The first
section of the film sees the formation of a shambolic artistic collective, consisting of Paul and Stan (Hugo Conzelmann) as Paradise Garage - influenced DJ duo Cheers, their cartoonist friend Cyril (Roman Kolinka, looking like a young Alain Delon), Cyril's girlfriend Anaïs (Zita Hanrot), and later, music journo - slash - club night organiser Arnaud (Vincent Macaigne).
Not exact matches
I'd love to
see the «natural» birth craziness and bullying
of women / C -
sections / medicated births / lactivism shown in this
film.
During a deft, seamless
section of the
film that depicts the setting up
of this business operation, Oskar is
seen happily occupying an apartment from which a wealthy Jewish couple has just been evicted.
Cliche piles on top
of cliche to make a nearly two - hour
film feel twice as long, simply because we
see so many things coming that we feel as though we're watching each
section twice.
In my rankings
of all the 2013
films I
saw last year, In a World... placed 50th and though a few things I've
seen have bumped it down since, it still remains among the top third
of last year's offerings, residing in the «Good, Not Great»
section.
So says professional killer Jackie Cogan at one point in Killing Them Softly, the third
film by New Zealander Andrew Dominik - and considering the filmmaker's efforts to establish a connection between the events in the movie and the economic crisis started in the late 2000s thanks to the greed and lack
of scruples
of Wall Street, it is easy to
see Cogan as an ordinary employee
of any company complaining about the lack
of vision
of his bosses and, on the other hand, the big bankers as Armani - dressing versions
of the violent mobsters who inhabit the crime
section of the newspapers.
I
see all the commercial releases, and almost all
of the imports, and at the Cannes, New York, and Chicago
film festivals, I
see a good cross
section of the smaller
films, domestic and foreign, that are worthy
of festivals but not commercial enough for wider release.
The pacing is good, but the
film also comes with many obvious markers
of rough editing and recuts, which makes the middle
section feel muddled and disjointed; it's hard to
see certain scenes as sequential and purposed, rather than stitched together from parts
of what was seemingly a deeper (and longer) character study.
It's a distinct change
of pace after the first
section of the
film, which is, I think, why I didn't like it as much the first time I
saw it, but in fact this part
of the story is well done and quite compelling.
Annika Berg's Team Hurricane [+
see also: trailer interview: Annika Berg
film profile] is an exciting, radical punk
film about eight Danish teenage girls that played in the International Critics» Week
section of the Venice
Film Festival.
This middle
section of the
film concludes with a kind
of slow - motion dance, as the six brothers sing about loneliness on the farm while listlessly doing their chores (the axe chops and wood
saws of which provide rhythmic punctuation to the song, «Lonesome Polecat»).
«Rampage» feels like a cross
section of different
films, it opens like a sequence out
of «Gravity», briefly looks like Johnson's 2017 winter hit «Jumanji», lots
of «Jurassic Park Lost World» and «King Kong» moments thrown in there with a splash
of «San Andreas», since we
see three planes crash during the two - hour
film.
O.J.: Made In America likely would have made the cut if not for a (totally defensible) editorial decision to classify it as television rather than
film, but I voted for three other docs this year: Tower (addressed in the «outlier»
section of my ballot), Author: The JT LeRoy Story (which correctly recognizes that letting Laura Albert expand on her own «myth» makes for better cinema than any objective investigative alternative), and Weiner... which ranked lowest on my personal list, but is the one I'm most surprised not to
see on the collective list.
So I did a Facebook poll
of a cross
section of people I knew to
see how these
films ranked.
Other titles in this
section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense
of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere
of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration
of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere
of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives
of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay
film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove
of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of Bergman's never - before -
seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives
of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere
of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story
of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE
OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY
OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystica
OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale
of love, loss, memory and the mystica
of love, loss, memory and the mystical.
If you got out to the theater
saw Deadpool 2 this weekend, or if you've spent any time in the spoiler
section of the internet, you've probably realized that the credits scene from the
film has been a massive topic
of conversation.
It's that middle
section where a certain Hungarian filmmaker wins the foreign language
film award or the director
of a little -
seen short injects mania and uncompromising glee into an evening full
of been - there - done - that Meryl Streep stares.
It's worth mentioning that while the middle
section of the
film is a tad uneven, it all comes together thrillingly in the final movement, which closes things off with a bang and, as with so many good horror
films, makes you rethink what you've
seen, and want to watch again.
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.
Apparently Dr. Banner himself, Mark Ruffalo, was
seen hanging out in the VIP
section of a club in Berlin, where Captain America: Civil War has been
filming.
YouTube channel GameSparkChannel has been kind enough to
film a little tour
of the SEGA
section of the museum which you can
see below:
Jury protocol entails some discretion about what I
saw, but I can honestly say that, between the three feature juries doing duty this year — the others being Arturo Ripstein's international competition jury and the «Cineasti del Presente» jury under Dario Argento — most
of the
films that I valued, in whatever
section, were honored one way or another.
During the
sections of the
film before Cindy begins going out with Dean, we
see her having sex with her previous boyfriend and the act is cold and impersonal.
It's definitely the funniest
section of the movie, but also almost sad to
see how big an opportunity the
film wasted.
The
films opens with the bear running at the camera before we cut to a man jolting awake; we
see the fiery ursine figure again later from above, running through the forest, before cutting to a line
of firefighters moving through a burnt - out
section of woods.
Long criticized for the lack
of women directors represented, this year Cannes will
see the Coppola and Ramsay
films, as well as Naomi Kawase's Radiance premiering in competition, a short
film directed by Kristen Stewart, the Campion series, and seven
films directed by women in the independent - minded Directors» Fortnight
section.
The middle
section of the
film is as intense an exploration as I've
seen of the sadomasochism inherent in the teacher - student dynamic.
This
section sees the
film's single memorable performance, courtesy
of Japanese rock star Miyavi.
They also
see films showing kinds
of childbirth, including natural childbirth and Cesarean -
section.
Structured around the life
of a ship, its birth, journey and death, each
of the
film's three
sections is a meditation on the place it depicts: a Korean shipbuilding yard, the sea
seen from a cargo ship en route across the Atlantic, and a ship - breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
The last
section of Wenders»
film was taped over years ago, making it impossible for local residents to
see the movie's ending.
Ten inch
sections of film were printed onto long strips
of photographic paper and then mounted in rows, forming a final constructed piece which I called a composite... What I am talking about is complexity... There is no particular point
of entry or procedure to the
seeing; it is a multiplicity
of elements operating in an aleatory manner.»
Have you
seen Hidden Figures [the 2016
film about African - American women working at NASA], when Octavia Spencer gets a book about IBM from the white
section of the library and teaches a whole group
of women how to program computers?
«1.2 This Complaint is Not an Attack on Free Speech Both Channel 4 (
see: / / tinyurl.com/ytogy5) and the
film's producer (
see: / / tinyurl.com/yo4n5v) have sought to portray the
film's screening as an issue
of free speech; and the
film maker (and some
sections of the press —
see: / / tinyurl.com/28o3sn) have also sought to portray those who have complained to Ofcom as stifling free speech.
I'd
seen this
film a long time ago but when I
saw it again this time, I had a much better appreciation
of the Aboriginal way
of being and the thing that really struck me in this
film was there was a
section of the
film where they were going to do this aeroplane song and dance corroboree and they were getting ready for it and you know there are all these Elders and you know very wise and respected Elders you know making their costumes they were gonna wear, talking about how it was gonna be and in amongst all these people there's little children you know
of one 1 or 2 or 3 years old who were just crawling around and you know watching and listening, trying on their head - dresses and they were completely welcomed into that adult community, there was no sense
of, you know this is grown up business, you kids go off and play which is very much the western model.