If your idea of a laugh riot is a high-school dreamboat being separated from his penis by an axe while treacly ‘80s classic “On the Wings of Love” soars on the soundtrack, then Lisa Frankenstein might be for you. So long as your frame of reference doesn’t go as far back as Edward Scissorhands. Diablo Cody’s screenplay about a maladjusted teen who finds a sense of purpose by bonding with a reanimated corpse delivers enough funny lines to make you want to cut it some slack for a minute. But Zelda Williams’ clunky direction soon stifles that good will as this retro-minded horror-comedy-romance lurches from scene to scene without ever building much steam.
Focus is positioning the release as a Valentine’s Day date movie for young audiences who like a touch of graveyard humor and gore with their canoodling. Maybe they’ll get a kick out of its garish candy colors,...
Focus is positioning the release as a Valentine’s Day date movie for young audiences who like a touch of graveyard humor and gore with their canoodling. Maybe they’ll get a kick out of its garish candy colors,...
- 2/7/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When poet Cleo Wade and Oscar- and Emmy-nominated writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg (The Martian, X-Men: First Class, The 355, Invasion) got engaged in 2019, the evening was enveloped in art.
A few days before Kinberg proposed — at a get-together at their home — their friend, civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson, sent a photo of the couple to artist Brandon Breaux. The artist in turn created a multicolored drawing based on the photo showing the couple in outline. On the night of the engagement, Mckesson also gave postcard-size prints of the work to guests. “They wrote little things on the back and drew on [them]. It was so sweet,” recalls Wade. “It was a cool way of having art be alive.”
The night was a snapshot of the way the pair approach art collecting, with a focus on works that express freedom and joyfulness. “We both really respond to something that looks really free,” says Wade,...
A few days before Kinberg proposed — at a get-together at their home — their friend, civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson, sent a photo of the couple to artist Brandon Breaux. The artist in turn created a multicolored drawing based on the photo showing the couple in outline. On the night of the engagement, Mckesson also gave postcard-size prints of the work to guests. “They wrote little things on the back and drew on [them]. It was so sweet,” recalls Wade. “It was a cool way of having art be alive.”
The night was a snapshot of the way the pair approach art collecting, with a focus on works that express freedom and joyfulness. “We both really respond to something that looks really free,” says Wade,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The father of The Willis Clan, a country music group that once had show on TLC, was arrested on child rape charges Friday, authorities have announced in a statement.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations announced that they began investigating Toby Nathaniel Willis, 46, on Aug. 29, and discovered that he allegedly had a sexual encounter with an underage girl in Nashville about 12 years ago.
Tbi agents say they arrested Willis in Greenville, Kentucky, where he reportedly fled from his home in Ashland City, Tennessee to avoid police. He was charged with one count of rape of a child.
Willis and his family...
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations announced that they began investigating Toby Nathaniel Willis, 46, on Aug. 29, and discovered that he allegedly had a sexual encounter with an underage girl in Nashville about 12 years ago.
Tbi agents say they arrested Willis in Greenville, Kentucky, where he reportedly fled from his home in Ashland City, Tennessee to avoid police. He was charged with one count of rape of a child.
Willis and his family...
- 9/10/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- People.com - TV Watch
The father of The Willis Clan, a country music group that once had show on TLC, was arrested on child rape charges Friday, authorities have announced in a statement. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations announced that they began investigating Toby Nathaniel Willis, 46, on Aug. 29, and discovered that he allegedly had a sexual encounter with an underage girl in Nashville about 12 years ago. Tbi agents say they arrested Willis in Greenville, Kentucky, where he reportedly fled from his home in Ashland City, Tennessee to avoid police. He was charged with one count of rape of a child. Willis and his family...
- 9/10/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- PEOPLE.com
The father of The Willis Clan, a country music group that once had show on TLC, was arrested on child rape charges Friday, authorities have announced in a statement. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations announced that they began investigating Toby Nathaniel Willis, 46, on Aug. 29, and discovered that he allegedly had a sexual encounter with an underage girl in Nashville about 12 years ago. Tbi agents say they arrested Willis in Greenville, Kentucky, where he reportedly fled from his home in Ashland City, Tennessee to avoid police. He was charged with one count of rape of a child. Willis and his family...
- 9/10/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- PEOPLE.com
The Most Crucial Art Documents of the Season
Setting from your Zombie Formalism section. It was an eventful year for craft publishing, with a lot of adjustments while in the scenery, as new guides exposed (including this one), or jumped up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all-the institutional shuffles, what were the suggestions that got people excited? the remaining selection under is clearly an individual one, although I polled peers to attempt to answer that issue. The planet is reflected by it around me, and is weighted towards bits that reflect my own personal spot and my own personal feeling of this year;s troubled features. Regardless, listed below are a number of writing that I think are touchstones of 2014 of the items: Holland Cotter – Sophisticated, New York Times. Jan 17, 2014 It;s a little insane if you ask me that s fretful, condition that is sweeping -of-the-scene part is per year old.
Setting from your Zombie Formalism section. It was an eventful year for craft publishing, with a lot of adjustments while in the scenery, as new guides exposed (including this one), or jumped up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all-the institutional shuffles, what were the suggestions that got people excited? the remaining selection under is clearly an individual one, although I polled peers to attempt to answer that issue. The planet is reflected by it around me, and is weighted towards bits that reflect my own personal spot and my own personal feeling of this year;s troubled features. Regardless, listed below are a number of writing that I think are touchstones of 2014 of the items: Holland Cotter – Sophisticated, New York Times. Jan 17, 2014 It;s a little insane if you ask me that s fretful, condition that is sweeping -of-the-scene part is per year old.
- 3/31/2016
- by toga
- Scott Feinberg
The Main Art Documents of the Year
Environment from the Zombie panel. It had been an eventful year for craft writing, with lots of shifts inside the scenery, as new journals popped (including this 1), or sprang up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all the institutional shuffles, what were the tips that got people excited? I interviewed peers to attempt to answer that problem, but the remaining choice below is obviously a personal one. It displays the entire world and it is weighted towards parts that echo my own personal location and my own feeling of this yr’s struggling qualities. Regardless, listed here are a number of the pieces of publishing that I think are touchstones of 2014: Holland Cotter – Complex, New York Times. Jan 17, 2014 It;s somewhat crazy if you ask me that #039 Cotter&; s fretful, sweeping express -of-the-picture item is already per year old. But it stands here...
Environment from the Zombie panel. It had been an eventful year for craft writing, with lots of shifts inside the scenery, as new journals popped (including this 1), or sprang up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all the institutional shuffles, what were the tips that got people excited? I interviewed peers to attempt to answer that problem, but the remaining choice below is obviously a personal one. It displays the entire world and it is weighted towards parts that echo my own personal location and my own feeling of this yr’s struggling qualities. Regardless, listed here are a number of the pieces of publishing that I think are touchstones of 2014: Holland Cotter – Complex, New York Times. Jan 17, 2014 It;s somewhat crazy if you ask me that #039 Cotter&; s fretful, sweeping express -of-the-picture item is already per year old. But it stands here...
- 3/31/2016
- by toga
- Scott Feinberg
The Most Important Art Essays of the Entire Year
Setting from the Zombie Formalism screen. It had been an eventful year for craft writing, with a lot of changes while in the panorama, as new publications popped (including this 1), or sprang up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all of the institutional shuffles, what were? I polled colleagues to try to answer that concern, nevertheless the final choice below is obviously a personal one. The entire world is reflected by it around me, and it is measured towards pieces that replicate my own area and my own personal feeling of the year’s troubled attributes. Regardless, listed here are some of publishing that I believe are touchstones of 2014 of the items: Holland Cotter, Lost in the Gallery – Sophisticated, & quot York Times. January 17, 2014 It’s a bit nuts tome that state that is sweeping, s fretful -of-the-world piece has already been per year old.
Setting from the Zombie Formalism screen. It had been an eventful year for craft writing, with a lot of changes while in the panorama, as new publications popped (including this 1), or sprang up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all of the institutional shuffles, what were? I polled colleagues to try to answer that concern, nevertheless the final choice below is obviously a personal one. The entire world is reflected by it around me, and it is measured towards pieces that replicate my own area and my own personal feeling of the year’s troubled attributes. Regardless, listed here are some of publishing that I believe are touchstones of 2014 of the items: Holland Cotter, Lost in the Gallery – Sophisticated, & quot York Times. January 17, 2014 It’s a bit nuts tome that state that is sweeping, s fretful -of-the-world piece has already been per year old.
- 3/31/2016
- by toga
- Scott Feinberg
Talk about a "Modern Family"! "Finding Your Roots" host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. dropped that quip on Ty Burrell during last night's Season 3 premiere, "The Stories We Tell." Actor Ty Burrell, political organizer Donna Brazile, and artist Kara Walker all discovered details from their pasts, with the tie of slavery binding their surprising stories.
Kara Walker, whose artwork depicts the horrific legacy of slavery, discovered one of her great-great grandparents was a white man, and Ty Burrell learned that he has black ancestors.
Ty's great-great grandmother, Susannah Weeks (that's her in the pic above), was "a free person of color" who applied, on her own, for The Homestead Act. She traveled from Tennessee to Oregon to start a new life, and pulled it off. Ty was suitably impressed with this "badass" woman who brought his family to Oregon, where the actor was later born.
Through Census records and other documents,...
Kara Walker, whose artwork depicts the horrific legacy of slavery, discovered one of her great-great grandparents was a white man, and Ty Burrell learned that he has black ancestors.
Ty's great-great grandmother, Susannah Weeks (that's her in the pic above), was "a free person of color" who applied, on her own, for The Homestead Act. She traveled from Tennessee to Oregon to start a new life, and pulled it off. Ty was suitably impressed with this "badass" woman who brought his family to Oregon, where the actor was later born.
Through Census records and other documents,...
- 1/6/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Born in Paris and now currently tri-continental, dividing his time between France, the U.S,. and Senegal, artist Alexis Peskine says that the constant theme in his work is questioning “national and racial identity, the black body experience, and universal emotions." With a Master’s Degree in Digital Art from Howard University and an Mfa from Maryland Institute of College of Art, Peskine says that his works, which have been shown in galleries and museums all over the world (including in the U.S, Europe and across Africa) are inspired by the work of Kara Walker, Takashi Murakami, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Banksy. His latest video, "Alana Moons," displays a...
- 12/16/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Patricia Cronin's work has been exhibited in solo shows at the Venice Biennale; Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini Museo; Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University; Brooklyn Museum; and the American Academy in Rome Art Gallery. Her work has been included in group shows NYC 1993: Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star, New Museum; Watch Your Step, Flag Art Foundation; and Sh(out): Contemporary Art and Human Rights, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland. Cronin is the recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and two Pollock Krasner Foundation Grants. She has also received support from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and Anonymous Was A Woman. Cronin's works are in numerous collections including National Gallery of Art, Washington; Perez Art Museum Miami; and the Gallery of Modern Art and Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum in Glasgow. She is the author...
- 10/14/2015
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
The beautiful, giving, loving Melva Bucksbaum died over the weekend in Aspen, Colorado. She was vice-chairwoman of the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as a generous benefactor and board member of numerous museums in this country. With her husband, Raymond J. Learsy, she built the Granary, an exhibition space in Sharon, Connecticut, on a 53-acre property overlooking the Berkshires. There, in 2013, she curated “The Distaff Side,” a stellar exhibition of 100 women artists from the couple’s vast collection of contemporary art. The show, which included Kara Walker, Laurie Simmons, and Rachel Harrison, among others, was as good an exhibition of contemporary art as I've seen in the last few years; one almost didn't even notice the absence of the usual sausage-fest.Bucksbaum was a self-made woman, the child of Russian-immigrant grocery-store owners; she trained herself in art at 9 years old, going on her own to Washington, D.C.
- 8/17/2015
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
One of the more florid and unfashionable forms an artist can use these days is the epic. Of course, no one denies the greatness of Homer, the Mahabharata, Gilgamesh, The Aeneid, Dante, Milton, or Melville. Few would argue with Philip Glass, Francis Ford Coppola, Nan Goldin's Ballad of Sexual Dependency, Kara Walker, and maybe Matthew Barney — though he is often castigated and snickered at for his form. Yet these days, the epic is often the domain of the overblown Hollywood blockbuster sequel, pseudo-intellectual serial television dramas, and multipart books about soft-core porn or young-adult coming-of-age or dying stories. Epics are viewed as overwrought, platitudinous, clichéd, swollen with sincerity and melodrama, a form of eras gone by. Not by me: I love epics for how their authors can claim to be channeling muses and deities who speak through them, recounting stupendous narratives. I love art that attempts to be about...
- 7/15/2015
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
Good things come in twos when it comes to promising news in New York museums. Only two weeks after the enchanted opening of the made-for-art, made-for-artists Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum has announced that its new director will be Anne Pasternak. This is spellbinding news for those in the art world. Long known for her unflagging commitment to art, artists, and activism as the dynamic director since 1994 of Creative Time — the not-for-profit powerhouse that brought us Kara Walker's sugar sphinx last year, among many other spectacular projects — with this appointment Pasternak becomes the first woman to lead one of the very large encyclopedic New York art museums. (Thelma Golden and Holly Block, of course, are doing bang-up work at the Studio Museum of Harlem and the Bronx Museum, respectively. And Laura Raicovich just took over the Queens Museum.)Pasternak is the perfect choice. She’s a dynamo who puts...
- 5/20/2015
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
On Thursday night in Manhattan, Drake sat in a green room at Sotheby’s Upper East Side showroom, leafing through a catalogue. He was here to see “I Like It Like This,” a collection of works by eminent black contemporary artists — Basquiat, Glenn Ligon, Theaster Gates, Kara Walker, and David Hammons among them — curated by the auction house for its S|2 gallery and on view through June 12. There are over 50 pieces included in the show, and the superstar was elated to finally see them in person after spending weeks working on his pro-bono contribution: a tracklist of 21 songs paired with selected sculptures and paintings throughout the space. (Visitors can hear the songs at listening stations adjacent to the works.) Dressed casually in a light blue denim jacket and Timberland boots, he didn't exactly look like one of the auction house's usual denizens, but that’s sort of the point — this...
- 5/8/2015
- by Lauretta Charlton
- Vulture
The latest film from acclaimed cinematographer Arthur Jafa ("Daughters of the Dust," "Crooklyn") is a profound rumination on a single question: “What does it mean to be black in America today?” Jafa interweaves the abstract and the concrete, layering his haunting visuals with spoken responses by artist Kara Walker, filmmaker Charles Burnett, musician Flying Lotus, and more. It screens this afternoon at 4:30pm, March 27, 2015, at the New Voices in Black Cinema Festival, at BAMCinematek in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets can be pre-purchased here: http://www.bam.org/film/2015/dreams-are-colder-than-death “Black people 200 years ago didn’t have a prayer. Beat our skin...
- 3/27/2015
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
Canada’s finest rapper will curate an exhibition at Sotheby’s this spring to highlight the works of prominent contemporary African-American artists, including Kara Walker, Glenn Ligon, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. In case you thought Saukrates was Canada’s finest rapper, that's Aubrey Drake Graham who was tapped, "through a personal connection within Sotheby’s contemporary art department," according to the New York Times. Also, "he is not being paid." (More woes for the 6 God, I guess.) The show goes on view April 28 to June 12 at Sotheby’s headquarters in New York. Just speculating here, but does this mean Drake will perform “Energy” for six hours straight and become a blue-chip buyer? Crazier things have happened.
- 3/19/2015
- by Lauretta Charlton
- Vulture
Opening Night – World Premiere
Gone Girl
David Fincher, USA, 2014, Dcp, 150m
David Fincher’s film version of Gillian Flynn’s phenomenally successful best seller (adapted by the author) is one wild cinematic ride, a perfectly cast and intensely compressed portrait of a recession-era marriage contained within a devastating depiction of celebrity/media culture, shifting gears as smoothly as a Maserati 250F. Ben Affleck is Nick Dunne, whose wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on the day of their fifth anniversary. Neil Patrick Harris is Amy’s old boyfriend Desi, Carrie Coon (who played Honey in Tracy Letts’s acclaimed production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) is Nick’s sister Margo, Kim Dickens (Treme, Friday Night Lights) is Detective Rhonda Boney, and Tyler Perry is Nick’s superstar lawyer Tanner Bolt. At once a grand panoramic vision of middle America, a uniquely disturbing exploration of the fault lines in a marriage,...
Gone Girl
David Fincher, USA, 2014, Dcp, 150m
David Fincher’s film version of Gillian Flynn’s phenomenally successful best seller (adapted by the author) is one wild cinematic ride, a perfectly cast and intensely compressed portrait of a recession-era marriage contained within a devastating depiction of celebrity/media culture, shifting gears as smoothly as a Maserati 250F. Ben Affleck is Nick Dunne, whose wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on the day of their fifth anniversary. Neil Patrick Harris is Amy’s old boyfriend Desi, Carrie Coon (who played Honey in Tracy Letts’s acclaimed production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) is Nick’s sister Margo, Kim Dickens (Treme, Friday Night Lights) is Detective Rhonda Boney, and Tyler Perry is Nick’s superstar lawyer Tanner Bolt. At once a grand panoramic vision of middle America, a uniquely disturbing exploration of the fault lines in a marriage,...
- 8/20/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
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