the rose is a 1979 american drama film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager .

the film stars bette midler , alan bates , frederic forrest , harry dean stanton , barry primus and david keith .

the story is loosely based on the life of singer janis joplin .

originally titled pearl , after joplin 's nickname , and the title of her last album , it was fictionalized after her family declined to allow the producers the rights to her story .

it was written by bill kerby and bo goldman from a story by bill kerby , and directed by mark rydell .

the rose was nominated for four academy awards including best actress in a leading role ( bette midler , in her screen debut ) , best actor in a supporting role ( frederic forrest ) , best film editing and best sound .

midler performed the soundtrack album for the film , and the title track became one of her biggest hit singles .

the rose ( film )

the tragic rose : rose herself , of course , to the fullest use of the trope .
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here are all of the videos that december rose film has uploaded to vimeo . appearances are videos that december rose film has been credited in by others .
golden rose of montreux international film festival award for individual contribution to television entertainment .
anika noni rose graces the red carpet at bet’s american black film festival honors event in beverly hills , california .
when edith sings
la vie en rose
, for the international title .
in the film , rose appears first with blonde shoulder - length hair , full makeup , and a tight - fitting dress .
rose blake ( l ) and director rebecca sloan attend the uk film reception at sundance at high west distillery during the sundance film festival on january 23 , 2012 in park city , utah .
rose ' s father . . . . . . . . . . .
journalist charlie rose and cofounder of tribeca film festival , jane rosenthal attend the bloomberg panel & reception during the 2012 tribeca film festival at the bloomberg - 713 lexington on april 23 , 2012 in new york city .
rose anderson , new york festivals international television & film awards executive director , will share the inside track on film festival management when she speaks at the 8th annual international film festival summit taking place in austin , texas december 4 - 6th , 2011 .
slut shaming : inverted when rose tells houston the football story , then played straight in the western bar .
french confection . . . marion cotillard and gerard depardieu in la vie en rose .
keep your eyes open for more from rose mcgowan , in theaters and at the oscars , and click here to watch her first directed film , dawn .
no celebrities were harmed : rose is basically a thinly - veiled version of janis joplin .
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exclusive : anika noni rose and her production company roaring virgin productions have optioned tv and film rights to shadowshaper , daniel josé older’s bestselling ya fantasy series . it marks the second deal between rose and older after she acquired his urban fantasy series bone street rumba .
, short film by jim henson . also won awards from venice ( plaque , lion of st . mark , venice film festival ) , oberhausen , and american film festivals .
although no distributor is attached at this time , insiders say production is eyed for the fall . the film has been in the works for some time with rose byrne attached to star at one point .
to butterfly boucher ' s
it pulls me under ,
rose slowly begins to strip down .
east of borneo . 1931 . directed by george melford rose hobart . 1936 . directed by joseph cornell
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australian model and dj ruby rose unveiled
break free
last week , a short film she says is inspired by her own struggle with gender presentation and fluidity .
new york , october 22 , 2009 : new york festivals , now in its 52nd year , announced the appointment of rose anderson to the position of executive director of nyf’s television & film awards . ms . anderson will spearhead the development of the new york festivals television & film awards and ensure that the competition continues to evolve with the changing landscape of the television and film industry . as executive director of the film & television awards , ms . anderson will manage all facets of nyf’s film & television awards , oversee the strategy to expand the competition’s footprint , and assemble an advisory board culled from the most respected and influential minds representing the television and film community .
from start to finish ,
black rose
is about as pro forma as a motion picture gets .
love triangle : several examples , but the main one is rose ' s choice between houston and her desire for fame .
a dramatization of the final days of sophie scholl , one of the most famous members of the german world war ii anti - nazi resistance movement , the white rose .
the short film is a cross between a candy - coated world and the world of terror .
your makeup is running : rose , whose face and eyes are so stained with her tears running her mascara .
ruby slipper award , the children ' s film and television center of america ,
for outstanding contribution to children ' s film and television .
bi the way : rose is caught making out with a woman named sarah , which sends houston into a fit of rage .
: remember the tear - stricken out - of - breath sounding opening monologue by rose in the beginning ? oh god . once you seen the whole movie ( up to the
hallie meyers - shyer , the daughter of director nancy meyers , is writing and directing the film .
what did you think of la vie en rose ? has an anti - french bias helped to fuel some of the poorer brit reviews ? or does the film suffer from the usual structural problems associated with the biopic ? do let us know below .
with over 100 , 000 shares and 80 , 000 likes on facebook – the film , written and produced by rose herself – has a lot of people talking . she posted the project along with this brief description :
a woman , rose , goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange , desolate town called silent hill .
abusive parents : one of whom is played by doris roberts ( mrs . foster / rose ' s mother ) .
and although this story is a personal one for her , rose hopes that viewers take away their own personal message .
in celebration of the 80th anniversary of rose hobart ’s debut , we are pleased to present it alongside east of borneo , providing a glimpse into how cornell wrested his revolutionary collage film from this conventional feature .
enter fortysomething psychologist dr . stephen grene ( bana ) , who’s been assigned to hastily examine rose before she can be transferred to a new facility . but rose refuses to leave the asylum , believing her son will someday come looking for her there , and stephen arranges to speak with her over a few days and read her diary entries , presented in the form of 1940s flashbacks , with mara playing the twentysomething rose .
taormina , sicily - - the misdeeds of the communist era , chronicled so memorably in the oscar - winning german film ,
the lives of others ,
continue to stimulate gifted filmmakers . the latest example is the czech film ,
kawasaki ' s rose ,
which examines some of the repressive policies of the secret police in czechoslovakia during the 1960s and ' 70s . while this film won ' t match the boxoffice success of
lives of others ,
it will appeal to older audiences weaned on foreign films .
confusion about why they want to kill michael , and exactly how rose managed to intuit that he might be in danger , makes this the first of several scenes where vital contextual information seems to have been lost somewhere . all the same , rose and michael fall in love during his convalescence , with michael telling elliptical stories of the war and rose largely watching him from bed , and they hastily get married before michael heads off for parts unknown . he’s spotted at the house by father gaunt , however , who conspires to lock the now - pregnant rose in a magdalene asylum due to her “nymphomania . ”
a 1979 film directed by mark rydell and starring bette midler in her first film appearance as a vulnerable , self - destructive rock singer looking for love .
, the film ' s opening will make a lot of sense and a lot of tears .
rose experienced confusion concerning her own gender and identity during her childhood – at one point she had even considered sex - reassignment surgery .
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present day past : . . . although it looks more like the seventies , considering the year the film was released ( 1979 ) .
common graces the red carpet at bet’s american black film festival honors event in beverly hills , california .
during the second world war , a small group of students at munich university begin to question the decisions and sanity of germany ' s nazi government . the students form a resistance cell which they name the
white rose
after a newsletter that is secretly distributed to the student body . at first small in numbers and fearful of discovery , the white rose begins to gain massive support after a nazi gauleiter nearly incites a student riot after a provokative speech . at this point , the matter is taken over by the german gestapo , who pledge to hunt down and destroy the members of the white rose .
never accepted in his hometown : rose wants desperately to return to her hometown a success . it doesn ' t go well for her .
rose is then shown getting dressed – this time choosing to wrap her breasts , wear a strap - on , and don a suit .
grand jury member nissan belkin , is director & ceo of israel’s telemedia special presentations . mr . belkin brings 30 + years’ experience in the television and film industry to the tv & film awards judging panel .
film editing - richard marks , walter murch , gerald b . greenberg , lisa fruchtman
new york festivals® 2011 international tv & film awards® introduces new category to honor telenovelas .
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“la vie en rose” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) . it has subtitled swearing , drug use and some sexual references .
inelegantly approximating the novel’s parallel - narrative structure while dispensing with most of its political subtext and fundamentally altering much of its plot , the film first introduces us to the elderly rose mcnulty ( redgrave ) more than four decades into her imprisonment in a rural irish insane asylum . rose has been here since the waning days of world war ii , when she was accused of murdering her newborn son . she still professes her innocence in moments of passing lucidity — in fact , she’s convinced her son is still alive — and she has committed her illustrated memories to the margins of a bible , in which she’s graffitied the book of job into the book of rose .
issa rae graces the red carpet at bet’s american black film festival honors event in beverly hills , california .
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melanie haft : i think that as always , we will have a greater diversity of film genres but stories that worked great on one platform will always work – maybe the structure of the film will be different , but the essence of the story will still be the same .
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the nyf tv & film awards ceremony to be held at the nab show in las vegas from april 9 - 14 , 2011 .
the rose , directed by mark rydell ; screenplay by bill kerby and bo goldman ; story by mr . kerby ; director of photography , vilmos zsigrnond ; film editor , robert l . wolfe ; music arranged and supervised by paul a . rothchild ; music by various cornposers ; produced by marvin worth and aaron russo ; released by twentieth century‐fox film corporation . at the ziegfeld theater , avenue of the americas and 54th street . running time : 134 minutes . this film is rated r .
rose movies was established in 1968 and is one of the leading film production houses of its day . under the able guidance of mr . ramesh behl who also directed some of these productions and was a celebrated director of his time , the company prospered and produced blockbuster films which won critical acclaim and success .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
once the mysterious significance of the title has been revealed , the film ends on a bitterly ironic note , suggesting that the sins of the past may be forgotten , but they should never be forgiven .
in 2002 , the next generation of behl’s took over the day to day management of rose movies with daughter , shrishti arya and son goldie behl , emerging as the talented producer and director team who have brought the company to its present position .
begins burying rose alive . by the time her demurely dressed lesbian lover appears on the scene , it has become painfully clear that if the kitchen sink could walk , somebody would have written it an entrance line , too . rose ' s former heroin habit , and her high school misadventure with an entire football team , are suddenly brought into the act , paving the way for a finale that will amaze amateur pharmacologists everywhere . rose combines heroin and pills into miraculous potion that , somehow , allows her to belt out a song at the top of her lungs before dying an arty death only seconds later .
as the result it managed to snatch 2 oscars - the only french film to do so . plus a long list of other awards .
constantin film will produce the pic , which goes into production in johannesburg and cape town , south africa this month .
before long , father gaunt has become so obsessed with rose that he’s stalking her around town , and villagers start to gossip . after she inadvertently sparks a fist fight between father gaunt and jack at a dance , rose is exiled to her family’s country cottage . incredibly , michael’s plane is shot down and crashes a few hundred feet away . rose rescues him from the rubble and hides him in her home , while a band of angry villagers led by tailor try to find him to kill him .
organized by anne morra , associate curator , department of film . special thanks to universal pictures .
in the end , as often happens in movies of this kind , “la vie en rose” is saved by piaf herself . most of the songs in the film are accompanied by subtitles . ( an exception is “non , je ne regrette rien , ” the signature of her last years . ) they are hardly necessary , given the undiminished power of that voice . unfortunately the movie isn’t either .
calypso rose new album ‘far from home’ available here : urltoken stream it : urltoken footage directed by pascale obolo from the film ‘calypso rose ‘lioness of the jungle’ courtesy maturity and dynamo productions . shot in trinidad and tobago by jérôme guiot . from trinidad & tobago , calypso rose and is the undisputed queen of calypso for more than 40 years . after having produced 30 albums and composed 800 songs , she lives today in the queens in nyc . her next album “far from home” will be released on may 27th 2016 on because music ( manu chao , major lazer , amadou & mariam , christine and the queens , selah sue , metronomy… ) . sc : urltoken fb : urltoken insta : urltoken urltoken urltoken
new york festivals tv & film awards will soon announce the 2018 finalists , stay tuned to find out who’s moving on to the medal round .
madriver pictures introduced the film to international buyers in cannes . caa is representing the north american rights and also reps black bicycle and nancy meyers .
nia long and ime udoka grace the red carpet at bet’s american black film festival honors event in beverly hills , california .
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screentested for the role of ivy templeton . shields posed for the cover art for the film ' s source best - selling novel . confirmed by susan swift in 2016 .
the artist joseph cornell ( 1903–72 ) was an avid fan of cinema . he went to the movies frequently in bayside , queens , sat transfixed by actresses such as hedy lamarr and jennifer jones , and purchased dozens of 16mm short films to entertain his homebound younger brother , robert . in 1933 , cornell wrote monsieur phot , a detailed script that would unfold in five sections encompassing ballet sequences and stereopticon images . cornell’s first fully realized film is rose hobart ( c . 1936 ) , essentially a re - editing of the 1931 george melford adventure film east of borneo , starring charles bickford and cornell’s silver - screen crush , the actress rose hobart . this humble collage film is now considered a cornerstone of american avant - garde cinema .
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in english with french subtitles , or french . not re - mastered . but still a great film
2009 film and video awards grand trophies go to germany , mexico , england and sweden ; the edge picture company named production company of the year .
broken tears : rose ' s character frequently has these , whether she ' s performing on stage , arguing with her manager or her boyfriend and through other personal struggles .
an insurance salesman ' s humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger , ex - con auggie rose , unexpectedly dies in his arms . assuming the identity of the dead man , the salesman embarks on a . . . see full summary »
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new york , ny – october 24 , 2013 : new york festivals® international television & film awards™ announced the 2014 grand jury .
new york , ny january 4 , 2010 : new york festivals , now in its 53rd year of honoring the “world’s best work™” , announced its 2010 television & film awards grand jury . the grand jury , appointed by the competition’s director rose anderson , encompasses the prestigious companies and high caliber executives that only a 20 year veteran of the industry could recruit . this year’s grand jury includes producers , directors , writers , composers , filmmakers , and other creative independent professionals from companies around the globe , recognized for contributing some of the most captivating programs in the mediums of television and film .
in 1952 rose miller returns to her rural hometown of beresford , south dakota to care for her ailing mother . once there , she falls in love with a deaf man and must decide if she has the courage to follow her heart . wild prairie rose is an examination of the changing roles of women in 1950s america and in the ways that people who have great differences can learn to communicate with one another . it is a film that focuses on one woman’s story , and yet challenges the audience to examine their own assumptions about what makes a good life .
screen gems has rounded out its cast for the next installment in the “resident evil” franchise by setting iain glen , shawn roberts , ruby rose , eoin macken and william levy to join milla jovovich and ali larter in “resident evil : the final chapter . ” paul w . s . anderson is directing from a script he wrote . constantin film will [ … ]
new york festivals® international television & film awards has honored the world’s best tv & films℠ since 1957 and the competition continues to celebrate the world’s most compelling stories being created today by content creators around the globe .
screen gems has rounded out its cast for the next installment in the “resident evil” franchise by setting iain glen , shawn roberts , ruby rose , eoin macken and william levy to join milla jovovich and ali larter in “resident evil : the final chapter . ”
“the rose , ” which opens at the ziegfeld today , seems to have been conceived as both a vehicle for miss midler and a way to tell a story like janis joplin ' s . so the rose — who shares the divine miss m ' s odd habit of incorporating an article into her nickname —emerges as a creature of many contradictions . although the story is supposedly set in 1969 , miss midler is so thoroughly a product of the 70 ' s that it becomes hard for her to handle certain aspects of the tale , notably those having to do with rose ' s hippie abandon and her essential fragility . miss midler herself seems about as fragile as a bull elephant , no matter how stridently the screenplay insists that she eventually self‐destruct .
video - on - demand rentals were a much - needed bright spot for the industry last year . spending on vod titles rose 5 % to $ 2 . 1 billion , after posting a 3 % decline in 2015 . electronic movie and tv sales through outlets including itunes and amazon also rose about 5 % in 2016 , but that represents a dramatic slowdown from the year before when online sales surged 18 % .
new york , ny – february 24 , 2011 : new york festivals® international television & film awards will honor legendary documentary filmmaker albert maysles with the inaugural television & film awards 2011 lifetime achievement award . the iconic filmmaker will be presented with the award on tuesday , april 12th at the television & film awards ceremony taking place at the annual nab show in las vegas . the nyf lifetime achievement award recognizes prominent industry leaders whose accomplishments and contributions have advanced their field and made a lasting impression on the industry .
la vie en rose ( french title : la môme ) is a 2007 romanticized biopic about the glorious and tragic life of french singer edith piaf . it stars marion cotillard in the leading role , for which she won the oscar for best actress . it also became one of the only french films to win more than one oscar , the other being for makeup . the international title comes from what is probably her most famous song ,
la vie en rose
and the french title comes from her nickname ,
la môme piaf
.
the film ' s narrative structure is a largely non - linear series of key events from the life of edith piaf , many of which the audience ultimately learns are evoked as flashbacks from within edith ' s own memory as she ' s dying . despite the fractured narrative approach , the film is anchored at the beginning by predominance of elements from her childhood , and at the end with the events prior to and surrounding her death .
bette midler exploded onto the screen with her take - no - prisoners performance in this quintessential film about fame and addiction from director mark rydell . midler is the rock - and - roll singer mary rose foster ( known as the rose to her legions of fans ) , whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road . incisively scripted and beautifully shot—by vilmos zsigmond , with assistance on the dazzling concert scenes by a host of other world - class cinematographers , including conrad l . hall , lászló kovács , owen roizman , and haskell wexler—this is a sensitively drawn and emotionally overwhelming melodrama that made the popular singer into a movie star as well .
paul cartledge , fiona rose greenland ( ed . ) , responses to oliver stone ' s alexander : film , history , and cultural studies . wisconsin studies in classics . madison : university of wisconsin press , 2010 . pp . vii , 370 . isbn 9780299232849 . $ 26 . 95 ( pb ) .
just before the premiere of their new film , director and subject take a trip to the closet , where albert sheds some more light on the jt leroy saga and graces us with a song .
new york , ny – november 8 , 2017 : new york festivals® international television & film awards has announced the 2018 grand jury . the tv & film competition jury recruitment process is still underway , with a jury member increase and an increase in the percentage of women by double digits to just under 40 percent .
new york , ny – march 19 , 2015 : new york festivals® international television & film awards℠ competition announced that it is partnering with limelight networks as the official sponsor and content delivery network ( cdn ) for the 2015 tv & film awards gala taking place tuesday , april 14 th at the annual nab show .
an insurance salesman ' s humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger , ex - con auggie rose , unexpectedly dies in his arms . assuming the identity of the dead man , the salesman embarks on a double life , keeping it secret from his live - in girlfriend .
a short film about gender roles , trans , and what it is like to have an identity that deviates from the status quo .
new york , ny – february 2 , 2012 : new york festivals® international television & film awards , now in its 55th year of honoring the world’s best tv programs & films™ , announced the finalists for the 2012 competition . the grand jury , comprised of award - winning television and film industry experts , determined the shortlist from entries submitted from 40 countries worldwide . trophies will be presented at the 2012 television & film awards ceremony on april 17th at the annual nab show in las vegas , april 14th – 19th . rose anderson , executive director of nyf television & film awards , had this to say about this year’s entries : “the wide variety , depth , and scope of the programming created by this year’s finalists are proof that excellence knows no boundaries . increasingly , as our world becomes more connected , it is no surprise that imaginative and innovative programming across all platforms engages a world - wide audience . ”
30 rock hit the nail on the head with its running gag , jenna maroney ' s film sing them white blues , girl : the jackie jormp - jomp story , an unreleasable , unofficial attempt to squeeze the complexities of joplin ' s life into 90 minutes . because it ' s happened before – in 1979 with bette midler vehicle the rose . originally titled pearl ( joplin ' s nickname , the title of her last album ) , it was renamed due to her family not wanting to give up the rights to her story . you can see why they had their reservations . despite midler ' s oscar - nominated performance , it ' s full of rock film cliches : pushy manager ; bumbling handling of her bisexuality and drug use ; and clunky dialogue . in one exchange , the rose asks her manager :
pass the peanuts , would you baby ?
but rose , though temporarily daunted , is still someone who ' ll crash any party . in fact , her feistiness emerges as one of her most lovable attributes . during this section of the film , she is also seen marching into a homosexual nightclub , a men ' s bathhouse and a truck‐stop restaurant , where a nervous waitress tells her “we don ' t serve hippies . ” “well , that ' s okay , ” smirks rose , who loves rising to such occasions , “cause we don ' t eat ’em , neither . ”
th e best german language film i ' ve ever seen . . . including
das boot
and schtonk !
the films produced by rose movies were path breaking at their time and starred some of known leading actors and actresses of the day . to name a few , mr . rajesh khanna , mr . randhir kapoor , mr . rishi kapoor , mr . akshay kumar , ms . rekha , ms . tina munim , ms . zeenat aman and of course the biggest star to emerge from the indian film industry mr . amitabh bachchan .
torn by years in an abusive marriage , an emotional ellie rose arrives alone at the family cabin along a broken east us coastline . her story and motives for being there are unclear . arriving . . . see full summary »
on the heels of an overall restructuring , the new york festivals announced its call for entries for the 2009 international film and video awards . now entering its 52nd year , the award honors
the world ' s best work tm
. the competition recognizes work on a global scale in feature - length , short and documentary films ; informational , educational and industrial film productions ; and corporate and home video .
the early part of the story , which is at its most involving in the lengthy sequence that launches this romance , also presents a withering portrait of the music world — much nastier than the image offered by barbra streisand ' s “a star is born , ” a movie “the rose” resembles in its general blowsiness and enormous scale . one of the most memorable scenes has rose barging , with an excess of flamboyance , into the , dressing room of a country star , su perbly played by harry dean stanton . he winds up snubbing her with a cruelty that corresponds , perversely yet perfectly , to her own good‐timey style of aggression .
new york , ny – october 29 , 2015 : new york festivals® international television & film awards unveiled a new special industry award , the program promotion team of the year award .
on the acting side rose , a tony winner for caroline , or change , just wrapped filming assassination nation and is next on the screen in warner bros’ everything , everything . she is repped by innovative artists , david williams management , mgmt and attorney james adams .
i first saw this film on bbc2 and thought it such a great film i bought the video and then the dvd . it stars sean connery and a young christian slater . it is set in a 14th century italian monastery where unexplained , evil and murderous happenings are taking place . connery plays the part of brother william , a kind of 14th century sherlock holmes , who attempts to solve the various murders before the inquisition arrives , by using his non conformist intellect . through use of deduction and reasoning bother william untangles various sub plots to get to who killed who and why . this logic is then ignored when gui of the inquisition arrives and decides upon more a more sinister line of devil worship and satanic forces , as the reason for the murders . the climax of the film is gripping and needless to say right , triumphs over evil . the plot and story line is gripping . it had me guessing until the very end . what makes this a great film is the cinematography , locations and acting . connery is superb as the sometimes child like detective monk . slater is fantastic as connery ' s novice . the directing of the film , the sets and of course the scripts all perfectly intermingle to make you feel a part of a 14th century italian monastery . it has the most incredible atmospheric feel , even though the external shots of the monastery were actually studio shots according to imdb . if you are looking for a great who dunnit , with a plot that will keep you gripped to the end of the film , then this is the film for you . great acting , directing , scripts and sets all add to make this film one of the best connery films i have seen . highly recommended .
ms . anderson has spearheaded the development of nyf’s television & film awards for the past two years . she has contributed her experience and understanding of production and translated that knowledge into creating new categories that ensure the competition continues to evolve with the changing landscape of the industry .
while the georgia film , music and digital entertainment office does not hire crew members nor cast actors and extras for film and tv projects , there are a number of ways for georgians to find work in the industry . listed below are links and documents that provide information regarding casting / crew opportunities in georgia .
keith powers , elijah kelly , luke james and woody mcclain grace the red carpet at bet’s american black film festival honors event in beverly hills , california .
b y the time you realize what ' s wrong with “the rose , ” it will have you hooked anyhow . there are so many finely drawn episodes , so much brittle , rauncny humor , and such an unexpectedly alluring performance from bette midler in the title role that the movie maintains its momentum even after it ' s gone off the track . its strengths may only be those of a good show‐business soap opera , and its structure is disjointed beyond repair . but “the rose” has an earnest , affecting character at its core . even at its most preposterous , it never feels like fraud .
the first official teaser trailer for ' rose ' 2012 . produced & directed by kemal yildirim . a hard hitting social drama based on a true story ! warning : viewer must be 18 or over to view this trailer . urltoken urltoken urltoken
the andres muscietti - directed king novel adaptation it doesn’t come out until september 8 , but the filmmaker is already hard at work mobilizing the second installment . the first film covers the childhood of a core group of friends who see pennywise terrorizing their town . it was the inspiration of toby emmerich when he took the reins at warner bros to tell the childhood part of the story in the first film , and then make a sequel that brings the gang back together as adults , bonded by a pact they made to return and confront the menace when it came back after 25 years to claim more children .
the crowd of obsessed fellows includes a chummy working class lad named jack ( aidan turner ) ; a handsome , insinuating stranger later revealed to be the town priest , father gaunt ( theo james , all solemn smolder ) ; michael mcnulty ( jack reynor ) , a charming shopkeeper who catches rose’s fancy right before running off to join the raf ; and a sinister lurker named tailor ( tom vaughan - lawler ) who warns rose against fraternizing with michael , for reasons neither she nor we are allowed to fully understand .
this screenplay , which takes the form of a crazy flashback , introduces rose as a hard‐living but weary performer who is agitating for a year ' s rest as the story begins . however , her manager , played with a fine ruthlessness by alan bates , is not a man who believes in allowing his meal ticket to take vacations . so rose embarks on a series of spiteful , funny escapades , which seem to serve as both distress signals and her only way of letting off steam .
the halifax school for the deaf was in the path of the explosion . yet unlike many buildings that were flattened in the blast , the school was left standing . despite windows being blown out and doors flying through the air , all the people inside the school survived . despite the extreme cold and high snowfalls the next day , all the people still survived .
nyf advisory board recruits executives from hbo , espn , mtvu , astro entertainment , the edge picture company , showtime , and radio television hong kong . new york , ny – february 24 , 2010 : new york festivals international television & film awards announced the appointment of its 2010 advisory board . this year’s advisory board includes a lineup of prominent international media professionals who will help pilot the expansion of the competition’s global footprint . “the insightful contributions and stellar reputations of the board members will be key in elevating and expanding the reach of nyf’s television & film awards competition , and with their help , we will be able to be much more responsive to issues as they arise in the creative community , ” said rose anderson , director of the competition .
new york , ny – september 17 , 2014 : new york festivals television & film awards will honor ken aagaard , executive vice president , operations , engineering & production services , cbs sports with the 2015 lifetime achievement award . mr . aagaard will receive the award at the new york festivals international television & film awards gala on april 14 , 2015 at the annual nab show . new york festivals tv & film lifetime achievement award recognizes prominent industry leaders whose accomplishments and contributions have advanced their field and made a lasting impression on the industry .
as if acknowledging the challenges it faces in finding an american audience , “la vie en rose , ” olivier dahan’s long , feverish film biography of édith piaf , notes that its heroine , an incomparably bright star in the french cultural firmament , never quite caught on over here . after a less than rapturous stateside reception , the film’s piaf ( played by marion cotillard ) observes that americans just don’t get her , and though she seems to have a good time in new york and california , the incomprehension appears to have been mutual . she won’t even try a corned beef sandwich at a manhattan delicatessen .
new york , ny – december 10 , 2015 : new york festivals television & film awards will honor david hill , legendary veteran sports executive , live event specialist and father of fox sports , with the 2016 lifetime achievement award . mr . hill will receive the award at the new york festivals international television & film awards gala on april 19 , 2016 at the annual nab show .
in december 1936 , cornell projected rose hobart for the first time at the julien levy gallery . in attendance were salvador dalí and his wife , gala , among others in levy’s coterie . cornell’s film , which reduced the length of the original black - and - white feature from 77 minutes to a taut 17 , and was run at silent speed with a blue - glass filter , created a languid , obsessive , fanatical portrait of his cinematic sweetheart . following the screening , dalí was so incensed by the aesthetic innovation he had witnessed that he toppled the projector . while gala attempted to calm her husband and comfort the alarmed cornell , dalí unleashed a turgid outburst that included recriminations about cornell infiltrating his dreams and stealing the film he was intending to make one day .
melanie haft : great content comes from authentic stories , aesthetical pictures and if it is emotionally captivating you will have a “winner” film .
an edited volume about oliver stone ' s alexander was inevitable ; both gladiator and troy have received similar treatments , revealing an increased interest among classicists in film and reception theory . 1 here , historians paul cartledge and fiona rose greenland introduce twelve essays that respond to alexander or to issues raised by it . a capstone essay is provided by oliver stone , allowing the filmmaker himself to respond to the papers and in some ways to have the last word .
new york festivals® international television & film awards , now in its 58th year , announced this year’s prominent media professionals slated to present awards at the 2015 tv & film gala honoring world’s best tv & films℠ . the gala will be held at the annual nab show on tuesday april 14 th as they play host to over 98 , 000 attendees from 159 countries .
rick rose is the founder of film creations , and brings 40 years of production experience to every project . as a prominent figure in the film and video world since 1977 , rick’s been fortunate to work with a variety of clients , including audi , learjet , arizona diamondbacks , mercedes benz , bmw , lufthansa airlines , intuit , us army , canyon ranch health resort , boeing , hillel foundation , american cancer society , united emirates and many others . as an award - winning film director , rick has also worked with an array of outstanding figures , including three u . s . presidents , the first man to go to the moon , frank borman , the first man to walk on the moon , neil armstrong , and the man who has boldly gone where no man has gone before , captain james t . kirk , william shatner .
new york , ny – april 3 , 2013 : new york festivals® international television & film awards continues its commitment to innovation and technology with its e - program mobile app . attendees of the 2013 tv & film awards ceremony taking place april 9th at nab will have access to a paperless awards program on the go . with a quick scan of the qr code nyf’s mobile app will place all the 2013 award winners selected from 50 countries around the world on their favorite mobile device . “this is the third year for our mobile app , and it continues our commitment to innovations in technology . from our sophisticated online judging platform , to the streamlined online entry process that accepts full - length program files , nyf is always searching for new ways to honor the world’s best tv programs & films™ . the mobile app is just one more opportunity to recognize the television & film industry and showcase exceptional work from around the globe , ” said rose anderson , executive director of the international television & film awards . the nyf e - program mobile app will communicate all of this year’s international television & film awards program information : grand trophy , gold , silver , and bronze award - winning entries , as well as the 2013 lifetime achievement award , broadcaster of the year , production company of the year , and united nations department of public information awards . nyf screenings will also be included . to view the app : urltoken the 2013 new york festivals television & film awards will shine the spotlight on the world’s best tv & films™ . the third annual nyf lifetime achievement award will be presented to one of the broadcasting industry’s most accomplished producers , susan zirinsky , senior executive producer of cbs news’ broadcast 48 hours . for schedule and ticket information : urltoken
production : an ingenious senior film fund , voltage pictures , ferndale films presentation with the participation of board scannan na heireann / the irish film board . produced by noel pearson , jim sheridan , rob quigley . executive producers , andrea scarso , gavin poolman , nicolas chartier , jonathan deckter , cormac crawford , jere harris , eoin colfer .
tomboy rose marie lemaitre , the orphaned ward of mountie mike malone , falls in love with him , and he with her . but when she goes to
learn to be a lady
, she meets outlaw trapper james . . . see full summary »
finalists include : hatfields & mccoys ; longmire ; paul simon ' s graceland journey : under african skies ; wigs ; comedians in cars getting coffee ; and olympic opening ceremony new york , ny – january 31 , 2013 : new york festivals international television & film awards® , now in its 56th year of honoring the world’s best tv & films™ , announced the 2013 finalists . the grand jury of award winning television and film industry experts from around the world determined the finalists from submissions from 50 different countries . trophies will be presented at the 2013 television & film awards ceremony on april 9th at the annual nab show in las vegas .


beyond is a 2014 british science fiction romantic drama written and directed by joseph baker and tom large .

it stars richard j. danum and gillian macgregor as a married couple who attempt to make their relationship work during the approach of a potentially catastrophic asteroid .

it premiered at the sci-fi-london film festival on 24 april 2014 .

beyond ( 2014 film )

movie news , screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond .
the final part in my forced beyond trilogy ( the beyond , beyond skyline ) , beyond actually predates both . . . and isn ' t as fun . some interesting ideas at work , but a bit boring throughout and the ending left me a bit cold .
inspired by the true story of siseko ntondini and piers cruickshanks , who together won gold in the 2014 dusi , beyond the river delivers a nail - biting adventure story about the triumph of the human spirit .
reviewed at cartoon movie , lyon , france , march 5 , 2014 . ( also in berlin film festival – generation kplus . ) running time : 78 min . ( original title : “johan und der federkonig” )
there are no critic reviews yet for beyond . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
in partnership with berlin & beyond film festival of the goethe - institut san francisco , the honolulu museum of art presents the second berlin & beyond honolulu , a special selection of essential and award - winning new films from germany , austria and switzerland .
but the team behind star trek beyond had a simpler choice to make . yelchin & apos ; s performance was finished , and nothing in the film directly recalls the circumstances of his death . in fact , star trek beyond is largely constructed as a tribute to another late star trek icon : leonard nimoy , who died several months before beyond entered production .
for the official page of the film on the festival website , click here .
, includes entry to seven film screenings ( excluding the opening - night reception ) .
star trek beyond is largely constructed as a tribute to another late star trek icon : leonard nimoy .
entry 5 : critics and audiences loved beyond the lights . too bad no one can see it .
there are other ways into each other’s profound human experience beyond those provided by our longstanding tribal affiliations .
there are no featured audience reviews yet . click the link below to see what others say about beyond !
we wish it was . we’d have at least got some benefit from the sleep . beyond a joke .
you ' ll walk away from this film lighthearted and wanting to hold someone ' s hand .
organizers this honolulu series is organized and programmed by : the honolulu museum of art staff ; sabine erlenwein , director of the goethe - institut san francisco and berlin & beyond’s board president ; christina gerhardt , assistant professor of german , university of hawai‘i at mānoa ; sophoan sorn , director of the berlin & beyond film festival .
he had just competed in the 2014 dusi canoe marathon with siseko ntondini , overcoming enormous obstacles along the way . it was a perfect story for the ngo heartlines which , like participant media , the american film production company founded in 2004 by jeffrey skoll , is dedicated to entertainment that inspires and compels social change .
“beyond the lights” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) . language and sex , nasty and sweet .
with its talented writer - director and strong leads , beyond the lights should be a lot better than it is .
how does somebody market a film and when is the right time to release it ? . . .
lovato worked on the film with photographer and filmmaker shaul schwarz , and collaborated with sunovion pharmaceuticals and five leading mental health organizations , who nominated fink , burke , and hale to be in the film .
“beyond the lights” is an epic movie , crammed with comedy , drama , music and romance , yet it never feels overstuffed . it makes its important statements while being immensely entertaining . at the toronto film festival premiere i attended , the director stated she cut the film’s extremely hot sex scene down to obtain a pg - 13 because she wanted teenage girls to experience the film’s strong female empowerment vibe . the film has that , and it has two black people in a romance , but that doesn’t mean it’s just for women or african - americans . “beyond the lights” includes elements that speak to those groups within a much bigger scope that appeals to all viewers .
the showcase features seven narrative and documentary films , six of them hawai‘i premieres . among them are two official entries for consideration for the best foreign language film category of the 2015 academy awards and two “sneak peek” films that will later screen in the main berlin & beyond film festival’s soon - to - be revealed 2015 san francisco lineup .
danny glover and nate parker as father and son in the film , directed by gina prince - bythewood .
during the q & a after the film ' s tiff screening , prince - bythewood talked about how difficult it was to get this film made . given her talent , one should find this hard to believe . hopefully , “beyond the lights” will draw the attention to her that “love and basketball” should have . that film has a permanent place in my heart , and while
beyond the lights
won’t replace it , there’s enough room in there for it to nest . i haven’t been able to shake this movie , or gugu mbatha - raw’s performance , since i saw it two months ago . this is a fantastic film . drop what you’re doing and go see it .
podcast | angelo acerbi interviews chris smith and jim carrey , director and protagonist of the film jim & andy : the great beyond – the story of jim carrey & andy kaufman with a very special , contractually obligated mention of tony clifton .
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the movie was written by craig freimond and robbie thorpe , directed by freimond and produced by thorpe , harriet gavshon and ronnie apteker . the beautifully shot film showcases some of south africa’s spectacular kwazulu - natal landscapes and has been funded by the national lotteries commission , the department of trade and industry , the national film and video foundation and the kwazulu natal film commission .
every now and then a movie comes along that’s so beyond - the - pale sloppy , so disastrous in both conceit and execution , that it simply defies conventional analysis . it happened with the happening . there was something unspeakably wrong with the words . and broken city was utterly beyond repair .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
beyond the river ’s genesis was a powerpoint presentation that piers cruickshanks , academic head of the johannesburg school , kingsmead , gave at his school assembly .
there are no opening credits , making this the fourth consecutive star trek film that does not list its cast at the beginning .
( sweden - denmark ) a noble entertainment ( in sweden ) / copenhagen bombay sales ( in denmark ) / lionsgate home entertainment ( in u . s . ) release of a cb sverige presentation in co - production with copenhagen bombay rights 1 , co - financed by film i vast , with support from the swedish film institute , the danish film institute , nordisk film & tv fond . ( international sales : copenhagen bombay sales aps , copenhagen . ) produced by petter lindblad . executive producer , sarita christensen .
beyond the lights
is a faint shadow of 1992 ' s
the bodyguard ,
without the star power of whitney houston or kevin costner .
the movie is well shot and the music used fits well , however the pacing is slow and the film ends with no actual payoff .
as this year ' s oscars host , chris rock wrote in a 2014 essay for the hollywood reporter ,
forget whether hollywood is black enough . a better question is : is hollywood mexican enough ? you ' re in l . a . , you ' ve got to try not to hire mexicans .
beyond the divide is a documentary film directed and produced by jan selby . chris koza composed the original score for the film , which was edited by bill kersey . the film premiered at docutah and is continuing to elicit powerful emotional responses from viewers all over the world . the music begins with simple meditative guitar melodies and rhythms and slowly blossoms through a hybrid of woodsy and synthetic textures . the title track on the album is the only song with vocals , where koza channels his best mellow - mountaintop voice to carefully drift among the crags and crevices of a complicated and revealing facade .
a cross between the low - fi sci - fi of
monsters
, the non - linear romantic drama of
comet
and the guilt - ridden tragidrama of
rabbit hole
as well as a bit of
primer
and a tad of
memento
, this is an excellent film . loved it . also has a little something for post - apocalyptic film fans and alien invasion film fans as well .
writers and directors joseph baker and tom large’s beyond is particularly guilty of this sin . especially so as it does not have the good graces to provide even an entertaining inconsequence .
“it’s not just for canoeing people , it’s for everyone . everyone who goes to see it is going to have a really amazing film experience . ”
9a . a side note : when told about her unwanted surgery , lucy replies “i don’t care about the scar . ” attentive viewers may recall that johansson made light of a nearly identical injury / blemish in captain america : the winter soldier . is this a thing now ? is 2014 the year of the scar - jo abdominal scar ?
at least , i thought the camera pivoted to chekov . in retrospect , i & apos ; m almost 100 percent sure it was in my imagination . but for me , watching star trek beyond so soon after yelchin & apos ; s sudden death cast his performance—and the film itself—in a different light . it & apos ; s a resonance that the film & apos ; s creative team never intended , but it & apos ; s still there . when the film began , every time chekov appeared on screen , i felt a little jolt of grief . as it continued , this feeling gradually softened , but it never totally went away .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
in this world , though , we just have beyond the lights , a romantic drama that was once called blackbird and did at one point seem haloed in promise , but , alas , ultimately proves as bland as its new , generic title . beyond the lights still features appealing turns by mbatha - raw and parker , and scintillating sparks do fly between them . but so much of the film is haunted by the ghosts of what could have been , had a few creative decisions been made differently , or more carefully .
beyond is a self - consciously low - fi british sci - fi flick , pitching itself somewhere at the nexus between monsters and under the skin . those films had real visual and conceptual inventiveness and creativity , despite both being produced on a low budget . beyond can’t even boast that unfortunately , coming off as some kind of feeble district 9 in the english countryside .
in the spirit of brad barr , explosions in the sky , helios , and other pop - instrumentalists , the beyond the divide film soundtrack album is a delightful listen either under intense headphones scrutiny or as background textures drifting throughout the day . but i would be all the more grateful if you would have a listen and decide for yourself .
beyond the lights is a deft , gorgeous movie . for all its honesty , it’s never slow , and for all its criticism of the music industry , it’s never finger - wagging .
star trek beyond is hardly the first hollywood blockbuster to hit theaters under the shadow of a cast member & apos ; s unexpected death . the harry potter franchise recast the role of dumbledore after the death of richard harris . last year , the final hunger games sequel was reworked to minimize the role of plutarch heavensbee , the supporting character played by philip seymour hoffman , who died in february 2014 . earlier this summer , alice through the looking glass featured the final performance of alan rickman , whose unmistakable baritone classed up an otherwise forgettable movie .
richard lawson is a columnist for vanity fair ' s hollywood , reviewing film and television and covering entertainment news and gossip . he lives in new york city .
if heaven is for humans only , then “beyond beyond” answers the mystery of where bunnies go instead , spinning a lavishly illustrated yet hard - to - follow animated fable in which a lapine lad travels to extraordinary lengths to reunite with his dead mother . drawing on aspects of the scandi folk - tale tradition , scribe - director esben toft jacobsen ( “the great bear” ) [ … ]
how does somebody market a film and when is the right time to release it ? this is a question that calum waddell poses in the excellent bo . . .
unfortunately for a film about the importance of keeping it real , the drama here is largely formulaic , and the finish line crosses into the realm of artistic fantasy .
a study by usc ' s annenberg school for communication and journalism found that among the 100 top - grossing movies in 2014 , 73 % of all speaking or named characters were white , just more than 12 % were black and 5 % were asians . latinos , who make up more than 16 % of the u . s . population , were just below asians .
“the film is quite different . i can’t think of too many films like it . it’s got a feel - good side to it , but it has also got a lot of depth . people who’ve seen it have responded to the story , the film itself , the actors , the landscapes . people will enjoy this movie . ”
, baker and large capture the haunting vastness of scotland ; its otherness . the dreadful indie folk soundtrack lets the film down , though the repeating score packs a punch .
a separation director asghar farhadi confirms his place among cinema ' s true grown - ups with a pressure cooker of a relationship drama . prepare yourself for post - film debate
experience an exclusive viewing of the film ! make a block booking for your office , school , sports club , faith group , or for yourself and all your friends .
and yet , according to several studies , no group buys more movie tickets when compared with their proportion of the u . s . population than latinos . in the motion picture assn . of america ' s 2014 theatrical market statistics report for u . s . and canadian moviegoers , latinos were 17 % of the population but
oversampled
at 25 % of north american frequent moviegoers .
kaleidoscope’s dvd presents the film very nicely indeed . the picture is crisp but retains the inherent muddiness of the shots of grey skies and weather - beaten scottish hills . it’s a shame the extras go no further than a trailer , as a little insight into the film’s conception could have been fascinating . perhaps kaleidoscope may unearth something for the dvd’s release .
british actor charlie hunnam was cast asmexican american cartel kingpin edgar
la barbie
valdez in the film
american drug lord .
( don kelsen / los angeles times )
documentary filmmaker bill morrison found a newsreel from the 1919 ‘‘black sox’’ world series tucked away in a canadian archive while researching his new film
dawson city : frozen time
.
beyond is a suspenseful sci - fi journey tracking the turbulent relationship of cole and maya as they struggle to survive in a world where the human population has been left decimated after an extra - terrestrial attack .
we have to entertain one or the other unless we’re to completely write off almost 50 % of beyond ’s characters as absolute lunatics or the stupidest people that ever lived . pre - or post - annihilation .
if you enjoyed our review and want to watch beyond , please consider clicking through to our amazon affiliate links . if you do you’ll help keep the this is horror ship afloat with some very welcome remuneration .
johansson closes the movie with a voiceover echoing the one that opened the film : “life was given to us a billion years ago . now you know what to do with it . ”
none of this is to criticize the creative team behind star trek beyond , who have felt the loss of yelchin as both a colleague and friend , and who have been unfailingly thoughtful and gracious in their tributes to yelchin during the movie & apos ; s promotional circuit . but the death of an actor changes the context in which you watch a movie , and for fans of yelchin & apos ; s work , star trek beyond will be both a tribute and a fresh source of grief . and sitting in a movie theater , it & apos ; s hard to reconcile those feelings with what star trek beyond wants to be : a fun , escapist summer popcorn blockbuster .
the past is a film that announces this director ' s arrival in the rank of those film - makers like kiarostami , haneke and pt anderson , directors who are intent on the unfashionable business of making morally serious films for adults . very often , a certain type of movie is praised for being
immersive
, for providing the longed - for sensual pleasure of pure cinema . farhadi ' s kind of film is quite different , but just as valuable . you are not immersed ; on the contrary , you are challenged , alienated , compelled to pay fierce attention to every line , every cutaway , every scene change , and then to question what you think you have learned . having watched and rewatched the past , i wonder if it is a little contrived , but its severity and cerebral force are beyond question , a pressure cooker of passion and anguish . just as in his film a separation , it is the agony of splitting that reveals the truth of a relationship most clearly ; literally an analysis , a taking - apart .
smart , inventive , genuinely creative and at times agonising to watch this is a great calling card for all involved . it ' s a bold little film that deserves to be higher on the radar .
but boyd , who has read the script , is skeptical . “it seems as though the period of time that they picked — the late ’70s — is probably the least significant era of miles’ music , ” he says . “if this film actually does make it to the screen , there’s the likelihood that we won’t see any more miles davis biopics any time soon . and so the legacy of miles davis is resting thus far on this one film , and i don’t think based on what i’ve seen , this film serves the purpose of properly representing what miles davis represented to american music and american culture . ”
social media erupted recently with
whitewashing
accusations after the film
american drug lord
gave the starring role of mexican american cartel kingpin edgar
la barbie
valdez to the british actor charlie hunnam .
the first film from the 21st century added to the list , which is restricted to works at least 10 years old , is “decasia , ” a 2002 experimental collage piece by new york artist bill morrison .
fred’s chiara nicoletti meets jim carrey and chris smith at the 74th venice international film festival where they presented jim & andy : the great beyond – the story of jim carrey & andy kaufman with a very special , contractually obligated mention of tony clifton , a documentary - interview - confession the title of which only sums up the first intent of the film : to finally show the audience the behind the scenes documentary on the making of man on the moon ( 1999 ) by milos forman . the film starred jim carrey in the role of andy kaufmann and the actor somehow became so immersed in andy’s character and his alter ego tony clifton that he felt his presence by his side for a long time after they were done filming . while guiding us on this trip through that moment in his life , jim carrey talks about the beginning of his career , the films that made him famous from the mask to dumb and dumber and also talk to us about his father . thanks to the film , we long for andy kaufman but we finally meet the person hiding behind “the mask” of jim carrey .
it’s no accident the film and tv production industry got here first , carmean says . by their nature , tv and film sets are closed , tightly - controlled spaces where using drones is inherently less risky . all individuals present know that cameras are rolling , rendering privacy a non - issue . and the companies that work in the space already have years of experience flying their aerial hardware . one member of the consortium seeking the exemption , flying - cam inc . , even won an oscar for its technical achievements in shooting scenes for the james bond film “skyfall” ( shot overseas , of course ; remember that prolonged rooftop chase in istanbul ? ) .
dvd review : beyond / cert : 15 / director : joseph baker , tom large / screenplay : joseph baker , tom large / starring : richard j . danum , gillian macgregor , paul brannigan , kristian hart / release date : january 12th , 2015
beyond the lights is a deft , gorgeous movie . for all its honesty , it’s never slow , and for all its criticism of the music industry , it’s never finger - wagging . prince - bythewood re - creates the hyperstylized imagery of music videos and awards shows , indulging in their pop absurdity while allowing an undercurrent of melancholy to course through . and she somehow does it all without ever letting the story get out of control , too ridiculous or fantastical . that may be beyond the lights ’ greatest accomplishment , and why , for a film so seemingly frivolous , it hits so hard : as we watch this dreamy , colorful piece of musical and romantic wish - fulfillment , we get the distinct sense we’re watching real life unfold .
sets and locations in cincinnati double for davis’ new york brownstone , the office of columbia records executive george butler , and for performance spaces in the flashback sequences that could make up as much as 40 % of the film .
fellow canoeist brad fisher had alerted film makers robbie thorpe ( producer of vaya ( 2016 ) , tell me sweet something ( 2015 ) and material ( 2012 ) ) and craig freimond ( writer / director of material ( 2012 ) , jozi ( 2010 ) and gums & noses ( 2004 ) ) to the story , thinking initially it would make a good documentary , but freimond and robbie convinced him that it would be great material for a feature film .
this isn’t a terrible film by any means . in fact , it’s quite nice to a see an earnest , genuinely sexy romance that has nothing to do with that slinger of saccharine nicholas sparks . ( let alone one that doesn’t look like sparks’s fantasia of wonder bread - white americana . ) but given its pedigree , its roster of talent , beyond the lights is disappointing . a familiar story told with little invention , the film feels like an outline , a placeholder for a more sophisticated , attentively drawn movie . i think that prince - bythewood has that movie in her , and i know her two stars do . so maybe they should all go and try to make that movie now . they have the perfect title already .
out of synch numerically with each year it’s been in operation , this year sci - fi - london skipped ( unlucky ) no . 13 and used november 2012’s first stratford - based autumn festival to make up the numbers so that sci - fi - london 14 could take place in 2014 . taking place at stratford east picturehouse and bfi southbank , and with notable events in other venues , the festival offered a rich array of films , taking on a wide range of topics from star wars to alien asteroid collision and subjugating frequencies .
the album is packaged in a full - color matte - finish eco - wallet , incorporating photography from the film and lyrics . the design elements can be seen below . full artwork will be added once the albums arrive from the manufacturer .
herbie hancock’s involvement in the film has been described as everything from serving as a consultant to a technical advisor , although he describes his role as non - specific . whatever original music is being done for the film is from jazz crossover artist robert glasper . “the only music i’ve heard so far is what robert has done , ” says hancock , who was drawn into the project in its very early stages . “it sampled some ideas that don had discussed with me earlier . ”
july 7 saturday 8 : 00 pm noir in our age video , reading , and discussion with the marquess of noir , alan k . rode , and suzanne lummis , the dispossessed contrarian baroness of noir . alan rode is a writer , film scholar , and director - treasurer of the film noir foundation . suzanne lummis teaches a course through the ucla extension writers program , poetry goes to the movies , and hosts the web series they write by night . regular admission . members free
christopher orr is a senior editor and the principal film critic at the atlantic . he has written on movies for the new republic , la weekly , salon , and the new york sun , and has worked as an editor for numerous publications .
outrage
was a banquet of suffering . signature dishes included a slashed face , a half - bitten tongue , anesthesia - free dentistry , chopsticks through the ear , and severed fingers in noodle soup .
beyond outrage
doesn ' t really go
beyond
in any sense except pushing the story a bit further . there are gruesome acts of violence , including a torture - by - drill , but for the most part kitano seems content to expand on one of his biggest hits by taking a page or two from francis coppola ' s
godfather
trilogy .
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chon noriega , a professor in the ucla department of film , television and digital media , points to the 1991 film
grand canyon ,
which was set in l . a . and dealt with issues of race and class but had no latino standouts . it was as if
only whites and african americans have a subconscious , only they dream ,
he said .
it just doesn ' t look like l . a . where did the other half of the city go ?
at the center of “beyond the lights” is gugu mbatha - raw , who does her own singing and embodies noni so fiercely that she sears the screen . this is a star - making performance ; noni is a complete 180 - degree turn from the titular character she played in “belle . . “beyond the lights” gives her complicated song and dance numbers , scenes of immense strength and overpowering weakness , and a romance that plays like a less tragic “a star is born” or “ mahogany , ” had “mahogany” been any good . this is an incredibly rich role and mbatha - raw commands every second she’s onscreen .
july 15 sunday 7 : 00 pm will alexander & andrew joron andrew joron ' s work shows a fascination with sound , with syntax , and other properties of language as a speculative substance . will alexander is the winner of the 2014 american book award and the 2016 jackson prize . the domain of his nervy curiosity ranges from the icy himalayas to the african savannahs , from physics , astronomy , and music , to alchemy , philosophy , and painting . orishas , angels and ghosts all sing to this poet , instructing him in their art of verbal flight . regular admission . members free
if heaven is for humans only , then “ beyond beyond ” answers the mystery of where bunnies go instead , spinning a lavishly illustrated yet hard - to - follow animated fable in which a lapine lad travels to extraordinary lengths to reunite with his dead mother . drawing on aspects of the scandi folk - tale tradition , scribe - director esben toft jacobsen ( “the great bear” ) and writing partner jannik tai mosholt invent an elaborate mythology around an impressive figure called the feather king , who guards the realm where johan , the rabbit boy , must venture , though the trip proves too dark and complicated for family crowds , limiting export prospects .
for its part , the davis family seems anything but displeased by what has transpired . “i want people to understand how complex he was , ” erin davis says about his expectations of the film , “and i want them to leave the movie wanting to know more . ”
july 28 saturday 8 : 00 pm sonia greenfield , donna hilbert , & martin ott sonia greenfield ' s book boy with a halo at the farmer ' s market , won the 2014 codhill poetry prize , and her work has appeared in the 2018 and 2010 best american poetry . donna hilbert’s latest book is gravity : new & selected poems from tebot bach , and her work is widely anthologized , most recently in poetry of presence , grayson books . martin ott has published eight books of poetry and fiction , most recently lessons in camouflage , c & r ; press , 2018 . regular admission . members free
set and shot in the scottish countryside , beyond follows in this trend , using the backdrop of an alien attack to tell a human story about an obstacle - ridden relationship between two troubled souls . sprinkled in are elements of horror and the obvious sci - fi scenario , but these barely infiltrate the dystopian drama which lies at beyond’s core . directors joseph baker and tom large refuse to placate us with action beats and we never even see the aliens ( though we are teased with a scene in which maya is invited to view photos , which we are not privy to ) , making clear that the two lead characters are to be our focus .
“beyond the lights , ” gina prince - bythewood’s occasionally silly , frequently stirring romantic melodrama , was originally going to be called “blackbird , ” after the nina simone song at its yearning heart . that song , a blunt , anguished , barely metaphorical reckoning with the intimate psychic violence of racism and sexism , is performed several times by noni , the film’s suffering pop star . the first time is as a young girl ( played by india jean - jacques ) at a south london talent show , where we are introduced to the two forces that will rule her destiny : a stunning vocal gift and a ruthless stage mother .
i was really prepared to go to bat for this film , its brilliant concept on a shoestring budget , but then the ending happened and that sort of messed things up for me . its not that its a bad ending , its just that it does away with the brilliant concept .
sombre and difficult this movie may be , but it is exhilarating to watch something that makes you come out of the cinema not sated or torpid , but wanting to talk – to talk about what the film meant , and meant to you personally . it ' s a rare pleasure .
in much the same way the revisionist north pole of “the polar express” threatened to derail children’s mental image of christmas , “ beyond beyond ” presents a puzzling alternative to heaven , one that looks like a crumbling guatemalan village with all of its stacked houses . while toft jacobsen has created some striking visuals — including a frog - like captain who does charon’s ferryman duties and a strange multi - tentacled creature named mora that gives orders from a glowing pool of water — there’s little logic in their behavior , and even less poetry in this peculiar allegory he has created . ( the original title , “johan and the feather king , ” literally does a better job of capturing the pic’s spirit . )
the original was a closed - off suspense picture about men in suits plotting death and disfigurement in rembrandt - lit boardrooms , restaurants and nightclubs . the gore was somewhat intertwined with a cop corruption subplot ( represented by fumiyo kohinata ' s detective kataoka , who did favors for one of the warring clans ) , but for the most part—as in
the godfather
—what happened in the underworld stayed in the underworld . in
beyond outrage ,
which is set five years after the bloody coup that ended the first film , the violence has spilled out in to the wider world , a la the second and third
godfather
pictures .
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i keep saying that science fiction is my favorite movie genre , and once a year there is something big and different - - like
gravity
( 2013 ) ,
interstellar
( 2014 ) ,
the martian
( 2015 ) or
arrival
( 2016 ) - - to keep me believing that preference . but honestly , there are so few sci - fi films being made now that really grab me . most of the
new
stuff is just ya dystopias or recycled time travel or live action graphic - novel superheroes , so i keep hoping that by trolling the latest indies i ' ll come across something fresh and exciting , and occasionally i do .
i think the directors of this film achieved everything they intended to achieve , which is very impressive . however , what they intended to achieve was a portrait of a couple ' s relationship falling apart in post - apocalyptic britain , and that is rather a hard watch . imagine being stuck on a bus when it ' s raining and cold , and sitting behind two people having a really embarrassing public argument . that ' s what this film is like . well - executed ? yes . enjoyable and entertaining ? no . it ' s miserable and often boring , but by my own rules i can ' t hate it .
many of these davis collectibles were offered as incentives to those who contributed to crowdfunding service indiegogo to help raise more than $ 343 , 000 in gap financing for the film . according to indiegogo’s head of film , marc hofstatter , the 2 , 000 - plus funders were driven by social media , with cheadle boasting some 240 , 000 twitter followers , and the miles davis website claiming almost two million likes on facebook . cheadle invested his own money in the production , but wouldn’t reveal how much . the rest was covered via independent financing from bifrost pictures , with a favorable ohio tax rebate . im global handled foreign pre - sales .
though , it doesn’t take that much time . up until this point , the film has a textured , even personal feel to it ; it’s intimate , specific , and prince - bythewood films with clarity and focus . but , unfortunately , as the movie’s pulse quickens and the romance starts to heat up , everything around it starts to warp , buckle , and melt . before too long , beyond the lights has reached near - lifetime original movie levels of easy schmaltz and stilted sex appeal . as perceptive a filmmaker as prince - bythewood is—her directorial debut was 2000’s smart , swoon - inducing love & basketball —she stumbles into a startling amount of cliches as noni and kaz’s relationship blooms and grows .
given the complex , metaphysical script , there’s plenty of different ways to interpret the film , especially its ending . leaving spoilers at the door , you’re going to file it away under different genres depending on how you interpret it . whether its sci - fi or a psychological drama is up to you . special features : trailer
kaz faces these choices , too , of course . but this is very much noni’s story , and ms . mbatha - raw’s film , and both mr . parker and his character seem to recognize that with gallantry and good humor . “beyond the lights” may be a fantasy — movies about love , like songs about love , tend to fall into that category — but it is an uncommonly smart and honest fantasy . what it wants us to believe , most of all , is that despite all the ugliness and exploitation in the world of entertainment , the bond between artist and audience is a real and sustaining form of love in its own right . and the movie is marvelous proof of its own argument .
with being on a run of watching good and enjoyable sci - fi movies i decided to opt for beyond . i do tend to like lo - fi sci - fci films and this appeared to have an interesting premise . an asteroid heading towards earth causing post - apocalyptic disaster . it should be something that i liked but unfortunately it was not . i expected so much more .
through a series of unexpected events , the two men find themselves attempting the three - day dusi canoe marathon as a doubles pair . but there are a few things they must overcome , not least of which are the completely different worlds they come from . they realise that the dream they both desperately desire requires them to work together , both in the boat and beyond the river .
of course , a movie faces a different challenge when a late actor & apos ; s performance contains echoes of their death . one of the joker & apos ; s final lines to batman in the dark knight —
i think you and i are destined to do this forever
—became unintentionally ghoulish after heath ledger died . and then , of course , there & apos ; s furious 7 —the james wan - directed installment of a franchise largely defined by stark trek beyond director justin lin , who directed installments three , four , five , and six . when paul walker died during the production of furious 7 —in a car crash , no less—the film & apos ; s producers faced a difficult decision : shut down production , or release a movie with some unsettling parallels to a real - life tragedy ? in the end , they concluded that releasing the film was the right decision , and they managed to give walker & apos ; s protagonist a relatively graceful exit , using previously shot footage , along with cgi and body doubles , to complete the performance .
bleak , involving and daring in its restraint , beyond is perhaps best served as a character - driven drama as opposed to an alien invasion flick . a small budget can go a long way in a film of this type , and the few effects scenes do not suffer , the alien’s floating cities looking substantial and scarily imposing behind dark clouds . the emotional wounds of the two leads are deeply felt , and become ever - more exposed as we journey to a finale which will leave you staring agape even as the credits roll . a more likeable and relatable cole would have made this one a real winner , but tolerate his po - faced gloom and apparent conservatism and you’ll be rewarded with a meditative and thoughtful piece of cinema .
july 21 saturday 4 : 00 pm steve mcdonald & judith pacht steve mcdonald’s second full - length collection , credo , was a finalist in brick road’s poetry contest , and his chapbook golden fish / dark pond ( 2014 ) took first place in the comstock review chapbook contest . he has also published the full - length book house of mirrors and the chapbook where there was no pattern . judith pacht’s summer hunger , won the 2011 pen southwest book award for poetry . her chapbooks , user’s guide and st . louis suite were published in 2009 and 2010 . her first collection , falcon , was published in 2004 . judith reads new work from her manuscript the year of the heart ( of the house ) , a collection of political and personal poems . regular admission . members free
at a key moment in star trek beyond , kirk leads the crew of the uss enterprise in a toast .
to absent friends ,
kirk says , as everyone raises a glass . and then the camera shifts , ever so slightly , to refocus on the man standing behind him : pavel chekov , the crew member played by anton yelchin , who died at age 27 in a freak automobile accident last month .
this timeline enabled screenwriters simon pegg and doug jung to weave nimoy & apos ; s real - life death into the fabric of the film . as beyond begins , spock ( zachary quinto ) learns that ambassador spock ( nimoy ) —his older self from an alternate timeline , as seen in the previous two star trek movies—has died . this news sends the younger spock into a soul - searching grief that informs his entire arc in the movie , as he contemplates leaving both the federation and his girlfriend , nyota uhura ( zoe saldana ) , to spend more time rebuilding his culture with the other surviving vulcans . the story crescendoes with a brief , poignant nod to ambassador spock and the rest of the original cast , offering a final love letter to both the character and leonard nimoy .
inspired by her own journey with mental health , lovato recently executive - produced a documentary called “ beyond silence , ” which follows three individuals — jeff fink , lauren burke , and lloyd hale — and their experiences with mental illnesses including bipolar disorder , schizophrenia , depression , and anxiety . though each of them suffer from very different disorders , they have a common ground of dealing with the setbacks of mental illness , lovato said .
“ miles davis is a hugely significant figure , perhaps one of the most important musicians and cultural figures of the 20th century , ” says todd boyd , professor of critical studies at usc who specializes in the study of race and popular culture . “so attempting to reduce someone’s life like miles into a two - hour film is a challenge in and of itself . ”
“we’re practically babysitters , ” kaz’s police officer dad ( danny glover ) tells him . dad wants kaz to run for office , and we spend enough time with parker and his subplot to flesh out his character . this enriches his romance with noni , a romance that dad thinks is detrimental . it’s to prince - bythewood’s credit that kaz’s first run - in with noni is far from a meet cute . she’s on a balcony about to kill herself , and kaz is called upon to do his job . this scene is so delicately written that the slightest misstep would have made it collapse . parker’s old - school leading man charm is akin to billy dee williams ’ in “lady sings the blues” ; coupled with mbatha - raw’s naked vulnerability , it helps turn some potentially ripe melodramatic dialogue into one of the most powerfully rendered two - hander scenes of 2014 .
13 . so , to recap : a small amount of cph4 makes you giggle . somewhat more begins giving you all the powers noted above . does this not make mr . jang the most inept criminal mastermind of all time ? why sell the stuff to junkies , when you could use it to create an army of super - soldiers , or to grant yourself god - like powers ? and how can it be that no one else in the film , witnessing lucy’s remarkable paranormal abilities , thinks , “hey , maybe i should try a little of that cph4 myself ! ” half the film is spent chasing down the packets stashed in the other mules , yet despite rampant opportunities no one other than lucy ever actually takes any of this all - powerful super - drug .
10 . we’re somewhat sure a planet , and very sure a ship , and absolutely sure a person , can’t get as close to a black hole as they do in this film . unless we’re playing by the rules of disney’s the black hole . and if love is a powerful inter - dimensional force , do other emotions power other dimensions ? like is there a sixth dimension fueled by shame ?
at the time of davis’ rock ’n’ roll hall of fame induction ceremony in 2006 , his nephew , vince wilburn jr . , a producer on the movie , was asked if a miles davis film was in the works . and , as cheadle recalls now — adding that he didn’t know it then — wilburn had said , “ ‘yes , and don cheadle ’s going to play him . ’ ”
as far as i can tell , the only change that was definitively made to star trek beyond in the wake of yelchin & apos ; s death happens several minutes after the movie itself has ended . in the middle of the credits , a warm title card appears that was presumably planned a long time ago :
in loving memory of leonard nimoy .
when those words fade away , they & apos ; re replaced by a second , simpler dedication :
for anton .
there are marvelous satirical touches in kitano ' s yakuza thrillers . they crystallize the idea that , as in the
godfather
films and martin scorsese ' s gangster pictures , you ' re seeing colorful metaphors for business in general , and for an old way of life being supplanted by a new one . the first half - hour of
beyond outrage
is an elegant and bleak comedy that finds murderous gangsters griping about workplace politics , and features some of kitano ' s strongest filmmaking .
the police department orders the cop kataoka to come up with a plan to neuter the syndicate . it ' s here that we start to notice the film ' s narrative gears creaking a bit . we learn that kataoka was playing a
long con
back in the first film and was never truly corrupt ( though he did get too chummy with the people he was fooling ) and that kitano ' s character , the haggard footsoldier otomo , wasn ' t killed behind bars at the end , but survived his shanking .
you started a rumor that i was dead ,
otomo tells kataoka . this is a bit too much like comic book or bad - tv storytelling : declaring ,
pay no mind to what you thought you knew
because it ' s the only way to tell the story you want to tell .
ostensibly science fiction , actually something much more complicated , beyond is one of the bleakest films you ' ll see this year but there ' s no denying it has power . visually , it achieves an amazing amount on its tiny budget , partly because directors baker and large know when to show us very little . narratively it struggles , in places , to bear up the weight of its own ambition , and the pacing sometimes falters , but there isn ' t a weak performance in it and macgregor delivers a tour de force as the object of cole ' s debatable affections . sharp , witty , sometimes deeply unpleasant but always compelling , she threatens to overwhelm the film , but this crushing presence is what makes the story convince . danum , by contrast , is understated even in his bursts of aggression , cole seeming perpetually out of his depth . they don ' t need an alien invasion to find themselves in trouble .
star trek beyond features one of yelchin & apos ; s final performances , which is both the simplest and most complete way to honor his work in the franchise—but his death also hangs over the movie , and the already - announced star trek 4 will need to address it . j . j . abrams has said that the role of chekov won & apos ; t be recast , but that it & apos ; s
too early
to decide how they & apos ; ll resolve the character’s absence .