The Anthropological Power of the Long-Unavailable (But Never Forgotten) ‘Decline of Western Civilization’ Trilogy. For years now, Penelope Spheeris’ Decline of Western Civilization documentaries have loomed larger as artifacts and specters than as actual films, thanks in no small part to their decades-long lack of availability via official channels.
They were never previously available on DVD, due to a combination of licensing issues and the director’s own reluctance to revisit them; if you wanted to see them, you had to buy a pricey VHS copy on eBay (and then find a way to watch a VHS tape) or, more likely, a bootleg. Such covert maneuvers can lend a sense of danger to as mundane an action as the viewing of a motion picture, but I’ll trade that little thrill for access, and now that the Decline trilogy is available not only on DVD but also Blu-ray, as a bulky, bonus-laden box set, we can appreciate the films for what they are: as first-rate acts of both documentary filmmaking and anthropology. Not that those elements are mutually exclusive. The weirdest film you'll see this month, or year. Ari Folman is one animated guy, and this doesn’t just apply to his chosen film medium.
Constantly roaming the stuffy hotel suite where we meet, the 50-year-old Israeli filmmaker is like a gruff but generous-natured shaggy grey bear, forever gesticulating, glugging water, interrupting questions and asking his own. This restless, curious nature is no surprise if you’ve seen the two features that have made his international reputation. 2008’s Waltz With Bashir, a singular, surreal, multi-award-winning flash/CG-rotoscoped animation based on his own horrific combat experiences as a young man; and now its follow-up, the even more striking live-action/animation hybrid The Congress. Loosely based on Stanislaw Lem’s 1971 sci-fi novel, The Futurological Congress, Folman’s film stars Robin Wright as: Robin Wright; former Hollywood star of The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump and now a washed-up single mother, berated by her agent (Harvey Keitel), for her poor professional choices.
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In addition to the boatloads (or should I say, BATloads? No, I shouldn’t) of money the movies generated, the films were also hailed critically. Many people have given a lot of thought to the events of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises, and although most of those people were coming up with erotic fan fiction, a few of the smarter ones were devising crazy theories. Here are a few of my favorite Dark Knight fan theories. The Joker is a war veteran Did you know they have cards in the military? This fan theory is one of the most popular Dark Knight theories on the internet, and with good cause.
The case for: While the Joker of Tim Burton’s Batman was an expert chemist, the Christopher Nolan Joker has the kind of skills you would expect from a combat veteran or special ops solider. The work of an expert. Beyond that, he seems to be trained to resist interrogation/torture. The case against: Broad City (TV Series 2014– ) The 19 Best Horror Films Of 2013. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The Ides of March (2011) Most Mind-Bending Movies Ever Made. Most Mind-Bending Movies Ever Made. Most Mind-Bending Movies Ever Made. Most Mind-Bending Movies Ever Made. Most Mind-Bending Movies Ever Made. Most Mind-Bending Movies Ever Made. Films to watch out for in 2014. Off the back of Cannes, 2014 is shaping up to be a tentpole year for great films.
Gia Coppola is following the well-trodden footsteps of her family dynasty in her directorial debut, Richard Linklater brings his epic 12-years-in-the-making drama to the big screen, and Christopher Nolan's latest cerebral ship launches into space. So which flicks should you shell out for? Here's a short list of films we just can't wait for. Sofia's niece and Francis Ford's granddaughter Gia Coppola is adding a branch to the family tree with her directorial debut about suburban disillusion. The new-gen filmmaker adapts James Franco's short stories, Palo Alto, which follow a floozy football coach (played by Franco) and his iffy relationship with his star player, April (Emma Roberts).
In UK cinemas 3 October 2014 This film is the double take of the decade – literally. In UK cinemas 11 July 2014 Is that… Michael Scott? "I found this box loaded with negatives," says real estate agent John Maloof. Michael Caine! Series. EDGE OF TOMORROW Deserves Redemption, For All Our Sakes - This Is Infamous. Jun 10, 2014 Captain Dan Porsa Movie Features, Movies 6 EDGE OF TOMORROW, Tom Cruise’s latest big budget Sci-fi spectacular had a lukewarm opening weekend, making just over $28m against a budget of $178m.
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For French auteur director Michel Gondry – the man who brought you Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Be Kind, Rewind, and The Science of Sleep – there's a back catalogue he just can't shake. "I think you can become sensually overwhelmed in a museum," Gondry begins, "but it's also a feeling that you can have when you meet somebody and everything seems to be interesting and magical and colourful.
It's always different, maybe it's the location, like in some hotel where everything feels sparkling with lots of detail and seems like it is moving, or maybe nature when you go to a mountain and everything is full of life…" Many films induce that feeling. The 12 TV Shows You Need to Watch This Summer. Orange Is the New Black (TV Series 2013– ) Heathers (1988) Quentin Tarantino's Top 10 Movies of 2013. New documentary explores Japan’s Bosozoku motorcycle gangs. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)