“A friend of mine has this absolutely fantastic story that we should all do together.” Barbara Kopple heard these words, she tells me, on a phone call last year with producer John Morrissey (American History X). She’s likely heard such preambles before. Kopple has directed documentaries for more than 40 years, from her landmark labor-strike feature Harlan County U.S.A. to her profiles of Woody Allen (Wild Man Blues), the Dixie Chicks (Shut Up & Sing) and the late, eternally great Sharon Jones (Miss Sharon Jones!). Morrissey wanted to pitch Kopple a film on Collier Landry, an L.A.-based filmmaker whose mother […]...
- 11/12/2017
- by Soheil Rezayazdi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Lawrence Silk, the preeminent documentary editor who worked on Pumping Iron, Woody Allen's Wild Man Blues and three films that won Academy Awards, has died. He was 86.
Silk, who received the American Cinema Editors' Career Achievement Award in 2013, died Sunday at a hospital in Springfield, Mass., his son, Dan, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Wild Man Blues (1997) profiled clarinetist Allen and his seven-piece New Orleans jazz band as they toured Europe in 1996. Directed by two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple, the documentary also is notable for providing an intimate look into Allen's life with his soon-to-be wife, Soon-Yi Previn, and his...
Silk, who received the American Cinema Editors' Career Achievement Award in 2013, died Sunday at a hospital in Springfield, Mass., his son, Dan, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Wild Man Blues (1997) profiled clarinetist Allen and his seven-piece New Orleans jazz band as they toured Europe in 1996. Directed by two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple, the documentary also is notable for providing an intimate look into Allen's life with his soon-to-be wife, Soon-Yi Previn, and his...
- 5/24/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A cursory spin of the works of Sharon Jones could leave one with the impression that these tracks were recorded in the golden era of soul in the late ’60s and early ’70s. But that’s not the case. Formed in the mid ’90s, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are a Brooklyn-based funk-soul revivalist band whose tastes remain locked in that gorgeous bygone era. Despite their lack of radio success, the band has developed a huge following worldwide with Jones herself often being described as the female James Brown. When Jones met the Godfather of Soul early in her career, he affectionately dubbed her “his daughter,” a compliment which so moved the singer that her eyes can be seen rimmed with joyful tears in the resulting photograph. Before rising to this critical and audience acclaim, Jones even supported herself as a corrections officer after being told by a record company...
- 7/28/2016
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
The revivalist soul outfit Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings has spent the past decade and a half slowly gaining critical and commercial attention, to the point where they earned a Grammy nomination for their most recent studio album, 2014’s Give The People What They Want. Still, they’re a long way from being a household name, so one might expect that a documentary about Jones would be a generic biographical portrait, introducing her and her band to a wider audience by providing a detailed history of her personal journey. That’s not what two-time Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA; Wild Man Blues; Shut Up & Sing) has in mind, however. Miss Sharon Jones! touches the usual bases, but at a gallop, as Kopple is much more interested in chronicling Jones’ recent battle with stage-two pancreatic cancer, which sidelined her for over a year as she underwent extensive ...
- 7/27/2016
- by Mike D'Angelo
- avclub.com
A documentary about soul singer Sharon Jones' life, career and ongoing cancer battle is heading to movie theaters. The Barbara Kopple-directed Miss Sharon Jones!, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and screened at SXSW Film last year, opens a theatrical run July 29th following by a digital, on-demand and home video release in the fall.
The film follows Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings during a tumultuous year as the singer, on the verge of releasing a new album and embarking on a tour, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The film follows Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings during a tumultuous year as the singer, on the verge of releasing a new album and embarking on a tour, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
- 5/25/2016
- Rollingstone.com
To celebrate the DVD release of The Woody Allen Collection on 7th July, we’re giving away 1 box set a lucky winner.
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment is pleased to announce the UK release of The Woody Allen Library boxset – a collection of classic Woody Allen films that are also releasing individually on DVD on 7th July 2014; the films will be available digitally from 23rd June 2014.
The Box set includes: Bullets Over Broadway, Deconstructing Harry, Mighty Aphrodite, Celebrity, Everyone Says I love You, Small Time Crooks, Sweet And Lowdown and Wild Man Blues. From directing, to writing, to acting, these eight titles are arguably some of Allen’s most classic and successful pieces of work, featuring outstanding cast lists.
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The Box set includes: Bullets Over Broadway, Deconstructing Harry, Mighty Aphrodite, Celebrity, Everyone Says I love You, Small Time Crooks, Sweet And Lowdown and Wild Man Blues. From directing, to writing, to acting, these eight titles are arguably some of Allen’s most classic and successful pieces of work, featuring outstanding cast lists.
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- 6/30/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (Khe) has secured a catalogue of classic Woody Allen titles for release this summer.
The deal was negotiated by Nadine Rothschild for Westend Films and Spencer Pollard for Khe.
The collection will be released as a DVD boxset entitled ‘The Woody Allen Library’ on July 7 and will also be available digitally from June 23. The films include Bullets Over Broadway, Celebrity, Deconstructing Harry, Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite, Small Time Crooks, Sweet and Lowdown, and Wild Man Blues.
Michael Chapman, Acquisitions Executive of Khe, said: “Given the recent success of Blue Jasmine, this is the perfect time to release some of Allen’s past works.”
London-based Khe has released more than 250 films such as Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing; The Reluctant Fundamentalist starring Riz Ahmed; and Ray Winstone gangster thriller Lords of London.
The deal was negotiated by Nadine Rothschild for Westend Films and Spencer Pollard for Khe.
The collection will be released as a DVD boxset entitled ‘The Woody Allen Library’ on July 7 and will also be available digitally from June 23. The films include Bullets Over Broadway, Celebrity, Deconstructing Harry, Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite, Small Time Crooks, Sweet and Lowdown, and Wild Man Blues.
Michael Chapman, Acquisitions Executive of Khe, said: “Given the recent success of Blue Jasmine, this is the perfect time to release some of Allen’s past works.”
London-based Khe has released more than 250 films such as Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing; The Reluctant Fundamentalist starring Riz Ahmed; and Ray Winstone gangster thriller Lords of London.
- 4/28/2014
- ScreenDaily
“Argo” (edited by William Goldenberg, A.C.E.) and “The Silver Linings Playbook” (edited byJay Cassidy, A.C.E. and Crispin Struthers) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively at the 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in ten (10) categories of film, television and documentaries.
The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing. “Brave” (edited by Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E. & Robert Grahamjones, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and “Searching For Sugar Man” (edited by Malik Bendjelloul) won Best Edited Documentary (Feature).
Television winners included ”Nurse Jackie – Handle Your Scandle” (edited by Gary Levy) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, “Breaking Bad – Dead Freight” (edited by Skip MacDonald, A.C.E.) for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial television,...
The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing. “Brave” (edited by Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E. & Robert Grahamjones, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and “Searching For Sugar Man” (edited by Malik Bendjelloul) won Best Edited Documentary (Feature).
Television winners included ”Nurse Jackie – Handle Your Scandle” (edited by Gary Levy) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, “Breaking Bad – Dead Freight” (edited by Skip MacDonald, A.C.E.) for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial television,...
- 2/17/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Woody Allen’s 41st feature film in 45 years of directing somewhat surprisingly became the biggest box office hit of his career, grossing $56 million in the Us and was thought to have enough mainstream potential to be released in the UK soon after its Stateside run (usually us Brits have to wait a full year before the latest Woody Allen film is released and even then almost always on a limited run). Now available on DVD and Blu-Ray release in the Us and coming out in the UK on the 6th February 2012, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at this film, which upon release had a fair amount of Oscar hype, and see how it holds up.
Overall it’s one of Woody’s most optimistic films of recent times, its story centres around Owen Wilson’s character Gil – a Hollywood hack screenwriter – feeling out of place in his surroundings,...
Overall it’s one of Woody’s most optimistic films of recent times, its story centres around Owen Wilson’s character Gil – a Hollywood hack screenwriter – feeling out of place in his surroundings,...
- 12/28/2011
- by Owain Paciuszko
- Obsessed with Film
With nearly 50 movies behind him, the veteran director says his latest film took 'years of disillusionment' to make. Here he talks about his controversial marriage, the three children he lost in a custody battle, and his desire to work again with Diane Keaton
It is a glorious New York spring day: blue skies, clear air, a fresh breeze. A day to skip along the pavement and feel happy to be alive. Just not in Woody Allen's world. Where it's a day, like every other day, ie, one in which to sit in a darkened room and ponder the futility of all human existence and the absence of meaning. Allen's own special brand of nihilism, as expounded in his films, is, of course, well known – equal parts despair and a sort of despairing joy – but entering his office makes me wonder if this is more than an intellectual choice; if...
It is a glorious New York spring day: blue skies, clear air, a fresh breeze. A day to skip along the pavement and feel happy to be alive. Just not in Woody Allen's world. Where it's a day, like every other day, ie, one in which to sit in a darkened room and ponder the futility of all human existence and the absence of meaning. Allen's own special brand of nihilism, as expounded in his films, is, of course, well known – equal parts despair and a sort of despairing joy – but entering his office makes me wonder if this is more than an intellectual choice; if...
- 3/13/2011
- by Carole Cadwalladr
- The Guardian - Film News
Espn is taking a trip to the "Diner."
The network has brought on Barry Levinson to helm one of its documentaries in its "30 for 30" program.
The prolific writer-director, who has explored his native Baltimore in scripted pics such as "Avalon" and "Tin Men," will examine the Baltimore Colts' ignoble middle-of-the-night escape to Indianapolis in 1984.
"And the Band Marched On" will cover owner Robert Irsay's decision to sneak the team out of the city after a string of losing seasons; Levinson, a longtime Baltimore Colts fans, will investigate "how a fan base copes with losing the team that it loves," Espn said, in what will be his first documentary.
The sports giant also said Monday that it had signed up several more directors as part of its ambitious program, which aims to match noted filmmakers with subjects they're passionate about.
Barbara Kopple will helm a documentary about the Steinbrenners in which...
The network has brought on Barry Levinson to helm one of its documentaries in its "30 for 30" program.
The prolific writer-director, who has explored his native Baltimore in scripted pics such as "Avalon" and "Tin Men," will examine the Baltimore Colts' ignoble middle-of-the-night escape to Indianapolis in 1984.
"And the Band Marched On" will cover owner Robert Irsay's decision to sneak the team out of the city after a string of losing seasons; Levinson, a longtime Baltimore Colts fans, will investigate "how a fan base copes with losing the team that it loves," Espn said, in what will be his first documentary.
The sports giant also said Monday that it had signed up several more directors as part of its ambitious program, which aims to match noted filmmakers with subjects they're passionate about.
Barbara Kopple will helm a documentary about the Steinbrenners in which...
- 3/30/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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