You know what I miss? The Office. Thus I present to you Teacher of the Year which is like The Office.
Film Noir is not an easy genre to tackle nowadays, simply because trends in culture have changed. The hard-boiled detective of the black and white screen, the one with the alienated, tough exterior and a penchant for femme fatales – think Dana Andrews in Laura or Bogie in The Big Sleep – would cause no more than a snicker, so removed are they from the world we witness every passing day. Our post-modernist mindset asks for the type of heroes we find authentic, those we can relate to, this is why the grand days of Film Noir have passed – which is not to say some of its elements cannot be used for fine, fine cinema.
An animated film that is targeted towards young children should be colorful, with lots of movement and hopefully an outlandish character or two. Most importantly, though, it must have heart. It should tackle themes that are important to kids, and provide lessons that they can take away from the cinema and begin to apply to real life, not just in the way that they behave but also in the way that they understand the world around them.
I’m going to put up a disclaimer. It won’t really do anything but it’ll explain my intentions for the rest of this trailer discussion. Movies, as an art form, are subjective to the individuals who watch them.
“To one last great adventure”. Struggling artist Jake decides to retrace his best memory of New York: walking down the entirety of Manhattan.
One of the more curious cultural changes in the post-war era was the cinematic climate that permeated in the United Kingdom in the years following WWII. These movies vary from paranoid thrillers, atomic-age science fiction and docudrama’s that veer on a level of horror due their level of accuracy regarding the terrifying nature of nuclear war. The feature films that came out in this period are terrifying on varying levels; one of those being the self-reflective element that is so common in movies and that reflection was cast by the looming possibility of WWIII.
Super Zero is a short by the filmmaker Mitchell L. Cohen. The story centres around Josh Hershberg, a young guy with not much to live for who discovers he has terminal cancer.
Coming to theaters is the new action comedy, Hot Pursuit. Inexperienced police officer Cooper, standing at “4 feet 11 inches”, must protect a “45-50 year old” Latina woman from drug dealers and dirty cops. That sentence is not entirely accurate though.
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Insurgent, The Gunman, Do You Believe?
Neil Blomkamp is still a relatively new director in the game, though he has now done three movies. His first, District 9, is an intensely original feature, focusing on the subject of extraterrestrials who have come to Earth and suffer to live alongside the community of South Africa. It is at once both entertaining and politically charged, and was so well-received upon its release that it was even nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, a very rare accomplishment for a sci-fi.
“Excuse me,” I hear you say, “I know exactly which films I need to see in 2015.” You’ve no doubt been bombarded with teasers and trailers by now, and you wait with baited breath for… which franchise is it?
An interesting concept has presented itself in this new comedy. A person with Borderline Personality Disorder wins the mega-millions lottery, subsequently stops her medication and buys her own talk show. As per the saying, a lot of money DOES NOT make you happy.
From ideation to financing, distribution to production, the movie industry is just that, an industry. Let’s take a peek behind the projectors and movie screens at all facets of the films, and the people behind them, that we love. Let me direct your attention to these wonderful shorts.
Silo is a short film made by the filmmaker David Soll and starring Chris Green. Like many short films Silo is a silent piece (without dialogue but not without sound). But unlike many shorts, which like to take a brief and artistic approach to a story, Silo has been made with a clearly structured narrative.
There are several things about this film that you should know. First, it’s a romance but it stars Bradley Cooper. Second , it’s set in Hawaii and mostly on a military base so you most likely will have to salute once or twice.