There are few films this year that will fill you with the kind of wonderment and joy than Saving Mr. Banks. Channeling the spirit of their glory years, Disney has managed to craft a tale that’s reverential without being overly sentimental. Showbiz stories often fail at this but Banks provides an interesting insight into the making of a fascinating picture.
Can you feel it? AFI Fest is just around the corner, this Thursday to be exact and I am super excited to attend the festival on behalf of AwardsCircuit.com. Seeing as how we just did a staff wide top 10 film list, I figure I should release my personal choices for the 10 films I most want to see at the festival. Check it out!
Can you believe that we are just two months from 2014? The new year seemed so long ago like two weeks ago but now here we are about to be done with the year. Which of course means now is ripe for a new set of Oscar Predictions! I will be attending AFI Fest on behalf of AwardsCircuit.com, which I may have spoken about (idk really it’s been a rough past two weeks). Anyways there has been a lot of jostling and jockeying in the past few weeks.
By the time 12 Years a Slave had finished it’s running time, I found myself having to take stock of myself. The film, directed by Steve McQueen, is certainly an experience, painting a tough portrait of what happened to many Black people. Though I managed to make it through the film without much incident, I felt a small sense of disconnect, having endured through the movie but not thoroughly engaged, inspite of knowing the film was good. Luckily, there was enough artistry and ideas to keep the film bouncing around my mind and some truly astonishing performances to smooth the issues.
Happy Halloween from Le Noir Auteur! I hope you have a great one 😀
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Documentaries are hard. That’s the basic lesson I learned when I created this film titled The Priest. That and I need to get more coverage than I think I do. I mentioned this project last week and I am happy to share the final product (although if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you’ve prob seen the video). To be honest, I slightly hate this film. I mean it looks good and I managed to get some good shots, but I so wish I had a do over now that I sort of know what I was going for/have the music. But I think it’s good for me to be able to look things that I might think I did badly at and learn and grow. So without further ado, and with some extra fun at the bottom of the post, here’s The Priest.