Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Tokyo Film Festival: The Lowlife, review: 'more genuinely boundary-pushing than Nymphomaniac' - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Tokyo Film Festival: The Lowlife, review: 'more genuinely boundary-pushing than Nymphomaniac'
Telegraph.co.uk
Zeze's new film, which premiered in competition at the Tokyo Film Festival yesterday, is a beguiling, melancholic, and, for many western viewers, probably also a preconception-smashing example of the form. It's based on a recently published novel by ...



Marvel, DC, whatever ... why all superhero movies look the same these days - The Guardian


The Guardian

Marvel, DC, whatever ... why all superhero movies look the same these days
The Guardian
And if the alternative is the meat-headed, heavy-metal film-making of Dawn of Justice, then just about any shift in tone is fine. And yet there is a danger that Marvel's blueprint for success has now become so popular that audiences are unable to ...

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Gary Oldman to get career honor at Hollywood Film Awards - SFGate


SFGate

Gary Oldman to get career honor at Hollywood Film Awards
SFGate
Oldman has generated Oscar buzz with his recent turn as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour." The Hollywood Film Awards will be handed out Sunday night in Beverly Hills, California, in a ceremony hosted by CBS late-night host ...

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Film made using only public surveillance footage - New York Daily News


New York Daily News

Film made using only public surveillance footage
New York Daily News
Chinese film, “Dragonfly Eyes” by Xu Bing, was created using only surveillance footage he found online. An indie film, “Dragonfly Eyes” has been making the international film festival circuit, debuting in the United States at the New York Film Festival ...
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Why “The Witch” is the scariest historical film ever - Salon


Salon

Why “The Witch” is the scariest historical film ever
Salon
By 1996, when "The Crucible" appeared as a film, Miller told The New York Times he had “immense confidence in the applicability of the play to almost any time, the reason being it's dealing with a paranoid situation … that doesn't depend on any ...



FILM REVIEW: Why the draw was stuffed for a loss - detroitlions.com


detroitlions.com

FILM REVIEW: Why the draw was stuffed for a loss
detroitlions.com
The draw play Matthew Stafford checked into on third and goal is the subject of this week's Film Review. The decision by Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell to go for it on 4th and 1 at the Pittsburgh 1-yard line in the third quarter in Sunday's ...

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Ten films to watch in November - BBC News


BBC News

Ten films to watch in November
BBC News
André Aciman's 2007 novel has spawned a big screen adaptation that's among the most acclaimed films of the year. Up-and-coming 21-year-old actor Timothée Chalamet plays a young man living in Italy who has a passionate affair with an older academic ...