This year will see three of South Korea's most commercially successful and critically
acclaimed directors present their English language debuts.
Not exact matches
Sean Rom talks to
director Tran Anh Hung about his filmmaking process, adapting Murakami's
acclaimed novel Norwegian Wood to screen and
presenting sensuality on film.
Richard Linklater,
director of the critically
acclaimed Boyhood, will be spending the evening of Thursday, September 4th with TCM's Robert Osborne to
present and discuss three of his favorite films: Some Came Running, Asphalt Jungle, and Fanny and Alexander.
An extensive selection of work from across the world is
presented including the World Premieres of William English's HEATED GLOVES and THE HOST, in which
director Miranda Pennell delves deeper into her past and her late parents» involvement with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (BP); Ben Rivers» THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS, the feature element of Ben's current Artangel installation at BBC White City; EVENT FOR A STAGE by Tacita Dean, a filmed presentation of her live theatrical happening in collaboration with actor Stephen Dillane at the 2014 Sydney Biennial; the European Premiere of Omer Fast's REMAINDER, a London - set thriller adapted from Tom McCarthy's
acclaimed novel of the same name; the European Premiere of INVENTION which highlights the possibilities of camera movement and the development of artistic apparatus and Kevin Jerome Everson's PARK LANES, set in an American bowling alley over the course of a day.
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Besides «Marshall»
director Hudlin, stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Sterling K. Brown and producer Paula Wagner, high - profile guests expected at various screenings and events during the festival include Patrick Stewart (subject of an Oct. 25 career retrospective tribute and a conversation with yours truly); Vanessa Redgrave (Oct. 16,
presenting her documentary «Sea Sorrow» and represented elsewhere in the festival by a revival screening of «Blow - Up»); Alfre Woodard (subject of an Oct. 21 career retrospective tribute); Michael Shannon (Chicago's own, as the locals like to call him, representing «The Shape of Water» on Oct. 26); Tracy Letts (Chicago's own, as the locals also like to call him, participating Oct. 18 on behalf of Greta Gerwig's
acclaimed directorial debut «Lady Bird»); Michael Stuhlbarg (arriving Oct. 25; he gives a beautiful supporting turn in the coming - of - age drama «Call Me by Your Name»); Jon Lovitz (part of the Chicago - sprung comedy «Chasing the Blues,» appearing Oct. 14); and, in an Oct. 23 addition announced after the program went to press, Bill Pullman (getting good notices for the western «The Ballad of Lefty Brown»).
Actor Jason Segel and
Director James Ponsoldt talked End Of The Tour, their
acclaimed movie about the Rolling Stone magazine interview of author David Foster Wallace when they came to participate in Deadline's big awards season event, The Contenders
Presented By Deadline which took place last month in front a packed audience of AMPAS and key guild members at the DGA.
Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producers Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)
present LIFE ITSELF, a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world - renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert — a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent.
The final film of
acclaimed Polish
director Andrzej Wajda's near 70 - year career
presents a warts - and - all portrait of revolutionary avant - garde painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski.
The Festival also
presented tributes to
director Catherine Hardwicke, with a screening of her latest film Miss You Already;
acclaimed actor Sir Ian McKellen; and Oscar ® - winning documentarian Marcel Ophuls, with autobiographical film Ain't Misbehavin».
French - Canadian
director Denis Villeneuve (Maëlstrom, Polytechnique) miraculously found a cinematic way of
presenting Wajdi Mouawad's critically
acclaimed play Scorched, and crafted a beautifully visual, heartbreaking experience.
The provocative new film (formerly PROJECT LAZARUS) from
acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil (screenwriter of THE SEA INSIDE, VANILLA SKY,
director of NOBODY KNOWS ANYBODY, BLACKTHORN)
presents a modern spin on FRANKENSTEIN, where the emphasis rests on the emotional and psychological ramifications of reanimating the dead.
Additional celebrities at SIFF this year included Academy Award - winning
director Morgan Neville with his documentary The Music of Strangers: Yo - Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; award - winning writer and
director James Schamus of Indignation; award - winning cinematographer Kirsten Johnson with her directorial debut Cameraperson;
acclaimed actor Clea DuVall with her directorial debut The Intervention;
directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller, producer Kathryn Tucker, and actor Paul Sparks of All the Birds Have Flown South; actor Craig Robinson in Morris From America;
director Jonathan Parker, producers Catherine di Napoli and Deborah Parker, and actor Eric McCormack with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia,
director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of
Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland, as well as
director Conor Horgan;
director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man;
director James Redford with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and
director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn;
director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston,
director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman,
director of Eternal Summer; Ti West,
director of In A Valley of Violence;
director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated;
director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles;
director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne,
director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse,
director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge,
director of The Pistol Shrimps.
Prior to that, she served as executive
director of the New York City Algebra Project, the local site of the
acclaimed national math reform program, also
present in Baltimore.
The Chinati Foundation, Lannan Foundation, and Ballroom Marfa are pleased to
present a week - long program celebrating the work of
acclaimed theater
director André Gregory, featuring open rehearsal performances of Endgame by Samuel Beckett and other special events and film screenings.
Acclaimed American
director, Robert Wilson,
presents The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic in a new interpretation of the artist's life and work.
Celebrity stylist Kate Young
presented Laura Kim (B.F.A. Fashion Design» 04) and Fernando Garcia, co-creative
directors of Monse and Oscar de la Renta, with the Pratt Fashion Visionary Award for their incredible success in founding a critically
acclaimed fashion label and securing positions at the head of one of the fashion industry's most prestigious fashion houses.
Victoire de Castellane, creative
director of Dior Joaillerie and one of the most
acclaimed jewelry designers worldwide,
presents her very first exhibition in New York, titled «Precious objects», at Gagosian gallery.
During Golden's tenure as Chief Curator (2000 to
present) and
Director (2005 to
present) the Studio Museum has gained international
acclaim for its pioneering exhibitions by art by artists of African descent and role as a cultural anchor in the Harlem community.
Opening: «Open Plan: Steve McQueen» at the Whitney Museum of American Art The final segment in a five - part series of alternating Whitney exhibitions on the massive fifth floor titled «Open Plan,» this show
presents a six - hour video and a new sculpture by British artist Steve McQueen, the 1999 Turner Prize winner who's best known as the
acclaimed director of the feature film 12 Years a Slave.