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in the new millennium, whitmore appeared thrice on the big screen. these included: ‘a ring of endless light’ (2002), ‘the majestic’ and ‘fun with dick and jane’ (2005) .
the disney channel film ‘a ring of endless light, ’ where she played mishca barton' s little sister, is her fans’ favorite among her movies. she shot for her role for six weeks in australia—an experience she cherishes .
writers marita giovanni and bruce graham take the poignant and thought - provoking notions of life and death found in the madeline l' engle teen novel and turn it into gidget meets flipper drivel for
a ring of endless light .
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sam winchester himself starred in
a ring of endless light ,
playing mischa barton' s troubled friend zachary gray. a love triangle formed between barton, padalecki and ryan merriman' s characters, because why not. padalecki did a # fbf on instagram back in october, laughing at his appearance in the film. that hair tho .
writers marita giovanni and bruce graham take the poignant and thought - provoking notions of life and death found in the madeline l’engle teen novel and turn it into gidget meets flipper drivel for “a ring of endless light. ” they have come up with the standard disney original pic, filled with pretty stars, pretty sets and empty [ … ]
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the latest dispatch from the hateful eight platter farm in valencia ca, overseen by veteran film guru chapin cutler of boston light & sound. chapin writes :
other feature film credits include the lead role in final destination 3, the ring 2, the deep end of the ocean, halloween: resurrection and just looking .
... knowing that eternity is akin to a ray of endless light is one way to keep the ever present spectre of death at bay. this is one of my most cherished stories for that reason, even setting aside the silly presence of teen romance .
her science fantasy classic a wrinkle in time was awarded the 1963 newbery medal. two companion novels, a wind in the door and a swiftly tilting planet (a newbery honor book), complete what has come to be known as the time trilogy, a series that continues to grow in popularity with a new generation of readers. her 1980 book a ring of endless light won the newbery honor. l' engle passed away in 2007 in litchfield, connecticut .
made - for - television movie credits include “backwoods, ” a psychological thriller with haylie duff, and lifetime’s “dangerous child, ” “rocket’s red glare, ” luck of the irish, ” “smart house” and “ring of endless light. ” he was also seen in hallmark’s “night ride home, ” “lansky” and “everything that rises” as well as “taken, ” which was produced by steven spielberg .
british - american model and actress mischa barton starred in disney' s tv movie “a ring of endless light” before going on to play marissa cooper in the fox television series “the o. c. ,
the role she is best known for. barton received two teen choice awards and a prism award nomination for her role in “the o. c. ” barton has since starred in a wide array of other televisions shows and movies, including the drama “closing the ring” and the ashton - kutcher - produced series “the beautiful life: tbl. ”
fekete’s painting is not dogmatic, he has a flexible and fluid approach and the brush has a spontaneous movement, agile on the canvas, enchanting the observer. this enchantment is magnified by the light that rises from different directions in each fragment: evening light or morning light, it springs from the right and touches the character on the left. the resulting images are not static, but an endless procession moving in front of the spectator. fekete delivers to us a visual and mental suspense where everything is possible .
may offer ardent fans of the franchise a few threadbare thrills, but for everyone else, it may feel like an endless loop of muddled mythology and rehashed plot points .
from its operatic opening credit sequence, in which jake la motta (de niro) moves around the ring in slow motion lit so beautifully by michael chapman' s photographic black and white, raging bull is a masterstroke by one of cinema' s true geniuses, martin scorsese. in the years since its release, this is a film that has aged like a very fine wine. with each viewing, another subtlety comes to light, another layer of its endless brilliance reveals itself. it' s inconceivable that this film lost out best picture to ordinary people, especially when you consider that many now consider it the best film of the entire 80' s decade .
rock am ring music festival to go ahead after terror alarm lifted: german police | news | dw | 03. 06. 2017
lake pukaki is a shimmering blue jewel set into a grand alpine playground - an iconic new zealand landscape of high mountain peaks, glacier fed alpine lakes and golden tussocks stretched beneath an endless sky .
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 .
in 1996, he starred in the sci - fi film ‘the relic’. he ended the decade with a role in the 1999 film, ‘swing vote’ .
after an endless saga of litigation, logistics and two luckless years at the mendig airport, it' s back to the roots for the legendary rock festival .
writers marita giovanni and bruce graham take the poignant and thought - provoking notions of life and death found in the madeline l’engle teen novel and turn it into gidget meets flipper drivel for “a ring of endless light. ” they have come up with the standard disney original pic, filled with pretty stars, pretty sets and empty messages. regular disney fans and those unfamiliar with the book it is reputedly based on will find nothing amiss in this squeaky clean end of summer romance pic .
born 1960, in australia. education: graduate of national institute of dramatic art of australia and swinbourne film school .
a good, polished spookster for most of its duration, it' s the killer ending that makes the film truly pop. it' s a good example of how the final few seconds of a film can lift it several notches above the routine .
a pure distinctive light, the amazing turquoise hues of the lake and the sharp alpine landforms were all part of the attraction for the film - maker who has used this region three times to backdrop major location scenes in his the lord of the rings and the hobbit trilogies .
german police on saturday gave the all - clear for the music festival rock am ring to go ahead after a terror warning led to its being suspended on friday evening .
sir peter jackson' s films have become the inspiration for a variety of film tourism activities in the region .
spooked, the guests start recounting their own stories of the uncanny, each more unnerving than the last. well, except for the one about the golfers, but that one’s just there for light relief before the film hits you with the scariest ventriloquist’s dummy ever committed to film. just excellent, all round .
does pippa dress in the dark? a fabulous figure, fashion freebies galore, and endless parties to show off at... but kate' s sister can never get her outfit right
this is my most treasured book of my life. it speaks to life and death, light and darkness more than any other book i' ve ever read .
embedded stories or flashbacks exemplify what researchers call “ring construction. ” bill benzon has explored this in many critical analyses, as here with the 1954 godzilla / gojira .
writing in the radio times here in the uk, reviewer alan jones was astute in his distillation of the film’s plot and motivations, noting the more mature nature of the film and its characters’ relationships .
in the final film in a three - part series on the biennial, artists discuss new ways of making and experiencing art .
after an endless saga of litigation, logistics and two luckless years at the mendig airport, it' s back to the roots for the legendary rock festival. (05. 12. 2016 )
there is not enough space or time to talk about all the things scorsese does to make this film what it is. his outsider' s perspective to the sport gives the film the unbiased and unflinching look into la motta' s life. this easily could have been a story of what a great fighter la motta was, how he never gave up in the ring and refused to fall regardless of punishment, but that' s only one facet of scorsese' s tale. he breaks down the story and the man and goes through a jarring psychological examination that reveals a man' s life the way no film has ever done in a mere two hours. raging bull is the blueprint for a biopic on film .
citing a possible terror threat, german police have temporarily pulled the plug on the rock am ring festival at the famous nürburgring race track in western germany. visitors were told to clear the festival grounds .
adaptations to date: two russian versions—a 1968 version and andrei tarkovsky’s 1972 film—as well as steven soderbergh’s 2002 adaptation .
he’s more than a professional’s professional: he loves film and prides himself on delivering a powerhouse show. he was a natural choice for a movie geek like tarantino to arrange the roadshow screenings of the hateful eight .
in pitcher of colored light and the suppliant, beavers renders the domestic spaces of his aging mother and a deceased friend with formal precision and tenderness. loss and ephemerality similarly permeate listening to the space in my room, a split glimpse at the quotidian lives of an elderly swiss couple and into the world of the filmmaker at a transitional moment. looking at love, renewal, and life in pursuit of creativity, the film is a meditation on personal transformation .
directed by jj abrams, the new star wars film has resonated with fans of the franchise in a way that the prequels did not. anchored by a wave of nostalgia, the excitement for the latest star wars installment is palpable; hardly a surprise as fans have been eagerly awaiting a film that finally does the original trilogy justice .
german authorities say the rock am ring festival can proceed as planned after it was halted on friday night because of terror fears. the suspension came amid tight security following last month' s attack in manchester .
a mischievous fifteen - year - old girl living on a space station helps a group of homeless aliens .
in 1986, whitmore gave his voice to the character of mark twain for the first claymation feature film ‘the adventures of mark twain’ .
the film’s protagonist is a “flavor chemist, ” a figure who symbolizes a breakdown between the natural and artificial, in direct contrast to the synthesized, hybrid organisms she seeks in one of the film’s several storylines. yi’s film considers a rich set of concerns, including new developments in both genetic engineering and biotechnology, imperialist exploitation, and the way that cross - pollinated forms—repulsive but perhaps inevitable—permeate contemporary life, culture, and science .
awards, honors: australian film institute award nomination, best supporting actor, 1987, for the good wife; australian film institute award, best actor in a television drama, 1995, for
hardcorps ,
halifax f. p. ; mystfest award nomination, best film, 1997, for black - rock; australian film institute award nomination, for hell, texas, and home .
definitive version: lynch’s version, although there have been so many cuts of his film circulated over the years that it gets a bit confusing .
in 1994, witnessed whitmore played the role of a librarian brooks hatlen in the critically acclaimed and academy award - nominated film ‘the shawshank redemption’ .
if you love horror as a genre, skip this one and revisit the 2002 film instead or perhaps, watch gurmeet ram rahim singh' s latest msg film. that' s bound to give you the creeps .
but when light entertainment is done well, someone is bound to make extravagant and unsupportable claims for its being great art. you will hear that this sequel to star wars is part of a vast new mythology, as if it were the oresteia. its originator, george lucas, has revealed that the two pictures are actually parts four and five of a nine - part sage, as if audiences will some day receive the total the way devotees now go to seattle for a week of immersion in wagner’s complete ring cycle .
but, while the irresistible beauty of this middle - earth landscape is obvious, the region also offered jackson an endless backdrop with plenty of room to move - a wild expanse, virtually unencumbered by human population and evidence of settlement, that was none - the - less easily accessible and able to accommodate the needs of a massive crew and cast .
hitchcock’s last film for producer david o. selznick is a courtroom drama about a society woman on trial for murdering her husband. the director’s interest clearly lies in the love triangle linking the defendant, her attorney and his wife, but the film takes advantage of the ensemble nature of the story to provide a panoply of fascinating character studies, including a distasteful judge and his long - suffering wife. shooting entirely on a soundstage, hitchcock focuses on the faces of his cast as canvasses on which to juxtapose light and dark, emphasizing the characters’ moral complexities in a reminder of the influence that german expressionist cinema had on the young filmmaker. print courtesy disney .
so here are chapin’s notes on how you prepare and ship out 100 + 70mm film prints .
the film program is organized by christopher y. lew, mia locks, and aily nash .
winning this match - up also lets the cat out of the bag, that this kid is the son of apollo creed. the news attracts the attention of arrogant british undefeated light - heavyweight champ
pretty
ricky conlan, who, for reasons of his own, needs a quick fight and sees a big, and presumably easy, payday in taking on the inexperienced american with such a famous lineage. a troubling and perhaps unnecessary medical subplot intrudes at this point to pad out the drama, but the central formula remains unchanged: can a relatively untested but immensely appealing underdog go toe - to - toe with a beast in the ring ?
for many viewers, i suspect, pulp fiction was their introduction to strategies of block construction in movies. those of us studying film history had seen it in various guises before, but seldom so cleverly and explicitly worked out as in tarantino’s film. and i’m not sure even film historians realized how much tarantino owed to earlier traditions .
but not everyone is on board with the avalanche of praise currently draping star wars: the force awakens. though most reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, there are quite a few people who found the film disappointing for a variety of reasons. if you are one of these people, rest assured, you are not alone. in the interest of keeping things balanced, we thought we’d counter the seemingly endless stream of star wars praise and draw attention to a few of the more interesting negative reviews to have emerged over the last week .
coogler makes the transition from the indie world to big - budget studio filmmaking with a result that' s sturdy and smooth. buffed into ring - ready shape, jordan acquits himself well both in and out of the ring, even if the innermost aspects of adonis' insecurities and issues aren' t as extensively explored as they might have been. thompson seriously brightens every scene she' s in, while phylicia rashad as apollo' s widow mostly looks on supportively from afar .
the hitchcock 9 – the restored silent film collection – is a joint venture of the bfi, rialto pictures / studiocanal, and park circus / itv .
up to 90, 000 fans had been expected at
rock am ring
this year. the suspension of the festival on friday meant that fans missed out on a performance by the well - known german band rammstein, scheduled for later in the evening .
logical, given the film’s structuring as the second chapter in a three - act play, a point raised by harrison ford in the july 24, 1980, edition of rolling stone .
citing a possible terror threat, german police have temporarily pulled the plug on the rock am ring festival at the famous nürburgring race track in western germany. visitors were told to clear the festival grounds. (02. 06. 2017 )
the year of 1975 saw the release of ‘give' em hell, harry! ’ a one - man show, the film version of the biographical play had whitmore play the title role of former u. s president harry s. truman. the film was a big hit and whitmore won academy award and golden globe award nomination in the category of best actor. he won a grammy for best spoken word album .
a new chapter in the beloved ring horror franchise. a young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. she sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a
movie within the movie
that no one has ever seen before ...
rock am ring was initiated in 1985 and has been taking place at the nürburgring, a motorsport complex, ever since, with the exception of the years 2015 and 2016, when it was moved to the nearby mendig airbase for financial reasons that have since been resolved .
the merchant of venice contains all of the elements required of a shakespearean comedy, but is often so overshadowed by the character of shylock and his quest for a pound of flesh that it is hard not to find in the play a generous share of the tragic as well. lovers pine and are reunited, a foolish servant makes endless series of puns, and genteel women masquerade as men—all of which are defining marks of shakespearean comedy. in sharp contrast to these elements, however, shakespeare also presents shylock, a degraded old man who has lost his daughter and is consumed with a bloody greed. the light language of the play’s comedic moments disappears for whole scenes at a time, and antonio ’s fate is more suspenseful than funny. the final act redeems the play’s claims to be a comedy, piling on the necessary humor and serendipity, but the rest of the play is overcast by the fact that antonio may soon pay bassanio’s debt with his life .
in the suite of works on view in the 2017 biennial, tala madani asks what it might mean for the body to be full of light, a substance associated—at least since the ancient greeks—with the mind rather than the body, pure spirit rather than materiality, and men rather than women. madani renders these ancient patriarchal divisions absurd in a series of brilliantly colored paintings in which various orifices emit light from bodies’ interiors. “front projections” suggest life, desire, and creativity, while scatological “rear projections” are ecstatic and nightmarish all at once. a sunset produced mechanically through screenprinting becomes part of a meditation on the cycle of life and death, while in an animated video, a luminous god delivers a lesson in sexual education .
whitmore’s breakthrough in films came in 1949 with a documentary - styled crime thriller, ‘the undercover man’, starring glenn ford and nina foch. same year, his second film and the first with mgm titled ‘battleground’ released. the film was a big success and won him rave reviews .
from the perspective of a non - pugilist, scorsese was able to turn la motta' s life story into more than a boxing film, but into a dissection of a complicated and disturbed man, intricately detailing his rise to the top and subsequently meteoric downfall. de niro' s performance is one of legend .
it' s impossible to mention everyone who made raging bull what it is today, but special mention to scorsese' s longtime editor, thelma schoonmaker, is well deserved. she took home the oscar for her work here, and anything less would have been a travesty. the editing in this film should be shown in every film class ever taught on editing. almost every single edit in this film has a meaning and reveals something about the story. it creates the atmosphere, from those horrifying beatings la motta takes in the ring to those memorable jungle sounds (courtesy of frank warner) which create an eerie solitude during the fights .
“presenting a mélange of american perspectives, the biennial succeeds in keeping a finger on the pulse of a divisive and diverse cultural landscape. ” — apollo magazine
“i have heard frequently that there is a certain kind of disappointment with the ending of the second film. i’ve heard people say, ‘there’s no end to this film’ or ‘i can’t wait to find out what happens. ’ but they will, and that’s exactly the effect intended by the ending. ”
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time out here in the uk was impressed by the film, but perhaps not for the reasons you’d expect .
del toro’s visual flair is in full effect here, and every frame of this film (even the scary ones) are stunningly beautiful to look at. it’s a treat .
although his career was revived a bit by the excellence of the brutal frenzy, hitchcock remained chastened by the failures of his work of the late 1960s, and he approached warily the making of what would become his last project. in the end, family plot marks a marvelous return to the comedies of his british and postwar periods. the film centers on a couple of petty crooks – a fake psychic and a con man – who find themselves in over their heads when they run afoul of more serious - minded criminals. the relaxed eccentricity of family plot shows hitchcock adapting to the new hollywood of the 1970s, and the film’s bemused attitude towards the scheming of its characters makes it a fitting coda to a career spent examining human foibles .
far from city lights, and under strictly controlled local ordinances, the gold - rated dark sky reserve has almost light - pollution - free skies making for exceptional night sky viewing for the thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage each year .
in 1975, whitmore appeared in the television film ‘i will fight no more forever’ as general oliver o. howard. the tele - film was based on the 1877 conflict between the united states army and the nez percé tribe .
“but the force awakens is still more or less a fetish object, a film that exists to inspire phrases like “it feels like star wars again” ad nauseam from a fanbase that equates the lasting impact of lucas’s prequels as something akin to ptsd. ”
for claim (whitney version), pope. l created a grid of 2, 755 slices of bologna, each affixed with a black - and - white photocopied snapshot of a person. a text mounted within the work “claims” that the number of slices corresponds to a percentage of new york’s population of 1, 086, 000 jewish residents .
a lowborn teen awakens a long lost magic and finds himself on a quest that will forever change his world .
a lying flashback is embedded in a flashback that’s itself embedded within a flashback. the whole shebang becomes a complex block labeled “mr. orange. ”
appropriately, watching the cabinet of doctor caligari feels like slipping into a nightmare. caligari’s cabinet holds cesare, the sleepwalker – a catatonic oracle able to answer questions of life and death with eerie accuracy. is caligari a hypnotist, a murderer, or both? it’s a strange story, made stranger with a twist ending, and rendered impossibly creepy by the expressionist production design. the weird, distorted hand - painted sets give the film a crude, unreal beauty and, if anything, the passage of time has increased the film’s creepiness, because it’s so utterly unlike modern films .
a less informed review you could hardly hope to find. writing in the washington post, reviewer judith martin gave a measured review, balancing her appreciation for the film’s strengths as a sci - fi movie against any over - the - top cries for it to be described as a masterpiece of cinema .
deana lawson (b. 1979), ring bearer, 2016. inkjet print, 43 x 54 in. (109. 2 x 137. 2 cm). collection of the artist; courtesy rhona hoffman gallery, chicago, and sikkema jenkins & co. , new york
vidler, steven 1960– .
contemporary theatre, film and television. . retrieved july 09, 2018 from urltoken urltoken
so what makes raging bull such a classic? it' s simple. this is a film where everything went right. scorsese was not a fan of the boxing genre when de niro first came to him with la motta' s novel and thoughts of adapting it into film. scorsese didn' t get the sport, and wasn' t terribly interested until a few years later when he discovered the proper angle from which he could approach the story .
groundbreaking avant - garde filmmaker robert beavers uses 16mm film to portray the textures and intimacies of everyday life. beavers’s meticulous compositions serve as luminous representations of beauty and ruminations on mortality .
ring isn’t a perfect film. it’s a bit too long and ponderous and there’s a bit too much irrelevant mysticism in there. but in terms of pure creepiness, it’s pretty damned effective. the idea of a cursed videotape was brilliant – who didn’t have zillions of unmarked vhs tapes lying around the house at the time? – and that climactic scene where the image on the screen crossed over into reality is bloodcurdling. sneaky, too, since it managed to suggest that no one was safe. especially not you, gentle viewer, because didn’t you just watch that cursed tape, too? an awful lot of people must have breathed a sigh of relief once their own personal seven - day window was over .
' creepy' doesn’t feel like a strong enough word to describe this film –' devastating' might do it. it’s a sensitive and horrifying portrayal of grief, with a sense of humour as dark as the inside of your eyelids, and some extremely upsetting gore. brilliant, but not one for the faint - hearted .
an early example of the found footage genre, the blair witch project has been aped and parodied by everyone and their grandma, but there’s something unsettling about it that hasn’t quite gone away. most of the film is improvised; the actors are really filming the scenes themselves, working from a loose outline of the plot, but without prior knowledge of what half the scares were going to be. that ambiguous ending lets you make up whatever explanation you like for the events of the film, which means whatever the scariest thing you can think of is, that’s what the film is about .
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melodrama and the exigencies of fantasy - fulfillment plotting demand that a high - stakes fight be arranged for adonis far earlier in his career than would ever be the case in real life. positioned exactly half - way into the film, his first east coast bout sees the hopeful getting banged up a bit before getting the feel of things. more interesting is the way it' s been shot — all in one take for the first round, with the steadicam moving around the ring in a manner as agile as the boxers themselves and always catching the key action .
in her sprawling, feature - length film ouroboros, basma alsharif pays homage to the gaza strip in an allegorical narrative that posits the end of civilization is also its beginning and that hope can emerge from destruction. evoking the symbol of the ouroboros, a serpent devouring its own tail, the film alludes to the cyclical nature of both life and history via the epic journey of the heartbroken protagonist, diego marcon .
in ireland, quinn produced and starred in this is my father, written and directed by his brother paul and filmed by his brother declan, an award - winning cinematographer. he also starred in song for a raggy boy, for which he was nominated for best actor at the irish film awards. the film played at the sundance and tribeca film festivals. quinn was also seen in evelyn, directed by bruce beresford and co - starring pierce brosnan. other credits from ireland’s film industry include his sister marian’s drama 32a, vic sarin’s shine of rainbows and conor mcpherson’s eclipse .
that could be seen as simply a belated chapter head for the entire butch section, boyhood and prizefighting career. or it could mark the start of another, much longer block: the aftermath of the fight and butch’s flight from marcellus wallace. either way, the sense of a film composed of large - scale parts is very strong. as the film goes along, we realize that each block tends to concentrate on certain characters and provide distinct, sometimes overlapping, stretches of time .
also directed by takashi miike, one missed call is a parody of the endless string of soggy dead girl movies made in japan at the time. but somehow it’s still really creepy. the premise is that, as the title suggests, teenagers are receiving missed calls on their mobile phones. the mystery caller leaves a horrifying voicemail: the sound of the phone’s owner screaming in agony. and since the call came from the person’s own phone, and appears to come from a few days in the future, it’s clearly a sign of impending doom. sure enough, the kids all die just as the missed call predicted. there’s a nasty little backstory about evil little girls, and a bonkers televised exorcism, and generally, it’s a great film whether you love or loathe stories about scary dead kids .
a dead rip off of the original movie, episode 4. from the crappy looking infinity cg roll opening sequence, bar scene and light sabre fights to a janitor identifying a weakness in the battle star, this movie is chock full of inside jokes and tired ideas. the only redeeming grace for this movie is a solid performance by harrison ford as han solo and a compelling performance by daisy ridley as rey who represents the resurrection of the jedi. fun to watch and full of action, but there are numerous dead spots and far too much nod to the star wars wonks of yesteryear .
“scenes linger in the mind: the light playing on darth vader’s gleaming surfaces as this metal man, who’s like a giant armored insect, fills the screen; han solo saving luke’s life on the ice planet hoth by slashing open a snow camel and warming him inside; luke’s hand being lopped off, and his seemingly endless fall through space; chewbacca, the wookiee, yowling in grief or in comic fear, his sounds so hyper - human you couldn’t help laughing at them; the big - eared green elf yoda, with shining ancient eyes, who pontifically instructs luke in how to grow up wise — yoda looks like a wonton and talks like a fortune cookie. ”
so much of the effectiveness of a horror movie comes down to its sound design. a well - placed creak, groan, echo, or jangle can make the difference between something completely normal and something terrifying. new scary noises don’t come along very often, but ju - on: the grudge managed to come up with something unlike any other scary noise you’ve heard before. its ghost makes a weird rattling, burping groan as she approaches; it’s kind of like a death rattle, kind of like a throttled scream, and it’s creepier than anything you’ve ever heard before. the film is relentless, light on plot and heavy on jump scares, but it’s that noise that’ll stay with you .
the royal wedding: hurray! she is a vision! a curvy temptress! a rump that launched a thousand gym visits. so much promise, so little delivery
we might be tempted to claim that this effort to create what jim emerson calls “movie - movie moments” actually breaks the film’s overall unity. but tarantino keeps nearly everything in check by the architectural clarity of his plot. the carving of the swastika on landa’s brow sets you squirming, but it reveals itself as the culmination of a process we have seen piecemeal up to now. it’s the last in a string of firecracker bursts that have kept the film humming along .
adaptations to date: a 1949 bbc teleplay, 1948 and 1950 radio shows, a 1960 film and 2002 remake, a 1978 tv movie starring three’s company ’s priscilla barnes, a 1994 audio drama starring leonard nimoy, a 2009 bbc radio broadcast, numerous science - fiction “sequels, ” and looser adaptations like 1985’s back to the future .
by now everybody knows that tarantino’s forthcoming the hateful eight was shot on film in the ultra panavision 70 format. this anamorphic widescreen process yields a projected aspect ratio of 2. 76–in a word, humongous. an early version of it, mgm camera 65, was employed on ben - hur (1959), but panavision quickly developed a new generation of cameras and renamed the process. it wasn’t heavily used; supposedly khartoum (1966) was the last film shot in the format .
where would horror films be without photographic dark rooms? even in the digital age, the dim red light and slowly emerging pictures remain classic tools of terror. not to mention the room with rows of jars containing pickled animals, and the surprise homage to psycho. this story has it all. there are also touches of dark humour throughout (the praying mantis is a recurring motif) and one of the most bone - chilling scenes has a hilarious payoff .
hitchcock’s grand enigma was recently enshrined as the greatest film of all time in the british film institute’s respected survey, infamously displacing citizen kane for the first time in fifty years. a tantalizing spiral into the abyss, the film follows scottie ferguson, an ex - police detective in forced retirement after his last case ended in a tragic death, as he is enlisted as a private investigator to keep an eye on an old friend’s wife. following madeline, he is drawn into a sprawling riddle of love and death, from which he may never emerge. this is hitchcock’s most profound and troubling exploration of his persistent themes: doppelgängers and duality, obsession, women trapped by deceit and the inexorable destructiveness of male desire. a cinematic landmark, vertigo retains its power as a perplexing and harrowing nightmare .
in jordan wolfson’s real violence, a virtual reality film, we witness the artist himself engaged in an act of unexplained violence. the victim makes eye contact with us intermittently, possibly implicating us in the scenario .
“dean’s creative prowess is seemingly limitless, ” says asc awards committee chairman daryn okada. “his long list of impressive credits has defined a generation of cinema. dean is consistently innovative, and is always outdoing himself from film to film. while we recognize his tremendous contribution to our art form, we will keep an eye on the future and highly anticipate what he will create next. ”
in a spooky old inn, allan grey is visited in the night by an old man who leaves him a gift - wrapped book, with instructions to open it only on the occasion of the man’s death. which turns out to be soon. the book explains that the town is plagued by vampires – and, helpfully, gives instructions on how to kill them. vampyr is an early sound film, so while there is some sound and a little dialogue, most of the silent film conventions are still in place. it has a fairly straightforward, dracula - esque story, but the plot’s not the point. it’s a deliberately strange film, full of disembodied dancing shadows and weird dream sequences; there’s something almost otherworldly about it .
a couple of londoners holidaying in cornwall stumble across a gorgeous abandoned house on the seafront and immediately decide they want to buy it. the owner, a grumpy old colonel, is happy to sell it to them on the spot, but his granddaughter is reluctant. turns out the house has got secrets, and, yeah, a ghost. the dialogue in this film is incredible in a very 1940s kind of way, and the tone can occasionally be accused of jolliness, but it’s also got its moments of proper creepiness. best enjoyed with a glass of sherry .
director ja bayona makes every shot count; the movie is visually beautiful as well as fantastically sinister. it' s a bona fide horror film but the ending might make you cry .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london... 21 years after the first film hit screens
directors banjong pisanthanakun and parkpoom wongpoom skilfully create real characters and have the ability to communicate some of the most powerful and eloquent moments without dialogue. the mystery deepens as more sinister evidence comes to light and the climax is truly chilling. this is one which will stay with you long after halloween .
another film about eyes and the horrors of going blind, the eye follows mun, a classical violinist from hong kong, as she undergoes an eye transplant. although the transplant seems to be successful – mun can see again – something isn’t right, because now she can see dead people. and most of them are terrifying. the ending is vaguely preposterous, but the rest of the film is creepy enough that it’s forgivable .
early in her career, macdowell received critical acclaim for her performance as a repressed young wife in steven soderbergh’s indie classic sex, lies and videotape. the film won the palme d’or at cannes and garnered macdowell the independent spirit award and the los angeles film critics award for best actress as well as her first golden globe nomination .
why steer clear? f. scott fitzgerald sure did like broad themes about the dark underbelly of the american dream, and he sure did like symbolism. since the book is so beloved, most adaptations try to faithfully recapture the elusively symbolic tone of the novel, only to create ridiculous images like robert redford reaching out plaintively toward a green light just across the harbor. in a book, it works as a dream - like image. flattened out on celluloid, it just looks stupid. gatsby ’s tone would require the touch of a more sensual director—a terrence malick or a wong kar - wai—but it seems unlikely that either of them would pick up the project .
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the expanded, stand - alone feature version of death proof displays block construction in filling out the “missing reel” portion of the first story and creating a new block, a ten - minute scene of the second “girl posse” at a convenience store. the scene starts with stuntman mike before shifting to the young women. it makes mike even more a connecting link between the film’s two episodes, while mike’s stalking and spying fulfills tarantino’s claim that death proof is a slasher movie .
rings embodies a common problem of attempted franchise revivals: indecision about its intentions .
robert mitchum might have claimed not to be interested in movies or acting, but he’s great in this. as harry powell, a bizarrely religious conman, he’s terrifying, whether he’s preaching about the evils of fornication or chasing the children of his latest victim across the country in an attempt to steal a stash of money he knows they’re hiding. the use of light and shadow in this movie is just stunning; the first time powell arrives at the harper house is a particular highlight. robert mitchum’s singing voice isn’t half bad, either .
mccreary graduated from wake forest with a b. a. in communications, later served on the school’s board of visitors and is a member of its deacon club. he is very active in support of wake forest athletics and was twice named deacon club member of the year .
room ends on a self - help - y note with jack and ma returning to the scene of their captivity — their womb, their utopia, their hell — and ultimately closing the door on it. they certainly aren’t healed, and the novel and film smartly avoid entirely neat endings. but just as crash underscored its lazy multiculturalism with its formally rendered multi - perspectivism, room promises readers and viewers that their endless appetite for watching women mother, get hurt, and experience sexuality is in the service of empathy and exploration rather than just another opportunity to sensationalize women’s pain .
at age 10, hayden panettiere starred as sheryl yoast in the disney feature film “remember the titans. ” notably, she has also played the role of cheerleader claire bennet on the nbc series “heroes, ” which earned her a variety of prestigious awards. most recently, panettiere played the title character in the crime drama “amanda knox: murder on trial in italy” and kirby reed in the film “scream 4. ”
robert beavers (b. 1949), still from the suppliant, 2010. 16mm film, color, sound; 5 min. courtesy the artist
originally intended by the producers to be a vehicle for jessie matthews, a famous star of the british stage and screen, waltzes from vienna was dismissed by hitchcock as one of his lesser efforts. undertaken when his career was ebbing after the success of the lodger and blackmail, hitchcock did admit that his biopic of josef strauss, jr. – focused on his composition of “the blue danube” – allowed him “opportunities for working out ideas in the relation of film and music. ” lacking both the director’s approval and his distinctively suspenseful storyline, this period piece has long been ignored. seen today, it is a charming example of hitchcock’s flair for comedy. print courtesy the british film institute .
other reviewers couldn’t quite grasp the film, its basic plot or the nature of returning characters. published on june 15, 1980, vincent canby wrote this in the new york times :
: antebellum structures at the new orleans african american museum of art, culture, and history and a road near a converted nineteenth - century factory on the campus of the massachusetts museum of contemporary art .
many viewers seem to assume that tarantino’s film is somewhat cold. the basterds are grotesques, parodies of men on a mission; shosanna, though in a sympathetic position, must maintain a frosty demeanor. even revenge, so central to films that tarantino admires, is served frigid here, a purely formal postulate, like the urge for vengeance animating classic kung - fu films .
anicka yi’s 3d film the flavor genome explores perception and the ways in which it can be altered and formed through sensory experiences. it is centered on a prospecting mission in the brazilian amazon: a hunt for a mythical plant prized for its medicinal properties, described only in terms of its desirability and elusiveness. the plant is thus imagined as a trophy for the pharmaceutical industry and a screen for colonialist projections onto the rainforest .
a powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award - winning author jewell parker rhodes .
the effects are dated, and the sequels utterly killed freddy krueger’s menace, but the first film is still creepy, in its way. the premise is amazingly disturbing – a dead child molester is attacking children in their dreams – and, combined with some of the deeply weird nightmare imagery in this film, it’s more than enough to give anyone a few sleepless nights. all together now: one, two, freddy’s coming for you…
in a suite of photographs from her new project, the silent general, an - my lê examines allusions to the past in modern - day louisiana. in one image, a monument to a confederate army general quietly interrupts a quotidian urban landscape; another captures a moment on the set of a recent film about a confederate army deserter. as in so many of lê’s works, in these images the imagined past and the actual present coexist in the same frame, begging the question: when does history end and the present begin? taken as a group, the photographs propose that perhaps history never ends, that the raw materials of america’s bloodiest war—issues of race, class, labor, and wealth—are still deeply enmeshed in the landscape of the united states and the fabric of its society.
a ring of endless light is a 2002 disney channel original movie based on the madeleine l'engle book of the same name filmed on location in australia , and starring mischa barton in the main lead role . it is one of two disney adaptations of novels by madeleine l'engle , the other being a wrinkle in time . in the u.s. it was aired on august 23 , 2002 . 
a ring of endless light is a 2002 disney channel original movie based on the madeleine l'engle book of the same name filmed on location in australia, and starring mischa barton in the main lead role. it is one of two disney adaptations of novels by madeleine l'engle, the other being a wrinkle in time. in the u.s. it was aired on august 23, 2002.
a ring of endless light is a 2002 disney channel original movie based on the madeleine l'engle book of the same name filmed on location in australia, and starring mischa barton in the main lead role. it is one of two disney adaptations of novels by madeleine l'engle, the other being a wrinkle in time. in the u.s. it was aired on august 23, 2002.