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Stanley Kubrick has often been accused of being a cold, mannered filmmaker. His celebrated cinematic mastery and notorious perfectionism have resulted in beautifully composed but emotionally distant movies, with protagonists who aren't so much people as puppets in Kubrick's psychological dramas. 

These are fair criticisms, but one should immediately note that they are usually only applied to Kubrick's later movies. Kubrick's signature "coldness" -- marked by long shots, long takes, and slower editing -- didn't really begin until he made "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 1968, and that film wasn't so much about a single character as it was about the whole of humanity. Others familiar with his work on "The Shining" have noted how strangely inhuman all the characters feel. Prior to 1968, however, Kubrick was a wholly personable (if not a cynical) filmmaker, and his early films -- including "Fear and Desire," "Killer's Kiss," "The Killing," "Paths of Glory,...

For some hardcore cinephiles, there's no greater pleasure than digging into the roots of some of their favorite filmmakers. It's often a highly illuminating experience to see the first cinematic efforts of directors who go on to bigger and better things. Whether it takes them a few features to build up to the height of their powers, or if they came storming out of the gate with originality and attitude to spare, there's usually some kind of overarching story of these filmmakers and their craft to be discovered when watching these early works.

If you can find them at all, that is. While most young filmmakers these days are used to growing up in a world where their baby pictures are still posted on their social media accounts, the analog days of yore meant old media could not only be lost, but become lost for good. That risk goes double...

Stanley Kubrick was a prolific director over the course of his career. He made his directorial debut in 1952 with the war drama Fear and Desire. This film was just over one hour, but eight years later, the scale of Kubrick's productions increased significantly when he helmed Spartacus, an over-three-hour historical epic. From there, the '60s saw a stream of iconic films from Kubrick, including Lolita, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The rate at which Kubrick made films slowed down over time, but he kept making movies until his death. His last project was Eyes Wide Shut, an erotic thriller in 1999. Like many of his works, the film had a long runtime, spanning over 2.5 hours. The movie was notoriously divisive, in part due to its graphic sexual nature. Now, one of Kubrick's films has been made...

Tom Cruise fans can always be thankful that they never have to wait too long for something new. Ever since he walked into Hollywood in the early ‘80s, he has consistently been cast (or cast himself) in major blockbusters, earning his spot among the greatest movie stars of all time. Since his debut in 1981, Cruise has averaged a movie a year, starring in a whopping 44 motion pictures so far. That’s quite an impressive streak, considering that he had lead actor roles in most of these projects, requiring him to be on set for months. And when you consider the fact that he mostly does his stunts, you feel compelled to applaud.

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Kubrick directed only 13 feature films from 1952 to 1999, showcasing his meticulous dedication to each project. Kubrick initially faced challenges, but demonstrated extraordinary talent in filmmaking, eventually creating iconic cinema. Key films like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Shining" cemented Kubrick's legacy as a visionary director ahead of his time.

Stanley Kubrick is one of the most iconic and legendary directors of all time, but from 1952 to 1999, he only directed 13 feature films, which speaks to the time and care he placed in each project. Stanley Kubrick was born in 1928 in New York City. He had a keen interest in film and photography from a young age, and began working as a professional photographer before moving on to start making short films of his own in the early 1950s. It was also at this point that Kubrick began to make connections in the film industry that helped him get started and begin making feature films.

Alan Conway's brazen impersonation of Stanley Kubrick led to countless cons, including duping prominent figures and acquiring large sums of money. Despite lacking a convincing impression, Conway's psychological manipulation and dramatic tales allowed him to trick even the well-connected into believing his ruse. The film Color Me Kubrick portrays Conway's exploits and the ironic fame he achieved through impersonating the reclusive director.

One word that may describe con artist Alan Conway better than any other is brazen. Like many confidence men, Conway's greatest asset became invoking the name of someone much more powerful than he. Conway performed cons short and long by pretending to be one of the most venerated artists of the 20th Century — director Stanley Kubrick. How Conway, a travel agent from provincial England, managed to dupe and swindle countless unsuspecting victims by posing as a world-famous filmmaker from New York City is what makes his story so intriguing.

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What's the worst Stanley Kubrick movie? If you could ask Kubrick himself, he'd likely tell you the answer is "Fear and Desire," his debut feature. And by most accounts, "Fear and Desire" is definitely near the bottom of the list when it comes to Kubrick films. It's a clunky, clumsy movie that Kubrick himself called "a presumptuous failure." He also stated: "It's not a film I remember with any pride, except for the fact it was finished."

Kubrick disliked the film so much that he would've been happy if no one actually watched it. By some accounts, the filmmaker even tried to destroy the film. Eventually, its copyright lapsed and it fell into the public domain for all to see — provided anyone could find a print. Which they couldn't — until 1994. That year, a version of the film was found and...

Kubrick's first film, Fear and Desire, released 70 years ago, is now restored in 4K for streaming. Initial negative reactions led Kubrick to make edits, shifting the film from a philosophical allegory to a conventional war picture. The original 70-minute version of Fear and Desire was recently rediscovered, showcasing Kubrick's early genius in an amateur form.

Stanley Kubrick's final film was 25 years ago, so if you're missing his brilliance, now is a good time to go back 70 years and revisit his very first film. The allegorical war film Fear and Desire was quietly released in 1953 and performed poorly; Kubrick cut nearly 10 minutes from the film in a futile attempt to try and make it more popular. According to star Paul Mazursky (who later became a great director in his own right), "Stanley tried to have the negative burned. He hated the movie." And for a while, Fear and Desire...

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Restored classic films from Ernst Lubitsch, Stanley Kubrick and Roman Polanski are among eight older titles set to play at next month’s Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Lubitsch’s 1920 farce “Kohlhiesel’s Daughters,” will be presented with a live music accompaniment by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. And, despite rumors to the contrary, Kubrick’s first feature, “Fear and Desire,” has been preserved intact and will play at the festival with nine minutes of previously deleted footage. It forms an anti-war pair with Polanski’s 2000 Nazi occupation tale “The Pianist.”

Others selected include Michelangelo Antonioni‘s “Il Grido”; Manoel d’Oliveira’s “Madame Bovary” adaptation “Abraham’s Valley”; Arturo Ripstein’s director’s cut of “Deep Crimson,” restored in 4K with an additional 25 minutes of content; Jacques Rivette’s “L’Amour Fou”; and “The Dupes,” by Tewfik Saleh.

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Screentime New Zealand will adapt hit property format “Location,...

Stanley Kubrick revolutionized filmmaking with his unique style, creating visually stunning shots and infusing his projects with dark humor. Kubrick's passion for denouncing war is evident in many of his movies, with almost half of his films covering wartime themes directly or indirectly. Despite his success, Kubrick often craved creative control and found collaboration to be limiting, as seen in his experience with Spartacus.

Stanley Kubrick's contributions to film are legendary, with several focused on the theme of war. Kubrick created several films that entirely changed how people viewed and made movies within the sci-fi, horror, and crime genres. His unique style resulted in many creative and visually stunning shots, as well as imbuing his projects with dark humor. Kubrick was also a perfectionist who liked to assume control over multiple aspects of his movies, from scripting to editing. Kubrick had a direct hand in most elements that went into his movies.

Kino Lorber, at the Lumiére Festival and International Classic Film Market (Mifc) in Lyon with a number of new restorations, including Stanley Kubrick’s “Fear and Desire,” will next release Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 drama “Naked Acts” and a complete retrospective of Oscar Micheaux, the first black filmmaker.

Also headed for release is “The Dragon Painter,” a rare, 1919 silent film with an all Asian cast, with the feel of an old Japanese film but entirely shot in the San Francisco area. It stars Sessue Hayakawa, who produced it himself, as well as his real-life wife Tsuru Aoki.

Kino Lorber is partnering with Milestone Films to release “The Dragon Painter” in 4K in 2024 with a new score.

Likewise set for a 4K release next year in partnership with Milestone is “Naked Acts,” which follows young Black actress Cicely, who is about to make her acting debut in a low budget film. As...

Fear and Desire, the first feature of Stanley Kubrick's monumental filmography, is coming to 4K Blu-ray. The 1952 anti-war film languished in obscurity for years before its rediscovery in recent decades. Blu-ray publisher Kino Lorber announced on their Twitter account that Fear and Desire, which they released on home media for the first time a decade ago, is coming in a newly-remastered 4K edition.

Lyon, France — Four-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and “Time Bandits” helmer Terry Gilliam will join a star director-studded lineup at this year’s Lumière Film Festival including Wes Anderson, Alexander Payne and Wim Wenders.

Cuarón is returning to Lyon – where he was a guest of honor in 2018 – to present a selection of films by Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner.

Gilliam will screen the newly restored version of his 1995 sci-fi thriller “Twelve Monkeys.”

One of Anderson’s latest shorts, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” part of four Roald Dahl adaptations to be released on Netflix later this month, will screen at Lyon’s plush 2,000-seat Auditorium, where he will give a masterclass.

Like other guests, he will not only be introducing a retrospective of his own films but works by others, as part of an ongoing drive by the festival “to strengthen the link between the past and the present of cinema,...

The bread and butter of film festivals is the unveiling of new movies. And in the case of the major festivals taking place in the late summer and early fall — Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York — the selections offer a preview of potential Oscar nominees and winners. Remember the eight-minute standing ovation Brendan Fraser received last year at Venice for “The Whale”? It kicked off his comeback and journey to a best Oscar win this year.

And with the 50th annual Telluride Film Festival kicking off August 31 at in the picturesque Colorado mountain burg, let’s take the cinematic time machine back 1993 when the fest was a mere 20 years old. John Boorman of “Deliverance” and “Hope and Glory” fame was the guest director of the festival. Jennifer Jason Leigh, then just 31 and whose latest film was Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts,” was honored with a tribute as was socialist British director Ken Loach,...

I honestly never expected Steven Spielberg in a Criterion Channel series––certainly not one that pairs him with Kogonada, anime, and Johnny Mnemonic––but so’s the power of artificial intelligence. Perhaps his greatest film (at this point I don’t need to tell you the title) plays with After Yang, Ghost in the Shell, and pre-Matrix Keanu in July’s aptly titled “AI” boasting also Spike Jonze’s Her, Carpenter’s Dark Star, and Computer Chess. Much more analog is a British Noir collection obviously carrying the likes of Odd Man Out, Night and the City, and The Small Back Room, further filled by Joseph Losey’s Time Without Pity and Basil Dearden’s It Always Rains on Sunday. (No two ways about it: these movies have great titles.) An Elvis retrospective brings six features, and the consensus best (Don Siegel’s Flaming Star) comes September 1.

While Isabella Rossellini...

Having directed 13 feature films over nearly half a century, Stanley Kubrick has left an indelible mark on cinematic history. Innovative, influential, and meticulous to a tee, the trailblazer from the Bronx first picked up a camera as a teenager and made a name for himself shooting still photos for Look magazine. After transitioning to short documentary filmmaking with Day of the Fight and Flying Padre, it seemed only a matter of time before he'd try his hand at a feature-length film. With a generous financial contribution from his uncle, and using money he made hustling chess in New York City's Washington Square Park, Kubrick went to work on what would become Fear and Desire.

The desert will again be a hotbed of deceit and larceny in luxurious black-and-white as the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival returns to Palm Springs this Thursday through Sunday, with the quintessential noir classics “The Killing” and “Double Indemnity” bookending a marathon weekend that otherwise tends toward more rarely screened ‘40s and ‘50s titles.

Several sons or daughters of the original actors or directors will be on hand, but of special interest to festival attendees will be the presence of one of the actual filmmakers: James B. Harris, 94, Stanley Kubrick’s producing partner for several of his best early films, who’ll be able to speak first-hand about the making of 1956’s “The Killing,” the crime drama that turned out to be Kubrick’s first real masterpiece.

“I’m just utterly thrilled that ‘The Killing’ will show and Jimmy will be the guest on opening night,” says the festival’s longtime guiding light,...

Gerald Fried, the Oscar-nominated composer known for scoring the original Star Trek series and Roots, has died at the age of 95.

Fried died on Friday, February 17th, of pneumonia, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The New York City native scored a number of early Star Trek episodes beginning in 1966. Most notably, he composed the music for the season two episode “Amok Time,” which soundtracked the battle between William Shatner’s Kirk and Leonard Nimoy’s Spock. The music from “Amok Time” was featured on several subsequent episodes of Star Trek, as well as on The Simpsons and Futurama and in the movie The Cable Guy.

In 1977, after original composer Quincy Jones suffered from writers block, Fried was brought on to compose music for the ABC miniseries Roots. He ended up composing the theme song, as well as the underscores for several episodes. For his efforts, Fried was awarded a Primetime Emmy Award.

Gerald Fried, the Oscar-nominated, oboe-playing composer who created iconic gladiatorial fight music for the original Star Trek series and collaborated with Quincy Jones to win an Emmy for their theme to the landmark miniseries Roots, has died. He was 95.

Fried died Friday of pneumonia at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, his wife, Anita Hall, told The Hollywood Reporter.

After meeting Stanley Kubrick on a baseball field in the Bronx in the early 1950s, Fried wound up scoring the filmmaker’s first four features: Fear and Desire (1953), Killer’s Kiss (1955), The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957).

Fried also supplied the music for such cult Roger Corman classics as Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), The Cry Baby Killer (1958) and I Mobster (1959). He also worked with directors Larry Peerce on One Potato Two Potato (1964) and The Bell Jar (1979), as well as with Robert Aldrich on The Killing of Sister George (1968), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?...

Composer Gerald Fried, who won an Emmy for the landmark miniseries “Roots” and whose 1960s scores, from “Star Trek” to “Gilligan’s Island,” left an indelible impression on a generation of TV watchers, died of pneumonia Friday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Ct. He was 95.

His wide-ranging career included scoring five early Stanley Kubrick films, including “Paths of Glory” and “The Killing”; receiving the only Oscar nomination ever given for a documentary score, 1975’s “Birds Do It, Bees Do It”; and earning five other Emmy nominations for music in specials, TV movies and miniseries.

The prolific Fried scored approximately 40 films, some three dozen TV-movies and miniseries, and episodes of another 40 TV series during a career that spanned more than six decades.

Among his most famous TV series music was from the original “Star Trek.” He scored five episodes of the series, most famously the Spock-in-heat episode “Amok Time,” which...

This picture looks as modern and radical as anything from Italy in the 1960s, yet it’s a tough-talking take on hardboiled crime caper fiction. In three pictures Stanley Kubrick went from amateur to contender: now he has a like-minded producer, a top-flight cast, and the help of the legendary pulp author Jim Thompson. Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards peg the cynical film noir style, and Kubrick maintains the source book’s splintered chronology for the tense racetrack heist. All Hollywood took notice — at least that part of the industry looking out for daring, progressive storytelling. Now in 4K, Kubrick’s superb B&w images look better than ever.

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As the Venice Film Festival prepares to celebrate its 90th anniversary, researchers have reconstructed how Stanley Kubrick’s first film, now known as “Fear and Desire,” came to screen on the Lido in 1952.

The screening of the film, initially titled “Shape of Fear,” took place at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido on Aug. 18, 1952, in a section called Festival of the Scientific Film and Art Documentary.

Basically, Kubrick’s debut was invited for a special screening after not making the cut for competition due to “the length and character of the film,” as an exchange of letters between the 23-year-old Kubrick and then Venice chief Antonio Petrucci attests (see below).

The whole story has been reconstructed for the first time in the letters and documents preserved in the archives of the fest’s parent organization, the Venice Biennale, ahead of an international conference celebrating the 90th anniversary of the world’s oldest film festival,...

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UK-based Goldfinch Entertainment is launching sales on Lena Headey’s The Trap, the feature adaptation of her Bafta-nominated short of the same name.

Michelle Fairley and James Nelson-Joyce will reprise their roles. Fairley, who starred opposite Headey in HBO fantasy series Game Of Thrones, plays as a woman who has shut herself off from the world but is slowly brought back to life through her friendship with a damaged young man

Goldfinch is also producing with Headey’s PeepHole Productions. The film will shoot in the north-east of England in late 2022.

“This...

Exclusive: Lance Reddick (John Wick franchise), Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America) and Laura Harrier (Hollywood) are the latest additions to 20th Century Studios’ White Men Can’t Jump reboot. They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls.

The film will offer a new take on Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Rosie Perez, which saw Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament. Harlow is stepping into the role originated by Harrelson, with Walls taking on Snipes’, and Reddick playing Benji Allen, the father of Walls’ character Kamal. Benji is living with Ms and has been Kamal’s coach and support system since a very young age. Details with regard to the characters that Taylor and Harrier are playing have not been disclosed.

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“P-Valley” is a drama series, based on the play Pussy Valley, that takes you through the personal lives of strip club dancers. It’s full of suspense, plot twists, and emotional moments that will connect you with the characters.

Where Can You Watch “Temptation Island?”

Here’s everything you need to know about “P-Valley,” including its plot, characters, the inspiration behind the series, and news of the highly anticipated season two.

Where Can You Watch “P-Valley”

While “P-Valley” isn’t available on Netflix, you can stream it on these platforms:

Lionsgate Play Starz Amazon Prime Video (Lionsgate Play plug-in required) Hulu (Starz add-on required)

You can buy the series on Amazon Prime if you don’t have a subscription plan.

What Is “P-Valley” About

The events of “P-Valley” take place in the fictional city of Chucalissa in the Mississippi Delta. It uncovers the complex, struggle-filled lives of exotic dancers at a strip club.

One of the most identifiable — and imitated — cinematic tropes is the "Kubrick Stare," a particular type of close-up shot used in several films by director Stanley Kubrick. It turns up in "The Shining," "Full Metal Jacket," and "Eyes Wide Shut," and to a lesser extent, "Lolita" and "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Those latter two films don't quite fit the "Kubrick Stare" mold because they were made prior to the "Stare's" concrete origin point: 1971's "A Clockwork Orange." Although Kubrick had used close-ups in a unique and piercing fashion since his debut feature, "Fear and Desire," it was "Clockwork" that perfected and defined the usage of the "Stare": namely,...

The post How Malcolm McDowell Created The Signature 'Kubrick Stare' appeared first on /Film.

“Game of Thrones” star Lena Headey is set to make her directorial debut on a film called “Violet,” a psychological thriller that’s in the vein of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Single White Female.”

“Violet” is based on a 2019 book by author Sji Holliday, and it concerns two solo female travelers who form an intense friendship while in a cramped cabin on the Trans-Siberian Express. But things quickly start to unravel when it becomes clear that one of the women is not who she claims to be.

Gareth Pritchard wrote the script. Production is meant to begin in October 2022.

Goldfinch Entertainment is producing and financing “Violet,” with Ben Charles Edwards and Phil McKenzie co-producing for Goldfinch and Pritchard also co-producing for his Sankara Pictures. Mark Foligno of Limelight Ctl will also co-produce.

Ed Boase and Marcus Stamps of Dark Alliance Film, which originally optioned the book, will executive produce.

Exclusive: Game of Thrones and 300 star Lena Headey is to make her feature directorial debut on psychological thriller Violet.

Based on the successful recent novel by Sji Holliday, the story follows two solo female travelers who immediately hit it off and decide to team up for the next leg of their adventure. As the journey continues things start to unravel – because neither of the women is who they claim to be.

Producers describe it to us as having elements of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Single White Female, while publishers have also compared it to Killing Eve.

The project heralds from UK producer-financier Goldfinch Entertainment. Screenplay is penned by Gareth Pritchard, whose Sankara Pictures (The Rise) will co-produce with Mark Foligno (Moon) of Limelight Ctl and Ben Charles Edwards (Quant) and Phil McKenzie (Twist) of Goldfinch Entertainment.

The book originally was optioned by Dark Alliance Film. Ed Boase and Marcus Stamps...

Joachim Trier, writer/director of the multi-Oscar nominated film The Worst Person in the World, discusses his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

A History of Violence (2005)

Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s retrospective links

Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

The Worst Person In The World (2021)

Back To The Future (1985)

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review

Mirror (1975)

Stalker (1979) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Soylent Green (1973)

Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Last Year At Marienbad (1961)

The Hunt (1959)

Remonstrance (1972)

Don’t Look Now (1973) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Bad Timing (1980) – Bernard Rose’s trailer commentary

Walkabout (1971) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary

Performance (1970) – Mark Goldblatt’s trailer commentary

Drive My Car (2021)

491 (1964)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Persona (1966)

The Wild Strawberries...

Stars: Victoria Vertuga, Felisha Michelle Cacho, Thomas Hobson, Maya Zapata, Susan Louise O’Connor | Written by Victoria Vertuga, Eric Williford | Directed by Victoria Vertuga

Lexi opens with the standard card telling us where the footage we’re about to see came from followed by a montage of views from security cameras. Then a desperate looking woman appears followed by the film’s title card, there are no credits. It’s an effective and attention-grabbing opening.

More of a mockumentary than a found footage film, although it does incorporate plenty of it, Lexi is an investigation into the strange events surrounding the disappearance of social media influencer “Laughing Lexi” aka Alexandria Mancini.

Starting with her friend Mel (Felisha Michelle Cacho; Treason) filing a missing persons report, director Victoria Vertuga and co-writer Eric Williford examine the last six months of her life looking for clues to what might have happened. We get a...

Director Sidney J. Furie discusses his favorite films he’s watched and re-watched during quarantine with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Dr. Blood’s Coffin (1961)

The Ipcress File (1965) – Howard Rodman’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

The Appaloosa (1966)

The Naked Runner (1967)

Lady Sings The Blues (1972)

The Entity (1982) – Luca Gaudagnino’s trailer commentary

The Boys in Company C (1978)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Apartment (1960) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

A Place In The Sun (1951) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Out Of Africa (1985)

The Last Picture Show (1971) – Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

Annie Hall (1977)

The Bad And The Beautiful (1952)

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

The Tender Bar...

After a hiatus where New York’s theaters closed during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. While many theaters are still focused on a selection of new releases, a handful of worthwhile repertory screenings are taking place.

Anthology Film Archives

Breathe easy: Anthology is back, marking their resurrection with screenings of Paul Sharits’ dual-projection Razor Blades.

Paris Theater

Yet another return! To coincide with The Forty-Year-Old Version, filmmaker Radha Blank has organized a series of her influences: Cassavetes on Friday, Wilder and Tap on Saturday, Waiting for Guffman and The Last Detail on Sunday.

Museum of the Moving Image

2001 shows on 70mm this Friday, Dcp on Sunday, while Eyes Wide Shut and Fear and Desire have screenings; on the non-Kubrick front, Ran and The Age of Innocence have screenings.

Film at Lincoln Center

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After a hiatus as theaters in New York City closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. While many theaters are still focused on a selection of new releases, a handful of worthwhile repertory screenings are taking place.

Film Forum

A huge Humphrey Bogart series has begun; Le Cercle Rouge and La Piscine continue.

Museum of the Moving Image

2001 continues, while a rare 35mm print of Kubrick’s debut Fear and Desire plays this Friday, Killer’s Kiss on Sunday; Rollerball and Thief play Saturday to conclude this year’s Caan Film Festival.

Film at Lincoln Center

The restoration of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s masterpiece Flowers of Shanghai continues.

IFC Center

Working Girls and the World of Wong Kar-wai continue.

Roxy Cinema

Body Double and a print of Body Heat are screening.

The post NYC Weekend Watch: Humphrey Bogart,...

Stanley Kubrick is a juggernaut in the annals of cinema history. A true auteur and notorious perfectionist. Whether you love him or loathe him, Stanley Kubrick has assured himself a place in Hollywood legend for his directorial work. Apart from one of his films that is. This particular film was so detested by Kubrick that he even attempted to burn the negatives.

Ask any self-professed film buff to name any Stanley Kubrick film and you're sure to get back in response the usual suspects. Not the movie of the same name, obviously - we can thank Brian Singer for that little gem. No; you'll likely hear titles like The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket or perhaps even 1957's Paths of Glory. All of these films hold their very own special places of regard - so how could a director as thorough as Kubrick be so disappointed...

Agent-producer Brian Sher has been named president of Quality Films, the film and television division of Quality Control, the label and management company that spawned the careers of Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, City Girls, Migos and many more.

According to the announcement, in his new role, Sher will oversee development and production of the company’s slate, which will emphasize culturally driven stories, as well as develop vehicles for the label’s artists. Kevin “Coach K” Lee and Pierre “P” Thomas are the founders of Quality Control and its ever-expanding media umbrella.

“It’s truly an honor to join forces with Coach and P as they expand their empire into yet another media vertical,” said Sher. “QC is the gold standard in the music business and I have no doubt we will replicate that success in the film and television space and beyond.”

Sher, Coach and P have already collaborated...

Exclusive: A number of Estonia’s top creative talents are partnering with streamer Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) to create the first Estonian Viaplay Original.

Helmed by director René Vilbre and written by Birk Rohelend, the crime drama Who Shot Otto Mueller? will star Jaan Rekkor, Tambet Tuisk and Märt Avandi, and will premiere exclusively on Nent Group’s Viaplay streaming service in Estonia and across the Baltic region.

Vilbre’s recent credits include the hit Class Reunion trilogy, which are among the highest-grossing films in Estonian cinema history. His next film, Estonian Funeral, will be released late summer. Novelist Rohelend is creator of one of Estonia’s biggest TV series, The Pillowclub, currently in its 14th season, along with hit local dramas The Trap, Wicked Girls and Restart.

The series will follow a famous businessman and former Soviet wrestling star who is found murdered in his manor on his 65th birthday.

Korean-American star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok), star of the upcoming Marvel film “The Eternals” will produce and star in “The Club,” an action series derived from South Korean scripted format “The Trap.”

The production brings together Gorilla 8 Productions, a company owned by Don Lee and B&c Content’s Chris S. Lee, and U.S.-based Starlings Television. No broadcaster or streaming partner has been announced.

Starlings Television president Chris Philip and Starlings Entertainment CEO Karine Martin, who set up the project and take executive producer credits, have attached Jack LoGiudice as showrunner.

The series pitches Lee as a veteran detective investigating a mysterious group of hunters who have attacked a famous news anchor and his family while on a camping trip. The detective, who lost his own son in a hit-and-run, finds himself mired in a twisted mystery orchestrated by an elite and powerful group with disturbing appetites.

Exclusive: Allblk, AMC Networks’ popular streaming service for Black TV and film, has teamed with sister brand, Rlje Films, for the VOD release of Lil Duval’s Living My Best Life comedy special.

In his first stand-up special, based on his successful 2018 single “Smile (Living My Best Life)”, Duval takes an intimate and hilarious look at life, sex, relationships and more. Filmed before a star-studded, live audience in Atlanta, Ga, the hourlong special also features appearances from actress Bresha Webb (NBC’s Marlon), comedians Gary “G Thang” Johnson and Navaris “Navv” Greene, and social media star Pretty Vee. Lil Duval’s Living My Best Life premieres on VOD outlets Tuesday, May 4. It will stream exclusively on Allblk later this summer.

Born Roland Powell in the Florida county that inspired his stage name, Lil Duval has appeared in several films and TV shows including Meet the Blacks, Grow House, The Trap,...

Nobody director Ilya Naishuller joins Josh and Joe to talk about his favorite movies.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Nobody (2021)

Hardcore Henry (2016)

Billy Jack (1971)

My Winnipeg (2007)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Top Gun (1986)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Seven (1995)

Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993)

The Mission (1986)

The Killing Fields (1984)

Captivity (2007)

The Killing (1956)

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)

Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

You And I (2008)

Infested (2002)

No Country For Old Men (2007)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Goodfellas (1990)

Goldfinger (1964)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Papillon (1973)

Papillon (2017)

Midnight Run (1988)

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Oldboy (2003)

Parasite (2019)

Assassins (1995)

Ladder 49 (2004)

Waterworld (1995)

Heathers (1989)

Mad Max (1979)

A History Of Violence (2005)

The ’Burbs (1989)

Punishment Park (1971)

The War Game (1966)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Uncut Gems (2019)

Culloden (1964)

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Fail Safe (1964)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Let The Right One In (2008)

Patton (1970)

Hardcore (1979)

Mr. Nobody (2009)

District 9 (2009)

Paths of Glory (1957)

A Clockwork Orange...

Producers Bruce Hendricks and Galen Walker have optioned the rights to Stanley Kubrick’s “Lunatic at Large,” one of three unmade Kubrick screenplays discovered in the film director’s library after his death in March 1999. Variety first reported the news. While plot details for “Lunatic at Large” are a mystery, Hendricks and Walker describe Kubrick’s script as a “film noir thriller in keeping with other collaborations between Kubrick and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Jim Thompson.” Kubrick and Thompson’s shared filmography includes the 1956 film noir “The Killing,” plus “Paths of Glory” and “Spartacus.”

“The opportunity to bring a Stanley Kubrick project to the screen after so many years is a dream come true,” Walker said in a statement. “We look forward to making a film in keeping with his unique style and vision.”

Hendricks added, “Stanley Kubrick was an enormous influence on so many directors, and we are honored...

Bookmark this page for all the latest international feature submissions.

Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.

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The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.

Bookmark this page for all the latest international feature submissions.

Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.

Scroll down for the full list

The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.

Exclusive: Platform One Media has struck a first-look deal with Peephole Productions, the production company run by Game of Thrones star Lena Headey.

The Boat Rocker company will work with actor, who played Cersei Lannister in the hit HBO drama and also recently starred in Fighting with my Family, to develop scripted and unscripted TV and digital projects.

Headey, who recently wrapped action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake directed by Navot Papushado and has joined the voice cast of sci-fi animation series New-Gen, based on the Marvel comic book series, will executive produce on all projects under the deal with Platform One Media.

Peephole Productions co-produced Headey’s BAFTA-nominated short The Trap and will produce the feature length version in 2021.

It is the latest first-look deal struck by Platform One Media, which is run by Chairman and CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh. The firm has inked deals with Dakota Johnson and Ro Donnelly’s TeaTime Pictures,...

While international co-productions have for years been trending upwards across much of Europe, the coronavirus pandemic has forced many of the continent’s producers to rethink how they finance and shoot in an era of uncertainty. With government support schemes varying from one country to the next, and no clear sense of how cross-border travel will fare in the months ahead, many producers are thinking outside the box as they adapt to changing circumstances.

The challenge for producers moving forward was the subject of “The Current State of Co-production,” an online panel on Monday, which brought together eight leading women producers from across Europe. Presented during the Thessaloniki Film Festival, the discussion was hosted by the European Women’s Audiovisual Network (Ewa), with the support of Greece’s National Center of Audiovisual Media and Communication (Ekome).

The upside—for 2020 at least—is that most European producers appear determined to keep the production pipeline flowing.

This bizarre, creepy and maudit masterpiece of silent expressionist horror is an independent 1950s production that never had a chance commercially. Butchered by a second distributor, its ignominious fate was to wind up as a movie-within-a-movie footnote for Steve McQueen. Cohen/BFI’s ‘rescue’ remastering of John Parker’s picture does some things great — we never thought we’d see it look this good. But the overall package packs a big disappointment, as I’ll explain.

Dementia (1955)

Region B Blu-ray + Pal DVD

BFI

1955 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 56 min. / Street Date October 19, 2020 / £15.89

Starring: Adrienne Barret, Ben Roseman, Bruno VeSota, Ben Roseman, Angelo Rossitto.

Cinematography: William C. Thompson

Film Editor: Joseph Gluck

Original Music: George Antheil

Music director: Ernest Gold

Featured Vocal: Marni Nixon

New Concepts in Modern Sounds: Shorty Rogers and his Giants

Written, Produced and Directed by John J. Parker

I screened John Parker’s Dementia at UCLA in 1972, at...

Supernatural Season 15 was confirmed by The CW back in January 2019, obviously to no one’s surprise. However, it turns out that the Winchesters aren’t going to live forever, since we would later learn that said fifteenth season will be the final one for the long-running genre series, set for a 20-episode run. Believe it or not, Supernatural is the longest-running genre series in American broadcast television history. The series is also the last remaining vestige of The WB network, which merged with Upn in 2006 to create The CW network as we know it today.

The latest news? Supernatural Season 15 is back from a covid-driven hiatus for its final episodes.

You can read our review of the latest episode here.

Supernatural Season 15 Episode 17 Trailer & Synopsis

What’s next? Episode 17, titled “Unity,” which is slated to air on October 29th. Check out the promo…

Dean hits the road with Jack, who...

Producer-star Richard Widmark may have thought he was inventing a new kind of spy film but his adaptation of an Alistair MacLean novel just grinds the Cold War grist, mixing good atmosphere with unconvincing action derring-do. The handsome production makes good use of Austrian and Swiss locations and the unfamiliar cast is a big assist. German star Sonja Ziemann gets the plum role, but Hollywood’s discovery is the lovely Senta Berger.

The Secret Ways

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1961 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 112 min. / Street Date October 27, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

Starring: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla, Senta Berger, Howard Vernon, Hubert von Meyerinck, Oskar Wegrostek, Stefan Schnabel, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Ady Berber, Jochen Brockman, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Herbert Fux.

Cinematography: Max Greene

Film Editor: Aaron Stell

Original Music: Johnny Williams

Written by Jean Hazelwood from the novel by Alistair MacLean

Produced by Richard Widmark

Directed by Phil Karlson...

French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius to preside over competition jury.

The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the jury for its main competition who are all set to the attend the physical event, which plans to run from August 14 to 21 with Covid-19 safeguards in place.

As previously announced, the feature competition jury will be presided over by Michel Hazanavicius, the French writer-director behind Oscar-winner The Artist, whose latest feature is family adventure The Lost Prince.

He will be joined by Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian; Croatian actress Jadranka Đokić; Serbian director Srdan Golubović; and Morelia film festival head of industry Andrea Stavenhagen.

It’s mid-summer. Normally we’d be covering the openings of “The Forever Purge” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” with “Minions: Rise of Gru” in its second weekend competing for #1. As usual, all franchise titles, likely all hits.

Thirty-three years ago on the same weekend, another “franchise” was #2. His name was Stanley Kubrick, and “Full Metal Jacket,” his 12th film, went wide and began its successful road to profit.

The master filmmaker’s first release in seven years, “Jacket” continued his fruitful exclusive relationship with Warner Bros. (similar to the studio’s ties with Clint Eastwood and Christopher Nolan). Atypically for the season and the studio, it started as a limited release on June 26, then expanded on July 10. 12 years later his posthumously released “Eyes Wide Shut” opened on July 16. It’s impossible imagining either going in summer or even being made.

Kubrick’s ability to make such esoteric films didn’t happen in a vacuum.

Anyone who’s ever worked with Stanley Kubrick has a story to tell, from Shelley Duvall’s traumatic experience while filming “The Shining,” to Malcolm McDowell’s physical injuries during the making of “A Clockwork Orange,” to Leon Vitali, the actor who became Kubrick’s assistant as seen in the 2017 documentary “Filmworker.” Such lore around the cinematic legend will be newly explored in the latest documentary on Stanley Kubrick, “Kubrick by Kubrick.” Watch the first trailer below.

The film is directed by French filmmaker Gregory Monro, a Hollywood obsessive who’s made movies about James Stewart, Robert Mitchum, Jerry Lewis, Calamity Jane, Toulouse-Lautrec, and other luminaries who’ve touched cinema in one way or another. “Kubrick by Kubrick” was set to premiere at this year’s edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, but the annual New York fest was called off back in March, with programming elements soon beginning to migrate online.