Rampart dir. Oren Moverman, USA A genre-bending, s Los Angeles police family drama, Rampart explores the dark soul and romantic misadventures of a never-changing LAPD cop Woody Harrelson whose past is finally catching up with him in the wake of a department-wide corruption scandal.
Along the way, he is forced to confront his disgruntled daughters Brie Larson, Sammy Boyarsky , his two ex-wives Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon , a tenacious Deputy DA Sigourney Weaver , an investigator on his trail Ice Cube , a homeless witness to his crimes Ben Foster , his aging mentor Ned Beatty and a mysterious new lover who may or may not be on his side Robin Wright , as he fights for his own sanity and survival.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen dir. Lasse Hallstrom, United Kingdom Stuffy government fisheries scientist Fred is asked by a fishing-obsessed Arab Sheik to do the seemingly impossible — introduce British salmon to the wadis of the Yemen. Despite considerable trepidation, Fred is finally won over by the charismatic Sheik, who reveals that fishing brings him closer to God, and he hopes it will have the same effect on his countrymen.
Fred also begins to fall for the Sheik's beautiful legal representative Harriet; and so he rises to the Sheik's eccentric challenge, casting off his English reserve on a transformative journey of self discovery and late blooming love.
Shame dir. After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control. From director Steve McQueen Hunger , Shame is a compelling and timely examination of the nature of need, how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us. A Simple Life dir. Ah Tao was born in Taishan, China.
She works as a servant for 60 years and has been serving four generations of the Leung family. The Skin I Live In dir. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her.
After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. Take Shelter dir. When he begins having dreams about an encroaching apocalyptic storm, he channels his anxiety into building a shelter in their backyard.
Though his obsessive behaviour provokes intolerance in his community, Curtis confides in Samantha, testing their bond against the highest possible stakes.
Stars Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. Ten Year dir. Jamie Linden, USA Ten Year focuses on a group of friends — married and unmarried, successful and unsuccessful, happy and unhappy — as they return home on the night of their high school reunion.
Trishna dir. Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom Starring Freida Pinto Slumdog Millionaire and Riz Ahmed Centurion and based on Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the film is set in contemporary India and tells the tragic love story between the son of a wealthy property developer and the daughter of a rickshaw driver.
Twixt dir. Francis Ford Coppola, USA A writer with a career in decline arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. Tyrannosaur dir. Paddy Considine, United Kingdom Joseph is a man plagued by violence and rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil, a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own which has devastating results on both of their lives.
Starring Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman. We Need to Talk About Kevin dir. Lynne Ramsay, United Kingdom A suspenseful and psychologically gripping exploration into a parent dealing with her child doing the unthinkable, We Need to Talk About Kevin is the highly-anticipated third feature from director Lynne Ramsay and features a tour-de-force performance by Tilda Swinton.
Where Do We Go Now? Stars Kevin Abboud and Julian Farhat. Woman in the Fifth dir. When things don't go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit, a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into his life and things start looking up.
Their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events… as if an obscure power is taking control of his life. I always love Toronto, it kicks off the fall awards season and the films this year look like they're some of the best. Can't wait for the festival season to start!
Good news, if you're interested in that Cameron Crowe Pearl Jam doc, we just posted the official trailer for the film. Alex Billington on Jul 26, I can't wait for American audiences to have the opportunity to see this film.
Alex's Top 10 - 1. Nine Days 2. Berlin Alexanderplatz 3. Pixar's Soul 4. Pieces of a Woman 5. Feels Good Man 6. Another Round 7. The Truffle Hunters 8. Sound of Metal 9. A hundred strong, they nearly collide with the throng wearing personal sandwich styled walking billboards.
Its like a glee club set free merging with the playing card characters from Alice in Wonderland. Is this anyway to run a film festival? It certainly is. Toronto has long been a favorite destination for those seek out both Hollywood mainstream fare and out of the way gems from all over the world. Past tradition was to have opening night be either a Canadian film or something on the nice side. Naysayers have scoffed saying that a doc on a band is no way to open one of the biggest film festivals on earth.
The duration of each performance was generally 5 to 7 minutes, further shortened from previous tours. The performances had a regular snippet of Fool To Cry , while other performances often included a snippet or rather more a medley of All I Want Is You.
Another thing that was telling for the Bad's during Zoo TV is that Bono often let the crowd sing along to the "let it go" parts. In the famous uplink with Sarajevo started preceding the performances of Bad before the song was winded down for the tour with two performances in Dublin in during the Zooropa leg. First Time snippet. Near the end Bono would snippet the "I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, I'm not sleeping" part of the song.
In Bad returned to the setlists, with 9 performances lasting 6 to 7 minutes in South America, Australia and South Africa. Key performance: - Barcelona "Starts as a snippet, turns into a long medley, amazing" Elevation Tour Bad became a tour staple again for the Elevation tour, being performed at 81 of the shows played in Similar to Zoo TV the song was used to segue into another song, being Streets.
On average the song lasted a little longer than in the nineties clocking 7 to 9 minutes. Snippets were more like a phase in the Elevation tour, with Bono using a particular snippet for a few shows and then switch to another for a few. Key performances: - Sunrise "Energetic tour start, performance and snippet" - Denver "Just has that bit of extra to it, also lasted long" - Phoenix "Bono puts everything he has into it, amazing 40 snippet" - Albany "Lovely Drugs Don't Work snippet, 40 crowd sing-along" - Arnhem "Girl and dad on stage, improv lyrics.
Powerful" - Birmingham "Improvised lyrics, great Drugs Don't Work snippet" - New York "Great sing-along, lots of energy from Bono" Vertigo Tour The first tour to feature Bad as a special performance for selected shows was the Vertigo Tour, with just 28 performances during shows.
Bad made its debut at the 10th show and was played with quite a lot of variation as it was only played so often. Performances were between 7 and 10 minutes on average and generally did not include any speech. More than half of the performances were the final performances of the night, where the band most likely decided to play Bad as an extra treat for the fans. The Vertigo Tour was the tour where Bad took another sling at becoming one of U2's most iconic live songs as it scarce performance making it all the more special.
The overall theme of the song shifted away a bit from drugs to a more general theme of letting go, something which Bono emphasised regularly. It was only played at 13 of the shows spanning 3 years. The performances were again very varied and lasted around 7 to 8 minutes. It showed up first during the first month of the tour in Amsterdam in July and last in July in Pittsburgh.
We also include here the performance that took place in June at the Glastonbury Festival. The performances lasted 7 to 9 minutes and were often preceded by the cover of Paul Simon's Mother and Child Reunion. The performances during the first leg had a real "letting go" theme in them, often with a snippet of another song about letting go: Moment of Surrender, some of which were very long. The second leg performances often ended the show, with an ending snippet of Almost always played as early as slot 3, it was used for the opening speech of the night and became one of the strongest tour performances.
The second and third leg often included a snippet of Bowie's Heroes , generally ranked as one of U2's best Bad snippets by fans. The Heroes snippet is generally ranked as one of U2's best and favourite Bad snippets of all time by fans The theme of "letting go" was often pointed out by Bono with references as "whatever it is, let it go" and "tonight we let go of some things, while holding on to others even tighter".
With the house lights off this song became one of the most special show moments with stadiums around the world lit up by audience lights. Interestingly, this tour is the first tour where Bono is not only adding in new lines or snippets but actually is changing some of the original Bad lyrics on a nightly basis.
The line "bruised silken sky and burning flag" , was often changed to "blue as your eyes, now closing too" or "blue as your eyes, now a closing bruise".
It almost certainly meant another run of great performances and it turned out to become even more than that. Skipping only two shows Adelaide and South Korea , Bad was again played in slot 3 as an opening prayer for each "epic night of rock and roll".
Where most fans would have expected another run of Heroes snippets, U2 made the great decision to vary their snippets, playing a total of 10 different snippets across 13 performances, only repeating Heroes a few times. Performances generally lasted between 8 and 11 minutes and saw the band especially Larry at its best! But not all of those are included in the list of key performances per tour. So here is a separate list I kept track of with key snippets, speeches and also collaborations.
Aside from snippets, lyrics and positions in the setlist Bad also has had quite the musical evolution over the years. A very prominent feature of Bad live, which is not present in the album version at all, is the backing synth track.
Based upon a synthesizer loop played and recorded by Brian Eno, it is featured on all live performances of Bad, and has often been responsible for some funny moments. Back in the mid 80s, U2 were just starting to use backing tracks and were not as used to them as they are today. Live in East Rutherford. The Crowd in Minneapolis. At the front in East Rutherford. Enjoying the show. Fans in St. Bono and Adam in Philadelphia. Toronto - Before the roof opened. Up Close.
Touchdown in Vanderbilt Stadium. Chicago, Soldier Field. East Lansing. The Edge and Audience. Miami Hat. East Lancing. Glastonbury Fans at Glastonbury. Flying the Flags. The Edge in Baltimore. Adam in Baltimore. Florence and the Machine.
Anaheim, Angel Stadium. Lenny Kravitz. The Edge and Adam. The Edge playing in Qwest Stadium. Winnipeg Bono and Edge in Winnipeg. Adam in Edmonton. Bono and Adam in Denver. Bono in Invesco Field, Denver. Bono and Edge - Denver. Show 3 in Azteca Stadium. Sexico in Mexico.
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