As announced by Dominic Cooper and Sophie Turner at BAFTA's London headquarters, this year's nominees constitute some of the top
film artists from the U.K., U.S., and beyond.
Not exact matches
With sales of recorded music withering, the hot idea among record labels was to sign
artists to so - called 360 deals, where a company didn't just release a band's recordings, but promoted the concerts, sold the merchandise, and shared in profits
from websites, fan clubs and
film deals.
Designed by legendary makeup
artist Pat McGrath, the 19 - piece collection features quotes
from the
film that target a beauty audience that may have been there all along — just see Princess Leia's braids.
And whether it be equity, debt or royalty - based structures —
from main street small businesses, to tech startups, to
film producers and
artists — it's fundamentally improving how businesses and individuals raise capital.
From the Cabaret Voltaire to Andy Warhol's Factory, from the silent film comedians to the Beatles, from the first comic - strip artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media than any grouping of the L
From the Cabaret Voltaire to Andy Warhol's Factory,
from the silent film comedians to the Beatles, from the first comic - strip artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media than any grouping of the L
from the silent
film comedians to the Beatles,
from the first comic - strip artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media than any grouping of the L
from the first comic - strip
artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media than any grouping of the Left.
Even after The Disaster
Artist gave his own story and his cult - classic indie
film The Room — largely regarded as the worst movie ever made — new prominence, little is known about where he comes
from or who he truly is.
Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The
Artist); The Keeping Room,
from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe,
filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous
film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.
They also offer special events on Thursday evenings when the museum is free to Illinois residents
from 5 - 8 p.m. Examples of programming include concerts,
film screenings, lectures and
artist conversations.
But all Royal Dick sucking aside, Summerhall is a terrifically cool space, with a fascinating community of international
artists lounging in the courtyard, trolling the hallways, wandering in and out of its nearly 500 rooms (some filled with art, some abandoned, some undecided), playing music, watching
films, hanging
from the ceiling fans, getting naked, and making art in all mediums.
The documentary
film, Lost in Living
from film - maker, Mary Trunk follows four women
artists over seven years as they combine motherhood with their art careers and it will be streaming for free over this Mother's Day weekend (9 - 11 May).
I received some great makeup tips
from Eva Antoniadou, makeup
artist for celebrities,
film and TV recently launched a cruelty - free, vegan makeup line.
In addition to select artifacts
from the 36,000 - object Fort Orange archaeology collection, the exhibition will include
film footage
from the 1970 excavation and information gleaned
from four decades of historical and archaeological research, including renderings of the fort by historical
artist Len Tantillo.
The book, a wide - ranging collection of essays
from artists,
film critics and social analysts as well as doctors, nurses and scientists, has its origins in a women's conference at the University of Kentucky in 1989.
According to the product description on the Marc Jacobs site: «The shot is
from 5 seconds of clips
from the original
film that have been digitally stitched together by
artist Bob Richards.
There are no permanent exhibitions, but
artists from around the world descend on the gallery to show works, which range
from film, photography and paintings to sculpture and sound installations.
Densely woven as its sensory tapestry is, «White Shadow» never feels studied or affected in the way that
films from artists graduating to the medium sometimes can do: There's plenty of room here for observational, seemingly ad hoc asides.
The soundtrack to the Black Panther
film was curated by Kendrick Lamar (and he features on five songs) includes appearances
from such
artists as 2 Chainz, Ab - Soul, Anderson.
I could have done without the bad - boy excesses, which always seem like the mark of his immaturity, but the rest of the
film comes
from a mature and capable
artist.
This becomes the theme of director Lee's
film: The idea that Jackson,
from an early age, had a sense of himself as both an
artist and a commercial force.
Dave Franco plays Greg Sestero, the wide - eyed, unemployed actor Tommy persuades to come to LA with him and be in the
film; The Disaster
Artist is adapted
from Sestero's 2013 memoir of acting in his anti-masterpiece.
From beginning to end, this
film is legit in its portrayal of the
artist as best friend.
As «The Disaster
Artist» progresses, you notice the separation in his performance: Franco allows himself to play into the jokes when Tommy is off - camera, and he rejects all of his comedic instincts when
filming scenes
from «The Room.»
1080p, AVC - encoded transfer for The Disaster
Artist shows off all the polish you'd expect
from a modern studio picture, even one with roots in low - budget indie filmmaking (represented by the windowboxed «footage»
from the fictionalized
filming of The Room.)
Into this season of the Serious Movie, when every other
film seems to speak to the troubled times in which we actually live, the fact - based, yet farcical «The Disaster
Artist» blows like a fresh breeze, throwing open a window through which we may escape, briefly,
from ugly reality.
Find out in this fantastic, rousing
film - but remove all fears of the typical teen - pop covered high school musicals
from your minds, as the songs in this
film are
from legendary
artists like David Bowie, The Beach Boys, ELO, and The Byrds.
But the dazzle of the cast and the targeted in - jokes never take away
from the
film's core messaging about the importance of believing in one's own ability as an
artist.
I see Wiseau as an
artist, and his
film as one made
from a singular vision however many bad choices it may include.
Music by Questlove and Om «Mas Keith, and commentary
from prominent African - American
artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle — including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles — give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and makes the
film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.
Appearently, along with the assassination of Francos character, this is all just and correct, since now its not even about not seperating the art
from the
artist, cryptic tweets
from washed up b - actors saying nothing and the allegations stalkers a former co-founder of your relevant, celebrated
film makes you a abusive predator or guilty by random association.
This
film is a compelling and provocative look at John Lennon's transformation
from beloved musical
artist to anti-war activist to iconic inspiration for peace that also reveals the true story of why and how the U.S. Government tried to silence him.
For many this year, Oscar competition has focused on the family
films «Hugo» and «War Horse,» which have received so much recognition
from the Academy — «Hugo» leads the pack with the most nominations this year (although «The
Artist» and «The Descendants» will offer stiff competition when the envelope is opened for Best Picture on Feb. 26).
The positives: prestige
films from Fox Searchlight's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to The Shape of Water, NEON / 30West's I, Tonya, A24's The Disaster
Artist, Lady Bird and The Florida Project, Sony Pictures Classics» Call Me By Your Name and others have been performing strongly at the box office.
From his early days as a fresh and creative music video director for
artists such as Fatboy Slim, The Beastie Boys, and Björk, Spike Jonze has continued his unique style and original approach with his feature length
films, effectively carving out niche in the
film industry for himself.
They sought inspiration in the era's art, specifically the work of the photo - realists, who painted photographs in a style that is both hyperreal and at one remove
from reality — evoked by the variety of reflecting surfaces seen in the
film — and the op
artists, who deployed contrasting visual elements to create vibrating surface tensions on a single plane.
One of the most prolific
film artists in Hollywood history, the German - born art director Hans Dreier worked on more than five hundred
films from 1919 to 1951, amassing twenty - three Academy Award nominations and three Oscars.
Fans will also hear
from the team of talented visual effects
artists on how they created one of the
film's most exciting scenes in «Attack of the Rhinos!»
Naturally, fans would be able to easily tell the difference between a
film from a studio production and that of a low - budget
film, but as you find out watching The Disaster
Artist, Wiseau's The Room was hardly a micro-budgeted project.
They include an alternate opening of Carol doing an voice exercise with an annoyingly - voiced woman interviewing her in a bookstore, more of and on Dani and Moe's rocky marriage, a scene featuring an accomplished female voiceover
artist (played by Melissa Disney), and a number of additional clips
from the convincing fake reality dating TV show woven throughout the
film,
Theo Taplitz, in a remarkably mature, nuanced feature
film debut, plays Jake, an introverted thirteen - year - old with dreams of being an
artist who moves with this family
from Manhattan to Brooklyn when his father inherits an apartment and a storefront there.
Heading upstairs was the concert of
artists from the
film's soundtrack.
Jafar Panahi's self - portrait of a muzzled
artist banned
from making
films and awaiting his prison term for anti-government propaganda was tellingly smuggled out of his apartment and beyond Iran on a flash drive embedded in a cake.
Then, in the wake of 2017's massive revelations about sexual assault and harassment in the
film industry, Emma, Rochelle and Lee discuss whether it is actually possible to separate the art
from the
artist, and whether it is permissible to enjoy the product of makers who turn out to be monsters (16:14).
Corsicato compiles footage taken
from around Schnabel's home, recent interviews conducted with family and friends, and an assortment of photographs and
film clips spanning the
artist / director's life in an effort to, if one trusts this documentary's title, provide an intimate portrait of Schnabel's psychology as it was generated
from the unusual circumstances of his youth.
For the release of the
film, Reel FX Creative Studios, Relativity Media and Odd City Entertainment teamed up to produce a great screen print
from one of our favorite
artists, Graham Erwin!
They really are about,
from what I've seen so far, supporting up and coming
artists,
artists who have a strong vision and voice and perspective, and they really wan na permeate the
films with those kinds of voices.
The biggest event of its kind in the region, Tidewater Comicon returned to Virginia Beach May 12 - 13, bringing with it many of the iconic creators, writers, and
artists of your favorite comic book heroes and villains, along with actors
from various genre
films and TV shows, uniquely talented vendors, and amazing cosplayers, including Carson Dye, who showed off her stunning Corpse Bride cosplay.
Sharing honors
from the Society Dramatic Authors and Composers, given annually to a French
film in Fortnight, were two very different tales of romantic possibility in Paris: Philippe Garrel's black - and - white «Lover for a Day» («L'Amant d'un Jour»), about a 23 - year - old woman who learns that her father is dating a girl her age, and Claire Denis» «Let the Sunshine In» («Un Beau Soleil Intérieur»), starring Juliette Binoche as a divorced
artist looking for love in many of the wrong places.
And then, there were a decent number of auteurs who appeared at the Cannes Market who should (hopefully) pop up in Venice, such as Lido regular Benoit Jacquot with his adaptation of Don DeLillo's The Body
Artist, apparently retitled Never Ever, while Wim Wenders could be a contender with The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (though he may hold out for Berlin 2017, the same guess we'd wage for a new
film from Volker Schlondorff, Return to Montauk).
Elsewhere on the list are more recent
films and awards season contenders like «The
Artist»
from The Weinstein Company and «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy»
from Focus Features.
As the volatile ex-wife of Javier Bardem's seductive
artist, she stole the
film from her co-stars and provided a suitable match - up to Woody Allen's sparkling dialogue.