Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Steve McQueen and his installation "Year 3" at Tate Britain. Steve McQueen will be unveiling a new installation, “Sunshine State,” at the International film festival Rotterdam as part of its Art Directions section, which is dedicated to "daring films, installations, exhibitions and live performance." This is McQueen's first major commission since "Year 3," which was exhibited at Tate Britain in 2019. Martin Scorsese has set his eyes on his next project with Apple: a biopic about the Grateful Dead, starring Jonah Hill as frontman Jerry Garcia. As Variety points out, Scorsese did executive produce a 2017 documentary series about the band entitled Long Strange Trip. For that series, he described the Grateful Dead as "more than just a band." Hill and Scorsese previously worked together on Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and a Coca-Cola ad for last year's Super Bowl.
- 11/26/2021
- MUBI
The U.S. lineup for films coming to Mubi this September has been announced, featuring some of my personal favorites of the last few years, notably Philippe Lesage’s severely overlooked coming-of-age drama Genesis, John Gianvito’s Helen Keller documentary Her Socialist Smile, Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten’s formally thrilling Slow Machine, and Robert Greene’s documentary Bisbee ’17, as well as Jia Zhangke’s latest release Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue.
Also in the lineup is Bill Forsyth’s delightful Gregory’s Girl, Ari Folman’s hybrid feature The Congress, and Manoel de Oliveira’s Visit, or Memories and Confession, which was made in 1982, and only allowed to screen after his death.
See the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
September 1 | Yellow Cat | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Festival Focus: Venice
September 2 | Visit, or Memories and Confessions | Manoel de Oliveira | Rediscovered
September 3 | Slow Machine | Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten | Mubi Spotlight
September...
Also in the lineup is Bill Forsyth’s delightful Gregory’s Girl, Ari Folman’s hybrid feature The Congress, and Manoel de Oliveira’s Visit, or Memories and Confession, which was made in 1982, and only allowed to screen after his death.
See the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
September 1 | Yellow Cat | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Festival Focus: Venice
September 2 | Visit, or Memories and Confessions | Manoel de Oliveira | Rediscovered
September 3 | Slow Machine | Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten | Mubi Spotlight
September...
- 8/21/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Following the smash success of The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs, the legendary horror host will return to Shudder on November 22nd with The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: "Dinners of Death." Joining Briggs on Shudder's streaming slate this month are bunch of other horror titles, including five Dario Argento-directed movies, the short-form series Deadwax, The Crow, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and much more:
"New Additions for November 2018
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The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs: “Dinners Of Death” — Thursday, November 22
Joe Bob Briggs is back, just in time to save you from having to talk politics with your family on Thanksgiving Day. Feast on a selection of “deadly dinner” films hand-picked by the world’s foremost (and possibly only) drive-in movie critic, kicking off with Joe Bob’s all-time favorite drive-in classic,...
"New Additions for November 2018
To Stream, Start Your Free 7-day Trial At Shudder ($4.99/Month Or $3.99/Month Withannual Plan)
The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs: “Dinners Of Death” — Thursday, November 22
Joe Bob Briggs is back, just in time to save you from having to talk politics with your family on Thanksgiving Day. Feast on a selection of “deadly dinner” films hand-picked by the world’s foremost (and possibly only) drive-in movie critic, kicking off with Joe Bob’s all-time favorite drive-in classic,...
- 11/1/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After finding acclaim with stop-motion animated short Junk Head 1 in 2014, writer/director/animator Takahide Hori decided to expand its science fiction-infused world to feature length. The result is a two-hour adventure following one man’s descent through a subterranean infrastructure built by clones entitled simply Junk Head. It takes place centuries into our future and centuries more since the clone work force we created rebelled and disappeared underground. Both they and humanity have since evolved into forms neither would recognize, mutations proving to be man’s sole avenue for pushing forward after losing the ability to reproduce. So this expedition into the depths of the unknown isn’t taken lightly. If mankind’s emissary doesn’t return with the correct genetic material (from a creature photographed as still having a penis), our future is lost.
It’s a wild ride pitting the living against the alive as we meet humans,...
It’s a wild ride pitting the living against the alive as we meet humans,...
- 8/7/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Ryan Lambie Published Date Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 09:52
A mad young inventor in a loft constructs living creatures from spare parts. A teenage girl wears asbestos gloves to prevent herself from lighting fires with her hands. A small boy has a right eye which can project his dreams onto a wall. These and other shunned oddments of society live in a neo-gothic house on a remote Welsh island, all watched over by the imposing yet good-natured Miss Peregrine - who you might recognise as Eva Green smoking a pipe.
There’s much in the novels by Ransom Riggs that seems tailor made for Tim Burton’s cheerfully macabre sensibility, and Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children arrives on the silver screen like an X-Men comic drawn by Edward Gorey. Viewers familiar with such movies as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Dark Shadows will recognise Burton’s handiwork here; Miss Peregrine is,...
A mad young inventor in a loft constructs living creatures from spare parts. A teenage girl wears asbestos gloves to prevent herself from lighting fires with her hands. A small boy has a right eye which can project his dreams onto a wall. These and other shunned oddments of society live in a neo-gothic house on a remote Welsh island, all watched over by the imposing yet good-natured Miss Peregrine - who you might recognise as Eva Green smoking a pipe.
There’s much in the novels by Ransom Riggs that seems tailor made for Tim Burton’s cheerfully macabre sensibility, and Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children arrives on the silver screen like an X-Men comic drawn by Edward Gorey. Viewers familiar with such movies as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Dark Shadows will recognise Burton’s handiwork here; Miss Peregrine is,...
- 9/29/2016
- Den of Geek
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 the interwebs. 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 Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Born to Be Blue (Robert Budreau)
I played jazz trumpet growing up in Oklahoma, so Chet Baker’s somber swing always brought our ensemble back to earth when Dizzy Gillespie’s flying fingers sent us noodling in quick cacophony. We thought Baker was the romantic trumpeter, the kind you’d play when you wanted to impress a date — and whose pretty-boy face on the album cover...
Born to Be Blue (Robert Budreau)
I played jazz trumpet growing up in Oklahoma, so Chet Baker’s somber swing always brought our ensemble back to earth when Dizzy Gillespie’s flying fingers sent us noodling in quick cacophony. We thought Baker was the romantic trumpeter, the kind you’d play when you wanted to impress a date — and whose pretty-boy face on the album cover...
- 7/29/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Mubi is presenting the Brothers Quay, a 4-film program playing in the United States July and August 2016, featuring new restorations of Anamorphosis (1991) and Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (1987) and brand new 2k and 4k scans of The Comb (1990) and In Absentia (2000). In Absentia (2000) presents a demon in color. The creature is horned, hooved balsa wood, its room lit by a calm sun. It waves its hoof over a pile of black dust to recombine it into graphite nibs. Somewhere above, below, on the material plane, or possibly in a parallel reality, a woman scribbles in soft black and white, breaking pencils over and over. She presses the little lead bullets into a pile of dirt on her windowsill, like a garden or graveyard—an offering or a sacrifice. In her world, light pulses and skitters, glides and ricochets, sometimes across walls and sometimes across invisible planes. The sun forms impossible palimpsests in her room,...
- 7/26/2016
- MUBI
From July 26th through the 29th, the online streaming service Mubi will present the exclusive online premiere in HD of new restorations and digital scans of four painstakingly animated wonders from the groundbreaking stop-motion filmmakers, The Brothers Quay.
Read More: Discover the Brothers Quay, Identical Twin Animators Who Inspired Christopher Nolan, on New Blu-Ray
These four films and their synopses are as follows:
“Rehearsals For Extinct Anatomies” (7/26): Oscillating hands each hold a pen; a man made of wire has a malevolent look and an oscillating eye as he pokes at a bump on his forehead. Op-art stripes are in the fabric. Lines become jumbles that become balls that oscillate, bounce, or stay suspended in air. “The Combs” (7/27): A woman dreams of a fairytale landscape populated by ladders and sinister puppets. “Anamorphosis” (7/28): An exploration of the optical phenomenon of anamorphosis, whereby the eye can perceive images differently if viewed at an appropriate angle.
Read More: Discover the Brothers Quay, Identical Twin Animators Who Inspired Christopher Nolan, on New Blu-Ray
These four films and their synopses are as follows:
“Rehearsals For Extinct Anatomies” (7/26): Oscillating hands each hold a pen; a man made of wire has a malevolent look and an oscillating eye as he pokes at a bump on his forehead. Op-art stripes are in the fabric. Lines become jumbles that become balls that oscillate, bounce, or stay suspended in air. “The Combs” (7/27): A woman dreams of a fairytale landscape populated by ladders and sinister puppets. “Anamorphosis” (7/28): An exploration of the optical phenomenon of anamorphosis, whereby the eye can perceive images differently if viewed at an appropriate angle.
- 7/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
There are countless programs that support emerging filmmakers in their development and now up-and-coming horror directors have one of their own. Shudder, a streaming service backed by AMC Networks that specializes in horror content, has just announced the first 11 participants of their inaugural Shudder Labs. Selected from a pool of over 300 applicants, directors are taking part in a week long workshop designed to develop, add and hone their skills as they get ready to take the next step in their careers working in the genre.
“Like a vampire, I feed off of the enthusiasm of young talent; it is invigorating to encounter new voices in the horror genre and to find out what motivates young minds to explore the art of the macabre,” said director and Master-in-Residence Larry Fessenden.
Throughout the course of the program, the fellows will be able to learn from and work with a team of Masters-in-Residence, headed by Shudder curator Sam Zimmerman, Fessenden, writer Clay McLeod Chapman and AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan. The program’s benefits, however, aren’t contained to the program alone. After the filmmakers have left the lab, they will each receive $5000 in grants and be mentored by a Master-in-Residence for an additional year.
Shudder Labs is currently running from June 13th to June 18th at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
The filmmakers, and their projects, of the first ever Shudder Labs are:
“As the Dust Settles,” Mike Olenick
An asteroid carrying the seeds of alien life crashes down in the neighborhood where a young couple is buying a house from a dishonest realtor. When the couple settles into their new home, they unpack a secret that will change the lives of everyone in the neighborhood: the truth about what happened to the home’s previous owner.”Mike Olenick focuses on forbidden desire, reproduction, transformation, and outer space in his projects. Mike’s films have streamed on Mubi, aired on Dutch television, and won awards at the Slamdance Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival. He studied photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and has edited films and videos with Guy Maddin, the Quay Brothers, Kelly Reichardt, Sadie Benning, and Jennifer Reeder.”“Beyond the Darkness,” Shane Wheeler
A modern sorcerer must save his friends from a dark dimension, but to succeed he must overcome his own suicidal depression.
“Trained as a biologist, Shane Wheeler wrote his first screenplay while working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea. Since then, he’s written, directed, and produced a number of award-winning shorts, as well as features Captive of a Death Mask (2012) & Stabbing with Frank (2016). Wheeler is a filmmaker raised in Brownstown, Michigan.”
“Black Bats,” Rick Spears
Feeling cast out from society, two teens begin a relationship under the belief that they’re transforming into monsters. What begins as a fantasy ends with horrific consequences as they both lose touch with reality.
“Rick Spears is mostly known for his comic book writing, having published eleven graphic novels and numerous comics including Teenager from Mars and Dead West. Rick has also written and directed a handful of award-winning short films. Black Bats will be his first feature.”
“In the Night,” Joshua Erkman
A 24-year-old running from his past starts a new job picking up the dead for a mortuary and begins to suspect powerful sinister forces are closing in on him.
“Joshua Erkman is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, a USC graduate, and drummer for La punk band Lamps.”
“Lovespell,” Courtney and Hillary Andujar
A teenage girl in Hawaii casts a dark spell that unlocks something sinister within herself.
“Courtney and Hillary Andujar are identical twins who grew up at punk shows and in diners in Texas. Courtney is a writer and designer who has collaborated with artists and activists such as Yoko Ono, Paul Chan, and Julian Assange. Hillary is an art director who has worked internationally with Tim Burton, David Lynch, and The Wachowskis.”
“Polybius,” Hunter Stephenson
It’s the summer of 1984 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The only thing booming louder than the arcades is the aircraft over Fort Bragg. A hip babysitter named Tiffany is determined to show the brothers Carmack the parent-free weekend of their lives. But her reality is bleeped when the younger brother, a vidiot ‘sperger named Palmer, is snatched after encountering a pylon-like arcade cabinet. Joined by a skeleton crüe, it’s up to Tiffany to kick ass, chew bubblegum and fore’s destroy this trippy gamer-gateway to hell.
“Hunter Stephenson is a Scottish punk. He is also a writer/producer based east of the Rockies. His recent Noisey doc-series Hot Sugar’s Cold World received the Honorable Mention at Hot Docs 2015, and was executive produced by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, and Danny McBride.”
“The Eyes,” Will Forbes
In 1970’s Upstate New York, there is a local legend of The Eyes, a spirit in the woods of the Catskill Mountains that consumes the souls of the lost and weary. When the favorite uncle of three local kids dies suddenly and under mysterious circumstances at the edge of those woods, the kids set out on a mission to discover the horrifying truth.
“Will Forbes has been composing and producing music for visual media for nearly a decade, until he realized the best way to achieve his goal of scoring horror films was to start making them himself. Originally from Upstate New York, he currently lives in Inglewood, CA with a cat and a tortoise.”
“The Sound of Darkness,” Melody Cooper
A blind musician and a deaf sculptor are haunted by a woman only they can see and hear, who leads them to take on an epic battle against terrifying legacy of racial violence and evil.
“Melody Cooper is a screenwriter, director and producer of Horror and Afrofuturism, and Winner of the 2016 Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition with her horror feature Monstrous, which also won Third Place at Slamdance. She is directing the supernatural thriller The Sound Of Darkness this summer.”
“Un-Seen,” Lucy Cruell
Some things once seen, cannot be unseen.
“Lucy Cruell is a graduate with honors from Duke University and Harvard Law School. Lucy has also been a published short story author, film critic for multiple publications, and entrepreneur. Her screenplays and pilots have won over three dozen awards and festivals including Shriekfest. She is now a full time writer, director, and starving artist.”
“What Happens Next Will Scare You,” Chris Lamartina
On the verge of losing their jobs, a group of click-bait journalists struggle to compile their scariest viral videos for a Halloween listicle, but when a cursed entry brings malevolent forces into their reality, our social media junkies must figure out they’re sharing harmful content before they become victims of their own monsters. “Chris Lamartina is a Baltimore filmmaker and has been delivering high concepts on low budgets, blending horror and comedy with such films as “Call Girl of Cthulhu” and “Wnuf Halloween Special” since 2007. With a curious knack for finding humor in the weird, Lamartina’s films have been critically acclaimed-playing film festivals across the globe, and garnering coverage by NPR, the New York Times, and MTV.” Related stories'31' Trailer: Rob Zombie Returns With Carnies Who Have Twelve Hours To Survive10 Horror Filmmakers Overdue to Make New FeaturesThe 20 Best Horror Films of the Last 20 Years...
“Like a vampire, I feed off of the enthusiasm of young talent; it is invigorating to encounter new voices in the horror genre and to find out what motivates young minds to explore the art of the macabre,” said director and Master-in-Residence Larry Fessenden.
Throughout the course of the program, the fellows will be able to learn from and work with a team of Masters-in-Residence, headed by Shudder curator Sam Zimmerman, Fessenden, writer Clay McLeod Chapman and AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan. The program’s benefits, however, aren’t contained to the program alone. After the filmmakers have left the lab, they will each receive $5000 in grants and be mentored by a Master-in-Residence for an additional year.
Shudder Labs is currently running from June 13th to June 18th at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
The filmmakers, and their projects, of the first ever Shudder Labs are:
“As the Dust Settles,” Mike Olenick
An asteroid carrying the seeds of alien life crashes down in the neighborhood where a young couple is buying a house from a dishonest realtor. When the couple settles into their new home, they unpack a secret that will change the lives of everyone in the neighborhood: the truth about what happened to the home’s previous owner.”Mike Olenick focuses on forbidden desire, reproduction, transformation, and outer space in his projects. Mike’s films have streamed on Mubi, aired on Dutch television, and won awards at the Slamdance Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival. He studied photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and has edited films and videos with Guy Maddin, the Quay Brothers, Kelly Reichardt, Sadie Benning, and Jennifer Reeder.”“Beyond the Darkness,” Shane Wheeler
A modern sorcerer must save his friends from a dark dimension, but to succeed he must overcome his own suicidal depression.
“Trained as a biologist, Shane Wheeler wrote his first screenplay while working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea. Since then, he’s written, directed, and produced a number of award-winning shorts, as well as features Captive of a Death Mask (2012) & Stabbing with Frank (2016). Wheeler is a filmmaker raised in Brownstown, Michigan.”
“Black Bats,” Rick Spears
Feeling cast out from society, two teens begin a relationship under the belief that they’re transforming into monsters. What begins as a fantasy ends with horrific consequences as they both lose touch with reality.
“Rick Spears is mostly known for his comic book writing, having published eleven graphic novels and numerous comics including Teenager from Mars and Dead West. Rick has also written and directed a handful of award-winning short films. Black Bats will be his first feature.”
“In the Night,” Joshua Erkman
A 24-year-old running from his past starts a new job picking up the dead for a mortuary and begins to suspect powerful sinister forces are closing in on him.
“Joshua Erkman is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, a USC graduate, and drummer for La punk band Lamps.”
“Lovespell,” Courtney and Hillary Andujar
A teenage girl in Hawaii casts a dark spell that unlocks something sinister within herself.
“Courtney and Hillary Andujar are identical twins who grew up at punk shows and in diners in Texas. Courtney is a writer and designer who has collaborated with artists and activists such as Yoko Ono, Paul Chan, and Julian Assange. Hillary is an art director who has worked internationally with Tim Burton, David Lynch, and The Wachowskis.”
“Polybius,” Hunter Stephenson
It’s the summer of 1984 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The only thing booming louder than the arcades is the aircraft over Fort Bragg. A hip babysitter named Tiffany is determined to show the brothers Carmack the parent-free weekend of their lives. But her reality is bleeped when the younger brother, a vidiot ‘sperger named Palmer, is snatched after encountering a pylon-like arcade cabinet. Joined by a skeleton crüe, it’s up to Tiffany to kick ass, chew bubblegum and fore’s destroy this trippy gamer-gateway to hell.
“Hunter Stephenson is a Scottish punk. He is also a writer/producer based east of the Rockies. His recent Noisey doc-series Hot Sugar’s Cold World received the Honorable Mention at Hot Docs 2015, and was executive produced by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, and Danny McBride.”
“The Eyes,” Will Forbes
In 1970’s Upstate New York, there is a local legend of The Eyes, a spirit in the woods of the Catskill Mountains that consumes the souls of the lost and weary. When the favorite uncle of three local kids dies suddenly and under mysterious circumstances at the edge of those woods, the kids set out on a mission to discover the horrifying truth.
“Will Forbes has been composing and producing music for visual media for nearly a decade, until he realized the best way to achieve his goal of scoring horror films was to start making them himself. Originally from Upstate New York, he currently lives in Inglewood, CA with a cat and a tortoise.”
“The Sound of Darkness,” Melody Cooper
A blind musician and a deaf sculptor are haunted by a woman only they can see and hear, who leads them to take on an epic battle against terrifying legacy of racial violence and evil.
“Melody Cooper is a screenwriter, director and producer of Horror and Afrofuturism, and Winner of the 2016 Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition with her horror feature Monstrous, which also won Third Place at Slamdance. She is directing the supernatural thriller The Sound Of Darkness this summer.”
“Un-Seen,” Lucy Cruell
Some things once seen, cannot be unseen.
“Lucy Cruell is a graduate with honors from Duke University and Harvard Law School. Lucy has also been a published short story author, film critic for multiple publications, and entrepreneur. Her screenplays and pilots have won over three dozen awards and festivals including Shriekfest. She is now a full time writer, director, and starving artist.”
“What Happens Next Will Scare You,” Chris Lamartina
On the verge of losing their jobs, a group of click-bait journalists struggle to compile their scariest viral videos for a Halloween listicle, but when a cursed entry brings malevolent forces into their reality, our social media junkies must figure out they’re sharing harmful content before they become victims of their own monsters. “Chris Lamartina is a Baltimore filmmaker and has been delivering high concepts on low budgets, blending horror and comedy with such films as “Call Girl of Cthulhu” and “Wnuf Halloween Special” since 2007. With a curious knack for finding humor in the weird, Lamartina’s films have been critically acclaimed-playing film festivals across the globe, and garnering coverage by NPR, the New York Times, and MTV.” Related stories'31' Trailer: Rob Zombie Returns With Carnies Who Have Twelve Hours To Survive10 Horror Filmmakers Overdue to Make New FeaturesThe 20 Best Horror Films of the Last 20 Years...
- 6/15/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
The Quay Brothers In 35Mm screens this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (April 22nd. 23rd, and 24th) at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E. Lockwood, Webster Groves, Mo 63119). The program begins each evening at 7:30.
Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade including Inception, Interstellar and his Batman trilogy. The filmmaker’s newest project has nothing to do with his own films. Screening this weekend at Webster University, The Quay Brothers In 35mm is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, Quay, the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most visionary animators working in cinema today.
The program consists of Nolan’s 8-minute documentary about the Quays and three shorts by the Brothers Quay:
In Absentia...
Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade including Inception, Interstellar and his Batman trilogy. The filmmaker’s newest project has nothing to do with his own films. Screening this weekend at Webster University, The Quay Brothers In 35mm is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, Quay, the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most visionary animators working in cinema today.
The program consists of Nolan’s 8-minute documentary about the Quays and three shorts by the Brothers Quay:
In Absentia...
- 4/19/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Guy Maddin with Kim Morgan in photo booth in Yves Montmayeur's The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin
The director of Michael H - Profession: Director, the documentary about Michael Haneke which features Jean-Louis Trintignant, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Béatrice Dalle, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, is off to Beijing, Taipei and Tokyo. Yves Montmayeur has his sights on Shu Qi (Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin), Michelle Yeoh and Cheng Pei-Pei (Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhao Wei (Ma Jingle and Dong Wei's Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior) and Eihi Shiina (Audition, Tokyo Gore Police) for his "new documentary film on 'Amazons in the Asian Pop Culture'! Or how Asian warrior women are dealing with martial arts and feminism."
The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin director Yves Montmayeur Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
His latest film, The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin, which stars Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Kenneth Anger, John Waters,...
The director of Michael H - Profession: Director, the documentary about Michael Haneke which features Jean-Louis Trintignant, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Béatrice Dalle, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, is off to Beijing, Taipei and Tokyo. Yves Montmayeur has his sights on Shu Qi (Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin), Michelle Yeoh and Cheng Pei-Pei (Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhao Wei (Ma Jingle and Dong Wei's Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior) and Eihi Shiina (Audition, Tokyo Gore Police) for his "new documentary film on 'Amazons in the Asian Pop Culture'! Or how Asian warrior women are dealing with martial arts and feminism."
The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin director Yves Montmayeur Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
His latest film, The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin, which stars Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Kenneth Anger, John Waters,...
- 1/20/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Those prone to mental disturbances and nightmares, or possess a fear of dolls, dirt or general unpleasantries would do well to avoid the Brothers Quay and the bulk of their unconscious unfurling oeuvre, but everyone else is due a hearty recommendation. Take it from Christopher Nolan, who recently wrapped a documentary, simply titled Quay, on the mysterious identical twin directors and curated a selection of 35mm prints of their work to hit the road on a new theatrical tour. Like so many others, Nolan caught a stray Quay film on British cable by accident, and unable to catch the names of its creators through the swirl of credits in beautifully stylized calligraphy, was haunted by its alluring, impenetrable imagery.
From their minutely detailed and grittily textured beginnings in the early ’80s with films like The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, in which a professor literally empties the head of his student,...
From their minutely detailed and grittily textured beginnings in the early ’80s with films like The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, in which a professor literally empties the head of his student,...
- 12/15/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
There are few names in the film world that mass audiences both recognize and give some sort of connotation to. Martin Scorsese. Steven Spielberg. Michael Bay. All of these names are not only recognizable to just about 100% of any particular audience entering a cinema, but instantly bring to mind the type of picture one would expect to see come from them. However, not all filmmakers have the pleasure of being the world-changing, name brand cinematic legends that few like the men named within this paragraph are, despite deserving that (and so very much more). So, in turn, some curation may be needed as not only an introduction to a singular cinematic universe, but also a perfect entry point into a world that cinephiles may not have been introduced to.
That’s what makes the work that Zeitgeist Films, Syncopy and beloved filmmaker Christopher Nolan have done with regards to their...
That’s what makes the work that Zeitgeist Films, Syncopy and beloved filmmaker Christopher Nolan have done with regards to their...
- 12/2/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
If you are a fan of traditional stop-motion animation, there’s a good chance you’ve seen some of the delightfully bizarre work of the Quay brothers. Stephen and Timothy, identical twins from Philadelphia, made their mark after directing several breathtaking animated shorts in Europe, creating disturbing worlds inhabited by decaying, hand-made puppets that often reference esoteric works of literature, music, and art. Unmistakable in their idiosyncratic visions, their unique style became a staple in art house cinema and influenced a generation of filmmakers and animators. While much of their work was difficult to find outside the festival circuit or the occasional museum retrospective, that’s changed with a new, pristine Blu-ray release of their collected shorts distributed by Zeitgeist films.
Featuring their breakthrough film Street of Crocodiles, a collection of their MTV-commissioned shorts Stille Nacht, and their most recent works, Through The Weeping Glass and Unmistaken Hands, as well as many more,...
Featuring their breakthrough film Street of Crocodiles, a collection of their MTV-commissioned shorts Stille Nacht, and their most recent works, Through The Weeping Glass and Unmistaken Hands, as well as many more,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
The Quay Brothers, or The Brothers Quay as they were introduced to me, have been working in stop-motion for over 3 decades yet most horror fans do not know of them. This could mainly be because their work is in the short film format which is hard to gain a audience outside of film festival circuits. Some light was brought onto them when they made the cover for the Canadian horror magazine, Rue Morgue, back in November of 2005 – along with other stop-motion artists like Robert Morgan (The Separation from ABCs of Death 2) and Jan Svankmajer. Earlier this year, director Christopher Nolan took on the project of compiling some of the shorts from The Quay Brothers over their 30 years of filmmaking in addition to Nolan’s short documentary on the brothers. If you weren’t lucky enough to see this collection, which was only exhibited via 35mm, the good news is that...
- 10/27/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Christopher Nolan's follow up to "Interstellar," "Quay," a documentary short about filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay, is but one of the many highlights of "The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films," a new Blu-ray due Nov. 24. The London-based identical twins and stop motion animators, born in Norristown, Penn. in 1947, have long-flourished outside the mainstream bubble, contributing to stage plays and paying homage to their favorite obscure directors, including surrealist Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer in a 1984 short. "Duke of Burgundy" director Peter Strickland told us in an interview that "Street of Crocodiles" is one of his favorite films, and here's why: "I don't understand it at all but that's one of my favorite films. Mood and atmosphere: you can't put a price on that, you can't put it on the page. It's really about going with those highs and lows, almost like music in a sense." Nolan, whose...
- 10/27/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: Why 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm' is One of Christopher Nolan's Greatest Accomplishments One of the the year's biggest treats for cinephiles was Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy's "The Quay Brothers in 35mm," a 70-minute program curated by Christopher Nolan that included three stop-motion animations from brothers Stephen and Timothy Quay, along with Nolan's own short film about their production process. The collection, screened exclusively on 35mm, has been touring the country since early September and wraps up tonight at the Tiff Bell Lightbox Theater in Toronto. Fortunately, anyone that missed these must-see shorts, and Nolan's documentary "Quay," are in luck as the distributors have announced the program's Blu-ray release for November 24. In addition to the films screened during the national tour, the Blu-ray will also include 12 more shorts from the Quay Brothers. Bonus features include audio commentary from the directors, plus a 28-page booklet that...
- 10/27/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
We begin today's roundup with links to interviews with Wim Wenders, Sebastián Silva, and Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, talking about their documentary about Ousmane Sembene. We also feature a new essay on Jean-Luc Godard, an assessment of the Back to the Future trilogy, and an excerpt from Terry Gilliam's new memoir. Plus Edgar G. Ulmer and Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay in Chicago, Martin Scorsese in Paris and Želimir Žilnik in Lisbon. And news of projects in the works by Agnieszka Holland, Terrence Malick, Lee Daniels and more. » - David Hudson...
- 10/21/2015
- Keyframe
We begin today's roundup with links to interviews with Wim Wenders, Sebastián Silva, and Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, talking about their documentary about Ousmane Sembene. We also feature a new essay on Jean-Luc Godard, an assessment of the Back to the Future trilogy, and an excerpt from Terry Gilliam's new memoir. Plus Edgar G. Ulmer and Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay in Chicago, Martin Scorsese in Paris and Želimir Žilnik in Lisbon. And news of projects in the works by Agnieszka Holland, Terrence Malick, Lee Daniels and more. » - David Hudson...
- 10/21/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
At some point, Tom Hanks appointed himself the official chronicler of America in the late '50s and early '60s, with occasional digressions to earlier eras in case of world wars. I am perfectly fine with that, and I particularly like it when he and Steven Spielberg collaborate on these things. I am especially fond of "Catch Me If You Can," and while I expected something more on the "Munich"/"Saving Private Ryan" end of the scale, I was pleased to see that "Spies" is not a thriller so much as an ode to both American diplomacy and the tradition of moral movie fathers along the lines of Atticus Finch. In fact, there's a good deal of "To Kill A Mockingbird" in the script credited to Matt Charman and Joel & Ethan Coen. Tom Hanks plays James B. Donovan, an insurance lawyer who is asked to do his patriotic duty...
- 10/16/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
When you plonk down your $12 at the local multiplex, the expectation is that for the next couple of hours you are not only going to be taken to another world, you are going to be part of an event that can't be duplicated at home. In theory, anyway. However, with the rise of digital prints and in some cases, even Blu-rays, being shown instead of traditional film prints, Christopher Nolan warns that the cinema experience is being devalued to a possible point of no return. Speaking at BFI London Film Festival’s Lff Connects talk, the filmmaker — who most recently shot "Interstellar" on 35mm and 70mm IMAX, and presented 35mm screenings of short films by the Quay Brothers — sounded the alarm about the state of going to the movies. “For some reason, it’s become acceptable to say — we’re providing an empty room with a TV in it for you to watch a film,...
- 10/12/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
If Christoper Nolan recently borrowed a chapter of the Mayles playbook with his all-too-brief Quay Brothers documentary, quietly observing events unfolding without cinematic editorializing, perhaps one could argue Paul Thomas Anderson pulled out a looseleaf page from cinéma vérité giant Les Blank for his debut doc, “Junun.” While neither as rollicking or rambunctious as Blank’s films, there’s a spiritual connection to “Junun,” a free-form, vibrant documentary about an album recorded by a supergroup of musicians in Northern India that doesn’t feel the need for formal narrative. Maybe it’s as simple as the innate sense that, just like Blank does in his work, Anderson is sitting on the fringes, soaking up the infectious energy and loving every second of what he’s now become part of. Documenting an album recorded by Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, Radiohead multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood, and the 15-plus motley crew of Indian folk musicians known.
- 10/9/2015
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
"When the late movie critic Gene Siskel asked Martin Scorsese what he believed to be the most emblematic image from his body of work, Scorsese’s answer was simple: the title sequence of Raging Bull." The Art of the Title talks with designer Dan Perri. Also in today's roundup: Peter Greenaway on Street of Crocodiles by Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, an extract from Akira Kurosawa's autobiography, Film International on Federico Fellini's La dolce vita and Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth, Movie Mezzanine on Stanley Kubrick's Killer's Kiss and Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 9/29/2015
- Keyframe
"When the late movie critic Gene Siskel asked Martin Scorsese what he believed to be the most emblematic image from his body of work, Scorsese’s answer was simple: the title sequence of Raging Bull." The Art of the Title talks with designer Dan Perri. Also in today's roundup: Peter Greenaway on Street of Crocodiles by Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, an extract from Akira Kurosawa's autobiography, Film International on Federico Fellini's La dolce vita and Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth, Movie Mezzanine on Stanley Kubrick's Killer's Kiss and Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 9/29/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"What's most remarkable about Chocolat (1988), Claire Denis's first feature, is the degree to which her superb command of the sensuous is already apparent," writes Melissa Anderson in the Voice. More goings on rounded up today: Retrospectives of work by Curtis Harrington, Maurice Pialat, Lynne Sachs, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, an exhibition built around Matthew Barney's epic River of Fundament, "Scintillating 16mm" in San Francisco and capsule reviews of Josef von Sternberg's Underworld, Alexander Mackendrick's The Sweet Smell of Success, Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D. and Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary. » - David Hudson...
- 9/17/2015
- Keyframe
"What's most remarkable about Chocolat (1988), Claire Denis's first feature, is the degree to which her superb command of the sensuous is already apparent," writes Melissa Anderson in the Voice. More goings on rounded up today: Retrospectives of work by Curtis Harrington, Maurice Pialat, Lynne Sachs, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, an exhibition built around Matthew Barney's epic River of Fundament, "Scintillating 16mm" in San Francisco and capsule reviews of Josef von Sternberg's Underworld, Alexander Mackendrick's The Sweet Smell of Success, Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D. and Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary. » - David Hudson...
- 9/17/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Christopher Nolan: Next movie has release date. Next Christopher Nolan movie release date Warner Bros. will release the first post-Interstellar Christopher Nolan movie on July 21, '17. The film has yet to be baptized. Warners, which began its days as the Rin Tin Tin studio, also released Nolan's Batman trilogy movies, which collected $2.463 billion worldwide. Besides, the studio handled the sorta sci-fier Inception (2010), which took in $825.53 million, in addition to earning a Best Picture Academy Award nomination. The outright sci-fier Interstellar, which received mixed-to-unenthusiastic reviews in North America, opened in Nov. 2014. The film went on to gross $675.02 million worldwide, $188.02 million of which in the U.S. and Canada. Paramount handled the domestic release, while Warners took care of the international distribution. Mystery Movie As for Nolan's upcoming effort, in case there is a screenplay (or a blueprint of one) or any prospective cast members, no details have been given out so far.
- 9/9/2015
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
We’re a little less than a year on from “Interstellar,” which had an unusually mixed response for a Christopher Nolan film. Reviews were strong, but more mixed than he’s used to (the film has 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, the helmer’s lowest score), and a hoped-for awards run never materialized. U.S. box-office underwhelmed slightly too — $188 million is nothing to be sniffed at, but it’s his lowest-grossing film in the States since “Insomnia.” Still, for a film seen as a disappointment by some (and as is often the case with his work, it improves with repeat viewings), it was still a huge success, taking close to $700 million worldwide, a giant sum for a film that was difficult, deeply personal and not based on an existing property. Nolan’s spent the time since the release boosting his cinephile cred by making a short documentary on the Quay Brothers and...
- 9/9/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Set your calendars for summer 2017 for when we will take out next journey with Christopher Nolan.
The studio announced on Tuesday that The Dark Knight, and most recently Interstellar, director will be releasing his next film on July 21, 2017. No word on what the project is, but Warner Bros. is already getting the anticipation high for the acclaimed filmmaker.
Nolan has still been churning out hits with his most recent, Interstellar, being a hit for the studio after he completed his Batman trilogy. As of now, his new film will premiere on the same day as Pitch Perfect 3 and Luc Besson’s Valerian.
While Nolan hasn’t said what the film will be about, he is at that level where he doesn’t have to. Interstellar, and to an extent Inception, showed that people will flock to whatever he comes up with and the studio realizes this. His most recent work...
The studio announced on Tuesday that The Dark Knight, and most recently Interstellar, director will be releasing his next film on July 21, 2017. No word on what the project is, but Warner Bros. is already getting the anticipation high for the acclaimed filmmaker.
Nolan has still been churning out hits with his most recent, Interstellar, being a hit for the studio after he completed his Batman trilogy. As of now, his new film will premiere on the same day as Pitch Perfect 3 and Luc Besson’s Valerian.
While Nolan hasn’t said what the film will be about, he is at that level where he doesn’t have to. Interstellar, and to an extent Inception, showed that people will flock to whatever he comes up with and the studio realizes this. His most recent work...
- 9/9/2015
- by Zach Dennis
- SoundOnSight
It’s not often the announcement of a release date gets to be big news, but when it’s the release date of Christopher Nolan’s latest film, you can understand exactly why. Warner Bros. have announced the Auber-popular director’s next project will be joining their 2017 release slate, which includes Wonder Woman, Justice League Part One, Ninjago, and the Andy Serkis directed Jungle Book: Origins. What they failed to mention was what this movie will be, leaving us all in the dark of what it’s about, who’s in it, or what genre it exists in. But the the announcement of a Christopher Nolan, no matter what it is, is a cause for celebration. He hasn’t been resting around the house since the release of Interstellar last year, having directed a documentary short focusing on stop-motion filmmakers Stephan and Timothy Quay, but any details of his latest...
- 9/9/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
The next time you can watch a brand-new Christopher Nolan feature film will be July 21, 2017, THR reports. The unnamed project will find a home with Warner Bros., and will open in an already claustrophobic blockbuster summer (between the next Spider-Man and the next Planet of the Apes — yes, that will be the best summer in history, maybe). And that's about all that's known now because Nolan, in typical Nolan fashion, has asked that all other details about the movie be kept under wraps. So for now, you can either keep convincing yourself that he's coming out with a live-action reboot of Wall-e starring Tars that will surprise-drop next year, or — if you really need a dose of Nolan, as well as reality — you can check out Quay, his short about stop-motion animators and twin brothers Stephen and Timothy Quay. (EW notes that it will be available on Blu-ray on October...
- 9/9/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Above: Franciszek Starowieyski’s 1970 poster for Mademoiselle (Tony Richardson, UK/France, 1966).In Christopher Nolan’s new short film about the Quay Brothers (titled—with Nolan’s predilection for mono-nomenclature—simply Quay) he gives us a clue to some of the twin animators’ influences in the film’s opening shots. After drawing back the curtains in their curiosity shop of a studio, Timothy Quay opens a glass cupboard to remove a book. Blink and you’ll miss it, but on the shelves are books on Marcel Duchamp, Spanish sculptor Juan Muñoz, Czech artists Jan Zrzavy, Vlastislav Hofman and Jindrich Heisler, and—most prominently—a book on Polish artist Franciszek Starowieyski.I wrote a few years ago about the Quays’ love of Polish film posters and Franciszek Starowieyski (1930-2009) is one of the indisputable later masters of the Polish school. From the mid 50s until the late 80s he produced some 100 film...
- 8/30/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Christopher Nolan is among the filmmakers headlining the 2015 BFI London Film Festival's first-ever Lff Connects, a new series of provocative conversations about the future of film and its impact on other creative industries, from TV and music to art, games and technology. Nolan and artist Tacita Dean, celebrated for her grand-scale Tate Modern exhibition Film in 2011, will launch the talks on Friday, October 9 at the BFI Southbank in a conversation about the importance of film projection—which is something Nolan has long-advocated with his films including 70mm-exhibited "Interstellar," and his position on the board of Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation. Christoper Nolan most recently premiered his new documentary "Quay," about identical twin stop-motion animators The Quay Brothers, in New York. Read More: Cate Blanchett to Receive BFI Honor They will be joined by Austrian Film Museum director Alexander Horwath, an expert on film preservation and archiving....
- 8/28/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Whatever is in the air that led to three major filmmakers doing low key or even “secret” documentaries this year, we love it. Christopher Nolan just debuted Quay, his 8-minute short about animators the Quay Brothers. Noah Baumbach worked with Jake Paltrow on De Palma, a portrait of director Brian De Palma which will premiere at the […]
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- 8/21/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Read More: Christopher Nolan and Zeitgeist Films to Release 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm' in 11-City Theatrical Tour Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade, bringing viewers into the labyrinths of the mind and turning a superhero film into one of the defining works of the 21st century, yet the most important thing the filmmaker has done might not have anything to do with his own heralded oeuvre. Opening last night at Film Forum in New York City, "The Quay Brothers in 35mm" is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, "Quay," the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most singular visionaries working in cinema today. Nolan has done a major miracle for cinephiles with this miraculous 35mm production.
- 8/20/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
While they are now lifelong, inveterate expats, the Quay Brothers — identical twins, Stephen and Timothy, now 68 — should probably be seen as American national treasures. Experimental, avant-garde stop motion animators with a surrealist, Mitteleuropa and Kafka-esque aesthetic that recalls the make-believe scenario where David Lynch, obscurant Czech animator Jan Švankmajer, German Expressionists, silent era auteurs like Carl Dryer and Terry Gilliam had a dinner party and dreamt up twisted scenarios where handmade, but decayed and discarded marionettes are trapped in esoteric, entrancing netherworlds of dark imagination. In mainstream culture, you may have seen their eccentric, beautifully creepy work here and there; music videos for His Name Is Alive and Michael Penn, an animated segment within the Oscar-nominated “Frida” film, some contributions to Peter Gabriel’s iconic “Sledgehammer” video (that they've since disavowed), but much like their marginalized and damaged...
- 8/20/2015
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
It’s a cliche to say that there aren’t many filmmakers quite like insert-director’s name, but in the case of the American identical directing duo known as the Quay Brothers, there truly isn’t another voice in the world of cinema that is quite like theirs.
For over 30 years, the pair of Pennsylvania-born filmmakers have been turning out some of cinema’s most original and breathtakingly unforgettable feature films, mixing a love for Eastern European literature with an equally deep affinity for puppetry and stop motion animation. Marked by a dark sense of humor and an assured hand in mixing live action and animation, the Brothers Quay have, with films like The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes, become some of the most interesting names in the world of film, genre be damned.
However, as the medium of short film becomes more and more widespread and well regarded, a new...
For over 30 years, the pair of Pennsylvania-born filmmakers have been turning out some of cinema’s most original and breathtakingly unforgettable feature films, mixing a love for Eastern European literature with an equally deep affinity for puppetry and stop motion animation. Marked by a dark sense of humor and an assured hand in mixing live action and animation, the Brothers Quay have, with films like The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes, become some of the most interesting names in the world of film, genre be damned.
However, as the medium of short film becomes more and more widespread and well regarded, a new...
- 8/19/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
In today's roundup: Jonathan Rosenbaum's interviews with Mark Rappaport and Béla Tarr and his review of Peter Watkins's La Commune (Paris, 1871); two new books on Stanley Kubrick, one on The Shining, the other on 2001: A Space Odyssey; reviews of Criterion's new release of François Truffaut's Day for Night; "Straight Outta Compton’s revisionist history"; interviews with Jerry Schatzberg, Lily Tomlin, Joe Dante and John Magary; a tribute to Mike Leigh; Christopher Nolan's admiration for Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay; a listener's guide to Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 8/19/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup: Jonathan Rosenbaum's interviews with Mark Rappaport and Béla Tarr and his review of Peter Watkins's La Commune (Paris, 1871); two new books on Stanley Kubrick, one on The Shining, the other on 2001: A Space Odyssey; reviews of Criterion's new release of François Truffaut's Day for Night; "Straight Outta Compton’s revisionist history"; interviews with Jerry Schatzberg, Lily Tomlin, Joe Dante and John Magary; a tribute to Mike Leigh; Christopher Nolan's admiration for Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay; a listener's guide to Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 8/19/2015
- Keyframe
Massive news today for fans of creepy, old-school animators, The Quay Brothers, who've influenced at least one whole generation of other creepy filmmakers and storytellers, including Christoper Nolan.Partnering with Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy, Nolan and the Quays are embarking on a Us tour of select Quay Brothers' films entitled The Quay Brothers in 35mm. Featuring Street of Crocodiles, The Comb, and In Absentia, the films are curated by Nolan, and this tour includes his new short film, Quay, "about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio." Audiences will be treated to "a 70-minute program featuring stunning new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, alongside the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's short film Quay, will make its debut in a...
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- 8/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
We're huge fans of animators Timothy and Stephen Quay around these parts. The filmmakers have been creating haunting stop motion films since the 80's. Their work, as curated by Christopher Nolan, is headed on tour and presented in 35mm film. Films being presented include Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Streets of Crocodiles (1986),
Along with their films, Their a short documentary titled "Quay" will show. Quay is directed Nolan.
Following a New York run, The Quay Brothers in 35mm will travel to 10 cities including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), Los Angeles (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 9/17), Cleveland (Cleveland Cinematheque, 9/24-27), Boston (Brat [Continued ...]...
Along with their films, Their a short documentary titled "Quay" will show. Quay is directed Nolan.
Following a New York run, The Quay Brothers in 35mm will travel to 10 cities including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), Los Angeles (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 9/17), Cleveland (Cleveland Cinematheque, 9/24-27), Boston (Brat [Continued ...]...
- 8/12/2015
- QuietEarth.us
For anyone who is eager for a new Christopher Nolan project, your need may just be satiated. It was announced last month that Nolan’s short documentary about the Quay brothers was complete and would be featured in an 11-city theatrical tour, entitled The Quay Brothers in 35mm, that Nolan curated. And the trailer for the tour has been released, and it looks like it’s going to be a creepy good time.
Now not everyone may be familiar with brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay, two American animators who have been creating stop motion films since the 80s. By the looks of the trailer, the works of the Quay brothers are haunting and riveting creations that deserve to be celebrated. Their films that will be featured in this tour are In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991), and Streets of Crocodiles (1986), along with Nolan’s short documentary titled Quay. For more information on the tour,...
Now not everyone may be familiar with brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay, two American animators who have been creating stop motion films since the 80s. By the looks of the trailer, the works of the Quay brothers are haunting and riveting creations that deserve to be celebrated. Their films that will be featured in this tour are In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991), and Streets of Crocodiles (1986), along with Nolan’s short documentary titled Quay. For more information on the tour,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Sarah Pearce Lord
- SoundOnSight
Christopher Nolan surprised pretty much all of us last month when we found out his next project was already completed, though as a short documentary about stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay it is less notable than, say, a full-fledged feature film followup to last year's sci-fi epic Interstellar. No matter, while Nolan continues developing his next feature, a trailer for The Quay Brothers in 35mm has debuted, teasing a presentation of three of the Quays' short films and Nolan's documentary Quay, which you can check out below. The Quay Brothers in 35mm includes a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of In Absentia, The Comb and Street of Crocodiles and a presentation of Nolan's short, which takes a look at the inner workings of the Quay brothers' studio. The program will make a one week run in New York and then expand to 10 additional cities ahead of an...
- 8/11/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
What's Christopher Nolan been doing these last few months? Well, he just finished a draft on an undisclosed screenplay (see below), so details will surely surface about that soon. But in the meantime, Nolan's directed a new short film called "Quay" about his admiration for the acclaimed Quay Brothers (Stephen and Timothy Quay) and the inner workings of their London-based animators' studio. Known for their beautifully creepy stop-motion animation work (no, those famous Tool videos from the 1990s are not by the Quay brothers work, but made my animators directly influenced by their work). Nolan has been such an admirer of their works for years, he's curating and putting on an upcoming retrospective of their films. Last month Nolan's Syncopy Films and Zeitgeist announced an 11-city Quay Brothers theatrical tour followed by a Blu-ray compilation of their films. Nolan and the siblings will make in-person appearances in select markets starting August 19th in New York.
- 8/11/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Get ready for a master class in stop-motion animation taught by Christopher Nolan. After announcing that Nolan's new short documentary about American animators the Quay Brothers would be premiering in New York City this August, Zeitgeist Films has followed up with a 11-city tour. The screening series will stop at various locations in North America, showing three Quay Brothers films plus Nolan's new doc in 35mm. Along with the news that it might be coming your way sooner than you thought (though everything will be available on Blu-ray this fall), the first teaser trailer has debuted and it's a quick introduction to the Quay Brothers and their animation. This looks like it may be worth your time and money to see in cinemas. Here's the teaser trailer for the The Quay Brothers in 35mm tour, originally embedded from EW.com: The screening series will kick off on August 20th at...
- 8/11/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Read More: Christopher Nolan and Zeitgeist Films to Release 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm' in 11-City Theatrical Tour As Indiewire previously reported, Zeitgeist Films and Christopher Nolan's Syncopy are partnering on a national tour of select Quay Brothers' films, curated by Nolan and including his new short film, "Quay," about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio. "The Quay Brothers in 35mm," which includes a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay and Nolan's "Quay" short film, will make its debut in a one week run at New York City's Film Forum beginning Wednesday, August 19. Nolan and the Quays will be together for opening night discussions, and the Quays will be present throughout the first weekend. The program will then travel to 10 additional cities, including Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago. The tour will be followed by the.
- 8/11/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Quay Brothers: On 35mm, a 70-minute program featuring new prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, will debut in a one-week run at New York's Film Forum on August 19. This includes the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's documentary short "Quay," with Nolan and the Quays on-hand to discuss the works. Nolan handpicked "In Absentia" (2000), "The Comb" (1991) and "Street of Crocodiles" (1986) for this program, which will travel to 10 cities (listed below). "Crocodiles," unfolding an eccentric and nightmarish world populated by a melancholy puppet unfettered by his master, was the Brothers' first film to be shot on 35mm. Read More: Discover the Brothers Quay, Identical Twin Animators Who Inspired Christopher Nolan The program, from Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy, travels to Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), La (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin...
- 8/10/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: Tribeca: Bennett Miller Gets Christopher Nolan to Open Up About the Studio System and His Biggest Fears Zeitgeist Films and Christopher Nolan's Syncopy are partnering on a national tour of select Quay Brothers' films, curated by Nolan and including his new short film, "Quay," about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio. "The Quay Brothers in 35mm," a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, and Nolan's "Quay" will make their debut in a one week run at New York City's Film Forum beginning Wednesday, August 19. Nolan and the Quays will be together for opening night discussions, and the Quays will be present throughout the first weekend. The program will travel to 10 additional cities, including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), La (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse.
- 8/10/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Important News Franchise Fever: Tom Cruise said he won't do Top Gun 2 with CGI jets. Tom Cruise is also working on Edge of Tomorrow 2. Christopher McQuarrie revealed a big stunt idea for Mission: Impossible 6. Ivan Reitman claimed there is only one Ghostbusters movie in the works. Casting Net: Rachel McAdams confirmed she's in talks for Doctor Strange. Chris Pine signed on to play Wonder Woman's love interest. Tommy Lee Jones is joining the next Bourne movie. Jake Gyllenhaal is joining the Boston Marathon bombing movie Stronger. Remake Report: Shaft is being rebooted again as a comedy. New Directors/New Films: Christopher Nolan's next film is a short documentary on the Quay brothers...
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- 8/1/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Tootsie, The Godfather, A Woman Under the Influence, Cinema Paradiso, To Kill a Mockingbird, Annie Hall and Boogie Nights make the top ten in a new poll of actors asked to name the best movies of all time. Writing for the Daily Beast, Nick Schager argues that "there may be no greater pairing" of director and actor right now than that of Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss. Also in today's roundup: Tom Cruise Week at Grantland, Christopher Nolan new short on Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, a Vittorio De Sica season, the latest on what Richard Linklater's up to—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 7/28/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
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