Sunday, January 10, 2016
GOLDEN GLOBES 2016
Labels: Alicia Vikander, Brie Larson, Cecil B DeMille, Denzel, Golden Globes, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Martian, The Revenant, Washington
Sunday, February 24, 2013
2013 ACADEMY AWARDS
HOST: SETH MACFARLANE
PICTURE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE
"Amour"
"Argo"
"Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life Of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Amour" (Austria)
"Kon-tiki" (Norway)
"No" (Chile)
"A Royal Affair" (Denmark)
"War Witch" (Canada)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
"The Pirates! Band Of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Gatekeepers"
"How To Survive A Plague"
"The Invisible War"
"Searching For Sugar Man"
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Inocente"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays At Racine"
"Open Heart"
"Redemption"
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Adam And Dog"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Head Over Heels"
"Maggie Simpson In 'The Longest Daycare'"
"Paperman"
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death Of A Shadow" ("Dood Van Een Schaduw")
"Henry"
DIRECTING
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
Ang Lee, "Life Of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio, "Argo"
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
David Magee, "Life Of Pi"
Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
John Gatins, "Flight"
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Seamus McGarvey, "Anna Karenina"
Robert Richardson, "Django Unchained"
Claudio Miranda, "Life Of Pi"
Janusz Kaminski, "Lincoln"
Roger Deakins, "Skyfall"
FILM EDITING
William Goldenberg, "Argo"
Tim Squyres, "Life Of Pi"
Michael Kahn, "Lincoln"
Jay Cassidy And Crispin Struthers, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Dylan Tichenor And William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, "The Master
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli, "Anna Karenina"
Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Mychael Danna, "Life Of Pi"
John Williams, "Lincoln"
Thomas Newman, "Skyfall"
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Before My Time" From "Chasing Ice"
(Music and Lyrics: J. Ralph)
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" From "Ted"
(Music: Walter Murphy; Lyrics: Seth Macfarlane)
"Pi's Lullaby" From "Life Of Pi"
(Music: Mychael Danna; Lyrics: Bombay Jayashri)
"Skyfall" From "Skyfall"
(Music and Lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)
"Suddenly" From "Les Misérables"
(Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)
COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran, "Anna Karenina"
Paco Delgado, "Les Misérables"
Joanna Johnston, "Lincoln"
Eiko Ishioka, "Mirror Mirror"
Colleen Atwood, "Snow White And The Huntsman"
MAKEUP
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, "Hitchcock"
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, "Les Misérables"
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
- "Anna Karenina"
Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
- "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
- "Les Misérables"
David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
- "Life Of Pi"
Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
- "Lincoln"
SOUND EDITING
Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn, "Argo"
Wylie Stateman, "Django Unchained"
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, "Life Of Pi"
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, "Skyfall"
Paul N.J. Ottosson, "Zero Dark Thirty"
SOUND MIXING
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia, "Argo"
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, "Les Misérables"
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin, "Life Of Pi"
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, "Lincoln"
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, "Skyfall"
VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White,
- "Life Of Pi"
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott,
- "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick,
- "Marvel's The Avengers"
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill,
- "Prometheus"
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson,
- "Snow White And The Huntsman"
Here are a few selected stories from QPORIT about people and films that are up for awards!
JESSICA CHASTAIN (up for Best Actress)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2011/05/jessica-chastain.html
FLIGHT (Denzel Washington up for Best Actor)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/only-when-you-win-flight-at-nyff-50.html
AMOUR (up for several awards)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/only-when-you-win-flight-at-nyff-50.html
LIFE OF PI (up for Best Picture and other awards)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/amour.html
A ROYAL AFFAIR (up for Best Foreign Film)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-royal-affair.html
ANNA KARENINA (up for several awards)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/11/gleeson-and-vikander-from-anna-karenina.html
Labels: A ROYAL AFFAIR, Academy Argo, AMOUR, Ang Lee, Awards, Daniel Day Lewis, Denzel Washington, FLIGHT, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Oscars, Silver Linings Playbook
Saturday, January 19, 2013
SNL -- JAN 19, 2013 --JENNIFER LAWRENCE with THE LUMINEERS
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
SNL -- JAN 19, 2013
JENNIFER LAWRENCE & THE LUMINEERS
She's just 22!
JENNIFER LAWRENCE - IMDB
The Lumineers, a folk-rock band, are the musical guests. I've noticed that SNL's picks for musical guests are the hottest acts around.
It was a mixed bag. There were a lot of good jokes and good ideas for sketches. There was too much insult humor. Jennifer worked hard, appearing in lots of sketches, but many seemed to have a great concept and terrific promise that was not fully realized, either because of the writing, the performances, or both.
COLD OPEN -- Piers Morgan with Lance Armstrong, Te'o and Jodie Foster. Each segment was hilarious. This was the highlight of the evening. (If only this had set the tone and quality level for the whole show!)
"Jodie Foster" even managed to deliver (with laughs!) the joke she tried to make on GG night: (build up to a big "gay" reveal, then say something else.)
MONOLOGUE -- Jennifer was game enough to play with her I beat Meryl line at the GG by dissing all her Oscar rivals, but she didn't completely sell all the jokes and it was at best a modest success. It was a pretty gutsy monologue considering that Oscar voting is still in progress.
VERISMO COMMERCIAL -- A funny and pointed commercial of a coffee machine that talks with other machines while getting the drink wrong and dissing the drinker. (Barista's take note: you can be replaced by a machine with all your worst foibles.)
REAL COMMERCIALS -- There were two (real) commercials for Silver Linings Playbook within a few minutes. I thought this was a bit much. But then they doubled down and many of the other commercials were also run multiple times.
GIRL FRIENDS TALK SHOW -- This idea was no better this time than it was the last time they did it. It's unpleasant insult/humiliation humor with no humor. It's not funny and it's not fun.
HUNGER GAMES POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE -- This was a great idea for a sketch but the writing and performances were kind of flat with only a few good moments. The best moment was perhaps a very tall Jennifer standing up.
SPLITTING HOBBITS -- How the Hobbits story will be split into 18 films.
INSULT CAFE -- A restaurant where the customers go to be humorously insulted. But then Jennifer is a waitress who is sincerely insulting. There seems to be (I've noticed it in some other shows this year, too) a sense in the writers' room that insult humor, badly done, is funny. It's not. It's just unpleasant.
THE LUMINEERS -- I liked their sound; their words... not so much.
WEEKEND UPDATE -- The jokes were funny. SECOND HAND NEWS is a collection of garbled news items. Some of these lines worked, some didn't.
DOG CHANNEL -- TOP DOG CHEF -- Here was another potentially good idea for a sketch that didn't quite deliver what it seemed to promise.
B108FM -- Another staple of the SNL repertoire -- a bad broadcast show.
DANIELLE -- A French erotic movie. A clever idea but it was pale compared to the potential.
CIVIL WAR LETTERS -- An exchange of letters between a proper young lady and a horny soldier... Sexting circa 1865.
Jennifer was a game and hardworking host in a show that did not deliver as well as it might have. It's live (of course) and it's created in a week or so. This particular show could have possibly used another week of polishing the sketches. But all in all it was fun.
Labels: Jennifer Lawrence, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The Lumineers.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2013
LINKS:
The complete list of nominees and winners:
BEST PICTURE
Winner: Argo
Nominees:
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Nominees:
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Nominees:
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Nominees:
Alan Arkin - Argo
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey - Magic Mike
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Nominees:
Amy Adams - The Master
Judi Dench - Skyfall
Ann Dowd - Compliance
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Winner: Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Nominees:
Elle Fanning - Ginger & Rosa
Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland - The Impossible
Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees:
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ben Affleck - Argo
Nominees:
Ben Affleck - Argo
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper - Les Miserables
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Nominees:
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
John Gatins - Flight
Rian Johnson - Looper
Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Tony Kushner - Lincoln
Nominees:
Chris Terrio - Argo
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
David Magee - Life of Pi
Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Nominees:
Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Les Miserables - Danny Cohen
The Master - Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Skyfall - Roger Deakins
BEST ART DIRECTION
Winner: Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer, Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
Nominees:
The Hobbit - Dan Hennah/Production Designer, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright/Set Decorators
Les Miserables - Eve Stewart/Production Designer, Anna Lynch-Robinson/Set Decorator
Life of Pi - David Gropman/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Lincoln - Rick Carter/Production Designer, Jim Erickson/Set Decorator
Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer, Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
BEST EDITING
Winner: Zero Dark Thirty - William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor
Nominees:
Argo - William Goldenberg
Les Miserables - Melanie Ann Oliver, Chris Dickens
Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
Lincoln - Michael Kahn
Zero Dark Thirty - William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Nominees:
Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Cloud Atlas - Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Hobbit - Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor
Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
BEST MAKEUP
Winner: Cloud Atlas
Nominees:
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Miserables
Lincoln
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: Life of Pi
Nominees:
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit
Life of Pi
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Wreck-It Ralph
Nominees:
Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Winner: Skyfall
Nominees:
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Winner: Daniel Craig - Skyfall
Nominees:
Christian Bale - The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig - Skyfall
Robert Downey Jr. - The Avengers
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Looper
Jake Gyllenhaal - End of Watch
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games
Nominees:
Emily Blunt - Looper
Gina Carano - Haywire
Judi Dench - Skyfall
Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games
BEST COMEDY
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees:
Bernie
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This Is 40
21 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Winner: Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees:
Jack Black - Bernie
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Paul Rudd - This Is 40
Channing Tatum - 21 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg - Ted
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees:
Mila Kunis - Ted
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Shirley MacLaine - Bernie
Leslie Mann - This Is 40
Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Winner: Looper
Nominees:
Cabin in the Woods
Looper
Prometheus
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Amour
Nominees:
Amour
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Searching for Sugar Man
Nominees:
Bully
The Imposter
Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
The Central Park Five
West of Memphis
BEST SONG
Winner: "Skyfall" - performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth - Skyfall
Nominees:
"For You" - performed by Keith Urban/written by Monty Powell & Keith Urban - Actor of Valor
"Skyfall" - performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth - Skyfall
"Still Alive" - performed by Paul Williams/written by Paul Williams - Paul Williams Still Alive
"Suddenly" - Performed by Hugh Jackman / Music by Claude Michel Schonberg, Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil - Les Miserables
"Learn Me Right" - performed by Birdy with Mumford & Sons/written by Mumford & Sons - Brave
BEST SCORE
Winner: Lincoln - John Williams
Nominees:
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
The Master - Jonny Greenwood
Moonrise Kingdom - Alexandre Desplat
Labels: Argo, Critics Choice Awards, Jennifer Lawrence, Lincoln
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS
Nominees & Winners
The 20th Anniversary
Gotham Independent Film Awards
Director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO James Schamus were not only nominated, they've already won honorary awards!
The (other) winners will be announced Monday, November 29th at Cipriani Wall Street. UPDATED AND REPUBLISHED TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 WITH THE WINNERS MARKED IN BOLD DARK RED!
The ceremony will be hosted by Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson.
I've indicated with an arrow ==> some films that I think are especially interesting, and may even win!
BEST FEATURE
==>Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky, director; Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance, director; Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, producers (The Weinstein Company)
The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko, director; Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann, producers (Focus Features)
Let Me In
Matt Reeves, director; Simon Oakes, Alex Brunner, Guy East, Tobin Armbrust, Donna Gigliotti, John Nording, Carl Molinder, producers (Overture Films)
==>Winter’s Bone
Debra Granik, director; Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers (Roadside Attractions)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
12th & Delaware
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors/producers (HBO Documentary Films)
==>Inside Job
Charles Ferguson, director; Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Oath
Laura Poitras, director/producer (Zeitgeist Films and American Documentary/POV)
Public Speaking
Martin Scorsese, director; Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, Margaret Bodde, Fran Lebowitz, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, directors; Ilisa Barbash, producer (Cinema Guild)
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson (Focus Features)
Life During Wartime
Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner, Chris Marquette, Rich Pecci, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Reubens, Ally Sheedy, Dylan Riley Snyder, Renée Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams (IFC Films)
Please Give
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele, Thomas Ian Nicholas (Sony Pictures Classics)
==>Tiny Furniture
Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Rachel Howe, Merritt Wever, Amy Seimetz, Alex Karpovsky, David Call, Jemima Kirke, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Garland Hunter, Isen Hunter (IFC Films)
==>Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin Breznahan (Roadside Attractions)
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
John Wells for The Company Men (The Weinstein Company)
Kevin Asch for Holy Rollers (First Independent Pictures)
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa for I Love You Phillip Morris (Roadside Attractions)
Tanya Hamilton for Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)
==>Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture (IFC Films)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Prince Adu in Prince of Broadway (Elephant Eye Films)
Ronald Bronstein in Daddy Longlegs (IFC Films)
Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (Focus Features)
==>Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)
John Ortiz in Jack Goes Boating (Overture Films)
BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU
Kati with an i
Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, producers
Littlerock
Mike Ott, director; Frederick Thornton, Laura Ragsdale, Sierra Leoni, producers
==>On Coal River
Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood, directors; Jillian Elizabeth, Adams Wood, Francine Cavanaugh, producers
Summer Pasture
Lynn True and Nelson Walker, directors/producers; Tsering Perlo, co-director/co-producer
The Wolf Knife
Laurel Nakadate, director/producer
FESTIVAL GENIUS AUDIENCE AWARD: Waiting For Superman
IFC HOME PAGE: http://www.ifc.com/
Labels: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Debra Granik, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Hillary Swank, IFC, Jennifer Lawrence, Lena Dunham, Robert Duvall, Stanley Tucci, Winter's Bone
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
WINTER'S BONE AT MOMA
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA) consistently, over the years, has been the repository and dependable exhibition venue for interesting films of all types -- from artistic studio films to curious, independant, experimental art films, and everything in between.
On Wed, June 9, they have a special event: they'll be presenting the premiere of the Sundance winning film, Winter's Bone, together with an appearance by the director, Debra Granik.
Directed by Debra Granik
Courtesy Roadside Attractions
Winter's Bone takes place in the mountains of Missouri amidst metamphetamine dealing. It was filmed on location and uses local residents together with professional actors. Jennifer Lawrence, a young beauty, plays a powerful role as a young woman searching for her missing father.
(NOTE: The film is the cover story in the Spring 2010 issue of Filmmaker Magazine, which includes interviews with Debra Granik and Jennifer Lawrence.)
MOMA is one of the most interesting venues for special films in New York. (Some others are listed at the end of this post.)
It is -- however -- not that easy to navigate the MOMA web site for information about films, so we've given below some direct links to help in navigating the MOMA site.
One way to keep informed is to subscribe to the MOMA film e-mail newsletter:
http://moma.org/e-news
(Note: Consistent with the nature of the home institution as a museum -- rather than a theater or film society -- film presentations are called "exhibitions.")
MOMA has three comfortable theaters available for screenings. (But never on Tuesday, when the museum is closed.)
A calendar (you have to enter the date for future details) can be found at:
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/filters/3
A description of films in June, July & August can be found in the links below. However, some mistakes seem to creep into these PDF files, so it is best to double check items of interest with a "second source" such as a call to the museum, or a check on the calendar above.
http://press.moma.org/images/press/film_calendar/MayJune10FilmMC.pdf
http://press.moma.org/images/press/film_calendar/JulyAug10FilmMC.pdf
MoMA also supports film festivals, including
NEW DIRECTORS / NEW FILMS and
DOCUMENTARY FORTNIGHT
They have an important circulating film and video library:
http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/circulatingfilm
Here is a description of current exhibitions:
http://www.moma.org/explore/films
Here is a list of some upcoming exhibitions:
June 9 - MoMA Premiere: Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone
June 9 - The Art and Technique of the American Commercial: The AICP Show at MoMA
June 13 - MoMA Presents: Neil Diamond’s Reel Injun
June 14–20 - Lisandro Alonso
June 25–28 - Sally Potter
July 7–21 - Ida Lupino: Mother Directs
July 14–September 8 - Premiere Brazil 2010
August 26–September 20 - Lillian Gish
November 26–December 13 - French Comedy, Gaumont Style
Note: Here's a brief list of places to find independant, foreign, historical, artistic, and other kinds of interesting films in New York City, including MOMA and some additional, important venues...
MOMA -
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/filters/3
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER -
http://www.filmlinc.org/
BAM -
http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=6&g=82
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES -
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
MILLENNIUM FILM WORKSHOP -
http://www.millenniumfilm.org/
IFC CENTER -
http://www.ifccenter.com/
FILM FORUM -
http://www.filmforum.org/
QUAD CINEMA -
http://www.quadcinema.com/
CINEMA VILLAGE -
http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/
ANGELIKA FILM CENTER -
http://angelikafilmcenter.com/
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IMAX -
http://www.amnh.org/visitors/imax_shows.php
ASTORIA FILM CENTER - MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE -
http://www.movingimage.us/site/site.php
PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA -
http://www.paleycenter.org/
SYMPHONY SPACE LEONARD NIMOY THALIA -
http://www.symphonyspace.org/genre/film
LANDMARK SUNSHINE CINEMA -
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/NewYork/NewYork_frameset.htm
TRIBECA CINEMAS -
http://www.tribecacinemas.com/
BMCC TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER -
http://www.tribecapac.org/
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM COLLECTION -
http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/reserve-film-and-video-collection
The following institutions often have screenings of films from the region they represent:
FRENCH INSTITUTE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE -
http://www.fiaf.org/
JAPAN SOCIETY -
http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts
ASIA SOCIETY -
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts-culture/film
INSTITUTO CERVANTES -
http://nuevayork.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm
BRECHT FORUM -
http://brechtforum.org/
GOETHE INSTITUT -
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/deindex.htm
CZECH CENTER -
http://www.czechcentres.cz/newyork/novinky.asp
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