seventeen years ( film )
essentially seventeen years is one of the most simple movies i have ever seen .
there is a new channel on my parents sky plus called world movies and it was on this channel i saw seventeen years .
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seventeen years ago, a pair of 14 - year - olds living on opposite coasts were connected through a website for video - game enthusiasts .
within the broader context of china' s history, these seventeen years can be seen to represent a return to socialist ideals. the' seventeen years' (1949 - 1966) is a term given to the period between the founding of the people' s republic of china in 1949, and the beginning of the cultural revolution in 1966. the' seventeen years' is widely viewed as the golden age of chinese socialism, and a source of sentimentalism and nostalgia .
in the film, an american widow played by diane keaton stumbles upon a hermit, played by brendan gleeson, who has lived quietly in a shack on the heath for seventeen years. photo: nick wall
kubrick connections in one million years b. c. and two for the road; plus edge of seventeen and the pure cinema podcast: jim hemphill’s home viewing recommendations
in italy, the film won the special prize for direction at the 1999 venice film festival .
every morning ileana drives to the cork factory in the north of portugal where she has worked for the last seventeen years. the film portrays another routine journey she shares with her husband and child from home to work .
seventeen features filmed in georgia in 2016, meaning the state has outpaced the previous frontrunner, california, as the top location for feature film production .
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at sixteen years of age, in a fit of anger, a young girl accidentally kills her stepsister. seventeen years later, when she gets out of jail, a police woman accompanies her to find her parents in a china which has changed dramatically. like many of his preceding films, this sixth feature of chinese director zhang yuan talks about the pain of living in contemporary china. in competition at the 56 th edition of the venice film festival, seventeen years won the special prize for direction .
well, flutter is my return to the world of animation, after more than seventeen years. my last work as an animator was on the first stuart little film. i then took off in a different direction, storyboarding and designing characters and concepts for big budget films like
that weird, messy puzzle of trauma and affection where our high school memories reside is what powers the edge of seventeen .
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is a digitally animated family film that has a very timely release, but it is also a second - tier cg animated film .
dir. zhang yuan seventeen years (guo nian hui jia) colour, 90mins, mandarin, china / italy, 1999. cast: liu lin, li bingbing, li yeding, liang song, li yun reviewed by olivia khoo
the romantic comedy is “inspired by a true story” and relates how an american widow (diane keaton) develops a romantic friendship with a recluse, played by brendan gleeson, who has lived in a shack on the heath for seventeen years .
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cindy studied film directing and cinematography at new york university’s tisch school of the arts where she received her mfa. after jobs in i. t. , word processing, film research, copy - editing, film transferring, and art handling, she left new york city to pursue a teaching career at montana state university - bozeman. she has been a professor of film production for seventeen years, teaching undergraduate students in the school of film and photography as well as mfa students in the science and natural history filmmaking program. she has twice been a fellow at macdowell artist colony, ucross foundation, and the wurlitzer foundation. she was recently awarded a sabbatical to develop her film next project .
not only was ryan phillippe 25 years old when he shot the film (sarah michelle gellar was 22), but selma blair (naive freshman cecile) was 27 at the time .
since 1986, the broward country film society has shared the beauty of independent cinema with south florida through the fort lauderdale international film festival. nearly 30 years later, the film society has leveraged the success of fliff to establish itself as one of five major cultural institutions of broward country. read more about the history of fliff below .
while filming the song “sixteen going on seventeen, ” carr—who, incidentally, was 21 years old at the time—fell through the glass in the gazebo and injured her ankle. in the scene, she’s wearing a bandage covered with make - up on her leg .
for mr. travolta, the nomination was especially sweet after years in which his career veered downward. he was nominated in 1977 for
saturday night fever .
mr. travolta said with a laugh over the phone ,
seventeen years ago i thought, hey, this could happen every year. i didn' t realize how hard this is to come by .
the mobilities of sexuality and desire are played out explicitly in east palace, west palace, and, in more muted terms, in seventeen years, as inflected through gender. there is a complex relationship between state discourses (effected through the socialist re - turn), social ideology, and local cultural politics (particularly, as read from the point of view of diasporic queer spectatorship). seventeen years is an extremely powerful film, whose suggestiveness is amplified when these ideological and temporal considerations are held in mind. endnotes photo for east palace, west palace is from: the moviesite: movies for africa
is a $ 110 million film based on a book aimed at young adults. it is yet another film trying to tap into the vacuum left behind by
from the ones you' ve already seen to the ones that won' t come out for another ten years .
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colby’s career in games and entertainment started over seventeen years ago working on original xbox launch titles as well as other games, film and tv spots at viewpoint data labs. over the years colby has had the opportunity to work with ea, take two, sony, national geographic, porsche, disney and now wb – in various art roles and capacities. colby has been mainly focused on art side of external development for the last seven years. this has allowed him to work with some of the biggest and best external dev teams in the industry to create amazing games for the kids and family space .
but to the amazement of almost everyone ,
hoop dreams ,
one of the most acclaimed documentaries in years, a film that several critics called the best of 1994, was not nominated for best picture or even best documentary. it was nominated in one category, film editing .
i can tell you his first name is mike. he’s married and he has two kids. he’s in for burglary — he’s got between two months and three years left. even if he has to do the whole three years, we’ll be fine .
while working within the system, yuan zhang' s (or is it zhang yuan ?) latest film 17 years gives the chinese totalitarian system a human face. the title, referring to 17 years of separation, also refers to an important year (age) in two of the main characters' lives. it is zhang yuan' s best work to date, and quite possibly the most realistic, impartial portrayal of china' s totalitarian system in recent years. i highly recommend it .
alice markowitz has worked in the field of documentary film and video production for the past seventeen years; developing, producing, directing and writing primarily for public television. she has produced for signature pbs series such as nova, scientific american frontiers, and a host of bill moyers films. she has been the recipient of two national emmy awards for producing, including one for the film the mystery of chi, which opened the bill moyers acclaimed series, healing and the mind. her latest film, in search of ourselves, was nominated for best writing by the writers guild of america .
i' m almost embarrassed to admit how much i related to this movie, as a man several years older than its central character .
it has been two and a half years since tao lan has last seen her family, and they have been relocated to the outskirts in chengguan, their old house demolished. tao lan seems out of place in the new home; she is now a grown woman, but has not participated in modern chinese society for seventeen years. she tells jie that she would rather return to prison, but jie tells her that it was an honour to be chosen to return home, and that' society will welcome you once again'. nevertheless jie enters the family home with tao lan, and tells tao lan' s parents that they must be supportive of their daughter. she says of tao lan' s seventeen years in prison,' that' s a very important period in the life of a young woman, maybe even the best years of a woman' s life. she spent them in prison' .
a simple family drama that evolves into a moving study of immutable family ties, “seventeen years” bounces helmer zhang yuan to the top ranks of chinese directors after a decade of mixed fortunes. beautifully played by a small cast in muted but naturalistic style, and shot through with small observations of contempo mainland life and [ … ]
essentially hoisted by a remarkable performance from hailee steinfeld, the film is a quirky yet relatable tale of adolescence. the edge of seventeen' s modernized coming - of - age infused with its humorous innuendos and dialogue make for a sarcastic & surprisingly serious sob story. 4 / 5
of the week and did earn a lot of film festival buzz, so that should help .
jennifer love hewitt is on the cover of the seventeen magazine issue that contains annette' s abstinence essay. this cover is real, by the way. it came out feb. 1997 .
' east palace' and' west palace' are the colloquial vernaculars for the public toilets on either side of tiananmen. the film is consistently cited as the' first gay film' in china .
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up in their upper east side ivory tower, sebastian and kathryn (sarah michelle gellar) are merely high school seniors. that makes them 17 years old .
certainly a must for world movie fans i would recommend this movie if you wanted a simple interesting film, however its simplicity can also been a criticism as this gives the film very little value after being viewed once .
seventeen is that age that adults patronizingly refer to as one of the best years of your life, which may be true in retrospect — when it’s too late to recapture the unjaded thrill of feeling butterflies in one’s stomach — but seldom seems that way for those suffering through it for the first time. compared with the period - set separation of techine’s career - high “wild reeds, ” this return to burgeoning - romance territory subtracts the buffer of safe nostalgia that so often idealizes those years, engaging directly with the messy immediacy of today’s world .
the film hampstead appears to suggest that the community supported the developers in trying to evict harry from his home .
chaired by new york magazine’s david edelstein, the nyfcc has boosted the oscar profiles of films like boyhood (best film in 2014), david o. russell’s american hustle (best film in 2013) and kathryn bigelow’s zero dark thirty (best film in 2012) in the past. though martin scorsese’s long - awaited silence screening for the group on wednesday (to rave reviews from its membership), the film earned zero awards at thursday’s ceremony .
in the savviest teen comedy in years, hailee steinfeld gives a star performance as a beguiling but troubled high schooler who uses her ferocious cleverness to act out her distress .
. gkids is the only distributor that can routinely release animated films in limited release and have them do well at the box office. for example, this film earned over $ 2 million domestically. the film doesn’t come out on
it was announced monday that distributor filmrise has acquired the north american rights to my friend dahmer. the movie stars disney veteran ross lynch (austin & ally) as the serial killer jeffrey dahmer, who murdered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. the tribeca festival - screened film is slated for a theatrical release this coming fall .
peaceful harry hallowes, who lived in a shack on the heath since 1986, appears to have inspired the film .
the film is full of life and loose humor, and creed often transcends the genre by playing with movie mythology .
it’s been 17 years since we stepped inside the walls of the coyote ugly saloon and met the likes of lil (maria bello), cammie (izabella miko), zoe (tyra banks), and rachel (bridget moynahan). violet (piper perabo) sets out for new york city with dreams of becoming a songwriter, but finds herself sidetracked by her “day job” as a bartender at the titular coyote ugly, based on the popular real life chain of bars. our leading lady gets her happy ending, but as for that cast…seventeen years later, where are they now ?
for this year' s study, filml. a. changed the way it quantified findings, basing them on the 100 top - grossing movies at the domestic box office. this is compared to years past when the study was conducted using films released by the major u. s. film companies .
reviewed at toronto film festival, september 16, 2016. mpaa rating: not rated. running time: 102 min .
the film makers are devastated ,
said ira deutchman, former president of fine line, which marketed the movie .
completed the trifecta over the weekend. not only did the film have the largest domestic debut, it broke the same record
with its iconic camerawork, catchy musical score, and great performances, it’s not hard to see why so many people still love the sound of music, even after all these years .
this weekend is thanksgiving and as always that means black friday and cyber monday plus 48 hours of shopping in - between. unlike most years, i' m only halfway done with my
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california’s incentive has returned some feature projects to the state ,
the study explains .
in fact, in los angeles, on - location feature film production reached an eight - year high in 2016 — but the state’s film incentive program seems optimized for use by a narrow band of feature film projects, with budgets from $ 40 million to $ 100 million .
. it was probably the most surreal experience, knowing where i had come from. and i’ve learned a huge deal about filmmaking from him over the ten or so years we worked together .
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so they kept on chatting, and a conversation that began with a single click in 2000 continued for nine straight years, until ms. champion and mr. cooper came face to face in october 2009 .
the new york film critics circle kicked off a long, winding road of precursor accolades en route to the oscars thursday, when the 37 - strong group announced its full list of year - end film awards, cementing la la land ‘s status as the best picture frontrunner .
opened in first place on the international chart with $ 143. 3 million in 63 markets. the film had the biggest opening of the
seventeen years is a chinese film directed by zhang yuan. it was a heartwarming story of the tragedy between two teen - age stepsisters when one dies and the other spends 17 years in prison as well as a story of forgiveness. it stars li jun as tao xiaolan, a young woman whose accidental murder of her stepsister leads to a seventeen year prison sentence; li bingbing as chen jie, a prison guard who takes pity on xiaoqin and helps her find her parents; liu lin as yu xiaoqin, xiaolan' s stepsister together with liang song and le yeping as the parents of the said stepsisters. seventeen years has two divorced single parents marry, each bringing with them a teenage daughter. xiaoqin, mother' s daughter, is strong - willed and proudly working - class, intending to get a job in a factory when she finishes school. xiaolan, a bit younger and father' s child, is more intellectual and hopes to go on to college. one day, a petty argument between the step - sisters over some change turns ugly; xiaolan hits xiaoqiun over the head with a stick, and to the shock of everyone xiaoqiun dies. xiaolan is convicted of murder and sentenced to a long stay in prison; after 17 years, a handful of prisoners are released on furlough for new years, including xiaolan. when xiaolan' s parents don' t arrive to pick her up, she' s left stranded; a guard, chen jie, takes pity on xiaolan and offers to give her a ride home. however, they soon discover xiaolan' s home has been torn down and her folks have moved. chen jie is determined xiaolan will spend new year with her family, though xiaolan herself starts to wonder if they have any desire to see her. seventeen years is a great emotional movie. it tells us how people are affected by tragedy and how forgiveness can be extremely difficult in some situations. also, it tells us that it is a situation that something should be prepared for, letting go of the past and it is an emotion of healing as well. it is easier said than done. aside from that, it also tells us a touching story of a reunion between parents and prisoner. the greatest characteristic of this movie is it does not fall into the trap of trying to act and shoot scenes with over - the - top emotions. subtlety and simplicity were its greatest assets. that is why is makes it a highly recommended movie .
it is also nice to see bit unconventional prison guard to be so selfless and give her just as short vacation time to help out an inmate, instead of celebrating new years with her parents as originally planned .
“we were now independent and had enough money to get together, ” he said. “after years of talking to her but never seeing her, i thought it would be a natural extension of our relationship. ”
during the car ride back to the airport, ms. champion and mr. cooper sealed nine years of friendship, and a promise to continue chatting, with a long - awaited, much - anticipated kiss .
seventeen years after accidentally murdering her stepsister in a fight, tao xiaolan (liu) is given a new year furlough from prison. since no one shows up to collect her, young prison guard chen (li bingbing) offers to escort her home. but the family house in tianjin has been demolished. in the course of finding where tao' s parents now live (and steering the nervous woman into a reunion with them), tao and chen form an unexpected bond. zhang' s first fiction feature since his rapprochement with the film bureau is a solid art movie: sensitive, understated, psychologically acute and quietly emotive. in other words, less interesting than the risky, provocative and often revelatory work he did as an' illegal' underground film - maker .
well into his 70s, andre techine delivers his most youthful film yet, a tale of burgeoning gay romance co - written by celine sciamma .
. i don' t think either of them will be big hits, but one of them has to be the target film. i think
this is an excellent film. i loved the ending. somehow, i love prison films. the protagonist being a heroine made the film more versatile and more emotional. arguably, the film breaks - off from the moment tao lan hits her sister with the stick, thereby confirming a murder and hence sentencing her self to imprisonment for 17 years. the expression of guilt and anxiety that tao lan experiences affects till the end of the movie. the scene where tao lan returns home to see her family for the new years day (with the help of the officer) was absolutely stunning. the feeling of regret, depression, forgiveness and this sense of
can' t i still be a human? cant i still live ?
is profoundly what attracted me. further, the tension and the contradiction, and above all, the indicisiveness between forgiveness and hate is played out by her father. the visual effects were also brilliant in that it assisted the film to give this very effect (the father getting old, moving slowly, incapable of speaking, etc). perfect choice of a family disaster made into film. highly recommendeed .
i would not want to waste time here on plots and other comments about the story, which you can find by looking at other posts. what i want to point out here is that the chinese title is as equally philosophical as the english one: 17 years implies the 17 years of totalitarianism, after which humane side is finally appearing. the chinese title has the literal translation as going home on new years, and it needs more explanation: in the chinese tradition, the new year is the time when all family members get together, reflection on the story of the protagonist being released from jail to go home to unite with his parents .
, technically correct is the best kind of correct .) the film was a little more front - loaded than expected and nearly matched our predictions .
in the best teen films, from “sixteen candles” to “clueless” to “superbad” to the greatest high school movie of the last ten years, “the perks of being a wallflower, ” the main characters have a way of occupying the moral high ground. even when they’re outcasts or “losers, ” their cleverness and wit — the sheer humanity of their alienation — puts us right on their side. but that’s not quite the case with nadine (hailee steinfeld), the radiantly troubled heroine of “ the edge of seventeen. ”
this is an amazing film. it reminds us that china is / was a very different place from usa. slow and understated, i was profoundly moved by the film. not too much happens, was does happen takes its own slow time, and you can read a plot summary in 5 lines, but seeing the film was an immersion that left me speechless. then again, there was no one else in the room to talk to .
after years of banishment and working outside the system, director zhang yuan returns to the fold with the government approved drama seventeen years. although decidedly less socio - politically relevant than zhang' s previous work, the official seal hardly weakens the movie' s strong emotional content, centered around the reconstitution and reevaluation of traditional family values in the age of chinese neo - capitalism. enlisting the talents of top writers yu hua and zhu wen also guarantees a deeply felt drama with real characters. zhang' s sudden leniency towards the censorship board must be weighed against the opportunity to shoot parts of the movie within the walls of a chinese prison, thus allowing the director to include a subtle and indirect critique of societal and personal repression in modern china .
this year the panel was headed by walter shenson, a veteran producer and member of the academy for 48 years. he made such comedies as
the mouse that roared
and
a hard day' s night .
when enjoying a film outside of the hollywood genre, i must avoid the trappings of comparison which will ultimately elevate my perception of the quality of the movie. once i was immersed in seventeen years, it was impossible not to come to the conclusion that hollywood is betraying the viewing public with mindless waste, poor actors and little or no texture to their films... .. the concepts of family angst, betrayal and bittersweet redemption are revealed through a wonderfully talented cast, playing out their roles with beautiful subtlety and believability. the story is heart wrenching yet encouraging as the guard (li bingbing) and her charge (lin liu) travel on a leave from prison to the home of her mother and step father, the father of her step sister whom she accidentally killed. the interaction between the two women (li / lin) is thoroughly heartfelt and you are unable to resist lin' s tragic character. this film should have been nominated for more individual recognitions but it was politically incorrect in it' s homeland china so as we all know, hollywood only rewards it' s own and seventeen years is an incredible treasure that many are not aware of outside the international community. i highly recommend and adore the vision of zhang yuan and this work of cinematic art. please see it and share this with those who love a quality movie .
a simple family drama that evolves into a moving study of immutable family ties ,
seventeen years
bounces helmer zhang yuan to the top ranks of chinese directors after a decade of mixed fortunes. beautifully played by a small cast in muted but naturalistic style, and shot through with small observations of contempo mainland life and social manners, the pic marginally recalls zhang' s debut feature ,
mama ,
in its simplicity but is also clearly the work of a director who' s finally hitting his stride as he approaches middle age .
hailee steinfeld is incredible in this film. i have watched this movie in cinemas and i liked it very much that now i got the dvd. highly recommended
is projecting a $ 170 million opening weekend for the live action fairytale, and the film is setting records around the world. at home, it’ll have the
are both aiming for that box office milestone. the last time we didn' t have a family film that earned at least $ 100 million in november was
it’s also worth noting that earlier thursday, the san diego state center for the study of women in television and film released its annual report on the state of the film industry and found that the percentage of women directing films in the domestic top 205 for box office actually dropped in 2016, down from 9 to only 7 percent. “it is remarkable that with all of the attention and talk over the last couple of years in the business and the film industry, the numbers actually declined, ” the center’s martha lauzen told variety. “clearly the current remedies aren’t working. ” like the movie nominations, the dga’s nominees for television direction, announced wednesday, included only one woman among the 11 directors cited in major categories .
seventeen years is reportedly the first feature to have shot scenes on location inside an actual chinese prison, something that would have been unthinkable in the people' s republic, say, 17 years ago. the evolving superpower? and the lives of its humblest citizens? is the undercurrent of seventeen years, a fact - based story of one thoughtless moment and the immense grief that follows. it' s the early 1980s and a too - familiar family squabble, this time over a paltry amount of missing money, leads teenager tao lan to strike her snobbish stepsister, accidentally killing the girl, her only sibling. in 1998, an adult tao lan, with a year left on her jail sentence, is released on a 48 - hour furlough for the new year. neither of her parents are waiting to greet her. the old apartment has been torn down, no forwarding address. a young female guard, also on leave for the holiday, takes tao lan with her to look for the shards of the shattered family and, if possible, attempt to put them together again. for tao lan, after spending half her life locked away, sexy billboards and jackets with
usa
on them hint at the new world she can barely grasp. but her mother and stepfather, have they changed as well? (in mandarin with english subtitles. )
following la la land are alien - invasion drama arrival and coming - of - age triptych moonlight, each nominated for eight awards apiece. making a return is mel gibson, whose hacksaw ridge earned six nods, including best director. the actor - turned - auteur has not directed a film in 10 years, since a 2006 arrest for a dui during which he was recorded making anti - semitic remarks .
reviewed at berlin film festival (competing), feb. 13, 2016. running time: 114 min. (original title: “quand on a 17 ans” )
the broward county film society was founded june 3, 1986 to introduce independent cinema to a south florida audience base of more than four and a half million people .
’ sunday morning estimate. our model has the film coming a little below that mark, at $ 165 million or so, which might mean it won’t quite top
it takes a certain high - wire daring to make a teen comedy in which the heroine acts like a holy terror, and “the edge of seventeen” all but invites you to gaze at nadine and think of her as, you know, the b - word. except for one important qualifier: deep down, she’s not really out to wound people — she’s trying, almost compulsively, to push them away. ever since her big - screen debut in 2010, playing mattie ross in “true grit, ” hailee steinfeld has gathered confidence as a performer, and “the edge of seventeen” is her breakthrough. she’s a fantastic actress, with a sharpness and verve that belies the catlike softness of her features. she’s like the young elizabeth taylor, with playful flexing eyebrows that italicize her every thought. even when she’s just tossing off lines, steinfeld makes nadine a hellion you can’t tear yourself away from. she isn’t just the star of “the edge of seventeen” — she’s its center of gravity .
a graduate of usc film school, janice is now a professor at academy of art university, san francisco, where she teaches documentary film. a longtime resident of los angeles, california, she enjoys her tenure as vice - president of the barnsdall art park foundation and living in the los feliz area with her wife and three dogs .
after over 50 years in the acting industry, and a decade of unprecedented success delivering outstanding part - time performing arts tuition at her weekend academies across the country, pauline quirke returns to her roots to create even more opportunities for young performers in north london .
a mild surprise was the warm reception given woody allen' s
bullets over broadway ,
produced by miramax. the film, which some critics considered mr. allen' s best comedy in years, received seven nominations, including two for supporting actress to dianne wiest and jennifer tilly. others who received supporting actress nominations were rosemary harris in
tom and viv
and helen mirren in
the madness of king george .
the california - shot projects spent approximately $ 99. 5 million in filming and received $ 12. 4 million in tax credits thanks to the california film & television tax credit program, which was meant to lure more big - budget tentpoles to shoot in the state. film incentives are the primary reason, the study finds, that productions are flocking to georgia .
big productions like the sci - fi movie passengers, dystopic ya adaptation the 5th wave and the franchise film allegiant filmed primarily in georgia, while marvel movies such as captain america: civil war filmed at pinewood studios in atlanta. the state spent $ 606 million to fund the tax credits, but $ 2. 02 billion was spent on film and television production .
in 1993 the festival’s student film competition went national. students from yale, usc, north carolina, nyu, ucla, florida state univ. and columbia won awards. an art on film documentary series was added to the program list as was an academy award documentary series. guests included ashley judd, elisabeth shue, and roger corman received the lifetime achievement award .
an innocent teengage act turned into unexpected tragedy for tao yuan and she was imprisoned. seventeen years later she was granted an unexpected furlough on the chinese new year eve to visit her parents. the world outside prison had changed so much in the passage of time, and so had her parents. what would it be like for her to go home? the story - telling was direct and movie production was straight forward, there were neither widely known actors / actresses nor millions of dollar budget thrown into it, yet the result provides 85 minutes of unforgettable movie viewing experience. the movie is engrossing and wonderfully charged with moving emotions .
i’m 23 and i still love high school movies! however, i’ve kind of found myself grown out of a lot of them nowadays. well, until this. i kinda just watched this because i was so bored, i have prime and was finding a film to watch. i just thought i would play this and ultimately i was hooked. it’s actually such a good film! it made me cry. because it is relatable in a lot of ways. it’s a great film for teenagers and for anyone really. . i really enjoyed it .
“i’m so glad that 17 years ago a geeky boy and an awkward girl managed to find each other against all odds, from 2, 700 miles away, and start down a road that led us here today, ” said ms. champion, her voice beginning to crack .
to the surprise of absolutely no one ,
forrest gump ,
the hugely successful paramount film about a simpleton' s journey over 40 years, was the big winner today when the 67th annual academy awards nominations were announced. the movie received 13 nominations, just one shy of the record set by
all about eve
in 1950. they included best picture, director (robert zemeckis), actor (tom hanks) and supporting actor (gary sinise) .
this is the first starring role for the beautiful li bingbing of china. a story of despair, hope, and redemption. li bingbing in subsequent years has become a fashion magazine icon, but american movie fans may know her from snow flower and the secret fan. highly recommended .
is the latest feature film by chinese director zhang yuan. the screenplay was co - written by zhang' s wife - ning dai, with yu hua and zhu wen. also known as
and producer duncan kenworthy were brought together by working title to make a film – a mid - budget comedy to be directed by mike newell, something about weddings, strong on morning suits, one - liners, obscenity – curtis made a suggestion. he told kenworthy: keep bits. put aside what mementos you can, in case our film should be worth looking back on .
a simple family drama that evolves into a moving study of immutable family ties, “seventeen years” bounces helmer zhang yuan to the top ranks of chinese directors after a decade of mixed fortunes. beautifully played by a small cast in muted but naturalistic style, and shot through with small observations of contempo mainland life and social manners, the pic marginally recalls zhang’s debut feature, “mama, ” in its simplicity but is also clearly the work of a director who’s finally hitting his stride as he approaches middle age. with kudos upon its venice launch, this could rack up considerable sales as a quality niche item. down - the - line tv sales look like a given .
“i was so nervous, i thought i would die, ” she said. “after all those years, what if something about our friendship and banter and chemistry was different in real life? what if it was awkward, or we hated each other? what if he smelled bad? ”
“for years, all i got when we made corny jokes was the sound of her laughing or two letters alternating back and forth, some variation of ha - ha, ” he said. “i found out that i really loved her smile. part of me always knew i would. ”
number one... it' s beautiful. i loved the film, the characters, the way it was shot and the script. everything abut it. number two... i found it scarily easy to identify with nadine. number three... the ending was absolutely lovely. number four. i wish they made films like this for boys... even more, i wish they' d made them when i was seventeen but never mind. number five. i loved this film so much that every time my wife interrupted, i went back to the start and started watching again. so after watching it, more or less, five times, i can say firmly, this is one of my favourite films of the genre .
in prison, did you have any strong relationships? well, i was dating somebody in prison. the first week that i was arrested, seventeen years ago, i met somebody — it was also his first time being arrested and he was arrested with me. we went through the whole reception process together. they give you an iq test when you come to prison, but they won’t tell you what the score is. some people say it’s to place you for a job in prison, but others say, “answer all the questions wrong because if they think you’re too smart, they’ll think that you’re an escape risk and they’ll put you in a higher classification. ”
is also a film about repression - personal (sexual), and societal. in both of these films, allegory functions not so much as a theoretical consideration, but as a strategic necessity .
the majestically warped, tragic romance that is
cruel intentions
came out 15 years ago today, march 5. based on the french novel
les liaisons dangereuses
by pierre choderlos de laclos, the twisted tale became a hit among all those who would later dvr
gossip girl .
and many others. i also co - authored and illustrated three children / young adult novels. during all these years, i’d been thinking of finding a way to get back to the medium i had started with…animation. and the short form seemed to be the most natural way to re - enter. so, finally, after finding the right story and coming up with a cool visual style of telling it, i picked up the courage and took the plunge, not quite knowing what i was getting intoj and, here i am three years later with the finished short and no regrets .
earlier in the year, the film society produced around the world in 80 nights, during which we celebrated 80 different countries on 80 separate evenings, with music, food, fashion and film from the selected countries. the screenings were free of charge, and fliff partnered with groups whose roots sprung from the selected countries to provide the food at a modest charge, which benefited the partners exclusively .
for the lowly protagonist, david mann, spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
nationally, filming in the u. s. is also trending downwards with 57 percent of the top 100 films being primarily shot in the country. that is the lowest percentage share in the last four years, with u. s. production share from 2013 to 2015 ranging from 63 to 67 percent .
was thus transnationally produced - supported by the montecinemaverita foundation (switzerland), the swiss agency for development and co - operation, the united colors of benetton (italy), radiotelevisione italiana, and cinerent (beijing) ltd. it is a co - production of keetman ltd and xi' an film studio (china) and fabrica (italy), in association with ocean film co (hong kong) .
while california finished fourth in the number of feature film productions, the state still reigns as the world' s top hub for production with over $ 30 billion in production spending, thanks largely to television .
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, which the studio is hoping will be the start of a new franchise. the box office tracking for the film looks good, even if the reviews do not. the counter - programing this week is
east palace, west palace (1997) was zhang' s fifth feature, and the fourth in a row not to be seen in china. zhang featured on the film bureau' s notorious blacklist in 1994, where he was one of six film and video directors who were' not to be financed, supplied with equipment or services or in any other way supported by companies or individuals'. [ 3 ]
will have a better opening. as such, it is the target film for this week' s box office prediction contest. in order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for
i went through that for eight, nine, ten years. at one point, there was even a two - year stretch of sobriety, but it was never long enough for my brain to become rewired back to the way it was before i started using drugs. it wasn’t really until i was off for four years that my brain really started to get wired again. but you asked about the solitary. any time your urine tests positive, they give you another year of solitary confinement. if you’re in a drug program, they kick you out. and then when you’re in solitary confinement, all the more reason to use drugs !
“the edge of seventeen” is often a kick, especially when nadine gets together with her classmate erwin (hayden szeto), a slyly chivalrous korean - american animator she reduces, at moments, to a quizzical stutter; the two of them match right up. she also throws herself at nick (alexander calvert), a dreamboat she promises, in a spontaneous text message from hell, to sleep with — though by the time they get together, she has figured how to flip even the object of her affection into a figure of resentment. it’s at this point we realize she’s just going to keep sinking lower and lower, until she hits bottom. yet the way “the edge of seventeen” works, nadine’s descent isn’t a downer. it’s darkly hilarious and even necessary. she just has to break through to the other side of it .
moonlight and manchester by the sea debuted on the festival circuit as critical darlings earlier this year, and are making a splash at the specialty box office, much like boyhood did. damien chazelle’s la la land, which won the tiff people’s choice award (a key best picture precursor), is poised to follow in the footsteps of birdman, however, as a bigger - budget spectacle centered on characters in the entertainment world — the kind of film that has fared better with academy voters (the artist, argo) in recent years .
jim hemphill is the writer and director of the award - winning film the trouble with the truth, which is currently available on dvd, itunes, and amazon prime. his website is www. jimhemphillfilms. com .
at the box office, there’s been a lot of talk recently about how much actors and actresses are really worth to a film. the poor performance of these films hasn’t come as a huge surprise to followers of the
amber howell has produced, directed, and written numerous documentaries, non - fiction specials, television and film projects, web and experiential content for over seventeen years. she has helped create programming for networks such as cbs, pbs, discovery, and own. she developed a documentary based on the best - selling book on gold mountain with author lisa see for pbs, a five - part fiction series ghost tales for a & e, as well as several independent scripts. she was a producer on craft in america, the peabody award - winning, emmy - nominated documentary series about artists for pbs, and an installment for american masters entitled carol burnett: a woman of character, which was awarded a silver telly, and extraordinary moms for own, hosted by julia roberts, and included hillary clinton and christiane amanpour. since 2010 she has been producing and writing a series of films, what we carry, about holocaust survivors. designed for schools, this interactive project address’ the issue of what happens when there are no longer survivors alive to share their stories in person. in addition to raise hell, she is currently in post - production on her eighth film for that series.
seventeen years ( simplified chinese : 过年回家 ; traditional chinese : 過年回家 ; pinyin : guò nián huí jiā ; literally : " new year homecoming " ) is a 1999 chinese film directed by zhang yuan and starring li bingbing in her feature film debut . seventeen years was screened at several international film festivals where it garnered numerous accolades , including the director 's award at the 56th venice film festival . the film is co-produced by keetman limited ( china ) and fabrica ( italy ) , as presented by keetman and the xi'an film studio . it premiered concurrently with zhang yuan 's documentary feature , crazy english in the 1999 locarno international film festival . seventeen years is seen , at least by some critics , as zhang yuan 's move away from his " bad boy " image , an image that was cultivated after run-ins with chinese authorities with his previous films , beijing bastards , and the homosexual-themed east palace , west palace . in contrast , seventeen years ( and crazy english ) was produced under the aegis of the chinese bureaucracy , though some editing of the film was required before it could be released . 
seventeen years (simplified chinese: 过年回家; traditional chinese: 過年回家; pinyin: guò nián huí jiā; literally: " new year homecoming ") is a 1999 chinese film directed by zhang yuan and starring li bingbing in her feature film debut. seventeen years was screened at several international film festivals where it garnered numerous accolades, including the director's award at the 56th venice film festival. the film is co-produced by keetman limited (china) and fabrica (italy), as presented by keetman and the xi'an film studio. it premiered concurrently with zhang yuan's documentary feature, crazy english in the 1999 locarno international film festival. seventeen years is seen, at least by some critics, as zhang yuan's move away from his " bad boy " image, an image that was cultivated after run-ins with chinese authorities with his previous films, beijing bastards, and the homosexual-themed east palace, west palace. in contrast, seventeen years (and crazy english) was produced under the aegis of the chinese bureaucracy, though some editing of the film was required before it could be released.
seventeen years (simplified chinese: 过年回家; traditional chinese: 過年回家; pinyin: guò nián huí jiā; literally: " new year homecoming ") is a 1999 chinese film directed by zhang yuan and starring li bingbing in her feature film debut. seventeen years was screened at several international film festivals where it garnered numerous accolades, including the director's award at the 56th venice film festival. the film is co-produced by keetman limited (china) and fabrica (italy), as presented by keetman and the xi'an film studio. it premiered concurrently with zhang yuan's documentary feature, crazy english in the 1999 locarno international film festival. seventeen years is seen, at least by some critics, as zhang yuan's move away from his " bad boy " image, an image that was cultivated after run-ins with chinese authorities with his previous films, beijing bastards, and the homosexual-themed east palace, west palace. in contrast, seventeen years (and crazy english) was produced under the aegis of the chinese bureaucracy, though some editing of the film was required before it could be released.