Good news for those lamenting that Filmstruck will be going dark on November 29 there is good news to report. The Criterion Collection team has decided to carry on and launch the Criterion Channel as a freestanding streaming service in spring 2019. The new service will be wholly owned and controlled by the Criterion Collection. […]
By RAY KELLY Throughout his lifetime, Orson Welles often found himself at odds with the suits, the powerful studio executives who recut his movies and assailed his character. So, it’s ironic that three decades after Welles’ death, it was Netflix executives who stepped up and gave one of his unfinished movies the sweetest deal since George […]
By RAY KELLY It’s been nearly 50 years since a conversation between Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich about the plight of aging directors led the late filmmaker to embark on The Other Side of Wind. Welles filmed, but was unable to complete, his story of a 70-year-old director (played by John Huston) looking for a comeback […]
By RAY KELLY There have been only a few people to share a screen card with Orson Welles: Cinematographer Gregg Toland and writer Herman Mankiewicz easily come to mind, and, now, editor Bob Murawski. Best known for editing Sam Raimi’s blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy and his Oscar-winning work on The Hurt Locker, Murawski also has a deep appreciation for […]
(Updated to include second week in Los Angeles) ______ Finally, Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind will make its highly-anticipated debut Friday, November 2, on Netflix. It will be available to 137 million Netflix subscribers in 190 countries, giving Welles the mass audience he longed for in life. It will be streamed alongside Morgan […]
By RAY KELLY Oscar winning documentarian Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor) is a self-professed Orson Welles fanatic, and the opportunity to explore a misunderstood chapter in the late filmmaker’s life proved hard to resist They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead offers an insightful and highly entertaining look into The […]
By RAY KELLY On a sunny Monday afternoon a week before Christmas, Peter Bogdanovich, Filip Jan Rymsza and Frank Marshall gathered in an editing suite at Tribeca West in Los Angeles to view the progress made on the completion of The Other Side of the Wind. As his colleagues arrived, Rymsza explained that editor Bob Murawski […]
SFFILM will kick off its fourth annual Doc Stories series on November 1 with “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.”
Five films by Orson Welles, including the recently finished The Other Side of the Wind, will be shown in 35mm at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque in the weeks ahead. The weekend film series, Orson Welles in 35mm, will be shown from November 2 through December 2. In addition to The Other Side of the […]
Update: The Other Side of the Wind will also run at LAEMMLE NOHO outside Los Angeles. An updated list of screenings may be found at https://www.wellesnet.com/festival-screenings-other-side-wind-love-me-dead/ ____ The IFC Center in New York’s West Village is the first the theater offering a week-long run of The Other Side of the Wind on November 2, the […]
Crowdfunding donors can look forward to a digital download of Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind on, or before, its November 2 premiere on Netflix, though it will be a longer wait for the Blu-ray and coffee table book. Producer Filip Jan Rymsza posted an update on the Indiegogo website tonight for the […]
Netflix has officially kicked off is award season push, suggesting Orson Welles and The Other Side of the Wind for special recognition in 11 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Actors John Huston and Peter Bogdanovich are also suggested as worthy of consideration, as well as cinematographer Gary Graver […]