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Portland Film Fest Review: Beaufort

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2008-02-19 00:00:00 by Eric D. Snider in Cinematical
...Beaufort Castle is an ancient fortress in southern Lebanon that came under Israeli control at the start of the 1982 Lebanon War, and stayed that way until Israel abandoned it in 2000. The film Beaufort , an Oscar nominee in the foreign-language category, depicts the last few days of the occupation, entirely from the point of view of the final...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beaufort.

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2008-01-18 09:29:03 by Editor in The Latest from GreenCine Daily
...Beaufort , Joseph Cedar 's third film as writer-director, won the Silver Bear (for Best Director) at Berlin , and then The Band's Visit , Eran Kolirin 's feature debut, won the hearts of critics at Cannes and came away with a distribution deal with Sony Pictures Classics." And for Filmmaker , he talks with both directors Based on the popular...
 
 
 
 
 
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PSIFF08Foreign Language Oscar Submissions

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2007-12-20 10:23:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...Beaufort (Israel). Wikipedia synopsis . IMdb profile . Dave Hudson dispatches to The Greencine Daily from the Berlinale, where Beaufort scored the Silver Bear for Best Director. Steve James caught it at the Edinburgh Film Festival and wrote it up for the World Socialist Web Site . Nextbook 's Diana Bletter explores Ron Leshem's novel If...
 
 
 
 
 
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2008 Oscars: Best Foreign Language

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2008-02-13 04:32:34 by HASH0x8c452d0 in Matte Havoc
...Beaufort (2007 COUNTRY: Israel. LANGUAGE : Hebrew View Trailer SYNOPSIS: In 2000 the Israel Defense Forces are withdrawing from southern Lebanon. The military group has been a strong presence in the particular area of Lebanon for about eighteen years, and are suddenly packing up and starting to leave the territory. As the military forces are...
 
 
 
 
 
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PSIFF08Michael Hawley Anticipates Palm Springs

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2007-12-18 09:10:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...Beaufort and Danielle Luchetti's My Brother is an Only Child . Akin's film will also be the opening the Bay Area's Berlin & Beyond festival on January 10, leading me to believe that the director himself will soon be California-bound to support the film at both festivals. The Edge of Heaven , for which Akin won a Best Screenplay award at...
 
 
 
 
 
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PSIFF08Michael Hawley's Schedule

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2007-12-31 18:35:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...Beaufort (Silver Bear winner at Berlin), I Just Didnt Do It (Masayuki Suo's examination of the Japanese legal system), Icelandic crime thriller Jar City , Argentine drama XXY about a teenage hermaphrodite and You, the Living , Swede Roy Andersson's follow-up to 2000's amazing Songs From the Second Floor My remaining eight films from this...
 
 
 
 
 
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Putting our Oscar cards on the table

2008-02-21 22:10:39 by Edward Copeland in Edward Copeland on Film
 
...Beaufort (Israel The Counterfeiters (Austria KatyƄ (Poland Mongol (Kazakhstan 12 (Russia EDWARD: Beaufort DAVID: The Counterfeiters JOSH R: The Counterfeiters ODIE: Katyn BEST MAKEUP La Vie en Rose Norbit Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End EDWARD: Pirates of the Caribbean DAVID: La Vie en Rose JOSH R: La Vie en Rose ODIE: La Vie en...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Obligatory Pre-Oscar Post + The Bobsters

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2008-02-24 05:22:10 by bob in Forward to Yesterday
...Beaufort, Israel; The Counterfeiters, Austria; Katyn, Poland; Mongol, Kazakhstan; 12, Russia Im flying blind here this is tricky category for its unfairness and politics, and also because most of the films havent been released here yet. Just based on that Ive heard of them, Id say its between the Israeli Beaufort and the latest film from the...
 
 
 
 
 
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RUN FAT BOY RUN by David Schwimmer

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2008-04-20 21:18:07 by admin in itsvery Movie Review Blog - Independent Film Reviews
 
...Beaufort) will kick him out of his flat when he doesnt finish the marathon. But it takes passion, determination and stamina to finish a marathon - all the things Dennis never had Co-written by Simon Pegg (from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame) and directed by David Schwimmer (yes, the one from Friends ) Run Fat Boy Run is not as quirky as...
 
 
 
 
 
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Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun

2008-01-09 23:36:00 by The Sly Fox in The Sly Fox Film Reviews