the goddess bunny is a 1994 american documentary directed by nick bougas , which is about the life of a drag queen named sandie crisp , also known as the goddess bunny , and born johnnie baima .

the goddess bunny

without any further bullsh * t , i give you “the goddess bunny . ”
drag legend the goddess bunny is being honored at bushwig this weekend | l . a . weekly
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at the punk version of dragcon , nyc queens honor an l . a . legend : the goddess bunny
the goddess bunny poses in an apartment in 1980s los angeles . photo by rick castro , antebellum gallery hollywood
johnnie baima ( also known as the goddess bunny or sandie crisp ) is a boss on slender fortress .
the goddess bunny performs as eva braun in a photo from the archives of fillmmaker john aes - nihil . photo by lauren early
the goddess bunny , originally and birthed by the name of johnnie baima and his
stage
name is sandie crisp . born with polio , it eases the reason for bunny ' s unique appearance .
goddess bunny isn ' t exactly a fashion icon , but a character to remember and some times fear if not graced by her presence before hand .
it seems like bunny has some animosity for rupaul . . i ' ve always thought it was strange that lady bunny has never been a guest judge . thoughts ?
nothing david lynch or john waters could ever film would match the bizarre greatness of that one - of - a - kind entity known as
the goddess bunny .
did you expect anything less from the king of shock rock ? the performance also included an appearance by transgender artist goddess bunny , one of the stars of “the dope show” music video .
besides performances by goddess bunny , babes trust and horrorchata , the faultline show features brooklyn ' s thorgy thor , merrie cherry , momo shade , patti spliff and kandy muse .
if you haven ' t met her , allow me to introduce you to godess bunny .
at some point , the goddess ended up in the foster care system and bounced from home to home .
i was molested in most of them ,
she says .
for a physically handicapped person [ rape ] is devastating ,
the goddess said in the goddess bunny , a 1994 documentary .
you can ' t even fight back .
even if goddess bunny is just a person striving for fame and recognition through a multitude of careers and exhibitionism , she has become a cult character and someone to fear .
a tour of los angeles , california ' s underground gay , lesbian , and transgendered nightclub scene , as hosted by goddess bunny , a deformed , tap - dancing transvestite .
the celebration of springtime fertility and new life explains the two most popular easter traditions : the easter bunny and easter eggs .
the sumerian goddess inanna is known outside of mesopotamia by her babylonian name ,
ishtar
.
if you haven ' t met her , allow me to introduce you to godess bunny . : creepy
the film became a subject of controversy when a portion of the documentary ' s main subject , the goddess bunny , tap dancing , was released in a video online . the video , entitled
obey the walrus
subsequently went viral .
easter is also the day that children excitedly wait for the easter bunny to arrive and deliver their treats of chocolate eggs .
sandie crisp , aka
goddess bunny
grants an interview at her home in inglewood , calif . a counter - culture icon , crisp has worked with famous artists such as marilyn manson and joel peter witkin .
the goddess bunny entertained generations of gay punks through her tap dancing , film roles , and avant - garde performances . i assumed she had died—until one of her adopted “sons” sent me a message , asking me to tell her story .
i don ' t think lady bunny likes the idea of a drag competition show , it has nothing to do with rupaul personally .
on a late afternoon in los angeles , i received a phone call from sandie crisp , the 56 - year - old queer , disabled actress better known as the goddess bunny :
meet me at the red lobster .
i agreed . i had to .
the goddess bunny entertained generations of gay punks through her tap dancing , film roles , and avant - garde performances . i assumed she had died—until one of her adopted
sons
sent me a message , asking me to tell her story .
bunny and ru are friends hints why she dj ' s all the drag race premiere events . she really has a dark sense of humor
after the wedding , rocky and the goddess moved in together . unlike her birth mother , rocky ' s mother , thelma , adored the goddess .
she loved me for me ,
the goddess says .
her kids were fucked up .
nihil agrees :
rocky ' s mother should ' ve been her mother .
but eventually , the goddess claims , rocky went back to prison . one day , goddess told me he died of an illness ; another time she said he drove off a cliff .
it ruined the car ,
she said .
it ruined him , too .
since rabbit god has been personalized throughout the ages , now there is also the rabbit goddess , who is supposed to be the spouse of rabbit god . people treat rabbit god as a person and so they created a wife for him - - rabbit goddess .
meadmore met the goddess during one of her regular wheels through hollywood on santa monica in 1982 or ' 83 . she introduced herself as bunny venice , the name she was going by at the time , and asked him to push her down the street . they became friends and , later , roommates .
not long ago , some friends of mine ( your fearless webmaster ) went to china to visit their families , and they brought me back the best gift ever : the statue of a bunny god ! of course i had to learn more , and here ' s the story of this benevolent healing bunny .
the festival of the goddess eastre was celebrated on the day of the spring equinox . the modern christian easter is also tied to the vernal equinox , being celebrated on the first sunday after the first full moon after the 20th of march .
the film depicts a tour of the los angeles , california underground transgender , lesbian , and gay nightclub scene , as hosted by the goddess bunny , a disabled , tap dancing artist . the film also explores the life of baima , mainly focusing on her transition into a woman , as well as her battle with polio as a child .
i was watching the cooking w / drags queens episode with lady bunny . marc and fausto make a few jokes about drag race , but the way lady bunny responds makes it seem like she really hates drag race for some reason . at 6 : 42 they ' re talk about the influence of french words in drag culture and lexicon ( sashay , shante , etc . ) . bunny picks up a can of tomato paste and says
can we can the rupaul references from here on out ?
then at 34 : 40 they say
if you can ' t cook for yourself . . . can i get an amen ?
and bunny makes a barfing noise .
i tested out the lipstick in the shade ski bunny , which is a pretty nude . it is not too pink or too orange so works well with a lot of different looks .
taking place saturday and sunday , simultaneous to the dragcon festivities , bushwig culminates in a sunday night drag show at faultline in east hollywood that honors l . a . disabled drag legend the goddess bunny for her lifetime contribution to the art form . ( she ' s slated to perform , too . ) bunny — also known as sandie crisp and / or johnnie baima — had polio as a child , leaving her limbs depleted and crooked . her unique look and zest for performance made her a star in the underground club scene and beyond .
the goddess caused problems on set .
it was incredibly difficult to get her to do scripted dialogue ,
aes - nihil says . but he knew what she would give his films .
cinematic glamour ended in 30s and 40s , but goddess has changed all of that ,
he says in the 1994 documentary .
the goddess didn ' t appear to them at all , instead a trickster god by the name of reynard the fox , attacked the coven , killing most of them before raping julia in an incredibly disturbing scene .
she was performing for hunter , who was recording her for a video he was creating in homage to his mom , and the los angeles photographer chuck grant . hunter had arranged for her to shoot family portraits of him and the goddess . the goddess insisted i join in some of the photos and also decided that chuck was her daughter and started calling her chuckles .
the biggest clue to easter ' s pagan origins is in the name :
easter
apparently comes from
eastre
( or
eostre
) , a saxon goddess of fertility and spring . this pagan origin of the name
easter
was explained as far back as the eighth century ce by the greatest of anglo - saxon scholars , the venerable bede . many scholars trace the name back even further , to the cradle of civilization in mesopotamia , suggesting that the saxon goddess eastre was derived from the goddess ishtar . ishtar was the principal god of the babylonian civilization . like eastre , ishtar was associated with sex , love and fertility .
moments later , the goddess was drunk .
i used to be on the a - list , damn it !
she yelled as she rolled around in her wheelchair . she drove around the backyard in circles , at one point running over a glass elvis presley cup from graceland , sending shards into the air .
be careful ,
hunter said .
obstacles .
the goddess grunted .
in the mid - 1980s , the goddess lived with meadmore in hollywood . ( accounts differ if the apartment was on santa monica , franklin street , or argyle avenue . ) aes - nihil remembers the goddess bringing home young gay prostitutes most nights .
there was a bar right on the corner that used to be called hunter ' s , and it used to be a hustler bar ,
the goddess recalls .
all the hustlers were my fans . the lower the economics , the more fans i have !
after a night of partying she would go to oki dog , a hot dog restaurant , where the hustlers hung out .
who ' s with me tonight ?
aes - nihil recalls the goddess shouting when she ' d wheel into the joint . most nights , a kid would follow her home .
i think they just needed a place to stay ,
aes - nihil says .
the leaping bunny certification is done by a third party , and serves as proof that a company is doing—or not doing when it comes to animal testing—what they claim . a company could claim they do not test their products on animals , but use ingredients in those products that were . they could also make the same claim , but contract with another company that tests on animals . the leaping bunny program requires that no new animal testing be used in any phase of product development by the company , its laboratories or ingredient suppliers . it also bans the sale of products in countries that require animal testing . the leaping bunny logo then makes it easy for customers to identify animal - friendly products , and it makes it easy for these companies to reassure their fans .
the fact is , lady bunny is 53 years old and started drag when the scene didn ' t revolve around getting 15 minutes of fame on a very niche
reality
tv show . call her principled , idealistic , or
behind the times ,
but her resistance to the format is understandable .
this potentially could just be a factor with this shade as it is one of the lighter shades and it might be less noticable with a darker shade such as goddess or boss lady ( for clarifcation those are names of the other shades ) .
according to both hunter and the goddess , her will states that hunter must spend her life insurance policy on an elaborate funeral . she demands she be buried in a glass casket , like snow white , that will be taken down hollywood boulevard by a horse - drawn carriage . while she is buried at the hollywood forever cemetery , the carpenters ' song
we ' ve only just begun
and videos of the goddess ' s performances will play . hunter has promised to follow her wishes .
the goddess ' s son hunter has been one of her biggest recent joys . they met three years ago , when aes - nihil invited him to her birthday party at casa rios , a mexican restaurant that ' s walking distance from her assisted living facility . the goddess got wasted . she sang a karaoke rendition of donny osmond ' s
puppy love ,
her favorite song , and cursed out a waiter . but she still remembered hunter .
most historians , including biblical scholars , agree that easter was originally a pagan festival . according to the new unger’s bible dictionary , the word easter is of saxon origin , eastra , the goddess of spring , in whose honour sacrifices were offered about passover time each year .
on the day before easter , the goddess appeared in the backyard of a six - bedroom mid - century house off sunset boulevard in los angeles , sipping prosecco out of a champagne glass . she had a black fur coat wrapped around the back of her bulky electric wheelchair , and her silver ball gown sparkled in the southern california sun . she pressed play on the boxy red mp3 player sitting in her lap , and cher ' s
gypsies , tramps , and thieves
began . goddess lifted her tiny hands in the air and started lip - syncing :
we ' d hear it from the people of the town / they ' d call us gypsies , tramps , and thieves / but every night all the men would come around / and lay their money down .
the goddess shook her hands as she sang , moved by the words as if she were belting with the prowess of a supreme .
that ' s bunbuns humor . listen to this interview of bianca with bunny as a co - host . she calls bianca a
diesel dyke , nasty ass , cuban , retarded , racist , homophobic , atheist , anti - semitic , whore .
although the goddess can lack self - awareness , she understood her status at mondo .
not one [ disabled person ] has a star on the walk of fame . even lassie has a star ,
she says in the documentary .
if hollywood won ' t take me , i ' ll deal with the underground .
most well known for this grotesque snippet of her tap dancing in lingerie and grasping a delicate lacy umbrella . there is not distinct roots to this footage , and no reason why it was made . but never the less it caused controversy and crawled all the way up ms , bunny ' s spine to
fame ' ' .
as i have said , ski bunny is a really nice nude . my skin tone is very pale but i find it looks okay . it appears more of a pink shade on the lips than when swatched where it looks more of a light coral . also , the shade really changes on whether it looks more nude or coral based on the lighting .
although i visited her several times over the last few months , the goddess ' s past remains a mystery because she spins many stories . she claims she went on a double date with christina applegate at the viper room on the night that river phoenix died ; she says she once starred in
andy , which is the male version of annie , on broadway .
later in the year 1986 , he worked as a model photographer joel - peter witkin performing an artistic nude for photographic work leda , held in los angeles , and was presented at the world ' s major exhibitions . following the filming of the goddess bunny , he joined a newly released from prison , ex - con named rocky . he lived for a while in a trailer home with him and his mother , who was a christian believer . however , he had to end their relationship because of domestic abuse by her partner . baima , after becoming drag queen , the name was changed to
sandie crisp
to attract fame in his career transvestites .
one time i had 28 kids in [ one apartment ] ,
the goddess says .
try that out .
when aes - nihil accused her of bringing home hustlers , he says she told him ,
i ' m only doing my christian charity .
in may , he started taking me on his pilgrimages to the goddess ' s home . the facility is gated and surrounded by lower - income housing , a casino , and a run - down sports arena . one day , when i walked through the facility ' s outdoor area , i found abandoned wheelchairs left on broken cement .
it ' s the graveyard of wheelchairs ,
hunter joked . goddess met us outside . she had just filled her pink backpack , which she always keeps on the back of her wheelchair , with packets of condiments , mostly mayonnaise and ketchup , and was handing them out to other residents . hunter wanted her to stop buying condiments . the goddess says she lives off less than $ 1 , 400 from social security , and her rent takes up most her income .
i have to live off $ 290 ,
she says .
wigs are expensive !
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legend goes that there was an epidemic in north china long ago , and doctors could not do anything about it . so the moon goddess sent her rabbit to earth to treat the disease . however , because the rabbit is white and ‘the white color was actually related to death in the past , people did not allow the rabbit to enter their houses to treat the disease . the rabbit realized it and went to the temple to borrow the outfit of the saints . that’s where rabbit god’s look is from . people began to revere him after that .
the holy thursday gives the new commandments of love , and institutes the sacraments of the holy eucharist and of orders during the last supper .
the magicians showrunner has defended the show after it was criticised for the disturbing rape scene in the season finale .
one day , as i cut up the goddess ' s eggs and avocado on toast , i asked her how she felt about identity politics . she took my knife and put it in her mouth . i asked her to stop , but she refused unless i would
pay her rent .
i can tell you specifically that the goddess bunny is so tiny and frail in this video because , around the time it was shot , she was just diagnosed as hiv + . not from f * cking ( mind you , people have f * cked her and would still gladly do so ) , but she got the disease from a blood transfusion since she was born with polio and had to undergo a sh * tload of surgeries . so she was so devastated by the diagnosis that she basically started doing a bunch of drugs and quit eating . and yes , she is still alive , but completely confined to a wheelchair , and her voice is all but shot from years of smoking .
it ' s pretty well known bunny doesn ' t like drag race . that doesn ' t mean she doesn ' t like ru . and she ' s never been a guest judge because ru never has had another drag queen as a judge besides michelle , she wants the spotlight to be on her , and that ' s understandable .
every year , he takes her to gay pride . two years ago , he lost her . she called him hours later :
son , i ' m in the back of an ambulance .
to impress a bunch of gay men , the goddess had driven off the sidewalk outside the abbey , a gay bar , and flipped over her wheelchair . hunter picked her up in his mercedes and took her back to the abbey , where she had left her wheelchair . they grabbed it , and he drove her and the wheelchair back to her assisted living facility in inglewood . on the camcorder he takes everywhere , hunter has a video of the goddess crying and holding his head in her lap at her christmas showcase last year .
my son ! my son !
she wails .
you would never know she had such a conflicted relationship with her mother ' s view of her gender on tuesdays , when the goddess performed at the limbo lounge .
back then , limbo lounge was avant - garde weirdness ,
aes - nihil says .
it was also like vaudeville , because there were around six performers who had to come up with a new act every week .
aes - nihil recognized the goddess ' s talent when he saw her performing one night and cast her as the contessa , an 85 - year - old pimp in the drift , his version of tennessee williams ' the roman spring of mrs . stone . he went on to cast her in three more films . she became his muse .
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other times , she lived with her mother , of whom the goddess held contradictory views . often , she laments that her mom accused her of betraying christ by identifying as a woman , but other days , she professes love . a video shot by aes - nihil in 1996 shows the goddess dressed in men ' s clothing , with a short haircut , singing to her mother on christmas day .
when she was living with her mother , if you called them and asked for anyone other than john you ' d get hung up on , which completely explains what their relationship was like ,
aes - nihil says .
( astarte / ishtar / inanna ) stood . the temple was torn down and the so the church of the holy sepulchre was built , the holiest church in the christian world .
christian churches in the west celebrate easter on the first sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on march 21 .
the packaging is really nice . it comes inside a small box which is recyclable . the actual tube the lipstick is in is a sleek black metal with the pink lippy girl logo on the front , lower half . the shade is on the bottom of the tube and the bottom of the box as well .
the 2000s were not as kind . goddess joined a band named after her called punk bunny . she moved in with one band member , and says he kicked her out in 2006 or 2007 . her potassium levels dropped , which can lead to abnormal heart rhythms and muscle damage , and she ended up at a homeless shelter that placed her in the assisted living facility where she lives today . she wants to move out and insists she could live alone . she hates receiving help . one day , i walked her to 7 / 11 , and i told her to watch out : a car was coming behind her wheelchair . she rolled her eyes and growled ,
i ' m a car !
the easter bunny was originally a hare , not a rabbit . ( hares are generally larger than rabbits and give birth out in the open , rather than in burrows . ) hares have long been associated with fecundity and spring friskiness . the phrases
hare brained
and
mad as a march hare
comes from the excited behavior of hares during their spring mating season . and , like rabbits , hares are thought of as exceptionally fertile , giving birth to frequent large litters .
the video is a triumphant testimony of the goddess ' s attitude , and meadmore would project it onto a wall during his performances at the limbo lounge , a gay bar in la . years later , it was passed around by curious gay teenagers .
all of a sudden , somebody grabbed that video and put it on youtube ,
meadmore says .
i have no idea who did that .
then , meadmore ' s colleague , keith holland , recorded the goddess tap dancing . around 1985 , she could step out of her wheelchair and walk for brief periods . the video shows her wearing a pink bustier and twirling a matching umbrella , and after a few seconds , she lifts her feet and taps them on the ground . her taps grow faster and faster , until she dances across a cement pavement .
showrunner sera gamble insisted the scene was showing the reality of the rape after viewers expressed their shock at the graphic nature of it .
i was watching a video yesterday when pollo del mar interviewed lady bunny and lady said rupaul had just re - released a song they were both in but ru cut her part out of the song . . . so yeah , the interview is from 7 months ago but it did seem kinda awkward . . . urltoken there it is , earlier in the interview she talks about how rpdr de - emphasizes performance , so yeah , not on board with the whole concept , but working witht rugirls on dqoc at the time . . .
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for years , i assumed the goddess had died , because i hadn ' t seen a new video of her since high school . then , this spring , i learned she was alive . she ' s spent the past decade in an assisted living facility in inglewood , california , near lax , where her only visitors are a few androgynous young men that she calls her
sons .
one of her sons—hunter , a 23 - year - old usc film student who identifies as as
heterosexual , [ but ] i just see no issue in getting wild
—reached out to me to ask if i would record the goddess ' s story . i had been trying to figure out her full biography for years , so i agreed .
hunter wore bell bottoms and a velvet jacket , and the goddess licked her lips when she saw him . ( as she once told me ,
all my older friends say hunter is in love with me . do i lean into it ? maybe .
) she turned to me .
my son is 68 pounds [ lighter ] than me ,
she lamented .
she saw herself as mainstream and she saw herself as being a goddess and a star , and that ' s how she lived her life and approached the world ,
says rick castro , the artist behind los angeles ' s fetish gallery the antebellum gallery .
i think she made it work for her , because if she sat and accepted what her reality is , she probably would not get anything done and just feel sorry for herself .
one school of thought argued that the easter story of crucifixion and resurrection is symbolic of rebirth and renewal and retells the cycle of the seasons , the death and return of the sun .
the simple answer is that it’s not that simple . in our case , our cruelty - free sunscreen did mean the same thing , but without the certification , consumers have no guarantee . as a small company on a mission to do the right thing , it’s hard to get all the certifications that back up our convictions at the same time . it takes time and money to do each one . we knew we couldn’t do everything at once , so we started with our organic certification , then we pursued our b corp certification . in the meantime , we noted “cruelty - free” on our packaging as our promise to our customers that we were committed to doing what was right for the animals . the leaping bunny criteria have always been part of our operation , but we knew that our customers deserved the reassurance of the certification . and now we have that as well .
the breed costs £5 , 000 a year to keep , the paper said .
at the 2015 vmas , the two appeared to be way above the drama , with taylor presenting kanye the video vanguard award ( and kanye returning the gesture with “the coolest flowers” ) . in 2016 , all hell broke loose with the release of “famous” followed by kimye and # receiptgate .
i haven ' t read the books ' the magicians ' so the rape scene in the season finale has left me in shock !
added a third .
somali muslims take part in eid al - fitr prayer which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan at the football pitch of the jamacadaha stadium in mogadishu .
the passion and death of christ is celebrated on good friday while the black saturday is used to signify the contemplation of christ in the tomb in silence and adoration .
orthodox christians use the julian calendar to calculate when easter will occur and typically celebrate the holiday a week or two after the western churches , which follow the gregorian calendar .
the descent of inanna , dr nugent pointed out that it drew parallels between the story of jesus and the epic of inanna .
dr nugent pointed out that the story of inanna and damuzi was just one of many accounts of dying and rising gods that represented the cycle of the seasons and the stars .
the goddess keeps an optimistic outlook , but she occasionally dwells on some of her problems . the 90s were good to her ; she scored roles in the music videos for dr . dre ' s
puppet master
and marilyn manson ' s
the dope show
music video , which increased her notoriety . but she claims she wasn ' t paid enough .
i was paid nothing from the start ,
she says .
i ' m actually a very sad person because of how others take advantage of me because of my disability .
( dre ' s publicist did not return an interview request ; manson was not available for comment . )
sometime in the 1990s—accounts differ depending on the person and day—the goddess met a drag queen at a bar .
i saw the man under his drag and told him ,
she says .
his name was rocky .
they fell in love , and he later proposed .
she has always claimed that when she met rocky he was in drag , although he absolutely didn ' t seem to be somebody who would ever be in drag ,
aes - neihil says .
he was somewhat of a stereotype of a convict .
the wedding took place at mondo and has lived on through social media thanks to aes - nihil ' s video footage .
as a teenager , she returned to her mother ' s home . in a memoir she published on her blog called a child ' s tear , she describes coming out as a woman at age 14 . her mother rejected her gender and preached to her about jesus .
my mother always thought i wanted to be her ,
the goddess says .
i said , ' no , i ' m better . '
she moved out and decided to become a film actress .
nonetheless , there are other legends with all of them holding the same reverence to the rabbit god . historical records show it first appeared at the beginning of the ming dynasty ( 1368 - 1644 ) , and thrived in the middle of the qing dynasty ( 1644 - 1911 ) . almost all the households , the royal family and common citizens alike , were offered sacrifice to rabbit god during the mid - autumn festival .
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french president emmanuel macron greets pope francis at the end of a private audience at the vatican .
suddenly , she took a very hard , politician - like pivot .
humans need to be needed ,
she said . i sat down on the trunk of a car .
[ on christmas at the assisted living facility ] , they cook us lunch , give us socks as gifts , and then we go back to our rooms and realize our families don ' t give a fuck .
tears started to form at the corners of her eyes , but then the goddess looked towards the sun . she stopped crying and looked back at me .
i can fix america ,
she said . she told me more about her election plans , and then pressed her joystick and rolled away into horizon , which , in this case , was the parking lot .
artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 2018 world cup in russia ahead of the group a match between russia and saudi arabia at luzhniki stadium in moscow .
ireland awaits the official result of a referendum that could end the country’s ban on abortion . co - director of together for yes ailbhe smyth speaks to the media after exit polls suggested victory for the yes campaign .
however , what had been witnessed over the years in the country was the contrary to the essence of christ’s death as people involved themselves in lots of ungodly activities such as prostitution , excessive drinking , among others .
today , many of her performances would offend audiences . in the late 1980s or early 90s , she appeared in a kenny camp performance called
aids terrorist ,
taking egg whites and paper towels and putting them on her body to make it look like she had lesions . at a bar , she dressed as eva braun alongside a gay man dressed up as hitler , and they performed a sketch . some gay men laughed , but other audience members got pissed .
this jewish guy jumped out of the audience and socked the goddess ,
aes - nihil recalls . her response :
it ' s just history . don ' t you get it ?
most scholars emphasize the original relation of easter to the jewish festival of passover ( or
pesach
, from which is derived
pascha
, the orthodox christian name for easter and the root of the word for easter in most european languages other than english ) . based on the new testament accounts , the last supper , shared by jesus and his disciples before his crucifixion , is thought of as a passover meal . as well as the common date around the spring equinox , easter and passover share some of the springtime symbolism of rebirth as well . passover celebrates the biblical tale of the survival of the jews during their captivity in egypt , and their rebirth as a people as they escape slavery for a new life in the promised land .
however , the eighth century anglo–saxons adopted the name to signify the celebration of christ’s resurrection . even among those who maintain that easter has pagan roots , there is some disagreement over which pagan tradition the festival emerged from .
for example , the resurrection of egyptian horus ; the story of mithras , who was worshipped at springtime ; and the tale of dionysus , resurrected by his grandmother .
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according to him , after inanna went missing for three days her assistant went to other gods for help . finally one of them enki , created two creatures who carried the plant of life and water of life down to the underworld , it sprinkled them on inanna and damuzi , thus , resurrecting them , and gave them the power to return to the earth as the light of the sun for six months . after the six months were up , tammuz returned to the underworld of the dead , and remained there for another six months , and ishtar pursued him , prompting the water god to rescue them both . thus were the cycles of winter death and spring life .
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christians all over the world commemorate the easter sunday with christ’s triumphs over death , sin and evil with his resurrection , proving that he is indeed , god .
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trespass against us is a british-american crime drama film directed by adam smith and written by alastair siddons .

the film stars michael fassbender , brendan gleeson , sean harris , lyndsey marshal , rory kinnear , and killian scott .

it has been selected to be screened in the special presentations section at the 2016 toronto international film festival .

it was released in the united states on 20 january 2017 , by a24 before being released in the united kingdom on 3 march 2017 by lionsgate .

trespass against us

trespass against us is british crime drama about three generations of a traveller family .
‘habitual thief’ : michael fassbender in trespass against us . photograph : allstar / film4
arrested development : michael fassbender in trespass against us . photograph : allstar / film4
summary trespass against us is british crime drama about three generations of a traveller family .
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british crime drama trespass against us has been kicking about for a while now . . .
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trespass against us is currently playing at the toronto international film festival and opens on january 20 .
film credits include trespass against us , summer solstice , no place to go and walking with cavemen .
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a24 has revealed the trailer and poster for trespass against us , the crime drama starring michael fassbender , brendan gleeson , lyndsey marshal , killian scott . check out the trespass against us trailer below , along with the poster in the gallery !
trespass against us is an overwhelmingly forgettable film , telling an unoriginal story with no artistic swagger that can make it feel fresh again .
ezra khan will soon be appearing as jamail in the feature film trespass against us for potboiler producitions alongside michael fassbender and directed by adam smith .
siddons has directed the documentaries “turn it loose” and “inside out : the people’s art project . ” “trespass against us” is his first feature film .
caught between tradition , suspicion and the reality of modern life , trespass against us makes its point about the shackles and constraints of freedom very well .
despite this , trespass against us has some well crafted action to it , but not enough to keep it being any other than a missed opportunity .
despite a few bursts of well - directed action and a strong cast , trespass against us isn ' t unique or original enough to get excited about .
trespass against me feels like a missed opportunity . be reassured though , michael fassbender doesn ' t let his fans down .
london – michael fassbender is in negotiations to star in trespass against us , a gangster film that will mark emerging u . k . talent adam smith ' s narrative feature debut .
trespass against us is a movie starring michael fassbender , brendan gleeson , and lyndsey marshal . a man looks to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family .
if palling around with a group of wastrel criminal types whose idea of fun is burning their possessions while running around shirtless chasing rabbits , then trespass against us is the film for you .
trespass against us follows in the tradition of british crime films , wherein it leans heavily into the particular environment it ' s set and the language and eccentricities of it . get carter , for example , was all grey skies and geordie accents . lock , stock and two smoking barrels was lahdahn slang and alan ford yarns . with trespass against us , it ' s rural gloucester and criminal members of the travelling community . yet , while these other examples drew us in , trespass against us instead makes a point of keeping the audience out - both by making them incredibly difficult to understand not all that likeable , either .
trespass against us began life with screenwriter / producer alastair siddons . several years ago he came across an article in an english newspaper that reported on a family that had been terrorising the cotswold countryside .
written by alastair siddons and directed by adam smith , trespass against us will be available exclusively on directv november 24 , and in theaters early 2017 . the film features a score by the chemical brothers .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir a . . . more
trespass against us is a british - american film directed by alastair siddons , starring national treasures michael fassbender and brendan gleeson . the film tells the story of an outlaw family and a heist that goes awfully wrong .
exclusive : a24 has acquired u . s . rights to director adam smith’s anticipated feature debut trespass against us , starring michael fassbender ( x - men : days of future past ) and brendan gleeson ( calvary ) .
ezra khan has begun filming for feature film trespass against us with potboiler productions . the film will star michael fassbender and brendan gleeson and follows chad cutler trying to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family .
a film like this needs sociological credibility , artistic distinction or , at the very least , interesting , engaging characters . lacking all of the above , the thoroughly unpleasant “trespass” does indeed trespass against its audience , ending up more endurance test than entertainment .
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cannes — lionsgate has acquired u . k . rights to heist movie “trespass against us , ” which is the debut feature from up - and - coming u . k . director adam smith , and stars michael fassbender ( “12 years a slave” ) .
though many bad movies are simply depressing , adam smith ’s “trespass against us” is so exceptionally bad that it at least has this bright sidelight : unless 2017 turns into a truly disastrous time for movies , it may be the worst of the year is already here .
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prejudice against the travelling community is a key theme for trespass against us . despite chad and kelly’s intentions , they find that their efforts to integrate into settled society are halted by prejudice at every turn . writer and producer of the film , alastair siddons , explained his desire to tell the travellers’ story without bias , “while there are things that the cutlers do in the film that you’re not supposed to like , i always wanted to approach the subject without judgement or prejudice and let people make up their own minds . ” contrary to common objectification of traveling communities in mainstream entertainment , siddons says trespass against us isn’t about travellers , “it is just about family . ”
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trespass against us offers us the cutlers , another screwed - up set of relations , this time a crooked father and son played by brendan gleeson and michael fassbender . but it can’t decide if it wants to be about family or about being a felon . and in a movie that sets aside a good proportion of its budget for robberies , car chases and police helicopters , this is a problem that needed resolving .
trespass against us , a british crime drama from first - time director adam smith , pitches fassbender somewhere between these two posts : not dire , but not unforgettable , either . a rickety curio that wavers between whimsy and dour melodrama , it drifts aimlessly , achieving very little – much like the anglo - irish vagabonds the film revolves around .
it’s doubly unfortunate , then , that there’s next to nothing about the wider culture . there’s a blink - and - you’ll - miss - it shot of some bareknuckle brawlers at some sort of carnival , but trespass against us would rather push the crime angle of the story , hoping we’ll root for chad to elude the cops one last time .
from the chemical brothers to little dorrit , the streets to doctor who , adam smith has had an eclectic and distinctive directing career . as his first feature film , trespass against us , is released , we talk to him about working with michael fassbender , making the perfect concert visuals , and the importance of finding projects that speak to you .
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trespass marks his first fiction feature screenplay . siddons and smith joined forced in 2013 to set up production company albert granville .
trespass against us is an original gangster movie set across three generations of the rowdy cutler family , who live as outlaws –hunting hares , ram - raiding stately homes and taunting the police . struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct , chad ends up caught between his father’s archaic principles , trying to do right by his kids and the letter of the law .
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another claustrophobic thriller that joel schumacher can churn out in his sleep , trespass is nasty and aggressive , more unpleasant than entertaining .
it’s clear within the first few minutes of first - time director adam smith ’s trespass against us — as a muddy subaru races after a bounding rabbit in the u . k . countryside , with a young boy at the wheel — that the film to follow will be a disorienting experience . indeed , it’s one that plunges the audience into thematically murky waters . crime thriller or offbeat family drama ? darkly funny or way too dreary ? trespass has all of these elements , and ultimately , this thick stew is unsatisfying .
cannes — lionsgate has acquired u . k . rights to heist movie “trespass against us , ” which is the debut feature from up - and - coming u . k . director adam smith , and stars michael fassbender ( “12 years a slave” ) . pic is written by alastair siddons , who will also produce , alongside gail egan and andrea calderwood of potboiler prods . it will be executive [ … ]
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maybe it’s understandable that fassbender looks even more tortured than usual . his indie - cred side has always led him to make some odd choices — like when he played a version of the papier - mâché - headed english musician frank sidebottom in “frank , ” a movie that had no more psychology than a hipster greeting card . in “trespass against us , ” chad has a wife and two kids , but the movie turns him into such a passive agent that it’s impossible to read him . now he’s a reckless thief . now he’s a caring family man . now he will sacrifice himself because he is both . but mostly because fassbender is a big actor who needs a major martyr climax . it’s hard to say what the title of “trespass against us” actually means , but then it’s hard to know what anything in this movie thinks it’s about . even ed wood would have said , “needs work . ”
one likely answer : michael fassbender . though he’s built a formidable career veering between cartoon - franchise blockbusters and far more artistically ambitious projects , including the three films he’s starred in for steve mcqueen , the actor evidently likes to stay busy—or perhaps likes to help untalented filmmakers—because he also lends his talents to projects that aren’t worthy of them . 2015’s “ slow west ” was one . “trespass against us , ” though , may take the cake as the most completely ludicrous .
don ' t spend thirteen bucks on trespass unless you ' re running from the cops and you need a place to hide , wait for it to hit vod .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting , thieving and tormenting the police . but with his own son , tyson ( georgie smith ) coming of age , chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family .
that love manifests itself most memorably in the film’s rather delightful final 10 to 15 minutes , a series of events featuring a puppy , angry cops , and an epic tree - climb . the whole stretch is a pleasure , and the final moments between chad and tyson are truly moving . if the rest of the film had captured the conclusion’s mix of absurdity , heart , and humor , trespass against us may have proven to be an unexpected winner . instead , it’s a so - so affair offering momentary pleasures .
. both stories are set against the unpredictable outlaw backdrop of a crime dynasty ; both explore the near impossibility of escaping from an environment that both supports and suffocates . but what sets
adam smith is an award winning film , television drama , documentary and music video director . in his debut as a feature film director , smith says he wanted trespass against us to illustrate the experiences of the cutler family as distinct from most travellers , “it is not a film about travellers . it is a film about a family of outlaws . in a lot of ways they are not accepted in the traveller community , or in what the travellers call the ‘gorgie’ community , either . they are outside of all community . ”
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it’s fitting that a production company named animal kingdom is one of the forces behind trespass against us , because adam smith’s new crime / family drama often reminds one of david michôd’s 2010 film of the same name—if not strictly in its details , then in its general view of family ties as constricting - bordering - on - deadly . thankfully , smith’s film doesn’t have any heavy - handed animal metaphors to give its fairly mundane plot inflated importance—but , considering how stubbornly uninvolving smith’s film is , despite the considerable acting talent involved , perhaps it could have used some .
but those scenes stand apart from others that seem to promise a reckoning , an ugly climax in which both col and the government ' s power will exact some punishment on chad ' s immediate family . the movie doesn ' t play on the tension between these two moods so much as tread water between them , unsure what it wants to do to the audience . its eventual resolution would be quite satisfying in a certain kind of on - the - run crime picture — but the ominously named trespass against us isn ' t really that kind of film .
michael fassbender has been going through a bit of a rough , cinematic patch since “ steve jobs . ” the blockbuster “ x - men : apocalypse ” wasn’t what fans were looking for , disney pretty much gave up on the ( underrated ) “ the light between oceans , ” the indie “ trespass against us ” didn’t connect , terrence malick fatigue hit ( the also underrated ) “ song to song , ” while “ alien : covenant ” underwhelmed . continue reading ‘ the snowman ’ : first reviews are chilly for michael fassbender ’s thriller at the playlist .
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there isn’t much of a traditional plot in trespass against us , but what there is comes when colby tells chad they have to pull off a proverbial “big score” . chad is hesitant , but mostly because it’s on a sunday , and he doesn’t like to work sundays . unless he only said that as a joke . i gotta be honest : it’s really hard to tell , and not just because of the very thick accents to this american’s ears . everything about this picture is at such a deliberate arm’s length that it is hard to know what is meant to be whimsical and what is serious melodrama .
the film will tell the story of richard kylea cowie , aka wiley , and the grime movement . pulse films has announced the production of a new music biopic , wiley , about the life of the successful london - born grime artist . the feature drama , which will be directed by adam smith ( trespass against us ) and developed with music publishing company bmg , will tell the story of wiley – real name richard kylea cowie – from his early days as an unknown mc and producer on london pirate radio to his career on the world stage . it will also take in the birth of the grime movement ,
set in rural gloucestershire , among criminals who live in a group of caravans on waste land and call each other “jubby dim lad” and “worzel” and “ya proize div” , trespass against us bets as heavily on its own milieu as get carter did on newcastle upon tyne , or hell is a city did with manchester’s backstreets . but these villains are illiterate country bumpkins , and their backdrop does feel promisingly fresh . the characters go hunting and coursing , and during one getaway after robbing a posh manor , fassbender even eludes a police chopper by hiding under a cow , something your city types like jack carter and harold shand would have balked at .
coming into trespass against us , you wonder why the film has flown under the radar as such with well - known names like michael fassbender and brendan gleeson leading the film . unfortunately , it all becomes clear within the space of about ten minutes when you realise that while they both feature strongly in the film , they are both more or less completely unintelligible in what they ' re saying . it ' s no exaggeration to say that you ' ll spend most of the film desperately trying to follow the dialogue - which , sadly , fills a lot of the film ' s lean running time - and the other half trying to figure out what ' s happening .
adam smith is an award winning film , television drama , documentary and music video director . his filmmaking journey began as a teenager , making visuals for raves and nightclubs in a creative collective , which he co - founded , called vegetable vision . he has since gone on to work extensively with electro music duo the chemical brothers and mike skinner of hip - hop garage project the streets . tv credits include brit teen comedy drama ‘skins’ , bbc mini - series ‘little dorrit’ , matt smith’s opening episode of ' doctor who’ in 2010 and documentaries ‘wot do u call it ? ’ , ‘a . i . p . s’ and ' ghetto on sea ' . trespass against us marks smith’s debut as a feature film director .
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in trespass among us , fassbender plays chad cutler , the second generation in a small band of irish travellers living somewhere in the west country . he’s the only one in the group who wears a collared shirt ( hell , some hardly wear clothes at all ) and his is the trailer with plastic covering over the couch cushions . his father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) , loves nothing more than telling tall tales around the campfire , making flat - earth arguments and reminding his grandchildren not to believe anything they learn at school .
a scraggly family of criminals tries to hold things together in the british backwoods in trespass against us , the debut feature by tv and music video director adam smith . as the patriarch of the cutlers , brendan gleeson projects a full - bodied indifference to others ' desires that seems to contain bottled - up fury . but that fury never deploys , and instead of exploding into crime - clan war , the picture trickles into a kind of shrugging ,
it is what it is
look at life on the wrong side of the law . gleeson and michael fassbender will ensure attention is paid in the u . s . but stateside auds will have big problems with the thickly accented dialogue ( and with lingo that even subtitles mightn ' t explain ) and many will find the struggle to keep up isn ' t all that rewarding .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting , thieving and tormenting the police . but with his own son , tyson ( georgie smith ) coming of age , chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family . when colby learns of chad’s dreams for another life he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the archaic order that has bound the cutler family for generations . he engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving a heist , a high - speed car chase and a manhunt , which leaves chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting , thieving and tormenting the police . but with his own son , tyson ( georgie smith ) coming of age , chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family . when colby learns of chad’s dreams for another life he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the archaic order that has bound the cutler family for generations . he engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving a heist , a high - speed car chase and a manhunt , which leaves chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake . with the law cracking down and his father
grime , the british - originated urban music genre , is coming to the big screen with “wiley , ” a biopic of the musical pioneer from pulse films and bmg . wiley is one of the most influential musicians of his generation and is known as the “godfather of grime . ” he has also had several crossover hits , including “wearing my rolex . ” adam smith ( “ trespass against us ” ) will helm the picture , which will tell the tumultuous life story of wiley , whose real name is richard kylea cowie . it will cover his early days as a struggling producer and performer on pirate radio in london up to when he began making a worldwide name for himself . the film will also trace the growth of grime from its underground u . k . roots to a genre that has resonated around the world . “this is my life , my highs and lows , but it’s not really all about me , ” wiley said .
siddons thought that the family would prove an interesting subject for a documentary film and , subsequently , for a full - length feature . “it would allow us to really explore family dynamics and different prejudices , and also to tell a story that would resonate with all audiences , whatever their own backgrounds . ”
the director is adam smith , letting loose after some work in television ( he directed three “doctor who” episodes ) , and he creates an annoying kitchen - sink - of - the - absurd nether zone that’s halfway between sitcom and samuel beckett , as staged by guy ritchie with a broken motor . the basic mood of “trespass against us” is one of extreme stasis ( people sitting around grousing at each other , the filmmaker poking you in the ribs to admire the absurdity of it all ) , but stasis can work if it holds out the possibility of something to discover . in this case , it doesn’t . fassbender’s chad is dimly trying to break the destructive chain that connects him to his father , who’s played by gleeson at his most tediously ill - tempered…which signifies that he’s cool ! the torpor is interrupted by several “car chases” — it’s actually just one car — which smith shoots as if he were suddenly making his action - film audition reel . only set in the tall weeds .
a traditional launchpad for awards season , toronto will see indies and studios go up against each other as they send their eagerly anticipated fare into the marketplace for the first time . last year’s big winner was lenny abrahamson’s room , starring brie larson . in addition to winning the coveted audience award , the film also went on to earn larson an academy award for best actress and noms for best film .
a sign of a good movie is when it makes you forget about social barriers and sympathise with the characters . trespass against us approaches the ostracised traveller community and presents their dynamics , their ways of making a living and their relationships in a way that makes the viewer see the underlining goals that we all share : difficult relationships with our parents , wanting to fit into society , a better future for our children . it is true that the characters are built in a cinematic way to tell a certain story of family bonds , living outside the law , living as a second class citizen . but nonetheless , it makes you think of the chad cutlers out there , who are not given a chance to overcome their condition and background , and are trapped in a loop of criminality that is going to be transmitted generation to generation . by showing universal things like family love , hopes for a better future and even the difficult dialogue that arises between generations when priorities change , the film makes you see beyond ethnicity and social status and opens the viewer up , even if only for the short duration of the film , to a world they would not have otherwise accessed .
take , for instance , “ trespass against us , ” which is without a doubt the worst film i’ve seen at this year’s toronto international film festival . when you hear about it , it seems to have the elements of a watchable movie , beginning with its gifted stars , michael fassbender and brendan gleeson . they play father - and - son criminals who live , along with other family members , in a kind of makeshift domestic trailer camp . it seems a haphazard arrangement , even for grimy outlaws , and the movie gives you very little sense of how they wound up there . but that’s because of the ed wood factor : they live in this arrangement because the director thought it would be cool . what other explanation is needed ? the second awkward / childish idea is the fassbender character’s brother , a nut job who skulks around in bare chest and tight pants , setting things on fire because…the director thought that would be cool . i’m not suggesting a mentally ill movie character shouldn’t exist , only that this one’s craziness is played for stunted shock value and “laughs , ” so that we never know what to think about him . he’s a real character , but he’s not really a character .
yet the film , which made its long - delayed world premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival , is no complete miss , either . stars michael fassbender and brendan gleeson see to that , aided by music - video vet smith’s often striking visuals and a unique setting . trespass just never quite gels into a successful whole . fassbender fans will enjoy his role as a tough but loving family man , but it’s a hard sell for everyone else .
the musical score from the chemical brothers is a standout , and , in addition to fassbender and gleeson , marshal must be acknowledged ; her kelly is the closest thing to a “normal” person in the cutler clan . and it’s nice to see a different type of family structure onscreen . but that’s not quite enough to make the film a must - see . trespass is a watchable , rather strange thing , but , next time , let’s see michael fassbender and brendan gleeson in a project more worthy of their talents .
these after effects also take trespass into a more predictable , much - less - interesting place . if there is anything here that works in the storytelling department it’s the moments involving the ramshackle cutlers lying about , messing around , sitting by fires , and waiting for nothing . chief to the occasional successes of these scenes is the physically overwhelming , emotionally overbearing presence of gleeson’s colby . the larger than life character needed the actor’s authoritative voice and narrow - eyed paranoia . it also needed gleeson’s inimitable charm , a facet that’s most evident in his sweet scenes with chad’s son tyson .
perhaps it’s just a british thing . in a nation with unarmed police , strict gun - control laws and no death penalty , crime will always look like a small - stakes endeavour . the shadow of the electric chair is a great motivator , tending to favour an all - guns - blazing type of resolution . british crime pictures might do well to stop poorly imitating us crime cinema’s gunplay and start borrowing some of its perversity . incest ( scarface ) and fratricide ( the godfather ) may not put holes in your head but they sure do keep things popping .
there’s an unexpected turn in the final section that really pours on the quirk ( the music cues become more noticeable ) but by this time it’s too little too late . the film wants us to fall in love with this extended band of outcasts , but really , there isn’t all that much to love . they aren’t even doing anything with the money they steal ! but gleeson and fassbender , given plenty of space in what are ultimately meandering scenes , are still somewhat electrifying . there is a lot of roughhousing and physical intimacy with the cutler family , and this lived - in quality goes a long way toward making everything believable .
earlier friday , new york financier and entrepreneur anthony scaramucci was appointed the new white house communications director . much like the early days of sean spicer — may he rest in peace — folks , us included , were quick to follow and note scaramucci’s twitter presence . notably , the mooch is among the most prominent white house members of # teamfollowback : he follows an absurd 168 , 000 people ( including yours truly ) . maybe more to the point : his feed is filled with tweets that directly disagree with the president . he has since deleted a few of them , namely ones that blatantly criticized president trump , but for the most part , scaramucci’s twitter remains a museum full of relics that seem to fly in the face of key tenets of the trump administration .
“ dunkirk ” is finally upon us after months of anticipation , and it’s clear the long wait has been worth it . indiewire has named the wwii epic the best movie christopher nolan has ever made and a certain oscar contender in the months ahead . as audiences nationwide get to discover why the film is such a monumental war epic , questions as to who exactly is in the cast are bound to come up . read more : ‘ dunkirk ’ review : christopher nolan ’s monumental war epic is the best film he’s ever made unlike nolan’s recent star - driven efforts like “ inception ” and “ interstellar , ” “ dunkirk ” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers , oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators . getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for nolan , as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story . in following mostly fresh faces , nolan is
every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases , including blu - ray and dvds , as well as recommended deals of the week . check out our rundown below and return every tuesday for the best ( or most interesting ) films one can take home . note that if you’re looking to support the site , every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated . 45 years ( andrew haigh ) andrew haigh ’s third feature as a director , 45 years , is an excellent companion piece to its 2011 predecessor , weekend . the latter examined the inception of a potential relationship between two men over the course of a weekend , whereas its successor considers the opposite extreme . again sticking to a tight timeframe , the film chronicles the six days leading up to a couple’s 45th wedding anniversary . though highly accomplished , weekend nevertheless suffered from a tendency towards commenting
author : andy psyllides ending with a ludicrous freeze - frame straight from an eighties - tastic us sitcom , this debut feature from director adam smith is all over the shop . with little rhyme or reason it veers uncomfortably between gritty family drama , whimsical comedy and full - blown heist thriller . smith – a frequent collaborator with the chemical brothers – never seems to get a complete handle on what he wants the film to be . it’s a shame , as this lack of a clear , concrete vision means powerful moments and committed performances from a cast that includes michael fassbender and brendan gleeson largely go to waste . fassbender is chad cutler , a prominent member of a close - knit travelling community currently camped somewhere in the west country . their accents are thick as molasses , they call everybody “mush” and afternoons are wiled away by piling into a beat - up station wagon and chasing rabbits through open fields . it’s not all fun and games ,
[ last lines ] chad cutler : i ' m not gonna see you for a while . i want you to be strong . this is for you , okay ? you keep this . things are gonna be different now , ty . you understand ? yeah ? look after your mammy and do what she says . and you look after your sister . i ' m relying on you now , ty . i always knew i could . it ' s all right , ty . it ' s all right . no crying , not in front of them . look at me . i ' m sorry , ty . i love you so much . you ' re gonna have to be the man now . you hear me ? [ pause ] chad cutler : you ' re the king now , my son . [ pause ] chad cutler : now , tyson . . . we ' re cutlers . we gelling . you ready ? [ pause ] chad cutler : the gavvas can ' t think they ' ve beaten us , no way . don ' t be scared , mush . i ' ve got you , all right ? all right ? [ pause ] chad cutler : we ' re gonna do this ? tyson cutler : yeah . [ pause ] chad cutler : on three , okay ? [ pause ] tyson cutler : no , no ! [ pause ] chad cutler : one . . . two . . . three ! see more »
ezra is a versatile actor and teaches movement , voice and theatre both nationally and internationally . he is an accomplished martial artist too . further to acting , he has also worked proficiently as a movement director with several well - established theatre companies and venues .
performance credits include untied colours of frustasian for southbank / cast , the kite runner for nottingham / liverpool playhouse , macbeth for song of the goat / rsc , lord of the flies and unsuitable girls for pilot theatre company , twelfth night for the national theatre and the caucasian chalk circle for complicite .
based in the heart of shoreditch , sainou represents a select list of actors including international industry award winners , household names and some of the finest , young british talent working today .
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the 41st edition of the toronto film festival will open with sony and mgm’s the magnificent seven , as deadline predicted last night . the antoine fuqua - directed remake of the classic 1960s western stars denzel washington , chris pratt , ethan hawke , vincent d’onofrio , haley bennett and peter sarsgaard . it marks latest collaboration between fuqua and toronto . fuqua brought training day and leading man washington to tiff 15 years ago .
the announcement was made this morning at a news conference presided over by tiff director and chief executive piers handling and artistic director cameron bailey . the 41st edition of the festival runs september 8 - 18 .
the closing - night film will be kelly fremon’s the edge of seventeen , starring hallee steinfeld and woody harrelson . other films selected for this year’s festival include oliver stone’s snowden , david oyelowo - lupita nyong’o starrer queen of katwe , amma asante’s a united kingdom , jeff nichol’s loving , gemma arterton starrer their finest and much - anticipated musical lalaland , starring ryan gosling and emma stone .
denis villeneuve’s alien invasion thriller arrival , peter berg’s disaster drama deepwater horizon , and rob reiner’s historical biopic lbj will all bow at the traditional awards season launchpad .
also selected are tom ford’s nocturnal animals , his sophomore feature as director , rooney mara - starrer una , cannes sensation paul verhoeven’s elle , starring isabelle huppert and ben younger’s boxing drama bleed for this with miles teller .
the weinstein co’s lion , with dev patel and rooney mara , also world preems at the festival . the film , produced by the king’s speech producers see - saw films , has very strong buzz and is already being touted as a strong contender . sundance hits nate parker’s a birth of a nation and kenneth lonergan’s manchester - by - the - sea will also play for canadian auds .
arrival ( denis villeneuve ) deepwater horizon ( peter berg ) the headhunter’s calling ( mark williams ) the journey is the destination ( bronwen hughes ) jt + the tennessee kids ( jonathan demme ) lbj ( rob reiner ) lion ( garth davis ) loving ( jeff nichols ) a monster calls ( j . a . bayona ) planetarium ( rebecca zlotowski ) queen of katwe ( mira nair ) the rolling stones olé olé olé ! : a trip across latin america ( paul dugdale ) the secret scripture ( jim sheridan ) snowden ( oliver stone ) strange weather ( katherine dieckmann ) their finest ( lone scherfig ) a united kingdom ( amma asante )
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alastair siddons to produce , alongside gail egan and andrea calderwood of potboiler prods .
pic is written by alastair siddons , who will also produce , alongside gail egan and andrea calderwood of potboiler prods . it will be executive produced by tessa ross of film4 , zygi kamasa at lionsgate , frederick w . green and joshua astrachan of animal kingdom , and nigel williams .
pic was developed and is being co - financed by film4 with backing from the bfi and lipsync , and is scheduled to shoot in the u . k . this summer . protagonist pictures is handling global sales .
fassbender stars opposite brendan gleeson ( “gangs of new york” ) . the cast also includes lyndsey marshal ( “the hours” ) , rory kinnear ( “skyfall” ) , sean harris ( “prometheus” ) and killian scott ( “love / hate” ) .
the story is set across three generations of the rowdy cutler family , who live as outlaws — hunting hares , ram - raiding stately homes and taunting the police . as the letter of the law finally catches up with chad ( fassbender ) , he is torn between the archaic principles of his father ( gleeson ) , and what he believes is best for his children .
music for the film will come from electro duo the chemical brothers , who will write and perform the original score .
smith has directed music promos for the streets and the chemical brothers , most recently directing music - related documentary “the chemical brothers — don’t think . ” he has also directed tv episodes of “doctor who , ” “little dorrit” and “skins . ”
london - based potboiler is one of europe’s most successful production outfits , which in the last year has finished shooting anton corbijn’s “a most wanted man , ” biyi bandele’s “half of a yellow sun” and alan rickman’s “a little chaos . ”
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the in - demand actor is eying the lead in u . k . director adam smith ' s gangster drama , which will feature a score written and performed by the chemical brothers .
written by alastair siddons , the project is set across three generations of a rowdy family who live as outlaws - - hunting hares , ram - raiding stately homes and taunting the police . but defying the expectations of his father , one gang member ( fassbender ) is looking for a way out of the criminal life .
siddons will also produce with gail egan and andrea calderwood of u . k . indie production giant potboiler productions .
protagonist pictures will begin pre - selling the film at the upcoming american film market .
the project was developed by and is being co - financed by film4 , and is scheduled to shoot in the u . k . in 2014 .
music for the film will come from the chemical brothers , who will write and perform the original score .
smith has made his name directing music - related films such as the chemical brothers '
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siddons has directed three features , including the documentaries turn it loose and inside out : the people’s art project .
fassbender is currently shooting slow west for director john maclean in new zealand and will take on the leading role in macbeth for justin kurzel in january of 2014 .
he is represented by troika talent in the u . k . and caa in the u . s .
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he plays chad cutler , the clear second - in - command to his domineering , hard - nosed , but undeniably caring father . the latter is colby , perfectly embodied by the great gleeson . the large family lives together in a series of trailers seemingly dropped from the sky on an idyllic tract of land in the country . father and son are joined by a motley crew — chad’s wife , kelly ( lyndsey marshal ) , the couple’s young son and daughter , a “simple” ( enormously unnecessary ) character called norman , and various other hangers - on .
“second - in - command” is a rather misleading classification for fassbender’s chad , as it implies the cutlers are the type of crime family we’ve seen in films , one with a recognizable structure . make no mistake : we have not seen a family quite like the cutlers before — unkempt , uneducated , unrefined in every way . their crimes are barely understandable . initially , we see just dodgy pranks — for example , recklessly driving a message - bearing beater through town , a trail of annoyed police in their wake . there’s hardly even talk of criminal activity , in fact , until colby orders chad to lead a poorly planned job . the results detonate the relatively quiet life the cutlers had enjoyed .
gleeson is less present in the film’s second half , and we feel his absence . the further away from cutler - land we get , the weaker the narrative . still , there is michael fassbender , a welcome figure in virtually any movie . here , he plays an illiterate layabout seeking to finally break away from his father . it’s not the meatiest part , but he makes chad believably weak — a tough guy who just can’t stay out of trouble , or figure out exactly how to change his life . fassbender is undeniably a tad miscast ; his looks don’t quite fit here . but we buy chad’s love , especially as a parent .