His practice
includes film pieces as well as work made by combining common junk parts with audio and other components and programming them, in order to produce art that expresses technology's primitive possibilities.
Not exact matches
Recent and upcoming releases
include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion
piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe,
filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous
film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.
We intend that this space will
include not only objects,
pieces of engineering, documents and images, but also large - scale projections of archive
films; the stories of Jodrell Bank's role in the space race and discoveries out in space.
The BBC has
filmed a number of
pieces here over the years,
including pieces on general format programmes such as Countryfile.
As usual, I
filmed my capsule wardrobe so you can get a good idea of what the
pieces are like, and I've also
included a listing of each
piece with links to currently available items.
Half the pleasure of giant - monster movies is allowing our suspension of disbelief to buckle like a bridge in Godzilla's path, and true to form, the
film saves a few gonzo twists (
including one especially outlandish bonus mutation) for the grand finale — an extended set -
piece in which the three creatures converge on Chicago, which has typically gotten off easy where natural disasters are concerned.
It feels as if there are at least a couple of scenes missing,
including some big set
pieces that might have opened up the
film's world beyond Planet Zero, the Fantastic Four, their dad (or at least Johnny and Sue's dad) and Doom.
Even before its late detour into action movie silliness (
including a ridiculous badass set
piece that belongs in a James Bond movie) Sicario feels like a
film whose immaculate craft disguises its hollow center.
Some set
pieces are a waste of time in drawing the audience in,
including the most uninteresting and unnecessary bicycle race ever committed to
film.
The movie has great time era sets
pieces as the
film takes the audience from a dystopian future to a realistic version of 1973 that
includes wardrobe, hairstyles, and music.
The result is a tour - de-force that clashes static set -
pieces (
including the
film's most astonishing sequence, a five - minute ritual as Orin asks the village elders for advice, the figures illuminated against interior darkness by phosphorescent, ghostly lighting) with «extravagant» camerawork that has been compared to Max Ophuls (11).
Blu - ray extras
include a trivia track; a
piece on the
film's origins; a featurette on Jean - Paul Gaultier's costume designs; and interviews with Willis, Jovovich and co-stars Chris Tucker (who plays the fast - talking Ruby Rhod) and Maiwenn Le Besco (cast as the blue - skinned opera diva).
* Wrote music reviews, concert reviews,
film reviews, feature
pieces and local living articles for Bay Area newspapers
including the Oakland Tribune, the Tri-Valley Herald, the Daily Review and The Argus, which boast a combined circulation of over 250,000.
Blu - ray extras
include a behind - the - scenes featurette; deleted scenes; a
piece on the true - life story that inspired the
film; and a look at the Carthage residents through interviews and audition
pieces.
Blu - ray extras
include a
piece in which Renoir expert Olivier Curchod discusses the
film's history and controversy; a discussion about the movie with
film professor and critic Ginette Vincendeau; a featurette on the remarkable tale behind the discovery of the original negative; a look at the restoration; and the theatrical trailers from 1937 and 1958.
Oddly, the
film's satire of local news plays better than most of the divine stuff, with pod people broadcasters (
including a faux - ethnic newswoman about as Hispanic as Davy Crockett) covering borderline psychotics in soullessly cheerful puff
pieces.
Blu - ray extras
include a making - of
piece; an interview with Cronenberg; his 1970
film Crimes of the Future; and an irresistible 20 - minute segment from a 1980 episode of The Merv Griffin Show, with Reed as one of the guests alongside Orson Welles and Charo.
Extras
include a six - minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate opening and closing title sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the
film's PG - 13 rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary) of the virtuoso ejection set
piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
The
film operates chiefly as a character
piece: on the one side is a group of left - wing radicals fronted by Brigitte Kuhlmann (Pike) and Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl); on the other sits Israel's top brass
including Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) and Defence Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan, late for his The Death of Stalin audition); and in the middle Nonso Anozie emphatically steals the show as Uganda's chuckly despot Idi Amin.
You could call it a propaganda
piece, an uplifting
film about sacrifice and duty in the face of war that celebrates the service of Britain's men in war and the endurance of the women (
including Celia Johnson as Coward's wife) left behind.
Sure, this handily surpasses the barren and insufficient Fox disc, but in Japan, the
film's DVD
included multiple trailers for the Totoro / Fireflies double billing (Fireflies is oddly not covered in Disney's distribution deal), a 20 - minute behind - the - scenes featurette, and a
piece on Tokyo's Studio Ghibli Museum.
Haneke's
films often involve an element of puzzle - solving, of
piecing together the necessary information from the smallest of clues, and so it proves here, as the
film opens with a secretly -
filmed Snapchat sequence (
including disparaging comments) of a woman getting ready for bed that will only reveal its true significance later on.
A: I was inspired by many
films from the 1970s,
including Dog Day Afternoon, Five Easy
Pieces, Straight Time, and The Dirty Dozen.
Backstage's Great Perforamnces issue, on newsstands Dec. 6, will feature a
piece on her discussing her craft, Knightley also took the time to speak frankly on several other topics,
including how she often dies on
film; how Wright was resistant to casting her in «Pride and Prejudice,» their first
film together; and how her Mr. Darcy in that movie, Matthew Macfadyen, almost played her abuser in a public service advertisement.
The Fox disc also
includes a
piece on actress Rhonda Fleming, who appeared in her first real
film role as an oversexed mental patient.
The
film originated as a commissioned
piece for All the Boys and Girls of Their Age (Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge), a French television series focused on adolescence that also
included work by Claire Denis and Chantal Akerman.
Extras: Two optional English narrations,
including one by actor Roy Scheider; audio commentary from 2008 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul; interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka; interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie; audio interview from 2008 with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader; interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing; «The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima,» a 55 - minute documentary from 1985 about the author; trailer; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a
piece on the
film's censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka's sets.
But even in a sprawling ensemble
piece like Netflix's «Mudbound» (whose cast
includes Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, and Mary J. Blige), Rees ensures the interpersonal relationships and nuanced dynamics between her characters are put front and center, never getting lost in the
film's network of voices.
The theatrical version and the Director's Cut are
included, along with the previously released bonus features, a new documentary, a 1996 short
film by director Richard Kelly, a hardcover book, and some
pieces of art printed on cardstock, found inside an envelope marked «Roberta Sparrow.»
At least four directors helmed
pieces of the
film,
including Michael Powell (this was his color
film debut), which is held together by the glorious art direction by William Cameron Menzies, who creates an amazing world for the fantastical wonders of flying carpets, mechanical horses, and a fifty foot genie with a bellowing laugh.
The
film's special - effects wonders
include a three - headed guard dog named Fluffy, staircases that change configuration at whim, benevolent ghosts (
including John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick), animated paintings, a troll, a baby dragon, belligerent chess
pieces and a swarm of flying keys.
A sharp
piece that provides valuable Hammer
film excerpts and interviews with a variety of authorities (
including Stacy Keach, numerous mystery authors, and Spillane himself, who passed away in 2006), this is a most fitting inclusion.
Hayes» feature
film credits
include the Bobby and Peter Farrelly comedy «The Three Stooges,» «The Bucket List,» opposite Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, and the independent drama «
Pieces of April,» opposite Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt.
And Linklater has actually tried many different kinds of movies,
including the wicked black comedy «Bernie,» the musical romp «School of Rock,» the nostalgic period
piece «Me and Orson Welles» and even a couple of animated
films.
The release
includes most of the same extras from the deluxe DVD, as well as a new interview with composer Jon Brion, a new
piece featuring behind - the - scenes footage of a recording session for the
film's soundtrack, and a new conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the
film.
Not surprisingly, the
film delivers plenty of cool set
pieces along the way,
including a no - holds - barred battle between the Hulk and the Abomination in the streets of New York, and an even more enjoyable fight between the Hulk and a still - human (but super soldier - juiced) Blonsky in the second act.
Village Voice Bilge Elbiri on a
film review that changed his live (J Hoberman's 1992
piece on Orson Welles» Othello)- lovely personal
piece Nick Davis Chicago
film festival jury picks and his own precise takes on the movies screened
including high profile gems like Call Me By Your Name, and several foreign
film Oscar submissions Esquire Bryan Cranston must be seeking to sabotage his Oscar hopes this year with this admission that he's rooting for Trump to succeed Huffington Post talks to Melissa Leo about Novitiate and becoming a gay icon with those «Consider...» ads
The 20 - page booklet an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien, short
pieces by young writers on the
film, and art from the
film, and there's a small collection of additional ephemera
including a map of New Penzance.
An interesting companion
piece to «Mud,» the
film tells the story of two best friends (future megastar Nick Robinson, «Super 8» actor Gabriel Basso) who, fed up with their overbearing parents (
including Nick Offerman, in his best non «Parks and Rec» performance to date), and with the help of show - stealing oddball Biaggio (Moises Arias), build a house in the woods where they can act like grown - ups.
Since she made her
film debut, Castle - Hughes has appeared in various
films including Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger (2008), New Zealand tele - movie
Piece of my Heart (2009) and a small role in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Other new features
include The Restoration of «Jaws», which is a short
piece on the restoration of the
film.
Extras
include audio commentary by
film critic Stephen Farber; a retrospective
piece surrounding the making of the movie; a vintage behind - the - scenes short; and a vintage (and entertaining) half - hour TV production on Camelot's world premiere.
Blu - ray extras
include a making - of featurette; deleted scenes; and a
piece on the incident that inspired the
film.
Extras
include audio commentary by Cameron and various cast and crew members; an introduction by Cameron to the Special Edition; deleted scenes; a
piece on the
film's design; pre-production art galleries; and an isolated track of the late James Horner's Oscar - nominated score.
Anderson's latest
film, «Phantom Thread,» a lush, romantic chamber
piece focused on the shifting dynamics between Reynolds Woodcock, a temperamental fashion designer, and Alma, the woman who begins the story as his muse, had earned six nominations,
including best picture and director.
Blu - ray extras
include four separate audio commentaries, with participants
including the late O'Bannon, Matthews and author Gary Smart (The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead); a making - of documentary; the final interview with O'Bannon;
pieces on the
film's effects and music; and a featurette on»80s horror
films.
There's little doubt, then, that the
film begins to demonstrably improve once Rogers undergoes his metamorphosis, with the effectiveness of that sequence paving the way for a second half that's rife with unexpectedly captivating set
pieces -
including a finale that's not quite as over-the-top as one might've anticipated (and feared).
Editor H. Nelson Tracy (who also made the Captain Fantastic book video) has put together a new video essay examining how these two
films are very similar, essentially companion
pieces, looking at aspects
including structure, style and story.
The 24 - minute
piece includes some candid footage from the set,
film clips, and interviews with director J.B. Rogers, screenwriter Adam Herz, producer Chris Moore, and actors Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eugene Levy, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne, Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, and Eddie Kaye Thomas.
Blu - ray extras
include new interviews with Ballard and Deschanel; a
piece in which award - winning photographer Mary Ellen Mark (who passed away in May) discusses the pictures she took on set as the
film's unit photographer; and five short
films by Ballard.