Guest Reviewer Lee Broughton is back, with a rodent roundup of horror, or more accurately, psychological suspense interrupted by a few salacious slayings. What would Mickey say?
The brief synopses of Daniel Mann’s Willard and Phil Karlson’s Ben that appeared in the horror movie books and magazines that kids in the UK loved to pore over during the late 1970s always gave the impression that this pair of killer rat films were hardcore horror shows.
In truth, the actual horror content of both films is relatively mild and infrequent. In spite of this, Willard and Ben still tend to be discussed in terms of their relation to the often more extreme movies that appeared in the “animals attack” cycle of horror films that flourished during the 1970s.
That particular subgenre represents something of a niche interest area that is governed by a pretty tight set of boundaries. The...
The brief synopses of Daniel Mann’s Willard and Phil Karlson’s Ben that appeared in the horror movie books and magazines that kids in the UK loved to pore over during the late 1970s always gave the impression that this pair of killer rat films were hardcore horror shows.
In truth, the actual horror content of both films is relatively mild and infrequent. In spite of this, Willard and Ben still tend to be discussed in terms of their relation to the often more extreme movies that appeared in the “animals attack” cycle of horror films that flourished during the 1970s.
That particular subgenre represents something of a niche interest area that is governed by a pretty tight set of boundaries. The...
- 11/11/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Representing a growing microgenre of "they knew everybody!" documentary portraits (think of the recent Danny Says), Drew Stone's Who the F**ck is That Guy shows how total, unabashed music fandom took a nobody from New York City's far reaches to the heart of the music business. Starting off as just a kid who attended every live show he could manage, Michael Alago soon become a tastemaker who (among other things) helped introduce the world to Metallica. Despite its very modest production values and narrow scope, this friendly doc is one more small chapter in the ongoing oral history of Downtown...
- 7/21/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Danny Haulk, 61, always keeps his wife’s heartbeat close to his own — thanks to an unusual gift from one of the nurses who cared for her in the days before she died.
“We’re beating together, we’re still beating together. We’re together in spirit — I love her very much,” Danny tells People of his late wife, Nelia Haulk.
Nelia died in December 2016 following a three-year battle with cancer. For decades, she had dedicated her life to caring for others as a nurse.
So it’s no surprise that she bonded with the nurses who cared for her at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte,...
“We’re beating together, we’re still beating together. We’re together in spirit — I love her very much,” Danny tells People of his late wife, Nelia Haulk.
Nelia died in December 2016 following a three-year battle with cancer. For decades, she had dedicated her life to caring for others as a nurse.
So it’s no surprise that she bonded with the nurses who cared for her at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte,...
- 5/22/2017
- by Michelle Boudin
- PEOPLE.com
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.
Three New Movies May Have Trouble Making Much of a Mark
After a couple impressive March weekends with one new box office record, and a couple impressive openings, we’re now into April, and of the new movies, there just doesn’t seem like anything can defeat last week’s powerful duo of DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby--which exceeded all predictions with $49 million, taking the top spot from Beauty and the Beast. Ghost in the Shell didn’t even do as well as I thought it may, opening with just $19 million, those late reviews helping to kill its weekend.
Sony Pictures Animation are giving the loveable blue Smurfs a third go at American audiences with The Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony), after two previous movies,...
Three New Movies May Have Trouble Making Much of a Mark
After a couple impressive March weekends with one new box office record, and a couple impressive openings, we’re now into April, and of the new movies, there just doesn’t seem like anything can defeat last week’s powerful duo of DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby--which exceeded all predictions with $49 million, taking the top spot from Beauty and the Beast. Ghost in the Shell didn’t even do as well as I thought it may, opening with just $19 million, those late reviews helping to kill its weekend.
Sony Pictures Animation are giving the loveable blue Smurfs a third go at American audiences with The Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony), after two previous movies,...
- 4/7/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Legendary music photographer Mick Rock is the first to admit that he may have mistaken his surname for his destiny — or maybe it’s that his surname simply was his destiny. Of course, it wouldn’t have meant very much had he been born in another time, or even in another place, but that wasn’t how the cards were dealt. Michael David Rock was born in Britain in 1948, one year and a few miles away from a man who would eventually come to feel that “Bowie” suited him better than “Jones.” And so, from the very start, Mick Rock was on something of a collision course with rock and roll, a passenger waiting to make good on his one-way ticket to the soul of the 20th century.
If “Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock” stands slightly above the recent onslaught of docs about people on the periphery of the music world (e.
If “Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock” stands slightly above the recent onslaught of docs about people on the periphery of the music world (e.
- 4/6/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
James Hunt Mar 21, 2017
Episode four is definitely a leap up in terms of quality for Iron Fist. Here are our Eight Diagram Dragon Palm viewing notes...
These viewing notes contain spoilers.
See related Netflix's Stranger Things: Shawn Levy interview Netflix's Stranger Things: spotting the movie references
Iron Fist, the fourth and final member of the Defenders, has finally made his debut. As with previous Netflix series, we’ll be reviewing an episode a day highlighting the characters, reference points and easter eggs we spotted. Feel free to read along as you watch too, but please don’t spoil future episodes for anyone in the comments!
Episode 4 is definitely a leap up in terms of quality for Iron Fist, in that it at least resembles the show it probably should’ve been from the start. Brought into Rand-Meachum and aware of Harold’s fight against the Hand, Danny attempts...
Episode four is definitely a leap up in terms of quality for Iron Fist. Here are our Eight Diagram Dragon Palm viewing notes...
These viewing notes contain spoilers.
See related Netflix's Stranger Things: Shawn Levy interview Netflix's Stranger Things: spotting the movie references
Iron Fist, the fourth and final member of the Defenders, has finally made his debut. As with previous Netflix series, we’ll be reviewing an episode a day highlighting the characters, reference points and easter eggs we spotted. Feel free to read along as you watch too, but please don’t spoil future episodes for anyone in the comments!
Episode 4 is definitely a leap up in terms of quality for Iron Fist, in that it at least resembles the show it probably should’ve been from the start. Brought into Rand-Meachum and aware of Harold’s fight against the Hand, Danny attempts...
- 3/21/2017
- Den of Geek
Back on Track: Interview with star of T2: Trainspotting, Jonny Lee MillerBack on Track: Interview with star of T2: Trainspotting, Jonny Lee MillerJulide Tanriverdi - Cineplex Magazine3/14/2017 10:01:00 Am
When, in June 2016, rumour got out that director Danny Boyle had started filming the sequel to his cult hit Trainspotting people got very excited.
Paparazzi and fans alike flocked to the Edinburgh set and disrupted filming, making it tough for the filmmakers to keep anything secret. “They were trying to shelter our costumes. They had umbrellas and were like, ‘Put your hood on when you get your hair done,’” recalls Jonny Lee Miller, who once again plays platinum-blond drug addict Sick Boy. “Danny said, ‘It’s like f--king Star Wars up here.’ There was a level of excitement which was quite alarming.”
The 1996 film was an unexpected sensation and made instant stars out of Miller and his co-stars Ewan McGregor,...
When, in June 2016, rumour got out that director Danny Boyle had started filming the sequel to his cult hit Trainspotting people got very excited.
Paparazzi and fans alike flocked to the Edinburgh set and disrupted filming, making it tough for the filmmakers to keep anything secret. “They were trying to shelter our costumes. They had umbrellas and were like, ‘Put your hood on when you get your hair done,’” recalls Jonny Lee Miller, who once again plays platinum-blond drug addict Sick Boy. “Danny said, ‘It’s like f--king Star Wars up here.’ There was a level of excitement which was quite alarming.”
The 1996 film was an unexpected sensation and made instant stars out of Miller and his co-stars Ewan McGregor,...
- 3/14/2017
- by Julide Tanriverdi - Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
Music industry figure Danny Fields – who knew Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground – is a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar in this engaging documentary
Danny Fields is one of those mysterious figures in the music industry you often see in black and white band photographs grinning away with his arms around the talent, too hip-looking to be a venue manager, too square to be a dealer. Turns out, he’s an interesting character, a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar even now in his late 70s, who has had a varied music business career, and who was canny about keeping recordings of conversations , which enrich this documentary by Brendan Toller. A hyper-smart, gay, Jewish boy from Queens who studied law at Harvard, he became a music journalist and was the guy who reported in the Us that John Lennon had said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
Danny Fields is one of those mysterious figures in the music industry you often see in black and white band photographs grinning away with his arms around the talent, too hip-looking to be a venue manager, too square to be a dealer. Turns out, he’s an interesting character, a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar even now in his late 70s, who has had a varied music business career, and who was canny about keeping recordings of conversations , which enrich this documentary by Brendan Toller. A hyper-smart, gay, Jewish boy from Queens who studied law at Harvard, he became a music journalist and was the guy who reported in the Us that John Lennon had said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
- 1/26/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Independent film veteran Ira Deutchman has received the first annual Spotlight Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the distribution and exhibition of independent films. The award was created by advertising company Spotlight Cinema Networks in partnership with the Art House Convergence.
Read More: Why Indie Producing Veteran Ira Deutchman Is Moving From Films to Broadway
Deutchman has been distributing, marketing and making independent films for more than 40 years, working on some of the most successful and acclaimed indie titles of our time. He received the award Tuesday night at a dinner following Art House Convergence’s annual conference.
“Ira Deutchman is a legendary figure in the world of independent film distribution, marketing and production,” Spotlight Cinema Networks chief executive officer Jerry Rakfeldt said in a statement. “His creativity, passion and business acumen have helped shape, nurture and expand the independent film industry.”
Deutchman has worked on more than 150 films,...
Read More: Why Indie Producing Veteran Ira Deutchman Is Moving From Films to Broadway
Deutchman has been distributing, marketing and making independent films for more than 40 years, working on some of the most successful and acclaimed indie titles of our time. He received the award Tuesday night at a dinner following Art House Convergence’s annual conference.
“Ira Deutchman is a legendary figure in the world of independent film distribution, marketing and production,” Spotlight Cinema Networks chief executive officer Jerry Rakfeldt said in a statement. “His creativity, passion and business acumen have helped shape, nurture and expand the independent film industry.”
Deutchman has worked on more than 150 films,...
- 1/18/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Iggy Pop and Thurston Moore have teamed up to talk music, their careers and jam out together in a new three-part documentary series, “I’ve Nothing But My Name.”
Produced by Rough Trade, the first installment of the “in conversation” docuseries features the iconic punk rocker and former Sonic Youth singer and guitarist at Iggy’s home in Miami. The name of the project stems from Iggy’s song “American Valhalla,” featured on his latest album “Post Pop Depression.”
Read More: ‘Danny Says’ Clip: Iggy Pop and Danny Fields Recall Their Crazy Times in the Punk Scene
The two musicians discuss The Stooges’ experimentation with their sound, their influence on Sonic Youth, and how Iggy once wrote 12 essays on his former sexual partners, which he tried to have published. The video also includes the duo jamming out to Chuck Berry’s famous tune “Johnny B. Good” around the 15:50 mark.
Produced by Rough Trade, the first installment of the “in conversation” docuseries features the iconic punk rocker and former Sonic Youth singer and guitarist at Iggy’s home in Miami. The name of the project stems from Iggy’s song “American Valhalla,” featured on his latest album “Post Pop Depression.”
Read More: ‘Danny Says’ Clip: Iggy Pop and Danny Fields Recall Their Crazy Times in the Punk Scene
The two musicians discuss The Stooges’ experimentation with their sound, their influence on Sonic Youth, and how Iggy once wrote 12 essays on his former sexual partners, which he tried to have published. The video also includes the duo jamming out to Chuck Berry’s famous tune “Johnny B. Good” around the 15:50 mark.
- 12/27/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
(Brooklyn, NY . November 3, 2016) . The Broadcast Film Critics. Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) announced the winners of the inaugural Critics. Choice Documentary Awards tonight at a gala event, hosted by Penn Jillette at Bric in Brooklyn.
Oj: Made in America took home the most awards for the evening with Best Documentary (Theatrical Feature), Best Director (Theatrical Feature) for Ezra Edelman, Best Limited Documentary Series and Best Sports Documentary.
13th won three awards for Best Documentary (TV/Streaming), Best Political Documentary and Best Director (TV/Streaming) for Ava DuVernay.
The Best First Documentary (TV/Streaming) was a tie, with awards going to both Jacob Bernstein and Nick Hooker for Everything is Copy: Nora Ephron: Scripted and Unscripted. and Deborah Esquenazi for Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four. Jack Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg won Best First Documentary (Theatrical Feature) for Weiner.
The Beatles:...
Oj: Made in America took home the most awards for the evening with Best Documentary (Theatrical Feature), Best Director (Theatrical Feature) for Ezra Edelman, Best Limited Documentary Series and Best Sports Documentary.
13th won three awards for Best Documentary (TV/Streaming), Best Political Documentary and Best Director (TV/Streaming) for Ava DuVernay.
The Best First Documentary (TV/Streaming) was a tie, with awards going to both Jacob Bernstein and Nick Hooker for Everything is Copy: Nora Ephron: Scripted and Unscripted. and Deborah Esquenazi for Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four. Jack Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg won Best First Documentary (Theatrical Feature) for Weiner.
The Beatles:...
- 11/4/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
A total of 145 feature documentaries were submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 89th Academy Awards.
Out of those films the members of the Academy’s documentary branch will select a shortlist of 15 features that will be announced in December, and the five nominations will be announced on January 24.
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Among the titles included in the list are Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” the Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner “Weiner” by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, Raoul Peck’s Toronto Film Festival Audience Award winner “I Am Not Your Negro,” the visually stunning “Voyage of Time: The Imax Experience” by Terrence Malik and Otto Bell’s “The Eagle Huntress.”
Read More: Oscars 2017: 10 Documentary Shorts Vie for Nominations
This year Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees’ film “Amy” about British singer Amy Winehouse...
Out of those films the members of the Academy’s documentary branch will select a shortlist of 15 features that will be announced in December, and the five nominations will be announced on January 24.
Read More: Documentary, Now: Three Rock Stars Who Run the Fast-Changing Non-Fiction World
Among the titles included in the list are Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” the Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner “Weiner” by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, Raoul Peck’s Toronto Film Festival Audience Award winner “I Am Not Your Negro,” the visually stunning “Voyage of Time: The Imax Experience” by Terrence Malik and Otto Bell’s “The Eagle Huntress.”
Read More: Oscars 2017: 10 Documentary Shorts Vie for Nominations
This year Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees’ film “Amy” about British singer Amy Winehouse...
- 10/29/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
It's Halloween on the Big Island, when Jerry and Max come out to play.
Yes, that's right, Max is back on Hawaii Five-0 Season 7 Episode 6. (Hopefully that doesn't mean the fill-in M.E. will totally disappear, but she probably will, just like the forensics guy who was crushing on Kono.) Max is refreshed, and newly wed, after his hiatus with Doctors Without Borders.
Even better, continuing his costumes depicting the reputed film legacy of Keanu Reeves, he's stylishly dressed up as John Wick this Halloween.
Max is back in fine form, spouting a mouthful of medical jargon until he finally dumbs it down for his colleagues.
Whatever it is that she saw, it literally scared her to death.
Max Permalink: Whatever it is that she saw, it literally scared her to death. Added: October 28, 2016
The case itself took a circuitous route back to where it started, with the innocuous medium's assistant,...
Yes, that's right, Max is back on Hawaii Five-0 Season 7 Episode 6. (Hopefully that doesn't mean the fill-in M.E. will totally disappear, but she probably will, just like the forensics guy who was crushing on Kono.) Max is refreshed, and newly wed, after his hiatus with Doctors Without Borders.
Even better, continuing his costumes depicting the reputed film legacy of Keanu Reeves, he's stylishly dressed up as John Wick this Halloween.
Max is back in fine form, spouting a mouthful of medical jargon until he finally dumbs it down for his colleagues.
Whatever it is that she saw, it literally scared her to death.
Max Permalink: Whatever it is that she saw, it literally scared her to death. Added: October 28, 2016
The case itself took a circuitous route back to where it started, with the innocuous medium's assistant,...
- 10/29/2016
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
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.
This Past Weekend:
In one of the busier weekends of the month, two of the movies did better than I predicted and two did worse. The real winner of the weekend was Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, which did far better than anyone thought with an opening weekend of $28.5 million in just 2,260 theaters or $12,611 per theater. It ended up completely demolishing Tom Cruise’s action sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which opened in almost 1,500 more theaters, but at least that ended up around where I predicted with $22.9 million. Ouija: Origin of Evil came out slightly below my prediction to take third place with $14 million, while the Fox comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses bombed even worse than I expected with $5.5 million in 3,000 theaters.
This Past Weekend:
In one of the busier weekends of the month, two of the movies did better than I predicted and two did worse. The real winner of the weekend was Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, which did far better than anyone thought with an opening weekend of $28.5 million in just 2,260 theaters or $12,611 per theater. It ended up completely demolishing Tom Cruise’s action sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which opened in almost 1,500 more theaters, but at least that ended up around where I predicted with $22.9 million. Ouija: Origin of Evil came out slightly below my prediction to take third place with $14 million, while the Fox comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses bombed even worse than I expected with $5.5 million in 3,000 theaters.
- 10/26/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Tony Stone’s “Peter and the Farm” garnered acclaim out of its premiere at the True/False Film Festival and now it’s finally receiving a theatrical and VOD release. The film is a portrait of Peter Dunning, rugged individualist and proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm in Vermont, whose only company are the animals he tends. During the film, he confronts his legacy, including his alcoholism, his failed marriages and self-destructive tendencies. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: True/False Film Festival Review: Entertaining, Heartbreaking Documentary ‘Peter And The Farm’
“I have known Peter since I met him at the Brattleboro, Vermont farmer’s market when I was nine years old but had never gone to his farm,” said Stone in a director’s statement. “The rest of the crew had met Peter at the market on visits with me. Everyone was always drawn by...
Read More: True/False Film Festival Review: Entertaining, Heartbreaking Documentary ‘Peter And The Farm’
“I have known Peter since I met him at the Brattleboro, Vermont farmer’s market when I was nine years old but had never gone to his farm,” said Stone in a director’s statement. “The rest of the crew had met Peter at the market on visits with me. Everyone was always drawn by...
- 10/24/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Los Angeles, CA (October 10, 2016) . The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics. Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Bric, in Brooklyn, New York.
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
- 10/11/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for their inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, taking place next month at a first-time gala event in Brooklyn, New York. Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America” and Clay Tweel’s “Gleason” lead the pack of nominees, with five nominations each. Other nominees include Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” the gob-smacking “Weiner” and recent Netflix features “Amanda Knox” and “Audrie & Daisy.”
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
- 10/10/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's essential book on New York's Seventies subcultural scene, the authors dedicate their work to Danny Fields, "forever the coolest guy in the room." He may not be a household name, but as a manager, publicist, label exec and journalist, Fields was always at the center of every important rock movement for two decades – the six-degrees-of-separation connection between the Beatles and "Beat on the Brat."
Danny Says, a new doc on the music-industry multi-hyphenate currently in theaters,...
Danny Says, a new doc on the music-industry multi-hyphenate currently in theaters,...
- 10/7/2016
- Rollingstone.com
He managed the Ramones, helped launch the Doors, and hung around with Warhol. A new documentary puts the man behind the scenes front stage
In his diary, Andy Warhol wrote that he would love to film Danny Fields’ life story. The artist died six weeks later, but now Fields’s life has finally arrived the screen in a new documentary called, Danny Says.
Related: Ramones: 'They were outcasts who had contempt for those who rejected them'
Continue reading...
In his diary, Andy Warhol wrote that he would love to film Danny Fields’ life story. The artist died six weeks later, but now Fields’s life has finally arrived the screen in a new documentary called, Danny Says.
Related: Ramones: 'They were outcasts who had contempt for those who rejected them'
Continue reading...
- 10/7/2016
- by Melissa Locker
- The Guardian - Film News
Imagine if “Gone Girl” had been developed as a toothless network television pilot — if it had been stripped of its subversive approach to gender dynamics, bludgeoned free of its sadistic gallows humor and shot like a very special episode of “NCIS: Suburbia.” Imagine if it hadn’t been directed by a filmmaker who’s drawn to trash the way that most people are to perfume, someone who genuinely believes you can learn as much about marriage and misogyny from the novels sold at an airport bookstore as you can from those taught in a college classroom. Imagine instead that it had been directed by the guy who made “The Help.”
Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ explosively popular novel of the same name, “The Girl on the Train” is nothing if not a story that’s stuck on rails. Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) spends most of her time speaking in voiceover, if...
Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ explosively popular novel of the same name, “The Girl on the Train” is nothing if not a story that’s stuck on rails. Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) spends most of her time speaking in voiceover, if...
- 10/3/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Fall has arrived. Two new limited releases opened at the $20,000 per theater level that used to be a regular feature for New York/Los Angeles initial platform releases.
“Denial” (Bleecker Street) and “American Honey” (A24) – both from relatively new distributors who show an ability to navigate the arthouse market’s tough shoals – are the highest in this traditional release model in the two months since Roadside Attractions’ “Indignation.”
That’s a long stretch. Some distributors have chosen wider initial city play, such as Lionsgate/CBS Films’ niche leader “Hell or High Water.” But numerous films have fallen short, and neither of these new releases was an automatic sell. So these are encouraging results.
Going a bit wider, unusual for a subtitled film, Music Box’s “A Man Called Ove” sought immediate positive audience reaction to give Sweden’s Oscar submission a chance to thrive going forward.
Two recent festival doc debuts,...
“Denial” (Bleecker Street) and “American Honey” (A24) – both from relatively new distributors who show an ability to navigate the arthouse market’s tough shoals – are the highest in this traditional release model in the two months since Roadside Attractions’ “Indignation.”
That’s a long stretch. Some distributors have chosen wider initial city play, such as Lionsgate/CBS Films’ niche leader “Hell or High Water.” But numerous films have fallen short, and neither of these new releases was an automatic sell. So these are encouraging results.
Going a bit wider, unusual for a subtitled film, Music Box’s “A Man Called Ove” sought immediate positive audience reaction to give Sweden’s Oscar submission a chance to thrive going forward.
Two recent festival doc debuts,...
- 10/2/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Even though we sometimes feel like our favorite genres of music have always been as culturally embraced as they are now, they were all once gestating quietly, away from the public eye, marginalized and ridiculed for being bold and different. Jazz and blues were once seen as the devil’s music, there only to corrupt the impressionable youth into becoming slaves to that darn alcohol and wacky tabaccy. Now they both play 24/7 in coffee shops that are so square, fourth-generation yuppies think they’re too mainstream.
Continue reading Documentary ‘Danny Says’ Is A Nice Appetizer For Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Gimme Danger’ [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Documentary ‘Danny Says’ Is A Nice Appetizer For Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Gimme Danger’ [Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/30/2016
- by Oktay Ege Kozak
- The Playlist
“Mommy’s Box” is director/actor Johnny Greenlaw’s second directorial feat, and will be arriving in theaters this Friday. Before its release, IndieWire has an exclusive clip of the drama which shows a young boy making a promise to his mother. Check out the clip below.
Read More: ‘The Last Film Festival’ Clip: Dennis Hopper’s Final Film Asks ‘Why Are You in Movies?’
Greenlaw stars as Nick, a New York music producer who works with young musicians, parties too much and deals with his own demons and chemical dependency. When he gets news that his mentally unstable mother has died, he returns home to Long Island for her wake. As he discovers family secrets and confronts the lingering influence of his late mother, Nick finds a new love and a sense of spirituality he never believed in.
“Mommy’s Box” is co-written by Greenlaw and Caitlin Scherer and co-stars Carly Brooke,...
Read More: ‘The Last Film Festival’ Clip: Dennis Hopper’s Final Film Asks ‘Why Are You in Movies?’
Greenlaw stars as Nick, a New York music producer who works with young musicians, parties too much and deals with his own demons and chemical dependency. When he gets news that his mentally unstable mother has died, he returns home to Long Island for her wake. As he discovers family secrets and confronts the lingering influence of his late mother, Nick finds a new love and a sense of spirituality he never believed in.
“Mommy’s Box” is co-written by Greenlaw and Caitlin Scherer and co-stars Carly Brooke,...
- 9/29/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Some people have a knack for putting themselves at the center of history. Daniel Fields was just a middle-class kid from Queens, but — during the second half of the 20th century — he discovered the Ramones, burned down the Beatles and seemingly had sex with every gay man at Harvard in the early 1960s. He was, to quote John Cameron Mitchell, “Handmaiden to the gods, midwife to some of the most important people in music.”
And Fields will be happy to tell you all about it, recounting his glory days with the bluntness of a grandfather recording his life story for posterity and the candidness of a 75-year-old man who’s remembering it for himself. So why, after 100 minutes of listening to him ramble on about everything he’s seen and everything he’s snorted, do we still have no idea what he actually did? Why, at the end of Brendan Toller...
And Fields will be happy to tell you all about it, recounting his glory days with the bluntness of a grandfather recording his life story for posterity and the candidness of a 75-year-old man who’s remembering it for himself. So why, after 100 minutes of listening to him ramble on about everything he’s seen and everything he’s snorted, do we still have no idea what he actually did? Why, at the end of Brendan Toller...
- 9/29/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Danny says we gotta go Gotta go to Idaho But we can't go surfin' 'Cause it's 20 below Those words open The Ramones' song "Danny Says," from their woefully under appreciated Phil Spector produced 1980 album, End of the Century. That was what I knew of Danny Fields before seeing Brendan Toller's illuminating documentary Danny Says. The film traces Fields' roots back to his childhood in Queens, and follows his almost unbelievable journey alongside American pop culture in the late '60s and '70s as he shepherds one incredible movement after another into the limelight during a time in American history that would change everything. You name it, Danny was there, and he was crucial. Brendan Toller's film is more than just a bunch of talking...
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- 9/29/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Danny Fields is hailed as one of the most influential figures in the history of punk rock. He’s been a music manager, publicist, journalist and is known for signing Iggy and the Stoogies, MC5, managing the Ramones and working with various other rock legends.
Now his life is being chronicled in the new documentary “Danny Says,” directed by Brendan Toller. IndieWire has an exclusive clip from the film featuring iconic punk rock star Iggy Pop recalling a wild incident with his drummer Scott Asheton and Fields talking about not being able to “give it all up.”
Read More: ‘Danny Says’ Poster: Music Industry Legend Danny Fields Finally Gets the Documentary He Deserves
Playing a pivotal role in music history, Fields’ opinions and tastes were once deemed defiant and radical, but later turned out to be prescient. In “Danny Says,” fans will get to see Fields from Harvard Law dropout,...
Now his life is being chronicled in the new documentary “Danny Says,” directed by Brendan Toller. IndieWire has an exclusive clip from the film featuring iconic punk rock star Iggy Pop recalling a wild incident with his drummer Scott Asheton and Fields talking about not being able to “give it all up.”
Read More: ‘Danny Says’ Poster: Music Industry Legend Danny Fields Finally Gets the Documentary He Deserves
Playing a pivotal role in music history, Fields’ opinions and tastes were once deemed defiant and radical, but later turned out to be prescient. In “Danny Says,” fans will get to see Fields from Harvard Law dropout,...
- 9/28/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
- 9/28/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
The music industry hasn’t traditionally earned much fame for its behind-the-scenes players—perhaps because the rock stars actually making the music are particularly difficult to outshine. Sure, the music biz has its share of names that don’t actually play instruments or produce records, but how many immediately spring to mind? Beatles manager Brian Epstein, maybe. Colonel Tom Parker. Interscope impresario Jimmy Iovine. But even those titans of the industry aren’t household names, or even close. Danny Fields, the subject of Danny Says—and of the Ramones song that gives the documentary its name—is several steps below those players on the fame ladder, though Brendan Toller’s film posits that he’s no less vital to the history of popular music.
To hear Fields tell it—and a lot of Danny Says features the man himself telling his own stories—he had great taste in forward-thinking music...
To hear Fields tell it—and a lot of Danny Says features the man himself telling his own stories—he had great taste in forward-thinking music...
- 9/28/2016
- by Josh Modell
- avclub.com
Danny Says, a new documentary about the career of one of rock's famous managers, Danny Fields, is set for release September 30th. In a new teaser, Alice Cooper spoke about Fields' business savvy. "Danny was in the middle of all of it, almost orchestrating," he said. "Those are the guys that are always in the wings, but they're always the most effective people."
Fields is most famous for being the manager of the Ramones and Iggy and the Stooges (immortalized in the Ramones tune "Danny Says"). But the documentary, directed by Brendan Toller,...
Fields is most famous for being the manager of the Ramones and Iggy and the Stooges (immortalized in the Ramones tune "Danny Says"). But the documentary, directed by Brendan Toller,...
- 9/22/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly 200 cinemas around the U.S. will celebrate the inaugural Art House Theater Day on Saturday, September 24 by showing first run and repertory screenings of movies from a variety of genres. The one-day, nationwide event is being organized by Art House Convergence, an international consortium of independent, community movie theaters.
Read More: Art House Convergence Releases Open Letter Opposing Proposed ‘Screening Room’ Platform
Participating theaters will screen at least one of four films, including the theatrical premiere of the Magnolia Pictures documentary “Danny Says,” about punk rock pioneer Danny Fields. The three other movies include a 2k restored version of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 adventure-fantasy “Time Bandits,” director Don Coscarelli’s 1979 cult sci-fi horror classic “Phantasm: Remastered,” and a one-time only presentation of “A Town Called Panic: The Specials” a collection of stop-motion animated short films featuring two new shorts.
Select theaters will also live-stream a Q&A from Austin,...
Read More: Art House Convergence Releases Open Letter Opposing Proposed ‘Screening Room’ Platform
Participating theaters will screen at least one of four films, including the theatrical premiere of the Magnolia Pictures documentary “Danny Says,” about punk rock pioneer Danny Fields. The three other movies include a 2k restored version of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 adventure-fantasy “Time Bandits,” director Don Coscarelli’s 1979 cult sci-fi horror classic “Phantasm: Remastered,” and a one-time only presentation of “A Town Called Panic: The Specials” a collection of stop-motion animated short films featuring two new shorts.
Select theaters will also live-stream a Q&A from Austin,...
- 9/22/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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- 9/11/2016
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
The first trailer has been released for the music documentary Danny Says, which combines live-action footage and pictures with animation to tell the story of Danny Fields, who worked for a slew of artists from Lou Reed to the Doors. Starting as a whiz kid at Harvard, Fields dropped out and went on to be the Director of Publicity at Elektra Records, which opened the doors to his career in the music industry.
Aside from his work with massive artists, Fields also managed hugely successful acts such as the Stooges and the Ramones. The docu charts his life and career, with colorful, sparse animation and talking-head interviews. See the trailer below, along with a poster, ahead of a release later next month.
Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late...
Aside from his work with massive artists, Fields also managed hugely successful acts such as the Stooges and the Ramones. The docu charts his life and career, with colorful, sparse animation and talking-head interviews. See the trailer below, along with a poster, ahead of a release later next month.
Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late...
- 8/12/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
When Alice Cooper says you're "at the pulse of the underground," you're at the pulse of the underground. Nobody challenges that.
That's how the rock legend describes music-industry legend Danny Fields, the subject of the trailer for the new documentary Danny Says. The documentary, which premiered at SXSW last year, chronicles Fields' life, and examines his context in the rock history books — as Iggy Pop puts it, "Danny's a connector, he's a fuel line, a place where things are liable to erupt."
"He's been a handmaiden to the gods...some...
That's how the rock legend describes music-industry legend Danny Fields, the subject of the trailer for the new documentary Danny Says. The documentary, which premiered at SXSW last year, chronicles Fields' life, and examines his context in the rock history books — as Iggy Pop puts it, "Danny's a connector, he's a fuel line, a place where things are liable to erupt."
"He's been a handmaiden to the gods...some...
- 8/11/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Prepare to meet Danny Fields. A music industry whiz kid who helped make punk rock, well, punk rock, Fields has lived a thousand lives since his rise in the ’60s. A music manager, publicist, journalist and author, Fields has done it all, even though he could have quite easily rested on certain career highlights like “signed and managed Iggy and the Stooges” or “signed the MC5” or “managed The Ramones” or “worked with Jim Morrison and The Velvet Underground.” And that’s just a taste of Fields’ wide-ranging career.
So what could possibly be next for Fields? How about his very own documentary? “Danny Says,” from filmmaker Brendan Toller, promises to deliver a full look at Fields’ live and legacy (as aided by the man himself), complete with something for both music industry veterans and newbies looking to see where it all began.
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So what could possibly be next for Fields? How about his very own documentary? “Danny Says,” from filmmaker Brendan Toller, promises to deliver a full look at Fields’ live and legacy (as aided by the man himself), complete with something for both music industry veterans and newbies looking to see where it all began.
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- 8/1/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Art House Convergence, which hosts an annual conference during the Sundance Film Festival, is expanding the scope of its mission. Following on the annual success of Record Store Day, Ahc has announced that the first Art House Theater Day will take place on September 24. Participating theaters will offer exclusive programming, including sneak previews, repertory screenings, giveaways, filmmaker visits, live music and parties.
Read More: Art House Convergence Releases Open Letter Opposing Proposed ‘Screening Room’ Platform
“Art House Theater Day is a chance to show film-lovers that their local theaters are part of a larger cultural movement,” said Ahtd co-founder Gabriel Chicoine. “These cinemas are not passive, insular venues — they are passion-driven institutions that collaborate with distributors, filmmakers, and each other to deepen film appreciation and to increase the diversity and artistic integrity of what you see on the big screen.” Though the lion’s share of programming remains to be announced,...
Read More: Art House Convergence Releases Open Letter Opposing Proposed ‘Screening Room’ Platform
“Art House Theater Day is a chance to show film-lovers that their local theaters are part of a larger cultural movement,” said Ahtd co-founder Gabriel Chicoine. “These cinemas are not passive, insular venues — they are passion-driven institutions that collaborate with distributors, filmmakers, and each other to deepen film appreciation and to increase the diversity and artistic integrity of what you see on the big screen.” Though the lion’s share of programming remains to be announced,...
- 6/28/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Read: SXSW: 7 Must-See Music Documentaries At This Year's Festival Magnolia Pictures has picked up worldwide distribution rights to a documentary chronicling the life and times of former music executive and punk legend, Danny Fields. From Velvet Underground to The Doors, Iggy and the Stooges to the Ramones, the "godfather of punk" has worked with them all, accumulating along the way his fair share of stories that range from the bewildering to the profound and empathetic. Along with Danny Fields' tales of debauchery and hedonism, the new doc "Danny Says" explores the rise of the young music enthusiast from a Harvard Law School dropout to a leading music industry figure. "'Danny Says' is a flat-out gas," said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. "In spite of the fact that Danny helped introduce to the world some of the most transformative artists and scenes in rock and roll, his accomplishments take...
- 1/12/2016
- by Riyad Mammadyarov
- Indiewire
Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Danny Says, a new documentary directed by Brendan Toller chronicling the iconic life and times of the influential punk and rock figure Danny Fields who worked for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and later managed the likes of the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones (the docu title is from a Ramones song). A theatrical bow this year is planned. The film features candid commentary from Fields as well as Iggy…...
- 1/12/2016
- Deadline
Plus: The Little Prince to open Santa Barbara fest; former Screendaily head critic on Sundance jury; and more…
Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival has struck a partnership with Google on a seminar series addressing gender and racial gaps in the film industry. Festival top brass additionally announced 21 features in the line-up, all of which are directed by women. The 33rd edition of the festival runs from March 4-13. Click here for the full roster.
The Us premiere of The Little Prince and Marguerite bookend the Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented by Ugg, set to run from February 3-13. The festival will present 52 world premieres and 53 Us premieres and the programme includes the Us premiere of Terrance Malick’s Knight Of Cups. For the full line-up of films and honourees click here.Sundance Institute has announced the festival juries featuring Edinburgh International Film Festival artistic director and former Screen International head critic Mark Adams on the...
Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival has struck a partnership with Google on a seminar series addressing gender and racial gaps in the film industry. Festival top brass additionally announced 21 features in the line-up, all of which are directed by women. The 33rd edition of the festival runs from March 4-13. Click here for the full roster.
The Us premiere of The Little Prince and Marguerite bookend the Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented by Ugg, set to run from February 3-13. The festival will present 52 world premieres and 53 Us premieres and the programme includes the Us premiere of Terrance Malick’s Knight Of Cups. For the full line-up of films and honourees click here.Sundance Institute has announced the festival juries featuring Edinburgh International Film Festival artistic director and former Screen International head critic Mark Adams on the...
- 1/12/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Nothing fits the music documentary format quite so compellingly as a life cut tragically short. In addition to the ready-made dramatic arc, a subject who leaves this mortal coil before their time usually also leaves a certain amount of mystery in their wake, providing ample grist for filmmakers (and the folks they interview) to chew on.
Even when the hows and whys of an artist's tragic exit are a matter of uncontroversial record, questions of "What might have been?" inevitably linger over their prematurely truncated discography — in itself a far...
Even when the hows and whys of an artist's tragic exit are a matter of uncontroversial record, questions of "What might have been?" inevitably linger over their prematurely truncated discography — in itself a far...
- 12/31/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Absence makes the heart grow fonder — and it definitely makes the heart forget about how the heart’s fiancé wants the heart to give up her professional goals and dreams.
That’s the situation on this week’s Mindy Project, in which Danny is back after a long visit with his ailing dad (yay!) and wants to set a date for the wedding (yay again!) but completely reverts to AggroDan upon hearing that Mindy has started a side business while he was gone — after all, won’t Leo just shrivel and grow up to be a serial killer if she’s not a stay-at-home mom?...
That’s the situation on this week’s Mindy Project, in which Danny is back after a long visit with his ailing dad (yay!) and wants to set a date for the wedding (yay again!) but completely reverts to AggroDan upon hearing that Mindy has started a side business while he was gone — after all, won’t Leo just shrivel and grow up to be a serial killer if she’s not a stay-at-home mom?...
- 11/24/2015
- TVLine.com
Long before he wrote the wild, dramatic score for Batman and the twisted song cycle that runs through the beloved Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman's original claim to cinematic fame was far quirkier than anything he'd ever dream up for Tim Burton: He portrayed Satan, dressed in a long-tail white tux, conducting an orchestra of goblins in a run-through of every "hidey-hidey-hidey-ho" in Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher." The episode, in the campy 1980 cult hit Forbidden Zone, found the redheaded composer wiggling, shimmying and writhing as he...
- 11/6/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Danny says we gotta goGotta go to IdahoBut we can't go surfin''Cause it's 20 belowThose words open The Ramones' song Danny Says, from their woefully under appreciated Phil Spector produced 1980 album, End of the Century. That was what I knew of Danny Fields before seeing Brendan Toller's illuminating documentary Danny Says. The film traces Fields' roots back to his childhood in Queens, and follows his almost unbelievable journey alongside American pop culture in the late '60s and '70s as he shepherds one incredible movement after another into the limelight during a time in American history that would change everything. You name it, Danny was there, and he was crucial.Brendan Toller's film is more than just a bunch of talking heads pontificating on the importance...
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- 6/19/2015
- Screen Anarchy
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