A24, a producer and distributor of independent films, has only been around since 2012, but in just four years, the young company has already managed to establish itself as a potent brand name with a string of impressive releases, including (but not limited to) Room, Obvious Child, Spring Breakers, The End Of The Tour, …
If you ignore the fact that there’s already something called The People’s Choice Awards, then the MTV Movie Awards are kind of like the awards show of the people. It is, after all, the one place where The Maze Runner can beat Selma and The Hunger Games can beat everything, but it’s not that the MTV Movie Awards are…
What with Groundhog Day, Valentine’s, and the still-lingering grip of winter, nothing says “February” like a movie that highlights the cold doldrums of heartbroken human futility. Luckily, Amazon’s got you covered, with exclusive streaming access to Asif Kapadia’s Amy, a “smart, nuanced look” at a fiery talent’s life…
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d…
Early last month, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences released its shortlist of animated films that were eligible for being nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. As we pointed out at the time, that category has become weirdly interesting this year, mostly because a lot of the eligible films were…
After giving audiences an in-depth look at the life and death of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, director Asif Kapadia turned his focus to another talented figure who was gone too soon: Amy Winehouse. In Amy, Kapadia threads together archival footage and candid interviews to tell the tragic story of the young singer,…
What does it say about your band when the team behind a documentary like Amy decides that you’ll be their next subject? If you’re Oasis, it’s probably nothing you don’t already know, unless Noel and Liam Gallagher have been under the impression that they were totally best friends this whole time. They weren’t, though,…
According to Consequence of Sound, Thailand has a simple message for juvenile drug offenders: Give up drugs and booze, or you’ll wind up just like Amy Winehouse. Specifically, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation and the Stop Drink Network have been screening Amy for incarcerated juveniles. Asif Kapadia’s recent…
A few months ago, we reported that Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch, was upset over how he and his family were portrayed in director Asif Kapadia’s Amy documentary. He disagreed with the film’s depiction of him as “not being there to help Amy” when she needed help, suggesting that the family inadvertently factored into…
Four years ago, the world lost an icon. Though she was frequently surrounded by a cloud of rumors, Amy Winehouse’s unique talent and irresistible presence were undeniable. In Amy, the new documentary from Senna director Asif Kapadia, unseen archival footage and interviews are compiled to give audiences a closer look…
We recently reported that Amy Winehouse’s family was less than thrilled with the new documentary about her, despite some incredibly strong reviews. It seems the family didn’t care for how Asif Kapadia’s film portrayed them as people who may not have always done right by their famous relative—which, given that…
Asif Kapadia, the filmmaker behind Senna, is debuting a documentary about British pop singer Amy Winehouse at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning in 2011, and if the teaser trailer is anything to go by, the documentary about her is going to be pretty heavy. It might be a little too…
