On Andrew Bolton, featured in Andrew Rossi's The First Monday In May: "I think you're right that the looking glass that was the frame through which we understand Chinese culture refracted into Western fashion is a complicated vehicle …" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In my conversation with Andrew Rossi we linked Okwui Okpokwasili's creative process for her Bronx Gothic (with visual and sound design by Peter Born) to Andrew Bolton's approach in The First Monday In May, childhood to Le Cirque, Gay Talese being interviewed for Page One: Inside The New York Times and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition China: Through The Looking Glass.
Andrew Rossi: "And I think with Bronx Gothic, Okwui is trying to challenge the gaze of the viewer also and to create a forcefield." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
I was reminded of Godfrey Reggio's Visitors, in which he probed me...
In my conversation with Andrew Rossi we linked Okwui Okpokwasili's creative process for her Bronx Gothic (with visual and sound design by Peter Born) to Andrew Bolton's approach in The First Monday In May, childhood to Le Cirque, Gay Talese being interviewed for Page One: Inside The New York Times and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition China: Through The Looking Glass.
Andrew Rossi: "And I think with Bronx Gothic, Okwui is trying to challenge the gaze of the viewer also and to create a forcefield." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
I was reminded of Godfrey Reggio's Visitors, in which he probed me...
- 7/15/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Andrew Rossi (with Anne-Katrin Titze) on Okwui Okpokwasili in Bronx Gothic: "One of the things that I really responded to was the complexity of desire ..." Photo: Aimee Morris
Andrew Rossi, who in his recent documentaries expertly juggled large numbers of people interviewed on screen - The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition China: Through The Looking Glass (curated by Andrew Bolton with Wong Kar Wai and Anna Wintour's Costume Institute Gala) in The First Monday in May, restaurant and university madness respectively in Le Cirque and Ivory Tower, and Page One: Inside The New York Times - in Bronx Gothic sticks mostly to his friend, writer and performance artist Okwui Okpokwasili, her family and frequent collaborator Ralph Lemon and films the final tour of her one-woman show.
Okwui Okpokwasili in Bronx Gothic
Okpokwasili, who has also worked with Julie Taymor (A Midsummer Night's Dream), is intent on challenging unreflected notions of "the brown body.
Andrew Rossi, who in his recent documentaries expertly juggled large numbers of people interviewed on screen - The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition China: Through The Looking Glass (curated by Andrew Bolton with Wong Kar Wai and Anna Wintour's Costume Institute Gala) in The First Monday in May, restaurant and university madness respectively in Le Cirque and Ivory Tower, and Page One: Inside The New York Times - in Bronx Gothic sticks mostly to his friend, writer and performance artist Okwui Okpokwasili, her family and frequent collaborator Ralph Lemon and films the final tour of her one-woman show.
Okwui Okpokwasili in Bronx Gothic
Okpokwasili, who has also worked with Julie Taymor (A Midsummer Night's Dream), is intent on challenging unreflected notions of "the brown body.
- 7/11/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For years, artist Okwui Okpokwasili has stunned audiences with her one-woman show, Bronx Gothic, a mix of forms (from dance to drama) engineered to relay the experience of black youths coming of age in the 1980s. It’s only right, then, that a big-screen treatment of said show would find a space between traditional this-is-who-they-are documentary treatment and cinematic adaptation — the tack Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times, The First Monday in May) took with his film, also titled Bronx Gothic.
Ahead of a summer release from Grasshopper Film, the first trailer — showcasing the raw intensity of Okpokwasili’s performance — is now online.
Watch the preview below:
From director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times, The First Monday in May) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, Bronx Gothic. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui...
Ahead of a summer release from Grasshopper Film, the first trailer — showcasing the raw intensity of Okpokwasili’s performance — is now online.
Watch the preview below:
From director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times, The First Monday in May) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, Bronx Gothic. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui...
- 6/19/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
"I wanted a voice screaming out into the wilderness of 'I am here and this is what is happening to me.'" Grasshopper Film has debuted an outstanding official trailer for a performance documentary titled Bronx Gothic, profiling the performances by and life of acclaimed artist/dancer Okwui Okpokwasili. This is the latest doc from director Andrew Rossi, who previously made Page One: Inside the New York Times, Ivory Tower, and The First Monday in May. Okwui has African parents, but she grew up in Brooklyn, and brings all of that to her powerful theatrical performances. This trailer gives an excellent introduction to who she is, what she's trying to do, and how she tells her story with her body in front of mesmerized crowds. This looks like an eye-opening, emotional doc that examines the breathtaking work of a truly gifted artist. Have a look. Here's the first official trailer...
- 6/15/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Even Emma Watson and Tom Hanks May Not Be Enough to Make a Mark As April Ends
The last weekend of April, and the “slower” spring movie season is ending this weekend, leading directly into the start of the lucrative summer box office next week. As has been the case in past years, the last couple weekends in April see a couple movies hoping to bring in any amount of money before the first big summer blockbuster, and other movies that will steal away their theaters. Last weekend was pretty sad, but hopefully a few of this weekend’s movies will fare better.
The movie that stands the best chance at finding an audience this weekend is the tech industry thriller The Circle...
Even Emma Watson and Tom Hanks May Not Be Enough to Make a Mark As April Ends
The last weekend of April, and the “slower” spring movie season is ending this weekend, leading directly into the start of the lucrative summer box office next week. As has been the case in past years, the last couple weekends in April see a couple movies hoping to bring in any amount of money before the first big summer blockbuster, and other movies that will steal away their theaters. Last weekend was pretty sad, but hopefully a few of this weekend’s movies will fare better.
The movie that stands the best chance at finding an audience this weekend is the tech industry thriller The Circle...
- 4/26/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Andrew Rossi turns his documentary eye to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual high-fashion bash
Andrew Rossi, the director of the illuminating Page One: Inside the New York Times, gains access to another celebrated Manhattan institution with his latest documentary. The film is an account of the run-up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s annual spring exhibition and the frock-and-awe red carpet Met Gala fundraiser. The year in question is 2015 and the exhibition is the most ambitious to date: China: Through the Looking Glass. Key characters include curator Andrew Bolton and adviser Wong Kar Wai, but the most compelling presence is Vogue editor Anna Wintour. “Andrew is a real visionary,” she purrs. “Our job is help him execute his creative genius.” Rossi later shows Bolton’s creative genius systematically deflated by a few icy darts of Wintour’s disapproval.
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Andrew Rossi, the director of the illuminating Page One: Inside the New York Times, gains access to another celebrated Manhattan institution with his latest documentary. The film is an account of the run-up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s annual spring exhibition and the frock-and-awe red carpet Met Gala fundraiser. The year in question is 2015 and the exhibition is the most ambitious to date: China: Through the Looking Glass. Key characters include curator Andrew Bolton and adviser Wong Kar Wai, but the most compelling presence is Vogue editor Anna Wintour. “Andrew is a real visionary,” she purrs. “Our job is help him execute his creative genius.” Rossi later shows Bolton’s creative genius systematically deflated by a few icy darts of Wintour’s disapproval.
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- 10/2/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Documentary-maker Andrew Rossi has become a recognisable name, something not easy to achieve in a genre that is largely (and unfairly) overlooked. His work is all about picking institutions apart – that is to say, understanding the people that underpin them. He’s best known for Page One: Inside the New York Times, where he uses […]
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- 9/30/2016
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Is fashion art? That question is raised in the documentary The First Monday In May. Actually, director Andrew Rossi’s documentary focuses less on that philosophical debate that on the preparations for Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2015 art exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass” and the gala party that opened would mark its debut. The exhibit, curated by Andrew Bolton, represented a first-time collaboration between the New York museum’s Chinese art collection and gallery, in the museum’s main upper level and part of its mainstream fine art holdings, and the museum’s Costume Institute, considered by traditionalists as decorative arts rather than fine art, and housed in the museum’s lower level. The exhibit was the Costume Institute’s annual event, but the first time it had teamed with any fine art section and moved into the main level. It will also be...
Is fashion art? That question is raised in the documentary The First Monday In May. Actually, director Andrew Rossi’s documentary focuses less on that philosophical debate that on the preparations for Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2015 art exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass” and the gala party that opened would mark its debut. The exhibit, curated by Andrew Bolton, represented a first-time collaboration between the New York museum’s Chinese art collection and gallery, in the museum’s main upper level and part of its mainstream fine art holdings, and the museum’s Costume Institute, considered by traditionalists as decorative arts rather than fine art, and housed in the museum’s lower level. The exhibit was the Costume Institute’s annual event, but the first time it had teamed with any fine art section and moved into the main level. It will also be...
- 4/22/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"The Met Ball is the Super Bowl of social fashion events," Andre Leon Talley explains in The First Monday in May, the new documentary that opened this year's Tribeca Film Fest that focuses on the opening party for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute show. This insider's look by director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) focuses on the star-studded affair during the museum's 2015 exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, which ignited a million memes around celebrity guests' unusual red carpet attire. The documentary opens in select theaters this weekend.
- 4/15/2016
- Rollingstone.com
After opening the festival with a documentary on Saturday Night Live last year, the 2016 iteration of Tribeca will stay close to home with the world premiere of The First Monday in May. Coming from director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside The New York Times), it chronicles The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Ball and their exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass.
“The First Monday in May illuminates the debate between fine art, fashion, pop culture and captures the creativity, passion and visionaries behind the exhibition and gala – Andrew Bolton and Anna Wintour,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder, Tribeca Film Festival, and Executive Chair, Tribeca Enterprises said in a press release. “It is an honor to pay tribute to a fellow New York cultural institution on our opening night.”
Ahead of the premiere, check out the first celebrity-filled trailer below.
The First Monday in May follows the creation of The...
“The First Monday in May illuminates the debate between fine art, fashion, pop culture and captures the creativity, passion and visionaries behind the exhibition and gala – Andrew Bolton and Anna Wintour,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder, Tribeca Film Festival, and Executive Chair, Tribeca Enterprises said in a press release. “It is an honor to pay tribute to a fellow New York cultural institution on our opening night.”
Ahead of the premiere, check out the first celebrity-filled trailer below.
The First Monday in May follows the creation of The...
- 2/22/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Don’t get confused, Tribeca Film Fest 2016 will still open in April (Weds April 13, to be exact). But the opening night film has been announced and kicks off the fest which runs in New York City until April 24. Magnolia Pictures' The First Monday in May, directed by Page One: Inside The New York Times director Andrew Rossi, is a trip inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and, in particular, the exhibition "China: Through the Looking Glass.” A very New York premiere. The First Monday in May follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s "China: Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition, an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of...
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- 2/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Don’t get confused, Tribeca Film Fest 2016 will still open in April (Weds April 13, to be exact). But the opening night film has been announced and kicks off the fest which runs in New York City until April 24. Magnolia Pictures' The First Monday in May, directed by Page One: Inside The New York Times director Andrew Rossi, is a trip inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and, in particular, the exhibition "China: Through the Looking Glass.” A very New York premiere. The First Monday in May follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s "China: Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition, an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of...
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- 2/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
The First Monday In May The 15th Tribeca Film Festival will open with The First Monday in May on Wednesday, April 13. Directed by Emmy Award nominated filmmaker Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside The New York Times) the intimate documentary looks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended Costume Institute exhibition in history, China: Through the Looking Glass.
The film follows curator Andrew Bolton, now curator in charge of the Costume Institute. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events co-chaired every year by Condé Nast Artistic Director and Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. Featuring a cast of renowned artists in many fields (including filmmaker Wong Kar Wai and fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier and John Galliano), the movie dives into the debate about whether fashion should be viewed as.
The film follows curator Andrew Bolton, now curator in charge of the Costume Institute. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events co-chaired every year by Condé Nast Artistic Director and Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. Featuring a cast of renowned artists in many fields (including filmmaker Wong Kar Wai and fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier and John Galliano), the movie dives into the debate about whether fashion should be viewed as.
- 2/22/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival will open with the world premiere of the art and fashion documentary “First Monday in May,” organizers announced on Monday. The film by Andrew Rossi (“Page One: Inside the New York Times”) is a look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most-attended Costume Institute exhibit ever, “China: Through the Looking Glass,” curated by Andrew Bolton, and at the Met Gala, an annual fashion and celebrity event co-chaired by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The film will premiere at Tff on Wednesday, Apr. 13, the opening night of the 12-day festival. Also Read: 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday,...
- 2/22/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Magnolia Pictures art documentary will open the 15th Tribeca Film Festival, which is scheduled to run in New York from April 13-24.
The First Monday In May hails from Page One: Inside The New York Times film-maker Andrew Rossi and tells of The Metropolitan Museum Of Art’s most attended Costume Institute exhibition in history, China: Through The Looking Glass.
“It’s an honour to premiere this film downtown with the Tribeca Film Festival for their 15th festival, and I am truly thrilled to partner again with Magnolia Pictures,” said Rossi.
“The First Monday In May celebrates creativity in art and fashion and is deeply rooted in the creative world of New York, so to launch at a festival that came into life in order to support that culture is very meaningful. We’re so excited to have the team at Magnolia behind the film, bringing it to audiences all across the country.”
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The First Monday In May hails from Page One: Inside The New York Times film-maker Andrew Rossi and tells of The Metropolitan Museum Of Art’s most attended Costume Institute exhibition in history, China: Through The Looking Glass.
“It’s an honour to premiere this film downtown with the Tribeca Film Festival for their 15th festival, and I am truly thrilled to partner again with Magnolia Pictures,” said Rossi.
“The First Monday In May celebrates creativity in art and fashion and is deeply rooted in the creative world of New York, so to launch at a festival that came into life in order to support that culture is very meaningful. We’re so excited to have the team at Magnolia behind the film, bringing it to audiences all across the country.”
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- 2/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary follows the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “China: through the looking glass” exhibition [pictured].
Paris-based Elle Driver has picked up the international sales rights to Andrew Rossi’s The First Monday in May following the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s record-breaking “China: through the looking glass” exhibition and its opening fund-raising event, the Met Gala.
The 2015 show - exploring the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion — was one of the museum’s most visited fashion events in its history.
Chaired every year by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, the Met Gala, or museum’s Costume Institute Gala, is one of the biggest global fashion events of the year and traditionally takes place on the first Monday of the year.
Rossi – whose past documentaries include Page One: Inside the New York Times and Ivory Tower – was given unfettered access to the creation of the show, curated by Andrew Bolton with Wong Kar-Wai on board as artistic...
Paris-based Elle Driver has picked up the international sales rights to Andrew Rossi’s The First Monday in May following the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s record-breaking “China: through the looking glass” exhibition and its opening fund-raising event, the Met Gala.
The 2015 show - exploring the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion — was one of the museum’s most visited fashion events in its history.
Chaired every year by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, the Met Gala, or museum’s Costume Institute Gala, is one of the biggest global fashion events of the year and traditionally takes place on the first Monday of the year.
Rossi – whose past documentaries include Page One: Inside the New York Times and Ivory Tower – was given unfettered access to the creation of the show, curated by Andrew Bolton with Wong Kar-Wai on board as artistic...
- 2/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
Impact Partners, the leading financier and executive producer of documentary film, will launch a new annual Emerging Documentary Producers Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to some of the industry’s most promising new producers at an inaugural ceremony at Doc NYC this fall. The goal of the new fellowship is to foster emerging producing talent by launching a program that consists of a yearlong series of workshops with some of the most prominent luminaries in the field of documentary film. Guest documentary experts confirmed to participate in the 2015-2016 fellowship workshops include: Victoria Cook ("Page One: Inside the New York Times,"), Geralyn Dreyfous ("The Square"), Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady ("Jesus Camp"), Liz Garbus ("What Happened, Miss Simone?"), Howard Gertler ("Do I Sound Gay?"), Julie Goldman ("Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"), Amy Hobby ("What Happened, Miss Simone?"), Tabitha Jackson (...
- 7/2/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
We’re mourning the loss this morning of David Carr, the culture writer and critic for The New York Times since 2002. Carr wrote about movies, television, celebrities, media, and popular culture as they intersected with politics and society, and as a favorite journalist of this writer, no one did it better.
The New York Times has his full obituary, in which they reported that Carr, 58, collapsed in the office Thursday and was pronounced dead shortly after. Just that day, he had moderated a panel interview with Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden via video to discuss Poitras’s documentary Citizenfour.
Carr was recently featured in the documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times, in which he has a fantastic scene chewing out some new media journalists from Vice. But some of my favorite Carr features were the video discussions he did with New York Times film critic A.O. Scott called The Sweet Spot.
The New York Times has his full obituary, in which they reported that Carr, 58, collapsed in the office Thursday and was pronounced dead shortly after. Just that day, he had moderated a panel interview with Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden via video to discuss Poitras’s documentary Citizenfour.
Carr was recently featured in the documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times, in which he has a fantastic scene chewing out some new media journalists from Vice. But some of my favorite Carr features were the video discussions he did with New York Times film critic A.O. Scott called The Sweet Spot.
- 2/13/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Andrew Rossi’s prior film, Page One: Inside the New York Times, delved into the newspaper industry while it began to teeter on the brink of collapse as the rise of blogs and social media began to take a strangle hold on physical news distribution. His latest, Ivory Tower, looks at another industry in tailspin – the higher education system. Anyone who hasn’t gotten a free ride to college in the last decade knows that the current business model in which students blindly accept loans upwards of $100,000 for college degrees which come with no guarantee of bagging a job that makes enough cash to pay that mountain of debt back. Rossi’s film is massively important in that it brings this issue to light with insightful clarity, though offers no obvious solutions. Just after the film’s premiere at Sundance earlier this year, I had the good fortune to sit...
- 7/28/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
College, in the past decade, has nearly completed the transformation from gateway to higher learning to a locus of high anxiety—and not just for students and their families or for teachers and alumni, but also for Michelle and Barack and the nation as a whole as student debt rises and public anger grows. As he did with Page One: Inside the New York Times, director Andrew Rossi visits an institution in crisis at a moment of particular disruption with a balanced, eyes-open approach and finds shards of hope. In the case of Ivory Tower, the devastation of the "college" experience has been brought about by a perfect storm. Institutions are engaged in a "building" war to better market themselves while charging increasing tuition to pay for the expansion while students are making up the difference with increasingly less forgiving loans. Traveling from New York to Massachusetts from Death Valley to Silicon Valley,...
- 6/21/2014
- Keyframe
College, in the past decade, has nearly completed the transformation from gateway to higher learning to a locus of high anxiety—and not just for students and their families or for teachers and alumni, but also for Michelle and Barack and the nation as a whole as student debt rises and public anger grows. As he did with Page One: Inside the New York Times, director Andrew Rossi visits an institution in crisis at a moment of particular disruption with a balanced, eyes-open approach and finds shards of hope. In the case of Ivory Tower, the devastation of the "college" experience has been brought about by a perfect storm. Institutions are engaged in a "building" war to better market themselves while charging increasing tuition to pay for the expansion while students are making up the difference with increasingly less forgiving loans. Traveling from New York to Massachusetts from Death Valley to Silicon Valley,...
- 6/19/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Ivory Tower, a documentary focused on grading the value of a university education when tuition has reached unbelievable heights, is about as comprehensive and complete a 90-minute film can be about a sprawling subject, without feeling rushed or overstuffed. Director Andrew Rossi, who made 2011’s superb doc Page One: Inside the New York Times, connects the dots of many factors that led to the exorbitant prices of middling, mediocre education, and like an excellent lecture, the film provides insightful discussion, even if it does not have many easy answers.
Rossi asks most of the big questions here. Is college over-rated since students glean much of the same information from books and Wikipedia? Is schooling too expensive? After all, many middle-class students are left with mountains of loans to repay while wealthier kids can coast through without a worry. At an orientation, a parent looks directly at an advisor and asks...
Rossi asks most of the big questions here. Is college over-rated since students glean much of the same information from books and Wikipedia? Is schooling too expensive? After all, many middle-class students are left with mountains of loans to repay while wealthier kids can coast through without a worry. At an orientation, a parent looks directly at an advisor and asks...
- 6/16/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Page One: Inside the New York Times director Andrew Rossi’s damning doc Ivory Tower details how the increasingly outrageous cost of a college education — spurred by the rise of administrative salaries, lack of government support and the arms race for the best and brightest (and richest) among us — is killing the American dream and heightening the divide between the haves and have nots. Rossi’s movie isn’t covering especially new ground if you’re out in the world while reading about how it’s all falling apart. The Reagan/Friedman ideology suggesting education is a private good that ought to be paid for […]...
- 6/13/2014
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Page One: Inside the New York Times director Andrew Rossi’s damning doc Ivory Tower details how the increasingly outrageous cost of a college education — spurred by the rise of administrative salaries, lack of government support and the arms race for the best and brightest (and richest) among us — is killing the American dream and heightening the divide between the haves and have nots. Rossi’s movie isn’t covering especially new ground if you’re out in the world while reading about how it’s all falling apart. The Reagan/Friedman ideology suggesting education is a private good that ought to be paid for […]...
- 6/13/2014
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Many will be excited to see the reunion of Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, after their biopic studies of George Harrison and Bob Dylan, while the journalistic world will readily accept it with open arms as their latest venture delves into the history of print journalism in all its romanticism. The pair gaze back upon the last 50 years of the New York Review of Books, interviewing some of its main contributors, leading reporters and literary giants.
While delivering some fascinating talking head interviews with long-time editor Robert Silvers, Scorsese and Tedeschi’s doc best resembles a pleasant soirée. It skips over some of the trickier details in favour of getting back on track to talk of how infinitely resilient the Review has been. For instance, with one fell swoop, the publication was able to counter all manner of Internet and digital threat by creating the Nyr Blog. Who knew it was so easy?...
While delivering some fascinating talking head interviews with long-time editor Robert Silvers, Scorsese and Tedeschi’s doc best resembles a pleasant soirée. It skips over some of the trickier details in favour of getting back on track to talk of how infinitely resilient the Review has been. For instance, with one fell swoop, the publication was able to counter all manner of Internet and digital threat by creating the Nyr Blog. Who knew it was so easy?...
- 6/10/2014
- by Andrew Latimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Following a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the eye-opening documentary Ivory Tower is coming to theaters, and the first trailer has arrived. Director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside The New York Times) dives into the world of higher education, looking at alternatives to the expensive universities that many of us flock towards after high school. With student debt climbing, and the quality of schools declining as they irresponsibly spend their money on many irrelevant amenities, it's a dangerous time to clamor for more education. This is a must watch for anyone considering a college education. Watch! Here's the first trailer for Andrew Rossi's Ivory Tower from Thompson on Hollywood: Filmmaker Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) reveals the moment in history when the United States, long regarded as the epicenter of higher education, embraced a business model promoting property expansion over quality learning.
- 4/24/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
School might be out for summer, but this coming June, Participant Media and Samuel Goldwyn Films are adding the student debt question to the cinephile curriculum by pairing on the theatrical release for the Sundance preemed Ivory Tower. Just like the healthcare sector reform and debate, Andrew Rossi’s docu appears to be a pocket-book pinching expose that merited an up-close examination. Paramount Home Media Distribution will take care of the film’s post theatrical life.
Gist: As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, “Is college worth it?” From the halls of Harvard to public and private colleges in financial crisis to education startups in Silicon Valley, an urgent portrait emerges of a great American institution at the breaking point.
Worth Noting: This is the second collaboration between Participant Media and Rossi – they previously teamed on his third docu feature, the fascinating...
Gist: As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, “Is college worth it?” From the halls of Harvard to public and private colleges in financial crisis to education startups in Silicon Valley, an urgent portrait emerges of a great American institution at the breaking point.
Worth Noting: This is the second collaboration between Participant Media and Rossi – they previously teamed on his third docu feature, the fascinating...
- 3/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Participant Media, Paramount Home Media Distribution, and Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today a collaboration to distribute CNN Films. Ivory Tower . Andrew Rossi.s critically acclaimed film about the American higher education system at a crisis point premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It will have a June 2014 U.S. theatrical release through Samuel Goldwyn Films. Participant Media, part of the team behind Rossi.s previous documentary, Page One: Inside the New York Times , has a long-term commitment to focusing on the importance of education. Building on campaigns for Waiting for Superman , which Paramount Vantage released in 2010, and Teach , which aired on CBS and Pivot last fall, Participant will mount a social action...
- 3/19/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Cinematographer and director Andrew Rossi told us about filming "Ivory Tower," his U.S. Documentary entry at 2014 Sundance. "Ivory Tower" calls into question the worth of higher education in a time where education is becoming increasingly more expensive. Rossi previously shot "Page One: Inside the New York Times," "Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven" and his first film "Eat This New York." Which camera and lens did you use? I used a Canon C-300; a Canon 5D Mark II with L Series 24-105mm, 24-70mm and with Zeiss 50mm and Zeiss 28mm as well. What was the most difficult shot of your movie, and how did you pull it off? Shooting at the school Deep Springs, in the desert of Death Valley in California was most challenging. My fellow cinematographer Andrew Coffman and I were trying to get locked offed beauty shots, accurately exposed for the hot desert sun,...
- 1/21/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Last year, student debt in the United States hit a milestone $1 trillion, with no signs of slowing down as admission and tuition are steadily increasing and have been for decades. Enter director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) and his documentary Ivory Tower, which looks at the inefficiency and shortcomings in university education, more specifically, the lack of government funding causing a rise in tuittion, but also the unwise spending on amenities that seem to hinder, more than bolster, their students' education, and the quality of it too. While the documentary seems one-sided to the point of beating a dead horse for the first half, it does move into more neutral and analytical territory. More below! Initially, Rossi uses a variety of experts who have criticized the flawed university systems in a world where self-made entrepreneurs and increasing young people are educating themselves in the age of information.
- 1/19/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
CNN Films has decided to use the Sundance Film Festival to announce its intentions to further muscle into the documentary film game with three new big projects. And they’ve got some heavy-hitting names involved. First, the company has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to a documentary about author and film critic Roger Ebert based on his memoir “Life Itself.” “Hoop Dreams” helmer Steve James is directing the film, with Martin Scorsese and Steve Zaillian aboard as executive producers. Kartemquin Films and Film Rites are producing, and the finished film will be released theatrically before it airs on CNN in 2014. Also on the docket is a project from Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein (“Fightville”), who will direct a documentary about the days after 9/11 constructed solely from still photography. It is scheduled to air on CNN this year, as is an untitled project from “Page One: Inside the New York Times” filmmaker.
- 1/19/2013
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
At the beginning of this week, Cable News Network (CNN) announced that they have created a division entitled CNN Films. The organization intends to secure feature-length documentaries for air on CNN and CNN International, alongside theatrical distribution. The move is part of a wider strategy to acquire original non-fiction content to complement CNN’s award-winning news programs.
The strategy was announced by CNN Worldwide Managing Editor Mark Whitaker.
Girl Rising, the first documentary acquired by CNN Films — which you can watch below — will air in spring 2013. The film, which inspired a global action campaign to promote girls’ education called 10×10, tells the extraordinary stories of several girls from around the globe fighting to overcome impossible odds to realize their dreams. The film includes voice performances by Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep, Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez. Girl Rising is directed by Academy Award Nominee Richard E. Robbins...
The strategy was announced by CNN Worldwide Managing Editor Mark Whitaker.
Girl Rising, the first documentary acquired by CNN Films — which you can watch below — will air in spring 2013. The film, which inspired a global action campaign to promote girls’ education called 10×10, tells the extraordinary stories of several girls from around the globe fighting to overcome impossible odds to realize their dreams. The film includes voice performances by Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep, Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez. Girl Rising is directed by Academy Award Nominee Richard E. Robbins...
- 10/10/2012
- by Sergio Vess
- CinemaSpy
CNN is getting into the distribution game. With the creation of CNN Films, the news company plans to acquire feature documentaries to air on its domestic and international channels as well as theatrically, beginning with the global education doc “Girl Rising” in the spring. CNN Films also has signed development deals with Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side”) and Andrew Rossi (“Page One: Inside the New York Times”) to create original documentaries for the label. “CNN Films will bring distinguished, thought-provoking documentary programming to our global audiences on all our television, online and mobile platforms,” said CNN worldwide managing editor Mark Whitaker. “We want these documentaries to tell compelling stories and stimulate important discussions across CNN's other programs and websites." Read More: Documentary Filmmakers Laura Poitras and Natalia Almada Named MacArthur Fellows The CNN...
- 10/8/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
CNN has created a film unit to acquire feature-length documentaries to air on the cable news organization's U.S. and international networks. CNN Films has signed development deals with Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer) and director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) to create original documentaries for CNN. Gibney has worked closely with HBO, where many of his films including Taxi to the Dark Side and the upcoming Mea Maxima Culpa, about child sexual
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- 10/8/2012
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The creation of CNN Films is consistent with parent company Time Warner’s stated plan to experiment with new strategies to rejuvenate the news network’s flagging prime time ratings. CNN says that it will acquire and commission original feature-length documentaries that will “examine an array of political, social, and economic subject matters.” Documentaries will premiere in prime time, but also may show up in theaters and film festivals. The network will help to promote them by arranging interviews, discussions, and debates about the documentary subjects in additional programs to run on its multiple networks and Web sites. CNN Films has development deals with directors Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer) and Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times). It also has acquired Girl Rising, a Meryl Streep-narrated documentary...
- 10/8/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Twitter's new censorship policies are getting a great deal of attention, but one shouldn't ignore the fact that the microblogging service also has released a year's worth of Dmca takedown notices. In total, there were 4,410 claims made to remove tweets, and Twitter's disclosure shows that Hollywood was responsible for many of them. In fact, one film studio accounts for a third of all takedown notices sent to Twitter in 2011. Magnolia Pictures, whose films last year included Melancholia and Page One: Inside the New York Times, sent 1,466 takedown notices to Twitter last year, mostly to remove
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- 2/1/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association today announced their top choices for the best in film and television of 2011.
The group’s Dorian Award winners this time include two big victories for the bold gay romance “Weekend” (for Film of the Year as well as Lgbt Film of the Year).
Meryl Streep earned Film Performance of the Year for her uncanny turn as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the biopic “The Iron Lady,” while Michael Fassbender nabbed the We’re Wilde About You Rising Star of the Year honor for his daring performance as a sex addict in “Shame.”
In the more unusual film categories, the comic drama “50/50,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young man diagnosed with cancer, was named Unsung Film of the Year, and “The Muppets” took Campy (Intentional or Not) Film of the Year.
On the TV side,...
hollywoodnews.com: The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association today announced their top choices for the best in film and television of 2011.
The group’s Dorian Award winners this time include two big victories for the bold gay romance “Weekend” (for Film of the Year as well as Lgbt Film of the Year).
Meryl Streep earned Film Performance of the Year for her uncanny turn as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the biopic “The Iron Lady,” while Michael Fassbender nabbed the We’re Wilde About You Rising Star of the Year honor for his daring performance as a sex addict in “Shame.”
In the more unusual film categories, the comic drama “50/50,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young man diagnosed with cancer, was named Unsung Film of the Year, and “The Muppets” took Campy (Intentional or Not) Film of the Year.
On the TV side,...
- 1/17/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Chris New, Tom Cullen in Andrew Haigh's Weekend Film Of The Year Midnight in Paris / Sony Pictures Classics The Artist / The Weinstein Company The Descendants / Fox Searchlight The Skin I Live In / Sony Pictures Classics The Tree of Life / Fox Searchlight * Weekend / IFC Films Film Performance Of The Year Christopher Plummer / Beginners (Focus Features) Leonardo DiCaprio / J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Janet McTeer / Albert Nobbs (Liddell Entertainment) * Meryl Streep / The Iron Lady (The Weinstein Company) Michael Fassbender / Shame (Fox Searchlight) Rooney Mara / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sony/Columbia) Documentary Of The Year (Film, DVD or TV) Carol Channing: Larger Than Life / Entertainment One Cave of Forgotten Dreams / Sundance Page One: Inside the New York Times / Magnolia Pictures Pina / IFC Films * We Were Here / Red Flag Releasing Lgbt-themed Film Of The Year Albert Nobbs / Liddell Entertainment Beginners / Focus Features Pariah / Focus Features Tomboy / Rocket Releasing * Weekend / IFC Films Lgbt-themed...
- 1/17/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Behold, the complete list of the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Awards winners, which were announced on Thursday on VH1.
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
Best Actor
George Clooney – "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio – "J. Edgar"
Jean Dujardin – "The Artist"
Michael Fassbender – "Shame"
Ryan Gosling – "Drive"
Brad Pitt – "Moneyball"
Best Actress
Viola Davis – "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen – "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep – "The Iron Lady"
Tilda Swinton – "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Charlize Theron – "Young Adult"
Michelle Williams – "My Week With Marilyn"
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh – "My Week With Marilyn"
Albert Brooks – "Drive"
Nick Nolte – "Warrior"
Patton Oswalt – "Young Adult"
Christopher Plummer – "Beginners"
Andrew Serkis – "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo – "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain – "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy – "Bridesmaids"
Carey Mulligan – "Shame"
Octavia Spencer...
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
Best Actor
George Clooney – "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio – "J. Edgar"
Jean Dujardin – "The Artist"
Michael Fassbender – "Shame"
Ryan Gosling – "Drive"
Brad Pitt – "Moneyball"
Best Actress
Viola Davis – "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen – "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep – "The Iron Lady"
Tilda Swinton – "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Charlize Theron – "Young Adult"
Michelle Williams – "My Week With Marilyn"
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh – "My Week With Marilyn"
Albert Brooks – "Drive"
Nick Nolte – "Warrior"
Patton Oswalt – "Young Adult"
Christopher Plummer – "Beginners"
Andrew Serkis – "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo – "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain – "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy – "Bridesmaids"
Carey Mulligan – "Shame"
Octavia Spencer...
- 1/13/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer in Tate Taylor's The Help George Clooney, Viola Davis: Critics Choice Awards Ceremony Speeches Best Picture * The Artist The Descendants Drive Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse Best Foreign Language Film In Darkness Le Havre * A Separation by Asghar Farhadi The Skin I Live In Where Do We Go Now Best Director Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close * Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive Martin Scorsese, Hugo Steven Spielberg, War Horse Best Actor * George Clooney, The Descendants Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Jean Dujardin, The Artist Michael Fassbender, Shame Ryan Gosling, Drive Brad Pitt, Moneyball Best Actress * Viola Davis, The Help Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Charlize Theron, Young Adult Michelle Williams,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Every year, it seems the documentary branch of the Academy goes out of their way to embarass themselves, and this year is no exception. When the shortlist for the Oscar nominees landed back in November, it was arguably more notable for what was left off the list than what was included. A number of high profile, well reviewed films -- Errol Morris' "Tabloid," "Being Elmo: A Pupeteer's Journey," Werner Hezog's "Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life," "Page One: Inside the New York Times," "Senna" -- didn't make the cut, but luckily the DGA have righted some of those wrongs. The guild have revealed their nominess in the documentary category today, and finally, Steve James' excellent, moving, must-see "The Interrupters" got some deserved love from the industry. The film is a powerful portrait of various members of CeaseFire in Chicago, a group commited to...
- 1/12/2012
- The Playlist
I am currently sitting in my room at the W hotel, only two blocks away from the Hollywood Palladium where tonight I will be attending the 17th annual Critics Choice Awards. It will be my first awards show and I cannot wait, but on top of that this is the first time I have ever attempted to predict the winners at the Critics Choice Awards, an award show I actually was part of the nomination and winner process. Taking a look at the field I notice I'm only predicting six of the categories to match up with my actual votes. I'm not going to break my votes down here, but you can hear how I voted by listening to our podcast from Tuesday right here. As for my predictions, my big winners for the night, should my predictions hold true, will be The Descendants and The Help, each going home with four awards,...
- 1/12/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
'The Help' and 'The Artist' both nab multiple prizes, along with top acting nods for George Clooney and Viola Davis.
By Eric Ditzian
Viola Davis backstage at the 2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Twenty-four hours after the People's Choice Awards and three days before the Golden Globe Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards held the cinematic spotlight Thursday evening (January 12). Hosted by "Human Giant" funnymen Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the show welcomed in Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and many other celebs.
"The Artist" (two awards, including Best Picture and Best Director) and "The Help" (three total awards) won big, as did Scheer and Huebel, who delivered a bunch of witty bits and video pieces, keeping the show moving swiftly along.
Check out the full list of nominees below, with winners' names bolded:
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud...
By Eric Ditzian
Viola Davis backstage at the 2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Twenty-four hours after the People's Choice Awards and three days before the Golden Globe Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards held the cinematic spotlight Thursday evening (January 12). Hosted by "Human Giant" funnymen Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the show welcomed in Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and many other celebs.
"The Artist" (two awards, including Best Picture and Best Director) and "The Help" (three total awards) won big, as did Scheer and Huebel, who delivered a bunch of witty bits and video pieces, keeping the show moving swiftly along.
Check out the full list of nominees below, with winners' names bolded:
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud...
- 1/12/2012
- MTV Movie News
'The Help' and 'The Artist' both nab multiple prizes, along with top acting nods for George Clooney and Viola Davis.
By Eric Ditzian
Viola Davis backstage at the 2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Twenty-four hours after the People's Choice Awards and three days before the Golden Globe Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards held the cinematic spotlight Thursday evening (January 12). Hosted by "Human Giant" funnymen Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the show welcomed in Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and many other celebs.
"The Artist" (two awards, including Best Picture and Best Director) and "The Help" (three total awards) won big, as did Scheer and Huebel, who delivered a bunch of witty bits and video pieces, keeping the show moving swiftly along.
Check out the full list of nominees below, with winners' names bolded:
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud...
By Eric Ditzian
Viola Davis backstage at the 2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Twenty-four hours after the People's Choice Awards and three days before the Golden Globe Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards held the cinematic spotlight Thursday evening (January 12). Hosted by "Human Giant" funnymen Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the show welcomed in Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and many other celebs.
"The Artist" (two awards, including Best Picture and Best Director) and "The Help" (three total awards) won big, as did Scheer and Huebel, who delivered a bunch of witty bits and video pieces, keeping the show moving swiftly along.
Check out the full list of nominees below, with winners' names bolded:
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud...
- 1/12/2012
- MTV Music News
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris Gay Romance Weekend, Breaking Dawn, Woody Allen, Justin Bieber: Gay & Lesbian Critics Nominations Film Of The Year Midnight in Paris / Sony Pictures Classics The Artist / The Weinstein Company The Descendants / Fox Searchlight The Skin I Live In / Sony Pictures Classics The Tree of Life / Fox Searchlight Weekend / IFC Films Film Performance Of The Year Christopher Plummer / Beginners (Focus Features) Leonardo DiCaprio / J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Janet McTeer / Albert Nobbs (Liddell Entertainment) Meryl Streep / The Iron Lady (The Weinstein Company) Michael Fassbender / Shame (Fox Searchlight) Rooney Mara / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sony/Columbia) Documentary Of The Year (Film, DVD or TV) Carol Channing: Larger Than Life / Entertainment One Cave of Forgotten Dreams / Sundance Page One: Inside the New York Times / Magnolia Pictures Pina / IFC Films We Were Here / Red Flag Releasing Lgbt-themed Film Of The Year Albert Nobbs / Liddell Entertainment Beginners / Focus Features...
- 1/12/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
As a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca), I vote in the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. They air January 12 on VH1, and my wife and I will be in the audience (look for the tall couple, she’ll be in some impressive heels). Every year I list my ballot before the awards. Thanks again to the Bfca for allowing me to do this.
The Oscars are a secret. You never see the ballot of Meryl Streep, George Clooney or Martin Scorsese come awards time. I’m not a fan of that. I know they don’t want to admit they have favorites, but I do. My ballot is below, and I think all critics should show what they consider the best, whether they vote in the Ofcs (Online Film Critics Society), Cfca (Chicago Film Critics Society), or Golden Globes.
The 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards nominations – with...
The Oscars are a secret. You never see the ballot of Meryl Streep, George Clooney or Martin Scorsese come awards time. I’m not a fan of that. I know they don’t want to admit they have favorites, but I do. My ballot is below, and I think all critics should show what they consider the best, whether they vote in the Ofcs (Online Film Critics Society), Cfca (Chicago Film Critics Society), or Golden Globes.
The 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards nominations – with...
- 1/11/2012
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Oscar is doing a doc block.
The organization that puts on the Academy Awards has created a new rule aimed at narrowing awards eligibility next year to documentary films that are reviewed in The New York Times or the Los Angeles Times.
Why deputize newspaper film critics as arbiters of whether a movie qualifies for an Oscar?
It’s part of an effort to shrink the number of qualifying films and weed out movies designed primarily for TV. “The more the merrier” is not the attitude at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where members of the documentary...
The organization that puts on the Academy Awards has created a new rule aimed at narrowing awards eligibility next year to documentary films that are reviewed in The New York Times or the Los Angeles Times.
Why deputize newspaper film critics as arbiters of whether a movie qualifies for an Oscar?
It’s part of an effort to shrink the number of qualifying films and weed out movies designed primarily for TV. “The more the merrier” is not the attitude at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where members of the documentary...
- 1/9/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Creators vs. Corporations: Writer Gary Friedrich, who created a new version of Ghost Rider in the early 70s, lost a lawsuit against Marvel in which he claimed rights to “non-comic derivative versions” of his work. The judge in the case ruled that Friedrich signed away those rights in 1978, which means that Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (pictured above), starring Nicolas Cage, is free to ride into theaters in February. (The Hollywood Reporter) Who’s to Blame?: Filmmaker Andrew Rossi contends that a negative review by Michael Kinsley, published in The New York Times, “probably cut ... box office in half, at least” for Rossi’s documentary Page One: Inside The New York Times. Kinsley, who is not a film critic and...
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- 12/30/2011
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
2011 has been a fantastic year for documentaries. In fact, you might see more than one on our best films of 2011 list. But in order to give the genre the recognition it deserves, we wanted to highlight all those that missed the cut. These films often provide more engaging drama with their veracity and technique than most narrative features and it killed us to skip over some we loved.
Just to mention a few that didn’t make the cut in no particular order: Tabloid, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Public Speaking, George Harrison: Living In The Material World, Self Made, Project Nim, The Swell Season, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Page One: Inside the New York Times and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. But we’ve narrowed it down to just ten with write-ups from our own John Fink, unless otherwise noted. Check them out...
Just to mention a few that didn’t make the cut in no particular order: Tabloid, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Public Speaking, George Harrison: Living In The Material World, Self Made, Project Nim, The Swell Season, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Page One: Inside the New York Times and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. But we’ve narrowed it down to just ten with write-ups from our own John Fink, unless otherwise noted. Check them out...
- 12/29/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist won another award earlier today from Us-based film critics. The Phoenix Film Critics Society chose the French-made (mostly) silent comedy-drama as the Best Film of 2011. Hazanavicius (right) was also chosen as Best Director and as the writer of the Best Original Screenplay, while The Artist's leading man, Jean Dujardin, was the Best Actor and the film's leading lady, Bérénice Bejo, was the Best Supporting Actress. (Sometimes there's a fine line between what amounts to a leading or a supporting role.) Additionally, The Artist was cited for Best Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design. [Full list of Phoenix Film Critics winners.] Despite The Artist's sweep, several other movies managed to come out victorious in Phoenix as well: Martha Marcy May Marlene's Elizabeth Olsen was a relatively unusual choice for Best Actress — Michelle Williams has been dominating that field for My Week with Marilyn, though Olsen has been often...
- 12/28/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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