Ethan Coen on his Jerry Lee Lewis doc and filmmaking return
But on Sunday, Coen will premiere his first documentary, "Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind," at the Cannes Film Festival. "Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind" started with their longtime collaborator T-Bone Burnett, who in 2019 recorded a gospel album with the 86-year-old Lewis. It was originally conceived as being more on the gospel session T-Bone produced with Jerry Lee in 2019. It seemed to make more sense to make it about Jerry Lee than this particular session. Like: Wherever Jerry Lee Lewis came from is not a place anyone comes from anymore.
wftv.comBack to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to party
After the 2020 Cannes Film Festival was canceled by the pandemic and the 2021 edition was scaled back — even kisses were forbade on the red carpet — the lavish French Riviera cinema soiree is set to return with a festival that promises to be something like normal.
Joel Coen distills 'Macbeth' down to the bone
Film - Joel Coen This image released by A24 shows director Joel Coen, left, and actor Frances McDormand on the set of "The Tragedy of Macbeth." And, so, I missed him because that wasn’t there,” Coen said in a recent interview. We weren’t interested in a rent-a-castle version.”As much as the film is a departure for Coen, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” isn't really a solo act. “There are echoes of things we’ve done in the past in this play,” Coen says. They’re a slice of cake" — but in “Macbeth,” he pushed further into a more heightened, theatrical movie realm.
wftv.comFauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'
Fauci won a $1 million award from the Israeli Dan David Foundation for courageously defending science during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)TEL AVIV – Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for “defending science” and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Israel-based Dan David Foundation on Monday named President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser as the winner of one of three prizes. AdBiden's election, Fauci said, was “liberating.”The Dan David Prize, established in 2000, gives $1 million awards in three categories each year for contributions addressing the past, present and future. Fauci won the prize for achievement in the “present,” in the field of public health, the foundation said.