— by ADAM DALE — Lately, the comedy genre has been on the decline with generic and unfunny films filling up the screen with unoriginal stories and actors literally doing the least amount possible to get their paycheck. There are always exceptions, of course, and a select few films have broken that barrier and found […][...]
Review: Charge
— by RON WILKINSON — Screened at the 2013 Cinedigm Docurama series, “Charge” is the story of one of sport’s longest and most treasured institutions rediscovering itself. The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) Race is the most treasured and dangerous competition in a sport that eats danger for breakfast. Supported by obsessively loyal […][...]
Review: Masquerade
— by BEV QUESTAD — Spending time in South Korea this summer I chanced across a sweet film based on 17th Century King Gwanghae who out-maneuvered treacherous court representatives to champion the poor and bring justice through fairer tax, property and military conscription systems. In this fun little story, similar to The Prince and the […][...]
Sony will release The Armstrong Lie
Sony Pictures Classics announced it will be releasing Alex Gibney’s Lance Armstrong documentary, “The Armstrong Lie,” worldwide. The film, produced by Gibney, Frank Marshall and Matt Tolmach, tells the unfolding story of Armstrong’s life and career over the last four years. Armstrong was considered one of the greatest sports figures of all time and put […][...]
Review: Every Blessed Day
— by RON WILKINSON — Screened at New York’s Lincoln Center’s Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, “Every Blessed Day” is a madcap comedy, and serious exploration, of values and emotions. Hidden away in the intimate corners of Italy, young couple Antonia and Guido are madly in love. Despite the profound differences in their characters and […][...]
Review: When Comedy Went to School
— by BEV QUESTAD — “Women live longer than men. There’s a reason for it. They’re not married to women!” Old marriage jokes, at the expense of women, are part of the history of the evolution of comedy and help propel this doc in its exploration of how the famous stand-up comedians got so big. […][...]
Sony unlocks rights to Tim’s Vermeer
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary Tim’s Vermeer, directed by Teller of Penn & Teller fame. займ без процентов на карту мгновенно круглосуточно без отказа Produced by Teller’s stage partner Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler, the film follows Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, as he attempts to solve one of […][...]
Review: Romanzo di una strage
— by RON WILKINSON — It is 1969 and conspiracies are everywhere. In America students in every college across the land are protesting the Viet Nam war, racial injustice and political corruption of all kinds. The cold war is heating up to fever pitch as the USA and the USSR rattle sabers all over the […][...]
Review: The First Man
— by RON WILKINSON — Screened at the “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” program at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center, this is not a film for the faint of heart. Those who have some knowledge of Albert Camus’ last, unfinished novel know this story bears the fateful ending of all of Camus’ works. […][...]
Gravity: A Pair of Extended Clips
— by ADAM POYNTER — Warner Bros. Pictures is not fooling around when it comes to the promotion of the upcoming space thriller “Gravity.” Hot on the heels of the release of the two-minute clip/trailer, “Detached,” we have been given even further insight into this crazy action thriller in the form of two all-new extended […][...]