Mark Adler’s Score For Merchants Of Doubt Is Out Now, Join The Film Q&A With Director Robert Kenner In New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Vancouver, Toronto, Boston And More!
Solid reporting ties together battles over seemingly unconnected perils like cigarettes and flame-retardant chemicals. Snazzy graphics and music—and appealing interview subjects—move things along, and a kick-in-the-gut plot twist suggests how climate change actually benefited oil companies.
Lakeshore Records has released Merchants Of Doubt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — available now digitally on iTunes. Featuring music by Mark Adler, Daniel Schweiger of Film Music Magazine says “The result shows the power of documentary scoring to have all of the belief-changing impact of dramatized ‘fiction’ film music, with ‘Merchant’s’ musical impact showing just how well Adler is versed in both cinematic worlds.” Directed by Robert Kenner, the film is out now in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with more cities on the way (check show times).
Join Robert Kenner for a post-film Q&A at the following locations:
NEW YORK
Sunday 3/8/2015 4:35PM – Lincoln Plaza followed by a Q&A with Dr. James Hansen, Professor, former NASA scientist
Sunday 3/8/2015 4:55PM — Angelika Followed by Q&A with Michael Shermer, Science writer and historian of science
LOS ANGELES
Saturday 3/7/2015 5:10PM — Landmark Followed by Q&A with director Robert Kenner
Saturday 3/7/2015 7:05PM — Arclight Followed by Q&A with director Robert Kenner
Sunday 3/8/2015 12:30PM — Landmark Followed by Q&A with director Robert Kenner
WASHINGTON DC
Friday 03/13/2015 – 7:15PM– E-Street
Followed by Q&A with Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist, Educator and Bob Inglis, Former Congressman (R-SC4), Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Penn
Saturday 03/14/2015 – 7:15PM — E-Street Followed by Q&A with John Passacantando, former Executive Director, Greenpeace
VANCOUVER
Saturday, Sunday 03/14 & 15/2015 after prime – Cineplex Odeon IV Cinemas: – Q&A will be with David Suzuki, Scientist, broadcaster, grandfather (both) and James Hoggan, Co-Founder, DeSmogBlog (Saturday only)
TORONTO
Saturday 03/14/2015 – 6:30PM – Bloor HotDocs Cinema Followed by Q&A with David Ravensbergen, DeSmog Canada
BOSTON
Friday 03/20/2015 – after prime – Kendall Square Followed by Q&A with Naomi Oreskes
Saturday 03/21/2015 – after prime – Kendall Square Followed by Q&A with Naomi Oreskes
There will Q&As in Chicago, Dallas and San Diego — coming soon!
Kenner’s film exposes a devoted and long-lived cadre of scientists (and their philosophical descendants) who established their careers during the A-bomb era and the Cold War’s Big Science rivalries. Anti-communist ideologues, well-trained and often brilliant scientists such as physicists S. Fred Singer and the late Frederick Seitz saw (and see) corporate regulation as a pathway to socialism, an endgame more fearsome than any secondhand smoke or patchy ozone. [NewsWeek]
Directed by Robert Kenner, watch Merchants Of Doubt in select theaters now (check show times).
Netflix Pick: ‘Any Day Now’ Is A Drama Inspired By A Real Story, Soundtrack Features The Score By Joey Newman With Music By Rufus Wainwright And Vocals By Alan Cumming
Any Day Now is our weekend Netflix pick: winner of 10 Audience Awards at film festivals across the country including Tribeca Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival. The film’s moving story and period details are fortified by the ’70s soundtrack (the decade in which this film takes place) and strong cast including musical performances by Alan Cumming. Directed by Travis Fine, watch Any Day Now available now On Demand — watch it on Netflix or rent it on iTunes.
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Hear “Metaphorical Blanket” By Rufus Wainwright – Any Day Now Soundtrack:
Depictions of custody battles have become a cinematic staple, but few register with the heartfelt emotion of Any Day Now. This 1970s Los Angeles-set drama about a gay couple fighting to adopt a Down syndrome-afflicted teenager is only loosely inspired by a real story, but the smart screenplay by director Travis Fine and George Arthur Bloom has the ring of truth. And the issues raised by this film receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival remain all too sadly relevant. –The Hollywood Reporter
Directed by Travis Fine, watch Any Day Now available now On Demand — watch it on Netflix or rent it on iTunes.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Netflix are teaming up on a slate of documentaries and docuseries that will premiere exclusively on the streaming service.
DiCaprio’s Appian Way has signed a multiyear first-look deal for nonfiction projects that will have environmental and conservation themes. The deal covers both original documentaries and docuseries as well as acquisitions.
Now that the Academy Awards has come and gone, Indiewire published a list of The 50 Best Films Of The Decade So Far, according to their editorial staff. Lakeshore Records released the soundtracks to three of the films on this list: Drive(score by Cliff Martinez), Nightcrawler(score by James Newton Howard), The Tree of Life(score by Alexandre Desplat), plus an honorable mention for Blue Valentine(score by Grizzly Bear). Did all of your favorite films make the list? Which ones would you like to see? Read the full story at Indiewire.
