Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For regular updates, sign up for our weekly email newsletter and follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSGoodbye, Dragon Inn.It’s getting harder to go to the movies. IndieWire surveys the state of cinemagoing in the US region by region as multiplexes continue to shutter. From downtown Detroit, the closest first-run theater is now in Canada.More than 500 pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged a sit-in at MoMA on Saturday, protesting the museum trustees’ alleged investments in weapons used by the Israeli military in Gaza. The museum closed its doors to the public and rescheduled planned programming.After confirming that three sitting representatives of the far-right AfD party had been invited to tomorrow night’s Berlinale opening ceremony, amid public outcry, the festival has now disinvited them.REMEMBERINGRocky II.The tributes to Carl Weathers continue to roll in after his death last week at the...
- 2/28/2024
- MUBI
Few filmmakers have blended art, religion, and science to a greater extent than Darren Aronofsky has. In the 25 years since his first film, “Pi,” was released, the director has carved out a niche for himself, telling stories about people obsessed with finding order in a chaotic universe. Sometimes those people are mathematicians, other times they’re saints, but they’re all chasing forbidden knowledge hidden in the universe.
With those themes in mind, Aronofsky recently sat down with Pioneer Works director of sciences Janna Levin for a conversation about the scientific influences on his work. The panel, which was part of the museum’s Science vs. Fiction series, touched on all eight of Aronofsky’s feature films.
The conversation began with a discussion about “Pi.” While the 1998 film — which is getting an IMAX re-release next month — is a considerably smaller affair than most of Aronofsky’s other films, it remains...
With those themes in mind, Aronofsky recently sat down with Pioneer Works director of sciences Janna Levin for a conversation about the scientific influences on his work. The panel, which was part of the museum’s Science vs. Fiction series, touched on all eight of Aronofsky’s feature films.
The conversation began with a discussion about “Pi.” While the 1998 film — which is getting an IMAX re-release next month — is a considerably smaller affair than most of Aronofsky’s other films, it remains...
- 2/24/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Antonio Marziale's Starfuckers is now showing exclusively on Mubi in most countries—including the United States, United Kingdom, India, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada—starting November 10, 2022, in the series Brief Encounters.A “me-too” revenge story that’s also a musical soundscape drag performance. It was a pitch that triggered frowns. We knew Starfuckers was a risk, both terrifying and exciting, and there is no better place to create from.I learned in the early stages that in addition to writing the script, recording the lip-sync audio was an essential part of conveying the film’s tone and playfulness (and darkness). I found a sound mixer in LA named Dusty Moon, and recorded the voices for the lip-sync under the influence of a large iced coffee. With zero context of the script, Dusty handed me a mic as I yelled “You, You Didn’T Answer My Phone Calls” and “Are You Saying There’S Pedophiles,...
- 11/9/2022
- MUBI
Source: Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Rebecca Hall, Questlove, Emilia Jones Festival director Tabitha Jackson to kick off five-day event in Opening Night Welcome.
Actors and first-time directors Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright, Coda stars Marlee Matlin and Emilia Jones, and musician and filmmaker Questlove are among a Sundance 2021 programme of special events, conversations and activations.
Hall and Wright will talk on January 31 in one of several virtual Cinema Café conversations about their Sundance world premieres and feature directorial debuts Passing and Land.
The roster includes Judas And The Black Messiah director Shaka King and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on January...
Actors and first-time directors Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright, Coda stars Marlee Matlin and Emilia Jones, and musician and filmmaker Questlove are among a Sundance 2021 programme of special events, conversations and activations.
Hall and Wright will talk on January 31 in one of several virtual Cinema Café conversations about their Sundance world premieres and feature directorial debuts Passing and Land.
The roster includes Judas And The Black Messiah director Shaka King and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on January...
- 1/14/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Actor and filmmaker Stephen Moyer has set his sophomore feature directing effort with TriStar Pictures’ Möbius.
Based on the short story “Life on the Möbius Strip,” the project is described as a musical love story with cosmic reach. Janna Levin penned and performed the story for The Moth in collaboration with the World Science Festival, and it was later published as the opening piece in the show’s anthology, The Moth: 50 True Stories.
The short tells the true story of Levin, a renowned American cosmologist, and British musician, Warren Malone, and their unexpected relationship, which forces them to confront issues of class, culture and the ...
Based on the short story “Life on the Möbius Strip,” the project is described as a musical love story with cosmic reach. Janna Levin penned and performed the story for The Moth in collaboration with the World Science Festival, and it was later published as the opening piece in the show’s anthology, The Moth: 50 True Stories.
The short tells the true story of Levin, a renowned American cosmologist, and British musician, Warren Malone, and their unexpected relationship, which forces them to confront issues of class, culture and the ...
Actor and filmmaker Stephen Moyer has set his sophomore feature directing effort with TriStar Pictures’ Möbius.
Based on the short story “Life on the Möbius Strip,” the project is described as a musical love story with cosmic reach. Janna Levin penned and performed the story for The Moth in collaboration with the World Science Festival, and it was later published as the opening piece in the show’s anthology, The Moth: 50 True Stories.
The short tells the true story of Levin, a renowned American cosmologist, and British musician, Warren Malone, and their unexpected relationship, which forces them to confront issues of class, culture and the ...
Based on the short story “Life on the Möbius Strip,” the project is described as a musical love story with cosmic reach. Janna Levin penned and performed the story for The Moth in collaboration with the World Science Festival, and it was later published as the opening piece in the show’s anthology, The Moth: 50 True Stories.
The short tells the true story of Levin, a renowned American cosmologist, and British musician, Warren Malone, and their unexpected relationship, which forces them to confront issues of class, culture and the ...
The Tribeca Film Institute has announced this year’s Sloan Foundation winners.
Anderson Cook, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, was recognized with the Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize for his screenplay, “James Thomas Thinks The Earth is Flat.” The film follows a 12 year-old aspiring physicist, Noah Roberson, who forms an unlikely partnership with NBA All-star James Thomas (known for his infamous flat-earth conspiracy theories) to convince the young boy’s neighbors to care more about science.
The Student Grand Jury prize celebrates the “best of the best” screenplays submitted by six of the leading film schools as part of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s nationwide program that encourages student filmmakers to create science and tech-based films.
“This year’s winners represent new storytellers integrating scientific themes into the most urgent subjects of the day that inform the cultural conversation,” said Doron Weber, VP and program director at the Sloan Foundation.
Anderson Cook, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, was recognized with the Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize for his screenplay, “James Thomas Thinks The Earth is Flat.” The film follows a 12 year-old aspiring physicist, Noah Roberson, who forms an unlikely partnership with NBA All-star James Thomas (known for his infamous flat-earth conspiracy theories) to convince the young boy’s neighbors to care more about science.
The Student Grand Jury prize celebrates the “best of the best” screenplays submitted by six of the leading film schools as part of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s nationwide program that encourages student filmmakers to create science and tech-based films.
“This year’s winners represent new storytellers integrating scientific themes into the most urgent subjects of the day that inform the cultural conversation,” said Doron Weber, VP and program director at the Sloan Foundation.
- 3/29/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson is about to embark on a new kind of adventure. He is looking to develop a space exploration video game called Space Odyssey and he's launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund it.
The game is described as an "awe-inspiring gaming experience of galactic exploration and colonization with Neil deGrasse Tyson." The game seems pretty ambitious and he is looking for $314,159 to fund it.
Here are some of the details regarding the game he's looking to develop:
With its foundation based in scientifically accurate game-play, you'll be immersed in biology, chemistry, geo-science, and engineering as you build and explore planetary systems.With Neil deGrasse Tyson as your trusted advisor and cosmic guide, you'll set out on science-based missions to create, explore, and expand.Develop planets, colonize worlds, nurture species, mine elements, build robots, and discover unique life-forms as you coordinate with others...
The game is described as an "awe-inspiring gaming experience of galactic exploration and colonization with Neil deGrasse Tyson." The game seems pretty ambitious and he is looking for $314,159 to fund it.
Here are some of the details regarding the game he's looking to develop:
With its foundation based in scientifically accurate game-play, you'll be immersed in biology, chemistry, geo-science, and engineering as you build and explore planetary systems.With Neil deGrasse Tyson as your trusted advisor and cosmic guide, you'll set out on science-based missions to create, explore, and expand.Develop planets, colonize worlds, nurture species, mine elements, build robots, and discover unique life-forms as you coordinate with others...
- 6/19/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.