Credited as a pioneering director who helped create the horror film genre, Tod Browning‘s influence can be seen in the work of David Lynch, John Waters, Guillermo del Toro, and David Cronenberg, and Film at Lincoln Center pays tribute to Browning this month.
Film at Lincoln Center has announced Unspeakable: The Films of Tod Browning, a retrospective of the pioneering filmmaker’s career consisting of 17 films presented almost entirely on 35mm, running from March 17 through 26.
Tod Browning (1880–1962) ranks among the most original and enigmatic filmmakers of his time. Born Charles Albert Browning, Jr., son of a middle-class family, he ran away from his Kentucky home at age 16 to join the circus, where he took jobs as a barker, a contortionist, a clown, and a somnambulist buried alive in a box with its own ventilation system. Following a stint in vaudeville and adopting the moniker Tod (German for “death”), Browning...
Film at Lincoln Center has announced Unspeakable: The Films of Tod Browning, a retrospective of the pioneering filmmaker’s career consisting of 17 films presented almost entirely on 35mm, running from March 17 through 26.
Tod Browning (1880–1962) ranks among the most original and enigmatic filmmakers of his time. Born Charles Albert Browning, Jr., son of a middle-class family, he ran away from his Kentucky home at age 16 to join the circus, where he took jobs as a barker, a contortionist, a clown, and a somnambulist buried alive in a box with its own ventilation system. Following a stint in vaudeville and adopting the moniker Tod (German for “death”), Browning...
- 3/6/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
By Giacomo Selloni
The United States of America brought to the world many amazing things. To this reviewer the top three are baseball, jazz and comic books, although I must admit I prefer comic books to jazz. Let's face facts here, whether you love, despise, or are just 'eh' about comic books they are among the very first things that children read. I loved them before I could read. Consider that a disclaimer for the review about to follow.
Anthony Desiato is a life-long (so far) comic book fan, podcaster and documentary filmmaker from Westchester County in New York. His company is called Flat Squirrel Productions. In 2017, through Kickstarter, he reached his goal of $15,000 to make the film he promised "will take you behind the scenes and capture the business, culture, and fandom of the local comic book store on a national level." He succeeded with the release of "My...
The United States of America brought to the world many amazing things. To this reviewer the top three are baseball, jazz and comic books, although I must admit I prefer comic books to jazz. Let's face facts here, whether you love, despise, or are just 'eh' about comic books they are among the very first things that children read. I loved them before I could read. Consider that a disclaimer for the review about to follow.
Anthony Desiato is a life-long (so far) comic book fan, podcaster and documentary filmmaker from Westchester County in New York. His company is called Flat Squirrel Productions. In 2017, through Kickstarter, he reached his goal of $15,000 to make the film he promised "will take you behind the scenes and capture the business, culture, and fandom of the local comic book store on a national level." He succeeded with the release of "My...
- 4/18/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Earlier this year the tech blog Engadget announced that they were giving away half a million dollars in $100,000 chunks to five media arts pieces exploring the technologies of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality. Half a year later and those five pieces debuted this week (whether totally finished or not) at The Engadget Experience Alternate Realities event in downtown L.A. We were on hand to try out each of the pieces and report back on what's going on in what's collective being called, Xr. Dinner Party The most narrative piece of the five is Angel Manuel Soto's 360 Vr story about one of the most famous alien abduction tales. Set in 1961, Dinner Party takes us into the lives of Barney and Betty...
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- 11/16/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Documentary festival announces winners.
Matthew Heineman’s City Of Ghosts has won the grand jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 9-14).
The award, supported by Screen International and Broadcast, comes with a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,800).
The film covers covert citizen journalist group Rbss (Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently), who are exposing the horrors of life under Isis rule via the media. Amazon have picked up worldwide rights to the film.
On behalf of the jury, Paul Mason said, “City of Ghosts is a passionate portrayal of people who took their lives in their hands to fight an evil that looms over the world. In our discussions we wanted the film makers to answer: who created Isis and who sustains it today? A compelling and vital film.”
The jury also included Andrea Arnold and Anand Pathwardan.
There was also special mentions for The Death And The Life of Marsha P. Johnson, [link...
Matthew Heineman’s City Of Ghosts has won the grand jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 9-14).
The award, supported by Screen International and Broadcast, comes with a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,800).
The film covers covert citizen journalist group Rbss (Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently), who are exposing the horrors of life under Isis rule via the media. Amazon have picked up worldwide rights to the film.
On behalf of the jury, Paul Mason said, “City of Ghosts is a passionate portrayal of people who took their lives in their hands to fight an evil that looms over the world. In our discussions we wanted the film makers to answer: who created Isis and who sustains it today? A compelling and vital film.”
The jury also included Andrea Arnold and Anand Pathwardan.
There was also special mentions for The Death And The Life of Marsha P. Johnson, [link...
- 6/13/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: British Council backing tour of Alternate Realities programme.
Sheffield Doc/Fest and the British Council are teaming to tour a selection of works from the festival’s Alternate Realities programme in Latin America later this year.
Nine projects from the sidebar, which showcases virtual reality experiences and interactive documentaries, will travel to the DocMontevideo in Uruguay (July 22-28), Doscp in Brazil (October 2-7), and Noviembre Electrónico in Argentina (November 12-19).
A number of the selected experiences will be translated into Spanish and Portuguese specially for the tour, which is a Doc/Fest initiative supported by the British Council in partnership with the three festival destinations.
The selected projects are:
Munduruku: The Fight To Defend The Heart Of The Amazon, Grace Boyle, James Manisty, Pete Speller / UK, Brazil, 2017
Planet, Momoko Seto / France / 2017
Future Aleppo (Sheffield Doc/Fest commission, in partnership with Fact, supported by Arts Council England) Marshmallow Laser Feast, Alex Pearson / UK, Turkey...
Sheffield Doc/Fest and the British Council are teaming to tour a selection of works from the festival’s Alternate Realities programme in Latin America later this year.
Nine projects from the sidebar, which showcases virtual reality experiences and interactive documentaries, will travel to the DocMontevideo in Uruguay (July 22-28), Doscp in Brazil (October 2-7), and Noviembre Electrónico in Argentina (November 12-19).
A number of the selected experiences will be translated into Spanish and Portuguese specially for the tour, which is a Doc/Fest initiative supported by the British Council in partnership with the three festival destinations.
The selected projects are:
Munduruku: The Fight To Defend The Heart Of The Amazon, Grace Boyle, James Manisty, Pete Speller / UK, Brazil, 2017
Planet, Momoko Seto / France / 2017
Future Aleppo (Sheffield Doc/Fest commission, in partnership with Fact, supported by Arts Council England) Marshmallow Laser Feast, Alex Pearson / UK, Turkey...
- 6/11/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Laura Poitras’ Julian Assange film, a Jo Cox documentary, and a Walter Murch talk all feature.
UK documentary Sheffield Doc/Fest has unveiled its full 2017 programme.
This year’s closing night event will be the world premiere of Jo Cox: Death Of An MP, a BBC2 documentary that focuses on the investigation of the politician’s murder, including contributions from eye witnesses, Cox’s family, and people who knew her attacker.
As previously announced, the festival will open with a screening of Daisy Asquith’s documentary Queerama, featuring a live Performance From John Grant.
This year’s Doc/Fest grand jury will include American Honey director Andrea Arnold, as well as Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan and ex-Channel 4 news broadcaster Paul Mason.
UK premieres in the programme this year include Laura Poitras’ Julian Assange portrait Risk, Whitney Houston doc Whitney: Can I Be Me, Ramona Diaz’s Motherland, Joseph Beuys doc [link...
UK documentary Sheffield Doc/Fest has unveiled its full 2017 programme.
This year’s closing night event will be the world premiere of Jo Cox: Death Of An MP, a BBC2 documentary that focuses on the investigation of the politician’s murder, including contributions from eye witnesses, Cox’s family, and people who knew her attacker.
As previously announced, the festival will open with a screening of Daisy Asquith’s documentary Queerama, featuring a live Performance From John Grant.
This year’s Doc/Fest grand jury will include American Honey director Andrea Arnold, as well as Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan and ex-Channel 4 news broadcaster Paul Mason.
UK premieres in the programme this year include Laura Poitras’ Julian Assange portrait Risk, Whitney Houston doc Whitney: Can I Be Me, Ramona Diaz’s Motherland, Joseph Beuys doc [link...
- 5/4/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary festival’s MeetMarket will host 65 projects at 2017 edition.
A Michael Moore exec-produced Orson Welles doc and Dan Gordon’s Cuban sports film are among projects to be pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket.
The festival’s flagship pitch event, which takes place on 12-13 June, will host 65 projects selected from more than 500 submissions.
The Mark Cousins-directed Orson Welles: A Portrait Of The Artist will be seeking sales and distribution deals at the market, alongside Kim Longinotto’s Shooting The Mafia, a film about a female photographer’s war against the Mafia.
Hillsborough director Dan Gordon will return to pitch Running For The Revolution with co-producer Julie Goldman, and Bafta-nominated The Hard Stop producer Dionne Walker is to present psychological doc Invisible Woman 2.0, about a couple working the streets of Paris.
Elsewhere, the Laura Poitras exec-produced The Rashomon Effect, directed by Lyric R. Cabral, will look at the differing perspectives of eyewitnesses recalling the shooting...
A Michael Moore exec-produced Orson Welles doc and Dan Gordon’s Cuban sports film are among projects to be pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket.
The festival’s flagship pitch event, which takes place on 12-13 June, will host 65 projects selected from more than 500 submissions.
The Mark Cousins-directed Orson Welles: A Portrait Of The Artist will be seeking sales and distribution deals at the market, alongside Kim Longinotto’s Shooting The Mafia, a film about a female photographer’s war against the Mafia.
Hillsborough director Dan Gordon will return to pitch Running For The Revolution with co-producer Julie Goldman, and Bafta-nominated The Hard Stop producer Dionne Walker is to present psychological doc Invisible Woman 2.0, about a couple working the streets of Paris.
Elsewhere, the Laura Poitras exec-produced The Rashomon Effect, directed by Lyric R. Cabral, will look at the differing perspectives of eyewitnesses recalling the shooting...
- 4/28/2017
- ScreenDaily
This year’s Dok Neuland, Dok Leipzig’s interactive component (housed in what resembled an intergalactic pop-up tent in the beautiful, wide open Markt) allowed me a second chance to experience what will surely go down as the best work of virtual reality seen widely in 2016. Fortuitously, I’d been able to catch Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness — the accolade garnering (Storyscapes Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Alternate Realities Vr Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest) Vr companion piece to Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s much heralded documentary — at the charming Savannah Film Festival’s Vr Showcase just the week before. […]...
- 12/26/2016
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and theologian John Hull became totally blind. To help make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping an audio diary of his experiences as he adjusted to his new reality. Hull believed that if he didn’t try to understand blindness, it would destroy him, and as a result, produced an intimate story of loss and rebirth.
Read More: Reality Checks: This Year’s Sundance Showed How the Documentary Film World is Changing
Pete Middleton and James Spinney’s new documentary “Notes on Blindness” adapts Hull’s experiences into the documentary film. Following their Emmy Award-winning short film by the same name, the feature-length film uses Hull’s original audio recordings coupled with professional actors lip-synching the voices of the family to best document Hull’s journey into a “world beyond sight.” Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the film...
Read More: Reality Checks: This Year’s Sundance Showed How the Documentary Film World is Changing
Pete Middleton and James Spinney’s new documentary “Notes on Blindness” adapts Hull’s experiences into the documentary film. Following their Emmy Award-winning short film by the same name, the feature-length film uses Hull’s original audio recordings coupled with professional actors lip-synching the voices of the family to best document Hull’s journey into a “world beyond sight.” Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the film...
- 11/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Comic Books 101: DC Comics-Reading Batman Pt 2
Previously I wrote an article helping new readers figure out the best places to pick up Batman from DC Comics . For those confused or still uncertain about major events in DC Comics (which connect to various “jumping on” points for Batman) I wrote an article detailing the big company altering stories in my history of the DC Universe article. This time around I am going to open up a bit more on the adventures of The Dark Knight, and take a look at some of the bigger, and in my opinion, best stories for potential Batman readers. This will include small and big story lines that exist in various continuities within the DC Comics publication history for the character. There won’t be any set “this is better than that” to the stories listed, simply moments in the characters publication where a...
Previously I wrote an article helping new readers figure out the best places to pick up Batman from DC Comics . For those confused or still uncertain about major events in DC Comics (which connect to various “jumping on” points for Batman) I wrote an article detailing the big company altering stories in my history of the DC Universe article. This time around I am going to open up a bit more on the adventures of The Dark Knight, and take a look at some of the bigger, and in my opinion, best stories for potential Batman readers. This will include small and big story lines that exist in various continuities within the DC Comics publication history for the character. There won’t be any set “this is better than that” to the stories listed, simply moments in the characters publication where a...
- 9/22/2016
- by Jeremy Scully
- LRMonline.com
Documentary festival attended by Sir David Attenborough, Michael Moore and Tilda Swinton among others.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has reported record figures for its 23rd edition and confirmed that the edition will run June 9-14, 2017.
This year’s documentary festival, the first delivered by festival director Liz McIntyre, reported an increase of 4.6% on 2015 numbers, including industry delegates and public audiences.
A total of 32,769 people attended, including 3,534 industry delegates (up from 3,422 in 2015) who travelled from 60 countries, and 29,235 members of the public (up from 27,917 in 2015).
Audiences were drawn by big names from the documentary world including Us director Michael Moore, whose Where To Invade Next opened the festival; Sir David Attenborough, who was in conversation before a sold out crowd; Palme d’Or winning director Ken Loach; and legendary doc filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Other names included Joanna Lumley, Adam Buxton, Professor Green, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Louis Theroux, Freddie Flintoff, Reggie Yates, [link...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has reported record figures for its 23rd edition and confirmed that the edition will run June 9-14, 2017.
This year’s documentary festival, the first delivered by festival director Liz McIntyre, reported an increase of 4.6% on 2015 numbers, including industry delegates and public audiences.
A total of 32,769 people attended, including 3,534 industry delegates (up from 3,422 in 2015) who travelled from 60 countries, and 29,235 members of the public (up from 27,917 in 2015).
Audiences were drawn by big names from the documentary world including Us director Michael Moore, whose Where To Invade Next opened the festival; Sir David Attenborough, who was in conversation before a sold out crowd; Palme d’Or winning director Ken Loach; and legendary doc filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Other names included Joanna Lumley, Adam Buxton, Professor Green, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Louis Theroux, Freddie Flintoff, Reggie Yates, [link...
- 6/22/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary festival announces winners.
Cameraperson, a documentary about the career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, has won the grand jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15).
Johnson, who also directs the film, is the Us cinematographer behind Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour and Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War among many others.
The award, supported by Screen International and Broadcast, comes with a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,800).
The jury described the film as “a work that´s both expansive and intimate, formally ambitious and morally humble”.
“Though this filmmaker has travelled the world to tell others stories, her real...
Cameraperson, a documentary about the career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, has won the grand jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15).
Johnson, who also directs the film, is the Us cinematographer behind Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour and Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War among many others.
The award, supported by Screen International and Broadcast, comes with a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,800).
The jury described the film as “a work that´s both expansive and intimate, formally ambitious and morally humble”.
“Though this filmmaker has travelled the world to tell others stories, her real...
- 6/14/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary filmmakers will descend on Sheffield in the coming days to offer a window on the past, present and virtual future. Michael Rosser reports
The 23rd Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) kicks off today and promises to be one of its most eclectic to date, with its typically diverse line-up of documentaries from around the world complemented by big name speakers and a major showcase of virtual reality content.
Its 160 feature and short films will be bookended by opening film Where To Invade Next, from Oscar-winning Us director Michael Moore, and The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger. Moore and actress Tilda Swinton, a co-director on the latter doc, will both be in Sheffield to present their films.
Moore’s film and accompanying Q&A will also be live streamed to 120 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof – the second time Doc/Fest has done this, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets...
The 23rd Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) kicks off today and promises to be one of its most eclectic to date, with its typically diverse line-up of documentaries from around the world complemented by big name speakers and a major showcase of virtual reality content.
Its 160 feature and short films will be bookended by opening film Where To Invade Next, from Oscar-winning Us director Michael Moore, and The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger. Moore and actress Tilda Swinton, a co-director on the latter doc, will both be in Sheffield to present their films.
Moore’s film and accompanying Q&A will also be live streamed to 120 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof – the second time Doc/Fest has done this, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets...
- 6/10/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Competition titles revealed; retrospectives of Ken Loach and Chantal Akerman; speakers include HBO documentaries president Sheila Nevins and revered filmmaker Da Pennebaker. Scroll down for competition films
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has unveiled the programme for its 23rd edition, including 160 feature and short documentaries, an alternate realities line-up and a series of on-stage interviews and debates with major filmmakers and industry figures.
As previously announced, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next will open the festival with the Us documentarian in attendance at Doc/Fest for the first time since 1998.
The UK premiere and Q&A will be live streamed to 114 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof. It marks the second time Doc/Fest has streamed its opening, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets in 2014.
There are a total of 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premieres with documentaries from 49 countries including Mexico, Cuba, China and Peru.
Competition titles...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has unveiled the programme for its 23rd edition, including 160 feature and short documentaries, an alternate realities line-up and a series of on-stage interviews and debates with major filmmakers and industry figures.
As previously announced, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next will open the festival with the Us documentarian in attendance at Doc/Fest for the first time since 1998.
The UK premiere and Q&A will be live streamed to 114 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof. It marks the second time Doc/Fest has streamed its opening, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets in 2014.
There are a total of 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premieres with documentaries from 49 countries including Mexico, Cuba, China and Peru.
Competition titles...
- 5/5/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Competition titles revealed; retrospectives of Ken Loach and Chantal Akerman; speakers include HBO documentaries president Sheila Nevins and legendary filmmaker Da Pennebaker.Scroll down for competition films
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has unveiled the programme for its 23rd edition, including 160 feature and short documentaries, an alternate realities line-up and a series of on-stage interviews and debates with major filmmakers and industry figures.
As previously announced, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next will open the festival with the Us documentarian in attendance at Doc/Fest for the first time since 1998.
The UK premiere and Q&A will be live streamed to 114 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof. It marks the second time Doc/Fest has streamed its opening, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets in 2014.
There are a total of 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premieres with documentaries from 49 countries including Mexico, Cuba, China and Peru.
Competition titles...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has unveiled the programme for its 23rd edition, including 160 feature and short documentaries, an alternate realities line-up and a series of on-stage interviews and debates with major filmmakers and industry figures.
As previously announced, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next will open the festival with the Us documentarian in attendance at Doc/Fest for the first time since 1998.
The UK premiere and Q&A will be live streamed to 114 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof. It marks the second time Doc/Fest has streamed its opening, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets in 2014.
There are a total of 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premieres with documentaries from 49 countries including Mexico, Cuba, China and Peru.
Competition titles...
- 5/5/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary festival will also give audiences chance to “virtually” converse with a Holocaust survivor.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has revealed that actress Tilda Swinton with co-director Bartek Dziadosz are to close this year’s festival with the UK premiere of The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger.
The documentary, which received its world premiere at the Berlinale in February, portrays John Berger, the UK writer, art critic, painter and poet whose novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize. The film is divided into four chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of his life and work.
It will close the festival on June 15 and the screening will be followed by a Q&A with Swinton and Dziadosz.
Holocaust survivor
Doc/Fest also announced a groundbreaking experience for its audience, offering a “virtual encounter” with a recorded image of a survivor of the Holocaust, who responds in real time, powered by complex...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has revealed that actress Tilda Swinton with co-director Bartek Dziadosz are to close this year’s festival with the UK premiere of The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger.
The documentary, which received its world premiere at the Berlinale in February, portrays John Berger, the UK writer, art critic, painter and poet whose novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize. The film is divided into four chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of his life and work.
It will close the festival on June 15 and the screening will be followed by a Q&A with Swinton and Dziadosz.
Holocaust survivor
Doc/Fest also announced a groundbreaking experience for its audience, offering a “virtual encounter” with a recorded image of a survivor of the Holocaust, who responds in real time, powered by complex...
- 4/7/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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