Film Fresh - War

Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)

maint — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:10:28 +0000

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It is Christmas Eve on the Western Front in 1914. Without authorization from their superiors, French, German and British soldiers put down their arms and share the holiday together in No Man's Land. Based on a true incident.

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Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Foreign Language Film, 2006 Academy Awards

Best Foreign Language Film, 2006 Golden Globes/i>

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-060310-movies-review-noel,0,572480...

Review quote:

"Carion has given it exactly the qualities that often appeal most strongly to moviemakers and humanists: social breadth, warmth, humor, sympathetic characters and a passionate sense of justice." -- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Year:

2005

Length:

116min

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Max

maint — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:23:32 +0000

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A promising young artist, Max Rothman (Cusack) lost his arm in the Great War and with it his ability to paint. Upon his return, he opens what quickly becomes an acclaimed art gallery catering to modernism. There he runs into another war veteran and struggling artist named Adolf Hitler. Max encourages Adolf to develop his talent and channel his raw beliefs into his art. Penniless and without family or friends, the lure of politics soon wins Adolf's interest over art, setting into motion the most cataclysmic period in the 20th Century.

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Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Grand Jury Prize, 2002 AFI Fest

Awards – Won:

Best Achievement in Sound Editing, Best Achievement in Overall Sound, 2003 Genie Awards

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9904E1DA113CF934A15751C1A9649C8B63&pa...

Review quote:

"The film has extravagantly stylized visual imagination." -- NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2002

Length:

108min

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Ace In The Hole

maint — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:46 +0000

$29.99

One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Academy Award-winner Billy Wilder's ACE IN THE HOLE is legendary for both its cutting social critique and its status as a hard-to-find cult classic. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime-and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. Wilder's follow-up to SUNSET BOULEVARD is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expose that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.

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Film details

Format:

Full screen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, 1952 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

International Award, 1951 Venice Film Festival

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=953

Review quote:

"More than 50 years after the film's release& ACE IN THE HOLE feels more relevant than ever." -- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE

Year:

1951

Length:

111min

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Brother Sun, Sister Moon

maint — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:53:34 +0000

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Director Franco Zeffirelli's BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON focuses on the early years of Francis of Assisi, who sought communion with the natural world by renouncing his own destiny unencumbered by material possessions. Francis was, in a sense, history's first "drop-out": he left a life of comfort to seek a spiritual union with the world. BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON is an uncommonly rewarding and meaningful film experience. This Academy Award nominated film was also co-scripted by Zeffirelli (ROMEO AND JULIET, JANE EYRE) and Lina Wertmuller (SEVEN BEAUTIES, SWEPT AWAY).

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Awards – Nominated:

Best Art Direction: Set Decoration, 1974 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Director, 1972 David di Donatello Awards

OCIC Award, 1973 San Sebastian International Film Festival

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789576.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Review quote:

"A delicate, handsome quasi-fictional biography. Zeffirelli has utilized a style of simple elegance, befitting both the period and the subject." -- VARIETY

Year:

1973

Length:

121min

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David & Layla

maint — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:51:14 +0000

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Sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York. David, a TV host of "Sex & Happiness", becomes smitten with the voluptuous Layla -- a mysterious, sensual dancer. Layla turns out to be a Muslim refugee. Teased by specious tips from his ironic French cameraman, David madly pursues Layla. This sets off a veiling and unveiling of the similarities -- and contrasts -- of their ancient cultures. David's lust grows into love as he discovers in stunning Layla, a sensitive, intelligent, war survivor with an ancient rich culture that echoes his own culture. But their families are dead set against this unlikely romance. Faced with deportation, Layla must choose: Muslim American Dr. Ahmad or Jewish American David? Will David and Layla follow their hearts to blast through centuries of religious animosity?

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

Audience Award - Best Feature Film, 2007 Mons International Festival of Love Films

World Cinema Award - Outstanding Feature Film, 2006 Washington DC Independent Film Festival

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930971.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

Review quote:

"An earnest, frequently funny comedy about stateless persons and the looming cliches that make Muslims and Jews so wary of each other." -- Lisa Nesselson, VARIETY

Year:

2005

Length:

107min

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Catch-22

maint — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:02:13 +0000

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Mike Nichols superbly directed this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller's scathing black comedy about a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. CATCH-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions.

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Widescreen

Teaser:

Mike Nichols superbly directed this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller's scathing black comedy about a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944.

Awards – Nominated:

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium, 1971 WGA Awards

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=EE05E7DF1738E760BC4D51DFB066838B...

Review quote:

"CATCH-22 is, quite simply, the best American film I've seen this year." -- Vincent Canby, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

1970

Length:

121min

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The Lucky Ones

maint — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:59:32 +0000

$13.99

Rachel McAdams (THE NOTEBOOK), Tim Robbins (MYSTIC RIVER) and Michael Peña (WORLD TRADE CENTER) star in this lighthearted yet moving drama that Joe Neumaier of the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS proclaims "Terrific! A sharply observed, smart road movie." After suffering an injury in Iraq, Sgt. T.K. Poole (Peña) is granted a one-month leave. When a sudden blackout forces all flights out of New York to be canceled, Sgt. Fred Cheaver (Robbins) agrees to share a ride with T.K. and Pvt. Colee Dunn (McAdams), two fellow soldiers he's met on the flight back. What begins as a short visit home turns into a poignant journey of self-discovery in this gripping film that Lee Grant of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE calls "a winner"!

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Widescreen

http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/movies/26luck.html

Review quote:

"The lead actors work so well together, adding depth and levels of vulnerability." -- Laura Kern, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2008

Length:

115min

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12

maint — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:30 +0000

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When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather, it's up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boy's ultimate fate. One by one, each man takes center stage to confront, connect and confess while the accused awaits a verdict. Slowly the tide of opinion turns, as the jurors begin to realize their decision will forever change the course of another person's life. As they deliberate, the accused revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in a series of powerful flashbacks. Director Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar-nominated remake of 12 ANGRY MEN is a brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human nature.

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Trailer:

MIKH01.mp4

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Widescreen

Teaser:

When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather, it's up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boy's ultimate fate.

Awards – Nominated:

Best Foreign Language Film, 2008 Academy Awards

Golden Lion, 2007 Venice Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Actor (Garmash), 2008 Nika Awards

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/steven_rea/20090410_Reworking_of__12_A...

Review quote:

"Full of passion and speechifying, 12 is unmistakably Russian in spirit and sensibility, but its themes are universal at their core." -- Steven Rea, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Year:

2007

Length:

159min

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The Sky Crawlers

maint — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:53:09 +0000

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From Mamoru Oshii, the world-acclaimed director of GHOST IN THE SHELL, comes an award-winning story of an exciting but endless war with heroes too young to understand the reality of their battles. A group of eternally young fighter pilots known as Kildren experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds. With his only childhood memory consisting of intense flight training, the fearless teenage pilot Yuichi's dogfights coexist with his struggle to find his missing past. When his beautiful, young female commander Suito is reluctant to discuss the fate of the pilot that Yuichi is replacing -- or the strangely perfect condition of that pilot's former aircraft -- Yuichi's curiosity becomes heightened.

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Trailer:

OSHI03.mp4

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Animation Film, 2009 Awards of the Japanese Academy

Awards – Won:

Best Animation Film, 2009 Mainichi Film Concours

Best Film, 2008 Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival

http://www.akibanana.com/?q=node/1096

Review quote:

"While the approach is subtle and restrained, this 'soft power' is perhaps even more effective." -- AKIBANANA

Year:

2008

Length:

122min

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The Fog of War

maint — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:57:20 +0000

$11.99

Former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now -- for the first time ever -- he sits down one on one with award-winning director Errol Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE) to offer a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. As leader of the world's most powerful military force during this nation's most volatile period in recent years, McNamara offers new and often surprising insights into the bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War. Featuring newly released Oval Office recorded conversations with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, THE FOG OF WAR received critical acclaim for its up-close and personal insider perspective. See the film that Roger Ebert (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) hailed as "a masterpiece!"

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Film details

Trailer:

MOR203.mp4

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, 2004 DGA Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Documentary, Features, 2004 Academy Awards

Best Documentary, 2004 Independent Spirit Awards

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117920851.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Review quote:

"[THE FOG OF WAR] has lots to say and will provoke considerable comment not only among critics but also among columnists and historians on the ever-relevant subject of war." -- Todd McCarthy; VARIETY

Year:

2003

Length:

107min

Price: $11.99

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