Madonna Surprises 400 Fans at 25th Anniversary Screening of Madonna: Truth or Dare in N.Y.C.
Madonna: Truth or Dare turns 25! Madonna surprised 400 unsuspecting fans that were in attendance at the anniversary screening of Madonna: Truth or Dare at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Wednesday. “She came out to support Alek Keshishian, her longtime friend and director of the celebrated documentary,” a source tells…
New in Filmography: Madonna makes her debut as director in ‘Filth and Wisdom’
Next in our Filmography is Madonna’s debut as a director in ‘Filth and Wisdom’, the small movie with a lot of references to Madonna wasn’t a big hit. However she did present the film at the Berlinale Film Festival and it gave her the experience she needed for her next directing job (W.E.). Read all…
GEARHOUSE KEEPS REBEL HEART PUMPING FOR MADONNA TOUR press release (on Rebel Heart Tour DVD recording)
Full production and OB facilities provided for live tour stops in Sydney Watford, UK, 4 August 2016 – Following its success implementing facilities for a recent live Taylor Swift concert, Gearhouse Broadcast has been selected by York Studios in Melbourne to provide live music and OB production facilities for Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour concert at…
Twentyfive years after Madonna: Truth or Dare
Twenty-five years after Madonna: Truth or Dare‘s original theatrical run, its ostensible subject—Madonna’s worldwide Blond Ambition tour—is now one of its least interesting aspects. It was easy to recognize the tour, which premiered during the waning days of Tipper Gore’s war against the music industry, as a deliberate provocation, a salacious mix of Catholic imagery…
Justifying Our Love: 25 Years Later, the Madonna Doc Still Delights — And Confounds
EXPAND Photofest Outliving Michael Jackson and Prince, Madonna is the sole survivor of the holy triad of pop superstars born in 1958. She turned fifty-eight last week; also celebrating a (milestone) birthday is Alek Keshishian’s immensely pleasurable vérité backstager/concert doc Madonna: Truth or Dare, now twenty-five years old. Reviewing the film in the May 14,…
A Q&A WITH ALEK KESHISHIAN, DIRECTOR OF GROUNDBREAKING MADONNA DOCUMENTARY TRUTH OR DARE
The legend of Madonna goes like this: She became a big star with “Like a Virgin,” a superstar with True Blue, a firebrand with Like a Prayer and the banned video for “Justify My Love,” and finally a Herculean sorceress of untouchable power on her 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour. That’s when her wildest cone bras…
BODY OF WORK: A MADONNA RETROSPECTIVE August 27 to September 1 New York – buy tickets
Iconoclast, provocateur, pop-priestess, showgirl, Madonna’s film roles are extensions of her self-perpetuating, highly-stylized brand: street savvy disco punk, comic book gangster’s moll, and insatiable femme fatale. She is the auteur of her singular oeuvre, both the Svengali and muse of her enigmatic persona. Her calculated, cohesive canon embodies a 20th Century Narcissus who elicits adoration…
Is Madonna’s acting really that bad? A career retrospective lets you be the judge (more on film festival)
As a pop star, Madonna is the undisputed queen. Her recent albums Rebel Heart and MDNA may have sold poorly, but she’s still the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time. As an actor, however, most critics agree that Madonna has got some way to go before she makes it into the royal family. Or…
Exclusive: More on new documentary ‘Emmy and the Breakfast Club’ by Guy Guido
Widely published in the media these past few days was the news that Madonna’s ‘bedroom’ tapes during her time with Dan Gilroy would be made available. As with most stories in the media, things have been blown out of proportion just to attract readers. Guy Guido, who is a Madonna fan himself wants to show…