NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg’s Dishonored and Alan Rudolph’s rarely screened Remember My Name.
Bam
In advance of her debut feature The African Desperate, Martine Syms has curated a series of influences—among them Spike Lee’s Girl 6, Paprika, and Happy Together.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; “Loving Highsmith” has its second weekend with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; restorations of Alain Resnais’ The War Is Over and Carnal Knowledge continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: White, and Three Colors: Red all play in new 4K restorations.
Museum of the Moving Image
One of Johnnie To’s best films, Vengeance, screens on Friday as part of a retrospective on The Story of Film, while...
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg’s Dishonored and Alan Rudolph’s rarely screened Remember My Name.
Bam
In advance of her debut feature The African Desperate, Martine Syms has curated a series of influences—among them Spike Lee’s Girl 6, Paprika, and Happy Together.
Film Forum
A Miloš Forman retrospective celebrates the filmmaker’s 90th birthday; “Loving Highsmith” has its second weekend with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; restorations of Alain Resnais’ The War Is Over and Carnal Knowledge continue.
Film at Lincoln Center
Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: White, and Three Colors: Red all play in new 4K restorations.
Museum of the Moving Image
One of Johnnie To’s best films, Vengeance, screens on Friday as part of a retrospective on The Story of Film, while...
- 9/8/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Bam
“Working Class Musicals” examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, featuring Cherbourg, Chantal Akerman, West Side Story x2, and more.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Johnny Guitar, Jennifer’s Body, and Woman in the Dunes.
Film Forum
“Loving Highsmith” begins with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; Alain Resnias’ The War Is Over continues and Carnal Knowledge, restored, begins a run.
Japan Society
Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill! plays on 35mm this Friday.
Film at Lincoln Center
As the Three Colors: Red restoration continues, The Wiz has a free outdoor screening this Friday on Governor’s Island.
Paris Theater
Kurosawa’s Ran plays exclusively through the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Streets of Fire, Licorice Pizza, Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
Bam
“Working Class Musicals” examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, featuring Cherbourg, Chantal Akerman, West Side Story x2, and more.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Johnny Guitar, Jennifer’s Body, and Woman in the Dunes.
Film Forum
“Loving Highsmith” begins with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; Alain Resnias’ The War Is Over continues and Carnal Knowledge, restored, begins a run.
Japan Society
Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill! plays on 35mm this Friday.
Film at Lincoln Center
As the Three Colors: Red restoration continues, The Wiz has a free outdoor screening this Friday on Governor’s Island.
Paris Theater
Kurosawa’s Ran plays exclusively through the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Streets of Fire, Licorice Pizza, Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
- 9/1/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Mediawan, the integrated European media group which owns Italy’s Palomar, is rolling out a new screening and distribution platform to fast-track dealmaking and make up for the raft of physical markets that are being canceled due to the coronavirus crisis.
The platform will showcase programs produced and/or sold by Mediawan’s companies and will be aimed at buyers, from independent distributors to broadcasters and streaming services.
“In the current health context, this platform is an innovative vector to reinforce the Group’s close connections with its partners and facilitate discussions” in a virtual setting, said Mediawan.
“In just a few years, Mediawan has become one of Europe’s main independent studios producing premium content, bringing together the best talents and labels,” said Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan.
“It was crucial for Mediawan to strengthen its brand identity by integrating its labels and channels to fast-track their development everywhere in the world.
The platform will showcase programs produced and/or sold by Mediawan’s companies and will be aimed at buyers, from independent distributors to broadcasters and streaming services.
“In the current health context, this platform is an innovative vector to reinforce the Group’s close connections with its partners and facilitate discussions” in a virtual setting, said Mediawan.
“In just a few years, Mediawan has become one of Europe’s main independent studios producing premium content, bringing together the best talents and labels,” said Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan.
“It was crucial for Mediawan to strengthen its brand identity by integrating its labels and channels to fast-track their development everywhere in the world.
- 6/3/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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Loung Ung was 5 years old in 1975 when the soldiers marched into her city. "That day, they were smiling," says the human rights activist. "People were screaming, 'The war is over! The war is over!' I didn't know we had been in a war. But they were wearing black shirts and pants, and that was different for us because Cambodia is a very colorful culture; we'd wear bright colors. My first thought was, 'If they are so happy, why are they all in black?' "
Ung found out quickly enough, much to her regret, as these seeming liberators...
Loung Ung was 5 years old in 1975 when the soldiers marched into her city. "That day, they were smiling," says the human rights activist. "People were screaming, 'The war is over! The war is over!' I didn't know we had been in a war. But they were wearing black shirts and pants, and that was different for us because Cambodia is a very colorful culture; we'd wear bright colors. My first thought was, 'If they are so happy, why are they all in black?' "
Ung found out quickly enough, much to her regret, as these seeming liberators...
- 11/22/2017
- by Stephen Galloway
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s performance isn’t strong enough to save Doug Liman’s dull, stripped-back war film
This stripped-back three-hander from Doug Liman, director of the Bourne trilogy and Edge of Tomorrow, is set in Iraq in 2007. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a shrill American soldier, badly wounded and trapped behind a crumbling low wall as his partner (John Cena) lays unconscious at the mercy of an enemy sniper. It’s an interesting premise, with moments of tension and visceral gore, but Taylor-Johnson’s performance isn’t strong enough to rescue the film from lengthy stretches of banality. A dusty, beige palette offers no respite from the dullness and the film’s central question – “The war is over. You’re still here. Why?” – is only asked in its last reel.
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This stripped-back three-hander from Doug Liman, director of the Bourne trilogy and Edge of Tomorrow, is set in Iraq in 2007. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a shrill American soldier, badly wounded and trapped behind a crumbling low wall as his partner (John Cena) lays unconscious at the mercy of an enemy sniper. It’s an interesting premise, with moments of tension and visceral gore, but Taylor-Johnson’s performance isn’t strong enough to rescue the film from lengthy stretches of banality. A dusty, beige palette offers no respite from the dullness and the film’s central question – “The war is over. You’re still here. Why?” – is only asked in its last reel.
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- 7/30/2017
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Zehra Phelan
Three new atmospheric previews from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower have been unleashed delving into the world of our Gunslinger Knight Idris Elba, and the Man in Black, Matthew McConaughey, and his obsession with death.
Watch the full trailer for The Dark Tower here
Directed by A Royal Affair’s Nikolaj Arcel, The ambitious The Dark Tower has had a few hiccups getting off the ground with names coming and going and release dates pushed back but finally it’s all systems go in the film which stars Idris Elba as Roland Deschain – a gunslinger hero on a mission to save The Dark Tower against Matthew McConaughey’s evil Man in Black.
In the first clip below entitled Man in Black, you guessed it, focuses on McConaughey stating “The war is over my friend- everyone you have ever loved has died by my hand” With shots fired by Elba,...
Three new atmospheric previews from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower have been unleashed delving into the world of our Gunslinger Knight Idris Elba, and the Man in Black, Matthew McConaughey, and his obsession with death.
Watch the full trailer for The Dark Tower here
Directed by A Royal Affair’s Nikolaj Arcel, The ambitious The Dark Tower has had a few hiccups getting off the ground with names coming and going and release dates pushed back but finally it’s all systems go in the film which stars Idris Elba as Roland Deschain – a gunslinger hero on a mission to save The Dark Tower against Matthew McConaughey’s evil Man in Black.
In the first clip below entitled Man in Black, you guessed it, focuses on McConaughey stating “The war is over my friend- everyone you have ever loved has died by my hand” With shots fired by Elba,...
- 6/5/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The war is over. You know what’s coming.” The Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) delivers a chilling message in the first of two promos for The Dark Tower.
On the eve of tomorrow’s grand trailer reveal, and following a Twitter exchange between leading stars Idris Elba and McConaughey – how wonderful is it that both tend to dip in and out of character when addressing one another online? – we now have our first official peek at Nikolaj Arcel’s wildly ambitious adaptation in motion.
Considering that the second teaser shifts the focus over to Idris Elba’s Roland Deschain (Aka The Gunslinger), this is very much Sony’s way of drawing the line between its two leading stars, with Elba hailing from the lighter side of the moral spectrum. By stark contrast, Matthew McConaughey’s Man in Black – a character that ought to be familiar to diehard Stephen King...
On the eve of tomorrow’s grand trailer reveal, and following a Twitter exchange between leading stars Idris Elba and McConaughey – how wonderful is it that both tend to dip in and out of character when addressing one another online? – we now have our first official peek at Nikolaj Arcel’s wildly ambitious adaptation in motion.
Considering that the second teaser shifts the focus over to Idris Elba’s Roland Deschain (Aka The Gunslinger), this is very much Sony’s way of drawing the line between its two leading stars, with Elba hailing from the lighter side of the moral spectrum. By stark contrast, Matthew McConaughey’s Man in Black – a character that ought to be familiar to diehard Stephen King...
- 5/2/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The Man in Black is having a little fun ahead of the first trailer debut of The Dark Tower.
After a brief Twitter exchange between leading men Idris Elba (Roland Deschain) and Matthew McConaughey (The Man in Black), McConaughey has shared a snippet from the upcoming trailer, and revealed it will be released Wednesday.
"The war is over. You know what’s coming. the Tower will fall," says the Man in Black.
Soon after, Elba shared his own clip, complete with a special message book readers will know: "I do not kill with my gun. I kill with my heart."
Anticipation for a look at footage...
After a brief Twitter exchange between leading men Idris Elba (Roland Deschain) and Matthew McConaughey (The Man in Black), McConaughey has shared a snippet from the upcoming trailer, and revealed it will be released Wednesday.
"The war is over. You know what’s coming. the Tower will fall," says the Man in Black.
Soon after, Elba shared his own clip, complete with a special message book readers will know: "I do not kill with my gun. I kill with my heart."
Anticipation for a look at footage...
- 5/2/2017
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One week a month, Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres. This week: With the Academy Awards a few days away, we look back at some of the unlikeliest Oscar nominees, picking a different major category every day.
The Red Balloon (1956)
From the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, Hollywood often looked to Europe (especially France and Italy) as the cutting edge of movie style. It was during this period that the award for Best Original Screenplay became an unofficial arthouse category at the Oscars, earning nominations and even wins for all sorts of movies whose modern equivalents one couldn’t imagine getting nominated today, like Blow-Up or any of the three Alain Resnais films that received nods in the 1960s: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year At Marienbad, and the less famous La Guerre Est Finie. (What, no love for Muriel?) Federico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman...
The Red Balloon (1956)
From the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, Hollywood often looked to Europe (especially France and Italy) as the cutting edge of movie style. It was during this period that the award for Best Original Screenplay became an unofficial arthouse category at the Oscars, earning nominations and even wins for all sorts of movies whose modern equivalents one couldn’t imagine getting nominated today, like Blow-Up or any of the three Alain Resnais films that received nods in the 1960s: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year At Marienbad, and the less famous La Guerre Est Finie. (What, no love for Muriel?) Federico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman...
- 2/23/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
This week's episode of A&E's Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath focused on the story of Aaron Smith-Levin, a Scientologist for 29 years who left the Church in 2014. Here are five things we learned from last night's show, courtesy of Mr. Smith-Levin's story.
1.Winning tax exemption from the Ira legitimized Scientology to some of its own followers
Like many longtime Church members, Smith-Levin joined as a child when his mother started taking courses and working for the organization. He told Remini that he distinctly remembers becoming actually invested...
1.Winning tax exemption from the Ira legitimized Scientology to some of its own followers
Like many longtime Church members, Smith-Levin joined as a child when his mother started taking courses and working for the organization. He told Remini that he distinctly remembers becoming actually invested...
- 1/4/2017
- Rollingstone.com
‘Toni Erdmann’ (Courtesy: Tiff)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
It’s not too often that foreign-language films get recognized for anything at the Oscars beyond the best foreign-language film category — but it does happen. And, believe it or not, it happens more for best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay than many other categories. A prime example of that is Toni Erdmann, Germany’s submission this year that is proving to be a cross-category threat, which could score a nomination — or a win — for its writing.
The story of Toni Erdmann — which has a solid Rotten Tomatoes score of 91% — follows a father who is trying to reconnect with his adult daughter after the death of his dog. It sounds simple enough but, of course, the two couldn’t be more unalike. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and where it won the Fipresci Prize. Since then, it...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
It’s not too often that foreign-language films get recognized for anything at the Oscars beyond the best foreign-language film category — but it does happen. And, believe it or not, it happens more for best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay than many other categories. A prime example of that is Toni Erdmann, Germany’s submission this year that is proving to be a cross-category threat, which could score a nomination — or a win — for its writing.
The story of Toni Erdmann — which has a solid Rotten Tomatoes score of 91% — follows a father who is trying to reconnect with his adult daughter after the death of his dog. It sounds simple enough but, of course, the two couldn’t be more unalike. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and where it won the Fipresci Prize. Since then, it...
- 1/4/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Rebecca Clough Jan 20, 2017
As America gets its new President, we look at some excellent political drama films that may have slipped under your radar...
Political dramas can be entertaining, informative and even educational, opening up debates and offering new points of view. (When experiencing a year of tumultuous change like the one we’ve just had, they can also be a comforting reminder that, no matter what your situation, it could always be worse...) With the full whack of corruption, war, and conspiracy, here are 25 political dramas which deserve to be better known.
See related 25 underrated political thrillers 17 new TV shows to watch in 2017 Taboo episode 3 review The Girl On The Train review 25. The Marchers/La Marche (2013)
When teenager Mohamed (Tewfik Jallab) is shot by police, his friends want revenge, but he has a better idea: peaceful protest. Marching from Marseille to Paris, they band together with quite an assortment of characters along the way.
As America gets its new President, we look at some excellent political drama films that may have slipped under your radar...
Political dramas can be entertaining, informative and even educational, opening up debates and offering new points of view. (When experiencing a year of tumultuous change like the one we’ve just had, they can also be a comforting reminder that, no matter what your situation, it could always be worse...) With the full whack of corruption, war, and conspiracy, here are 25 political dramas which deserve to be better known.
See related 25 underrated political thrillers 17 new TV shows to watch in 2017 Taboo episode 3 review The Girl On The Train review 25. The Marchers/La Marche (2013)
When teenager Mohamed (Tewfik Jallab) is shot by police, his friends want revenge, but he has a better idea: peaceful protest. Marching from Marseille to Paris, they band together with quite an assortment of characters along the way.
- 12/22/2016
- Den of Geek
Above: Italian 2-foglio for Loves of a Blonde (Miloš Forman, Czechoslovakia, 1965).As the 54th New York Film Festival winds to a close this weekend I thought it would be instructive to look back at its counterpart of 50 years ago. Sadly, for the sake of symmetry, there are no filmmakers straddling both the 1966 and the 2016 editions, though Agnès Varda (88 years old), Jean-Luc Godard (85), Carlos Saura (84) and Jirí Menzel (78)—all of whom had films in the 1966 Nyff—are all still making films, and Milos Forman (84), Ivan Passer (83) and Peter Watkins (80) are all still with us. There are only two filmmakers in the current Nyff who could potentially have been in the 1966 edition and they are Ken Loach (80) and Paul Verhoeven (78). The current Nyff is remarkably youthful—half the filmmakers weren’t even born in 1966 and, with the exception of Loach and Verhoeven, the old guard is now represented by Jim Jarmusch, Pedro Almodóvar,...
- 10/15/2016
- MUBI
[[tmz:video id="0_nbi97n3w"]] The War Is Over ... at least for now ... with Master P suspending his verbal attacks on Kobe Bryant -- and now he's actually Praising the guy. P's been after Kobe for months -- ripping him for not helping Lamar Odom get back on the Lakers and then trashing his game, claiming he'd beat Kobe in a 1-on-1 game. [[tmz:video id="0_un4zhjaj"]] But today in NYC -- something we haven't heard from Master P before ... Praise For #24. Not only...
- 12/10/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The war is over! But who won? "Captain America: Civil War" finished main unit filming right around the same time as the "X-Men: Apocalypse" cast, which makes sense since both movies are coming out in May 2016. Check out some of the wrap photos below, including the captain himself, Chris Evans. But first -- let's hear from Jeremy Renner on which side Hawkeye will be on in the Iron Man vs. Captain America face-off.
Jeremy was at Wizard World Comic Con Chicago and may have been tricked into confirming he's Team Cap. An audience member asked how he felt about siding with the First Avenger. "I don't know; they wrote me in that side. It made sense to me." But then he joked, "Maybe I switched sides!" Not a huge shock, but it sounds like confirmation that Hawkeye is standing with Captain America. Are you ready for spoilers on the rest of the team breakdowns?...
Jeremy was at Wizard World Comic Con Chicago and may have been tricked into confirming he's Team Cap. An audience member asked how he felt about siding with the First Avenger. "I don't know; they wrote me in that side. It made sense to me." But then he joked, "Maybe I switched sides!" Not a huge shock, but it sounds like confirmation that Hawkeye is standing with Captain America. Are you ready for spoilers on the rest of the team breakdowns?...
- 8/24/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Power/Rangers Short Film. Joseph Kahn‘s Power/Rangers (2015) short film, produced Adi Shankar, stars James Van Der Beek, Katee Sackhoff, Russ Bain, Will Yun Lee, and Gichi Gamba. Power/Rangers‘ plot synopsis: “The war is over, a treaty has been achieved and only four Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are left alive. Someone wants them [...]
Continue reading: Power/Rangers (2015) Short Film: Katee Sackhoff is an R-rated Power Ranger...
Continue reading: Power/Rangers (2015) Short Film: Katee Sackhoff is an R-rated Power Ranger...
- 2/24/2015
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Patsy Kensit has been evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Viewers chose to send the actress home, opting to save Katie Hopkins, Cami Li and Nadia Sawalha.
Host Emma Willis announced the result live to the house tonight (January 27), with Patsy leaving to crowd cheers upon her exit.
Patsy, who had spoken of her wish to leave, told Willis that she was "so thrilled" and "grateful" to have been evicted.
"It''s the most stressful 21 days - it feels like 21 years - of my life," she said, reiterating that she was "really happy" the experience was over.
On the tense atmosphere, she admitted that she had tried her best to avoid all the fights, joking that she knew she would be very "boring" for viewers.
Discussing the "strong personalities" within the house, she explained that she felt "too old" to be involved in the clashes between big "egos".
After viewing...
Viewers chose to send the actress home, opting to save Katie Hopkins, Cami Li and Nadia Sawalha.
Host Emma Willis announced the result live to the house tonight (January 27), with Patsy leaving to crowd cheers upon her exit.
Patsy, who had spoken of her wish to leave, told Willis that she was "so thrilled" and "grateful" to have been evicted.
"It''s the most stressful 21 days - it feels like 21 years - of my life," she said, reiterating that she was "really happy" the experience was over.
On the tense atmosphere, she admitted that she had tried her best to avoid all the fights, joking that she knew she would be very "boring" for viewers.
Discussing the "strong personalities" within the house, she explained that she felt "too old" to be involved in the clashes between big "egos".
After viewing...
- 1/27/2015
- Digital Spy
It's 1946. The war is over, the lapels are wide, the stockings have seams, and the sexism is a part of everyday office life. And Captain America's girlfriend is very sad, but also very cool! She can kick ass — if only someone would let her. But instead of getting to be high commander of ass-kickings and being glam, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is stuck doing secretarial work and being harassed. She hates it, but luckily her friend Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) needs help, and the only way to do that is for Peggy to go double-agent on her work at the Strategic Science Reserve. She agrees, and off we go. Marvel's Agent Carter, premiering tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC, is a companion piece of sorts to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., itself a companion piece to all the Marvel movies you may or may not have seen. The show is...
- 1/6/2015
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
One of the smartest things Marvel has done with its movie output is to let each film exist as its own entity. There are callbacks to previous films, and hints about future ones, but you don't have to have seen "Thor" to appreciate "Iron Man 3" (or vice versa), and the movies represent many different genres, sometimes even within an individual series, like how "Captain America: The First Avenger" is a retro war movie, while "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is a paranoid spy thriller. The mistake made early on with the studio's first TV show, "Marvel's Agents of Shield," was in not letting it stand on its own. In its early days, "Agents of Shield" was an aimless, charmless show without compelling characters or any reason to exist save for extending the Marvel brand into primetime. Now, it's a fun, confident action series that understands how to exist as...
- 1/5/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Translators introduction: This article by Mireille Latil Le Dantec, the first of two parts, was originally published in issue 40 of Cinématographe, September 1978. The previous issue of the magazine had included a dossier on "La qualité française" and a book of a never-shot script by Jean Grémillon (Le Printemps de la Liberté or The Spring of Freedom) had recently been published. The time was ripe for a re-evaluation of Grémillon's films and a resuscitation of his undervalued career. As this re-evaluation appears to still be happening nearly 40 years later—Grémillon's films have only recently seen DVD releases and a 35mm retrospective begins this week at Museum of the Moving Image in Queens—this article and its follow-up gives us an important view of a French perspective on Grémillon's work by a very perceptive critic doing the initial heavy-lifting in bringing the proper attention to the filmmaker's work.
Filmmaker maudit?...
Filmmaker maudit?...
- 11/30/2014
- by Ted Fendt
- MUBI
Upfront disclosure. I've never read Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. And before the Starz media blitz had never even heard of it. Somehow despite utilizing both time travel and historical fiction — two thing I love reading about — I missed it. So based only on the ad campaign, I know this is a historical sci-fi drama about a WWII era British woman who gets mysteriously thrown through time to 18th century Scotland. Somehow her modern immune system manages to instantly adapt to this bacterial utopia (life finds a way!) and our plucky heroine is forced to navigate her new reality. ********************************************* We open in Middle Earth. Sweeping vistas of the Scottish highlands are breath-taking but somewhat marred by our heroine’s voice over narration. I keep looking for the Fellowship but alas, Gandalf and the Balrog are on a smoke break. Bagpipes play as Claire laments how people vanish all the time.
- 8/10/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
It all begins with a freeze frame of a dirt road somewhere in Yorkshire county, lined with trees whose lush foliage converges above in an arch. What could it be if not a portal? The movie itself, meanwhile, has not even started as we watch the opening credits, encased in large old-fashioned frames, slowly fade away—a device consistently favored by Alain Resnais who opened each of his 19 features likewise, holding off the films themselves until the screen no longer contained any visual surplus. The freeze frame comes to life as the camera pans farther down the road; then we find ourselves in a theatrical set.
We have been here before, of course. Resnais' Smoking/No Smoking, also based on a play by British playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, is set in Yorkshire as well. Life of Riley (Aimer, boire et chanter) borrows from the five-hour diptych its theatrical setting, one...
We have been here before, of course. Resnais' Smoking/No Smoking, also based on a play by British playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, is set in Yorkshire as well. Life of Riley (Aimer, boire et chanter) borrows from the five-hour diptych its theatrical setting, one...
- 6/17/2014
- by Boris Nelepo
- MUBI
Complex and avant-garde French film director best known for Night and Fog and Last Year in Marienbad
Alain Resnais, who has died aged 91, was a director of elegance and distinction who, despite generally working from the screenplays of other writers, established an auteurist reputation. His films were singular, instantly recognisable by their style as well as through recurring themes and preoccupations. Primary concerns were war, sexual relationships and the more abstract notions of memory and time. His characters were invariably adult (children were excluded as having no detailed past) middle-class professionals. His style was complex, notably in the editing and often – though not always – dominated by tracking shots and multilayered sound.
He surrounded himself with actors, musicians and writers of enormous talent and the result was a somewhat elitist body of work with little concern for realism or the socially or intellectually deprived. Even overtly political works, Night and Fog,...
Alain Resnais, who has died aged 91, was a director of elegance and distinction who, despite generally working from the screenplays of other writers, established an auteurist reputation. His films were singular, instantly recognisable by their style as well as through recurring themes and preoccupations. Primary concerns were war, sexual relationships and the more abstract notions of memory and time. His characters were invariably adult (children were excluded as having no detailed past) middle-class professionals. His style was complex, notably in the editing and often – though not always – dominated by tracking shots and multilayered sound.
He surrounded himself with actors, musicians and writers of enormous talent and the result was a somewhat elitist body of work with little concern for realism or the socially or intellectually deprived. Even overtly political works, Night and Fog,...
- 3/3/2014
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
When I awoke this morning to the unhappy news that Alain Resnais, the French director of "Last Year at Marienbad," "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" and "Night and Fog" among many, many others, had passed away at the age of 92, my first thought was how different the moment felt to most other announcements of veteran artists' departures -- more sorely immediate than the usual solemn, remove-your-hat mourning. Most nonagenarian directors who die do so with their life's work complete; Resnais's certainly wasn't lacking, but the man wasn't finished either. Only three weeks ago, Resnais premiered his 19th feature, "Life of Riley," in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival to warm applause and even a couple of trophies. The jury awarded him the Alfred Bauer Prize for "a film that opens new perspectives on cinematic art" -- an award that, at first blush, seems an odd fit for one as comfortingly seasoned and familiar as Resnais,...
- 3/2/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
We regularly follow ’68, the horror comic series from Mark Kidwell, Jeff Zornow, and Jay Fotos that brings zombies to the Vietnam War and we have details on their next release. Unlike a traditional on-going series, ’68 is split into different miniseries and it has been announced that we’ll be getting the first issue of a new four-issue miniseries in April. Here are more details and the official cover art for ’68: Rule of War:
“Mark Kidwell, Jeff Zornow, and Jay Fotos, the team behind the multiple Horror Comic and Ghastly Award-winning ‘68: Jungle Jim bring new terrors to the Vietnam War in ‘68: Rule Of War #1, the first in a four-issue miniseries sure to delight zombie enthusiasts.
In a doom-shadowed Cambodia infested with the living dead, CIA Special Agent Declan Rule and his canine companion Nero stalk a human monster, a neurosurgeon bent on carrying out grisly experiments that turn P.
“Mark Kidwell, Jeff Zornow, and Jay Fotos, the team behind the multiple Horror Comic and Ghastly Award-winning ‘68: Jungle Jim bring new terrors to the Vietnam War in ‘68: Rule Of War #1, the first in a four-issue miniseries sure to delight zombie enthusiasts.
In a doom-shadowed Cambodia infested with the living dead, CIA Special Agent Declan Rule and his canine companion Nero stalk a human monster, a neurosurgeon bent on carrying out grisly experiments that turn P.
- 1/21/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The war is over ... Tom Cruise has settled his epic $50 million libel suit against a magazine publisher that accused him of abandoning his daughter Suri ... and part of the settlement included a carefully-worded apology.The terms of the settlement are sealed. Each side will pay its own legal fees. Part of the deal was that the defendants issue the following statement: "Bauer Publishing, 'In Touch' and 'Life and Style' never intended to communicate that Tom Cruise...
- 12/20/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
It's no clothes-tearing cat fight ... but it was still pretty nasty ... and now, former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kim Zolciak has prevailed -- beating the crap out of Kandi Burruss in Kandi's own lawsuit.As we reported, Burruss -- repped by fellow Rhoa star Phaedra Parks -- sued Zolciak over their 2009 song "Tardy for the Party," claiming Kim swindled her out of a huge chunk of the song's profits (... though we can't imagine they...
- 10/12/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
If a film director couldn’t make the film she or he wants to make, there are some other ways to retain the memory of the unmade film. The unrealized projects are often memorialized by writing detailed scripts, or sketches and drawings scenes, as with some of Eisenstein’s unfulfilled projects which came to life through his paper designs.
But if the art of photography, compared to written words and freehand drawing, is closer to cinema, then for some filmmakers it can more accurately capture moments of their desired projects than any other medium, mostly because of photography’s association with the realist mode of representation.
Alain Resnais belongs to the latter group, but his deep fascination with elements of time and space within a still photograph goes beyond a mere desire to document a project in progress—in his case, it becomes the very project itself.
In the 1970s,...
But if the art of photography, compared to written words and freehand drawing, is closer to cinema, then for some filmmakers it can more accurately capture moments of their desired projects than any other medium, mostly because of photography’s association with the realist mode of representation.
Alain Resnais belongs to the latter group, but his deep fascination with elements of time and space within a still photograph goes beyond a mere desire to document a project in progress—in his case, it becomes the very project itself.
In the 1970s,...
- 7/15/2013
- by Ehsan Khoshbakht
- MUBI
I am one of those weird people who enjoys depressing cinema. Ken Loach films fascinate me. I am enraptured by the canon of Ingmar Bergman and Robert Bresson’s movies positively make me grin.
There is, however, a limit to the above. There are some Loach, Bergman and Bresson films that are so unremittingly bleak and depressing, I couldn’t say that I love them. I might feel a better person for having watched them, but they are not loveable films.
Beyond those three directors, there are plenty of other films out there that are too depressing to love. They break your heart too much, they deliver unpalatable truths, they are utterly without hope. These movies are important to chronicle the truth about human existence but the truth hurts, as they say.
To immerse yourself in utter gloom, please click on the next button below, but you have been warned...
There is, however, a limit to the above. There are some Loach, Bergman and Bresson films that are so unremittingly bleak and depressing, I couldn’t say that I love them. I might feel a better person for having watched them, but they are not loveable films.
Beyond those three directors, there are plenty of other films out there that are too depressing to love. They break your heart too much, they deliver unpalatable truths, they are utterly without hope. These movies are important to chronicle the truth about human existence but the truth hurts, as they say.
To immerse yourself in utter gloom, please click on the next button below, but you have been warned...
- 6/19/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
On Easter Sunday, many people watch the old religious film favorites. Just look at today’s TCM schedule to see the epic staples programmed, like King of Kings, The Robe, The Greatest Story Ever Told and Ben-Hur (which Neil highlighted for Scenes We Love last year). They’re also showing the obviously appropriate musical Easter Parade. But there are a lot of other movies that aren’t recognized enough for either being Easter movies or including memorable Easter scenes. Did you know Altman’s Cookies Fortune takes place over Easter weekend? And major events happen on the holiday in such films as Chocolat, Steel Magnolias and Resnais’s The War is Over. Quite suitably, Charlton Heston’s first movie, Dark City, opens with him carrying a gift box with an Easter bunny inside. Six other movies selected here are rarely thought of as Easter movies, if they’re thought of at all. Consider...
- 3/31/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The war is over! Camille and Kelsey Grammer have worked out their custody battle without ripping each other's faces off. Camille Grammer, 43, and ex-hubby Kelsey, 57, are attempting to create a semblance of civility now that they've decided to have joint custody over their kids Mason, 10, and Jude, 7. Court docs obtained by TMZ show that the ex-couple's case has been removed from the court's calendar and that they plan on having the kiddos live with Camille in La, while Kelsey is allowed to have "meaningful contact" with them, sources tell the entertainment site. We're sure Camille -- who's always wanted to have a peaceful exchange with her ex about their offspring -- is absolutely elated...unfortunately, we just can't tell by looking at her face. More Camille Grammer News: Is Camille Grammer Leaving ‘The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills?’ Camille Grammer: We Are Happy For Kelsey Grammer & Pregnant Wife Kayte...
- 2/28/2012
- by HL Staff
- HollywoodLife
Los Angeles — It may have taken some time, but Kelly Clarkson seems to finally be releasing an album without any drama on the side.
"Everything is good, everything is happy," she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote "Stronger," released this week.
It's a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.
They were typical of the bold stances she's taken that proved her to be more than the passive, malleable product of a hit TV competition, establishing her as an artist instead of just a voice.
"I've been a fighter since I started walking," she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: "We get one life. You want to make...
"Everything is good, everything is happy," she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote "Stronger," released this week.
It's a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.
They were typical of the bold stances she's taken that proved her to be more than the passive, malleable product of a hit TV competition, establishing her as an artist instead of just a voice.
"I've been a fighter since I started walking," she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: "We get one life. You want to make...
- 10/26/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Via Emissions in the Dark comes word of an amazing followup to Thursday's terrific find: Letters to Jane has posted another freely downloadable issue of Cahiers du Cinéma in English. Issue 8, which appeared in February 1967, features Jean-Luc Godard and Michel Delahaye's lengthy interview with Robert Bresson, conducted the previous year. As Emissions points out, we're doubly blessed, as today marks the 110th anniversary of Bresson's birth.
Also in this issue: Two pieces on Joseph L Mankiewicz, three on Milos Forman, two on Resnais's La Guerre est finie (1966) and another "Council of Ten" chart, all wrapped up with Andrew Sarris's closing editorial.
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Also in this issue: Two pieces on Joseph L Mankiewicz, three on Milos Forman, two on Resnais's La Guerre est finie (1966) and another "Council of Ten" chart, all wrapped up with Andrew Sarris's closing editorial.
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- 9/25/2011
- MUBI
Fall is the best time of year for music and film fans in Montreal. Festivals and shows a-plenty, for most it becomes a draconian decision between what to see and what to miss. A select few become so totally fixated on this decision making process that they fail to see anything at all.
For those living under a rock, Montreal’s premiere film festival Pop Montreal starts up this week. Though it’s diverse set of musical shows big and small are often the highlight, it is truly a multi-disciplinary fest and has a bit of everything, including a mini-film festival. Film Pop’s programming is helmed by Kier-La Janisse. For those who don’t recognize the name, she is the founder of Montreal’s own Montreal’s Psychotronic Film Centre, Blue Sunshine. A fan of all things cinema, there are few people more qualified to organize a kick-ass line-up as she is.
For those living under a rock, Montreal’s premiere film festival Pop Montreal starts up this week. Though it’s diverse set of musical shows big and small are often the highlight, it is truly a multi-disciplinary fest and has a bit of everything, including a mini-film festival. Film Pop’s programming is helmed by Kier-La Janisse. For those who don’t recognize the name, she is the founder of Montreal’s own Montreal’s Psychotronic Film Centre, Blue Sunshine. A fan of all things cinema, there are few people more qualified to organize a kick-ass line-up as she is.
- 9/20/2011
- by Justine
- SoundOnSight
Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli, Declaration of War La Guerre est déclarée / Declaration of War is France's submission for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. The second feature film directed by actress-turned-filmmaker Valérie Donzelli (Who Killed Bambi?, The Untouchable), who also co-wrote it with her former real-life companion Jérémie Elkaïm (perhaps best known in the Us for the 2000 gay drama Come Undone), Declaration of War is a tear-jerking family drama inspired by events in their own lives. In the film, Donzelli and Elkaïm play a young couple, Roméo and Juliette, whose baby (at the age of 8 played by the couple's real-life son, Gabriel Elkaïm) has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Roméo and Juliette then proceed to declare war against death while struggling to save their own relationship as well. (The French-language title sounds like a pun on the title of Alain Resnais' 1966 classic La guerre est finie / The War Is Over.
- 9/17/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
On Wednesday, the outspoken Michael Moore brought his baseball-capped self to The View to promote his new memoir, Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life. Waiting for him at the table was, of course, the equally outspoken Elisabeth Hasselbeck. A very combustible mixture, you might say. The spirited exchange began after mother hen Barbara Walters asked Moore about comments he had made saying that Osama bin Laden shouldn't have been executed, and that people shouldn't have been celebrating his death. Moore responded by saying, "I think we did a very smart thing putting the Nazis on trial," referencing the post-World War II Nuremberg trials. Hasselbeck interjected with "That was after the war was over." Moore came back with "The war is over," and they were off and running. Moore, who was physically attacked several times after denouncing the Iraq War during [...]...
- 9/15/2011
- Nerve
Singer reveals plans for multiple versions of the October 24 release, including a deluxe offering and a bonus Ep.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kelly Clarkson
Photo: Dr. Billy Ingram/ WireImage
Kelly Clarkson is inching her way toward her October 24 Stronger album release. The singer took to her official website to share with the world the songs that made the final cut.
Clarkson will release multiple versions of the album: standard, deluxe and a bonus Ep. Thirteen songs made it to the standard edition of the album. They include her first single, "Mr. Know It All," plus "What Doesn't Kill You," "Dark Side," "Honestly," "You Love Me," "Einstein," "Standing in Front of You," "I Forgive You," "Hello," "The War Is Over," "Let Me Down," "You Can't Win" and "Breaking Your Own Heart."
The deluxe version of the album will include four additional tracks: "Don't You Wanna Stay?" (her already-released duet with Jason Aldean), "Alone,...
By Jocelyn Vena
Kelly Clarkson
Photo: Dr. Billy Ingram/ WireImage
Kelly Clarkson is inching her way toward her October 24 Stronger album release. The singer took to her official website to share with the world the songs that made the final cut.
Clarkson will release multiple versions of the album: standard, deluxe and a bonus Ep. Thirteen songs made it to the standard edition of the album. They include her first single, "Mr. Know It All," plus "What Doesn't Kill You," "Dark Side," "Honestly," "You Love Me," "Einstein," "Standing in Front of You," "I Forgive You," "Hello," "The War Is Over," "Let Me Down," "You Can't Win" and "Breaking Your Own Heart."
The deluxe version of the album will include four additional tracks: "Don't You Wanna Stay?" (her already-released duet with Jason Aldean), "Alone,...
- 9/15/2011
- MTV Music News
“The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, the rubble swept up and carted away. But the damage to our heroes isn’t easily repaired, the wounds not easily healed. Decisions are made and lives are changed—can shattered heroes find renewed courage to go on?” – Tom Brevoort, Svp Executive Editor...
- 8/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
"The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, the rubble swept up and carted away. But the damage to our heroes isn’t easily repaired, the wounds not easily healed. Decisions are made and lives are changed—can shattered heroes find renewed courage to go on?" – Tom Brevoort, Svp Executive Editor Is this a metaphor, or do you really think we'll see the destruction of Mjolnir by the end of "Fear Itself"? With two more issues to go and several epilogue titles planned, it looks like we still have a little while to wait until we find out just yet! Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place.
- 8/20/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
"The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, the rubble swept up and carted away. But the damage to our heroes isn’t easily repaired, the wounds not easily healed. Decisions are made and lives are changed—can shattered heroes find renewed courage to go on?" – Tom Brevoort, Svp Executive Editor Is this a metaphor, or do you really think we'll see the destruction of Mjolnir by the end of "Fear Itself"? With two more issues to go and several epilogue titles planned, looks like we still have a little while to wait just yet!
- 8/20/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
“The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, the rubble swept up and carted away. But the damage to our heroes isn’t easily repaired, the wounds not easily healed. Decisions are made and lives are changed—can shattered heroes find renewed courage to go on?” – Tom Brevoort, Svp Executive Editor...
- 8/18/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
"While the victory is won, the aftermath of it will set each of our heroes reeling. The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, the rubble swept up and carted away. But the damage to our heroes isn't easily repaired, the wounds not easily healed. Decisions are made and lives are changed - can shattered heroes find renewed courage to go on?" - Tom Brevoort Also announced at Comic Con in case you missed it at the time was "Battle Scars," a post-event branding for the Marvel Universe titles, similar to Dark Reign and the Heroic Age. Throughout the run of the branding, a number of "Shattered Heroes" one-shots will be released, focusing on the after-effects "Fear Itself" has on the Marvel heroes.
- 8/18/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Marvel Comics has released a teaser for 'Shattered Heroes'. The post-'Fear Itself' branding was unveiled last month at San Diego Comic-Con, and will consist of various one-shots exploring the fallout of the recent event. Marvel senior vice president Tom Brevoort said: "While the victory is won, the aftermath of it will set each of our heroes reeling. "The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, (more)...
- 8/18/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
“The war is over, and the warriors return home, carrying with them scars of battle, both physical and mental. Now the cost will be tallied, the casualties buried and mourned, the rubble swept up and carted away. But the damage to our heroes isn’t easily repaired, the wounds not easily healed. Decisions are made and lives are changed—can shattered heroes find renewed courage to go on?” – Tom Brevoort, Svp/Executive Editor...
- 8/17/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Spanish communist, writer, politician and Buchenwald survivor
Leader of the communist underground in 1950s Madrid, prize-winning 1960s screenwriter, minister in Spain's socialist government in the 1980s, and novelist and memorialist of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, Jorge Semprún, who has died aged 87, was an outstanding participant in and witness of 20th-century Europe.
The experience of 18 months in Buchenwald, from 1943 to 1945, underlay all he thought and did. To the end of his life he suffered nightmares of the camp. His last public appearance, in April 2010, was to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the camp's liberation. He spoke then, on the same esplanade where he had seen people killed, of his belief in a united Europe rising from the ashes of Buchenwald's crematoria.
The fourth of seven children, Semprún was born in Madrid into an upper-class family. His maternal grandfather was the Conservative prime minister Antonio Maura. His mother died when he was eight.
Leader of the communist underground in 1950s Madrid, prize-winning 1960s screenwriter, minister in Spain's socialist government in the 1980s, and novelist and memorialist of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, Jorge Semprún, who has died aged 87, was an outstanding participant in and witness of 20th-century Europe.
The experience of 18 months in Buchenwald, from 1943 to 1945, underlay all he thought and did. To the end of his life he suffered nightmares of the camp. His last public appearance, in April 2010, was to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the camp's liberation. He spoke then, on the same esplanade where he had seen people killed, of his belief in a united Europe rising from the ashes of Buchenwald's crematoria.
The fourth of seven children, Semprún was born in Madrid into an upper-class family. His maternal grandfather was the Conservative prime minister Antonio Maura. His mother died when he was eight.
- 6/9/2011
- by Michael Eaude
- The Guardian - Film News
Animal Kingdom (A. Partos/S. Petty) , Beneath Hill 60 (C. Skubiszewski), Mao’s Last Dancer (C. Gordon) and The Waiting City (M. Yezerski) are competing for the Best Feature Film Score at this year’s Screen Music Awards.
In the television categories My Place (R. Mason), Rescue Special Ops (N. Tyson-Chew), Tangle (B. Marks) and Underbelly (B. Dallwitz) have been selected for the Best Music for a Television Series category.The 2010 Screen Music Awards, presented by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) will be held at BMW Edge in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 November.
The nominees are:
Best Feature Film Score
Title Animal Kingdom Composers Antony Partos and Sam Petty Title Beneath Hill 60 Composer Cezary Skubiszewski Publisher Albert Music Title Mao’s Last Dancer Composer Christopher Gordon Title The Waiting City Composer Michael Yezerski Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for a...
In the television categories My Place (R. Mason), Rescue Special Ops (N. Tyson-Chew), Tangle (B. Marks) and Underbelly (B. Dallwitz) have been selected for the Best Music for a Television Series category.The 2010 Screen Music Awards, presented by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) will be held at BMW Edge in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 November.
The nominees are:
Best Feature Film Score
Title Animal Kingdom Composers Antony Partos and Sam Petty Title Beneath Hill 60 Composer Cezary Skubiszewski Publisher Albert Music Title Mao’s Last Dancer Composer Christopher Gordon Title The Waiting City Composer Michael Yezerski Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for a...
- 10/8/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Over two million people were displaced by the civil war in Sierra Leone and you can count this threesome, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew among them. Their name comes from a Sierra Leonean term, "dry eye," a reference to being bold (and presumably, not weeping). They've been called "the voice of the voiceless" for their socially conscious music and in doing their best to keep the plight of the people in Sierra Leone from slipping out of our consciousness. The war is over in their country, but it's legacy of poverty and corruption remains.
Bajah and his Dry Eye Crew, namely his fellow West Africans, A-Klazz and Dovy Dovy are releasing their self-titled debut worked by the production team Fyre Department (Snoop Dogg, Gza, Talib Kweli, Justin Timberlake) early next year on One Haven. Their style, called Gbomognoh (pronounced bo-mo-no) is a fusion of hip-hop, funk, reggae and the characteristic...
Bajah and his Dry Eye Crew, namely his fellow West Africans, A-Klazz and Dovy Dovy are releasing their self-titled debut worked by the production team Fyre Department (Snoop Dogg, Gza, Talib Kweli, Justin Timberlake) early next year on One Haven. Their style, called Gbomognoh (pronounced bo-mo-no) is a fusion of hip-hop, funk, reggae and the characteristic...
- 9/28/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
From 1991 to 2002, the Revolutionary United Front (Ruf) waged a brutal civil war against the government of Sierra Leone. Defining themselves as rebels who sought to overthrow an oppressive government, they have been responsible for some of the most horrific acts of torture and terror to plague the African continent, on par with the genocidal lunacy that took place in Rwanda and Uganda. Thousands of murders, rapes of women and children, forced prostitution, genital mutilations, the amputation of arms and legs, conscription of children into the army, some as young as seven years old -- all are attributed to the Ruf. It represents some of the worst crimes against humanity in history.
Rebecca Richman-Cohen's documentary War Don Don (Krio for "The War is Over") follows the trial of Issa Sesay, second-in-command to Ruf leader Foday Sankoh. The film deals with both the prosecution and the defense cases for Sesay, standing trial...
Rebecca Richman-Cohen's documentary War Don Don (Krio for "The War is Over") follows the trial of Issa Sesay, second-in-command to Ruf leader Foday Sankoh. The film deals with both the prosecution and the defense cases for Sesay, standing trial...
- 4/27/2010
- by TK
Hey all you 10th prestigers who delightfully shelled out fifteen bucks for three measly maps and two maps you’ve already played and become sick of, guess what? Microsoft and Activision are tacitly admitting that they’re a bunch of greedy shysters by giving those who bought the Dlc on day one a free week of Xbox live. This was the message:
“To thank you for your loyalty to Xbox Live and for buying the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package on day 1, we will extend your Gold membership for 7 days of adrenaline-pumping action with your friends on Live. Your account will be updated on May 1.”
Hooray! Happy days are here again! The war is over! Finally, someone has spoken out for the little guy and… wait, what? One week of Xbox live? That’s it? One piddling week? Are you effing kidding me? You can virtually get a decade of Xbox live for like thirty-five cents.
“To thank you for your loyalty to Xbox Live and for buying the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package on day 1, we will extend your Gold membership for 7 days of adrenaline-pumping action with your friends on Live. Your account will be updated on May 1.”
Hooray! Happy days are here again! The war is over! Finally, someone has spoken out for the little guy and… wait, what? One week of Xbox live? That’s it? One piddling week? Are you effing kidding me? You can virtually get a decade of Xbox live for like thirty-five cents.
- 4/7/2010
- by Evan Jacobs
- GameRant
Less than a week worth of recovering from the Sundance Film Festival, and we are already looking forward to our next, big film fest coverage. That would be the South by Southwest Film Festival held annually in Austin, Texas. Last year, Scott and I brought you all kinds of coverage from the Lone Star State, and this year doesn’t look to be much different.
With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.
Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.
Check out the full list...
With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.
Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.
Check out the full list...
- 2/4/2010
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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