Scream Factory continues upgrading their Blu-ray titles to 4K Ultra HD, and up next is the 1980 horror movie Motel Hell. Announced today, the film comes to 4K on June 27, 2023.
In director Kevin Connor’s 1980 movie, “A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the “special meat” they are famous for.”
Special Features include:
Audio Commentary With Director Kevin Connor, Moderated By Dave Parker Interviews With Kevin Connor, Producers/Writers Robert Jaffe And Steven Charles Jaffe, Actor Marc Silver And Stunt Co-ordinator Gene Hartline Interviews With Actors Paul Linke And Rosanne Katon Ida, Be Thy Name: A Look Back At Motel Hell’s Frightful Female Protagonist, Ida Smith Theatrical Trailer
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In director Kevin Connor’s 1980 movie, “A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the “special meat” they are famous for.”
Special Features include:
Audio Commentary With Director Kevin Connor, Moderated By Dave Parker Interviews With Kevin Connor, Producers/Writers Robert Jaffe And Steven Charles Jaffe, Actor Marc Silver And Stunt Co-ordinator Gene Hartline Interviews With Actors Paul Linke And Rosanne Katon Ida, Be Thy Name: A Look Back At Motel Hell’s Frightful Female Protagonist, Ida Smith Theatrical Trailer
Pre-order the release now and get an exclusive poster, while supplies last.
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- 4/3/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
After three long and presumably frustrating years on the market with asking prices that started at $7.9 million and plummeted to $4.5 million, world-renown artists Lari Pittman and Roy Dowell have at long last sold their architecturally significant compound in the foothills above La Crescenta, Calif., for $4.25 million and good ol’ real estate yenta Yolanda Yakketyyak swears the new owner is veteran rock star and occasional actor Michael Balzary, better known around the globe as the mononymic Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea. About 20 miles due north of downtown Los Angeles where it abuts the Angeles National Forest, the secluded 5.7-acre hillside compound encompasses two dynamic, groundbreaking residences plus an open-air entertainment pavilion set amid a scrupulously groomed desert garden.
The older home, known as the Dorothy Serulnic Residence, was designed in 1952 by mid-century modernist pioneer Richard Neutra for his secretary and her husband who resided in the modestly sized house until...
The older home, known as the Dorothy Serulnic Residence, was designed in 1952 by mid-century modernist pioneer Richard Neutra for his secretary and her husband who resided in the modestly sized house until...
- 6/29/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Exclusive: The 12th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival announced its official selections for the 2017 event featuring films with Alec Baldwin, Dylan McDermott, John Cleese, Daphne Zuniga and more. Opening night will feature Michael Mailer’s newest film, “Blind,” a romantic-drama, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott. Closing night will wrap up the festival with “Albion: The Enchanted Stallion,” a family fantasy adventure, starring John Cleese, Debra Messing, Jennifer Morrison and Stephen Dorff.
Retrospective Screenings will include Daphne Zuniga appearance at the festival honoring the 30th anniversary of “Spaceballs.” Also in this category will be “The Greatest Show on Earth,” from 1952 directed by Cecile B. DeMille, which won the Oscar for Best Pictures and Best Writing in 1953. The screening will honor the closing of the Ringling Bros.
Lineup Announcements
– Exclusive: The 12th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival announced its official selections for the 2017 event featuring films with Alec Baldwin, Dylan McDermott, John Cleese, Daphne Zuniga and more. Opening night will feature Michael Mailer’s newest film, “Blind,” a romantic-drama, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott. Closing night will wrap up the festival with “Albion: The Enchanted Stallion,” a family fantasy adventure, starring John Cleese, Debra Messing, Jennifer Morrison and Stephen Dorff.
Retrospective Screenings will include Daphne Zuniga appearance at the festival honoring the 30th anniversary of “Spaceballs.” Also in this category will be “The Greatest Show on Earth,” from 1952 directed by Cecile B. DeMille, which won the Oscar for Best Pictures and Best Writing in 1953. The screening will honor the closing of the Ringling Bros.
- 3/30/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Evgeny Afineevsky (Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom), Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief), Michael Moore (Where To Invade Next), Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
This year's Oscar Best Documentary shortlist was revealed today. Asif Kapadia's affecting portrait of Amy Winehouse, Amy; William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal battling in Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon's high-spirited Best Of Enemies; Matthew Heineman's look at grassroots militia in Cartel Land; Davis Guggenheim's He Named Me Malala; Laurie Anderson's Heart Of A Dog; Stevan Riley's look at Marlon Brando in Listen To Me Marlon; Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look Of Silence, executive produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris; Hubert Sauper's We Come As Friends; Nina Simone in Liz Garbus's What Happened, Miss Simone?; Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's Meru: Marc Silver's 3½ Minutes,...
This year's Oscar Best Documentary shortlist was revealed today. Asif Kapadia's affecting portrait of Amy Winehouse, Amy; William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal battling in Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon's high-spirited Best Of Enemies; Matthew Heineman's look at grassroots militia in Cartel Land; Davis Guggenheim's He Named Me Malala; Laurie Anderson's Heart Of A Dog; Stevan Riley's look at Marlon Brando in Listen To Me Marlon; Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look Of Silence, executive produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris; Hubert Sauper's We Come As Friends; Nina Simone in Liz Garbus's What Happened, Miss Simone?; Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's Meru: Marc Silver's 3½ Minutes,...
- 12/14/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze and Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Good news for filmmakers looking for finishing funds to complete a feature-length documentary which highlights a social issue: The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is open for submissions through February 5, 2016. Even better, there is no application fee. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund will provide funding to four-to-10 feature-length documentaries. In addition, The AOL Charitable Foundation Award, a subset of the Fund, gives grants to four filmmakers whose feature-length documentaries illuminate the lives of women and youth around the globe. Previous grantees of The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund include Marshall Curry’s Point and Shoot, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes, Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter […]...
- 12/7/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Good news for filmmakers looking for finishing funds to complete a feature-length documentary which highlights a social issue: The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is open for submissions through February 5, 2016. Even better, there is no application fee. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund will provide funding to four-to-10 feature-length documentaries. In addition, The AOL Charitable Foundation Award, a subset of the Fund, gives grants to four filmmakers whose feature-length documentaries illuminate the lives of women and youth around the globe. Previous grantees of The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund include Marshall Curry’s Point and Shoot, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes, Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter […]...
- 12/7/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Exclusive: Feature documentary made by the Australian director of Sherpa [pictured].
Documentary specialist Dogwoof has snapped up UK rights and international sales on Australian feature documentary Mountain, the latest feature from much-feted filmmaker Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa).
Dogwoof International Sales is co-repping the film with Submarine in the Us. Australian and New Zealand rights have already gone to Madman. German rights have gone to Dcm.
The film, which features the music of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, is billed as a “cinematic musical about the meaning of mountains for different people and for society”.
Mountain is in production and will be ready by late 2016. Dogwoof is looking to clinch pre-sales on the film.
Cartel Land
The news of the Mountain pick-up comes as Dogwoof continues to do roaring trade on its Mexican narco doc Cartel Land.
The film, tipped to be an Oscar contender, has been sold to Australia (Madman), Germany (Dcm) and has been a major hit on iTunes...
Documentary specialist Dogwoof has snapped up UK rights and international sales on Australian feature documentary Mountain, the latest feature from much-feted filmmaker Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa).
Dogwoof International Sales is co-repping the film with Submarine in the Us. Australian and New Zealand rights have already gone to Madman. German rights have gone to Dcm.
The film, which features the music of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, is billed as a “cinematic musical about the meaning of mountains for different people and for society”.
Mountain is in production and will be ready by late 2016. Dogwoof is looking to clinch pre-sales on the film.
Cartel Land
The news of the Mountain pick-up comes as Dogwoof continues to do roaring trade on its Mexican narco doc Cartel Land.
The film, tipped to be an Oscar contender, has been sold to Australia (Madman), Germany (Dcm) and has been a major hit on iTunes...
- 11/23/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
This award-winning documentary focuses on an issue still making headlines and filling up hours on the TV news. 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Minutes concerns the killing of an African-American 17 year-old high schooler Jordan Davis, not by police officers, but by a legally armed citizen, 45 year-old white software designer Mike Dunn. The location of the incident aligns the story with another famous case. It all took place at a gas station/market in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday, November 23, 2012 (the day after Thanksgiving known to retailers as “Black Friday”). Dunn and his attorney cited the “stand your ground” defense, based on the state’s controversial law that helped acquit George Zimmerman of criminal charges in the shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin. On that night, Jordan was sitting in the back seat of an SUV driven by Tommie Stornes (Tevin Thomson and Leland Brunson were the other passengers). As Stornes left the vehicle to...
- 11/5/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This Sundance prize-winning documentary focuses on the trial of the teenager’s killer
Marc Silver’s Sundance prize-winner takes us inside the court during the trial of Michael Dunn, a white, middle-aged man who shot and killed African American teenager Jordan Davis during a Florida petrol station altercation in November 2012. Annoyed by the “thug music” (the defendant insists he used the term “rap crap”) booming from a neighbouring car, Dunn became embroiled in an argument that ended with him firing 10 shots into the vehicle. Jordan and his three friends were unarmed, but Dunn claimed he believed he saw a shotgun and was in fear of his life. Offering a balanced but impassioned account of the case, Silver, director of 2013’s Who Is Dayani Cristal?, puts the viewer in the position of the jury, interspersing testimony with police videos, phone recordings and heartbreaking interviews with Davis’s friends and family. The evidence against Dunn,...
Marc Silver’s Sundance prize-winner takes us inside the court during the trial of Michael Dunn, a white, middle-aged man who shot and killed African American teenager Jordan Davis during a Florida petrol station altercation in November 2012. Annoyed by the “thug music” (the defendant insists he used the term “rap crap”) booming from a neighbouring car, Dunn became embroiled in an argument that ended with him firing 10 shots into the vehicle. Jordan and his three friends were unarmed, but Dunn claimed he believed he saw a shotgun and was in fear of his life. Offering a balanced but impassioned account of the case, Silver, director of 2013’s Who Is Dayani Cristal?, puts the viewer in the position of the jury, interspersing testimony with police videos, phone recordings and heartbreaking interviews with Davis’s friends and family. The evidence against Dunn,...
- 10/4/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Marc Silver’s latest documentary – to follow on from the accomplished endeavour Who is Dayani Cristal? – opens with Lucia McBath and Ron Davis sitting around a table. They’re recounting the agreement they had when naming their only child together, where the former would choose the name if a boy, and the latter if
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- 10/2/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In 2012 black teenager Jordan Davis was shot dead when a white middle-aged man, Michael Dunn, opened fire on the vehicle he was sitting in, after an argument about loud music. In a case with obvious similarities to the killing of Trayvon Martin earlier the same year, Dunn was convicted of first degree murder despite his claim of self-defence. Peter Bradshaw explains how Marc Silver’s film 3½ Minutes and 10 Bullets highlights a ‘grotesque absurdity’
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- 10/2/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
The 19th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by Bet Networks (Bet) with founding sponsor HBO, is set to run from September 23-27, 2015, with a hefty lineup of films to satisfy just about every palate. Several of the below titles will be familiar to readers of this blog, even if you haven't seen them, as we've covered them previously. So if you're in NYC this week, this could very well be your one and only chance to check out some of these indie films; take advantage while you can! Highlights include Nelson George's documentary on Misty Copeland, "A Ballerina’s Tale"; Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes, Ten...
- 9/23/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The 2015 East End Film Festival opens this week with Amit Gupta'scharming One Crazy Thing before going on to inspire and impress London audiences from 1 - 12 July. Billing itself as a festival of discovery, Eeff prides itself on giving exposure to new voices in film and will continue in that vein with this year's programme as well as providing opportunities to see exciting work due to be released in UK cinemas later in the 2015. The festival will draw to a close the latest feature from Eeff alum, Marc Silver, who follows 2013's Who is Dayani Cristal? with the deeply affecting 31⁄2 Minutes, Ten Bullets. Elsewhere, gala screenings such as Asif Kapadia's Amy will provide a highlight in what promises to be another impressive selection.
- 7/1/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The United States of America is a nation built around guns. A nation bred out of revolution that’s had to snuff out a revolution all its own, we cherish the ability to have a mode of protection for the ones closest to us. However, as we watch headline after headline hit our newspapers about the impact of our deep seeded connection to our weapons, it’s an issue that must be discussed, must be vetted and must be debated. Or else we will never seen an end to the outbursts of violence like the one chronicled in a new documentary from Marc Silver.
Entitled 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, the film looks at one of the many recent shooting deaths of black youths, this time at a Florida gas station. Jordan Davis, along with a handful of friends, encountered an older man named Michael Dunn who, after asking the teens to turn their music down,...
Entitled 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, the film looks at one of the many recent shooting deaths of black youths, this time at a Florida gas station. Jordan Davis, along with a handful of friends, encountered an older man named Michael Dunn who, after asking the teens to turn their music down,...
- 6/26/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, June 26. [Synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.] Wide Max Director: Boaz Yakin Cast: Lauren Graham, Robbie Amell, Thomas Haden Church, Luke Kleintank, Jay Hernandez, Joseph Julian Soria, Josh Wiggins, Owen Harn, Kelly Borgnis, Zeeko Zaki, Edgar Arreola, Chris Matheny, Pete Burris, Mark Anthony Little, Marlo Scheitler Synopsis: "A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience." Ted 2 Director: Seth MacFarlane Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Patrick Warburton Synopsis: "Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law." Limited 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets Director: Marc Silver Synopsis: "Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving...
- 6/26/2015
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
On November 23, 2012, Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, shot and killed black 17-year-old Jordan Russell Davis at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, for the most absurd of reasons: because Davis and his friends were playing loud music.
Nearly three years later, the case is at the center of the documentary 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets, which focuses on Davis' life before and during the attack, and how Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground self-defense law played into Dunn's subsequent murder trial. (The defendant told authorities he fired into the teenager's vehicle because he...
Nearly three years later, the case is at the center of the documentary 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets, which focuses on Davis' life before and during the attack, and how Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground self-defense law played into Dunn's subsequent murder trial. (The defendant told authorities he fired into the teenager's vehicle because he...
- 6/23/2015
- Rollingstone.com
HBO took U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets," after its premiere in documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival this year. And Participant Media announced a limited theatrical release of the acclaimed and timely feature documentary, which opens today, June 19th, 2015 in New York, which will be followed by an La open next week Friday, June 26th. No details on other territories yet. But check your local theater listings; or, maybe better, follow the film via its Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/3andahalfminutestenbullets. The film chronicles the story of Jordan Davis, the unarmed...
- 6/19/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
It seems as though with every new week, comes a new film festival worthy of discussion. With the festival season running continuously these days, it takes a lot for a festival to get mainstream attention. However, few are quite as important and insightful as the one that launched this week.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival starts this weekend, and it’s an absolute stunner of a lineup.
A rarely talked about festival, Hrwff is an off shoot of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading groups looking to support and defend human rights around the globe. Through these films, we the viewer get looks into various parts of the world and the atrocities that are committed against its people. The group runs screenings in over 20 cities across the globe, and this year’s New York festival includes some of the year’s greatest and most important documentaries.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival starts this weekend, and it’s an absolute stunner of a lineup.
A rarely talked about festival, Hrwff is an off shoot of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading groups looking to support and defend human rights around the globe. Through these films, we the viewer get looks into various parts of the world and the atrocities that are committed against its people. The group runs screenings in over 20 cities across the globe, and this year’s New York festival includes some of the year’s greatest and most important documentaries.
- 6/13/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Other winners include a film about the early years of Greenpeace and Us documentary 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets.
Sean McAllister’s A Syrian Love Story has won the Grand Jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10).
Acclaimed British documentary filmmaker McAllister, whose credits include The Liberace in Baghdad and The Reluctant Revolutionary, shot the feature over four years.
It follows the plight of one Syrian family as they are forced to leave the war torn country and the impact it has on the family’s relationships. During the filming process, McAllister himself spent time in a Syrian jail when the authorities seized his camera.
On behalf of the jury, Ruby Chen of Cnex China said: “The jury were enamoured by this Bergmanesque portrait of a relationship and love, taking place against an ever-changing and tumultuous backdrop.
“Delivering unusual gender portraits it explores vulnerabilities, looking at the concept of belonging, providing a unique and intimate portrait of disillusionment.”
The...
Sean McAllister’s A Syrian Love Story has won the Grand Jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10).
Acclaimed British documentary filmmaker McAllister, whose credits include The Liberace in Baghdad and The Reluctant Revolutionary, shot the feature over four years.
It follows the plight of one Syrian family as they are forced to leave the war torn country and the impact it has on the family’s relationships. During the filming process, McAllister himself spent time in a Syrian jail when the authorities seized his camera.
On behalf of the jury, Ruby Chen of Cnex China said: “The jury were enamoured by this Bergmanesque portrait of a relationship and love, taking place against an ever-changing and tumultuous backdrop.
“Delivering unusual gender portraits it explores vulnerabilities, looking at the concept of belonging, providing a unique and intimate portrait of disillusionment.”
The...
- 6/10/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
One Crazy Thing will open the East End Film Festival The line-up for the East End Film Festival in London has been announced, with the European premiere of Amit Gupta's One Crazy Thing opening the event on July 1. It will close on July 12 with Marc Silver’s 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets.
One Crazy Thing is a romantic comedy about a daytime TV star who meets his dream girl but is faced with having to tell her about a leaked sex tape. Silver's documentary, meanwhile, considers the 'stand your ground' law in Florida, that saw a teenager shot for playing loud music.
The festival will feature 17 world premieres, eight European premieres and 20 UK premieres.
The festival’s Centerpiece Gala screenings are Simon Blake’s revenge thriller Still, which will include a Q&A with lead actor Aidan Gillen and the world premiere of Lee Scratch Perry's Vision Of Paradise, including an Q&A with Perry.
One Crazy Thing is a romantic comedy about a daytime TV star who meets his dream girl but is faced with having to tell her about a leaked sex tape. Silver's documentary, meanwhile, considers the 'stand your ground' law in Florida, that saw a teenager shot for playing loud music.
The festival will feature 17 world premieres, eight European premieres and 20 UK premieres.
The festival’s Centerpiece Gala screenings are Simon Blake’s revenge thriller Still, which will include a Q&A with lead actor Aidan Gillen and the world premiere of Lee Scratch Perry's Vision Of Paradise, including an Q&A with Perry.
- 5/28/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Festival to include 18 world premieres and close with Us crime documentary 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets.
Amit Gupta’s One Crazy Thing (fka Nothing Like This) is to receive its European premiere as the opening film of the 14th East End Film Festival (July 1-12).
Starring and produced by Ray Panthaki, the romantic comedy also stars Daisy Bevan
Panthaki plays a former daytime TV star whose life has hit rock bottom until he meets his dream girl - and has to choose his moment to tell her about the leaked sex tape that made him an internet sensation.
Eeff will this year include 18 world premieres, 8 European premieres and 20 UK premieres.
The closing film will be Marc Silver’s 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, which examines the aftermath of a tragic incident at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, in which an unarmed 17-year old African-American was gunned down for playing loud music. It marks British documentary filmmaker Silver’s follow-up to Who...
Amit Gupta’s One Crazy Thing (fka Nothing Like This) is to receive its European premiere as the opening film of the 14th East End Film Festival (July 1-12).
Starring and produced by Ray Panthaki, the romantic comedy also stars Daisy Bevan
Panthaki plays a former daytime TV star whose life has hit rock bottom until he meets his dream girl - and has to choose his moment to tell her about the leaked sex tape that made him an internet sensation.
Eeff will this year include 18 world premieres, 8 European premieres and 20 UK premieres.
The closing film will be Marc Silver’s 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, which examines the aftermath of a tragic incident at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, in which an unarmed 17-year old African-American was gunned down for playing loud music. It marks British documentary filmmaker Silver’s follow-up to Who...
- 5/26/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Jordan Davis Documentary Gets New Title, New Poster 2 New Clips + Theatrical Release Dates Set The conversation around racial bias and legal justice has fervently captured the nation following the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, which makes the upcoming June release of Marc Silver's documentary "3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets" more timely than ever. The non-fiction feature recounts the events of Black Friday 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida. Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white male, and Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old black teenager, got into a heated argument over the volume of music in the boy's car. The fight ended with Dunn firing 10 bullets at the vehicle full of unarmed teenagers, three of which hit and killed Davis. Arrested the next day, Dunn claimed he shot in self-defense and a long, controversial journey of unraveling the truth began. Combining exclusive footage from the trial, police interrogation tapes,...
- 5/11/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
HBO took U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets," after its premiere in documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival this year. And Participant Media announced a limited theatrical release of the acclaimed and timely feature documentary, which is now set to open on June 19th, 2015 in New York, and then on June 26th, 2015 in Los Angeles. The film chronicles the story of Jordan Davis, the unarmed black 17-year-old, who was shot to death at a Florida gas station by a white fellow customer, Michael David Dunn. "3 1/2 Minutes" explores the aftermath of Jordan's tragic death, the...
- 5/11/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Look of Silence and new music from members of Sigur Ros to open festival; Monty Python documentary to close.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the line-up of its 2015 edition, which will open with two events.
The first is the UK premiere of Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, the follow-up to critically acclaimed The Act of Killing, in which a family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
The second is the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals – a music and archive film that will feature a new score by Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós and the head of the Pagan Church in Iceland, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.
The film centres on the lives of travelling showpeople and has been created with exclusive access to the University of Sheffield...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the line-up of its 2015 edition, which will open with two events.
The first is the UK premiere of Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, the follow-up to critically acclaimed The Act of Killing, in which a family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
The second is the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals – a music and archive film that will feature a new score by Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós and the head of the Pagan Church in Iceland, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.
The film centres on the lives of travelling showpeople and has been created with exclusive access to the University of Sheffield...
- 5/7/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
HBO took U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes," after its premiere in documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival this year. And now Participant Media has announced a limited theatrical release of the acclaimed and timely feature documentary, which is now going to be titled "3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets," opening on June 19th, 2015 in New York, and then on June 26th, 2015 in Los Angeles. The film chronicles the story of Jordan Davis, the unarmed black 17-year-old, who was shot to death at a Florida gas station by a white fellow customer, Michael David Dunn. "3 1/2 Minutes" explores the...
- 4/28/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
David Gordon Green returns to his alma mater to present Manglehorn; local newcomers impress with Homeless feature.Scroll down for full list of winners
RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrapped last night with Shawkat Amin Korki’s Memories on Stone winning best narrative feature and Hao Zhou’s The Chinese Mayor winning best documentary feature.
In the audience awards, best of the fest went to honoree Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution; best narrative feature went to Anywhere Else by Ester Amrami; best documentary feature went to Marc Silver’s 3 ½ Minutes and best indie was Proud Citizen by Thomas Southerland.
The festival presented 165 films in total in its 17th annual edition; more filmmakers than ever before attended the event.
“Films showcased at our festival this year reflected diverse stories from around the world, immense talent from directors, many trained in Winston-Salem, and a host of passionate projects that are jewels...
RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrapped last night with Shawkat Amin Korki’s Memories on Stone winning best narrative feature and Hao Zhou’s The Chinese Mayor winning best documentary feature.
In the audience awards, best of the fest went to honoree Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution; best narrative feature went to Anywhere Else by Ester Amrami; best documentary feature went to Marc Silver’s 3 ½ Minutes and best indie was Proud Citizen by Thomas Southerland.
The festival presented 165 films in total in its 17th annual edition; more filmmakers than ever before attended the event.
“Films showcased at our festival this year reflected diverse stories from around the world, immense talent from directors, many trained in Winston-Salem, and a host of passionate projects that are jewels...
- 4/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
HBO acquired U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes," after its premiere in documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The very timely documentary chronicles the story of Jordan Davis, the unarmed black 17-year-old, who was shot to death at a Florida gas station by a white fellow customer, Michael David Dunn. "3 1/2 Minutes" explores the aftermath of Jordan's tragic death, the latent and often unseen effects of racism, and the contradictions of the American criminal justice system. HBO will air the film in the fall. "I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away,”...
- 4/18/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Award-winning documentary centres on the shooting of a black teenager and the subsequent trial of his killer.
London-based Dogwoof is to act as sales agent for all territories, excluding North America, for Marc Silver’s award-winning Sundance documentary 3 1/2 Minutes from Participant Media.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film across all platforms in the UK, where the company is planning a theatrical release in late 2015.
Directed by Marc Silver (Who is Dayani Cristal?), 3 1/2 Minutes made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and picked up the Us Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact.
The film documents the shooting of black teenager Jordan Davis and the subsequent trial of his killer Michael Dunn.
HBO has licensed Us television rights and plans to air the film in late 2015, following its Us theatrical release.
Produced by The Filmmaker Fund / Motto Pictures in association with Lakehouse Films and Actual Films, 3 1/2 Minutes was written and directed by Marc Silver, produced...
London-based Dogwoof is to act as sales agent for all territories, excluding North America, for Marc Silver’s award-winning Sundance documentary 3 1/2 Minutes from Participant Media.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film across all platforms in the UK, where the company is planning a theatrical release in late 2015.
Directed by Marc Silver (Who is Dayani Cristal?), 3 1/2 Minutes made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and picked up the Us Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact.
The film documents the shooting of black teenager Jordan Davis and the subsequent trial of his killer Michael Dunn.
HBO has licensed Us television rights and plans to air the film in late 2015, following its Us theatrical release.
Produced by The Filmmaker Fund / Motto Pictures in association with Lakehouse Films and Actual Films, 3 1/2 Minutes was written and directed by Marc Silver, produced...
- 4/9/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
HBO acquired U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s "3 1/2 Minutes," after its premiere in documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The very timely documentary chronicles the story of Jordan Davis), the unarmed black 17-year-old, who was shot to death at a Florida gas station by a white fellow customer, Michael David Dunn. "3 1/2 Minutes" explores the aftermath of Jordan's tragic death, the latent and often unseen effects of racism, and the contradictions of the American criminal justice system. HBO will air the film in the fall. "I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept...
- 3/11/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The blurry lines between documentary filmmaking and journalism were a hot topic at this year's Sundance Film Festival. To find documentary films involving high stakes investigative work look no further than this year's Oscar nominees, "Citizenfour" and "Virunga." Filmmakers Laura Poitras ("Citizenfour"), Marc Silver ("3 1/2 Minutes") and Alex Gibney ("Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief") debated the issue live at a Sundance panel discussion "Bringing Truths to Light," moderated by distinguished producer Bonnie Cohen (Catapult Film Fund). Read More: Tig Notaro on What It's Like to Star in a Documentary About Yourself Journalism Plus Are you a documentary filmmaker, or a journalist, or both? For Laura Poitras, there's no blurry line, "it's journalism plus." Documentary filmmaking is journalism (fact finding) plus storytelling that reveals something more about the human condition. Filmmaking isn't...
- 2/4/2015
- by Angelica Das
- Indiewire
3 And ½ Minutes
Written & Directed by Marc Silver
USA, 2015
3 And ½ Minutes, the new documentary about the tragic 2012 shooting death of Jordan Davis, tells an important story, but fails to frame it within a larger debate about racial injustice in America. While it manages to capture the pain and disillusionment of a family destroyed by senseless violence, its repetitive structure highlights the lack of a compelling viewpoint. It will fit perfectly into a televised format, but it struggles to maintain its urgency on the big screen.
The day after Thanksgiving, 2012, four black Jacksonville, Florida teenagers pulled into a gas station to grab a few sundries. Three and a half minutes later, one of them was dead and countless lives were forever changed. It’s a clear instance of cooler heads not prevailing, as a dispute over loud music escalated beyond any reasonable measure. An angry white motorist named Michael Dunn emptied his...
Written & Directed by Marc Silver
USA, 2015
3 And ½ Minutes, the new documentary about the tragic 2012 shooting death of Jordan Davis, tells an important story, but fails to frame it within a larger debate about racial injustice in America. While it manages to capture the pain and disillusionment of a family destroyed by senseless violence, its repetitive structure highlights the lack of a compelling viewpoint. It will fit perfectly into a televised format, but it struggles to maintain its urgency on the big screen.
The day after Thanksgiving, 2012, four black Jacksonville, Florida teenagers pulled into a gas station to grab a few sundries. Three and a half minutes later, one of them was dead and countless lives were forever changed. It’s a clear instance of cooler heads not prevailing, as a dispute over loud music escalated beyond any reasonable measure. An angry white motorist named Michael Dunn emptied his...
- 2/4/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
U.S Dramatic
Grand Jury Prize
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)
Audience Award
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)
Directing Award
The Witch (Robert Eggers, U.S./Canada)
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
The Stanford Prison Experiment (Tim Talbott)
Special Jury Award – Excellence in Cinematography
Diary of a Teenage Girl (Brandon Trost)
Special Jury Award – Excellence in Editing
Dope (Lee Haugen)
Special Jury Award – Collaborative Vision
Advantageous (Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang)
U.S. Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
The Wolfpack (Crystal Moselle)
Audience Award
Meru (Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi)
Directing Award
Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman, U.S./Mexico)
Special Jury Award — Social Impact
3 1/2 Minutes (Marc Silver)
Special Jury Award – Verite Filmmaking
Western (Bill Ross, Turner Ross)
Special Jury Award – Break Out First Feature
(T)error (Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe)
Special Jury Award – Cinematography
Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll)
World Cinema Dramatic...
Grand Jury Prize
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)
Audience Award
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)
Directing Award
The Witch (Robert Eggers, U.S./Canada)
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
The Stanford Prison Experiment (Tim Talbott)
Special Jury Award – Excellence in Cinematography
Diary of a Teenage Girl (Brandon Trost)
Special Jury Award – Excellence in Editing
Dope (Lee Haugen)
Special Jury Award – Collaborative Vision
Advantageous (Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang)
U.S. Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
The Wolfpack (Crystal Moselle)
Audience Award
Meru (Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi)
Directing Award
Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman, U.S./Mexico)
Special Jury Award — Social Impact
3 1/2 Minutes (Marc Silver)
Special Jury Award – Verite Filmmaking
Western (Bill Ross, Turner Ross)
Special Jury Award – Break Out First Feature
(T)error (Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe)
Special Jury Award – Cinematography
Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll)
World Cinema Dramatic...
- 2/1/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Following in the footsteps of Fruitvale Station and Whiplash before it, the most talked about title in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl claimed both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Crystal Moselle’s audience favorite might not have claimed the Audience Award (Meru), but the family featured in The Wolfpack landed a much coveted U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize. Matthew Heineman’s unfathomably constructed Cartel Land landed to Jury Prizes in Best Director and Excellence in Cinematography. In stellar Next, the unique prize went to Josh Mond’s brilliant directorial debut James White. Here is the press release and all the winners.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Gordon Quinn to:
The Wolfpack / U.S.A. (Director: Crystal Moselle)
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Edgar Wright to:
Me...
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Gordon Quinn to:
The Wolfpack / U.S.A. (Director: Crystal Moselle)
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Edgar Wright to:
Me...
- 2/1/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 2015 Sundance Film Festival concluded on Saturday (January 31) night with a Tig Notaro-hosted award ceremony in which it seemed like nearly everything was given an award by one of the Festival's juries. "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, won both the Us Dramatic Jury Prize and Audience Prize, an increasingly less rare double. On the Us Documentary side, Crystal Moselle's "The Wolfpack" won the Grand Jury Prize, but "Meru" won the Audience Award. John Maclean's "Slow West" won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, while Chad Garcia's "Russian Woodpecker" was the World Cinema Documentary Grand Prize winner. While "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" was one of the most buzzed-about titles in the Us Dramatic Competition, several other rave-winners picked up key prizes on Saturday night, including the Grand Jury Directing Award to Robert Eggers for "The Witch," the Waldo Salt...
- 2/1/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Updated with details and quotes: The Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony tonight in Park City saw a dramatic dual decision and strong political voices to put a cap on a hot-deals festival. Like last year, when Whiplash took both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award on its way to an Best Picture Oscar nomination, the much-sought Me And Earl And The Dying Girl took both this year.
“I want to dedicate this to all the young filmmakers in my hometown of Laredo, Texas,” said director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon onstage. Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush teamed to land the pic earlier this week after frenzied bidding, with a 2015 release planned. The Jesse Andrews script follows Greg, who is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But...
“I want to dedicate this to all the young filmmakers in my hometown of Laredo, Texas,” said director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon onstage. Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush teamed to land the pic earlier this week after frenzied bidding, with a 2015 release planned. The Jesse Andrews script follows Greg, who is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But...
- 2/1/2015
- by Dominic Patten and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline
HBO has licensed U.S. television rights to director Marc Silver’s Sundance premiere "3 1/2 Minutes," the critically-acclaimed documentary about the shooting of black teenager Jordan Davis, and the trial of his killer, Michael Dunn. The film will debut on HBO in Fall 2015 after a theatrical release. Here's the synopsis: "Michael Dunn fired 10 bullets at a car full of unarmed teenagers and then fled. Three of those bullets hit 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who died at the scene. Arrested the next day, Dunn claimed he shot in self-defense. Thus began the long journey of unraveling the truth. "3 1⁄2 Minutes" follows that journey, reconstructing the night of the murder and revealing how hidden racial prejudice can result in tragedy." The projected originated with producer Minette Nelson, whose son brought Davis' story to her. She approached Marc Silver, whose feature-length documentary debut "Who Is Dayani Cristal?" featured Gael Garcia Bernal and won...
- 1/31/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sundance: The 2015 festival approached the end on Saturday (January 31) as Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl capped a sensational 10 days by scooping both the Us grand jury prize and audience awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
Earlier in the week Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush partnered on the acquisition of world rights.
Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack won the Us grand jury documentary award days after Magnolia Pictures moved for world rights.
In the World Cinema categories, John Maclean’s UK-New Zealand entry Slow West prevailed in the dramatic strand while there was joy for UK documentary winner The Russian Woodpecker by Chad Gracia.
Meru by Jimmy Chin and E Chai Vasarhelyi triumphed in the Us dramatic audience award. Robert Eggers was a highlight of the directing honours with the Us dramatic prize for The Witch while Kim Longinotto won World Cinema documentary for Dreamcatcher
The festival runs from January 22-February...
Earlier in the week Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush partnered on the acquisition of world rights.
Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack won the Us grand jury documentary award days after Magnolia Pictures moved for world rights.
In the World Cinema categories, John Maclean’s UK-New Zealand entry Slow West prevailed in the dramatic strand while there was joy for UK documentary winner The Russian Woodpecker by Chad Gracia.
Meru by Jimmy Chin and E Chai Vasarhelyi triumphed in the Us dramatic audience award. Robert Eggers was a highlight of the directing honours with the Us dramatic prize for The Witch while Kim Longinotto won World Cinema documentary for Dreamcatcher
The festival runs from January 22-February...
- 1/31/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance: The 2015 festival approached the end on Saturday (January 31) as Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl capped a sensational 10 days by scooping both the Us grand jury prize and audience awards.
Earlier in the week Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush partnered on the acquisition of world rights.
Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack won the Us grand jury documentary award days after Magnolia Pictures moved for world rights.
In the World Cinema categories, John Maclean’s UK-New Zealand entry Slow West prevailed in the dramatic strand while there was joy for UK documentary winner The Russian Woodpecker by Chad Gracia.
Meru by Jimmy Chin and E Chai Vasarhelyi triumphed in the Us dramatic audience award. Robert Eggers was a highlight of the directing honours with the Us dramatic prize for The Witch while Kim Longinotto won World Cinema documentary for Dreamcatcher
The festival runs from January 22-February 1 and screened 123 feature-length and 60 short films selected...
Earlier in the week Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush partnered on the acquisition of world rights.
Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack won the Us grand jury documentary award days after Magnolia Pictures moved for world rights.
In the World Cinema categories, John Maclean’s UK-New Zealand entry Slow West prevailed in the dramatic strand while there was joy for UK documentary winner The Russian Woodpecker by Chad Gracia.
Meru by Jimmy Chin and E Chai Vasarhelyi triumphed in the Us dramatic audience award. Robert Eggers was a highlight of the directing honours with the Us dramatic prize for The Witch while Kim Longinotto won World Cinema documentary for Dreamcatcher
The festival runs from January 22-February 1 and screened 123 feature-length and 60 short films selected...
- 1/31/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance: The new distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Brett Haley’s I’ll See You In My Dreams following the world premiere on January 27. Separately HBO has taken Us TV rights to 3 1/2 Minutes.
Blythe Danner plays a widow who enjoys a new lease of life. Rounding out the key cast are Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place.
Haley co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch and produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith.
“This film has so much heart and so much love for its characters, we immediately fell for it,” said Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen.
“Anchoring every scene, Blythe Danner delivers a performance that is so real and so touching from a script that is so funny and empathic, all of us at Bleecker Street can’t wait to bring it to audiences so they can discover what a beautiful story writer-director Brett Haley has created.”
Bleecker...
Blythe Danner plays a widow who enjoys a new lease of life. Rounding out the key cast are Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place.
Haley co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch and produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith.
“This film has so much heart and so much love for its characters, we immediately fell for it,” said Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen.
“Anchoring every scene, Blythe Danner delivers a performance that is so real and so touching from a script that is so funny and empathic, all of us at Bleecker Street can’t wait to bring it to audiences so they can discover what a beautiful story writer-director Brett Haley has created.”
Bleecker...
- 1/31/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance: The new distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Brett Haley’s I’ll See You In My Dreams following the world premiere on January 27. Separately HBO has taken Us TV rights to 3 1/2 Minutes.
Blythe Danner plays a widow who enjoys a new lease of life. Rounding out the key cast are Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place.
Haley co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch and produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith.
“This film has so much heart and so much love for its characters, we immediately fell for it,” said Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen.
“Anchoring every scene, Blythe Danner delivers a performance that is so real and so touching from a script that is so funny and empathic, all of us at Bleecker Street can’t wait to bring it to audiences so they can discover what a beautiful story writer-director Brett Haley has created.”
Bleecker...
Blythe Danner plays a widow who enjoys a new lease of life. Rounding out the key cast are Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place.
Haley co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch and produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith.
“This film has so much heart and so much love for its characters, we immediately fell for it,” said Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen.
“Anchoring every scene, Blythe Danner delivers a performance that is so real and so touching from a script that is so funny and empathic, all of us at Bleecker Street can’t wait to bring it to audiences so they can discover what a beautiful story writer-director Brett Haley has created.”
Bleecker...
- 1/31/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Black Friday, 2012. Dusk had barely fallen in Jacksonville, Florida. The neighborhood was respectable. Seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis was with friends, driving to music, and pulling up at a gas station just blocks from home. And yet the circumstances weren't safe enough: Mere minutes later, he was shot dead by a stranger. Taking that tragedy as its starting point, documentarian Marc Silver's "3 ½ Minutes" is an extraordinarily powerful dissection of those final moments of Davis life. At issue is the heated verbal tussle he experienced with Michael Dunn, the 47-year old white male who fired the shots that killed him in an act claimed as "self defense" over a disagreement about the volume of the music in Davis's car. Anchoring the documentary in the trials that followed the incident, Silver intersperses the footage with archival footage of the ensuing media coverage, conversations with Davis's family and friends, and recorded phone conversations between an.
- 1/31/2015
- by Anisha Jhaveri
- Indiewire
Slated for Sundance's Us Documentary competition section, director Marc Silver's "3 1/2 Minutes" looks to be a harrowing exploration of criminal justice gone awry — and an all-too-timely film that speaks loudly to the current racial climate in America. (Trailer below.) Here's the synopsis: In "3 1⁄2 Minutes," two lives intersected and were forever altered. On Black Friday in 2012, two cars parked next to each other at a Florida gas station. A white middle-aged male and a black teenager exchanged angry words over the volume of the music in the boy’s car. A gun entered the exchange, and one of them was left dead. Michael Dunn fired 10 bullets at a car full of unarmed teenagers and then fled. Three of those bullets hit 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who died at the scene. Arrested the next day, Dunn claimed he shot in self-defense. Thus began the long journey of unraveling the truth. "3 1⁄2 Minutes" follows that journey,...
- 1/20/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
In the wake of the grand jury decisions in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, the Sundance Film Festival premiere of Marc Silver's latest documentary, "3 ½ Minutes," couldn't have come at a more appropriate time -- at the beginning of a new year, a time when public discourse might be inclined to shelve difficult conversations from the year past. With "3 ½ Minutes," Silver doesn't ask to extend the discussion about institutional racism and the United States judicial system, he demands us to participate. What's your film about in 140 characters or less? "3 ½ Minutes" dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the aftermath of this systemic tragedy and contradictions within the American criminal justice system. Now what's it really about? On Black Friday 2012, four middle-class African-American law-abiding teenagers stopped at a gas station to buy gum and cigarettes. One of them, Jordan Davis, argued with Michael...
- 1/14/2015
- by Shipra Gupta
- Indiewire
With January being the traditional low point of the movie season, cinephiles from around the world look to the Sundance Film Festival for some glimmer of hope. America’s preeminent independent film festival has graduated some heavy-hitters over the years, including Whiplash, Ida, and Boyhood from last year’s class. 2015’s program boasts an unprecedented balance between drama and comedy premieres, ensuring that everyone from general audiences to discerning film students will leave happy. Like any good buffet table, however, Sundance simply has too much good stuff to consume, unless you don’t mind unbuckling your belt in a crowded movie theater. With that in mind, here are a few of the more hotly-anticipated titles from this year’s festival.
The Psychology Triumvirate
Psychology buffs rejoice! This year’s Sundance is presenting three movies that might someday be found in a Psych 101 course syllabus. From the U.S. Dramatic Competition,...
The Psychology Triumvirate
Psychology buffs rejoice! This year’s Sundance is presenting three movies that might someday be found in a Psych 101 course syllabus. From the U.S. Dramatic Competition,...
- 1/7/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
The holidays are winding down and that means we at Ioncinema.com are gearing up for our annual pilgrimage to Park City where an A-list of documentaries is now set to premiere. Earlier this month Tabitha Jackson and the Sundance doc programming team let the cats out of the bag, unsurprisingly announcing much anticipated Us Doc Competition titles such as the Ross Brothers’ Western, Louie Psihoyos’ Racing Extinction, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes and Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s (T)Error, along with some surprises like Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel’s bizarro Kickstarted doc Finders Keepers (see trailer below). Having been produced by the fine folks behind The King of Kong and Undefeated, the film bears all the markings of its well regarded pedigree, yet appears to be of even odder ilk, following the story that unfolded when a severed human foot was discovered in a grill bought at a North Carolina auction.
- 12/30/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Announcements for the lineup for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, taking place between January 22nd and February 1st, are starting to roll out. Watch this page for updates as more films and sections are revealed.
Premieres
Brooklyn (John Crowley, UK)
Digging for Fire (Joe Swanberg, USA)
Don Verdean (Jared Hess, USA)
End of the Tour (James Ponsoldt, USA)
Experimenter (Michael Almereyda, USA)
Grandma (Paul Weitz, USA)
I Am Michael (Justin Kelly, USA)
I'll See You In My Dreams (Brett Haley, USA)
Last Days in the Desert (Rodrigo Garcia, USA)
Lila & Eve (Charles Stone III, USA)
Mississipi Grind (Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, USA)
Mistress America (Noah Baumbach, USA)
Seoul Searching (Benson Lee, USA/Korea)
Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland, USA)
Ten Thousand Saints (Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, USA)
True Story (Rupert Goold, USA)
A Walk in the Woods (Ken Kwapis, USA)
Zipper (Mora Stephens, USA)
Documentary Premieres
Beaver Trilogy Part IV (Brad Besser,...
Premieres
Brooklyn (John Crowley, UK)
Digging for Fire (Joe Swanberg, USA)
Don Verdean (Jared Hess, USA)
End of the Tour (James Ponsoldt, USA)
Experimenter (Michael Almereyda, USA)
Grandma (Paul Weitz, USA)
I Am Michael (Justin Kelly, USA)
I'll See You In My Dreams (Brett Haley, USA)
Last Days in the Desert (Rodrigo Garcia, USA)
Lila & Eve (Charles Stone III, USA)
Mississipi Grind (Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, USA)
Mistress America (Noah Baumbach, USA)
Seoul Searching (Benson Lee, USA/Korea)
Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland, USA)
Ten Thousand Saints (Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, USA)
True Story (Rupert Goold, USA)
A Walk in the Woods (Ken Kwapis, USA)
Zipper (Mora Stephens, USA)
Documentary Premieres
Beaver Trilogy Part IV (Brad Besser,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
New films from Nicole Kidman, Michael Fassbender, Louie Psihoyos and Sebastian Silva are featured in the festival’s line-up of Us and world competition strands and the Next programme.
Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper and head of programming Trevor Groth have unleashed their first volley of films in what will be a 118-strong line-up overall culled from 12,166 submissions. Of these, 103 features are world premieres. The festival will run January 22 to February 1.
Us Dramatic Competition includes Craig Zobel’s post-apocalytpic tale Z For Zachariah starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine; Jack Black in comedy The D Train; and Kristen Wiig in the 1970s San Francisco-set coming-of-age story The Diary Of A Teenage Girl.
Other likely highlights are Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment starring Billy Crudup and Ezra Miller; and Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania, about a young woman who returns to live with her parents after she is freed from her abductor of 17 years...
Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper and head of programming Trevor Groth have unleashed their first volley of films in what will be a 118-strong line-up overall culled from 12,166 submissions. Of these, 103 features are world premieres. The festival will run January 22 to February 1.
Us Dramatic Competition includes Craig Zobel’s post-apocalytpic tale Z For Zachariah starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine; Jack Black in comedy The D Train; and Kristen Wiig in the 1970s San Francisco-set coming-of-age story The Diary Of A Teenage Girl.
Other likely highlights are Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment starring Billy Crudup and Ezra Miller; and Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania, about a young woman who returns to live with her parents after she is freed from her abductor of 17 years...
- 12/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival announced its four main 2015 narrative and competition slates on Wednesday (December 3) and the Us Documentary Competition field is packed with Oscar winners and returning Park City favorites. Leading the way, at least to some degree, is last year's Documentary Oscar winner Morgan Neville, whose "Twenty Feet From Stardom" was one of the openers at the 2013 Festival. Neville and Robert Gordon co-directed "Best of Enemies," which looks at the 1968 televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. "The Cove" Oscar winner Louie Psihoyos is back with "Racing Extinction," which focuses on endangered species and, yes, mass extinction from a variety of viewpoints. Also sporting an Oscar, for the short "Saving Face," is Daniel Junge, who chronicles the life of Evel Knievel in "Being Evel." Both "The Cove" and "Twenty Feet From Stardom" played at Sundance, which has been a fairly reliable feeder for Oscar winners in recent years,...
- 12/3/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Turkey or no turkey, these next couple of days lucky filmmakers who’ve been selected to screen as part of the Sundance Film Festival will get the invitation notice straight from John Cooper and the Park City programming team, and thus, those that we’re betting have made the cut have also inched up the list a bit. One of those that seem an obvious choice to premiere at the fest is director Steve Hoover and producer Danny Yourd’s Crocodile Gennadiy. Following up their Grand Jury Prize winning Blood Brother with incredible turnaround time, our new most anticipated film tracks the delicate operations of Gennadiy Mokhnenko, a Ukrainian activist, orphanage manager and savior of countless children whose addict parents favor injected cold medicine and alcohol over them. Part heartwrenching domestic drama, part sleuth thriller, the film looks to use the Ukrainian uprising as a backdrop to highlight its protagonist...
- 11/27/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Potentially filling Sundance’s quota for difficult relationships, Hannah Fidell (profiled in our Ioncinephile series) will have moved from the heated, self-deprecating rapport between prof and student in A Teacher (selected for the Next section in 2013) to a tumultuous, uphill/downhill portrait of couplehood in 6 Years. Reunited with cinematographer/filmmaker Andrew Droz Palermo (Rich Hill), this Austin shot drama has benefitted from the extra time in post-production as it was shot in March of this year and we’re sure glad she didn’t waste much time between projects. Younglings Taissa Farmiga (see on set pic above) and Ben Rosenfield (last year’s Song One) topline the feature, while Sundance regular Joshua Leonard, Jennifer Lafleur, Peter Vack and Lindsay Burdge (who has appeared in Fidell’s We’re Glad You’re Here (2010) and of course toplined A Teacher) are the supporting players.
Gist: The film tells the story of Mel...
Gist: The film tells the story of Mel...
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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