Healing from past trauma, film preservation, Isis, libraries, chimps, rats, and cats — these were just a few of the subjects and stories that this year’s documentary offerings brought us. With 2017 wrapping up, we’ve selected 21 features in the field that left us most impressed, so check out our list below and, in the comments, let us know your favorites.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Steve James)
Steve James’ filmography has long been about finding entry into larger conversations through intimate portraits. The director’s landmark debut, Hoop Dreams, and latter-day efforts like 2014’s monument to critic Roger Ebert, Life Itself, don’t have much in common on the surface, but they both use their central characters to tell larger stories about big picture topics like structural dysfunction and the purpose of film criticism. That double purpose is the quiet genius of James’ latest documentary, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Steve James)
Steve James’ filmography has long been about finding entry into larger conversations through intimate portraits. The director’s landmark debut, Hoop Dreams, and latter-day efforts like 2014’s monument to critic Roger Ebert, Life Itself, don’t have much in common on the surface, but they both use their central characters to tell larger stories about big picture topics like structural dysfunction and the purpose of film criticism. That double purpose is the quiet genius of James’ latest documentary, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.
- 12/19/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, will make her feature directorial debut with Lionsgate’s adaptation of “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the only novel ever written by prolific British playwright Oscar Wilde. Variety initially reported the news.
Read More:Tribeca Review: Infectious And Joyful Dance Documentary ‘Contemporary Color’ Featuring David Byrne, St. Vincent, And More
Adding a contemporary twist to the Victorian novel about a narcissistic young man who stays young while his portrait ages, the title character will be a woman. David Birke, who wrote the script for Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle,” will pen the adaptation with Clark directing.
The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter began her career as a member of the band The Polyphonic Spree and toured with Sufjan Stevens. Her fourth solo album, self-titled St. Vincent, won a Grammy award for Best Alternative Album in 2015. Clark’s previous film, a short titled “Xx,” premiered at the Sundance Film...
Read More:Tribeca Review: Infectious And Joyful Dance Documentary ‘Contemporary Color’ Featuring David Byrne, St. Vincent, And More
Adding a contemporary twist to the Victorian novel about a narcissistic young man who stays young while his portrait ages, the title character will be a woman. David Birke, who wrote the script for Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle,” will pen the adaptation with Clark directing.
The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter began her career as a member of the band The Polyphonic Spree and toured with Sufjan Stevens. Her fourth solo album, self-titled St. Vincent, won a Grammy award for Best Alternative Album in 2015. Clark’s previous film, a short titled “Xx,” premiered at the Sundance Film...
- 8/16/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: This post is presented in partnership with Movies on Demand. Catch up on the latest films On Demand here.]
Movies on Demand has another month of audience favorites in store, including some of the most popular titles of the year so far. Check out five of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout May.
1) “I Am Not Your Negro” (Available May 2)
Raoul Peck’s documentary about the life and work of James Baldwin is a stunning tribute to the writer’s vital work. Even thirty years after his death, Baldwin’s words still cut to the heart of issues confronting American society. With performances of Baldwin’s writing from narrator Samuel L. Jackson, Peck provides a deeply human gateway to understanding the achievements and contributions of a man who still has much to say about how our country understands race.
2) “The Salesman” (Available May 2)
Somewhat lost in the weeks of Oscars aftermath is the recognition of director Asghar Farhadi’s latest film,...
Movies on Demand has another month of audience favorites in store, including some of the most popular titles of the year so far. Check out five of our favorite films from the upcoming month below, as well as the full list of great movies available throughout May.
1) “I Am Not Your Negro” (Available May 2)
Raoul Peck’s documentary about the life and work of James Baldwin is a stunning tribute to the writer’s vital work. Even thirty years after his death, Baldwin’s words still cut to the heart of issues confronting American society. With performances of Baldwin’s writing from narrator Samuel L. Jackson, Peck provides a deeply human gateway to understanding the achievements and contributions of a man who still has much to say about how our country understands race.
2) “The Salesman” (Available May 2)
Somewhat lost in the weeks of Oscars aftermath is the recognition of director Asghar Farhadi’s latest film,...
- 5/2/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
The Age of Shadows (Kim Jee-woon)
Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that South Korea will submit the as-yet-unreleased espionage thriller The Age of Shadows for Oscar consideration instead of Cannes hits The Handmaiden and The Wailing. Premiering out of competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, writer/director Jee-woon Kim’s return to Korean-language cinema after a brief stint in Hollywood with the Schwarzenegger-starrer The Last Stand...
The Age of Shadows (Kim Jee-woon)
Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that South Korea will submit the as-yet-unreleased espionage thriller The Age of Shadows for Oscar consideration instead of Cannes hits The Handmaiden and The Wailing. Premiering out of competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, writer/director Jee-woon Kim’s return to Korean-language cinema after a brief stint in Hollywood with the Schwarzenegger-starrer The Last Stand...
- 4/28/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Jessica Oreck with Sloan Foundation's Doron Weber Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Tribeca Film Institute and Alfred P Sloan Foundation Works-In-Progress Reading had Paul Schneider directing readings by Victor Slezak, Dascha Polanco, Tom Lipinski, Britne Olford and Marshall Factora of Emily Lobsenz's Invisible Islands; Eric Talbach, Olford and Lipinski of Thor Klein's Adventures of a Mathematician, and a clip from Jessica Oreck's One Man Dies A Million Times.
Jessica, the director of The Vanquishing Of The Witch Baba Yaga and cameraperson for David Byrne's Contemporary Color, directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, spoke with me at the cocktail reception. Amy Hobby, producer of Rachel Israel's Keep the Change, Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh, and Treva Wurmfeld's Sam Shepard doc, Shepard & Dark, is the Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Institute.
Jessica Oreck's One Man Dies A Million Times at NeueHouse Photo: Anne-Katrin...
The Tribeca Film Institute and Alfred P Sloan Foundation Works-In-Progress Reading had Paul Schneider directing readings by Victor Slezak, Dascha Polanco, Tom Lipinski, Britne Olford and Marshall Factora of Emily Lobsenz's Invisible Islands; Eric Talbach, Olford and Lipinski of Thor Klein's Adventures of a Mathematician, and a clip from Jessica Oreck's One Man Dies A Million Times.
Jessica, the director of The Vanquishing Of The Witch Baba Yaga and cameraperson for David Byrne's Contemporary Color, directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, spoke with me at the cocktail reception. Amy Hobby, producer of Rachel Israel's Keep the Change, Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh, and Treva Wurmfeld's Sam Shepard doc, Shepard & Dark, is the Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Institute.
Jessica Oreck's One Man Dies A Million Times at NeueHouse Photo: Anne-Katrin...
- 4/24/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
There are few subcultures more niche than that of “the color guard.” The vast majority of people may know them only as those performers working alongside high school marching bands during football games each fall. Young men and women taking to the field to perform routines heavily centered around the use of flags, rifles and sabers, these routines are more often than not overlooked by people waiting for the next play of whatever game they’re partaking in.
However, not in the eyes of iconic musician David Byrne.
In the summer of 2015, Byrne took to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, along with a collection of some of today’s greatest artists and color guard teams to shine a light on the real beauty, importance and power of this artform. And filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross were there to capture it.
The film born from this event is called Contemporary Color and is a breathlessly beautiful,...
However, not in the eyes of iconic musician David Byrne.
In the summer of 2015, Byrne took to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, along with a collection of some of today’s greatest artists and color guard teams to shine a light on the real beauty, importance and power of this artform. And filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross were there to capture it.
The film born from this event is called Contemporary Color and is a breathlessly beautiful,...
- 3/10/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense is such an extraordinary piece of cinema that it is only natural that it casts a long shadow. That 1984 concert documentary of Talking Heads stuck in my mind a lot while watching Contemporary Color from directors Bill and Turner Ross. Not just because both films feature David Byrne as the primary artistic force behind them, but because they each suffuse music with performance with personality with theatricality. They both strive for an almost heightened sense of spirituality out of the creation of art. It’s just a shame that in the case of the Ross brothers' film, it just comes across as sloppy.
The film documents the performance of a special one-off performance at the Barclay Centre in Brooklyn. Spearheaded by Byrne and his newfound obsession with color guarding – a sort of synchronised swimming, but on land, and with way more prop rifles; Byrne...
The film documents the performance of a special one-off performance at the Barclay Centre in Brooklyn. Spearheaded by Byrne and his newfound obsession with color guarding – a sort of synchronised swimming, but on land, and with way more prop rifles; Byrne...
- 3/7/2017
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
David Byrne leaned back in his chair and stared up at the ceiling of his charmingly cluttered Soho office: “I like to keep trying new things — it keeps me on my toes.”
Um, yeah. In the last decade alone, the 64-year-old art-rock legend has authored two books, released a pair of collaborative albums (one with Brian Eno, the other with Annie Clark), written a musical about Joan of Arc, turned a building into an instrument, scored a Shia Labeouf movie, and teamed up with Fatboy Slim to create a disco opera about the life and times of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines.
For Byrne, a restless iconoclast who founded Talking Heads with some Risd chums in 1975 and has been expanding his horizons ever since, such unbridled creativity is just par for the course. He’s completely at the mercy of his muse — no matter where it...
Um, yeah. In the last decade alone, the 64-year-old art-rock legend has authored two books, released a pair of collaborative albums (one with Brian Eno, the other with Annie Clark), written a musical about Joan of Arc, turned a building into an instrument, scored a Shia Labeouf movie, and teamed up with Fatboy Slim to create a disco opera about the life and times of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines.
For Byrne, a restless iconoclast who founded Talking Heads with some Risd chums in 1975 and has been expanding his horizons ever since, such unbridled creativity is just par for the course. He’s completely at the mercy of his muse — no matter where it...
- 3/3/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
For better or worse, depending on what type of movie goer you are, the onslaught of big, blockbuster film experiences have already arrived, setting sail for a pretty jam packed couple of months leading straight into a summer of superhero mayhem, remakes and reboots. This month alone there’s what’s supposed to be Hugh Jackman’s swan song for Wolverine in “Logan,” the Disney remake of “Beauty and the Beast” which looks likely to be on its way to obliterating box offices, “Power Rangers” and “Ghost in the Shell” adaptations, and of course, the monster hit itself “Kong: Skull Island.”
Needless to say, if you’re looking for some independent fare, you’re going to have to look beyond the trailers dominating your television screens.
Continue reading Exclusive: Worlds Collide In Clip From ‘Contemporary Color’ Featuring David Byrne at The Playlist.
Needless to say, if you’re looking for some independent fare, you’re going to have to look beyond the trailers dominating your television screens.
Continue reading Exclusive: Worlds Collide In Clip From ‘Contemporary Color’ Featuring David Byrne at The Playlist.
- 3/3/2017
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
In April 2015, documentarian brothers Turner and Bill Ross went to Dayton, Ohio, with David Byrne to witness the Color Guard World Championships, an annual competition that finds costumed teams blending interpretive dance with an acrobatic use of flags, sabers and rifles. Byrne had been fascinated by the event – equal parts balletic art and rigorous sport – ever since a team asked to license one of his instrumentals and sent him a DVD of their performance. But for the Rosses, who grew up 30 minutes from Dayton, the event might as well have been on Jupiter.
- 3/3/2017
- Rollingstone.com
You'd normally be hard-pressed to find a link between color guards – those tween-to-teen troupes who do military-style dance routines involving waving flags and spinning rifles – hipster rock/Edm bands and micro-indie regional documentarians; a microscope used to be required to view the Venn diagram overlap. Enter David Byrne, an artist who's never found a bunch of disparate elements he couldn't turn into a creative goulash, and who became a fan of the Middle-America past time after a group asked to use his music for a routine. The former Talking Head...
- 3/1/2017
- Rollingstone.com
“When the Street Lights Go On” screened last week at the Sundance Film Festival. Now, the first trailer for the Brett Morgen–directed pilot has been released.
Written by Christ Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe, “When the Street Lights Go On” takes viewers back to the summer of 1983, with a string of unusual occurrences in a small Illinois town culminating in the shocking murders of a popular high school girl and her teacher. When a fellow student discovers the bodies while riding his bike home one night, the quiet suburban lives of the town’s residents are irrevocably shaken.
Read More: Emma Watson and Dan Stevens Fall in Love In The Live-Action Tale ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – Watch Trailer
This was the first time for Morgen and his core crew shooting a TV film. However, the director told Deadline, “We really approached it as movie, it is very cinematic.” The film stars Odessa Young,...
Written by Christ Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe, “When the Street Lights Go On” takes viewers back to the summer of 1983, with a string of unusual occurrences in a small Illinois town culminating in the shocking murders of a popular high school girl and her teacher. When a fellow student discovers the bodies while riding his bike home one night, the quiet suburban lives of the town’s residents are irrevocably shaken.
Read More: Emma Watson and Dan Stevens Fall in Love In The Live-Action Tale ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – Watch Trailer
This was the first time for Morgen and his core crew shooting a TV film. However, the director told Deadline, “We really approached it as movie, it is very cinematic.” The film stars Odessa Young,...
- 1/31/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
As a musician, visual artist, filmmaker, and author, David Byrne has sung about buildings, made buildings sing, and given beauty and meaning to the average American shopping mall. In 2015, this fixation with overlooked or undervalued cultural fixtures led to Contemporary Color, a multi-venue performance celebrating color guard, the flag-twirling, rifle-tossing, saber-thrusting accompaniment to countless halftime shows and marching bands across the United States. At the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, 10 color guards collaborated with a roster of musical artists including St. Vincent, Ad-Rock, Blood Orange’s Devonté Hynes, and Byrne himself. The performances and preparations were documented by directors Bill Ross and Ross, for a film that premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and begins a theatrical run on March 3. Watch the official trailer for its bright pops of color, acrobatic derring do, and footage of Byrne’s amusingly ...
- 1/30/2017
- by Erik Adams
- avclub.com
"What is it about color guard? Well, tonight you're going to find out." In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as "the sport of the arts." Contemporary Color is a performance documentary capturing the exhilarating experience of enjoying this once-in-a-lifetime show. Performers at the event included St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnE-yArDs, and Ira Glass, collaborating with 10 color guard teams from across the Us and Canada. This looks like a very vibrant and energetic show captured exquisitely on camera. Here's the official trailer for Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross' doc Contemporary Color, from YouTube: In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the summer of 2015, former Talking Heads mastermind David Byrne recruited a crew of forward-thinking musicians – including St. Vincent, Devonté Hynes, Tune-Yards, Zola Jesus and Money Mark/Ad-Rock – to write original music for "Contemporary Color," a series of elaborately choreographed color guard events.
Oscilloscope Laboratories released a new trailer for the bizarre project, showcasing the 10 color guards and 10 composers (also including Nelly Furtado, How to Dress Well, Lucius and Nico Muhly/Ira Glass). "Everybody kinda gets one shot at this, and this is it," a giddy Byrne tells the camera crew.
Oscilloscope Laboratories released a new trailer for the bizarre project, showcasing the 10 color guards and 10 composers (also including Nelly Furtado, How to Dress Well, Lucius and Nico Muhly/Ira Glass). "Everybody kinda gets one shot at this, and this is it," a giddy Byrne tells the camera crew.
- 1/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
With the ongoing discussions about Donald Trump wanting to construct a wall between Mexico and the Unites States, Sam Wainwright Douglas’ latest documentary, “Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film,” is more relevant than ever.
The film follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, who put land art in a tribal context. The group bring together a community to construct the Repellent Fence, a two-mile long ephemeral monument “stitching” together the Us and Mexico. The documentary shows how in 2015 they were helped by people on both sides of the border to install a series of 26 huge inflatable spheres emblazoned with an insignia known as the “open eye” that has existed in Indigenous cultures from South America to Canada for thousands of years.
Read More: ‘Midsummer in Newtown’ Exclusive Clip: Documentary Explores a Shakespearean Production In The Aftermath of Sandy Hook...
The film follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, who put land art in a tribal context. The group bring together a community to construct the Repellent Fence, a two-mile long ephemeral monument “stitching” together the Us and Mexico. The documentary shows how in 2015 they were helped by people on both sides of the border to install a series of 26 huge inflatable spheres emblazoned with an insignia known as the “open eye” that has existed in Indigenous cultures from South America to Canada for thousands of years.
Read More: ‘Midsummer in Newtown’ Exclusive Clip: Documentary Explores a Shakespearean Production In The Aftermath of Sandy Hook...
- 1/30/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
“Contemporary Color” is a documentary about David Bryne’s interest in color guard and his performance project that led to a spectacular 2015 show. Directed by documentarian siblings Bill and Turner Ross, the film follows Byrne as he recruits artists such as Dev Hynes, Nelly Furtado and St. Vincent to write original music for the project and invites various color guard groups from around the country to perform routines to the music.
Now ahead of its March release, Oscilloscope Laboratories has released the first trailer for the musical journey. The clip shows a group of color guard members finding out that they’ve been selected to perform at the event, it also features the athletes rehearsing and taking the stage on the big night.
“I thought it was an incredible art form that was being made,” Bryne told IndieWire about what drew him to this esoteric field. “New Yorkers and lots...
Now ahead of its March release, Oscilloscope Laboratories has released the first trailer for the musical journey. The clip shows a group of color guard members finding out that they’ve been selected to perform at the event, it also features the athletes rehearsing and taking the stage on the big night.
“I thought it was an incredible art form that was being made,” Bryne told IndieWire about what drew him to this esoteric field. “New Yorkers and lots...
- 1/30/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
When David Byrne gets involved in a live performance, you know you’re in for something special. It doesn’t need to be mentioned that the Talking Heads‘ “Stop Making Sense” is one of the greatest concert documentaries of all time. Now, the musician and artist has a whole new experience to share with audiences on the big screen.
Back in 2015, Bryne tapped fellow musicians for a project that would marry great artists with color guard teams to create something that truly defies description.
Continue reading David Byrne, St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs & More Bring ‘Contemporary Color’ To Life In New Trailer at The Playlist.
Back in 2015, Bryne tapped fellow musicians for a project that would marry great artists with color guard teams to create something that truly defies description.
Continue reading David Byrne, St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs & More Bring ‘Contemporary Color’ To Life In New Trailer at The Playlist.
- 1/30/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Heads up: one of this year’s most exciting films, Contemporary Color, begins rolling out very soon. A concert movie that looks and moves like nearly no other — a spectacle often more along the lines of Metropolis or Koyaanisqatsi than Stop Making Sense — it nevertheless brings to mind the Jonathan Demme classic for, if no other reason, the involvement of David Byrne, who launched a nationwide performance series that mingles high-school color-guard teams with best-selling recording artists (St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Nelly Furtado, and Byrne himself). Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross‘ documentary captures the efforts of both, resulting in a deeply sympathetic story of creative expression.
So I said in my review from last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where I added, “[They’ve] created an experience that captures (and may even supersede) the fertile ground upon which it’s been built. In its formal inventiveness and compassion, Contemporary Color...
So I said in my review from last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where I added, “[They’ve] created an experience that captures (and may even supersede) the fertile ground upon which it’s been built. In its formal inventiveness and compassion, Contemporary Color...
- 1/30/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
After successfully collaborating on various projects over the past two years, Richard Abramowitz, founder of Abramorama, has announced that Karol Martesko-Fenster and Evan Saxon have formalized their roles on the executive team with Abramorama.
Martesko-Fenster has been brought on board as Evp & COO, while Saxon will now serve as West Coast Head of Acquisitions & Business Development.
Martesko-Fenster will be working out of Abramorama’s Pleasantville, NY offices with Saxon based in Los Angeles, providing an ongoing west coast presence for Abramorama and the content owners, filmmakers, agents and record labels the company works with. Martesko-Fenster will be primarily responsible for corporate organization and management and global strategic partnerships, and will participate in all acquisition and distribution activities. Saxon’s focus will be on music content, event cinema, distribution and business development.
Read More: Abramorama Partners With Digital Distribution Company Distribber.com
The pair will both be involved in all aspects of the creation,...
Martesko-Fenster has been brought on board as Evp & COO, while Saxon will now serve as West Coast Head of Acquisitions & Business Development.
Martesko-Fenster will be working out of Abramorama’s Pleasantville, NY offices with Saxon based in Los Angeles, providing an ongoing west coast presence for Abramorama and the content owners, filmmakers, agents and record labels the company works with. Martesko-Fenster will be primarily responsible for corporate organization and management and global strategic partnerships, and will participate in all acquisition and distribution activities. Saxon’s focus will be on music content, event cinema, distribution and business development.
Read More: Abramorama Partners With Digital Distribution Company Distribber.com
The pair will both be involved in all aspects of the creation,...
- 1/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Awards season keeps ticking right along, but tonight’s Cinema Eye Honors promised at least a tiny respite from narrative-based filmmaking, as the New York City-set ceremony is all about honoring the best in the year’s documentary filmmaking.
Big winners included Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” which picked up Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, along with editing and cinematography wins. Right behind it was Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America,” which earned Edelman a directing win, along with a production win for Edelman and Caroline Waterlow. Best TV offering went to “Making a Murderer.”
Nominations were lead by Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and “O.J.: Made in America,” which each pulled in five nominations apiece, though Johnson’s “Cameraperson” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea” aren’t far behind, with four nominations each. Both Peck and Rosi’s features ultimately walked away without an award.
Big winners included Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” which picked up Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, along with editing and cinematography wins. Right behind it was Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America,” which earned Edelman a directing win, along with a production win for Edelman and Caroline Waterlow. Best TV offering went to “Making a Murderer.”
Nominations were lead by Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and “O.J.: Made in America,” which each pulled in five nominations apiece, though Johnson’s “Cameraperson” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea” aren’t far behind, with four nominations each. Both Peck and Rosi’s features ultimately walked away without an award.
- 1/12/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
All caught up with our top 50 films of 2016? It’s now time to look to the new year, and, ahead of our 100 most-anticipated films, we’re highlighting 50 titles we’ve enjoyed on the festival circuit this last year (and beyond) that will likely see a release in 2016. While the first batch have confirmed dates all the way through the summer, we’ve also included a handful that are awaiting a date and some we’re hopeful will get a release by year’s end pending acquisition. U.S. distributors: take note!
Staying Vertical (Alain Guiraudie; Jan. 20)
Those only familiar with Alain Guiraudie’s sublime Stranger By the Lake, which finally brought the gifted French director to a (relatively) wider audience following a laureled Un Certain Regard premiere in 2013, will likely find themselves confounded by its follow-up, Staying Vertical. With his first entry in Cannes’ main competition, Guiraudie returns to the...
Staying Vertical (Alain Guiraudie; Jan. 20)
Those only familiar with Alain Guiraudie’s sublime Stranger By the Lake, which finally brought the gifted French director to a (relatively) wider audience following a laureled Un Certain Regard premiere in 2013, will likely find themselves confounded by its follow-up, Staying Vertical. With his first entry in Cannes’ main competition, Guiraudie returns to the...
- 1/4/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Honors and Tributes
– The 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present the film “La La Land” with the Vanguard Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. The award is presented to the film’s cast and director recognizing its outstanding creative ensemble. Cast members Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and director/writer Damien Chazelle are expected to attend.
The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mart Hart, will be held Monday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2 – 16.
– The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has today that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling will be presented with the 2017 Outstanding Performers of the Year award on Friday, February 3, 2017 for their remarkable performances in Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land.” This marks the first...
Honors and Tributes
– The 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present the film “La La Land” with the Vanguard Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. The award is presented to the film’s cast and director recognizing its outstanding creative ensemble. Cast members Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and director/writer Damien Chazelle are expected to attend.
The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mart Hart, will be held Monday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2 – 16.
– The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has today that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling will be presented with the 2017 Outstanding Performers of the Year award on Friday, February 3, 2017 for their remarkable performances in Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land.” This marks the first...
- 11/24/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The nominees for the 10th annual Cinema Eye Honors have been announced, with “I Am Not Your Negro” and “Oj: Made in America” both receiving five each. They’re followed in short order by “Cameraperson” and “Fire at Sea,” which along with “Weiner” are all in contention for the top prize. A total of 37 features and five shorts will be in contention at the upcoming ceremony, which “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James will host from the Museum of the Moving Image on January 11. Here’s the full list of nominees:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Cameraperson” (Kirsten Johnson)
“Fire at Sea” (Gianfranco Rosi)
“I Am Not Your Negro” (Raoul Peck)
“Oj: Made in America” (Ezra Edelman)
“Weiner” (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Kirsten Johnson, “Cameraperson”
Gianfranco Rosi, “Fire at Sea”
Raoul Peck, “I Am Not Your Negro”
Robert Greene, “Kate Plays Christine”
Ezra Edelman, “Oj:...
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Cameraperson” (Kirsten Johnson)
“Fire at Sea” (Gianfranco Rosi)
“I Am Not Your Negro” (Raoul Peck)
“Oj: Made in America” (Ezra Edelman)
“Weiner” (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Kirsten Johnson, “Cameraperson”
Gianfranco Rosi, “Fire at Sea”
Raoul Peck, “I Am Not Your Negro”
Robert Greene, “Kate Plays Christine”
Ezra Edelman, “Oj:...
- 11/2/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The 5th Annual Key West Film Festival has announced its official 2016 lineup, including the opening night film, “20th Century Women,” directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig and Billy Crudup. As part of the festival’s signature Critics Focus program, MTV’s Chief Film Critic Amy Nicholson will present and lead a conversation around the film, alongside David Fear, Senior Film/TV Editor of Rolling Stone.
Director of Programming Michael Tuckman said of Nicholson’s pick, “I could not be more thrilled with Amy Nicholson’s choice of ’20th Century Women’ to kick off our 5th Anniversary edition of festival. Annette Bening’s performance is Oscar-deserving and the rich depth of the balance of the leading cast is Altman-esque in its quality. Amy’s discussion after the film will bring a cunning critic’s eye to this fabulous film for audiences.”
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Director of Programming Michael Tuckman said of Nicholson’s pick, “I could not be more thrilled with Amy Nicholson’s choice of ’20th Century Women’ to kick off our 5th Anniversary edition of festival. Annette Bening’s performance is Oscar-deserving and the rich depth of the balance of the leading cast is Altman-esque in its quality. Amy’s discussion after the film will bring a cunning critic’s eye to this fabulous film for audiences.”
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- 10/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Kim A. Snyder’s documentary “Newtown” examines the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the deadliest mass shooting of school children, with citizens of the Newtown community. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and later screened at SXSW and the Cleveland International Film Festival. It also screened the White House the week of the 2016 Orlando shootings. Now, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will attend the opening night screening of “Newtown”on Friday, October 7th and will provide post-screening remarks with Snyder, producer Maria Cuomo Cole, and Newtown parents Mark and Jackie Barden, Nicole Hockley, and David and Francine Wheeler. It will be a public screening at 7:45pm at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema.
Read More: Sundance Review: Kim A. Snyder’s Emotionally Devastating Documentary ‘Newtown’
Snyder has previously directed the documentaries “I Remember Me,” a biographical film about chronic fatigue syndrome that explores...
Read More: Sundance Review: Kim A. Snyder’s Emotionally Devastating Documentary ‘Newtown’
Snyder has previously directed the documentaries “I Remember Me,” a biographical film about chronic fatigue syndrome that explores...
- 10/4/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Full Lineup Announcements
– The fiercely independent 17th Annual Woodstock Film Festival presents an outstanding lineup of films to be shown in Woodstock, New York, as well as Rhinebeck, Rosendale, Saugerties, and Kingston. The festival runs October 13 – 16.
The festival opens on October 13 with the World Premiere of “Blind,” a romantic narrative feature written by Michael Mailer (son of famed American author Norman Mailer) and starring Alec Baldwin (who will attend the screening with Mailer) and Demi Moore. You can find out more about the slate right here.
– The Mill Valley Film Festival, presented by the California Film Institute, has announced the complete lineup for the 39th edition of the Festival, taking place October 6 – 16. The 11-day event will screen films across Marin County and will feature premieres, panel discussions,...
Full Lineup Announcements
– The fiercely independent 17th Annual Woodstock Film Festival presents an outstanding lineup of films to be shown in Woodstock, New York, as well as Rhinebeck, Rosendale, Saugerties, and Kingston. The festival runs October 13 – 16.
The festival opens on October 13 with the World Premiere of “Blind,” a romantic narrative feature written by Michael Mailer (son of famed American author Norman Mailer) and starring Alec Baldwin (who will attend the screening with Mailer) and Demi Moore. You can find out more about the slate right here.
– The Mill Valley Film Festival, presented by the California Film Institute, has announced the complete lineup for the 39th edition of the Festival, taking place October 6 – 16. The 11-day event will screen films across Marin County and will feature premieres, panel discussions,...
- 9/15/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It’s always been difficult to start a business, but in someways, it’s never been harder than right now. Entrepreneurship is at an all-time low in this country and the future of the American economy depends on young people who wish to innovate with vision and tact. The new film “Generation Startup” takes us to the front lines of the new generation of American entrepreneurship, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, the film honestly examines the risks and struggles of launching a startup and how no one is ever really prepared to start. “Generation Startup” celebrates bravery, urban revitalization, and diversity, while striving to inspire a whole new crop of entrepreneurs to make their own way. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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- 8/30/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Oscilloscope Laboratories will open Rosemary Myers’ subversive debut feature, “Girl Asleep,” preceded by Amy Nicholson’s delightful, award-winning documentary short, “Pickle,” at Landmark NuArt in Los Angeles on September 23 and at Landmark Sunshine in New York on September 30, with a nationwide rollout to follow. Billed as “a vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence” the film follows what happens when “Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst [and] her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place.”
– NYC-based film production and theatrical distribution company 26 Aries will release their first theatrical release, Kurt Vincent’s...
– Oscilloscope Laboratories will open Rosemary Myers’ subversive debut feature, “Girl Asleep,” preceded by Amy Nicholson’s delightful, award-winning documentary short, “Pickle,” at Landmark NuArt in Los Angeles on September 23 and at Landmark Sunshine in New York on September 30, with a nationwide rollout to follow. Billed as “a vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence” the film follows what happens when “Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst [and] her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place.”
– NYC-based film production and theatrical distribution company 26 Aries will release their first theatrical release, Kurt Vincent’s...
- 7/15/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Exclusive: Zeitgeist Films has acquired Anna Muylaert’s (“The Second Mother”) newest feature, “Don’t Call Me Son,” which premiered at this year’s Berlinale. The film is a fact-based drama that follows “17-year-old Pierre [who] is informed that he was kidnapped at birth and that the working-class woman who raised him is not his mother. He is obliged to take up a new life with the middle-class family who has spent 17 years obsessed by his disappearance. His tentative explorations of sexual identity, barely remarked upon by the mother he knew, prove deeply unsettling to the mother he didn’t.
The film will open in New York City at Film Forum on November 2, with a national rollout to follow.
– Exclusive: Zeitgeist Films has acquired Anna Muylaert’s (“The Second Mother”) newest feature, “Don’t Call Me Son,” which premiered at this year’s Berlinale. The film is a fact-based drama that follows “17-year-old Pierre [who] is informed that he was kidnapped at birth and that the working-class woman who raised him is not his mother. He is obliged to take up a new life with the middle-class family who has spent 17 years obsessed by his disappearance. His tentative explorations of sexual identity, barely remarked upon by the mother he knew, prove deeply unsettling to the mother he didn’t.
The film will open in New York City at Film Forum on November 2, with a national rollout to follow.
- 7/8/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced that it has acquired North American rights to Bill Ross and Turner Ross’s latest documentary featuring and produced by David Byrne, “Contemporary Color.” The film premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won awards for Best Documentary Cinematography and Best Documentary Editing.
The film’s camera operators included many well-known documentary directors and cinematographers, including Jarred Alterman, Sean Price Williams, Robert Greene, Amanda Rose Wilder, Jessica Oreck, Wyatt Garfield and Michael Palmieri. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters in 2017 followed by a release across all ancillary platforms.
– Abramorama has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Kim A. Snyder’s powerful documentary “Newtown,” which was produced by Itvs, while The Orchard will handle TV,...
– Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced that it has acquired North American rights to Bill Ross and Turner Ross’s latest documentary featuring and produced by David Byrne, “Contemporary Color.” The film premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won awards for Best Documentary Cinematography and Best Documentary Editing.
The film’s camera operators included many well-known documentary directors and cinematographers, including Jarred Alterman, Sean Price Williams, Robert Greene, Amanda Rose Wilder, Jessica Oreck, Wyatt Garfield and Michael Palmieri. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters in 2017 followed by a release across all ancillary platforms.
– Abramorama has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Kim A. Snyder’s powerful documentary “Newtown,” which was produced by Itvs, while The Orchard will handle TV,...
- 7/1/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Legendary and Universal Pictures has put the "Pacific Rim" sequel back on the release calendar, setting a February 23rd 2018 release. Steven S. DeKnight takes the helm of the film which stars John Boyega as the son of the character played by Idris Elba in the first. Guillermo del Toro is set to produce.
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced an April 12th 2017 release date for the Marc Webb-directed drama "Gifted". Chris Evans stars as a single man raising a child prodigy (Mckenna Grace) in Florida. Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer co-star in the feature.
Screen Gems has pushed "Underworld: Blood Wars" from October to a January 6th 2017 release. Kate Beckinsale and Theo James star in this fifth film in the series which comes four years after the last.
Finally, Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to the documentary "Contemporary Color" with a 2017 release planned.
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced an April 12th 2017 release date for the Marc Webb-directed drama "Gifted". Chris Evans stars as a single man raising a child prodigy (Mckenna Grace) in Florida. Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer co-star in the feature.
Screen Gems has pushed "Underworld: Blood Wars" from October to a January 6th 2017 release. Kate Beckinsale and Theo James star in this fifth film in the series which comes four years after the last.
Finally, Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to the documentary "Contemporary Color" with a 2017 release planned.
- 6/30/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced the purchase of the North American rights to Contemporay Color, the documentary about David Byrne's latest performance project. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year.
Byrne's interest in color guard – an organized sport that involves groups of high school students executing coordinated movements while holding flags, rifles, and sabers – led to a 2015 show dubbed "Contemporary Color." Byrne recruited a number of musicians, including Dev Hynes, Nelly Furtado, and St. Vincent, to write original music for the project. Various color guard groups...
Byrne's interest in color guard – an organized sport that involves groups of high school students executing coordinated movements while holding flags, rifles, and sabers – led to a 2015 show dubbed "Contemporary Color." Byrne recruited a number of musicians, including Dev Hynes, Nelly Furtado, and St. Vincent, to write original music for the project. Various color guard groups...
- 6/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The New York-based distributor has bought North American rights to the ‘colour guard’ performance documentary produced by musician David Byrne.
New York-based distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories has bought North American rights to performance documentary Contemporary Color, produced by musician David Byrne.
The film premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Documentary Cinematography and Best Documentary Editing awards. Oscilloscope plans a Us theatrical release next year, with releases on all ancillary platforms to follow.
Directed by Bill Ross and Turner Ross, the film documents a 2015 event in Brooklyn in which performers including St Vincent, Nelly Furtado and Devonté Hynes collaborated with teams from across North America on ‘colour guard’ performances - synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles and sabres.
The film was produced by the Department of Motion Pictures’ Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald with Byrne. Creative Artists Agency arranged financing and brokered the distribution deal.
New York-based distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories has bought North American rights to performance documentary Contemporary Color, produced by musician David Byrne.
The film premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Documentary Cinematography and Best Documentary Editing awards. Oscilloscope plans a Us theatrical release next year, with releases on all ancillary platforms to follow.
Directed by Bill Ross and Turner Ross, the film documents a 2015 event in Brooklyn in which performers including St Vincent, Nelly Furtado and Devonté Hynes collaborated with teams from across North America on ‘colour guard’ performances - synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles and sabres.
The film was produced by the Department of Motion Pictures’ Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald with Byrne. Creative Artists Agency arranged financing and brokered the distribution deal.
- 6/30/2016
- ScreenDaily
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Bill Ross and Turner Ross's Contemporary Color, the documentary featuring and produced by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne that bowed this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival. A 2017 theatrical release is planned. The pic follows the summer 2015 live performance in Brooklyn organized by Byrne and staged at Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: a series of synchronized dance routines…...
- 6/30/2016
- Deadline
Contemporary Color follows ten color guard troupes from across the country as they perform in multiple concerts put on by David Byrne in Toronto and Brooklyn. Crafted to appear to take place over one night at the Barclays Center in New York, the Ross brothers’ documentary places as much emphasis on the process of the show as it does the concert itself. Swiftly moving through the interior of the arena, into the stands, onto the stage, and even away from the arena entirely, Contemporary Color creates a visual landscape that sometimes moves into the abstract to recreate the environment of the performance. […]...
- 6/23/2016
- by Marc Nemcik
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column.
– newportFILM announced today an impressive line up of world-class documentaries for their annual summer series newportFILM Outdoors.
The sunset screenings kick off on June 30 and run through September 1, with weekly Thursday night events that are accompanied by filmmaker conversations, food vendors and pre-film live music. This marks the series’ seventh summer season of hosting screenings at various outdoor picturesque locations, often thoughtfully paired with their film, around Newport, Ri.
Opening night will feature a special showing of “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” in the heart of downtown Newport in the Maya Lin designed Queen Anne Square. The program will continue throughout the season with a notable collection of documentaries including the following highlights: “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble,” “Life, Animated,” “Betting on Zero,” “Jim: The James Foley Story,...
– newportFILM announced today an impressive line up of world-class documentaries for their annual summer series newportFILM Outdoors.
The sunset screenings kick off on June 30 and run through September 1, with weekly Thursday night events that are accompanied by filmmaker conversations, food vendors and pre-film live music. This marks the series’ seventh summer season of hosting screenings at various outdoor picturesque locations, often thoughtfully paired with their film, around Newport, Ri.
Opening night will feature a special showing of “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” in the heart of downtown Newport in the Maya Lin designed Queen Anne Square. The program will continue throughout the season with a notable collection of documentaries including the following highlights: “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble,” “Life, Animated,” “Betting on Zero,” “Jim: The James Foley Story,...
- 6/23/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On An Ultralight Beam: Ross Brothers Turn David Byrne’s Color Guard Dream Into Vivid Sensorial Masterpiece
Back in January of 2015, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne revealed a new projected he’d been working on called Contemporary Color, in which ten high school aged color guard teams would collaborate with ten A-list musical acts to create a special event that celebrates the unique beauty of the choreographed flag waving, prop tossing and youthful dancing of the color guard tradition.
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Back in January of 2015, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne revealed a new projected he’d been working on called Contemporary Color, in which ten high school aged color guard teams would collaborate with ten A-list musical acts to create a special event that celebrates the unique beauty of the choreographed flag waving, prop tossing and youthful dancing of the color guard tradition.
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- 5/9/2016
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – Exclusive! Free festival 7-packs! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of guaranteed festival 7-packs up for grabs to the fourth-annual 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre from the Chicago Film Critics Association!
Michael Peña and other stars will be in attendance at Q&As!
The festival runs from Friday, May 20, 2016 to Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Music Box Theatre. Created by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2013, the Ccff offers a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites. It also features as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers ranging from award winners to talented newcomers chosen by members of the organization. The Ccff is the only current example of a major film critics group hosting its own festival. It brings together an eclectic array of films ranging from raucous comedies and foreign-made dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, midnight genre films and shorts programs.
Michael Peña and other stars will be in attendance at Q&As!
The festival runs from Friday, May 20, 2016 to Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Music Box Theatre. Created by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2013, the Ccff offers a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites. It also features as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers ranging from award winners to talented newcomers chosen by members of the organization. The Ccff is the only current example of a major film critics group hosting its own festival. It brings together an eclectic array of films ranging from raucous comedies and foreign-made dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, midnight genre films and shorts programs.
- 5/7/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Tribeca Film Festival wrapped this weekend and I want to hear a huge round of applause for Manuel Betancourt and Jason Adams who filed so many reports. The festival's main narrative competiton was juried by Anne Carey, Chris Nashawaty, and the actors James Le Gros, Mya Taylor and Jennifer Westfeldt. Additional juries handled documentaries, new directors, and international narrative features.
this Persona-riff won Best Actress for Mackenzie DavisFestival Winners Reviewed
Dean (Manuel) -Best Narrative Feature
The Fixer (Nathaniel) -Best Actor Dominic Rains
Always Shine (Jason) -Best Actress Mackenzie Davis
Women Who Kill (Jason) -Best Screenplay Ingrid Jungermann
Contemporary Color (Jason) - Documentary Cinematography Jarred Alterman and Documentary Editing Bill Ross
Madly (Manuel) - Actress in an International Feature Radhika Apte in "Clean Shaven," a segment in Madly
Other Films Reviewed
All We Had (Manuel)
Califórnia (Manuel)
Charro de Toluquilla (Manuel)
Detour (Jason)
Elvis & Nixon (Jason) *now in theaters*
Equals (Jason)
Everybody Knows.
this Persona-riff won Best Actress for Mackenzie DavisFestival Winners Reviewed
Dean (Manuel) -Best Narrative Feature
The Fixer (Nathaniel) -Best Actor Dominic Rains
Always Shine (Jason) -Best Actress Mackenzie Davis
Women Who Kill (Jason) -Best Screenplay Ingrid Jungermann
Contemporary Color (Jason) - Documentary Cinematography Jarred Alterman and Documentary Editing Bill Ross
Madly (Manuel) - Actress in an International Feature Radhika Apte in "Clean Shaven," a segment in Madly
Other Films Reviewed
All We Had (Manuel)
Califórnia (Manuel)
Charro de Toluquilla (Manuel)
Detour (Jason)
Elvis & Nixon (Jason) *now in theaters*
Equals (Jason)
Everybody Knows.
- 4/28/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Contemporary Color is the brainchild of Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. In the past, Byrne has used his dexterous musical genius to develop collaborations with the likes of Brian Eno, Selena, Fatboy Slim and St Vincent. This time, Byrne wanted to invest in the collaborations between experimental artists/composers and color guard teams. Contemporary Color Review […]
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The post ‘Contemporary Color’ Tribeca Review: David Byrne Orchestrates Inspiring Collaborations Between Musicians & Color Guard Teams appeared first on uInterview.
- 4/28/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
It may reflect my personal biases, but I didn’t expect to happy-cry my way through this exuberant color-guard documentary from Bill and Turner Ross. But from its early minutes through its triumphant finale, “Contemporary Color” brings the audience into its celebratory world that fuses music, dance, sports and pure happiness in a way that is impossible to resist. For the uninitiated, color-guard teams put on synchronized routines to songs that have them twirling and throwing props like flags, rifles and sabers in unison. After being wowed by a color-guard performance, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne organized the titular massive concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center that matches up 10 musical acts with 10 color-guard teams from the United States and Canada. Each piece of music is written expressly for the event, with the color-guard performers only hearing the song live for the first time on the morning of the concert in...
- 4/23/2016
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
David Byrne is all smiles as Bill Ross lV and Turner Ross' Contemporary Color captures two awards Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Contemporary Color, under Dp Jarred Alterman and with the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, Devonté Hynes, Nelly Furtado, Nico Muhly, Ira Glass, St. Vincent, Money Mark, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, providing some of the music to David Byrne's color guard extravaganza, has scored twice at this year's Tribeca Film Festival awards.
Us Narrative Competition winners
Dean, directed by Demteri Martin; Actor Dominic Rains in Ian Olds' The Fixer; Actress Mackenzie Davis in Sophia Takal's Always Shine; Cinematography - Michael Ragen for Justin Tipping's Kicks; Screenplay - Ingrid Jungermann for her Women Who Kill. The Nora Ephron Prize - Rachel Tunnard for Adult Life Skills; Albert Maysles Award - David Feige for Untouchable. Best New Narrative Director - Priscilla Anany for Children Of The Mountain.
Contemporary Color, under Dp Jarred Alterman and with the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, Devonté Hynes, Nelly Furtado, Nico Muhly, Ira Glass, St. Vincent, Money Mark, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, providing some of the music to David Byrne's color guard extravaganza, has scored twice at this year's Tribeca Film Festival awards.
Us Narrative Competition winners
Dean, directed by Demteri Martin; Actor Dominic Rains in Ian Olds' The Fixer; Actress Mackenzie Davis in Sophia Takal's Always Shine; Cinematography - Michael Ragen for Justin Tipping's Kicks; Screenplay - Ingrid Jungermann for her Women Who Kill. The Nora Ephron Prize - Rachel Tunnard for Adult Life Skills; Albert Maysles Award - David Feige for Untouchable. Best New Narrative Director - Priscilla Anany for Children Of The Mountain.
- 4/23/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival juried awards ceremony on Thursday evening rewarded a wide roster of selections as organisers honoured separate Us and international narrative competition categories for the first time.
In the Us Narrative Feature Competition, the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Dean (pictured) by Demteri Martin, who receives $20,000, sponsored by At&T, and the art award Waking Up In The Painted World by Stephen Hannock.
Best actress in a Us Narrative Feature Film went to Mackenzie Davis in Always Shine, while Dominic Rains of The Fixer earned the best actor award.
The best cinematography prize went to Michael Ragen for Kicks along with $50,000 in post-production services donated by Company 3. Screenplay honours and $2,500 sponsored by Freixenet Cava were awarded to Ingrid Jungermann for Women Who Kill.
In the International Narrative Feature Competition categories, Udi Aloni’s Junction 48 earned the best international narrative feature prize along with $20,000 sponsored by Netflix, and the...
In the Us Narrative Feature Competition, the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Dean (pictured) by Demteri Martin, who receives $20,000, sponsored by At&T, and the art award Waking Up In The Painted World by Stephen Hannock.
Best actress in a Us Narrative Feature Film went to Mackenzie Davis in Always Shine, while Dominic Rains of The Fixer earned the best actor award.
The best cinematography prize went to Michael Ragen for Kicks along with $50,000 in post-production services donated by Company 3. Screenplay honours and $2,500 sponsored by Freixenet Cava were awarded to Ingrid Jungermann for Women Who Kill.
In the International Narrative Feature Competition categories, Udi Aloni’s Junction 48 earned the best international narrative feature prize along with $20,000 sponsored by Netflix, and the...
- 4/21/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Team Experience is at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here's Jason on Contemporary Color.
I vaguely remember Color Guard being a thing we had at my high school -- I know it might shock and awe you that this particular film nerd writing at you today wasn't all that into sports back then (besides the occasional loitering around a wrestling match now and then, ahem) so I don't recall ever seeing them at work though, flinging their prop guns like ballistic missiles through the air. They seemed like a sub-set within a sub-set, not quite band and not quite the cheer-leading squad. Something in between, but also outside of.
Contemporary Color, which documents the recent shows in Brooklyn that Talking Heads' legend David Byrne organized in an effort to toss this sport under a great big spotlight, pairing ten different teams with ten different modern musician-composers (people like St Vincent...
I vaguely remember Color Guard being a thing we had at my high school -- I know it might shock and awe you that this particular film nerd writing at you today wasn't all that into sports back then (besides the occasional loitering around a wrestling match now and then, ahem) so I don't recall ever seeing them at work though, flinging their prop guns like ballistic missiles through the air. They seemed like a sub-set within a sub-set, not quite band and not quite the cheer-leading squad. Something in between, but also outside of.
Contemporary Color, which documents the recent shows in Brooklyn that Talking Heads' legend David Byrne organized in an effort to toss this sport under a great big spotlight, pairing ten different teams with ten different modern musician-composers (people like St Vincent...
- 4/17/2016
- by JA
- FilmExperience
Combine rock 'n' roll and synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles and sabers and you get Contemporary Color, a new documentary by Bill and Turner Ross. The feature captures an event organized by legendary Talking Heads musician David Byrne at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which celebrates the art of Color Guard. Byrne, who holds an Oscar for his score to 1987’s The Last Emperor, also served as producer on Contemporary Color. "I stumbled upon it when a team…...
- 4/16/2016
- Deadline
For its combination of rocking performances from famous musicians (the line-up included St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Nelly Furtado, and Byrne himself), the dazzling work of athletic, often high school-aged color guard teams (those flag- and baton- and rifle-waving types who perform synchronized dance routines), and the compelling success story that comes with their meeting in an arena — to say nothing of the presence / brand carried by the show’s mastermind, David Byrne — last year’s Contemporary Color tour is an exceedingly film-friendly show: a visual-aural presentation the likes of which most directors would be thrilled to have placed before them. That also makes it potentially dangerous territory: if the glut of bland concert movies are any indication, many of those same directors might be tempted to do little except observe, essentially having their subjects meet them 70% of the way.
It’s important to note this when speaking of, and ultimately complimenting,...
It’s important to note this when speaking of, and ultimately complimenting,...
- 4/15/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Last year, David Byrne — capable of developing a deep enthusiasm for and knowledge of seemingly anything — held four concerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Ten color guard troops from across the country performed routines to songs written just for them by ten artists; performance highlights include Byrne himself, St. Vincent and Tuneyards. The Ross brothers’ Contemporary Color is a documentary of this unusual performance that refuses to just be a concert movie. The film regularly skips away from the arena altogether, lurking backstage with waiting performers or cutting back to individual performers seen, in dreamy almost-flashbacks, in their hometowns. Performances themselves are […]...
- 4/14/2016
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The 15th Tribeca Film Festival opens today and runs through April 24. We're gathering reviews, interviews and more related to several highlights, including Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross's Contemporary Color, Nathan Silver and Mike Ott's Actor Martinez, Sophia Takal's Always Shine, Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill, Jenny Gage's All This Panic, Nerdland, the "R-rated, animated satire" featuring Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, Mike Judge, Molly Shannon and Hannibal Buress, plus Michael Rapaport's Hard Lovin’ Woman, focusing on the musical career of Juliette Lewis—and much more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/13/2016
- Keyframe
The 15th Tribeca Film Festival opens today and runs through April 24. We're gathering reviews, interviews and more related to several highlights, including Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross's Contemporary Color, Nathan Silver and Mike Ott's Actor Martinez, Sophia Takal's Always Shine, Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill, Jenny Gage's All This Panic, Nerdland, the "R-rated, animated satire" featuring Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, Mike Judge, Molly Shannon and Hannibal Buress, plus Michael Rapaport's Hard Lovin’ Woman, focusing on the musical career of Juliette Lewis—and much more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/13/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
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