Monday, January 5, 2009

Documentary film 'Of Time and the City'

The Of Time and the City is a documentary film directed by Terence Davies.


The film has Davies recalling his life growing up in Liverpool in the 1950s and 1960s, using newsreel and documentary footage supplemented by his own commentary voiceover and contemporaneous and classical music soundtracks.


The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival where it received rave reviews. Time Out said "The one truly great movie to emerge so far (from Cannes)..... this film is as personal, as universal in its relevance, and as gloriously cinematic as anything he has done" and The Guardian called it "a British masterpiece, a brilliant assemblage of images that illuminate our past. Not only does it tug the heart-strings but it's also savagely funny." Duane Byrge from The Hollywood Reporter lauded the film as "poetically composed" and a "masterwork".
Grain Barge - Bernard Fallon
Lighten their Darkness
Liverpool Port Authority
Of Time and the City EXT WS
Reconstructing Liverpool
Shawlle - Bernard Fallon
Sol Terence Roy Philharmonic Auditorium
Sol Terence Roy Philharmonic Bar
St George's Hall TD directs
TD in his old parish Sacred Heart
Tenements
Terence Davies Alma de Cuba
Ternece Davies by Sol Papadopoulos
The Long Walk - Bernard Fallon
Venkateshwarlu Bulemoni

Thursday, January 1, 2009

South Korean film ‘Shadows in the Palace’

South Korean acton adventure film ‘Shadows in the Palace’ is directed by Kim Mee-jeung. This is Kim Mee-jeung's first feature film, but she has previously worked as part of the directing staff in The King and the Clown (2005) and Shadows in the Palace was filmed on the same set as the The King and the Clown. The movie is a fictionalized account of court maids during South Korea's Joseon era.
Brief Story
A maid-in-waiting hangs herself within the palace walls. However, while performing the autopsy, imperial medic Chun-ryung suspects murder and starts an investigation. With a taste for justice and full of wisdom, Chun-ryung bravely uncovers the deceptions. But she is soon confronted with a hidden past kept secret by those with far more power than she could ever imagine.
Lead Cast
Park Jin-hie
Seo Yeong-hie
Lim Jeong-eun
Jeon Hye-jin
Yun Se-ah
Kim Sung-ryeong
Kim Nam-jin





‘Shadows in the Palace’ Official Trailer
Venkateshwarlu Bulemoni

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

‘Hotel for Dogs’ (2009) comic film

Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 feature film adaptation of the Lois Duncan novel of the same name about two orphans who take in stray dogs at an empty house. The film, which began shooting in November 2007, is directed by Thor Freudenthal and stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kyla Pratt, and Don Cheadle.
Story
In this family film, Emma Roberts leads a star-filled cast that includes Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, and Don Cheadle. A pair of orphaned siblings (Roberts and Jake T. Austin) are forced to give up their beloved dog when they move into a foster home. But since they can't stand to live without him, they turn a closed hotel into a home for their dog--and any other strays they can find. Hotel for Dogs is based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
Lead Cast
Emma Roberts as Andi
Jake T. Austin as Bruce
Lisa Kudrow as Lisa Scudder
Don Cheadle as Bernie
Troy Gentile as Mark
Kyla Pratt as Heather
Johnny Simmons as Dave
Kenny Vibert as Jason
Kevin Dillon as Carl Scudder
Yvette Nicole Brown as Mrs. Camwell




Sunday, December 7, 2008

Another Hollywood love story ‘Revolutionary Road’

Revolutionary Road is a love story based drama film directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay by Justin Haythe is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 26, 2008.
This is the first movie since Titanic that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have starred in together. It also includes their Titanic costar Kathy Bates.
Revolutionary Road: Plot Line
The story of a young couple trying to find fulfillment in an age of conformity. Trapped in a world of encoded convention, they dream without faith, as lies and self-deceptions build to explosive consequences.
Brief Story
Set in 1955, the plot focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, self-assured Connecticut suburbanites who see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the Revolutionary Hill Estates.
April is an aspiring actress who yearns to move to Paris, while Frank copes with toiling away at a corporate job he despises by drinking too heavily and engaging in an affair with a co-worker.
The couple's marriage slowly dissolves into an endless cycle of bitter arguments and jealous recriminations.
cast
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler
Kate Winslet as April Wheeler
Kathy Bates as Helen Givings
Kathryn Hahn as Milly Campbell
David Harbour as Shep Campbell
Michael Shannon as John Givings
Richard Easton as Howard Givings
Zoe Kazan as Maureen Grube
Jay O. Sanders as Bart Pollock
Awards & nominations
2008: Satellite Awards
Nominated: Best Film: Drama
Nominated: Best Actor, Drama - Leonardo DiCaprio
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Michael Shannon
Nominated: Best Screenplay, Adapted - Justin Haythe
Nominated: Best Art Direction and Production Design
‘Revolutionary Road’ Official Trailer
Srivenkat

Tuesday, December 2, 2008