Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.
There are at least two Ridley Scotts working in Hollywood. Ridley Scott, auteur — the man who revolutionized science fiction and horror cinema at the same time with Alien, who single-handedly resurrected the swords-and-sandals epic with Gladiator, who...
There are at least two Ridley Scotts working in Hollywood. Ridley Scott, auteur — the man who revolutionized science fiction and horror cinema at the same time with Alien, who single-handedly resurrected the swords-and-sandals epic with Gladiator, who...
- 11/9/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Today, Armond White was expelled from the New York Film Critics Circle following an incident in which 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen was heckled at the Nyfcc's annual awards dinner last week. You can read about that incident here. Five years ago, in February 2009, New York Magazine profiled White as he took over as Nyfcc chairman. We are reprinting that profile, by Mark Jacobson, in full. With the commencement of the 75th-anniversary year of the New York Film Critics Circle, Armond White, the newly elected chairman, passed the first morning of what he called “my reign” recounting how he’d barely made it through the 74th season, which had ended the previous night with the traditional awards dinner. For starters, White, whose writings can be found in the downtown freebie New York Press, was appalled by the behavior of the stars, particularly Sean Penn and Josh Brolin, who...
- 1/13/2014
- by Vulture Editors
- Vulture
Exclusive: After brokering over 30 film and TV option deals for articles from The New York Times since signing the daily as a client, ICM has just signed New York Magazine. It will rep the magazine in all areas to broaden its reach in Hollywood. Under the tenure of editor-in-chief Adam Moss, the magazine is a good read and has won 17 National Magazine Awards. Much like The Times does, New York Mag will share in the revenue and would receive credit in any film made from its articles. There is a wide gulf between an option deal and an actual film, but more and more publications have been getting in on the action over the past several years. Some prominent writers are able to retain screen rights, and they still have agents make deals that the publications don't share. New York Magazine does have a track record for articles on Gotham-centric subjects being turned into films.
- 6/14/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Not since 1985's "White Nights" has California-born director Taylor Hackford ("Ray," "An Officer and a Gentleman") worked with Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren. That isn't to insinuate any animosity from that first collaboration since, well, the two eventually got married. Loosely based on the real-life story of America's first legal brothel, Hackford's '70s-set drama "Love Ranch" stars Mirren as a ballsy Nevada madam who becomes ensnared in a volatile love triangle after her shady hubby (Joe Pesci) invites a South American boxer (Sergio Peris-Mencheta) to train at the ranch. By phone, Hackford spoke with me about shooting sex scenes with the Queen, why HBO's "Cathouse" is bogus and the one film of his that never got a fair shake.
Why did it take so long for you and your wife to work together again?
When you're an actor, you can work four times a year. As a director, you work...
Why did it take so long for you and your wife to work together again?
When you're an actor, you can work four times a year. As a director, you work...
- 6/30/2010
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
Director Taylor Hackford.s Love Ranch opens its doors on Wednesday, June 30th, and M&C.s giving away a prize pack from the film that includes a poster from the film autographed by Helen Mirren, Taylor Hackford, Elise Neal, Taryn Manning, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Scout Taylor Compton, Bai Ling and writer Mark Jacobson. Love Ranch is a bittersweet love story that turns explosive when the players in a romantic triangle lose control and cross the line. Set in the late-1970s, depicting larger than life personalities living on the edge, Love Ranch stars Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci as Grace Bontempo and Charlie Bontempo, the husband and wife team who own and run Nevada.s first legalized brothel. Their lives are suddenly...
- 6/28/2010
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
It's painful to watch strong actors flailing and exerting themselves in service to a weak script. But that's what Love Ranch is: two hours of watching Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci huff and puff, trying to breathe life into this sad, sour enterprise. Set in mid-1970s Reno, Love Ranch has a throwback feel to the kind of boxing dramas that starred people like Joan Crawford and John Garfield in the 1940s. The tough broad in the bad marriage with the low-life hustler falls for the unlikely hunk of a boxer. You get the picture. Except in this version, directed by Taylor Hackford from a florid Mark Jacobson script, it's also an age thing - and it's set against the hard-dollar environment of legalized prostitution, at a brothel outside Reno. Based on a true story, Love Ranch is set at one of...
- 6/28/2010
- by Marshall Fine
- Huffington Post
The story of Harlem heroin kingpin Frank Lucas has been told a few times now, via Mark Jacobson’s 2000 New York magazine article “The Return Of Superfly” and Ridley Scott’s 2007 movie American Gangster, based on the article. Still, it figures that Lucas would return with a full, as-told-to book. As Lucas himself notes in Original Gangster: The Real Life Story Of One Of America’s Most Notorious Drug Lords, co-written with former Billboard and Vibe staffer Aliya S. King, not only has he never been one to leave well enough alone, but at this late stage of ...
- 6/10/2010
- avclub.com
We have 2 new posters from 's "Love Ranch" directed by Taylor Hackford ("Proof of Life," "Ray"). See Joe Pesce who plays Charlie Botempo and Helen Mirren who plays Grace Botempo. The Mark Jacobson-written drama also stars Bai Ling, Gina Gershon, M.C. Gainey, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Scout Taylor-Compton, Rick Gomez and Taryn Manning. Pic is being distributed by E1 Entertainment in the U.S as well as overseas territories including the U.K., Denmark, France, Finland, Nortway, Australia, Sweden and Iceland. Tells of a brothel in Nevada and husband and wife (played by Joe Pesci and Helen Mirren) who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada and who become entangled into a dangerous life triangle with boxer Armando Bruza (Sergio Peris-Mencheta).
- 6/9/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Love Ranch" starring his wife Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci will finally see a limited release in June this year after months of legal and vinancial issues. Canadian company E1 Entertainment will handle distribution. Film will find around 10 or so cities which of course includes New York and Los Angeles. If reviews are positive, the film could be expanded to other areas. Hackford, Mirren and Pesci are apparently expected to do promo work for the film. Flick is inspired by the real-life story of Joe and Sally Conforte, who, back in 1971, managed to open the first legalized house of prostitution in Nevada called Mustang Ranch. Based on a New York Magazine article penned by Mark Jacobson, who also wrote the script.
- 4/6/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Beginning this coming June, the Helen Mirren appreciation society will have their first of many "theatrical" dates with the actress in 2010. The big surprise is that our first Mirren pick isn't The Debt, The Tempest nor Brighton Rock, but the ill-fated Taylor Hackford comedy that was part of the Capitol Films slate before the division financially collapsed. THR reports that Love Ranch will receive a limited U.S. release in June via a deal that would see E1 Entertainment partnering on domestic marketing costs with Aramid Entertainment Fund. - Beginning this coming June, the Helen Mirren appreciation society will have their first of many "theatrical" dates with the actress in 2010. The big surprise is that our first Mirren pick isn't The Debt, The Tempest nor Brighton Rock, but the ill-fated Taylor Hackford comedy that was part of the Capitol Films slate before the division financially collapsed. THR reports that Love Ranch...
- 4/6/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
After months on the shelf because of legal and financial issues, Taylor Hackford's "Love Ranch," starring his wife Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, finally will feel the love of a limited U.S. release in June.
The drama will be distributed by Canadian company E1 Entertainment, which has an agreement in principle to partner on domestic marketing costs with Aramid Entertainment Fund. E1 also acquired rights for the U.K., Scandinavia, France, Australia and elsewhere, and it will sell other foreign rights next month at Cannes.
The June release is expected to be in a handful of theaters in seven to 10 North American cities, including New York and Los Angeles. If the movie gets positive reviews and does good business, the release would be expanded.
Hackford, Mirren and Pesci are expected to do promotional work for the film, which was inspired by the real-life story of Joe and Sally Conforte,...
The drama will be distributed by Canadian company E1 Entertainment, which has an agreement in principle to partner on domestic marketing costs with Aramid Entertainment Fund. E1 also acquired rights for the U.K., Scandinavia, France, Australia and elsewhere, and it will sell other foreign rights next month at Cannes.
The June release is expected to be in a handful of theaters in seven to 10 North American cities, including New York and Los Angeles. If the movie gets positive reviews and does good business, the release would be expanded.
Hackford, Mirren and Pesci are expected to do promotional work for the film, which was inspired by the real-life story of Joe and Sally Conforte,...
- 4/5/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hackford's film has been on the radar for a while now, but it has more to do with the proposed tandem of Mirren and Pesci and the site specific backdrop than my interest in the filmmaker. - #52. Love Ranch Director: Taylor HackfordWriter(s): Mark Jacobson (wrote story for The Believer)Producers: David Bergstein, Lou Dibella, Marty Katz and Hackford Distributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Grace (Helen Mirren) is married to Charlie (Joe Pesci), a violent gangster constantly trying to hit the big time in Reno, Nevada. Throughout their marriage she has always been the brains to his brawn and together they are a force to be reckoned with... But when Charlie dreams up yet another money making enterprise and brings Bruza, a world class boxer into their realm everything will change. There is something different about Bruza - his passion, his past, his mane of hair - and despite the danger,...
- 1/15/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Sun and wind vary throughout the day, and that means they'll have to be cleverly pieced together if we're going to get renewable energy, 24/7.
We hear a lot about renewable energy, and suite of energy sources that'll be required if we're ever to wean ourselves off of oil and coal. But how, exactly, will all those energy sources fit together? How do you provide constant power, when the wind and sun are so unpredictable? And what mix of power will be economical, given the varying costs of each source?
Scientific American tackles that complex jigsaw in an essential story, "Powering a Green Planet."
Mark Jacobson, a professor at Stanford, studied exactly how much power might come from various renewables. But he also took the extra step, of figuring out exactly how they might work together. The graph, designed by the geniuses at CatalogTree, summarizes that work (look for the graph...
We hear a lot about renewable energy, and suite of energy sources that'll be required if we're ever to wean ourselves off of oil and coal. But how, exactly, will all those energy sources fit together? How do you provide constant power, when the wind and sun are so unpredictable? And what mix of power will be economical, given the varying costs of each source?
Scientific American tackles that complex jigsaw in an essential story, "Powering a Green Planet."
Mark Jacobson, a professor at Stanford, studied exactly how much power might come from various renewables. But he also took the extra step, of figuring out exactly how they might work together. The graph, designed by the geniuses at CatalogTree, summarizes that work (look for the graph...
- 10/28/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
Sun and wind vary throughout the day, and that means they'll have to be cleverly pieced together if we're going to get renewable energy, 24/7.
We hear a lot about renewable energy, and suite of energy sources that'll be required if we're ever to wean ourselves off of oil and coal. But how, exactly, will all those energy sources fit together? How do you provide constant power, when the wind and sun are so unpredictable? And what mix of power will be economical, given the varying costs of each source?
Scientific American tackles that complex jigsaw in an essential story, "Powering a Green Planet."
Mark Jacobson, a professor at Stanford, studied exactly how much power might come from various renewables. But he also took the extra step, of figuring out exactly how they might work together. The graph, designed by the geniuses at CatalogTree, summarizes that work (look for the graph...
We hear a lot about renewable energy, and suite of energy sources that'll be required if we're ever to wean ourselves off of oil and coal. But how, exactly, will all those energy sources fit together? How do you provide constant power, when the wind and sun are so unpredictable? And what mix of power will be economical, given the varying costs of each source?
Scientific American tackles that complex jigsaw in an essential story, "Powering a Green Planet."
Mark Jacobson, a professor at Stanford, studied exactly how much power might come from various renewables. But he also took the extra step, of figuring out exactly how they might work together. The graph, designed by the geniuses at CatalogTree, summarizes that work (look for the graph...
- 10/27/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
Ambitious clean energy goals abound--the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, for example, proposes the switch to 42% renewable energy in the U.S by 2030--but are we selling ourselves short? Stanford civil and environmental engineering professor Mark Jacobson and Uc Davis researcher Mark Delucchi think we are. The pair has created a plan to power the planet using only wind, water, and solar energy by 2030.
According to Jacobson and Delucchi, making the full switch to renewables could cut the world's power demand by 30%, making the transition more energy and cost-efficient than sticking with fossil fuels. That's because vehicles that use fossil fuels and biomass combustion are inefficient; they lose up to 80% of energy to heat (the rest is converted into motion). In comparison, energy produced by electricity loses only 20% to heat. So by transitioning to renewables, Jacobson and Delucchi claim we could eliminate the need for 13,000 coal plants and save enough cash to justify the switch.
According to Jacobson and Delucchi, making the full switch to renewables could cut the world's power demand by 30%, making the transition more energy and cost-efficient than sticking with fossil fuels. That's because vehicles that use fossil fuels and biomass combustion are inefficient; they lose up to 80% of energy to heat (the rest is converted into motion). In comparison, energy produced by electricity loses only 20% to heat. So by transitioning to renewables, Jacobson and Delucchi claim we could eliminate the need for 13,000 coal plants and save enough cash to justify the switch.
- 10/22/2009
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Taylor Hackford the acclaimed director of the great "Ray," is set to direct "Merchant of Shanghai," with lensing apparently starting in fall next year in Shanghai. Set in the 19th century, this is a biopic about Silas Hardoon, an opium dealer and property millionaire, who transformed Shanghai. A Jew form Baghdad, Hardoon immigrated to Shanghai and became a drug overlord in opium trade. This aided in the transformation of Shanghai into a major city. Hackford with produce alongside China’s Silver Dream Productions' Luo Yan. Hackford is in post production phase for "Love Ranch" written by Mark Jacobson (""). The drama stars Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, M.C. Gainey, Bai Ling, Gina Gershon and Taryn Manning...
- 10/17/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
James Newton Howard reunites with veteran director Taylor Hackford, for whom he scored The Devil's Advocate in 1997. Currently in post-production, their new film together is called Love Ranch and it's a drama based on a true story about the married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada. Gil Birmingham, Gina Gershon, Joe Pesci and Helen Mirren star in the Mark Jacobson-scripted film, which is a production of Capitol Films and Road Rebel. One of the busiest Hollywood composers, James Newton Howard is also attached to Disney's Gnomeo and Juliet and Confessions of a Shopaholic, Paramount Vantage's Defiance and Universal's Duplicity.
- 8/21/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
- MovieScore Magazine
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