Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is weathering a storm on social media after firing off a pair of callous tweets about the victims of Hurricane Irma. On Thursday Hogan, 64, referred to those who lost their power and water supplies as “crybabies” who could have had it much worse. The tweets have since been deleted. “No […]
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- 9/17/2017
- by Brian Salemi
- Uinterview
Water & Power: A California Heist is a one-hour documentary investigating possible corruption running below the surface of California’s water shortage crisis. The show highlights some of the inequalities and corruption problems that are making a difficult problem even harder to deal with. In particular it focuses on the Kern Water Bank, a huge reservoir that contains a large percentage of the entire state’s water supply. After a tip off one journalist started to look into who exactly owned the Kern Water Bank and he came across Roll International Corporation. They did not have anyone who could answer questions or help with...read more...
- 6/25/2017
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Documentarian Marina Zenovich, whose most prominent films to date — Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out — have both revolved around the director of Chinatown, seemingly takes inspiration from Jake Gittes' noir investigation in this left-turn from celeb-oriented docs to enviro-political ones. In Water & Power: A California Heist, Zenovich tackles a subject of enormous importance, but fails to match that import with dramatic storytelling. The often dry film about water rights is appropriate for the National Geographic network, but is unlikely to connect with many viewers who don't already have some knowledge of the subject.
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- 1/31/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The story of California is indelibly tied to water. Marina Zenovich, the director of well-received docs on Roman Polanski (Wanted and Desired) and Richard Pryor (Omit the Logic), explores this relationship in Water & Power: A California Heist, which screened in competition this week at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Her film investigates the state’s ongoing water crisis with an emphasis on Chinatown-esque corruption. Zenovich tapped Dp Sam Painter (Going Clear) as one of two cinematographers for the film. Painter spoke with Filmmaker ahead of Water & Power‘s premiere about the film’s blend of hand held footage, dramatically lit interviews and drone imagery. Filmmaker: […]...
- 1/29/2017
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Nigerian-born director Andrew Dosunmu (“Mother of George”) said that even though his new film, “Where Is Kyra?” stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Kiefer Sutherland, the inspiration was anything but glamorous. “Living in New York, walking by people every day, homeless people, I just wanted to document that,” Dosunmu told TheWrap’s Matt Donnelly at the Sundance Film Festival. “I wanted to tell a story about these people that are disenfranchised that we see every day. We don’t ask ourselves the question, ‘Why are they here?'” Also Read: 'Water & Power' Director Talks Threat to Us Water Supply (Exclusive Video) Pfeiffer plays Kyra,...
- 1/29/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
After documentaries about Roman Polanski and Richard Pryor, director Marina Zenovich decided to explore the complicated issue of California water rights in her new documentary “Water & Power: A California Heist.” “Water is in the hands of private companies,” Zenovich told TheWrap’s CEO Sharon Waxman while promoting her film at the Sundance Film Festival. “Some companies we don’t even identify in the film because there are so many people trying to get their hands on our public resource.” In her film, she peels back the layers of California’s convoluted water structure — which pits wealthy water barons against small farmers and.
- 1/29/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Chasing Coral, which looks at dying coral reefs; Jiu-liang Wang's Plastic China, which follows an 11-year-old girl living amid a wasteland of plastic refuse; Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau's Trophy, which examines the business of big-game hunting; and Marina Zenovich's Water & Power: A California Heist, which plays like a...
- 1/18/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ray Wentworth (Bob Odenkirk) is divorced, down on his luck and likes to watch bum fights, he was also once the greatest romance card writer ever.
In Netflix’s original film, “Girlfriend’s Day,” viewers will meet Ray and join him as he tries to recapture the feelings that once made him “the king of the wordsmith world” after California establishes a new holiday: Girlfriend’s Day. To commemorate the new special day, the state holds a contest to see who can write the most romantic card. As he searches for inspiration to pen the perfect poem, he unexpectedly gets entangled in a web of murder and deceit.
The comedy is written by Odenkirk, Philip Zlotorynski and Eric Hoffman and directed by Michael Paul Stephenson. The cast is rounded out by Amber Tamblyn, Natasha Lyonne, Ed Begley Jr., Stacy Keach, Rich Sommer, June Diane Raphael and Andy Richter, among others.
In Netflix’s original film, “Girlfriend’s Day,” viewers will meet Ray and join him as he tries to recapture the feelings that once made him “the king of the wordsmith world” after California establishes a new holiday: Girlfriend’s Day. To commemorate the new special day, the state holds a contest to see who can write the most romantic card. As he searches for inspiration to pen the perfect poem, he unexpectedly gets entangled in a web of murder and deceit.
The comedy is written by Odenkirk, Philip Zlotorynski and Eric Hoffman and directed by Michael Paul Stephenson. The cast is rounded out by Amber Tamblyn, Natasha Lyonne, Ed Begley Jr., Stacy Keach, Rich Sommer, June Diane Raphael and Andy Richter, among others.
- 1/17/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Water & Power” is probably never said aloud in the Sundance-bound documentary “Water & Power: A California Heist,” but that doesn’t mean you should dismiss Marina Zenovich’s film outright. Zenovich, who previously directed “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” tells the Hollywood Reporter that Polanski’s 1974 neo-noir is one of her favorite movies in part because she loves “that world of greed and the lengths people will go to get what they want.” Watch the trailer for “Water & Power” below.
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“The hunger for water is never-ending,” she tells THR of the research that went into her film. “There are too many people wanting a precious resource that people are trying to privatize. So this film is like a wake-up call for that. I didn’t know what I would find,...
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“The hunger for water is never-ending,” she tells THR of the research that went into her film. “There are too many people wanting a precious resource that people are trying to privatize. So this film is like a wake-up call for that. I didn’t know what I would find,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
TV on the Radio musician and singer Tunde Adebimpe has long used his many talents to bolster indie film outings, from Joel Hopkins’ “Jump Tomorrow” to Jonathan Demme’s “Rachel Getting Married” and Sebastian Silva’s recent Sundance feature “Nasty Baby,” and he’s poised to return to the festival circuit with Marshall Tyler’s inventive and styling short film “Night Shift.”
In the Sundance premiere, Adebimpe stars as Olly Jeffries, a struggling actor whose need to pay the bills lands him a gig as a bathroom attendant at the swanky Hollywood nightclub The Fix. While Olly never intended for the job to be a permanent thing, he’s found that the work — and the weird solitude it offers — suits him.
Read More: Sundance 2017: 10 Must-See Shorts At This Year’s Festival
“Night Shift” follows Olly over the course of on particularly memorable night in which his old dreams and...
In the Sundance premiere, Adebimpe stars as Olly Jeffries, a struggling actor whose need to pay the bills lands him a gig as a bathroom attendant at the swanky Hollywood nightclub The Fix. While Olly never intended for the job to be a permanent thing, he’s found that the work — and the weird solitude it offers — suits him.
Read More: Sundance 2017: 10 Must-See Shorts At This Year’s Festival
“Night Shift” follows Olly over the course of on particularly memorable night in which his old dreams and...
- 1/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Gibney now has two films that explore the myriad ways that the internet can wreak havoc, with 2013’s “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks” and the Oscar-shortlisted “Zero Days,” which stemmed from the U.S. and Israeli Stuxnet operation that destroyed 1000 nuclear centrifuges. Initially, producer Marc Shmuger, who brought him both projects, “knew more about it than I did,” said Gibney. “He had access to people telling him interesting things about the Stuxnet operation. It seemed like an event that deserved a deeper dive.”
Gibney dug deeper and found out how scary the world of cyberwarfare could be. And as the election took its twisty turns, revealing the Russia hacks, more of us caught up with a new reality that had only been imagined in science-fiction. The Matrix is here.
Read More: ‘Zero Days’ Exclusive Promo: See Alex Gibney’s New Cyberwar Documentary Thriller
“What is jaw-dropping,” Gibney said,...
Gibney dug deeper and found out how scary the world of cyberwarfare could be. And as the election took its twisty turns, revealing the Russia hacks, more of us caught up with a new reality that had only been imagined in science-fiction. The Matrix is here.
Read More: ‘Zero Days’ Exclusive Promo: See Alex Gibney’s New Cyberwar Documentary Thriller
“What is jaw-dropping,” Gibney said,...
- 1/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Last year, National Geographic’s climate change documentary, “Before the Flood, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens, became the network’s most watched film ever due to it being the most broadly distributed program it had ever released.
Now Variety reports, that in an effort to continue developing outstanding nonfiction work, National Geographic Networks has launched a new banner titled National Geographic Documentary Films, which focuses on producing feature-length documentaries.
“We abandoned the space for some reason, but now we are actively resuming our proper place,” the network’s CEO Courteney Monroe told the publication. “We want to be making timely, issue-oriented, very provocative films with the very best documentary filmmakers in the business. Given the success of ‘Before the Flood’ and ‘He Named Me Malala,’ these are the types of stories we want to be telling.”
Read More: ‘Before the Flood’: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change...
Now Variety reports, that in an effort to continue developing outstanding nonfiction work, National Geographic Networks has launched a new banner titled National Geographic Documentary Films, which focuses on producing feature-length documentaries.
“We abandoned the space for some reason, but now we are actively resuming our proper place,” the network’s CEO Courteney Monroe told the publication. “We want to be making timely, issue-oriented, very provocative films with the very best documentary filmmakers in the business. Given the success of ‘Before the Flood’ and ‘He Named Me Malala,’ these are the types of stories we want to be telling.”
Read More: ‘Before the Flood’: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change...
- 1/13/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The new documentary Water & Power: A California Heist, which will have its world premiere Jan. 23 at the Sundance Film Festival, inevitably will be described as a modern-day Chinatown, since it focuses on how private interests both control and benefit from California’s water supplies, which were in short supply even before the current four-year drought. So it’s only fitting that the doc is directed by Marina Zenovich, whose credits include 2008’s Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, about the Chinatown director.
Zenovich readily admits that Chinatown is one of her favorite movies because “I love that world of greed and...
Zenovich readily admits that Chinatown is one of her favorite movies because “I love that world of greed and...
- 1/13/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The sequel to Al Gore's Oscar-winning climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth will open the Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, the former vice president announced Friday.
The documentary "follows Gore as he continues his decades-long fight to build a more sustainable future for our planet," Variety reports.
Following its Sundance premiere, the film – the title hasn't been announced – will be released to theaters later in 2017 through a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.
"Now more than ever we must rededicate ourselves to solving the climate crisis," Gore said in a statement.
The documentary "follows Gore as he continues his decades-long fight to build a more sustainable future for our planet," Variety reports.
Following its Sundance premiere, the film – the title hasn't been announced – will be released to theaters later in 2017 through a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.
"Now more than ever we must rededicate ourselves to solving the climate crisis," Gore said in a statement.
- 12/10/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Documentaries about JonBenet Ramsey, Hulk Hogan, Isis and the protests in Ferguson, Missouri lead 2017's lineup at the Sundance Film Festival, taking place in and around Park City, Utah from January 19th through 29th.
On the heels of an avalanche of TV specials this year dedicated to the unsolved 1996 murder, Casting JonBenet will focus on the impact the Ramsey murder had on the girl's community.
Other notable documentaries include Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press, a film about the First Amendment court case between the...
On the heels of an avalanche of TV specials this year dedicated to the unsolved 1996 murder, Casting JonBenet will focus on the impact the Ramsey murder had on the girl's community.
Other notable documentaries include Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press, a film about the First Amendment court case between the...
- 11/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
No Korean movie has ever won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that no Korean movie has ever been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In other words, Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” — which won a little gold man for Best Art Direction in 2010 — has more Oscars to its name than the entire country of Korea or anyone from it.
That’s odd and rather damning given the self-evident strength of the country’s national cinema, which has been invaluable since long before Shin Sang-ok’s “My Mother and the Roomer” was chosen as their first Oscar submission in 1962. It’s become only more visible on the world stage thanks to the emotionally operatic, auteur-driven melodramas that have defined the Korean New Wave over the last 18 years.
And it’s not as...
That’s odd and rather damning given the self-evident strength of the country’s national cinema, which has been invaluable since long before Shin Sang-ok’s “My Mother and the Roomer” was chosen as their first Oscar submission in 1962. It’s become only more visible on the world stage thanks to the emotionally operatic, auteur-driven melodramas that have defined the Korean New Wave over the last 18 years.
And it’s not as...
- 11/29/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“They did this in one take, which I hate.”
David Fincher loves Chinatown.
Of course, anyone who appreciates brilliant filmmaking should feel the same way, especially if they also appreciate themes of human nature drenched in cynicism. The film is easily one of the smartest, most beautiful gut-punches to come out of Hollywood in the ’70s (or any other decade for that matter), and it remains a powerful commentary on greed, bureaucracy, and the futility of good intentions.
Fincher sat down with Robert Towne, the film’s writer, for a commentary, and it makes for a fascinating look at a classic film.
Keep reading to see what I heard on the commentary for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown.
https://medium.com/media/885c1e98ecd68619e111417b944466a1/hrefChinatown (1974)
Commentator: Robert Towne (writer), David Fincher (fan)
1. Fincher loves how sinister the black & white logo looks as it suggests something monstrous like King Kong, but...
David Fincher loves Chinatown.
Of course, anyone who appreciates brilliant filmmaking should feel the same way, especially if they also appreciate themes of human nature drenched in cynicism. The film is easily one of the smartest, most beautiful gut-punches to come out of Hollywood in the ’70s (or any other decade for that matter), and it remains a powerful commentary on greed, bureaucracy, and the futility of good intentions.
Fincher sat down with Robert Towne, the film’s writer, for a commentary, and it makes for a fascinating look at a classic film.
Keep reading to see what I heard on the commentary for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown.
https://medium.com/media/885c1e98ecd68619e111417b944466a1/hrefChinatown (1974)
Commentator: Robert Towne (writer), David Fincher (fan)
1. Fincher loves how sinister the black & white logo looks as it suggests something monstrous like King Kong, but...
- 7/13/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Daybreak Game Company is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the launch of DC Universe Online (Dcuo) with the news that the massively multiplayer online superhero game is coming this spring to Xbox One. Additionally, Daybreak announced that cross-play functionality will be available for players on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and PC the week of January 25, 2016.
Since its release in 2011, DC Universe Online has received continual updates with new storylines and challenges through an evolving series of Episodes. Over 40 legendary DC Comics characters have been added to the Legends roster in the past five years, including The Joker, Bane, Batman, Deathstroke, Supergirl, Superman and Wonder Woman. Players have created more than 35 million heroes and villains since the game was introduced, equipping them with their favorite superpowers, most notably the ability to fly, which accounts for more than half of the in-game player powers in Metropolis and Gotham City.
In 2015, Dcuo...
Since its release in 2011, DC Universe Online has received continual updates with new storylines and challenges through an evolving series of Episodes. Over 40 legendary DC Comics characters have been added to the Legends roster in the past five years, including The Joker, Bane, Batman, Deathstroke, Supergirl, Superman and Wonder Woman. Players have created more than 35 million heroes and villains since the game was introduced, equipping them with their favorite superpowers, most notably the ability to fly, which accounts for more than half of the in-game player powers in Metropolis and Gotham City.
In 2015, Dcuo...
- 1/12/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Katy Barber)
- Cinelinx
Burger Fiction is back with part 2 of their "Improbable Weapons Used in Movies" supercut series. To catch up on the first entry, click here. This second edition features some pretty ridiculous items used as weapons, including a Razor scooter in Kiss of the Dragon, barstools in both The World's End and Foxy Brown, and many, many others. Check out the full list below the video:
Daredevil - Paper Clips
Aliens - Power Loader
An Eye For An Eye - Telephone
Hellboy - Payphone
Beverly Hills Ninja - Fish
Austin Powers - Toothpaste
Hot Shots! Part Deux - Chicken
Hot Fuzz - Wet Floor Sign
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Frying Pan
Tangled - Frying Pan
Walking Tall - Frying Pan
Kiss of the Dragon - Chopsticks
Machete - Meat Thermometer
Nacho Libre - Corn
Sleepwalkers - Corn
Project A - Chili Peppers
Hancock - Candy Bar
Law Abiding Citizen -...
Daredevil - Paper Clips
Aliens - Power Loader
An Eye For An Eye - Telephone
Hellboy - Payphone
Beverly Hills Ninja - Fish
Austin Powers - Toothpaste
Hot Shots! Part Deux - Chicken
Hot Fuzz - Wet Floor Sign
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Frying Pan
Tangled - Frying Pan
Walking Tall - Frying Pan
Kiss of the Dragon - Chopsticks
Machete - Meat Thermometer
Nacho Libre - Corn
Sleepwalkers - Corn
Project A - Chili Peppers
Hancock - Candy Bar
Law Abiding Citizen -...
- 11/25/2015
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
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