spotlight is a 2015 american biographical crime drama film directed by tom mccarthy and written by mccarthy and josh singer .

the film follows the boston globe 's " spotlight " team , the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the united states , and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the boston area by numerous roman catholic priests .

it is based on a series of stories by the " spotlight " team that earned the globe the 2003 pulitzer prize for public service .

the film stars mark ruffalo , michael keaton , rachel mcadams , john slattery , stanley tucci , brian d'arcy james , liev schreiber , and billy crudup .

spotlight was shown in the out of competition section of the 72nd venice international film festival .

it was also shown at the telluride film festival and the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival .

the film was released on november 6 , 2015 , by open road films and grossed $ 90 million worldwide .

it won numerous guilds and critics ' association awards , and was named one of the finest films of 2015 by various publications .

spotlight won the academy award for best picture along with best original screenplay from six nominations in total , making spotlight the first film from open road films to win in either category .

this also marks the first film to win best picture from a different mini-major studio than lionsgate , summit entertainment ( later bought by lionsgate in 2012 ) , miramax , or the weinstein company .

spotlight ( film )

a film aboutlife at buckland paper mill has been screened at dover film festival .
english department lecture series : special screening and discussion with spotlight film director , mr . tom mccarthy
billy crudup is in talks to join participant media ' s catholic church sex abuse scandal film spotlight .
spotlight is a 2015 american drama film directed by thomas mccarthy and written by mccarthy and josh singer .
weymouth is set to be launched into the spotlight once again as part of a new feature film .
steve jobs ,
spotlight
and more try their luck at the telluride film festival .
tom mccarthy ' s latest feature is the critically acclaimed spotlight , a remarkable film that . . . more
one day after spotlight won best picture at the academy awards , the vatican newspaper published two stories commending the film .
director tom mccarthy and actors michael keaton and rachel mcadams react to an unprecedented screening of their film spotlight at the vatican .
open road will distribute spotlight domestically , with entertainment one handling the international release . the film is set for a 2015 release .
cardinal o ' malley issues statement on the release of ' spotlight ' film . published 10 / 28 / 2015 . local .
but lawler is among spotlight ’s catholic advocates , writing in urltoken that the film “successfully conveys the essence of the story . ”
natalie macmahon gained her first film experiences as an actress at a young age . after her studies at a film acting school in berlin , she started writing her first script for the short film “the man who couldn’t cry” , which has been screened at numerous international film festivals such as the “sydney indie film fest” , the “blow up arthouse film fest chicago” , the “canada short film festival” , the “hong kong arthouse film festival” , the “genre celebration film festival” or the “swedish international film festival” to name a few . her second short film “like a summer sonata” participated at the “cannes short film corner” 2016 and was also part of countless international festivals like the “new york state international film festival” , the “toronto film week” , the “melbourne indie film festival” , the “miami independent film festival” , the “washington pa film festival” or the “european independent film awards” . after these two short dramas natalie made her first experimental , film noir inspired short called “lola wants to see the sea” , which has already successfully participated at the “north american film awards” , the “sydney indie film festival” , as well as the “eve film festival” , the “alternative film festival” , the “river film festival” and the “female filmmakers film awards” . natalie just finished her new fantasy drama short in esperanto called “ a universal love story” as well as her science fiction drama “it’s getting darker every day” . currently natalie is working on her new virtual reality themed short “the red head” as well as on her first feature film script “hot scary summer” .
written by anthony d on may 3 , 2017 . posted in client spotlight , film , new client launch , video production , web development
internship spotlight : john rolston , creative development intern at ine / trium entertainment based in studio city , california . | the film studies program
at scad spotlight day , discover life as a scad student and get a peek into the university ' s annual scad savannah film festival .
dean ' s final short film ,
aberrant
completed principal photography just five days before his sudden death . this film won a diamond award at the 2015 california film awards .
hamilton tweeted that through the “spotlight” movie , “our voice will become universal . ”
invigorating moviemaking in every way imaginable ,
spotlight
is spot - on .
this is the first film from gary heady , jr . and scott jordan , longtime friends collaborating on the unique film ,
it began at the 2015 venice film festival , where spotlight screened out of competition . the festival’s signis jury ( signis is the world catholic association for communication ) issued a statement calling spotlight a “captivating film” that “calls the catholic church to be the moral leader it claims to be . ”
vatican city ( cns ) - - the vatican newspaper said the oscar - winning film ,
spotlight ,
is not anti - catholic .
the effects of spotlight’s investigative work are still being felt , and as the film ' s ending indicates , the issues are far from resolved . spotlight effectively cast a bright
spotlight
on the problems by raising public awareness . that is something many modern catholic representatives maintain is crucial to preventing the behavior .
“ spotlight ” has taken home yet another big critics prize , with the new york film critics online ( nyfco ) naming it the best film of 2015 when it announced the winners of its awards on sunday .
rachel mcadams as sacha pfeiffer , mark ruffalo as michael rezendes and brian d’arcy james as matt carroll portray boston globe journalists in the film , spotlight .
spotlight : boston globe ' s michael rezendes and ben bradlee jr . with seymour hersh
was spotlight a documentary ? i thought it was an original screenplay and was fictional .
cinematography is another crucial element of film that really pulled me into the world of film studies . the way a film is shot , edited , and uses lighting is absolutely crucial to the visual appeal of a film as well as conveying emotions or a theme .
“spotlight” shows how the boston globe spotlight team investigated the abuse of catholic boys and girls by dozens of priests , and beyond that , how the church hierarchy covered up this epidemic for years . it’s a remarkable film — and i’m proud that three of the four spotlight team members depicted are john s . knight journalism fellowships alumni :
the win followed the film’s prestigious prizes at the recent venice and toronto film festivals , and came even as israel’s culture minister continued to pillory the film for casting the israeli military in a critical light .
spotlight was released on blu - ray , dvd and vod 867d ago in the us .
the boston globe’s pulitzer prize - winning coverage of sexual abuse in the catholic church in 2002 has spawned the movie “spotlight . ” go inside previous reports from the globe’s spotlight team .
rachel mcadams ( left ) portrays sacha pfeiffer , a reporter from the real spotlight team .
spotlight on media & entertainment : box office trends | l . e . k . consulting
“spotlight” won the oscar for best picture . read our complete coverage of the academy awards .
film shines a ' spotlight ' on boston ' s clergy sex abuse scandal a new movie chronicles the team of journalists who uncovered the clergy sex abuse scandal in boston . director tom mccarthy and former globe editor walter robinson join fresh air to discuss spotlight .
spotlight claims to be ' based on actual events , ' but it does not bode well when the very first scene of the film is a complete fabrication .
open road and the filmmakers behind spotlight previously defended the movie’s portrayal of dunn on multiple occasions .
in addition to its four nominations , “spotlight” won the robert altman award for its ensemble cast .
brian d’arcy james and rachel mcadams in tom mccarthy’s spotlight . photograph : allstar / open road films
the story is about the boston globe ' s
spotlight
team , a newspaper investigative unit in the united states . the real spotlight team earned the 2003 pulitzer prize for public service .
from left : rachel mcadams , michael keaton , and director tom mccarthy on the “spotlight” set .
spotlight movie ' s set designer william cheng talks how he perfectly replicated the boston globe building .
spotlight
is a very good movie . it might win an oscar for best screenplay .
“it’s a beautiful region with a lot to appeal to filmmakers , and at muskoka north film studios we’re providing the modern facilities which film requires , ” says morrow . “film represents a bright future for parry sound . ”
while the vatican has not commented directly on the film , vatican - owned newspaper l ' osservatore romano praised the film for giving a voice to victims and insisted that the film was not anti - catholic . vatican radio had previously reviewed the film as
honest
and
compelling .
former jsk fellows , walter robinson , michael rezendes and sacha pfeiffer , at a miami screening of the film “spotlight” hosted by the knight foundation . photo by francis robles .
an engaging , daring and brutally honest film that needs to be seen by every irish man or woman , spotlight ranks easily as one of the best films of 2016 .
spotlight , the oscar - winning film , has a compelling plot . the film is not anti - catholic , as has been written , because it manages to voice the shock and profound pain of the faithful confronting the discovery of these horrendous realities .
english department lecture series : special screening and discussion with spotlight film director , mr . tom mccarthy tickets , thu , apr 20 , 2017 at 2 : 00 pm | eventbrite
the film throws a larger spotlight on its female characters , led by johansson’s black widow holding her own in complex fight scenes and finding romance with hulk ( mark ruffalo ) .
you’ve previously said you learn something from every movie you make . what’s been your takeaway from spotlight ?
michael keaton as walter ‘robby’ robinson and mark ruffalo as michael rezendes in spotlight . image by kerry hayes
since this article was published , spotlight went on to win the 2016 oscar for best original screenplay .
actors and filmmakers involved in “spotlight , ” and boston globe journalists , accpeted the best picture award .
“spotlight” is a commanding portrait of how a team of journalists uncovered a scandal in the catholic church .
i went to see
spotlight
by myself . i knew it would be painful to watch .
the actor michael keaton discusses playing the boston globe journalist walter
robby
robinson in “spotlight . ”
rome — the day after the movie “spotlight” received the best picture oscar , the vatican’s newspaper and radio station are praising the film as courageous and “not anti - catholic , ” and revealed that clerics in rome have been recommending the film to each other .
in 2014 , he made a short film called “ i am candy” which made it to great film festivals and did very well winning best short and best director in both feratum film fest mexico and macabro . currently he is about to release two short films and finishing the script to his first feature film .
“spotlight” has taken home yet another big critics prize , with the new york film critics online ( nyfco ) naming it the best film of 2015 when it announced the winners of its awards on sunday . tom mccarthy’s drama following journalists investigating pedophile priests had a good day on sunday , winning best film at both the los [ … ]
la auxiliary bishop robert barron talks about the new
spotlight
film with cna ' s adelaide mena . follow us on twitter @ cnalive urltoken ' like ' us on facebook urltoken
further explore the spotlight movie true story by watching an interview with several key members of the spotlight team that broke open the catholic church child abuse scandal . then watch an interview with abuse victim phil saviano .
' spotlight ' to me is not a paean to journalism’s past , but to journalism’s best .
additionally , the spotlight effort offered an opportunity to craft a cinematic love letter to long - form journalism .
spotlight also scrutinizes ( to a certain extent ) the culpability of the boston globe , the home of its protagonists , for not running the story years earlier when a member of the spotlight team heard about the scandal from a self - identified victim . the understated heroism of the spotlight team is colored by this tardiness .
spotlight puts the power of journalism on the front page . with measure befitting the investigative . . . more
gross : we ' re listening to the interview dave davies recorded about the film
spotlight
with tom mccarthy , the film ' s director and co - writer , and walter robby robinson , one of the journalists portrayed in the film . he ' s played by michael keaton in the film . after a break , they ' ll talk more about the globe ' s investigation into priest abuse and the film ' s depiction of the story . i ' m terry gross , and this is fresh air .
the vatican screening and the attention it’s gotten could remind oscar voters just how “important” a film spotlight is , to use mccarthy’s word . “i think it speaks to the mindset and hopefully the power of the film , ” the director said , without mentioning the awards specifically .
spotlight might be seen as a bookend of sorts to all the president’s men . when that film about woodward and bernstein’s investigation of the watergate scandal came out in 1976 , it earned jason robards an oscar for his portrayal of washington post editor ben bradlee , the father of spotlight’s ben bradlee jr .
rachel mcadams , mark ruffalo , and brian d ' arcy james in
spotlight ,
a new film about the boston globe ' s coverage of clergy sexual abuse in the catholic church .
“spotlight , ’’ which is based on the globe’s pulitzer prize - winning reporting of the catholic church sex abuse scandal , is currently looking for extras to film in boston through oct . 1 .
the wins helped boost the awards - season profile of “carol , ” which debuted at the cannes film festival to acclaim earlier this year , as the oscar race remains wide open at this early stage . on tuesday , the national board of review named “mad max : fury road” the best film of the year , while the gotham film awards anointed “spotlight . ”
complete coverage of the globe’s spotlight report on the clergy sex abuse scandal from 2002 . ( boston . com )
real spotlight team member michael rezendes ( right ) poses with his onscreen counterpart , mark ruffalo ( left ) .
michael keaton portrays walter “robby” robinson , the spotlight team’s player - coach , and a 1982 stanford journalism fellow .
internship spotlight : john rolston , creative development intern at ine / trium entertainment based in studio city , california .
for all of its modesty and dedication to process , spotlight winds up being a startlingly emotional experience . . .
comedy , the cobbler , spotlight almost qualifies as a comeback : either way , it’s a significant step up .
reviewed at open road films screening room , los angeles , aug . 25 , 2015 . ( in venice film festival — noncompeting ; telluride film festival ; toronto film festival — special presentations . ) mpaa rating : r . running time : 128 min .
pennywise from the 2017 film adaptation of it . photograph : allstar / new line cinema
movie news , screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond .
eone films international is the film group ' s global sales arm , acquiring worldwide rights to premium commercial films from leading indie film producers and selling them to distribution partners worldwide .
spotlight , which won best picture at the 88th academy awards on sunday , has been received very differently by catholics . the film depicts the pulitzer prize - winning investigative work of the boston globe ’s spotlight team in 2001 and 2002 on mishandling of clerical sexual abuse of minors by the boston archdiocese under cardinal bernard law .
within the first two months after the original spotlight investigation was published in 2002 , another 300 victims from boston came forward . since the film’s release , the survivors network of those abused by priest and others have reported more calls for help , with some people mentioning the film in their call .
shiva began working in film in 2008 as a practical special effects artist . in 2013 she sat in the director ' s chair for the first time on the feature film predatory moon . she has since directed several shorts and is currently in development for the feature film
“spotlight , ” which is generating buzz as a possible oscar contender , is scheduled for release on nov . 6 .
watch trailers , read customer and critic reviews , and buy spotlight directed by tom mccarthy for $ 14 . 99 .
the real spotlight team ' s investigation into father john j . geoghan led to the discovery of other abusive priests .
rachel mcadams , mark ruffalo and brian d’arcy james in
spotlight .
( kerry hayes / open road films )
from left , rachel mcadams , mark ruffalo and brian d’arcy james as reporters for the boston globe in “spotlight . ”
“we warmed him up , ” robinson said . at a film - festival screening of “spotlight , ” during a standing ovation for the journalists , baron had been the most choked up of any of them .
rome — the day after the movie “spotlight” received the best picture oscar , the vatican’s newspaper and radio station are praising the film as courageous and “not anti - catholic , ” and revealed that clerics in rome have been recommending the film to each other . although a vatican spokesman declined to comment on
i felt this film was more about the reporters doing great work and pursuing the investigation .
after graduation simone worked at stonestreet studios where she directed two short films ( one of which , quietus , was an official selection at manhattan film festival 2015 and won ' best short film ' and the other ' fashion nightmare ' was an official selection at the manhattan film festival 2016 ) and edited a feature film , a short and a full length pilot .
timothy collins is an award - winning student filmmaker from atlanta , ga . he is currently in his final year of the bfa film program at the art institute of atlanta . his previous film , kiss of death ( 2015 ) , was an official selection at over 60 international film festivals including the cannes short film corner , ultimately earning 40 + awards worldwide . his 2016 horror film , blackout , is just beginning its rounds on the festival circuit .
the greater philadelphia film office ( gpfo ) is a
film commission
representing southeastern pennsylvania that officially serves the counties of bucks , chester , delaware , montgomery , and philadelphia .
i liked this film , its one of those you could see again a few times .
the best film of 2015 . everyone should watch this movie , this will win best picture
incredible . preordered six minutes after i saw it . it ' s a superb film .
cast members from the upcoming “spotlight’’ film , including mark ruffalo , john slattery , and rachel mcadams , were spotted at fenway park where the group was filming a scene for the movie , according to the globe .
mansfield to be in spotlight in film depicting notorious case filmmakers making movie about local man ' s book , the mansfield killings :
a novel based on true events .
check out this story on urltoken urltoken
the u . s . conference of catholic bishops issued guidelines to dioceses around the country on how to handle the film ,
spotlight ,
which opens at scores of theaters , including those on long island .
kyle farscht is an award - winning high school student filmmaker from millburn , nj .
slash
is his first true horror film and was thrilled that it received an honorable mention in the 2017 spotlight horror film festival . he likes creating films with a little edge and is inspired by shows like american horror story and black mirror . most recently his film
entree
won 2nd place for short narrative in the 2017 nj young filmmakers festival ,
soulfege - the a cappella experience
won 2nd place at the 2017 millburn film fest and was a finalist in the 2017 nj high school film festival for documentary ,
flash
was official selection of the 2017 millburn film festival ,
watercolors
was an official selection of the 2016 all american high school film festival , and
paranoid
was an official selection of the 2016 millburn film festival .
josh singer with tom mccarthy and ( the real ) walter “roby” robinon on set of spotlight . image by kerry hates .
spotlight ends with lists showing where major abuse scandals have been uncovered , both in the us and worldwide , including these .
but we also know that institutions are not where the majority of child abuse occurs . to quote a line from spotlight :
spotlight
is a very sad story . it might mark a watershed in the way priests are seen in movies .
dawn is an award - winning producer and director , winning best female producer of the year at wind international film festival 2016 and humanitarian award for her film , flowers in the snow .
jr will then try his hand at insinuation , wondering “who’s paid for the mother teresa movie” ( referring , i presume , either to a 1997 film or a 2003 film – there have been at least two of them on this subject ) . to what end ? are we supposed to start wondering who might have “paid for” the ‘spotlight’ film ? once again , he rummaged through his pile of 3x5s , found one on a ‘movie’ , and since ‘spotlight’ is a movie then … that was enough relevance to satisfy his mind .
cate blanchett and rooney mara’s romance “carol” led spirit awards nominations with six , followed by “beasts of no nation” with five and “spotlight , ” “tangerine” and “anomalisa” with four each . the noms for film independent’s 31st spirit awards were released on tuesday morning . in addition to its four nominations , “spotlight” won the robert altman award for [ … ]
in the fall of 2011 he decided to take the plunge into indie filmmaking and began to plot out his first effort as a writer , producer , and director : a short horror film entitled
the body bag
which was completed in june , 2012 . the film went on to win
best california short
in the california film awards in 2012 . shortly afterwards , dean and his wife , judy , formed their own production company , undaunted films . first up was the supernatural thriller and feature film ,
ghostline
, which was shot in 2013 . this film was awarded a silver award at the california film awards and won best of the fest at the fantastic horror film festival in 2014 .
ghostline
also obtained national film distribution .
pellegrini wrote that the catholic church should not be wary of a film about its past failures .
lake’s film was scripted but she would occasionally let the actors improvise a line here or there .
this might just be the best newspaper film since all the president ' s men in 1976 .
josh brolin and benicio del toro are back in the arthouse film that may become a franchise .
cardinal sean p . o’malley says the forthcoming “spotlight” film chronicling the boston globe’s investigation of child sex abuse in the roman catholic church illustrates how the newspaper’s reports prompted the church “to deal with what was shameful and hidden . ”
it should surely be one of two things — a film you absolutely have to see , or one that is unimprovable . only rarely does a movie come along that fulfils both those criteria , but i think spotlight does .
vancouver film school vancouver , b . c . founded in 1987 , the vancouver film school , located in one of the most pictureque spots in british columbia , boasts the largest digital paint and effects lab in canada , featured as part of its classical animation program . thirteen full - time programs , including study in film , gaming and makeup design for film , are all available to students , while a partnership with shanghai university in 2014 resulted in the shanghai - vancouver film school .
( left to right ) michael keaton and mark ruffalo in spotlight . photo credit : kerry hayes / distributor : open road films
producers have secured life rights of the globe reporters responsible , including spotlight team members rezendes , pfeiffer and matt carroll , spotlight team editor walter “robby” robinson ( keaton ) , special projects editor ben bradlee jr . and globe editor marty baron ( schreiber ) .
davies : spotlight was an investigative team that did this story and many other deeply reported investigative stories . does it still exist ?
“this film gave a voice to survivors and this oscar amplifies that voice , which we hope will become a choir that will resonate all the way to the vatican , ” said “spotlight” producer michael sugar as he accepted the award while the film’s cast — and some of the people they portray — stood behind him on stage .
he has created numerous award - winning ads and music videos and his short films have graced television as well as film festivals from minneapolis to new york city . his current award - winning film is
the ophir awards are considered to be israel’s version of the oscars , and the film that wins the best picture category is often the country’s nomination for the foreign language film at the academy awards .
a . o . scott , film critic for the new york times , said what “spotlight” lacks in spectacle — it’s about old - fashioned , shoe - leather journalism , after all — it makes up for in artful storytelling .
spotlight tells the astonishing true story of the boston globe’s pulitzer prize - winning “spotlight” team of investigative journalists , who in 2002 shock the city and the world by exposing the catholic church’s systematic cover - up of widespread pedophilia perpetrated by more than 70 local priests .
new york film academy new york with locations across the globe , the new york film academy offers a variety of accelerated degree , conservatory , or workshop programs in visual and performing arts . work produced by nyfa graduates has been screened at cannes , sundance , toronto , venice and sxsw film festivals .
altos de chavon film school dominican republic the la romana film school is a two - year program in audiovisual media , offering both theoretical and practical study in screenwriting , film production , animation techniques , digital post - production and design . the school integrates its other disciplines — fine art , fashion and visual communication — into the film studies program to provide a broader perspective of artistic and cultural images .
rachel mcadams as sacha pfeiffer , mark ruffalo as michael rezendes and brian d’arcy james as matt carroll in spotlight . image by kerry hayes
“before spotlight’s work , snap members were usually ignored , ” he says . “they were unsuccessfully trying to warn parishioners , parents , police , prosecutors and the public about this massive , ongoing danger to kids . after spotlight’s work , people started to pay attention . ”
“spotlight , ” the acclaimed drama about the boston globe’s investigation of the pedophile priest scandal , took home two oscars . by ty burr
actor michael keaton poses with the real walter robinson , who is the former head of the boston globe ' s spotlight investigative team .
home » news » internship spotlight : john rolston , creative development intern at ine / trium entertainment based in studio city , california .
this brief article hopes to stay that result , visited upon someone who appears as a character in the film spotlight , about the sexual abuse crisis in the catholic church , and how it was uncovered by staffers at the boston globe .
spotlight has been a huge media draw in the catholic country . michael keaton , and the man he plays in the film , boston globe editor walter robinson , toured rome in january where they praised the investigative journalism behind the film that brought to light the abuses of the catholic church from boston all the way up to the vatican .
the vatican radio commentary says the new film shows globe journalists exercising “their most pure vocation” as journalists .
earned $ 14 , 970 , also in one theater . the latter film is yet another success for
don ' t miss this crackling - and deeply important - film about the power of the press .
even a short film can contribute to combating the aids virus . loyola productions of the . . .
pope pius xii was the absolute protagonist of the international catholic film festival , “ mirabile . . .
few surprises on the lido . at the most recent edition of the venice film festival . . .
the 2016 film - and - tv fete will take place jan . 10 at the beverly hilton .
' carol ' takes top honors at new york film critics awards . see the winners list # nyfcc
the 2015 toronto film festival runs sept . 10 - 20 . additional films will be announced soon .
beginning in 2010 with his short - film aria , made in his first - year at film - school , his films have been selected in festivals around the world and received multiple prizes and distinctions .
experienced stunt co - ordinator , ted ross , joined wendy morrow in founding muskoka north film studios .
copyright © 2016 greater philadelphia film office . all rights reserved | sitemap | web design : 215 media
it also does not bode well for the film ' s authenticity that a possible lawsuit looms as at least four individuals have now stepped forward to say they have been falsely portrayed in the film .
this short film and animation festival returns in september ( 19 th - 24 th ) , bringing its huge programme of diverse screenings and special events . for the film - makers , it’s a gateway to leading european film accolades such as the baftas , european film awards and cartoon d’or . for the public it’s a chance to support the next generation of filmmakers and enjoy an eclectic range of short films .
john slattery of mad men and homeland alum jamey sheridan are among the new additions to tom mccarthy ’s catholic sex abuse film spotlight . billy crudup , whom thr exclusively reported was in talks to join the cast , officially has signed on .
an editorial acknowledged that spotlight is “not anti - catholic” and that the film instead draws attention to the important issue of sex abuse and “manages to voice the shock and profound pain of the faithful confronting the discovery of these horrendous realities . ”
keaton co - starred in “robocop” and “need for speed , ” while “birdman” is scheduled to open the venice film festival and close the new york film festival . he’s repped by icm partners and anonymous content .
but “spotlight” does not cover the globe in glory , and that makes it more credible to some who saw it thursday . several times in “spotlight , ” clergy abuse victims and their advocates say they tried to get the globe’s attention but the paper did not pursue their claims .
spotlight won oscars for best picture and best original screenplay . mark ruffalo and rachel mcadams were also nominated for their roles as globe journalists .
singer , who graduated from harvard law school in boston shortly before the spotlight investigation began , had generally avoided reading about the church scandal .
if you can , see spotlight , as it shows how one community came to be outraged and act on what happened to their children .
uc berkeley berkeley , calif . uc berkeley’s film & media department offers a series of innovative , interdisciplinary programs that guide its students along one of two trajectories : a b . a . in film or a doctorate in film & media . the department inundates its students with all forms of moving - image culture , including film , still photography , television and digital media . the respective programs aim to equip students with the academic tools with which to critically analyze film and media within a broader humanistic lens . it also provides curricular support for the designated emphasis in film studies to bolster the academic proficiency of doctoral students in other departments .
© 2018 film independent . all rights reserved . privacy policy . design by pentagram . built by barrel .
caitlin koller is an award - winning australian filmmaker . she completed an honours degree in film and television at swinburne university in 2012 and her graduate film , ' maid of horror ' , has since played around the world . a lifelong devotee of genre filmmaking , she is currently developing scripts for her first feature film .
eric e . poe has been actively involved in film - making in augusta , georgia , since 2011 .
the new film also features nutrition scientist and bestselling author t . colin campbell ( “the china study” ) .
while the vatican’s spotlight screening may do only so much for that ongoing process , it could have more immediate effects on a far more trivial one in this country : the oscar race . spotlight is currently locked in what appears to be a two - film race for best picture with another movie that is based on a true story and set in the recent past : the big short .
the paper doesn’t think the movie measures up to “all the president’s men , ” but nonetheless praised “spotlight” for having “very little hollywood” in it .
the second article said “spotlight” has “given voice to the shock and the profound grief of the faithful before the discovery of these horrible realities . ”
from left : maureen keiller ( back to camera ) , brian d’arcy james , and director tom mccarthy during filming of “spotlight’’ at the globe .
from left : michael keaton , liev schreiber , mark ruffalo , rachel mcadams , john slattery , and brian d’arcy james on the “spotlight” set .
more all the president’s men than broadcast news … mark ruffalo , rachel mcadams , michael keaton and brian d’arcy james in spotlight . photograph : lmk
‘we call boston the biggest small town in america’ mike rezends , right , with mark ruffalo , who portrays him in spotlight . photograph : lmk
in 2002 , the spotlight team published nearly 600 stories about sex abuse by more than 70 priests whose actions were concealed by the catholic church .
i asked the reporters about baron , whose leadership had encouraged them to crack the story open . “spotlight” has reunited them . they talked about him
new york ( cns ) - - the clergy abuse - themed drama
spotlight
( open road ) is a movie no catholic will want to see . whether it ' s a film many mature catholics ought to see is a different question entirely .
the project follows the success of spotlight , the drama based on journalists who uncovered a conspiracy surrounding the catholic church’s cover - up of paedophile priests in boston . the film , which starred michael keaton and mark ruffalo , won the oscar for best picture .
spotlight
won two awards : one for best picture and one for best original screenplay . the film documents the boston globe ' s investigation into the scandal and cover - up of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in the archdiocese of boston .
sitting behind a group of people watching the film puts you on the spot a little bit—it stresses you out .
it is important to see the film all together as many times as you can stand it during the process .
the best that cinema has had to offer since 2000 as picked by 177 film critics from around the world .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
the current project is to be filmed in ohio and arkansas in 2018 . this month , filmmakers will film some segments for a paranormal prelude to the opening of
the mansfield killings
film and do some location scouting .
edible baja arizona is co - presenting the film’s opening night at the loft cinema , 3233 e . speedway .
tom mccarthy ' s latest feature is the critically acclaimed spotlight , a remarkable film that creates cinematic tension between two institutions , as the boston globe investigates the catholic church ,
said festival chairman harold matzner .
for his expert storytelling of this subject matter , the palm springs international film festival is proud to present tom mccarthy with the sonny bono visionary award .
“ [ on film ] newspapers are usually either cynical and determined to destroy people’s lives or they’re crusading idealists , ” said scott , the times critic . “ [ ‘spotlight’ ] shows the newspaper as a fallible institution staffed by human beings who make mistakes . ”
director statement :
i consider myself to be a massive film lover who lives , breaths and thinks about films . i bring my own unique style to my films . i write , produce and direct my own films . i am by no means a conventional film maker . all my films are written and made to offer audiences a new way of seeing and hearing film . i make films that other film makers are scared to make .
have some popcorn , sit back and enjoy the academy award winning animated film , coco—a story about young miguel who , through his dream of becoming an accomplished musician , sets off on an extraordinary journey , unlocking the real story behind his family’s history . after the film we are joined by several of the film’s makers from the esteemed san francisco bay area animation company , pixar . they will be happy to answer any of your questions about this film !
( left to right ) rachel mcadams , mark ruffalo and brian d’arcy james in spotlight . photo credit : kerry hayes / distributor : open road films
catholic response to spotlight hasn’t been unmixed . former signis president father peter malone , a sacred heart missionary and a veteran film critic from australia , wrote to me that while he found the film generally well made , he was “irked” by “the americanism — it gave the impression that the spotlight team had unearthed the issue of abuse before anyone else did . [ in australia we ] were dealing with abuse officially from 1996 and amongst dioceses and orders before that…i also thought the screenplay did not do enough justice to police work . ”
davies : this is fresh air , and if you ' re just joining us , we ' re talking about the film
spotlight ,
which portrays the boston globe investigation of clergy child abuse in the early 2000s . tom mccarthy directed and co - wrote the film . also with us is walter robinson . he was the reporter and editor who guided that investigative team .
” he worked in partnership with a local production team , and the film premiered at a movie theatre in his hometown . it is currently in the film festival circuit , and to date , the film has picked up 10 awards and 19 nominations . he is the director of a local horror festival , while being a part of the film judging committee . when he is not making his own films , he enjoys watching other indie films from around the world . currently , he is in the final stages of completing his newest script , and production for his newest horror film will begin in the third / fourth quarter of 2017 . he has multiple film projects lined up for 2018 and beyond .
how is it that “mad max : fury road” has been classified as american . it has just won the aacta award , the premier film award in australia , as their best australian film of the year . the only significant american creative or production values i can see is warner bros financing the film . providing the money does not make it american . the whole mad max series of films have always been regarded as indisputably from the creative and film culture in australia .
see the gripping film that ' s on everyone ' s mind . # spotlightmovie is in select theaters now . urltoken
a film based on the globe’s investigation of sexual abuse in the boston archdiocese proves sobering and surreal for globe team .
sundance announces starry new additions to its 2017 program , including closing - night film ' the incredible jessica james . '
the seven films in this section hail from all over the world , and have already premiered at other film festivals .
i am set to graduate this fall in december 2017 with a major in film studies and a minor in screenwriting .
state ' s film grant would have $ 33 . 6 million next year , $ 31 million each year after .
priests leave of absence were incredible . the cast gave great performances and the direction was great , although it would be easy to bash us over the head with constant exposition the film lets you explore the story and learn with the characters . something i really enjoyed . nothing was done to shock you to the overwhelming point . i loved this film and am glad this is the type of film that will never get a sequel . no
spotlight 2 : wait , they did it again ?
hide
spotlight ( oprd ) , 5 theaters / $ 80k fri . / 3 - day cume : $ 262k / per screen : $ 52k / wk 1
“spotlight , ’’ which also stars liev schreiber , stanley tucci , and michael keaton , is set to continue shooting at the globe’s offices over the weekend .
experts help thr analyze the financial forecast for ' spotlight ' and the seven other best picture noms , factoring in budgets , marketing and awards campaign spending .
box office wise , the film is ahead of where
birdman
and
the theory of everything
( 2015 ' s top two highest - grossing oscar movies ) were at this time last year . according to open road chief marketing officer jason cassidy ,
spotlight
was screening at 1 , 000 locations at its height but has since dropped to below 400 . if
spotlight
garners recognition from the film academy , it will be expanded into more theaters again , cassidy said , though a set number hasn ' t yet been decided .
charlie kaufman , anomalisa donald margulies , the end of the tour phyllis nagy , carol tom mccarthy & josh singer , spotlight s . craig zahler , bone tomahawk
tom mccarthy’s spotlight may have won the oscar for best picture at sunday ' s academy awards ceremony , but the martian walked away with another kind of gold .
in keeping with the diligence of the spotlight team , singer and mccarthy spent months conducting interviews with journalists , victims and others at the center of the story .
nominated for six oscars including best picture , spotlight has won over critics with its compelling story and strong cast featuring rachel mcadams , michael keaton and mark ruffalo .
the kind of investigative firepower that fueled the spotlight team’s reporting has diminished in the decade since across newsrooms . though the globe’s spotlight team has grown to six reporters , “teams like that are increasingly rare , ” pfeiffer said . layoffs in newsrooms have winnowed resource - intensive reporting on investigative and foreign desks , she said .
michael rezendes , played by mark ruffalo in the film , is the only journalist involved in the investigation still working on the spotlight team . rezendes describes the experience of having his story turned into a movie as “strange and intrusive” , but he’s a big fan of the finished product .
when director tom mccarthy made the oscar - nominated spotlight about the boston globe ’s revelatory reporting on a worldwide cover - up of sex abuse by the catholic church , he never thought the film would end up screening at the vatican . but that’s just what happened this past thursday .
that said , while the film gives audiences the impression the catholic church has the power and desire to control and quell anything that casts it in a bad light , it is refreshing to see a generally positive response to spotlight . if mccarthy had produced a more sensational or romanticized version of the events , it would open the film up for legitimate criticism and discredit its authenticity . as it is , the straightforward and downplayed nature of the film builds to a conclusion one cannot deny , even if it is difficult to accept .
, which opened with an average of $ 11 , 345 . the final film in the $ 10 , 000 club was
towards the end of the edit , we will let the actors and their reps see the film before we lock it .
i think it is always a goal to have the film feel as tight as possible , while avoiding over - cutting .
in making her film , the 33 , mexican director patricia riggen confronted a number of challenges that she doesn’t entirely overcome .
parry sound may be on the verge of becoming hollywood north - light , the little film - making mecca that could .
the comments were pointed at regev , who denounced the film after its venice win and has said she won’t see it .
the film , they hope , will be a catalyst for the struggling news industry , not unlike all the president’s men , the 1976 film on the watergate scandal that toppled president richard nixon and apotheosized washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein .
anthony lane has been a film critic for the new yorker since 1993 . he is the author of “nobody’s perfect . ”
after graduating from college , he went to work on numerous big budget films at a post - production facility in toronto , ontario , canada . several years later he moved back home , and wanted to start up his own production company , and make films of his own . his first feature length film , “the nanabijou tapes” was made on a shoestring budget , and with the help of his close friends . the film went on to play at multiple festivals , and won an award for best no budget feature film at the tifva ( toronto international film and video awards ) in 2014 . for his second film , “
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 .
davies : this is a film about journalism , and i wanted to ask you both if you have particular feelings about journalism in film - you know , either films that get it right or get it wrong . walter robinson , what about you ?
since becoming an emeritus professor in 2007 , he has focused on supporting theatre and film locally in central oklahoma . he has been executive producer , producer , or associate producer of about a dozen film projects over the past five years and generally has a cameo role in these movies . pax masculina is the first film which he authored and is his passion project . he plans to turn it into a feature film . in the meantime , he is involved in producing indie horror feature films in oklahoma .
spotlight manages the seemingly impossible task of wooing journalists with authenticity while still elevating reporters to hero status , as they battle a formidable and corrupt institution with righteous determination .


that night in varennes ( italian : il mondo nuovo ; french : la nuit de varennes ) is a 1982 italian and french drama film directed by ettore scola .

it is based on a novel by catherine rihoit .

it tells the story of a fictional meeting between restif de la bretonne , giacomo casanova , thomas paine and sophie de la borde ( a lady in waiting to the queen ) .

they are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying king louis xvi and marie antoinette in their flight to varennes during the french revolution .

the film was entered into the 1982 cannes film festival .

the film was nominated for best foreign language film by the u.s. national board of review of motion pictures .

that night in varennes

there are no featured reviews for that night in varennes ( la nuit de varennes ) at this time .
use the thumbs up and thumbs down icons to agree or disagree that the title is similar to the night of varennes . you can also suggest completely new similar titles to the night of varennes in the search box below .
enjoy a night in with these popular movies available to stream now with prime video .
ettore scola , director , la nuit de varennes [ night of varennes ] ( 1982 ) color , france , italy , gaumont , france 3 , opera film produzione , running time : 131 min .
with the headline : ' nuit de varennes , ' spot of french history .
le nuit de varennes has some fine things in it , surrounded by a lot of other things .
unless indicated otherwise , the text in this article is either based on wikipedia article
that night in varennes
or another language wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the gnu free documentation license ; or on original research by jahsonic and friends . see art and popular culture ' s copyright notice .
in june of 1791 , a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the french revolution , when they find themselves in the city of varennes when . . . see full summary »
in june of 1791 , a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the french revolution , when they find themselves in the city of varennes when revolutionists arrest the fleeing king louis .
he must know well the frustration that his character feels in trying to get a much - cherished project off the round ? “oh , that hasn’t happened to me in a long time . ”
in conclusion , as a teaching device , la nuit de varennes has much to say , and in my view , few rivals . in this regard , at least , mitterand got it right .
it’s true that when keitel starred in quentin tarantino’s reservoir dogs ( which he co - produced ) in 1992 , the picture introduced him to a new , younger demographic . but the actor’s credits during the “obscure 1980s” are hardly lacking in lustre : bertrand tavernier’s death watch was rightly shortlisted for berlin’s golden bear and for five césar awards ; ettore scola’s that night in varennes was a contender at cannes , and , even though his performance as judas earned him a golden raspberry award for worst supporting actor nomination , most right - minded viewers enjoyed his turn in the last temptation of christ .
in paris in june 1791 , the libertine writer restif de la bretonne is the witness of the departure of a mysterious coach , leaving at night from the palais royal . intrigued , restif starts with casanova the pursuit of the company . he soon discovers that the coach ' s occupants are nothing less than members of the french royal family .
nominated for palme d ' or at the cannes film festival , italian director ettore scola ' s
la nuit de varennes
a . k . a .
the night of varennes
( 1982 ) arrives on blu - ray courtesy of french distributors gaumont . the supplemental features on the disc include a long interview with director ettore scola and the film ' s original french theatrical trailer . in french or italian , with optional english , french sdh and french subtitles . region - free .
découvrez la bande annonce du film la nuit de varennes réalisé par ettore scola casting : daniel gélin , andréa ferréol , enzo jannacci . disponible en dvd et blu - ray
a picaresque story of the coach and party that followed hard on the one which tried to transport louis xvi and marie antoinette to safety in 1791 .
' ' la nuit de varennes , ' ' which opens today at the lincoln plaza 3 , begins as an italian theatrical troupe offers re - enactments of revolutionary scenes to the people of paris , two years after the fact . it quickly shifts , with a rhythm and reason that are all its own , to the night of the king ' s flight as it introduces nicholas edme restif de la bretonne ( jean - louis barrault ) , the writer who documented many of the events of the revolution , and one of a number of historical personages who will follow in louis xvi ' s wake .
the great historical pageant that is ettore scola ' s ' ' la nuit de varennes ' ' unfolds with supreme ease . it begins with a series of casual coincidences and weaves them brilliantly into a vision of one of the most important moments in french history , a vision not the least bit limited by the specifics of its place and time .
scola retired in 2003 , stating that while silvio berlusconi was in power every film made in italy was touched by some of his money . however , in 2013 , he made how strange to be named federico ( che strano chiamarsi federico ) , an affectionate semi - documentary on his friend fellini .
he pauses , then guffaws : “if six months ago is a long time . just last year there were three movies i was eager to do . but they didn’t happen . that’s film . that’s the business . film and business don’t always mix well . you have to hang on in there . ”
traces events in the life of carlo , from his christening in 1906 , where his grandfather reminds his father that carlo means
free man ,
to his 80th birthday party . the film principally . . . see full summary »
there are other nice touches : a scene in the carriage where the passengers experiment to see how far they can venture with rude speech ; bretonne ' s casual air of being on the most extraordinarily friendly terms with his daughter ; casanova ' s gallant agreement ( he is only being polite ) that he is the father of an aging society woman ' s child ; and a touching final scene in which a dummy is dressed in the clothes of the king .
le nuit de varennes
has some fine things in it , surrounded by a lot of other things .
ettore scola at the world film festival in montreal , canada , in 1999 . photograph : pierre roussel / getty images
“i don’t know where i got the idea from , ” laughs keitel . “my father used to say : ‘where do you come to be an actor ? no one in the family is an actor . you can’t sing . you can’t dance’ . that’s the way it was in that culture . my parents were smarter than me . they knew what it was to be poor . they knew i was heading for danger .
action opens in november of 1793 , with danton returning to paris from his country retreat upon learning that the committee for public safety , under robespierre ' s incitement , has begun a . . . see full summary »
we reserve the right to remove any content at any time from this community , including without limitation if it violates the community standards . we ask that you report content that you in good faith believe violates the above rules by clicking the flag link next to the offending comment or by filling out this form . new comments are only accepted for 3 days from the date of publication .
“things happen , but the discipline of the military defined my life to a great extent , ” he says . “it gave me something that i didn’t have as a young man growing up . it gave me a sense of honour , of self - esteem , it gave me the lessons of endurance . i was able to handle much more than i thought i could handle or that i’d ever be asked to handle . and a very strong sense of camaraderie . i had that sense growing up in brooklyn , but this was something deeper . ”
the travelers begin discussing the news . then , they begin arguing . some of them are convinced that without louis xvi france would be a stronger state . tom paine argues that it is time that the people of france took what rightfully belongs to them . countess sophie de la borde , however , is unsure . louis xvi is france . without him , there would be no state ; the barbarians would take over . restif de la bretonne thinks that change could be good , as long as no one gets hurt . virginia capacelli needs more time to think about what is happening - after the change , would people still go to the opera ? casanova could not care less . he has had a great life . once he even dined with louis xvi . all that he wants now is peace and quiet .
this was the situation when the monarch decided to flee the city to go abroad . a plot was hatched and louis and marie - antoinette with family and retainers left paris secretly heading northeast toward germany , where friendly french troops would escort them across the border , presumably to lead an army that would reinstate the monarch’s full control over france . in fact , the trip , which began on the evening of june 21 , ended with their arrest by local officials at varennes , near the frontier .
even though the italian audio track is marked on the disc as
version originale
, i really believe that it is up to you to decide which audio track you would want to see the film with , because the overwhelming majority of the actors in it actually speak french , not italian . i believe that regardless of which track you select , your viewing experience would be equally pleasing .
all sides of the day ' s issues are represented within this entourage , with the foremost ideological rift between the progressive restif and casanova , now an elderly gentleman who declares : ' ' i miss the sweeter times of yore , when all was harmony and light . ' ' however , ' ' la nuit de varennes ' ' is not a film about conflict , and it has no villains . it approaches the forces at work in the revolution even - handedly - with compassion for the peasants whose uprising is about to begin , and also with regret about the violent change that is on its way . mr . scola sees change as something that is forever necessary and forever incomplete , which means that only one or two characters in the film regard the imminent revolution with any overriding idealism . idealism in this film is very much a young man ' s attitude , and most of the characters are old enough to have a broader , more tolerant world view .
norman hampson outlines the financial case against danton , along with a level - headed discussion of the possibility that he was a ‘double - agent’ in chapter 4 of his political biography , danton ( oxford : basil blackwell , 1978 ) .
during a scene in a bordello , sketched by mr . scola with an earthy humor that figures throughout the film , restif learns from a maid at the royal palace that the king may be attempting to escape from paris . he follows along and soon becomes part of a group of travelers that includes one of the queen ' s ladies - in - waiting ( hanna schygulla ) , the wealthy industrialist de wendel ( daniel gelin ) , an italian opera singer ( laura betti ) , a wealthy widow ( andrea ferreol ) , a prissy hairdresser ( jean - claude brialy ) and others . also eventually in the group , last but hardly least , are casanova ( marcello mastroianni ) and thomas paine ( harvey keitel ) .
when louis xvi summoned the etats - generaux he unleashes a revolution that would change his country and cost his life . this is the story of one of the crucial points in the history of france , and europe , divided into two parts .
this talky french costume drama chronicles the adventures of king louis xvi and marie antoinette as they attempt to flee paris during the 1791 revolution . while en route to varennes , the couple encounter and have philosophical debates with a number of fascinating historical figures including thomas paine and restif de la bretonne .
honoré panisse is dying , cheerfully , with friends , wife , and son at his side . he confesses to the priest in front of his friends ; he insists that the doctor be truthful . but , he cannot . . . see full summary »
la nuit de varennes
begins with an intriguing notion . what if a group of travelers were journeying by coach along the exact route being taken by louis xvi in his attempt to escape from france ? what if their paths crossed ? and what if the travelers represented a who ' s who of second - rank nobility , intellectuals and notorious celebrities ? what if , indeed , they included casanova , that aging rake ; tom paine , the radical american pamphleteer ; restif de la bretonne , the first pornographer ; and a countess from the king ' s household ?
and yet , as marisa linton has recently demonstrated , the terror was , in fact , sometimes tragically intimate . friendships mattered in the behind - closed - doors machinations of the revolutionary government , and in the procurement of government positions for trusted individuals ; they also mattered in identifying conspirators who too often met in private . it is no historical error that in wajda’s evocative representation of the revolutionary tribunal , one of the first questions fouquier - tinville asks of danton’s fellow defendants is whether or not they are friends . as linton writes , “the legitimate venues for the conduct of revolutionary politics were places to which all citizens might have access : the revolutionary assemblies , sections , and committees , and the clubs for which membership was open – at least in theory – to everyone who could pay the fee . ” [ 4 ] personal relationships that developed beyond the public gaze could render one potentially suspect .
“i don’t remember it as obscurity , ” he nods . “i don’t remember it that way at all . i do know there were times i had a difficult time getting work . many difficult times . but i got through it . i made the effort . i have an 11 - year - old son . i’m always telling him : make the effort and you’ll always wind up in the right place . that’s all anyone can ask of you . ”
with such a promising premise , director ettore scola can hardly go wrong . but he does , in a long , rambling movie that contains moments of great charm , a couple of wonderful performances , and a great deal of self - indulgent tedium . the movie takes the basic situation of john ford ' s
stagecoach
( and countless other movies ) and loads it with so many mannerisms , asides and nice little directorial flourishes that we finally lose patience .
in the 1920s , the provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture . many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like toni , an italian who has . . . see full summary »
in the final analysis , therefore , there is something satisfying about the movie’s unsatisfying causal narrative for robespierre’s spiraling megalomania . i would be less likely to trust or recommend a movie that offered a fully convincing or simple causal explanation for the terror , an event that challenged the comprehension of its contemporaries as well as generations of scholars ever since . it is instead the sense of tragic bewilderment with which the movie concludes that makes it one of the best representations available of the tumultuous year ii . the closing scenes – the gruesome images of danton’s head being raised to the revolutionary crowd while his blood soaks into the hay beneath the scaffold , followed by robespierre listening to a young boy’s recitation of the declaration of the rights of man and citizen – make that sense of sorrowful confusion all the more poignant : what , the audience is left to wonder , can possibly link the former with the latter ? it is hard to imagine a better site for beginning , or ending , a classroom conversation about the terror , than the struggle to make sense of that tragic juxtaposition .
mr . scola ' s direction of ' ' la nuit de varennes ' ' isn ' t overly elegant or schematic , and the film is all the fresher for that . his style is flexible without the slightest trace of gimmickry . when he sees the need for an odd lighting effect or a historical footnote , he simply tosses these things into a narrative that is otherwise simple , beautiful and straightforward . so casanova can interrupt the story to tell us , while wearing a wool bonnet and sipping soup or tea , why he wasn ' t very well known at the time the action takes place ( his fame , he confides , came with the memoir ' ' published after my death , which , as you all know , occurred in 1798 ' ' ) . and the key figure of restif can , at the end of the film , stride out of the past and into the present - which , as a representative of a work that both encapsulates and transcends history , is most assuredly where he belongs .
this is not bad for a man , who , by his own admission , had no real business being an actor in the first place . growing up in brooklyn , long before the gentrification of that borough : his parents were jewish immigrants from romania and poland , who owned and ran a luncheonette . his father supplemented the family income by working as a milliner .
film lore and folk tales have it that keitel’s departure from the fraught set of apocalypse now – his military experience simply didn’t tally with francis ford coppola’s version of captain willard – led to years in the wilderness . even keitel’s wikipedia entry uses the phrase “drifted into obscurity through most of the 1980s” .
the historical characters speak in the voices that might be expected of them ( casanova : ' ' on his throne or not , no king ever made me miss a meal ' ' ) , but they ' re never in any danger of becoming puppets . the screenplay , by mr . scola and the late sergio amideo , never overstates the historical importance of any one event or individual . and so it accomplishes the small miracle of letting these figures exist , in equal measure , as characters within this story and as archetypes or legends . the small talk here is never small ( the industrialist , telling a fellow voyager about the day he saw a worker fold his arms and refuse to do his job , calls this ' ' the most terrifying sight i ever saw ' ' ) . but it is wonderfully casual at some times , quietly resonant at others , and always exquisitely delivered . if ' ' la nuit de varennes ' ' offered nothing more than the ensemble acting on display , it would be major and memorable on that basis alone .
there are no normal opening credits , director sacha guitry introduces everyone in the film .
we really enjoyed this . barrault and mastroianni are terrific actors - - did an outstanding job . the philosophical questions raised are still worth considering today , as the movie implies , and yet they are raised in an interesting and indirect way , so the viewer doesn ' t feel bludgeoned or lectured at . i was interested to discover that the flight to varennes was in fact historical , though i could not discover whether restif de bretonnes ( barrault ' s character ) was actually at the event and commented on first - hand knowledge . he did write extensively about life and events of the time . the interchange of ideas seemed natural , despite the apparent absurdity of finding all of them in the same coach at the same time . sort of like those
if you could invite 5 historical figures to dinner at the same time
ideas . very much worth seeing .
the films of italian director ettore scola are practically impossible to see in north america . they are often screened at cannes , berlin and venice , but , for whatever reason , north american distributors have shown little interest in promoting them . i find this so sad . scola truly is one of the last great living italian directors from that special generation of filmmakers who transformed italian cinema during the 50s , 60s and 70s .
the acting is excellent . mastroianni ' s casanova is arguably one of the best ever . in
save my name , email , and website in this browser for the next time i comment .
“it’s like we knew each other for a lifetime . ” harvey keitel with michael caine in youth
the french dts - hd master audio 2 . 0 track sounds very good . the dialog is crisp , clean and exceptionally easy to follow . armando trovajoli ' s wonderful baroque score also sounds lovely ; i particularly enjoyed the long bassoon solos that are heard while the main characters in the film travel through the french countryside . for the record , i did not detect any disturbing pops , cracks , or hissing to report in this review .
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 .
let’s talk about women ( se permettete parliamo di donne , 1964 ) , his first film as director , was a series of sketches ( a form fashionable in italy at the time ) featuring the versatile gassman in nine different roles . in jealousy italian style , aka the pizza triangle ( dramma della gelosia , 1970 ) , mastroianni , as a young communist bricklayer , leaves his wife for monica vitti . all is bliss until she falls for his waiter friend , played by giancarlo giannini . in this contribution to that italian genre which uses dark , melodramatic plots to create comedy , scola manages to achieve delightful moments of political and social satire .
as the previous analysis indicates , gender plays a large role in establishing the moral worth of the characters and the groups they represent . almost without exception , the old regime appears to produce effeminate males ; the revolution their opposite . interestingly , all the intellectuals , except casanova who cuts across social lines , are seen as normative in their masculinity , directly or indirectly . rétif de la bretonne is first introduced as the chronicler of over 400 sexual encounters with women . although his behavior also challenges bourgeois ideals of domesticity embraced by the revolution , rétif is so charming that the tawdry side is largely subsumed . it would seem that the filmmaker , like the revolutionaries , signals his preference for domesticated and restrained sexual behavior .
for all the lush visuals , the film’s best scenes are the buddy exchanges between caine and keitel . “it’s funny . i’ve never worked with michael before . but as michael keeps saying : it’s like we knew each other for a lifetime . we never even met before the movie . the only way i can account for it seeming like an old friendship is that we’re two of only a few actors who have served in the military : michael in the british army and me in the marines . so we had a language , a common tongue between us . ”
the time is the french revolution , and the occasion is the flight of the royal family from paris to the small town of varennes , where they will be captured and sent back to their deaths . but the feeling is utterly modern , or perhaps it ' s timeless . the key issues of the film are the issues of any era . and the humor and generosity with which mr . scola presents them are correspondingly enduring .
sophia loren and marcello mastroianni in a special day , 1977 , directed by ettore scola . photograph : alamy
raises his fist in the air as he walks toward me : “éirinn go brách , ” he cries .
when the film turns to the upper middle classes , it is likewise uncharitable . here , in the guise of a judge , industrialist , and widow of a wine grower , rich commoners come across as narrow and selfish . interestingly , the judge – an official of the old regime – is treated more harshly than the owner of ironworks , perhaps showing greater approval of capitalism . but it is the widow who receives the most negative treatment . enamored with casanova , she propositions him , but he graciously turns her down , invoking his decreptitude . but she soon discovers that he can still be amorous as she catches him in an embrace . although the viewer later learns that she was mistaken , the widow feels humiliated . neither this film nor the revolution offer her a meaningful role , but , then , the bourgeois men shuffle out of the movie in a similarly unremarkable way .
la nuit de varennes , directed by ettore scola ; screenplay ( french with english subtitles ) by sergio amidei and mr . scola ; director of photography , armando nannuzzi ; edited by raimondo crociani ; music by armando trovajoli ; produced by renzo rossellini for opera film ( rome ) and gaumont - fr3 ( paris ) ; released by triumph films , a columbia / gau - mont company . running time : 133 minutes . this film is rated r .
: this is a region - free blu - ray disc . therefore , you will be able to play it on your ps3 or sa regardless of your geographical location . please note that there is no pal or 1080 / 50i content preceding the disc ' s main menu ) .
a group of men go to a villa in the french countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death .
you should receive instructions for resetting your password . when you have reset your password , you can sign in .
we should not be surprised that the man knows his audience . a pleaser of crowds for some five decades , the 76 - year - old first came into prominence when american cinema was at the height of its post - classical powers . it is , in fact , difficult to imagine the medium without him : would anyone else have sufficed in , say , martin scorsese’s mean streets ? or jane campion’s the piano ? or quentin tarantino’s pulp fiction ? or abel ferrara’s bad lieutenant ? or ridley scott’s thelma & louise ?
four generations of a family live crowded together in a cardboard shantytown shack in the squalor of inner - city rome . they plan to murder each other with poisoned dinners , arson , etc . the . . . see full summary »
the account details entered are not currently associated with an irish times subscription . please subscribe to sign in to comment .
i tested only a couple of scenes with the italian dts - hd master audio 2 . 0 track and thought that technically it was on par with the french dts - hd master audio 2 . 0 track . as far as i am concerned , gaumont ' s did a terrific job with both of them .
two neighbors , a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife , meet during hitler ' s visit to italy in may 1938 .
- the original french theatrical trailer for the film . in french , not subtitled . ( 4 min , 1080p ) .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
in contrast , a special day ( una giornata particolare , 1977 ) told of two lonely residents of a seedy apartment building who are drawn together on the day in 1938 when the populace in the streets is cheering hitler’s visit to mussolini in rome . most of the appeal of this oscar - nominated downbeat drama is the casting against type of sophia loren as a frumpish housewife , and mastroianni as a depressed gay man . the film stresses how repression can be a common bond between two very different people .
- an exclusive interview with director ettore scola . in italian , with optional french subtitles . ( 32 min , pal ) .
to complete the previous comment ( which i agree ) , i will add that michel simon ' s ( clever ) machiavelism is to visit the lawyer prior the killing of his wife ( pretending he already did it ) , in order to know how to commit the
perfect
murder without being sentenced as much as possible ; smart ! maybe sacha guitry ' s most cynical movie about marriage . the famous director / writer was an active womanizer and we may think that he was deceived by the female gender at this time ( close to his death ) and wished some revenge through this film ( his young last wife - lana marconi - was supposedly interested in his money only and eventually sold his late husband ' s house in paris to speculating promoters , only a couple of years after his death ( the house was destroyed immediately to build a new building of no interest , whereas guitry ' s last deep wish was to open a comedian ' s museum to exhibit his rarest manuscripts , costumes , theater memorabilia , etc . ) . what a pity !
finally , in his emphasis on the personal relationships and private motivations driving the terror , wajda echoes the opinion of some of the victims themselves . in a letter written from prison to his wife , camille desmoulins stated : “i do not conceal from myself that i die victimized for a few pleasantries and for my friendship with danton . ” [ 9 ] desmoulins attempted to make sense of what seemed nonsensical – his death at the hands of his friend robespierre and his indictment for betraying the republic he had served devotedly – by tracing it to personal , rather than political , motives . in wajda’s film , we see the same process at work . the personal is political , and the only way to make sense of robespierre’s turn against his fellow revolutionaries and , in the case of desmoulins , dear friends , is to stage a confrontation between two powerful but incompatible personalities .
scola , whose parents were actors , was born in trevico in the southern province of campania . he studied law in rome , but was more interested in drawing satirical cartoons . after dropping out of university , he joined the humorous magazine marc’ aurelio as a cartoonist , and there he got to know fellini , who was on the editorial board . this connection helped scola enter the film business as a writer of dozens of screenplays for broad italian comedies from 1952 to 1964 . scola’s best scripts were for dino risi , whose comic style he assimilated as director .
as a result , within the film’s narrative , there is something inexplicable about robespierre’s sudden spiral into dictatorial ambitions in the wake of the fateful dinner with danton . robespierre voices reservations throughout the film about the direction which the revolution is taking ; he speaks with saint - just of his desire to end the carnage of the terror , defends both danton and desmoulins against their detractors early in the film , and speaks with ominous regret after danton’s execution . but it is only after the tête à tête in danton’s private chambers that his doubts give way to decisive action . it is after the dinner that his fellow committee of public safety members accuse robespierre of acting like a monarch ; later , he circumvents the law to ensure a sympathetic jury at danton’s trial . it is as if danton’s fate is sealed by his overindulgences and his ad hominem attacks on robespierre’s asceticism , and not political necessity or even ideology . this causal mechanism is , perhaps fittingly and intentionally , dissatisfying : surely , the viewer thinks , danton is not sent to his death for petty personal grievances ; surely robespierre does not abandon law and justice out of spite and disgust .
in the 1860s , giorgio ( giraudeau ) , a young italian soldier , is sent to a remote post , far away from his lover , clara ( antonelli ) . he is lodged in the house of the colonel ( girotti ) . he . . . see full summary »
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
after the triumph of the sensitive we all loved each other so much , whose theme , expressed by one of the characters was “we thought we’d change the world , instead the world has changed us” , scola entered the realm of grotesque comedy with down and dirty aka ugly , dirty and mean ( brutti , sporchi e cattivi , 1976 ) . it focuses on a large family , headed by the ageing one - eyed giacinto ( manfredi ) , living in squalor in one rat - infested room in a shanty town on the outskirts of rome . scola treats his poverty - stricken characters far less kindly than the directors of the italian neo - realist movement , who saw the poor as innocent victims of a brutal system . no less critical of a system that breeds poverty , scola shows its degrading effects in graphic , scatological detail , yet keeping an ironic distance . “grotesque humour is a noble and tragic way of representing contemporary problems , ” scola claimed .
presented in its original aspect ratio of 1 . 66 : 1 , encoded with mpeg - 4 avc and granted a 1080p transfer , ettore scola ' s
through a series of circumstances and plot twists an enterprising man manages to get away with murdering his wife , even though he cheerfully admits his guilt in court .
please choose a screen name . this name will appear beside any comments you post . your screen name should follow the standards set out in our community standards .
featuring such notables as tom paine ( keitel ) , the ageing casanova ( mastroianni ) , the randy writer restif de la bretonne ( barrault ) , and an austrian countess ( schygulla ) , this is a picaresque story of the coach and party that followed hard on the one which tried to transport louis xvi and marie antoinette to safety in 1791 . thus is history viewed not through the eyes of its main participants , but through the appetites , passions and prejudices of its commentators and bit players . the result is like tom jones crossed with stagecoach , with the addition of sergio amidei and scola ' s wise and witty dialogue , some sumptuous painterly landscapes , and a subtle feeling for the period far removed from the clichés of british imagining . there ' s a real sense both of history in the making and of life in the living : a warm , bravura work of lasting majesty .
in mixing the personal and the political , and in juxtaposing the private spaces of revolutionaries’ lives with the public spaces of the revolution like the convention floor , the tribunal , and the place de la révolution ( present - day place de la concorde ) , the film has stood the test of time , both as an engaging narrative of the terror and as a classroom tool . in the 1980s , much was written on the background of polish solidarity against which this film was written and produced , and in france , criticism focused on the apparently counterrevolutionary stance of wajda , whose depiction of the revolution is framed by the looming image of the guillotine . [ 1 ] in fact , these criticisms of danton could serve as a site for thinking through the legacies of the revolution and the ways in which it has been appropriated and re - narrated by later political groups . paired with robert darnton’s essay , “danton and double entendre , ” the film and its reception remind us of the continuing battles over the legacy of the revolution in twentieth - ( and one may suggest , twenty - first ) century france . [ 2 ]
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 .
the way mastroianni projects casanova ' s weariness , wisdom and infinite sadness is very touching . his performance deserves a footnote in film history as a variant of the casanova he might have given us in
fellini casanova
( 1977 ) , if fellini had not at the last moment decided to cast donald sutherland instead of mastroianni .
recreates the final days of louis xvi , who has secretly left paris where the revolution is already underway . the news soon reaches a stagecoach with a few fascinating travelers in it who , without knowing , are heading in the same direction louis xvi is . one of them is restif de la bretonne ( jean - louis barrault ,
“you’re from ireland , right ? so you come from a culture of poetry and literature and storytelling . those things weren’t part of the culture in my neighbourhood . ”
soon , countess sophie de la borde and virginia capacelli ask casanova to tell them about his sexual escapades . all the women he has loved , what were they like - rich , poor , beautiful , not so beautiful ? were there any men in casanova ' s life ? were they good looking ? were they good in bed ?
expensive vines , tables filled with food , but emptiness inside . everyone has stopped developing , and fastened in their roles . hurtful , but still funny story about human development .
his body looks weak , but his mind is razor - sharp , and the manner in which he conquers the hearts of his companions is absolutely brilliant . ferreol ' s emotional collapse at the end is also very convincing . schygulla is terrific as the loyal but disillusioned beauty who despises the revolution . keitel also fits well in this film , though we never get to hear his real voice .
looks very good in 1080p . fine object detail is excellent , contrast levels pleasing , and clarity consistent throughout the entire film . the color - scheme is notably warm , favoring softer than usual but natural looking yellows , greens , blues , browns and blacks . edge - enhancement is not a serious issues of concern ; neither is macroblocking . the daylight scenes , for example , look very strong , conveying pleasing depth and clarity . the nighttime scenes , and particularly the inn scenes , where most of the conversations about louis xvi and casanova take place also look convincing . during a few selected scenes , however , i noticed some extremely mild noise corrections . there are no serious stability issues that i noticed while viewing
at the time of its production , the movie received critical acclaim and scholars viewed it as an interesting take on the revolution ; it still deserves praise , and remains an excellent vehicle ( pun intended ) to study the revolution . director ettore scola meticulously recreates the material aspects of life allowing students to picture living conditions . furthermore , the discussion and interplay among the travelers and their surroundings provide sophisticated insights into different views of the revolution . in a nutshell , the most important facet of the film from a pedagogical perspective is the debate over the revolution among the travelers . yet this will serve more to reinforce what most instructors might do in class . the film suffers from overly confining certain viewpoints to a class or a particular profession . despite this flaw , la nuit does propose an interpretation of class distinctions that will stimulate all types of viewers . even if one disagrees with its snapshots , they are subtle , interesting , and stimulating .
convincing de niro it was keitel who convinced robert de niro , a fellow - student training under stella adler , lee strasberg and the hb studio , to take the role of johnny boy in mean streets .
le bal ( 1984 ) , which gained another oscar nomination , followed events in france from 1936 to the present day as reflected inside a ballroom by the changing music and the characters who frequented the place over the years . behind the decor and the caricature performances , one senses the pain of real events , underlined by the music . films speak in many ways : le bal manages to say a lot without a single line of dialogue .
in the eighteenth century , the
traveling company of scenic arts
composed of tyrant , lady leonarde , serafina , isabella , leandre , zerbina , matamore and pulcinella gets lost while traveling . . . see full summary »
still , the film has moments of great charm . many of them belong to marcello mastroianni , in a wonderful performance as casanova . he has been everywhere and done everything , and as a result is very tired . he is also vain , powdering his nose , adjusting his wig , keeping up appearances . but he is just too satiated by past excesses to take an interest in future ones , and he fends off the women attracted by his reputation .
you will get a notification at the top of the site as soon as the current price equals or falls below your price . you can also optionally receive an email notification ( sent only once ) , this is specified in your
“but i kept going . i was driven by youth and ignorance . and i got lucky . luck counts in acting . it’s a big , big factor . once my career took off , it had its ups and downs . like most people . except , in acting , most people don’t have a career . i’m lucky . i’m not crying about anything . i took on the ups and downs . they took me on . sometimes they won . sometimes i won . ”
besides recounting the revolution from the perspective of its contemporaries , the movie also treats the time period as disturbing . rapid scene changes render the film sometimes disjointed but also convey the discomfort of the characters . numerous scenes are shot with dust flying everywhere . such conditions so annoy the hairdresser that he veils his face . but the use of dust can also reinforce the social message of the film . at one point casanova attempts to overtake the stagecoach with his own carriage . as it does so , the italian proclaims , “let them eat our dust . ” the public stagecoach cannot compete with the private ( though very cramped ) conveyance which carries the aristocratic casanova . yet the very next day , casanova’s vehicle breaks down as a wheel gives way , probably as the occupant notes , as a result of the race . even the noble conveyance has , in fact , failed .
. i also did not detect any disturbing scratches , cuts , splices , or warps . all in all , this is a very strong presentation of an excellent film , which has been extremely difficult to locate and see during the years . (
gianni , nicola and antonio become close friends in 1944 while fighting the nazis . after the end of the war , full of illusions , they settle down . the movie is a the story of the life of . . . see full summary »
typical was scola’s first international success , we all loved each other so much ( c’eravamo tanto amati , 1975 ) , in which three men from different backgrounds have been bound by their friendship for 30 years since they met as partisans in the second world war . the lives of antonio ( manfredi ) , a good - natured , politically active proletarian ; gianni ( gassman ) , a bourgeois opportunist , and nicola ( stefano flores ) , a radical intellectual film buff , are paralleled by the events and the history of italian cinema over the years . in this moving and amusing humanistic study of friendship , there are extracts from films by michelangelo antonioni , roberto rossellini , luchino visconti , federico fellini and vittorio de sica ( to whom the film is dedicated ) .
the 50 year story of a ballroom in france , from the 1920s . the people who go there is always the same , even the musicians . you can see all kind of people dancing all the fashion dances ( . . . see full summary »
the intellectuals and artists receive the most favorable treatment : casanova in his role as a writer and observer , an italian opera singer on her way to an engagement , tom paine ( played by american harvey keitel ) and the famous rétif de la bretonne who is la nuit ’s covert hero ( jean - louis barrault ) . these characters are shown to advantage by the script and camera lens . their words offer the justification for the revolution . paine is the one person in the film who is associated completely with the revolution and who receives an overall positive treatment . though revolutionary , he is thoughtful and embraces the notion of dissent . and perhaps in the most beautiful scene of the movie , casanova and the opera singer display their virtue by singing a snippet from le mariage de figaro .
another oscar - nominated film , the family ( la famiglia , 1987 ) , was a portrait of a bourgeois italian family seen through the eyes of an old retired professor , over a period of 80 years , all the action of which takes place in the same apartment .
although the national assembly was persuaded to treat the flight as a kidnapping and louis kept his crown , tensions increased . only three weeks later , partly in response to this flight , parisian radicals petitioned for the end of monarchy . at a signing ceremony on the champs de mars , a military parade ground ( now part of the area around the eiffel tower ) , suspicion led to violence . the authorities invoked martial law . the national guard fired on the crowd , resulting in many casualties . such events rendered the creation of a stable , moderate regime impossible .
relies on an exceptionally strong script where humor and politics are mixed to perfection . substantial portions of the film are comprised of long conversations where a variety of social and political themes are addressed . some of the events seen in the film are fictional ; other , however , are factual .
what scola apparently wants to do here is create a small , temporary community of many different lifestyles of the 18th century . he gives us an american revolutionary , a suddenly obsolete countess , a few servants , and a couple of the hugh hefners of their day , and shows the ways in which they advance themselves and defend their positions against the upheaval of the french revolution . as an idea , this is just fine , but as a film it grows tedious , especially since everybody in scola ' s 18th century seems to pose , meditate and strike an attitude before saying anything .
is a period film , but the majority of the observations its main characters produce have a strong contemporary flavor ( you would be surprised to see how the film ends ) . there are also a variety of different predictions in it about the future of europe , some of which have already materialized .
two years into the french revolution , as the first constitution was nearing completion , the royal couple grew restive . detained , more or less under house arrest , louis and marie - antoinette were becoming especially alarmed by the way the civil constitution of the clergy was transforming the church . and , of course , living in paris , they were never far from the populace which , while it had demonstrated some loyalty , had also revealed its potential for anger and violence . in this circumstance , the king played a double game , treating with the revolutionary government while negotiating with foreign powers for support and even armed intervention .
as interesting as are the class vignettes , few historians would embrace them as accurate . the 1980s sexism and homophobia seem especially dated . but these images , it seems to me , capture quite accurately the actual point of view of moderate revolutionaries who prevailed in the assembly until 1791 and even of many jacobins later on .