Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc has only just begun, and it is already setting the stage for an otherwise emotional and gut-wrenching journey ahead. While the first episode wasn’t the best of what the show and Ufotable have offered before, it certainly wasn’t a weak start. Comparing that to the latest episode, things get serious firsthand.
Sabito | Credit: Ufotable
This season is taking nothing too lightly, and it clearly shows. With all the Hashira busy training the Demon Slayer Corps and improving themselves, the task falls on Tanjiro’s shoulders to convince Giyu to also take part in it. As seen in the previous episode, the reason for his absence was then kept a mystery. Starting right where they left off, season 4 episode 2, Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka’s Pain is an emotional rollercoaster.
Demon Slayer and the Cloud of Growing Sorrow
Demon Slayer fans were left on a...
Sabito | Credit: Ufotable
This season is taking nothing too lightly, and it clearly shows. With all the Hashira busy training the Demon Slayer Corps and improving themselves, the task falls on Tanjiro’s shoulders to convince Giyu to also take part in it. As seen in the previous episode, the reason for his absence was then kept a mystery. Starting right where they left off, season 4 episode 2, Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka’s Pain is an emotional rollercoaster.
Demon Slayer and the Cloud of Growing Sorrow
Demon Slayer fans were left on a...
- 5/20/2024
- by Adya Godboley
- FandomWire
Babehoven’s Water’s Here in You begins with singer Maya Bon on bended knee, hands outstretched. “I forgive you,” she sings atop cascading harmonies and persistent guitar strums, extending an olive branch to an estranged family member who has fallen ill. The track, “Birdseye,” is a sobering meditation on reconciliation and repentance, a nod to the fragility of life, and the thesis statement of the Hudson Valley duo’s latest album.
Few artists out there write a melancholic smasher like Babehoven’s Bon and Ryan Albert, whose swaying and...
Few artists out there write a melancholic smasher like Babehoven’s Bon and Ryan Albert, whose swaying and...
- 4/25/2024
- by Leah Lu
- Rollingstone.com
One Piece is full of Devil Fruits. Devil Fruits, when consumed, gives a specific ability to its users in exchange for their ability to swim. In the case of Portgas D. Ace’s Mera Mera no Mi, it allows him to become and control fire at Will. But he is a deadweight on the sea since he cannot swim. There are three types of Devil Fruits – Logia, Paramecia, and Zoan.
As the story of One Piece progressed, fans got to experience new Devil Fruits and their abilities, with a few of them having amazing abilities that were beyond their expectations. But there is a particular Devil Fruit, which costs a lot. Its value is even more than Shanks’ bounty. Most people might think it to be Luffy’s Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, but that is not the one.
The Costliest Devil Fruit Is Worth A Ton Of Berries...
As the story of One Piece progressed, fans got to experience new Devil Fruits and their abilities, with a few of them having amazing abilities that were beyond their expectations. But there is a particular Devil Fruit, which costs a lot. Its value is even more than Shanks’ bounty. Most people might think it to be Luffy’s Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, but that is not the one.
The Costliest Devil Fruit Is Worth A Ton Of Berries...
- 4/14/2024
- by Priyanko Chakraborty
- FandomWire
John Waters is taking issue with Canada’s moniker of being full of the friendliest citizens — at least not when it comes to cinema ratings.
Waters told the Toronto Star that in 1970, the Ontario censor board allegedly burned a print of his film “Multiple Maniacs,” which had been sent for a rating. Waters didn’t hold back his half-century-long disdain for the offense: “Tell them I spit on their grave,” the “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray” filmmaker said.
“I am pro-Canada, even though I sent ‘Multiple Maniacs’ to the distributor [in 1970], which had to go through the Ontario censor board, and they sent me a receipt that just said ‘destroyed.’ They burned the print!” Water said. “Tell them I spit on their grave.”
He added that since that experience, he’s worked in Canada multiple times.
“I’ve been to Toronto many times with my films and my books. It’s a...
Waters told the Toronto Star that in 1970, the Ontario censor board allegedly burned a print of his film “Multiple Maniacs,” which had been sent for a rating. Waters didn’t hold back his half-century-long disdain for the offense: “Tell them I spit on their grave,” the “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray” filmmaker said.
“I am pro-Canada, even though I sent ‘Multiple Maniacs’ to the distributor [in 1970], which had to go through the Ontario censor board, and they sent me a receipt that just said ‘destroyed.’ They burned the print!” Water said. “Tell them I spit on their grave.”
He added that since that experience, he’s worked in Canada multiple times.
“I’ve been to Toronto many times with my films and my books. It’s a...
- 4/4/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Production on John Waters’ new film, Liarmouth, is moving ahead with Aubrey Plaza set to star.
First announced in 2022, Liarmouth is slated to be Waters’ first new movie in 20 years. Though it was delayed by last year’s strikes, new reports claim that progress is coming along and filming is expected to begin in Baltimore, Maryland later this year. According to Word of Reel, Waters has completed the script, a budget is currently being assembled, and beyond confirmation of Plaza’s role, “further casting should be announced shortly.”
The film itself is based on Waters’ 2022 novel-of-the-same-name, which follows the story of Marsha Sprinkle, a smart, desperate, and disturbed con artist dubbed “Liarmouth” who’s wanted dead by even her own family. Speaking in a 2022 interview with Dazed, Plaza explained that she wanted to be involved as soon as the film adaptation was announced.
“I emailed [Waters] immediately and said, ‘You better let me audition for you,...
First announced in 2022, Liarmouth is slated to be Waters’ first new movie in 20 years. Though it was delayed by last year’s strikes, new reports claim that progress is coming along and filming is expected to begin in Baltimore, Maryland later this year. According to Word of Reel, Waters has completed the script, a budget is currently being assembled, and beyond confirmation of Plaza’s role, “further casting should be announced shortly.”
The film itself is based on Waters’ 2022 novel-of-the-same-name, which follows the story of Marsha Sprinkle, a smart, desperate, and disturbed con artist dubbed “Liarmouth” who’s wanted dead by even her own family. Speaking in a 2022 interview with Dazed, Plaza explained that she wanted to be involved as soon as the film adaptation was announced.
“I emailed [Waters] immediately and said, ‘You better let me audition for you,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Film News
In the animated "Avatar: The Last Airbender," the Avatar is meant to be a bridge between the human and the spirit worlds, a neutral party who can keep the two realms in equilibrium. Avatar Aang first ventures into the spirit world in the seventh episode of season 1: "The Spirit World."
In this episode, Aang and co. visit Senlin Village, a small forested town in the Earth Kingdom. A Fire Nation attack left the neighboring forest burnt down. The village's troubles don't end there, for they're being attacked at night by a monstrous spirit, Hei Bai. Aang learns that Hei Bai is the guardian of the forest and has been angered by its destruction (a la "Princess Mononoke"). He helps the black-and-white spirit understand what happened, and Hei Bai returns to his docile natural form: a giant panda.
This episode was loosely adapted in Netflix's new live-action remake of "Avatar: The Last Airbender,...
In this episode, Aang and co. visit Senlin Village, a small forested town in the Earth Kingdom. A Fire Nation attack left the neighboring forest burnt down. The village's troubles don't end there, for they're being attacked at night by a monstrous spirit, Hei Bai. Aang learns that Hei Bai is the guardian of the forest and has been angered by its destruction (a la "Princess Mononoke"). He helps the black-and-white spirit understand what happened, and Hei Bai returns to his docile natural form: a giant panda.
This episode was loosely adapted in Netflix's new live-action remake of "Avatar: The Last Airbender,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
On Sunday night, Taylor Swift made history with her fourth Album Of The Year award, the most recorded wins in that category at the 66th annual Grammy Awards.
Hosted by Trevor Noah at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the awards ceremony honored many notable artists and their musical work.
Other winners include Miley Cyrus for her song “Flowers” and Billie Eilish for “What Was I Made For?” South African singer-songwriter Tyla also won Best African Music Performance for her hit single “Water,” which blew up on the social media platform TikTok.
See below for a list of the winners and nominees for the top categories:
Album Of The Year
Winner: Taylor Swift, “Midnights”
Boygenius, “The Record”
Janelle Monáe, “The Age of Pleasure”
Jon Batiste, “World Music Radio”
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Miley Cyrus, “Endless Summer Vacation”
Olivia Rodrigo,...
Hosted by Trevor Noah at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the awards ceremony honored many notable artists and their musical work.
Other winners include Miley Cyrus for her song “Flowers” and Billie Eilish for “What Was I Made For?” South African singer-songwriter Tyla also won Best African Music Performance for her hit single “Water,” which blew up on the social media platform TikTok.
See below for a list of the winners and nominees for the top categories:
Album Of The Year
Winner: Taylor Swift, “Midnights”
Boygenius, “The Record”
Janelle Monáe, “The Age of Pleasure”
Jon Batiste, “World Music Radio”
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Miley Cyrus, “Endless Summer Vacation”
Olivia Rodrigo,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
From the first seed of an idea to the creative chaos of cramming 40-plus celebrities into a single recording studio, The Greatest Night in Pop, the new documentary from director Bao Nguyen (Be Water)chronicles every obstacle and behind-the-scenes story that led to the iconic song we all know and love. Still performed at karaoke bars and school recitals all over the globe, “We Are the World” gathered together dozens of pop and rock luminaries on one unprecedented night to raise millions of dollars in humanitarian aid for African famine relief. Upon its release in 1985, it quickly became the first single to be certified multiplatinum. Produced by the legendary Quincy Jones, the song was co-written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson at the height of their fame, and featured solos by Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Wonder, and Kenny Rogers, among many more musical superstars. Today, it’s...
- 2/1/2024
- by Roxanne Fequiere
- Tudum - Netflix
It’s barely mid-January, but Robert Downey Jr. is already proving to be Mvp of awards season.
Not only is the veteran actor picking up trophies left and right — he triumphed at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards for his turn as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer — he’s dishing out some of the best energy along the way. Fortunately, there’s photographic evidence to prove the point. The beloved Marvel star has kissed Meryl Streep, cozied up to both Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper, yanked on Martin Short’s tie, cut a rug with Reese Witherspoon, pinned a note on Cillian Murphy’s chest (which read, “No Irish jokes”), caused a trio of actors to crack up, and had more than a handful of swoon-worthy moments with wife Susan Downey.
His speeches also seem to be hitting the right notes. Before thanking his “Oppenhomies” at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards,...
Not only is the veteran actor picking up trophies left and right — he triumphed at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards for his turn as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer — he’s dishing out some of the best energy along the way. Fortunately, there’s photographic evidence to prove the point. The beloved Marvel star has kissed Meryl Streep, cozied up to both Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper, yanked on Martin Short’s tie, cut a rug with Reese Witherspoon, pinned a note on Cillian Murphy’s chest (which read, “No Irish jokes”), caused a trio of actors to crack up, and had more than a handful of swoon-worthy moments with wife Susan Downey.
His speeches also seem to be hitting the right notes. Before thanking his “Oppenhomies” at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Netflix has set a January 29 streaming premiere date for The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature doc just announced as world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on the 19th of this month.
Directed by award winner Bao Nguyen (Be Water), the film takes viewers back to January 25, 1985, when dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a Los Angeles studio and checked their egos at the door amidst the recording of a song to benefit African famine relief — one that would alter global pop culture history. Chronicled in the doc is the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in a time before cell phones and email. That group of artists, led by the song’s co-writers and two of the most significant musicians of the 20th century — Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — came from different worlds but united to record “We Are the World.
Directed by award winner Bao Nguyen (Be Water), the film takes viewers back to January 25, 1985, when dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a Los Angeles studio and checked their egos at the door amidst the recording of a song to benefit African famine relief — one that would alter global pop culture history. Chronicled in the doc is the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in a time before cell phones and email. That group of artists, led by the song’s co-writers and two of the most significant musicians of the 20th century — Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — came from different worlds but united to record “We Are the World.
- 1/5/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Burton's "Batman Returns" is one of the more unusual blockbusters of its era. Following the massive, massive success of his 1989 "Batman," Burton was seemingly given a lot more creative leeway with his sequel, transforming the world of Batman into a noir carnival nightmare of hopelessness and kink. "Returns" saw the Dark Knight (Michael Keaton) facing off against the sewer-dwelling creep the Penguin (Danny DeVito) and beginning an unhealthy flirtation with the mentally unwell Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer).
Burton's rendition of Catwoman may be the best Batman villain to have been depicted in live-action. She was unbalanced and terrifying, using her newfound mindset as a tool for liberation. It's no coincidence that her costume is a skintight leather vinyl costume with a corset and a whip. This was Catwoman as a horror movie dominatrix. She had more in common with the Cenobites from "Hellraiser" than anything from a Batman comic book.
Burton's rendition of Catwoman may be the best Batman villain to have been depicted in live-action. She was unbalanced and terrifying, using her newfound mindset as a tool for liberation. It's no coincidence that her costume is a skintight leather vinyl costume with a corset and a whip. This was Catwoman as a horror movie dominatrix. She had more in common with the Cenobites from "Hellraiser" than anything from a Batman comic book.
- 1/1/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
20 years after the release of his last film “A Dirty Shame,” shock film icon John Waters might be returning to the director’s chair very soon.
In an interview with The Baltimore Fishbowl on December 22 about his famous annual Christmas parties, the “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray” filmmaker revealed that he has finished the script for “Liarmouth,” a film adaptation of his own 2022 novel of the same name. Waters further said that he turned the script over to the producers — it’s set up at Village Roadshow Pictures, which optioned the novel — and that he is currently waiting on the budget for the project.
“I’ve written the script and I turned it in and they like it and we’re doing a budget,” Waters told the Baltimore Fishbowl. “Who knows? We’ll see. We’ll see.”
“Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance” focuses on con artist Martha Sprinkles, nicknamed Liarmouth, and her romance with fellow scammer Daryl.
In an interview with The Baltimore Fishbowl on December 22 about his famous annual Christmas parties, the “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray” filmmaker revealed that he has finished the script for “Liarmouth,” a film adaptation of his own 2022 novel of the same name. Waters further said that he turned the script over to the producers — it’s set up at Village Roadshow Pictures, which optioned the novel — and that he is currently waiting on the budget for the project.
“I’ve written the script and I turned it in and they like it and we’re doing a budget,” Waters told the Baltimore Fishbowl. “Who knows? We’ll see. We’ll see.”
“Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance” focuses on con artist Martha Sprinkles, nicknamed Liarmouth, and her romance with fellow scammer Daryl.
- 12/29/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Could Rick and Morty season 7 be any weirder? That’s the question I kept asking throughout the time I spent watching this crazy mess in episode 8. Rick and Morty season 7, episode 8, titled “Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie,” is a hilarious yet bizarre action parody involving some numbers fighting with each other. Even though episode 8 didn’t feature Rick in this adventure, the episode surprised us with some season 2 references. Season 2 episode titled “Get Schwifty” featured Ice-t, a rapper who became the main protagonist of this latest episode of Rick and Morty. Let’s see what happened to Ice-t and what made him come back to Earth again.
Spoilers Ahead
What’s going on in the numerical universe?
Episode 8 opened with Ice-t coming back to his planet, Alphabetrium, where he met his father, who was killed by some of the numbericons who invaded the planet. Ice-t had a very conflicted relationship with his father,...
Spoilers Ahead
What’s going on in the numerical universe?
Episode 8 opened with Ice-t coming back to his planet, Alphabetrium, where he met his father, who was killed by some of the numbericons who invaded the planet. Ice-t had a very conflicted relationship with his father,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Pixar’s Elemental is an original feature film set in Element City, where residents of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, Elemental features a screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh, and stars the voices of Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie as Ember and Wade.
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- 9/24/2023
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Avatar filmmaker James Cameron will executive produce Taonga, a Maori-centric drama from actor and first-time director Shane Rangi.
Rangi, who worked with Cameron on the Avatar movies, which were shot in New Zealand, wrote the script and will direct the feature that has the backing of Fandomodo Films, a boutique development, production and financing company that seeks to raise underrepresented voices.
Drawing on his own life, Rangi, who is of Ngāti Porou descent, wrote Taonga to tell the story of an indigenous Polynesian rugby star who becomes homeless before a violent encounter with law enforcement leaves him for dead. The story aims to navigate the realities of homelessness and modern-day policing.
Many of those realities were a lifetime ago for Rangi, who managed to drag himself out of those dire straits to become an actor and stunt performer on major Hollywood productions that shot in that part of the world.
Rangi, who worked with Cameron on the Avatar movies, which were shot in New Zealand, wrote the script and will direct the feature that has the backing of Fandomodo Films, a boutique development, production and financing company that seeks to raise underrepresented voices.
Drawing on his own life, Rangi, who is of Ngāti Porou descent, wrote Taonga to tell the story of an indigenous Polynesian rugby star who becomes homeless before a violent encounter with law enforcement leaves him for dead. The story aims to navigate the realities of homelessness and modern-day policing.
Many of those realities were a lifetime ago for Rangi, who managed to drag himself out of those dire straits to become an actor and stunt performer on major Hollywood productions that shot in that part of the world.
- 9/18/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Duff McKagan has announced his third solo album, Lighthouse, due October 20th. In advance of its release, the Guns N’ Roses bassist has unveiled the title track.
The 11-song effort ends with three tracks boasting notable guest musicians: “Hope,” featuring McKagan’s Gn’R bandmate Slash; “I Just Don’t Know,” featuring Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell; and “Lighthouse (Reprise)” featuring punk godfather Iggy Pop.
On the title track, McKagan sounds like a punk-rock Bob Dylan as he sings the initial verses over an acoustic guitar line for the first minute or so of the tune. From there, the song kicks in with multi-track vocals and pounding drums for the soaring chorus.
McKagan says of the new album and its theme, “The crashing…. the cresting waves, the falling through of all that surrounds you. Life sometimes tosses us around, and we feel the want of comfort and the pull of home.
The 11-song effort ends with three tracks boasting notable guest musicians: “Hope,” featuring McKagan’s Gn’R bandmate Slash; “I Just Don’t Know,” featuring Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell; and “Lighthouse (Reprise)” featuring punk godfather Iggy Pop.
On the title track, McKagan sounds like a punk-rock Bob Dylan as he sings the initial verses over an acoustic guitar line for the first minute or so of the tune. From there, the song kicks in with multi-track vocals and pounding drums for the soaring chorus.
McKagan says of the new album and its theme, “The crashing…. the cresting waves, the falling through of all that surrounds you. Life sometimes tosses us around, and we feel the want of comfort and the pull of home.
- 6/14/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
I reckon there are more ideas per second of screentime in “Elemental” than any other Pixar movie to date. So why does this imagination-teasing opposites-attract rom-com feel like a misfire?
No one can accuse director Peter Sohn (“The Good Dinosaur”) or his team of under-thinking the ultra-creative studio’s latest high-concept feature, which takes the four elements as identified by various ancient cultures — Fire, Water, Earth and Air — and reimagines them as uneasy neighbors in a crowded modern metropolis. But fun as it can be to soak in the movie’s cheeky sense of detail (from flame-retardant costumes to blink-and-you-miss-them background puns), the whole scenario seems forced: so much world-building to tell a story better suited to flesh-and-blood human characters.
In its over-designed, nuevo-New-York way, Element City feels an awful lot like Zootopia, but with gelatinous blue blobs (Water) and glowing orange torch-people (Fire) in place of animal species. Just...
No one can accuse director Peter Sohn (“The Good Dinosaur”) or his team of under-thinking the ultra-creative studio’s latest high-concept feature, which takes the four elements as identified by various ancient cultures — Fire, Water, Earth and Air — and reimagines them as uneasy neighbors in a crowded modern metropolis. But fun as it can be to soak in the movie’s cheeky sense of detail (from flame-retardant costumes to blink-and-you-miss-them background puns), the whole scenario seems forced: so much world-building to tell a story better suited to flesh-and-blood human characters.
In its over-designed, nuevo-New-York way, Element City feels an awful lot like Zootopia, but with gelatinous blue blobs (Water) and glowing orange torch-people (Fire) in place of animal species. Just...
- 5/27/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains spoilers from the Demon Slayer manga.
Now that Demon Slayer has slashed its way through two seasons, the trailer for season 3 is giving us a preview of some pretty sick moves and even sicker demons.
Gotoge Koyoharu’s manga, which was adapted by Ufotable, has already leapt off the page and into fantastic swordfighting action that will only level up as more demons are unleashed. The Swordsmith Village arc that will be featured this season isn’t nearly as tame as it sounds. This village is teeming with demons, and not just any demons, but the dreaded Twelve Kizuki that make up the upper ranks of Kibutsuji’s army. If it is anything like the manga, it will also be the season Inosuke shows more of his actual face than ever.
Season 3 premieres on Crunchyroll April 9. Grab your sword and get ready to face off against some terrifying forces of evil.
Now that Demon Slayer has slashed its way through two seasons, the trailer for season 3 is giving us a preview of some pretty sick moves and even sicker demons.
Gotoge Koyoharu’s manga, which was adapted by Ufotable, has already leapt off the page and into fantastic swordfighting action that will only level up as more demons are unleashed. The Swordsmith Village arc that will be featured this season isn’t nearly as tame as it sounds. This village is teeming with demons, and not just any demons, but the dreaded Twelve Kizuki that make up the upper ranks of Kibutsuji’s army. If it is anything like the manga, it will also be the season Inosuke shows more of his actual face than ever.
Season 3 premieres on Crunchyroll April 9. Grab your sword and get ready to face off against some terrifying forces of evil.
- 4/8/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
When it comes to silver screen fame, acting is king. Onscreen talent gets the most publicity time on talk shows. They garner the most headlines. They draw the highest number of flashbulbs on the red carpet. And outside of best picture, the categories I’m most often asked about are the four that honor acting.
In my first 11 years of using only math to predict the Oscars, my answer to that question was straightforward in at least one of the four acting categories: Every single year, at least one person swept the Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, Golden Globes and Critics Choice honors in an acting category, making my job a lot easier. But not this year. For the first time since 2002, no individual completed that sweep, meaning we’ve got ourselves the most exciting set of acting races in decades.
The mathematical predictions that follow weight historical data based on...
In my first 11 years of using only math to predict the Oscars, my answer to that question was straightforward in at least one of the four acting categories: Every single year, at least one person swept the Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, Golden Globes and Critics Choice honors in an acting category, making my job a lot easier. But not this year. For the first time since 2002, no individual completed that sweep, meaning we’ve got ourselves the most exciting set of acting races in decades.
The mathematical predictions that follow weight historical data based on...
- 3/7/2023
- by Ben Zauzmer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Consequence is returning to South by Southwest this year as part of the fourth annual Brooklyn Bowl Family Reunion. Taking over the Empire Control Room & Garage on March 17th and March 18th, the event’s full lineup is being revealed today.
Saturday, March 18th will see Consequence present performances from some of our favorite artists and up-and-coming bands, including former CoSign Sunflower Bean, North Carolina rockers The Nude Party, the piano-bashing Low Cut Connie, and rising indie pop artist Barrie. Other performers include Thee Sacred Souls, Ron Gallo, Why Bonnie, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Arcy Drive, and The Moss.
Relix will bring the Friday, March 17th bill, which features a DJ set from Dead Inside, Devon Gilfillian, Hannibal Buress’ Eshu Tune project, Goodnight Texas, Kaelin Ellis, Monophonics, Oh He Dead, Sir Woman, The War and Treaty, and White Denim. See the full lineup ahead.
In addition to the great music,...
Saturday, March 18th will see Consequence present performances from some of our favorite artists and up-and-coming bands, including former CoSign Sunflower Bean, North Carolina rockers The Nude Party, the piano-bashing Low Cut Connie, and rising indie pop artist Barrie. Other performers include Thee Sacred Souls, Ron Gallo, Why Bonnie, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Arcy Drive, and The Moss.
Relix will bring the Friday, March 17th bill, which features a DJ set from Dead Inside, Devon Gilfillian, Hannibal Buress’ Eshu Tune project, Goodnight Texas, Kaelin Ellis, Monophonics, Oh He Dead, Sir Woman, The War and Treaty, and White Denim. See the full lineup ahead.
In addition to the great music,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Ben Kaye
- Consequence - Music
The Talokanil
Camille Friend Establishing the Talokanil, which is a whole new underwater Mayan society, [we wanted] to represent that really well. We wanted to be culturally appropriate. We worked with Dr. Gerardo Aldana [Creative Studies dean and professor of Chicano Studies at the department of anthropology at Uc Santa Barbara]. He gave us so many little jewels about what [Mayan culture] is and what it isn’t — a woman who was single, for example, her hair would look [one way] versus a woman who was married, or an older woman. You can’t just go on Google — it’s something that’s been buried, and it’s buried in the ground.
Joel Harlow Say you [use] Google — the stuff that you will find might not be culturally accurate. It was very helpful to have Dr. Aldana as our guide through what are “movie,” or inaccurate, depictions of the Mayan culture. If you can’t trace back any of the glyphs that I sculpted on these pieces, on the rebreathers, back to something that’s actually culturally accurate,...
Camille Friend Establishing the Talokanil, which is a whole new underwater Mayan society, [we wanted] to represent that really well. We wanted to be culturally appropriate. We worked with Dr. Gerardo Aldana [Creative Studies dean and professor of Chicano Studies at the department of anthropology at Uc Santa Barbara]. He gave us so many little jewels about what [Mayan culture] is and what it isn’t — a woman who was single, for example, her hair would look [one way] versus a woman who was married, or an older woman. You can’t just go on Google — it’s something that’s been buried, and it’s buried in the ground.
Joel Harlow Say you [use] Google — the stuff that you will find might not be culturally accurate. It was very helpful to have Dr. Aldana as our guide through what are “movie,” or inaccurate, depictions of the Mayan culture. If you can’t trace back any of the glyphs that I sculpted on these pieces, on the rebreathers, back to something that’s actually culturally accurate,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The project is also the first feature from African production company Unbound Studios.
African production company Unbound Studios and its subsidiary Jm Films have wrapped principal photography on their first feature Water and Garri, with Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage making her acting debut.
Savage (whose Water and Garri music EP was released in 2021) also wrote and performs the film’s original soundtrack and is an executive producer through her Everything Savage company.
Shot in the city of Cape Coast in Ghana, the film casts Savage as a fashion designer with a budding career in the US who returns to her...
African production company Unbound Studios and its subsidiary Jm Films have wrapped principal photography on their first feature Water and Garri, with Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage making her acting debut.
Savage (whose Water and Garri music EP was released in 2021) also wrote and performs the film’s original soundtrack and is an executive producer through her Everything Savage company.
Shot in the city of Cape Coast in Ghana, the film casts Savage as a fashion designer with a budding career in the US who returns to her...
- 2/14/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The project is also the first feature from African production company Unbound Studios.
African production company Unbound Studios and its subsidiary Jm Films have wrapped principal photography on their first feature Water and Garri, with Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage making her acting debut.
Savage (whose Water and Garri music EP was released in 2021) also wrote and performs the film’s original soundtrack and is an executive producer through her Everything Savage company.
Shot in the city of Cape Coast in Ghana, the film casts Savage as a fashion designer with a budding career in the US who returns to her...
African production company Unbound Studios and its subsidiary Jm Films have wrapped principal photography on their first feature Water and Garri, with Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage making her acting debut.
Savage (whose Water and Garri music EP was released in 2021) also wrote and performs the film’s original soundtrack and is an executive producer through her Everything Savage company.
Shot in the city of Cape Coast in Ghana, the film casts Savage as a fashion designer with a budding career in the US who returns to her...
- 2/14/2023
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Avi Federgreen’s Canadian distribution company Indiecan Entertainment has launched an international sales division that will make its debut at the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
Bannered Indiecan International, the division’s first lineup features three films by directors hailing from Canada’s First Nations communities and a UK documentary about a man living with cerebral palsy.
Scroll down for details.
The creation of Indiecan International comes hot on the heels of Indiecan Entertainment’s creation last May of Red Water Entertainment, a new distribution arm focused on genre films.
“Indiecan International is a natural extension of what I started with Indiecan Entertainment,” said Federgreen, who will be at the EFM with his team.
“My goal with Indiecan International, as with Red Water Entertainment, is to help independent filmmakers and marginalized voices get as much exposure and eyeballs on their stories as possible,” he explained.
The first titles on...
Bannered Indiecan International, the division’s first lineup features three films by directors hailing from Canada’s First Nations communities and a UK documentary about a man living with cerebral palsy.
Scroll down for details.
The creation of Indiecan International comes hot on the heels of Indiecan Entertainment’s creation last May of Red Water Entertainment, a new distribution arm focused on genre films.
“Indiecan International is a natural extension of what I started with Indiecan Entertainment,” said Federgreen, who will be at the EFM with his team.
“My goal with Indiecan International, as with Red Water Entertainment, is to help independent filmmakers and marginalized voices get as much exposure and eyeballs on their stories as possible,” he explained.
The first titles on...
- 2/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
It's been 13 years since the release of James Cameron's "Avatar," and about that much time has likewise passed in the film's fictional timeline. In the new sequel, "Avatar: The Way of Water," Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), blissfully living life on the planet Pandora, are now parents of four children. Jake hasn't grown out of being a hard-headed Marine jarhead, and he has been raising his kids as an ersatz military unit. His kids call him "sir." When the family finds themselves hunted by invading humans, they have to move to a faraway archipelago and seek to protection of a water-dwelling Na'vi tribe. It's here that Jake's usefulness as a parent begins to wither, and the drama passes into the hands of his kids. "The Way of Water" is just as much about teens finding their agency in a watery paradise as it is its action.
- 12/14/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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Robert Downey Jr. still gets emotional watching Sr.
“I shouldn’t have watched the last 20 minutes, I can’t handle it,” the superstar actor and producer said Sunday upon taking the stage for a post-screening Q&a inside the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles. After wiping away tears, Downey Jr. sat opposite producer-wife Susan Downey for a conversation about their Netflix documentary about his filmmaker father, Robert Downey Sr., that was moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards Scott Feinberg.
Downey Jr. wasn’t alone in feeling overwhelmed with emotion. In the final moments of the Chris Smith-directed film, much sniffling could be heard inside the theater where celebrity guests like Tom Holland, Zendaya, Adrien Brody and Oscar winner Travon Free also took in the screening. But Downey Jr. was quick to point out that the filmmakers didn...
Robert Downey Jr. still gets emotional watching Sr.
“I shouldn’t have watched the last 20 minutes, I can’t handle it,” the superstar actor and producer said Sunday upon taking the stage for a post-screening Q&a inside the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles. After wiping away tears, Downey Jr. sat opposite producer-wife Susan Downey for a conversation about their Netflix documentary about his filmmaker father, Robert Downey Sr., that was moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards Scott Feinberg.
Downey Jr. wasn’t alone in feeling overwhelmed with emotion. In the final moments of the Chris Smith-directed film, much sniffling could be heard inside the theater where celebrity guests like Tom Holland, Zendaya, Adrien Brody and Oscar winner Travon Free also took in the screening. But Downey Jr. was quick to point out that the filmmakers didn...
- 12/13/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As 2022 draws to a close, critics and publications round up their favorite films from the year to rank for their annual top 10 lists. But does anybody do it better than John Waters. Sure, the subversive filmmaker isn’t one to choose the usual run-of-the-mill, awards-season contenders like some others. But that’s why we love him! Water has always been unapologetic about being himself and totally unafraid to boast his opinions, no matter how unpopular or eccentric they may be.
Continue reading John Waters’ Top 10 Films Of 2022 List Includes Two François Ozon Films, ‘Bones And All,’ ‘Eo,’ & Quentin Dupieux’s Latest at The Playlist.
Continue reading John Waters’ Top 10 Films Of 2022 List Includes Two François Ozon Films, ‘Bones And All,’ ‘Eo,’ & Quentin Dupieux’s Latest at The Playlist.
- 12/1/2022
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
After almost two decades away, John Waters is returning to directing.
Acclaimed cult filmmaker Waters will write and direct the adaptation of his novel “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance,” as Deadline first reported. Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned the novel, with Steve Rabineau producing.
Waters most recently helmed “A Dirty Shame” in 2004.
“‘Liarmouth’ is the craziest thing I’ve written in a while so maybe it’s fitting that my novel was shocking enough to jumpstart the engine of my film career,” Waters said. “Thrilled to be back in the movie business, hopefully to spread demented joy to adventuresome moviegoers around the world.”
“Liarmouth” follows con artist Marsha Sprinkle, who is described as “a suitcase thief, scammer, and master of disguise. Dogs and children hate her. Her own family wants her dead. She’s smart, she’s desperate, she’s disturbed, and she’s on the run with a big chip on her shoulder.
Acclaimed cult filmmaker Waters will write and direct the adaptation of his novel “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance,” as Deadline first reported. Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned the novel, with Steve Rabineau producing.
Waters most recently helmed “A Dirty Shame” in 2004.
“‘Liarmouth’ is the craziest thing I’ve written in a while so maybe it’s fitting that my novel was shocking enough to jumpstart the engine of my film career,” Waters said. “Thrilled to be back in the movie business, hopefully to spread demented joy to adventuresome moviegoers around the world.”
“Liarmouth” follows con artist Marsha Sprinkle, who is described as “a suitcase thief, scammer, and master of disguise. Dogs and children hate her. Her own family wants her dead. She’s smart, she’s desperate, she’s disturbed, and she’s on the run with a big chip on her shoulder.
- 10/6/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Pink Floyd’s co-founder is afraid of Ukraine.
In a testy new interview with Rolling Stone, Roger Waters sounds off once again about Russia’s invasion, and claims he’s on a Ukrainian “kill list.”
Read More: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Has Poland Gigs Cancelled Over Stance On Ukraine War
Waters has frequently called into question the Ukrainian narrative of the war, and in the interview reacts to the assertion that it is, in fact, Russia’s narrative that is filled with lies.
“Maybe…” the artist responds. “Don’t forget, I’m on a kill list that is supported by the Ukrainian government. I’m on the f**king list, and they’ve killed people recently.… But when they kill you, they write ‘liquidated’ across your picture. Well, I’m one of those f**king pictures.”
It is true that Waters’ name has been placed on a list created by a far-right Ukrainian organization,...
In a testy new interview with Rolling Stone, Roger Waters sounds off once again about Russia’s invasion, and claims he’s on a Ukrainian “kill list.”
Read More: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Has Poland Gigs Cancelled Over Stance On Ukraine War
Waters has frequently called into question the Ukrainian narrative of the war, and in the interview reacts to the assertion that it is, in fact, Russia’s narrative that is filled with lies.
“Maybe…” the artist responds. “Don’t forget, I’m on a kill list that is supported by the Ukrainian government. I’m on the f**king list, and they’ve killed people recently.… But when they kill you, they write ‘liquidated’ across your picture. Well, I’m one of those f**king pictures.”
It is true that Waters’ name has been placed on a list created by a far-right Ukrainian organization,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Most cheerful movies don’t open with their protagonist in a coma, narrating the events from their hospital bed. But in a fortunate reversal, director Matt Smukler’s “Wildflower” mostly grows from there, into a sweet yet straightforward coming of age drama.
“Wildflower” stars Kiernan Shipka (“Swimming With Sharks”) as Bambi, who prefers to be called “Bea” because her parents named her after a cartoon character. Those parents, Sharon (Samantha Hyde) and Derek, are both intellectually disabled, but living independently in their own house, keeping their family afloat through positive attitudes, good-natured religion and working class stick-to-itiveness.
As we learn from Bea’s flashbacks — in scenes she couldn’t possibly have witnessed or heard about from her parents — Sharon and Derek’s romance was easy for them, but difficult for their own families. Jean Smart and Brad Garrett play Sharon’s mother and father, and Jacki Weaver plays Derek’s mother,...
“Wildflower” stars Kiernan Shipka (“Swimming With Sharks”) as Bambi, who prefers to be called “Bea” because her parents named her after a cartoon character. Those parents, Sharon (Samantha Hyde) and Derek, are both intellectually disabled, but living independently in their own house, keeping their family afloat through positive attitudes, good-natured religion and working class stick-to-itiveness.
As we learn from Bea’s flashbacks — in scenes she couldn’t possibly have witnessed or heard about from her parents — Sharon and Derek’s romance was easy for them, but difficult for their own families. Jean Smart and Brad Garrett play Sharon’s mother and father, and Jacki Weaver plays Derek’s mother,...
- 9/17/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci)
Most writing on Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci‘s April and the Extraordinary World speaks as though they’ve adapted one of revered Frenchman Jacques Tardi‘s graphic novels. This isn’t quite the case. What they’ve actually done is bring his unique “universe” to life with help from previous collaborator Benjamin Legrand (writer of...
April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci)
Most writing on Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci‘s April and the Extraordinary World speaks as though they’ve adapted one of revered Frenchman Jacques Tardi‘s graphic novels. This isn’t quite the case. What they’ve actually done is bring his unique “universe” to life with help from previous collaborator Benjamin Legrand (writer of...
- 7/22/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
• only 22% of 2015’s movies had female protagonists
• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)
• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...
• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)
• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...
- 4/11/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A full course meal always tastes better while watching Friday the 13th, am I right? The 1980 slasher film will be shown at Nitehawk Cinema with dinner provided by The Meat Hook. Also in this round-up: mid-season marathon details for From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series Season 2 and the New York City premiere of Old 37.
Friday the 13th Film Feast: Directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Friday the 13th stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon.
"Ticket Price: $75
Format: Dcp
Language: English
Age Policy: 21 and Up
A killer’s on the loose at Nitehawk Cinema and he’s serving up a multi-course dinner of fresh meat from The Meat Hook for a special Film Feast presentation of Friday The 13th.
Things don’t go so well for the reopening of Camp Crystal Lake as the new counselors are stalked and slashed…but by whom? As the...
Friday the 13th Film Feast: Directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Friday the 13th stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon.
"Ticket Price: $75
Format: Dcp
Language: English
Age Policy: 21 and Up
A killer’s on the loose at Nitehawk Cinema and he’s serving up a multi-course dinner of fresh meat from The Meat Hook for a special Film Feast presentation of Friday The 13th.
Things don’t go so well for the reopening of Camp Crystal Lake as the new counselors are stalked and slashed…but by whom? As the...
- 9/30/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Photo: Screen Actors Guild It's the first major industry award show of the year as the media has weighed in with their thoughts at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, but tonight the Screen Actors Guild announce the winners of the 2015 SAG Awards and Laremy and I are back at the helm, live-blogging the awards just as we did with the Golden Globes. As far as the current awards race is concerned, with Birdman winning the Producers Guild Awards last night, all eyes will be on the ensemble category as Boyhood will be looking to gain back that edge and remain the Oscar frontrunner. However, should Birdman take tonight's top prize don't be surprised to see Birdman swing into that top spot in my Best Picture predictions. We'll see how things turn out... You can check out the full list of feature film nominees right here and we'll be...
- 1/25/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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