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Not exact matches
As we continue our
series of shorts from the upcoming FIFA World Cup ™
film, One to Eleven, enjoy the midfield maestro's recollections
of that famous night.
But there's absolutely no flow to the
film's screenplay - which is based on a
series of short stories by J.T. LeRoy - as it lurches
from one vignette to the next, without any thought to keeping the audience engaged.
The specific ending
of the
film, which wisely avoids the worst mistakes
of the book and at least cuts things mercifully
short after a
series of catastrophes, is not successful or convincing; in fact, it's rather clichéd and banal, but the intuition that violent, terrible acts flow inexorably in part
from Americans» unawareness and incomprehension
of the simplest facts
of their own lives is undeniably true.
Retaining the gentle, non-verbal comedy and daffy sight gags
of the popular stop - motion TV
series — itself a loose spinoff
from Aardman's cherished «Wallace and Gromit» franchise — while assigning Shaun and his flock an urban escapade more expansive than their usual
short - form gambols, the
film should reward small fry and parents jaded by more synthetic kiddie toons.
• Alan Tudyk's role as the droid K - 2SO is a sad bastardization
of his role as Wash, the comedic pilot
from the
short - lived
series Firefly and its follow - up
film, Serenity.
Exclusive to the Blu - ray is the animated
short «DC Showcase: Jonah Hex» (a little slim but appropriately adult with gallows humor), solid featurettes on the two Robins
of the comic book
series and four episodes
from the animated «Batman»
series, plus a digital copy
of the
film for portable media players.
For this week's entry in our Saturday Morning Cartoons
series, let's step away
from the classics for a bit and take a brief look at the stellar group
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Kristen Stewart and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer made a surprise appearance to introduce a group
of young female filmmakers who won the opportunity to make
short films inspired by the Twilight
series with funding and guidance
from industry professionals.
Supplements include an alternate version
of the song «Rahadlakum» (in B&W)
from the archives, an audio - only deleted song, two excerpts
from the TV
series MGM Parade about the
film, the 1955
short The Battle
of Gettysburg and Tex Avery cartoon The First Bad Men, and trailers
from the
film and the earlier 1944 version
of the musical.
We went on to discuss the hazards
of shipping; how the festival will be honoring the late, great
film preservationist, David Shepherd with a
series of enchanting
short films, including hand - painted examples
from Georges Meliès (see left) that are suitable for children as well as adults; why Ernst Lubitsch's THE DOLL also appeals to both.
If you're living in Austin or thinking about moving there, check out these five notices for everything
from ABC's new drama
series «American Crime» to
short film «Booty Call
of Cthulhu.»
Don't miss: The extras include a nine - part retrospective
from 2009 on the legacy
of the trilogy; a
short film, «Doc Brown Saves the World,» with Christopher Lloyd, that shows why some
of the futuristic gadgets
from the second
film do not exist today; a peek at the 2012 restoration
of the iconic DeLorean; two episodes
from «Back to the Future: The Animated
Series;» a 2015 commercial for a hoverboard and a trailer for «Jaws 9»; a five - part documentary on the making
of the movies, a look at the franchise's physics; deleted scenes; a question - and - answer session with Fox; eight archival featurettes; behind - the - scenes footage; music videos; commentaries; and a look at «Back to the Future: The Ride.»
The
film, based on a
series of short stories
from Maile Meloy, features a remarkable quartet
of women including Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and newcomer Lily Gladstone.
This
short documentary, taken
from the Eurotika
series on Channel 4, is a lovingly crafted — albeit brief — history
of the Italian horror
film.
The «documentary» — which is actually just a
series of clips
from short surrealist
films — also happens to be presented and hosted by...
Kinderfänger is a horror
short film from director Christopher Alender, that premiered on Crypt TV's YouTube
series of horror
shorts this month.
Special Features New 4K digital restoration New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director
of photography Conrad Hall's work in the
film New interview with
film historian Bobbi O'Steen on the
film's editing New interview with
film critic and jazz historian Gary Giddins about Quincy Jones's music for the
film New interview with writer Douglass K. Daniel on director Richard Brooks Interview with Brooks
from a 1998 episode of the French television series «Cinema Cinemas» «With Love From Truman,» a short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967 Trailer Plus: An essay by critic Chris Fuji
from a 1998 episode
of the French television
series «Cinema Cinemas» «With Love
From Truman,» a short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967 Trailer Plus: An essay by critic Chris Fuji
From Truman,» a
short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967 Trailer Plus: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara
Concocted
of a
series of short segments, one
of which — Booze, Broads & Bullets — was torn
from Miller's very own pages, here the writer and returning co-director Rodriguez have created two completely fresh escapades for these inhabitants to endure: The Long Bad Night, in which Joseph Gordon - Levitt's smarmy gambler learns what it's like to lose, and Nancy's Last Dance, which features Jessica Alba's stripper hell - bent on avenging a crucial death
from the previous
film.
From editing to actor chemistry, the
film feels like a
series of shorts and singular ideas stitched together to become one large, drafty quilt
of sci - fi.
Considering how audiences have become more savvy about the art
of animation, it's easy to take for granted the technological advances Walt Disney employed for the
film, namely the use
of a multiplane camera to create an illusion
of depth; while addressed in the main documentary, the technique is further explored in a «Tricks
of the Trade» excerpt
from the old Disneyland television
series as well as the 1937 nature - themed
short The Old Mill, in which Disney and his crew not only tried out the new multiplane camera but also honed their skills at drawing and animating animals.
Vanity Fair Youtube Channel has a
series of short films and videos
from the British Invasion & Hollywood Issue featured in the march issue
of the magazine.
That disc comes with five
short films from the MGM vaults, part
of the «Crime Does Not Pay»
series.
Written by Kaufman and directed with the aforementioned Johnson, (the animated «Mary Shelley's Frankenhole»
series and the animation
short, «Beforel Orel: Trust»), it's evident that the thematic concerns
of the
film are singularly Kaufman's and the animation strengths come
from Johnson.
Other decent bonuses on the DVD include a behind - the - scenes Still Gallery, Advertising Gallery, 4 postcard still / lobby card reproductions, and a
short featurettes that briefly chronicles Tyrone Power's appearances in various swashbuckling actioners, with clips
from a number
of films extant on DVD, and a few likely on the horizon (like the CinemaScope epic King
of the Kyber Rifles), plus comments
from the son
of director John Cromwell — actor James Cromwell (the benevolent father figure in Babe, and Jack Bauer's monster dad in Season 6
of Fox» TV
series 24).
My colleagues at the website Hammer to Nail (where I am lead
film critic) have watched the narratives Lemon (a meditation on race and gender starring Michael Cera and Nia Long), Person to Person (a dreamy murder mystery, also with Michael Cera) and the aforementioned Sylvio (based on a popular
series of short videos
from the «Simply Sylvio» Vine account), and praised them, so I am eager to check them out, myself.
, a feature - length documentary on the entire
series (
from the memorable Second Sight
Films release
of the
film); In Search
of the Hotel Broslin, a 2001 featurette with Henenlotter and rapper R.A. «The Rugged Man» Thornburn; a six - minute outtakes reel in HD
from a 2K scan
of a 16 mm print; The Frisson
of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and «Freaks» in Cinema, a new video essay by Travis Crawford discussing the history
of films featuring «freaks
of nature»; a set
of image galleries (promotional stills, behind the scenes, ephemera, advertisements, home video releases); a promo gallery featuring 3 theatrical trailers (all in HD
from 4K sources), a TV spot (also in HD
from a 4K source), and 2 radio spots; The Slash
of the Knife, a rarely seen
short film made by Henenlotter prior to Basket Case; an audio commentary on The Slash
of the Knife by Henenlotter and Mike Bencivenga; outtakes and an image gallery
from The Slash
of the Knife; Belial's Dream, an animated
short story by filmmaker Robert Morgan; and last but not least, a 28 - page insert booklet featuring the essay «Case History» by Michael Gingold, «Cham - pain in the Park!»
Classwork also includes the simple mechanics required for animatronics (a hand drill - powered electric chair, for instance), and even filmmaking
of their own (a
series of shorts is available for viewing on YouTube, and one group won a Gold Key
from the 2000 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for their
short film Project Cobra Strike).
Amis will receive a $ 50,000 grant
from TFA's Social Entrepreneurship Initiative to support TEACHED, an innovative
series of short Read more about TEACHED
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I (three
short documentary
films) plus two interviews
from our «On the Loudspeaker»
series will be screened this year at the National Charter School Association's Annual Conference, a huge event with a wide range
of speakers and participants
from throughout the nation.
And self publishers and Indie publishers in particular now have a lot more options available to them in terms
of actually pursuing their own projects, and getting their own stuff made and adapted
from their original source material into web
series, television projects, various different
short films, feature
films, things like that.
You can view all the artwork
from the X
series in the museum's gallery, a music player to listen to those sweet, sweet tracks
of the
series, a goods catalog that showcases merchandise, a PV Theater, and a
short animated
film of «The Day
of Sigma,» the exact title that came out originally on the Mega Man Maverick Hunter X on PSP (PlayStation Portable).
Galeria Studio is also premiering a collaborative
series of short films by Rosenberg and Frances Scholz based on the forty - two texts
from Berlin Childhood.
Concurrently, Lehmann Maupin will present Tracey Emin: I Followed You To The Sun, a two - part exhibition featuring over 100 new works, including a
series of new bronze sculptures, paintings and drawings, embroideries and a
short film, on view
from May 2 to June 22, 2013 at both
of its New York galleries.
From short, experimental video pieces such as Hearsay of the Soul (2012) by Werner Herzog and selected works from George Kuchar's Weather Diaries (1977 — 2011) series, to lengthier features such as The Oath (2010) by Laura Poitras (who was nominated for an Emmy, an Academy Award and an Independent Spirit Award for her post-9 / 11 film My Country, My Country (2006)-RRB-, exemplify the vast conglomeration of video art and f
From short, experimental video pieces such as Hearsay
of the Soul (2012) by Werner Herzog and selected works
from George Kuchar's Weather Diaries (1977 — 2011) series, to lengthier features such as The Oath (2010) by Laura Poitras (who was nominated for an Emmy, an Academy Award and an Independent Spirit Award for her post-9 / 11 film My Country, My Country (2006)-RRB-, exemplify the vast conglomeration of video art and f
from George Kuchar's Weather Diaries (1977 — 2011)
series, to lengthier features such as The Oath (2010) by Laura Poitras (who was nominated for an Emmy, an Academy Award and an Independent Spirit Award for her post-9 / 11
film My Country, My Country (2006)-RRB-, exemplify the vast conglomeration
of video art and
film.
Warhol went on to depict Giorno in multiple contexts,
from his
short films made at private parties and on weekends with friends to a
series of Screen Tests (1964 — 1966) that were themselves an extension
of Warhol's insatiable obsession with portraits.
Warhol went on to depict Giorno in multiple contexts,
from his
short films made at private parties and on weekends with friends to a
series of
Tomorrow morning, the Metropolitan Museum will launch a video
series, «The Artist Project,» which over the next year will release 100
short films of contemporary artists musing on their favorite pieces
from the Met's vast collection.
A selection
of drawings
from Alfraji's Ali's Boat
series is featured alongside a projected animation
of million - year - old footprints discovered in 2013 and a
short film by the late poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant.
He has since worked on two other
series - paintings
from Brand for Life were exhibited in both the Saatchi Gallery and The Royal West
of England Academy; whilst Generation
of War has led to Andersson collaborating for a
short film, which was specially recognised by The Celeste Prize.
SWAMP will be screening selections
from the 35th season
of THE TERRITORY, their
short film showcase
series broadcast on Houston PBS, Channel 8, in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel (4011 Yupon St) at 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM.
Gerard Byrne's photography and
film works come together for a substantial retrospective at London's Whitechapel Gallery — head downstairs for a
series of absurdist
short films dramatising real conversations between cultural figures,
from Surrealist artists to sci - fi writers (till 8 Mar).
Mad Ladders is my third solo exhibition at Carrie Secrist Gallery in Chicago, and brings together three different projects: an installation
of my newest
short film (
from which the exhibition takes its title), a
series of 2D paper collages, and a video piece for monitors entitled Desert States (You Win Again).
This is but one
of many
short films from The Perennial Plate — an online documentary
series filmed and edited by Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine.
Facebook will also celebrate Friends Day with a
series of short films that highlight five remarkable friendships
from around the world.