90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? Season 8 sees the return of Alexei and Loren Brovarnik, and ahead of Sunday’s episode, she shared that she moved out of her Florida apartment. Remember, the last time TLC showed the couple, they were thinking about going to Israel, but her parents objected. Are they going anyway? Read on to find out.
Loren Brovarnik & Alexei Still Have Stories To Film?
The TLC couple’s been on the franchise for what seems like forever. Originally, they were on Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance but stuck around since 2015 in various spinoffs. Fans saw them meet, marry, and welcome baby Shai in 2020. Next came Asher in 2021, and finally, Ariel, their daughter, in 2022. Surprised by their return, some fans felt they had no more stories to tell.
90 Day Fiance Star Loren Brovarnik Moves Out Of Her Old Apartment – Instagram
Loren Brovarnik delves into her reasons for...
Loren Brovarnik & Alexei Still Have Stories To Film?
The TLC couple’s been on the franchise for what seems like forever. Originally, they were on Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance but stuck around since 2015 in various spinoffs. Fans saw them meet, marry, and welcome baby Shai in 2020. Next came Asher in 2021, and finally, Ariel, their daughter, in 2022. Surprised by their return, some fans felt they had no more stories to tell.
90 Day Fiance Star Loren Brovarnik Moves Out Of Her Old Apartment – Instagram
Loren Brovarnik delves into her reasons for...
- 5/18/2024
- by James Michael
- TV Shows Ace
British comedian Joe Lycett has revealed that, in the last month, he has planted four fake stories in the British media.
The Guardian newspaper reports that, on his Friday evening TV show, Late Night Lycett, the presenter – who has previously created fake walk-outs on chat shows, and doorstepped public figures – revealed four stories that he told the audience he invented, but were picked up and covered by UK newspapers and TV.
The four stories he said he fabricated were:
A footballer suffering with a bruise in the shape of Prince Harry; A statue of ‘H’ from UK pop group Steps being erected in his Welsh hometown (this story was also confirmed as fake by H aka musician Ian Watkins); Research showing that men from Birmingham (Lycett’s hometown) are the largest endowed in the UK; A mural of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz film being drawn by undercover graffiti artist Banksy.
The Guardian newspaper reports that, on his Friday evening TV show, Late Night Lycett, the presenter – who has previously created fake walk-outs on chat shows, and doorstepped public figures – revealed four stories that he told the audience he invented, but were picked up and covered by UK newspapers and TV.
The four stories he said he fabricated were:
A footballer suffering with a bruise in the shape of Prince Harry; A statue of ‘H’ from UK pop group Steps being erected in his Welsh hometown (this story was also confirmed as fake by H aka musician Ian Watkins); Research showing that men from Birmingham (Lycett’s hometown) are the largest endowed in the UK; A mural of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz film being drawn by undercover graffiti artist Banksy.
- 4/13/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Clockwise from top left: Vera Drew in The People’s Joker, Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again, and Jay Underwood in Fantastic FourPhoto: Altered Innocence, Screenshot: YouTube, YouTube
We live in a world dominated by intellectual property. Save for Oppenheimer and The Sound Of Freedom, last year’s 10 highest-grossing...
We live in a world dominated by intellectual property. Save for Oppenheimer and The Sound Of Freedom, last year’s 10 highest-grossing...
- 4/9/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Alana Hadid, the fashion designer and sister of models Bella and Gigi, is spearheading film production and distribution label Watermelon Pictures.
The firm’s website describes Watermelon as a “Palestinian-owned independent film distribution, production, and financing” outfit.
The company will focus on “cultural representation and social advocacy, and be dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented filmmakers across the globe”.
The first movie on the label is documentary Walled Off about the Walled Off Hotel, a Palestinian managed-hotel which was financed and designed by British street artist Banksy and is located in Bethlehem opposite the Israeli West Bank barrier wall. The film looks at the lives of Palestinians living in the area and discusses the importance of creative resistance as a form of protest.
Pic is written and directed by Vin Arfuso, an American filmmaker of Palestinian and Italian descent, and will get a limited theatrical run and digital release in the U.
The firm’s website describes Watermelon as a “Palestinian-owned independent film distribution, production, and financing” outfit.
The company will focus on “cultural representation and social advocacy, and be dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented filmmakers across the globe”.
The first movie on the label is documentary Walled Off about the Walled Off Hotel, a Palestinian managed-hotel which was financed and designed by British street artist Banksy and is located in Bethlehem opposite the Israeli West Bank barrier wall. The film looks at the lives of Palestinians living in the area and discusses the importance of creative resistance as a form of protest.
Pic is written and directed by Vin Arfuso, an American filmmaker of Palestinian and Italian descent, and will get a limited theatrical run and digital release in the U.
- 4/4/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive:f David Laub, a longtime distribution executive at A24, is joining Metrograph to build a new slate of theatrical releases as head of Metrograph Pictures, a label that’s been focused mainly on restorations of classic films.
Laub will consider American independent, international and documentary features, both finished films and earlier stage projects to potentially provide financing. The company is aiming to get to 10 releases a year.
“We are excited to work with a wide range of films and filmmakers, and be a robust new presence in the distribution landscape,” said Laub, who will hit the ground for Metrograph at the upcoming Berlinale and European Film Market next week.
It’s not an easy time for indie film distribution. Metrograph in is announcement said the industry “in dire need of fresh thinking and inventive distribution options.”
Laub will report to and work closely with Metrograph CEO Christian Grass, who joined...
Laub will consider American independent, international and documentary features, both finished films and earlier stage projects to potentially provide financing. The company is aiming to get to 10 releases a year.
“We are excited to work with a wide range of films and filmmakers, and be a robust new presence in the distribution landscape,” said Laub, who will hit the ground for Metrograph at the upcoming Berlinale and European Film Market next week.
It’s not an easy time for indie film distribution. Metrograph in is announcement said the industry “in dire need of fresh thinking and inventive distribution options.”
Laub will report to and work closely with Metrograph CEO Christian Grass, who joined...
- 2/6/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Two arrests have now been made after a road sign featuring work by secret street artist Banksy was photographed being removed from a road junction in south-east London.
The piece of art – a red stop sign with three military drones painted on top – was unveiled on Friday in Commercial Way, Peckham, London.
The artwork was authenticated by Banksy – who has for years operated under cover of darkness, despite much speculation as to his real identity – with a photo of the piece being uploaded to his social media account.
But a man in his twenties was arrested on Saturday after being photographed removing the sign with boltcutters, and making off with it. A video shot by onlookers shows the man reaching up to cut the sign off its post, while another man holds his bike. The first was arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage.
The police confirmed: “We are...
The piece of art – a red stop sign with three military drones painted on top – was unveiled on Friday in Commercial Way, Peckham, London.
The artwork was authenticated by Banksy – who has for years operated under cover of darkness, despite much speculation as to his real identity – with a photo of the piece being uploaded to his social media account.
But a man in his twenties was arrested on Saturday after being photographed removing the sign with boltcutters, and making off with it. A video shot by onlookers shows the man reaching up to cut the sign off its post, while another man holds his bike. The first was arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage.
The police confirmed: “We are...
- 12/25/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Last year we had our eyes open to one of Europe’s finest events on the film calendar, at the annual Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia. Needless to say after our last visit we were grateful to be invited back for the 2023 edition; the festival’s 27th year.
Taking place a little earlier in November, while the nights were still black (as advertised), the weather was crisp. Less snow, more sun – and a lot less slipping over on the icy cobbles. Another notable difference for our visit to the Estonian capital this year was that we went at the very start of the 16-day festival, able to experience and appreciate the opening night ceremony, which was a real highlight of our stay.
Taking place at the Alexela concert hall, the film was Guardians of the Formula, by Serbian filmmaker Dragan Bjelogrlic, which tells the fascinating true story of a secretive,...
Taking place a little earlier in November, while the nights were still black (as advertised), the weather was crisp. Less snow, more sun – and a lot less slipping over on the icy cobbles. Another notable difference for our visit to the Estonian capital this year was that we went at the very start of the 16-day festival, able to experience and appreciate the opening night ceremony, which was a real highlight of our stay.
Taking place at the Alexela concert hall, the film was Guardians of the Formula, by Serbian filmmaker Dragan Bjelogrlic, which tells the fascinating true story of a secretive,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Since Banksy emerged as a street artist in the early 2000s, one of the most intriguing aspects of the Bristol-based painter has been his identity. Over the years, various people have been linked to the moniker, among them Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, a comic book illustrator who also co-created Tank Girl, and Massive Attack co-founder Robert Del Naja, based on the fact that both hail from Bristol and Del Naja also dabbled in graffiti.
Now, an unearthed BBC recording from 2003 appears to confirm that Banksy is indeed a Robert, just not Del Naja.
Now, an unearthed BBC recording from 2003 appears to confirm that Banksy is indeed a Robert, just not Del Naja.
- 11/21/2023
- by Carita Rizzo
- Rollingstone.com
Who is Banksy? It is one of the art world’s, perhaps even pop culture’s, most enduring mysteries since the street artist burst onto the scene in the early 2000s. But we may be one step closer to the artist’s true identity following the recent discovery of a lost BBC interview in which Banksy appears to confirm his name.
The BBC reported on Monday that it had unearthed a 2003 interview between the young, up-and-coming street artist Banksy and the former BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench. The original recording was edited for a spot on BBC radio, which was then used as part of the BBC podcast series The Banksy Story that was released in July. But Wrench, having listened to the podcast series, was inspired to revisit the full original recording and discovered a lot more buried information about the artist that was never used.
In the discovered audio,...
The BBC reported on Monday that it had unearthed a 2003 interview between the young, up-and-coming street artist Banksy and the former BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench. The original recording was edited for a spot on BBC radio, which was then used as part of the BBC podcast series The Banksy Story that was released in July. But Wrench, having listened to the podcast series, was inspired to revisit the full original recording and discovered a lot more buried information about the artist that was never used.
In the discovered audio,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A bonus episode BBC Radio 4’s The Banksy Story features a recording of an interview with the artist, not heard for 20 years and broadcast in full for the first time. This follows what is believed to be Banksy’s voice being broadcast in the UK for the first time earlier this year. The interview took place with former BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench...
- 11/21/2023
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
Further speakers include AI pioneers Caleb and Shelby Ward.
Renowned US producer Gale Anne Hurd and Anna Bulakh, head of ethics and partnerships at synthetic voice creator Respeecher are among the speakers for Industry Innovation Forum Tallinn (Iift), the summit held today (November 17) as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
The half-day executive-level forum will focus on Europe and Ukraine’s solidarity in film and industry, 631 days since the start of the Russian invasion; and will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the European film, content and audiovisual sectors.
Hurd will participate...
Renowned US producer Gale Anne Hurd and Anna Bulakh, head of ethics and partnerships at synthetic voice creator Respeecher are among the speakers for Industry Innovation Forum Tallinn (Iift), the summit held today (November 17) as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
The half-day executive-level forum will focus on Europe and Ukraine’s solidarity in film and industry, 631 days since the start of the Russian invasion; and will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the European film, content and audiovisual sectors.
Hurd will participate...
- 11/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Further speakers include AI pioneers Caleb and Shelby Ward.
Renowned US producer Gale Anne Hurd and Anna Bulakh, head of ethics and partnerships at synthetic voice creator Respeecher are among the speakers for Industry Innovation Forum Tallinn (Iift), the summit held today (November 17) as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
The half-day executive-level forum will focus on Europe and Ukraine’s solidarity in film and industry, 631 days since the start of the Russian invasion; and will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the European film, content and audiovisual sectors.
Hurd will participate...
Renowned US producer Gale Anne Hurd and Anna Bulakh, head of ethics and partnerships at synthetic voice creator Respeecher are among the speakers for Industry Innovation Forum Tallinn (Iift), the summit held today (November 17) as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
The half-day executive-level forum will focus on Europe and Ukraine’s solidarity in film and industry, 631 days since the start of the Russian invasion; and will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the European film, content and audiovisual sectors.
Hurd will participate...
- 11/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Further speakers include AI pioneers Caleb and Shelby Ward.
The Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd and Anna Bulakh, head of ethics and partnerships at synthetic voice creator Respeecher are among the speakers for Industry Innovation Forum Tallinn (Iift), the summit held today (November 17) as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
The half-day executive-level forum will focus on Europe and Ukraine’s solidarity in film and industry, 631 days since the start of the Russian invasion; and will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the European film, content and audiovisual sectors.
Hurd will participate...
The Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd and Anna Bulakh, head of ethics and partnerships at synthetic voice creator Respeecher are among the speakers for Industry Innovation Forum Tallinn (Iift), the summit held today (November 17) as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
The half-day executive-level forum will focus on Europe and Ukraine’s solidarity in film and industry, 631 days since the start of the Russian invasion; and will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the European film, content and audiovisual sectors.
Hurd will participate...
- 11/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
A well-told story ends when the credits roll, but not so documentaries. There, in most cases, the lives of the people depicted on-screen continue on, transformed by the fact of being filmed — and even more by whatever attention the project ignites in the culture at large. That’s why, in the hundreds of post-screening Q&As I’ve seen for docs over the years, the same questions come up virtually without fail: What’s happened since? How are the movie’s subjects doing now?
In “Subject,” co-directors Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall catch up with the people at the center of several major documentaries — from “Hoop Dreams” and “The Wolfpack” to “Capturing the Friedmans” and “The Staircase” — to see how their involvement in such projects changed their lives. That may be the hook that lures in audiences, though the film is far more than just a years-later epilogue to those high-profile docs.
In “Subject,” co-directors Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall catch up with the people at the center of several major documentaries — from “Hoop Dreams” and “The Wolfpack” to “Capturing the Friedmans” and “The Staircase” — to see how their involvement in such projects changed their lives. That may be the hook that lures in audiences, though the film is far more than just a years-later epilogue to those high-profile docs.
- 11/6/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
UK director George Amponsah’s thriller Gassed Up has won the London Film Festival (Lff) Audience Award for Best Feature in the 67th edition running from October 4 to 15, as the event also posts record participation.
Further Audiences Award winners, which were announced on Monday, went to The Taste of Mango for Best Documentary, Festival of Slaps for Best British Film/Work and Murals for Best Immersive Work/Xr.
Amponsah’s London-set thriller stars Stephen Odubola as a member of a moped street crime gang, who gets on the wrong side of an Albanian crime family.
Archie Maddocks co-wrote the screenplay with One Piece breakout Taz Skylar, who also appears in the film, with other cast including including Steve Toussaint (House Of The Dragon) and Tobias Jowett, soon to be seen in Nick Hamm’s upcoming epic William Tell.
The thriller marks Amponsah’s first fiction feature...
Further Audiences Award winners, which were announced on Monday, went to The Taste of Mango for Best Documentary, Festival of Slaps for Best British Film/Work and Murals for Best Immersive Work/Xr.
Amponsah’s London-set thriller stars Stephen Odubola as a member of a moped street crime gang, who gets on the wrong side of an Albanian crime family.
Archie Maddocks co-wrote the screenplay with One Piece breakout Taz Skylar, who also appears in the film, with other cast including including Steve Toussaint (House Of The Dragon) and Tobias Jowett, soon to be seen in Nick Hamm’s upcoming epic William Tell.
The thriller marks Amponsah’s first fiction feature...
- 10/30/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
London film festival
Julia Jackman’s feature debut about two teenagers with a shared passion for music is entertaining and sympathetic if a bit formulaic
Writer-director Julia Jackman is an award-winner for her short films and now makes her feature debut at the London film festival with this teen romcom, based on an idea co-authored by Josh O’Connor – who shows up in an amusing cameo playing a masked graffiti artist and part-time body piercer with a sub-Banksy reverence for his own anonymous glamour. It’s sweet-natured and engagingly laid-back, if a bit televisual and reliant on that time-honoured staple that dates from Richard Curtis’s Love Actually: the end-of-term school show in which a romantic declaration becomes an unscripted part of the programme.
The year is 2006 and, come to think of it, this is the second Lff movie set in 2006, after Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn; perhaps it will...
Julia Jackman’s feature debut about two teenagers with a shared passion for music is entertaining and sympathetic if a bit formulaic
Writer-director Julia Jackman is an award-winner for her short films and now makes her feature debut at the London film festival with this teen romcom, based on an idea co-authored by Josh O’Connor – who shows up in an amusing cameo playing a masked graffiti artist and part-time body piercer with a sub-Banksy reverence for his own anonymous glamour. It’s sweet-natured and engagingly laid-back, if a bit televisual and reliant on that time-honoured staple that dates from Richard Curtis’s Love Actually: the end-of-term school show in which a romantic declaration becomes an unscripted part of the programme.
The year is 2006 and, come to think of it, this is the second Lff movie set in 2006, after Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn; perhaps it will...
- 10/10/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Saint Harison is lonely. On Tuesday, the singer released the poignant video for his song “More Weed, Less Friends,” which follows him coming to terms with the solitude that’s taken over his life.
“This song is my absolute baby, I wrote and produced this one all by myself and it just means the fucking world to me,” he wrote on Instagram.
The Teeeezy C-directed video sees Harison — with his bright pink hair and ironic “I Don’t Smoke” sweatshirt — singing the melancholic lyrics about fearing death from a lonesome couch.
“This song is my absolute baby, I wrote and produced this one all by myself and it just means the fucking world to me,” he wrote on Instagram.
The Teeeezy C-directed video sees Harison — with his bright pink hair and ironic “I Don’t Smoke” sweatshirt — singing the melancholic lyrics about fearing death from a lonesome couch.
- 8/8/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke are making their onscreen debut together in the dark comedy crime movie “The Kill Room.”
Directed by Nicol Paone, the film centers on art gallery owner Patrice Capullo (Thurman) who enters a money laundering scheme with the mob to save her company. The only catch? Hitman Reggie’s (Manganiello) artwork inspired by his brutal killings leads him to become the biggest name in high art since Banksy. Now his fans — and crime syndicate enemies — are clamoring to uncover the identity of the anonymous artist only know as the Bagman.
Samuel L. Jackson stars as Reggie’s boss Gordon Davis, marking a “Pulp Fiction” reunion alongside Thurman. Hawke is among the many cast of characters seeking the Bagman, along with Debi Mazar, Dree Hemingway, Amy Keum, Candy Buckley, Larry Pine, Jennifer Kim, Matthew Maher, Tom Pecinka, and Alexander Sokovikov.
While the film marks Thurman and daughter Hawke first side-by-side acting roles,...
Directed by Nicol Paone, the film centers on art gallery owner Patrice Capullo (Thurman) who enters a money laundering scheme with the mob to save her company. The only catch? Hitman Reggie’s (Manganiello) artwork inspired by his brutal killings leads him to become the biggest name in high art since Banksy. Now his fans — and crime syndicate enemies — are clamoring to uncover the identity of the anonymous artist only know as the Bagman.
Samuel L. Jackson stars as Reggie’s boss Gordon Davis, marking a “Pulp Fiction” reunion alongside Thurman. Hawke is among the many cast of characters seeking the Bagman, along with Debi Mazar, Dree Hemingway, Amy Keum, Candy Buckley, Larry Pine, Jennifer Kim, Matthew Maher, Tom Pecinka, and Alexander Sokovikov.
While the film marks Thurman and daughter Hawke first side-by-side acting roles,...
- 8/7/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
With Banksy’s first ever retrospective opening at the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art last month, a new 10-part series for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, The Banksy Story, hears exclusively from an ex-employee of Banksy’s infamous Picture On Walls print shop, who worked closely with the artist during a critical time in his career and recounts fascinating behind the scenes stories.
Producer and presenter James Peak isn't an art critic, or even a journalist. He's a Banksy super-fan, and in this series he gets closer than ever before to Banksy's secret world to tell the story of the graffiti kid who made spraying walls into high art, the anonymous figure who became a household name, the cultural phenomenon who bites the hand that feeds him.
After tracking down Steph Warren who worked at Pictures on Walls just as Banksy was about to explode into the mainstream, James...
Producer and presenter James Peak isn't an art critic, or even a journalist. He's a Banksy super-fan, and in this series he gets closer than ever before to Banksy's secret world to tell the story of the graffiti kid who made spraying walls into high art, the anonymous figure who became a household name, the cultural phenomenon who bites the hand that feeds him.
After tracking down Steph Warren who worked at Pictures on Walls just as Banksy was about to explode into the mainstream, James...
- 7/17/2023
- Podnews.net
A new BBC Radio 4 podcast hears exclusively from an ex-employee of Banksy’s infamous Picture On Walls print shop. With Banksy’s first ever retrospective opening at the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art last month, the 10-part series of The Banksy Story, hears from Steph Warren who worked closely with the artist during a critical time in his career and recounts fascinating behind the scenes stories.
- 7/16/2023
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
It was just as well that Cypher was the only public screening I attended at this year’s Tribeca Festival that wasn’t preceded by an introduction from a member of the programming staff. Here’s a film best experienced absolutely cold. Fans of Philly rapper Tierra Whack might be in on the joke perpetrated by her co-conspirators, including director Chris Moukarbel and producer Natalia-Leigh Brown, but for those that haven’t been following along as closely, the film is a pseudo-documentary thriller that constantly morphs and shifts tone. Perhaps inspired by the line in Beyonce’s “Formation” (“y’all haters corny with that Illuminati mess”), Whack and Mourkarbel hint early on at what’s to come before shifting into a more traditional biopic documentary explaining the seemingly out-of-nowhere rise of Tierra Whack at age 15.
A product of Internet culture, Whack was discovered in a video of her rapping in...
A product of Internet culture, Whack was discovered in a video of her rapping in...
- 6/27/2023
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Banksy documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” sounds like a great business strategy for movie theaters still emerging from the pandemic. Do the captive-audience math: “The Little Mermaid” + two kids under six > one father who would never hear the end of it.
However, it turns out that there are forces even greater than children begging for a Barbie doll in a gold disco jumpsuit (pictured above) for $50: among them, logistics and licensing.
Exhibitors are well aware of the need for brand and use-case extensions. During Covid, theater owners turned their expensive screens toward gaming and private screenings. Once movies returned so did, um, AMC-branded popcorn. It’s now available at your local Wal-Mart, but you know another highly trafficked retailer with shelf space and cash registers? Movie theaters.
IndieWire brought that question to major players: Why not sell movie merch in movie theaters? Genius, right? We thought so,...
However, it turns out that there are forces even greater than children begging for a Barbie doll in a gold disco jumpsuit (pictured above) for $50: among them, logistics and licensing.
Exhibitors are well aware of the need for brand and use-case extensions. During Covid, theater owners turned their expensive screens toward gaming and private screenings. Once movies returned so did, um, AMC-branded popcorn. It’s now available at your local Wal-Mart, but you know another highly trafficked retailer with shelf space and cash registers? Movie theaters.
IndieWire brought that question to major players: Why not sell movie merch in movie theaters? Genius, right? We thought so,...
- 6/22/2023
- by Tony Maglio and Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Variety has been given access to the teaser (below) for “Murals,” an immersive 3D documentary that has its world premiere on May 18 at Cannes Next, a sidebar to the Marché du Film in Cannes.
The experience, which is created in Unreal Engine and displayed on LED screens, features murals by Banksy, created following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The project was initiated by Artem Ivanenko, a 3D artist from Irpin, Ukraine, which was one of the first towns to be hit during the Russian invasion. Later, when the Russians withdrew, Ivanenko returned to Irpin to record the devastating destruction using 3D scanning.
The directors are Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro of the New York-based production company Aggressive, alongside Ivanenko. Spain’s Tigrelab handled art direction and CG/Unreal animation.
In a statement, the filmmakers said: “An audacious war of conquest is being waged in the heart of Europe, a criminal,...
The experience, which is created in Unreal Engine and displayed on LED screens, features murals by Banksy, created following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The project was initiated by Artem Ivanenko, a 3D artist from Irpin, Ukraine, which was one of the first towns to be hit during the Russian invasion. Later, when the Russians withdrew, Ivanenko returned to Irpin to record the devastating destruction using 3D scanning.
The directors are Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro of the New York-based production company Aggressive, alongside Ivanenko. Spain’s Tigrelab handled art direction and CG/Unreal animation.
In a statement, the filmmakers said: “An audacious war of conquest is being waged in the heart of Europe, a criminal,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Who Robs A Banksy? is a new podcast uncovering one of the most bizarre and notorious art heists in recent history. It tells the story of self-proclaimed ‘art terrorist’ Andy Link’s kidnapping of a Banksy statue and its subsequent disappearance from his back garden. In the six-part series, podcast host and journalist Jake Warren speaks to ‘Tiger King of the art scene’ Andy and those closest to Banksy himself,...
- 4/22/2023
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
If you’ve seen promos for Paint, you’ve probably figured out that Brit McAdams’ comedy starring Owen Wilson is inspired by Bob Ross, the artist who hosted the low-fi PBS series The Joy of Painting for many years before succumbing to lymphoma at age 52 in 1995. Creating landscape paintings in under 30 minutes, Ross was an unwitting progenitor of Asmr, with his endlessly laid-back demeanor, his soft speaking style and his soothing manner that exuded a sort of hypnotic calm. He was also a distinctive visual presence with his impossibly large permed hair, thick beard and mustache, invariably dressed in jeans and a light-colored shirt.
As Carl Nagle, who hosts a Vermont public television show about painting, Wilson channels Ross’ distinctive persona not only visually but also spiritually. The casting feels dead-on, since Wilson has made a career specialty of playing laid-back, slightly dazed characters who seem stoned out of their minds even while perfectly sober.
As Carl Nagle, who hosts a Vermont public television show about painting, Wilson channels Ross’ distinctive persona not only visually but also spiritually. The casting feels dead-on, since Wilson has made a career specialty of playing laid-back, slightly dazed characters who seem stoned out of their minds even while perfectly sober.
- 4/4/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The stacked lineup for Life Is Beautiful 2023 has arrived. On Tuesday, the music-and-arts event in downtown Las Vegas announced that Kendrick Lamar, the Killers, and Odesza will be headlining the three-day festival, slated for Sept. 22 through Sept. 24.
Opening night, headlined by the Killers, will see artists such as Flume, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blxst, Bebe Rexha, Cloonee, Raye, and Dayglow perform. Also making appearances are artists such as Almost Monday, the Wombats, Slayyyter, and Inhaler.
Day two, with Lamar closing the night, is set to feature performers such as the 1975, Omar Apollo,...
Opening night, headlined by the Killers, will see artists such as Flume, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blxst, Bebe Rexha, Cloonee, Raye, and Dayglow perform. Also making appearances are artists such as Almost Monday, the Wombats, Slayyyter, and Inhaler.
Day two, with Lamar closing the night, is set to feature performers such as the 1975, Omar Apollo,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
This year, Disney celebrates 100 years of creating wonder. But although the entertainment behemoth has brought fans magic through movies, music, cruises, and theme parks, its choices haven’t always been perfect. One Disney theme park ride was supposed to give guests a fun trip through Hollywood, but Princess Diana’s death turned the attraction into a grim reminder.
Disney’s Superstar Limo ride was cursed from the start Disney California Adventure Park | Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
In the mid-1990s, Disney executives planned to open Disney California Adventure Park. They had a vision for the layout of the new theme park at Disneyland Resort, but their ideas led to a terrible concept.
California Adventure was designed to take visitors through different areas of the Golden State, with lands celebrating places such as the Santa Monica Pier, the Redwoods, and wine country. The Hollywood section would feature three attractions.
Disney’s Superstar Limo ride was cursed from the start Disney California Adventure Park | Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
In the mid-1990s, Disney executives planned to open Disney California Adventure Park. They had a vision for the layout of the new theme park at Disneyland Resort, but their ideas led to a terrible concept.
California Adventure was designed to take visitors through different areas of the Golden State, with lands celebrating places such as the Santa Monica Pier, the Redwoods, and wine country. The Hollywood section would feature three attractions.
- 3/18/2023
- by Kira Martin
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fans of The Last of Us have spotted an apparent Easter egg in the finale of season one that may have lasting consequences for the show going forward.
The hit HBO post-apocalyptic drama opened with a sequence apparently revealing how Ellie (Bella Ramsey) came to be immune to the cordyceps fungus.
Ellie’s mother is seen hiding out in an isolated farmhouse when she gives birth to her daughter, while being attacked by an Infected.
However, viewers who are familiar with the 2020 video game sequel The Last of Us Part II seemed to notice something familiar about the house in which Ellie’s mother hides.
Very minor spoilers for The Last of Us season two follow.
As noted by many viewers on social media, the isolated farmhouse bears a strong resemblance to the house seen in Part II, when it is occupied by Ellie and Dina (a character not yet...
The hit HBO post-apocalyptic drama opened with a sequence apparently revealing how Ellie (Bella Ramsey) came to be immune to the cordyceps fungus.
Ellie’s mother is seen hiding out in an isolated farmhouse when she gives birth to her daughter, while being attacked by an Infected.
However, viewers who are familiar with the 2020 video game sequel The Last of Us Part II seemed to notice something familiar about the house in which Ellie’s mother hides.
Very minor spoilers for The Last of Us season two follow.
As noted by many viewers on social media, the isolated farmhouse bears a strong resemblance to the house seen in Part II, when it is occupied by Ellie and Dina (a character not yet...
- 3/15/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
101 Films Intl. has secured worldwide distribution rights for World War II adventure film “War Blade,” starring Joseph Millson, Paul Marlon (“Trigger Point”), Michael McKell and Rebecca Scott. The sales company is presenting the film to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin.
The film was written and directed by Nicholas Winter.
“War Blade” follows Robert Banks, an agent of the British Special Operations Executive, who is tasked with rescuing a French resistance fighter from a hidden Nazi bunker. With the help of a German nurse and a ragtag group of allies, Banks must journey to the belly of the beast.
With his commanders already suspecting the bunker holds much more than prisoners, and a group full of fragile personalities to deal with, Banks faces dangers from all fronts. Always outnumbered and outgunned, Banks and his group must use their guile to outwit the enemy and survive the deadly mission.
The film was written and directed by Nicholas Winter.
“War Blade” follows Robert Banks, an agent of the British Special Operations Executive, who is tasked with rescuing a French resistance fighter from a hidden Nazi bunker. With the help of a German nurse and a ragtag group of allies, Banks must journey to the belly of the beast.
With his commanders already suspecting the bunker holds much more than prisoners, and a group full of fragile personalities to deal with, Banks faces dangers from all fronts. Always outnumbered and outgunned, Banks and his group must use their guile to outwit the enemy and survive the deadly mission.
- 2/18/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The documentary universe has changed radically over the past dozen years. No longer the domain of a few cable channels or public television stations, no longer bound by the old cinema verite rules of engagement, non-fiction filmmaking has spent the past decade bursting out of the low-budget indie sidelines into mainstream acceptance, adopting tricks and tropes from fiction and series storytelling as directors capture audience attention from all over the world.
One force for change throughout has been the Cinema Eye Honors, an awards body created in 2007 by a group of independent filmmakers. Led by Los Angeles documentary filmmaker A.J. Schnack (“Kurt Cobain About a Son” and the recent “30 for 30” entry “Long Gone Summer”), the Cinema Eye Honors have led the charge in shaking up conversations about the types of non-fiction storytelling that were worthy of celebration.
“It was a reaction to what was happening elsewhere in the field,” Schnack...
One force for change throughout has been the Cinema Eye Honors, an awards body created in 2007 by a group of independent filmmakers. Led by Los Angeles documentary filmmaker A.J. Schnack (“Kurt Cobain About a Son” and the recent “30 for 30” entry “Long Gone Summer”), the Cinema Eye Honors have led the charge in shaking up conversations about the types of non-fiction storytelling that were worthy of celebration.
“It was a reaction to what was happening elsewhere in the field,” Schnack...
- 9/22/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
(Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not seen the “Doctor Who” episode “Rosa” that aired Oct. 21.)
This weekend’s episode of “Doctor Who” included some solemn social commentary, as the Doctor and her companions landed in 1960s Alabama on the day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of a segregated bus. The Doctor, always hungering for justice, ruminates on the oppression of Jim Crow, while Ryan and Yasmin endure discrimination that, while horrible, isn’t entirely unlike what they faced in 2018 London.
Of course, this is still “Doctor Who,” and even amidst the prejudice and the attempts by a cosmic villain to interfere with civil rights history, the Doctor still has time for some silly jokes, including suggesting that she is the notorious street artist Banksy.
Early in the episode, the Doctor is spray painting on the side of a motel when...
This weekend’s episode of “Doctor Who” included some solemn social commentary, as the Doctor and her companions landed in 1960s Alabama on the day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of a segregated bus. The Doctor, always hungering for justice, ruminates on the oppression of Jim Crow, while Ryan and Yasmin endure discrimination that, while horrible, isn’t entirely unlike what they faced in 2018 London.
Of course, this is still “Doctor Who,” and even amidst the prejudice and the attempts by a cosmic villain to interfere with civil rights history, the Doctor still has time for some silly jokes, including suggesting that she is the notorious street artist Banksy.
Early in the episode, the Doctor is spray painting on the side of a motel when...
- 10/22/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Banksy made headlines yet again in a big way when a work of his was shredded mere moments after selling for 850,000 pounds or $1.4 million at a Sotheby’s Auction. The painting has allegedly doubled in value following the stunt, and the circumstances behind it led many to believe it was a planned stunt.
Now, the artist has uploaded a “director’s cut” of his stunt that answers some of the questions folks had about how this happened. For example, a worker reveals that Banksy requested to make a frame for the piece which he had given away nearly a decade earlier, and that it’s a common practice for artists to do. He also showed a demo run of the painting being destroyed, and the device that was used to trigger the shredder.
The only question I have after this question though has to do with the trial run of the shredding,...
Now, the artist has uploaded a “director’s cut” of his stunt that answers some of the questions folks had about how this happened. For example, a worker reveals that Banksy requested to make a frame for the piece which he had given away nearly a decade earlier, and that it’s a common practice for artists to do. He also showed a demo run of the painting being destroyed, and the device that was used to trigger the shredder.
The only question I have after this question though has to do with the trial run of the shredding,...
- 10/21/2018
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
The couch gags that open each episode of “The Simpsons” have become legendary, ranging from special sequences crafted by celebs ranging from Banksy and Guillermo del Toro to a “Game of Thrones” spoof to another that crossed over with “Rick and Morty”. With Christmas right around the corner, this week’s episode of “The Simpsons” (airing […]...
- 12/6/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
"The idea that someone didn't like it, didn't really phase me." Hulu has premiered the trailer for the new feature-length documentary titled Obey Giant: The Art & Dissent of Shepard Fairey, which will be available on Hulu starting this weekend. Made by Oscar-winning documentarian James Moll, the film profiles the life and work of artist Shepard Fairey, following his roots in punk rock and skateboarding to his creation of the iconic Obama Hope poster and the controversy that surrounds it. We're big fans of street art and the artists behind controversial street art, including Banksy (including his two docs Exit Through the Gift Shop and Banksy Does New York) and many others. Fairey is also a prominent, well-respected artist and this seems like a fascinating, exciting look at his life and all of his work. I really want to watch this doc. Official trailer for James Moll's doc Obey Giant...
- 11/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Forget what you heard — a source tells People that legendary (and mysterious) street artist Banksy is not in fact Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack.
The rumor kicked up on Thursday when British DJ Goldie allegedly let slip the first name of Banksy in a podcast interview.
“For something like graffiti, which has inspired the world with font or anything to do with anyone wearing a baseball cap and f—ing sneakers, at its centre it is still misunderstood,” he said. “But give me a bubble letter and put it on a t-shirt and write ‘Banksy’ on it and we’re sorted…...
The rumor kicked up on Thursday when British DJ Goldie allegedly let slip the first name of Banksy in a podcast interview.
“For something like graffiti, which has inspired the world with font or anything to do with anyone wearing a baseball cap and f—ing sneakers, at its centre it is still misunderstood,” he said. “But give me a bubble letter and put it on a t-shirt and write ‘Banksy’ on it and we’re sorted…...
- 6/25/2017
- by Gillian Telling and Maria Mercedes Lara
- PEOPLE.com
England’s elusive graffiti master, painter, activist and “Exit Through the Gift Shop” filmmaker Banksy has a new project: the Walled Off Hotel, an art hotel and gallery located in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The hotel has nine rooms that were customized by Banksy, Palestinian artist Sami Musa and Canadian artist Dominique Pétrin.
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The hotel also has a piano bar, which features a mechanical piano that is controlled remotely. According to the hotel’s website, every night, the piano will play back a concert recorded exclusively for it. Elton John performed via the remote-controlled piano at the grand-opening party (see video below). Massive Attack’s 3D will be the first artist in residence. Upcoming performers include Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Flea and Hans Zimmer.
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The hotel also has a piano bar, which features a mechanical piano that is controlled remotely. According to the hotel’s website, every night, the piano will play back a concert recorded exclusively for it. Elton John performed via the remote-controlled piano at the grand-opening party (see video below). Massive Attack’s 3D will be the first artist in residence. Upcoming performers include Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Flea and Hans Zimmer.
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- 3/8/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Mark Harrison Feb 27, 2017
Alfonso Cuaron's Children Of Men is a film from a decade ago that very much stands the test of time...
“Last one to die, please turn out the light.”
The tenth anniversary of Children Of Men came at the end of a tumultuous year in politics. You don't have to look far on the web for thinkpieces about how the results of the Brexit referendum or the election of Donald Trump as Us President have brought us closer to the grim forecast of Alfonso Cuarón's superb dystopian thriller, but rewatching it now, the film feels a triumph of preparation rather than prescience.
Based on Pd James' novel, the film takes place in the year 2027, in the midst of a global epidemic of infertility. Britain has closed its doors to immigrants and refuses to acknowledge the status of 'fugees' as human beings. The day after the...
Alfonso Cuaron's Children Of Men is a film from a decade ago that very much stands the test of time...
“Last one to die, please turn out the light.”
The tenth anniversary of Children Of Men came at the end of a tumultuous year in politics. You don't have to look far on the web for thinkpieces about how the results of the Brexit referendum or the election of Donald Trump as Us President have brought us closer to the grim forecast of Alfonso Cuarón's superb dystopian thriller, but rewatching it now, the film feels a triumph of preparation rather than prescience.
Based on Pd James' novel, the film takes place in the year 2027, in the midst of a global epidemic of infertility. Britain has closed its doors to immigrants and refuses to acknowledge the status of 'fugees' as human beings. The day after the...
- 2/25/2017
- Den of Geek
It says something about current post-Brexit, post-Donald Trump-election era that we’re living that, 10 years on from first hitting cinemas, Alfonso Cuarón‘s “Children Of Men” has gone from fanciful apocalyptic vision to having serious contemporary resonance. Set in 2027 (just 10 years away, everybody), the film tracks a man who agrees to bring safe passage to woman whose fertility, in a time when women are unable to conceive, may bear the hope for the future of the human race — certainly one with a little more promise than the bombed-out London Cuarón presents in his movie.
Continue reading Alfonso Cuarón Reveals Banksy Nearly Worked On ‘Children Of Men’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Alfonso Cuarón Reveals Banksy Nearly Worked On ‘Children Of Men’ at The Playlist.
- 12/28/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
With the release of T2: Trainspotting less than a month away now – on the other side of the pond, at least – the hugely anticipated sequel is moving along steadily with its promotional campaign, which continues today with some slick new Empire Magazine covers.
Each cover highlights one of the main characters, draped in orange, black and white, as they were on the original film’s poster. The first cover features Ewan McGregor’s Renton, the second Robert Carlyle as Begbie, the third Ewen Bremner as Spud, and the fourth sees Jonny Lee Miller as Simon aka “Sick Boy.”
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In addition to these character-centric covers, Empire subscribers will also receive a special one designed by none other than Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop subject Mr. Brainwash. It features the four main characters in a street-art style cover resembling graffiti.
Drawing inspiration from Irvine Welsh’s novel sequel Porno,...
Each cover highlights one of the main characters, draped in orange, black and white, as they were on the original film’s poster. The first cover features Ewan McGregor’s Renton, the second Robert Carlyle as Begbie, the third Ewen Bremner as Spud, and the fourth sees Jonny Lee Miller as Simon aka “Sick Boy.”
See Full Gallery Here
In addition to these character-centric covers, Empire subscribers will also receive a special one designed by none other than Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop subject Mr. Brainwash. It features the four main characters in a street-art style cover resembling graffiti.
Drawing inspiration from Irvine Welsh’s novel sequel Porno,...
- 12/27/2016
- by Will Ashton
- We Got This Covered
The clock may be ticking for New York City’s Landmark Sunshine Cinema. The building that houses the arthouse theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has been up for sale for more than a year, and while no buyer has materialized yet, some feel it’s only a matter of time before real estate developers turn the beloved cinema into a high rise apartment building.
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Though a number of media outlets have reported that the Sunshine’s lease will be up for renegotiation at the end of 2018, the existential threat facing the theater has less to do with its lease than the possibility that a new buyer will demolish the building and replace it with a towering apartment complex. Built in 1898, the property has a reported price tag of more than $35 million.
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Though a number of media outlets have reported that the Sunshine’s lease will be up for renegotiation at the end of 2018, the existential threat facing the theater has less to do with its lease than the possibility that a new buyer will demolish the building and replace it with a towering apartment complex. Built in 1898, the property has a reported price tag of more than $35 million.
- 12/7/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Where in the Hell is the Lavender House?
Logline: Two unlucky filmmakers get way lost trying to find and interview the Banksy of prank phone calls: Longmont Potion Castle.
Elevator Pitch:
This film is a documentary about a documentary about two documentarians trying to make a documentary about an anonymous prank phone caller with a huge cult following. It’s a scripted/unscripted reality performance piece about a crazy dude who has taken prank phone calls to a new artistic level over the past thirty years. It’s got a great indie comedy vibe, but with hidden camera pranks,...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Where in the Hell is the Lavender House?
Logline: Two unlucky filmmakers get way lost trying to find and interview the Banksy of prank phone calls: Longmont Potion Castle.
Elevator Pitch:
This film is a documentary about a documentary about two documentarians trying to make a documentary about an anonymous prank phone caller with a huge cult following. It’s a scripted/unscripted reality performance piece about a crazy dude who has taken prank phone calls to a new artistic level over the past thirty years. It’s got a great indie comedy vibe, but with hidden camera pranks,...
- 11/3/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Cinema Eye has named 10 filmmakers and 20 films that have been voted as the top achievements in documentary filmmaking during the past 10 years. Founded in 2007 to “recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film,” Cinema Eye polled 110 members of the documentary community to determine the winning films and filmmakers just as the organization kicks off its tenth year.
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Among the films chosen are Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” and Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Poitras and Oppenheimer were both also named to the list of the top documentary filmmakers, joining Alex Gibney, Werner Herzog and Frederick Wiseman, who recently won an honorary Oscar and will be saluted at the annual Governors Awards on November 12.
“It’s fantastic that he is being recognized by the Academy for a...
Read More: Behind the Scenes of Cinema Eye’s Secret Field Trip for Nominees
Among the films chosen are Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” and Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Poitras and Oppenheimer were both also named to the list of the top documentary filmmakers, joining Alex Gibney, Werner Herzog and Frederick Wiseman, who recently won an honorary Oscar and will be saluted at the annual Governors Awards on November 12.
“It’s fantastic that he is being recognized by the Academy for a...
- 9/21/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
One of my favorite documentaries is Banksy‘s Exit Through The Gift Shop, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. That film, which was directed (or at very least edited) by Banksy himself, takes a look at the ride of street artist Mr. Brainwash using his story as a cautionary tale for the industry built […]
The post Saving Banksy Trailer: A Documentary About Removing Street Art appeared first on /Film.
The post Saving Banksy Trailer: A Documentary About Removing Street Art appeared first on /Film.
- 9/8/2016
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
It's unclear whether the infamously mysterious street artist Banksy is actually a part of this documentary or if it's just his work that's featured in it, but in any case, Saving Banksy is a doc that debates the merits of art vs. graffiti and tries to answer the question of whether or not street art should stay in the street. It's a somewhat complicated topic, and one that the film's talking heads are certainly passionate about (heads up: there's some Nsfw language in here).
They really missed a golden opportunity to call this Saving Mr. Banksy and riff on the Disney title Saving Mr. Banks. No release date has been announced yet, so keep your eyes peeled for this one, which seems likely to hit VOD more than your local multiplex.
The documentary feature film "Saving Banksy" is the true story of one misguided art collector’s attempt to save...
They really missed a golden opportunity to call this Saving Mr. Banksy and riff on the Disney title Saving Mr. Banks. No release date has been announced yet, so keep your eyes peeled for this one, which seems likely to hit VOD more than your local multiplex.
The documentary feature film "Saving Banksy" is the true story of one misguided art collector’s attempt to save...
- 9/7/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
“The Young Pope” opens with the startling image of a mountain of newborn babies, smack dab in the middle of Venice’s Piazza San Marco. Paolo Sorrentino’s camera cranes over this infant heap as a middle-aged man emerges, clad in pontiff’s white. He then takes a midnight stroll along the plaza and into a church. Fans of the Italian director won’t be surprised; his recent films have been rich with such baroquely orchestrated shots. But they may be surprised with what happens next: Sorrentino immediately cuts to a more conventionally shot sequence of the same man, waking up and readying himself in the morning. It reminds us that what we saw was a dream, and what we’re watching is not a film.
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One of the interesting...
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One of the interesting...
- 9/3/2016
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
There is no other place where fact and fiction become more indistinguishable from one another than at the cinema. What you see isn’t always what you get: a manufactured image might feel genuine, while an image that feels inauthentic might be the real thing. The finest stories can often be found somewhere in the middle. As Pablo Picasso once said, “Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
Kate Plays Christine, the latest film from Actress and Fake It So Real director Robert Greene, caught a great deal of attention at Sundance — we gave it the highest grade at the festival — and is now in limited release. It’s a documentary that follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards) as she prepares for the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who committed suicide via handgun on live television in 1974, and the...
Kate Plays Christine, the latest film from Actress and Fake It So Real director Robert Greene, caught a great deal of attention at Sundance — we gave it the highest grade at the festival — and is now in limited release. It’s a documentary that follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards) as she prepares for the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who committed suicide via handgun on live television in 1974, and the...
- 8/31/2016
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes and clips and puts it all in perspective. This documentary is a pretty intense foray into the world of performance art. Kate Lyn Sheil, who is well known indie movie actor, sets out to play Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who killed herself on air in 1974. Dark stuff. Especially because Kate Lyn Sheil is a perfectionist and she's plumbing the depth of her soul to get the character right. This can't be good for a person's mental health. Right? That's what this documentary seems to really be about: the commitment it takes for someone to fully empathize with the mentally ill and what happens when you take on too much of that water for yourself. It's always exciting to see people really dedicated to their art. And I love brain-tingling documentaries. My favorite is Exit Through the Gift Shop,...
- 8/5/2016
- by Jon Davis
- Hitfix
The theft and return of the celebrated street artist’s sculpture is treated like a major art heist in a film that riffs on Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop
This film dredges up an unsurprisingly long-forgotten news story and stretches it out mercilessly to 90 minutes. In March 2004, Banksy’s first sculpture – a version of Rodin’s The Thinker with a traffic cone on his head and retitled The Drinker – was taken from the central London plinth where the street artist had left it and “kidnapped”. In December, more than a decade later, it was returned to the same spot, only now the statue was seated on a toilet and retitled The Stinker.
Sophisticated stuff, barely registering on the scale of art heists given that the work was a) totally unguarded and b) pretty much worthless, both financially and artistically. (Even Banksy himself only offered £2 for its return.) Yet...
This film dredges up an unsurprisingly long-forgotten news story and stretches it out mercilessly to 90 minutes. In March 2004, Banksy’s first sculpture – a version of Rodin’s The Thinker with a traffic cone on his head and retitled The Drinker – was taken from the central London plinth where the street artist had left it and “kidnapped”. In December, more than a decade later, it was returned to the same spot, only now the statue was seated on a toilet and retitled The Stinker.
Sophisticated stuff, barely registering on the scale of art heists given that the work was a) totally unguarded and b) pretty much worthless, both financially and artistically. (Even Banksy himself only offered £2 for its return.) Yet...
- 4/19/2016
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
The theft and return of the celebrated street artist’s sculpture is treated like a major art heist in a film that riffs on Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop
This film dredges up an unsurprisingly long-forgotten news story and stretches it out mercilessly to 90 minutes. In March 2004, Banksy’s first sculpture – a version of Rodin’s The Thinker with a traffic cone on his head and retitled The Drinker – was taken from the central London plinth where the street artist had left it and “kidnapped”. In December, more than a decade later, it was returned to the same spot, only now the statue was seated on a toilet and retitled The Stinker.
Sophisticated stuff, barely registering on the scale of art heists given that the work was a) totally unguarded and b) pretty much worthless, both financially and artistically. (Even Banksy himself only offered £2 for its return.) Yet...
This film dredges up an unsurprisingly long-forgotten news story and stretches it out mercilessly to 90 minutes. In March 2004, Banksy’s first sculpture – a version of Rodin’s The Thinker with a traffic cone on his head and retitled The Drinker – was taken from the central London plinth where the street artist had left it and “kidnapped”. In December, more than a decade later, it was returned to the same spot, only now the statue was seated on a toilet and retitled The Stinker.
Sophisticated stuff, barely registering on the scale of art heists given that the work was a) totally unguarded and b) pretty much worthless, both financially and artistically. (Even Banksy himself only offered £2 for its return.) Yet...
- 4/19/2016
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
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Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
- 11/12/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
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