Review by Peter Belsito at Sedona Illuminate Film FestivalWhen trauma leaves us broken spiritually, where do we turn? Is healing even possible? Join two U.S. combat veterans in an intimate and raw look at their post-war lives, lives shattered by severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
This a remarkable film.
Two extremely damaged Ptsd U.S. war vets seem hopeless at the beginning of this film.
Filmmakers follow Matt and Mike over three years, diving deep into both their hopes for wholeness and their fear of the unknown. Abandoning traditional pharmaceutical drugs, our heros search for relief in unlikely places.
Healing, we discover, can be found through the controversial and mind-expanding world of cannabis, ayahuasca and Mdma, commonly known as Ecstasy.
We learn how those struggling with trauma can use these incredible substances successfully to heal their wounds. From Shock to Awe raises fundamental questions about war, the pharmaceutical industry and the U.
This a remarkable film.
Two extremely damaged Ptsd U.S. war vets seem hopeless at the beginning of this film.
Filmmakers follow Matt and Mike over three years, diving deep into both their hopes for wholeness and their fear of the unknown. Abandoning traditional pharmaceutical drugs, our heros search for relief in unlikely places.
Healing, we discover, can be found through the controversial and mind-expanding world of cannabis, ayahuasca and Mdma, commonly known as Ecstasy.
We learn how those struggling with trauma can use these incredible substances successfully to heal their wounds. From Shock to Awe raises fundamental questions about war, the pharmaceutical industry and the U.
- 6/7/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale; Film Socialisme; Outrage; 4 Days Inside Guantanamo; Ultrasuede
No sooner is Halloween (with its traditional slew of horror DVDs) out of the way than Christmas is upon us, although creepy thrills aren't entirely assuaged by increasingly premature Yuletide good cheer. Along with the obligatory reissue of It's a Wonderful Life (a film that, let us not forget, centres in large part on a man overwhelmed by suicidal despair), this year's festive stocking-fillers include Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010, Icon, 15), a pleasingly dark oddity that plays like a cross between The Thing and Miracle on 34th Street, with a hint of Troll Hunter thrown in for good measure.
Taking his lead from archaic Finnish folk tales, co-writer/director Jalmari Helander conjures an icy world in which Santa is not an avuncular funster but a figure of fear, altogether more naughty than nice. In remote Nordic mountains,...
No sooner is Halloween (with its traditional slew of horror DVDs) out of the way than Christmas is upon us, although creepy thrills aren't entirely assuaged by increasingly premature Yuletide good cheer. Along with the obligatory reissue of It's a Wonderful Life (a film that, let us not forget, centres in large part on a man overwhelmed by suicidal despair), this year's festive stocking-fillers include Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010, Icon, 15), a pleasingly dark oddity that plays like a cross between The Thing and Miracle on 34th Street, with a hint of Troll Hunter thrown in for good measure.
Taking his lead from archaic Finnish folk tales, co-writer/director Jalmari Helander conjures an icy world in which Santa is not an avuncular funster but a figure of fear, altogether more naughty than nice. In remote Nordic mountains,...
- 11/6/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Tyrannosaur (18)
(Paddy Considine, 2010, UK) Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan. 92 mins
Bad things happen to damaged people (and dogs) in this sparse kitchen-sink drama – almost too many bad things for one film to take, between Mullan's volatile drinker, Colman's abused wife and their vicious social circles. There's a redeeming spiritual dimension to the misery, thank God, and as you'd expect of an actor-turned-director, Considine gets incredible performances from his leads.
Midnight In Paris (12A)
(Woody Allen, 2011, Us) Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates. 94 mins
Not finding modern-day Paris to his romantic liking, Allen sends Wilson's tourist back to the fantasy 1920s version, and recruits familiar faces to play familiar cultural legends: (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, etc). It's so unapologetically wistful, he gets away with it. The French will love it.
Johnny English Reborn (PG)
(Oliver Parker, 2011, Us/Fra/UK) Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson. 101 mins
As formulaic as the...
(Paddy Considine, 2010, UK) Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan. 92 mins
Bad things happen to damaged people (and dogs) in this sparse kitchen-sink drama – almost too many bad things for one film to take, between Mullan's volatile drinker, Colman's abused wife and their vicious social circles. There's a redeeming spiritual dimension to the misery, thank God, and as you'd expect of an actor-turned-director, Considine gets incredible performances from his leads.
Midnight In Paris (12A)
(Woody Allen, 2011, Us) Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates. 94 mins
Not finding modern-day Paris to his romantic liking, Allen sends Wilson's tourist back to the fantasy 1920s version, and recruits familiar faces to play familiar cultural legends: (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, etc). It's so unapologetically wistful, he gets away with it. The French will love it.
Johnny English Reborn (PG)
(Oliver Parker, 2011, Us/Fra/UK) Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson. 101 mins
As formulaic as the...
- 10/7/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
"Painfully stark yet utterly magnetic," begins Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times, "You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo presents excerpts from the 2003 interrogation of the 16-year-old Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen accused of killing an American soldier during a firefight in an Afghan village. Working from seven hours of recently declassified tapes, the Montreal-based filmmakers Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez have assembled an even-tempered glimpse behind a very dark curtain."
Glenn Heath Jr in Slant: "Countless documentaries have walked down this road before, dissecting America's dark and unethical dealings in the name of national security, most notably Michael Winterbottom's The Road to Guantánamo, Laura Poitras's The Oath, and Errol Morris's Standard Operating Procedure. But what sets You Don't Like the Truth apart from these other, more accomplished films is its subject's age: Omar was the youngest detainee at Guantánamo at 16. Labeled a terrorist by...
Glenn Heath Jr in Slant: "Countless documentaries have walked down this road before, dissecting America's dark and unethical dealings in the name of national security, most notably Michael Winterbottom's The Road to Guantánamo, Laura Poitras's The Oath, and Errol Morris's Standard Operating Procedure. But what sets You Don't Like the Truth apart from these other, more accomplished films is its subject's age: Omar was the youngest detainee at Guantánamo at 16. Labeled a terrorist by...
- 9/29/2011
- MUBI
"A downbeat homage to bright-lights showbiz dramas, an epic orchestration that indulges in stubbornly obsessive riffs, Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977) seems to value awkwardness and indecision above all else," writes Dan Callahan for Alt Screen, and much of what follows is pretty rough medicine for those of us who love this film. "Coming off the success of Taxi Driver (1976), Scorsese secured a big budget and MGM sound stages for what was meant to be his tribute to and deconstruction of classic Hollywood musicals, but the tribute got lost somewhere in the deconstruction." The movie "plays out like some errant crossbreeding of Charles Vidor's Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and John Cassavetes's Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)."
It's screening as part of Hollywood Musicals of the 1970s and 1980s, Part 1: The 1970s, a series opening tomorrow at Anthology Film Archives and running through June 26. In his overview for the L,...
It's screening as part of Hollywood Musicals of the 1970s and 1980s, Part 1: The 1970s, a series opening tomorrow at Anthology Film Archives and running through June 26. In his overview for the L,...
- 6/16/2011
- MUBI
The 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries . including 17 New York Premieres
Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to New York with an extraordinary program of films set to inspire, inform and spark debate. A co-presentation of Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival will run from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society.s Walter Reade Theater. Nineteen of the best human rights themed films from 12 countries will be screened, 17 of them New York premieres. A majority of the filmmakers will be on hand after the screenings to discuss their films with the audience.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival program this year is organized around four themes: Truth, Justice and Accountability; Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism; Human Dignity,...
June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries . including 17 New York Premieres
Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to New York with an extraordinary program of films set to inspire, inform and spark debate. A co-presentation of Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival will run from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society.s Walter Reade Theater. Nineteen of the best human rights themed films from 12 countries will be screened, 17 of them New York premieres. A majority of the filmmakers will be on hand after the screenings to discuss their films with the audience.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival program this year is organized around four themes: Truth, Justice and Accountability; Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism; Human Dignity,...
- 5/13/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nineteen films from twelve countries make up the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
- 5/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Nineteen films from twelve countries make up the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
- 5/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Yesterday, Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc), which will take place from October 13 to 24, revealed its full line-up of films. Nineteen Canadian feature films and documentaries will be presented. However, don't expect to see all films that were screened at the latest Toronto or Vancouver International Film Festivals.
Opening film:
10 1/2
Director: Daniel Grou (Podz)
Starring: Claude Legault, Robert Naylor and Albert Kwan
International selection
Jo pour Jonathan
Director: Maxime Giroux
Starring: Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Raphaël Lacaille, Jean-Alexandre Létourneau and Vanessa Pilon
Focus Québec/Canada
A Night for Dying Tigers
Director: Terry Miles
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Gil Bellows, Lauren Lee Smith, Tygh Runyan, Kathleen Robertson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Leah Gibson, Sarah Lind and Jessica Heafey
Affinity Point
Director: Deeh
Starring: Danielle Hubbard, Jason D. Pitre, Sophie Ricard and Yann Faussurier
2 fois une femme
Director: François Delisle
Starring: Evelyne Rompré, Marc Béland and Catherine de Léan
Falardeau (Documentary)
Director: German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia...
Opening film:
10 1/2
Director: Daniel Grou (Podz)
Starring: Claude Legault, Robert Naylor and Albert Kwan
International selection
Jo pour Jonathan
Director: Maxime Giroux
Starring: Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Raphaël Lacaille, Jean-Alexandre Létourneau and Vanessa Pilon
Focus Québec/Canada
A Night for Dying Tigers
Director: Terry Miles
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Gil Bellows, Lauren Lee Smith, Tygh Runyan, Kathleen Robertson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Leah Gibson, Sarah Lind and Jessica Heafey
Affinity Point
Director: Deeh
Starring: Danielle Hubbard, Jason D. Pitre, Sophie Ricard and Yann Faussurier
2 fois une femme
Director: François Delisle
Starring: Evelyne Rompré, Marc Béland and Catherine de Léan
Falardeau (Documentary)
Director: German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia...
- 9/29/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Despite not being what it used to be in the 1990s, the Montreal World Film Festival - which will be held from August 26 to September 6 - is trying to make a name for itself. In fact, yesterday, it has revealed its line up of Canadian feature films.
World Competition
First Films World Competition
* Route 132 (opening film) - Directed by Louis Bélanger.
* Trois temps après la mort d'Anna - Directed by Catherine Martin.
First Films World Competition
* The Neighbor (Hamseyeh) – Naghmeh Shirkhan (coproduction with USA).
Focus on World Cinema
* I Heart Regina - N/A
* I Was Once Told – Directed by Aliaa Khachouck
* Mary - Directed by Andrey Petrusha
* New Year - Directed by Phil Borg
Documentaries of the World
* Turning 32 (Avoir 32 ans) – Robbie Hart and Luc Côté.
* Corpus – Connie Diletti.
* Children of Soldiers (Enfants de soldats) – Claire Corriveau.
* Funeral Season (La saison des funérailles) – Matthew Lancit (coproduction with Cameroun...
World Competition
First Films World Competition
* Route 132 (opening film) - Directed by Louis Bélanger.
* Trois temps après la mort d'Anna - Directed by Catherine Martin.
First Films World Competition
* The Neighbor (Hamseyeh) – Naghmeh Shirkhan (coproduction with USA).
Focus on World Cinema
* I Heart Regina - N/A
* I Was Once Told – Directed by Aliaa Khachouck
* Mary - Directed by Andrey Petrusha
* New Year - Directed by Phil Borg
Documentaries of the World
* Turning 32 (Avoir 32 ans) – Robbie Hart and Luc Côté.
* Corpus – Connie Diletti.
* Children of Soldiers (Enfants de soldats) – Claire Corriveau.
* Funeral Season (La saison des funérailles) – Matthew Lancit (coproduction with Cameroun...
- 8/12/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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