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12 items from 2011
Exclusive: Julian Schnabel Talks Miral
12 July 2011 9:24 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Director Julian Schnabel talks Miral, discovering the Rula Jebreal novel, working with Freida Pinto, the MPAA rating, his new Johnny Depp project, and more.
Julian Schnabel is a director that certainly doesn't rush into his projects. His 15-year career has spawned only four narrative features Basquiat, Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and his latest cinematic venture Miral, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on July 12. Despite the lack of quantity in his work, there is no doubt he makes up for it in quality.
Miral, which is based on the novel by Rula Jebreal, centers on a young Palestinian woman who grows up in the safety of her orphanage, hidden from the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. When she goes to teach at a refugee camp, she is exposed to the real world of her surroundings, while falling for a political activist.
I had the »
- MovieWeb
Film Review: ‘Miral’ Succeeds as Historical Drama, Falters as Character Study
15 April 2011 5:53 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – No matter how many films he makes, Julian Schnabel may always consider himself a painter first. Watching one of his cinematic efforts is akin to being pulled headfirst into the vivid and visceral canvas of a true neo-expressionist. His work aims to engulf the viewer. It shatters the barriers between a contrived character’s existence and that of the flesh-and-blood audience.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
A clue to his approach can be found in the subtitle of his upcoming Venice exhibition, the “Architecture of Seeing.” One of the greatest achievements in cinematography over the past decade was Janusz Kaminski’s brilliant imitation of paralyzed journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby’s perception in Schnabel’s 2007 masterpiece, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” For lengthy stretches in the film, the camera peered through Bauby’s eyes, allowing the viewer to experience the disorientation, isolation and frustration of his locked-in syndrome first-hand. It may sound depressing, but the film is utterly exhilarating. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Interview: Julian Schnabel, Rula Jebreal Explore the Perspective of ‘Miral’
14 April 2011 11:33 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Julian Schnabel’s controversial new drama, “Miral,” tells a tale both sprawling and intimate. On one level, the film is about the titular Palestinian girl (Freida Pinto), and her coming of age during the Arab-Israeli war. On another level, the film is about a movement for peace, and the several generations of women whose acts of independence eventually set it into motion.
Acclaimed journalist and first-time screenwriter Rula Jebreal adapted her semi-autobiographical book for the big screen, while Schnabel utilized his immersive stylistic techniques to visualize the psyche of his protagonist. Each character in the film is viewed through Miral’s perspective: Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass), founder of the Dar Al-Tifel Institute, an orphanage and school for Palestinian children that Miral joins in 1978; Nadia (Yasmine Al Massri), Miral’s abused and self-destructive mother; Fatima (Ruba Blal), the woman Nadia befriends in prison; Jamal (Alexander Siddig), Miral’s devoted father »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Javier Bardem Plays Host For Julian Schnabel and His New Movie Miral
23 March 2011 7:09 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Javier Bardem had a night out in La yesterday hosting a screening of the Weinstein Company's upcoming release Miral. The film's director, Julian Schnabel, who also lensed The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was there to smile and pose with his daughter Stella, Javier, as well as the producers Jon Kilik and Yasmine Elmasri. It was a reunion for Javier and Julian, after they worked together on 2000's Before Night Falls. Julian's real-live love, Rula Jebreal, also attended in a white dress. The project is based on Rula's novel about a Palestinian woman involved in the Israeli-Palestine conflict of the same name, and over the course of shooting the pair apparently became an item. The movie's star Freida Pinto wasn't on hand to celebrate at this particular bash, but she traveled the world extensively last Summer with promotional stops at festivals in Toronto and London. View Slideshow › »
- Allie Merriam
For the Love of Trailers - Miral, American Animal and Another Harvest Moon
17 March 2011 8:58 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
What to look forward to (or not) as Louise-Afzal Faerkel casts her eye over the trailers for upcoming releases Miral, American Animal and Another Harvest Moon...
Directed by Julian Schnabel.
Starring Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Yasmine Al Massri, Willem Dafoe and Vanessa Redgrave.
This could be glorious. It could be immense. It could be small, but powerful. It could be entertaining and nothing more. It could be an Oscar-contender. Based on the trailer, it could be anything – and that’s a problem.
The trailer for Miral has no definable mood or setting to it and the actors’ performances are lost in the waffle that is the story-telling in this chronological structure (is it really, though?). It took me three viewings to grasp the content of the trailer to the fullest and I am still left somewhat numb, if I am honest.
Freida Pinto’s screen presence is damn-near insignificant »
- flickeringmyth
"Miral" Wins PG-13 Rating On Appeal
10 March 2011 7:47 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The MPAA has overturned the “R” rating on director Julian Schnabel’s upcoming feature "Miral". Schnabel and producer Jon Kilik brought forth an appeal which contested the MPAA’s decision to grant Miral an “R” rating in lieu of a “PG-13.”
In an official statement, Schnabel says “I understand the MPAA is by nature a protective organization, but I felt very strongly that they didn’t need to protect teenagers from my film. Quite the contrary, teenagers are the intended audience for Miral’s story. I am very happy the MPAA proved to be open minded and ultimately agreed.”
Adapted from Rula Jebreal's novel, the drama revolves around a real orphanage in Jerusalem set up by a Palestinian woman (Hiam Abbass). Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe, Yasmine Elmasri, Alexander Siddig and Vanessa Redgrave also star.
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival this year and The Weinstein Company is »
- Garth Franklin
Miral Gets PG-13 Rating on Appeal
10 March 2011 3:00 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Weinstein Company has just pulled a hat trick in terms of overturning a movie's rating with the MPAA. Last year, they managed to get Blue Valentine's Nc-17 turned into an R, and then they got The King's Speech's R turned into a PG-13 after muffling a few F words. Now, they've gotten the MPAA to overturn Miral's rating from an R to a PG-13.
Here is the official statement from the MPAA.
"The Classification and Rating Appeals Board today overturned the R rating given to the movie Miral. The Classification and Rating Administration (Cara) had assigned the movie an R rating for "some violent content including a sexual assault." The film is now rated PG-13, on appeal, for "thematic material, and some violent content including a sexual assault."
Directed by Julian Schnabel, Miral is a visceral, first-person diary about a young girl (Freida Pinto) growing up in East Jerusalem, »
- MovieWeb
Miral Poster
9 March 2011 12:12 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The first poster for acclaimed director Julian Schnabel's upcoming drama Miral has arrived. Freida Pinto stars as a young woman coming of age in East Jerusalem, where she must confront the effects of occupation and war in every corner of her life. Check out the new image below.
Miral comes to theaters March 25th, 2011 and stars Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Omar Metwally, Alexander Siddig, Ruba Blal, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Yasmine Elmasri. The film is directed by Julian Schnabel. »
- MovieWeb
Trailer for Julian Schnabel's Miral starring Freida Pinto
25 February 2011 10:37 AM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Here is the first trailer for Julian Schnabel‘s Miral. The film stars Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and takes place over five decades during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pinto plays a young woman who falls for a political activist (Omar Metwally, Munich) and becomes involved in the Palestine liberation movement.
Miral is based on a semi-autobiographical novel of the same title by Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal. The film also stars Hiam Abbas (The Visitor) and Yasmine Al Masri (Caramel) star as Miral’s teacher and a prisoner, respectively. Vanessa Redgrave and Willem Dafoe appear in small roles.
Official synopsis:
From Julian Schnabel, Academy Award© nominated director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls and Basquiat, comes Miral, the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice, hope and reconciliation amid a world overshadowed by conflict, rage and war. The story begins in »
- Tiberius
Miral Trailer
25 February 2011 10:18 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Weinstein Company has provided us with the first trailer for the upcoming drama Miral, which will be released in theaters nationwide on March 25. Click on the video player below for your first glimpse at stars Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe, and Hiam Abbass.
Click to watch Miral Trailer!
From Julian Schnabel, Academy Award nominated director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls and Basquiat, comes Miral, the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice, hope and reconciliation amid a world overshadowed by conflict, rage and war. The story begins in war-torn Jerusalem in 1948 when Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass, The Visitor, Amreeka) opens an orphanage for refugee children that quickly becomes home to 2000 orphans. One of the children is seventeen year old Miral (Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire) who arrived at the orphanage 10 years earlier, following her mother's tragic death. On the cusp of the Intifada resistance, »
- MovieWeb
‘Miral’ Trailer – An Israeli-Palestinian Saga by ‘Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ Director Julian Schnabel
25 February 2011 7:24 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] The Weinstein Co. has released a trailer for Julian Schnabel's Miral, starring Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto. The film covers five decades of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Pinto playing a young woman who falls for a political activist (Omar Metwally, Munich) and becomes involved in the Palestine liberation movement. Watch the trailer after the jump. [via TheMovieBox.Net [2]] Although this new trailer features slightly less violence and improper language, it otherwise looks pretty similar to the French-subtitled one we posted [3] last summer -- right down to the melancholy Tom Waits song that plays over the very end. Miral has since hit several film festivals, starting with Venice last year. It was originally scheduled to open in the U.S. last December, but has been rescheduled for a March 25, 2011 release date. Disappointingly, early reviews for the film aren't looking too good -- Miral currently holds a worrying 20% on Rotten Tomatoes [4]. (Granted, that's out of only 15 reviews, »
- Angie Han
The Notable Films of 2011: Part Nine
17 January 2011 10:39 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and »
- Garth Franklin
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