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Par Sean Thiessen | Publié il y a 8 secondes Notre frère idiot Parfois, vous avez juste besoin d'une bonne comédie dramatique. Si rire et pleurer sur l'air décalé des films indépendants excentriques est votre truc, rendez-vous à Peacock pour diffuser le film de 2011 Our Idiot Brother. Avec Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel et Emily Mortimer, le film est un charmant mélange d'émotions alimenté par les performances irrésistibles de ses stars bien-aimées. L'homme le plus sexy du monde Paul Rudd dirige Our Idiot Brother, une comédie dramatique chaleureuse diffusée désormais sur Peacock. Paul Rudd fait la une du film dans le rôle de Ned, le frère idiot de trois sœurs joué par Banks, Deschanel et Mortimer. Ned commence l'histoire en tant qu'agriculteur biodynamique qui est arrêté pour avoir tenté de vendre de la marijuana à un policier. Il est mis en liberté conditionnelle mais est expulsé de chez lui par sa petite amie, qui a pris un nouvel amant. Ned et son chien, Willie Nelson, vont vivre avec la première sœur de Ned. Sa présence perturbe son mariage dysfonctionnel et après qu'elle considère que Ned a une mauvaise influence sur son fils, elle expulse Ned. Il avance vers la maison de la sœur voisine, réunissant Paul Rudd avec sa co-vedette des modèles de rôle Elizabeth Banks. Là, Ned se mêle des perspectives amoureuses de sa sœur et bousille une opportunité professionnelle d'ampleur. Il est expulsé une nouvelle fois. Notre frère idiot Ned reste finalement avec la dernière sœur, interprétée par Zooey Deschanel. Sa présence là-bas fait exploser une autre relation, laissant la vie de ses trois sœurs en ruine. Ned viole sa libération conditionnelle et se retrouve en prison, où, même après que sa caution ait été payée, il refuse de partir. Les sœurs de Ned réfléchissent à leur vie changée et se rassemblent pour ramener Ned à travers le monde, amenant cette comédie aux larmes aux yeux à une conclusion satisfaisante. Paul Rudd offre une performance stupide et adorable alors qu'il a un impact sur la vie de ses proches. Bien qu'il semble détruire les choses partout où il va, sa présence met ses sœurs sur un chemin compliqué mais nécessaire pour améliorer leur vie. Our Idiot Brother est un film qui, s'il n'est pas parfait, ne manque jamais de réchauffer le cœur. Le personnage maladroit de Paul Rudd prouve que le réussite peut prendre plusieurs formes et que la famille est une force à ne pas sous-estimer. L'histoire du film a été conçue par le duo frère/sœur Jesse et Evgenia Peretz. Evgenia a ensuite écrit le scénario avec son mari, David Schisgall. Jesse Peretz a enrôlé Paul Rudd dans le film et a approché Anthony Bregman, un producteur avec qui il avait déjà collaboré sur le film The Ex. Our Idiot Brother, soutenu par Paul Rudd, a été un réussite surprise, rapportant 25 millions de dollars au box-office. Bregman a confié le projet à Peter Saraf et Marc Turtletaub de Big Beach Films, les producteurs de films comme Little Miss Sunshine, Safety Not Guaranteed et The Farewell. À partir de là, le projet s'est enchaîné à une vitesse incroyable. En quelques mois, le film tournait à New York; moins d'un an après que le scénario soit allé à Big Beach, le film a été assemblé. Our Idiot Brother a été affiché en première au Festival du film de Sundance en janvier 2011 avant sa sortie en salles en août. Contre un budget estimé à 5 millions de dollars, le film dirigé par Paul Rudd a rapporté 25 millions de dollars au box-office. Notre frère idiot Les critiques étaient divisées sur le film; d'une part, les performances ont été célébrées, en particulier celle de Paul Rudd. Cela dit, le scénario du film a été largement décrié pour un rythme inégal qui entravait le potentiel de sa prémisse. Malgré les critiques, le charme général du film et sa distribution ont conquis de nombreux spectateurs. Notre Idiot Brother est venu dans une série de comédies de Paul Rudd représentant un type de film rare à trouver. Il

a poursuivi son travail dans des films à budget principalement moyen comme This is 40 et They Came Together jusqu'en 2015, date à laquelle il est devenu un super-héros. Aujourd'hui, Paul Rudd est surtout connu sous le nom d'Ant-Man dans le MCU, mais il trouve toujours le temps de jouer dans des films à petit budget. Paul Rudd est devenu un nom massif grâce à son rôle dans Marvel en tant qu'Ant-Man et est resté un incontournable du MCU depuis. Il trouve encore du temps pour des petits films et des apparitions à la télévision. Pourtant, le Paul Rudd des huit dernières années a été largement caractérisé par des blockbusters comme Avengers : Endgame, Ghostbusters : Afterlife et Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Mutant Mayhem. Peu d'acteurs ont atteint les sommets de Paul Rudd sans provoquer de controverse ou de scandale, mais Rudd reste un Hollywood A-lister tout à fait sympathique et charmant. Il a eu des ratés dans sa carrière, mais même ses pires films sont regardables avec lui au premier plan. Notre Idiot Brother est un incontournable de Paul Rudd, et ce film unique et édifiant est désormais diffusé sur Peacock.

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"At least you have a past to live up too."

Juliet, Naked (2018)

#juliet naked #jesse peretz #evgenia peretz #jim taylor #tamara jenkins #nick hornby #rose byrne #ethan hawke #jimmy o. yang #chris o'dowd #azhy robertson #ayoola smart #lily newmark #denise gough #nina sosanya

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15billionyears · 6 years

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What I’m watching (2018 Edition) / Our Idiot Brother (2011)

#o idiota do nosso irmão #our idiot brother #Jesse Peretz #Evgenia Peretz #David Schisgall #Elizabeth Banks #Zooey Deschanel #Emily Mortimer #Paul Rudd

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leighlim · 4 years

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Ethan Hawke doing a romantic comedy!? You don’t have to ask me again if I’d like to see at least 10 minutes of it.

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(Hopefully by this point you’ve finished all 97 minutes of 'Juliet, Naked’ , the kind of person who isn’t bothered by spoilers, or are just deciding if you still want to keep watching.)

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And Chris O'Dowd is in it too!!!???

(I know it’s odd that I would pick a highlight that didn’t have to do with the triangle of Duncan, Annie, and Tucker...yet...it stood out as one of the funniest bits.)

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HIGHLIGHT:

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

GINA hurries to catch DUNCAN walking out.

GINA Hi, sorry. Excuse me.

Duncan stops and turns.

GINA I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions about that whole Greek tragedy paradigm thing.

DUNCAN Oh, you know...

He glances at his watch.

DUNCAN ...my office hours are actually on a Monday.

GINA Oh, right. Yes. Sorry. Um, I'm...I'm not actually a student.

She takes another step towards him and lowers her voice.

GINA I, um...I just started teaching. So I've been sitting in on different classes trying to see how the professionals do it.

DUNCAN Oh.

He chuckles. That would be definetely a good 'in'.

DUNCAN Well, welcome.

He extends his hand and takes a step to close the distance between them.

GINA Thank you.

She shakes his hand.

GINA Gina.

DUNCAN Duncan.

GINA Hi. So that Greek tragedy thing...?

DUNCAN Right. Yeah, um...

She glances at the other students exiting the classroom.

DUNCAN I guess my point was that all these characters: they're already bound to their fate.

GINA nods mechanically.

DUNCAN Like Antigone...

GINA Wow.

DUNCAN ...or Medea.

GINA So I have to read 'Antigone' to understand 'The Wire'?

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My verdict of the film: 7/10

Link to the timestamp commentary: TBA

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badgaymovies · 3 years

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Juliet, Naked (2018)

JESSE PERETZ Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5 USA/United Kingdom, 2018. Los Angeles Media Fund, Rocket Science, Bona Fide Productions, Apatow Productions, Turnlet Films, Ingenious Media, Focus Features, Stage 6 Films. Screenplay by Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor, Tamara Jenkins, based on the novel by Nick Hornby. Cinematography by Remi Adefarasin. Produced by Judd Apatow, Albert Berger, Barry Mendel,…

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What I’m Watching 2018 | #001. Juliet, Naked (2018)

Annie Platt: It's weird to be writing this to a complete stranger I'll never meet. If we did meet, would you see what everybody else sees? I may look like a nice, well-adjusted English lady in a sensible cardigan, but these days it's a thin veneer, and it's started to crack.

#What I'm Watching 2018 #Movie #Film #Juliet Naked #2018 #Rose Byrne #Ethan Hawke #Jesse Peretz #Evgenia Peretz #Jim Taylor #Tamara Jenkins #Nick Hornby #Chris O'Dowd #Sundance #Sundance 2018

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UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie used cruel audition method to cast child actors for her Cambodia movie

Angelina Jolie has a new Netflix original movie about Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge genocide, First The Killed My Father, to peddle. So Vanity Fair magazine obliged her with a fawning interview with Evgenia Peretz, which is the cover story for the magazine’s September 2017 issue. Some readers got upset by a section of the interview in which Jolie happily described how she cast the children for her film,…

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#Angelina Jolie #Angelina Jolie Illuminati #Angelina Jolie&039;s Vanity Fair interview #Evgenia Peretz #First The Killed My Father #Srey Moch #Vanity Fair

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themoviejunkieblog · 5 years

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Happy international siblings day film fans❣️ 🍿📽 🎞

In honor of our real-life siblings, I share with you the first 10 movie siblings to come to my mind 😆

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Siblings: Baby Jane Hudson & Blanche Hudson Starring: Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Directed by Robert Aldrich Written by Lukas Heller Based on the novel by Henry Farrell

Hannah and Her Sisters

Siblings: Hannah, Lee & Holly Starring: Mia Farrow, Barbra Hersey & Diane Wiest Written & Directed by: Woody Allen

Star Wars lV: A New Hope

Siblings: Leia & Luke Skywalker Starring: Carrie Fisher & Mark Hamill Written & Directed by George Lucas

Parent Trap

Siblings: Hallie Parker & Annie James Starring: Lindsay Lohan Written by Nancy Meyers, David Swift & Charles Shyer Based on a book by: Erich Kästner Directed by: Nancy Meyers

A Tale of Two Sisters

Siblings: Su-mi & Su-yeon Starring: Im Soo-jung & Moon Geun-young Written & Directed by Kim Jee-woon

Brothers

Siblings: Tommy Cahill & Capt. Sam Cahill Written by David Benioff Based on the film ‘Brødre’ written by Susanne Bier & Anders Thomas Jenson Directed by Jim Sheridan

Our Idiot Brother

Siblings: Ned, Liz, Miranda & Natalie Starring: Paul Rudd, Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks & Zooey Deschanel Written by Jesse Peretz, Evgenia Peretz & David Schisgall Directed by Jesse Peretz

Don Jon

Siblings: Jon & Monica Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Brie Larson Written & Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Siblings: Katniss & Primrose Everdeen Starring: Jennifer Lawrence & Willow Shields Written by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt Directed by Francis Lawrence Based on the book by Suzanne Collins

The Skeleton Twins

Siblings: Maggie & Milo Deen Starring: Kristen Wiig & Bill Hader Directed by Craig Johnson Written by Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman

#InternationalSiblingsDay #TopTen #WhateverHappenedToBabyJane #HannahandHerSisters #StarWars #ANewHope #ParentTrap #ATaleofTwoSisters #Brothers #OurIdiotBrother #DonJon #TheHungerGames #CatchingFire #TheSkeletonTwins #movie #movies #film #films #TheMovieJunkie #MovieJunkie101 #ForTheLoveOfFilm #PeaceLoveAndMovies

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Juliet, Naked (2018)

Directed by: Jesse Peretz // Written by: Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor and Tamara Jenkins (screenplay), (based on the novel by Nick Hornby) // Starring: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd, Lily Brazier, Azhy Robertson

I can’t quite decide whether I went into this with too much good will or too high expectations, although maybe that’s a distinction without a difference. I mean, I’m a fan of Nick Hornby, I like all three lead actors, and the subject matter seemed liked something I might be able to connect with, but ultimately this still managed to feel a bit tepid. A couple of nice moments aside, there’s an air of perfunctory, performative Englishness to it, like it eschewed exploring its own story’s most interesting themes in favour of delivering something a bit more saleable and Richard Curtis. It’s not bad, really, but it kind of falls into a middle ground where it’s not enough of anything - funny, romantic or moving - to be much good either.

#movies 2018

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JULIET, NAKED (2018)

Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Megan Dodds, Jimmy O. Yang, Lily Newmark, Johanna Thea, Lily Brazier, Paul Blackwell, Michael Chapman, Georgina Bevan, Janine Catterall, Karol Steele, Lee Byford, Ko Iwagami, Thomas Gray, Steve Barnett and Tom Patrick Stephens.

Screenplay by Evgenia Peretz and Jim Taylor & Tamara Jenkins.

Directed by Jesse Peretz.

Distributed by Roadside Attractions. 105 minutes. Rated R.

I hate to disappoint anyone who is expecting a pleasantly pervy experience when they see the movie title Juliet, Naked, but there is no woman in this movie named Juliet. There is a character named Julie, but she is only shown in brief flashbacks, and she keeps her clothes on.

Juliet is actually a CD, which was inspired by the aforementioned Julie. It is a cult-favorite alt-rock breakup album from the 90s, written and performed by a mostly-forgotten singer named Tucker Crowe (played… and sung!... by Ethan Hawke).

Juliet was Crowe’s only record (at least as of the opening of the film), a sweeping and emotional breakup platter which was a minor hit at the time of release, but one whose reputation has flourished over the years in certain circles. It has been greatly overlooked by the public at large but has a small-but-rabid fanbase of aging rock critics and music geeks, giving the album a certain hipster cool.

Much of Juliet’s cachet comes from the album’s romantic and mysterious history. Just as the album was being embraced by the alt-rock nation and fans were waiting for a similarly deep and solemn follow-up, Tucker Crowe pitched a fit during a concert, walking offstage and basically disappearing from pop-culture, and even apparently the world at large.

Internet fan sites, chat rooms and bulletin boards stoked the legend of Tucker Crowe and Juliet, discussing reported (but unlikely) sightings of the musician and obsessively arguing over the meanings of the very limited body of work.

Then, over 20 years after Crowe bowed out of the music world, his most obsessive fans were rewarded when his old record label decided to release an album of unadorned original demos of the songs from the album. They were acoustic works in progress, but they stoked the excitement of fans starved for new (or at least different) material from their hero. This new unplugged release is called Juliet, Naked.

So, that explains the title.

I always find it annoying when a movie critic compares a film to two other (usually very contradictory) films. However, though it is a bit of an oversimplification, Juliet, Naked is sort of like a mash-up of Eddie and the Cruisers and Sleepless in Seattle. I mean that as a compliment, by the way.

Now, while Tucker Crowe plays a huge part in this story, he is not the main character here. That is Annie (Rose Byrne), a thirty-something woman who lives in the gorgeous British seaside town of Sandcliff and runs her late father’s museum.

Her long-time live-in boyfriend Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) is a small-time university professor and Tucker Crowe’s biggest fan. Duncan runs Crowe’s biggest internet tribute site and obsessively collects memorabilia, discusses the album and stokes the conspiracy theories about Crowe’s post-Juliet life.

Duncan and Annie had long been drifting apart when Juliet, Naked appeared one day with their mail. They start to fight anew when Annie decides to give the new disk a listen before Duncan finds out about it. They are still sniping at each other when Duncan writes a gushing review of the album on the chat board. Annie anonymously signs on and writes a scathing review, saying that it was maudlin, unfinished, self-absorbed and Crowe must have been desperate for money to let these tapes out.

Soon afterwards, she gets an email telling her that she had nailed it, signed by Tucker Crowe.

Turns out that it was the real singer, who has been watching (but not usually engaging with) the fan board. Through emails, the two become pen pals, though Annie feels guilty about keeping the secret from Duncan. However, Duncan has his own secret, he has become involved in an affair with another professor, but he wants to win Annie back, though she is not so sure she is interested.

Based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy), Juliet, Naked is smart, funny and wise in the ways of relationships… and obsessive fandom. The acting is spot-on, the story is sweet, and the script is legitimately funny. It helps to give hope that the romantic comedy is still an art form that still can work wonders in the movies, even if the genre is in a bit of a dry period. Juliet, Naked is unplugged and rather subtle, but it is a charmer.

Jay S. Jacobs

#Juliet Naked #2018 #Movie Review #Rose Byrne #Ethan Hawke #Jay S. Jacobs

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jackiekennedystyle · 6 years

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Jackie + Miss Porter’s School 

”Throughout its history, Miss Porter’s has tested girls’ personal fortitude in a variety of ways: through academic rigor, strict rules, and rituals designed to produce anxiety and intimidate. Whatever their problems, Miss Porter’s girls were expected to buck up, not to go crying home to Daddy. Think Jackie–charming, poised, cultured, and able to smile through her husband’s many infidelities.” — Evgenia Peretz, “The Code of Miss Porter’s”

#Jackie Kennedy #jacqueline kennedy #First Lady #miss porter's #jackie and #kennedys #40s

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New York Films Head to Park City for Sundance Film Festival

Nineteen films and two pilots that participated in the New York State Film Tax Credit Program will be screened next month at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Since 1985, hundreds of films launched at Sundance—one of the world’s largest film festivals—have gained critical recognition, received commercial distribution and reached global audiences eager for fresh perspectives and new voices. Films that shoot or do post-production work in New York have traditionally been well-represented at Sundance, set for Jan. 18-28 in Park City, Utah. In addition to their Sundance recognition, this year’s crop of New York films also had an impressive economic impact while they were in production and post production, spending an estimated $38 million in New York and creating an estimated 2,448 hires.

New York’s incentive program, designed to strengthen the state’s film production and post-production industries, is one of the main reasons filmmakers choose to film here. Houston King, producer of Hearts Beat Loud, which will premiere at Sundance, offered an example. "From the inception of Hearts Beat Loud, we wanted to highlight one of our favorite NYC neighborhoods - Red Hook, Brooklyn. Without New York State’s incentive we very likely would have been forced to shoot the film in another state and changed the location of our story,” King said. “The incentive was key to giving our investors comfort that shooting in NYC was the right thing for their investment and the film."

The following projects, screening at Sundance, shot in New York State and participated in the New York State Film Production Tax Credit program: Franchesca Director: Kaitlin Fontana; Executive Producers: Topic Studios, Franchesca Ramsey, Kara Welker Cast: Franchesca Ramsey Hearts Beat Loud Director: Brett Haley; Screenwriters: Brett Haley, Marc Basch; Producers: Houston King, Sam Bisbee, Sam Slater Cast: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, Toni Collette I Think We’re Alone Now Director: Reed Morano; Screenwriter: Mike Makowsky; Producers: Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fernando Loureiro, Roberto Vasconcellos, Peter Dinklage, Mike Makowsky Cast: Peter Dinklage, Elle Fanning A Kid Like Jake Director: Silas Howard; Screenwriter: Daniel Pearle; Producers: Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Paul Bernon, Rachel Song Cast: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra, Ann Dowd, Amy Landecker The Kindergarten Teacher Director and screenwriter: Sara Colangelo; Producers: Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Rosa Salazar, Anna Barynishikov, Michael Chernus, Gael Garcia Bernal The Miseducation of Cameron Post Director: Desiree Akhavan; Screenwriters: Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele; Producers: Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare, Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr., Jennifer Ehle Monster Director: Anthony Mandler; Screenwriters: Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, Janece Shaffer; Producers: Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Aaron L. Gilbert, Mike Jackson, Edward Tyler Nahem Cast: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson, Rakim Mayers, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson Nancy Director and screenwriter: Christina Choe; Producers: Amy Lo, Michelle Cameron, Andrea Riseborough Cast: Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Steve Buscemi, Ann Dowd, John Leguizamo Night Comes On Director: Jordana Spiro; Screenwriters: Jordana Spiro, Angelica Nwandu; Producers: Jonathan Montepare, Alvaro R. Valente, Danielle Renfrew Behrens Cast: Dominique Fishback, Tatum Hall, John Earl Jelks, Max Casella, James McDaniel Paint Creator and director: Michael Walker Cast: Joshua Caras, Olivia Luccardi, Paul Cooper, Amy Hargreaves, David Patrick Kelley Piercing Director and screenwriter: Nicolas Pesce; Producers: Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Schuyler Weiss, Jake Wasserman Cast: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa, Marin Ireland, Maria Dizzia, Wendell Pierce Puzzle Director: Marc Turtletaub; Screenwriter: Oren Moverman; Producers: Peter Saraf, Wren Arthur, Guy Stodel Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman, Bubba Weiler, Austin Abrams, Liv Hewson We The Animals Director: Jeremiah Zagar; Screenwriters: Daniel Kitrosser, Jeremiah Zagar; Producers: Jeremy Yaches, Christina D. King, Andrew Goldman, Paul Mezey Cast: Raul Castillo, Sheila Vand, Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Santiago The following films shot outside New York State but came here to do their post-production and take advantage of New York State’s Post-Production Tax Credit program: Beirut Director: Brad Anderson; Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy Cast: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham, Dean Norris Come Sunday Director: Joshua Marston; Screenwriter: Marcus Hinchey; Producers: Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp, Julie Goldstein, James Stern, Lucas Smith, Cindy Kirven Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Condola Rashad, Jason Segel, Lakeith Stanfield, Martin Sheen Dead Pigs Director and screenwriter: Cathy Yan; Producers: Clarissa Zhang, Jane Zheng, Zhangke Jia, Mick Aniceto, Amy Aniceto Cast: Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee, Meng Li, David Rysdahl Juliet, Naked Director: Jesse Peretz; Screenwriters: Tamara Jenkins, Jim Taylor, Phil Alden Robinson, Evgenia Peretz; Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa Cast: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd Lizzie Director: Craig William Macneill; Screenwriter: Bryce Kass; Producers: Naomi Despres, Liz Destro Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare Pass Over Director: Spike Lee; Playwright/Screenwriter: Antoinette Nwandu Cast: Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan, Blake Delong Untitled Debra Granik Project Director: Debra Granik; Screenwriters: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini; Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini Cast: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Korber, Dale Dickey

Wildlife Director: Paul Dano; Screenwriters: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan; Producers: Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker Cast: Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp, Jake Gyllenhaal

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“It wasn’t just high society that embraced [Slim] Aarons—it was anyone who had a taste for la dolce vita. In 1949, when Mob leader Lucky Luciano was banished from Rome and sent back to his hometown of Lercara Friddi, in Sicily, he sent the other photographers on a wild-goose chase and selected Aarons to be the exclusive chronicler of the journey. 'His father came up and they kissed,’ Aarons recalls of the Sicilian homecoming. 'Lucky said, ‘Don’t take a picture of that. People will think I’m a sissy.’ . . . It was a real Italian festival, with cousins, cugini, whatnot. . . . The local boy who made good!” - Evgenia Peretz, Vanity Fair (Photo Credit: Slim Aarons)

#Charles Luciano #Lucky Luciano #1940s #organized crime #crime #mafia #mobster #gangster #*

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Angelina Jolie Debunks Cambodia Storytelling Controversy

Angelina Jolie’s life has always revolved around humanitarianism. Her works in developing countries such as Cambodia is commendable – a country she not only holds citizenship in, but a country where she adopted her son, Maddox Chivan from an orphanage in 2002. Since then, Jolie has returned to Cambodia to begin a film production based on Loung Ung’s memoir, First They Killed My Father. It tells a story from a child’s perspective through her blurred memories and recollections as Ung suffered and survived through the Khmer Rouge. The film depicts a real life event and seeks the convey the emotions and terror of war through a child’s eyes. However, a controversy arose when rumors and allegations circulate how Jolie and the casting crew toyed with children’s psychological and emotional well-beings during the audition process.

How Vanity Fair’s article author Evgenia Peretz wrote about the casting process painted Jolie and the casting directors as “cruel” and “crazy” online. Peretz spoke about how the filmmakers visited Cambodian orphanages, circuses, and slum schools to select children who experienced hardships. The directors proceeded to set up a game to select their lead child actor, which Peretz described as “disturbing in its realism” – where money was placed in front of the child and asked him or her to think of something the child would steal the money for and to snatch it away. Then the director would pretend to catch them in the act of stealing and the child would have to come up with a lie. Only Srey Moch – the girl selected for the lead role – stared at the money the longest. She was overcome by emotions when she was “caught;” she cried because she thought back to her grandfather’s funeral and how “they didn’t have enough money for a nice funeral.”

It wasn’t long until social media platforms started to attack Jolie and the casting directors and dubbing their casting process as “child abuse.” However, I believe the fierce criticisms stemmed from the misinterpretations of online readers, believing that this staged scenario was a real scenario. Jolie cleared up the rumors by saying that there was no real money taken from a child during the audition. She further went on to express her discontent if this had unraveled, but it did not. Instead, this improvisation, which is said will be an exact scenario depicted in the film, was to find out how each auditioned child handles and responds when he or she is caught stealing something. To further deny the allegations, Rithy Panh, a Cambodian filmmaker and producer on this film cleared up the misunderstanding with the following statement:

“We wanted to see how they would improvise when their character is found ‘stealing’ and how they would justify their action. The children were not tricked or entrapped, as some have suggested. They understood very well that this was acting, and make believe. What made Srey Moch, who was chosen for the lead role of Loung Ung, so special was that she said that she would want the money not for herself, but for her grandfather.”

Jolie and the casting team’s intentions have always been to shine light on the horrors the Cambodian men, women, but most importantly the children faced during the war – a Cambodian genocide that resulted in a eradication of two million people by the Khmer Rouge. Despite the false accusations by critics towards Jolie and the casting directors, Srey Moch will play Loung Ung as she attempts to show the world through a child’s view and how she escaped the turmoil of life in the Killing Field.

Albeit, there is always a level of skepticism when a foreigner goes into a country to make a film about an event that so many Cambodians were affected by. Many of you might be asking, “Why Angelina Jolie? Why is she telling the one and only story where neither herself or her parents suffered through?” Jolie is ambitious, but has enough humility to be cognizant of the fact that even though it is not her story, she is helping to tell a story as a team with Ung and Panh. To those unfamiliar with Cambodia and its bleak history, this film serves as an invitation to watch as it premieres on September 18th on Netflix. The visual creativity is guaranteed to invoke tears, laughs, but most importantly, hope.

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Angelina Jolie Disputes Vanity Fair's Depiction of Her "Disturbing" Child Auditions

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Angelina Jolie Disputes Vanity Fair's Depiction of Her "Disturbing" Child Auditions

10:35 AM PDT 7/30/2017 by Arlene Washington

The cover story described a “game” casting directors played with children in Cambodia where they placed money in front of them and then took it away.

Angelina Jolie is disputing Vanity Fair‘s depiction of how children were treated in Cambodia during auditions for her upcoming film adaptation First They Killed My Father. After the magazine published that casting directors were playing a game “rather disturbing in its realism” with potential child actors, Jolie responded saying that the story did not clearly describe what was a “pretend exercise in an improvisation.”

Vanity Fair contributing editor Evgenia Peretz wrote that casting directors played a game where they placed money in front of children and asked them to think of something they needed it for, and then “snatched it away” from them. When one girl (Srey Moch, who was chosen for a role in the film) was forced to give the money back, Jolie teared up while saying that the girl later expressed that she would have used the money to have a nice funeral for her grandfather.

Jolie and her crew reportedly looked at “orphanages, circuses, and slum schools, specifically seeking children who had experienced hardship.” Peretz also wrote that the director would pretend to catch a child, and the child would have to think of a lie.

In a statement to The Huffington Post, Jolie said that all necessary precautions were taken to make sure children were taken care of on set.

“Every measure was taken to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of the children on the film starting from the auditions through production to the present,” said Jolie. “Parents, guardians, partner NGOs whose job it is to care for children, and medical doctors were always on hand everyday, to ensure everyone had all they needed. And above all to make sure that no one was in any way hurt by participating in the recreation of such a painful part of their country’s history.”

Jolie added that she was “upset” at Vanity Fair‘s description of her audition exercises and expressed that real money was not taken from children during the auditions.

“I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario,” said Jolie. “The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened. The point of this film is to bring attention to the horrors children face in war, and to help fight to protect them.”

First They Killed My Father is Loung Ung’s 2000 memoir of the Khmer Rouge genocide. The Netflix original film was shot in Cambodia, and Jolie’s son Maddox was one of her children who had an active role on set.

Read the full statement from Jolie to Huffington Post below:

Every measure was taken to ensure the safety, comfort and well-being of the children on the film starting from the auditions through production to the present. Parents, guardians, partner NGOs whose job it is to care for children, and medical doctors were always on hand everyday, to ensure everyone had all they needed. And above all to make sure that no one was in any way hurt by participating in the recreation of such a painful part of their country’s history.

I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario. The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened.

The point of this film is to bring attention to the horrors children face in war, and to help fight to protect them.

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