Cartoon Saloon’s New Short ‘Éiru’ Will Play in Theaters With ‘Little Amélie or The Character of Rain’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Cartoon Saloon’s New Short ‘Éiru’ Will Play in Theaters With ‘Little Amélie or The Character of Rain’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Cartoon Saloon’s animated short film “Éiru” will play ahead of North American theatrical screenings of the upcoming feature “‘Little Amélie or The Character of Rain.” Written and directed by Cartoon Saloon veteran Giovanna Ferrari, and produced by AcademyAward nominee Nora Twomey (“The Breadwinner”), “Éiru” follows the smallest child of an Iron Age clan who wants […]

Big Thief on ‘Double Infinity,’ the Band ‘Breakup’ and Rejecting ‘Icky’ Opportunities: ‘What People Want Is the Very Thing They Ask You to Sacrifice’

Big Thief on ‘Double Infinity,’ the Band ‘Breakup’ and Rejecting ‘Icky’ Opportunities: ‘What People Want Is the Very Thing They Ask You to Sacrifice’

It’s often said that Big Thief functions like a four-headed organism. Gathered at a picnic table in a Brooklyn park, the members of the folk-rock outfit cross limbs and finish each other’s sentences, weaving their thoughts into a long-winded quilt. At one point, singer Adrianne Lenker looks across the table at guitarist Alexander “Buck” Meek […]

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ Lands at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ Lands at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next collaboration, a movie titled “Lizard Music” — which sees Johnson as a 70-year-old called “Chicken Man” with a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia as his closest companion — has landed at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists. Safdie is directing and wrote the script, based on the Daniel Pinkwater novel of […]

‘Wicked’: How ‘For Good’s Story of Friendship Resonates With Jon M. Chu, Alice Brooks and Myron Kerstein in Real Life

‘Wicked’: How ‘For Good’s Story of Friendship Resonates With Jon M. Chu, Alice Brooks and Myron Kerstein in Real Life

It seems fitting that this year’s Creative Collaborator award recipients, Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks and editor Myron Kerstein, are part of the team who brought “Wicked” and its sequel, “Wicked: For Good,” to the big screen. The film is a story about friendship and Chu, who has known Brooks since their days as […]