Month: June 2016

Happy Birthday: Gene Wilder

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genewilderHappy Birthday actor Gene Wilder

Born: Jerome Silberman
June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Married to: Karen Boyer (8 September 1991 – present)
Gilda Radner (18 September 1984 – 20 May 1989) (her death)
Mary Joan Schutz (27 October 1967 – 24 November 1980) (divorced) (1 child)
Mary Mercier (22 July 1960 – 1965) (divorced)

movie posterEVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX, But were afraid to ask
1971
dir. Woody Allen

BLAZING SADDLESBlazing Saddles
1974
dir. Brooks
starring
Gene Wilder
Slim Pickens

poSterWILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
1971
dir. Mel Stuart
Starring:
Gene Wilder
Jack Albertsons
YOUNG FRANKENSTEINYoung Frankenstein
1974
dir. Brooks
starring
Gene Wilder
Teri Garr

Bonnie and ClydeBonnie and Clyde
1967
dir. Arthur Penn
Cast
Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway

Happy Birthday: Ivana Baquero

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ivanabaquero.jpgHappy Birthday actor Ivana Baquero

Born: Ivana Baquero Macías
June 11, 1994 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

e speaks Spanish, Catalan, and English.

Was chosen amongst 1000 girls for the role of Ofelia for Pan’s Labyrinth (Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)).

Favorite actors are Dustin Hoffman and Mark Wahlberg.

Favorite actresses are Natalie Portman and Jodie Foster. Both were child actresses and have received college degrees, and Baquero intends to do so as well.

Youngest Spanish actress to win a Goya Award at only 12 years-old for her performance in Pan’s Labyrinth (2006).

In 2007 she was on the list of the 50 most beautiful published by the magazine “People en Español”.

June 2009 Ranked #40 on theMovie-Fanatic.com Top 50 Hottest Young Actresses.
After 3 months in South Carolina (Charleston) shooting “The New Daughter” she is back home in Barcelona. [May 2008]

While she is fully dedicated to her acting career, she is also undertaking Law studies.

Happy Birthday: Hugh Laurie

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hughlaurie.jpgHappy Birthday actor Hugh Laurie

Born: James Hugh Calum Laurie
June 11, 1959 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Married to: Joanne Green (16 June 1989 – present) (3 children)\\

MOVIE POSTERARTHUR CHRISTMAS
dir. Sarah Smith
Stars:
James McAvoy
Jim Broadbent

MONSTERS VS ALIENSMonsters VS Aliens
2009
dir. Rob Letterman
Conrad Vernon
Voices by
Seth Rogen
Witherspoon
Street KingsStreet Kings
Directed by David Ayer
Starring
Reeves
Forest Whitaker

MOVIE POSTERTHE ORANGES
2012
dir. Julian Farino
Stars:
Leighton Meester
Hugh Laurie

MOVIE POSTERTHE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
1998
dir. Randall Wallace
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jeremy Irons

Happy Birthday: Shia LaBeouf

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shialebeouf.jpgHappy Birthday actor Shia LaBeouf

Born: Shia Saide LaBeouf
June 11, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA

ConstantineConstantine
2005
dir. by Francis Lawrence
starring
Keanu Reeves
LaBeouf

A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTSA Guide to Recognizing your Saints
2006
dir. Dino Montiel
starring
Dianne Wiest
Robert Downey Jr.

TRANSFORMERSTransformers
2007
dir. Michael Bay
Starring
LaBeouf
Megan Fox

DISTURBIADisturbia
2007
dir. D.J. Caruso
Starring
LaBeouf
Carrie-Anne Moss

SURFS UPSurf’s Up
2007
dir. Ash Brannon
Chris Buck
Starring
Shia LaBouef
Jeff Bridges

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
dir. Spielberg
Starring
Harrison Ford
LaBeouf

Eagle EyeEagle Eye
2008
dir. D.J. Caruso
Starring
LaBeouf
Michelle Monaghan
Billy Bob Thornton

TRANSFOMERS 2Transformers 2
2009
dir. Michael Bay
starring
LaBeouf
Megan Fox

WALL STREET 2WALL STREET 2
dir. Oliver Stone
Stars:
Shia LaBeouf
Michael Douglas

MOVIE POSTERTRANSFORMERS 3
dir. Michael Bay
Stars:
Shia LaBeouf
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

MOVIE POSTERTHE COMPANY YOU KEEP
2013
dir. Robert Redford
Stars:
Nick Nolte
Shia LaBeouf

 MOVIE POSTERWETTEST COUNTY
dir. John Hillcoat
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Shia LaBeouf

MOVIE POSTERNYMPHOMANIAC VOL. II
2014
dir. Lars von Trier
Stars:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Stellan Skarsgard

MOVIE POSTERBOBBY
2006
dir. Emilio Estevez
Stars:
Anthony Hopkins
Demi Moore

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Happy Birthday: Peter Dinklage

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peterdinklage.jpgHappy Birthday actor Peter Dinklage

Born: June 11, 1969 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Married to: Erica Schmidt (16 April 2005 – present) (1 child)

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Interview with Filmmaker Chris Hale (EVERYBODY FALLS DOWN)

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Chris Hale’s short film EVERYBODY FALLS DOWN played to rave reviews at the May 2016 FEEDBACK Short Documentary Film Festival.

Interview with Chris Hale:

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

I’d previously worked out in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan for the BBC, and the place and the people really got under my skin. They were so welcoming and open despite decades of suffering and so I was always determined to return somehow to help tell their story. Everybody Falls Down itself actually came about somewhat by chance as this was always meant to be a small part of a bigger film about Kurdistan’s quest for independence, but when it quickly became apparent that these people deserved their own story.

I went to film a series of interviews the mostly Kurdish refugees from Syria of the Darashakran Refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq. When I…

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Interview with Filmmaker Clark Ferguson (SHADOW OF A GIANT)

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Clark Ferguson’s short film SHADOW OF A GIANT was the winner of Best Picture at the May 2016 Documentary Short Film Festival. 

Interview with Clark Ferguson:

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

I was accepted into the Yellowknife International Film Festival for a short fiction film that I had shown there in 2012. When I google image searched ‘Yellowknife’, a drawing of the proposed ‘frozen block method’ was the first image viewable. I read up on the history of Giant Mine and the environmental situation occurring there. I felt a project specific to Giant would be too large, too difficult, and too sensitive – partly due to an infamous labour dispute with multiple murders and partly due to the involvement of the federal government in the remediation of the mine. So I pitched a project that would allow for travel throughout the territory and create smaller works…

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Movie Review: CHAMPION. Directed by Andrés Passoni

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champion_movie_posterCHAMPION was the winner of best film at May 2016 FEEDBACK Short Documentary Film Festival.

Directed by Andrés Passoni

Genres: Documentary | Short

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MOVIE REVIEW:

Astonishingly beautiful and stunningly shot, Champion follows the world of competitive Racing Dogs in Argentina. Shot with a focus on the animals (not their owners) the film utilizes silence, space and spectacular imagery, downplaying the natural noise and eliminating all scripted dialogue. A powerful stylistic choice that pulls the viewer’s focus to the real story of the racers. Instead of the money or bets of the people owning dogs, we focus on the dogs themselves.

One may imagine that Passoni’s film is an exercise in Voyeurism, as it emphasis lies in the spectacle of the race without any blatant insight into the mind of the racer. Conversely, it can be said that Champion does the exact opposite – showing the mind of the racing dog by focusing on the event as a dog might see it- a flurry of color, the garble of indistinguishable human noise and a pulsating energy of a run waiting to happen. Andreas Passoni defines the luminous visual aspects with respect to a lifelong appreciation for the aesthetics, “All my life I felt attracted by image and sound.”

As a filmmaker, Passoni’s Instincts for the visual spectacle of cinema are seamless and lush, both riveting and gorgeous. In regards to a short that can propel the audience into emotion via image alone- Passoni is ahead of the pack.

by Kierston Drier
Founder of The Bathroom Stall Project
Consultant at TheKayWorks.com
Freelance Film and Television
www.thekayworks.com

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