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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week
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The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week
May 19, 2015
Temperatures are rising and the multiplexes are filling with big summer blockbusters, which is about all the reason you need to say to hell with it, lock the doors, and watch movies in your living room. It’s a particularly eclectic week on the home video front, with Netflix offering up one of the year’s best films thus far, a monster war movie and a revolutionary Shakespeare adaptation on the new-release shelf, and Criterion presenting two flawed but fascinating almost-classics.
ON NETFLIX
Girlhood: Writer/director Céline Sciamma takes a slice-of-life approach to the story of Marieme (Karidja Touré), an outcast who falls in — rather easily — with a trio of queen bees, roaming malls, talking shit, getting in fights. The acting is low-key and convincing, the photography is gorgeous, and even the simplest hangout scenes have a ground-level reality that’s downright revelatory. Sciamma captures something indelible about being a teenager, creating perfect moments and dramatizing how they’re shattered; deeply felt, keenly observed, and marvelously acted, it’s far more complicated and difficult than the simple coming-of-age story the title suggests.
ON BLU-RAY/DVD/VOD:
Cymbeline: I can’t think of a more mangled theatrical release, at least in recent memory, than this one; Michael Almereyda’s adaptation of the Shakespeare play debuted at Venice, only to have its title changed to Anarchy (a more VOD menu-friendly title that nods to its Sons of Anarchy-style biker gang update) until barely a month before release, when it reverted back to Cymbeline. The fact that they couldn’t figure out what to even call the film tells you how good a handle they got on marketing it, but this is a slick, stylish, magnificently acted twist on the Bard that deserves a second life. It reunites Almereyda with his Hamlet star Ethan Hawke, and the approach is much the same: cut the text to the bone, go heavy on voice-over, get clever with the updating (the best one here: a far-carried message conveyed via iPhone text rather than note), transplant into unexpected locations (the resolution here takes place in the parking lot of an abandoned mini-storage facility), and move actors towards conversational naturalism rather then presentation. The entire impressive cast is good, but high marks in particular to Dakota Johnson (proving she’s got dramatic chops to match her comic ones), and the perpetually underused Delroy Lindo, who effortlessly conveys both heft and tenderness. (Includes audio commentary, featurettes, and trailers.)
American Sniper: The social and political controversy that surrounded Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of Chris Kyle’s memoir last winter was loud enough (and simplistic enough) to divert critics from its real value: as the kind of lean, mean meditation on masculinity and duty that Eastwood’s always had a talent for, and that his increasingly dire output had hinted might be beyond his grasp at this point. It’s a tense, lived-in, and (yes) psychologically complex portrait of a man of war—and Bradley Cooper is utterly convincing as the figure at its center, haunted by both the things he’s seen and the things he’s done. (Includes featurettes.)
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The Rose: Late in Mark Rydell’s portrait of a self-destructive rock star, her boyfriend asks, “Where you goin’?†She responds, simply, “To do what I do!†It’s tossed off, a throwaway line, but it’s the whole movie; she does what she does, whether it’s singing or drinking or loving, and she does it all without moderation. Bette Midler is magnificent in the title role, seemingly channeling both Janis Joplin (on whom it’s loosely based) and, somehow, Courtney Love. It’s a full-throated, energetic, sexy portrayal of a talented nose-thumber who’s adored the world over, yet still defines herself by how much attention and affirmation she’s getting at that moment. Director Rydell’s portrayal of road life is credible — but the real draw here is the cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, who shoots the concert scenes (and there are many of them) with the angles and compositions of a concert documentary, and with the help of an all-star team of ‘70s DPs. It grounds the picture, giving Rose’s story an authenticity that helps soften the somewhat monotonous storytelling. (Includes audio commentary, new and archival interviews.)
Limelight: It doesn’t take much subtextual dexterity to draw a line from Charles Chaplin’s 1952 drama and its story, of a clown coming to terms with the fact that his time has passed. And to be sure, it’s a melodrama that looks and plays decidedly old-fashioned, even for the early ‘50s. But coming at this point in Chaplin’s career, as perhaps his most earnestly personal picture, it works; the naked emotion and throwback quality works in its favor, rather than against it. And on top of all that, it marks the only onscreen collaboration between Chaplin and Buster Keaton, in a sequence that’s the silent-comedy equivalent of De Niro and Pacino facing off in Heat. Their scenes, both performing and talking shop in the dressing room beforehand, are the highlights of a warm and heartfelt yet often overlooked gem. (Includes video essay, new interviews, featurettes, archival Chaplin recordings, vintage Chaplin short films, outtake, and two trailers.)

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Waging Good For Veterans
In honor of D-Day, Got Your 6 reminds us to empower our returning service members with the release of their brand-new PSA. Join Anne Hathaway, Anna Kendrick, Harrison Ford, Bradley Cooper, Gabourey Sidibe, Martin Sheen, Bette Midler, Sally Field, Jason Sudeikis, Goldie Hawn, and Glenn Close to “Wage Good”. Watch below!
Got Your 6 is not a charity for veterans, but rather a Hollywood-backed movement designed to empower veterans and challenge them to convert their leadership and operational training into positive civilian roles in communities nationwide.
Got Your 6 is a campaign dedicated to bridging the civilian-military divide by advancing the conversation in America, so that veterans and military families are perceived as leaders and civic assets and NOT charity cases.
Got Your 6 combines the reach and resources of the top American entertainment studios, networks, and agencies with the expertise and commitment of 30 expert non-profit organizations who focus on specific areas of veteran reintegration.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Video: Got Your 6 Official Celebrity PSA- 2014 with Bette Midler, Sally Field, Goldie Hawn, Bradley Cooper and others!
PSA Alert: Got Your 6 is a collective impact campaign devoted to changing the conversation around veterans in America.
Please join Anne Hathaway, Anna Kendrick, Harrison Ford, Bradley Cooper, Gabourey Sidibe, Martin Sheen, Bette Midler, Sally Field, Jason Sudeikis, Goldie Hawn, and Glenn Close to “Wage Good†and show our nation’s veterans support!
Got Your 6 is not a charity for veterans, but rather a movement designed to empower veterans and challenge them to convert their leadership and operational training into positive civilian roles in communities nationwide.
This is an effort to bridge the civilian-military divide by advancing the conversation in America, so that veterans and military families are perceived as leaders and civic assets and NOT charity cases.
Got Your 6 combines the reach and resources of the top American entertainment studios, networks, and agencies with the expertise and commitment of 30 expert non-profit organizations who focus on specific areas of veteran reintegration.As our service members were taught to wage war, they were also taught to wage leadership… and loyalty… and teamwork. They were also trained to wage compassion and problem solving. They were taught to wage good. Join Got Your 6 to empower returning veterans and military families, and help Wage Good.
Got Your 6 is a campaign that unites the entertainment industry with top veteran-focused nonprofit organizations. The goal of the campaign is to bridge the civilian-military divide by creating a new conversation in America, so that veterans and military families are perceived as leaders and civic assets.
Got Your 6 ensures that our military veterans return home to be seen as leaders and assets Got Your 6 creates opportunities for veterans and civilians to join together to reinvigorate our communities Got Your 6 inspires Americans to understand the unique challenges and opportunities our veterans face upon their return Got Your 6 provides tools, platforms, and resources that Americans can use to better understand veteran and military culture Got Your 6 embodies—for all Americans—the values of duty, selfless service, and mutual respect upheld by those who have served in our military ...
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