It’s summer, everyone! And with its relatively sparse list of new releases for July 2021, Hulu seems to be subtlety imploring its subscribers to go outside.
Don’t get us wrong: Hulu’s library offerings get a big upgrade this month. July 1 sees the arrival of great films like Galaxy Quest, Fargo, and Caddyshack. Bill and Ted Face the Music premieres on July 2 and its followed by Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar on July 9. Not bad stuff! It’s just that, outside of the library titles, there isn’t much to go off of.
Hulu’s only major original release this month is the FX on Hulu production American Horror Stories on July 15. As its name implies, the show is a spinoff of American Horror Story and will feature self-contained horror episodes rather than a season-long arc. If you’ll allow this geriatric millennial to deploy one truly ancient meme: “Yo dawg,...
Don’t get us wrong: Hulu’s library offerings get a big upgrade this month. July 1 sees the arrival of great films like Galaxy Quest, Fargo, and Caddyshack. Bill and Ted Face the Music premieres on July 2 and its followed by Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar on July 9. Not bad stuff! It’s just that, outside of the library titles, there isn’t much to go off of.
Hulu’s only major original release this month is the FX on Hulu production American Horror Stories on July 15. As its name implies, the show is a spinoff of American Horror Story and will feature self-contained horror episodes rather than a season-long arc. If you’ll allow this geriatric millennial to deploy one truly ancient meme: “Yo dawg,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Hulu is out with its list of new content coming in July, and highlights include the “Veronica Mars” revival and the series premiere of the new “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” We also have the list of everything that’s being removed from the streaming service at the end of July.
Season 1-3 of the original “Veronica Mars” series will be available starting July 1, so you can brush up on all the background knowledge you’ll need to fully enjoy Season 4 when it drops July 26, with Kristen Bell returning the starring role as the title character after almost 15 years. Here’s everything we know about the revival so far.
The new Mindy Kaling-produced “Four Weddings and a Funeral” series comes July 31, with “Game of Thrones” star Nathalie Emanuel in the lead role. Original star Andie MacDowell will return as a guest star.
Also Read: Summer TV Premiere Dates: Here's...
Season 1-3 of the original “Veronica Mars” series will be available starting July 1, so you can brush up on all the background knowledge you’ll need to fully enjoy Season 4 when it drops July 26, with Kristen Bell returning the starring role as the title character after almost 15 years. Here’s everything we know about the revival so far.
The new Mindy Kaling-produced “Four Weddings and a Funeral” series comes July 31, with “Game of Thrones” star Nathalie Emanuel in the lead role. Original star Andie MacDowell will return as a guest star.
Also Read: Summer TV Premiere Dates: Here's...
- 6/17/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
You might not recognize him without his hat and gloves ... but you're looking at WWE legend The Undertaker ... proudly putting his conservative views on display in Texas. 52-year-old Mark Calaway was spotted leaving a Best Buy on Thursday -- rocking an "American Gun" shirt which features the American flag in the shape of an assault rifle. The shirt is made by a company called Centurion -- which touts itself as a "Usmc Veteran owned and...
- 11/3/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Guns is a ground-breaking concept album aimed at the most controversial and widely debated issue in America. Recorded in Los Angeles with an eclectic group of artists from all across the nation, these songs chronicle the vast and ever-evolving points of view encompassing the American gun discussion.
- 10/3/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Emmy Award winner Eric McCormack is known for providing comedic relief on Will & Grace, but now the actor is teaming up with other performers to highlight a very serious issue.
McCormack, 54, alongside Tony nominee Terrence Mann and Oscar nominee Tess Harper, will be featured on a new concept album entitled Guns: The Album.
“I was thrilled to contribute, in my small way, to this project,” McCormack tells People exclusively. “Musically, it is brilliant and soaring and ambitious as hell. Culturally, it is downright crucial.”
McCormack lends his voice to the song “Welcome to the Gun Show.” Described as “a mix of filmic anthems,...
McCormack, 54, alongside Tony nominee Terrence Mann and Oscar nominee Tess Harper, will be featured on a new concept album entitled Guns: The Album.
“I was thrilled to contribute, in my small way, to this project,” McCormack tells People exclusively. “Musically, it is brilliant and soaring and ambitious as hell. Culturally, it is downright crucial.”
McCormack lends his voice to the song “Welcome to the Gun Show.” Described as “a mix of filmic anthems,...
- 6/21/2017
- by Joelle Goldstein
- PEOPLE.com
“American Gods” is full of characters who only show up for a brief time to do something delightfully weird and godlike. Here’s every single one, ranked by how intriguing, mysterious, flawed and strange they are. Spoilers beyond this point! Robbie (Dane Cook) Audrey’s husband and Shadow’s best friend got mixed up with Laura and, seemingly, fell in love with her. Unfortunately, he failed to realize that Laura’s been working through some stuff — like latent depression. Overall, though, he’s just a typical human dude, and one who can’t seem to avoid ruining his relationships. Vulcan...
- 6/5/2017
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
Rob Leane Mar 8, 2017
Adjacent to the world of rap music, Atlanta is a comedy series with heaps of heart and endless imagination...
You might know Donald Glover as Troy from Community. You might know him as the quirky scientist guy from The Martian. You might know him as the rap star Childish Gambino. You almost certainly know him as the chap that’s about to portray the young Lando Calrissian in Han Solo’s Star Wars spinoff. But one thing those of us in the UK may not know him from, yet, is Atlanta.
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Over here, the TV series Atlanta arrived to very little fanfare. It did well enough in the USA to warrant its Fox-owned home network FX ordering a second season, but the splash on this side of the pond felt considerably smaller.
Atlanta...
Adjacent to the world of rap music, Atlanta is a comedy series with heaps of heart and endless imagination...
You might know Donald Glover as Troy from Community. You might know him as the quirky scientist guy from The Martian. You might know him as the rap star Childish Gambino. You almost certainly know him as the chap that’s about to portray the young Lando Calrissian in Han Solo’s Star Wars spinoff. But one thing those of us in the UK may not know him from, yet, is Atlanta.
See related Prime Suspect 1973 episode 1 review The women taking over TV crime drama
Over here, the TV series Atlanta arrived to very little fanfare. It did well enough in the USA to warrant its Fox-owned home network FX ordering a second season, but the splash on this side of the pond felt considerably smaller.
Atlanta...
- 3/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Dark Night screens Friday March 3rd through Sunday March 5th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts at 7:30 all three evenings.
A haunting, artfully understated critique of American gun culture, Tim Sutton’s third feature is loosely based around the 2012 massacre in Aurora, Colorado that took place during a multiplex screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” Employing a mesmerizing documentary-style technique and a cast of non-professional actors, Dark Night follows the activities of six strangers over the course of one day, from sunrise to midnight, the shooter among them. Shot in Sarasota, Florida and lensed by veteran French Dp Hélène Louvart (Pina, The Beaches Of Agnes), the dream-like visuals articulate both Sutton’s carefully crafted landscapes and the characters’ sense of alienation and suburban malaise. Winner of the Lanterna Magica Award at the Venice Film Festival following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Dark Night is essential viewing,...
A haunting, artfully understated critique of American gun culture, Tim Sutton’s third feature is loosely based around the 2012 massacre in Aurora, Colorado that took place during a multiplex screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” Employing a mesmerizing documentary-style technique and a cast of non-professional actors, Dark Night follows the activities of six strangers over the course of one day, from sunrise to midnight, the shooter among them. Shot in Sarasota, Florida and lensed by veteran French Dp Hélène Louvart (Pina, The Beaches Of Agnes), the dream-like visuals articulate both Sutton’s carefully crafted landscapes and the characters’ sense of alienation and suburban malaise. Winner of the Lanterna Magica Award at the Venice Film Festival following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Dark Night is essential viewing,...
- 2/28/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kim Kardashian is going head-to-head with Donald Trump ... with statistics. Kim is trying to show the threat of Islamic terrorists to Americans pales in comparison to American-on-American gun violence. She posted a screen grab of a chart with stats generated by the Cdc -- which shows, over the last 10 years, Islamic jihadist immigrants were responsible for 2 murders per year. By contrast, armed toddlers kill 21 people per year. Lawnmowers kill 69, and falling out of bed kills 737 annually.
- 1/29/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The Sundance Film Festival premieres numerous films in and out of competition across many different sections — U.S. Dramatic, World Documentary, Next, etc. — but the one section that features films that defy convenient genre trappings is the Midnight section. This year, the Midnight section will feature new work from Annie Clark (a.k.a St. Vincent), Jeff Baena and the first feature-length film from Chris Baugh entitled “Bad Day for the Cut.”
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
The film follows Donal (Nigel O’Neill), a quiet, content farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence (Stella McCusker). But when Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion, Donal sets off for Belfast looking to avenge her death and discovers a secret for revenge about his mother that will shake him to his core. The film co-stars Susan Lynch...
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
The film follows Donal (Nigel O’Neill), a quiet, content farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence (Stella McCusker). But when Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion, Donal sets off for Belfast looking to avenge her death and discovers a secret for revenge about his mother that will shake him to his core. The film co-stars Susan Lynch...
- 1/18/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 19 through 29 in Park City, Utah and will feature plenty of premieres from acclaimed directors like Michael Almereyda (“Experimenter”), Alex Ross Perry (“Listen Up Philip”), Marti Noxon (“UnREAL”) and more. However, the festival will also premiere plenty of documentaries from around the globe, including Ramona S. Diaz’s latest film “Motherland,” a vérité portrait of the world’s busiest maternity hospital in the Philippines. Throughout the film, we see hectic birthing rooms, pass through overcrowded hallways bursting with life and witness the circle of life. But despite the harsh circumstances, a supportive community of women makes this world thrive and provide expecting mothers with the necessary strength to soldier on. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
Diaz is an award-winning Asian American filmmaker best known for directing the films “Spirits Rising,” “Imelda,...
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
Diaz is an award-winning Asian American filmmaker best known for directing the films “Spirits Rising,” “Imelda,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Cinelicious Pics has debuted an official trailer for a super low budget indie drama titled Dark Night, from New York-based director Tim Sutton. The film premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival in the low budget Next category, and is opening in limited theaters this February. It follows a troubled kid planning a mass shooting, loosely based around The Dark Knight Rises shooting a few years ago, even though it's not the same story (turned into a film). Starring Robert Jumper, Anna Rose Hopkins, Karina Macias. I saw this film at Sundance last year and it's definitely not for me: oh so boring, not much of a plot, really not impressive in any way. Of course, that's just my opinion, other critics found more to appreciate. Have a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Tim Sutton's Dark Night, direct from YouTube: A haunting, artfully understated critique of American gun culture,...
- 1/10/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the most controversial and haunting films of last year’s Sundance Film Festival line-up was Tim Sutton‘s follow-up to Memphis, Dark Night. An impressionistic feature loosely based on the horrific 2012 shooting in Aurora, Colorado which left 12 people died, the first trailer has now arrived ahead of a release next month. Featuring a portrait of a suburban community before hinting at the terror to come, it looks to be one of the year’s essential films.
We said in our review, “In many ways, writer-director Tim Sutton‘s third feature, Dark Night, exists in the same world as his first two films, Pavilion and Memphis. As we follow a collection of young men and women drifting through a long day in the American suburbs, many of the themes from his earlier work shine through — boredom as punctuated by anger, lust, and artistic ambition, to name a few. Where...
We said in our review, “In many ways, writer-director Tim Sutton‘s third feature, Dark Night, exists in the same world as his first two films, Pavilion and Memphis. As we follow a collection of young men and women drifting through a long day in the American suburbs, many of the themes from his earlier work shine through — boredom as punctuated by anger, lust, and artistic ambition, to name a few. Where...
- 1/10/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Interview by Matthew Edwards
Tony Garnett is one of the most respected and celebrated British filmmakers of his generation having worked extensively in British television and through his work with critically acclaimed filmmakers such as Ken Loach, whom the pair worked together on the seminal British dramas Kes (1969) and Cathy Come Home (1966), both of which Garnett produced. Opting to move away from producing, Garnett set his sights on writing and directing his own feature films. After directing the critically acclaimed drama Prostitute (1980), Garnett went on to the write and direct the film Handgun (1983), a powerful cult rape and revenge thriller. Eschewing the exploitation motifs as explored in the genre titles such as Death Wish (1974), Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 (1981) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978), favouring an art-house aesthetic and employing a docudrama stylistic approach, Garnett’s film is a measured exploration of the nature of injustice and retribution while a...
Tony Garnett is one of the most respected and celebrated British filmmakers of his generation having worked extensively in British television and through his work with critically acclaimed filmmakers such as Ken Loach, whom the pair worked together on the seminal British dramas Kes (1969) and Cathy Come Home (1966), both of which Garnett produced. Opting to move away from producing, Garnett set his sights on writing and directing his own feature films. After directing the critically acclaimed drama Prostitute (1980), Garnett went on to the write and direct the film Handgun (1983), a powerful cult rape and revenge thriller. Eschewing the exploitation motifs as explored in the genre titles such as Death Wish (1974), Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 (1981) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978), favouring an art-house aesthetic and employing a docudrama stylistic approach, Garnett’s film is a measured exploration of the nature of injustice and retribution while a...
- 1/2/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Mr. Smith Goes To Hollywood: Interview with Douglas Smith discussing his rising film careerMr. Smith Goes To Hollywood: Interview with Douglas Smith discussing his rising film careerIngrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine12/7/2016 11:46:00 Am
Douglas Smith owes Brendan Fraser a thank-you card.
The Toronto-born actor inadvertently landed his first film role, as the young Fraser, in 1999’s Blast From the Past.
“I was 12 years old and I was visiting my older brother Greg, who was shooting Small Soldiers on the Universal backlot, and the casting director thought I looked like Brendan Fraser and had me come in and audition for Blast From the Past,” says Smith on the line from New Mexico, where he’s in the middle of a cross-country road trip. “And a couple of weeks later I was on the set with Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek — and I had no idea who they were — but I...
Douglas Smith owes Brendan Fraser a thank-you card.
The Toronto-born actor inadvertently landed his first film role, as the young Fraser, in 1999’s Blast From the Past.
“I was 12 years old and I was visiting my older brother Greg, who was shooting Small Soldiers on the Universal backlot, and the casting director thought I looked like Brendan Fraser and had me come in and audition for Blast From the Past,” says Smith on the line from New Mexico, where he’s in the middle of a cross-country road trip. “And a couple of weeks later I was on the set with Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek — and I had no idea who they were — but I...
- 12/7/2016
- by Ingrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
MaryAnn’s quick take… A hugely gripping thriller about politics and money that offers a grim object lesson: Are progressives and liberals gonna have to start fighting dirty? I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women; adore Jessica Chastain
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Suggested alternate title for Miss Sloane: Bitches Get Shit Done. It would have been tough to market that, sure… or maybe not: just sprinkle a few asterisks across the posters, a few bleeps across the TV ads. That title would have sold this tough, ballsy — eggsy? — movie with the hard, crude honesty it deserves. Miss Sloane has no time for nonsense, unless anticipating and doing an end run around it in order to smack it down counts.
Miss Sloane is a thriller — a hugely gripping one — about politics and money and lobbying, which...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Suggested alternate title for Miss Sloane: Bitches Get Shit Done. It would have been tough to market that, sure… or maybe not: just sprinkle a few asterisks across the posters, a few bleeps across the TV ads. That title would have sold this tough, ballsy — eggsy? — movie with the hard, crude honesty it deserves. Miss Sloane has no time for nonsense, unless anticipating and doing an end run around it in order to smack it down counts.
Miss Sloane is a thriller — a hugely gripping one — about politics and money and lobbying, which...
- 12/5/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
People editorial director Jess Cagle was honored with the Brady Center’s annual “Bear Award” for his commitment to gun control advocacy Tuesday night.
The Brady Center is a nonprofit organization aimed at dramatically reducing gun related deaths and injuries in America. Best known for working to pass the Brady Law in 1993, which mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and for its 2001 merger with the Million Mom March, the Brady Center hopes to cut American gun deaths in half by 2025. Currently, the organization is working to close loopholes by extending background checks to gun shows and internet sales.
The Brady Center is a nonprofit organization aimed at dramatically reducing gun related deaths and injuries in America. Best known for working to pass the Brady Law in 1993, which mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and for its 2001 merger with the Million Mom March, the Brady Center hopes to cut American gun deaths in half by 2025. Currently, the organization is working to close loopholes by extending background checks to gun shows and internet sales.
- 11/17/2016
- by m34miller
- PEOPLE.com
The American Murder Song tour is in full swing and its stop in Los Angeles on November 12th is nearly upon us. Continue reading for more info and ticket details. Also in today's Highlights: an exclusive, Nsfw clip from Everlasting, news on the inaugural New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival, Liz Brennan's "Body Bags" music video, and details on Dark Night's AFI Fest screening.
American Murder Song Los Angeles Show Details: Press Release: "The Star of Repo! The Genetic Opera & Songwriters of The Devil's Carnival Arrive With Their New Collaboration in Los Angeles on November 12th.
Cult film composers Terrance Zdunich and Saar Hendelman are no strangers to creating interactive fan events. With their movies Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival as well as its sequel, they pioneered a punk rock approach to storytelling and distribution, touring their musical films like rock concerts and cultivating a die-hard fanbase in the process.
American Murder Song Los Angeles Show Details: Press Release: "The Star of Repo! The Genetic Opera & Songwriters of The Devil's Carnival Arrive With Their New Collaboration in Los Angeles on November 12th.
Cult film composers Terrance Zdunich and Saar Hendelman are no strangers to creating interactive fan events. With their movies Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival as well as its sequel, they pioneered a punk rock approach to storytelling and distribution, touring their musical films like rock concerts and cultivating a die-hard fanbase in the process.
- 11/8/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Desierto Stx Entertainment Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: Jonás Cuarón Written by: Jonás Cuarón, Mateo García Elizondo Cast: Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 10/5/16 Opens: October 13, 2016 “Desierto” portrays a scruffy bunch of Mexican border-crossers as decent people who would probably be hard-working if they make it, and an American gun-toter as a psychotic. This may be why one critic opines that the movie would not be on Donald Trump’s best-ten list. On the other hand, the psycho could conceivably be a candidate for Trump’s head of U.S. Border Patrol since he appears quite effective in dissuading illegals, [ Read More ]
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- 10/14/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
50 years ago a gunshot rang out across the University of Texas campus. Claire Wilson, a pregnant student, was hit in the belly, instantly killing her unborn child. Her fiance, Thomas Eckman turned to her and asked “What’s wrong?” A second shot ensured he would never hear the answer.
For the next hour and a half, death came to the campus. A sniper had taken up position in the central tower, firing indiscriminately at anyone he could get a bead on. By the time he was killed by police he had murdered 11 people and wounded 32.
Reaction at the time was frightened bewilderment. Why would a person take out their frustrations on random strangers in such violent fashion? Little did they know that these shootings were merely the opening act of a continuing trend, one, encompassing names that have become synonymous with tragedy: Columbine, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook and Pulse.
For the next hour and a half, death came to the campus. A sniper had taken up position in the central tower, firing indiscriminately at anyone he could get a bead on. By the time he was killed by police he had murdered 11 people and wounded 32.
Reaction at the time was frightened bewilderment. Why would a person take out their frustrations on random strangers in such violent fashion? Little did they know that these shootings were merely the opening act of a continuing trend, one, encompassing names that have become synonymous with tragedy: Columbine, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook and Pulse.
- 10/13/2016
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Cinelicious Pics has acquired all North American rights to Tim Sutton’s critically acclaimed “Dark Night.” Billed as “an artfully understated critique of American gun culture,” the film is “loosely based around the 2012 massacre that took place during a multiplex screening of ‘The Dark Knight’ in Aurora, Colorado.” Sutton’s feature uses pseudo-documentary technique and a cast of non-professional actors to chart the course of six strangers — including the eventual shooter — over one fateful day. The film was shot in Sarasota, Florida, and lensed by veteran French Dp Helene Louvart and boasts an original score by Montreal-based Maica Armata.
The film debuted at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was later selected as Closing Night Film at Bam CinemaFest. In recent weeks, the film played out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it took home the Lanterna Magica Award.
Read More: Sundance Review: ‘Dark Night’ is a Gorgeous Look...
The film debuted at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was later selected as Closing Night Film at Bam CinemaFest. In recent weeks, the film played out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it took home the Lanterna Magica Award.
Read More: Sundance Review: ‘Dark Night’ is a Gorgeous Look...
- 9/28/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In the wake of the Orlando mass killing, Bill O’Reilly still doesn’t think guns are the issue — he thinks terrorism is. “I don’t think the problem is defined nearly at the jihadist level by the American gun experience,” O’Reilly said. “The solution is not some kind of federal gun control.” Fortunately, the Fox News personality’s got the actual answer: “Every crime is then a federal crime. No more local, no more state.” Also Read: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Trevor Noah Get Serious After Orlando Mass Shooting (Video) O’Reilly is also Ok with limiting high-capacity...
- 6/14/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Hot Docs has announced 14 documentary features that will screen in this year¹s Special Presentations program, joining 15 selections previously announced. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects.
Notable subjects featured as part of the Special Presentations program include activist Bobby Sands ("Bobby Sands: 66 Days"), musicians David Byrne, Nelly Furtado and St. Vincent ("Contemporary Color"), filmmaker Brian de Palma ("De Palma"), former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason ("Gleason"), Canadian rapper Shad and hip-hop stars Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash ("Hip-Hop Evolution"), Afghan rapper and activist Sonita Alizadeh ("Sonita"), artist Frida Kahlo ( "The Legacy Of Frida Kahlo"), and comedians Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman and Carl Reiner ("The Last Laugh").
Award winners from the recent international festival circuit include "Life, Animated" (Directing Award: U.S. Documentary, Sundance 2016), "Trapped" (U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking, Sundance 2016), and "Sonita" (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary, Sundance 2016).
Special Presentations will screen as part of the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 28 to May 8. Ticket packages and passes as well as single tickets are now on sale online and at the CraveTV Box Office at Hot Docs House, located at 610 Markham Street.
Special Presentation titles are below:
"The Age of Consequences"
D: Jared P. Scott | USA | 2016 | 78 min | World Premiere
Sounding an alarm over the critical and disturbing effects of societal inaction, this revealing film highlights the irreversible impacts of climate change‹resource scarcity, mass migration and conflict‹through the lens of global stability and national security.
"American Movie"
D: Chris Smith | USA | 1999 | 107 min | Cinema Eye Legacy Screening
In this beloved cult classic, an aspiring filmmaker struggles to complete a hilariously lo-fi horror film, only to be derailed by personal demons and the staggering ineptitude of his production team.
"Bobby Sands: 66 Days"
D: Brendan Byrne | Ireland, UK | 2016 | 105 min | World Premiere
This riveting account of a turning point in the Troubles in Northern Ireland is taken straight from the diary of Bobby Sands, who led protests of imprisoned Irish Republicans and a hunger strike with momentous consequences.
"Contemporary Color"
D: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | USA | 2016 | 96 min | International Premiere
An extraordinary lineup of top music stars including event mastermind David Byrne of The Talking Heads, Nelly Furtado, St. Vincent and more perform live with 10 ³colour guard² teams‹perfectly synchronized students in pep-rally choreography‹in this one-of-a-kind, kaleidoscopic event.
"De Palma"
D: Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow | USA | 2015 | 107 min | Canadian Premiere
From Carrie to Mission: Impossible to Scarface and beyond, Brian de Palma has created some of cinema¹s most iconic work. In this career-spanning, funny and candid conversation, he reveals his unique perspective on life, work and the past 50 years in film.
"Gleason"
D: Clay Tweel | USA | 2016 | 110 min | International Premiere
At age 34, former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero Steve Gleason was diagnosed with Als. With limited time left to live, he purposefully records his spirited and inspiring life‹a heartfelt time capsule for his newborn son.
"Hip-Hop Evolution"
D: Darby Wheeler | Co-d: Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn | Canada | 2016 | 90 min | World Premiere
Acclaimed Canadian rapper Shad travels to the Bronx and Harlem to talk with hip-hop¹s originators and biggest stars‹Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash among others‹tracing its evolution from underground to global phenomenon.
"The Last Laugh"
D: Ferne Pearlstein | USA | 2016 | 85 min | International Premiere
Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, a 90-year-old Auschwitz survivor and others uproariously debate and test the limits of comedy¹s ultimate taboo: how to joke about the Holocaust, or if it¹s even ethical to try.
"The Legacy of Frida Kahlo"
D: Tadasuke Kotani | Japan | 2015 | 89 min | Canadian Premiere
A renowned Japanese photographer inventories iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo¹s wardrobe and personal belongings, recently discovered 58 years after her death, lending deserved importance to fashion and ³women¹s work,² while resurrecting the dead through clothing and talismans.
"Life,Animated"
D: Roger Ross Williams | USA | 2015 | 91 min | International Premiere
Disney cartoons play a key role in helping a young autistic boy communicate and understand the world around him in this moving testament to coming-of-age through fantasy, from Academy Awardwinning director Roger Ross Williams.
"Sonita"
D: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami | Iran, Germany, Switzerland | 2015 | 90 min | Canadian Premiere
After her family attempts to sell her into marriage, a young Afghan refugee in Iran channels her frustrations and seizes her destiny through music. Grabbing the mic, she spits fiery rhymes in the face of oppressive traditions.
"Sour Grapes"
D: Jerry Rothwell | USA, France | 2016 | 96 min | World Premiere
Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling wine snobs and the super-wealthy alike, in this suspenseful tale of excess on the eve of the 2008 crash.
"Trapped"
D: Dawn Porter | USA | 2016 | 80 min | International Premiere
American women¹s right to abortion is no longer clear, as 288 dubious laws slyly crafted by the right have decimated access. While a watershed Supreme Court battle looms, witness the human stakes of the right to choose.
"Under the Gun"
D: Stephanie Soechtig | USA | 2016 | 110 min | International Premiere
With razor-sharp arguments and insight, Stephanie Soechtig and Katie Couric (the team behind Fed Up) craft a gripping indictment of American gun culture, meeting communities shattered by shootings and exposing the politics that allow the epidemic of violence to persist.
Notable subjects featured as part of the Special Presentations program include activist Bobby Sands ("Bobby Sands: 66 Days"), musicians David Byrne, Nelly Furtado and St. Vincent ("Contemporary Color"), filmmaker Brian de Palma ("De Palma"), former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason ("Gleason"), Canadian rapper Shad and hip-hop stars Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash ("Hip-Hop Evolution"), Afghan rapper and activist Sonita Alizadeh ("Sonita"), artist Frida Kahlo ( "The Legacy Of Frida Kahlo"), and comedians Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman and Carl Reiner ("The Last Laugh").
Award winners from the recent international festival circuit include "Life, Animated" (Directing Award: U.S. Documentary, Sundance 2016), "Trapped" (U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking, Sundance 2016), and "Sonita" (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary, Sundance 2016).
Special Presentations will screen as part of the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 28 to May 8. Ticket packages and passes as well as single tickets are now on sale online and at the CraveTV Box Office at Hot Docs House, located at 610 Markham Street.
Special Presentation titles are below:
"The Age of Consequences"
D: Jared P. Scott | USA | 2016 | 78 min | World Premiere
Sounding an alarm over the critical and disturbing effects of societal inaction, this revealing film highlights the irreversible impacts of climate change‹resource scarcity, mass migration and conflict‹through the lens of global stability and national security.
"American Movie"
D: Chris Smith | USA | 1999 | 107 min | Cinema Eye Legacy Screening
In this beloved cult classic, an aspiring filmmaker struggles to complete a hilariously lo-fi horror film, only to be derailed by personal demons and the staggering ineptitude of his production team.
"Bobby Sands: 66 Days"
D: Brendan Byrne | Ireland, UK | 2016 | 105 min | World Premiere
This riveting account of a turning point in the Troubles in Northern Ireland is taken straight from the diary of Bobby Sands, who led protests of imprisoned Irish Republicans and a hunger strike with momentous consequences.
"Contemporary Color"
D: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | USA | 2016 | 96 min | International Premiere
An extraordinary lineup of top music stars including event mastermind David Byrne of The Talking Heads, Nelly Furtado, St. Vincent and more perform live with 10 ³colour guard² teams‹perfectly synchronized students in pep-rally choreography‹in this one-of-a-kind, kaleidoscopic event.
"De Palma"
D: Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow | USA | 2015 | 107 min | Canadian Premiere
From Carrie to Mission: Impossible to Scarface and beyond, Brian de Palma has created some of cinema¹s most iconic work. In this career-spanning, funny and candid conversation, he reveals his unique perspective on life, work and the past 50 years in film.
"Gleason"
D: Clay Tweel | USA | 2016 | 110 min | International Premiere
At age 34, former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero Steve Gleason was diagnosed with Als. With limited time left to live, he purposefully records his spirited and inspiring life‹a heartfelt time capsule for his newborn son.
"Hip-Hop Evolution"
D: Darby Wheeler | Co-d: Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn | Canada | 2016 | 90 min | World Premiere
Acclaimed Canadian rapper Shad travels to the Bronx and Harlem to talk with hip-hop¹s originators and biggest stars‹Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash among others‹tracing its evolution from underground to global phenomenon.
"The Last Laugh"
D: Ferne Pearlstein | USA | 2016 | 85 min | International Premiere
Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, a 90-year-old Auschwitz survivor and others uproariously debate and test the limits of comedy¹s ultimate taboo: how to joke about the Holocaust, or if it¹s even ethical to try.
"The Legacy of Frida Kahlo"
D: Tadasuke Kotani | Japan | 2015 | 89 min | Canadian Premiere
A renowned Japanese photographer inventories iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo¹s wardrobe and personal belongings, recently discovered 58 years after her death, lending deserved importance to fashion and ³women¹s work,² while resurrecting the dead through clothing and talismans.
"Life,Animated"
D: Roger Ross Williams | USA | 2015 | 91 min | International Premiere
Disney cartoons play a key role in helping a young autistic boy communicate and understand the world around him in this moving testament to coming-of-age through fantasy, from Academy Awardwinning director Roger Ross Williams.
"Sonita"
D: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami | Iran, Germany, Switzerland | 2015 | 90 min | Canadian Premiere
After her family attempts to sell her into marriage, a young Afghan refugee in Iran channels her frustrations and seizes her destiny through music. Grabbing the mic, she spits fiery rhymes in the face of oppressive traditions.
"Sour Grapes"
D: Jerry Rothwell | USA, France | 2016 | 96 min | World Premiere
Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling wine snobs and the super-wealthy alike, in this suspenseful tale of excess on the eve of the 2008 crash.
"Trapped"
D: Dawn Porter | USA | 2016 | 80 min | International Premiere
American women¹s right to abortion is no longer clear, as 288 dubious laws slyly crafted by the right have decimated access. While a watershed Supreme Court battle looms, witness the human stakes of the right to choose.
"Under the Gun"
D: Stephanie Soechtig | USA | 2016 | 110 min | International Premiere
With razor-sharp arguments and insight, Stephanie Soechtig and Katie Couric (the team behind Fed Up) craft a gripping indictment of American gun culture, meeting communities shattered by shootings and exposing the politics that allow the epidemic of violence to persist.
- 4/6/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
It might be missing the industry saturated Park City fervor, but the smaller, shorter, and more intimate Columbia, Missouri based True/False Film Festival is the Rolls-Royce (by way of John Deere) of doc focused cinema. Filmmaker Laura Poitras is not alone in stating that her “love for True/False runs deep – from the smart programming, passionate audiences, inspired buskers, and fabulous venues.” Time and time again, selected filmmakers throughout this year’s edition expressed their love of the fest, while plenty of filmmaker personalities from prior editions could be spotted milling around town as casual filmgoers happy to pay to relive the experience.
With a highly curated program just shy of 50 films shown on 9 different screens (each of which are walkable in just 5-10 minutes of one another) over just 4 days, True/False centers its attention on quality and community, both locally and cinematically. For a city with a...
With a highly curated program just shy of 50 films shown on 9 different screens (each of which are walkable in just 5-10 minutes of one another) over just 4 days, True/False centers its attention on quality and community, both locally and cinematically. For a city with a...
- 3/15/2016
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Despite early hesitations, I’m thankfully here to preach the good word about Michael Dougherty’s Krampus. After slapping a PG-13 rating on their snowy thriller, part of me expected Universal to roll out a watered-down version of Trick-r-Treat-Meets-Christmas – but damn was I proven wrong. With a pinch of Amblin and a dash of Joe Dante, Michael Dougherty finds a style deserving of his own name this holiday season.
For those of you who’ve been complaining about the non-existence of Trick ‘r Treat 2, I promise that Krampus will provide the gleeful holiday chaos that makes your patience for more of Dougherty’s Halloween horrors worthwhile. The film might start a bit on the slow side, but when Dougherty’s fantastically fucked-up fairtytale hits its stride, oh what a winter slaughterhouse this picturesque Martha-Stewart-display becomes.
Krampus starts like any typical Christmas Eve meal between family members. Sarah (Toni Collette) prepares...
For those of you who’ve been complaining about the non-existence of Trick ‘r Treat 2, I promise that Krampus will provide the gleeful holiday chaos that makes your patience for more of Dougherty’s Halloween horrors worthwhile. The film might start a bit on the slow side, but when Dougherty’s fantastically fucked-up fairtytale hits its stride, oh what a winter slaughterhouse this picturesque Martha-Stewart-display becomes.
Krampus starts like any typical Christmas Eve meal between family members. Sarah (Toni Collette) prepares...
- 12/3/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Pablo Schreiber, Rick Springfield and Sosie Bacon are starring in Traces, the indie drama that marks the directorial debut of Matthew Currie Holmes. American Gun‘s Ted Kroeber is producing with Roger Goff (Dallas Buyers Club) and Kevin Lamb and shooting is now underway in L.A. The plot centers on ’90s one-hit wonder Damien (Schreiber) who finds himself out of a job when the record store he works at, owned by Carl (Springfield), suddenly closes. During a chance meeting at…...
- 11/13/2015
- Deadline
Whatever you're waiting for, whatever you face, whatever you're looking for — there are things we all share. Like love. And a sense of purpose. And guns. In a new digital short featuring last night's host, Amy Schumer, SNL succinctly captures the absurdity of American gun culture with the serene voiceover and picturesque vignettes reminiscent of a Viagra commercial, except with guns instead of boners. Guns: They're here to stay. ™...
- 10/11/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
"Where to Invade Next" is documentarian Michael Moore's first film since "Capitalism: A Love Story" six years ago. Once again, he's focused on the failure of American institutions to meet the needs of American citizens. However, he spends the entirety of this film abroad looking at foreign entities that have solved some of our most hotly debated problems. Will this mark Moore's return to the Oscars? -Break- Dish the Oscars with Hollywood insiders in our red-hot forums Moore won Best Documentary Feature in 2002 for "Bowling for Columbine," which examined American gun violence. He was nominated again in 2007 for his health-care expose "Sicko." But while Moore is once again outraged, the spin this time is more optimistic than confrontational. As he explained after the recent New York filmfest press screening, his goal was to "pick the flowers, not the weeds" of foreign cultures, "...'...
- 10/4/2015
- Gold Derby
Liam Neeson has paid his respects to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shootings and also spoken out about American gun laws.
The Taken actor spoke in favour of gun control and described the current situation regarding firearms as a 'disgrace'.
Speaking at a press conference for Taken 3 in Dubai on Tuesday (December 13), Neeson said: "First off, my thoughts and prayers and my heart are with the deceased, and certainly with all of France, yesterday. I've got a lot of dear friends in Paris."
He went on to say: "There's just too many [expletive] guns out there.
"Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There's over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America.
"I think it's a [expletive] disgrace. Every week now we're picking up a newspaper and seeing, 'Yet another few kids have been killed in schools'."
Neeson added: "Let's put it this way: I think a light...
The Taken actor spoke in favour of gun control and described the current situation regarding firearms as a 'disgrace'.
Speaking at a press conference for Taken 3 in Dubai on Tuesday (December 13), Neeson said: "First off, my thoughts and prayers and my heart are with the deceased, and certainly with all of France, yesterday. I've got a lot of dear friends in Paris."
He went on to say: "There's just too many [expletive] guns out there.
"Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There's over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America.
"I think it's a [expletive] disgrace. Every week now we're picking up a newspaper and seeing, 'Yet another few kids have been killed in schools'."
Neeson added: "Let's put it this way: I think a light...
- 1/14/2015
- Digital Spy
A riveting Southern gothic revenge thriller — a suspenseful reinvigoration of the genre — that seems to be over in the first 20 minutes, and then finds horrific new places to take you. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
You know all those action flicks in which tough badasses just want to be left alone but someone done them wrong and now they’re all torn up about how they have to go stalking for bloody, violent revenge that they’d really rather not have to do, honestly? Yeah, none of those movies can ever hope to ring true ever again. Not after Blue Ruin, which has shot out of nowhere to reinvigorate the genre in a way that shouldn’t be unexpected, but is.
What’s startling here? A genuine sense of humanity, and a genuine sense...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
You know all those action flicks in which tough badasses just want to be left alone but someone done them wrong and now they’re all torn up about how they have to go stalking for bloody, violent revenge that they’d really rather not have to do, honestly? Yeah, none of those movies can ever hope to ring true ever again. Not after Blue Ruin, which has shot out of nowhere to reinvigorate the genre in a way that shouldn’t be unexpected, but is.
What’s startling here? A genuine sense of humanity, and a genuine sense...
- 5/1/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Mischief Night is coming home on DVD today, and we have your chance to score a copy on us. We'll deliver it right to your home, too. Well, not personally. If you wanna arrange something like that, we take Visa and Mastercard. Thanks.
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Richard Schenkman's Halloween-set home invasion flick Mischief Night is available on DVD from Image Entertainment Now.
Synopsis:
Horror-thriller Mischief Night stars Noell Coet (Brother’s Keeper, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire), Daniel Hugh Kelly (TV’s "Hardcastle and McCormick," American Gun), Charlie O’Connell (Unlucky Charms), Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phobia), Stephanie Erb (The Ring), and Ally Walker (April Rain).
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life,...
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Richard Schenkman's Halloween-set home invasion flick Mischief Night is available on DVD from Image Entertainment Now.
Synopsis:
Horror-thriller Mischief Night stars Noell Coet (Brother’s Keeper, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire), Daniel Hugh Kelly (TV’s "Hardcastle and McCormick," American Gun), Charlie O’Connell (Unlucky Charms), Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phobia), Stephanie Erb (The Ring), and Ally Walker (April Rain).
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Richard Schenkman's Halloween-set home invasion flick Mischief Night is hitting DVD everywhere tomorrow, and to whet your appetites for the chills to come, we now have an exclusive clip for you cats to dig on!
Synopsis
Image Entertainment is releasing the horror-thriller Mischief Night, starring Noell Coet (Brother’s Keeper, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire), Daniel Hugh Kelly (TV’s "Hardcastle and McCormick," American Gun), Charlie O’Connell (Unlucky Charms), Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phobia), Stephanie Erb (The Ring), and Ally Walker (April Rain), on DVD December 17, 2013. The film is directed by Richard Schenkman (The Pompatus of Love, The Man from Earth).
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder the night before Halloween.
The...
Synopsis
Image Entertainment is releasing the horror-thriller Mischief Night, starring Noell Coet (Brother’s Keeper, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire), Daniel Hugh Kelly (TV’s "Hardcastle and McCormick," American Gun), Charlie O’Connell (Unlucky Charms), Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phobia), Stephanie Erb (The Ring), and Ally Walker (April Rain), on DVD December 17, 2013. The film is directed by Richard Schenkman (The Pompatus of Love, The Man from Earth).
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder the night before Halloween.
The...
- 12/16/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
There you are, tucked away sound and snuggly in your little bed. Counting sheep and drifting off to dreamland. The next thing you know, a stranger is in your house with nothing but bad intentions. To celebrate the release of Mischief Night, we bring you the Top 11 Home Invasions in Horror.
We could go on forever with the list of honorable mentions in this category. Films like The Desperate Hours, Kidnapped and High Tension (Haute Tension) come immediately to mind. As do Panic Room, You're Next, The Purge, The Aggression Scale and Funny Games. Hell, even Macaulay Culkin got terrorized by Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci in Home Alone. Some on the list are traditional assaults and some are more unique, but we think we've got it narrowed down to...
Black Christmas (1974)
All is calm, all is bright. Except for the fact that you've got a raving lunatic holed up in your attic!
We could go on forever with the list of honorable mentions in this category. Films like The Desperate Hours, Kidnapped and High Tension (Haute Tension) come immediately to mind. As do Panic Room, You're Next, The Purge, The Aggression Scale and Funny Games. Hell, even Macaulay Culkin got terrorized by Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci in Home Alone. Some on the list are traditional assaults and some are more unique, but we think we've got it narrowed down to...
Black Christmas (1974)
All is calm, all is bright. Except for the fact that you've got a raving lunatic holed up in your attic!
- 12/16/2013
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
We've been talking about Richard Schenkman's Halloween-set home invasion flick Mischief Night for quite some time, and we're happy to report that Image Entertainment has finally locked a video release date in stone. The thriller will be available on DVD December 17th!
From the Press Release
Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, announces the release of the horror-thriller Mischief Night, starring Noell Coet (Brother’s Keeper, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire), Daniel Hugh Kelly (TV’s Hardcastle and McCormick, American Gun), Charlie O’Connell (Unlucky Charms), Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phobia), Stephanie Erb (The Ring), and Ally Walker (April Rain). Directed by Richard Schenkman (The Pompatus of Love, The Man from Earth), Mischief Night is available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 on Dec. 17, 2013.
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life,...
From the Press Release
Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, announces the release of the horror-thriller Mischief Night, starring Noell Coet (Brother’s Keeper, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire), Daniel Hugh Kelly (TV’s Hardcastle and McCormick, American Gun), Charlie O’Connell (Unlucky Charms), Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phobia), Stephanie Erb (The Ring), and Ally Walker (April Rain). Directed by Richard Schenkman (The Pompatus of Love, The Man from Earth), Mischief Night is available on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 on Dec. 17, 2013.
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life,...
- 11/7/2013
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
The media has a credibility problem. Their preemptive crusade against American gun culture’s most popular weapon is not endearing them to the nation which subsidizes journalism by purchasing newspapers and patronizing cable news advertisers. This episode is just another which confirms what many discerning consumers of news and journalism already know: that the media does not like their customer base.
- 9/17/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Blue Caprice
Written by R.F.I. Porto
Directed by Alexandre Moors
USA, 2013
When making a fictional film about a horrific real-life event, the trap is in explanations. Everyone from politicians to part-time Wikipedia editors has already had their chance to weigh in on the cause of the event, and everyone who cares to have an opinion will likely have formed theirs well before the movie opens. Explaining the tragedy for them will not do; they key instead is to turn the participants, who have not been much more than booking photos in a news report for most of the audience, into fully realized human beings.
Accordingly, Alexandre Moors’ debut feature Blue Caprice is at its weakest when it applies any explanation to the story of John Allen Muhammed (Isaiah Washington) and Lee Boyd Malvo (Tequan Richmond), the two men who murdered ten people in a series of sniper-style attacks in the Washington,...
Written by R.F.I. Porto
Directed by Alexandre Moors
USA, 2013
When making a fictional film about a horrific real-life event, the trap is in explanations. Everyone from politicians to part-time Wikipedia editors has already had their chance to weigh in on the cause of the event, and everyone who cares to have an opinion will likely have formed theirs well before the movie opens. Explaining the tragedy for them will not do; they key instead is to turn the participants, who have not been much more than booking photos in a news report for most of the audience, into fully realized human beings.
Accordingly, Alexandre Moors’ debut feature Blue Caprice is at its weakest when it applies any explanation to the story of John Allen Muhammed (Isaiah Washington) and Lee Boyd Malvo (Tequan Richmond), the two men who murdered ten people in a series of sniper-style attacks in the Washington,...
- 9/14/2013
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
Parents of victims murdered in December 2012 have launched a petition against the publication of 'gruesome' images
Michael Moore has been forced to deny suggestions he called for the release of gruesome photographs from the Sandy Hook school shootings, after parents of victims launched an online petition berating the Us documentary film-maker for his alleged insensitivity and calling for new laws to keep them out of the public domain.
Moore blamed a reporter at Fox News for trying to "stir up the pot" in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were murdered by killer Adam Lanza on 14 December last year, in a massacre that reignited debate over American gun control laws. The director spoke to the Hollywood Reporter after parents of several murdered children launched a petition on the Change.org platform berating "Michael Moore and the hoaxers" for wanting "to publish this gruesome information" and calling on Connecticut legislators...
Michael Moore has been forced to deny suggestions he called for the release of gruesome photographs from the Sandy Hook school shootings, after parents of victims launched an online petition berating the Us documentary film-maker for his alleged insensitivity and calling for new laws to keep them out of the public domain.
Moore blamed a reporter at Fox News for trying to "stir up the pot" in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were murdered by killer Adam Lanza on 14 December last year, in a massacre that reignited debate over American gun control laws. The director spoke to the Hollywood Reporter after parents of several murdered children launched a petition on the Change.org platform berating "Michael Moore and the hoaxers" for wanting "to publish this gruesome information" and calling on Connecticut legislators...
- 6/4/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Valentine Road
Directed by Marta Cunningham
2013, Usa
This gripping American documentary focus’ on a school shooting in 2008 where a student was shot for allegedly being an Lgbt person. The film is essentially split up into three phases: the retelling of the incident, character studies of the two boys and societal critiques of the legal and schools systems. A large majority of the film is made up of interviews with relevant individuals.
A good documentary has the director talking to the right people, asking the right questions and editing intelligently and ethically to keep the film cohesive. This film does all three and in fact does them all well. With a premise like this one might expect the film to be very one sided about the whole affair, but in fact its incredibly fair about showing both sides of the story in depth. It really isn’t as simple as ‘he...
Directed by Marta Cunningham
2013, Usa
This gripping American documentary focus’ on a school shooting in 2008 where a student was shot for allegedly being an Lgbt person. The film is essentially split up into three phases: the retelling of the incident, character studies of the two boys and societal critiques of the legal and schools systems. A large majority of the film is made up of interviews with relevant individuals.
A good documentary has the director talking to the right people, asking the right questions and editing intelligently and ethically to keep the film cohesive. This film does all three and in fact does them all well. With a premise like this one might expect the film to be very one sided about the whole affair, but in fact its incredibly fair about showing both sides of the story in depth. It really isn’t as simple as ‘he...
- 6/4/2013
- by Taegan J. Brown
- SoundOnSight
Stars: Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys, Helena Humann, Ben Jones | Written and Directed by Tony Garrett
With one broken relationship still fresh in her mind, Kathleen Sullivan (Young) is in no mood to take on a new boyfriend. Larry (Day) however will not tolerate sexual rebuffs; rape is his means of exercising what he regards as a male prerogative. Consumed by anger and hungry for vengeance, Kathleen now finds she must take matters into her own hands.
The film debut of Karen Young, who would later go on to star in Birdy, Daylight and The Sopranos, is an uncompromising look at America’s hand gun culture through the eyes of a school teacher coming to terms with being raped. Helmed by British director Tony Garnett in the heart of Texas using a mix of actors and local people, Handgun is unlike any other rape/revenge thriller that has come before or since…...
With one broken relationship still fresh in her mind, Kathleen Sullivan (Young) is in no mood to take on a new boyfriend. Larry (Day) however will not tolerate sexual rebuffs; rape is his means of exercising what he regards as a male prerogative. Consumed by anger and hungry for vengeance, Kathleen now finds she must take matters into her own hands.
The film debut of Karen Young, who would later go on to star in Birdy, Daylight and The Sopranos, is an uncompromising look at America’s hand gun culture through the eyes of a school teacher coming to terms with being raped. Helmed by British director Tony Garnett in the heart of Texas using a mix of actors and local people, Handgun is unlike any other rape/revenge thriller that has come before or since…...
- 5/19/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Film has moved on from the non-linear jigsaws once used to depict our globalised state. Mira Nair's thriller dynamic and the subtlety found in Danish counterpart A Hijacking point the direction things are going
A year ago on this blog, I speculated about whether the fragmented, non-linear narrative that re-emerged in the noughties as the best method of tossing a net over the globalised decade's intertwinings and complexities was gone for good. Some people had questioned, especially after Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel, whether the form had anything deeper than "We're all connected" Benettonisms to offer – a criticism that resurfaced in reviews of the Wachowskis' Cloud Atlas (well, I enjoyed it!).
The New Disorder – as David Denby termed it in his essay for the New Yorker – has certainly lost some of its timezone-flyby thrill, as maybe globalisation itself did after the credit crunch. But the world hasn't got any less complicated.
A year ago on this blog, I speculated about whether the fragmented, non-linear narrative that re-emerged in the noughties as the best method of tossing a net over the globalised decade's intertwinings and complexities was gone for good. Some people had questioned, especially after Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel, whether the form had anything deeper than "We're all connected" Benettonisms to offer – a criticism that resurfaced in reviews of the Wachowskis' Cloud Atlas (well, I enjoyed it!).
The New Disorder – as David Denby termed it in his essay for the New Yorker – has certainly lost some of its timezone-flyby thrill, as maybe globalisation itself did after the credit crunch. But the world hasn't got any less complicated.
- 5/15/2013
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
The National Rifle Association doesn't want to be known as a white man's group, and they're enlisting a popular YouTuber to aid them in their mission. The NRA will begin featuring African-American gun enthusiast Colion Noir on its NRANews YouTube channel in an attempt to appeal to a Black audience. Noir began posting videos to his personal channel about 21 months ago, and in that time period he has brought in more than 88,000 subscribers. He's hardly the most famous gun enthusiast on YouTube, but his skin color makes him a very desirable spokesman to the NRA. In the trailer for his upcoming appearances, he addresses African-Americans directly. "No one wants to fight for their protection, they want the government to do it," he notes, "the same government who at one point hosed us down with water, attacked us with dogs, and wouldn't allow us to eat at their restaurants, and...
- 3/5/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
When alpha types get together, the results can be contentious. And great TV, just ask Piers Morgan, the CNN star and former winner of Donald Trump's hothouse of lesser celebrities "Celebrity Apprentice" who took some time out from his American gun shaming campaign to judge the new lot of star studded "meat" for NBC. Donald Trump and Celebrity Apprentice Allstars has debuted, as Gary Busey, Dennis Rodman, Dee Snider, Stephen Baldwin, Trace Adkins, Bret Michaels, Penn Jillette, Lisa Rinna, Marilu Henner, Omarosa, Playboy Playmate Brande Roderick, La Toya Jackson all scheme and hope their rich friends come through for them. In fact, if you are friends with anyone booked for this show, steel yourself for a desperate pick pocketing...
- 3/4/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The Sundance Film Festival isn’t home to many shoot-em-up movies, but action-oriented actors at the festival are facing questions about Hollywood’s role in American gun violence.
Guy Pearce, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Bell and director Roger Corman were among those discussing the issue at the annual independent-film showcase.
Pearce is in Park City, Utah, to support the family drama “Breathe In,” but he’s pulled plenty of imaginary triggers in violent films such as Lockdown and Lawless. He says Hollywood may make guns seem more appealing to the broader culture, but there are vast variations in films’ approach to violence.
Guy Pearce, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Bell and director Roger Corman were among those discussing the issue at the annual independent-film showcase.
Pearce is in Park City, Utah, to support the family drama “Breathe In,” but he’s pulled plenty of imaginary triggers in violent films such as Lockdown and Lawless. He says Hollywood may make guns seem more appealing to the broader culture, but there are vast variations in films’ approach to violence.
- 1/24/2013
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
The Celebrity Big Brother house saw a clear UK/Us divide in a debate about American gun laws last night (January 18). Following Gillian's eviction last night, Big Brother provided housemates with a game in which topics were picked and random and debated amongst the house. After chatting about the ups and downs of fame, Spencer and Heidi randomly picked 'America is the greatest country on Earth' as their topic, leading the couple to cheer. Heidi told the housemates: "God bless America. America is the land of the free. The American dream can happen. You can come from nothing, as I have, and become what I've become has been a blessing. The greatest place on Earth; and you have so many rights, and freedoms and protection." After Neil jokingly interrupted, Spencer nodded as Heidi continued: "I would say that it's a land of opportunity, a land that (more)...
- 1/19/2013
- by By Beth Curtis
- Digital Spy
Despite a riveting opening sequence, Tom Cruise fails to measure up as Lee Child's action hero
There have been a number of cases over the years when consideration for public opinion has led distributors to postpone the release of movies. In the last weeks of the second world war the morale-boosting Hollywood picture Objective Burma! was withdrawn from British cinemas shortly after it opened (and shelved for seven years) because of protests against the slighting of our "Forgotten Army" in Burma. In 1963 Dr Strangelove was postponed due to the Kennedy assassination, and a jokey reference to Dallas was changed to Vegas, thus puzzling lip-readers. The 1992 Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of Rodney King's assailants led to Walter Hill's Looters being cancelled; it appeared later, renamed Trespass. Many movies were anxiously re-edited after 9/11, and more recently the British release of Ben Affleck's kidnapping thriller Gone Baby Gone...
There have been a number of cases over the years when consideration for public opinion has led distributors to postpone the release of movies. In the last weeks of the second world war the morale-boosting Hollywood picture Objective Burma! was withdrawn from British cinemas shortly after it opened (and shelved for seven years) because of protests against the slighting of our "Forgotten Army" in Burma. In 1963 Dr Strangelove was postponed due to the Kennedy assassination, and a jokey reference to Dallas was changed to Vegas, thus puzzling lip-readers. The 1992 Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of Rodney King's assailants led to Walter Hill's Looters being cancelled; it appeared later, renamed Trespass. Many movies were anxiously re-edited after 9/11, and more recently the British release of Ben Affleck's kidnapping thriller Gone Baby Gone...
- 12/30/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
From folk hero frontiersman Davy Crockett to vigilante cop Dirty Harry, guns seem to be too deeply woven into the American identity for any amount of bloodshed to stain.
The slaying of 20 first graders and six staff members at a Connecticut elementary school Friday shocked a nation that has become accustomed to mass shootings, and sparked renewed calls for gun control.
But even though the powerful National Rifle Association lobby took the unusual step of saying Tuesday it was "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again," experts said any change will be marginal at best.
"The prospect for real political and policy change is slim or unlikely," said Robert Spitzer, author of "The Politics of Gun Control" and a professor at State University of New York at Cortland.
The right to "bear arms" was enshrined in the Us Constitution after the British colonial powers...
The slaying of 20 first graders and six staff members at a Connecticut elementary school Friday shocked a nation that has become accustomed to mass shootings, and sparked renewed calls for gun control.
But even though the powerful National Rifle Association lobby took the unusual step of saying Tuesday it was "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again," experts said any change will be marginal at best.
"The prospect for real political and policy change is slim or unlikely," said Robert Spitzer, author of "The Politics of Gun Control" and a professor at State University of New York at Cortland.
The right to "bear arms" was enshrined in the Us Constitution after the British colonial powers...
- 12/19/2012
- by Agence France Presse
- Huffington Post
Don't expect any more "Ted Nugent's Gun Country" on Discovery. The special, which aired in October 2012, was a one-time special and will not return for new episodes, according to a spokesperon for the network. Despite what Nugent may have told the press, this is it for "Ted Nugent's Gun Country."
"They want to do it as a regular feature," Nugent said of his Discovery special. "We expect that there will be at least a dozen shows a year."
The reality special followed Nugent -- and his guns -- as he lived life, hunting and shooting to have fun.
"Our new show ... simply celebrates and promotes the self-evident truth that 99.99 percent of American gun-owning families use our guns on a regular basis for all the right reasons," Nugent wrote in his "Washington Times" column in October. "The same 99.99 percent of Americans with guns will never use our guns in a...
"They want to do it as a regular feature," Nugent said of his Discovery special. "We expect that there will be at least a dozen shows a year."
The reality special followed Nugent -- and his guns -- as he lived life, hunting and shooting to have fun.
"Our new show ... simply celebrates and promotes the self-evident truth that 99.99 percent of American gun-owning families use our guns on a regular basis for all the right reasons," Nugent wrote in his "Washington Times" column in October. "The same 99.99 percent of Americans with guns will never use our guns in a...
- 12/19/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
CNN host Piers Morgan delivered an angry lecture to his pro-gun guests in an emotional segment about gun control on Friday, the day that 28 lives were lost during a shooting spree in Newtown, Connecticut. Morgan had invited two pro-gun guests and two in favor of gun control to debate the politically sensitive issue. But he ended up on a tear against what he called the "madness" of American gun laws and the "nonsense" that gun lobbyists advocate. The guests on either side of the issue could barely get a word in,...
- 12/15/2012
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Only a few hours after the horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, celebrities and other familiar names have already expressed shock, sorrow and a few calls to action. Here is a roundup of messages left by many on Twitter.
Reports indicate that more than 20 people -- many of them children -- were killed when a young man began shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Although there are many political and news figures publicly declaring that this is not the time for politics, many of the Twitter messages indicate that this is where people's thoughts are going.
Michael Moore (documentarian behind "Bowling for Columbine")
"Too soon to speak out about a gun-crazy nation? No, too late. At least Thirty-one school shootings since Columbine."
Mia Farrow (actress)
"Gun control is no longer debatable- it's not a 'conversation'- It's a moral mandate."
Piers Morgan (CNN host)
"This is now President Obama's...
Reports indicate that more than 20 people -- many of them children -- were killed when a young man began shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Although there are many political and news figures publicly declaring that this is not the time for politics, many of the Twitter messages indicate that this is where people's thoughts are going.
Michael Moore (documentarian behind "Bowling for Columbine")
"Too soon to speak out about a gun-crazy nation? No, too late. At least Thirty-one school shootings since Columbine."
Mia Farrow (actress)
"Gun control is no longer debatable- it's not a 'conversation'- It's a moral mandate."
Piers Morgan (CNN host)
"This is now President Obama's...
- 12/14/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Controversy sells, as most of us know. And for the same reason that this blog entry is being written right now, Discovery Channel is giving airtime to Ted Nugent for his special, Ted Nugent’s Gun Country, premiering tonight at 10pm Et/Pt. In the one-hour special, the Motor City Madman — a famously outspoken NRA member, advocate of hunter’s rights and firearms proponent — will allow viewers an inside look at American gun culture from his perspective. Ted Nugent’s Gun Country travels to Nugent’s Spirit Wild ranch outside Waco, Texas, to see how he and his family take maximum advantage of [...]...
- 10/10/2012
- by Karl Paloucek
- ChannelGuideMag
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