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Directors Guild Names Its Noms For Documentary Directorial Achievement

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Three Oscar nominees including Kirby Dick ( The Invisible War ), Malik Bendjelloul ( Searching for Sugar Man ) and David France ( How to Survive a Plague ) are among the five nominees for the Directors Guild of America’s “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary” award. The winners will be unveiled at the 65th annual DGA Awards Dinner on February 2nd at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles. Kelsey Grammar will host the DGA Awards. “Whether shining a light on sweeping injustice or bringing us along on an intimate journey, the best documentaries challenge and enlighten us and this year’s nominees are no exception,” said DGA president Taylor Hackford in a statement. “The powerful work of these nominated directors is a true testament to the skill and significance of non-fiction storytellers.” The nominees for the 2012 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Kirby Dick , The Invisible War , (First-time nomination) Rise Films, ITVS, Fork Films, Cuomo Cole Productions, Canal Plus, Chain Camera Pictures Malik Bendjelloul , Searching for Sugar Man , (First-time nomination) Sony Pictures Entertainment, Passion Pictures Production, Canfield Pictures & The Documentary Company, Red Box Films Lauren Greenfield , The Queen of Versailles , (First-time nomination) Magnolia Pictures, Evergreen Pictures, BBC Storyville, Impact Partners, Candescent Films, Plus Pictures, DR, VPRO, Queen of Versailles LLC David France , How to Survive a Plague , (First-time nomination) Public Square Films, Ford Foundation/Justfilms Impact Partners, How to Survive a Plague LLC Alison Klayman , Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry , (First-time nomination) United Expression Media, Muse Film and Television, Never Sorry LLC

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‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ First Look: Dane DeHaan Is Your New Harry Osborn

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Fanboy movie news is out of control today. If this were the 1930s we’d need a massive montage of spinning newspaper headlines. First, talk of Darkseid in Justice League , then the (extremely uninspired) poster from Star Trek Into Darkness , and new art from Man of Steel . Not to be outdone, Marc Webb , readying The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , has thwipped a tweet our way with the first glimpse of our new Harry Osborne – Dane DeHaan. Dane DeHaan, whose ten letter name makes economic a mere three consonants and two vowels, was said to be in the running for Spidey’s new foe against other young men like Alden Ehrenreich (a good actor, but too many letters), Brady Corbet, Eddie Redmayne , Boyd Holbrook, Douglas Booth and Sam Claflin . DeHaan, if you recall, was the main character in the surprisingly effective found-footage superhero (or was it supervillain ?) film Chronicle . Harry Osborn, the son of OsCorp’s Norman Osborn, was played by James Franco in the original Sam Raimi trilogy. DeHaan certainly has that weight-of-the-world sulk down pat, which is a key part of Webb’s Spider-Man aesthetic. The gals who flock to see skinny high school aged white boys will have their needs met, despite DeHaan actually being nearly 27. (That’s okay, Andrew Garfield will be over 30 when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes out, which leads me to think that I should probably be rubbing some of that sticky, milky Spidey substance all over my pores.) In the first Amazing Spider-Man 2 look Tweeted today by Webb, DeHaan has a bit of a scrappy look (don’tcha just want to tussle his hair?) but there’s something ominous in his eyes… as if off in the distance he sees an epic climax involving well known New York City landmarks and an inordinate amount of computer generated imagery. Be sure to follow @MarcW for more surprise news about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ! Follow Jordan Hoffman on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Academy Names 15 As Best Documentary Oscar Contenders; ‘Central Park Five’ Snubbed

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Fifteen docs advanced to the final stages for Oscar consideration Monday. While the films making the cut are, of course, notable, some others that did not are also. Today’s winner of the New York Film Critics Circle for Best Non-Fiction film of 2012, Central Park Five , which made headlines recently because New York City officials attempted to gain access to the film’s outtakes related to a pending civil suit, did not make the cut. Other high profile docs also left out were Toronto’s West of Memphis and Sundance’s Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present as well as Magnolia’s The Queen of Versailles . While distributor IFC Films will likely be disappointed by the CP5 omission by the Academy, it will celebrate the inclusion of How To Survive a Plague , an AIDS doc that opened quietly, but to acclaim for its bravery. The distributor also had its Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry in the list. [ Related: Movieline’s Central Park Five coverage ] Tribeca’s Bully , which opened to controversy for its R-rating from the MPAA to pushback from distributor The Weinstein Company, also made the cut. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies (information provided by AMPAS):   Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry , Never Sorry LLC  Bully , The Bully Project LLC  Chasing Ice , Exposure  Detropia , Loki Films  Ethel , Moxie Firecracker Films  5 Broken Cameras , Guy DVD Films  The Gatekeepers , Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil  The House I Live In , Charlotte Street Films, LLC  How to Survive a Plague , How to Survive a Plague LLC  The Imposter , Imposter Pictures Ltd.   The Invisible War , Chain Camera Pictures  Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God , Jigsaw Productions in association with  Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films  Searching for Sugar Man , Red Box Films  This Is Not a Film , Wide Management  The Waiting Room , Open’hood, Inc.

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‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ ‘How To Survive A Plague’ ‘Beasts’ Win Gothams

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Wes Anderson ‘s Moonrise Kingdom won Best Feature tonight at the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards tonight in New York, while David France’s How to Survive a Plague took Best Director. Benh Zeitlin ‘s Beasts of the Southern Wild , meanwhile won two awards including the Breakthrough Director prize and the inaugural Bingham Ray award. Moonrise Kingdom actors Bob Balaban took to the stage with fellow actors noting that if “Wes Anderson asks you to be in a movie…just be in it.” Anderson was a no-show, however, for the big win. Zeitlin took Best Breakthrough Director for Beasts of the Southern Wild . Taking to the stage, he said he hopes more people gets the kind of “freedom” he had to make his film which won Sundance earlier this year and the Camera d’Or in Cannes earlier this year. Zeitlin also won the inaugural Bingham Ray Award which honors a “promising emerging filmmaker.” How to Survive a Plague won Best Documentary. The film captures the ACT-UP movement and the push to get antivirals through government roadblocks. The emotional doc won accolades at Sundance. “It’s a story not about what AIDS did to our community, but a story about what our community did to HIV,” said director David France. Best Ensemble Cast went to Your Sister’s Sister . Actor Mark Duplass thanked his fellow actors Rosemarie Dewitt and Emily Blunt for their work only making $100 a day. The film beat out the likes of heavy-hitting Oscar contender Silver Linings Playbook as well as Moonrise Kingdom and Bernie . Said an excited Emayatzy Corinealdi about her Best Actor win: “This time last year I was at home eating Frosted Flakes… But to go from Sundance to Gotham with [ Middle of Nowhere ] is a dream for me…This role doesn’t come around often, so I’m grateful.” Best Feature: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, director; Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, producers (Focus Features) Best Documentary: How to Survive a Plague – David France, director; Howard Gertler, David France, producers (Sundance Selects) Best Ensemble Performance: Your Sister’s Sister – Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt, Mark Duplass (IFC Films) Breakthrough Director: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Breakthrough Actor: Emayatzy Corinealdi in Middle of Nowhere (AFFRM and Participant Media) Bingham Ray Award (Recognizes “Emerging American Filmmaker” includes a Panavision camera package valued at $60K) Benh Zeitlin , director of Beasts of the Southern Wild Gotham Independent Film Audience Award : Artifact , directed by Bartholomew Cubbins Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty – Terence Nance, director; Terence Nance, Andrew Corkin, James Bartlett, producers Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ grant: Stacie Passon , director, Concussion

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Exclusive: Extraordinary AIDS Activism Doc How To Survive A Plague Unleashes Poster

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

How to Survive a Plague turned on the water-works and other outpourings of emotion when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year. Its subjects, the driving-forces behind AIDS activist groups ACT-Up (the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) and TAG (Treatment Action Group), took matters into their own hands against a massive tide of fear, discrimination and government failure to deal with the disease that ravaged the gay community in the ’80s and ’90s. Director David France profiles the heroes of the movement who moved the needle in forging treatment and official recognition against extraordinary odds, and today Movieline has your first look at the official poster. Sundance Selects will debut the feature September 21st following the film’s healthy festival run to date. Below, find the poster designed by Sam Smyth and the trailer along with the official synopsis: How to Survive a Plague is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and, with no scientific training, infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time. In the process, they saved their own lives and ended the darkest days of a veritable plague, while virtually emptying AIDS wards in American hospitals in the process. The powerful story of their fight is a classic tale of empowerment and activism that has since inspired movements for change in everything from breast cancer research to Occupy Wall Street. Their story stands as a powerful inspiration to future generations, a road map, and a call to arms. This is how you change the world. Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, New Directors/New films, San Francisco International Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, Outfest Documentary Centerpiece, Seattle International Film Festival. Follow Movieline on Twitter .