Costa-Gavras’ superlative political thriller begins with a skeptical attitude, but soon pulls viewers into the depth and breadth of a monstrous political crime aided and abetted by our own U.S. government. Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon headline a strong cast, in a story that our State Department called a pack of lies — until the truth became undeniable.
Missing
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1982 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 122 min. / / Street Date August 27, 2018 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £18.47
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Jerry Hardin, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto.
Cinematography: Ricardo Aronovich
Film Editor: Françoise Bonnot
Original Music: Vangelis
Written by Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart from a book by Thomas Hauser
Produced by Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras’ 1981 Missing has by now topped the Greek-French director’s list of powerful political thrillers: ‘Z’, State of Siege, The Confession. Still considered a highly controversial title,...
Missing
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1982 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 122 min. / / Street Date August 27, 2018 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £18.47
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Jerry Hardin, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto.
Cinematography: Ricardo Aronovich
Film Editor: Françoise Bonnot
Original Music: Vangelis
Written by Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart from a book by Thomas Hauser
Produced by Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras’ 1981 Missing has by now topped the Greek-French director’s list of powerful political thrillers: ‘Z’, State of Siege, The Confession. Still considered a highly controversial title,...
- 9/4/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Ciro Guerra's Embrace of the Serpent took the Astor for best film at the 30th edition of the Mar del Plata film festival, which officially closed on Saturday night with a ceremony at the Astor Piazzola hall of the city's Auditorium Theater. Earlier this year, the Colombian-Venezuelan-Argentine co-production topped the Director's Fortnight at the last edition of Cannes, and was selected by the Colombian Film Academy as the country's submission for the Oscars in the best foreign-language film category. In the international competition, the jury formed by Ricardo Aronovich, Elvio Gandolfo, Isaki Lacuesta, Fiorella Moretti and Marco
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- 11/7/2015
- by Agustin Mango
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Rod Barnett
I was completely gob-smacked by this one, folks. From the title and description of this 1980 release, I was expecting a smarmy slasher film that used the holiday season for a cheap backdrop and even cheaper jokes. What I got instead was a very well-made character study reminiscent of Polanski's Repulsion. Although not as good as that classic, it stands proudly beside it as a fascinating picture of a slow descent into madness and murder. If anything, Harry Standling is a more sympathetic main character as we are shown in a brief prologue the genesis of both his fixation on Christmas and the reason for his awkwardness with people. At an impressionable age the young Harry crept downstairs on Christmas Eve to see Santa sexually gratifying his mother. That this Santa was actually his father didn't register and the traumatized boy never really got over the sight of...
I was completely gob-smacked by this one, folks. From the title and description of this 1980 release, I was expecting a smarmy slasher film that used the holiday season for a cheap backdrop and even cheaper jokes. What I got instead was a very well-made character study reminiscent of Polanski's Repulsion. Although not as good as that classic, it stands proudly beside it as a fascinating picture of a slow descent into madness and murder. If anything, Harry Standling is a more sympathetic main character as we are shown in a brief prologue the genesis of both his fixation on Christmas and the reason for his awkwardness with people. At an impressionable age the young Harry crept downstairs on Christmas Eve to see Santa sexually gratifying his mother. That this Santa was actually his father didn't register and the traumatized boy never really got over the sight of...
- 12/18/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Italian actress Claudia Cardinale to be guest host for the section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival where William Friedkin will receive a lifetime achievement honour.
Claudia Cardinale, best known for roles in Once Upon a Time in the West and Fellini’s 8 ½, is to be the guest host of Venezia Classici, the section devoted to restored films and to documentaries about cinema of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7.
The section, introduced last year, features a selection of classic film restorations completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions or production companies around the world.
Cardinale will attend the screening of Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa, Luchino Visconti’s 1965 film in which she starred that won the Golden Lion at the 30th Viff and has been restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
It is is one of the four classics restored this year that has been conserved at the Historic Archives of the...
Claudia Cardinale, best known for roles in Once Upon a Time in the West and Fellini’s 8 ½, is to be the guest host of Venezia Classici, the section devoted to restored films and to documentaries about cinema of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7.
The section, introduced last year, features a selection of classic film restorations completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions or production companies around the world.
Cardinale will attend the screening of Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa, Luchino Visconti’s 1965 film in which she starred that won the Golden Lion at the 30th Viff and has been restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
It is is one of the four classics restored this year that has been conserved at the Historic Archives of the...
- 7/15/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Christoph Waltz, who plays the evil Hans Landa in "Inglourious Basterds," will receive a Special Achievement Award at the 12th annual eDIT Filmmaker's Festival, running Oct. 4-6 in Frankfurst, Germany.
"We are thrilled to honor Christoph Waltz," said Tom Atkin, co-director of the festival. "Christoph Waltz's performance is right up there with Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter and Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh for being some of the best evil-doers to ever grace the screen."
Waltz won the best actor award at the 2009 Festival de Cannes for his performance.
The honor is only the second time that the festival bestowed its Special Achievement Award. In 2006, actor Andy Serkis received the award for his performances as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and Kong in "King Kong."
Waltz will receive the award during the Oct. 4 opening gala, hosted by Roland Koch, minister president of the State of Hessen.
"We are thrilled to honor Christoph Waltz," said Tom Atkin, co-director of the festival. "Christoph Waltz's performance is right up there with Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter and Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh for being some of the best evil-doers to ever grace the screen."
Waltz won the best actor award at the 2009 Festival de Cannes for his performance.
The honor is only the second time that the festival bestowed its Special Achievement Award. In 2006, actor Andy Serkis received the award for his performances as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and Kong in "King Kong."
Waltz will receive the award during the Oct. 4 opening gala, hosted by Roland Koch, minister president of the State of Hessen.
- 9/14/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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