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Thursday, March 06, 2014

 

GRAND CENTRAL


GRAND CENTRAL
A FILM BY REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI

 Tahar Rahim and Lea Seydoux
GRAND CENTRAL

 In this love story, set among workers at a nuclear power plant, there are different and various reasons why different people choose to work in this dangerous environment:
GRAND CENTRAL is a love story, but it is also almost a documentary of life in a nuclear power station, and by extension, life in any dangerous blue collar job in a remote location where all the workers work and live closely together, largely isolated from any other life or people.

The work is hard, and dangerous, and the more strong emotions (love, jealousy, rivalry) that are injected into the workplace, the more dangerous the work becomes. If you have ever wondered whether nuclear power plants are insulated from the foibles of the people who run them, this film provides a strong suggestion that the answer is NO WAY!

At the nuclear power plant
workers must guard their radiation dosage
with protective clothes before going in
and a scrub-down coming out.
GRAND CENTRAL


Nuclear power plants, generally speaking (not in the context of any issue raised in this film) are dangerous for the following reasons:
Few films (other than war-films) provide the detailed picture of life on the job that this picture describes.  The depiction was done carefully and, in fact, was shot in an actual nuclear reactor building (which, however, though built, was never run: a nuclear accident somewhere else, just before the reactor was to be started up, led to a decision not to use it... so it lay unused until the filmmakers discovered it).

The love story is torrid, although at times a bit confusing.  

The music, cinematography, and all the performances are excellent.

This is a most interesting film.  It won the Francois Chalais prize at Cannes (a prize related to journalism), and some awards at other festivals; Olivier Gourmet was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 César Awards.

GRAND CENTRAL will be screened in New York at the 2014 RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA. For more information about Rendez-Vous, please see:

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2014/03/rendez-vous-with-french-cinema-2014.html


Here's the description of the film at the Rendez-Vous:

GRAND CENTRAL
Rebecca Zlotowski, France/Austria, 2013, 94m
In French with English subtitles

A nuclear power plant serves as the setting for a forbidden romance as volatile as the facility itself in the intense, brilliantly acted second feature from Rebecca Zlotowski (Belle Epine). Gary (A Prophet's Tahar Rahim) is a poor, unskilled laborer looking for easy money and a place to fit in. Karole (Léa Seydoux) is the fiancée of longtime plant employee Toni (Denis Ménochet), one of the many underpaid men and women who daily brave illness and possible death from radiation poisoning. Soon Gary and Karole fall rapturously in love, and their moonlit trysts in the bucolic surrounding countryside pose a growing threat to the staff's tight-knit bonds. Zlotowski focuses both on the everyday routines of the workers and on the swooning passions of the love triangle at the film’s heart, with electronica pulsating on the soundtrack as her characters gamble ever more perilously in work and love. Olivier Gourmet is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 César Awards.

Friday, March 7, 9:00pm – WRT; 
Saturday, March 8, 4:45pm – IFC; 
Sunday, March 9, 4:30pm – BAM; 
Monday, March 10, 3:30pm - WRT

In Person: Rebecca Zlotowski

CAST:

     Léa Seydoux - Karole
    Tahar Rahim - Gary Manda
    Denis Ménochet - Toni
    Olivier Gourmet - Gilles
    Johan Libéreau - Tcherno
    Camille Lellouche - Géraldine
    Nahuel Pérez Biscayart - Isaac
GRAND CENTRAL - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_%28film%29

GRAND CENTRAL - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2835548/

 REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2294243

 LEA SEYDOUX - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9a_Seydoux

LEA SEYDOUX - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2244205

TAHAR RAHIM - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahar_Rahim

TAHAR RAHIM IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2588665



LEA SEYDOUX AND REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI INTERVIEWED IN CANNES 
(IN ENGLISH)



INTERVIEW - LEA SEYDOUX 
(IN FRENCH)






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RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2014



RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2014
March 6 – March 16, 2014

OPENING NIGHT
EMMANUELLE BERCOT’S ON MY WAY,
WITH STAR CATHERINE DENEUVE IN PERSON


CLOSING NIGHT
BERTRAND TAVERNIER’S THE FRENCH MINISTER

CATHERINE DENEUVE
ON MY WAY

IN-PERSON APPEARANCES INCLUDE
BERTRAND TAVERNIER, SÉBASTIEN BETBEDER,
 SERGE BOZON, GUILLAUME BRAC, JACQUES DOILLON,
MICHEL GONDRY, FRANÇOIS OZON, THIERRY DE PERETTI,
KATELL QUILLÉVÉRÉ, AXELLE ROPERT, 
JEAN-PAUL SALOMÉ, JUSTINE TRIET,
NABIL BEN YADIR, REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI

The 19th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, from the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films, screens from March 6 to March 16 at The Film Society of Lincoln Center, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, with Opening Night at the Paris Theater. The 2014 slate — which consists of 24 feature films making their New York, United States or North American premieres — attests to the sheer variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking.

 The lineup includes new works from established masters like Bertrand Tavernier, Agnès Jaoui, François Ozon, and Jacques Doillon; critics’ favorites Serge Bozon, Michel Gondry, and the Larrieu brothers; and polymath talents, actor-turned-directors Emmanuelle Bercot, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and Nicole Garcia, who have fully come into their own as filmmakers.

 Alongside these known names are the key figures that have been anointed by critics as France’s next New Wave: a whole raft of emerging talents, including Ruben Alves, Sébastien Betbeder, Guillaume Brac, Thierry de Peretti, Katell Quillévéré, Axelle Ropert, Justine Triet, and Rebecca Zlotowski, who explore contemporary issues from complex race relations to class warfare. Thierry de Perretti’s Les Apaches made a splash at Cannes last year with its depiction of blunt adolescent sexuality among young delinquents in Corsica, prompting comparisons with Larry Clark. Also acclaimed at Cannes, Rebecca Zlotowski’s Grand Central explores a forbidden romance between young lovers (played by Tahar Rahim and Léa Seydoux), against the ominous backdrop of a nuclear power plant.
As always, Rendez-Vous brings together many of French cinema’s most beloved actors. Catherine Deneuve delivers one of the finest and most moving performances of her legendary career in Bercot’s On My Way (Opening Night). The peerless Isabelle Huppert reinvents herself yet again — and to great comic effect — in Bozon’s Tip Top. Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos, so memorably paired in Arnaud Desplechin’s films, including Kings and Queen, are exquisite together in Sophie Fillière’s If You Don’t, I Will.

 Other marquee notables include Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Louis Garrel, Omar Sy and Charlotte Gainsbourg. But in keeping with its youthful spirit, this edition of Rendez-Vous also doubles as a showcase for an exciting new generation of breakout actors. Rising stars appearing in multiple movies include Sara Forestier, Louise Bourgoin, François Damiens, and Vincent Macaigne, the It actor of the new French cinema.

Sara Forestier and James Thierree
LOVE BATTLES

Many of these films had multiple nominations in the French Cesar Awards. Adele Haenel, from SUZANNE was a winner, for Best Supporting Actress...

THE CESAR NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-2014-cesar-french-movie-awards.html



 This also marks the third year in a row collaborating with Emerging Pictures on a select number of titles. The films will screen in venues across the country contemporaneously with their showings at Lincoln Center via Emerging’s network of digital theaters. Q&A’s from the Film Society venues will be broadcast live to many of those locations. Titles and schedule to follow.

Filmmakers and talent who will be in attendance at this year’s festival include

• Sébastien Betbeder (2 AUTUMNS, 3 WINTERS),
• Serge Bozon (TIP TOP),
• Guillaume Brac (TONNERRE),
• Catherine Deneuve (ON MY WAY),
• Jacques Doillon (LOVE BATTLES),
• Michel Gondry (MOOD INDIGO),
• François Ozon (YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL),
• Thierry de Peretti (LES APACHES),
• Katell Quillévéré (SUZANNE),
• Axelle Ropert (MISS AND THE DOCTORS),
• Jean-Paul Salomé (PLAYING DEAD),
• Bertrand Tavernier (THE FRENCH MINISTER),
• Justine Triet (THE AGE OF PANIC),
• Nabil Ben Yadir (THE MARCHERS) and
• Rebecca Zlotowski (GRAND CENTRAL).


Tickets are available online for each participating venue, respectively, at
www.filmlinc.com
www.ifccenter.com
www.BAM.org/BAMcinematek

Tickets are also available directly from the box offices.

For more information, please visit


www.rendezvouswithfrenchcinema.com

Tickets for Opening Night at the Paris Theater will be available online at


www.filmlinc.com

 FSLC’s Walter Reade Theater’s address is 165 West 65th St. (between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway)

 Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center’s address is 144 West 65th Street (between Amsterdam and Broadway).

The IFC Center is located at 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street.

BAMcinématek is located at 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn.

The Paris Theater is located at 4 West 58th Street.
Films, Descriptions & Schedule

 Main Venues:

BAMcinématek (BAM)
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (EBM)
IFC Center (IFC)
Walter Reade Theater (WRT)
Opening Night: The Paris Theater (PARIS)

 OPENING NIGHT
ON MY WAY
Emmanuelle Bercot, France, 2014, 113m
In French with English subtitles
Catherine Deneuve plays against type and delivers a performance unlike any other in her legendary career as Bettie, a former Breton beauty queen turned bistro owner, in Emmanuelle Bercot’s fourth feature. When her mother (Claude Gensac) tells her that her married lover has ditched her for a 25-year-old beautician’s assistant, Bettie takes to the road with no particular destination in mind and eventually winds up at a dive bar named Le Ranch, where an evening of drunken revelry sets the stage for much tomfoolery to come. Bettie’s resentful daughter Muriel (French pop musician Camille) then asks her mother to chauffeur her son Charly (Nemo Schiffman) to his grandfather’s, and the pair sets out on a trip that will ultimately lead Bettie to revisit her past even as she travels further away from it. Nominated for two 2014 César Awards: Catherine Deneuve (Best Actress) and Nemo Schiffman (Most Promising Actor). A Cohen Media Group release.
Thursday, March 6, 7:30pm – PARIS; Friday, March 7, 6:45pm – BAM; Saturday, March 8, 7:00pm - IFC
In Person: Catherine Deneuve

CLOSING NIGHT
THE FRENCH MINISTER (QUAI D’ORSAY)
Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013, 113m
In French with English subtitles
The veteran auteur Bertrand Tavernier returns to Rendez-Vous with a sly, energetic film about the daily grind of diplomacy. Arthur (Raphaël Personnaz), a graduate of all the right schools, is the new speechwriter for the Minister of Foreign Affairs (a hilarious Thierry Lhermitte). While he tries to navigate internal politics, the various strong personalities around him (such as a ruthless policy advisor played by Julie Gayet), and the stress of finding the Minister’s “voice,” Arthur must also write a speech for the Minister that will hopefully put them both in the history books. Based on co-screenwriter Antonin Baudry’s own graphic novels about his experience working in the Foreign Ministry under former Foreign (and Prime) Minister Dominique de Villepin, The French Minister takes us for a breathless ride through the halls of French government. Nominated for three 2014 César Awards: Julie Gayet (Best Supporting Actress), Niels Arestrup (Best Supporting Actor), and Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain and Bertrand Tavernier (Best Adapted Screenplay). A Sundance Selects release.
Sunday, March 16, 3:40pm, 9:00pm - WRT
In Person: Bertrand Tavernier

 2 AUTUMNS, 3 WINTERS (2 AUTOMNES, 3 HIVERS)
Sébastien Betbeder, France, 2013, 90m
In French with English subtitles
Director Sébastien Betbeder follows his acclaimed debut, Nights With Theodore, with an endearing, inventive romantic comedy, steeped in offbeat charm and an offhand cinephilia. Sad-sack Arman (Vincent Macaigne) first meets Amélie (Maud Wyler) when he bumps into her while jogging; his attempts at connecting with her fail one after the other, until circumstances grant him the opportunity to rescue her from would-be muggers. Thus begins the story of a relationship by turns breezy and momentous. Alongside his longtime friend from art school, Benjamin (Bastien Bouillon), Arman navigates life with his newfound love. Directly addressing the camera and in monologues that comment on their respective situations, these winning characters describe the trajectory of old-fashioned relationships in this millennial age. A Film Movement release.
Saturday, March 8, 4:00pm – WRT; Sunday, March 9, 5:30pm - IFC
In Person: Sébastien Betbeder

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
AGE OF PANIC (LA BATAILLE DE SOLFÉRINO)
Justine Triet, France, 2013, 90m
In French with English subtitles
During a time of great political change, a frazzled young mother tries to keep it together on the home front. Laetitia (Laetitia Dosch), a cable news reporter off to cover the 2012 French presidential elections, leaves her daughters in the care of a hapless babysitter (Marc-Antoine Vaugeois) with strict instructions to keep them away from Vincent (Vincent Macaigne), her ex-husband and their father. But Vincent, determined to see his kids, disrupts the already chaotic household by enlisting a neighbor to negotiate a divorce agreement with Laetitia – while she’s out reporting amid election crowds in front of Socialist Party headquarters. In her enormously promising first feature, a very funny comedy of discomfort infused with documentary-style energy, director Justine Triet pits micro social problems against the macro body politic of France, all within the frame of one manic day in Paris. Nominated for Best First Film in the 2014 César Awards.
Friday, March 7, 6:30pm – WRT; Saturday, March 8, 3:00pm – BAM; Sunday, March 9, 7:30pm – IFC; Monday, March 10, 1:00pm - WRT
In Person: Justine Triet

 LES APACHES
Thierry de Peretti, France, 2013, 82m
In French with English subtitles
On the island of Corsica, a tension constantly simmers between the wealthy tourists and the lower-class locals. Aziz and his friends aren’t considering any of this when they break into an empty seaside house, looking for some illicit fun and a pool to lounge beside. But when the owners arrive for their vacation, there are dire consequences for the teenagers, who prove exceedingly easy to track down. Unbeknownst to Aziz, his pals also stole a pair of hunting rifles during the break-in, and might not be as loyal to him as he is to them. An atmospheric thriller simmering with adolescent sexuality, Les Apaches explores aspects of French culture that the mainstream cinema often ignores. The title refers to the slang term used by Paris police for juvenile delinquents, and the film, whose young characters are of Arab and Moroccan descent, narrows in on the subject of racial tension with considerable intelligence and nuance.
Monday, March 10, 12:00pm – EBM; Tuesday, March 11, 6:30pm – WRT; Wednesday, March 12, 7:00pm - IFC
In Person: Thierry de Peretti

 A CASTLE IN ITALY (UN CHÂTEAU EN ITALIE)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, France, 2013, 104m
In English, French and Italian with English subtitles
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s semi-autobiographical third feature — her first film since the acclaimed Actresses (2007) — is as restless as the character she plays in it. The actress-director-screenwriter (she co-wrote the film with Noémie Lvovsky and Agnès de Sacy) crafts a sad, whimsical and tender portrait of a family whose glory days are over, and who must confront some ugly facts about their present reality: financial troubles, a younger brother dying of AIDS, a sprawling estate they can no longer maintain. Louise (Bruni Tedeschi) herself is approaching her mid 40s, and wants desperately to have a child and find enduring love. This boldly self-revealing, possibly cathartic work draws both directly and obliquely from Bruni Tedeschi’s real life: Louis Garrel, her former partner, plays Nathan, her young French lover; Nathan's father in the film is a renowned filmmaker who directs his son, as does Garrel’s father, Philippe; and Valeria’s own mother, pianist Marisa Borini, simply plays herself. Marisa Borini is nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 César Awards.
Monday, March 10, 6:00pm – IFC; Thursday, March 13, 9:00pm – WRT; Sunday, March 16, 6:30pm - WRT

 EASTERN BOYS
Robin Campillo, France, 2013, 128m
In English, French and Russian with English subtitles
Arriving from all over the Eastern Bloc, the men who loiter around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris are scraping by however they can, forming gangs for support and protection, ever fearful of being caught by the police and deported. When the middle-aged, bourgeois Daniel (Olivier Rabourdin) approaches a boyishly handsome Ukrainian who calls himself Marek for a date, he learns the young man is willing to do anything for some cash. What Daniel intends only as sex-for-hire begets a home invasion and then an unexpectedly profound relationship. The drastically different circumstances of the two men’s lives reveal hidden facets of the city they share. Presented in four parts, this absorbing, continually surprising film by Robin Campillo (director of Les Revenants and a frequent collaborator of Laurent Cantet’s) is centered around relationships that defy easy categorization, in which motivations and desires are poorly understood even by those to whom they belong.
Tuesday, March 11, 9:00pm – WRT; Wednesday, March 12, 1:00pm – WRT; Wednesday, March 12, 9:00pm - IFC

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
THE GILDED CAGE (LA CAGE DORÉE)
Ruben Alves, France/Portugal, 2013, 95m
In French and Portuguese with English subtitles
José (Joaquim de Alameida) and Maria (Rita Blanco), a middle-aged Portuguese couple, have been living in Paris for 30 years. He is a respected construction foreman and she is the concierge at the ritzy apartment building where they live in a cramped ground-floor flat. Their life has been a fulfilling one, with a grown daughter and a teenage son who have spent their lives in France. But when José inherits the family winery and the opportunity to finally return home becomes tantalizingly within reach, they begin to question the level of comfort they’ve achieved and whether it all has been worth the cost. Alves’s immensely likable semi-autobiographical comedy-drama features a sprawling cast of oddballs and mixes farcical situations with razor-sharp observations about class and generational differences and the difficulty of balancing family and work. Nominated for Best First Film at the 2014 César Awards.
Sunday, March 9, 9:30pm - WRT; Tuesday, March 11, 6:00pm – IFC; Saturday, March 15, 7:15pm - WRT

 US PREMIERE
GOING AWAY (UN BEAU DIMANCHE)
Nicole Garcia, France, 2013, 95m
In French with English subtitles
Veteran director-actress Nicole Garcia’s refreshingly understated seventh feature follows the formation of an improbable bond between Baptiste (Pierre Rochefort), a commitment-averse substitute teacher, and Mathias (Mathias Brezot), a young student emotionally neglected by his separated parents. Filling in as a temporary surrogate father for Mathias, Baptiste soon finds himself entangled with Mathias’s hard-working, hard-partying mother, Sandra (Louise Bourgoin). When a couple of thugs show up to collect an outstanding debt, the chivalrous Baptiste takes it upon himself to resolve the conflict. Full of sharply and empathetically drawn characters (embodied by an excellent cast, including Dominique Sanda as Baptiste’s mother), Garcia’s intimate film also speaks profoundly about the responsibilities bound up in the connections people forge.
Friday, March 7, 6:00pm – IFC; Monday, March 10, 4:00pm – EBM; Saturday, March 15, 9:30pm - WRT


Tahar Rahim and Lea Seydoux
GRAND CENTRAL

 GRAND CENTRAL
Rebecca Zlotowski, France/Austria, 2013, 94m
In French with English subtitles
A nuclear power plant serves as the setting for a forbidden romance as volatile as the facility itself in the intense, brilliantly acted second feature from Rebecca Zlotowski (Belle Epine). Gary (A Prophet's Tahar Rahim) is a poor, unskilled laborer looking for easy money and a place to fit in. Karole (Léa Seydoux) is the fiancée of longtime plant employee Toni (Denis Ménochet), one of the many underpaid men and women who daily brave illness and possible death from radiation poisoning. Soon Gary and Karole fall rapturously in love, and their moonlit trysts in the bucolic surrounding countryside pose a growing threat to the staff's tight-knit bonds. Zlotowski focuses both on the everyday routines of the workers and on the swooning passions of the love triangle at the film’s heart, with electronica pulsating on the soundtrack as her characters gamble ever more perilously in work and love. Olivier Gourmet is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 César Awards.
Friday, March 7, 9:00pm – WRT; Saturday, March 8, 4:45pm – IFC; Sunday, March 9, 4:30pm – BAM; Monday, March 10, 3:30pm - WRT
In Person: Rebecca Zlotowski

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
HIS WIFE (SON ÉPOUSE)
Michel Spinosa, France/India/Belgium, 2014, 108m
In English, French and Tamil with English subtitles
In Michel Spinosa’s emotional, superbly acted drama, a widower named Joseph (Yvan Attal) travels to India to meet Gracie (Janagi), a young Tamil newlywed who knew his late wife, Catherine (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and whose erratic behavior suggests that she may be possessed by the dead woman. Soon enough, Joseph’s journey to the small village near Pondicherry where Gracie lives unveils itself to be not only a form of tribute to Catherine but also a bid for forgiveness. Spinosa (who co-wrote Rendez-Vous 2013 selection Renoir) coaxes magnetic, complex performances from Attal and especially Janagi, who is a revelation as a woman under the influence – of grief and even more mysterious forces.
Friday, March 7, 10:15pm – IFC; Wednesday, March 12, 1:00pm – EBM; 6:30pm – WRT

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
IF YOU DON'T, I WILL (ARRÊTE OU JE CONTINUE)
Sophie Fillières, France, 2014, 102m
In French with English subtitles
Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos are Pierre and Pomme, a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapsing. As Pierre goes through the motions of his daily routine while hardly disguising his anger, a bewildered Pomme slowly absorbs all the signs of impending crisis, searching for ways to reconnect with her partner. “We don’t dance anymore, we grow old,” she complains, before pulling Pierre onto the dance floor at a party. But their attempts to rekindle the passion are inevitably, sometimes comically, thwarted. Can they redefine their relationship or will they end up going their separate ways? During one of their weekend hikes, Pomme reaches a breaking point and decides, quite literally, to get lost. With wry humor and great delicacy, director Sophie Fillières (Gentille) crafts an intimate portrait of a pivotal moment in a long-term relationship.
Friday, March 7, 3:45pm – WRT; Monday, March 10, 10:15pm – IFC; Saturday, March 15, 5:00pm - WRT

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
LOVE BATTLES (MES SÉANCES DE LUTTE)
Jacques Doillon, France, 2013, 99m
In French with English subtitles
“All my strength, all the force of my love… if I heaped it on you, I’d demolish you”: Jacques Doillon’s latest is a bruising investigation into the fault lines that both separate and connect eroticism and violence. James Thiérrée (an acrobat and performance artist, and also Charlie Chaplin’s grandson) and Sara Forestier play Lui and Elle (“Him and Her”), almost-lovers unable to get on the same page, psychosexually speaking. In regular meetings they strive to resolve the impasse (or perhaps, just to expend pent-up energy) through no-holds-barred wrestling matches. Their “battles” grow in frequency and force, testing the lovers’ bodies as much as their souls. Doillon’s camera captures the astonishing physicality of their lengthy struggles less as a voyeur than as a third, invisible combatant. And as the film intensifies, it evolves from a metaphoric exploration of the nature of human sexuality into something far more visceral and affecting. An Adopt Films release.
Sunday, March 9, 7:30pm – BAM; Monday, March 10, 6:30pm – WRT; Tuesday, March 11, 8:00pm - IFC
In Person: Jacques Doillon

 US PREMIERE
LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME (L’AMOUR EST UN CRIME PARFAIT)
Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France/Switzerland, 2013, 110m
In French with English subtitles
It’s good to be Marc. Played by the reliably terrific Mathieu Amalric, he holds a prestigious teaching position at what must be the world’s most beautiful university and is desired by seemingly every comely coed in the Swiss Alps. But this idyllic existence goes awry the morning after, when his latest undergraduate conquest vanishes. Suddenly, it’s not so good to be Marc. A detective begins snooping around and asking questions. Marc’s supervisor, who has a thing for Marc’s sister (whose affections for Marc appear more than familial), informs him that his position may no longer be secure. A sexy student from a prominent family wishes to supplement her education with some extracurricular instruction. And then there’s the matter of the missing coed’s gorgeous stepmother… Everything comes together in this darkly funny thriller with an explosive finale from Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu.
Friday, March 7, 1:00pm – WRT; Sunday, March 9, 9:30pm – IFC; Monday, March 10, 9:15pm - WRT

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
THE MARCHERS (LA MARCHE)
Nabil Ben Yadir, France/Belgium, 2013, 120m
In French and Arabic with English subtitles
Nabil Ben Yadir’s rousing sophomore feature reconstructs a decisive event in the history of French racial politics: a Mitterand-era demonstration in which nine people marched 930 miles for equality and against racism from Marseilles to Paris, where they were met by more than 100,000 supporters. Compelled to undertake their cross-country trek when Mohamed (Tewfik Jallab) and Hassan (Jamel Debbouze) are victimized by the police, the band of protestors—inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi—have their resolve tested, but are obliged to soldier on when a Maghrebi teenager is brutally murdered and as they encounter ever more prejudice en route. The Marchers is a monument to the courage of a handful of activists as well as an edifying account of how a small group can bring about enormous shifts in the national consciousness.
Saturday, March 8, 9:45pm – IFC; Sunday, March 9, 1:30pm – WRT; Friday, March 14, 3:30pm - EBM
In Person: Nabil Ben Yadir

 MISS AND THE DOCTORS (TIREZ LA LANGUE, MADEMOISELLE)
Axelle Ropert, France, 2013,100m
In French with English subtitles
Sibling doctors Boris (filmmaker Cédric Kahn, in a revelatory performance) and Dimitri (Laurent Stocker) share a pediatric practice in a working-class Paris arrondissement. But their fraternal bonds and professional relationship are tested when they take on a young diabetic patient and both fall for the girl’s lovely mother (Louise Bourgoin), who tends bar at a local watering hole. The possibility of sharing a life with this woman and her daughter represents something quite different for each brother, and director Axelle Ropert (The Wolberg Family) places their burgeoning rivalry at the heart of this witty, passionate, beautifully observed drama. The cinematography by Céline Bozon (the sister of Tip Top director Serge) gives the urban setting, with its high-rise apartment blocks and Chinese restaurants, a sense of everyday magic, as does Benjamin Esdraffo’s lilting score.
Saturday, March 8, 1:00pm – WRT; Sunday, March 9, 1:00pm – IFC; Monday, March 10, 1:50pm - EBM
In Person: Axelle Ropert

 MOOD INDIGO (L’ÉCUME DES JOURS)
Michel Gondry, France/Belgium, 2013, 95m
In English and French with English subtitles
Eminently inventive Michel Gondry finds an ideal counterpart in Boris Vian, whose novel Foam of the Daze provides the foundation for this manic, visionary love story. Romain Duris plays wealthy bachelor Colin, whose hobbies include developing his pianocktail (a cocktail-making piano) and devouring otherworldly dishes prepared by his trusty chef Nicolas (Omar Sy). When Colin learns that his best friend Chick (Gad Elmaleh), a fellow acolyte of the philosopher Jean-Sol Partre, has a new American girlfriend, our lonely hero attends a friend’s party in hopes of falling in love himself. He soon meets Chloé (Audrey Tautou) and, before they know it, they’re dancing to Duke Ellington and plunging headfirst into a romance that Gondry rapturously depicts as only he can. Nominated for three 2014 César Awards: Étienne Charry (Best Original Music), Florence Fontaine (Best Costume) and Stéphane Rozenbaum (Best Production Design). A Drafthouse Films release.
Sunday, March 9, 7:00pm - WRT; Monday, March 10, 8:00pm – IFC; Monday, March 10, 9:30pm - BAM
In Person: Michel Gondry 


Francois Damiens (in the piscine)
PLAYING DEAD

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
PLAYING DEAD (JE FAIS LE MORT)
Jean-Paul Salomé, France/Belgium, 2013, 104m
In French with English subtitles
In Jean-Paul Salomé’s seventh feature, the hilarious François Damiens plays Jean, a down-and-out and underemployed actor (not to mention a former César winner!) who, after years of playing tiny roles on canceled TV shows and starring in embarrassing commercials, takes a gig as a performer in a homicide reenactment “produced” by the police at a ski resort in the French Alps. Being an expert at unnecessarily complicating or otherwise ruining any situation in which he finds himself, Jean quickly gets in the way of the case’s chief investigator (Géraldine Nakache), sparking an antagonism-turned-romance as well as a suspenseful whodunit rich with twists, turns and amusing instances of Jean taking himself much too seriously. Filming the reenactment as though it were a movie shoot, Salomé slyly juxtaposes the worlds of forensics and filmmaking, and the result is a rare, uproarious murder mystery.
Saturday, March 8, 6:00pm – BAM; Saturday, March 8, 9:00pm – WRT; Sunday, March 9, 3:15pm – IFC; Friday, March 14, 1:00pm - EBM
In Person: Jean-Paul Salomé

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
SCHOOL OF BABEL (LA COUR DE BABEL)
Julie Bertuccelli, France, 2013, 89m
In French with English subtitles
At a secondary school in Paris’s 10th arrondissement there is a “reception class,” where students between the ages of 11 and 15 are taught their first lessons in French. Some of these immigrant children, newly arrived, know a few phrases in the language of their adopted country; others can’t speak a word. Their families have come from all across the globe, from Ireland, Senegal, Morocco, Brazil, and China, fleeing persecution or just looking for a fresh start. Shot over a year, this observational documentary by Julie Bertuccelli (Since Otar Left, The Tree) is a kind of non-fiction counterpart to Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or-winning The Class, staying within the confines of the school and recording the children’s candid, sometimes heated discussions and interactions between parents and teachers. The result is both illuminating and extremely touching, a multifaceted look at the French melting pot, its frustrations and its hopes for the future.
Saturday, March 8, 12:45pm – IFC; Sunday, March 16, 1:30pm - WRT

 SUZANNE (2013) 94m
Katell Quillévéré, France, 2013, 94m
In French with English subtitles
A coming-of-age story takes on epic proportions in Katell Quillévéré’s follow-up to her lauded debut, Love Like Poison. Suzanne (first played by Apollonia Luisetti and then by Sara Forestier) is a wild child who becomes a mother at 15 and takes up with a local bad boy not long after. Through it all, her widowed father (comic actor François Damiens, in a rare dramatic role) and older sister (Fanie Zanini and Adèle Haenel) try their best to keep the family together. Brilliantly acted, especially by Forestier, Damiens and Haenel, Quillévéré’s film, which compresses some 25 years into an hour and a half, proceeds at a furious pace, episodically and elliptically. What sounds melodramatic on paper is never less than urgent and compelling on screen: each decisive moment in this family saga lands with tremendous emotional force. Nominated for five 2014 César Awards: Sara Forestier (Best Actress), Adele Haenel (Best Supporting Actress WINNER!), François Damiens (Best Supporting Actor), Paul Hamy (Most Promising Actor), and Katell Quillévéré and Mariette Désert (Best Original Screenplay).
Saturday, March 8, 2:30pm – IFC; Sunday, March 9, 4:30pm – WRT; Wednesday, March 12, 4:00pm - EBM
In Person: Katell Quillévéré

 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
TIP TOP
Serge Bozon, France/Luxembourg/Belgium, 2013, 106m
In French and Arabic with English subtitles
Co-written with Axelle Ropert (also featured in this year’s Rendez-Vous with Miss and the Doctors), Bozon’s much-anticipated follow-up to 2007’s La France is a one-of-a-kind screwball procedural adapted from a pulp novel by Welsh writer Bill James. Meticulous and eccentric internal-affairs investigator Esther (Isabelle Huppert) and her mousy new partner Sally (Sandrine Kiberlain), recently demoted due to a mysterious ethics violation, are summoned to look into the Villeneuve police department after the murder of an Algerian informant. As entanglements ensue with belligerent local detective Mendès (a very funny François Damiens), Bozon throws together seemingly mismatched elements with aplomb: exploring the women detectives’ sexual kinks even as he comments on racism and postcolonial tensions. In keeping with its director’s background in criticism, Tip Top is an exploration of policier tropes but also a bold, strange, often delightful film that looks, sounds and moves like nothing else in its genre(s). A Kino Lorber release.
Thursday, March 13, 9:30pm – IFC; Friday, March 14, 1:00pm, 9:00pm - WRT
In Person: Serge Bozon

 TONNERRE
Guillaume Brac, France, 2013, 100m
In French with English subtitles
Struggling musician Maxime (Vincent Macaigne) moves back to the titular provincial town (which means thunder in French) to live with his father and work on some new songs. But soon he meets Mélodie (Solène Rigot), a beautiful journalist more than a decade his junior. As their fling progresses to full-on enthrallment in a matter of days, all Maxime’s interests become secondary to spending time with Mélodie. Just as suddenly as their relationship began, she texts him a farewell and cuts off all contact. The quaint pleasures and understated tone of the early scenes slowly morph into something resembling a thriller, and as Maxime's longing transforms into obsession, a palpable dread sets in. Director Guillaume Brac previously collaborated with Macaigne on the acclaimed medium-length film A World Without Women (2011). Tonnerre, Brac’s feature-length debut, is darker and more troubling, a complex and engrossing character study with a brilliantly modulated performance by Macaigne at its center.
Wednesday, March 12, 4:00pm – WRT; Thursday, March 13, 7:00pm – IFC; Friday, March 14, 6:30pm - WRT
In Person: Guillaume Brac

 UNDER THE RAINBOW (AU BOUT DU CONTE)
Agnès Jaoui, 2013, France, 112 minutes
In French with English subtitles
Twenty-four-year-old Laura (Agathe Bonitzer) has faith that someday her Prince Charming will suddenly appear. But when such a man does turn up, so does another one — charming in a different way, but equally alluring. In a flash, all of Laura’s assumptions about life and the future become fairy dust. Under the Rainbow is a contemporary fairy tale with more than its share of twists, imbued with the sharp existentialist humor we have come to expect from the duo of Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri (The Taste of Others, Look at Me). Both once again collaborate on the script and co-star as Pierre and Marian, a comically neurotic middle-aged pair (they aren’t a romantic couple in the film) who, despite being a generation older than Laura, face a similar predicament: how to lead their lives in relation to their sometimes wild dreams and expectations.
Tuesday, March 11, 10:15pm – IFC; Wednesday, March 12, 9:00pm – WRT; Friday, March 14, 3:45pm - FSLC


Marine Vacth
YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL

 YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL (JEUNE ET JOLIE)
François Ozon, France, 2013, 95m
In French and German with English subtitles
“No one’s serious at 17,” wrote Arthur Rimbaud. For Isabelle (Marine Vacth), the 17-year-old at the center of François Ozon’s Young & Beautiful, this sentiment may justify the choices she makes over the course of a pivotal year. Divided into four seasons, Isabelle’s foray into prostitution is motivated not by a need for money or control, but rather by an overwhelming desire for self-discovery. Ozon observes her journey without judgment, reflecting on the emotions and insecurities that saturate a young person’s entrance into adulthood. One year removed from In the House (Rendez-Vous ’13), Ozon again proves a master at coaxing strong performances from young actors; Marine Vacth, in her first leading role, is a revelation. Nominated for two 2014 César Awards: Géraldine Pailhas (Best Supporting Actress) and Marine Vacth (Most Promising Actress). A Sundance Selects release.
Friday, March 7, 8:00pm – IFC; Saturday, March 8, 6:30pm – WRT; Saturday, March 8, 9:00pm - BAM
In Person: François Ozon

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Wednesday, March 05, 2014

 

HUVR - HILARIOUS GREAT NEW TECH!!! TRULY UNBELIEVABLE!
The HUVr Board.

 Truly unbelievable new technology!!
Check out these videos for the HUVr Board.

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Sunday, March 02, 2014

 

2014 ACADEMY AWARDS -- AND THE WINNERS ARE...




ACADEMY AWARDS

THE OSCARS®


SUNDAY MARCH 2, 2014

ABC 7 PM EST



The top nominees are - 

10 - American Hustle -
10 - Gravity -
09 - 12 Years a Slave -
06 - Captain Phillips -
06 - Dallas Buyers Club -

With the possible exception of Captain Phillips, these seem like the most likely to win most of the big awards tonight, as they have at the run-up events -- The Golden Globes, SAG, Director's Guild, even BAFTA (the British Awards).  We'll keep a running list of the winners here.  Follow along!

and...THE WINNERS ARE...


anne hathaway presents supporting actor -- JARED LETO - DALLAS BUYERS CLUB ...
naomi watts & samuel l jackson -- COSTUME DESIGN - GREAT GATSBY
HAIR & MAKEUP  - DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
BEST ANIMATED SHORT - MR HUBLOT
ANIMATED FEATURE - FROZEN
VISUAL EFFECTS - GRAVITY
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - HELIUM
DOCUMENTARY SHORT - THE LADY IN NUMBER 6
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - 20 FEET FROM STARDOM
ANGELINA JOLIE - HUMANITARIAN AWARD - NICE LITTLE SPEECH
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - ITALY: THE GREAT BEAUTY
SOUND MIXING - GRAVITY
SOUND EDITING - GRAVITY
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - LUPITA NYON'GO  - 
Lupita is brilliant on and off screen
Group picture from  may be the best selfie ever!
Nice pizza moment!
CINEMATOGRAPHY - GRAVITY
EDITING - GRAVITY
Whoopi Goldberg celebrates THE WIZARD OF OZ
Pink sings "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
PRODUCTION DESIGN - THE GREAT GATSBY
Bette Midler sings following "REMEMBRANCES"
LET IT GO from FROZEN introduced by John Travolta
 BEST SCORE - GRAVITY
BEST SONG - FROZEN
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - 12 YEARS A SLAVE
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - HER by SPIKE JONZE
Angelina Jolie & Sidney Poitier
both spoke very well in just a few words, then present 
BEST DIRECTOR - ALFONSO CUARON for GRAVITY
BEST ACTRESS - CATE BLANCHETT for BLUE JASMINE
BEST ACTOR - MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY for DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
not my favorite speech -  contrived - like a bad pastor
BEST PICTURE - 12 YEARS A SLAVE


Lupita Nyong'o
This Year's breakout actress
in 12 YEARS A SLAVE

 THE NOMINATIONS


American Hustle and Gravity were the most nominated films, with 10 each, 12 Years A Slave followed just behind with 9.  At the Golden Globes, American Hustle was the winner for Comedy, and 12 Years A Slave, the winner for Drama. At the People’s Choice Awards, Gravity was a big winner.

Here is the list of multiple nominees.

10 - American Hustle -
10 - Gravity -
09 - 12 Years a Slave -
06 - Captain Phillips -
06 - Dallas Buyers Club -
06 - Nebraska -
05 - Her -
05 - The Wolf of Wall Street -
04 - Philomena -
03 - Blue Jasmine -
03 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug -
02 - Despicable Me 2 -
02 - Frozen -
02 - The Grandmaster -
02 - Inside Llewyn Davis -
02 - Lone Survivor -
02 - August: Osage County -
02 - The Great Gatsby -
02 - The Lone Ranger -


As always there are some categories for which the rightful nominee was somehow overlooked.  The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, in my opinion (IMHO) was the classic that was forgotten this year.  Not only should it have been nominated, I’d have liked it to win for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

my write-in nominations

“The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty”
– Best Picture, Best Director (Ben Stiller), Best Actor (Ben Stiller), Best Supporting Actress (Kristen Wiig), Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay

“Blue Jasmine”
– Best Picture, Best Director (Woody Allen)

“Her”
- Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Supporting Actress (Scarlett Johansson)

“All Is Lost”
- Best Director (J C Chandor), Best Actor (Robert Redford),

“Inside Llewyn Davis”
- Best Actor (Oscar Isaac), Best Song, Best Score

“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
- Best Documentary Feature




Oscar nominees

FILMS

Best motion picture of the year
“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined

Best live action short film
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Best foreign language film of the year
“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine

Best documentary feature
“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject
“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens

Best animated feature film of the year
“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Best animated short film
“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer


ACTING

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”


DIRECTION, CINEMATOGRAPHY, WRITING, AND EDITING

Achievement in directing
“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese

Original screenplay
“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson

Adapted screenplay
“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter

Achievement in cinematography
“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins

Achievement in film editing
“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker


MUSIC

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr Banks” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
 
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
 
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
 
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
 
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson


PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN, HAIR & MAKEUP, VISUAL EFFECTS

Achievement in production design
“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Achievement in costume design
“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Achievement in visual effects
“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

SOUND EDITING, SOUND MIXING

Achievement in sound editing
“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

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