The narrative action of Mathieu Amalric’s latest directorial feature, Hold Me Tight, adapted from a play which was never staged, takes place in a kind of suspended timeline. One day Clarisse (Vicky Krieps) wakes up, gets dressed, and goes for a drive. In voiceover we hear that she has left her two children and husband and bears, it seems, no intention of returning. We see the family that has been left behind as they adjust to her sudden departure: the kids act out, the husband hides his panic, and they eventually begin settling into their new life.
But it dawns on us early (perhaps too early) that we aren’t getting the full story. Through Amalric’s unconventional structure that leaps through a fuzzy timeline and from fantasy to reality—and through a growing disconnect between what our narrator tells us and what we see—it becomes apparent that something darker,...
But it dawns on us early (perhaps too early) that we aren’t getting the full story. Through Amalric’s unconventional structure that leaps through a fuzzy timeline and from fantasy to reality—and through a growing disconnect between what our narrator tells us and what we see—it becomes apparent that something darker,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Gabrielle Marceau
- The Film Stage
Daniel Rosenfeld’s “Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark,” a biographical documentary about tango musician Astor Piazzolla, world premieres at the Intl. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). Rosenfeld talked with Variety about Piazzolla’s legacy, the revelations within the film and his interesting exhibition strategy.
Piazzolla is, along with Carlos Gardel, the most notable tango musician of the 20th century. The film features a previously unreleased collection of interviews with the artist himself, recorded before his death in 1992. The film uses those tapes, video of classic performances and the extensive memorabilia collection of Piazzolla’s son, Daniel, to tell the story of the international superstar.
The film is an Argentine-French co-production between Rosenfeld – an equally accomplished producer and director – and France’s Françoise Gazio from Idéale Audience. Euroarts is handling sales.
Rosenfeld found early success as a documentary filmmaker with his 2000 debut “Saluzzi – Essay for Bandoneon and Three Brothers.” The bandoneon,...
Piazzolla is, along with Carlos Gardel, the most notable tango musician of the 20th century. The film features a previously unreleased collection of interviews with the artist himself, recorded before his death in 1992. The film uses those tapes, video of classic performances and the extensive memorabilia collection of Piazzolla’s son, Daniel, to tell the story of the international superstar.
The film is an Argentine-French co-production between Rosenfeld – an equally accomplished producer and director – and France’s Françoise Gazio from Idéale Audience. Euroarts is handling sales.
Rosenfeld found early success as a documentary filmmaker with his 2000 debut “Saluzzi – Essay for Bandoneon and Three Brothers.” The bandoneon,...
- 11/15/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Documentarian Alison Chernick has made a career of profiling artists from Jeff Koons and Matthew Barney in features to Roy Lichtenstein and Rick Rubin in shorts. Her latest subject is renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman — a victim of polio as a child in Israel who found himself at Julliard before earning Grammys, Emmys, and countless international awards. He overcame a disability (walking on crutches when not in his wheelchair) that never impaired his playing, but constantly hung over his head as a psychological hindrance in the minds of those with the opportunity to help his education. It took Ed Sullivan and an assumed desire to showcase a teenaged Itzhak’s skill despite his handicap rather than removed from it to bring him to New York and carve his path forward.
Itzhak is a hybrid of sorts that doesn’t merely draw his linear trajectory from birth to the present or focus...
Itzhak is a hybrid of sorts that doesn’t merely draw his linear trajectory from birth to the present or focus...
- 4/18/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
'Tis the season to look fabulously festive!
And that's just what Michelle Obama did when she stepped out hand-in-hand with husband Barack Obama as they hosted the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors at the White House on Sunday.
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Watch: Michelle Obama Wows in White for 'Vogue', Barack Obama Says He 'Always Knew She'd Be Incredible' as First Lady
Flotus shined in a forest green off-the-shoulder Gucci gown covered in shimmery pink flowers and emerald green leaves. She let the dress do all the talking by keeping her hair and makeup simple, opting for a center-part for her new shoulder-length bob and pretty pink lips, and accessorizing with understated drop-down silver ball earrings. As for the president, he looked quite dapper himself in a black suit and bow tie.
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All eyes would have been on the pair anyway, but the evening was an especially big one for them, as the country...
And that's just what Michelle Obama did when she stepped out hand-in-hand with husband Barack Obama as they hosted the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors at the White House on Sunday.
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Watch: Michelle Obama Wows in White for 'Vogue', Barack Obama Says He 'Always Knew She'd Be Incredible' as First Lady
Flotus shined in a forest green off-the-shoulder Gucci gown covered in shimmery pink flowers and emerald green leaves. She let the dress do all the talking by keeping her hair and makeup simple, opting for a center-part for her new shoulder-length bob and pretty pink lips, and accessorizing with understated drop-down silver ball earrings. As for the president, he looked quite dapper himself in a black suit and bow tie.
Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images
All eyes would have been on the pair anyway, but the evening was an especially big one for them, as the country...
- 12/5/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
The Eagles, Al Pacino, James Taylor, Mavis Staples and Martha Argerich were all honored as the Kennedy Center Class of 2016. Kennedy Center Honors 2016 It was a bittersweet ceremony for classic rock band The Eagles, as they lost one of their members, Glenn Frey, in January of this year. “For our fans, 2016 didn’t have a harder beginning […]
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The post The Eagles, Al Pacino, Honored At Kennedy Center Honors appeared first on uInterview.
- 12/5/2016
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
The stars were out in full force as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended their final Kennedy Center Honors while in the White House.
The 39th annual gala, hosted by Stephen Colbert for the third straight year, honored five legends of the arts — actor-director Al Pacino, singer-songwriter James Taylor, singer Mavis Staples, pianist Martha Argerich and rock band the Eagles. Tons of other celebrities were in attendance, too, but all eyes were on the Obamas as their time in the White House comes to an end.
Before the gala began, President Obama welcomed the honorees at a...
The 39th annual gala, hosted by Stephen Colbert for the third straight year, honored five legends of the arts — actor-director Al Pacino, singer-songwriter James Taylor, singer Mavis Staples, pianist Martha Argerich and rock band the Eagles. Tons of other celebrities were in attendance, too, but all eyes were on the Obamas as their time in the White House comes to an end.
Before the gala began, President Obama welcomed the honorees at a...
- 12/5/2016
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
CBS’ Late Show host Stephen Colbert will return to host the 39th annual Kennedy Center Honors, which will air this year December 27 on CBS. It will mark the third consecutive year for Colbert to emcee the event. This year’s honorees are Al Pacino, Martha Argerich, Mavis Staples and James Taylor and Eagles. The event tapes December 4. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment are executive producers of the special for a second year in a row. Before…...
- 11/21/2016
- Deadline
CBS’ Late Show host Stephen Colbert will return to host the 39th annual Kennedy Center Honors, which will air this year December 27 on CBS. It will mark the third consecutive year for Colbert to emcee the event. This year’s honorees are Al Pacino, Martha Argerich, Mavis Staples and James Taylor and Eagles. The event tapes December 4. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment are executive producers of the special for a second year in a row. Before…...
- 11/21/2016
- Deadline TV
If it ain’t broke, and it’s still on CBS … Stephen Colbert is set to return as host for the 39th annual Kennedy Center Honors. It’ll be his third year in a row as face of the show. Prior to his hosting run, the “Colbert Report” alum appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors during a 2011 tribute to Yo-Yo Ma. As previously announced, the recipients of the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors will be Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, rock band the Eagles, actor Al Pacino, gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples and musician James Taylor. Also Read: Stephen Colbert Grills Donald Trump Over Cabinet,...
- 11/21/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Many consider Dmitri Shostakovich the greatest composer of the 20th century. Born September 25, 1906, he might not have lived past his teens if he hadn't been talented. During the famines of the Revolutionary period in Russia, Alexander Glazunov, director of the Petrograd (later Leningrad) Conservatory, arranged for the poor and malnourished Shostakovich's food ration to be increased. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, his graduation exercise for Maximilian Steinberg's composition course at the Conservatory, was completed in 1925 at age 19 and was an immediate success worldwide. He was The Party's poster boy; his Second and Third Symphonies unabashedly subtitled, respectively, "To October". (celebrating the Revolution) and "The First of May". (International Workers' Day).
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
- 9/26/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The star of The Godfather trilogy, as well as a host of famed musicians, will be awarded with the prestigious lifetime achievement honor in December
This year’s Kennedy Center honorees, the prize that awards artists for influencing American culture through their lifetimes, have been announced.
The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts revealed on Thursday that Godfather actor Al Pacino, Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich, blues singer Mavis Staples, singer/songwriter James Taylor and rock band the Eagles will be the recipients of the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors, which will be broadcast on CBS in the Us on 27 December.
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This year’s Kennedy Center honorees, the prize that awards artists for influencing American culture through their lifetimes, have been announced.
The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts revealed on Thursday that Godfather actor Al Pacino, Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich, blues singer Mavis Staples, singer/songwriter James Taylor and rock band the Eagles will be the recipients of the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors, which will be broadcast on CBS in the Us on 27 December.
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- 6/23/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Al Pacino, rock band Eagles, Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich and musicians Mavis Staples and James Taylor have been set to be honored at the 39th annual Kennedy Center Honors, which will air December 27 on CBS. The network has broadcast the special each year. The honors are bestowed on for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts and are confirmed by the executive committee of the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees. The Oscar- and…...
- 6/23/2016
- Deadline TV
The next wave of Kennedy Center Honors will include Al Pacino, rock band the Eagles, James Taylor, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and gospel/blues singer Mavis Staples “The Kennedy Center Honors celebrates the spectacular talents of artists whose brilliance has left a lasting impact on our society,” stated Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein. “These Honorees represent what is possible when creativity is not just cultivated, but unleashed.” He continued: “Martha Argerich’s distinguished performances have spanned the globe and over the last six decades have earned her world recognition as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th and 21st centuries; the.
- 6/23/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
There is something a little voyeuristic about watching Stéphanie Argerich's confessional movie about her mother, the brilliant concert pianist Martha Argerich. As the daughter of a virtuoso musician, Stéphanie endured a peripatetic and unconventional childhood. Her mother was very loving but also busy practising and continually going on lengthy concert tours. Martha is long since separated from Stéphanie's father, the conductor and pianist Stephen Kovacevich, a humorous but slightly aloof figure in the portrait of him presented here. Stéphanie has two half-sisters.
- 4/30/2015
- The Independent - Film
Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado Complete Concerto Recordings (Deutsche Grammophon)
One can't help but assume that this five-cd compilation is a tribute to its conductor, Claudio Abbado, who passed away last year. Certainly his collaborations with thankfully-still-with-us pianist Martha Argerich reveal music-making of brilliant spontaneity and imagination. Consider, for instance, their two recordings of Ravel's G major concerto. Their 1967 recording with the Berlin Philharmonic won immediate acclaim as one of the most sparkling and lively renditions the work had ever had. What good could come of re-doing it in 1984 with the London Symphony Orchestra? How often we have heard artists return to repertoire in which they'd made landmark recordings only to fail to reach their previous levels of achievement. Yet Argerich and Abbado came up with a new yet equally valid and compelling interpretation in 1984: darker, more detailed (and in better sound), and more emotionally profound.
The earlier Ravel was...
One can't help but assume that this five-cd compilation is a tribute to its conductor, Claudio Abbado, who passed away last year. Certainly his collaborations with thankfully-still-with-us pianist Martha Argerich reveal music-making of brilliant spontaneity and imagination. Consider, for instance, their two recordings of Ravel's G major concerto. Their 1967 recording with the Berlin Philharmonic won immediate acclaim as one of the most sparkling and lively renditions the work had ever had. What good could come of re-doing it in 1984 with the London Symphony Orchestra? How often we have heard artists return to repertoire in which they'd made landmark recordings only to fail to reach their previous levels of achievement. Yet Argerich and Abbado came up with a new yet equally valid and compelling interpretation in 1984: darker, more detailed (and in better sound), and more emotionally profound.
The earlier Ravel was...
- 2/15/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Louis Lortie/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works II (Chandos)
The major attraction here, with all due respect to the great Concerto for Piano & Orchestra of 1988, is the Symphony No. 4, because there have only been (to my knowledge) four previous recordings of it. All of them are reputed to be excellent, but I have only two to compare it to, both conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. He makes it sound by turns more mysterious and more passionate, and also more taut; this new one has more spectacular sonics and presents the work more as a piece of abstract modernism. With Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) one of the top five Polish composers ever, and one of the better 20th century composers, alternative versions of his masterpieces are worth having, and this one is very welcome.
There are twice as many recordings of the Piano Concerto, but the clear preference lies with Krystian Zimerman,...
The major attraction here, with all due respect to the great Concerto for Piano & Orchestra of 1988, is the Symphony No. 4, because there have only been (to my knowledge) four previous recordings of it. All of them are reputed to be excellent, but I have only two to compare it to, both conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. He makes it sound by turns more mysterious and more passionate, and also more taut; this new one has more spectacular sonics and presents the work more as a piece of abstract modernism. With Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) one of the top five Polish composers ever, and one of the better 20th century composers, alternative versions of his masterpieces are worth having, and this one is very welcome.
There are twice as many recordings of the Piano Concerto, but the clear preference lies with Krystian Zimerman,...
- 3/31/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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