Juliette Harrisson Oct 3, 2017
As series Xii arrives online this week, we count down twenty of the best Red Dwarf episodes from across the show's long history...
Putting together a list of the Top 20 episodes of Red Dwarf presented an unusual challenge. The truth is, there’s barely a bum note in the first 36 episodes (Series I – VI) and then it’s a case of finding the quality episodes among the less successful half hours in the following 31 (Series VII – XI). The most accurate ‘top 20’ would be composed almost entirely of episodes from those first 36. However, for this list, we’ve resisted the urge to simply list most of the first six series and have deliberately ensured that this selection covers a reasonable span of the show, with every series except IX represented somewhere. This way, we can offer a more balanced overview of the whole history of the show, and...
As series Xii arrives online this week, we count down twenty of the best Red Dwarf episodes from across the show's long history...
Putting together a list of the Top 20 episodes of Red Dwarf presented an unusual challenge. The truth is, there’s barely a bum note in the first 36 episodes (Series I – VI) and then it’s a case of finding the quality episodes among the less successful half hours in the following 31 (Series VII – XI). The most accurate ‘top 20’ would be composed almost entirely of episodes from those first 36. However, for this list, we’ve resisted the urge to simply list most of the first six series and have deliberately ensured that this selection covers a reasonable span of the show, with every series except IX represented somewhere. This way, we can offer a more balanced overview of the whole history of the show, and...
- 10/1/2017
- Den of Geek
Unbearable grief becomes unbearable boredom in The Tree, a meandering Australian drama about dealing with the death of a loved one that’s hampered by heavy-handed metaphors and a pace that makes Terence Malick’s Tree Of Life look as if it were directed by Michael Bay. The story tells of Peter (Aden Young), husband of Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and father of four who has a heart attack while driving his truck, which subsequently rolls into the large fig tree that towers over their house. Torn with anguish after her husband’s death, Dawn struggles to come to terms with life as a young widow. Her eight-year-old daughter Simone (Morgana Davies) becomes convinced that her late father is whispering to her through the leaves of the aforementioned tree. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but the tree soon becomes malignant. A branch crashes into the house and its...
- 9/2/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Everett Charlotte Gainsbourg in “The Tree”
Director Julie Bertuccelli slips an off-hand reference to her native France among the stark Australian landscapes that populate her new film, “The Tree.”
Dawn, her lead female character played by French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, is the child of a French father and an English mother. The simple and almost throwaway plot point gives Gainsbourg an excuse to sound slightly less than Australian, and gives Bertuccelli the chance to explore ties to her homeland as...
Director Julie Bertuccelli slips an off-hand reference to her native France among the stark Australian landscapes that populate her new film, “The Tree.”
Dawn, her lead female character played by French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, is the child of a French father and an English mother. The simple and almost throwaway plot point gives Gainsbourg an excuse to sound slightly less than Australian, and gives Bertuccelli the chance to explore ties to her homeland as...
- 7/17/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Julie Bertuccelli’s The Tree considers the point at which mourning the loss of a loved one crosses the line from respecting the person’s legacy to something unhealthier. Based on a novel by Judy Pascoe (via a script by Elizabeth J. Mars), The Tree stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as a rural Australian mother of four, struggling to get on with her life after her husband suffers a sudden, fatal heart attack. Gainsbourg grieves hard at first, but gradually begins to adjust, even starting a love affair with her new boss, a plumber played by Marton Csokas. Meanwhile, Gainsbourg’s eight-year-old ...
- 7/14/2011
- avclub.com
The Tree Trailer has premiered. Julie Bertucelli‘s The Tree (2010) movie trailer stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas, Christian Byers, and Tom Russell. The Tree‘s plot synopsis: “based on the much-loved Australian novel, “Oh Father Who Art in the Tree” by Judy Pascoe. Dawn (Gainsbourg) and Peter live together with their children in the Australian countryside. In the middle of their garden stands the kids’ favorite playground : a massive Moreton Bay Fig tree, whose branches reach high towards the sky and roots stretch far into the ground. One day, Peter dies of a heart attack, crashing his car into the tree trunk. Dawn is left alone with her grief and four children to raise. All of them naturally go looking for comfort under their protective tree, which becomes even more present in their lives. The young daughter, Simone (Davies), thinking that her late father whispers to her through the leaves,...
- 7/7/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Zeitgeist Films have done some very late Cannes 2010 shopping at the 2011 edition of the Berlin's Efm with today's title pick-up announcement. After previously releasing Julie Bertuccelli’s brilliant Since Otar Left, the mini art-house distributor have teamed once again with her on sophomore film item, The Tree - which was the festival's closing night film and in a way, exemplified how much of an "off" year it was for Cannes. Gist: Adapted from Judy Pascoe’s novel Our Father Who Art in a Tree, this tells the story of a family in mourning after the death of their father. Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Peter live together with their children in a suburban neighborhood in Australia. In the middle of their luxuriant garden stands the kids' favorite playground : a massive Moreton Bay Fig tree, whose branches reach high towards the sky and roots stretch far into the ground. One night,...
- 2/16/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree, with Charlotte Gainsbourg, has gone to Zeitgeist Films for a NY and La summer debut to be followed by national distribution. The film was Cannes' closing night feature. Set in Queensland, Australia, the film is based on Judy Pascoe's book Our Father Who Art in the Tree, which follows the recently windowed Dawn and her four children, who express their grief in different ways. One of the widow's daughters believes her late father's spirit in in a huge Moreton Bay Fig tree in the family yard. When Dawn meets a new man, the tree begins to threaten the family's future. Another Cannes entry, Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme (pictured), will be released stateside by Kino Lorber. A tentative release is slated for ...
- 2/15/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
• Bill Stamets and Roger Ebert
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
- 10/16/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
It was French director Julie Bertucelli’s wish to make a film about a tree that ultimately brought together a French-Australian feature co-production, aptly titled The Tree, writes Hansika Bhagani.
In 2004, Bertuccelli was determined her next work would revolve around a tree motif. “I don’t know why exactly, but I was a bit obsessed with the tree” she said.
A friend lent her a copy of Brisbane-born Judy Pascoe’s book Our Father Who Art in the Tree but she and producer Yael Fogiel became disappointed after they found the rights had already been bought by the Australian production company, Taylor Media. A dialogue between the French-based Bertuccelli and Fogiel and Perth-based Sue Taylor led to the eighth feature coproduction between the two countries since they signed the Memorandum of Understanding in 1986.
It was decided early on that both parties would find money, that Bertucelli would direct a cast...
In 2004, Bertuccelli was determined her next work would revolve around a tree motif. “I don’t know why exactly, but I was a bit obsessed with the tree” she said.
A friend lent her a copy of Brisbane-born Judy Pascoe’s book Our Father Who Art in the Tree but she and producer Yael Fogiel became disappointed after they found the rights had already been bought by the Australian production company, Taylor Media. A dialogue between the French-based Bertuccelli and Fogiel and Perth-based Sue Taylor led to the eighth feature coproduction between the two countries since they signed the Memorandum of Understanding in 1986.
It was decided early on that both parties would find money, that Bertucelli would direct a cast...
- 9/30/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
“The Tree” is a painfully maudlin, unambitious and oversensitive melodrama. Director Julie Bertuccelli (“Since Otar Left”) has adapted Judy Pascoe’s novel “Our Father Who Art in the Tree” about a rural Australian family struggling with the loss of their breadwinning paterfamilias, Peter (Aden Young), after he suffers a heart attack and dies. Drifting through her days in a depressed stupor, stay-at-home-mom Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is in no shape to support her four kids, the older two boys seemingly dealing with the grief better than she. The three-year-old isn’t speaking yet, and precocious blonde moppet Simone (Morgana Davies), daddy’s favorite and in total denial, claims that Peter speaks to her from high in the limbs of the gigantic Moreton Bay fig tree clouding their modest home. Dawn almost believes it herself, though the breeze of magic realism hinted at throughout never exists outside their heads, even when nature chaotically reflects their sorrow.
- 5/24/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
A pair of films we've been tracking since pre-production and highlighted as must see films this year are capping off the Cannes Film Festival's Competition and the parallel Director's Fortnight sections. Yesterday, the Director's Fortnight section have pulled out Fabienne Berthaud’s Lily Sometimes (#89) among their previously mentioned film selections and will showcase French film as the closing night slot, while today comes word that the producers behind Julie Bertucelli's The Tree (#80) have finally decided that a closing film showcase is too good to give up (there was word that they decided not to accept the spot) -- in the same gesture, she becomes one o the rare female filmmakers included in the top section. I was expecting the place to be given to Denis Villeneuve or Francois Ozon's latest works. In other news that hasn't officially been announced by the festival, Romain Goupail's Les Main en L'air as...
- 4/29/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Since debuting aged 13 with her father, Serge Gainsbourg, on a pop single called 'Lemon Incest', the French-British actress and singer has courted controversy. Last year she starred as a demonic mother in Lars von Trier's controversial film Antichrist. As her third album is released, made with Us songwriter Beck, she talks to Sean O'Hagan about her recent brain surgery and her enduring feelings for her late father
In the summer of 2007, Charlotte Gainsbourg had what seemed like a minor water-skiing accident. Six months later, after attending a gala screening in Venice of Todd Haynes's film, I'm Not There, in which she played one of Bob Dylan's wives, she suffered "a seven day headache". Back home in Paris, she went to the doctor for a check-up and found out that she was lucky to be alive.
"They did an Mri scan and found that my brain had been...
In the summer of 2007, Charlotte Gainsbourg had what seemed like a minor water-skiing accident. Six months later, after attending a gala screening in Venice of Todd Haynes's film, I'm Not There, in which she played one of Bob Dylan's wives, she suffered "a seven day headache". Back home in Paris, she went to the doctor for a check-up and found out that she was lucky to be alive.
"They did an Mri scan and found that my brain had been...
- 1/10/2010
- by Sean O'Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
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