Defining cool is as hopeless as explaining what makes a joke funny.
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An array of the most acclaimed documentaries of the last 50 years bear the stamp of one singular talent: Joan Churchill, filmmaker and cinematographer.
Her first credit, in 1970, came as a camera operator on Gimme Shelter, the classic documentary about the Rolling Stones at Altamont directed by the Maysles Brothers and Charlotte Zwerin. She’s been shooting films ever since, including Jimi at Berkeley (1971); Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll (1987); Kurt & Courtney (1998); Biggie & Tupac
Defining cool is as hopeless as explaining what makes a joke funny.
Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, veteran scenic artists best known for their contributions to the Star Trek franchise, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Scenic, Title & Graphic Artists at the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards.
Jessica Chastain has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award for an actress from the Palm Springs International Film Awards and Film Festival.“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” star will be honored at a gala ceremony at the festival, which is returning as an in-person event next year at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The gala ceremony will take place on Jan.
Jennifer Yuma editorJessica Chastain will receive the Desert Palm Achievement award for her performance in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards on Jan. 6.“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” details the rise, fall and redemption of Jim (Andrew Garfield) and Tammy Faye Bakker (Chastain) during the 1970s and ‘80s.
Puerto Rico’s stories and histories across literary genre and a range of styles, and who affirm the vital significance of the word through their work.”The two foundations will choose another 20 fellows next year and plan a 2023 gathering in San Juan for the 40 selected writers.
Dame Helen Mirren will receive the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in February. The 76-year-old actress is set to receive the prestigious trophy at the upcoming SAG Awards, which will take place on February 27 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
The Queen. She’s also scored multiple SAG Awards, three Emmys, a Tony Award and numerous BAFTA Awards.A post shared by SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra)In fact, Mirren is one of only a handful of actors who has achieved the so-called Triple Crown of Acting after snagging an Oscar, Emmy and Tony award.
th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Bravo, my dear!”“I am honoured to have been chosen to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Mirren said in a statement.
Helen Mirren will be awarded the prestigious SAG Life Achievement Award at the 2022 SAG Awards!
the union said Thursday.The 76-year-old English stage and screen actor has credits spanning over 50 years and has played everything from a gangster’s girlfriend in “The Long Good Friday” to Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen.” Mirren will be adding this latest honor to a robust collection of awards including an Oscar, a Tony, and multiple SAG, Emmy and BAFTA Awards.“I am honored to have been chosen to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Mirren said in a statement.
Helen Mirren will receive this year’s SAG Life Achievement Award and will be presented with the prize during the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on February 27.
Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen.” Mirren will be adding this latest honor to a robust collection of awards including an Oscar, a Tony, and multiple SAG, Emmy and BAFTA Awards.“I am honored to have been chosen to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Mirren said in a statement.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHelen Mirren has been selected as the next honoree to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award during next year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. The prize is considered SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor, and will return after taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Channing Tatum is taking a seat in the director’s chair.
Jennifer Yuma editorThe Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has announced that legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive the LAFCA Career Achievement Award.Brooks began as a comic and writer on Sid Caesar’s variety show, “Your Show of Shows” and went on to create the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man with Carl Reiner.
Mel Brooks has been set as the 2021 recipient of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award.
Retracing the route that her father took after leaving Morocco and emigrating to Israel in 1965, Michale Boganim’s hybridized documentary “The Forgotten Ones” works as both a personal recovery of Boganim’s father’s life and a larger investigation into the mistreatment of Mizrahi Jews – families and their descendants who emigrated from North Africa and the Middle East – at the hands of the Israeli government.
Plagued with an overabundance of interesting ideas and characters, “Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez” explores several fascinating topics, ultimately finding itself bottlenecked by them. Ostensibly the story of one artist’s personal and professional journey, the documentary branches out to grapple with ideas related to 60s counterculture, civil rights, chauvinism, the underground press, and difficult questions about art and legacy.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNearly 15 years after their seminal documentary “The Business of Being Born” examined the birth experience in Western medicine, filmmakers Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein are reuniting to take on women’s reproductive health.“The Business of Birth Control,” which premiered on Thursday at DOC NYC, is described as a fearless look at the movement to reexamine “the pill,” as younger generations of women start weighing drastic side effects and more nebulous consequences of