Jonathan Demme News
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme has optioned writer Dave Eggers ' best-selling book 'Zeitoun,' set in New Orelans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, for the purpose of adapting it into an animated feature, the New York Times reports. ... Full Article
WOODSTOCK - Jonathan Demme can't stop making movies about Neil Young. Three years after releasing "Neil Young: Heart of Gold," a concert documentary shot in Nashville, the director of "Philadelphia" and "The Silence of the Lambs" is at it again. ... Full Article
TIFF goes forever Yonge (and Young)
eyeweekly.com –
2009-09-02
Though it conjures images of ruby-carpet queues filled with gala ticket-holders, the Toronto International Film Festival isn't all about paying the part. This year, the festival is dedicating Yonge-Dundas Square to the unwashed masses, with more free programming than ever. ... Full Article
New York, Aug 14 (ANI): After Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme has also pulled out of 'Marley,' an upcoming documentary about the life and music of Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, according to sources. ... Full Article
Music
independent.co.uk –
2009-06-07
It might be hard to imagine in any other art form, but Ornette Coleman has been the most controversial figure in jazz for 50 years. ... Full Article
Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The Independent Filmmaker Project, the organization that puts on the Gotham Awards, is collaborating with the United Nations on the endeavor, called "Envision," with the first installment to take place on May 14... ... Full Article
Jonathan Demme's Haitian art on display in NYC
msn.com –
2009-05-06
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man in a straw hat clutching a knife creeps toward the figure of a large woman asleep under the stars. ... Full Article
Tom Bernard (l) and Michael Barker (r) (Getty Images photo) Longtime Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have re-upped with the studio for four more years, Sony said Tuesday. ... Full Article
Some of the best music of the rock 'n' roll era will be featured at the Senator Theatre this weekend, as owner Tom Kiefaber continues to mark the coming end of his family's 70-year run as owners and operators of... ... Full Article
Director Jonathan Demme was on hand at SXSW for the world premiere of his concert film, Neil Young Trunk Show . The film is an intimate look at Neil Young 's stage show, recorded in a small theater in Upper... ... Full Article