UPtv is looking to uplift its viewers with the launch of an emoji-driven brand campaign and the unveiling of its 2019 slate of new movies and series.
“Consumers use emojis to share their emotional responses to television on social media every day,” said Scot Safon, UPtv’s chief marketing officer. “We’re embracing the idea and having fun using emojis, backed by the promise of shows and movies that will uplift you every day.”
The network says the new emoji campaign was built around the benefits of uplifting and positive programming that is aimed at its target audience.
Coming up on UPtv’s slate are a new season of baby series Expecting that launches at 9 p.m. Et this Thursday, April 25, and two creative series in the wedding space, Our Wedding Story and Crazy Beautiful Weddings, which will launch their respective second seasons at 9 p.m. and 9:30 Et Thursday, July...
“Consumers use emojis to share their emotional responses to television on social media every day,” said Scot Safon, UPtv’s chief marketing officer. “We’re embracing the idea and having fun using emojis, backed by the promise of shows and movies that will uplift you every day.”
The network says the new emoji campaign was built around the benefits of uplifting and positive programming that is aimed at its target audience.
Coming up on UPtv’s slate are a new season of baby series Expecting that launches at 9 p.m. Et this Thursday, April 25, and two creative series in the wedding space, Our Wedding Story and Crazy Beautiful Weddings, which will launch their respective second seasons at 9 p.m. and 9:30 Et Thursday, July...
- 4/24/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
1. mother!Darren Aronofsky’s divisive nightmare boasted a number of very striking posters this year, including one that blatantly yet beautifully pastiched the iconic Gips/Frankfurt design for Rosemary’s Baby and another in which Jennifer Lawrence’s face is minutely cracked like a porcelain doll. But it is this first teaser poster for the film, by the extraordinary artist James Jean, that stands out for me not only as a surreally appropriate representation of Aronofsky’s uncompromising vision, but as the best movie poster of the year. Grotesque and gorgeous, and dotted with hidden clues, Jean’s looks more like a piece of devotional iconography than a poster for a horror movie. (There is also an accompanying poster by Jean which features Javier Bardem’s character.) Known for his covers for the DC comic book series Fables, Jean has been in high demand this year, creating the charcoal illustration...
- 12/11/2017
- MUBI
Hollywood is reacting to the Brett Ratner sexual harassment scandal on social media, and no one has been more vocal than Asia Argento. The actress, who has accused Harvey Weinstein of rape, sent out a series of tweets bashing Ratner for his alleged actions and claiming that “we were all waiting for” the harassment accusations against the director to go public. “Looking forward to hear your lame excuses/apologies for your hideous crimes,” Argento wrote.
Ratner was accused of harassment by six women in an article published by The Los Angeles Times on November 1. Actresses who have come forward with allegations against the “Rush Hour” director include Olivia Munn, who claims Ratner masturbated in front of her while she was delivering food to his trailer on the set of the film “After the Storm,” and Natasha Henstridge, who alleges Ratner prevented her from leaving his apartment in New York City...
Ratner was accused of harassment by six women in an article published by The Los Angeles Times on November 1. Actresses who have come forward with allegations against the “Rush Hour” director include Olivia Munn, who claims Ratner masturbated in front of her while she was delivering food to his trailer on the set of the film “After the Storm,” and Natasha Henstridge, who alleges Ratner prevented her from leaving his apartment in New York City...
- 11/1/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As 2017 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our hands on the titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen. With the proliferation of streaming options, it’s thankfully easier than ever to play catch-up, and to assist with the process, we’re bringing you a rundown of the best titles of the year available to watch.
Curated from the Best Films of 2017 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
Curated from the Best Films of 2017 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
- 10/25/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
A harsh and largely unwelcome change of pace from Japan’s greatest living humanist filmmaker, “The Third Murder” finds Hirokazu Kore-eda abandoning the warmth of his recent family dramas (“Still Walking,” “After the Storm”) in favor of an ice-cold legal thriller that pedagogically dismantles the death penalty. It begins in a cold ditch on a dark night, as a man named Misumi (the great Kôji Yakusho) conks his boss on the back of the head and lights his body on fire. The killer is all too happy to confess that he committed the crime, but when he meets his defense team — a scraggly trio led by a suave lawyer named Shigemori (“Like Father, Like Son” actor Masaharu Fukuyama) — he starts to change his story.
Shigemori is perfectly fine with that; it’s his job to go with whatever version of the truth might spare his client the death penalty. However,...
Shigemori is perfectly fine with that; it’s his job to go with whatever version of the truth might spare his client the death penalty. However,...
- 9/12/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
As Hurricane Irma weakens, now churning as a tropical storm, those left in its wake are surveying the damage.
Doug Hanks, a former fishing guide located in Naples, Florida, captured much of the damage to the local area on his phone and has now been serving as something of a messenger for those worried about their homes.
After the storm passed, Hanks left his hotel — where he stayed for its higher elevation — around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, saying, “I wanted to check on my house so we drove over there, but the water was too high — about three to...
Doug Hanks, a former fishing guide located in Naples, Florida, captured much of the damage to the local area on his phone and has now been serving as something of a messenger for those worried about their homes.
After the storm passed, Hanks left his hotel — where he stayed for its higher elevation — around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, saying, “I wanted to check on my house so we drove over there, but the water was too high — about three to...
- 9/11/2017
- by Becky Randel
- PEOPLE.com
He already directed one of the best films of 2017 with After the Storm — now streaming on Amazon Prime — and now Hirokazu Kore-eda will continue his prolific streak with the legal drama The Third Murder. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama and Koji Yakusho, the Venice- and Tiff-bound film centers on a criminal trial about a defense attorney who unravels a bigger conspiracy when it comes to his client’s murder case. While this most certainly won’t get a U.S. release this year, fingers crossed we see it early in 2018 and now a new trailer has landed.
“The Third Murder takes us to numerous locales, but its most riveting scenes unfold within a tiny room where Misumi and Shigemori speak from either side of the glass,” the Tiff description reads. “At times these scenes are framed so that we see what lies on both sides of the glass at once. Like most of Kore-eda’s films,...
“The Third Murder takes us to numerous locales, but its most riveting scenes unfold within a tiny room where Misumi and Shigemori speak from either side of the glass,” the Tiff description reads. “At times these scenes are framed so that we see what lies on both sides of the glass at once. Like most of Kore-eda’s films,...
- 8/28/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Hirokazu Kore-eda is known for a gentler kind of cinema, telling deeply human and intimate stories in pictures like “Nobody Knows,” “Hana,” “Still Walking,” “Like Father, Like Son” and “After The Storm.” However, the director is switching gears considerably and tackling the kind of movie we’d never expect from the patient, quiet filmmaker: a legal drama.
Continue reading ‘The Third Murder’ Trailer: Hirokazu Kore-eda Goes Off Brand For Legal Drama at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Third Murder’ Trailer: Hirokazu Kore-eda Goes Off Brand For Legal Drama at The Playlist.
- 8/22/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
One of this year’s overlooked gems, Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After the Storm received a solemn theatrical release in March of 2017 courtesy of Us distributor Film Movement.
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- 8/15/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
After the Storm (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Can our children pick and choose the personality traits they inherit, or are they doomed to obtain our lesser qualities? These are the hard questions being meditated on in After the Storm, a sobering, transcendent tale of a divorced man’s efforts to nudge back into his son’s life. Beautifully shot by regular cinematographer Yutaka Yamasaki, it marks a welcome and quite brilliant...
After the Storm (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Can our children pick and choose the personality traits they inherit, or are they doomed to obtain our lesser qualities? These are the hard questions being meditated on in After the Storm, a sobering, transcendent tale of a divorced man’s efforts to nudge back into his son’s life. Beautifully shot by regular cinematographer Yutaka Yamasaki, it marks a welcome and quite brilliant...
- 8/11/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
That emotional profundity most directors try to build to across an entire film? Mike Mills achieves it in every scene of 20th Century Women. There’s such a debilitating warmness to both the vibrant aesthetic and construction of its dynamic characters as Mills quickly soothes one into his story that you’re all the more caught off-guard as the flurry of emotional wallops are presented.
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
That emotional profundity most directors try to build to across an entire film? Mike Mills achieves it in every scene of 20th Century Women. There’s such a debilitating warmness to both the vibrant aesthetic and construction of its dynamic characters as Mills quickly soothes one into his story that you’re all the more caught off-guard as the flurry of emotional wallops are presented.
- 7/14/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
A simple listing, duplicated from the dvd + vod Us and Canada page, of new releases and other stuff currently available, for the benefit of those playing along by RSS or keeping up via the Daily Digest emails (sign up here).
new dvd+vod After the Storm Certain Women Going in Style I’m planning to watch… Gifted Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer A Quiet Passion Spark: A Space Tail
2017’s films, ranked by maryann (subscribers only until the end of the year)
get all reviews since 1997 here
recent releases Finding Kim A Good American John Wick 2 Kong: Skull Island The Lost City of Z Personal Shopper The Promise Raw Sour Grapes Their Finest T2 Trainspotting A United Kingdom The Zookeeper’s Wife Aaron’s Blood The Bad Batch Beauty and the Beast Dough The Sense of an Ending Xx Aftermath The Autopsy of Jane Doe...
new dvd+vod After the Storm Certain Women Going in Style I’m planning to watch… Gifted Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer A Quiet Passion Spark: A Space Tail
2017’s films, ranked by maryann (subscribers only until the end of the year)
get all reviews since 1997 here
recent releases Finding Kim A Good American John Wick 2 Kong: Skull Island The Lost City of Z Personal Shopper The Promise Raw Sour Grapes Their Finest T2 Trainspotting A United Kingdom The Zookeeper’s Wife Aaron’s Blood The Bad Batch Beauty and the Beast Dough The Sense of an Ending Xx Aftermath The Autopsy of Jane Doe...
- 7/11/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
2017 has now crossed the halfway mark, so it’s time to take a look back at the first six months and round up our favorite titles thus far. While the end of this year will bring personal favorites from all of our writers, think of the below 28 entries as a comprehensive rundown of what should be seen before heading into a promising fall line-up.
Do note that this feature is based solely on U.S. theatrical releases from 2017, with many currently widely available on streaming platforms or theatrically. Check them out below, as organized alphabetically, followed by honorable mentions and films to keep on your radar for the remaining summer months. One can also see the list on Letterboxd.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Steve James)
Steve James’ filmography has long been about finding entry into larger conversations through intimate portraits. The director’s landmark debut, Hoop Dreams, and latter-day...
Do note that this feature is based solely on U.S. theatrical releases from 2017, with many currently widely available on streaming platforms or theatrically. Check them out below, as organized alphabetically, followed by honorable mentions and films to keep on your radar for the remaining summer months. One can also see the list on Letterboxd.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Steve James)
Steve James’ filmography has long been about finding entry into larger conversations through intimate portraits. The director’s landmark debut, Hoop Dreams, and latter-day...
- 7/3/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Above: Unused poster design for The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook, S. Korea, 2017); designer: Empire Design.It’s been a while since I did one of these round-ups of the most popular posts on Movie Poster of the Day—since the beginning of the year, in fact—but in that time one poster has been liked and reblogged more than 2,800 times, making it the second most popular design I’ve ever posted on the blog. The comp design for Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden, which I featured as part of my interview with Empire Design’s John Calvert back in March, is a deserving fan favorite: an exquisite and beautifully realized concept that was shelved only in favor of something even more perfect.The rest of the Top 20 features the usual eclectic mix of old and new (there are six posters for new films in the list, and two new designs for...
- 6/3/2017
- MUBI
A gambling-addicted private eye spies on his ex-wife in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s drama, which, despite its grubby setting, is understated and delicate
The title of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new movie is ironic. The TV weather forecast says a typhoon is imminent, and the characters are subtly influenced by its inexorable approach. Situations are intensified and complicated. The drama is actually taking place before the storm, during the storm – or maybe instead of the storm. The period of rest the title appears to conjure up happens very late, if it happens at all. Yet there is no climactic storminess in the action.
After the Storm is a family drama, a 21st-century variation on the classic Japanese style of which this film-maker is now the international standard-bearer. The director has said he models himself on Mikio Naruse, rather than Yasujirō Ozu, although he is dissatisfied with both comparisons. It is a story...
The title of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new movie is ironic. The TV weather forecast says a typhoon is imminent, and the characters are subtly influenced by its inexorable approach. Situations are intensified and complicated. The drama is actually taking place before the storm, during the storm – or maybe instead of the storm. The period of rest the title appears to conjure up happens very late, if it happens at all. Yet there is no climactic storminess in the action.
After the Storm is a family drama, a 21st-century variation on the classic Japanese style of which this film-maker is now the international standard-bearer. The director has said he models himself on Mikio Naruse, rather than Yasujirō Ozu, although he is dissatisfied with both comparisons. It is a story...
- 6/1/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Stefan Pape
There’s a gratifying appeal to the work of Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda, whose distinctive sensibilities as a filmmaker ensure every passing endeavour is one to cherish, as he so often blends kitchen sink realism with a subtle injection of enchantment – and his latest, After the Storm, is no different.
Following the death of his father, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) – a private detective who once garnered success as an author, has often neglected his own offspring and so makes an attempt to reconnect, starting with his ex-wife Kyoko (Yoko Maki), who is reluctant to give him a second chance. But Ryota is determined to prove his worth, and not only as a father but as a son too, as he heads back home to spend some time with his ageing mother (Kirin Kiki). All he needs is the opportunity to spend some time with them – and so he...
There’s a gratifying appeal to the work of Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda, whose distinctive sensibilities as a filmmaker ensure every passing endeavour is one to cherish, as he so often blends kitchen sink realism with a subtle injection of enchantment – and his latest, After the Storm, is no different.
Following the death of his father, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) – a private detective who once garnered success as an author, has often neglected his own offspring and so makes an attempt to reconnect, starting with his ex-wife Kyoko (Yoko Maki), who is reluctant to give him a second chance. But Ryota is determined to prove his worth, and not only as a father but as a son too, as he heads back home to spend some time with his ageing mother (Kirin Kiki). All he needs is the opportunity to spend some time with them – and so he...
- 5/31/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It may seem like there are only certain times of the year when the movies are worth watching, but the reality is that quality cinema hits theaters and VOD platforms all year round. We haven’t reached the halfway mark in 2017 yet, there are already dozens of quality new releases, many of which will continue to deserve singling out by the end of the year. IndieWire’s film team has seen a lot of them. The following ranked list was developed out of the aggregate scores from top 10 lists contributed by film writers in New York and Los Angeles. In order to qualify, a movie must have either received a theatrical release in 2017 or become available on a VOD platform during that time. Movies that received awards-qualifying runs in 2016 do not count. In many cases, multiple films tied for votes and are designated as such.
Take a look at our list below,...
Take a look at our list below,...
- 5/10/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Legal thriller starring Masaharu Fukuyama due to hit screens in Japan in September.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation and Wild Bunch are re-teaming to jointly sell Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s upcoming legal thriller The Third Murder.
Popular Japanese singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama reunites with Kore-eda to play a lawyer who takes on a complicated murder case that will shake his very belief in the law.
Fukuyama starred in Kore-eda’s 2013 Cannes Jury Prize winner Like Father, Like Son, playing a successful businessman faced with a tough decision on discovering the child he brought up as his own was swapped with his biological son at birth.
Gaga will represent Asian territories and Wild Bunch is handling the rest of the world.
The new deal extends a collaboration begun on Kore-eda’s 2011 film I Wish and continued on his subsequent films Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister and After The Storm.
Toho Co., Ltd...
Japan’s Gaga Corporation and Wild Bunch are re-teaming to jointly sell Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s upcoming legal thriller The Third Murder.
Popular Japanese singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama reunites with Kore-eda to play a lawyer who takes on a complicated murder case that will shake his very belief in the law.
Fukuyama starred in Kore-eda’s 2013 Cannes Jury Prize winner Like Father, Like Son, playing a successful businessman faced with a tough decision on discovering the child he brought up as his own was swapped with his biological son at birth.
Gaga will represent Asian territories and Wild Bunch is handling the rest of the world.
The new deal extends a collaboration begun on Kore-eda’s 2011 film I Wish and continued on his subsequent films Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister and After The Storm.
Toho Co., Ltd...
- 5/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
“The story is about an attorney, a murderer, and the family of a victim,” director Hirokazu Kore-eda told us earlier this year, referencing his upcoming feature The Third Murder. Following his stellar drama After the Storm, the Japanese director is shifting gears to more genre-focused fare, while seemingly still retaining a human core at the center, for his next film.
While it wasn’t ready for Cannes as editing is still underway, his next feature will arrive in Japan this September and the first teaser has arrived. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama and Koji Yakusho, the film centers on a crime trial about a homicide 30 years ago in which a president of a factory was killed, but now a lawyer has doubts about his client.
Check out the trailer below, courtesy of Cine Maldito, and see the director’s 10 favorite films.
While it wasn’t ready for Cannes as editing is still underway, his next feature will arrive in Japan this September and the first teaser has arrived. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama and Koji Yakusho, the film centers on a crime trial about a homicide 30 years ago in which a president of a factory was killed, but now a lawyer has doubts about his client.
Check out the trailer below, courtesy of Cine Maldito, and see the director’s 10 favorite films.
- 4/26/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As anyone who’s ever observed our Slack channel and spotted the custom-made emoji of the director we created, we’re big fans here at the Playlist of the Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda. For two decades now, the filmmaker has won fans around the world for his gentle, deeply human dramas like “Nobody Knows,” “Hana,” “Still Walking” and “Air Doll,” and more recently with festival favorites like “I Wish,” Cannes Jury award winner “Like Father, Like Son” and last year’s “After The Storm.”
To many, he’s become the natural successor to the great director Yasujiro Ozu, his films taking set-ups that could be melodramatic and making them with compassion, humor and skill.
Continue reading Hirokazu Koreeda Goes Genre With First Teaser Trailer For Thriller ‘The Third Murder’ [Watch] at The Playlist.
To many, he’s become the natural successor to the great director Yasujiro Ozu, his films taking set-ups that could be melodramatic and making them with compassion, humor and skill.
Continue reading Hirokazu Koreeda Goes Genre With First Teaser Trailer For Thriller ‘The Third Murder’ [Watch] at The Playlist.
- 4/24/2017
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Sometimes you and your Instagram feed just need some time apart.
That appears to be what happened to actor Adrien Brody, who took a break from the photo sharing site recently and is now focusing his feed on what’s really important: dogs.
“Sorry, I’ve been hiding. Let’s have some fun,” says the bio at the top of his Instagram page, which for the past five weeks has been flooded with furry snaps.
This newfound doggie devotion began with a post eight weeks ago, that said: “Friends, forgive me for my absence. Saw the double today and it reminded me of you.
That appears to be what happened to actor Adrien Brody, who took a break from the photo sharing site recently and is now focusing his feed on what’s really important: dogs.
“Sorry, I’ve been hiding. Let’s have some fun,” says the bio at the top of his Instagram page, which for the past five weeks has been flooded with furry snaps.
This newfound doggie devotion began with a post eight weeks ago, that said: “Friends, forgive me for my absence. Saw the double today and it reminded me of you.
- 4/18/2017
- by Amy Jamieson
- PEOPLE.com
This weekend, strong holdover “T2 Trainspotting” outperformed Fox Searchlight disappointment “Wilson” at the specialty box office. Jazz documentary “I Called Him Morgan” is the bright spot among new specialty entries — at just one theater. This year, there are so many well-reviewed wide releases enjoying huge success with smart adults that the indies need a strong critical response to compete for moviegoers.
Opening
Wilson (Fox Searchlight) Metacritic: 50; Festivals include: Sundance 2017
$330,000 in 310 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $1,065
“Wilson” did not make a splash at Sundance, and even a top-flight specialized distributor like Fox Searchlight can’t transform a film with mediocre reviews into a success. It’s got a great pedigree — directed by Craig Johnson (“The Skeleton Twins”), Daniel Clowes adapted it from his own graphic novel and its includes Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern. Searchlight went with a non-platform wider initial release of 330 theaters. For all that, however, the results...
Opening
Wilson (Fox Searchlight) Metacritic: 50; Festivals include: Sundance 2017
$330,000 in 310 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $1,065
“Wilson” did not make a splash at Sundance, and even a top-flight specialized distributor like Fox Searchlight can’t transform a film with mediocre reviews into a success. It’s got a great pedigree — directed by Craig Johnson (“The Skeleton Twins”), Daniel Clowes adapted it from his own graphic novel and its includes Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern. Searchlight went with a non-platform wider initial release of 330 theaters. For all that, however, the results...
- 3/26/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Since the early 1990’s, director Hirokazu Kore-eda has churned out films at not only a shockingly consistent pace but also of a shockingly consistent quality. Going from documentarian to one of world cinema’s modern juggernauts, Kore-eda’s unassuming and yet emotionally poignant style has helped fill his filmography with masterpiece after masterpiece after masterpiece.
And yet his newest may very well be a new high water mark for the Japanese master.
Entitled After The Storm, Kore-eda’s newest film is deeply rooted in his quiet, humane aesthetic, and tells the story of a bumbling loser trying to make the most of his lot in life. The picture stars Hiroshi Abe as Ryota, a gambling addict who moonlights as a private detective. Following the death of his father, Ryota spends time tending to his mother Yoshiko (played by the iconic Kirin Kiki) and trying to do as right by his...
And yet his newest may very well be a new high water mark for the Japanese master.
Entitled After The Storm, Kore-eda’s newest film is deeply rooted in his quiet, humane aesthetic, and tells the story of a bumbling loser trying to make the most of his lot in life. The picture stars Hiroshi Abe as Ryota, a gambling addict who moonlights as a private detective. Following the death of his father, Ryota spends time tending to his mother Yoshiko (played by the iconic Kirin Kiki) and trying to do as right by his...
- 3/20/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Dennis Hensley attends this year's Outfest film festival, much of which takes place at the historic Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. In addition to a touching introduction from Chaz Bono, and appearances by Lisa Kudrow and Christina Ricci, he's there to catch the independent film La Mission, starring Benjamin Bratt.
Dennis is hoping Bratt goes full frontal in this film, because that's a sure way to win over the Outfest crowd. Unfortunately, no full frontal but Dennis did like La Mission. He also raves about a documentary called After The Storm.
Also in this episode, Dennis' friends Doug and John share rumors that the Orpheum Theater is haunted by a crying ghost that forever haunts the box seats. A ghost or possibly Judith Light.
Check it all out after the break!
Dennis is hoping Bratt goes full frontal in this film, because that's a sure way to win over the Outfest crowd. Unfortunately, no full frontal but Dennis did like La Mission. He also raves about a documentary called After The Storm.
Also in this episode, Dennis' friends Doug and John share rumors that the Orpheum Theater is haunted by a crying ghost that forever haunts the box seats. A ghost or possibly Judith Light.
Check it all out after the break!
- 7/16/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
Hollywood star Julia Roberts flew 2, 000 miles for a showdown with boyfriend Benjamin Bratt after rumours that he was getting close with his sexy female co-star, Mili Avital. Roberts was furious that the pair were reported to be getting friendly on set. An insider on the set of the movie After the Storm (2000) says, "Ben and Mili were seen everywhere together, laughing and having a good time. " Julia is said to be very much in love with Ben who she has been dating for two years and arrived in Belize from hollywood where she spent five nights with Ben at the Yacht Club Villa. The insider says, "They didn't look happy and hardly went out. But as soon as Julia left Ben and Mili were together again."...
- 4/10/2000
- WENN
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