Bleecker Street Nabs Animated Doc 'The Klarsfelds' From Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney

Absolutely no in the world of documentaries moves as fast as Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. Known for award-winning docs like “Taxi to the Dark Side,” “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” (his CV is outrageously long) Gibney already unveiled “Agents Of Chaos” this fall, on September 23 on HBO, a timely and revealing look at Russia’s interference into the 2016 election.

Serena Williams stepped down from the 2020 French Open due to a previously unhealed ankle injury.The 39-year-old tennis star announced the news to reporters at the annual Paris tournament on Wednesday, September 30, detailing the effects of her sprain. Williams was set to play Bulgarian pro Tsvetana Pironkova in her second-round match that afternoon after scoring a win over Kristie Ahn two days prior.“I love playing in Paris,” the 23-time Grand Slam winner told the press room.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticConnecting the seemingly infinite threads of online trolling, Russian subterfuge and the astonishing evolution of American politics has become a favorite past-time of impassioned intellectuals raging against the Trump administration. In trying to pinpoint all the significant factors that led to Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory, some have identified Russia’s interest in American affairs as the key to understanding how we got to where we are today.

If you talk to your Grandma or someone who doesn’t know a Jedi from a Klingon, the idea that there is a deep-rooted feud between fandoms of “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” is obviously silly. They are completely different franchises with different themes, different stories, and very different goals.

Russia's influence over American politics is the subject of a new podcast from Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, Leon Neyfakh's Prologue Projects and Cadence13. Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S.

Asian Dub Foundation have released a new track that uses part of a stand-up routine by UK comedian Stewart Lee.The political Hackney group’s latest track, ‘Comin’ Over Here’, samples the comic’s sarcastic takedown of Ukip’s anti-immigration stance, as performed on his BBC show Comedy Vehicle in 2014.It also includes lines from the Anglo-Saxon poem ‘The Wanderer’, which Lee learned while a student in Oxford.The track is taken from Asian Dub Foundation’s new album, ‘Access Denied’, which was

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBleecker Street has bought U.S. rights to Mona Fastvold’s “The World to Come,” a period romance with Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, rolling off its critically acclaimed premiere in competition at the 77th Venice Film Festival.The deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and Endeavor Content, which co-repped U.S.

Angelique Jackson Bleecker Street has picked up the U.S. rights to director Alexis Bloom’s animated documentary “The Klarsfelds,” which centers on real-life Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld.“Alexis and the team are creating a provocative and thrilling account of two of the most legendary Nazi hunters,” Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen said in a statement announcing the deal.

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Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBleecker Street has secured U.S. rights to Alexis Bloom’s animated feature Nazi-hunting documentary thriller, The Klarsfelds.The docu follows the true history of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, a dedicated husband and wife team of agents who are still alive and living in Paris.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticWhen it comes to the mysterious and disturbing subject of what goes on in the minds of serial killers, popular culture has usually been ahead of the curve. The idea of the split personality goes way back — to “Dr.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorOscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney had some choice words about the Trump administration today as he Zoom-ed into the Venice Film Festival to discuss Crazy Not Insane, his out of competition title that’s playing here. It focuses on Dr Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a psychiatrist who assesses the sanity of people on death row before they are to be executed and examines what makes someone a serial killer.

Neon has picked up Alex Gibney’s latest documentary, Totally Under Control, about U.S. president Donald Trump's failed response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, for an October theatrical release.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorAs film and TV try their best to get back into production amidst the constraints of a global pandemic, Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has been quietly filming a documentary for the past four months with Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger. The project, titled Totally Under Control puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented.

Alex Gibney has a new documentary film called “Totally Under Control” aimed at President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Neon will release the movie this October ahead of the general election, the distributor announced Thursday.Gibney, an Oscar winner for “Taxi to the Dark Side,” has been quietly filming the documentary alongside co-directors Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger for the past four months.

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Peter White Television EditorThe courageous march, led by activist John Feal and helped by Jon Stewart, to ensure 9/11 first responders were able to pay for healthcare, is being explored in a new documentary that has just scored a significant international sales deal.Paradox Pictures is producing the 90-minute doc No Responders Left Behind, which will explore the long and arduous process of getting the U.S.