Yayoi Kusama David Zwirner Gallery, NYC Thru December 16th, 2017
Spots are a disease -- a "Pop Art" pox; a sign of madness, an hallucination. As Tony Hancock says in his brilliant comic movie The Rebel (1961) where he plays a modern artist: "I get the spots before my eyes, the red mist, and I'm off."
Yayoi Kusama is off again at David Zwirner Gallery on 533 West 19th Street in Chelsea. You will have to queue around the block to see her new installations. But you can just walk into a room on 19th street and see 66 of her new paintings. This is a review of the work in that room.
Paranoia is lonely, ironically the sense you have of being watched belies the fact that no one's taking any notice at all. The putting on of spots was an act, for Kusama, of "field" being used to cover neurosis. Kusama's paintings...
Spots are a disease -- a "Pop Art" pox; a sign of madness, an hallucination. As Tony Hancock says in his brilliant comic movie The Rebel (1961) where he plays a modern artist: "I get the spots before my eyes, the red mist, and I'm off."
Yayoi Kusama is off again at David Zwirner Gallery on 533 West 19th Street in Chelsea. You will have to queue around the block to see her new installations. But you can just walk into a room on 19th street and see 66 of her new paintings. This is a review of the work in that room.
Paranoia is lonely, ironically the sense you have of being watched belies the fact that no one's taking any notice at all. The putting on of spots was an act, for Kusama, of "field" being used to cover neurosis. Kusama's paintings...
- 12/3/2017
- by Millree Hughes
- www.culturecatch.com
Actress Giselle Eisenberg is ready for Halloween! Like many young women this year, the 10-year-old star is channeling Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn for the holiday, and there is a very special reason behind her costume choice.
Margot Robbie, who plays the bold super-villain in DC Comics thriller, was Eisenberg’s first on-screen movie mom in the award-winning film Wolf on Wall Street, in which the young actress made her big-screen debut as Robbie’s and Leonardo DiCaprio’s daughter at just 5-years-old. And it’s no surprise that the distinguished actress left a lasting impression on Eisenberg in many ways,...
Margot Robbie, who plays the bold super-villain in DC Comics thriller, was Eisenberg’s first on-screen movie mom in the award-winning film Wolf on Wall Street, in which the young actress made her big-screen debut as Robbie’s and Leonardo DiCaprio’s daughter at just 5-years-old. And it’s no surprise that the distinguished actress left a lasting impression on Eisenberg in many ways,...
- 10/30/2017
- by Briana Draguca
- PEOPLE.com
We know the drill: You’ve had every intention of making a trip to the Halloween costume store, but all of a sudden it’s the night of your friend’s Halloween party and you’ve got nothing. Before you freak out, grab your makeup bag. Do you have eyeliner? Red lipstick? Maybe some old face paint from last year? Well, thanks to Make Up For Ever Executive Director of Education & Artistry Patrick Eichler you can create two quick and easy makeup looks with products you most likely already have.
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- 10/27/2017
- by Jillian Ruffo
- PEOPLE.com
Here's a trailer roundup focused on upcoming movies about animals: Isle of Dogs Wes Anderson's next stop-motion animated feature, Isle of Dogs, follows a pack of canine characters as they're banished to an island of trash. Bryan Cranston voices their leader, Chief, while Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum and Bob Balaban play the rest of the main group, who help a young Japanese boy (Koyu Rankin) search for his missing pup. The dystopian sci-fi movie features an even bigger star-studded voice cast, including Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand and Greta Gerwig, and now has a very funny, very Wes Anderson-y trailer with its showcase of obscure '60s psychedelic group The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band on the...
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- 9/22/2017
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
The opening sequences of George Clooney's Suburbicon unfold in front of us like an animated book straight from a Cold War infomercial. Set in late 1940s America, these scenes are accompanied by a narrator who cooingly tells us the benefits of living in the quaint suburban town of the film's title, and an excruciatingly optimistic piano track chirps in the background. Meanwhile the vibrant Pop Art moves as our eyes land on it, and the characters even begin to gleefully interact with us. Before long, we sink into one of the pages and find ourselves in real-life Suburbicon, a small American microcosm that immediately proves to be more sinister than the commercial's skin-deep veneer. Once there, we find ourselves surrounded by Jenny Eagan's immaculately showy...
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- 9/3/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is the best TV show based on a comic book, manga or graphic novel? Any current, older, live-action or animated show is fair game.
Erik Adams (@EricMAdams), A.V. Club
“Batman” (1966) spent the better part of the past 50 years as the candy-colored punching bag for the “Biff!”s and “Pow!”s of those aiming to “protect” the character’s integrity — which is to say fans whose sole perception of the Caped Crusader is a tortured loner threatening the criminals of Gotham City through clenched teeth. I know, because I used to be one of them, someone who’d have reflexively answered this question with “‘Batman: The Animated Series,...
This week’s question: What is the best TV show based on a comic book, manga or graphic novel? Any current, older, live-action or animated show is fair game.
Erik Adams (@EricMAdams), A.V. Club
“Batman” (1966) spent the better part of the past 50 years as the candy-colored punching bag for the “Biff!”s and “Pow!”s of those aiming to “protect” the character’s integrity — which is to say fans whose sole perception of the Caped Crusader is a tortured loner threatening the criminals of Gotham City through clenched teeth. I know, because I used to be one of them, someone who’d have reflexively answered this question with “‘Batman: The Animated Series,...
- 7/18/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Attempting to codify director Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto is like attempting to unify a mass of artistic movements into a clearly defined and coherent whole without contradiction. Which makes sense, as the apparent theme behind Rosefeldt’s film is that the nebulous nature of art defies definition or unification. In Manifesto, artistic movements interact with, react to, and undermine one another through the person of Cate Blanchett, who represents them on screen, and through the mis-en-scene that mirrors the essence of the words, just as the words mirror the essence of the art they describe.
Manifesto creates a loosely defined argument comprised of thirteen vignettes, all of them featuring Blanchett as the central character in a variety of roles from different social classes, ages, and professions (among them a school teacher, a punk, a grieving widow, an industrial worker, a socialite, and a homeless man). The monologues she speaks draw...
Manifesto creates a loosely defined argument comprised of thirteen vignettes, all of them featuring Blanchett as the central character in a variety of roles from different social classes, ages, and professions (among them a school teacher, a punk, a grieving widow, an industrial worker, a socialite, and a homeless man). The monologues she speaks draw...
- 4/27/2017
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
James Rosenquist, a pioneer during the 1960s’ Pop art movement, passed away on March 31, 2017. He was 83. James Rosenquist Dead At 83 Rosenquist passed away in his home in New York City “after a long illness,” reports The New York Times. He’s survived by his wife, Mimi Thompson, and his son, daughter, grandson and […]
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- 4/2/2017
- by Matt Reisine
- Uinterview
Cate Blanchett doesn’t play 13 characters so much as embody 13 different ideas and approaches to 20th century art in Manifesto, German video artist Julian Rosefeldt’s feature-length version of his eponymous, multi-screen installation from 2015. The texts all come from art manifestos but are put in the mouth of often very surprising characters. The film thus features a homeless person raving about Situationism; a tattooed rock chick screaming about Stridentism; a funeral speaker extolling Dada — “From now on, we want to shit in different colors,” she intones — and a conservative mother delivering a prayer on Pop Art before the family’s...
- 1/22/2017
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2017 will see the return of both The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones (granted, we'll have to wait quite a bit longer for the latter), and to mark the occasion we're spotlighting a couple of terrific t-shirts from SuperHeroStuff.com. First up is the Game of Thrones Pop art tee, which is a must have if you also happen to be a Funko fan, as it features cute little interpretations of The Hound, Hodor, Jon Snow, Ghost, and more. Then there's The Walking Dead Protected tee, featuring the 2 biggest badasses (please don't kill me Carol) on the show, Rick and Daryl, taking aim in a Jack Daniels-style design. Game of Thrones Pop Art T-Shirt What do you do if you have super cute versions of George Rr Martin's Hound, Hodor, a dragon, Dany, a White Walker, Jon Snow, a dire wolf, Drogo, and Tyrion? You put them on a super sweet shirt,...
- 12/31/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
‘Manifesto’ First Look: Cate Blanchett Channels Lars Von Trier and Jim Jarmusch In Sundance Premiere
How do you follow-up a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nomianted turn in a prestige drama like “Carol”? If you’re Cate Blanchett, you start taking some serious risks. The past year has seen the actress take roles in blockbusters like “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Ocean’s Eight,” plus star in an experimental short film where she plays a “spider-like woman who eats her partner after sex.” Now we can add “Manifesto” to the growing list of unconventional Blanchett roles that sound totally awesome.
Read More: ‘Red’ Trailer: Cate Blanchett Goes High Art in Creepy Experimental Film Teaser
Buried in yesterday’s Sundance Film Festival announcement, “Manifesto” comes from German artist and filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt. The project premiered as a multi-screen visual installation at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in March 2015, with Blanchett playing 13 different roles that embody major artistic movements. “Manifesto” will be making its world premiere as a 90-minute feature at Sundance.
Read More: ‘Red’ Trailer: Cate Blanchett Goes High Art in Creepy Experimental Film Teaser
Buried in yesterday’s Sundance Film Festival announcement, “Manifesto” comes from German artist and filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt. The project premiered as a multi-screen visual installation at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in March 2015, with Blanchett playing 13 different roles that embody major artistic movements. “Manifesto” will be making its world premiere as a 90-minute feature at Sundance.
- 12/6/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
After unveiling their competition and Next slate last week, Sundance is shoring up its 2017 selections with the announcement of the lineup of premieres, midnight movies, and more today. The latest batch of films includes The Big Sick, a semi-autobiographical story from couple Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon directed by Michael Showalter, a starring vehicle for Jessica Williams titled The Incredible Jessica James, and the latest from Daniel Clowes based on his graphic novel Wilson.
Park City will also play host to the premiere of the bizarrely enticing Manifesto, in which Cate Blanchett does “reenactments” in “an homage to the twentieth century’s most impassioned artistic statements and innovators, from Futurists and Dadaists to Pop Art, Fluxus, Lars von Trier and Jim Jarmusch.” Other intriguing titles include new works from directors Luca Guadagnino and Dee Rees, and another one of the final performances of Anton Yelchin, Rememory. Thoroughbred, also starring ...
Park City will also play host to the premiere of the bizarrely enticing Manifesto, in which Cate Blanchett does “reenactments” in “an homage to the twentieth century’s most impassioned artistic statements and innovators, from Futurists and Dadaists to Pop Art, Fluxus, Lars von Trier and Jim Jarmusch.” Other intriguing titles include new works from directors Luca Guadagnino and Dee Rees, and another one of the final performances of Anton Yelchin, Rememory. Thoroughbred, also starring ...
- 12/5/2016
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
NEWSFilm scholar V.F. Perkins, author of the essential book Film As Film (1972), has died at the age of 80.The BFI in London has announced Black Star, the UK's largest celebration of black screen actors, to run October 17 - December 31, 2016.Consummate Hollywood director Garry Marshall, best known for Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and such television productions as Happy Days and Mork & Mindy, has died at 81.Filmmaker and Mubi team member Kurt Walker and filmmaker Isaac Goes are launching online film exhibition space Kinet, "catered to the dissemination of new and boundary pushing avant-garde cinema." Kinet's first program, which begins next week, includes Masha Tupitsyn's epic Love Sounds.Recommended VIEWINGThe feature debut of Canadian director Isiah Medina, 88:88, which received its global online premiere on Mubi last spring, is now streaming for free.An English-subtitled, behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Johnnie To's excellent thriller, Three.The teaser trailer for...
- 7/20/2016
- MUBI
We have a busy week of horror and sci-fi entertainment releases to look forward to, especially for those of you cult and indie horror fans out there. Grindhouse Releasing is bringing Lucio Fulci’s insane Cat in the Brain to Blu-ray, and the recent indie thriller Road Games is getting a release on July 12th as well, courtesy of Scream Factory. One of my personal favorites from 2016, Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room arrives on both formats this Tuesday via Lionsgate, and Synapse Films is releasing the recent Creepshow documentary Just Desserts.
Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases for July 12th include Model Hunger, Slasher: Season One, 13 Cameras, the Steelbook edition of Blood and Black Lace, and Pop Art editions of The Birds, Psycho, and King Kong.
Cat in the Brain (Grindhouse Releasing, Blu/CD Combo)
The most Violent movie ever made! Acclaimed Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci, director of Zombie and The Beyond,...
Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases for July 12th include Model Hunger, Slasher: Season One, 13 Cameras, the Steelbook edition of Blood and Black Lace, and Pop Art editions of The Birds, Psycho, and King Kong.
Cat in the Brain (Grindhouse Releasing, Blu/CD Combo)
The most Violent movie ever made! Acclaimed Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci, director of Zombie and The Beyond,...
- 7/12/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Art Bastard offers a lively, colorful and entertaining look at rebel artist Robert Cenedella, a painter of undeniable artistic talent and integrity who has been out of step with the trends of the art world most of his career. But at a time when people are looking for authenticity, painter Robert Cenedella’s moment many have come.
Director Victor Kanefsky delivers a fun, playful documentary that puts a greater focus on Cenedella’s color-drenched, satiric art work than it does on his biography, offering just enough of the personal to put the artist’s work in proper context. The 76-year-old artist’s career has spanned from the post WWII Abstract Expressionist movement of Jackson Pollack and Mike Rothko, to the Pop Art movement and Andy Warhol, to the present, without fitting into the mainstream trends. Recapping Cenedella’s career gives the audience a little overview of two art movements of...
Director Victor Kanefsky delivers a fun, playful documentary that puts a greater focus on Cenedella’s color-drenched, satiric art work than it does on his biography, offering just enough of the personal to put the artist’s work in proper context. The 76-year-old artist’s career has spanned from the post WWII Abstract Expressionist movement of Jackson Pollack and Mike Rothko, to the Pop Art movement and Andy Warhol, to the present, without fitting into the mainstream trends. Recapping Cenedella’s career gives the audience a little overview of two art movements of...
- 6/24/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The documentary shorts presented at the Tribeca Film Festival included both human stories and New York’s past. The films delved into themes of chaos, survival, and a glimpse into a life of the city that forever evolves but a time past that cannot be forgotten. After the screening, the filmmakers joined in for a Q&A.
About the Film: "Joe's Violin"
A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin to an instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx and unexpectedly, his own.
About the Director: Kahane Cooperman is the director/producer of "Joe's Violin." She has also directed several other documentaries. She is currently the showrunner/executive producer of "The New Yorker Presents." Prior to that role, she was a co-executive producer of ‘The Daily Show’ with Jon Stewart. She began her career at Maysles Films.
Kahane Cooperman talks about "Joe’s Violin"
Cooperman began by introducing the two subjects of her film who were seated in the audience, the violin owner Joseph Feingold and Brianna.
“The way I got this idea was very simple. My car radio was on and I tuned on the classical radio station Wqxr and I heard a promo for their instrument drive; it said donate your instruments and the instruments are going to New York City school kids. They mentioned the donations they already had gotten and one of the instruments was Joseph’s violin. I just thought, 'I wonder if there's a story there with this violin and if the student who gets the violin will know the story.' I got in touch with the radio station and they allowed me the privilege of pursuing the story and this film is what unfolded. It was a very moving experience. I do love music but I don't play an instrument. I think music is incredibly powerful but I'm also moved by the idea of how a small gesture can make you dream and change someone’s life. Somehow the idea of this was very compelling to me and that it might play out in the context of this one instrument shared by two people who were born 80 years apart.
About the Film: "Mulberry"
This cinematic portrait of Little Italy explores how a working class neighborhood of tenement buildings transformed into the third most expensive zip code in the United States. Part funny, part sad, the film investigates how gentrification and rent control are affecting the neighborhood’s long-term residents.
About the Director: Paul Stone
Brooklynite Paul Stone started his directing career in the edit room at Ridley Scott & Associates. In "Tales of Time Square," Paul recreated 1980’s Time Square. The footage was often mistaken for stock and went on to be screened at over 50 festivals in the U.S. and abroad. His previous short ‘Man Under’ (Tff 2015) explored the rise in NYC subway suicides.
Paul Stone talks about "Mulberry"
“I saw my neighborhood disappearing, changing. I have no problem with gentrification, but it’s gotten to a point of hyper gentrification. Little Italy in New York is known for its soul and its people, and it was rapidly disappearing. I wanted to tell the story about who inspired me in terms of my friends and that Little Italy is still alive and well, and that there are still a lot of characters left.
About the Film: "Starring Austin Pendleton"
Austin Pendleton is that quintessential character actor you might recognize. We follow Austin as he reflects on his life and craft, while his A-list peers discuss his vast influence, dogged determination, and what it means to be an original in today's celebrity-obsessed world.
About the Directors Gene Gallerano and David H. Holmes
David H. Holmes has studied and acted under the direction of Mr. Pendleton. His film and television credits include ‘Birdman’, ‘Law and Order’, ‘Girls’, ‘Mr. Robot’, and ‘The Following’. Gene Gallerano is the co-founder of The Neboya Collective, and has produced and starred in works including, Occupy’, ‘Texas’, ‘Fireworks’, and ‘The Talk Men’, which he also directed.
Holmes and Gallerano talk about "Starring Austin Pendleton"
The directors met ten years ago in an Off-Broadway show and studied with Austin Pendleton for about five years. They consider him a big mentor. “We look up to him a lot and we wanted to make sure in the end that we could look him in the eye. He was very happy we made the film. At the Tribeca Talks the other day it was the first time Austin saw it. Someone asked him if he had any input into the film and he said no because then you start manipulating it and controlling it; particularly his stutter, he said I would have told them ‘cut that’.” He wasn’t preventing us from making art.”
About the Film: "Taylor and Ultra on the 60s, The Factory and Being a Warhol Superstar"
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet (Isabelle Colin Dufresne) and Lower East Side icon Taylor Mead (poet/actor/artist) share their stories of Manhattan in the 1960s.
About the Director: Brian Bayerl
Brian Bayerl's documentary work includes ‘8: The Mormon Proposition’ (Sundance 2010), and ‘For Once in My Life’ (SXSW Audience Award Winner 2010). This is his third collaboration with producer Michael Huter, including ‘Datuna: Portrait of America’ (London's Raindance Winner 2015) and Full Circle.
Brian Bayerl talks about "Taylor and Ultra on the 60s, The Factory and Being a Warhol Superstar"
“Our producer came across photographs of Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead and Ultra Violet and a lot of other figures of the sixties Pop Art. When documenting those photographs we met Taylor Mead and Ultra Violet and instantly fell in love with them; they were just so captivating and charismatic and fun that over the next four years we had opportunities to interview them and gather footage. When we lost both of them, we were approached by the Warhol Museum about putting something together and that's exactly what we wanted to do. We put this film together as an homage to both of them.”
About the film "Dead Ringer"
There are only four outdoor phone booths left in all of New York City—this is a late night conversation with one of them.
About the Directors: Alex Kliment, Dana O’Keefe, and Michael Tucker
Alex Kliment is a filmmaker and musician from New York. He is also a talking head. Dana O'Keefe is a filmmaker based in New York and Stockholm. Michael Tucker is a documentary filmmaker who lives in upstate New York.
Alex Kliment, Dana O’Keefe, and Michael Tucker talk about "Dead Ringer"
“Our film started with learning about the statistic that there were only four outdoor telephone booths left in New York City. The city's replacing them with Wi-Fi hotspots, We thought, ‘What's a fun way to dramatize the changing urban landscape that also reflects a lot of other changes of the human landscape and how we relate to each other. We thought about how to impersonate and put ourselves in the mind of a pay phone. This film was an opportunity to visit with very tragic heroes of our sidewalk -- the payphones of New York City.”
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
About the Film: "Joe's Violin"
A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin to an instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx and unexpectedly, his own.
About the Director: Kahane Cooperman is the director/producer of "Joe's Violin." She has also directed several other documentaries. She is currently the showrunner/executive producer of "The New Yorker Presents." Prior to that role, she was a co-executive producer of ‘The Daily Show’ with Jon Stewart. She began her career at Maysles Films.
Kahane Cooperman talks about "Joe’s Violin"
Cooperman began by introducing the two subjects of her film who were seated in the audience, the violin owner Joseph Feingold and Brianna.
“The way I got this idea was very simple. My car radio was on and I tuned on the classical radio station Wqxr and I heard a promo for their instrument drive; it said donate your instruments and the instruments are going to New York City school kids. They mentioned the donations they already had gotten and one of the instruments was Joseph’s violin. I just thought, 'I wonder if there's a story there with this violin and if the student who gets the violin will know the story.' I got in touch with the radio station and they allowed me the privilege of pursuing the story and this film is what unfolded. It was a very moving experience. I do love music but I don't play an instrument. I think music is incredibly powerful but I'm also moved by the idea of how a small gesture can make you dream and change someone’s life. Somehow the idea of this was very compelling to me and that it might play out in the context of this one instrument shared by two people who were born 80 years apart.
About the Film: "Mulberry"
This cinematic portrait of Little Italy explores how a working class neighborhood of tenement buildings transformed into the third most expensive zip code in the United States. Part funny, part sad, the film investigates how gentrification and rent control are affecting the neighborhood’s long-term residents.
About the Director: Paul Stone
Brooklynite Paul Stone started his directing career in the edit room at Ridley Scott & Associates. In "Tales of Time Square," Paul recreated 1980’s Time Square. The footage was often mistaken for stock and went on to be screened at over 50 festivals in the U.S. and abroad. His previous short ‘Man Under’ (Tff 2015) explored the rise in NYC subway suicides.
Paul Stone talks about "Mulberry"
“I saw my neighborhood disappearing, changing. I have no problem with gentrification, but it’s gotten to a point of hyper gentrification. Little Italy in New York is known for its soul and its people, and it was rapidly disappearing. I wanted to tell the story about who inspired me in terms of my friends and that Little Italy is still alive and well, and that there are still a lot of characters left.
About the Film: "Starring Austin Pendleton"
Austin Pendleton is that quintessential character actor you might recognize. We follow Austin as he reflects on his life and craft, while his A-list peers discuss his vast influence, dogged determination, and what it means to be an original in today's celebrity-obsessed world.
About the Directors Gene Gallerano and David H. Holmes
David H. Holmes has studied and acted under the direction of Mr. Pendleton. His film and television credits include ‘Birdman’, ‘Law and Order’, ‘Girls’, ‘Mr. Robot’, and ‘The Following’. Gene Gallerano is the co-founder of The Neboya Collective, and has produced and starred in works including, Occupy’, ‘Texas’, ‘Fireworks’, and ‘The Talk Men’, which he also directed.
Holmes and Gallerano talk about "Starring Austin Pendleton"
The directors met ten years ago in an Off-Broadway show and studied with Austin Pendleton for about five years. They consider him a big mentor. “We look up to him a lot and we wanted to make sure in the end that we could look him in the eye. He was very happy we made the film. At the Tribeca Talks the other day it was the first time Austin saw it. Someone asked him if he had any input into the film and he said no because then you start manipulating it and controlling it; particularly his stutter, he said I would have told them ‘cut that’.” He wasn’t preventing us from making art.”
About the Film: "Taylor and Ultra on the 60s, The Factory and Being a Warhol Superstar"
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet (Isabelle Colin Dufresne) and Lower East Side icon Taylor Mead (poet/actor/artist) share their stories of Manhattan in the 1960s.
About the Director: Brian Bayerl
Brian Bayerl's documentary work includes ‘8: The Mormon Proposition’ (Sundance 2010), and ‘For Once in My Life’ (SXSW Audience Award Winner 2010). This is his third collaboration with producer Michael Huter, including ‘Datuna: Portrait of America’ (London's Raindance Winner 2015) and Full Circle.
Brian Bayerl talks about "Taylor and Ultra on the 60s, The Factory and Being a Warhol Superstar"
“Our producer came across photographs of Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead and Ultra Violet and a lot of other figures of the sixties Pop Art. When documenting those photographs we met Taylor Mead and Ultra Violet and instantly fell in love with them; they were just so captivating and charismatic and fun that over the next four years we had opportunities to interview them and gather footage. When we lost both of them, we were approached by the Warhol Museum about putting something together and that's exactly what we wanted to do. We put this film together as an homage to both of them.”
About the film "Dead Ringer"
There are only four outdoor phone booths left in all of New York City—this is a late night conversation with one of them.
About the Directors: Alex Kliment, Dana O’Keefe, and Michael Tucker
Alex Kliment is a filmmaker and musician from New York. He is also a talking head. Dana O'Keefe is a filmmaker based in New York and Stockholm. Michael Tucker is a documentary filmmaker who lives in upstate New York.
Alex Kliment, Dana O’Keefe, and Michael Tucker talk about "Dead Ringer"
“Our film started with learning about the statistic that there were only four outdoor telephone booths left in New York City. The city's replacing them with Wi-Fi hotspots, We thought, ‘What's a fun way to dramatize the changing urban landscape that also reflects a lot of other changes of the human landscape and how we relate to each other. We thought about how to impersonate and put ourselves in the mind of a pay phone. This film was an opportunity to visit with very tragic heroes of our sidewalk -- the payphones of New York City.”
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
- 5/5/2016
- by Susan Kouguell
- Sydney's Buzz
The Burning Kiss is an exciting new Australian noir that stylistically draws inspiration from Pop Art, the French New Wave and Southern Gothic. Our regular readers will remember seeing its teaser, poster and stills here exclusively over the past couple of years. This independent film went into production back in 2012 but due to the scope of the project, its completion has been delayed by various set-backs. “Independent filmmaking can be an incredibly cumbersome process as normal film production choices such as reshoots, pickup shots and visual effects can literally add a year or so onto the post-production schedule,” says director Robbie Studsor. The filmmakers are now raising funds to help complete the film’s last remaining visual effects. “As a result of the ambitious...
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- 4/13/2016
- Screen Anarchy
News from Oliver Heldens‘ new Heldeep Records imprint came out at a relatively sparse rate following its launch last year, but with the release of a new Ep series it looks like that’s about to change.
The first edition of the DJ Tools Ep has arrived, offering up three tracks that capture the label’s unique style of bass house. The first track of the bunch is “Right Here” by Billy Kenny and Aaron Jackson. By incorporating wonky bass wobbles into a funky house groove, the track succeeds in bringing something to the bass house formula that American artists like Jauz and Ephwurd have yet to tap into.
Elsewhere on the disc, Bart B More’s “Down” adds some breakbeat flavor to the Ep, with Kyle Watson’s “Don’t Talk” (featuring Pop Art) closing it out with some future house warmth.
After hearing what Oliver Heldens‘ signees have...
The first edition of the DJ Tools Ep has arrived, offering up three tracks that capture the label’s unique style of bass house. The first track of the bunch is “Right Here” by Billy Kenny and Aaron Jackson. By incorporating wonky bass wobbles into a funky house groove, the track succeeds in bringing something to the bass house formula that American artists like Jauz and Ephwurd have yet to tap into.
Elsewhere on the disc, Bart B More’s “Down” adds some breakbeat flavor to the Ep, with Kyle Watson’s “Don’t Talk” (featuring Pop Art) closing it out with some future house warmth.
After hearing what Oliver Heldens‘ signees have...
- 3/2/2016
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
Welcome back to the second day of Daily Dead’s 2015 Holiday Gift Guide- hope everyone survived Turkey Day and is ready to save some cash on more Black Friday deals and many other gift ideas I have rounded up for you all today.
We’re starting off today with more Black Friday sales that might be of interest to you and a bunch more gift ideas perfect for genre fans of all ages, including two recent visual histories of iconic films from the 1980’s, one of Scream Factory’s awesome recent releases, apparel from Dark Bunny, horror-themed cross stitch and more!
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is being sponsored by Rlj Entertainment and their recent terrifying yuletide release, A Christmas Horror Story, and to help you guys get into the spirit of the season, we’ve put together 10 amazing prize packs filled with goodies, a t-shirt and your very...
We’re starting off today with more Black Friday sales that might be of interest to you and a bunch more gift ideas perfect for genre fans of all ages, including two recent visual histories of iconic films from the 1980’s, one of Scream Factory’s awesome recent releases, apparel from Dark Bunny, horror-themed cross stitch and more!
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is being sponsored by Rlj Entertainment and their recent terrifying yuletide release, A Christmas Horror Story, and to help you guys get into the spirit of the season, we’ve put together 10 amazing prize packs filled with goodies, a t-shirt and your very...
- 11/27/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
While next month will find "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" on nearly every available screen around the country, you might want to skip the lines and take in a cinematic experience with a picture that has been influencing the movies for far longer than The Force. Jean-Luc Godard's groundbreaking "Pierrot Le Fou" is marking its fiftieth anniversary with a brand new restoration, and today we have the exclusive trailer. Read More: Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina: A Marriage On Film Starring the eternally cool Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina, the story follows two youths on the run through the south of France, with Godard's movie mixing post-modern attitude, Pop art sensibilities, gorgeous visuals and improvised dialogue, and much more. It's a true treasure that's vital and refreshing today, and one that's best experienced on the big screen. "Pierrot Le Fou" will hit Film Forum from December 18 to 24. Watch below.
- 11/27/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
This interview was originally published online by Sight & Sound. It is being re-published on the Notebook in conjunction with Albert Serra's Story of My Death playing on Mubi in most countries in the world through December 14, 2015.If new movie masterpieces are proclaimed at each and every major film festival each and every year, the notable absence of adventurous, exciting and otherwise transgressive cinema amongst those lauded should inspire us to question not only the terms we use to describe films but also the standards to which we hold them.Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra, a transcendental minimalist who wields his camera like only a handful of fellow feature-film digital adventurers – among them Pedro Costa, David Lynch and Michael Mann – is one of the few who produces work that truly creates a new encounter with the audience. His radically stripped-down, voluptuously shaggy adaptations of canonical writing – Cervantes in Honour of the Knights...
- 11/20/2015
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
Editor’s Note: Apologies to the readers of Dtb and to the author of all the Coffin Couture posts, Cherry Bombed for being tardy with this post. We hope that you still find it useful!
After this long, hot, horrible summer, Coffin Couture is Back on Destroy the Brain with our annual, fashionable recommendations for the coming Fall season.
This time around on Cc I decided to focus on the needs of incoming students who also happen to be horror film fanatics. From accessories that homage the great films of Hammer, to beautifully crafted eyeglass frames with an all over Ouija board pattern (yes, really), this year going back to school won’t be as painful as it was for those damn stupid kids that got carved up at the lake this summer and never made it to first period.
Curse of Frankenstein bag
As I can never get enough...
After this long, hot, horrible summer, Coffin Couture is Back on Destroy the Brain with our annual, fashionable recommendations for the coming Fall season.
This time around on Cc I decided to focus on the needs of incoming students who also happen to be horror film fanatics. From accessories that homage the great films of Hammer, to beautifully crafted eyeglass frames with an all over Ouija board pattern (yes, really), this year going back to school won’t be as painful as it was for those damn stupid kids that got carved up at the lake this summer and never made it to first period.
Curse of Frankenstein bag
As I can never get enough...
- 11/6/2015
- by Cherry Bombed
- Destroy the Brain
Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s Delirious, Incomparable Masterpiece
Despite the pronounced pedigree of its origins, Ken Russell’s glorious 1971 film The Devils is still mysteriously unavailable in the United States. An infamously plagued reception continues to usurp deserved attention away from its subversive content, though a growing legion of champions within the critical arena which had once sacrilegiously abandoned it has resulted in its growing recuperation.
Based, very loosely on a 1952 novel by literary giant Aldous Huxley depicting the downfall of 17th century French priest Urbain Grandier, it relates an incidence of hysteria and mob mentality run amok in the totalitarian paradigm of the Catholic Church. Russell, his project backed by none other than Warner Bros. studio itself, crafted an off-putting extravaganza of a film (shall we say, making Huxley’s text more Grandier) depicting events decried as pure blasphemy.
Wit unabashedly blunt sexual...
Despite the pronounced pedigree of its origins, Ken Russell’s glorious 1971 film The Devils is still mysteriously unavailable in the United States. An infamously plagued reception continues to usurp deserved attention away from its subversive content, though a growing legion of champions within the critical arena which had once sacrilegiously abandoned it has resulted in its growing recuperation.
Based, very loosely on a 1952 novel by literary giant Aldous Huxley depicting the downfall of 17th century French priest Urbain Grandier, it relates an incidence of hysteria and mob mentality run amok in the totalitarian paradigm of the Catholic Church. Russell, his project backed by none other than Warner Bros. studio itself, crafted an off-putting extravaganza of a film (shall we say, making Huxley’s text more Grandier) depicting events decried as pure blasphemy.
Wit unabashedly blunt sexual...
- 10/10/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The first photos of this year's Celebrity Big Brother house have been revealed, and the UK vs USA theme certainly takes centre stage.
The bold red, white and blue-themed house will definitely be reminding the celebs of their rivalry, as stars and stripes and Union Jacks decorate their luxury accommodation.
Who could be going into the Celebrity Big Brother house? All the rumours
Blue sofas dominate the living room area, with plenty of scatter cushions to let the housemates lounge in comfort.
The kitchen transports the housemates back to a '50s-style diner with white and black-checked floors, as well as red and white chairs with matching kitchenware.
The garden is entirely a stateside affair, with a miniature Statue of Liberty standing pride of place in the middle of the swimming pool.
If the celebrities don't fancy swimming they'll be able to watch from a distance and lap up any...
The bold red, white and blue-themed house will definitely be reminding the celebs of their rivalry, as stars and stripes and Union Jacks decorate their luxury accommodation.
Who could be going into the Celebrity Big Brother house? All the rumours
Blue sofas dominate the living room area, with plenty of scatter cushions to let the housemates lounge in comfort.
The kitchen transports the housemates back to a '50s-style diner with white and black-checked floors, as well as red and white chairs with matching kitchenware.
The garden is entirely a stateside affair, with a miniature Statue of Liberty standing pride of place in the middle of the swimming pool.
If the celebrities don't fancy swimming they'll be able to watch from a distance and lap up any...
- 8/23/2015
- Digital Spy
Read More: Review: Pop Art Comes to Lurching Life in Takashi Murakami's Message-Laden, Semi-Animated Outing They call him the Andy Warhol of Japan, so imagine if Warhol had made a children's movie. The second he enters the Opening Ceremony store in Soho, in suspenders and a comically oversized hat, Takashi Murakami is swarmed by a crowd of stylish fans, many whose hair colors match the anime-like creatures from his debut film, "Jellyfish Eyes." Set in post-Fukushima Japan, the film follows a young boy who has just lost his father and moved to a new town where all the children control their own creatures, or F.R.I.E.N.D.s, through devices that look like phones. What the children don't know is that the evil adults at the plant in town are using the devices to harness their negative energy and create a super monster F.R.I.
- 7/17/2015
- by Judith Dry
- Indiewire
The BBC is celebrating the work of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and other pop art pioneers with a new week-long series of programming in August.
BBC Four, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music will air special documentaries and programmes looking back at one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.
BBC Four documentary Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed The World will see writer and art critic Alastair Sooke take a closer look at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Stephen Smith's film A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, A Brief History of Graffiti and What Do Artists Do All Day? will also air on BBC Four over the course of the season.
Pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips are also creating three new channel idents for BBC Four.
Content across 6 Music and BBC online will also celebrate the art movement.
BBC Four, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music will air special documentaries and programmes looking back at one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.
BBC Four documentary Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed The World will see writer and art critic Alastair Sooke take a closer look at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Stephen Smith's film A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, A Brief History of Graffiti and What Do Artists Do All Day? will also air on BBC Four over the course of the season.
Pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips are also creating three new channel idents for BBC Four.
Content across 6 Music and BBC online will also celebrate the art movement.
- 7/15/2015
- Digital Spy
When Mondo Ruled the Pop Art World! The next show opening at Mondo Gallery in Austin will be dedicated completely to Jurassic Park, just the first film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg Rated PG-13 dinosaur island masterpiece. Mondo has announced the new show called "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth", inspired by the banner in the lobby in the original film (see above), featuring tons of artists submitting all kinds of work inspired by Jurassic Park. The first piece can be seen below, by Francesco Francavilla, and of course it features the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex. I can't wait to see all of the art, but we'll have to wait until June. Here's the first piece in the "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" show, designed by by Francesco Francavilla: "Mondo's dino-sized gallery show celebrating Jurassic Park and the highly anticipated Jurassic World (in theaters June 12) will feature dozens of artists contributing original works of...
- 5/14/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Macy's Herald Square unveils its latest work of art in floral beauty, with the opening of the iconic store's 41st annual Flower Show. Inspired by the great works of fine art, Art in Bloom is a masterpiece in design, structure, texture and color. Taking root on the Main Floor and beyond are eight intoxicating garden genres: Abstract; Pop Art; Impressionist; Art Nouveau; Contemporary; Surrealism; Renaissance and Portrait Gallery. This new approach to this time honored, much anticipated event will invigorate the senses and appeal to every palette. As a welcome to the vernal equinox, Macy's fabulous floral display will surprise and delight all who cross the threshold of the famed Herald Square Broadway doors. Beginning Sunday, March 22nd until Saturday, April 4th, this springtime...
- 3/20/2015
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Youngsters and oldsters alike…here is the reel deal: The New York International Children’s Film Festival (Nyicff) will be making its presence known in the upcoming days. On tap for the 18th annual event will be a noted variety of creative animated films and shorts for all ages to enjoy and relish. The New York International Children’s Film Festival promises to serve up an array of animated showcases that boasts all styles and formats that should prove imaginative and appealing to our past and present childhood memories.
Please note that the Nyicff will run its operation from February 27, 2015 to March 22, 2015. Additionally, the majority of these impressive feature-length and short films have experienced critical acclaim overseas. Therefore, the impact of the Nyicff’s cinematic selections should be rewarding for ardent fans of animated film fodder designed to capture the spirit of its enthusiastic viewers.
Among the films being displayed...
Please note that the Nyicff will run its operation from February 27, 2015 to March 22, 2015. Additionally, the majority of these impressive feature-length and short films have experienced critical acclaim overseas. Therefore, the impact of the Nyicff’s cinematic selections should be rewarding for ardent fans of animated film fodder designed to capture the spirit of its enthusiastic viewers.
Among the films being displayed...
- 2/11/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Rick Heinrichs' fifth collaboration with Tim Burton might be more grounded in "Big Eyes," considering that it's based on the real-life story of Pop Art icon Margaret Keane (played by awards buzzy Amy Adams). But it stills falls within Burton's kitschy canon, and the Oscar-winning Heinrichs ("Sleepy Hollow"), who received a BAFTA nom for "Big Eyes," crucially conveys an emotional connection between Keane and her environment. Indeed, when Keane painted in San Francisco, the Northern California cultural mecca was right on the cusp between the beats of the '50s and the hippies of the '60s, which fascinated the production designer. "The period was visually and graphically forward-thinking... futuristic-modern, although things got a little psychedelic there in the '60s, but they were all dealing with simple, strong shapes and colors," notes Heinrichs, who attended CalArts, like Burton, before working together at Disney. "And when you're...
- 1/14/2015
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
For almost 30 years, Mark Landis forged artwork and passed it off as his own to various museums around the country. It wasn’t until Matthew Leininger, a registrar at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, investigated the pieces in 2008 that the forgery was exposed. Leininger dedicated his time to investigating Landis further, and the scale of forgeries was revealed in 2012. Both men are featured in Art and Craft, a documentary about Landis, directed by Jennifer Grausman and Sam Cullman and co-directed by Mark Becker. Because Landis never sold his work to the museums, only donated the works in what he calls acts of “philanthropy”, he was never prosecuted.
The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore said, “The film will appeal to art lovers, but some viewers who can hardly tell their Cezannes from Chagalls will find the story fascinating as well.”
The film was picked by...
Managing Editor
For almost 30 years, Mark Landis forged artwork and passed it off as his own to various museums around the country. It wasn’t until Matthew Leininger, a registrar at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, investigated the pieces in 2008 that the forgery was exposed. Leininger dedicated his time to investigating Landis further, and the scale of forgeries was revealed in 2012. Both men are featured in Art and Craft, a documentary about Landis, directed by Jennifer Grausman and Sam Cullman and co-directed by Mark Becker. Because Landis never sold his work to the museums, only donated the works in what he calls acts of “philanthropy”, he was never prosecuted.
The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore said, “The film will appeal to art lovers, but some viewers who can hardly tell their Cezannes from Chagalls will find the story fascinating as well.”
The film was picked by...
- 12/19/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Christmas is rapidly approaching, and if you have a large geeky family or group of friends, getting gifts for them can be really hard and expensive to do. I've compiled a list of 20 geeky things under $20 that can all be purchased from Urban Outfitters online or in store. I chose them for logistical reasons: they are open late, they are everywhere, and if you go the online route it's free shipping when you get over $50 worth of stuff.
World's Smallest Walkie Talkie — Set of 2 — $15
Marvel Faces Tee — $20
R2D2 String Lights — 30 inches long — $20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pint Glass — $8 or 2 for $10
Pixapet — $10
Nintendo Game Boy Tee — $20
Nightmare Before Christmas Plush Ornament — $12
Inflatable Crown — $6
Astronaut Ice Cream Sandwich — $6
Astronaut Ice Cream — $6
Kikkerland Survival Tool — $6
Buddy The Elf How Is Your Christmas Tee — $20
The Great Lakes Lucky Dice Game — $14
Oversized Mike And Ike Candy Box — $20
Nite Ize Flashflight Jr. Led Disc — $16
Pop Art...
World's Smallest Walkie Talkie — Set of 2 — $15
Marvel Faces Tee — $20
R2D2 String Lights — 30 inches long — $20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pint Glass — $8 or 2 for $10
Pixapet — $10
Nintendo Game Boy Tee — $20
Nightmare Before Christmas Plush Ornament — $12
Inflatable Crown — $6
Astronaut Ice Cream Sandwich — $6
Astronaut Ice Cream — $6
Kikkerland Survival Tool — $6
Buddy The Elf How Is Your Christmas Tee — $20
The Great Lakes Lucky Dice Game — $14
Oversized Mike And Ike Candy Box — $20
Nite Ize Flashflight Jr. Led Disc — $16
Pop Art...
- 12/12/2014
- by Free Reyes
- GeekTyrant
I had a weird Star Trek phase when I was a kid. Not "weird" like "obsessive," or "weird" like all nerdy phases seemed to be back then. I mean that the way I came to the series was strange, and I'm hard-pressed to geolocate myself in the continuum of Star Trek fans. Trek fandom is literally Generational: The most distinct line in the sand gets drawn between those people who will always roll hard for the original crew and those people who prefer The Next Generation. The distinctions are vague, but obvious. Kirk and Co. were bold adventurers setting off...
- 12/9/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Space. The final frontier. Also: so hot right now! This year, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar and James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy—to say nothing of the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens—continued feeding audiences' appetites for all things extraterrestrial, picking up where the Oscar-winning Gravity and rebooted Star Trek series left off. There are sequels coming for Star Trek, Prometheus, and Guardians, Marvel will keep expanding its cosmic universe in Captain Marvel, and, on the small screen, Syfy is planning a rebooted version of the grandaddy of all space operas, Arthur C. Clarke's...
- 12/8/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Robert Rauschenberg called his friend Ray Johnson an artist who existed in “the gap between art and life.” Doesn’t sound like the greatest of compliments coming from a best friend — but these are artists, and the lines between art and life are blurred. Johnson was a character, a provocateur, and just as likely to be cited by other people as an inspiration as to be remembered for his actual work. Though the work was really good! Active from the late 1940s up until his death in 1995, Johnson provoked Pop Art into being and followed the Dada tradition of using collage and cutouts as a satirical force to poke fun at society — take, for example, his “moticos,” a.k.a. small collages laden with logos and pop-culture references, which predated Andy Warhol by a decade.But it might just be that the most impressive thing about Johnson was his incredible...
- 11/18/2014
- by Julie Baumgardner
- Vulture
"I'll believe in you all my life, everyday." Take a look at these beauties, wow. Pop art group Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles is about to host a show called Imagined Worlds and it will feature art inspired by various Spielberg and Carpenter and Cameron and Jackson and Nolan worlds/movies. After taking a look at the set of preview of images via SlashFilm, I just couldn't help but share these, there's so many that are wonderful and will fill you with nostalgic joy as soon as you see them. And that's what I love about great pop art like this, how much it's a creation out of passion, something that connects with many of us. Anyway, onto the art - I dig the True Lies one, that Joker art is die to for, and that War of the World is perfect, too. Here's some of our favorite artwork from the Imagined Worlds show,...
- 10/17/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Alex pays a fond return revisit to 1960s classic TV series, The Avengers...
Stylish crime fighting, despicable evil masterminds, a bowler-hatted old Etonian gentleman spy and a series of beautiful leather cat-suited, kinky-booted, no-nonsense heroines. The Avengers had all this and more. What began as a monochrome tape series in January 1961 ran the whole of the Sixties, becoming a colourful slice of period hokum, full of flair, wit and sophistication, yet with its tongue firmly in its cheek.
Always the perfect gentleman, John Steed was played by Patrick Macnee. Originally billed second to the late Ian Hendry, Macnee was still playing Steed over 15 years later when he was teamed with the youthful duo of Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt for The New Avengers in 1976. In the 1998 film, the role of Steed was given to Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman played Emma Peel. I will say no more about the film.
Stylish crime fighting, despicable evil masterminds, a bowler-hatted old Etonian gentleman spy and a series of beautiful leather cat-suited, kinky-booted, no-nonsense heroines. The Avengers had all this and more. What began as a monochrome tape series in January 1961 ran the whole of the Sixties, becoming a colourful slice of period hokum, full of flair, wit and sophistication, yet with its tongue firmly in its cheek.
Always the perfect gentleman, John Steed was played by Patrick Macnee. Originally billed second to the late Ian Hendry, Macnee was still playing Steed over 15 years later when he was teamed with the youthful duo of Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt for The New Avengers in 1976. In the 1998 film, the role of Steed was given to Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman played Emma Peel. I will say no more about the film.
- 10/13/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Margaret Roleke's life has been spent in New York or the surrounding tri-state area except for three years living in London and two studying in Ohio. Her many trips to Europe, Asia, Central America, and South America have informed her practice. Roleke's art has been exhibited widely in the tri-state area, and also in several international shows. In the last year her work was seen at Scope Miami, Cutlog in New York, Fountain Art Fair in New York, and in several group exhibits in Connecticut, Harlem, and Brooklyn.
Bradley Rubenstein: It was great seeing some of your new pieces. I'm not sure exactly what we should call them -- they are a kind of hybrid print. Can we talk a little about them first? There is a show of works by Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler up now, and these reminded me of a combination of that kind of colorfield painting,...
Bradley Rubenstein: It was great seeing some of your new pieces. I'm not sure exactly what we should call them -- they are a kind of hybrid print. Can we talk a little about them first? There is a show of works by Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler up now, and these reminded me of a combination of that kind of colorfield painting,...
- 9/26/2014
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Hockney sees the charismatic artist take director Randall Wright on an exclusive tour of his archives and into his studio, where he still paints seven days a week. The film, which looks back at Hockney's formative years in the British Pop Art scene and his experience of being a gay man as the Aids crisis took hold, as well as his years working in California, will have exclusive preview screenings nationwide on 25 November with a live Q&A from Hockney's L.A. studio, before its release on 28 November Continue reading...
- 9/26/2014
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Every artist has their own distinct style. Some styles are close to that of other artists and make them hard to distinguish. Others are so completely original, you know exactly who it is. Such is the case with 100% Soft, a Los Angeles based artist who makes work with tiny, simple, almost baby-like characters. It’s […]
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- 9/12/2014
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Satellite event planned live from Hockney’s Los Angeles studio.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
- 9/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Satellite event planned live from Hockney’s Los Angeles studio.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
- 9/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
This weekend you've got a variety of entertainment options, from the excellent summer blockbuster "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" (review here), and of course, the final two matches of the World Cup. And after all that, if you're still looking for something to feed your eyes and brain, this may do the trick. Boing Boing has pointed us to Ric Burns' extensive 1996 "American Masters" effort "Andy Warhol: A Documentary." As you might guess, it's an extensive and in-depth look at the Pop Art icon, featuring an array of diverse faces, including Bob Dylan, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Koons and more, with Warhol friend Laurie Anderson narrating the whole thing. We know school's out, but this might be a good way to keep those brain cells from atrophy before the bell rings in September. Give it a watch below.
- 7/11/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details from Kadence and soon-to-be feature length film, Headless, a new Phantasmagoria poster, a teaser video for Bad Kids Go 2 Hell, a review of The Well, and more:
First Details on Kadence: “Still reeling from the loss of his mother, a damaging and complex relationship with his father, and a relentless battle with his own inner demons, Kadin’s [17] grip on reality is loosening by the day. Amid this struggle comes an enigmatic and brazen new neighbor, Marissa [19], who, along with the promise of a budding new friendship gives Kadin an ancient voodoo doll. Her reassurance is seductive and the promise of a brighter future leads Kadin to make a sinister choice.
Kadence, a short film blending psychological horror with a chilling character drama that could...
First Details on Kadence: “Still reeling from the loss of his mother, a damaging and complex relationship with his father, and a relentless battle with his own inner demons, Kadin’s [17] grip on reality is loosening by the day. Amid this struggle comes an enigmatic and brazen new neighbor, Marissa [19], who, along with the promise of a budding new friendship gives Kadin an ancient voodoo doll. Her reassurance is seductive and the promise of a brighter future leads Kadin to make a sinister choice.
Kadence, a short film blending psychological horror with a chilling character drama that could...
- 7/6/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
"If you listen closely...there, right there. Did you hear that?" Ryan Hullings moves his mouse back to the play button and clicks, and the single most recognizable opening chord ever — a modified F chord, played against a Gsus4 and a D bass note (but don't just take our word for it) — rings out loudly from the computer in his office at the Criterion Collection. Faintly in the background of this fanfare, however, something that sounds like crying seagulls can be heard, as well as a slightly crunchy edge to the notes.
- 7/3/2014
- Rollingstone.com
At 87, Mel Brooks has lost none of his edge.
The legendary comic provocateur has phoned me from his Los Angeles office to promote the just-released 40th anniversary Blu-ray of his magnum opus, "Blazing Saddles," but before he submits to an interview, he quizzes me about Moviefone's unique pageviews and other Web traffic statistics, about which he knows more than I do. Having concluded that Moviefone is well-trafficked enough for him to talk to, he says, "Ask away, Susman!"
"Blazing Saddles," which made serious satirical points about racism while also making cinema safe for fart jokes, is certainly one of the most influential comedies ever made. Brooks believes it's the funniest film of all time (followed closely by his own "Young Frankenstein"), and he's still upset with the American Film Institute for disagreeing with him. He's making his case for the film with the Blu-ray (which contains a new making-of documentary,...
The legendary comic provocateur has phoned me from his Los Angeles office to promote the just-released 40th anniversary Blu-ray of his magnum opus, "Blazing Saddles," but before he submits to an interview, he quizzes me about Moviefone's unique pageviews and other Web traffic statistics, about which he knows more than I do. Having concluded that Moviefone is well-trafficked enough for him to talk to, he says, "Ask away, Susman!"
"Blazing Saddles," which made serious satirical points about racism while also making cinema safe for fart jokes, is certainly one of the most influential comedies ever made. Brooks believes it's the funniest film of all time (followed closely by his own "Young Frankenstein"), and he's still upset with the American Film Institute for disagreeing with him. He's making his case for the film with the Blu-ray (which contains a new making-of documentary,...
- 5/20/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
David Hockney documentary will be produced by Kate Ogborn (The Deep Blue Sea).
The BFI and BBC are among backers of a new documentary about acclaimed British artist David Hockney.
Currently in post-production, Hockey: A Life in Pictures will be a talking heads documentary includes access to the artist and his personal archives.
The film is produced by BAFTA-nominated producer Kate Ogborn (Bronson, This is England), who most recently produced Ken Loach documentary The Spirit of ’45, and is directed by TV director Randall Wright, who also made a 2003 TV movie about Hockney.
An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The BFI and BBC are among backers of a new documentary about acclaimed British artist David Hockney.
Currently in post-production, Hockey: A Life in Pictures will be a talking heads documentary includes access to the artist and his personal archives.
The film is produced by BAFTA-nominated producer Kate Ogborn (Bronson, This is England), who most recently produced Ken Loach documentary The Spirit of ’45, and is directed by TV director Randall Wright, who also made a 2003 TV movie about Hockney.
An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
- 5/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Billy Bob Thornton fans who wanted more of Lorne Malvo’s fiendish antics last week should have had fun watching “A Muddy Road.” We know most of the players now, and the wheels are turning for their fates to intertwine or become further enmeshed. Puppetmaster Lorne has set his God-playing sights, for now, on regional supermarket monarch Stavros Milos (played by Oliver Platt). Lorne can’t stand this pig’s shallow grandeur, epitomized by the disharmonious artwork — a rudimentary self-portrait, vulgar stained-glass re-creation of St. Lawrence, and quasi–Pop art wall-hanging of an ice scraper — uglifying his home. So, Lorne figures, why not expense a run to the local butcher shop, make away with gallons of porcine blood, and mainline it into Stavros’s plumbing so he’s literally showered in Wilbur goo? Only after slicing his beloved dog Caroline King’s (genius) jugular and sneaking amphetamines into Stavros’s...
- 4/30/2014
- by Kenny Herzog
- Vulture
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- 4/24/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Douglas Coupland built a reputation as an author-futurist nonpareil with his first novel, Generation X: occasionally glib or fuzzy but often prescient, never dull, and certainly never idle. Today the former art student spends more time on visual work, including large public projects all over Canada and his own line of furniture. Currently preparing for his first big solo survey in his native Vancouver — where he lives in wooded mid-century splendor with his architect partner and acres of Pop Art — Coupland also happens to have a novel out. Worst. Person. Ever. follows the bizarre exploits of a nasty cameraman named Raymond Gunt. Sent to Kiribati to film an awful reality show, this evil amalgam of Larry David and Mr. Bean endures misfortunes hilarious, disgusting, and well-deserved. Coupland spoke by phone about that, the “torture” of interviews, and much more with Boris Kachka.Last week you did a Q&A at...
- 4/16/2014
- by Boris Kachka
- Vulture
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