Upscale crossover sales agent Latido Films has acquired international sales rights to “Re-creation,” directed by legendary Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan, whose “In the Name of the Father” won a Berlin Golden Bear in 1994.
Starring Vicky Krieps, a Cannes’ Un Certain Regard winner for “Corsage,” the docu-drama is co-written and co-directed by Irish artist and filmmaker David Merriman (“Rock Against Homelessness”). It will be unveiled to buyers at the European Film Market.
Like Sheridan’s prior five-hour documentary, SkyCrime’s “Murder at the Cottage,” “Re-creation” turns on what the earlier title calls Ireland’s most shocking unresolved crime whose victim, French TV producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, was battered to death at her holiday home in West Cork, Ireland, in 1996.
A fiction/reality hybrid feature, “Re-creation” introduces a fictional jury, inspired by Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men,” which sifts through the facts, lies and convenient truths behind the murder, Sheridan told Variety.
Starring Vicky Krieps, a Cannes’ Un Certain Regard winner for “Corsage,” the docu-drama is co-written and co-directed by Irish artist and filmmaker David Merriman (“Rock Against Homelessness”). It will be unveiled to buyers at the European Film Market.
Like Sheridan’s prior five-hour documentary, SkyCrime’s “Murder at the Cottage,” “Re-creation” turns on what the earlier title calls Ireland’s most shocking unresolved crime whose victim, French TV producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, was battered to death at her holiday home in West Cork, Ireland, in 1996.
A fiction/reality hybrid feature, “Re-creation” introduces a fictional jury, inspired by Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men,” which sifts through the facts, lies and convenient truths behind the murder, Sheridan told Variety.
- 2/16/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Scientists have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years, potentially posing a pandemic risk.
The new strains include viruses that have been passed by humans to pigs, as well as some with genes originating from as far as North America, said researchers from Duke-nus Medical School in Singapore.
Pigs are a key intermediary in the emergence and potential spread of influenza viruses between animals and humans, the researchers noted, as they provide a suitable environment for the shuffling of gene segments between avian, swine and human hosts, ultimately giving rise to new viruses.
With pork production dramatically increasing over the past 50 years, international trade and movement have further amplified the risks.
“While swine influenza viruses typically cause mild symptoms in pigs, they pose a pandemic threat to humans, as the human population may lack immunity...
The new strains include viruses that have been passed by humans to pigs, as well as some with genes originating from as far as North America, said researchers from Duke-nus Medical School in Singapore.
Pigs are a key intermediary in the emergence and potential spread of influenza viruses between animals and humans, the researchers noted, as they provide a suitable environment for the shuffling of gene segments between avian, swine and human hosts, ultimately giving rise to new viruses.
With pork production dramatically increasing over the past 50 years, international trade and movement have further amplified the risks.
“While swine influenza viruses typically cause mild symptoms in pigs, they pose a pandemic threat to humans, as the human population may lack immunity...
- 9/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
For the last five months, Film Comment — the house organ of Film at Lincoln Center, a repository for erudite film coverage, and a thought leader in specialty film — has existed in limbo. It’s not dead; while the staff was put on hiatus in March, publisher Eugene Hernandez is working to determine next steps. It’s not in print; its last physical edition was March/April. It’s not quite digital: Content for the May/June issue is available at the Film Comment site and at Zinio, but any internet consumer knows that online publications can’t survive on bimonthly updates.
From the critical brickbats of Pauline Kael vs. Andrew Sarris to defining identities for seminal filmmakers like Max Ophüls, John Huston, and Martin Scorsese, Film Comment has been at the center of a vital global film conversation for 58 years. Embraced by cinephiles and academics, it also saw the art...
From the critical brickbats of Pauline Kael vs. Andrew Sarris to defining identities for seminal filmmakers like Max Ophüls, John Huston, and Martin Scorsese, Film Comment has been at the center of a vital global film conversation for 58 years. Embraced by cinephiles and academics, it also saw the art...
- 8/24/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
For the last five months, Film Comment — the house organ of Film at Lincoln Center, a repository for erudite film coverage, and a thought leader in specialty film — has existed in limbo. It’s not dead; while the staff was put on hiatus in March, publisher Eugene Hernandez is working to determine next steps. It’s not in print; its last physical edition was March/April. It’s not quite digital: Content for the May/June issue is available at the Film Comment site and at Zinio, but any internet consumer knows that online publications can’t survive on bimonthly updates.
From the critical brickbats of Pauline Kael vs. Andrew Sarris to defining identities for seminal filmmakers like Max Ophüls, John Huston, and Martin Scorsese, Film Comment has been at the center of a vital global film conversation for 58 years. Embraced by cinephiles and academics, it also saw the art...
From the critical brickbats of Pauline Kael vs. Andrew Sarris to defining identities for seminal filmmakers like Max Ophüls, John Huston, and Martin Scorsese, Film Comment has been at the center of a vital global film conversation for 58 years. Embraced by cinephiles and academics, it also saw the art...
- 8/24/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Mubi's retrospective Spotlight on Barbet Schroeder is showing summer 2020 - spring 2021.Above: Barbet SchroederTrying to situate Barbet Schroeder on the film world-trend-map of the past six decades can be a tricky task. Coming on the scene as part of the MacMahonist group1, writing for Cahiers du cinéma mostly about American cinema in the late 1950s, Schroeder should be correctly considered a direct descendant of the politique des auteur. However, unlike other acknowledged “sons” of the New Wave, such as Jean Eustache and Philippe Garrel, this inheritance was not directly passed on to Schroeder when he began producing-directing his own stories, following the steps of his much admired Otto Preminger—in fact, his affective bonds with Cahiers didn’t protect him from the occasional scolding from the magazine’s “third-generation” critics: Serge Daney accused Schroeder of turning the subject of his documentary General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974) into a stereotype,...
- 8/20/2020
- MUBI
TheWrap takes a look back at some of the grisliest Hollywood murders in history, from Sharon Tate to Black Dahlia
1947: The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old woman nicknamed “Black Dahlia,” remains one of Hollywood’s most grisly unsolved crimes and has since sparked numerous TV, film and literary adaptations.
1969: Charles Manson, leader of the so-called “Manson Family,” ordered the deaths of actress Sharon Tate; writer Wojciech Frykowski and his partner, the coffee bean heiress Abigail Folger; and celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring and several friends at the Beverly Hills home of director Roman Polanski.
1976: Sal Mineo, the star of “Rebel Without a Cause,” was stabbed to death near the Sunset Strip. Pizza deliveryman Lionel Ray Williams was later arrested and convicted of the murder.
1978: The “Hogan’s Heroes” star Bob Crane was found bludgeoned to death in his Arizona apartment. John Henry Carpenter was arrested and...
1947: The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old woman nicknamed “Black Dahlia,” remains one of Hollywood’s most grisly unsolved crimes and has since sparked numerous TV, film and literary adaptations.
1969: Charles Manson, leader of the so-called “Manson Family,” ordered the deaths of actress Sharon Tate; writer Wojciech Frykowski and his partner, the coffee bean heiress Abigail Folger; and celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring and several friends at the Beverly Hills home of director Roman Polanski.
1976: Sal Mineo, the star of “Rebel Without a Cause,” was stabbed to death near the Sunset Strip. Pizza deliveryman Lionel Ray Williams was later arrested and convicted of the murder.
1978: The “Hogan’s Heroes” star Bob Crane was found bludgeoned to death in his Arizona apartment. John Henry Carpenter was arrested and...
- 6/29/2020
- by Cassidy Robinson and Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Q&A sessions with the stars of “Charmed” plus Chris Kattan (“Saturday Night Live,” A Night at the Roxbury), Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings, “Stranger Things 2”), Alaina Huffman (“Smallville,” “Stargate” universe), David Alpay (“Vampire Diaries”) and workshops, cosplayer and comics creator sessions, adult and kids costume contests, feature film and trailer screening and more highlight the programming offerings at Wizard World St. Louis, April 5-7 at America’s Center. Most programming is included as part of the standard event admission and is in addition to the live entertainment options all weekend.
Some highlights of the more than 50 hours of panels scheduled to date include:
· Group session with the cast of “Charmed”
· Sessions with Astin, Kattan, Huffman, Alpay and voice actor Scott Innes (“Scooby Doo,” Saturday, 4 p.m.)
· Disney Trivia panel with Walt Before Mickey star Thomas Ian Nicholas (Rookie of the Year, American Pie) and Chris Owen (American Pie...
Some highlights of the more than 50 hours of panels scheduled to date include:
· Group session with the cast of “Charmed”
· Sessions with Astin, Kattan, Huffman, Alpay and voice actor Scott Innes (“Scooby Doo,” Saturday, 4 p.m.)
· Disney Trivia panel with Walt Before Mickey star Thomas Ian Nicholas (Rookie of the Year, American Pie) and Chris Owen (American Pie...
- 4/2/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Game of Thrones star Jamie Sives and Catastrophe star Mark Bonnar are to front a four-part dark crime caper for the BBC.
Guilt, written by Eric, Ernie And Me writer Neil Forsyth, will be the first drama for BBC Scotland’s new digital channel and will then air on BBC Two.
Sives, who starred as Jory Cassel in the HBO drama, and Bonnar play two disparate Scottish brothers Max and Jake who, while driving home from a wedding together one night, accidentally run over and kill an old man on a darkened street. After making the panicked decision to cover their tracks, the brothers seem to get away with their crime. However, as neighbours and relatives of the dead man begin to suspect his death wasn’t as innocent as it initially seemed, the brothers find their lives rapidly falling apart, as their actions begin to catch up with them.
Guilt, written by Eric, Ernie And Me writer Neil Forsyth, will be the first drama for BBC Scotland’s new digital channel and will then air on BBC Two.
Sives, who starred as Jory Cassel in the HBO drama, and Bonnar play two disparate Scottish brothers Max and Jake who, while driving home from a wedding together one night, accidentally run over and kill an old man on a darkened street. After making the panicked decision to cover their tracks, the brothers seem to get away with their crime. However, as neighbours and relatives of the dead man begin to suspect his death wasn’t as innocent as it initially seemed, the brothers find their lives rapidly falling apart, as their actions begin to catch up with them.
- 1/22/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
John Lenzie Creech, the man convicted of killing 20th Century Fox film distribution executive Gavin Smith, was sentenced today the maximum of 11 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. It brings to a close the saga of Smith, who was killed in May 2012, with his body found 2 1/2 years later in the Angeles National Forest. Creech was convicted in July after the L.A. District attorney sought first- or second-degree murder charges. Prosecutors said he killed Smith in the…...
- 9/19/2017
- Deadline
The man convicted of killing former Fox executive Gavin Smith has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for the crime, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. John Creech, 45, was found guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter in July. Smith was last seen alive on May 1, 2012, with Creech’s estranged wife in his car at a park. Creech beat Smith while Creech’s wife pleaded with him to stop, according to prosecutors. Also Read: Man Convicted of Killing Former Fox Executive Gavin Smith Nearly a year after his disappearance, the former Fox executive’s car was found at a.
- 9/19/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
On May 1, 2012, Hollywood executive Gavin Smith disappeared, and for more than two years his family as left with the mystery of his going missing — until his remains were found by hikers in a shallow grave in the desert on Oct. 26, 2014.
In July, Smith’s killer was confirmed when convicted drug dealer John Creech was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in Smith’s death. Prosecutors said then that “Creech brutally beat Smith, a former UCLA basketball player, while the defendant’s wife pleaded for him to stop.”
According to authorities, Creech had discovered Smith with his estranged wife late the night...
In July, Smith’s killer was confirmed when convicted drug dealer John Creech was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in Smith’s death. Prosecutors said then that “Creech brutally beat Smith, a former UCLA basketball player, while the defendant’s wife pleaded for him to stop.”
According to authorities, Creech had discovered Smith with his estranged wife late the night...
- 9/15/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
A California jury found a convicted drug dealer guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2012 killing of Fox movie executive Gavin Smith — but it acquitted the man of murder, People confirms.
John Creech, 44, faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 19, according to a press release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
After finding Smith and his estranged wife together in Smith’s car, Creech beat Smith to death while his wife pleaded for him to stop, the release states. The county coroner testified that Smith’s skull had been crushed on both sides,...
John Creech, 44, faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 19, according to a press release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
After finding Smith and his estranged wife together in Smith’s car, Creech beat Smith to death while his wife pleaded for him to stop, the release states. The county coroner testified that Smith’s skull had been crushed on both sides,...
- 7/4/2017
- by Greg Hanlon
- PEOPLE.com
More than five years after 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith was killed, convicted drug dealer John Creech was found guilty today of voluntary manslaughter. Acquitted of the original charge of first-degree murder and also of second-degree murder by the jurors, Creech faces up to 11 years behind bars for the lesser crime. Having avoided life in prison from the harsher charges, the defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on September 19 by Judge Stephen Marcus in L.A…...
- 7/3/2017
- Deadline
John Creech, a 44-year-old convicted drug dealer, was found guilty Monday of killing 57-year-old former Fox executive Gavin Smith, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced. Smith went missing after he was seen leaving a female friend’s house in Ventura County on May 1, 2012. His black Mercedes Benz was found in a storage unit in February 2013, and investigators homed in on Creech after he was found to be connected with the unit. “Evidence presented at trial showed that Creech found his estranged wife with Smith at a park in the victim’s car,” according to a statement provided by the.
- 7/3/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
New York is undergoing a renaissance for independent movie theaters, with newcomers like Metrograph and the Alamo Drafthouse joining stalwarts like Film Forum, Bam and the Film Society of Lincoln Center in making New York one of the preeminent American cities for cinephiles. Now the scene is about to accommodate one more newcomer — although in some ways, this one’s been around for a while.
Strictly speaking, the Quad Cinema won’t be the newest multi-screen theater on the block when it opens its doors April 14. In fact, it’ll be the oldest. The first multiplex in the city when it opened in 1972, the Quad catered to passionate audiences for decades before slowly declining in recent years due to disrepair and a decline in programming quality linked to an increased number of four-walled screenings.
So Charles S. Cohen, the real-estate mogul and owner and founder of Cohen Media Group who...
Strictly speaking, the Quad Cinema won’t be the newest multi-screen theater on the block when it opens its doors April 14. In fact, it’ll be the oldest. The first multiplex in the city when it opened in 1972, the Quad catered to passionate audiences for decades before slowly declining in recent years due to disrepair and a decline in programming quality linked to an increased number of four-walled screenings.
So Charles S. Cohen, the real-estate mogul and owner and founder of Cohen Media Group who...
- 4/12/2017
- by Andrew Lapin
- Indiewire
Noah Baumbach has never seen “Withnail and I.” Kenneth Lonergan has always wanted to see “Yi Yi.” Sandra Bernhard hasn’t had the chance to catch “Lola.” As part of New York City’s Quad Cinema’s newly announced “First Encounters” screening series, they (and more creative types) are going to finally remedy that — and they’d like you to join them.
The newly revamped four-screen theater — set to reopen in less than in a month — has announced the first lineup of their newest series, which sees notable New Yorkers (helped by programmers Christopher Wells and Gavin Smith) picking a film they’ve never seen (but have always wanted to) to show on the big screen, complete with a post-showing Q&A with the rest of audience.
Check out the first official lineup for First Encounters below, with descriptions and other information provided by Quad Cinema.
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The newly revamped four-screen theater — set to reopen in less than in a month — has announced the first lineup of their newest series, which sees notable New Yorkers (helped by programmers Christopher Wells and Gavin Smith) picking a film they’ve never seen (but have always wanted to) to show on the big screen, complete with a post-showing Q&A with the rest of audience.
Check out the first official lineup for First Encounters below, with descriptions and other information provided by Quad Cinema.
Read More: New York...
- 3/20/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Ava DuVernay’s documentary The 13th as the Opening Night selection of the 54th New York Film Festival (September 30 – October 16), making its world premiere at Alice Tully Hall. The 13th is the first-ever nonfiction work to open the festival, and will debut on Netflix and open in a limited theatrical run on October 7.
Chronicling the history of racial inequality in the United States, The 13th examines how our country has produced the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with the majority of those imprisoned being African-American. The title of DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing film refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution—“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States . . . ” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass incarceration and...
Chronicling the history of racial inequality in the United States, The 13th examines how our country has produced the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with the majority of those imprisoned being African-American. The title of DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing film refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution—“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States . . . ” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass incarceration and...
- 7/19/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
If the languid summer tentpole season has you down, fear not, as the promising fall slate is around the corner and today brings the first news of what we’ll see at the 2016 New York Film Festival. For the first time ever, a non-fiction film will open The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s festival: Ava DuVernay‘s The 13th. Her timely follow-up to Selma chronicles the history of racial inequality in the United States and will arrive on Netflix and in limited theaters shortly after its premiere at Nyff, on October 7.
“It is a true honor for me and my collaborators to premiere The 13th as the opening night selection of the New York Film Festival,” Ava DuVernay says. “This film was made as an answer to my own questions about how and why we have become the most incarcerated nation in the world, how and why we regard...
“It is a true honor for me and my collaborators to premiere The 13th as the opening night selection of the New York Film Festival,” Ava DuVernay says. “This film was made as an answer to my own questions about how and why we have become the most incarcerated nation in the world, how and why we regard...
- 7/19/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSLa chinoiseSay what? The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius is slated to make a drama out of the relationship between French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard and his actress/muse-one-time-wife Anne Wiazemsky around the time of Godard's 1967 film, La chinoise. Sounds potentially horrible, but it is officially based on Wiazemsky's memoir Un an après. In a bizarre generational echo, Louis Garrel, so well known for embodying his father, director Philippe Garrel, in is set to star as Godard.We keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting for Terrence Malick long-in-the-making IMAX documentary, Voyage of Time. Now The Film Stage has found reference to an October theatrical release date. We'll believe it when we see it, but here's hoping.After Gavin Smith left editorship of Film Comment magazine, the Film Society of Lincoln...
- 5/4/2016
- MUBI
Big news from our friends over at the Film Society of Lincoln Center with two new appointments. Having served as interim editor of Film Comment since Gavin Smith’s departure, Nicolas Rapold will assume the editorial mantle full-time. Michael Koresky — perhaps best-known as the co-founder of Reverse Shot, which he’ll continue to edit — will be joining him as Editorial Director, a position that’s new to the organization. This position calls for overseeing all manner of content both within the magazine and as part of Fslc’s overall strategy. First up on the docket: the launch of a Film Comment app. For slightly more, […]...
- 5/2/2016
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For the third time in 15 months, Hollywood has turned to a high-profile film journalist to fill its executive ranks — an intriguing trend from the media’s perspective. Gavin Smith, the longtime editor of Film Comment, was named VP of Cohen Media Group on Thursday. Smith (pictured above with director John Landis) is the third film critic/journalist to switch sides of late, following Jason Blum‘s savvy hiring of Shock Till You Drop managing editor Ryan Turek as director of development at Blumhouse, and Amazon Studio’s hiring of Variety’s chief film critic Scott Foundas as an acquisitions and development executive.
- 2/21/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Having left his editor-in-chief role after 15 years at Film Comment, Gavin Smith is going over to the other side. He is joining New York indie distributor and exhibitor Cohen Media Group in the new position of Vice President. Smith will work alongside owner and CEO Charles S. Cohen and Cmg's Vice President and Archivist, Tim Lanza, to seek out films to acquire for the Cohen Film Collection, currently comprised of over 800 classics. Smith, who served as a programmer at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will help to program and curate the repertory screen at the redesigned Quad Cinema in the Village, working on film series and moderating filmmaker presentations and discussions. Cohen Media is branding the Quad Cinema as "the New York City home of classic, foreign, art-house and independent films." Cohen bought the dilapidated movie house in 2014 and is renovating it. They will compete for...
- 2/18/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSThe great cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler (1922 - 2015), the man behind the images of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Medium Cool (which he directed) and Coming Home, has died at the age of 93. Keyframe has a roundup of information and remembrance.An unexpected announcement from Film Comment informs us that their Editor of the last 15 years, Gavin Smith, is leaving the magazine after the January/February 2016 issue. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is embarking "upon the search for a new Editor."Recommended VIEWINGQuentin Tarantino discusses the making of The Hateful Eight with Christopher Nolan at the Directors Guild of America.Mann Sparks: Many new videos have been added to director and critic Ryland Walker Knight's video project collaborating with other filmmakers to make "cinematic mixtape[s]" from the films...
- 12/30/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
At the halfway point of December, there are, to put it lightly, many end-of-year lists hitting the web, and few publications have round-ups as consistently excellent as Film Comment‘s. (“Consistently excellent” translates to “aligns with my specific taste,” of course.) Their 20-film selection represents the year rather nicely, from the widely seen and frequently listed (e.g. Mad Max: Fury Road and Inside Out) landing among some of our limited-release favorites, including Timbuktu, The Assassin, and Jauja. As editor Gavin Smith says, “That balance, which happens to be encapsulated in the top five in micro form, feels about right for the agenda of this magazine, which, since the very beginning, has been to champion the best in cinema wherever it hails from, all creatures great and small. Since we managed to run features on 11 of these and sung the praises of another five, it’s a pleasure to close...
- 12/14/2015
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The cast and crew of A Christmas Horror Story have stuffed the cinematic stockings with a delightfully devious new take on the holiday season. With A Christmas Horror Story now out in select theaters and viewable on VOD and iTunes, Daily Dead caught up with Steve Hoban—one of the film's three directors—to discuss working with William Shatner, setting the horror anthology film in the same town from the Ginger Snaps movies, and much more.
Thanks for taking the time to converse with Daily Dead today. I really enjoyed A Christmas Horror Story and believe it will become a holiday cult classic that horror fans can happily unwrap each year. How did you get involved with this project and what appealed to you the most after reading the script for the first time?
Steve Hoban: Thank you for saying that. As true fans of the genre, we made...
Thanks for taking the time to converse with Daily Dead today. I really enjoyed A Christmas Horror Story and believe it will become a holiday cult classic that horror fans can happily unwrap each year. How did you get involved with this project and what appealed to you the most after reading the script for the first time?
Steve Hoban: Thank you for saying that. As true fans of the genre, we made...
- 10/2/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The New STYLEThis is the second year that the New York Film Festival has presented Projections, its extensive showcase of experimental film and video that for years had been called Views From the Avant-Garde. The name change (or "rebranding," in the parlance of our ugly times) corresponded, of course, to the departure of longtime programmer Mark McElhatten. Under his stewardship, Views became one of the premiere experimental film festivals in the world, a long weekend of high caliber dispatches from established masters, alongside bracing discoveries by up-and-coming makers whose work somehow caught Mark's eye. His programming partner, Film Comment's Gavin Smith, often brought along selections that complemented Mark's, even as they were out of his usual bailiwick.The Views era was not without its dissenters. Some complained that McElhatten rounded up the usual suspects year after year, sometimes without regard to the relative quality of their latest offerings. Others, most prominently Su Friedrich,...
- 10/2/2015
- by Michael Sicinski
- MUBI
The suspect in the death of Fox executive Gavin Smith was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said. The Da’s office said that John Creech was indicted on one count of capital murder, with the special circumstance of lying in wait for the victim. The lying-in-wait circumstance means that Creech, who is currently serving an eight-year sentence for sale or transportation of drugs, is eligible for the death penalty if convicted. The 57-year-old Smith was last seen May 1, 2012 leaving a friend’s Ventura County home. His black Mercedes was found nearly a.
- 4/22/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
John Creech, the convicted drug dealer charged with murdering Fox executive Gavin Smith, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Los Angeles. Outside the downtown L.A. courtroom, Creech’s attorney told reporters that his client was acting in self-defense and was in “mutual combat” with Smith. Creech is currently serving an eight-year jail sentence after pleading no contest to one count of sale or transportation for the sale of a controlled substance in a separate case in September 2012. Also Read: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2015 (Photos) Smith went missing after he was seen leaving a female friend’s house in Ventura...
- 2/26/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
A convicted drug dealer was charged Thursday with the murder of a 20th Century Fox executive who mysteriously vanished without a trace almost three years ago. John Creech, who was long suspected in the death of 57-year-old Gavin Smith, will be arraigned Monday in downtown Los Angeles. Creech, 42, is currently in custody serving an eight-year jail sentence for an unrelated 2012 drug offense. Smith, a 6'6" former UCLA college basketball star, was last seen in May of 2012 at his friend's house in Ventura County. On the night of his disappearance, he drove off in his Mercedes-Benz 420E, leaving behind his cellphone charger,...
- 1/30/2015
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
A convicted drug dealer was charged Thursday with the murder of a 20th Century Fox executive who mysteriously vanished without a trace almost three years ago. John Creech, who was long suspected in the death of 57-year-old Gavin Smith, will be arraigned Monday in downtown Los Angeles. Creech, 42, is currently in custody serving an eight-year jail sentence for an unrelated 2012 drug offense. Smith, a 6'6" former UCLA college basketball star, was last seen in May of 2012 at his friend's house in Ventura County. On the night of his disappearance, he drove off in his Mercedes-Benz 420E, leaving behind his cellphone charger,...
- 1/30/2015
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
The fate of Gavin Smith no longer a mystery, L.A. prosecutors have made their move. A convicted drug dealer who's currently behind bars has been charged with murder in the death of the former 20th Century Fox executive, whose body was discovered several months ago, more than two years after his family reported him missing. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, John Lenzie Creech, 42, is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 2 at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. Creech, who was a person of interest early on in the investigation, when Smith was still missing, is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading no contest in September 2012 to one count of sale or...
- 1/29/2015
- E! Online
A convicted drug dealer was charged Thursday with the murder of Gavin Smith, a 20th Century Fox distribution executive, whose body was found in October.
The suspect, John Lenzie Creech, is currently serving an eight year jail sentence after pleading no contest to one count of sale or transportation for the sale of a controlled substance in September 2012, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement issued to TheWrap.
The 42-year-old Creech is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in connection with Smith’s May 2012 killing. If convicted, he faces 25 years to life in state prison.
Also...
The suspect, John Lenzie Creech, is currently serving an eight year jail sentence after pleading no contest to one count of sale or transportation for the sale of a controlled substance in September 2012, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement issued to TheWrap.
The 42-year-old Creech is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in connection with Smith’s May 2012 killing. If convicted, he faces 25 years to life in state prison.
Also...
- 1/29/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
A convicted drug dealer was charged Thursday with the murder of former 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith, who disappeared in 2012, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Read More Fox Exec Gavin Smith: Investigators Say They Know "How and Why" He Was Slain John Lenzie Creech, 42, is serving an eight-year sentence after pleading no contest to one count of sale or transportation for sale of a controlled substance in September 2012. He's set to be arraigned Monday on charges of murdering Smith on May 2, 2012, the D.A's office said Thursday. If he's convicted
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- 1/29/2015
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Museum Of Modern Art and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center have announced their initial selections ahead of the festival, set to run in New York from March 18-29.
The list includes Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again (Us); Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court (India); Rick Alverson’s Entertainment (Us); Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy (Austria); and Sarah Leonor’s The Great Man (France).
Rounding out the first nine are: Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergarten Teacher (Israel-France); Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb (Jordan-Qatar-uae-uk); Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s The Tribe (Ukraine); and Kornél Mundruczó’s White God (Hungary, pictured).
New Directors/New Films is designed to unearth emerging artists. The selection committee comprises Jytte Jensen, Rajendra Roy, and Joshua Siegel from the The Museum Of Modern Art and Dennis Lim, Marian Masone and Gavin Smith from the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
The list includes Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again (Us); Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court (India); Rick Alverson’s Entertainment (Us); Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy (Austria); and Sarah Leonor’s The Great Man (France).
Rounding out the first nine are: Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergarten Teacher (Israel-France); Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb (Jordan-Qatar-uae-uk); Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s The Tribe (Ukraine); and Kornél Mundruczó’s White God (Hungary, pictured).
New Directors/New Films is designed to unearth emerging artists. The selection committee comprises Jytte Jensen, Rajendra Roy, and Joshua Siegel from the The Museum Of Modern Art and Dennis Lim, Marian Masone and Gavin Smith from the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
- 1/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Museum Of Modern Art and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced the first nine films in the long-lived showcase for new work. They include Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s winner of the Critics’ Week grand prize at Cannes, which is set in a Ukrainian school for deaf and mute coeds and is told entirely in sign language, with no subtitles. The Tribe is one of four films that will make their way to Manhattan from Park City, Utah, where they’re also on the Sundance roster: Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again, about a heartbroken Christmas-tree salesman; Rick Alverson’s Entertainment, a follow-up to The Comedy, about a broken-down comedian doing stand-up across the Mojave Desert and Kornél Mundruczó’s White God, winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes about a dog’s journey back to its owner after being abandoned in the city.
Representing 11 countries from around the world,...
Representing 11 countries from around the world,...
- 1/21/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
This was an unusual year for avant-garde cinema, at least in terms of its presentation in North America. In New York, the shift from "Views from the Avant-Garde" to "Projections" meant a programming committee, as opposed to the very strong curatorial personality of the departed Mark McElhatten. The Projections group—Aily Nash, Dennis Lim, and Gavin Smith (who was McElhatten’s old programming partner for Views)—made some significant changes, most notably eliminating the overlapping screenings that had made it increasingly impossible to take everything in. Some new names graced the program, although not all of them were particularly welcome. There’s something to be said for an “old guard,” after all. They can light a shot, edit, move a camera and end a film when it ought to end.>> - Michael Sicinski...
- 12/16/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
This was an unusual year for avant-garde cinema, at least in terms of its presentation in North America. In New York, the shift from "Views from the Avant-Garde" to "Projections" meant a programming committee, as opposed to the very strong curatorial personality of the departed Mark McElhatten. The Projections group—Aily Nash, Dennis Lim, and Gavin Smith (who was McElhatten’s old programming partner for Views)—made some significant changes, most notably eliminating the overlapping screenings that had made it increasingly impossible to take everything in. Some new names graced the program, although not all of them were particularly welcome. There’s something to be said for an “old guard,” after all. They can light a shot, edit, move a camera and end a film when it ought to end.>> - Michael Sicinski...
- 12/16/2014
- Keyframe
There was an inauspicious start to the New York Film Festival’s inaugural Projections sidebar, a weekend showcase of experimental film and video, which, for 17 years prior as “Views from the Avant-Garde,” had been curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith. Nearly an hour before the first screening, a long line extended along the exterior glass wall of the Eleanor Bunin Film Center. Having successfully secured my tickets, I scuttled around looking for familiar faces in the crowd. As I began chatting with a friend, an elderly gentleman with a confused expression approached us. “Excuse me. Is this line to […]...
- 11/7/2014
- by James Hansen
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
There was an inauspicious start to the New York Film Festival’s inaugural Projections sidebar, a weekend showcase of experimental film and video, which, for 17 years prior as “Views from the Avant-Garde,” had been curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith. Nearly an hour before the first screening, a long line extended along the exterior glass wall of the Eleanor Bunin Film Center. Having successfully secured my tickets, I scuttled around looking for familiar faces in the crowd. As I began chatting with a friend, an elderly gentleman with a confused expression approached us. “Excuse me. Is this line to […]...
- 11/7/2014
- by James Hansen
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Fox executive Gavin Smith was killed in his vehicle, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. “There was evidence in the car that indicated he was killed in the car,” said Det. Dave Dolson on Thursday at a press conference. See photos: Moguls on a Boat 2014: Where Rupert Murdoch, Ryan Kavanaugh, Clive Davis, Puff Daddy Had Fun in the Sun (Photos) Det. Dolson also said investigators think they have a pretty good idea of how and why the former 20th Century Fox executive died, but he didn't go into further detail. “We want to resolve this sooner than later,...
- 11/6/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
The body of Gavin Smith, the Fox executive who went missing in May 2012, has been found over two years after he mysteriously vanished, according to local authorities. "Sheriff's homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into the death of Gavin Smith, who was last seen at a friend's residence on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m.," read an official update sent out by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Information Bureau Thursday morning. "On Sunday morning October 26, 2014, hikers discovered human remains in a rural area of Palmdale. The remains were positively identified as those of Gavin Smith by Los Angeles County Coroner's Office personnel. The results of the...
- 11/6/2014
- E! Online
Gavin Smith, a 20th Century Fox executive whose body was discovered last week, was killed in his car two years ago, authorities said on Thursday. "There was evidence in the car that indicated he was killed in the car," Det. Dave Dolson of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau told reporters at a press conference in Monterey Park, Calif. After the detectives found Smith's car in 2013, "we confidently labeled Smith's death a homicide." Read more Wife of Gavin Smith Acknowledges Extramarital Affairs, Suspects Foul Play Dolson referred to the discovery of the body as "obviously a crucial piece
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- 11/6/2014
- by Soo Youn
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Authorities say the remains of a movie executive who disappeared more than two years ago have been found. Lt. Larry Dietz of the Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed early Thursday that the remains of Gavin Smith have been positively identified. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's office says hikers discovered the remains in a rural area of Palmdale on Oct. 26. Results of the autopsy have not been finalized. Smith, who worked for 20th Century Fox, was last seen on May 1, 2012, and his disappearance has been investigated as a murder.Authorities said earlier they had found his car at a storage facility,...
- 11/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Authorities say the remains of a movie executive who disappeared more than two years ago have been found. Lt. Larry Dietz of the Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed early Thursday that the remains of Gavin Smith have been positively identified. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's office says hikers discovered the remains in a rural area of Palmdale on Oct. 26. Results of the autopsy have not been finalized. Smith, who worked for 20th Century Fox, was last seen on May 1, 2012, and his disappearance has been investigated as a murder.Authorities said earlier they had found his car at a storage facility,...
- 11/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
The remains of 20th Century Fox distribution executive Gavin Smith were found and identified in California on Sunday, Nov 2, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has confirmed to Us Weekly. He first went missing back in May 2012. Hikers discovered Smith's body in Palmdale, Calif. His remains were positively identified, but the cause of death has yet to be determined. His autopsy results have not been finalized. The married father of three, 57, was last seen leaving a friend's home in Oak Park, Calif., in his 2000 [...]...
- 11/6/2014
- Us Weekly
The body of Gavin Smith, the veteran Fox distribution executive who went missing more than two years ago, has been found, a source in law enforcement tells Deadline. The body was found last week in Angeles National Forest, and Smith’s family has been informed. Smith, who won an Ncaa basketball championship under Coach John Wooden at UCLA in 1975, was reported missing by his wife on the night of May 1, 2012.
He was last seen driving away from a friend’s home in Oak Park, CA, in a black Mercedes 420E. The car was found in February 2013 in a Simi Valley storage locker that was linked to John Creech, who is serving an eight-year prison sentence on drug charges. Authorities at the time searched the West Hills home of Creech and his wife more than once as part of the long-running investigation. Smith, who was 57 when he went missing, is said...
He was last seen driving away from a friend’s home in Oak Park, CA, in a black Mercedes 420E. The car was found in February 2013 in a Simi Valley storage locker that was linked to John Creech, who is serving an eight-year prison sentence on drug charges. Authorities at the time searched the West Hills home of Creech and his wife more than once as part of the long-running investigation. Smith, who was 57 when he went missing, is said...
- 11/6/2014
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline
The body of former 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith has been found, the Los Angeles County Sherifff's Department said Thursday morning. According to the Sheriff's Department, Smith's body was discovered by hikers on Oct. 26 in a rural area of Palmdale, California, and was subsequently identified as Smith, who was last seen at a friend's home in May 2012. See photos: The Scene at TheWrap's Power Women Breakfast 2014 The results of Smith's autopsy have not been finalized, and the cause of death has not yet been determined. A press conference is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the sheriff's information.
- 11/6/2014
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
The body of 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith has been found, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. An official at The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed the news, which Fox 11 reported on Wednesday's broadcast. Officials identified a body found in Angeles National Forest last week as Smith's. The station, which cited sources close to the investigation, said Smith's family has been notified. Police are treating the case as a homicide, but no suspect has been named. Also read Wife of Missing Fox Exec Gavin Smith Acknowledges Extramarital Affairs, Suspects Foul Play The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told THR that they are
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- 11/6/2014
- by Aaron Couch, Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With so few events during which to premiere new and important avant-garde films in North America—among them, the recently wrapped Wavelengths section of the Toronto International Film Festival, the Ann Arbor Film Fest, and the San Francisco Cinematheque's Crossroads series—the shift that has occurred at this year's New York Film Festival is one well worth noting. This weekend, the inaugural Projects program will debut. Previously known as "Views from the Avant-Garde" and programmed by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith (though last year's titanic program was done by McElhatten alone), this sidebar more akin to a festival-inside-a-festival of film and video works has been re-named "Projections" and in its first year is programmed by a returned Smith, Film Society of Lincoln Center's Director of Programming Dennis Lim, and Aily Nash.
The section encompasses 13 programs over a single weekend during the festival, including a handful of feature length films and numerous shorts,...
The section encompasses 13 programs over a single weekend during the festival, including a handful of feature length films and numerous shorts,...
- 10/4/2014
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
In place of the formerly titled "Views from the Avant-Garde", The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for Nyff's new "Projections" section. Dennis Lim and Aily Nash join Gavin Smith in curating an international selection of experimental short, medium and feature length films:
Old Growth (Ryan Marino, USA)
Babash (Lisa Truttmann & Behrouz Rae, USA/Austria/Iran)
Wayward Fronds (Fern Silva, USA)
Theoretical Architectures (Josh Gibson, USA)
Canopy (Ken Jacobs, USA)
Under the Heat Lamp an Opening (Zachary Epcar, USA)
Against Landscape (Joshua Gen Solondz, USA)
Night Noon (Shambhavi Kaul, Mexico/USA)
Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air (Phillip Warnell, UK/Belgium/USA)
Berlin or a Dream with Cream (Marcel Broodthaers, Germany)
Mr. Teste et la Lune (Marcles Broodthaers, Belgium)
Things (Ben Rivers, UK)
Depositions (Luke Fowler, UK)
a certain worry (Jonathan Schwartz, USA)
The Dragon is the Frame (Mary Helena Clark, USA)
Fe26 (Kevin Jerome Everson,...
Old Growth (Ryan Marino, USA)
Babash (Lisa Truttmann & Behrouz Rae, USA/Austria/Iran)
Wayward Fronds (Fern Silva, USA)
Theoretical Architectures (Josh Gibson, USA)
Canopy (Ken Jacobs, USA)
Under the Heat Lamp an Opening (Zachary Epcar, USA)
Against Landscape (Joshua Gen Solondz, USA)
Night Noon (Shambhavi Kaul, Mexico/USA)
Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air (Phillip Warnell, UK/Belgium/USA)
Berlin or a Dream with Cream (Marcel Broodthaers, Germany)
Mr. Teste et la Lune (Marcles Broodthaers, Belgium)
Things (Ben Rivers, UK)
Depositions (Luke Fowler, UK)
a certain worry (Jonathan Schwartz, USA)
The Dragon is the Frame (Mary Helena Clark, USA)
Fe26 (Kevin Jerome Everson,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
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