Plot: A motor-mouthed outsider is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Review: Back in the 1990s, when Playstation was the most popular gaming console, Twisted Metal was one of the go-to games my friends and I would throw in and play together. Driving around in weapon-laden cars and blowing each other to hell was fun and made up for the lack of a truly engaging plot. In the almost thirty years since Twisted Metal first debuted, multiple attempts have been made to turn the carnage into a feature film. On the tail end of the streaming boom,...
Review: Back in the 1990s, when Playstation was the most popular gaming console, Twisted Metal was one of the go-to games my friends and I would throw in and play together. Driving around in weapon-laden cars and blowing each other to hell was fun and made up for the lack of a truly engaging plot. In the almost thirty years since Twisted Metal first debuted, multiple attempts have been made to turn the carnage into a feature film. On the tail end of the streaming boom,...
- 7/26/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Awkwafina is back as Nora from Queens.
Comedy Central released the official teaser for season 3 of the show ahead of the premiere.
“Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” is inspired by the creator and writer’s life growing up in Queens, New York. Season 3 will also serve as her directorial debut reports Variety.
Read More: Simu Liu, John Cena & Awkwafina To Play The ‘Grand Death Lotto’ In Paul Feig’s New Action-Comedy
Season 3 sees Nora deal with the conflicts of life, as season 3 “explores themes of identity and success.”
Her cousin Edmund, played by “SNL” star Bowen Yang, attempts to help her discover new hobbies like reading – which Nora immediately rejects when she can’t name a single book. By the end of the teaser, her grandmother, played by Lori Tan Chinn, joins in on suggesting hobbies for her granddaughter to enjoy with the family.
Bd Wong returns in the role of Nora’s father,...
Comedy Central released the official teaser for season 3 of the show ahead of the premiere.
“Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” is inspired by the creator and writer’s life growing up in Queens, New York. Season 3 will also serve as her directorial debut reports Variety.
Read More: Simu Liu, John Cena & Awkwafina To Play The ‘Grand Death Lotto’ In Paul Feig’s New Action-Comedy
Season 3 sees Nora deal with the conflicts of life, as season 3 “explores themes of identity and success.”
Her cousin Edmund, played by “SNL” star Bowen Yang, attempts to help her discover new hobbies like reading – which Nora immediately rejects when she can’t name a single book. By the end of the teaser, her grandmother, played by Lori Tan Chinn, joins in on suggesting hobbies for her granddaughter to enjoy with the family.
Bd Wong returns in the role of Nora’s father,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Awkwafina may be heading under the sea for “The Little Mermaid” and fighting Dracula in “Renfield” this spring, but at heart, the BAFTA nominee is still Nora from Queens. Season 3 of the star’s Comedy Central series, aptly titled “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens,” will premiere on April 26. The season comes over a year after the show’s sophomore outing ended in October 2021.
Originally premiering in January 2020, “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens” stars the “Farewell” actor as a fictionalized version of herself, in a family drama set in her home neighborhood of Flushing, Queens. The show follows Nora as she navigates her twenties in New York City, with the support of her tightknit family. Bd Wong stars as her father Wally, Lori Tan Chinn as her grandmother, Bowen Yang as her cousin Edmund, and Jennifer Esposito as Wally’s girlfriend Brenda.
Season 3 will focus on Nora as she navigates “themes of identity and success.
Originally premiering in January 2020, “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens” stars the “Farewell” actor as a fictionalized version of herself, in a family drama set in her home neighborhood of Flushing, Queens. The show follows Nora as she navigates her twenties in New York City, with the support of her tightknit family. Bd Wong stars as her father Wally, Lori Tan Chinn as her grandmother, Bowen Yang as her cousin Edmund, and Jennifer Esposito as Wally’s girlfriend Brenda.
Season 3 will focus on Nora as she navigates “themes of identity and success.
- 3/29/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Comedy Central has released the first official teaser for Season 3 of “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” ahead of the series’ April 26 premiere date, Variety can exclusively reveal.
The television comedy “Awkafina Is Nora From Queens” draws inspiration from creator and writer Awkwafina’s life experiences growing up in Queens, N.Y. — and she’ll also make her directorial debut with Season 3. On the show, Awkwafina (aka Nora Lin) maneuvers through the hardships of young adulthood with the support of her closest family members, her father (Bd Wong), grandmother (Lori Tan Chinn) and cousin (Bowen Yang). From the looks of the teaser, it looks like their lively, eccentric family dynamic from previous seasons will still be present in Season 3.
Awkwafina is stilling facing the conflicts that come with navigating the waters of life in this upcoming season, most prominently through how she (according to Comedy Central’s logline “explores themes of identity and success.
The television comedy “Awkafina Is Nora From Queens” draws inspiration from creator and writer Awkwafina’s life experiences growing up in Queens, N.Y. — and she’ll also make her directorial debut with Season 3. On the show, Awkwafina (aka Nora Lin) maneuvers through the hardships of young adulthood with the support of her closest family members, her father (Bd Wong), grandmother (Lori Tan Chinn) and cousin (Bowen Yang). From the looks of the teaser, it looks like their lively, eccentric family dynamic from previous seasons will still be present in Season 3.
Awkwafina is stilling facing the conflicts that come with navigating the waters of life in this upcoming season, most prominently through how she (according to Comedy Central’s logline “explores themes of identity and success.
- 3/29/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
St. Vincent returned to The Tonight Show stage Wednesday night to cover the perennially chill “Glory Box” by English electronic band Portishead. The performance comes ahead of St. Vincent’s appearance at Love Rocks NYC’s God’s Love We Deliver livestream tonight.
The singer was joined by house band the Roots for an expectedly emotional rendition of the hit 1995 song. “Give me a reason to be a woman,” she sang, “I just want to be a woman,” before playing a Hendrix-y, wah-wah-drenched guitar solo. Throughout, she tapped into...
The singer was joined by house band the Roots for an expectedly emotional rendition of the hit 1995 song. “Give me a reason to be a woman,” she sang, “I just want to be a woman,” before playing a Hendrix-y, wah-wah-drenched guitar solo. Throughout, she tapped into...
- 3/9/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Sales include re-release deal for ’Welcome To The Dollhouse’ in UK.
Visit Films, which is jetting in to Berlin to launch EFM sales on Berlinale section Dreams’ Gate among other titles, has announced a wave of deals on recent festival hits including a US deal and multiple territories on last year’s Berlin Silver Bear winner Robe Of Gems.
Natalia Lopez’s tale of redemption, family and violence in Mexico will open in the US this summer through Monument Releasing and has also gone to Madman Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, as well as Mubi for Italy, Baltics, Africa,...
Visit Films, which is jetting in to Berlin to launch EFM sales on Berlinale section Dreams’ Gate among other titles, has announced a wave of deals on recent festival hits including a US deal and multiple territories on last year’s Berlin Silver Bear winner Robe Of Gems.
Natalia Lopez’s tale of redemption, family and violence in Mexico will open in the US this summer through Monument Releasing and has also gone to Madman Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, as well as Mubi for Italy, Baltics, Africa,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Comedian Nick Kroll is returning to standup — and doing it via Netflix, the home of his animated comedy “Big Mouth.” Kroll’s first stand-up special in a decade — and his first for Netflix — is titled “Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy,” and will premiere globally on September 27.
The special will air a month before the Season 6 return of “Big Mouth,” which returns Oct. 28. For “Little Big Boy,” Kroll shot the special in June at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
“I could be wrong, but I don’t know if people think of me really as a stand up, because I’ve been doing sketch and animation and acting and the writing stuff,” said Kroll, who beyond “Big Mouth” and his voicework is perhaps best known for “The League” and “The Kroll Show,” as well as playing the geriatric Gil Faizon, opposite John Mulaney, in the “Oh, Hello” sketches that...
The special will air a month before the Season 6 return of “Big Mouth,” which returns Oct. 28. For “Little Big Boy,” Kroll shot the special in June at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
“I could be wrong, but I don’t know if people think of me really as a stand up, because I’ve been doing sketch and animation and acting and the writing stuff,” said Kroll, who beyond “Big Mouth” and his voicework is perhaps best known for “The League” and “The Kroll Show,” as well as playing the geriatric Gil Faizon, opposite John Mulaney, in the “Oh, Hello” sketches that...
- 8/23/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
St. Vincent appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform the title track from her recent film, The Nowhere Inn. The singer gave a soulful rendition of the tune, appearing with her live band, who wore matching Annie Clark wigs.
The Nowhere Inn, a mockumentary written by and starring Clark and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, arrived earlier this month. Presented as a behind-the-scenes concert documentary directed by Brownstein and centered on Clark, The Nowhere Inn takes the depiction of a touring musician to its most psychological extremes, with the filmmaker and...
The Nowhere Inn, a mockumentary written by and starring Clark and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, arrived earlier this month. Presented as a behind-the-scenes concert documentary directed by Brownstein and centered on Clark, The Nowhere Inn takes the depiction of a touring musician to its most psychological extremes, with the filmmaker and...
- 9/22/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye from Searchlight Pictures finished in the top ten domestically (at no. 9) with the highest per screen average of the group after Shang-Chi and Free Guy. Its estimated PTA, $1,500 in 425 theaters, bested newcomers Blue Bayou and wide releases Cry Macho and Copshop on a per screen basis. That’s the good news. The bad — Eyes’ number are not fantastic and weekend stats show moviegoers still picking favorites with surgical precision and a rising tide not lifting all boats, yet.
“We had hoped for a resurgence of moviegoers in the art/specialty world this weekend, as we were booked in many of the best art houses in North America, and [while] there are gladly some exceptions… the more mature cinephile moviegoers have yet to rush out to their local specialty theatre in any great numbers,” said Searchlight’s head of distribution Frank Rodriquez. “Hopefully they will start to...
“We had hoped for a resurgence of moviegoers in the art/specialty world this weekend, as we were booked in many of the best art houses in North America, and [while] there are gladly some exceptions… the more mature cinephile moviegoers have yet to rush out to their local specialty theatre in any great numbers,” said Searchlight’s head of distribution Frank Rodriquez. “Hopefully they will start to...
- 9/19/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
This review of “The Nowhere Inn” was first published after the film’s premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
“The Nowhere Inn” — a new meta-concert doc produced, written by and starring Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Annie “St. Vincent” Clark — is a collection of comedic and musical sketches that are not funny, weird or thoughtful enough to sell its creators’ insistent, but mostly trite and undeveloped, ideas about the performative nature of self-fashioning and creative authenticity.
Directed by Bill Benz (Brownstein’s semi-regular “Portlandia” collaborator), “The Nowhere Inn” is initially presented as a dramatized version of Brownstein and Clark’s real-life attempts at filming a St. Vincent concert movie. So at the start, the movie’s sketchier qualities appear to reflect both the surreal emotional peaks and troughs of a live musical tour.
Unfortunately, the movie’s cringe humor-style gags are mostly thin and monotonous, and even a few psychedelic...
“The Nowhere Inn” — a new meta-concert doc produced, written by and starring Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Annie “St. Vincent” Clark — is a collection of comedic and musical sketches that are not funny, weird or thoughtful enough to sell its creators’ insistent, but mostly trite and undeveloped, ideas about the performative nature of self-fashioning and creative authenticity.
Directed by Bill Benz (Brownstein’s semi-regular “Portlandia” collaborator), “The Nowhere Inn” is initially presented as a dramatized version of Brownstein and Clark’s real-life attempts at filming a St. Vincent concert movie. So at the start, the movie’s sketchier qualities appear to reflect both the surreal emotional peaks and troughs of a live musical tour.
Unfortunately, the movie’s cringe humor-style gags are mostly thin and monotonous, and even a few psychedelic...
- 9/16/2021
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
Annie Clark unzipped out of her St. Vincent musical persona more nakedly than ever with the release of the 2017 album “Masseduction,” a chronicle of fame and excess that deals in drugs, sex, and broken relationships. While Clark argues that “you do know me if you listen to my music,” as the former Polyphonic Spree guitarist turned divine solo act explained to IndieWire, that album offered listeners a more raw St. Vincent than they’d heard before, especially in the aftermath of high-profile romances with stars like Kristen Stewart and Cara Delevingne.
Now, the singer/songwriter has stepped into the world of acting and screenwriting with her new film “The Nowhere Inn,” co-written with her pal Carrie Brownstein (herself a musician as part of Sleater-Kinney) and directed by Bill Benz (who worked with Brownstein on “Portlandia”). The trio dives into the modern madness of fame through the prism of a mock...
Now, the singer/songwriter has stepped into the world of acting and screenwriting with her new film “The Nowhere Inn,” co-written with her pal Carrie Brownstein (herself a musician as part of Sleater-Kinney) and directed by Bill Benz (who worked with Brownstein on “Portlandia”). The trio dives into the modern madness of fame through the prism of a mock...
- 9/16/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“How can anybody have you and lose you. And not lose their minds, too?”
The criticism of any film, narrative or documentary, wherein a musical artist plays him or herself is that it begins to play like branded IP rather than a natural extension of the artist’s work as the artist. For some, like Bruce Springsteen, a level of self-awareness about their process and inspiration is a design feature rather than a bug. For so many others, such as the Beatles or Spice Girls, big-screen outings were largely fan service. This brings us to the enigma of Annie Clark, who is painfully aware of her persona as a woman of mystery. In fact, she’s frequently mistaken or told she’s an unknown; outside of certain alt-rock circles, perhaps that is true. For some she means the world. For others—like a limo driver and bouncer who don’t...
The criticism of any film, narrative or documentary, wherein a musical artist plays him or herself is that it begins to play like branded IP rather than a natural extension of the artist’s work as the artist. For some, like Bruce Springsteen, a level of self-awareness about their process and inspiration is a design feature rather than a bug. For so many others, such as the Beatles or Spice Girls, big-screen outings were largely fan service. This brings us to the enigma of Annie Clark, who is painfully aware of her persona as a woman of mystery. In fact, she’s frequently mistaken or told she’s an unknown; outside of certain alt-rock circles, perhaps that is true. For some she means the world. For others—like a limo driver and bouncer who don’t...
- 9/16/2021
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
St. Vincent’s metafictional film “The Nowhere Inn” may not be a real documentary. But more than a year-and-a-half after it first premiered at Sundance, she says she has realized the movie captures some real moments in her career that already feel like a lifetime ago.
When St. Vincent — or the indie rock star also known as Annie Clark — first debuted “The Nowhere Inn,” it was as part of the album cycle for her Grammy-winning record “Masseduction.” Since then, she’s reinvented herself yet again for her sixth album “Daddy’s Home,” a sleazy and swanky-sounding ’70s throwback that’s far removed from the kinky, neon pop she was touring behind while making the film. And oh yeah, a global pandemic completely disrupted the live-concert scene, too.
Clark, in speaking with TheWrap, said that given the circumstances, “The Nowhere Inn” felt like a “perfect bookend” and “chapter closing” to an old moment in her career.
When St. Vincent — or the indie rock star also known as Annie Clark — first debuted “The Nowhere Inn,” it was as part of the album cycle for her Grammy-winning record “Masseduction.” Since then, she’s reinvented herself yet again for her sixth album “Daddy’s Home,” a sleazy and swanky-sounding ’70s throwback that’s far removed from the kinky, neon pop she was touring behind while making the film. And oh yeah, a global pandemic completely disrupted the live-concert scene, too.
Clark, in speaking with TheWrap, said that given the circumstances, “The Nowhere Inn” felt like a “perfect bookend” and “chapter closing” to an old moment in her career.
- 9/15/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
While our massive, 50-film fall preview will give you an overview of what we’re looking forward to for the next four months, we’ll still be diving deeper in our monthly previews. While much of September is dedicated to coverage from Venice, TIFF, and NYFF, there’s still plenty of worthwhile new releases to check––including a few from the aforementioned festivals.
14. The Mad Women’s Ball (Mélanie Laurent; Sept. 17 on Amazon Prime)
Along with her impressive acting career, Mélanie Laurent has proven to be a formidable force behind the camera, particularly with Breathe. She’s now back with two features over the next two years and first up is this TIFF premiere. Set in Paris at the end of the 1800s, it concerns an independent woman who is deemed mentally unwell and institutionalized. Once inside, she desperately attempts to escape. The title refers to a year-end ball in...
14. The Mad Women’s Ball (Mélanie Laurent; Sept. 17 on Amazon Prime)
Along with her impressive acting career, Mélanie Laurent has proven to be a formidable force behind the camera, particularly with Breathe. She’s now back with two features over the next two years and first up is this TIFF premiere. Set in Paris at the end of the 1800s, it concerns an independent woman who is deemed mentally unwell and institutionalized. Once inside, she desperately attempts to escape. The title refers to a year-end ball in...
- 9/1/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Nowhere Inn: "From real-life friends Annie Clark (a.k.a. Grammy award-winning recording and touring artist St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within the subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives. From first-time filmmaker Bill Benz comes a densely woven, laugh-out-loud funny and increasingly fractured commentary on reality, identity, and authenticity. A story of two close friends who attempt to wrestle the truth out of a complex subject before the hall of mirrors that is their artistic lives devours them completely."
Directed by: Bill Benz Co-Written By: Annie Clark & Carrie Brownstein Starring: Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein, & Dakota Johnson Music by: St. Vincent Produced by: Carrie Brownstein, Lana Kim,...
Directed by: Bill Benz Co-Written By: Annie Clark & Carrie Brownstein Starring: Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein, & Dakota Johnson Music by: St. Vincent Produced by: Carrie Brownstein, Lana Kim,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Update 8/12: An extended trailer of The Nowhere Inn has arrived, offering more insight into the dynamic between Carrie Brownstein and St. Vincent (Annie Clark), as the Portlandia star directs a mockumentary on the musician. “You’re nerdy and normal in real life, but the disparity between that and who you are on stage is jarring,” Brownstein tells Clark. “We’re in this together,” Clark later says. “Me and me.”
**
The first official trailer for The Nowhere Inn, the mockumentary written by and starring Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein,...
**
The first official trailer for The Nowhere Inn, the mockumentary written by and starring Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
"I love you, but I'm married to the road." This looks wild. IFC Films has released a full-length official trailer for The Nowhere Inn, a strange meta comedy mockumentary creation & authenticity from filmmaker Bill Benz. This initially premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last year, and also played at the Outfest Film Festival later in the year. The singer known as St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music and touring life on the road, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre. This co-stars Annie Clark, aka "St. Vincent", and Carrie Brownstein, with Ezra Buzzington, Toko Yasuda, Chris Aquilino, Drew Connick. As seen in the trailer, the film is best described as a "metafictional meditation on friendship, fame and persona." It looks quite bizarre and very Lynchian, lots of odd footage intertwining and unraveling.
- 8/12/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
St. Vincent (Annie Clark) is having quite the year. Not only did she just release her new psychedelic, ’70s-inspired album “Daddy’s Home,” but her upcoming mockumentary film “The Nowhere Inn” is also about to be released from IFC Films. Opening on September 17 in theaters and on demand, “The Nowhere Inn” is directed by Bill Benz from a script by Clark and her pal Carrie Brownstein, the comedian and Sleater-Kinney musician. The film is a scalpel-sharp critique of the nature of celebrity and the madness of fame, and what’s set up as a straightforward documentary about Grammy winner St. Vincent and her career soon devolves into a psychological thriller. Watch the new teaser trailer below.
Here’s the official synopsis from IFC Films: “From real-life friends Annie Clark (aka Grammy Award-winning musician St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St.
Here’s the official synopsis from IFC Films: “From real-life friends Annie Clark (aka Grammy Award-winning musician St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St.
- 8/12/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The formula for the concert documentary is a tried-and-true one, with only a few surprises to arrive here and there. Martin Scorsese had some fun with the tenets of the form with the recent Rolling Thunder Revue and now St. Vincent aka Annie Clark and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein are here to shake things up. Originally premiering back at Sundance Film Festival last year, the comedy-thriller-documentary The Nowhere Inn will now arrive in theaters and on VOD next month.
Directed by Bill Benz, the film is a metafictional account of the two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
Watch the entertaining new trailer below for the film also featuring Dakota Johnson and Ezra Buzzington.
Directed by Bill Benz, the film is a metafictional account of the two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
Watch the entertaining new trailer below for the film also featuring Dakota Johnson and Ezra Buzzington.
- 8/12/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
St. Vincent has shared a clip of her performing “Los Ageless” as part of her upcoming livestream concert, Down and Out Downtown. The song comes off her 2017 album Masseduction but takes on a more Seventies vibe for the performance.
St. Vincent will unveil Down and Out Downtown, a ticketed livestream performance that will air around the globe on select dates, along with the in-person tour for her new album Daddy’s Home. Directed by Bill Benz, who recently helmed the film The Nowhere Inn co-written and starring St. Vincent, Down and...
St. Vincent will unveil Down and Out Downtown, a ticketed livestream performance that will air around the globe on select dates, along with the in-person tour for her new album Daddy’s Home. Directed by Bill Benz, who recently helmed the film The Nowhere Inn co-written and starring St. Vincent, Down and...
- 8/3/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Along with the in-person tour for her new album Daddy’s Home, St. Vincent has announced Down and Out Downtown, a ticketed livestream concert that will air around the globe on select dates.
Directed by Bill Benz, who recently helmed the film The Nowhere Inn co-written and starring St. Vincent, Down and Out Downtown will feature performances of Daddy’s Home tracks as well as “new arrangements of hits and deep cuts” from St. Vincent’s catalogue.
The virtual concert will air exclusively via the digital live platform Moment House on Wednesday,...
Directed by Bill Benz, who recently helmed the film The Nowhere Inn co-written and starring St. Vincent, Down and Out Downtown will feature performances of Daddy’s Home tracks as well as “new arrangements of hits and deep cuts” from St. Vincent’s catalogue.
The virtual concert will air exclusively via the digital live platform Moment House on Wednesday,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Comedy Central sets Awkwafina is Nora From Queens second season premiere for Wednesday, August 18th at 10:00pm Et/Pt, with a second episode airing at 10:30pm Et/Pt. The half-hour scripted comedy, Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, will feature a slate of directors for the 10-episode season: Bill Benz (At Home with Amy Sedaris), Andrew McCarthy (Orange […]
The post ‘Awkwafina is Nora From Queens’ Season Two Premiering August 18 On Comedy Central appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
The post ‘Awkwafina is Nora From Queens’ Season Two Premiering August 18 On Comedy Central appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 6/29/2021
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens is returning to Comedy Central in August, and the second season will feature the TV directorial debut of star Bd Wong.
Wong, who plays Awkwafina’s dad in the comedy series, will direct alongside Andrew McCarthy, Bill Benz, Laura Murphy, Jordan Kim and Steven Tsuchida.
The second season will return with a two-episode event starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday, August 18. Watch a teaser below.
The 10-part, half-hour comedy was renewed in January 2020 ahead of its premiere.
Created and written by the Crazy Rich Asians star Awkwafina, the series is inspired by her life growing up in Queens, NY. Raised by her dad and Grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) alongside her cousin (Bowen Yang), Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer-borough NYC.
Awkwafina is Nora from Queens is created by Awkwafina and Teresa Hsiao and executive produced by Awkwafina,...
Wong, who plays Awkwafina’s dad in the comedy series, will direct alongside Andrew McCarthy, Bill Benz, Laura Murphy, Jordan Kim and Steven Tsuchida.
The second season will return with a two-episode event starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday, August 18. Watch a teaser below.
The 10-part, half-hour comedy was renewed in January 2020 ahead of its premiere.
Created and written by the Crazy Rich Asians star Awkwafina, the series is inspired by her life growing up in Queens, NY. Raised by her dad and Grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) alongside her cousin (Bowen Yang), Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer-borough NYC.
Awkwafina is Nora from Queens is created by Awkwafina and Teresa Hsiao and executive produced by Awkwafina,...
- 6/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Awkwafina’s family comedy “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” will return to Comedy Central for its second season on August 18, with two episodes airing back to back at 10 p.m.
Inspired by Awkwafina’s own childhood in Queens, the show completed its first season in March of last year on a ratings upswing. Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, alongside co-stars Bd Wong as Nora’s dad, Lori Tan Chinn as her grandmother and Bowen Yang as her cousin.
Awkwafina, who co-created the show with Teresa Hsiao, also starred in “The Farewell” (for which she won a Golden Globe) and “Crazy Rich Asians,” and will be next seen on film in Marvel’s forthcoming “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
Season 1 of “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” streams on HBO Max as part of a deal Comedy Central Productions made with WarnerMedia last summer, and Season 2 will premiere there after its Comedy Central run ends.
Inspired by Awkwafina’s own childhood in Queens, the show completed its first season in March of last year on a ratings upswing. Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, alongside co-stars Bd Wong as Nora’s dad, Lori Tan Chinn as her grandmother and Bowen Yang as her cousin.
Awkwafina, who co-created the show with Teresa Hsiao, also starred in “The Farewell” (for which she won a Golden Globe) and “Crazy Rich Asians,” and will be next seen on film in Marvel’s forthcoming “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
Season 1 of “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” streams on HBO Max as part of a deal Comedy Central Productions made with WarnerMedia last summer, and Season 2 will premiere there after its Comedy Central run ends.
- 6/29/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
The distributor has also picked up a SXSW drama.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has acquired UK and Ireland rights to three dramas set to screen at the Berlinale’s Summer Special and a title first seen at SXSW.
The London-based firm has picked up Memory Box, directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, from The Playtime Group; Anna Zohra Berrached’s Copilot from The Match Factory; and Jacqueline Lentzou’s Moon, 66 Questions from Luxbox
Modern Films has also added Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife to its release slate, following its debut at SXSW, in a deal with Memento International.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has acquired UK and Ireland rights to three dramas set to screen at the Berlinale’s Summer Special and a title first seen at SXSW.
The London-based firm has picked up Memory Box, directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, from The Playtime Group; Anna Zohra Berrached’s Copilot from The Match Factory; and Jacqueline Lentzou’s Moon, 66 Questions from Luxbox
Modern Films has also added Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife to its release slate, following its debut at SXSW, in a deal with Memento International.
- 6/4/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
"A small part of me was starting to second guess myself." IFC Films has unveiled the first teaser trailer for The Nowhere Inn, a strange meta comedy mockumentary creation from filmmaker Bill Benz. This initially premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last year, and also played at the Outfest Film Festival later in the year. The singer known as St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre. Starring Annie Clark, aka "St. Vincent", and Carrie Brownstein, with Ezra Buzzington, Toko Yasuda, Chris Aquilino, Drew Connick. This looks exceptionally strange and alluring; a touch of David Lynch and a dash of Christopher Guest. Sundance says it's "a funny metacritique of fame that relishes the power of reinvention while calling out our incessant demand for entertainment over authenticity." Radical.
- 5/18/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Originally premiering back at Sundance Film Festival last year, we imagine if it wasn’t for the pandemic, The Nowhere Inn would have been released in 2020. However, the timing is a bit fortuitous for its stars as IFC Films have now set it for a release this fall. Starring St. Vincent aka Annie Clark and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein––both of whom have new albums this year––the first teaser for the meta tale has arrived.
Directed by Bill Benz, the film is a metafictional account of the two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
Watch the teaser below for the film also featuring Dakota Johnson and Ezra Buzzington.
The Nowhere Inn opens...
Directed by Bill Benz, the film is a metafictional account of the two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
Watch the teaser below for the film also featuring Dakota Johnson and Ezra Buzzington.
The Nowhere Inn opens...
- 5/18/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Annie Clark, better known as indie rocker St. Vincent, has always molded her stage persona to fit the moment. But for her film “The Nowhere Inn,” she wanted to show her “real” side and finally take “control of the narrative.”
The only problem is, she admits in the first trailer for the film that somewhere along the line, things went “terribly wrong.”
“The Nowhere Inn” is part concert documentary — with St. Vincent and her friend Carrie Brownstein of “Portlandia” and Sleater-Kinney fame appearing as themselves — but the story is fictional and more than a bit surreal, with a mix of horror and sketch humor.
In the film, Clark recruits Brownstein to make a concert documentary about St. Vincent while showing the real Annie Clark behind the scenes. But when Brownstein tries to coax some of St. Vincent’s onstage energy into the offstage Annie, her stage presence begins to overtake...
The only problem is, she admits in the first trailer for the film that somewhere along the line, things went “terribly wrong.”
“The Nowhere Inn” is part concert documentary — with St. Vincent and her friend Carrie Brownstein of “Portlandia” and Sleater-Kinney fame appearing as themselves — but the story is fictional and more than a bit surreal, with a mix of horror and sketch humor.
In the film, Clark recruits Brownstein to make a concert documentary about St. Vincent while showing the real Annie Clark behind the scenes. But when Brownstein tries to coax some of St. Vincent’s onstage energy into the offstage Annie, her stage presence begins to overtake...
- 5/18/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Titles include ‘Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story’ and Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story of Looking’.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to a raft of documentaries set to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The acquisitions are led by Laura Fairrie’s Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story in a deal with AGC International, the sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. Following its world premiere at Tribeca next month, Modern Films is planning event preview screenings of the documentary in late June followed by a wider theatrical release...
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to a raft of documentaries set to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The acquisitions are led by Laura Fairrie’s Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story in a deal with AGC International, the sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. Following its world premiere at Tribeca next month, Modern Films is planning event preview screenings of the documentary in late June followed by a wider theatrical release...
- 5/17/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
St. Vincent has released a new track, “Down,” from her upcoming album, Daddy’s Home, out May 14th via Loma Vista Recordings.
“Down” is yet another blend of Seventies pastiche with contemporary flourishes as St. Vincent laces a sharp funk groove with layers of synths and guitars while packing the chorus with rich backing harmonies.
The track arrives with a music video, co-directed by St. Vincent and Bill Benz, which also recalls Seventies-era films. It finds St. Vincent in the middle of some kind of investigation that involves tapping phones, digging through documents,...
“Down” is yet another blend of Seventies pastiche with contemporary flourishes as St. Vincent laces a sharp funk groove with layers of synths and guitars while packing the chorus with rich backing harmonies.
The track arrives with a music video, co-directed by St. Vincent and Bill Benz, which also recalls Seventies-era films. It finds St. Vincent in the middle of some kind of investigation that involves tapping phones, digging through documents,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
St. Vincent has released a new music video for “The Melting of the Sun,” a track off her upcoming album, Daddy’s Home, out May 14th via Loma Vista.
The animated clip remains firmly in the Seventies aesthetic St. Vincent has embraced for Daddy’s Home, down to a cheeky title card that claims the clip comes from “Candy’s Music Video Archives” — a reference to Warhol muse Candy Darling. St. Vincent co-directed the video with Bill Benz, while Chris McD rendered the old-school animation style, bringing to life the song’s...
The animated clip remains firmly in the Seventies aesthetic St. Vincent has embraced for Daddy’s Home, down to a cheeky title card that claims the clip comes from “Candy’s Music Video Archives” — a reference to Warhol muse Candy Darling. St. Vincent co-directed the video with Bill Benz, while Chris McD rendered the old-school animation style, bringing to life the song’s...
- 4/7/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
IFC Films has acquired from Topic Studios the North American rights to “The Nowhere Inn,” the film starring, co-written by and centered on indie rock guitarist St. Vincent.
Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, wrote the screenplay with “Portlandia” star and fellow musician Carrie Brownstein. The film is a genre-bending mockumentary of sorts that premiered at Sundance in the Midnight section back in 2020. IFC will now release “The Nowhere Inn” later this fall.
“The Nowhere Inn” is a metafictional story about how real-life friends Clark and Brownstein decide to make a documentary film about St. Vincent’s tour that Brownstein would direct. The movie within the movie examines St. Vincent’s music, touring life and public persona behind the scenes. But they quickly discover that in their effort to make the film and understand the person behind the St. Vincent guise, the real Annie Clark and the stage persona of St.
Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, wrote the screenplay with “Portlandia” star and fellow musician Carrie Brownstein. The film is a genre-bending mockumentary of sorts that premiered at Sundance in the Midnight section back in 2020. IFC will now release “The Nowhere Inn” later this fall.
“The Nowhere Inn” is a metafictional story about how real-life friends Clark and Brownstein decide to make a documentary film about St. Vincent’s tour that Brownstein would direct. The movie within the movie examines St. Vincent’s music, touring life and public persona behind the scenes. But they quickly discover that in their effort to make the film and understand the person behind the St. Vincent guise, the real Annie Clark and the stage persona of St.
- 3/1/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that IFC Films has just taken North American rights to The Nowhere Inn from Topic Studios. The pic, a fractured commentary on reality, identity, and authenticity, is produced, written by, and stars Carrie Brownstein and Grammy winner Annie “St. Vincent” Clark. The Nowhere Inn also reps the feature directorial debut of frequent Portlandia collaborator and scribe Bill Benz.
The movie, which made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, marks the first feature length film in which Clark has simultaneously produced, starred and composed all the original music. A fall 2021 release is currently planned.
The Nowhere Inn is a metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and public persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
The movie, which made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, marks the first feature length film in which Clark has simultaneously produced, starred and composed all the original music. A fall 2021 release is currently planned.
The Nowhere Inn is a metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and public persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives.
- 3/1/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Riz Ahmed, one of the top contenders in the best actor race, is being honored by the Miami Film Festival with its inaugural Impact Award.
“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing. The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric and Lauren Ridloff.
“We selected Riz for this distinguished honor for his incisive, brilliant performance in ‘Sound of Metal’ and what it has meant for the Recovery community within the Deaf community, which is often invisible in our society,” says Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante.
Ahmed’s performance as Ruben has received critical acclaim and currently has won the most accolades of any best actor contender this awards season, including the National Board of Review and the Gothams. His co-star Raci also leads for supporting actor wins. Ahmed also...
“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing. The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric and Lauren Ridloff.
“We selected Riz for this distinguished honor for his incisive, brilliant performance in ‘Sound of Metal’ and what it has meant for the Recovery community within the Deaf community, which is often invisible in our society,” says Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante.
Ahmed’s performance as Ruben has received critical acclaim and currently has won the most accolades of any best actor contender this awards season, including the National Board of Review and the Gothams. His co-star Raci also leads for supporting actor wins. Ahmed also...
- 1/28/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Outfest Los Angeles is going virtual this year and they have unveiled their stacked lineup for the 11-day festival which kicks off August 20.
The LGBTQ film fest fest will include over 160 films with 35 world premieres, 10 North American premieres and 4 U.S. premieres to Los Angeles for 2020. The fest will live on http://www.outfestla2020.com and there will also be “Outfest LA Under the Stars”, a drive-in experience will take place at the stunning Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, where for two extended weekends the Festival will be hosting a series of drive-in screenings across six-nights on two lots, including both kick-off and closing events. The drive-in screenings will start with the Sundance pic The Nowhere Inn starring musicians Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstein. Other screenings will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
Over 70% of films at Outfest LA directed by female, trans, and Poc filmmakers. The Breakthrough Centerpiece will be...
The LGBTQ film fest fest will include over 160 films with 35 world premieres, 10 North American premieres and 4 U.S. premieres to Los Angeles for 2020. The fest will live on http://www.outfestla2020.com and there will also be “Outfest LA Under the Stars”, a drive-in experience will take place at the stunning Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, where for two extended weekends the Festival will be hosting a series of drive-in screenings across six-nights on two lots, including both kick-off and closing events. The drive-in screenings will start with the Sundance pic The Nowhere Inn starring musicians Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstein. Other screenings will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
Over 70% of films at Outfest LA directed by female, trans, and Poc filmmakers. The Breakthrough Centerpiece will be...
- 8/11/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, has today unveiled its feature film lineup, including a number of world premieres and a selection of proven hits from other festivals, including Tiff, Sundance, and SXSW. The features program will include 115 films from 124 filmmakers from across 33 different countries. This newly announced lineup includes 95 world premieres, 2 international premieres, 4 North American premieres, 4 U.S. premieres, and 9 New York premieres, plus one sneak preview. The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival will run April 15 to 26 across New York City and even, for the first time ever, New Jersey.
“This year’s festival embraces the unique power of film to bring people together — whether that’s literally the communal experience of watching a film in a packed theater, or the more intangible way a great film can make you empathize with a stranger’s struggle,” said festival director Cara Cusumano in an official statement. “In an election year where...
“This year’s festival embraces the unique power of film to bring people together — whether that’s literally the communal experience of watching a film in a packed theater, or the more intangible way a great film can make you empathize with a stranger’s struggle,” said festival director Cara Cusumano in an official statement. “In an election year where...
- 3/3/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Now that Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstein have made “The Nowhere Inn,” a surreal, mind-bending and satirical mockumentary about the push and pull between Clark’s real life identity and her onstage persona St. Vincent, Clark is wondering where the St. Vincent character can go from here.
The film from director Bill Benz that premiered at Sundance goes deep into the ideas of narcissism and personality as examined by St. Vincent’s colorful, blistering stage shows and indie art rock, but could “The Nowhere Inn” be curtains for St. Vincent?
“I think in the end, in some ways it kind of blows up the whole character of St. Vincent in a way. It’s kind of the final…where else can you go with that,” Clark told TheWrap at the Sundance Film Festival.
“So you’re retiring,” Benz asked Clark in response. “I’m announcing my retirement, and I’m...
The film from director Bill Benz that premiered at Sundance goes deep into the ideas of narcissism and personality as examined by St. Vincent’s colorful, blistering stage shows and indie art rock, but could “The Nowhere Inn” be curtains for St. Vincent?
“I think in the end, in some ways it kind of blows up the whole character of St. Vincent in a way. It’s kind of the final…where else can you go with that,” Clark told TheWrap at the Sundance Film Festival.
“So you’re retiring,” Benz asked Clark in response. “I’m announcing my retirement, and I’m...
- 2/10/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
While at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, this writer had the opportunity to catch a wide variety of films while at the fest, including Shana Feste’s Run Sweetheart Run, The Nowhere Inn featuring St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein, and the light-hearted end of the world romp, Save Yourselves! Here’s a look at what I thought about this tantalizing trio of genre and genre-adjacent projects:
Run Sweetheart Run: I feel like it’s safe to say that everyone at one point or another in their lives has been on a nightmare date of some kind. Mine involved a friend who left me at his prom, and then came back only to get us lost in downtown Chicago until the very late hours of the night, with me having to help push his car off a median strip at one point, and culminating with a run through a drive-thru at McDonald...
Run Sweetheart Run: I feel like it’s safe to say that everyone at one point or another in their lives has been on a nightmare date of some kind. Mine involved a friend who left me at his prom, and then came back only to get us lost in downtown Chicago until the very late hours of the night, with me having to help push his car off a median strip at one point, and culminating with a run through a drive-thru at McDonald...
- 2/7/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
“The Nowhere Inn,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is a music mockumentary that stars Carrie Brownstein, one of the founding members of the rock band Sleater-Kinney. In the film, Brownstein plays the director of a documentary chronicling Annie Clark’s music persona St. Vincent on a fictionalized version of her Masseduction tour, but to another layer of meta-reality to this project, she’s done that in real life, too. (Her credits include episodes of “Portlandia” and “Mrs. Fletcher.”) But Brownstein did not direct “The Nowhere Inn,” which was made by Bill Benz.
Are you still with us?
During an interview in the Variety Studio at Sundance, Brownstein was circumspect about the Oscars once again snubbing women directors this year. “I’m of two minds,” she said. “I think there’s something a little arbitrary about awards. There were actually so many great movies this year, many of which were directed by women,...
Are you still with us?
During an interview in the Variety Studio at Sundance, Brownstein was circumspect about the Oscars once again snubbing women directors this year. “I’m of two minds,” she said. “I think there’s something a little arbitrary about awards. There were actually so many great movies this year, many of which were directed by women,...
- 1/31/2020
- by Meg Zukin
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m not for everybody,” says Annie Clark, the artist also known as St. Vincent — though not to the limo driver who, at the beginning of Bill Benz‘s metafictional mockumentary “The Nowhere Inn,” is interrogating her accusatorily about who she is, knowing she’s famous but having never heard of her. Clark, pristinely clad in designer trench and please-leave-me-alone rock-star sunglasses, doesn’t say it to be dismissive, but rather to give the limo driver a way out of an awkward social situation.
Continue reading ‘The Nowhere Inn’: St. Vincent & Carrie Brownstein Flirt With Self-Awareness In This Mock Rock Doc [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Nowhere Inn’: St. Vincent & Carrie Brownstein Flirt With Self-Awareness In This Mock Rock Doc [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/29/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Bill Benz’ directorial debut The Nowhere Inn explores the absurdity of fame and persona, centering around the real dichotomy between musician Annie Clark and her stage presence as St. Vincent. Carrie Brownstein plays a director making a documentary about Clark’s life, but eventually finds St. Vincent overtaking the narrative and decimating the conventions of reality. Starting out by scraping by in Philly and eventually tackling an ambitious metacritical film, Dp Minka Farthing-Kohl speaks to Filmmaker about her experience on the set of The Nowhere Inn. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What […]...
- 1/27/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Bill Benz’ directorial debut The Nowhere Inn explores the absurdity of fame and persona, centering around the real dichotomy between musician Annie Clark and her stage presence as St. Vincent. Carrie Brownstein plays a director making a documentary about Clark’s life, but eventually finds St. Vincent overtaking the narrative and decimating the conventions of reality. Starting out by scraping by in Philly and eventually tackling an ambitious metacritical film, Dp Minka Farthing-Kohl speaks to Filmmaker about her experience on the set of The Nowhere Inn. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What […]...
- 1/27/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Bill Benz’s high-concept rock mockumentary opens with a white limo speeding through the desert. The driver (Ezra Buzzington) has never heard of his passenger, the cult sensation Annie Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent. “I’m not for everybody,” she shrugs. The driver is unsatisfied. “Don’t worry,” he glowers. “We’ll find out who you are.”
That threat hangs over Clark’s black-bobbed head for the rest of the film’s running time. Clark hires friend Carrie Brownstein, the Sleater-Kinney guitarist and “Portlandia” comedian (with whom Clark also wrote this script), to shoot a documentary of her Masseduction tour for “people to know who I really am.” The problem is Clark is a Scrabble-playing, radish-eating, people-pleasing dork. Fans love St. Vincent, a guitar-shredding Amazon in thigh-high neon boots with a voice that sounds piped in from a spaceship. St. Vincent commands attention. As for Clark,...
That threat hangs over Clark’s black-bobbed head for the rest of the film’s running time. Clark hires friend Carrie Brownstein, the Sleater-Kinney guitarist and “Portlandia” comedian (with whom Clark also wrote this script), to shoot a documentary of her Masseduction tour for “people to know who I really am.” The problem is Clark is a Scrabble-playing, radish-eating, people-pleasing dork. Fans love St. Vincent, a guitar-shredding Amazon in thigh-high neon boots with a voice that sounds piped in from a spaceship. St. Vincent commands attention. As for Clark,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
Some 40 years after “This is Spinal Tap,” the prospect of another mockumentary on self-involved rock stars might not sound so appealing. Fortunately, “The Nowhere Inn” goes beyond the call of duty with a mesmerizing seriocomic descent into the madness of modern fame. This unclassifiable whatsit from singer-songwriter St. Vincent and Bff Carrie Brownstein works overtime to reinvent itself every step of the way, in a hilarious (if sometimes baffling) means of illustrating its outré point.
On its surface, “The Nowhere Inn” centers on St. Vincent’s road trip as she struggles to reconcile her onstage persona with her more grounded identity as Annie Clark. It’s a journey that’s absurd and eerie, ridiculous and deep. Pitched somewhere between traditional rockumentary tropes and a heap of zany Adult Swim shorts, it dips into the deadpan folksy satire of Brownstein’s “Portlandia” before veering into a shapeshifting psychological thriller worthy of vintage De Palma.
On its surface, “The Nowhere Inn” centers on St. Vincent’s road trip as she struggles to reconcile her onstage persona with her more grounded identity as Annie Clark. It’s a journey that’s absurd and eerie, ridiculous and deep. Pitched somewhere between traditional rockumentary tropes and a heap of zany Adult Swim shorts, it dips into the deadpan folksy satire of Brownstein’s “Portlandia” before veering into a shapeshifting psychological thriller worthy of vintage De Palma.
- 1/26/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
It’s hard to believe that another Sundance Film Festival is upon us, but here we are. Tomorrow, the festivities kick off in Park City, and Sundance will run through Sunday, February 2nd, 2020. Daily Dead will once again be in attendance and this year’s slate of genre offerings looks to mix things up in ways we haven’t seen before. Just in terms of horror, sci-fi, and darkly comedic stories being presented at Sundance in 2020, four are helmed by women, five directors are making their feature film directorial debuts here, and there a variety of countries being represented this year at Sundance on the genre front as well, including the UK, Indonesia, Guatemala, France, Australia, Canada, and Spain.
Normally, I’d try to pick the films I was the most excited about, but really, I’m excited about all of them, because getting to discover new cinematic stories and...
Normally, I’d try to pick the films I was the most excited about, but really, I’m excited about all of them, because getting to discover new cinematic stories and...
- 1/22/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Last year’s Midnight section gave us Greener Grass, The Lodge and Sweetheart. In 2020, it appears that the section is more “worldly” with four foreign selection, while being complemented by a fivesome of American indie projects. At the top of the list: we have the long awaited sophomore feature Bad Hair by Justin Simien — which must have been in post for more than two years. We have Bill Benz directing scribes/stars Carrie Brownstein and Annie Clark in The Nowhere Inn, while Shana Feste has Blumhouse in her backyard with Run Sweetheart Run. Here are the nine selections:
Amulet / United Kingdom — Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother.…...
Amulet / United Kingdom — Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother.…...
- 12/5/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
New documentaries about Taylor Swift and the Go-Go’s, as well as a film from St. Vincent, will premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 23rd through February 2nd in Park City, Utah.
The Swift film, Miss Americana, was directed by Lana Wilson and, per a statement, follows Swift “during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.” Two of the producers listed on the project,...
The Swift film, Miss Americana, was directed by Lana Wilson and, per a statement, follows Swift “during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.” Two of the producers listed on the project,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Untitled Adam Leon Project
Gimme the Loot (2012) and Tramps (2016) filmmaker Adam Leon hasn’t made a jump to Sundance yet, but that could very well change with a project that is being kept under wraps. Closely worked on with actress Vanessa Kirby, production took place in March this year. Brett Jutkiewicz who worked on Safdie bros.’ early works is the cinematographer and Andrea Roa is among the producers.
Prediction: U.S. Dramatic Competition
Untitled St. Vincent Project
An editor on Portlandia who made his first solo outing as a filmmaker, Bill Benz worked from a music themed drama co-written by Carrie Brownstein and Annie Clark in May.…...
Gimme the Loot (2012) and Tramps (2016) filmmaker Adam Leon hasn’t made a jump to Sundance yet, but that could very well change with a project that is being kept under wraps. Closely worked on with actress Vanessa Kirby, production took place in March this year. Brett Jutkiewicz who worked on Safdie bros.’ early works is the cinematographer and Andrea Roa is among the producers.
Prediction: U.S. Dramatic Competition
Untitled St. Vincent Project
An editor on Portlandia who made his first solo outing as a filmmaker, Bill Benz worked from a music themed drama co-written by Carrie Brownstein and Annie Clark in May.…...
- 11/13/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Streamer enters fray after quiet start at festival.
Amazon Studios has swooped on Us rights to Tiff Platform selection Sound Of Metal starring Riz Ahmed and also picked up Midnight Madness entryThe Vast Of Night.
Amazon Studios is looking at a 2020 theatrical release on both titles. At time of writing it had not confirmed what type of theatrical release the films will get in the Us – whether they be the two-week run before a launch on Prime Video in the vein of The Report and The Aeronauts, or a longer run.
The streamer did the deal on Sound Of Metal with CAA Media Finance.
Amazon Studios has swooped on Us rights to Tiff Platform selection Sound Of Metal starring Riz Ahmed and also picked up Midnight Madness entryThe Vast Of Night.
Amazon Studios is looking at a 2020 theatrical release on both titles. At time of writing it had not confirmed what type of theatrical release the films will get in the Us – whether they be the two-week run before a launch on Prime Video in the vein of The Report and The Aeronauts, or a longer run.
The streamer did the deal on Sound Of Metal with CAA Media Finance.
- 9/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Protagonist Pictures represents international rights.
Amazon Studios has swooped on Us rights to Tiff Platform selection Sound Of Metal starring Riz Ahmed and is looking at a 2020 theatrical release on the drama about a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing.
Amazon Studios did not confirm what type of theatrical release the film will get in the Us – be it the two-week launch before it goes on to Prime Video in the vein of The Report and The Aeronauts, or a longer run.
Ahmed stars alongside Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff and Mathieu Amalric as a musician who must...
Amazon Studios has swooped on Us rights to Tiff Platform selection Sound Of Metal starring Riz Ahmed and is looking at a 2020 theatrical release on the drama about a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing.
Amazon Studios did not confirm what type of theatrical release the film will get in the Us – be it the two-week launch before it goes on to Prime Video in the vein of The Report and The Aeronauts, or a longer run.
Ahmed stars alongside Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff and Mathieu Amalric as a musician who must...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.