It’s not just the tunes, it’s Marley’s subtle charisma that sells this film. His impact on the world was bigger than music alone and in this film we see a clear reflection of the good and bad sides.
In true style this mindf*ck of a doc explores all the conspiracy theories behind Kubrick’s The Shining– the director, as we all know of course, behind the footage of the moon landing…
In Chile‘s Atacama Desert astronomers search the desert sky for the meaning of the universe. But while they look up others look down. Every day a group of determined women sift through these same sands trying to find what is left of their loved ones, the men killed, burned and dumped right there by Pinochet‘s regime.
Close contenders:
Yeah, sorry about this, but as we said, we thought we’d smuggle in a couple more not-to-miss names…
Director Alison Klayman followed the controversial Chinese artist and together with her subject created a fantastic film that says nothing less than “F*ck you China”.
Climate change without Greenpeace and other lentil-eaters. Instead, Jon Shenk‘s doc profiles the now ousted President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man with balls of steel who confronts a problem greater than any other world leader ever has.
If you ever get a daughter who dares say the phrase “I want to be a model,” this is the film to stick on. It details how the brutal modelling industry grooms vulnerable young Russian girls to work in Japan. Don’t expect sexy poses and pouting lips but think more in the lines of depression and exploitation.
An unstoppable volunteer coach with a no-nonsense attitude is in charge of one of the most unruly sets of high school football players ever. The team has one chance to transform their luck, and with it their future, but will they take it? Aside from personal struggles, victories and losses, this Oscar-winner shows what happens to youth when there are no jobs or future prospects in sight and could easily have been set in Tottenham instead of Memphis.
As The Wire’s David Simon says in the film: “The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion,” and after seeing this film you can’t deny this fact. Is the war on drugs really working? No. So why are we continuing with it?
Yet the craze and adulation for this humble Conductor from Karnataka is unparalleled.
He may not be good Actor ,not even good-looking with very dark complexion and small eyes.
yet the Man looms large over the others.
An actor who has fan following in Jan,which none else has to the extent of what Rajini has, is a marvel.
But what makes the Man tick?
Is it his love of acting,humility or his clever choice of subjects for his Films or his very uncommon trait of understanding his weakness?
I believe it is a combination of all these.
Yet his humility and the trait of not forgetting his roots and the path he traveled makes him connect to people.
Kamal Hassan whom I happened to know in his younger days(moot point whether he will remember people) is an actor of some substance and has mass following.
After a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films, he gradually rose to become an established film actor. Within a few years, he was acclaimed as the superstarof Tamil cinema and continues to hold a matinee idol status in the popular culture of India.[4] His mannerisms and stylised delivery of dialogue in films contribute to his mass popularity and appeal.[4] After being paid 26 crore (US$5.9 million) for his role in Sivaji(2007), he became the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.[5][6] He was one of the most influential actors in the film industry due to his overwhelming back-driven influence onpolitics in Tamil Nadu.[4][7][8]
In this image from ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Navy SEALs fight through a dust storm in the quest for bin Laden.
(Photo: Jonathan Olley)
It’s already the year’s most controversial movie, though almost no one knows anything about it.
Zero Dark Thirty, a chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, began generating partisan critiques before even a frame of film was shot. Now director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are finally opening up — though they remain extremely guarded — in their first interviews about the project.
Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive preview of the film’s teaser trailer, as well as five images from the movie, out Dec. 19. Check them out below:
Zero Dark Thirty will be an unusual film in that the climax of the story is already widely known and it’s the set-up that remains mysterious. Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011 by the U.S. Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six, but what remains largely unknown is the true backstory behind the raid, and how intelligence agencies and the military connected the dots that eventually brought them to that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
“I’m fascinated by people who dedicate themselves to really difficult and dangerous things for the greater good,” Boal said in a phone interview. “I think they’re heroic and I’m intrigued by them. I’m fascinated by the world they inhabit. I personally want to know how they caught bin Laden. All I can do is hope that it interests other people.”
The trailer is highly stylized, emphasizing the secrecy of the story with its use of the kind of bars used to black out information on redacted classified documents. In an email interview, Bigelow explains the significance of the title: “It’s a military term for 30 minutes after midnight, and it refers also to the darkness and secrecy that cloaked the entire decade long mission.”
The teaser also suggests a grittier, more deadly, boots-on-the-ground pursuit of information, rather than a drama about decisions made at the top in Washington.’
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