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Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.
Himself
Maria Irene Fornes is “America's Great Unknown Playwright.” When she stops writing due to dementia, a friendship with a young writer reignites her visionary creative spirit, triggering a film collaboration that picks up where the pen left off.
Self (archive footage)
La película de Rebecca Miller es un retrato de su padre, su época y sus observaciones, construido alrededor de entrevistas improvisadas grabadas en el hogar familiar durante años.
Self - Playwright
Una profunda investigación sobre el mundo privado del escritor americano J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), que vivió la mayor parte de su vida detrás del impenetrable muro de un aislamiento autoimpuesto: cómo sus dramáticas experiencias durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial influyeron en su vida y en su trabajo, sus relaciones con mujeres muy jóvenes, sus obsesivos métodos de escritura, sus muchos secretos literarios.
Self
Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him, and that he in turn struggled all his life to give form to in his art.
Additional Voices
The Museum of the City of New York’s award-winning short documentary explores how New York City grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans into the metropolis we know today and features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections. Now expanded and updated, the film's final chapter captures the astonishing – if sometimes challenging – transformations the city has experienced in the first decades of the 21st century.
Himself
In this witty drama, the future of art is examined from two vantage points: the years 1699 and 1999. Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister, Countess Camilla Volta, lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father, the Viscount, is near death, and he announces, to the disappointment of both his offspring, that his home and priceless collection of art have been bequeathed to the Italian government.
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The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.
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Hace ya muchos años, las vidas de Lee, una mujer ferozmente independiente, y su hermana mayor Bessie siguieron caminos muy distintos. Lee se marchó a Ohio, mientras que Bessie regresó al hogar familiar de Florida para cuidar de su padre Marvin, que yace en cama después de un ataque al corazón.
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Paul consigue introducirse hábilmente en el mundo de los marchantes de arte neoyorquinos Ouisa y Flan Kittredge, haciéndose pasar por el hijo de Sidney Poitier. Pero, antes de que empiece a desentrañarse el engaño de Paul, éste aporta a sus anfitriones mucho más que una simple anécdota para contar en sus fiestas: desencadena una serie de acontecimientos que alterará el curso de sus vidas para siempre.
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On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, thinks it's time for his life to be blessed, too. He desperately wants to escape his lower middle-class existence and become a popular singer and songwriter, but his life is complicated by an ambitious mistress, a crazy wife and a bomb-making son.
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A Lou Pascal, un viejo gángster que consigue algún dinero con las apuestas, lo mantiene en realidad la viuda de su ex jefe. En el mismo edificio que él vive Sally, una atractiva mujer cuyo cuerpo lo tiene obsesionado.
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Cuando una adolescente se escapa de casa, sus padres se esfuerzan por encontrarla. En estas circunstancias, llegan a conocer a otros matrimonios que se encuentran en idéntica situación.
