american cinema
XXI Colloquium of Women Spain USA: women directors of documentary film.
XXI Women's Colloquium Spain – USA: women directors of documentary film. Colloquium between the American director Yael Melamede and the Spanish Chus Gutiérrez. Friday, June 15 at 19:XNUMX p.m. The International Institute presents a new edition of the Colloquia de la Mujer. These Colloquia were born more than three decades ago as an instrument
CINEMA FORUM ON AMERICAN CINEMA – ASPECTS TO CONSIDER WHILE VIEWING THE FILM FOR SUBSEQUENT DEBATE: EL GRAN TORINO
Gran Torino is the latest film directed, produced and starring Clint Eastwood. Made in 2008, since then Eastwood has not stopped making films, but without bringing these three facets together. Born in 1930 and still active, Eastwood is the most important living American film professional of his generation, as well as
CINEMA FORUM ON AMERICAN CINEMA – ASPECTS TO CONSIDER WHILE VIEWING THE FILM FOR SUBSEQUENT DEBATE: SMOKESCREEN
One of the most important films of director Barry Levinson. Born in Baltimore in 1942, he began as a journalist, later working as an actor and television producer; he began directing for the cinema in 1982, and excelled with such hits as The Secret of the Pyramid (Pyramid of Fear, 1986), a Steven Spielberg production about the adolescence of
Library News: “The Wolf of Wall Street”
“The Wolf of Wall Street” directed by Martin Scorsese “Movie based on real events of the New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). In the mid-80s, Belfort was an honest young man chasing the American dream, but soon at the brokerage house he learned that the most important thing was not to make a profit.
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“Camp Rock” directed by Matthew Diamond “When Shane Gray overhears Mitchie singing, he sets out to find the girl behind the beautiful voice.” Extracted from Amazon. See also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055366/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ke6egEI3kc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Diamond Recommended titles are at the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in having access to them, you can check their availability in the Catalog
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“The Egoist” directed by Curtis Bernhardt “It's been a long time since David Ramsey was a lawyer with no clients. Now, thanks to his wife Joyce's way of proceeding, they have built a solid reputation. But David and Joyce's marriage has hit rock bottom." Extracted from Fnac. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_on_Demand
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“The Ladykillers” directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen “One of the best-loved films from the idiosyncratic British film studio Ealing Pictures gets an update from the equally idiosyncratic filmmaking team of Joel and Ethan Coen in this offbeat comedy.” Extracted from RottenTomatoes. See also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNX6W0aXJqk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladykillers_(2004_film) The titles selected are a sample of
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“The General's Engine Driver” directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman “Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) is a driver in a southern state and has two great loves: a girl (Anabelle Lee) and an engine (The General). In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, Johnny tries to enlist, but the army considers that he will be more
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“Tod Browning” film series “After working in circuses, monster fairs and sideshows, the North American Tod Browning would make the leap to the cinema filming more than 60 films dedicated to terror, mystery, suspense and the circus world in a career that settles with several indisputable classics of the genre. The Film Studio makes
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"Lincoln" directed by Steven Spielberg. “In 1865, as the American Civil War draws to a close, President Abraham Lincoln proposes an amendment banning slavery in the United States. However, this poses a big dilemma.” Extracted from Filmaffinity. See also: http://www.elmundo.es/especiales/premios_oscar/2013/aspirantes/lincoln.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Steven_Spielberg The recommended titles are in the