Glenn Kendrick Ackermann will kick off worldwide sales in Cannes through his V International Media on the supernatural drama Can You Hear Me starring Peter Facinelli from The Twilight Saga.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
- 4/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Glenn Kendrick Ackermann will kick off worldwide sales in Cannes through his V International Media on the supernatural drama Can You Hear Me starring Peter Facinelli from The Twilight Saga.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
Charlotte Radford, who starred alongside Daryl Hannah in The American Connection, also stars and wrote the screenplay.
The cast includes James Cosmo from Game Of Thrones, John Standing from The Crown, Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, and Jane Thorne from Night Train To Lisbon.
Simon Hunter, who helmed Mutant Chronicles, directs the story about the whirlwind romance and marriage between Annabel and Samuel, an American soldier who is severely wounded in the first World War.
- 4/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
There’s an old, old joke about the prestigious New York City concert venue Carnegie Hall, which opened in 1891.
“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”
“Practice, practice, practice.”
Over the past 130 years, such renowned composers as Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass and Milton Babbitt debuted their works at the Carnegie.
The new Netflix documentary “American Symphony,” which has been Oscar shortlisted for best documentary, best original score and song, follows Academy and multiple Grammy Award-winning composer/musicians/singer Jon Batiste as he prepares to debut his first symphony at Carnegie Hall while his wife Suleika Jaouad battles a recurrence of leukemia. The heart-on-your-sleeve documentary ends with the triumphant premiere Sept. 22, 2022, that even a power outage on stage couldn’t top. Variety noted in its review: “It wasn’t just the story of America, and its collage-like charms and vices. This was also Batiste’s story,...
“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”
“Practice, practice, practice.”
Over the past 130 years, such renowned composers as Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass and Milton Babbitt debuted their works at the Carnegie.
The new Netflix documentary “American Symphony,” which has been Oscar shortlisted for best documentary, best original score and song, follows Academy and multiple Grammy Award-winning composer/musicians/singer Jon Batiste as he prepares to debut his first symphony at Carnegie Hall while his wife Suleika Jaouad battles a recurrence of leukemia. The heart-on-your-sleeve documentary ends with the triumphant premiere Sept. 22, 2022, that even a power outage on stage couldn’t top. Variety noted in its review: “It wasn’t just the story of America, and its collage-like charms and vices. This was also Batiste’s story,...
- 1/2/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
André Watts, one of the first Black superstars in classical music, died on Wednesday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 77 and died of prostrate cancer, according to his wife.
Watts had an electric stage presence, often moving to the music with his head and feet, drawing criticism from the more conservative critics. But his technical prowess overcame those quibbles and launched him into the upper echelons of concert halls.
In 1963, he won an audition to appear with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic as part of the nationally televised series of Young People’s Concerts. He was 16-years-old, but his performance that day was hailed, and he soon received a bigger boost.
Bernstein invited him to make his formal Philharmonic debut, substituting for pianist Glenn Gould. That went over well, and his career was assured.
His mother was a dominant influence in his success. She worked as...
Watts had an electric stage presence, often moving to the music with his head and feet, drawing criticism from the more conservative critics. But his technical prowess overcame those quibbles and launched him into the upper echelons of concert halls.
In 1963, he won an audition to appear with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic as part of the nationally televised series of Young People’s Concerts. He was 16-years-old, but his performance that day was hailed, and he soon received a bigger boost.
Bernstein invited him to make his formal Philharmonic debut, substituting for pianist Glenn Gould. That went over well, and his career was assured.
His mother was a dominant influence in his success. She worked as...
- 7/15/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s allowing one’s work to commingle with one’s life, and then there’s ensuring your funeral has a good soundtrack. Yet one of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s greatest attributes was trying to make the world sound better––not simply through his art, but such as when his favorite restaurant played the world’s worst music (an experience any New Yorker knows too well) and he pro bono made them a splendid replacement.
Echoing that, and marking what is surely among the most graceful final notes any man could hope for, Sakamoto curated the soundtrack for his own funeral: a 162-minute collection including film scores, piano-led jazz, and Glenn Gould’s interpretations of Bach. Having found great nourishment in his restaurant playlist, I’ve hardly been happier to hear a funeral march.
Listen below:
The post Listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Self-Curated Funeral Playlist first appeared on The Film Stage.
Echoing that, and marking what is surely among the most graceful final notes any man could hope for, Sakamoto curated the soundtrack for his own funeral: a 162-minute collection including film scores, piano-led jazz, and Glenn Gould’s interpretations of Bach. Having found great nourishment in his restaurant playlist, I’ve hardly been happier to hear a funeral march.
Listen below:
The post Listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Self-Curated Funeral Playlist first appeared on The Film Stage.
- 5/15/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
It took Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt a single word to hit off their friendship: “Yeah.” It was January 2018, and the filmmaker and the Broadway composer were co-writing songs for the musical adaptation of Crowe’s classic 2000 movie Almost Famous. “The conversation was like, ‘What are the great ‘yeahs’ in rock?'” Crowe recalls. “It just made me go home on a cloud every day after we would collaborate.”
Crowe cited some significant “yeah” moments from his heroes Tom Petty and Neil Young, while Kitt referenced “I Am the One,...
Crowe cited some significant “yeah” moments from his heroes Tom Petty and Neil Young, while Kitt referenced “I Am the One,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Besides bringing their directorial debuts to Toronto, Aaron Sorkin and Brie Larson have been added to Tiff's speakers lineup, organizers said Friday.
Sorkin will give a master class in Toronto as he launches the Jessica Chastain-starring Molly's Game, while Larson is booked for a Dialogues conversation, as her first film, Unicorn Store, bows there.
Tiff organizers on Friday also announced Louis C.K. will discuss his latest film, I Love You, Daddy, which was secretly shot in black-and-white and 35mm, at the Glenn Gould Studio on Sept. 13.
Joining Larson for her Dialogues program appearance is Unicorn Store producer Lynette Howell...
Sorkin will give a master class in Toronto as he launches the Jessica Chastain-starring Molly's Game, while Larson is booked for a Dialogues conversation, as her first film, Unicorn Store, bows there.
Tiff organizers on Friday also announced Louis C.K. will discuss his latest film, I Love You, Daddy, which was secretly shot in black-and-white and 35mm, at the Glenn Gould Studio on Sept. 13.
Joining Larson for her Dialogues program appearance is Unicorn Store producer Lynette Howell...
- 9/1/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For this weeks Q&A I asked for an art theme to celebrate the joint birthday of Vincent Van Gogh and Francisco de Goya on this very day! So we'll start with a few art-focused topics before venturing to rando questions.
Tom: Which film about an artist (in any field of the Arts) that you were not particularly knowledgeable about made you want to see/hear the real work by that artist?
I vastly prefer non-traditional biopics so I'm susceptible to stuff that piques curiosity rather than gives you a greatest hits. So I like bios like Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993). I have some problems with I'm Not There (2007) which is my least favorite Todd Haynes film but I respect the hell out of it conceptually. In terms of movies about painters I definitely became more interested in Francis Bacon after Love is the Devil (1998) and not...
Tom: Which film about an artist (in any field of the Arts) that you were not particularly knowledgeable about made you want to see/hear the real work by that artist?
I vastly prefer non-traditional biopics so I'm susceptible to stuff that piques curiosity rather than gives you a greatest hits. So I like bios like Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993). I have some problems with I'm Not There (2007) which is my least favorite Todd Haynes film but I respect the hell out of it conceptually. In terms of movies about painters I definitely became more interested in Francis Bacon after Love is the Devil (1998) and not...
- 3/31/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Norah Jones accepted a Grammy award at the 55th annual Grammys on Sunday evening, but it was not in her name.
Jones attended the pre-Grammy ceremony to accept a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for her late father, Ravi Shankar. Shankar was a famed sitar player who is credited with influencing the Beatles.
"I was very excited to hear about the lifetime achievement award a week before my dad passed away, one day before he went into surgery," Jones said in an email to the AP. "He knew about it and was very happy, and also that he and my sister, Anoushka, were both nominated in the same category for a Grammy (this year) was a special thing as well. We all miss him and are very proud of him. I will forever be discovering and re-discovering his music from all walks of his long and amazing life."
When accepting the award,...
Jones attended the pre-Grammy ceremony to accept a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for her late father, Ravi Shankar. Shankar was a famed sitar player who is credited with influencing the Beatles.
"I was very excited to hear about the lifetime achievement award a week before my dad passed away, one day before he went into surgery," Jones said in an email to the AP. "He knew about it and was very happy, and also that he and my sister, Anoushka, were both nominated in the same category for a Grammy (this year) was a special thing as well. We all miss him and are very proud of him. I will forever be discovering and re-discovering his music from all walks of his long and amazing life."
When accepting the award,...
- 2/11/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Reposted For 2013 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
It was playing Bach that brought Canadian pianist Glenn Gould worldwide fame when his recording of the Goldberg Variations – at the time, 1955, a rather esoteric corner of the repertoire – and certainly a hefty percentage of his albums over the course of his career were devoted to the German Baroque master's keyboard output. But in celebrating the 80th anniversary of his birth on September 25, 1932 (and looking forward with sadness to the 30th anniversary of his death of a stroke on October 4, 1982), it's worth remembering that he was interested in many more composers. I didn't have to make too much of a conscious effort to diversify this baker's-dozen list until I got down to the last two spots. (All the recommended recordings were issued by Columbia Records/CBS Masterworks/Sony Classical.)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D major; Schoenberg: Piano Suite Op.
It was playing Bach that brought Canadian pianist Glenn Gould worldwide fame when his recording of the Goldberg Variations – at the time, 1955, a rather esoteric corner of the repertoire – and certainly a hefty percentage of his albums over the course of his career were devoted to the German Baroque master's keyboard output. But in celebrating the 80th anniversary of his birth on September 25, 1932 (and looking forward with sadness to the 30th anniversary of his death of a stroke on October 4, 1982), it's worth remembering that he was interested in many more composers. I didn't have to make too much of a conscious effort to diversify this baker's-dozen list until I got down to the last two spots. (All the recommended recordings were issued by Columbia Records/CBS Masterworks/Sony Classical.)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D major; Schoenberg: Piano Suite Op.
- 2/11/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Los Angeles -- Ravi Shankar passed away in December before he could attend The Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards celebration where he was to receive a lifetime achievement award. But the 91-year-old sitar master, Indian music promoter and friend to The Beatles got the call a few days before he passed away, and that meant everything to his family.
"I was very excited to hear about the lifetime achievement award a week before my dad passed away, one day before he went into surgery," Shankar's daughter, Norah Jones, said in an email to the Associated Press a few hours before the ceremony. "He knew about it and was very happy, and also that he and my sister, Anoushka, were both nominated in the same category for a Grammy (this year) was a special thing as well. We all miss him and are very proud of him. I will forever...
"I was very excited to hear about the lifetime achievement award a week before my dad passed away, one day before he went into surgery," Shankar's daughter, Norah Jones, said in an email to the Associated Press a few hours before the ceremony. "He knew about it and was very happy, and also that he and my sister, Anoushka, were both nominated in the same category for a Grammy (this year) was a special thing as well. We all miss him and are very proud of him. I will forever...
- 2/10/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Though best known as one of the preeminent pop singers of our time, Barbra Streisand made a powerful statement in the classical music realm when she recorded Classical Barbra in 1973. Originally released in 1976, the album gained Streisand a raft of admirers in the classical music world. Glenn Gould called her voice 'one of the natural wonders of the age, an instrument of infinite diversity and timbral resource.' Classical Barbra was one of the first and is still one of the greatest records in the category we know today as 'classical crossover' and is available February 5th, 2013 from Sony Masterworks.
- 1/25/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Alliance of Women Film Journalists picks Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" as Best Film; star Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress and the Female Icon Award. Awfj Rihanna and Taylor Swift will perform on the Grammy telecast, as well as top nominees Mumford and Sons, Fun., and the Black Keys. MTV -Addprediction:76:347:Click to predict Best Album Grammy:addprediction- Meryl Streep and George Clooney among all-star presents announced for this weekend's Golden Globes. USA Today Classical pianist Glenn Gould, who died in 1982, will posthumously be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys. Globe And Mail Third annual Athena Film Festival will showcase women in film, including "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Middle of Nowhere," and "Brave." A...
- 1/9/2013
- Gold Derby
There's nothing quite like the sustained pleasure of immersing one's self in a huge chunk of a top-notch artist's output for a significant period of time. This was easily accomplished in 2012, because lately it seems like the classical arms of the major labels are trying to get all their best material into budget-priced box sets (in Europe even more than in the U.S., so check the imports, especially for Sony). And anything they aren't doing that with, another label would be happy to license. In that sense, it's a great time to be a classical fan. Nonetheless, I'm keeping this list shorter than my new releases list, because, well, there's too much to listen to all of it! So to make my list, these items had to make me very, very happy in 2012.
1. Hilliard Ensemble: Franco-Flemish Masterworks (Virgin Classics)
This eight-cd box is a delight for fans of choral music,...
1. Hilliard Ensemble: Franco-Flemish Masterworks (Virgin Classics)
This eight-cd box is a delight for fans of choral music,...
- 1/3/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Glenn Gould
(Sony)
Released to mark the 30th anniversary of Glenn Gould's death, this set gathers together the three films he made with Bruno Monsaingeon between 1979 and 1981. The third contains the studio video of Gould's second recording of The Goldberg Variations, controversially slower and more considered than its 1955 predecessor. The other two consist of conversation pieces framing shorter works and extracts. The Question of Instrument wittily examines Gould's preference for the piano over the harpsichord. An Art of the Fugue, however, is the most remarkable. It starts out as a study in musical structure, but there's soon tension in the studio as Gould and Monsaingeon argue about Beethoven and Bach's respective merits. At the close Gould plays the final Contrapunctus from The Art of Fugue, which he considered the most moving music ever written. You may or may not agree, but you won't be unaffected by his performance.
(Sony)
Released to mark the 30th anniversary of Glenn Gould's death, this set gathers together the three films he made with Bruno Monsaingeon between 1979 and 1981. The third contains the studio video of Gould's second recording of The Goldberg Variations, controversially slower and more considered than its 1955 predecessor. The other two consist of conversation pieces framing shorter works and extracts. The Question of Instrument wittily examines Gould's preference for the piano over the harpsichord. An Art of the Fugue, however, is the most remarkable. It starts out as a study in musical structure, but there's soon tension in the studio as Gould and Monsaingeon argue about Beethoven and Bach's respective merits. At the close Gould plays the final Contrapunctus from The Art of Fugue, which he considered the most moving music ever written. You may or may not agree, but you won't be unaffected by his performance.
- 12/13/2012
- by Tim Ashley
- The Guardian - Film News
A U.S. court has convicted Leonard Cohen's former manager for harassing the Canadian singer-songwriting legend.
On Thursday, a Los Angeles County court found Kelley Lynch, 55, guilty of violating restraining orders to prevent her from contacting Cohen, making harassing phone calls and sending thousands of harassing emails to him.
She had initially entered a plea of not guilty to five counts of violating protective orders and two counts of repeatedly contacting Cohen with the intent to annoy or harass.
Nikhil A. Ramnaney, Lynch's lawyer, had argued that her missives were "cries for help, not criminal conduct."
Lynch faces up to five years in jail and is expected to appear at a sentencing hearing next week.
Cohen's testimony
The 77-year-old troubadour testified against Lynch and said she began a campaign of harassing, expletive-strewn and hostile telephone calls, voice and email messages after he dismissed her in 2004.
Cohen acknowledged that he...
On Thursday, a Los Angeles County court found Kelley Lynch, 55, guilty of violating restraining orders to prevent her from contacting Cohen, making harassing phone calls and sending thousands of harassing emails to him.
She had initially entered a plea of not guilty to five counts of violating protective orders and two counts of repeatedly contacting Cohen with the intent to annoy or harass.
Nikhil A. Ramnaney, Lynch's lawyer, had argued that her missives were "cries for help, not criminal conduct."
Lynch faces up to five years in jail and is expected to appear at a sentencing hearing next week.
Cohen's testimony
The 77-year-old troubadour testified against Lynch and said she began a campaign of harassing, expletive-strewn and hostile telephone calls, voice and email messages after he dismissed her in 2004.
Cohen acknowledged that he...
- 4/13/2012
- by CBC
- Huffington Post
When Beethoven died on 26 March 1827 in Vienna, he had been ill for over three months, in which time he completed no compositions. It was the culmination of a long string of illnesses; his work was seriously interrupted in 1811, 1812, 1816-17, 1821, 1825, and from December 1826 to his death. (His extensive meddling in the lives of various relatives had also interfered with his musical productivity.)
We ran an Anniversaries piece for Beethoven's birthday in 2010 that looked at recordings of his symphonies. Now, to mark the anniversary of his death on, we look at his piano sonatas. Beethoven transformed the sonata nearly as much as the symphony, his 32 canonical works (which doesn't include the early C major sonata and F major sonatina without opus numbers or the three "Elector" sonatas Wo47) in the form varying greatly and achieving, especially in the last five or six, an epic, questing quality that's highly personal.
But even...
We ran an Anniversaries piece for Beethoven's birthday in 2010 that looked at recordings of his symphonies. Now, to mark the anniversary of his death on, we look at his piano sonatas. Beethoven transformed the sonata nearly as much as the symphony, his 32 canonical works (which doesn't include the early C major sonata and F major sonatina without opus numbers or the three "Elector" sonatas Wo47) in the form varying greatly and achieving, especially in the last five or six, an epic, questing quality that's highly personal.
But even...
- 3/26/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Steve McQueen's follow-up to Hunger is an icily compulsive portrait of damaged siblings and sex addiction, fuelled by brilliant performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan
Steve McQueen's film about a damaged sibling relationship, co-written with Abi Morgan, is a nightmarish, laugh-free black comedy about neurosis and dysfunction. It has the same icy, unwavering stare as his previous work, Hunger, about the Irish republican hunger-striker Bobby Sands, with the same degree-zero long camera takes.
Michael Fassbender stars as Brandon, a sleek young executive in New York, and a single guy who is fanatically, even ecstatically, addicted to casual sex, prostitutes and porn. It's an addiction that is strip-mining his personality of all recognisable human impulses. He is living in a hell that he has furnished and maintained himself, but it was made by someone else. A clue to this lies in his desperately unhappy screwup of a sister,...
Steve McQueen's film about a damaged sibling relationship, co-written with Abi Morgan, is a nightmarish, laugh-free black comedy about neurosis and dysfunction. It has the same icy, unwavering stare as his previous work, Hunger, about the Irish republican hunger-striker Bobby Sands, with the same degree-zero long camera takes.
Michael Fassbender stars as Brandon, a sleek young executive in New York, and a single guy who is fanatically, even ecstatically, addicted to casual sex, prostitutes and porn. It's an addiction that is strip-mining his personality of all recognisable human impulses. He is living in a hell that he has furnished and maintained himself, but it was made by someone else. A clue to this lies in his desperately unhappy screwup of a sister,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Virtuoso violinist heard on a string of classic Hollywood movie scores
The American violinist Israel Baker, who has died aged 92, was renowned among his fellow musicians but unknown to most of the millions who heard him play on the soundtracks of such movies as Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 shocker Psycho, where he led Bernard Herrmann's screaming violin effects accompanying the stabbing of Janet Leigh in the shower scene.
Baker belonged to a select group of musicians who could fit into any situation at a moment's notice and read any piece on sight. But while making a lavish living in the Hollywood film and recording studios, he also had a considerable concert career.
He was born in Chicago, the youngest of four children of Russian immigrants. At six he appeared on national radio, and from his late teens he played in orchestras. At 22 he was concertmaster of Leopold Stokowski's All-American...
The American violinist Israel Baker, who has died aged 92, was renowned among his fellow musicians but unknown to most of the millions who heard him play on the soundtracks of such movies as Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 shocker Psycho, where he led Bernard Herrmann's screaming violin effects accompanying the stabbing of Janet Leigh in the shower scene.
Baker belonged to a select group of musicians who could fit into any situation at a moment's notice and read any piece on sight. But while making a lavish living in the Hollywood film and recording studios, he also had a considerable concert career.
He was born in Chicago, the youngest of four children of Russian immigrants. At six he appeared on national radio, and from his late teens he played in orchestras. At 22 he was concertmaster of Leopold Stokowski's All-American...
- 1/11/2012
- by Tully Potter
- The Guardian - Film News
In Steve McQueen’s Shame, Michael Fassbender plays some kind of advertising executive who has some sort of sex addiction. His sister (Carey Mulligan), whom he’s been ignoring for some reason or other, shows up at his place; the two have a relationship that might or might not be incestuous, but which definitely / possibly involves some kind of bad childhood stuff (maybe). Probably because his sister’s around, Fassbender has trouble doing his whole sex addiction thing, eventually gets beaten up outside of a bar, and is forced to get a blowjob from, of all things, another dude (that Shame equates gay sex with a personal Hell is a big hint toward its essentially reactionary inner workings). Throughout, McQueen opts for long-take, low-energy vagueness; its prettiness nearly masks the fact that the basic notions that inform the film—its images, its ellipses, its characterizations—are mostly inchoate, if not...
- 12/3/2011
- MUBI
When it comes to director/screenwriter Steve McQueen and screenwriter Abi Morgan’s film about living a life of secrets (and what it does to those who carry them), much more is said with their characters’ actions than any of the words that pass through their lips. Even more so when it seems most of the words that are said are unreliable and laced with the feeling that they are not simply lies, but lies each are telling themselves. Shame shows us a complicated and layered world that is both enticing and chilling, begging the question – what kind of music would underscore and accompany these distinctive moments? A mix of score (by composer Harry Escott), piano concertos (as performed by Glenn Gould), jazz (John Coltrane and Chet Baker) and popular music (from Tom Tom Club, Blondie and Chic) come together to create a musical landscape that is both sexy and unsettling while also deeply sad, troubling...
- 12/1/2011
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I had the pleasure of seeing Steve McQueen‘s Shame for a second time this week, reconfirming it as one of my favorite films of the year. The story of sex addiction, played out by Michael Fassbender, is a masterwork in amping up and then releasing tension, resulting in a stunning experience that isn’t easy to shake.
We have a few new pieces from the film today, the first being the official UK poster, which debuted exclusively on Twitter, also including co-star Carey Mulligan. We also have details for the soundtrack from FilmMusicReporter, which I can’t wait to pick up. It features the score from composer Harry Escott, as well as songs by Blondie, Chic, Tom Tom Club and more. Check out the details below.
Sony Music will be releasing a soundtrack album for the drama Shame. The album features selections from the original score from the film by composer Harry Escott,...
We have a few new pieces from the film today, the first being the official UK poster, which debuted exclusively on Twitter, also including co-star Carey Mulligan. We also have details for the soundtrack from FilmMusicReporter, which I can’t wait to pick up. It features the score from composer Harry Escott, as well as songs by Blondie, Chic, Tom Tom Club and more. Check out the details below.
Sony Music will be releasing a soundtrack album for the drama Shame. The album features selections from the original score from the film by composer Harry Escott,...
- 11/16/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
"A very happy birthday to Liszt Ferenc, who was born two hundred years ago today," blogs Alex Ross, introducing a brief but — coming from the author of The Rest Is Noise — essential roundup.
Like many (many!) commentators today, Phil Harrell makes the case for Franz Liszt as the world's first rock star, here for NPR: "In the mid-19th century, Liszt was tearing up the polite salons and concert halls of Europe with his virtuoso performances. Women would literally attack him: tear bits of his clothing, fight over broken piano strings and locks of his shoulder-length hair. Europe had never seen anything like it. It was a phenomenon the great German poet Heinrich Heine dubbed 'Lisztomania.' … Liszt deliberately placed the piano in profile to the audience so they could see his face. He'd whip his head around while he played, his long hair flying, beads of sweat shooting into the crowd.
Like many (many!) commentators today, Phil Harrell makes the case for Franz Liszt as the world's first rock star, here for NPR: "In the mid-19th century, Liszt was tearing up the polite salons and concert halls of Europe with his virtuoso performances. Women would literally attack him: tear bits of his clothing, fight over broken piano strings and locks of his shoulder-length hair. Europe had never seen anything like it. It was a phenomenon the great German poet Heinrich Heine dubbed 'Lisztomania.' … Liszt deliberately placed the piano in profile to the audience so they could see his face. He'd whip his head around while he played, his long hair flying, beads of sweat shooting into the crowd.
- 10/22/2011
- MUBI
A riveting documentary about the troubled Us chess champion and his battle with Boris Spassky
Liz Garbus's gripping documentary about the life and times of the troubled American chess genius Bobby Fischer asks a number of questions. Did Bobby's missing dad create an emotional void which was neurotically filled with chess? Is there something in the game that encourages immersive obsession and ultimate madness? Would Fischer have gone the same way if he had been a plumber or a welder? And why is it that antisemitism is the bigotry of choice for mentally ill people?
Non-chessers like me are already basically aware of the second and third acts of this American life. The middle act was Fischer's sensational world championship victory against Boris Spassky in 1972 followed by an immediate withdrawal into depression. His victory was perhaps merely an interruption to the reclusiveness which had, in effect, begun many years before.
Liz Garbus's gripping documentary about the life and times of the troubled American chess genius Bobby Fischer asks a number of questions. Did Bobby's missing dad create an emotional void which was neurotically filled with chess? Is there something in the game that encourages immersive obsession and ultimate madness? Would Fischer have gone the same way if he had been a plumber or a welder? And why is it that antisemitism is the bigotry of choice for mentally ill people?
Non-chessers like me are already basically aware of the second and third acts of this American life. The middle act was Fischer's sensational world championship victory against Boris Spassky in 1972 followed by an immediate withdrawal into depression. His victory was perhaps merely an interruption to the reclusiveness which had, in effect, begun many years before.
- 7/14/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The annal Toronto Jewish Film Festival in Toronto kicks off May 7 with 118 films from 21 countries, including 1 world premiere, 1 international premiere, 3 North American premieres, 34 Canadian Premieres, 7 free programmes and 1 World Class Film Festival. The festival runs until the 15 of May and will also feature a tribute to “Three Lennys” – Bernstein, Cohen and Bruce – with special guests Alexander Bernstein and Kitty Bruce; and with Offerings From Eytan Fox, Lou Reed, Claude Lanzmann, Dani Levy, Tony Palmer. Also the festival will screen China’s First Animated Film To Deal With The Holocaust.
Here is the official press release:
One of the largest festivals of its kind in the world, Tjff returns May 7 and runs through May 15, with films from 21 countries that reflect aspects of Jewish identity and diversity with universal themes. This year’s Tjff features 118 films from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia,...
Here is the official press release:
One of the largest festivals of its kind in the world, Tjff returns May 7 and runs through May 15, with films from 21 countries that reflect aspects of Jewish identity and diversity with universal themes. This year’s Tjff features 118 films from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia,...
- 4/6/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
If my memory serves me correctly, I first became aware of Glenn Gould when I caught a screening of Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, François Girard's highly impressionistic “bio-pic” from 1993, which features Colm Feore as Gould. Thirty Two Short Films sparked a curiosity inside of me regarding Gould’s strange idiosyncrasies, but I also fell madly in love with Gould’s music. That said, besides purchasing a few Gould albums (yes, on vinyl), my fascination with him never went much further. I continued to have a deep appreciation for his interpretations of Bach, but I never made any attempts to learn about the man attached to those gloved fingers.
- 3/9/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble, in association with Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage, proudly presents The War of the Worlds, a celebration of the music of Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann to mark the centenary of his birth. Featuring some of Canada’s most outstanding artistic talents, The War of the Worlds runs Thursday, March 31 through Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Enwave Theatre.
This staging of Orson Welles’ notorious 1938 radio drama adaptation of the 1898 novel of the same name by H.G. Wells features a powerhouse cast – Nicholas Campbell, Don McKellar and Marc Bendavid – a live 5-piece band and sound effects by foley artist John Gzowski. Art of Time Ensemble Artistic Director Andrew Burashko directs as well as conducts.
Herrmann was the musical director on Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, originally broadcast on October 30, 1938. Aired as a hoax, it famously caused widespread panic as its news...
This staging of Orson Welles’ notorious 1938 radio drama adaptation of the 1898 novel of the same name by H.G. Wells features a powerhouse cast – Nicholas Campbell, Don McKellar and Marc Bendavid – a live 5-piece band and sound effects by foley artist John Gzowski. Art of Time Ensemble Artistic Director Andrew Burashko directs as well as conducts.
Herrmann was the musical director on Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, originally broadcast on October 30, 1938. Aired as a hoax, it famously caused widespread panic as its news...
- 2/25/2011
- by Zack Kotzer
- DorkShelf.com
If I had to sum up the buzz at Sundance this year in a single sentence, it would be this: Independent film is back. On a literal level, that sounds like the most trumped up of buzzy catch phrases — a lurch for positivity at a festival that, each year, needs a hook, a scenario, on which to hang its identity. Independent film, of course, never went away. That big blue snowflake on the right was the Sundance logo this year, and before each screening, a looped animated version of it revealed that it’s made up of a hundred tiny...
- 1/30/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
This documentary about Glenn Gould corrects some of the wilder myths about the astonishingly talented pianist, writes Peter Bradshaw
The great pianist Glenn Gould is often caricatured as a crazy hermit somewhere between Syd Barrett and Howard Hughes; Gould wore overcoats and gloves in hot summer and abandoned the concert stage at the height of his career. This thoughtful biodoc rescues Gould from the cliches and re-establishes him as a musician. Was he a recluse? Hardly, he became a prolific broadcaster with a Pythonesque sense of humour. A classical music snob? No, he cheerfully recorded a radio show about Petula Clark. An ascetic? No, he had a passionate relationship with a married woman and became a much-loved, temporary stepfather to her children. Undoubtedly, Gould was an eccentric and a hypochondriac, but this film argues for his human vulnerability.
Rating: 3/5
DocumentaryClassical musicPeter Bradshaw
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The great pianist Glenn Gould is often caricatured as a crazy hermit somewhere between Syd Barrett and Howard Hughes; Gould wore overcoats and gloves in hot summer and abandoned the concert stage at the height of his career. This thoughtful biodoc rescues Gould from the cliches and re-establishes him as a musician. Was he a recluse? Hardly, he became a prolific broadcaster with a Pythonesque sense of humour. A classical music snob? No, he cheerfully recorded a radio show about Petula Clark. An ascetic? No, he had a passionate relationship with a married woman and became a much-loved, temporary stepfather to her children. Undoubtedly, Gould was an eccentric and a hypochondriac, but this film argues for his human vulnerability.
Rating: 3/5
DocumentaryClassical musicPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use...
- 1/21/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
We don’t know for sure what day Ludwig van Beethoven was born, but it is documented that he was baptized on December 17, 1770. Like practically everything about his fascinating life, this has been studied in detail and speculated over. Some folks say that he was probably baptized the day after he was born, and they thus insist that he was born on December 16. Whatever. What is not disputed, even by those who don’t like his music (John Cage and Glenn Gould are two examples of great musicians who considered Beethoven’s influence malignant), is that Beethoven was one of the most revolutionary and influential composers in history.
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- 12/17/2010
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has whittled down qualified films for the Best Documentary Feature category. Originally, 101 films qualified in the category, and now, there are only 15 movies left standing. These films will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards.
The 15 films are (alphabetically):
* .Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Alex Gibney, director (Es Productions LLC)
* .Enemies of the People. Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films)
* .Exit through the Gift Shop. Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures)
* .Gasland. Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC)
* .Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould. Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures)
* .Inside Job. Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures)
* .The Lottery. Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films)
* .Precious Life. Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions) .Megamind.
* .Quest for Honor. Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions)
* .Restrepo. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger,...
The 15 films are (alphabetically):
* .Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Alex Gibney, director (Es Productions LLC)
* .Enemies of the People. Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films)
* .Exit through the Gift Shop. Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures)
* .Gasland. Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC)
* .Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould. Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures)
* .Inside Job. Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures)
* .The Lottery. Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films)
* .Precious Life. Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions) .Megamind.
* .Quest for Honor. Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions)
* .Restrepo. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger,...
- 11/19/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Do you want answers? Do you believe you’re entitled to them? Do you want the truth? Can you, in fact, handle the truth? The 15 documentaries competing for Oscar have been selected.
Check out the list below [via Oscars.org]:
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney, director (Es Productions LLC) Enemies of the People Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films) Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures) Gasland Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures) Inside Job Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures) The Lottery Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films) Precious Life Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions) “Megamind” Quest for Honor Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions) Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films) This Way of Life Thomas Burstyn, director (Cloud South Films...
Check out the list below [via Oscars.org]:
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney, director (Es Productions LLC) Enemies of the People Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films) Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures) Gasland Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures) Inside Job Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures) The Lottery Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films) Precious Life Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions) “Megamind” Quest for Honor Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions) Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films) This Way of Life Thomas Burstyn, director (Cloud South Films...
- 11/18/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The Academy announced today the 15 Documentary Features eligible for an Oscar and In Contention’s Guy Lodge cleverly quips on who did and didn’t make the shortlist:
“…judging from the Twitter reaction, this year.s most-mourned snubee is the Chinese critical darling .Last Train Home.. (I.d join the pitchfork-wielders, but I haven.t had an opportunity to see the film yet.) More surprising, however, is the omission of such widely fancied contenders as .The Oath. and .A Film Unfinished. . yes, folks, hell is experiencing a cold snap and the Academy snubbed a Holocaust documentary.”
Because as we all know with AMPAS voters, Holocaust films notoriously trump all comers. Too bad Joan Rivers’ A Piece Of Work didn’t make the cut. It’s a fascinating look into her life.
AMPAS Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in...
“…judging from the Twitter reaction, this year.s most-mourned snubee is the Chinese critical darling .Last Train Home.. (I.d join the pitchfork-wielders, but I haven.t had an opportunity to see the film yet.) More surprising, however, is the omission of such widely fancied contenders as .The Oath. and .A Film Unfinished. . yes, folks, hell is experiencing a cold snap and the Academy snubbed a Holocaust documentary.”
Because as we all know with AMPAS voters, Holocaust films notoriously trump all comers. Too bad Joan Rivers’ A Piece Of Work didn’t make the cut. It’s a fascinating look into her life.
AMPAS Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in...
- 11/18/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Toronto – Some Oscar campaigns just take longer to launch than others.
Canadian filmmakers Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer debuted "Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould" at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and are now taking a less-traveled road to Oscar consideration for their arthouse documentary: through Dan Talbot's Upper West Side Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.
It's the difference for a U.S. theatrical release of a Canadian movie between one built on hope or on deliberate strategy.
U.S. distributor Kino Lorber Raymont premiered the film about the late Canadian classic pianist Glenn Gould at the taste-making Lincoln Plaza on Sept. 9 after securing impressive reviews from the New York Times and The New Yorker.
Kino Lorber topper Richard Lorber said the positive NYC reviews and Lincoln Plaza release puts the picture on the radar screen of national theatre bookers as a crossover art film, with DVD and VOD...
Canadian filmmakers Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer debuted "Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould" at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and are now taking a less-traveled road to Oscar consideration for their arthouse documentary: through Dan Talbot's Upper West Side Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.
It's the difference for a U.S. theatrical release of a Canadian movie between one built on hope or on deliberate strategy.
U.S. distributor Kino Lorber Raymont premiered the film about the late Canadian classic pianist Glenn Gould at the taste-making Lincoln Plaza on Sept. 9 after securing impressive reviews from the New York Times and The New Yorker.
Kino Lorber topper Richard Lorber said the positive NYC reviews and Lincoln Plaza release puts the picture on the radar screen of national theatre bookers as a crossover art film, with DVD and VOD...
- 9/17/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
People here are surprised. They say New York is terrible, inhumane. Perhaps they don’t really know it and are too quick to judge.
This past weekend’s anniversary observance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks led me to browse through my collection of Eclipse DVDs, wondering what would be an appropriate selection for this week’s column on such a solemn occasion? I considered a couple of titles from the Ingmar Bergman set: Crisis and Torment seemed like intriguing possibilities to at least match the mood of that terrible day. But I took a look at Eclipse Series 19: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies and noticed a disc titled “The New York Films.” Though Washington DC and Shanksville, Pennsylvania also bore the brunt of the carnage, it’s always the mental image of New York City, specifically lower Manhattan, that gets summoned up when I think about 9/11. So based on the rather tenuous connection,...
This past weekend’s anniversary observance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks led me to browse through my collection of Eclipse DVDs, wondering what would be an appropriate selection for this week’s column on such a solemn occasion? I considered a couple of titles from the Ingmar Bergman set: Crisis and Torment seemed like intriguing possibilities to at least match the mood of that terrible day. But I took a look at Eclipse Series 19: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies and noticed a disc titled “The New York Films.” Though Washington DC and Shanksville, Pennsylvania also bore the brunt of the carnage, it’s always the mental image of New York City, specifically lower Manhattan, that gets summoned up when I think about 9/11. So based on the rather tenuous connection,...
- 9/13/2010
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
“Behind every silver lining there’s a cloud.” So goes Glenn Gould’s personal motto. It’s a fitting commentary on Gould’s tragic descent into depression and exile. But it’s also an apt description of Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont’s bleak — and wholly accurate — attempt to capture Gould’s legacy.
“Genius Within” lags at times, weighed down by the inescapable sadness that seemed to follow Gould wherever he went. While there’s no denying the composer’s interpretive genius, the film unintentionally shines a light on the fact that once you strip away the music, Glenn Gould wasn’t all that interesting a guy. In fact, those few aspects of Gould’s life that were interesting weren’t necessarily admirable.
Here’s a guy who made his name playing packed auditoriums the world over, only to later say, “I detest audiences. I think they’re a force...
“Genius Within” lags at times, weighed down by the inescapable sadness that seemed to follow Gould wherever he went. While there’s no denying the composer’s interpretive genius, the film unintentionally shines a light on the fact that once you strip away the music, Glenn Gould wasn’t all that interesting a guy. In fact, those few aspects of Gould’s life that were interesting weren’t necessarily admirable.
Here’s a guy who made his name playing packed auditoriums the world over, only to later say, “I detest audiences. I think they’re a force...
- 9/8/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Wakefield, Nc - Deep in the woods of Raleigh, I felt the ghost of Glenn Gould. He’s been dead since 1982, but there he was at a grand piano playing the first of Bach’s The Goldberg Variations.
His body wasn’t hunched over the keyboard on his collapsible chair. He wasn’t humming away as he played. But it was unmistakably Gould. The keys of the Yamaha Dcfiiiapro were stuck in his iconic way. His music filled the classical music concert hall covered in maple and cherry wood.
How can this be? Who conjured the Canadian classical music genius? Zenph Sound Innovations figured a way to make dead fingers play. This isn’t merely a piano roll, fake stereo treatment or a new noise reduction that goes beyond Dolby.
There is no other way to describe the technological miracle except in spiritual terms. This is the closest we’ll...
His body wasn’t hunched over the keyboard on his collapsible chair. He wasn’t humming away as he played. But it was unmistakably Gould. The keys of the Yamaha Dcfiiiapro were stuck in his iconic way. His music filled the classical music concert hall covered in maple and cherry wood.
How can this be? Who conjured the Canadian classical music genius? Zenph Sound Innovations figured a way to make dead fingers play. This isn’t merely a piano roll, fake stereo treatment or a new noise reduction that goes beyond Dolby.
There is no other way to describe the technological miracle except in spiritual terms. This is the closest we’ll...
- 8/20/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Toronto -- Kino Lorber has booked the Canadian biopic "Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould" into New York City and Chicago for a Sept. 17 theatrical release.
The U.S. distributor will release the Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer-directed documentary about the legendary Canadian pianist Glenn Gould at Lincoln Plaza Cinema in Manhattan and the Music Box Theatre in Chicago before it opens on Sept. 24 at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles.
Kino Lorber's platform release includes dates in October and November in St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia and Atlanta.
"Genius Within," produced by White Pines Pictures, bowed last year at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The U.S. distributor will release the Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer-directed documentary about the legendary Canadian pianist Glenn Gould at Lincoln Plaza Cinema in Manhattan and the Music Box Theatre in Chicago before it opens on Sept. 24 at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles.
Kino Lorber's platform release includes dates in October and November in St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia and Atlanta.
"Genius Within," produced by White Pines Pictures, bowed last year at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- 8/18/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- 8/13/2010
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
Jack Nicholson is at his peak in a freewheeling revived 70s gem. By Peter Bradshaw
The narrative trajectory of Bob Rafelson's newly restored 1970 tragicomedy is from New America to Old Europe. Jack Nicholson plays the poignantly named Robert Eroica Dupea, an angry, insubordinate smartmouth precariously employed as an oil-rigger out west, and trapped in a toxic relationship with Rayette (Karen Black), a diner waitress and would-be country singer. It is only when we learn that his father is dying, and Robert must travel back to the family home in Washington state for a last goodbye, that we learn that Robert is in retreat from his poisoned vocation: once a brilliantly promising classical pianist, he has angrily given up music, having failed to reach the standards set by his father and by himself. So Robert and poor, uncomprehending Rayette are guests in his ramshackle family home chock-full of decaying and defeated musical talent,...
The narrative trajectory of Bob Rafelson's newly restored 1970 tragicomedy is from New America to Old Europe. Jack Nicholson plays the poignantly named Robert Eroica Dupea, an angry, insubordinate smartmouth precariously employed as an oil-rigger out west, and trapped in a toxic relationship with Rayette (Karen Black), a diner waitress and would-be country singer. It is only when we learn that his father is dying, and Robert must travel back to the family home in Washington state for a last goodbye, that we learn that Robert is in retreat from his poisoned vocation: once a brilliantly promising classical pianist, he has angrily given up music, having failed to reach the standards set by his father and by himself. So Robert and poor, uncomprehending Rayette are guests in his ramshackle family home chock-full of decaying and defeated musical talent,...
- 8/12/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Is it acceptable for biopics to make things up – and even tell lies? Ryan Gilbey speaks to the film-makers and screenwriters who are shaking up the genre
In the opening credits of Gainsbourg, a new biopic about the legendary French singer, chain-smoker and lothario, the star is shown swimming among fish who are all puffing away on cigarettes. A little later, Gainsbourg is menaced by a four-armed monster who has sprung from a Nazi propaganda poster. Then there's the small matter of him being followed around by a life-size puppet that only he can see.
This, you realise, is not your run-of-the-mill biopic. And Gainsbourg is not the only example of how the genre is being shaken up. It used to be all about sticking to the truth, with a conventional narrative: they're born, they live, they die. Now biopics are using invention, and even lies, to tell their stories.
In the opening credits of Gainsbourg, a new biopic about the legendary French singer, chain-smoker and lothario, the star is shown swimming among fish who are all puffing away on cigarettes. A little later, Gainsbourg is menaced by a four-armed monster who has sprung from a Nazi propaganda poster. Then there's the small matter of him being followed around by a life-size puppet that only he can see.
This, you realise, is not your run-of-the-mill biopic. And Gainsbourg is not the only example of how the genre is being shaken up. It used to be all about sticking to the truth, with a conventional narrative: they're born, they live, they die. Now biopics are using invention, and even lies, to tell their stories.
- 7/18/2010
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Bob Ellis looks back at this year’s Sydney Film Festival.
We are forbidden urination after a three-hour film and herded bursting out into the rain and pushed in front of speeding traffic by big Tongan guardians of the Red Carpet while inside, in the ever-gorgeous art-deco foyer, barmen and pie vendors gazed on its lovely emptiness planning their bankruptcies and other careers and cursing, like all of us, the Clare Stewart Effect on world cinema.
Audiences entering successive sessions without hellish incident these last 113 years have not educated this woman; clamour, ticketless offices, caffeine deprivation, pissed trousers and lack of a chance to chat between sessions (or even sit on the marble steps) have characterised her Cromwellian rule for years now and several deaths, I calculate, from the pelting rain and it is wrong for her to preen her ghastly dress sense in golden spotlight just because certain films...
We are forbidden urination after a three-hour film and herded bursting out into the rain and pushed in front of speeding traffic by big Tongan guardians of the Red Carpet while inside, in the ever-gorgeous art-deco foyer, barmen and pie vendors gazed on its lovely emptiness planning their bankruptcies and other careers and cursing, like all of us, the Clare Stewart Effect on world cinema.
Audiences entering successive sessions without hellish incident these last 113 years have not educated this woman; clamour, ticketless offices, caffeine deprivation, pissed trousers and lack of a chance to chat between sessions (or even sit on the marble steps) have characterised her Cromwellian rule for years now and several deaths, I calculate, from the pelting rain and it is wrong for her to preen her ghastly dress sense in golden spotlight just because certain films...
- 6/23/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Lorber Films are plugging their autumn schedule with Peter Raymont and Michèle Hozer's Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, a doc that was first showed at Tiff. - Lorber Films are plugging their autumn schedule with Peter Raymont and Michèle Hozer's Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, a doc that was first showed at Tiff. Lorber will release the picture this September. You can find a pretty elaborate website which describes the doc film and the musical genius that was Glenn Gould. An enigmatic musical poet, Glenn Gould continues to captivate audiences twenty-six years after his early passing. His inimitable music and writings reveal an insightful worldview that we are still trying to unravel. Though there have been many documentaries about Gould, most are distracted by his eccentricities, focusing on the pills, gloves, and scarves while missing the man and message behind the music.
- 6/5/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Lorber Films are plugging their autumn schedule with Peter Raymont and Michèle Hozer's Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, a doc that was first showed at Tiff. Lorber will release the picture this September. You can find a pretty elaborate website which describes the doc film and the musical genius that was Glenn Gould. An enigmatic musical poet, Glenn Gould continues to captivate audiences twenty-six years after his early passing. His inimitable music and writings reveal an insightful worldview that we are still trying to unravel. Though there have been many documentaries about Gould, most are distracted by his eccentricities, focusing on the pills, gloves, and scarves while missing the man and message behind the music. Glenn Gould: The Inner Life pierces through the myths, revealing the man beneath the icon and reconstructs his thoughts on music, art, society, love and life. It weaves together an...
- 6/5/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Lorber Films has acquired all U.S. rights to "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould," a documentary about the pianist directed by Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, which will be released theatrically in September.
The acquisition was negotiated by Lorber CEO and co-president Richard Lorber and vp Elizabeth Sheldonwith Diana Holtzberg, vp of Films Transit Internationalm and Kelly Jenkins, head of business affairs for White Pine Pictures, which produced the film.
Lorber said, "'Genius Within' is that rare archival documentary where facts are transformed into emotion. When I first saw the film screened in Toronto I knew that Glenn Gould’s personal demons had finally found a vehicle worthy of his angelic musical gifts. We are honored to bring this inspiring film to new, ever-larger audiences fascinated by this alchemy of genius."...
The acquisition was negotiated by Lorber CEO and co-president Richard Lorber and vp Elizabeth Sheldonwith Diana Holtzberg, vp of Films Transit Internationalm and Kelly Jenkins, head of business affairs for White Pine Pictures, which produced the film.
Lorber said, "'Genius Within' is that rare archival documentary where facts are transformed into emotion. When I first saw the film screened in Toronto I knew that Glenn Gould’s personal demons had finally found a vehicle worthy of his angelic musical gifts. We are honored to bring this inspiring film to new, ever-larger audiences fascinated by this alchemy of genius."...
U.S. theatrical, DVD, digital, and educational rights for Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont's music doc "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould" have been acquired by Lorber Films. The film will open theatrically in September at New York's Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, with DVD and VOD distribution to follow in the first quarter of 2011. "Genius Within" profiles the eccentric world-renowned pianist and musical poet Glenn Gould. The film combines footage ...
- 6/3/2010
- Indiewire
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- 5/14/2010
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
Sometimes it's more romantic to be alone. Not to wallow in the torpor of melancholy, not to yearn for emotional rescue, not to trick yourself with love myself affirmations (who always loves themselves? And who always should?) and yet, not feel disconnected from that large word (and world) called love, since amour not only comes in mysterious ways, it comes through music, art, flickering pictures, water, desert, speed, beauty, and the tenuousness of Kim Novak's smile. It's everywhere. And it's often platonic. As German romantic composer Schuman said of his tortured idol Schubert, who died at 31 -- he could not speak of this man unless he spoke "to the trees and the stars." Overwrought? Not for me. This is a German Romantic. And he's right. Sometimes all you need are the trees and the stars. And solace. Glenn Gould (whom...
- 2/14/2010
- by Kim Morgan
- Huffington Post
Richard Curtis sets out to the high seas to rock our world, Roland Emmerich just obliterates it and Wes Anderson reenvisions it in stop-motion animation, while as a group of documentaries ponder real world issues of war, God, poverty and Glenn Gould.
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On behalf of moviegoers everywhere, we here at IFC would like to thank that schoolyard bully who must have so traumatized a young Roland Emmerich that he has spent his recent career ritualistically laying waste to our world one famous landmark at a time. Having previous employed such excuses for mass destruction as alien invasions and global warming, this time cinema's most destructive director turns to an ancient Mayan prophecy that foretells the end of all mankind, and once again batters humanity -- specifically John Cusack and assorted stragglers -- like the...
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"2012"
On behalf of moviegoers everywhere, we here at IFC would like to thank that schoolyard bully who must have so traumatized a young Roland Emmerich that he has spent his recent career ritualistically laying waste to our world one famous landmark at a time. Having previous employed such excuses for mass destruction as alien invasions and global warming, this time cinema's most destructive director turns to an ancient Mayan prophecy that foretells the end of all mankind, and once again batters humanity -- specifically John Cusack and assorted stragglers -- like the...
- 11/9/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
The Vancouver International Film Festival kicks off in earnest tonight after a few days of panels Vancouver Film and Television Forums. The fest certainly doesn’t have the high profile of Toronto International Film Festival or Festival Du Cannes to be sure but its a growing fest in a beautiful city so who’s complaining.
Whether you are in Vancouver or following along at home, here is a menu of resources to peruse and enjoy (unless of course you are instead watching the Canucks hockey season kick-off tonight instead with the rest of Vancouver except for the people at the Whitecaps vs. Timbers soccer playoffs).
Westender’s Precious Spector
Vancouver’s WestEnder arts and culture magazine provides Movies: Top picks for this year’s Viff.
We tag ‘The Agony and The Ecstasy of Phil Spector‘ saying, “He is, of course, a convicted murderer and the proud owner of many ridiculous wigs.
Whether you are in Vancouver or following along at home, here is a menu of resources to peruse and enjoy (unless of course you are instead watching the Canucks hockey season kick-off tonight instead with the rest of Vancouver except for the people at the Whitecaps vs. Timbers soccer playoffs).
Westender’s Precious Spector
Vancouver’s WestEnder arts and culture magazine provides Movies: Top picks for this year’s Viff.
We tag ‘The Agony and The Ecstasy of Phil Spector‘ saying, “He is, of course, a convicted murderer and the proud owner of many ridiculous wigs.
- 10/2/2009
- by Dave
- MovieSet.com
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