This illuminating documentary portrait details the undimmed curiosity and enthusiasm of the grand old man of British painting
In recent years, David Hockney has become the grand old man of British painting, with a giant touring exhibition, A Bigger Picture, in 2012 and a high profile 2014 documentary called, yes, Hockney. With these in mind, this latest offering from the Exhibition on Screen series is a little more modest, taking its cues from the Bigger Picture show with its revelatory multiframe landscapes and the more recent David Hockney Ra: 82 Portraits and 1 Still Life.
There’s copious interview material with the artist, conducted by a slightly starry-eyed Tim Marlow, along with contributions from the Guardian’s Jonathan Jones. Hockney still seemingly maintains his transnational life, moving backwards and forwards between the Us (where he created seminal works such as A Bigger Splash) and the UK, where his regular driving trips encouraged a new...
In recent years, David Hockney has become the grand old man of British painting, with a giant touring exhibition, A Bigger Picture, in 2012 and a high profile 2014 documentary called, yes, Hockney. With these in mind, this latest offering from the Exhibition on Screen series is a little more modest, taking its cues from the Bigger Picture show with its revelatory multiframe landscapes and the more recent David Hockney Ra: 82 Portraits and 1 Still Life.
There’s copious interview material with the artist, conducted by a slightly starry-eyed Tim Marlow, along with contributions from the Guardian’s Jonathan Jones. Hockney still seemingly maintains his transnational life, moving backwards and forwards between the Us (where he created seminal works such as A Bigger Splash) and the UK, where his regular driving trips encouraged a new...
- 11/21/2017
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Welcome to the first, hopefully annual, Weekend Warrior Sundance Awards, where I go through the couple dozen movies I had a chance to see over the course of the past week and pick some of my favorite things.
I ended up seeing roughly thirty movies in total, only walking out of a couple (that won’t be mentioned), and overall, it was a generally decent Sundance, although only a few movies really stood out and will be remembered later in the year when we start talking about next year’s Oscars.
Oddly, I missed many of the movies that won actual awards at Sundance, so I’ve decided to give a few of my own.
Salma Hayek as Beatriz in Beatriz At Dinner
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1. Beatriz at Dinner (starring Salma Hayek as a Mexican healer named Beatriz who is invited to stay for dinner at...
I ended up seeing roughly thirty movies in total, only walking out of a couple (that won’t be mentioned), and overall, it was a generally decent Sundance, although only a few movies really stood out and will be remembered later in the year when we start talking about next year’s Oscars.
Oddly, I missed many of the movies that won actual awards at Sundance, so I’ve decided to give a few of my own.
Salma Hayek as Beatriz in Beatriz At Dinner
Most Literal Use of a Movie Title
1. Beatriz at Dinner (starring Salma Hayek as a Mexican healer named Beatriz who is invited to stay for dinner at...
- 1/30/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
One of the major revolutionaries of the 60’s pop art movement, a widely influential theorist, and a beguiling, colorful personality in his own right, David Hockney is a prime figure for a documentary, but Randall Wright’s portrait, Hockney, never makes a strong enough argument for its own existence. Curating archival home video footage, interviews from colleagues, and conversations with the own monolithic artist, Hockney is equipped with the necessary resources, but none of the unified focus that’s required to make the nearly two-hour documentary feel essential.
Already the subject of multiple docs going as far back as Brian De Palma’s early short, The Responsive Eye, Wright’s own 2003 doc, David Hockney: Secret Knowledge, and the 70’s pseudo-biopic, A Bigger Splash, Hockney isn’t a stranger to cinematic representation. As recently as last year, he stole the scene with his vivid turn of phrases in Tim’s Vermeer...
Already the subject of multiple docs going as far back as Brian De Palma’s early short, The Responsive Eye, Wright’s own 2003 doc, David Hockney: Secret Knowledge, and the 70’s pseudo-biopic, A Bigger Splash, Hockney isn’t a stranger to cinematic representation. As recently as last year, he stole the scene with his vivid turn of phrases in Tim’s Vermeer...
- 4/22/2016
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
Documentaries, even more so than narrative fiction films, live or die in the editing bay. Even in today’s age of boundary pushing documentaries that seem to be more interested in sensory experiences than anything resembling a narrative, editing can either allow even the most sterile and cliche documentary to truly come alive or thrust experimental pictures squarely into the mud. Take director Randall Wright’s latest film, the classically styled artist monograph known simply as Hockney.
As one may gather from the title, this documentary introduces the viewer to legendary UK pop art raconteur David Hockney. An iconic multi-hyphenate who would begin his career in admittedly classical realms like painting only to experiment in everything from photography to digital painting via some truly breathtaking pieces of iPad-based painting. Hockney, now in his 70s and as lively as ever, is best known for pop art pieces like his stunningly modern...
As one may gather from the title, this documentary introduces the viewer to legendary UK pop art raconteur David Hockney. An iconic multi-hyphenate who would begin his career in admittedly classical realms like painting only to experiment in everything from photography to digital painting via some truly breathtaking pieces of iPad-based painting. Hockney, now in his 70s and as lively as ever, is best known for pop art pieces like his stunningly modern...
- 4/22/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The luxurious 20,000-square-foot Beverly Hills estate owned and designed by the late best-selling author Jackie Collins is on the market for a cool $30 million. The modern 8-bedroom mansion, completed in 1992, overlooks the Hollywood Hills and boasts its own screening room and a 100-foot-long art gallery. Collins, who died of breast cancer last fall at age 77, oversaw the design of her home with painstaking attention to detail. "From ceilings and sinks to shelves and phone and computer outlets, they all had to be just so," she once said, according to the Wall Street Journal. The roughly 1-acre property includes an outdoor...
- 2/10/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
The luxurious 20,000-square-foot Beverly Hills estate owned and designed by the late best-selling author Jackie Collins is on the market for a cool $30 million. The modern 8-bedroom mansion, completed in 1992, overlooks the Hollywood Hills and boasts its own screening room and a 100-foot-long art gallery. Collins, who died of breast cancer last fall at age 77, oversaw the design of her home with painstaking attention to detail. "From ceilings and sinks to shelves and phone and computer outlets, they all had to be just so," she once said, according to the Wall Street Journal. The roughly 1-acre property includes an outdoor...
- 2/10/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Inspired by the 1969 French erotic drama La Piscine and titled after the famous David Hockney painting, A Bigger Splash is a film with a great deal bubbling under the surface, and the cast were bubling when it launched at the BFI London Film Festival last night.A second collaboration for Tilda Swinton, here playing Bowie-esque rock star Marianne Lane with herusual aplomb, and Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love), A Bigger Splash also boasts a spectacular comic turn from Ralph Fiennes as record producer Harry, who dive-bombs back into Marianne’s life, shattering the sweet silence of her new existence with attractively brooding partner Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts).This film is a study in contrasts; flashbacks to a glittering, degenerate superstar lifestyle jangling between lush, expansive explorations of sleepy Sicilian heat, and Swinton’s expressive, voiceless gestures (Marianne is on vocal rest after throat surgery) an elegant foil to Fiennes’ manic loquacity.
- 10/10/2015
- EmpireOnline
Read More:'bfi London Film Festival Adds 'Steve Jobs,' 'A Bigger Splash,' 'High Rise,' 'Black Mass,' & More The BFI has revealed its three-month, UK-wide 2015 series, "Love: Films to Fall in Love With... Films to Break Your Heart," sponsored by UK internet provider, Plusnet. News that Mike Newell, Tess Morris and Jenni Murray will discuss love on the big and small screen at the BFI Southbank has also just been announced. Heather Stewart, Creative Director of the BFI said, "Film can bring love to life more powerfully than any other art form – it is cinema's most seductive illusion and has transformed the way we see ourselves, and our love lives. Our season is not about sex. We’re getting back to Love: embracing the intimacy of the close-up and the anticipation of the much longed-for screen kiss: the very language of cinema itself." With this aim,...
- 9/22/2015
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
Isolating four people in a house and having them seek out each other’s psychological vulnerabilities is the basis of countless plays and films, but director Luca Guadagnino, making his long-awaited follow-up to his 2009 masterpiece “I Am Love,” knows how to delight the senses even as he toys with the souls of his characters. While it’s not the consistent triumph of his previous film, “A Bigger Splash” nonetheless showcases a quartet of extraordinary actors while consistently tantalizing audiences with the prospect of surprising new developments. A remake of the French thriller “La piscine” (and named for David Hockney’s...
- 9/6/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
The 59th annual BFI London Film Festival (October 7 through 8) has scooped plenty of top-tier titles off the festival circuit, landing European premieres of opening nighter "Suffragette" and closing selection "Steve Jobs." Both should pop up in Telluride this weekend. All in all, the festival will screen a total of 238 fiction and documentary features, including 16 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 40 European Premieres and 11 Archive films including 5 Restoration World Premieres. This year's galas include Cannes winner "Carol," along with a talk with director Todd Haynes, plus Venice world-premiere "Black Mass," "Trumbo," "Brooklyn," and European productions "The Lady in the Van" and Tiff premiere "High-Rise." Strand galas include "A Bigger Splash" (also in Venice), "The Program," Cannes winner "The Lobster," acclaimed SXSW doc "Brand: A Second Coming"...
- 9/1/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Fifties Ireland: Eilis must confront a terrible dilemma — a heartbreaking choice between two men and two countries, between duty and true love. Photo: Kerry Brown The full programme of the 59th London Film Festival has been announced by director Clare Stewart.
Galas will include the European premieres of John Crowley's Brooklyn and Jay Roach's Trumbo, while Johnnie To's Office, Jonás Cuarón's Desierto and Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya's Very Big Shot will all have their European premiere in the Official Competition.
The festival will screen 238 features, including 16 world premieres, eight international premieres, 40 European premieres and 11 archive films.
As previously announced, the 59th edition will open with Sarah Gavron's Suffragette and close with Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs - both European premieres.
Each of the festival's nine strands will feature its own gala. They are Luca Guadadnino’s A Bigger Splash, Stephen Frears’ The Program, Yorgos Lathimos’ The Lobster,...
Galas will include the European premieres of John Crowley's Brooklyn and Jay Roach's Trumbo, while Johnnie To's Office, Jonás Cuarón's Desierto and Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya's Very Big Shot will all have their European premiere in the Official Competition.
The festival will screen 238 features, including 16 world premieres, eight international premieres, 40 European premieres and 11 archive films.
As previously announced, the 59th edition will open with Sarah Gavron's Suffragette and close with Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs - both European premieres.
Each of the festival's nine strands will feature its own gala. They are Luca Guadadnino’s A Bigger Splash, Stephen Frears’ The Program, Yorgos Lathimos’ The Lobster,...
- 9/1/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
As always, March is too early to get any kind of firm grasp on what will or won't be an Oscar contender come the end of the year, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun to speculate. Last year, only two of the nine films I predicted out of the gates actually ended up receiving Best Picture nominations at the 2015 Oscars -- Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel -- which goes to show just how much we know in advance. In fact, looking at the films I had on the outside looking in, only Best Picture winner Birdman was listed. But hey, at least I had three of the top contenders in the early year conversation, that's something... rightc When it comes to this year, I feel even less certain than I did last year. I'm not sure that's saying a whole lot since only two of the 43 films on...
- 3/9/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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Eddie Murphy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Margot Robbie will be presenters at this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced on Thursday. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.
Murphy received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in the 2006 film “Dreamgirls.” He has starred in such features as “Bowfinger” (1999), “The Nutty Professor” (1996), “Coming to America” (1988), “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984) and “48 Hrs.” (1982), and has lent his voice talents to all four of the “Shrek” animated features to date. He will next be seen in the independent drama “Cook.”
Ejiofor received his first Oscar nomination last year for his lead performance in “12 Years a Slave.” He previously appeared in such features as “Salt” (2010), “American Gangster” (2007), “Children of Men” (2006) and “Dirty Pretty Things” (2003). His upcoming films include “Z for Zachariah” and “Triple Nine.
Eddie Murphy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Margot Robbie will be presenters at this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced on Thursday. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.
Murphy received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in the 2006 film “Dreamgirls.” He has starred in such features as “Bowfinger” (1999), “The Nutty Professor” (1996), “Coming to America” (1988), “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984) and “48 Hrs.” (1982), and has lent his voice talents to all four of the “Shrek” animated features to date. He will next be seen in the independent drama “Cook.”
Ejiofor received his first Oscar nomination last year for his lead performance in “12 Years a Slave.” He previously appeared in such features as “Salt” (2010), “American Gangster” (2007), “Children of Men” (2006) and “Dirty Pretty Things” (2003). His upcoming films include “Z for Zachariah” and “Triple Nine.
- 2/13/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most anticipated film of 2015, according to Fandango.
In an online poll of 1,000 people, the company found that movie-lovers were most excited to see Star Wars 7 in the upcoming year.
Digital Spy's 30 must-watch movies for 2015: 15-1
Avengers sequel Age of Ultron took the number two spot, while The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 claimed third.
Fifty Shades of Grey, the only film on the list that isn't a sequel, was at number four, while Jurassic World rounded off the top five.
Jennifer Lawrence was named the Fan Favourite Actress for 2015, while Robert Downey Jr took the actor crown for his role in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Male Breakout Star went to Fifty Shade's Jamie Dornan, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress Daisy Ridley was awarded Biggest Female Breakout Star.
Last year, Mockingjay – Part 1 was the film that most...
In an online poll of 1,000 people, the company found that movie-lovers were most excited to see Star Wars 7 in the upcoming year.
Digital Spy's 30 must-watch movies for 2015: 15-1
Avengers sequel Age of Ultron took the number two spot, while The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 claimed third.
Fifty Shades of Grey, the only film on the list that isn't a sequel, was at number four, while Jurassic World rounded off the top five.
Jennifer Lawrence was named the Fan Favourite Actress for 2015, while Robert Downey Jr took the actor crown for his role in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Male Breakout Star went to Fifty Shade's Jamie Dornan, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress Daisy Ridley was awarded Biggest Female Breakout Star.
Last year, Mockingjay – Part 1 was the film that most...
- 12/31/2014
- Digital Spy
The year is nearly over, so now it's time to look forward and see which 2015 films everyone is excited about. Fandango recently ran a survey and wouldn’t you know it, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was named the most anticipated film of 2015. More than 1,000 film fans were surveyed in categories including fan favorite actress (Jennifer Lawrence) and fan favorite actor (Robert Downey Jr.).
Star Wars had an easy win for most anticipated film -- the last time a new Star Wars trilogy came out people camped out outside of theaters for weeks. Even people who were burned by the prequels have to be curious about the idea of returning to a galaxy far, far away. There’s potential for The Force Awakens to be great now that there’s a new director under the helm (Jj Abrams) and a mostly new cast (at the very least there will...
Star Wars had an easy win for most anticipated film -- the last time a new Star Wars trilogy came out people camped out outside of theaters for weeks. Even people who were burned by the prequels have to be curious about the idea of returning to a galaxy far, far away. There’s potential for The Force Awakens to be great now that there’s a new director under the helm (Jj Abrams) and a mostly new cast (at the very least there will...
- 12/31/2014
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
It’s no shocker, but “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is the most anticipated film of 2015, according to a Fandango poll.
In another not-so-surprising result: “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” clinched the number two spot, with “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2″ coming in third. “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Jurassic World” round out the top five.
Also Read: 15 of Hollywood’s Most Epic Fails, Flubs and Flameouts: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014
While “Jurassic World” star Chris Pratt was one of the biggest breakout stars of 2014 for his role in blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy,” the Fandango poll has...
In another not-so-surprising result: “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” clinched the number two spot, with “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2″ coming in third. “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Jurassic World” round out the top five.
Also Read: 15 of Hollywood’s Most Epic Fails, Flubs and Flameouts: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014
While “Jurassic World” star Chris Pratt was one of the biggest breakout stars of 2014 for his role in blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy,” the Fandango poll has...
- 12/30/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
From the hi-tech iPad art to the paintings of shimmering swimming pools, this film portrait is an amiable celebration of David Hockney, but it never goes quite deep enough
Randall Wright’s docu-portrait of David Hockney, arguably Britain’s greatest living artist, is an amiable, agreeable study – as engaging and undemanding as a magazine profile with a great photo spread. It’s an attractive introduction or reintroduction to the man and his work, and to his remarkable experimentalist curiosity and readiness to pioneer new media. I knew about Hockney’s Polaroid mosaics, but until now I had never seen what you might call the 2.0 upgrade: he drives along, videotaping the countryside with nine digital cameras in fixed positions, producing a mesmeric chequerboard collage of moving pictures in fractionally misaligned frames. Hockney has used fax machines, colour photocopiers, iPhones and iPads to create art. It is fascinating.
The film reminded me...
Randall Wright’s docu-portrait of David Hockney, arguably Britain’s greatest living artist, is an amiable, agreeable study – as engaging and undemanding as a magazine profile with a great photo spread. It’s an attractive introduction or reintroduction to the man and his work, and to his remarkable experimentalist curiosity and readiness to pioneer new media. I knew about Hockney’s Polaroid mosaics, but until now I had never seen what you might call the 2.0 upgrade: he drives along, videotaping the countryside with nine digital cameras in fixed positions, producing a mesmeric chequerboard collage of moving pictures in fractionally misaligned frames. Hockney has used fax machines, colour photocopiers, iPhones and iPads to create art. It is fascinating.
The film reminded me...
- 11/27/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
From the hi-tech iPad art to the paintings of shimmering swimming pools, this film portrait is an amiable celebration of David Hockney, but it never goes quite deep enough
Randall Wright’s docu-portrait of David Hockney, arguably Britain’s greatest living artist, is an amiable, agreeable study – as engaging and undemanding as a magazine profile with a great photo spread. It’s an attractive introduction or reintroduction to the man and his work, and to his remarkable experimentalist curiosity and readiness to pioneer new media. I knew about Hockney’s Polaroid mosaics, but until now I had never seen what you might call the 2.0 upgrade: he drives along, videotaping the countryside with nine digital cameras in fixed positions, producing a mesmeric chequerboard collage of moving pictures in fractionally misaligned frames. Hockney has used fax machines, colour photocopiers, iPhones and iPads to create art. It is fascinating.
The film reminded me...
Randall Wright’s docu-portrait of David Hockney, arguably Britain’s greatest living artist, is an amiable, agreeable study – as engaging and undemanding as a magazine profile with a great photo spread. It’s an attractive introduction or reintroduction to the man and his work, and to his remarkable experimentalist curiosity and readiness to pioneer new media. I knew about Hockney’s Polaroid mosaics, but until now I had never seen what you might call the 2.0 upgrade: he drives along, videotaping the countryside with nine digital cameras in fixed positions, producing a mesmeric chequerboard collage of moving pictures in fractionally misaligned frames. Hockney has used fax machines, colour photocopiers, iPhones and iPads to create art. It is fascinating.
The film reminded me...
- 11/27/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Satellite event planned live from Hockney’s Los Angeles studio.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
- 9/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Satellite event planned live from Hockney’s Los Angeles studio.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
- 9/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
“Tracking Shot” is a monthly featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing (or in a couple of titles below have been shooting since July). This August we’ve got a good number of projects that will start surfacing as early as next year’s Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Fests. With Dakota Johnson having been just announced, we’ve got Luca Guadagnino’s long awaited (remake) A Bigger Splash, getting ready for a poolside shoot. Gus Van Sant comes out of the woodworks to move into the woods for Sea of Trees. Sundance alumni Rick Alverson is wrapping up Entertainment, Reed Morano is set to make her directorial debut this mid-August with Meadowland, while Douchebag, Like Crazy, Breathe In‘s Drake Doremus is stationed in Japan for a weighty cast and futuristic tale in Equals. Here are some...
- 8/6/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
• Jamie Foxx will reportedly play Mike Tyson in an untitled biopic. Terence Winter is set to write. Rick Yorn, Foxx’s manager, will produce. The project is still in the works and is currently without a studio. Though HBO released 1995’s Tyson, this is the first feature film to follow the controversial boxer. [Variety]
• Dakota Johnson will star in the Luca Guadagnino-directed A Bigger Splash. Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have signed on as well, and Michael Costigan will produce. The film, based on the 1969 French crime drama La Piscine, follows a triangle that develops between a couple and a...
• Dakota Johnson will star in the Luca Guadagnino-directed A Bigger Splash. Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have signed on as well, and Michael Costigan will produce. The film, based on the 1969 French crime drama La Piscine, follows a triangle that develops between a couple and a...
- 7/31/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
David Hockney documentary will be produced by Kate Ogborn (The Deep Blue Sea).
The BFI and BBC are among backers of a new documentary about acclaimed British artist David Hockney.
Currently in post-production, Hockey: A Life in Pictures will be a talking heads documentary includes access to the artist and his personal archives.
The film is produced by BAFTA-nominated producer Kate Ogborn (Bronson, This is England), who most recently produced Ken Loach documentary The Spirit of ’45, and is directed by TV director Randall Wright, who also made a 2003 TV movie about Hockney.
An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The BFI and BBC are among backers of a new documentary about acclaimed British artist David Hockney.
Currently in post-production, Hockey: A Life in Pictures will be a talking heads documentary includes access to the artist and his personal archives.
The film is produced by BAFTA-nominated producer Kate Ogborn (Bronson, This is England), who most recently produced Ken Loach documentary The Spirit of ’45, and is directed by TV director Randall Wright, who also made a 2003 TV movie about Hockney.
An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
- 5/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UTA emerged from a competitive pursuit and has signed Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. UTA becomes the first U.S. agency for Guadagnino, best known for helming I Am Love (Io Sono L’amore), the film that starred Tilda Swinton. It was nominated last year for Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Guadagnino already is capitalizing on the film that put him on the map. He’s next going to direct a remake for Studio Canal of the 1969 pic La Piscine, which will be entitled A Bigger Splash. Scripted by Dave Kajganich, the film will begin production early next year. Guadagnino is also currently in post-production on the Bernardo Bertolluci docu Bertolucci On Bertolucci. He is additionally in discussions with financiers on the James Ellroy novel The Big Nowhere, which will be produced by Heyday’s David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford, along with Maurizio Grimaldi. Guadagnino...
- 9/4/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
★★★☆☆ The BFI reissue of Jack Hazan's fascinating 1974 docudrama A Bigger Splash exploring David Hockney's life between 1971-3 - after he separated from partner Peter Schlesinger - could not be more timely as it coincides with the opening of his new show at the Royal Academy of Arts, entitled A Bigger Picture. A Bigger Splash was filmed over three years by Hazan, bringing together some of the most famous figures of the 1970s London art scene including Ossie Clark, Celia Birtwell and art dealer John Kasmin.
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- 1/31/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
As a lead up to next April's TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, Turner Classic Movies and the Film Society of Lincoln Center are teaming up to present "Style and Motion: The Art of the Movie Poster," an exhibit to highlight the personal collection of poster designer and producer Mike Kaplan. Kaplan (The Whales of August, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead) collaborated with several poster artists during his lifetime, including portrait artist Don Bachary (A Bigger Splash), graphic artist and psychedelic record jacket designer John Van Hamersveld (Welcome to L.A.) and British airbrush artist Philip Castle, who created the unforgettable poster for A Clockwork Orange. Featured in the exhibit are some of the poster gems of the past half century, among them an original French ...
- 11/3/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Update: Variety’s Jeff Sneider lets us know that Renner’s publicist has said the actor will not be taking on this project. Read the original story below.
This weekend sees the release of two remakes, both of cult classics from the ’80s. It feels like most remakes and reboots these days are from that decade and that kind of movie, which is why it feels weird to report on one that’s not only taking a cue from the ’60s, but is also based on a foreign film.
According to TheTrackingBoard (via IonCinema), I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino is trying to get Jeremy Renner and Mia Wasikowska to star in his planned remake of The Swimming Pool, which was originally directed by Jacques Deray and starred Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jane Birkin, and Maurice Ronet. This new version is said to be called A Bigger Splash; for me,...
This weekend sees the release of two remakes, both of cult classics from the ’80s. It feels like most remakes and reboots these days are from that decade and that kind of movie, which is why it feels weird to report on one that’s not only taking a cue from the ’60s, but is also based on a foreign film.
According to TheTrackingBoard (via IonCinema), I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino is trying to get Jeremy Renner and Mia Wasikowska to star in his planned remake of The Swimming Pool, which was originally directed by Jacques Deray and starred Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jane Birkin, and Maurice Ronet. This new version is said to be called A Bigger Splash; for me,...
- 8/19/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
I Am Love has opened some huge doors for Italian helmer Luca Guadagnino. Currently keepoing busy with docu films Inconscio italiano (showing at Venice this month) and Bertolucci on Bertolucci (docu due out next year), he has been developing Auntie Mame and Corsica 72 as his potential feature film projects - but now it's a remake of Jacques Deray's “The Swimming Pool" - the 1969 pic starring Alain Delon, Romy Schneider and a very young Jane Birkin that looks to be his next. Ttb report that Jeremy Renner and Mia Wasikowska are currently attached, while Noomi Rapace might be another candidate to fill out the screen foursome in A Bigger Splash. Look for this to be high up on our most anticipated list if production begins this year. Gist: This follows Marianne and Paul (Renner), a pair of American lovers are vacationing near St.-Tropez when Marianne invites Harry, a former lover,...
- 8/19/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
He had never written or made a film before, but failure is not in the dictionary of Tom Ford. He tells Andrew Pulver how A Single Man inspired him, scared him – and got him addicted
It's not every day that a tycoon with a billion-dollar turnover makes his first movie, paid for from his own pocket; but Tom Ford would be a special, exotic creature in any environment. Fashion designer, brand developer, hobnobber with the rich and famous, Ford has now has put himself in an extraordinary, exceptional position – his film-making debut, A Single Man, is a potentially important, award-winning movie, one that looks set to make a significant impact on the culture. It's adapted from a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood about a gay man's grief after his partner is killed in a car accident; it stars Colin Firth, giving a performance that is already registering on the awards circuit,...
It's not every day that a tycoon with a billion-dollar turnover makes his first movie, paid for from his own pocket; but Tom Ford would be a special, exotic creature in any environment. Fashion designer, brand developer, hobnobber with the rich and famous, Ford has now has put himself in an extraordinary, exceptional position – his film-making debut, A Single Man, is a potentially important, award-winning movie, one that looks set to make a significant impact on the culture. It's adapted from a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood about a gay man's grief after his partner is killed in a car accident; it stars Colin Firth, giving a performance that is already registering on the awards circuit,...
- 1/29/2010
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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