The Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman captivated audiences with her debut in the 1994 film Léon: The Professional. And her portrayal of Padmé Amidala in the prequel trilogy propelled her to international stardom. The actress has since become one of the industry’s top talents. While her performance in the galactic saga is widely recognized, it isn’t universally lauded as her finest work.
Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars franchise | Credit: Lucasfilm
In the prequel trilogy of the Skywalker Saga, Portman’s portrayal of the queen of Naboo garnered mixed reviews, with some critics expressing reservations about her performance. And the actress’ approach to reprising her role in the 2002 film Attack of the Clones could potentially reinforce public perceptions of her performance.
Natalie Portman Revealed Her Approach to Her Star Wars Character
After making her debut as Padmè Amidala in The Phantom Menace, Natalie Portman reprised her role alongside...
Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars franchise | Credit: Lucasfilm
In the prequel trilogy of the Skywalker Saga, Portman’s portrayal of the queen of Naboo garnered mixed reviews, with some critics expressing reservations about her performance. And the actress’ approach to reprising her role in the 2002 film Attack of the Clones could potentially reinforce public perceptions of her performance.
Natalie Portman Revealed Her Approach to Her Star Wars Character
After making her debut as Padmè Amidala in The Phantom Menace, Natalie Portman reprised her role alongside...
- 5/7/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
The many clones Tatiana Maslany played on Orphan Black banded together to fight Neolution, and this was when it mainly was a belief for people who’d undergone technological enhancements, like tails. The Immortality or Bust trailer follows the man who invented volcano surfing as he rides a transhuman wave to Washington.
On The Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Major’s astronaut Steve Austin was rebuilt into the world’s first bionic man. Government scientists made him “better, stronger and faster” through biotechnical enhancements. The man at the center of Immortality or Bust wants to take that one step further. “Do you want to live forever and become a cyborg,” asks the official website. “In the last Presidential election, one man embarked on an impossible expedition to defeat aging and forever change the human being through science. Running for President as the Transhumanist Party nominee, Zoltan Istvan took his message to bio hacking labs,...
On The Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Major’s astronaut Steve Austin was rebuilt into the world’s first bionic man. Government scientists made him “better, stronger and faster” through biotechnical enhancements. The man at the center of Immortality or Bust wants to take that one step further. “Do you want to live forever and become a cyborg,” asks the official website. “In the last Presidential election, one man embarked on an impossible expedition to defeat aging and forever change the human being through science. Running for President as the Transhumanist Party nominee, Zoltan Istvan took his message to bio hacking labs,...
- 6/14/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
At Idfa, Distrify and the Scottish Documentary Institute have announced today a new ‘film gifting’ scheme called Pay-It-Forward.
The new initiative kicks off with the online release of Maja Borg’s Future My Love (website here), about futurist Jacque Fresco’s new economic and social model.
This scheme is a continuation of the online distributor’s ‘portable fundraiser’ project – a collaboration with Scottish Documentary Institute with backing from Nesta.
People will be able to pay a small fee to send a link to a friend or stranger to watch a film for free.
Distrify noted: “Viewers may buy for one or more people, or even an open invitation for viewers around the world to see the film if the ‘giver’ feels it is a film that should be shared and seen by many.”
Peter Gerard, CEO of Distrify, said: “This is the first time the Pay-it-Forward concept has been used for film distribution. We are excited...
The new initiative kicks off with the online release of Maja Borg’s Future My Love (website here), about futurist Jacque Fresco’s new economic and social model.
This scheme is a continuation of the online distributor’s ‘portable fundraiser’ project – a collaboration with Scottish Documentary Institute with backing from Nesta.
People will be able to pay a small fee to send a link to a friend or stranger to watch a film for free.
Distrify noted: “Viewers may buy for one or more people, or even an open invitation for viewers around the world to see the film if the ‘giver’ feels it is a film that should be shared and seen by many.”
Peter Gerard, CEO of Distrify, said: “This is the first time the Pay-it-Forward concept has been used for film distribution. We are excited...
- 11/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Don Jon | The Butler | The Counsellor | Dom Hemingway | In Fear | Utopia | Future My Love | Pandora's Promise | Battle Of The Year | Ram-Leela
Don Jon (18)
(Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly. 90 mins
Never one to shy away from a risky project, Gordon-Levitt dives into sexual politics and pornography addiction for his first directing job, and just about pulls it off. He's charming as ever, playing a cocksure Italian-American casanova who secretly prefers online onanism to real sex – until dream girl Johanssen prompts him to take a hold of himself. It's snappy, funny, and pertinent, though the Noo Joisey stereotyping is an unnecessary let-down.
The Butler (12A)
(Lee Daniels, 2013, Us) Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo. 132 mins
Old school but illuminating take on American history and the civil rights struggle, viewed through the eyes of a black White House butler who served eight presidents. The dazzling cast is almost a distraction,...
Don Jon (18)
(Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly. 90 mins
Never one to shy away from a risky project, Gordon-Levitt dives into sexual politics and pornography addiction for his first directing job, and just about pulls it off. He's charming as ever, playing a cocksure Italian-American casanova who secretly prefers online onanism to real sex – until dream girl Johanssen prompts him to take a hold of himself. It's snappy, funny, and pertinent, though the Noo Joisey stereotyping is an unnecessary let-down.
The Butler (12A)
(Lee Daniels, 2013, Us) Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo. 132 mins
Old school but illuminating take on American history and the civil rights struggle, viewed through the eyes of a black White House butler who served eight presidents. The dazzling cast is almost a distraction,...
- 11/16/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Maja Borg checks herself in at a Florida retreat to search outside the capitalist system for solutions to unhappiness in this provocative film
This distinctive, Chris Marker-like essay sees Swedish-born, Glasgow-based filmmaker Maja Borg finding a novel means of getting over heartbreak: checking herself in at the edenic Florida retreat of social theorist Jacque Fresco, an early proponent of free culture, whose most radical idea is that we should abandon money and do everything for love, not financial reward. Theories that almost certainly sounded naive pre-2008 are returned to the table: Borg's conversations with Floridians illustrate how the present system doesn't work for them, while archival digressions contrast capitalism's 1950s golden age with the scrapheaps piling up in its wake. If there's something self-conscious about the framing, the core is provocative and outward-looking: in searching for solutions, both for her own unhappiness and everybody else's, Borg transforms the personal into the unmistakably political.
This distinctive, Chris Marker-like essay sees Swedish-born, Glasgow-based filmmaker Maja Borg finding a novel means of getting over heartbreak: checking herself in at the edenic Florida retreat of social theorist Jacque Fresco, an early proponent of free culture, whose most radical idea is that we should abandon money and do everything for love, not financial reward. Theories that almost certainly sounded naive pre-2008 are returned to the table: Borg's conversations with Floridians illustrate how the present system doesn't work for them, while archival digressions contrast capitalism's 1950s golden age with the scrapheaps piling up in its wake. If there's something self-conscious about the framing, the core is provocative and outward-looking: in searching for solutions, both for her own unhappiness and everybody else's, Borg transforms the personal into the unmistakably political.
- 11/15/2013
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Future My Love
Directed & Written by Maja Borg
Sweden/Scotland, 2012
If there is one thing human beings have mastered, it’s thinking about the future. Theologians, affianced lovers, political theorists, social revolutionaries, TV franchise creators, actuaries and bankers all have that fundamental activity in common. Whether we are entertaining sweeping changes on a global scale, or merely wondering about our own prospects for retirement, we cannot help but beam mental images onto the blank screen of what’s to come. The specific content of these visions may vary widely – and we worry that other people with more power and fewer scruples than ourselves will prevent the things we envision from ever taking physical form – but we live in hope that, somehow, these prismatic projections will harmonize into a solid ray of light capable of illuminating all of our lives. The future, we tell ourselves, has yet to be written – but...
Directed & Written by Maja Borg
Sweden/Scotland, 2012
If there is one thing human beings have mastered, it’s thinking about the future. Theologians, affianced lovers, political theorists, social revolutionaries, TV franchise creators, actuaries and bankers all have that fundamental activity in common. Whether we are entertaining sweeping changes on a global scale, or merely wondering about our own prospects for retirement, we cannot help but beam mental images onto the blank screen of what’s to come. The specific content of these visions may vary widely – and we worry that other people with more power and fewer scruples than ourselves will prevent the things we envision from ever taking physical form – but we live in hope that, somehow, these prismatic projections will harmonize into a solid ray of light capable of illuminating all of our lives. The future, we tell ourselves, has yet to be written – but...
- 4/28/2013
- by David Fiore
- SoundOnSight
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