Tennessee’s restrictive new drag law goes into effect on Saturday, April 1, and there’s already a lawsuit in response. The Memphis-based nonprofit theater group Friends of George’s is suing the state of Tennessee, alleging violations of the First Amendment as a result of the new law.
The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, lays out a brief history of drag as performance and art, right up to its mainstream popularity in the present day. In doing so, it makes a number of pertinent points about misconceptions around drag and...
The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, lays out a brief history of drag as performance and art, right up to its mainstream popularity in the present day. In doing so, it makes a number of pertinent points about misconceptions around drag and...
- 3/28/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Protesters gathered Tuesday afternoon in Nashville’s Legislative Plaza to support the state’s LGBTQ community and show their opposition to a law that would criminalize drag performances in public places. Tennessee’s state Senate already voted a similar measure through last week, with the House set to discuss the bill on Tuesday evening. (Tennessee is also voting on multiple measures around trans healthcare, including for trans teenagers.)
An enthusiastic crowd filled up half the Plaza for a series of speakers that included chaplain Molly Rose Quinn from Out Memphis,...
An enthusiastic crowd filled up half the Plaza for a series of speakers that included chaplain Molly Rose Quinn from Out Memphis,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Stars: Greg Grunberg, Salvator Xuereb, Adrienne Wilkinson, Matt Bushell, Eddie Jemison, Adam Bartley, Chris Butler, Andrew Gilbert, Chris Todd, Johnny Dowers, Gary Patent, Hugo Armstrong | Written and Directed by Trey Batchelor
For years video games have clamoured to make the gaming experience more cinematic. Which is now the reason we have games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us and Until Dawn – games that edge more towards the “interactive adventures” we were promised back in the full-motion video era of gaming (remember those?). But what if it was the other way round? What if films looked to video games for inspiration? We’d probably end up with something like Burning Dog.
Shot completely from the hero’s perspective, a la Fps video games, Burning Dog is obviously inspired not only by video games but by Hardcore Henry, the 2016 film starring Sharlito Copley, which told the story of...
For years video games have clamoured to make the gaming experience more cinematic. Which is now the reason we have games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us and Until Dawn – games that edge more towards the “interactive adventures” we were promised back in the full-motion video era of gaming (remember those?). But what if it was the other way round? What if films looked to video games for inspiration? We’d probably end up with something like Burning Dog.
Shot completely from the hero’s perspective, a la Fps video games, Burning Dog is obviously inspired not only by video games but by Hardcore Henry, the 2016 film starring Sharlito Copley, which told the story of...
- 4/3/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
“Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A Quiet Place” split the top sound editing prizes Sunday at the 66th annual Mpse Golden Reel Awards. “Bohemian Rhapsody” took Dialogue/Adr and Musical honors while the innovative “A Quiet Place” scored for Effects/Foley at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
This sets up a competitive Oscar race down to the wire next Sunday between the two frontrunners. But there’s also a good chance that the popular Freddie Mercury biopic will sweep both categories as a result of its Cas sound mixing victory on Saturday.
Read More: Oscars 2019: Best Sound Editing Predictions
Meanwhile, “Roma” took the foreign trophy for its nuanced soundscape, “Free Solo” and Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” tied in the documentary category, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” snagged animation and music score honors.
TV winners included “Westworld” (“The Riddle of the Sphinx”), “Altered Carbon” (“Out of the Past”), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
This sets up a competitive Oscar race down to the wire next Sunday between the two frontrunners. But there’s also a good chance that the popular Freddie Mercury biopic will sweep both categories as a result of its Cas sound mixing victory on Saturday.
Read More: Oscars 2019: Best Sound Editing Predictions
Meanwhile, “Roma” took the foreign trophy for its nuanced soundscape, “Free Solo” and Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” tied in the documentary category, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” snagged animation and music score honors.
TV winners included “Westworld” (“The Riddle of the Sphinx”), “Altered Carbon” (“Out of the Past”), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
- 2/18/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The sound editing teams behind Bohemian Rhapsody, Roma, A Quiet Place and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse were the winners on the film side at tonight’s 66th annual Golden Reel Awards at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The Americans, Atlanta, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Westworld led the TV series side.
They were among the recipients in 23 categories recognized by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse) for feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, special venue and other media.
Antoine Fuqua – whose credits include The Equalizer films, The Magnificent Seven, and Training Day – accepted the Mpse’s 2019 Filmmaker Award. Supervising Sound Editor Stephen H. Flick was awarded the Mpse Career Achievement honor.
The Golden Reels honor the year’s best work in the various areas of sound editing: Dialogue & Adr, Effects & Foley, and Music.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Filmmaker Award
Antoine Fuqua
Career Achievement Award
Stephen H.
They were among the recipients in 23 categories recognized by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse) for feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, special venue and other media.
Antoine Fuqua – whose credits include The Equalizer films, The Magnificent Seven, and Training Day – accepted the Mpse’s 2019 Filmmaker Award. Supervising Sound Editor Stephen H. Flick was awarded the Mpse Career Achievement honor.
The Golden Reels honor the year’s best work in the various areas of sound editing: Dialogue & Adr, Effects & Foley, and Music.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Filmmaker Award
Antoine Fuqua
Career Achievement Award
Stephen H.
- 2/18/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
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