David Crow Dec 5, 2016
The Westworld season finale opens its mystery box, giving us a violent, delightful gift. Major spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
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1.10 The Bicameral Mind
Of all the films that the Nolan brothers have collaborated on over the years, The Prestige is perhaps the most flawlessly and intricately designed. It seems to effortlessly place narrative layer atop narrative layer until, finally, the end result is the viewer traversing the ever-dizzying design of the movie’s structure without a sense of confusion… yet you’d probably be lying if you said that you knew for certain what was exactly going on the first time that you watched it. The point is that all of the threads...
The Westworld season finale opens its mystery box, giving us a violent, delightful gift. Major spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Doctor Who series 10: Utopia and Class director comes aboard Doctor Who Christmas special: brief snippets appear in BBC Christmas advert Doctor Who: looking back at Chris Chibnall's episodes
1.10 The Bicameral Mind
Of all the films that the Nolan brothers have collaborated on over the years, The Prestige is perhaps the most flawlessly and intricately designed. It seems to effortlessly place narrative layer atop narrative layer until, finally, the end result is the viewer traversing the ever-dizzying design of the movie’s structure without a sense of confusion… yet you’d probably be lying if you said that you knew for certain what was exactly going on the first time that you watched it. The point is that all of the threads...
- 12/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Last Week’S Review: ‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Trace Decay’ Reminds Us That We’re All Just Stories, In the End
Diagnostic Report
Let’s start with Maeve, who flexed her newfound powers in a few key scenes but otherwise seems to be playing the long game. After first recognizing Bernard for what he is (and triggering his latest descent into madness), Maeve then went on to properly recruit Hector to (in her words) “break into hell with me and rob the gods blind.” We’ll look forward to seeing how that takes shape next week.
William, Logan and Dolores aren’t having the happiest of reunions, what with Logan taking the two of them prisoner with some help from the Confederados and doing his best to remind “Billy” that Westworld isn’t real, and neither is Dolores. After a gruesome confrontation with a knife that Dolores manages to escape, Logan thinks he’s wooed William back.
Diagnostic Report
Let’s start with Maeve, who flexed her newfound powers in a few key scenes but otherwise seems to be playing the long game. After first recognizing Bernard for what he is (and triggering his latest descent into madness), Maeve then went on to properly recruit Hector to (in her words) “break into hell with me and rob the gods blind.” We’ll look forward to seeing how that takes shape next week.
William, Logan and Dolores aren’t having the happiest of reunions, what with Logan taking the two of them prisoner with some help from the Confederados and doing his best to remind “Billy” that Westworld isn’t real, and neither is Dolores. After a gruesome confrontation with a knife that Dolores manages to escape, Logan thinks he’s wooed William back.
- 11/28/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Only two episodes left of HBO’s tantalizing new series “Westworld,” and we still have many questions that need to be answered. Last week, viewers saw Maeve (Thandie Newton) officially take her life in her hands and start building her own army. Meanwhile, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) also had vivid flashbacks of their past that will continue to haunt them in the upcoming episodes.
While we wait for episode 9, titled “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” HBO shared four new photos to hold us down.
Read More: ‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Trace Decay’ Reminds Us That We’re All Just Stories, In the End
In the upcoming episode Dolores and Bernard will reconnect with their pasts, Maeve propositions Hector (Rodrigo Santoro), and Teddy (James Marsden) will discover enlightenment, but it comes with a price.
“The Well-Tempered Clavier” is directed by Michelle MacLaren and written by Dan Dietz and Katherine Lingenfelter.
While we wait for episode 9, titled “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” HBO shared four new photos to hold us down.
Read More: ‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Trace Decay’ Reminds Us That We’re All Just Stories, In the End
In the upcoming episode Dolores and Bernard will reconnect with their pasts, Maeve propositions Hector (Rodrigo Santoro), and Teddy (James Marsden) will discover enlightenment, but it comes with a price.
“The Well-Tempered Clavier” is directed by Michelle MacLaren and written by Dan Dietz and Katherine Lingenfelter.
- 11/23/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Laura Jones, the winner of the inaugural Awg Lifetime Achievement Award and screenwriter of Brick Lane, will appear in conversation with Holding the Man scribe Tommy Murphy later this month.
Jones has worked with Gillian Armstrong on High Tide and Oscar and Lucinda, with Jane Campion on An Angel at My Table and A Portrait of a Lady, with Samantha Lang on The Well and Jocelyn Moorhouse on A Thousand Acres.
As well as Holding the Man, Murphy has written episodes of Spirited, Offspring and Devil's Playground.
The event will be held at Sydney's Harlequin Hotel on June 28.
www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_awgevents&layout=event&eid=137&Itemid=122...
Jones has worked with Gillian Armstrong on High Tide and Oscar and Lucinda, with Jane Campion on An Angel at My Table and A Portrait of a Lady, with Samantha Lang on The Well and Jocelyn Moorhouse on A Thousand Acres.
As well as Holding the Man, Murphy has written episodes of Spirited, Offspring and Devil's Playground.
The event will be held at Sydney's Harlequin Hotel on June 28.
www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_awgevents&layout=event&eid=137&Itemid=122...
- 6/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Aftrs Open Summer School — now in its third year — has expanded to 17 intensive courses, including a new six-week doco school and a six-week film school.
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Michael Rowe.s Early Winter, Simon Stone.s The Daughter and Bentley Dean and Martin Butler.s Tanna will be launched internationally at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in September.
A Canadian/Australian co-production starring Paul Doucet and Suzanne Clément, Early Winter (formerly Rest Home) will have its world premiere in the Venice Days sidebar.
The first English-language film from Mexican-based writer-director Rowe (Leap Year; The Well), the Montreal-shot psychological drama follows a janitor in a retirement home whose life spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Pyramide International is handling international sales and releasing in France, Rialto will distribute in Australia/New Zealand and Mongrel Media/Film Option in Canada.
.Pyramide will be selling in Venice and then at Toronto,. Freshwater Pictures. Trish Lake, who produced with Serge Noël.s Possibles Média, tells If. .There are...
A Canadian/Australian co-production starring Paul Doucet and Suzanne Clément, Early Winter (formerly Rest Home) will have its world premiere in the Venice Days sidebar.
The first English-language film from Mexican-based writer-director Rowe (Leap Year; The Well), the Montreal-shot psychological drama follows a janitor in a retirement home whose life spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Pyramide International is handling international sales and releasing in France, Rialto will distribute in Australia/New Zealand and Mongrel Media/Film Option in Canada.
.Pyramide will be selling in Venice and then at Toronto,. Freshwater Pictures. Trish Lake, who produced with Serge Noël.s Possibles Média, tells If. .There are...
- 7/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) never left Germany but became internationally respected by his peers during his lifetime and a symbol of pure musicianship for future generations. A virtuoso organist, harpsichordist, and violinist/violist who may have also played lute, as a composer his mastery of counterpoint and fugal writing remain unmatched, yet he was also open to the influences of contemporary Italian and French composers.
Born into a highly musical family in Eisenach, Germany, Bach became organist at the Neukirche in Arnstadt in 1703 at the age of 18. His first major appointment was as court organist to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, in 1708; six years later the Duke made him Concertmaster. In 1717 Bach became Kapellmeister and music director to the music-loving Prince Leopold of Anhalt in Cöthen, where Bach wrote much of his greatest secular music. Bach's duties switched to writing choral and organ music for use in church services...
Born into a highly musical family in Eisenach, Germany, Bach became organist at the Neukirche in Arnstadt in 1703 at the age of 18. His first major appointment was as court organist to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, in 1708; six years later the Duke made him Concertmaster. In 1717 Bach became Kapellmeister and music director to the music-loving Prince Leopold of Anhalt in Cöthen, where Bach wrote much of his greatest secular music. Bach's duties switched to writing choral and organ music for use in church services...
- 3/21/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Tuesdays are when new books are typically released, and horror fans usually don’t have too much trouble finding something to read. There is Amazon of course and publishers like Samhain and Cemetery Dance…
We also boast authors ranging from "The King" himself to Dan Simmons, Robert McCammon, the late Thomas Tryon, Tim Curran, Aussies Stephen Irwin, Brett McBean, and Aaron Dries as well as Brits such as David Moody, anthologist Stephen Jones, and Mark Morris, to name just a very few.
But what if you long for the paperback originals which seemed to flood bookstores back in the 80s or want to read even earlier horror that is long out of print? What to do? Well, you turn to Valancourt Books to assuage those yearnings. And we recently spoke with Ryan Cagle, one half of the publishing team that brings those long unavailable titles to life for readers to enjoy again,...
We also boast authors ranging from "The King" himself to Dan Simmons, Robert McCammon, the late Thomas Tryon, Tim Curran, Aussies Stephen Irwin, Brett McBean, and Aaron Dries as well as Brits such as David Moody, anthologist Stephen Jones, and Mark Morris, to name just a very few.
But what if you long for the paperback originals which seemed to flood bookstores back in the 80s or want to read even earlier horror that is long out of print? What to do? Well, you turn to Valancourt Books to assuage those yearnings. And we recently spoke with Ryan Cagle, one half of the publishing team that brings those long unavailable titles to life for readers to enjoy again,...
- 4/22/2014
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
Jennifer Kent is an actress and director best known for Murder Call, Babe: Pig in the City and The Well. That's about to change with the upcoming release of The Babadook, a striking Australian horror movie that is getting rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. It's about time we had a new horror icon to scare us witless, and judging by the atmospheric trailer, Jennifer Kent has delivered just that. We'll keep you informed of further release details, but for now just sit back and enjoy this tantalising first look. Synopsis: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook...
- 1/22/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Jennifer Kent is an actress and director best known for Murder Call, Babe: Pig in the City and The Well. That's about to change with the upcoming release of The Babadook, a striking Australian horror movie that is getting rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. It's about time we had a new horror icon to scare us witless, and judging by the atmospheric trailer, Jennifer Kent has delivered just that. We'll keep you informed of further release details, but for now just sit back and enjoy this tantalising first look. Synopsis: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook...
- 1/22/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
As always, there are biases at play here; my greatest interests are symphonic music, choral music, and piano music, so that's what comes my way most often. There are some paired reviews; the ranking of the second of each pair might not be the true, exact ranking, but it works better from a writing standpoint this way.
1. Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a; 3 Hungarian Dances; 9 Liebeslieder Waltzes; Intermezzi, Op. 116 No. 4 & Op. 117 No. 1 Gewandhausorchester/Riccardo Chailly (Decca)
It is not easy, at this point in recording history, to match the giants of the baton in a Brahms cycle, but Chailly has done it (this is my fiftieth Brahms cycle, and I have more than another fifty Brahms Firsts, and upwards of thirty each of the other symphonies outside those cycles, so I've got some basis for comparison...
1. Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a; 3 Hungarian Dances; 9 Liebeslieder Waltzes; Intermezzi, Op. 116 No. 4 & Op. 117 No. 1 Gewandhausorchester/Riccardo Chailly (Decca)
It is not easy, at this point in recording history, to match the giants of the baton in a Brahms cycle, but Chailly has done it (this is my fiftieth Brahms cycle, and I have more than another fifty Brahms Firsts, and upwards of thirty each of the other symphonies outside those cycles, so I've got some basis for comparison...
- 1/6/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The Hive Lab has announced its film-makers to collaborate with artists, theatre actors, choreographers, animators and writers over 11-14 October. The list of film-makers include Sophie Raymond, co-director of Mrs Carey’s Concert and Natasha Pincus, director of music video Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye with artists such as Eddie Perfect and Bill Henson.The announcement:
A roll call of some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, choreographers, animators and writers have signed up for the Hive Lab, taking place during the Melbourne Festival from 11-14 October. The four-day Hive Lab brings seventeen filmmakers and artists together in a creative clash of cultures, nurturing new ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The second Hive Lab was originally conceived by Adelaide Film Festival and is co-presented with Australia Council, ABC TV, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
The 2012 Hive Lab participants are arts and performance practitioners Bill Henson,...
A roll call of some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, choreographers, animators and writers have signed up for the Hive Lab, taking place during the Melbourne Festival from 11-14 October. The four-day Hive Lab brings seventeen filmmakers and artists together in a creative clash of cultures, nurturing new ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The second Hive Lab was originally conceived by Adelaide Film Festival and is co-presented with Australia Council, ABC TV, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
The 2012 Hive Lab participants are arts and performance practitioners Bill Henson,...
- 9/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Gypsy
Everything should be coming up roses in Leicester, where Paul Kerryson revives Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's legendary musical, inspired by the memoirs of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee. Caroline O'Connor plays the monstrous Mama Rose, who pushes her daughters to perform on stage to satisfy her own thwarted dreams of stardom. Curve, Leicester (0116-242 3595), tonight to 15 April.
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein's creator comes under the spotlight in Helen Edmundson's new play, which follows hard on the heels of her RSC success, The Heresy of Love. Polly Teale directs for Shared Experience, a company that has done so much to put women's lives centre stage. West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds (0113-213 7700), Friday to 7 April.
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Gypsy
Everything should be coming up roses in Leicester, where Paul Kerryson revives Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's legendary musical, inspired by the memoirs of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee. Caroline O'Connor plays the monstrous Mama Rose, who pushes her daughters to perform on stage to satisfy her own thwarted dreams of stardom. Curve, Leicester (0116-242 3595), tonight to 15 April.
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein's creator comes under the spotlight in Helen Edmundson's new play, which follows hard on the heels of her RSC success, The Heresy of Love. Polly Teale directs for Shared Experience, a company that has done so much to put women's lives centre stage. West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds (0113-213 7700), Friday to 7 April.
- 3/12/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
On December 10, 1791, after Mozart had died five days earlier at age 35, there was a memorial service in Vienna, and for the first time some of his Requiem was performed. It was not noted then what parts were played, but H.C. Robbins Landon, who has studied the Requiem completion in some depth and made his own edition, makes the obvious nomination: the movements that Mozart had largely completed, the Introit (Requiem aeternam), which was fully finished, and the Kyrie, for which Mozart had written all the vocal parts and the basso continuo, and which thus needed only the orchestration, which was accomplished at least well enough for that first performance by Franz Jakob Freystädtler (a student of Mozart's) doubling the choral parts with instrumentation, while another student of Mozart's, Franz Xaver Sűssmayr, composed original parts for trumpets and timpani.
Jan Swafford recently wrote, "Like most composers of the Enlightenment,...
Jan Swafford recently wrote, "Like most composers of the Enlightenment,...
- 12/10/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Duffy and Mike Phillips have reportedly split up for a second time. The Well, Well, Well'singer - who had been in a relationship with 29-year-old rugby player since September 2009 - reportedly broke up with the sportsman while he was in New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup earlier this month because they never get to see each other. The split comes after the pair first broke up in May but quickly reconciled. A friend told the Mail on Sunday newspaper: 'It's sad but it's all over. 'Mike and Duffy went through a rough patch in May but they worked through it and spent...
- 10/30/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
The Australian screen industry is full of talented and successful women, but this doesn’t mean gender imbalance is a thing of the past. Georgina Pearson writes.
Gender equality is an age-old debate; one that’s been analysed and pulled apart countless times before. Yet as women in the Australian screen industry continue to deliver on a global stage we must dispute its relevance – is there a significant gender imbalance within the industry, or has this argument become a moot point, questioned merely as a matter of principle?
When the list of films eligible for the Australian Film Institute Awards was announced last year, AFI CEO Damian Trewhella pointed out that eight out of the 19 titles were directed by women, arguing that “in an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction.”
And the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (Astra) followed closely...
Gender equality is an age-old debate; one that’s been analysed and pulled apart countless times before. Yet as women in the Australian screen industry continue to deliver on a global stage we must dispute its relevance – is there a significant gender imbalance within the industry, or has this argument become a moot point, questioned merely as a matter of principle?
When the list of films eligible for the Australian Film Institute Awards was announced last year, AFI CEO Damian Trewhella pointed out that eight out of the 19 titles were directed by women, arguing that “in an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction.”
And the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (Astra) followed closely...
- 3/23/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
We've been following the progress of the "Locke & Key" television series ever since it was first announced last summer, and things continue to look good for the live-action adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's hit comic book series. Alex Zalben at MTV Geek recently spoke to the pair about their work on the comic, but he also slipped in a few questions about the television series for Splash Page readers.
Not only do they confirm the recent report of "Nikita" actress Ksenia Solo landing the role of the series' mysterious girl in the well, the two also reveal some details from their recent set visit and an interesting plot point regarding the presentation of certain gender-bending magic that plays into the later chapters of the story.
The interview contains quite a bit of discussion that will reveal late-developing elements of the comic book's story arc, so consider this your official Spoiler Warning!
Not only do they confirm the recent report of "Nikita" actress Ksenia Solo landing the role of the series' mysterious girl in the well, the two also reveal some details from their recent set visit and an interesting plot point regarding the presentation of certain gender-bending magic that plays into the later chapters of the story.
The interview contains quite a bit of discussion that will reveal late-developing elements of the comic book's story arc, so consider this your official Spoiler Warning!
- 3/1/2011
- by Splash Page Team
- MTV Splash Page
The 2011 Grammy Awards were big for the ladies -- country trio Lady Antebellum took home the most awards with five, while Lady Gaga earned three. Eminem had two honors, but Alternative Rock group Arcade Fire won the coveted Album of the Year.
Here is the full list of winners:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
Record Of The Year
"Nothin' On You" -- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" -- Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Forget You" -- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" -- Ray Lamontagne, songwriter (Ray Lamontagne And The...
Here is the full list of winners:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
Record Of The Year
"Nothin' On You" -- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" -- Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Forget You" -- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" -- Ray Lamontagne, songwriter (Ray Lamontagne And The...
- 2/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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