Sister Helen Prejean yesterday called on journalists to do all they can to expose truths in society — as she discussed new Investigation Discovery documentary series Killing Richard Glossip. The high-profile nun, a long time advocate against the death penalty, believes Glossip is innocent of commissioning the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese for which he was convicted. Glossip is currently on death row in Oklahoma, with his case the subject of ID’s new series which will air over two nights starting March 5. Speaking at the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour, Sister Helen said: “We need journalists and people like...read more...
- 1/15/2017
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Chic Young. Al Capp. Jimmy Hatlo. Carl Anderson. Ernie Bushmiller. Alex Raymond. Roy Crane. Those are some names I remember, some 70 years later, with no help from Google, from the “funny side” of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the newspaper that landed, rolled and bound with wire, on the front lawn of the four family flat where we lived until I was 10 or 11. By then I was aware that there was another newspaper, The Star-Times, the one that the O’Neils didn’t read, with its own funnyside and its own names and I may have even known some, but with the exception of Chester Gould, I seem to have forgotten these, maybe because I didn’t see them every day.
Somewhere in early grade school – ah, Sister Helen, what became of you? – I must have realized, probably gradually, that these names had something to do with the comic strips...
Somewhere in early grade school – ah, Sister Helen, what became of you? – I must have realized, probably gradually, that these names had something to do with the comic strips...
- 4/21/2016
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
Spirituality in cinema has been expressed in various ways where the feel-good aspect of faith-based films are put to great use for emotional manipulation. The triumph and tragedy of religious themes in the movies have never been championed as much as when the protagonist at the helm is a loving nun. Film nuns come in all varieties: nurturing, helpful, complex, obstinate, crusading and flawed.
Get into the Habit: The Top 10 Movie Nuns on the Big Screen will take a look at some of the movies most colorful and notable women of the cloth. You decide…will these God-serving maidens give you a sense of uplifting forethought?
Get into the Habit: The Top 10 Movie Nuns on the Big Screen selections are (in alphabetical order according to film title):
1.) Sister Agnes from Agnes of God (1985)
An unlikely religious murder mystery surrounds a novice nun in Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly) as questions...
Get into the Habit: The Top 10 Movie Nuns on the Big Screen will take a look at some of the movies most colorful and notable women of the cloth. You decide…will these God-serving maidens give you a sense of uplifting forethought?
Get into the Habit: The Top 10 Movie Nuns on the Big Screen selections are (in alphabetical order according to film title):
1.) Sister Agnes from Agnes of God (1985)
An unlikely religious murder mystery surrounds a novice nun in Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly) as questions...
- 6/24/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
The Tribeca Film Festival announced its jurors for this year’s event, which runs from April 16-27. The list includes Toni Collette, Lake Bell, Whoopi Goldberg, Catherine Hardwicke, Heather Graham, Anton Yelchin, Paul Wesley and 26 other leaders of the filmmaking community.
In addition to the Festival’s main competition juries in seven categories, Tribeca named Delia Ephron, Natasha Lyonne, and Gary Ross to select the second annual Nora Ephron Prize, which awards $25,000 to a female writer or director.
Click below for the entire list of jurors, with biographical information courtesy of the Tribeca festival:
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The jurors for...
In addition to the Festival’s main competition juries in seven categories, Tribeca named Delia Ephron, Natasha Lyonne, and Gary Ross to select the second annual Nora Ephron Prize, which awards $25,000 to a female writer or director.
Click below for the entire list of jurors, with biographical information courtesy of the Tribeca festival:
World Competition Categories
The jurors for...
- 4/8/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer, whose first two features debuted at the Sundance Film Festival — including The Usual Suspects in 1995 — was one of the industry figures named to the Sundance juries that will judge this year’s films when the festival begins next week. Singer, who has X-Men: Days of Future Past due in May, will be one of five members of the U.S. Dramatic Jury. Other members of the juries include Tracy Chapman, Lone Scherfig, Leonard Maltin, and screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). A complete list of the juries, courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival, can be viewed after the jump.
- 1/9/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
"Reign" may be The CW's new period drama, but it's so much more than just corsets and accents.
The series premiere of "Reign" aired Thursday (Oct. 17), and offered up an hour chock-full of romance, drama, political intrigue, conspiracies, bloody decapitations, and supernatural mysteries, all set against a backdrop of beautiful medieval castles and modern music. So what happened when a young Mary, Queen of Scots, made her long-awaited return to the French Court in the premiere?
Review: Does fiction make history better in "Reign"?
Before we even see Mary, we get our first glimpse of the queen's right-hand seer, Nostradamus (a younger and sexier version of the historical figure, because why not? It's The CW). It seems as if his prophecy of Mary's return is less than joyous, as a tree begins raining (Reigning? Sorry, couldn't resist the pun) blood.
At the convent where Mary was sent to grow up in safety,...
The series premiere of "Reign" aired Thursday (Oct. 17), and offered up an hour chock-full of romance, drama, political intrigue, conspiracies, bloody decapitations, and supernatural mysteries, all set against a backdrop of beautiful medieval castles and modern music. So what happened when a young Mary, Queen of Scots, made her long-awaited return to the French Court in the premiere?
Review: Does fiction make history better in "Reign"?
Before we even see Mary, we get our first glimpse of the queen's right-hand seer, Nostradamus (a younger and sexier version of the historical figure, because why not? It's The CW). It seems as if his prophecy of Mary's return is less than joyous, as a tree begins raining (Reigning? Sorry, couldn't resist the pun) blood.
At the convent where Mary was sent to grow up in safety,...
- 10/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Susan Sarandon on portraying strong women, the dearth of young Susans – and her recipe for barbecued chicken
In Arbitrage, you play the wife of a multi-millionaire hedge fund manager who is stronger than she first appears. It's not the usual character arc for a female support role – was that part of the appeal?
Absolutely and I was also taken by Nicholas Jarecki's enthusiasm and passion, and Richard Gere, I've known forever and I got to work with him. I got to wear nice clothes and film in New York, so it was very seductive.
I think that what happens in a long relationship [like the one in the film] – and the longest I've ever had was 23 years – is that people have assumptions and firm habits in the way they relate to each other. He [the Richard Gere character] has made certain assumptions about her but when she gets the upper hand, it makes him reload. She has made certain...
In Arbitrage, you play the wife of a multi-millionaire hedge fund manager who is stronger than she first appears. It's not the usual character arc for a female support role – was that part of the appeal?
Absolutely and I was also taken by Nicholas Jarecki's enthusiasm and passion, and Richard Gere, I've known forever and I got to work with him. I got to wear nice clothes and film in New York, so it was very seductive.
I think that what happens in a long relationship [like the one in the film] – and the longest I've ever had was 23 years – is that people have assumptions and firm habits in the way they relate to each other. He [the Richard Gere character] has made certain assumptions about her but when she gets the upper hand, it makes him reload. She has made certain...
- 7/2/2013
- by Elizabeth Day
- The Guardian - Film News
Tune in alert for Own as Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian Susan Sarandon talks about her first big break when she auditioned for an independent film on a whim, and then found herself in Hollywood scoring leading lady roles in big feature films, such as Annie in .Bull Durham., Louise in .Thelma and Louise. and Sister Helen in .Dead Man Walking.. A New Jersey native and the eldest of nine siblings, Sarandon grew up in a strict Catholic school which shaped her world view, leading to her future social and political activism. From Own Sarandon talks candidly about becoming pregnant after doctors told her she wouldn.t be able to have kids, aging in a business that is...
- 6/3/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Susan Sarandon prefers to play bad girls. The actress has taken on daring roles as nun Sister Helen Prejean in 'Dead Man Walking' and lesbian vampire Sarah Roberts in 'The Hunger', and finds darker characters more fun. She said: ''Sure I do. Because you get to say and do things that you never in a million years would do. And very often the bad guys are written just so much better than the good guys. ''If you look at Sister Helen in 'Dead Man Walking' I just walk around saying constantly, 'Let us pray' and, 'I'm sorry' - there's...
- 7/20/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
The actor and producer talks about her family life, her faith and why it's much more fun to play a bad girl
So, you're picking up a lifetime achievement award … (1)
I hope it's a mid-life achievement award.
Do you have any life tips?
I've done everything wrong so there's really no explanation as to why I'm still around. I work with a lot of new directors – half the time they are not that great but you never know until you try. I've taken movies that people told me I shouldn't, I've taken years off to have children, I've been outspoken politically, and here I am. So I'm the last person you should ask. I'm here because all my plans failed.
You're also promoting Jeff Who Lives At Home (2), in which a separating couple re-evaluate their lives. Is that something with which you empathise (3)?
I hope that I'm always re-evaluating my life.
So, you're picking up a lifetime achievement award … (1)
I hope it's a mid-life achievement award.
Do you have any life tips?
I've done everything wrong so there's really no explanation as to why I'm still around. I work with a lot of new directors – half the time they are not that great but you never know until you try. I've taken movies that people told me I shouldn't, I've taken years off to have children, I've been outspoken politically, and here I am. So I'm the last person you should ask. I'm here because all my plans failed.
You're also promoting Jeff Who Lives At Home (2), in which a separating couple re-evaluate their lives. Is that something with which you empathise (3)?
I hope that I'm always re-evaluating my life.
- 7/19/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
In anticipation of this year's Oscars, Tribeca Cinemas will be showing six groundbreaking documentaries as part of the Docs on the Shortlist hosted by the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund event this weekend, January 8 and 9. We asked each participating filmmaker five questions about their documentaries. First up is director Rebecca Cammisa on her documentary Which Way Home (Tff 2009). Rebecca Cammisa Please describe the story you tell in your film. What inspired you to tell that story? Which Way Home is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico, in hopes of reaching the United States. In 2002, after I completed my first documentary, Sister Helen, a friend suggested that unaccompanied child migration should be my next subject. I was completely shocked that this phenomenon was even happening and I immediately started researching the subject. At the time, I could not find any films ...
- 1/4/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
In anticipation of this year's Oscars, Tribeca Cinemas will be showing six groundbreaking documentaries as part of the Docs on the Shortlist hosted by the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund event this weekend, January 8 and 9. We asked each participating filmmaker five questions about their documentaries. First up is director Rebecca Cammisa on her documentary Which Way Home. Rebecca Cammisa Please describe the story you tell in your film. What inspired you to tell that story? Which Way Home is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico, in hopes of reaching the United States. In 2002, after I completed my first documentary, Sister Helen, a friend suggested that unaccompanied child migration should be my next subject. I was completely shocked that this phenomenon was even happening and I immediately started researching the subject. At the time, I could not find any films specifically made ...
- 1/4/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon and French filmmaker Luc Besson are due to accept high honours at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden next month.
Sarandon, 63, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the event - with organisers hailing the star for the "reflection, seduction and rebellion" she has portrayed on the big screen throughout her career.
Her most famous roles include rebellious waitress Louise in 1991's Thelma and Louise and her Oscar-winning performance as Sister Helen in 1995 film Dead Man Walking.
Meanwhile, The Fifth Element director Besson, 50, has landed the festival's visionary award for his "relentless" exploration of film.
The 20th Stockholm International Film Festival will take place from 18 to 29 November.
Sarandon, 63, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the event - with organisers hailing the star for the "reflection, seduction and rebellion" she has portrayed on the big screen throughout her career.
Her most famous roles include rebellious waitress Louise in 1991's Thelma and Louise and her Oscar-winning performance as Sister Helen in 1995 film Dead Man Walking.
Meanwhile, The Fifth Element director Besson, 50, has landed the festival's visionary award for his "relentless" exploration of film.
The 20th Stockholm International Film Festival will take place from 18 to 29 November.
- 10/21/2009
- WENN
In order to raise money for The Tank's sound proofing costs, we're throwing Silent Night a big, multi-disciplinary bash on July 17th at 8:00pm. Featuring acoustic sets from some of The Tank's favorite bands (Shapes, Sister Helen, and Old Table, to name a few), story telling from the weird and wonderful Fiction Circus, silent but deadly burlesque performances, The Traveling Sound Museum, scathingly quiet comedy from improv darlings City Hall, and more we're showing that we can still raise a ruckus without raising our voices.
- 7/7/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
I know it looks dire as it's 28% lighter (at least so far) and minus an artistic director, but no fear, there's still more to come, and with what's been announced theirs some interesting sounding stuff, especially a film we wrote about briefly called Accidents Happen. Also premiering is the comedy Stay Cool and the Danish film Original, along with the North American premier of The Exploding Girl which we also wrote about.
Check the narrative features, world documentary, and discovery lineups after the break!
World Narrative Feature Competition
A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors, such as U.S. indie veterans the Polish brothers and Tony-nominated Conor McPherson, as well as exciting newcomers. Together, these...
Check the narrative features, world documentary, and discovery lineups after the break!
World Narrative Feature Competition
A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors, such as U.S. indie veterans the Polish brothers and Tony-nominated Conor McPherson, as well as exciting newcomers. Together, these...
- 3/10/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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