Tag: Sound of Metal
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Rising Behind-the-Scenes Talent Discuss Favorite Moments from Awards Season Films
Variety asked some of the behind-the-scenes artists about their challenges and joys working on the year’s most prominent films.Nicholas BeckerSound Design, “Sound of Metal”“The most powerful scene in terms of sound is the last one, which ironically has none at all. Usually when there’s silence in film, the convention is to put a little hiss…
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‘Nomadland’ Wins Five Chicago Film Critics Awards
The Chicago Film Critics Association has named Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” as this year’s big winner, netting five prizes, including best picture, director, actress (Frances McDormand), adapted screenplay and cinematography. Leading the Cfca nominations with seven, the Searchlight Pictures drama has performed astoundingly with the half dozen critics awards that have been announced thus far. Zhao…
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Florida Film Critics Join ‘First Cow’ Stampede — Film News in Brief
Monday, Dec. 21“First Cow” Declared Best Picture with Florida Film Critics CircleThe Florida Film Critics Circle awarded its top prize to “First Cow,” and the film’s John Magaro also received a nod in the Best Actor category as a runner up.Current Oscar frontrunner and festival darling “Nomadland” also landed two wins, Best Director for Chloe…
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Sffilm and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announce Winners of Fall 2020 Rainin Grants and New Pilot Grant for Filmmakers with Disabilities
Sffilm, in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, announced today eight new recipients of its Sffilm Rainin grants along with two recipients of its new Sffilm Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities Grant. The grants provide early stage screenwriting and development support, with the latter grant a new pilot program “to provide additional support to Rainin applicants…
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‘Nomadland’ & ‘Another Round’ Make Their Awards Season Debuts [The Playlist Podcast]
Welcome to yet another episode of The Playlist Podcast. This week, you’re graced with Two new episodes. Earlier, we published an interview with director Darius Marder, who talked about his new film, “Sound of Metal.” And if you want to check that out, you can give that a listen now. But in the second new…
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‘Sound of Metal’ Director Darius Marder Shot on 35mm Because It’s “My Goddamn Movie” [Interview]
Sound of Metal is a movie pulsating with life. It’s such a gut-churning drama, the kind you feel instinctually in every passing moment. It’s a pure debut film from director Darius Marder. Prior to his Toronto Film Festival hit (now available on Amazon Prime), Marder co-wrote The Place Beyond the Pines, made his directorial debut…
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Riz Ahmed and Asl Coach Jeremy Lee Stone on ‘Sound of Metal’s’ Labor of Love
In “Sound of Metal,” Riz Ahmed plays Ruben, a heavy metal musician who gradually loses his hearing.The film, bowing Friday on Amazon Prime, follows Ruben as he copes with his hearing loss. Director Darius Marder relies on sound design to immerse the audience into the film, allowing them to understand what Ruben is going through.…
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Goes Streaming & Sean Durkin Talks ‘The Nest’ [The Playlist Podcast]
Welcome one, welcome all to this weeks’ fun-filled edition of The Playlist Podcast. This week, Charles, Mike, and Brian discuss the death of movie theaters (again), as well as two quality films, “Sound of Metal” and “The Nest,” while also being joined by director Sean Durkin.Listen: ‘Freaky,’ ‘Fatman’ & David Fincher: The Good, The Bad…
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Sound of Metal’
“Sound of Metal” is a film with a potent, searing hook. It stars Riz Ahmed, who is such a sensational actor (just watch him in “Jason Bourne” or “Nightcrawler” or “The Sisters Brothers”), as Ruben, a punk-metal drummer, heavy on the tattoos and peroxide, who has been thrashing away as part of a caterwauling noise…
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Toronto Film Festival Sets Sarah Gavron, Julie Delpy Films for Platform Section
Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,” Julie Delpy’s “My Zoe,” Alice Winocur’s “Proxima” and Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal” are among the 10 films that will make up the competitive Platform section at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff organizers announced on Wednesday.“Rocks,” a coming-of-age story of a teenage girl living alone with her younger brother in…