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In My Backyard
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"I wrote this email to a friend, about Frozen River, filmed in my backyard ... "I finally watched it. Wow. This is a really great film!I can understand why some local Native Americans don't like it. The depiction of reservation life is not flattering. This is especially true, I think, if the Native Americans who were at the screening really buy into or want to believe that reservation society is really quite noble. The movie depicts aspects of official reservation power structure as being fairly corrupt ... the bingo parlors, and the fact that they condone families stealing babies from disfavored family members. The smugglers are the closest things to good guys, yet they are the bad guys of the reservation ... or at least they are looked down upon.Then there's the fact that the white woman who upped the ante on the smuggling ... arguably getting the native woman in worse trouble ... ended up a selfless hero. That's gotta be a bit irritating to Native sensibilities.On the ot her si ... "
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"Frozen River (2008) is such a good movie because of Courtney Hunt, its writer and director. Although Courtney was born and raised in Tennessee, she can relate to the characters of up-state New York. She was raised by a single-mom from age 3 on, and this no doubt gives her empathy with the two main characters and moms in Frozen River. The principal, Ray (Melissa Leo), is a poverty-stricken mom of two boys, whose husband runs off with the money to go gambling. Through a circuitous route, Ray teams up with a young Mohawk single mom, Lila (Misty Upham), to smuggle illegal immigrants across the Canada-US border, the frozen St. Lawrence River.
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Armond White Gets METROPOLITAN, ...
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"In honor of the 75th anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle, this year’s New Directors/New Films festival will devote a week of matinees to previous NYFCC Best Director winners, selected and presented by current members of the critics group. The can’t-miss of the lineup looks to be the infamously contrarian Armond White’s presentation of Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, which takes place on April 1. The other critics are David Fear, Marshall Fine, Lisa Schwarzbaum and Peter Travers; the other films are Half Nelson, Big Night, Frozen River and In the Company of Men. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
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"The nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and they likely have upset a large number of people in the comic book geek community. Yes, the most obvious snubs have to do with The Dark Knight, which failed to garner nods for Best Picture, Best Director or even Best Screenplay — yes, obviously Heath Ledger was at least nominated. And at least the comic book adaptation did get a few craft awards, including Best Cinematography. Could we blame the Academy’s usual penchant for Holocaust movies? Perhaps, since The Reader was a surprise nominee for Best Picture and Best Director. What else was overlooked and what else was shockingly present? My immediate thoughts after the jump: Kate Winslet will not be able to achieve the same kind of double-duty win she ac "
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"In honor of the 75th anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle, this year’s New Directors/New Films festival will devote a week of matinees to previous NYFCC Best Director winners, selected and presented by current members of the critics group. The can’t-miss of the lineup looks to be the infamously contrarian Armond White’s presentation of Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, which takes place on April 1. The other critics are David Fear, Marshall Fine, Lisa Schwarzbaum and Peter Travers; the other films are Half Nelson, Big Night, Frozen River and In the Company of Men. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth "
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Oscar Predictions: Surprises
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"Two more days until we find out who wins this year’s Academy Awards! Okay, so the exclamation point is more than forced. It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had even an ounce of excitement about the Oscars. But we mustn’t let predictability get us down. Sure, even the still-uncertain races (Penn vs. Rourke; Winslet vs. Streep; Man on Wire vs. Trouble the Water) are anything but interesting, because the everyman of 2009 couldn’t care less about who gave the year’s better performance and would probably be fine shrugging his shoulders at the TV screen in the event of a tie (or, better yet, irresolution). However, there’s one thing people keep forgetting about the Academy: they’re full of surprises. So, rather than just go with the easy, “predictable” predictions, we attempted to guess who and what will Crash the Oscars this year with a surprise victory — preferably the kind that adds an “ing” to “upset.” And once again, we’d like to e "
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"In The Guitar, ex-Mike Figgis muse Saffron Burrows plays a terminally ill, freshly laid-off woman who holes up in a downtown loft near the Hudson and doggedly pursues one last series of good times, as represented by the shiny red guitar which informs the title, and sex with Isaach de Bankole and Paz de la Huerta. Not bad as far as final flings go. After making its debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, with stops at Mill Valley and the Hamptons along the way, Amy Redford’s directorial debut opened on Friday in New York. We caught up with the fledgling film director (and Sundance chief’s daughter) to talk about her addiction to Family Guy, "
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"In a crowded year for Best Actress contention, Anne Hathaway could be the only first-timer to receive an Oscar nomination in the lead category, possibly going up against mainstays such as her Devil Wears Prada costar Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet, as well as the less-nominated vets Nicole Kidman and Kristen Scott Thomas. Her main competition for the outsider, dark horse position is Frozen River’s Melissa Leo (who may benefit from her film’s initiatory screener campaign even though River’s theatrical release was early and hardly noticed), and Happy-Go-Lucky’s Sally Hawkins, whose film just debuted to favorable reviews citing her brilliant (as in talented and bright) performance. But Hathaway is sure to be the victor –– even though her performance in Rachel Gettin "
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Drama or thriller?
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"You could throw Frozen River in the category of straight-up drama, but I'd consider it a very low-key thriller. It's not too tense, but enough that kept me on edge, particularly the second half when the plot really started to pay off. Terrific acting by both female leads. Melissa Leo seems to be getting the most attention, but Misty Upham comes across so natural she almost seems like she was just grabbed from the local area and isn't a professionally trained actress. Also, I'm always a sucker for Michael O'Keefe. Great script, too. Not cliche at all, which I kept being afraid it was going to veer off into, but it never did. "
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"New Directors/New Films, The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual Spring retrospective of hits, overlooked gems and conversation starters from the recent festival circuit, opens tomorrow night with Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Frozen River. I won’t be covering the series extensively this year, partially because I was in Austin when the press screenings started and partially because we’ve already covered several of the films on the schedule at previous festivals. For full coverage, I’d recommend Slant Magazine; I imagine we’ll see some stuff from our friends at The House Next Door as well. After the jump, you’ll find a look at some of the films on the schedule that we’ve had previous encounters with. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina "
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