Photographer Kieran Kesner's Photos of Ukraine
While the tumultuous tension across Ukraine has died down a bit over the summer, we all remember the unease that splintered the country during the first half of 2014. New York-based photographer Kieran Kesner was on location to capture some of the tension and unease across Ukraine, capturing photos from both protests and personal portraits of various Ukrainian citizens. I've selected a few from his series for the gallery below, but you can find the complete series and an exclusive interview with Dazed here.
[via Dazed]
Bill Murray Supports an All-Female Ghostbusters Reboot
Despite the lack of activity over the years, I always felt confident that Ghostbusters 3 would eventually be made. However, with Harold Ramis' untimely departure earlier this year (and Bill Murray's continued disinterest in the sequel), those hopes have all but been dashed. With that said, there were rumors that Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Bridesmaids) would take over the director's chair from Ivan Reitman. While nothing official has been announced, more information came out that if Feig did take on Ghostbusters 3, he would introduce an all-female cast of Ghostbusters that would function more like a reboot and not a sequel.
This past weekend during Toronto International Film Festival's special "Bill Murray Day," the actor himself spoke out about the all-female Ghostbusters rumors, offering his own opinion and even cast suggestions:
It sounds great to me. It sounds as good an idea as any other! There are a lot of women that could scare off any kind of vapor! No, it’s a grand idea, I don’t know who they’re talking about, but it’s a good idea, I would watch it! I mean, I love Robert Palmer’s videos, so why wouldn’t I love the female Ghostbusters? [...] Melissa would be a spectacular Ghostbuster. And Kristen Wiig is so funny — God, she’s funny! I like this girl Linda Cardellini a lot. And Emma Stone is funny. There are some funny girls out there.
McCarthy has been at the forefront of female-driven comedies as of late with The Heat, Tammy, Identity Thief having been released over the past year. Wiig's also been building her stock up alongside McCarthy with Bridesmaids, SNL, and The Skeleton Twins only being a small sample of her filmography recently. Cardellini and Feig have a working history together as the former starred as Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks and was most recently seen on New Girl. Stone, obviously, is part of the new rising talent of young actresses in Hollywood, starring in Superbad, Zombieland, and the The Amazing Spider-Man films.
Who would you want cast into an all-female Ghostbusters film?
[via /Film]
Riot Fest Chicago 2014 Set Times Available
A week before Riot Fest's 10th Anniversary, the weekend's full set times have been released. Much like last year's Riot Fest (read our Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 recaps!), there aren't many scheduling conflicts on my tentative schedule. I'll go into more detail on my "Top Artists to See at Riot Fest 2014" list next week, but I'm feeling really excited about this year's lineup. It may not carry the same "Wow!" factor that last year's did, but this year does feature some amazing Chicago talent, including my good friends ShowYouSuck and Netherfriends, plus rising Chicago artists Lucki Eck$, The Orwells, The Crombies, and more. You can check out the set times by date and stage below, and if you want something a bit more informative/interactive, you can find the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday set times on the Riot Fest website.
Friday, September 12
Riot Stage
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
4:00pm - 4:45pm Circa Survive
5:15 - 6:00pm Failure
7:00pm - 7:45pm Gogol Bordello
8:45 - 10:00pm Jane's Addiction
Roots Stage
3:30pm - 4:00pm Title Fight
4:45pm - 5:15pm Stiff Little Fingers
6:00pm - 7:00pm NOFX
7:45pm - 8:45pm The Offspring
Rock Stage
4:00pm - 4:40pm All
5:00pm - 5:45pm Senses Fail
7:30pm - 8:15pm Murder City Devils
9:00pm - 10pm Rise Against
Riot Fest Speaks Stage
5:45pm - 7:00pm Pussy Riot panel
Rebel Stage
4:15pm - 5:00pm Gwar
5:30pm - 6:15pm Clutch
7:00pm - 7:45pm Mastodon
8:45pm - 9:45pm Slayer
Rise Stage
3:45pm - 4:15pm Ur Lineup Sux, Bro
5:00pm - 5:30pm Emarosa
6:15pm - 7:00pm We Came as Romans
7:45pm - 8:45pm Of Mice & Men
Rev Stage
3:00pm - 3:30pm Somos
4:00pm - 4:30pm Plague Vendor
5:00pm - 5:30pm Hotelier
6:00pm - 6:30pm From Indian Lakes
7:00pm - 7:30pm Pianos Become the Teeth
8:00pm - 8:30pm Pity Sex
The Radicals
3:30pm - 4:00pm Vamos!
4:30pm - 5:00pm Baby Baby
5:30pm - 6:00pm Wounds
6:30pm - 7:00pm Radkey
7:30pm - 8:00pm Red City Radio
Saturday, September 13
Riot Stage
12:05pm - 12:35pm Pizza Underground
1:05pm - 1:50pm Orwells
2:30pm - 3:15pm Dandy Warhols
4:00pm - 4:45pm Die Antwoord
5:30pm - 6:15pm Paul Weller
7:15pm - 8:00pm Metric
9:00pm - 10:00pm The National
Roots Stage
12:35pm - 1:05pm Wavves
1:55pm - 2:40pm Tokyo Police Club
3:15pm - 4:00pm City & Colour
4:45pm - 5:30pm Afghan Whigs
6:15pm - 7:15pm Wu-Tang Clan
8:00pm - 9:00pm Flaming Lips
Rock Stage
12:00pm - 12:30pm Frank Iero
1:00pm - 1:45pm RX Bandits
2:15pm - 3:00pm Streetlight Manifesto
3:30pm - 4:15pm Saosin with Anthony Green
4:45pm - 5:30pm Say Anything
6:00pm - 6:45pm Dashboard Confessional
7:15pm - 8:15pm The Used
8:45pm - 9:45pm Taking Back Sunday
Rebel Stage
1:10pm - 1:40pm Samiam
2:20pm - 2:50pm Buzzcocks
3:45pm - 4:25pm Face to Face
5:10pm - 5:55pm Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
6:55pm - 7:55pm Cock Sparrer
8:55pm - 9:55pm Samhain
Rise Stage
7:55pm - 8:55pm Descendents
5:55pm - 6:55pm Get Up Kids
4:25pm - 5:10pm Mighty Mighty Bosstones
2:50pm - 3:55pm Television
1:40pm - 2:20pm 7 Seconds
12:25pm - 1:10pm Anti-Flag
Rev Stage
12:00pm - 12:30pm Picturebooks
1:00pm - 1:30pm Rose's Pawn Shop
2:00pm - 2:30pm The Bots
3:00pm - 3:30pm The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
4:00pm - 4:30pm Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas
5:00pm - 5:30pm Lemuria
6:00pm - 6:30pm Nostalgia
7:00pm - 7:30pm Skaters
8:00pm - 8:30pm Citizen
The Radicals
11:45am - 12:15pm Buffalo Rodeo
12:45pm - 1:15pm Dan Wade
1:45pm - 2:15pm Ex Friends
2:45pm - 3:15pm Broncho
3:45pm - 4:15pm American Scene
4:45pm - 5:15pm Restorations
5:45pm - 6:15pm Crombies
6:45pm - 7:15pm Unlikely Candidates
Sunday, September 14
Riot Stage
1:45pm - 2:15pm Kurt Vile & the Violators
2:55pm - 3:35pm Superchunk
4:30pm - 5:15pm Tegan and Sara
6:00pm - 6:45pm Patti Smith
7:45pm -10:00pm The Cure
Roots Stage
11:45am - 12:30pm Menzingers
1:00pm - 1:45pm Bouncing Souls
2:15pm - 2:55pm Billy Bragg
3:35pm - 4:30pm Naked Raygun
5:15pm - 6:00pm Dropkick Murphys
6:45pm - 7:45pm Social Distortion
Rock Stage
1:15pm - 1:45pm Only Crime
2:15pm - 3:00pm Silverstein
3:30pm - 4:15pm La Dispute
4:45pm - 5:30pm: Mineral
6:00pm - 6:45pm Blue Meanies
7:15pm - 8:15pm New Found Glory
8:45pm - 9:45pm Bring Me the Horizon
Rebel Stage
1:10pm - 1:40pm Front Bottoms
2:10pm - 3:00pm The Hold Steady
3:45pm - 4:25pm Motion City Soundtrack
5:05pm - 5:55pm Hot Snakes
6:40pm - 7:40pm Cheap Trick
8:40pm - 9:55pm Weezer
Rise Stage
12:40pm - 1:10pm Laura Stevenson
1:40pm - 2:10pm Whigs
3:00pm - 3:45pmAndrew W.K.
4:20pm - 5:05pm Lucero
5:55pm - 6:40pm Mudhoney
7:40pm - 8:40pm Primus
Rev Stage
12:00pm - 12:30pm Chumped
1:00pm - 1:30pm Survay Says!
2:00pm - 2:30pm Pup
3:00pm - 3:30pm Tiny Moving Parts
4:00pm - 4:30pm Cerebral Ballzy
5:00pm - 5:30pm Dads
6:00pm - 6:30pm Modern Baseball
7:00pm - 7:30pm I Am the Avalanche
The Radicals
11:30am - 12:00pm Grizzled Mighty
12:30pm -1:00pm Mutts
1:30pm - 2:00pm Team Spirit
2:30pm - 3:00pm Netherfriends
3:30pm - 4:00pm Lucki Ecks
4:30pm - 5:00pm ShowYouSuck
5:30pm - 6:00pm My Gold Mask
6:30pm - 7:00pm In the Valley Below
7:30pm - 8:00pm Archie Powell & the Exports
Shadow of the Colossus Replaces Josh Trank with Mama Director
Shadow of the Colossus is one of the most critically-acclaimed PlayStation 2 games of all-time and serves as one of the main examples in the "Games as Art" debate that has been raging on for years. For five years, Sony has been planning a film adaptation of the game, but much like the game's follow-up, The Last Guardian, not much in the way of information has been brought up since the announcement. At one point, Chronicle director Josh Trank was attached to direct the film. However, with his focus being drawn elsewhere (re: Fantastic Four), Sony has had to replace the director.
Their search has resulted in the hiring of Andres Muschietti, director of last year's horror film, Mama. That film's use of psychological horror and CGI scares would somewhat fit Shadow of the Colossus's tone, if utilized correctly. I've always seen any film adaptation of Shadow of the Colossus to follow a quiet, cerebral narrative with scenes of grandiose, larger than life CGI/live-action fight scenes. Given that Mama was Muschietti's first film, I don't know what type of vision he'll be able to craft. However, one of the film's producers had this to say about Muschietti and his love of the game:
“We knew we had our director once we heard Andy’s take on the material – it was genius. The themes, characters and supernatural elements of the story have incredible international appeal with fans of the game in the millions.”
For those unfamiliar with Shadow of the Colossus, the game follows Wander as he sets out to defeat 16 colossi in exchange for his partner Mono's life. However, every time he kills a colossus, he loses a part of his own soul.
[via Collider]
FILMography Photo Project Juxtaposes Film Scenes with Real-Life Locations
Christopher Moloney's on-going project, FILMography, finds the photographer and film buff traveling across the world to photograph the real-life locations of various film scenes. That's fun and all, right? But what Moloney does to go the extra mile is print out stills from various films and juxtaposes them with a photo of the site he shoots. Moloney's journey so far has found him traveling to Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and even across the pond in Rome, Naples, and other locations. Check out some of my personal favorite shots from FILMography below, and follow along with the project on Moloney's FILMography Tumblr.
[via Demilked]
[Weekly Netflix Fix] Huge September Update
With September starting this week, Netflix has added a plethora of new titles to their Instant service. Californication received a huge bump of love as the show's first seven seasons are available. The show stars David Duchovny (X-Files) as a womanizing, alcoholic writer in California struggling with writer's block. Other highlights in this initial batch of September additions include Varsity Blues, Poetic Justice, Sling Blade, The League: Season 5, and more. You can check out the full list of new Netflix Instant additions below.
- Fashion
- Jim Jefferies: BARE
- Rowdy Rathore
- Once Upon a Time: Season 3
- Revenge: Season 3
- Space Warriors
- The Unbelievers
- Unrest
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- The Vampire Lovers
- Vanishing Pearls
- Varsity Blues
- War of the Worlds: Goliath
- We Always Lie to Strangers
- Where the Trail Ends
- Will Penny
- A Year in Burgundy
- Young Sherlock Holmes
- Zero Hour
- Note to Self
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Old Yeller
- Ordinary People
- Penny Dreadful
- Pint-Sized Preachers
- Pleased To Meet Me
- Poetic Justice
- The Presidio
- A Price Above Rubies
- The Reeds
- The Return of Count Yorga
- Saving Silverman
- School of Rock
- Californication: Season 1
- Hinterland: Season 1
- Zero Hour: Season 1
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise: Season 1
- Californication: Season 2
- Weird or What?: Season 2
- Zero Hour: Season 2
- Auction Hunters: Season 2
- Ink Master: Season 2
- Californication: Season 3
- Weird or What?: Season 3
- Zero Hour: Season 3
- Doomsday Preppers: Season 3
- Californication: Season 4
- Californication: Season 5
- Californication: Season 6
- Californication: Season 7
- Taboo: Season 9
- Midsomer Murders: Series 14
- Midsomer Murders: Series 15
- She's the One
- A Simple Plan
- Sling Blade
- Small Apartments
- Snow Day
- Spaceballs
- Step into Liquid
- Sucker Punch
- Summer Rental
- Swiss Family Robinson
- Taboo
- There Will Be Blood
- Thou Shalt Laugh
- Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce
- The Elephant Man
- Escape from Alcatraz
- Eve's Bayou
- Event Horizon
- Eye for an Eye
- Fairy Tale: A True Story
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest
- Fido
- The Final
- Flight of the Intruder
- Flubber
- Forces of Nature
- The Ghost and the Darkness
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Girl Rising
- Girlfight
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- The Graves
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- The Grey Zone
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- Guess Who
- Gurren Lagann: Season 1
- The Hamiltons
- Hard Rain
- Hinterland
- Hoodwinked
- The Horror Show
- Hugo
- I Know That Voice
- Ice Castles
- In & Out
- Inside: Pepsico
- Invaders From Mars
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Jerry Maguire
- K-19: The Widowmaker
- Kill Theory
- The Lair of the White Worm
- Lords of Dogtown
- Losing Isaiah
- Love
- The Machine
- Mirage Men
- Monkey Shines
- Mr. Mom
- Multiplicity
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise
- The Addams Family
- Alistair MacLean’s Air Force One is Down
- All the Light in the Sky
- Anaconda
- Anastasia
- An Animal #$*% My Vacation!
- Antisocial
- Assassination
- The Assets
- Audrey Rose
- The Believers
- The Best of Men
- Bloodsport
- The Blue Lagoon
- Boys and Girls
- Brother's Shadow
- Californication
- Cesar's Last Fast
- Chasing UFOs: Season 1
- Chuck & Buck
- Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
- Cool Runnings
- Count Yorga, Vampire
- Crocodile Dundee
- D3: The Mighty Ducks
- Death Warrant
- Detention
- Doomsday Preppers: Season 1
- Doomsday Preppers: Season 2
- Dread
- Duplex
- The Elephant Man
- Escape from Alcatraz
- Citizen Koch
- Horses of God
- I Am
- Parts Per Billion
- Last Tango in Halifax: Season 2
- The League: Season 5
- Whitewash
- Yangsi
The Hateful Eight to Open in 70mm, Scheduled for Fall 2015 Release
Quentin Tarantino's next film, The Hateful Eight, has already had so much controversy surrounding it despite production not even beginning. There was the full script leak that happened early in the year, Tarantino's subsequent lawsuit with Gawker over the leak, the live table read of the script with some Tarantino staples, rumors of the production re-entering shooting after cancellation, and the film's official teaser trailer exclusively to Sin City: A Dame to Kill For theatrical screenings. Finally, we have some concrete information for the film that'll not only appease Tarantino fans, but cinephiles as a whole.
Production on The Hateful Eight is confirmed to begin in early 2015 with a targeted fall 2015 release date. What's more, the film will be shot in 70mm and will initially be released into theaters in the format before spreading out to more theaters in 35mm and DCP formats. For those unfamiliar, 70mm film offers a higher range of quality than the typical 35mm film stock does. I wrote a bit about Interstellar last year and how it could be the last major 70mm film release, but The Hateful Eight could hold that distinction.
Whatever format the film is released in, I know film audiences of all kinds will be glad to re-enter Tarantino's blissfully grandiose cinematic world once again.
[via /Film]
