Shirin Neshat with Matt Dillon and cinematographer Ghasem Ebrahimian on the set of Land Of Dreams, co-directed with Shoja Azari, screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière and Azari Photo: Giulia Theodoli
In the second instalment with Shirin Neshat we discuss the Sam Shepard look for Matt Dillon as Alan, Sheila Vand’s compulsive obsessive traits for Simin, Isabella Rossellini’s love of animals and her peacock screeches as Jane. Anna Gunn’s Betty and Nancy, William Moseley’s Mark, Luis Buñuel films, and the Jean-Claude Carrière narrative of how and why they are collecting dreams also came up. When music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman joined us, he inquired about Land of Dreams composer Michael Brook, the story about Little Pedro, the paintings in the film, and remarked on a Site Santa Fe Patti Smith concert.
Shirin Neshat with Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze: “When we were doing the costume for Matt Dillon,...
In the second instalment with Shirin Neshat we discuss the Sam Shepard look for Matt Dillon as Alan, Sheila Vand’s compulsive obsessive traits for Simin, Isabella Rossellini’s love of animals and her peacock screeches as Jane. Anna Gunn’s Betty and Nancy, William Moseley’s Mark, Luis Buñuel films, and the Jean-Claude Carrière narrative of how and why they are collecting dreams also came up. When music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman joined us, he inquired about Land of Dreams composer Michael Brook, the story about Little Pedro, the paintings in the film, and remarked on a Site Santa Fe Patti Smith concert.
Shirin Neshat with Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze: “When we were doing the costume for Matt Dillon,...
- 6/25/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Clancy Brown, Lenny Clarke | Written by John Pollono, Jeff Bauman | Directed by David Gordon Green
David Gordon Green drifts yet further from his Pineapple Express and Your Highness frat comedy legacy with this safe and reverent adaptation of the true-life story of Jeff Bauman, a young Bostonian who lost his legs in the marathon bombing of 2013. You may not be familiar with the tale, but the film’s title will give you an idea of the direction of travel.
Excitement builds for the big race. Jeff (Jake Gyllenhaal) heads to the finish line to cheer his on-off girlfriend, Erin (Tatiana Maslany). Suddenly, two bombs explode, maiming the crowd with a rain of shrapnel. Jeff loses his legs. With the help of his family and Erin, Jeff begins his recovery: the traumatic aftermath, the recovery of memories, and the gradual move toward prosthetics.
It’s an all-American story,...
David Gordon Green drifts yet further from his Pineapple Express and Your Highness frat comedy legacy with this safe and reverent adaptation of the true-life story of Jeff Bauman, a young Bostonian who lost his legs in the marathon bombing of 2013. You may not be familiar with the tale, but the film’s title will give you an idea of the direction of travel.
Excitement builds for the big race. Jeff (Jake Gyllenhaal) heads to the finish line to cheer his on-off girlfriend, Erin (Tatiana Maslany). Suddenly, two bombs explode, maiming the crowd with a rain of shrapnel. Jeff loses his legs. With the help of his family and Erin, Jeff begins his recovery: the traumatic aftermath, the recovery of memories, and the gradual move toward prosthetics.
It’s an all-American story,...
- 12/8/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
For the last few years, it has almost felt like a waiting game with Jake Gyllenhaal and the Academy. He has an Oscar nomination, but has been snubbed a few times since then, most notably for Nightcrawler. On Friday, Gyllenhaal turns in one of his very best and most awards friendly performances yet with Stronger, a biopic that manages to subvert the expectations of the genre. Films too often become standard issue when dealing with this sort of subject, but that’s not the case here. It’s damn near perfect and, at least in this writer’s humble opinion, 2017’s best movie to date. It’s a triumph. The movie is a biopic of Jeff Bauman (Gyllenhaal), one of the many affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. He’s a lovable schlub, someone who his on again off again girlfriend Erin Hurley (Tatiana Maslany) adores but can’t rely on.
- 9/21/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Last week, we got a Trailer for filmmaker David Gordon Green’s next movie, the Boston Marathon related biopic Stronger. It seems like a big time showcase for Jake Gyllenhaal and could be tailor made to score him some Oscar attention. The film is coming a year after Patriots Day did justice to the tragedy, though this project seems to be more intimately positioned. With a September 22nd release date currently scheduled, fall festivals may not fully be in play, but awards possibilities just might. More on that in a bit, and of course the Trailer will be found below, but first…it’s analysis time! The film is a presumably feel good story in the end, centering on Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal), a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. There to support his partner Erin Hurley (Tatiana Maslany), who is running in the race, he’s seriously injuring...
- 6/27/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The story of a brave, innocent immigrant gets a glorious re-telling. Never fear, for this emotional but unsentimental tale of an Irish lass making big decisions features a breakout performance by Saoirse Ronan, an actress who melts hearts with one flash of her blue eyes... Brooklyn Blu-ray 20th Century Fox 2015 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 111 min. / Street Date March 15, 2016 / 39.99 Starring Saoirse Ronan, Jim Broadbent, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters, Brid Brennan, Maeve McGrath, Emma Lowe, Fiona Glascott, Jane Brennan, Eileen O'Higgins, Peter Campion, Eva Birthistle, Emily Bett Rickards, Eve Macklin, Nora-Jane Noone, Mary O'Driscoll, Jessica Paré. Cinematography Yves Bélanger Film Editor Jake Roberts Original Music Michael Brook Written by Nick Hornby from the novel by Colm Toibin Produced by Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey Directed by John Crowley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
2015 brought us dynamic films about post-apocalyptic horrors, child molestation in Boston, a sex-change pioneer, and the 2009 economic meltdown. How happy it is then,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
2015 brought us dynamic films about post-apocalyptic horrors, child molestation in Boston, a sex-change pioneer, and the 2009 economic meltdown. How happy it is then,...
- 3/29/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Irish-Canadian co-production took home nine prizes at Canada’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Irish-Canadian co-production Room dominated the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, winning nine prizes including best film for producers David Gross and Ed Guiney.
Lead actress Brie Larson repeated her triumph at this year’s Oscars and BAFTAs by winning best actress, while breakout star Jacob Tremblay took best actor.
Accepting the award from veteran Christopher Plummer, 77 years his senior, the young actor said: “This is amazing. I can’t believe a kid like me won against a bunch of amazing talent. Christopher Plummer, you’re a legend.”
The film also took awards for director Lenny Abrahamson, Emma Donoghue’s adapted screenplay, and Joan Allen’s supporting performance, as well as prizes for editing, make-up and production design.
Elsewhere, Irish romantic drama Brooklyn took two awards, for Michael Brook’s original score and Yves Bélanger’s cinematography.
Paul Gross’ war drama...
Irish-Canadian co-production Room dominated the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, winning nine prizes including best film for producers David Gross and Ed Guiney.
Lead actress Brie Larson repeated her triumph at this year’s Oscars and BAFTAs by winning best actress, while breakout star Jacob Tremblay took best actor.
Accepting the award from veteran Christopher Plummer, 77 years his senior, the young actor said: “This is amazing. I can’t believe a kid like me won against a bunch of amazing talent. Christopher Plummer, you’re a legend.”
The film also took awards for director Lenny Abrahamson, Emma Donoghue’s adapted screenplay, and Joan Allen’s supporting performance, as well as prizes for editing, make-up and production design.
Elsewhere, Irish romantic drama Brooklyn took two awards, for Michael Brook’s original score and Yves Bélanger’s cinematography.
Paul Gross’ war drama...
- 3/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
A24's "Room," fresh off three Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and a solid arthouse expansion, received another flurry of nominations Tuesday for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 2016 Screen Awards: 11, to be exact, including Best Picture, Best Director Lenny Abrahamson, Best Adapted Screenplay Emma Donoghue, Best Actress Brie Larson, Best Actor Jacob Tremblay, and Best Supporting Actress Joan Allen. Read More: "10 Ways the Golden Globe-Nominated 'Room' Filmmakers Wrote Their Own Script (Exclusive)" "Room" will be joined in the Best Picture category at the CSAs by fellow Oscar contender "Brooklyn," which also received Csa nominations for Best Cinematography ( Yves Bélanger) and Best Original Score (Michael Brook). Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's fascinating "The Forbidden Room"—rather too outré for the Oscars—also made an impressive showing, with three Csa nominations, including Best...
- 1/19/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
'The Peanuts Movie': 2016 Best Original Score Oscar contender along with 111 other titles. Oscar 2016: Best Original Score contenders range from 'Mad Max: Fury Road' to 'The Peanuts Movie' Earlier this month (Dec. '15), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made public the list of 112 film scores eligible for the 2016 Oscar in the Best Original Score category. As found in the Academy's press release, “a Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.” The release adds that “to be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must...
- 12/24/2015
- by Mont. Steve
- Alt Film Guide
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
Whether we sailed away to fairytale lands, visited far off worlds or made a grand journey on past and present adventures, 2015 cinema provided something for everyone. To be sure, this year’s movies delivered spectacular visuals and rich characters, emotive performances, and stories that gripped you to the bitter end. But as always, it’s the composer’s score that captures the true heart of any film.
On Wednesday the Academy announced that 112 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 88th Academy Awards.
Here’s our look at the 10 Best Scores from 2015.
Honorable Mention: Krampus by Douglas Pipes
Well-known Yuletide favorites are transformed into “We Wish You A Scary Christmas” and “Krampus Karol of the Bells” in Michael Dougherty’s Krampus. Providing some Christmas frights is Douglas Pipes’ fun and...
Whether we sailed away to fairytale lands, visited far off worlds or made a grand journey on past and present adventures, 2015 cinema provided something for everyone. To be sure, this year’s movies delivered spectacular visuals and rich characters, emotive performances, and stories that gripped you to the bitter end. But as always, it’s the composer’s score that captures the true heart of any film.
On Wednesday the Academy announced that 112 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 88th Academy Awards.
Here’s our look at the 10 Best Scores from 2015.
Honorable Mention: Krampus by Douglas Pipes
Well-known Yuletide favorites are transformed into “We Wish You A Scary Christmas” and “Krampus Karol of the Bells” in Michael Dougherty’s Krampus. Providing some Christmas frights is Douglas Pipes’ fun and...
- 12/20/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 112 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 88th Academy Awards.
The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:
“Adult Beginners,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer
“The Age of Adaline,” Rob Simonsen, composer
“Altered Minds,” Edmund Choi, composer
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
“Anomalisa,” Carter Burwell, composer
“Ant-Man,” Christophe Beck, composer
“Beasts of No Nation,” Dan Romer, composer
“The Big Short,” Nicholas Britell, composer
“Black Mass,” Tom Holkenborg, composer
“Bridge of Spies,” Thomas Newman, composer
“Brooklyn,” Michael Brook, composer
“Burnt,” Rob Simonsen, composer
“By the Sea,” Gabriel Yared, composer
“Carol,” Carter Burwell, composer
“Cartel Land,” H. Scott Salinas and Jackson Greenberg, composers
“Chi-Raq,” Terence Blanchard, composer
“Cinderella,” Patrick Doyle, composer
“Coming Home,” Qigang Chen, composer
“Concussion,...
The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:
“Adult Beginners,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer
“The Age of Adaline,” Rob Simonsen, composer
“Altered Minds,” Edmund Choi, composer
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
“Anomalisa,” Carter Burwell, composer
“Ant-Man,” Christophe Beck, composer
“Beasts of No Nation,” Dan Romer, composer
“The Big Short,” Nicholas Britell, composer
“Black Mass,” Tom Holkenborg, composer
“Bridge of Spies,” Thomas Newman, composer
“Brooklyn,” Michael Brook, composer
“Burnt,” Rob Simonsen, composer
“By the Sea,” Gabriel Yared, composer
“Carol,” Carter Burwell, composer
“Cartel Land,” H. Scott Salinas and Jackson Greenberg, composers
“Chi-Raq,” Terence Blanchard, composer
“Cinderella,” Patrick Doyle, composer
“Coming Home,” Qigang Chen, composer
“Concussion,...
- 12/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Balancing the varying moods of homesickness, first love, new beginnings, and difficult goodbyes, John Crowley’s “Brooklyn” is a tender look at the immigrant experience. And helping to unify the film’s themes, and its blend of hopeful, melancholy, and romantic tones, is the lovely score by Michael Brook. And today we have an exclusive look at his work on the film from the man himself. In this featurette, Brook humbly explains how he boarded the film, details his past work, and then how he approached the various moods and tenors required for “Brooklyn.” While his score may not have immediate flash, it’s genuinely sincere, carrying the emotions of the story gently, never overplaying the moment, walking hand in hand with the audience through the picture's shifting tides. The soundtrack is now available on CD and digitally, and “Brooklyn” is currently playing in limited release. Watch below.
- 12/8/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
More signs of "Spotlight" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" duking it out for the awards season! Much like the winners of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, "Spotlight" won best picture while George Miller won best director for "Mad Max: Fury Road" at this year's Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association awards.
Miller's "Fury Road" received the most honors including production design and editing while "Spotlight" received two including best ensemble.
Here's the complete list of nominees and winners (highlighted) of the 2015 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association awards:
Best Film:
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight -- Winner
Best Director:
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) -- Winner
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Best Actor:
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Johnny Depp (Black Mass)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) -- Winner
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne...
Miller's "Fury Road" received the most honors including production design and editing while "Spotlight" received two including best ensemble.
Here's the complete list of nominees and winners (highlighted) of the 2015 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association awards:
Best Film:
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight -- Winner
Best Director:
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) -- Winner
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Best Actor:
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Johnny Depp (Black Mass)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) -- Winner
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne...
- 12/7/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Michael Brook is a Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated composer, producer and recording artist recognized for his unique style of composition that traverses ambient, world, Americana, electronic and orchestral territories. His work often contains unusual combinations of instruments, sounds and moods that create a powerful, unique and emotional impact.
Brook’s music career began as a recording artist, guitar player, producer and collaborator, working with artists such as Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Pogues, on ground breaking labels such as 4Ad and Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records. As his music began to be licensed in films such as Heat and Any Given Sunday, he developed an interest in composing for film and moved to Los Angeles from the UK in 1999. Among the more than 40 films that he has scored are The Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Fighter, Into the Wild, Chavez, An Inconvenient Truth. and the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated.
Brook’s music career began as a recording artist, guitar player, producer and collaborator, working with artists such as Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Pogues, on ground breaking labels such as 4Ad and Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records. As his music began to be licensed in films such as Heat and Any Given Sunday, he developed an interest in composing for film and moved to Los Angeles from the UK in 1999. Among the more than 40 films that he has scored are The Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Fighter, Into the Wild, Chavez, An Inconvenient Truth. and the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated.
- 11/27/2015
- by Marc Ciafardini
- The Film Stage
Lakeshore Records will release the Brooklyn – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally and on CD November 6, 2015. The album features the film’s original score by Michael Brook (The Fighter, Into The Wild).
Order Here.
“The director John Crowley slightly laid down a gauntlet by saying that he wanted to have a score that heightened emotion, but never lead things by telling the audience what to feel, and he was very keen to avoid anything that had the slightest whiff of cheese,” said Brook. “Finding this extremely delicate balance was a big part of the interaction that I had with John.”
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly...
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“The director John Crowley slightly laid down a gauntlet by saying that he wanted to have a score that heightened emotion, but never lead things by telling the audience what to feel, and he was very keen to avoid anything that had the slightest whiff of cheese,” said Brook. “Finding this extremely delicate balance was a big part of the interaction that I had with John.”
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly...
- 10/8/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Leonid Yarmolnik, Gali Abaydulov, Yuriy Ashikhmin, Remigijus Bilinskas, Aleksandr Chutko, Valeriy Boltyshev, Evgeniy Gerchakov, Yuriy Tsurilo | Written by Aleksei German, Svetlana Karmalita | Directed by Aleksei German
Cinema is often described as an experience; it can be emotionally draining and even an endurance. Hard to be a God (Trudno byt bogom) is one such film, and at three hours long it takes some watching; but for fans of cinema, it is worth every minute of it…
A group of scientists are sent to the planet Arkanar to aid it though the medieval phase of its history. Not permitted to interfere violently they are forbidden from killing. When one of the Scientists Rumata (Leonid Yarmolnik) tries to save the local intellectuals from being executed, he is finally pushed into action. Put into the position of a God, Rumata ponders what he can do, knowing the whole time that his actions are...
Cinema is often described as an experience; it can be emotionally draining and even an endurance. Hard to be a God (Trudno byt bogom) is one such film, and at three hours long it takes some watching; but for fans of cinema, it is worth every minute of it…
A group of scientists are sent to the planet Arkanar to aid it though the medieval phase of its history. Not permitted to interfere violently they are forbidden from killing. When one of the Scientists Rumata (Leonid Yarmolnik) tries to save the local intellectuals from being executed, he is finally pushed into action. Put into the position of a God, Rumata ponders what he can do, knowing the whole time that his actions are...
- 9/16/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
From Fox Searchlight comes the new poster for director John Crowley’s Brooklyn.
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City.
The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters also star.
Opening in select theaters on November 6, Brooklyn made its premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is an “Official Selection” at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack featuring the score by Golden...
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City.
The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters also star.
Opening in select theaters on November 6, Brooklyn made its premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is an “Official Selection” at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack featuring the score by Golden...
- 9/4/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
'Affliction' movie: Nick Nolte as the troubled police officer Wade Whitehouse. 'Affliction' movie: Great-looking psychological drama fails to coalesce Set in a snowy New Hampshire town, Affliction could have been an excellent depiction of a dysfunctional family's cycle of violence and how that is accentuated by rapid, destabilizing socioeconomic changes. Unfortunately, writer-director Paul Schrader's 1998 film doesn't quite reach such heights.* Based on a novel by Russell Banks (who also penned the equally snowy The Sweet Hereafter), Schrader's Affliction relies on a realistic wintry atmosphere (courtesy of cinematographer Paul Sarossy) to convey the deadness inside the story's protagonist, the middle-aged small-town sheriff Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte). The angst-ridden Wade is intent on not ending up like his abusive, alcoholic father, Glen (James Coburn), while inexorably sliding down that very path. Making matters more complicated, Wade must come to terms with the fact that his ex-wife, Lillian (Mary Beth Hurt), will never return to him,...
- 8/25/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
★★★★☆ It's the year 2163, and the spaceship Ikarie Xb-1 is off to explore life on the 'white planet' orbiting the Alpha Centauri. Like the Greek mythological figure Icarus, whose name christens the spaceship, we follow the mixed crew as they fly too close to the sun, drawing ever closer to something that - without giving the game away too much - will be found all too familiar to its audiences. Jindřich Polák's 1963 Czechoslovak fantasy film may well be a cornerstone of the genre, but it also bridges the gap between the psychological drama, the kitsch space film and a sharp critique of the country's capitalist past.
Based on the novel The Magellanic Cloud (Obłok Magellana) by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem (of Solaris fame), the film follows a loosely episodic nature, tracking scenes of crew boredom and festivities, as much as moments of sharp danger and tension. Cinematographers Jan Kalis and...
Based on the novel The Magellanic Cloud (Obłok Magellana) by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem (of Solaris fame), the film follows a loosely episodic nature, tracking scenes of crew boredom and festivities, as much as moments of sharp danger and tension. Cinematographers Jan Kalis and...
- 9/30/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Documentary film making is all about timing. If the story is there, it’s a simple process of pressing record and editing it together. If the story isn’t there, there’s no hope for the film. Thankfully for filmmakers Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the timing couldn’t have been better when it came to making Undefeated.
What was supposed to simply be a piece on a O.C. Brown, a high school player with a Blindside-like story, developed into a story with a much wider scope, and thus a much greater impact.
In an age when it seems every sports story has been told and retold, it’s incredible that this film is able to provide such a meaningful emotional experience. The true reactions of the players at times are better than could be scripted, and Coach Courtney’s delivery of the news that a wealthy anonymous benefactor would...
What was supposed to simply be a piece on a O.C. Brown, a high school player with a Blindside-like story, developed into a story with a much wider scope, and thus a much greater impact.
In an age when it seems every sports story has been told and retold, it’s incredible that this film is able to provide such a meaningful emotional experience. The true reactions of the players at times are better than could be scripted, and Coach Courtney’s delivery of the news that a wealthy anonymous benefactor would...
- 2/23/2013
- by Alex Lowe
- We Got This Covered
The widely anticipated film "Perks of Being a Wallflower" doesn't hit theaters until Sept. 21, but it's already generated a great deal of attention.
Perhaps that's due to its charming cast -- Emma Watson stars as a high school senior and Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Mae Whitman, Dylan McDermott and Logan Lerman are along for the ride -- but it seems like audiences are really champing at the bit for this one. (The film's currently enjoying a 98% audience anticipation rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
And the soundtrack -- debuting exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment -- is sure to add to the excitement. "Over many years, I have collected songs," "Perks" author (the film is an adpatation), screenwriter and director Stephen Chbosky writes in the album’s liner notes. "I’ve shared them with friends. And they have shared their favorites with me. Some of the songs are popular. Some of them...
Perhaps that's due to its charming cast -- Emma Watson stars as a high school senior and Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Mae Whitman, Dylan McDermott and Logan Lerman are along for the ride -- but it seems like audiences are really champing at the bit for this one. (The film's currently enjoying a 98% audience anticipation rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
And the soundtrack -- debuting exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment -- is sure to add to the excitement. "Over many years, I have collected songs," "Perks" author (the film is an adpatation), screenwriter and director Stephen Chbosky writes in the album’s liner notes. "I’ve shared them with friends. And they have shared their favorites with me. Some of the songs are popular. Some of them...
- 8/17/2012
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
Eco warrior Daryl Hannah has given a first-time filmmaker a big boost by agreeing to produce his low budget documentary about the fossil fuel industry.
The Blade Runner star will serve as executive producer on Craig Rosebraugh's Greedy Lying Basterds film, which he made for just $1.5 million (£940,000).
The filmmaker tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Daryl is a gifted actress with an impressive commitment to environmental protection. We are elated to have her on the project."
Michael Brook, who scored Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, is composing the music.
The Blade Runner star will serve as executive producer on Craig Rosebraugh's Greedy Lying Basterds film, which he made for just $1.5 million (£940,000).
The filmmaker tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Daryl is a gifted actress with an impressive commitment to environmental protection. We are elated to have her on the project."
Michael Brook, who scored Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, is composing the music.
- 2/8/2012
- WENN
Daryl Hannah has signed on as executive producer of the documentary Greedy Lying Bastards, directed by first-time filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh. The $1.5 million film is an investigation of the influence the fossil fuel industry has had on the political process and efforts to combat climate change. “Daryl is a gifted actress with an impressive commitment to environmental protection," said Rosebraugh. "We are elated to have her on the project.” Patrick Gambuti Jr. co-wrote and edited the documentary, and Michael Brook, who scored An Inconvenient Truth, is composing the original score. Hannah has been a public
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- 2/7/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Craig Rosebraugh's new documentary highlights the 'influence, deceit and corruption' of fossil fuel industry
Provocative, frank and impossible to ignore. And that's just the title.
Craig Rosebraugh, a Us filmmaker and political activist, has produced a feature-length documentary that demands to be seen. Greedy Lying Bastards is still awaiting a firm release date – sometime in 2012 is the current promise – but, if the trailer and impressive roster of interviewees are anything to go by, it's likely to cause quite a stir.
Filmed over the past two years and across nine countries, Greedy Lying Bastards claims to be a "searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel industry":
Rosebraugh documents the impact of an industry that puts profits before people, wages a campaign of lies to thwart measures to combat climate change, uses its clout to minimize infringing regulations and undermined the political process in the U.
Provocative, frank and impossible to ignore. And that's just the title.
Craig Rosebraugh, a Us filmmaker and political activist, has produced a feature-length documentary that demands to be seen. Greedy Lying Bastards is still awaiting a firm release date – sometime in 2012 is the current promise – but, if the trailer and impressive roster of interviewees are anything to go by, it's likely to cause quite a stir.
Filmed over the past two years and across nine countries, Greedy Lying Bastards claims to be a "searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel industry":
Rosebraugh documents the impact of an industry that puts profits before people, wages a campaign of lies to thwart measures to combat climate change, uses its clout to minimize infringing regulations and undermined the political process in the U.
- 1/20/2012
- by Leo Hickman
- The Guardian - Film News
"For a time in the mid-to-late 1920s," writes Dave Kehr in the New York Times, "the art of the cinema meant only one thing to the serious-minded film critics of America and Europe: Soviet-style montage, or the art of cutting shots together in a way that would produce ideas and emotions beyond those expressed in the images themselves…. The montage vogue did not last long…. But the fascination of this road not much taken remains, as reflected in Kino's recent Blu-ray releases of Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin and his first feature, Strike, and now by a boxed set of eight films from Flicker Alley, Landmarks of Early Soviet Film. Part of the folklore of Soviet montage is that it was invented by the idealistic filmmakers of a newborn nation as a way of converting imported American movies from capitalist pettifoggery into proletarian uplift by rearranging sequences and redefining characters. Alas, none...
- 10/11/2011
- MUBI
For many, mention the name Darwin and images of evolution are conjured. While Charles Darwin Herbert Spencer is the origin of the term “survival of the fittest,” which carries a coincidental resonance, he has nothing to do with director Nick Brandestini’s film Darwin, a film about a small, isolated town that sits at the end of a worn out road in the middle of Death Valley.
Population 35, no children, no true government of any form, Darwin is the decaying remnants of a town more than 150 years old. Once inhabited by miners, prostitutes and outlaws at varying staged of its turbulent past, Darwin now is the unlikely home for a handful of intriguing characters, all of them real, each of them with their own story. Together, the lives captured on film create one of the most compelling documentaries I’ve seen in years.
The residents of Darwin somehow find ways to coexist and survive,...
Population 35, no children, no true government of any form, Darwin is the decaying remnants of a town more than 150 years old. Once inhabited by miners, prostitutes and outlaws at varying staged of its turbulent past, Darwin now is the unlikely home for a handful of intriguing characters, all of them real, each of them with their own story. Together, the lives captured on film create one of the most compelling documentaries I’ve seen in years.
The residents of Darwin somehow find ways to coexist and survive,...
- 8/12/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Brook (The Fighter, Into the Wild) has recently co-written the music for the upcoming romantic drama The Vow. As reported last year, Rachel Portman has also been working on the project. The movie starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Wendy Crewson and Jessica Lange centers on a newlywed couple that recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again. The film is directed by Michael Suscy who worked with Portman on the Emmy-winning drama Grey Gardens. Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman and Paul Taublieb are producing The Vow. Screen Gems has set a release date for the drama on February 10, 2012. For more information and updates on the film, visit the official Facebook movie page.
Brook’s upcoming projects includes the football documentary Undefeated, which the Weinstein Company will be releasing in the Us.
Brook’s upcoming projects includes the football documentary Undefeated, which the Weinstein Company will be releasing in the Us.
- 7/9/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Pixar's "Toy Story 3" does not number among the 77 films with musical works in the hunt for Best Original Score at the Oscars. (Steve Pond counted them up over at The Wrap -- thanks, Steve.) Randy Newman chose not to submit his composition to the music branch of the academy. Newman has had seven unsuccessful bids in the various score categories over the years. Last year, his score for the Disney animated feature "The Princess and the Frog" was found to be ineligible. The winner was Michael Giacchino for Pixar's "Up." Last week, three composers were ruled out of the running by their brethren: Carter Burwell won't contend at the Oscars for either "True Grit" or "The Kids Are All Right" while Clint Mansell won't for "Black Swan" and Michael Brook was ruled ineligible for "The Fighter." All four scores were found to rely too heavily on pre-exisitng music. In the case of "Black Swan,...
- 12/30/2010
- Gold Derby
The official list of Academy Award-eligible scores has been released, according to Variety. There are the usual list of big names — James Newton Howard (The Tourist, Salt) has four scores in contention, Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, The King’s Speech) has three — and newcomers. (Pray for a Tron: Legacy upset nomination: can you imagine a ceremony with Daft Punk and The Social Network’s Trent Reznor?) But the list is just as notable for the names that aren’t on the list. The Academy disqualified Clint Mansell’s Black Swan and Carter Burwell’s True Grit...
- 12/30/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
The AMPAS have named 241 scripts eligible for the Academy Awards — 134 original, 107 adapted. Unlike the WGA, Winter’s Bone, King’s Speech, Toy Story 3, Never Let Me Go, and How to Train Your Dragon will be considered.
The AMPAS have also released the list of nominees for best score. The list was narrowed down to 77 scores, which makes Best Original Score the 2011 Oscar the category with the least number of films under consideration. The scores for Black Swan, True Grit, The Kids Are Alright and The Fighter will not be eligible to compete this year. Clint Mansell‘s Black Swan score and Carter Burwell‘s True Grit score were disqualified attributed to a designation within Rule 16 of the Academy’s Special Rules for Music Awards (5d under “Eligibility”), which excludes “scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music.” Meanwhile, the scores for The Kids Are All Right,...
The AMPAS have also released the list of nominees for best score. The list was narrowed down to 77 scores, which makes Best Original Score the 2011 Oscar the category with the least number of films under consideration. The scores for Black Swan, True Grit, The Kids Are Alright and The Fighter will not be eligible to compete this year. Clint Mansell‘s Black Swan score and Carter Burwell‘s True Grit score were disqualified attributed to a designation within Rule 16 of the Academy’s Special Rules for Music Awards (5d under “Eligibility”), which excludes “scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music.” Meanwhile, the scores for The Kids Are All Right,...
- 12/30/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
According to Variety, the scores for Black Swan, True Grit, The Kids Are Alright and The Fighter will not be eligible to compete this year. Clint Mansell‘s Black Swan score and Carter Burwell‘s True Grit score were disqualified attributed to a designation within Rule 16 of the Academy’s Special Rules for Music Awards (5d under “Eligibility”), which excludes “scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music.” Meanwhile, the scores for The Kids Are All Right, also by Carter Burwell, and The Fighter, by Michael Brook, were deemed ineligible because the music is “diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs.”
Now while I understand that Mansell’s Black Swan was largely adapted from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and Carter Burwell’s True Grit is mostly based on 19th century hymns, I don’t understand why the other two won’t qualify. Regardless if...
Now while I understand that Mansell’s Black Swan was largely adapted from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and Carter Burwell’s True Grit is mostly based on 19th century hymns, I don’t understand why the other two won’t qualify. Regardless if...
- 12/26/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Collider has the disappointing news that the Academy’s unpredictable music branch has disqualified this year’s scores from three top composers: Carter Burwell, Michael Brook and Clint Mansell. [Mansell's] work...
- 12/21/2010
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
[1] The score of a film is its beating heart. Music subtly, or sometimes not so subtly, juxtaposed with visuals can do almost anything from create tension, elicit themes, set tone, link scenes or raise goosebumps. Without music, most films are a cold, dead fish. That's why the Oscar for Best Original Score is such a big award. Many times, the film that wins Original Score will take home several other awards because great music can make a director, editor and even actors look better. Now, four of the films expected to have strong showings on Oscar night have had their mute buttons pressed. The scores from The Fighter, Black Swan, True Grit and The Kids Are All Right were all deemed ineligible by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Read the reasons and implications after the jump. According to Variety [2], Clint Mansell's Black Swan score and Carter Burwell...
- 12/21/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Variety is reporting that the scores for Black Swan, True Grit, The Fighter and The Kids Are All Right are being disqualified from Oscar consideration.
“Black Swan” and “True Grit” have been deemed ineligible as “scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music,” according to sources inside the Academy music-branch executive committee.
“The Kids Are All Right” and “The Fighter” are expected to be disqualified as scores “diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs,” another of the Acad’s stringent music rules.
Composer Clint Mansell’s “Black Swan” score, as largely adapted from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” and Carter Burwell’s “True Grit,” as mostly based on 19th-century hymns, are not sufficiently “original,” the committee ruled last week.
“The Kids Are All Right” and “The Fighter” have original scores — “Kids” by Burwell and “Fighter” by Michael Brook — but both films are filled with songs,...
“Black Swan” and “True Grit” have been deemed ineligible as “scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music,” according to sources inside the Academy music-branch executive committee.
“The Kids Are All Right” and “The Fighter” are expected to be disqualified as scores “diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs,” another of the Acad’s stringent music rules.
Composer Clint Mansell’s “Black Swan” score, as largely adapted from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” and Carter Burwell’s “True Grit,” as mostly based on 19th-century hymns, are not sufficiently “original,” the committee ruled last week.
“The Kids Are All Right” and “The Fighter” have original scores — “Kids” by Burwell and “Fighter” by Michael Brook — but both films are filled with songs,...
- 12/21/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Variety's Jon Burlingame is reporting the Academy has nixed the eligibility of four potential original scores for this upcoming awards season. The scores deemed ineligible include Clint Mansell's score for Black Swan, Michael Brook's score for The Fighter and Carter Burwell's scores for True Grit and The Kids are All Right.
I actually got in a discussion about this very thing this morning with some Oscar bloggers over email, surprised when the Chicago film critics named Mansell's Black Swan the best original score of the year, primarily because it seemed like more of an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and that turns out to be the very reason it was disqualified. Burwell's score for True Grit was axed because it was mostly based on 19th-century hymns, which are apparently not sufficiently "original."
The scores for Fighter and Kids were reportedly given the heave-ho because "both films are filled with songs,...
I actually got in a discussion about this very thing this morning with some Oscar bloggers over email, surprised when the Chicago film critics named Mansell's Black Swan the best original score of the year, primarily because it seemed like more of an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and that turns out to be the very reason it was disqualified. Burwell's score for True Grit was axed because it was mostly based on 19th-century hymns, which are apparently not sufficiently "original."
The scores for Fighter and Kids were reportedly given the heave-ho because "both films are filled with songs,...
- 12/21/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Fighter
Directed by: David O. Russell
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: December 17, 2010 (Limited)
Plot: The story of two boxing brothers from Lowell, Massachusetts, Micky Ward and Dick Eklund, and their personal struggles to retain their status as “The Pride of Lowell.”
Who’S It For? This boxing movie has the ability to please non-fans of the sport just as much as those who actually follow the sport. Most importantly, anybody that has ever been wrapped up by a Christian Bale performance should check this one out. For those looking at what films to check out for award season, The Fighter has now been put on that list.
Expectations: How would the accents be handled? More importantly, how would this boxing movie be different from other boxing movies? Would Bale’s performance fit into my list of “Top...
Directed by: David O. Russell
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: December 17, 2010 (Limited)
Plot: The story of two boxing brothers from Lowell, Massachusetts, Micky Ward and Dick Eklund, and their personal struggles to retain their status as “The Pride of Lowell.”
Who’S It For? This boxing movie has the ability to please non-fans of the sport just as much as those who actually follow the sport. Most importantly, anybody that has ever been wrapped up by a Christian Bale performance should check this one out. For those looking at what films to check out for award season, The Fighter has now been put on that list.
Expectations: How would the accents be handled? More importantly, how would this boxing movie be different from other boxing movies? Would Bale’s performance fit into my list of “Top...
- 12/18/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
The movie awards season is already underway, as the various critics' associations of several cities have already handed out their awards (Los Angeles, New York, Boston and the National Board of Review have already weighed in), and "The Social Network" is by far the golden child, having taken prizes for Best Picture from all of those organizations. In addition to winning the top prizes, "The Social Network" has also walked away with a bunch of awards for director David Fincher. The film is expected to get a bunch of attention when the Golden Globes are announced on Tuesday morning (December 14), which will undoubtedly lead to a load of recognition at the Oscars in February.
So far, there hasn't been a whole lot of adoration bestowed upon Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the musicians responsible for the score for "The Social Network." Though few people wrote about it, the score by...
So far, there hasn't been a whole lot of adoration bestowed upon Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the musicians responsible for the score for "The Social Network." Though few people wrote about it, the score by...
- 12/13/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
In this edition, Film Weekly twirls from discussing Jim Jarmusch films with John Hurt to stomping with the monsters in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are and does a dance of joy for the newly restored The Red Shoes.
First up, Jason Solomons talks to the great British actor John Hurt about his ability to make a cameo count and the pleasure of working with Jim Jarmusch on his new film, the highbrow hitman thriller The Limits of Control. The actor, who was conferred a BFI fellowship at the London film festival this year, shares how his collaboration with Jarmusch started on Dead Man and why he enjoys working with first-time directors.
Xan Brooks then joins Jason to review the week's key releases: they disagree on Spike Jonze's airy adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are and Jim Jarmusch's zen-like The Limits of Control,...
First up, Jason Solomons talks to the great British actor John Hurt about his ability to make a cameo count and the pleasure of working with Jim Jarmusch on his new film, the highbrow hitman thriller The Limits of Control. The actor, who was conferred a BFI fellowship at the London film festival this year, shares how his collaboration with Jarmusch started on Dead Man and why he enjoys working with first-time directors.
Xan Brooks then joins Jason to review the week's key releases: they disagree on Spike Jonze's airy adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are and Jim Jarmusch's zen-like The Limits of Control,...
- 12/10/2009
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps, Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
2007 saw the release of Into the Wild, the movie based on Jon Krakauer's 1996 book chronicling Christopher McCandless' journey into the unknown. Marking Sean Penn's fourth directorial work, the soundtrack for the movie became Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder's first solo album. He wrote most of the songs appearing in the film while Michael Brook provided original music. Describing this soundtrack as "folky" is hardly a new discovery, but it is the first adjective that comes to mind after listening to the welling guitar sounds. At its worst the album reaches a monotonous quality only saved by Vedder's magnificent, touching interpretations. Although it was "Guaranteed" that won Vedder a Golden Globe for best original song and the celebratory, repetitive Indio cover "Hard Sun" was released as a single, it seems to be "Society", a Jerry Hannan -penned piece that stands at the emotional core of the movie.
- 10/20/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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