Each year, the Library of Congress selects 25 films to be named to the National Film Registry, a proclamation of commitment to preserving the chosen pictures for all time. They can be big studio pictures or experimental short films, goofball comedies or poetic meditations on life. The National Film Registery "showcases the extraordinary diversity of America’s film heritage and the disparate strands making it so vibrant" and by preserving the films, the Library of Congress hopes to "a crucial element of American creativity, culture and history.” This year’s selections span the period 1913 to 2004 and include a number of films you’re familiar with. Unless you’ve never heard of "Saving Private Ryan," "The Big Lebowski," “Rosemary’s Baby” or "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Highlights from the list include the aforementioned film, Arthur Penn’s Western "Little Big Man," John Lasseter’s 1986 animated film, “Luxo Jr.," 1953’s “House of Wax,...
- 12/17/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
Spanning the years 1913-2004, the 25 films to be added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry for 2014 include Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man, John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski. The annual selection helps to ensure that the movies will be preserved for all time. This year’s list brings the number of films in the registry to 650.
Also on the list are John Lasseter’s 1986 animated film, Luxo Jr; the original Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder; and Howard Hawks’ classic 1959 Western Rio Bravo. Documentaries and silent films also make up part of the selection which represents titles that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant; they must also each be at least 10 years old. Check out the rundown of all 25 movies below:
2014 National Film Registry...
Also on the list are John Lasseter’s 1986 animated film, Luxo Jr; the original Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder; and Howard Hawks’ classic 1959 Western Rio Bravo. Documentaries and silent films also make up part of the selection which represents titles that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant; they must also each be at least 10 years old. Check out the rundown of all 25 movies below:
2014 National Film Registry...
- 12/17/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Allison Schulnik’s second New York solo exhibition at ZieherSmith, Eager, included a startling array of painting, sculpture, drawing, and film, creating a beautiful, yet haunting world. Schulnik talks with Bradley Rubenstein about her new show, her dance background, the difference between working in New York and Los Angeles, and, of course, cats.
Bradley Rubenstein: I just read that you had originally been a dancer, and after watching the film Eager it makes perfect sense. There is a real sense of choreography in it. Can you talk a little about your beginnings as a filmmaker and painter?
Allison Schulnik: I have a lot of painters in the family, so I was painting at a young age. I think everyone expected me to be a painter, including myself, so I decided to go to film school instead. I didn't really have an interest in going to school for painting.
Bradley Rubenstein: I just read that you had originally been a dancer, and after watching the film Eager it makes perfect sense. There is a real sense of choreography in it. Can you talk a little about your beginnings as a filmmaker and painter?
Allison Schulnik: I have a lot of painters in the family, so I was painting at a young age. I think everyone expected me to be a painter, including myself, so I decided to go to film school instead. I didn't really have an interest in going to school for painting.
- 4/30/2014
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Allison Schulnik: Eager
ZieherSmith Gallery, NYC
Through February 22, 2014 And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal no prima donna, the perfume is on an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey and goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers and goodnight Mathilda, too.
Tom Waits, "Waltzing Mathilda"
"The Hobo, as a visual trope, represents the last truly transgressive figure in art… kitsch paintings of clown-like characters with bindlestiffs and colorful handkerchiefs camouflage a predatory underclass of thieves, pedophiles, rapists, and murderers."
Dr. Hope Ardizzone, Oblivion and Contingency in Post-Modern Painting
Allison Schulnik's second exhibition at ZieherSmith presents drawings, sculpture, paintings, and installation pieces surrounding and supporting her most recent animated film, Eager (2013). Schulnik, drawing from a variety of sources (Busby Berkeley, Lewis Carroll, her former teachers Jules Engel and Corny Cole, Bob Ross, and Antoine Watteau) choreographs a stop-motion,...
ZieherSmith Gallery, NYC
Through February 22, 2014 And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal no prima donna, the perfume is on an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey and goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers and goodnight Mathilda, too.
Tom Waits, "Waltzing Mathilda"
"The Hobo, as a visual trope, represents the last truly transgressive figure in art… kitsch paintings of clown-like characters with bindlestiffs and colorful handkerchiefs camouflage a predatory underclass of thieves, pedophiles, rapists, and murderers."
Dr. Hope Ardizzone, Oblivion and Contingency in Post-Modern Painting
Allison Schulnik's second exhibition at ZieherSmith presents drawings, sculpture, paintings, and installation pieces surrounding and supporting her most recent animated film, Eager (2013). Schulnik, drawing from a variety of sources (Busby Berkeley, Lewis Carroll, her former teachers Jules Engel and Corny Cole, Bob Ross, and Antoine Watteau) choreographs a stop-motion,...
- 1/17/2014
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
The Wrap's Steve Pond has read some version or other of Charlie Kaufman's screenplay for Frank or Francis and finds it to be "a twisted and bitter broadside against nearly every aspect of the movie business, from filmmakers to critics to audiences." As Movie City News warns: Spoilers ahead. Kaufman will begin shooting in January with with Nicolas Cage, Jack Black, Steve Carell and Kevin Kline.
For the Independent, Rob Sharp talks with Terry Gilliam who may or may not direct an English National Opera production of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini and may or may not direct an adaptation of Paul Auster's novel Mr Vertigo.
Melissa Anderson for Artforum: "Slava Tsukerman's 1982 cult classic, Liquid Sky, may be the first example of heroin cheek, imagining an invasion of extraterrestrials drawn to a city where new-wave androgynes languidly hope to score and the Empire State Building looms as a giant hypodermic needle.
For the Independent, Rob Sharp talks with Terry Gilliam who may or may not direct an English National Opera production of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini and may or may not direct an adaptation of Paul Auster's novel Mr Vertigo.
Melissa Anderson for Artforum: "Slava Tsukerman's 1982 cult classic, Liquid Sky, may be the first example of heroin cheek, imagining an invasion of extraterrestrials drawn to a city where new-wave androgynes languidly hope to score and the Empire State Building looms as a giant hypodermic needle.
- 10/10/2011
- MUBI
Press Release Film At Redcat Presents Joanna Priestley: Fighting Gravity Mon Apr 20 | 8:30 pm Jack H. Skirball Series $9 [students $7, CalArts $5] Los Angeles premiere Dubbed “the queen of independent animation” by Bill Plympton, Joanna Priestley unveils her new short Missed Aches, a humorous rant about the need for proofreading. This can’t-miss program for animation buffs also includes a series of animated gems representing the range of the artist’s techniques: Voices, Grown Up, All My Relations, Streetcar Named Perspire, Utopia Parkway, Candyjam, She-Bop, Pro and Con, and Dew Line. Mentored by Jules Engel at CalArts, Priestley had previously made 19 award-winning films about subjects as varied as relationships, plants, magic, menopause, abstraction and prison. Retrospectives of her work have been presented at The Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, and American Cinematheque, among other venues. In person: Joanna Priestley “The exquisite animated world of Joanna Priestley has been one of...
- 4/6/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
California Institute of the Arts will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late animator and educator Jules Engel on April 18 at Redcat at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The event will include a film screening and roundtable discussion with such animators as Mark Osborne, Jorge Gutierrez, Steve Hillenburg, Mark Kirkland, Joanna Priestley and Henry Selick.
They will Engel's influence on contemporary animation with moderator Ramin Zahed, editor of Animation magazine. The discussion will be followed by a cocktail reception and sale of Engel's fine art.
Proceeds from the tickets and sale will benefit the Jules Engel Endowed Scholarship Fund, which Engel established to support the education of animators at CalArts.
Engel's career ranged from such Disney classics as "Fantasia" and "Bambi" to creating the characters Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing Boing. He also created abstract animation, live-action work and fine art.
Additionally, Engel originated...
The event will include a film screening and roundtable discussion with such animators as Mark Osborne, Jorge Gutierrez, Steve Hillenburg, Mark Kirkland, Joanna Priestley and Henry Selick.
They will Engel's influence on contemporary animation with moderator Ramin Zahed, editor of Animation magazine. The discussion will be followed by a cocktail reception and sale of Engel's fine art.
Proceeds from the tickets and sale will benefit the Jules Engel Endowed Scholarship Fund, which Engel established to support the education of animators at CalArts.
Engel's career ranged from such Disney classics as "Fantasia" and "Bambi" to creating the characters Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing Boing. He also created abstract animation, live-action work and fine art.
Additionally, Engel originated...
- 3/24/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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