The Toronto International Film Festival has a bit of a spotty track record when it comes to opening films, and past five years have been evidence at how varied and sometimes random seeming the choices can be. The last few years have seen the festival lean toward starrier efforts like Robert Downey Jr.'s "The Judge," Rian Johnson's sci-fi "Looper," and Benedict Cumberbatch's Julian Assange tale "The Fifth Estate." But the preceeding years were marked by the U2 documentary "From The Sky Down," and in perhaps the fest's lowest moment, "Score: A Hockey Musical." And there's always pressure on organizers to support Canadian produced content by giving a film made in the country, with Canuck financing, or with home grown talent, a big spotlight. And that seems to be driving the reported contenders for the opening slot this year. Screen Daily reveals Atom Egoyan's "Remember" (trailer here), Deepa Mehta’s "Beeba.
- 5/29/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
For more than a year, Belisa Balaban has been responsible for Pivot’s alternative programming including the network’s popular series HitRECord and documentary Teach. Now Participant Media’s Pivot has promoted Balaban to Evp Original Programming for the network targeting millenials. She’ll be based at Participant’s Los Angeles offices and will report to Pivot President, Evan Shapiro. Balaban’s prior projects include the 10-episode documentary series The Swell Life and the Emmy-nominated special It Gets Better. As co-founder of Snackaholic, she executive produced pilots and series, including Tabloid Wars for Bravo, and Bollywood Hero, a three-hour musical comedy for IFC, as well as the recent Grammy nominee From The Sky Down about the making of U2’s Achtung Baby. Previously Balaban oversaw and developed pilots and series for Actual Reality Pictures including, Freshman Diaries for Showtime, Military Diaries for VH1, and Thin for HBO Documentary Films.
- 4/10/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
With a new Godzilla movie hitting theaters in May, now is the perfect time for Blu-ray releases of the classic movies. Thankfully, many distributors have already announced plans and we can now add Sony to the list. They recently revealed that they will release eight Godzilla movies from the 90′s as double feature Blu-rays.
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the iconic franchise, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will debut eight classic Godzilla movies on Blu-ray for the first time on May 6th. Titles include: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) + Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992); Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) + Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994); Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) + Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000); and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) + Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Bonus features are said to include original theatrical trailers, along with a Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S making-of featurette, and a Godzilla: Final Wars behind-the-scenes featurette.
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
When a mysterious U.
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the iconic franchise, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will debut eight classic Godzilla movies on Blu-ray for the first time on May 6th. Titles include: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) + Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992); Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) + Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994); Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) + Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000); and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) + Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Bonus features are said to include original theatrical trailers, along with a Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S making-of featurette, and a Godzilla: Final Wars behind-the-scenes featurette.
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
When a mysterious U.
- 3/18/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Sony is releasing several of the best Godzilla flicks from the 90s onto Blu-ray high definition, and we have the skinny on each of them right here for you. May is gonna kick all sorts of monster-sized ass!
From the Press Release
Beginning with the introduction of the original Godzilla film in 1954 and continuing through today, the King of the Monsters has entertained generations of movie fans through his big-screen adventures.
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the iconic franchise, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will debut four classic Toho Godzilla Double Features for the first time on Blu-ray™ with Digital HD UltraViolet™ on May 6. The ultimate collector’s editions of the action-filled franchise include Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) + Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992); Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) + Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994); Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) + Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000); and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) + Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Each double...
From the Press Release
Beginning with the introduction of the original Godzilla film in 1954 and continuing through today, the King of the Monsters has entertained generations of movie fans through his big-screen adventures.
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the iconic franchise, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will debut four classic Toho Godzilla Double Features for the first time on Blu-ray™ with Digital HD UltraViolet™ on May 6. The ultimate collector’s editions of the action-filled franchise include Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) + Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992); Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) + Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994); Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) + Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000); and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) + Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Each double...
- 3/17/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The 55th Grammy Awards have arrived, and music's biggest night promises a ton of trophies, and hopefully some great live performances by today's hottest acts. Who has the best record of 2012? How about the year's best new artist? Stick with Zap2it throughout the night, as we continue updating the list of this year's winners!
All of the award categories are below, with the winners in bold.
Record of the Year"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson"We Are Young" by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, featuring Kimbra"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year"El Camino" by The Black Keys"Some Nights" by Fun."Babel" by Mumford & Sons"Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean"Blunderbuss" by Jack White
Song of the Year...
All of the award categories are below, with the winners in bold.
Record of the Year"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson"We Are Young" by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, featuring Kimbra"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year"El Camino" by The Black Keys"Some Nights" by Fun."Babel" by Mumford & Sons"Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean"Blunderbuss" by Jack White
Song of the Year...
- 2/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It's not so far into Bad 25 when you realize just what kind of film it's going to be - exuberant, energizing, even at times elegiac, this is very much a straight ahead celebration of a particularly exceptional recording.For the last two years at Tiff, two extremely compelling documentaries were shown about superstar artists coming to terms with the album following a monster success. Both the film on Springsteen (The Promise) post-Born in the USA, and the film about U2 (From The Sky Down) after Joshua Tree, chose to concentrate in general terms on the creative process that's put to the test by enormous, often unexpected success.The story of Michael Jackson is obviously quite different. Groomed from an extremely young age, honed by disciplinarian parents, schooled through...
- 9/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Looks like the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival will get underway with Looper, the futuristic Rian Johnson-directed thriller that start Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. An official announcement is 90 minutes away, but I’m told this would be the rare scripted non-Canadian film to open the festival. Last year the fest opened with the U2 docu From The Sky Down. We’ll have the 2012 list as soon as we can. (Update: Here it is.) Looper opens September 28 through TriStar for FilmDistrict and Endgame, and while that looked to be a crowded weekend with End Of Watch, it looks like that David Ayer film (also at Toronto) film might shift its date. Stay tuned.
- 7/24/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
You could buy nearly seven million pair of Bulgari Bono sunglasses with the cash.
By Gil Kaufman
U2's Bono
Photo: D. Dipasupil/ WireImage
U2 singer Bono was already an obscenely wealthy man before Friday's (May 18) Facebook Ipo . But thanks to the 2.3 percent stake in the social networking site held by his Elevation Partners investment group (it is unknown how much of the Facebook take is directly held by Bono) it was reported that his nest egg could grow exponentially when Friday's first day of trading on the company's stock is over.
The total haul? More than $1.5 billion , which is not bad for a day's work.
If those figures are true, he may become the richest rock star on Earth, sitting on a massive pile of green that could allow a man who already had the world at his fingertips to push into a rarified stratosphere that's the envy of...
By Gil Kaufman
U2's Bono
Photo: D. Dipasupil/ WireImage
U2 singer Bono was already an obscenely wealthy man before Friday's (May 18) Facebook Ipo . But thanks to the 2.3 percent stake in the social networking site held by his Elevation Partners investment group (it is unknown how much of the Facebook take is directly held by Bono) it was reported that his nest egg could grow exponentially when Friday's first day of trading on the company's stock is over.
The total haul? More than $1.5 billion , which is not bad for a day's work.
If those figures are true, he may become the richest rock star on Earth, sitting on a massive pile of green that could allow a man who already had the world at his fingertips to push into a rarified stratosphere that's the envy of...
- 5/18/2012
- MTV Music News
“It’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away.” If you aren’t aware of what iconic band sings those lyrics then take another shot with words from another track: “It’s everything I wish I didn’t know except you give me something I can feel, feel!” If you still can’t match these words to the outfit then you are in dire need of this giveaway. Those fans who can then you can add the U2 documentary DVD “From The Sky Down” to your Bono collection. Yes, that’s right the first song is U2′s “Beautiful Day” and then second “Vertigo”. The Irish rock group have released 12 studio albums, sold more than...
- 2/19/2012
- by lonnie
- ShockYa
Downton Abbey Season Two ($49.99 BluRay; PBS)
Poldark The Complete Collection ($79.99; Acorn) -- Don't tell my mother, but Downton Abbey has swiftly declined from a pale imitation of the original Upstairs Downstairs to a pale imitation of Falcon Crest. She's enjoying the show but I quickly switched from eagerness to see if the second season could build on the over-praised first to laughter at its foolishness to boredom. The first season lifted entire plot lines from U/D (and shamelessly from Mrs. Miniver) but it was fun. This season it has gone completely off the rails, with episodes ending with soap-like revelations (complete with "da-dum!" foreboding musical cues), characters behaving utterly without rhyme or reason from one moment to the next. Why, for example, has Isobel Crawley gone from a sensible if blunt woman to a blithering idiot? The plot twists come so fast and furious all you can do is laugh.
Poldark The Complete Collection ($79.99; Acorn) -- Don't tell my mother, but Downton Abbey has swiftly declined from a pale imitation of the original Upstairs Downstairs to a pale imitation of Falcon Crest. She's enjoying the show but I quickly switched from eagerness to see if the second season could build on the over-praised first to laughter at its foolishness to boredom. The first season lifted entire plot lines from U/D (and shamelessly from Mrs. Miniver) but it was fun. This season it has gone completely off the rails, with episodes ending with soap-like revelations (complete with "da-dum!" foreboding musical cues), characters behaving utterly without rhyme or reason from one moment to the next. Why, for example, has Isobel Crawley gone from a sensible if blunt woman to a blithering idiot? The plot twists come so fast and furious all you can do is laugh.
- 2/9/2012
- by Michael Giltz
- Aol TV.
Several more directors have closed deals to helm broadcast pilots this season. David Nutter is now set to direct produce the CW Arrow, described as a modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow. The project, from Berlanti Prods and Warner Bros TV, was written by Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim based on a story by Greg Berlanti and Guggenheim. The three are credited as writers on the pilot and will executive produce with Nutter. This marks Nutter’s return to the superhero genre — he directed the pilot for the long-running WB/CW series Smallville. He also helmed the pilot for Smallville‘s companion, veteran CW sci-fi drama Supernatural. Wme-repped Nutter previously teamed with Berlanti on Berlanti’s WB drama series Jack & Bobby, whose pilot was directed by Nutter. Oscar-winning documentary-maker Davis Guggenheim has been tapped to direct CBS’ drama pilot Widow Detective, written by David Hubbard...
- 1/31/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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Woody Allen Blu-ray
Annie Hall and Manhattan Are you more excited about Hitchcock coming to Blu-ray or a pair of classic Woody Allen features being released in high definition? For me the Woody films have a slight edge only because I love both Manhattan and Annie Hall and only love one of the Hitchcock films so it's just a matter of percentage points. While I haven't yet been able to sample any of the five releases between the two yet and can't give you first hand knowledge as to their quality, DVD Beaver's Gary Tooze calls the Manhattan release "absolutely gorgeous" which makes me want it right now.
I am expecting review copies of the two Woody films as well as the following Hitchcock Blus in the next few days so I'll be able to give them all a...
Woody Allen Blu-ray
Annie Hall and Manhattan Are you more excited about Hitchcock coming to Blu-ray or a pair of classic Woody Allen features being released in high definition? For me the Woody films have a slight edge only because I love both Manhattan and Annie Hall and only love one of the Hitchcock films so it's just a matter of percentage points. While I haven't yet been able to sample any of the five releases between the two yet and can't give you first hand knowledge as to their quality, DVD Beaver's Gary Tooze calls the Manhattan release "absolutely gorgeous" which makes me want it right now.
I am expecting review copies of the two Woody films as well as the following Hitchcock Blus in the next few days so I'll be able to give them all a...
- 1/24/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Enter now for your chance to win a DVD copy of U2's 'From The Sky Down'. The documentary hits stores January 24th and chronicles the making of the band's landmark 1991 album 'Achtung Baby'. The DVD features interviews, live performances and is directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). The Film U2 are set to release the documentary From The Sky Down on DVD, Blu-Ray and video download on January 24th, 2012 with bonus performances and interviews. The film documents the making of the band's landmark 1991 album Achtung Baby. Early in 2011, the band returned to Hansa Studio in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby with Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth). Originally screened as part of BBC's Imagine...
- 1/17/2012
- by Keven Skinner
- The Daily BLAM!
U2's Adam Clayton has revealed that the band started after each member decided further education was not their desired career path. The bassist explained that there was a period before they became a global success when the group very nearly split up as they had other time restraints. Clayton said that while The Edge got into technical college, Larry Mullen had a job and Bono just missed out on getting accepted into further education, all four of them decided that their hearts were set on forming U2. The musician made the admission during Davis Guggenheim's documentary From The Sky Down, which opened the Toronto International Film Festival last month. The film (more)...
- 10/24/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
U2 mania continues with the twentieth anniversary of the groups' landmark album "Achtung Baby." The band recently posted 3 clips from the upcoming docu "From the Sky Down," which traces the making of the 1991 album. It was directed by Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth"). In the first clip (below), bassist Adam Clayton talks about the beginnings of the band and their lives after school. The second clip finds drummer Larry Mullen being questioned by an East German police officer. Finally, Guggenheim gushes over some rare, uncut 16mm footage of "Achtung Baby"-era Bono and The Edge....
- 10/22/2011
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
Antoine Fuqua is set to direct a feature-lenght documentary about Suge Knight for Showtime. Knight is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, which ruled the charts in the early '90's with acts like Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac.
Here is the official press release.
Showtime, an established leader in outstanding original programming, continues to expand its aggressive push into high-end, filmmaker-driven documentaries with a captivating new doc Suge Knight (tentative title), directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest) and produced by Bradley J. Fischer (Black Swan, Shutter Island, Zodiac) and Fuqua. The feature-length film will be the first in a series of new documentaries produced by Showtime that will spotlight iconic and controversial figures from talented and prestigious filmmakers. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Famed director Fuqua will delve deep into the life and storied...
Here is the official press release.
Showtime, an established leader in outstanding original programming, continues to expand its aggressive push into high-end, filmmaker-driven documentaries with a captivating new doc Suge Knight (tentative title), directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest) and produced by Bradley J. Fischer (Black Swan, Shutter Island, Zodiac) and Fuqua. The feature-length film will be the first in a series of new documentaries produced by Showtime that will spotlight iconic and controversial figures from talented and prestigious filmmakers. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Famed director Fuqua will delve deep into the life and storied...
- 9/27/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
"Twenty years ago," blogs the New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones today, "I spent an afternoon shuffling around Rocks In Your Head, a record store that once did business on Prince Street. (It closed in 2006.) My friend Jim worked the counter, and we were listening to a new album, over and over: Nirvana's Nevermind. At some point, Vernon Reid — the guitar player and founder of Living Colour — came in. He listened to four songs, nodded approvingly, and approached the counter. 'Metallica plus R.E.M. That's really smart.' He bought a copy and left."
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, who formally announced the amicable dissolution of R.E.M. yesterday, will surely be hoping their band will be remembered as more than half the formula for another band ten years their junior (and, for what it's worth, I personally believe they will be), but if this anecdote is the first...
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, who formally announced the amicable dissolution of R.E.M. yesterday, will surely be hoping their band will be remembered as more than half the formula for another band ten years their junior (and, for what it's worth, I personally believe they will be), but if this anecdote is the first...
- 9/22/2011
- MUBI
U2 have released the trailer for their new documentary film online. The band debuted From The Sky Down at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year. The film has been directed by Davis Guggenheim and chronicles the group's career from 1991's Achtung Baby to their recent record-breaking '360' world tour. "In the terrain of rock bands - implosion or explosion is seemingly inevitable," said Guggenheim. "U2 has defied the gravitational pull towards destruction, (more)...
- 9/22/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
The buzz word at this year’s Tiff is “doc.” For the first time in its 35-year history, the Toronto International Film Festival opened with a documentary: Davis Guggenheim‘s From The Sky Down, which profiles the world’s most popular rock band, U2. Filmgoers and critics are also buzzing over Crazy Horse, by verite legend Frederick Wiseman; Samsara (by Baraka‘s Ron Fricke); Tony Krawitz‘s The Tall Man,; and Girl Model by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon.
The doc vibe was in the air on Monday morning at a breakfast launch for Focus Foward. Sponsored by Cinelan and Ge, Focus Forward invites big-name documentarians such as Morgan Spurlock (Comic-Con: Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope), Nick Broomfield (Sarah Palin: You Betcha) and Jessica Yu (Last Call at the Oasis) to make three-minute socially conscious docs that A-list festivals like Sundance, Idfa and Tribeca will screen. It was a...
The doc vibe was in the air on Monday morning at a breakfast launch for Focus Foward. Sponsored by Cinelan and Ge, Focus Forward invites big-name documentarians such as Morgan Spurlock (Comic-Con: Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope), Nick Broomfield (Sarah Palin: You Betcha) and Jessica Yu (Last Call at the Oasis) to make three-minute socially conscious docs that A-list festivals like Sundance, Idfa and Tribeca will screen. It was a...
- 9/17/2011
- by Allan Tong
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
As the Toronto Film Festival winds down, I want to tell you about one last movie I saw there — a movie that, for me, turned out to be the most surprising one of the festival. I went to a showing of From the Sky Down, a documentary about U2 directed by Davis Guggen- heim, with more or less one thought in my head: Do I really need to see another U2 documentary? There was U2: Rattle and Hum (1988). There was the concert film U2 3D (2008). There was the edition of VH1′s Classic Albums in which the Edge showed you...
- 9/16/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
From Left to Right: David Nevins, Bono, The Edge, director Davis Guggenheim.
The Toronto Film Festival kicked off this past weekend and one of the films to open up the annual festival was Showtime's upcoming documentary, From The Sky Down, which chronicles the making of the timeless U2 classic album, Achtung Baby.
Originally released in 1991, Achtung Baby is most known for containing notable U2 tracks such as "Mysterious Ways," "Until The End of the World," and the universally and critically acclaimed "One," which has gone on to be used as a theme song for many causes from AIDS Awareness to social injustice. What most U2 fans, or rather average ones, don't know is the drama that went on behind the scenes during the creation of the album. Achtung Baby also marked the beginning of U2's famous ZooTV tour that lasted for three years and led into the group's follow-up album Zooropa.
The Toronto Film Festival kicked off this past weekend and one of the films to open up the annual festival was Showtime's upcoming documentary, From The Sky Down, which chronicles the making of the timeless U2 classic album, Achtung Baby.
Originally released in 1991, Achtung Baby is most known for containing notable U2 tracks such as "Mysterious Ways," "Until The End of the World," and the universally and critically acclaimed "One," which has gone on to be used as a theme song for many causes from AIDS Awareness to social injustice. What most U2 fans, or rather average ones, don't know is the drama that went on behind the scenes during the creation of the album. Achtung Baby also marked the beginning of U2's famous ZooTV tour that lasted for three years and led into the group's follow-up album Zooropa.
- 9/11/2011
- by Mark O. Estes
- TVovermind.com
Davis Guggenheim‘s documentary about U2, From the Sky Down, opened the fest. Having a rock documentary at Toronto is a bit like having Kid Rock play at the opening game of the NFL season (which also happened last night). While you understand the attraction and find it amps up the wattage of the event, it feels a bit out of place and superfluous. The film, in the pantheon of great rock-umentaries (it’s not a concert film), however, will not be a mere sideshow. Though very talky, and perhaps even tending toward too much navel-gazing, From the Sky Down does give a keen insight into a band on the brink. Guggenheim does a very credible job dissecting what is, in essence, U2′s mid-life crisis, which took place after “Rattle and Hum” and during the creation of “Achtung Baby.” The title...
- 9/9/2011
- by keithsim
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
Toronto - Lost of potential acquisition titles and awards season players are getting a ton of pre-festival publicity, but less celebrity-friendly documentaries are also a key component of the Toronto International Film Festival's slate. This year, Davis Guggenheim's "From The Sky Down" about U2 is getting most of the opening night buzz, but there is another doc debuting on the same day that might be much more influential, "Last Call at the Oasis." Directed by Academy Award winner Jessica Yu ("Protagonist," "The Realms of the Unreal") and produced by Elise Pearlstein ("Food, Inc."), the doc focuses on the growing concern with...
- 9/8/2011
- Hitfix
Next Thursday, the film industry will descend on Canada's largest city for the Toronto International Film Festival as the world premiere of Davis Guggenheim's U2 doc, "From The Sky Down," kicks off 11 days and hundreds of screenings. Before you head north (or, perhaps, east or west), festival co-director Cameron Bailey wants to give you a heads up: It's not the same festival you might have gotten used to. Here's ...
- 8/30/2011
- indieWIRE - People
Next Thursday, the film industry will descend on Canada's largest city for the Toronto International Film Festival as the world premiere of Davis Guggenheim's U2 doc, "From The Sky Down," kicks off 11 days and hundreds of screenings. Before you head north (or, perhaps, east or west), festival co-director Cameron Bailey wants to give you a heads up: It's not the same festival you might have gotten used to. Here's ...
- 8/30/2011
- Indiewire
Next Thursday, the film industry will descend on Canada's largest city for the Toronto International Film Festival as the world premiere of Davis Guggenheim's U2 doc, "From The Sky Down," kicks off 11 days and hundreds of screenings. Before you head north (or, perhaps, east or west), festival co-director Cameron Bailey wants to give you a heads up: It's not the same festival you might have gotten used to. Here's ...
- 8/30/2011
- indieWIRE - People
The Toronto International Film Festival is just over a week away. Next Thursday, the film industry will descend on Canada's largest city as the world premiere of Davis Guggenheim's U2 doc "From The Sky Down" kicks off 11 days and hundreds of screenings. Before you head north (or, perhaps, east or west), festival co-director Cameron Bailey wants to give you a heads up: It's not the same old festival you ...
- 8/30/2011
- indieWIRE - People
The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival has filled out the rest of its slate, which consists of 268 features and 68 short films that will unspool next month. The fest announced that the likes of Brad Pitt (Moneyball), George Clooney (The Ides of March), and U2 (the Davis Guggenheim-directed docu From The Sky Down) will be among a long list of boldface names at the fest. Toronto added 13 films to its Masters Lineup, including the North American premiere of Gus Van Sant’s Restless, and a Discovery Programme lineup that includes the international debut of the Dee Rees-directed Pariah, which premiered in January at Sundance. The fest also announced its complete lineup for Mavericks. It includes a discussion with Christopher Plummer, who stars in Barrymore, the Erik Canuel-directed adaptation of Plummer’s Tony-winning performance as actor John Barrymore; a conversation between Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie; a conversation with Francis Ford Coppola,...
- 8/23/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Bill Nighy's spy tale to wrap up fest.
British-made spy drama Page Eight will close next month's Toronto Film Festival.
The film, which stars Billy Nighy and Rachel Weisz, tells the sorry of a long-suffering MI5 officer, who has to navigate a treacherous tangle of intrigue in the wake of his boss's death.
The festival will open with Davis Guggenheim's From The Sky Down - a documentary charting the rise of Irish rockers U2.
Other filmmakers whose premieres will make the liine-up include Terence Davies (Deep Blue Sea), Luc Besson (The Lady) and Francis Ford...
British-made spy drama Page Eight will close next month's Toronto Film Festival.
The film, which stars Billy Nighy and Rachel Weisz, tells the sorry of a long-suffering MI5 officer, who has to navigate a treacherous tangle of intrigue in the wake of his boss's death.
The festival will open with Davis Guggenheim's From The Sky Down - a documentary charting the rise of Irish rockers U2.
Other filmmakers whose premieres will make the liine-up include Terence Davies (Deep Blue Sea), Luc Besson (The Lady) and Francis Ford...
- 8/17/2011
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) grabbed the spotlight earlier today with announcements of their opening night film (Davis Guggenheim’s U2 doc From the Sky Down) as well as numerous galas and special presentations. On the other side of the Atlantic, the Venice Film Festival carved out its piece of the entertainment news cycle by announcing its closing night film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Venice organizers chose Whit Stillman’s comedy Damsels in Distress to close out this year’s festival. Stillman also wrote Damsels in Distress, his first movie in twelve years, starring Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody and Analeigh Tipton in the story of young women at an East Coast college who start an arts program to help depressed students.
- 7/26/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Piers Handling, Tiff Director and CEO, announced today that Davis Guggenheim’s U2 documentary From the Sky Down was chosen as the opening night film for the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff); marking the first time in 36 years that a documentary film opens the fest. “Davis Guggenheim’s fascinating account of this world-renowned band is the perfect film to kick off our 11-day celebration of artists, stories and voices from around the world,” Handling said in a statement. In addition to From the Sky Down, Tiff also announced a selection of films in the 2011 Galas and Special Presentations programs including George Clooney’s political campaign drama The Ides of March; Bennett Miller’s adaptation of the novel Moneyball, about Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and Luc Besson’s The Lady, his biography of Aung San Suu Kyi starring Michelle Yeoh.
- 7/26/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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