And this one is targeted straight
at cinephiles.
If there's one film you need to see to stay relevant
at a cinephiles dinner party, this is it.
Not exact matches
At the age of 12, filmmaker Gordon von Steiner, was already a fully - fledged
cinephile, compulsively watching the works of Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen and David Lynch.
It wasn't long after her 1998 graduation that the aspiring actress made her feature debut in the 2000 drama Our Song, with nominations for the film
at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance Film Festival serving to increase her exposure among
cinephiles, even if the film did go largely unseen by the masses.
Fans of Cooper's previous work will want to give this one a look
at some point, as will those
cinephiles interested in seeing what this film has to add to the larger trend of revisionist westerns released over the past decade.
The trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's eighth feature - length film dropped less than 30 minutes ago and
cinephiles are already frothing
at the mouth.
Tarantino - loving
cinephiles won't be enthused, but if the film's success
at the box office is any indication, most moviegoers in the United States long for a forgotten era when Hollywood films were handsomely made, competently performed, and politically correct.
That's definitely who this movie is aimed
at, although the pedigree of director Juan José Campanella, who also did the Academy Award winner The Secret In Their Eyes, might draw in a few curious
cinephiles as well.
Save for Lansbury's Oscar - nominated performance, the acting isn't that great either, but in spite of its flaws, «The Manchurian Candidate» is a well - made thriller that every
cinephile should see
at least once.
Cinephiles will be pleased to know that Roberto Rosellini's recently discovered «The Machine That Kills Bad People,» which premiered
at Cannes last year, will make its American landing in Brooklyn.
We here
at the SDFCS are touched and honored to receive this «Thank You» signed by all of the aspiring filmmakers and
cinephiles.
She is known by
cinephiles in the U.S. particularly for her role in Jorge Amando's «Dona Flor and her Two Husbands» in 1976
at the age of twenty - six.
Wright had invited producer Steve Golin, which was enough to satisfy the die - hard
cinephiles in the audience who knew him as the architect of Anonymous Content and Propaganda Films, but even without that, he charmed everyone with stories of Lynch's good luck rituals before a film like checking license plates in a parking lot for his initials and how he had a lunch meeting with Lynch where moments after he said he wanted Nicolas Cage for the part of bad boy Sailor Ripley, Cage walked into the restaurant they were eating
at.
The month - long deal, offered by the
cinephiles over
at...
Because of the sheer volume and diversity of the programming, «celebrity» takes on multiple meanings: While pedestrians clog the sidewalks of King Street, hoping to catch even the briefest red - carpet glimpse of Tom Hardy or Jennifer Garner, it's also not uncommon to find
cinephiles gaping in hushed awe
at the passing appearance of a favorite auteur.
Then for our middle segment, we look
at the results of the US election and ask the least - existentially terrifying question many
cinephiles have been asking themselves this past weeks: what does film do now?
Cinephiles and historians should be thankful that these films are still in viewable condition
at all, let alone the pristine presentations found in the Criterion's miraculous Blu - ray restorations.
Emma Forrest: I didn't mention this
at the premiere, but I've been thinking how my parents were
cinephiles and raised us to be the same.
One of the films that didn't blow us away
at Sundance, but offered a solid film full of jokes made just for
cinephiles, was In a World... The film directed by actress Lake Bell follows a young female voice coach (Bell) as she joins the all - male race to land the white - hot new trailer of a blockbuster trilogy, and with it lay claim to the legendary trailer catchphrase «In a world...» She faces stuffy, douchebag competition in Ken Marino and even her own father (Fred Melamed), a legendary voice - over artist who can't bring himself to recognize his daughter's talent.
If I recall correctly, the movie was a major divider of
cinephiles and casual movie - goes alike when it screened
at last years edition of TIFF.
Every year,
cinephiles wake up early to catch the announcement direct from France of the films playing
at the Cannes Film Festival.
In terms of much - anticipated reunions, the re-teaming of Julianne Moore, Todd Haynes, and producer Christine Vachon should be
at the very top of every
cinephile's wish list.
Before the films of Kenji Mizoguchi or Jean Renoir, Preminger or Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray or Satyajit Ray — or, indeed, Bertolucci —
cinephiles rightly gasp
at the expressive eloquence and power of that three - point relation of camera - actor - environment as it clicks into place with precision.
Richard Linklater is known to
cinephiles for his look
at generational rites as in «Suburbia,» wherein teens support each other in their advance to adulthood.
As many
cinephiles predicted, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri dominated
at the Baftas, taking home five awards, including the night's two most prestigious awards: Best Film and Outstanding British Film.
At the press screening I attended, the
cinephiles in the room did the next best thing: they stayed pinned to their seats as the final credits rolled.
The Telluride Film Festival, an event highly regarded amonst
cinephiles, has today announced their program selections for their 44th edition and the fantastic news is that the US premiere of Loving Vincent will take place
at the festival!
Only obsessed
cinephiles would instantly identify that track with Werner Herzog thanks to its unforgettable use
at the end of the masterpiece «Stroszek» (and «Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans» if memory serves).
A must - see for
cinephiles, this absorbing doc provides a behind - the - scenes look
at the first 21 years of Linklater's prolific career.
«Two Days, One Night» was nominated in the Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or and won the Grand Prix
at the International
Cinephile Society Awards.
I've often bristled
at the notion that movie buffs and
cinephiles are elitist snobs.
Notwithstanding the recent interest,
at least among the
cinephile set, in such films as this year's Cannes Grand Prix winner Old Boy (Park Chan - wook, 2003), and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Kim Ki - duk, 2003), Korean cinema remains an unknown quantity to most filmgoers.
This is the day many diehard
cinephiles have been waiting for, to find out what's showing up this year, so take a look
at the selection in full below.
Every year, as we head into spring, the Cannes Film Festival unveils it's lineup as
cinephiles around the world wait anxiously to find out what films will be premiering
at the prestigious festival.
Sure, Ana Lily Amirpour wears a Jodorowsky tee and alludes to her myriad of influences, but she's also the mastermind behind «A Girl Walks Home Alone
at Night,» the highly original Persian vampire western that's been wracking in acclaim from critics and
cinephiles since premiering
at Sundance earlier this year.
Flipping through these
at a Tower Video one afternoon, a waggish
cinephile pal of mine noted.
Films like Call Me By Your Name, The Post, and Phantom Thread are still making their way to non-coastal markets, expanding
at what feels like a glacial pace for impatient
cinephiles.
The
cinephile in me wants to roll my eyes
at how pristinely inoffensive Hooper's film is, but the empathetic queer in me kind of wants to let it slide just this once.
As a result, there is a significant likelihood that some
cinephiles might not make it to the big reveal
at the end unless they force themselves to persevere through the film.
(That movie wore its
cinephile heart on its sleeve by depicting a wild L.A. hipster party
at which Godard's Alphaville is projected on the side of a house.)
I don't think it's wrong
at all to see Antonioni's career - defining trilogy out of its intended order I do feel, however, that this particular moment in film history needs to be seen by any self - respecting
cinephile, so jump in wherever you can.
If there was a constant,
at least for
cinephiles, it lay with the movies.
But while many of us don't need to know who's who and why, the film pitches itself as potentially being most satisfying to an audience who know everything: you or I,
cinephile reader of Film Comment, might enjoy this film quite a lot, but imagine how much more we'd enjoy it if we were the ideal viewer it presupposes, who can spot specific winks
at iconic moments in Captain America # 332 or Avengers # 123.
Blind Beast Amer Faust Let Me In Cloverfield (underrated in the
cinephile community, btw) The Housemaid (original) Picnic
at Hanging Rock Images Black Swan (yep, I'm going to argue in favor of that one)
Focus Features announced
at their CinemaCon presentation that the new film from the director of Boogie Night and The Master will arrive on December 25 this year (via Jeff Sneider), just in time for you
cinephiles to escape from your family's house to see a movie that most of them probably won't appreciate the way you do.
LYON, France — Director Nicolas Winding Refn on Monday announced an ambitious new online project
at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon that will showcase restored films and other content with the aim of inspiring a new generation of
cinephiles.
The group began as a small band of
cinephiles eager to see classic, independent, and art - house features not readily available
at video stores or the local multiplex, with Linklater renting prints and arranging screenings across the city.
But that had a lot to do with its arrival
at a time when it seemed to validate ideas I and other
cinephiles had about French and American film culture.
With the release of Happy End and Happy Haneke - our gleefully unseasonal celebration of European master auteur Michael Haneke - coming up in cinemas and
at home, we've got a superb bundle of joy to give away to one lucky (and happy)
cinephile.
Get ready fellow globetrotters and
cinephiles, because the arrival of fall also means the beginning of movie season, with flicks shot
at some breathtaking locations around the world.