(USA, 2009, 119 minutes)
In 1948, Julia Child arrives in Paris with her diplomat husband and, dazzled by French cuisine, goes on to write what became the essential cookbook on French cooking; in 2002, Julie Powell, a frustrated New Yorker about to hit 30 whose life has not gone according to her plan, decides to cook her way through the book in one year as a project to find her true self again. Utterly charming star comedy cleverly intertwining two real-life stories – Powell's and Child's — into a smart, moving portrait of different women brought together by the joy of cooking, with delightful performances from both stars.
Columbia Pictures presents an Easy There Tiger/Amy Robinson/Laurence Mark production.
Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams; Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Mary Ann Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Frances Sternhagen.
Directed by Nora Ephron; produced by Laurence Mark, Nora Ephron, Amy Robinson, Eric Steel; screenplay by Nora Ephron, based on the books by Julie Powell, Julie & Julia, and Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme, My Life in France; music by Alexandre Desplat; director of photography (Deluxe), Stephen Goldblatt; production designer, Mark Ricker; costume designer, Ann Roth; film editor, Richard Marks.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Tetro
(USA/Argentina/Spain/Italy, 2009, 127 minutes)
A young man finds his long lost older brother, who left home to become a writer, eking out a living in Buenos Aires and not wanting to hear from his family or his past ever again. Breathtakingly filmed, baroquely old-fashioned melodrama of family secrets that invokes alternately magical realism, American Gothic, opera and Greek tragedy, but never truly finds an identity in between and suffers from a miscast, leaden lead.
American Zoetrope presents a production of American Zoetrope; a co-production of Zoetropa Argentina, Tornasol Films, BIM Distribuzione; produced with the participation of INCAA, TVE, Canal Plus España, ICAA and Instituto de Crédito Oficial.
Starring Vincent Gallo; also starring Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carmen Maura.
Directed, produced and written by Francis Ford Coppola; music by Osvaldo Golijov; director of photography (b&w with colour inserts, widescreen), Mihai Malaimare Jr.; production designer, Sebastián Orgambide; costume designer, Cecília Monti; film editor, Walter Murch.
A young man finds his long lost older brother, who left home to become a writer, eking out a living in Buenos Aires and not wanting to hear from his family or his past ever again. Breathtakingly filmed, baroquely old-fashioned melodrama of family secrets that invokes alternately magical realism, American Gothic, opera and Greek tragedy, but never truly finds an identity in between and suffers from a miscast, leaden lead.
American Zoetrope presents a production of American Zoetrope; a co-production of Zoetropa Argentina, Tornasol Films, BIM Distribuzione; produced with the participation of INCAA, TVE, Canal Plus España, ICAA and Instituto de Crédito Oficial.
Starring Vincent Gallo; also starring Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carmen Maura.
Directed, produced and written by Francis Ford Coppola; music by Osvaldo Golijov; director of photography (b&w with colour inserts, widescreen), Mihai Malaimare Jr.; production designer, Sebastián Orgambide; costume designer, Cecília Monti; film editor, Walter Murch.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Ne change rien
(Portugal/France, 2009, 103 minutes)
A documentary following French actress Jeanne Balibar rehearsing for her rock performances with musician Rodolphe Burger and for a role in Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Périchole. Not so much a traditional documentary, more of a breathtakingly moody tone poem that will be mainly of interest to fans of the director and the star, but manages to grasp the essence of music making without really seeming to try.
A Sociedade Óptica Técnica production, in co-production with Red Star Cinéma; associate producer, Cinematrix; financially supported by ICA, RTP, Centre Nationale de la Cinématographie.
With Jeanne Balibar, Rodolphe Burger, Hervé Loos, Arnaud Dieterlen, Marco de Oliveira, Joël Theux.
Directed and photographed (b&w) by Pedro Costa; sound, Philippe Morel, Olivier Blanc, Vasco Pedroso; film editor, Patrícia Saramago.
A documentary following French actress Jeanne Balibar rehearsing for her rock performances with musician Rodolphe Burger and for a role in Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Périchole. Not so much a traditional documentary, more of a breathtakingly moody tone poem that will be mainly of interest to fans of the director and the star, but manages to grasp the essence of music making without really seeming to try.
A Sociedade Óptica Técnica production, in co-production with Red Star Cinéma; associate producer, Cinematrix; financially supported by ICA, RTP, Centre Nationale de la Cinématographie.
With Jeanne Balibar, Rodolphe Burger, Hervé Loos, Arnaud Dieterlen, Marco de Oliveira, Joël Theux.
Directed and photographed (b&w) by Pedro Costa; sound, Philippe Morel, Olivier Blanc, Vasco Pedroso; film editor, Patrícia Saramago.
Friday, November 13, 2009
2012
(USA, 2009, 153 minutes)
Solar flares trigger changes in the Earth's crust that lead to massive landmass displacement and the destruction of our civilization; an idealistic scientist devises a plan to save as much as possible before the catastrophe hits, but it happens sooner than predicted. Dull end-of-the-world spectacular marrying state-of-the-art trick effects technology, old-fashioned bargain-basement plotting and hamfisted TV-level dialogue; basically an inflated B-movie that would be twice as better (if not by much) at half the length.
Columbia Pictures presents a Centropolis production.
Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Tom McCarthy, George Segal; with Danny Glover; and Woody Harrelson.
Directed by Roland Emmerich; produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco; screenplay by Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich, partially inspired by the book by Graham Hancock, Fingerprints of the Gods; music by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander; director of photography (Deluxe, Panavision), Dean Semler; production designer, Barry Chusid; costume designer, Shay Cunliffe; film editors, David Brenner, Peter S. Elliot; visual effects supervisors, Volker Engel, Marc Weigert.
Solar flares trigger changes in the Earth's crust that lead to massive landmass displacement and the destruction of our civilization; an idealistic scientist devises a plan to save as much as possible before the catastrophe hits, but it happens sooner than predicted. Dull end-of-the-world spectacular marrying state-of-the-art trick effects technology, old-fashioned bargain-basement plotting and hamfisted TV-level dialogue; basically an inflated B-movie that would be twice as better (if not by much) at half the length.
Columbia Pictures presents a Centropolis production.
Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Tom McCarthy, George Segal; with Danny Glover; and Woody Harrelson.
Directed by Roland Emmerich; produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco; screenplay by Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich, partially inspired by the book by Graham Hancock, Fingerprints of the Gods; music by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander; director of photography (Deluxe, Panavision), Dean Semler; production designer, Barry Chusid; costume designer, Shay Cunliffe; film editors, David Brenner, Peter S. Elliot; visual effects supervisors, Volker Engel, Marc Weigert.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Moon
(USA/Great Britain, 2009, 95 minutes)
A mining supervisor serving a three-year contract on a derelict remote extraction base on the Moon suspects something is amiss. Ingenious little sci-fi mystery, handsomely made on a meagre budget and with a superb lead performance.
A Stage 6 release. A Liberty Films production in association with Xingu Films and Limelight.
Starring Sam Rockwell; Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart; and Kevin Spacey.
Directed by Duncan Jones; produced by Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler; screenplay by Nathan Parker, based on a story by Duncan Jones; music by Clint Mansell; director of photography (DeLuxe, Panavision), Gary Shaw; production designer, Tony Noble; conceptual designer, Gavin Rothery; costume designer, Jane Petrie; film editor, Nicolas Gaster.
A mining supervisor serving a three-year contract on a derelict remote extraction base on the Moon suspects something is amiss. Ingenious little sci-fi mystery, handsomely made on a meagre budget and with a superb lead performance.
A Stage 6 release. A Liberty Films production in association with Xingu Films and Limelight.
Starring Sam Rockwell; Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart; and Kevin Spacey.
Directed by Duncan Jones; produced by Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler; screenplay by Nathan Parker, based on a story by Duncan Jones; music by Clint Mansell; director of photography (DeLuxe, Panavision), Gary Shaw; production designer, Tony Noble; conceptual designer, Gavin Rothery; costume designer, Jane Petrie; film editor, Nicolas Gaster.
Friday, November 06, 2009
The Brothers Bloom
(USA, 2008, 114 minutes)
A sibling team of conmen sets up an elaborate sting on a ditzy heiress, but she begins to relish the adventure too much and one of the brothers falls in love with her. Sparklingly inventive combination of heist movie, screwball comedy, metafictional narrative and romance that shouldn't really work but does thanks to inspired writing, virtuoso handling and strong performances.
Summit Entertainment and Endgame Entertainment present a Ram Bergman production.
Starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo; Rinko Kikuchi; with Maximilian Schell; and Robbie Coltrane.
Directed and written by Rian Johnson; produced by Ram Bergman, James D. Stern; music by Nathan Johnson; director of photography (Modern Videofilm, Panavision), Steve Yedlin; production designer, Jim Clay; costume designer, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor; film editor, Gabriel Wrye.
A sibling team of conmen sets up an elaborate sting on a ditzy heiress, but she begins to relish the adventure too much and one of the brothers falls in love with her. Sparklingly inventive combination of heist movie, screwball comedy, metafictional narrative and romance that shouldn't really work but does thanks to inspired writing, virtuoso handling and strong performances.
Summit Entertainment and Endgame Entertainment present a Ram Bergman production.
Starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo; Rinko Kikuchi; with Maximilian Schell; and Robbie Coltrane.
Directed and written by Rian Johnson; produced by Ram Bergman, James D. Stern; music by Nathan Johnson; director of photography (Modern Videofilm, Panavision), Steve Yedlin; production designer, Jim Clay; costume designer, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor; film editor, Gabriel Wrye.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
New York, I Love You
(USA, 2008, 101 minutes)
Ten love stories set in New York City. The second compendium in the Cities of Love series, after Paris Je t'aime, is a makeshift collection of indistinguished, mostly slight shorts that could have been set anywhere in the world; a couple of them do stand out, but not enough to pull up the film.
Vivendi Entertainment presents, in association with Palm Pictures, an Ever So Close/Visitor Pictures production, in association with Sherazade Films, Also Known As Pictures, Benaroya Films, Plum Pictures, 2008NY5 and Grand Army Entertainment; financed through Grosvenor Park Media.
Starring Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia, Rachel Bilson; Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan; Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci; Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn; Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thirlby and Blake Lively; Drea de Matteo, Bradley Cooper; Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf; Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, Jacinda Barrett; Ugur Yucel, Shu Qi, Burt Young; Eli Wallach, Cloris Leachman; Emilie Ohana, Eva Amurri, Justin Bartha.
Directed by Jiang Wen; Mira Nair; Shunji Iwai; Yvan Attal; Brett Ratner; Allen Hughes; Shekhar Kapur; Natalie Portman; Fatih Akin; Joshua Marston; Randy Balsmeyer. Produced by Emmanuel Benbihy and Marina Grasic. Written by Hu Hong, Meng Yao, adapted by Israel Horovitz; Suketu Mehta; Shunji Iwai, adapted by Israel Horovitz; Olivier Lecot; Jeff Nathanson; Xan Cassavetes and Stephen Winter; Anthony Minghella; Natalie Portman; Fatih Akin; Joshua Marston; Hall Powell, Israel Horovitz and James Strouse. Music by Tonino Baliardo; Mychael Danna; Shoji Mitsui; Jack Livesey and Peter Nashell; Mark Mothersbaugh; Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne; Paul Cantelon; Nicholas Britell; Ilhan Ersahin; Marcelo Zarvos. Directors of photography (Technicolor/DuArt), Mark Lee Ping Bing; Declan Quinn; Michael McDonough; Benoît Debie; Pawel Edelman; Jean-Louis Bompoint; Mauricio Rubinstein; Andrij Parekh. Production designer, Teresa Mastropierro. Costume designer, Victoria Farrell. Main editor, Affonso Gonçalves; film editors, Affonso Gonçalves; Allyson C. Johnson; Shunji Iwai; Jennifer Augé; Mark Helfrich; Cindy Mollo; Jacob Craycroft; Tricia Cooke; Melody London.
Ten love stories set in New York City. The second compendium in the Cities of Love series, after Paris Je t'aime, is a makeshift collection of indistinguished, mostly slight shorts that could have been set anywhere in the world; a couple of them do stand out, but not enough to pull up the film.
Vivendi Entertainment presents, in association with Palm Pictures, an Ever So Close/Visitor Pictures production, in association with Sherazade Films, Also Known As Pictures, Benaroya Films, Plum Pictures, 2008NY5 and Grand Army Entertainment; financed through Grosvenor Park Media.
Starring Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia, Rachel Bilson; Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan; Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci; Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn; Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thirlby and Blake Lively; Drea de Matteo, Bradley Cooper; Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf; Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, Jacinda Barrett; Ugur Yucel, Shu Qi, Burt Young; Eli Wallach, Cloris Leachman; Emilie Ohana, Eva Amurri, Justin Bartha.
Directed by Jiang Wen; Mira Nair; Shunji Iwai; Yvan Attal; Brett Ratner; Allen Hughes; Shekhar Kapur; Natalie Portman; Fatih Akin; Joshua Marston; Randy Balsmeyer. Produced by Emmanuel Benbihy and Marina Grasic. Written by Hu Hong, Meng Yao, adapted by Israel Horovitz; Suketu Mehta; Shunji Iwai, adapted by Israel Horovitz; Olivier Lecot; Jeff Nathanson; Xan Cassavetes and Stephen Winter; Anthony Minghella; Natalie Portman; Fatih Akin; Joshua Marston; Hall Powell, Israel Horovitz and James Strouse. Music by Tonino Baliardo; Mychael Danna; Shoji Mitsui; Jack Livesey and Peter Nashell; Mark Mothersbaugh; Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne; Paul Cantelon; Nicholas Britell; Ilhan Ersahin; Marcelo Zarvos. Directors of photography (Technicolor/DuArt), Mark Lee Ping Bing; Declan Quinn; Michael McDonough; Benoît Debie; Pawel Edelman; Jean-Louis Bompoint; Mauricio Rubinstein; Andrij Parekh. Production designer, Teresa Mastropierro. Costume designer, Victoria Farrell. Main editor, Affonso Gonçalves; film editors, Affonso Gonçalves; Allyson C. Johnson; Shunji Iwai; Jennifer Augé; Mark Helfrich; Cindy Mollo; Jacob Craycroft; Tricia Cooke; Melody London.
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