Bob Rosenthal, who founded Formosa Group in 2013 and stunned many in the community when he suddenly resigned in the spring of 2023, is returning to the postproduction sound company as president.
The company, which started as an independent entity, is a division of parent company Streamland, whose brands also include Picture Shop and Picture Head. On the heels of Rosenthal’s resignation, company employees had petitioned Streamland, asking it to keep Formosa Group under Rosenthal’s leadership.
“The company was conceived as a singular destination for artists to render their inspiring work within a collaborative and supportive home,” said Rosenthal in a released statement. “Based upon our incredibly talented artists and our dedicated and dynamic leadership team, Formosa Group has established a distinctive environment to best serve content creator’s ideas and attract incredible talent. I am anxious to return to the people I cherish and the company I revere.”
Matt Dubin,...
The company, which started as an independent entity, is a division of parent company Streamland, whose brands also include Picture Shop and Picture Head. On the heels of Rosenthal’s resignation, company employees had petitioned Streamland, asking it to keep Formosa Group under Rosenthal’s leadership.
“The company was conceived as a singular destination for artists to render their inspiring work within a collaborative and supportive home,” said Rosenthal in a released statement. “Based upon our incredibly talented artists and our dedicated and dynamic leadership team, Formosa Group has established a distinctive environment to best serve content creator’s ideas and attract incredible talent. I am anxious to return to the people I cherish and the company I revere.”
Matt Dubin,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- Variety Film + TV
Dune is one of the standout films of this decade. The film is an immaculate adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel of the same name, and Denis Villeneuve proved his genius once more with this production.
The technical aspects of the film are very intriguing, contributing just as much to the finished product. Ultimately, the results are glorious, from the more obvious features, such as acting and direction, to the more mechanical facets, such as sound production and editing.
Dune and its sequel are as much a visual treat as they are an auditory delight. Moreover, a legendary Jamaican dub reggae artist inspired the team to create some of the most chilling scenes ever seen on a screen.
The film had several intriguing aspects (Source: Dune) How a reggae artist inspired the creation of the Voice in Dune
Helmed by Denis Villeneuve, with Timothée Chalamet playing the protagonist, Dune is...
The technical aspects of the film are very intriguing, contributing just as much to the finished product. Ultimately, the results are glorious, from the more obvious features, such as acting and direction, to the more mechanical facets, such as sound production and editing.
Dune and its sequel are as much a visual treat as they are an auditory delight. Moreover, a legendary Jamaican dub reggae artist inspired the team to create some of the most chilling scenes ever seen on a screen.
The film had several intriguing aspects (Source: Dune) How a reggae artist inspired the creation of the Voice in Dune
Helmed by Denis Villeneuve, with Timothée Chalamet playing the protagonist, Dune is...
- 3/23/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
Oppenheimer, Maestro, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Society of the Snow were the big film winners at the Motion Picture Sound Editors‘ 71st Golden Reel Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. See the full list below.
Academy Award front-runner Oppenheimer from Universal took both marquee movie prizes — Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue/Adr and Feature Effects/Foley, — while fellow Best Picture Oscar nominee Maestro from Netflix won for Music Editing for a Feature Motion Picture.
Sony’s Animated Feature Oscar hopeful Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, hot off dominating the Annie Awards, took the prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation. And Society of the Snow went home with the Foreign Language Feature trophy.
Related: ASC Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Film Prize – Full Winners List
“What makes this event so special is that we come together from around...
Academy Award front-runner Oppenheimer from Universal took both marquee movie prizes — Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue/Adr and Feature Effects/Foley, — while fellow Best Picture Oscar nominee Maestro from Netflix won for Music Editing for a Feature Motion Picture.
Sony’s Animated Feature Oscar hopeful Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, hot off dominating the Annie Awards, took the prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation. And Society of the Snow went home with the Foreign Language Feature trophy.
Related: ASC Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Film Prize – Full Winners List
“What makes this event so special is that we come together from around...
- 3/4/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Oppenheimer prevailed in a pair of categories, while such features as Maestro, Spider-Man: Across the Universe and Society of the Snow also picked up prizes at the 71st Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards.
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the Mpse ceremony was held Sunday at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Michael Dinner, known for his work as a director, writer and producer on projects including The Wonder Years, Chicago Hope and last year’s Justified: City Primeval, was honored with the Mpse Filmmaker Award. Additionally, Dane A. Davis (The Matrix) received the Career Achievement Award.
In the feature competition, winners included Oppenheimer, for dialogue and Adr, and also for effects and foley; Maestro, for music editing; Society of the Snow, for a foreign language film; and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, for theatrical animation. For nonfiction filmmaking, 32 Sounds prevailed for sound editing in a documentary, while Pianoforte was...
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the Mpse ceremony was held Sunday at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Michael Dinner, known for his work as a director, writer and producer on projects including The Wonder Years, Chicago Hope and last year’s Justified: City Primeval, was honored with the Mpse Filmmaker Award. Additionally, Dane A. Davis (The Matrix) received the Career Achievement Award.
In the feature competition, winners included Oppenheimer, for dialogue and Adr, and also for effects and foley; Maestro, for music editing; Society of the Snow, for a foreign language film; and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, for theatrical animation. For nonfiction filmmaking, 32 Sounds prevailed for sound editing in a documentary, while Pianoforte was...
- 3/4/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Cinema Audio Society Awards took place on Saturday, honoring Oppenheimer, The Last of Us and The Bear with winning trophies this year.
The sound mixing team behind Oppenheimer took home the award in the live-action competition, beating the teams behind Barbie, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro.
Cinema Audio Society, which honors outstanding sound mixing in film and television, also handed out awards in the television categories to The Last of Us for best one-hour series and The Bear for best half-hour series.
In its animated feature competition, Cas awarded the trophy to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Other nominees included the teams behind Elemental, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Boy and the Heron and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. As for feature documentaries, 32 Sounds took home the award, beating out American Symphony, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
The sound mixing team behind Oppenheimer took home the award in the live-action competition, beating the teams behind Barbie, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro.
Cinema Audio Society, which honors outstanding sound mixing in film and television, also handed out awards in the television categories to The Last of Us for best one-hour series and The Bear for best half-hour series.
In its animated feature competition, Cas awarded the trophy to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Other nominees included the teams behind Elemental, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Boy and the Heron and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. As for feature documentaries, 32 Sounds took home the award, beating out American Symphony, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
- 3/3/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hosted by comedian Tom Papa, the 60th Cas Awards for sound mixing were held March 2 at the Beverly Hilton, where Oscar-shortlisted sound contenders “Barbie,” “Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” and “Oppenheimer” competed. Ultimately, “Oppenheimer” took home the prize for Motion Pictures — Live Action.
As previously announced, JJ Abrams received the society’s Filmmaker of the Year award and multi award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle was honored with the prestigious Cas Career Achievement Award. In addition, five finalists vied for the Student Recognition Award, with Yushu “Doris” Shen winning.
For animation, the winner was Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Universe,” while “32 Sounds” took home the award for documentary.
Meanwhile, the TV winner for limited series was “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The one-hour series winner was “The Last of Us” and half-hour series went to “The Bear.”
Below is the full list of winners (marked in bold) for...
As previously announced, JJ Abrams received the society’s Filmmaker of the Year award and multi award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle was honored with the prestigious Cas Career Achievement Award. In addition, five finalists vied for the Student Recognition Award, with Yushu “Doris” Shen winning.
For animation, the winner was Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Universe,” while “32 Sounds” took home the award for documentary.
Meanwhile, the TV winner for limited series was “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The one-hour series winner was “The Last of Us” and half-hour series went to “The Bear.”
Below is the full list of winners (marked in bold) for...
- 3/3/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
The 60th Cinema Audio Society Awards named Universal’s Oppenheimer the winner of its marquee Live Action Motion Picture category Saturday at its annual ceremony honoring the year’s best in feature film and TV sound mixing.
The victory gives the Christopher Nolan epic about the creator of the atomic bomb a leg up leading into the Oscars; it is nominated in Sound category among its leading 13 overall nominations.
This year’s marquee Cas Live Action Motion Picture category featured sound artisans from two of the five of this year’s Best Sound Oscar nominees in Oppenheimer and Netflix’s Maestro. They were joined in tonight’s race by Warner Bros’ Barbie, Neon’s Ferrari and Apple’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Last year, Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick won in the category. It went on to repeat the feat at the Oscars.
In addition to Oppenheimer and Maestro,...
The victory gives the Christopher Nolan epic about the creator of the atomic bomb a leg up leading into the Oscars; it is nominated in Sound category among its leading 13 overall nominations.
This year’s marquee Cas Live Action Motion Picture category featured sound artisans from two of the five of this year’s Best Sound Oscar nominees in Oppenheimer and Netflix’s Maestro. They were joined in tonight’s race by Warner Bros’ Barbie, Neon’s Ferrari and Apple’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Last year, Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick won in the category. It went on to repeat the feat at the Oscars.
In addition to Oppenheimer and Maestro,...
- 3/3/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar frontrunner “Oppenheimer” collected another award on Saturday, with its sound team topping the feature competition of the 60th Cinema Audio Society Awards for sound mixing.
The mixing team from “Oppenheimer” includes two-time Oscar-winning production sound mixer Willie D. Burton, who previously won Academy Awards for “Dreamgirls” and “Bird;” rerecording mixer Gary Rizzo, who won Oscars for “Dunkirk” and “Inception;” and rerecording mixer Kevin O’Connell, the 21-time nom who won an Oscar for “Hacksaw Ridge.” The winning team also included scoring mixer Chris Vogel and Foley mixers Tavish Grade, Jack Cucci and Mikel Parraga-Wills.
“Oppenheimer” and Cas feature nominee “Maestro” are nominated for the Oscar in sound, alongside “The Zone of Interest” (which won the BAFTA in sound), “The Creator” and “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1.” In 2021, the Academy combined the Oscars for sound editing and sound mixing into a single award for best sound. A year ago, “Top Gun: Maverick...
The mixing team from “Oppenheimer” includes two-time Oscar-winning production sound mixer Willie D. Burton, who previously won Academy Awards for “Dreamgirls” and “Bird;” rerecording mixer Gary Rizzo, who won Oscars for “Dunkirk” and “Inception;” and rerecording mixer Kevin O’Connell, the 21-time nom who won an Oscar for “Hacksaw Ridge.” The winning team also included scoring mixer Chris Vogel and Foley mixers Tavish Grade, Jack Cucci and Mikel Parraga-Wills.
“Oppenheimer” and Cas feature nominee “Maestro” are nominated for the Oscar in sound, alongside “The Zone of Interest” (which won the BAFTA in sound), “The Creator” and “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1.” In 2021, the Academy combined the Oscars for sound editing and sound mixing into a single award for best sound. A year ago, “Top Gun: Maverick...
- 3/3/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- Variety Film + TV
32 Sounds, the innovative documentary that explores the power of sonic experience, pulled off a shocker at the Cinema Eye Honors Friday night, winning Outstanding Nonfiction Feature over Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and other prominent nominees.
The film directed by Sam Green won two other awards: Outstanding Sound Design, recognizing the work of Mark Mangini, and Outstanding Original Score, which went to composer J.D. Samson.
32 Sounds is one of 15 documentaries shortlisted for the Academy Awards, along with Still, Four Daughters, The Eternal Memory, and 20 Days in Mariupol, all of which took home prizes at the Cinema Eye Honors.
‘Four Daughters’
Outstanding Direction resulted in a tie between two filmmakers, Kaouther Ben Hania of Four Daughters, and Maite Alberdi, director of The Eternal Memory. Alberdi’s film explores the love story of two of Chile’s most prominent figures in the arts and media, Paulina Urrutia and Augusto Góngora,...
The film directed by Sam Green won two other awards: Outstanding Sound Design, recognizing the work of Mark Mangini, and Outstanding Original Score, which went to composer J.D. Samson.
32 Sounds is one of 15 documentaries shortlisted for the Academy Awards, along with Still, Four Daughters, The Eternal Memory, and 20 Days in Mariupol, all of which took home prizes at the Cinema Eye Honors.
‘Four Daughters’
Outstanding Direction resulted in a tie between two filmmakers, Kaouther Ben Hania of Four Daughters, and Maite Alberdi, director of The Eternal Memory. Alberdi’s film explores the love story of two of Chile’s most prominent figures in the arts and media, Paulina Urrutia and Augusto Góngora,...
- 1/13/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cinema Eye Honors announced the winners for its documentary films and series competition Friday in Manhattan, with “32 Sounds” taking the honor for outstanding nonfiction feature. Maite Alberdi won outstanding direction for “The Eternal Memory” together with Kaouther Ben Hania for “Four Daughters,” while “Paul T. Goldman” won outstanding nonfiction series.
See all the winners below:
—Outstanding Nonfiction Feature
32 Sounds
Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsmann
—Outstanding Direction
Maite Alberdi
The Eternal Memory
Kaouther Ben Hania
Four Daughters
—Outstanding Editing
Michael Harte
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
—Outstanding Production
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath, Derl McCrudden and Vasilisa Stepanenko
20 Days in Mariupol
—Outstanding Cinematography
Ants Tammik
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
—Outstanding Original Score
Jd Samson
32 Sounds
—Outstanding Sound Design
Mark Mangini
32 Sounds
—Outstanding Visual Design
Thomas Curtis and Sean Pierce
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
—Outstanding Debut
Kokomo...
See all the winners below:
—Outstanding Nonfiction Feature
32 Sounds
Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsmann
—Outstanding Direction
Maite Alberdi
The Eternal Memory
Kaouther Ben Hania
Four Daughters
—Outstanding Editing
Michael Harte
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
—Outstanding Production
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath, Derl McCrudden and Vasilisa Stepanenko
20 Days in Mariupol
—Outstanding Cinematography
Ants Tammik
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
—Outstanding Original Score
Jd Samson
32 Sounds
—Outstanding Sound Design
Mark Mangini
32 Sounds
—Outstanding Visual Design
Thomas Curtis and Sean Pierce
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
—Outstanding Debut
Kokomo...
- 1/13/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew, Jaden Thompson and Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Sam Green’s last film “A Thousand Thoughts” was a documentary about the Kronos Quartet, but his challenge was getting people to “hear” the film because everything about the medium is visual.
When it came to his next project, “32 Sounds,” the documentary feature shortlisted for Oscar, he set out tell a story specifically about sound and the aural experience. Green assemblies 32 different scenarios in an attempt to challenge how audiences think about sound.
In one scene, foley artist Joanna Fang is in a studio drumming her feet and tugging on ropes as she imagines what a falling pine tree landing in snow would sound like. Elsewhere, sound pioneer Annea Lockwood shares decades-old recordings of underwater sounds of a river. In another scenario, a man blasts the Phil Collins hit “In the Air Tonight” as he drives through Brooklyn.
In many of the scenes, sound designer Mark Mangini worked with...
When it came to his next project, “32 Sounds,” the documentary feature shortlisted for Oscar, he set out tell a story specifically about sound and the aural experience. Green assemblies 32 different scenarios in an attempt to challenge how audiences think about sound.
In one scene, foley artist Joanna Fang is in a studio drumming her feet and tugging on ropes as she imagines what a falling pine tree landing in snow would sound like. Elsewhere, sound pioneer Annea Lockwood shares decades-old recordings of underwater sounds of a river. In another scenario, a man blasts the Phil Collins hit “In the Air Tonight” as he drives through Brooklyn.
In many of the scenes, sound designer Mark Mangini worked with...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominations for the 60th annual Cas Awards.
“Barbie,” “Ferrari,” “Oppenheimer” and “Maestro” are among the 2024 nominees for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for motion pictures – live action. Other nominees across film and television include “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “The Last of Us,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “The Bear” and more.
As previously announced, award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle Cas will be honored with the prestigious Cas Career Achievement Award.
Cas Awards nominees represent the distinctive contributions of sound mixers, honoring outstanding achievements in the specialized craft of sound mixing for both film and TV.
“2023 posed numerous challenges for the industry, yet we remain deeply grateful for the abundance of contenders and truly impressed by the skills and talent displayed by the sound community,” said Cas President, Peter Kurland. “The upcoming awards promise a celebration of our community’s remarkable efforts,...
“Barbie,” “Ferrari,” “Oppenheimer” and “Maestro” are among the 2024 nominees for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for motion pictures – live action. Other nominees across film and television include “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “The Last of Us,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “The Bear” and more.
As previously announced, award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle Cas will be honored with the prestigious Cas Career Achievement Award.
Cas Awards nominees represent the distinctive contributions of sound mixers, honoring outstanding achievements in the specialized craft of sound mixing for both film and TV.
“2023 posed numerous challenges for the industry, yet we remain deeply grateful for the abundance of contenders and truly impressed by the skills and talent displayed by the sound community,” said Cas President, Peter Kurland. “The upcoming awards promise a celebration of our community’s remarkable efforts,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-shortlisted sound contenders “Barbie,” “Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” and the frontrunning “Oppenheimer” (boasting a massive atomic blast and other creative subatomic and cosmic sounds) were nominated by The Cinema Audio Society (Cas) for sound mixing. The 60th Cas Awards will be held March 2 at the Beverly Hilton.
As previously announced, multi-award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle, will be honored with the prestigious Cas Career Achievement Award. In addition, five finalists are vying for the Student Recognition Award. The winner will be announced at the awards gala. Also, the Cas will announce its newly elected Board of Directors.
Shortlisted films that didn’t make the cut were “The Creator,” “The Killer,” “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Napoleon,” and “The Zone of Interest.” However, they still have a shot with the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse) nominations on January 15. The 71st Annual Golden Reel Awards will be held...
As previously announced, multi-award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle, will be honored with the prestigious Cas Career Achievement Award. In addition, five finalists are vying for the Student Recognition Award. The winner will be announced at the awards gala. Also, the Cas will announce its newly elected Board of Directors.
Shortlisted films that didn’t make the cut were “The Creator,” “The Killer,” “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Napoleon,” and “The Zone of Interest.” However, they still have a shot with the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse) nominations on January 15. The 71st Annual Golden Reel Awards will be held...
- 1/9/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Now hear this: The Cinema Audio Society is out with the nominations for its 60th annual Cas Awards, which celebrate excellence in sound mixing for film and TV in seven categories. See the list below.
Vying for the marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing non-toon films of 2023 — Barbie and Oppenheimer — along with Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro.
In the mix for the animated feature trophy are Elemental, Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Boy and the Heron and The Super Mario Bros Movie. The documentary race will feature 32 Sounds, American Symphony, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Last year, the Cinema Audio Society gave its marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette to Top Gun: Maverick, the second-biggest movie of 2022, which went on to win the Best Sound Oscar.
Vying for the marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing non-toon films of 2023 — Barbie and Oppenheimer — along with Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro.
In the mix for the animated feature trophy are Elemental, Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Boy and the Heron and The Super Mario Bros Movie. The documentary race will feature 32 Sounds, American Symphony, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Last year, the Cinema Audio Society gave its marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette to Top Gun: Maverick, the second-biggest movie of 2022, which went on to win the Best Sound Oscar.
- 1/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
One may think filmmaker Sam Green’s 32 Sounds is aimed at the sound community, but with his immersive exploration of the noises we hear, Green says he hopes to reach general audiences and inspire them to “hear the world in a different way.”
Sound designer Mark Mangini feels the same way, pointing to the narrative power of sound — for instance, the voice of Green’s late brother, preserved on an old answering machine. “That’s a very powerful moment in the movie for us,” says Mangini of the emotional segment during which Green listens to this recording. “We think that helps audiences connect with a vital aspect of their lives that they aren’t really aware of.”
32 Sounds begins with Green and composer Jd Samson speaking directly to viewers before proceeding on a journey through the auditory world, from the aforementioned answering machine recording to the work of...
Sound designer Mark Mangini feels the same way, pointing to the narrative power of sound — for instance, the voice of Green’s late brother, preserved on an old answering machine. “That’s a very powerful moment in the movie for us,” says Mangini of the emotional segment during which Green listens to this recording. “We think that helps audiences connect with a vital aspect of their lives that they aren’t really aware of.”
32 Sounds begins with Green and composer Jd Samson speaking directly to viewers before proceeding on a journey through the auditory world, from the aforementioned answering machine recording to the work of...
- 11/30/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Kokomo City,” D. Smith’s documentary about four trans Black women in New York and Georgia, led all films in nominations for the 17th annual Cinema Eye Honors, the New York-based awards designed to spotlight all facets of nonfiction filmmaking.
The film received six nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature and Outstanding Direction. Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” Maite Alberdi’s “The Eternal Memory” and Sam Green’s “32 Sounds” followed with five nominations each.
In the Outstanding Nonfiction Feature category, “Kokomo City,” “The Eternal Memory,” “20 Days in Mariupol” and “32 Sounds” were joined by “Four Daughters,” “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” and “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”
Matthew Heineman’s “American Symphony” received nominations for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Score, making Heineman the third-most-nominated filmmaker in Cinema Eye history. With 12 nominations overall, he now trails Steve James and Laura Poitras by one.
While many...
The film received six nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature and Outstanding Direction. Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” Maite Alberdi’s “The Eternal Memory” and Sam Green’s “32 Sounds” followed with five nominations each.
In the Outstanding Nonfiction Feature category, “Kokomo City,” “The Eternal Memory,” “20 Days in Mariupol” and “32 Sounds” were joined by “Four Daughters,” “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” and “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”
Matthew Heineman’s “American Symphony” received nominations for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Score, making Heineman the third-most-nominated filmmaker in Cinema Eye history. With 12 nominations overall, he now trails Steve James and Laura Poitras by one.
While many...
- 11/16/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jenna Davis, the voice behind the killer doll in M3GAN, The Thundermans star Jack Griffo, and Wolf Pack actor Rio Mangini are toplining Stay at Home, an indie horror movie from writer-director K. Asher Levin.
Lilah Pate, from hit YA shows The Summer I Turned Pretty and Outer Banks, along with Armen Nahapetian (Beau is Afraid), Analesa Fisher (Metal Lords), Ashlyn Jade Lopez (Christmas Again), Micah Tarver and Alice Killoran round out the YA cast for the production, which will get underway in Los Angeles Sept. 13. Genre stalwarts Patrick Muldoon and Madeleine Wade are also in the feature.
Written by Zack Imbrogno from a story by Levin and Imbrogno, the thriller centers on two sisters during a nation-wide lockdown. Both are left alone for the week, but are required to use the new app, Stay at Home, that monitors their every move. When their friends mysteriously begin getting murdered in sadistic ways,...
Lilah Pate, from hit YA shows The Summer I Turned Pretty and Outer Banks, along with Armen Nahapetian (Beau is Afraid), Analesa Fisher (Metal Lords), Ashlyn Jade Lopez (Christmas Again), Micah Tarver and Alice Killoran round out the YA cast for the production, which will get underway in Los Angeles Sept. 13. Genre stalwarts Patrick Muldoon and Madeleine Wade are also in the feature.
Written by Zack Imbrogno from a story by Levin and Imbrogno, the thriller centers on two sisters during a nation-wide lockdown. Both are left alone for the week, but are required to use the new app, Stay at Home, that monitors their every move. When their friends mysteriously begin getting murdered in sadistic ways,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A few years ago, “true crime” became a marketable trope, and the documentary market has been in slow-motion decline ever since. The millions that streamers invested in non-fiction overinflated expectations for the form, stretched it thin, and the bubble burst earlier this year. In January, few documentaries generated much buyer interest out of Sundance. In this column, I proposed that filmmakers might be best-served by killing the word “documentary” to avoid getting rejected outright.
Sam Green has taken a more pragmatic approach. His delightful, immersive essay film “32 Sounds,” which opens in New York’s Film Forum this week more than a year after its debut as a live performance at Sundance’s virtual 2022 edition, has a malleable form and modest scale that lets it thrive without the unreasonable expectations of success. The project’s long-term viability provides a valuable case study for how unconventional, smaller-scale non-fiction filmmaking can remain sustainable.
Sam Green has taken a more pragmatic approach. His delightful, immersive essay film “32 Sounds,” which opens in New York’s Film Forum this week more than a year after its debut as a live performance at Sundance’s virtual 2022 edition, has a malleable form and modest scale that lets it thrive without the unreasonable expectations of success. The project’s long-term viability provides a valuable case study for how unconventional, smaller-scale non-fiction filmmaking can remain sustainable.
- 4/29/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
As engaging and impressive a documentary as you’re going to see, 32 Sounds starts with a kind of obvious––yet eminently under-asked––question: why do most of us take sound for granted? Director Sam Green quickly reminds us of Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph. He tell us a newspaper at the time “predicted the machine would actually stop death.” Only moments later there’s a playful investigation into how we hear, spurned by a digression about the Whoopee cushion. Which is to say this is not only a documentary of interest, but entertainment. Consider a cute moment in which we watch a tree fall in the woods, though we hear nothing. The press notes acknowledge the clear inspiration, from the title on down: the masterpiece Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould by François Girard.
Green collaborates with composer Jd Samson to examine sound through 32 different “specific sonic experiences.
Green collaborates with composer Jd Samson to examine sound through 32 different “specific sonic experiences.
- 4/29/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
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