A nugget of wisdom, from his memoir On Writing, by Stephen King: “Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.” “Start Calling Me Dad,” the sixth installment of the first season of Cinemax’s The Knick (an Amiel/Begler/Soderbergh joint as per usual), is all plot, akin to watching chess pieces moving around the board, readying a future attack. There can be suspense in this kind of storytelling, but the episode feels more like housecleaning for the inelegant way it resolves certain narrative threads while awkwardly setting up others.I’ve been vocal about how Amiel and Begler’s writing isn’t up to their multihyphenate collaborator’s directing, photography and editing. But I usually find Soderbergh is able to tame the words with his visual conceits (and a shout-out here, also, to the impeccable sound design of Larry Blake, whose work...
- 9/20/2014
- by Keith Uhlich
- Vulture
Warner Bros’ Gravity continued to its run through this season’s craft awards, taking the Live Action Film award tonight at the 50th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards at La’s Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Disney’s Frozen won in the animated category in a night the society honored re-recording mixer Andy Nelson with the Cas Career Achievement Award and Edward Zwick with the Cas Filmmaker Award. The group also presented a tribute to Dolby Labs founder Ray Dolby. Here’s the full list of winners: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action Gravity Production Mixer Chris Munro, Cas; Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas, Niv Adiri and Christopher Benstead; Scoring Mixer Gareth Cousins; Adr Mixers Chris Navarro, Cas and Thomas J. O’Connell; and Foley Mixer Adam Fil Mendez Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated Frozen Original Dialogue Mixer Gabriel Guy; Re-recording Mixers David E. Fluhr,...
- 2/23/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 50th Annual Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2013. Winners will be revealed on February 22nd in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. The Cas Career Achievement Award will be given to Re-recording Mixer Andy Nelson.
Here are the nominations for the 50th Cinema Audio Society Awards:
Motion Picture . Live Action
Captain Phillips
Production Mixer --Chris Munro, Cas
Re-recording Mixer .- Michael Prestwood Smith
Re-recording Mixer -- Chris Burdon
Re-recording Mixer -- Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer -- Al Clay
Adr Mixer -- Howard London, Cas
Foley Mixer -- Glen Gathard
Gravity
Production Mixer --Chris Munro, Cas
Re-recording Mixer -- Skip Lievsay, Cas
Re-recording Mixer -- Niv Adiri
Re-recording Mixer -- Christopher Benstead
Scoring Mixer -- Gareth Cousins
Adr Mixer -- Thomas J. O'Connell
Foley Mixer . Adam Mendez
Inside Llewyn Davis
Production Mixer -- Peter F. Kurland,...
Here are the nominations for the 50th Cinema Audio Society Awards:
Motion Picture . Live Action
Captain Phillips
Production Mixer --Chris Munro, Cas
Re-recording Mixer .- Michael Prestwood Smith
Re-recording Mixer -- Chris Burdon
Re-recording Mixer -- Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer -- Al Clay
Adr Mixer -- Howard London, Cas
Foley Mixer -- Glen Gathard
Gravity
Production Mixer --Chris Munro, Cas
Re-recording Mixer -- Skip Lievsay, Cas
Re-recording Mixer -- Niv Adiri
Re-recording Mixer -- Christopher Benstead
Scoring Mixer -- Gareth Cousins
Adr Mixer -- Thomas J. O'Connell
Foley Mixer . Adam Mendez
Inside Llewyn Davis
Production Mixer -- Peter F. Kurland,...
- 1/14/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 25, 2014
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jesse Bradford is King of the Hill.
The 1993 drama King of the Hill represented the first Hollywood studio production for Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a few years earlier.
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent (Bring It On’s Jesse Bradford) who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips.
An evocative period piece about growing up, the film is faithfully adapted from the memoir by the novelist A. E. Hotchner. Among the ever versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films, it features a strong supporting cast that includes...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jesse Bradford is King of the Hill.
The 1993 drama King of the Hill represented the first Hollywood studio production for Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a few years earlier.
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent (Bring It On’s Jesse Bradford) who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips.
An evocative period piece about growing up, the film is faithfully adapted from the memoir by the novelist A. E. Hotchner. Among the ever versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films, it features a strong supporting cast that includes...
- 11/20/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
A week before the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards rock the entertainment industry, nearly 80 awards were scheduled to be presented at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony Sunday (Sept. 15) at the Nokia Theatre. Fxx will air an edited version of the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony on Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. Et.
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Later this week, the alleged final theatrical release directed by Steven Soderbergh will open nationwide. Titled Side Effects, it’s a fine little thriller involving psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. Maybe not the grandest finale for the filmmaker who gave us such big movies as the Oceans trilogy, Traffic, Che, Shizopolis and of course Sex, Lies and Videotape, but he didn’t enter the business with a bang either. Soderbergh’s first professional directing gig, at age 21, was helming a little-recognized concert film titled Yes: 9012Live, which presents a 1984 performance by the band Yes during their tour supporting the album 90125. (You can see a clip of them doing “Roundabout” from the film here.) Supplementary to that, he shot a short backstage documentary during the tour called Access All Areas. It’s a crude look at the reunited prog-rock group both aesthetically and content-wise. It’s quickly cut, offering only bits of moments rather than full-on scenes. And...
- 2/3/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Last week I ran a lengthy first part of my Steven Soderbergh interview, primarily about the movie Contagion. Soon aftewards, the film opened number one at the box office by a wide margin and clearly there is a direct line between the two. Steve, next time you are in town the cherry lime rickeys are on you.
Our conversation went far beyond the usual shilling for new product, so now that the news cycle promoting Contagion has run its course, I’d love to share the rest of our discussion on a multitude of topics.
For a guy whose won every award imaginable and has the acclaim of both mass audiences and “the elite,” I can’t overstate just how down-to-earth and agreeable Mr. Soderbergh is. What doesn’t come across in print is his directness – there’s a surprising lack of b.s. in his tone, and if he...
Our conversation went far beyond the usual shilling for new product, so now that the news cycle promoting Contagion has run its course, I’d love to share the rest of our discussion on a multitude of topics.
For a guy whose won every award imaginable and has the acclaim of both mass audiences and “the elite,” I can’t overstate just how down-to-earth and agreeable Mr. Soderbergh is. What doesn’t come across in print is his directness – there’s a surprising lack of b.s. in his tone, and if he...
- 9/14/2011
- UGO Movies
Made in 1941, Two-Faced Woman was Greta Garbo's last film, the swan song for one of the original movie starlets. Garbo stars as Karin Blake, the outdoorsy adventurous wife of Larry Blake, played by Melvyn Douglas (Ninotchka). The marriage is becoming stale, and sensing her husband's disinterest, Karin decides to pose as her "twin" sister who is more of a romantic temptress type more interested in "the indoor life" than her sister.
One of the first mistaken identity films, the movie was a romantic comedy despite its sordid (and slightly psychotic when you think about it) plotline. Garbo is effervescent as ever on the screen, and seems to fully embrace the temptress character, complete with a sultry (for the time at least) Latin dance number sure to turn more than a few heads.
While not her best work, Two-Faced Woman is aptly named for offering us a different side of...
One of the first mistaken identity films, the movie was a romantic comedy despite its sordid (and slightly psychotic when you think about it) plotline. Garbo is effervescent as ever on the screen, and seems to fully embrace the temptress character, complete with a sultry (for the time at least) Latin dance number sure to turn more than a few heads.
While not her best work, Two-Faced Woman is aptly named for offering us a different side of...
- 2/10/2011
- by Tom Hoeler
- JustPressPlay.net
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