haber ( film )
haber
is extensively reviewed in an article covering three recent artistic portrayals of fritz haber .
haber
is featured in an article covering the newfound interest in the life and story of fritz haber .
jill haber: set painter work affected l. a. film, tv production exodus – variety
haber
is one of four short films mentioned in the coverage of the la shorts film festival .
“haber, ” a drama about nobel prize - winning german chemist fritz haber, took home the l. a. shorts film festival’s best of the fest award on friday .
, the
haber
feature script won a prestigious sloan development award at the 2010 tribeca film festival .
bafta la executive director don haber arrives at the bafta la student film awards at los angeles film school on june 20, 2012 in los angeles, california .
haber
( usa) directed by daniel ragussis: official selection of the 2009 san joaquin international film festival. urltoken
the bafta la student film awards winner for her film skunk annie silverstein ...
, la shorts, the largest short film festival in the world, awarded
haber
its top prize, the best of fest award. this award officially qualified
haber
for the 2009 academy awards .
- actorse chat with katy haber and sandro monetti (2014)... herself
the rhode island international film festival awarded
haber
the grand prize for best student film. riiff is one of only about 70 academy - qualifying festivals in the world .
the bafta la student film awards winner for her film skunk annie silverstein attends the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
the bafta la student film awards winner for her film skunk annie silverstein with ...
tanya vega, danny de lilao and bafta la executive director donald haber attends the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
haber
is again discussed in the lead - up to the 2009 academy awards .
bafta la community education outreach committee co - chair katy haber presents onstage at the bafta la student film awards at los angeles film school on june 20, 2012 in los angeles, california .
haber
received the prestigious motion pictures award from the national board of review, which has been recognizing excellence in film for over 100 years .
filmmaker dan ragussis turns his lens to chemistry at war with his short movie on fritz haber .
tanya vega, danny de lilao and bafta la executive director donald haber attends the ...
the movie about fritz shimon haber is a great dramatization of real life events that also allow a deeper insight into events surrounding the development of the
haber process
. it is very educational and well made and for me it was much more interesting learning the haber process from it than from a text book. i was most impressed with the quality of the film and the sensitivity it showed towards the subject matter, the complexity of fritz shimon haber' s and his wife' s characters and their relation to each other. haber' s personality really comes through in the film, but for me personally, most poignant was the portrayal of haber' s wife clara .
after winning the best of fest award at the los angeles international short film festival (la shorts) ,
haber
became an official qualifier for best short film at the 2009 academy awards .
“haber, ” a drama about nobel prize - winning german chemist fritz haber, took home the l. a. shorts film festival’s best of the fest award on friday. brett wagner’s “chief” drew the drama nod, and germany’s “positive prognosis, ” from director peter ladkani, took foreign film. “haber” director daniel ragussis, who also scripted the project, was presented with a [ … ]
chair of the board nigel daly attends the bafta la student film awards at la film ...
a general view of atmosphere at the bafta la student film awards at la film school ...
the bafta la student film awards winner for her film skunk annie silverstein with bafta la nigel daly attend the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
fritz shimon haber created zyklon a as a pesticide. in its more potent form, zyklon b was used to gas thousands of civilians in concentration camps - most of them jews. haber was himself jewish .
nigel daly attends the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, ...
“haber” director daniel ragussis, who also scripted the project, was presented with a $ 60, 000 camera package, and his film now qualifies for an academy award nomination .
bafta la member wayne watkins, film finalist madeline sharafian, chair of student film awards paul heller, bafta la' s debroah kolar and bafta operations manager matthew wiseman attend the bafta la student film awards at la film school ...
nigel daly attends the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
( see below), the alfred p. sloan foundation generously provided a film production grant of $ 20, 000. for over ten years the foundation has partnered with the sundance institute, the tribeca film institute, and various other film festivals and film schools to establish annual awards in screenwriting and film production .
haber
was one of only 18 short films to be chosen as an official selection for the 2008 telluride film festival, one of the most selective shorts programs in the world .
fritz haber developed germany’s poison gas program during world war i and supervised the first use of chlorine gas on the western front .
magazine after winning the expo competition grand prize for
freud
( the
haber
feature screenplay won two years later) .
bafta la member wayne watkins, film finalist madeline sharafian, chair of student film awards paul heller, bafta la' s debroah kolar and bafta operations manager matthew wiseman attend the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
a general view of atmosphere at the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
haber
won the student choice award for best cinematography at the 2009 columbia film festival, and was screened at both the new york festival and the los angeles festival for faculty selects & honors films .
chair of the board nigel daly attends the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
haber
wins the coveted top prize at la shorts (the largest short film festival in the world), including a $ 60, 000 panavision camera package, and officially qualifies for the academy awards .
finalist madeline sharafian and actor deepak verma attend the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
at the brink of world war i, fritz shimon haber was germany' s greatest chemist. haber' s nobel prize - winning synthetic fertilizers saved world' s population from mass starvation. but as world war i broke out killing millions of german soldiers, the desperate german forces asks shimon haber to provide the army with new kind of weapon. haber has already sacrificed his and his family' s jewish identity in order to become a respectable german citizen. with his decision to invent such a weapon, haber was the first scientist in human history to unleash a weapon of mass destruction. later he paid the ultimate price for his ambition as his wife clara committed suicide and his invention was used for murdering millions of jewish people during world war ii .
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haber is a short starring christian berkel, juliane köhler, and wolf kahler. in 1914, fritz haber is germany' s greatest chemist. his nobel prize - winning synthetic fertilizers have saved the world from mass starvation. but as world war i breaks out across europe, ... see full summary »
jill haber, 51, believes that caution served her well last year when her work as a los angeles - based set painter was coming to a halt .
the jury award for fiction short film went to
the beast (zvjerka) ,
directed by daina oniunas pusić. the award for documentary short film went to
the gatekeeper ,
directed by yung chang. the audience award for short film went to
into darkness ,
directed by rachida el garani. the audience award for web series went to
instababy ,
directed by rosie haber .
movie news, screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond .
finalist madeline sharafian and actor deepak verma attend the bafta la student film ...
an interview with writer / director daniel ragussis is accompanied by a review of the film .
bafta la member wayne watkins, film finalist madeline sharafian, chair of student ...
fritz haber was a brilliant german - jewish chemist with one of the most amazing dual legacies in history. his revolutionary process for creating synthetic fertilizers averted the greatest overpopulation crisis the world has ever known and won him a nobel prize in 1918. however, haber used his genius to create the first chemical weapon, which was used during world war i .
in 1914, fritz haber is germany' s greatest chemist. his nobel prize - winning synthetic fertilizers have saved the world from mass starvation. but as world war i breaks out across europe, slaughtering millions of young soldiers, the desperate german military asks haber to invent an entirely new kind of weapon. already having sacrificed his jewish identity and his wife' s career to achieve success, haber' s decision not only unleashes weapons of mass destruction for the first time in human history, but also threatens to destroy his family as well .
dalí and film
ran at the museum of modern art through september 15, 2008 .
the jerome foundation, one of the most prestigious film grant givers in the country, has awarded
haber
the new york city media arts grant. the foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and contributes to the professional advancement of those artists .
photograph: with thanks to the sk film archives llc, warner bros. and university of the arts london
the world fiction award went to
heis (chronicles) ,
a french film directed by anaïs volpé. also starring volpé, the film explores the concerns of european youth in the face of economic upheaval .
daniel ragussis received his ba from georgetown university, where he was a rhodes scholarship finalist. he completed his mfa at columbia university, and his films and screenplays have won dozens of international awards. his thesis film, haber, won best of fest at la shorts, and became an official qualifier for the 2009 academy awards. it was also an official selection at telluride, and won the national board of review motion pictures award. the feature screenplay for haber has won or placed in 11 screenwriting competitions, including winning the
directed and written by daniel ragussis. produced by daniel ragussis, shannon factor, brian hwang, and chris spanos. photographed by carlos verón. edited by sara corrigan. music by simon taufique. production design by kay lee. principal cast: christian berkel (as fritz haber), juliane köhler (clara haber), wolf kahler (ludendorff), mark margolis (bremer), ted pejovich (dean ostwald) .
reviewed at sundance film festival (competing), jan. 21, 2016. running time: 111 min .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
dr: i heard about haber in 2001 or early 2002. i saw a discovery channel special on him and immediately became obsessed. one of the things i love about the story is its massive historical sweep. it’s about the invention of weapons of mass destruction, the power of science, and the world at an incredible crossroads, but it’s also a personal and intimate story about haber as a human being and his relationship with his wife .
türkiye' den ve dünya’dan son dakika haberler, köşe yazıları, magazinden siyasete, spordan seyahate bütün konuların tek adresi urltoken; urltoken haber içerikleri kaynak gösterilmeden alıntı yapılamaz, kanuna aykırı ve izinsiz olarak kopyalanamaz, başka yerde yayınlanamaz .
silver bear for best actress: nina hoss for her yella in christian petzold' s film of the same title .
the sloan foundation has supported two stories, in addition to abeel’s, about fritz haber: in 2003 columbia university granted a production award to daniel ragussis for his short film, and ten years later in 2013 nyu awarded dan hasse a screenwriting grant for his script. the short films were made, but a feature film has yet to make it to screen. this is true for a number of stories of historic scientific pioneers, including lise meitner and jane goodall .
finalists giovanni douresseau, camille stochitch, victoria rose, winner annie siverstein, will suto, madeline sharafian, patrick brooks and jp castel attend the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in ...
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brett wagner’s “chief” drew the drama nod, and germany’s “positive prognosis, ” from director peter ladkani, took foreign film .
ahead of the closing night screening of
desierto ,
the los angeles film festival announced its award winners thursday afternoon .
finalists giovanni douresseau, camille stochitch, victoria rose, winner annie siverstein, will suto, madeline sharafian, patrick brooks and jp castel attend the bafta la student film awards at la film school on june 19, 2014 in hollywood, california .
paul haber did the impossible beating the world racquetball champion in a winner take all hands versus racquet match in memphis. sports illustrated called it the greatest mixed sport match in the history of athletic competition. in the world of handball, paul haber was arnold palmer, jack nicklaus, bobby hull, joe dimaggio, joe namath, and a dash of frank sinatra. a sports illustrated writer called him
the most colorful champion in sports since namath - and with better knees .
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katherine haber mbe was born in 1944 in london, england. she is best known for her work on blade runner (1982) as well as her collaboration with sam peckinpah on 8 of his films including straw dogs, the getaway, pat garrett and billy the kid and cross of iron. she is a founding member of the british academy of film and television arts los angeles ...
dr: after the film appeared in festivals, i started getting e - mails from high school and college teachers in the united states, australia, germany, switzerland, and the netherlands about using the film in an educational setting. i realized this would be a great educational tool to provoke discussion among students. by selling the dvd to teachers and educators we’re also demonstrating that there is a market for this subject matter. we can then turn to the film industry and say, “we’ve shown there is a market for this film; now help us make a feature version. ”
what could have been an intriguing film - noir premise loses its spark as jason lew imagines the romance between an ex - con and a suspected murderess .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
hong kong - japanese films dominated the annual asian film awards ceremony in hong kong, scooping best picture, best director and best actor titles, and halting south korea' s stranglehold over the event.' tokyo sonata,' a portrait of the breakdown of a japanese family, won the best film award
. his varied career has included work within the fields of film, marketing, advertising, and new technologies, affording him the great privilege of working with such luminaries as john lithgow, james garner, tony danza, dennis miller, and two - time academy award - winning director martin strange - hansen. his most recent project was producing the acclaimed film welcome to life, an official selection at the 2004 sundance film festival and a regional finalist for the student academy award .
the director had fun at the press conference of his film. as jury president he does not want to criticize but to cherish the films of his colleagues .
originally from buenos aires, carlos veron has worked on hundreds of projects, from commercials and music videos to shorts and feature films. his commercial credits include spots for nike, mcdonalds, swatch, coca - cola, 7up, axe, mtv, and saks fifth avenue. his narrative work includes films that have played at the hamptons, palm springs, rome, buenos aires, and berlin film festivals. he is currently in post - production on the columbia thesis film
st. paul
and the documentary film cuba libre,  shot on location in the dominican republic, and in pre - production on the feature film asher. 
began lessons and playing handball, racquetball, tennis and squash at the houston racquet club in 1970. competed in local, regional and national tournaments in the 70' s, 80' s, 90' s and early 2000' s. my friendship with paul haber began at a national aau tournament in 1971 .
“virgin mountain” won the founders award for best narrative feature and the best screenplay prize at tribeca, while gunnar jónsson was named best actor in a narrative feature film .
the actress, who was awarded the silver bear for best actress for playing the role of anna in thomas vinterberg' s kollektivet and the director of the winning film fuocoammare .
ursula ellis is a filmmaker and writer who assists at lydia dean pilcher’s production company, cine mosaic, which is working on the upcoming disney film queen of katwe about a prodigious chess champion. science & film will publish an interview with pilcher about two other projects she is producing: hbo’s the immortal life of henrietta lacks and the sloan - supported feature radium girls .
during filming of paul' s tribute my research indicated paul was in an unmarked indigent grave in a cemetery that had graffiti. i raised funds and provided him a tombstone. my efforts have gotten my friend elected to the southern california jewish sports hall of fame. i have gotten files started on my friend at museums across north america. my personal collection of paul david haber historic memorabilia is the largest in the world. the milwaukee journal sentinel, san diego union tribune, fort bend star have articles on this film tribute for my friend .
the flickers arts collaborative, an organization with 25 years of experience presenting major artistic events as well as independent and foreign films to the public, produces the rhode island international film festival .
it’s a film which drifts onward in search for an epiphany which doesn’t quite materialise. it is indulgent, and features a scenery - chewing, furniture - smashing performance from shia laboeuf .
the audience award for fiction feature film went to
green / is / gold ,
directed by ryon baxter. the audience award for documentary feature went to
political animals .
jill haber, 51, believes that caution served her well last year when her work as a los angeles - based set painter was coming to a halt. “i was actually looking for a house to buy, and almost purchased one, ” she recalls. “but as work slowed even more, i made the decision not to buy. looking back, [ … ]
during the awards reception, there was also an announcement for an initiative for next year' s festival. composer danny elfman will offer free licenses for filmmakers from his latest album ,
rabbit and rogue ,
for a short film competition. winners will have their world premieres at the 2017 l. a. film festival. full information is expected to be announced next week .
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dalí did not turn reverentially to a new medium. film helps julian schnabel keep his formidable ego almost in check, for a more patient vision of others. dalí was not a patient man .
yet there is much that is valuable in the film: a sense of mood and space, interesting ideas and a tense triangular dynamic between its chief characters. the title is taken from lady antebellum’s country single which is collectively, sentimentally sung by the cast towards the end of the film – atypical, to say the least, as most of music they’ve been listening to has been hardcore rap .
haber may leave l. a. and move to florida to live with a relative. “i might just pick and go … it’s really gotten cutthroat out here. ” money is so short that she’s unable to help out her dog, toby, who has a torn acl. “i haven’t been able to take care of it, ” she sayss. “that’s how bad it is. ”
political animals ,
directed by jonah markowitz and tracy wares, won the documentary award. the film looks at the first openly lesbian members of the california legislature and their efforts to push anti - discrimination laws .
the most important awards at the berlinale are the golden bear and the silver bears. they are presented by the international jury to films in the competition and belong to the most renowned awards in the international film industry .
honorary co - chairs for the 2008 edition of the rhode island international film festival are providence mayor david m. cicilline and us congressman james langevin. the festival' s 2008 design and look were created by antonio cortez .
dr: my goal is that after viewing the film, audience members will have roughly the same sense of the people and the events that i have after doing all the research. some details may have to be changed, and that’s always a tough decision as i want to stay as true to the details as possible. the biggest change i made in the film was portraying haber as unwilling to go to the front to supervise the gas attack. in reality he was very involved in operations at the front—he felt a duty and an obligation to be there—and in the feature that will be how it’s portrayed. in the short i had to crystallize his dilemma in a short time frame, and the most effective way was to have him protest. everyone has to make up his or her own mind as to whether that’s appropriate or not, but i had to be able to dramatize his dilemma and reservations .
as in all the screen tests, the actor appears both casual and posed, candid and preening. he also appears twice—in the museum lobby, inviting one up to see some art, and in the last room of
dalí and film ,
as if to explain it all. for once he collaborates on an avant - garde project rather than for the film industry, with work credited to another. then again, in tribute to surrealist drawing or in mockery of the artist' s self - image, he also appears upside - down. has a popular art form, the film industry, trickled up to the underground, or has an emblem of modernism at last trickled down ?
namour ,
directed by heidi saman, won the la muse section, focused on movies set in los angeles. saman' s film follows an arab american valet parker as he tries to find his way in the city .
... contains a fair amount of cynicism toward media sensationalism and the political system, yet by always focusing on the politicians instead of the working - class gulf coast residents... the film indulges in that which it condemns .
providence, ri (august 10, 2008). the 2008 rhode island international film festival (riiff) announced the winners in this year’s film competition at its annual awards ceremony held at the providence biltmore hotel' s garden room in providence, ri. george t. marshall, riiff' s executive director welcomed over 125 attending filmmakers at the ceremony. he was joined by adam short, producing director; demetria carr, associate producing director; and chase huneke, programming manager .
since riiff is one of only 62 film festivals (out of 7, 000) world wide that is accredited by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas) the opening night has become a crowd - pleasing salute to the art of the short film. actor, john ratzenberger was the master of ceremonies. hb communications and sony corporation showcased the latest media equipment in the lobby of the theatre as well as sponsoring the high definition exhibition of the evening' s films .
the artist chose some amazing directors, but he preferred to play the scriptwriter. he has the scenarist' s limits in paint as well—verbosity and a greater concern for the plot than for art. he dabbled in film, but in a sense he spent a whole lifetime dabbling in art. the fantastic landscapes on display often fall oddly flat, and the connections to film can feel tenuous. i had never realized, though, how long and how often dalí turned to the movies .
expo competition, and being recognized by the tribeca film institute with a sloan development award. his feature screenplay freud, about the young sigmund freud as he was developing his theory of dreams, has also won numerous awards, having been recognized by
there are glimpses here and there of the film exposed might have been, especially through the well - photographed upper manhattan locations that provide a memorably gritty atmosphere. but anyone looking for a good reeves thriller would be well advised to wait until john wick 2 .
what struck me about haber is that he thought in big historical terms, in big actions. he made decisions with big consequences and wasn’t always sensitive to the personal and human side of things. he could make a decision like inventing chemical weapons to save germany, end the war, and save millions of lives without looking at the personal ramifications of the people getting gassed and the implications for his own life. clara is a foil in that sense—someone who is rooted in the personal and tries to remind him of those concerns .
kay lee got her start pursuing dual careers in fashion and costume design for theatre. in addition to costume designing numerous off - broadway shows, she was a technical designer for major apparel companies, such as express, the gap and polo jeans. her theater experience enabled her to start a career in film, where she quickly advanced to production design. her film work includes :
jesus henry christ
( 2003 student academy award winner, dga award) ,
seibutsu
( 2004 student academy award finalist) and
payday
( 2003 sundance short selection), among others .
the rhode island international film festival was supported in part by the city of providence, the providence tourism council, the providence department of arts, culture & tourism, wjar tv10, the providence phoenix, clear channel communications, sony, hb communications, sag / indie, cvs, newenglandfilm. com, the rhode island state council on the arts, amtrak, uri' s college of arts and sciences, uri' s feinstein college of continuing education, the uri film media program, rule broadcast / boston camera, enterprise rent - a - car, art new england magazine and contributions from members and community supporters .
water supply issues in west virginia, a boy struggling in the himalayas, the german “father of chemical warfare, ” the 2016 columbia university - sloan award winning stories span time and space to bring science to screen. three emerging filmmakers have been awarded a total of $ 70, 000: ursula ellis, iesh thapar, and christopher abeel. each filmmaker worked with a scientist who advised them on the accuracy of their script. ellis and thapar won production awards to make short films—crick in the holler and tv in the fish tail. abeel won for his script about fritz haber, the german - jewish nobel - winning chemist, who was also a friend of albert einstein’s .
did i say that the hero of wall - e keeps replaying another hollywood memory, hello, dalí? okay, never mind. in
dalí and film ,
the star of the show actually spends very little time in hollywood. even there, he gets more acclaim than results. he may have found his real calling all the same .
in fact, he seems hardly to care for the medium, apart from its ability to toss off image after image. a formalist might have sought film language in jean renoir' s layered narratives and deep focus, max ophuls' s tracking shots, sergei eisenstein' s montage, charlie chaplin' s parting close - ups, or buster keaton' s bursting of the screen' s
fourth wall .
for dalí, film and painting alike simply freed up the imagination for rapid - fire images. he loved screen comedy—chaplin, keaton, and the marx brothers. a historian would look at animal crackers and see its stage origins. dalí saw surrealism and a wider public for art .
what then does film say about dalí? on the one hand, the exhibition argues for his creative mark on the movies, although it must settle for a string of projects that barely got off the ground. could the artist have imagined the crowds lined up at the guggenheim for matthew barney video? the rooms include ample paintings and drawings as sketches for film, at the risk of an often lifeless retrospective. as far as the influence of dalí and surrealism, however, case closed. hitchcock' s shot of scissors cutting through an eye preceded hiring the painter, and his most terrifying debt to dalí comes as peck remembers his brother' s death, only there the director worked alone .
the l. a. film festival provides proof that talented filmmakers with new voices are out there, they just need a platform, and that' s what we' re providing ,
festival director stephanie allain said in a statement .
one of the more satisfying aspects of this job is watching new directors blossom in the spotlight .
haber lives in the san fernando valley with a friend who helps her pay the rent, but she says a second extension of unemployment benefits has just run out. the savings she was going to use to buy a house is practically gone now, too, she adds. “i have started to sell some of (the) jewelry and antiques my mother had left me, ” she says. “i also am selling my horse equipment such as saddles (and) bridles. ” since nbc’s “ chuck, ” on which she worked for 2½ years, ceased production two years ago, work has been sporadic. “i was lucky to find anything, ” she says. “i don’t remember it ever being like that. ”
: ‘we couldn’t shoot by candlelight with the lenses and film stock available at the time, and stanley discovered a lens that had been developed for nasa satellites and could shoot in very low light. we had to customise an old mitchell to take it. but at that level, we had very little depth of field, which was a real pain – but even kubrick could not alter the laws of optics. ’
now in american honey she has created a long, often intriguing and humidly atmospheric film which sometimes dwindles into listlessness. it’s a road movie in the un - accented style of gus van sant – particularly his elephant and paranoid park. the drifting camera shots directed straight up into a blue sky, bisected occasionally with telegraph poles, are very similar to van sant’s elephant. there’s something of larry clark or harmony korine in the featureless, affectless approach to sexuality .
moviegoers, or far more likely, vod consumers, may well feel sorely resentful upon watching keanu reeves' latest film, which is being advertised as a cop thriller but contains nary a trace of narrative suspense. having been re - edited by the producers to the point where its director gee malik linton removed his name from the project, exposed mainly serves to expose the often torturous process of moviemaking and distribution. the pic was quietly sneaked into theaters without advance press screenings .
). kubrick’s teenage daughter vivian is next to the director. ‘stanley loved barry lyndon. he loved this upstart from nowhere, a conman, and he felt very strongly that barry was representative of our society. what you see here is the normal sort of track they would lay down to move the camera – there was no steadicam in those days. you had to be careful to point the camera in the right direction, otherwise you would film the track itself. ’
in recent years, festival director dieter kosslick has invited internationally recognised personalities from the world of film such as james schamus, wong kar wai, mike leigh, isabella rossellini, werner herzog, tilda swinton, darren aronofsky, meryl streep and paul verhoeven to head the seven - member jury. jury members include directors, actresses and actors as well as producers, but also writers and artists. one of the festive highpoints of every berlinale is the presentation of the bears on the penultimate day of the festival .
so boring. full disclosure, i watched like only 20 minutes of this and holy shit i started falling asleep. i expect nic cage' s films, whether they' re good or bad (mostly the latter these days, but that' s neither here nor there) to be entertaining. i wouldn' t call this a bad film, although i might have ended up feeling that way had i watched the whole thing. it just doesn' t do a good job of keeping your interest .
by dalí' s death in 1989, the narratives had undergone a remix—or maybe a director' s cut. pop art and robert rauschenberg had recast it one way, the untitled film stills of cindy sherman another. dalí' s mustache and the slit eyeball had become cultural icons, while his paintings drew long lines and critical skepticism. charmingly, too, he gets the last word, but with another artist as director. the star at last, he has two segments of warhol' s screen tests .
brian hwang, born and raised in michigan, graduated with a degree in economics from kalamazoo college. after working in finance for several years, brian left the field to travel throughout asia, australia and new zealand for two years. his most recent projects include production work for the short films celamy (2005 student academy award finalist) and st. paul,  and his current projects include acting as music supervisor for the independent feature film fireflies in the garden (written and directed by 2003 student academy winner dennis lee) .
considering the potential offered by the pic’s louisiana locations, it’s an opportunity missed that so little of the setting’s hothouse atmosphere come through, especially in the botched bayou chase that serves as the pic’s ludicrous climax. likewise, one can’t help but feel the actors’ best work has failed to register, as if either the cameras were in the wrong place or the best takes weren’t used. humanist intentions aside, though lew’s redemption - themed romance preaches forgiveness, it’s a cruel fact that the film community seldom offers newcomers such magnanimous second chances .
originally conceived as a mostly spanish - language drama featuring serious themes tinged with supernatural elements, the film, previously titled daughter of god, now mostly concentrates on the story of a dogged, burnt - out police detective (reeves, largely conveying the latter attribute) in his search for the murderer of his corrupt partner. his investigation, complicated by his troubled interactions with his less than helpful boss (christopher mcdonald) and his partner' s ex - wife (mira sorvino), is interwoven with the story of a young hispanic woman experiencing surreal visions .
a thought - provoking political drama, the runner explores the allures of power and corruption. nicolas cage stars as a louisiana congressman who champions the recovery efforts after the 2010 bp oil spill, but he' s soon brought down by a sex scandal and must struggle to rebuild his life. while it' s an interesting character study, the plot' s fairly mundane and predictable. also, the pacing is rather slow and doesn' t really build any tension. yet despite the film' s weaknesses, the runner provides an intriguing look at the nature of politics .
his most shocking scenario came first—in collaboration with another spaniard and in his very first year in france—and its most lasting image comes right at the start. un chien andalou opens with a vulnerable young woman and a knife slitting her eyeball from right to left. louis buñuel' s film, his first, runs only sixteen minutes, so one can see thick fluid ooze from her eye again and again. even on a third or fourth viewing, the scene has the impact of the unexpected. a hand firmly and abruptly subjects her to an almost unspeakable act. has it blinded her or set her vision free ?
what else do you expect from a kid thrown into “gladiator school, ” as spencer’s character calls the prison sentence that brought out mo’s violent streak? when it comes to actual brawling, holbrook’s freshly bulked - up screen presence (which transforms him from skinny indie waif to someone capable of landing roles once ear - marked for the likes of garrett hedlund and the hemsworth brothers) makes him a force to be reckoned with, and the film’s ridiculous final stretch follows through on the idea that he’s willing to become exactly the kind of monster society believes him to be in order to protect doris from the real predators lying in wait .
doris’ panic in turn triggers a skirmish as mo tries to explain himself, and the next thing they know, two police officers are banging on the door in response to a domestic disturbance call. with that, lew springs the film’s single weirdest scene, as doris — who clearly fears cops more than she does her potential abductor — opts to clamber into his oversized dog carrier and hide out there while the police search the apartment. but there’s an important difference between a movie in which characters constantly find themselves holding their breath and one gripping enough to inspire the same behavior in audiences, and “the free world” repeatedly falls short in the suspense department .
the modern has some stretchers, too, when it comes to film' s influence on painting. it points to tricks with perspective, as if di chirico had not punned on converging lines as painting' s vocabulary before him. it asks one to see shadows across a jagged cliff or shroud as a parable of the projectionist, as if specters like these did not lurk everywhere in dalí' s art. yet his love of the popular medium was real, and so was his envy of the celebrity it produced. then, too, shadow presences of the camera obscura had begun to merge with echoes of the movie camera starting at least with marcel duchamp .
jodi cottongim has been a designer for over a decade and has worked for companies such as anne klein, motown records and, most notably, coach leatherwear. her recent costume design work includes the theatrical productions of
ondine
and the
three ecstasies ,
the
chandelair
soap opera, the independent film
not of the flesh ,
and the fat boy slim video
joker .
she has had the opportunity to work with such celebrities as steve harvey, j. c. chasez (insync), queen latifah, and new artist elsie muiz. she is a graduate of the fashion institute of technology and is originally from seattle, washington .
a year before, rené magritte had called a painting the treachery of images. dalí already earns that title, if only this once, and already he is surprisingly conventional. while the movie does not exactly have a plot, the woman survives injury, cowers before one handsome man, and escapes at last with another. most of the images along the way have the comforting familiarity of a campy melodrama. for all its surrealism, even the opening scene has a humble setting in a staged room, with a tone more clinical than terrifying. one can watch it over and over, although a razor flying toward the screen in film today might be too visceral to bear even once .
dr: at the acs [ american chemical society ] presentation of the film [ on 18 august 2009 ], one of the issues that came up is the ethical responsibility that a scientist bears. someone said, “why is this responsibility any different than a chef who makes food used to feed soldiers? ” my answer lies in the difference between what a scientist does and what a chef does. a scientist’s work changes the whole nature of the game—the rules we have to live by. the fascinating thing about science and scientists is that they alter the nature of reality. what is possible changes. we see that every day in how we communicate and how we get resources. how can that not have an ethical component ?
drawling like a character out of “the dukes of hazzard, ” this particular cop (stephen l. grush) demonstrates the film’s simple - minded notion that the so - called “good guys” are anything but, while murderers (whether actual or falsely accused) are all too often misunderstood. certainly, that could be said of both mo and the officer’s wife, doris (moss), who returns to the shelter a day or two later covered in blood. struggling with the decision of whether or not to get involved, mo ultimately decides to take her back to his place — a low - rent apartment with no furniture, apart from a bare mattress on which he can’t bring himself to sleep (preferring the closet) .
british by birth, indian by heritage, and a citizen of the us and uk, simon' s music is an exploration of intimate spaces and cultural borders, the computerized and the handmade, the personal and the global. simon' s inspired musical experimentation in grad school lead to a commission for
wide awake
( miramax) and culminated in music for the indie cult film ,
temps .
simon has since composed for award - winning shorts (
god is good ,
caroline by committee ,
st. paul ,
and
no shoulder ,
among others), cutting - edge filmmakers, and venues (theater, web). simon is currently composing for a modern rock musical production in new york .
the other narrative mixes technological and material determinism. as new media like photography once, then film, and now data - driven art arise, the arts have to change, and artists, too, have to reflect the assumptions of the dominant culture. as david hickey puts this version, one can imagine jazz without jackson pollock or the artists in
blues for smoke ,
but not the other way around. each of these narratives has some truth, even if classical performers improvised extensively before jazz existed—and even if dalí posed more as an aristocrat than a moviegoer. the narratives elucidate the mess that goes by the name culture, even if they sometimes verge on truisms or lies. one can imagine jazz without abstract painting only because there was more of it, and one can hardly imagine a black musician of the time getting pollock' s spread in life magazine .
a long - dead king lurks in a chf hallway. what can he tell us about science ?
michal meyer reviews marjorie c. malley’s book radioactivity: a history of a mysterious science .
what does science sound like? read npr journalist joe palca’s take on talking about science .
focusing on learning the facts may impede real learning, argues chemist and education advocate bruce alberts. read what else he has to say in our interview .
chemical heritage interviews ullyot public affairs lecturer susan solomon, a senior scientist for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, who is considered one of the leaders in atmospheric science .
at science cafés across the country, members of the public meet informally with science experts to discuss the latest innovations over a drink .
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it' s been an amazing and sensational year for us ,
said riiff executive director george t. marshall ,
we had films screened and filmmakers attend from all over the world. the box office and audience levels were up significantly over last year. and we were blessed to have bythe danner, john ratzenberger, richard jenkins, mark margolis, kevin sheridan, ron palillo, dan butler, jason clarke and marlyn mason on hand to join in the cinematic celebration .
audience feedback has been equally strong, a clear indication that we were able to achieve the right programming mix. of course, this is only due to the exceptionally strong films submitted to the festival; so the kudos really belong to the filmmakers who made this year' s event happen. we also had an exceptional staff in place that was filmmaker - centric and worked together as a team; making a clear difference in how this festival was produced .
this year’s riiff ran august 5 - 10th and showcased 289 cinematic works submitted from over 53 countries, and 32 states in the united states. the 2008 riiff presented 58 world premieres and 41 us / north american premieres. following months of adjudication and review, festival films were selected from over 3, 000 international submissions.
haber is a 2008 short-film written and directed by daniel ragussis . the film recounts the work of fritz haber in developing chemical weapons for the german army during world war i. although the film has not yet been released to the general public , screenings have taken place at film festivals around the world , where it has received praise from the media . there is also a non-commercial version of this film , used for educational purposes . 
haber is a 2008 short-film written and directed by daniel ragussis. the film recounts the work of fritz haber in developing chemical weapons for the german army during world war i. although the film has not yet been released to the general public, screenings have taken place at film festivals around the world, where it has received praise from the media. there is also a non-commercial version of this film, used for educational purposes.
haber is a 2008 short-film written and directed by daniel ragussis. the film recounts the work of fritz haber in developing chemical weapons for the german army during world war i. although the film has not yet been released to the general public, screenings have taken place at film festivals around the world, where it has received praise from the media. there is also a non-commercial version of this film, used for educational purposes.