Brigitte Bardot cudowna / Brigitte Bardot the Wonderful
Polish director Lech Majewski adapts his own novel Brigitte Bardot the Wonderful for his latest feature, produced by Małgorzata Domin through Domino Film as well as Majewski’s “Angelus Silesius” Association and starring Magdalena Różczka, Joanna Opozda (Bardot), Weronika Rosati (as Elizabeth Taylor), Andrzej Grabowski, Tomasz Sapryk, and Kacper Olszewski. Majewski’s 2011 title The Mill and the Cross premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and his long-gestating sci-fi co-production Valley of the Gods, featuring Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley and John Malkovich is set to release in Us theaters December 31, 2019.…...
Polish director Lech Majewski adapts his own novel Brigitte Bardot the Wonderful for his latest feature, produced by Małgorzata Domin through Domino Film as well as Majewski’s “Angelus Silesius” Association and starring Magdalena Różczka, Joanna Opozda (Bardot), Weronika Rosati (as Elizabeth Taylor), Andrzej Grabowski, Tomasz Sapryk, and Kacper Olszewski. Majewski’s 2011 title The Mill and the Cross premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and his long-gestating sci-fi co-production Valley of the Gods, featuring Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley and John Malkovich is set to release in Us theaters December 31, 2019.…...
- 1/2/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Acclaimed Japanese music composer Yoshihiro Hanno is turning director again for “Paradise Next,” a road movie involving two hit men on a journey of atonement. He previously got behind the camera with 2015 title “A Woman Wavering in the Rain.”
The Taiwan-set film is a co-venture between Taiwan’s Joint Pictures and Japan’s Shimensoka. The partners will handle distribution in their respective territories and are currently looking for a sales agent to handle business overseas. Additional finance comes from the exhibition and new tech sectors.
The project was announced at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s stars Satoshi Tsumbuki and Etsushi Toyokawa will be presented at the Taiwan industry party on Saturday.
Production is due to begin in late June, and delivery is tentatively scheduled for the second quarter of 2019.
Hanno has managed to attract the services of Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose the film’s theme song.
The Taiwan-set film is a co-venture between Taiwan’s Joint Pictures and Japan’s Shimensoka. The partners will handle distribution in their respective territories and are currently looking for a sales agent to handle business overseas. Additional finance comes from the exhibition and new tech sectors.
The project was announced at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s stars Satoshi Tsumbuki and Etsushi Toyokawa will be presented at the Taiwan industry party on Saturday.
Production is due to begin in late June, and delivery is tentatively scheduled for the second quarter of 2019.
Hanno has managed to attract the services of Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose the film’s theme song.
- 5/11/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Valley of the Gods
Polish writer/director Lech Majewski, who received story credit on Julian Schnabel’s 1996 Basquiat, has garnered acclaim for his own directorial efforts, such as 2004’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, and more recently, the international co-production The Mill and the Cross (2011), a beautiful production aiming to flesh out the lives of a dozen characters of figures depicted in Bruegel’s famed painting, which starred Rutger Hauer and Charlotte Rampling.
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Polish writer/director Lech Majewski, who received story credit on Julian Schnabel’s 1996 Basquiat, has garnered acclaim for his own directorial efforts, such as 2004’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, and more recently, the international co-production The Mill and the Cross (2011), a beautiful production aiming to flesh out the lives of a dozen characters of figures depicted in Bruegel’s famed painting, which starred Rutger Hauer and Charlotte Rampling.
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- 1/2/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
If you've seen any of writer/director Lech Majewski's previous movies, I'm particularly fond of The Mill and the Cross (review), you know more or less what to expect from Field of Dogs: a movie that will be beautiful, contemplative and sometimes downright slow to the point where your mind starts to wander. I think there's a certain magic to the flow of thoughts that emerge from watching Majewski's work but it's not for everyone.
His latest, inspired by a modern reading of Dante's "Divine Comedy," is a tale of mirroring tragedies: that of Adam, a poet suffering through sorrow after the love of his life dies in a car crash and the national tragedies th [Continued ...]...
His latest, inspired by a modern reading of Dante's "Divine Comedy," is a tale of mirroring tragedies: that of Adam, a poet suffering through sorrow after the love of his life dies in a car crash and the national tragedies th [Continued ...]...
- 4/21/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Principal photography is set to commence this summer on the fantasy sci-fi.
Lech Majewski is to direct Valley of the Gods for Angelus Silesius, Royal Road Entertainment and The Safran Company.
Principal photography on the fantasy sci-fi is set to commence this summer in Poland, Italy and Utah.
Produced by Filip Jan Rymsza for Royal Road Entertainment and Majewski for Angelus Silesius, the film entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer.
Royal Road’s Carla Rosen-Vacher is co-producing, with financing being provided by the Polish Film Institute.
Majewski’s The Mill and the Cross, starring Rutger Hauer, premiered at Sundance in 2011.
Lech Majewski is to direct Valley of the Gods for Angelus Silesius, Royal Road Entertainment and The Safran Company.
Principal photography on the fantasy sci-fi is set to commence this summer in Poland, Italy and Utah.
Produced by Filip Jan Rymsza for Royal Road Entertainment and Majewski for Angelus Silesius, the film entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer.
Royal Road’s Carla Rosen-Vacher is co-producing, with financing being provided by the Polish Film Institute.
Majewski’s The Mill and the Cross, starring Rutger Hauer, premiered at Sundance in 2011.
- 3/13/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Restored, re-edited version of The Deluge to open Michal Oleszczyk’s first year at Gdynia
Michał Oleszczyk’s first outing as the artistic director of the Gdynia Film Festival (Sept 15-21) will open tonight with the restored and re-edited version of Jerzy Hoffman’s 1974 classic The Deluge.
Under Hoffman’s supervision, the editor Marcin Kot Bastkowski has created Deluge Redivivus, a new, shortened version of the Oscar-nominated adaptation of the Henryk Sienkiewicz novel.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily ahead of the festival’s 39th edition in the Polish city, Oleszczyk says that he has made “two significant changes” this year.
“I reinforced the Young Cinema Competition, which puts emphasis on film directors who have just graduated from film schools - I strongly believe that it’s very important to support the new generation of filmmakers,” he said.
“I have moved this competition into the main festival cinema venue of the Musical Theatre, so that, currently...
Michał Oleszczyk’s first outing as the artistic director of the Gdynia Film Festival (Sept 15-21) will open tonight with the restored and re-edited version of Jerzy Hoffman’s 1974 classic The Deluge.
Under Hoffman’s supervision, the editor Marcin Kot Bastkowski has created Deluge Redivivus, a new, shortened version of the Oscar-nominated adaptation of the Henryk Sienkiewicz novel.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily ahead of the festival’s 39th edition in the Polish city, Oleszczyk says that he has made “two significant changes” this year.
“I reinforced the Young Cinema Competition, which puts emphasis on film directors who have just graduated from film schools - I strongly believe that it’s very important to support the new generation of filmmakers,” he said.
“I have moved this competition into the main festival cinema venue of the Musical Theatre, so that, currently...
- 9/15/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
So, I’ll be the first to admit that I have never seen this film, nor have I ever heard it mentioned, even on the corners of the internet where friends are obsessed with Italian cinema. However, this is a Raro Video Blu-ray, which means it will be part of my collection. I don’t know if you that are reading have ever purchased a Raro Blu-ray before, but they are fantastic releases, and serve a great purpose of exposing us to some of the best of the criminally ignored entries into the Italian genre film scene. On August 5th, Raro Video, in partnership with Kino Lorber will release the new Raro Video Blu-ray release of Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair, and if you’re a fan of what Raro and Kino do, then you should probably hit this link and pre-order a copy for yourself. Check out the press release below.
- 7/26/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Hunger Games DoP Tom Stern and 12 Years a Slave cinematographer Sean Bobbitt among those chosen for jury duty.
The 21st Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 16-23), has revealed the competition jurors who will judge entries at this year’s event in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Jury members of the main competition jury are:
Tom Stern, cinematographer (Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, The Hunger Games);Ed Lachman, cinematographer (Erin Brockovich, The Virgin Suicides, I’m Not There);Todd McCarthy, journalist and film critic;Denis Lenoir, cinematographer (Paris, je t’aime, Righteous Kill, 88 Minutes);Adam Holender, cinematographer (Midnight Cowboy, Smoke, Fresh);Timo Salminen, cinematographer (The Man Without a Past, La Havre, The Match Factory Girl);Franz Lustig, cinematographer (Don’t Come Knocking, Land of Plenty, Palermo Shooting);Jeffrey Kimball, cinematographer (Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, The Expendables).Polish Films Competition
Jost Vacano, the cinematographer behind several Paul Verhoeven films including Total Recall, RoboCop and [link...
The 21st Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 16-23), has revealed the competition jurors who will judge entries at this year’s event in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Jury members of the main competition jury are:
Tom Stern, cinematographer (Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, The Hunger Games);Ed Lachman, cinematographer (Erin Brockovich, The Virgin Suicides, I’m Not There);Todd McCarthy, journalist and film critic;Denis Lenoir, cinematographer (Paris, je t’aime, Righteous Kill, 88 Minutes);Adam Holender, cinematographer (Midnight Cowboy, Smoke, Fresh);Timo Salminen, cinematographer (The Man Without a Past, La Havre, The Match Factory Girl);Franz Lustig, cinematographer (Don’t Come Knocking, Land of Plenty, Palermo Shooting);Jeffrey Kimball, cinematographer (Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, The Expendables).Polish Films Competition
Jost Vacano, the cinematographer behind several Paul Verhoeven films including Total Recall, RoboCop and [link...
- 11/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Chicago – “Young Goethe in Love” is not the sort of title guaranteed to send American audiences to the theater in droves. For one thing, the title sounds too much like “Shakespeare in Love,” though its original German title, “Goethe!” sounds like a giddy musical along the lines of “Oliver!” Perhaps Goethe’s name should’ve been cut from the title altogether and relegated to a snappy tagline like, “Love Can Cometh and Goethe in an Instant.”
Thankfully, a poorly titled and under-marketed cinematic gem can find the audience it deserves with the help of good critical buzz, and here’s hoping that will happen to Philipp Stölzl’s irresistible 2010 period romance upon its DVD realease. The future master of Weimer Classicism was a mere 23-year-old when he first penned 1774’s “The Sorrows of Young Werner,” which heavily influenced the subsequent Romantic literary movement, as well as inspire a wave of...
Thankfully, a poorly titled and under-marketed cinematic gem can find the audience it deserves with the help of good critical buzz, and here’s hoping that will happen to Philipp Stölzl’s irresistible 2010 period romance upon its DVD realease. The future master of Weimer Classicism was a mere 23-year-old when he first penned 1774’s “The Sorrows of Young Werner,” which heavily influenced the subsequent Romantic literary movement, as well as inspire a wave of...
- 5/3/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, opening today and running through March 18, turns 30 this year. "Highlights of 2012's anniversary line-up include an in-person tribute to Joan Chen, a pair of world premieres from the talents behind Colma: The Musical, and Patrick Wang's In the Family, one of the most acclaimed American indies from last year," writes Michael Hawley in an extensive overview. And Michael Guillén interviews Wang at the Evening Class.
For the Bay Guardian's Kimberly Chun, Sfiaaff "seems to be in the throes of a youth movement." More previews come from Peter Martin (Twitch) and Kelly Vance (East Bay Express).
Los Angeles. The Beauty of the Long Day: An In-Person Terence Davies Tribute happens Sunday and Monday at the Aero Theater and Doug Cummings has a preview in the La Weekly.
Seattle. In the Stranger, Charles Mudede argues (briefly) that the Dreileben trilogy, Christian Petzold's Beats Being Dead,...
For the Bay Guardian's Kimberly Chun, Sfiaaff "seems to be in the throes of a youth movement." More previews come from Peter Martin (Twitch) and Kelly Vance (East Bay Express).
Los Angeles. The Beauty of the Long Day: An In-Person Terence Davies Tribute happens Sunday and Monday at the Aero Theater and Doug Cummings has a preview in the La Weekly.
Seattle. In the Stranger, Charles Mudede argues (briefly) that the Dreileben trilogy, Christian Petzold's Beats Being Dead,...
- 3/8/2012
- MUBI
Chris New, Tom Cullen in Andrew Haigh's Weekend Anna Paquin, Terrence Malick: Cinephile Society Winners Best Picture 01. A Separation 02. The Tree of Life 03. Mysteries of Lisbon 04. Certified Copy 05. Weekend 06. Margaret 07. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 08. Drive 09. Meek's Cutoff 10. Hugo 11. Melancholia Best Director Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life Runner-up: Asghar Farhadi – A Separation Best Film Not In The English Language 01. A Separation 02. Mysteries of Lisbon 03. Certified Copy 04. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 05. The Skin I Live In 06. Poetry 07. House of Pleasures 08. Le Havre 09. Le Quattro Volte 10. Of Gods and Men Best Actor Tom Cullen – Weekend Runner-up: Peyman Moaadi – A Separation Best Actress Anna Paquin – Margaret Runner-up: Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life Runner-up: Shahab Hosseini – A Separation Best Supporting Actress J. Smith-Cameron – Margaret Runner-up: Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter Best Original Screenplay A Separation – Asghar Farhadi...
- 2/22/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Reviewer: Jeffrey M. Anderson
Ratings (out of five): *** 1/2
Sometimes movies are called "painterly," but it's not often that a movie is based on an actual painting. The Quince Tree Sun (1993) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) come to mind. Also Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (2002), which is about a museum rather than a specific painting, but uses a "painterly" quality of its own.
Now we can add Lech Majewski's The Mill and the Cross to that short list. Based on Pieter Bruegel's painting "The Way to Calvary," from 1564, the movie patiently and delicately outlines many of the themes in the painting, even though the film itself can be somewhat drifting and opaque. It's quite unlike the anchored, physical quality of a painting; it's something rather different.
Ratings (out of five): *** 1/2
Sometimes movies are called "painterly," but it's not often that a movie is based on an actual painting. The Quince Tree Sun (1993) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) come to mind. Also Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (2002), which is about a museum rather than a specific painting, but uses a "painterly" quality of its own.
Now we can add Lech Majewski's The Mill and the Cross to that short list. Based on Pieter Bruegel's painting "The Way to Calvary," from 1564, the movie patiently and delicately outlines many of the themes in the painting, even though the film itself can be somewhat drifting and opaque. It's quite unlike the anchored, physical quality of a painting; it's something rather different.
- 2/1/2012
- by weezy
- GreenCine
What's that? It's been 2012 for weeks already? Christ, I'd better get this list finished, hmmm?It was a strange year for film, to be honest, at least from my point of view. I don't think I saw a single mainstream release in the cinema, and most of the recent films I saw were when I was playing catchup for everything I missed in 2010. Still, it was an eventful twelve months - I might not have rated this top ten quite as highly as previous years, but whether through festival screenings or import DVDs it still featured some unforgettable movies.Matthew Lee's Top Ten of 201110: The Mill and the Cross (Lech Majewski, Poland, 2011)It's all too easy for filmmakers to get carried away with exploring...
- 1/17/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Digital and video-on-demand distribution company GoDigital said Tuesday it was acquiring one of their primary VOD competitors, Might Entertainment.
As part of the deal, GoDigital will absorb Might Entertainment’s library, as well as the company’s cable, satellite and and broadband VOD distribution deal with Lionsgate Entertainment, giving the company a combined library catalog of over 1,000 films.
GoDigital currently distributes over 300 titles a year through its distribution relationships with platforms that include iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Playstation and Vudu. It...
As part of the deal, GoDigital will absorb Might Entertainment’s library, as well as the company’s cable, satellite and and broadband VOD distribution deal with Lionsgate Entertainment, giving the company a combined library catalog of over 1,000 films.
GoDigital currently distributes over 300 titles a year through its distribution relationships with platforms that include iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Playstation and Vudu. It...
- 1/11/2012
- by Michelle Kung
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Marthe Keller in Black Sunday (1977)
Catherine Grant's post-holiday return to blogging and tweeting has reminded me that some of her invaluable pointers to online resources over the past couple of weeks slipped right on past me during the year-end crunch. High time to catch up:
The new World Picture, #6, bears the ominous title "Wrong."
"The Disgust Issue" of Film-Philosophy. In her introduction, guest editor Tina Kendall notes an increasing interdisciplinary "concern with thinking through the relations between bodily sensation, emotion, and cognition (especially as these are mediated by films and other cultural forms), and with probing the political, moral, and ethical implications that arise from those particular conditions of embodiment."
The second issue of Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image.
Stoffel Debuysere has collected and posted hours of video from Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia, an event that took place in October in Brussels. The talks and discussions are led by Adrian Martin,...
Catherine Grant's post-holiday return to blogging and tweeting has reminded me that some of her invaluable pointers to online resources over the past couple of weeks slipped right on past me during the year-end crunch. High time to catch up:
The new World Picture, #6, bears the ominous title "Wrong."
"The Disgust Issue" of Film-Philosophy. In her introduction, guest editor Tina Kendall notes an increasing interdisciplinary "concern with thinking through the relations between bodily sensation, emotion, and cognition (especially as these are mediated by films and other cultural forms), and with probing the political, moral, and ethical implications that arise from those particular conditions of embodiment."
The second issue of Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image.
Stoffel Debuysere has collected and posted hours of video from Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia, an event that took place in October in Brussels. The talks and discussions are led by Adrian Martin,...
- 1/3/2012
- MUBI
Here’s the just issued press release announcing the nominees for the 2011 Heterodox Award, given by Cinema Eye Honors and sponsored by Filmmaker.
New York – The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced the five nominees for its second annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine. The 2012 Heterodox Award will be presented at the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking on January 11 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, New York.
The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award honors a narrative film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. These films illuminate the formal possibilities of nonfiction filmmaking while raising provocative questions about on-going documentary orthodoxy and the perceived boundaries between narrative and nonfiction filmmaking. Last year’s inaugural Heterodox Award went to Matt Porterfield’s Putty Hill.
“As more and more nonfiction films integrate artistic fictional devices and narrative structures, and...
New York – The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced the five nominees for its second annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine. The 2012 Heterodox Award will be presented at the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking on January 11 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, New York.
The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award honors a narrative film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. These films illuminate the formal possibilities of nonfiction filmmaking while raising provocative questions about on-going documentary orthodoxy and the perceived boundaries between narrative and nonfiction filmmaking. Last year’s inaugural Heterodox Award went to Matt Porterfield’s Putty Hill.
“As more and more nonfiction films integrate artistic fictional devices and narrative structures, and...
- 1/3/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Making lists is not my favorite occupation. They inevitably inspire only reader complaints. Not once have I ever heard from a reader that my list was just fine, and they liked it. Yet an annual Best Ten list is apparently a statutory obligation for movie critics.
My best guess is that between six and ten of these movies won't be familiar. Those are the most useful titles for you, instead of an ordering of movies you already know all about.
One recent year I committed the outrage of listing 20 movies in alphabetical order. What an uproar! Here are my top 20 films, in order of approximate preference.
1. "A Separation"
This Iranian film won't open in Chicago until Jan. 27. It won the Golden Bear at Berlin and was just named the year's best foreign film by the New York Film Critics Circle. It is specifically Iranian, but I believe the more specific...
My best guess is that between six and ten of these movies won't be familiar. Those are the most useful titles for you, instead of an ordering of movies you already know all about.
One recent year I committed the outrage of listing 20 movies in alphabetical order. What an uproar! Here are my top 20 films, in order of approximate preference.
1. "A Separation"
This Iranian film won't open in Chicago until Jan. 27. It won the Golden Bear at Berlin and was just named the year's best foreign film by the New York Film Critics Circle. It is specifically Iranian, but I believe the more specific...
- 12/25/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
As 2011 comes to a close, we are getting a flood of top lists coming from the best film critics and aficionados in the business. One of them coming from Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert. As usual, this list contains some of the biggest indie flicks, under appreciated foreign films, and explosive blockbusters. While his number one film is an obscure one, Ebert has managed to add films like Drive, The Tree of Life, Shame, Midnight in Paris, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to the list. Below are the top Roger Eberts top 20 films of 2011.
1. A Separation
2. Shame — “Michael Fassbender’s brave, uncompromising performance is at the center of Steve McQueen’s merciless film about sex addiction.”
3. The Tree of Life
4. Hugo
5. Take Shelter
6. Kinyarwanda
7. Drive — “‘Drive’ looks like one kind of thriller in the ads, and it is that kind of thriller, but also another and a...
1. A Separation
2. Shame — “Michael Fassbender’s brave, uncompromising performance is at the center of Steve McQueen’s merciless film about sex addiction.”
3. The Tree of Life
4. Hugo
5. Take Shelter
6. Kinyarwanda
7. Drive — “‘Drive’ looks like one kind of thriller in the ads, and it is that kind of thriller, but also another and a...
- 12/21/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
I have very different taste in films than Roger Ebert. I know he is a big shot movie reviewer, but I tend not to agree with him most of the time. For example only two of the films in his Top 10 are in my Top 10. I won't say which ones because that will ruin the surprise! Another example is that he put The Tree of Life in his number 3 slot, and I hated that movie. We all have different tastes, but it's really interesting to see everyone's list of favorite films at the end of the year. It makes for good conversation.
Each movie on his list comes with a little thought from Ebert's article. To read his thoughts in full, go to his blog and check it out!
Go throught the list and tell us your thoughts! Do you agree with his choices? Do you disagree?
1. A Separation — “‘A...
Each movie on his list comes with a little thought from Ebert's article. To read his thoughts in full, go to his blog and check it out!
Go throught the list and tell us your thoughts! Do you agree with his choices? Do you disagree?
1. A Separation — “‘A...
- 12/21/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
[1] With just days to go until the end of 2011 (Where did the year go???), legendary film critic Roger Ebert has announced his top 20 movies of the year. Just as you'd expect from Ebert, his list runs the gamut from mainstream blockbusters to more obscure foreign or arthouse projects -- with enough in the latter category to offer up some useful suggestions for your Netflix queue. Read his list after the jump. I'm including the list itself alongside snippets from Ebert's post below; to read his more detailed descriptions, head over to his blog [2]. 1. A Separation -- "'A Separation' will become one of those enduring masterpieces watched decades from now." 2. Shame -- "Michael Fassbender's brave, uncompromising performance is at the center of Steve McQueen's merciless film about sex addiction." 3. The Tree of Life -- "A film of vast ambition and deep humility, attempting no less than to encompass all...
- 12/20/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
In addition to the flood of awards nominations that have been announced over the last couple of weeks, the year end top 10 lists are finally starting to circulate as well. Critics have been busy cramming to make sure they see all of the most important movies while also finalizing their lists before the end of the year. Although we can't post every single Best of 2011 list that comes up, there are a few that always seem particularly noteworthy and one of those is Roger Ebert's. This year Ebert praises some of the biggest awards contenders (Hugo, The Artist and The Descendants), while also including some of the movies that various awards bodies have overlooked thus far such as The Tree of Life, Shame and Drive. There are a few unexpected choices, including Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret and David Schwimmer's Trust, and also a few movies I had barely even heard of: Kinyarwanda,...
- 12/19/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Roger Ebert has turned in his annual personal list of top 20 films of the year, naming the Iranian drama film A Separation as his favourite (or his favourite in ‘approximate preference’ as he doesn’t like to write lists). The film doesn’t open begin its limited run in Us cinema’s until the every end of the year but it has already unspooled over here and we gave the movie a very positive Five Star review at the Berlin Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear.
Ebert’s favourite American film is Shame, which comes in at two though he does say “Steve McQueen’s merciless film about sex addiction” is not one he would want to see twice. Veterans Terrence Malick and Martin Scorsese have the third and fourth spots respectively with The Tree of Life and Hugo.
The full list is below and surprisingly includes one...
Ebert’s favourite American film is Shame, which comes in at two though he does say “Steve McQueen’s merciless film about sex addiction” is not one he would want to see twice. Veterans Terrence Malick and Martin Scorsese have the third and fourth spots respectively with The Tree of Life and Hugo.
The full list is below and surprisingly includes one...
- 12/16/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
I've long been saying that if Oscar voters actually see Ralph Fiennes Shakespearean adaptation Coriolanus -- it's an "if" because 80% of the contenders, even the teensy tiny ones, chose December as their best Oscar strategy -- it'll be tough to stop Vanessa Redgrave from crushing her Best Supporting Actress competition. Though Fiennes is the actor/director it's the legendary Oscar winner who walks away with the movie as his proud, fierce, monster mom, so proud of her son's battle scars she comes across as yet more bloodthirsty than he.
So today she picks up her second precursor after the British Independent Film Awards. San Francisco apparently likes their moms all sticky with a violent son's blood. See also their best actress winner: Tilda Swinton
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Winners
Picture The Tree of Life
Director Terrence Malick, the Tree of Life
Actress Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Actor.
So today she picks up her second precursor after the British Independent Film Awards. San Francisco apparently likes their moms all sticky with a violent son's blood. See also their best actress winner: Tilda Swinton
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Winners
Picture The Tree of Life
Director Terrence Malick, the Tree of Life
Actress Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Actor.
- 12/12/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Terrance Malick's "The Tree of Life" was the big winner at the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards taking home Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography prizes.
In the acting category, Gary Oldman won Best Actor for his subtle performance in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Tilda Swinton was honored the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a grieving mother in "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
Albert Brooks received the Best Supporting Actor award for "Drive" while Vanessa Redgrave was named Best Supporting Actress for "Coriolanus."
Here's the complete list of the 2011 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards:
Best Picture
"The Tree of Life"
Best Director
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Best Original Screenplay
J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call"
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bridget O.Connor & Peter Straughan, .Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actor
Gary Oldman, .Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton, .We Need to Talk...
In the acting category, Gary Oldman won Best Actor for his subtle performance in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Tilda Swinton was honored the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a grieving mother in "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
Albert Brooks received the Best Supporting Actor award for "Drive" while Vanessa Redgrave was named Best Supporting Actress for "Coriolanus."
Here's the complete list of the 2011 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards:
Best Picture
"The Tree of Life"
Best Director
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Best Original Screenplay
J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call"
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bridget O.Connor & Peter Straughan, .Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actor
Gary Oldman, .Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton, .We Need to Talk...
- 12/12/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
San Francisco, the city that's launched a couple of dotcom booms and busts — home of Twitter, for heaven's sake — has a Critics Circle that did not live-tweet the results of their votes for all that's best in 2011, but rather, has made their announcement the old-fashioned way. They've posted it on a Web page. They've made up for it, though, with a pretty fine round of choices:
Best Picture: The Tree of Life.
Best Director: Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life.
Best Original Screenplay: Jc Chandor for Margin Call.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actor: Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for Drive.
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus.
Best Animated Feature: Gore Verbinski's Rango.
Best Foreign Language Film: Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy.
Best Picture: The Tree of Life.
Best Director: Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life.
Best Original Screenplay: Jc Chandor for Margin Call.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actor: Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for Drive.
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus.
Best Animated Feature: Gore Verbinski's Rango.
Best Foreign Language Film: Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy.
- 12/12/2011
- MUBI
Brad Pitt, Cole Cockburn, The Tree of Life
Best Picture
The Tree of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
Certified Copy
Best Director
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Best Actor
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks for Drive
Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus
Best Original Screenplay
J. C. Chandor for Margin Call
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Animated Feature
Rango
Best Documentary
Tabloid
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
National Film Preservation Foundation, in recognition of its work in the preservation and dissemination of endangered, culturally significant films
Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema
The Mill and the Cross
The Tree of Life picture: Merie Wallace / 20th...
Best Picture
The Tree of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
Certified Copy
Best Director
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Best Actor
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks for Drive
Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus
Best Original Screenplay
J. C. Chandor for Margin Call
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Animated Feature
Rango
Best Documentary
Tabloid
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
National Film Preservation Foundation, in recognition of its work in the preservation and dissemination of endangered, culturally significant films
Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema
The Mill and the Cross
The Tree of Life picture: Merie Wallace / 20th...
- 12/12/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Texas is known for some great film festivals. apart from SXSW and Fantastic Fest, both held in Austin – Houston also hosts some wonderful events. Among them is the Cinema Arts Festival. This year’s line-up is extremely strong, with titles that include Pina, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, The Artist and the World Premiere of Art Car: The Movie. Sadly we do not have any contributors over in Houston, but I did feel the need to quickly promote the festival. Here is the press release.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
Houston – Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the vibrant Texas city known internationally for its dynamic art scene. From painting and dance to classical music and multimedia work, this edition will also include appearances by directors, actors, musicians, and special tributes to Ethan Hawke and documentary master Patricio Guzman.
- 10/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Mill And The Cross is a handsomely presented speculative account of 16th century Belgian artist Pieter Bruegel’s creation of his The Way to Calvary. It’s a good film, something different, and something difficult to describe. There’s no real plot or conventional story arc, very little dialog, and even less drama. This film, adapted from a contemporary book of the same title by Michael Francis Gibson, is a meditation on the production and significance of this one particular painting which is a famous illustration of Jesus Christ’s journey to his place of execution. The painting itself, which is shown in all stages of development and from many angles, is dense – a depiction of the crucifixion populated by hundreds of peasants watching Christ being escorted through the crowd by the occupying Spaniards (instead of Roman soldiers – like the film, the painting is set during the painter’s...
- 10/14/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Pieter Bruegel packed his 16th-century Passion painting, The Way to Calvary, with hundreds of figures based on his own contemporaries, conflating the persecution of Christ with the Spanish occupation that raged outside his studio," begins Eric Hynes in Time Out New York. "In a feat of artistry worthy of its source, Polish director Lech Majewski (Gospel According to Harry) takes us deep inside the Flemish master's beautiful nightmare, bringing to life dozens of the work's characters, from carousing peasants and murderous redcoats to the painter himself — uncannily embodied by former replicant and shotgun-wielding hobo Rutger Hauer. While Bruegel's painting told a story, Majewski's film is a deconstruction of said tale, forsaking traditional narrative structures for a series of authoritatively realized tableaux."
"Adapted from a book by the art critic Michael Francis Gibson, who wrote the screenplay with Mr Majewski, the film does not offer much plot," notes Daniel M Gold in the New York Times.
"Adapted from a book by the art critic Michael Francis Gibson, who wrote the screenplay with Mr Majewski, the film does not offer much plot," notes Daniel M Gold in the New York Times.
- 9/15/2011
- MUBI
Poster for The Mill and the Cross, starring Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling and Michael York The film made its world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and is directed by Lech Majewski from the writing by Michael Francis Gibson and Majewski. Also, check out images from the film below the poster and read the synopis under that. Pieter Bruegel’s epic masterpiece The Way To Calvary depicts the story of Christ’s Passion set in Flanders under brutal Spanish occupation in the year 1564, the very year Bruegel created his painting. From among the more than five hundred figures that fill Bruegel’s remarkable canvas, The Mill & The Cross focuses on a dozen characters whose life stories unfold and intertwine in a panoramic landscape populated by villagers and red-caped horsemen. Among them are Bruegel himself (played by Rutger Hauer), his friend and art collector Nicholas Jonghelinck (Michael York), and the Virgin...
- 9/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Poster for The Mill and the Cross, starring Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling and Michael York The film made its world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and is directed by Lech Majewski from the writing by Michael Francis Gibson and Majewski. Also, check out images from the film below the poster and read the synopis under that. Pieter Bruegel’s epic masterpiece The Way To Calvary depicts the story of Christ’s Passion set in Flanders under brutal Spanish occupation in the year 1564, the very year Bruegel created his painting. From among the more than five hundred figures that fill Bruegel’s remarkable canvas, The Mill & The Cross focuses on a dozen characters whose life stories unfold and intertwine in a panoramic landscape populated by villagers and red-caped horsemen. Among them are Bruegel himself (played by Rutger Hauer), his friend and art collector Nicholas Jonghelinck (Michael York), and the Virgin...
- 9/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
While it’s far from easy going, The Mill And The Cross is worth attempting for its stunning visuals alone. The film was inspired by Pieter Bruegel’s 1564 painting The Way To Calvary, a landscape that imagines Christ’s procession coming through what was, for the painter, contemporary Flanders, escorted through a crowd of peasants by occupying Spaniards, while a mill high on a mountain overlooks the proceedings. Polish director Lech Majewski (Gospel According To Harry) brings the scene and the world in which it takes place to life in a striking, splendid fashion, combining real countrysides, live actors ...
- 9/15/2011
- avclub.com
Watch Rutger Hauer in this trailer video for Polish filmmaker Lech Majewski’s upcoming history-drama film “The Mill and The Cross,” co-starring Michael York and Charlotte Rampling. Pieter Bruegel’s epic masterpiece “The Way To Calvary” depicts the story of Christ’s Passion set in Flanders under brutal Spanish occupation in the year 1564, the year Bruegel created [...]
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- 8/18/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Two Exciting Films Are Coming To Landmark Theaters In Los Angeles For Limited Engagements (Other Cities To Follow) Toast
British charming comedy from chef Nigel Slater.s memoir, stars Freddie Highmore. Helena Bonham Carter
Opens October 7, 2011 at Nuart in Los Angeles
W2 Media presents Toast, opening on October 7, 2011, at Landmark.s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles for a one-week engagement.
Toast is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960.s Britain. Based on the hilarious and touching memoir of food writer Nigel Slater.s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, it.s a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that turned a young boy into a lifelong foodie. Nigel.s mother (Victoria Hamilton) appears to have been the world.s worst cook, boiling unopened cans of food to a soggy pulp and nervously refusing young Nigel.s (Oscar Kennedy) suggestions that she try an occasional fresh veg.
British charming comedy from chef Nigel Slater.s memoir, stars Freddie Highmore. Helena Bonham Carter
Opens October 7, 2011 at Nuart in Los Angeles
W2 Media presents Toast, opening on October 7, 2011, at Landmark.s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles for a one-week engagement.
Toast is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960.s Britain. Based on the hilarious and touching memoir of food writer Nigel Slater.s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, it.s a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that turned a young boy into a lifelong foodie. Nigel.s mother (Victoria Hamilton) appears to have been the world.s worst cook, boiling unopened cans of food to a soggy pulp and nervously refusing young Nigel.s (Oscar Kennedy) suggestions that she try an occasional fresh veg.
- 8/17/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Wide is proud that its new acquisition, The Mill and the Cross by Lech Majewski, is having its World Premiere at Sundance and its European Premiere at Rotterdam. The Director Lech Majewski changes the way art is portrayed on film, pioneering a new method to “enter” a painting and to create a narrative based on its depicted figures, performed by live actors. In post-production, Majewski painstakingly layered various elements: for example, he added an actor shot in front of a blue screen to several layers of both painted backdrops and location footage, enhanced by digital footage of a majestic sky…...
- 2/3/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
Well, if the Competition titles at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival don't generate any early year Oscar buzz, I think it's safe to say the Out of Competition titles will. Several films that have already been seen and positively reviewed can be found in the fest's Spotlight Line-Up along with a batch of anticipated hopefuls in the Premiere Section.
Beginning with the festival's premieres, Miguel Arteta (Youth in Revolt) is bringing Cedar Rapids to Park City where it will debut before it hits theaters only a couple weeks later on February 11. "Big Love" co-producers, Jill and Karen Sprecher are bringing an impressive cast for their crime drama The Convincer. Jacob Aaron Estes's The Details, which was shot only a few miles from my house in the Queen Anne district of Seattle, arrives with Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Tobey Maguire in tow.
Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) will debut I Melt with You,...
Beginning with the festival's premieres, Miguel Arteta (Youth in Revolt) is bringing Cedar Rapids to Park City where it will debut before it hits theaters only a couple weeks later on February 11. "Big Love" co-producers, Jill and Karen Sprecher are bringing an impressive cast for their crime drama The Convincer. Jacob Aaron Estes's The Details, which was shot only a few miles from my house in the Queen Anne district of Seattle, arrives with Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Tobey Maguire in tow.
Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) will debut I Melt with You,...
- 12/2/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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