america ( 2009 film )
from film quarterly winter 2009 - 10, vol. 63, no. 2
new united nations study finds america only no. 3 in feature film & nbsp…
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gabourey' gabby' sidibe at the 57th san sebastian film festival for lee daniels' 2009 film precious. photograph: rex features / sipa press
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up is pixar' s tenth feature film. it is notable for being the first pixar film to be originally produced in 3d technology. it was released in theaters and 3d on may 29, 2009 .
that' s what we' re up against. in 2009. it' s amazing ,
he said .
learn about the exceptional individuals who fought to preserve america' s rich natural treasures .
national theatre live launched in 2009, with the intention of bringing the best in live performances straight from the theatre to viewers around the world .
women & spirit: catholic sisters in america was a traveling exhibit that first opened in cincinnati in may 2009. sponsored and produced by lcwr, the exhibit traveled across the country and drew more than one million visitors. venues that hosted the exhibit were :
but before the printz award was to be announced, loriene roy had to announce the winners of the best books for young adults 2009 list. now ,
for sapphire, the movie is thus not
a black film or a woman' s film or a survivor' s film. i saw it as a universal film… you know those nature documentaries where the flower blooms in fast motion? that' s what this film is like, seeing precious' s soul unfold .
america is a tv movie starring philip johnson, rosie o' donnell, and ruby dee. in
america ,
dr. maureen brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi - racial boy named america. through their sessions, dr. brennan helps... see full summary »
the film has no distributor in america. it has got a deal everywhere else in the world but in the us, and it' s because of what the film is about. people have been saying this is the best film they' ve seen all year, yet nobody in the us has picked it up .
a behind - the - scenes look at how smithsonian channel' s unprecedented aerial series, aerial america, is created .
irish screen america’s first event of 2018 will take place as part of the origins first irish theatre festival in new york .
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for one of your “best books for young adults” 2009 list. i don’t know why. possibly you wanted to class up your squalid operation. frankly i’m surprised i consented to be nominated .
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in
america ,
dr. maureen brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi - racial boy named america. through their sessions, dr. brennan helps america come to terms with his roller - coaster life, which began when he was taken by authorities from his crack - addicted mother, and placed into foster care as an infant. the short time of stability in his life occurred when america lived with mrs. harper, the elderly nanny to one of his foster families. later reunited with his mother, she soon abandons america and he is again placed into foster care. lagging behind in school and full of anger, america retreats further away from society after years of sexual abuse. after attempting suicide, america is placed in a treatment center where dr. brennan helps him open up about his painful past and discover the support and courage he needs to get his life back on track .
film crams a wealth of material into 90 minutes without losing clarity or momentum .
had been nominated for the bbya 2009 list, and it goes without saying that i knew i’d make the final cut—but to tell the truth, the prospect did not thrill me. i mean, am i
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alejandro gonzález iñárritu analyzes kurosawa’s ikiru and explains how it influenced his latest film, biutiful .
captain america; 1944 - black & white - this classic movie serial had them coming back to the theatres every week to watch the famous superhero, played by dick purcell, battle the evil villian, the scarab. the scarab has stolen a device that destroys buildings, and captain america must foil his evil plans !
the film was chosen to open the toronto film festival and has its british premiere on sunday. it has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from australia to scandinavia .
a post - apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind .
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antoine fuqua watches martin scorsese' s mean streets and talks about his personal connection to the film .
the best bar in america is a movie starring david ackroyd, john ansotegui, and gregory t. collett. an existential ride into the heart of the culture of drink .
you own 391 national parks. come for a visit and take away the experience of a lifetime. help the national park service make america' s best idea even better !
as the excitement over star wars: the force awakens built in the run up to release, it was easy to forget that we' d been there before – just six years go in fact. cast your mind back to christmas 2009, film - goers were licking their collective chops over an entirely different space saga – james cameron' s avatar .
brittany farrell (with megaphone) in “whose streets? ” the film is due out aug. 11 .
a scene from the oscar - winning film departures with, from left, masahiro motoki and tsutomu yamazaki .
the most dangerous man in america: daniel ellsberg and the pentagon papers is a movie starring peter arnett, ben bagdikian, and ann beeson .
the most dangerous man in america
is the story of what happens when a former pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of... see full summary »
crew: camera (color, hd - to - 35mm), vicente franco, dan krauss; editors, chandler, goldsmith, lerew; music, blake leyh; sound, nick bertoni, goldsmith. reviewed on dvd, new york, sept. 11, 2009. (in toronto film festival - - real to reel .) running time: 94 min .
lcwr’s women & spirit: catholic sisters in america dvd is a remarkable resource for providing education on the life of women religious and their contributions to this nation from 1727 to the present .
a reading and discussion of niall mckay’s short film script the ferry, going into production in march in ireland .
early reviews have raved about the film. the hollywood reporter said :
it would be a great shame if those with religious convictions spurned the film out of hand as they will find it even - handed and wise .
ascent experience mount fuji — through a selection of 4, 000 photographs snapped over 150 years. the dutch artist fiona tan has built this experimental film out of those stills. screenings at film forum in new york will be free .
it is unbelievable to us that this is still a really hot potato in america. there' s still a great belief that he made the world in six days. it' s quite difficult for we in the uk to imagine religion in america. we live in a country which is no longer so religious. but in the us, outside of new york and la, religion rules .
award winning journalist john pilger examines the role of washington in america' s manipulation of latin american politics during the last 50 years leading up to the struggle by ordinary... see full summary »
the story centers on an old man named carl fredricksen who is determined to get to south america to keep a promise he made to his dead wife ellie. after tying thousand of balloons to his house, carl is off to south america. however, he soon discovers a little boy named russell is on aboard his house and the two of them set off on a bigger adventure than they had expected .
by general consensus, then, avatar was more than a movie. it was a cultural earthquake. august 21 2009 was designated
avatar day
, with 15 minutes of preview footage screened for free at imax cinemas around the world. the ensuing bru - ha - ha threatened to break the internet, as did the rush, two days later, to view the first trailer, downloaded four million times in 24 hours from itunes alone, a stampede the company' s servers sometimes struggled to handle (and shattering the previous record of 1. 7 million set by jj abrams' s first star trek film). more important events may well have occurred in late 2009, but avatar dominated the headlines .
watching this film in 2018 with the post so fresh in the mind, however, is a particularly unique experience. the documentary helps flesh out many of the exterior strands of the story that spielberg' s film left out (deliberately) .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
muntz is an old explorer looking for the beast of paradise falls; he vowed not to return to north america until he had captured the creature. he uses a group of dogs to aid him in his hunt .
captures the gravity and history of the most interesting city in the american west. a memorable film about an unforgettable place .
for terry zwigoff, fritz lang' s mordant 1945 film noir scarlet street is a lot of laughs. he explains why .
looks back at watergate, the original game changer of america politics. how has watergate changed the presidency? what effect has the scandal had on our political leaders? and has hope and... see full summary »
this day long symposium will discuss the many aspects of film, television, theatre, fashion, journalism and the creativity industries. the event will include a reading and discussion of niall mckay’s short film script the ferry, going into production in march in ireland .
the drummer philip and i quit the band in september 2009, but monika and sam are continuing on. we had been variously described as
melodramatic video game music ,
moon - man opera ,
and
gypsy sex metal .
it' s over now, but i loved being in this band .
all eyez on me the contours and contradictions of the life of the rapper tupac shakur (demetrius shipp jr. , in his first movie) are recounted in a biopic scheduled to be released on his birthday. danai gurira plays tupac’s mother, a black panther, and jamal woolard is biggie smalls, a. k. a. the notorious b. i. g. , whom he played in the 2009 film “notorious. ” benny boom directed .
patty jenkins, while in post on her own comic book opus, wonder woman, waxes nostalgic on the richard donner film superman .
based on a 1996 book written by the new york - based performance poet and author known as sapphire, the film has just been released in america and was hailed by variety as
courageous and uncompromising, a shaken cocktail of debasement and elation, despair and hope
. oprah winfrey, one of the most powerful women in america, became the movie' s executive producer after watching an early screening and its star, first - time actress gabourey sidibe, is now being tipped for an academy award, even though she has no professional training and got the part after turning up to an open audition .
neil labute pays tribute to the precision and boldness of mike nichols’ vision in carnal knowledge —a film he admits he has borrowed from freely .
billy wilder' s the apartment is a film that inspired nancy meyers. the director chats about what makes it so special for her .
score: a film music documentary going behind the scenes of how film scores are composed, this portrait of the craft features some of the most familiar “music by” credits in the business, including hans zimmer, john williams, danny elfman, quincy jones, rachel portman and thomas newman .
this edition from
starry night
is unacceptable, because there' s a huge shaded bar across the bottom 1 / 4 of the screen that says
classic movies
during the entire film. this is the edition with the crooked picture of captain america on the cover that looks like it was drawn by a child. i bought a much better edition, also on amazon, from
prs
, which also inlcudes trailers for the lone ranger and hound of the baskervilles. the better edition has the cover with captain america and a woman, and it doesn' t have words superimposed over the screen during the movie .
the 90 - second newbery film festival. i founded a film festival in which kid filmmakers create weird short movies that tell the entire stories of newbery - winning books in about 90 seconds. now in its 6th year, it screens annually in 14 cities: new york, chicago, san francisco, and many others! the movies the kids create are weird, funny, and impressive. learn more about the film festival here .
the most dangerous man in america
is the story of what happens when a former pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an
imperial
presidency - answerable to neither congress, the press, nor the people - in order to help end the vietnam war. in 1971, daniel ellsberg shook america to its foundations when he smuggled a top - secret pentagon study to the new york times that showed how five presidents consistently lied to the american people about the vietnam war that was killing millions and tearing america apart. president nixon' s national security advisor henry kissinger called ellsberg
the most dangerous man in america ,
who
had to be stopped at all costs .
but ellsberg wasn' t stopped. facing 115 years in prison on espionage and conspiracy charges, he fought back. ensuing events surrounding the so - called pentagon papers led directly to watergate and the downfall of president nixon, ...
charles darwin is, i suppose, the hero of the film. but we tried to make the film in a very even - handed way. darwin wasn' t saying' kill all religion', he never said such a thing, but he is a totem for people .
carl is an old and cranky retired balloon salesman, who, as a boy wanted to explore south america and find the forbidden paradise falls. he begins his journey, 64 years later, along with a boy scout named russell with help from 500 balloons .
the treasure of the sierra madre is the kind of straight - ahead film paul thomas anderson would love to make. he explains what makes it great .
the uncomfortable truths at the heart of both the book and the film are occasionally so extreme that it is hard to believe that such a poverty of aspiration can exist in the heady glow of president obama' s post - racial america .
we can' t just keep talking about the obama children ,
sapphire told the observer .
we have to focus on the children who don' t have it good .
a british film about charles darwin has failed to find a us distributor because his theory of evolution is too controversial for american audiences, according to its producer .
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for those who lived through the turmoil of vietnam, and for the generations that have come since, the film is an important document in its own right .
it is not, at first, a story with obvious universal appeal and yet it forms the plot of one of the most hotly awaited films of recent years. precious premiered at the sundance film festival in january where it won the audience award and the grand jury prize for best drama. at the cannes film festival in may, the film received a 15 - minute standing ovation – this, in spite of its harrowing subject matter and its refusal to offer any easy conclusions .
this is a great film about immigrating to north america as a divorced mother. the interactions between mona (the mother) and fadi (the son) are memorable; whether it be at the border at the occupied territories, in the us regarding his rebelliousness in school or confronting the attitude of us rural society. i just viewed this film and disagree that it is a stereotype. maybe the reviewers have not taken a good look at
real life
in north america as a newly arrived immigrant. in this case, they are from occupied palestine and immigrate exactly when the bush administration declares war on iraq. the town shuns them. no one is iraqi, palestine is occupied and war is on the way; so the son convinces her to leave when she receives unexpected news. a twist and tease every step of the way and the end is most unexpected !
camera obscura suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder, a war photographer begins to see real premonitions of deaths in his pictures. it’s a horror film, naturally .
director tom ford (nocturnal animals) muses about peter bogdanovich’s astute choices on the timeless the last picture show and why the film continues to resonate for him personally .
in vittorio de sica’s charming miracle in milan, the poor literally rise above it all. milos forman explains why the film touched him so deeply in his youth .
shawn levy admires the storytelling skill and deep emotion of steven zaillian' s searching for bobby fischer, a film that' s had a lasting influence on his work .
recounts the sometimes glorious, often sorrowful, but always fascinating story of the most lucrative hard rock mining town in united states history ,
the richest hill on earth ,
the town that plumbed and electrified america ,
the pittsburgh of the west. in butte, the industrial revolution collided with the romance of the frontier, corporate capitalism battled organized labor, and human appetite laid waste to land and water, yielding vast fortunes for a few and a tragic environmental legacy for the people left behind. those people are the heart of the film - - miners, their families, the working class neighborhoods they created amidst danger and hardship. in a copper crucible, they forged a community whose toughness and solidarity speak to what' s missing in america today .
lucky lucky, played by the film’s writer and director, bari king, is an undocumented immigrant who gets enmeshed in a crime web and has to fight his way out .
when lisa cholodenko first saw bob rafelson’s masterpiece in film school, it was a class in psychological realism. the lesson of openness between director and actor informs her work today .
woody allen’s second film, take the money and run, delighted a young paul feig. even today it defines his sense of what you can get away with in comedy .
king vidor’s humanity and feeling for ordinary people come alive in his silent masterpiece, the crowd. paul weitz reflects on what makes the film by the dga’s first president a classic .
it is a skillful, well - made film, although, since ellsberg is the narrator, it doesn' t probe him very deeply. we see his version of himself .
arrived in good time unfortunately security tag was still attached managed to get the disc out eventually film great hopefully next time i order a blu ray no tag will be still ...
françois truffaut’s new wave classic jules and jim has lost none of its freshness and sense of innovation for noah baumbach. in fact, he borrowed some of its techniques for his latest film .
released on december 17, the 161 minute, $ 237 million movie duly steamrollered the box office, earning $ 26. 7 million in its first 24 hours (despite snowstorms of uncommon severity across america). internationally it breached the $ 1 billion threshold in a record - breaking 19 days. a full seven weeks in, avatar remained the top grossing film in the united states. the pantheon of gold - plated fanboy franchises such as star wars and star trek had, it seemed, welcomed its newest initiate .
join us for a special screening of the peacemaker, with director james demo and the film’s subject padraig o’malle y in attendance to take part in a post - screening discussion with isa’s niall mckay .
stanley kubrick' s a clockwork orange entranced rocker - turned - director rob zombie when he was a kid. taking another look, he stil sees a film that' s like no other .
william wyler' s the best years of our lives is a film that has remained lodged in james l. brooks' head and heart for all these years. he explains its inexorable appeal .
“the most dangerous man in america, ” judith ehrlich and rick goldsmith’s cogent docu about daniel ellsberg, the high - level pentagon official and vietnam war planner who leaked the pentagon papers to the new york times, crams a wealth of material into 90 minutes without losing clarity or momentum. fascinating for those who lived through the controversy [ … ]
i was surprised to find though that he had pulled the cat out of the bag with this one. the film is rich with interesting dialogue, perfect timed comedy with a dash of brutal assassination .
stone' s admirable and persuasive evocation is unfortunately marred by his self - defeating resort to flurries of claustrophobic, fragmented hand - held shots that obfuscate just about every crucial plot development in the film .
“traditionally in ireland the word “meitheal” was used to describe the village coming together to bring in the harvest, ” says barbara jones, consul general of ireland in new york. “well, this is what niall mckay is trying to do with irish screen america, bring us all together to help irish filmmakers get films made and noticed in the united states. niall is asking us, rightly, to come together to promote this wonderful harvest of new irish film talent for audiences in the us and i would ask everyone to help him in this important work .
the film has sparked fierce debate on us christian websites, with a typical comment dismissing evolution as
a silly theory with a serious lack of evidence to support it despite over a century of trying
.
from 1971 to 1973, richard nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the white house. this revealing film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include nixon' s... see full summary »
jesús after committing an assault, a teenager (nicolás durán) in santiago is forced to confront his father (alejandro goic) in a film inspired by a real - life hate crime in chile in 2012 .
marc forster revisits alan j. pakula’s ’70s - era conspiracy film, the parallax view, and finds it as creepy today as when it was made. he explains how the director created a most disquieting mood .
“the most dangerous man in america, ” judith ehrlich and rick goldsmith’s cogent docu about daniel ellsberg, the high - level pentagon official and vietnam war planner who leaked the pentagon papers to the new york times, crams a wealth of material into 90 minutes without losing clarity or momentum. fascinating for those who lived through the controversy and those for whom the incidentrings only the faintest of bells, the pic wisely allows obvious parallels between vietnam and iraq to hover unspoken. must - see docu is skedded to open sept. 16 at gotham’s film forum after its toronto fest bow .
dean demetri martin, a former fixture of “the daily show, ” directed, wrote and stars in this film, playing an illustrator who, after his mother’s death, works through a complicated relationship with his father (kevin kline). from last year’s tribeca film festival, mike hale wrote in the new york times that mr. martin “delivers a winning combination of winsomeness and rue. ” gillian jacobs and mary steenburgen also star .
this is the definitive counterculture blockbuster. the down - and - dirty directorial debut of former clean - cut teen star dennis hopper, easy rider heralded the arrival of a new voice in film, one pitched angrily against the mainstream. after the film’s cross - country journey—with its radical, new wave–style editing, outsider - rock soundtrack, revelatory performance by a young jack nicholson, and explosive ending—the american road trip would never be the same .
however, us distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a gallup poll conducted in february, only 39 per cent of americans believe in the theory of evolution .
hearing is believing the star of this documentary is rachel flowers, who was born prematurely and went blind, but learned to play music and grew into a vibrant performer. the film follows two years in her family’s life .
in this popular feature, a director talks about a film particularly close to their heart, why the creative choices are inspired, how it influenced their own work, and why the movie continues to resonate for them personally .
much research went into compiling the archival black and white news footage and photos along with audio from the nixon white house tapes. this compelling film takes a cloak - and - dagger approach and is full of landmark historical events
butte, america goes far beyond documentary pictorialism to the deepest kind of fidelity, the spoken lives of copperdom 's miners and their families. the struggles of the one - time world capital of copper are a dramatic and tragic chapter of our national life that every american should know by heart .
- ivan doig, author of english creek and this house made of sky .
but avatar' s bloom would quickly fade. far from taking up permanent residency in the affections of the fan community, cameron' s rhapsody in blue has shrunk from the public consciousness. the debut this november of an avatar - themed cirque du soleil show in north america (
toruk the first flight
) is the first avatar - related activity in over half a decade .
dawson city: frozen time in the silent era, the gold rush town of dawson city in the yukon was the last stop on the film - shipping circuit. the creative solutions used to dispose of flammable nitrate stock resulted in the inadvertent preservation of 500 films — forgotten reels were excavated in the 1970s. bill morrison (the found - footage collage “decasia”) uses those clips to tell a story that interweaves film history and a sociological history of dawson .
the national parks: america' s best idea is a six - episode series produced by ken burns and dayton duncan and written by dayton duncan. filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature' s most spectacular locales – from acadia to yosemite, yellowstone to the grand canyon, the everglades of florida to the gates of the arctic in alaska - the national parks: america' s best idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy .
‘what we have witnessed this weekend is the extraordinary breadth of irish talent both living and working in the us and ireland – irish screen america is an incredible platform to share stories and at the same time have a lot of fun. thank you to niall and the isa team - we know the hard work they put in and we wish isa every success in building on an amazing launch. ’
“when you look at the history of film, there have been to date two great revolutions — sound and colour, ” jeffrey katzenberg exclaimed in the new yorker. “this will be the third great revolution... the day after jim cameron’s movie comes out, it’s a new world. ” another hollywood analyst told the magazine: “ the industry is looking for its citizen kane, its definitive work of 3 - d, and avatar may be that film. ”
lee daniels, the film' s director, read push when it was first published and slept with the book under his pillow for three months. for years, sapphire refused to sell him the film rights .
it felt like a movie might box her [ precious ] in and i wanted her to be free ,
she says. it was only after she saw the oscar - winning monster' s ball, which was produced by daniels, that she changed her mind .
“and so i thought maybe by squarely acknowledging that moment of death and the immediate moment after, ” he said, “it might be a way for a film to be made that could ultimately, sort of counterintuitively, affirm human life. ”
already confirmed is the resurrection of villainous col miles quaritch (stephen lang), killed spectacularly in the original avatar .
his character will evolve into really unexpected places across the arc of our new three - film saga ,
cameron has said .
after montreal and a basketful of awards in japan — including another best - film prize from the japanese academy — the oscar was “the icing on the cake, ” mr. takita said. and it was a flavor he could get used to .
but because
dangerous man
sees the era through ellsberg' s eyes, and we hear the disgust in his voice as he describes his younger, gung - ho self, the film becomes a fascinating and clear - eyed self - portrait .
this movie is rated pg (for some peril and action). it is the second pixar film to receive a pg rating, the first being the incredibles and the third being brave. however, in the united kingdom, up was rated u .
george and a. j. is released alongside the itunes version of the film. while not released with the blu - ray and dvd releases of up, it has been released on the pixar short films collection volume 2 blu - ray and dvd .
angels in america part 2 – august 10th at 19. 00 this new staging of tony kushner’s award - winning play continues to it’s stunning conclusion. first performed in san francisco in 1991 and later adapted into a hbo miniseries starring al pacino and meryl streep, in 2017 it will be directed by olivier and tony award winning director marianne elliott. there will be an encore screening of part ii on thursday august 10th – more info here .
harmonium a prizewinner at cannes, koji fukada’s film captures the ripple effects on one family after the father (kanji furutachi) invites an acquaintance (tadanobu asano), a recent ex - convict, to work with him in the garage next to his home .
“film and video production are shining examples of how cultural industries – as vehicles of identity, values and meanings – can open the door to dialogue and understanding between peoples, but also to economic growth and development. this conviction underpins the unesco convention on cultural diversity” said koïchiro matsuura, the director - general of unesco. “and this new data on film and video production provides yet more proof of the need to rethink the place of culture on the international political agenda. ” overall, the survey yielded data from 101 countries .
the crowning glory of this film though lies with christoph waltz whom no fault or error can be found. he manages to create a real tension in the audience whilst remaining quite “theatrical” (couldn’t think of a better word). he definitely deserved his prize at cannes
carl fredricksen as a boy wanted to explore south america and find the forbidden paradise falls. about 64 years later he gets to begin his journey along with a boy scout named russell with help from 500 balloons. on their journey they discover many new friends including a talking dog and carl and russel figure out that someone evil plans. carl soon realises that this evildoer is his childhood idol. will they be able to defeat him and will they find paradise falls ?
creation was developed by bbc films and the uk film council, and stars bettany' s real - life wife jennifer connelly as darwin' s deeply religious wife, emma. it is based on the book, annie' s box, by darwin' s great - great - grandson, randal keynes, and portrays the naturalist as a family man tormented by the death in 1851 of annie, his favourite child. she is played in the film by 10 - year - old newcomer martha west, the daughter of the wire star dominic west .
in its opening weekend, up made $ 68. 1 million, the number 1 movie for the weekend. this is the third best opening for a pixar film, only behind finding nemo and the incredibles. according to box office mojo, up has made approximately $ 293 million domestically and over $ 350 million internationally for a worldwide total of over $ 643 million. this makes up the third highest grossing film for pixar, only behind finding nemo at $ 864. 6 million and toy story 3 at over $ 1, 000, 000, 000
the film’s teaser trailers have constituted major news events in their own right; the minutiae of its plot has been poured ever endlessly. with just a few weeks to go, the fan community – a not insignificant chunk of the cinema - attending public – can hardly contain itself .
the sheer quantity of people that the man and boy encounter is absurd. if the majority of people worldwide are deceased, then the americas, where the film is set, would be nearly depopulated. they should have not encountered many, if any, people simply because the survivors would either be in isolated town or cities or they would be holed in remote rural areas. since the two largely avoid the former and the size of the latter precludes easy visitation, they shouldn' t have run into anyone for most, if not all, of the film .
lemon this year’s designated sundance squirm comedy stars brett gelman (who wrote the script with his wife, the film’s director, janicza bravo) as a 40 - year - old drama teacher who alienates everyone around him. judy greer, michael cera and gillian jacobs endure his disagreeable behavior .
wild ill at ease with civilized life, ania (lilith stangenberg) forges what becomes an increasingly close and physical bond with a wolf. if festival reviews are any indication, the film is poised somewhere between a tall tale and a provocative social commentary. nicolette krebitz wrote and directed .
once the film was finished, another long wait ensued: 13 months passed before a distributor could be found. but the delay was a godsend, both men said. mr. takita conjectured that the worsening economic climate primed audiences for the film. “is money the most important thing in life? ” he said. “what is the most important thing in life? people certainly are in search of some kind of comfort, of safe haven, and whether they find that in music or in books or in films, it’s pretty clear that people are looking for something. ”
moscow never sleeps an irish filmmaker, johnny o’reilly, pays tribute to his adopted city of moscow with this ensemble film. the trailer at least paints a much sunnier view of the city than russian imports usually do. aleksey serebryakov (the protagonist of “leviathan”) is in the large cast .
war machine working from “the operators: the wild and terrifying inside story of america’s war in afghanistan, ” a nonfiction book by the journalist michael hastings (who wrote the rolling stone article about stanley mcchrystal), the director david michôd (“animal kingdom”) charts the changing fortunes of a united states general (brad pitt) with a dash of strangelove - ian mockery. other notable cast members include topher grace, anthony michael hall, tilda swinton, ben kingsley and lakeith stanfield (“get out”) .
unsurprisingly, given its uncompromising subject matter, daniels struggled to get the film off the ground .
all the studios said no ,
he says .
they didn' t want to make a film about a 350lb black girl who is abused .
eventually daniels raised $ 8m from private investors. through sheer force of personality, he persuaded his friend mariah carey to appear in a minor role as an overworked welfare officer, her face denuded of make - up and almost unrecognisable. singer lenny kravitz also appears as a maternity nurse who helps to deliver precious' s baby .
a stunning documentary of the man who helped launch and then bring an end to the vietnam war. not to mention bringing down nixon and his clutch of horrible henchmen. a true american hero, daniel ellsberg is someone everyone should know about. you watch films like this in the hopes of preventing history from repeating itself. sadly, it already has repeated itself in the form of bushco, his gang of immoral entrepreneurs, and the lies that led america into iraq. and so it goes ...
the woman who left ten years ago, the filipino director lav diaz was a forbidding figure, even among extreme cinephiles. at film festivals they would ask one another in hushed tones whether they really planned to see his nine - hour “death in the land of encantos. ” lately, mr. diaz seems to have widened his appeal, earning acclaim for his dostoyevsky - inspired “norte, the end of history” and for this new drama, which won the golden lion at the venice film festival in 2016. at nearly four hours, it is also one of mr. diaz’s shortest films .
awakening the zodiac shane west and leslie bibb play a couple who find a 40 - year - old film reel that they believe was shot by the zodiac killer in california. they try to sleuth him out. this displeases the zodiac killer, who is probably a member of aarp by now .
severed ways
is an almost entirely wordless long - form video set to metal and goth music. it tries to imagine what it must have been like to be a norseman exploring north america in 1000 ad. writer / director tony stone (who also plays the lead role) appears to know a lot more about music than filmmaking, screenwriting or acting. mostly what you get is interminably long scenes depicting such things as the building of a house. there are also many endless sequences depicting our two norse heroes walking through the wilderness. one thing the film does do is evoke a mood. you really do feel like it' s 1000 ad and you' re in a forest. the film does get more interesting as it goes, with our noresemen encountering two christian monks and then a couple of natives. but as soon as something interesting starts to happen in these storylines, stone reverts to another panoramic nature sequence. he seems to be allergic to thought. it' s too bad, because i get the sense that he' s got some interesting ideas somewhere underneath all that hair .
the survivalist a standout at the 2015 tribeca film festival, stephen fingleton’s debut feature is a terse portrait of life in a postapocalyptic wood. martin mccann is the title character, who lives alone and fends off all comers until two women (mia goth and olwen fouéré) turn up at his doorstep .
in the 11th century, vikings, indians, and irish monks collide on the shores of north america in a historical epic adventure of exploration, personal glory, and religious dominance. abandoned by a western exploration party and stranded in the new world, two lone vikings wade through a grand primeval landscape, struggling for survival while still in the grip of their norse ways. an impressive diy epic ,
severed ways
features a frosty black - metal soundtrack, including burzum, morbid angel, judas priest and dimmu borgir .
afterimage the polish director andrzej wajda, who died at 90 in october, grappled one last time with his country’s history in his final film, a portrait of the painter wladyslaw strzeminski (boguslaw linda), who pushed back against the postwar communist regime’s mandates for art and sacrificed his career as a result .
daniel ellsberg released confidential pentagon documents that led to a shift in the public' s opinion about the vietnam war. this is most interesting question this film presents: when one chooses to fight injustice, is it best to do so from inside the ranks of an unjust body, or should one buck the system completely, going outside the organization? many people i' ve encountered throughout my life have made the first argument, that one does more good inside an organization, attempting to change its operations from the inside out. ellsberg takes the opposite point because he admits that being a part of the military - industrial complex caused him alter his conception of justice so that he wasn' t changing the organization but the organization was changing him. i find that fascinating. the rest of the film chronicles the fallout from ellsberg releasing the pentagon papers and the ensuing legal battles. ellsberg is the film' s narrator, so we don' t get to see much about his character except for cherry picked interviews that re - affirm ellsberg' s conception of himself. i would have preferred a most objective take on the subject. overall, the thematic element is intriguing to me, and the film is a strong chronicle of a tumultuous time .
unlocked in an espionage thriller from michael apted, noomi rapace plays a c. i. a. agent who is on the run and working to stop a terrorist attack in london. orlando bloom, michael douglas, toni collette and john malkovich are also in the film, but who knows whose side they’re on ?
the pic opens with the publication of the papers and the resultant media storm, fbi manhunt and branding of ellsberg by henry kissinger as “the most dangerous man in america. ” the story then backtracks to follow the sequence of key events in ellsberg’s life: the deaths of his mother and sister (when his father fell asleep at the wheel); his seminal doctoral thesis on decision theory; his 1954 - 57 stint in the marines (“the happiest time of my life”); and finally his position in the defense department under robert mcnamara .
spider - man: homecoming no, tobey maguire isn’t in this one, and neither is andrew garfield. “spider - man: homecoming” is a reboot of the series, starring tom holland — who played the role in “captain america: civil war” — as a young peter parker. marisa tomei plays aunt may, and robert downey jr. is iron man. sony caught flak for its hiring of a relative rookie, jon watts (“cop car”), to direct, with critics saying that such opportunities are rarely accorded to women with comparable résumés .
manifesto those who can’t get enough of cate blanchett will find her here playing 13 roles. the words the characters recite are drawn from more than 50 manifestoes — most of them artistic declarations from the 20th century. the film was shown in installation form at the park avenue armory in december and january before heading to sundance .
in transit a founding figure of the direct - cinema movement, albert maysles died in 2015, shortly before this film’s premiere. his last feature observes the passengers on amtrak’s empire builder route, which connects chicago and the pacific northwest. mr. maysles directed with lynn true, nelson walker, ben wu and david usui .
a family man a cutthroat headhunter (gerard butler) who’s competing with a colleague (alison brie) for a promotion finds his ambitions threatened when his son receives a cancer diagnosis. not to be confused with the brett ratner film “the family man, ” this drama also stars gretchen mol, willem dafoe and alfred molina .
vincent - n - roxxy in an update of old noir themes, “vincent - n - roxxy” casts emile hirsch and zoë kravitz as a couple whom circumstances bring together and send on the lam. romance follows to some degree, but word from last year’s tribeca film festival suggests that violence dominates. zoey deutch co - stars .
i don’t mean this to sound flippant, i really don’t, and i know it’s nothing to do with your fine article, but i’d love it if reviewers would tell if something is a shaky camera film or not when they review or comment on a film. i love movies. new and old. but i shut off when i watch something handheld, because it doesn’t allow me to focus on the beauty of the image. it’s like i’m watching a wall and it makes me bored very quickly. i can’t be the only person like this, though i rarely hear criticism on this point. anyway, that’s my wish. 🙂 thanks for listening.
america is a 2009 american television film starring rosie o'donnell , ruby dee and philip johnson . it was directed by yves simoneau and written by joyce eliason . the film is based on the young adult novel america by e.r. frank . it premiered on february 28 , 2009 , on lifetime . 
america is a 2009 american television film starring rosie o'donnell, ruby dee and philip johnson. it was directed by yves simoneau and written by joyce eliason. the film is based on the young adult novel america by e.r. frank. it premiered on february 28, 2009, on lifetime.
america is a 2009 american television film starring rosie o'donnell, ruby dee and philip johnson. it was directed by yves simoneau and written by joyce eliason. the film is based on the young adult novel america by e.r. frank. it premiered on february 28, 2009, on lifetime.