Movies
Movies move us like nothing else can, whether they’re scary, funny, dramatic, romantic or anywhere in-between. In these posts, I share some of my favourite movies and the ways that you can see them online.
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China’s Sexual Revolution: A Channel 5 Documentary
Revolution and its sizzling Economic Revolution. But you haven’t heard about its other great social upheaval – the Chinese Sexual Revolution – and like everything in that country it’s happening at warp speed. It’s China’s version of the 60s revolution – on steroids.
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Television: Its purpose and the only way to deal with it
A classic scene from a movie from the 70s with an important message to tell us about television.
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Best South African Film: The Shore Break
The Shore Break has won the Backsberg Audience Choice Award at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival for Best South African Film, while Virunga was voted Best International Film. Directed by Ryley Grunenwald, The Shore Break is the disturbing story of two Pondo cousins on opposing sides of the Xolobeni Wild Coast mining conflict.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service | Official Trailer: With a new track from Iggy Azalea featuring Ellie Goulding. Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. Cast: Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, and Samuel L. Jackson
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Defined by the Line: A Film About the Fight to Protect Bears Ears
https://vimeo.com/channels/thenewlocalism/125173719 Josh Ewing began visiting the Bears Ears region of southeastern Utah to climb at Indian Creek and explore the local archaeology. But when he moved to the town of Bluff, he saw degradation from oil drilling, looting, and careless visitors. Ewing knew simply loving a place was no longer enough. Get Involved: Protect Bears Ears in southeastern Utah. Sign the Petition at: bearsearscoalition.org/action/
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Samsara
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. SAMSARA reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson, whose award-winning films BARAKA and CHRONOS were acclaimed for combining visual and musical artistry. Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film filmed over five years in 25 countries around the world. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in August 2012.
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Fifty Shades of Grey an Honest Trailer
Did you watch this movie? I didn’t even read the book and this trailer is enough for me to know that this is not for me. How about you?
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The Zero Theorem
I watched this movie yesterday and while its a very bad copy and its riddled with ads, there’s a quirky and existential charm to its dystopian, over commercialised society on porn steroids. Bainsley is a cute character too. Scary! This is what you’re in for: Hired to crack a theorem, reclusive computer genius Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz) begins to make headway until his controlled world is interrupted by seductive Bainsley (Mélanie Thierry) and turbulent Bob (Lucas Hedges). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ka-2K5SsPw Initial release: December 19, 2013 (Italy) Director: Terry Gilliam Running…
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Face to Face with Dean Clifford
What’s your opinion?
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The One Percent
This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing “wealth gap” in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, moral and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans – the one percent – to control nearly half the wealth of the entire United States. The film Includes interviews with Nicole…
