Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Releases 2021 Lineup
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Hsdff) has released the lineup of films and honorees for its 30th edition, which will take place Oct. 8-16.
The opening night presentation will be a screening of Samuel D. Pollard and Rex Miller’s “Citizen Ashe,” a biographical piece about the tennis player Arthur Ashe. The centerpiece films will be “The Rescue” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, which follows Tham Luang cave rescue, and “Neutral Ground,” C.J. Hunt’s film about the 2015 removal of four Confederate monuments from New Orleans. The festival will close with “Julia,” Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s film about Julia Child.
Pollard will be honored with the Hdsff career achievement award. The impact award will go to Garrett Bradley, director of the 2020 documentary “Time.” This year’s honorary festival chair will be Dawn Hudson, CEO of the Academy...
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Hsdff) has released the lineup of films and honorees for its 30th edition, which will take place Oct. 8-16.
The opening night presentation will be a screening of Samuel D. Pollard and Rex Miller’s “Citizen Ashe,” a biographical piece about the tennis player Arthur Ashe. The centerpiece films will be “The Rescue” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, which follows Tham Luang cave rescue, and “Neutral Ground,” C.J. Hunt’s film about the 2015 removal of four Confederate monuments from New Orleans. The festival will close with “Julia,” Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s film about Julia Child.
Pollard will be honored with the Hdsff career achievement award. The impact award will go to Garrett Bradley, director of the 2020 documentary “Time.” This year’s honorary festival chair will be Dawn Hudson, CEO of the Academy...
- 9/22/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The directorial debuts of actress Robin Wright and musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and a documentary from Edgar Wright will be among the new films screening at the largely virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance organizers announced on Tuesday.
Robin Wright’s “Land,” starring Wright, Demian Bichir and Kim Dickens and set in the Rocky Mountains, will premiere at Sundance in advance of its Feb. 12 release from Focus Features. Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” is a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, which drew 300,000 people in the summer of 1969. Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is about Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who founded the rock band Sparks.
The Sundance lineup, which was revealed in its entirety, will consist of 72 feature films, 50 shorts, four indie episodic series and 14 “new frontier” projects. The films will screen on Sundance’s online platform, with each one having a live online premiere, and also...
Robin Wright’s “Land,” starring Wright, Demian Bichir and Kim Dickens and set in the Rocky Mountains, will premiere at Sundance in advance of its Feb. 12 release from Focus Features. Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” is a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, which drew 300,000 people in the summer of 1969. Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is about Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who founded the rock band Sparks.
The Sundance lineup, which was revealed in its entirety, will consist of 72 feature films, 50 shorts, four indie episodic series and 14 “new frontier” projects. The films will screen on Sundance’s online platform, with each one having a live online premiere, and also...
- 12/15/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its full slate for the 2021 edition, which will take place primarily as a virtual event through an online platform in addition to physical screenings at satellite locations across the country. The program includes 72 feature-length films, representing 29 countries, and 38 first-time feature filmmakers. Fourteen films and projects announced today were supported by Sundance Institute in development, through direct granting or residency labs. The festival runs January 28 through February 3, 2021.
This robust lineup features plenty of familiar names and faces, including Edgar Wright, Lucy Walker, Robin Wright, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Siân Heder, Sion Sono, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Katz, Kevin Macdonald, and many more. More than half the lineup is first-time filmmakers, and they range from established actors like Rebecca Hall and Jerrod Carmichael to newcomers like Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Sixty-six of the festival’s feature films, or 92 percent of the lineup announced today,...
This robust lineup features plenty of familiar names and faces, including Edgar Wright, Lucy Walker, Robin Wright, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Siân Heder, Sion Sono, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, Ana Katz, Kevin Macdonald, and many more. More than half the lineup is first-time filmmakers, and they range from established actors like Rebecca Hall and Jerrod Carmichael to newcomers like Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Sixty-six of the festival’s feature films, or 92 percent of the lineup announced today,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Chicago – In honor of the recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Magnolia Pictures has re-released her documentary “Rbg” in a limited theatrical run … and will also donate their net proceeds to the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg. At the time of the film’s festival run, co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen were interviewed by HollywoodChicago.com.
The documentary spans the career of Rbg, from her modest roots in Brooklyn to the heights of the highest court in the land. Throughout the journey, the intently modest Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fierce fighter/advocate in her own life, especially in hurdling the obstacles of women in her early era, with the progressive support of her late husband Martin Ginsburg. We learn of the very few women that were in Harvard Law School at the time she went to that institution, the untiring interest...
The documentary spans the career of Rbg, from her modest roots in Brooklyn to the heights of the highest court in the land. Throughout the journey, the intently modest Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fierce fighter/advocate in her own life, especially in hurdling the obstacles of women in her early era, with the progressive support of her late husband Martin Ginsburg. We learn of the very few women that were in Harvard Law School at the time she went to that institution, the untiring interest...
- 9/28/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Focus Feature and Magnolia Pictures have jointly announced that they will be re-releasing the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic “On the Basis of Sex” and the documentary “Rbg” on Friday in theaters.
Both film companies will be donating their net proceeds from the films’ theatrical re-release to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation in support of their Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg back in 1972. The films will be available in approximately 1,000 theaters nationwide with about 70% of locations open. Both films were originally released in 2018.
“On the Basis of Sex,” which was released by Focus Features and presented by Participant, chronicled Ginsburg’s early life in law school and her groundbreaking case Moritz v. IRS, the first case ever to rule that gender discrimination is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Felicity Jones portrayed Ginsburg and Mimi Leder directed.
The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary “Rbg,” directed by...
Both film companies will be donating their net proceeds from the films’ theatrical re-release to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation in support of their Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg back in 1972. The films will be available in approximately 1,000 theaters nationwide with about 70% of locations open. Both films were originally released in 2018.
“On the Basis of Sex,” which was released by Focus Features and presented by Participant, chronicled Ginsburg’s early life in law school and her groundbreaking case Moritz v. IRS, the first case ever to rule that gender discrimination is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Felicity Jones portrayed Ginsburg and Mimi Leder directed.
The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary “Rbg,” directed by...
- 9/22/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In honor of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, both films made about her life “On the Basis of Sex” and the documentary “Rbg” will be re-released in theaters beginning this Friday.
Focus Features and Magnolia are partnering on re-releasing the films for a #ThankYouRuth campaign, and both companies will donate the net proceeds to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation in support of their Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg back in 1972.
“On the Basis of Sex” and “Rbg” will be available at approximately 1,000 theaters nationwide.
Both “On the Basis of Sex” and “Rbg” were released in 2018. The narrative feature starred Felicity Jones as Ginsburg in a biopic about her landmark case Moritz vs. IRS that ruled gender discrimination is in violation of the Constitution. “Rbg,” directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, featured sit down interviews with Ginsburg and charted not just her famous morning...
Focus Features and Magnolia are partnering on re-releasing the films for a #ThankYouRuth campaign, and both companies will donate the net proceeds to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation in support of their Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg back in 1972.
“On the Basis of Sex” and “Rbg” will be available at approximately 1,000 theaters nationwide.
Both “On the Basis of Sex” and “Rbg” were released in 2018. The narrative feature starred Felicity Jones as Ginsburg in a biopic about her landmark case Moritz vs. IRS that ruled gender discrimination is in violation of the Constitution. “Rbg,” directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, featured sit down interviews with Ginsburg and charted not just her famous morning...
- 9/22/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Focus Features and Magnolia Pictures said Tuesday that they will rerelease their respective Ruth Bader Ginsburg features On the Basis of Sex and the documentary Rbg, in tribute to the late Supreme Court justice. Both pics will play in 1,000 theaters this Friday, and also be available on-demand, with net proceeds from both pics’ box office going to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation in support of its Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Ginsburg in 1972.
Ginsburg chose the ACLU as the vehicle for her legal work in large part due to its interconnection between civil liberties and civil rights, including women’s rights. “I wanted to be a part of a general human rights agenda … [promoting] the equality of all people and the ability to be free,” she said.
Focus and Magnolia said in a joint statement: “Justice Ginsburg spent her life upholding fairness, the law, and the rights of all Americans.
Ginsburg chose the ACLU as the vehicle for her legal work in large part due to its interconnection between civil liberties and civil rights, including women’s rights. “I wanted to be a part of a general human rights agenda … [promoting] the equality of all people and the ability to be free,” she said.
Focus and Magnolia said in a joint statement: “Justice Ginsburg spent her life upholding fairness, the law, and the rights of all Americans.
- 9/22/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The gym in the basement of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s apartment complex was small and dank, with low-tech equipment and fluorescent lighting, not a promising setting for what we hoped would be one of the most important shoots of our documentary about Justice Ginsburg’s life. After the justice had surprised us by agreeing to our request to film her workout routine, we were told we could shoot exactly 30 minutes of the 60-minute session. We were skeptical that RBG could do 20 pushups or hold a sequence of planks as had been reported, and expected we’d be told to shut off the cameras before the more taxing exercises began. “Until our time is up,” we told our cinematographers, “just keep rolling.”
While we were fretting, our lead character had been preparing for her star turn. Rbg entered the gym in an outfit better than any wardrobe supervisor could have dreamed up: her trademark scrunchy,...
While we were fretting, our lead character had been preparing for her star turn. Rbg entered the gym in an outfit better than any wardrobe supervisor could have dreamed up: her trademark scrunchy,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Betsy West and Julie Cohen
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights, excluding domestic television, to the upcoming Untitled Julia Child documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West (RBG).
Under the working title Julia, the film is currently in production, and is being produced by West, Cohen and Imagine Documentaries’ Justin Wilkes and Sara Bernstein, and executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Michael Rosenberg, Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton of CNN Films, as well as Oren Jacoby of Storyville Films. CNN Films will retain U.S. domestic broadcast rights to the feature.
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The film will tell the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who...
Under the working title Julia, the film is currently in production, and is being produced by West, Cohen and Imagine Documentaries’ Justin Wilkes and Sara Bernstein, and executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Michael Rosenberg, Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton of CNN Films, as well as Oren Jacoby of Storyville Films. CNN Films will retain U.S. domestic broadcast rights to the feature.
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The film will tell the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who...
- 4/17/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
UK’s Dogwoof picks up Hail, Satan?, The Brink.
Magnolia International has announced a slew if key sales on its Efm slate led by recent SXSW world premiere Body At Brighton Rock and upcoming Us releases Hail, Satan?, The Brink, and Oscar-nominated Rbg.
Roxanne Benjamin’s survival thriller Body At Brighton Rock has closed with Blue Finch in the UK, Volga for CIA, and At Entertainment for Japan. Magnet Releasing will release in the Us on April 26, the same day Mongrel will release in Canada. The thriller tells of an inexperienced park employee who discovers a body on a mountain...
Magnolia International has announced a slew if key sales on its Efm slate led by recent SXSW world premiere Body At Brighton Rock and upcoming Us releases Hail, Satan?, The Brink, and Oscar-nominated Rbg.
Roxanne Benjamin’s survival thriller Body At Brighton Rock has closed with Blue Finch in the UK, Volga for CIA, and At Entertainment for Japan. Magnet Releasing will release in the Us on April 26, the same day Mongrel will release in Canada. The thriller tells of an inexperienced park employee who discovers a body on a mountain...
- 3/12/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
UK’s Dogwoof picks up Hail, Satan?, The Brink.
Magnolia Pictures International has announced a slew of key sales on its Efm slate led by a pair of deals with Dogwoof in the UK.
Lorna Lee Torres and her team licensed rights across multiple territories on recent SXSW world premiere Body At Brighton Rock and upcoming Us releases Hail, Satan?, The Brink, and Oscar-nominated Rbg.
Roxanne Benjamin’s survival story Body At Brighton Rock has closed with Blue Finch in the UK, Volga for CIA, and At Entertainment for Japan. Magnet Releasing will launch the thriller in the Us on...
Magnolia Pictures International has announced a slew of key sales on its Efm slate led by a pair of deals with Dogwoof in the UK.
Lorna Lee Torres and her team licensed rights across multiple territories on recent SXSW world premiere Body At Brighton Rock and upcoming Us releases Hail, Satan?, The Brink, and Oscar-nominated Rbg.
Roxanne Benjamin’s survival story Body At Brighton Rock has closed with Blue Finch in the UK, Volga for CIA, and At Entertainment for Japan. Magnet Releasing will launch the thriller in the Us on...
- 3/12/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
When it comes to the great surge we’ve seen at the box office for documentaries, “investment by someone or some entity” like CNN Films makes all the difference according to Rbg co-director and producer Julie Cohen.
“If you’re making a documentary for $50K, there’s going to be limitations on what the quality is going to be,” said Cohen whose Rbg was nominated for two Oscars including Best Feature Doc and rode a long wave that started at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival into last month’s Oscar ceremony.
“Investing in production allows for something better, in promoting and marketing and distributing and the film ends up moving to a place where the money can start coming back,” said Cohen.
CNN Worldwide Evp for Talent and Content Development Amy Entelis also attributed the doc craze to the recent rise in multi-media platforms, which has enabled the non-fiction format to find a greater audience.
“If you’re making a documentary for $50K, there’s going to be limitations on what the quality is going to be,” said Cohen whose Rbg was nominated for two Oscars including Best Feature Doc and rode a long wave that started at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival into last month’s Oscar ceremony.
“Investing in production allows for something better, in promoting and marketing and distributing and the film ends up moving to a place where the money can start coming back,” said Cohen.
CNN Worldwide Evp for Talent and Content Development Amy Entelis also attributed the doc craze to the recent rise in multi-media platforms, which has enabled the non-fiction format to find a greater audience.
- 3/11/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As we continue to collectively grumble about “Green Book” and, simultaneously, thank the Academy Gods for giving us Spike Lee, unfiltered after six champagnes, The Hollywood Reporter has released their final award season roundtable, this week focusing on the documentary filmmakers including Academy Award winner Chai Vasarhelyi (“Free Solo”), in addition to Morgan Neville (“Won’t You Be My Neighbor”), Julie Cohen (“Rbg”), Tim Wardle (“Three Identical Strangers”), Bing Liu (“Minding the Gap”), and Rashida Jones (“Quincy”).
Continue reading Bing Liu, Morgan Neville, Rashida Jones & More Discuss Political Documentaries And Ethical Responsibilities at The Playlist.
Continue reading Bing Liu, Morgan Neville, Rashida Jones & More Discuss Political Documentaries And Ethical Responsibilities at The Playlist.
- 2/26/2019
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
Backstage during the live ABC telecast of the 91st Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The 91st Oscars were awarded at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24. Green Book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Below is the list of winners.
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’S Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody – Winner!!
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Mahershala Ali in Green Book – Winner!!
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite – Winner!
The 91st Oscars were awarded at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24. Green Book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Below is the list of winners.
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’S Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody – Winner!!
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Mahershala Ali in Green Book – Winner!!
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite – Winner!
- 2/25/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
At this year’s Academy Awards, 15 women won while 36 men (some multiple times) made their way to the stage of the Dolby Theater (these figures include the two men and two women are always guaranteed to win the acting awards). That marks a big increase from last year when the gender gap saw just 6 women winners versus 34 men. Scroll down to see the names of the 13 women who won at the 2019 Oscars besides actresses Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”) and Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”).
This year, 53 women other than actresses were nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this meant that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories (there will always be 10 women and 10 men nominated for the acting awards). At last year’s Oscars women represented 23.73% of the nominees in the 20 non-gender specific categories. Forty-seven women numbered among the contenders in those 17 races.
This year, 53 women other than actresses were nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this meant that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories (there will always be 10 women and 10 men nominated for the acting awards). At last year’s Oscars women represented 23.73% of the nominees in the 20 non-gender specific categories. Forty-seven women numbered among the contenders in those 17 races.
- 2/25/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 91st annual Academy Awards (Oscars) was a night of incredibly well-deserved wins, first time wins, and shocking wins. See the full list of nominees and winners below.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
- 2/25/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
Jennifer Hudson delivered an emotional and shortened rendition of “I’ll Fight,” from the Rbg soundtrack during the 2019 Oscars.
Off the soundtrack of the Betsy West and Julie Cohen-directed feature documentary that chronicles the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "I'll Fight" is up for best original song, with music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Emilia Clarke served as the performance’s presenter, beginning her speech by describing the song as a “rallying cry, anthem and personal promise” that embodies the “seemingly endless strength and commitment of its subject.”...
Off the soundtrack of the Betsy West and Julie Cohen-directed feature documentary that chronicles the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "I'll Fight" is up for best original song, with music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Emilia Clarke served as the performance’s presenter, beginning her speech by describing the song as a “rallying cry, anthem and personal promise” that embodies the “seemingly endless strength and commitment of its subject.”...
- 2/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jennifer Hudson delivered an emotional and shortened rendition of “I’ll Fight,” from the Rbg soundtrack during the 2019 Oscars.
Off the soundtrack of the Betsy West and Julie Cohen-directed feature documentary that chronicles the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "I'll Fight" is up for best original song, with music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Emilia Clarke served as the performance’s presenter, beginning her speech by describing the song as a “rallying cry, anthem and personal promise” that embodies the “seemingly endless strength and commitment of its subject.”...
Off the soundtrack of the Betsy West and Julie Cohen-directed feature documentary that chronicles the life and work of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "I'll Fight" is up for best original song, with music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Emilia Clarke served as the performance’s presenter, beginning her speech by describing the song as a “rallying cry, anthem and personal promise” that embodies the “seemingly endless strength and commitment of its subject.”...
- 2/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The big night is finally here. All of the precursors, predictions, speculation, and overall insanity has led to this. The 91st Academy Awards are only a few hours away. By the end of the night, we won’t be guessing what the telecast will be like, and more importantly, we’ll have a whole new crop of Oscar winners. I’ve spent almost a full year trying to figure this race out, which is perhaps the most unpredictable in memory. It all comes down to this. There’s nothing left to do but sit back and try to enjoy the craziness we’ll undoubtedly experience this evening. One more time, the Academy Award nominees: Best Picture: “Black Panther” “BlacKkKlansman” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “The Favourite” “Green Book” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” “Vice” Lead Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate” Rami Malek,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Gold Derby has conducted exclusive video interviews with 10 Oscar nominees for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Foreign Language Film. How will they do when the winners are announced on Sunday, February 24? Follow the links below to be taken to their full interviews.
Brad Bird: After winning this category at the Oscars for “The Incredibles” (2004) and “Ratatouille” (2007) Bird has returned to the race with this sequel to his animated superhero classic. The film also earned Best Animated Feature nominations at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, PGA and Critics’ Choice Awards. Bird also received Oscar noms for writing the original “Incredibles” and “Ratatouille,” though not for “Incredibles 2.” (Click here to be taken to his full interview)
See Oscars 2019 exclusive interviews: 8 chats with acting nominees Glenn Close, Richard E. Grant, Regina King, and more [Watch]
Jimmy Chin: Chin earned his first Oscar nomination for this documentary about a death-defying mountain climb.
Brad Bird: After winning this category at the Oscars for “The Incredibles” (2004) and “Ratatouille” (2007) Bird has returned to the race with this sequel to his animated superhero classic. The film also earned Best Animated Feature nominations at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, PGA and Critics’ Choice Awards. Bird also received Oscar noms for writing the original “Incredibles” and “Ratatouille,” though not for “Incredibles 2.” (Click here to be taken to his full interview)
See Oscars 2019 exclusive interviews: 8 chats with acting nominees Glenn Close, Richard E. Grant, Regina King, and more [Watch]
Jimmy Chin: Chin earned his first Oscar nomination for this documentary about a death-defying mountain climb.
- 2/22/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
It is one thing to climb up a 3,000-foot-expanse of solid of rock with no tools, safety gear or rope beyond hands and feet. It’s another for married documentarians to collaborate on a feature about a daredevil sport that requires nerves of steel, an addiction to adrenaline rushes and being able to deal with the knowledge that the activity far too often ends in death.
But Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi — husband-and-wife co-directors of “Free Solo” that is currently the favorite (although “Rbg” is creeping up) to win, according to Gold Derby’s combined odds — and their camera team and crew show no fear as they tag along with free-climber Alex Honnold as he attempts to be the first human to claw his way up Yosemite’s daunting El Capitan.
One of the things that drew me to “Free Solo” is how it examines what sort of person...
But Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi — husband-and-wife co-directors of “Free Solo” that is currently the favorite (although “Rbg” is creeping up) to win, according to Gold Derby’s combined odds — and their camera team and crew show no fear as they tag along with free-climber Alex Honnold as he attempts to be the first human to claw his way up Yosemite’s daunting El Capitan.
One of the things that drew me to “Free Solo” is how it examines what sort of person...
- 2/21/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Chicago – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the notorious “Rbg,” has been a steady and abiding voice on that high court since 1993. But how much do we really know about this unassuming and highly admired jurist? Co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen answer this question in their documentary “Rbg.” The film is one of five nominees competing for gold in the Feature Documentary category, to be given on Sunday at the 91st Academy Awards.
The documentary spans the career of Rbg, from her modest roots in Brooklyn to the heights of the highest court in the land. Throughout the journey, the intently modest Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fierce fighter/advocate in her own life, especially in hurdling the obstacles of women in her early era, and her relationship with her late husband Martin Ginsburg. We learn of the very few women that were in Harvard Law School at the...
The documentary spans the career of Rbg, from her modest roots in Brooklyn to the heights of the highest court in the land. Throughout the journey, the intently modest Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fierce fighter/advocate in her own life, especially in hurdling the obstacles of women in her early era, and her relationship with her late husband Martin Ginsburg. We learn of the very few women that were in Harvard Law School at the...
- 2/20/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When the lights dimmed at the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of Rbg, all eyes were riveted on the screen. All eyes, that is, except for those of directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, who were focused on the Supreme Court justice herself, sitting just across the aisle.
"It's a sign of what a focused person she is that she didn't seem to be aware that we were only about five feet away from her, staring," Cohen says.
Rbg follows Ruth Bader Ginsburg's rise from Harvard Law student to sitting Supreme Court justice and her ...
"It's a sign of what a focused person she is that she didn't seem to be aware that we were only about five feet away from her, staring," Cohen says.
Rbg follows Ruth Bader Ginsburg's rise from Harvard Law student to sitting Supreme Court justice and her ...
- 2/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
When the lights dimmed at the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of Rbg, all eyes were riveted on the screen. All eyes, that is, except for those of directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, who were focused on the Supreme Court justice herself, sitting just across the aisle.
"It's a sign of what a focused person she is that she didn't seem to be aware that we were only about five feet away from her, staring," Cohen says.
Rbg follows Ruth Bader Ginsburg's rise from Harvard Law student to sitting Supreme Court justice and her ...
"It's a sign of what a focused person she is that she didn't seem to be aware that we were only about five feet away from her, staring," Cohen says.
Rbg follows Ruth Bader Ginsburg's rise from Harvard Law student to sitting Supreme Court justice and her ...
- 2/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back on the Supreme Court floor on Friday, for the first time since successfully undergoing cancer surgery in late December.
The 85-year-old participated in a regular closed-door conference meeting among her eight fellow justices, according to a court spokeswoman.
Just a day prior, Ginsburg was sent a get well card signed by three-dozen Hollywood A-listers including Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Kristen Bell, Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Helen Mirren, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, Regina King, Sam Elliott, Mahershala Ali, Rachel Weisz, Stephen Colbert and more.
That gesture was the brain child of Betsy West and Julie Cohen,...
The 85-year-old participated in a regular closed-door conference meeting among her eight fellow justices, according to a court spokeswoman.
Just a day prior, Ginsburg was sent a get well card signed by three-dozen Hollywood A-listers including Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Kristen Bell, Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Helen Mirren, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, Regina King, Sam Elliott, Mahershala Ali, Rachel Weisz, Stephen Colbert and more.
That gesture was the brain child of Betsy West and Julie Cohen,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Since its Sundance 2018 unveiling, the documentary Rbg has — like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — proven to be most resilient. While fellow successful theatrical release docus from that Sundance like Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Three Identical Strangers were strangely excluded from the final Oscar ballot by the Academy’s Documentary branch, Rbg has soldiered on, with a strong $14 million theatrical gross for Magnolia. As the film takes a turn for the home stretch in the Oscar race, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy offers perspective on what makes the docu and its 85-year-old subject so remarkable. And how Ginsburg’s accomplishments lit a path for Kennedy and other ambitious, smart women in fields traditionally dominated by men.
Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s beautifully executed documentary Rbg captures Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarkable life and career achievements in ways I didn’t quite grasp until a second viewing.
Ruth...
Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s beautifully executed documentary Rbg captures Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarkable life and career achievements in ways I didn’t quite grasp until a second viewing.
Ruth...
- 2/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
This story about Oscar documentaries first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
By lots of standards, 2018 was one of the greatest years for nonfiction filmmaking: the first year to have four documentaries top the $10 million mark and 15 make more than $1 million.
In this climate, Oscar voters sifted through the 166 eligible films and chose five films. Two were among the biggest moneymakers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Free Solo,” about Alex Honnold’s attempt to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan rock formation without ropes or safety equipment, and Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, “Rbg.”
Two were critically adored debut features: “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross’ meditative look at the inhabitants of a poor area of Alabama and how blacks are depicted in the media, and Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,...
By lots of standards, 2018 was one of the greatest years for nonfiction filmmaking: the first year to have four documentaries top the $10 million mark and 15 make more than $1 million.
In this climate, Oscar voters sifted through the 166 eligible films and chose five films. Two were among the biggest moneymakers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Free Solo,” about Alex Honnold’s attempt to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan rock formation without ropes or safety equipment, and Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, “Rbg.”
Two were critically adored debut features: “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross’ meditative look at the inhabitants of a poor area of Alabama and how blacks are depicted in the media, and Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,...
- 2/13/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Amazon’s European originals chief Georgia Brown and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio are among the A-list names added to Keshet’s Intv conference.
Ari Greenburg, President of Wme, Steve Golin, founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and COO Matthew Velkes, Erin Keating, Senior Development Manager of Snap Originals, Liza Chasin, Founder of 3dot Productions, Jonathan Baruch, Founding Partner, Rain Management and Sally Riley, Head of Scripted, Australian Broadcasting Corporation have also been added to the line-up.
The event, which is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline, takes place March 11-12 in Jerusalem.
There will be a CBS panel – From the Good Wife to Star Trek – CBS Executives Discuss the Power of Programming in a Multi-Platform Universe – where David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios, Julie McNamar, Evp, Original Content, CBS All Access and Deborah Barak, President, Business Operations, CBS Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and CBS News...
Ari Greenburg, President of Wme, Steve Golin, founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and COO Matthew Velkes, Erin Keating, Senior Development Manager of Snap Originals, Liza Chasin, Founder of 3dot Productions, Jonathan Baruch, Founding Partner, Rain Management and Sally Riley, Head of Scripted, Australian Broadcasting Corporation have also been added to the line-up.
The event, which is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline, takes place March 11-12 in Jerusalem.
There will be a CBS panel – From the Good Wife to Star Trek – CBS Executives Discuss the Power of Programming in a Multi-Platform Universe – where David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios, Julie McNamar, Evp, Original Content, CBS All Access and Deborah Barak, President, Business Operations, CBS Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and CBS News...
- 2/13/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Roma wins best film and best director, The Favourite wins seven awards including best actress for Olivia Colman.
Roma took home best film at the 2019 Baftas, as well as best foreign film, best director and best cinematography.
The Favourite won the most awards in total, seven, including best actress for Olivia Colman.
The ceremony took place on Feb 10 at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Joanna Lumley for a second time.
The full list of winners Best Film BLACKkKLANSMAN Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele The Favourite Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday Green Book Jim Burke,...
Roma took home best film at the 2019 Baftas, as well as best foreign film, best director and best cinematography.
The Favourite won the most awards in total, seven, including best actress for Olivia Colman.
The ceremony took place on Feb 10 at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Joanna Lumley for a second time.
The full list of winners Best Film BLACKkKLANSMAN Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele The Favourite Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday Green Book Jim Burke,...
- 2/11/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight (10 Feb) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page and on Twitter as they are announced.
The ceremony starts at 18:45 UK time and finishes at approximately 21:30, with Joanna Lumley hosting for a second time.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical drama The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.
The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight (10 Feb) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page and on Twitter as they are announced.
The ceremony starts at 18:45 UK time and finishes at approximately 21:30, with Joanna Lumley hosting for a second time.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical drama The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.
- 2/10/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
To make his Oscar-nominated documentary “Of Fathers and Sons,” director Talal Derki lived with Syrian extremists and acted like an Al-Qaeda sympathizer for two and a half years. If Derki wanted to expose the toxic patriarchy in a war-torn Middle East, he either had to pull the best acting performance of his life, or risk losing his life altogether.
“Even before the cameras started, I was playing a role,” Derki told TheWrap Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman. “This is a war on ideology, and the only way to fight it is to understand.”
All five of this year’s Oscar nominees for best documentary came together Thursday for a Q&A at TheWrap’s documentary features showcase. In attendance at the Landmark Theatres in Los Angeles was Derki, “Free Solo” producer Shannon Dill and editor Bob Eisenhardt, and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” director RaMell Ross. Joining via Skype...
“Even before the cameras started, I was playing a role,” Derki told TheWrap Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman. “This is a war on ideology, and the only way to fight it is to understand.”
All five of this year’s Oscar nominees for best documentary came together Thursday for a Q&A at TheWrap’s documentary features showcase. In attendance at the Landmark Theatres in Los Angeles was Derki, “Free Solo” producer Shannon Dill and editor Bob Eisenhardt, and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” director RaMell Ross. Joining via Skype...
- 2/8/2019
- by Omar Sanchez
- The Wrap
Front Row Left to Right:
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Known as a notoriously unpredictable bunch, the Academy’s documentary branch has become rather predictable in the past two years.
The evidence lies in the films they choose not to recognize come Oscar time: Films such as Brett Morgen’s 2017 Jane Goodall docu, “Jane,” and two of last year’s biggest nonfiction box office successes — Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers.” Both Neville’s Mr. Rogers doc and Wardle’s film about identical triplets separated at birth premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Both films also went on to do the seemingly impossible and strike a chord with audiences all over the country. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” grossed $22.8 million domestically, making it the 12th-highest-grossing doc of all time. Meanwhile, “Strangers” also defied documentary theatrical odds when it drew in $12.3 million.
Morgen’s “Jane” grossed just...
The evidence lies in the films they choose not to recognize come Oscar time: Films such as Brett Morgen’s 2017 Jane Goodall docu, “Jane,” and two of last year’s biggest nonfiction box office successes — Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers.” Both Neville’s Mr. Rogers doc and Wardle’s film about identical triplets separated at birth premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Both films also went on to do the seemingly impossible and strike a chord with audiences all over the country. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” grossed $22.8 million domestically, making it the 12th-highest-grossing doc of all time. Meanwhile, “Strangers” also defied documentary theatrical odds when it drew in $12.3 million.
Morgen’s “Jane” grossed just...
- 2/6/2019
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The 91st Academy Award nominations delivered the expected and unexpected, with a strong showing for African-American artists, who were nominated in 10 out of 24 categories, matching totals achieved in 2016 and 2017.
“Every year, further steps are taken towards inclusion, but obviously more needs to be done to support women filmmakers,” says Gil Robertson, co-founder and president of the African American Film Critics Assn. (Aafca), referring to the fact that no female helmers were cited for feature film work in 2018 at the Oscars. However, Lebanon’s Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” was nominated in the foreign-language race. Docu directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West were nommed for “Rbg.” The Aafca was formed in 2003, and includes 53 members nationwide, all of whom vote at the end of the year for their own awards program, this year selecting “Black Panther” as top choice.
“We’re ecstatic that ‘Black Panther’ has received a best picture nomination from the Academy.
“Every year, further steps are taken towards inclusion, but obviously more needs to be done to support women filmmakers,” says Gil Robertson, co-founder and president of the African American Film Critics Assn. (Aafca), referring to the fact that no female helmers were cited for feature film work in 2018 at the Oscars. However, Lebanon’s Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” was nominated in the foreign-language race. Docu directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West were nommed for “Rbg.” The Aafca was formed in 2003, and includes 53 members nationwide, all of whom vote at the end of the year for their own awards program, this year selecting “Black Panther” as top choice.
“We’re ecstatic that ‘Black Panther’ has received a best picture nomination from the Academy.
- 2/5/2019
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
Alfonso Cuarón has triumphed at the Directors Guild of America Awards, making the “Roma” auteur the official frontrunner as we near the Academy Awards in just a few weeks. There’s significant overlap between the two voting groups, and the DGA winner tends to be similarly awarded by the Academy — their selections have diverged only seven times since 1949. Cuarón previously won the award for “Gravity,” for which he also won the Oscar.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Feature Film
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (winner)
Peter Farrelly, “Green Book”
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Adam McKay, “Vice”
Documentaries
Morgan Neville, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
RaMell Ross, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, “Free Solo”
Tim Wardle, “Three Identical Strangers”
Betsy West and Julie Cohen, “Rbg”
First-Time Feature Film
Bo Burnham, “Eighth Grade” (winner)
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Carlos López Estrada,...
Here’s the full list of winners:
Feature Film
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (winner)
Peter Farrelly, “Green Book”
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Adam McKay, “Vice”
Documentaries
Morgan Neville, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
RaMell Ross, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, “Free Solo”
Tim Wardle, “Three Identical Strangers”
Betsy West and Julie Cohen, “Rbg”
First-Time Feature Film
Bo Burnham, “Eighth Grade” (winner)
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Carlos López Estrada,...
- 2/3/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The 71st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards will be held Saturday, Feb. 2, with awards to be given out in 11 categories across film and television.
Alfonso Cuaron is the runaway favorite to take home his second feature film DGA Award for “Roma,” which would set him up for the corresponding Oscar since the two bodies have only ever disagreed seven times in 70 years. He previously won both for “Gravity” (2013). Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”) is in second place in our odds and would be the first black winner in DGA history.
Last year, Cuaron’s friend Guillermo del Toro took home the DGA and Oscar for “The Shape of Water.”
See DGA Awards: Alfonso Cuaron all but certain to win key Oscar precursor
On the TV side, “The Americans” is predicted to bag another farewell prize, while it’s a tight one between “Atlanta” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” for comedy honors.
Alfonso Cuaron is the runaway favorite to take home his second feature film DGA Award for “Roma,” which would set him up for the corresponding Oscar since the two bodies have only ever disagreed seven times in 70 years. He previously won both for “Gravity” (2013). Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”) is in second place in our odds and would be the first black winner in DGA history.
Last year, Cuaron’s friend Guillermo del Toro took home the DGA and Oscar for “The Shape of Water.”
See DGA Awards: Alfonso Cuaron all but certain to win key Oscar precursor
On the TV side, “The Americans” is predicted to bag another farewell prize, while it’s a tight one between “Atlanta” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” for comedy honors.
- 2/3/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The Directors Guild Awards honor the best achievements behind the camera in both television and film, so who will be this year’s top picks when the industry’s directors have their say on Saturday, February 2? Scroll down for our predictions in seven categories ranked by their likelihood of winning (our projected winners are in gold). These racetrack odds are based on the combined predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users.
It looks like Alfonso Cuaron will continue his awards romp. The lauded filmmaker has already won Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards for his work on the intimate drama “Roma,” plus a slew of other critics’ prizes. So he gets leading odds to win here too, as he did five years ago when he won this award for “Gravity” (2013). But will the industry admire him as much as the critical establishment? He may have to watch out for Spike Lee...
It looks like Alfonso Cuaron will continue his awards romp. The lauded filmmaker has already won Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards for his work on the intimate drama “Roma,” plus a slew of other critics’ prizes. So he gets leading odds to win here too, as he did five years ago when he won this award for “Gravity” (2013). But will the industry admire him as much as the critical establishment? He may have to watch out for Spike Lee...
- 2/1/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Actor-comedian and Oscar-nominated writer Kumail Nanjiani and actress–producer–director Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 91st Oscars® nominations today (January 22), live from the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, a satellite feed, and broadcast media.
Nanjiani and Ross announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:20 a.m. Pt, and the remaining 15 categories at 5:30 a.m. Pt. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to...
Nanjiani and Ross announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:20 a.m. Pt, and the remaining 15 categories at 5:30 a.m. Pt. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to...
- 1/23/2019
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
This morning’s nomination for Rbg as Best Feature Documentary serves a welcome cap to a banner year for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Scotus whose culture status has been greatly elevated thanks, in part, to this film and the Felicity Jones-starring biopic On the Basis of Sex in which Ginsburg made a cameo.
It didn’t hurt that Rbg premiered at Sundance last year, too, where the longtime women’s rights advocate was in attendance and spoke on the rise of the #MeToo movement.
The documentarians nominated today — Betsy West and Julie Cohen — this morning broke the news of the nomination to Justice Ginsburg, who was said to have been “enthusiastic” about the recognition. The two filmmakers, however, told Deadline that they don’t expect Ginsburg to join them at the February 24 Oscar Awards ceremony “given that she’s recovering from major surgery and has a really important job to get back to,...
It didn’t hurt that Rbg premiered at Sundance last year, too, where the longtime women’s rights advocate was in attendance and spoke on the rise of the #MeToo movement.
The documentarians nominated today — Betsy West and Julie Cohen — this morning broke the news of the nomination to Justice Ginsburg, who was said to have been “enthusiastic” about the recognition. The two filmmakers, however, told Deadline that they don’t expect Ginsburg to join them at the February 24 Oscar Awards ceremony “given that she’s recovering from major surgery and has a really important job to get back to,...
- 1/22/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Morgan Neville on Won't You Be My Neighbor?: "I made the film very specifically for people I don't agree with. Because the things Fred Rogers talks about shouldn't be controversial." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
One of the biggest oversights in the nominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 91st Academy Awards, is Morgan Neville's Fred Rogers' documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?.
The five feature documentary nominees are Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's Free Solo; RaMell Ross's Hale County This Morning, This Evening; Bing Liu's Minding The Gap; Talal Derki's Of Fathers And Sons (Kinder Des Kalifats), and Julie Cohen and Betsy West's Rbg.
Fred Rogers having a laugh with postman Mr. McFeely (David Newell).
In 2014, Morgan Neville's 20 Feet From Stardom won the Oscar and on Saturday, he, Caryn Capotosto and Nicholas Ma...
One of the biggest oversights in the nominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 91st Academy Awards, is Morgan Neville's Fred Rogers' documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?.
The five feature documentary nominees are Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's Free Solo; RaMell Ross's Hale County This Morning, This Evening; Bing Liu's Minding The Gap; Talal Derki's Of Fathers And Sons (Kinder Des Kalifats), and Julie Cohen and Betsy West's Rbg.
Fred Rogers having a laugh with postman Mr. McFeely (David Newell).
In 2014, Morgan Neville's 20 Feet From Stardom won the Oscar and on Saturday, he, Caryn Capotosto and Nicholas Ma...
- 1/22/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
At last year’s Oscars women represented 23.73% of the nominees in the 20 non-gender specific categories. Forty-seven women numbered among the contenders in 17 races. They were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated. Four women won Oscars as did 32 men.
This year, 53 women other than actresses are nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this means that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories. This uptick came despite women being shut out of five races this year.
Besides score (5 men again) and visual effects (20 men again), women are not represented in Best Director (5 men), Cinematography (5 men) and Film Editing (5 men).
This year, one category — Costume Design — is guaranteed to have a woman win as they make up the entire slate. Women outnumber men in three categories — Makeup and Hairstyling, Documentary...
This year, 53 women other than actresses are nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this means that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories. This uptick came despite women being shut out of five races this year.
Besides score (5 men again) and visual effects (20 men again), women are not represented in Best Director (5 men), Cinematography (5 men) and Film Editing (5 men).
This year, one category — Costume Design — is guaranteed to have a woman win as they make up the entire slate. Women outnumber men in three categories — Makeup and Hairstyling, Documentary...
- 1/22/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The complete list of nominees for the 91st Academy Awards was announced early Tuesday morning, with Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross hosting. The list is led by a slew of well-deserved nominations for The Favourite (10) and Rome (10). Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations.
Every year, it seems as if films just get better and better, with actors, actresses, directors, and crewmembers raising the bar to extraordinary new heights. For over 90 years, the Academy Awards has been the main source of accommodating those achievements with their illustrious golden statue and the prestige of being known as an "Academy Award-winner". For some, though, just being nominated is a special accolade, in and of itself.
Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations for the 91st Academy Awards.
Best Picture:
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Lead Actor:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper,...
Every year, it seems as if films just get better and better, with actors, actresses, directors, and crewmembers raising the bar to extraordinary new heights. For over 90 years, the Academy Awards has been the main source of accommodating those achievements with their illustrious golden statue and the prestige of being known as an "Academy Award-winner". For some, though, just being nominated is a special accolade, in and of itself.
Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations for the 91st Academy Awards.
Best Picture:
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Lead Actor:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper,...
- 1/22/2019
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Taking an unfortunate cue from the Golden Globes, this morning’s Oscar nominations arrived with nary a nomination for a female filmmaker in the Best Director category or a nod for a female-directed film in the Best Picture category. While few female directors managed to break through the noise of Oscars buzz in the run-up to the nomination announcement, a number of female filmmakers have already earned major awards buzz this season, including Debra Granik, Tamara Jenkins, and Lynne Ramsay, who all earned Best Director nods from the Indie Spirit Awards, which takes place the day before the Academy Awards.
The Oscar noms did single out a handful of female-directed films, including Nadine Labaki’s Best Foreign Language Film contender “Capernaum,” which was also nominated at the Golden Globes. The Best Documentary race also includes a pair of films directed or co-directed by women, with both Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s...
The Oscar noms did single out a handful of female-directed films, including Nadine Labaki’s Best Foreign Language Film contender “Capernaum,” which was also nominated at the Golden Globes. The Best Documentary race also includes a pair of films directed or co-directed by women, with both Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s...
- 1/22/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“Roma” and “The Favourite” led nominations for the 91st Oscars, scoring 10 nods each. Both films were nominated for best picture, alongside “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Star Is Born,” “Vice,” and “Green Book.”
Glenn Close picked up her seventh Academy Award nod for best actress in “The Wife,” while Lady Gaga nabbed her first acting nomination for “A Star Is Born.” Their competition includes Olivia Colman for “The Favourite,” Yalitza Aparicio for “Roma,” and Melissa McCarthy for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
The best actor race includes Christian Bale for his turn as former VP Dick Cheney in “Vice,” Rami Malek as iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born,” Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate,” and Viggo Mortensen in “Green Book.”
Nominations were announced on Tuesday morning by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The Academy Awards will air live Feb.
Glenn Close picked up her seventh Academy Award nod for best actress in “The Wife,” while Lady Gaga nabbed her first acting nomination for “A Star Is Born.” Their competition includes Olivia Colman for “The Favourite,” Yalitza Aparicio for “Roma,” and Melissa McCarthy for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
The best actor race includes Christian Bale for his turn as former VP Dick Cheney in “Vice,” Rami Malek as iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born,” Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate,” and Viggo Mortensen in “Green Book.”
Nominations were announced on Tuesday morning by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The Academy Awards will air live Feb.
- 1/22/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Both the DGA and WGA nominations for documentary feature dropped Monday. While the DGA list overlaps with the previously announced PGA nominations — they both include Oscar-shortlisted box-office hits “Free Solo,” “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — the WGA’s list of four aren’t on the shortlist at all. (They only consider WGA signatories as eligible.)
Nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2018 are (in alphabetical order):
Morgan Neville
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
(Focus Features)
This is Mr. Neville’s first DGA Award nomination.
Ramell Ross
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
(Idiom Film and Louverture Films)
This is Mr. Ross’s first DGA Award nomination.
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin
“Free Solo”
(National Geographic Documentary Films)
This is Ms. Vasarhelyi and Mr. Chin’s second DGA Award nomination. They were previously nominated in this category in 2015 for “Meru.
Nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2018 are (in alphabetical order):
Morgan Neville
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
(Focus Features)
This is Mr. Neville’s first DGA Award nomination.
Ramell Ross
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
(Idiom Film and Louverture Films)
This is Mr. Ross’s first DGA Award nomination.
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin
“Free Solo”
(National Geographic Documentary Films)
This is Ms. Vasarhelyi and Mr. Chin’s second DGA Award nomination. They were previously nominated in this category in 2015 for “Meru.
- 1/7/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Four of the most successful documentaries of recent years remain in contention for a prize beyond box office glory—the kind that comes with an Oscar trophy.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Rbg, Three Identical Strangers and Free Solo all made the Oscar documentary shortlist as the Academy culled the list of 166 eligible nonfiction films down to an exclusive 15.
Morgan Neville’s Neighbor, which explores the work of children’s television pioneer Fred Rogers, has become the top-grossing biographical documentary of all time with more than $22 million in earnings. Rbg, the film directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen that documents Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, started the box office gold rush earlier in the year, amassing just over $14 million.
Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle’s story of identical triplets who were separated as infants and reunited by accident as adults, has tallied $12.3 million. Free Solo, about mountain...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Rbg, Three Identical Strangers and Free Solo all made the Oscar documentary shortlist as the Academy culled the list of 166 eligible nonfiction films down to an exclusive 15.
Morgan Neville’s Neighbor, which explores the work of children’s television pioneer Fred Rogers, has become the top-grossing biographical documentary of all time with more than $22 million in earnings. Rbg, the film directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen that documents Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, started the box office gold rush earlier in the year, amassing just over $14 million.
Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle’s story of identical triplets who were separated as infants and reunited by accident as adults, has tallied $12.3 million. Free Solo, about mountain...
- 12/28/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s seems to be an insatiable appetite lately for true-life stories about incredible people. It’s reflected in the film industry, especially when awards are handed out. Consider that since 2010, five out of the eight winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature were biographically driven: “Searching for Sugarman” (2012); “20 Feet From Stardom” (2013); “Citizenfour” (2014); “Amy” (2015); and “O.J.: Made in America” (2016).
Last year’s victor, “Icarus,” about a doping scandal in the world of cycling, went against the grain as an issue-driven entry. Many thought the upbeat “Faces Places,” about a journey shared by 90-year-old, Belgian-born French film-making legend Agnes Vardas and 30-something street art photography Jr as it focused on Vardas’ career and reflections on her life, would win.
SEEdirectors Julie Cohen and Betsy West discuss their doc ‘Rbg’
But as admired as Vardas is, she is no Mr. Rogers or Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Both our...
Last year’s victor, “Icarus,” about a doping scandal in the world of cycling, went against the grain as an issue-driven entry. Many thought the upbeat “Faces Places,” about a journey shared by 90-year-old, Belgian-born French film-making legend Agnes Vardas and 30-something street art photography Jr as it focused on Vardas’ career and reflections on her life, would win.
SEEdirectors Julie Cohen and Betsy West discuss their doc ‘Rbg’
But as admired as Vardas is, she is no Mr. Rogers or Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Both our...
- 12/26/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is said to be working from her hospital bed as she recovers from surgery to remove cancerous lobes from her lung, welcome news to progressives anxious that she continue her service on the nation’s highest court. Her admirers may also take comfort from the words of Rbg directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, who note the justice rebounded from two previous bouts with cancer.
“We heard from her family after the operation that she was doing well,” West tells Deadline. “I can tell you from observing her over the almost two years that we were filming, she is a woman of extraordinary stamina. She is one tough cookie.”
The outpouring of support for Ginsburg—Michael Moore tweeted a photo of himself bringing her some chicken soup, and Chelsea Handler offered her a lung if needed—testify to the justice’s profound impact on the law,...
“We heard from her family after the operation that she was doing well,” West tells Deadline. “I can tell you from observing her over the almost two years that we were filming, she is a woman of extraordinary stamina. She is one tough cookie.”
The outpouring of support for Ginsburg—Michael Moore tweeted a photo of himself bringing her some chicken soup, and Chelsea Handler offered her a lung if needed—testify to the justice’s profound impact on the law,...
- 12/24/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The directors of 10 of the year's most outstanding documentaries — Hulu's Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing), National Geographic's Free Solo (Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi), Aos' In Search of Greatness (Gabe Polsky), HBO's The Price of Everything (two-time Oscar nominee Nathaniel Kahn), Netflix's Quincy (Al Hicks and Rashida Jones), Magnolia/CNN Films' Rbg (Julie Cohen and Betsy West), National Geographic's Science Fair (Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster), Zeitgeist's Studio 54 (Matt Tyrnauer), Neon/CNN Films' Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle) and Focus Features' Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Oscar winner Morgan Neville) — gathered on Oct. 28 at the Savannah College of Art and Design'...
- 11/5/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CAA has signed award-winning documentary filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West.
The duo most recently directed and produced “Rbg,” which explores the career and life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
“Rgb” has grossed more than $14 million, making it one of the most successful documentaries of the year.
Prior to “Rbg,” West executive produced multiple films and TV series, including the “Makers” documentary and digital series, the short doc “The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem,” and the feature documentary “The Lavender Scare.” West received 21 Emmy Awards and two duPont-Columbia Awards for her work on “Nightline,” “PrimeTimeLive,” and the documentary program “Turning Point,” where she served as executive producer.
As senior vice president at CBS News from 1998-2005, West oversaw “60 Minutes” and “48 Hours,” and was executive in charge of the CBS documentary “9/11,” winner of...
The duo most recently directed and produced “Rbg,” which explores the career and life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
“Rgb” has grossed more than $14 million, making it one of the most successful documentaries of the year.
Prior to “Rbg,” West executive produced multiple films and TV series, including the “Makers” documentary and digital series, the short doc “The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem,” and the feature documentary “The Lavender Scare.” West received 21 Emmy Awards and two duPont-Columbia Awards for her work on “Nightline,” “PrimeTimeLive,” and the documentary program “Turning Point,” where she served as executive producer.
As senior vice president at CBS News from 1998-2005, West oversaw “60 Minutes” and “48 Hours,” and was executive in charge of the CBS documentary “9/11,” winner of...
- 10/16/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
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