; Eva Orner’s Burning; Abby Epstein’s The Business Of Birth Control; Mads Brügger’s The Mole; Robert B Weide and Don Argott’s Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time; Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s The Real Charlie Chaplin; Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat As A Special Event, and end with the Closing Night selection,...
- 11/15/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge was born in 1984, when the world record in the men’s marathon stood at 2:08:05. Today, he holds the world record at that distance, having pared the time all the way down to 2:01:39. That achievement, not to mention back to back gold medals at the Tokyo and Rio Olympics, have inspired many to declare Kipchoge the Goat (greatest of all time) in the marathon.
Kipchoge is known for his humility, but when pressed about what makes him better than his competitors, he concedes, “I think the difference between me and other marathoners is the professionalism. I am a real professional as far as running’s concerned,” he tells Deadline. “I follow what is required in sport. I really work hard. Even if I don’t feel like waking up I still wake up and just push myself. That’s what I mean by professionalism.
Kipchoge is known for his humility, but when pressed about what makes him better than his competitors, he concedes, “I think the difference between me and other marathoners is the professionalism. I am a real professional as far as running’s concerned,” he tells Deadline. “I follow what is required in sport. I really work hard. Even if I don’t feel like waking up I still wake up and just push myself. That’s what I mean by professionalism.
- 9/3/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Six documentary films remain in the running for the third annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, the richest award in nonfiction filmmaking.
The Better Angels Society, “a non-profit dedicated to the exploration of American history through documentary film,” announced the six finalists Tuesday [full list below]. The winning filmmaker, to be revealed at an October 26 virtual ceremony, will receive a $200,000 grant “to finish the in-production film and to help with outreach and marketing.” Per the organization, the runner-up will receive a $50,000 grant, and up to four finalists will each receive a $25,000 grant.
“In spite of the pandemic which heavily impacted the arts and entertainment industry, a wide array of late-stage professional American history documentary films were submitted for consideration this year,” The Better Angels Society noted in a statement. “An internal committee consisting of filmmakers from Florentine Films [Ken Burns’ company] and expert staff from the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, the Library...
The Better Angels Society, “a non-profit dedicated to the exploration of American history through documentary film,” announced the six finalists Tuesday [full list below]. The winning filmmaker, to be revealed at an October 26 virtual ceremony, will receive a $200,000 grant “to finish the in-production film and to help with outreach and marketing.” Per the organization, the runner-up will receive a $50,000 grant, and up to four finalists will each receive a $25,000 grant.
“In spite of the pandemic which heavily impacted the arts and entertainment industry, a wide array of late-stage professional American history documentary films were submitted for consideration this year,” The Better Angels Society noted in a statement. “An internal committee consisting of filmmakers from Florentine Films [Ken Burns’ company] and expert staff from the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, the Library...
- 8/25/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinephiles have long been conditioned to roll their eyes at mawkishly uplifting movies about the magic of cinema. The worst of these tend to come from people who can’t find any other way to make the same point, so it’s understandable if the ultra-earnest title card at the start of Pan Nalin’s “Last Film Show” inspires you to put your head between your knees and brace for a long two hours. “Gratitude for illuminating the path…” it reads, followed by a short list of names that consists of the Lumière brothers, Eadweard Muybridge, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, and Andrei Tarkovsky.
In the moment, that feels like both way too much and not enough. By the end of Nalin’s , however, the decision to open with such a hokey tip of the hat seems entirely justified (and not just because all five of those filmmakers are paid cute...
In the moment, that feels like both way too much and not enough. By the end of Nalin’s , however, the decision to open with such a hokey tip of the hat seems entirely justified (and not just because all five of those filmmakers are paid cute...
- 6/16/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Samay (Bhavin Rabari) gives his food to projectionist Fazal (Bhavesh Shrimali) in Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show: “Yes, they’re all my mother’s [Hanasa] recipes and they are also local recipes you find in that region. They are all historically vegetarian, and even today.”
When I spoke with Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer from Paris on the line-up for the 20th anniversary edition, he highly recommended Last Film Show (Chhello Show). Pan Nalin bookends his very personal film with the gratitude he feels to cinema history by naming the Lumière brothers, Eadweard Muybridge, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick and Andrei Tarkovsky before the opening credits and ends with a highly imaginative tribute to the colour palates of filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maya Deren, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfred Hitchcock, Yasujiro Ozu, and Martin Scorsese to name just a few.
Pan Nalin with Anne-Katrin Titze on Stanley Kubrick:...
When I spoke with Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer from Paris on the line-up for the 20th anniversary edition, he highly recommended Last Film Show (Chhello Show). Pan Nalin bookends his very personal film with the gratitude he feels to cinema history by naming the Lumière brothers, Eadweard Muybridge, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick and Andrei Tarkovsky before the opening credits and ends with a highly imaginative tribute to the colour palates of filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maya Deren, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfred Hitchcock, Yasujiro Ozu, and Martin Scorsese to name just a few.
Pan Nalin with Anne-Katrin Titze on Stanley Kubrick:...
- 6/9/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Above: Still Life with Woman and Four Objects (1986)Someone introduced themselves to me at a film festival where one of Lynne Sachs’s films was screening. I introduced myself in return, and their eyes lit up. “Are you Lynne Sachs?” they asked, having apparently heard only my last name.No, I am not Lynne Sachs (obviously), nor am I related to her. But I enjoy relaying this anecdote, in part because it’s so flattering to have been momentarily mistaken for the experimental filmmaker, writer, and artist whose work I greatly admire. While I have no direct connection to Sachs, after recently watching so many of her films in such a brief period of time—on the occasion of the Museum of the Moving Image’s inspired retrospective, “Lynne Sachs: Between Thought and Expression,” organized by assistant curator Edo Choi and available to stream online here between January 13 – 31, 2021—I do...
- 1/14/2021
- MUBI
In a guest column for Variety, on the eve of the 125th anniversary of the first commercial movie screening, Thierry Fremaux, director of the Lumiere Institute and the Cannes Film Festival, celebrates the legacy and resilience of cinema through history. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, the iconic French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the cinematographe. With movie theaters shuttered around the world due to the pandemic, Fremaux argues that we can’t give up on the collective experience of moviegoing.
In the summer of 1894, in Paris, Antoine Lumière discovered Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, an object that allowed for a tiny image to animate itself for individual viewing by inserting a coin. “We must take out the strip of film from this box…and project it on a big screen, before an audience,” said Lumière. “My sons will find a way.” Indeed, his sons Louis and Auguste succeeded,...
In the summer of 1894, in Paris, Antoine Lumière discovered Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, an object that allowed for a tiny image to animate itself for individual viewing by inserting a coin. “We must take out the strip of film from this box…and project it on a big screen, before an audience,” said Lumière. “My sons will find a way.” Indeed, his sons Louis and Auguste succeeded,...
- 12/27/2020
- by Thierry Frémaux
- Variety Film + TV
As the new documentary “Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies” points out, 2020 is a risky time to make movies that feature female nudity, particularly if it’s of the gratuitous kind. But, as “Skin” doesn’t say but does demonstrate, it’s also a risky time to make movies about onscreen nudity, even if you try to emphasize that it’s a work of scholarship not titillation.
To be sure, the film from writer-director Danny Wolf and writer Paul Fishbein (the “Time Warp” series of docs about cult films) takes a historical approach to the subject of on-screen flesh. It’s a chronological account that makes copious use of authors, critics, academics and even an art historian to talk about the place of the nude in art.
But it also illustrates the points they make with plenty of breasts, bums and penises. And its attempts to deal with...
To be sure, the film from writer-director Danny Wolf and writer Paul Fishbein (the “Time Warp” series of docs about cult films) takes a historical approach to the subject of on-screen flesh. It’s a chronological account that makes copious use of authors, critics, academics and even an art historian to talk about the place of the nude in art.
But it also illustrates the points they make with plenty of breasts, bums and penises. And its attempts to deal with...
- 8/18/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn spinoff, “Birds of Prey,” has become the latest high-profile movie to be selected for a state tax credit for filming in California.
The California Film Commission revealed that 19 feature films had been chosen for tax credits totaling $52.2 million. “Birds of Prey,” a DC Comics movie with Robbie reprising her Harley Quinn character, is due to receive the largest allocation, at $12.6 million. The Cathy Yan film is on track to spend nearly $63 million in state on qualified expenditures.
“We are excited to be awarded an incentive from the California Film & TV Tax Credit Program, which will allow us to produce ‘Birds of Prey’ in the Golden State,” said Warner Bros. Pictures’ senior vice president Kelley Smith-Wait. “The project will have a large footprint and create hundreds of new jobs for women and men in our industry.”
Gary Oldman’s historical biopic “Flying Horse” is receiving a $5 million allocation,...
The California Film Commission revealed that 19 feature films had been chosen for tax credits totaling $52.2 million. “Birds of Prey,” a DC Comics movie with Robbie reprising her Harley Quinn character, is due to receive the largest allocation, at $12.6 million. The Cathy Yan film is on track to spend nearly $63 million in state on qualified expenditures.
“We are excited to be awarded an incentive from the California Film & TV Tax Credit Program, which will allow us to produce ‘Birds of Prey’ in the Golden State,” said Warner Bros. Pictures’ senior vice president Kelley Smith-Wait. “The project will have a large footprint and create hundreds of new jobs for women and men in our industry.”
Gary Oldman’s historical biopic “Flying Horse” is receiving a $5 million allocation,...
- 7/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Hot off his Oscar for Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman has been set to direct and star in Flying Horse, a fact-based story of a photographer who helped develop the moving picture, but whose own dark moments defined his life. The script was written by Oldman.
Flying Horse captures the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the photographer who was considered one of the true fathers of the moving image. In 1872, Muybridge was living the life as a successful photographer, contracted by the former governor of California to capture a horse-in-motion. And then, his life exploded, when he discovered his wife Flora was having an affair with the dapper critic Major Harry Larkyns. Muybridge’s story turns to one of revenge, murder, and the search for justice. He killed his wife’s lover, and then was acquitted on grounds of justifiable homicide.
Oldman’s longtime producing partner Doug Urbanski is producing with Tucker Tooley,...
Flying Horse captures the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the photographer who was considered one of the true fathers of the moving image. In 1872, Muybridge was living the life as a successful photographer, contracted by the former governor of California to capture a horse-in-motion. And then, his life exploded, when he discovered his wife Flora was having an affair with the dapper critic Major Harry Larkyns. Muybridge’s story turns to one of revenge, murder, and the search for justice. He killed his wife’s lover, and then was acquitted on grounds of justifiable homicide.
Oldman’s longtime producing partner Doug Urbanski is producing with Tucker Tooley,...
- 5/15/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi's retrospective Bertrand Mandico's Cinema is showing July 26 - October 7, 2017 in many countries around the world.The cinema of French filmmaker and animator Bertrand Mandico is unique in its approach to depicting the human body. For Mandico, the body’s status as a film subject is comparable to and interchangeable with that of any other film subject. That is, ‘animate objects’—such as human characters or animals—occupy the same cinematic roles as ‘inanimate’ ones—such as housewares or artificial structures, collapsing the binary that exists between the two. Mandico’s films time and again blur the line between binaries—animate and inanimate, male and female—and in doing so demonstrate their arbitrary nature as film subjects. Bodies and objects in Mandico’s cinema often appear abstracted and juxtaposed vis-a-vis each other, such as when women portray lamps and men portray statues in Our Lady of Hormones (2014). At first glance,...
- 8/28/2017
- MUBI
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