Matt Tyrnauer: "When you start to drill down into important moments in American history and really understand them and try to organise them in a way as this film does, where an audience can comprehend them and really connect with them, you realise how little we're taught." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second half of my conversation with Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor; Citizen Jane: Battle For The City; Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood; Studio 54 on Ian Schrager) on his latest documentary Where's My Roy Cohn? we discussed what George McGovern told him about the 'Big Lie', how Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper, Ronald Reagan and others were used during 'The Blacklist', and Joseph Welsh's historic response during the Army-McCarthy hearings and Welsh's role in Otto Preminger's Anatomy Of A Murder, starring James Stewart, Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara.
Matt Tyrnauer: "In the post-war period in this country,...
In the second half of my conversation with Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor; Citizen Jane: Battle For The City; Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood; Studio 54 on Ian Schrager) on his latest documentary Where's My Roy Cohn? we discussed what George McGovern told him about the 'Big Lie', how Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper, Ronald Reagan and others were used during 'The Blacklist', and Joseph Welsh's historic response during the Army-McCarthy hearings and Welsh's role in Otto Preminger's Anatomy Of A Murder, starring James Stewart, Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara.
Matt Tyrnauer: "In the post-war period in this country,...
- 10/2/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Matt Tyrnauer on Norma Kamali in Studio 54: "She looks extraordinary and she's articulate and so real and was very open and had great insights." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
There is only one filmmaker who has documented Valentino Garavani (Valentino: The Last Emperor), Scotty Bowers (Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood), Jane Jacobs (Citizen Jane: Battle For The City) and Ian Schrager (Studio 54). In the second half of my conversation with Matt Tyrnauer, we discuss those films, the work of cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, Michael Jackson, Ron Galella, a Steve Rubell - Roy Cohn connection, and why he choose not to interview Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross and Sylvester Stallone for Studio 54.
By "total coincidence", Matt Tyrnauer had seen The Lifespan Of A Fact, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale at Studio 54, the evening before we met at Kino Lorber.
Matt Tyrnauer on Valentino Garavani with Giancarlo Giammetti...
There is only one filmmaker who has documented Valentino Garavani (Valentino: The Last Emperor), Scotty Bowers (Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood), Jane Jacobs (Citizen Jane: Battle For The City) and Ian Schrager (Studio 54). In the second half of my conversation with Matt Tyrnauer, we discuss those films, the work of cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, Michael Jackson, Ron Galella, a Steve Rubell - Roy Cohn connection, and why he choose not to interview Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross and Sylvester Stallone for Studio 54.
By "total coincidence", Matt Tyrnauer had seen The Lifespan Of A Fact, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale at Studio 54, the evening before we met at Kino Lorber.
Matt Tyrnauer on Valentino Garavani with Giancarlo Giammetti...
- 10/25/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In the past few years, Matt Tyrnauer has made it his stock-in-trade to pry into the seamy undersides of glitz and glamour — and all the sexy secrets that go along. Earlier this year, his documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood attempted to shock and awe with the tales of Scotty Bowers, legendary “pimp to the stars,” and his potentially scandalous conquests of famous men and women. He also delved into the backstory of fashion royalty with Valentino: The Last Emperor. But let’s not forget he also gave...
- 10/5/2018
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol, and Halston at Studio 54: "The rest of the world sees it as a triumph and a golden age of something that was a kind of paradise lost."
Matt Tyrnauer, the director of Valentino: The Last Emperor, Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood, and Citizen Jane: Battle For The City (a 2016 Doc NYC highlight and the opening night selection) joined me for a conversation on his latest documentary Studio 54. I came down from Lincoln Center, following the 56th New York Film Festival morning screening for High Life and press conference with Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson to meet him at the offices of Kino Lorber.
Anthony Haden-Guest, author of The Last Days Of Disco (not Whit Stillman's film), is seen commenting on the crowd outside of Studio 54: "It's like the damned looking into paradise." Ian Schrager "the Greta Garbo...
Matt Tyrnauer, the director of Valentino: The Last Emperor, Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood, and Citizen Jane: Battle For The City (a 2016 Doc NYC highlight and the opening night selection) joined me for a conversation on his latest documentary Studio 54. I came down from Lincoln Center, following the 56th New York Film Festival morning screening for High Life and press conference with Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson to meet him at the offices of Kino Lorber.
Anthony Haden-Guest, author of The Last Days Of Disco (not Whit Stillman's film), is seen commenting on the crowd outside of Studio 54: "It's like the damned looking into paradise." Ian Schrager "the Greta Garbo...
- 10/3/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Altimeter Films is in production on Don’t Mess With Roy Cohn, a documentary that explores the long-range impact of Roy Cohn and makes the case that Cohn’s polarizing strategies set the stage for the rise of President Donald Trump. Pic covers Cohn’s early days as right-hand man to Senator Joseph McCarthy to his growth into the quintessential New York City power broker and attorney for myriad clients that included the future U.S. president. The film contextualizes Cohn’s influence on American politics, since the 1950s. As a recent Vanity Fair story by docu producer Marie Brenner posits: “Donald Trump and Roy Cohn’s ruthless symbiosis changed America.”
The film’s directed by Matt Tyrnauer and produced by Tyrnauer and Corey Reeser’s Altimeter Films, and Brenner, in association with Wavelength Productions. Lyn Lear, Jenifer Westphal, Lynn Pincus, Ernest Pomerantz, and Elliott Sernel are exec producers...
The film’s directed by Matt Tyrnauer and produced by Tyrnauer and Corey Reeser’s Altimeter Films, and Brenner, in association with Wavelength Productions. Lyn Lear, Jenifer Westphal, Lynn Pincus, Ernest Pomerantz, and Elliott Sernel are exec producers...
- 6/29/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve all heard the rumors, but one man was there to witness it all. Old Hollywood stars had squeaky-clean images, but in reality their lives were just as real and raunchy as the stars of today. The latest documentary from Matt Tyrnauer (“Valentino: The Last Emperor”) is a profile of the wild life of Scotty Bowers, often described as “pimp to the stars.” Using Bowers’ 2012 memoir “Full Service” as a jumping-off point, Tyrnauer reveals the plethora of same-sex love affairs and wild orgies had by Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and more — all facilitated by Bowers.
“That’s what we call business, baby!” Bowers says in a recently released trailer for the film, which promises to go beyond the gossip to show the humanity. A handsome ex-Marine, Bowers came to Los Angeles and immediately caught the eye of many of the town’s queer customers at the gas...
“That’s what we call business, baby!” Bowers says in a recently released trailer for the film, which promises to go beyond the gossip to show the humanity. A handsome ex-Marine, Bowers came to Los Angeles and immediately caught the eye of many of the town’s queer customers at the gas...
- 6/15/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have acquired the U.S. rights to Matt Tyrnauer’s “Studio 54,” it was announced Monday.
The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and also recently played at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. The deal was finalized during the Cannes Film Festival with A&E IndieFilms.
Tyrnauer produced “Studio 54” with Altimeter Films partner Corey Reeser and Passion Pictures’ John Battsek. Executive producers are A&E’s Molly Thompson, Robert Sharenow and Elaine Frontain Bryant alongside Andrew Ruhemann at Passion Pictures.
Also Read: Director Matt Tyrnauer on the Untold Story of 'Studio 54' (Video)
The film tells the story of Studio 54, a nightclub that was only open for 33 months in the late 1970s in New York City. Using footage and stills, Tyrnauer takes audiences through the historic rise and fall of the club.
Tyrnauer previously directed “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,...
The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and also recently played at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. The deal was finalized during the Cannes Film Festival with A&E IndieFilms.
Tyrnauer produced “Studio 54” with Altimeter Films partner Corey Reeser and Passion Pictures’ John Battsek. Executive producers are A&E’s Molly Thompson, Robert Sharenow and Elaine Frontain Bryant alongside Andrew Ruhemann at Passion Pictures.
Also Read: Director Matt Tyrnauer on the Untold Story of 'Studio 54' (Video)
The film tells the story of Studio 54, a nightclub that was only open for 33 months in the late 1970s in New York City. Using footage and stills, Tyrnauer takes audiences through the historic rise and fall of the club.
Tyrnauer previously directed “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,...
- 5/21/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have picked up U.S. rights for Matt Tyrnauer’s “Studio 54,” a documentary about the club that was at the epicenter of New York city nightlife in the 1970s.
The deal between Kino Lorber and A&E IndieFilms, the company that produced the film, was finalized during Cannes Film Festival. “Studio 54” will be released in theaters in the fall of 2018. The companies are planning to campaign the film for Academy Awards consideration.
Tyrnauer, a Vanity Fair editor-at-large turned filmmaker, previously directed “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,” and “Scotty and the Secret of Hollywood.” He’s shown a knack for getting under the skins of iconoclasts and myth-makers. He hit pay dirt with Steve Rubell, the flamboyant outer-bourough social-climber who created the ultimate playground for the rich and glamorous with his partner co-owner Ian Schrager. Over the course of a mere 33 months,...
The deal between Kino Lorber and A&E IndieFilms, the company that produced the film, was finalized during Cannes Film Festival. “Studio 54” will be released in theaters in the fall of 2018. The companies are planning to campaign the film for Academy Awards consideration.
Tyrnauer, a Vanity Fair editor-at-large turned filmmaker, previously directed “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,” and “Scotty and the Secret of Hollywood.” He’s shown a knack for getting under the skins of iconoclasts and myth-makers. He hit pay dirt with Steve Rubell, the flamboyant outer-bourough social-climber who created the ultimate playground for the rich and glamorous with his partner co-owner Ian Schrager. Over the course of a mere 33 months,...
- 5/21/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
A sprawling yet compact history of the iconic night club, Studio 54 focuses on the club’s founders, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two men who turned a small business throwing balls for rich kids on Long Island into the venue to be during the disco era. Lasting only four years, the converted theater became a theatrical experience all its own. As explained by disco legend and club regular, Nile Rodgers – the models would hang with the gays, the straight guys would show up to meet the models, and the disco (at least in Manhattan) became a rare place of diversity and unity.
Directed by Matt Tyranauer, Studio 54 provides an aerial overview of the club, fittingly concerned more with the battles that took place behind the scenes than those out on stage, – by design, the club was a theatre with participants down below with a dark balcony for voyeurism and other activities.
Directed by Matt Tyranauer, Studio 54 provides an aerial overview of the club, fittingly concerned more with the battles that took place behind the scenes than those out on stage, – by design, the club was a theatre with participants down below with a dark balcony for voyeurism and other activities.
- 5/18/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
After a brief flurry of acquisitions gossip, and Monday’s announcement that A24 co-founder John Hodges will exit the company, A24 and/or Apple “insiders” let it be known that Apple wasn’t going to buy the hot young indie studio. Per Deadline, talks between A24 and Apple “so far appear to only be for partnerships on projects.”
While this deal appears to be a nonstarter, it speaks to the presence of Silicon Valley in Hollywood, and with the independents as well. It’s very likely that Apple will consider film acquisitions, just as A24 will continue to see overtures. But more than ever, it’s the techies who will call the shots.
For decades, six major studios ruled film and television. As studios’ output continues to shrink, with their parent companies increasingly disenchanted with the movie business, it’s likely that the new six will be Amazon, Apple, Disney/Fox/ABC,...
While this deal appears to be a nonstarter, it speaks to the presence of Silicon Valley in Hollywood, and with the independents as well. It’s very likely that Apple will consider film acquisitions, just as A24 will continue to see overtures. But more than ever, it’s the techies who will call the shots.
For decades, six major studios ruled film and television. As studios’ output continues to shrink, with their parent companies increasingly disenchanted with the movie business, it’s likely that the new six will be Amazon, Apple, Disney/Fox/ABC,...
- 3/30/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Feature was produced by John Battsek and Corey Reeser.
UK-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has taken a selection of international sales rights to Studio 54, Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary about the titular New York nightclub famous for excess and exclusivity.
The film, which premiered at Sundance last month, depicts how club owners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell presided over the venue during a celebrated and controversial time in clubbing history.
Dogwoof will handle rights for Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan and will present to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm). Cinetic is handling North America while A+E Networks covers the rest of the world.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film in the UK - theatrical releases are planned for this year.
Tyrnauer’s previous documentaries include Citizen Jane: Battle For The City and Valentino: The Last Emperor.
Studio 54 was produced by John Battsek and Corey Reeser.
UK-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has taken a selection of international sales rights to Studio 54, Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary about the titular New York nightclub famous for excess and exclusivity.
The film, which premiered at Sundance last month, depicts how club owners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell presided over the venue during a celebrated and controversial time in clubbing history.
Dogwoof will handle rights for Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan and will present to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm). Cinetic is handling North America while A+E Networks covers the rest of the world.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film in the UK - theatrical releases are planned for this year.
Tyrnauer’s previous documentaries include Citizen Jane: Battle For The City and Valentino: The Last Emperor.
Studio 54 was produced by John Battsek and Corey Reeser.
- 2/13/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
New York City’s annual Doc NYC festival kicks off this week, including a full-to-bursting slate of some of this year’s most remarkable documentaries. If you’ve been looking to beef up on your documentary consumption, Doc NYC is the perfect chance to check out a wide variety of some of the year’s best fact-based features. Ahead, we pick out 14 of our most anticipated films from the fest, including some awards contenders, a handful of buzzy debuts, and a number of festival favorites. Take a look and start filling up your schedule now.
Doc NYC runs November 9 – 16 in New York City.
“EuroTrump”
Donald Trump may seem like a sui generis figure, a one-of-a-kind monster who was forged in a perfect storm of racism, tweets, and chaos, but history suggests that he’s really just a new breed of an old type. You don’t even have to look...
Doc NYC runs November 9 – 16 in New York City.
“EuroTrump”
Donald Trump may seem like a sui generis figure, a one-of-a-kind monster who was forged in a perfect storm of racism, tweets, and chaos, but history suggests that he’s really just a new breed of an old type. You don’t even have to look...
- 11/7/2017
- by Kate Erbland, David Ehrlich, Jude Dry, Anne Thompson, Chris O'Falt, Michael Nordine and Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. That’s 25 more than 2016. Assuming they all book their qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles, the members of the documentary branch have just a few more weeks to see as many films as possible and file their votes for the shortlist of 15 to be announced in December. They’re each supposed to watch an assigned list of about 20 films, plus as many more as they can.
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. That’s 25 more than 2016. Assuming they all book their qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles, the members of the documentary branch have just a few more weeks to see as many films as possible and file their votes for the shortlist of 15 to be announced in December. They’re each supposed to watch an assigned list of about 20 films, plus as many more as they can.
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Scotty Bowers finally gets his close-up in Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, an engaging look at a man whose role as Hollywood’s “pimp to the stars” was known only to an inner circle until the publication of his book, Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, five years ago. What could have been a merely sensationalistic expose of the private lives of then-closeted screen luminaries instead emerges, in the hands of documentarian Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City), as a nicely filled-out look at different...
- 9/10/2017
- by Todd McCarthy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This weekend, Sundance Selects will open director Matt Tyrnauer's doc Citizen Jane: Battle For the City, with Marisa Tomei voicing the author/activist who fought entrenched power in New York for her vision of urban life. The Orchard, meanwhile, is opening a non-fiction feature, Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent from Lydia Tenaglia. The Tribeca '16 debut has a high-profile ally in the form of Anthony Bourdain who will appear at select weekend Q&As. The weekend is a…...
- 4/21/2017
- Deadline
Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Citizen Jane: Battle For The City, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary that will open the Doc NYC festival tonight. A 2017 release is being eyed for the docu, which had its world premiere at Toronto this year. Citizen Jane chronicles the life and work of author-activist Jane Jacobs, author of The Death And Life Of Great American Cities, and how she changed the way we look at cities and urban living. It details her most dramatic battles…...
- 11/10/2016
- Deadline
The double Oscar winner – in contention again this season for his lead role in Sully – will collect the honour at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on January 2.
Past recipients of the Icon Award include Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall and Meryl Streep. Hanks received the Festival’s Chairman’s Award in 2014.
The star plays the commercial airline pilot Chelsey Sullenberger, whose heroic act saved the lives of everyone on board a stricken Us Airways flight when he landed on the Hudson River off Manhattan in January 2009.
Warner Bros releases the film, which has grossed $123m in North America and $185m worldwide.
monterey media has acquired North American rights from Visit Films to Matthew Saville’s dramedy A Month Of Sundays starring Anthony Lapaglia, Julia Blake, Justine Clarke and John Clarke. The film premiered in Toronto and Monterey plans a January release.Paris-based VOD distributor Under The Milky Way has acquired Red Zeppelin Productions...
Past recipients of the Icon Award include Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall and Meryl Streep. Hanks received the Festival’s Chairman’s Award in 2014.
The star plays the commercial airline pilot Chelsey Sullenberger, whose heroic act saved the lives of everyone on board a stricken Us Airways flight when he landed on the Hudson River off Manhattan in January 2009.
Warner Bros releases the film, which has grossed $123m in North America and $185m worldwide.
monterey media has acquired North American rights from Visit Films to Matthew Saville’s dramedy A Month Of Sundays starring Anthony Lapaglia, Julia Blake, Justine Clarke and John Clarke. The film premiered in Toronto and Monterey plans a January release.Paris-based VOD distributor Under The Milky Way has acquired Red Zeppelin Productions...
- 11/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers at the IFC Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
This year's Doc NYC will open with Valentino: The Last Emperor director Matt Tyrnauer's latest, Citizen Jane: Battle For The City, and close with John Scheinfeld's Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary. Thom Powers and I covered a wide range of films including Dawn Porter's Trapped, Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson, Werner Herzog's Into The Inferno, Roger Ross Williams's Life, Animated, Ben Bowie and Geoff Luck's Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale, Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes and Olivia Neergaard-Holm's David Lynch: The Art Life, Claire Simon's Le Concours, Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson's The Ivory Game, Tom Hanks, John Mayer and Sam Shepard in Doug Nichol's California Typewriter, Lara Stolman's Swim Team, Adam Irving's Off The Rails and scads more when I sat down with the...
This year's Doc NYC will open with Valentino: The Last Emperor director Matt Tyrnauer's latest, Citizen Jane: Battle For The City, and close with John Scheinfeld's Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary. Thom Powers and I covered a wide range of films including Dawn Porter's Trapped, Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson, Werner Herzog's Into The Inferno, Roger Ross Williams's Life, Animated, Ben Bowie and Geoff Luck's Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale, Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes and Olivia Neergaard-Holm's David Lynch: The Art Life, Claire Simon's Le Concours, Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson's The Ivory Game, Tom Hanks, John Mayer and Sam Shepard in Doug Nichol's California Typewriter, Lara Stolman's Swim Team, Adam Irving's Off The Rails and scads more when I sat down with the...
- 11/3/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Suskind family of Life, Animated Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Last year's Doc NYC had ten films in its Short List program make the Oscar Best Documentary shortlist, including Oscar winner Amy, Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse doc, and nominees Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land; Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look Of Silence; Nina Simone in Liz Garbus's What Happened, Miss Simone? and Evgeny Afineevsky's Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom.
Liz Garbus, Morgan Neville and Asif Kapadia Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon's Best Of Enemies; Alex Gibney's Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief; Davis Guggenheim's He Named Me Malala; Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground, and Michael Moore's Where To Invade Next round out the list.
Barbara Kopple's Miss Sharon Jones!; Gianfranco Rosi's Fire At Sea (Fuocoammare); Life, Animated by Roger Ross Williams from the Short List,...
Last year's Doc NYC had ten films in its Short List program make the Oscar Best Documentary shortlist, including Oscar winner Amy, Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse doc, and nominees Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land; Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look Of Silence; Nina Simone in Liz Garbus's What Happened, Miss Simone? and Evgeny Afineevsky's Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom.
Liz Garbus, Morgan Neville and Asif Kapadia Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon's Best Of Enemies; Alex Gibney's Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief; Davis Guggenheim's He Named Me Malala; Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground, and Michael Moore's Where To Invade Next round out the list.
Barbara Kopple's Miss Sharon Jones!; Gianfranco Rosi's Fire At Sea (Fuocoammare); Life, Animated by Roger Ross Williams from the Short List,...
- 10/27/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In a time when it feels like the integrity of urban neighborhoods are constantly at risk, it’s important to look back at history and discover the people who fought to maintain those neighborhoods and keep them out of the hands of power broker and developers. Matt Tyrnauer’s new documentary “Citizen Jane: Battle For The City” explores the life of legendary writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs, who battled to save history New York City neighborhoods from the redevelopment plans of the ruthless Robert Moses in the 1960s.
Read More: Tiff Rounds Out Slate With ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Free Fire,’ ‘The Bad Batch’ and Many More
In 1960, Jacobs’s book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. She singlehandedly helped change the way people look at urban living,...
Read More: Tiff Rounds Out Slate With ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Free Fire,’ ‘The Bad Batch’ and Many More
In 1960, Jacobs’s book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. She singlehandedly helped change the way people look at urban living,...
- 8/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Plus: ‘The Arrival’ to open Fantastic Fest
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has said people should go and see The Birth Of A Nation, the embattled slave revolt drama that has become embroiled in a furore surrounding director and star Nate Parker’s past.
Speaking to TMZ on Thursday, Isaacs said, “I know just by the conversation that has gone on since Sundance that it’s clearly a movie that filmgoers should go and see.”
The executive, who it is understood has not yet seen the film, added: “People need to see the movie and judge the movie.”
Parker recently addressed old rape allegations stemming from his days at Penn State University, for which he was acquitted in 2001.
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi Arrival will open Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest, set to run in Austin, Texas, from September 22-29. Announcing the second wave of programming on Thursday, festival top brass unveiled a roster that includes the Us...
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has said people should go and see The Birth Of A Nation, the embattled slave revolt drama that has become embroiled in a furore surrounding director and star Nate Parker’s past.
Speaking to TMZ on Thursday, Isaacs said, “I know just by the conversation that has gone on since Sundance that it’s clearly a movie that filmgoers should go and see.”
The executive, who it is understood has not yet seen the film, added: “People need to see the movie and judge the movie.”
Parker recently addressed old rape allegations stemming from his days at Penn State University, for which he was acquitted in 2001.
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi Arrival will open Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest, set to run in Austin, Texas, from September 22-29. Announcing the second wave of programming on Thursday, festival top brass unveiled a roster that includes the Us...
- 8/25/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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