Filmography
In The News
VARIETY EXCLUSIVE: ‘FINDING FIORETTA’ DOCUMENTARY SETS PRODUCTION DATE
Director Matthew Mishory and producer and financier Bradford L. Schlei announced the start of production for Rubber Ring Films’ and Schlei’s Stone Canyon Entertainment’s “Finding Fioretta,” which will start early next year.
The feature documentary chronicles the life of genealogist Randol Schoenberg who is on a quest to find the centuries-old gravestone of his oldest known ancestor — a woman who died in the 1600s in the Jewish ghetto of Venice, Italy. In 2005, Schoenberg successfully sued the Austrian government on behalf of Holocaust survivor Maria Altmann, recovering the five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis. That case inspired the movie “Woman in Gold” starring Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren. read more
DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE:
DANIEL GORDIS' "ISRAEL: A CONCISE HISTORY OF A NATION REBORN" TO BE ADAPTED AS TV DOCUSERIES
EXCLUSIVE: Bradford L. Schlei’s Stone Canyon Entertainment (Who Are The Marcuses?, The Trust) has acquired Daniel Gordis’ prize-winning nonfiction book Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, to adapt into a television docuseries. Director Matthew Mishory (Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile) will serve as creator and direct all six episodes. Production is expected to begin in 2022.
Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award, A Concise History of a Nation Reborn is described as “the first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day.” In the book, Gordis relays the drama of the Jewish people’s story and the creation of the state, illustrating how Israel became a cultural, economic and military powerhouse—but also explains where Israel made grave mistakes.
Stone Canyon’s Schlei (Swingers, Sling Blade, Spun) and Rob Levine will executive produce. Gordis will be creatively involved in the development of the series. read more
DOCUMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT:
‘WHO ARE THE MARCUSES?' WILL LOOK AT MYSTERIOUS ISRAEL DONOR COUPLE
Stone Canyon Entertainment has announced the start of production on “Who Are the Marcuses,” a feature documentary about a mysterious couple who donated half a billion dollars to Israel, the largest single gift in the history of the state.
Matthew Mishory is directing, with Stone Canyon’s Bradford Schlei and Alvaro Fernandez producing, and executive producers Marc Bennett and Rhino Films’ Stephen Nemeth. Filming is set to begin in Israel and in Austin, Texas in the first quarter of the year for a 2022 release. The film pieces together the lives of Holocaust refugees Lottie and Howard Marcus (pictured), who lived in a modest San Diego apartment and bequeathed half a billion dollars to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to study water management.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'THE KILLER INSIDE ME"
The Pulp Inside Him as It Turns to Rot
“Around here, if you’re not a man and a gentleman, you’re nothing,” says Lou Ford, the protagonist of “The Killer Inside Me.” A murderous sociopath, cowardly and cold and particularly brutal toward women, Lou is in effect introducing the tale of his own self-annihilation. On the surface a polite, upstanding fellow — a sheriff’s deputy with fine manners and a clean white shirt — Lou guides us on a grisly tour of the abyss that is his soul.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'SPUN'
Journey Into Hell, Chortling All the Way
'Spun,'' which jumps around the shabby sun-baked flatlands of North Los Angeles Valley, from junk-strewn bungalow to seedy motel room to convenience store, is a swaggering journey into hell that conveys a chortling amusement at its own apocalyptic imagination. Eric Broms's cinematography bleaches most of the color out of its settings, leaving only acidic tints and grimy crevices. This is a world where beauty (or even the possibility of beauty) no longer exists.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'SWINGERS'
Bonding gets a '90s Make-over
Male bonding may be the most overrated of movie emotions. Classic scenes like Humphrey Bogart putting his arm around Claude Rains at the end of "Casablanca" excepted, the spectacle of guys hanging out with guys is invariably tedious, even to other guys. Especially to other guys. So it's a most pleasant shock to experience "Swingers," a guy film that gives you something to latch onto, that makes male bonding both believable and appealing.
In Production
FINDING FIORETTA
Format:
Documentary Feature
Based on:
The life of E. Randol Schoenberg
Genres:
History, Biography
In Development
FAKE CLUB
Format:
Dramatic Television Series
Based on:
The Vanity Fair article: "The Secret History of Hollywood's Wildest Club in the 1980s" by Lili Anolik
Genre:
Drama
NAILS:
The Lenny Dykstra Story
Format:
Feature Documentary
Based on:
The NY Times Best-selling autobiogrpahy "House Of Nails"
Genre:
Biography
SICK CITY
Format:
Dramatic Television Series
Based on:
The cult Novel by Tony O'Neill
Genre:
Dark Comedy
GUNNER
Format:
Dramatic Television Series
Based on:
The Aaaron Gunner Mysteries by Gar Anthony Haywood
Genre:
Mystery
ISRAEL:
A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Format:
Docuseries
Based on:
The 2016 National Jewish Book Award Winner
Genre:
History
THE LAST
ORANGE GROVE
Format:
Feature Documentary
Based on:
The fascinating history of the Bothwell Ranch
Genre:
Historical