Sentences with phrase «from film clubs»
We also occasionally bring on special guests from film clubs, university societies, and arts & culture publications.
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With sales of recorded music withering, the hot idea among record labels was to sign artists to so - called 360 deals, where a company didn't just release a band's recordings, but promoted the concerts, sold the merchandise, and shared in profits from websites, fan clubs and film deals.
The 34 - year - old said supporters from the club, who were filmed pushing a black passenger off public transport in the French capital and chanting racist songs before Chelsea's match with Paris Saint Germain, were «unacceptable».
So I flew in late to NYC since I stayed on to watch my daughter's 1st play from her drama club (totally worth the wait) I was really keen to get to the filming, even though I knew I was coming down with something (and boy was I ill for the rest of the week with an ear infection — yikes).
As reporters and attendees filmed the disturbance from iPhones, like an episode of Black Mirror, the club's president Debbie Coughlin tried to mediate the situation, only to be accosted by a Trump supporter blaming her for lack of oversight.
Actor Joseph Fiennes, second from right, works on the Hudson River near the Coeymans Boat Club in southern Albany County during the filming of an independent movie Wednesday, September 12, 2007.
Comprised of interviews with finance types, individuals involved in the escort business, as well as Spitzer himself, Gibney's film traces the former New York Governor's career from his start as an attorney general determined to take down corruption on Wall Street, to his status as a political joke after he was forced to resign for patronizing the Emperor's Club VIP escort service.
From cinemas, international museum nights, concerts, monasteries, film clubs and so on, everybody can find their interest here.
When The Choice opens in theaters on Friday, it will mark the 11th feature film adapted from a novel by Nicholas Sparks, the global phenomenon whose love Cupid's Club is a social dating network.
Sugar Club is Dublin's most creative nightspot, where the very slick theatre - style venue hosts an array of events from music to comedy to classic film - themed nights and there's even some saucy cabaret and sexy burlesque dancing shows to heat up your evening.
hello my name is brandon im from dudley west midz i love going clubbing every weekend because i love dancing to great dance music i also love watching film but i love my music more i like to weightlift aswell keeping myself fit.
The film follows Dobson as he tours the country from the sidewalks of San Francisco to colleges, universities, astronomy clubs, star parties and to Stellafane, a convention of telescope makers in Vermont.
The film gives Harding partial control of her own, jaw - dropping story, from her early days in thrall to an abusive mother, to the domino - chain of associations which led to her rival Nancy Kerrigan being clubbed in the knee, when she left her Detroit practice rink in January of that Winter Olympics year.
And though Reiner appeared to retire from directing following That Old Feeling, he still maintained a notable presence in film and television with roles in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven and it's two sequels, House M.D., Hot in Cleveland, and Parks and Rec.Carl Reiner is the father of directors Rob Reiner and Lucas Reiner; his wife Estelle has enjoyed a latter - day career as a night club singer and as a cameo performer in her son Rob's films (she's the lady who says, «I'll have what she's having!»
No, people, this type of film is quite a ways away from being something like «Rock of Ages», but the idea of a period piece about a prominent rock music club is close enough to make the handful of people who know about «CBGB» get the «heebie - jeebies».
That's our convoluted way of saying that The A.V. Club looked both high and low for the best scenes of 2015, culling from a whole spectrum of films — some likely to appear on this week's best - movies - of - the - year list, others unlikely to appear on any such list, and at least one certain to get called out in our public shaming of the year's worst movies.
However, his name appears nowhere in the credits (apart from a minor acting credit), because he disowned the film as a «foolish experiment,» as he told the A.V. Club.
Two years in a row, The A.V. Club named a film from writer - director Richard Linklater the best movie of the year, with Before Midnight topping our 2013 list and Boyhood claiming the title in 2014.
Bill Skarsgard brought a wonderfully threatening physicality to Pennywise, making it feel as if he could rip the Losers Club kids to shreds at any time, but the film's best moments echo the ones from the book: spending time with a lovable group of misfits and being along for the ride as their bonds strengthen in the face of unimaginable terror.
It's not hard to pinpoint where the difference in quality between the two Vacation films comes from; although they have a solid comedy hit under their collective belt (Horrible Bosses), writer / directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein just don't compare to the team of Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Caddy Shack) and John Hughes (Ferris Buller, Breakfast Club) working in their heyday.
A harmless - enough film featuring a cast of appealing sexa -, septua - and octogenarians, Book Club might appeal to anyone looking for a reprieve from the endless cycle of Marvel films and... Continue reading →
Boyd Holbrook's Donald Pierce — yep, the former cyborg Hellfire Club charter member — has been reduced to head merc in charge of reacquisitions, but it's a meaty part if altogether different from his comic book counterpart (which is par for the course concerning the X-Men film franchise).
It's, incidentally, the film I wanted from Fight Club once Edward Norton's double - life came to light; responsible for Chris Cooper's finest role / performance to date; and deliriously perceptive in the ways of the human heart («It's what you love, not what loves you»).
Before the film's release, The A.V. Club spoke with Rudd about getting into character, his off - screen relationships with his onscreen siblings, and the similarities between Our Idiot Brother and the one movie from his past people are always eager to discuss.
Home Video Notes: The Breakfast Club Release Date: 2 January 2018 Criterion releases The Breakfast Club on home video (Blu - ray) with the following extras: - Audio commentary from 2015 featuring actors Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson - New interviews with actors Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy - New video essay featuring director John Hughes's production notes, read by Nelson - Documentary from 2015 featuring interviews with cast and crew - 50 minutes of never - before - seen deleted and extended scenes - Rare promotional and archival interviews and footage - Excerpts from a 1985 American Film Institute seminar with Hughes 1999 radio interview with Hughes - Segment from a 1985 episode of NBC's Today show featuring the film's cast - Audio interview with Molly Ringwald from a 2014 episode of This American Life - Trailer - PLUS: An essay by critic David Kamp
It developed from the earlier magazine Revue du Cinéma involving members of two Paris film clubs — Objectif 49 (Robert Bresson, Jean Cocteau and Alexandre Astruc, among others) and Ciné - Club du Quartier Latin.
The film most like it from that year is David Fincher's Fight Club, in that both aspire to be plangent black satires but ultimately end on flaccid off - notes: the one with the idea of an organized posse of anarchists destroying our financial infrastructure, the other with a homophobic Republican gunning down gay Best Actor winner Kevin Spacey in his last role as accidental Christ before he took on the crown and sandals permanently and on purpose.
Dazed and Confused is a fantastic movie, both for its iconic quotes from Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar), and the film is more than just a stereotypical stoner flick.
Based on Molly Bloom's memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker, the film stars Jessica Chastain as the titular character alongside Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, and Bill Camp; watch it below after the official synopsis...
I suspect the real problem with the film isn't its pride in its insincerity, but that it's a project born of Carnahan's frustration and bile at being dumped from Mission: Impossible III, making it simultaneously too cool for a club of which it desperately wants to be a member.
Charlie Kaufman went from TV scribe to red - hot screenwriter in 1999 with «Being John Malkovich,» and his timing couldn't have been better: That's a year the industry looks back upon as being a flashpoint of American indie cinema, with rule - breaking, ambitious films like «Pi,» «Boys Don't Cry,» «The Blair Witch Project,» «Three Kings» and «Fight Club» in multiplexes.
Meanwhile, the entertainingly preposterous action - thriller The Commuter — the latest film from A.V. Club favorites Liam Neeson and Jaume Collet - Serra — chugged into the No. 3 slot with $ 13.7 million, underperforming the earlier twisty Neeson and Collet - Serra collaborations Non-Stop and Unknown, both of which grossed more than $ 20 million in their opening weekends.
The A.V. Club's own Ignatiy Vishnevetsky called the The Lobster, the latest surreal, darkly comedic film from Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos, «funny,» «unsettling,» and, «occasionally gruesome» when he watched it at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
An official UK trailer has debuted for the latest film from acclaimed director Lone Scherfig, of the films The Riot Club, One Day and An Education (one of my favorites).
Fresh off the successes of his recent films Dallas Buyers Club and Wild, Jean - Marc Vallée's next directorial effort, Demolition, looks like more character - driven brilliance from the filmmaker.
Writer - producer - star Derek Ting faces nearly the exact dilemma as Charlie Sheen in the earlier film: Ambitious, but naïve and morally pliable, he uses his considerable brilliance (perfect SAT scores, an intelligence so keen, he dropped out of MIT) to raid a family company and quickly go from hungry young trader to limo - riding, club - hopping slickster.
Taking a break from their usual spot at the Farmhouse bar to hang out in the decidedly less eye - catching interior of a nondescript office lounge, A.V. Club film critics A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky decide to liven things up by debating the merits of Terrence Malick's woozy Knight Of Cups.
NEW YORK — Pop stars Elton John and Lady Gaga, award - winning films «Dallas Buyers Club» and «Blue is the Warmest Color» and the hit TV series «Modern Family» received nominations from the GLAAD Media Awards.
Carolyn Seide's 2016 article, also from The A.V. Club, focuses on the character of Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) stating that «the film's real twist is that it ultimately cares far more about Arthur than it does about [Brian] Slade.»
Perhaps, or so the film suggests from its first glimpse of Streep dressed as an angel and kept airborne during a 1944 entertainment at New York's Verdi Club that happens to have been founded by this self - same philanthropist.
That's why, every year, The A.V. Club finds room not just to count down our favorite whole films but also to highlight the strongest standout, stand - alone scenes — some of them pulled from those aforementioned best movies of the year (which we'll unveil later this month), others most definitely not.
He has excelled in a range of registers from comedy (The Other Side of the Tracks, 16 ans... ou presque, Papa ou maman, etc.), to drama and arthouse film (Little White Lies, Bright Days Ahead, Tristesse Club, Boomerang).
Produced in 1994 for the film's thirtieth anniversary, this retrospective celebrates the film with comments from director Richard Lester, producer Walter Shenson, screenwriter Alun Owen, the non-Beatles cast and admirers from Roger Ebert to fan club alumni.
Written by Jonathan Fernandez, the film is led by Boardwalk Empire «s Michael Pitt in the true story of a young hood and his beautiful female partner Rosie (Nina Arianda) who come up with a dangerous plot to steal from the social clubs of the organised crime syndicates of New York City.
Shot by Amir Mokri (TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION) and produced by the team from THE HURT LOCKER, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and KILLER JOE, the film centres upon fighter - pilot turned drone pilot Tom Egan (Hawke) who questions the ethics of his mission taking pot shots against an enemy half way around the world.
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In «From the Head,» a film made by and starring George Griffith, we spend a day in the life of Shoes, a wry, worldly grifter on his third anniversary of hanging out behind the men's room door of a Times Square club, drinking, smoking and secretly smirking at patrons as they pause to leave their tips.
Book Club isn't just a romantic comedy but a film that manages to team up four of the greatest female actors of their time in the same...... Read more «New from Solzy at the Movies by Danielle Solzman: Book Club: The Avengers of Their Generation»
- Bob [DISAPPOINTED] An exquisitely shot film with endless desert landscapes and featuring a great soundtrack ranging from Ace of Base to Culture Club.
Inspired by the thesis of Josh Karp's Kenney biography of the same name, the film suggests that his conflicts arose from always falling short in the eyes of his father, a country club tennis pro who constantly compared the writer unfavorably to his deceased older brother.