Interviews with actors for this story were conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Fire up the Tardis – it’s almost time to return to a world of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey adventures, as the Doctor Who :a[60th anniversary specials]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/new-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-trailer-has-donna-noble-in-danger/' target='blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'} draw closer. Everyone’s favourite Gallifreyan will be bounding back onto our screens in November – and with previous showrunner Russell T. Davies back, plus previous stars David Tennant, Catherine Tate, _and a brand new streaming home in the form of Disney+, the three upcoming special episodes promise an exciting mix of old and new Who.
“It’s like the band getting back together for one last hurrah,” star David Tennant tells Empire exclusively, for our brand :a[new Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom issue]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-world-exclusive-aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-covers-revealed/' target='blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'}. Audiences will remember...
Fire up the Tardis – it’s almost time to return to a world of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey adventures, as the Doctor Who :a[60th anniversary specials]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/new-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-trailer-has-donna-noble-in-danger/' target='blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'} draw closer. Everyone’s favourite Gallifreyan will be bounding back onto our screens in November – and with previous showrunner Russell T. Davies back, plus previous stars David Tennant, Catherine Tate, _and a brand new streaming home in the form of Disney+, the three upcoming special episodes promise an exciting mix of old and new Who.
“It’s like the band getting back together for one last hurrah,” star David Tennant tells Empire exclusively, for our brand :a[new Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom issue]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-world-exclusive-aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-covers-revealed/' target='blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'}. Audiences will remember...
- 10/23/2023
- by Sophie Butcher
- Empire - TV
Israel’s CoPro Foundation, the group behind Tel Aviv’s annual CoPro film and television market, is moving into film sales. The company, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of CoPro in June this year, has set up its own film sales division to support the international distribution of Israeli titles.
CoPro is launching the new company at the Cannes Film Market with the timely documentary The Consultant. Directed by Eado Zuckerman, the film delves into the enigmatic life of Arthur J. Finkelstein, an influential American political consultant who played a key role in shaping the careers of such right-wing figures as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While championing conservative ideologies Finkelstein privately lived as a gay man. The documentary promises a rare glimpse into this complex persona through never-before-seen home videos, interviews with Finkelstein’s daughter, his husband...
CoPro is launching the new company at the Cannes Film Market with the timely documentary The Consultant. Directed by Eado Zuckerman, the film delves into the enigmatic life of Arthur J. Finkelstein, an influential American political consultant who played a key role in shaping the careers of such right-wing figures as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While championing conservative ideologies Finkelstein privately lived as a gay man. The documentary promises a rare glimpse into this complex persona through never-before-seen home videos, interviews with Finkelstein’s daughter, his husband...
- 5/19/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If Reverend Donald Wildmon of the far-right American Family Association was to be believed in 1991, the United States government had, via the National Endowment for the Arts, financed gay porn. The movie in question was Todd Haynes' "Poison," a triptych of short stories riffing on the work of homosexual writer Jean Genet, and, you probably won't be surprised to learn, was as far from a skin flick as "A Man for All Seasons." The truth, however, didn't matter. That Haynes' was an out gay flmmaker who'd received taxpayer money to make a movie examining the "panicky fright" of a society that could not, for the most part, accept the strangeness (i.e. non-straightness) of their fellow human beings infuriated religious bigots like Wildmon. They could sense the cultural tide was turning against them, so they rallied their hateful base to protest a handful of drop-in-the-bucket government grants.
"Poison" was just...
"Poison" was just...
- 9/20/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Must of the Month
A great way to celebrate Pride this year is with The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs, a Criterion Collection box set that pays tribute to an essential voice in LGBTQ+ cinema and Black filmmaking. Before his death of HIV/AIDS complications in 1994, Riggs created a vital body of work that includes the sensual and poetic “Tongues Untied” — a film decried on the senate floor by Jesse Helms, and recommendations don’t come much higher — the incisive documentary “Color Adjustment,” about the history of Black characters on American TV, and brilliantly moving personal and experimental films like “Black Is… Black Ain’t” and “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regrets).” This compilation of a singular artistic voice belongs in every library.
New Indie
Carrie Coon and Jude Law gave firecracker performances in the under-seen “The Nest” (IFC/Shout Factory) from director Sean Durkin (“Martha Marcy May Marlene...
A great way to celebrate Pride this year is with The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs, a Criterion Collection box set that pays tribute to an essential voice in LGBTQ+ cinema and Black filmmaking. Before his death of HIV/AIDS complications in 1994, Riggs created a vital body of work that includes the sensual and poetic “Tongues Untied” — a film decried on the senate floor by Jesse Helms, and recommendations don’t come much higher — the incisive documentary “Color Adjustment,” about the history of Black characters on American TV, and brilliantly moving personal and experimental films like “Black Is… Black Ain’t” and “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regrets).” This compilation of a singular artistic voice belongs in every library.
New Indie
Carrie Coon and Jude Law gave firecracker performances in the under-seen “The Nest” (IFC/Shout Factory) from director Sean Durkin (“Martha Marcy May Marlene...
- 6/2/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Imagine Documentaries has won an auction for the Thomas Healy book Soul City. The plan is to develop the book across multiple divisions at Imagine in scripted and unscripted formats. Soul City tells the revealing, forgotten story of the 1970s attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in the heart of “Klan Country,” and the impassioned mission of civil rights leader Floyd McKissick.
“Imagine is honored to bring this important and forgotten story of Soul City to life for audiences. Its contemporary relevance is undeniable,” said Imagine Documentaries’ Sara Bernstein and Justin Wilkes, jointly.
In 1969, with America’s cities in turmoil and racial tensions high, civil rights leader McKissick announced an audacious plan: he would build a new city in rural North Carolina, open to all but intended primarily to benefit Black people. Named Soul City, the community secured funding from the Nixon administration and planning help...
“Imagine is honored to bring this important and forgotten story of Soul City to life for audiences. Its contemporary relevance is undeniable,” said Imagine Documentaries’ Sara Bernstein and Justin Wilkes, jointly.
In 1969, with America’s cities in turmoil and racial tensions high, civil rights leader McKissick announced an audacious plan: he would build a new city in rural North Carolina, open to all but intended primarily to benefit Black people. Named Soul City, the community secured funding from the Nixon administration and planning help...
- 6/1/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
You can tell a lot about a millionaire by how he spreads his money around. In the case of Louis DeJoy — the GOP megadonor now threatening the integrity of the 2020 election as Postmaster General by slowing deliveries and destroying mail-sorting equipment in swing states — he’s offered consistent financial support for the Jesse Helms Center, honoring the late North Carolina senator who was a militant homophobe and crusaded against civil and voting rights, once declaring: “If you want to call me a bigot, go ahead.”
DeJoy’s philanthropic affinity for...
DeJoy’s philanthropic affinity for...
- 8/20/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
I didn’t enjoy my weekend with John Bolton. His new book, The Room Where It Happened, is blunt, partisan, thorough, and unpleasant — much like the man. Bolton’s righteous arrogance oozes in nearly ever sentence. His contempt for anyone who doesn’t share his reactionary world view is profound and on full display.
Though the average reader’s eyes will glaze over at his exact and, at times, excruciatingly detailed recounting of this or that summit, historians and foreign policy wonks will certainly welcome the pulling back of the White House drapes.
Though the average reader’s eyes will glaze over at his exact and, at times, excruciatingly detailed recounting of this or that summit, historians and foreign policy wonks will certainly welcome the pulling back of the White House drapes.
- 6/22/2020
- by Sean Woods
- Rollingstone.com
Michael Jordan has spoken out on the death of George Floyd. On May 25, Floyd was killed in Minneapolis when police officer Derek Chauvin pinned his knee to Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes as he repeatedly said he couldn't breathe. On May 31, amid protests across the country, Jordan released a statement on his official Instagram and Twitter accounts, expressing both his anger and support. "I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry," he wrote. "I see and feel everyone's pain, outrage and frustration. I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough."
"We have had enough."
The former basketball player went on to encourage his followers to show empathy toward one another while also actively denouncing uncalled-for police violence. "I don't have the answers, but our collective voices show strength and the inability to be divided by others.
"We have had enough."
The former basketball player went on to encourage his followers to show empathy toward one another while also actively denouncing uncalled-for police violence. "I don't have the answers, but our collective voices show strength and the inability to be divided by others.
- 6/1/2020
- by Victoria Messina
- Popsugar.com
The most satisfying beat drop of 2020 may come in a basketball documentary.
Near the top of the first episode of The Last Dance, the 10-part ESPN docuseries about Michael Jordan and his G.O.A.T.-making run with the Chicago Bulls, Jordan is skipping into the Lakers’ visitors locker room after winning his first NBA title, when the intro of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” begins to build. But that’s not the song that’s playing. It’s just the sample at the beginning of Puff Daddy’s “Been Around the World,...
Near the top of the first episode of The Last Dance, the 10-part ESPN docuseries about Michael Jordan and his G.O.A.T.-making run with the Chicago Bulls, Jordan is skipping into the Lakers’ visitors locker room after winning his first NBA title, when the intro of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” begins to build. But that’s not the song that’s playing. It’s just the sample at the beginning of Puff Daddy’s “Been Around the World,...
- 4/15/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
By network broadcasting standards, the night of January 20th, 1986, had more than its share of rarely-seen-on-tv highlights. Bob Dylan and his band glided through a gently pulsing, almost R&B take on “I Shall Be Released,” and Dylan joined Peter, Paul and Mary for “Blowin’ in the Wind” — remarkably, the first time all four had ever sung that song together onstage. Whitney Houston, energized and vocally stirring, bounded onstage to join Ashford and Simpson for “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”
Even with all that star power, the night belonged to Stevie Wonder.
Even with all that star power, the night belonged to Stevie Wonder.
- 1/21/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
There is a lot of penis in Ondi Timoner’s “Mapplethorpe,” a streamlined, straightforward biopic about the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. For those familiar with the late artist’s work, that may not come as much of a surprise — many of his most famous images center on male genitalia, rendering plump and veiny dicks with the same religious awe that Michelangelo sculpted “The Pietà.” On the other hand, it’s rare to see any peen in a major motion picture, let alone dozens of them in close-up. Not since the State of the Union have so many flaccid tools proudly displayed themselves in one place. How sad that it still feels transgressive to show them at all, and how much we owe to Mapplethorpe that depicting them is no longer considered obscene.
Of course, Mapplethorpe’s photography was less controversial for the flesh that it showed than for how it positioned...
Of course, Mapplethorpe’s photography was less controversial for the flesh that it showed than for how it positioned...
- 4/24/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The documentary How to Survive a Plague shows inspirational footage of 1980s Aids activism in the Us – and the message is still relevant today
In 1987 Peter Staley was a closeted young bond trader working in New York in an environment he describes as hideous and stifling.
"It was like a high-school football team locker room," he says. "Sexist and homophobic and filled with testosterone. You had to play the part in order to survive. I didn't like what it did to me, but being in the closet was that much worse."
No one at work knew he was gay, but he was also keeping secret his recent diagnosis of what was then called Aids‑related complex. Staley's life, he says, changed when he was handed a flyer one day on the way to work. It was from Act Up, the Aids Advocacy group, and he'd just walked past its first demonstration,...
In 1987 Peter Staley was a closeted young bond trader working in New York in an environment he describes as hideous and stifling.
"It was like a high-school football team locker room," he says. "Sexist and homophobic and filled with testosterone. You had to play the part in order to survive. I didn't like what it did to me, but being in the closet was that much worse."
No one at work knew he was gay, but he was also keeping secret his recent diagnosis of what was then called Aids‑related complex. Staley's life, he says, changed when he was handed a flyer one day on the way to work. It was from Act Up, the Aids Advocacy group, and he'd just walked past its first demonstration,...
- 10/28/2013
- by Hermione Hoby
- The Guardian - Film News
It took four tries, but legislation that gives a discount to small webcasters on the royalty they have to pay to stream music over the Internet made it through Congress on Friday. The legislation won approval after last-minute negotiations ameliorated concerns by Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., that the legislation as originally proposed was unfair to religious broadcasters. Negotiators for Helms, the recording industry, musicians and the small webcasters wrote a new version of the bill that was approved by the Senate late Thursday and the House early Friday. President Bush is expected to sign the bill. Under the version that won congressional approval, specific rates and exactly who will get the reduced royalty was left out of the measure but will end up having the force of law once the specifics are published in the Federal Register. The legislation also exempts college and other noncommercial radio stations from the royalty during a six-month negotiating window and strengthens language aimed at preventing the bill from being used as a precedent in court proceedings and other government action. The measure became a legislative football, with three different senators holding up the legislation at the goal line three different times. In the end, Helms' objections were the most serious, and the measure was rewritten to accommodate his concerns.
- 11/16/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WASHINGTON -- Reports of the death of legislation discounting the royalty small webcasters will pay for streaming music may have been greatly exaggerated. Last-minute negotiations with a key lawmaker appeared to resurrect the measure Thursday. Music industry executives and Senate aides reached an agreement with Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., that ended his objections to the bill, allowing final action during this week's lame-duck session. A new version was approved by the Senate late Thursday and passed in the House early Friday morning. The president is expected to sign the bill. Helms blocked the legislation just before the Senate broke last month, after religious broadcasters in his home state raised objections to the bill, claiming it was unfair to them. He also was disturbed that the bill did not go through the usual legislative process. Helms apparently had a change of heart after the parties agreed to rewrite the legislation, leaving out the exact rates small webcasters will pay, exempting college and public radio stations from the royalty during a six-month negotiating window and strengthening language aimed at preventing the bill from being used as a precedent in court proceedings and other government action.
- 11/15/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taking the form of an unabashed love letter to the charismatic, long-surviving Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Estela Bravo's documentary sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance. Depicting Castro only as a romantic revolutionary beloved by his people, "Fidel" presents an unbalanced portrait that ultimately serves to make this film less than definitive, though undeniably fascinating.
Presenting Castro's story in straightforward chronological fashion, the film details his humble beginnings, his role in the overthrow of Batista and, of course, such subsequent historical events as the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of Che, all the way up to the Elian Gonzalez case. But this "Biography"-style rundown is ultimately less compelling than the revealing personal footage the filmmaker has acquired from Cuban archives. Thus, we see Castro happily swimming with his bodyguards, visiting his childhood home and school (he sits at a desk, as if waiting for class to begin), standing over the graves of his parents, hanging out with the members of the Buena Vista Social Club, etc. We are also given such epochal moments as when, during a speech, a dove released to the skies perches instead on his shoulder, cementing his "destined" status for many Cubans.
Other fascinating moments include footage of a young Castro giving an interview in English to Edward R. Murrow while his young son plays with a puppy, as well as sparring with newsman Mike Wallace, who provides the sole moment of dissent (other than a typically rabid Jesse Helms) by gently inquiring during a fast encounter, "So, what ever happened to democracy and free elections?"
The film supplants its loving depiction by showing Castro interacting with luminaries ranging from Nelson Mandela to a grinning Jack Nicholson and with laudatory testimonials by such questionable authorities as novelist Alice Walker (she expresses great surprise that the Cuban leader can't sing or dance), Harry Belafonte and Sydney Pollack. Also weighing in is novelist and close friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who claims that Castro helps him edit his books.
FIDEL
First Run Features
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Estela Bravo
Director of photography: Roberto Chile
Editors: Davey Frankel, Monica Henriquez, Fermin Gonzalez
Narrator: Vlasta Vrana
Running time 91 -- minutes
No MPAA rating...
Presenting Castro's story in straightforward chronological fashion, the film details his humble beginnings, his role in the overthrow of Batista and, of course, such subsequent historical events as the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of Che, all the way up to the Elian Gonzalez case. But this "Biography"-style rundown is ultimately less compelling than the revealing personal footage the filmmaker has acquired from Cuban archives. Thus, we see Castro happily swimming with his bodyguards, visiting his childhood home and school (he sits at a desk, as if waiting for class to begin), standing over the graves of his parents, hanging out with the members of the Buena Vista Social Club, etc. We are also given such epochal moments as when, during a speech, a dove released to the skies perches instead on his shoulder, cementing his "destined" status for many Cubans.
Other fascinating moments include footage of a young Castro giving an interview in English to Edward R. Murrow while his young son plays with a puppy, as well as sparring with newsman Mike Wallace, who provides the sole moment of dissent (other than a typically rabid Jesse Helms) by gently inquiring during a fast encounter, "So, what ever happened to democracy and free elections?"
The film supplants its loving depiction by showing Castro interacting with luminaries ranging from Nelson Mandela to a grinning Jack Nicholson and with laudatory testimonials by such questionable authorities as novelist Alice Walker (she expresses great surprise that the Cuban leader can't sing or dance), Harry Belafonte and Sydney Pollack. Also weighing in is novelist and close friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who claims that Castro helps him edit his books.
FIDEL
First Run Features
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Estela Bravo
Director of photography: Roberto Chile
Editors: Davey Frankel, Monica Henriquez, Fermin Gonzalez
Narrator: Vlasta Vrana
Running time 91 -- minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/18/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WASHINGTON -- Legislation that would steeply discount the royalties small webcasters will pay for streaming music was dealt a potentially fatal blow Thursday night when it failed to clear the Senate. The bill was killed -- at least until the Senate reconvenes Nov. 12 -- after a Republican lawmaker raised objections to the measure. Sources with inside knowledge of the proceedings said that Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina placed a last-minute "hold" on the legislation, which effectively prevented it from being considered by the Senate. A hold is an informal, anonymous way senators can delay legislation. Supporters of the legislation expressed dismay at the last-minute tactic, which sources said was prompted by religious broadcasters. "We are surprised and disappointed the small webcast legislation was not passed as expected by the Senate Thursday night," said Hilary Rosen, chairman and CEO of the RIAA. Senate approval of the legislation is necessary or the bill will die, and small webcasters would be forced to pay the full royalty set in June by the Librarian of Congress. The House approved the legislation before adjourning until late next month. Both the House and Senate must approve identical versions of the legislation before it can go to the president for his signature. Unless the Senate approves the bill -- sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis. -- it will die, as it is unlikely that Congress would consider it in a lame-duck session.
- 10/18/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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