Sam de Jong Dutch Film Director Crowns a Prince by Brad Balfour English-language movies documenting society’s underbelly include such classics as the hard-nosed Last Exit To Brooklyn or the comparatively benign West Side Story. There’s a body of work that’s emerged out of England’s rock subcultures from the ’50s on up. But fewer films detail … Continue reading
HIPPOCRATES – DIARY OF A FRENCH DOCTOR (2014) Starring Vincent Lacoste, Reda Kateb, Jacques Gamblin, Marianne Denicourt, Felix Moati, Carole Franck, Philippe Rebbot, Julie Brochen, Jeanne Cellard and Thierry Levaret. Screenplay by Thomas Lilti, Baya Kasmi, Julien Lilti and Pierre Chosson. Directed by Thomas Lilti. Distributed by Distrib Films US. 101 minutes. Rated R. Hospitals … Continue reading
Simon Curtis Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold by Brad Balfour With famed Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren receiving a special honor from the World Jewish Congress in front of Gustav Klimt’s The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1 — now housed at New York’s Neue Galerie and the basis of the film Woman in Gold — her role as … Continue reading
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Hoerbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Siegfried Breuer, Erich Ponto, Hedwig Bleibtreu and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Screenplay by Graham Greene. Directed by Carol Reed. Distributed by Rialto Pictures/Studio Canal. 104 minutes. Not Rated. Nearly 30 years on from his death, Orson Welles is … Continue reading
Jody Quigley and Lili Bordán Six Degrees of Apparition by Jay S. Jacobs Hollywood is chock full of actors who toil in obscurity, desperate to get the chance to make their dream film. However, with hundreds of thousands of actors and merely hundreds of projects, you do the math. Breaking through is like winning the … Continue reading
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2015) The Japanese-language cast features the voices of Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi,Ryôko Moriyama, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Kazuko Yoshiyuki. The English-language cast features the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Geena Davis, John C. Reilly, Grey Griffin, Catherine O’Hara, Ellen Burstyn, Vanessa Williams and Kathy Bates. … Continue reading
WALKING ON SUNSHINE (2015) Starring Annabel Scholey, Hannah Arterton, Giulio Berruti, Leona Lewis, Greg Wise, Katy Brand, Danny Kirrane, Giulio Corso, Mariola Jaworska, Joelle Koissi, Anabel Kutay, Laura Hydari, Susan Fordham, Michael Chapman, Amy Clare Beales and Adrian Quinton. Screenplay by Joshua St Johnston. Directed by Max Giwa & Dania Pasquini. Distributed by Phase4 Films. … Continue reading
IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER (L’HOMME QU’ON AIMAIT TROP) (2014) Starring Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Haenel, Judith Chemla, Mauro Conte, Jean Corso, Hugo Sablic, Jean-Pierre Getti, Pascal Mercier, Tamara De Leener, Jean-Marie Tiercelin, Peter Bonke, Laetitia Rosier, Noël Simsolo and Yani Redjala. Screenplay by André Téchiné. Directed by André Téchiné. Distributed by Cohen … Continue reading
ABOUT ELLY (2009) Starring Shahab Hosseini, Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moaadi, Merila Zarei, Ra’na Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar and Saber Abbar. Screenplay by Asghar Farhadi. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Distributed by Cinema Guild. 113 minutes. Not Rated. The world at large learned about the filmmaking skill of Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi in 2012 … Continue reading
24 DAYS (24 JOURS) (2014) Starring Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin, Sylvie Testud, Éric Caravaca, Syrus Shahidi, Tony Harrisson, Alka Balbir, Pauline Cheviller, Olivier Sitruk, Olivier Sitruk, Ronald Reznik, Audrey Giacomini, Matthieu Boujenah and Mickaël Guigui. Screenplay by Alexandre Arcady, Emilie Frèche and Antoine Lacomblez. Directed by Alexandre Arcady. Distributed by Menemsha Pictures. 109 … Continue reading
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