stray dogs ( hangul : 들개들 ; rr : deul-gae-deul ) is a 2014 south korean thriller film starring kim jeong-hoon , cha ji-heon and myung kae-nam .

it is co-written and directed by first-time director ha won-jun .

stray dogs ( 2014 film )

2014 ( 25th ) singapore international film festival - dec . 4 - 14 , 2014 - asian vision
2014 ( 14th ) new horizons international film festival - july 24 - aug . 3 , 2014 - ale kino +
writer / director ian waugh’s short film as he lay falling was one of the scottish shorts 2014 and was nominated for best film at eiff 2014 and received a special mention in the golden egg award at the reykjavik international film festival .
cornell cinema presents two contemporary world cinema premieres this week , including the winner of the palme d ' or at the 2014 cannes film festival , “winter sleep” from turkey ; and “stray dogs , ” from taiwan .
to find out more about the dogs available for adoption or fostering , please check out ‘i love bali dogs’ and ‘saving bali puppies & dogs’ on facebook .
writer / director sam firth’s short film stay the same won a special mention at glasgow film festival 2014 . sam is now in development with stray bear films with her feature and has received development funding from the wellcome trust .
director colin kennedy’s first feature swung screened in the european film market 2014 and had its world premiere at eiff in june 2015 .
a contemplative portrait of ron ' stray dog ' hall : biker , vietnam vet , and lover of small dogs .
if this , truly , is tsai ' s send - off , stray dogs is a finish for the history books .
“cyrille is a passionate dog lover and animal activist who devotes much of his time and resources to helping stray dogs in bali , ” comments matt from sunset vet . ”the echo beach adoption days feature puppies and adult dogs rescued by kris ritchie from ‘saving bali puppies & dogs’ and francesca montoneri from ‘i love bali dogs’ . francesca currently feeds 57 dogs on a daily basis . if you ask her how many dogs she has rescued , she probably can’t tell you , as it has been so many ! ”
stray dogs is a short starring bhushan borgaonkar , bobby parvez , and poornanand wandhekar . stray dogs is a story about a person trapped in typical social structure . the protagonist tony lives his middle class dreams and desires . he is an employee in a manufacturing industry . the . . . see full summary »
a railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray .
pick lovers with the same hair colour to avoid stray locks on the pillow .
a stray dog or cat has wandered away from its owner ' s home .
hong kong – “ stray dogs , ” the austere , and possibly final film , by tsai ming - liang is after all to be given a theatrical release in the u . s . and in tsai’s adopted home , taiwan .
there have been many reports about the numbers of stray and abandoned animals in rescue centres .
the echo beach puppy adoption day started its inaugural adoption in january 2014 . the old dogs @ old man’s event in batu bolong began in may later this year . their mission is to raise awareness about bali dogs , their characteristics and highlight their plight , at the same time as raising funds for the tireless people who continue to help bali dogs , and who find them a safe , loving home .
stray dogs really starts to come alive in its second half , when . . . the family - of - outcasts narrative tips completely into the slippery realm of the avant - garde .
stray dogs does have something extraordinary to it , but it left me , finally , almost as cold , if not as wet , as its protagonists on taipei ' s unforgiving streets .
the text is peppered with gossipy asides and lengthy footnotes that often stray wildly off the subject .
use a cotton bud dipped in white vinegar to remove any stray hair dye from your skin .
producer sarah drummond and writer / director martin smith’s short film seagulls had festival premieres at both berlinale ( nominated for crystal bear award ) and eiff in 2014 ( nominated for best short film ) . martin is now in development with edge city films on the feature version of seagulls .
that said , mr . tsai has his fervent admirers , some of whom have declared “stray dogs” a masterpiece . the 10th feature by this malaysian - born , taiwan - based director , it won the grand jury prize at the 2013 venice film festival and was shown at the new york film festival . in the production notes , mr . tsai professes to have become “tired of cinema . ” and “stray dogs , ” with its glacial pace and disconnected narrative , often feels more like an art installation than like a movie .
a stray is a domestic animal , fowl , etc , that has wandered away and is lost .
stray dogs ,
tsai ming - liang ' s first feature in five years , is a mysterious and deliberately prolonged series of tableaus about the fragility of flesh and the smallness of humanity , among other things .
no longer was it necessary to wait for an animal to stray into the noose of a carefully set snare .
hsiao - kang , a taiwanese film director , travels to the louvre in paris , france , to shoot a film that explores the salomé myth .
hong kong – “stray dogs , ” the austere , and possibly final film , by tsai ming - liang is after all to be given a theatrical release in the u . s . and in tsai’s adopted home , taiwan . taiwan distributor , atom cinema said that it would give the film one or two commercial screenings per day from late february . after that [ … ]
producer kathy speirs is in co - development with ffilm cymru wales and creative scotland on feature film moon dogs . she is also developing a slate of projects working with new and established writers .
the point of no return in “stray dogs , ” tsai ming - liang’s glum , humorless exercise in asian miserablism , is an 11 - minute scene of a homeless man smothering and devouring a cabbage with a face painted on it .
the film’s male lead and tsai regular , lee kang - sheng also won best actor at the golden horse awards and at the asia - pacific film festival for his role in “dogs” as a single father who scrapes a living by holding up advertisement boards on the streets .
2015 sees the second year of the eiff short film challenge . the inaugural year saw submissions coming from locations spread from shetland to the borders with films provided by ages from 16 – 60 . experience levels were vast and each film was considered on its own merit . local audiences really engaged with the public screenings and winners of the 2014 edition have most recently be selected to take their short film through development with the scottish film talent network , which provides the scottish arm of the bfi net . work .
echo beach puppy adoption day is held every last sunday of the month at olé olé ollie cupcake shop in echo beach , bali . two adoption days are dedicated to displaying adorable rescued pups and healthy adult dogs . what a great day out for bali dog lovers , supporters , and of course for the kids ! olé olé ollie have teamed up with sunset vet , i love bali dogs and saving bali puppies & dogs , to run this regular event in the hope of pairing loving individuals with bali dogs .
best films lacking u . s . distribution : “from what is before , ” “stray dog” ( debra granik ) , “walking under water”
lennon , an associate professor of english , has published seven novels , including “mailman , ” “familiar” and “happyland , ” and two story collections including his recent book “see you in paradise” ( 2014 ) .
“the solution to overpopulation of dogs in bali is to spay and neuter them . the number of rabies cases in both humans and dogs has fallen dramatically due to the government and bali animal welfare association vaccination program . however , we are starting to see a comeback this year as the immunity wanes , especially in north and east bali . it’s vital that all pet dogs get their rabies shots . ”
writer - director denis côté’s film offers an oxymoronic parable that’s been utilized countless times by cinema .
all participating dogs have been checked and vaccinated by sunset vet . everyone who fosters or adopts fills in a form , and the attending vet will then do a follow - up check after the adoption . the old dogs @ old man’s event is created specifically for older dogs . the event offers people a chance to meet and bond with lovely older dogs looking for homes , as well as a great opportunity to relax by the beach , browse the fun flea market wares , eat delicious products offered from the many vendors and also buy a few items from the charity table .
stray dogs evokes the whole of tsai’s filmography , but also pays off his collaboration with lee , who shows a side of himself that’s been hidden away for all these years . though lee’s presence has always emanated loneliness and sadness , seeing real tears crack his visage is like seeing greta garbo smiling : it’s a momentous occasion that tsai held off on unveiling until now . it’s one of the things that make stray dogs feel like tsai’s career should be taken not as a disparate collection of films , but one complete story , with this as the conclusion . for fans of his work , the payoff is overwhelming .
other filmmakers supported by the expo fund have feature films in development , with confirmed financial support from film financiers including film four , bbc films , creative scotland , creative england , the bfi and the wellcome trust .
watching stray dogs means realizing how much the offbeat melancholy of tsai’s other work takes the condition of poverty as a given rather than a subject : the eponymous opening in his 1998 film the hole , after all , is a giant hole in the floor of a taipei apartment , connecting the upstairs and downstairs neighbors , but it takes the form of an often - wondrous musical . 2003’s goodbye , dragon inn connects the closing of a movie palace with the gay subculture that persists there , but the actual space is decaying and rotten . his 2006 film i don’t want to sleep alone comes closer , since much of the action takes place among transients in kuala lumpur , but even that is dominated by the phenomenon of a forest fire blanketing the city in smoke . stray dogs is simply about how a family survives without money , and the devastating emotional consequences .
“stray dogs , ” a visually stunning yet stark portrait of poverty and homelessness on the streets of modern - day taipei by taiwanese master tsai ming - liang , screens friday , march 13 at 9 : 15 p . m . and sunday , march 15 at 4 p . m . cosponsored by the east asia program .
1 . boyhood 2 . whiplash 3 . the strange little cat 4 . two days , one night 5 . stray dogs 6 . under the skin 7 . force majeure 8 . blue ruin 9 . gone girl 10 . the missing picture 11 . nightcrawler 12 . the babadook 13 . ida 14 . the immigrant 15 . inherent vice
writer / director siri rodnes recently completed her self funded short film asking for it which is currently out to festivals . she has been commissioned as director on one of the recently selected scottish shorts through the scottish film talent network .
british - born polly christensen is a documentary film maker , features writer and environmentalist . she can be contacted at urltoken
“we thought what if we have an adoption day where instead of the pups being penned or caged , they get to run around in a big yard and interact with people ? it gives them a chance to bond with the dogs and hopefully it will translate into more bali dogs being adopted . and it has turned out to be a fun and happening event where like - minded people meet up and exchange ideas , receive advice from our vet , and get better informed about the dogs’ welfare and how to care . ”
sai ming - liang’s stray dogs won the jury prize at venice , and many critics have unhesitatingly accorded it “masterpiece” status . i myself am agnostic , despite its obvious artistry and vision . for me , its mystery is opaque and its persistent note of stricken and agonised near - catatonia is sometimes unrewarding : it does not quite have all the generous qualities of
producer bianca herold is currently working on the second season of her webseries judas goat and has been able to develop their marketing and distribution strategy after her expo supported attendance at toronto international film festival . her short film rat king has been selected for commission via the sftn scottish shorts and she is developing a feature film wolf pack and in discussions with german co - producers .
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 .
talent labbers producers irune gurtubai and writer / director ben sharrock have just finished shooting their first feature film on location in spain .
if this is tsai ming - liang ' s last film , he ' s leaving the cinema farther along than he found it .
the film continues like that , observing the harshness of the children ' s lives , and their father ' s exhaustion and seemingly constant depression ( he seems to spend a lot of the money they make as a family on alcohol and smokes ) . “heaven and earth are heartless , treating creatures like straw dogs ,
says the
eiff short film challenge : provides an entry - level opportunity for new filmmakers of all ages from across scotland to get their first experience of taking their film to an audience . the screening of the 2015 shortlisted submissions will be at filmhouse on saturday august 15 , 2015 .
“putting adult dogs together with puppies for adoption does not work well , because nine out of ten times , the puppy will be chosen instead of the older dog . so we thought , why not have an adoption event especially for these lovely mature dogs ? thanks to the kind support of hannah from chewy’s and working together with old man’s , we hold the event on popular saturday market day . ”
speaking ahead of a film industry reception she and the first minister will host tonight ( thursday ) at edinburgh castle , ms hyslop said that through the edinburgh festivals expo fund , the scottish government has transformed the film festival’s ability to nurture , develop and promote scottish filmmaking talent .
stray dogs is the kind of film that teases you with a narrative ; it makes just enough sense that you want to piece it all together , even though the film resists easy resolution . a third - act turn in particular leaves us wondering if we’ve jumped forward in time , or backwards — whether we’re seeing a new stage in the characters’ desolation or a glimpse of what helped bring them to this moment . at one point , the kids dress a head of cabbage with lipstick and fake hair and slip it into bed beside their father ; what he then drunkenly does to the cabbage is by turns hilarious , pathetic , unsettling , and horrifying , leaving us with a million more questions than before . there’s a real eerie quality to the film’s slipperiness . it’s unnatural , almost uncanny : the more we watch these people , the less we understand them .
luckily , we’re in the care of a master . tsai is renowned for his audaciously controlled , static shots ; in the 2001 comedy what time is it over there ? he practically turned his aesthetic into a running gag . and his work has become even more experimental and installationlike over the years . i counted fewer than 80 shots in all of stray dogs , each gorgeous and immersive and bewildering in its own way . the power of the director’s cinema lies in its aural and tactile quality — and that’s where we might find a hint of a meaning . if i had to find one word to describe stray dogs , it would be cavernous . there is no warmth to be found anywhere in the film . even the one nice house we see is cold and vast . the impoverished characters are often at the mercy of the elements – the driving rain that pounds their ramshackle bedroom , or the howling wind that blasts dad at work on that taipei street , or the huge , chilling blackness of night .
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…
this is a desperately needed home - video upgrade that at last presents leos carax’s film in its correct aspect ratio , and with excellent video and sound quality .
stray dogs is a story about a person trapped in typical social structure . the protagonist tony lives his middle class dreams and desires . he is an employee in a manufacturing industry . the hierarchy always dominates his freedom . he becomes tired of the pressure exerted on him at work front . being suppressed by the superior , he can ' t keep his commitments and priorities in personal life . the story unfolds his journey in which he shifts his tangent and starts performing the role of manipulator . being secluded in a hotel room , he creates the same social pyramid and experiences the effect of his dominance on a waiter . finally he confronts the reality of this vicious circle , where everybody is trapped within it including a stray dog .
half a million semi - feral dogs , one to every six people , roam the island . when rabies arrived during 2008 , the government attempted to control the disease with mass culls . but these animals have become woven into the tapestry of bali’s hindu lifestyle for almost 5 , 000 years . bali dogs typically forage for food amongst the trash , and especially around warungs where food may be discarded . the lucky ones meet a human who has sympathy and leaves food out for them .
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which has just three shots ; and this one—it refuses to engage with anything resembling conventional , commercially viable storytelling . this is a director whose 1997 film
for more than 20 years , taiwanese master tsai ming - liang has been cinema’s premier poet of urban alienation , advancing a single - take / master - shot style that’s studied and deliberate , but open to unexpected bursts of humor , whimsy , and even musical sequences . his star and muse , lee kang - sheng , is the closest thing modern movies have to a buster keaton successor : a slight but physically deft performer with an implacably stone - faced demeanor . but lately , first with 2009’s face and now with the beautiful stray dogs , tsai appears to have lost interest in appealing to anyone beyond fans of his work , which sounds like a criticism , but is in fact the contrary . stray dogs isn’t a gateway , but an exit , a stunning culmination of a career that has taken poverty as a condition of its lonely characters , but not its true subject until now . the more of tsai’s filmography viewers know , the more that history adds power to this particular effort .
there is a plot to stray dogs , but it’s spare and tenuous , and you could have a quick chuckle reading various reviews to see how different writers interpret it . a father ( tsai regular lee kang - sheng ) and his two kids live in abject poverty on the outskirts of taipei . dad , an alcoholic and a depressive , is a haunted , quiet guy . something , or some things , have broken him . he holds up real - estate signs for a living , standing still at the edge of busy intersections for hours on end , pretty much the perfect job for a tsai ming - liang character . the two kids wander cheerfully on their own , often passing the time and eating the samples at a local supermarket , where a female clerk seems to take an interest in them . does she know them ? we’re not sure . at nights , the woman wanders abandoned lots feeding stray dogs . she also seems to be looking for something . is she looking for the kids ?
tsai ming - liang’s stray dogs is not billed as a horror film , but it might as well be . opening with an ominous , hypnotic , and perplexing image of a woman slowly brushing her hair while two kids snooze beside her , this amazing , maddening film presents a series of extended , mostly static , terrifying tableaux of despair , poverty , and decay . the lengthy , locked - down images contain a tension all their own — like that aforementioned first shot , whose meaning remains just out of our grasp . sometimes tsai fixes his camera on an actor and lets us watch them up close for impossibly long periods of time , as if challenging the performer . but , in fact , he’s challenging us — not so much our patience ( though he’s challenging that , too ) , but our ability to live with the uncertainty of his otherwise concrete images .
on a dark , wet night a historic and regal chinese cinema sees its final film . together with a small handful of souls they bid
goodbye , dragon inn .
assembling a year - end top - 10 list has always been a personal , even self - indulgent , ritual , a way of disguising a whimsical ranking of favorites as a carefully curated declaration of personal taste . at the risk of making things even more solipsistic than usual , let me begin by noting that the fraught relationship between artists and critics provided 2014 with one of its most compelling movie [ … ]
“through expo - supported projects including the talent lab , animation lab and short film challenge , we have given emerging film and animation makers a chance to expand their access to and knowledge of the industry , spend time with experienced professionals , gain invaluable advice and information , develop their skills and build their confidence . “these projects have made a real difference to people’s careers – with several participants going on to achieve significant success in screenwriting , film production , direction and co - production . we are proud of our contribution to their success .
earlier this month , the film , about a homeless family living on the desperately mean streets of taipei , was acquired for u . s . release by specialty distributor cinema guild .
if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery , than john carpenter must be blushing pretty hard right now . while filmmakers have been biting on his style since at least the early ’80s , when the first wave of halloween knockoffs began flooding theaters , some of the most affectionate and skillful homages to his work arrived in 2014 . this past january’s sundance film festival featured not one , but two blatant carpenter nods : jim mickle’s unpredictable crime drama , cold in july , and adam wingard’s crackerjack genre pastiche , the guest . then in may , at the cannes film festival , david robert mitchell successfully mixed his own indie sensibilities with those of the master , emerging with the superbly scary horror film it follows . all three movies evoke carpenter in their framing choices , their dread - infused small - town environments , and , especially , their synth - heavy scores . it’s a good omen for the future of genre cinema , which could use fewer blair witch clones and more the thing impersonations .
“since this government introduced the edinburgh festivals expo fund in 2008 , we have invested £950 , 000 to support around 320 emerging film makers to develop their screen skills and hone their talents .
we voted , we tallied , we made a list : the a . v . club ’s tribute to the best films of 2014 was democratically assembled , with each of its six contributors submitting a ranked inventory of their favorites . the individual ballots are below , each affixed with six superlatives , including an outlier ( a film that made one list but no others ) and a wild - card category of the writer’s choosing . did we forget something essential ? set the record straight in the comments section , and head over to the results of the readers’ poll to see if this indisputable masterpiece got its due there .
“the expo fund supported eiff talent labs are now an integral part of scotland’s support for new and emerging filmmaking talent , developing eiff and scotland’s international reputation as a hotbed of film talent . ”
assembling a year - end top - 10 list has always been a personal , even self - indulgent , ritual , a way of disguising a whimsical ranking of favorites as a carefully curated declaration of personal taste . at the risk of making things even more solipsistic than usual , let me begin by noting that the fraught relationship between artists and critics provided 2014 with one of its most compelling movie themes , with critics themselves — food critics , art critics , theater critics and , yes , film critics — figuring among the year’s most favored characters . and by favored , of course , i mean mocked , loathed and misunderstood at every turn .
until it goes haywire with the cabbage scene , “stray dogs” sustains a hypnotic intensity anchored in exquisite cinematography that portrays the modern industrial cityscape as a chilly wasteland . we see double and triple reflections in a supermarket where a kindly clerk lets the children feast on food samples . the camera tracks family members from a distance as they inch from one end of the screen to the other . for every tableau of the people on the far horizon , there is an intimate shot of family members , bathing , brushing their teeth and urinating , sometimes in a public restroom and other times outdoors .
none of this is especially dramatic . when they’re onscreen together , there’s no evident tension between the family members , and no conventional through - line of a plot . stray dogs is about the condition of living hand - to - mouth , of being among those forgotten urban dwellers who are pressed so far into the margins that nobody notices them at all . in one of the film’s most extraordinary scenes , tears slowly well up in lee’s eyes as he stands with his placard in the driving rain , singing a chinese lyrical poem with a cracked voice . he’s hidden by the sign and the downpour—no one can see him or hear him at this moment , other than the audience . tsai implies that pain doesn’t even register enough for people to feel apathetic about it ; they just don’t know he’s there .
taiwan distributor , atom cinema said that it would give the film one or two commercial screenings per day from late february . after that it will shift online and in summer be screened again in museums .
the scottish government has supported more than 300 emerging filmmakers to develop their screen skills through an eight - year funding package to the edinburgh international film festival totalling £950 , 000 , culture secretary fiona hyslop said today .
aside from its intense focus on surface materiality and atmosphere ( and the aforementioned batshit crazy cabbage scene ) , stray dogs also takes a unique approach to time . tsai’s shots are as long as they’ve ever been and the camera movement even more limited , which combined with the listless movements of his actors — particularly those of the father ( longtime tsai muse lee kang - sheng at his deadpan best ) — creates a sense of boundlessness within the finite , where moments of pain and boredom are stretched beyond all manageable limits . in stray dogs , tedium is lethal and time is the enemy of those caught within its inescapable and vicious circularity . besides the few scenes where the characters are eating and , as animalistic as it’s portrayed , are achieving some sort of pleasure , nearly every other sequence is a mere endurance test against a never - ending array of insufferable circumstances , be they physical , mental , or spiritual . the intensified materiality of tsai’s cinematic world enhances the brutality of this most - demanding means of existence , but also helps to ground its transitions into more ethereal territory in the final act where the cerebral and the corporeal , the dream and the reality all merge in a powerful and mystifying climax . the emotional and geographical wasteland where this takes place is both foreign and achingly real , and for those with the patience to traverse its terrains , its rewards are as vast as they are strange and unsettling .
the malaysian - born , taiwan - based tsai won the grand jury prize at venice and was named best director at the golden horse awards in november , but he has repeatedly expressed frustration with the commercial scene and impatient cinema audiences . he has also suggested that he may retire after “dogs” and make any future films for museums and art galleries instead .
snake feed is a glimpse into the lives of irene and rick , two people struggling with life - long addiction and marginal employment . the film follows a day in their lives at a time when rick . . . see full summary »
producer rebecca day is a key member of the scottish documentary institute team and is currently in development with fellow labber , writer / director felipe bustos sierra on the feature version of their short film nae pasaran , rebecca and felipe met at the lab .
scene after scene in
stray dogs
drives home the difficulty of daily existence while also ( perhaps paradoxically—or not , if you ' re buddhist , as tsai is ) making you appreciate the incidental , beautiful sights and sounds that our busyness or our pain might otherwise cause us to ignore : the way tall swamp grass rustles as the father pushes a small wooden rowboat through it ; the hiss of rain on wet ground and foliage in the storm sequence ; the play of sunlight on the tile and white glass of a luxury apartment that the father has wandered into ( briefly experiencing , and imagining , a life of comfort ) . this is , as you ' ve surely gathered , the sort of film that does not have what studio executives would call
a pre - sold audience .
it asks a lot of us . in fact it asks us to set aside everything we ' ve been conditioned to think movies are , and roll with a different way of seeing and hearing things , and connect .
i backed out of answering this question on last year’s ballot , but since a . a . dowd has told me i can’t pull the same stunt again this year , i’ll say that i’m irked by a certain tendency within the culture of film criticism to view movies through the diffuse , rosy filter of festival hype . a girl walks home alone at night isn’t a terrible movie , but its reception provides a perfect example . so many of the movie’s reviews bring up the influences listed in the film’s press kit , without getting into how the film really works and moves ; somehow , through the alchemy of hype , an art - schoolish american indie full of slow - motion sequences set to synth - laden , sub - hip indie rock has willed itself into being described and addressed as an iranian western . go figure .
it seems like tsai is trying way too hard to be tarkovsky ( his previous film also gave strong indications of that ) with extremely elongated static shots that can be really tiring for most viewers and dilutes into near banality the strength of the sad story that he wants to tell .
eiff talent lab : provides an intensive residency programme for live action , first time feature filmmakers set within the context of eiff . it delivers workshops and masterclasses with international film industry talent , advice sessions with financiers , producers , and talent scouts , and a range of networking opportunities .
but arguably the year’s smartest , most big - hearted and nuanced onscreen portrait of a critic could be found in “top five , ” and not just because it had the good grace to suggest that a profession of mostly white male schlumps might plausibly be represented by rosario dawson . virtually alone among this year’s movies , chris rock’s marvelously rounded comedy was broad - minded enough to put the artist and the critic on equal footing , and to suggest that , without forsaking their ideals , the two need not always be adversaries . it’s in a similar spirit of reciprocal generosity and unguarded admiration that i offer up this list of my favorite films released theatrically in 2014 :
on the other hand , stray dogs is also far from a straightforward portrayal of poverty . from the ever - presence of water ( tsai’s most common motif ) and the cracked walls of their various abodes , to the mysterious return of the mother ( or mother figure ? ) from the opening shot and an unexplained manifestation of an expensive full - body massage chair , it’s clear that tsai isn’t operating on a purely realistic , logical level either . the film’s most bizarre and chilling scene involves a doll the children made from a head of cabbage that the father discovers next to him when he awakes one morning . upon staring at its blank , expressionless face that the children drew onto it , he attempts to violently suffocate it with his pillow , kiss it , gouge out its eyes , then feverishly eat it for several minutes before fully breaking down . all this unfolds in a mesmerizing single take that culminates at the peak of his despair and is packed with conflicting emotions unearthed from what must have been years of mental hardship in unsustainable , inhumane conditions . this scene — easily the greatest food - item - cum - emotional - catharsis sequence in cinema since there will be blood ’s milkshake diatribe — is a perfect encapsulation of the film , brimming with raw emotion yet tinged with the enigmatic strangeness that pervades all of tsai’s work . it’s terrifying , hilarious , wholly tragic , and among the greatest , most memorable scenes in recent years .
opening with a shot of a mother ( played , mysteriously , by three different women ) brushing her hair in silence as her sleeping children ( lee yi - cheng and lee yi - chieh ) huddle under blankets behind her , stray dogs settles into a mood of pervasive sadness . the members of this family—none of whom are given a name—are rarely together at once , and they never seem to sleep in the same place , moving from a crumbling industrial space one night to an abandoned building another . the father ( lee ) works as a human placard , holding up an advertising sign in the wind and rain , as cars howl under the overpass . the mother works in a grocery store ; the kids sometimes have to fend for themselves . tsai arranges them all like satellites without a home to orbit—washing up in public restrooms , shivering as they bunk in exposed concrete shelters .
the penultimate shot of tsai ming - liang’s recent stray dogs is a 13 - minute close - up of lee kang - sheng and chen shiang - chyi’s characters achingly regarding a mural on a wall . their sense of almost holy contemplation is encoded in the very being of the taiwanese auteur’s follow - up , journey to the west , with tsai stationary camera and customary use of long takes observing little more than a nameless buddhist monk ( lee ) inching along urban landscapes in marseilles , france , with visual beauty extracted from the contrast between his snail’s - pace movements and the hustle and bustle of his surroundings . maintaining constant eye contact on his feet , seemingly oblivious to what’s around him , the monk appears trapped in a zone of perpetual meditation , one in which time is of no consequence as he works his way , step by carefully considered step , toward some never - specified destination .
as i sat and watched
stray dog
, i felt very annoyed . again and again and again , scenes where nothing particular is happening , the camera remained there for a very long time . in each case , the film could have been edited and you would have had roughly the same effect . . . without boring the audience . so , when you show two men in ponchos in the rain holding signs , you don ' t need to show this scene for a full minute and then return to do the same thing again - - especially when the men aren ' t doing anything other than holding signs ! ! the same goes for the introduction , as you see a lady staring at her kids as they sleep . . . for the longest time ! ! in addition , showing a guy taking a leak is another sign that this is a self - indulgent sort of film from director ming - liang tsai . editing and pacing are important to most directors , but not apparently in this case ! as a result , a decent story is marred unnecessarily by the direction that tends to bore and annoy many viewers . i know i sure felt both . what should have been an important film about a homeless family on the fringes instead is an interminable bore . we get it that the folks are depressed and that ' s why they do nothing . . . but think about the audience having to watch this .
in a fit of despair and self - loathing , he suffocates the vegetable with a pillow , eats and spits out parts , then furiously gouges out its features before ravenously consuming the rest and bursting into sobs . augmenting the anguished mood , a drenching rain falls outside , as it does through much of the film .
a small group of dog lovers bonded over coffee and cupcakes and the adoption idea was born . olivia from olé olé ollie , hannah stone from chewy’s , together with sunset vet and a group of friends , neighbours , and volunteers help run the event . on average , half of the dogs at adoption day get adopted or fostered . they also get a lot of people coming and then falling in love with a certain dog and will end up fostering or adopting a few days afterwards .
in february 2015 , ms hyslop announced £3m of additional support for film production and skills development . the screen skills fund announced as part of that package has received 22 strong proposals covering the entire range of the sector’s activity . it’s expected the first successful recipients of those funds will be announced next month . for background , see : urltoken
writer / director ruth paxton has completed three short films since taking part in the lab . pulse won the award for best woman director at the london short film festival 2015 . ruth is currently in development with her first feature a hymn for mars which is being produced by tom wood of wellington films and has received development funding from creative scotland .
tsai ming - liang’s cinema has always been primarily about physical spaces . the people and events that occur within these spaces are not so much secondary as they are defined , transformed , and dominated by it , even reflected within it . whether it’s the gradually flooding apartment in the river , the smoke seeping throughout kuala lumpor in i don’t want to sleep alone , or the closing cinema in goodbye dragon inn , the textures and physical conditions of these settings remain powerful representations of the psychic states of its inhabitants , yet they’re always mysterious and elusive . the taipei of stray dogs is no different , where even the highway ( where the nameless protagonist holds a heavy sign advertising a luxury apartment complex ) and the enormous supermarket ( where his children hang out at eating free samples while he works ) take on an alien feeling that’s as equally unsettling as the sinister abandoned building where they sleep . poverty has rendered these people emotionless , and as ghosts , they float throughout these spaces merely enduring their existence with what little help alcohol and makeshift toys can provide .
directed by : tsai ming - liang genre : fiction - runtime : 2 h 18 min french release : 12 / 03 / 2014 production year : 2013 a father and his two children wander the margins of modern day taipei , from the woods and rivers of the outskirts to the rain streaked streets of the city . by day the father scrapes out a meager income as a human billboard for luxury apartments , while his young son and daughter roam the supermarkets and malls surviving off free food samples . each night the family takes shelter in an abandoned building . the father is strangely affected by a hypnotic mural adorning the wall of this makeshift home . on the day of the father ' s birthday the family is joined by a woman - might she be the key to unlocking the buried emotions that linger from the past ? more info : urltoken
but even when the characters find safety and shelter , the elements are there . late in the film , we see everyone tucked away cozily in what is best described as a house made of rain , whose walls have melted and molded over from the water ( someone says the house is “crying” ) . right near the end , in the film’s most audacious static shot , two characters stand in a decaying room surrounded by rocks — looking at a giant painting of rocks . have they entered the painting , or has the painting burst through its frame ? does it matter ? despair is its own ecosystem , the director seems to say ; it won’t leave you alone even if you have a roof over your head . i’m still shivering .
in the story , such as it is , mr . lee’s character slowly loses all hope as he drags his children and a female partner ( played by three actresses ) around the muddy fringes of taipei . few words are spoken . in the longest monologue , mr . lee , tears welling in his eyes , recites a southern song dynasty poem that distills the film’s fatalistic mood :
if
stray dogs
is a challenging movie for some viewers , it might have to do with more than just its deliberate pacing . in fact , director tsai ming liang has structured this movie unlike most others in that it resembles a jigsaw puzzle more than anything else . so , what might seem confusing at first , soon clarifies to show a portait of a family in crisis living on the edge of starvation with the mother having just left because she can no longer stand it even before the opening credits . after which , her daughter and son hang around a supermarket all day , eating free samples and buying a cabbage . whether this is because of the fractured family dynamic or the daughter just being one weird kid is up for debate . in the meantime , the father works at a miserable low paying job holding a sign advertising apartments in a highway median in all sorts of weather which is certainly not for the faint of heart . what tsai ming liang does well is use the irony of all of these luxury apartments being built and then left unoccupied and compare that to people like this family who are homeless and living in squalor in taipei .
a lot of the puppies are boarded at sunset vet in kuta or at other facilities 29 days out of the month while waiting for a permanent home . for these pups , going to adoption day is also a fun ‘field trip’ where they get to be free , play and get cuddles . not all the rescued dogs are boarded at sunset vet . if they are too young or still recovering from medical conditions they receive proper treatment and many are put in foster care . a network of amazing people , the majority of which are locals , are the backbone of the rescue and adoption process .
jennifer kent’s exceedingly over - heralded the babadook is , in many respects , a fine film , detailing the psychological disintegration of a single mother ( essie davis ) whose efforts to raise her son ( noah wiseman ) while still grieving over the death of her husband—who died while taking her to the hospital to deliver their child—is complicated by the arrival of a scary children’s book dubbed mister babadook . yet for all its acuity about parental anxieties , replete with fine performances from its two leads , kent’s film fails to be the one thing that any horror film must , first and foremost , strive to be : scary . the babadook is an obvious creation , making painfully clear from the outset that its demon is merely a figment of its protagonist’s tormented imagination , and that obviousness is a knife to the heart of any potential tension or terror . without anything approaching a decent jolt scare , much less any convincing sense that its child - in - peril scenario might actually end in tragic circumstances , the babadook just sits there , predictable and inert , teasing viewers with horrors it has no intention of ever actually delivering , and thus making one pine for the truly scary predecessors ( the shining , it’s alive ) that inspired it .
directed by tsai ming - liang ; written by tung cheng yu , mr . tsai and peng fei ; directors of photography , liao pen jung and sung wen zhong ; edited by lei zhen qing ; art directors , masa liu and mr . tsai ; costumes by wang chia hui ; produced by vincent wang ; released by urban distribution international . in mandarin , with english subtitles . running time : 2 hours 18 minutes . this film is not rated .
given director lukas moodysson’s recent , more out - there output , it was more than a bit surprising to find him returning to the upbeat spirit of his first two films ( show me love and together ) with we are the best ! , the story of three young swedish girls who endeavor to form their own punk rock band in 1982 stockholm . featuring the best child - actor performances in years , moodysson’s film is a rollicking blast of adolescent rebellion and camaraderie , one in which music strengthens the bonds between kids viewed as outsiders by both their families and peers . with a sly sense of humor and period detail that never tips into nostalgic mawkishness , we are the best ! paints a believably scraggly portrait of childhood as a period of pushing back against elders ( and the cliques that dominate social life ) , and finding yourself through experiences both embarrassing and enlivening . it’s the coming - of - age film so many others only wish they could be .
the 12 major festivals in edinburgh contribute more than £250 million to scotland’s economy and promote scotland ' s rich culture , heritage and distinct identity on the world stage . the edinburgh festivals expo fund was set up in 2008 / 09 to support the festivals’ continued growth and to ensure scotland’s own emerging talent is placed at their centre . the total scottish government expo funding awarded to the film festival is £950 , 000 since the expo fund began . filmmaking talent supported through the expo fund since 2008 has included :


close range love ( 近キョリ恋愛 kin kyori ren ' ai ) is a 2014 japanese romance film directed by naoto kumazawa and an adaptation of the manga series of the same name .

close range love ( film )

there are no featured reviews for kinkyori ren ai ( close range love ) at this time .
there are no critic reviews yet for kinkyori ren ai ( close range love ) . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
a live - action film based on a hit romance manga
kinkyori renai ( close range love )
comes out on dvd and blu - ray .
close range love grossed us $ 9 , 812 , 922 at the japanese box office . it also held the number one spot in the japanese box office for three weeks .
at close range cast list , ordered alphabetically with photos of the actors and actresses when available . the cast of at close range includes both well - known and unfamiliar actors , but either way they all really made the movie come to life . in many cases you can click on the names of these at close range actors to find out more about them . you can also find some great trivia about these at close range actresses and actors below , such as when they were born , and what other films they ' re known for .
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does anybody have any recommendations that follow the same kinda storyline as kinkyori renai ( close range love ) ? i really liked this movie but i cant seem to find any movies like it . - faith
meanwhile , competitor “cape nostalgia”’s total rose to $ 4 . 84 million on 453 , 756 admissions . the higher cume derives from its stronger performance on the weekdays than “close range love , ” whose teen target aud is attending classes then .
close range love grossed us $ 9 , 812 , 922 at the japanese box office . [ 4 ] it also held the number one spot in the japanese box office for three weeks . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
review : a chilling and realistic crime film , at close range features strong performances by christopher walken and sean penn . the film follows fresh - out - of - high - school brad whitewood , jr . ( penn ) , as he struggles against the boredom of his rural existence . living i… ( more )
a chilling and realistic crime film , at close range features strong performances by christopher walken and sean penn . the film follows fresh - out - of - high - school brad whitewood , jr . ( penn ) , as he struggles against the boredom of his rural existence . living in a run - down house with his
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a high school student falls in love with her english teacher . [ 2 ]
at close range is a 1986 crime drama film directed by james foley , based on the real life rural pennsylvania crime family led by bruce johnston , sr . which operated during the 1960s and 1970s . it stars sean penn and christopher walken , with chris penn , mary stuart masterson , and crispin glover in supporting roles .
tokyo : “close range love” ( kinkyori renai ) , naoto kumazawa’s drama about a high school student’s crush on her handsome english teacher , rebounded from no . 2 to no . 1 at the japanese b . o . for the oct . 18 - 19 weekend . it deposed the previous week’s top film , the sayuri yoshinaga starrer “cape nostalgia . ” based on rin mikimoto’s best - selling comic , [ … ]
, if they really want to fill this minor gap in their film knowledge .
relentlessly grim , at close range offers a frightening glimpse at the dark side of american life and poses disturbing questions about family ties . unfortunately , although director james foley handles the performances with skill , he also indulges in too many flashy directorial pyrotechnics , muting
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the trailer and poster for the film were released on october 6 , 2014 . japanese band sakanaction performed the film ' s theme song ,
hasu no hana
.
roger ebert gave the film 3½ ( out of 4 ) stars . [ 2 ]
at rotten tomatoes , 84 % of critics considered the film positively . [ 3 ]
a chilling and realistic crime film , at close range features strong performances by christopher walken and sean penn . the film follows fresh - out - of - high - school brad whitewood , jr . ( penn ) , as he struggles against the boredom of his rural existence . living in a run - down house with his half - brother , tommy ( christopher penn , sean ' s brother ) , his grandmother . . . read more
hibino , a geek girl fall in love for the first time with kyouta , the playboy . what will happen when a zero experience girl coupled with a lot of experienced boy ? love for beginner begin .
the trailer and poster for the film were released on october 6 , 2014 . [ 3 ]
tokyo : “close range love” ( kinkyori renai ) , naoto kumazawa’s drama about a high school student’s crush on her handsome english teacher , rebounded from no . 2 to no . 1 at the japanese b . o . for the oct . 18 - 19 weekend . it deposed the previous week’s top film , the sayuri yoshinaga starrer “cape nostalgia . ” based on rin mikimoto’s best - selling comic , the film earned $ 1 . 16 million on 100 , 766 admissions for the frame , or 69 % of its previous weekend’s total . its cume is $ 4 . 49 million on 381 , 493 admissions .
long time film lover and occasional writer . i watch anything and everything though i have massive love for the works of shunji iwai , jackie chan , johnnie to , and kinji fukasaku . pop ! pop !
also a very very cliché story . . don ' t expect something unique . a typical manga love story .
this close - up issue endeavors to explore the use of film not only as a narrative mode for the official voice of the cuban nation but also as a narrative tool for counter histories . essays framed around major socio - historic and socio - political developments in the revolution as well as those examining intersections of identity politics , counter narratives and techniques of film production are highly desired .
here is a spare , violent , unforgiving story of a boy ' s need for a father who does not love him and who would , if necessary , murder his son . it is also a story with passages of love and adventure and cheerfulness , as a teenager grows up in the hills of rural pennsylvania . the way that the two sides of the story grow together creates a tragedy that reminds me of myth , of the ancient stories of children betrayed by their parents . and yet ,
at close range
is based on a true story . it happened in 1978 .
black camera invites submissions for a close - up focused on contemporary cuban cinema . the cultural currency of film in cuban revolutionary society has provided for a uniquely crafted and skilled film culture in cuba , rich in nuance and inventiveness . nationalized in 1959 by the instituto cubano del arte e industria cinematográficos , commonly referred to as icaic , through the almost 60 years of revolution , cuba’s film industry has long - held a privileged position within cuban society , and also served as an informal measuring stick for the nation’s progress . despite a lack of resources and varying degrees of restriction and censorship of artistic expression through the years of the cuban revolution , the cuban film industry has not only continued to thrive but also fostered a premium valuation of cuban art and cultural production internally as well as externally . major national and international film festivals centered on the latest offerings of the cuban film industry , such as the international festival of new latin american cinema , celebrating its 40th iteration , further emphasizes the importance of cuban film as a canonical juggernaut in the study and appreciation of contemporary film .
hatori is in love with her childhood friend rita , but when rita gets himself a girlfriend hatoris world turns upside down .
is a 2014 japanese romance film directed by naoto kumazawa and an adaptation of the manga series of the same name .
book and film reviews can be 500 - 1 , 500 words ( exceptions will be considered for review essays ) .
a smart high school student falls in love with her english teacher after she receives one - on - one tutoring from him .
ann wilson is best known as the vocalist for heart , the rock band that became famous for songs like
barracuda ,
crazy on you ,
what about love
and
all i wanna do is make love to you .
ninako confesses her love to ren . but get rejected because he is already have a girlfriend . they promise to stay as a friend . some other guy confess their love to her but she rejects them . is it because she still wants to be with ren ?
the battle scenes in
hacksaw ridge
are among the most violent captured on film - and also the most urgent .
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 .
“any intervention by the european commission which undermines the ability to license on an exclusive territorial basis will lead to less investment in new productions and reduce the quality and range of content available to uk and eu consumers , ” said john mcvay , the chief executive of pact , the uk body representing independent tv and film production companies .
it ' s a technically marvelous film with some surpassingly dumb moments . it ' s a movie that seeks to honor an honorable man , but does so at the expense of other honorable men . hacksaw ridgeis a flawed film from a deeply flawed filmmaker .
trolls is a fail - safe film that young parents can take their kids to , and hopefully enjoy a few chuckles themselves .
it features essays and interviews that engage film in social as well as political contexts and in relation to historical and economic forces that bear on the reception , distribution , and production of film in local , regional , national , and transnational settings and environments .
at close range
is not a pleasant movie . few recent films have painted such a bleak picture of human nature . the walken character is ruthless , and most of the other characters in the film are weak , or deprived , or lacking in the ability to see beyond their immediate situations . that ' s especially true of brad jr . ' s mother ( millie perkins ) and grandmother ( eileen ryan ) , who sit endlessly around the house , their eyes straying away from every conversation toward the tv set . only brad jr . and his girlfriend ( mary stuart masterson ) have a chance of breaking free , and their love affair is on a collision course with brad sr .
a smart high school student falls in love with her new handsome english teacher after she begins to receive one - on - one tutoring from him .
the film grossed a total of $ 2 , 347 , 000 at the north american box office during its theatrical run in 83 theaters .
a smart high school student become falling in love with her new english handsome teacher after she begins to receive one - on - one tutoring from him .
because this film is violent and cruel and very sad , why would you want to see it ? for a couple of reasons , perhaps .
hacksaw ridge is being touted as gibson ' s comeback . is it also an atonement ? what ' s clear is that gibson has made a film about family , faith , love and forgiveness all put to the test in an arena of violent conflict - a movie you don ' t want to miss .
to those who are saying that this seems similar to some mangga , it ' s hirunaka no ryuusei or daytime shooting star guys . i love them both < 3
frankly , i decided to give this movie a try only because of the “forbidden love” plot . perhaps i was just expecting too much or because it had a weak story line , i don’t know , but one thing is clear… i was disappointed with the film . it just fell below par for me . sorry .
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…
if the film ' s director were anyone but gibson , a fixture on or even atop hollywood ' s enemies list , it would be expecting several oscar nominations .
gibson has made a movie that ' s nearly pathological in its love of violence - but he nonetheless counterbalances its amoral pleasures with an understanding of the psychological devastation that war wreaks .
mel gibson indulges in his biggest obsessions as a filmmaker and creates a magnificent film that couldn ' t have been made by anyone else . full review on filmotrope . com
devoted to the study and documentation of the black cinematic experience , black camera is published biannually and is the only scholarly film journal of its kind in the united states .
american actress anne hathaway has starred in films like ' the devil wears prada , ' ' love and other drugs , ' ' les miserables ' and ' ocean ' s 8 . '
i am trying to remember the name of brazilian film about some lowlifes who take their dead friend on a last tour of his old drinking haunts . have you any idea ?
okay , so i watched this because everyone seemed to love it but this movie was simply not my cup of tea at all , i ' m sorry . . . weird built up story .
seems to be irrelevant . the cinematography in this film is not connected to the story . even if the ideas were a little more tightly bound to the plot , the story in
tackling a famous literary character in her next project , hathaway played the white queen in tim burton & apos ; s reimagining of the famous children & apos ; s tale alice in wonderland in 2010 . the film , starring mia wasikowska as alice and johnny depp as the mad hatter , proved to be a huge commercial and critical success . hathaway also appeared in the 2010 satire of the pharmaceutical industry , love and other drugs , starring opposite jake gyllenhaal ; and in 2011 & apos ; s one day , a film based on the 2009 novel by david nicholls .
a love story between a famous 25 - year - old songwriter , who keeps his identity hidden from the public , and a 16 - year - old high school student who possesses a gifted voice .
anne bancroft was an oscar tony and emmy award - winning actress famous for her roles in the miracle worker and the graduate . she was married to comedian and film director mel brooks .
yuni is lost in her emotions . she finds comfort in the presence of her only friend nami ( mizuki yamamoto ) . she relays then that she’s harboring love - hate feelings for someone . she hates him but she’s sad when he’s being cold . she doesn’t want to see him but not seeing him makes her feel lonely . nami understands and concludes that there’s only one explanation to that . it’s love .
is a film about fancy camera moves . there ' s a genuine plot hiding back there somewhere , but it is almost totally obscured by an overindulgence in technique for technique ' s sake .
this animated film is like mainlining a rainbow , snorting martha stewart - brand glitter and drinking a glass of ecstasy - spiked champagne . you ' ll get a high off all the happy .
it ' s a cracking story and impressively executed by a director clearly going out of his way to show he has lost none of his passion for film - making and for action in particular .
armed with the full understanding of what’s going on , yuni resolves that the only way to ease her current situation is to declare her love to haruka . she tries to confess in front of everyone but fails . she tries to confess privately but fails . and as for the final attempt , she writes her love confession on a notebook which says , “i hate you but like you at the same time . what should i do ? ” like they say , third time’s a charm , and so on the third try , while hiding under the teacher’s table , yuni successfully convey her love . and in a spur , haruka kisses her .
yuni begins to receive one - on - one tutoring from mr . haruka sakurai . soon , yuni develops feelings for her teacher and she realizes that she is now in love . yuni then confesses to her teacher .
the mps say that the uk government needs to follow the lead of france , spain and italy , countries that have expressed opposition to brussels’ proposals because of the potential impact on their domestic film and tv industries .
about one gloomy girl named mei who injures the most popular male student named yamato . somehow , yamato likes mei and one day , yamato saves mei from a stalker by kissing her . from that kiss , their love story begins .
a girl that resemble
sadako
of the movie ring is being feared by her classmates . she is avoided by everyone . while everyone is avoiding her , the popular boy shota kazehaya befriends her , and their love begins to grow .
hathaway departed from making family friendly films in 2005 , with havoc and brokeback mountain . in the independent film havoc , she played a privileged los angeles teen who drawn to the city & apos ; s grittier side . the academy award - winning brokeback mountain , directed by ang lee , featured hathaway in a supporting role as lureen , a wife whose husband is in love with a man . she earned strong reviews for her portrayal of a tough , sexy texan .
pretty leads , but pretty boring storyline . well , since it ' s a manga adaption ( not that i ' ve read it ) , i think we were expected to know the whole story so it ' s a bit fast paced ( as in everything felt rushed ) , dramatic , with no character establishment nor development . they fell in love in a flash , especially the teacher , and the next thing i know , they were forcing the forbidden teacher - student love down my throat . i guess it ' s your average high school love drama , which do no justice for the two pretty leads , they could have done better , i blame the writing . i stuck around for an hour or so just to watch yamapi .
when she was in middle school , yoshioka futaba met tanaka kou whom she had mutual love . after kou moved to nagaski with his late mother , futaba lost contact with him . in her first - year of . . . see full summary »
are very diverse , showing excellent range . in this film , penn is a convincing midwestern kid , caught up in a lot more than he bargained for . walken , who is almost always excellent , is a bit too much of a cipher as the father , too changeable with too little justification . in stories based on real life , truth is a defense , i suppose , but kazan and walken might have tried harder to tie the threads of his character more tightly together . mary stuart masterson is good as penn ' s girlfriend , and christopher penn does a good job as penn ' s younger brother .
they are the same dynamics you could see in the great crime film
in cold blood
( 1967 ) , the dynamics where seemingly ordinary people whose moral sense is missing drift into actions so bad that perhaps even they are appalled .
actress anne hathaway was born in brooklyn , new york , on november 12 , 1982 . as a youngster , she was accepted into the barrow group theater company . in 1999 she got her first big break on the short - lived television series get real . hathaway then landed the role that made her famous , playing mia thermopolis in the princess diaries ( 2001 ) . in 2006 she found huge success with the devil wears prada and the following year she starred in becoming jane , a film about jane austen . hathaway then garnered both critical and commercial attention for her role in 2010 & apos ; s love and other drugs , due in no small part to her nude scenes in the film . she went on to win acclaim for later film appearances , including those in the dark knight rises , les miserables ( both released in 2012 ) and alice through the looking glass ( 2016 ) , before being tapped for the heist comedy ocean & apos ; s 8 ( 2018 ) .
the uk’s £1bn industry that sells films and tv shows such as victoria , sherlock and love island across europe is under threat from plans in brussels that will slash their value to broadcasters on the continent , a cross - party group of mps has warned the government .
europe is the second - biggest market for uk tv exports – only north america is bigger – worth well in excess of £400m in sales annually . a further £500m of the £2bn british global film exports annually are accounted for by sales across europe .
the acting was really good , especially if the female lead got on my nerves for her acting here , she did her job wel . the male lead is easy to love and i thought his acting was great . also the chemistry they have in this movie is incredible !
in 2001 hathaway took on the role that made her famous : she starred as mia thermopolis , a smart , klutzy teen who learns she is actually a princess of a small country called genovia , in the princess diaries . thermopolis & apos ; grandmother , played by julie andrews , instructs her in all things royal . while reviews were mixed , the film scored big with audiences , earning approximately $ 108 million at the box office . hathaway earned a teen choice award nomination for her work on the film .
from kathleen collins’ recently re - released losing ground and bill gunn’s still shelved studio - feature stop , to woodie king’s neo - realist the long night , and william miles’ magisterial i remember harlem , the new york scene presents a challenging collective of films that defy typical cinematic histories . this close - up will feature works rarely discussed not to incorporate them into already existing histories but to pose new questions .
i think this is a good movie . pi as sakurai - sensei is so handsooooooome . and i imagine what he really smells like ? hahahaha . i so envy nana komatsu . hahahaha . i don ' t think this is so taboo at all . he fell in love and he was sincere .
black camera invites submissions for a close - up devoted to black independent filmmakers based in and around new york . in 2015 the film society of lincoln center premiered the groundbreaking series tell it like it is : black independents in new york , 1968 - 1986 , programmed by michelle materre and jake perlin . this series re - contextualized the all too rarely seen film and television works of artists including jessie maple , william miles , kathleen collins , bill gunn , st . clair bourne , madeline anderson , kent garrett and william greaves , among many others . whether in documentaries , experimental shorts , or feature length narratives these artists recharted black life on screen . falling between the twin poles of production that were the blaxploitation cycle and what paula massood describes as the black city cinema of the 1990s , these artists were part of a new york “scene . ” whether as colleagues or friends , a network of black artists emerged . within this network artists exchanged ideas and challenged typical modes of production and representation .
bowing at no . 3 on 199 screens nationwide is “grace of monaco” with $ 755 , 665 on 64 , 542 admissions . the only other non - japanese film in the top ten , “dawn of the planet of the apes , ” slipped from the seventh to the ninth spot .
while many of these filmmakers had close relationships with new york’s prominent public television station wnet , some worked across media . expanding the scope beyond new york city , these artists represented an east coast analog to the west coast work of the la rebellion filmmakers . where ucla represented a nexus point of education , the networks created on the east coast were entangled across and against institutions . this close - up section endeavors to re - frame how scholars think of “black cinema” and the ways in which black filmmakers on the east coast honed specific aesthetic and narrative strategies , cultivated often in opposition to those emerging in other artistic spheres . figures like gunn and collins , who were once pejoratively characterized as belonging to the “hudson river school of cinematography” turned to both the stage and the page as writers , sculpting worlds of middle class black life that cut across time and prescribed notions of legible blackness .
trolls is a neon - tinted explosion of glitter , music and fast - paced humor . it may not be an animated masterpiece but there are some very creative and charming things happening in this film . dreamworks isn ' t at the level of challenging disney or pixar and they prove it again with their latest , but if trolls maybe isn ' t ambitious it ' s a lot of fun . the animation is lovely to look at . colorful and tactile with use of felt and scrapbook cutouts , the animation sparkles . the film tells an important if rather basic message about happiness and how it is found within . the first half of the film is delightful with some terrific musical numbers starring anna kendrick , however , momentum slows a bit once the trolls hit bergen town , and the addition of a sideplot involving a bergen scullery maid is rather strange , but the film pulls it together near the end . in the film ' s best scene , resembling inside out ' s memory dump scene , justin timberlake flexes his vocals in a touching rendition or true colors and an oddly quiet scene from the typical frenzied dreamworks ' animations . trolls is a cute story , told well with some good vocal performances and some nice musical numbers . it ' s loud and frantic at times and it doesn ' t dig too deep , but it ' s charming and funny enough to make a pleasant escape from the torturous election season . rating : 68
hathaway & apos ; s success on the silver screen continued with the devil wears prada ( 2006 ) , a film adaptation of the best - selling novel by lauren weisberger . in the film , hathaway plays a struggling journalist who takes a job at a fashion magazine out of desperation , and finds herself working as an assistant for the publication & apos ; s difficult and demanding editor - in - chief . her character & apos ; s boss , played by meryl streep , is said to have been based on anna wintour , editor - in - chief of vogue magazine .
with the encouragement of her only friend , nanami kikuko ( mizuki yamamoto ) , yuni realises that she has fallen in love with her teacher , sakurai who also happens to be admired by every girl in school . every time yuni has the chance to express the way she feels to sakurai , she isn ' t able to do so .
hathaway returned to the role for the 2004 sequel , the princess diaries 2 : royal engagement . that same year , she played the title character in ella enchanted , a twist on the cinderella story . the film received mostly positive reviews , with critic roger ebert describing her as
beautiful
and
luminous .
the first movie close - up featured fred ott , who headlined the 81 - frame edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze , which was recorded in the first week of january 1894 to illustrate an article in harper ' s weekly . journalist burton phillips had actually requested a female subject , so the mustachioed joker of thomas edison ' s west orange laboratory must have come as something of a surprise . the facial hair of john c rice dominated another kinetoscope short photographed in the famous black maria studio , the kiss ( 1896 ) . however , this 22 - second highlight from the saucy broadway hit , the widow jones , co - starred canadian actress may irwin . some viewed their embrace with distaste , however , and the film was banned in several towns , as such graphic displays of affection were deemed wholly inappropriate .
in 2012 , hathaway landed one of her most exciting roles yet : playing catwoman in the third film of christopher nolan & apos ; s batman series , the dark knight rises . she then starred in les miserables ( 2012 ) alongside hugh jackman , amanda seyfried and russell crowe . in the film , hathaway plays fantine , a poor french woman who turns to prostitution to support her only child , cosette . in january 2013 , she received a golden globe award ( best supporting actress ) for her performance in les miserables . hathaway & apos ; s winning streak continued with her first academy award win for best supporting actress for her portrayal of fantine that february .
isn ' t particularly good entertainment , nor is it moving , nor instructive , except for incipient cinematographers and directors . a good story has gone to waste , and there is no need for most people to bother checking out the obscured virtues of the film . those who have never understood what
overdirected
means might want to see
gyaaaahhhh ! ! ! ! i just recently read this manga and i really love it ! ! ! i ' m sooo happy yamapi is the lead role ! ! ! i watched his buzzer beat ^ . ^ and nana komatsu looks sooo pretty it really fits her role > . < excited for this movie ! ! ! but it ' s still on october though : /
over the last decade , nina simone has resurfaced as a media icon , muse , and musical mother for contemporary artists and activists . much like simone’s own genre - defying style during her life , twenty - first century engagements with simone range in style and format , including but not limited to broadway musicals , hip hop samples , oscar nominated documentaries , red carpet fashion tributes , and countless tribute concerts and song covers . in other words , simone not only inspires , but in fact shapes american culture in ways that were unimaginable during her peak in the 1960s .
as a supplement to the fall 2017 close - up on beyoncé , black camera invites submissions for a close - up devoted to jay - z . recently inducted into the songwriters hall of fame by president barack obama , jay - z is one of the most influential rap artists of all time . with the release of 4 : 44 , jay - z has once again shifted the terrain of hip - hop and his own image . revealed as a philanderer in beyoncé’s ground - breaking lemonade , jay - z embraces vulnerability and responsibility in his fourteenth album . how does this new perspective elucidate a rapper once renowned for his masculinist lyrics and aggressive posture ? this close - up aims to explore the evolving image and enterprises of jay - z , an artist whose persona is inextricable from his myriad business ventures and entertainment projects . we seek essays that address all stages of his lengthy career from his celebrated debut reasonable doubt to the later volumes of in my lifetime which chronicle his difficult early life to his later masterpieces , the blueprint and the black album . how has his music shaped contemporary hip - hop culture and the political valences of rap ? in what ways can we reconcile his capitalist ethics and hustler persona with his critique of racialized generational wealth and extensive philanthropic endeavors ? how have his views on gender , sexuality and feminism shifted since the birth of his daughters and his mother’s public announcement that she is a lesbian ? what does his political activity and entrepreneurship mean in the age of black lives matter ? we especially welcome essays that address jay - z’s performance aesthetics and visual representation on stage live and in music videos .
this close - up therefore invites a consideration of caribbean cinema as a dialogue across borders , both aesthetically and thematically . if “caribbean cinema” is less a given category than an aspirational process , how might we start to trace its contours ? are there any perceptible influences on recent films from earlier films ? is there a subversive element in the recycling of hollywood genres—action , crime , romance ? how is the relationship between the caribbean and its diasporas , characterized by shifting spaces and artistic mobility , manifested in cinematic practice , audience desire and consumption patterns ? how might we account for the persistence of violence as a trope in so many caribbean films ? contributors are encouraged to take varied approaches—for example , reading films from different territories against each other , comparing contemporary production practices , interrogating individual works in the context of current social concerns , or bringing to bear indigenous theoretical paradigms ( yao ramesar’s caribbeing , glissant’s politics of relation , etc . ) in the analysis of film as text .
for her next role , hathaway took on an english accent to play literary legend jane austen . the historical romance , becoming jane ( 2007 ) , focuses on the relationship between austen and a young irish lawyer , played by james mcavoy . she demonstrated her range on this and other films , including get smart ( 2008 ) , a big - screen adaptation of the similarly titled hit tv comedy , in which hathaway stars opposite steve carell ; and the 2008 thriller passengers . hathaway & apos ; s role as kym in the movie rachel getting married ( 2008 ) earned her an academy award nod ( best actress ) .
hathaway returned to lighter fare with the romantic comedy bride wars in 2009 , starring opposite kate hudson . the film received a lukewarm reception from movie goers , earning more than $ 58 million at the box office . the following year , hathaway had a supporting role in the ensemble comedy valentine & apos ; s day , which also featured jennifer garner , topher grace , ashton kutcher and jessica biel .
these few things withstanding . . . it was a genuine movie . there was a good story here . . . very touching . both sakurai and kururugi had deep emotional issues , and they way they healed each other was nice . i like how helpless sakurai was in falling in love with kururugi . . . when in the beginning his behavior was like that of a school boy with a crush . . . provoking kururugi to get reactions from her .
kururugi yuni is a smart high school student . she excels in all subjects except for english . a new english teacher begins work at yuni ' s high school . his name is sakurai haruka and he is very handsome . yuni begins to receive one - on - one tutoring from mr . sakurai haruka . soon , yuni develops feelings for her teacher and she realizes that she is now in love . yuni then confesses to her teacher . ~ ~ based on the
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matoba , eventually develops feelings for yuni . until one day , he grows some spine and professes his love . but she honestly tells him that she loves someone else . suddenly , a man wearing a hoody breeze in to grab yuni by the hand . of course , the mysterious man is none other than haruka . at last , he realizes that he loves her . but this time , yuni won’t give in easily . his words backfire when she used the same lame excuses he had and unless he proves his feelings are real , she won’t believe him .
having helped earn the studio millions alongside greta garbo in camille ( 1936 ) , taylor received a raise to $ 2 , 500 . yet even though he headlined such hits as a yank at oxford ( 1938 ) , waterloo bridge ( 1940 ) and johnny eager ( 1942 ) , he was easily out - earned by wife barbara stanwyck , who was then the highest paid woman in hollywood . while she scooped $ 323 , 333 in 1943 , taylor was granted a mere $ 4 , 000 p / w in his may contract of the same year ( although it did contain a clause making him the first star to be protected against inflation ) . yet , taylor struggled to relaunch his career after war service and he alienated many by naming names before the house committee on un - american activities inquiry into communism in the film colony . consequently , even though he headlined the fourth highest grossing film to date - quo vadis , which took over $ 12m in 1951 - he was only awarded a weekly $ 6 , 000 under his next mgm deal in january 1955 .
i remember yamapi and this girl promote this movie on tv shows . i didn ' t watch it in a movie theater and now i ' m glad i didn ' t . the plot seemed okay but how they present the love story seemed weird . kururugi seemed to be a psycho . sakurai - sensei is a handsome pervert . lol ! it ' s weird that kururugi is living with a male relative . awkward ! her parents seemed to not care about her at all . in a scale of 1 - 10 , i ' ll give this a 5 and only because yamapi is the lead character , if not , a lot lower . boring !
penn , as brad jr . , isn ' t really criminal material , but he ' s a misfit and an outcast , and absolutely nothing is happening for him in his own life . he drifts into the orbit of his father , looking for love and also looking for action . he ' s the leader of a young gang of his own , and his father assigns the kids to a couple of easy jobs , getting them ready for the big time . but when the big time turns dangerous and it looks as if the gang might be busted , the walken character is absolutely prepared to save his own skin , even at the cost of betraying his child .
sakurai , himself never expresses any concern about where yuni ' s parents are and how they would feel about him wanting to marry her . . . it just never comes up . the writer and director missed the mark here . the reappearance of the ex - girlfriend mirei ( new teacher ) and her being jealous of a child and wanting to start dating again after how many years of absence from each other ' s life . not realistic at all . . . oh , by the way lets start dating again because i know you ' re in love with a teenaged girl at this school and i can ' t stand myself for being jealous of her . oh and i told her guardian so he could break you up . . . .
somewhat torn about this . the directing , look and acting is top - notch , no doubt about it . especially the huge battle scenes are impressive , disgusting and engaging , almost rivaling saving private ryan ' s . the beginning does take its time introducing our protagonist and his early life . his ultimate engagement is unbelievable and the definition of a hero . while you feel some parts may be a bit exaggerated , the actual quotes the movie ends with prove many details right . on the other side , the film is neither particularly subtle about doss ' belief nor in making monsters out of the enemy . the final taking of hacksaw ridge is portrayed rather questionably . still , doss ' unimaginable heroism is a story worth telling .
haruka goes to her house and signals her to go out . they go to a secluded beach and there haruka shares a piece of his past . his dad was a sales agent . dad was always busy at work but when he’s home , he’ll tell silly lies . one of which is seeing a blue sunset . when haruka was 12 , his dad committed suicide . basically , that’s the main reason he hates lies . anyways , he didn’t bring her there for his sob stories but to propose marriage . since she’s asking him to prove his love , a marriage proposal is the only solution . he doesn’t mind quitting his job but is more concerned of yuni’s situation . if the school finds out , she may be expelled . so until she graduates , they remain student and teacher . though caught in off guard , yuni says yes . everything is clear and the boundary between the teacher and his student is razed .
sometimes it ' s not what you know , but who you know . brazilian film expert yma de almeida identified walter avancini ' s 1978 tele - adaptation of jorge amado ' s novel , a morte e a morte de quincas berro d ' água / the death and death of quincas berro d ' água , which screened on channel four in 1986 . published in 1958 , amado ' s novel was a scathing assault on the brazilian bourgeoisie that also combined pioneering elements of regionalism and magic realism . the tv movie starred paulo gracindo as the respectable family man and public employee who abandons his comfortable existence to live among the marginalised people of bahia and it is the drunks and hookers who give him the raucously fond send - off that culminates in his body being lost at sea . sérgio machado , who debuted so impressively with lower city in 2005 , is currently completing a new version for the big screen .
the story has much to say , and , as best i can make out , nicholas kazan ' s script makes at least some attempt to say some of it . the relationship between a father and son , how young men become criminals , the balance between family loyalty , love , and principles , and any number of other worthy themes suggest themselves . unfortunately , foley seems to have no interest in any of these themes , nor in any other theme . foley is interested in camera moves , camera angles , lighting effects , montage for montage ' s sake . he devotes his attention to making sure that something odd is done , technically , with each and every shot , and that each oddity is unique . i am impressed by his imagination ( which , i guess , was the idea ) , but , as a filmmaker , foley seems to be a flop . he has little idea how to tell the story , or perhaps just no interest . he doesn ' t really play fair with his performers , so what look to be good performances from penn , walken , and others emerge as disjointed glimpses peeking around technical wizardry .
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aoi lives in an apartment by herself . shusei moves in next to aoi ' s apartment . shusei is a very popular student . due to a mistake , aoi makes the sprinkler go off in his room . until his room is fixed , he stays with aoi .
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mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy . she is shocked when he reveals who he is - hiro , a delinquent attending her school . what she doesn ' t know is that hiro isn ' t as bad as he seems .
a girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends , along with a newly arrived , troubled classmate , learn how to be better friends and a better community .
at the time of filming , tomohisa yamashita would have been 29 years old and nana komatsu 18 years old .
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yuni kururugi ( nana komatsu ) is a smart high school student . she excels in all subjects except for english . a new english teacher begins work at yuni ' s high school . his name is haruka sakurai ( tomohisa yamashita ) and he is very handsome .
based on manga series
kinkyori renai
by rin mikimoto ( published from may , 2008 to june , 2011 in japanese shōjo manga magazine bessatsu friend ) .
is it me , or is the instrumental that played during the title and sakurai carrying yuni scene not existing in the internet ? if anyone knows the title , please spare the title . . ＿ | ￣ | ○
ah , for the main comment , i actually liked this movie . the manga was better but the movie satisfied me as well so i guess it ' s okay . worth to watch for me , but i know these type of movie is not for everybody .
this movie is awesome , yet i feel so wrong after watching it . but , i ' m not regretting it , it makes me smile all day but i keep on thinking that this will not going to happen in real life . but yeah , i am shocked seeing her real age though .
this movie trigger me so much lol . i ' m so afraid of what ' s gonna happen next and i cant imagine how people contain themselves when they watch this on movie theater .
luckily is wasnt as taboo as i expected it to be and surprisingly , it was kind of watchable esp for scene that made you scream out loud hahaha . please yamapi , no more movies like this !
god that sensei was soo irresponsible as a teacher and as an adult like . . . i only finished this because of nana
ehhh . i wish they chose someone taller for sakurai - sensei . i ' m not feeling the sakurai vibes from yamapi . . . this is all from watching the trailer , i haven ' t seen the movie yet , so . . . but still . manga version sakurai was uber hot and tall and towering . especially when he ' s standing over uni , or blocking her from going somewhere .
this movie remind me of one popular manga . erm i forget the manga name . ryuu what . . . ? ahhh i forgot . just a little same but all . so i ' m okay with that hehe
noooooooooo , just noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo . i hate teacher / student relationships ! it drives me insane ! i watched the trailer without reading the earlier summaries and now i am going crazy ! ! ! my eyeeessss ! ! my poor eyes ! ! ! what have i just watched ! ! and not to mention the age gap between the two actors disturbs me a little . but if they both played adults then i wouldn ' t mind . it will be like watching the two actors from itazura na kiss which has a 10 year age gap . anyways personally i wouldn ' t watch it for obvious personal reasons . so don ' t mind my comment .