Linda Perry Unveiled in ‘Let It Die Here’ ‘Linda Perry: Let It Die Here’, produced by Mercury Studios and Utopia Originals, directed by Don Hardy, offers an intense exploration into the life of one of music’s transformative figures. With her iconic style—recognized by her distinctive hat and ink, Linda Perry’s journey from 4 Non Blondes fame to a powerhouse songwriter and producer is captivatingly captured through interviews with stars like Dolly Parton and Christina Aguilera. As a Grammy-nominated talent, Perry has redefined her career path continuously, working with a range of artists from Pink to Adele. The film delves into
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- 4/19/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Linda Perry Unveiled in ‘Let It Die Here’ ‘Linda Perry: Let It Die Here’, produced by Mercury Studios and Utopia Originals, directed by Don Hardy, offers an intense exploration into the life of one of music’s transformative figures. With her iconic style—recognized by her distinctive hat and ink, Linda Perry’s journey from 4 Non Blondes fame to a powerhouse songwriter and producer is captivatingly captured through interviews with stars like Dolly Parton and Christina Aguilera. As a Grammy-nominated talent, Perry has redefined her career path continuously, working with a range of artists from Pink to Adele. The film delves into
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- 4/19/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Linda Perry is ready to share an inside look at her far-from-ideal journey.
On Thursday, Mercury Studios released the official trailer for Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, a documentary about the 4 Non Blondes’ singer and hitmaker for others, including Christina Aguilera and Pink. The film traverses her life and journey, featuring interviews with Dolly Parton, Aguilera, and Brandi Carlile. It’s set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival this year.
“It’s pretty amazing I turned out the way I did. Everything else was running against me,” she says in the trailer,...
On Thursday, Mercury Studios released the official trailer for Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, a documentary about the 4 Non Blondes’ singer and hitmaker for others, including Christina Aguilera and Pink. The film traverses her life and journey, featuring interviews with Dolly Parton, Aguilera, and Brandi Carlile. It’s set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival this year.
“It’s pretty amazing I turned out the way I did. Everything else was running against me,” she says in the trailer,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Mercury Studios and Utopia Originals have announced the premiere of the feature-length documentary “Linda Perry: Let It Die Here,” which will make its debut at the upcoming Tribeca Festival 2024.
Directed by Don Hardy, and produced by Ktf Films, the film takes a look at the life and career of Perry, who led the group 4 Non-Blondes before launching her career as one of the most successful songwriters of the last 30 years, collaborating with Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Pink, Adele, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Weezer, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, the Chicks and others. The film features Parton, Aguilera, Kate Hudson, Sara Gilbert and Brandi Carlile. CAA Media Finance represents the film’s North American distribution rights.
Screening times are:
06/06/2024, 8:00 Pm at The Indeed Theater at Spring Studios
06/07/2024, 11:30 Am at AMC-02 – Press/Industry Screening
06/08/2024, 2:15 Pm at Vec-02
06/09/2024, 5:45 Pm at AMC-03
06/12/2024, 9:00 Am at AMC-01 – Press/Industry Screening
According to the announcement,...
Directed by Don Hardy, and produced by Ktf Films, the film takes a look at the life and career of Perry, who led the group 4 Non-Blondes before launching her career as one of the most successful songwriters of the last 30 years, collaborating with Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Pink, Adele, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Weezer, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, the Chicks and others. The film features Parton, Aguilera, Kate Hudson, Sara Gilbert and Brandi Carlile. CAA Media Finance represents the film’s North American distribution rights.
Screening times are:
06/06/2024, 8:00 Pm at The Indeed Theater at Spring Studios
06/07/2024, 11:30 Am at AMC-02 – Press/Industry Screening
06/08/2024, 2:15 Pm at Vec-02
06/09/2024, 5:45 Pm at AMC-03
06/12/2024, 9:00 Am at AMC-01 – Press/Industry Screening
According to the announcement,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Linda Perry, one of the most talented singer-songwriters in popular music, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary from Mercury Studios and Utopia Originals.
Award-winning filmmaker Don Hardy (Citizen Penn) is directing Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, described as “an intimate look at the multi-faceted singer, songwriter and producer.” Perry was the lead singer and principal songwriter for the influential band 4 Non Blondes from 1989-1995, then embarked on a solo career and later founded two record labels. She became a hitmaker for other artists, writing “Beautiful” for Christina Aguilera, “Get the Party Started” for Pink, and co-writing the Gwen Stefani hit “What You Waiting For?” She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.
Linda Perry performs as part of 4 Non Blondes in 1993.
“Linda Perry is one of the most outspoken and recognizable artists of the past 30 years,” notes a release about the documentary project. “The hat,...
Award-winning filmmaker Don Hardy (Citizen Penn) is directing Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, described as “an intimate look at the multi-faceted singer, songwriter and producer.” Perry was the lead singer and principal songwriter for the influential band 4 Non Blondes from 1989-1995, then embarked on a solo career and later founded two record labels. She became a hitmaker for other artists, writing “Beautiful” for Christina Aguilera, “Get the Party Started” for Pink, and co-writing the Gwen Stefani hit “What You Waiting For?” She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.
Linda Perry performs as part of 4 Non Blondes in 1993.
“Linda Perry is one of the most outspoken and recognizable artists of the past 30 years,” notes a release about the documentary project. “The hat,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Bono and Linda Perry have collaborated on a new song, “Eden (To Find Love),” which appears on the upcoming soundtrack for the recent documentary, Citizen Penn. The soundtrack drops Friday.
Perry and Bono wrote and produced “Eden (To Find Love),” an understated folk-rock tune led by a delicate guitar strum and the soft patter of drums. Bono’s vocals begin at a hush but rise steadily over the course of the song as he sings, “Out of the ash, out of the dust/The clever learn, who not to trust/The genius of belief,...
Perry and Bono wrote and produced “Eden (To Find Love),” an understated folk-rock tune led by a delicate guitar strum and the soft patter of drums. Bono’s vocals begin at a hush but rise steadily over the course of the song as he sings, “Out of the ash, out of the dust/The clever learn, who not to trust/The genius of belief,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“Citizen Penn” opens in Hollywood in 2019, with Jamie Foxx, in high spirits, introducing Sean Penn at a benefit gala for Haiti. It doesn’t take long for the spirits to come crashing down to earth, as Penn, founder and spokesman of the J/P Relief Organization, hits the audience with a Debbie Downer buzzkill. The Russians, he says, are testing hypersonic nuclear weapons; populist demagogues are turning the world economy into a game; and climatologists, warns Penn, give us 11 years before “global catastrophic failure.” He adds, “Lies, greed, rage, sexism, and racism threaten to induce further violence in our own streets.” But then, just as you’re getting ready to see people streaming toward the exits, something funny happens. Penn says that it’s the cardinal rule of fund-raising not to bum out the crowd. He then spreads his hands and grins, acknowledging that’s what he just did.
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- 5/9/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The director of Citizen Penn, a film that shows the actor’s reparative work in Haiti, argues that people need to leave their preconceptions aside
There are two Sean Penns, and we each decide which one’s real based on our own political leanings and overall cynicism. There’s the attention-hogging Penn, a self-important blowhard hypocrite leveraging his celebrity to affect the appearance of a selfless do-gooder while enjoying a life of fabulous luxury on his own time. And there’s the activist Penn, a workhorse putting in the effort to separate himself from the A-listers merely posturing as Mother-Teresas-in-training, who talks a big game about changing the world but won’t hesitate to put his money where his occasionally foot-shaped mouth is. In the new documentary Citizen Penn, director Don Hardy isn’t particularly interested in promoting one image of the actor-director over the other. He’d rather let...
There are two Sean Penns, and we each decide which one’s real based on our own political leanings and overall cynicism. There’s the attention-hogging Penn, a self-important blowhard hypocrite leveraging his celebrity to affect the appearance of a selfless do-gooder while enjoying a life of fabulous luxury on his own time. And there’s the activist Penn, a workhorse putting in the effort to separate himself from the A-listers merely posturing as Mother-Teresas-in-training, who talks a big game about changing the world but won’t hesitate to put his money where his occasionally foot-shaped mouth is. In the new documentary Citizen Penn, director Don Hardy isn’t particularly interested in promoting one image of the actor-director over the other. He’d rather let...
- 5/6/2021
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Linda Perry has written songs for the biggest names in music, from Pink to Christina Aguilera. Now, the singer/songwriter is ready to transition into a new musical medium: that of film and TV scoring. Perry came out of the gate swinging, composing the soundtracks for both Soleil Moon Frye’s new Hulu documentary “Kid 90” — which you can exclusively listen to in its entirety below — and Don Hardy’s 2020 documentary about Sean Penn’s work in Haiti, “Citizen Penn.”
Perry said film composition is something she’s always wanted to do, especially as music and visuals go hand-in-hand for her. “It’s my organic next chapter, it’s very obvious that I was going to go in this direction,” she told IndieWire.
Perry is a chameleon, able to change to suit the marketplace. When her career as a performer — most famously for the band 4 Non-Blondes — subsided, she took up songwriting.
Perry said film composition is something she’s always wanted to do, especially as music and visuals go hand-in-hand for her. “It’s my organic next chapter, it’s very obvious that I was going to go in this direction,” she told IndieWire.
Perry is a chameleon, able to change to suit the marketplace. When her career as a performer — most famously for the band 4 Non-Blondes — subsided, she took up songwriting.
- 4/15/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Linda Perry may have been writing hits for Adele, Christina Aguilera, and Pink, but it’s been over a decade since the former 4 Non Blondes front woman has released original music that she sang herself. “The Letter” is a deeply moving song that she wrote for the soundtrack of Soleil Moon Frye’s new Hulu documentary, Kid 90. The doc also includes snippets of home movie footage featuring Perry’s wife Sara Gilbert, who’s a friend of the Punky Brewster child star and was starring in Roseanne at the time.
- 4/8/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Discovery+ has acquired the worldwide rights to “Citizen Penn,” a documentary about actor Sean Penn’s humanitarian work in Haiti following the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the region in 2010.
The film is written and directed by Don Hardy (“Pick of the Litter”) and followed Penn over the course of 10 years as he and a team of volunteers set up a long base to bring aid to Haitians, including through his non-profit organization called Core. Discovery+ plans to release “Citizen Penn” on its streaming service beginning May 6.
The documentary also features an original score by songwriter Linda Perry, as well as an original song called “Eden (To Find Love)” performed by Bono and co-written by Bono and Perry.
“Citizen Penn” chronicles the moment Penn and his team of volunteers landed in Haiti, just days after the earthquake struck, and the ten years since. The film offers viewers an intimate, honest, and...
The film is written and directed by Don Hardy (“Pick of the Litter”) and followed Penn over the course of 10 years as he and a team of volunteers set up a long base to bring aid to Haitians, including through his non-profit organization called Core. Discovery+ plans to release “Citizen Penn” on its streaming service beginning May 6.
The documentary also features an original score by songwriter Linda Perry, as well as an original song called “Eden (To Find Love)” performed by Bono and co-written by Bono and Perry.
“Citizen Penn” chronicles the moment Penn and his team of volunteers landed in Haiti, just days after the earthquake struck, and the ten years since. The film offers viewers an intimate, honest, and...
- 4/2/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Discovery Plus has acquired “Citizen Penn,” a look at the humanitarian efforts of Sean Penn and a team of volunteers to help Haitians in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake.
The documentary will premiere on the subscription streaming service on May 6. “Citizen Penn” was written and directed by Don Hardy and produced by Hardy and Shawn Dailey. It boasts up close and personal footage of Penn’s work on the frontlines in the days after a 7.0 earthquake left 250,000 people dead and displaced some 5 million others. Haiti changed Penn’s life. The Oscar-winning star of “Mystic River” and “Milk” went there for what he thought was a two-week aid mission to drop off supplies, help doctors provide immediate medical care, and then get out and get back to his normal life. Instead, he stayed and created an organization called J/P Hro (now Core) that took over management duties for the...
The documentary will premiere on the subscription streaming service on May 6. “Citizen Penn” was written and directed by Don Hardy and produced by Hardy and Shawn Dailey. It boasts up close and personal footage of Penn’s work on the frontlines in the days after a 7.0 earthquake left 250,000 people dead and displaced some 5 million others. Haiti changed Penn’s life. The Oscar-winning star of “Mystic River” and “Milk” went there for what he thought was a two-week aid mission to drop off supplies, help doctors provide immediate medical care, and then get out and get back to his normal life. Instead, he stayed and created an organization called J/P Hro (now Core) that took over management duties for the...
- 4/2/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Johnny Flynn stars as the iconic musician on his first trip to the US.
The UK premiere of Stardust starring Johnny Flynn as a young David Bowie will open the 28th Raindance Film Festival, which will run online and live in London from October 28 to November 7.
The festival will host a live red carpet event for the opening premiere at London’s May Fair Hotel, with reduced audience capacity, adherence to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines and face masks.
UK director Gabriel Range will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&a.
Produced by Salon Pictures, Stardust depicts Bowie’s first...
The UK premiere of Stardust starring Johnny Flynn as a young David Bowie will open the 28th Raindance Film Festival, which will run online and live in London from October 28 to November 7.
The festival will host a live red carpet event for the opening premiere at London’s May Fair Hotel, with reduced audience capacity, adherence to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines and face masks.
UK director Gabriel Range will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&a.
Produced by Salon Pictures, Stardust depicts Bowie’s first...
- 9/15/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The makers of “Citizen Penn,” a documentary about actor Sean Penn’s volunteer work in Haiti, have updated their film to include footage of the Oscar-winner’s efforts to expand access to Covid-19 testing.
Over the past few months, director Don Hardy and producer Shawn Dailey have followed Penn as he worked with his non-profit organization Core to set up free testing sites in places such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, New Orleans and the Navajo Nation.
The new footage will play during the film’s final credits — a section that includes a new song “Eden: To Find Love” that was written by Linda Perry and performed by Bono. Penn was motivated to set up centers after it became clear that the U.S. faced a severe shortage of coronavirus tests, a public health failure that experts believe contributed to the virus’ rapid spread.
“Citizen Penn” originally intended...
Over the past few months, director Don Hardy and producer Shawn Dailey have followed Penn as he worked with his non-profit organization Core to set up free testing sites in places such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, New Orleans and the Navajo Nation.
The new footage will play during the film’s final credits — a section that includes a new song “Eden: To Find Love” that was written by Linda Perry and performed by Bono. Penn was motivated to set up centers after it became clear that the U.S. faced a severe shortage of coronavirus tests, a public health failure that experts believe contributed to the virus’ rapid spread.
“Citizen Penn” originally intended...
- 7/22/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
With the Disney+ reality series Pick of the Litter, Dana Nachman followed six adorable dogs on their journey to become guide dogs for the blind, aiming to spotlight the vital role these pups play in so many human lives, the rigorous process they must go through to fulfill their purpose, as well as the experience of the visually impaired.
Developing the series with her longtime creative partner Don Hardy, Nachman had been exploring the stories of guide dogs for over 10 years, prior to making it—first, as a Bay Area journalist for NBC. “[Don and I] had done several stories on guide dogs. We had been to one of their graduations, which is always super emotional and amazing,” the director/EP says, “and then we had one time talked about, around Christmas time, people getting puppies to raise, and just did numerous feature stories on guide dogs.”
Around the same time, Nachman’s...
Developing the series with her longtime creative partner Don Hardy, Nachman had been exploring the stories of guide dogs for over 10 years, prior to making it—first, as a Bay Area journalist for NBC. “[Don and I] had done several stories on guide dogs. We had been to one of their graduations, which is always super emotional and amazing,” the director/EP says, “and then we had one time talked about, around Christmas time, people getting puppies to raise, and just did numerous feature stories on guide dogs.”
Around the same time, Nachman’s...
- 7/7/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
On March 8, the 17th annual True/False documentary film festival in Missouri came to a close. Unbeknownst to filmmakers, the conclusion of the fest also marked the conclusion of in-person film festivals for the foreseeable future due to Covid-19.
The disrupted festival circuit has many implications for doc filmmakers, who often spend years – sometimes decades – making nonfiction fare on miniscule budgets. The reward for the struggle that is doc filmmaking is often a film festival premiere where the documentary can finally be seen, appreciated and hopefully sold to the highest bidder.
To give visibility to films that had been scheduled to screen at 2020 film festivals like Tribeca, South by Southwest and DocLands Documentary Film Festival, Variety Streaming Room and California Film Institute’s DocLands hosted a virtual discussion called “DocTalk From Home” on Sunday. Moderated by Variety senior features writer Andrew Barker, the virtual conversation featured eight nonfiction directors with...
The disrupted festival circuit has many implications for doc filmmakers, who often spend years – sometimes decades – making nonfiction fare on miniscule budgets. The reward for the struggle that is doc filmmaking is often a film festival premiere where the documentary can finally be seen, appreciated and hopefully sold to the highest bidder.
To give visibility to films that had been scheduled to screen at 2020 film festivals like Tribeca, South by Southwest and DocLands Documentary Film Festival, Variety Streaming Room and California Film Institute’s DocLands hosted a virtual discussion called “DocTalk From Home” on Sunday. Moderated by Variety senior features writer Andrew Barker, the virtual conversation featured eight nonfiction directors with...
- 5/5/2020
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President to open festival as previously announced.
The world premieres of The Trip To Greece and a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti, as well as the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece reunites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and marks the fourth feature entry in the comedy series. It screens in Spotlight Narrative.
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
The world premieres of The Trip To Greece and a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti, as well as the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece reunites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and marks the fourth feature entry in the comedy series. It screens in Spotlight Narrative.
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
- 3/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President to open festival as previously announced.
The world premiere of a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti and the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
The Us premiere of HBO’s Toronto dark comedy pick-up Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman screens in Spotlight Narrative, the same section that will show the New York premiere of...
The world premiere of a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti and the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
The Us premiere of HBO’s Toronto dark comedy pick-up Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman screens in Spotlight Narrative, the same section that will show the New York premiere of...
- 3/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Executive producer Don Hardy first teamed up with Guide Dogs for the Blind for a 2018 documentary that followed a litter of puppies from their birth through two years of training to become guide dogs. Entitled “Pick of the Litter,” the documentary showcased what it takes for these dogs (and the humans who raise them) to make the cut to graduate the intensive program and get paired with a visually impaired person. But now, just a year later, the journey continues with a Disney Plus docuseries of the same name.
“As the film was getting ready to be released somebody from Disney saw a trailer for it and that started the conversation with Disney Plus to do it as a series,” Hardy said at a panel discussion for the new series, which Variety moderated. “From the beginning, we said we didn’t want to disrupt any of the training. That was...
“As the film was getting ready to be released somebody from Disney saw a trailer for it and that started the conversation with Disney Plus to do it as a series,” Hardy said at a panel discussion for the new series, which Variety moderated. “From the beginning, we said we didn’t want to disrupt any of the training. That was...
- 12/18/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
No one expected Slamdance to see its 25th anniversary — least of all founders Dan Mirvish, Jon Fitzgerald, Shane Kuhn, Peter Baxter, and Paul Rachman. All were filmmakers rejected by the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, and their concerns initially ran to the short term: how to screen their films in and around Park City, the center of the indie-filmmaking universe.
They began by showing their work at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and migrated to spaces around Park City, where they handed out flyers and cajoled makeshift venues. They took turns running the projectors.
The next year, they came back to Park City — this time, setting up headquarters at the Treasure Mountain Inn, on top of Main Street. Screenings were still chaotic, but the ethos was in place: a festival programmed by filmmakers, for first-time filmmakers who had shoestring budgets and unique visions but no distribution… and, the benefit...
They began by showing their work at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and migrated to spaces around Park City, where they handed out flyers and cajoled makeshift venues. They took turns running the projectors.
The next year, they came back to Park City — this time, setting up headquarters at the Treasure Mountain Inn, on top of Main Street. Screenings were still chaotic, but the ethos was in place: a festival programmed by filmmakers, for first-time filmmakers who had shoestring budgets and unique visions but no distribution… and, the benefit...
- 1/24/2019
- by Charles Lyons
- Indiewire
‘Aquaman’ (Photo: Warner Bros)
Warner Bros’ Aquaman now ranks as the studio’s third highest grosser of all time after crossing the $US1 billion threshold worldwide last week the weekend.
The James Wan-directed blockbuster has amassed $1.02 billion – $257.8 million in the Us and $732.4 million internationally – trailing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’s $1.3 billion and The Dark Knight Rises‘ $1.08 billion.
So what does that say about the torrent of negativity, with more than one third of the critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes giving the DC Entertainment superhero adventure rotten ratings?
Either that those critics based their reviews purely on their assessment of the film’s entertainment value/artistic merits, willfully ignoring its obvious commercial appeal – or they are lousy judges of audiences’ tastes.
On Twitter, Wan thanked everyone who has “supported this underdog. For making this non-mainstream character (and yes — with leading Poc individuals in front and behind the camera!
Warner Bros’ Aquaman now ranks as the studio’s third highest grosser of all time after crossing the $US1 billion threshold worldwide last week the weekend.
The James Wan-directed blockbuster has amassed $1.02 billion – $257.8 million in the Us and $732.4 million internationally – trailing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’s $1.3 billion and The Dark Knight Rises‘ $1.08 billion.
So what does that say about the torrent of negativity, with more than one third of the critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes giving the DC Entertainment superhero adventure rotten ratings?
Either that those critics based their reviews purely on their assessment of the film’s entertainment value/artistic merits, willfully ignoring its obvious commercial appeal – or they are lousy judges of audiences’ tastes.
On Twitter, Wan thanked everyone who has “supported this underdog. For making this non-mainstream character (and yes — with leading Poc individuals in front and behind the camera!
- 1/14/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The eighth annual Napa Valley Film Festival, which takes place Nov. 7-11, continues to have a lot going for it. Beyond top-notch meals and wine from 50 chefs and 75 wineries, the festival has 10 screening venues for 100 new independent films starring the likes of Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe and Helena Bonham Carter.
“It’s the party of the year,” says Brenda Lhormer, the festival’s co-founder/director, of the nearly week-long event that will be held at various Napa Valley landmarks including the Cameo Cinema, Charles Krug Winery, Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, Jam Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theater, Lincoln Theater, Native Sons, Uptown Theater, the Archer Hotel Napa, Las Alcobas Napa Valley and the Drive-In at the Napa County Fairgrounds.
“It’s really fun,” she says. “It’s a wonderful mix of great films and food and wine and culinary offerings.”
The festival will open with Jason Reitman’s...
“It’s the party of the year,” says Brenda Lhormer, the festival’s co-founder/director, of the nearly week-long event that will be held at various Napa Valley landmarks including the Cameo Cinema, Charles Krug Winery, Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, Jam Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theater, Lincoln Theater, Native Sons, Uptown Theater, the Archer Hotel Napa, Las Alcobas Napa Valley and the Drive-In at the Napa County Fairgrounds.
“It’s really fun,” she says. “It’s a wonderful mix of great films and food and wine and culinary offerings.”
The festival will open with Jason Reitman’s...
- 11/7/2018
- by Lindzi Scharf
- Variety Film + TV
Five Labrador Retriever puppies are born, and it’s no accident that cameras are there to watch. These tiny creatures, their eyes still closed, will face a specific task in life, to be guides for sightless humans. But first, those eyes need to open, and then there’s a couple years of training, a time of intense scrutiny. Will one puppy learn to ignore other dogs on the street? Will another ever calm down and stop trying to lick the face of every person it sees? And most importantly, will any of them learn to disobey a command that puts their assigned person in physical danger?
Not that we, the audience, care so much about any of these things at first. It’s enough, in the opening moments of “Pick of the Litter,” a low-key yet still satisfying documentary from Don Hardy Jr. and Dana Nachman, to witness their births...
Not that we, the audience, care so much about any of these things at first. It’s enough, in the opening moments of “Pick of the Litter,” a low-key yet still satisfying documentary from Don Hardy Jr. and Dana Nachman, to witness their births...
- 8/30/2018
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
"The dogs that we're considering are really the best of the best." IFC Films has debuted a new official Us trailer for the documentary Pick of the Litter, a film that follows puppies as they grow up and are trained to become Guide Dogs. This premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival earlier this year, which is when we posted the original trailer in January. "Cameras follow these pups through an intense two-year odyssey as they train to become dogs whose ultimate responsibility is to protect their blind partners from harm. Along the way, these remarkable animals rely on a community of dedicated individuals who train them to do amazing, life-changing things in the service of their human." Oh my goodness, as a dog lover I can't wait to see this. It looks like more than just a cute doc, about how hard it is to find the right dog for this tough job.
- 6/14/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"They have to do everything correctly 100% of the time." Aw, puppies!! An official trailer has debuted for a film titled Pick of the Litter, a documentary about puppies. No, really. The film is actually about the process of choosing the right dog to be trained as a Guide Dog for the blind. I feel like there have been films made about this before (a few from Japan perhaps) but why not another one? Everyone loves dogs! At least I do. The documentary, from filmmakers Don Hardy Jr. & Dana Nachman, follows dogs as they are trained for two years. It also spends time with the Guide Dog community and introduces us to some of the people who end up getting these dogs as their companion and best friend. This actually looks adorable, of course, and I'm curious to see it. This is premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival this month, surprisingly enough.
- 1/23/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Eyeballs, top hats and tuxedos make up the signature look of the mysterious avant-garde musical collective known as The Residents, who are at the center of a new documentary premiering next month at SXSW. "The Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents" provides an examination of the band's 40-year legacy. Documentary filmmaker Don Hardy Jr. received access to The Residents' archive of material through the band's management, The Cryptic Corporation, from which the film derives a large portion of its footage. Hardy Jr. also interviewed the likes of Les Claypool and Matt Groening, whose own work has been heavily influenced by The Residents. Check out the trailer and poster for "The Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents" below, exclusively on Indiewire. Read More: 6 Highlights From the SXSW 2015 Lineup...
- 2/19/2015
- by Shipra Gupta
- Indiewire
The Human Experiment is a new documentary which explores chemicals that are in everyday household products. The film, directed by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Jr., is executive produced and narrated by Sean Penn. Penn, known for his activism on a variety of issues including rebuilding Haiti after the terrible 2010 earthquake, worked with Nachman and Hardy on their prior documentary, Witch Hunt. In all, this marks the third collaboration for Nachman, Hardy and Penn. Photos: Hollywood in Haiti Here, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively hosts a new trailer for The Human Experiment. The film, which is scheduled to screen at
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- 8/30/2013
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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