strangers in the night is a 1944 american film noir mystery film directed by anthony mann and starring william terry , virginia grey and helene thimig .

strangers in the night ( film )

with the headline : film review ; strangers on a train and soul mates for a night .
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taxi drivers offered free lifts for bewildered concert - goers leaving the venue and householders offered strangers bed and board for the night over twitter .
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strangers in the night is a sincere and original portrait of sydney ' s inner west ; a story about the current and palpable dynamic between young men and women in all their beauty , complexity and violence .
strangers on a train is an admirable demonstration of alfred hitchcock ' s virtuosity in the area of suspense dramas .
two strangers stuck in manhattan for the night grow into each other ' s most trusted confidants when an evening of unexpected adventure forces them to confront their fears and take control of their lives .
one of director anthony mann’s early films , strangers in the night , a republic pictures 56 - min b - filler from 1944 , is being restored by the film noir foundation . to see what all the fuss is about , last night i had a look at a copy recorded from spanish tv , which was in fair condition , if marred by big yellow sub - titles .
the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss , ” a film by daniel peddle .
hitchcock was above all the master of great visual set pieces , and there are several famous sequences in strangers on a train .
the filmmakers tried to design the house as one that
your brother could have lived in , that you could have grown up in ,
in order to make the audience feel more attached to the film .
after returning from a wedding reception , a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid - hours of the night . what ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers , their faces hidden behind masks . the couple find themselves in a violent struggle , in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive .
a well scripted , directed ( by anthony mann ) , and acted b - film .
this hungarian film is a careful , compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .
one of the strangers startles kristen at the back window . kristen turns around and bumps into one of the dining table chairs , slamming the record player and scratching the album , which continuously skips over the same phrase . in previous shots , the record player was clear across the room from the dining table . however , the strangers move objects around to confuse their victims . the record player could have been moved intentionally .
bill georgaris of tspdt has finally decided to start updating his film noir page . this means the old version of…
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strangers in the night doesn ' t conclude in a particularly graceful way , and the kind thing to say is that anthony mann must not yet have had the authority to rework his scripts . in fact it ' s pretty amusing when we hear a pair of off - screen screams that cause hilda to assume that the
unworthy
johnny and leslie have taken the big drop from her doorstep .
a woman misses the 1 : 30 train from new york to boston and a street musician spends the night trying to help her make it back home before her husband does . throughout the night they learn a lot about one another and eventually find a romance .
frank sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century , forging a career as an award - winning singer and film actor .
a family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths .
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abedi detonated the bomb in the foyer of the manchester arena on monday night as thousands of children and their parents streamed out at the end of a concert by us pop star ariana grande , sending bolts and shrapnel flying into victims .
in the city of suddenly , three gangsters trap the benson family in their own house , on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station , with the intention of killing the president of the usa .
mann gives us some nice visuals , and the conceit of the film is appropriately creepy , but it ' s predictable pretty quickly and the delivery could be better . still , i like a lot of the elements , it feels like it could have been a really good film with some more polish and a slightly longer runtime .
olive films ' blu - ray of strangers in the night is a sparkling transfer of this now - obscure thriller - - i doubt anybody ' s seen it looking or sounding this pristine since it was new . olive ' s package artwork is to be commended , especially after regarding republic ' s original , terrible poster design ( above ) .
rousey attends the 2014 premiere of
the expendables 3
in los angeles .
frank abagnale gained notoriety in the u . s . and overseas for his fraudulent crimes . he was later hired by the fbi as an expert on forgery and document theft , becoming the subject of the film ' catch me if you can . '
the particular virtue of the mayfair ' s [ the big shakedown ] is that it is specific and believable in its description of the felonious behavior involved in the racket .
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…
a married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room . they soon realize that unless they escape , they ' ll be the next victims of a snuff film .
richard linklater , the director of
slacker
and
dazed and confused ,
has an intoxicatingly romantic idea for his latest film . in
before sunrise ,
which he wrote with kim krizan , mr . linklater presents two attractive 20 - something travelers who meet eagerly en route to vienna and share a night of pure freedom there .
night editor
was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the ' inside story ' of some bit newspaper story , and later became a television series . . . see full summary »
several concert - goers in manchester said bag searches going into the event were cursory in some cases , although it was not clear such checks would have stopped the attacker who struck at the end of the event and on the concourse rather than in the arena .
arguably one of hitchcock ' s masterpieces , this intrguing film deals with all the autuer ' s issues , including the double motif , moral ambiguity , fine line between hero and villain .
frank sinatra married childhood sweetheart nancy barbato in 1939 . they had three children together—nancy ( born in 1940 ) , frank sinatra jr . ( born in 1944 ) and tina ( born in 1948 ) —before their marriage unraveled in the late 1940s .
because there isn ' t .
before sunrise
contrives a one - night time limit on this idyll , thus imposing some dramatic structure on what otherwise might be a string of free - floating riffs and reveries . like mr . linklater ' s previous films and like last year ' s
four weddings and a funeral ,
which was also an the opening - night feature of the sundance film festival ,
before sunrise
uses external circumstance to shape its storytelling .
filmed in county offally the same county that from the dark ( 2014 ) was shot .
the danger is to see judy , played by novak , as an object in the same way that scottie sees her . she is in fact one of the most sympathetic female characters in all of hitchcock .
three backpackers stranded in the australian outback are plunged in a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local .
oh , and don ' t let the title fool you , as there ' s no relationship between this show and frank sinatra ' s hit tune that came along twenty years later . as a parting shot , reverse the sex of the
missing sweetheart
plot hook and change a few particulars , and strangers in the night isn ' t that far removed from the effective hammer horror suspense offering die ! die ! my darling ! both films have scenes in which an
imprisoned
woman tries to sneak a letter pleading for help into the mail pickup .
filmmakers follow the spanish chef albert adrià as he works to open the restaurant enigma in barcelona .
rr : right now , my song is
bad reputation
by joan jett and the blackhearts . that ' s my walk - out song . when i was going to the 2004 olympics i was constantly playing to
waiting
by green day . i was 17 and i was listening to that song and picturing myself surprising everyone by winning the gold . didn ' t pan out that way . the most - played song on my ipod is
strangers in the night ,
a cover by cake .
action - thriller “ american assassin ” has launched with a moderate $ 915 , 000 at 2 , 400 north american sites on thursday night while jennifer lawrence ’s “mother ! ” took in $ 700 , 000 .
there is another element , rarely commented on , that makes “vertigo” a great film . from the moment we are let in on the secret , the movie is equally about judy : her pain , her loss , the trap she ' s in . hitchcock so cleverly manipulates the story that when the two characters climb up that mission tower , we identify with both of them , and fear for both of them , and in a way judy is less guilty than scottie .
his film becomes more natural in its later stages , as the actors do less bubbling and ease into their roles . even so ,
before sunrise
is as uneven as any marathon conversation might be , combining colorful , disarming insights with periodic lulls . the film maker clearly wants things this way , with both these young characters trying on ideas and attitudes as if they were new clothes . lifelike as that may be , it ' s hard to bring off when the actors aren ' t entirely in sync .
in 2010 , the well - received biography frank : the voice was published by doubleday and penned by james kaplan . the writer released a sequel to the volume in 2015— sinatra : the chairman , marking the musical icon & apos ; s centennial year .
five men rob a train in utah of 10 million dollars in gold and head to los angeles in 3 trucks hoping to meet up with their beautiful accomplice , and leave the country .
ag : yours is the first fashion sponsorship anyone in mma has ever gotten .
ag : and then , in september 2013 , you were on the cover .
the crime confronted the townsfolk of holcomb with their own isolation . neighborliness evaporated . the natural order seemed suspended . chaos poised to rush in . they distrusted and came to suspect not terrible strangers , but themselves . at the trial , struck mostly silent , they gaped . a squadron of psychiatrists , about the best we can produce in the way of a tragic chorus , emphasized the banality and dehydration of the current articulations of motive .
paranoid orientation ,
they said .
schizophrenic reaction . severe character disorder .
directed by james monson . a young man wanders through the city at night and soon realizes he is being followed by a mysterious stalker . when he attempts to confront the dark stranger , he gets more than he bargained for .
paramount’s enigmatic horror - thriller “mother ! ” is expected to open this weekend at around $ 11 million at 2 , 368 venues in the wake of screenings at the venice and toronto film festivals . but prospects for “mother ! ” may have been muted by the stunning performance of new line’s horror blockbuster “it” — which will dominate the weekend with at least $ 50 million in its second frame .
witnesses spoke of a deafening bang when the bomb exploded on the arena concourse at around 10 . 30pm on monday night . inside the auditorium , where 21 , 000 had watched a sell - out show , people panicked as they fled the blast , which one parent said threw them several metres across the foyer .
in the aftermath , police raided abedi’s house in the fallowfield area of south manchester and carried out a controlled explosion , apparently blasting open the front door . a 23 - year old man was also arrested in nearby whalley range , where abdei spent some of his childhood . armed officers also searched a block of flats in the area .
landau eugene murphy , jr . - ain ' t that a kick in the head
investigators have gathered cctv footage showing abedi approaching the foyer in in the men arena , which conclusively shows the explosion was deliberate and caused by a suicide device . he was also carrying id on him when he detonated the bomb .
rr : the image in my head was the maxim cover girl . in the end , instead of making my body resemble one of those chicks , i decided to try to change the idea of what a maxim chick could look like .
a new documentary argues for the unhappy life of whitney houston , who died in 2012 .
there are two truman capotes . one is the artful charmer , prone to the gossamer and the exquisite , of
the grass harp
and holly golightly . the other , darker and stronger , is the discovery of death . he began the latter exploration as a very young man in his first novel
other voices , other rooms
and in such stories as
master misery ,
the headless hawk
and
a tree of night .
he has traveled far from the misty , moss - hung southern - gothic landscapes of his youth . he now brooks with the austerity of a greek or an elizabethan .
a lonely , mentally unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the
daughter
write to a marine stationed in the south pacific . when the soldier returns back to the states , he goes to look up his pen pal , and is told by the
mother
that the daughter has moved away . an acquaintance of the women tells the soldier the truth , and in a rage the
mother
kills her . in order to cover up that crime , she realizes she must kill the soldier , too .
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alfred hitchcock took universal emotions , like fear , guilt and lust , placed them in ordinary characters , and developed them in images more than in words . his most frequent character , an innocent man wrongly accused , inspired much deeper identification than the superficial supermen in today ' s action movies .
it ' s how i was raised , to have a place and a purpose and know everything happens for a reason . i have faith that even missed opportunities are a blessing in disguise , and the very worst things that have happened in my life have resulted in the best things that have ever happened in my life .
may chaired a two - hour meeting of the cabinet security committee , cobra , in the morning and attacked the “appalling sickening cowardice” of the bomber in a downing street address . “we struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish but an opportunity for carnage , ” may said . campaigning in the general election was suspended .
a beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room , but when the plan goes wrong , they frame an innocent man .
: what you are about to see is inspired by true events . according to the fbi , there are an estimated 1 . 4 million violent crimes in america each year . on the night of february 11 , 2005 , kristen mckay and james hoyt left a friend ' s wedding reception and returned to the hoyt family ' s summer home . the brutal events that took place there are still not entirely known .
ben foster and thomasin harcourt mckenzie play father and daughter in the latest movie from debra granik , the director of “winter’s bone . ”
it’s a ridiculous movie , but jackie chan is still the most talented and witty athlete in cinema .
drool - worthy confectionery expresses unspoken emotions in first feature from the writer and director ofir raul graizer .
charley pride is one of the few black country musicians to have had considerable success in the largely white country - music industry and was only the second black musician to perform at the grand ole opry .
a bank clerk in a small town returns home from a vacation in indianapolis , and hears a story on the radio about a girl found murdered there . the description of the killer fits him exactly , . . . see full summary »
“ it ” will wind up on sunday with a sensational 10 - day total of at least $ 210 million . on thursday , “ it ” took in $ 7 . 2 million at 4 , 103 sites , setting a record for a horror film on that day of the week , for a first - week gross of $ 158 . 7 million . critical support for “it” has been stellar , earning the film an 85 % “fresh” rating on rotten tomatoes , while “mother ! ” has generated a solid 74 % score , and “american assassin” has a disappointing 41 % rating .
a chance meeting between two strangers leads to a proposition that they
trade murders .
this is a fantastic thriller . the master of suspense unravels a compelling tale of a psychopath manipulating an average joe into a complex murder plot . the one complaint i had with the film is that the characters are too black and white . there ' s never a chance that the
good guy
will yield to the
bad guy ' s
intentions , which would represent of a blurring of the
good
and
evil
lines and make for a more interesting character study . overall , with hitch ' s incredible eye for glittering set pieces , human psychology , and gripping suspense , this is one of the best suspense films of all time .
this means some armed police officers guarding events will be replaced by soldiers in an operation codenamed temperer . it is the first time that the operation , which was first revealed in 2015 , has been put into effect . the plan is believed to allow up to 3 , 800 troops to be deployed in support of the police , replacing armed officers at many sites to free them up for patrols in key areas .
as scottie embraces “madeleine , ” even the background changes to reflect his subjective memories instead of the real room he ' s in . bernard herrmann ' s score creates a haunting , unsettled yearning . and the camera circles them hopelessly , like the pinwheel images in scottie ' s nightmares , until the shot is about the dizzying futility of our human desires , the impossibility of forcing life to make us happy . this shot , in its psychological , artistic and technical complexity , may be the one time in his entire career that alfred hitchcock completely revealed himself , in all of his passion and sadness . ( is it a coincidence that the woman is named madeleine - - the word for the french biscuit , which , in proust , brings childhood memories of loss and longing flooding back ? )
“mother ! , ” helmed by darren aronofsky , is also a low - risk proposition with a $ 33 million price tag . the story involves a married couple , portrayed by lawrence and javier bardem , dealing with two strangers — played by ed harris and michelle pfeiffer — at their tranquil country home .
the prime minister said : “the police have asked for authorisation from the secretary of state for defence to deploy a number of military personnel in support of their armed officers . ”
in 1951 , sinatra married actress ava gardner ; after they split , sinatra remarried a third time , to mia farrow , in 1966 . that union , too , ended in divorce ( in 1968 ) , and sinatra married for a fourth and final time in 1976 to barbara blakely marx , the ex - wife of comedian zeppo marx . the two remained together until sinatra & apos ; s death more than 20 years later .
one senior security source described abedi’s attack involving the acquisition of bomb - making materials or the construction of a viable device as “a game - changer” that has “rocked us backwards” , because a successful bomb plot has not been seen in the uk since the 7 / 7 attacks in 2005 .
in this , the eurailpass version of
an affair to remember ,
there ' s more than romantic love in the air . there ' s also the exhilaration of making contact with a kindred spirit , of instant conversational intimacy between two strangers whose paths could lead them anywhere . along with the first blush of infatuation , there ' s the sense that life holds infinite possibility for characters who are still so avid and unencumbered . when celine ( julie delpy ) and jesse ( ethan hawke ) recognize each other as instant soul mates , they talk about everything and nothing as if there were no tomorrow .
action - thriller “american assassin” has launched with a moderate $ 915 , 000 at 2 , 400 north american sites on thursday night while jennifer lawrence’s “mother ! ” took in $ 700 , 000 . “american assassin , ” a joint production between cbs films and lionsgate , is expanding to 3 , 154 locations on friday amid expectations of a weekend take in the $ 12 million to $ 15 million range . [ … ]
rr : every single good thing in my life happened because i had faith that there was goodness coming for me . it ' s how i was raised , to have a place and a purpose and know everything happens for a reason . i have faith that even missed opportunities are a blessing in disguise , and the very worst things that have happened in my life have resulted in the best things that have ever happened in my life .
the death toll from the attack rose from 19 to 22 on tuesday in what was the worst terrorist attack in britain since the 7 / 7 attacks on london in 2005 . two girls aged eight and 18 and a 26 - year - old man were the first to be named among the victims , and 59 people were hospitalised , several with life - threatening injuries including a number of teenagers . two more victims , 15 - year - old olivia campbell from bury and kelly brewster , 32 , were named in the early hours of wednesday .
jewison ' s attention to the metaphorical power of physical black - skin - on - white - skin contact leads to two defining shots : one is the riveting moment in which the racist cotton - plantation magnate endicott ( dick cheney look - alike larry gates ) slaps tibbs in the face after a question he deems impertinent and tibbs instantly returns the slap with a backhand of his own . the speed , the force , and the utter sangfroid of that second slap made it a milestone in the history of black representation in hollywood cinema , triggering what renata adler termed
belligerent applause
from black and white audiences alike .
the “american assassin” preview number is similar to 2014’s “john wick , ” which took in $ 870 , 000 in previews on its way to a $ 14 . 4 million opening weekend .
condolences flowed in from world leaders including vladimir putin and donald trump , who described the attacker as “a loser” .
frank gehry is a canadian - american architect known for postmodern designs , including the walt disney concert hall and the guggenheim museum in bilbao , spain .
a lonely , mentally unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the
daughter
write to a marine stationed in the south pacific . when the soldier returns back to the states , he . . . see full summary »
over and over in his films , hitchcock took delight in literally and figuratively dragging his women through the mud - - humiliating them , spoiling their hair and clothes as if lashing at his own fetishes . judy , in “vertigo , ” is the closest he came to sympathizing with the female victims of his plots . and novak , criticized at the time for playing the character too stiffly , has made the correct acting choices : ask yourself how you would move and speak if you were in unbearable pain , and then look again at judy .
a wounded marine is inspired to recover by the letters he receives from a stateside woman he started corresponding with after he found her name and address in a beloved book . trying to visit her in california he meets a young doctor and survives a train crash before getting sucked in to the mysteries of her family .
the film progresses in fits and starts , adding digressions like the train wreck to demonstrate to the audience that lady doctors are indeed legit . johnny at first appeases the imposing hilda , when a simple request for a straight answer ( where the _ _ _ is rosemary ? ) would wrap things up a lot more quickly . refreshingly , dr . leslie doesn ' t indulge hilda ' s mind games at all . as this is a mystery thriller , leslie ' s non - cooperation gives hilda another reason to contemplate murder .
it was fun and a bit silly . enjoyed the movie specially the spanish , the music was really good as well
he plains of western kansas are even lonelier than the sea . men , farm houses and windmills become specks against the vast sky . at night , the wind seems to have come from hundreds of miles distant . diesel - engine horns echo immensity . during the day , one drives flat out through shimmering mirages . highways all roll straight to the point of infinity on a far horizon . tires click ; tumbleweed rustles ; coca - cola signs endlessly creak .
manchester was widely praised for its response to the attacks after several organisations opened their doors to those in need , including a sikh temple near the concert venue .
paramount decided in july to move the “mother ! ” release date forward by a month from oct . 13 but did not offer any explanation at the time .
considerable credit goes to the film ' s third character , vienna . aside from presenting great opportunities for these impecunious travelers , who wind up sleeping in a park after visiting an imaginative variety of settings , the city seems to brim over with art , music , poetry ( one grating minor character is a grandiose street poet ) and one major movie reference ( to
the third man
) . the city becomes a rich , vibrant expression of jesse and celine ' s wide - open future .
this cry from a wounded heart comes at the end of alfred hitchcock ' s “vertigo , ” and by the time it comes we are completely in sympathy . a man has fallen in love with a woman who does not exist , and now he cries out harshly against the real woman who impersonated her . but there is so much more to it than that . the real woman has fallen in love with him . in tricking him , she tricked herself . and the man , by preferring his dream to the woman standing before him , has lost both .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
hitchcock erects a web of guilt around granger , who ' agreed ' to his wife ' s murder , a murder that suits him very well , and structures his film around a series of set pieces , ending with a paroxysm of violence on a circus carousel .
he ' s the one . he ' s the one who killed her .
“specialist officers . . . are now reviewing in detail all the plans for upcoming events in the capital , ” scotland yard said in a statement . “this includes smaller events which may not have had a police presence seeing a greater focus and an increase of armed and unarmed officers on highly visible reassurance patrols around key locations . ”
ruth wilson gives a tough , traumatized performance in clio barnard’s yorkshire - set psychodrama .
a young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants .
rr : i have tiny hands . i can ' t catch things . i have the smallest hands in the ufc . my hands are smaller than 115 - pound girls ' . i have the strongest chin and the most tiny , fragile hands .
a college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich new york family . ensconced in their home , she has to juggle their dysfunction , a new romance , and the spoiled brat in her charge .
a suburban american family is being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert , far away from civilization .
rr : i ' m really bad with ball sports . i have been hit in the face with every type of ball .
a wealthy family are held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the purge , a 12 - hour period in which any and all crime is legal .
if the lovers of
before sunrise
don ' t seem a perfect match , that ' s somewhat intentional ; mr . linklater has too much naturalness to give a happily - ever - after rosiness to this story . he means to recall a rite of passage that is real , an intention that comes through clearly even when the film sometimes overreaches or falters .
ag : the wrap is the sin ? that ' s a lot of sacrifice .
jessica chastain and michael greyeyes are marvelous in this gorgeous , romanticized tale of the 19th - century artist who painted sitting bull’s portrait .
flamarion , expert marksman , is entertaining people in a show which features connie , beautiful woman and her husband al . flamarion and connie fall in love and decide to get rid of the . . . see full summary »
in cold blood a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences by truman capote .
given a good basis for a thriller in the patricia highsmith novel and a first - rate script , hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping , palm - sweating piece of suspense .
after jesse spots the beautiful celine on board a train and tries to talk her into getting off in vienna with him , for instance , he tells her to think in terms of time travel . years hence , she may be married to someone else and wondering about the roads not taken , romantically speaking . she may imagine that jesse would have been wonderful for her , even if actually he ' s not . so here , says jesse , is a chance to find that out ahead of time . when he suggests she think of a night in vienna
as a favor to your future husband ,
he captures mr . linklater ' s reasoning at its pitch - perfect best .
in cold blood
also mocks many of the advances ( on paper ) of anti - realism . it presents the metaphysics of anti - realism through a total evocation of reality . not the least of the book & apos ; s merits is that it manages a major moral judgment without the author & apos ; s appearance once on stage . at a time when the external happening has become largely meaningless and our reaction to it brutalized , when we shout
jump
to the man on the ledge . mr . capote has restored dignity to the event . his book is also a grieving testament of faith in what used to be called the soul .
winds up with a scene in which a merry - go - round goes wild , spins like a pin wheel , and crashes in a gaudy blaze of explosions that no earthly carrousel could touch off . the movie itself is the same way : implausible but intriguing and great fun to ride .
chemistry between the stars , steve coogan and paul rudd , aids the poignant and pithy script , which is based on the director’s own experiences .
in october 2013 , farrow made headlines after stating in an interview with vanity fair that sinatra could be the father of her 25 - year - old son ronan , who is farrow & apos ; s only official biological child with director woody allen . in the interview she also acknowledged sinatra as the great love of her life , saying ,
we never really split up .
in response to the buzz surrounding his mother & apos ; s comments , ronan jokingly tweeted :
listen , we & apos ; re all * possibly * frank sinatra & apos ; s son .
i loved this movie . i am an intermediate / advance spanish learner . this was a great movie for conversant and is much funnier in spanish . the characters are adorable , the love stay is great though the mystery is a bit convoluted ,
the second series of will sharpe’s deeply imaginative comedy - drama has been serious and sensitive in its handling of difficult issues , and hilarious to boot .
the great scene takes place in a hotel room , lit by a neon sign . judy has arrived , not looking enough like madeleine to satisfy scottie , who wants her in the * same * dress , with the * same * hair . his eyes burn with zealous fixation . judy realizes that scottie is indifferent to her as a person and sees her as an object . because she loves him , she accepts this . she locks herself into the bathroom , does the makeover , opens the door and walks toward scottie out of a haunting green fog that is apparently explained by the neon sign , but is in fact a dreamlike effect .
ufc fighter jessica eye and espnw ' s allison glock discuss how women are breaking ground in mma .
rousey does interviews in los angeles ahead of her last fight , which lasted all of 14 seconds .
ag : how important is patience in your career ? i would imagine it ' s pretty critical .
during the train scene alice eve ' s character describes feeling out of place during her time in london for her work and needing to get away . ironically enough , alice eve is an english actress who splits her time living in london and los angeles .
frank murphy served as an associate justice of the supreme court from 1940 to 1949 . he established the civil rights unit of the department of justice .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
rr : i wore the red polo and the blue hat . the khakis . and then they made me start wearing skirts . it was bulls - - - . i got skorts instead . i wasn ' t about to be working in a skirt .
rr : it depends on the day . usually , i look in the mirror and ask ,
what have you gotten yourself into now ?
i will literally ask myself that question . right before a fight , for example . or i ' ll be on a photo shoot , tanned up in a swimsuit . or say i ' m in a trailer on a movie set and i ' m in costume . or a week after a fight , when i ' ve gained a few pounds and can ' t see the bones in my feet anymore . then , as i always do , i will stare at the reflection of my marshmallowy face and ask ,
what have you gotten yourself into now ?
“this is congo” aims to deliver a portrait of the democratic republic of congo from the ground up .
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paranormal investigators ed and lorraine warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse .
sinatra performed in concert for the last time in 1995 at the palm desert marriott ballroom in california . on may 14 , 1998 , frank sinatra died of a heart attack at los angeles & apos ; cedars - sinai medical center . he was 82 years old and had , at last , faced his final curtain . with a show business career that spanned more than 50 years , sinatra & apos ; s continued mass appeal can best be explained in the man & apos ; s own words :
when i sing , i believe . i & apos ; m honest .
why was the name val lewton so well known in hollywood circles ? because the influence of his low - budget horror films for rko was strongly felt in thrillers , spy shows and mysteries . impressed with the way audiences reacted to lewton ' s movies , other producers and directors made use of dramatic understatement , and tried to make their characters seem more like everyday people .
then there is another level , beneath all of the others . alfred hitchcock was known as the most controlling of directors , particularly when it came to women . the female characters in his films reflected the same qualities over and over again : they were blond . they were icy and remote . they were imprisoned in costumes that subtly combined fashion with fetishism . they mesmerized the men , who often had physical or psychological handicaps . sooner or later , every hitchcock woman was humiliated .
he went west , to kansas city , to garden city and holcomb , kan . , the hamlet where the murders took place . with the obsessiveness of a man demonstrating a profound new hypothesis , he spent more than five years unraveling and following to its end every thread in the killing of herbert w . clutter and his family .
in cold blood ,
the resulting chronicle , is a masterpiece - - agonizing , terrible , possessed , proof that the times , so surfeited with disasters , are still capable of tragedy .
to truman capote , the killings in western kansas seemed less commonplace . already he had explored beyond the lush settings and moonlit characters that had made him famous . the very forms of novel and short story seemed to him increasingly inadequate to the weird dynamics of the age .
breakfast at tiffany & apos ; s
was a bon - bon , but in
the muses are heard ,
with its improbable cast of negro performers and russian and american culturati , he demonstrated that reality , if heard out patiently , could orchestrate its own full range . he did not intend to be merely the novelist - as - journalist writing diversionary occasional pieces . he had already done all that in
local color .
in the completer role of novelist - as - journalist - as - artist , he was after a new kind of statement . he wanted the facts to declare a reality that transcended reality .
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as wonderfully ridiculous as it is surprisingly progressive . a b - movie with three female main characters to only one male , and it ' s not as if we ' re following the man the entire time , we get to spend time with all of these women which was a great surprise . it moves along quickly ( as it needs to with less than an hour runtime ) and then fully goes off the rails in the last 10 minutes but in the most fun way possible .
rr : i sang karaoke in japan , but they didn ' t have the right song . i ' ve always wanted to sing
take me home tonight ,
but i ' ve never gotten the chance .
a woman looks back at the past nineteen men she ' s had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love .
a second dead victim was georgina callender , 18 , an ariana grande “superfan” who met the singer in 2015 . she was on the second year of a health and social care course at runshaw college in leyland , lancashire . her former school , bishop rawstorne church of england academy , described her as a “lovely , popular” student .
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
in his debut feature , starring lakeith stanfield , boots riley takes on race , class , technology and telemarketing .
lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you crew reveal their most soul - crushing jobs in our freewheeling interview .
one night in a west coast pub , melanie ( australian actor rachel blake ) meets a handsome stranger ( sam neill ) and accepts his invitation to go back to his place . when they board his boat she discovers it is further than she thought ( a shack on a deserted island ) . once they arrive he treats her like a princess . however it slowly dawns on her that she ' s been kidnapped . terrified , she also knows that he ' s her only way off the island . as events play out in gaylene preston ' s twisted thriller , melanie ' s feelings change from anger and fear — to desire .
award - winning journalist allison glock is a senior writer for espnw whose writing has appeared in the new yorker , the new york times , rolling stone , esquire , gq and many others . she has written six books , including her latest , the third in her ya series
changers ,
which has been widely lauded as an important series that teaches kids about empathy and tolerance .
members of the sikh sri guru harkrishan sahib temple offered food , hot drinks and lifts to those who had been caught up in the incident and said they were on hand to comfort people who “didn’t know where to turn” .
the investigation was understood to be focusing on whether abedi was directly supported by other conspirators or built the bomb himself to instructions obtained over the internet . the device he used was described as homemade and crude although it was stable enough to be transported , and exploded with devastating effect . it was believed to have been constructed in britain .
on tuesday evening , thousands of people filled albert square in front of manchester town hall for a vigil . the home secretary , amber rudd , joined andy burnham , greater manchester’s recently elected mayor , and corbyn on stage where the lord mayor of manchester , eddy newman , said the vigil was a chance to “express solidarity” with the victims .
in 1987 , author kitty kelley published an unauthorized biography of sinatra , accusing the singer of relying on mob ties to build his career . such claims failed to diminish sinatra & apos ; s widespread popularity . in 1993 , at the age of 77 , he gained legions of new , younger fans with the release of duets , a collection of 13 sinatra standards that he rerecorded , featuring the likes of barbra streisand , bono , tony bennett and aretha franklin . while the album was a major hit , some critics assailed the quality of the project as sinatra had recorded his vocals well before his collaborators laid down their tracks .
in this pitch - black icelandic farce , a suburban feud over a lovely old tree threatens to destroy two families .
rr : i like having a day where i can balance everything . my idea of paradise is to wake up in the morning , have coffee , go surfing or skimboarding , get in the ocean somehow . then eat breakfast and go train , come home , chill with my dog and my friends and a big plate of buffalo wings and some sort of dessert a la mode . it ' s got to be hot and cold . i need two temperatures in my dessert .
when the davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway , the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back .
perry smith , on the other hand had mastered the true modern vocabulary . he spoke with the nightmare logic of all the socially and emotionally dispersed :
i thought he was a very nice gentleman . . . . i thought so right up to the moment i cut his throat .
rr : not out of control , but i won ' t say i ' m a control freak , either . i ' m an extremely emotional person and kind of impulsive . i ' m calculated in business , impulsive in my life .
the emergency response involved 400 police officers and 60 ambulances which took casualties to eight different manchester hospitals . burnham condemned an “evil act” and praised emergency staff who rushed to the site of the blast for working through “the most difficult circumstances imaginable” .
the effect here isn ' t as seamless , and the stars have to strain for the right naturalness at times . but
before sunrise
taps into something universal , capturing the freshness of characters who are as much in love with self - expression as they could be with each other . what mr . linklater does best here is to come up with conversational gambits that have just the right fancifulness to suit this situation .
the youngest victim of abedi’s attack was saffie rose roussos , eight , from near preston . she had been to the concert with her mother , lisa , and sister ashlee who were both hospitalised . her school , tarleton community primary , described her as “a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word” .
rr : i never want to put a perfect body into the ground , so i ' m going to wear my body out . what do i need two perfect knees at age 60 for ? i picture myself as one of those floating heads in a tank like in
futurama
because my body quit .
online ticketing service fandango reported that , as of thursday , second week sales for “it” are the best the company has seen for any horror movie , and nearly double the second frame receipts of the next closest horror title , “get out . ”
' a sincere and original portrait of sydney ' s inner west ; a story about the current and palpable dynamic between young men and women in all their beauty , complexity and violence . '
the queen expressed her “deepest sympathy” to all those affected and said “the whole nation has been shocked by the death and injury” . the labour leader jeremy corbyn warned against allowing “communities to be divided by this kind of appalling , atrocious act of violence” .
i just saw it at the national gallery of art and it is a hoot and real enjoyable . the restoration is excellent .


weekender is a 2011 british drama film written by chris coghill , directed by karl golden , and starring jack o'connell , henry lloyd-hughes , ben batt and emily barclay .

weekender ( film )

with the headline : weekender guide ; friday ; film cynics on west side .
with birdsong : stories from pripyat due to debut as part of our artist film weekender , we spoke to . . .
looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing weekender near you .
the two actresses in soulmate , zhou dongyu and ma sichun , made history in china when they both won the best actress award for this film at the chinese oscars . this film has also won the 2017 osaka asian film festival abc award and has been nominated for the 2017 hong kong film awards
dj and producer terry farley is aboard as a creative consultant on the film .
this film includes a large amount of gore and violence and anyone who is easily upset or queasy from such dark matters will want to avoid this film at all costs . however , it is due to this gore that the film has gained such a large underground following .
two decades after the house - music rave scene touched the lives of a generation of young hedonists , the search for a definitive bigscreen tribute continues with the early - 1990s - set
weekender .
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if you do enjoy darker horror films with thin plot lines and extreme gore on full display than this is a film you will enjoy . the downside is it’s not an easy or cheap film to find .
the film will be distributed here by momentum pictures , alliance films in canada and aurum producciones in spain .
london - - jack o ' connell , henry lloyd - hughes and emily barclay have packed their bags for karl golden ' s
weekender ,
joining a burgeoning cast that already boasts ben batt , stephen wight and tom meeten .
the first friday of november brings art to nyack in all forms . there’s an art collective group show , a divine shakti art festival and a family barn dance . the nyack weekender is brought to you by the arts council of rockland .
rivertown film screens wiener - dog at the nyack center . the “hero” of this film is a dachsund who goes by several different names and has a variety of owners . shot in rockland county 8p , 58 depew ave , nyack .
this original film with live performance of a brand new score by robin richards ( dutch uncles ) combines the . . .
as for the bad guys , the film falls back on that reliable hollywood stereotype , the hapless , malevolent redneck . margo ( chris mcginn ) and terry ( lew temple ) are there just to hate and laugh at , their motives as generic as the film’s title .
a scene from “this is congo , ” a festival highlight , according to executive director ben fowlie . photos courtesy of camden international film festival
this screening includes a post - screening q & a with director sergio cabellero and dr . andy willis , film & media lecturer . . .
some say the magic number of years to wait before making a film about a youth culture is 13 . others say you just need a good script .
this occurs a few times throughout the film with frank trying to find a replacement for anna while at the same time dealing with advances from his housekeeper iris .
the fact that this film remains banned in a number of countries is proof it is the definition of extreme cinema and not something to be watched on a whim .
like all the best maine film festivals , the camden international film festival presents a unique challenge to a film columnist with a limited word count . the four - day nonfiction film festival , whose 13th season opens on sept . 14 in the midcoast movie havens of camden , rockport and rockland , is a uniquely immersive film experience . apart from the 80 - plus features and short documentaries in this year’s lineup , ciff , as ever , presents festivalgoers with a rich banquet of filmmaker q - and - as , panels of documentary industry professionals and filmmakers , world premieres , maine - centric documentaries , works - in - progress , the occasional secret screening ( this year from an unnamed , academy award winner ) and , as ciff founder and executive director ben fowlie put it , “the best parties of any festival anywhere . ”
two decades after the house - music rave scene touched the lives of a generation of young hedonists , the search for a definitive bigscreen tribute continues with the early - 1990s - set “weekender . ” latest low - budget feature from dublin - born karl golden sees a pair of amateur hustlers from manchester graduate from petty thieves to illegal party organizers before falling in with [ … ]
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first friday kicks off a weekend of art , music , movies — and a little bit of nyack , nostalgia , too . there’s live music at casa del sol , the turning point and the union arts center as well as new orleans jazz in palisades to benefit rockland’s food pantry , people to people . the nyack seed exchange returns to the nyack library and the penguin plunge returns to the hudson river . see what nyack was like before there were malls or screen something special at rivertown film , the jewish film festival or the reelabilities film festival .
the san diego asian film festival spring showcase runs april 20 - 27 , 2017 . badges and tickets for films and parties can be purchased at the festival website or at the box office .
we’ll be welcoming boston - based video artist luther price for a rare retrospective of his groundbreaking practice , present a focus on contemporary finnish video art , screen work by artists oreet ashery , rob crosse , basim magdy , manchester film collective foomoo , host a workshop on curating artist film , plus the north west premiere of the brilliantly bizarro feature la distancia and q & a with director sergio caballero .
wow , yet again time out trashes a smart , sparky brit film . the magazine seems hate the idea of commercial films aimed at the under 30 ' s market ! i thought it was spot on
hi gamboisthatyou thank you for your review ! it ' s very useful to us to get feedback and we try to get better every day . the ibiza weekender production was a one time thing and i am sorry to hear that it made you feel uncomfortable . i can assure you that you won ' t be seen in the program if you have not signed the consent form handed out by the production company . still , i apologize for the inconvenience . we tried to make it as unobtrusive as possible and made sure that only guests that agreed are shown at the ibiza weekender next january on itv2 . i also want to apologize for the security guard . for us it is very important that we have a save hotel and that everyone enjoys his holidays in ibiza , so in general i have to stay that i feel comfortable having security at the hotel . but since in your case you had a bad experience , i ' ll talk to the security guards and make sure that in the future they will be more subtle . we want our guests to have a perfect time at our hotel and i ' ll do everything possible to guarantee that . the ibiza weekender was a one - time thing and i ' ll look into the security guards ' attitude . thank you for staying with us and hope you come back to ibiza thomas
this film is terrible , anyone that was into the house scene in 1990 will agree . the music is wrong , the fashion is wrong . in fact everything is wrong . there is such a niche to do a film about this era , and some muppet like chris coghill gets the chance and makes a mockery out of it . someone who lived the scene needs to make a film about this and it could be low budget and be massive ( just like it was , no glamour just for the love of the music and scene ) also where was the 20 inch bottom jeans and hooded psychedelic tops we all wore . eastern block , afflecks palace , spin inn records , konspiracy club ? not going to mention the hacienda because i think chris has read a book about the hac and tried to make a film . losers .
there will also be an opening night after - party at bj’s restaurant and brewhouse in hazard center at 9 p . m . both parties are open to all - access badge members and opening film ticket holders .
the opening night film is poi e : the story of our song . this documentary tells the story of a community that came together to preserve culture and language under the vision of the inspiring soul singer dalvanius prime . the song “poi e , ” which fuses maori tradition and a disco beat , topped the charts in 1984 and went on to becoming new zealand’s unofficial national anthem . the film starts at 7 p . m .
well i ' ve just seen it , loved it ! i was at primary school when the film is set so no expert on the period by any means , but it felt like they got the period right , what with the music and clothes . but it had a contemporary buzz about it as well . it ' s a film that ' s been made to just entertain , i think the reviewer kind of missed the point . . . shame
penned by actor and writer chris coghill , the film is produced by benchmark films / foundation films ' ian brady and stephen salter and alliance films ' robert walak and executive produced by xavier marchand , david hayman and mark jaffray .
the month - long jewish film festival kicks off with the women’s balcony , a rousing , good - hearted and joyful tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power . 7 : 30p at the lafayette theater , 97 lafayette ave , suffern .
the 13th season of the camden international film festival runs from sept . 14 - 17 in screening venues in camden , rockport and rockland . for the full schedule of films , information , directions , and ticket information , check out the ciff website at urltoken
in hong kong , sunday is the one day a week overseas filipino workers get to congregate in the streets to commune , crack jokes , celebrate birthdays , and , every now and then , throw beauty pageants . in the north american premiere of sunday beauty queen , director baby ruth villarama captures the details of play and fantasy between the harsh , thankless labor that so often reminds the women of the families they left behind in the philippines . the film won best picture at the 2016 metro manila film festival official selection .
two decades after the house - music rave scene touched the lives of a generation of young hedonists , the search for a definitive bigscreen tribute continues with the early - 1990s - set “weekender . ” latest low - budget feature from dublin - born karl golden sees a pair of amateur hustlers from manchester graduate from petty thieves to illegal party organizers before falling in with an opportunistic criminal gang . a modest - size nostalgic aud should come along for the ride following the pic’s edinburgh debut , at least in native blighty . attracting a younger generation of club kids to this generic tale will prove more problematic .
prieto has the lush city of new orleans and surroundings to work with , but except for some nice aerial shots of the huey p . long bridge , the film could have been shot anywhere with highways , pedestrian - cluttered streets , and ready - to - bash traffic .
“beyond the darkness” was originally released in 1979 under the original italian title “buio omega” but was released under a number of other names including “the final darkness , ” “buried alive” and “dark holocaust . ” the film still remains highly controversial and is banned in a number of countries .
rivertown film screens zero days — the story of the stuxnet computer virus . this sobering documentary focuses on the spread of computer malware – specifically stuxnet , which the u . s . and israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an iranian nuclear facility . the film asks this question : in a hypercompetitive world , when do we decide not to pursue innovation and hold back for the greater good ? after the screening , stay for the talk back with zero days director alex gibney . 8p at the nyack center , 58 depew ave at s broadway .
why give one star based on the trailer ! ? just bought the cd which is complied by terry farley no less . . . . . seems the film has got all the tracks from the trailer . . . so i ' ll defer to mr f ' s expertise !
the seventh annual san diego asian film festival spring showcase will be taking over ultrastar at hazard center for eight days with over 20 films from 10 countries . this year’s program is the largest one yet , ranging from socially - minded documentaries to uplifting comedies and award - winning films .
as other reviewers have already pointed out , this film is a million miles away from the rave scene in 1990 . the fashion and music are both completely incorrect for the time . how can somebody making a film get the simple things so wrong ? chris coghill is a clown . he obviously has no first hand experience of the time and has clearly compiled a film from reading accounts from people who weren ' t there either . to add insult to injury his other offering is ' spike island ' . another film in which he gets things completely wrong . there ' s enough material on the internet if you want to see and hear what things were really like in the late 80 ' s / early 90 ' s , just don ' t rely on any of coghill ' s work to paint a true picture . back to the film . not much i can say really . badly acted with a poor plot . the list of mistakes is endless . did the makers not consider watching some videos from the time ? watch how the people danced back then . look at the fashion and the hairstyles . sorry , i ' m starting to rant again . it ' s just so frustrating when someone gets something so simple completely wrong and misleads those who didn ' t experience such a great time in british youth culture . do yourself a favour and save 90 minutes of your life by avoiding this rubbish .
i was living in manchester & leeds from 1989 to 1993 ( from age 18 to age 22 ) - i thought this film was a brilliant recreation of that time - some of the tunes came a bit later but the soundtrack was amazing - brought back loads of memories for me and my friend ( both in our 40s now ! ) - jack o ' connell plays his part brilliantly right down to the bowl cut hairdo and football gear - i was also part of ibiza ' 90 - i feel that this film represents the time just before the rave scene went overground and people started to make huge amounts of money from drugs and ripping people off - anybody who was up north in ' 90 and part of this scene will know what i mean - a cracking film - brought a real smile to our faces . freedom to party : )
i ' ve just finished watching this film , and it greatly surpassed my expectations that previous reviews / ratings had given . the film is essentially about a group of mates who decide to host a warehouse rave in the early 90 ' s , realise that they made easy money from partying so continue with it . for a while all goes well until eventually it all gets a bit much for them as fights over drug dealing begin to escalate , with the stress of the situation eventually tearing the characters apart . all in all this film is entertaining to watch , and if you have knowledge of the scene you ' ll easily be reminded of some of the best times of your life . as well as entertaining some of the characters were fantastic , i won ' t go into detail , but you really can ' t help but hate the antagonist , especially as we ' ve all had experiences with people like that , thinking they ' re better than other people and forgetting what made the party great in the first place . this film isn ' t perfect , but definitely worth watching if you enjoyed human traffic , although it is noticeably darker
flynn : we have a film called “tree” that is one of the more remarkable vr experiences i’ve had . no spoilers , but there are a lot of different sensory elements to it — it’s a fully immersive experience of being a 150 - year - old - tree in the rainforest .
chadwick : the collaboration between the festival programming and the forum programming is remarkable . we’re putting together films that have synergies , with q - and - as , where we don’t just slate a film but see the films as part of a larger conversation on the art of the real .
dennis perkins is a freelance writer who lives on the west end with his lovely wife emily , where they watch all the movies ever made . when not digging up stories about the maine film scene , he can be found writing for the av club and elsewhere . the rest of the time , he ' s worrying about the red sox .
why chris coghill even attempted this as a film is beyond me . to say it ' s a ' poor man ' s human traffic ' or ' an account of the rave scene as seen by your great - aunt ' are complete understatements . it ' s features range from bad acting to badly chosen music ( it ' s meant to be 1990 , and half the tunes are from ' 92 onwards ) i ' m surprised i lasted watching it as long as i did . i put this down to being ill and couldn ' t be bothered to move . it ' s also a who ' s - who of annoying telly actors . . . i ' m surprised coghill didn ' t cast himself . imdb say i must write ten lines about this film , but i ' m really struggling without swearing . it ' s bad . . . don ' t watch it . . . human traffic made me miss the 90s , if this film was true - to - life it would make me feel like i had missed the 90s .
well i ' ve seen it and was thoroughly entertained , its not a documentary on the music as some of these comments seem to want , just a fun journey of two lads who get caught up in the rave / club scene . if you bother to watch the film you ' ll see why the ( fantastic ) music spans a few years ! !
our annual celebration of the alt - wonderful world of artist film is crammed with special guests , premieres and discussions . we launch with artist clara casian and musician robin richard’s new collaboration , birdsong – stories from pripyat , featuring footage captured in the famously abandoned ‘ghost city’ adjacent to the chernobyl power plant blended with archive material and unique soundtrack by a live quartet .
a short satisfying romp . deceptively satisfying as the ending is not so . i really got to like the characters and would have hoped for a better resolve , alas the pill bashing , money grubbing , bouncer smashing film came to a very bad ending . fine good - looking believable cast and a great development of the relationships between characters , especially between matt and dylan who i enjoyed watching as a fun boyish pair . there was a lot of good music , pretty girls and heavy drugs which made for an exciting yet hardly novel adventure . i ' m not sure if i recommend this film as it ' s finalle isn ' t really a finalle atall . it ' s like a really well built up tune that once fully ascended drops into nothing but a whistle and rolling credits .
sean flynn : there’s been a big growth in terms of artist support programs , like the camden / tfi retreat ( in collaboration with the tribeca film institute ) , and we’ve launched a collaboration with kickstarter and the school of visual arts in new york to help filmmakers of color travel here to connect with those in the industry . just more projects and more support for artists in their creative process .
considering house music’s far - reaching impact , worthwhile film representations have been few and far between . michael winterbottom’s “24 hour party people” ( 2002 ) , also set in manchester , captured the scene as part of its lively chronicle of seminal record label factory . justin kerrigan’s fondly remembered “human traffic” ( 1999 ) eschewed origin - story nostalgia , opting instead for a celebration of a lost weekend in cardiff , wales .
first off , let me say that i ' m absolutely shocked that this is rated only 4 . 8 / 10 . this movie is bloody fantastic . i can guarantee that this will become a cult film in the future the same way requiem for a dream is today . while not without flaws , this movie has so much to offer someone looking for a good time . it starts out with the 2 main characters dillon and matt getting into the uk underground rave scene . they meet up with captain awesome and begin hosting their own raves . that ' s when the fun begins . there are so many twists and turns , and epic moments in the film that i won ' t spoil anything . give this movie a chance and you may find that you really enjoyed it , a guilty pleasure with a great ending .
also , “heroin ( e ) ” is a short documentary by elaine sheldon that’s been picked up by netflix about three women on the front lines of the opioid crisis in west virginia . it’s the best film in years on this story , it has parallels to what’s going on in maine , and we’re bringing in front - line leaders in maine for a discussion about the novel conversations and solutions being done already in the state .
on the eighth and final day of the spring showcase , the closeout film will be gook , directed by justin chon ( the twilight saga , 21 & over , seoul searching ) . this asian - american dramedy takes place on april 29 , 1992 , the day of the los angeles riots . it follows eli and kamilla , two individuals caught between the black - asian divide exacerbated by the mainstream media and the frustrations of poverty .
this film is far better than i expected it to be . i thought it would be ok having read some of the press reviews , but the storyline was far better , the characters interesting , intriguing and you definitely cared what happened to them as it got darker . ok i ' ve never been to a rave or taken the drugs , but am of that generation - but have been to plenty of clubs , all night parties etc so think they recreated ' the scene ' ok . it was very well shot & edited , and some really cool little bits of camera action that take things a bit further on than guy ritchie might do to tie trips abroad etc nicely into the rest of the film . saw it on dvd - reckon they ' d be wicked on bluray ! anyway well worth buying - i shall be recommending it highly to friends . . . great soundtrack too !
fowlie : “this is congo” is from a journalist - turned - first - time - filmmaker named daniel mccabe . it’s a complex portrait of the m23 rebellion that is just a remarkable achievement for someone so early in his career . he had incredible access , and it articulates both sides really well in a very cinematic way . mccabe will be here along with his congolese “fixer , ” who had to leave the country due to his participation in the film .
despite o’connell’s natural charisma , increasingly idiotic dylan is hard to care about , while lloyd - hughes’ matt , who briefly narrates , proves an unexceptional point of identification . despite having been apparently inspired by fables from clubland’s rich history , several plot - points fail to convince , while the film lacks the wild energy that might more easily permit instances of “print the legend” embroidering . contributing the most vivid character , and the most persuasively interesting performance , is batt as the quietly menacing john .
i saw this film in the local dvd hire shop and thought ' wow ' this looks good acid house music , 1990 , the guy out of eden lake , it should be good . this film could have been amazing , there were too many anachronisms ( the phone box , the bank notes , the vehicles that can be seen on the amsterdam scene and the majority of the soundtrack ! notably nakasaki from 1995 ) . the warehouse scenes were poor , no gurners , no sweaters no wide eyed crazy dancers . the costumes could have been better i was expecting acid face t shirts , shell suits , baggy jeans and some curtains or mushroom haircuts . on the plus side i liked dylan ' s hair do , the acting was good from the main characters , john the rat and his mob looked the part . younger audiences will probably enjoy this but as someone who was around in 1990 wearing a shell suit and listening to tunes on a walkman i wanted more .
indie studio filmrise quietly dropped a trailer today for a new james franco thriller , the vault , which is set to drop on - demand on september 1 . normally this kind of trailer / imminent release date is a one - two punch signifying . . . bluntly . . . the movie may not be all that good . but what starts out as a very
been there , done that
- looking film takes a major turn , and i & apos ; m extremely here for it . here we go :
i don ' t think they nailed the drug scene accurately , but its a cool film none the less . i liked the music and sound track . i liked the venues and different locations . the plot was easy to follow and i didn ' t get bored at all . difficult to compete with the original human traffic movie but i collect clubbing movies so i can happily add this one to my movies shelf ; - ) i don ' t really have much more to say about it . i have no idea why i must write 10 lines of review .
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as far as i , m concerned the film was cool it gave an idea as to how impulsive and mental the seen was whether it be rave , acid hordcare , jungle , it all came from the same thinking of the freedom to party and the music was mad mental and still brings a big gurning grin to my face just thinking and listening to it even now , and whether it be 1988 - 89 or later , cos it was a time when girls stoped dancing round there handbags and when white man found out he could dance lol so . . . . . . . . . does it really matter on being anal about dates , cos if you can remember then you really was not there .
charming little bit of early 90 ' s nostalgia that deserves far more than the 3 out of 10 currently being offered up by imdb users . i can only assume that the people giving this film low ratings were not the people who were partying in the early 90 ' s - if they were they ' d be rating it far higher just from the nostalgia perspective . great soundtrack that pretty much corresponded chronologically ( except for kendo nagasaki which was a much later track , but hey its a great track so who ' s complaining ! ! ) . no where near as dark as trainspotting and less schmaltzy than human traffic this is well worth a watch if you are looking for a trip down memory lane or if you fancy an glimpse of how it was .
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every turn karl golden’s cheeky - chappie comedy - drama about the early - nineties rave scene takes is a little less original or convincing , and you don’t feel a time and a place have been captured with much detail . still , the cast lift it from disaster , especially jack o’connell , whose dim but
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ok , we ' re 40 seconds in and kariya , baby let me love you for tonight , one of the greatest records from this era is playing . this movie is going to be amazing , i can tell . . . this however is the highlight . the acting starts , if you can call it acting . the characters are pathetic , and it ' s not the actors fault as i have looked at their bios on imdb and they have done decent work before , so the fault can only be laid at the feet of the director . the character development stopped and started at loading a stolen cigarette machine into the back of a van . all other characters were ugly , uninteresting , and offered little to no acting skills also and can only think they were friends of the director that had an afternoon spare . after 45 minutes i was struggling to think of a reason not to press stop on the remote . i lived through this era , and not for a second ( after the intro ) did the movie transport me back . stick with human traffic to see how it should be done .
i was there and this is not what it was like at all , this movie fails to capture the rush of it . poor acting , bad plot & poor choice of music . the reviewer who said it will become a cult classic is having a laugh , maybe he wrote this rubbish . not very original and poorly executed . not worth wasting your time , just watch human traffic . i struggled to stay with it until the end . character relationships and development were not believable , a sorry effort all round . i went in with high hopes but it was very disappointing .
i ' m not sure how i come across this movie but i can safely say , it is a must watch . from start to finish its amazing . you follow matt and dillon through highs and lows . i don ' t want to spoil it for you so watch it , you wont be disappointed . plus the music is great , makes you want to go out and party ! things start off with m + d ( matt and dillon ) doing what they can to make money with their friend to pay into a rave . m + d then come up with the idea of holding their own rave and thats when the trouble starts but also the good times . you follow their journey from warehouse party kings to the up and coming mass raves in amsterdam but the money comes at a price . anyway , thats all i have to say but like i ' ve said , watch it and see for yourself . my favourite movie of all time and a must watch . you will not be disappointed .
with : with : jack o ' connell , henry lloyd - hughes , emily barclay , ben batt , stephen wight , tom meeten , zawe ashton , iain mckee , reuben johnson , ali craig , richard riddell , sam hazeldine , mark sheals , robert ofungi , dean andrews .
plot perks up with the arrival of londoner gary mac ( stephen wight ) , who invites the boys to sunny ibiza to show them what club hedonism is really all about . significant conflict is belatedly introduced in the form of john the rat ( ben batt ) , a local thug who muscles his way into the valhalla operation , driving a wedge between idealistic matt and cocaine - abusing dylan . the gravitational pull of matt’s girlfriend ( emily barclay , “in my father’s den” ) further tests the pair’s friendship .
tech contributions occasionally betray limited coin , but are strong where it counts in the party scenes , which also benefit from tunes selected by music supervisors ian neil and terry farley , the latter a star dj of the era . budget permitted excursions to both andalucia and amsterdam , helpfully placing the tale in a broader european context .
production : a momentum pictures release of a momentum pictures presentation of a benchmark films production . ( international sales : benchmark , london . ) produced by ian brady , stephen salter , robert walak . executive producers , ken mcmahon , david hayman , mark jaffray , david kenyon thomas . directed by karl golden . screenplay , chris coghill .
cast : with : jack o ' connell , henry lloyd - hughes , emily barclay , ben batt , stephen wight , tom meeten , zawe ashton , iain mckee , reuben johnson , ali craig , richard riddell , sam hazeldine , mark sheals , robert ofungi , dean andrews .
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summary : a fictonalised account of the 1990s rave scene . two friends find success promoting raves in london , amsterdam and ibiza .
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halle berry stars as a mother in pursuit of her abducted child in “kidnap . ”
one of the oldest button - pushing devices in cinema is the endangered child motif ; it not only exploits a parent’s worst fears , it also taps into the suppressed anxieties adults may have had as children . spanish director luis prieto ( “the disunited states of america , ” “pusher” ) and screenwriter knate lee ( “x - men : the new mutants” ) belabor this concept to ludicrous and bathetic extremes in the seemingly endless ( though only 82 minutes long ) and listless thriller , “kidnap . ”
karla dyson ( halle berry ) possesses a very particular set of skills , skills acquired over a very long career , skills that make her a nightmare . . . . actually , she’s a waitress in a new orleans hash house . but she’s also a mother , a mother utterly devoted to her son frankie ( sage correa ) as a lengthy opening montage of cooing home movies of his first six years makes amply clear .
nonetheless , dyson’s attentiveness slips for a few moments when they are in the park . she’s distracted by a call from a lawyer informing her that her estranged husband wants to take full custody of the child ( it seems he and his new girlfriend don’t think she has the financial wherewithal to match her maternal passion ) . in that unguarded moment abductors slip away with her son in a battered ’80s mustang and the terrified mother goes in hot pursuit in her minivan .
she’s off to a rough start ( she loses her cellphone , otherwise this would be an even shorter movie ) , but in short order she develops driving expertise that would be the envy of characters in the “fast & furious” franchise . the pursuit is rough on the minivan and on innocent bystanders and on dyson herself , as dust - ups and collisions turn her face into a bloody mask . it won’t do much for the oscar - winning ( “monster’s ball , ” 2002 ) berry’s reputation either , as her many close - ups reveal emotions ranging from tear - stained terror to tear - stained rage to tear - stained determination , repeated as necessary .
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maybe if the filmmakers suggested that these villains were once children with mothers themselves , it might have made their crime , and the chase that ensues , less one - dimensional .
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accent ( though nowhere near as weird as his tommy wiseau ) , the real star here is the big ol & apos ; switcheroo this trailer pulls on us halfway through . this ain & apos ; t no by - the - numbers heist survival movie . this is a mind - game horror in which franco unleashes a mysterious , otherworldly evil upon the ill - mannered thieves in the basement of his bank . almost everything else in this trailer is indecipherable nonsense , and that & apos ; s fine . i can wait .
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“beyond the darkness” follows taxidermist frank wyler as he deals with the death of his beloved fiancée anna völkl who dies suddenly of an illness in the hospital . it is revealed to the audience that she was actually killed via a voodoo doll that was handled by frank’s jealous housekeeper , iris .
frank in his grief stricken state decides it would be a great idea to dig up anna’s body , bring her back to the house , and preserve her to have and to hold forever . while the notion may be romantic and prove love never dies , sleeping beside a corpse is sickness .
firmly planted in the grotesque camp , frank decides to bring random women back to the house and while enjoying time together shows them the preserved lifeless body of anna . unsurprisingly the women panic and frank disposes of them in violent bursts of anger and gore .
the plot is extremely thin and seems to drive toward the repulsive and violent set pieces all with a bizarre underlying sexual tension on display .
“beyond the darkness” is far from a classic in any genre but it is beloved by those who enjoy gorier horror films that go far beyond what many are used to seeing in the theater . the popularity of such exploitation films stretches far and wide .
it should be noted that the soundtrack is incredible and is performed by the prog rock band goblin made famous in other italian horror classics such as “deep red” and “suspria . ”
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two mancunians involved with the rave scene in the early 1990s plan to become party promoters in the face of a government crackdown . their success brings them wealth and a hedonistic lifestyle , but their friendship is placed under strain as criminal elements muscle in on their business . drama , starring jack o ' connell and henry lloyd - hughes .
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golden ' s movie is the story of two friends ' adventures , played by o ' connell and lloyd - hughes , set against the backdrop of the hedonistic world of warehouse parties during the u . k . ' s acid house explosion in 1990 .
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people who live on west 84th street keep throwing block parties to honor a onetime neighbor . his name was edgar allan poe and he lived on the street when he was writing ' ' the raven . ' ' in addition to the usual array of street fair tables selling homemade food , jewelry , books and attic relics , a sort of ghost of the writer will wander about reciting poe when he feels so moved . this specter , dressed in the period , will in reality be engle conrow , an actor who lives on west 84th street and who specializes in poetry . music and games are also planned for the 10th annual event , which will take place from 11 a . m . to 6 p . m . on saturday between west end avenue and riverside drive . the rain date is sunday . information : 799 - 4285 . ruth leaf ' s pupils
holding classes in her kitchen at first and now in a storefront space opposite the long island rail road station in douglaston , queens , ruth leaf - printmaker , author and teacher - has been passing on the skills of her art for nearly 20 years . some of the results can be seen starting today in a retrospective exhibition of works by 50 of her current and former students in the community gallery of the queens museum in flushing meadow - corona park . an opening reception tomorrow from 2 to 4 p . m . will include participating artists and refreshments . the works may be seen saturdays and sundays from 1 to 5 p . m . through oct . 11 . admission is by donation . information : 592 - 5555 . festival in chinatown
a cultural fair for a broad range of tastes - everything from martial arts to the blue shadows chinese rock - and - roll band - takes place saturday from 3 to 6 p . m . in chinatown ' s columbus park , at bayard and mulberry streets . the sixth annual asian - american festival celebrates the theater arts of china , thailand , the phillipines , japan , korea and india and will include the asian gog jp american dance theater . information : 431 - 9740 . march with von steuben
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baron friedrich wilhelm von steuben of prussia helped train the continental army during the american revolution and is remembered new york - style each year with marching bands , floats and visiting german musical groups proceeding up fifth avenue . this year ' s steuben day parade starts at noon saturday at 61st street and continues to 86th , where it turns east to second avenue . sunday mccowen ' s gospel back