My theory is that the entire
early section of the film is another dream by Pullman.
Not exact matches
PLATFORM This
section of 12
films, which tends to focus on directors in
early stages
of their careers, is actually juried (though TIFF isn't known for awards really outside
of «People's Choice» which tends to have a strong correlation to eventual Best Picture nominations at the Oscars).
Earlier in the weekend a Sundance programmer introduced a
film in the festival's Next
section by saying, «It is the best
section of the festival where we show the coolest movies.»
About two - thirds
of the new scenes were presented in the deleted scenes
section of the
earlier edition
of this
film: «Battle Aftermath,» «Looking for Strength,» «Dye Market,» «Meeting at Gracchus» House,» «Father and Son,» «The Execution,» «Spies Close In,» «Another Enemy,» and «Fighting with Fire.»
The
film's at its best in the
early sections, filling out the details
of the world with nice little character moments for Mildred Dunnock as the school teacher who doesn't get the principal job, Russ Tamblyn as the sensitive shy boy next door and Diane Varsi as the main character, a girl smart enough to see the hypocrisy around her and want to get out
of town as fast as she possibly can.
The
film premiered in the Midnight
section at the Sundance
Film Festival
earlier this year, and is described as a «gritty, grisly homage to the glory days
of grindhouse cinema.»
The introspective, soft - spoken actor will be interviewed in an onstage Q&A at A Tribute to Viggo Mortensen on Saturday, June 11 at the Egyptian, followed by a screening
of his latest
film Captain Fantastic, which premiered at Sundance
earlier this year and was just honored with the Best Director prize for writer / director Matt Ross from the Un Certain Regard
section of Cannes.
Jonathan Rosenbaum In the late Nineties and
early Aughts, the Chicago Reader
film section was a major hub
of cinephilia's online landscape.
Returning to the more straightforward presentation
of the last
section, «
Early Tests» (5:27) presents animation done near the beginning
of the
film's production to establish lighting and the look and movement
of the characters.
Marvel
films now deliver on what seems like an absolute obligation to integrate multiple characters from other storylines into one
film, and the additions
of Ruffalo's Hulk, along with Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange in the
early section, are welcome ones.
Using high - quality
film stills and boxed
sections focusing on major themes and personalities, Lace takes the reader through the
early blackface actors, the servant roles so prevalent in Depression - era cinema, the broadened awareness
of African Americans following WWII, the blaxploitation
films of the 1960s, and the impact
of Spike Lee's 1989
film, Do the Right Thing.
A
section of the exhibition will present a selection
of experimental
films and videos realized with
early computer technology.