Russia’s influence over American politics is the subject of a new podcast from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, Leon Neyfakh’s Prologue Projects and Cadence13.
Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S. and Russia, debuts Sept. 23. With the next presidential election less than two months away, Whirlwind will explore the decisions, mistakes and deceptions that brought America to this point.
The docuseries project builds on Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner’s new book, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare: 1945-2020. Weiner wrote and hosts the show, which over 10 episodes will feature ...
Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S. and Russia, debuts Sept. 23. With the next presidential election less than two months away, Whirlwind will explore the decisions, mistakes and deceptions that brought America to this point.
The docuseries project builds on Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner’s new book, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare: 1945-2020. Weiner wrote and hosts the show, which over 10 episodes will feature ...
- 9/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Russia’s influence over American politics is the subject of a new podcast from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, Leon Neyfakh’s Prologue Projects and Cadence13.
Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S. and Russia, debuts Sept. 23. With the next presidential election less than two months away, Whirlwind will explore the decisions, mistakes and deceptions that brought America to this point.
The docuseries project builds on Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner’s new book, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare: 1945-2020. Weiner wrote and hosts the show, which over 10 episodes will feature ...
Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S. and Russia, debuts Sept. 23. With the next presidential election less than two months away, Whirlwind will explore the decisions, mistakes and deceptions that brought America to this point.
The docuseries project builds on Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner’s new book, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare: 1945-2020. Weiner wrote and hosts the show, which over 10 episodes will feature ...
- 9/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, “Escape at Dannemora” debuts on Showtime and “Narcos” premieres its fourth season on Netflix.
“Mars,” National Geographic Channel, Monday, 9 p.m.
Season 2 of this series, which mixes scripted and documentary elements, picks up five years after the conclusion of Season 1, following the successful maiden mission to the Red Planet when the original International Mars Science Foundation (Imsf) crew struggled to safely land on and create an initial settlement. It’s now the year 2042, and Imsf has established a fully-fledged colony, Olympus Town, but they cannot finance the Mars expedition alone.
“StarTalk,” National Geographic Channel, Monday, 11 p.m.
Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to host the hourlong,...
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, “Escape at Dannemora” debuts on Showtime and “Narcos” premieres its fourth season on Netflix.
“Mars,” National Geographic Channel, Monday, 9 p.m.
Season 2 of this series, which mixes scripted and documentary elements, picks up five years after the conclusion of Season 1, following the successful maiden mission to the Red Planet when the original International Mars Science Foundation (Imsf) crew struggled to safely land on and create an initial settlement. It’s now the year 2042, and Imsf has established a fully-fledged colony, Olympus Town, but they cannot finance the Mars expedition alone.
“StarTalk,” National Geographic Channel, Monday, 11 p.m.
Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to host the hourlong,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
In June, a mere five months before the American Film Institute’s 32nd annual film festival, Michael Lumpkin took over the reins from fest director Jacqueline Lyanga, who exited after eight years at the helm.
Despite the short turnaround time, Lumpkin, already head of the AFI Docs festival in Washington, D.C., was determined to make this year’s Los Angeles-based fest a diverse mix of cinema with a focus on new auteurs, international filmmakers, the best work from 2018’s earlier festivals and, of course, potential Oscar players. He didn’t disappoint.
From 4,000-plus submissions, the fest will screen 83 features, four episodic shows and 47 shorts for a grand total of 134 titles from 45 countries. Selected films are dispersed into eight categories that include galas, world cinema and cinema legacy.
The festival — which kicks off Nov. 8 at Tcl Chinese Theatre — boasts five world premieres: Susanne Bier’s “Bird Box,” Mimi Leder’s...
Despite the short turnaround time, Lumpkin, already head of the AFI Docs festival in Washington, D.C., was determined to make this year’s Los Angeles-based fest a diverse mix of cinema with a focus on new auteurs, international filmmakers, the best work from 2018’s earlier festivals and, of course, potential Oscar players. He didn’t disappoint.
From 4,000-plus submissions, the fest will screen 83 features, four episodic shows and 47 shorts for a grand total of 134 titles from 45 countries. Selected films are dispersed into eight categories that include galas, world cinema and cinema legacy.
The festival — which kicks off Nov. 8 at Tcl Chinese Theatre — boasts five world premieres: Susanne Bier’s “Bird Box,” Mimi Leder’s...
- 11/8/2018
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
AFI Fest has added another world premiere to its slate: “I Am the Night,” the upcoming limited series from “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins. Following the true-life story of a woman named Fauna Hodel who was given away at birth and began looking into her own past as a teenager, it joins Chuck Lorre’s “The Kominsky Method” as the Hollywood festival’s only TV programming. Chris Pine and India Eisley star in the limited series from TNT.
AFI Fest has also announced its Special Screenings, Cinema’s Legacy, and Midnight lineups; among the most buzzed-about selections are Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” “Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” David Robert Mitchell’s “Under the Silver Lake,” and Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War.”
This year’s festival runs from November 8–15. Here are all the newly announced titles, with official synopses straight from the festival:
Special Screenings
The Cold...
AFI Fest has also announced its Special Screenings, Cinema’s Legacy, and Midnight lineups; among the most buzzed-about selections are Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” “Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” David Robert Mitchell’s “Under the Silver Lake,” and Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War.”
This year’s festival runs from November 8–15. Here are all the newly announced titles, with official synopses straight from the festival:
Special Screenings
The Cold...
- 10/18/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
As the ongoing clashes between the Donald Trump administration, the Justice Department and FBI continue to make daily headlines, Showtime has ordered the timely Enemies: The President, Justice & The FBI (working title) a new documentary series from Oscar and Emmy-winning director Alex Gibney, inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tim Weiner’s book, Enemies: A History of the FBI. The four-part docuseries, which provides an in-depth look into the long history of conflict between American presidents and the FBI, will premiere its first installment Sunday, November 18 at 8 Pm Et/Pt. The docuseries was announced today by David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime Networks at the Television Critics Association’s Summer Press Tour.
Enemies the series tells the long, complex history of presidents testing the rule of law and the FBI’s job to enforce it, as well as an abuse of power from with the bureau. According to Showtime, From...
Enemies the series tells the long, complex history of presidents testing the rule of law and the FBI’s job to enforce it, as well as an abuse of power from with the bureau. According to Showtime, From...
- 8/6/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime has ordered a three-part documentary series on the changing role of athletes in the current political environment that boasts LeBron James among its executive producers.
Showtime president and CEO David Nevins made the announcement at the TCA summer press tour on Monday.
The series is titled “Shut Up and Dribble,” taken from conservative pundit Laura Ingraham’s remarks to James in February when players from the Golden State Warriors declined an invitation to the White House after the 2018 NBA Finals. The controversy serves as a prologue to the series as it chronicles the modern history of the NBA and its players, starting with the 1976 merger of the freewheeling Aba and the more conventional NBA of today.
The league soon became an incubator for many of its top athletes to grow their brands beyond the court, becoming powerful players in commerce and fashion, and transcending the game to become cultural icons.
Showtime president and CEO David Nevins made the announcement at the TCA summer press tour on Monday.
The series is titled “Shut Up and Dribble,” taken from conservative pundit Laura Ingraham’s remarks to James in February when players from the Golden State Warriors declined an invitation to the White House after the 2018 NBA Finals. The controversy serves as a prologue to the series as it chronicles the modern history of the NBA and its players, starting with the 1976 merger of the freewheeling Aba and the more conventional NBA of today.
The league soon became an incubator for many of its top athletes to grow their brands beyond the court, becoming powerful players in commerce and fashion, and transcending the game to become cultural icons.
- 8/6/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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The Wire and Treme creator, David Simon, talked to Variety about a potential Legacy of Ashes TV series. From Ed Burns and Dan Fesperman, and based on Tim Weiner's non-fiction CIA history account of the same name, Legacy of Ashes is currently in development at the BBC. It looks like the Beeb might bring HBO on as its American partner.Read More…...
The Wire and Treme creator, David Simon, talked to Variety about a potential Legacy of Ashes TV series. From Ed Burns and Dan Fesperman, and based on Tim Weiner's non-fiction CIA history account of the same name, Legacy of Ashes is currently in development at the BBC. It looks like the Beeb might bring HBO on as its American partner.Read More…...
- 4/28/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Though "The Wire" creator David Simon's next project is the 1970s porn drama "The Deuce" starring James Franco, it seems the acclaimed TV showrunner already has another major project in the works.
Simon tells Variety he's working on an adaptation of Tim Weiner's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Legacy Of Ashes" for both the BBC and HBO. The series will take a hard look at the institutional problems in the CIA, and how it weakens national security. Speaking about the series he says:
"[Writers] Ed Burns and Dan Fesperman have taken that. It's in turnaround at the BBC. They want to do the show. They acquired the scripts from HBO and they are doing the show. We are taking another pass at the scripts because they want us to add a certain amount of U.K. stuff. A certain amount of MI6 along with CIA.
The reason HBO was gracious...
Simon tells Variety he's working on an adaptation of Tim Weiner's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Legacy Of Ashes" for both the BBC and HBO. The series will take a hard look at the institutional problems in the CIA, and how it weakens national security. Speaking about the series he says:
"[Writers] Ed Burns and Dan Fesperman have taken that. It's in turnaround at the BBC. They want to do the show. They acquired the scripts from HBO and they are doing the show. We are taking another pass at the scripts because they want us to add a certain amount of U.K. stuff. A certain amount of MI6 along with CIA.
The reason HBO was gracious...
- 4/26/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This spring, David Simon, the man behind "The Wire," "Homicide," and "Show Me A Hero" will get cracking on production of his '70s set porn drama "The Deuce," starring James Franco in dual roles. But Simon has much more brewing, among them, a drama set around Capitol Hill with famed journalist Carl Bernstein involved. However, what might be next on the docket is something different, a show that will peel back the layers of one of the most powerful organizations in the United States: the CIA. Chatting with Variety, Simon reveals he's working on an adaptation of the Pulitizer Prize winning book "Legacy Of Ashes" by Tim Weiner, and that it's actually the BBC taking the lead, with HBO essentially willing lend a hand for the stateside work involved in bringing the series to air. And the material is powerful stuff, with Weiner's book taking a hard look at...
- 4/25/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible.One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon, by Tim Weiner (Henry Holt, July 21)Using recently declassified tapes and documents, the author of the award-winning CIA exposé Legacy of Ashes buries any dying hope Nixon might have had of rising from the ranks of America’s worst presidents. Even Tricky Dick’s accomplishments are diminished to nothing — or worse — in the full context of his power grabs, secret plots, and cynical political ploys. Bigoted, paranoid, drunk, and dangerous, Nixon was hardly unique in the world, but the fact that he ran the country makes this far more than a personal indictment; the tragedy of the title is ours. Speak, by Louisa Hall (Ecco, July 7)The structure of Hall’s second novel — six narratives scattered across four centuries, from a...
- 7/2/2015
- by Boris Kachka
- Vulture
Hey Los Angeles… grab your popcorn, because Landmark Theatres has announced it’s Fall-Winter film calender for the Nuart Theatre. It highlights limited-run films to avid cinephiles in Los Angeles, offering an essential guide for audiences to discover exciting films that may never enjoy the publicity of nationwide exposure. Included in the mix of programming are documentaries, reissues, features from a variety of foreign countries and other edgy, alternative cinema.
Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
Showtimes and information: (310)281-8223
http://www.LandmarkTheatres.com
Features Friday, October 14 . Thursday, October 20
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
A son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, The Man Nobody Knew uncovers the secret world of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby, who rose through the ranks of “The Company” and soon was involved in covert operations in...
Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
Showtimes and information: (310)281-8223
http://www.LandmarkTheatres.com
Features Friday, October 14 . Thursday, October 20
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
A son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, The Man Nobody Knew uncovers the secret world of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby, who rose through the ranks of “The Company” and soon was involved in covert operations in...
- 9/28/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Yeah, you’re dad was a murderer.” Imagine growing up as the son of one of the most famed CIA agents. The Man Nobody Knew is one person’s account of growing up in a CIA family. Carl Colby directs a film about CIA Spymaster and his father William Colby. Check out this trailer for a taste of what to expect from what looks to be an intriguing documentary: The Man Nobody Knew features Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Donald Rumsfeld, James Schlesinger, Bob Woodward, Seymour Hersh, and Tim Weiner. A son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby uncovers the secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby’s son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of...
- 9/9/2011
- by Bags H.
- BuzzFocus.com
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Trailer. Carl Colby‘s The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) movie trailer stars William Colby and is narrated by Carl Colby. The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby‘s plot synopsis: “From the beginning of his career as an Oss officer parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, William Colby rose through the ranks of “The Company,” and soon was involved in covert operations in hot spots around the globe. He swayed elections against the Communists in Italy, oversaw the coup against President Diem in Saigon, and ran the controversial Phoenix Program in Vietnam, which sparked today’s legacy of counter-insurgency. But after decades of obediently taking on the White House’s toughest and dirtiest assignments, and rising to become Director of CIA, Colby defied the President.
- 8/25/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Even Japan's infamous mafia groups are helping out with the relief efforts and showing a strain of civic duty. Jake Adelstein reports on why the police don't want you to know about it. Plus, more coverage of Japan's crisis.
The worst of times sometimes brings out the best in people, even in Japan's "losers" a.k.a. the Japanese mafia, the yakuza. Hours after the first shock waves hit, two of the largest crime groups went into action, opening their offices to those stranded in Tokyo, and shipping food, water, and blankets to the devastated areas in two-ton trucks and whatever vehicles they could get moving. The day after the earthquake the Inagawa-kai (the third largest organized crime group in Japan which was founded in 1948) sent twenty-five four-ton trucks filled with paper diapers, instant ramen, batteries, flashlights, drinks, and the essentials of daily life to the Tohoku region. An executive in Sumiyoshi-kai,...
The worst of times sometimes brings out the best in people, even in Japan's "losers" a.k.a. the Japanese mafia, the yakuza. Hours after the first shock waves hit, two of the largest crime groups went into action, opening their offices to those stranded in Tokyo, and shipping food, water, and blankets to the devastated areas in two-ton trucks and whatever vehicles they could get moving. The day after the earthquake the Inagawa-kai (the third largest organized crime group in Japan which was founded in 1948) sent twenty-five four-ton trucks filled with paper diapers, instant ramen, batteries, flashlights, drinks, and the essentials of daily life to the Tohoku region. An executive in Sumiyoshi-kai,...
- 3/18/2011
- by Jake Adelstein
- The Daily Beast
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