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Category: movie picks
We were reminded it was World Aids Day by our dear friend twitter & Tuftslife. The World Aids Day website is really worth checking out, so give it a little of your time today to peruse.
Soon, AIDS will have killed more people than all the wars of the 20th century. So -in the spirit of what this day is for- we want to do our part to spread some awareness, in what little ways we do anyway.
We’ve got some really top movie recommendations for today:
- And The Band Played On An Emmy Award-winning (among 9 others) HBO film starring Matthew Modine, Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston, Phil Collins, Lily Tomlin, Ian McKellen and Alan Alda, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, based on a book of the same title by Randy Shilts.
- A Closer Walk “The first existing oral history of the AIDS epidemic. Literally, the only one.” Critically acclaimed documentary originally conceived in 1996 with the late Jonathan Mann – widely regarded as the architect of the global response to AIDS, it was filmed on four continents over a period of 3 years. Narration by Glenn Close and Will Smith. Directed by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer.
- Zero Patience by “experimental Canadian director John Greyson… complete with unique and ribald musical numbers and fantasy sequences”. Is a reaction to Shilts’ “Patient Zero” in And The Band Played On.
If you have any recommendations, drop us a line in the comments!
And now, A Closer Walk:
The whole film seems to be available on youtube courtesy of TVEAPfilms. This is the first of nine parts.
This video is also part of our favorite’s on Tufts Film Series channel, so if you lose your way on the interwebs, you can find it again. Remember to spread the love, spread the films, spread the word!
Happy Thanksgiving all! We’ll be back two more weekends concluding our series this semester. You’ll have Vicky Cristina Barcelona, (500) Days of Summer, Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Bastards to look forward to.
How about some Thanksgiving movie recommendations then:
- Scent Of A Woman a classic with Al Pacino (who won an Oscar for his role in this movie), Chris O’Donnell and Gabrielle Anwar (from Burn Notice). Directed by Martin Brest (also nominated for an Oscar).
- Hannah and her Sisters with Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Michael Caine, Diane Wiest, Carrie Fisher. Directed by Woody Allen. This 1986 drama about three sisters is considered to be one of Allen’s very best.
- The Ice Storm with “Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, and Joan Allen excelling in their roles, but its the younger actors, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd who steal the show.” Directed by Ang Lee.
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Animated. Awww!
- Home for the Holidays with Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Dylan McDermott and Claire Danes in Jodie Foster’s directorial debut.
Feel like going to the movies, instead of a tryptophan-induced sofa-lounging DVD? Opening Big this Thanksgiving Weekend:
- The Road based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron.
- Ninja Assassin starring RAIN. What more do you need to know? RAIN.
- Planet 51 cute animated movie, voiced by Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott and John Cleese. Directed by Jorge Blanco.
- The Princes and the Frog is Walt Disney’s highly-anticipated animated twist on the “Prince & The Frog” fairty tale. Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, who also created The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.
- Fantastic Mr. Fox The Roald Dahl story with multi-generational appeal. Voiced by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. Directed by Wes Anderson.
- The Blind Side is the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, pro-footballer for the Baltimore Ravens. Starring Sandra Bullock and directed by John Lee Hancock.
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans “A singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous”. Said to be a powerful performance by Nicholas Cage. Also starring Eva Mendes. Directed by Werner Herzog. (Apparently not a remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant starring Harvey Keitel).
- Red Cliff “Featuring some impressively grand battlefield action, Director John Woo returns to Asia and returns to form in the process for this lavish and slick historical epic.” Starring Tony Leung.
As for us, we’ll be tucking into some All About Eve. It was showing on the plane on the way back home, and wowzer was it good. Taught us not to pass it over just because its black & white.
Enjoy the Turkey Jumbos!
