The NY Film Critics "COMING
ATTRACTIONS" Film Series
Fall 2004
Cast:
Kevin Spacey
Kate Bosworth
John Goodman
Bob Hoskins
Brenda Blethyn
Greta Scacchi
Caroline Aaron
Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Kevin Spacey
Producer:
Kevin Spacey
Jan Fantl
Arthur Friedman
Andy Paterson
Screenwriter:
Paul Attanasio
James Toback
Lorenzo Carcaterra
Kevin Spacey
HOST: GODFREY CHESHIRE
11/15 - I AM DAVID - Based
on the internationally acclaimed young adult novel by Anne Holm, I
AM DAVID celebrates the indomitable human spirit and captures the thrill
of a child tasting the wonders and excitement of life for the first
time. The film is written and directed by Paul Feig (the Emmy-nominated
creator of television's "Freaks and Geeks"). The cast includes
Oscar nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner Joan Plowright ("Enchanted
April"), acclaimed American actor Jim Caviezel ("The Passion
of the Christ") and newcomer Ben Tibber in the role of David.
The producers are Clive Parsons, Davina Belling and Lauren Levine.
Cast:
Maria Bonnevie,
James Caviezel,
Paul Feig,
Joan Plowright,
Lucy Russell
Director: Paul Feig
Produced by: Davina Belling
Screenwriter: Paul Feig, Anne Holm
Guest: PRODUCER LAUREN LEVINE
Host: David
Edelstein
Official Site: link
Details: link
BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE:
THE SEA INSIDE
11/8 A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT -From
the director and star of "Amelie" (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and
Audrey Tautou) comes a very different love story, "A Very Long
Engagement," based on the acclaimed novel by Sebastien Japrisot.
The film is set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly
trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisian halls of power, and in
the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl.
It tells the story of this young woman's
relentless, moving and sometimes comic search for her fiancée,
who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to
have been court-martialed under mysterious circumstances and pushed
out of an allied trench into an almost-certain death in no-man's
land. What follows is an investigation into the arbitrary nature
of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition
and tenacity of the human heart. Coming
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Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Screenwriter: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
Cast:
Audrey Tautou,
Gaspard Ulliel,
Dominique Pinon,
Jodie Foster,
Chantal Neuwirth,
Ticky Holgado,
André Dussollier,
Rufus
HOST: GODFREY CHESHIRE
GUEST: MARIE LOSIER
Official Site: Link
Trailers: ultimatedvd
11/1 KINSEY -
Alfred Kinsey was a biologist at Indiana University in the 1920s-1950s
whose studies led him to conduct research into the nature of human sexuality,
attempting to prove that the nature of each person's sexual behavior
is unique to that person.
Direcor:BILL CONDON (GODS & MONSTERS)
Cast:
Liam Neeson
Laura Linney
Tim Curry
Timothy Hutton
John Lithgow,
Chris O'Donnell
Oliver Platt
Peter Sarsgaard
Gore Vidal
Official Site: Link Link
Additional: Link
HOST: PETER TRAVERS
GUEST: TBD
10/25 - SPIN - A teen struggles to follow his father's last wishes by learning to fly.. Based on the 1991 novel by Donald Everett Axinn. Starring Stanley Tucci, Dana Delany, Paula Garces, & Ruben Blades. GUESTS: Paula Garces & Don Axinn along with abook signing. INNOVATION
Cast:
Ryan Merriman
Stanley Tucci
Dana Delany
Paula Garces
Ruben Blades
Max Madore
Marissa Baca
Danny O'Haco
Miguel Ortega
Richard Montague
Heather Rose
Director: James Redford
Producer: Donald Everett Axinn
Elaine Rogers
Screenwriter: James Redford
Host: Jami Bernard
Official Site: Link
More information: Link Link
BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE:
ENDURING LOVE- A film about men who attempted
to rescue the passengers of a hot-air balloon accident. Samantha
Morton, Rhys Ifans, Directed by: Roger Michell ( The Mother, Changing
Lanes , Notting Hill ,Persuasion). PARAMOUNT CLASSICS
10/18- SIDEWAYS - This
hysterically funny yet melancholy comedy about two guys adrift in the
Southern California wine region has a beautiful structure, a buoyant
bouquet of risky romance, a fine balance between its seemingly loose
sequence of events and tight control of dramatic subtext, subtle undertones
of the great character movies of the 1970s and a delicate though strong
finish that fills one with hope for its most forlorn characters. Kirk
Honeycutt, The
Hollywood Reporter
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Alexander Payne
Screenwriter: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Cast: Paul Giamatti,
Thomas Haden Church,
Patrick Gallagher,
Alex Kalognomos,
Virginia Madsen,
Joe Marinelli,
Sandra Oh,
Alysia Reiner
GUEST DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER PAYNE (ABOUT SCHMIDT, ELECTION, CITIZEN RUTH)
Hosted by Peter
Travers
10/11 - P.S. - Laura Linney's a career woman working in admissions at an Ivy League school when a grad school application comes across her desk and shakes her to the core. It seems that her late, one true love has been resurrected and walked straight back into her life. It may be impossible, but she's not going to let rules and regulations, a jealous best friend, a crazy brother or anything else stand between her and happiness. But what if happiness isn't what's on Scott 2.0's mind?
Cast:: Laura Linney,
Gabriel Byrne,
Marcia Gay Harden,
Paul Rudd.
Producer: Robert Kessel,
Anne Chaisson,
John N. Hart,
Jeffrey Sharp
Screenwriter: Helen Schulman & Dylan Kidd
Guest: Director Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger).
Host: Peter Travers
Official Site: Link
Info: Link
Fall Season Opener
10/4 STAGE BEAUTY
"Based loosely on the life of 17th
century actor Edward Kynaston, Stage Beauty is an enjoyably bawdy
romantic comedy that's more theatrical than an Elton John party,
and only slightly less camp. Shakespeare In Love is the obvious comparison,
but unlike the Gwyneth Paltrow/Joseph Fiennes pic, the romance taking
centre stage here never convinces. Still, Billy Crudup excels as
the female impersonator who finds his illustrious acting career under
threat when women are allowed to appear on the stage." Adrian
Hennigan
Cast:
Billy Crudup
Claire Danes
Rupert Everett
Tom Wilkinson
Ben Chaplin
Hugh Bonneville
Richard Griffiths
Edward Fox
Zoe Tapper
Directed by Richard Eyre
GUEST: DIRECTOR RICHARD EYRE
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