Ubisoft and Ivory Tower have released a new trailer for their upcoming racing title The Crew which shows off what players will be able to do in the online landscape of the game, which features over 1900 square miles of explorable terrain. Check out all the different cooperative and competitive interactions you can have within the sprawling network of friends and rivals below.
- 9/11/2014
- Comingsoon.net
The Neverending Story is a movie that I grew up loving, and I recently realized that I've never really heard any stories about the film's development. Usually when a person spends as much time online as I do, you come across all kinds of interesting facts and trivia about the movies we love, but this isn't one of them. I haven't come across much about this movie, so I thought I'd point out a few fun facts that you maybe haven't heard before. The only bit of trivia I knew about it before I looked up this stuff was the first bit of information below:
During the first Ivory Tower scene when the group of Fantasians are gathered together, if you look very closely you will see characters such as Yoda, Mickey Mouse, Chewbacca, C3PO, The Ewoks, Et and Gumby. Here's a photo pointing them out: The original Auryn...
During the first Ivory Tower scene when the group of Fantasians are gathered together, if you look very closely you will see characters such as Yoda, Mickey Mouse, Chewbacca, C3PO, The Ewoks, Et and Gumby. Here's a photo pointing them out: The original Auryn...
- 9/9/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hot on the heels of the game’s closed beta across PC platforms, Ubisoft has today directed fans to The Crew’s official website, which is now allowing players to register for the forthcoming bout of testing for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Set to commence at the end of this month, the exclusive trail period will be largely similar to its PC brethren, with budding racers gaining access to a whole host of challenges across the East Coast and Midwest regions — indeed users will be able to complete missions in the latter territory. Additionally, the rest of the country will be available in free roam mode, meaning you can coast along the highway and simply drink in the scenery.
Built from the ground up as an expansive multiplayer racing sim, The Crew’s unique selling point is undoubtedly its vast in-game world. With the entire region of North America open to explore,...
Set to commence at the end of this month, the exclusive trail period will be largely similar to its PC brethren, with budding racers gaining access to a whole host of challenges across the East Coast and Midwest regions — indeed users will be able to complete missions in the latter territory. Additionally, the rest of the country will be available in free roam mode, meaning you can coast along the highway and simply drink in the scenery.
Built from the ground up as an expansive multiplayer racing sim, The Crew’s unique selling point is undoubtedly its vast in-game world. With the entire region of North America open to explore,...
- 9/2/2014
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Paramount Home Media Distribution (Phmd) has acquired select Us home entertainment rights to the acclaimed film.
Richard Linklater directed Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ellar Coltrane in the coming-of-age drama.
IFC handles theatrical distribution and select ancillary rights on Boyhood, which has grossed more than $14.2m theatrically since it opened on July 11.
“We are thrilled and delighted to bring Richard Linklater’s extraordinary film to home viewing audiences,” said Amy Reinhard, president of worldwide television and home media acquisitions at Paramount.
Phmd will handle all DVD, streaming, online rental and online sell-through distribution following the theatrical run, while IFC will handle simultaneous VOD and Est sales to cable, satellite and telco providers.
Recent Phmd acquisitions include CNN Films’ Ivory Tower, William H Macy’s feature directorial debut Rudderless and Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas.
Phmd negotiated the deal with Lisa Schwartz and Betsy Rodgers of Sundance Selects/IFC Films.
Richard Linklater directed Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ellar Coltrane in the coming-of-age drama.
IFC handles theatrical distribution and select ancillary rights on Boyhood, which has grossed more than $14.2m theatrically since it opened on July 11.
“We are thrilled and delighted to bring Richard Linklater’s extraordinary film to home viewing audiences,” said Amy Reinhard, president of worldwide television and home media acquisitions at Paramount.
Phmd will handle all DVD, streaming, online rental and online sell-through distribution following the theatrical run, while IFC will handle simultaneous VOD and Est sales to cable, satellite and telco providers.
Recent Phmd acquisitions include CNN Films’ Ivory Tower, William H Macy’s feature directorial debut Rudderless and Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas.
Phmd negotiated the deal with Lisa Schwartz and Betsy Rodgers of Sundance Selects/IFC Films.
- 8/21/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
AFI Docs today announced in a statement details for their upcoming Filmmaker Enrichment Program, a series of professional development sessions which embody the mandate of the festival -- "to bring together the nation’s leaders and the nation’s leading artists." The new program involves both a Policy Engagement Series ("an opportunity for festival filmmakers to meet with congressional and federal agency staff") and Impact Panels ("dedicated to helping filmmakers amplify their message within stakeholder communities"). Also announced were details for the AFI Docs Catalyst Screenings. The films, including "The Newburgh Sting," "Ivory Tower," "The Internet's Old Boy" and "The Homestretch," will all be followed by discussions on diverse subjects such as "homeless youth seeking an education, skyrocketing college tuition and government overreach." “AFI’s Filmmaker Enrichment Program is our commitment to bring opportunities to artists that are unique to our location in Washington,” said...
- 6/16/2014
- by Oliver MacMahon
- Indiewire
Coming on the heels of last weekend’s robust opening of Obvious Child, A24 is opening the first Cannes 2014 title The Rover, boasting an A-list cast including Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson and Scoot McNairy. Sundance Selects will bow the Aaron Paul-Juliette Lewis starrer Hellion exclusively in New York, while Music Box will also take A Coffee In Berlin to NYC for its initial launch. Samuel Goldwyn Films is partnering with Participant for Sundance doc Ivory Tower which asks whether higher education is worth the trillions in debt in the U.S. Adopt Films is countering this weekend’s 22 Jump Street and […]...
- 6/12/2014
- Deadline
This weekend, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are back on the force and headed to college in "22 Jump Street," Hiccup and Toothless battle to protect the peace in "How to Train Your Dragon 2," the inaugural season of "True Detective," starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, is out on DVD, and the drama-filled "Game of Thrones" Season 4 finale premieres on HBO this Sunday.
Also in theaters this weekend: In "Hellion," a motocross-obsessed 13-year-old boy works with his emotionally absent father (Aaron Paul) to bring his little brother home after Child Protective Services took him away. "The Rover" follows a ruthless ex-soldier (Guy Pearce) who forces a wounded thief (Robert Pattinson) to help him find the men who stole his last possession in the desolate landscape. "The Signal" follows three college students who believe they have tracked a rival computer hacker to a desolate shed only to lose consciousness and awake to a nightmare.
Also in theaters this weekend: In "Hellion," a motocross-obsessed 13-year-old boy works with his emotionally absent father (Aaron Paul) to bring his little brother home after Child Protective Services took him away. "The Rover" follows a ruthless ex-soldier (Guy Pearce) who forces a wounded thief (Robert Pattinson) to help him find the men who stole his last possession in the desolate landscape. "The Signal" follows three college students who believe they have tracked a rival computer hacker to a desolate shed only to lose consciousness and awake to a nightmare.
- 6/12/2014
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
Although it's full of information, the documentary Ivory Tower at its core poses a question: Is the price of college worth it?
The film touches on a host of issues beyond finances, including the party culture at some schools, the unique value of historically black colleges, and experimentation with online education, especially Massive Open Online Courses. What gets short shrift is the answer to the film's essential question, which, at least according to recent research, remains very much "yes."
Study after study, even ones that take into account today's staggering price of four years of undergraduate schooling, continues to find that, as a group, college graduates enjoy a far higher standard of living and level of income than people who don't go. <P...
The film touches on a host of issues beyond finances, including the party culture at some schools, the unique value of historically black colleges, and experimentation with online education, especially Massive Open Online Courses. What gets short shrift is the answer to the film's essential question, which, at least according to recent research, remains very much "yes."
Study after study, even ones that take into account today's staggering price of four years of undergraduate schooling, continues to find that, as a group, college graduates enjoy a far higher standard of living and level of income than people who don't go. <P...
- 6/11/2014
- Village Voice
One film in today's bulletin was able to appeal itself out of an R-rating and into a PG-13, another is Laika's latest stop-motion animated effort and it received a PG-rating and three others land an R. First up is Laika's The BoxTrolls, receiving a none-too-surprising PG rating for the quirky little animated studio and the film that now has a PG-13 on appeal is the Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann comedy The Other Woman. First up for those receiving an R is Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys, which I must admit, while I've never seen the play I'm surprised it's an R-rated movie, I would have put money on it being a family-friendly PG-13, but what do I knowc Next is Luke Greenfield's buddy cop movie, Let's Be Cops, earning an R rating for pretty much everything it can and, to no surprise, Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West...
- 4/15/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 2014 Sarasota Film Festival lineup looks — as ever — to be a nice mix of Sundance, SXSW and international titles, with a few discoveries to be had as well. The 16th edition is set to open with Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam, and close with Charlie McDowell’s The One I Love. John Slattery’s God’s Pocket and John Rossi’s Ivory Tower mark the Centerpiece films. Other Sundance standouts are Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter; Frank; Rich Hill; Wetlands; Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart and Blue Ruin, which has seemingly made every imaginable stop on the major festival circuit. Major auteurs – Tsai Ming-Liang, Corneliu Porumboiu, Pawel Pawlikowski — dot the lineup alongside […]...
- 3/12/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The 2014 Sarasota Film Festival lineup looks — as ever — to be a nice mix of Sundance, SXSW and international titles, with a few discoveries to be had as well. The 16th edition is set to open with Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam, and close with Charlie McDowell’s The One I Love. John Slattery’s God’s Pocket and John Rossi’s Ivory Tower mark the Centerpiece films. Other Sundance standouts are Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter; Frank; Rich Hill; Wetlands; Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart and Blue Ruin, which has seemingly made every imaginable stop on the major festival circuit. Major auteurs – Tsai Ming-Liang, Corneliu Porumboiu, Pawel Pawlikowski — dot the lineup alongside […]...
- 3/12/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Sarasota Film Festival has announced that it will open this year with Rory Kennedy's documentary "Last Days in Vietnam" and close with Charlie McDowell's "The One I Love," starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss. John Slattery's feature "God's Pocket" and John Rossi's doc about the higher education system "Ivory Tower" will screen as Centerpiece Films. All four titles made their debut at Sundance in January. The "Last Days in Vietnam" screening will mark the launch of the festival's "Acts of Valor" program -- an artistic initiative that will feature screenings of new, classic and archival films throughout the course of the festival. "Acts of Valor" is presented by the Sarasota Film Festival in partnership with Legacy of Valor, The Patterson Foundation and other veteran organizations. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 48,682 veterans were estimated to be living in Sarasota between 2008 and 2012."Our community partnerships with...
- 3/12/2014
- by Shipra Gupta
- Indiewire
2014 Sundance Film Festival Coverage: El: Eric Lavallee. Nb: Nicholas Bell. Cc: Caitlin Coder. Js: Jordan M. Smith
Special Screening (1)
Nympho Vol. I – (El: ✮✮✮✮)
U.S. Dramatic Competition (16)
Camp X-Ray – (Nb: ✮✮✮)
Cold in July – (Nb: ✮✮✮ 1/2)
Dear White People – (Nb: ✮✮✮)
Fishing Without Nets – (El: ✮✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮✮) + (Nb: ✮✮✮)
God’s Pocket – (Cc: ✮✮ 1/2)
Happy Christmas – (Cc: ✮✮✮ 1/2) + (Js: ✮✮✮ 1/2) + (Nb: ✮✮ 1/2)
Hellion – (El: ✮✮) + (Jm: ✮✮✮1/2)
Infinitely Polar Bear – (El: ✮✮✮)
Jamie Marks Is Dead – (El: ✮✮✮) + (Js: ✮1/2) + (Nb: ✮✮ 1/2)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter – (Js: ✮✮✮ 1/2)
Life After Beth – (El: ✮ 1/2) + (Nb: ✮ )
Low Down – (Cc: ✮✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮✮)
The Skeleton Twins - (Nb: ✮✮✮1/2) + (El: ✮✮✮1/2) + (Cc: ✮✮✮1/2) (Review)
The Sleepwalker – (El: ✮✮✮ 1/2) + (Js: ✮✮✮1/2) + (Cc: ✮✮✮✮) + (Nb: ✮✮✮)
Song One – (El: ✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮1/2)
Wish I Was Here – (Cc: ✮✮)
U.S. Docu Competition (16)
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory (Js: ✮✮✮)
All the Beautiful Things
Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart: (El: ✮✮✮)
The Case Against 8
Cesar’s Last Fast
Dinosaur 13 – (El: ✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮) (Review)
E-team (Js: ✮✮✮)
Fed Up
The Internet’s Own Boy:...
Special Screening (1)
Nympho Vol. I – (El: ✮✮✮✮)
U.S. Dramatic Competition (16)
Camp X-Ray – (Nb: ✮✮✮)
Cold in July – (Nb: ✮✮✮ 1/2)
Dear White People – (Nb: ✮✮✮)
Fishing Without Nets – (El: ✮✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮✮) + (Nb: ✮✮✮)
God’s Pocket – (Cc: ✮✮ 1/2)
Happy Christmas – (Cc: ✮✮✮ 1/2) + (Js: ✮✮✮ 1/2) + (Nb: ✮✮ 1/2)
Hellion – (El: ✮✮) + (Jm: ✮✮✮1/2)
Infinitely Polar Bear – (El: ✮✮✮)
Jamie Marks Is Dead – (El: ✮✮✮) + (Js: ✮1/2) + (Nb: ✮✮ 1/2)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter – (Js: ✮✮✮ 1/2)
Life After Beth – (El: ✮ 1/2) + (Nb: ✮ )
Low Down – (Cc: ✮✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮✮)
The Skeleton Twins - (Nb: ✮✮✮1/2) + (El: ✮✮✮1/2) + (Cc: ✮✮✮1/2) (Review)
The Sleepwalker – (El: ✮✮✮ 1/2) + (Js: ✮✮✮1/2) + (Cc: ✮✮✮✮) + (Nb: ✮✮✮)
Song One – (El: ✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮1/2)
Wish I Was Here – (Cc: ✮✮)
U.S. Docu Competition (16)
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory (Js: ✮✮✮)
All the Beautiful Things
Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart: (El: ✮✮✮)
The Case Against 8
Cesar’s Last Fast
Dinosaur 13 – (El: ✮✮) + (Js: ✮✮) (Review)
E-team (Js: ✮✮✮)
Fed Up
The Internet’s Own Boy:...
- 1/28/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
One documentary that made a splash at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (besides the Roger Ebert centric Life Itself and higher education examination Ivory Tower) was The Battered Bastards of Baseball. Directors Chapman Way and Maclain way tell the story of of Bing Russell (father of actor Kurt Russell), who created the only independent baseball team in 1973, the Portland Mavericks. The elder Russell led a team without Major League affiliation, giving hopes to those who were rejected from organizes baseball. The team turned out to be quite a major success, and now the doc will get the remake treatment. THR has word that Justin Lin (Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6) has picked up the rights to remake the film as a narrative, and will self-finance by way of his own Perfect Storm banner. The filmmaker beat out Fox Searchlight, Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks for the rights, so it must be something he's rather passionate about.
- 1/24/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
As many of you probably have noticed by now, we're back in Park City, Utah for the annual Sundance Film Festival (follow coverage right here). And while I'm enjoying some great films like A Most Wanted Man and Ivory Tower (Alex Billington has enjoyed Whiplash and I Origins), there's still some films here that aren't up to snuff. And along with some of those poorer films come the cliches of Sundance films, and tropes that we've gotten used to seeing. While a film like The Skeleton Twins (which I loved) has these familiar elements, it's still a fantastic flick. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of overdone themes and elements of films at the indie festival, and someone has made a parody trailer to point them out. Watch it! Here's the faux trailer for Not Another Sundance Movie via Defamer: The bumpers in between with quotes and whatnot make...
- 1/20/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Ivory Tower, a doc premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, delves into the complicated question of "is college worth it?" Here, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively debuts a new poster for the pic, showing a student weighed down by the financial pressures of attending a university. Photos: Sundance's Greatest Hits: The Movies That Broke Through Filmmaker Andrew Rossi reveals how colleges in the United States came to embrace a business model that often promotes expansion over quality learning. The film also will highlight unique programs with the potential for life-changing college experiences. Rossi's previous films include Page One: Inside the
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- 1/10/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its 2014 Competition lineup, made up of several categories. The 30th edition of the event will take place between January 16th-26th in the new year.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Camp X-Ray (Peter Sattler)
Cold in July (Jim Mickle)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
Fishing Without Nets (Cutter Hodierne)
John's Pocket (John Slattery)
Happy Christmas (Joe Swanberg)
Hellion (Kat Candler)
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes)
Jamie Marks is Dead (Carter Smith)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner)
Life After Beth (Jeff Baena)
Low Down (Joe Preiss)
The Skeleton Twins (Craig Johnson)
The Sleepwalker (Mona Fastvold)
Song One (Kate Barker-Froyland)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
U.S. Documentary Competition
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory (Michael Rossato-Bennett)
All the Beautiful Things (John Harkrider)
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (Jeremiah Zagar)
The Case Against 8 (Ben Cotner, Ryan White)
Cesar's Last Fast (Richard Ray Perez, Lorena Parlee...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Camp X-Ray (Peter Sattler)
Cold in July (Jim Mickle)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
Fishing Without Nets (Cutter Hodierne)
John's Pocket (John Slattery)
Happy Christmas (Joe Swanberg)
Hellion (Kat Candler)
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes)
Jamie Marks is Dead (Carter Smith)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner)
Life After Beth (Jeff Baena)
Low Down (Joe Preiss)
The Skeleton Twins (Craig Johnson)
The Sleepwalker (Mona Fastvold)
Song One (Kate Barker-Froyland)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
U.S. Documentary Competition
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory (Michael Rossato-Bennett)
All the Beautiful Things (John Harkrider)
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (Jeremiah Zagar)
The Case Against 8 (Ben Cotner, Ryan White)
Cesar's Last Fast (Richard Ray Perez, Lorena Parlee...
- 12/6/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner, and the Sundance Institute has released the full line-up for the competition films that will be premiering!
This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.
“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.
“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.
This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.
“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.
“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.
- 12/5/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sundance Film Festival continues to be one of the most popular, and arguably one of the most important, events on the industry calendar, launching as it does some of the most prominent independent films at the start of each year.
This year will be no different, with Sundance announcing last night the initial line-up of films screening in competition, led by Song One, starring Anne Hathaway; Camp X-Ray, starring Kristen Stewart; Infinitely Polar Bear, with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana; Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas, starring Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham, and Swanberg himself; The Skeleton Twins, with Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, and Ty Burrell; Life After Beth, with Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, and John C. Reilly; Listen Up Philip, with Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss; Whiplash, starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons; and many, many more.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films,...
This year will be no different, with Sundance announcing last night the initial line-up of films screening in competition, led by Song One, starring Anne Hathaway; Camp X-Ray, starring Kristen Stewart; Infinitely Polar Bear, with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana; Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas, starring Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham, and Swanberg himself; The Skeleton Twins, with Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, and Ty Burrell; Life After Beth, with Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, and John C. Reilly; Listen Up Philip, with Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss; Whiplash, starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons; and many, many more.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films,...
- 12/5/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
God’S Pocket
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “That the Festival has evolved and grown as it has over the past 30 years is a credit to both our audiences and our artists, who continue to find ways to take risks and open our minds to the power of story. This year’s films and artists promise to do the same.”
For the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 118 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 54 first-time filmmakers, including 34 in competition. These films were selected from 12,218 submissions (72 more than for 2013), including 4,057 feature-length films and 8,161 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,014 were from the U.S. and 2,043 were international. 97 feature films at...
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “That the Festival has evolved and grown as it has over the past 30 years is a credit to both our audiences and our artists, who continue to find ways to take risks and open our minds to the power of story. This year’s films and artists promise to do the same.”
For the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 118 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 54 first-time filmmakers, including 34 in competition. These films were selected from 12,218 submissions (72 more than for 2013), including 4,057 feature-length films and 8,161 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,014 were from the U.S. and 2,043 were international. 97 feature films at...
- 12/5/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Of the sixteen titles that are listed here there are at least more than half that will be talked about throughout the calendar year up until award season in 2015. It speaks volumes about the quality offerings from American Documentarian filmmakers, but it also says a lot about Sundance programming team David Courier, Caroline Libresco et al. exquisite taste for the form. As is the norm for the Sundance doc-comp, there is plenty of socially conscious films on offer, from Andrew Rossi’s film on the insurmountable rise of student debt, Ivory Tower, to government backed food campaigns that have resulted in massive amounts of American health problems in Stephanie Soechtig’s Fed Up, with plenty of diversity within the program as a whole.
Though our non-fiction guesses have never been stellar, the films themselves look auspicious as all get out. Of this year’s promising batch of American docs, we...
Though our non-fiction guesses have never been stellar, the films themselves look auspicious as all get out. Of this year’s promising batch of American docs, we...
- 12/5/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
The U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competition lineups for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival were announced today and just below I have featured pictures from the 16 films that will be competing in the U.S. Dramatic competition and they feature a lot of names you're going to recognize. The titles begin with Camp X-Ray, which stars Kristen Stewart as a guard in Guantanamo Bay, where she forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Jim Mickle made an impact earlier this year with We Are What We Are and he returns with Michael C. Hall with Cold in July. Fishing Without Nets looks to tell a story similar to that of Captain Phillips, only this time from the Somali side of things; God's Pocket is "Mad Men" star John Slattery's writing and directorial debut and he's lined up an impressive cast including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins,...
- 12/4/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Film-makers have tried sex, murder and intrigue, and yet that most intellectual of spectator sports remains remarkably difficult to depict on screen
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Computer Chess
• Computer Chess: watch the trailer
Throw a rock at the sports genre and you'll hit a film about baseball or football, or hockey, or racing. Odds are, you won't strike a film about chess. Chess isn't generally considered a stadium filler (although it can be). It's perceived as a game for eccentric intellectuals and elderly historians. It doesn't have the glamour or sex appeal of more sedentary sports, such as pool, as demonstrated by Paul Newman in The Hustler. Chess won't even fit snugly in to other genre films, where the banality of cards, for example, naturally lends itself to a seedy, gambling gangster underworld (Rounders), the exotic highlife of a casino (Casino Royale), or even more piquant, a combo...
• Peter Bradshaw's review of Computer Chess
• Computer Chess: watch the trailer
Throw a rock at the sports genre and you'll hit a film about baseball or football, or hockey, or racing. Odds are, you won't strike a film about chess. Chess isn't generally considered a stadium filler (although it can be). It's perceived as a game for eccentric intellectuals and elderly historians. It doesn't have the glamour or sex appeal of more sedentary sports, such as pool, as demonstrated by Paul Newman in The Hustler. Chess won't even fit snugly in to other genre films, where the banality of cards, for example, naturally lends itself to a seedy, gambling gangster underworld (Rounders), the exotic highlife of a casino (Casino Royale), or even more piquant, a combo...
- 11/29/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
- 9/20/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
- 9/20/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The 2nd annual BlackStar Film Festival, which opens today, running from August 1- 4 in Philadelphia, will screen quite an impressive lineup that includes several titles you should be familiar with, since we've covered them here - to name a few: Andrew Dosonmu's Mother of George, David Tosh Gitonga’s Kenyan drama Nairobi Half Life, Alain Gomis' French/Senegalese drama Aujord'hui/Tey and Charles Murray's Things Never Said. Bsff will also premiere the documentary Black February, which profiles legendary Jazz composer Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris and Roxana Walker-Canton's documentary Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower. Bsff - which will screen 75...
- 8/1/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Premiering at this year's BlackStar Film Festival, which runs this August in Philadelphia, the documentary Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower, examines racial, class and gender dynamics through the lives of African American female professors and administrators, who grew up in segregated academic environments. Directed by Roxana Walker-Canton, Thinkers, highlights the lives of women such as Eva Beatrice Dykes - the first woman to complete the course requirements for a Phd - who opened the door for black women to excel in education by confronting overt racism, sexism and discrimination in the early 20th century. Here's more about the documentary: This...
- 7/16/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
This week’s editions of the WWE Main Event and Nxt had many similarities. These included of all people, Justin Gabriel and multi-man featured match ups. Which one was the better show? I will let you decide.
The Main Event used its format well as the show began with a Battle Royal featuring everyone on the Superstars crew competing for an Ic title shot later in the episode. The current champion came Wade Barrett out and chastised all the men that were in the ring. That was until The Great Khali came out along with Hornswoggle getting his groove on with Natalya when of course the Punjabi Playboy comes out and enters the fray. Somehow, Wade is shocked by this? Barrett then goes to the back and prepares for his title defense later on in the night.
The Battle Royal itself was okay considering the participants. It didn’t feel like it really mattered , though.
The Main Event used its format well as the show began with a Battle Royal featuring everyone on the Superstars crew competing for an Ic title shot later in the episode. The current champion came Wade Barrett out and chastised all the men that were in the ring. That was until The Great Khali came out along with Hornswoggle getting his groove on with Natalya when of course the Punjabi Playboy comes out and enters the fray. Somehow, Wade is shocked by this? Barrett then goes to the back and prepares for his title defense later on in the night.
The Battle Royal itself was okay considering the participants. It didn’t feel like it really mattered , though.
- 4/18/2013
- by Paul Jordan
- Obsessed with Film
Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol
The cinematic Trojan horse returns, smuggling short film-makers into the big league, even more so now it's a qualifying festival for the Oscars and Baftas. Admittedly, some of this year's entries hardly need a leg-up. Pitch Black Heist, for example, stars Michael Fassbender, while animation Bertie Crisp features the voices of Tamsin Greig and Kathy Burke. Notable first-timers this year include the Jesus And Mary Chain's Douglas Hart (Long Distance Information, starring Peter Mullan) and Matthew "Garth Marenghi" Holness (A Gun For George), but with 180 new live-action and animated films, there are plenty of new names to be made for sure.
Watershed & Arnolfini, Wed to 20 Nov
Soundtrack Film Festival, Cardiff
As the title suggests, music and cinema come together here, and not always in predictable ways. Ok, so Guillemots are playing an improvised score to Fw Murnau's 1926 silent classic Faust but how will Ivory Tower,...
The cinematic Trojan horse returns, smuggling short film-makers into the big league, even more so now it's a qualifying festival for the Oscars and Baftas. Admittedly, some of this year's entries hardly need a leg-up. Pitch Black Heist, for example, stars Michael Fassbender, while animation Bertie Crisp features the voices of Tamsin Greig and Kathy Burke. Notable first-timers this year include the Jesus And Mary Chain's Douglas Hart (Long Distance Information, starring Peter Mullan) and Matthew "Garth Marenghi" Holness (A Gun For George), but with 180 new live-action and animated films, there are plenty of new names to be made for sure.
Watershed & Arnolfini, Wed to 20 Nov
Soundtrack Film Festival, Cardiff
As the title suggests, music and cinema come together here, and not always in predictable ways. Ok, so Guillemots are playing an improvised score to Fw Murnau's 1926 silent classic Faust but how will Ivory Tower,...
- 11/12/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
'He's really a true artist,' DJ/producer tells MTV News of rapper.
By Akshay Bhansali
Boyz Noize
Photo: Getty
After a massive showing at Coachella this month, German electro house and techno producer Boys Noize rocked New York's Webster Hall this past weekend before settling into a more private role for the remainder of his week in the city: Alexander Ridha is producing Mc Spank Rock's next album.
For the unaware, Boys Noize is a staple of the global dance-music touring circuit, a sophisticated, analog-happy producer who founded Boysnoize Records back in 2005. Lately, his thumping brand of sledgehammer productions have garnered him industry accolades, winning dance/electronica Independent Music Awards. And even Beatport.com has named him Best Electronic Artist three years in a row.
Ridha's project with Spank Rock isn't Boys Noize's first foray into album production. In fact, last year he co-wrote and produced Chilly Gonzales' album Ivory Tower.
By Akshay Bhansali
Boyz Noize
Photo: Getty
After a massive showing at Coachella this month, German electro house and techno producer Boys Noize rocked New York's Webster Hall this past weekend before settling into a more private role for the remainder of his week in the city: Alexander Ridha is producing Mc Spank Rock's next album.
For the unaware, Boys Noize is a staple of the global dance-music touring circuit, a sophisticated, analog-happy producer who founded Boysnoize Records back in 2005. Lately, his thumping brand of sledgehammer productions have garnered him industry accolades, winning dance/electronica Independent Music Awards. And even Beatport.com has named him Best Electronic Artist three years in a row.
Ridha's project with Spank Rock isn't Boys Noize's first foray into album production. In fact, last year he co-wrote and produced Chilly Gonzales' album Ivory Tower.
- 4/26/2011
- MTV Music News
Rome -- The World Premiere of Christopher Honore's "Man at Bath", and the international premieres of "Karamay," a 356-minute political documentary from Chinese director Xu Xin and Aaron Katz's mystery story "Cold Weather" will be among the highlights of the 20-film main competition at the 63rd edition of the Locarno Film Festival, organizers said Wednesday.
Wednesday's announcement also revealed the lineup for the festival's famous Piazza Grande venue, which will include the European premiere of Jay and Mark Duplass' comedy "Cyrus" -- John C. Reilly, the film's star, will be on hand to receive a special tribute -- Gareth Edwards' science fiction drama "Monsters," and "Gadkii Utenok" (The Ugly Duckling) from first-time Russian director Garri Bardine.
The picturesque Piazza Grande, which seats more than 8,000, is the largest outdoor film venue in Europe.
Among previously announced films is "La Zombie" from the provocative Bruce Labruce, which will screen in competition,...
Wednesday's announcement also revealed the lineup for the festival's famous Piazza Grande venue, which will include the European premiere of Jay and Mark Duplass' comedy "Cyrus" -- John C. Reilly, the film's star, will be on hand to receive a special tribute -- Gareth Edwards' science fiction drama "Monsters," and "Gadkii Utenok" (The Ugly Duckling) from first-time Russian director Garri Bardine.
The picturesque Piazza Grande, which seats more than 8,000, is the largest outdoor film venue in Europe.
Among previously announced films is "La Zombie" from the provocative Bruce Labruce, which will screen in competition,...
- 7/14/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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