For 40 years, the Sundance Film Festival has been the United States' preeminent market and showcase for independent film. Over this span, the festival has become famous not just for the groundbreaking movies it's premiered, but its wintry Park City, Utah setting. January is peak ski season in the once-sleepy resort town, which gives Hollywood execs, producers and artists extra incentive to skip town and squeeze in some time on the slopes while watching loads of new movies from some of the most talented and excitingly unconventional filmmakers on the planet.
This annual tradition could be coming to an end.
Today, the Sundance Institute announced that it is soliciting bids to relocate the 10-day festival. According to festival director Eugene Hernandez:
"We are in a unique moment for our festival and our global film community, and with the contract up for renewal, this exploration allows us to responsibly consider how...
This annual tradition could be coming to an end.
Today, the Sundance Institute announced that it is soliciting bids to relocate the 10-day festival. According to festival director Eugene Hernandez:
"We are in a unique moment for our festival and our global film community, and with the contract up for renewal, this exploration allows us to responsibly consider how...
- 4/17/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Fandoms everywhere can now rejoice, for in October Our Flag Means Death finally returns to our screens for its second season. Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi will be romancing the high seas once more thanks to an enormous outpouring of love and support from the show’s fans. The safety of the cult favorite is not yet known beyond season two, but if this one is as good as the first, it certainly won’t be for lack of trying.
Talking of little shows that could, Doom Patrol is back for its last ever block of episodes, having long outlasted the many of the other ill-fated DC streaming series. Season two of The Gilded Age is also streaming this month, with Bertha challenging both Mrs. Astor and the old system in this new run.
And if none of that is up your street, there’s always Jason Statham punching sharks in the face,...
Talking of little shows that could, Doom Patrol is back for its last ever block of episodes, having long outlasted the many of the other ill-fated DC streaming series. Season two of The Gilded Age is also streaming this month, with Bertha challenging both Mrs. Astor and the old system in this new run.
And if none of that is up your street, there’s always Jason Statham punching sharks in the face,...
- 10/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Rhys Darby in ‘Our Flag Means Death’ season 2 (Photograph by Nicola Dove/Max)
Max’s 2023 October lineup of series includes new seasons of Our Flag Means Death, The Gilded Age, and 30 Coins, as well as the second half of Doom Patrol season four (the final season). A documentary focusing on the notorious Bling Ring premieres on October 1st, along with all five Final Destination films.
In addition to a batch of horror films joining the network’s lineup, Max is celebrating Halloween with new seasons of Ghost Adventures and The Haunted Museum.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In October 2023:
October 1
3 Godfathers (1948)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
All About the Benjamins (2002)
The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The Answer Man (2009)
Anthropoid (2016)
Appaloosa (2008)
The Apparition (2012)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Badlands (1973)
Be Cool (2005)
Bee Season (2005)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blindspotting (2018)
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
Cesar Chavez (2014)
Charlie Wilson’s War...
Max’s 2023 October lineup of series includes new seasons of Our Flag Means Death, The Gilded Age, and 30 Coins, as well as the second half of Doom Patrol season four (the final season). A documentary focusing on the notorious Bling Ring premieres on October 1st, along with all five Final Destination films.
In addition to a batch of horror films joining the network’s lineup, Max is celebrating Halloween with new seasons of Ghost Adventures and The Haunted Museum.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In October 2023:
October 1
3 Godfathers (1948)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
All About the Benjamins (2002)
The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The Answer Man (2009)
Anthropoid (2016)
Appaloosa (2008)
The Apparition (2012)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Badlands (1973)
Be Cool (2005)
Bee Season (2005)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blindspotting (2018)
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
Cesar Chavez (2014)
Charlie Wilson’s War...
- 9/25/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Wendey Stanzler has a wealth of directing credits spanning decades in the TV industry.
You've seen her work, even if you don't know it. She's directed Sex and the City, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Arrow, and myriad others throughout her storied career.
We had the chance to chat with her about her career and directing the pivotal final two episodes of Her current project was directing the last two episodes of HBO Max's Made For Love Season 2.
We bonded quickly over working in a business that can sometimes make middle-aged people feel like senior citizens, and our conversation was easy and pleasant.
While many people imagine those who work in Hollywood to be in a class by themselves, most everyone I speak with proves otherwise.
Wendey is down-to-earth and engaging, which helps to understand why she is so good at her job.
As Wendey puts it,...
You've seen her work, even if you don't know it. She's directed Sex and the City, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Arrow, and myriad others throughout her storied career.
We had the chance to chat with her about her career and directing the pivotal final two episodes of Her current project was directing the last two episodes of HBO Max's Made For Love Season 2.
We bonded quickly over working in a business that can sometimes make middle-aged people feel like senior citizens, and our conversation was easy and pleasant.
While many people imagine those who work in Hollywood to be in a class by themselves, most everyone I speak with proves otherwise.
Wendey is down-to-earth and engaging, which helps to understand why she is so good at her job.
As Wendey puts it,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Filmmaker Pat Longstreth’s documentary Iron Family is a portrait of Jazmine Faries, a 32-year old woman with Down syndrome obsessed with soap operas, Barbie dolls, and Matthew McConaughey. For the past 5 summers, her family has performed her original stageplays for a small audience in their town of Iron River, Michigan. In this sixth season, we follow the creative process of writing, rehearsing, and performing the play. Family bonds between her brother Chad, and her mother, Kate, are strengthened and put to the test by the mishaps and chaos of coordinating a production with limited resources. Along the way we see Jazmine’s personal struggle for independence, her yearning for a romantic partner, and how a single spark of creativity can spread joy throughout a community. The site for Iron Family can be found Here
Pat Longstreth’took the time to answer some questions from We Are Movie Geeks about Jazmine,...
Pat Longstreth’took the time to answer some questions from We Are Movie Geeks about Jazmine,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In honor of President’s Day, we thought we might take a look at the ten highest-grossing movies ever made on the topic of American presidents. This list was constructed using domestic box office totals that have also been adjusted for inflation (according to data procured from Box Office Mojo and The Numbers). So, without further adieu, here are the ten highest-grossing films about American presidents.
10. Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Original Domestic Gross: $98,927,592
Adjusted Domestic Gross: $111,460,849
Another one of those “Die Hard in …” movies that happened to be set in the White House. This one starred Gerard Butler as Mike Banning, a secret service agent who finds himself trapped along with the president (Aaron Eckhart) during a terrorist attack on the White House. As hinted earlier, it amounts to little more than an attempt to replicate Die Hard in the White House. But, despite failing miserably in living up to its inspiration,...
10. Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Original Domestic Gross: $98,927,592
Adjusted Domestic Gross: $111,460,849
Another one of those “Die Hard in …” movies that happened to be set in the White House. This one starred Gerard Butler as Mike Banning, a secret service agent who finds himself trapped along with the president (Aaron Eckhart) during a terrorist attack on the White House. As hinted earlier, it amounts to little more than an attempt to replicate Die Hard in the White House. But, despite failing miserably in living up to its inspiration,...
- 2/21/2022
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
With fears our winter travel will need a, let’s say, reconsideration, the Criterion Channel’s monthly programming could hardly come at a better moment. High on list of highlights is Louis Feuillade’s delightful Les Vampires, which I suggest soundtracking to Coil, instrumental Nine Inch Nails, and Jóhann Jóhannson’s Mandy score. Notable too is a Sundance ’92 retrospective running the gamut from Paul Schrader to Derek Jarman to Jean-Pierre Gorin, and I’m especially excited for their look at one of America’s greatest actors, Sterling Hayden.
Special notice to Criterion editions of The Killing, The Last Days of Disco, All About Eve, and The Asphalt Jungle, and programming of Ognjen Glavonić’s The Load, among the better debuts in recent years.
See the full list of January titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.
-Ship: A Visual Poem, Terrance Day, 2020
5 Fingers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1952
After Migration: Calabria,...
Special notice to Criterion editions of The Killing, The Last Days of Disco, All About Eve, and The Asphalt Jungle, and programming of Ognjen Glavonić’s The Load, among the better debuts in recent years.
See the full list of January titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.
-Ship: A Visual Poem, Terrance Day, 2020
5 Fingers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1952
After Migration: Calabria,...
- 12/20/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
When people talk about diversifying the entertainment industry, it almost always centers on race, gender or sexuality. But one of the most radical shifts in Hollywood has gone largely unnoticed: The Oscars’ documentary branch more than doubled its membership over the past five years, and around half of its new voters are based outside the U.S.
The move hasn’t just turned more foreign docs into Oscar finalists and nominees. It’s now influencing which films get funded and distributed, and determining winners in categories as big as international feature and best picture.
“We have an effect on what wins in other categories, so when you see a [South Korean] film like ‘Parasite’ win best picture, our branch probably played a big role in that,” says Roger Ross Williams, a documentary branch governor.
“We have a huge block of 26% international members, and they’re not necessarily voting for the same U.
The move hasn’t just turned more foreign docs into Oscar finalists and nominees. It’s now influencing which films get funded and distributed, and determining winners in categories as big as international feature and best picture.
“We have an effect on what wins in other categories, so when you see a [South Korean] film like ‘Parasite’ win best picture, our branch probably played a big role in that,” says Roger Ross Williams, a documentary branch governor.
“We have a huge block of 26% international members, and they’re not necessarily voting for the same U.
- 11/11/2021
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
In 2006, Haskell Wexler made a documentary about brutally long hours on film sets entitled “Who Needs Sleep?” The issue had become a flashpoint years earlier, when Brent Hershman died in a car crash after working a 19-hour day on the set of “Pleasantville.”
Wexler wanted to know why nothing had been done. In the film, he adopted a “Roger & Me” pose — only his villain wasn’t some big corporation. Instead, he hammered his own union, the International Assn. of Theatrical Stage Employees. He ambushed the international president at an awards banquet and accused him of neglecting the issue and of stifling advocacy about it.
“To this date,” Wexler said in the film, “leadership has been unresponsive.”
How things have changed. Long hours are now the central issue in talks between IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The union is seeking meal breaks and longer “turnaround” times between production days,...
Wexler wanted to know why nothing had been done. In the film, he adopted a “Roger & Me” pose — only his villain wasn’t some big corporation. Instead, he hammered his own union, the International Assn. of Theatrical Stage Employees. He ambushed the international president at an awards banquet and accused him of neglecting the issue and of stifling advocacy about it.
“To this date,” Wexler said in the film, “leadership has been unresponsive.”
How things have changed. Long hours are now the central issue in talks between IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The union is seeking meal breaks and longer “turnaround” times between production days,...
- 9/28/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Xtr — the documentary studio behind titles including Hulu’s Homeroom and Neon’s Ailey — is getting into podcasting with new division Xtr Radio.
The division will launch with the documentary deep-dive show Human Drama Thing, hosted by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker This American Life contributor Davy Rothbart and Kcrw’s David Weinberg. Set to premiere this fall, the series will delve into titles like Paris is Burning, Roger & Me and Wild, Wild Country with Oscar-winning filmmakers, doc fanatics and subjects.
“As a lifelong documentary junkie, making a podcast where we can take a magnifying glass to our all-time favorite docs — and ...
The division will launch with the documentary deep-dive show Human Drama Thing, hosted by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker This American Life contributor Davy Rothbart and Kcrw’s David Weinberg. Set to premiere this fall, the series will delve into titles like Paris is Burning, Roger & Me and Wild, Wild Country with Oscar-winning filmmakers, doc fanatics and subjects.
“As a lifelong documentary junkie, making a podcast where we can take a magnifying glass to our all-time favorite docs — and ...
- 8/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Xtr — the documentary studio behind titles including Hulu’s Homeroom and Neon’s Ailey — is getting into podcasting with new division Xtr Radio.
The division will launch with the documentary deep-dive show Human Drama Thing, hosted by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker This American Life contributor Davy Rothbart and Kcrw’s David Weinberg. Set to premiere this fall, the series will delve into titles like Paris is Burning, Roger & Me and Wild, Wild Country with Oscar-winning filmmakers, doc fanatics and subjects.
“As a lifelong documentary junkie, making a podcast where we can take a magnifying glass to our all-time favorite docs — and ...
The division will launch with the documentary deep-dive show Human Drama Thing, hosted by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker This American Life contributor Davy Rothbart and Kcrw’s David Weinberg. Set to premiere this fall, the series will delve into titles like Paris is Burning, Roger & Me and Wild, Wild Country with Oscar-winning filmmakers, doc fanatics and subjects.
“As a lifelong documentary junkie, making a podcast where we can take a magnifying glass to our all-time favorite docs — and ...
- 8/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
I first learned that “Roadrunner,” Morgan Neville’s documentary about the life and death of Anthony Bourdain, contains three sentences spoken by Bourdain that he never actually spoke out loud in the same way that you learn about a lot of things these days: by seeing an eruption of outrage about it on Twitter. The eruption immediately sent me to the New Yorker article in which Neville, the award-winning director of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and “20 Feet From Stardom,” first explained how he used AI technology to feed 10 hours of Bourdain voice recordings into a computer, which then simulated Bourdain’s reading of those sentences — every one of which he had, in fact, written.
The words weren’t faked; the sound of him speaking them was. This was characterized, on social media, as an ethical lapse, and my first reaction is to say that I don’t necessarily disagree.
The words weren’t faked; the sound of him speaking them was. This was characterized, on social media, as an ethical lapse, and my first reaction is to say that I don’t necessarily disagree.
- 7/18/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Fresh off the long-awaited arrival of Zack Snyder’s Justice League (a.k.a. the fabled Snyder Cut), HBO Max has no need to appease fandom culture in April 2021. But the streaming service is gonna do it anyway!
The most notable new release for HBO Max this month is the HBO series The Nevers. This show, created by Joss Whedon, is set in a 19th century steampunk London and finds a sizable portion of the population (predominantly women) having been “Touched” by mysterious paranormal powers. There’s an interesting bit of irony at play here, as HBO Max is following up the Snyder Cut with a show created by his original Justice League replacement. Or at least there could have been an interesting bit of irony here, if Whedon had not bowed out from the show and been enthusiastically left out of the marketing material by HBO.
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The most notable new release for HBO Max this month is the HBO series The Nevers. This show, created by Joss Whedon, is set in a 19th century steampunk London and finds a sizable portion of the population (predominantly women) having been “Touched” by mysterious paranormal powers. There’s an interesting bit of irony at play here, as HBO Max is following up the Snyder Cut with a show created by his original Justice League replacement. Or at least there could have been an interesting bit of irony here, if Whedon had not bowed out from the show and been enthusiastically left out of the marketing material by HBO.
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- 4/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Michael Moore has a lot on his mind in the final hours before the 2020 election. Like, a lot. The Academy Award-winning director of films like Bowling for Columbine and Roger and Me shared many of these ruminations with The Hollywood Reporter in a late night, stream-of-conscience monologue (he says no marijuana was involved) that touches on things like conservative court-packing, civil wars, Covid-19 and the fight to save cinema. (This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.)
I don’t think people are complacent this time, and I think most people are not taking a victory for granted until the deal is actually sealed. So that’s good....
I don’t think people are complacent this time, and I think most people are not taking a victory for granted until the deal is actually sealed. So that’s good....
- 11/2/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Michael Moore has a lot on his mind in the final hours before the 2020 election. Like, a lot. The Academy Award-winning director of films like Bowling for Columbine and Roger and Me shared many of these ruminations with The Hollywood Reporter in a late night, stream-of-conscience monologue (he says no marijuana was involved) that touches on things like conservative court-packing, civil wars, Covid-19 and the fight to save cinema. (This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.)
I don’t think people are complacent this time, and I think most people are not taking a victory for granted until the deal is actually sealed. So that’s good....
I don’t think people are complacent this time, and I think most people are not taking a victory for granted until the deal is actually sealed. So that’s good....
- 11/2/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HBO Max is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in October and everything leaving at the end of the month.
The list includes HBO Originals like the limited series “The Undoing” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, out Oct. 25, and David Byrne’s “American Utopia” special event about Byrne’s Broadway show that electrified audiences, out Oct. 17.
There is also Nathan Fielder’s comedic docuseries “How To With John Wilson,” out Oct. 23, and the first season finale of “Lovecraft Country” on Oct. 18.
Among the things leaving at the end of the month are “Amelie,” “Ocean’s 11,” “V For Vendetta,” “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.”
Read the full list here:
Oct. 1
A World of Calm, Documentary Series Premiere
Akeelah And The Bee, 2006 (HBO)
All-Star Superman, 2011
American Dynasties: The Kennedys, 2018
American Reunion, 2012 (HBO)
Analyze That,...
The list includes HBO Originals like the limited series “The Undoing” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, out Oct. 25, and David Byrne’s “American Utopia” special event about Byrne’s Broadway show that electrified audiences, out Oct. 17.
There is also Nathan Fielder’s comedic docuseries “How To With John Wilson,” out Oct. 23, and the first season finale of “Lovecraft Country” on Oct. 18.
Among the things leaving at the end of the month are “Amelie,” “Ocean’s 11,” “V For Vendetta,” “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.”
Read the full list here:
Oct. 1
A World of Calm, Documentary Series Premiere
Akeelah And The Bee, 2006 (HBO)
All-Star Superman, 2011
American Dynasties: The Kennedys, 2018
American Reunion, 2012 (HBO)
Analyze That,...
- 10/1/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
With Lovecraft Country still providing HBO and HBO Max with its horror content through October, the streamer is looking elsewhere for its spooky season offerings. HBO Max’s new releases for October 2020 feature some truly awesome horror library titles.
Jordan Peele’s Us, John Carpenter’s The Thing, and David Fincher’s Se7en all arrive on Oct. 1. That alone should be enough to last you through spooky season. And if it doesn’t, It: Chapter Two is right there as well. October is also a big month for Batman and Superman with Man of Steel arriving on Oct. 1 along with a whole of animated specials dropping that same day.
In relation to the library titles, this isn’t HBO Max’s strongest month from an original perspective. But there is still plenty to like here. The West Wing election special arrives on Oct. 15. That will be followed by David Byrne...
Jordan Peele’s Us, John Carpenter’s The Thing, and David Fincher’s Se7en all arrive on Oct. 1. That alone should be enough to last you through spooky season. And if it doesn’t, It: Chapter Two is right there as well. October is also a big month for Batman and Superman with Man of Steel arriving on Oct. 1 along with a whole of animated specials dropping that same day.
In relation to the library titles, this isn’t HBO Max’s strongest month from an original perspective. But there is still plenty to like here. The West Wing election special arrives on Oct. 15. That will be followed by David Byrne...
- 9/30/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It’s still very early, but it’s impossible not to take notice of what Chloe Zhao’s film Nomadland is doing right now. The fall film festival season has launched other movies, like Regina King’s One Night in Miami…, but none like Nomadland. Today, the flick added a pretty big feather in its cap, taking the prestigious Audience Award from the Toronto International Film Festival (with the aforementioned One Night in Miami… as runner up). Taking this prize from TIFF is a huge deal, even in an unusual awards season like this one. What does it mean for its Oscar aspirations? Read on to find out… So, what exactly does this mean for Nomadland? Looking specifically at the Audience Award and thinking in terms of its history, this is a somewhat reliable indicator of prestige, especially with the Academy. Nomadland now joins a group that has seen a...
- 9/20/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
U.S. documentary specialists Cargo Film & Releasing have snapped up world rights to an Alec Baldwin-narrated feature documentary investigating the water poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan. (Watch a trailer for the film above.)
Directed by British “You’ve Been Trumped” filmmaker Anthony Baxter, and co-produced with the BBC, the film, which is being shopped to buyers virtually attending the Cannes market, is billed as the untold story of what happened to Flint after news coverage of the scandal died down. Flint was made famous by documentarian Michael Moore, who grew up there and featured the city’s journey with General Motors in his critically acclaimed film “Roger & Me.”
Flint’s troubles began in 2011 after the state took control of its finances following a major deficit. To cut costs, the city announced a new pipeline to deliver its water, but when that project was delayed, Flint River became a provisional water source.
Directed by British “You’ve Been Trumped” filmmaker Anthony Baxter, and co-produced with the BBC, the film, which is being shopped to buyers virtually attending the Cannes market, is billed as the untold story of what happened to Flint after news coverage of the scandal died down. Flint was made famous by documentarian Michael Moore, who grew up there and featured the city’s journey with General Motors in his critically acclaimed film “Roger & Me.”
Flint’s troubles began in 2011 after the state took control of its finances following a major deficit. To cut costs, the city announced a new pipeline to deliver its water, but when that project was delayed, Flint River became a provisional water source.
- 6/23/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
A flashing red light to the green power movement, “Planet of the Humans” offers disillusioning evidence that much of what’s currently promoted as renewable energy is ineffectual, wasteful and far from “clean.” Released to YouTube on the eve of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, it’s . This debut directorial feature for executive producer Michael Moore’s longtime producer and composer Jeff Gibbs is also the first documentary project under their Rumble Media banner. Both filmmakers will host a live discussion the evening of April 22 on the doc’s YouTube channel and other platforms.
Things start off somewhat unpromisingly with Gibbs assuming the first-person perspective that’s become a cinematic nonfiction norm since “Roger & Me” 31 years ago. Moore does actually have the innate showmanship and engaging personality to pull that gambit off, as much as he’s criticized for “starring” in his documentaries. But Gibbs’ dull monotone makes him a poor narrator,...
Things start off somewhat unpromisingly with Gibbs assuming the first-person perspective that’s become a cinematic nonfiction norm since “Roger & Me” 31 years ago. Moore does actually have the innate showmanship and engaging personality to pull that gambit off, as much as he’s criticized for “starring” in his documentaries. But Gibbs’ dull monotone makes him a poor narrator,...
- 4/22/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Read more from Variety’s Directors on Directors, in which filmmakers praise their favorite movies of the year, here.
The story that Todd Phillips tells in “Joker” and the issues that this cinematic masterpiece raises are so profound, so necessary, that if you look away from the genius of this work of art, you will miss the gift of the mirror it is offering us. Yes, there’s a disturbed clown in that mirror, but he’s not alone — we’re standing right there beside him.
“Joker” is no superhero nor supervillain nor comic book movie. The film is set somewhere in the late ’70s in Gotham City, and Phillips makes no attempt to disguise it for anything other than what it is: New York City, the headquarters of most real-life villainy: the rich who rule us, the banks and corporations for whom we toil, the media which feeds us...
The story that Todd Phillips tells in “Joker” and the issues that this cinematic masterpiece raises are so profound, so necessary, that if you look away from the genius of this work of art, you will miss the gift of the mirror it is offering us. Yes, there’s a disturbed clown in that mirror, but he’s not alone — we’re standing right there beside him.
“Joker” is no superhero nor supervillain nor comic book movie. The film is set somewhere in the late ’70s in Gotham City, and Phillips makes no attempt to disguise it for anything other than what it is: New York City, the headquarters of most real-life villainy: the rich who rule us, the banks and corporations for whom we toil, the media which feeds us...
- 12/18/2019
- by Michael Moore
- Variety Film + TV
This month’s BAMcinemaFest isn’t just for New York cinephiles. The annual Brooklyn festival routinely boasts a slate that includes some of the year’s best indie offerings from festivals earlier in the year, and while the latest edition is no exception, it also has a number of notable world premieres and under-the-radar offerings.
This year’s festival will open on June 12 with the New York premiere of Lulu Wang’s lauded family dramedy “The Farewell,” starring Awkwafina. The film debuted at Sundance earlier this year to massive critical acclaim, and A24 will release it later this year. The festival will close with Diana Peralta’s “De Lo Mio” on June 22, which follows the “story of ride or die New York sisters who reunite with their estranged brother in the Dominican Republic following their father’s death.”
In between, there are a number of distinctive cinematic experiences, including 18 NY premieres,...
This year’s festival will open on June 12 with the New York premiere of Lulu Wang’s lauded family dramedy “The Farewell,” starring Awkwafina. The film debuted at Sundance earlier this year to massive critical acclaim, and A24 will release it later this year. The festival will close with Diana Peralta’s “De Lo Mio” on June 22, which follows the “story of ride or die New York sisters who reunite with their estranged brother in the Dominican Republic following their father’s death.”
In between, there are a number of distinctive cinematic experiences, including 18 NY premieres,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Chris O'Falt, Tambay Obenson and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
14 years after his Palme D’Or winning Fahrenheit 9/11, documentarian Michael Moore seizes the opportunity to conveniently flip his title and train his satirical eye on American politics once again. Asking simply “How the fuck did this happen?!” Fahrenheit 11/9 charts the rise of Us President Donald J. Trump and how his victory exposed a country more divided than ever, mired by poverty, corruption, racism and gun culture. For more than 30 years, Michael Moore has been one of the loudest and most successful voices in American documentary filmmaking. That is not to say his work is always objective and without its own agenda, but films like Roger & Me and the Oscar-winning Bowling for Columbine changed the landscape for non-fiction films. No longer...
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- 10/6/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Michael Moore, whose latest documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 just hit theaters, has been chosen to receive the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be bestowed November 10 at the third annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards in New York.
The event, put on by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, honors the year’s achievements in documentary features and nonfiction television in 13 categories. Bill Nye is the host of this year’s ceremony at Bric in Brooklyn.
Nominees will be announced October 15.
Fahrenheit 11/9 had its world premiere last month at the Toronto Film Festival and opened at the box office September 21 with $3.1 million. It has grossed $5.6 million to date. The film has been a modest performer so far especially compared with Fahrenheit 9/11, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and became the highest-grossing documentary in history.
Moore’s films include the flag-planting Roger & Me...
The event, put on by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, honors the year’s achievements in documentary features and nonfiction television in 13 categories. Bill Nye is the host of this year’s ceremony at Bric in Brooklyn.
Nominees will be announced October 15.
Fahrenheit 11/9 had its world premiere last month at the Toronto Film Festival and opened at the box office September 21 with $3.1 million. It has grossed $5.6 million to date. The film has been a modest performer so far especially compared with Fahrenheit 9/11, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and became the highest-grossing documentary in history.
Moore’s films include the flag-planting Roger & Me...
- 10/5/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The films of Michael Moore have been faltering at the box office for several years now. This weekend, though, the lackluster performance of his latest truth-to-power opus, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” was notably dramatic, if not downright stark. The movie is a sequel, of sorts, to “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Moore’s scathing riff on the administration of George W. Bush. That movie, when it was released in 2004, made $119 million, becoming the highest-grossing documentary of all time. It was a special moment, of course. America was still grappling with the shock of 9/11, and Moore’s film became a lightning rod — a catharsis for liberals and a symbol, for conservatives, of everything that was wrong with liberalism. But one thing, perhaps, that everyone could agree on is that in “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Michael Moore, for good or ill, had become instrumental in defining the national dialogue.
“Fahrenheit 11/9,” his scathing riff on the administration of Donald J. Trump, will...
“Fahrenheit 11/9,” his scathing riff on the administration of Donald J. Trump, will...
- 9/23/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Years ago, Michael Moore sat at the same table as Donald Trump when they were both scheduled as guests on (of all people) Roseanne Barr’s daytime talk show. Knowing what we know today, the implausibility of that image is amusing, but Moore wasn’t laughing. Trump, nervous to face Moore’s imminent firestorm of a debate, refused to be a part of the interview until the controversially outspoken filmmaker agreed to tame himself. Moore agreed and traded his pressing questions for cheap jokes. In voiceover, he tells those of us watching Fahrenheit 11/9 that he was shocked to learn that Trump enjoyed his first film, Roger & Me, which steamrolled over General Motors then CEO Roger B. Smith. Trump then said, “I hope he never does one about me.”
Nobody would want to be on the receiving end of one of Michael Moore’s investigations, but after watching his...
Nobody would want to be on the receiving end of one of Michael Moore’s investigations, but after watching his...
- 9/21/2018
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Between his guerrilla-style filmmaking, ironic sense of humor and explosive rhetoric, Michael Moore has come to be either a folk hero or a political pariah depending on where you sit. And yet hailing from Flint, Mich. has made him uniquely positioned to address a wide swath of America’s woes. You may not agree with any of his politics, but damn if Moore’s movies aren’t entertaining, and no one does agitprop better. This ranking of his theatrical, feature documentaries, including his latest “Fahrenheit 11/9,” will be polarizing, but then his movies are supposed to be.
10. “Slacker Uprising” (2007)
Merely a collection of footage from Michael Moore’s stadium tour ahead of the 2004 Kerry-Bush election, “Slacker Uprising” lacks much of a focus or even a strong thesis. But far worse is how Moore positions himself as a rock star, editing in endless applause breaks of his fans or even multiple...
10. “Slacker Uprising” (2007)
Merely a collection of footage from Michael Moore’s stadium tour ahead of the 2004 Kerry-Bush election, “Slacker Uprising” lacks much of a focus or even a strong thesis. But far worse is how Moore positions himself as a rock star, editing in endless applause breaks of his fans or even multiple...
- 9/20/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
You’ll cry laughing at Michael Moore’s new doc Fahrenheit 11/9, an unmissable provocation about the rise and rise of Donald J. Trump that should help get out the vote in November better than any limp recruitment outreach. One of Moore’s best and most incisively funny films — right up there with Roger & Me (1989), Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Sicko (2007) — his latest goes way past taking potshots at the Donald, though it does that with piercing intelligence and wounding wit. Rather, he wants to show us that this celebrity Commander-in-Chief...
- 9/18/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
The title of Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” clearly suggests that it’s going to be a sequel, of sorts, to “Fahrenheit 9/11.” And since the earlier film was Moore’s freewheeling satirical grab-bag essay about the presidency of George W. Bush, it seemed likely that Moore would take something of the same tack with the presidency of Donald Trump. I went in expecting a fair amount of finger-in-the-eye newsreel satire, with Moore offering a clever rehash of Trump’s greatest hits of infamy.
For 20 minutes or so, that’s exactly what it is. Moore replays all the pre-election liberal smugness about how America couldn’t possibly elect Donald Trump. Then comes election night, and Moore replays, once again, how hope collapsed like air draining out of a balloon. He makes the point that Donald Trump has always committed corruptions and outrages in plain sight. It’s not that we don’t...
For 20 minutes or so, that’s exactly what it is. Moore replays all the pre-election liberal smugness about how America couldn’t possibly elect Donald Trump. Then comes election night, and Moore replays, once again, how hope collapsed like air draining out of a balloon. He makes the point that Donald Trump has always committed corruptions and outrages in plain sight. It’s not that we don’t...
- 9/7/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
When filmmaker Michael Moore first met Donald Trump back in 1998, the two were sitting at Tavern on the Green in New York City, alongside Roseanne Barr, for an appearance on her ABC talk show The Roseanne Show.
“We didn’t know each other was going to be on the show, and when he saw that I was there, he got up to leave,” Moore recalled to The Hollywood Reporter.
Trump had released his infamous book The Art of the Deal while Moore earned a reputation for going after big businesses, thanks to his documentary Roger & Me.
“The producer of ...
“We didn’t know each other was going to be on the show, and when he saw that I was there, he got up to leave,” Moore recalled to The Hollywood Reporter.
Trump had released his infamous book The Art of the Deal while Moore earned a reputation for going after big businesses, thanks to his documentary Roger & Me.
“The producer of ...
When filmmaker Michael Moore first met Donald Trump back in 1998, the two were sitting at Tavern on the Green in New York City, alongside Roseanne Barr, for an appearance on her ABC talk show The Roseanne Show.
“We didn’t know each other was going to be on the show, and when he saw that I was there, he got up to leave,” Moore recalled to The Hollywood Reporter.
Trump had released his infamous book The Art of the Deal while Moore earned a reputation for going after big businesses, thanks to his documentary Roger & Me.
“The producer of ...
“We didn’t know each other was going to be on the show, and when he saw that I was there, he got up to leave,” Moore recalled to The Hollywood Reporter.
Trump had released his infamous book The Art of the Deal while Moore earned a reputation for going after big businesses, thanks to his documentary Roger & Me.
“The producer of ...
The first time Michael Moore encountered Donald Trump, the filmmaker uncharacteristically held his tongue. The two had been booked as guests in 1998 on Roseanne Barr's afternoon talk show, The Roseanne Show, taping at New York's Tavern on the Green. Trump's The Art of the Deal had been published in 1987 while Moore had already earned a reputation as a cheeky provocateur out to puncture capitalism's balloon with his 1989 doc Roger & Me, and so when Trump spotted Moore, he threatened to walk. One of the show's producers pulled Moore aside: Could he convince the skittish real ...
The first time Michael Moore encountered Donald Trump, the filmmaker uncharacteristically held his tongue. The two had been booked as guests in 1998 on Roseanne Barr's afternoon talk show, The Roseanne Show, taping at New York's Tavern on the Green. Trump's The Art of the Deal had been published in 1987 while Moore had already earned a reputation as a cheeky provocateur out to puncture capitalism's balloon with his 1989 doc Roger & Me, and so when Trump spotted Moore, he threatened to walk. One of the show's producers pulled Moore aside: Could he convince the skittish real ...
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara is currently touring his 2017 film “Sennan Asbestos Disaster,” a somber 3.5-hour long investigation of Asbestos poisoning in Japan. It is Hara’s first film in 10 years.
Hara is perhaps best known for his internationally acclaimed film “The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On” (1987), which unveils Japanese cannibalism during the Pacific War. The filmmaker is no stranger to controversy: in his debut “Goodbye Cp,” Hara follows an activist-poet with Cerebral Palsy; in “Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974,” Hara turns the camera on himself and his ex-lover, even filming her giving birth to their child.
Compared to such early experiments, “Sennan Asbestos Disaster” is more tame and thoughtful, yet no less political. It chronicles 8.5 years of struggle, as former asbestos factory workers, mostly centered around Sennan, Japan, fight for reparations from the government. The victims are largely elderly or middle aged, and most have worked in asbestos factories.
Hara is perhaps best known for his internationally acclaimed film “The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On” (1987), which unveils Japanese cannibalism during the Pacific War. The filmmaker is no stranger to controversy: in his debut “Goodbye Cp,” Hara follows an activist-poet with Cerebral Palsy; in “Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974,” Hara turns the camera on himself and his ex-lover, even filming her giving birth to their child.
Compared to such early experiments, “Sennan Asbestos Disaster” is more tame and thoughtful, yet no less political. It chronicles 8.5 years of struggle, as former asbestos factory workers, mostly centered around Sennan, Japan, fight for reparations from the government. The victims are largely elderly or middle aged, and most have worked in asbestos factories.
- 8/25/2018
- by Julia Alekseyeva
- AsianMoviePulse
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on Wednesday teased a “secret project” that he said he had been working on for several months, releasing a two-decade-old clip of a TV appearance with Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr.
“I know Roseanne. And I know Trump,” Moore tweeted on Wednesday. “And they are about to rue the day they knew me…”
Both in the tweet and on his website, the “Bowling for Columbine” director included a one-minute clip from 1998 in which he appeared with the future president on Barr’s short-lived talk show as her “blue-color panelist.”
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Also Read: Michael Moore Pokes Trump About Plans to Make His Presidency a 'Limited Engagement'
Trump praised “Roger & Me,” Moore’s award-winning 1989 film about his pursuit...
“I know Roseanne. And I know Trump,” Moore tweeted on Wednesday. “And they are about to rue the day they knew me…”
Both in the tweet and on his website, the “Bowling for Columbine” director included a one-minute clip from 1998 in which he appeared with the future president on Barr’s short-lived talk show as her “blue-color panelist.”
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Also Read: Michael Moore Pokes Trump About Plans to Make His Presidency a 'Limited Engagement'
Trump praised “Roger & Me,” Moore’s award-winning 1989 film about his pursuit...
- 5/31/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
With Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr dominating the news cycle, controversial documentarian Michael Moore took to his social media accounts to tease what looks to be a documentary about the sitting president.
Moore posted a clip on Twitter and his website of him and Trump on Barr’s 1998 talk show, where Trump congratulated him on his film about General Motors CEO Roger Smith, “Roger & Me.” “I hope you never do one on me,” Trump says about being the subject of one of his movies.
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Moore announced last year that he was planning a documentary on Trump called “Fahrenheit 11/9” focusing on the Trump presidency. The Weinstein Company film was scrapped in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Sources say...
Moore posted a clip on Twitter and his website of him and Trump on Barr’s 1998 talk show, where Trump congratulated him on his film about General Motors CEO Roger Smith, “Roger & Me.” “I hope you never do one on me,” Trump says about being the subject of one of his movies.
I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew me… pic.twitter.com/vW81Gq7s1i
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 30, 2018
Moore announced last year that he was planning a documentary on Trump called “Fahrenheit 11/9” focusing on the Trump presidency. The Weinstein Company film was scrapped in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Sources say...
- 5/30/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
You’ve got to figure fans of Julie Andrews and Quentin Tarantino will celebrate with a spoonful of sugar and a Royale with cheese now that polar opposites Mary Poppins and Pulp Fiction have been selected for the National Film Registry. The 1964 musical about an uncanny nanny and the hard-boiled 1994 crime classic that captured the Palme d’Or are among the 25 motion pictures selected this year by the Library of Congress to be preserved for future generations. To be eligible, films must be “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant and at least 10 years old. Roger & Me (1989),
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- 12/18/2013
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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