It’s a strange, scary world to be a child in right now. With so much anger and tension, seeing the youth and innocence of children might feel resentful, but it shows what has been lost. Capturing the world of children is what Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Longley sets out to do with his next documentary feature, “Angels Are Made Of Light.”
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Longley made his directorial debut in 2002 with “Gaza Strip,” a film that focused on a 13-year-old boy crossing the Gaza Strip, at a place where Palestinian children often go to throw stones.
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Longley made his directorial debut in 2002 with “Gaza Strip,” a film that focused on a 13-year-old boy crossing the Gaza Strip, at a place where Palestinian children often go to throw stones.
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- 7/6/2019
- by Julia Teti
- The Playlist
The last festival on the fall calendar, AFI Fest, always offers a few late-breaking possible Oscar contenders — including opener “On the Basis of Sex” and closer “Mary, Queen of Scots” — as well as a strong World Cinema line-up packed with foreign-language Oscar submissions.
This year is no exception: Seven possible Best Foreign Language Film Oscar contenders are in the lineup of 28 titles from 27 countries, including Cannes prize-winners “Capernaum”, “Shoplifters” (Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda, Magnolia), and “Dogman” (Italy’s Matteo Garrone, Magnolia), along with Cannes entry “The Wild Pear Tree”, Karlovy Vary Festival winner “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History as Barbarians” (Romania’s Radu Jude), and two Tiff titles from Spc, “Never Look Away” (Germany’s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) and “Sunset” (Hungary’s “Son of Saul” Oscar-winner László Nemes).
Also in the lineup are several strong festival titles not submitted by their countries for the Oscars,...
This year is no exception: Seven possible Best Foreign Language Film Oscar contenders are in the lineup of 28 titles from 27 countries, including Cannes prize-winners “Capernaum”, “Shoplifters” (Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda, Magnolia), and “Dogman” (Italy’s Matteo Garrone, Magnolia), along with Cannes entry “The Wild Pear Tree”, Karlovy Vary Festival winner “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History as Barbarians” (Romania’s Radu Jude), and two Tiff titles from Spc, “Never Look Away” (Germany’s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) and “Sunset” (Hungary’s “Son of Saul” Oscar-winner László Nemes).
Also in the lineup are several strong festival titles not submitted by their countries for the Oscars,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Charles Ferguson’s “Watergate” will open the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival on Oct. 10 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Alexis Bloom’s “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes” will close the festival on Oct. 13 at the Naval Heritage Center in Washington, D.C., which will be the site for all films after opening night.
“Ghost Fleet,” directed by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron is the festival centerpiece on Oct. 12. The festival will host a special screening of “The Panama Papers,” directed by Alex Winter, on Oct. 13.
Ferguson won an Oscar for “Inside Job,” a 2010 film that examined the corruption at the root of the financial crisis. His new film was originally titled “Watergate — Or: How We Learned to Stop an Out of Control President,” when it screened at Telluride on Aug. 31 in advance of a theatrical release on Oct. 12 and a Nov. 2 television bow on History.
Alexis Bloom’s “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes” will close the festival on Oct. 13 at the Naval Heritage Center in Washington, D.C., which will be the site for all films after opening night.
“Ghost Fleet,” directed by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron is the festival centerpiece on Oct. 12. The festival will host a special screening of “The Panama Papers,” directed by Alex Winter, on Oct. 13.
Ferguson won an Oscar for “Inside Job,” a 2010 film that examined the corruption at the root of the financial crisis. His new film was originally titled “Watergate — Or: How We Learned to Stop an Out of Control President,” when it screened at Telluride on Aug. 31 in advance of a theatrical release on Oct. 12 and a Nov. 2 television bow on History.
- 9/18/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
It's been over a decade since filmmaker James Longley released his Oscar-nominated documentary Iraq in Fragments (2006). For many years between then and now, he spent his time in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the area in and around the Daqiqi Balkhi School. There he observed classes and followed several of the school's students and faculty, all of whom were adjusting to life in the wake of Taliban terror and American military activity.
The resulting feature, Angels Are Made of Light, is a luxuriant-to-a-fault portrait of a city that, if no longer regularly under siege, still bears very evident marks ...
The resulting feature, Angels Are Made of Light, is a luxuriant-to-a-fault portrait of a city that, if no longer regularly under siege, still bears very evident marks ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been over a decade since filmmaker James Longley released his Oscar-nominated documentary Iraq in Fragments (2006). For many years between then and now, he spent his time in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the area in and around the Daqiqi Balkhi School. There he observed classes and followed several of the school's students and faculty, all of whom were adjusting to life in the wake of Taliban terror and American military activity.
The resulting feature, Angels Are Made of Light, is a luxuriant-to-a-fault portrait of a city that, if no longer regularly under siege, still bears very evident marks ...
The resulting feature, Angels Are Made of Light, is a luxuriant-to-a-fault portrait of a city that, if no longer regularly under siege, still bears very evident marks ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Early in James Longley’s “Angels Are Made of Light,” a clear-eyed and confrontational portrait of daily life in modern Afghanistan, a disembodied voice narrates an ancient story about an old man who wandered the streets with a lantern in broad daylight. When people questioned why he would do such a thing, the old man replied: “I am looking for a human being.” Versions of this vague parable exist in several cultures, but they’re bound by a shared truth: Seeing a person is not the same thing as recognizing his or her intrinsic value.
“Angels Are Made of Light” is a documentary shot with a lantern in broad daylight. It’s a film about the Afghan people that attempts to see them more closely than most Westerners are accustomed, and to restore a basic humanity that’s been overruled by a forever war that most locals have no interest in fighting.
“Angels Are Made of Light” is a documentary shot with a lantern in broad daylight. It’s a film about the Afghan people that attempts to see them more closely than most Westerners are accustomed, and to restore a basic humanity that’s been overruled by a forever war that most locals have no interest in fighting.
- 9/9/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Life strives to grow, and flourish, amid catastrophic ruins in “Angels Are Made of Light,” James Longley’s stirring and gorgeous documentary about young students and teachers trying to maintain hope in Kabul. As with his prior “Iraq in Fragments,” the director offers a multitude of despairing perspectives on this war-torn milieu, where poverty and war are constant impediments to happiness and progress. Driven by powerful confessional narration from various sources, the film should strike a resonant chord following its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
While criticism of America’s military presence in Afghanistan is intermittently heard in conversation and on radio here, Longley’s approach is largely apolitical, insofar as his main focus is the day-to-day experience — and emotional and psychological state — of his pre-teen voices, all of whom attend the Daqiqi Balkhi School. Cheery Sohrab’s love of books and ambition to be at the top of...
While criticism of America’s military presence in Afghanistan is intermittently heard in conversation and on radio here, Longley’s approach is largely apolitical, insofar as his main focus is the day-to-day experience — and emotional and psychological state — of his pre-teen voices, all of whom attend the Daqiqi Balkhi School. Cheery Sohrab’s love of books and ambition to be at the top of...
- 9/5/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Lukas Haas, Ryan Gosling and Corey Stoll in First Man. On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash, “La La Land,” Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ “First Man,” the riveting story of Nasa’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.
The films debuting at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival has been announced today. The festival runs now through Labor Day Weekend.
The 2018 event will be hosted by Guest Director Jonathan Lethem, an award-winning novelist, essayist and short story writer. He will play a role in the programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride.
Here are the films being featured at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival:
“Angels Are Made of Light”
“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”
“Birds of Passage”
“Border”
“Boy Erased”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?...
The films debuting at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival has been announced today. The festival runs now through Labor Day Weekend.
The 2018 event will be hosted by Guest Director Jonathan Lethem, an award-winning novelist, essayist and short story writer. He will play a role in the programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride.
Here are the films being featured at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival:
“Angels Are Made of Light”
“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”
“Birds of Passage”
“Border”
“Boy Erased”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?...
- 8/30/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This year’s star-studded Telluride Film Festival is mere hours from kicking off in the mountains of Colorado, and as is the annual event’s tradition, it has just now revealed its enviable lineup. As usual, this year’s fest features a range of buzzy fall season movies, including many films also premiering in Venice and Toronto as well as others resurfacing from earlier in the year, just in time for awards season. Filmmakers in this year’s program range from Alfonso Cuarón to Karyn Kusama, Hirokazu Kore-eda to Jason Reitman, and many more. The festival will also honor Cuarón, Emma Stone, and Rithy Panh as part of their long-running tributes section.
Films premiering at this year’s Telluride include a number of features already expected to impact the awards race in a major way, from Cuarón’s “Roma” to David Lowery’s Robert Redford-starring “The Old Man & the Gun...
Films premiering at this year’s Telluride include a number of features already expected to impact the awards race in a major way, from Cuarón’s “Roma” to David Lowery’s Robert Redford-starring “The Old Man & the Gun...
- 8/30/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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