Joining Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edibiri, Chloë Sevigny is to co-star in Luca Guadagnino’s drama, After The Hunt.
Having already worked with the filmmaker for 2022’s Bones And All, Chloë Sevigny is to star in Luca Guadagnino’s forthcoming thriller, After The Hunt.
Sevigny is the latest addition to an already starry cast, which so far includes Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri and another Guadagnino favourite, Michael Stuhlbarg.
Guadagnino has been busy of late; his most recent film, the tennis-based love triangle Challengers, emerged to critical applause in April, while his next opus, Queer – starring Daniel Craig and based on the book of the same name by William S Burroughs – is out later in 2024.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the Sevigny news, After The Hunt is due to begin filming this summer – so presumably within the next few weeks. Written by Nora Garrett, it...
Having already worked with the filmmaker for 2022’s Bones And All, Chloë Sevigny is to star in Luca Guadagnino’s forthcoming thriller, After The Hunt.
Sevigny is the latest addition to an already starry cast, which so far includes Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri and another Guadagnino favourite, Michael Stuhlbarg.
Guadagnino has been busy of late; his most recent film, the tennis-based love triangle Challengers, emerged to critical applause in April, while his next opus, Queer – starring Daniel Craig and based on the book of the same name by William S Burroughs – is out later in 2024.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the Sevigny news, After The Hunt is due to begin filming this summer – so presumably within the next few weeks. Written by Nora Garrett, it...
- 6/5/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
2024’s Venice Film Festival isn’t far away. Last year’s event was one that was slightly cut down due to the ongoing strikes that had befallen Hollywood and prevented a number of actors from attending for the promotion of their films. The films that screened last year included David Fincher’s The Killer, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Ava DuVernay’s Origin, Michael Mann’s Ferrari and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro. The line-up for films out of competition featured such big names as Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, William Friedkin, Richard Linklater and Roman Polanski.
The 81st Annual Venice Film Festival is set for August 28 to September 7. Variety is reporting that among the films that are being rumored for screenings is the Todd Phillips follow-up to the Joaquin Phoenix reimagining of DC’s Clown Prince of Crime. Joker: Folie à Deux, which co-stars Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, is said to...
The 81st Annual Venice Film Festival is set for August 28 to September 7. Variety is reporting that among the films that are being rumored for screenings is the Todd Phillips follow-up to the Joaquin Phoenix reimagining of DC’s Clown Prince of Crime. Joker: Folie à Deux, which co-stars Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, is said to...
- 5/30/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
The upcoming Venice Film Festival is shaping up to be a star-studded affair with Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Gal Gadot and Ana de Armas among top Hollywood talents likely to be launching high-profile titles from the Lido.
Though festival chief Alberto Barbera has yet to see several submitted works that are likely to make the cut, a clutch of globally buzzy movies have already secured a coveted Venice berth, though some of the more mainstream entries will probably be bowing out-of-competition.
“Joker 2: Folie à Deux,” Todd Phillips’ edgy musical sequel to his 2019 Golden Lion prizewinning “Joker,” starring Gaga and Phoenix, is a competition shoo-in, along with Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic “Maria,” starring Jolie in the title role.
Larraín’s previous two tragic female biopics — “Spencer” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and “Jackie” with Natalie Portman as...
Though festival chief Alberto Barbera has yet to see several submitted works that are likely to make the cut, a clutch of globally buzzy movies have already secured a coveted Venice berth, though some of the more mainstream entries will probably be bowing out-of-competition.
“Joker 2: Folie à Deux,” Todd Phillips’ edgy musical sequel to his 2019 Golden Lion prizewinning “Joker,” starring Gaga and Phoenix, is a competition shoo-in, along with Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic “Maria,” starring Jolie in the title role.
Larraín’s previous two tragic female biopics — “Spencer” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and “Jackie” with Natalie Portman as...
- 5/30/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is having quite the year. His tennis comedy/love triangle film “Challengers,” starring Zendaya, has already grossed $68 million worldwide—not bad for a drama without a major I.P. attached to it— and his next film, “Queer,” an adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel starring Daniel Craig, is said to be done and will probably debut during the fall film festival circuit later this year.
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- 5/14/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Although “Challengers” screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes and director Luca Guadagnino are no strangers to working with each other, their collaboration process on the upcoming film “Queer,” an adaptation of a William S. Burroughs novel that will star Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, was entirely different.
The Black List alum previously told IndieWire on the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of “Challengers” that accepting the task of his first adapted screenplay was a “no brainer.” Elaborating on how exactly the task of making “Queer,” a film adaptation both Guadagnino and other filmmakers had been chasing, came to be, Kuritzkes later told IndieWire over Zoom, “One day, on the set of ‘Challengers,’ [Luca] just gave me this book and said, ‘Read this tonight and tell me if you want to write it for me.’”
He added, “I was so completely honored and touched that Luca would trust me with this movie. And...
The Black List alum previously told IndieWire on the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of “Challengers” that accepting the task of his first adapted screenplay was a “no brainer.” Elaborating on how exactly the task of making “Queer,” a film adaptation both Guadagnino and other filmmakers had been chasing, came to be, Kuritzkes later told IndieWire over Zoom, “One day, on the set of ‘Challengers,’ [Luca] just gave me this book and said, ‘Read this tonight and tell me if you want to write it for me.’”
He added, “I was so completely honored and touched that Luca would trust me with this movie. And...
- 4/29/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Justin Kuritzkes has back-to-back adaptations in the works.
The screenwriter has been one of Luca Guadagnino’s closest collaborators of late. His “Challengers” just premiered to rave reviews and he’s already set to adapt “Queer,” the novel originally written by William S. Burroughs, for the director as well. At the Los Angeles premiere of “Challengers,” the screenwriter spoke with us about adapting the novel as well as “City on Fire,” the first of a bestselling novel trilogy from Don Winslow, which Austin Butler will lead.
Adaptations are challenging, but Kuritzkes has a method to the madness. In our conversation, he teased what he’s working on and how he approaches IP. He revealed that “Queer” is something Guadagnino has wanted to make since he was a teenager when the book came out in 1985, “I was so touched and honored when he asked me to read it and to see...
The screenwriter has been one of Luca Guadagnino’s closest collaborators of late. His “Challengers” just premiered to rave reviews and he’s already set to adapt “Queer,” the novel originally written by William S. Burroughs, for the director as well. At the Los Angeles premiere of “Challengers,” the screenwriter spoke with us about adapting the novel as well as “City on Fire,” the first of a bestselling novel trilogy from Don Winslow, which Austin Butler will lead.
Adaptations are challenging, but Kuritzkes has a method to the madness. In our conversation, he teased what he’s working on and how he approaches IP. He revealed that “Queer” is something Guadagnino has wanted to make since he was a teenager when the book came out in 1985, “I was so touched and honored when he asked me to read it and to see...
- 4/19/2024
- by Veronica Flores
- Indiewire
Luca Guadagnino's new film "Challengers" is set in 2019 during a pivotal tennis match between tennis pro Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) and the struggling also-ran Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor). Watching from the stands is Donaldson's wife, the former teen tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan (Zendaya). Tashi looks incredibly concerned, and the two players seem to hate each other. The film then begins a series of flashbacks, stretching back 13 years to when the characters were all teenagers. It seems that Art, Patrick, and Tashi once had a three-way makeout session in a motel room that cemented their physical and emotional attraction for years. Tashi briefly dated Josh, while Art, retaining a crush, attempted to sabotage their relationship. Art and Tashi would begin a romance after she sustains an injury, with Tashi becoming Art's coach. Resentment bubbles apace.
It's all very soapy, of course, but Guadagnino tempers the melodrama with excellent attention to detail,...
It's all very soapy, of course, but Guadagnino tempers the melodrama with excellent attention to detail,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Updated April 3, 2024: Léa Seydoux has officially joined the cast of Luca Guadagnino’s “Separate Rooms” alongside Josh O’Connor. The queer-romance film involves a love triangle between O’Connor’s character Leo, his ill-fated lover Thomas, and a woman. Deadline first reported the news. “The Beast” star Seydoux recently appeared in “Dune: Part Two” and will join the central three-hander.
Published March 25, 2024: Luca Guadagnino is set to team up once more with “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor for his upcoming feature “Separate Rooms,” according to a report in Variety.
The film is a queer drama adapted from the novel of the same name by late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli. O’Connor would play the lead role Leo, an Italian writer who is mourning the death of his musician boyfriend Thomas. Variety first reported the news and claimed that O’Connor has been studying Italian for the role.
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Published March 25, 2024: Luca Guadagnino is set to team up once more with “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor for his upcoming feature “Separate Rooms,” according to a report in Variety.
The film is a queer drama adapted from the novel of the same name by late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli. O’Connor would play the lead role Leo, an Italian writer who is mourning the death of his musician boyfriend Thomas. Variety first reported the news and claimed that O’Connor has been studying Italian for the role.
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- 4/3/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Léa Seydoux (Dune: Part Two) is attached to star opposite Josh O’Connor (Challengers) in Separate Rooms, an upcoming film from Luca Guadagnino, multiple sources tell Deadline.
An adaptation of the 1989 novel by the late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, the film is a non-chronological examination of the romance between the Italian iconoclast writer, Leo (O’Connor), and his translator, Thomas. Details as to the role Seydoux is playing haven’t been disclosed.
The script comes from Francesca Manieri, who collaborated with Guadagnino on his Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are. Lorenzo Mieli will produce for Fremantle, following his work with Guadagnino on his cannibal romance Bones and All, starring Timothée Chalamet, which won Guadagnino the prize for Best Director at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Best known for starring in the Bond films Spectre and No Time to Die, as well as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color,...
An adaptation of the 1989 novel by the late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, the film is a non-chronological examination of the romance between the Italian iconoclast writer, Leo (O’Connor), and his translator, Thomas. Details as to the role Seydoux is playing haven’t been disclosed.
The script comes from Francesca Manieri, who collaborated with Guadagnino on his Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are. Lorenzo Mieli will produce for Fremantle, following his work with Guadagnino on his cannibal romance Bones and All, starring Timothée Chalamet, which won Guadagnino the prize for Best Director at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Best known for starring in the Bond films Spectre and No Time to Die, as well as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh O’Connor is in talks to star in Luca Guadagnino’s new drama “Separate Rooms,” an adaptation of the eponymous novel by the late Italian writer Pier Vittorio Tondelli. The story follows an Italian writer named Leo who is mourning the loss of his boyfriend.
O’Connor, who stars in Guadagnino’s upcoming tennis love triangle film “Challengers” alongside Zendaya and Mike Faist, is in advanced talks to play Leo in “Separate Rooms,” whose passionate romance with a shy German musician named Thomas is marked by different forms of separation. O’Connor has already been studying Italian for the role, even though he is not yet fully contractualized, according to several sources.
Guadagnino this weekend announced in Italy’s La Repubblica’s weekly magazine Venerdì that he will shoot the film based on Tondelli’s novel “soon.” The book, titled “Camere separate” in Italian, came out in 1989 in Italy and was subsequently published in English.
O’Connor, who stars in Guadagnino’s upcoming tennis love triangle film “Challengers” alongside Zendaya and Mike Faist, is in advanced talks to play Leo in “Separate Rooms,” whose passionate romance with a shy German musician named Thomas is marked by different forms of separation. O’Connor has already been studying Italian for the role, even though he is not yet fully contractualized, according to several sources.
Guadagnino this weekend announced in Italy’s La Repubblica’s weekly magazine Venerdì that he will shoot the film based on Tondelli’s novel “soon.” The book, titled “Camere separate” in Italian, came out in 1989 in Italy and was subsequently published in English.
- 3/25/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
"Futurama" is, at least on one level, a workplace show. The main characters all met because they are co-workers at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company. Planet Express, however, is more of a background setting and an excuse to have the characters organically occupy the same space. "Futurama" stories either tend to reach deep into weird sci-fi or involve the characters' personal lives. Plots rarely surround the business and its inner workings.
The biggest reminder that "Futurama" does indeed take place in an office is the presence of Hermes Conrad (Phil Lamarr), the company bureaucrat. Hermes takes care of all the paperwork and accounting and does so with gusto. He's a freewheeling limbo champion who is also weirdly fastidious and obsessed with red tape and organization. In the episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Hermes sings an upbeat calypso number about how great it is to be a bureaucrat.
The biggest reminder that "Futurama" does indeed take place in an office is the presence of Hermes Conrad (Phil Lamarr), the company bureaucrat. Hermes takes care of all the paperwork and accounting and does so with gusto. He's a freewheeling limbo champion who is also weirdly fastidious and obsessed with red tape and organization. In the episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Hermes sings an upbeat calypso number about how great it is to be a bureaucrat.
- 3/24/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Continuing to expand its cast, HBO’s Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project (working title) has added five as recurring: Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time), Mickey Sumner (Snowpiercer), Brian Goodman (Fatal Attraction), Elvis Nolasco (Godfather of Harlem), and Colin Bates (American Rust).
Sbarge plays Police Chief Dorsey, who oversees a multi-unit operation to assist FBI Agent Tom (Ruffalo) and the team in their search. Sumner portrays Shelley Driscoll, who is desperate to escape her husband Ray, with Goodman as Vincent Hawkes, one of the 13 National Leaders of a dangerous biker gang. Nolasco plays Freddy Frias, the savvy and ruthless captain of Philadelphia’s largest drug trafficking organization, while Bates portrays Shane McReynolds, the Sergeant-At-Arms of a dangerous biker gang and a member of Jayson’s inner circle.
Others previously cast include Tom Pelphrey as Robbie; Emilia Jones as Maeve; Thuso Mbedu as Aleah; Raúl Castillo as Cliff...
Sbarge plays Police Chief Dorsey, who oversees a multi-unit operation to assist FBI Agent Tom (Ruffalo) and the team in their search. Sumner portrays Shelley Driscoll, who is desperate to escape her husband Ray, with Goodman as Vincent Hawkes, one of the 13 National Leaders of a dangerous biker gang. Nolasco plays Freddy Frias, the savvy and ruthless captain of Philadelphia’s largest drug trafficking organization, while Bates portrays Shane McReynolds, the Sergeant-At-Arms of a dangerous biker gang and a member of Jayson’s inner circle.
Others previously cast include Tom Pelphrey as Robbie; Emilia Jones as Maeve; Thuso Mbedu as Aleah; Raúl Castillo as Cliff...
- 3/12/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the many infuriating side effects of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers letting the writers' and actors' guild strikes drag on as long as they did was that it denied us not one but two very exciting Zendaya vehicles in 2023. The multi-hyphenate is currently gearing up to reprise her role as Chani in "Dune: Part Two" (and for more than seven minutes this time!). Thankfully, however, we'll only have to wait a little under two months after that for her return to the big screen in Luca Guadagnino's steamy sports drama, "Challengers."
The first trailer immediately had us hooked on the "Call Me By Your Name" and "Bones and All" director's latest offering, which casts Zendaya as an up-and-coming Grand Slam tennis champion who ends up in a love triangle with two other players -- played by "The Crown" star Josh O'Connor and Steven Spielberg...
The first trailer immediately had us hooked on the "Call Me By Your Name" and "Bones and All" director's latest offering, which casts Zendaya as an up-and-coming Grand Slam tennis champion who ends up in a love triangle with two other players -- played by "The Crown" star Josh O'Connor and Steven Spielberg...
- 2/21/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Over the past few years Italian cinema has been making strides in the global arena and 2024 looks likely to bolster its international standing. New works by top auteurs Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagnino will be launching from the festival circuit just as a fresh crop of directors comes to fore, starting with Margherita Vicario, whose first film “Gloria!” scored a Berlin competition slot.
Below is a compendium of new Italian movies set to hit this year’s fest circuit.
“Another End” – Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve (“The Worse Person in the World”) star as lovers caught in an unusual bind in Italian director Piero Messina’s sci-fi film “Another End” which is competing in Berlin. This second feature by Messina – whose first feature, “The Wait,” launched with a splash in the 2015 Venice competition – is set in a near-future when a new technology exists that can put the consciousness of...
Below is a compendium of new Italian movies set to hit this year’s fest circuit.
“Another End” – Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve (“The Worse Person in the World”) star as lovers caught in an unusual bind in Italian director Piero Messina’s sci-fi film “Another End” which is competing in Berlin. This second feature by Messina – whose first feature, “The Wait,” launched with a splash in the 2015 Venice competition – is set in a near-future when a new technology exists that can put the consciousness of...
- 2/17/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Ice Cube said he never expected to be onstage accepting a gilded gramophone with his fellow N.W.A members, but that’s what happened Saturday when he, Mc-Ren, DJ Yella and the mother and son of late rapper Eazy-e received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards.
“My man, Dr. Dre, is not here. He wanted to make sure I let you know he’s not hating. He a billionaire. He got shit to do,” Cube said to laughter and applause. He thanked Dre for his “brilliance,...
“My man, Dr. Dre, is not here. He wanted to make sure I let you know he’s not hating. He a billionaire. He got shit to do,” Cube said to laughter and applause. He thanked Dre for his “brilliance,...
- 2/4/2024
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
What does it take for a movie adaptation to transcend its source material? Many a filmmaker uses a book as a blueprint (whether or not they read it in its entirety) but take creative license to put their own unique stylistic and/or thematic spin on what is necessarily a much more visual story than the original one on the page. Often that’s taking a key character—whether a comic book antihero or an unnamed book protagonist—and giving them an entirely new backstory or quest. Or choosing a different point of view that opens up new storytelling avenues. In some cases, book and movie follow the same premise but diverge wildly at the end… or they do reach the same narrative conclusion, but on radically different paths that will leave you with very different emotional reactions as a viewer.
Here are eight great movies based on books that...
Here are eight great movies based on books that...
- 2/1/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Not since the days of Ben-Hur, Cleopatra and Fellini classics like La Dolce Vita has Rome enjoyed the boom in film production it’s experiencing at the moment. From Tom Cruise racing through the eternal city’s narrow streets in Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, to Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated immigrant drama Lo Capitano, the Italian capital is in the midst of a resurgence that harkens back to its “Hollywood on the Tiber” heyday.
At the center of all this activity is Cinecitta, the famed studio facility that now, after years of dormancy, is operating at 100 percent capacity thanks to a number of technical upgrades, increased studio space and a tax incentive that offers producers a 40 percent rebate on production expenditures. The studio has recently hosted a number of high-profile productions, including Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name and starring Daniel Craig,...
At the center of all this activity is Cinecitta, the famed studio facility that now, after years of dormancy, is operating at 100 percent capacity thanks to a number of technical upgrades, increased studio space and a tax incentive that offers producers a 40 percent rebate on production expenditures. The studio has recently hosted a number of high-profile productions, including Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name and starring Daniel Craig,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Kevin Cassidy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Avant-garde composer-performer Laurie Anderson, R&b icon Gladys Knight, groundbreaking rap group N.W.A, disco queen Donna Summer and country legend Tammy Wynette are among this year’s Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, the academy announced today.
Also included on the list: gospel vocal group The Clark Sisters and, in the non-performing categories, Peter Asher, the longtime, prolific producer of such artists as Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor; hip hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc; and entertainment attorney Joel Katz. Those three will receive Trustee Awards.
Technical Grammy Award honorees are Tom Kobayashi and Tom Scott, while “Refugee,” written by K’naan, Steve McEwan, and Gerald Eaton (a.k.a. Jarvis Church), is being honored with the Best Song For Social Change Award.
“The Academy is honored to pay tribute to this year’s Special Merit Award recipients — a remarkable group of creators and industry professionals whose impact resonates with generations worldwide,...
Also included on the list: gospel vocal group The Clark Sisters and, in the non-performing categories, Peter Asher, the longtime, prolific producer of such artists as Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor; hip hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc; and entertainment attorney Joel Katz. Those three will receive Trustee Awards.
Technical Grammy Award honorees are Tom Kobayashi and Tom Scott, while “Refugee,” written by K’naan, Steve McEwan, and Gerald Eaton (a.k.a. Jarvis Church), is being honored with the Best Song For Social Change Award.
“The Academy is honored to pay tribute to this year’s Special Merit Award recipients — a remarkable group of creators and industry professionals whose impact resonates with generations worldwide,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Iggy Pop brought Tom Waits out of hiding on the latest episode of his BBC Radio program, The Confidential Show. Over the course of two hours, the two gravelly-voiced rockers shared stories and took turns spinning records by the likes of Alex Chilton, Captain Beefheart, Jerry Lee Lewis, and C.W. Stoneking.
Other more contemporary song selections included Lil Mama’s “Lip Gloss,” Beastie Boys’ “So What’cha Want” and Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” all of which were chosen by Waits.
Lil Mama’s 2007 single “Lip Glass” “became a favorite of mine recently,” Waits explained. After the song concluded, Waits and Pop humorously recited the chorus themselves.
In introducing Beastie Boys, Waits remarked, “Every time I hear them, they get me off my perch.” As for Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” Waits said, “It’s a very usual cover and I love what he did with it.
Other more contemporary song selections included Lil Mama’s “Lip Gloss,” Beastie Boys’ “So What’cha Want” and Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” all of which were chosen by Waits.
Lil Mama’s 2007 single “Lip Glass” “became a favorite of mine recently,” Waits explained. After the song concluded, Waits and Pop humorously recited the chorus themselves.
In introducing Beastie Boys, Waits remarked, “Every time I hear them, they get me off my perch.” As for Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” Waits said, “It’s a very usual cover and I love what he did with it.
- 12/4/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Fasten your seat belts and put your flashiest sunglasses on before boarding on Uri Marantz' train to the glitzy world of drug-fuelled funfair based on a true story about a man who got away with it all. Before you get tempted to draw any parallels to Walter White, a loveable but fictive character created for the popular TV series “Breaking Bad” starring the one and only Brian Cranston, hold your horses: the man whose name was changed to Gabi (Oshri Cohen) to protect his identity, is really like you and me. Furthermore, unlike Walter, he didn't find a way and means to produce a known drug to earn a significant amount of cash, instead he invented a legal psychoactive drug from Cathinonec, a completely new substance, through his knowledge of chemistry and the need to feed his own personal beast.
King Khat screened at Tallinn Black Nights
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King Khat screened at Tallinn Black Nights
As an...
- 12/1/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Say goodbye to Luca Guadagnino’s “Scarface” movie.
The “Challengers” and “Call Me by Your Name” director confirmed to The Hindu that he is no longer attached to helm a reinterpretation of the iconic mobster movie. Guadagnino was first attached to “Scarface” in 2020, with Ethan and Joel Coen writing the script.
“I’m not working on ‘Scarface’ anymore,” Guadagnino told the outlet in November 2023.
He later added of adaptations in general, “For me, when approaching any book adaptation or remake, it’s about understanding what the story carries within itself that goes beyond the form of the original work. So that you can tell that story from a completely different perspective. Whether it’s fresh or not, I cannot tell. But it’s different.”
Howard Hawks’ 1932 original “Scarface,” based on Armitage Trail’s novel, was later iconically remade in 1983 by director Brian De Palma using a script by Oliver Stone...
The “Challengers” and “Call Me by Your Name” director confirmed to The Hindu that he is no longer attached to helm a reinterpretation of the iconic mobster movie. Guadagnino was first attached to “Scarface” in 2020, with Ethan and Joel Coen writing the script.
“I’m not working on ‘Scarface’ anymore,” Guadagnino told the outlet in November 2023.
He later added of adaptations in general, “For me, when approaching any book adaptation or remake, it’s about understanding what the story carries within itself that goes beyond the form of the original work. So that you can tell that story from a completely different perspective. Whether it’s fresh or not, I cannot tell. But it’s different.”
Howard Hawks’ 1932 original “Scarface,” based on Armitage Trail’s novel, was later iconically remade in 1983 by director Brian De Palma using a script by Oliver Stone...
- 11/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Guadagnino’s 2009 drama ‘I Am Love’ to screen at the festival.
Indian director Mani Ratnam and Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are to receive honorary awards at the upcoming Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
Ratnam will receive the festival’s Excellence in Cinema Award (South Asia) while Guadagnino will accept the Excellence in Cinema Award (International) during its opening night ceremony on October 27. Both will take part in discussions about their careers to date during the Jio Mami Masters sessions.
The festival will also screen Ratnam’s recent box office hits Ponniyin Selvan: Part One and Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two, and...
Indian director Mani Ratnam and Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are to receive honorary awards at the upcoming Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
Ratnam will receive the festival’s Excellence in Cinema Award (South Asia) while Guadagnino will accept the Excellence in Cinema Award (International) during its opening night ceremony on October 27. Both will take part in discussions about their careers to date during the Jio Mami Masters sessions.
The festival will also screen Ratnam’s recent box office hits Ponniyin Selvan: Part One and Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two, and...
- 10/25/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
It might be too early to call it, but The Hollywood Reporter Roma may have given the best party of the 80th Venice Film Festival.
THR Roma, the first European edition of The Hollywood Reporter, threw a starry and glam but also surprisingly chill bash Sunday night at their festival villa, a stone’s throw from The Excelsior Hotel on the Lido. THR Roma had its official launch, in Rome, in April but the Venice bash marked its international coming out, and the group used the occasion to present its first stand-alone print edition (more on that later).
There were shades of Pablo Sorrentino’s famed party sequence in The Great Beauty as a who’s who of the Italian film and fashion industries — among them the cast of Venice festival opener Comandante, including Italian superstar Pierfrancesco Favino and director Edoardo De Angelis, Adagio filmmaker Stefano Sollima, and Valentino’s...
THR Roma, the first European edition of The Hollywood Reporter, threw a starry and glam but also surprisingly chill bash Sunday night at their festival villa, a stone’s throw from The Excelsior Hotel on the Lido. THR Roma had its official launch, in Rome, in April but the Venice bash marked its international coming out, and the group used the occasion to present its first stand-alone print edition (more on that later).
There were shades of Pablo Sorrentino’s famed party sequence in The Great Beauty as a who’s who of the Italian film and fashion industries — among them the cast of Venice festival opener Comandante, including Italian superstar Pierfrancesco Favino and director Edoardo De Angelis, Adagio filmmaker Stefano Sollima, and Valentino’s...
- 9/4/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Being an independent producer was never easy. But these days, it’s near impossible. Even before the dual writers and actors strikes, changes in the international film and TV market had made life tough for the indies. Old models of art house moviemaking have been ravaged by a combination of decline in the specialty box office, the collapse of ancillary revenue for home entertainment and TV licensing, and the more recent pullback by streaming companies, who have begun to back fewer, and more mainstream, movies.
But one indie production company has gone from making just a handful of movies a year to dozens, finding a way to turn the turbulent new reality into a business model for making cutting-edge art house cinema that, shockingly, can actually turn a profit. It’s the company behind five of the most hotly anticipated titles at the Venice Film Festival this year: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things,...
But one indie production company has gone from making just a handful of movies a year to dozens, finding a way to turn the turbulent new reality into a business model for making cutting-edge art house cinema that, shockingly, can actually turn a profit. It’s the company behind five of the most hotly anticipated titles at the Venice Film Festival this year: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hollywood Reporter has picked Fremantle as the winner of the inaugural International Producer of the Year award.
The award will be presented annually to an independent producer from outside the U.S. that THR judges to be the most exciting and innovative company of the year.
THR will present the 2023 Producer of the Year award to Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO of Continental Europe, and Christian Vesper, CEO of Global Drama, at a gala event at the Venice Film Festival on September 3.
With a global network of nearly 50 companies — ranging from German giant UFA (Deutschland ’83) and Italian TV group Lux Vide (Netflix’s Medici) to Israel’s Abot Hameiri (Shtisel) and Richard Brown’s Passenger (True Detective) — and revenues of more than $2.5 billion (€2.3 billion) last year, Fremantle is clearly one of the biggest international indies out there.
But what put it over the top as International Producer of...
The award will be presented annually to an independent producer from outside the U.S. that THR judges to be the most exciting and innovative company of the year.
THR will present the 2023 Producer of the Year award to Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO of Continental Europe, and Christian Vesper, CEO of Global Drama, at a gala event at the Venice Film Festival on September 3.
With a global network of nearly 50 companies — ranging from German giant UFA (Deutschland ’83) and Italian TV group Lux Vide (Netflix’s Medici) to Israel’s Abot Hameiri (Shtisel) and Richard Brown’s Passenger (True Detective) — and revenues of more than $2.5 billion (€2.3 billion) last year, Fremantle is clearly one of the biggest international indies out there.
But what put it over the top as International Producer of...
- 8/23/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Paul McCartney revealed what inspired the “face in a jar” from The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” He said The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” could not be replicated on a stage. For this reason, he compared it to another Revolver song: “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Paul McCartney revealed The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” was partly inspired by his mother’s skin routine. He said his mom’s hygiene choices scared him. In addition, he revealed a pair of controversial writers really liked “Eleanor Rigby.”
Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ was inspired by a cream he loves
During a 2021 interview with The New Yorker, Paul discussed how skin cream inspired “Eleanor Rigby.” “My mum’s favorite cold cream was Nivea, and I love it to this day,” he said. “That’s the cold cream I was thinking of in the description of the face Eleanor keeps ‘in a jar by the door.
Paul McCartney revealed what inspired the “face in a jar” from The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” He said The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” could not be replicated on a stage. For this reason, he compared it to another Revolver song: “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Paul McCartney revealed The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” was partly inspired by his mother’s skin routine. He said his mom’s hygiene choices scared him. In addition, he revealed a pair of controversial writers really liked “Eleanor Rigby.”
Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ was inspired by a cream he loves
During a 2021 interview with The New Yorker, Paul discussed how skin cream inspired “Eleanor Rigby.” “My mum’s favorite cold cream was Nivea, and I love it to this day,” he said. “That’s the cold cream I was thinking of in the description of the face Eleanor keeps ‘in a jar by the door.
- 8/21/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
M3GAN 4K Uhd from Universal
M3GAN curiously didn’t receive a 4K Ultra HD edition when it hit home video earlier this year, but Universal is righting the wrong on October 3. The film is presented in 4K with Hdr 10 and Dolby Atmos sound.
Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) directs from a script by Akela Cooper (Malignant). Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis star. Jason Blum and James Wan produce.
Both the PG-13 theatrical version and the unrated cut are included, along with three featurettes: New Vision of Horror, Bringing Life to M3GAN, and Getting Hacked.
Ghost Face Doll from from Living Dead Dolls
Ghost Face joined the...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
M3GAN 4K Uhd from Universal
M3GAN curiously didn’t receive a 4K Ultra HD edition when it hit home video earlier this year, but Universal is righting the wrong on October 3. The film is presented in 4K with Hdr 10 and Dolby Atmos sound.
Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) directs from a script by Akela Cooper (Malignant). Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis star. Jason Blum and James Wan produce.
Both the PG-13 theatrical version and the unrated cut are included, along with three featurettes: New Vision of Horror, Bringing Life to M3GAN, and Getting Hacked.
Ghost Face Doll from from Living Dead Dolls
Ghost Face joined the...
- 8/18/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sharknado: 10th Anniversary Edition: "On August 15 & 16, fans will finally get the chance to relive the pop culture phenomenon that took the world by storm. It’s the 10 Year Anniversary and Sharknado and the creators are bringing on the celebration. The Asylum and Rubey Entertainment present a special theatrical release of Sharknado: The 10th Anniversary Edition, featuring an all new remastered version with never-before-seen kills and thrills! Fans can catch the newly restored iconic moments from one of cinema’s greatest cult classics for two nights only on in select movie theatres nationwide.
Fully remastered in 4k with hundreds of new visual effects, the story of a freak tornado that attacks Los Angeles with gale force winds, metric tons of water and thousands of nature’s most ruthless killers is finally ready for the big screen."
For tickets and more info, visit: www.sharknado10th.com
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Songs In The Key...
Fully remastered in 4k with hundreds of new visual effects, the story of a freak tornado that attacks Los Angeles with gale force winds, metric tons of water and thousands of nature’s most ruthless killers is finally ready for the big screen."
For tickets and more info, visit: www.sharknado10th.com
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Songs In The Key...
- 8/7/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Dead Ringers episode of Wtf Really Happened to This Horror Movie was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Mike Conway, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
“There’s nothing the matter with the instrument, it’s the body. The woman’s body is all wrong!”
We’ve discussed how vulnerable it can be to be under the bright lights of the dentist’s chair but how about the doctor, particularly a specialty doctor that’s job is to deal with our most private of parts. David Cronenberg is the master of turning our bodies into horrible things that seek to hurt us, perfecting the use of the term “body horror”. So, what happens when Cronenberg makes a movie about twin gynecologists that begin to lose their grip on reality, and did you know that this is actually based on true events?...
“There’s nothing the matter with the instrument, it’s the body. The woman’s body is all wrong!”
We’ve discussed how vulnerable it can be to be under the bright lights of the dentist’s chair but how about the doctor, particularly a specialty doctor that’s job is to deal with our most private of parts. David Cronenberg is the master of turning our bodies into horrible things that seek to hurt us, perfecting the use of the term “body horror”. So, what happens when Cronenberg makes a movie about twin gynecologists that begin to lose their grip on reality, and did you know that this is actually based on true events?...
- 5/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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Jonathan Anderson, the fashion designer of Loewe and his own line, Jw Anderson, is on the phone from Rome, calling from the set of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on the novel by William S. Burroughs and starring Daniel Craig.
“He’s the only person I would do this for,” Anderson says of his costume design work for Guadagnino. “Luca creates an amazing type of escape from the job I normally do, but it also allows me to see a different viewpoint on how clothing can articulate thoughts and emotions in the world today.”
Greta Lee, Dan Levy and Jamie Clayton
at Mytheresa’s dinner for Anderson on May 12.
Queer is the follow-up to Anderson’s inaugural foray into costume design on another Guadagnino film, the upcoming Challengers,...
Jonathan Anderson, the fashion designer of Loewe and his own line, Jw Anderson, is on the phone from Rome, calling from the set of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on the novel by William S. Burroughs and starring Daniel Craig.
“He’s the only person I would do this for,” Anderson says of his costume design work for Guadagnino. “Luca creates an amazing type of escape from the job I normally do, but it also allows me to see a different viewpoint on how clothing can articulate thoughts and emotions in the world today.”
Greta Lee, Dan Levy and Jamie Clayton
at Mytheresa’s dinner for Anderson on May 12.
Queer is the follow-up to Anderson’s inaugural foray into costume design on another Guadagnino film, the upcoming Challengers,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Laurie Brookins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tl;Dr:
Paul McCartney used the word “pataphysical” in The Beatles’ Abbey Road because he likes surrealism. He learned about the word through a friend who was a notable writer. The Beatles’ Abbey Road was a huge hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. Paul McCartney | Keystone-France / Contributor
Paul McCartney put the word “pataphysical” in a song from The Beatles’ Abbey Road. Notably, the phrase has comedic origins. Subsequently, Paul explained why he used the word.
Paul McCartney used a word in The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ because he loves surrealism
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed his friendship with countercultural author Barry Miles. Miles was interested in a surrealist movement called Pataphysics, a spoof of science.
“Miles and I often used to talk about the ‘Pataphysical Society,” he said. “So I put that in one of the Beatles songs, ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer:’ ‘Joan was quizzical,...
Paul McCartney used the word “pataphysical” in The Beatles’ Abbey Road because he likes surrealism. He learned about the word through a friend who was a notable writer. The Beatles’ Abbey Road was a huge hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. Paul McCartney | Keystone-France / Contributor
Paul McCartney put the word “pataphysical” in a song from The Beatles’ Abbey Road. Notably, the phrase has comedic origins. Subsequently, Paul explained why he used the word.
Paul McCartney used a word in The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ because he loves surrealism
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed his friendship with countercultural author Barry Miles. Miles was interested in a surrealist movement called Pataphysics, a spoof of science.
“Miles and I often used to talk about the ‘Pataphysical Society,” he said. “So I put that in one of the Beatles songs, ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer:’ ‘Joan was quizzical,...
- 5/13/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
3Teeth have returned with a new song, “Merchant of the Void,” ahead of their as-yet-unnamed fourth studio album arriving in the near future via Century Media.
The single is an industrial metal banger from the band that has toured with the likes of Tool and Rammstein. Crushing metallic instrumentation is melded with pulsing synths and deep electronic beats, recalling key influences such as Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails. According to frontman and creative leader Alexis Mincolla, the smoldering track serves as a commentary on the current “self-destructive path” of humanity and its obsession with materialism.
“Amidst the numbing pulse of hypermodernity, the insatiable appetite of data commodification devours our sense of meaning,” commented Mincolla in a press announcement for the song. “The undead march of materialism eventually renders the human subject an automaton, desperately grasping for the ephemeral junk 2.0 to fill the abyss of existential emptiness. The self devolves into a mere echo,...
The single is an industrial metal banger from the band that has toured with the likes of Tool and Rammstein. Crushing metallic instrumentation is melded with pulsing synths and deep electronic beats, recalling key influences such as Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails. According to frontman and creative leader Alexis Mincolla, the smoldering track serves as a commentary on the current “self-destructive path” of humanity and its obsession with materialism.
“Amidst the numbing pulse of hypermodernity, the insatiable appetite of data commodification devours our sense of meaning,” commented Mincolla in a press announcement for the song. “The undead march of materialism eventually renders the human subject an automaton, desperately grasping for the ephemeral junk 2.0 to fill the abyss of existential emptiness. The self devolves into a mere echo,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
David Bowie and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page met when they were both young musicians, long before either was famous. They continued to spend time together over the years, but after a tense night together, their relationship fractured. Bowie, who grew increasingly interested in the occult, worried that Page put a curse on him and imperiled his soul.
David Bowie and Jimmy Page | Masayoshi Sukita/RCA/Getty Images; Dick Barnatt/Redferns David Bowie and Jimmy Page met before they were famous
In the 1960s, Bowie was in a band called The Manish Boys, and they covered the song “I Pity the Fool.” Page was working as a session musician for the song’s producer, and he played the guitar part on the song.
David Bowie | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
“When I was a baby,” Bowie said, per the book Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, “I did...
David Bowie and Jimmy Page | Masayoshi Sukita/RCA/Getty Images; Dick Barnatt/Redferns David Bowie and Jimmy Page met before they were famous
In the 1960s, Bowie was in a band called The Manish Boys, and they covered the song “I Pity the Fool.” Page was working as a session musician for the song’s producer, and he played the guitar part on the song.
David Bowie | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
“When I was a baby,” Bowie said, per the book Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, “I did...
- 4/22/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Los Angeles, April 22 (Ians) Luca Guadagnino will next direct the William S. Burroughs adaptation ‘Queer’ with Hollywood star Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey.
Craig will be seen playing the renowned counterculture author’s alter ego, an outcast American expat who lives in Mexico, and Starkey starring as a younger man with whom he becomes madly infatuated, reports Variety.
‘Queer’ will also topline Lesley Manville, frequent Wes Anderson collaborator Jason Schwartzman; and Henry Zaga, according to inside sources.
The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome’s refurbished Cinecitt Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety.
Lorenzo Mieli’s Fremantle-owned Italian company The Apartment – the internationally expanding shingle behind Guadagnino’s Bones and Alla and Sofia Coppola’s upcoming ‘Priscilla’ – is lead producing ‘Queer’ in tandem with Guadagnino’s own Frenesy Film. Fremantle North America is also on board.
Craig will be seen playing the renowned counterculture author’s alter ego, an outcast American expat who lives in Mexico, and Starkey starring as a younger man with whom he becomes madly infatuated, reports Variety.
‘Queer’ will also topline Lesley Manville, frequent Wes Anderson collaborator Jason Schwartzman; and Henry Zaga, according to inside sources.
The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome’s refurbished Cinecitt Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety.
Lorenzo Mieli’s Fremantle-owned Italian company The Apartment – the internationally expanding shingle behind Guadagnino’s Bones and Alla and Sofia Coppola’s upcoming ‘Priscilla’ – is lead producing ‘Queer’ in tandem with Guadagnino’s own Frenesy Film. Fremantle North America is also on board.
- 4/22/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Luca Guadagnino will next direct the William S. Burroughs adaptation “Queer” with Daniel Craig playing the renowned counterculture author’s alter ego, an outcast American expat who lives in Mexico, and “Outer Banks” star Drew Starkey starring as a younger man with whom he becomes madly infatuated.
“Queer” will also topline Lesley Manville (“The Crown”), frequent Wes Anderson collaborator Jason Schwartzman; and Henry Zaga (“The New Mutants”), according to inside sources.
The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome’s refurbished Cinecittà Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety.
Lorenzo Mieli’s Fremantle-owned Italian company The Apartment – the internationally expanding shingle behind Guadagnino’s “Bones and All” and Sofia Coppola’s upcoming “Priscilla” – is lead producing “Queer” in tandem with Guadagnino’s own Frenesy Film. Fremantle North America is also on board.
American playwright Justin Kuritzkes, who penned...
“Queer” will also topline Lesley Manville (“The Crown”), frequent Wes Anderson collaborator Jason Schwartzman; and Henry Zaga (“The New Mutants”), according to inside sources.
The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome’s refurbished Cinecittà Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety.
Lorenzo Mieli’s Fremantle-owned Italian company The Apartment – the internationally expanding shingle behind Guadagnino’s “Bones and All” and Sofia Coppola’s upcoming “Priscilla” – is lead producing “Queer” in tandem with Guadagnino’s own Frenesy Film. Fremantle North America is also on board.
American playwright Justin Kuritzkes, who penned...
- 4/21/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate David Cronenberg's 80th birthday, check out his underrated adaptation of the controversial novel "Naked Lunch."
David Cronenberg, the undisputed king of cinematic body horror, turns 80 this month, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Last year, with the release of "Crimes of the Future," he heartily reminded audiences that there's no filmmaker greater than he when it comes to piercing dissections (often literally) of the human form's grotesqueries and its relationship with the wider world. He's so distinctive, so unflinching in his portrayal of that which horrifies us most, that we use the adjective Cronenbergian to describe works inspired by him. Every fan of Cronenberg has their favorite moments from his vast filmography, whether it's the exploding head in "Scanners," Jeff Goldblum's disintegration in "The Fly," or the abnormal births in "The Brood." One of his lesser-discussed films, and perhaps his most curious effort as a director,...
David Cronenberg, the undisputed king of cinematic body horror, turns 80 this month, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Last year, with the release of "Crimes of the Future," he heartily reminded audiences that there's no filmmaker greater than he when it comes to piercing dissections (often literally) of the human form's grotesqueries and its relationship with the wider world. He's so distinctive, so unflinching in his portrayal of that which horrifies us most, that we use the adjective Cronenbergian to describe works inspired by him. Every fan of Cronenberg has their favorite moments from his vast filmography, whether it's the exploding head in "Scanners," Jeff Goldblum's disintegration in "The Fly," or the abnormal births in "The Brood." One of his lesser-discussed films, and perhaps his most curious effort as a director,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Kayleigh Donaldson
- Slash Film
Paul McCartney claims he almost got his bandmate John Lennon and his second wife, Yoko Ono, to meet before they met at the Indica Gallery. He knew the avant-garde artist before John.
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono | Cummings Archives/Getty Images Paul McCartney nearly got John Lennon and Yoko Ono to meet before their first meeting
In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said he’d known Yoko since she’d arrived in London in the mid-1960s. Paul met her before John.
One day, Yoko knocked on Paul’s door and said, “We’re collecting manuscripts for John Cage’s birthday. Do you have a manuscript we can have?” Paul said, “We don’t really have manuscripts. We have sort of words on paper, a piece of paper with lyrics on it.” She said, “Yeah, well, that’d be good.”
Paul told Yoko that he...
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono | Cummings Archives/Getty Images Paul McCartney nearly got John Lennon and Yoko Ono to meet before their first meeting
In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said he’d known Yoko since she’d arrived in London in the mid-1960s. Paul met her before John.
One day, Yoko knocked on Paul’s door and said, “We’re collecting manuscripts for John Cage’s birthday. Do you have a manuscript we can have?” Paul said, “We don’t really have manuscripts. We have sort of words on paper, a piece of paper with lyrics on it.” She said, “Yeah, well, that’d be good.”
Paul told Yoko that he...
- 3/12/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney claims he’s the reason his bandmate John Lennon met his second wife, Yoko Ono. He met the avant-garde artist before John.
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono | Cummings Archives/Getty Images Paul McCartney is the reason John Lennon and Yoko Ono met
In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said he’d known Yoko since she’d arrived in London in the mid-1960s. Paul met her before John.
One day, Yoko knocked on Paul’s door and said, “We’re collecting manuscripts for John Cage’s birthday. Do you have a manuscript we can have?” Paul said, “We don’t really have manuscripts. We have sort of words on paper, a piece of paper with lyrics on it.” She said, “Yeah, well, that’d be good.”
Paul told Yoko that he didn’t have anything like that with him but added that John might.
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono | Cummings Archives/Getty Images Paul McCartney is the reason John Lennon and Yoko Ono met
In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said he’d known Yoko since she’d arrived in London in the mid-1960s. Paul met her before John.
One day, Yoko knocked on Paul’s door and said, “We’re collecting manuscripts for John Cage’s birthday. Do you have a manuscript we can have?” Paul said, “We don’t really have manuscripts. We have sort of words on paper, a piece of paper with lyrics on it.” She said, “Yeah, well, that’d be good.”
Paul told Yoko that he didn’t have anything like that with him but added that John might.
- 3/12/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jean-Michel Basquiat at Sotheby’s: “I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second installment with Sara Driver and Alexis Adler on Jean-Michel Basquiat, we discuss a panel at The New School with Al Diaz, Michael Holman and Annina Nosei that Alexis attended, Kevin Young’s book To Repel Ghosts, Afrika Bambaataa at the Ritz, Public Enemy (Chuck D and Flavor Flav) at The World, Spring/Break, and the Bishop Gallery connection to her recent Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Our Friend, Jean tour.
Also: Sara on prophet artists, Beck Underwood’s fantastic Super 8 clothesline animation for the Michael Holman Gray story, screening Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat at Miami Basel, and teaching kids at NYU to “make your mistakes.”
Sara Driver with Alexis Adler and Anne-Katrin Titze on New York in the late Seventies,...
In the second installment with Sara Driver and Alexis Adler on Jean-Michel Basquiat, we discuss a panel at The New School with Al Diaz, Michael Holman and Annina Nosei that Alexis attended, Kevin Young’s book To Repel Ghosts, Afrika Bambaataa at the Ritz, Public Enemy (Chuck D and Flavor Flav) at The World, Spring/Break, and the Bishop Gallery connection to her recent Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Our Friend, Jean tour.
Also: Sara on prophet artists, Beck Underwood’s fantastic Super 8 clothesline animation for the Michael Holman Gray story, screening Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat at Miami Basel, and teaching kids at NYU to “make your mistakes.”
Sara Driver with Alexis Adler and Anne-Katrin Titze on New York in the late Seventies,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Tom Luddy, the understated co-founder and artistic director of the Telluride Film Festival who championed world cinema, spotlighted overlooked gems and saluted legends during his near half-century run with the event, has died. He was 79.
Luddy died peacefully Monday in Berkeley, California, after a long illness, Telluride senior vp public relations Shannon Mitchell told The Hollywood Reporter.
“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” Telluride executive director Julie Huntsinger said in a statement. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a sphinx-like quality that took a little time to get around, for some.
“But once you knew him, you were welcomed into a kingdom of art, history, intelligence, humor and joie de vivre that you knew you couldn’t be without. He made life richer. Magical. He...
Luddy died peacefully Monday in Berkeley, California, after a long illness, Telluride senior vp public relations Shannon Mitchell told The Hollywood Reporter.
“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” Telluride executive director Julie Huntsinger said in a statement. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a sphinx-like quality that took a little time to get around, for some.
“But once you knew him, you were welcomed into a kingdom of art, history, intelligence, humor and joie de vivre that you knew you couldn’t be without. He made life richer. Magical. He...
- 2/14/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Allen Ginsberg initially thought The Beatles were naive when he first met them. However, he soon learned that they were innovators and artists like him.
The Beatles | Central Press/Getty Images Allen Ginsberg thought The Beatles were naive when he first met them
In Martin Scorsese’s 2005 documentary No Direction Home (per Ginsberg’s website), Ginsberg explained the first time he met The Beatles. He said he’d just been kicked out of Cuba “for talking privately about Castro’s persecution of gay people.” Then, he went to Czechoslovakia but they also kicked him out a week later. They deported him to London around the time of Bob Dylan’s concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
There was a “very exciting scene back in the hotel,” and Dylan was down the hall with The Beatles. Ginsberg said he received a message that he should come down the hall to meet them all.
The Beatles | Central Press/Getty Images Allen Ginsberg thought The Beatles were naive when he first met them
In Martin Scorsese’s 2005 documentary No Direction Home (per Ginsberg’s website), Ginsberg explained the first time he met The Beatles. He said he’d just been kicked out of Cuba “for talking privately about Castro’s persecution of gay people.” Then, he went to Czechoslovakia but they also kicked him out a week later. They deported him to London around the time of Bob Dylan’s concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
There was a “very exciting scene back in the hotel,” and Dylan was down the hall with The Beatles. Ginsberg said he received a message that he should come down the hall to meet them all.
- 2/12/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison liked “highbrow” music, but that doesn’t mean he was more musical than his fellow Beatles. The guitarist admitted many times that he should’ve practiced more.
John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Keystone Features/Getty Images George said he liked ‘highbrow’ music but wasn’t sure if he was more musical than the other Beatles
The guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.
George replied that it depends. He explained that some people have said he is only because he admitted to liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”
George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney,...
John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Keystone Features/Getty Images George said he liked ‘highbrow’ music but wasn’t sure if he was more musical than the other Beatles
The guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.
George replied that it depends. He explained that some people have said he is only because he admitted to liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”
George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs agreed: there’s something special about The Beatles‘ “Eleanor Rigby.” Although, when Paul McCartney played the melody for his piano teacher, they weren’t too impressed.
The Beatles | Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burrough’s relationship with the Fab Four
The pair of poets were close to The Beatles in their own way.
According to his website, Ginsberg met the Fab Four in a hotel room. Both Cuba and Czechoslovakia had recently kicked him out. He arrived in London around Bob Dylan’s concerts at Albert Hall.
“There was a very exciting scene back in the hotel and Dylan was down the hall with The Beatles,” Ginsberg said. “Then a message came that I was supposed to come in there. So I came into the room and everyone was sitting there totally stone-cold silent frozen paranoid. Not quite knowing my place,...
The Beatles | Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burrough’s relationship with the Fab Four
The pair of poets were close to The Beatles in their own way.
According to his website, Ginsberg met the Fab Four in a hotel room. Both Cuba and Czechoslovakia had recently kicked him out. He arrived in London around Bob Dylan’s concerts at Albert Hall.
“There was a very exciting scene back in the hotel and Dylan was down the hall with The Beatles,” Ginsberg said. “Then a message came that I was supposed to come in there. So I came into the room and everyone was sitting there totally stone-cold silent frozen paranoid. Not quite knowing my place,...
- 1/28/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Morehouse Man” Spike Lee is paying it forward at his alma mater.
The director, who graduated from the college in 1979, is teaming with his agency, Gersh, for the Spike Fellows Program, which kicks off this month and will support students from Morehouse, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, which together form the Atlanta University Center Consortium.
“I know firsthand the education one receives at a Historically Black College and University,” Lee said in a statement. “I am who I am because of my grandmother [Zimmie Jackson] and my mother [Jacquelyn Shelton Lee] who both graduated from Spelman College. I am who I am because of my grandfather [Richard Jackson Shelton] and my father [William Lee] who both graduated from Morehouse. It’s on the campuses of Spelman and Morehouse where they met, fell in love and got married. As my elders often told me, ‘Deeds not words’.”
Those deeds will include student loan debt relief, entertainment industry mentorship,...
The director, who graduated from the college in 1979, is teaming with his agency, Gersh, for the Spike Fellows Program, which kicks off this month and will support students from Morehouse, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, which together form the Atlanta University Center Consortium.
“I know firsthand the education one receives at a Historically Black College and University,” Lee said in a statement. “I am who I am because of my grandmother [Zimmie Jackson] and my mother [Jacquelyn Shelton Lee] who both graduated from Spelman College. I am who I am because of my grandfather [Richard Jackson Shelton] and my father [William Lee] who both graduated from Morehouse. It’s on the campuses of Spelman and Morehouse where they met, fell in love and got married. As my elders often told me, ‘Deeds not words’.”
Those deeds will include student loan debt relief, entertainment industry mentorship,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmaker Spike Lee has partnered with The Gersh Agency to create the Spike Fellows Program, a fellowship to support students at the Atlanta University Center Consortium which consists of three Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University.
The Spike Fellows Program is based on the principle that access plus exposure will create opportunities. Its inaugural class will consist of five graduating students from Aucc — selected by a panel including Lee, the Aucc community and Gersh management — who will receive academic debt relief, industry mentorship, post graduate internships and full-time employment, all provided by Gersh.
Gersh’s Head of Culture Jayson Council will lead the program, to which Lee and the agency have made a multi-year commitment. Its first cycle kicks off this month.
“It is with great honor, privilege, and excitement to announce the Spike Fellows in association with my partners The Gersh Agency and the Aucc,...
The Spike Fellows Program is based on the principle that access plus exposure will create opportunities. Its inaugural class will consist of five graduating students from Aucc — selected by a panel including Lee, the Aucc community and Gersh management — who will receive academic debt relief, industry mentorship, post graduate internships and full-time employment, all provided by Gersh.
Gersh’s Head of Culture Jayson Council will lead the program, to which Lee and the agency have made a multi-year commitment. Its first cycle kicks off this month.
“It is with great honor, privilege, and excitement to announce the Spike Fellows in association with my partners The Gersh Agency and the Aucc,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
When we first see Andrea Bautista on screen in The Mosquito Coast, it's at a sophisticated soiree where deadly henchman William Lee (Ian Hart) warns the show's protagonist Allie Fox (Justin Thoreaux) that the Bautista family is going to be a problem if they're seen.
The enigma of Andrea Bautista grows as we don't see or hear from her except a single long shot, but she's definitely someone to be reckoned with.
"That's definitely one of the goals of this character," said Andrea's actor, Cosima Cabrera. "She's super confident; she's super badass; she's super in control."
TV Fanatic had a chance to do a Zoom interview with Cabrera ahead of her midseason debut in the Mosquito Coast. She made her first appearance on December 2.
Her character is a Harvard-educated member of a family dynasty who tries to steer them in a legitimate direction while retaining their power.
The LA-raised...
The enigma of Andrea Bautista grows as we don't see or hear from her except a single long shot, but she's definitely someone to be reckoned with.
"That's definitely one of the goals of this character," said Andrea's actor, Cosima Cabrera. "She's super confident; she's super badass; she's super in control."
TV Fanatic had a chance to do a Zoom interview with Cabrera ahead of her midseason debut in the Mosquito Coast. She made her first appearance on December 2.
Her character is a Harvard-educated member of a family dynasty who tries to steer them in a legitimate direction while retaining their power.
The LA-raised...
- 12/27/2022
- by Orrin Konheim
- TVfanatic
Life can often bring people in unexpected directions. However, those meanderings can lead to a new outlook, altering how you see the world and the individuals around you. Luca Guadagnino knows this, and that’s why he’s teaming with Daniel Craig for an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s novel Queer. Inspired by Burrough’s autobiographical work, Queer explores the world-famous author’s romantic side, telling a tale about taboo, dependancy, and unbridled curiosity.
Here is the official synopsis for Burroughs’s Queer novel:
Initially written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma. Both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, it is both Burroughs’s only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee, the protagonist of Burroughs’s debut novel Junky,...
Here is the official synopsis for Burroughs’s Queer novel:
Initially written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma. Both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, it is both Burroughs’s only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee, the protagonist of Burroughs’s debut novel Junky,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
With both debuting new projects this fall season, Glass Onion star Daniel Crag and Bones and All director Luca Guadagnino are looking to team on a new film. Above the Line reports that it will be an adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel Queer. “Set in the corrupt and spectral Mexico City of the forties, Queer is the story of William Lee, a man afflicted with both acute heroin withdrawal and romantic and sexual yearnings for an indifferent user named Eugene Allerton,” reads the synopsis of the novel, which was written in the early 50s but not published until 1985. With the director currently in post-production on Challengers, this is expected to be his next film.
Next up, details are scant, but as she vies for an Oscar nomination with her short All Too Well, Cats star Taylor Swift is setting up her feature directorial debut. Variety reports she’ll...
Next up, details are scant, but as she vies for an Oscar nomination with her short All Too Well, Cats star Taylor Swift is setting up her feature directorial debut. Variety reports she’ll...
- 12/9/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Audiences didn’t take to Luca Guadagnino‘s “Bones And All,” likely due to its grim subject matter. But pay no mind to the film’s scant 11 million gross at the box office: critics loved the movie, and they love Guada, undeniably one of the best filmmakers working today. So, news about another project Guadagnino has in the works is cause for excitement because it’s another chance to see a cinematic vision only he may pull off.
Continue reading ‘Queer’: Luca Guadagnino Wants To Adapt The Early William S. Burroughs Novel With Daniel Craig In The Lead at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Queer’: Luca Guadagnino Wants To Adapt The Early William S. Burroughs Novel With Daniel Craig In The Lead at The Playlist.
- 12/9/2022
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Daniel Craig looks set to star in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel ‘Queer.’
The story follows Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. Lee is self-conscious, insecure and driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, based on Adelbert Lewis Marker (1930-1998), a recently discharged American Navy serviceman from Jacksonville, Fl, who befriended Burroughs in Mexico City.
The novel is a sequel to Burroughs’ Junkie and centres on the Naked Lunch author off of heroin. Queer was published in 1985 though written between 1951 and 1953.
Also in news – Gil Kenan takes the helm for ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ sequel
Craig returned to the Rian Johnson-directed ‘Knives Out’ franchise this autumn with ‘Glass Onion,’ which hit cinemas before heading to Netflix on December 23rd. Craig made his finale as 007 in ‘No Time to Die’ last autumn.
The story follows Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. Lee is self-conscious, insecure and driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, based on Adelbert Lewis Marker (1930-1998), a recently discharged American Navy serviceman from Jacksonville, Fl, who befriended Burroughs in Mexico City.
The novel is a sequel to Burroughs’ Junkie and centres on the Naked Lunch author off of heroin. Queer was published in 1985 though written between 1951 and 1953.
Also in news – Gil Kenan takes the helm for ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ sequel
Craig returned to the Rian Johnson-directed ‘Knives Out’ franchise this autumn with ‘Glass Onion,’ which hit cinemas before heading to Netflix on December 23rd. Craig made his finale as 007 in ‘No Time to Die’ last autumn.
- 12/9/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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