C. Hoffman
Spooky season is upon us! The fourth installment of FX's American Horror Stories started streaming on Hulu this past Tuesday, 10.15.24. Courtney directed the season finale, "The Thing Under the Bed," starring Debby Ryan.
G. Monteiro
The highly-anticipated WandaVision spin-off series is on Disney+, with new episodes releasing every Wednesday. Gandja's ability to bring an imagined world underpinned with strong performances to life sets her apart. Stay tuned for the episodes she directed: 6, 8 and the finale.
A. Gibney
Congratulations, Alex! Chelsea director & celebrated documentarian Alex Gibney was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's News and Documentary Emmys. “I am grateful, humbled and deeply honored by this award,” said Alex. “While it has my name on it, it is also a powerful recognition of the work of my collaborators over the years, including my producers, cinematographers and, most especially, editors. It reminds me of that great two word poem [...] by Muhammed Ali: ‘Me, We.’” View full speech.
M. Tomanova
Marie is renowned for her photography, but she was originally trained as a painter. She returned to this medium over the past year and features several new self portraits in her exhibition, Lost and Found, curated by C24 Gallery in New York. Open now until November 8th, 2024.
A. Gibney
Longtime broadcast journalist and author Jane Pauley and documentarian/director Alex Gibney have been tapped to receive lifetime achievement awards at the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmys. The honors were revealed Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
“I am grateful, humbled and deeply honored by this award,” Gibney said. “While it has my name on it, it is also a powerful recognition of the work of my collaborators over the years, including my producers, cinematographers and, most especially, editors. It reminds me of that great two word poem, invented on the spot, at a speech at Harvard, by Muhammed Ali: ‘Me, We.’”
Keep more in Variety.
Lalou & Joaquin
Hourglass Cosmetics brought back the iconic Barneys New York as a pop up store in Nolita. Lalou & Joaquin helped to share the news in a series of short films featuring supermodel Alek Wek and Simon Doonan among other fashion icons.
N. Hallgren
When the members of KATSEYE, the new global girl group from Korea’s HYBE and America’s Geffen Records, were announced live on YouTube and Weverse in the final part of the Dream Academy competition series in November 2023, it was excruciating to watch. Ten girls, ranging from age 15 to 21, stood on stage holding hands, exhausted from months of breakneck training. Only six would be chosen for the much-anticipated girl group.
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE, the new Netflix series that was shot over the course of 18 months by Becoming director Nadia Hallgren, puts the entire process leading up to that moment in raw, nuanced context.
Read more about the series and Nadia's process in TIME Magazine.
D. Gordon Green
"This year’s Toronto International Film Festival will open with a familiar face: filmmaker David Gordon Green‘s latest, the world premiere of his heartfelt comedy “Nutcrackers,” will kick off the festival on September 5.
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'Nutcrackers' stars Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, and Toby Huss, and per the film’s official longline, it “follows strait-laced and work obsessed Mike (Stiller) as he is suddenly thrust into being a caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews.'"
D. Gordon Green
The WNBA had quite the impact this season -- just ask Mr. Earl. David and Wieden+Kennedy Portland helped to amplify the power and cultural magnitude of the W in these fun Nike spots.
Anna & Ewan
Can you hear us now? Good. An iconic catchphrase evolves to match the times in new work for Verizon from Anna & Ewan. The spot features Paige Bueckers, Roger Goodell, and Myles Garrett.
“We thought for this moment in time to reclaim, ‘Can you hear me now?’ and to modernize it in terms of what we do in your life today,” said Verizon CMO, Leslie Berland, adding the spot brings to life all the ways Verizon quietly fuels your life, work and more. Read more in AdWeek.