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Science Fair is one of those documentaries where a “making of” feature might be as interesting as the actual film. That’s not to cast aspersions on the movie, which paints a lively portrait of several participants in the 2017 (ISEF Inter...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-09-28
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Documentary
Director: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster
Cast: Jack Andraka, Anjali Chadha, Ryan Folz, ...
It's so easy -- too easy, in fact -- for a war movie to turn into a celebration of blood, death, and mayhem. Exploitation of wars and their dehumanizing affects has become a staple of American action films (First Blood, Missing in Action). Occasi...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: WAR
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Dominique Horwitz, Jochen Nickel, ...
"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" - that's a good motto for narrative film makers to follow. While it's always nice to re-create history, sometimes a better story results from some improvisation. However, there are certain lines ...
This summer, there has been considerable talk about an Oscar nomination, or even a victory, for Heath Ledger. Such discussion, while premature (the main "Oscar bait" films have not yet been released), is understandable. Ledger's interpretation of ...
Sometimes, I just don't understand movie distributors. And none is more difficult to fathom than Miramax, which occasionally buys the rights to a film, then allows it to rot away on a shelf. For example, take Hero. In order for that film to see ...
When it was released in 1961, Viridiana was seen as shocking by some, blasphemous by others, and even deemed controversial by those accustomed to European filmmakers coloring outside the lines. Today, the “edgy” and “envelope-pushing” ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, ...
Often, one of the most overlooked elements of a film is its cinematography. Paradoxically, it is also the most important, whether specifically noticed or not. Movies are a visual medium where the pictures shoulder the lion's share of the bu...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-04-23
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: DOCUMENTARY
Director: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, and Stuart Samuels
Cast: n/a
Of all the great foreign film directors to obtain U.S. releases for their movies, Akira Kurosawa can arguably boast the highest number of viewers. One of the reasons for this is that Kurosawa was heavily influenced by Hollywood - as can be seen in...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu, ...