The Library of Congress, the Better Angels Society, Ken Burns and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have unveiled six finalists for the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The $200,000 cash award, established in 2019, recognizes late-stage documentaries that use original research and a compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life through archival materials.
The six projects that were selected are: James Sorrels’s “Area 2,” John Benitz’s “Behind the Lines,” Julia Greenberg and Dianna Dilworth’s “Dory Previn: On My Way to Where,” Norah Shapiro’s “Magic & Monsters,” Asaf Galay’s “Out of the Inkwell: The Greatest Story Never Told,” and Marlene McCurtis’ “Wednesdays in Mississippi.”
This year close to 100 American history documentary features were submitted for consideration.
“It’s hard what we are doing,” Burns says of documentary filmmaking. “It’s really hard. In documentary, there are so many more really good filmmakers,...
The six projects that were selected are: James Sorrels’s “Area 2,” John Benitz’s “Behind the Lines,” Julia Greenberg and Dianna Dilworth’s “Dory Previn: On My Way to Where,” Norah Shapiro’s “Magic & Monsters,” Asaf Galay’s “Out of the Inkwell: The Greatest Story Never Told,” and Marlene McCurtis’ “Wednesdays in Mississippi.”
This year close to 100 American history documentary features were submitted for consideration.
“It’s hard what we are doing,” Burns says of documentary filmmaking. “It’s really hard. In documentary, there are so many more really good filmmakers,...
- 7/24/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
March fest announces multiple competition sections.
SXSW announced on Wednesday that Netflix series 3 Body Problem from Game Of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss is the festival’s opening night TV premiere, while Universal’s action comedy The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt is the centrepiece screening.
Top brass at the Austin, Texas, festival (March 8-16) also unveiled feature and short competitions and Midnighters and Global sections, as well as select titles from other categories and Xr Experience for the 31st edition.
Headliners selections include world premieres of Pamela Adlon’s Babes starring Ilana Glazer,...
SXSW announced on Wednesday that Netflix series 3 Body Problem from Game Of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss is the festival’s opening night TV premiere, while Universal’s action comedy The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt is the centrepiece screening.
Top brass at the Austin, Texas, festival (March 8-16) also unveiled feature and short competitions and Midnighters and Global sections, as well as select titles from other categories and Xr Experience for the 31st edition.
Headliners selections include world premieres of Pamela Adlon’s Babes starring Ilana Glazer,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Woody Allen has long argued that Mia Farrow coached their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, to lie that he assaulted her in an attic in August 1992. What’s less commonly known is that he accuses Mia Farrow of making up the details based on a deeply creepy 1970 song by Dory Previn.
Dory Previn and Mia Farrow crossed paths, painfully, when Dory Previn’s husband, composer Andre Previn, left her for Farrow. Previn and Farrow married in 1970, the same year Dory Previn released “With My Daddy in the Attic,” which appears to be about incest. It is on the same album as the song “Beware of Young Girls,” which was about Mia Farrow’s affair with her husband.
Also Read: Why Woody Allen Wasn't Charged: a Timeline of Dylan Farrow's Accusations
The New York Times wrote in Dory Previn’s 2012 obituary:
Mr. Previn had begun an affair with the actress Mia Farrow,...
Dory Previn and Mia Farrow crossed paths, painfully, when Dory Previn’s husband, composer Andre Previn, left her for Farrow. Previn and Farrow married in 1970, the same year Dory Previn released “With My Daddy in the Attic,” which appears to be about incest. It is on the same album as the song “Beware of Young Girls,” which was about Mia Farrow’s affair with her husband.
Also Read: Why Woody Allen Wasn't Charged: a Timeline of Dylan Farrow's Accusations
The New York Times wrote in Dory Previn’s 2012 obituary:
Mr. Previn had begun an affair with the actress Mia Farrow,...
- 6/4/2018
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Woody Allen has long argued that Mia Farrow coached their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, to lie that he assaulted her in an attic in August 1992. What’s less commonly known is that he accuses Mia Farrow of making up the details based on a deeply creepy 1970 song by Dory Previn. Dory Previn and Mia Farrow crossed paths, painfully, when Dory Previn’s husband, composer Andre Previn, left her for Farrow. Previn and Farrow married in 1970, the same year Dory Previn released “With My Daddy in the Attic,” which appears to be about incest. It is on the same album...
- 1/30/2018
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
High camp or just plain trash? A cultural-cinematic swamp in perfectly rotten taste, this adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's supermarket 'dirty book' seeks out tawdry sleaze like no American movie had before. Junk beyond belief, and great entertainment if you're in a sick frame of mind. Valley of the Dolls Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 835 1967 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 123 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 27, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner, Charles Drake, Alexander Davion, Lee Grant, Naomi Stevens, Robert H. Harris, Jacqueline Susann, Robert Viharo, Joey Bishop, George Jessel, Dionne Warwick, Sherry Alberoni, Margaret Whiting, Richard Angarola, Richard Dreyfuss, Marvin Hamlisch, Judith Lowry. Cinematography William H. Daniels Film Editor Dorothy Spencer Conductor / Music Adaptor John Williams Written by Helen Deutsch, Dorothy Kingsley Jacqueline Susann Produced by Mark Robson, David Weisbart Directed by Mark Robson
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
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- 9/27/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
After the critical and financial disappointment of A Star Is Born (1954), Judy took another hiatus from moviemaking. While she continued an active concert touring schedule, and began popping up on television on occasion, exhaustion, disappointment and illness kept her from another film. It took an old friend to coax her back into movies, in the weirdest cameo of her career.
The Movie: Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
The Songwriters: Dory Previn (lyrics), Andre Previn (music)
The Cast: Cantinflas, Shirley Jones, Dan Dailey, directed by George Sidney
(A cleaner version with proper aspect ratios can be found here.)
The Story: Cantinflas was already a beloved megastar of Mexican cinema by the time he made a splash in Around the World in 80 Days. Hoping to capitalize on a new opportunity, Columbia cast him in Pepe, and added cameos by 35 Hollywood stars just in case the Mexican comedian didn't pan out.
Judy was one of the 35 cameos.
The Movie: Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
The Songwriters: Dory Previn (lyrics), Andre Previn (music)
The Cast: Cantinflas, Shirley Jones, Dan Dailey, directed by George Sidney
(A cleaner version with proper aspect ratios can be found here.)
The Story: Cantinflas was already a beloved megastar of Mexican cinema by the time he made a splash in Around the World in 80 Days. Hoping to capitalize on a new opportunity, Columbia cast him in Pepe, and added cameos by 35 Hollywood stars just in case the Mexican comedian didn't pan out.
Judy was one of the 35 cameos.
- 8/3/2016
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
Scream Queens, Season 1, Episode 7, “Beware of Young Girls”
Written by Ryan Murphy
Directed by Barbara Brown
Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
The closing sequence of this episode is one of the best, if not outright so, things that Scream Queens has done thus far. From the decision to have Munsch completely admit to killing her husband, while dancing around with a glass of wine and a satisfied look on her face nonetheless, to the decision by the Chanels to go after suspected murderers Grace and Zayday and take the house back, more is accomplished in the last five minutes than in much of the rest of the season. The pan from Grace and Zayday entering the sorority house as a happy pair up to the shadows of the four Chanels’ heels and skirts, before shifting over to them standing on the staircase, is a great way to make...
Written by Ryan Murphy
Directed by Barbara Brown
Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
The closing sequence of this episode is one of the best, if not outright so, things that Scream Queens has done thus far. From the decision to have Munsch completely admit to killing her husband, while dancing around with a glass of wine and a satisfied look on her face nonetheless, to the decision by the Chanels to go after suspected murderers Grace and Zayday and take the house back, more is accomplished in the last five minutes than in much of the rest of the season. The pan from Grace and Zayday entering the sorority house as a happy pair up to the shadows of the four Chanels’ heels and skirts, before shifting over to them standing on the staircase, is a great way to make...
- 11/4/2015
- by Whitney McIntosh
- SoundOnSight
The music of the late composer Dory Previn ex-wife of Andre Previn, sister-in-law of Mia Farrow was celebrated at a gala for the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Vineyard Theatre last night. Best-known as the writer of such hit songs as 'Theme from Valley of the Dolls,' 'Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign,' 'With My Daddy in the Attic,' 'You're Gonna Hear from Me,' Dory Previn was a legendary figure as a pop-folk singer-song-writer in the 60's-70's and 80's. The Gala performance was directed by Rachel Chavkin Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, with musical direction by Jon Spurney. BroadwayWorld was there fo rthe gala and you can check out photos from the special event below...
- 2/25/2014
- by Jessica Gordon
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Vineyard Theatre will celebrate the songs of Dory Previn - the late popfolk singer-songwriter whose numerous hits include Come SaturdayMorning and the theme from Valley of the Dolls - at its annual Gala Fundraiser on Monday, February 24th beginning at 630pm at the Edison Ballroom 240 W. 47 St in Manhattan, it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Vineyard Theatre's Artistic Director and Sarah Stern, Co-Artistic Director. The Vineyard Gala will not only celebrate Ms. Previn's witty, heartbreaking and provocative songs, but will feature selections from her poems, plays and memoirs, as well.
- 1/22/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The L.A. Film Festival and New York’s L.E.S.* Film Festival; Vineyard Theatre’s benefit concert celebrating singer-songwriter Dory Previn; “Comedy Nirvana! An Evening With Maron” at L.A.’s Paley Center; and the Lorenz Hart bio-musical “Falling for Make Believe” at the Colony Theatre are what we’re looking forward to this week. Click Here To View Slideshow...
- 6/12/2013
- backstage.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 16, 2012
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
The 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo, an amalgam of comedy, drama and romance, marks the directorial debut of the late filmmaker Alan J. Pakula (All The President’s Men)
Liza Minnelli and Wendell Burton fall for each other in The Sterile Cuckoo.
Liza Minnelli (Lucky Lady) stars as Pookie Adams, a kooky coed who falls in love with a reserved young college student, Jerry Payne (Wendell Burton, Fortune and Men’s Eyes). The eccentric Pookie actively pursues the shy boyish-man and helps him through the tough first months in school. They both benefit from the relationship, with Jerry gaining self-confidence and Pookie finally coming to grips with her unhappy home life. But it’s through their awkward relationship that Pookie actually prepares Jerry for the world of “weirdos” she doesn’t fit in with.
Based on the novelby John Nichols and written by Alvin Sargent,...
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
The 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo, an amalgam of comedy, drama and romance, marks the directorial debut of the late filmmaker Alan J. Pakula (All The President’s Men)
Liza Minnelli and Wendell Burton fall for each other in The Sterile Cuckoo.
Liza Minnelli (Lucky Lady) stars as Pookie Adams, a kooky coed who falls in love with a reserved young college student, Jerry Payne (Wendell Burton, Fortune and Men’s Eyes). The eccentric Pookie actively pursues the shy boyish-man and helps him through the tough first months in school. They both benefit from the relationship, with Jerry gaining self-confidence and Pookie finally coming to grips with her unhappy home life. But it’s through their awkward relationship that Pookie actually prepares Jerry for the world of “weirdos” she doesn’t fit in with.
Based on the novelby John Nichols and written by Alvin Sargent,...
- 7/30/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Dory Previn, who scored Oscar nominations for writing songs from the motion pictures Pepe and Two for the Seesaw, has died at age 86. She once enjoyed a prolific writing partnership with her husband, Andre Previn, with whom she wrote the hit title song from Valley of the Dolls. However, when she learned of Andre's affair with Mia Farrow, the two divorced. She had other failed marriages and bouts of mental illness but continued to write acclaimed music that included the theme song to the 1973 film Last Tango in Paris. For more click here...
- 2/16/2012
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Letters of Note a telegram from Marlon Brando to Marilyn Monroe
Old Hollywood Rita Moreno West Side Story rehearsal photo. Love it.
In Contention "The top ten shots of 2011" Tapley's annual selection.
Cartoon Brew is interviewing the makers of the Oscar nominated animated short films each morning. This one is on The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore which I reviewed last week.
People White Collar star Matt Bomer who will soon be seen (and a lot of him, too, presumably) in Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike comes out. I've been so busy I almost missed this news. Congratulations Bomer!
The Incredible Suit rants about the whole embarrassing ordeal of a national awards show (BAFTA) that's not aired live and then only aired in a highlights package. It's true. That's one of the reasons why it's the only regular movie awards show that many movie fans seem to feel okay about skipping.
Old Hollywood Rita Moreno West Side Story rehearsal photo. Love it.
In Contention "The top ten shots of 2011" Tapley's annual selection.
Cartoon Brew is interviewing the makers of the Oscar nominated animated short films each morning. This one is on The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore which I reviewed last week.
People White Collar star Matt Bomer who will soon be seen (and a lot of him, too, presumably) in Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike comes out. I've been so busy I almost missed this news. Congratulations Bomer!
The Incredible Suit rants about the whole embarrassing ordeal of a national awards show (BAFTA) that's not aired live and then only aired in a highlights package. It's true. That's one of the reasons why it's the only regular movie awards show that many movie fans seem to feel okay about skipping.
- 2/16/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Oscar-nominated singer and songwriter Dory Previn died at her home in Massachusetts on Tuesday. She was 86. No cause of death has yet been reported. Though perhaps best known as the former wife of collaborator Andre Previn, she was an accomplished musician in her own right. Working alongside her husband, she picked up Oscar noms for “Faraway Part of Town” from the 1961 film “Pepe” and “Second Chance” from 1961’s “Two for The Seesaw.” Their most famous work together was the theme song from 1967’s “Valley...
- 2/15/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Tony® Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner for his acclaimed portrayal of the Emcee in Broadway?s revival of Cabaret at Studio 54, Alan Cumming will present the West Coast Premiere of his one-man show Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today at the Orange County Performing Arts Center with two performances on September 26 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in Samueli Theater. Accompanied by his musical director, Lance Horne, Cumming will unleash his favorite tunes, belt out celebrated hits alongside little-known gems, whilst captivating his audience with poignant anecdotes from his colorful and fantastic past. It?s a musical journey peppered with material by Frank Sinatra, Dory Previn, Kander & Ebb and Cyndi Lauper, to name only a few.
- 9/17/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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