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Saturday, July 1 Changing Faces
What does a face tell us even when it’s disguised or disfigured? And what does it conceal? Guest curator Imogen Sara Smith, a critic and author of the book In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City, assembles a series of films that revolve around enigmatic faces transformed by masks, scars, and surgery, including Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face (1960) and Hiroshi Teshigahara’s The Face of Another (1966).
Tuesday, July 4 Tuesday’s Short + Feature: Premature* and Ten*
Come hitch a ride with Norwegian director Gunhild Enger and the late Iranian master...
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Saturday, July 1 Changing Faces
What does a face tell us even when it’s disguised or disfigured? And what does it conceal? Guest curator Imogen Sara Smith, a critic and author of the book In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City, assembles a series of films that revolve around enigmatic faces transformed by masks, scars, and surgery, including Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face (1960) and Hiroshi Teshigahara’s The Face of Another (1966).
Tuesday, July 4 Tuesday’s Short + Feature: Premature* and Ten*
Come hitch a ride with Norwegian director Gunhild Enger and the late Iranian master...
- 6/26/2017
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Reviewer: Philip Tatler IV
Rating (out of five): ****1/2
"How do you get an idea that hits you here," Martin Scorsese asks, jabbing a finger at the center of his forehead, " an image that hits you here, and then translate it through this… this… piece of equipment?"
The piece of equipment Scorsese is referring to, of course, is the movie camera. No one knew better how to translate the thoughts of directors through the unwieldy workings of a camera than Jack Cardiff, the subject of Cameraman.
A fifteen-year labor of love, Craig McCall’s documentary mines the career of Cardiff, the pioneering cinematographer known best for his three collaborations with "The Archers" (Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger). Those films – A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, and The Red Shoes – remain benchmarks of cinematic innovation.
Rating (out of five): ****1/2
"How do you get an idea that hits you here," Martin Scorsese asks, jabbing a finger at the center of his forehead, " an image that hits you here, and then translate it through this… this… piece of equipment?"
The piece of equipment Scorsese is referring to, of course, is the movie camera. No one knew better how to translate the thoughts of directors through the unwieldy workings of a camera than Jack Cardiff, the subject of Cameraman.
A fifteen-year labor of love, Craig McCall’s documentary mines the career of Cardiff, the pioneering cinematographer known best for his three collaborations with "The Archers" (Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger). Those films – A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, and The Red Shoes – remain benchmarks of cinematic innovation.
- 8/23/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
Film Lineup Set For Inaugural Palo Alto International Film Festival
Palo Alto, CA . The Palo Alto International Film Festival (Paiff) has announced its film program for the 2011 festival. The lineup includes 20 features and 74 short films curated from award-winning films and film festival favorites that exemplify Paiff.s theme of innovation in art, film and technology.
Paiff proudly presents a lineup that challenges the art form, taking creative risks with technology in films like Braden King.s cross-platform feature .Here,. to the artistically inventive .Bombay Beach. by music video director Alma Har.el to documentaries like .Something Ventured. which delves into the world of Venture Capital firms.
.We.re seeing a new movement emerging . films are trying to live outside the cinema. They.re breaking out of traditional storytelling structures,. said Paiff.s Director Programming Alf Seccombe. .This festival spotlights the creative risk-taking that is inherent in innovation..
The 2011 festival kicks...
Palo Alto, CA . The Palo Alto International Film Festival (Paiff) has announced its film program for the 2011 festival. The lineup includes 20 features and 74 short films curated from award-winning films and film festival favorites that exemplify Paiff.s theme of innovation in art, film and technology.
Paiff proudly presents a lineup that challenges the art form, taking creative risks with technology in films like Braden King.s cross-platform feature .Here,. to the artistically inventive .Bombay Beach. by music video director Alma Har.el to documentaries like .Something Ventured. which delves into the world of Venture Capital firms.
.We.re seeing a new movement emerging . films are trying to live outside the cinema. They.re breaking out of traditional storytelling structures,. said Paiff.s Director Programming Alf Seccombe. .This festival spotlights the creative risk-taking that is inherent in innovation..
The 2011 festival kicks...
- 8/15/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This week on the small screen, legendary Dp Jack Cardiff gets the tribute he deserves, Ellen Page goes a bit crazy and much more. DVD/Blu-rays This Week What to Buy "Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff" Why It's a Must Own: Legendary director of photography Jack Cardiff ("The Red Shoes," "The African Queen," "Under Capricorn") gets a comprehensive and fitting tribute in this documentary from Craig McCall, which ...
- 8/9/2011
- Indiewire
Rank the week of August 9th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Paul
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #764
Win Percentage: 55%
Times Ranked: 7626
Top-20 Rankings: 22
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Starring: Simon Pegg • Nick Frost • Seth Rogen • Jane Lynch • Sigourney Weaver
Genres: Adventure • Comedy • Road Movie • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy • Adventure Comedy
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Super
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2200
Win Percentage: 54%
Times Ranked: 2471
Top-20 Rankings: 11
Directed By: James Gunn
Starring: Rainn Wilson • Ellen Page • Liv Tyler • Kevin Bacon • Michael Rooker
Genres: Action • Action Comedy • Black Comedy • Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Drama • Satire • Based-on-Comics
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Jumping The Broom
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #16475
Win Percentage: 32%
Times Ranked: 46
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Salim Akil
Starring: Angela Bassett • Paula Patton • Meagan Good • Laz Alonso • Julie Bowen
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
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Your Highness
(DVD & Blu-ray | R...
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #764
Win Percentage: 55%
Times Ranked: 7626
Top-20 Rankings: 22
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Starring: Simon Pegg • Nick Frost • Seth Rogen • Jane Lynch • Sigourney Weaver
Genres: Adventure • Comedy • Road Movie • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy • Adventure Comedy
Rank This Movie
Super
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2200
Win Percentage: 54%
Times Ranked: 2471
Top-20 Rankings: 11
Directed By: James Gunn
Starring: Rainn Wilson • Ellen Page • Liv Tyler • Kevin Bacon • Michael Rooker
Genres: Action • Action Comedy • Black Comedy • Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Drama • Satire • Based-on-Comics
Rank This Movie
Jumping The Broom
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #16475
Win Percentage: 32%
Times Ranked: 46
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Salim Akil
Starring: Angela Bassett • Paula Patton • Meagan Good • Laz Alonso • Julie Bowen
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
Rank This Movie
Your Highness
(DVD & Blu-ray | R...
- 8/9/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
The Battle Of Algiers: The Criterion Collection (1966)
Synopsis: One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafe’s, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. Pontecorvo’s tour de force has astonishing relevance today. (criterion.com)
Special Features:
High-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Marcello Gatti (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition). Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth,...
The Battle Of Algiers: The Criterion Collection (1966)
Synopsis: One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafe’s, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. Pontecorvo’s tour de force has astonishing relevance today. (criterion.com)
Special Features:
High-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Marcello Gatti (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition). Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth,...
- 8/8/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Strand Releasing will release the acclaimed documentary film Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 9 for the list prices 0f $34.99 and $24.99.
Jack Cardiff talks Audrey Hepburn in Cameraman.
Directed by Craig McCall, Cameraman is a worshipful portrait of the late Academy Award-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who died in 2009 at the age of 94 but not before cementing his legend with such films as Stairway to Heaven, The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, The African Queen, Under Capricorn and even Rambo: First Blood Part II.
The feature-length movie is filled with clips, of course, and lots of interview footage of the man himself, a soft-spoken, charming British gentleman who comes off like the sweetest guy to ever wildly succeed in the notoriously ego-driven and Loud film industry. Also included is a solid mix of comments from such talking heads as filmmakers Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver) and Alan Parker...
Jack Cardiff talks Audrey Hepburn in Cameraman.
Directed by Craig McCall, Cameraman is a worshipful portrait of the late Academy Award-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who died in 2009 at the age of 94 but not before cementing his legend with such films as Stairway to Heaven, The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, The African Queen, Under Capricorn and even Rambo: First Blood Part II.
The feature-length movie is filled with clips, of course, and lots of interview footage of the man himself, a soft-spoken, charming British gentleman who comes off like the sweetest guy to ever wildly succeed in the notoriously ego-driven and Loud film industry. Also included is a solid mix of comments from such talking heads as filmmakers Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver) and Alan Parker...
- 6/14/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Title: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Director: Craig McCall Featuring: Jack Cardiff, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Martin Scorsese, Lauren Bacall, Kim Hunter, Thelma Schoonmaker, Freddie Francis and more Above-the-line stars get most of the credit and glory for Hollywood successes, but dozens if not hundreds of other specially gifted artisans labor on most big-budget productions, often going their entire careers without so much as an acknowledged tip of the proverbial cap from the moviegoing public at large. Director Craig McCall’s fascinating documentary ‘Cameraman’, then, attempts to right this wrong, shining a light on Jack Cardiff, who on March 25, 2001 — more than five decades after winning...
- 6/3/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff, who died in 2009 at age 94, stands as a regal presence at the center of Cameraman, a worshipful new documentary devoted to his remarkable life and career. Cardiff has always occupied the eye of the hurricane; he’s a quietly exceptional man in a medium ruled by lunatics and egomaniacs. Director Craig McCall approaches Cardiff with something approaching awe, though his subject views his accomplishments with the good-natured humility befitting a proper English gentleman. Cameraman chronicles Cardiff’s venerable career from his early days as a teenage prodigy through his glory years as the ...
- 5/12/2011
- avclub.com
So you're at a bar, nearly exceeding your alcohol tolerance, when suddenly you find yourself in a conversation with an elder. Chalk it up to liquor-induced time traveling, but however the talk began is of no importance because this charmer is full of exceeding knowledge and incredible stories. Now imagine this intelligent, seen-it-all storyteller was actually the late Jack Cardiff, cinematographer of "War and Peace," "The Red Shoes," "Black Narcissus," and "The African Queen" just to name a few. Quite a night for a film fanatic, huh? While this ever happening is certainly out of the question, Craig McCall's "Cameraman:…...
- 5/12/2011
- The Playlist
Cannes. Here, the Cicae Award winner at this year.s Berlin Film Festival has sold to Strand Releasing for distribution in the Us.
Co-written and directed by hotly tipped Us filmmaker Braden King, produced by Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen and starring Ben Foster (The Mechanic, The Messenger) and Lubna Azabal (Incendies, I Am Slave), Here is a beautifully realised road movie that chronicles a brief but intense romantic relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Foster) and an expatriate Armenian photographer (Azabal), who impulsively decide to travel together into uncharted territory.
The first American film produced in the country of Armenia, Here was a buzz title at Sundance before securing the Cicae Award at Berlin in February.
.It’s been gratifying to see Here connect so strongly with international audiences on the festival circuit,. says co-writer/director King. .The ways in which the film has resonated with disparate audiences transcends borders,...
Co-written and directed by hotly tipped Us filmmaker Braden King, produced by Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen and starring Ben Foster (The Mechanic, The Messenger) and Lubna Azabal (Incendies, I Am Slave), Here is a beautifully realised road movie that chronicles a brief but intense romantic relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Foster) and an expatriate Armenian photographer (Azabal), who impulsively decide to travel together into uncharted territory.
The first American film produced in the country of Armenia, Here was a buzz title at Sundance before securing the Cicae Award at Berlin in February.
.It’s been gratifying to see Here connect so strongly with international audiences on the festival circuit,. says co-writer/director King. .The ways in which the film has resonated with disparate audiences transcends borders,...
- 5/11/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(May 2011)
Directed by: Craig McCall
Featuring: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and John Mills
An official selection of the Cannes Classics component of the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, “Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff” begins with footage from an Academy Awards tribute by Dustin Hoffman, elucidating the impact of the legendary cinematographer. In “Cameraman,” director Craig McCall cleverly gives Cardiff carte blanche to share his tales from a variety of locations, including his home, where the cameraman scouts the room and the legacies of those stars who’ve died around him. In this way, McCall deftly and compellingly captures the cinematographer who made his mark on cinema’s landscape for 70 years.
Kid actor, runner, clapper boy and camera operator, Cardiff shares the secrets behind stars who knew their lighting, Marlene Dietrich first and most of all.
(May 2011)
Directed by: Craig McCall
Featuring: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and John Mills
An official selection of the Cannes Classics component of the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, “Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff” begins with footage from an Academy Awards tribute by Dustin Hoffman, elucidating the impact of the legendary cinematographer. In “Cameraman,” director Craig McCall cleverly gives Cardiff carte blanche to share his tales from a variety of locations, including his home, where the cameraman scouts the room and the legacies of those stars who’ve died around him. In this way, McCall deftly and compellingly captures the cinematographer who made his mark on cinema’s landscape for 70 years.
Kid actor, runner, clapper boy and camera operator, Cardiff shares the secrets behind stars who knew their lighting, Marlene Dietrich first and most of all.
- 5/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(May 2011)
Directed by: Craig McCall
Featuring: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and John Mills
An official selection of the Cannes Classics component of the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, “Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff” begins with footage from an Academy Awards tribute by Dustin Hoffman, elucidating the impact of the legendary cinematographer. In “Cameraman,” director Craig McCall cleverly gives Cardiff carte blanche to share his tales from a variety of locations, including his home, where the cameraman scouts the room and the legacies of those stars who’ve died around him. In this way, McCall deftly and compellingly captures the cinematographer who made his mark on cinema’s landscape for 70 years.
Kid actor, runner, clapper boy and camera operator, Cardiff shares the secrets behind stars who knew their lighting, Marlene Dietrich first and most of all.
(May 2011)
Directed by: Craig McCall
Featuring: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and John Mills
An official selection of the Cannes Classics component of the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, “Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff” begins with footage from an Academy Awards tribute by Dustin Hoffman, elucidating the impact of the legendary cinematographer. In “Cameraman,” director Craig McCall cleverly gives Cardiff carte blanche to share his tales from a variety of locations, including his home, where the cameraman scouts the room and the legacies of those stars who’ve died around him. In this way, McCall deftly and compellingly captures the cinematographer who made his mark on cinema’s landscape for 70 years.
Kid actor, runner, clapper boy and camera operator, Cardiff shares the secrets behind stars who knew their lighting, Marlene Dietrich first and most of all.
- 5/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The African Queen. The Red Shoes. Black Narcissus. hat do these films all have in common? Stunning cinematography from one Jack Cardiff, that’s what.
Now, thanks to director Craig McCall, Cardiff’s life and work are the center of a new documentary, entitled Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff, and in turn, Strand Releasing have given us the film’s first trailer. Featuring interviews with the likes of Kirk Douglass, Charlton Heston, and Martin Scorsese, the film looks at the life of the iconic cameraman, who helped usher in various trends and game changing aspects of the craft throughout his career, which spanned an insane eight decades. The grandfather of Technicolor filmmaking, Cardiff is synonymous with the art of cinematography.
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Now, thanks to director Craig McCall, Cardiff’s life and work are the center of a new documentary, entitled Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff, and in turn, Strand Releasing have given us the film’s first trailer. Featuring interviews with the likes of Kirk Douglass, Charlton Heston, and Martin Scorsese, the film looks at the life of the iconic cameraman, who helped usher in various trends and game changing aspects of the craft throughout his career, which spanned an insane eight decades. The grandfather of Technicolor filmmaking, Cardiff is synonymous with the art of cinematography.
Read more on Trailer for Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff hits...
- 5/3/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
This iconic cinematographer behind such classics as The Red Shoes, The African Queen and Black Narcissus has received much-deserved documentary treatment. Jack Cardiff became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar in 2001. We gave Craig McCall‘s doc a mixed review at New York Film Festival last year, but now you can see it for yourself this month. Check out the trailer for the film featuring Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglass, Charlton Heston, and Lauren Bacall below via Apple.
Synopsis:
Jack Cardiff’s career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture’s first ten decades and his work behind the camera altered the look of films forever through his use of Technicolor photography. Craig McCall’s passionate film about the legendary cinematographer reveals a unique figure in British and international cinema.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff hits theaters May 13th,...
Synopsis:
Jack Cardiff’s career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture’s first ten decades and his work behind the camera altered the look of films forever through his use of Technicolor photography. Craig McCall’s passionate film about the legendary cinematographer reveals a unique figure in British and international cinema.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff hits theaters May 13th,...
- 5/2/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Everyone knows that Steven Spielberg directed "E.T." and that Martin Scorsese directed "Taxi Driver." But I'll wager that virtually nobody knows who filmed either classic. (Answers: Ellen Daviau and Michael Chapman, respectively.) Craig McCall, who directs "Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff," wants us to know that second to the director, the person behind the camera is the most important figure on a crew. The lensing evokes the mood that the director wants, and no person equals Jack Cardiff as the premier artist to set that very mood. In one film he enhanced the mood by putting a glass in front of the lens which he painted. Cardiff was also an accomplished painter himself, expressing his works in the style of the greats like Degas.
- 4/28/2011
- Arizona Reporter
Hey there kids! Here is an updated list of releases for 2011 by Strand Releasing. Enjoy!
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Drama/Fantasy)
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century, Tropical Malady, Blissfully Yours). Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave . the birthplace of his first life. In his signature cinematic style, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker delivers a strange and mystical world of visionary beauty. Winner of the Palme d.Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Thailand.s Official Selection for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Drama/Fantasy)
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century, Tropical Malady, Blissfully Yours). Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave . the birthplace of his first life. In his signature cinematic style, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker delivers a strange and mystical world of visionary beauty. Winner of the Palme d.Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Thailand.s Official Selection for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
- 3/9/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Filed under: Documentaries, Cinematical
Three documentaries screening at this year's New York Film Festival are biographical portraits of artists. There's Michael Epstein's 'LennonNYC,' about the final years of John Lennon, Martin Scorsese's 'A Letter to Elia,' a tribute to legendary filmmaker Elia Kazan, and the greatest of the three, 'Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff,' Craig McCall's look at the titular cinematographer, who is best known for his work with Powell and Pressburger ('Black Narcissus,' 'The Red Shoes').
You can find my thoughts on each of these films after the jump.
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Three documentaries screening at this year's New York Film Festival are biographical portraits of artists. There's Michael Epstein's 'LennonNYC,' about the final years of John Lennon, Martin Scorsese's 'A Letter to Elia,' a tribute to legendary filmmaker Elia Kazan, and the greatest of the three, 'Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff,' Craig McCall's look at the titular cinematographer, who is best known for his work with Powell and Pressburger ('Black Narcissus,' 'The Red Shoes').
You can find my thoughts on each of these films after the jump.
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- 9/24/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, directed by Craig McCall, is a tour of the work, more than the life, of Cinematographer Jack Cardiff. It is definitely better suited for Turner Classic Movies than a theatrical or even DVD release. Perhaps the best part of Cameraman is that it gets to highlight so many films of such quality, giving much credit to how brilliant and prolific Jack Cardiff actually was. His collaboration with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger in films like The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus and A Matter of Life and Death comprise about one third of the running time. The latter of those three will be screening alongside this documentary at the festival. McCall does a decent job of shaping the film as a tour of cinematic history as it applies to Cardiff, rather than a biography of the cinematographer. He stays away from narration, and instead goes with interviews.
- 9/24/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Note: This is the first review in a series of upcoming reviews covering the New York Film Festival, which opens this Friday (September 24th). Stay tuned for more movie coverage.
Jack Cardiff was one of the most ambitious, most accomplished cinematographers in the history of cinema, largely responsible for the lush, vibrant look of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger‘s early films (A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes), the man behind the camera of John Huston’s acclaimed The African Queen and Joe Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa. And that only touches the surface of his range and talent.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, directed by Craig McCall, is quick to show and tell you all of the above plus a whole lot more, and from the lips of film greats such as Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Thelma Schoonmaker and Martin Scorsese.
Jack Cardiff was one of the most ambitious, most accomplished cinematographers in the history of cinema, largely responsible for the lush, vibrant look of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger‘s early films (A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes), the man behind the camera of John Huston’s acclaimed The African Queen and Joe Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa. And that only touches the surface of his range and talent.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, directed by Craig McCall, is quick to show and tell you all of the above plus a whole lot more, and from the lips of film greats such as Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Thelma Schoonmaker and Martin Scorsese.
- 9/20/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival is coming, and The Scorecard Review will be there will exclusive interviews, movie reviews and red carpet events beginning October 7, 2010.
Here is the news release on the documentaries at this year’s festival.
Chicago, September 7, 2010 – As documentary films gain ever-increasing recognition in theaters around the world, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival announces the 2010 lineup of its Docufest documentary program and new series for true movie buffs, “Film on Film.” Sponsored by DePaul University, Docufest and the Film on Film program feature four world premieres, one international premiere, two North American premieres and two USA premieres.
Special guests attending this year range from award-winning filmmakers Alex Gibney and Lucy Walker to debuting directors making bold first impressions and even troupes of circus performers, slam poets, and a “minuteman” border guard. Twelve countries are represented across these 17 films. The Docufest competition jury includes the winner...
Here is the news release on the documentaries at this year’s festival.
Chicago, September 7, 2010 – As documentary films gain ever-increasing recognition in theaters around the world, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival announces the 2010 lineup of its Docufest documentary program and new series for true movie buffs, “Film on Film.” Sponsored by DePaul University, Docufest and the Film on Film program feature four world premieres, one international premiere, two North American premieres and two USA premieres.
Special guests attending this year range from award-winning filmmakers Alex Gibney and Lucy Walker to debuting directors making bold first impressions and even troupes of circus performers, slam poets, and a “minuteman” border guard. Twelve countries are represented across these 17 films. The Docufest competition jury includes the winner...
- 9/10/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
With the kickoff of the 37th Telluride Film Festival, so begins the 2010 Awards Season. Of special note are the special sneak previews of The King’S Speech starring Oscar hopeful Colin Firth, Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan via the Venice Film Festival and Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours. Also on the schedule are Mike Leigh’s Another Year, Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go with Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, and Peter Weir’s The Way Back starring Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, and Ed Harris. Many of the films listed below will continue onto the Toronto International Film Festival which runs September 9-19. So fellow Awards Watchers…let the games begin.
Press Release:
37th Telluride Film Festival Announces 2010 Festival Lineup Twenty-four new feature films to preview in Festival’s main program, the “Show” Claudia Cardinale, Colin Firth and Peter Weir to receive Silver Medallion Awards Special revival programs...
Press Release:
37th Telluride Film Festival Announces 2010 Festival Lineup Twenty-four new feature films to preview in Festival’s main program, the “Show” Claudia Cardinale, Colin Firth and Peter Weir to receive Silver Medallion Awards Special revival programs...
- 9/3/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Brighton On Screen
With the Brighton Rock remake on its way, the Duke Of York's cinema is getting in early with a season of films made in, or with links to, the area. An obvious choice is Quadrophenia, but the more curious should check out odder fare, like The Flesh And Blood Show, directed by former Doy projectionist Peter Walker, the dour thriller Jigsaw and John Mackenzie's Made, a social drama featuring folkie Roy Harper. The centrepiece is Brighton Rock Unseen, a tribute to Graham Greene's original novel and the iconic 1947 movie it spawned.
Duke Of York's, Sun to 29 Aug; picturehouses.co.uk
Chichester Film Festival
Opening with Sylvain Chomet's lovely, Jacques Tati-inspired animation The Illusionist, the 19th Chichester Film Festival is bent on bringing magic of all kinds to the screen. Aside from previews of upcoming Us, European, Asian and British flicks – including...
With the Brighton Rock remake on its way, the Duke Of York's cinema is getting in early with a season of films made in, or with links to, the area. An obvious choice is Quadrophenia, but the more curious should check out odder fare, like The Flesh And Blood Show, directed by former Doy projectionist Peter Walker, the dour thriller Jigsaw and John Mackenzie's Made, a social drama featuring folkie Roy Harper. The centrepiece is Brighton Rock Unseen, a tribute to Graham Greene's original novel and the iconic 1947 movie it spawned.
Duke Of York's, Sun to 29 Aug; picturehouses.co.uk
Chichester Film Festival
Opening with Sylvain Chomet's lovely, Jacques Tati-inspired animation The Illusionist, the 19th Chichester Film Festival is bent on bringing magic of all kinds to the screen. Aside from previews of upcoming Us, European, Asian and British flicks – including...
- 8/13/2010
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
There’s an excellent chance that you already know the work of Jack Cardiff, and picking a few prominent films from his considerable career behind the camera, as a director and one of the celebrated cinematographers of all time, yield a collection of images both haunting and luminous.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff takes a fairly standard route through the mesmerising work of a cinematographer whose work is instantly recognisable and full of love for the magic of cinema. Craig McCall’s documentary succeeds because Cardiff is candid in his passions and recall of the dramas which surrounded the films and the people caught up in their wake.
Cardiff’s gift is evident in almost every frame of the films McCall selects which, while sticking to the safe road of Powell and Pressburger amongst others, allow the beauty of Cardiff’s work to seduce you into not...
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff takes a fairly standard route through the mesmerising work of a cinematographer whose work is instantly recognisable and full of love for the magic of cinema. Craig McCall’s documentary succeeds because Cardiff is candid in his passions and recall of the dramas which surrounded the films and the people caught up in their wake.
Cardiff’s gift is evident in almost every frame of the films McCall selects which, while sticking to the safe road of Powell and Pressburger amongst others, allow the beauty of Cardiff’s work to seduce you into not...
- 7/29/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Let's sum it up right now; Cameraman: the Life and Work of Jack Cardiff makes for hugely entertaining watching and anyone with the slightest interest in its remarkable subject should see it the moment they get the chance. The film's main flaw is that, on a technical level, it's arguably not that great.
Director Craig McCall, working over a period of seventeen years (!) simply isn't able to successfully organise the vast amount of material available to him (to be fair, Cardiff had a very long life, and left behind a great deal of work) and his documentary feels frustratingly rushed, clumsily paced and somewhat unsatisfying. Fortunately for him, even the most incompetent filmmaker would struggle to make Jack Cardiff's story any less than enthralling.
He remains - at the time of writing - the only cinematographer to be awarded an honorary Oscar for a lifetime's achievement. While these are...
Director Craig McCall, working over a period of seventeen years (!) simply isn't able to successfully organise the vast amount of material available to him (to be fair, Cardiff had a very long life, and left behind a great deal of work) and his documentary feels frustratingly rushed, clumsily paced and somewhat unsatisfying. Fortunately for him, even the most incompetent filmmaker would struggle to make Jack Cardiff's story any less than enthralling.
He remains - at the time of writing - the only cinematographer to be awarded an honorary Oscar for a lifetime's achievement. While these are...
- 7/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
London -- L.A.-based Strand Releasing has snapped up all North American rights to documentary "Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff," in a deal struck by U.K. sales and finance label High Point Films.
The doc unspooled during this year's Cannes Classics and is described by director Craig McCall as "a conversation" with the Oscar-winning cinematographer who died last year.
Strand Releasing co-president Jon Gerrans secured rights to the doc after seeing it during last month's Festival de Cannes in a deal negotiated with High Point sales director Elisar Cabrera.
"Of the several U.S. companies clambering for North American rights, we believe that Strand Releasing demonstrates a key understanding in the film that sets them apart from the crowd, and we have every confidence they will do an excellent job," said High Point managing director Carey Fitzgerald.
The doc unspooled during this year's Cannes Classics and is described by director Craig McCall as "a conversation" with the Oscar-winning cinematographer who died last year.
Strand Releasing co-president Jon Gerrans secured rights to the doc after seeing it during last month's Festival de Cannes in a deal negotiated with High Point sales director Elisar Cabrera.
"Of the several U.S. companies clambering for North American rights, we believe that Strand Releasing demonstrates a key understanding in the film that sets them apart from the crowd, and we have every confidence they will do an excellent job," said High Point managing director Carey Fitzgerald.
- 6/14/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The BFI recently screened the Craig McCall film Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, a timely look at a body of work whose influence and invention cannot be understated, and we were fortunate to get to speak with director Craig McCall about his film and the wider implications of the work of Jack Cardiff,
Brendon Connelly conducted the interview for HeyUGuys.
In 2001, Jack Cardiff was the first cinematographer to win an honorary Oscar. This was over half a decade on from his first Academy win for the astonishing photography in Black Narcissus and by then, Cardiff’s reputation had blossomed.
Fans of that Black Narcissus may well have seen Painting With Light, a DVD supplement on Cardiff’s cinematography for the film that was issued on various DVD releases of the picture. What these fans may not have known was that the documentary was built from the footage...
Brendon Connelly conducted the interview for HeyUGuys.
In 2001, Jack Cardiff was the first cinematographer to win an honorary Oscar. This was over half a decade on from his first Academy win for the astonishing photography in Black Narcissus and by then, Cardiff’s reputation had blossomed.
Fans of that Black Narcissus may well have seen Painting With Light, a DVD supplement on Cardiff’s cinematography for the film that was issued on various DVD releases of the picture. What these fans may not have known was that the documentary was built from the footage...
- 6/4/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Pin back those ears and indulge in the luxuriant cinematic conversation of the latest episode of Mouth Off – the official podcast of HeyUGuys.
Arriving just in time to complement your weekend I chat to Brendon Connelly and Craig Skinner about the Rian Johnson film The Brothers Bloom (out in UK cinemas today), as well as looking over the career of the late Dennis Hopper and kicking the recently orphaned Hobbit film around.
In the mix this week we also consider the collusion of Neils – Jordan and Gaiman as The Graveyard Book edges closer to the screen, and there’s the weekly delight of our Ripped from the Crypt section – trailers and assorted material included below.
Also included as a bonus on this podcast is Brendon’s interview with Craig McCall – the director of the recent documentary Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff.
As always do leave your comments and suggestions below,...
Arriving just in time to complement your weekend I chat to Brendon Connelly and Craig Skinner about the Rian Johnson film The Brothers Bloom (out in UK cinemas today), as well as looking over the career of the late Dennis Hopper and kicking the recently orphaned Hobbit film around.
In the mix this week we also consider the collusion of Neils – Jordan and Gaiman as The Graveyard Book edges closer to the screen, and there’s the weekly delight of our Ripped from the Crypt section – trailers and assorted material included below.
Also included as a bonus on this podcast is Brendon’s interview with Craig McCall – the director of the recent documentary Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff.
As always do leave your comments and suggestions below,...
- 6/4/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This week, Film Weekly has decamped to the 63rd Cannes film festival. From the Croisette, we talk to Mark Strong, one of the stars of Cannes opener Robin Hood, Craig McCall on his documentary of Cannes favourite Jack Cardiff and Haim Tabakman about his Cannes 2009 hit Eyes Wide Open. Also, a preview of what's still to come at Cannes 2010.
The festival opened on Wednesday night with a very British affair: Ridley Scott's dark and brooding take on Robin Hood. Playing against Russell Crowe's outlaw hero is a Film Weekly favourite, Mark Strong, as the malign and treacherous Godfrey. The actor tells Jason Solomons about the pleasures of working with Scott again and the special satisfaction of playing the baddie you love to hate.
Israeli director Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open was one of the biggest tips at last year's festival. The film, about a destructive gay affair...
The festival opened on Wednesday night with a very British affair: Ridley Scott's dark and brooding take on Robin Hood. Playing against Russell Crowe's outlaw hero is a Film Weekly favourite, Mark Strong, as the malign and treacherous Godfrey. The actor tells Jason Solomons about the pleasures of working with Scott again and the special satisfaction of playing the baddie you love to hate.
Israeli director Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open was one of the biggest tips at last year's festival. The film, about a destructive gay affair...
- 5/14/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Jason Phipps, Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Four Lions (15)
(Chris Morris, 2010, UK) Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali. 102 mins
Still grasping the nettles others would rather strim over, Morris returns with a suicide-bomb-com that both makes you laugh, and makes you wonder if you should be laughing. Tracking an inept Sheffield terrorist cell with big plans, it's packed with priceless lines and inspired absurdity in an Ealing comedy-meets-In The Loop sort of way. But we're not let off that lightly. These are more than simple caricatures, and as their mission becomes increasingly real, in every sense, we laugh at our peril.
The Back-Up Plan (12A)
(Alan Poul, 2010, Us) Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin. 104 mins
J-Lo returns to reclaim her title as lightweight romcom champion, with another surreally dumb relationship souffle that should have Jennifer Aniston quaking in her fluffy slippers.
Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff (Nc)
(Craig McCall, 2010, UK) 90 mins
Self-explanatory doc about the pioneering British cinematographer,...
(Chris Morris, 2010, UK) Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali. 102 mins
Still grasping the nettles others would rather strim over, Morris returns with a suicide-bomb-com that both makes you laugh, and makes you wonder if you should be laughing. Tracking an inept Sheffield terrorist cell with big plans, it's packed with priceless lines and inspired absurdity in an Ealing comedy-meets-In The Loop sort of way. But we're not let off that lightly. These are more than simple caricatures, and as their mission becomes increasingly real, in every sense, we laugh at our peril.
The Back-Up Plan (12A)
(Alan Poul, 2010, Us) Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin. 104 mins
J-Lo returns to reclaim her title as lightweight romcom champion, with another surreally dumb relationship souffle that should have Jennifer Aniston quaking in her fluffy slippers.
Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff (Nc)
(Craig McCall, 2010, UK) 90 mins
Self-explanatory doc about the pioneering British cinematographer,...
- 5/7/2010
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
Since the announcement of this year’s selected films, the Cannes film festival machine has whirred on, with additions to that line-up and confirmation of some of the Out of Competition activities that attendees can look forward to.
One particular highlight is the Cannes Classics programme of films, a selection of restored films and rediscovered lost films, as part of the build up to their re-release in cinemas or on DVD. The programme traditionally includes some massively important films: the 2009 fest offered the mouth-watering triptych of Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948), Leone’s A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), and this year’s line-up is just as eye-catching.
This year’s Cannes Classic programme lines up as follows (with additional detail of their restoration, and the ceremony attached to the screening):
- La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France,...
One particular highlight is the Cannes Classics programme of films, a selection of restored films and rediscovered lost films, as part of the build up to their re-release in cinemas or on DVD. The programme traditionally includes some massively important films: the 2009 fest offered the mouth-watering triptych of Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948), Leone’s A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), and this year’s line-up is just as eye-catching.
This year’s Cannes Classic programme lines up as follows (with additional detail of their restoration, and the ceremony attached to the screening):
- La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France,...
- 5/1/2010
- by Simon Gallagher
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mrinal Sen’s Khandahar will be screened in Cannes Classics 2010. Cannes Classics, created in 2004, accompanies contemporary films from the Official Selection with a programme of restored films and lost films that have been found again, as part of their re-release in cinemas or on DVD.
The film has been restored by Reliance MediaWorks with the support of the National Film Archive of India. Mrinal Sen will attend the screening of Khandahar at Cannes.
Programme - La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France, 1946, 82’) by René Clément, awarded the Jury Prize in 1946, restored by Ina and Full Images, will be screened in the presence of Mrs. Johanna Clément.- Boudu Sauve Des Eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) by Jean Renoir (France, 85’, 1932), a restoration presented by Pathé in a never-before-seen version that includes scenes that were cut in the original. A Pathé restoration in association with the laboratries L’immagine...
The film has been restored by Reliance MediaWorks with the support of the National Film Archive of India. Mrinal Sen will attend the screening of Khandahar at Cannes.
Programme - La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France, 1946, 82’) by René Clément, awarded the Jury Prize in 1946, restored by Ina and Full Images, will be screened in the presence of Mrs. Johanna Clément.- Boudu Sauve Des Eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) by Jean Renoir (France, 85’, 1932), a restoration presented by Pathé in a never-before-seen version that includes scenes that were cut in the original. A Pathé restoration in association with the laboratries L’immagine...
- 4/27/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Paris -- Festival de Cannes official selection sidebar Cannes Classics will be saving more old films from drowning in a sea of obscurity with an all-star lineup of restored titles including Jean Renoir's "Boudu Saved From Drowning" set to screen during the festival, organizers said Tuesday.
Created in 2004, the Cannes Classics program restores old movies so that they can be re-released in theaters or on DVD and screened with their contemporary counterparts in Cannes during the festival.
This year's selection includes Rene Clement's 1946 film "The Battle of the Rails," "John Huston's 1951 film "African Queen" and Luchino Visconti's 1963 title "The Leopard" among several films from across the globe.
The fest will also screen a restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" from Universal Pictures and Audionamix complete with a reconstructed soundtrack.
Martin Scorsese's nonprofit World Cinema Foundation is also planning to screen more obscure titles from the film archives of Kazakhstan,...
Created in 2004, the Cannes Classics program restores old movies so that they can be re-released in theaters or on DVD and screened with their contemporary counterparts in Cannes during the festival.
This year's selection includes Rene Clement's 1946 film "The Battle of the Rails," "John Huston's 1951 film "African Queen" and Luchino Visconti's 1963 title "The Leopard" among several films from across the globe.
The fest will also screen a restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" from Universal Pictures and Audionamix complete with a reconstructed soundtrack.
Martin Scorsese's nonprofit World Cinema Foundation is also planning to screen more obscure titles from the film archives of Kazakhstan,...
- 4/27/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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