Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSJean-Louis Trintignant directing A Full Day's Work (1973).The legendary French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant has died aged 91. Trintignant made his screen debut in 1956, starring alongside Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's ...And God Created Woman. Since then, he has become one of the most well-known and well-respected performers in global cinema. The Guardian took a look back on his life in pictures, a filmography spanning more than 140 films and seven decades.Russian filmmakers Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) and Kira Kovalenko (Unclenching the Fists) will present a series of films at the 49th edition of Telluride Film Festival in September. The pair, who are a couple, spoke recently with IndieWire about the war in Ukraine and their decision to relocate from Russia to the US. Like the rest of the Telluride program, their selections will not be...
- 6/22/2022
- MUBI
Catherine Cusset on David Hockney: "His big innovation in painting is to introduce movement into painting."
For the theatrical première of Metrograph Pictures 4K restoration of Jack Hazan's A Bigger Splash, Life Of David Hockney novelist Catherine Cusset was invited to introduce the film. As part of the celebration, Andy Warhol's feature Henry Geldzahler and a program of three short films - Christian Blackwood and Michael Blackwood's David Hockney's Diaries, David Pierce's Portrait Of David Hockney, and James Scott's Love's Presentation will be screening on Sunday.
Catherine Cusset on Life Of David Hockney: "I think this novel is about giving meaning. All the time. The paintings and the way this and that happens to him." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Catherine Cusset met with me at the downtown peacefood cafe for an in-depth conversation on her latest novel and the connection to A Bigger Splash. We talked about Olivier Assayas's Non-Fiction,...
For the theatrical première of Metrograph Pictures 4K restoration of Jack Hazan's A Bigger Splash, Life Of David Hockney novelist Catherine Cusset was invited to introduce the film. As part of the celebration, Andy Warhol's feature Henry Geldzahler and a program of three short films - Christian Blackwood and Michael Blackwood's David Hockney's Diaries, David Pierce's Portrait Of David Hockney, and James Scott's Love's Presentation will be screening on Sunday.
Catherine Cusset on Life Of David Hockney: "I think this novel is about giving meaning. All the time. The paintings and the way this and that happens to him." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Catherine Cusset met with me at the downtown peacefood cafe for an in-depth conversation on her latest novel and the connection to A Bigger Splash. We talked about Olivier Assayas's Non-Fiction,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
As is annual tradition, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced this year’s 25 film set to join the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Selected for their “cultural, historic and/or aesthetic importance,” the films picked range from such beloved actioners as “Die Hard,” childhood classic “The Goonies,” the seminal “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” and the mind-bending “Memento,” with plenty of other genres and styles represented among the list.
The additions span 1905 to 2000, and includes Hollywood blockbusters, documentaries, silent movies, animation, shorts, independent, and even home movies. The 2017 selections bring the number of films in the registry to 725.
“The selection of a film to the National Film Registry recognizes its importance to American cinema and the nation’s cultural and historical heritage,” Hayden said in an official statement. “Our love affair with motion pictures is a testament to their enduring power to enlighten, inspire and...
The additions span 1905 to 2000, and includes Hollywood blockbusters, documentaries, silent movies, animation, shorts, independent, and even home movies. The 2017 selections bring the number of films in the registry to 725.
“The selection of a film to the National Film Registry recognizes its importance to American cinema and the nation’s cultural and historical heritage,” Hayden said in an official statement. “Our love affair with motion pictures is a testament to their enduring power to enlighten, inspire and...
- 12/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Since 1989, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been accomplishing the important task of preserving films that “represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking.” From films way back in 1897 all the way up to 2004, they’ve now reached 725 films that celebrate our heritage and encapsulate our film history.
Today they’ve unveiled their 2017 list, which includes such Hollywood classics as Die Hard, Titanic, and Superman along with groundbreaking independent features like Yvonne Rainer’s Lives of Performers, Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger, and Barbara Loden’s Wanda. Also making this list are a pair of Kirk Douglas-led features, Ace in the Hole and Spartacus, as well as Christopher Nolan’s Memento and more. Check out the full list below and you can watch some films on the registry for free here.
Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival) (1951)
Based on the infamous...
Today they’ve unveiled their 2017 list, which includes such Hollywood classics as Die Hard, Titanic, and Superman along with groundbreaking independent features like Yvonne Rainer’s Lives of Performers, Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger, and Barbara Loden’s Wanda. Also making this list are a pair of Kirk Douglas-led features, Ace in the Hole and Spartacus, as well as Christopher Nolan’s Memento and more. Check out the full list below and you can watch some films on the registry for free here.
Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival) (1951)
Based on the infamous...
- 12/13/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Volker Schlöndorff on the set of Return To Montauk Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Volker Schlöndorff, who directed the 1985 film Death Of A Salesman, has sent us the following statement regarding the allegations about Dustin Hoffman made on Wednesday. The claims made by writer Anna Graham Hunter related to Hoffman's conduct on the set of the film.
"As director of Death Of A Salesman, I’d like to make the following statement, standing by Dustin Hoffman who is accused of sexual harassment on the set of the Salesman.
"I welcome the #me.too campaign and do not want to sound dismissive of what I consider a serious cause.
"However one should not smear, tar and feather indistinctively every male around. Calling Dustin Hoffman a predator is simply going too far. I hope this fades away. It’s plain silly. Just watch Christian Blackwood’s wonderful documentary Private Conversations on the making of...
Volker Schlöndorff, who directed the 1985 film Death Of A Salesman, has sent us the following statement regarding the allegations about Dustin Hoffman made on Wednesday. The claims made by writer Anna Graham Hunter related to Hoffman's conduct on the set of the film.
"As director of Death Of A Salesman, I’d like to make the following statement, standing by Dustin Hoffman who is accused of sexual harassment on the set of the Salesman.
"I welcome the #me.too campaign and do not want to sound dismissive of what I consider a serious cause.
"However one should not smear, tar and feather indistinctively every male around. Calling Dustin Hoffman a predator is simply going too far. I hope this fades away. It’s plain silly. Just watch Christian Blackwood’s wonderful documentary Private Conversations on the making of...
- 11/3/2017
- by Jennie Kermode and Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The documentary film Corman’s World was released on Blu-ray/DVD this week, and we were offered the opportunity to talk with producer Stone Douglass about the making of the film. While it was only a brief chat, I learned about the first attempt at starting this project, the difficulties of editing, and the possibility of unused content showing up in book form.
Were you part of the project from the beginning or did you come in after director Alex Stapleton had started working on it?
Stone Douglass: The project was about 5 and a half years total for Alex, and there was a year or so when she worked with just Jared Moshe and Rich Lim, and another guy named Josh Levin. The three of them had provided some small seed cash to help Alex interview a few people and put together a sizzle reel.
They took it to...
Were you part of the project from the beginning or did you come in after director Alex Stapleton had started working on it?
Stone Douglass: The project was about 5 and a half years total for Alex, and there was a year or so when she worked with just Jared Moshe and Rich Lim, and another guy named Josh Levin. The three of them had provided some small seed cash to help Alex interview a few people and put together a sizzle reel.
They took it to...
- 3/29/2012
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
Eartha Kitt, who used her seductive purr and sultry style to charm audiences as an actress, singer and cabaret star, died Thursday of colon cancer. She was 81.
The cancer was detected about two years ago and treated, but it recurred after a period of remission. Kitt recently had been treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
"She came back strongly; she had been performing until two months ago," said Andrew Freedman, a longtime friend and publicist. "We had dates booked through 2009."
Among Kitt's hits was the Christmas tune "Santa Baby," lending poignancy to her Christmas Day death. The song went gold this year, and she received the gold record before she died, Freedman said.
Slinky and catlike, Kitt described herself as a "sex kitten": She followed Julie Newmar in the role of Catwoman on the TV series "Batman" during the 1960s.
But the seductress also could be a political provocateur.
The cancer was detected about two years ago and treated, but it recurred after a period of remission. Kitt recently had been treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
"She came back strongly; she had been performing until two months ago," said Andrew Freedman, a longtime friend and publicist. "We had dates booked through 2009."
Among Kitt's hits was the Christmas tune "Santa Baby," lending poignancy to her Christmas Day death. The song went gold this year, and she received the gold record before she died, Freedman said.
Slinky and catlike, Kitt described herself as a "sex kitten": She followed Julie Newmar in the role of Catwoman on the TV series "Batman" during the 1960s.
But the seductress also could be a political provocateur.
- 12/25/2008
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review: 'Making the Getty Center'
Los Angeles residents who watched the spectacle of the massive Getty Center slowly rising on a hilltop off the San Diego Freeway will no doubt find much of interest in the latest documentary effort from Maysles Films. "Concert of Wills", which should also fascinate museum and architecture buffs, documents the compromises and difficulties involved in creating one of the nation's foremost museums. It is receiving its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's Film Forum.
The six-building complex, 14 years in the making (like the film), resulted from the clash and concordance among the visions of various figures, including renowned modernist architect Richard Meier, famous for his white, minimalist creations; San Diego artist Robert Irwin, designer of the museum's central garden; French architect Thierry Despont, assigned with providing warmth to the building's interior spaces; Getty executives, led by strong-willed museum director John Walsh; and residents of Brentwood, who had their own ideas of what should and what shouldn't be done.
"Concert of Wills", commissioned by the Getty Trust, depicts the aesthetic and business struggles in detailed fashion, with the filmmakers obviously given free reign to document the process and personalities involved.
At times, what occurs is engrossing, particularly the inevitable conflicts between Meier's distinctive vision and the demands placed on him by the Getty people. At other times, the film is more than a bit dry; lengthy sequences involving community zoning processes and minute architectural details like the placement of a door could have been trimmed for better effect. "Concert of Wills" succeeds, however, in demonstrating its overriding theme -- that, at least in this case, collaboration and compromise led to a successful conclusion.
CONCERT OF WILLS: MAKING THE GETTY CENTER
Maysles Films Inc.
Director-screenwriters: Susan Froemke, Bob Eisenhardt, Albert Maysles
Producer: Susan Froemke
Directors of photography: Albert Maysles, Christopher Lanzenberg, Christian Blackwood, Robert Richman, Giogio Urbinelli
Editor: Bob Eisenhardt
Music: Joel Goodman
Color
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The six-building complex, 14 years in the making (like the film), resulted from the clash and concordance among the visions of various figures, including renowned modernist architect Richard Meier, famous for his white, minimalist creations; San Diego artist Robert Irwin, designer of the museum's central garden; French architect Thierry Despont, assigned with providing warmth to the building's interior spaces; Getty executives, led by strong-willed museum director John Walsh; and residents of Brentwood, who had their own ideas of what should and what shouldn't be done.
"Concert of Wills", commissioned by the Getty Trust, depicts the aesthetic and business struggles in detailed fashion, with the filmmakers obviously given free reign to document the process and personalities involved.
At times, what occurs is engrossing, particularly the inevitable conflicts between Meier's distinctive vision and the demands placed on him by the Getty people. At other times, the film is more than a bit dry; lengthy sequences involving community zoning processes and minute architectural details like the placement of a door could have been trimmed for better effect. "Concert of Wills" succeeds, however, in demonstrating its overriding theme -- that, at least in this case, collaboration and compromise led to a successful conclusion.
CONCERT OF WILLS: MAKING THE GETTY CENTER
Maysles Films Inc.
Director-screenwriters: Susan Froemke, Bob Eisenhardt, Albert Maysles
Producer: Susan Froemke
Directors of photography: Albert Maysles, Christopher Lanzenberg, Christian Blackwood, Robert Richman, Giogio Urbinelli
Editor: Bob Eisenhardt
Music: Joel Goodman
Color
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 8/27/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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