It’s been less than two years since the close of Nexstar’s acquisition of The CW and the network’s primetime slate could not look more different.
In addition to the broadcaster’s shifted focus to sports, unscripted fare and foreign imports/co-productions, The CW will soon be getting into the original TV movie business. In an interview with Variety, network president Dennis Miller and president of entertainment Brad Schwartz revealed that The CW is planning to air its own slate of films (in addition to acquired features) on Sunday nights beginning later this year.
The network already has a Sunday night movie block, which will continue in the fall according to the network’s newly-released fall 2024 schedule. But in addition to airing well-known studio movies, they will be producing movies of their own — as many as ten. The network is prepping a deal with an unnamed TV movie...
In addition to the broadcaster’s shifted focus to sports, unscripted fare and foreign imports/co-productions, The CW will soon be getting into the original TV movie business. In an interview with Variety, network president Dennis Miller and president of entertainment Brad Schwartz revealed that The CW is planning to air its own slate of films (in addition to acquired features) on Sunday nights beginning later this year.
The network already has a Sunday night movie block, which will continue in the fall according to the network’s newly-released fall 2024 schedule. But in addition to airing well-known studio movies, they will be producing movies of their own — as many as ten. The network is prepping a deal with an unnamed TV movie...
- 5/16/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A longtime passion project imagined by the late Steve McQueen has been revived.
Two decades after the iconic actor’s son Chad McQueen and family friend/Warner Bros exec Lance Sloan began development on the film Yucatan, Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer has been set as the screenwriter of the project that is now in early development at Netflix, we understand. Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey remain attached as producers under their Team Downey banner.
Both Netflix and Team Downey declined to comment.
McQueen’s vision involved a story about a renegade salvage expert’s search for Mayan treasure in the Yucatan Peninsula with him taking the lead. Details regarding where Dunnet-Alcocer will take the story are under wraps. Mexican writer Dunnet-Alcocer is working fresh with McQueen’s script, which was discovered years after his 1980 death as part of a collection of notebooks he left behind in a pair of trunks.
Two decades after the iconic actor’s son Chad McQueen and family friend/Warner Bros exec Lance Sloan began development on the film Yucatan, Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer has been set as the screenwriter of the project that is now in early development at Netflix, we understand. Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey remain attached as producers under their Team Downey banner.
Both Netflix and Team Downey declined to comment.
McQueen’s vision involved a story about a renegade salvage expert’s search for Mayan treasure in the Yucatan Peninsula with him taking the lead. Details regarding where Dunnet-Alcocer will take the story are under wraps. Mexican writer Dunnet-Alcocer is working fresh with McQueen’s script, which was discovered years after his 1980 death as part of a collection of notebooks he left behind in a pair of trunks.
- 5/10/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: British writer, director, and producer Alex Marx will make his feature debut with The Queen of Fashion, a long-gestating biopic of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow, with Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough set to produce and play the lead role.
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
The theme of the 2024 Met Gala was “The Garden of Time” — based on a story by J.G. Ballard – but, really, the theme of all Met Galas always has been: Go big or stay home!
While there have been myriad gorgeous gowns, jewels and natty tuxes over many Met Gala years, what do the most dress-obsessed actually remember? Cher half-naked. Lady Gaga’s change of dress performance art. Billy Porter’s royal entrance in Egyptian armor and entourage. Katy Perry as a chandelier. They all proved: It doesn’t pay to stay staid — even if staid means gorgeous.
So the question comes down to: Does one do good outrageous? Or outrageously bad? Both the bad and the beautiful always get the most ink — sometimes, you can’t tell the difference. With such risky looks, it’s a toss of the coin. If you’re Cher, you can pull off anything. Everyone...
While there have been myriad gorgeous gowns, jewels and natty tuxes over many Met Gala years, what do the most dress-obsessed actually remember? Cher half-naked. Lady Gaga’s change of dress performance art. Billy Porter’s royal entrance in Egyptian armor and entourage. Katy Perry as a chandelier. They all proved: It doesn’t pay to stay staid — even if staid means gorgeous.
So the question comes down to: Does one do good outrageous? Or outrageously bad? Both the bad and the beautiful always get the most ink — sometimes, you can’t tell the difference. With such risky looks, it’s a toss of the coin. If you’re Cher, you can pull off anything. Everyone...
- 5/7/2024
- by Merle Ginsberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lana Del Rey looked sharp at the 2024 Met Gala.
Fresh off headlining two weekends of Coachella, the “Video Games” singer stepped onto the moss-inspired carpet in a veiled cream Alexander McQueen sheath gown by Seán McGirr, who took inspiration from Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
A haute couture version of a fit-and-flare silhouette from the label’s spring/summer line, Del Rey wore a silk, tulle and georgette corseted dress with hand-embroidered thorny vines that appeared to climb up from her skirt and behind her head. The singer finished the look with a crystal-embellished red rose corsage. The look was a nod to the British fashion house’s “crown of thorns” headpiece from the fall/winter 1996 collection of then-creative director Shaun Leane.
“I’m with Sean [McGirr at] McQueen — Oh god, I hope I don’t poke him,” Del Rey joked on the red carpet, where she stood beside collaborator Kim Kardashian. (The...
Fresh off headlining two weekends of Coachella, the “Video Games” singer stepped onto the moss-inspired carpet in a veiled cream Alexander McQueen sheath gown by Seán McGirr, who took inspiration from Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
A haute couture version of a fit-and-flare silhouette from the label’s spring/summer line, Del Rey wore a silk, tulle and georgette corseted dress with hand-embroidered thorny vines that appeared to climb up from her skirt and behind her head. The singer finished the look with a crystal-embellished red rose corsage. The look was a nod to the British fashion house’s “crown of thorns” headpiece from the fall/winter 1996 collection of then-creative director Shaun Leane.
“I’m with Sean [McGirr at] McQueen — Oh god, I hope I don’t poke him,” Del Rey joked on the red carpet, where she stood beside collaborator Kim Kardashian. (The...
- 5/7/2024
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There wasn't a more capable director of massive, widescreen Westerns working in Hollywood during the 1950s and '60s than John Sturges. Whether classical ("Gunfight at the O.K. Corral") or somewhat unconventional ("Bad Day at Black Rock"), Sturges could frame a mountainous expanse or stage a gunfight with the best of them. He thrived when working with big casts and specialized in discovering stirring nuances in characters that would've been walking cliches in more typical genre flicks.
Sturges was also efficient, which came in handy when managing expensive studio productions populated with big egos. His biggest challenge in this department might've been "The Magnificent Seven," the 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece "Seven Samurai." Yul Brynner, then a hugely popular movie star (largely on the strength of his Academy Award-winning performance in "The King and I" and his portrayal of Ramses in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments"), controlled...
Sturges was also efficient, which came in handy when managing expensive studio productions populated with big egos. His biggest challenge in this department might've been "The Magnificent Seven," the 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece "Seven Samurai." Yul Brynner, then a hugely popular movie star (largely on the strength of his Academy Award-winning performance in "The King and I" and his portrayal of Ramses in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments"), controlled...
- 4/28/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Kevin Macdonald’s finely balanced portrait of the disgraced Dior designer, on Mubi from Friday, is the newest arrival on a catwalk of fashion industry movies, from Funny Face to Zoolander
For those who bleat on about the iniquities of supposed “cancel culture”, the career of British fashion designer John Galliano is a useful counterpoint. Sacked in 2011 as the creative director of Christian Dior after an appalling incident of antisemitic abuse on his part, he spent two years in the wilderness before being hired by Oscar de la Renta and subsequently Maison Margiela, where he has been for a decade. A-listers still wear his gowns on red carpets. Life goes on. Kevin Macdonald’s documentary High & Low: John Galliano (streaming on Mubi from 26 April) chronicles Galliano’s rise and fall and rise with a more distanced, critical eye than you may expect from a film co-produced by Vogue publisher Condé Nast.
For those who bleat on about the iniquities of supposed “cancel culture”, the career of British fashion designer John Galliano is a useful counterpoint. Sacked in 2011 as the creative director of Christian Dior after an appalling incident of antisemitic abuse on his part, he spent two years in the wilderness before being hired by Oscar de la Renta and subsequently Maison Margiela, where he has been for a decade. A-listers still wear his gowns on red carpets. Life goes on. Kevin Macdonald’s documentary High & Low: John Galliano (streaming on Mubi from 26 April) chronicles Galliano’s rise and fall and rise with a more distanced, critical eye than you may expect from a film co-produced by Vogue publisher Condé Nast.
- 4/20/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Get ready for another dramatic episode of “Hollyoaks” airing on E4 at 7:00 Pm on Monday, April 15, 2024. In this installment, secrets abound as Sally finds herself keeping a potentially explosive secret from the McQueen family. As tensions rise and suspicions mount, viewers will be on the edge of their seats wondering if the truth will come to light and how it will impact the tight-knit clan.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the village, suspicious behavior leads to a shocking cheating accusation, throwing relationships into turmoil and leaving hearts broken. As accusations fly and emotions run high, the residents of Hollyoaks find themselves grappling with the fallout of betrayal and deceit.
Amidst the chaos, Ste finds himself backed into a corner with seemingly no way out, while Dilly resorts to playing dirty in a bid to come out on top. With alliances shifting and loyalties tested, “Hollyoaks” promises an episode filled with twists,...
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the village, suspicious behavior leads to a shocking cheating accusation, throwing relationships into turmoil and leaving hearts broken. As accusations fly and emotions run high, the residents of Hollyoaks find themselves grappling with the fallout of betrayal and deceit.
Amidst the chaos, Ste finds himself backed into a corner with seemingly no way out, while Dilly resorts to playing dirty in a bid to come out on top. With alliances shifting and loyalties tested, “Hollyoaks” promises an episode filled with twists,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Exclusive: Embankment Films is making Garbo: Leave Me Alone, a feature documentary about the enigmatic movie star who died in 1990. The doc will have previously unseen archive material including personal photographs of Garbo and letters written by the iconic actress, who is regarded as one of the all-time greats.
Production is underway and the film will have a theatrical release at the end of this year before bowing on Sky in the UK in 2025. It is being made in partnership With Non Stop Entertainment and co-produced with Mylla Films, the Scandi label founded by Patrik Andersson and Jakob Abrahamsson. Fremantle is on board for international sales.
Lorna Tucker, whose previous work includes Katharine Hepburn feature doc Call Me Kate, will direct. “This is a natural follow on to Call Me Kate in a way because it’s a similar era, but it is a very different story because here is...
Production is underway and the film will have a theatrical release at the end of this year before bowing on Sky in the UK in 2025. It is being made in partnership With Non Stop Entertainment and co-produced with Mylla Films, the Scandi label founded by Patrik Andersson and Jakob Abrahamsson. Fremantle is on board for international sales.
Lorna Tucker, whose previous work includes Katharine Hepburn feature doc Call Me Kate, will direct. “This is a natural follow on to Call Me Kate in a way because it’s a similar era, but it is a very different story because here is...
- 4/7/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Get ready for another gripping episode of “Hollyoaks,” airing this Thursday at 7:00 Pm on E4. In this installment, emotions run high as Nancy finds herself feeling worn out and overwhelmed, fearing that things may only become more challenging for her. Meanwhile, Frankie overhears a conversation that leaves her feeling isolated and alone, adding to her already mounting struggles.
Amidst the turmoil, there’s a glimmer of hope for one member of the McQueen family as they receive some long-awaited good news. However, tensions continue to simmer as one resident continues to manipulate those around them, causing chaos and unrest within the community.
With compelling storylines and dramatic twists, “Hollyoaks” promises an hour of edge-of-your-seat entertainment. Don’t miss out on the drama and intrigue as the residents of Hollyoaks navigate through love, loss, and betrayal, airing Thursday at 7:00 Pm on E4. Tune in to see what unfolds in this riveting episode of “Hollyoaks.
Amidst the turmoil, there’s a glimmer of hope for one member of the McQueen family as they receive some long-awaited good news. However, tensions continue to simmer as one resident continues to manipulate those around them, causing chaos and unrest within the community.
With compelling storylines and dramatic twists, “Hollyoaks” promises an hour of edge-of-your-seat entertainment. Don’t miss out on the drama and intrigue as the residents of Hollyoaks navigate through love, loss, and betrayal, airing Thursday at 7:00 Pm on E4. Tune in to see what unfolds in this riveting episode of “Hollyoaks.
- 3/22/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
It’s the NASCAR season and the world of sports is gearing up to witness some of the most amazing sports events in the world. Drawing thousands of viewers each time, the Daytona 500 is the iconic opening event of the NASCAR Cup Series, held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Dayton Beach, Florida. And like every other year with a famous celeb serving as the Grand Marshall, it was Dwayne the Rock Johnson who held the title this time.
Dwayne Johnson (via Jimmy Kimmel)
Yet Johnson is not the only celebrity fond of high-speed racing and the thrill attached to it. NASCAR has witnessed more dignitaries and celebrities than events like the Oscars, for apparently driving around in circles is as hypnotizing and intriguing as it can get, literally.
So without further ado, here are 5 other celeb big-names who are too fond of cars driving around in circles in the NASCAR crown race,...
Dwayne Johnson (via Jimmy Kimmel)
Yet Johnson is not the only celebrity fond of high-speed racing and the thrill attached to it. NASCAR has witnessed more dignitaries and celebrities than events like the Oscars, for apparently driving around in circles is as hypnotizing and intriguing as it can get, literally.
So without further ado, here are 5 other celeb big-names who are too fond of cars driving around in circles in the NASCAR crown race,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
Sean Durkin’s wrestling drama The Iron Claw will look to become box office champion on its opening weekend, starting in 517 UK-Ireland cinemas through Lionsgate.
The film tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, 2017 Screen Star of Tomorrow Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons star as the Von Erich brothers, with Lily James and Maura Tierney also on the cast; Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry wrote the film’s score.
The Iron Claw premiered in Dallas, Texas just hours...
The film tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, 2017 Screen Star of Tomorrow Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons star as the Von Erich brothers, with Lily James and Maura Tierney also on the cast; Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry wrote the film’s score.
The Iron Claw premiered in Dallas, Texas just hours...
- 2/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Seeing double? Taylor Swift’s outfit at the 2024 Grammys has royal watchers doing a doubletake. The “Anti-Hero” singer wore black and white to Music’s Biggest Night, not unlike Kate Middleton at a 2023 red carpet event. Ahead are details on the “Anti-Hero” singer’s so-called “homage” to the Princess of Wales. Plus, Swift’s previous “cringe” run-in with British royals.
Swift wore a white gown and black opera gloves to the 2024 Grammys
On Feb. 4, 2024, Swift arrived at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, wearing a white custom-made gown by Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli and black accessories.
The 34-year-old’s jewelry received much attention online as the Grammy winner, who was up for six awards at the ceremony, wore more than 300 carats of diamonds from celebrity jewelry Lorraine Schwart.
Swift’s jewels featured layered necklaces as well as earrings. Perhaps the most talked-about piece was her black and white...
Swift wore a white gown and black opera gloves to the 2024 Grammys
On Feb. 4, 2024, Swift arrived at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, wearing a white custom-made gown by Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli and black accessories.
The 34-year-old’s jewelry received much attention online as the Grammy winner, who was up for six awards at the ceremony, wore more than 300 carats of diamonds from celebrity jewelry Lorraine Schwart.
Swift’s jewels featured layered necklaces as well as earrings. Perhaps the most talked-about piece was her black and white...
- 2/5/2024
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Occupied City.At one point in Steve McQueen’s new documentary, Occupied City, the director sends his camera touring through the halls of a school in present-day Amsterdam as voice-over narration describes it having been the temporary site of an SS headquarters during the Nazi occupation. For just a moment it feels as though all of history has collapsed into itself. To see images of a building dedicated to the enrichment of children while hearing of its one-time appropriation for such monstrosity demands reckoning with the meaning even benign living spaces might hold. Occupied City is filled with such moments of dark revelation born of unthinkable contrasts: an apartment building that was home to the Dutch resistance, a grand theater used as a processing center for Jewish deportation, a now-bustling sidewalk by the river where three resistance members were publicly executed. In the long history of Amsterdam, the occupation, though seismic in impact,...
- 1/29/2024
- MUBI
Oscar winner Steve McQueen says he believes that, while the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East has seen a rise in antisemitism across Europe and the US, he believes it has always been there, but that “people have been deaf to it.”
McQueen, whose 2014 movie 12 Years a Slave brought him an Academy Award for Best Picture as well as an Oscar nomination for direction, has made an epic documentary film based on his wife Bianca Stitger’s book about the Nazi occupation of the couple’s home town of Amsterdam, Atlas of an Occupied City: 1940-1945.
The documentary film, which is cinemas from February 9th, runs to four hours and 23 minutes in total, including a break, and McQueen told The Times of London the extraordinary length was necessary to contain all the stories he wanted to tell – including the fates of the occupants of 130 private homes, plus other buildings and spaces around the city,...
McQueen, whose 2014 movie 12 Years a Slave brought him an Academy Award for Best Picture as well as an Oscar nomination for direction, has made an epic documentary film based on his wife Bianca Stitger’s book about the Nazi occupation of the couple’s home town of Amsterdam, Atlas of an Occupied City: 1940-1945.
The documentary film, which is cinemas from February 9th, runs to four hours and 23 minutes in total, including a break, and McQueen told The Times of London the extraordinary length was necessary to contain all the stories he wanted to tell – including the fates of the occupants of 130 private homes, plus other buildings and spaces around the city,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-nominated film director and producer Norman Jewison, who steered the 1967 racial drama “In the Heat of the Night” to a best picture Oscar and also helmed such popular films as “Moonstruck,” “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” and “The Thomas Crown Affair,” as well as film musicals “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” died Saturday at his Los Angeles residence. He was 97.
His film career began with fluffy Doris Day comedies like “The Thrill of It All.” But Jewison’s social conscience began to surface with “In the Heat of the Night” and, later, the labor union drama “F.I.S.T.” and other films focusing on racial tensions such as “A Soldier’s Story” and “The Landlord” (the latter of which he only produced), though he never abandoned comedies and romances.
Jewison had his share of box office hits and was usually attuned to the audience pulse, but did...
His film career began with fluffy Doris Day comedies like “The Thrill of It All.” But Jewison’s social conscience began to surface with “In the Heat of the Night” and, later, the labor union drama “F.I.S.T.” and other films focusing on racial tensions such as “A Soldier’s Story” and “The Landlord” (the latter of which he only produced), though he never abandoned comedies and romances.
Jewison had his share of box office hits and was usually attuned to the audience pulse, but did...
- 1/22/2024
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Norman Jewison, who directed Best Picture Oscar winner In the Heat of the Night and nominees Fiddler on the Roof, A Soldier’s Story, Moonstruck and The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, also producing the latter four, died peacefully Saturday, January 20. He was 97.
Jewison’s film career spanned more than four decades and seven Oscar nominations — three for Best Director and the four for Best Picture. His films received a total of 46 nominations and 12 Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison was honored with the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award at the Academy Awards. He also collected three Emmy Awards for his work in television.
A smattering of his other wide-ranging work includes The Hurricane, Agnes of God, Rollerball (1975) and Jesus Christ Superstar, all of which he also produced. As a producer, Jewison had an eye for talent, as well.
Jewison’s film career spanned more than four decades and seven Oscar nominations — three for Best Director and the four for Best Picture. His films received a total of 46 nominations and 12 Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison was honored with the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award at the Academy Awards. He also collected three Emmy Awards for his work in television.
A smattering of his other wide-ranging work includes The Hurricane, Agnes of God, Rollerball (1975) and Jesus Christ Superstar, all of which he also produced. As a producer, Jewison had an eye for talent, as well.
- 1/22/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Nonfiction filmmaking duo Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui turned heads with their dazzling 2018 fashion doc McQueen, which gracefully walked the line between celebration and sorrow, between the public highs of a brilliant creator of wearable art and the private lows of a man plagued by insurmountable demons. They achieve a comparable balance in their moving new film, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, between the iconic movie star and the man whose life was stalled by a tragic accident. The big difference is that unlike Alexander McQueen, Reeve did manage to overcome long days of darkness and despair, living a productive life for his remaining years.
Late in the film, footage shows President Barack Obama in 2009 signing the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the bipartisan-supported first legislation specific to the millions of under-represented Americans living with spinal cord injuries and paralysis, named for the actor and his fellow activist wife.
Late in the film, footage shows President Barack Obama in 2009 signing the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the bipartisan-supported first legislation specific to the millions of under-represented Americans living with spinal cord injuries and paralysis, named for the actor and his fellow activist wife.
- 1/22/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The first time I came to this studio was 1940 when my father brought me here to show me the stage, and I was about 9 or 10 years old, and I thought, ‘Some day this will all be mine!’ It’s finally come to be – it’s only taken me 92 years to get here!” That’s what five-time Oscar winner and 53-time nominee John Williams said as the curtain was raised on the iconic Sony Pictures Entertainment lot’s newly renamed John Williams Music Building.
Joining in the celebration — and it was a celebration — were Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman, Spe Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra (who made opening remarks), filmmaker J.J. Abrams and of course, Williams’ longtime collaborator Steven Spielberg, who instigated the idea of putting the legendary composer’s name on the building where they have worked on 20 or their 29 films, as Spielberg noted.
Rothman...
Joining in the celebration — and it was a celebration — were Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman, Spe Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra (who made opening remarks), filmmaker J.J. Abrams and of course, Williams’ longtime collaborator Steven Spielberg, who instigated the idea of putting the legendary composer’s name on the building where they have worked on 20 or their 29 films, as Spielberg noted.
Rothman...
- 1/18/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Princess Charlotte may not be the heir to the throne, but she’s on top in another category: net worth. The 8-year-old daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton is, per a reported study, richer than both her siblings, Prince George, 10, and Prince Louis, 5. Not only that, she’s thought the be the richest child on the planet, other celebrity kids included. The reason comes down to their mother, the Princess of Wales, and her major influence on fashion.
Charlotte’s net worth is estimated to be in the billions
Although she’s not even in the double digits as far as age goes, Charlotte’s net worth contains a lot of zeroes. According to a study cited by the U.K.’s Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales’s middle child has an estimated net worth of approximately £3.5 billion, or roughly $4.4 billion.
Meanwhile, her older brother, George, who is...
Charlotte’s net worth is estimated to be in the billions
Although she’s not even in the double digits as far as age goes, Charlotte’s net worth contains a lot of zeroes. According to a study cited by the U.K.’s Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales’s middle child has an estimated net worth of approximately £3.5 billion, or roughly $4.4 billion.
Meanwhile, her older brother, George, who is...
- 12/21/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s the final month of the year, which means much of our attention will be turned to sharing various best-of-2023 rundowns throughout December. The month also brings many of the year’s most noteworthy films, which we’ve rounded up before––some of which will be opening in a more limited capacity and expanding next month.
We should also note some top November picks like The Boy and the Heron and May December are finally getting in front of wider audiences, with the former getting a wide release on December 8 and the latter arriving on Netflix this Friday. For this round-up we’re also not including films getting limited one-week-only runs this month, such as Noora Niasari’s Shayda on December 1 and Ava DuVernay’s Origin and Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera on December 8.
14. Memory (Michel Franco; Dec. 22)
Every year there’s at least one film that premieres at...
We should also note some top November picks like The Boy and the Heron and May December are finally getting in front of wider audiences, with the former getting a wide release on December 8 and the latter arriving on Netflix this Friday. For this round-up we’re also not including films getting limited one-week-only runs this month, such as Noora Niasari’s Shayda on December 1 and Ava DuVernay’s Origin and Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera on December 8.
14. Memory (Michel Franco; Dec. 22)
Every year there’s at least one film that premieres at...
- 12/1/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Clair Titley’s true story follows bizarre story of aspiring Japanese comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu.
Hulu has acquired MRC and Misfits Entertainment’s TIFF world premiere and Doc NYC opening night selection The Contestant and will debut the acclaimed documentary on its platform in 2024.
Clair Titley’s film follows aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, who found fame in 1998 when he starred in extreme reality competition series Denpa Shonen: A Life In Prizes.
The show’s premise left Nasubi naked in a room for more than a year and tasked him with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food. He had...
Hulu has acquired MRC and Misfits Entertainment’s TIFF world premiere and Doc NYC opening night selection The Contestant and will debut the acclaimed documentary on its platform in 2024.
Clair Titley’s film follows aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, who found fame in 1998 when he starred in extreme reality competition series Denpa Shonen: A Life In Prizes.
The show’s premise left Nasubi naked in a room for more than a year and tasked him with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food. He had...
- 11/28/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
L.A.-based musician Matthew “Matthewdavid” McQueen is credited on Andre 3000’s debut solo album, New Blue Sun, as providing “mycelial electronics.” The 39-year-old founder of the record label and music collective Leaving released Mycelium Music in April, an album inspired by the interconnected networks of fungi and produced in large part using an open-source, script-based instrument called Norns, which allows users to create and manipulate sounds by breaking apart and stretching samples into grains or bits. When he got the call from New Blue Sun co-producer Carlos Niño...
- 11/17/2023
- by Jeff Ihaza
- Rollingstone.com
Director Steve McQueen is one of the most successful black filmmakers of this generation. Although he hasn’t churned out as many feature films as other top black directors, McQueen’s films have been commercial hits. As a creative, McQueen not only directs films, but he’s also a producer, screenwriter, and video artist. McQueen began his career as a filmmaker, producing and directing short films. Till today, despite his feature film directorial reputation, McQueen still produces short films, with his recent short being the art film Grenfell (2023). These are the top 5 Steve McQueen productions in film and television. Hunger (2008)...
- 11/10/2023
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
The documentary is about the realities of life under the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.
mk2 Films has moved in on Steve McQueen’s Occupied City and is kicking off international sales at the AFM. The documentary is about the realities of life under the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.
The film debuted as a Special Screening at Cannes in May before playing at Telluride, New York Film Festival and BFI London and will next screen in Europe at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
The Netherlands-uk-us co-production already has local distributors on board. A24 will release the film in North America on Christmas Day,...
mk2 Films has moved in on Steve McQueen’s Occupied City and is kicking off international sales at the AFM. The documentary is about the realities of life under the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.
The film debuted as a Special Screening at Cannes in May before playing at Telluride, New York Film Festival and BFI London and will next screen in Europe at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
The Netherlands-uk-us co-production already has local distributors on board. A24 will release the film in North America on Christmas Day,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The documentary is about the realities of life under the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.
mk2 Films has moved in on Steve McQueen’s Occupied City and is kicking off international sales at the AFM. The documentary is about the realities of life under the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.
The film debuted as a Special Screening at Cannes in May before playing at Telluride, New York Film Festival and BFI London and will next screen in Europe at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
The Netherlands-uk-us co-production already has local distributors on board. A24 will release the film in North America on Christmas Day,...
mk2 Films has moved in on Steve McQueen’s Occupied City and is kicking off international sales at the AFM. The documentary is about the realities of life under the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.
The film debuted as a Special Screening at Cannes in May before playing at Telluride, New York Film Festival and BFI London and will next screen in Europe at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
The Netherlands-uk-us co-production already has local distributors on board. A24 will release the film in North America on Christmas Day,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
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Loki (2021)
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”
Rating: 8.2/10
Stars: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Owen Wilson (Mobius), Sophia Di Martino,...
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Loki (2021)
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”
Rating: 8.2/10
Stars: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Owen Wilson (Mobius), Sophia Di Martino,...
- 10/30/2023
- avclub.com
Clockwise from top left: Darth Vader helmet (Photo: Mj Kim/Getty Images); James Bond’s 1964 Aston Martin DB5 (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images); Dorothy’s ruby slippers (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images); A model X-Wing fighter (Photo: John Phillips/Getty Images)Graphic: The A.V. Club
Sometimes, C-3Po just doesn’t understand human behavior.
Sometimes, C-3Po just doesn’t understand human behavior.
- 10/30/2023
- by Ian Spelling
- avclub.com
Steve McQueen Erases Al Jolson’s Blackface in New Film at L.A.’s Newly Opened Marian Goodman Gallery
Long-time New York and Paris gallery Marian Goodman has opened in Los Angeles with a show of director and artist Steve McQueen’s short film, Sunshine State. Shown on two back-to-back screens in a capacious room, the work finds McQueen training his artistic vision on the history of blackface in Hollywood. The 30-minute piece includes footage of the late actor Al Jolson in blackface in the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, considered the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue and the winner of an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay.
McQueen included the scenes from The Jazz Singer in Sunshine State after the movie’s copyright expired on Jan. 1, 2023. “It’s been about 20 years that I’ve wanted to work with this material,” McQueen told AnOther Magazine at International Film Festival Rotterdam where Sunshine State premiered in January. “I wanted to work with it because I wanted to erase Al Jolson.
McQueen included the scenes from The Jazz Singer in Sunshine State after the movie’s copyright expired on Jan. 1, 2023. “It’s been about 20 years that I’ve wanted to work with this material,” McQueen told AnOther Magazine at International Film Festival Rotterdam where Sunshine State premiered in January. “I wanted to work with it because I wanted to erase Al Jolson.
- 10/28/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Steve McQueen has often had one eye on the past in his film and TV career, and that continues with his current work. Not only does he have Blitz, a World War II film on the way via Apple, but he's also releasing a documentary about the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam during the conflict. Occupied City is coming our way courtesy of A24, and the trailer is online. Take a look:
Here's the official synopsis: The past collides with our precarious present in Occupied City, informed by the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945) written by Bianca Stigter.
McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
The...
Here's the official synopsis: The past collides with our precarious present in Occupied City, informed by the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945) written by Bianca Stigter.
McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
The...
- 10/24/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
In a busy festival season, one’s forgiven for not noticing Steve McQueen made a four-and-a-half-hour documentary about the city of Amsterdam vis-a-vis dueling histories: the Nazi occupation and its precarious place amidst pandemic life. Not quite the crowd-pleaser of May December, nor even an epic with Killers of the Flower Moon‘s entertainment value. A24, however, are putting their weight behind Occupied City, releasing it on December 25 and giving us our first look today.
Although I’m hugely intrigued by what already seems a glut of gorgeous footage and views, our own Luke Hicks was a bit underwhelmed out of Cannes. As he said, “McQueen is one of the best directors working, so it should come as no surprise that expectations were high. Even an hour in, understanding the concept and recognizing its limitations, I expected him to reveal something to us that he’d discovered in the process...
Although I’m hugely intrigued by what already seems a glut of gorgeous footage and views, our own Luke Hicks was a bit underwhelmed out of Cannes. As he said, “McQueen is one of the best directors working, so it should come as no surprise that expectations were high. Even an hour in, understanding the concept and recognizing its limitations, I expected him to reveal something to us that he’d discovered in the process...
- 10/24/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Steve McQueen Chronicles Amsterdam’s Nazi Oppression in Trailer for Epic Doc ‘Occupied City’ (Video)
The past and present collide in the first trailer for Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” and “Widows” filmmaker Steve McQueen’s epic and acclaimed documentary “Occupied City.”
Based on the book “Atlas of an Occupied City” by McQueen’s wife Bianca Stigter, the four-hour film offers two interlocking portraits: a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest, and a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city. What emerges, according to the official synopsis, is “both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.”
The A24 film – which opens in theaters on Dec. 25 – drew raves when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and its release is unfortunately coming at a time when antisemitism is front and center.
This McQueen’s first foray into documentary feature filmmaking as the heralded director most recently shifted...
Based on the book “Atlas of an Occupied City” by McQueen’s wife Bianca Stigter, the four-hour film offers two interlocking portraits: a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest, and a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city. What emerges, according to the official synopsis, is “both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.”
The A24 film – which opens in theaters on Dec. 25 – drew raves when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and its release is unfortunately coming at a time when antisemitism is front and center.
This McQueen’s first foray into documentary feature filmmaking as the heralded director most recently shifted...
- 10/24/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Steve McQueen bridges the past horrors of Nazi-era Amsterdam with a threatening present-day extremism in the trailer for Occupied City, a four-hour documentary from the 12 Years a Slave helmer inspired by a book by his wife, Dutch filmmaker Bianca Stigter.
The teaser trailer, which A24 dropped on Tuesday (below), remains tightly focused on modern-day Amsterdam as McQueen’s camera captures in his adopted city locals walking, jogging, skating, dancing, getting married and otherwise going about their everyday lives.
But those visuals are overlaid by narrator Melanie Hyams recalling the murders, suicides, resistance and betrayals that convulsed Amsterdam’s Jewish community in the early 1940s as the occupying Germany’s noose steadily closed around the neck of their embattled community.
That combination of McQueen’s elegant portrait of Amsterdam today and a matter-of-fact narration written by Stigter, author of the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945), which inspired the documentary,...
The teaser trailer, which A24 dropped on Tuesday (below), remains tightly focused on modern-day Amsterdam as McQueen’s camera captures in his adopted city locals walking, jogging, skating, dancing, getting married and otherwise going about their everyday lives.
But those visuals are overlaid by narrator Melanie Hyams recalling the murders, suicides, resistance and betrayals that convulsed Amsterdam’s Jewish community in the early 1940s as the occupying Germany’s noose steadily closed around the neck of their embattled community.
That combination of McQueen’s elegant portrait of Amsterdam today and a matter-of-fact narration written by Stigter, author of the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945), which inspired the documentary,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steve McQueen seeps into an old world for a new feature.
McQueen’s whopping four-hour long documentary “Occupied City” charts a five-year period from 1940 to 1945 during World War II in Amsterdam. Based on historian and filmmaker Bianca Stigter’s “Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945),” the documentary uses archival footage that McQueen spent three years collecting.
The official synopsis reads: The past collides with our precarious present in Steve McQueen’s bravura documentary Occupied City, informed by the book “Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945),” written by Bianca Stigter. McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
Melanie Hyams narrates the A24 and New Regency film, which debuted at Cannes.
McQueen’s whopping four-hour long documentary “Occupied City” charts a five-year period from 1940 to 1945 during World War II in Amsterdam. Based on historian and filmmaker Bianca Stigter’s “Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945),” the documentary uses archival footage that McQueen spent three years collecting.
The official synopsis reads: The past collides with our precarious present in Steve McQueen’s bravura documentary Occupied City, informed by the book “Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945),” written by Bianca Stigter. McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
Melanie Hyams narrates the A24 and New Regency film, which debuted at Cannes.
- 10/24/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Final five nominations to be announced on November 2.
Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall and Todd Haynes’ May December are among the titles on the latest British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) longlists, for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film.
15 films are on the documentary longlist, with five of them by first-time directors; with 17 films on the international list.
Scroll down for the longlists
Alongside McQueen’s film combining analysis of Amsterdam during the Second World War with the present day, documentary titles include Kevin MacDonald’s High & Low: John Galliano about the...
Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall and Todd Haynes’ May December are among the titles on the latest British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) longlists, for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film.
15 films are on the documentary longlist, with five of them by first-time directors; with 17 films on the international list.
Scroll down for the longlists
Alongside McQueen’s film combining analysis of Amsterdam during the Second World War with the present day, documentary titles include Kevin MacDonald’s High & Low: John Galliano about the...
- 10/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Not only is Marvel releasing Werewolf by Night in color this week on Disney+, but they’re also celebrating the Special Presentation with a live concert viewing of the film hosted by director/composer Michael Giacchino.
“Don your spookiest, silliest, or most creative costume and get ready for a night of spine-tingling scenes on the big screen—while the Nso performs the scores Live! Hosted by legendary film composer Michael Giacchino, this immersive concert experience includes soundtracks and clips from Psycho, The Phantom of the Opera, Coco, The Batman, and other classics. Then, settle in for an in-color screening of Werewolf by Night (2022). Featuring a special appearance by Producer and President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige!”
Find out more here
Werewolf by Night director Michael Giacchino reveals the moment of on-set panic that stayed with him after the Marvel project wrapped filming.
“After D23, we got to sit down with...
“Don your spookiest, silliest, or most creative costume and get ready for a night of spine-tingling scenes on the big screen—while the Nso performs the scores Live! Hosted by legendary film composer Michael Giacchino, this immersive concert experience includes soundtracks and clips from Psycho, The Phantom of the Opera, Coco, The Batman, and other classics. Then, settle in for an in-color screening of Werewolf by Night (2022). Featuring a special appearance by Producer and President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige!”
Find out more here
Werewolf by Night director Michael Giacchino reveals the moment of on-set panic that stayed with him after the Marvel project wrapped filming.
“After D23, we got to sit down with...
- 10/18/2023
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” was a historic success, winning three Academy Awards including Best Picture and grossing nearly $200 million on a $22 million budget. But the film’s unflinching portrayal of the horrors of American slavery ensured that its rollout was not without controversy.
In a new interview with the New York Times to commemorate the film’s 10th anniversary, McQueen and his collaborators recalled the grueling process of getting the movie made and unveiling it to the world. Following the film’s premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, where McQueen took questions from the international press. He recalls being bothered by some of the lines of questioning and forced to reevaluate his approach to promoting the film.
“We had a little bit of a… not very good press conference in Toronto,” McQueen said. “I thought the questions were a bit silly.
In a new interview with the New York Times to commemorate the film’s 10th anniversary, McQueen and his collaborators recalled the grueling process of getting the movie made and unveiling it to the world. Following the film’s premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, where McQueen took questions from the international press. He recalls being bothered by some of the lines of questioning and forced to reevaluate his approach to promoting the film.
“We had a little bit of a… not very good press conference in Toronto,” McQueen said. “I thought the questions were a bit silly.
- 10/8/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
McQueen’s documentary plays as a Special Presentation at London Film Festival today.
Modern Films has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Steve McQueen’s documentary Occupied City.
The company is eyeing an early 2024 theatrical release date; following on from producer-distributor A24 distributing the film in North America on Christmas Day 2023.
Occupied City has its UK premiere today (October 5) as a Special Presentation at the BFI London Film Festival, with McQueen in attendance. Informed by Bianca Stigter’s book Atlas Of An Occupied City, the film creates two portraits: of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War, and of the...
Modern Films has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Steve McQueen’s documentary Occupied City.
The company is eyeing an early 2024 theatrical release date; following on from producer-distributor A24 distributing the film in North America on Christmas Day 2023.
Occupied City has its UK premiere today (October 5) as a Special Presentation at the BFI London Film Festival, with McQueen in attendance. Informed by Bianca Stigter’s book Atlas Of An Occupied City, the film creates two portraits: of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War, and of the...
- 10/5/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Coco Chanel is one of the world’s most famous fashion icons, but her legacy has rarely been tackled on screen. Director Hannah Berryman aims to change that with a new feature-length BBC Two documentary about the designer.
Chanel’s absence on screen is partly down to the fact that very little footage of her exists aside from a couple of interviews from the 1950s and some 1930s B-roll.
But it’s also, the director says, because Chanel has long been underestimated. “She’s — for me — the most legendary designer ever, not even just ‘woman designer,’” says Berryman, who has directed documentaries about topics as varied as music studios, robots and beauty queens and is a former creative director of film at British Vogue.
In “Unbuttoned,” which was produced by WhyNow Studios and executive produced by Janet Lee, Berryman examines Chanel’s life and legacy, including her early years as an orphan and,...
Chanel’s absence on screen is partly down to the fact that very little footage of her exists aside from a couple of interviews from the 1950s and some 1930s B-roll.
But it’s also, the director says, because Chanel has long been underestimated. “She’s — for me — the most legendary designer ever, not even just ‘woman designer,’” says Berryman, who has directed documentaries about topics as varied as music studios, robots and beauty queens and is a former creative director of film at British Vogue.
In “Unbuttoned,” which was produced by WhyNow Studios and executive produced by Janet Lee, Berryman examines Chanel’s life and legacy, including her early years as an orphan and,...
- 9/14/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
As Queen Bey gears up to celebrate her 42nd birthday on Sept. 4, she made it clear what gift she wants the most from her fans: to serve nothing but looks.
“My birthday wish is to celebrate with you wearing your most fabulous silver fashions to the shows 8.23 – 9.22!” she wrote on her Instagram Story on Tuesday (Aug. 22). “We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night.”
Fellow mega-star Adele knew the go-to stop for glittering, silver fashions: Amazon Canada. While speaking at her Las Vegas Residency over the weekend, the multi-platinum songstress admitted Amazon has been her Bff while hunting for looks for Bey’s tour, which she’s attending on Sept. 4.
“Well I was awake until 3 a.m. the other night on Amazon buying glitterball clothes,” she laughed. “She asked everyone to dress up so I’m gonna look really cheap in like a disco ball. It...
“My birthday wish is to celebrate with you wearing your most fabulous silver fashions to the shows 8.23 – 9.22!” she wrote on her Instagram Story on Tuesday (Aug. 22). “We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night.”
Fellow mega-star Adele knew the go-to stop for glittering, silver fashions: Amazon Canada. While speaking at her Las Vegas Residency over the weekend, the multi-platinum songstress admitted Amazon has been her Bff while hunting for looks for Bey’s tour, which she’s attending on Sept. 4.
“Well I was awake until 3 a.m. the other night on Amazon buying glitterball clothes,” she laughed. “She asked everyone to dress up so I’m gonna look really cheap in like a disco ball. It...
- 9/5/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Kevin Macdonald’s moving 2018 bio-doc, Whitney, did a great job of fortifying Whitney Houston’s legacy while wiping away the smear of the predatory celebrity culture that made a mockery of one of contemporary pop’s most exceptional talents during the worst and most public period of her drug addiction. Another price-of-fame subject, disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano, is a trickier prospect that does the director no favors.
If you come to this film looking for a brisk overview of his achievements in couture, you might find High & Low more than serviceable. Footage of shows, especially from Galliano’s big-budget tenure as creative director at Dior make for fabulous wardrobe porn, highlighting the haute theatricality and ravishing romance that turned him into a fashion rock star. But if you’re expecting the definitive closing leg of the redemption tour, it’s unlikely you’ll find this a persuasive argument...
If you come to this film looking for a brisk overview of his achievements in couture, you might find High & Low more than serviceable. Footage of shows, especially from Galliano’s big-budget tenure as creative director at Dior make for fabulous wardrobe porn, highlighting the haute theatricality and ravishing romance that turned him into a fashion rock star. But if you’re expecting the definitive closing leg of the redemption tour, it’s unlikely you’ll find this a persuasive argument...
- 9/2/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy-winning costume designer Laura Montgomery took home gold last year for the third season of FX/Hulu’s What We Do in the Shadows, and had a field day creating looks for the fourth iteration of the comedy’s kooky, vampiric world. In a season packed with impressive looks, one of Montgomery’s main concerns was deciding which one to unpack for THR. Here, she breaks down the process behind creating an outfit for Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) in the season four premiere, which happens to also be an ensemble worn by her corresponding creepy doll-self.
What We Do in the Shadows
1. The first spark of inspiration for Montgomery comes from the script. “What was on the page was that she’s arrived back because she spent the summer in London,” Montgomery says. Working off the English theme, “I was thinking about certain conventions with Victorian traveling clothes. The hemlines are a little bit shorter,...
What We Do in the Shadows
1. The first spark of inspiration for Montgomery comes from the script. “What was on the page was that she’s arrived back because she spent the summer in London,” Montgomery says. Working off the English theme, “I was thinking about certain conventions with Victorian traveling clothes. The hemlines are a little bit shorter,...
- 8/13/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s Emmy season — so what better time than now for TV academy voters to consider Peacock’s limited series “Mrs. Davis” and its entire cast? Gold Derby associate editor Latasha Ford was on the red carpet Sunday, June 4 to interview lead cast members Betty Gilpin, Andy McQueen and Jake McDorman as well as executive producers/directors Alethea Jones and Owen Harris.
The cast and crew took part in a lively panel held at The Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the show. Watch our exclusive red carpet interviews above.
See Betty Gilpin on ‘Mrs. Davis’: ‘It was my favorite experience I’ve ever had’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The eight-part limited series stars Gilpin as Sister Simone, a nun who partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley (McDorman) on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence. McQueen, Ben Chaplin, Margo Martindale, David Arquette, Elizabeth Marvel, Katja Herbers, Chris Diamantopoulos,...
The cast and crew took part in a lively panel held at The Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the show. Watch our exclusive red carpet interviews above.
See Betty Gilpin on ‘Mrs. Davis’: ‘It was my favorite experience I’ve ever had’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The eight-part limited series stars Gilpin as Sister Simone, a nun who partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley (McDorman) on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence. McQueen, Ben Chaplin, Margo Martindale, David Arquette, Elizabeth Marvel, Katja Herbers, Chris Diamantopoulos,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Latasha Ford
- Gold Derby
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSWe’re excited to share the cover for Issue 3 of Notebook, which features a photograph of pioneering Indian actor-producer Devika Rani. Last week we sneak-previewed what will be the subscribers-only gift: a weatherproof sleeve. Subscriptions for the magazine are always open, but in order to receive Issue 3, you’ll need to subscribe by June 1. So if you haven’t yet, don’t hesitate! Some news from the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Notebook contributor Leonardo Goi will be organizing their Critics Campus, a four-day workshop for emerging film critics, in early July. Applications are now open: submit yours today. Recommended VIEWINGHow To With John Wilson is returning for its third, and final, season, which will premiere July 28 on "Max," the...
- 5/31/2023
- MUBI
Nothing can look pretty gorgeous in widescreen, and there was quite a lot of it in the Australian New Wave of the '70s. The daunting expanse of the Outback provided the canvas for several classic films of the period, such as two masterpieces that were roughly analogous to the folk horror genre emerging in Britain around the same time: Nicholas Roeg's "Walkabout" and Ted Kotcheff's controversial "Wake in Fright." In these movies, the stark setting created a dislocating sense that white settlers don't belong in such a harsh and humbling environment, adding to their aura of unease.
Most of the notable films of the Aussie New Wave were set in the past or present but, as the '80s beckoned, the biggest hit of the bunch looked to the future in George Miller's "Mad Max." Unlike "Walkabout" and "Wake in Fright," which were both shot in the heart of the Outback,...
Most of the notable films of the Aussie New Wave were set in the past or present but, as the '80s beckoned, the biggest hit of the bunch looked to the future in George Miller's "Mad Max." Unlike "Walkabout" and "Wake in Fright," which were both shot in the heart of the Outback,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Tourists in Amsterdam typically stop at the Anne Frank House, but the ever-moving conga line of visitors tends to work against reflecting on the reality of its rooms. Steve McQueen’s Occupied City opens up a space for contemplation of a hundred-plus houses, buildings, and other sites across Amsterdam that are marked by World War II and the Holocaust in some way, tracing scars and trauma that may no longer be visible, much less widely known. Informed by an illustrated book by McQueen’s partner, Bianca Stigter (who directed Three Minutes: A Lengthening), it’s a living atlas: scenes of pandemic-era Amsterdam, overlaid […]
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- 5/25/2023
- by Nicolas Rapold
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Tourists in Amsterdam typically stop at the Anne Frank House, but the ever-moving conga line of visitors tends to work against reflecting on the reality of its rooms. Steve McQueen’s Occupied City opens up a space for contemplation of a hundred-plus houses, buildings, and other sites across Amsterdam that are marked by World War II and the Holocaust in some way, tracing scars and trauma that may no longer be visible, much less widely known. Informed by an illustrated book by McQueen’s partner, Bianca Stigter (who directed Three Minutes: A Lengthening), it’s a living atlas: scenes of pandemic-era Amsterdam, overlaid […]
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- 5/25/2023
- by Nicolas Rapold
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The film world is still reeling from the recent loss of actor Rick Dalton, whose passing was first announced on May 19th, 2023 by The Video Archives Podcast's official Twitter account. Dalton, who passed away at his Honolulu, Hawaii home (shortly after celebrating his 90th birthday in April), is survived by his wife, one-time Italian starlet Francesca Cappucci.
The Video Archives Podcast, created and hosted by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, aired an episode on May 22nd that is apparently part one of a multi-episode run that revolves around the directors' memories of Dalton and his work.
While other friends and fans of the actor such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have yet to make any official statements or remembrances, Tarantino has made sure that Dalton's name isn't fading into the ether like so many stars of yesteryear. The "Pulp Fiction" director made sure to include a tribute to...
The Video Archives Podcast, created and hosted by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, aired an episode on May 22nd that is apparently part one of a multi-episode run that revolves around the directors' memories of Dalton and his work.
While other friends and fans of the actor such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have yet to make any official statements or remembrances, Tarantino has made sure that Dalton's name isn't fading into the ether like so many stars of yesteryear. The "Pulp Fiction" director made sure to include a tribute to...
- 5/24/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’ both opening.
Universal’s high-octane Fast X is the leading opener at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, starting in 653 cinemas – more than any previous title in the Fast And Furious franchise.
Directed by Louis Leterrier, Fast X sees Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto and his family targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.
The previous widest opening for a Fast And Furious film was 2019’s Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw – a spin-off to the main franchise - which started in 618 sites with £6.4m, ending on £20.7m.
Universal’s high-octane Fast X is the leading opener at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, starting in 653 cinemas – more than any previous title in the Fast And Furious franchise.
Directed by Louis Leterrier, Fast X sees Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto and his family targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.
The previous widest opening for a Fast And Furious film was 2019’s Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw – a spin-off to the main franchise - which started in 618 sites with £6.4m, ending on £20.7m.
- 5/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This post contains spoilers for the entire season of Peacock’s Mrs. Davis.
There may be more thematically rich, artistically audacious TV shows on this spring. There has not, however, been anything that comes close in strangeness, shock value, or delightfully stupid humor than Peacock’s Mrs. Davis, which this week dropped its eighth and final episode.
We already told you how wonderfully weird Mrs. Davis (created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof) was. Now that the entire season is out there, it’s time to highlight some of the best,...
There may be more thematically rich, artistically audacious TV shows on this spring. There has not, however, been anything that comes close in strangeness, shock value, or delightfully stupid humor than Peacock’s Mrs. Davis, which this week dropped its eighth and final episode.
We already told you how wonderfully weird Mrs. Davis (created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof) was. Now that the entire season is out there, it’s time to highlight some of the best,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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