X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer, whose first two features debuted at the Sundance Film Festival — including The Usual Suspects in 1995 — was one of the industry figures named to the Sundance juries that will judge this year’s films when the festival begins next week. Singer, who has X-Men: Days of Future Past due in May, will be one of five members of the U.S. Dramatic Jury. Other members of the juries include Tracy Chapman, Lone Scherfig, Leonard Maltin, and screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). A complete list of the juries, courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival, can be viewed after the jump.
- 1/9/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
By Neil Pedley
Apparently, less is more this week, as "Flawless" and "Priceless" both head to the big screen and work from minimalist Alexander Sokurov balances out over-the-top offerings like "Superhero Movie" and "21."
"Alexandra"
Russian avant-garde director Alexander Sokurov's melancholic drama landed itself a Palme D'Or nomination last year at Cannes. Set in a nameless, war-torn place that bares more than a passing resemblance to Chechnya, "Alexandra" has for its star veteran opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, who plays an elderly woman who sets off to visit her grandson, a soldier stationed at the edge of a wasteland. In Russian with subtitles.
Opens in New York.
"Backseat"
Labeled by some a "Sideways" for twenty-somethings, "Backseat" features Rob Bogue and Josh Alexander, who also wrote the film's script, as a pair of directionless friends who take to the open road in a bid to outrun the incoming juggernaut of adult responsibility and maybe meet Donald Sutherland.
Apparently, less is more this week, as "Flawless" and "Priceless" both head to the big screen and work from minimalist Alexander Sokurov balances out over-the-top offerings like "Superhero Movie" and "21."
"Alexandra"
Russian avant-garde director Alexander Sokurov's melancholic drama landed itself a Palme D'Or nomination last year at Cannes. Set in a nameless, war-torn place that bares more than a passing resemblance to Chechnya, "Alexandra" has for its star veteran opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, who plays an elderly woman who sets off to visit her grandson, a soldier stationed at the edge of a wasteland. In Russian with subtitles.
Opens in New York.
"Backseat"
Labeled by some a "Sideways" for twenty-somethings, "Backseat" features Rob Bogue and Josh Alexander, who also wrote the film's script, as a pair of directionless friends who take to the open road in a bid to outrun the incoming juggernaut of adult responsibility and maybe meet Donald Sutherland.
- 3/24/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
'School' in session via Arthouse Films
NEW YORK -- Arthouse Films has nabbed worldwide rights to The Cool School: How Los Angeles Learned to Love Modern Art, a documentary narrated by Jeff Bridges.
Morgan Neville's feature includes interviews with Dennis Hopper, Frank Gehry, Dean Stockwell, Roy Lichtenstein and several other artists about Los Angeles' seminal Ferus Gallery and its impact on the post-World War II art world.
The docu had its world premiere in competition at this month's Los Angeles Film Festival. It examines the work of Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Ed Kienholz, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin and other notable artists whose careers were launched from the gallery during its 1957-68 heyday.
Arthouse plans a national platform release of the film early next year, followed by a DVD release via its home video arm. The film will also be broadcast as part of PBS' Independent Lens series during the 2007-08 season.
The film was produced by Independent Television Service and Tremolo Prods.
Morgan Neville's feature includes interviews with Dennis Hopper, Frank Gehry, Dean Stockwell, Roy Lichtenstein and several other artists about Los Angeles' seminal Ferus Gallery and its impact on the post-World War II art world.
The docu had its world premiere in competition at this month's Los Angeles Film Festival. It examines the work of Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Ed Kienholz, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin and other notable artists whose careers were launched from the gallery during its 1957-68 heyday.
Arthouse plans a national platform release of the film early next year, followed by a DVD release via its home video arm. The film will also be broadcast as part of PBS' Independent Lens series during the 2007-08 season.
The film was produced by Independent Television Service and Tremolo Prods.
- 6/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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