Viva Maestro, a documentary starring the charismatic music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, opened on a high note taking in 14,310 on two screens — Film Forum/NYC and The Landmark/LA. That’s a PTA of 7,155 for the film directed by Ted Braun and presented by Greenwich Entertainment and Participant Media. It expands to 40+ theaters next weekend.
The doc was #1 at Film Forum and #2 at Landmark (behind A24’s indie smash Everything Everywhere All At Once).
The brilliant Dudamel, now in his 13th season atop the LA Phil (and in his inaugural season as music director of the Paris Opera), is only 41 and one of the few conductors who’s a real cultural phenomenon. He’s been that pretty much since his earliest appointment at age 18 as Music Director of the Simón Bolívar Youth Symphony Orchestra, comprised of graduates of Venezuela...
The doc was #1 at Film Forum and #2 at Landmark (behind A24’s indie smash Everything Everywhere All At Once).
The brilliant Dudamel, now in his 13th season atop the LA Phil (and in his inaugural season as music director of the Paris Opera), is only 41 and one of the few conductors who’s a real cultural phenomenon. He’s been that pretty much since his earliest appointment at age 18 as Music Director of the Simón Bolívar Youth Symphony Orchestra, comprised of graduates of Venezuela...
- 4/10/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“I think canons end up being defined as much by what they leave out as by what they let in,” Criterion president Peter Becker tells The New York Times in an interview in which he admits the film collection has not done right by Black filmmakers. The Times reports that of the 1,034 films currently in the Criterion Collection, there are only 9 titles directed by Black filmmakers. Of the Black directors that have made the Criterion cut, four are from America and four are from outside the U.S..
“There’s nothing I can say about it that will make it Ok,” Becker said about the lack of Black directors in the Criterion Collection. “The fact that things are missing, and specifically that Black voices are missing, is harmful, and that’s clear. We have to fix that.”
“You always wanted as a filmmaker to be part of the Criterion Collection,...
“There’s nothing I can say about it that will make it Ok,” Becker said about the lack of Black directors in the Criterion Collection. “The fact that things are missing, and specifically that Black voices are missing, is harmful, and that’s clear. We have to fix that.”
“You always wanted as a filmmaker to be part of the Criterion Collection,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Aaron is joined by David Blakeslee and Matt Gasteier as they take a detour from Criterion to talk about art music in general. We tie it to the label by doing a bracket challenge for the best Criterion music on disc, but we also talk about our personal experiences and tastes in music, and have a short debate about whether rock is dead. We include some Criterion news and FilmStruck, including Peter Becker’s interview and some recent Oop titles on streaming.
Episode Notes
11:30 – Our Music Backgrounds
33:45 – The Criterion Music Bracket Challenge
40:40 – Piece of Flair (Flipper, Bjork, The Strokes)
54:30 – Short Takes (Science is Fiction, Koyaanisqatsi, Inside Llewyn Davis)
1:03:00 – Murray Lerner’s Festival
1:23:00 – Is Rock Dead?
1:50:00 – FilmStruck
Episode Links Criterion Reflections Podcast CriterionCast 186: An Autumn Afternoon Criterion Close-Up 61 – The Rose The Criterion Completion – Hour 8 Matt Gasteier – 33 1/3 Nas’ Illmatic The Focus...
Episode Notes
11:30 – Our Music Backgrounds
33:45 – The Criterion Music Bracket Challenge
40:40 – Piece of Flair (Flipper, Bjork, The Strokes)
54:30 – Short Takes (Science is Fiction, Koyaanisqatsi, Inside Llewyn Davis)
1:03:00 – Murray Lerner’s Festival
1:23:00 – Is Rock Dead?
1:50:00 – FilmStruck
Episode Links Criterion Reflections Podcast CriterionCast 186: An Autumn Afternoon Criterion Close-Up 61 – The Rose The Criterion Completion – Hour 8 Matt Gasteier – 33 1/3 Nas’ Illmatic The Focus...
- 9/25/2017
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
FilmStruck host Alicia Malone joins to talk about the Criterion Closet, FilmStruck, and her book about women in film. Alicia wears a lot of hats and has established herself as a top film reporter from Hollywood. She talks about how she got into the business, what drives her, and what types of films she champions. She also takes us behind the scenes with FilmStruck, her Closet video, and her terrific new book.
Episode Links Alicia’s Book on Amazon – Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film Alicia Malone’s Criterion Picks Alicia’s Trip to Criterion Peter Becker on Female Filmmakers FilmStruck Fridays NYFF55 Revivals Includes New Restorations of Films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean Vigo, and More Telluride Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival StudioCanal: Luis Bunuel and Jean-Pierre Melville Blu-ray Collections Coming Up The Aki Kaurismäki Blu-ray Collection Episode Credits Aaron West:...
Episode Links Alicia’s Book on Amazon – Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film Alicia Malone’s Criterion Picks Alicia’s Trip to Criterion Peter Becker on Female Filmmakers FilmStruck Fridays NYFF55 Revivals Includes New Restorations of Films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean Vigo, and More Telluride Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival StudioCanal: Luis Bunuel and Jean-Pierre Melville Blu-ray Collections Coming Up The Aki Kaurismäki Blu-ray Collection Episode Credits Aaron West:...
- 8/28/2017
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
Last week we learned, via the National Film Archive (Czech Republic) that Janus Films (and the Criterion Collection) had just signed a new deal with plans to bring 30 classic Czech films to the Us.
From the announcement:
The National Film Archive has concluded an important contract with distribution company Janus Films which opens the road to expending knowledge of Czech classic films in all of North America.
Among the more than 30 Czech classic films available to American audiences for screening in cinemas and on DVD in the Us and Canada are titles such as The Cremator, Marketa Lazarová, All My Good Countrymen, Three Nuts for Cinderella. It’s made possible thanks to a new contract signed by National Film Archive director Michal Bregant and distribution company Janus Films.
Michal Bregant offered a comment: “We have signed the contract symbolically this week in Bologna at the festival Il cinema ritrovato, which...
From the announcement:
The National Film Archive has concluded an important contract with distribution company Janus Films which opens the road to expending knowledge of Czech classic films in all of North America.
Among the more than 30 Czech classic films available to American audiences for screening in cinemas and on DVD in the Us and Canada are titles such as The Cremator, Marketa Lazarová, All My Good Countrymen, Three Nuts for Cinderella. It’s made possible thanks to a new contract signed by National Film Archive director Michal Bregant and distribution company Janus Films.
Michal Bregant offered a comment: “We have signed the contract symbolically this week in Bologna at the festival Il cinema ritrovato, which...
- 7/12/2017
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
There’s a new gold rush in the world of entertainment media: subscription streaming services. Companies looking to claim a piece of the subscription video-on-demand (Svod) market are launching nearly every week, creating even more ways for consumers to watch movies and TV shows. In an increasingly fragmented marketplace, which ones stand a chance?
The answer depends on the type of platform. Some of them are premium cable companies following HBO’s lead in creating Svod services for cord cutters, while others are specialty streaming upstarts catering specifically to movie fans. There are now platforms for independent films (SundanceNow, Tribeca Shortlist), arthouse and foreign films (Fandor, Mubi), classics (FilmStruck), horror (Shudder), stories centered on gay men (Dekkoo), ’70s blaxploitation films (Brown Sugar) and Hollywood golden age movies (Warner Archive). And this is just a small sample of what’s available to consumers today.
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The answer depends on the type of platform. Some of them are premium cable companies following HBO’s lead in creating Svod services for cord cutters, while others are specialty streaming upstarts catering specifically to movie fans. There are now platforms for independent films (SundanceNow, Tribeca Shortlist), arthouse and foreign films (Fandor, Mubi), classics (FilmStruck), horror (Shudder), stories centered on gay men (Dekkoo), ’70s blaxploitation films (Brown Sugar) and Hollywood golden age movies (Warner Archive). And this is just a small sample of what’s available to consumers today.
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- 12/23/2016
- by Chris O'Falt and Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Michael Moore took a detour on his way to a discussion with filmmakers Laura Poitras and Kirsten Johnson in New York Wednesday night, joining a group of activists protesting Donald Trump on the streets of Manhattan for roughly half a mile. The filmmakers’ discussion, held at the offices of The Criterion Collection, began with Criterion president Peter Becker reading aloud a Facebook message Moore posted Wednesday entitled “Morning After To-Do List,” a five-point plan for combating Donald Trump.
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Though the conversation was intended to focus on Johnson’s documentary “Cameraperson,” much of the evening was spent discussing what can be done to oppose Trump’s presidency.
“There is a state of profound shock and a real sense of fear that these are dark days ahead,” Poitras said, adding that she and Moore had been emailing earlier in...
Read More: President Donald Trump: How the Indie Film World Will Respond
Though the conversation was intended to focus on Johnson’s documentary “Cameraperson,” much of the evening was spent discussing what can be done to oppose Trump’s presidency.
“There is a state of profound shock and a real sense of fear that these are dark days ahead,” Poitras said, adding that she and Moore had been emailing earlier in...
- 11/10/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
If you build it, will they come? That’s the question that newly launched Filmstruck must face. The Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies’ launch of the new streaming service on Tuesday represents one of the most ambitious undertakings yet in the world of subscription video-on-demand entertainment. (Check out our list of five great films available on the platform now.)
Starting today, FilmStruck is offering hundreds of hard-to-find, critically acclaimed movies and bonus features for $6.99 per month, playing titles from Criterion, Janus Films and Zeitgeist as well as movies from Hollywood studios like Warner Bros. (The platform was originally scheduled to go live on October 19 before issues with the sign-up process required roughly a two-week delay.)
Read More: Inside Criterion’s Plan to Disrupt Streaming Video
For $10.99 per month, subscribers will also have access to the entire Criterion library through The Criterion Channel, an add-on service offering the company’s more than 1,000 movies,...
Starting today, FilmStruck is offering hundreds of hard-to-find, critically acclaimed movies and bonus features for $6.99 per month, playing titles from Criterion, Janus Films and Zeitgeist as well as movies from Hollywood studios like Warner Bros. (The platform was originally scheduled to go live on October 19 before issues with the sign-up process required roughly a two-week delay.)
Read More: Inside Criterion’s Plan to Disrupt Streaming Video
For $10.99 per month, subscribers will also have access to the entire Criterion library through The Criterion Channel, an add-on service offering the company’s more than 1,000 movies,...
- 11/1/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
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