Earlier this month, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez was honored by the Human Rights Campaign with the Equality Award for her work advocating for the LGBTQ community. Accepting the award at the Jw Marriott in Downtown Los Angeles, Rodriguez delivered a rousing speech addressing the onslaught of more than 400 anti-queer bills that have been introduced across the country,
“I remember growing up in Jackson, New Jersey, and feeling free,” Rodriguez told the crowd at the Hrc Los Angeles dinner on March 25. “When I was four years old, I had no knowledge of the restrictions that society wanted to place on my body or on my existence. My light. The boxes they wanted to fit me and the standards they wanted me to uphold. I had full autonomy to be just me.”
When she was growing up, Rodriguez went to church regularly and took some important lessons from her studies of the Bible.
“I remember growing up in Jackson, New Jersey, and feeling free,” Rodriguez told the crowd at the Hrc Los Angeles dinner on March 25. “When I was four years old, I had no knowledge of the restrictions that society wanted to place on my body or on my existence. My light. The boxes they wanted to fit me and the standards they wanted me to uphold. I had full autonomy to be just me.”
When she was growing up, Rodriguez went to church regularly and took some important lessons from her studies of the Bible.
- 4/3/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Mubi has acquired world rights to Martine Syms’ feature The African Desperate, which is due to open theatrically in New York on September 16, with a wider rollout to follow.
The film had its world premiere at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam and North American premiere as the closing night film at New York’s New Directors/New Films. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Pic follows artist Palace Bryant (Diamond Stingily) on one very long day in 2017 that starts with her Mfa graduation from a white liberal arts college in upstate New York and ends at a Chicago Blue Line Station. Palace navigates the pitfalls of self-actualization and the fallacies of the art world.
Syms will present the film internationally as part of an in-person event tour throughout September and October in the U.S. and Europe. Following the theatrical release and events,...
The film had its world premiere at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam and North American premiere as the closing night film at New York’s New Directors/New Films. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Pic follows artist Palace Bryant (Diamond Stingily) on one very long day in 2017 that starts with her Mfa graduation from a white liberal arts college in upstate New York and ends at a Chicago Blue Line Station. Palace navigates the pitfalls of self-actualization and the fallacies of the art world.
Syms will present the film internationally as part of an in-person event tour throughout September and October in the U.S. and Europe. Following the theatrical release and events,...
- 7/6/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ways & Means, the indie film and television company, has named Thomas Grabinski as head of development.
The newly created role will report to principals Lana Kim and Jett Steiger, who founded the label in 2012.
Grabinski joins them from 3311 Productions, which made notable titles including “The Assistant,” “Brigsby Bear” and “John and the Hole.” He also served at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment.
“We have an incredible team at W&m and we’re so proud of the work that we’ve made together over the past 9 years. Looking forward, we couldn’t be more excited to continue our expansion into the Film & TV world — working with Thomas to uncover new stories and strengthen our relationships with writers and directors. Narrative work has always been an important part of the culture at W&m and we’re thrilled to have a true film lover like Thomas on the...
The newly created role will report to principals Lana Kim and Jett Steiger, who founded the label in 2012.
Grabinski joins them from 3311 Productions, which made notable titles including “The Assistant,” “Brigsby Bear” and “John and the Hole.” He also served at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment.
“We have an incredible team at W&m and we’re so proud of the work that we’ve made together over the past 9 years. Looking forward, we couldn’t be more excited to continue our expansion into the Film & TV world — working with Thomas to uncover new stories and strengthen our relationships with writers and directors. Narrative work has always been an important part of the culture at W&m and we’re thrilled to have a true film lover like Thomas on the...
- 10/11/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Thomas Grabinski has been tapped has head of development for Ways & Means. In this newly created role, Grabinski will help develop the company’s growing feature and television slate. Grabinski comes from 3311 Productions and Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment.
“We have an incredible team at W&m and we’re so proud of the work that we’ve made together over the past 9 years,” said Lana Kim and Jett Steiger. “Looking forward, we couldn’t be more excited to continue our expansion into the Film & TV world — working with Thomas to uncover new stories and strengthen our relationships with writers and directors. Narrative work has always been an important part of the culture at W&m and we’re thrilled to have a true film lover like Thomas on the team to guide and support these projects”
Founded in 2012 by Lana Kim and Jett Steiger, the company...
“We have an incredible team at W&m and we’re so proud of the work that we’ve made together over the past 9 years,” said Lana Kim and Jett Steiger. “Looking forward, we couldn’t be more excited to continue our expansion into the Film & TV world — working with Thomas to uncover new stories and strengthen our relationships with writers and directors. Narrative work has always been an important part of the culture at W&m and we’re thrilled to have a true film lover like Thomas on the team to guide and support these projects”
Founded in 2012 by Lana Kim and Jett Steiger, the company...
- 10/8/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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
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
Keri Russell was unwittingly by my side at the start of the most painful chapter of my life.
The wretched afternoon in question is chronicled in my new memoir, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, which is available beginning today at your local bookstore and all major online retailers. The tome delves into my 13-year relationship with my late husband, Kit Cowan, who — as followers of mine on social media and regular readers of TVLine know — died in 2015 after an 11-month battle with a rare and merciless form of colorectal cancer.
Although flashbacks to the early days of our goofy, amorous...
The wretched afternoon in question is chronicled in my new memoir, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, which is available beginning today at your local bookstore and all major online retailers. The tome delves into my 13-year relationship with my late husband, Kit Cowan, who — as followers of mine on social media and regular readers of TVLine know — died in 2015 after an 11-month battle with a rare and merciless form of colorectal cancer.
Although flashbacks to the early days of our goofy, amorous...
- 9/12/2017
- TVLine.com
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