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November 25, 2008
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn pair up for this Christmas comedy about a couple who has to visit four different sets of parents as a result of divorce. Seth Gordon, director of the highly praised documentary THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, makes a move into narrative territory with this holiday film.
November 19, 2008
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, master French director Laurent Cantet’s THE CLASS is an absorbing journey into a multicultural high school in Paris over the course of a school year. François Begaudeau–an actual teacher and the author upon whose work the film was based–is utterly convincing as François, an openminded teacher in charge of a classroom of youngsters from a wide variety of backgrounds. Of course, the mere fact that he’s older and in a position of authority causes his students to challenge him on many occasions. François is stuck in the middle. In the teacher conferences, he butts heads with the harsher adults who don’t appear to have any sympathy for their students. In class, his attempts to be lenient and understanding are somehow misinterpreted and he finds himself arguing with the kids that he so clearly wants to help. As the school year progresses, tensions rise, until François finds himself in a position he never imagined he’d be in.<br><br>Unlike his more formally written early films like HUMAN RESOURCES and TIME OUT, Cantet proves that he has an ability to work in a more improvisational manner. Shooting on HD and working with a cast of young non-actors, he allows THE CLASS to breathe, resulting in a fictional drama that has the spirit and energy of a documentary. His startlingly assured ensemble brings the new, culturally diverse France of the early 21st century to striking life.
November 19, 2008
In making a documentary about how the nation votes, actress Kirsten Dunst and filmmaker Jacob Soboroff were drawn to North Dakota, the only state without voter registration.
November 19, 2008
I once played an integral part in the forward progress of the documentary My Date with Drew, Brian Herzlinger’s pursuit of actress Drew Barrymore, as my early coverage on Yahoo! Movies was brought to her attention and helped thereby legitimize the then-unknown filmmaker as something more than a would-be stalker. So perhaps I can now be of some assistance to Canadian hopeful David Regnier.
August 20, 2008
Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival.
August 20, 2008
I gotta say, the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) really knows how to make a documentary. From their sweeping exploration of ‘Planet Earth,’ to their intimate visit to the ‘Galapagos’ Islands, to…
August 20, 2008
As pundits and everyday Americans alike debate whether the U.S. is in a recession in 2008, this documentary arrives on screen at a time when the country is especially focused on finances. WORDPLAY’s Patrick Creadon is the director for I.O.U.S.A., a film that not only chronicles America’s financial problems but also proposes solutions for fixing them.
August 6, 2008
A new documentary made by a pro-Tibet group on what Tibetans think of the Olympics premiered in Beijing Wednesday under a veil of secrecy.
August 6, 2008
Sidetrack Films has signed Nike Sportswear to back the upcoming release of Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard’s “Beautiful Losers,” the documentary that debuted earlier this year at the SXSW Film Festival. While the filmmakers and Sidetrack entertained traditional offers from distributors after the film’s Austin premiere, they decided instead to release the film on their own with the support of Nike. The shoe and apparel company will fund a five market launch for the film, including prints…
August 6, 2008
Behind the spiffy title An Inconvenient Tax lies a documentary about how the United States might better serve its taxpaying constituents.