Painting with John will not be returning for a fourth season. The artist series, featuring John Lurie, has been cancelled following the third season, which aired earlier this summer.
The comedy docuseries series follows the musician, painter, and actor as he paints in watercolors and reflects on music, art, and life. There were 18 episodes created over the three-season run. The title of the show alludes to Lurie's earlier series, Fishing with John. That ran for six episodes on IFC and Bravo in late 1991.
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The comedy docuseries series follows the musician, painter, and actor as he paints in watercolors and reflects on music, art, and life. There were 18 episodes created over the three-season run. The title of the show alludes to Lurie's earlier series, Fishing with John. That ran for six episodes on IFC and Bravo in late 1991.
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- 8/17/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
John Lurie is putting away his watercolors.
The actor, musician and painter revealed that his show Painting with John will end with its third season on HBO.
The series, which is part meditative tutorial and part fireside chat, sees Lurie shares his philosophical thoughts while honing his watercolor techniques.
Lurie revealed the news on social media, saying that he is “sad about it, but it is a miracle that it ever happened at all”.
The series launched in January 2021, the second season premiered in February 2022 and the third season launched in June 2023.
Lurie, who co-founded the jazz ensemble Lounge Lizards, has starred in films including Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law and was behind the Grammy nominated soundtrack for Get Shorty. He is also well known for Fishing with John, a cult series that aired on IFC and Bravo in the early 90s.
Written and directed by Lurie, who also did the music,...
The actor, musician and painter revealed that his show Painting with John will end with its third season on HBO.
The series, which is part meditative tutorial and part fireside chat, sees Lurie shares his philosophical thoughts while honing his watercolor techniques.
Lurie revealed the news on social media, saying that he is “sad about it, but it is a miracle that it ever happened at all”.
The series launched in January 2021, the second season premiered in February 2022 and the third season launched in June 2023.
Lurie, who co-founded the jazz ensemble Lounge Lizards, has starred in films including Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law and was behind the Grammy nominated soundtrack for Get Shorty. He is also well known for Fishing with John, a cult series that aired on IFC and Bravo in the early 90s.
Written and directed by Lurie, who also did the music,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Among other things, John Lurie is a reality-television pioneer.
A musician who founded jazz group the Lounge Lizards and who moonlighted as an actor in films such as Jim Jarmusch’s “Down By Law,” Lurie’s a polymath. His first television series, “Fishing With John,” premiered on Bravo in 1991 and riffed on the fishing shows found across the local-television landscape in the late 20th century — TV that made fun of itself when that was still weird. The show was born out of Lurie filming a fishing trip he took with Tom Waits in New Zealand. Its hallmark was over-the-top narration contrasted with mundane footage of white guys fishing. In one episode, the narrator insisted that Lurie was feuding with Dennis Hopper in Thailand. In another, he claimed that Lurie and Willem Dafoe died in Maine. (They did not.)
Lurie’s new show, “Painting With John,” is more earnest, but no less weird.
A musician who founded jazz group the Lounge Lizards and who moonlighted as an actor in films such as Jim Jarmusch’s “Down By Law,” Lurie’s a polymath. His first television series, “Fishing With John,” premiered on Bravo in 1991 and riffed on the fishing shows found across the local-television landscape in the late 20th century — TV that made fun of itself when that was still weird. The show was born out of Lurie filming a fishing trip he took with Tom Waits in New Zealand. Its hallmark was over-the-top narration contrasted with mundane footage of white guys fishing. In one episode, the narrator insisted that Lurie was feuding with Dennis Hopper in Thailand. In another, he claimed that Lurie and Willem Dafoe died in Maine. (They did not.)
Lurie’s new show, “Painting With John,” is more earnest, but no less weird.
- 1/22/2021
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Midway through the first episode of his new show, Painting With John, John Lurie stands on the porch of his home in the Caribbean, gazing at a serene purplish-pink sunset. “I felt I should I use this beautiful moment to say something poetic, but I don’t have anything. So just imagine I’m saying something poetic,” he says, addressing the viewer. Then, after a beat, “Why put it all on me? There’s a sunset. You think of something poetic.”
The sequence captures a quintessential Lurie-an mood, in which gruff,...
The sequence captures a quintessential Lurie-an mood, in which gruff,...
- 1/21/2021
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Thirty years after his first unscripted TV series aired, John Lurie is getting another.
HBO will debut “Painting With John,” a new series directed by, written by and starring Lurie, Jan. 22. Each of the new show’s six episodes will feature the artist, musician and actor painting watercolors and reflecting on life. Adam McKay and Todd Schulman of Hyperobject Industries will serve as executive producers. The series is photographed and edited by Erik Mockus.
Lurie had previously teased that he was working on a new TV project, writing on Twitter last year, “We have started shooting Painting With John. Whenever the painting or talking is going poorly, I say – Let’s go outside and shoot another elephant shot. So we do -“
We have started shooting Painting With John. Whenever the painting or talking is going poorly, I say – Let's go outside and shoot another elephant shot.
So we do – pic.
HBO will debut “Painting With John,” a new series directed by, written by and starring Lurie, Jan. 22. Each of the new show’s six episodes will feature the artist, musician and actor painting watercolors and reflecting on life. Adam McKay and Todd Schulman of Hyperobject Industries will serve as executive producers. The series is photographed and edited by Erik Mockus.
Lurie had previously teased that he was working on a new TV project, writing on Twitter last year, “We have started shooting Painting With John. Whenever the painting or talking is going poorly, I say – Let’s go outside and shoot another elephant shot. So we do -“
We have started shooting Painting With John. Whenever the painting or talking is going poorly, I say – Let's go outside and shoot another elephant shot.
So we do – pic.
- 12/10/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
As far as viral video #content goes, the Criterion Collection have got it nailed down with their Criterion Closet series. A sort of cinephile version of Supermarket Sweep, it’s seen all kinds of world-class filmmakers come to the headquarters of the great video label, and get to take with them whatever they can carry from their back catalog, while talking about some of their favorite filmmakers.
Read More: ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,’ ‘La La Land’ And The Bittersweetness Of A Demy Musical
The latest to get in there, following the likes of Barry Jenkins, Mike Leigh and Edgar Wright, is Ben Wheatley, who dropped by Criterion HQ on the press tour for his recent, highly enjoyable “Free Fire.” The “Kill List” helmer is, as most visiting filmmakers seem to be, visibly thrilled and like a kid in a candy store, and picks out a fine selection of movies, including “The Seven Samurai,...
Read More: ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,’ ‘La La Land’ And The Bittersweetness Of A Demy Musical
The latest to get in there, following the likes of Barry Jenkins, Mike Leigh and Edgar Wright, is Ben Wheatley, who dropped by Criterion HQ on the press tour for his recent, highly enjoyable “Free Fire.” The “Kill List” helmer is, as most visiting filmmakers seem to be, visibly thrilled and like a kid in a candy store, and picks out a fine selection of movies, including “The Seven Samurai,...
- 5/4/2017
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Anyone who knows independent film history also knows “Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes,” a memoir by seminal producer’s rep John Pierson of his role in launching the careers of filmmakers such as Kevin Smith, Spike Lee, and Richard Linklater. Between 1997 and 2001, Pierson had a new way to spotlight talented filmmakers with IFC’s “Split Screen.” Now FilmStruck has acquired “Split Screen” streaming rights and, starting this Saturday, the original episodes will become available, with six episodes added every six weeks. Pierson spoke to IndieWire by phone and shared his thoughts as to why the show still belongs on your radar.
The Late ’90s Were an Optimistic Moment
Whether it’s showing somebody you know, somebody you should know, or somebody you may never know because we featured some wacky people who never went anywhere — that sense of optimism permeates most everything we did. To me, this is a nice...
The Late ’90s Were an Optimistic Moment
Whether it’s showing somebody you know, somebody you should know, or somebody you may never know because we featured some wacky people who never went anywhere — that sense of optimism permeates most everything we did. To me, this is a nice...
- 12/9/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Several years ago, I watched the short-lived IFC series Fishing with John, an early reality show in which actor and indie icon John Lurie goes fishing with a different celebrity in each episode. The celebrities on that show were Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, and Dennis Hopper. It occurred to me that it would be fun to do a TV series called Tripping with Caveh, in which fishing with celebrities would be replaced by tripping with celebrities.>> - Caveh Zahedi...
- 12/5/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Several years ago, I watched the short-lived IFC series Fishing with John, an early reality show in which actor and indie icon John Lurie goes fishing with a different celebrity in each episode. The celebrities on that show were Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, and Dennis Hopper. It occurred to me that it would be fun to do a TV series called Tripping with Caveh, in which fishing with celebrities would be replaced by tripping with celebrities.>> - Caveh Zahedi...
- 12/5/2014
- Keyframe
It’s another week of TV season and series finales here on the podcast, giving us plenty to discuss. First we kick things off with a light Week in Comedy and some reality, including a brief check-in on Top Chef Duels and another lengthy Sytycd chat. Then it’s over to a robust Week in Genre, including the series finale of True Blood, some much overdue Legend of Korra s3 discussion, and a look at the Doctor Who premiere. Then we wind down our Week in TV with the dramas, including another strong Masters of Sex and the season finale of Rectify. Afterward, we make our long-awaited return to the DVD Shelf, as Tyler Smith of Battleship Pretension and More Than One Lesson joins us to discuss the fantastic, and under-seen, one season wonder, Fishing with John.
Our Week in Comedy and Reality (7:58-24:29): Garfunkel and Oates,...
Our Week in Comedy and Reality (7:58-24:29): Garfunkel and Oates,...
- 8/27/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
AudioPlayer.setup("http://nerve.com/files/players/audio/player.swf", { width: 350 }); Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now Every two weeks, titans of the mediasphere give Nerve their music recommendations. This week: Elliot Aronow, co-founder and creative director of Rcrd Lbl. 1. The Lounge Lizards, The Lounge Lizards I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about jazz, and that's probably why I enjoy the no-wave jazz/not-jazz of early-period Lounge Lizards so much. It's disrespectful to the genre in all the right ways. Saxophonist John Lurie (of Stranger Than Paradise and Fishing with John fame) is backed by a who's who of downtown legends like Arto Lindsay (DNA) and Anton Fier (the Feelies) and man do they go in. Skronk, soul, confusion, chaos, and bliss, all rolled together. Listen: "Do The Wrong Thing" MP3 AudioPlayer.embed(&[...]...
- 3/8/2011
- by Elliot Aronow
- Nerve
Being a publicist can be a thankless gig. You have to wrangle sometimes difficult talent and manage sometimes difficult members of the press (like your writer), you can easily get blamed if a movie doesn't do well, but if it does succeed, chances are you're not going to be one of the main people getting credit.
Reid Rosefelt, who's worked as a publicist and unit publicist for three decades on films from "Desperately Seeking Susan" to "Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr." to "Precious," offers some very entertaining insights into his profession at My Life As A Blog. On Sunday he posted an amazing anecdote about what it's like working on a film that you and everyone involved knows is a stinker, based on a comedy he worked on early in his career. I can't point you to it, though, because today he took it down.
Reid Rosefelt, who's worked as a publicist and unit publicist for three decades on films from "Desperately Seeking Susan" to "Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr." to "Precious," offers some very entertaining insights into his profession at My Life As A Blog. On Sunday he posted an amazing anecdote about what it's like working on a film that you and everyone involved knows is a stinker, based on a comedy he worked on early in his career. I can't point you to it, though, because today he took it down.
- 10/12/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
0:00 - Intro 4:35 - Headlines: Quantum Leap: The Movie, Google Movie in the Works, David Slade to Direct Wolverine 2?, The Death of Comic Book Movies 20:15 - Review: Piranha 3D 54:50 - Review: Centurion 1:12:30 - Trailer Trash: Black Swan, Monsters, I'm Still Here 1:22:15 - Other Stuff We Watched: Don’t You Forget About Me, Piranha, Leviathan, 12th and Delaware, Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade, Piranha II: The Spawning, Despicable Me, Redbelt, Fishing with John 1:55:00 - Junk Mail: The Expendables: Arnold's Team, Home Theatre Set Ups, Writing Movies with Specific Actors in Mind, Favourite On Screen Couples, Animated Segments in Documentaries, Holy Cinema Experiences, Hardcore Pawn 2:21:20 - Twitter Question: What old horror movie would you like to see remade in 3D? 2:25:10 - This Week's DVD Releases 2:32:10 - Outro » Download the MP3 (70 Mb) [1] » View the show notes...
- 8/23/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Dennis Hopper. One of the greats in cinema history. A consistent rebel in Hollywood, he pushed envelopes as often as he ripped them up and pissed on the scraps. And even when you could tell he was doing a film just for a paycheck, he did the most with that role and made us as film fans all the happier. I’m looking at you, “Waterworld”. So here at the Criterion Cast, I’ve decided to do a top 10 of my favorite Dennis Hopper roles in film. It also doesn’t hurt that he is in the Criterion Collection, in the TV series “Fishing With John”. Check it out if you haven’t already.
10. “Speed” (1994) – As villainous bomb expert Howard Payne, he more or less steals the movie from Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. But that’s like stealing candy from two rocks. I enjoy this film though, considering the...
10. “Speed” (1994) – As villainous bomb expert Howard Payne, he more or less steals the movie from Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. But that’s like stealing candy from two rocks. I enjoy this film though, considering the...
- 5/31/2010
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies that offer proof. Slashfilm’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a premiere for a provocative indie, a mini review, or a look at a book on a filmmaker's life. Any self-respecting male should take a few moments each year to look to the life of Dennis Hopper for inspiration, and this doesn't include watching the Hollywood renaissance man hold down his crazy button in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 or laughing in a haze at his hunt for candy in Thailand between ping pong bouts on Fishing with John. There are numerous reference books and movie history tomes available to familiarize and refresh on the actor and filmmaker’s invaluable contributions to film and counter culture. The latest is a coffee table book published by Rizzoli entitled Dennis Hopper & The New Hollywood...
- 4/19/2010
- by Hunter Stephenson
- Slash Film
Mike Jones points to the above teaser for Tripping with Caveh, which he describes as "a nifty series in the making from I'm a Sex Addict director Caveh Zahedi." As the teaser explains, Tripping with Caveh did start out conceptually as the first in a series, allegedly inspired by John Lurie's Fishing With John, but it ultimately became a sing ...
- 8/19/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
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