“Hitchcock’s masterpiece to date and one of the four or five most profound and beautiful films the cinema has yet given us”. That was critic Robin Wood’s astute 1968 evaluation ten years after Alfred Hitchcock’s final collaboration with James Stewart had been released to indifferent box office and unappreciative reviews. Tragic, obsessive and backed by an unforgettable Bernard Herrmann score, it’s one of the director’s most mesmerizing accomplishments. It knocked Citizen Kane off its nearly 50 year perch as the #1 picture of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound decade poll of critics and filmmakers.
- 10/18/2017
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Canadian distributor swoops before world premiere at Hot Docs on May 2.
First-time director and landscape designer Joseph Clement’s film centres on a mathematician who built an exquisite home in North America.
Toronto’s Jim Stewart spent a decade constructing Integral House to reflect his two obsessions: curves and music.
Integral Man explores the home and its meaning to Stewart, who hosts musical evenings with world-class performers such as Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman at his enclave in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood.
Sarah Keenlyside produced the film, which receives its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 2. It screens again on May 3 and May 5.
Blue Ice Docs plans an autumn theatrical in Canada, following a festival run.
First-time director and landscape designer Joseph Clement’s film centres on a mathematician who built an exquisite home in North America.
Toronto’s Jim Stewart spent a decade constructing Integral House to reflect his two obsessions: curves and music.
Integral Man explores the home and its meaning to Stewart, who hosts musical evenings with world-class performers such as Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman at his enclave in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood.
Sarah Keenlyside produced the film, which receives its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 2. It screens again on May 3 and May 5.
Blue Ice Docs plans an autumn theatrical in Canada, following a festival run.
- 5/2/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Like some of the very best documentaries, Joseph Clement’s “Integral Man” grew into something very different from where it initially started.
The film started out as a fact-based feature that followed Jim Stewart, the most published mathematician since Euclid and a gay rights activist, as he discovered his passion for Integral House, an architectural marvel of a Toronto home designed around an internal concert hall.
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Halfway through filming, Stewart was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, a fatal disease that took his life in a matter of weeks.
The film is featured as part of Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival, which runs April 27 – May 7. More about the festival, as well as ticket information, can be found at their website.
Check out our exclusive trailer for the fascinating “Integral Man” below.
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The film started out as a fact-based feature that followed Jim Stewart, the most published mathematician since Euclid and a gay rights activist, as he discovered his passion for Integral House, an architectural marvel of a Toronto home designed around an internal concert hall.
Read More: Hot Docs 2017 Announces Full Lineup, Including ‘Bee Nation,’ ‘Bill Nye: Science Guy’ and More
Halfway through filming, Stewart was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, a fatal disease that took his life in a matter of weeks.
The film is featured as part of Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival, which runs April 27 – May 7. More about the festival, as well as ticket information, can be found at their website.
Check out our exclusive trailer for the fascinating “Integral Man” below.
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- 3/31/2017
- by Allison Picurro
- Indiewire
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Films have captured the passage of time in a variety of unique ways throughout the years. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which premiered at Sundance this year, presents the movement of time in an unprecedented manner. By filming the same cast three to four days per year for 12 years, Linklater was able to capture the real changes the cast went through instead of relying on CGI, makeup or different actors to show the aging process. The seamless way in which the passage of time is presented could garner a best editing nomination at the 87th Academy Awards. Here are 10 other films portraying the passage of time that have been nominated for best editing (in chronological order):
Gone With the Wind (1939)
The film follows the O’Hara family and how they are affected before, during and after the Civil War, particularly through the eyes of Scarlett O...
Managing Editor
Films have captured the passage of time in a variety of unique ways throughout the years. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which premiered at Sundance this year, presents the movement of time in an unprecedented manner. By filming the same cast three to four days per year for 12 years, Linklater was able to capture the real changes the cast went through instead of relying on CGI, makeup or different actors to show the aging process. The seamless way in which the passage of time is presented could garner a best editing nomination at the 87th Academy Awards. Here are 10 other films portraying the passage of time that have been nominated for best editing (in chronological order):
Gone With the Wind (1939)
The film follows the O’Hara family and how they are affected before, during and after the Civil War, particularly through the eyes of Scarlett O...
- 10/10/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Crickets… Things got really awkward during a CNBC segment on Squawk on the Street when New York Times columnist Jim Stewart was discussing his book on closeted executives, The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out Is Good for Business. Stewart spoke to the panel about John Browne, the former CEO of Bp, before explaining that he had reached out to several gay CEOs at major companies who all politely declined to go on record for his book. And that's when things took a sharp right down uncomfortable street. Simon Hobbs, the co-host of the program, interjected with, "I think Tim Cook is fairly open about the fact that he is gay at the head of Apple, isn't he?" Everyone in the...
- 6/27/2014
- E! Online
In Part Five, C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson continue with their insight on how to break into the mainstream entertainment business (by somebody being the gatekeeper and holding the door for you) and why certain films and books are greenlit and some are not.
I'm of the school of thought that if somebody has something artistically strong there is enough room for anybody at that house party. My problem is that too many people who don't do things correctly or really have little to offer get into the same party. Who held the window for you?
Derrickson - That's a good question. The first person of note who did it was Bryan Singer. I had come out of film school and he was the first person to read, right after Usual Suspects and he was making X-Men, and he read a script I had written and watched a short film I'd made from USC.
I'm of the school of thought that if somebody has something artistically strong there is enough room for anybody at that house party. My problem is that too many people who don't do things correctly or really have little to offer get into the same party. Who held the window for you?
Derrickson - That's a good question. The first person of note who did it was Bryan Singer. I had come out of film school and he was the first person to read, right after Usual Suspects and he was making X-Men, and he read a script I had written and watched a short film I'd made from USC.
- 9/10/2013
- by Del Howison
- FEARnet
Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) is considered one of Hollywood's most influential and legendary directors. But according to some long-lost tapes, containing unpublished private conversations, Welles looked down on many of his fellow actors and directors, including Alfred Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin. Welles considered Laurence Olivier "stupid," Spencer Tracy "hateful," Charlie Chaplin "arrogant," Jennifer Jones "hopeless," and James Stewart "a bad actor." He said that Joan Fontaine had "two expressions," Norma Shearer was "one of the most minimally talented ladies to appear on the silver screen," and he couldn't stand looking at Bette Davis, "so I don't want to see her act." Welles also wasn't a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, stating: "I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows. I saw one of the worst movies I've ever seen the other night ['Rear Window'], complete insensitivity to what a story about voyeurism could be.
- 6/30/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Director's sharp criticism of Hollywood stars emerges following publication of previously unpublished recordings
He is one of cinema's giants, but Orson Welles looked down on many of his fellow actors and directors, viciously denigrating some of the biggest names of his day, previously unpublished private conversations reveal.
Laurence Olivier was "stupid", Spencer Tracy "hateful" and Charlie Chaplin "arrogant", and he could not even bear to look at Bette Davis. James Stewart was a "bad actor", Joan Fontaine had "two expressions, and that's it", and Norma Shearer was "one of the most minimally talented ladies to appear on the silver screen".
His criticisms have emerged from long-lost tapes in which he chatted unguardedly to a friend, never expecting them to be made public. He died suddenly in 1985 before he could edit them into a planned autobiography, and the tapes have been in the friend's garage until now.
As an actor, director,...
He is one of cinema's giants, but Orson Welles looked down on many of his fellow actors and directors, viciously denigrating some of the biggest names of his day, previously unpublished private conversations reveal.
Laurence Olivier was "stupid", Spencer Tracy "hateful" and Charlie Chaplin "arrogant", and he could not even bear to look at Bette Davis. James Stewart was a "bad actor", Joan Fontaine had "two expressions, and that's it", and Norma Shearer was "one of the most minimally talented ladies to appear on the silver screen".
His criticisms have emerged from long-lost tapes in which he chatted unguardedly to a friend, never expecting them to be made public. He died suddenly in 1985 before he could edit them into a planned autobiography, and the tapes have been in the friend's garage until now.
As an actor, director,...
- 6/29/2013
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
Memphis, Tenn. -- One by one the teenage singers practice the opening lines to "Boogie Wonderland," a disco-funk hit from an era before they were born, as dancers work on hip-swinging moves that require perfect choreography.
In another room, young musicians play the same song over and over on guitar, piano and drums, trying to get in rhythm and in tune before the singers and dancers join them to rehearse for an outdoor concert. The music hits a fevered high as the singers and the band mesh to recreate a pop classic.
Scenes like this play out daily at the Stax Music Academy, an after-school program where teenagers from some of Memphis' poorest neighborhoods learn how to dance, sing and play instruments.
Stax Records, from which the academy gets its name, died long ago, yet its legacy is still inspiring young people in the Memphis neighborhood where it was born.
In another room, young musicians play the same song over and over on guitar, piano and drums, trying to get in rhythm and in tune before the singers and dancers join them to rehearse for an outdoor concert. The music hits a fevered high as the singers and the band mesh to recreate a pop classic.
Scenes like this play out daily at the Stax Music Academy, an after-school program where teenagers from some of Memphis' poorest neighborhoods learn how to dance, sing and play instruments.
Stax Records, from which the academy gets its name, died long ago, yet its legacy is still inspiring young people in the Memphis neighborhood where it was born.
- 5/16/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Fritz Lang aficionados can rejoice this month with Criterion’s release of his 1944 title, Ministry of Fear, the first time it sees a DVD transfer. Long regarded as a minor entry in Lang’s prestigious filmography, the last of a successive trio of anti-Nazi themed films from the German émigré is finally available for rediscovery. Though it may never escape its current status in the pantheon of its director’s legacy, it certainly stands out as an oddly constructed creature, a fussy war time noir whose sinister narrative is occluded by a stagnant paranoia that stirs the proceedings into a twisty nightmare.
Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) has just been released from Embridge Asylum in England while World War II rages on. He’s been put away for two years and insistently plans on traveling directly to London, even though it’s being bombed continuously. On the way there, he innocently stops at a village fair,...
Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) has just been released from Embridge Asylum in England while World War II rages on. He’s been put away for two years and insistently plans on traveling directly to London, even though it’s being bombed continuously. On the way there, he innocently stops at a village fair,...
- 3/19/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"I want to thank three persons,” said Michel Hazanavicius, accepting the 2012 Best Picture Oscar for “The Artist.” “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder.” He wasn’t the first director to namecheck Wilder in an acceptance speech. In 1994, Fernando Trueba, accepting the Foreign Language Film Oscar for "Belle Epoque" quipped, "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder... so, thank you Mr. Wilder." Wilder reportedly called the next day "Fernando? It's God."
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
- 3/27/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Noteworthy inclusions: “Winter’s Bone” for best picture; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (“True Grit”) for best director; Javier Bardem (“Biutiful”) for best actor; Jeremy Renner (“The Town”) and John Hawkes (“Winter’s Bone”) for best supporting actor; Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom”) for best supporting actress; “The Illusionist” for best animated film (feature); “GasLand,” “Restrepo,” and “Waste Land” for best documentary film (feature); Greece (“Dogtooth”) for best foreign language film; “I Am Love” for best costume design; “127 Hours” for best film editing; “Barney’s Version” and “The Way Back” for best makeup; “Unstoppable” for best sound editing; “Hereafter” and “Iron Man 2” for best visual effects. Noteworthy snubs: “Blue Valentine” and “The Town” for best picture; Christopher Nolan (“Inception”) for best director; Robert Duvall (“Get Low”), Ryan Gosling (“Blue Valentine”), and Mark Wahlberg (“The Fighter”) for best actor; Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are All Right...
- 1/25/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Ask yourself: Would you live in a house made of sh*t? What about one made from hemp? Could you see yourself working in an office building comprised of recycled shipping containers? Architects and designers are finding strange, but ingenious ways, of rethinking where we spend our days working and living.
Ask yourself: Would you live in a house made of sh*t? What about one made from hemp? Could you see yourself working in an office building comprised of recycled shipping containers? Architects and designers are finding strange, but ingenious ways, of rethinking where we spend our days working and living.
Cow dung isn't usually thought of as house-building material, but a team of students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia have managed to build high-quality, low-cost bricks from the stuff. The team's invention, dubbed "EcoFaeBrick," won the $25,000 top prize at the University of California, Berkeley's Global Social Venture Competition.
Ask yourself: Would you live in a house made of sh*t? What about one made from hemp? Could you see yourself working in an office building comprised of recycled shipping containers? Architects and designers are finding strange, but ingenious ways, of rethinking where we spend our days working and living.
Cow dung isn't usually thought of as house-building material, but a team of students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia have managed to build high-quality, low-cost bricks from the stuff. The team's invention, dubbed "EcoFaeBrick," won the $25,000 top prize at the University of California, Berkeley's Global Social Venture Competition.
- 7/20/2009
- Fast Company
Jim Stewart poured $24 million--which he earned writing calculus textbooks (?!)--into building his dream home. It curves at nearly every point, and is nestled on a hill outside Toronto. But that's not what makes the house special. Stewart, a math professor, one-time world class concert violinist, and inveterate party host, wanted to build a home that would suit his every need, so the house doubles as a concert hall, seating 150 people with standing room for 50 more.
Stewart makes ample use of the feature, throwing 11 parties in a recent six week span. He's named the house the "Integral House," after the twisting sign for the calculus operation.
The house wasn't designed by a name-brand starchitect like Rem Koolhaas or Frank Gehry, although both of them were in the running for the job. Rather, it was created Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe. The duo were given no time limits (the build started in 1999) and no design contraints--in short,...
Stewart makes ample use of the feature, throwing 11 parties in a recent six week span. He's named the house the "Integral House," after the twisting sign for the calculus operation.
The house wasn't designed by a name-brand starchitect like Rem Koolhaas or Frank Gehry, although both of them were in the running for the job. Rather, it was created Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe. The duo were given no time limits (the build started in 1999) and no design contraints--in short,...
- 4/6/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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