“Random Acts of Flyness” creator Terence Nance is officially out as director of Warner Bros.’ sequel to the 1996 live-action/animated sports comedy “Space Jam.” According to Deadline, Nance is being replaced by “Girls Trip” helmer Malcolm D. Lee.
Nance’s exit is said to have been an “amicable” one, with creative differences cited as the reason for his departure.
Lee might actually be the more logical choice here, given his mainstream comedy roots, and proven box office prowess, with 11 feature films on his resume. Although Nance’s surrealist, stream-of-consciousness style — as seen in his 2012 feature debut “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty,” and in his vérité HBO sketch series “Random Acts of Flyness” — may have given the “Space Jam” franchise a fresh creative jolt.
This also would have been Nance’s first studio feature.
Set for a July 16, 2021 release, the live-action/animated “Space Jam 2” will star NBA superstar LeBron James...
Nance’s exit is said to have been an “amicable” one, with creative differences cited as the reason for his departure.
Lee might actually be the more logical choice here, given his mainstream comedy roots, and proven box office prowess, with 11 feature films on his resume. Although Nance’s surrealist, stream-of-consciousness style — as seen in his 2012 feature debut “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty,” and in his vérité HBO sketch series “Random Acts of Flyness” — may have given the “Space Jam” franchise a fresh creative jolt.
This also would have been Nance’s first studio feature.
Set for a July 16, 2021 release, the live-action/animated “Space Jam 2” will star NBA superstar LeBron James...
- 7/16/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
After months of speculation and rumored deals, consider this one a slam dunk: the long-awaited “Space Jam” sequel is not only a go, it’s also lined up quite a team to bring the second act of the story of animated heroes and basketball superstars to life. Announced via an emoji-laden tweet, complete with a frankly cute mock-up of a talent-packed locker room, the Spring Hill Entertainment feature film will be directed by “Random Acts of Flyness” creator Terence Nance, with “Creed” and “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler on board to produce.
Bonafide basketball great LeBron James is also on deck to star in and executive produce the film — no word if original star Michael Jordan will return — and classic Looney Tune hero Bugs Bunny will again be suiting up for a sequel decades in the making. The first “Space Jam” film arrived in 1996 and centered on some of the classic Looney Tunes cadre who,...
Bonafide basketball great LeBron James is also on deck to star in and executive produce the film — no word if original star Michael Jordan will return — and classic Looney Tune hero Bugs Bunny will again be suiting up for a sequel decades in the making. The first “Space Jam” film arrived in 1996 and centered on some of the classic Looney Tunes cadre who,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSOn the occasion of Spike Lee's latest release, BlacKkKlansman, reports have surfaced stating that the filmmaker was paid $200,000 to "help develop a public awareness campaign that would aim to strengthen the partnership between the [New York Police Department] and the communities it serves."Wes Anderson's follow-up to the Japan-set Isle of Dogs will be a musical in post-wwii France, according to a report by French publication Charente Libre.Recommended VIEWINGThe first teaser trailer of Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, his first film since Gravity in 2013. Set in a tumultuous era of political transition in early 1970s Mexico, the semi-autobiographical film boasts lush black-and-white cinematography by Cuarón himself. Roma will have its world premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival, and will continue onto the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.
- 8/23/2018
- MUBI
Filmmaker Terence Nance is not the first name you’d probably come up with if you were naming someone to handle a massive blockbuster. The director’s first feature film, “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty,” is an experimental semi-animated film (check out the trailer below) that debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to pretty great reviews. The subject matter and visual style are not things you would see in any modern big-budget film.
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- 8/6/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow)
Late into Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s docudrama recounting the racial terrorism that took place at the Algiers hotel during the 1967 Detroit riots, one of the innocent, young black men who’s been tortured for nearly the entirety of the movie is given a chance at escape. The camera follows him in his moment of triumph as the man weaves around corners, back alleys, and under a...
Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow)
Late into Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s docudrama recounting the racial terrorism that took place at the Algiers hotel during the 1967 Detroit riots, one of the innocent, young black men who’s been tortured for nearly the entirety of the movie is given a chance at escape. The camera follows him in his moment of triumph as the man weaves around corners, back alleys, and under a...
- 12/1/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
If Issa Rae were a queer woman, “Insecure” might look more like “195 Lewis,” a show so stylish, sexy, and assured that it has steadily built momentum by word of mouth since its festival premiere over a year ago. Set in the heart of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, “195 Lewis” follows a black lesbian couple as they strive to practice radical honesty in their newly polyamorous relationship. Surrounding them are a group of close-knit young black queer friends, peppered with characters as unique and colorful as the greens and purple hues of every gorgeous frame.
Read More:Chanelle Aponte Pearson’s Dazzling Ode to Black Lesbian Love Is the Next Great Queer Project of 2017
Co-writer Rae Leone Allen stars as Yuri, a quietly swaggering lothario with a little too much on her plate. Between her girlfriend Camille (Sirita Wright), Texas-transplant college flame Kris (Roxie Johnson), mysterious beauty Harlem (Trae Harris), and scene-stealing tomboy buddy,...
Read More:Chanelle Aponte Pearson’s Dazzling Ode to Black Lesbian Love Is the Next Great Queer Project of 2017
Co-writer Rae Leone Allen stars as Yuri, a quietly swaggering lothario with a little too much on her plate. Between her girlfriend Camille (Sirita Wright), Texas-transplant college flame Kris (Roxie Johnson), mysterious beauty Harlem (Trae Harris), and scene-stealing tomboy buddy,...
- 11/16/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Chanelle Aponte Pearson’s Dazzling Ode to Black Lesbian Love Is the Next Great Queer Project of 2017
If the success of “Moonlight” and “Atlanta” are any indication, 2017 is set to become the year of the visionary black auteur (about time already). Joining their ranks soon enough is Chanelle Aponte Pearson, director of ‘195 Lewis,” which recently won a Special Mention from Outfest for “highlighting the contemporary life of queer black woman with flair, vibrancy and substance.”
The short series explores the joys and pitfalls of open relationships in a vibrant community of black queer women living in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Flowing with original music by members of the community and glowing with luscious colors and warm light, Pearson breathes life into the eclectic mix of characters with equal parts humor and lust. The script, by first-time screenwriters Rae Leone Allen and Yaani Supreme, radiates a confident originality that heralds a fresh new perspective.
Read More‘Atlanta’: Donald Glover Wants You To Feel What It’s Like to...
The short series explores the joys and pitfalls of open relationships in a vibrant community of black queer women living in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Flowing with original music by members of the community and glowing with luscious colors and warm light, Pearson breathes life into the eclectic mix of characters with equal parts humor and lust. The script, by first-time screenwriters Rae Leone Allen and Yaani Supreme, radiates a confident originality that heralds a fresh new perspective.
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- 7/20/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The New Negress Film Society is small: A five-member collective, formed to feature work by and about black women.
But since its founding in 2013, its members have received filmmaking prizes that include a Gotham Awards grant, the Sundance Institute Director’s Lab, and the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Discovery Award, and their works have screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and Rotterdam.
That’s an extraordinary return rate for the Brooklyn-based group, which began as a screening of short films organized by filmmakers Ja’Tovia Gary and Kumi James. Today, the group comprises Gary, Frances Bodomo, Dyani Douze, Chanelle Aponte Pearson, and Stefani Saintonge. (James left the group when she moved to Los Angeles.)
Read More: Watch: Ja’Tovia Gary’s Award-Winning ‘Cakes Da Killa: No Homo’ Now Streaming Online
“It was such an overwhelming success, and such a life-affirming moment,” said Gary, who said they were inspired by...
But since its founding in 2013, its members have received filmmaking prizes that include a Gotham Awards grant, the Sundance Institute Director’s Lab, and the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Discovery Award, and their works have screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and Rotterdam.
That’s an extraordinary return rate for the Brooklyn-based group, which began as a screening of short films organized by filmmakers Ja’Tovia Gary and Kumi James. Today, the group comprises Gary, Frances Bodomo, Dyani Douze, Chanelle Aponte Pearson, and Stefani Saintonge. (James left the group when she moved to Los Angeles.)
Read More: Watch: Ja’Tovia Gary’s Award-Winning ‘Cakes Da Killa: No Homo’ Now Streaming Online
“It was such an overwhelming success, and such a life-affirming moment,” said Gary, who said they were inspired by...
- 3/24/2017
- by Andrew Lapin
- Indiewire
“An Oversimplification of Her Beauty” producer and Ifp 2015 Gotham Awards Spotlight on Women Directors winner, Chanelle Aponte Pearson, makes her directorial debut with “195 Lewis,” a dramedy series about a group of friends navigating the realities of being Black, queer,… Continue Reading →...
- 11/24/2016
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Barry Jenkins is about to become the next big thing, but he’s been here before. “Moonlight,” which he wrote and directed, has been celebrated as the year’s major discovery and the ultimate achievement in modern black filmmaking. That’s nothing new for Jenkins: Eight years ago, the director faced similar acclaim on a smaller scale with his 2008 debut, “Medicine for Melancholy.” However, the lag between his first two features is a testament to Jenkins’ quiet determination — and to a culture that had yet to catch up. It takes time for the world to recognize a genuine vision.
“I think a filmmaker like me isn’t on the outside in the same way that I was in 2008, even though the work itself feels very, very outsiderish,” he said. “It’s completely fucking crazy, because it didn’t used to be that way.” While “Moonlight” marks Jenkins’ transition into a major artist,...
“I think a filmmaker like me isn’t on the outside in the same way that I was in 2008, even though the work itself feels very, very outsiderish,” he said. “It’s completely fucking crazy, because it didn’t used to be that way.” While “Moonlight” marks Jenkins’ transition into a major artist,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Film Society of Lincoln Center today announced the lineup for Explorations, a new section featuring bold selections from the vanguard of contemporary cinema, and Main Slate shorts for the 54th New York Film Festival.
Read More: Nyff Reveals Main Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Manchester By the Sea,’ ‘Paterson’ and ‘Personal Shopper’
Explorations is devoted to work from around the world, from filmmakers across the spectrum of experience and artistic sensibility. It kicks off with six features, including Albert Serra’s latest, “The Death of Louis Xiv,” featuring a tour de force performance by French cinema legend Jean-Pierre Léaud; Douglas Gordon’s portrait of avant-garde icon Jonas Mekas, “I Had Nowhere to Go”; João Pedro Rodrigues’s “The Ornithologist”, which won him the Best Director prize at Locarno; as well as Natalia Almada’s “Everything Else”, Gastón Solnicki’s “Kékszakállú,” and Oliver Laxe’s “Mimosas.”
New York Film Festival Director...
Read More: Nyff Reveals Main Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Manchester By the Sea,’ ‘Paterson’ and ‘Personal Shopper’
Explorations is devoted to work from around the world, from filmmakers across the spectrum of experience and artistic sensibility. It kicks off with six features, including Albert Serra’s latest, “The Death of Louis Xiv,” featuring a tour de force performance by French cinema legend Jean-Pierre Léaud; Douglas Gordon’s portrait of avant-garde icon Jonas Mekas, “I Had Nowhere to Go”; João Pedro Rodrigues’s “The Ornithologist”, which won him the Best Director prize at Locarno; as well as Natalia Almada’s “Everything Else”, Gastón Solnicki’s “Kékszakállú,” and Oliver Laxe’s “Mimosas.”
New York Film Festival Director...
- 8/29/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
With over 30 assorted producing credits ranging from Martha Marcy May Marlene to An Oversimplification of Her Beauty to The Benefactor, Andrew Corkin is a constant figure in New York’s independent film scene. Uncorked, the production company he runs with partner Bryan Reisberg, has a filmography encompassing shorts, features, television and web, and the material ranges from auteur independent drama to so-called “elevated genre” pictures like Emelie, in theaters and on VOD platforms now from Dark Sky Films. Corkin’s most recent production, The Alchemist Cookbook, world premieres next week at SXSW. Last year I sat down Corkin for a public […]...
- 3/9/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Premiering tonight, Monday, February 15, at 8 p.m. Et/5 pm. Pt on World Channel, on the season finale of the acclaimed series "AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange," is a new film by Terence Nance ("An Oversimplification of Her Beauty") and Blitz the Ambassador, titled "Native Sun," as well as Nosarieme Garrick’s "My Africa Is." Ahead of tonight's finale, National Black Programming Consortium (Nbpc), "AfroPoP's" executive producer, spoke to Nance about his film, and the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Nbpc: Your film is a narrative film, an exception for "AfroPoP" as a...
- 2/15/2016
- by Shadow And Act
- ShadowAndAct
Take a look at Ifp 2015 Gotham Awards Spotlight on Women Directors winner Chanelle Aponte Pearson's "195 Lewis," which is summarized as an honest exploration of gender dynamics and identity, following a Brooklyn queer couple who decide to have an open relationship. The film, co-written by Pearson, Terence Nance ("An Oversimplification of Her Beauty"), Rae Leone Allen, and Yaani Supreme, is set to make its international premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) which runs from January 27 to February 7, 2016. "195 Lewis" stars Rae Leone Allen, Sirita Wright, Roxie Johnson, and D. Ajane Carlton. Trailer...
- 1/20/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Reviewing three new books for Bookforum, A.S. Hamrah notes that "this year, the Orson Welles centennial, an appreciation for Welles—even the late, bloated, talk-show-guest Welles—is gathering force." Also in today's roundup: Costume designer Nelli Fomina on working with Andrei Tarkovsky on Solaris, Jonathan Rosenbaum on the occasional generosity of Jean-Luc Godard, a report from the set of James Gray's The Lost City of Z, interviews with Aleksey German and Gaspar Noé, Richard Brody on Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 10/20/2015
- Keyframe
Reviewing three new books for Bookforum, A.S. Hamrah notes that "this year, the Orson Welles centennial, an appreciation for Welles—even the late, bloated, talk-show-guest Welles—is gathering force." Also in today's roundup: Costume designer Nelli Fomina on working with Andrei Tarkovsky on Solaris, Jonathan Rosenbaum on the occasional generosity of Jean-Luc Godard, a report from the set of James Gray's The Lost City of Z, interviews with Aleksey German and Gaspar Noé, Richard Brody on Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 10/20/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.Above, the trailer for Denis Villeneuve's thriller Sicario, which premiered in competition in Cannes.Cinema Scope #63 is about to hit newstands, but a lot of it can be read online: Mark Peranson on Cannes and Miguel Gomes, Adam Cook talks with Corneliu Porumboiu, Jordan Cronk on The Assassin, Chuck Stephens on Gregory Markopoulous, Christoph Huber on Mad Max: Fury Road, and more.Author William Gibson recounts his encounters with Chris Marker's La Jetée.James Horner, the composer of scores for such Hollywood films as 48 Hrs, Aliens, and Titanic, has died at the age of 61.Federic Babina has made a series of "Archidirector" illustrations, imagining houses designed in the style of filmmakers like David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick.Sight & Sound has exclusive images from the production of Ben Rivers' new movie,...
- 6/24/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Read More: In 'Results,' Andrew Bujalski and Guy Pearce Riff on the Romantic Comedy Formula Paul Bernon is a principal at Rubicon Real Estate, which owns and manages one million square feet of commercial property in New England. Sam Slater is a principal at Tremont Asset Management LLC, which owns and manages over 2,000 apartments, office properties and agricultural properties throughout the United States and Canada. After meeting at a party at Bernon's house in 2012, they teamed up to start a production company, Burn Later Productions. They made a splash with their first feature, Joe Swanberg's "Drinking Buddies," starring Olivia Wilde and Anna Kendrick. Since then, they've produced a string of high-profile indies including Ross Katz's "Adult Beginners," starring Rose Byrne, Nick Kroll and Bobby Cannavale; the Peabody Award-winning documentary "Best Kept Secret;" Terence Nance's "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty;" and most recently, Andrew...
- 6/20/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Interview has posted Bruce Chatwin's 1988 profile of Werner Herzog, who, the year before, had adapted Chatwin's novel The Viceroy of Ouidah as Cobra Verde. Also in today's roundup of news and views: Color in the earliest days of cinema, Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) on Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Sundance-winner Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Grady Hendrix on Kim Jee-Woon, interviews with Joe Dante and Patrick Brice, a Jon Moritsugu retrospective, and forthcoming films from Jane Campion, Hana Makhmalbaf, Mark Cousins and more. » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Interview has posted Bruce Chatwin's 1988 profile of Werner Herzog, who, the year before, had adapted Chatwin's novel The Viceroy of Ouidah as Cobra Verde. Also in today's roundup of news and views: Color in the earliest days of cinema, Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) on Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Sundance-winner Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Grady Hendrix on Kim Jee-Woon, interviews with Joe Dante and Patrick Brice, a Jon Moritsugu retrospective, and forthcoming films from Jane Campion, Hana Makhmalbaf, Mark Cousins and more. » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2015
- Keyframe
I have yet to see Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River, but word-of-mouth for the film, including here on the site, has been less-than-favorable. Unabashedly weird and yet very respectful to its peers, based on what I've seen and read, it's not your average actor-turned-director vehicle. It's with that in mind that a select group, including fellow filmmakers, suggest Gosling's film would got more love had critics separated the art from the artist. The filmmaker in question for these acquisitions of late is Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), who wrote an odd little email-themed piece for The Talkhouse about Gosling's film. Written as if he were to give the fellow filmmaker criticism of his work before it made its premiere last year at Cannes, Nance is critical of Lost River but he makes an interesting point. He notes how if the film, as the "current cut," were made by an unknown filmmaker,...
- 4/16/2015
- by Will Ashton
- Rope of Silicon
Future cult classic? Ambitious failure? Maybe both? Ryan Gosling's directorial debut "Lost River" has seen no shortage of opinion around it, but perhaps none have been as bracing and direct as Terence Nance's breakdown of the movie at The Talkhouse. The director of "An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty" last delivered a hilarious and scathing takedown of Ridley Scott's "Exodus," and while he's critical of Gosling's film, he ultimately notes it's being held to an unfairly high standard. Read More: Ryan Gosling & Edgar Wright Talk 'Lost River,' Shooting In Detroit, And Advice For First Time Filmmakers Written as a pretend email sent to Gosling before Cannes last year, Nance offers a series of notes throughout the running time of the movie. A bulk of the pointed criticism comes from the film's depiction of black characters, with Nance writing: "...I have to explain to you why you...
- 4/15/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Ashley Clark, who's curated Space Is the Place: Afrofuturism on Film, the series that opened at New York's BAMcinématek yesterday and runs through April 15, picks out a few highlights for the Guardian, including John Coney's Space Is the Place with Sun Ra, Ngozi Onwurah's Welcome II the Terrordome, John Akomfrah's The Last Angel of History and Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty. Also, more on Walerian Borowczyk, an overview of the career of producer and director James B. Harris, a major Frederick Wiseman retrospective in Chicago, noir westerns such as Robert Wise's Blood on the Moon and Budd Boetticher's The Tall T in San Francisco and films by Gregory J. Markopoulos in Los Angeles. » - David Hudson...
- 4/4/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Ashley Clark, who's curated Space Is the Place: Afrofuturism on Film, the series that opened at New York's BAMcinématek yesterday and runs through April 15, picks out a few highlights for the Guardian, including John Coney's Space Is the Place with Sun Ra, Ngozi Onwurah's Welcome II the Terrordome, John Akomfrah's The Last Angel of History and Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty. Also, more on Walerian Borowczyk, an overview of the career of producer and director James B. Harris, a major Frederick Wiseman retrospective in Chicago, noir westerns such as Robert Wise's Blood on the Moon and Budd Boetticher's The Tall T in San Francisco and films by Gregory J. Markopoulos in Los Angeles. » - David Hudson...
- 4/4/2015
- Keyframe
Though Terence Nance has been quiet on the feature front since An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, he’s been regularly churning out short films and music videos. Brandon Harris called his recent “magic-realist-tinged” Rotterdam entry Swimming in Your Skin Again “astoundingly beautiful” and “sublime,” and his latest music video, for Oversimplification collaborators The Dig, conveys a similar conflation of the concrete and surreal. It opens with a young family being trailed by a collective of dancers, and only takes off from there. Watch it above.
- 3/20/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Though Terence Nance has been quiet on the feature front since An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, he’s been regularly churning out short films and music videos. Brandon Harris called his recent “magic-realist-tinged” Rotterdam entry Swimming in Your Skin Again “astoundingly beautiful” and “sublime,” and his latest music video, for Oversimplification collaborators The Dig, conveys a similar conflation of the concrete and surreal. It opens with a young family being trailed by a collective of dancers, and only takes off from there. Watch it above.
- 3/20/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
You can expect that when Terrance Nance, the filmmaker who made the unexpected and hard to categorize relationship film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, makes a music video, it’s not going to be your average music video. And that all good. Calling it “a magical realist film” his new music video for the New York City band The Dig entitled “You and I and You” is simple yet complex, challenging but easy to get into, surrealistic and also oddly logical. The band, which contributed several songs to the Oversimplification soundtrack, creates music that Nance says plays with “transcendence and simplicity and unseen forces” which inspired his approach...
- 3/6/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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
Ifp, Filmmaker and the Museum of Modern Art are pleased to present this year’s slate for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, the annual series that spotlights films currently without theatrical distribution. Screening at MoMA from December 12 – 15, this year’s five films are Approaching the Elephant, Evaporating Borders, The Mend, L for Leisure, and Uncertain Terms. Past selections include It Felt Like Love, Frownland, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty and Sun Don’t Shine, all of which eventually secured distribution. Read below for a full description of each of this year’s titles. Approaching the Elephant 2014. USA. Directed by Amanda Rose Wilder. Little Falls, NJ, 2007: the new Teddy […]...
- 11/26/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Ifp, Filmmaker and the Museum of Modern Art are pleased to present this year’s slate for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, the annual series that spotlights films currently without theatrical distribution. Screening at MoMA from December 12 – 15, this year’s five films are Approaching the Elephant, Evaporating Borders, The Mend, L for Leisure, and Uncertain Terms. Past selections include It Felt Like Love, Frownland, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty and Sun Don’t Shine, all of which eventually secured distribution. Read below for a full description of each of this year’s titles. Approaching the Elephant 2014. USA. Directed by Amanda Rose Wilder. Little Falls, NJ, 2007: the new Teddy […]...
- 11/26/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In today's roundup of news and views, we point to Terence Nance's (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) discussion of Tim Sutton’s Memphis, an interview with Harry Dean Stanton, R. Emmet Sweeney on an overlooked film by Jean Renoir and an excerpt from Paul Cronin's new book of interviews with Werner Herzog. And currently working on new films are Ringo Lam, Todd Haynes, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese and Benedek Fliegauf. Plus: videos on the work of Wes Anderson and the late Robin Williams. » - David Hudson...
- 9/10/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup of news and views, we point to Terence Nance's (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) discussion of Tim Sutton’s Memphis, an interview with Harry Dean Stanton, R. Emmet Sweeney on an overlooked film by Jean Renoir and an excerpt from Paul Cronin's new book of interviews with Werner Herzog. And currently working on new films are Ringo Lam, Todd Haynes, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese and Benedek Fliegauf. Plus: videos on the work of Wes Anderson and the late Robin Williams. » - David Hudson...
- 9/10/2014
- Keyframe
A hat-tip to Dylan Marchetti and his Variance Films posse for making another bold pick-up - going where others typically avoid. The company has been responsible for the releases of a handful of films we've covered on this blog - from Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer in 2012, to Terence Nance's An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, John Sayles' Go For Sisters, and Roger Ross Williams' God Loves Uganda (the last 3 released in 2013).Today, Variance Films has announced that it will partner with director Chris Eska to release his powerful Civil War drama The Retrieval - a film we've covered quite comprehensively, reviewing...
- 2/13/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Its main characters were barely known in the UK, but that hasn't stopped this spin-off from the 1960s Us cartoon Rocky & Bullwinkle rocketing to the top spot
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Despite competition from paid previews on The Lego Movie, DreamWorks Animation's Mr Peabody & Sherman posted a decent debut of £3.92m. Mind you, it's worth noting that Mr Peabody & Sherman likewise pursued a previews strategy – likely a knock-on effect of the Lego tactic – and these contributed a considerable £1.39m of the total. The figure compares favourably with previous DreamWorks Animation release Turbo, which landed with £3.89m, including £1.77m in previews, last October.
While Turbo, the story of a motor-racing snail, was one of DreamWorks Animation's lesser appealing titles, Mr Peabody & Sherman might still have struggled to match it. Conceptually, it's not an obvious easy sell – the story of an erudite beagle who adopts a...
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The winner
Despite competition from paid previews on The Lego Movie, DreamWorks Animation's Mr Peabody & Sherman posted a decent debut of £3.92m. Mind you, it's worth noting that Mr Peabody & Sherman likewise pursued a previews strategy – likely a knock-on effect of the Lego tactic – and these contributed a considerable £1.39m of the total. The figure compares favourably with previous DreamWorks Animation release Turbo, which landed with £3.89m, including £1.77m in previews, last October.
While Turbo, the story of a motor-racing snail, was one of DreamWorks Animation's lesser appealing titles, Mr Peabody & Sherman might still have struggled to match it. Conceptually, it's not an obvious easy sell – the story of an erudite beagle who adopts a...
- 2/12/2014
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Dallas Buyers Club | The Invisible Woman | RoboCop | Mr Peabody & Sherman | The Patrol | Lift To The Scaffold
Dallas Buyers Club (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013, Us) Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn. 117 mins
What McConaughey loses in body mass he gains in compassion in this drawn-from-real-life drama, which cleverly disguises its awards-friendliness beneath thespian commitment and non-issue-movie storytelling. Diagnosed with Aids in 1980s Texas, McConaughey's rodeo-loving electrician takes matters into his own hands and devises his own grey-market treatment programme for the ravaged gay community (in partnership with Leto's lovable transgender cohort, Rayon). The authorities don't approve; the Academy probably will.
The Invisible Woman (12A)
(Ralph Fiennes, 2013, UK) Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott-Thomas. 111 mins
Working to Claire Tomalin's biography, Fiennes gives us a tale of two Dickenses: the charismatic literary celebrity and the self-absorbed love rat. But the passion of his secret affair with Jones's teenage actor is smothered by repression,...
Dallas Buyers Club (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013, Us) Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn. 117 mins
What McConaughey loses in body mass he gains in compassion in this drawn-from-real-life drama, which cleverly disguises its awards-friendliness beneath thespian commitment and non-issue-movie storytelling. Diagnosed with Aids in 1980s Texas, McConaughey's rodeo-loving electrician takes matters into his own hands and devises his own grey-market treatment programme for the ravaged gay community (in partnership with Leto's lovable transgender cohort, Rayon). The authorities don't approve; the Academy probably will.
The Invisible Woman (12A)
(Ralph Fiennes, 2013, UK) Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott-Thomas. 111 mins
Working to Claire Tomalin's biography, Fiennes gives us a tale of two Dickenses: the charismatic literary celebrity and the self-absorbed love rat. But the passion of his secret affair with Jones's teenage actor is smothered by repression,...
- 2/8/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
One film that we’ve have definitely been championing since 2012 on this site is Terence Nance’s An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, a film that Tambay has called "one of the most stylish, inventive, challenging, thoughtful and engaging films" that he had ever seen.Challenging is true, or as I said about the film last summer, to describe what the film... "in few words is impossible. You have to see it and even then it’s no easy task. It’s open to anyone’s interpretation, and it’s guaranteed to get a reaction out of anyone who sees it, which is what any real filmmaker longs for."But don’t let that stop from you seeing what is one of the most adventurous and original black films made...
- 2/7/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Not a square millimetre of the director's navel is left ungazed at in Terence Nance's film of interviews with a beautiful woman he loves
Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is an almost unendurably self-indulgent and burbling piece of lo-fi indie-autobiographical moviemaking, at the end of which there is surely not a square millimetre of the director's navel left ungazed at. Yet at the same time, there is something oddly revealing about it. It is developed from an earlier short film about the director's relationship issues with a certain beautiful woman, whom he prevails upon to appear on camera. Part of that short is incorporated into this longer feature in which personal issues are developed in a stream of droning voiceover babble. Nance's movie folds in on itself as he interviews the object of his affections, and discusses with her how she felt about the original short film,...
Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is an almost unendurably self-indulgent and burbling piece of lo-fi indie-autobiographical moviemaking, at the end of which there is surely not a square millimetre of the director's navel left ungazed at. Yet at the same time, there is something oddly revealing about it. It is developed from an earlier short film about the director's relationship issues with a certain beautiful woman, whom he prevails upon to appear on camera. Part of that short is incorporated into this longer feature in which personal issues are developed in a stream of droning voiceover babble. Nance's movie folds in on itself as he interviews the object of his affections, and discusses with her how she felt about the original short film,...
- 2/7/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ For thousands of years of human existence, love has proved a fruitful source of artistic inspiration. When New York artist Terence Nance felt compelled to explore his feelings for - and stuttering relationship with - the beautiful Namik, the mode of expression was naturally film. This resulted in the short How Would You Feel? (2010), which was subsequently fleshed out to form his kaleidoscopic feature debut, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012). A heady mix of fact and fiction, live action and animation, it's an enthralling collage that toys with the fluidity of narrative, experimenting with myriad emotions and ideas.
- 2/5/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Debut directors with either documentary or narrative features in post-production should highly consider submitting to the Ifp Independent Filmmaker Labs. Their track record – An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Blue Caprice, Concussion, Our Nixon, Pariah, to name a few — speaks for itself. A year-long mentorship program, the Labs are designed to support filmmakers through the lengthly process of completing, marketing and distributing their first films. Available exclusively to features with a budget under $1 million, the Labs pair filmmakers with leading industry personnel for three distinct programs throughout 2014. You can read more about the program and apply here. The deadline for documentaries […]...
- 2/5/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Debut directors with either documentary or narrative features in post-production should highly consider submitting to the Ifp Independent Filmmaker Labs. Their track record – An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Blue Caprice, Concussion, Our Nixon, Pariah, to name a few — speaks for itself. A year-long mentorship program, the Labs are designed to support filmmakers through the lengthly process of completing, marketing and distributing their first films. Available exclusively to features with a budget under $1 million, the Labs pair filmmakers with leading industry personnel for three distinct programs throughout 2014. You can read more about the program and apply here. The deadline for documentaries […]...
- 2/5/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Out Of The Furnace | Lone Survivor | Journal De France | The Armstrong Lie | I, Frankenstein | That Awkward Moment | Identity Card
Out Of The Furnace (15)
(Scott Cooper, 2013, Us) Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker. 117 mins
Brotherly solidarity, blue-collar violence, pain and grit in a decaying Rust Belt town: this could be a feature-length Bruce Springsteen song. At heart, the story doesn't stretch much further: decent steelworker Bale steps up after his Iraq-vet brother (Affleck) strays too far into outlaw territory, Winter's Bone-style (Harrelson is a great scary baddie). But it's skilfully told and the acting is persuasively raw. Between the cliches, Cooper finds space to give us a tough, textured study of American masculinity in crisis.
Lone Survivor (15)
(Peter Berg, 2013, Us) Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch. 121 mins
A Navy SEALs v Afghani Taliban thriller that, depending on your position, is either a pure, visceral...
Out Of The Furnace (15)
(Scott Cooper, 2013, Us) Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker. 117 mins
Brotherly solidarity, blue-collar violence, pain and grit in a decaying Rust Belt town: this could be a feature-length Bruce Springsteen song. At heart, the story doesn't stretch much further: decent steelworker Bale steps up after his Iraq-vet brother (Affleck) strays too far into outlaw territory, Winter's Bone-style (Harrelson is a great scary baddie). But it's skilfully told and the acting is persuasively raw. Between the cliches, Cooper finds space to give us a tough, textured study of American masculinity in crisis.
Lone Survivor (15)
(Peter Berg, 2013, Us) Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch. 121 mins
A Navy SEALs v Afghani Taliban thriller that, depending on your position, is either a pure, visceral...
- 2/1/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
When I first started preparing my year-end lists for 2013, I knew for certain that I was going to continue my trend of creating one post with my favorite theatrically released narrative films of 2013 and a separate post with my favorite documentary films of 2o13. This is because I have a difficult enough time ranking films that share no common elements other than they were all shot on a medium that can capture both moving images and sound. The ranking of anything (especially art) seems completely arbitrary to me and the fact that most year-end lists focus on the "top" or "best" really makes no sense. While I guess there are certain basic mechanisms of filmmaking that can be done well (thus making a "good" movie) or can be done poorly (thus making a "bad" movie), for the most part it is all just personal opinion. I prefer to approach talking...
- 12/26/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
San Francisco-based Fandor has signed streaming partnerships with Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories.
The VOD service’s library of more than 5,000 titles includes Computer Chess (pictured), The Messenger, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Sun Don’t Shine and Rivers And Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time.
“Following our expansion into Canada in September, film acquisitions have accelerated accordingly,” said Fandor co-founder and chief content officer Jonathan Marlow. “Over the last few weeks, we have added many invaluable partnerships to an already exceptional portfolio of distributors, aggregators and individual filmmakers.”...
The VOD service’s library of more than 5,000 titles includes Computer Chess (pictured), The Messenger, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Sun Don’t Shine and Rivers And Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time.
“Following our expansion into Canada in September, film acquisitions have accelerated accordingly,” said Fandor co-founder and chief content officer Jonathan Marlow. “Over the last few weeks, we have added many invaluable partnerships to an already exceptional portfolio of distributors, aggregators and individual filmmakers.”...
- 12/5/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
San Francisco-based VOD platform Fandor has announced a partnership deal with Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories. Fandor aspires to bring a broad selection of independent and international movies for instant streaming to its subscribers. At present, Fandor offers a film library of over 5,000 titles and as a two-year old streaming platform, continues to expand into indie film markets. "Following our expansion into Canada in September, film acquisitions have accelerated accordingly," Fandor co-founder and Chief Content Officer Jonathan Marlow commented, adding that "Over the last few weeks, we have added many invaluable partnerships to an already exceptional portfolio of distributors, aggregators and individual filmmakers." Check out a selection of films recently acquired and added to the Fandor library, as well as this month's upcoming releases: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012) director Terence Nance [Cinema Guild] Computer Chess (2013)...
- 12/5/2013
- by Ramzi De Coster
- Indiewire
Fandor, the on-demand film site that launched in 2011, recently announced three high profile films hitting the site in November, "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty," (Nov. 1) "Meet Marlon Brando" (Nov. 15) and "Leviathan." (Nov. 19) Notably, this will mark the first time "Meet Marlon Brando," the documentary by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, will be available since its 1965 theatrical release. To cement their reputation as a site for indie film fans, Fandor has created this snazzy infographic which tracks the history of independent film over 100 years. Check it out below:...
- 10/23/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Three 2013 theatrical releases, all covered quite comprehensively on S&A, are now available in the home video space - DVD, VOD primarily. So if you haven't seen any of them, here's your chance to do so. Terence Nance's Gotham award-winning (Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You) work of film art, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, which Variance Films opened in theaters earlier this year. Nance’s critically-acclaimed debut, which boasts Jay-z, Wyatt Cenac, Dream Hampton, and Joy Bryant as executive producers, was one of the most stylish, inventive, challenging, thoughtful and engaging films I saw at the Sundance Film...
- 9/17/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, film critics for The New York Times, published a list of profiles of young filmmakers they believe are worth watching. Long-time readers of this blog should recognize a minimum of 3 (or more) of those names, given that they are filmmakers we've been telling you to watch over the years, since the launch of this blog in 2009: Dee Rees (Pariah), Barry Jenkins (Medicine For Melancholy) and Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty). What I really wanted to draw your attention to are what each profile states each filmmaker is currently working on, or, at least, thinking about/wanting to/hopes to work on, whether now, or at some point in the...
- 9/5/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Variance Films has acquired all USA and Canadian rights to the John Sayles' drama/thriller, Go For Sisters - a film that had its world premiere at SXSW this year. The scrappy indie distribution company is also responsible for the release of a handful of other indie films we've covered, like, most recently, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty and Red Hook Summer. Yolonda Ross, LisaGay Hamilton, Isaiah Washington, Edward James Olmos, Hector Elizondo, Harold Perrineau and Jacob Vargas all star in Sayles film, which is described as follows:. The plot concerns two friends, Bernice and Fontayne, who grow up so close they ‘go for sisters’,...
- 8/28/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
For those of you in the Chicagoland area who have been waiting to see Terrence Nance’s totally unique and original lament of romantic longing, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, you will soon have your chance. The film will open next week at Facets Cinematheque in Chicago, located at 1517 W. Fullerton, for an one week engagement only.To describe Oversimplification in few words is impossible. You have to see it and even then it’s no easy task. It’s open to anyone’s interpretation, and it’s guaranteed to get a reaction out of anyone who sees it, which is what any real filmmaker longs for.The film will play on these following dates at Facets: Fri., Jun. 21 at 7 & 9Pm, Sat.,...
- 6/12/2013
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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