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Not exact matches
Her 1970 version of the Band's «The Night They
Drove Old Dixie Down» (her only Top 10 single) was recently
featured in the
film «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.»
Flaherty was
featured in a recent article
in The New York Times and
in a documentary
film on depression among medical professionals produced by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and she openly discussed a major depressive episode that eventually hospitalized her
in her 2004 best - selling book, The Midnight Disease: The
Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain.
To spotlight a few of those 7 percenters, BFF included
in its five - day run an all - female From the Director's Chair panel
featuring Oscar - nominated director Jennifer Yuh Nelson («Kung Fu Panda»), actor - filmmaker Maggie Kiley («Caught,» «We Own the Night»), documentary director Elisa Paloschi («
Driving Selvi»), and Meera Menon, director of the fest's opening
film «Equity,» the first female - centered Wall Street story (Anna Gunn stars opposite Alysia Reiner, Sarah Megan Thomas, and James Purefoy.)
The DVD has a short
feature on the making of the
film, which was created with off - the - shelf software as a sort of low - rent counterpart to the computer animation applied
in fellow nominees «Shrek» and «Monsters, Inc.» The disc also has two music videos, a dozen promotional TV spots, seven games playable on computer DVD - ROM
drives and full - screen and widescreen versions of the
film.
It
features a quartet of eerie vignettes involving four patients
in the care of psychiatrist Dr. Tremayne (Donald Pleasence), who is attempting to justify his strange theories to a colleague (Jack Hawkins, who died shortly after his scenes were
filmed) by explaining the horrific events that
drove the patients to their current state.
The music -
driven feature film combines a bold narrative and spectacular live - performance footage of one of the most popular and influential rock bands
in history to produce a bracing, raw andvisceral cinematic experience.
Often
featuring quiet men who commit savage acts while drifting through their respective worlds, his
films are as hyper - violent as they are hyper - stylish — from the Viking - era brutality of Valhalla Rising to Bronson's dark corners of the modern penal system to the postmodern urban underworlds
in Drive and Only God Forgives.
After
featuring Glass Candy track «Digital Versicolor»
in «Bronson,» Refn asked Jewel to write the music for his neon - drenched crime movie «
Drive,» but allegedly against the wishes of the director, the
film's backers replaced him with Cliff Martinez for the finished movie, although tracks by Chromantics and another side - project, Desire, are included
in the movie to great effect.
Yesterday
in Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con, the new company FilmDistrict presented a panel
featuring two
films: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and
Drive, the latter being the sort - of action movie that won Nicolas Winding Refn the Best Director award at Cannes this year.
Jewel's score is undoubtedly the
film's biggest redeeming
feature: a similar synth - pop DNA to «
Drive» and Jewel's other work is
in there, but it's more varied and unexpected, with rockabilly and industrial influences melded into something that sounds coherent, inventive and even catchy.
Goodman also discussed the process of starring
in such an action -
driven film that only
features three characters throughout the majority of the narrative, after starring
in movies that have
featured notable ensemble casts.
A throwback to the star -
driven cinema of the Fifties and a reflection of our own fanatical interest
in cults of personality, the
film features transparent performances (with the exception of Don Cheadle, each performer
in Ocean's Eleven is playing his - or herself), and the same kind of sadistic voyeurism that impels us to simultaneously deify and find fault with our favourite actors keeps our peepers glued to the screen as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, and Carl Reiner revolve around one another
in a loose heist intrigue intended to relieve Andy Garcia of both his millions and his girlfriend.
Refn skipped out on a formal
film education to make the hard - edged, mesmerizing 1996 crime drama Pusher, and he's been making
features steadily since, including two more loosely chained Pusher movies, the chillingly intimate crime biopic Bronson, and the superb
Drive and the strange Only God Forgives, both with Ryan Gosling
in the lead roles.
After bringing you a look at lead Aaron Paul preparing for his role
in a «
driving school» featurette yesterday, we've an official look at the
feature film adaptation of video game, NEED FOR SPEED
in another mini video.
Of the six
features on this set, all but Playtime make their respective American Blu - ray debuts and two appear on disc for the first time
in the U.S.. From his debut
feature Jour de Fête (1949) to the birth of both M. Hulot and the distinctive Tati directorial approach
in his brilliant and loving Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) through the sublime Playtime (1967) to his post-script
feature Parade (1974), this set presents the development of an artist who took comedy seriously and sculpted his
films like works of kinetic art
driven by eccentric engines of personality.
Scholars
in Europe began to embrace the term
in 1955, when Raymond Borde and Étienne Chaumeton,
in their book Panorama du
film noir américain, used it more broadly to describe the wave of American crime
films after World War II that, among many other attributes,
featured insulted, beaten heroes
driven by desperation to acts of violence.
The acting is another high point
in this
film,
featuring a great leading cast
in which Ryan Gosling impresses
in a great follow - up to «
Drive» and Clooney directs himself into his stock character that works perfectly with the script.
I am a Jersey boy, but currently reside right outside Philly so it's pretty unique to see a
film that
features several of the landmarks that I
drive past each and every day including Eagles Stadium, the Llanerch Diner, and the middle school that is right next to the high school
in Upper Darby, which my girlfriend works.
Among the other fiction
films to look for
in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary,
in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut
feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration
in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror
films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny,
driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.
The music -
driven feature film combines a bold narrative and spectacular live - performance footage of one of the most popular and influential rock bands
in history to produce a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience.
The
film that proves
in a surprising number of ways the wellspring for Ron Shelton's similarly - dated Bull Durham from two years later (but don't hold that
in its favour), it, like The Outsiders and Red Dawn, variously
features a
drive -
in / moviehouse (this one playing Slumber Party Massacre), rumbles, and noble death's bed vigils — and, like those flicks, Patrick Swayze
in a key role as the old guy crashing the party, serving as mentor / older brother / Oedipal goat.
Mathieu Amalric, Jodie Foster, James Franco and Guillaume Canet are among the actors - turned - directors who've had
films featured at the festival
in recent years, and it could be that their ranks are joined this time around by Ryan Gosling — the star, who
featured at the festival
in «
Drive» and «Only God Forgives,» has stepped behind the camera for odd fable «How To Catch A Monster,» and it could well be a dark horse to
feature somewhere
in the lineup.
You can picture yourself seeing these
films at a
drive -
in double
feature or maybe a Saturday matinee.
As it goes
in feature films, once the director is onboard — I mean, I am executive producer, as well, but Dee Rees really, really
drove a lot of the casting decisions.
Filming a low - budget, independent
film with a first - time
feature writer and director can be taunting for many actors, but filmmaker Brian Savelson effortlessly found the perfect cast to create a realistic, emotional, character -
driven movie with his new drama, «
In Our Nature.»
Blu - ray exclusives will be familiar to loyal Universal customers, beginning with three core U-Control
features: a Picture
in Picture option that includes cast and crew interviews, set footage, and pre-production art (like storyboards); the Bourne Dossier, which give access to high - tech superspy information technology (like pop - up Agent Status, Character Dossiers, Field Reports with «GPS - enhanced satellite views of the locations,» and other «top secret training material»); and Bourne Orientation, which jumps out of the
film to provide literal orientation (globally speaking) and figurative orientation: information about what's
driving Bourne at key junctures
in the story (answering that eternal actor's question: «What's my motivation?»).
Tessa Thompson and Lily James» Little Woods, from writer / director Nia DaCosta making her
feature film debut, premiered at the Tribeca
Film Festival over the weekend and
drove home the point that there's still some life left
in this dormant arena.
This
film may not be great enough to wonder why it didn't
feature in the award season discussion (and its Visual Effects nomination over the more effects -
driven Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Tron: Legacy is a real head - scratcher), but it still easily lands at the better end of modern cinema.
Blu - ray exclusives will be familiar to loyal Universal customers, beginning with three core U-Control
features: a Picture
in Picture option that includes cast and crew interviews, set footage, and pre-production art (like storyboards); the Blackbriar Files, which give access to high - tech superspy information technology (like pop - up Agent Status, Character Dossiers, Field Reports with «GPS - enhanced satellite views of the locations,» and «the technology behind the spy gadgets through visuals and 3D animations»); and Bourne Orientation, which jumps out of the
film to provide literal orientation (globally speaking) and figurative orientation: information about what's
driving Bourne at key junctures
in the story (answering that eternal actor's question: «What's my motivation?»).
A literature festival filled with authors, workshops, and round table discussions; comic book guests, publishers, and retailers; a
film festival,
featuring underground
films as well as the
drive -
in classic, Night of the Living Dead; entertainment that includes ice sculpting with power tools, dance, songs, and laughs.
THE GREASY STRANGLER USA — Dir: Jim Hosking The
feature debut of absurdist advertising genius / acclaimed short filmmaker Jim Hosking is the grossest father - son comedy you'll ever see and the weirdest serial killer
film on the planet, propelled by an
in - your - face
drive to baffle, nauseate, and antagonize with its bizarre brand of humor.
Writer - director Steven Knight's meticulously controlled
film also
features a premise which might sound like a gimmick: It takes place
in a single space
in real time during a
drive to London.
Early
in Isabel Coixet's latest
feature, Learning To
Drive, an exchange between the protagonists pokes ever - so - mildly at one of the
film's central issues.
Actor / Director Tim Robbins presents his second
feature film in this acutely humane and poignant character
driven drama Dead Man Walking.
Two childhood friends growing up
in poverty
in south Boston come under the influence of a local crime boss, only to strike out on their own when he is caught and imprisoned by the F.B.I. Despite the marketing that
features explosions and SWAT teams galore (neither of which actually appear
in the
film) What Doesn't Kill You is a character -
driven drama set
in the world of petty urban crime.
A gritty nighttime car chase
in the middle of a snow storm, and an old - fashioned shootout
featuring lots and lots of firepower are the
film's two greatest moments, but Singleton backs up his action -
driven storyline with an echoing theme of brotherhood.
But what jumped out at me after seeing 14 of the 28
feature length
films in the festival's main program (I admit, I saw a pair among them
in advance) was the strength and singularity of female -
driven stories.
And if you're curious about I, Olga Hepnarová, it's a
feature film about a real Czech woman who
in 1973
drove a truck into a group of innocent people
in Prague - you can watch the trailer here.
The bucolic riverside town is also
featured in the movie Chiang Khan, which is a love story about a young career -
driven actress and her
film - maker friend.
There is a car that now is
featured in the game called «Rhapsody,» and it looks a lot like the vehicle that Wayne
drives in the
film «Wayne's World.»
Cars 3:
Driven to Win feels just like its movie equivalent; it includes over 22 player characters unique to its cast and
features similar cinematics that you'd find
in the
film.
The exhibition is complemeted by a side program such as a
drive -
in cinema that offers a program of
feature film fitting the automotive theme including Bullit, Duel, Lost Highway, and Traffic.
At the beginning of the 1980s, Welch created two
film and sculpture installations,
Drive -
In, shown at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, in 1980 and Drive - In: Second Feature shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 198
In, shown at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York,
in 1980 and Drive - In: Second Feature shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 198
in 1980 and
Drive -
In: Second Feature shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 198
In: Second
Feature shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art
in 198
in 1982.
To the theme tune of an external hard
drive processing fast — now pacing itself — now rushing at breakneck speed — the group of seventeen paintings, produced between 2000 and 2011, each beautifully reproduced
in the well - designed catalogue —
featuring a sharp,
in - depth and elegantly - written essay by Goldsmiths» Gilda Williams — reflect the inner workings of a human brain constantly adjusting itself, adapting to each nuance of the ever - expanding, digital world while simultaneously filing, absorbing and recording the less serious, more random aspects — graffiti, toys, comic books, cartoon
films — of modern times.
The latest evidence has come
in the last few days, with the release of «Before the Flood,» a sobering new climate
film (watchable
in full online)
featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, and the second season of «Years of Living Dangerously,» a series of celebrity - guided, but substantive, pieces on human -
driven climate change and the clean - energy challenge.