1. The AssassinThough it doesn’t always follow, the most beautiful film of the year should have the most beautiful poster, and Erik Buckham does Hou Hsiao-hsien right with this gorgeous piece. What looks at first like a combination of photography and illustration is in fact entirely taken from images from the film. Buckham told me “I didn’t want to use any imagery in the poster that did not come from the film itself, so everything you see is taken from screen grabs and some on-set photography.” What I always thought were stylized clouds surrounding Shu Qi are actually elements from an embossed picture of a rooster on a lacquered vase or some similar object. As Buckham confided, “I liked the look of the lines so I cropped in super close and played around with lighting and layer effects to blend it in with the background imagery. It was...
- 12/6/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
1. The AssassinThough it doesn’t always follow, the most beautiful film of the year should have the most beautiful poster, and Erik Buckham does Hou Hsiao-hsien right with this gorgeous piece. What looks at first like a combination of photography and illustration is in fact entirely taken from images from the film. Buckham told me “I didn’t want to use any imagery in the poster that did not come from the film itself, so everything you see is taken from screen grabs and some on-set photography.” What I always thought were stylized clouds surrounding Shu Qi are actually elements from an embossed picture of a rooster on a lacquered vase or some similar object. As Buckham confided, “I liked the look of the lines so I cropped in super close and played around with lighting and layer effects to blend it in with the background imagery. It was...
- 12/6/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
And Tso It Goes: Cheney’s Cuisine Opts for Sugar over Spice
It should go without saying that cuisines considered Chinese in the United States are hardly authentic recipes from the mother region from whence they came, and, at best, are pale echoes of inspiration. The same can be sad for that annoyingly middlebrow terminology referring to dishes that are “Tex Mex,” or any number of bastardized Italian dishes. In the great American melting pot, international cuisines have assimilated into the acceptable cultural fabric more so than the people responsible for creating them, and so starts the slightly evasive culinary documentary The Search for General Tso from documentarian Ian Cheney. Eventually, we get around to the actual dish that is the subject matter of the film, but it necessitates a more intriguing examination of the inherent racism of a dominant culture that had a helping hand. A crash course in...
It should go without saying that cuisines considered Chinese in the United States are hardly authentic recipes from the mother region from whence they came, and, at best, are pale echoes of inspiration. The same can be sad for that annoyingly middlebrow terminology referring to dishes that are “Tex Mex,” or any number of bastardized Italian dishes. In the great American melting pot, international cuisines have assimilated into the acceptable cultural fabric more so than the people responsible for creating them, and so starts the slightly evasive culinary documentary The Search for General Tso from documentarian Ian Cheney. Eventually, we get around to the actual dish that is the subject matter of the film, but it necessitates a more intriguing examination of the inherent racism of a dominant culture that had a helping hand. A crash course in...
- 1/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Damn you, Ian Cheney! Even though The Search For General Tso clocks in at a brisk 71 minutes, I dare any one of you to avoid salivating a minimum of 10 separate times whenever the famed “Chinese” delicacy is shown, or start gnawing on the pillow you were holding while stuck in some enchanting dream where the world is made out of fried, saucy nuggets of perfection – not that I had to clean up any drool puddles, or anything. Yes, documentarian Ian Cheney decided to embark on a sleuthy quest to uproot General Tso’s culinary legacy, traveling around the globe in search of an origin story, but what’s discovered paints a broader picture of Chinese immigration and their assault on American cuisine. Talk about the most delicious infiltration in American history!
Cheney’s biggest accomplishment isn’t discovering the inventor of America’s favorite General-themed chicken dish. Rather, it’s...
Cheney’s biggest accomplishment isn’t discovering the inventor of America’s favorite General-themed chicken dish. Rather, it’s...
- 1/4/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
A24’s A Most Violent Year will dominate the Specialty Box Office New Year’s weekend. The feature began as director J.C. Chandor was releasing his previous feature, All Is Lost. A Most Violent Year will begin its limited run in the New Year, but the title will have a wide release by the end of the month. Also opening this weekend is IFC Films’ doc The Search For General Tso, which has its roots from a New York Times Best Seller. Well Go USA will bow China’s The Taking Of Tiger Mountain in exclusive engagements. The title opened number one at home when it rolled out ahead of Christmas. And Magnolia’s genre label, Magnet, will open Spanish thriller [Rec] 4: Apocalypse in five locations January 2. the title is already available via ultra-vod.
A Most Violent Year
Director-writer: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola,...
A Most Violent Year
Director-writer: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola,...
- 1/1/2015
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
The deal covers North American rights to the thriller starring Fran Kranz. Separately Sundance Selects has picked up The Search For General Tso, Image Entertainment has acquired Roadside and WellGo USA has set a Us release date for Supremacy.
Jack Bryan directed The Living, about a man who takes out a hit on his sister’s abusive husband. Jocelin Donahue, Chris Mulkey, Joelle Carter and Kenny Wormald round out the key cast.
Producers Jack Bryan, Laura DuBois and John Snyder brokered the acquisition with monterey media managing partner Scott Mansfield.
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights to Ian Cheney’s documentary and Tribeca 2014 world premiere The Search For General Tso and will release theatrically and on VOD on January 2. Cinetic Media represented the filmmakers. Image Entertainment has acquired all Us rights to Eric England’s action thriller Roadside starring Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman, Lionel D Carson and Jack E Curenton. Elias Axume of international...
Jack Bryan directed The Living, about a man who takes out a hit on his sister’s abusive husband. Jocelin Donahue, Chris Mulkey, Joelle Carter and Kenny Wormald round out the key cast.
Producers Jack Bryan, Laura DuBois and John Snyder brokered the acquisition with monterey media managing partner Scott Mansfield.
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights to Ian Cheney’s documentary and Tribeca 2014 world premiere The Search For General Tso and will release theatrically and on VOD on January 2. Cinetic Media represented the filmmakers. Image Entertainment has acquired all Us rights to Eric England’s action thriller Roadside starring Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman, Lionel D Carson and Jack E Curenton. Elias Axume of international...
- 12/10/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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