Beyond just movies having to abandon release dates, the current pandemic striking the world is having an effect on numerous parts of the industry. One such element, which we spoke about with filmmaker, journalist, and publicist John Wildman on a recent podcast episode (found here), is the world of film festivals. While the Sundance Film Festival managed to go ahead, pre Covid-19, South by Southwest, the Tribeca Film Festival, and of course the Cannes Film Festival, were canceled/postponed, with some opting for a virtual fest. Now, we have another going the same route in the Toronto International Film Festival. Tiff 2020, planned for September 10th through the 19th, is going to be attempting a hybrid festival, consisting of a virtual presence, as well as some very select in-person screenings. Obviously, that will limit some of the higher profile titles that we normally expect from the fest, but the first wave...
- 6/26/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Listen To All Our Hollywood News Podcasts Happy Sunday, ladies and gentlemen! Once more, before we get down to business of self promotion, it’s important to remember what’s important during times like these. I do sincerely hope all of you are staying safe and sane, despite what’s going on in the world. As a continuing distraction during the Coronavirus pandemic, we want you to relax and enjoy some audio goodness. So, yes, we’re taking one more opportunity to give all of our readers a friendly reminder about the podcast we have here at Hollywood News. Easy to enjoy in short bursts, as the episodes are only about ten minutes long, we have plenty of Academy Award coverage from last year, and now that Oscar season is over, we’ve been moving over into more reviews and interviews, as seen a month or so ago with our...
- 6/14/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
If you don’t know the name John Wildman, you’re missing out. Not only is he a talented filmmaker, Wildman is currently a journalist, as well as one of the most passionate film publicists out there. In particular, his work on film festivals, both big and small, is truly noteworthy. With so much going on in the movie industry right now, in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and in part just due to its needed evolution, it seemed like a perfect time to hop on the phone and get his take. Plus, he’s just a damn interesting guy to talk to. Full of stories, eager to see multiple sides of a debate, and capable of breaking down issues into really accessible packages, he’s a treasure trove of information, as you’re about to hear. Below you can listen to my chat with Wildman. It goes on...
- 6/5/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
My American Cousin
Written and Directed by Sandy Wilson
Canada, 1985
Sandy Wilson’s My American Cousin is an endearing, semi-autobiographical tale centering on one golden summer in a precocious girl’s life. In 1959 British Columbia, 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) lives on a gloriously scenic ranch populated with her family and a group of friends who help out on her father’s cherry orchard. It’s an idyllic setting, but the terminally bored pre-teen is histrionically unimpressed.
“Nothing Ever Happens!” she scrawls in her journal.
But excitement unexpectedly arrives when Sandy’s 17-year-old American cousin Butch (John Wildman) pulls up in a dazzling, red Cadillac convertible. With duck-tail hair, pressed blue jeans, and a pack of cigarettes wrapped in the sleeve of his white t-shirt, he is a walking James Dean clone, which is especially exotic in a town whose theater has yet to play Rebel Without A Cause.
Sandy’s...
Written and Directed by Sandy Wilson
Canada, 1985
Sandy Wilson’s My American Cousin is an endearing, semi-autobiographical tale centering on one golden summer in a precocious girl’s life. In 1959 British Columbia, 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) lives on a gloriously scenic ranch populated with her family and a group of friends who help out on her father’s cherry orchard. It’s an idyllic setting, but the terminally bored pre-teen is histrionically unimpressed.
“Nothing Ever Happens!” she scrawls in her journal.
But excitement unexpectedly arrives when Sandy’s 17-year-old American cousin Butch (John Wildman) pulls up in a dazzling, red Cadillac convertible. With duck-tail hair, pressed blue jeans, and a pack of cigarettes wrapped in the sleeve of his white t-shirt, he is a walking James Dean clone, which is especially exotic in a town whose theater has yet to play Rebel Without A Cause.
Sandy’s...
- 4/7/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
Kent Jones and Anne-Katrin Titze look towards the future of the New York Film Festival. Photo: John Wildman
New York Film Festival Director of Programming and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones and I spoke about his first year at the helm the week before the 51st edition kicks off on September 27. Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass with Tom Hanks will be the opening night film, Ben Stiller's The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is its centerpiece gala, and the festival will close with Spike Jonze's Her on October 13. Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes will be feted this year with gala tributes.
In Part One of our conversation we discuss class distinctions in Like Father, Like Son and La Vie D’Adèle, getting personal with agnès b, and the pacifism of Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises as compared to Kubrick's Paths Of Glory. Thomas Mann, Paul Valéry,...
New York Film Festival Director of Programming and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones and I spoke about his first year at the helm the week before the 51st edition kicks off on September 27. Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass with Tom Hanks will be the opening night film, Ben Stiller's The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is its centerpiece gala, and the festival will close with Spike Jonze's Her on October 13. Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes will be feted this year with gala tributes.
In Part One of our conversation we discuss class distinctions in Like Father, Like Son and La Vie D’Adèle, getting personal with agnès b, and the pacifism of Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises as compared to Kubrick's Paths Of Glory. Thomas Mann, Paul Valéry,...
- 9/23/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has postponed a planned screening of the Tom Cruise thriller Jack Reacher that was slated for Monday night out of respect for the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting. "We are postponing the event out of respect for the victims of the families," said John Wildman, a spokesman for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which is hosting a Tom Cruise retrospective this week. Paramount, distributor of the film based on a popular series of novels by Lee Child, said in a statement that it supported Lincoln Center's decision to postpone the
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- 12/17/2012
- by Daniel Miller
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Happy Feet Two - Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Movie of the Week
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
The Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
The Plot: The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven.
The Buzz: The only drawback to having to choose a movie of the week becomes apparent on weeks such as this one, wherein I have absolutely zero interest in any of the new releases. First of all, I hated what I saw of the first Happy Feet, and the trailer for Happy Feet Two advertises a film which looks to be about as bearable as swallowing a glass full of shards of glass. And so, the...
Happy Feet Two - Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Movie of the Week
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
The Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
The Plot: The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven.
The Buzz: The only drawback to having to choose a movie of the week becomes apparent on weeks such as this one, wherein I have absolutely zero interest in any of the new releases. First of all, I hated what I saw of the first Happy Feet, and the trailer for Happy Feet Two advertises a film which looks to be about as bearable as swallowing a glass full of shards of glass. And so, the...
- 11/16/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
This last Monday, August 8, maestro and auteur Guillermo Del Toro rolled into The Walter Read Theater at Lincoln Center in NYC with the cast and director of the new fright film Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, for the premiere of the movie he has been trying get made since 1998!John Wildman, from the Film Society of Lincoln Center, was kind enough to send these pictures of the event, to share with those tragic geeks (me) who are dying to see the film, but can't travel across country just to see one movie...yet.The film, a remake of a truly creepy 1973 television horror film of the same name, starring Kim Darby (the original True Grit)and Jim Hutton (television's Ellery Queen), finally gets released...
- 8/12/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Wyeth Clarkson's The Mountie will come out in select theatres in Canada on July 1, which happens to be Canada Day.
The story takes place in Whitehorse, Yukon, during the 1894.
According to the film's Facebook page, this is the story:
A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind the crimes he prepares to take them down one by one in the most vicious showdown this town has ever seen.
The film stars Andrew Walker, Jessica Pare, John Wildman, George Buza, Earl Pastko and Tony Munch.
The story takes place in Whitehorse, Yukon, during the 1894.
According to the film's Facebook page, this is the story:
A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind the crimes he prepares to take them down one by one in the most vicious showdown this town has ever seen.
The film stars Andrew Walker, Jessica Pare, John Wildman, George Buza, Earl Pastko and Tony Munch.
- 6/20/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
The Texas Frightmare Weekend ran this past April 29th-May 1st in Dallas, and as Dread Central's only North Texas operative, it fell to me to bring you everything I could from the con. Unfortunately, for the past month I was held captive by an illicit donkey show south of the Border that's also a front for a Satanic drug cult. Just the other day I managed to escape and file this report. Yes, I'm fine now -- but please, don't anyone call me 'Sniffles' or I might suffer a serious relapse.
Texas Frightmare Weekend is one of the biggest horror conventions in Texas; yet, somehow I'd managed to miss it every year I've lived here. This year I wasn't going to let that happen, and my coverage started with live tweets all weekend long so feel free to add me at MrDarkDC on Twitter and read back to see what you missed!
Texas Frightmare Weekend is one of the biggest horror conventions in Texas; yet, somehow I'd managed to miss it every year I've lived here. This year I wasn't going to let that happen, and my coverage started with live tweets all weekend long so feel free to add me at MrDarkDC on Twitter and read back to see what you missed!
- 6/2/2011
- by Mr. Dark
- DreadCentral.com
Anchor Bay Entertainment Sharktopi, Dinosharks and Roger Corman – Anchor Bay at Texas Frightmare Weekend 2011! Anchor Bay Entertainment will showcases their latest DVD/Blu-ray™ releases at the 2011 Texas Frightmare Weekend show. The 2011 Texas Frightmare Weekend, the Southwest’s premier horror convention, and this year Abe is bringing along a certified horror legend – Academy-Award® winning producer/director Roger Corman! Anchor Bay will have a major presence at this year’s show, unveiling and showcasing the latest previews for their upcoming Blu-ray™ and DVD titles!
On Saturday, April 30th at 4pm, legendary director/producer Roger Corman will be the focus of an 30-minute interview and Q&A. Join moderator John Wildman (Film Society of Lincoln Center), as he talks with Roger about his amazing five-decade career, as well as his latest successes with the “monster-hybrid” genre in such films as Sharktopus and Dinoshark, as well as the upcoming July 12th Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Dinocroc vs Supergator.
On Saturday, April 30th at 4pm, legendary director/producer Roger Corman will be the focus of an 30-minute interview and Q&A. Join moderator John Wildman (Film Society of Lincoln Center), as he talks with Roger about his amazing five-decade career, as well as his latest successes with the “monster-hybrid” genre in such films as Sharktopus and Dinoshark, as well as the upcoming July 12th Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Dinocroc vs Supergator.
- 4/29/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
News on the march… I’m going to try to attend this…
Press Release
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Announces Star-studded Presenter Line Up To Honor Sidney Poitier As Recipient Of The 38Th Annual Chaplin Award
Award Will Be Presented May 2Nd At Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY (April 13, 2011) -The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the presenter line up for the upcoming 38th Annual Chaplin Award, being presented to Academy Award-winner Sidney Poitier on the evening of Monday, May 2, 2011 at Alice Tully Hall. The event will be attended by a host of notable guests and celebrities honoring the film legend’s groundbreaking career and will feature film and television clips commemorating his prolific career as both an actor and as a director, culminating in the presentation of The Chaplin Award.
This year’s line up of presenters include – Ben Kingsley, Bill Cosby, Chris Tucker, Dan Aykroyd,...
Press Release
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Announces Star-studded Presenter Line Up To Honor Sidney Poitier As Recipient Of The 38Th Annual Chaplin Award
Award Will Be Presented May 2Nd At Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY (April 13, 2011) -The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the presenter line up for the upcoming 38th Annual Chaplin Award, being presented to Academy Award-winner Sidney Poitier on the evening of Monday, May 2, 2011 at Alice Tully Hall. The event will be attended by a host of notable guests and celebrities honoring the film legend’s groundbreaking career and will feature film and television clips commemorating his prolific career as both an actor and as a director, culminating in the presentation of The Chaplin Award.
This year’s line up of presenters include – Ben Kingsley, Bill Cosby, Chris Tucker, Dan Aykroyd,...
- 4/13/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The 2011 edition of New Directors/New Films finished up tonight with a screening of Maryam Keshavarz's Sundance winning Circumstance. A shout out to the staff at The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Museum of Modern Art for putting on such a show, and a very special thanks to Seth Hyman and John Wildman at FsLC and Sarah Jarvis at MoMA for providing our intrepid writers with the goods and the goodies. As the sort of editorial point man for this whole affair (and thus, quite jealous of the people actually getting to see the films) I'm proud to turn it on over to my colleagues, Dustin Chang, Peter Gutierrez and Aaron Krasnov, for a few last words on this year's lineup. Dustin's Take:For me...
- 4/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Porn actress Michelle Sinclair (pictured above) is to make her mainstream movie debut in horror flick Stripped. Who’s she? You may ask. Well Sinclair typically goes by the rather more famous porn moniker of Belladonna! First Ron Jeremy, then Sasha Grey (in Smash Cut), and now Belladonna? The horror/porn crossover continues it seems…
Stripped tells the story of a birthday outing that turns into a horrific fight for survival after the protagonists become trapped in a house with a “family” of malevolent women. Sinclair joins the already announced Tiffany Shepis (The Violent Kind, Night of the Demons) and Samrat Chakrabarti (Finding Graceland) in the film which is directed by John Wildman. Also joining the cast are Farah White (Bandslam) and Michael Guarnera (Charlie Angels 2).
The press release in full:
Produced by Jeffrey Allard (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Violent Kind), Adam Donaghey (St. Nick, Lovers Of Hate), John Wildman,...
Stripped tells the story of a birthday outing that turns into a horrific fight for survival after the protagonists become trapped in a house with a “family” of malevolent women. Sinclair joins the already announced Tiffany Shepis (The Violent Kind, Night of the Demons) and Samrat Chakrabarti (Finding Graceland) in the film which is directed by John Wildman. Also joining the cast are Farah White (Bandslam) and Michael Guarnera (Charlie Angels 2).
The press release in full:
Produced by Jeffrey Allard (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Violent Kind), Adam Donaghey (St. Nick, Lovers Of Hate), John Wildman,...
- 6/9/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Porn actress Michelle Sinclair has joined the cast of 'Stripped!'. Sinclair (shown below), better known as 'Belladonna', will play Ginger - a relative newcomer to the household of women whose loyalties are dangerously ambiguous for all concerned. The new flick penned John Wildman and Justina Walford (and helmed by Wildman himself) is set to begin it's shoot in Dallas this coming Autumn. ''Stripped!' follows the events surrounding a birthday outing with two brothers and a friend that turns into a horrific fight for survival after they become trapped in a house with a 'family' of malevolent women.' Sinclair joins the existing cast list of Tiffany Shepis, Samrat Chakrabarti, Farah White and Michael Guarnera.
- 6/9/2010
- Horror Asylum
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