Back in the mid-1980’s, Oliver Stone met with famed financier Carl Icahn about a movie he was writing called “Wall Street.” The meeting provided the director with much of the inspiration for the film’s villain Gordon Gekko. Stone speaks about the meeting in HBO’s documentary “Icahn: The Restless Billionaire,” debuting on Feb. 15. Along with Stone, the 100-minute docu features interviews with Icahn, his wife Gail and children Brett and Michelle.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and business journalists including Andrew Ross Sorkin (New York Times), Cara Lombardo (The Wall Street Journal) and Rana Foroohar (Financial Times) also help director Bruce David Klein unpack many of the octogenarian billionaire’s legendary business dealings. Corporate deals that include Icahn’s takeover of Twa in the 1980s, his 2013 high-profile investment in Apple, which provoked a stock rise of $17 billion dollars, his public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife that same year,...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and business journalists including Andrew Ross Sorkin (New York Times), Cara Lombardo (The Wall Street Journal) and Rana Foroohar (Financial Times) also help director Bruce David Klein unpack many of the octogenarian billionaire’s legendary business dealings. Corporate deals that include Icahn’s takeover of Twa in the 1980s, his 2013 high-profile investment in Apple, which provoked a stock rise of $17 billion dollars, his public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife that same year,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, with Joe Biden comments: The economy added 210,000 jobs in November, a figure below analysts expectations, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%.
The latest report reflected a bit of caution on the part of employers as the U.S. — and the world — seeks to recover from Covid-19. The prospects are now infused with even more uncertainty because of the emergency of the Omicron variant, which could further delay employers’ plans to get workers back into offices.
According to the release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the share of those who teleworked declined by 0.3 percent during the month, to 11.3%.
The job gains were most significant in in professional and business services, transportation and warehousing, construction, and manufacturing. But retail employment actually declined by 20,000 during the month, according to the data. Employment in leisure and hospitality also was little changed.
Average hourly earnings, meanwhile, increased by 8 cents to $31.03.
Analysts had been...
The latest report reflected a bit of caution on the part of employers as the U.S. — and the world — seeks to recover from Covid-19. The prospects are now infused with even more uncertainty because of the emergency of the Omicron variant, which could further delay employers’ plans to get workers back into offices.
According to the release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the share of those who teleworked declined by 0.3 percent during the month, to 11.3%.
The job gains were most significant in in professional and business services, transportation and warehousing, construction, and manufacturing. But retail employment actually declined by 20,000 during the month, according to the data. Employment in leisure and hospitality also was little changed.
Average hourly earnings, meanwhile, increased by 8 cents to $31.03.
Analysts had been...
- 12/3/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Capital In The Twenty-first Century Kino Lorber Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Justin Pemberton Screenwriter: Adapted by Matthew Metcalfe, Justin Pemberton, Thomas Piketty, based on Thomas Piketty’s book Cast: Thomas Piketty, Joseph Stiglitz, Gillian Tett, Kate Williams, Gabriel Zucman, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, Francis Fukuyama Screened at: […]
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- 4/26/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Film will receive North American premiere at Doc NYC on November 10.
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights from Studiocanal to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, the adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty’s bestseller.
Justin Pemberton directed the documentary that combines pop culture references and interviews with leading economic and political science experts such as Piketty himself, Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama, to show how the accumulation of capital contributes to widespread social inequality.
The film will receive its North American premiere at Doc NYC on November 10, and Kino Lorber plans a nationwide release in...
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights from Studiocanal to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, the adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty’s bestseller.
Justin Pemberton directed the documentary that combines pop culture references and interviews with leading economic and political science experts such as Piketty himself, Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama, to show how the accumulation of capital contributes to widespread social inequality.
The film will receive its North American premiere at Doc NYC on November 10, and Kino Lorber plans a nationwide release in...
- 11/6/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, Justin Pemberton’s feature doc that explores wealth and power and shines a light on today’s growing inequality.
Pic is based on the best-seller by French economist Thomas Piketty. It will have its North American premiere on Sunday (November 10) at Doc NYC following its debut at the Sydney film festival in July.
Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in April 2020. It is partnering with Kanopy, the free-to-the-user video streaming platform, for digital educational and library rights, and the home ent release in July 2020 will also see it available on Kino Lorber’s new digital platform KinoNow.
The theatrical rollout will coincide with the release of Piketty’s follow-up book Capital And Ideology.
Alongside Piketty, the film features interviews with leading economists Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama.
Deal was negotiated...
Pic is based on the best-seller by French economist Thomas Piketty. It will have its North American premiere on Sunday (November 10) at Doc NYC following its debut at the Sydney film festival in July.
Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in April 2020. It is partnering with Kanopy, the free-to-the-user video streaming platform, for digital educational and library rights, and the home ent release in July 2020 will also see it available on Kino Lorber’s new digital platform KinoNow.
The theatrical rollout will coincide with the release of Piketty’s follow-up book Capital And Ideology.
Alongside Piketty, the film features interviews with leading economists Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama.
Deal was negotiated...
- 11/6/2019
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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