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22 Films About Rebellion, Protests & Civil Unrest

June 4, 2020 1:43 pm

America is not okay. Maybe America has never been okay. Maybe certain members of our society are just now starting to realize this fact. In any case, the Band-Aid of civility has been ripped from our flesh,...

Sit Back With The Art Of The Long Take

Julia Teti

August 21, 2017 4:49 pm

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The camera work of any film literally brings audiences into the action of a story. However, a risk for any cinematographer is the long take, a form in cinema that immerses the audience but runs the risk of bein...

‘Hunger’ Co-Scribe Enda Walsh To Write Film On Nazi Extermination Camp Commander

Simon Dang

February 15, 2010 4:32 pm

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"Hunger" co-scribe and renowned playwright Enda Walsh is reportedly set to write a screenplay based on the life of Nazi extermination camp commander Franz Stangl according to the Australian press.Stangl was a s...

‘Hunger’ Director Steve McQueen To Write And Direct Fela Kuti Biopic

Oliver Lyttelton

December 8, 2009 9:51 am

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You know what gets us through the endless remake, sequel and superhero news? Stories like this. As we reported at the start of the year, Focus Features have picked up the rights to Michael Veal's book "Fela: Th...

‘Hunger,’ ‘Revanche,’ Classic Max Ophüls’ Film & More Coming To Criterion In February

Rodrigo Perez

November 13, 2009 8:44 pm

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Today Criterion announced their February slate and any disappointment we might still be suffering over a couple of lackluster months this winter have all but dissipated. Between this and their January titles (w...

Box Office Options March 20th-22nd; ‘I Love You, Man,’ ‘Duplicity,’ ‘Hunger,’ & ‘Sin Nombre’

Seth Valentine

March 20, 2009 1:20 pm

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Well, "Watchmen" fell off pretty sharply last weekend and lost to the Rock's latest vehicle, "Race to Witch Mountain." With three major releases this weekend--and quite a few films in limited release--it shou...

Steve McQueen’s ‘Hunger’ Is A Disturbing Look At Human Suffering

Rodrigo Perez

March 19, 2009 3:27 pm

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This review originally ran during the New York Film Festival in 2008. "Hunger" comes out in limited release this Friday on March 20 and has a strong 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. We highly recommend it.Impress...

The Harrowing ‘Hunger’ Gets A Stark Poster; Hits March 20 In Limited Release

Rodrigo Perez

March 1, 2009 4:55 am

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The poster for artist turned filmmaker, Steve McQueen's "Hunger" (no, not that Steve McQueen) is a good excuse to discuss the film that's coming out next month.We wrote in the fall, "Impressionistic, lyrical an...

No Shocker: ‘Slumdog’ Cleans Up At BAFTAs; Snaps Up 7 Awards; Mickey Rourke Takes Best Actor

Rodrigo Perez

February 9, 2009 4:14 am

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England just announced the winners for their version of the Academy Awards, the BAFTAS, and surprise, surprise, "Slumdog Millionaire" was once again the film that couldn't be beat! In fact, it would've swept t...

Box-Office Choices For Weekend Of December 5, ‘Frost/Nixon,’ ‘Cadillac Records’ And Not Much Else

Rodrigo Perez

December 5, 2008 10:24 pm

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It's a slow box-office weekend and presumably one of last week's winners like "Four Christmases" or "Bolt" will reign supreme. Even "Twilght" should probably do better than this week's two big openers, "Cadilla...

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