The notion of authenticity can often get haphazardly tossed around when talking about cinema. Indeed, one's declaration of authenticity can tread a fine line with hyperbole. What are we really saying when we shout "this film is so authentic!" Authentic to what exactly?Madeline's Madeline could have been made by no one else but Josephine Decker (Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Butter on the Latch), and starred no one else but Helena Howard. This film would simply never exist as it is if it wasn't for their spirits. Madeline's Madeline is what we mean when we talk about authentic cinema; pure cinema, brimming over with euphoria and empathy and a direct perspective of a human, both inside and out, mental and physical, that feels so complete as to be dizzying. Madeline's Madeline is not VR, and nor should it be, but the film's ability to get you to inhabit another being is exhilarating and beguiling and life affirming all the same. And so this tumultuous dance between daughter and mother and … [Read more...] about Review: MADELINE’S MADELINE, Josephine Decker’s Stunning Drama
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Reviewed in brief: ‘Chloe & Theo,’ ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ ‘Learning to Drive’
CHLOE & THEO As the summer release season scrapes the bottom of the barrel, you may still have room on your commemorative shelf of the year’s lamest oddities. It is about as exciting as watching a gerbil on an exercise wheel. Dakota Johnson, the only admirable element in “50 Shades of Grey,” does what she can to elevate this threadbare indie, with worse results. She plays Chloe, a homeless New Yorker who welcomes Inuit newcomer Theo (Theo Ikummaq). The street urchin digs his pacifist attitude, volunteering to slip him past United Nations security to offer the warning about global warming that his elders have sent him to deliver. Mira Sorvino plays a socialite with a dramatic secret who joins their quest, André De Shields appears as a ghetto know-it-all who tries to navigate the crusade. By the end of the film, Theo hopes to go home to the igloo and you wish him luck. Borrowing themes from “Candide,” it makes us wonder why bad things happen to good … [Read more...] about Reviewed in brief: ‘Chloe & Theo,’ ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ ‘Learning to Drive’
Brigitte Nielsen expecting 5th child at 54 years old
Updated 9:53 am, Thursday, May 31, 2018 Now Playing: Brigitte Nielsen, star of Red Sonja and Beverly Hills Cop II, is going to be a mom again Media: People LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fifty-four-year-old model, actress and reality star Brigitte Nielsen is pregnant with her fifth child. The expectant Nielsen posted photos of herself lounging on Instagram and Twitter . She wrote the family is getting larger. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: … [Read more...] about Brigitte Nielsen expecting 5th child at 54 years old
Hereditary Trailer Hypes This Year’s Sundance Horror Film Hit
The first trailer has arrived for Hereditary, a horror movie that received acclaim at the 2018 Sundance film festival. Horror fans have been living in something of a golden age recently, as the genre is performing well on the big screen and TV. IT was a runaway success in 2017, earning $700 million worldwide, and becoming the highest grossing R-rated horror movie of all time. Other Stephen King adaptations like Netflix’s Gerald’s Game and 1922 also received rave reviews.Blumhouse also had a very good 2017, with Get Out becoming a critically acclaimed hit and earning four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Twin Peaks, Stranger Things and Channel Zero show there’s plenty of life in the genre on television too. 2018 is also shaping up quite nicely, with the forthcoming Halloween sequel, Annihilation and even Venom to look forward to. Related: Netflix’s The Ritual Trailer Makes a Nature Hike Horrifying Fans should also … [Read more...] about Hereditary Trailer Hypes This Year’s Sundance Horror Film Hit
Netflix, Amazon Look Past Sundance for Their Own Blockbusters
Following the Jan. 20 premiere of the Sundance sex abuse drama The Tale, Amazon motion picture head Ted Hope expressed serious interest, dubbing it his favorite film of the festival. The Jennifer Fox-helmed film, seen as an awards-season vehicle for star Laura Dern, also dovetailed with the zeitgeist #MeToo movement, with its narrative centered on how a rape survivor copes. But 24 hours after the film's debut, Amazon backed off, leaving HBO with one less competitor as it made a $7 million offer and an Emmy campaign pitch for Dern.Likewise, Netflix was one of the finalists for the festival's biggest catch, Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation, making an eight-figure offer and hanging in until the final hours of deal-making. Still, the streaming giant was beaten by upstart Neon and Joe and Anthony Russo's newly launched AGBO's $10 million bid, which guaranteed a wide theatrical release.By the festival's end Jan. 28, neither Amazon nor Netflix had bought a single title, a head-scratching … [Read more...] about Netflix, Amazon Look Past Sundance for Their Own Blockbusters