[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Academy Awards documentary branch has announced their shortlist for documentary contenders for this years award. The list of 15 includes some of this years most raved about and publicized...
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sadly, we missed the play dates for Agnès Varda’s latest movie, The Beaches of Agnès, when the film came to town this summer. The French director made her first feature in the early ’50s, and at the ripe old age of 81 still manages to produce films that stand up to cult classics like [...]
Film Junk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Although documentaries have gained a fair bit of mainstream acceptance over the past decade, the average moviegoer is still highly unlikely to know or care about most of the films that are being released in the realm of non-fiction. And considering the kinds of docs typically recognized by the Academy Awards, it's easy to see why people might be turned off from the genre. Year after year, they seem...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Specifically, five of them. The preliminary fifteen documentaries that will be cut down to the five that will be Academy Award nominees have been announced. So, uh, here they are: -"The Beaches of...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their list of the final group of 15 films that will contend for the Best Documentary Feature award this week, and with said announcement comes a twinge of bittersweetness.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
However, hard-hitting eco-film The Cove and Agnès Varda's acclaimed The Beaches of Agnès are included in Academy's 15-strong longlist for best documentary Oscar Michael Moore has touted it as his boldest, most ambitious movie to date. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, however, appears to disagree. Previously seen as a frontrunner for next year's documentary Oscar, Capitalism:...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: * The Beaches of Agnes , Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Today the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 15 movies that made the shortlist for this year's Best Documentary Feature award. And they are... (drumroll)... The Beaches Of Agnes , Agnès Varda Burma VJ , Anders Østergaard The Cove , Louie Psihoyos Every Little Step , James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo Facing Ali , Pete McCormack Food, Inc. , Robert Kenner Garbage...
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: “The Beaches of Agnes,”...
SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Agnes Varda and Chris Marker, the cat. Forgot to mention how much I enjoyed THE BEACHES OF AGNES, an autobiographical essay-film by Agnes Varda. An 18 Certificate warned us of “strong sexual imagery,” which turned out to be one shot of man with an erect penis. I almost asked for my money back, then remembered that [...]
eugonline (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Introducing Agnes Varda’s “Cleo from 5 to 7” at BAM last night, film critic Dana Stevens spoke of Varda characters who are often roaming and thinking, or thinking about roaming. In the this film the setting is France in the 60s. 1962 to be precise, the year that the New York Film Critics is currently celebrating in a special series. “Cleo” plays out in real time, starting...
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The 2010 Cinema Eye Honors Nominees have been named and I am very very happy to report that The Cove has received a record-tying 7 nominations! It got nominations in the Production, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Debut Feature and the top prize, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking categories. Also exciting is the fact that Food, Inc joins The Cove in the Outstanding...
The IFC Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
"The Cove," Louie Psihoyos' much-lauded documentary about Japanese dolphin hunting, is the big fish (heh) amongst this year's nominees for the Cinema Eye Honors, the awards dedicated to excellence in non-fiction filmmaking. "The Cove" was nominated in seven categories, including feature of the year, in which it will compete with Anders Ostergaard's "Burma VJ," Robert Kenner's...
Creative Voyage blogs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I saw this fantastic documentary by Agnes Varda last week. Its a documentary about her life and as she was involved with photography, French New Wave Cinema and had the knack of being at all the crucial parts of history its a wonderful lively personal history. I came away hoping that I will have as rich a life as Agnes (she is 80) and have adopted her as my style icon. The trailer is here . Do go...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
This week I caught up with Anges Varda's The Beaches of Agnes (2 screens), which -- if nothing else -- is a strong contender for the year's best documentary. Of course, it helps if you know who Agnes Varda is, or at least have a passing interest in her work. She was associated with the French New Wave, and made her movie directing debut, La pointe-courte (1954), years before Francois Truffaut or Jean-Luc...
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