Editors note: Filmmaker and producer Davis Guggenheim directed 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth featuring Al Gore. The film won the Oscar and helped put Jeff Skoll’s social-impact-driven production company then known as Participant Media on the map, and also sounded an alarm about climate change that has become more pronounced since the film was released. In addition to documentaries, Participant was also responsible for Oscar Best Picture winners Spotlight and Green Book, and Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, another timely topic. Guggenheim is a co-founder of Concordia Studio and most recently directed and produced Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which won four Emmys including for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. He is the only person to direct and produce three distinct films ranking in the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time. Here he penned a guest column for Deadline after learning Participant was shuttering.
- 4/23/2024
- by Davis Guggenheim
- Deadline Film + TV
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie tells the story of Fox’s career and battle with Parkinson’s disease. Director Davis Guggenheim directed the film and interviewed Fox. Though Guggenheim had final cut, he was worried Fox would ask him to remove some archival material that didn’t reflect well on him.
“It was after Back to the Future opened, after Teen Wolf opened,” Guggenheim said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary. “So he had the top two films in the country which was unheard of, and was returning to Family Ties, the number one comedy. There’s this footage of him shot behind the scenes. He’s being kind of a jerk.”
Fortunately, to Guggenheim’s surprise, Fox was all for it.
“His first question was, ‘That scene where I’m an a**hole, where did you find that? It’s fantastic,’” Guggenheim remembered. “I suspected if I had...
“It was after Back to the Future opened, after Teen Wolf opened,” Guggenheim said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary. “So he had the top two films in the country which was unheard of, and was returning to Family Ties, the number one comedy. There’s this footage of him shot behind the scenes. He’s being kind of a jerk.”
Fortunately, to Guggenheim’s surprise, Fox was all for it.
“His first question was, ‘That scene where I’m an a**hole, where did you find that? It’s fantastic,’” Guggenheim remembered. “I suspected if I had...
- 12/10/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
Led Zeppelin made the most of their relatively brief time together. They made eight studio albums between 1969 and 1979, added a 1976 movie soundtrack, and released a posthumous record in 1982. Ranking all 86 Led Zeppelin songs is a fool’s errand, unless the errand is to spark debate. It’s far easier to narrow the scope. So let’s look at the 10 Led Zeppelin songs that are essential listening for new fans (in chronological order).
(l-r) Led Zeppelin members John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones | Chris Walter/WireImage 1. ‘You Shook Me’
Led Zeppelin’s debut album (1969) featured several songs that firmly announced the band’s presence. With all due respect for “Good Times Bad Times,” “Communication Breakdown,” “How Many More Times,” and “Dazed and Confused” (more on that later), “You Shook Me” might be the most essential song on the record.
Each Led Zeppelin member took a solo: John Paul Jones on organ,...
(l-r) Led Zeppelin members John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones | Chris Walter/WireImage 1. ‘You Shook Me’
Led Zeppelin’s debut album (1969) featured several songs that firmly announced the band’s presence. With all due respect for “Good Times Bad Times,” “Communication Breakdown,” “How Many More Times,” and “Dazed and Confused” (more on that later), “You Shook Me” might be the most essential song on the record.
Each Led Zeppelin member took a solo: John Paul Jones on organ,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Chicago – An essential documentary will stream on Apple TV+ beginning May 12th. “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” directed by Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) combines interview, re-creations and most telling, clips of Fox’s film/TV appearances to highlight his triumph and later, his Parkinson’s Disease.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The film incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements, recounting Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words - the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canada who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood. The account of Fox’s public life … full of nostalgic thrills and cinematic gloss … dovetails with his private journey, including the years that followed his diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease (along with his foundation advocacy in the search for a cure). The film chronicles Fox’s triumphs as well as his travails, and explores what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The film incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements, recounting Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words - the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canada who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood. The account of Fox’s public life … full of nostalgic thrills and cinematic gloss … dovetails with his private journey, including the years that followed his diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease (along with his foundation advocacy in the search for a cure). The film chronicles Fox’s triumphs as well as his travails, and explores what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
- 5/10/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980, but there are many things to watch that feature the band. Whether a movie features their music, interviews with former band members, or a comprehensive look at their time as a group, there are a number of films for fans of the band. Here are five movies that fans of Led Zeppelin should watch.
Led Zeppelin | Dick Barnatt/Redferns ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’
The 2021 documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin follows Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant from their early days as musicians, to forming a band in 1968, to their atmospheric rise to fame in 1970. It features interviews with Page, Jones, and Plant, as well as previously unseen archival interviews with Bonham. This was the first official documentary about the band.
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will receive its world premiere at The 78th Venice Film Festival in September 2021. @la_Biennale pic.twitter.com/o3ozfFQrHF...
Led Zeppelin | Dick Barnatt/Redferns ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’
The 2021 documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin follows Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant from their early days as musicians, to forming a band in 1968, to their atmospheric rise to fame in 1970. It features interviews with Page, Jones, and Plant, as well as previously unseen archival interviews with Bonham. This was the first official documentary about the band.
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will receive its world premiere at The 78th Venice Film Festival in September 2021. @la_Biennale pic.twitter.com/o3ozfFQrHF...
- 3/3/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Margaret Yen has joined This Machine as Senior Vice President of Music.
At the production company founded by Emmy-winning documentarian R.J. Cutler (Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry), she’ll work alongside senior execs Trevor Smith and Elise Pearlstein, overseeing and growing Cutler’s slate of music-driven projects.
This Machine (an Industrial Media Company) launched in October of last year. In the time since, it has put together a diverse slate of projects, including Big Vape and an Untitled Martha Stewart Documentary for Netflix, and Murf the Surf for Epix.
Yen’s hiring at This Machine comes on the heels of her collaborations with Cutler on a number of documentary films and series, including 30 Days and Sundance Award winner The September Issue, among others.
“We could not be more excited to welcome Margaret to This Machine,” said Cutler. “She’s a brilliant producer and a great executive, and her taste,...
At the production company founded by Emmy-winning documentarian R.J. Cutler (Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry), she’ll work alongside senior execs Trevor Smith and Elise Pearlstein, overseeing and growing Cutler’s slate of music-driven projects.
This Machine (an Industrial Media Company) launched in October of last year. In the time since, it has put together a diverse slate of projects, including Big Vape and an Untitled Martha Stewart Documentary for Netflix, and Murf the Surf for Epix.
Yen’s hiring at This Machine comes on the heels of her collaborations with Cutler on a number of documentary films and series, including 30 Days and Sundance Award winner The September Issue, among others.
“We could not be more excited to welcome Margaret to This Machine,” said Cutler. “She’s a brilliant producer and a great executive, and her taste,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Caracas-based Veloz Distribución may be the only Venezuelan company attending Cannes’s Marché du Film this year, but the five-year-old shingle has some impressive film and TV projects in development, including the latest work by celebrated auteur Román Chalbaud.
Headed by actress Elaiza Gil and writer-director Edgar Rocca, Veloz is also in the process of launching VelozStreaming, a new VOD service described as “more of a virtual cinema” and “a little in the spirit of Mubi.” The company is on the lookout for films for the platform as well as for another new Venezuelan streaming service, Click a Cine, established by a group of filmmakers, producers and actors, among them producer Carlos Malavé.
Chalbaud, the iconic Venezuelan filmmaker whose debut feature, “Adolescence of Cain,” premiered in San Sebastian in 1959 alongside Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest,” is next directing “Violence,” a film about femicide, feminism and political corruption.
Chalbuad, says Rocca,...
Headed by actress Elaiza Gil and writer-director Edgar Rocca, Veloz is also in the process of launching VelozStreaming, a new VOD service described as “more of a virtual cinema” and “a little in the spirit of Mubi.” The company is on the lookout for films for the platform as well as for another new Venezuelan streaming service, Click a Cine, established by a group of filmmakers, producers and actors, among them producer Carlos Malavé.
Chalbaud, the iconic Venezuelan filmmaker whose debut feature, “Adolescence of Cain,” premiered in San Sebastian in 1959 alongside Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest,” is next directing “Violence,” a film about femicide, feminism and political corruption.
Chalbuad, says Rocca,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino tried to steal the swinging sixties aura Tinseltown back from the murderous late sixties spree which ground the decade of love and peace to a close. But a new exposé takes an almost forensic look at the Tate–Labianca murders. A comprehensive Manson Family docuseries Helter Skelter, is coming to Epix. Produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, it will premiere June 14.
The six-part docuseries was executive produced and directed by Lesley Chilcott. Her recently-directed feature documentary, Watson, is currently being broadcast in over 50 countries on Animal Planet. She also directed CodeGirl, A Small Section of the World, and produced Waiting For “Superman,” It Might Get Loud, and An Inconvenient Truth. “Helter Skelter set outs to illuminate new perspectives on one of the most legendary crimes of our time,” Chilcott said in a statement.
“Before the Menendez brothers, Oj, and Ted Bundy, there was the biggest story of murder...
The six-part docuseries was executive produced and directed by Lesley Chilcott. Her recently-directed feature documentary, Watson, is currently being broadcast in over 50 countries on Animal Planet. She also directed CodeGirl, A Small Section of the World, and produced Waiting For “Superman,” It Might Get Loud, and An Inconvenient Truth. “Helter Skelter set outs to illuminate new perspectives on one of the most legendary crimes of our time,” Chilcott said in a statement.
“Before the Menendez brothers, Oj, and Ted Bundy, there was the biggest story of murder...
- 4/9/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Bill Gates is getting the Steve Jobs treatment. A new Netflix docu-series will delve into the life and mind of the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist this fall, and it released a fascinating first trailer today. Titled “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates,” the three-part series will premiere at the 46th Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend. Prolific documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim is at the helm of the ambitious project, which promises to offer “an innovative and revealing portrait” of the legendary innovator.
Here’s the official synopsis: “After stepping down as CEO of Microsoft, Gates began what is undeniably one of the greatest professional second acts in modern history when he shifted his time and considerable intellect toward solving some of the world’s most persistent problems. The series, in-depth and unfiltered in its depiction of a man’s life journey, both his triumphs and setbacks, offers unprecedented...
Here’s the official synopsis: “After stepping down as CEO of Microsoft, Gates began what is undeniably one of the greatest professional second acts in modern history when he shifted his time and considerable intellect toward solving some of the world’s most persistent problems. The series, in-depth and unfiltered in its depiction of a man’s life journey, both his triumphs and setbacks, offers unprecedented...
- 8/29/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
A new documentary is being produced by Thomas Tull, chairman/CEO of Legendary Entertainment and also one of the producers on the rocker documentary It Might Get Loud. Next up will be K-9, which will delve into the world of trained military and law-enforcement dogs. Directed by 10-time Emmy winners Jonathan Hock and Greg Kohs, the film will explore the special relationship between combat, bomb-sniffing, search-and-rescue and security dogs and their human handlers. Tull…...
- 8/16/2016
- Deadline
Since taking over her current position as the CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki has taken outspoken stances on a number of sociopolitical issues. One of the topics she discusses vociferously is the presence of women in the tech industry, and by promoting a new documentary, she is looking to inspire women to get coding. Until November 5th, YouTube has made Codegirl--a documentary about female coders--available for free.
Codegirl is directed by Lesley Chilcott, who is best known for teaming with Davis Guggenheim on award-winning documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting For Superman, and It Might Get Loud. This time, Chilcott focuses on an international coding competition from Technovation, through which 5,000 girls were given an opportunity to design a new app and win $10,000. Codegirl follows a handful of the contestants as they progress through the competition.
By distributing Codegirl, YouTube (and, by extension, Google) is continuing its crusade in support of women in tech.
Codegirl is directed by Lesley Chilcott, who is best known for teaming with Davis Guggenheim on award-winning documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting For Superman, and It Might Get Loud. This time, Chilcott focuses on an international coding competition from Technovation, through which 5,000 girls were given an opportunity to design a new app and win $10,000. Codegirl follows a handful of the contestants as they progress through the competition.
By distributing Codegirl, YouTube (and, by extension, Google) is continuing its crusade in support of women in tech.
- 11/2/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Sundance like their share of star-studded world premiere screenings and I can’t think of a bigger one than this Nobel Peace prize winner. Davis Guggenheim began filming the docu-portrait on Pakistani student activist Malala Yousafzai back in July of 2012, and her timeline only got filled with more film “content” worthy moments including her being the youngest winner in the history of the prize. A favorite filmmaker of the festival with showings of his An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting For Superman, this became a mega philanthropic project when Participant Media jumped aboard.
Gist: This is a look at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Production Co./Producers: Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes.
Prediction: Documentary Premieres section.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.
Gist: This is a look at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Production Co./Producers: Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes.
Prediction: Documentary Premieres section.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.
- 11/14/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Young Turks are bringing their viewers a high-profile documentary feature. The left-leaning news channel will distribute Spent: Looking For Change, a critical look inside the American banking system that is produced by Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim and sponsored by American Express. Spent focuses on the financial institutions that use fees and interest to hamstring a reported 70 million Americans. It is the latest film produced by Guggenheim, who has previously helmed critically-acclaimed documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting For "Superman". Here, he has teamed up with director Derek Dineen and American Express, which has hosted the film's trailer on its YouTube channel. Spent takes on a topic that the Young Turks team frequently discusses (income inequality), so it is likely to be a big hit with the channel's audience of more than 1.5 million subscribers. The film will debut online on June 4th, when it...
- 5/29/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The phrase "summer movies" will never not mean broad, action-driven crowd-pleasers to me: I counted the days until Batman (June 23, 1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (July 3, 1991), and Jurassic Park (June 11, 1993) were released. For every Dark Knight there are 10 Prometheuses — and that's just among the films that are actually trying to be good — but the hype and anticipation of summer movies remains a fun spectator sport. (More fun than sports, anyway.) Here, 10 from Memorial Day weekend and after for which I have, as the song says, high hopes.
It Might Get Loud — sci-fi/action
X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23) — So far, three out of four X-Men pictures have delivered ...
It Might Get Loud — sci-fi/action
X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23) — So far, three out of four X-Men pictures have delivered ...
- 5/21/2014
- Village Voice
Exclusive: Jimi Hendrix has become an ICM Partners client. The agency has signed Experience Hendrix LLC, the family-owned enterprise that controls the songs and rights of the legendary late guitar player. The agency’s first order of business: to amplify its client’s efforts to produce a feature film chronicling Hendrix’s life story. The film will be the very first to be authorized by and have the full cooperation of Experience Hendrix — and believe me, many actors and film companies will covet that opportunity. The company was founded by the guitarist’s father James “Al” Hendrix and now is helmed by Janie Hendrix, President and CEO and the sister of the guitar great, who died in 1970 after recording just four albums that were enough to make him arguably the greatest rocker to plug a guitar into an amp. I’ve written numerous times over the years about attempts by...
- 3/11/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sometimes it seems that inside every successful filmmaker there’s an embryonic rock star -- Johnny Depp, David Lynch and producer Thomas Tull (who was behind “It Might Get Loud”) are among Hollywood’s bigger guitar freaks and unlike a lot of guitar freaks elsewhere they can actually afford the merchandise. What guitar freaks often buy are Martins, Gibsons and Taylors, probably the best mass-produced acoustic guitars in America and whose makers are at the center of “Musicwood,” a new doc by Maxine Trump that opens in New York on Nov. 1 (and rolls out further thereafter). As explained in the film by Chris Martin -- great-great-great-grandson of Christian Frederick Martin, the German immigrant who started the Nazareth, Pa-based Martin Guitar Co. in 1833 -- certain woods were long ago determined to be the best for acoustic guitars: Brazilian rosewood (now endangered and forbidden) for the back and sides; African ebony (rare...
- 10/22/2013
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Ed Burns, whose debut film The Brothers McMullen premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, was announced today as a jury member for next month’s Sundance in Park City, Utah. Burns joins documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, executive Tom Rothman and 16 others named to five juries that will award prizes at independent film’s most high-profile showcase.
Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Jan. 22, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 26. The festival runs this year from Jan. 17-27.
Click below for the entire Sundance jury list:
U.S. Documentary Jury
Liz Garbus is a prolific documentary filmmaker.
Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Jan. 22, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 26. The festival runs this year from Jan. 17-27.
Click below for the entire Sundance jury list:
U.S. Documentary Jury
Liz Garbus is a prolific documentary filmmaker.
- 12/19/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
After years with The White Stripes (R.I.P.), collaborative projects like The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, an ex-wife/bandmate that everyone thinks is his sister, and now a new solo album, Jack White‘s been a busy man. While he’s no stranger to film, he’s never composed a film score until now. According to Disney, they’ve hired the slightly mad musician to score The Lone Ranger, the forthcoming movie from Gore Verbinski. The director has worked most often with Hans Zimmer, but there’s no denying that White has incredible musical talent. As for movies, White worked with Alicia Keys on the Quantum of Solace song “Another Way to Die,” he was featured in It Might Get Loud, and he also appeared on “Rome” – the album from Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi which was inspired by Spaghetti Westerns. It’ll be an interesting experiment to see how his vision and talent transpose...
- 4/25/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Though many of you might know him better from his work with the musical duo The White Stripes, singer, songwriter and amazing guitarist (watch It Might Get Loud if you don't believe me) Jack White just made a splash today with his debut solo album Blunderbuss, a fantastic achievement in music that proves he's one of the most original and hard-working musicians today. Now he can add another notch to his belt as a film composer as Disney announced today at CinemaCon that White will write, produce and perform the score for The Lone Ranger starring Armie Hammer as the titular hero and Johnny Depp as the loyal Tonto. Here's a decent example of the ambiance White's talents with a guitar can bring to The Lone Ranger: If you're not a fan of his vocals, it's an acquired taste, but it's his instrumental work that will be key in this case,...
- 4/25/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max Von Sydow
Running Time: 2 hrs 9 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: January 20, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: A young New York boy (Horn) seeks to solve the mystery of a blank key left behind by his father (Hanks) who died on 9/11.
Who’S It For?: If you still consider Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” to not be a stinky serving of wet cheese, then you might fall for Extremely Loud. Those curious about a thoughtful narrative concerning New Yorkers and their post-9/11 attitudes should search far and wide for Margaret, starring Anna Paquin and featuring Matt Damon.
Expectations: I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I had avoided the trailers long before people were tossing around the phrase “Oscar bait.”
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Thomas Horn as Oskar Schell: Horn...
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max Von Sydow
Running Time: 2 hrs 9 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: January 20, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: A young New York boy (Horn) seeks to solve the mystery of a blank key left behind by his father (Hanks) who died on 9/11.
Who’S It For?: If you still consider Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” to not be a stinky serving of wet cheese, then you might fall for Extremely Loud. Those curious about a thoughtful narrative concerning New Yorkers and their post-9/11 attitudes should search far and wide for Margaret, starring Anna Paquin and featuring Matt Damon.
Expectations: I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I had avoided the trailers long before people were tossing around the phrase “Oscar bait.”
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Thomas Horn as Oskar Schell: Horn...
- 1/20/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Enter now for your chance to win a DVD copy of U2's 'From The Sky Down'. The documentary hits stores January 24th and chronicles the making of the band's landmark 1991 album 'Achtung Baby'. The DVD features interviews, live performances and is directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). The Film U2 are set to release the documentary From The Sky Down on DVD, Blu-Ray and video download on January 24th, 2012 with bonus performances and interviews. The film documents the making of the band's landmark 1991 album Achtung Baby. Early in 2011, the band returned to Hansa Studio in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby with Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth). Originally screened as part of BBC's Imagine...
- 1/17/2012
- by Keven Skinner
- The Daily BLAM!
What happens when you take 5 prominent DJs, pair them with artists from 5 contrasting genres, and film it? Well that’s exactly what the Re:Generation Music Project is looking to find out with their upcoming Documentary entitled Re:Generation.
The film, sponsored both by The Grammys as well as Hyundai’s new Veloster sports car, follows 5 electronic musicians as they are faced with the tedious task of adapting to genre’s uniquely different from their own. Some artists such as DJ Premiere and Skrillex, find the experience to be entirely humbling and gratifying, while others like Pretty Lights and The Crystal Method, encounter nothing but resistance as both genres and personalities race towards a head on collision.
Check Out The Trailer:
Unlike similar films like 2009′s It Might Get Loud, this film will not be released in theaters, but will instead see an exclusive premiere on YouTube in February 2012. Now at first...
The film, sponsored both by The Grammys as well as Hyundai’s new Veloster sports car, follows 5 electronic musicians as they are faced with the tedious task of adapting to genre’s uniquely different from their own. Some artists such as DJ Premiere and Skrillex, find the experience to be entirely humbling and gratifying, while others like Pretty Lights and The Crystal Method, encounter nothing but resistance as both genres and personalities race towards a head on collision.
Check Out The Trailer:
Unlike similar films like 2009′s It Might Get Loud, this film will not be released in theaters, but will instead see an exclusive premiere on YouTube in February 2012. Now at first...
- 10/31/2011
- by Ty Cooper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Twenty years ago," blogs the New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones today, "I spent an afternoon shuffling around Rocks In Your Head, a record store that once did business on Prince Street. (It closed in 2006.) My friend Jim worked the counter, and we were listening to a new album, over and over: Nirvana's Nevermind. At some point, Vernon Reid — the guitar player and founder of Living Colour — came in. He listened to four songs, nodded approvingly, and approached the counter. 'Metallica plus R.E.M. That's really smart.' He bought a copy and left."
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, who formally announced the amicable dissolution of R.E.M. yesterday, will surely be hoping their band will be remembered as more than half the formula for another band ten years their junior (and, for what it's worth, I personally believe they will be), but if this anecdote is the first...
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, who formally announced the amicable dissolution of R.E.M. yesterday, will surely be hoping their band will be remembered as more than half the formula for another band ten years their junior (and, for what it's worth, I personally believe they will be), but if this anecdote is the first...
- 9/22/2011
- MUBI
As the Toronto Film Festival winds down, I want to tell you about one last movie I saw there — a movie that, for me, turned out to be the most surprising one of the festival. I went to a showing of From the Sky Down, a documentary about U2 directed by Davis Guggen- heim, with more or less one thought in my head: Do I really need to see another U2 documentary? There was U2: Rattle and Hum (1988). There was the concert film U2 3D (2008). There was the edition of VH1′s Classic Albums in which the Edge showed you...
- 9/16/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
By John McCrank
Toronto (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll icons U2 descend onto the red carpet in Toronto on Thursday for the premier of "From the Sky Down", the first documentary to open the Toronto International Film Festival in its 36-year history.
The festival, a widely-watched event often seen as a starting point in the movie industry's annual Oscar race, features a long list of Hollywood royalty, from Brad Pitt and George Clooney to Keira Knightley and Glenn Close.
But musicians also play a prominent role in the 11-day event known as Tiff.
Rock documentaries about Pearl Jam and Neil Young are getting top billing, and the appearance of U2 members Bono and The Edge has made Thursday's opening night screening the hottest ticket in town.
The U2 film takes a look back at the struggles the Irish super-group had when making their 1991 album "Achtung Baby," which was seen as...
Toronto (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll icons U2 descend onto the red carpet in Toronto on Thursday for the premier of "From the Sky Down", the first documentary to open the Toronto International Film Festival in its 36-year history.
The festival, a widely-watched event often seen as a starting point in the movie industry's annual Oscar race, features a long list of Hollywood royalty, from Brad Pitt and George Clooney to Keira Knightley and Glenn Close.
But musicians also play a prominent role in the 11-day event known as Tiff.
Rock documentaries about Pearl Jam and Neil Young are getting top billing, and the appearance of U2 members Bono and The Edge has made Thursday's opening night screening the hottest ticket in town.
The U2 film takes a look back at the struggles the Irish super-group had when making their 1991 album "Achtung Baby," which was seen as...
- 9/8/2011
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
"From the Sky Down", a new feature from Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, has been picked up by the Showtime network. The film chronicles the making of U2's blockbuster 1991 album "Achtung Baby" and will feature new interviews and never-before-seen footage shot during the time of the album's contentious recording sessions in Berlin and later Dublin. It marked a turning point for the band both musically and in their relationships. Guggenheim's last three non-fiction feature films - "Waiting for 'Superman'", "It Might Get Loud", and "An Inconvenient Truth" - are among the top 100-grossing documentaries of all time, making him the...
- 9/7/2011
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) is fast becoming The event to indulge in some of the year’s greatest cinema from all over the globe and the press conference I attended last week bore no indication of them slacking this year. The conference was held in the Hyatt, and got down to business pretty quickly, which I was rather grateful for. I sat in the first few rows, directly in front of the podium where festival organisers; Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey stood and announced a large selection of the films that will be showing this year.
Needless to say, it was a rather impressive list that now has me salivating just at the thought of all the enticing cinema the attendees of the festival will be treated to. It is evident that Mr Handling and Mr Bailey have worked tirelessly to ensure that only the most appropriate and intriguing films,...
Needless to say, it was a rather impressive list that now has me salivating just at the thought of all the enticing cinema the attendees of the festival will be treated to. It is evident that Mr Handling and Mr Bailey have worked tirelessly to ensure that only the most appropriate and intriguing films,...
- 8/1/2011
- by Quigs
- Obsessed with Film
If you're more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer's glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of films that will play the fest in September. This is a batch of about 50 titles, which makes up only a small chunk of the programming. Usually Tiff features between two and three hundred films. But these are some of the highest-profile entries. Below you'll find rundowns on the new films from George Clooney, Bennett Miller, Jay & Mark Duplass, Todd Solondz, Francis Ford Coppola, Cameron Crowe, Sarah Polley, Fernando Meirelles, Lars von Trier, Marc Forster, Steve McQueen, Alexander Payne, and Lynne Ramsay. No announcement yet of the Midnight Madness programming choices, always some of my faves, but this is a great start. This is quite the list -- there are easily thirty films here that could be potential top ten for 2011 candidates,...
- 7/27/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
The tentative schedule for the Toronto International Film Festival has just been released. The festival, which runs from September 8th to the 18th, will be held in Toronto, Canada, and will feature a total of 53 Gala and Special Presentation films. There are some films that have been anxiously sitting on the shelves like A Dangerous Method and new and upcoming films like Moneyball and 50/50. You can check out the current schedule over at the Tiff website.
Opening Night:
From the Sky Down
(dir. Davis Guggenheim, USA)
Twenty years after the release of U2′s Achtung Baby (1991), Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) charts this groundbreaking album with new interviews, stories and unseen footage from Berlin and Dublin. Now a key chapter in their career, Achtung Baby was in Bono’s words “the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree.” “For the first...
Opening Night:
From the Sky Down
(dir. Davis Guggenheim, USA)
Twenty years after the release of U2′s Achtung Baby (1991), Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) charts this groundbreaking album with new interviews, stories and unseen footage from Berlin and Dublin. Now a key chapter in their career, Achtung Baby was in Bono’s words “the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree.” “For the first...
- 7/27/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
The Toronto International Film Festival has begun to announce the slate of its 36th edition and it is already an incredible lineup. I’ve attended the festival in the past two years and plan to return again this year in hopes of providing our readers with some great coverage.
So far, 40 films have been announced including new movies from George Clooney, Todd Solondz, Francis Ford Coppola, Fernando Meirelles, Terence Davies, Lars von Trier, Marc Forster, Lasse Hallstrom, Pedro Almodóvar, Steve McQueen, Alexander Payne, Lynne Ramsay, Jay & Mark Duplass and Cameron Crowe. Are you drooling yet?
Here is the list Gala screenings.
Galas
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Albert Nobbs
Rodrigo Garcia, Ireland World Premiere
A witty Irish-set period drama about the lives of staff at Dublin‟s most luxurious hotel: the illegitimate child of a maid, a beautiful couple‟s impossible love, and Albert…a woman who pretends to be a man to survive.
So far, 40 films have been announced including new movies from George Clooney, Todd Solondz, Francis Ford Coppola, Fernando Meirelles, Terence Davies, Lars von Trier, Marc Forster, Lasse Hallstrom, Pedro Almodóvar, Steve McQueen, Alexander Payne, Lynne Ramsay, Jay & Mark Duplass and Cameron Crowe. Are you drooling yet?
Here is the list Gala screenings.
Galas
-
Albert Nobbs
Rodrigo Garcia, Ireland World Premiere
A witty Irish-set period drama about the lives of staff at Dublin‟s most luxurious hotel: the illegitimate child of a maid, a beautiful couple‟s impossible love, and Albert…a woman who pretends to be a man to survive.
- 7/26/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The 36th Toronto International Film Festival just announced a total of 53 unique Gala and Special Presentation films as part of the lineup at this year's festival, which runs September 8th to 18th up in Toronto, Canada. The early Venice Film Fest line-up was also just revealed, and Tiff has a lot of holdovers from there, including Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, Madonna's W.E. and more. Other highlights in this year's line-up include Moneyball, 50/50, Drive, Butter, The Ides of March, Melancholia, Like Crazy, Shame, Machine Gun Preacher and Coppola's Twixt. You can check out a full list of Toronto films below. For more information and a closer look at the schedule and line-up, visit the official Tiff website: tiff.net Opening Night: From the Sky Down (dir. Davis Guggenheim, USA) Twenty years after the release of U2's Achtung Baby (1991), Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud...
- 7/26/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Earlier this morning, the Toronto International Film Festival announced the first batch of movies for the line-up for Tiff 2011, and many of the movies announced were by returning filmmakers who have made waves in past years, although there were a few Tiff newbies and a couple shocking surprises. Once again, ComingSoon.net will be attending the annual film festival and market, so look for lots of interviews and early reviews of the movies below. The biggest surprise was that for the first time in nearly three decades, a documentary will be the opening night film as Davis ( An Inconvenient Truth ) Guggenheim's U2 doc From the Sky Down gets that honor. Guggenheim was at the festival with his previous two docs Waiting for "Superman" and It Might Get Loud (which...
- 7/26/2011
- Comingsoon.net
The Toronto International Film Festival® opens September 8 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of From the Sky Down . Academy Award-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim.s documentary about Irish band U2..Davis Guggenheim.s fascinating account of this world-renowned band is the perfect film to kick off our 11-day celebration of artists, stories and voices from around the world,. said Piers Handling, Director and CEO, Tiff. .For the first time in 36 years the Toronto International Film Festival will open with a documentary,. said Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. .Davis Guggenheim returns to the Festival with his powerful marriage of music and film that honours U2.s talent, dedication and music. We look forward to sharing this film with audiences on Opening Night.. Twenty years after the release of U2.s Achtung Baby (1991), Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) charts this groundbreaking album with new interviews,...
- 7/26/2011
- Filmicafe
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its annual list of invited new members, and it’s clear they’re continuing to try to make their membership younger. On the list alongside veterans like John Hawkes and David Duchovny are a slew of twentysomethings, including Mia Wasikowska, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lawrence, and Rooney Mara. The Board of Governors also decided to extend an invitation to Restrepo codirector Tim Hetherington, the first time Academy membership has been bestowed posthumously. As a side note, it’s also a hoot to now say the phrase Oscar voter Russell Brand.
- 6/17/2011
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy.s roster of members.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
CAA has signed Davis Guggenheim, director of the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Guggenheim, who is currently at work on a documentary about U2, last directed Waiting for Superman, winner of the Audience Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Guggenheim, who'd been repped by Wme, also previously directed and produced the riveting music docu It Might Get Loud with U2's The Edge, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and White Stripes' Jack White, and he directed the biographical film on Barack Obama that aired during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. He also directs a lot of television, including The Unit and The Defender and has an overall deal with CBS/Paramount Television.
- 6/16/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Are the creators of some of today's most popular TV shows becoming more famous than our most well-known filmmakers? I don't know if we're there just yet, but the upcoming documentary Showrunners finally shines a spotlight on the intriguing personalities behind many of our favourite shows, and explores what it takes to get a show on the air nowadays. If you're a fan of such shows as Lost, Fringe, House, Battlestar Galactica, Spartacus or Sons of Anarchy, you'll probably want to check this one out. Before you ask, though, Joss Whedon is notably absent. Directed by Des Doyle, a camera assistant for such films as Reign of Fire and It Might Get Loud, the documentary is comprised mainly of interviews with various current television writers and series creators. It seems similar to the screenwriter documentary Tales from the Script, and I can only hope that it features some equally fascinating success and horror stories.
- 6/2/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Game of Death" (2011)
Directed by Giorgio Serafini
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.
"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Released by Funimation
An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.
"Daylight Robbery" (2008)
Directed by Paris Leonti
Released by Well Go USA
Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.
"Disconnect" (2011)
Directed by Robin Christian...
"Game of Death" (2011)
Directed by Giorgio Serafini
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.
"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Released by Funimation
An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.
"Daylight Robbery" (2008)
Directed by Paris Leonti
Released by Well Go USA
Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.
"Disconnect" (2011)
Directed by Robin Christian...
- 2/15/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
The re-invention of Comin' At Ya! in Noir 3D has been a long research and development process; but all our efforts and tremendous financial investment have finally paid off.
The following press release confirms the International Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
To all our friends and subscribers in Germany: There are still tickets available if you RSVP at contact@bigtimetoday.com
If you attend the premiere let us know the reaction.
The Little Film Company tapped as the exclusive sales agent for the fully digitized and re-invented 3D cult classic film,
Comin’ At Ya! Noir 3D
Los Angeles (February 2, 2011)--Robbie Little, Co-President of The Little Film Company, today announced that the company will be handling world-wide sales rights for the fully digitized 3D cult-classic Comin’ At Ya! Noir 3D, which will also have its premiere at Efm in Berlin.
The...
The re-invention of Comin' At Ya! in Noir 3D has been a long research and development process; but all our efforts and tremendous financial investment have finally paid off.
The following press release confirms the International Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
To all our friends and subscribers in Germany: There are still tickets available if you RSVP at contact@bigtimetoday.com
If you attend the premiere let us know the reaction.
The Little Film Company tapped as the exclusive sales agent for the fully digitized and re-invented 3D cult classic film,
Comin’ At Ya! Noir 3D
Los Angeles (February 2, 2011)--Robbie Little, Co-President of The Little Film Company, today announced that the company will be handling world-wide sales rights for the fully digitized 3D cult-classic Comin’ At Ya! Noir 3D, which will also have its premiere at Efm in Berlin.
The...
- 2/10/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Four months into the release of Waiting for Superman, glimmers of possible change in public education illuminate the horizon.
(A charter school lottery in Waiting for Superman.) by Terry Keefe (Note: I spoke to Davis Guggenheim, and wrote this article, a few weeks ago, when Waiting for Superman was considered by many a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination. It didn't receive that Oscar nomination but would have nonetheless been well-deserving of it. The article is currently appearing in Venice Magazine.)
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim might be wishing for a few super-powers of his own with the virtual non-stop schedule he's been keeping to promote his documentary about the crisis in American public schools, since its release at the end of September. A front runner for the Best Documentary Academy Award, Waiting for Superman has already scooped up the top feature doc prizes from the National Board of Review,...
(A charter school lottery in Waiting for Superman.) by Terry Keefe (Note: I spoke to Davis Guggenheim, and wrote this article, a few weeks ago, when Waiting for Superman was considered by many a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination. It didn't receive that Oscar nomination but would have nonetheless been well-deserving of it. The article is currently appearing in Venice Magazine.)
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim might be wishing for a few super-powers of his own with the virtual non-stop schedule he's been keeping to promote his documentary about the crisis in American public schools, since its release at the end of September. A front runner for the Best Documentary Academy Award, Waiting for Superman has already scooped up the top feature doc prizes from the National Board of Review,...
- 1/30/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Mike Fleming is reporting that the estate of late rocker Jimi Hendrix has turned down a promising pitch for a Paul Greengrass directed biopic of the American Icon that would have starred Hurt Locker actor Anthony Mackie in the title role.
The rejected package, which included financial clout from Legendary Pictures and a commitment from the talent to film next year, was turned down because the family estate feared a high-profile film might hurt back catalogue sales. (If you believe that, you’ll believe anything).
The movie is the latest in a long line of potential Hendrix biopics (Will Smith & Eddie Murphy have previously tried, among others) that have been snuffed out by Experience Hendrix, an estate that heavily protects the singer’s memory and the four influential albums he made in his short but productive 27 years of life.
It’s said Legendary Pictures chief Thomas Tull, a huge music...
The rejected package, which included financial clout from Legendary Pictures and a commitment from the talent to film next year, was turned down because the family estate feared a high-profile film might hurt back catalogue sales. (If you believe that, you’ll believe anything).
The movie is the latest in a long line of potential Hendrix biopics (Will Smith & Eddie Murphy have previously tried, among others) that have been snuffed out by Experience Hendrix, an estate that heavily protects the singer’s memory and the four influential albums he made in his short but productive 27 years of life.
It’s said Legendary Pictures chief Thomas Tull, a huge music...
- 12/16/2010
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Exclusive: A promising package for a feature film on guitar god Jimi Hendrix looks dead -- confirmed as recently as of today. Even though it had financing from Legendary Pictures, and a directing commitment from Oscar-nominated Paul Greengrass, and The Hurt Locker’s Anthony Mackie poised to star. The pic went belly up earlier this year because Experience Hendrix, gatekeeper for the dead musician's music rights, refused to authorize the film out of fear it could hurt the music catalog. Legendary Pictures and its chief Thomas Tull certainly aren't the first to be interested in filming the story of Hendrix, who died in 1970 at age 27 and recorded just four albums. But is still considered the greatest rocker to ever plug in an electric guitar. Among the actors who reportedly wanted to play Hendrix at one time or another are Outkast’s Andre 3000, Eddie Murphy, and Will Smith. But each approach...
- 12/15/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The Hamptons International Film Festival just concluded on Monday. Once again, Executive Director Karen Arikian, Program Director David Nugent and Board Chair Stuart Suna are to be commended for a truly fantastic program of fascinating films and related programs. The cinematography of Black Swan, Michelle Williams' indelible performance in Blue Valentine, Danny Boyle and James Franco's work in 127 Hours all made vivid impressions on audiences. Although it's difficult to name a "best film" or favorite from the long list that screened there, one truly does stand out. Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for "Superman" is unforgettable. Guggenheim directed An Inconvenient Truth and It Might Get Loud. However, even more so than the issue of global warming (somehow), the questions and concerns raised by Waiting for "Superman" are deep and effect us all. Public education in America is collapsing. Students are not...
- 10/12/2010
- by Alec Baldwin
- Huffington Post
Filed under: Documentaries, Interviews, Cinematical
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore. More recently, Guggenheim directed a feature film, Gracie, based on the high-school experiences of his wife, Elizabeth Shue, and It Might Get Loud, a documentary about the electric guitar with a focus on Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge.
Davis's most recent documentary feature, 'Waiting for "Superman' ,opens today (read our review). Like An Inconvenient Truth, it's an unabashed call to action, this time about the problems with America's public education system. The film focuses on five children who are not being served well by this system, and are hoping that "lotteries" for charter schools with bring them some help. Most are in inner-city public schools; one is having...
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore. More recently, Guggenheim directed a feature film, Gracie, based on the high-school experiences of his wife, Elizabeth Shue, and It Might Get Loud, a documentary about the electric guitar with a focus on Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge.
Davis's most recent documentary feature, 'Waiting for "Superman' ,opens today (read our review). Like An Inconvenient Truth, it's an unabashed call to action, this time about the problems with America's public education system. The film focuses on five children who are not being served well by this system, and are hoping that "lotteries" for charter schools with bring them some help. Most are in inner-city public schools; one is having...
- 9/24/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Moviefone
Filed under: Documentaries, Interviews, Cinematical
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore. More recently, Guggenheim directed a feature film, Gracie, based on the high-school experiences of his wife, Elizabeth Shue, and It Might Get Loud, a documentary about the electric guitar with a focus on Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge.
Davis's most recent documentary feature, 'Waiting for "Superman' ,opens today (read our review). Like An Inconvenient Truth, it's an unabashed call to action, this time about the problems with America's public education system. The film focuses on five children who are not being served well by this system, and are hoping that "lotteries" for charter schools with bring them some help. Most are in inner-city public schools; one is having...
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore. More recently, Guggenheim directed a feature film, Gracie, based on the high-school experiences of his wife, Elizabeth Shue, and It Might Get Loud, a documentary about the electric guitar with a focus on Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge.
Davis's most recent documentary feature, 'Waiting for "Superman' ,opens today (read our review). Like An Inconvenient Truth, it's an unabashed call to action, this time about the problems with America's public education system. The film focuses on five children who are not being served well by this system, and are hoping that "lotteries" for charter schools with bring them some help. Most are in inner-city public schools; one is having...
- 9/24/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Cinematical
Filed under: Documentaries, Interviews, Cinematical
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore. More recently, Guggenheim directed a feature film, Gracie, based on the high-school experiences of his wife, Elizabeth Shue, and It Might Get Loud, a documentary about the electric guitar with a focus on Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge.
Davis's most recent documentary feature, 'Waiting for "Superman' ,opens today (read our review). Like An Inconvenient Truth, it's an unabashed call to action, this time about the problems with America's public education system. The film focuses on five children who are not being served well by this system, and are hoping that "lotteries" for charter schools with bring them some help. Most are in inner-city public schools; one is having...
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore. More recently, Guggenheim directed a feature film, Gracie, based on the high-school experiences of his wife, Elizabeth Shue, and It Might Get Loud, a documentary about the electric guitar with a focus on Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge.
Davis's most recent documentary feature, 'Waiting for "Superman' ,opens today (read our review). Like An Inconvenient Truth, it's an unabashed call to action, this time about the problems with America's public education system. The film focuses on five children who are not being served well by this system, and are hoping that "lotteries" for charter schools with bring them some help. Most are in inner-city public schools; one is having...
- 9/24/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Moviefone
Summer is over and the early awards season has begun. While the ten films below are not to be missed, September also means high-profile premieres at the Venice, Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals. It also means, up to the end of the year, this list will likely be filled up with many limited releases, so make sure to check out when these hit your town. Let us know what you want to see this month below.
To See:
10. Waiting for Superman (Davis Guggenheim; Sept. 24th)
Synopsis: A documentary on the state of public education in America.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Guggenheim is a documentary powerhouse after the Oscar-winning Inconvenient Truth and the wickedly fun It Might Get Loud. His latest won the audience award at Sundance Film Festival this year.
9. Machete (Ethan Maniquis & Robert Rodriguez; Sept. 3rd)
Synopsis: After being betrayed by the organization who hired him,...
To See:
10. Waiting for Superman (Davis Guggenheim; Sept. 24th)
Synopsis: A documentary on the state of public education in America.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Guggenheim is a documentary powerhouse after the Oscar-winning Inconvenient Truth and the wickedly fun It Might Get Loud. His latest won the audience award at Sundance Film Festival this year.
9. Machete (Ethan Maniquis & Robert Rodriguez; Sept. 3rd)
Synopsis: After being betrayed by the organization who hired him,...
- 9/1/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has set Step Up 3D helmer Jon Chu to direct its 3D feature film about teenage singing sensation Justin Bieber. At the same time, the studio has bolstered the producing roster by adding Magical Elves partners Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz. They are the team behind such TV reality shows as Top Chef, Project Runway and Project Greenlight. They join Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, and Island Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid, as producers. There is barely any time for high-fiving here, because work on the film has already begun: Bieber's concert in Nashville is being filmed for behind the scenes footage. Cameras will follow him, culminating in the August 31 performance in Madison Square Garden, which will be filmed using 3D cameras. Paramount had originally intended for An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim to direct the film. Though Guggenheim has musical credits like It Might Get Loud with The Edge,...
- 8/13/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Pretty much everyone found it hard to believe that Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim agreed to helm the Justin Bieber 3D extravaganza. Guggenheim, most well-known for directing An Inconvenient Truth and rock documentary It Might Get Loud, has withdrawn from the Bieber movie, citing a schedule conflict, but Davis, it’s okay, you can be honest with us, it was a reputation conflict, wasn’t it? You just didn’t want to go from Oscar-winner and badass documentarian to tween-coddling bangs-wrangler. We understand. At the end of the day, whatever the reason, just know this: you can do no wrong in our eyes, simply for the fact that you’re married to our #1 most favorite childhood icon, Elisabeth Shue. In fact, if you decided to make Adventures In Babysitting 2: Thor’s Revenge, we would have no problem with it. [Photos: WENN]...
- 8/5/2010
- by Liz Black
- VH1.com
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