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(2018) Documentary (Neon/CNN) David Kellman, Robert Shafran, Eddy Galland, Ron Guttman, Silvi Alzetta-Reali, Adrian Lichter, Andrew Lovesey, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone, Alan Luchs, Hedy Page, Elliott Galland, Alice Shafran, Ilene Shafran, Justine Wise Polier, Mort Shafran, Janet Kellman, Brenda Galland, Lawrence Wright, Paula Bernstein, Elyse Schein, Rachel VanDuzer. Directed by Tim Wardle
The maxim goes "Truth is stranger than fiction" and while that isn't always the case, it certainly was in this story. Some of you who lived in the New York area around 1980 might remember some of it.
Bobby Shafran was attending a community college for the first time and knew nobody there – but a lot of people seemed to know him. They seemed to have a case of mistaken identity; they identified him as Eddy Galland. With a close friend of Eddy's, he decided to meet this guy and was shocked to find out that they looked identical and like him, Eddy Galland was adopted. It turned out that they were twins who had been separated at birth.
But the story gets weirder. Their story appears in Newsday, the Long Island paper of record and is seen by David Kellman who is shocked to see two other guys who look exactly like him. It turns out that they were identical triplets, an incredibly rare occurrence to begin with. The three guys all had the same taste in girls, all smoked the same brand of cigarettes, all had the same bright smile.
As it turned out, the three boys had been placed into three completely different environments; one in an upper class home, another in a middle class home, a third in a working class home. One of the fathers was a disciplinarian, a second more laid-back, a third somewhere in between. Despite all the similarities between the boys (which would indicate that in nature versus nurture, the former trumped the latter) they grew up to be different individually speaking. So that nature versus nurture thing (a big theme in the film) may not be quite so settled after all.
The three young men became inseparable, moving in together in New York City and opening up their own restaurant, Triplets, in SoHo. They were regulars on the downtown club scene, and made the talk show rounds on such shows as Phil Donahue and the Today show. At first glance this might be one of those "whatever happened to" kinds of documentaries but then the story turned yet even weirder…and darker.
More than this I will not tell you. This is a story that will seem at first like a trip down memory lane for a feel-good story that grabbed the attention of New Yorkers in the early 80s but it will take you in a completely different and unexpected direction and it works best if you don't know what comes next. Suffice it to say that you will leave the theater completely blown away.
The actual format of the documentary isn't particularly different than most; lots of talking heads, lots of archival footage with the occasional re-enactment of scenes to heighten the drama. Nothing new here but the story itself is so compelling, so riveting that you won't be able to look away let alone notice that the style isn't particularly innovative. And you probably won't notice that things slow down a little bit in the final third of the film, although I did. However the movie will come at you like a gut punch and leave you breathless as you leave the theater. It's only playing in a few cities at the moment following a run on the festival circuit but you should pester your local art house to book this one; it's easily one of the best documentaries of the year.
REASONS TO GO: The story gets more bizarre as you go along. The movie you think you're going to see is not the movie you actually see. Nature versus nurture is a large part of the story. This is the kind of movie that will blow you away.
REASONS TO STAY: The movie drags a little bit in the final third.
FAMILY VALUES: There is some profanity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The movie made its debut at Sundance earlier this year.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 7/1/18: Rotten Tomatoes: 94% positive reviews: Metacritic: 79/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Catfish
NEXT: This is Congo
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D-love
Elena Beuca wonders where it all went wrong.
(2017) Drama (Cranky Pants) Elena Beuca, Dave Rogers, Ditlev Darmakaya, Billy Howerdel, Christine Scott Bennett, Jessica Boss, Christine Fazzino, Jason Esposito, Alessio Di Giambattista, Michael Monks, Tracey Graves, Giorgio Di Vincenzo, Victoria Palma, Charley Rossman, Angel Villareal, Tim Astor, Ray Ionita, Kerry McGrath. Directed by Elena Beuca
It is not easy being married. It's a lot of work and that's just if things remain relatively stable. Throw in some personal tragedies – the death of loved ones for instance – and it becomes positively herculean.
Dave (Rogers) and Stefania (Beuca) are returning from a vacation holiday that was meant to rekindle the passion between them but had been woefully unsuccessful. Dave has been wallowing in an unemployed alcoholic haze for more than a year after both of his parents had died within a few months of one another. Stefania had also lost a loved one – her older brother before he had even turned 40 – and was supporting the couple at a job where her bitchy boss Annie (Fazzino) torments her and insults her in what would be an HR specialist's nightmare. She also wants to have a child but the attempts so far had been unsuccessful although one has to wonder why anyone would want to bring in a child to an environment of constant bickering and belittling.
At the airport on the return home the couple is exhausted and annoyed. The luggage has been lost including Dave's wallet which included the parking tag to go pick up their car. Stefania is on the far side of enough at this point when they are approached by a handsome long-haired Dane named Ditlev (Darmakaya) who asks for a ride "East." It's a little vague but he seems nice enough and Dave, over Stefania's objections is inclined to give it to him.
When it turns out that there are no buses running to Sedona (where it turns out he wants to go – Burning Man, to be exact) until the next afternoon, Dave offers to let Ditlev crash overnight at their place. However, Dave is having a real hard time pronouncing the Dane's name so he takes to calling him D-love, which in turn amuses the young Dane. In return, Ditlev gives Dave some yoga lessons and imparts his philosophy about living with love in the moment. He offers to help Dave do some home repair projects that Dave has been avoiding for some time and that Stefania has been nagging him to do. When Stefania comes home from another abusive day at work, she is shocked to find Ditlev still there – and the home repair projects almost all done. She is frightened of being robbed and/or murdered by the stranger but as time goes by she begins to at least accept his presence. In turn Dave is beginning to return to the man he was before his parents died. He has resumed cooking – something he delighted in doing with his dad but had given up on when his dad passed.
Dave is definitely coming out of his funk thanks to the hunky Danish hippie guest but Stefania is reaching a crisis. Things at work are going from bad to worse, and her doctor has discovered something that is absolutely heartbreaking. To make matters worse, the camera that was the last gift to Stefania from her late brother has disappeared and she suspects that D-love has stolen it. She is ready to give up on her life, and certainly on her marriage.
Rogers wrote the film based on events within his own real-life marriage to Beuca who directed the film and took super-8 footage in her native Romania to supplement the L.A.-shot majority of the film. Darmakaya really did approach them at LAX and stay with them briefly. Unlike the married couple, Darmakaya isn't a professional actor and his performance is a bit wooden but that's okay; he really is playing something of an archetype – the benevolent stranger. Two of them show up in the film.
There is an authentic feeling to the marital problems Stefania and Dave are experiencing which is no doubt a function of the ones they faced in real life. That helps the movie resonate much more than artificial marital crises in a variety of rom-coms ever could. While Ditlev's new age-y pronouncements and advice sometimes feel a bit like the love child of an inspirational meme and a Stewart Smalley affirmation, one gets the sense that they are at least heartfelt albeit some might find them preachy.
Despite this being based on real life, the plot feels a bit predictable and the ending a trifle forced. I guess from a certain light it's a bit comforting that life really does imitate the movies. Beuca and Rogers are actually fine actors although at times their emotional portrayals tend to be somewhat over-the-top. They could have done with a bit more subtlety in their performances.
This is just now getting a limited theatrical run starting at the Laemmle 7 in North Hollywood although the film has spent most of the year on the festival circuit where it has been very well-received, winning numerous awards. Keep an eye out for it at your local arthouse or possibly on your favorite streaming channel in the coming months.
REASONS TO GO: This is an accurate portrayal of a marriage falling apart. There are some really good moments here.
REASONS TO STAY: Emotionally, the movie is a little bit overwrought. The writing tends to be a bit on the preachy side.
FAMILY VALUES: There are a lot of adult themes as well as some profanity and a scene of violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Howerdel was a founding member of A Perfect Circle and composed the score for the film as well as playing Sean, Dave's best friend.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 12/10/17: Rotten Tomatoes: No score yet. Metacritic: No score yet
COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Man Who Came to Dinner
NEXT: Valerian and the City of 1,000 Planets
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Mateo puts his past in his rearview.
(2015) Documentary (XLRator) Matthew Stoneman, Carlos Hernandez, Felipe Botero, Samuel Lazcano. Directed by Aaron I. Naar
If you go by the assumption that the best individual subjects for documentaries are those who fall furthest outside the mainstream of society, then Matthew Stoneman might well be the perfect subject. A mild-looking red-headed ex-convict mariachi singer from New Hampshire currently residing in Los Angeles, he regularly spends time in Cuba where he has spent seven years recording an ambitious record titled Una Historia de Cuba with Cuban musicians, including members of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club. He is often described in his press as the "gringo mariachi" which is fitting.
Facially resembling Bill Gates a little bit, Stoneman has a gentle, voice that is at odds with the typical big voices spawned by American Idol that dominate pop music at the moment. His songs express a good deal of longing, a kind of melancholia that cuts right to the heart. This is the kind of music that simply isn't made in the American and western idioms; this is music from the Latin soul and it isn't for everybody.
Stoneman, who uses the stage name Mateo and is addressed as such by the Mexican mariachi musicians he hangs out with in Los Angeles, plays in restaurants and scrounging for tips as well as at weddings, quinceañeras and whatever gigs he can find. He lives in an apartment that resembles an episode of Hoarders and saves every penny to fly to Cuba.
It is in Havana that he feels more at home, working with Cuban musicians on his ambitious record which as far as I could tell was original songs by Stoneman documenting the various styles of music in that Caribbean country as well as detailing its history. The Cuban musicians have accepted Stoneman as one of their own, a kindred spirit and praise his work ethic repeatedly, as well as his talent. While some will find his voice a little tentative, his low-key delivery is perfect for the tone and vibe of his music.
The documentary captures Stoneman in all his elements, and not all of them are savory. In the studio he is exacting, knowing exactly the sounds he wants to create but he collaborates with the musicians and accepts their input, sometimes with some contention but the experience looks to be joyful – certainly the musicians are having a good time.
Stoneman himself, though, seems more driven than happy. During the film he admits that he doesn't have much use for friends and family and prefers to keep to himself which I believe is poison for an artist. He is clearly a lonely man, and his music reflects that; he could use a wider variety of emotions in his music with the caveat being that I've only heard what's on the soundtrack – for all I know the rest of his music is upbeat and fun but something tells me that the melancholy dominates. When you deny yourself all the colors on your palate as a painter, your painting is going to be limited; so it is with music as well, with emotions being the colors that a musician employs. Still, the music I heard here is haunting and many viewers are going to be looking to order the CD the first chance they get although to be honest, I was unable to locate a website that it was available for purchase – my search was necessarily cursory however. If I find one, I'll be sure to update this review though.
This isn't a travelogue so the views of Cuba are more of the everyday life of the Cuban people and less of beautiful beaches and colonial architecture that we associate with the island nature, although there are some views of both. Mostly we get a sense of how Cubans live and while they don't have a lot of the goods that we here in the States have, they don't seem to miss them (it was refreshing not to see anyone carrying the ubiquitous cell phone around).
Stoneman does have a checkered past and while he doesn't bury it, there isn't a lot of detail about it in the film (most of the information as to what he did was culled from interviews I read with the filmmakers). It was while he was doing time for armed robbery that he was first exposed to the ballads that Mexican-American inmates listened to and sang, and he became so enchanted with them that he decided to give up on his career in pop music and concentrate on the beautiful Latin music that he became enamored with.
We do get a glimpse of Stoneman's darker nature; he has a bit of a thing for Cuban hookers and there are several sequences detailing his search for them, including one fairly graphic scene in which he finds one to his liking. He is also a little bit confrontational from time to time, although you don't get a sense that he has a temper; he never raises his voice during the course of the film. Not that he doesn't in real life. Further, he is certainly estranged from his parents and the impression they give is that he abruptly severed ties with them; they seem a bit puzzled about it but the father is a bit fatalistic; he doesn't expect that they will have any sort of relationship with their mercurial son for the rest of his days. Whatever rift exists between Stoneman and his parents is never detailed in the film.
Neither is the question of how Stoneman can afford to make his album. In Los Angeles he ekes out a hardscrabble existence, and yet the filmmakers state that the album took seven years and cost $350,000 to produce. That's a pretty significant chunk of change and it doesn't seem likely that an existence of tips and parties could produce that kind of cash, which if you average out would be $50K per year. Unless Stoneman has another job that isn't shown in the film, the math really doesn't add up; Los Angeles is a very expensive place to live.
Stoneman himself is a bit o a question mark; you get the sense that he is mostly a pleasant person and he is certainly driven and his passion for his music is undeniable. On the flip side, he doesn't seem to let anyone in too deep; he can be affectionate with his friends but onscreen anyway he doesn't seem disposed to revealing too much about himself. Personally, I would have liked to have gotten to know him better but something tells me that wouldn't be possible in any case; some people like to keep others at a comfortable distance and Stoneman is clearly of that ilk.
In many ways this is a courageous documentary, and given the recent re-opening of the American embassy and the swelling movement of ending a half century of sanctions that have accomplished nothing and normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba, it is a timely one. Being the son of a rabid anti-Castro Cuban myself, I can only wonder what my late father would have made of Stoneman. I'm not sure he would have admired the man, but he certainly would have been fascinated by his music.
REASONS TO GO: Amazing music and beautiful images. An insider glimpse at Cuba. Enigmatic yet fascinating subject.
REASONS TO STAY: Stoneman not really forthcoming about his background, other than in broad strokes. The prostitute sequences may be offensive to some.
FAMILY VALUES: Some mildly rough language, brief nudity and smoking.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Stoneman was arrested for fencing stolen recording equipment, breaking his leg while attempting to elude the police. He spent four years in prison for his crimes.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 8/22/15: Rotten Tomatoes: 60% positive reviews. Metacritic: No score yet.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: :The Buena Vista Social Club
NEXT: The Park Bench
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The Frighteners
Michael J. Fox doesn't like getting pushed around.
(1996) Horror Comedy (Universal) Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Jake Busey, Dee Wallace-Stone, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, R. Lee Ermey, Julianna McCarthy, Troy Evans, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Angela Bloomfield, Desmond Kelly, Jonathan Blick, Todd Rippon, John Sumner, Jim McLarty, Anthony Ray Parker, Melanie Lynskey. Directed by Peter Jackson
Special gifts generally turn out to be curses more than gifts. People who are different are regarded with suspicion and sometimes out-and-out hostility. On top of that, those who can see dead people are being hounded by the dead to take care of unfinished business with the living. It's enough to make a would-be ghostbuster pound his head against a tombstone.
Frank Bannister (Fox) hangs out at cemeteries. Not because he's fond of graveyards but it's a good way to drum up business; to discover who has had someone dearly departed and then allow their loved ones to communicate or avoid said lately deceased. The Sheriff (Evans) tolerates Frank to a certain degree although he doesn't approve. That's because he knows that Frank has been through a lot; namely, a car accident in which his wife Debbie (Bloomfield) was killed. There were whispers that if may not have been an accident and Frank's career as an architect came to an end, as did construction on the house he had designed and was building for his wife.
Some see Frank as a charlatan who manufactures "hauntings" and then charges exorbitant rates to "cleanse" them but nobody can prove it. In fact, Frank is a con man who manufactures the hauntings – through the use of three ghosts. You see, ever since the car wreck, Frank can see dead people. His friends Cyrus (McBride), a disco apparition from the '70s complete with magnificent 'fro, nerdish Stuart (Fyfe) and The Judge (Astin), a decomposing gunslinger from the Old West lift things around and make people (who can't see them) think there's a poltergeist about. Frank steps in with fake instruments and a squirt gun full of "holy" water and cleanses the house. It's not an honest living, but it's a living nonetheless. He manages to meet Dr. Lucy Lynskey (Alvarado) when her oafish husband (Dobson) dies of a heart attack.
In fact the people of Fairwater have been dropping like flies lately, all with massive heart attacks. Frank witnesses one and realizes that a supernatural entity in a grim reaper cloak has latched itself to the town and he's the only one who can stop it. Can he protect the comely widow whom he has begun to get sweet on, avoid the manic obsessive FBI Agent Milton Dammers (Combs) and save the town?
This was one of Jackson's last movies before embarking on the massive Lord of the Rings project; prior to this he had made movies for the New Zealand market including the Oscar-nominated Heavenly Creatures and the over-the-top Bad Taste. It was not a box office success, mainly because it was something of a compromise of sorts and not quite as anarchic and gore-drenched as earlier horror projects. It was also criticized for being a bit of a mish mash of other movies kind of lumped together.
Nevertheless, it's still a romp. Fox shows why he was such a terrific leading man, completely charismatic and likable even as he was a bit of a cynic. He also showed some real vulnerability, something he didn't necessarily do often in previous roles. It remains in my mind one of his best performances ever on big screen or small. There's also an eclectic supporting cast, every one of whom does decent work here at worst.
There is a bit of a Ghostbusters vibe as well as a kind of tongue-in-cheek Beetlejuice feel (the movie shares composer Danny Elfman with the Tim Burton classic). There are also bits of The Shining and Poltergeist woven in with a bit of Scooby Doo and Re-Animator in there for good measure.
The ghost effects are definitely a bit dated but still effective. There are some other creature and practical effects that are definitely retro but work well even now, nearly 20 years after the fact. In fact, this is one of my favorite horror comedies of all time, right up there with the 'busters and Beetlejuice as far as I'm concerned. The villains are very villainous (Busey as a serial killer is a natural), the heroes are not-quite-competent but always plucky, the romantic interest beautiful in an Andie MacDowell kind of way and the scares are masterful occasionally, although Jackson has a tendency to go for the laugh as much as the scare. This may not be the greatest thing since sliced bread but it's a great pop up some microwave popcorn, gather the family round the couch and put this on the TV at Halloween kind of movie. And isn't that worth something?
WHY RENT THIS: Fun as all get out. Fox is a hoot. Definitely an irreverent vibe. A few genuine scares.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Leans more to the comedy side.
FAMILY VALUES: Some foul language, lots of horrific images and comic violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Fox repeatedly blew his lines by referring to Astin's character as "Doc," his Back to the Future partner-in-crime. He broke his foot during filming, delaying production for about a week. This would be his last leading role in a film as the long shoot in New Zealand caused him a good deal of homesickness and he resolved to stay on the small screen, accepting a role in Spin City shortly thereafter.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: Generally most major releases come with a making-of documentary which generally run in the 20-30 minute range. The one here is over three hours long and gets into details rarely gone into in home videos, including a read-through of the script at Jackson's home.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $29.4M on a $26M production budget.
SITES TO SEE: Netflix (stream/rental), Amazon (buy/rent), Vudu (buy/rent), iTunes (buy/rent), Flixster (buy/rent), Target Ticket (buy/rent)
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Beetlejuice
NEXT: Six Days of Darkness 2014 concludes!
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The Raid 2 (The Raid 2: Berandal)
Talk about Hell's Kitchen…
(2014) Action (Sony Classics/Stage 6) Iwo Uwais, Julie Estelle, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Alex Abbad, Tio Pakusodewo, Cecep Arif Rahman, Ken'ichi Endo, Ryuhei Matsuda, Very Tri Yulisman, Marsha Timothy, Kazuki Kitamura, Epy Kusnandar, Cok Simbara, Roy Marten, Fikha Effendi, Hecky Solaiman, Zack Lee. Directed by Gareth Evans
Action movies have evolved over the years because we have changed over the years. Bombarded by videogames and the frenetic martial arts movies from the Far East, the old Hollywood action films have become more and more dinosaur-like particularly as our action heroes have aged.
The Raid: Redemption, filmed with Indonesian actors by Welsh director Gareth Evans, sought to set that evolution spinning into something new and proceeded to do just that. While some decried the lack of character development (legit) and sneered at the non-stop barrage of bloody fight scenes and action sequences (not so legit), the movie has had an effect on action films the world over and is in line to be remade Hollywood style.
The sequel has now hit American shores and is it more of the same? Yes and no. Rama (Uwais), the rookie cop from the first Raid is pulled aside by Andi (Alamsyah), the leader of a small underground task force and warned that he and his family will now be targets of those above the vicious gang lord of the first film. He will be willing to protect Rama's family – provided that Rama goes undercover in one of the major gangs in Jakarta. In order to get in, Rama will have to go to jail and make friends with Uco (Putra), the pretty boy son of Bangun (Pakusodewo), the aging crime lord. Rama winds up spending two years in prison, but manages to save Uco's life during a muddy prison riot which was meant to be a diversion so that inmates could assassinate Uco.
Upon release a grateful Bangun offers Rama a position as a goon, complete with new clothes and a new small but expensive apartment. Rama will be assigned to Uco but under the watchful eye of Eka (Antara), the second-in-command in the organization. Uco is eager to take over the family business but has a bit of a temper problem so Bangun deems his son unready, further chapping Uco's posterior. Bangun has kept the peace with Japanese Yakuza leader Goto (Endo) but the two rivals are always a heartbeat from war. Ambitious new player Bejo (Abbad) looks to play one side against the other with Rama caught in the middle.
There is a little more plot and character development here, but oddly none of it regarding Rama who we discover little more of than we knew from the first film. Instead, the movie tends to put more personality in the side players, including flashing killers like Hammer Girl (Estelle) whose talents are self-explanatory, Baseball Bat Man (Yulisman) whose talents are likewise self-explanatory and martial arts expert Prakoso (Ruhian) who just wants to bond with his estranged daughter.
Some of the stunts and fights here are epic – a lengthy car chase is one of the best on film since Bullitt and The French Connection and the fight between Rama and the Assassin (Rahman) in a restaurant kitchen is the very best in either film. However, the movie suffers from a martial arts film cliche – solo fight syndrome. Other than one scene in the prison, every fight has a group of bad guys take on Rama one by one and of course he kicks the ass of each thug in turn. And of course there is the other lapse in logic, a complaint I have not just with this film but other martial arts films in general. To wit; these are all gangsters. You would expect them to have access to guns. So why do none of them carry any? One well-placed gunshot is going to trump anybody, no matter how skilled a fighter they may be.
The movie does slow down somewhat during the expository scenes, but Evans seems to be taking cues from Scorsese in setting up his gangs which is a good thing. Uwais, a mixed martial arts pro, also makes for a charismatic action hero but his acting skills are somewhat limited, although he is much better here than he was in the first film. I can see him becoming a legitimate action star a la Jet Li and Jackie Chan with some further experience.
At nearly two and a half hours, the movie is a little bit on the long side and fills up much of the time with fight scenes that seem more forced and repetitive of the others in the film – Rama encounters a group of goons and then beats them up as they attack. One. By. One. Still, if you don't mind sitting through a few redundant action vignettes, you'll be rewarded by the last third of the film which is well worth sitting through the first hour and a half for. While I don't know that this is necessarily better than the first film which added a claustrophobic element that is missing here, in the final accounting the good outweighs the not-so-good here and for those who love martial arts and gangster movies with plenty of action, this is manna from heaven.
REASONS TO GO: Some breathtaking action sequences and stunts. Compelling storyline that has some elements of Scorsese in it. Uwais a legitimate action star.
REASONS TO STAY: Too many repetitive and unnecessary fight scenes. Too many gangster film cliches.
FAMILY VALUES: A ton of violence and bloodshed, some of it extreme. There's also some foul language and brief sensuality.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The movie was actually written before the preceding The Raid: Redemption but the Malaysian producers thought it would be too expensive to make, so it was shelved in favor of the lower budgeted one. When that became a massive hit, the script was rewritten slightly to insert the main character of The Raid: Redemption in as the main character here.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 4/19/14: Rotten Tomatoes: 80% positive reviews. Metacritic: 71/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Dredd
NEXT: Mission Congo
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Posted on November 20, 2013 by carlosdev
Sometimes what you don't know CAN hurt you.
(2012) Drama (Cohen Media Group) Ali Suliman, Uri Gavriel, Reymond Amsalem, Karim Saleh, Evgenia Dodena, Dvir Benedek, Abdallah El Akal, Ezra Dagan, Nathalie Rozanes, Ofri Fuchs, Michael Warshaviak, Eli Gorenstein, Vladimir Friedman, Esther Zewko, Ruba Salameh, Ramzi Makdessi, Ihab Salameh, Hassan Yassine, Nisrine Seksek. Directed by Ziad Doueiri
The person that we should know best is our spouse. In an ideal relationship, there are no secrets (at least no serious ones) and we can safely say that we know the person we are married to better than anyone else does – perhaps better than we know ourselves.
Dr. Amin Jaafari is a surgeon of Palestinian descent who has made a place for himself in Israeli society. He and his beautiful wife Siham (Amsalem) live in a lovely home and are accepted by their Jewish neighbors and colleagues. When he becomes the first Palestinian to win a major award for medicine in Israel, he figures he's made it, although he's a bit miffed that Siham isn't there to share in his moment of glory after she goes to Nazareth to visit her family.
The next day, a bomb explodes in a nearby restaurant. 17 people die and dozens are injured. Dr. Jaafari is busy trying to save the dying and help the wounded. He sees firsthand the results of terrorism and doesn't like what he sees. He goes home and falls into an exhausted sleep but is awakened early in the morning by a call from his friend Raveed (Benedek), an Israeli police officer, summoning him to the hospital. He figures there are more casualties but that is not why he is there. He is brought down to the morgue and is shocked to discover that one of the bodies from the bombing is that of his wife Siham. Half of her body has been blown away. The good doctor faints dead away.
His nightmare is just beginning however. It turns out that the authorities suspect that Siham was a suicide bomber. At first Dr. Jaafari is incredulous. Siham a terrorist? No….HELL No! Nobody knows his wife like he does after all. Dr. Jaafari is certain that when the terrorists release their video as they inevitably do that she will be exonerated. However Captain Moshe (Gavriel) is certain and puts the doctor through an intense interrogation until at last they are satisfied that he knew nothing of the attack. However his neighbors and friends aren't so sure and distance themselves from him or worse, vandalize his home. His colleague Kim (Dodena) and Raveed stick up for him but Dr. Jaafari is being backed into a corner. Finally when he is given tangible evidence of his wife's guilt, he journeys to Nablus to find out how she could do such a thing – and who was responsible for turning her into a monster.
As you can tell from the synopsis this is a very intense subject matter. Suliman, an Israeli actor of Arabic descent, has appeared in a couple of high-profile Hollywood projects (Kingdom of Lies, Body of Lies and the upcoming Lone Survivor) and has also appeared in some very good local productions (primarily Paradise Now, Lemon Tree and Zaytoun). This is his best performance to date. It is wrenching to watch his anguish but also his rage. How could he have missed it? Why did she do this awful thing?
To answer those questions he has to go to Nablus and he finds himself in the awkward position of being the husband to a martyr whose death has been glorified. The more he talks to those who may or may not have had anything to do with her choice to do this monstrous thing, the more it becomes obvious that these people are intractable; reason doesn't enter into it. Dr. Jaafari isn't trusted and while his wife's sacrifice keeps him from getting a bullet through his brain, neither does it give him any clout whatsoever when exploring the chain of events that led to her fateful decision.
In the end it was her visit to a site of an Israeli aerial attack that led her on that terrible path. While the movie does get a little slow getting to Nablus, once it's there we realize that part of the problem in the Middle East is that they are in this awful spiral which neither side will put a halt to by simply saying "We will not retaliate. We won't escalate. We will just stop." It is a kind of insanity, one born out of hatred and fear. One idiot reviewer chastised the film for not providing answers. Seriously dude? Some questions have no answers. Sometimes the truth is unpleasant and horrible. One sees a movie like this and understands that the hope for peace in the Middle East is like picking out the right grain of sand on a beach. It requires patience and perhaps more time than a single life can survive. There are no answers here and maybe Dr. Jaafari isn't asking the right questions. Either way this is the kind of movie that will generate a great deal of dialogue on its own – a movie that works equally well in the heart and in the head. Talk about a precious grain of sand on the beach…
REASONS TO GO: Strong performance by Suliman. Raises some intriguing questions.
REASONS TO STAY: Drags a bit in the middle.
FAMILY VALUES: Some of the images are pretty disturbing, there's some violence and a bit of sexuality and foul language.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The only Arabic or Muslim country to show the film has been Morocco. Many cited the reason for that was that it was filmed in Israel.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 11/20/13: Rotten Tomatoes: 90% positive reviews. Metacritic: 74/100.
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(2012) Urban Romance (Screen Gems) Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence J., Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco, Gary Owen, Gabrielle Union, La La Anthony, Chris Brown, Wendy Williams, Sheri Shepherd, Caleel Harris, Arielle Kebbel, Steve Harvey, Angela Gibbs, Tika Sumpter, J.B. Smoove, Keri Hilson. Directed by Tim Story
Navigating the waters of modern relationships is tricky at best. A woman can use all the help she can get frankly – even if it comes from a man.
Ostensibly based on comedian Steve Harvey's self-help book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man the film follows four different couples trying to make a go with it – the Dreamer vs. the Woman Who is Her Own Man pitting Dominic (Ealy), a struggling sous chef with ambitions of owning his own restaurant someday against Lauren (Henson), a self-made woman who has worked hard to make a success of herself.
Then there's the Mama's Boy vs. the Single Mom which pits Michael (J) whose life has been spent trying to please his mama (Lewis) against Candace (Hall) who finds her boyfriend's mom an obstacle despite her best efforts to please her as well. There's also The Non-Committer vs. The Girl Who Wants the Ring, which gives us Jeremy (Ferrara), a confirmed bachelor who is in no hurry to take the next step and his girlfriend Kristen (Union) who is and will go to whatever lengths necessary to push him into popping the question.
Finally there's The Player vs. The 90-Day Rule Girl with Zeke (Malco) a smooth lady's man who loves 'em and leaves 'em and doesn't seem to mind against Mya (Good) who has a strict policy of never dating a guy for more than 90 days. Both of them find in each other the person they want to make the exception to their normal modus operandi.
I'll be honest with you; when I saw the trailer for this I really wasn't very interested in seeing the movie – it seemed to be just another rom-com with an attractive ensemble cast in which misperceptions and untruths put the characters in hot water, particularly situations that can be resolved with a single phone call in the real world. However, I was pleased to discover that the movie had much more going for it than cliché although it has its share of those.
The cast is certainly about as attractive as they come, and there's a pretty good rapport among them. The chemistry within all four of the couples is pretty solid and there's additional comic relief from Kevin Hart as a happily soon-to-be-divorced man and Gary Owen who offers the counterpoint as a happily married man. While there are a few too many coincidences, you can believe that these are actual friends trying to help each other find someone to spend their lives with.
The conceit of the movie is that all four of the women are using Harvey's book to help them overcome the issues their men bring to the table and the guys find out about it and attempt to turn the tables on their girlfriends with predictably disastrous results. Like with most Hollywood movies the ending is what you'd expect it to be – who wants to go to a date movie to see a couple break up after all – but let's face it, not only are you rooting for these couples to make it work as Tim Gunn might say, but you're actually enjoying the time you spend with them…which is pretty good news for Screen Gems since they're making a sequel which will be in theaters next Spring. Frankly, I wouldn't mind catching the next installment in a theater next time instead of on home video if it's going to be anywhere near as good as this.
WHY RENT THIS: Funnier than I expected. Explores the differences between how men and women think. Some pretty decent performances.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Falls into a lot of rom-com traps. Tries too hard to be inoffensive.
FAMILY VALUES: There is a whole lot of innuendo and some blatantly sexual commentary, a fair amount of bad language and some brief drug use.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: During the course of the film, Dominic discusses For Colored Girls with his pals and in particular the scene in which "the psycho drops his kids out the window." Ealy, who plays Dominic, also played the role of that very psycho in the film version of For Colored Girls.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: A 5 minute gag reel is included but there is really not much in terms of extras on the DVD.
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Tefra of pyroklastica zijn brokstukken in vulkanisch gesteente.

Ontstaan van tefra
Tefra is de verzamelnaam van al het materiaal dat tijdens een vulkanische uitbarsting uit de lucht naar beneden valt, ongeacht de samenstelling of deeltjesgrootte ervan. De meeste tefra wordt gevormd bij vulkanisme dat explosief verloopt. Deze erupties vinden voornamelijk plaats bij vulkanen die felsische magma uitstoten omdat de viscositeit van dit type magma erg hoog is. Het magma stroomt niet of nauwelijks, komt moeilijk naar buiten en kan tot verstoppingen in de kraterpijp van een vulkaan leiden. De druk onder de verstopping kan zeer hoog oplopen, en de daarop volgende uitbarstingen kunnen geweldig explosief verlopen. De tefra kan de lucht in geslingerd worden en vallen (de zogenaamde ash-fall), of met een lavastroom (ash-flow) of als lahar afgevoerd worden. De tefra van felsische oorsprong is meestal uit ryolieten samengesteld.

Vulkaanerupties waarbij het veel vloeibaardere mafische lava uit de kratermond stroomt, verlopen in de regel veel rustiger waardoor er veel minder tefra wordt uitgestoten.

Onderverdeling
Tefra wordt onderverdeeld naar grootte:
 fragmenten kleiner dan 2 mm wordt as genoemd
 brokjes tussen 2–64 mm wordt lapilli genoemd
 brokstukken groter dan 64 mm worden vulkanische bommen genoemd

Grote brokstukken worden vaak in de onmiddellijke nabijheid van de vulkaanmond gevonden, kleinere stukken vallen verder weg. Vaak vindt er zelfs vulkaanopbouw plaats door het neergekomen materiaal. Het stof kan in de hogere luchtlagen terechtkomen en over zeer grote afstanden vervoerd worden.

Bijzondere verschijningsvorm
Draden vulkanisch glas wordt wel Pele's hair (Haar van Pele) genoemd. Deze vezels of fiberachtige draden ontstaan doordat kleine deeltjes van gesmolten materiaal hoog in de lucht worden geworpen, en vervolgens door de wind tot lange draden uiteen worden getrokken. De diameter is minder dan 0,5 mm, en ze kunnen wel tot 2 meter lang worden. Pele's haar is donkergeel of goud van kleur, en wordt normaliter windafwaarts van de kratermond gevonden.

Sommige uitgeworpen lavabrokjes die in gesmolten vorm weer vallen, nemen een druppelvorm aan. Indien ze vervolgens stollen en op de grond terechtkomen, worden ze Pele's tranen genoemd. Pele's tranen en het haar zijn vernoemd naar Pele, de Hawaïaanse godin van de vulkanen.

Tefra in gesteenten
Het tefra dat op de grond valt kan als zodanig blijven liggen. Indien de laag dik genoeg is, of de temperatuur ervan hoog genoeg is kan het consolideren tot pyroclastisch gesteente. Gesteente dat uit vulkanische as ontstaat wordt tufsteen genoemd. Gesteenten die uit grotere fragmenten bestaan worden vulkanische agglomeraten genoemd.

Verschillende lagen tefra kunnen zich in de loop der jaren bij nieuwe vulkaanuitbarstingen gaan opstapelen. Deze gelaagdheid van tefra wordt door de tefrochronologie bestudeerd.

Zie ook
 Pyroclastisch gesteente
 Vulkanisme
 Vulkaan

Vulkanologie

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Surviving lockdown: the firms thriving through change
While many businesses are laying-off staff or closing down completely, some SMEs have found new ways to stay afloat, with some even experiencing a surge in demand.
Several have spoken of ways they have adapted to meet the changing landscape or are using the time effectively to prepare for better times.
They told their stories to Start Up Loans – part of the British Business Bank – describing how they have adapted their day-to-day operations to keep the money coming in during lockdown.
Mitch Lee, co-founder of Mitch's Kitchen, an online shop which delivers home-cooked frozen vegan meals has been busy selling the virtues of its products that are free from gluten nuts, palm oil and pesticides.
The business has added veg boxes to its menu to enable it to offer customers who are self-isolating to eat fresh produce with their frozen meals. And the results have been inspiring.
"Overall, we saw a 208 per cent increase in sales in March compared to the previous year – something we could have never imagined to come out of such an awful time," says Mitch, from Fareham, Hampshire.
I learnt early on in starting a business that worrying and panic is a bad use of time and energy, and that it should be put into positive thoughts and actions
"The key takeaway for us has been to connect with our customers on a personal level. Our social presence has always played a big part in our marketing strategy but during this difficult period we've made sure that our content has been very personal.
"The messages of support we've received from our customers has been truly heart-warming and have kept us going, ensuring we keep our kitchen operational and replenishing stock as frequently as possible."
Joseph Munns, the founder of Bakedin in Basingstoke, which makes home-baking kits says demand for his products since lockdown has been "overwhelming". The business has also enjoyed a 10-fold uplift in daily sign-ups for its monthly subscription service.
He added: "We've had to put in a lot of social distance measures in the factory, which has effectively cut our maximum output in half, but given everything that is going on I feel quite fortunate in that we've managed to take on more staff at this stage instead of furloughing anyone."
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Craig Rose, pictured above, the founder of Seaweed and CO, a Tyne and Wear business which sells products made from seaweed says he has been working with his customers to plan for when the lockdown ends and has developed video presentations and online meeting systems.
"These are incredibly surreal and challenging times, and as a small business it is worrying that such a huge amount of effort is under strain from uncertainty," he says.
"However, it puts everything into perspective and gives a great time to reflect. I learnt early on in starting a business that worrying and panic is a bad use of time and energy, and that it should be put into positive thoughts and actions."
Sara Roberts, the founder of Healthy Nibbles, a Scottish subscription snack delivery service
has adapted her service to deliver to remote workers across the country, instead of offices.
"We're working hard to innovate and continue thriving through a challenging period," she says. "While previously, we provided healthy vending machines to customers including Transport for London, we've had to enhance our B2C services to ensure individuals across the country are aware of our snack box delivery service."
PJ Farr: adapting and commucating
PJ Farr, the founder of UK Connect, a Guildford business which supplies broadband and technology services to the construction industry is adapting to remote working by prioritising the maintenance of staff productivity and wellbeing.
PJ says: "As a business owner, you are responsible to and for your employees. Reassure them, be open about the situation and communicate at least daily, especially if working from home. The decisions we make now will impact their lives and the overall welfare of our companies when the crisis is over. We're always looking for silver linings and see this as a great time to upskill and provide training to staff.
"We also suggest maintaining individual employee goals and regularly checking in to colleagues are completing their training. This shows that your care about each and everyone in the organisation."
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The value of the pound has fallen to a two-month low against major currencies after Prime Minister Theresa May signalled the UK would pursue a so-called "hard Brexit" from the EU.
Sterling fell about 1% across the board. The only currency against which it gained ground was the Turkish lira.
The Prime Minister told Sky News on Sunday that she wanted the best possible deal for leaving the EU.
However, she dismissed the idea that the UK could "keep bits of membership".
Commentators interpreted this as meaning that Mrs May would not seek to keep the UK in the EU's single market, with radical consequences for the country's economy.
By mid-afternoon, the pound was down 1.1% against the dollar at $1.2149, while against the euro, it was 1.23% lower at €1.1522.
"Sterling is on the back foot on Monday after Theresa May's comments were taken as a sign the UK government would prioritise immigration controls over single market access," said Neil Wilson, senior market analyst at ETX Capital.
Mr Wilson predicted "more volatility" in the sterling exchange rate, adding that it could easily "bounce back" as the tone of political discourse shifted.
HSBC currency strategist Dominic Bunning agreed: "[Mrs] May saying that it's not about keeping 'bits' of the EU suggests it's not going to be about keeping access to the single market.
"She said we will have full control of our borders, and given what the other side of the debate – the EU – has said, that's not compatible with full access to the single market, free movement of capital, free movement of goods and services.
Paresh Davdra, chief executive of RationalFX, said: "The looming fears that the UK might exit the single market continue to weigh down on the pound, and we expect the volatility to continue until further and actual on-ground clarity emerge.
The pound fell sharply in the immediate aftermath of the UK's June 2016 vote to leave the EU.
The weaker pound makes UK goods cheaper for buyers overseas, but increases the cost of imported goods.
Analysts expect UK inflation to pick up this year as the impact of higher import costs feeds through to the economy. Last week, a string of economic surveys indicated that companies were facing rising price pressures as import costs increased.
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Victoria, Seychelles | November 11, 2014, Tuesday @ 21:04 in Business » FINANCE | By: Hajira Amla and Sharon Uranie | Views: 5803
The offices of the Bank of Muscat International offshore (BMIO) are located in the Capital City Building in Victoria. (Patrick Joubert, Seychelles News Agency)
(Seychelles News Agency) - Scarcely three weeks after the announcement that relations between the Bank of Muscat International Offshore (BMIO) and its correspondent bank had broken down, the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has announced that it has "taken control of BMIO effective today November 11, 2014".
According to a press statement issued by CBS this afternoon, the reserve bank has the right to take possession of a financial institution registered in the country "where it is of the opinion that the continuation of a bank's activities is detrimental to the interests of its depositors" as stated in Paragraph 1, Schedule Three of the Financial Institutions Act of 2004.
On October 24, CBS announced that BMIO's lack of foreign banking representatives left the bank unable to process outward foreign currency transfers for its clientele, leaving its clients abroad unable to perform transfers or deposits.
BMIO underwent "an examination" by CBS officials as well as the Financial Intelligence Unit to determine the exact nature of the problem.
The Central Bank said its officials had also held talks with BMIO's Board of Directors in order to resolve the issue.
"However, in view that BMIO has not been able to establish a new correspondent banking relationship to date, CBS has decided to take control of the bank. As such, the management and control of the affairs of BMIO is now temporarily vested with CBS," said the statement.
The reserve bank says it will try to address the issues that are preventing the bank from re-establishing its correspondent banking relationship.
"Central Bank will now have a team that will lead BMIO's operation which will be able to manage all the affairs of BMIO," CBS's First Deputy Governor Christophe Edmond told Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation's journalist Kevin Malbrook in an interview aired this evening on SBC.
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BMI Offshore was registered in Seychelles in July 2008 as a joint venture between BMI Bank in Bahrain and Seychelles-based bank Nouvobanq, each with 50 percent shareholdings.
The bank is based in the 'Capital City' building on Independence Avenue in central Victoria; the Seychelles capital.
Edmond told SBC that the bank's staff (around 25 employees) needed to work together with the Central Bank now that it has taken possession of BMIO.
"The purpose that Central Bank has taken possession is to assist the bank if possible to go back on track….so it's important that we get the cooperation of the staff it will be in their interest and the interest of the clients," he said.
Under the Financial Institutions Act of 2004, the Central Bank can choose to continue or discontinue the bank's operations as it sees fit and also has the power to completely or partially suspend, limit or stop the payment of its obligations should it be deemed necessary.
But CBS has reassured the bank's clients that the issue is "purely of an operational nature", reiterating its claim that BMIO is financially sound and not threatened by its lack of correspondent bank.
The reserve bank has promised to provide further updates on the situation as they unfold.
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CBC News' "The National" Features Granata Decision Systems
Following an appearance on the CBC's "Lang and O'Leary Exchange" on November 28, MaRS Innovation UTESTcompany, Granata Decision Systems, appeared on CBC news "The National." The segment included an interview with Amanda Lang.
Watch Boutilier's interview with Lang for "The National" on CBC's website.
Granata Decision Systems' Co-Founder and University of Toronto Professor Craig Boutiliergives his pitch at a OneEleven investor session. Boutilier and Granata were featured on CBC News' "The National."
Founded by Craig Boutilier and Tyler Lu, Granata Decision Systems is one of the first six companies incubated through the UTEST program for early-stage technologies, jointly administered by MaRS Innovation and the University of Toronto.
Granata is one of eight companies to join OneEleven's accelerator program for companies tackling big data problems.
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Buying your meat smoker is not enough if all the important accessories for meat smoking are not complete. There are some extras you need to have in order to enjoy your smoking activity to the fullest. Although they may not be as important as the smoker itself, some of them are vital components that make the smoker work effectively. Some others are important to properly keep the smoker in good shape to last long for you. The cleaning brush, woodchips, sauces, and thermometer are all important additions to your smoker accessories.
The thermometer is top on the list of accessories you need to have for your smoker. This is the accessory that controls the temperature of the smoker. It makes things easier for you, especially if you're still learning how to smoke meat with a smoker. Buying a top quality thermometer is a must if you want to enjoy properly smoked meat using the smoker.
Another accessory you may want to consider having is a hand glove. This is for safety reasons to avoid heating your hand instead of the meat. A pair of gloves can help you avoid hand burns when turning the meat or adding more wood to the firebox.
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................................Vanmam (English: Vengeance) is a 2014 Indian Tamil action drama film directed by Jai Krishna, a former assistant of Kamal Haasan. It features Vijay Sethupathi, Kreshna and Sunaina in the lead roles. The film has music scored by S. Thaman and cinematography by Balabharani. It is a rural tale about the life of two friends, played by Sethupathi and Kreshna. In spite of expectations the movie didn't perform well at the box office. The film was highly panned by the critics for its poor screenplay. The movie marked the biggest flop for Vijay Sethupathi.
Directed by jai krishna
Produced by Nemichand Jhabak,V. Hitesh Jhabak
Screenplay by Jai Krishna
Story by jai krishna
Starring Vijay Sethupathi,Kreshna,Sunaina
Music by S. Thaman
Cinematography Bala Bharani
Edited by Suresh Urs
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Release date 21 November 2014
Running time 156 minutes
Language Tamil
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Assholes: A Theory World Premiere
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John Walker Productions is pleased to announce Assholes: A Theory will have its World Premiere at CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, March 20-31, 2019) and its North American premiere in a Special Presentation at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (April 25-May 5)—our latest feature documentary is co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada in association with the documentary Channel.
Produced in association with the Canada Media Fund, the assistance of the Government of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Film & Television Production Incentive Fund, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program, Rogers Telefund and The Canadian Film or Video Film Tax Credit.
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A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FROM JOHN WALKER
A JOHN WALKER PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA IN ASSOCIATION WITH DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL
CINEMATOGRAPHER PAUL MCCURDY EDITOR JEFF WARREN COMPOSER SANDY MOORE SOUND DESIGNER ALEX SALTER ANIMATOR RON MCDOUGALL LOCATION SOUND JIM RILLIE PRODUCERS ANN BERNIER ANNETTE CLARKE JOHN WALKER WRITTEN BY JOHN WALKER ROBERT SANDLER DIRECTED & NARRATED BY JOHN WALKER
A John Walker Production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada in association with documentary Channel and Canada Media Fund, with the assistance of the Government of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Film & Television Production Incentive Fund, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program, Rogers Telefund and The Canadian Film or Video Film Tax Credit and developed with the assistance of Superchannel
© 2019 John Walker Productions


Carol S. Eliel, Curator of Modern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), has been with the museum since 1984. In addition to John Altoon (on view at LACMA through September 14, 2014, before traveling to the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University), she has organized numerous exhibitions including most recently, Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible (2014); David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (2011); SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s from LACMA's Collection (2007); and Lee Mullican: An Abundant Harvest of Sun (2005). In addition, Dr. Eliel is coorganizing (with the Guggenheim Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago) a major exhibition devoted to influential modernist László Moholy-Nagy, opening in New York in 2016 and at LACMA in 2017. She is also actively involved with acquisitions for the museum, most recently with the addition of works by Judy Chicago, Bruce Conner, Moholy-Nagy, and Simmons & Burke to the collection. In addition to her work at LACMA, Dr. Eliel has lectured across the United States, written on a wide variety of subjects ranging from eighteenth-century French painting to cutting-edge contemporary art, and served from 2011-13 as President of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC), of which she is now a lifetime trustee. Her honors also include being named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her dedication to presenting the works of French artists to the American public (1999). Dr. Eliel received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Catherine Evans joined the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh in 2014 as Chief Curator. Prior to her appointment, she was the William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography at the Columbus Museum of Art, where she also served as the Chief Curator. In 2001 Evans spearheaded the acquisition of the Photo League collection for which the museum is known nationally and internationally. She co-authored and co-curatored The Radical Camera, New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 (Yale, 2011). Evans is a 2012 Tedx presenter and is on the Executive Board of the Association of Art Museum Curators as Vice President of Governance. Previously she was an assistant curator in the Photography Department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. Evans received her BA from Williams College.
Joan Young is Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum where she provides administrative oversight for the curatorial department and currently manages the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative. Since joining the Guggenheim in 1995, she has organized exhibitions by Hugo Boss Prize winners Tacita Dean, Emily Jacir, and Rirkrit Tiravanija for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and curated Phoebe Washburn: Regulated Fool's Milk Meadow, Julie Mehretu: Grey Area, Once Upon a Time: Fantastic Narratives in Contemporary Video, and Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms (co-organized with Nancy Spector) for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. She also provided curatorial support for the exhibitions Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective; The Hugo Boss Prize 1998; Andreas Slominski; Postmedia: Conceptual Photography in the Guggenheim Museum Collection; Lawrence Weiner: NACH ALLES/AFTER ALL; Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle; Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections; Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present; Douglas Gordon's The VANITY of Allegory; Marina Abramović: Seven Easy Pieces; All in the present must be transformed: Matthew Barney and Joseph Beuys; theanyspacewhatever; and Intervals: Kitty Kraus.
*Mentorship Program webinars are open to only the mentees or mentors within the Program. For more information on the AAMC Mentorship Program, please click here.
This program is generously supported in part by funding provided by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (EHTF) and the AAMC President's Circle.


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The Unknown Girl – Review
2nd December 2016 30th December 2016 Jason Korsner
Worth seeing: for fans of the Dardenne brothers who like slow, static films with little drama and arch plots
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Featuring: Adèle Haenel, Ben Hamidou, Jérémie Rénier, Laurent Caron, Louka Minnella, Olivier Bonnaud, Olivier Gourmet, Thomas Doret
Released: 2nd December 2016
Jenny (Adèle Haenel) is a young doctor in a small local practice, getting frustrated by the intern, who always seems to be under her feet.
After she's locked up one night, someone rings the bell, but a flustered Jenny turns her away.
When she later discovers that the woman who'd tried to get in had later been killed, Jenny feels guilty – a feel that only gets worse when, with few clues as to who the woman might be, the authorities have little choice but to hold an unceremonious burial.
Jenny takes it upon herself to give the woman some dignity in death that she didn't have in life, by finding out who she was and how she died – and with the police showing little interest, she has to go behind their backs.
The Unknown Girl was the seventh film in competition in Cannes from the two-time Palme d'Or winning Dardenne Brothers, which means anyone who's into their work – or familiar with the kind of films selected by Cannes – will at least have an idea of what to expect.
The film's main publicity shot, of a doctor on a phone, gives little away about the plot or its protagonist, leaving only the surname of the directors to draw in potential audiences.
In their latest effort to expose social injustice, Jean-Pierre and Luc, deliver a perfectly competent piece of film-making that sadly fails to grip viewers or rally anyone to their cause.
For what is trying to sell itself as a detective mystery, the stakes aren't high enough for the main character to ratchet up any tension. She herself is too melancholic and charmless to engage the audience.
It seems to be a little coincidental that many of the possible suspects happen to have a link, of sorts, to Jenny or her surgery, while others who turn against her because of her investigation seem to be able to do so with impunity, even after it emerges that they are red-herrings.
The Unknown Girl is, by turns, basic, clunky, obvious, uninspiring film-making – showing us rather more doctoring that we require – OK, we get it, she's a doctor!
There are many long scenes with little movement, there's almost no music, even under the closing credits, characters often just turn up to announce something important and then go away again, and it's certainly too slow and lacking in anything much to have a running time just shy of two hours.
The central performance makes the film perfectly watchable, but it's tremendously spartan film-making that won't secure much admiration from anyone who's not already a convert to the vision of the Belgian brothers.
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This is hands down one of my favorite meals. I love the sweet and tangy flavor of the BBQ sauce which is followed by the slow burn of the dry rub used on the pork.
Mix the dry rub ingredients in small bowl.
Sprinkle dry rub all over the pork roast, pressing into the pork.
Cover with plastic and refrigerate for one hour.
Place roast in crock pot.
Combine liquid ingredients in a medium bowl and pour about a cup over meat and the rest into the pot.
Roast for four hours on low, then an additional two hours on high.
Place back into crock pot for an additional thirty min.
Remove the majority of the liquid from pot leaving about 1/2 cup liquid.
Add BBQ sauce mix and serve.