Battery Dance presents Battery Dance Now, featuring the work of three female choreographers, on March 8-11, 2023 at 7pm at New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th St., NYC. Tickets are $35 (standard), $20 (student/senior/veteran), and $75 (VIP opening night reception). For more information and to purchase tickets, visit tickets.batterydance.org.
In its New York Live Arts debut, Battery Dance has assembled Battery Dance Now, a program of three contemporary dance works that explore time and transitions: Robin Cantrell’s “The Liminal Year” captures the natural resistance to isolation and the need to fight against fear; Ana Maria Lucaciu’s “It Goes By Quick” explores the urgency and frustration of seeing time slip away; Tsai Hsi Hung’s “A Certain Mood” was inspired by the contrasting shift from dark to light in the work of abstract expressionist painter Hans Hofmann.
Each work is set to an original music score. “The Liminal Year...
In its New York Live Arts debut, Battery Dance has assembled Battery Dance Now, a program of three contemporary dance works that explore time and transitions: Robin Cantrell’s “The Liminal Year” captures the natural resistance to isolation and the need to fight against fear; Ana Maria Lucaciu’s “It Goes By Quick” explores the urgency and frustration of seeing time slip away; Tsai Hsi Hung’s “A Certain Mood” was inspired by the contrasting shift from dark to light in the work of abstract expressionist painter Hans Hofmann.
Each work is set to an original music score. “The Liminal Year...
- 2/28/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” is an adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, the film’s script is penned by Erica Schmidt based on her 2018 stage musical. When Wright wanted to tell the story with Peter Dinklage in the starring role, he called on production designer Sarah Greenwood to scout for locations – Notto, in Scilly, would be the perfect location.
Wright also had ideas for makeup and even the film’s choreography – minimal was key.
“Cyrano’s” makeup designer Alessandro Bertolazzi says he used just one shade of red for the film’s makeup. In retrospect, Bertolazzi says not only was it a risky move, “but it’s quite crazy.”
His research process to find the right color meant looking at different grease palettes and water-based colors until he found the right color. Once he did, it was about taking that and creating a different result on every character that included Cyrano,...
Wright also had ideas for makeup and even the film’s choreography – minimal was key.
“Cyrano’s” makeup designer Alessandro Bertolazzi says he used just one shade of red for the film’s makeup. In retrospect, Bertolazzi says not only was it a risky move, “but it’s quite crazy.”
His research process to find the right color meant looking at different grease palettes and water-based colors until he found the right color. Once he did, it was about taking that and creating a different result on every character that included Cyrano,...
- 1/21/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Broadway has just reopened after shuttering on March 13, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To mark the return of the rialto, the 74th annual Tonys were handed out on Sunday, September 26 at the Winter Garden theater. This two-part ceremony, which will be hosted by six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald on Paramount+ and “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom, Jr. on CBS, comes almost one year after nominations were announced on October 15, 2020.
Two new musicals – “Jagged Little Pill” and “Moulin Rouge!” — lead the Tony Awards nominations with 15 and 14 bids respectively including Best Musical. A third tuner, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical,” reaped a dozen bids as did the new drama “Slave Play.” While the nominees were decided by 48 theater professionals, the winners were voted on by 831 members of the Broadway community.
Below, the 2020 Tony Awards winners list in all 25 competitive categories.
See Broadway insiders dishing the 2020 Tony Awards nominations in our theater forum
Musicals...
Two new musicals – “Jagged Little Pill” and “Moulin Rouge!” — lead the Tony Awards nominations with 15 and 14 bids respectively including Best Musical. A third tuner, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical,” reaped a dozen bids as did the new drama “Slave Play.” While the nominees were decided by 48 theater professionals, the winners were voted on by 831 members of the Broadway community.
Below, the 2020 Tony Awards winners list in all 25 competitive categories.
See Broadway insiders dishing the 2020 Tony Awards nominations in our theater forum
Musicals...
- 9/26/2021
- by Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Jagged Little Pill, the Tony Award nominated musical inspired by the Alanis Morissette album, will reopen at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre Thursday, Oct. 21, producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price announced today. Tickets are on sale now.
“Jagged Little Pill is about the complicated and harrowing effects of what it means to be disconnected from one another – and the beautiful, exhilarating healing that can happen when we rally together in those tough moments, to become beacons of vision and empathy for one another,” said Morissette in a statement. “That has never felt more real than during this tumultuous past year, and I could not be more thrilled to glimpse the light at the end of this long tunnel that the live arts community has endured.”
Morissette continued, “This amazing family of Broadway artists will be raising their voices together again on stage this fall – and it will...
“Jagged Little Pill is about the complicated and harrowing effects of what it means to be disconnected from one another – and the beautiful, exhilarating healing that can happen when we rally together in those tough moments, to become beacons of vision and empathy for one another,” said Morissette in a statement. “That has never felt more real than during this tumultuous past year, and I could not be more thrilled to glimpse the light at the end of this long tunnel that the live arts community has endured.”
Morissette continued, “This amazing family of Broadway artists will be raising their voices together again on stage this fall – and it will...
- 5/11/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jagged Little Pill, the rock musical adaptation of Alanis Morissette’s 1995 smash album and other original music, was a hit on Broadway when it was forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 12th. Since then, the show’s cast — still on hiatus as restrictions remain on gatherings in enclosed spaces — has continued to perform for fans when possible, including a Jagged Live in Concert this past December.
The production (directed by Diane Paulus) was also nominated for 15 Tonys, including Best Musical. While the awards show has still not taken place,...
The production (directed by Diane Paulus) was also nominated for 15 Tonys, including Best Musical. While the awards show has still not taken place,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
The Tony Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, October 15 by Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (“Aladdin”). The reveal of the roster of contenders was carried on the Tonys YouTube channel. While the nominations for the 74th annual Tony Awards were determined by 41 theater professionals, winners will be decided by 784 members of the Broadway community.
Only 18 shows were eligible for consideration by the nominating committee. On the play side, there are 10 original works and four revivals in the running. Over on the musical side, four new tuners are in contention; no musical revivals qualified. The cutoff date for eligibility was February 19, 2020. As both the Bob Dylan tuner “Girl From the North Country” and a new revival of “West Side Story” opened after that, don’t look for them on the list of nominations below.
Broadway has remained closed since March 13 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Tony Awards had been set...
Only 18 shows were eligible for consideration by the nominating committee. On the play side, there are 10 original works and four revivals in the running. Over on the musical side, four new tuners are in contention; no musical revivals qualified. The cutoff date for eligibility was February 19, 2020. As both the Bob Dylan tuner “Girl From the North Country” and a new revival of “West Side Story” opened after that, don’t look for them on the list of nominations below.
Broadway has remained closed since March 13 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Tony Awards had been set...
- 10/15/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Pain and Glory” director Pedro Almodovar, “The Nun” actor Isabelle Huppert and “Call Me by Your Name” filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are among a galaxy of 70 film, television, literature and eminent personalities from other walks of life who have signed an open letter expressing “outrage” over the repression of the LGBT+ community in Poland.
Addressed to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the letter states: “We, the undersigned, express our outrage at repressions directed against the LGBT+ community in Poland. We speak out in solidarity with activists and their allies, who are being detained, brutalized, and intimidated. We voice our grave concern about the future of democracy in Poland, a country with an admirable history of resistance to totalitarianism and struggle for freedom.”
Other signees include Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, whose “Ida” won an Oscar, “The Favourite” director Yorgos Lanthimos, “Vera Drake” director Mike Leigh, and actors Ed Harris and James Norton.
Addressed to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the letter states: “We, the undersigned, express our outrage at repressions directed against the LGBT+ community in Poland. We speak out in solidarity with activists and their allies, who are being detained, brutalized, and intimidated. We voice our grave concern about the future of democracy in Poland, a country with an admirable history of resistance to totalitarianism and struggle for freedom.”
Other signees include Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, whose “Ida” won an Oscar, “The Favourite” director Yorgos Lanthimos, “Vera Drake” director Mike Leigh, and actors Ed Harris and James Norton.
- 8/18/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Alanis Morissette is getting cathartic in quarantine in the new video for “Smiling,” one of the original songs she wrote for the jukebox musical based on her work, Jagged Little Pill.
Filmed by Morissette and the cast of the Broadway show, the video shows everyone getting freaky in their own houses, dancing and writhing up the walls to go along with the song’s theme of smiling through the pain. (The clip was choreographed by frequent Beyoncé collaborator Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.) Morissette sings here with cast member Elizabeth Stanley, affirming...
Filmed by Morissette and the cast of the Broadway show, the video shows everyone getting freaky in their own houses, dancing and writhing up the walls to go along with the song’s theme of smiling through the pain. (The clip was choreographed by frequent Beyoncé collaborator Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.) Morissette sings here with cast member Elizabeth Stanley, affirming...
- 6/30/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the rising Moroccan-born Belgian filmmaking duo, are set to direct “Rebel,” a nuanced portrait of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy’s future.
Wild Bunch International (“Les Miserables”) and CAA Media Finance have boarded the project, which tells the story of Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, who is searching for an identity after his father’s death. While his mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from Karim, his older local gangster brother, Nassim needs to decide what the rest of his life will look like, even at this young age.
“Rebel” is being produced by Caviar, in co-production with Beluga Tree (“Frankie”), Calach Films and Le Collectif 64.
The movie will mark the helmers’ return to filmmaking in Belgium after having directed “Bad Boys for Life,” which so far ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2020.
“Rebel” will be...
Wild Bunch International (“Les Miserables”) and CAA Media Finance have boarded the project, which tells the story of Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, who is searching for an identity after his father’s death. While his mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from Karim, his older local gangster brother, Nassim needs to decide what the rest of his life will look like, even at this young age.
“Rebel” is being produced by Caviar, in co-production with Beluga Tree (“Frankie”), Calach Films and Le Collectif 64.
The movie will mark the helmers’ return to filmmaking in Belgium after having directed “Bad Boys for Life,” which so far ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2020.
“Rebel” will be...
- 6/24/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmakers Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life) have been set to direct Rebel, a coming-of-age story about a family torn apart over a little boy’s future.
Wild Bunch International is handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the virtual Cannes market. CAA Media Finance will represent the film’s North American rights
Driven by song, rap and dance, the film will stars Amir El Arbi, in his feature film debut, Aboubakr Bensaihi (Black), and Lubna Azabal (Mary Magdalene)
The film will follow a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek who is searching for his identity after the death of his father. His mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from his older local gangster brother, Karim.
The filmmaking duo have also made movies Black and Gangsta (for which they are currently developing the sequel) and have directed episodes of FX series Snowfall.
Wild Bunch International is handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the virtual Cannes market. CAA Media Finance will represent the film’s North American rights
Driven by song, rap and dance, the film will stars Amir El Arbi, in his feature film debut, Aboubakr Bensaihi (Black), and Lubna Azabal (Mary Magdalene)
The film will follow a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek who is searching for his identity after the death of his father. His mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from his older local gangster brother, Karim.
The filmmaking duo have also made movies Black and Gangsta (for which they are currently developing the sequel) and have directed episodes of FX series Snowfall.
- 6/24/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Alanis Morissette and the producers of the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill have announced a livestream benefit for Covid-19 relief, sponsored by American Express.
You Live, You Learn: A Night with Alanis Morissette and Jagged Little Pill will take place Tuesday, May 19th from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Et, via the Jagged Little Pill Facebook and YouTube channels, and all proceeds from the event will go toward the Actors Fund, providing emergency relief to members of the professional theater community.
The livestream will feature conversations and performances by the cast of Jagged Little Pill,...
You Live, You Learn: A Night with Alanis Morissette and Jagged Little Pill will take place Tuesday, May 19th from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Et, via the Jagged Little Pill Facebook and YouTube channels, and all proceeds from the event will go toward the Actors Fund, providing emergency relief to members of the professional theater community.
The livestream will feature conversations and performances by the cast of Jagged Little Pill,...
- 5/13/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
May and June episodes will feature Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and actor Elizabeth Stanley on their collaboration during Jagged Little Pill Tony-winning director Michael Mayer with actors Jonathan Groff and Christian Borle on Little Shop of Horrors directors Lileana Blain-Cruz, Sheryl Kaller, and Desdemona Chiang director Gaye Taylor Upchurch and playwright Lauren Gunderson on The Half-Life of Marie Curie and more.
- 5/7/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The tears welled up in my eyes, then spilled onto my cheeks. How was this happening? I don’t cry. At least not when I’m being manipulated to feel a desired emotion. Not at sad moments in movies. Not at pathetic scenes on the sidewalk. Certainly not at ubiquitous heartbreak songs from the summer before my freshman year of college. But now I was having a cathartic moment in a dark theater, surrounded by hundreds of strangers sitting in uncomfortable velvet seats who were coming tearfully unhinged. And perhaps...
- 12/6/2019
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Alanis Morissette’s breakthrough album, Jagged Little Pill, is taking Broadway for the first time in November — and in the form of a live musical adaptation.
In a new teaser video, cast members Celia Rose Gooding and Antonio Cipriano give Morissette’s 1996 hit, “Head Over Feet” a tender revamp. Shot in the same intimate style as her original music video, the two transform Morissette’s swooning monologue into a dynamic interplay between two young souls, teetering precariously on the edge of falling in love.
“It’s about feeling this resistance to falling for someone,...
In a new teaser video, cast members Celia Rose Gooding and Antonio Cipriano give Morissette’s 1996 hit, “Head Over Feet” a tender revamp. Shot in the same intimate style as her original music video, the two transform Morissette’s swooning monologue into a dynamic interplay between two young souls, teetering precariously on the edge of falling in love.
“It’s about feeling this resistance to falling for someone,...
- 10/15/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
If the recently announced Magic Mike musical isn't your bag, I'm here to remind you (See what I did there?) that the musical Jagged Little Pill, which is inspired by the Alanis Morisette album, is officially coming to Broadway. After a successful 10-week run at the American Repertory Theater's Loeb Drama Center in Boston last Summer, the musical is ready to make its debut on the Great White Way with performances starting November 3 at the Broadhurst Theater in New York.
If you can't wait until then, we have good news: You can get a sneak peek at Jagged Little Pill with the cast's first NYC performance at Popsugar Play/Ground in June! Buy your tickets now to see the cast perform two of Alanis's greatest hits.
The Diane Paulus-directed musical boasts a book written by Tully's Diablo Cody, which sets a complex story about a Connecticut family to songs from Morissette's iconic 1995 album.
If you can't wait until then, we have good news: You can get a sneak peek at Jagged Little Pill with the cast's first NYC performance at Popsugar Play/Ground in June! Buy your tickets now to see the cast perform two of Alanis's greatest hits.
The Diane Paulus-directed musical boasts a book written by Tully's Diablo Cody, which sets a complex story about a Connecticut family to songs from Morissette's iconic 1995 album.
- 6/5/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill, the new musical based on Alanis Morissette’s classic ’90s album, will begin previews Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre, with an opening night set for Thursday, December 5, producers announced today.
The previously announced production features lyrics by Morissette and music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, with direction by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Waitress) and an original story by Diablo Cody (Juno). Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price produce.
Inspired by the themes of the album, Jagged Little Pill focuses on a “picture-perfect suburban family” named the Healys. When cracks begin to show, the family must choose between maintaining the status quo or facing harsh truths about themselves, their community, and the world around them, according to the official synopsis.
Songs include such Morissette hits as “You Oughta Know,” “Head Over Feet,” “Hand In My Pocket,” and “Ironic”, plus new songs written for the show.
The previously announced production features lyrics by Morissette and music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, with direction by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Waitress) and an original story by Diablo Cody (Juno). Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price produce.
Inspired by the themes of the album, Jagged Little Pill focuses on a “picture-perfect suburban family” named the Healys. When cracks begin to show, the family must choose between maintaining the status quo or facing harsh truths about themselves, their community, and the world around them, according to the official synopsis.
Songs include such Morissette hits as “You Oughta Know,” “Head Over Feet,” “Hand In My Pocket,” and “Ironic”, plus new songs written for the show.
- 5/3/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
She’s here to remind you: Alanis Morissette’s ’90s cultural touchstone Jagged Little Pill is heading to Broadway. The new musical, inspired by the themes of Morissette’s album of the same title but with an original story by Juno writer Diablo Cody, is set to open in the fall. Diane Paulus (Waitress) will direct.
The musical — with songs from the catalog of Morissette, who does not appear onstage — premiered in a sold-out engagement last summer at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Ma. Casting for the Broadway production was not announced, nor was a theater or premiere date.
The Broadway staging was announced today by producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price.
In addition to Cody and Paulus, the creative team will include music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, with lyrics by Morissette. Movement direction and choreography is by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (the choreographer behind...
The musical — with songs from the catalog of Morissette, who does not appear onstage — premiered in a sold-out engagement last summer at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Ma. Casting for the Broadway production was not announced, nor was a theater or premiere date.
The Broadway staging was announced today by producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price.
In addition to Cody and Paulus, the creative team will include music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, with lyrics by Morissette. Movement direction and choreography is by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (the choreographer behind...
- 1/28/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
No film won more prizes at the Cannes Film Festival this year than “Girl,” an intimate portrait of Lara, a transgender teenager whose all-consuming desire to be a ballerina is held back by the fact that she was born into a boy’s body.
Directed by Belgian newcomer Lukas Dhont, the film wowed three juries, earning the Caméra d’Or for best first feature, the Queer Palm for best Lgbt-themed film and a gender-blind prize for best performance in the Un Certain Regard section. Netflix snapped up North American rights with an eye to a fall awards-season theatrical release.
But Netflix may find it has a tough sell on its hands.
International audiences have different attitudes toward transgender representation than Americans do, and early reactions from U.S. critics have raised red flags that the festival darling may encounter a pricklier reception when it opens in this country.
The recent...
Directed by Belgian newcomer Lukas Dhont, the film wowed three juries, earning the Caméra d’Or for best first feature, the Queer Palm for best Lgbt-themed film and a gender-blind prize for best performance in the Un Certain Regard section. Netflix snapped up North American rights with an eye to a fall awards-season theatrical release.
But Netflix may find it has a tough sell on its hands.
International audiences have different attitudes toward transgender representation than Americans do, and early reactions from U.S. critics have raised red flags that the festival darling may encounter a pricklier reception when it opens in this country.
The recent...
- 8/7/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Company also scores early French deal with Diaphana.
Germany-based sales agent The Match Factory has added Lukas Dhont’s upcoming directing debut Girl to its European Film Market (Efm) slate.
The company has also closed its first sale on the title with French distribution outfit Diaphana.
Girl was a work in progress winner at last year’s Les Arcs European Film Festival as well as the CONNeXT event at Film Fest Gent. It is expected to be completed by summer 2018.
Director Dhont’s shorts L’Infini and Corps Perdu won prizes at Film Fest Gent in 2014 and 2012 respectively. His feature debut tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, born in a boy’s body, who dreams of becoming a ballerina and will push her body to its limits in order for her dream to succeed.
Newcomer Victor Polster stars in the lead role and Arieh Worthalter (The Take) plays her father.
Dirk Impens is producing...
Germany-based sales agent The Match Factory has added Lukas Dhont’s upcoming directing debut Girl to its European Film Market (Efm) slate.
The company has also closed its first sale on the title with French distribution outfit Diaphana.
Girl was a work in progress winner at last year’s Les Arcs European Film Festival as well as the CONNeXT event at Film Fest Gent. It is expected to be completed by summer 2018.
Director Dhont’s shorts L’Infini and Corps Perdu won prizes at Film Fest Gent in 2014 and 2012 respectively. His feature debut tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, born in a boy’s body, who dreams of becoming a ballerina and will push her body to its limits in order for her dream to succeed.
Newcomer Victor Polster stars in the lead role and Arieh Worthalter (The Take) plays her father.
Dirk Impens is producing...
- 2/15/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Olivier Award and Kairos Prize-winning choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has joined the creative team of the musical adaptation of Alanis Morrisette's album Jagged Little Pill. American Repertory Theater artistic director Diane Paulus will helm the production, which will feature a book by Diablo Cody Academy Award winner for her screenplay of Juno and songs from Morrisette's Grammy-winning album, co-written by Glen Ballard.
- 8/29/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
What more has Courtney Love possibly got to share with us, and how will Steve McQueen fare at the Oscars? These are just a few of the topics that will set tongues wagging in the new year
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Courtney Love's memoir
The question is not so much "what will be in Courtney Love's book?" as "what could possibly be in Courtney Love's book that she hasn't already spoken/ranted/raved about?" Still, her self-titled autobiography has been described as "too crazy not to be true" and should provide her definitive take on her time with Hole and her doomed relationship with Kurt Cobain. It will also, hopefully, spill previously unspilled beans on her relationships with Billy Corgan and Steve Coogan. Oh, and according to an interview she did with Rolling Stone, it was inspired by Russell Brand's My Booky Wook. The mind boggles. Tj
Everything to...
Pop
Courtney Love's memoir
The question is not so much "what will be in Courtney Love's book?" as "what could possibly be in Courtney Love's book that she hasn't already spoken/ranted/raved about?" Still, her self-titled autobiography has been described as "too crazy not to be true" and should provide her definitive take on her time with Hole and her doomed relationship with Kurt Cobain. It will also, hopefully, spill previously unspilled beans on her relationships with Billy Corgan and Steve Coogan. Oh, and according to an interview she did with Rolling Stone, it was inspired by Russell Brand's My Booky Wook. The mind boggles. Tj
Everything to...
- 1/1/2014
- by Mark Lawson, Andrew Dickson, Lyn Gardner, Oliver Wainwright, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Tim Jonze, Henry Barnes, Stuart Heritage, Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
Young Vic, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester
Patrice Lumumba was democratically elected prime minister of Congo on 23 June 1960. Seven days later, the country gained independence from Belgian colonial rule. By January 1961 Lumumba was dead – shot in murky circumstances that involved Congolese dissenters and foreign powers. His story is the core of Martinican poet, playwright and politician Aimé Césaire's 1966 "decolonisation drama" A Season in the Congo. It's a play I've been curious to see since first reading it on returning from a stay in the country more than a decade ago, while never really believing that any one actor would be capable of the lead part.
The role of Lumumba requires a combination of seemingly irreconcilable characteristics: easy amiability with explosive oratorical power; canny political acumen with poetic vision. It demands a hero of classic stature in a 20th-century reality, able to convince as a man and to embody the idea of a nation.
Patrice Lumumba was democratically elected prime minister of Congo on 23 June 1960. Seven days later, the country gained independence from Belgian colonial rule. By January 1961 Lumumba was dead – shot in murky circumstances that involved Congolese dissenters and foreign powers. His story is the core of Martinican poet, playwright and politician Aimé Césaire's 1966 "decolonisation drama" A Season in the Congo. It's a play I've been curious to see since first reading it on returning from a stay in the country more than a decade ago, while never really believing that any one actor would be capable of the lead part.
The role of Lumumba requires a combination of seemingly irreconcilable characteristics: easy amiability with explosive oratorical power; canny political acumen with poetic vision. It demands a hero of classic stature in a 20th-century reality, able to convince as a man and to embody the idea of a nation.
- 7/20/2013
- by Clare Brennan
- The Guardian - Film News
Anna Karenina is acclaimed director Joe Wright’s bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, stirringly adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s great novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love). The film marks the third collaboration of the director with Academy Award-nominated actress Keira Knightley and Academy Award-nominated producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster, following their award-winning box office successes Pride & Prejudice and Atonement.
The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community. The film is in theaters November 30, 2012.
Enter for a chance to win a Anna Karenina prizepack from Focus Features and Wamg.
Two (2) winners will receive:
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The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community. The film is in theaters November 30, 2012.
Enter for a chance to win a Anna Karenina prizepack from Focus Features and Wamg.
Two (2) winners will receive:
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- 11/26/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – Though cinema is first and foremost a visual medium, too many modern directors have become prone to using it as a stage for long-winded exposition. No matter how polished the lensing is in a film like David Fincher’s “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” remake, the picture basically amounts to a series of dense dialogue passages interrupted by violence.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Few filmmakers exploit the visual possibilities of cinematic storytelling with more verve and invention than Joe Wright. Though his critics have accused him of favoring style over substance, he has consistently proven adept at allowing his images to speak volumes. Consider his stunning tracking shot along the Dunkirk beach in “Atonement,” which conveys the hell of war with more poetry and immediacy than any monologue. Or the pulse-pounding sequence in “Hanna” that portrays a man’s mounting paranoia as a group of thugs gradually materialize before cornering him in the subway.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Few filmmakers exploit the visual possibilities of cinematic storytelling with more verve and invention than Joe Wright. Though his critics have accused him of favoring style over substance, he has consistently proven adept at allowing his images to speak volumes. Consider his stunning tracking shot along the Dunkirk beach in “Atonement,” which conveys the hell of war with more poetry and immediacy than any monologue. Or the pulse-pounding sequence in “Hanna” that portrays a man’s mounting paranoia as a group of thugs gradually materialize before cornering him in the subway.
- 11/16/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Joe Wright's Anna Karenina explores theatrical space, while his spectacular trains venture into uncharted territory with beautiful and troubling women on board. A little Max Ophüls' Lola Montès, a little Aleksandr Sokurov's Russian Ark, puppets, ships as beds, breathtaking Chanel jewels and very modern physicality, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, merge in Wright's unafraid vision.
When I spoke with the director in New York last week about his formidable approach to Anna Karenina with a luminous Keira Knightley in the title role, he said that for him, "it's about being human. It's a deeply spiritual text." In my interview with Knightley, during which we looked into the symbolism of costume design, she revealed that when she first read Tolstoy's novel as a teenager, she was "getting very bored in the agricultural Levin bits [best friend of Anna's brother, sensitive landowner, and often...
When I spoke with the director in New York last week about his formidable approach to Anna Karenina with a luminous Keira Knightley in the title role, he said that for him, "it's about being human. It's a deeply spiritual text." In my interview with Knightley, during which we looked into the symbolism of costume design, she revealed that when she first read Tolstoy's novel as a teenager, she was "getting very bored in the agricultural Levin bits [best friend of Anna's brother, sensitive landowner, and often...
- 11/15/2012
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
What's more than a thousand pages long, nearly 150 years old and will likely be nominated for a slew of Oscars this January? “Anna Karenina,” of course. The latest film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 19th-century Russian domestic tale, directed by Joe Wright and starring Keira Knightley (the duo's third collaboration, following “Pride and Prejudice” and “Atonement”), has a decidedly different spin: the drama of marriage and adultery in high society take place on a stage, with a chorus of actors spinning in and out of frame throughout. Anna (Knightley) must choose between being a virtuous wife in her marriage to Karenin (Jude Law) or pursuing a passionate (and forbidden) affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), while society looks on with judging eyes. Moviefone caught up with Knightley in New York ahead of the film's Friday release to talk about putting a new spin on a classic tale, playing a hate-worthy...
- 11/13/2012
- by Kase Wickman
- Moviefone
Director Joe Wright brings to the screen the epic love story Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightley and adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”). The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.
Anna Karenina is in theatres November 16 (Limited).
Focus Features and Wamg invite you to enter to win a pass to the advance screening of Anna Karenina on November 20 at 7Pm in St. Louis.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
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Anna Karenina is in theatres November 16 (Limited).
Focus Features and Wamg invite you to enter to win a pass to the advance screening of Anna Karenina on November 20 at 7Pm in St. Louis.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required.
3. Answer The Following Question:...
- 11/12/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hugo Glendinning ‘TeZuKa,’ inspired by Japanese cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, is on tour in Asia and Europe this year.
Streams of black ink drip down scroll-like screens, dancers mimic the strokes of a paintbrush and Shaolin monks play-fight. Set to a haunting score, these are just some of the scenes in the anime-inspired dance performance “TeZukA.”
The production tours across Europe and Asia this year, and brings to life the genre of comic books from Japan known as manga. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui,...
Streams of black ink drip down scroll-like screens, dancers mimic the strokes of a paintbrush and Shaolin monks play-fight. Set to a haunting score, these are just some of the scenes in the anime-inspired dance performance “TeZukA.”
The production tours across Europe and Asia this year, and brings to life the genre of comic books from Japan known as manga. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui,...
- 2/23/2012
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Bingo
Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Bingo
Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
- 2/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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