Coinciding with
the release of a new documentary about the director from Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow, the SIFF Film Center is playing a mini-retrospective of Brian De Palma's films this weekend, June 24 - 26.
The times, rather, are surreal and thus it feels fitting that the achievements and influence of the surrealists should be especially visible in the UK in the past year: in the reassessment of artists such as Penny Slinger (with
the release of a new documentary, Out of the Shadows); in the Royal Academy of Art's inspired «Dalí / Duchamp» exhibition and in White Cube's warmly received summer show, «Dreamers Awake».
Nasheed, who in February was forced to resign his presidency, is visiting the U.S. to meet with government officials as well as to push for climate action during
the release of a new documentary film about his presidency, entitled The Island President.
Not exact matches
And they're gearing up for the
release of a
new album and a
documentary about the band.
A
new documentary film will be
released this August on Williams, telling the remarkable story
of one
of F1's oldest and most successful teams — which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
By now many
of you have seen this eye - catching poster for a
new documentary film
released last week, «Fed Up:» You can click on the photo to enlarge it, but the caption above the «FU» reads «Congress says pizza is a vegetable,» which harkens... [Continue reading]
By now many
of you have seen this eye - catching poster for a
new documentary film
released last week, «Fed Up:»
(CNN)- The mainstream media made it a mission to destroy the vice presidential candidacy
of Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor says in a
new documentary released Monday.
The Synthetic Biology Project has
released a
new documentary on the growth
of do - it - yourself biology (DIYbio) as seen through a community DIYbio lab in Baltimore, MD..
Rochelle and Lee chat about some
of the key
new releases of this month, including Steven Soderbergh's hillbilly heist Logan Lucky (02:04), Luc Besson's sci - fi epic Valerian and the City
of a Thousand Planets (08:21), Claire Denis's comedic drama Let Sunshine In (13:39), and Agnès Varda's rural France road trip
documentary Faces Places (18:26).
The Titanic Blu - ray 3D
release is a four disc package highlighted by a really nice
new transfer
of the movie and a couple brand
new feature length
documentaries.
In the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published three reviews
of mine —
of two movies just
released and one brand -
new Criterion Collection Blu - ray disc — plus one interview, with director Gillian Armstrong (whose latest
documentary, Women He's Undressed, was one
of my reviews).
EXTRAS: The Criterion
release features hours
of new bonus material, including an audio commentary by writer / director Richard Linklater and various cast and crew, a making -
of documentary, a Q&A with Linklater and actors Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, a video essay by film critic Michael Koresky and much more.
Ahead
of its UK
release next month, a
new poster has arrived online for Michael Moore's latest
documentary Where to Invade Next; check it out here... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Where to Invade Next Academy Award ® - winning director Michael Moore is back with WHERE TO INVADE NEXT: a provocative and hilarious comedy in which Moore will stop -LSB-...]
Release: Thursday, April 13, 2017 (ESPN) → ESPN (re-air) Directed by: Jonathan Hock As someone who spent his college days getting lost amidst the sea
of brilliant orange and bright white on Rocky Top Tennessee, I'm about to admit something that could very well lose me some friends: this
documentary gave me a
new appreciation for Kentucky basketball.
A first look image has been
released from Cobain: Montage
of Heck, the
new fully authorised
documentary on Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, which is executive produced by Frances Bean Cobain and directed by Brett Morgen...
Home Video Notes: The Breakfast Club
Release Date: 2 January 2018 Criterion
releases The Breakfast Club on home video (Blu - ray) with the following extras: - Audio commentary from 2015 featuring actors Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson -
New interviews with actors Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy -
New video essay featuring director John Hughes's production notes, read by Nelson -
Documentary from 2015 featuring interviews with cast and crew - 50 minutes
of never - before - seen deleted and extended scenes - Rare promotional and archival interviews and footage - Excerpts from a 1985 American Film Institute seminar with Hughes 1999 radio interview with Hughes - Segment from a 1985 episode
of NBC's Today show featuring the film's cast - Audio interview with Molly Ringwald from a 2014 episode
of This American Life - Trailer - PLUS: An essay by critic David Kamp
Goldstein's most recent filmmaking credits include Les Rues de Mean Streets, a short
documentary on the
New York neighborhoood where director Martin Scorsese grew up, created for the French Blu - ray
release of Mean Streets; and In the Footsteps
of Speedy, a critically - acclaimed 30 - minute
documentary on the making
of Harold Lloyd's 1928 silent comedy Speedy, commissioned by the Criterion Collection.
Ahead
of its UK
release next month, a
new poster has arrived online for Michael Moore's latest
documentary Where to Invade Next; check it out here...
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray
release includes both versions
of the film (the 1986 theatrical cut and the 1991 special edition), as well as an audio commentary by director James Cameron and various cast and crew, the making -
of documentary «Superior Firepower,» deleted scenes, pre-production galleries and an all -
new featurette (only available online) about the movie's origins.
Features commentary by film scholar Dana Polan, a
new interview with Gloria Grahame biographer Vincent Curcio, a 20 - minute piece with filmmaker Curtis Hanson produced for the 2002 DVD
release, a condensed version
of the 1975
documentary I'm a Stranger Here Myself (this runs about 40 minutes), and the radio adaptation
of the original novel produced for «Suspense» in 1948, plus a fold - out booklet with an essay by Imogen Sara Smith.
The theatrical version and the Director's Cut are included, along with the previously
released bonus features, a
new documentary, a 1996 short film by director Richard Kelly, a hardcover book, and some pieces
of art printed on cardstock, found inside an envelope marked «Roberta Sparrow.»
Coming four years after the film's
release on HD DVD, that Blu - ray carries twice the list price
of the
new DVD and its centerpiece supplement, a feature - length
documentary, is irrationally and frustratingly kept exclusive to it.
A
new documentary on the making
of Pokken Tournament has revealed that the game could be
released in the United States eventually.
A
new two - hour version
of the definitive 2016
documentary on the making
of Fright Night, focusing on the first film, created exclusively for this
release
Having announced over 1,000 hours
of new original programming this year, the first lot
of releases includes mysteries, crime thrillers, war and sex
documentaries.
New Line Cinema's
documentary chronicling the heroics
of cancer survivor Miles Scott and the support he received from the San Francisco community will be out on June 26th before expanding to a wider
release in July.
This
newest release boasts an absolutely gorgeous HD picture and pristine audio, and the Blu - ray disc is stuffed chock full
of extras, which are well worth your time to explore (some
of which carry over from previous DVD
releases of the movie); these include a duo
of audio commentaries as well as the usual making -
of documentaries and a couple
of new featurettes — enough to lose yourself in for a solid couple
of hours.
Warner's
newest release of the film offers a behind - the - scenes featurette shot during the making
of the movie, along with a longer
documentary complete with comments from the Wonka kids as adults.
The news
of the big screen
release comes as BBC Worldwide announces plans to co-produce a
new documentary feature film with Chinese media company SMG Pictures.
We also get some interview / onstage footage
of Andersson in
New York in September
of 2009 (speaking English this time), a short
documentary on Andersson, a very cool little featurette on the movie's sets, 15 minutes
of clips from earlier Andersson films (including his great Songs from the Second Floor), and a bunch
of trailers for other Palisades Tartan
releases.
Here are 3 recent reviews
of mine for Hammer to Nail: I Am Not Your Negro, a
new documentary (just nominated for an Academy Award) about James Baldwin; Landfill Harmonic, a
documentary about children making music on instruments fashioned out
of recycled trash; and the Criterion Collection's
new Blu - ray
release of Noah Baumbach's breakout third feature, The Squid and the Whale, about a family's dissolution in the wake
of the parents» divorce.
Over the past week or so, I had the following film pieces posted at Hammer to Nail: reviews
of Criterion Blu - rays
of Multiple Maniacs and Women on the Verge
of a Nervous Breakdown; reviews
of new theatrical
releases Lucky and We're Still Together; and a two - part interview with director Peter Bratt and subject Dolores Huerta,
of the
new documentary Dolores (reviewed earlier).
Given that the score
of Breakfast at Tiffany's — especially the signature «Moon River» tune — is as iconic as Hepburn's character
of Holly Golightly, it's rather surprising that only in the
new DVD
release is there a
documentary featurette focusing solely on composer Henry Mancini and his indelible and enduring contribution to this film and the movie music world in general.
More
New Releases: «The Red Pill,»
documentary about the Men's Rights Movement and gender equality in America; «Banking on Bitcoin,» a
documentary about the impact
of the cryptocurrency / payment system; and «Incarnate,» about a scientist confronting a demon inhabiting a little boy, starring Aaron Eckhart and Carice van Houten.
More
New Releases: «Woodshock,» about a woman who falls deeper into paranoia after taking a deadly drug, starring Kirsten Dunst; «Acts
of Vengeance,» about a lawyer who transforms his body and takes a vow
of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge, starring Antonio Banderas; and «The Defiant Ones,»
documentary about the partnership and cultural influence
of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre.
To get fans ready for this superhero adventure, the X-Men Movies Twitter page has
released a
new Mutant viral video, which is presented as an ad for a faux
documentary series that explores the history
of En Sabbah Nur, a.k.a Apocalypse.
This month Facets Video — the DVD -
releasing arm
of Facets Multimedia — launches a
new series
of Chicago - centric
documentaries, all made between the 1960s and the 1980s and restored courtesy
of grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
, Ebert Gets His Voice Back 45:23 — Review: Cop Out 1:07:15 — Other Stuff We Watched: An Education, Michael Jackson's This Is It, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Wrong Side
of Town, Anchorman, The Crazies, Bronson 1:30:37 — Junk Mail:
New FJ Remix, Favourite Franchise,
Documentary Villains, Larry Cohen / Tobe Hooper Recommendations, Canadian Multiplexes, Walk Hard, How We Watch What We Watch, Favourite DPs 1:59:40 — This Week's DVD
Releases 2:01:24 — Outro
Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number
of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait
of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise
documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait
of the troubling history
of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first
documentary to open the
New York Film Festival).
This definitive
release recycles Altman's excellent DVD commentary and adds enticing
new features, such as a rare - for - Criterion retrospective
documentary where the likes
of actors Rene Auberjonois and Keith Carradine reflect on the film's production and its cultural moment.
Abramorama will bow veteran
documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld's Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary in limited release ahead of a slow roll - out around the country and Music Box Films is taking Cynthia Nixon's portrayal of Emily Dickinson in A Quite Passion to two New York theaters before an
documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld's Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane
Documentary in limited release ahead of a slow roll - out around the country and Music Box Films is taking Cynthia Nixon's portrayal of Emily Dickinson in A Quite Passion to two New York theaters before an
Documentary in limited
release ahead
of a slow roll - out around the country and Music Box Films is taking Cynthia Nixon's portrayal
of Emily Dickinson in A Quite Passion to two
New York theaters before an expansion.
Noah Baumbach (Mistress in America) and Jake Paltrow's (The Good Night) acclaimed
documentary De Palma — which explores the life and work
of the legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma — is set for
release here in the UK next week, and StudioCanal has debuted a
new poster and trailer for the film; check them out -LSB-...]
The eminent primatologist was speaking about the highlights
of Disneynature's
new documentary film «Born In China»,
released in the U.S. on April 21st.
This week's home video
releases include a Bruce Willis action flick, a
new entry to the «Saw» franchise and Drew Barrymore's first feature as a director, but it's a
documentary about late pop star Michael Jackson that leads the pack in terms
of both quality and stature.
Give thanks to the late Jerry Harvey, who disinterred Cooper's work and showed it on his legendary Z Channel in the 1980s; to Xan Cassavetes, who drew attention to Overlord in her 2004
documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession; to the programmers
of the Telluride Film Festival, who screened a
new print that same year; and to Janus Films, which finally gave Overlord its long - overdue American theatrical
release.
EXTRAS: Criterion has packed this
release with a treasure trove
of bonus material, including a cast and crew commentary, a brand
new behind - the - scenes featurette, Walter Shenson's 1994 making -
of documentary, the 2002
documentary «Things They Said Today» and much more.
Yesterday, a
new film poster and a
documentary called «The Road To The Grandmasters» were also
released for the audience to get an understanding
of the production.
27:35 — Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1:04:15 — Review: Young Adult 1:31:20 — Trailer Trash: Moonrise Kingdom 1:38:00 — Top 5: Most Anticipated Movies
of 2012 1:47:50 — Other Stuff We Watched: A Dangerous Method, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Sweet Genius, Winter Wipeout, Rob, The Innkeepers, Boogie Nights, Branded to Kill, The Fifth Element, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Contagion, Modern Life, Moneyball, The Town, X-Men: First Class, Paradise Lost 3, Dumbo, The Russia House, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Merantau, The Wire 2:25:00 — Junk Mail: Top Actors and Actresses
of 2011, Books vs. Film Adaptations, DVD Organization for Mini-series, Family Films Passed Down from Parents, Why Jay Directed a
Documentary, Technical Glitches in
Documentaries, Charlie Day is the
New Bobcat Goldthwaite 2:50:30 — This Week's DVD
Releases 2:52:00 — Outro
Called The Stand - Up Years 1964 - 1968, it collects the three stand - up albums Allen
released in the 60s, with some
new bonus features courtesy
of Robert Weide, director
of Woody Allen A
Documentary.