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Filmmakers have made the case that, instead of going to film school, young would-be directors might be better off just listening to director commentaries. And if that’s the educational route you’ve chosen, two of today’s most interesting directors are telling all on new Blu-ray releases. Want to know more about how Barry Jenkins brought James Baldwin’s powerful novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) to the big screen, or how Karyn Kusama crafted the bleak neo-noir “Destroyer” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)? They tell all on these essential new releases.
Also available: S. Craig Zahler is at it again with “Dragged Across Concrete” (Lionsgate), a cops-gone-rogue heist saga starring Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson.
See Photo: See Nicole Kidman's Extreme Transformation for Karyn Kusama's Cop Thriller 'Destroyer'
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Few directors in the history of cinema have...
Filmmakers have made the case that, instead of going to film school, young would-be directors might be better off just listening to director commentaries. And if that’s the educational route you’ve chosen, two of today’s most interesting directors are telling all on new Blu-ray releases. Want to know more about how Barry Jenkins brought James Baldwin’s powerful novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) to the big screen, or how Karyn Kusama crafted the bleak neo-noir “Destroyer” (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)? They tell all on these essential new releases.
Also available: S. Craig Zahler is at it again with “Dragged Across Concrete” (Lionsgate), a cops-gone-rogue heist saga starring Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson.
See Photo: See Nicole Kidman's Extreme Transformation for Karyn Kusama's Cop Thriller 'Destroyer'
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Few directors in the history of cinema have...
- 4/26/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
We should have known that the bizarre story behind “Tickled” wouldn’t stop with either the film’s release or its subject’s death. Months after David D’Amato — the man behind the Competitive Endurance Tickling empire that David Farrier and Dylan Reeve delve into in their compelling documentary — died, some continue to wonder: Did he really?
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Directors React to David D’Amato’s Death: It ‘Has Hit Us Pretty Hard’
The two filmmakers put that conspiracy theory to rest in a new article for the Spinoff, writing unequivocally that “D’Amato has indeed died” and even going so far as to provide a copy of his death certificate. With that cleared up, however, they’re left to question how his company Jane O’Brien Media persists now that its founder has departed this mortal coil.
As with everything else related to this endlessly strange saga, the...
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Directors React to David D’Amato’s Death: It ‘Has Hit Us Pretty Hard’
The two filmmakers put that conspiracy theory to rest in a new article for the Spinoff, writing unequivocally that “D’Amato has indeed died” and even going so far as to provide a copy of his death certificate. With that cleared up, however, they’re left to question how his company Jane O’Brien Media persists now that its founder has departed this mortal coil.
As with everything else related to this endlessly strange saga, the...
- 6/18/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
David D’Amato, the subject of the documentary “Tickled,” “died suddenly” on March 13. On March 18, the “Tickled” filmmakers, David Farrier and Dylan Reeve, released a statement on their website which includes a poignant message about the complicated antagonist of their film.
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Doc Creator Involved In Heated Confrontation With Film’s Subjects At L.A. Premiere — Watch
The directors show compassion for D’Amato, and recount their tumultuous relationship with him. Read Farrier & Reeve’s statement in full below:
Statement on Death of David D’Amato
We are incredibly sad to learn that David P D’Amato, the subject of Tickled, has passed away.
We don’t know any specific details about his death at this time.
David D’Amato has been a part of our lives for around three years now – a very unusual three years – and despite the various lawsuits he brought against us, this news...
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Doc Creator Involved In Heated Confrontation With Film’s Subjects At L.A. Premiere — Watch
The directors show compassion for D’Amato, and recount their tumultuous relationship with him. Read Farrier & Reeve’s statement in full below:
Statement on Death of David D’Amato
We are incredibly sad to learn that David P D’Amato, the subject of Tickled, has passed away.
We don’t know any specific details about his death at this time.
David D’Amato has been a part of our lives for around three years now – a very unusual three years – and despite the various lawsuits he brought against us, this news...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
David D’Amato, the antagonist in David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s documentary “Tickled,” has passed away. An obituary published in The New York Times reveals the 55-year-old “died suddenly” on March 13. No other details of his passing are provided.
D’Amato gained notoriety as the elusive subject of Farrier and Reeve’s investigation into and the subsequent documentary on Jane O’Brien Media, a company that produces “competitive tickling” fetish videos featuring young, athletic male participants. The duo alleges that D’Amato ran and funded the company, which allegedly intimidated the subjects of the videos if they did not comply with specific demands. D’Amato denied that he was affiliated with the company, but a slew of documents revealed during the investigations appear to tie him directly to the business.
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Directors React to David D’Amato’s Death: It ‘Has Hit Us Pretty Hard’
At the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Tickled,...
D’Amato gained notoriety as the elusive subject of Farrier and Reeve’s investigation into and the subsequent documentary on Jane O’Brien Media, a company that produces “competitive tickling” fetish videos featuring young, athletic male participants. The duo alleges that D’Amato ran and funded the company, which allegedly intimidated the subjects of the videos if they did not comply with specific demands. D’Amato denied that he was affiliated with the company, but a slew of documents revealed during the investigations appear to tie him directly to the business.
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Directors React to David D’Amato’s Death: It ‘Has Hit Us Pretty Hard’
At the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Tickled,...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
The strange saga of David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s fascinating and controversial documentary “Tickled” didn’t end once the filmmakers stopped filming in 2015. When Farrier, a well-known New Zealand entertainment journalist, first started researching the world of “competitive endurance tickling” for a piece, he soon discovered a bizarre entertainment underworld populated by both true tickling enthusiasts and shady dealers who weren’t eager to have their activities at the center of a buzzy documentary.
“Tickled,” which premiered at Sundance in 2016, is as much about Farrier and Reeve attempting to understand the “sport” of tickling as it is about the filmmakers being threatened, harassed and bullied by various representatives of Jane O’Brien Media, who host competitive tickling events and then record them for internet dispersal. Even when production ended, the Jane O’Brien reps persisted, popping at “Tickled” screenings at Sundance, True/False and other public venues.
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“Tickled,” which premiered at Sundance in 2016, is as much about Farrier and Reeve attempting to understand the “sport” of tickling as it is about the filmmakers being threatened, harassed and bullied by various representatives of Jane O’Brien Media, who host competitive tickling events and then record them for internet dispersal. Even when production ended, the Jane O’Brien reps persisted, popping at “Tickled” screenings at Sundance, True/False and other public venues.
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- 2/24/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s documentary Tickled is ostensibly about the “competitive endurance tickling” scene, but that doesn’t really capture just how surprising and weird the film truly is. For anyone who hasn’t seen it, HBO will be airing Tickled on February 27 (at which point it will also hit HBO Now and HBO Go), but even if you have seen it, HBO will be throwing in a special bonus to give you even more information about the ridiculous world of Tickled.
According IndieWire, HBO’s presentation of Tickled will be accompanied by The Tickle King, a 20-minute follow-up made up of never-before-seen footage It will reportedly involve the “bizarre and unsettling things” that happened to Farrier and Reeve as the began taking Tickled to film festivals and theaters last year, and it will feature the two of them beginning to “answer questions that remained once the ...
According IndieWire, HBO’s presentation of Tickled will be accompanied by The Tickle King, a 20-minute follow-up made up of never-before-seen footage It will reportedly involve the “bizarre and unsettling things” that happened to Farrier and Reeve as the began taking Tickled to film festivals and theaters last year, and it will feature the two of them beginning to “answer questions that remained once the ...
- 2/7/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
HBO is pulling out all the stops when it comes to their broadcast debut of David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s fascinating, uncomfortable and fascinatingly uncomfortable “Tickled.” The Sundance documentary will bow on the cable outfit on Monday, February 27, where it will be accompanied by a brand new special entitled “The Tickle King,” which includes 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Doc Creator Involved In Heated Confrontation With Film’s Subjects At L.A. Premiere — Watch
“Tickled” chronicles Farrier’s bizarre interactions with the world of “competitive endurance tickling,” a “sport” he discovered online and one that features young men who are paid to be tied up and tickled for a series of increasingly strange videos. But it’s not the existence of the videos or the sport that drive “Tickled,” it’s Farrier’s wholly unexpected interactions with the people who are behind the phenomenon. When Farrier, a...
Read More: ‘Tickled’ Doc Creator Involved In Heated Confrontation With Film’s Subjects At L.A. Premiere — Watch
“Tickled” chronicles Farrier’s bizarre interactions with the world of “competitive endurance tickling,” a “sport” he discovered online and one that features young men who are paid to be tied up and tickled for a series of increasingly strange videos. But it’s not the existence of the videos or the sport that drive “Tickled,” it’s Farrier’s wholly unexpected interactions with the people who are behind the phenomenon. When Farrier, a...
- 2/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Awards season keeps ticking right along, but tonight’s Cinema Eye Honors promised at least a tiny respite from narrative-based filmmaking, as the New York City-set ceremony is all about honoring the best in the year’s documentary filmmaking.
Big winners included Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” which picked up Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, along with editing and cinematography wins. Right behind it was Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America,” which earned Edelman a directing win, along with a production win for Edelman and Caroline Waterlow. Best TV offering went to “Making a Murderer.”
Nominations were lead by Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and “O.J.: Made in America,” which each pulled in five nominations apiece, though Johnson’s “Cameraperson” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea” aren’t far behind, with four nominations each. Both Peck and Rosi’s features ultimately walked away without an award.
Big winners included Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” which picked up Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, along with editing and cinematography wins. Right behind it was Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America,” which earned Edelman a directing win, along with a production win for Edelman and Caroline Waterlow. Best TV offering went to “Making a Murderer.”
Nominations were lead by Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and “O.J.: Made in America,” which each pulled in five nominations apiece, though Johnson’s “Cameraperson” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea” aren’t far behind, with four nominations each. Both Peck and Rosi’s features ultimately walked away without an award.
- 1/12/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It's that time again! With the end of the year approaching, everyone begins revealing their own Top 10 best of the year lists. One of our favorite lists that kicks off this time is from filmmaker John Waters' - his Top 10 favorite films from this year. For 2016, Waters has chosen yet another (expected) eclectic mix of films, including Paul Verhoven's controversial Elle, Todd Solondz's divisive Wiener-Dog, as well as David Farrier & Dylan Reeve's outstandingly creepy documentary Tickled, among some other oddball picks. A few years back his top film was Spring Breakers, and last year it was a film titled Helmut Berger, Actor. I always like hearing about Waters' favorites because he has such unique taste and his quick comments are fun to read. Waters includes a short one/two-sentence explanation with each pick, so head to ArtForum to read all of his thoughts on his Top...
- 12/1/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
★★★☆☆ It's unlikely you're going to come across too many documentaries this year with a yarn to spin as tangled and twisted as Tickled. Following the investigations of New Zealand pop culture journalist David Farrier, it is essentially an expose of a particular media company who specialise in online videos of Competitive Endurance Tickling (Cet). And yes, that is as weird as it sounds. From stumbling upon a bizarre video of the 'sport' in action, Farrier and his co-director Dylan Reeve quickly find themselves prodding at the dark underbelly of a seedy practice, uncovering unnerving power games and trying to unravel an elusive mystery.
- 11/28/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Anthropoid (Sean Ellis)
Throw a dart at a map, and you can make a World War II movie set in whatever place you hit. Of course, pretty much any film about the Good War that doesn’t focus on the American (sometimes British) point of view of the conflict will probably seem “random” to the mainstream; one odd side-effect of Hollywood’s Oscar-baity love of the era. But there...
Anthropoid (Sean Ellis)
Throw a dart at a map, and you can make a World War II movie set in whatever place you hit. Of course, pretty much any film about the Good War that doesn’t focus on the American (sometimes British) point of view of the conflict will probably seem “random” to the mainstream; one odd side-effect of Hollywood’s Oscar-baity love of the era. But there...
- 11/4/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The nominees for the 10th annual Cinema Eye Honors have been announced, with “I Am Not Your Negro” and “Oj: Made in America” both receiving five each. They’re followed in short order by “Cameraperson” and “Fire at Sea,” which along with “Weiner” are all in contention for the top prize. A total of 37 features and five shorts will be in contention at the upcoming ceremony, which “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James will host from the Museum of the Moving Image on January 11. Here’s the full list of nominees:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Cameraperson” (Kirsten Johnson)
“Fire at Sea” (Gianfranco Rosi)
“I Am Not Your Negro” (Raoul Peck)
“Oj: Made in America” (Ezra Edelman)
“Weiner” (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Kirsten Johnson, “Cameraperson”
Gianfranco Rosi, “Fire at Sea”
Raoul Peck, “I Am Not Your Negro”
Robert Greene, “Kate Plays Christine”
Ezra Edelman, “Oj:...
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Cameraperson” (Kirsten Johnson)
“Fire at Sea” (Gianfranco Rosi)
“I Am Not Your Negro” (Raoul Peck)
“Oj: Made in America” (Ezra Edelman)
“Weiner” (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Kirsten Johnson, “Cameraperson”
Gianfranco Rosi, “Fire at Sea”
Raoul Peck, “I Am Not Your Negro”
Robert Greene, “Kate Plays Christine”
Ezra Edelman, “Oj:...
- 11/2/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
After winning raves on the festival circuit David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's documentary Tickled hits digital outlets - iTunes, Google Play and all the rest - tomorrow (November 1st) and so if you've not yet delved into the perplexing, hilarious and often bizarre look at the world of 'competitive tickling' well, yout rime is almost here. And for those who have but want more? Well, your time is almost here as well because this digital release comes complete with a generous assortment of extra features. After stumbling upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled, reporter David Farrier reaches out to request a story from the company. But the reply he receives is shocking—the...
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- 10/31/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Los Angeles, CA (October 10, 2016) . The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics. Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Bric, in Brooklyn, New York.
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
- 10/11/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for their inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, taking place next month at a first-time gala event in Brooklyn, New York. Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America” and Clay Tweel’s “Gleason” lead the pack of nominees, with five nominations each. Other nominees include Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” the gob-smacking “Weiner” and recent Netflix features “Amanda Knox” and “Audrie & Daisy.”
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
- 10/10/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Ava DuVernay‘s “13th,” the political documentary “Weiner,” the wrenching character study “Gleason” and the ESPN miniseries “O.J.: Made in America” are among the 10 documentaries nominated as the year’s best in the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, which announced its nominations on Monday. Other nominees included the live-action/animation hybrid “Tower,” the touching portrait “Life, Animated,” the historical exploration “The Witness,” David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s offbeat “Tickled” and Kirsten Johnson’s unconventional self-portrait “Cameraperson.” Emphasizing the blurry line between film and television docs, “13th,” which DuVernay made for Netflix, was nominated for both best theatrical doc and best TV/streaming doc.
- 10/10/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Tickled director David Farrier talks to Dr. Garth Twa about his remarkable documentary.
Spoiler alert: This interview references events from the documentary Tickled. Don’t read on if you don’t want to know what happens.
It was a cold Thursday night in Park City, Utah. The crowd had trudged through the snow up the steps of the Library Center Theatre where the Sundance Film Festival was presenting Tickled by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve: a documentary on ‘competitive endurance tickling’. We nestled in, ready to be entertained and amused, if nothing else. I mean, competitive endurance tickling? The amusement soon waned.
Farrier is a journalist in New Zealand specialising in the odd, the bizarre, the, well, entertaining and amusing. When he stumbled on videos of fit young men in athletic gear tickling other fit young men (only these ones were restrained, bound at the ankles and the wrists,...
Spoiler alert: This interview references events from the documentary Tickled. Don’t read on if you don’t want to know what happens.
It was a cold Thursday night in Park City, Utah. The crowd had trudged through the snow up the steps of the Library Center Theatre where the Sundance Film Festival was presenting Tickled by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve: a documentary on ‘competitive endurance tickling’. We nestled in, ready to be entertained and amused, if nothing else. I mean, competitive endurance tickling? The amusement soon waned.
Farrier is a journalist in New Zealand specialising in the odd, the bizarre, the, well, entertaining and amusing. When he stumbled on videos of fit young men in athletic gear tickling other fit young men (only these ones were restrained, bound at the ankles and the wrists,...
- 8/24/2016
- by Dr. Garth Twa
- Pure Movies
Ryan Lambie Published Date Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - 12:30
In David Cronenberg's freakish, genre-bending classic Videodrome, a sleazy cable TV boss seeks out the most sleazy entertainment he can find to put on his channel - but then discovers a disturbing underworld that he wished he'd never seen.
There are several curious parallels between Tickled, a new feature-length documentary hailing from New Zealand, and Cronenberg's 1982 movie - not that Tickled's reporter, director and narrator has much in common with Max Renn, the protagonist of the latter. But TV reporter David Farrier, who normally specialises in those fluffy stories you see at the end of the news, soon finds himself in way over his head when he starts investigating something called "competitive endurance tickling" - a supposed sport that fronts for something far more sinister.
It all begins when Farrier stumbles on a company called Jane O'Brien Media, and one...
In David Cronenberg's freakish, genre-bending classic Videodrome, a sleazy cable TV boss seeks out the most sleazy entertainment he can find to put on his channel - but then discovers a disturbing underworld that he wished he'd never seen.
There are several curious parallels between Tickled, a new feature-length documentary hailing from New Zealand, and Cronenberg's 1982 movie - not that Tickled's reporter, director and narrator has much in common with Max Renn, the protagonist of the latter. But TV reporter David Farrier, who normally specialises in those fluffy stories you see at the end of the news, soon finds himself in way over his head when he starts investigating something called "competitive endurance tickling" - a supposed sport that fronts for something far more sinister.
It all begins when Farrier stumbles on a company called Jane O'Brien Media, and one...
- 8/23/2016
- Den of Geek
This is the Pure Movies review of Tickled by Dan Higgins. Tickled is directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve. David Farrier usually does “soft news”. The sort of news that provides the light relief to the usual doom and gloom of the rest of it. He interviews lizard eaters, donkey ladies, warlords and Justin Bieber. He’s essentially a Nz-based Louis Theroux during the Weird Weekend years. And one day he is browses across a video and facebook page for competitive tickling organisation Jane O’Brien Media with thousands of likes. He thinks this would make an interesting story and sends them an email. What he receives back is a cease and desist email in the form of a homophobic rant. He is surprised and shocked and continues to look into this unique sport/fetish. The response to his interest is increasingly threatening and he decides there is more...
- 8/17/2016
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
A light-hearted investigation into competitive tickling soon becomes a dark meditation on control in this absorbing film
Related: Tickled review: fetish documentary goes from giggly to grim
As Rio 2016 reaches week two, it’s fair to say that the sport of “competitive endurance tickling” is unlikely ever to line up alongside handball and synchronised swimming in the pantheon of weird Olympic events. And for good reason, if David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s excellent, troubling documentary on the subject is anything to go by.
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Related: Tickled review: fetish documentary goes from giggly to grim
As Rio 2016 reaches week two, it’s fair to say that the sport of “competitive endurance tickling” is unlikely ever to line up alongside handball and synchronised swimming in the pantheon of weird Olympic events. And for good reason, if David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s excellent, troubling documentary on the subject is anything to go by.
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- 8/15/2016
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Documentaries are often tagged with an unfair “rep’. Lots of people think of them as ultra somber, serious cinema exercises (many dread them as “homework”). So, why is this flick being released right in the middle of Summer, the time for mindless, fluffy entertainment? Well, that’s because it is entertaining, just as funny as many comedies. The shocker is that it’s also as gripping as any number of thrillers, filled with cloak and dagger operations with true threats and deception. Audiences will be surprised almost as much as the film makers were. You see, this is another example of the smaller doc subset, namely the project that begins with one goal or focus, then changes during its production. 2012’s The Queen Of Versailles started as a light-hearted look at the excesses of the rich before making an abrupt turn to economic disaster and family drama. Just a few...
- 7/14/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tickled is a very smart documentary investigating our collective failures at the macro level. The legal system, the school system and our community ecosystem have “leakages.” Our failure has been forgetting we are linked and responsible for each other’s well-being, as the Dalai Lama and other spiritual leaders teach. We haven’t tried hard enough nor succeeded enough, and we know this because individuals responsible for causing damage continue to hoodwink and exploit others and perpetuate cycles of violence. In other words, Tickled, debuting at Sundance this year, explores narratives that stain our global conscience today. At onset it might seem a film about tickling does not merit this mature provocation, but New Zealander documentarians David Farrier and Dylan Reeve, filming in New Zealand and the U.S., present the “tickling game” as an exposé of our failures in keeping each other safe.
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- 7/4/2016
- by Dina Paulson
- CinemaNerdz
Wild, weird documentaries are easy to come by these days; just poke around Netflix for a while and you’ll run into a bevy of them within a matter of moments (there’s one about a pelican on a bridge that’s a doozy). Few, however, are as bizarre and absurdly riveting as Tickled, a well-made journalism doc that investigates a network of underground tickling competitions. It’s an ostensibly giggle-inducing idea, but what’s found upon viewing is a hidden world so unsettling, corrupt and dangerous it’ll give you nightmares about personal violation and abuse that goes far deeper than a few pokes to the belly.
Our guide is New Zealand entertainment journalist and reporter David Farrier, who prefaces the film by saying he’s “made a career of looking at the weird and bizarre side of life.” Whatever oddities he’s seen in his line of work...
Our guide is New Zealand entertainment journalist and reporter David Farrier, who prefaces the film by saying he’s “made a career of looking at the weird and bizarre side of life.” Whatever oddities he’s seen in his line of work...
- 6/25/2016
- by Bernard Boo
- We Got This Covered
Chicago – In the underbelly of American society, if you dig deep enough, there is also an underbelly to the underbelly. When a New Zealand journalist named David Farrier goes to such depths, on a story about competitive tickling (yes, tickling people to laughing fits), he gets much more that he bargained for.
“Tickled” is the result of his investigation. The word “investigation” seems silly for a look into a tickling fetish world, but the more Farrier gets closer to the truth, the more he is harassed and threatened. Who is doing the harassment and threatening is the major thesis in the film, in surprising and chilling ways.
Let the Games Begin: A Strange Sport is Investigated in ‘Tickled’
Photo credit: Magnolia Pictures
David Farrier was both journalist and co-director (with Dylan Reeve) in this misadventure, and never gave up on the story even as it devolved to madness. HollywoodChicago.com...
“Tickled” is the result of his investigation. The word “investigation” seems silly for a look into a tickling fetish world, but the more Farrier gets closer to the truth, the more he is harassed and threatened. Who is doing the harassment and threatening is the major thesis in the film, in surprising and chilling ways.
Let the Games Begin: A Strange Sport is Investigated in ‘Tickled’
Photo credit: Magnolia Pictures
David Farrier was both journalist and co-director (with Dylan Reeve) in this misadventure, and never gave up on the story even as it devolved to madness. HollywoodChicago.com...
- 6/23/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By far one of the strangest, most unnerving documentaries you will watch this year is Tickled, which on paper seems pretty harmless and actually amusing, as a journalist stumbles across a "competitive tickling video" online and then decides to find out what this odd "sport" is all about. As codirectors David Farrier and Dylan Reeve soon learned, these videos -- and the mysterious company funding them -- were no laughing matter. In fact, the whole thing was not only way creepier, but also dangerous, as the folks funding these tickling videos -- which were actually fetish videos that lured young men in with gifts and money and then slowly hijacked their lives -- began stalking and threatening the filmmakers at every turn. Now, as the film officially hits limited...
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- 6/21/2016
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
Welcome, one and all, to the newest episode of The Film Stage Show! This week, I am joined by Amanda Waltz and Bill Graham to discuss David Farrier and Dylan Reeve‘s new documentary Tickled, which is now in limited release and explores the underground world of tickling competitions, and much more.
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M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 194 – Tickled
0:00 – 02:11 – Introduction
02:12 – 12:21 – Remembering Anton Yelchin
12:22 – 25:18 – Tickled Discussion
25:19 – 56:10 – Tickled Review
Bonus: This past Friday, Dylan Reeve’s Q & A at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles got interrupted by an unexpected guest. See below.
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Subscribe on iTunes or see below to stream download (right-click and save as…).
M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 194 – Tickled
0:00 – 02:11 – Introduction
02:12 – 12:21 – Remembering Anton Yelchin
12:22 – 25:18 – Tickled Discussion
25:19 – 56:10 – Tickled Review
Bonus: This past Friday, Dylan Reeve’s Q & A at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles got interrupted by an unexpected guest. See below.
Opening music comes courtesy of Joy Division. Subscribe below:
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- 6/20/2016
- by Brian Roan
- The Film Stage
Tickled is one of the most bizarre and riveting documentaries of the year, but the real-life story unfolding around the film is also getting stranger by the day. Last night at a Tickled Q&A in Los Angeles, the film’s co-director Dylan Reeve encountered a surprise: several people featured in the documentary showed up for the screening. Hit the jump for […]
The post The Subject of ‘Tickled’ Showed Up To a Screening This Weekend, and Things Got Very Weird appeared first on /Film.
The post The Subject of ‘Tickled’ Showed Up To a Screening This Weekend, and Things Got Very Weird appeared first on /Film.
- 6/19/2016
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
‘Tickled’ Doc Creator Involved In Heated Confrontation With Film’s Subjects At L.A. Premiere — Watch
Friday night’s high-energy premiere of “Tickled” in Los Angeles had two very upset attendees. During the Q&A, and afterwards in the lobby of the Nuart Theatre, co-director Dylan Reeve was confronted by David D’Amato and Kevin Clarke, two of the documentary’s subjects, accusing the filmmaker of being a liar and using recorded information that they had previously agreed not to.
The film follows co-director David Farrier, a journalist who stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he digs deeper into the sport of “competitive endurance tickling,” he finds a bizarre world he believes to be controlled by nefarious forces.
Read More: ‘Tickled’: Campaign Launched To Try To Discredit Provocative Competitive Tickling Documentary
In video footage provided by Magnolia Pictures, Clarke tells Reeve that he had agreed to not use certain footage from a source. The argument lasted about fifteen minutes, and during that time...
The film follows co-director David Farrier, a journalist who stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he digs deeper into the sport of “competitive endurance tickling,” he finds a bizarre world he believes to be controlled by nefarious forces.
Read More: ‘Tickled’: Campaign Launched To Try To Discredit Provocative Competitive Tickling Documentary
In video footage provided by Magnolia Pictures, Clarke tells Reeve that he had agreed to not use certain footage from a source. The argument lasted about fifteen minutes, and during that time...
- 6/18/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The documentary Tickled begins as a story about the bizarre world of competitive endurance tickling but evolves into an investigation of the ominous company behind videos in which young men tickle one another. Co-directors David Farrier (a New Zealand TV journalist) and Dylan Reeve have endured harassment and lawsuits in the process of digging into what seems to be an extended history of intimidation and coercion. Following substantial media coverage, the film is set to open in the United States on June 17 after premiering at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. I talked to the duo about what it’s like to work with a […]...
- 6/17/2016
- by Marc Nemcik
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
To help sift through the increasing number of new releases (independent or otherwise), the Weekly Film Guide is here! Below you’ll find basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list here, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for June 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, June 17. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Central Intelligence
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Aaron Paul, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Ryan Hansen, Bobby Brown, Megan Park, Timothy John Smith
Synopsis: “After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list here, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for June 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, June 17. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Central Intelligence
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Aaron Paul, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Ryan Hansen, Bobby Brown, Megan Park, Timothy John Smith
Synopsis: “After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
- 6/16/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
On a lovely sunny afternoon in a completely empty Irish bar in Toronto's downtown core, I met up with New Zealand journalist and former television man David Farrier for a chat about his Sundance (and HotDocs) hit documentary (or in his parlance, 'Doco') Tickled. If you have been following the push-pull of the marketing, trailers, and festival reviews of the film, you may have noticed a delicate tight-rope of *Spoilers* - *No Spoilers* in regards to the details of the journey Farrier, along his co-director Dylan Reeve, embarked upon with the film. A film that started with a quirky underground sport of "Completitive Endurace Tickling" but got really weird when their PR department went from zero-to-sixtiy with vitriol homophobic attitude to a simple foreign journalistic...
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- 6/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
On a lovely sunny afternoon in a completely empty Irish bar in Toronto's downtown core, I met up with New Zealand journalist and former television man David Farrier for a chat about his Sundance (and HotDocs) hit documentary (or in his parlance, 'Doco') Tickled. If you have been following the push-pull of the marketing, trailers, and festival reviews of the film, you may have noticed a delicate tight-rope of *Spoilers* - *No Spoilers* in regards to the details of the journey Farrier, along his co-director Dylan Reeve, embarked upon with the film. A film that started with a quirky underground sport of "Completitive Endurace Tickling" but got really weird when their PR department went from zero-to-sixtiy with vitriol homophobic attitude to a simple foreign journalistic...
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- 6/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Quietly, the Sundance Film Festival is becoming quite a launching pad for strong documentaries. We’ve already seen Weiner win awards there and put itself square into early Oscar contention, and now this week we get to talk about another one. This doc is Tickled, an initially lighter outing that goes in some very interesting directions, to say the least. It opens on Friday, this is one of the better nonfiction films of 2016 so far, a step below Weiner and (if you consider it a release for this year and not 2015) Where to Invade Next, but incredibly solid and deeply fascinating in its own right. It certainly stands out in the crowd, both in terms of being fairly odd and also in how depressingly timeless it turns out to be by the end. The doc is one that definitely evolves as it goes on. Filmmaker and essentially the star of the doc is journalist David Farrier, who basically randomly stumbles on a website dedicated to “competitive tickling”. It appears as weird as you’d think, so he wants to do a story on it. Along with partner Dylan Reeve, he begins looking into the site and trying to contact someone for an interview. The response back is jarringly aggressive, which sets off a chain of events you literally have to see in order to believe. By the end, the tickling has taken a back seat to the issue of cyberbullying and the damage that one person at a computer with an grudge can do if he or she chooses. Farrier and Reeve co-direct, with Dominic Fryer handling the cinematography. I think that what Farrier found here is worth discussing, and not the tickling websites, odd as they might be. I mean the concept of cyberbullying and how easy it is to ruin someone’s life from the comfort of your own home. Teenagers deal with this new form of bullying constantly, and even an adult such as myself is familiar with it, considering how I make my bones on the internet. When someone doesn’t have to look you in the eye when they say or do something awful, it gives them this powerful detachment that’s frankly incredibly dangerous. The doc shines a light on it, and does it effectively too, I might add. You’ll laugh a bit at the beginning, but by the end, it’s rather serious and sobering. Frankly, I suspect that awards [...]...
- 6/15/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Josh reporting on a hot find at the Sydney Film Festival.
When the credits rolled at the screening of Tickled at the Sydney Film Festival, the frantic dumbstruck reaction from the audience was palpable. You could see everyone turning to each other, wide eyed and picking their jaws up from the floor. The proceeding Q&A with the filmmakers had hands flying into the air with exasperated questions. And all this from a documentary about tickling!
Directed by Dylan Reeve and David Farrier, the latter who is also front and centre in the film, the film unravels the bizarre and gripping story surrounding Jane O’Brien Media and its non-monetised website generating videos of young athletic men tickling each other.
When the credits rolled at the screening of Tickled at the Sydney Film Festival, the frantic dumbstruck reaction from the audience was palpable. You could see everyone turning to each other, wide eyed and picking their jaws up from the floor. The proceeding Q&A with the filmmakers had hands flying into the air with exasperated questions. And all this from a documentary about tickling!
Directed by Dylan Reeve and David Farrier, the latter who is also front and centre in the film, the film unravels the bizarre and gripping story surrounding Jane O’Brien Media and its non-monetised website generating videos of young athletic men tickling each other.
- 6/10/2016
- by Josh Forward
- FilmExperience
A corpse farts, a director gets his due, tickling conspiracies are unearthed, pop culture gets skewered, a shark attacks, a fitting swan song arrives, and more this month. Check out our top 15 picks below and let us know what you are looking forward to most.
Matinees to See: The Witness (6/3), Approaching the Unknown (6/3), Len and Company (6/10), King Jack (6/10), Diary of a Chambermaid (6/10), Genius (6/10), Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (6/17), Free State of Jones (6/24), The Duel (6/24), and Les cowboys (6/24)
15. The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn; June 24th)
Synopsis: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Save for Sean Penn’s belly flop, Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The Neon Demon was far and away the worst film we saw at Cannes, yet...
Matinees to See: The Witness (6/3), Approaching the Unknown (6/3), Len and Company (6/10), King Jack (6/10), Diary of a Chambermaid (6/10), Genius (6/10), Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (6/17), Free State of Jones (6/24), The Duel (6/24), and Les cowboys (6/24)
15. The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn; June 24th)
Synopsis: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Save for Sean Penn’s belly flop, Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The Neon Demon was far and away the worst film we saw at Cannes, yet...
- 6/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
What starts out sounding silly takes a sinister turn in "Tickled," a new documentary about New Zealand journalist David Farrier's investigations into the world of competitive endurance tickling.
The doco, co-created with Dylan Reeve, shows how Farrier's knack for oddball stories saw him looking into a website in which men are offered plane tickets and money to participate in on-camera tickling contests.
Threatened with legal action if he digs any deeper into what looks like niche porn, he travels to the hidden tickling facilities in Los Angeles and uncovers a vast network that harasses and harms the lives of those who protest their involvement in these films to expose the cyberbullying and criminal activity taking place. The film opens in limited release June 17th.
The doco, co-created with Dylan Reeve, shows how Farrier's knack for oddball stories saw him looking into a website in which men are offered plane tickets and money to participate in on-camera tickling contests.
Threatened with legal action if he digs any deeper into what looks like niche porn, he travels to the hidden tickling facilities in Los Angeles and uncovers a vast network that harasses and harms the lives of those who protest their involvement in these films to expose the cyberbullying and criminal activity taking place. The film opens in limited release June 17th.
- 5/10/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"We could hear laughter coming out of the vents..." Magnolia Pictures has debuted a trailer for the weird, fantastic, crazy documentary Tickled, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Made in New Zealand, the doc follows a journalist named David Farrier as he investigates the people behind "competitive endurance tickling" videos posted online. He ends up in a "wormhole" of madness when he is threatened in every way possible by the entity that is supposedly behind everything. It received rave reviews at the fest, and this trailer has some great quotes in it. I wrote in my Sundance review: "Every new discovery is more insane than the last, and watching it unfold this way was both terrifying and exhilarating." Dive in. Here's the first trailer (+ poster) for David Farrier & Dylan Reeve's doc Tickled, in high def on Apple: After stumbling upon a bizarre "competitive endurance tickling" video online,...
- 5/9/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the most talked-about films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Tickled, a documentary that begins with reporter David Farrier stumbling upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, and then investigating it with co-director Dylan Reeve until he discovers something very weird and sinister and criminal going on.
Magnolia picked the film up for distribution and you can see the latest trailer via Apple trailers. definitely reminds me of Catfish in how it takes you on a journey you don't expect and gets creepier as it moves along.
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Magnolia picked the film up for distribution and you can see the latest trailer via Apple trailers. definitely reminds me of Catfish in how it takes you on a journey you don't expect and gets creepier as it moves along.
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- 5/9/2016
- QuietEarth.us
One may have to soon redefine what constitutes a sports movie. At Sundance earlier this year, New Zealand entertainment reporter David Farrier (and co-director Dylan Reeve) premiered Tickled, a film that dives into the “competitive endurance tickling.” However strange that may sound, they go on to unravel a web of conspiracy and intrigue in this underground world. Magnolia Pictures thankfully picked up the film and ahead of a release next month, the first trailer has landed.
We said in our review, “I’m generally in the bag for documentary material this weird, but Tickled too often gets in its own way. Though it makes sense that Farrier centers the narrative on himself as the main character, digging through the truth, this manifests mostly as him blandly narrating his way through the investigation. The film frequently elides the vital details of just what leads them from one clue to the next.
We said in our review, “I’m generally in the bag for documentary material this weird, but Tickled too often gets in its own way. Though it makes sense that Farrier centers the narrative on himself as the main character, digging through the truth, this manifests mostly as him blandly narrating his way through the investigation. The film frequently elides the vital details of just what leads them from one clue to the next.
- 5/9/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's scintillating Sundance documentary premiere, "Tickled," boasts one heck of a strange premise: It follows Farrier as he falls down a web-based rabbit hole after discovering a strange subculture of online tickling contests. You read that correctly: Tickling contests. What starts off as another investigation for the journalist soon turns into something confusing, threatening and more than a bit stimulating. Read More: 'Tickled': Why The Online Fetish Doc Was Hit With A Defamation Lawsuit The film debuted at Sundance, where it soon picked up a strange reputation for attracting audience members who feel uniquely compelled to bring it down. "Tickled" has been hit with a series of defamation lawsuits from a "media company" that, according to the film, stages these tickling contests and pay men to participate in them. Farrier originally discovered the group advertising their, uh, products on the...
- 5/6/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
What begins as a lighthearted glimpse into the inner workings of a niche porn empire soon morphs into a disturbing study of cyberbullying
Tickled, the first documentary from New Zealand TV personality David Farrier (co-directed by Dylan Reeve), caused a sensation at the True/False documentary film festival in Columbia, Missouri, where it played this weekend.
It became the talk of the event not just because of its content – eye-popping though it is – but due to the peculiar occurrences surrounding its screenings. Police reportedly interrupted the first showing to remove a person attempting to pirate the film via a camera hidden in a Starbucks coffee cup, while the following day Farrier was apparently served a subpoena.
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Tickled, the first documentary from New Zealand TV personality David Farrier (co-directed by Dylan Reeve), caused a sensation at the True/False documentary film festival in Columbia, Missouri, where it played this weekend.
It became the talk of the event not just because of its content – eye-popping though it is – but due to the peculiar occurrences surrounding its screenings. Police reportedly interrupted the first showing to remove a person attempting to pirate the film via a camera hidden in a Starbucks coffee cup, while the following day Farrier was apparently served a subpoena.
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- 3/8/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
All the news, reviews and interviews coming out of Park City.News
The Birth of a Nation
What were the buzz titles of 2016?
‘The Birth Of A Nation’, ‘Sonita’ rule Sundance awards
Sundance buyers wait to see if numbers add up
Six major deals signed in Park City
Fox Searchlight in record $17.5m deal for ‘Birth Of A Nation’
The Orchard snaps up ‘Wilderpeople’
Sundance unveils shorts winners
‘Indignation’, ‘Equity’ find Us homes
Amazon strikes $10m deal for ‘Manchester By The Sea’
Sundance director lambasts Chilean film support
Partners unite on ‘Under The Shadow’
Spc takes world on Frank Zappa doc
Mongrel International boards ‘Little Men’
Brainstorm Media sparks to ‘Resilience’
Buyers circle hot ‘Manchester’
Robert Redford addresses diversity
Curzon Artificial Eye acquires Whit Stillman’s ‘Love & Friendship’
‘Embrace Of The Serpent’ wins Sloan prize
Netflix acquires ‘Audrie & Daisy’
Magnolia takes ‘Lo And Behold’
Paramount Home Media in talks for ‘The Intervention’
Sundance Channel acquires five festival...
The Birth of a Nation
What were the buzz titles of 2016?
‘The Birth Of A Nation’, ‘Sonita’ rule Sundance awards
Sundance buyers wait to see if numbers add up
Six major deals signed in Park City
Fox Searchlight in record $17.5m deal for ‘Birth Of A Nation’
The Orchard snaps up ‘Wilderpeople’
Sundance unveils shorts winners
‘Indignation’, ‘Equity’ find Us homes
Amazon strikes $10m deal for ‘Manchester By The Sea’
Sundance director lambasts Chilean film support
Partners unite on ‘Under The Shadow’
Spc takes world on Frank Zappa doc
Mongrel International boards ‘Little Men’
Brainstorm Media sparks to ‘Resilience’
Buyers circle hot ‘Manchester’
Robert Redford addresses diversity
Curzon Artificial Eye acquires Whit Stillman’s ‘Love & Friendship’
‘Embrace Of The Serpent’ wins Sloan prize
Netflix acquires ‘Audrie & Daisy’
Magnolia takes ‘Lo And Behold’
Paramount Home Media in talks for ‘The Intervention’
Sundance Channel acquires five festival...
- 2/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
One of the last purchases to come out of Park City, David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's documentary "Tickled" has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures and HBO. The former will handle both North American and international distribution rights, excluding New Zealand and Australia, while the latter has picked up U.S. television rights. The film premiered in Sundance's World Documentary section and will next screen at the Berlin International Film Festival. Read More: Sundance: Documentary Gets a Multi-Million Dollar Boost From Submarine and Grosvenor Park The doc follows Farrier, a TV and radio personality who specializes in the weird, as he discovers the sport of "competitive endurance tickling." The movie was produced by Carthew Nea and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission and Mpi. Documentary seller Submarine negotiated the HBO and Magnolia deals.
- 1/31/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
New Zealand entertainment reporter David Farrier discovered possibly the oddest conspiracy to yet feature in nonfiction film. Farrier came across Internet videos of “competitive endurance tickling,” in which strapping young men are strapped to chairs and ceaselessly tickled by other strapping young men. When he reached out to the company behind the videos for a story about the “sport,” he was met with a bafflingly vicious response, full of homophobic attacks and legal threats. Naturally, this only aroused Farrier’s curiosity further, and he set out to uncover just who was behind these poorly disguised fetish videos. In the process, he and co-director Dylan Reeve unravel an escalatingly bizarre web of intrigue.
I’m generally in the bag for documentary material this weird, but Tickled too often gets in its own way. Though it makes sense that Farrier centers the narrative on himself as the main character, digging through the truth,...
I’m generally in the bag for documentary material this weird, but Tickled too often gets in its own way. Though it makes sense that Farrier centers the narrative on himself as the main character, digging through the truth,...
- 1/30/2016
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
The popular documentary from New Zealanders David Farrier and Dylan Reeve played in World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Magnolia has acquired North American distribution and international sales rights excluding Australia and New Zealand, while HBO picked up Us television rights.
Christina Rogers of Magnolia International will introduce to buyers at the Efm in Berlin next month.
Tickled tells of a New Zealand journalist (Farrier) who stumbles upon a competitive endurance tickling competition that houses a dark secret. Carthew Neal produced.
Josh Braun of Submarine negotiated the HBO deal and Braun, Matt Burke, Dan Braun, David Koh and Ben Braun of Submarine negotiated the Magnolia deal with svp of acquisitions Dori Begley and vp John Von Thaden.
Magnolia has acquired North American distribution and international sales rights excluding Australia and New Zealand, while HBO picked up Us television rights.
Christina Rogers of Magnolia International will introduce to buyers at the Efm in Berlin next month.
Tickled tells of a New Zealand journalist (Farrier) who stumbles upon a competitive endurance tickling competition that houses a dark secret. Carthew Neal produced.
Josh Braun of Submarine negotiated the HBO deal and Braun, Matt Burke, Dan Braun, David Koh and Ben Braun of Submarine negotiated the Magnolia deal with svp of acquisitions Dori Begley and vp John Von Thaden.
- 1/30/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
This documentary is freakier than most horror movies. Tickled is not really a documentary about tickling, even though it is a documentary about tickling. Produced out of New Zealand, this entertaining and egaging documentary (co-directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve) follows Kiwi pop culture journalist David Farrier as he investigates a company that films professional tickling events. It all starts when he discovers a wacky video online of "competitive endurance tickling", and attempts to contact the people behind it. Suddenly, David is tumbling down a rabbit hole of legal threats and insane discoveries as he attempts to get to the bottom of this. It becomes a doc about the abuse of money, and how power hungry some people are. One the main reasons Tickled is so entertaining is David Farrier, as he is pretty much the star of the film (leading every new discovery) and he has a very appealing on-screen vibe,...
- 1/29/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Update: Amazon Studios bid $10m for Kenneth Lonergan’s drama. Separately, A24/DirecTV picked up Morris From America.
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me just got better as Amazon Studios bid $10m for North American rights to Manchester By The Sea.
Amazon Studios was in exclusive negotiations with Wme Global on Sunday in a move that demonstrates the ability of the digital giants to pay far more than traditional players might be prepared to spend.
If international sales agent Sierra/Affinity concludes a deal with a studio for all rights outside North America as many expect it will, the deal would contribute to the biggest worldwide sale for a film at Sundance. Studiocanal holds UK rights.
Amazon Studios will partner with a North American distributor on a theatrical release that head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney will oversee.
Manchester By The Sea will get...
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me just got better as Amazon Studios bid $10m for North American rights to Manchester By The Sea.
Amazon Studios was in exclusive negotiations with Wme Global on Sunday in a move that demonstrates the ability of the digital giants to pay far more than traditional players might be prepared to spend.
If international sales agent Sierra/Affinity concludes a deal with a studio for all rights outside North America as many expect it will, the deal would contribute to the biggest worldwide sale for a film at Sundance. Studiocanal holds UK rights.
Amazon Studios will partner with a North American distributor on a theatrical release that head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney will oversee.
Manchester By The Sea will get...
- 1/24/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Update: Amazon Studios offers $10m for Kenneth Lonergan’s drama. Separately, A24/DirecTV picked up Morris From America.
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me just got better as Amazon Studios is offering $10m for North American rights to Manchester By The Sea in a deal expected to close soon.
Amazon Studios is in exclusive negotiations with Wme Global in a move that demonstrates the ability of the digital giants to pay far more than traditional players might be prepared to spend.
Now attention turns to international sales. Sierra/Affinity represents rights and is in back-to-back talks with studios on what has become a hot awards prospect overnight. StudioCanal holds UK rights.
Amazon Studios will partner with a North American distributor on a theatrical release that head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney will oversee.
Manchester By The Sea will get an awards season push given...
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me just got better as Amazon Studios is offering $10m for North American rights to Manchester By The Sea in a deal expected to close soon.
Amazon Studios is in exclusive negotiations with Wme Global in a move that demonstrates the ability of the digital giants to pay far more than traditional players might be prepared to spend.
Now attention turns to international sales. Sierra/Affinity represents rights and is in back-to-back talks with studios on what has become a hot awards prospect overnight. StudioCanal holds UK rights.
Amazon Studios will partner with a North American distributor on a theatrical release that head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney will oversee.
Manchester By The Sea will get an awards season push given...
- 1/24/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Update: Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me just got better as Amazon Studios is offering $10m for North American rights in a deal expected to close on Sunday night. Separately A24/DirecTV picked up Morris From America.
Amazon Studios is in exclusive negotiations with Wme Global in a move that demonstrates the ability of the digital giants to pay far more than traditional players might be prepared to spend.
Now attention turns to international sales. Sierra/Affinity represents rights and is in back-to-back talks with studios on what has become a hot awards prospect overnight. StudioCanal holds UK rights.
Amazon Studios will partner with a North American distributor on a theatrical release that head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney will oversee.
Manchester By The Sea will get an awards season push given its acclaimed reception following the world premiere at the Eccles on Saturday...
Amazon Studios is in exclusive negotiations with Wme Global in a move that demonstrates the ability of the digital giants to pay far more than traditional players might be prepared to spend.
Now attention turns to international sales. Sierra/Affinity represents rights and is in back-to-back talks with studios on what has become a hot awards prospect overnight. StudioCanal holds UK rights.
Amazon Studios will partner with a North American distributor on a theatrical release that head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney will oversee.
Manchester By The Sea will get an awards season push given its acclaimed reception following the world premiere at the Eccles on Saturday...
- 1/24/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me has sparked talk of possible awards recognition following Saturday’s world premiere.Every buyer was in attendance at the Eccles to see Casey Affleck play a traumatised janitor in Boston who becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew when his brother dies.Lucas Hedges plays the youngster in a strong cast that includes Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandl
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me has sparked talk of possible awards recognition following Saturday’s world premiere.
Every buyer was in attendance at the Eccles to see Casey Affleck play a traumatised janitor in Boston who becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew when his brother dies.
Lucas Hedges plays the youngster in a strong cast that includes Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler and Gretchen Moll.
Lonergan earned...
Kenneth Lonergan’s triumphant return to Park City after his 2000 grand jury prizewinner You Can Count On Me has sparked talk of possible awards recognition following Saturday’s world premiere.
Every buyer was in attendance at the Eccles to see Casey Affleck play a traumatised janitor in Boston who becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew when his brother dies.
Lucas Hedges plays the youngster in a strong cast that includes Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler and Gretchen Moll.
Lonergan earned...
- 1/24/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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