Ward Davis, a contemporary and collaborator of modern-day outlaws Cody Jinks and Kendell Marvel, has announced his new album Black Cats and Crows. Due November 20th, the announcement arrives with the brooding title track, an ominous piano ballad in which Davis questions why the deck is stacked against him.
“God must have it in for me,” Davis wails. “Every road I walk I see black cats and crows.”
Written by Davis with Jinks and Tennessee Jet during what the singer-songwriter calls a “dark chapter of my life,” “Black Cats and Crows” became therapy for Davis,...
“God must have it in for me,” Davis wails. “Every road I walk I see black cats and crows.”
Written by Davis with Jinks and Tennessee Jet during what the singer-songwriter calls a “dark chapter of my life,” “Black Cats and Crows” became therapy for Davis,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Altman's murder tale reeks of insider access and Hollywood hipster Bs; its main claim to greatness is its fifty-plus star cameos. It may no longer seem as smart as it looked in 1992, but they don't make 'em any slicker than this. The Player Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 812 1992 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 124 min. / Available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date May 24, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lyle Lovett. Cinematography Jean Lépine Original Music Thomas Newman Written by Michael Tolkin from his novel Produced by David Brown, Michael Tolkin, Nick Wechsler Directed by Robert Altman
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Robert Altman's filmography is undergoing what looks like a full retrospective through Criterion; even the 1975 title Nashville came out not long ago. This very successful later picture marks a revitalization of the director's career. It's sort of a Kafkaesque spin on Hail,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Robert Altman's filmography is undergoing what looks like a full retrospective through Criterion; even the 1975 title Nashville came out not long ago. This very successful later picture marks a revitalization of the director's career. It's sort of a Kafkaesque spin on Hail,...
- 5/31/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Without a doubt, Robert Altman is one of the most influential directors in American film history. Always creative, innovative, subversive and prolific, he took chances and tried almost every single genre and narrative approach without sacrificing his distinct style until his passing in 2006. His commercial and/or critical hits are each bona fide classics in American cinema. "Nashville," "Mash," "The Long Goodbye," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," "The Player," "Short Cuts," "Gosford Park"… the list goes on and on. Even his misses (does anyone remember "O.C. and Stiggs," Altman’s bizarre attempt at an '80s sex comedy?) are fascinating. Now you can get your Altman fix by revisiting an excellent documentary that has been kicking around online. Originally produced and broadcast in 1996 by England’s Channel 4 (let’s face it, the European audience appreciated Altman a lot more than Americans ever did) as part of...
- 8/18/2014
- by Oktay Ege Kozak
- The Playlist
NYPD Blue, the first cop show to really up the ante since co-creator Steven Bochco’s Hill Street Blues, was going strong early in season one. Bochco, along with David Milch, had brought to the small screen a procedural that also focused on character, and a spate of writers and character actors that gave the show its home-grown feel. Round five of our episode-by-episode recap is no practical joke.
Season 1, Episode 5
Emission Accomplished
Original Air Date: October 19th, 1993
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times now, we’re still not quite into what will become the normal groove for the show. Part of that entails three teams of detectives, working as partners, who catch cases as they come in, usually focusing on two cases per episode. Since we’re not quite there, there have been a lot of detectives just kinda wandering around the squad room, some with file folders,...
Season 1, Episode 5
Emission Accomplished
Original Air Date: October 19th, 1993
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times now, we’re still not quite into what will become the normal groove for the show. Part of that entails three teams of detectives, working as partners, who catch cases as they come in, usually focusing on two cases per episode. Since we’re not quite there, there have been a lot of detectives just kinda wandering around the squad room, some with file folders,...
- 6/30/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
Robert Altman was a regular at Cannes, starting with his Palme d’Or-winning Mash in 1970. The award was soon followed with nominations for other works, including Thieves Like Us and 3 Women, and then recognition as Best Director in 1992 with The Player. Five and a half years after his passing in 2006, the director returns to the festival again, this time as the subject of the authorized bio-doc Altman.
Now in pre-production, the film is being presented to buyers at the Cannes Market by producers David Koh and Josh & Dan Braun of Submarine Entertainment, along with co-financier Stanley Buchthal, he of Dakota Group. Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Grass, Go Further) will direct Altman, which is in the process of being produced by Mann’s Toronto-based Sphinx as an Epix Original Documentary, in association with Astral’s pay TV service Movie Network (Tmn). It’s also being co-produced by Altman’s widow,...
Now in pre-production, the film is being presented to buyers at the Cannes Market by producers David Koh and Josh & Dan Braun of Submarine Entertainment, along with co-financier Stanley Buchthal, he of Dakota Group. Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Grass, Go Further) will direct Altman, which is in the process of being produced by Mann’s Toronto-based Sphinx as an Epix Original Documentary, in association with Astral’s pay TV service Movie Network (Tmn). It’s also being co-produced by Altman’s widow,...
- 5/20/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
His roles, his career and his politics are a story of change and reversals; but his unforgettable energy drove him on to the end
As I sit down to write about Dennis Hopper, a man I knew a bit, a cowboy hipster who grew up in Old Hollywood and helped create New Hollywood, the BBC is running a breaking news roller at the bottom of my TV screen: "Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, star of Easy Rider and Apocalypse Now, has died."
It's a paltry log line. It should at least have said that he directed Easy Rider, the film whose jaggy trippiness mocked Hollywood's squareness in 1969. What else about the man should we recall?
Firstly, that he was indeed a Stetson-wearing cowboy of sorts, born in Dodge City of all places, in 1936. And, as if to prove the point, he was in Gunfight at the Ok Corral and True Grit with John Wayne,...
As I sit down to write about Dennis Hopper, a man I knew a bit, a cowboy hipster who grew up in Old Hollywood and helped create New Hollywood, the BBC is running a breaking news roller at the bottom of my TV screen: "Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, star of Easy Rider and Apocalypse Now, has died."
It's a paltry log line. It should at least have said that he directed Easy Rider, the film whose jaggy trippiness mocked Hollywood's squareness in 1969. What else about the man should we recall?
Firstly, that he was indeed a Stetson-wearing cowboy of sorts, born in Dodge City of all places, in 1936. And, as if to prove the point, he was in Gunfight at the Ok Corral and True Grit with John Wayne,...
- 5/30/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Jeannine Cosden, an actress turned talent agent, died Jan. 1 in Ojai, Calif., after suffering a stroke on Christmas Eve. She was 79.
As Jeannine Ann Cole, she performed onstage with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in "The Pleasure of His Company," Bob Cummings in "The Marriage Go Round," Ken Berry and Ed Ames in "I Do, I Do," "California Suite" with Tom Poston, "The Max Factor" with Cesar Romero and "Showboat" with Forrest Tucker.
She also appeared in the 1985 Robert Altman film "O.C. and Stiggs."
After acting, Cosden joined her husband, talent agent Robert Cosden, as co-owner of the Cosden Agency in Los Angeles, and expanded their theater clientele to include film and television. The firm represented two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou.
Shortly after moving to Ojai in 2000, the Chicago native opened Cole Management and specialized in guiding the careers of young actors. Clients included "Hannah Montana" regular Jason Earles.
In addition to her husband,...
As Jeannine Ann Cole, she performed onstage with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in "The Pleasure of His Company," Bob Cummings in "The Marriage Go Round," Ken Berry and Ed Ames in "I Do, I Do," "California Suite" with Tom Poston, "The Max Factor" with Cesar Romero and "Showboat" with Forrest Tucker.
She also appeared in the 1985 Robert Altman film "O.C. and Stiggs."
After acting, Cosden joined her husband, talent agent Robert Cosden, as co-owner of the Cosden Agency in Los Angeles, and expanded their theater clientele to include film and television. The firm represented two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou.
Shortly after moving to Ojai in 2000, the Chicago native opened Cole Management and specialized in guiding the careers of young actors. Clients included "Hannah Montana" regular Jason Earles.
In addition to her husband,...
- 2/23/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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