Los Angeles, May 12 (Ians) Actress Natalie Portman hasn’t purchased or “used any leather or fur or animal products in 20 years.”
The ‘Star Wars’ actress is passionate about a vegan lifestyle and is a prominent animal rights campaigner and as well as spurning garments created from animal products she no longer buys new clothes unless absolutely necessary, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“I haven’t bought or used any leather or fur or animal products in 20 years. I buy vintage clothes, and only if absolutely necessary, and of course repair damaged items,” she shared to The Hollywood Reporter.
She has been a vegetarian since she was nine years old and went vegan in 2011 after reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s book ‘Eating Animals’.
The 41-year-old actress is committed to passing on those values to her children, Aleph and Amalia, who she has with her husband Benjamin Millepied as well educating them about climate change.
The ‘Star Wars’ actress is passionate about a vegan lifestyle and is a prominent animal rights campaigner and as well as spurning garments created from animal products she no longer buys new clothes unless absolutely necessary, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“I haven’t bought or used any leather or fur or animal products in 20 years. I buy vintage clothes, and only if absolutely necessary, and of course repair damaged items,” she shared to The Hollywood Reporter.
She has been a vegetarian since she was nine years old and went vegan in 2011 after reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s book ‘Eating Animals’.
The 41-year-old actress is committed to passing on those values to her children, Aleph and Amalia, who she has with her husband Benjamin Millepied as well educating them about climate change.
- 5/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Elijah Wood may be having a bit of a moment with "Yellowjackets," but it's far from his only headline-grabbing role. Wood has been steadily working on our screens since the late 1980s, with a varied career that includes acting in TV and movies, doing voice work, producing and writing, and more.
While Wood definitely has become a permanent fixture in pop culture thanks to his role in "The Lord of the Rings," his career is much more eclectic and varied than just the blockbusters. He's the kind of actor who seems to delight in taking unusual and creative projects, with roles ranging from outright comedy and family-friendly hits to thrillers, dark dramas, and everything in between. Let's take a look back at some of his big-screen highlights over the years.
Elijah Wood Movies 1. "Back to the Future Part II"
Did you know that Wood's very first on-screen credit was in...
While Wood definitely has become a permanent fixture in pop culture thanks to his role in "The Lord of the Rings," his career is much more eclectic and varied than just the blockbusters. He's the kind of actor who seems to delight in taking unusual and creative projects, with roles ranging from outright comedy and family-friendly hits to thrillers, dark dramas, and everything in between. Let's take a look back at some of his big-screen highlights over the years.
Elijah Wood Movies 1. "Back to the Future Part II"
Did you know that Wood's very first on-screen credit was in...
- 4/18/2023
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
“Jews Don’t Count,” a new documentary from British writer and comedian David Baddiel set to air on U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 next week, is an examination of how, particularly in progressive circles, there is a persistent sense that Jews aren’t entitled to the same protection and support as other minority communities. That sense is predicated on the antisemitic belief that all Jews are rich, successful and “dominate” industries such as Hollywood, if not the very world order.
It’s symbolic of the catch-22 at the heart of the film that the succession of Jewish celebrities who appear within it to talk about their experiences of antisemitism, such as David Schwimmer, Sarah Silverman, Stephen Fry and Jonathan Safran Foer, may well end up further convincing antisemites that the very premise of the documentary is unfounded.
Baddiel, a comedian and writer, acknowledged that predicament at a press screening in...
It’s symbolic of the catch-22 at the heart of the film that the succession of Jewish celebrities who appear within it to talk about their experiences of antisemitism, such as David Schwimmer, Sarah Silverman, Stephen Fry and Jonathan Safran Foer, may well end up further convincing antisemites that the very premise of the documentary is unfounded.
Baddiel, a comedian and writer, acknowledged that predicament at a press screening in...
- 11/17/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
David Baddiel has revealed that, in his new documentary Jews Don’t Count, he apologises to former footballer Jason Lee for impersonating him in blackface in the Nineties.
Baddiel and fellow comic Frank Skinner once had a BBC show called Fantasy Football League, in which they ridiculed footballers.
Much of their mockery was directed at Lee, the Black Nottingham Forest player. Baddiel would portray Lee as dim-witted, with a pineapple on top of his head to imitate Lee’s hairstyle. Skinner would put on a strong Northern accent to portray Lee’s then-manager, Frank Clark.
At one point, Baddiel wore blackface when depicting Lee.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (17 November), Baddiel said: “I shamefully impersonated Jason Lee in blackface 25 years ago on Fantasy Football, and I felt that it was important, if I’m going to do a documentary about Jewish representation and minorities, that I should go...
Baddiel and fellow comic Frank Skinner once had a BBC show called Fantasy Football League, in which they ridiculed footballers.
Much of their mockery was directed at Lee, the Black Nottingham Forest player. Baddiel would portray Lee as dim-witted, with a pineapple on top of his head to imitate Lee’s hairstyle. Skinner would put on a strong Northern accent to portray Lee’s then-manager, Frank Clark.
At one point, Baddiel wore blackface when depicting Lee.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (17 November), Baddiel said: “I shamefully impersonated Jason Lee in blackface 25 years ago on Fantasy Football, and I felt that it was important, if I’m going to do a documentary about Jewish representation and minorities, that I should go...
- 11/17/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Liev Schreiber wouldn’t be opposed to revisiting “Ray Donovan,” he told the audience at Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on Sunday. The beloved Showtime series, created by Ann Biderman, was canceled in 2020 after seven seasons. Following the fans’ outcry, “Ray Donovan: The Movie” premiered in 2022.
“I would consider it,” he said during a masterclass.
“It was always [longtime Showtime chief] David Nevins’ baby. I know he loves this character and this story, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear more from David.”
Schreiber admitted he was both “disappointed and relieved” by the show’s cancellation, but the outpouring of love and support touched him deeply.
“Naomi [Watts, his ex-partner] was a bigger star than me and we were flying all over the world with our children. But they were getting bigger and they needed to go to school and live in one place. She wanted to live in L.A.
“I would consider it,” he said during a masterclass.
“It was always [longtime Showtime chief] David Nevins’ baby. I know he loves this character and this story, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear more from David.”
Schreiber admitted he was both “disappointed and relieved” by the show’s cancellation, but the outpouring of love and support touched him deeply.
“Naomi [Watts, his ex-partner] was a bigger star than me and we were flying all over the world with our children. But they were getting bigger and they needed to go to school and live in one place. She wanted to live in L.A.
- 7/3/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Three further Cannes titles also added to 2022 edition.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has revealed it will open on Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s romantic drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Superheroes explores the relationship between a physics teacher and cartoonist, played respectively by Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca, at the beginning of their courtship and 10 years later. It marks the latest feature of Genovese, who has since directed upcoming drama The First Day Of My Life, starring Toni Servillo. It was released in Italy in December 2021 via Medusa Film.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has revealed it will open on Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s romantic drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Superheroes explores the relationship between a physics teacher and cartoonist, played respectively by Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca, at the beginning of their courtship and 10 years later. It marks the latest feature of Genovese, who has since directed upcoming drama The First Day Of My Life, starring Toni Servillo. It was released in Italy in December 2021 via Medusa Film.
- 6/29/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Paolo Genovese’s “Superheroes” will be the opening film of the 56th Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on July 1, while George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” will close the festival on July 9.
“Superheroes” is a romantic film that briefly introduces us to the carousel of joys and fears of a couple brought together by chance. Or was it fate? Comic book illustrator Anna and theoretical physicist Marco are a pair of congenial superheroes who, like so many other people, have decided to live together. After all, dealing with shared problems sometimes requires truly superhuman strength. Every relationship has its crises and its idyllic moments – from a random encounter in the rain to serious conversations a decade later.
The film’s structure presents the history of their relationship by following two timelines: the very beginning and 10 years later. The carefully constructed episodes systematically take aim at viewers’ hearts and minds.
“Superheroes” is a romantic film that briefly introduces us to the carousel of joys and fears of a couple brought together by chance. Or was it fate? Comic book illustrator Anna and theoretical physicist Marco are a pair of congenial superheroes who, like so many other people, have decided to live together. After all, dealing with shared problems sometimes requires truly superhuman strength. Every relationship has its crises and its idyllic moments – from a random encounter in the rain to serious conversations a decade later.
The film’s structure presents the history of their relationship by following two timelines: the very beginning and 10 years later. The carefully constructed episodes systematically take aim at viewers’ hearts and minds.
- 6/29/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) will open this Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s relationship drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has revealed in a final pre-kick-off announcement.
Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca co-star in Genovese’s romance exploring the high and lows of the relationship between a comic book illustrator and theoretical physicist
It is the 11th feature of Genovese, who is best known internationally for his 2016 couple comedy-drama Perfect Strangers which was hit at home and went on to be adapted for multiple territories.
Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing – starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba – world premiered out of competition at Cannes last May.
The festival also revealed that US actor and director Liev Schreiber and former Cannes Marché du Film head Jerôme Paillard will be guests this year. Other previously announced...
Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca co-star in Genovese’s romance exploring the high and lows of the relationship between a comic book illustrator and theoretical physicist
It is the 11th feature of Genovese, who is best known internationally for his 2016 couple comedy-drama Perfect Strangers which was hit at home and went on to be adapted for multiple territories.
Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing – starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba – world premiered out of competition at Cannes last May.
The festival also revealed that US actor and director Liev Schreiber and former Cannes Marché du Film head Jerôme Paillard will be guests this year. Other previously announced...
- 6/29/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Competition line-up includes new films by Jerzy Sladkowski, Bryan Fogel, Moara Passoni and Hubert Sauper.
Copenhagen-based documentary festival Cph:dox (March 18-29) has revealed its 2020 competition line-up, with 52% of the 65 titles directed by one or more female directors.
Notable world premieres include Ecstasy, the new project from Brazil’s Moara Passoni, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated The Edge Of Democracy. Ecstasy is an autobiographical hybrid following Passoni’s alter ego Clara as she battles anorexia
Also in the main competition is the world premiere of Bitter Love from Polish filmmaker Jerzy Sladkowski, who won the main award at Idfa with Don Juan...
Copenhagen-based documentary festival Cph:dox (March 18-29) has revealed its 2020 competition line-up, with 52% of the 65 titles directed by one or more female directors.
Notable world premieres include Ecstasy, the new project from Brazil’s Moara Passoni, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated The Edge Of Democracy. Ecstasy is an autobiographical hybrid following Passoni’s alter ego Clara as she battles anorexia
Also in the main competition is the world premiere of Bitter Love from Polish filmmaker Jerzy Sladkowski, who won the main award at Idfa with Don Juan...
- 2/21/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Topic, First Look Media’s new streaming service, has acquired the North American streaming rights to “Meats,” Ashley Williams’ short film that made its world premiere in the shorts program at the Sundance Film Festival, Topic announced Wednesday.
Topic also acquired a first look opportunity for any projects based on or related to “Meats.”
“How I Met Your Mother Actress” Williams starred in and directed “Meats,” which looks at how a pregnant vegan struggles with her newfound craving to eat meat. The story was inspired by the ideas of the ethics of eating food as posed by writers like Michael Pollan, Camas Davis and Jonathan Safran Foer.
Williams stars in “Meats” alongside a real-life master butcher named Giancarlo Sbarbaro. She also produced with Neal Dodson.
Also Read: Sundance 2020: Streamers Spent Big and Documentaries Are All the Rage
“There were many incredible shorts that premiered at Sundance this year, and...
Topic also acquired a first look opportunity for any projects based on or related to “Meats.”
“How I Met Your Mother Actress” Williams starred in and directed “Meats,” which looks at how a pregnant vegan struggles with her newfound craving to eat meat. The story was inspired by the ideas of the ethics of eating food as posed by writers like Michael Pollan, Camas Davis and Jonathan Safran Foer.
Williams stars in “Meats” alongside a real-life master butcher named Giancarlo Sbarbaro. She also produced with Neal Dodson.
Also Read: Sundance 2020: Streamers Spent Big and Documentaries Are All the Rage
“There were many incredible shorts that premiered at Sundance this year, and...
- 2/5/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Nina Dobrev, Joshua Jackson and Diane Warren will be honored at the second annual Ema Honors Benefit Gala, which recognizes trailblazers working to protect the planet.
In addition, the Environmental Media Association will honor author Jonathan Safran Foer and Earth Friendly Products president and CEO Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks at its Sept. 28 event, taking place at a private estate in Pacific Palisades. Liza Koshy is set to host.
Dobrev (Fam, The Vampire Diaries) will be honored with the Futures Award, Jackson (The Affair, Dawson’s Creek) with the Ongoing Commitment Award, Grammy- and Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Warren with the Missions in Music ...
In addition, the Environmental Media Association will honor author Jonathan Safran Foer and Earth Friendly Products president and CEO Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks at its Sept. 28 event, taking place at a private estate in Pacific Palisades. Liza Koshy is set to host.
Dobrev (Fam, The Vampire Diaries) will be honored with the Futures Award, Jackson (The Affair, Dawson’s Creek) with the Ongoing Commitment Award, Grammy- and Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Warren with the Missions in Music ...
Natalie Portman narrates an unsettling documentary about how agribusiness resorts to ever greater squalor and cruelty
‘You vote at least three times a day with your fork,” says a farmer in this sombre, painful, relevant documentary about agribusiness from film-maker Christopher Quinn, based on the 2009 non-fiction bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, co-written with him and narrated by Natalie Portman, who was so energised by the book that it reportedly turned her into a vegan activist.
It’s a film that tells you what you already knew – and then made a conscious or unconscious decision to forget, if you are a meat-eater. Factory farming is a horrible business. The economics demand ever greater productivity under conditions of ever greater squalor and cruelty for the animals themselves: the normalisation of what is grimly known as “confinement agriculture”. Chicken McNuggets are the product of something pretty horrendous. Small farmers who are contracted by...
‘You vote at least three times a day with your fork,” says a farmer in this sombre, painful, relevant documentary about agribusiness from film-maker Christopher Quinn, based on the 2009 non-fiction bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, co-written with him and narrated by Natalie Portman, who was so energised by the book that it reportedly turned her into a vegan activist.
It’s a film that tells you what you already knew – and then made a conscious or unconscious decision to forget, if you are a meat-eater. Factory farming is a horrible business. The economics demand ever greater productivity under conditions of ever greater squalor and cruelty for the animals themselves: the normalisation of what is grimly known as “confinement agriculture”. Chicken McNuggets are the product of something pretty horrendous. Small farmers who are contracted by...
- 6/6/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Natalie Portman is vying for awards this Oscar season with films that range from the fictional to the disturbingly real.
Critics are praising her performance as a music icon in Vox Lux, out next month, but her other awards contender comes from the realm of nonfiction, the bracing documentary Eating Animals. She produced and narrated the film that explores the ethical and environmental dimensions of raising animals for slaughter on an industrial scale.
“It’s about the world of factory farming and what has happened to our system of creating food, because it’s been put into this capitalist, corporate kind of frame,” Portman explains. “I think it’s really upsetting when you see the impact on human health, from so many different aspects—the environmental aspect…to the consumption of the product.”
The film directed by Christopher Quinn is now available on iTunes, after a theatrical release over the summer.
Critics are praising her performance as a music icon in Vox Lux, out next month, but her other awards contender comes from the realm of nonfiction, the bracing documentary Eating Animals. She produced and narrated the film that explores the ethical and environmental dimensions of raising animals for slaughter on an industrial scale.
“It’s about the world of factory farming and what has happened to our system of creating food, because it’s been put into this capitalist, corporate kind of frame,” Portman explains. “I think it’s really upsetting when you see the impact on human health, from so many different aspects—the environmental aspect…to the consumption of the product.”
The film directed by Christopher Quinn is now available on iTunes, after a theatrical release over the summer.
- 11/5/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Other titles include Bad Times At El Royale and Park Chan-Wook series The Little Drummer Girl;
The 13th Rome Film Fest (18-28 October) has unveiled its line-up. It will feature in its non-competitive official selection 38 films, including the world premieres of Fede Alvarez’s The Girl In The Spider’s Web with Claire Foy and Gilles De Maistre’s Mia Et Le Lion Blanc, featuring Melanie Laurent.
Scroll down for the full line-up
Opening with Drew Goddard’s Bad Times At El Royale, Antonio Monda’s fourth edition confirms itself as a “fest” and not a “festival” as the director specifies.
The 13th Rome Film Fest (18-28 October) has unveiled its line-up. It will feature in its non-competitive official selection 38 films, including the world premieres of Fede Alvarez’s The Girl In The Spider’s Web with Claire Foy and Gilles De Maistre’s Mia Et Le Lion Blanc, featuring Melanie Laurent.
Scroll down for the full line-up
Opening with Drew Goddard’s Bad Times At El Royale, Antonio Monda’s fourth edition confirms itself as a “fest” and not a “festival” as the director specifies.
- 10/5/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Jonathan Safran Foer and Isabelle Huppert among raft of further new speakers added.
Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, is set to talk about the role and evolution of film festivals as part of the Rome Flm Fest’s Close Encounters strand in October.
The festival, which takes place from October 18-28, has also added a talk with Cate Blanchett, where she will speak about her career as well as her social and environmental initiatives.
Further sessions include novelist and author Jonathan Safran Foer on the relationship between literature and cinema; and Iranian photographer and video-artist Shirin Neshat,...
Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, is set to talk about the role and evolution of film festivals as part of the Rome Flm Fest’s Close Encounters strand in October.
The festival, which takes place from October 18-28, has also added a talk with Cate Blanchett, where she will speak about her career as well as her social and environmental initiatives.
Further sessions include novelist and author Jonathan Safran Foer on the relationship between literature and cinema; and Iranian photographer and video-artist Shirin Neshat,...
- 9/17/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: As his Showtime series Ray Donovan moves to New York for its sixth season, Liev Schreiber has joined up with Matthew Stillman to launch Illuminated Content, a Gotham-based venture to develop, produce and finance TV and movie projects. Former Maven Pictures producer Hardy Justice will head up development and production at the company’s offices in New York. The aim is to generate three to four projects per year across various platforms, with Illuminated Content producing and co-financing.
The company will allow Schreiber and Stillman to accelerate the entrepreneurial ambitions they have built on separate tracks. Operating around his Ray Donovan schedule — where he is producer and has directed several pivotal episodes — Schreiber has methodically been broadening his canvas. Schreiber made his feature directorial debut on an adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer bestseller Everything is Illuminated and most recently starred, co-wrote, and produced Chuck, the indie drama about the life of Chuck Wepner,...
The company will allow Schreiber and Stillman to accelerate the entrepreneurial ambitions they have built on separate tracks. Operating around his Ray Donovan schedule — where he is producer and has directed several pivotal episodes — Schreiber has methodically been broadening his canvas. Schreiber made his feature directorial debut on an adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer bestseller Everything is Illuminated and most recently starred, co-wrote, and produced Chuck, the indie drama about the life of Chuck Wepner,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
This fall's Rome Film Fest is already filling out its lineup.
The Italian festival is set to broadcast the entire History Channel docuseries Watergate from Oscar winner Charles Ferguson (Inside Job).
The 1972 scandal that brought down then-President Richard Nixon has become increasingly relevant as questions on the legalities of how Donald Trump came to office continue to plague the current administration. The Rome Film Fest under artistic director Antonio Monda has taken a great interest in American politics. The 2016 edition included a retrospective of American presidential films.
Also announced: Jonathan Safran Foer, best-selling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely ...
The Italian festival is set to broadcast the entire History Channel docuseries Watergate from Oscar winner Charles Ferguson (Inside Job).
The 1972 scandal that brought down then-President Richard Nixon has become increasingly relevant as questions on the legalities of how Donald Trump came to office continue to plague the current administration. The Rome Film Fest under artistic director Antonio Monda has taken a great interest in American politics. The 2016 edition included a retrospective of American presidential films.
Also announced: Jonathan Safran Foer, best-selling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This fall's Rome Film Fest is already filling out its lineup.
The Italian festival is set to broadcast the entire History Channel docuseries Watergate from Oscar winner Charles Ferguson (Inside Job).
The 1972 scandal that brought down then-President Richard Nixon has become increasingly relevant as questions on the legalities of how Donald Trump came to office continue to plague the current administration. The Rome Film Fest under artistic director Antonio Monda has taken a great interest in American politics. The 2016 edition included a retrospective of American presidential films.
Also announced: Jonathan Safran Foer, best-selling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely ...
The Italian festival is set to broadcast the entire History Channel docuseries Watergate from Oscar winner Charles Ferguson (Inside Job).
The 1972 scandal that brought down then-President Richard Nixon has become increasingly relevant as questions on the legalities of how Donald Trump came to office continue to plague the current administration. The Rome Film Fest under artistic director Antonio Monda has taken a great interest in American politics. The 2016 edition included a retrospective of American presidential films.
Also announced: Jonathan Safran Foer, best-selling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Chickens crowded into a confined feeding shed they never leave in their brief lives, in a scene from the documentary Eating Animals. Courtesy of IFC.
Eating Animals has its title slightly wrong. The documentary should have been called “Factory Farming Animals,” because that is its real focus. Factory farming is the production of cheap, fast animal protein, done at a high profit for some big agribusiness corporations and a high price for farm animals, farmers, the environment, and public health. Whether one goes vegan or not after seeing this documentary, one certainly will be put off eating factory-farmed animals after watching this gut-wrenching expose´.
Eating Animals is based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling book of the same name and it is narrated by Natalie Portman. Portman is vegan and Foer describes himself as sometimes a vegetarian, and both are producers of the documentary directed by Christopher Quinn. The documentary...
Eating Animals has its title slightly wrong. The documentary should have been called “Factory Farming Animals,” because that is its real focus. Factory farming is the production of cheap, fast animal protein, done at a high profit for some big agribusiness corporations and a high price for farm animals, farmers, the environment, and public health. Whether one goes vegan or not after seeing this documentary, one certainly will be put off eating factory-farmed animals after watching this gut-wrenching expose´.
Eating Animals is based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling book of the same name and it is narrated by Natalie Portman. Portman is vegan and Foer describes himself as sometimes a vegetarian, and both are producers of the documentary directed by Christopher Quinn. The documentary...
- 7/13/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
How much do you know about the food that’s on your plate? Based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer and narrated by co-producer Natalie Portman, Eating Animals is an urgent, eye-opening look at the environmental, economic, and public health consequences of factory farming. Tracing the history of food production in the United States, the film charts how farming has gone from local and sustainable to a corporate Frankenstein monster that offers cheap eggs, meat, and dairy at a steep cost: the exploitation of animals; the risky use of antibiotics and hormones; and the pollution of our air, soil, and water. Spotlighting farmers who have pushed backed against industrial agriculture with more humane practices, Eating Animals offers attainable, commonsense solutions to a growing crisis while making the case that ethical farming is not only an animal rights issue but one that affects every aspect of our lives.
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- 7/6/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Eating Animals: What’s on your plate? Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer present this eye-opening look at the food industry and an ethical future free of factory farming. (IFC Films) This film is not yet rated.
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Eating Animals is in theaters on Friday, July 6, 2018!
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For your chance to receive a pair of complimentary passes to see the new film Eating Animals from writer/director Christopher Dillon Quinn at the Emagine Royal Oak in Royal Oak, Michigan on Thursday, June 28th at 7:00 Pm, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry! There are a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone! No purchase necessary!
About The Film
Eating Animals: What’s on your plate? Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer present this eye-opening look at the food industry and an ethical future free of factory farming. (IFC Films) This film is not yet rated.
Visit Eating Animals Official Website!
Eating Animals is in theaters on Friday, July 6, 2018!
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- 6/25/2018
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
Updated with more numbers and analysis. The specialty film marketplace had a mellow weekend, as Hollywood summer tentpoles dominated the conversation, though audiences did turn out for doc counter-programmers Eating Animals and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Natalie Portman, who produced and narrates Eating Animals, which explores the consequences of factory farming, had a heavy Q&A schedule in New York for its two runs of the IFC Films/Sundance Selects release directed by Christopher Quinn. It grossed $35,215 for hearty $17,607 per theater average. Neighbor, which focuses on the life and TV legacy of Fred Rogers, posted a stellar second-frame average of $10,253 despite a significant expansion. The Focus Features release grossed $985,000 in 96 locations.
On the border between specialty and wide releases, John Travolta’s turn as mob boss John Gotti went out in 503 theaters, grossing $1.67M. Gotti, co-financed by MoviePass Ventures, joined an ignominious club with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Natalie Portman, who produced and narrates Eating Animals, which explores the consequences of factory farming, had a heavy Q&A schedule in New York for its two runs of the IFC Films/Sundance Selects release directed by Christopher Quinn. It grossed $35,215 for hearty $17,607 per theater average. Neighbor, which focuses on the life and TV legacy of Fred Rogers, posted a stellar second-frame average of $10,253 despite a significant expansion. The Focus Features release grossed $985,000 in 96 locations.
On the border between specialty and wide releases, John Travolta’s turn as mob boss John Gotti went out in 503 theaters, grossing $1.67M. Gotti, co-financed by MoviePass Ventures, joined an ignominious club with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- 6/17/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2009 book “Eating Animals” had a major impact on conversations about the sustainability of the food industry, with jarring facts about animal cruelty and poor farming conditions that affect the environment. Natalie Portman was among the fans of Foer’s work, cited the book as the reason she decided to go vegan, and it led her to produce a documentary based on it.
Directed by Christopher Quinn, the IFC-released movie opened Friday to a number of sold-out shows with Portman in attendance for Q&As. At one of them, she revealed that the impact of the movie has motivated her to consider supporting other projects related to her dietary lifestyle.
“I’ll share with you guys my dream,” she said, noting that she had no specific projects like “Eating Animals” in the pipeline. “It would be my dream to make one of those cooking shows, but only for vegan food.
Directed by Christopher Quinn, the IFC-released movie opened Friday to a number of sold-out shows with Portman in attendance for Q&As. At one of them, she revealed that the impact of the movie has motivated her to consider supporting other projects related to her dietary lifestyle.
“I’ll share with you guys my dream,” she said, noting that she had no specific projects like “Eating Animals” in the pipeline. “It would be my dream to make one of those cooking shows, but only for vegan food.
- 6/17/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
MaryAnn’s quick take… The philosophical and the sentimental trump the practical in this exposé of factory farming that, while effective in showing us the horrors, offers only simplistic solutions. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m very much opposed to factory farming and corporate greed
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
If the consuming public saw what [factory farming] looks like, they would stop eating” the meat that comes out of it, one farmer insists in Eating Animals, and that is what this documentary sets out to do: show us the horror. Which director Christopher Quinn does an excellent job of. But will people stopping eating this meat? I suspect not. Sure, as noted, most Americans say they are against animal cruelty, and factory farming is definitely cruel: as we see here,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
If the consuming public saw what [factory farming] looks like, they would stop eating” the meat that comes out of it, one farmer insists in Eating Animals, and that is what this documentary sets out to do: show us the horror. Which director Christopher Quinn does an excellent job of. But will people stopping eating this meat? I suspect not. Sure, as noted, most Americans say they are against animal cruelty, and factory farming is definitely cruel: as we see here,...
- 6/15/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A friend of mine who’s a devoted carnivore told me that he had no interest in seeing the food documentary “Eating Animals,” because “when I hear that title, it makes my mouth water.” He is, in other words, not the target viewer for a lesson in vegetarian fortitude. Actually, though, he’s got the movie all wrong. If the phrase “eating animals” makes your mouth water, then you are, in fact, the ideal audience for this documentary investigation into where our meat comes from. The movie, loosely adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2009 memoir and narrated by Natalie Portman (who is one of its producers), isn’t a sanctimonious veggie harangue. Directed by Christopher Quinn, it is, at certain moments, almost a love letter to the time-honored splendor of the carnivorous impulse.
Enlightened eaters know that there’s a school of thought — a powerful and convincing one — that says...
Enlightened eaters know that there’s a school of thought — a powerful and convincing one — that says...
- 6/15/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Natalie Portman takes narration duties in Christopher Dillon Quinn’s documentary Eating Animals, based on a memoir by Jonathan Safran Foer. The IFC Films release, which examines dietary choices, opens with two exclusive engagements in New York before heading to L.A. next week. Lea Thompson makes her feature film directorial bow with The Year of Spectacular Men, written by her daughter Madelyn Deutch and starring Zoey Deutch. The trio appeared at the New York premiere of the film in New York for the Cinema Society Wednesday night ahead of its bow in a dozen cities this weekend via MarVista Entertainment. Rock band Deer Tick is at the center of Abramorama doc Straight Into a Storm by William Miller. And Mike Tyson stars in Cleopatra Entertainment’s China Salesman by Chinese filmmaker Tan Bing.
Gotti starring starring John Travolta as mob boss John Gotti is among other limited releases opening this weekend.
Gotti starring starring John Travolta as mob boss John Gotti is among other limited releases opening this weekend.
- 6/14/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
People often don’t know what’s good for them. Most of the time, the disconnect can be attributed to a lack of perspective — give someone a short-term solution, and they’ll happily create a long-term problem. It’s a phenomenon of human nature that capitalism has been all too happy to exploit, and thanks to recent “advances” in factory farming, the world is now literally eating itself to death.
So goes the premise of Christopher Quinn’s “Eating Animals,” an urgent but uncertain documentary that amplifies and expounds upon the argument Jonathan Safran Foer laid out in his 2009 book of the same name. That idea explains how we went from living off the land and killing only what we needed to where we are today: Breeding so many pigs that farmers in North Carolina are forced to create Pepto-Bismal-colored pools of “fecal marinade” behind their properties, these pink lagoons...
So goes the premise of Christopher Quinn’s “Eating Animals,” an urgent but uncertain documentary that amplifies and expounds upon the argument Jonathan Safran Foer laid out in his 2009 book of the same name. That idea explains how we went from living off the land and killing only what we needed to where we are today: Breeding so many pigs that farmers in North Carolina are forced to create Pepto-Bismal-colored pools of “fecal marinade” behind their properties, these pink lagoons...
- 6/13/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Eating Animals IFC Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Christopher Quinn Screenwriters: Christopher Quinn, Jonathan Safran Foer, adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s book “Eating Animals” Cast: Natalie Portman narrates the story of a team of farmers heartbroken for the loss of their way of life Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 5/24/18 Opens: June 15, 2018 […]
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- 6/11/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"There's inherent cruelty in that system." IFC Films has released the official trailer for indie documentary Eating Animals, the latest by doc filmmaker Christopher Dillon Quinn. This film is actually an adaptation of the very popular book also titled Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. It's an examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies. Don't be alarmed - it's not all about giving up meat and only eating plants. I saw this doc at Idfa in Amsterdam last year, and it's dang good, much better than you're probably expecting. It presents a very honest and objective look at the debate over eating meat, but also discusses how we can sustainably raise animals and not use factories. There are talks with farmers and scientists, and it features narration by Natalie Portman. Worth a watch. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Christopher Dillon Quinn's doc Eating Animals,...
- 5/2/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Michelle Williams has a new man in her life: The Oscar-nominated actress is dating New York financial consultant Andrew Youmans, a source confirmed to People on Monday.
At Sunday’s Golden Globes, the actress, 37, wore a heart-shaped diamond ring that sparked engagement buzz. But when asked if it was a engagement ring, she told People it was simply “beautiful jewelry.” Williams has been seen wearing it to several other events, including the L.A. premiere of the talked-about film All the Money in the World.
Williams is a parent to daughter Matilda, 12, with her late partner Heath Ledger. She has...
At Sunday’s Golden Globes, the actress, 37, wore a heart-shaped diamond ring that sparked engagement buzz. But when asked if it was a engagement ring, she told People it was simply “beautiful jewelry.” Williams has been seen wearing it to several other events, including the L.A. premiere of the talked-about film All the Money in the World.
Williams is a parent to daughter Matilda, 12, with her late partner Heath Ledger. She has...
- 1/9/2018
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Michelle Williams has a new man in her life: The Golden Globe-nominated actress is dating New York financial consultant Andrew Youmans, a source confirms to People.
At the Globes, the actress, 37, wore a heart-shaped diamond ring that sparked engagement buzz. But when asked if it was a engagement ring, she told People it was “just beautiful jewelry.” Williams has been seen wearing it to several other events, including the L.A. premiere of the talked-about film All the Money in the World.
The ring itself fits perfectly with Williams’ stylish but understated aesthetic; it’s a large, heart-shaped diamond bezel-set onto a yellow-gold band.
At the Globes, the actress, 37, wore a heart-shaped diamond ring that sparked engagement buzz. But when asked if it was a engagement ring, she told People it was “just beautiful jewelry.” Williams has been seen wearing it to several other events, including the L.A. premiere of the talked-about film All the Money in the World.
The ring itself fits perfectly with Williams’ stylish but understated aesthetic; it’s a large, heart-shaped diamond bezel-set onto a yellow-gold band.
- 1/8/2018
- by Alex Apatoff
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Eating Animals, the feature-length documentary from Christopher Quinn based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s book about the perils of factory farming. The author also produced the pic with Natalie Portman, who narrated, and it had its world premiere this month at the Telluride Film Festival. Sundance Selects plans a 2018 release for the movie, which like Foer's 2004 book starts out with a simple question: Where do…...
- 9/27/2017
- Deadline
The Telluride Film Festival may be a nexus for early Oscar buzz, but that doesn’t always mean consensus. Last year, IndieWire’s critics survey ranking the best movies at the festival did eventually line up with the Academy, as Best Picture winner “Moonlight” topped the poll. This year, however, the 15 participants in IndieWire’s poll were clearly divided about the best of the festival, which may be the first indication that this year’s best-picture race is anything but certain. Two major fall films tied in multiple categories, and they couldn’t be more different.
See More:Why Great Movies at the Telluride Film Festival Face Dire Futures — Critic’s Notebook
Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale noir “The Shape of Water” tied with Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age directorial debut “Lady Bird” for best film of the festival. Del Toro and Gerwig also tied for best director.
Del Toro’s film,...
See More:Why Great Movies at the Telluride Film Festival Face Dire Futures — Critic’s Notebook
Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale noir “The Shape of Water” tied with Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age directorial debut “Lady Bird” for best film of the festival. Del Toro and Gerwig also tied for best director.
Del Toro’s film,...
- 9/6/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
“Eating Animals” is not a preachy, militant vegan documentary, but rather an affectionate and thoughtful examination of traditions that helped build this country in the early days: actual farms with actual farmers raising livestock naturally, rather than pumping antibiotic after antibiotic into our food production system as we barrel toward superbugs we can’t control. Produced and narrated by notable vegan Natalie Portman and directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn from novelist Jonathan Safran Foer’s memoir, “Eating Animals” may be the most important documentary that screened this year at the Telluride Film Festival, though it could be hard to get audiences across.
- 9/5/2017
- by Sasha Stone
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Making its World Premiere here in Telluride is a devastating new documentary that chronicles the massive industrial production of food in a way anyone who sees this horrifying-but- enlightening film will not soon forget. Narrated and produced by Natalie Portman, Eating Animals, from Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, may just turn you into a vegan. Portman was actually one of those who read it, and she contacted Foer about a possible film project on it. The…...
- 9/3/2017
- Deadline
Michelle Williams is enjoying a Roman holiday with a new mystery man.
The Manchester by the Sea actress, 36, was spotted kissing and holding hands with a handsome date in Rome, Italy on Saturday.
Williams was all smiles as they walked through the Campo De’Fiori street market in the Italian capital, where they each took turns sampling from the local fare. The duo were joined by her daughter Matilda, 11.
The actress is currently in the city filming her new movie, All the Money in the World, about the John Paul Getty III kidnapping in Italy in the ’70s. Ridley Scott is directing the film,...
The Manchester by the Sea actress, 36, was spotted kissing and holding hands with a handsome date in Rome, Italy on Saturday.
Williams was all smiles as they walked through the Campo De’Fiori street market in the Italian capital, where they each took turns sampling from the local fare. The duo were joined by her daughter Matilda, 11.
The actress is currently in the city filming her new movie, All the Money in the World, about the John Paul Getty III kidnapping in Italy in the ’70s. Ridley Scott is directing the film,...
- 7/17/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
It’s been a long decade plus wait since Christopher Dillon Quinn‘s Sundance Grand Jury Prize/Audience Award winning God Grew Tired of Us (2006) disarmed auds, and with the 45th future Us president unable to root climate change with overwhelming consensus scientific claims, Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2009 memoir to film treatment couldn’t come at a more critical time.
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- 11/24/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Molly Bernstein’s “An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell” examines the life and career of photographer Rosamond Purcell, bringing light to a major presence long unrecognized by the art world. A collector of objects that’s curious about human beings’ obsessive need to collect, Purcell is not an easily classifiable artist, but she’s someone who uses material objects as a medium to understand the collective human psyche. The daughter of an eminent Harvard University historian, she grew up in an academic environment where the written word was sacred, but eventually gravitated towards images both emotionally and intellectually challenging. Some of the images in her work include an old, discarded book transformed by the steady work of hungry termites, and a meticulously arranged box of human molars collected by Peter the Great. The documentary features interviews with not only Purcell, but admirers such as author Jonathan Safran Foer,...
- 7/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Hopefully, you’ve had a few minutes to play around with our Fall Entertainment Generator. But if you’re looking for straight and simple lists of things to look out for by medium, we’ll be breaking them out separately. Here’s a look at fall classical music and dance performances.September 9/11“Arvo Pärt at Eighty” The Metropolitan MuseumThe New Juilliard Ensemble will perform his shimmeringly ethereal works, and City Ballet dancers will perform Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy, set to Pärt’s Fratres. 9/14Tree of Codes Through Sept. 21, Park Avenue Armory How’s this for brand extension: Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Tree of Codes inspires a dance, with choreography by Wayne McGregor for his own dancers and an original score by Jamie xx, along with an installation by Olafur Eliasson. 9/17Run Time Error Miller Theatre at Columbia UniversityI’m a sucker for the unpredictable, and the Danish composer Simon...
- 8/25/2015
- by Rebecca Milzoff
- Vulture
Michelle Williams has reportedly been dating Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close author Jonathan Safran Foer. Michelle Williams, Jonathan Safran Foer Dating “They knew each other through mutual friends,” an insider told Us Weekly about the pair. “I’m not surprised that Michelle is attracted to him. She loves books. She reads almost every day!” Another source added, “They’re […]
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- 7/30/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
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- 7/29/2015
- by Monica-Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Turning a new page! Sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly that Michelle Williams and author Jonathan Safran Foer are dating. “They knew each other through mutual friends,” one insider says of the Brooklyn-based pair. “I’m not surprised that Michelle is attracted to him. She loves books. She reads almost every day!” Indeed, the My Week With Marilyn star, 34, once told Nylon that her love of books was “consuming, or isolating, I guess.” She even admitted she had “walls in my apartment made of books." Adds the insider: “They’re two [...]...
- 7/29/2015
- Us Weekly
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
While some films in contention for the 87th Academy Awards in February are set in Los Angeles, such as Nightcrawler, a number of films are based in New York City. Begin Again features Mark Ruffalo as a New York City record label executive who records music around New York City with a songwriter played by Keira Knightley; Birdman, about a washed-up Hollywood actor trying to write, direct and act in a Broadway play; Whiplash, about a jazz drummer at a Manhattan school; Still Alice, about a professor from Columbia dealing with early-onset Alzheimer’s; and Love is Strange, about a same-sex couple from Manhattan.
Jessica Chastain stars in two different films that take place in New York: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, about a couple living in New York, and A Most Violent Year, about a couple living in New York during one of the city’s most violent years.
Managing Editor
While some films in contention for the 87th Academy Awards in February are set in Los Angeles, such as Nightcrawler, a number of films are based in New York City. Begin Again features Mark Ruffalo as a New York City record label executive who records music around New York City with a songwriter played by Keira Knightley; Birdman, about a washed-up Hollywood actor trying to write, direct and act in a Broadway play; Whiplash, about a jazz drummer at a Manhattan school; Still Alice, about a professor from Columbia dealing with early-onset Alzheimer’s; and Love is Strange, about a same-sex couple from Manhattan.
Jessica Chastain stars in two different films that take place in New York: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, about a couple living in New York, and A Most Violent Year, about a couple living in New York during one of the city’s most violent years.
- 11/3/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Exclusive: Heretic Films announced today it will present Eating Animals, the documentary based on Jonathan Safran Foer‘s bestselling book that Natalie Portman is producing for her Handsome Charlie Films alongside Foer and director Christopher Dillon Quinn (God Grew Tired Of Us). Film examines our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies, including the factory farms and fisheries that grub comes from. Heretic’s Burton Ritchie will exec produce and Ben Galecki will serve as associate producer. Biz Stone and Evan Williams are also executive producers on the film. “With what we eat and where it comes from a […]...
- 8/8/2014
- Deadline
Your newest patron of the literary arts is … Chipotle, which is now publishing new pieces by legitimately famous authors — Toni Morrison, George Saunders, Malcolm Gladwell, and Michael Lewis, among others — on its paper cups and bags. Where did Chipotle get this idea? From noted food-opinion-haver Jonathan Safran Foer, who was bored one day while eating his meat-free burrito and thought, I wish I could read this cup. That is the actual story. After wrestling with his anti-consumer demons, Foer also contributed a short essay to the Chipotle imprint; read it here, or go buy a burrito bowl, as Chipotle intended.
- 5/15/2014
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
Eating Animals
Director: Christopher Dillon Quinn
Producers: Natalie Portman, Christopher Dillon Quinn and Jonathan Safran Foer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
He landed on the docu-scene with 2006′s Sundance Grand Jury Prize/Audience Award winning God Grew Tired of Us and if Christopher Dillon Quinn adds more “bite” to the book to docu film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, then we’ll have a stronger discourse/kitchen table conversation about the wrongs of the farming industry and the rights of anti-Super Size Me plant-based diet. Sir Paul McCarthy is among the talking heads found in the docu.
Gist: Based on the New York Times best-selling book by Jonathan Safran Foer, this will explore the realities of contemporary animal agriculture alongside the complexities of food ethics and is an examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies.
Release Date: At this point,...
Director: Christopher Dillon Quinn
Producers: Natalie Portman, Christopher Dillon Quinn and Jonathan Safran Foer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
He landed on the docu-scene with 2006′s Sundance Grand Jury Prize/Audience Award winning God Grew Tired of Us and if Christopher Dillon Quinn adds more “bite” to the book to docu film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, then we’ll have a stronger discourse/kitchen table conversation about the wrongs of the farming industry and the rights of anti-Super Size Me plant-based diet. Sir Paul McCarthy is among the talking heads found in the docu.
Gist: Based on the New York Times best-selling book by Jonathan Safran Foer, this will explore the realities of contemporary animal agriculture alongside the complexities of food ethics and is an examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies.
Release Date: At this point,...
- 2/4/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Oliver is the baby of the family. But you wouldn't know it from the way the thirteen-year-old boy smokes, drinks and wisecracks his way through Steve Clark's visually assured sophomore feature "Night Has Settled," which world-premiered this weekend at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.Set in 1983 New York, the indie drama sits somewhere between the films of Larry Clark and the novels of Jonathan Safran Foer on the scale of adolescent coming-of-age ickiness. It's uncomfortable yet tender, droll yet tragic, and often at the same time. In a cramped flat, Oliver (Spencer List) lives with his single mom Luna (Pilar Lopez de Ayala), his older sister (Courtney Baxter) and live-in nanny Aida (Adriana Barraza, Oscar-nominated for playing another nanny in "Babel"). Oliver rolls with a rough crowd of smoking, drinking, oversexed kids well into their teens. His Bohemian artist mother isn't around much and when she is, they share...
- 2/3/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Cinematographer at the forefront of digital experimentation and celebrated for his avant-garde work with Gus van Sant
The cinematographer Harris Savides, who has died of brain cancer aged 55, brought an evocative aesthetic to films made by some of the world's most adventurous directors. His goal was to capture what he called a "heightened reality" through a visual style that was understated to the point of being subliminal: "I don't think you can ever make a movie that looks amazing when you're trying to make it look amazing," he said.
Savides shot six features for Gus van Sant and collaborated with David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and Noah Baumbach. While directors frequently turned to him for a visual style redolent of 1970s American and European auteur cinema, Savides was at the forefront of digital experimentation. He shot Fincher's Zodiac (2007), the fastidiously detailed story of the real-life hunt for a serial killer...
The cinematographer Harris Savides, who has died of brain cancer aged 55, brought an evocative aesthetic to films made by some of the world's most adventurous directors. His goal was to capture what he called a "heightened reality" through a visual style that was understated to the point of being subliminal: "I don't think you can ever make a movie that looks amazing when you're trying to make it look amazing," he said.
Savides shot six features for Gus van Sant and collaborated with David Fincher, Sofia Coppola and Noah Baumbach. While directors frequently turned to him for a visual style redolent of 1970s American and European auteur cinema, Savides was at the forefront of digital experimentation. He shot Fincher's Zodiac (2007), the fastidiously detailed story of the real-life hunt for a serial killer...
- 10/12/2012
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh has a lot to say about literature. Most famous for his musical talents, both in Devo and as the composer responsible for the sounds of Rushmore, The Rugrats and The Sims 2, Mothersbaugh is also a visual artist who has ventured into painting, drawing and customized 'art rugs.' While his exploits in the world of letters have been less well-documented, Mothersbaugh's literary roots run deep. He spoke with Huffington about his obsessive writing habit, love of Pynchon and secret desire to accidentally run into Jonathan Safran Foer.
What was the first book you remember thinking was worth reading?
Gravity’s Rainbow. I grew up in the Televangelistic capital of America – Akron, Ohio. I became very curious about what was really happening in this world we lived in – what was real, what made sense and what didn’t. I loved Gravity’s Rainbow’s dealing with free...
What was the first book you remember thinking was worth reading?
Gravity’s Rainbow. I grew up in the Televangelistic capital of America – Akron, Ohio. I became very curious about what was really happening in this world we lived in – what was real, what made sense and what didn’t. I loved Gravity’s Rainbow’s dealing with free...
- 9/26/2012
- by Danielle Wiener-Bronner
- Huffington Post
It is very hard to quantify a film viewing experience. Just because a film is well made, it doesn’t mean it is as entertaining as another, and vice versa. Just because a story is gripping, doesn’t mean it has better acting than a rival motion picture. Judgment and ‘ranking’ is cruel and unfair. Emotion and frame of mind are chaotic factors. Watching something at the wrong time can have a major impact on one’s opinion of the movie. But I’m a glutton for punishment, so…with nothing but the Olympics on everyone’s mind it seems fitting to start ‘ranking’ some of the year’s films of note.
Never one to think in black and white, I felt that simply having a list of 5 best and 5 worst would be cheap. So what sits below are six…you heard me, six separate categories. The tabling works, as always,...
Never one to think in black and white, I felt that simply having a list of 5 best and 5 worst would be cheap. So what sits below are six…you heard me, six separate categories. The tabling works, as always,...
- 8/6/2012
- by Brad Williams
- Obsessed with Film
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