TV / Film News

Insiders View AFI's Founding Year 1970 In Pursuit of Treasure

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2010

In 1969 Stanton Kaye won one of the initial 12 fellowships to the new American Film Institute Conservatory, then ensconced behind the walls of Beverly Hills' Greystone Mansion “Brandy" had been his front-gate key.

His colleagues at Greystone included Terrence Malick, David Lynch and Schrader, the program's lone film critic. Even among these and other strong-willed talents, Kaye projected a formidable persona a freebase of East Village cool and Topanga weirdness.

“Stanton," remembers school contemporary Carroll Ballard, “was one of ...

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Krisanthi's Song on "Parenthood" on NBC

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

Krisanthi Pappas, Boston-based composer, lyricist and jazz vocalist is happy to have her song “One Slow Dance A Day" chosen to be featured on upcoming episodes of “Parenthood" on NBC. You can download this song on iTunes or check it out on the album “My Back Yard" krisanthi.com.

About Krisanthi Pappas

Krisanthi (which means “golden flower" in Greek) has been dubbed the “golden voice" by her jazz colleagues. She has been supporting herself successfully as a full-time professional entertainer ever ...

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The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Talks Miles Davis Biopic Amid Iron Man 2 Hullabaloo

Source: Miles Davis Online
May 3, 2010

I'm not sure why the MTV news item about the Biopic not being a cradle-to-grave film should be adorned with an exclusive' headline. We covered this way back in August on the Biopic Blog.

Oh well.

Still... it's nice to see Don Cheadle having positive things about the Miles Davis Movie:

“The story is really not a biopic per se," Cheadle said. “It's not attempting to be any cradle-to-grave depiction of [Miles'] life. It's more my take, as an artist, ...

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The Miles Davis Movie: Should the Miles Davis Biopic Premier at Cannes?

Source: Miles Davis Online
May 3, 2010

With the 2010 Festival de Cannes set for May 12-23, I am wondering about the Miles Davis Biopic and if, perhaps, the film could make its debut in the south of France. Once it's finally made, of course.

This is pure conjecture, but it makes more sense by the minute, especially when you consider the unique relationship between Miles Davis and the country.

Miles Davis' adventures in France are well documented in books and magazine articles and on various musical ...

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Audiences, and Hollywood, Flock to Smartphones

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

It might be hard to imagine watching The Office on a screen no bigger than a business card. But tens of thousands of people by the most conservative estimate are already doing just that. As Hollywood shrinks its films and television shows for the small screens of cellphones, its assumptions about mobile viewing are being upended by surprisingly patient consumers. We all thought they'd be watching video clips in the checkout line or between classes, said Vivi Zigler, the president ...

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The Miles Davis Movie

Source: Between the Grooves with Philip Booth
May 2, 2010

A brief update from MTV

Says star/director/co-writer Don Cheadle: “The story is really not... a biopic per se. It's not attempting to be any cradle-to-grave depiction of [Miles'] life. It's more my take, as an artist, on what his music has meant. With wall-to-wall truth but not really much concerned about facts."

It's “not really much concerned about facts"?

I understand dramatic license, and, of course there may be a need to be creative when it comes to dialogue. But ...

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3-D Revolution: From Nitrate to Digital

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

The film landscape is changing so quickly these days with lively debates over whether to shoot in 3-D or 2-D or use digital or traditional film cameras. But a new UCLA Film and Television Archive series, “From Nitrate to Digital: New Technologies and the Art of Cinema," illustrates that technological change is the norm in Hollywood. The program, which opens Saturday at the Billy Wilder Theater, “is about reminding people that the industry has been through these changes before and ...

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Rush: Documentary This Summer

Source: JamBase
April 28, 2010

BIG SUMMER TOUR AND CAREER SPANNING FILM

“It's true that Rush doesn't mean today what it did in '76 or even '96. It may mean more." - Rolling Stone

The Rush documentary Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage will be in theaters nationwide in June. Exact cities and dates to be announced later.

This exciting news comes on the heels of the worldwide film premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on April 24 as well as the recent announcement of a 40-city ...

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