Everyone possesses a favorite memory when it comes to Chanel, a testament to the strength of the iconography of the legendary French house. That idea was certainly true among the Hollywood stars who turned up on the evening of Feb. 7 for the debut of Chanel’s first U.S. boutique dedicated to fine jewelry and watches, located on New York’s Fifth Avenue in Midtown’s landmark 1921 Crown Building.
Carey Mulligan was among the actresses who did not hesitate when asked which signature element of the brand might be a favorite. “Chanel No. 5, because it’s been my mother’s fragrance for as long as I can remember,” she explained to The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet. “Until this day, the smell of that scent is: that’s my mum going out to dinner, or that’s my mum going to work. Everything about it reminds me of her,...
Carey Mulligan was among the actresses who did not hesitate when asked which signature element of the brand might be a favorite. “Chanel No. 5, because it’s been my mother’s fragrance for as long as I can remember,” she explained to The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet. “Until this day, the smell of that scent is: that’s my mum going out to dinner, or that’s my mum going to work. Everything about it reminds me of her,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Laurie Brookins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The wait was long, and the wait was worth it. At least 10 years in the making and after three years of construction, Chanel’s stunning new Beverly Hills flagship has opened at 400 N. Rodeo Drive. Clocking in at 30,000 square feet, it’s now the biggest Chanel store in the United States and more than double the size of its previous Rodeo Drive space.
The May 5 opening comes just days after Chanel sponsored the Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala, where everyone from house ambassadors Kristen Stewart, Blackpink’s Jennie, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz and Margot Robbie to Lizzo, Dua Lipa and Kendrick Lamar wore the house’s designs. And in just a few days, on May 10, creative director Virginie Viard will present the Chanel 2024 Cruise collection at an unrevealed location in Los Angeles, only the second time it’s staged a runway show in L.A. (The first was a Lagerfeld...
The May 5 opening comes just days after Chanel sponsored the Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala, where everyone from house ambassadors Kristen Stewart, Blackpink’s Jennie, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz and Margot Robbie to Lizzo, Dua Lipa and Kendrick Lamar wore the house’s designs. And in just a few days, on May 10, creative director Virginie Viard will present the Chanel 2024 Cruise collection at an unrevealed location in Los Angeles, only the second time it’s staged a runway show in L.A. (The first was a Lagerfeld...
- 5/5/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Adrien Brody, Nina Agdal, Dinho Diniz, Felipe Diniz, Seu Jorge, Bruna Marquezine, Pauline Ducruet, and Isabeli Fontana were among those who gathered last month at the eighth annual amfAR Gala São Paulo to honor Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr. and television star Sabrina Sato for their longtime commitment to amfAR and other charitable causes.
The event raised $1 million for amfAR’s lifesaving AIDS research programs.
Others guests in attendance included Alexandre Birman, Carlos Jereissati Filho, Marina Morena, Vik Muniz and Malu Barreto, Ellen von Unwerth, Patricia Bonaldi, Karim Al-Fayed and Brena Costa, Julia Faria, Luciana Tranchesi, Camila Coutinho, Diego Ferrero, Lele Saddi, Vic Ceridono, Nati Vozza, Mari Goldfarb, Pedro Bial and Maria Prata, Cleo Pires, Iza, Reinaldo Lourenço, Babi Beluco, Meilena Penteado, Duda Nagle, Nathalie Edenburg, Nizan Guanaes, Donata Meirelles, Helena Bordon, Thaila Ayala, Camila Queiroz, Barbara Fialho, Helo Rocha, Juliana Santos, Daniela Falcão, Laura Neiva, and Ara Vartanian.
Adrien...
The event raised $1 million for amfAR’s lifesaving AIDS research programs.
Others guests in attendance included Alexandre Birman, Carlos Jereissati Filho, Marina Morena, Vik Muniz and Malu Barreto, Ellen von Unwerth, Patricia Bonaldi, Karim Al-Fayed and Brena Costa, Julia Faria, Luciana Tranchesi, Camila Coutinho, Diego Ferrero, Lele Saddi, Vic Ceridono, Nati Vozza, Mari Goldfarb, Pedro Bial and Maria Prata, Cleo Pires, Iza, Reinaldo Lourenço, Babi Beluco, Meilena Penteado, Duda Nagle, Nathalie Edenburg, Nizan Guanaes, Donata Meirelles, Helena Bordon, Thaila Ayala, Camila Queiroz, Barbara Fialho, Helo Rocha, Juliana Santos, Daniela Falcão, Laura Neiva, and Ara Vartanian.
Adrien...
- 5/10/2018
- Look to the Stars
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research will return to Brazil for its eighth annual amfAR Gala São Paulo on Friday April 13, 2018.
The gala will once again be held at the home of Dinho Diniz, hosted by Dinho and Felipe Diniz, and will feature honoree tributes to Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr. and television star Sabrina Sato for their longtime commitment to amfAR and other charitable causes.
The event will include cocktails, a black-tie gala dinner, a live auction, an honoree tribute, and a special David Bowie tribute performance by Brazilian superstar Seu Jorge. Chairs of the event include Anna Cleveland, Francisco Costa, Pauline Ducruet, Milutin Gatsby, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Carlos Jereissati Filho, Constance Jablonski, Ricky Martin, Vik Muniz and Malu Barreto, Pelé, and Ellen von Unwerth. Event Co-Chairs include Fran Cutler, Miguel Garcia, and Holger Marquardt.
The event’s Signature Sponsors are Iguatemi São Paulo, Karavelle, and Champagne Perrier-Jouët. Mercedes-Benz, Tivoli Mofarrej,...
The gala will once again be held at the home of Dinho Diniz, hosted by Dinho and Felipe Diniz, and will feature honoree tributes to Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr. and television star Sabrina Sato for their longtime commitment to amfAR and other charitable causes.
The event will include cocktails, a black-tie gala dinner, a live auction, an honoree tribute, and a special David Bowie tribute performance by Brazilian superstar Seu Jorge. Chairs of the event include Anna Cleveland, Francisco Costa, Pauline Ducruet, Milutin Gatsby, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Carlos Jereissati Filho, Constance Jablonski, Ricky Martin, Vik Muniz and Malu Barreto, Pelé, and Ellen von Unwerth. Event Co-Chairs include Fran Cutler, Miguel Garcia, and Holger Marquardt.
The event’s Signature Sponsors are Iguatemi São Paulo, Karavelle, and Champagne Perrier-Jouët. Mercedes-Benz, Tivoli Mofarrej,...
- 4/10/2018
- Look to the Stars
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
For almost 30 years, Mark Landis forged artwork and passed it off as his own to various museums around the country. It wasn’t until Matthew Leininger, a registrar at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, investigated the pieces in 2008 that the forgery was exposed. Leininger dedicated his time to investigating Landis further, and the scale of forgeries was revealed in 2012. Both men are featured in Art and Craft, a documentary about Landis, directed by Jennifer Grausman and Sam Cullman and co-directed by Mark Becker. Because Landis never sold his work to the museums, only donated the works in what he calls acts of “philanthropy”, he was never prosecuted.
The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore said, “The film will appeal to art lovers, but some viewers who can hardly tell their Cezannes from Chagalls will find the story fascinating as well.”
The film was picked by...
Managing Editor
For almost 30 years, Mark Landis forged artwork and passed it off as his own to various museums around the country. It wasn’t until Matthew Leininger, a registrar at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, investigated the pieces in 2008 that the forgery was exposed. Leininger dedicated his time to investigating Landis further, and the scale of forgeries was revealed in 2012. Both men are featured in Art and Craft, a documentary about Landis, directed by Jennifer Grausman and Sam Cullman and co-directed by Mark Becker. Because Landis never sold his work to the museums, only donated the works in what he calls acts of “philanthropy”, he was never prosecuted.
The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore said, “The film will appeal to art lovers, but some viewers who can hardly tell their Cezannes from Chagalls will find the story fascinating as well.”
The film was picked by...
- 12/19/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Whether you want to immerse yourself in the world of birds, bees, baseball or backup singers, Netflix has a documentary for you. Missed "Man on Wire"? It's on there.
Here are films that changed the world, righted wrongs, pinpointed a moment in history, or simply shone a light on a previously unknown subset of society. (Availability subject to change. Films are unrated, except as noted.)
1. "20 Feet from Stardom" (2013) PG-13
This Oscar-winning doc shines a spotlight on the relatively unknown backup singers behind such superstars as Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Mick Jagger, and Stevie Wonder.
2. "The Act of Killing" (2012)
The director invited killers -- men who took part in the horrific purge that left more than 500,000 dead in Indonesia in the 1960s -- to reenact their crimes on film, resulting in a bizarre look inside the mind of men capable of mass murder.
3. "The Battered Bastards of Baseball" (2014)
Two filmmakers pay homage to their grandfather,...
Here are films that changed the world, righted wrongs, pinpointed a moment in history, or simply shone a light on a previously unknown subset of society. (Availability subject to change. Films are unrated, except as noted.)
1. "20 Feet from Stardom" (2013) PG-13
This Oscar-winning doc shines a spotlight on the relatively unknown backup singers behind such superstars as Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Mick Jagger, and Stevie Wonder.
2. "The Act of Killing" (2012)
The director invited killers -- men who took part in the horrific purge that left more than 500,000 dead in Indonesia in the 1960s -- to reenact their crimes on film, resulting in a bizarre look inside the mind of men capable of mass murder.
3. "The Battered Bastards of Baseball" (2014)
Two filmmakers pay homage to their grandfather,...
- 12/12/2014
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier documents Maloof’s journey to discover more about Vivian Maier after purchasing a box of her negatives in 2007. He began the search a few years later, after he realized the negatives consisted of some of the best undeveloped street photography of the 20th century. After some searching, it was revealed that Maier was a career-nanny who had died in 2009.
Since the documentary is in serious contention for a best documentary feature Oscar, we thought we’d check to see how many other photography-related films have managed to resonate with the Academy’s documentary branch and land a nomination in the same category. We found six.
The Naked Eye (1956)
Directed by two-time Oscar winner Louis Clyde Stoumen, this documentary celebrates photography through history by looking at pioneers in the field, such as Margaret Bourke-White. Though he covers works by multiple photographers,...
Managing Editor
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier documents Maloof’s journey to discover more about Vivian Maier after purchasing a box of her negatives in 2007. He began the search a few years later, after he realized the negatives consisted of some of the best undeveloped street photography of the 20th century. After some searching, it was revealed that Maier was a career-nanny who had died in 2009.
Since the documentary is in serious contention for a best documentary feature Oscar, we thought we’d check to see how many other photography-related films have managed to resonate with the Academy’s documentary branch and land a nomination in the same category. We found six.
The Naked Eye (1956)
Directed by two-time Oscar winner Louis Clyde Stoumen, this documentary celebrates photography through history by looking at pioneers in the field, such as Margaret Bourke-White. Though he covers works by multiple photographers,...
- 11/7/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Oscar-nominated documentary-maker Lucy Walker has made films about nuclear weapons, the Japanese tsunami – and now, a snowboarder horrifically injured in a half-pipe. She tells Emine Saner why non-fiction is winning the day
• The Crash Reel: first-look review
• Lucy Walker - Sheffield Doc/fest interview
There comes a dawning dread, part way through The Crash Reel, where you wonder if you are watching one long suicide. Lucy Walker, who filmed the pro-snowboarder Kevin Pearce's recovery from a head injury as he became determined to get back on a snowboard – something his doctors tell him would kill him were he to fall again – says she felt the same way as she was making it. "It was horrifying because he was so determined," she says.
After practising a cab double cork – a double backflip with a twist – at a 22ft halfpipe in Utah in December 2009, the American landed on his head...
• The Crash Reel: first-look review
• Lucy Walker - Sheffield Doc/fest interview
There comes a dawning dread, part way through The Crash Reel, where you wonder if you are watching one long suicide. Lucy Walker, who filmed the pro-snowboarder Kevin Pearce's recovery from a head injury as he became determined to get back on a snowboard – something his doctors tell him would kill him were he to fall again – says she felt the same way as she was making it. "It was horrifying because he was so determined," she says.
After practising a cab double cork – a double backflip with a twist – at a 22ft halfpipe in Utah in December 2009, the American landed on his head...
- 9/25/2013
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
If women have struggled to regularly breakthrough with the big narrative films that dominate the box office and turn directors into stars, the low-budget/small-crew environment of documentary filmmaking is one area where female directors have excelled. One of the most promising documentarians of the past decade, having been nominated for an Oscar the past two years, is British filmmaker Lucy Walker.
After some work in television, Walker made her entrance on the scene in 2002 with the documentary Devil’s Playground, a gritty and fascinating look at the Amish practice of rumspringa, where teenagers are given a chance to live outside the strict Amish rules in order to decide whether to commit themselves to the community. Equal parts shocking and predictable, the reaction to freedom from these strict constraints can be quite extreme.
Her second effort, 2006′s Blindsight, examines the work of the organization Braille Without Borders mentoring blind teenagers in Tibet.
After some work in television, Walker made her entrance on the scene in 2002 with the documentary Devil’s Playground, a gritty and fascinating look at the Amish practice of rumspringa, where teenagers are given a chance to live outside the strict Amish rules in order to decide whether to commit themselves to the community. Equal parts shocking and predictable, the reaction to freedom from these strict constraints can be quite extreme.
Her second effort, 2006′s Blindsight, examines the work of the organization Braille Without Borders mentoring blind teenagers in Tibet.
- 6/27/2012
- by Erik Bondurant
- SoundOnSight
Why not fold documentaries into my list of the "Best Films of 2011?" After all, a movie is a movie, right? Yes, and some years I've thrown them all into the same mixture. But all of these year-end Best lists serve one useful purpose: They tell you about good movies you may not have seen or heard about. The more films on my list that aren't on yours, the better job I've done.
That's particularly true were you to depend on the "short list" released by the Academy's Documentary Branch of 15 films they deem eligible for nomination. The branch has been through turmoil in the past and its procedures were "reformed" at one point. But this year it has made a particularly scandalous sin of
omission. It doesn't include "The Interrupters" (currently scoring 99% on the Tomatometer), which has received better reviews and been on more critic's Best lists than any other.
That's particularly true were you to depend on the "short list" released by the Academy's Documentary Branch of 15 films they deem eligible for nomination. The branch has been through turmoil in the past and its procedures were "reformed" at one point. But this year it has made a particularly scandalous sin of
omission. It doesn't include "The Interrupters" (currently scoring 99% on the Tomatometer), which has received better reviews and been on more critic's Best lists than any other.
- 12/25/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Beverly Hills, CA . The 2010 Oscar® nominees “Sun Come Up” and “Waste Land” will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Directed by Jennifer Redfearn, who produced the film with Tim Metzger, “Sun Come Up” tells the story of the 3,000 residents of the Carteret Islands who face hunger and relocation as the effects of global warming transform their South Pacific paradise. The film earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Short Subject.
“Waste Land” documents the lives of garbage pickers scavenge among the mountains of discarded materials in Brazil.s Jardim Gramacho, the world.s largest landfill. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, who uses trash to create his work, travels to the landfill to photograph the people whose...
Directed by Jennifer Redfearn, who produced the film with Tim Metzger, “Sun Come Up” tells the story of the 3,000 residents of the Carteret Islands who face hunger and relocation as the effects of global warming transform their South Pacific paradise. The film earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Short Subject.
“Waste Land” documents the lives of garbage pickers scavenge among the mountains of discarded materials in Brazil.s Jardim Gramacho, the world.s largest landfill. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, who uses trash to create his work, travels to the landfill to photograph the people whose...
- 9/28/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Leonard Retel Helmrich's Position Among the Stars should be essential viewing for anyone curious to know what the rapidly modernizing 'second world' actually looks like," writes Steve Macfarlane in the L: "motorcycles, bootlegged t-shirts, plastic Tupperware containers, cell phones, and scores of dead cockroaches. Indonesia — the fourth biggest country in the world, and the nation with the largest Muslim population — has been the topic of Helmrich's life work, a trilogy of docs culminating here."
This "third documentary about the same Indonesian family is a dazzler in at least a couple ways," adds Seth Colter Walls in the Voice. "First off, it's the rare final chapter in a decade-plus-long saga — a trilogy that also includes 2001's The Eye of the Day and 2004's Shape of the Moon — that you can slide right into without any prior knowledge. There's a brief 'previously in post-Suharto Indonesia' montage at the beginning that draws...
This "third documentary about the same Indonesian family is a dazzler in at least a couple ways," adds Seth Colter Walls in the Voice. "First off, it's the rare final chapter in a decade-plus-long saga — a trilogy that also includes 2001's The Eye of the Day and 2004's Shape of the Moon — that you can slide right into without any prior knowledge. There's a brief 'previously in post-Suharto Indonesia' montage at the beginning that draws...
- 9/15/2011
- MUBI
A new documentary, Countdown to Zero, highlights the many reasons why nuclear annihilation remains our biggest threat
We never loved the bomb, but we did at least learn to stop worrying about it. According to new documentary Countdown to Zero, though, we shouldn't have. As Lucy Walker's film details, there's even more to worry about today: terrorists seeking to acquire nuclear materials, former Soviet countries trying to sell them, nuclear stockpiles, the club of nuclear-capable countries expanding to include states such as North Korea, Iran and Pakistan. Countdown to Zero has been described as the Inconvenient Truth of nukes, though judging by its terrifying revelations, our species is destined to destroy itself by nuclear means long before climate change gets a chance.
"Unfortunately, there's nothing I learned making this film that made me less worried," says Walker. Like most British children of the 1980s, she remembers what it was...
We never loved the bomb, but we did at least learn to stop worrying about it. According to new documentary Countdown to Zero, though, we shouldn't have. As Lucy Walker's film details, there's even more to worry about today: terrorists seeking to acquire nuclear materials, former Soviet countries trying to sell them, nuclear stockpiles, the club of nuclear-capable countries expanding to include states such as North Korea, Iran and Pakistan. Countdown to Zero has been described as the Inconvenient Truth of nukes, though judging by its terrifying revelations, our species is destined to destroy itself by nuclear means long before climate change gets a chance.
"Unfortunately, there's nothing I learned making this film that made me less worried," says Walker. Like most British children of the 1980s, she remembers what it was...
- 6/16/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land aired on PBS Independent Lens last Tuesday, but I didn’t notice the listing in time give a heads up. Luckily, Independent Lens re-broadcasts Sunday evening in many areas,...
- 4/24/2011
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
Reviewer: Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rating (out of 5): ***½
This year has been packed with documentaries about art and about the environment, but the Oscar-nominated Waste Land manages to take on both topics comfortably, without preaching, and with a positive outlook besides. Lucy Walker's film is inspirational without seeming self-righteous, moving without being hackneyed.
It begins as the well-established Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz decides on his newest project. He goes to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage pile near Rio de Janeiro; there, he meets a handful of pickers, people who work on the garbage heap, pulling out recyclable materials. They each have amusing/disturbing stories of the things they have found. Stunning footage shows huge trucks dumping fresh piles of garbage and the pickers poised and ready to start rummaging before the junk has even settled; they often look as if they're about to be buried.
Rating (out of 5): ***½
This year has been packed with documentaries about art and about the environment, but the Oscar-nominated Waste Land manages to take on both topics comfortably, without preaching, and with a positive outlook besides. Lucy Walker's film is inspirational without seeming self-righteous, moving without being hackneyed.
It begins as the well-established Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz decides on his newest project. He goes to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage pile near Rio de Janeiro; there, he meets a handful of pickers, people who work on the garbage heap, pulling out recyclable materials. They each have amusing/disturbing stories of the things they have found. Stunning footage shows huge trucks dumping fresh piles of garbage and the pickers poised and ready to start rummaging before the junk has even settled; they often look as if they're about to be buried.
- 3/21/2011
- by underdog
- GreenCine
This week on DVD and Blu-ray the Oscar-nominated doc "Waste Land" lands, two classics get the deluxe Criterion treatment and Clint Eastwood takes a journey to the afterlife . This Week's Top Pick: "Waste Land" Dreams Big The Deal: A testament to the transformative power of art, Lucy Walker's Oscar-nominated documentary “Waste Land,” (it lost to "Inside Job") documents famed contemporary artist Vik Muniz’s three-year collaboration with the catadores who ...
- 3/15/2011
- Indiewire
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection"
Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Released by RaroVideo
Fans of badass '70s cinema and the stoic Henry Silva rejoice! Underappreciated Italian crime master director Fernando Di Leo finally comes to the U.S. via this set of four films -- "Caliber 9," "The Italian Connection," "The Boss," and "Rulers of the City" -- that shows what made him an influence of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.
"The Absent" (2011)
Directed by Sage Bannick
Released by Passion River
Twin brothers are bonded by the experience of having their parents try to kill them for insurance money, only to become killers themselves in this slasher film from Sage Bannick.
"Be My Teacher" (2011)
Directed by Lakisha R. Lemons
Released by Maverick Entertainment Group
A student's (Derek Lee Nixon) flirtations with his English teacher (Lateace Towns-Cuellar) has serious...
"Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection"
Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Released by RaroVideo
Fans of badass '70s cinema and the stoic Henry Silva rejoice! Underappreciated Italian crime master director Fernando Di Leo finally comes to the U.S. via this set of four films -- "Caliber 9," "The Italian Connection," "The Boss," and "Rulers of the City" -- that shows what made him an influence of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.
"The Absent" (2011)
Directed by Sage Bannick
Released by Passion River
Twin brothers are bonded by the experience of having their parents try to kill them for insurance money, only to become killers themselves in this slasher film from Sage Bannick.
"Be My Teacher" (2011)
Directed by Lakisha R. Lemons
Released by Maverick Entertainment Group
A student's (Derek Lee Nixon) flirtations with his English teacher (Lateace Towns-Cuellar) has serious...
- 3/14/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Lucy Walker, director of the Oscar-nominated film Waste Land, kept a diary of the year leading up to the awards
January 2010
Sundance Film Festival
The true world premiere of Waste Land is a screening for the festival's volunteers, who are the lifeblood of Sundance. At the last minute we had to re-edit the film to take out shots of the young daughter of Vik Muniz, the artist at the centre of the film, because he is in the middle of a divorce. I'm so tired that as I sit in the back row I can't even tell if the image and sound are in sync. When the first end credit pops on to the screen, the people in the audience leap to their feet, and I moan to myself that they could at least sit through some credits before they run off. But then I realise that they're just applauding.
January 2010
Sundance Film Festival
The true world premiere of Waste Land is a screening for the festival's volunteers, who are the lifeblood of Sundance. At the last minute we had to re-edit the film to take out shots of the young daughter of Vik Muniz, the artist at the centre of the film, because he is in the middle of a divorce. I'm so tired that as I sit in the back row I can't even tell if the image and sound are in sync. When the first end credit pops on to the screen, the people in the audience leap to their feet, and I moan to myself that they could at least sit through some credits before they run off. But then I realise that they're just applauding.
- 3/6/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s that time of year again! USA Network is back for another year of Character Approved Awards, celebrating those individuals who are changing the face of American culture by influencing our opinions, style, and views of the world creativity in their respective fields.
On Tuesday March 8th at 11/10c, USA Network will premiere the Character Approved Awards, honoring 12 cultural trailblazers across the areas of Architecture, Art, Design, Fashion, Film, Food, Giving, Music, New Media, Theatre and Writing. The Awards pay tribute to the visionaries and real “characters” from a cross-section of creative disciplines who are changing the face of American culture.
To celebrate another year of Character Approved Awards, BuzzFocus and USA Network are teaming up to give away (1) Character Approved Prize Package.
You can once daily by:
Enter by leaving a comment in the form telling us about someone you think is Character Approved in the area of Architecture,...
On Tuesday March 8th at 11/10c, USA Network will premiere the Character Approved Awards, honoring 12 cultural trailblazers across the areas of Architecture, Art, Design, Fashion, Film, Food, Giving, Music, New Media, Theatre and Writing. The Awards pay tribute to the visionaries and real “characters” from a cross-section of creative disciplines who are changing the face of American culture.
To celebrate another year of Character Approved Awards, BuzzFocus and USA Network are teaming up to give away (1) Character Approved Prize Package.
You can once daily by:
Enter by leaving a comment in the form telling us about someone you think is Character Approved in the area of Architecture,...
- 3/4/2011
- by Buzzfocus Staff
- BuzzFocus.com
The best of your comments on the latest films and music
You might be forgiven for thinking the biggest story of the past couple of weeks involved neither tectonic plates nor uprisings in north Africa, but a pop group. You'd be wrong, but you might be forgiven. Certainly, the cyclone of excitement around The King of Limbs, the new album sprung upon the world by Radiohead, caught up Guardian writers and readers alike, prompting Mclennan to ask: "Did everyone get this excited when the prog rock bands of the 1970s released an album?"
Alexis Petridis's review attracted 172 more comments than his one the week before, of the Secret Sisters. Of course, the review came a week after the album's release, meaning lots of you had heard it. Tiresias42 wondered why they were letting reviewers and fans listen at the same time: "Seems slightly odd since a) reviewers have been...
You might be forgiven for thinking the biggest story of the past couple of weeks involved neither tectonic plates nor uprisings in north Africa, but a pop group. You'd be wrong, but you might be forgiven. Certainly, the cyclone of excitement around The King of Limbs, the new album sprung upon the world by Radiohead, caught up Guardian writers and readers alike, prompting Mclennan to ask: "Did everyone get this excited when the prog rock bands of the 1970s released an album?"
Alexis Petridis's review attracted 172 more comments than his one the week before, of the Secret Sisters. Of course, the review came a week after the album's release, meaning lots of you had heard it. Tiresias42 wondered why they were letting reviewers and fans listen at the same time: "Seems slightly odd since a) reviewers have been...
- 3/4/2011
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
Waste Land
(PG) (Lucy Walker, 2010, Brazil/UK) 99 mins
The transformative power of art is demonstrated literally here, but that doesn't preclude poetry or emotion from this exceptional documentary. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz travels to the world's largest landfill, outside São Paulo, where he makes giant portraits of the hard-up refuse pickers out of the very trash they sort – thus turning it into expensive art. The lives of the characters (proud eco-champions as much as disadvantaged individuals) and the irresistibly uplifting treatment will leave you pondering the true value of things.
Animal Kingdom (15)
(David Michôd, 2010, Aus) James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver. 113 mins
There are few action scenes and fewer laughs in this tense, brooding Aussie thriller, which sidesteps the gangster cliches to study the volatile dynamic of a cornered criminal family. It's polished in plotting and execution, despite the concerted lack of glamour.
Howl (15)
(Rob Epstein, Jacob Friedman, 2010, Us) James Franco,...
(PG) (Lucy Walker, 2010, Brazil/UK) 99 mins
The transformative power of art is demonstrated literally here, but that doesn't preclude poetry or emotion from this exceptional documentary. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz travels to the world's largest landfill, outside São Paulo, where he makes giant portraits of the hard-up refuse pickers out of the very trash they sort – thus turning it into expensive art. The lives of the characters (proud eco-champions as much as disadvantaged individuals) and the irresistibly uplifting treatment will leave you pondering the true value of things.
Animal Kingdom (15)
(David Michôd, 2010, Aus) James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver. 113 mins
There are few action scenes and fewer laughs in this tense, brooding Aussie thriller, which sidesteps the gangster cliches to study the volatile dynamic of a cornered criminal family. It's polished in plotting and execution, despite the concerted lack of glamour.
Howl (15)
(Rob Epstein, Jacob Friedman, 2010, Us) James Franco,...
- 2/26/2011
- by The Guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Circo Trailer Here in the southwest I think you can take a band like Calexico for granted. They have a dusty, desert charm that draws...
- 2/25/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
A documentary about the 'art' of scavenging raises some uncomfortable ethical questions
This Oscar-nominated documentary by Lucy Walker is about the Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz and his work with the "pickers", or catadores, who eke out an existence scavenging scraps from Rio's colossal city garbage dump. The title avowedly refers to Ts Eliot's poem, but what Walker thinks she's showing us in her handful of dust is not fear, but life-affirming hope. Some might find the movie's take-home optimism naive and Muniz's attitude itself open to question. But this is undoubtedly a bold raid into an unknown territory – both geographic and conceptual – that the prosperous classes prefer not to think about.
When we throw out rubbish, it is easy to assume that it somehow vanishes. In fact, of course, it largely goes to landfill sites such as Jardim Gramacho in Rio De Janeiro: the world's biggest dump, a huge,...
This Oscar-nominated documentary by Lucy Walker is about the Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz and his work with the "pickers", or catadores, who eke out an existence scavenging scraps from Rio's colossal city garbage dump. The title avowedly refers to Ts Eliot's poem, but what Walker thinks she's showing us in her handful of dust is not fear, but life-affirming hope. Some might find the movie's take-home optimism naive and Muniz's attitude itself open to question. But this is undoubtedly a bold raid into an unknown territory – both geographic and conceptual – that the prosperous classes prefer not to think about.
When we throw out rubbish, it is easy to assume that it somehow vanishes. In fact, of course, it largely goes to landfill sites such as Jardim Gramacho in Rio De Janeiro: the world's biggest dump, a huge,...
- 2/25/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
There’s always a niggling feeling when you watch a film like Lucy Walker's Waste Land (2010) that you’re going to be guilt tripped into sorting through your rubbish, essentially paying for a feature length advert on the benefits of recycling. Although it’s true that you’ll probably end up being a bit more self-conscious about quite how much you throw away each year the strange thing is that Waste Land never really tries to make you do so.
Walker’s vision for her film seems to be primarily about art, with the waste used to make it taking a backseat role. Yet the fusion between art and rubbish is hardly a new and groundbreaking concept and results in a film that is instantly flawed in its lack of originality. What shines through is the strength of the Brazilian landfill workers optimism and uplifting spirit which makes Waste Land more than worth watching.
Walker’s vision for her film seems to be primarily about art, with the waste used to make it taking a backseat role. Yet the fusion between art and rubbish is hardly a new and groundbreaking concept and results in a film that is instantly flawed in its lack of originality. What shines through is the strength of the Brazilian landfill workers optimism and uplifting spirit which makes Waste Land more than worth watching.
- 2/24/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Jardim Gramacho, the massive landfill site on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, is home to a colourful cast of characters who earn a living picking through the rubbish. Here, filmmaker Lucy Walker goes behind the scenes of her Oscar-nominated documentary about the lives of the 'catadores' and their collaboration with the radical artist Vik Muniz
So there I was, squelching knee-deep in trash in Rio's scariest favela on a wet afternoon, my arms too sore from vaccinations to move, my whole body wrapped mummy-like in multiple layers of noisy plastic protective clothing fit for a moon-landing. The Brazilian production manager was telling me how many security guards with machine guns we'd need. Next item on the checklist was bulletproof vehicles. The garbage smells were mugging our noses.
I was in Jardim Gramacho, the largest landfill in the world, location scouting for my new documentary about Vik Muniz, Brazil's most famous contemporary artist.
So there I was, squelching knee-deep in trash in Rio's scariest favela on a wet afternoon, my arms too sore from vaccinations to move, my whole body wrapped mummy-like in multiple layers of noisy plastic protective clothing fit for a moon-landing. The Brazilian production manager was telling me how many security guards with machine guns we'd need. Next item on the checklist was bulletproof vehicles. The garbage smells were mugging our noses.
I was in Jardim Gramacho, the largest landfill in the world, location scouting for my new documentary about Vik Muniz, Brazil's most famous contemporary artist.
- 2/21/2011
- by Oscar
- The Guardian - Film News
(February 2011)
The Nominees
Oscar “Speech”: Tom Hooper Film Tops with 12 Noms
Coen brothers’ “True Grit” places second with 10 nominations, including best picture and acting citations for Jeff Bridges and 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld
Features
50 Must-See Films of 2010: An Awards Season Primer
Moving Pictures breaks down the features that drew the most attention for honors last year
Jesse Eisenberg Attracts “Likes” for “Network” Star Turn
Moving Pictures talks to the Academy Award-nominated star of David Fincher’s exposé on the founding of Facebook
Jennifer Lawrence and Debra Granik Give Color on Making of Black “Bone”
The actress and director discuss working with the people of the Ozarks before setting out to shoot their Academy Award-nominated film
Steady, Powerful Work Has Melissa Leo at Top of Game
The Oscar-nominated “Fighter” actress discusses finding success later in life, what she learned from soap operas and the one role she’s yet to...
The Nominees
Oscar “Speech”: Tom Hooper Film Tops with 12 Noms
Coen brothers’ “True Grit” places second with 10 nominations, including best picture and acting citations for Jeff Bridges and 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld
Features
50 Must-See Films of 2010: An Awards Season Primer
Moving Pictures breaks down the features that drew the most attention for honors last year
Jesse Eisenberg Attracts “Likes” for “Network” Star Turn
Moving Pictures talks to the Academy Award-nominated star of David Fincher’s exposé on the founding of Facebook
Jennifer Lawrence and Debra Granik Give Color on Making of Black “Bone”
The actress and director discuss working with the people of the Ozarks before setting out to shoot their Academy Award-nominated film
Steady, Powerful Work Has Melissa Leo at Top of Game
The Oscar-nominated “Fighter” actress discusses finding success later in life, what she learned from soap operas and the one role she’s yet to...
- 2/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
(February 2011)
The Nominees
Oscar “Speech”: Tom Hooper Film Tops with 12 Noms
Coen brothers’ “True Grit” places second with 10 nominations, including best picture and acting citations for Jeff Bridges and 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld
Features
50 Must-See Films of 2010: An Awards Season Primer
Moving Pictures breaks down the features that drew the most attention for honors last year
Jesse Eisenberg Attracts “Likes” for “Network” Star Turn
Moving Pictures talks to the Academy Award-nominated star of David Fincher’s exposé on the founding of Facebook
Jennifer Lawrence and Debra Granik Give Color on Making of Black “Bone”
The actress and director discuss working with the people of the Ozarks before setting out to shoot their Academy Award-nominated film
Steady, Powerful Work Has Melissa Leo at Top of Game
The Oscar-nominated “Fighter” actress discusses finding success later in life, what she learned from soap operas and the one role she’s yet to...
The Nominees
Oscar “Speech”: Tom Hooper Film Tops with 12 Noms
Coen brothers’ “True Grit” places second with 10 nominations, including best picture and acting citations for Jeff Bridges and 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld
Features
50 Must-See Films of 2010: An Awards Season Primer
Moving Pictures breaks down the features that drew the most attention for honors last year
Jesse Eisenberg Attracts “Likes” for “Network” Star Turn
Moving Pictures talks to the Academy Award-nominated star of David Fincher’s exposé on the founding of Facebook
Jennifer Lawrence and Debra Granik Give Color on Making of Black “Bone”
The actress and director discuss working with the people of the Ozarks before setting out to shoot their Academy Award-nominated film
Steady, Powerful Work Has Melissa Leo at Top of Game
The Oscar-nominated “Fighter” actress discusses finding success later in life, what she learned from soap operas and the one role she’s yet to...
- 2/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
While this year’s Best Picture race is dominated by high-profile projects (with the possible exception of indie upstart Winter’s Bone), the Best Documentary Feature category has a few titles that are probably unfamiliar to even the most dedicated moviegoers. That’s because most of the nominees never even made it to the multiplexes on account of their low budgets, their envelope-pushing subject matter, and the generally tepid box office prospects for nonfiction films that aren’t made by hell-raising Michiganians. But if you caught yourself scratching your head over this year’s list of contenders, never fear: EW...
- 1/26/2011
- by Adam Markovitz
- EW - Inside Movies
Jan. 27
8:00 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
Hosted by: Aurora Picture Show & Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Teen Council
Catch a special screening of this Oscar-nominated documentary!
Vik Muniz is a world famous Brazilian artist currently living in NYC. Several years ago, he began traveling back to his home country to photograph and make art with a unique group of survivalists, the “catadores,” who scavenge through the mounds of the world’s largest garbage dump, which exists just outside Rio de Janeiro.
Filmmaker Lucy Walker documented Muniz’s art project over a period of three years for the film Waste Land. She captured Muniz earning the trust of the catadores, whom he at first photographed, then transformed those photos into enormous “paintings” made entirely out of the garbage dug out of the mound.
Finally, Muniz would take photographs of the paintings and sell them...
8:00 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
Hosted by: Aurora Picture Show & Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Teen Council
Catch a special screening of this Oscar-nominated documentary!
Vik Muniz is a world famous Brazilian artist currently living in NYC. Several years ago, he began traveling back to his home country to photograph and make art with a unique group of survivalists, the “catadores,” who scavenge through the mounds of the world’s largest garbage dump, which exists just outside Rio de Janeiro.
Filmmaker Lucy Walker documented Muniz’s art project over a period of three years for the film Waste Land. She captured Muniz earning the trust of the catadores, whom he at first photographed, then transformed those photos into enormous “paintings” made entirely out of the garbage dug out of the mound.
Finally, Muniz would take photographs of the paintings and sell them...
- 1/25/2011
- by screenings
- Underground Film Journal
If you think your job stinks and your house is a dump, go see the new documentary Waste Land, a portrait of the world’s largest landfill. Lucy Walker’s inspiring film is about the dump, known as Jardim Gramacho, located outside Rio De Janeiro and the ‘pickers’ whose job it is to sift through it collecting recyclables and valuables to sell. Waste Land presents this smelly milieu through the eyes of a Brazilian-born, New York-based artist named Vik Muniz, who often uses garbage as a medium. The film opens with a brief profile of Muniz as he is preparing to travel to Jardim Gramacho to photograph workers at the dump and transform those photos into giant portraits composed entirely from their garbage. Muniz then plans to auctions these works to fund community programs for the poor in this area which is near where he grew up. Filmmaker Walker follows...
- 12/10/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Gold Derby News Desk
“Waste Land” — Lucy Walker’s profile of Brazilian Vik Muniz, who recycles garbage into art — won Best Feature from the International Documentary Association Friday. The film — which is one of 15 semi-finalists for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars.
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“Waste Land” — Lucy Walker’s profile of Brazilian Vik Muniz, who recycles garbage into art — won Best Feature from the International Documentary Association Friday. The film — which is one of 15 semi-finalists for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars.
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- 12/4/2010
- by admin
- Hollywoodnews.com
"Waste Land" -- Lucy Walker's profile of Brazilian Vik Muniz, who recycles garbage into art -- won Best Feature from the International Documentary Association Friday. The film -- which is one of 15 semi-finalists for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars -- was also awarded the Pare Lorentz prize, named for the late filmmaker who advocated the use of the medium to illuminate issues of social concern. "Waste Land" bested the only other Oscar semi-finalist in the competition -- "Exit Through the Gift Shop," which is about British street artist Banksy -- as well as "The Oath," "Steam of Life" and "Sweetgrass." "The Oath" tied for the Humanitas award -- given to "films that strive to unify the human family" -- with "Presumed Guilty." -Break- The Short Feature award went to "Woman Rebel," a profile by Kiran Deol of a Nepalese teen who journeys from Mao soldier to elec...
- 12/4/2010
- Gold Derby
Lucy Walker's Oscar short-list documentary Waste Land took two top honors as distinguished feature as well as the previously announced Pare Lorentz Award at the 2010 International Documentary Association (Ida) Awards Friday night, hosted by Morgan Spurlock. Waste Land follows artist Vik Muniz on a journey from his home in Brooklyn to his native Brazil to visit the world's largest garbage dump. The Short Award went to HBO’s Woman Rebel, directed by Kiran Deol, about a female soldier in Nepal’s People’s Liberation Army who runs for office and is elected a government official. Producer and director Cecilia Peck presented Ida’s Career Achievement Award to her friend and collaborator, Barbara Kopple (Oscar-winner for Harlan County USA and American Dream). The complete list of winners is below. ...
- 12/4/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
A movie about art was the big winner at Friday night's 2010 Ida Documentary Awards, but it wasn't the much-talked-about "Exit Through the Gift Shop" from graffiti artist Banksy. Instead, the International Documentary Association gave its Distinguished Feature Documentary Award to Lucy Walker's "Waste Land" (left), a three-year look at artist Vik Muniz, who created massive works of art with the help of the catadores who search the world's largest garbage dump (outside Rio de Janeiro) for recyclable materials. The message of her experience making the film, Walker said in her acceptance...
- 12/3/2010
- The Wrap
Do you want answers? Do you believe you’re entitled to them? Do you want the truth? Can you, in fact, handle the truth? The 15 documentaries competing for Oscar have been selected.
Check out the list below [via Oscars.org]:
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney, director (Es Productions LLC) Enemies of the People Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films) Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures) Gasland Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures) Inside Job Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures) The Lottery Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films) Precious Life Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions) “Megamind” Quest for Honor Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions) Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films) This Way of Life Thomas Burstyn, director (Cloud South Films...
Check out the list below [via Oscars.org]:
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney, director (Es Productions LLC) Enemies of the People Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films) Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures) Gasland Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures) Inside Job Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures) The Lottery Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films) Precious Life Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions) “Megamind” Quest for Honor Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions) Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films) This Way of Life Thomas Burstyn, director (Cloud South Films...
- 11/18/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The “real-time” nature of Waste Land , Lucy Walker’s second film of this year, brings up many important and classic issues in documentary film. Walker speaks of having people ask her if she’s interested in “features.” As if this film is not a “feature.” That question is quite telling of documentary film’s place in comparison to scripted narrative. So if Waste Land goes on the documentary shelf in the video store, or rather in the documentary category on Netflix, does that mean it is not narrative? Walker most definitely considers this a narrative film. Scripted narrative is different, so this is a kind of non-fiction feature narrative film. Enjoy the interview (broken up in five pieces) below with filmmaker Lucy Walker and subject/artist Vik Muniz. Her other release this year, Countdown to Zero, was by no means narrative, and was a series of talking heads interviews, archival footage,...
- 11/16/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The 7th annual Amazonas Film Festival Brazil opened last night with a mixture of culture and cinema in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest.
The festival kicked off with a screening of Lucy Walker‘s Waste Land, which looks at Brazilian artist Vik Muniz who uses the garbage from a landfill in San Paulo to transform the lives of some of the people who work there.
But for those of us who came over from the States it was the setting of the screening that was more eye catching: the Teatro Amazonas, where the opening scene from Fitzcarraldo was shot.
One of the last symbols of the wealth this area of the country had during the “rubber boom” in the late 19th century, this 700 seat opera house that was brought over from Europe brick-by-brick has survived because of the state’s love of the arts. And in 2001, after… Read the...
The festival kicked off with a screening of Lucy Walker‘s Waste Land, which looks at Brazilian artist Vik Muniz who uses the garbage from a landfill in San Paulo to transform the lives of some of the people who work there.
But for those of us who came over from the States it was the setting of the screening that was more eye catching: the Teatro Amazonas, where the opening scene from Fitzcarraldo was shot.
One of the last symbols of the wealth this area of the country had during the “rubber boom” in the late 19th century, this 700 seat opera house that was brought over from Europe brick-by-brick has survived because of the state’s love of the arts. And in 2001, after… Read the...
- 11/13/2010
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
From Kevin MacDonald's examination of the YouTube phenomenon to a cab ride with Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, cheap technology is allowing film-makers to stretch the form as never before
"Right now, documentary film-making is like malaria," says Hussain Currimbhoy, curator of the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Britain's premier showcase for new documentaries from around the world. "It's a virus that's spreading fast and far and wide."
In the past week, the festival has screened 120 new documentaries – including shorts as well as feature-length films – from 26 countries. As well as fly-on-the wall documentaries about well-known figures, such as the American comedian Joan Rivers and the English playwright Alan Bennett, there were music documentaries about subjects as diverse as Elgar and Heaven 17, and biographical documentaries about the beat poet William Burroughs, the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and a taxi driver who once worked as Osama Bin Laden's bodyguard.
This year,...
"Right now, documentary film-making is like malaria," says Hussain Currimbhoy, curator of the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Britain's premier showcase for new documentaries from around the world. "It's a virus that's spreading fast and far and wide."
In the past week, the festival has screened 120 new documentaries – including shorts as well as feature-length films – from 26 countries. As well as fly-on-the wall documentaries about well-known figures, such as the American comedian Joan Rivers and the English playwright Alan Bennett, there were music documentaries about subjects as diverse as Elgar and Heaven 17, and biographical documentaries about the beat poet William Burroughs, the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and a taxi driver who once worked as Osama Bin Laden's bodyguard.
This year,...
- 11/7/2010
- by Sean O'Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
New York Times: Leah Rozen profiles Rachel McAdams, who plays a hotshot television producer in the upcoming comedy “Morning Glory,” and floats the possibility that it could be “the breakout hit that will do for her what ‘Pretty Woman’ did for Julia Roberts in 1990.” McAdams, who doesn’t work often, tells Rozen, “I try to pick movies that I want to make, that offer a challenge, but that people want to see. Why do all that work if it’s for naught? If you act and nobody sees it, is it still acting?”
Los Angeles Times: John Horn learns why David Seidler, the screenwriter of “The King’s Speech,” was particularly attracted to the story of King George VI’s fight to overcome his stutter. As a child, “Seidler had been evacuated to the United States before the Blitz. The voyage — in which a convoy ship had been sunk by...
Los Angeles Times: John Horn learns why David Seidler, the screenwriter of “The King’s Speech,” was particularly attracted to the story of King George VI’s fight to overcome his stutter. As a child, “Seidler had been evacuated to the United States before the Blitz. The voyage — in which a convoy ship had been sunk by...
- 11/1/2010
- by Mary Skawinski
- Scott Feinberg
Midway through Waste Land, Lucy Walker's tightrope inquiry into the confluence of art, altruism and exploitation, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz notes that his hometown of Sao Paolo is "not a pretty place, unless you look from very far away." He's standing over a vista of the teeming city of 20 million when he says that -- the meaning is quite literal -- and yet it resonates across Muniz's attempt to turn the largest garbage dump in the world, and its workers, into an elite modern art project.
- 10/29/2010
- Movieline
Lucy Walker’s “Waste Land” amounts to a cinematic round of applause for altruism. Using a conventional blend of talking heads and verité, Walker follows Brazilian visual artist Vik Muniz to his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, where he created the traveling exhibit “Pictures of Garbage” out of material from the world’s largest landfill. Muniz, now a famous practitioner based in Brooklyn, employed local garbage pickers to help in the assembly of his massive canvases, then used the money from the work to improve their lives. The project is obviously commendable and his accomplishments deserve singling out, but Walker’s documentary simply…...
- 10/29/2010
- Screen Rush
Lucy Walker's moving documentary about the massive Jardim Gramacho dump in Brazil and the people who make their living picking through it, opens Friday in New York, Nov. 5 in L.A.
Waste Land, a new documentary about an art world superstar and garbage pickers in one of the largest dumps in the world, will change the way you think about chucking trash.
"It's the idea of the magic trick gone wrong," director Lucy Walker (below) tells Fast Company. "Everything you've ever thrown away, it doesn't vanish."
In Brazil, it goes to places like Jardim Gramacho, a 321-acre dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro that handles 70% of the metro's trash. But rather than preach inconvenient truths about recycling with an oozing, stinking, open-air landfill as a main character, Waste Land focuses on the dump's catadores--garbage pickers--who sift through some 7,000 tons of fresh waste daily to eke out their living.
Waste Land, a new documentary about an art world superstar and garbage pickers in one of the largest dumps in the world, will change the way you think about chucking trash.
"It's the idea of the magic trick gone wrong," director Lucy Walker (below) tells Fast Company. "Everything you've ever thrown away, it doesn't vanish."
In Brazil, it goes to places like Jardim Gramacho, a 321-acre dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro that handles 70% of the metro's trash. But rather than preach inconvenient truths about recycling with an oozing, stinking, open-air landfill as a main character, Waste Land focuses on the dump's catadores--garbage pickers--who sift through some 7,000 tons of fresh waste daily to eke out their living.
- 10/28/2010
- by Tyler Gray
- Fast Company
Filmmaker Lucy Walker's documentary Waste Land is lovely to behold ... yes, a lovely film about creating art from trash. A few years ago, artist/photographer (and native Brazilian) Vik Muniz made a decision to use his art to create social change, and the film documents his plan and how it was carried out.
"What I really want to do is to be able to change the lives of a group of people with the same material that they deal with every day," Muniz tells the camera at the start of the film. He travels from his home in the U.S. to Jardim Gramacho in Brazil, the largest landfill in Latin America. Here he comes to know some catadores, people who pick out recyclable items from the garbage in the landfill.
Muniz involves the catadores in his art project, constructing portraits of them out of items found in the landfill.
"What I really want to do is to be able to change the lives of a group of people with the same material that they deal with every day," Muniz tells the camera at the start of the film. He travels from his home in the U.S. to Jardim Gramacho in Brazil, the largest landfill in Latin America. Here he comes to know some catadores, people who pick out recyclable items from the garbage in the landfill.
Muniz involves the catadores in his art project, constructing portraits of them out of items found in the landfill.
- 10/26/2010
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Lucy Walker's "Waste Land" amounts to a cinematic round of applause for altruism. Using a conventional blend of talking heads and verité, Walker follows Brazilian visual artist Vik Muniz to his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, where he created the traveling exhibit "Pictures of Garbage" out of material from the world's largest landfill. Muniz, now a famous practitioner based in Brooklyn, employed local garbage pickers to help in the assembly ...
- 10/25/2010
- Indiewire
Mulligan and Knightley provide glamour galore, while everyone's favourite Swedish vampire movie is eclipsed
What a very British start to the 54th London film festival it was: a classy, starry film with elegant actors – Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan – and a shy, floppy-haired future Spiderman – Andrew Garfield – politely and sedately progressing along a red carpet, signing autographs and modestly deflecting all the acclaim on to a book. All that was missing was the rain.
Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go duly took centre stage, in an entirely British film festival sort of a way, where literature prevails over the movies. Where are we, I kept thinking, Hay-on-Wye or Leicester Square? Wasn't the Booker the night before? Not for the first time on film's big night, I thought of Larkin and wished books would get stuffed.
Let's talk about movies instead. Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go is pretty good,...
What a very British start to the 54th London film festival it was: a classy, starry film with elegant actors – Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan – and a shy, floppy-haired future Spiderman – Andrew Garfield – politely and sedately progressing along a red carpet, signing autographs and modestly deflecting all the acclaim on to a book. All that was missing was the rain.
Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go duly took centre stage, in an entirely British film festival sort of a way, where literature prevails over the movies. Where are we, I kept thinking, Hay-on-Wye or Leicester Square? Wasn't the Booker the night before? Not for the first time on film's big night, I thought of Larkin and wished books would get stuffed.
Let's talk about movies instead. Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go is pretty good,...
- 10/16/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
• Bill Stamets and Roger Ebert
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
- 10/16/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Below is the poster (via Imp Awards) of Waste Land, this year’s winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance.
Co-directed by British filmmaker Lucy Walker, it’s a documentary which follows top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz as he embarks on a massive project taking him to Rio de Janeiro’s Jardim Gramacho, a huge dump that receives more rubbish each day than any landfill in the world.
The dump is inhabited men and women who pick through the trash to recover recyclables, and Muniz ends up employing some of them to gather raw materials for a series of enormous images.
The film is playing in this month’s 54th BFI London Film Festival.
Co-directed by British filmmaker Lucy Walker, it’s a documentary which follows top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz as he embarks on a massive project taking him to Rio de Janeiro’s Jardim Gramacho, a huge dump that receives more rubbish each day than any landfill in the world.
The dump is inhabited men and women who pick through the trash to recover recyclables, and Muniz ends up employing some of them to gather raw materials for a series of enormous images.
The film is playing in this month’s 54th BFI London Film Festival.
- 10/14/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival is coming, and The Scorecard Review will be there will exclusive interviews, movie reviews and red carpet events beginning October 7, 2010.
Here is the news release on the documentaries at this year’s festival.
Chicago, September 7, 2010 – As documentary films gain ever-increasing recognition in theaters around the world, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival announces the 2010 lineup of its Docufest documentary program and new series for true movie buffs, “Film on Film.” Sponsored by DePaul University, Docufest and the Film on Film program feature four world premieres, one international premiere, two North American premieres and two USA premieres.
Special guests attending this year range from award-winning filmmakers Alex Gibney and Lucy Walker to debuting directors making bold first impressions and even troupes of circus performers, slam poets, and a “minuteman” border guard. Twelve countries are represented across these 17 films. The Docufest competition jury includes the winner...
Here is the news release on the documentaries at this year’s festival.
Chicago, September 7, 2010 – As documentary films gain ever-increasing recognition in theaters around the world, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival announces the 2010 lineup of its Docufest documentary program and new series for true movie buffs, “Film on Film.” Sponsored by DePaul University, Docufest and the Film on Film program feature four world premieres, one international premiere, two North American premieres and two USA premieres.
Special guests attending this year range from award-winning filmmakers Alex Gibney and Lucy Walker to debuting directors making bold first impressions and even troupes of circus performers, slam poets, and a “minuteman” border guard. Twelve countries are represented across these 17 films. The Docufest competition jury includes the winner...
- 9/10/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival is coming, and The Scorecard Review will be there will exclusive interviews, movie reviews and red carpet events beginning October 7, 2010.
Here’s the first 20 films announced for the festival. Below is the news release.
October 7 – 21, 2010
Chicago, August 25, 2010 – Cinema/Chicago is proud to announce the first 20 new films that will appear at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival. Among them are some of the most anticipated domestic and foreign films featuring well-respected talent and directors as well as the work of exceptional newcomers. From Slumdog Millionaire and Resevoir Dogs to Martin Scorsese and Werner Herzog, The Chicago International Film Festival has consistently brought the brightest and boldest new films and filmmakers to Chicago first. Audiences will be delighted to find that this year’s Festival will be no different. Below is just a taste of the more than 150 films that will be shown at...
Here’s the first 20 films announced for the festival. Below is the news release.
October 7 – 21, 2010
Chicago, August 25, 2010 – Cinema/Chicago is proud to announce the first 20 new films that will appear at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival. Among them are some of the most anticipated domestic and foreign films featuring well-respected talent and directors as well as the work of exceptional newcomers. From Slumdog Millionaire and Resevoir Dogs to Martin Scorsese and Werner Herzog, The Chicago International Film Festival has consistently brought the brightest and boldest new films and filmmakers to Chicago first. Audiences will be delighted to find that this year’s Festival will be no different. Below is just a taste of the more than 150 films that will be shown at...
- 9/10/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The Vancouver International Film Festival is my baby. In its 29th year, this is the event I look forward to every year. The lists I've kept through the year come out and I eagerly look through the list of titles in search of those little gems and every year Viff responds with a huge assortment of titles. This year's festival is no different.
Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).
There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.
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Altitude (Kaare Andrews), B.C.
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A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.
Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).
There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.
Canadian Images
Altitude (Kaare Andrews), B.C.
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A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.
- 9/8/2010
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