The Captain (Hoa Xuande) is our guide through both Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel and the HBO limited series version of “The Sympathizer,” but he is also a mystery — most especially to himself. A communist spy who is pulled irresistibly towards the height of Western decadence (Los Angeles in the late ’70s) and depravity (a film set in the late ’70s), the goal of the show is to mirror Nguyen’s prose and give the viewer a visceral sense of The Captain’s alienation.
While the flashiest choice “The Sympathizer” makes is Robert Downey Jr. playing all the significant Western figures who attempt to influence The Captain, there are also smaller, subtler tortures within the show’s imagery itself. The cinematography (by “Decision To Leave” maestro Kim Ji-yong and “The Hurt Locker” veteran Barry Ackroyd) continually puts pressure on The Captain through a sense of heat, sickly light, and eyes just beyond the frame.
While the flashiest choice “The Sympathizer” makes is Robert Downey Jr. playing all the significant Western figures who attempt to influence The Captain, there are also smaller, subtler tortures within the show’s imagery itself. The cinematography (by “Decision To Leave” maestro Kim Ji-yong and “The Hurt Locker” veteran Barry Ackroyd) continually puts pressure on The Captain through a sense of heat, sickly light, and eyes just beyond the frame.
- 5/30/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
I Wanna Dance with Somebody review: The first authorised biopic turns Whitney Houston into a product
When Whitney Houston died in 2012, in a drug-related accidental drowning at age 48, the search for an explanation took on a desperate edge. Tell-all memoirs were published by her inner circle. Documentaries – 2017’s Whitney: Can I Be Me and 2018’s Whitney among them – functioned more like space probes. A Lifetime series directed by Houston’s Waiting to Exhale co-star, Angela Bassett, came across as earnest but slight. Most of these positioned Houston as an Icarus plummeting back down to Earth, with an outsized focus on her latter years of addiction, her fading vocal range, and her tabloid domination.
She’d become one of the many, cautionary tales that haunt pop culture’s margins, all at the expense of that miraculous talent that once earned her the nickname “The Voice”. So, it’s hard to fault Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, the first biopic authorised by her estate, for its attempt to recentre her legacy.
She’d become one of the many, cautionary tales that haunt pop culture’s margins, all at the expense of that miraculous talent that once earned her the nickname “The Voice”. So, it’s hard to fault Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, the first biopic authorised by her estate, for its attempt to recentre her legacy.
- 12/21/2022
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
Sweet Girl finds Jason Momoa and all of his mammoth screen presence in John Q mode. Directed by his longtime collaborator Brian Andrew Mendoza, the Aquaman star plays Ray Cooper, a tried-and-true family man forced into the unthinkable. Admittedly, it is hard not to smirk at the need to include intense scenes of fight training early on to justify how an “everyman” who looks like Jason Momoa is able to fight like Jason Momoa.
Ray is tragically forced to watch his wife (Adria Arjona) die after pharmaceutical company BioPrime takes the generic version of her cure off the market to turn a larger profit. After he calls into a local news show and publicly threatens to kill the company’s CEO, a journalist emerges to tell Ray he has proof of illegal activity. This all moves at quite the quick pace, which is appreciated.
Before long Ray and his daughter...
Ray is tragically forced to watch his wife (Adria Arjona) die after pharmaceutical company BioPrime takes the generic version of her cure off the market to turn a larger profit. After he calls into a local news show and publicly threatens to kill the company’s CEO, a journalist emerges to tell Ray he has proof of illegal activity. This all moves at quite the quick pace, which is appreciated.
Before long Ray and his daughter...
- 8/20/2021
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The bidding for forthcoming road-trip thriller “He Went That Way,” which boasts an eye-catching lead duo of “Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto, is already hotting up.
Variety has learned exclusively that the German distribution rights were snapped up by SquareOne Entertainment ahead of the Cannes virtual film market. Negotiations for other territories are under way, according to Mister Smith Entertainment, the outfit handling the hot title’s worldwide sales.
Set in 1964, the film represents the feature directorial debut of Australian commercial director Jeffrey Darling, and is based on the extraordinary true story of a road trip and strange bond between a serial-killer in the midst of a spree, an animal handler down on his luck, and Zippy the TV chimpanzee.
“As a stellar, award-winning commercials director and Dp, Darling’s unique eye for detail and nuance is keen, and his cinematography is inspired. We are proud to be...
Variety has learned exclusively that the German distribution rights were snapped up by SquareOne Entertainment ahead of the Cannes virtual film market. Negotiations for other territories are under way, according to Mister Smith Entertainment, the outfit handling the hot title’s worldwide sales.
Set in 1964, the film represents the feature directorial debut of Australian commercial director Jeffrey Darling, and is based on the extraordinary true story of a road trip and strange bond between a serial-killer in the midst of a spree, an animal handler down on his luck, and Zippy the TV chimpanzee.
“As a stellar, award-winning commercials director and Dp, Darling’s unique eye for detail and nuance is keen, and his cinematography is inspired. We are proud to be...
- 6/22/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
At least in 2020, going to the theater for a rollicking summer blockbuster is not a thing. It just isn’t. Part of the summer movie season is the feeling of watching a big budget flick with a cold drink, some popcorn, and the air-conditioning blasting as a refrain from the heat. Without that, there does seem to be a gaping hole for cinema lovers. Well, Netflix is stepping up, not with the feeling of being in a theater, but with a quality would-be blockbuster in The Old Guard, which fits just what you want out of a July release. The film is an action epic, based on the comic book of the same name. The title refers to a small group of covert mercenaries with a secret that has made them unbeatable in battle. Simply put, they don’t seem to be able to die, allowing them, under the leadership...
- 7/11/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Former atomic blonde Charlize Theron goes nuclear brunette to play Andromache the Scythian (call her Andy for short), a centuries-old warrior who’s getting weary of fighting the good fight into the violent present. As per screenwriter Greg Rucka’s graphic novel, Andy leads a tight group of dedicated immortal mercenaries that include Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), a member since 1817, and Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli), a gay couple who’ve been head over heels in love since the Crusades. Though the quartet can recover from wounds in minutes,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
If you like your superhero comic-book movies with a truckload of angst on the side, “The Old Guard” might be just what you’re looking for. Or if you like your brooding dramas best when they come with a high body count, this could be the movie for a nice punchy weekend.
“The Old Guard,” which premieres on Netflix on July 10, is a formidable hybrid. It’s based on a comic book series by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez about a group of immortal warriors who have been spent centuries quietly dueling the worst people they can find on the planet, but for much of its two-hour running time it focuses not on the battles but on their melancholic aftermaths. It gives Charlize Theron another chance to kick serious butt, which we know she does very, very well, but what you might take away from her performance isn’t her...
“The Old Guard,” which premieres on Netflix on July 10, is a formidable hybrid. It’s based on a comic book series by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez about a group of immortal warriors who have been spent centuries quietly dueling the worst people they can find on the planet, but for much of its two-hour running time it focuses not on the battles but on their melancholic aftermaths. It gives Charlize Theron another chance to kick serious butt, which we know she does very, very well, but what you might take away from her performance isn’t her...
- 7/3/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In the latest edition of Hollywood Insider's 'Behind The Scenes' - we focus on 'Bombshell'. Watch Charlize Theron (Megyn Kelly), Nicole Kidman (Gretchen Carlson), Margot Robbie, Jay Roach (director), John Lithgow (Roger Ailes), Charles Randolph (writer/producer), Connie Britton (Beth Ailes), Allison Janney (Susan Estrich), Kate McKinnon, Anne Morgan (Hair), Barry Ackroyd (Director of Photography), Bridgette Lundy-Paine (Julia Clarke) bring Bombshell to the big screen. The film and its cast with multiple Oscar buzz and Golden Globes nominations weave an important story for the big screen.
- 12/26/2019
- by Hollywood Insider Staff Writer
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
In the latest edition of Hollywood Insider's 'Reaction From Stars' - we focus on 'Bombshell'. Watch Charlize Theron (Megyn Kelly), Nicole Kidman (Gretchen Carlson), Margot Robbie, Jay Roach (director), John Lithgow (Roger Ailes), Charles Randolph (writer/producer), Connie Britton (Beth Ailes), Allison Janney (Susan Estrich), Kate McKinnon, Anne Morgan (Hair), Barry Ackroyd (Director of Photography), Bridgette Lundy-Paine (Julia Clarke) and team give their views on the making of Bombshell. The film and its cast with multiple Oscar buzz tell us their side of the story as to why this movie needed to be made. For more comments, watch the full episode.
- 12/21/2019
- by Hollywood Insider Staff Writer
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
The elevator scene in Jay Roach’s “Bombshell” was so tense, anxious and exciting that it was included in the first teaser for the film. But just how did Roach make actors Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie sweat?
In a new video essay, Roach breaks down shot-for-shot how he and the “Bombshell” team made the elevator scene so effective.
“The elevator is an important character in the movie,” Roach says in the video. “The idea was to trap them in a situation where they were in the same place but couldn’t talk about it. It’s an extremely simple scene on its face, but there a lot of complicated elements that went into it.”
Also Read: How 'Bombshell' Director Jay Roach Tackled 'Male-Pattern Bulls-' at Fox News and Beyond
“Bombshell” stars Theron as Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, Kidman as Gretchen Carlson and Robbie as...
In a new video essay, Roach breaks down shot-for-shot how he and the “Bombshell” team made the elevator scene so effective.
“The elevator is an important character in the movie,” Roach says in the video. “The idea was to trap them in a situation where they were in the same place but couldn’t talk about it. It’s an extremely simple scene on its face, but there a lot of complicated elements that went into it.”
Also Read: How 'Bombshell' Director Jay Roach Tackled 'Male-Pattern Bulls-' at Fox News and Beyond
“Bombshell” stars Theron as Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, Kidman as Gretchen Carlson and Robbie as...
- 12/16/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Whether this is the first true movie of the #MeToo movement or not, Bombshell is a film that utilizes disgust. Coursing through its cinematic veins is an incredible anger at the men in power who prey upon women. Even when the plot itself can remain surface level at times, the angry nature of it, a righteous anger that’s easily identified with, helps rule the day. Throw in two phenomenal performances, two solid supporting performances, as well as an unlikely ability to make this all still entertaining, and you have something very interesting. Opening this week, Bombshell is about to become a real conversation piece. The movie is a ripped from the headlines drama about the Fox News scandal involving chairman Roger Ailes (John Lithgow). A predator for years, everything is kept under the rug until the 2016 election cycle. As star anchor Megan Kelly (Charlize Theron) is harassed by Donald Trump supporters,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
“Bombshell” is a fast-moving exploration of the oppressive atmosphere at Fox News in 2016, when Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) and eventually, Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) brought down Roger Ailes. Considering more than 200 scenes were shot over 38 days, the film has an impressive runtime of 1:45. Director Jay Roach credits the work of his behind-the-camera colleagues for much of the speed and quality.
Barry Ackroyd, cinematographer
We shot almost every scene with two opposing cameras, sometimes three. Many DPs don’t like to shoot this way: They don’t want to light for multiple directions. Barry knows how to make it look great without ever compromising the lighting, and that’s tough. The actors are always on; they’re never off camera. Barry never wants a shot list. He doesn’t want to know where the actors will be; he wants to find and discover the moment. With the elevator scene, he...
Barry Ackroyd, cinematographer
We shot almost every scene with two opposing cameras, sometimes three. Many DPs don’t like to shoot this way: They don’t want to light for multiple directions. Barry knows how to make it look great without ever compromising the lighting, and that’s tough. The actors are always on; they’re never off camera. Barry never wants a shot list. He doesn’t want to know where the actors will be; he wants to find and discover the moment. With the elevator scene, he...
- 11/20/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle, Paul Blair, Sam Spruell, Jonny Phillips, Ben Clifford, Jamie Maclachlan, Duncan Lacroix, Kevin Mains, Callan Mulvey, Steven Cree, Tony Curran, James Cosmo | Written by Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie, James MacInnes | Directed by David Mackenzie
Scottish native David Mackenzie reteams with his Hell or High Water leading star Chris Pine for the Robert the Bruce Netflix exclusive epic Outlaw King. A character and mythology prevalent in Mel Gibson’s critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning epic of William Wallace in Braveheart. While Outlaw King doesn’t hit the great heights of Braveheart, the influence is undoubtedly felt and delivers on an atmospheric and action-oriented epic aesthetic with heart and conviction.
Outlaw King begins with an almost ten-minute long unbroken take of charismatic indulgence, introducing the primary characters that will influence the following two-hour fallout of anger, hatred and rebellion. It’s...
Scottish native David Mackenzie reteams with his Hell or High Water leading star Chris Pine for the Robert the Bruce Netflix exclusive epic Outlaw King. A character and mythology prevalent in Mel Gibson’s critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning epic of William Wallace in Braveheart. While Outlaw King doesn’t hit the great heights of Braveheart, the influence is undoubtedly felt and delivers on an atmospheric and action-oriented epic aesthetic with heart and conviction.
Outlaw King begins with an almost ten-minute long unbroken take of charismatic indulgence, introducing the primary characters that will influence the following two-hour fallout of anger, hatred and rebellion. It’s...
- 11/21/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Chris Pine pulls off a decent Scottish accent as the great 14th-century insurrectionary in David Mackezie’s brisk retelling
David Mackenzie’s retelling of the Robert the Bruce story for Netflix is bold and watchable, with a spectacular final battle scene shot with flair by the cinematographer Barry Ackroyd. Here is the legendary defiance shown by the great 14th-century Scottish insurrectionary, defying the hated English king and fighting a shrewd guerrilla war, luring enemy forces deeply and wearyingly north, while progressively amassing his own support, and then securing a historic victory. Mackenzie has abolished the infamous moment when Robert, hiding out in a cave, is supposedly inspired by the persistence of a spider climbing up its web. The film prefers to plunge us into the familiar zero sum Game of Thrones territory: a violent all-or-nothing grab for power in a world of beards, smocks, priests with weird pudding-bowl fringes and tonsures,...
David Mackenzie’s retelling of the Robert the Bruce story for Netflix is bold and watchable, with a spectacular final battle scene shot with flair by the cinematographer Barry Ackroyd. Here is the legendary defiance shown by the great 14th-century Scottish insurrectionary, defying the hated English king and fighting a shrewd guerrilla war, luring enemy forces deeply and wearyingly north, while progressively amassing his own support, and then securing a historic victory. Mackenzie has abolished the infamous moment when Robert, hiding out in a cave, is supposedly inspired by the persistence of a spider climbing up its web. The film prefers to plunge us into the familiar zero sum Game of Thrones territory: a violent all-or-nothing grab for power in a world of beards, smocks, priests with weird pudding-bowl fringes and tonsures,...
- 11/9/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In 1995 “Braveheart” won five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Mel Gibson. It’s since been cemented as one of cinema’s best and most beloved movies thanks to film’s greatest and truest critic: time. It’s curious, then, that it has taken 23 years to continue the story started by William Wallace in Gibson’s “Braveheart.” Yep, that’s right. There’s more to the story.
David Mackenzie‘s “Outlaw King” tells it with a humor, energy, and a trio of great performances from Chris Pine (terrific Scottish accent), Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Stephen Dillane. The latter is best known as Stannis Baratheon in “Game of Thrones. He is one of five ‘GoT’ actors to pop up during this picture. Florence Pugh manages to make an impact, despite not featuring as much as her clear and obvious talent demands.
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David Mackenzie‘s “Outlaw King” tells it with a humor, energy, and a trio of great performances from Chris Pine (terrific Scottish accent), Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Stephen Dillane. The latter is best known as Stannis Baratheon in “Game of Thrones. He is one of five ‘GoT’ actors to pop up during this picture. Florence Pugh manages to make an impact, despite not featuring as much as her clear and obvious talent demands.
Discuss Join the live chat about the Oscars...
- 10/29/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Before introducing the director of this year’s opening night film at Tiff, festival artistic director Cameron Bailey said his group is always looking for “filmmaking craft which shows just what big screen filmmaking can do.”
The audience got that and then some with David Mackenzie’s bursting-at-the-seems Scottish war epic “Outlaw King,” which stars Chris Pine and played for the first time ever at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theater.
Pine stars as Robert the Bruce, the historic warrior-king who helped wrestle the crown of Scotland from British control and establish the country as independent in the 1300s. To Americans, Robert the Bruce is probably most famous for being played by Angus Macfadyen in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning William Wallace biopic “Braveheart,” and yes “Outlaw King” repays the favor by also featuring Wallace as a character. This is notable because you’re sure to hear a lot of comparisons of the films from viewers,...
The audience got that and then some with David Mackenzie’s bursting-at-the-seems Scottish war epic “Outlaw King,” which stars Chris Pine and played for the first time ever at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theater.
Pine stars as Robert the Bruce, the historic warrior-king who helped wrestle the crown of Scotland from British control and establish the country as independent in the 1300s. To Americans, Robert the Bruce is probably most famous for being played by Angus Macfadyen in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning William Wallace biopic “Braveheart,” and yes “Outlaw King” repays the favor by also featuring Wallace as a character. This is notable because you’re sure to hear a lot of comparisons of the films from viewers,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Two years ago, director David Mackenzie got a career best performance out of Chris Pine in the Oscar nominated Hell or High Water. Easily the best film of that year, it was a total surprise, in the best way possible. The filmmaker and the actor had never hit those levels before, making the thought of a second collaboration rather tantalizing. Well, it has happened. Yesterday, a Trailer dropped for Outlaw King, the newest film from Mackenzie, with Pine in the juicy lead role. It’s one of the big Netflix releases for 2018, even getting a theatrical release. You can see the first real look at the flick below, but first, as always…some discussion. This film is a biographical drama with some big action moments, at least judging by what we’ve seen so far. IMDb lists the plot as such: “A true David v Goliath story of how the...
- 8/21/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Following the one-two punch of his prison drama Starred Up and the Best Pictured-nominated neo-western Hell or High Water, director David Mackenzie is back this year with the period tale Outlaw King. Starring Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Florence Pugh, the film will open Toronto International Film Festival before arriving on Netflix in November, and now the first trailer has arrived.
Shot by Barry Ackroyd, frequent Paul Greengrass cinematographer as well as the Dp behind The Hurt Locker, the first trailer sells an epic rendering of Robert the Bruce’s story in medieval Scotland, which clocks in at the hefty budget of $120 million. Also starring Billy Howle, Tony Curran, Stephen Dillane, James Cosmo, and Sam Spruell, see the trailer below.
Outlaw King tells the untold, true story of Robert the Bruce who transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England.
Shot by Barry Ackroyd, frequent Paul Greengrass cinematographer as well as the Dp behind The Hurt Locker, the first trailer sells an epic rendering of Robert the Bruce’s story in medieval Scotland, which clocks in at the hefty budget of $120 million. Also starring Billy Howle, Tony Curran, Stephen Dillane, James Cosmo, and Sam Spruell, see the trailer below.
Outlaw King tells the untold, true story of Robert the Bruce who transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England.
- 8/20/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Detroit movie street riot scene: The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow tackles the 1967 Detroit riots in “horribly real” and “deeply self-serving” 2017 release marketed as a “dramatic thriller.” Kathryn Bigelow's 'Detroit' movie: Horribly real semidocumentary or self-serving Hollywood depiction of 1967 Detroit Rebellion? In the city of Detroit, from July 23 through July 27 of 1967, the people rebelled against the conditions of their existence. Some call this the 1967 Detroit Riot; it's also known as the 12th Street Riot and the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. I prefer the latter. During the rebellion, 43 people died – 33 of whom were black, 10 were white. Twenty-four of the black victims were shot by police officers and National Guardsmen, while six were shot by store owners or security guards. Three of those killings are the subject of Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, her itinerant The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty scenario writer Mark Boal (who also wrote Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah), and...
- 8/7/2017
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Zero Dark Thirty's Kathryn Bigelow directs an intense film about a dark chapter in Us history. Our review of the brilliant Detroit...
For at least an hour, Detroit is, in effect, the most horrifying home invasion film in recent memory.
In the midst of the riots that left parts of the Michigan city capital ablaze in 1967, three cops barge their way into a low-rent hotel and terrorise the largely black guests inside. They're ostensibly looking for someone who fired shots out of a top-storey window - actually a prank involving a starting pistol - but in reality, this is a pretext for a sadistic, racially-motivated bout of violence, intimidation and ultimately murder.
Zooming further out, Kathryn Bigelow's latest film is a meticulously researched and mounted period piece detailing a real incident; an account of the split-second decisions, misconduct and inhuman acts that emerged from an already dark chapter in American history.
For at least an hour, Detroit is, in effect, the most horrifying home invasion film in recent memory.
In the midst of the riots that left parts of the Michigan city capital ablaze in 1967, three cops barge their way into a low-rent hotel and terrorise the largely black guests inside. They're ostensibly looking for someone who fired shots out of a top-storey window - actually a prank involving a starting pistol - but in reality, this is a pretext for a sadistic, racially-motivated bout of violence, intimidation and ultimately murder.
Zooming further out, Kathryn Bigelow's latest film is a meticulously researched and mounted period piece detailing a real incident; an account of the split-second decisions, misconduct and inhuman acts that emerged from an already dark chapter in American history.
- 7/26/2017
- Den of Geek
Amid the erupting 1967 Detroit riots, John Boyega plays a security guard drawn in to a grotesque showdown with racist cops at the Algiers Motel
A pulse of heat and fear rises from Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit: a throb of desperate rage at black lives not mattering. It begins with a brief, deadpan animated history of African Americans’ internal emigration in the 20th-century United States and then comes to the Detroit riots of 1967, interweaving fictional scenes with news footage. The movie is dynamically shot by cinematographer Barry Ackroyd; like Bigelow’s previous pictures Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, it is written by Mark Boal and like those movies it has a painfully fraught attitude to men in uniform.
The action runs from a heavy-handed police crackdown on an unlicensed drinking club that triggered the disorder to an incident the movie regards as the main event, which incarnates all the violence,...
A pulse of heat and fear rises from Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit: a throb of desperate rage at black lives not mattering. It begins with a brief, deadpan animated history of African Americans’ internal emigration in the 20th-century United States and then comes to the Detroit riots of 1967, interweaving fictional scenes with news footage. The movie is dynamically shot by cinematographer Barry Ackroyd; like Bigelow’s previous pictures Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, it is written by Mark Boal and like those movies it has a painfully fraught attitude to men in uniform.
The action runs from a heavy-handed police crackdown on an unlicensed drinking club that triggered the disorder to an incident the movie regards as the main event, which incarnates all the violence,...
- 7/26/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
I'm not sure rave reviews or buzzing awards talk are enough to express the amplitude of what director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal achieve in Detroit, a film about race riots from half a century ago. It's a hardcore masterpiece that digs into our violent past to hold up a dark mirror to the systemic racism that still rages in the here and now. Tragically, this incendiary topic could not be more timely or in need of clarifying debate. The movie begins with panels from the Great Migration, tempera...
- 7/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Last week was probably the best week of the year for me yet, screening wise. Not only did I lay eyes on Dunkirk at last, but I also got a chance to see Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film. That film, in case you’re not aware, is Detroit and it quickly stood up next to Dunkirk as the class of 2017. In fact, I think Bigelow’s movie is slightly better, even. With the embargo having lifted yesterday in the late afternoon, I can now begin to rave about it. And believe me, it deserves to be raved about. Detroit is something special. Bigelow and Mark Boal have done it again. This film is a docudrama about the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, also known as the 12th Street Riots. A central incident depicted is a police raid on the Algiers Motel. Known as the Algiers Motel incident, that fateful July 25th night in...
- 7/24/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Exploding across the stressed out summer of 2017 like a powder keg thrown into a room that’s already on fire, Kathryn Bigelow’s hectic but harrowing docudrama account of the 1967 Detroit riots is inevitably as concerned with the persistence of systemic racism as it is with its past. The years between now and then have made it impossible to isolate the two — names like Tamir Rice and Philando Castile have disallowed us from deluding ourselves into thinking what’s done is done. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Nevertheless, there’s something broadly instructive about a major director choosing this moment to make a movie about this episode in the fraught history of American race relations. With Ferguson still so close in the rearview mirror, with Eric Garner still so fresh in so many minds, not even the whitest of viewers (or filmmakers) can look at...
Nevertheless, there’s something broadly instructive about a major director choosing this moment to make a movie about this episode in the fraught history of American race relations. With Ferguson still so close in the rearview mirror, with Eric Garner still so fresh in so many minds, not even the whitest of viewers (or filmmakers) can look at...
- 7/23/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Like it or not, the awards race 2018 is already underway.
Painful as it may sound, the awards marathon is at least a 12-month proposition these days. With Sundance in the rear-view mirror, the talk of potential 2018 Oscar candidates is already underway in industry circles.
Below, Screen runs through 13 films that could be heading to the dance this time next year (the Oscars will be held one week later in 2018, on March 4).
Downsizing
Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Christoph Waltz (all previously nominated) star in awards perennial Alexander Payne’s social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself. Currently in post-production, the film is slated for a December 22 release through Paramount, which is financing. Payne’s last six films have been Oscar-nominated.
mother!
Black Swan and Requiem For A Dream director Aronofsky returns to a more intimate setting after 2014 blockbuster Noah with the story of a couple...
Painful as it may sound, the awards marathon is at least a 12-month proposition these days. With Sundance in the rear-view mirror, the talk of potential 2018 Oscar candidates is already underway in industry circles.
Below, Screen runs through 13 films that could be heading to the dance this time next year (the Oscars will be held one week later in 2018, on March 4).
Downsizing
Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Christoph Waltz (all previously nominated) star in awards perennial Alexander Payne’s social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself. Currently in post-production, the film is slated for a December 22 release through Paramount, which is financing. Payne’s last six films have been Oscar-nominated.
mother!
Black Swan and Requiem For A Dream director Aronofsky returns to a more intimate setting after 2014 blockbuster Noah with the story of a couple...
- 2/28/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
All-female collective Illuminatrix’s members include Natasha Braier [pictured], who shot The Neon Demon.
The UK’s first all-female collective of cinematographers, Illuminatrix, has launched a database to highlight leading female cinematographers in the UK.
The Illuminatrix database will showcase available talent and provide contacts for industry figures looking to hire a DoP.
The group is calling for gender equality amongst cinematographers working in the UK film industry. Despite making up half of all film students in the UK, data from Directors UK shows that the field of cinematography suffers a significant lack of female representation, more so than almost any other production discipline, with less than 7% of British feature films being shot by a woman.
Illuminatrix also plans to raise awareness of the gender imbalance in the film industry through its social media platforms, events and workshops.
Coinciding with the launch of its database, the female collective will curate a day of events on diversity in cooperation...
The UK’s first all-female collective of cinematographers, Illuminatrix, has launched a database to highlight leading female cinematographers in the UK.
The Illuminatrix database will showcase available talent and provide contacts for industry figures looking to hire a DoP.
The group is calling for gender equality amongst cinematographers working in the UK film industry. Despite making up half of all film students in the UK, data from Directors UK shows that the field of cinematography suffers a significant lack of female representation, more so than almost any other production discipline, with less than 7% of British feature films being shot by a woman.
Illuminatrix also plans to raise awareness of the gender imbalance in the film industry through its social media platforms, events and workshops.
Coinciding with the launch of its database, the female collective will curate a day of events on diversity in cooperation...
- 11/11/2016
- ScreenDaily
Lickety-split is how everything goes in the latest Jason Bourne adventure starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass, an old hand at shaping this series (The Bourne Supremacy (2004)); The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)).
For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Bourne, a hero of Robert Ludlum’s bestselling novels, he was introduced to our local cinemas in Doug Liman’s The Bourne Identity (2002), floating face-up in the ocean, unconscious, with several bullet wounds. Picked up by a foreign fishing boat, Bourne awakens to the fact that he doesn’t know who he is. Just to make sure we get the point, he has an interior monologue that is narrated aloud: “Do you know whom I am?”
Later he asks the same question to a crooked gent (Chris Cooper) at the CIA: “Who am I?”
The response: “You're U.S. Government property. You're a malfunctioning $30 million weapon. You're a total goddamn catastrophe.
For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Bourne, a hero of Robert Ludlum’s bestselling novels, he was introduced to our local cinemas in Doug Liman’s The Bourne Identity (2002), floating face-up in the ocean, unconscious, with several bullet wounds. Picked up by a foreign fishing boat, Bourne awakens to the fact that he doesn’t know who he is. Just to make sure we get the point, he has an interior monologue that is narrated aloud: “Do you know whom I am?”
Later he asks the same question to a crooked gent (Chris Cooper) at the CIA: “Who am I?”
The response: “You're U.S. Government property. You're a malfunctioning $30 million weapon. You're a total goddamn catastrophe.
- 7/31/2016
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
Almost every A-list actor seems to have a franchise these days. In the case of Matt Damon, his is the Bourne series, of which he’s starred in three of the four outings (only missing The Bourne Legacy). On Friday, Bourne is back in Jason Bourne, with Damon back as well, alongside filmmaker Paul Greengrass. After a successful trilogy for Damon in The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum, he and Greengrass, who helmed Supremacy and Ultimatum, left for other interests. They’re in the fold again though, making this a summer action blockbuster that’s been hotly anticipated. Saw the film earlier this week and while I wasn’t blown away, I suspect fans of the franchise will be satisfied. Jason Bourne is made for them, after all. The movie is a continuation of the franchise, with Jason Bourne (Damon) living off the grid and mostly...
- 7/28/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
By Mark Cerulli
The series’ fifth installment explodes on the screen as Matt Damon returns to the role he originated way back in 2002. The Bourne in this film is a bulked up, bare knuckle street brawler, earning money to support a humble off the grid existence. While never chatty and light, this Bourne incarnation is – if possible – even more grim and purposeful than before. (Supposedly Damon has only 25 lines of dialogue in the entire film!) His old CIA ally, Nicky Parsons (played by the wonderful Julia Stiles) tracks him down, offering freshly hacked information that will finally put the missing pieces in Bourne’s identity puzzle. When he learns that his own father was deeply involved then sacrificed, this chase becomes personal. Let’s just say you don’t want to get in Bourne’s way when it’s personal…
As important as Damon’s return to the franchise is,...
The series’ fifth installment explodes on the screen as Matt Damon returns to the role he originated way back in 2002. The Bourne in this film is a bulked up, bare knuckle street brawler, earning money to support a humble off the grid existence. While never chatty and light, this Bourne incarnation is – if possible – even more grim and purposeful than before. (Supposedly Damon has only 25 lines of dialogue in the entire film!) His old CIA ally, Nicky Parsons (played by the wonderful Julia Stiles) tracks him down, offering freshly hacked information that will finally put the missing pieces in Bourne’s identity puzzle. When he learns that his own father was deeply involved then sacrificed, this chase becomes personal. Let’s just say you don’t want to get in Bourne’s way when it’s personal…
As important as Damon’s return to the franchise is,...
- 7/27/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
From its beginning, the Bourne series has been defined by a minimalist approach to narrative. Beneath the jargon about multi-tentacled, global terrorist conspiracies and the encroaching dangers of cyber-warfare, it’s fundamentally about the thrills of watching Matt Damon punch things really, really hard. Director Paul Greengrass and cinematographer Barry Ackroyd have been indispensable in bringing across the series’ signature throttling energy and perpetual motion. But Jason Bourne, the fifth installment in the long-running (loose) adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s novels, proves one thing: even the Bourne films can’t succeed with only lived-in camerawork.
Simultaneously pretentious, mind-numbingly tedious, and dizzyingly incoherent from scene to scene, Jason Bourne is the definition of diminishing returns. Greengrass and Ackroyd are still nearly unprecedented in their ability to drop into the chaos of action and, more crucially, the ecosystem of conversation. Every scene is still a hurricane as the camera moves with the...
Simultaneously pretentious, mind-numbingly tedious, and dizzyingly incoherent from scene to scene, Jason Bourne is the definition of diminishing returns. Greengrass and Ackroyd are still nearly unprecedented in their ability to drop into the chaos of action and, more crucially, the ecosystem of conversation. Every scene is still a hurricane as the camera moves with the...
- 7/27/2016
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
Poor Jeremy Renner and Tony Gilroy – ignored like yesterday’s clearance codes thanks to the voracious hunger of Hollywood’s reboot machine. The duo’s last Bourne entry, The Bourne Legacy, is nothing but a distant (and forgotten) memory thanks to the return of stalwarts Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass to this year’s re-reboot, simply titled Jason Bourne.
Not only does the nomenclature echo a return to franchise normalcy, but it’s also the beginning of a new chapter – dare I say Robert Ludlum’s cinematic adaptations have been Bourne Again?! Don’t worry, Greengrass won’t let you forget that there’s a changing of the guard, as numerous characters hint at the death of old-school mentalities that no longer work. Yet, are the new-school upgrades good enough to warrant however many more years of Bourne we’ll most certainly be enduring?
After a brief recap montage, we...
Not only does the nomenclature echo a return to franchise normalcy, but it’s also the beginning of a new chapter – dare I say Robert Ludlum’s cinematic adaptations have been Bourne Again?! Don’t worry, Greengrass won’t let you forget that there’s a changing of the guard, as numerous characters hint at the death of old-school mentalities that no longer work. Yet, are the new-school upgrades good enough to warrant however many more years of Bourne we’ll most certainly be enduring?
After a brief recap montage, we...
- 7/26/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
There is a moment in Sean Penn’s new film — for some reason screening this week in competition in Cannes — when, having navigated the safe passage of a group of refugees from Liberia to Sierra Leone, Charlize Theron’s aid worker asks herself, “In this place of so much war, had I found peace?” It’s a paradoxical query in which basically everything right and terribly wrong about The Last Face can be found. Indeed, cakes are being had and eaten by all involved.
Penn — an active humanitarian who enjoys commendably passing bags of rice out of the backs of trucks — would like nothing more than to educate his audience on the daily horrors of this sort of work on the front line. Good for him. However, while perched upon that high horse, he chooses to also use those horrors as a backdrop and catalyst for a romance between two...
Penn — an active humanitarian who enjoys commendably passing bags of rice out of the backs of trucks — would like nothing more than to educate his audience on the daily horrors of this sort of work on the front line. Good for him. However, while perched upon that high horse, he chooses to also use those horrors as a backdrop and catalyst for a romance between two...
- 5/20/2016
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Charlize Theron stars in this creaky satanic mystery adaptation from Gone Girl author, Gillian Flynn
The week’s second under-par release featuring Chloë Grace Moretz is an adaptation of Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn’s typically twisty 2009 potboiler. The producer and star, Charlize Theron, plays Libby Day, a tormented soul whose brother, Ben, has been in prison for murdering his mother and sisters ever since Libby testified against him as an eight-year-old. Lyle Wirth (Nicholas Hoult), an amateur criminologist-cum-murder-geek, and his “kill club” cohorts believe that Ben is innocent, but Libby is unwilling to face up to the guilty secrets that lurk in her own... dark places!
The premise is creaky and the satanic-scare backstory more intriguingly handled in Alejandro Amenábar’s wrongly ridiculed Regression. But Sarah’s Key director Gilles Paquet-Brenner invests the split-time action with some brooding menace and the cinematographer, Barry Ackroyd, does his best to lend some urgency,...
The week’s second under-par release featuring Chloë Grace Moretz is an adaptation of Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn’s typically twisty 2009 potboiler. The producer and star, Charlize Theron, plays Libby Day, a tormented soul whose brother, Ben, has been in prison for murdering his mother and sisters ever since Libby testified against him as an eight-year-old. Lyle Wirth (Nicholas Hoult), an amateur criminologist-cum-murder-geek, and his “kill club” cohorts believe that Ben is innocent, but Libby is unwilling to face up to the guilty secrets that lurk in her own... dark places!
The premise is creaky and the satanic-scare backstory more intriguingly handled in Alejandro Amenábar’s wrongly ridiculed Regression. But Sarah’s Key director Gilles Paquet-Brenner invests the split-time action with some brooding menace and the cinematographer, Barry Ackroyd, does his best to lend some urgency,...
- 1/24/2016
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
The last decade has seen dozens of cinematic stories directly and indirectly affected by the 2007-08 financial crisis, but with the exception of Inside Job, none of them have as much gushing, guttural anger about the housing crisis as Adam McKay’s The Big Short.
The Big Short is keen early and often on demonizing the excesses of capitalism. Accompanied by Shaft-style funk flourishes, the film begins with a montage of nebbish market men beginning their descent into morally dubious traders. This is a film that’s not only on the right side of history, but deeply proud and angry about it.
There’s easily a dozen characters in the periphery, but The Big Short brings together six seemingly unconnected players who all cash in off the implosion of the financial market. There’s Michael Burry (Christian Bale), a half-blind, neurotic loner who would be both disgusted and right...
The Big Short is keen early and often on demonizing the excesses of capitalism. Accompanied by Shaft-style funk flourishes, the film begins with a montage of nebbish market men beginning their descent into morally dubious traders. This is a film that’s not only on the right side of history, but deeply proud and angry about it.
There’s easily a dozen characters in the periphery, but The Big Short brings together six seemingly unconnected players who all cash in off the implosion of the financial market. There’s Michael Burry (Christian Bale), a half-blind, neurotic loner who would be both disgusted and right...
- 12/11/2015
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
About a month or so ago, The Big Short first started making the pre release rounds, building up buzz and goodwill. Then, critics were able to begin chiming in, speaking about how fond they were of Adam McKay’s film. Now, in the past few days, the precursors have supported the movie as well, in particular the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild. In the case of the latter, the flick now has guild support. All this is to say that The Big Short is not going away and has impressed me as a late contender really managing to make its mark on the award season so far. With it opening in limited release today, now’s a perfect time to take another look at it. One more time, a quick primer on what this is about. The film is an adaptation of the best selling Michael Lewis nonfiction book of the same name.
- 12/11/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Almost every year, we get a late breaking contender into the Oscar race that hopes to upend things and carve out a spot for itself across the board. Last year, that hopeful was American Sniper, and we all know how well that did (no sarcasm there, for once). This year, Paramount is hoping to copy the successful play of Warner Brothers and drop The Big Short into late Academy Award contention. Having seen the film last night, I can vouch for it potentially being able to make a dent in the Oscar lineup. It’s an angry, entertaining, and unique look at the financial collapse, with an A-list cast all doing strong work. The film is an adaptation of the best selling Michael Lewis book of the same name. It’s about the housing crisis and the chaos brought on by the banks. Essentially, some tried to take advantage of the looming calamity,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Everyone enjoys a brief opening paragraph, so why don't we spend it listing all the things that "Dark Places," from director Gilles Paquet-Brenner ("Sarah's Key"), gets right. Its cast is undoubtedly committed, particularly a convincingly grimy Charlize Theron, and an enjoyably off-the-leash Chloe Grace Moretz, though it feels like they signed on to different films, and continued under that misapprehension all the way through shooting. Christina Hendricks is decent in a frumpy role that is sold from under her by the film's last-act twists. Nicholas Hoult, alongside his "Mad Max: Fury Road" co-star, has little to do (zero mouth-spraying), while Tye Sheridan again proves he's unsurpassable in the surly, misunderstood adolescent stakes, though even his talents cannot convince us he'll grow up to be Corey Stoll. The Barry Ackroyd photography is unobjectionably gritty. Eyelines match. It's all screamingly competent. Read More: Watch: Charlize Theron, Nicholas...
- 8/4/2015
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Sound on Sight undertook a massive project, compiling ranked lists of the most influential, unforgettable, and exciting action scenes in all of cinema. There were hundreds of nominees spread across ten different categories and a multi-week voting process from 11 of our writers. The results: 100 essential set pieces, sequences, and scenes from blockbusters to cult classics to arthouse obscurities.
If you’re an action hero, pulling off daring rescues and badass escapes is just another day at the office. The rescue has been the prototypical action scene since humans have been able to put pen to paper. From Tarzan swinging in on a vine to Iron Man flying in on his jets, a hero isn’t a hero unless he can swoop in and save the damsel or the day. The only thing more exciting is if the clock is ticking on his escape. Whether it’s from a burning building,...
If you’re an action hero, pulling off daring rescues and badass escapes is just another day at the office. The rescue has been the prototypical action scene since humans have been able to put pen to paper. From Tarzan swinging in on a vine to Iron Man flying in on his jets, a hero isn’t a hero unless he can swoop in and save the damsel or the day. The only thing more exciting is if the clock is ticking on his escape. Whether it’s from a burning building,...
- 5/12/2015
- by Shane Ramirez
- SoundOnSight
If you already know that, as far as mainstream cinema is concerned, "Dp" stands for Director of Photography and not a popular pornographic configuation, BAFTA’s brief documentary about the role of a cinematographer probably won’t give you much information you already didn’t know. However, if you’ve always wondered what exactly a cinematographer does, the the documentary, featuring testimonials from renowned DPs such as Sean Bobbit ("12 Years a Slave"), Barry Ackroyd ("Captain Phillips") and Anthony Dod Mantle ("Rush"), manages to condense a lot of information regarding this vital profession in one compact clip. Part of BAFTA’s In Focus series on YouTube showcasing many different aspects of filmmaking via testimonials from professionals celebrated within their fields, the video shows the cinematographers discussing the meaning and importance of their profession. They also give important tips on how to pursue this career while also...
- 8/18/2014
- by Oktay Ege Kozak
- The Playlist
All great debut features come from a place of true inspiration. For Diego Quemada-Diez, those places are dotted all over; with his knockout first film, The Golden Dream, which follows the lives of a group of teenagers as they embark on a mission from Guatemala to the U.S., the elements of his work can be traced back to the director’s influences (of which there are many) while also standing entirely on their own.
He sat down with HeyUGuys for a lengthy chat about the movie, and the political, social and deeply personal aspects that came to shape not only The Golden Dream, but his life.
Warning: this interview contains spoilers.
I found the film to be very powerful, but very sad as well. Did you have any inspirations? Were you thinking of other films while you were making this one?
I’ve been a cinephile all my life,...
He sat down with HeyUGuys for a lengthy chat about the movie, and the political, social and deeply personal aspects that came to shape not only The Golden Dream, but his life.
Warning: this interview contains spoilers.
I found the film to be very powerful, but very sad as well. Did you have any inspirations? Were you thinking of other films while you were making this one?
I’ve been a cinephile all my life,...
- 6/27/2014
- by Gary Green
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
East End Film Festival has unveiled its 2014 award winners, bringing 13th edition to a close.
White Shadow has won the Best Feature award at this year’s East End Film Festival (Eeff).
Noaz Deshe’s debut feature is set in Tanzania and, focusing on a young albino, is an exploration of folk religion.
The film was chosen by a jury comprising of Eeff’s director-in-residence Sebastian Hofmann, Screen International chief film critic Mark Adams, BFI director of partnerships Eddie Berg, English photographer and video artist Gillian Wearing and screenwriter Peter Straughan.
Deshe will be invited to the festival in 2015 as director-in-residence.
In addition, Tom Berninger’s Mistaken for Strangers was named Best Documentary by a jury comprising British film-makers Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard, director Emad Burnat, documentary film-maker Tristan Anderson and BBC Storyville’s Shanida Scotland.
The inaugural Accession Award, championing the art of cinematography, was judged by Barry Ackroyd and awarded to Jonathan Fairburn’s [link...
White Shadow has won the Best Feature award at this year’s East End Film Festival (Eeff).
Noaz Deshe’s debut feature is set in Tanzania and, focusing on a young albino, is an exploration of folk religion.
The film was chosen by a jury comprising of Eeff’s director-in-residence Sebastian Hofmann, Screen International chief film critic Mark Adams, BFI director of partnerships Eddie Berg, English photographer and video artist Gillian Wearing and screenwriter Peter Straughan.
Deshe will be invited to the festival in 2015 as director-in-residence.
In addition, Tom Berninger’s Mistaken for Strangers was named Best Documentary by a jury comprising British film-makers Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard, director Emad Burnat, documentary film-maker Tristan Anderson and BBC Storyville’s Shanida Scotland.
The inaugural Accession Award, championing the art of cinematography, was judged by Barry Ackroyd and awarded to Jonathan Fairburn’s [link...
- 6/26/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Best known as Andrea Arnold’s right-hand man, Robbie Ryan has a surprisingly large number of short film credits for a cinematographer of his standing. While the majority of d.p.s graduate to the feature format and stay put, Ryan has shot a whopping 14 shorts since his breakthrough lensing on Fish Tank. Beyond a steadier flow of income, short films afford Ryan a sort of trial period with directors. Speaking in an in-depth interview with Barry Ackroyd (d.p. of Captain Phillips, The Hurt Locker) at the 28:25 minute mark, Ryan puts it plainly: “I think the reason I do short films […]...
- 3/5/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Best known as Andrea Arnold’s right-hand man, Robbie Ryan has a surprisingly large number of short film credits for a cinematographer of his standing. While the majority of d.p.s graduate to the feature format and stay put, Ryan has shot a whopping 14 shorts since his breakthrough lensing on Fish Tank. Beyond a steadier flow of income, short films afford Ryan a sort of trial period with directors. Speaking in an in-depth interview with Barry Ackroyd (d.p. of Captain Phillips, The Hurt Locker) at the 28:25 minute mark, Ryan puts it plainly: “I think the reason I do short films […]...
- 3/5/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Celebrating the top films from the past year, the 2014 Ee British Academy Film Awards took place in London, England tonight (February 16).
Snagging wins in the Best Supporting Actor/Actress categories were Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips") and Jennifer Lawrence ("American Hustle"), respectively.
Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett and Chiwetel Ejiofor took home trophies for Best Actress and Best Actor. In addition, "We're the Millers" star Will Poulter was recognized in the Ee Rising star category.
The Best British Film went home to the cast and crew of "Gravity," while "12 Years a Slave" scored the prize for Best Film.
Check out the full list of 2014 BAFTA winners below!
Best Film
Winner 12 Years A Slave - Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
American Hustle - Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
Captain Phillips - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Philomena - Gabrielle Tana,...
Snagging wins in the Best Supporting Actor/Actress categories were Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips") and Jennifer Lawrence ("American Hustle"), respectively.
Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett and Chiwetel Ejiofor took home trophies for Best Actress and Best Actor. In addition, "We're the Millers" star Will Poulter was recognized in the Ee Rising star category.
The Best British Film went home to the cast and crew of "Gravity," while "12 Years a Slave" scored the prize for Best Film.
Check out the full list of 2014 BAFTA winners below!
Best Film
Winner 12 Years A Slave - Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
American Hustle - Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
Captain Phillips - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Philomena - Gabrielle Tana,...
- 2/17/2014
- GossipCenter
Last night the 2014 BAFTA Awards took place, hosted by Stephen Fry from London's Royal Opera House and it was 12 Years a Slave taking Best Film and Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor while Gravity was honored for Outstanding British Film and Alfonso Cuaron was named Best Director. Interestingly enough, 12 Years a Slave only won the two awards while Gravity was the night's biggest winner taking home an additional four awards in technical categories, including Score (Steven Price) and Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki). It's interesting to see a list of winners where Dallas Buyers Club wasn't nominated for a single award considering its two main characters played by Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto are, more or less, considered locks to win Best Actor and Supporting Actor. As for the BAFTA Awards, it was Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) taking Best Supporting Actor and while Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) added another Best Actress award to...
- 2/17/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
By Lee Pfeiffer
A textbook example of how to make an action/adventure movie, Captain Phillips represents a triumph for director Paul Greengrass and star Tom Hanks. The acclaimed film closely follows the real life story of Richard Phillips, the American merchant marine captain who was assigned in 2009 to navigate a massive cargo vessel laden with millions of dollars of goods as well as humanitarian supplies through the Horn of Africa. This necessitated that the vessel had to tempt fate by entering waters in which Somali pirates had been terrifying ship's crews and often holding them hostage for ransom. As fate would have it, Phillips and his crew found themselves menaced by a skiff of heavily armed pirates who managed to board their vessel despite gallant attempts to thwart them. (The film only minimally discusses the self-defeating policy of sending crews into harm's way without so much as small arms to defend themselves.
A textbook example of how to make an action/adventure movie, Captain Phillips represents a triumph for director Paul Greengrass and star Tom Hanks. The acclaimed film closely follows the real life story of Richard Phillips, the American merchant marine captain who was assigned in 2009 to navigate a massive cargo vessel laden with millions of dollars of goods as well as humanitarian supplies through the Horn of Africa. This necessitated that the vessel had to tempt fate by entering waters in which Somali pirates had been terrifying ship's crews and often holding them hostage for ransom. As fate would have it, Phillips and his crew found themselves menaced by a skiff of heavily armed pirates who managed to board their vessel despite gallant attempts to thwart them. (The film only minimally discusses the self-defeating policy of sending crews into harm's way without so much as small arms to defend themselves.
- 2/17/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
All the Baftas winners (and nominees) as they come in through the night
Best picture
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Best British film
Winner: Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Best director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best actor
Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Best actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr Banks
Best supporting actor
Winner: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Best supporting actress
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Sally Hawkins,...
Best picture
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Best British film
Winner: Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Best director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best actor
Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Best actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr Banks
Best supporting actor
Winner: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Best supporting actress
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Sally Hawkins,...
- 2/17/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
Please note: The BAFTAs commenced at 7pm GMT, and the ceremony is being broadcast on delay from 9pm onwards on BBC One. The list below was updated in real time as the winners were announced.
Digital Spy presents a list of winners from the 67th annual BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by Stephen Fry on Sunday, February 16 at London's Royal Opera House:
BAFTAs 2014: Red carpet pictures
Best Film
12 Years a Slave - Winner
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British Film
Gravity - Winner
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson - Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel - Saving Mr Banks
Kieran Evans - Kelly + Victor - Winner
Paul Wright, Polly Stokes - For Those in Peril
Scott Graham - Shell
Film Not in the English Language
The Act of Killing...
Digital Spy presents a list of winners from the 67th annual BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by Stephen Fry on Sunday, February 16 at London's Royal Opera House:
BAFTAs 2014: Red carpet pictures
Best Film
12 Years a Slave - Winner
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British Film
Gravity - Winner
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson - Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel - Saving Mr Banks
Kieran Evans - Kelly + Victor - Winner
Paul Wright, Polly Stokes - For Those in Peril
Scott Graham - Shell
Film Not in the English Language
The Act of Killing...
- 2/16/2014
- Digital Spy
12 Years a Slave wins Best Film; Gravity leads with six.
Check out Wendy Mitchell’s report on what the winners said Here
Winners in numbers…
Gravity: 6American Hustle: 312 Years A Slave: 2The Great Gatsby: 2Blue Jasmine: 1Philomena: 1Captain Phillips: 1Rush: 1
The winners are in bold, followed by the nominees.
Best film
12 Years A Slave (Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen)
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British film
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
[link...
Check out Wendy Mitchell’s report on what the winners said Here
Winners in numbers…
Gravity: 6American Hustle: 312 Years A Slave: 2The Great Gatsby: 2Blue Jasmine: 1Philomena: 1Captain Phillips: 1Rush: 1
The winners are in bold, followed by the nominees.
Best film
12 Years A Slave (Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen)
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British film
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
[link...
- 2/16/2014
- ScreenDaily
Screen is at the ceremony in London and posting the winners Now!
Refresh the page for updates…
Check out Wendy Mitchell’s live report on what the winners are saying Here
Winners in numbers (so far)…
Gravity: 5American Hustle: 3The Great Gatsby: 212 Years A Slave: 1Philomena: 1Captain Phillips: 1Rush: 1Frozen: 1
Just added Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
The winners are in bold, followed by the nominees.
Best film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British film
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Actress
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
[link...
Refresh the page for updates…
Check out Wendy Mitchell’s live report on what the winners are saying Here
Winners in numbers (so far)…
Gravity: 5American Hustle: 3The Great Gatsby: 212 Years A Slave: 1Philomena: 1Captain Phillips: 1Rush: 1Frozen: 1
Just added Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
The winners are in bold, followed by the nominees.
Best film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British film
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Actress
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
[link...
- 2/16/2014
- ScreenDaily
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