Film
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Williamstown Film Festival 2014
Project Screenplay
By: - Nov 06th, 2014The 16th annual Williamstown Film Festival was launched with a hilarious contest last night and runs through this sindey afternoon. The festival is special for both its local, grass roots feeling as well as a lively mix of Indy and big time Hollywood productions and stars.
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The Winding Stream at Berkshire Int'l Film Festival
Documentary Follows the Course of Country Music from its Roots
By: - Jun 09th, 2014Beth Harrington’s film follows the rich musical legacy of seminal country trio The Carter Family, themselves influenced by white and black string music, as passed down to their daughters, to son-in-law Johnny Cash and to his offspring, while inspiring many other musicians. Ten years in the making, the film itself is an historical treasure.
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9th Annual Berkshire International Film Festival
May 29 – June 1 in Great Barrington and Pittsfield
By: - Apr 27th, 2014The Berkshire International Film Festival will showcase 75 of the latest in independent feature, documentary, short and family films from some 18 countries. The festival, which takes place from May 29 – June 1, 2014 in Great Barrington and May 31 – June 1st in Pittsfield, MA, will bring films, filmmakers, industry professionals and film fans together for a four-day festival celebrating independent film featuring 29 documentaries, 28 narrative features and 16 short films. Some of the countries represented this year are Jordan, Afghanistan, Philippines, India, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Morocco, Iceland, Israel and France, and a record 41 filmmakers will be in attendance with their films.
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BIFF Presents A Place at the Table
Thursday, March 13 at Monument High School
By: - Mar 09th, 2014THE BIFF is proud to partner with Monument Mountain Regional High School (MMRHS) to present a very special community screening of the award-winning documentary A PLACE AT THE TABLE, narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges and directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush. The BIFF and MMRHS will present a FREE community dinner followed by the screening and panel discussion on Thursday, March 13 at Monument High School.
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24th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival
Shoes Written and Directed by Ukrainian-born Costa Fam
By: - Feb 20th, 2014The story of the film “Shoes†is cleverly told without dialogue or seeing the faces of the actors. This unique film approach immediately engages the viewer; drawing them deeper into the story that director Costa Fam wants to tell. “Shoes†is a powerful, yet tenderly crafted movie, that traces a pair of red shoes from their purchase by a young woman just beginning to enjoy the pleasures and dreams that life has to offer.
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It Happened in Saint-Tropez
French Film Directed by Daniele Thompson
By: - Feb 20th, 2014“It Happened in Saint-Tropez†is gorgeously photographed by Jean-Marc Fabre along with a stunning production design by Michele Abbe-Vannier. The film is easy on the eyes, and is well acted. It’s a light, frothy, tasty French pastry of a movie that produces chuckles and laughs all the while being entertaining in the process. And there isn’t a calorie in sight. Enjoy!
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Neil Diamond: Solitary Man
Film by BBC-TV Production Team
By: - Feb 20th, 2014“Neil Diamond: Solitary Man†chronicles Diamond’s early years growing up in Brooklyn and his initiation into the world of songwriters working in the famous Brill Building, in New York City in the fifties. He wrote songs for others, but always harbored a desire to become a performer of his own songs.
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The 64th Berlinale Set New Records
Film Festival reigned February 6-16
By: - Feb 19th, 2014The 64th Berlinale just closed after eleven days, while 400 films from around the world were viewed by 330.000 Berliners and international visitors. The talk of the city while it lasted!
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The Monuments Men
WWII Saga That Saved Western Cultural Icons
By: - Feb 07th, 2014The Monuments Men is a American-German war film based on the book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel. The film follows the story of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, an Allied group, tasked with saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by Hitler during World War II. It focuses on a squad comprised of seven museum directors, curators, and art historians who with limited resources enter Germany with the Allied forces during the closing stages of World War II to rescue artworks plundered by the Nazis. It is a terrific story.
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Cambodia's Animated The Missing Picture
2014 Oscar Nominee
By: - Jan 18th, 2014Cambodia’s 2014 Official Submission for the Academy Awards is “The Missing Pictureâ€, by native Cambodian director and narrator Rithy Panh. In this deeply personal film Panh laments the genocide of almost two million Cambodians carried out by the infamous Pol Pot regime under the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s.
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Oscar Race 2014
Overall a Very Good Year
By: - Jan 17th, 2014The front runners with most nominations this year are for American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street and Twelve Years a Slave. With a divided pack there is bound to be diversity when the awards are handed out on Oscar night. We have an overview of what proved to a year of numerous fine films and performances.
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Denmark's The Hunt Stars Mads Mikkelsen
2014 Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film
By: - Jan 16th, 2014The child Klara confuses a glimpse of her older brother's porn film, and anger over seeming rejection by her teacher Lucas, twisted into a false accusation. In this Oscar nominated Danish film we see the life and career of Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) utterly destroyed by a witch hunt in a village. There are stunning parallels to the sensational Fells Acres daycare center case in Massachusetts that sent members of its Amirault family to jail.
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The Great Beauty Wins Golden Globe
Best Foreign Film Also Oscar Nominated
By: - Jan 13th, 2014In the Italian film “The Great Beautyâ€, which screened at the just concluded Palm Springs International Film Festival, young Italian director Paolo Sorrentino set out to pay homage to his great predecessors and the country that inspired their work. Rome is one of the great cities of the world and its art, sculpture, architecture and splendor are nonpareil.
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Two Lives a German Thriller
Directed by George Maas Starring Liv Ullman
By: - Jan 12th, 2014Germany’s 2014 Oscar submission “Two Lives†has the taste of an old wine in a new bottle. The performances are finely judged, along with the personal vision of director Maas, but the smooth, satisfying, after-taste of a fine vintage wine is illusive and found wanting.
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Documentary of Gypsies or The Travelers
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
By: - Jan 12th, 2014Documentary filmmaker Danis Tanovic spent just $50,000 to create the documentary on the itinerat Roma people commonly know as Gypsies. He has produced a compelling film mainly using non-actors to tell the story of one Bosnian Roma family.
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Palestinian Film Omar
A Violent and Graphic Look at West Bank
By: - Jan 12th, 2014As in all spy thrillers, it’s a difficult world where one is trying to tell the good guys from the bad guys. It’s a story of counter-intelligence agents (the Israeli’s) trying to be a step ahead of the local Al-Aqsa Brigade, in the West Bank, and in this case, three radicalized young Palestinian men: Tarek (Iyad Hoorani) Amjad (Samer Bisharat) and Omar (Adam Bakri) who grew up together as boyhood friends.
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British Costume Movie Belle
Launched 25th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
By: - Jan 07th, 2014The selection of the opening night film for the 25th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival sets the tone and quality of the films that follow over the next ten days. “Belle†didn’t disappoint the audience. It’s nicely directed by British writer/director Amma Asante, who is on Variety’s “Top Ten Director’s to Watch†list. “Belle†is her second feature film.
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Belgian Film The Broken Circle Breakdown
Oscar Contender for Best Foreign Landuage Film
By: - Jan 07th, 2014“Broken Circle Breakdownâ€, masterly and sensitively directed by Felix Van Groeningen, from a script written with Carl Joos, is a story that resonates with audiences in a bitter/sweet way. Potent forces and emotions are unleashed in this film concerning the healing power of the grieving process, the role of guilt in personal relationships, the part played by unconditional love, and the reality and finality of death.
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Palm Springs International Film Festival
25th Festival Launches January 3
By: - Dec 30th, 2013Palm Springs is not only a world-class tourist attraction, it becomes the center of world cinema for a ten-day period every January as it hosts more than 135,000 movie fans and film junkies from all over the globe as they try and spot the stars, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, and distributors amid the glitz and glitter of its star-studded 1200 Gala attendees on Saturday, January 4th, at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
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Inside Llewyn Davis by the Coen Brothers
A Small Dark Folkie Film Getting Huge Hype
By: - Dec 26th, 2013Inside Llewyn Davis is a dark, moody, misanthropic take on a failed folkie bumming around Greenwich Village in 1961. It is being hailed as another work of genius, arguably the best film, by the Academy Award winning Coen Brothers. It's a nice little film that has some charming moments but let's leave it at that.
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The Coolidge Appoints Katherine Tallman
New Executive Director at Landmark Theatre
By: - Dec 23rd, 2013The Board of the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation recently appointed Katherine Tallman as its new executive director. She replaces Denise Kasell who served in the post for the past five years. Founded in 1933, The Coolidge is New England's most vital and successful nonprofit film center exhibiting the best and most current independent films, revivals and film festivals.
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Judi Dench in Philomena
On the Road Again
By: - Dec 22nd, 2013The odyssey-saga of “Philomenaâ€, wonderfully portrayed by Academy Award winning actor Judi Dench, and her co-star, a wry, world-weary Steve Coogan (who also co-wrote the screenplay with writer Jeff Pope) sends these two unlikely “detectives†on a journey to track down Philomena’s son Mark Anthony, the baby she gave up for adoption fifty years ago.
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Dallas Buyers Club a Film Scorcher
Matthew McConaghey As a Wasted Hustler Dying of AIDS
By: - Dec 06th, 2013Don’t miss the gritty, grungy, and f-bomb laden film “ Dallas Buyers Club†starring Matthew McConaghey. McConaghey, a Hollywood handsome, leading man, lost more than 40 pounds in order to play the role of Ron Woodroof, a Texas hustler and rodeo rider/electrician with Aids, who turned drug dealer in the recently released “Dallas Buyers Clubâ€.
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Book Thief Steals Hearts and Minds
Forbidden Literacy in Nazi Germany
By: - Dec 06th, 2013“The Book Thief†based on the international best selling novel of the same name by Markus Zusak, is intelligently and sensitively directed by Brian Percival, from a wonderfully crafted screenplay by Michael Petroni. It’s a small, touching story with large emotional issues that is flawlessly and understatedly performed by a cast led by Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, and Oscar nominee Emily Watson, and stars young French-Canadian teen actress Sophie Nelisse in the title role as Liesel Meminger.
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The Zen of Watching Westerns
When Contemplating Art Just Ain't Enough
By: - Nov 12th, 2013Artist and theorist Martin Mugar is taking a break from his usual beat to explore the philosophical nuances and cult implications of watching Westerns. The discourse ranges from Hopalong Cassidy, to the Marklborough Man as a hacking and coughing paradigm of manhood, and the ultra vi of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch. Here he gets his kicks on Route 66. With a left turn through Monument Valley.
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