Sentences with phrase «film about a journalist»

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The film alleges that the COS was only declared tax - exempt by the IRS after it waged a decades - long campaign against the agency, which included filing dozens of lawsuits against both the organization and individual IRS workers, and hiring private investors and fake journalists to dig up incriminating information about individual IRS workers.

However, given the potential for a so - called «Oscar bump,» the film about the Boston journalists who uncovered a Catholic Church sex abuse scandal could see an increase in ticket sales following Sunday night's win.

Journalism is a quest for truth and, up to this point, few film journalists have had the courage to ask Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón the most important question about his...

Heffner, himself a historian, finds JFK filled with «not - quite - provable speculations about the end of Camelot,» but he is intrigued by the angry response to the film on the part of print media and television journalists.

So when The Hunger Games or Wonder Woman or Black Panther becomes an enormous hit, everybody is utterly shocked (except for those of us who've been clamoring for those films since childhood), and the entertainment journalists write articles about this surprising new development, and explain why it may never happen again.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moabout women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moabout women in the movies.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Hunting Party (Unrated) Fact - based drama about the return to Bosnia of three journalists (Richard Gere, Terrence Howard and Jesse Eisenberg) five years after the ethnic cleansing to track down the most wanted war criminal (Ljubomir Kerekes) still at - large.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Bordertown (R for sexuality, nudity, profanity, and violence, including a brutal rape) Jennifer Lopez stars in this fact - based thriller about an American journalist who goes undercover to investigate the murders of hundreds of women near U.S. - owned factories located in a Mexican town just across the border.

Stewart decision to make a drama about the imprisonment of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari — who fielded questions alongside him, as did the Mexican actor who plays him, Gael Garcia Bernal — was instigated when an appearance Bahari made in a filmed comedy sketch on «The Daily Show» was used against him when the Islamic regime accused him of being a traitor and American secret agent.

My mom is a journalist and I couldn't speak to her about this film, which is sort of sad.

During his visit, we went to the premiere of the movie and spoke to some of Mexico's key journalists about the film's local impact and how its altered their perspective on the complexity of citizen's taking matters into their own hands.

But more than just a 90 minute visual buffet, the film shows what it's like to be a journalist at the top of your game, doing something that you love, and that makes a major difference in the lives of those you write about.

And while the film is sort of about this war of ideas, propaganda, information from these citizen journalists and ISIS» slick propaganda, it's also a story of immigrants, an exodus story, of Man's understanding, coming to terms, and dealing with the cumulative effects of trauma... also, rising nationalism both in Germany and around the world.

Frequently, race - issue films act as if black victims of racism don't matter at all; Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom (1987), about South African leader Stephen Biko, is focused almost entirely on Kevin Kline's fleeing journalist.

The film follows journalist Robert Torres (Dougray Scott) who is writing a book about Josemaría Escrivá and his possible canonization.

Arts journalist and broadcaster Richard Watts guest hosts this episode of Hyphenates, talking about the films of December 2014, comparing notes on the best films of the year, and looking at the films and career of indie filmmaker and key figure in the New Queer Cinema movement, Gregg Araki.

Founded in 2006, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is a nonprofit organization of professional women film reviewers and journalists who write Journalists is a nonprofit organization of professional women film reviewers and journalists who write journalists who write about film.

The project began when author, journalist, television veteran, and filmmaker David Stenn was working on a book about star Jean Harlow, who died mysteriously at 26, and stumbled upon the story of Patricia Douglas, a Douglas with a much more tragic relationship to the film industry than Last Vegas star Michael.

It revolves around a real life interview Hervé did with a British journalist in 1993 just days before he committed suicide, which the journalist (who is played Fifty Shades of Grey's Jamie Dornan in the film) «very much saw... as his sort of suicide note almost, and he was very keen to explain to people about Hervé's life».

When I wrote him a letter about why he should do this movie, I did talk about how we've come a long way from that time and I think [Redford] playing another journalist in this period of time carries extra added baggage for the film.

The LA Times journalist who wrote the piece, Amy Kaufman, posted on Twitter the actress's full comments about Doctor Strange and her interest in the growing number of comic book characters and series being developed into film — and one particular DC series in particular.

The film is about a struggling New York based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career.

A training program on film criticism directed at writers, critics, bloggers, journalists and filmmakers who share an interest at writing critical reviews about films.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg directs this animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden treasure.

because chiefly I am a journalist and it's a film about what we do.

Talking points from Rep. Joe Courtney about historical voting records and Glenn Greenwald's vendetta against the depiction of torture in Zero Dark Thirty drastically altered the word surrounding both films and film journalists picked up on it.

Then, CJ and Christopher talk about the current state of film criticism, particularly journalists» current obsession with listicles and «buzz - worthy» festival darlings.

According to journalist and costume aficionado Guy Lodge, who has already seen Drive at Cannes, «It is really a film * about * gloves».

Michael Giacchino named Composer of the Year by The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA), «an association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film and television music.»

At a roundtable interview, DeWitt discussed her research for the role, how playing a real - life person informed her approach to the character, what it was like meeting the real Sue Webb, what she enjoyed most about working with Renner, what she learned about journalists and their determination to get to the truth of their story, her new film «Men, Women & Children» directed by Jason Reitman, and her upcoming projects: Joe Swanberg's «Digging for Fire,» Sam Raimi's remake of «Poltergeist» with Sam Rockwell, and a small part in the TV mini-series «Olive Kitteridge.»

«Spotlight» is a film about the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize - winning team of investigative journalists, who in 2002 shocked the city and the world by exposing the Catholic Church's systematic cover - up of widespread pedophilia perpetrated by more than 70 local priests.

In it, author Lois Lowry, actors Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites, Cameron Monaghan, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes, and Emma Tremblay, producer Nikki Silver, screenwriters Robert B. Weide and Michael Mitnick, and director Phillip Noyce answer questions from a host and international journalists about the long journey to get the film made, the use of black and white, their experiences with the book, and shooting in South Africa.

Fatherland is really two films hobbled together: the first half being Drittemann's search for self - identity and purpose in his new environment; the second half being a bizarre almost - thriller about Drittemann and a mysterious French - Dutch journalist Emma (Fabienne Babe) tracking down his long - lost father in the bucolic English countryside.

«I've seen things Pablo, when I was with you...» Universal has debuted an official US trailer for the film Loving Pablo, a romantic thriller (entirely in English) about the Colombian journalist who struck up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

KTEP 88.5 FM's ON FILM host Charles Horak discusses The Alliance of Women Film Journalists» annual and festival EDA Awards recognizing the work and contributions done by women and about women, both in front and behind the camera, points to the decreased level of opportunity for women behind the camera in 2016, and elicits a list of must - see undervalued 2016 films by and about women.

Film journalist Katherine Tulich sat down with Bahrani and stars Andrew Garfield and Laura Dern to talk about the film and their memories of Roger.

Out of the competition, the international highlights were El Clan (The Clan, Pablo Trapero), an effective if derivative Argentinian political drama / gangster film heavily influenced by Scorsese's Goodfellas; L'avenir (Things to Come, Mia Hansen - Løve), a fine if rather low - key drama helped enormously by Isabelle Huppert's lead performance; and, best of all, Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine, a truly disturbing mixture of fiction and documentary concerning the attempt to make a movie about the tragic suicide of Florida journalist Christine Chubbuck, who shot herself on live television back in 1974.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting annual EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies, and EDA Awards at selected film festivals throughout the year.

Martin Scorsese, the film director, and Mick Jagger, the rock star, along with «Boardwalk Empire» creator Terence Winter and journalist - screenwriter Rich Cohen, make up the formidable force behind «Vinyl,» a new HBO series about the music business set...

Best Drama: The Shape of Water Best Comedy: I, Tonya Best Horror or Science Fiction Film: Get Out Best Action Film: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water Best Experimental Film: Faces Places Most Underrated Film: Brigsby Bear Worst Film of the Year: The Mummy About the Internet Film Critic Society The Internet Film Critic Society is an international association of online film critics and journalists.

The resulting film was, in the words of Wiseau's friend and co-star Greg Sestero — who later co-wrote (with journalist Tom Bissell) a spellbindingly funny memoir about the shoot — «majestically odd.»

In addition to original insights gleaned from Snowden and other real - life sources, Stone and Fitzgerald turned to two books about Snowden: The Snowden Files by British journalist Luke Harding (who co-authored another book that led to the WikiLeaks film, The Fifth Estate); and the fictionalized novel Time of the Octopus by Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who represents Snowden in Russia.

In the upcoming film True Story, Jonah Hill stars as real - life journalist Michael Finkel, who was fired from The New York Times Magazine in 2001 for falsifying details in a story about child slavery in Africa.

Though the film is fairly low - key for a potential awards contender, «Spotlight» relies on some top - notch acting and writing to recount the fascinating true story about a group of journalists who lifted the lid on a massive child molestation scandal within the Boston archdiocese that changed the way we looked at the Catholic Church forever.

In Interview, a remake of the Dutch film made by Theo Van Gogh, who was murdered in 2004 by a Muslim fanatic, he's a serious journalist who's been sent as punishment to interview a celebrity - fluff actress (Sienna Miller) and agonizes about being inside the room.

Both films are about media corruption, with Buscemi playing journalists at opposite ends of the food chain.

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS: AWFJ, a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to raising the volume on women's voices in the film community by broadening opportunities for women who write about film and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS: AWFJ, a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to raising the volume on women's voices in the film community by broadening opportunities for women who write about film and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movFILM JOURNALISTS: AWFJ, a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to raising the volume on women's voices in the film community by broadening opportunities for women who write about film and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movfilm community by broadening opportunities for women who write about film and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moabout film and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movfilm and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moabout women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moabout women in the movies.

James Ponsoldt's «The End Of The Tour» — a film about a Rolling Stone journalist shadowing author David Foster Wallace for a profile piece on the renowned writer — doesn't look like much of a movie on paper.

Director Jordan Canning spoke with fellow journalist Tom Haraldsen and I about making the Slamdance hit film SUCK IT...

During the past ten years, AWFJ has also hosted screenings of films by and about women, presented and served on panels at film festivals and other events, expanded our membership base to include women film journalists in Canada and the UK, mentored young women film journalists and offered them publishing opportunities, forged alliances with other groups concerned about disparities pertaining to women and film and raised awareness within the industry and in the public arena about the need for change.