It’s a quality true-life mystery-exposé that doesn’t come off as tabloid trash or Oliver Stone hysteria — the true story of Karen Silkwood is told without cooking the books. The all-superstar cast is something too — Meryl Streep, Cher and Kurt Russell. Only a fine director like Mike Nichols could steer this one into good entertainment & memorable cinema territory.
Silkwood
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1983 / Color B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 131 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Charles Hallahan.
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondrícek
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Art Direction: Richard D. James
Film Editor: Sam O’Steen
Original Music: Georges Delerue
Written by Alice Arlen and Nora Ephron
Produced by Larry Cano, Michael Hausman, Buzz Hirsch, Mike Nichols
Directed by Mike Nichols
Remember when the big movies about adult themes were in the theaters, and not on cable TV?...
Silkwood
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1983 / Color B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 131 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Charles Hallahan.
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondrícek
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Art Direction: Richard D. James
Film Editor: Sam O’Steen
Original Music: Georges Delerue
Written by Alice Arlen and Nora Ephron
Produced by Larry Cano, Michael Hausman, Buzz Hirsch, Mike Nichols
Directed by Mike Nichols
Remember when the big movies about adult themes were in the theaters, and not on cable TV?...
- 8/5/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Lara Croft has found her new roomie in Ready Player One star Hannah John-Kamen.
Deadline brings word today that the actress has signed on to play the flatmate and close friend of Alicia Vikander’s title lead in MGM and Warner Bros. upcoming Tomb Raider movie. It’s currently lensing in South Africa, and we recently got a peek at the Oscar-winner decked out in full costume as the industry icon. Those familiar with Crystal Dynamics’ video game reboot may well have experienced déjà vu upon viewing those action shots, and that’s because Roar Uthaug’s (The Wave) is expected to mine inspiration from the critically-acclaimed, pixelated origin story.
As a result, expect a Tomb Raider movie that is much, much different to those featuring Angelina Jolie as the legendary archaeologist, and thanks to the reboot’s official synopsis, we know that Richard James Croft (Dominic West) will factor heavily into the story.
Deadline brings word today that the actress has signed on to play the flatmate and close friend of Alicia Vikander’s title lead in MGM and Warner Bros. upcoming Tomb Raider movie. It’s currently lensing in South Africa, and we recently got a peek at the Oscar-winner decked out in full costume as the industry icon. Those familiar with Crystal Dynamics’ video game reboot may well have experienced déjà vu upon viewing those action shots, and that’s because Roar Uthaug’s (The Wave) is expected to mine inspiration from the critically-acclaimed, pixelated origin story.
As a result, expect a Tomb Raider movie that is much, much different to those featuring Angelina Jolie as the legendary archaeologist, and thanks to the reboot’s official synopsis, we know that Richard James Croft (Dominic West) will factor heavily into the story.
- 4/13/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
A grand origin story awaits Lara Croft in the official synopsis for Roar Uthaug’s upcoming Tomb Raider movie.
Coming to us by way of Vanity Fair – the same source that formally unveiled our first look at Alicia Vikander in the title role earlier this morning – the logline teases a missing father in Richard James Croft (Dominic West) and a bona fide hero in the making. Still wet behind the ears and working as a bike courier in London, the Lara Croft of Roar Uthaug’s live-action movie is similar to the one seen in Crystal Dynamics’ rebooted video game series in that the iconic figure is still finding her feet in archeology’s dangerous underworld.
Vikander’s protagonist naturally has a vested interest in her tomb raiding in the sense that she’s hoping to locate the whereabouts of her missing father. That global search leads her to a...
Coming to us by way of Vanity Fair – the same source that formally unveiled our first look at Alicia Vikander in the title role earlier this morning – the logline teases a missing father in Richard James Croft (Dominic West) and a bona fide hero in the making. Still wet behind the ears and working as a bike courier in London, the Lara Croft of Roar Uthaug’s live-action movie is similar to the one seen in Crystal Dynamics’ rebooted video game series in that the iconic figure is still finding her feet in archeology’s dangerous underworld.
Vikander’s protagonist naturally has a vested interest in her tomb raiding in the sense that she’s hoping to locate the whereabouts of her missing father. That global search leads her to a...
- 3/27/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Dominic West has landed the role of Lara Croft’s father, Richard James Croft, in the upcoming Tomb Raider movie.
Warner Bros. and MGM have closed the deal just in the nick of time, too, as Roar Uthaug’s live-action video movie is now on the brink of entering production. Alicia Vikander has been selected as the title archeologist, spearheading a cast comprised of Walter Goggins, Daniel Wu (Into the Badlands, Warcraft) and now West. Best known for his work on The Affair, Money Monster and HBO’s The Wire, Dominic West is a fine choice to play Papa Croft. For those not familiar with the source material, the character is an aristocrat, an archeologist and ultimately an instrumental figure in the Tomb Raider lore, and we understand that the 2018 reboot will involve Vikander’s heroine searching far and wide to locate her missing...
Warner Bros. and MGM have closed the deal just in the nick of time, too, as Roar Uthaug’s live-action video movie is now on the brink of entering production. Alicia Vikander has been selected as the title archeologist, spearheading a cast comprised of Walter Goggins, Daniel Wu (Into the Badlands, Warcraft) and now West. Best known for his work on The Affair, Money Monster and HBO’s The Wire, Dominic West is a fine choice to play Papa Croft. For those not familiar with the source material, the character is an aristocrat, an archeologist and ultimately an instrumental figure in the Tomb Raider lore, and we understand that the 2018 reboot will involve Vikander’s heroine searching far and wide to locate her missing...
- 1/27/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Lara Croft’s entourage of daring explorers has made room for one more today, as Variety reports that Daniel Wu of Into the Badlands and Warcraft fame has signed on for the upcoming Tomb Raider movie.
Currently set for March 2018, Wu will now rub shoulders with Alicia Vikander and Django Unchained star Walton Goggins, with the latter on board as the film’s mystery villain. Norwegian director Roar Uthaug has been appointed at the helm, and it appears as though it’s only a matter of time before the cameras begin rolling. As for Wu’s character, Variety notes that the actor will play the part of Lu Ren, a ship captain who partners with Miss. Croft on a quest to find her wayward father.
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Richard James Croft is a figure that has cropped up in conversation before, when previous interviews teased the ways in...
Currently set for March 2018, Wu will now rub shoulders with Alicia Vikander and Django Unchained star Walton Goggins, with the latter on board as the film’s mystery villain. Norwegian director Roar Uthaug has been appointed at the helm, and it appears as though it’s only a matter of time before the cameras begin rolling. As for Wu’s character, Variety notes that the actor will play the part of Lu Ren, a ship captain who partners with Miss. Croft on a quest to find her wayward father.
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Richard James Croft is a figure that has cropped up in conversation before, when previous interviews teased the ways in...
- 1/11/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Lara Croft has a new nemesis – Variety is reporting that Django Unchained star Walton Goggins will play the mystery villain in 2018’s Tomb Raider movie.
Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug, who wowed moviegoers with intense disaster pic The Wave, is at the helm of Warner and MGM’s blockbuster reboot, directing from a script penned by Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Transformers: The Last Knight).
Twenty years on from the launch of the original Tomb Raider video game, and following two live-action adaptations headed up by Angelina Jolie in 2001 and 2003, it is now Alicia Vikander’s turn to take point as the legendary archaeologist. Promising a new and fresh take on the character, the Oscar-winning actress has revealed in the past that Crystal Dynamics’ rebooted video game series stands as a creative touchstone for Uthaug and Co., as the director begins moulding a new, cinematic origin story for the illustrious Lara Croft.
How exactly...
Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug, who wowed moviegoers with intense disaster pic The Wave, is at the helm of Warner and MGM’s blockbuster reboot, directing from a script penned by Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Transformers: The Last Knight).
Twenty years on from the launch of the original Tomb Raider video game, and following two live-action adaptations headed up by Angelina Jolie in 2001 and 2003, it is now Alicia Vikander’s turn to take point as the legendary archaeologist. Promising a new and fresh take on the character, the Oscar-winning actress has revealed in the past that Crystal Dynamics’ rebooted video game series stands as a creative touchstone for Uthaug and Co., as the director begins moulding a new, cinematic origin story for the illustrious Lara Croft.
How exactly...
- 12/7/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
2016 will be a year fondly remembered by fans of all things Lara Croft as the moment when the decorated Tomb Raider franchise celebrated its 20th anniversary. In that time, Miss. Croft has gone on to become a cornerstone of the video game industry, while also appearing on the silver screen thanks to a brace of Angelina Jolie-fronted actioners across 2001 and 2003.
Aside from maybe Screen Gems’ lucrative Resident Evil series, few video game movie adaptations resonated with moviegoers during the early 2000s, though Warner Bros. will be hoping to tap into the renewed demand for pixelated heroes with its planned Tomb Raider reboot.
Pegged for early 2018, the studio has already elected Roar Uthaug to direct the live-action adventure, while the so-hot-right-now Alicia Vikander will be picking up the torch as Lara Croft. Beyond the fact that Uthaug and Co. will mine Crystal Dynamics’ rebooted video game series for inspiration, little...
Aside from maybe Screen Gems’ lucrative Resident Evil series, few video game movie adaptations resonated with moviegoers during the early 2000s, though Warner Bros. will be hoping to tap into the renewed demand for pixelated heroes with its planned Tomb Raider reboot.
Pegged for early 2018, the studio has already elected Roar Uthaug to direct the live-action adventure, while the so-hot-right-now Alicia Vikander will be picking up the torch as Lara Croft. Beyond the fact that Uthaug and Co. will mine Crystal Dynamics’ rebooted video game series for inspiration, little...
- 11/22/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
We already knew that the upcoming Tomb Raider movie reboot starring Alicia Vikander would be using elements from the most recent video game adventures of Lara Croft, but today we've got some new details on the story to share with you thanks to HeyUGuys and an interview they had with Tomb Raider producer Graham King. There's an interesting twist they've added to the story involving Croft's search for her father. King explains:
"Well this is kind of what we call a 'back to the roots story.' This is a young Lara Croft in search to see if her father is dead or alive, so it has a very emotional part to it and I think that’s what Alicia found so interesting about it. I think the storytelling is really good and I think we’ve got the right crew and a great director and I think it’s...
"Well this is kind of what we call a 'back to the roots story.' This is a young Lara Croft in search to see if her father is dead or alive, so it has a very emotional part to it and I think that’s what Alicia found so interesting about it. I think the storytelling is really good and I think we’ve got the right crew and a great director and I think it’s...
- 11/22/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
HeyUGuys recently caught up with Tomb Raider producer Graham King, and he shed some light on what we should expect from the upcoming reboot with stars Alicia Vikander. While it's previously been reported that it will adapt the character's latest video game adventures, it sounds like the movie will add a new dimension to that by putting the focus on Lara Croft's attempts to find her missing father. "Well this is kind of what we call a 'back to the roots story,'" he teases. "This is a young Lara Croft in search to see if her father is dead or alive, so it has a very emotional part to it and i think that’s what Alicia found so interesting about it. I think the storytelling is really good and i think we’ve got the right crew and a great director and I think it’s going to...
- 11/22/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Is Prince William taking fashion advice from Princess Kate? Known for her love of both high street brands and rewears, Kate may be passing on some sartorial words of wisdom to her husband. Recent months have seen William ditch his favorite navy suit for a more contemporary look of chinos and open-necked shirts (minus a tie!) that has had fashion insiders heaping praise on the usually conservative royal dad. "I think he is reflecting a change in male dressing and rightly so," Robert Johnston, Style Director at British GQ tells People, adding: "It's important that the royal family look relevant...
- 9/2/2016
- by Monique Jessen, @moniquejessen
- PEOPLE.com
It’s been over a decade since Richard James released a storied string of Aphex Twin music videos, including the fiendish hip-hop musical extravaganza Windowlicker (directed by Chris Cunningham and embedded below). But, today, a surprise new video dropped from James’ upcoming Ep, Cheetah, and it revisits several classic Aphex Twin tropes — namely, kids and disconcerting James’ masks. In fact, the director is a kid — 12-year-old Ryan Wyer of Rush County, Dublin. Check out “CIRKLON3 [Колхозная mix]” above.
- 6/22/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Iconic electronic artist Aphex Twin, A.K.A. Richard D. James, has been releasing work since the early 1990’s. His most recent album “Syro” was released in 2014, 13 years after his last release “Drukqs.” “Syro” received widespread critical acclaim, winning a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album and placed at number four on Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.
Now, Aphex Twin has a new Ep coming out this summer, and he has released his first music video in 17 years to commemorate it, and he got a Irish pre-teen to direct it. 12-year-old Ryan Wyer directed the “CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]” video, featuring his friends and family dancing around to the song wearing Aphex Twin t-shirts and occasionally wearing the infamous Richard D. James mask (from the cover of the “Richard D. James Album”). Aphex Twin apparently discovered Wyer through his YouTube channel and gave him the opportunity to direct his video. Watch the video below.
Now, Aphex Twin has a new Ep coming out this summer, and he has released his first music video in 17 years to commemorate it, and he got a Irish pre-teen to direct it. 12-year-old Ryan Wyer directed the “CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]” video, featuring his friends and family dancing around to the song wearing Aphex Twin t-shirts and occasionally wearing the infamous Richard D. James mask (from the cover of the “Richard D. James Album”). Aphex Twin apparently discovered Wyer through his YouTube channel and gave him the opportunity to direct his video. Watch the video below.
- 6/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Aphex Twin: Syro (Warp)
Though the length of Richard D. James's absence from the electronic scene has been overstated by people who neglect his less famous aliases, it Has been almost a decade since we got new music from him, and yes, the release of Syro is a welcome surprise. It is less abrasive (by my tastes, at least) than the aggressive beats found on his previous Aphex Twin album, Drukqs (I'm thinking of the blast-beat assault of 'drill-n-bass' tracks such as "Omgyiya Switch 7"); like Drukqs, Syro offers a wide variety of styles, but the whiplash factor is absent; there are no juxtapositions of frenetic computerized beats and beatless ambient piano pieces here.
Instead, the album flows. Drukqs was hard to listen to; Syro is downright ingratiating -- funky at times, occasionally even sexy or at least sensual. Even though the fastest track comes right before the closing ambient track,...
Though the length of Richard D. James's absence from the electronic scene has been overstated by people who neglect his less famous aliases, it Has been almost a decade since we got new music from him, and yes, the release of Syro is a welcome surprise. It is less abrasive (by my tastes, at least) than the aggressive beats found on his previous Aphex Twin album, Drukqs (I'm thinking of the blast-beat assault of 'drill-n-bass' tracks such as "Omgyiya Switch 7"); like Drukqs, Syro offers a wide variety of styles, but the whiplash factor is absent; there are no juxtapositions of frenetic computerized beats and beatless ambient piano pieces here.
Instead, the album flows. Drukqs was hard to listen to; Syro is downright ingratiating -- funky at times, occasionally even sexy or at least sensual. Even though the fastest track comes right before the closing ambient track,...
- 10/16/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
You know when you open up a streaming player or a YouTube video and there are some dischordant mixture of sounds that you sometimes have to pause to make sure there aren't other players or ads somewhere flooding your sound? It's around the 0:34 mark that I did that the first time on the new Aphex Twin song "mini pops 67 (source field mix)." These dissonances continue in patches, sometimes when least expected. Gorgeous piano rhythms bubble, only to be derailed in vocal slips and sythesizer half-tones. The beat continues, but the downbeat will switch places as the phrase ends, or a flurry of hits come ahead of the "1." Richard D. James' voice falls right in line, but gets manipulated, auto-correct, slurred and fuzzed out in an unexpected -- and delightful -- fashion. Yup, it sure is an Aphex Twin song. On repeated listens, these tonal experiments become less like...
- 9/5/2014
- Hitfix
Although British electronic-music pioneer/Aphex Twin mastermind Richard D. James has promised the upcoming Syro will be his “most accessible” album to date, the name of its first single (and the first piece of new music he’s released in 13 years) doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue: “minipops 67 [120.2] [source field mix].” But don’t let the title scare you off — this is actually some of the most inviting music we’ve ever heard from this enigmatic and occasionally inscrutable producer. As “minipops” flows and burbles through an elegantly paced five minutes, it serves as a refresher of just how many electronic artists have picked up cues from James in the years he’s been silent: Four Tet, Caribou, even Daft Punk. James has teased the September 23 release of Syro with some predictably mysterious high jinks (he flew an Aphex Twin blimp over London, then officially announced the album’s release ... on the...
- 9/4/2014
- by Lindsay Zoladz
- Vulture
After a viral campaign launched in the "deep web" online, and a giant blimp with the artist's logo emblazoned on it took flight over London over the weekend, Aphex Twin has now made details official about his new album "Syro," his first effort in 13 years. "Syro" will be out on Sept. 23 via Warp. The album artwork above features the artist Aphex Twin (real name Richard D. James) himself. The famed English electronic musician, composer and DJ's last album was 2001's "Drukqs," and he last toured in 2012. He explains his journey to today's announcement in one of the most cheeky, bizarre press releases ever, seen below. Here is the "Syro" tracklist: 1. minipops 67 (source field mix) (aka the manchester track) 2. XMAS_EveT10 (thanaton3 mix) 3. produk 29 4. 4 bit 9d api+e+6 5. 180db_ 6. CIRCLONT6A (syrobonkus mix) 7. fz pseudotimestrech+e+3 8. CIRCLONT14 (shrymoming mix) 9. syro u473t8+e (piezoluminescence mix) 10. PAPAT4 (pineal mix) 11. s950tx16wasr...
- 8/21/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Few current TV shows are as cinematic as NBC's "Hannibal," and that includes the stellar music that accompanies each episode. If you're a fan of the series who's looking to add to your CD collection, then read on for some very cool news!
From the Press Release:
Lakeshore Records will release four volumes of music from the hit NBC television series Hannibal, composed by Brian Reitzell (Lost in Translation, "Boss").
The Hannibal Season One Volumes 1 & 2 soundtrack will be available digitally on August 5th and on CD September 2nd. The Hannibal Season Two Volumes 1 & 2 Original TV Soundtracks will be available digitally on September 2nd and on CD September 23rd.
“Visually it’s so artfully done and quite fantastical so I see it like an opera staging; otherwise, I might be more disturbed,” said Reitzell of Hannibal. “Listening to the music alone is scarier than in the context of the show.”
One...
From the Press Release:
Lakeshore Records will release four volumes of music from the hit NBC television series Hannibal, composed by Brian Reitzell (Lost in Translation, "Boss").
The Hannibal Season One Volumes 1 & 2 soundtrack will be available digitally on August 5th and on CD September 2nd. The Hannibal Season Two Volumes 1 & 2 Original TV Soundtracks will be available digitally on September 2nd and on CD September 23rd.
“Visually it’s so artfully done and quite fantastical so I see it like an opera staging; otherwise, I might be more disturbed,” said Reitzell of Hannibal. “Listening to the music alone is scarier than in the context of the show.”
One...
- 8/1/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Warner Bros. Pictures
Every single thing you use today – from food to electronic devices – had to be have been invented by someone, somewhere. This process of developing something new usually involves a painstaking method and lots of time. First you have to identify that a problem even exists. Then you have to go through a laborious period of testing various solutions and developing prototypes.
It is no surprise that some of the most important inventions of all time have come from some of the cleverest people to have ever lived. People like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, who used their intelligence and dedicated their lives to making your life that little bit easier. Because things like telephones, electricity, light bulbs, and television weren’t invented overnight.
Yet there are a few exceptions to this rule. Sometimes a glorious invention will be the product of a quick moment of improvisation.
Every single thing you use today – from food to electronic devices – had to be have been invented by someone, somewhere. This process of developing something new usually involves a painstaking method and lots of time. First you have to identify that a problem even exists. Then you have to go through a laborious period of testing various solutions and developing prototypes.
It is no surprise that some of the most important inventions of all time have come from some of the cleverest people to have ever lived. People like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, who used their intelligence and dedicated their lives to making your life that little bit easier. Because things like telephones, electricity, light bulbs, and television weren’t invented overnight.
Yet there are a few exceptions to this rule. Sometimes a glorious invention will be the product of a quick moment of improvisation.
- 2/27/2014
- by Nathan P. Gibson
- Obsessed with Film
Move over, Prince William and Prince Harry. Prince Charles is first in line for the throne, and can unofficially be crowned the "King of good tailoring." The 64-year-old soon-to-be grandfather reigns at No. 8 on GQ 's annual best dressed list - well ahead of dashing William, who came in at 37. Natalie Massenet of Net-a-Porter and head of the British Fashion Council calls Charles always "on trend." His method being simple: "This is a man who knows what he likes, knows how to wear it, and sticks with it whatever the prevailing fashions," she says in the February issue of the...
- 1/2/2013
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
With the exit from Iraq and the draw-down of troops in Afghanistan, the numbers of Americans killed continues to drop. Still, loved ones are mourning 311 lost, and as of Dec. 17, the wars' toll since 2001 now stands at 6,656. Edward Joseph Acosta, 21 Trevor Brandon Adkins, 21 Ahmed Kousay al-Taie, 46 Erica Paige Alecksen, 21 Tobias Christoph Alexander, 30 Joseph James Altmann, 27 Mabry James Anders, 21 Joshua Ryan Ashley, 23 Bradley Wayne Atwell, 27 Daniel Benjamin Bartle, 27 Jon-Luke Bateman, 22 Jonathan Batista, 22 Rayvon Battle Jr., 25 Taylor John Baune, 21 Jordan Logan Bear, 25 Clayton Ross Beauchamp, 21 Genaro Bedoy, 20 Bryan Richard Bell, 23 Russell Ryan Bell, 37 Jose Oscar Belmontes, 28 Kenneth Wade Bennett, 26 Keith David Benson,...
- 12/22/2012
- by Daniel S. Levy
- PEOPLE.com
Looking good, sir! Prince William has a new, sleeker look. A royal source tells People, "He has seemed to have become sharper since he got married, such as wearing a handkerchief in his top pocket. Some have inferred that it is his wife's influence." Indeed, since he and Kate married 18 months ago, William has invested in new suits, says the source, with some up-and-coming Savile Row tailors replacing some of the more dated styles he'd favored before. The source says that the fit on his Richard James suit, for example, "is much more modern than the suits he had when he was younger.
- 10/25/2012
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
Pixar’s dominance of the CG cinematic landscape is a truth universally acknowledged, and while Sony and Dreamworks are catching up there is a wit and depth to the likes of Toy Story, Finding Nemo and their studio stablemates which appears timeless and unbeatable.
And so as our favourite cinema in the world, London’s Prince Charles, is doing the decent thing and running a thorough retrospective of the brightest lights to come out of Emeryville we are looking back over the Pixar catalogue with articles and competitions.
To kick off our series of articles celebrating all things Pixar Karen Yossman delves deep into the toybox and dusts off the old favourites from perhaps the greatest cinematic trilogy of all time.
You can find out when your favourite is playing at the Prince Charles website here, and check back each week for more Pixarian goodness.
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And so as our favourite cinema in the world, London’s Prince Charles, is doing the decent thing and running a thorough retrospective of the brightest lights to come out of Emeryville we are looking back over the Pixar catalogue with articles and competitions.
To kick off our series of articles celebrating all things Pixar Karen Yossman delves deep into the toybox and dusts off the old favourites from perhaps the greatest cinematic trilogy of all time.
You can find out when your favourite is playing at the Prince Charles website here, and check back each week for more Pixarian goodness.
Woody
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- 5/24/2012
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Too bad the critical symposium in the new, Winter 2012 issue of Cineaste isn't online. Participants evidently include Gianni Amelio, Olivier Assayas, Costa-Gavras, Robert Greenwald, and Sally Potter, "among others," but until we get our hands on the print edition, we'll have to make do with what is online, which, after all, is plenty: Patrick Z McGavin on Dave Kehr's When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade, Richard James Havis on Kyung Hyun Kim's Virtual Hallyu: Korean Cinema of the Global Era, Andrew Horton on New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History and Henry K Miller on Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema and The New Extremism in Cinema: From France to Europe. And that's just the book reviews.
Besides the interviews with Mona Achache and Charlotte Rampling and festival reports (Locarno, Toronto and Montreal), the 15 reviews include David Sterritt on Kubrick's The Killing (1956), Joseph Luzzi on Raffaello Matarazzo,...
Besides the interviews with Mona Achache and Charlotte Rampling and festival reports (Locarno, Toronto and Montreal), the 15 reviews include David Sterritt on Kubrick's The Killing (1956), Joseph Luzzi on Raffaello Matarazzo,...
- 12/13/2011
- MUBI
Richard D. James, better known by his avant-garde electronic music moniker Aphex Twin, has continued to prove he's on the cutting edge of things. Like Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, he recently collaborated with Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and was commissioned to compose music for Poland's European Culture Congress — but as Pitchfork points out, James took things a step further while in Wroclaw, Poland, and controlled a full orchestra with a remote control.
- 11/29/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
Tuesday, DVD roundup day, is a fine day for taking a look at the new Summer 2011 issue of Cineaste, particularly since, among the online samplings this time around, DVD reviews outnumber all other types of articles combined.
To begin, Darragh O'Donoghue on Harun Farocki's Still Life (1997): "Five aphoristic essays on 17th-century Dutch still-life painting, of about three minutes each, bracket four documentary sequences of photographers creating modern still lifes for magazine advertisements. These two levels, though defined by opposites — stasis/motion, tell/show — are linked by visual motifs and rhymes, just as the modern products echo the subjects of the paintings. The documentary sequences have no commentary, mostly last ten to fifteen minutes, and take their cue from Farocki's earlier An Image (Ein bild, 1983). In that short, he recorded the shooting of a German Playboy centerfold spread, from the building of sets and the arrangement of props (including...
To begin, Darragh O'Donoghue on Harun Farocki's Still Life (1997): "Five aphoristic essays on 17th-century Dutch still-life painting, of about three minutes each, bracket four documentary sequences of photographers creating modern still lifes for magazine advertisements. These two levels, though defined by opposites — stasis/motion, tell/show — are linked by visual motifs and rhymes, just as the modern products echo the subjects of the paintings. The documentary sequences have no commentary, mostly last ten to fifteen minutes, and take their cue from Farocki's earlier An Image (Ein bild, 1983). In that short, he recorded the shooting of a German Playboy centerfold spread, from the building of sets and the arrangement of props (including...
- 6/7/2011
- MUBI
For reasons even I don't entirely understand, I have been reading a lot of old issues of Spin magazine recently. Most of the best issues in my personal archive (which is vast, by the way — a combination of issues I kept and ones I acquired when I worked at Spin from 2004 to 2007) are from 1996, 1997 and 1998. It's the '97 issues that most blow my mind, as they are filled cover to cover with the last gasp of the grunge era, lots of coverage about how Diddy was killing hip-hop and, perhaps most importantly, a full-court press over the electronica revolution that was supposedly in the process of changing the way we listen to rock music (especially in the "alternative" universe).
A bit of context: After grunge fell apart in the wake of Kurt Cobain's suicide, record executives, trendspotting fans and music writers were desperately digging around for the next big thing in the rock world.
A bit of context: After grunge fell apart in the wake of Kurt Cobain's suicide, record executives, trendspotting fans and music writers were desperately digging around for the next big thing in the rock world.
- 10/21/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
David Campbell has become a father for the first time. The Australian singer, who is married to Lisa, welcomed a 10lbs 12oz son called Leo Richard James at 12.50pm on June 3. Campbell told The Daily Telegraph: "When Lisa went into labour her doctor told us we could have some music in the delivery room. "He told me to go and get my iPod. I thought I'd (more)...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Yesterday, I wrote an article about the maddeningly engrossing (and really pretty gross) "Iamamiwhoami" viral campaign, a series of YouTube clips that feature plenty of fetal imagery, trees excreting milky fluids, miscellaneous body parts and one particularly grisly live birth.
The whole point of the article was that, despite much speculation, Christina Aguilera has nothing to do with the campaign (her publicist told me so), but judging from the comments I got from plenty of readers (as well as the theories posted on the "Iamamiwhoami" YouTube page) no one seemed to believe me. But I'm believing what her people told me: Christina is "100 percent not" behind this.
So that raises the obvious question: Who is? In a further attempt to get to the bottom of this, I decided to make a list of the prime suspects and why each of them may (or may not) be posting the videos. What can I say?...
The whole point of the article was that, despite much speculation, Christina Aguilera has nothing to do with the campaign (her publicist told me so), but judging from the comments I got from plenty of readers (as well as the theories posted on the "Iamamiwhoami" YouTube page) no one seemed to believe me. But I'm believing what her people told me: Christina is "100 percent not" behind this.
So that raises the obvious question: Who is? In a further attempt to get to the bottom of this, I decided to make a list of the prime suspects and why each of them may (or may not) be posting the videos. What can I say?...
- 1/27/2010
- by James Montgomery
- MTV Newsroom
Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard James attending the Q Awards 2009 at Grosvenor House in London. Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. Lily Allen attending the Q Awards 2009 at Grosvenor House in London. Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. Corinne Bailey Rae attending the Q Awards 2009 at Grosvenor House in London. Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. Pixie Lott attending the Q Awards 2009 at Grosvenor House in London. Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. 10/26/2009 - Marianne Faithfull - Q Awards 2009 - Arrivals - Grosvenor House, Park Lane - London, UK © Solarpix / PR Photos 10/26/2009 - Lily Allen - Q Awards 2009 - Arrivals - Grosvenor...
- 10/29/2009
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
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