By Jake Orthwein
An exploration of the ethics behind extreme filmmaking tactics.
The article The Great Directors Who Went To The Extreme appeared first on Film School Rejects.
An exploration of the ethics behind extreme filmmaking tactics.
The article The Great Directors Who Went To The Extreme appeared first on Film School Rejects.
- 9/14/2017
- by Jake Orthwein
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Pete Dillon-Trenchard May 20, 2017
The references and nerdy spots we caught in Doctor Who series 10: Extremis...
This article contains spoilers. Lots of them.
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Whether you like it or not, we’re now halfway through this series of Doctor Who, and it’s time for the stakes to get higher; we now know who’s in the vault (or at least, who the Doctor thinks is in the vault), there’s a massive alien invasion waiting to strike, and oh yeah, the Doctor’s still blind. While you bite your nails waiting for next week’s instalment, here are our viewing notes with all the vaguely interesting things we noticed about this week’s episode. As ever, if you’ve noticed things we haven’t,...
The references and nerdy spots we caught in Doctor Who series 10: Extremis...
This article contains spoilers. Lots of them.
See related Orphan Black Season 4 episode 1 review: The Collapse of Nature Orphan Black comic book series on its way The art of the episode title
Whether you like it or not, we’re now halfway through this series of Doctor Who, and it’s time for the stakes to get higher; we now know who’s in the vault (or at least, who the Doctor thinks is in the vault), there’s a massive alien invasion waiting to strike, and oh yeah, the Doctor’s still blind. While you bite your nails waiting for next week’s instalment, here are our viewing notes with all the vaguely interesting things we noticed about this week’s episode. As ever, if you’ve noticed things we haven’t,...
- 5/20/2017
- Den of Geek
More than 25 years after first becoming interested in adapting Shūsaku Endō’s “Silence,” Martin Scorsese has finally completed his passion project. The first reviews are in, and so far they’re all positive — if sometimes muted. IndieWire’s Eric Kohn gives the film starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson a B, saying that, while it’s “by no means a masterwork,” it is a “haunting, immersive experience that, were it not for a handful of flaws, would rank among the director’s grandest epics.”
Read More: ‘Silence’ Review: Martin Scorsese Delivers a Gorgeous Crisis-of-Faith Drama
Peter Debruge of Variety is similarly subdued in his praise:
Whereas Endō’s novel allows omniscient access to Rodrigues’ deep internal conflict, the film leaves audiences at arm’s length, forcing us to scrutinize Garfield’s face for psychological insights that, for most, are too complex to expect us to interpret on our own.
Read More: ‘Silence’ Review: Martin Scorsese Delivers a Gorgeous Crisis-of-Faith Drama
Peter Debruge of Variety is similarly subdued in his praise:
Whereas Endō’s novel allows omniscient access to Rodrigues’ deep internal conflict, the film leaves audiences at arm’s length, forcing us to scrutinize Garfield’s face for psychological insights that, for most, are too complex to expect us to interpret on our own.
- 12/11/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Earlier this month, when Vanilla Ice announced via Twitter that he was boldly defying instructions to evacuate his Florida home in the face of Hurricane Matthew, it not only inspired what had to be the greatest (and possibly also the most depressing) tweet ever made by the Florida Democratic Party, but it also made one hope that it might really be a sneaky promo for an upcoming Weather Channel series wherein the rapper and reality TV star goes head to head with natural disasters.
Alas, "The Ice Storm" (or whatever...
Alas, "The Ice Storm" (or whatever...
- 10/18/2016
- Rollingstone.com
This review was originally published during our coverage of the 2015 Leeds Film Festival.
The Face of an Angel sets its sights on the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, still an open wound in the public consciousness. We instinctively crave digestible narratives of heroes, villains and victims: characters that these events refuse to provide. Villains become victims, heroes become villains and, after years of analysis, evidence and testimony, we’re no closer to knowing what really happened in that Perugia flat than we were the day after it happened.
Winterbottom chooses to approach the case through meta-narrative by creating Thomas (Daniel Brühl), an analogue for himself who recognizes the fertile soil of a high profile murder in Siena and explores how he could transform it into worthwhile cinema. Early on the character receives some advice that’s essentially the film’s manifesto: “If you’re going to make a movie, make it a fiction.
The Face of an Angel sets its sights on the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, still an open wound in the public consciousness. We instinctively crave digestible narratives of heroes, villains and victims: characters that these events refuse to provide. Villains become victims, heroes become villains and, after years of analysis, evidence and testimony, we’re no closer to knowing what really happened in that Perugia flat than we were the day after it happened.
Winterbottom chooses to approach the case through meta-narrative by creating Thomas (Daniel Brühl), an analogue for himself who recognizes the fertile soil of a high profile murder in Siena and explores how he could transform it into worthwhile cinema. Early on the character receives some advice that’s essentially the film’s manifesto: “If you’re going to make a movie, make it a fiction.
- 6/17/2015
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Here in Texas, where Film School Rejects calls home, there are a lot of pop culture nerds. But not so many that it could be called a cultural landmark, at least not across the state (or outside of Austin, for that matter). There is however, a prevailing cultural entity that does exist in every corner of the state: football. It’s not so much a game or a pastime in Texas as it is a way of life. It’s everywhere around us, which is why we’re particularly curious about the Esquire Network show Friday Night Tykes. Friday Night Tykes season 2 continues to take a hard look at youth sports, the coaching, and the extreme lengths that some parents are willing to endure in order to make their child a champion. Brutal hits, ferocious coaches, rabid fans. The show takes an inside look at the Texas Youth Football Association, the...
- 1/27/2015
- by FSR Staff
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Hey Deadheads, it’s Ryne from The Moon is a Dead World. This week we add Resurrection‘s second season to our list of things to cover, as well as the usual stuff: Kevin with Under the Dome and The Strain, Shawn has Gotham and Z Nation, and I’ve got the rest.
The Lottery: “In Extremis” - Sunday, September 28 at 9 Pm
So I made it to The Lottery‘s season finale. For a little while I thought I was going to pull a Shawn and drop out, but I managed to stick with it to the end. I don’t want to say I hate The Lottery like I do Bitten, because that’s not really the case; but I do think that the show has a lot of really stupid subplots and obvious “twists,” and enjoyment of the show’s plot has dropped significantly from the first episode.
The Lottery: “In Extremis” - Sunday, September 28 at 9 Pm
So I made it to The Lottery‘s season finale. For a little while I thought I was going to pull a Shawn and drop out, but I managed to stick with it to the end. I don’t want to say I hate The Lottery like I do Bitten, because that’s not really the case; but I do think that the show has a lot of really stupid subplots and obvious “twists,” and enjoyment of the show’s plot has dropped significantly from the first episode.
- 10/9/2014
- by Ryne Barber
- The Liberal Dead
News
Showtime has ordered two dramas. The Affair follows the effects of an affair on a marriage with Dominic West, Maurra Tierney and Joshua Jackson. Happyish has Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Kathryn Hahn and Rhys Ifans about a man dealing with new bosses who are half his age.
Deadline reports that Olivier Martinez will be appearing on Revenge as Margaux‘s previously-mentioned father. Once he arrives in the Hamptons, it’ll turn out he has complicated histories with both Conrad and Victoria.
Olivier Martinez
The faboo Fortune Feimster has joined the cast of Tina Fey‘s upcoming Fox college comedy. Feimster will continue to appear as a panelist on Chelsea Lately.
Bravo has ordered another Top chef spin-off. Top Chef Extreme will involve bringing back former past competitors while also being a hilariously ridiculous name. Dig up your vintage impression of Poochie shouting, “To the extreme!”
Melissa & Joey is getting a Sabrina reunion.
Showtime has ordered two dramas. The Affair follows the effects of an affair on a marriage with Dominic West, Maurra Tierney and Joshua Jackson. Happyish has Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Kathryn Hahn and Rhys Ifans about a man dealing with new bosses who are half his age.
Deadline reports that Olivier Martinez will be appearing on Revenge as Margaux‘s previously-mentioned father. Once he arrives in the Hamptons, it’ll turn out he has complicated histories with both Conrad and Victoria.
Olivier Martinez
The faboo Fortune Feimster has joined the cast of Tina Fey‘s upcoming Fox college comedy. Feimster will continue to appear as a panelist on Chelsea Lately.
Bravo has ordered another Top chef spin-off. Top Chef Extreme will involve bringing back former past competitors while also being a hilariously ridiculous name. Dig up your vintage impression of Poochie shouting, “To the extreme!”
Melissa & Joey is getting a Sabrina reunion.
- 1/17/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
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