made in cleveland ( formerly titled cleveland , i love you ) is a 2013 anthology film consisting of 11 short films featuring the work of seven different directors and five screenwriters .

the short films all relate in some way to the subject of life , love , and the pursuit of happiness in cleveland , ohio .

the film was written , directed , produced largely by people with connections to cleveland , and it stars a cast and crew consisting predominantly of current or former clevelanders , including shaker heights native jamie babbit and cleveland natives eric swinderman and robert c. banks , jr . the film stars an ensemble cast , among them busy philipps , gillian jacobs , george roth , jeffrey grover , robin swoboda , leon bibb , brendan potter , derek koger , linda ryan , robbie barnes , charlie martini , and others .

made in cleveland premiered june 13 , 2013 at the historic atlas cinemas lakeshore 7 theater in euclid , ohio .

it opened june 21 in five atlas cinemas theaters in ohio , and was well reviewed in the local press .

made in cleveland will be released by its distributor , striped entertainment , in additional select cities in the united states in summer 2013 .

made in cleveland

wews - tv 5 ' s robin swoboda appears in a scene in
made in cleveland .
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busy philipps of
cougar town
is one of the stars of
made in cleveland .
busy philipps and gillian jacobs play sisters who are freaked out by some of their hotel duties in
made in cleveland .
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other locations for
made in cleveland
include slyman ' s restaurant , the grog shop , a marathon gas station in parma , trivs restaurant in strongsville and jammy buggars in lakewood .
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upcoming biopic starring matthew mcconaughey mostly will be shot in cleveland , though real story happened in detroit .
made in cleveland
began its regional run last june 21 at atlas cinemas ' five ohio theaters , including diamond center 16 in mentor , eastgate 10 in mayfield heights , great lakes stadium 16 in mentor , lakeshore 7 in euclid and midway mall 8 in elyria .
the locally owned atlas cinemas believes in independent film . as evidence , the theater company is currently showcasing
made in cleveland
for the next week at all five of its locations in northeast ohio .
made in cleveland started as a simple idea . in 2009 , cleveland state university graduates eric swinderman and mark pengryn founded the cleveland truly independent film festival in a quest to find cleveland ' s most talented filmmakers , writers and actors . that festival inspired the launch of a formal collaboration between these artists , an anthology of short films showcasing the best of what the cleveland film community has to offer . ( c ) official site
it ' s important to support local filmmakers in cleveland , and not just the big productions that come here from out of town ,
said baxter , who reports that the premiere of
made in cleveland
in euclid last week was sold out .
cleveland , ohio - -
the land ,
set and shot in cleveland , has a ready - made audience here . that would be the million or so people who turned out in the streets of cleveland for the cavs ' victory parade in june , plus all of those who wished they could have been there .
find out how you can land a job to work on fast 8 when it films in cleveland .
the official trailer for the feature film made in cleveland , starring busy philipps ( cougar town ) and gillian jacobs ( community . ) ' made in cleveland ' is a collaborative film project comprised of 11 short films from award - winning filmmakers jamie babbit , eric swinderman , mark pengryn , robert banks , sage o ' bryant , tony hartman , amy tankersley swinderman and cigdem slankard . a quirky , heartwarming and irresistibly funny tale of life , love and the pursuit of happiness . . . in cleveland
made in cleveland ,
a collection of nine short films , features works by several directors and writers with local connections , as well as more than 150 cleveland - based actors . the shorts , a mix of drama , comedy and romance , were filmed entirely on location here in 2011 and 2012 .
a collection of short stories about life , love and the pursuit of happiness . . . in cleveland .
the
white boy rick
movie is supposed to begin filming soon in cleveland . but the production apparently made a quiet trip to detroit wednesday – the city where the story happened in real life – for a single day of shooting .
moving forward with high expectations is the goal of 1031 films llc - - the company swinderman runs with mark pengryn . already attached to
made in cleveland
is a national distributor , which is a major feat for an independent movie .
' white boy rick ' movie filming for brief stint in detroit upcoming biopic starring matthew mcconaughey mostly will be shot in cleveland , though real story happened in detroit . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
the title refers to a line in a report released by cuyahoga county prosecutor timothy j . mcginty in november 2015 justifying the actions of cleveland police officer timothy loehmann .
filming is set to take place in cleveland from march through august . only a few scenes are supposed to be shot in detroit , according to the entertainment industry news site urltoken .
the troupe made its way down a dim hall , following the red glow of an exit sign , and clambered down a fire escape .
made in cleveland
features an ensemble cast of more than 150 actors , including busy philipps (
cougar town
) and gillian jacobs (
community
) , as well as local television anchors leon bibb ( wews - tv 5 ) and robin swoboda ( wkyc - tv 5 ) .
every reason i had . . . why we shouldn ' t do it made it a better reason to do it ,
said geither .
1782 coventry rd . ( formerly american apparel ) ( 2 , 161 . 86 mi ) cleveland heights , ohio 44118
but cleveland pride is not the reason you should see this movie . you should see this movie because it is something special .
ralphie ' s actual house from a christmas story with the leg lamp in the window . now restored to its movie splendor and open year round for public tours that feature original props and costumes from the movie . located in cleveland , ohio .
“the second unit of fast 8 is requesting submissions for local crew and vendors for its upcoming cleveland shoot , ” according to a post on the greater cleveland film commission’s web site . “those interested may contact the production by email only at fast82u @ urltoken . ”
made in cleveland
opens with the short
[ expletive ] cleveland .
it stars jacobs and philipps as sisters , one of whom is a recovering sex addict . it was written by karey dornetto , who has penned tv episodes for everything from
the new normal
to
arrested development
and
south park .
it is directed by jamie babbit , who grew up in shaker heights and has directed a slew of tv shows , as well as feature films (
the quiet ,
but i ' m a cheerleader
) .
it ' s nine stories about life , love and the pursuit of happiness ,
said new philadelphia native and lakewood resident eric swinderman , the producer - director - writer of
made in cleveland .
they range from funny and sad to quirky . really , every emotion is captured with seven different directors and five different writers capturing a lot of different points of view .
takes care of all sound levels in a studio , on location and in post - production . head of the sound department .
why not ? after all , the piece is in the tradition of political street theater as practiced in new york city in the 1970s , said spivey . not to mention the protest plays performed at outdoor festivals by the free southern theater company in the 1960s .
the play grapples with the notion of how such a thing could be , as a prosecution expert claimed ,
reasonable .
and why cleveland , in the words of one interviewee , didn ' t burn .
most of the film was actually filmed in canada , not cleveland , ohio ( but it takes place in indiana ) . only two of the nine weeks of filming occurred in ohio ; the rest of the movie was filmed in canada , where director bob clark received tax incentives for the production and also had a home . the santa claus visit inside higbee ' s ; the parade that opens the film ; and exteriors of ralphie ' s house were filmed in cleveland , but the scenes at warren g . harding school ( where flick gets
triple - dog - dared
) were shot at victoria public school in st . catharines , ontario . the children who appeared in those classroom scenes were actual students at the school and received a measly $ 1 each in return for donating time to the school district .
the
untitled detroit city
project is the name being used now by the mcconaughey - starring movie , according to the greater cleveland film commission .
tale of life , love and the pursuit of happiness . . . in cleveland . nine vignettes about love : an old war hero defends the honor and memory of a long - lost love ; a man ' s past comes to light in . . . see full summary »
drew is an assistant director of personnel in a cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years . other than fighting with co - worker mimi , his hobbies include drinking . . . see full summary »
the atlas locations include the great lakes stadium 16 and the diamond center 16 in mentor ; the lakeshore 7 in euclid ; the eastgate 10 in mayfield heights ; and the midway mall 8 in elyria . the film is not rated and runs 118 minutes . for show times : atlascinemas .
hot - tempered journalist maya gallo got herself fired from yet another job when she made an anchorwoman cry on the air with some gag copy on the teleprompter . unable to find a job anywhere . . . see full summary »
in a spectacular moment of kismet , martha mae slipped into the car of playwright michael oatman one night when he was trolling the streets of east cleveland , asking people who were hanging out if they ' d like to talk about tamir rice .
drew and the gang top an anti - porn crusader ' s list of cleveland ' s most frequent visitors to adult websites , causing shame on mother ' s day .
swinderman said that shaker heights native and hollywood writer - director - actor david wain was attached to the project early on but had to take a backseat once pre - production started . the movie was filmed in cleveland between november 2011 and april 2012 .
richard wershe jr . , left , stands with his attorney , william bufalino ii , in recorder ' s court in detroit on january 14 , 1988 .
martha mae williams is given voice too , channeled by drama teacher and actress india nicole burton . her daughter , 30 - year - old malissa williams , died alongside timothy russell in a hail of 137 cleveland police rounds on nov . 29 , 2012 .
drew is an assistant director of personnel in a cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years . other than fighting with co - worker mimi , his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates . to make a few extra bucks he has a micro - brewery going in his garage with his buddies .
casting the bulk of actors from the area , the dialogue has that cleveland flavor ,
snyder said .
it sounds authentic and looks authentic because of our locations .
tale of life , love and the pursuit of happiness . . . in cleveland . nine vignettes about love : an old war hero defends the honor and memory of a long - lost love ; a man ' s past comes to light in the midst of a perfect date ; a recently separated paramedic gets more than he bargains for when he is thrust in the middle of a domestic dispute ; a desperate man employs his friends in an elaborate scheme to meet the girl of his dreams , a recovering sex addict returns home to start a new life . there are thousands of stories of love , lust , loss and despair all over cleveland - these are just a few of them .
the cleveland heights native , whose work has been produced in new york city , chicago , washington , d . c . , and outside the united states , conceived the play as a way for a group of artists to respond to the shooting and its aftermath .
a clevelander , steven caple . jr . , wrote and directed it , and two cleveland musicians - machine gun kelly and ezzy - have featured roles and contributed to the fantastic soundtrack .
swing lowe sweet chariote
is actually adapted from a self - published book of the same title by cleveland author stella hall . the movie , which includes local talent such as rapper ray jr . and former cuyahoga county commissioner peter lawson jones , was shot last fall , predominantly in cleveland . recognizable landmarks include the old big
q
furniture store on east 55th street and woodland avenue , cmha ' s outhwaite homes and harvard wine and grille .
two subpar sequels have been made to a christmas story . clark and shepherd made a summer version of the film in 1994 called it runs in the family ( not to be confused with the michael douglas film of the same name ) . it stars charles grodin as the old man , mary steenburgen as the mother , and kieran culkin as ralphie ; the only original cast member to reprise their role was tedde moore as miss shields . the film was originally called my summer story , but the studio changed the title at the last minute . because of the name change and because the studio didn ' t do a good job marketing it as a sequel to the original , it bombed at the box office and hasn ' t been thought of much since . in 2012 a straight - to - dvd sequel called a christmas story 2 was made , which takes place during christmastime five years after the first film . needless to say , everyone who knew about this turkey pretended hell hadn ' t just frozen over .
greater cleveland film commission president and ceo ivan schwarz said wednesday that his city is very fortunate to have the
untitled detroit city
project there to employ local cast , crew and vendors .
that ' s also the dream of filmmaker david c . snyder , who was born in youngstown , lived briefly in euclid and now calls pittsburgh home . his new movie
an in - studio technique matching voice to picture ( also known as adr ) .
- biography : april 16 , 1971 – new york , ny . prior to “a christmas story , ” peter billingsley , who played ralphie , gained fame as a correspondent for the variety show “real people . ” he also played messy marvin in hershey’s chocolate syrup commercials . after a waining child acting career peter made the move behind the camera and is now a producer often working with his close friends vince vaugh and john favreau . his recent credits as a producer include : iron man and the break up . he often appears in cameo roles in the movies he produces . he directed his first movie couples retreat in 2008 .
the land ,
written and directed by clevelander steven caple jr . , tells the story of four teenage boys who dream of escaping the streets of cleveland by becoming pro skateboarders . ( ifc films )
i want to thank you ,
spivey said .
to do this in sweltering heat , in the dark - it shows you ' re a team .
as they laughed and congratulated each other , the lights on a chandelier in the lobby flickered to life .
in the eighth season the theme song was performed with a different musical style before each episode .
background is the term for the non - speaking extras seen in the background of a scene .
keeps track of how many takes are made of each shot and scene , how long they ran and who was in them , and makes detailed notes about what took place , such as ; was her hat on or off ? was the glass half full or empty ? this is important so scenes can be recreated if they need to be re - shot . also referred to as continuity .
after a car accident , drew is in a coma . his family and friends try to bring him back from the coma while drew is in purgatory with beautiful women where he wants to remain .
cleveland , ohio - on a tropical wednesday in august , one week and a day before the world premiere of
objectively / reasonable ,
a documentary play about the community response to the police shooting of 12 - year - old tamir rice , the forces of nature seemed to be rallying against the show going on .
the real - life wershe , 47 , has been in imprisoned 29 years in prison for possession with intent to deliver more than 650 grams of cocaine . the crime was committed when he was 17 .
do you think we should try to do this in the parking lot ?
jones asked .
that ' s not to be confused with the
untitled detroit project ,
the movie on the 1967 detroit riot from oscar - winning director kathryn bigelow that shot briefly in detroit and wrapped filming in 2016 .
whether it’s a movie , documentary , videogame or commercial , the production can take place here in ohio . a variety of productions are occurring all across the state of ohio , thanks in part to the ohio motion picture tax credit administered by the ohio development services agency . the ohio motion picture tax credit provides a refundable , transferable tax credit of 30 percent on production cast and crew wages plus other eligible in - state spending . the ohio motion picture tax credit was created in 2009 to encourage and develop a strong film industry in ohio .
men stripped off their shirts -
yo ! mtv raps
sat in a wet pile on a church pew - and women fanned themselves with their bound copies of the play . only 10 - year - old samone cummings , a student of burton ' s at cleveland ' s dike school of the arts , remained fresh and unfazed , lip - syncing the gospel tunes playing at full volume in her earbuds , rocking as though she were listening to beyonce .
oscar winner matthew mcconaughey will star in the feature film as the father of richard wershe jr . , the detroit teenager who was convicted on drug charges in the late 1980s and has served nearly 30 years behind bars .
a spokesperson for the movie declined to share any details on the production schedule , including whether filming was happening in detroit . there were no clear indications that mcconaughey , or other key cast members , were in detroit .
cleveland filmmaker robert banks contributed the most clever offering :
book of love .
his short is free of dialogue and most sounds , except for a jaunty acoustic guitar soundtrack . it follows a young man and woman in a library who develop a very creative way of communicating during a pick - up attempt . it was shot at the lakewood public library .
it ' s the same project that has been referred to in media reports as
white boy rick .
the production office coordinator ( p . o . c . ) handles the production’s office duties and stays behind when a production goes on location . he or she coordinates the crew , makes sure paperwork gets done and answers the phone . the p . o . c . also puts together new versions of the script as changes are made .
burton , her purple - tipped braids pulled back from her face for optimal coolness , perched on the fire escape and recited a passage from
a cleveland filter
with actress ashley aquilla , a scene between two mothers - one black , the other latina .
and in yet another interesting wrinkle to the wershe story , a profile of detroit music icon jack white in the march 13 issue of the new yorker said that he reads scripts in hopes of finding a movie to direct and
was disappointed at losing the opportunity to direct one about a detroit drug dealer and fbi informant called white boy rick .
fast & furious 8 is expected to film scenes in northeast ohio , and the production needs to hire local crew .
- biography : august 05 , 1941 – april 04 , 2007 - new orleans , la . benjamin “bob” clark began making independent low - budget features as a writer / director with the transvestite comedy the she man in 1967 , and is fondly remembered for his horror films of the early ’70s , made with writer / actor alan ormsby : children shouldn’t play with dead things and deathdream . clark also won admiration for his sherlock holmes film murder by decree , scripted by john hopkins .
ian petrella , who played ralphie ' s kid bro randy , lived in the christmas story house for a few months . the child actor quit acting a few years after the film came out and transitioned into a graphic designing career . during a cast reunion at the christmas story house , petrella befriended brian jones and kept in touch with him . in 2010 petrella was living in san francisco and felt wayward about his life , but after talking to jones one day , petrella decided it ' d be a good change of pace to temporarily move into the cleveland home and give tours . petrella moved into the house ' s closed - to - the - public third - floor space and went to work performing meet - and - greets with the visitors .
in one episode , greg clemens said to the gang ,
even the clampetts picked up and moved to beverly
.
what ?
said new arrival nathan tolliver , a 32 - year - old cleveland native wearing a
yo ! mtv raps
t - shirt . like the playwrights - todd and oatman , mike geither , tom hayes and lisa langford - most of the cast , a mix of newbies and pros , was born and raised in the city ; others who weren ' t have lived here for years . those roots have given them a greater emotional stake in the show . for them , it ' s personal .
a californian man bought the christmas story house sight unseen off ebay in 2004 . brian jones was living in san diego and encountered the house for sale on ebay . at that point , it was a duplex rented out to tenants and didn ' t have any amenities featured in the movie , including a staircase . the asking price was $ 99 , 900 , but jones paid $ 150 , 000 to ensure he ' d get the house . jones didn ' t know where cleveland was , let alone what to do with the house . he decided to transform the house into a museum , replete with set pieces and details to look like the parkers actually lived there ( interiors of the house were filmed on a soundstage in canada ) . after a six - figure renovation , a christmas story house and museum opened to the public in 2006 and is now a year - round tourist attraction .
arranges financing and tries to keep the project on budget , but may not be directly involved with the day - to - day productions of the film . this is sometimes conferred upon a studio executive who works with several projects simultaneously . increasingly the executive producer credit is given as a perk to a powerful actor’s agent or spouse , or some other person who made the project possible .
the free press reported in february that wershe , who ' s waged a long effort for parole , had met with chairman of the michigan parole board , michael eagen , for about an hour via a video connection from the oaks correctional facility in manistee .
there are actually two separate best boy positions — the best boy / grip and the best boy / electric — who are second in command to the key grip and to the gaffer . the best boy / grip is in charge of the rest of the grips and grip equipment . the best boy / electric is in charge of the rest of the electricians and the electrical equipment .
stages the stunts and works with the stunt players . responsible for the safety of all involved in the filming of a stunt .
carryover if a project does not use all awarded tax credits , the remaining balance becomes available . in this way , tax credit availability may happen at any time . tax credits not used in the prior fiscal year will rollover to the following fiscal year .
much of the snow in the movie is artificial . it was a rather warm winter in cleveland that year , so when production began the crew had to generate white stuff for the parade sequence . they used an admixture of potato flakes , shredded vinyl , firefighters ' foam , and a wind machine to make it
snow .
when production moved up north to canada , the crew ran into a similar problem . a dearth of snow almost caused the flagpole scene to be delayed , when on the last day of filming at the school a cold front moved in and brought snow and subzero temperatures . so , it was literally cold enough for flick to get his tongue stuck .
a christmas story only got made because porky ' s was a smash hit . before making the warm and fuzzy christmas story , bob clark directed horror film black christmas and puerile teen comedy porky ' s . clark and shepherd wrote the script for christmas story ( working title was in god we trust after shepherd ' s play ) , but back then the studios didn ' t think clark had enough clout to direct a holiday film . but when porky ' s was released in 1982 and became one of the highest - grossing films of the year , mgm gave clark a $ 4 . 4 million budget to make his red ryder bb gun saga . clark contributed an additional $ 150 , 000 of his own money to finance the film that went on to gross $ 19 million in the theaters .
searches for the perfect locations , both in terms of artistic and logistic considerations . often becomes the location manager once production has begun .
like many of the high - profile killings that have sparked outrage and protests across the country - michael brown in ferguson , missouri ; alton sterling in baton rouge , louisiana - the victim , tamir , was black ; the officer who fired the fatal shots , white .
ohio offers a refundable , transferable tax credit of 30 percent on production , cast and crew wages and other eligible in - state spending .
but in my mind , it ' s not supposed to be something that you can judge from a super safe historical distance .
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the fast & furious films are universal’s most successful franchise of all time . last year , fast 7 brought in more than $ 353 million domestically .
paul and jamie buchman are a recently - married new york city couple . they point out the gentle humor in domesticity and life ' s everyday situations .
fear of the wrath of jones aside , the suggestion that
objectively / reasonable
be consumed in small bites is a good one . not only is the language in some of the 18 monologues that make up the play densely packed , it is , as benford puts it ,
emotionally dense .
can be either mechanical ( breakaway chairs ) , or optical ( in - camera effects like speeding up the film ) , computer graphics , or a combination .
though the less - than - plausible momma character is the only real flaw in the film , the chase she sets in motion builds effectively to a climax that is both inevitable and shocking . unlike 95 percent of the violence in movies , the violence here carries heavy emotional weight . it earns its tragic resonance , just as it earns the exquisite , mournful closing song ,
this bitter land ,
by badu and nas ( who is one of the film ' s executive producers ) .
but before the ensemble can toast the opening , they have to get through the play - all the way through it - on this cursed wednesday night in august .
you can see his gift for working with actors , his confidence with the camera , his rare ability to make the soundtrack an integral element of the narrative . but what makes
the land
special goes beyond what you see . you can feel his soul in this movie . out in the real city , away from the gussied - up downtown , caple finds beauty and a kind of poetry in the most unlikely places . but he also finds the city ' s scars and open wounds .
jose stern , an erstwhile indie - rocker relegated to playing children ' s birthday parties , is on the verge of turning 40 and at a crossroads in his life .
it ' s important for us to show independent films because we are an independent theater chain ,
said chris baxter , atlas ' director of operations .
independent filmmakers put their own money into these . they aren ' t receiving tax breaks . for what they ' re lacking in budget , they make up for in quality storytelling .
early wednesday afternoon , the yellow base - camp signs for cast and crew that were a familiar presence during the heyday of michigan ' s film incentives were spotted at windmill pointe park in grosse pointe park . the parking lot was occupied by several vintage cars , including 1970s - era oldsmobile 98s , that left in a caravan to an unspecified set .
universal is already planning fast 9 and fast 10 , which are currently slated to be unleashed in theaters on april 19 , 2019 , and april 2 , 2021 , respectively .
cuts the film and splices it together . there is usually more than one editor on a large project . the editor works with the director in editing the film . the director has the primary responsibility for editing decisions , but the editor often has significant input in the creative decisions involved in putting together a final cut of a movie . the editor often starts work while the film is still being shot , by assembling preliminary cuts from the daily footage . increasingly , editors work on computerized editing consoles without touching the actual film .
a board ( usually black and white ) placed in front of the cameras at the beginning or end of each take of each scene , identifying the scene and take numbers .
come on in !
jones said , deploying her last little luminary .
you thought i was just performing a seance ? they ' re for the show .
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the runners , ‘gophers’ on the set . the job can include holding back onlookers , getting coffee , answering phones in the production office , escorting actors to locations , acting as a stand - in while a short is worked out , or performing any other tasks required to make the production run more smoothly . the p . a . performs small but essential tasks for the cast and crew .
miss shields was pregnant during production , but you can hardly tell . actress tedde moore was seven months pregnant when she agreed to play the unsympathetic school teacher miss shields . since the film was set in a time period when female educators weren ' t allowed to teach while impregnated , it wouldn ' t be kosher for her character to be pregnant in the movie . ( there was the fear if a pregnant or married woman stood in front of a classroom , the students would imagine their teaching boning , and that was improper etiquette . ) moore added some padding to cover up her baby bump .
however , the independent film scene is also alive in the rock hall city with numerous productions completed over the past year or so . now the flicks are getting released , including the somewhat high - profile
about a tight group of friends living in a small , forgotten , wisconsin town . the story revolves around kevin and his fight to find a new life for himself after 30 years of going nowhere .
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that ' s both the first line of the film and its heart . what kind of future can these boys - black , white and latino - - expect ? they ' re stuck in the projects ( most of the movie appears to have been shot on the near west side ) , in neighborhoods filled with vacant homes and violence . they can watch drug deals go down from their classroom windows .
wooden boxes of varying sizes with holes on each end used chiefly in film production . these boxes are specialized pieces of equipment belonging to the grip department and are used for either people to stand on or equipment to be place on . apple boxes come in four sizes : full ( 8″×20″×12″ ) , half apple ( 4″×20″×12″ ) , quarter apple ( 2″×20″×12″ ) and pancake ( eighth apple ) ( 1″×20″×12″ ) .
of course , even distance doesn ' t inoculate against controversy . one of the greatest broadway snubs in recent memory concerned the 2010 kander and ebb musical
the scottsboro boys ,
a show based on the infamous trials and erroneous convictions of nine african american teens accused of raping two white women in the depression - era deep south . boasting 12 tony nominations , it didn ' t win a single one .
it was can ' t - see - your - hand - in - front - of - your - face dark when aquilla walked to the center of the room . others lit her way with their cellphones .
- biography : may 7 , 1922 – february 25 , 2006 – san joaquin , ca . darren mcgavin who’s birth name was william lyle richardson was a remarkably seasoned actor of stage , screen and television , darren mcgavin notched in excess of 200 performances ; however , he is most fondly remembered by cult tv fans as heroic newspaper reporter carl kolchak in the classic but short - lived horror tv series “kolchak : the night stalker” ( 1974 ) . in a long and varied career , mcgavin has often turned up as authority figures including policemen , military officers , stern - faced business executives or father figures ; however , he is equally adept at light - hearted comedic performances . he was the second choice to play the old man in “a christmas story” behind jack nicholson . according to urltoken mcgavin’s salary for the role was $ 2 , 000 , 000 .
kali , her 14 - year - old son , slid from the passenger seat . he so impressed spivey and todd during auditions in june that they asked him to craft his own monologue - a short , powerful piece called
a lesson for children
- and perform it in the show . after tamir , he wrote ,
i was afraid police would roll up on me and shoot me , like a drive by .
newlyweds alex and alice host a new year ' s eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains . however , when an unexpected guest shows up , the group ' s facades begin to crumble .
detroit would seem to be the most logical place to shoot a movie about
white boy rick .
but the motor city has seen few outside movie productions since michigan eliminated its film incentives in the summer of 2015 .
every word audiences will hear was culled from interviews conducted by todd and an ensemble of playwrights over the last six months or so . they started the q & as in the cudell neighborhood , then branched out from there .
his best friend , junior ( moises arias ) , lives in the projects with his single mother , who has a job , but struggles with the most basic goal of parenting : to keep her son and younger daughter alive .
even though snyder ' s movie wasn ' t big enough to close an entire lakeshore throughway , the adventurous director ' s comments about the idea provide insight into his style and in a bigger way
swing lowe sweet chariote .
the film project was an outgrowth of the truly independent film festival , co - founded by eric swinderman and mark pengryn in 2009 . swinderman wrote , co - wrote , edited or directed five of the nine shorts , including
corned beef and mamie o ' rourke ,
about two old friends getting into a fight at slyman ' s , and
love thy neighbor ,
about a young man hooking up with a much older woman in his lakewood apartment building .
a free spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they got married on the first date . though they are polar opposites ; her need of stability is fulfilled with him , his need of optimism is fulfilled with her .
the informational letter given to residents impacted by the filming asked
that ( if possible ) any cars pre - dating 1985 are parked in garages and / or driveways and not on the street
to help with the look of the film .
runs the camera during shooting . on low - budget films , the d . p . may also serve as the operator . the camera operator is responsible for keeping the action in frame , and responding quickly to the action as it unfolds .
bob clark was killed along with his son , ariel hanrath - clark , in a head - on crash with a vehicle that steered into the wrong lane . the driver fo the other car was found guilty of driving without a license while intoxicated .
designs and constructs sets for the production designer . this person needs to be well - versed in a variety of art and design styles , including architecture and interior design . he or she works with the cinematographer to achieve the right look for the production .
the hairdresser is licensed to cut , color and style the hair of actors in a production . he or she also styles and cuts wigs when necessary . usually the hairdresser provides all the necessary equipment and rents it to the production on a weekly basis .
tolliver broke into song :
eyes on the prize ,
a folk standard used in
objectively / reasonable
that became an anthem during the civil rights movement , recorded by everyone from mavis staples and pete seeger to bruce springsteen and joss stone .
but all stories have already been told , and this story , at this time , needs to be told again and again . the trick is in how you tell it , and caple brings his own lyrical style and lived - it point of view to his movie .
this year the beloved holiday film a christmas story turned three decades old , and tbs will be running it on a 24 - hour loop starting tonight . whether you were alive when it came out , everybody at least remembers the first time they watched ralphie parker practically shoot his eye out . conducting interviews with the cast , crew , and others involved with the film ' s history , new jersey writer caseen gaines compiled a fascinating book entitled a christmas story : behind the scenes of a holiday classic , describing the film ' s growing cultdom over the years ( it was only a moderate success at the box office ) . from the unexpected merchandising ( bobbleheads ! ) to the hit broadway musical , a christmas story has made everything right with the world . here are a few things we learned from reading gaines ' s book .
television series or miniseries once tax credits are available , the ohio film office reviews applications to determine eligibility for the ohio motion picture tax credit program . in approving tax credit applications , priority is given to tax - credit eligible productions that are classified as a television series or miniseries .
but tamir ' s death was different in a significant way . despite police reports that he was big for his age , he was the youngest casualty by far , years away from a driver ' s license , his first slow dance , a graduate ' s cap and gown .
among its many riches , it has one of the best character introductions i ' ve seen in a long time . one by one , the four boys at the center of
the land
sit , squirming and resentful , as an unseen trade - school guidance counselor berates them .
not to be confused with the costume designer , the wardrobe department handles the costumes on the set . the costumer , or wardrobe person , takes care of the costumes on the set , keeping them in good , clean condition , and making sure the right actor gets the right costume .
the film has a couple of noteworthy cameos . the man who berates ralphie while waiting in line to see santa at higbee ' s is none other than the film ' s narrator and co - writer , jean shepherd . director bob clark also makes a hitchcockian cameo : he ' s the nosy hillbilly neighbor who sees the leg lamp in the window and approaches the old man .
a major award ? shucks , i wouldn ' t have knowed [ sic ] that . it looks like a lamp ,
swede says , thus drawing more attention from the neighborhood .
to go pro , they need to enter competitions , and those come with high entry fees . so they ' ve started stealing cars and selling them to a chop shop . when they steal a car and find a huge stash of drugs in the trunk , the plot goes into high gear . the drugs belong to an unusual drug lord , momma ( linda emond ) , a middle - aged white woman who runs a stall at the west side market as a cover . she sends her crew in search of the drugs , and to find the fools who stole them .
fee change to cover the administrative costs of the program , each applicant shall pay a non - refundable application fee of one percent of the award amount up to ten thousand ( 10 , 000 ) dollars . failure to pay the fee will result in automatic rescission of the project’s tax credit award .
even late in the day , the humidity had yet to break ; it was like breathing through a damp towel . as long as the blackout lasted , no electric fans would agitate the soupy air . there wouldn ' t be overhead light either , bad news for those still memorizing their parts .
brings a specific production together . chooses the screenplay , arranges financing , hires a director , helps in the casting process , and is responsible for the day - to - day operation of the shoot . is involved with the editing and all post - production and may also consult on marketing and distribution .
an assistant to the director , the first a . d . runs the set , plans the cost - efficient scheduling of locations and talent , schedules the days’ shooting and is responsible for carrying out the director’s instructions . the first a . d . plans a shooting schedule by breaking the script into sections that can be filmed in a single day and in the most efficient order . during filming the a . d . manages the set , helps line up shots for the director , calls for quiet on the set and coordinates the extras . the assistant director is often a member of the directors’ guild of america .
white boy rick
will be directed by yann demange and also stars jennfier jason leigh , bel powley and brian tyree henry of fx ' s
atlanta .
a 15 - year - old newcomer from baltimore without acting experience , richie merritt , has been cast in the role of the teenage wershe .
the cast list includes gillian jacobs from
community
and busy philipps from
cougar town .
local celebs include anchor robin swoboda of wkyc channel 3 and anchor leon bibb of wews channel 5 . swoboda plays a confused woman on a possibly life - altering date , while bibb plays a grief stricken father who has lost his marine son in afghanistan .
the night before , a storm had knocked out the power in the old brick building on waterloo road . an electrician had come and gone , telling david todd , the preternaturally calm and bespectacled artistic director of playwrights local , a theater devoted to producing locally written works , that the juice might be restored by 10 p . m . it was just after 6 .
some reviewers have criticized
the land
because it tells a story that has been told before , about teens in urban america who are at risk every single moment of their lives . some of those critics have judged it a weak retread of the fourth season of hbo ' s
the wire
or john singleton ' s 1991 film
boyz n the hood .
patty cake ( ravi gavron ) lives with his girlfriend , her mom and their baby daughter . only boobie ( ezri
ezzy
walker ) lives with both parents , though we only see his tired , ever - watchful father ( michael k . williams ) . it ' s no surprise that of the four , he ' s the only one doing well in school .
their dream is to find a sponsor and become skateboard pros . some of the best scenes in the film follow the four boys on their skateboards through the streets , and into a vacant factory building , as they practice their ollies and other tricks . caple uses slow motion to great effect : you feel the joy of these boys as they fly , set free from their lives .
the sentiments of ordinary clevelanders - a white grad student , a black cop , and an asian minister among them - echo through the 90 - minute piece , mingling with the observations of figures with more intimate knowledge of the case . those would include , most notably , rice family attorney subodh chandra and , in a searing , penultimate monologue , tamir ' s mother , samaria rice .
the ohio casting agency that ' s working with the project posted a message last week on its facebook page that said ,
need 3 wino ' s to play in detroit on march 15th , fitting march 14th . this is for stuido ( sic ) 8 picture , produced by sony with matthew mcconaughey .
a subsequent shared message put out a call for six more extras for filming on the same date .
the second assistant director ( second a . d . ) is a liaison between the production manager and the first assistant director . usually works with the cast and crew and handles paperwork , including call sheets ( who needs to be on the set and when ) , actors’ time sheets , production reports and is usually the person in charge of production assistants . this person also helps the first a . d . place extras and control crowds .
no matter what they face and what obstacles they have , they keep getting up ,
swinderman said .
when they get knocked down , they get up and move on with their lives and they don ' t whine about it too much . they ' re tough . and that ' s kind of what this movie represents . all the characters in this movie face challenges , but they all get by them and move forward .
writes a script , either from an original idea or from an existing book or story . the term “written by” in the credits is a writers guild of america designation meaning “original story and screenplay by . ” the writer creates and shapes an original story , or adapts a book , play or other work for use on the big screen . a script may go through many writers , so the writer’s guild of america must often determine who gets screen credit as the writer .
controls the action and dialogue in front of the camera . translates the written word into visuals and dialogue . the director is responsible for all creative aspects of a movie . the director usually helps hire actors , decides on locations and plans the shots before filming begins . during filming the director oversees the actors and crew , sets up shots and keeps the movie on schedule and on budget . the director is usually hired by a producer , unless he or she is also producing the film .


the big punch is an american drama boxing film released in 1948 .

the film was directed by sherry shourds and produced by saul elkins .

it stars gordon macrae , lois maxwell , wayne morris , mary stuart and eddie dunn .

it is considered to be an american film noir , and was macrae 's film debut , after signing a five-year contract with warner bros . maxwell would become known later as miss moneypenny in the james bond film series .

the big punch ( 1948 film )

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you read correctly : gareth evans has proved that the expendables are big girls .
in his big - screen breakthrough , sam shepard delivers tenderness , ferocity , and the quiet expressiveness of a silent film star .
“the customer was a big , monolithic brunette , sloppily dressed and with a face like an arrested cyclone . ”
haven’t seen this movie but have watched the kevin costner version . the knock - out punch in the end had me reeling for days altogether .
so now , after nearly two years , i have finally read the big clock , and liked it a lot . we also have purchased our own copy of the film the big clock which we will be watching soon . i guess i will have to give no way out a try also
another masterpiece from john huston , the tension rarely lets up in this fantastic film . with great performances from the whole cast and an ending that packs a punch on noir goodness .
did for the found footage genre , this sorry excuse of a film should never have made it past the drawing board . it found itself on the big screen mainly because it has
blood punch is currently without a distributor , which will hopefully be remedied soon because genre fans need this movie in their eyeballs , asap .
hamlet
( 1948 ) . one of the most revered versions of one of shakespeare ' s most famous plays . the film is the only straight adaptation to win the oscar for best picture , and laurence olivier is the only man to win best director and best actor for the same film .
there are no big budgets or special effects at work here - the twists and turns of the crafty script suffice and the lack of artifice means the spectator truly believes in the technology and the characters .
the big clock ( 1948 ) director : john farrow producer : richard maibaum screenplay : jonathan latimer cinematography : john f . seitz art direction : hans dreier , roland anderson , albert nozaki music : victor young cast : ray milland , charles laughton , george macready , maureen o’sullivan , elsa lanchester , rita johnson , harry morgan , dan tobin
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thanks neeru – i love the twist at the end of no way out though some people feel utterly betrayed by it . having said that , it is no equivalent on the original bool ( nor the 1948 movie )
darkly comedic with a seriously warped set of sensibilities , blood punch takes us down the road to hell , which here is paved with blood and meth ( with some peyote as a stiff chaser ) . it’s fun as hell and smart enough to pull all the right moves without rubbing its twists in your face . there’s a film noir from 1948 called road house ( no relation to the swayze throat ripper ) about a violent love triangle that implodes at a secluded cabin . blood punch reminded me a bit of that classic , but in broad daylight with a twilight zone affection for screwing with our minds . it’s a helluva trip .
the film itself can be divided into three sections . the first is basically kubrick’s
this alternative account is one that writes journalism and the journalist back into the trajectories of the cinema , and into the terms of any understanding of the development of an aesthetic education in the cinema . slessor in smith’s is not , of course , the film criticism of the serious stand alone film magazine then coming into being in london with sight and sound ( 1932 ) or its first australian equivalents – monthly film guide ( 1948 ) and film monthly ( 1949 ) – that would emerge a decade and a half later . while it would be tempting to see these kinds of film - specific , film - world publications as inaugurating a trajectory that takes us to film studies via the british film institute , urban repertory cinemas , film festivals , film societies , and associations like the worker’s education association ( wea ) , this would be inaccurate . by providing a dedicated space in a generalist context for the extended consideration and study of film , and by having this work conducted by a named man of letters of considerable standing and ability , smith’s created a space for film appreciation and therefore film education that these publications and practices built upon . [ 71 ]
i missed this . or at least missed commenting , because i remember asking my husband about it . great post about the book and the movie and i will definitely read the book someday . and i have put the big clock on the netflix queue .
this georgian film , shot in black and white and with predominantly french dialogue , is not an easy film to ‘enjoy’ . it did however wow critics upon its release , winning best first feature film at the venice festival in 2005 and the best world film at sundance in 2006 .
unfortunately , these bonus points don’t save the train wreck that is this film .
hawks has given story a staccato pace in the development , using long stretches of dialogless action and then whipping in fast talk between characters . this helps to punch home high spots of suspense , particularly in latter half of picture .
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the best way to enjoy this romp of a film is to let go and let oneself be emerged in the world , like baby doll when she enters her own mind . it delivers an ambitious sucker punch for style and execution but unfortunately , the film resembles a wet firework when it comes to plot , as if the whole product never fully gels together to give a completely satisfying whole . still , no one was expecting
fearing supported his main work as a poet by producing pulp fiction ( under various guises , including as by ‘kirk wolff’ ) as well as the crime novels under his own name for which he is known best today . the big clock was his greatest hit and sold immediately to the movies , becoming the fine film noir of the same title released in 1948 ( see below ) . as with all his novels it uses several first person narrators , though the voice that predominates here is that of george stroud , its highly flawed central protagonist who has to fight his way out of a web partly of his own devising .
the film’s form is also a bold move : andrew is the linchpin not only as the main driver of the narrative but also because the audience members see the events of the film unravel through his camera ( for the most part ) .
the newspaper claims the film shows “a new , introspective side of the british agent” and added that the film
does not lack any of the classic ingredients which have made james bond a legend – the title credits song , adrenalin pumping action , amazing hyper - realistic chases , exotic locations , extremely beautiful bond girls , the usual super villain and the essential vodka martini .
the paper summed up by saying that
nothing will ever be the same again on the big screen for james bond .
, with a flawless last act that will make you want to watch it all over again . all in all , jones is fast becoming christopher nolan’s young apprentice in the art of making big studio films with brains . ( trailer below )
therein lies the strength of the film : there is beauty in the breakdown , as frou frou would say .
, the winner of this year’s palme d’or at the cannes film festival . putting aside all award accomplishments , my partner in crime and i were quite excited about this film .
according to the wince - inducing promotional blurbs surrounding the film , most unforgivably the tagline “the world’s most beloved and acclaimed film” , it took 300 computer artists over a year ( longer than it took the original film to shoot ) to convert the original 1997 release into 3d format . $ 18 million was spent in this post - conversion and the release coincides with the film’s 15th anniversary and the actual disaster’s 100th anniversary .
salinger never wanted one when he was alive . a letter to a hollywood producer in 1957 makes it plain . noting it ' s a
very novelistic novel
, with the bulk of the book taking place inside holden caulfield ' s head , salinger admitted what was left could , theoretically , be transferred to the big screen , but that the idea was
odious enough to keep me from selling the rights
. he ' d already been burnt by 1949 ' s my foolish heart – a critical flop based on his 1948 short story uncle wiggily in connecticut .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
this is only the opening weekend . expect numbers to spike when the film opens in the us on 9 november .
the image of the blood - splattered bride and her chainsaw is an iconic one and may ultimately save the film .
slessor’s context slessor’s film criticism did not emerge in a vacuum . his work in the film pages at smith’s weekly was a continuation and extension of emerging trends in film reviewing in general interest publications , which he took in new directions and to new heights . its film pages were shaped not only by smith’s broad routines , practices and commitments but also by the newspaper’s adjusting , reformatting and extending the practices of film reviewing and reporting of competitor publications . smith’s consolidated a new form of newspaper film criticism in australia that featured longer reviews , extended film coverage , and distinctive , identifiable critical voices .
slessor started his journalistic career at the sydney sun in 1919 where film was being foregrounded as one of that newspaper’s points of difference with competitors . the sun ran extensive coverage of film releases under the page heading “’the moving row of magic shadow shapes’ – omar khayyam” . by 1926 egyptianate art - deco trappings along the lines of picture palace architecture visually complemented and framed the film writing . [ 18 ] from the sun , slessor was lured to melbourne in 1924 as chief sub - editor for punch magazine [ 19 ] where he was exposed to further generalist publications , weeklies crucially , that also covered the cinema in a dedicated fashion . [ 20 ] slessor returned to sydney in 1927 to take up his post at smith’s weekly . slessor brought with him from melbourne an experience of film coverage that consisted of a fairly stabilised language and style of film reviews : about a paragraph in length ; in a film and theatre section with dedicated sub - sections for each ; and cordoned off from the coverage of other amusements . [ 21 ] this film criticism still repeated the rhetorical form of the theatre review in that it was principally concerned with performances and , most particularly , notable moments of acting performance in a film . however , this form provided slessor with the basis to build a specific “film as film” type of film criticism upon formally assuming charge of smith’s film pages in early 1931 .
the film is also genuinely poignant at times , which is rare . in the pixar and dreamworks classics (
pushed the bar with some inspirational choices towards the end of the film… compared , the third [ rec ] feels a smidge lazy .
tintin creator hergé famously said before he died that only spielberg could do justice to his intrepid reporter . this was based on the belgian artist having seen the first indian jones installment . has the beard done the bequiffed reporter justice or should have the boy reporter have stayed on the page , not needing another big screen stint ? *
her last feature film was the fourth angel ( 2001 ) starring jeremy irons and forest whitaker .
alumni damon lindelof focusing on not goiving - up the film’s second half ? without a doubt .
richard jewel , ' rko film grosses : 1931 - 1951 ' , historical journal of film radio and television , vol 14 no 1 , 1994 p . 57 .
: known for directing adaptations of shakespeare on film , apparently ( david knows about that stuff , so check his piece downward ) . the only other film of his i’ve seen is
can screenwriters change the course of film history ? the work of key kurosawa collaborator shinobu hashimoto proves they can .
chuck jones ' s ' rabbit punch ' is a great cartoon in which bugs is drawn into a boxing match with the champ ( later redubbed the crusher in the far inferior wrestling - based sequel ' bunny hugged ' ) and ends up going 110 rounds with him , each round escalating in its levels of violence until finally bugs finds himself tied to a train track ! a fast paced , beautifully orchestrated cartoon which eventually turns into a series of unusual spot - gags , ' rabbit punch ' is full of great sequences , the best being bugs ' s grease - assisted ice skating routine which is abruptly ended by a glove to the head . there ' s also a famous ending in which bugs admits psychical defeat by resorting to tampering with the very cartoon itself . unlike the lifeless follow - up ' bunny hugged ' , ' rabbit punch ' is filled with invention and moves along at a fast lick , making it an enormously enjoyable short .
harrison ' s reports film review ; july 25 , 1936 , p . 119 .
film noir guide : 745 films of the classic era , 1940 - 1959 by michael f . keaney
such close reading of films is uncommon in the reviews of the day , and slessor’s attention to film style , his ability to recall and record pro - filmic detail and envelop the reader in the film’s specificities , is strikingly singular .
much ado about nothing
( 1993 ) . kenneth branagh beat whedon to the punch at adapting this comedy and set a pretty decent bar , receiving a warm reception from critics . it had quite the ensemble cast with branagh , emma thompson , denzel washington , keanu reeves and a young kate beckinsale in starring roles .
is a superhero film , yes , but not a stupid one . it feels important .
this combination of activities and level of sustained attention allowed slessor and smith’s to innovate in film criticism , providing a much more extensive and multifaceted engagement with film than had hitherto been undertaken . as the sample of film criticism represented in this issue of screening the past shows , slessor cultivated a distinctive critical persona with a national reach . part of this was the promulgation of smith’s film grading scales , which were used to not only rate individual films , but also to survey the year in film , measuring cinema’s progress in realizing the possibilities of sound cinema . [ 8 ] he also extended the newspaper’s existing “media watch” functions to the smith’s film pages , providing a running commentary of film criticism in print media that highlighted wherever possible the inadequacy of smith’s rivals . [ 9 ]
nevertheless , the monster is not the focus and ultimately , we come to realize , never the point of the film . it is the famous hitchcockian macguffin : it keeps the narrative going , but ultimately , the film is about the kids , their relationships and their journey to… . well , puberty . like
to finally draw this to a conclusion , it must be said that it’ll be essential to view the series as a whole , much like the books . the big picture is stunning from a literary point of view and if the filmmakers play their cards right , the saga should trump the pubescent wizard and the mopey vampires . all they need to do now is to secure gary ross and his team for
chuck stephens is a columnist for film comment and cinema scope . he lives in los angeles .
go to , kind reader , and see this film . you’ll be fascinated , frustrated and something else that begins in ‘f’ that would imply how much you need to see ben wheatley’s film .
… seriously , i could go on… ) , here is how i’ll remember 2011 in film .
if it wasn’t for the sharp dialogue and the wonderful design , this film could have been slightly average . as it stands ,
moroni olsen as john knox . olsen was the only member of the film ' s cast to repeat his original stage role .
introduction australian film critics have not been well represented either by australian film studies , or by australian letters , the two branches of scholarship we might expect to attend to them . while a number of film critics are featured in that compendium of notable australians , the australian dictionary of biography ( adb ) , [ 2 ] in many entries film criticism is mentioned sparingly , sublimated to the writer’s other achievements in letters . [ 3 ] australia’s first wave of significant film critics , who came to prominence in the 1930s – beatrice tildesley , erle cox , josephine o’neill , and kenneth slessor – are now with the exception of o’neill not usually remembered as film critics . [ 4 ] in the case of kenneth slessor there is no mention whatsoever of film criticism in his adb entry . moreover there is no film criticism collected in the anthologies of slessor’s journalism , and there is scant mention of film criticism in the oral histories and biographies that cover his journalistic life . [ 5 ] it is ironic that , of any of these names , slessor’s film criticism in particular should be so neglected . as we will show in this article , slessor has a compelling claim to being australia’s first great film critic .
the retro feel of the film is heavily accentuated , to the extent tarantino would lap it up and ask for more . the italic pink neon lettering and the pulsing 80’s synth pop wraps up the film and creates a chilling and almost nostalgic ( also in reference to the good old nameless heroes , à la
. . . film contains the sharpest , toughest , wittiest , sexiest dialogue ever written for detective film . . . hawks perfectly conveys chandler ' s corrosive yet enticing los angeles .
- danny peary ,
the film plays with the audience , who know the unavoidable revenge is coming , but never quite sure what form it’ll take , if indeed the plan is executed .
the main part is , in my opinion , flawless . in fact , if one were to scrap the first and third parts of the film ,
this domain was not fully realized , but aesthetically developing and dynamically unfolding . in these circumstances it was the critic’s task to chart , evaluate and judge against the yardstick – indeed to set the yardstick – of what it might and should be . slessor’s criticism proposed the film critic as one knowledgeable about and firmly situated in the film world , understanding film as film . while slessor later positioned himself as a “man of letters” through his book reviewing , literary criticism and public lectures , his first effort in this regard – his film criticism – was perhaps his most significant . here he extended literary journalism into film criticism to create a new comportment that we would later call a cineaste .
first seen soaking in a tub while chomping on a cigar , robinson arises from the water to put a stranglehold on the film .
this film by gus van sant , inspired by the 1999 columbine shootings , won the palm d’or at cannes but remains nevertheless understated .
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 .
called the film
a splendidly powerful drama
with a
sincere , intelligent and genuine
performance by hepburn .
a panda has a kung - fu film… now , a lizard has a spaghetti western . gore verb
/ bond and introduce a new actor as jason bourne or set the events of the fourth film in almost perfect concurrence with the third film , thereby introducing a new agent and leaving the door wide open for damon to crash back into action when his little heart desires .
milo’s first hint that things are way , way off is when he awakes to find a video of himself he doesn’t remember recording in which he chops two of his fingers off . but milo has all his fingers ? blood punch is full of reality distorting moments like this , but it never feels like writer eddie guzelian is trying to outsmart us or yelling “gotcha ! ” in our faces . as wild as the story gets , it flows very organically . the only instance where it feels like they’re maybe getting too absurd is when their drug buyer is introduced . blood punch sharply veers off its course there . however , considering how much it’s played with our expectations up to this point , it’s easy to overlook the craziness of this scene .
) and arrival on the planet are the best parts of the film , due to the weighty implications that lie ahead and the general stylistic elegance . this is also what elevates the first half to greatness :
on the disney channel , oh no . it’s a twisted and clever film that’s been kicking much ass on the festival circuit and just last week it damn near blew the roof off of the screening i caught at the mile high horror film festival . it’s like a supernatural film noir on meth , with heaps of dark humor and a madcap edge that cuts deep . and as its name suggests ,
first and foremost this concluding chapter was one gargantuan task , a film awaited with much anticipation . the previous chapter was the prelude to the trial and a mildly tedious one at that . this second one needed to deliver the goods : the characters needed to find the horcruxes , use the deathly hallows , save the school , cry for fallen friends , defeat the dark lord and most importantly , snog . all of this with punch , pomp and pyrotechnics , without forgetting that not only does the book have its comic , emotional and creepy moments , but it’s also the last one . making a pig’s ear of this film would end 14 years of potter mania on a very sour note . over to you , mr director , and best of luck .
slessor’s reviews as the limited selection of film reviews following this article demonstrate , slessor’s film criticism was exemplary not only by the standards of its day , but by contemporary standards . even next to his most able contemporaries , slessor impresses with his insight and film literacy . the reviews reference the dynamics of film production and made note of the key contributors to the film text . they foreground scriptwriters , such as anita loos , producers , such as cecil b . demille and , most strikingly , recognized the quality of the directors of the 1930s that cineastes would later claim as their own : alfred hitchcock , frank capra , ernst lubitsch , josef von sternberg , and leo mccarey . these directors were recognized as making particular distinctive contributions in the course of unfolding film oeuvres . for instance , here is slessor on the merry widow :
this film could potentially be career / franchise - ending move . on the other hand , it could set a precedent of epic proportions , kicking every past action / superhero film very hard in the gonads . the dice were rolled and the finishing result could not be more exciting :
furthermore , the film has registered the biggest march debut in history and become lionsgate ' s highest - grossing movie . all in the space of a weekend .
period ) , is the emotional focus and the catalyst for division when it comes to friendships . his character also represents a pivotal point for the film’s success :
scarring . the tension is overwhelming and the creature reveal is terrifying . marshall’s film is also very bleak , so much so that there had to have an alternate ending for the american market , who couldn’t hack the bold finale . this is arguably one of the scariest films on the list . scratch that – this is the scariest film on the list .
huw walmsley - evans was recently awarded his phd from the school of english , media studies and art history at the university of queensland . his thesis is titled “crisis and continuity : film criticism as a cultural institution” . he is the essays editor of online film criticism magazine
the use of the hymn“leaning on the everlasting arms” throughout is moving and goes to show that nothing is ever left to chance when it comes to a coen film .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
this well - constructed film has a clear narrative framework : three chapters and a prologue . however , one of
y are ugly buggly . this norwegian film about three university students who discover a government conspiracy to cover - up
. new york : wid ' s films and film folk , inc . : 2 july 27 , 1936 .
. new york : wid ' s films and film folk , inc . : 7 july 24 , 1936 .
is one of the key hollywood features of 1947 , the year film noir flooded the screen like a ruptured reservoir of india ink . adapted from the popular crime novel by dorothy hughes ,
are , it teaches two valuable lessons . the first : don’t let the abundant marketing overshadow the feature film . second : in space , no one can hear you kill the scriptwriters .
so , on the year britain has celebrated the queen’s diamond jubilee , hosted its first olympic games since 1948 and celebrated the release of the beatles’ first single ( for the heathen out there , it’s ‘love me do’ ) , it seems only apt that a landmark institution such as bond should turn half a century . expectations have been suitably high , with an imposed four year hiatus since the last film due to mgm’s financial woes . these have pushed back the start of the production and threatened craig’s third turn , much like what happened to the underrated timothy dalton , who didn’t get to do his contracted third outing due to legal issues , landing the bond franchise into a six long bondless years . added to the legal kerfuffle is the previous outing , the rushed
yet a voiceover does run the risk of that ultimate nightmare : catcher in the rye meets the wonder years . but who , then ? a good alternative might be paul thomas anderson . with punch drunk love and there will be blood , he ' s shown he can paint complicated main characters while saying very little . even spike jonze must be worth a try , fresh from adapting another coming - of - age classic in where the wild things are .
however , the 3d isn’t the appeal – the film wasn’t originally shot with it in mind . more than anything , seeing this film in 2012 reminded me of the fact i was 12 years old when it was first released… my sister and my mum had seen it before me . i was smuggled into
put simply , it’s just not good enough and a decent film about the murky and layered world of finance is hard to find .
one or two scenes could make you jump , but this film focuses more on the human story and what eli is really after .
sound cinema and a film critic in a film world the achievement of smith’s film pages and slessor’s criticism is inseparable from its response to the era’s major media transformation : the transition from silent to sound cinema . slessor’s time at smith’s weekly coincided exactly with this transition , from 1927 onwards . slessor was acutely aware of the significance of what he was witnessing , and sought to explicate its importance for a wide audience . he considered himself not only to be passing judgment on the cinema of the day , but to be witnessing the rebirth of the cinema , or the birth of a new kind of cinema ; nothing less than the emergence of a new art form . for slessor the sound cinema constituted an aesthetic revolution that required new critical terms , both in language and engagement . the notion that the sound cinema represented film’s finally coming into its own is what warranted the attention slessor and smith’s lavished on the cinema : the extended criticism , the coverage of the film industry and cinema’s public uptake , and the formation of the office of the film critic as a particular kind of expert .
now we get to m . biggest plaudits go to judi dench , who takes on the role of bond girl / woman in this film . it’s no accident that the previously mentioned bond girls are slightly sidelined : at the heart of the film is m and the dysfunctional tripod which reveals her relationship with bond and silva .
every now and then , a film comes along that is as enticing as the thought of susan boyle naked… in the snow…while being repeatedly stabbed with syringes .
producer guillermo del toro and also manages to do that rarest of things for a horror film : it moves us .
this is surprisingly staid for a huston film . still , the top - notch cast punches it across , and the swirling storm raging outside the hotel provides an interesting backdrop .
the uniqueness and the way everything fits perfectly together makes it look like it fell ready - made into the director’s lap . such seamlessness is rarely achieved , and rarely expected within the animation genre , which people see as meant for kids . not this film . this isn’t a kids’ film with bits for adults thrown in , but rather a film for adults with child - like undertones ( for an even harder hitter , we recommend
alfred hitchcock called “rope” an “experiment that didn’t work out , ” and he was happy to see it kept out of release for most of three decades . he was correct that it didn’t work out , but “rope” remains one of the most interesting experiments ever attempted by a major director working with big box - office names , and it’s worth seeing this week during its revival at the fine arts theaters .
boasts an eye - watering cast , making this newest adventure the closest any bond film has come to an ensemble piece . in fact ,
( here’s one poster for every shit wedding film pun i just did – the social network rip - off is definitely my favourite . )
not a very long review if you haven’t seen the film , huh ? well , get on it . your fault , not mine .
conclusion it is customary in film studies ( as in other arts disciplines ) to keep journalism at a distance when considering criticism . film studies tends to want to see criticism as something other and more than the “mere journalism” of the film review . [ 70 ] from this vantage , slessor’s claim to significant film criticism is all the more specious given that it came packaged with various forms of non - criticism : journalistic reports and op - ed pieces ; satire and light verse ; and black and white illustration . but rather than finding something else to call it , we need an alternative aesthetic account that can admit slessor’s film criticism and reconcile the elaborated responses that accompanied it .
is what a blockbuster should feel like and somehow , along the way , this ethos of sorts has been lost . abrams has delivered a bold film with swagger and , crucially , soul , a film which will go down as a rightful neighbour to classics like
considering the fact that a film can be a poor adaptation but a nonetheless a decent film , and sometimes even vice versa , it’s a creative everest for a director and creative team . the film can be too faithful , lacking the creative backbone due to its shackles linked to the source material , or it can be too far removed from the original book , a travesty that many fans will refuse to accept . a good adaptation is hard to come by .
from the moment they arrive at the cabin , russell sets milo on edge – explaining how much he adores guns and admitting he knows milo and skyler knocked boots in rehab ( awkward ! ) . from this point forward , blood punch makes you second guess everything you thought you already had figured out . russell is not as dumb as he seems , skyler is not as one - dimensional as she seems , milo is not getting played the way he seems , and the cabin is not what it seems . the film frequently toys with your expectations like a kid in a sandbox – building little structures then smashing them up .
to his credit , whether it’s the production , the sets or the costumes , everything looks great . the rest of the film however is rather dull . it’s not that a family - orientated burton is a bad thing :
but slessor’s engagement with the cinema extended beyond film criticism . he improvised a film journalism – which had previously been the province of trade publications – for a general readership . this allowed slessor the scope to comment on everything from the state of the australian film industry to the pettiness of australian censorship . [ 10 ] slessor also encouraged smith’s readership , the films’ audiences , to talk about the cinema . he actively elicited and published feedback and comment from his readership both on films and on his own film criticism . [ 11 ] slessor’s and smith’s film coverage also had a more playful or poetic register , treating film in light verse and other forms of written satire . [ 12 ] this verse was accompanied by , and accompanied , black - and - white drawings of cinema stars and scenarios . these diverse practices participated in , but also took a critical distance from the industry and celebrity gossip culture of the trade publications , fan magazines and the “women’s pages” .
a disillusioned man of faith is called upon for an exorcism , accompanied by a film crew , invited by the minister in order to chronicle the proceedings . refreshingly ,
’s fate : kubrick’s film is now considered a masterpiece , yet at the time , the outcry against it and criticisms where abundant . time will tell . . .
while australians of a certain age might know of kenneth slessor – either as australia’s foremost modernist poet , as a prolific journalist and writer of light verse in australian newspapers , or as the official second world war correspondent – few know that kenneth slessor was australia’s foremost film critic between the wars . [ 6 ] film criticism was central to slessor’s tenure as a journalist at the popular and populist independent national weekly newspaper , smith’s weekly , from 1927–1940 . [ 7 ] he was the named editor of its film pages from early 1931 . here he wrote on film at a length and depth that was not only unparalleled in the australian print culture of his own time , but that would not be rivalled by any individual in any medium until the explosion in film discourse of the post - war era . smith’s film pages were not only remarkable in their own time , they still represent the most devoted coverage of the cinema in the history of australian newspaper publishing .
, but wrote , shot , designed , added effects and produced the film , all of this on a budget akin to tom cruise’s hairstylist’s revenue . give the man a cookie . a big fat jar of cookies , due to the fact that the end result is quite brilliant and stands alone as a romance sci - fi road movie . the premise ? nasa , having received news of life other than our own , sent a probe to recover samples . this very same pod inadvertently crashes on return in mexico , where the alien specimen leaks . the mexican nation thus becomes inhabited by alien life forms and is treated as an infected , bio - hazardous zone .
kenneth fearing ( 1902 - 61 ) , modernist novelist and proletariat poet , was driven by a strong social conscience . when subpoenaed in the 1950s and asked if he was a communist , he replied , rather splendidly , “not yet . ” of his seven crime novels , the big clock remains the most famous , smartly merging a strong suspense plot with his progressive agenda together with a biting social critique as our anti - hero gets squeezed almost beyond endurance .
so , bond travels to shanghai and macau to find that the big bad is silva ( javier bardem ) , a former agent and one of m’s previous protégés , who was given up during her pre - handover hong kong days . it turns out the hard - drive is ultimately a macguffin and that the true motivations are ultimately very simple : silva is eaten away by his personal vendetta and wants nothing more than to exact vengeance on m , the woman who betrayed him .
is far from an awful film , once the evidence is weighed , it has less going for it and more condemning it . it therefore should dodge the strongest punishment handed down to the aforementioned
the final characteristic of the homage is a tip of the hat to spielberg : abrams’ film is a direct homage to its producer . this isn’t entirely surprising coming from abrams . after all ,
the hulk is a good embodiment of what whedon does so well in the film and for all the characters : he takes the time to show their struggles , their flawed humanity and the borderline impossible nature of the task they face . as previously stated , he makes the audience care , thus amplifying the response : rarely do you hear as much laughing , cheering and applause during the screening of a film of this nature , and for good cause .
the film lasts a mere 95 minutes . any more would be unbearable because of the nerve - wrackingly bleak atmosphere . the lack of characterization and subplot development is paradoxically welcome and adds to the fish out of water feel . the remake ,
in an ordinary movie , closer shots indicate more intensity , longer shots are more objective . camera movement helps establish mood . closeups punch home dramatic moments . cutaways , or “reaction shots , ” make it clear who is reacting , and when . although hitchcock tried to choreograph his 10 - minute takes so that the camera would be where the drama demanded it , there are moments when it seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . and that trunk spends so much time in the foreground that we wonder why it’s not the immediate center of attention .
the book has been adapted for the cinema three times . the first and most faithful was the film of the same title , a little gem by the team of director john farrow and writer jonathan latimer ( which i profiled here ) and released in 1948 . it boasts a terrific cast that is superbly suited to its role , most notably ray milland as stroud as he was so often at his best as anti - heroes with a roving eye ; charles laughton is simply perfect as the slightly campy janoth , here made into a man truly obsessed with the minutiae of time , adding an extra layer to the story . the movie is narrated solely by stroud and told in flashback with him literally trapped inside the huge clock that dominates the inside of the janoth building – after an elegant shot sweeping us through the janoth building late at night , we then go back 36 hours to see how he ended up on the run .
while “non - commercial” forms of film distribution , exhibition , and making – such as the amateur cine - club and the film society – were developing worldwide , including slessor’s sydney , at the time of his film critical practice , slessor showed no interest in these new ways of being with film , or the new kinds of film criticism they entailed . slessor was not interested in razing the institution of the commercial cinema , or even in substantially reshaping it . indeed he loved this cinema and its accompanying rhythms , routines , and rituals . slessor took the fact of this cinema for granted , but held it to an exacting standard , taking it seriously . he didn’t want a new kind of cinema , but the very best version of the existing kind of cinema . he didn’t want audiences to see a different cinema , but to see the cinema they were already attending differently .
romeo + juliet
( 1996 ) . baz luhrmann added his signature flair to shakespeare in this modern adaptation . definitely over the top , but it gave a unique stamp to the film . starring a pre -
titanic
leonardo dicaprio , the film is one of the top grossing shakespeare adaptations to date with nearly $ 150 million worldwide .
following most comic book storylines , the film presents us with an arrogant youth who is punished by his father , and sent to earth to learn a lesson ( what it is to be a true king / real hero ) . before going into the film as such , here’s how it fits into the pre - existing material :
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…
with her dazzling work on paul schrader’s portrait of author yukio mishima , graphic designer eiko ishioka set out to create sets as vivid as the film’s characters .
: for those wondering , the title is pretty much the only thing the film shares with the comic book series , the latter being focused on the first class / team that xavier taught / trained i . e . iceman , beast , cyclops , jean grey , and angel - who later becomes archangel , and not to be confused with the female angel in the film . now that that’s settled , over to you , professor d !
all in all , another great film from refn and one of the best pulp thrillers in recent memory . it’s a brutal , touching , sophisticated crime film that is as cerebral as it is tense . with regards to gosling , his omnipresence in cinemas is not over , as george clooney’s
) can carry a whole film on her gorgeous shoulders . her deliveryand timing is spot on , elevating scenes which could have spiraled into
? there was however a serious need to add some motivation and decent tension to the mix . basically , it’s hard to care . even if one feels for a man needing pills in order to stay mentally stable ( it turns out , in a decent twist , that renner’s character was originally below - average on the intellectual front ) , it doesn’t quite pack the same existential punch as a man searching for his identity . bourne’s world was filled with palpable paranoia and tension : both are sadly mia in cross’ world .
the start of the film is note perfect : a brief scene ( rather cryptic for those unfamiliar with the story , but the perfect choice for an opener ) followed by one the best credit sequences in recent memory . ( see below ) fincher treats us to a sort of warped bond opening sequence , a chilling video in which amorphous black ooze flows and morphs itself into abrasive flowers , dragons , computer wires , strangling hands… it’s gorgeously nightmarish and all too brief , a stunning piece that sets the tone from the word go : this version will be more stylized and possibly sleeker than the previous , with fincher bringing his trademark sensibility for imagery , tone and sound . it’s a sucker punch of an introduction , brilliantly galvanized by karen o and trent reznor’s cover of led
, nolan’s batman saga , even the first transformers film managed it… there now is a minimum standard to uphold , a line drawn in the cinematic landscape that one does not cross .
anchors itself in the avengers coda , but never forgets to be its own film , and this is due in my humble opinion , to the directorial scholar and his shakespearian predilections .
the film is highly regarded by a few critics today , but in its time was a box office flop , making a loss of $ 165 , 000 .
the action closely follows the source material and even if fincher wisely plays fast and loose with certain details , he makes it his own by adding to the mystery without betraying the novel . therefore , it is globally a film split in two : the first sees blomkvist and lisbeth respectively investigating and seeking revenge while the second , more enticing half , sees the two protagonists join forces . no major surprises await the knowledgeable reader / film fan but fincher manages to keep the pace engrossing and relentless . it is blessed with a more economic script , thanks to scenarist extraordinaire steven zaillian , and the smooth editing makes the investigation itself seem less clunky than it may have been in the original film .
it sounds just as bad as the end result . the problem is that the point of an action film sequel is traditionally to up the ante , to feel that the threat is harder , better , faster , bolder , tougher… whatever the daft punk duo were on about .
the true highlights of the film remain mcavoy and fassbender . they both bring a great amount of personality to their roles , to the extent that at no point do we yearn to see stewart and mckellen . indeed , it has now become hard to imagine anyone else playing them . mcavoy does have the harder task : he has less emotion to work with but needs to be the glue that cements the team together . he aces the cheeky side to xavier and holds the film together . by the end of the film , our hearts go to him : we see how he ends up in a wheelchair and his emotions are spot - on .