HUMAN CAPITAL by Paolo Virzì’s (The First Beautiful Thing) opens January 14th!

At the New York Film Forum (January 14) Film Movement will debut the U.S. theatrical premiere of HUMAN CAPITAL, by Paolo Virzì’s (The First Beautiful Thing). 

This multi-layered character study examines the value of human life. It stars Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (Munich, A Good Year), and Valeria Golino (Rain Man, Frida).  

At the heart, this is a story at the intersection of family, class and passion and it centers on a single pivotal incident and the lives inextricably linked as a result. 

Featuring stellar performances from some of Italy’s most sought-after actors, including Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Valeria Golino and Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Remember Me, My Love), Virzì’s taut thriller deconstructs the typical linear narrative, observing transformative events from each character’s perspective in reverse.   

The impressive result is a masterfully nuanced account of desire, greed and the value of human life in the age of rampant capitalism and financial manipulation.

HUMAN CAPITAL begins as a cyclist is run off the road by a careening SUV the night before Christmas Eve. As details emerge about the events leading up to the accident, the lives of the ultra-rich Bernaschi family, privileged and detached, intertwine with the fate of the Rovellis, who are struggling to keep a grip on their comfortable middle-class life.  Dino Rovelli (Bentivoglio) is in dire financial straits as he anticipates the birth of twins with his second wife (Golino). Meanwhile, Dino’s teenage daughter’s relationship with the playboy son of his hedge-fund manager, Giovanni Bernaschi (Fabrizio Gifuni), complicates an already precarious social dance of status, money and ambition. 

Official Website: HumanCapitalFilm.com

HUMAN CAPITAL (Italy, 2014, 110 min)  Directed by Paolo Virzì. Screenplay by Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì.  Freely adapted from the novel Human Capital by Stephen Amidon.

Producers: Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen and Benedetto Habib. Director of Photograpy: Jérôme Alméras.

Editor: Cecilia Zanuso.

Composer:  Carlo Virzì. With: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Giovanni Anzaldo, Matilde Gioli, Guglielmo Pinelli, Gigio Alberti and Bebo Storti. In Italian with English subtitles.

A  Film Movement release.

WATCH Forest Whitaker in NEW TAKEN 3 Clip!

The hunt for Bryan Mills is on! Franck Dotzler (Forest Whitaker) briefs his team in this clip from the upcoming Taken 3, in theaters Friday. Liam Neeson returns as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered.

This January, Liam Neeson (Bryan Mills) is on the hunt once again in the third installment of the beloved action-packedTAKEN saga starring Forest Whitaker (Frank Dotzler). In a strange turn of events, Mills is now being hunted by the LAPD, the FBI, and the very agency he used to serve – the CIA – for a heinous crime he did not commit. In this NEW clip, watch Inspector Frank Dotzler (Whitaker) brief his men on the one thing that will help them capture Bryan Mills and bring him to justice.

Catch TAKEN 3 in theaters Friday, January 9th! 

Watch the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BcVG7djFI

View the official trailer here 

About the Film: Liam Neeson returns as ex-government operative Bryan Mills, whose life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector (Forest Whitaker), Mills employs his "particular set of skills" to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

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OSCARS® NOMINATIONS VOTING ENDS THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

2015 is starting with a "golden-bang" as the film award season biggest event, the OSCARS® announces that the nominations  voting (for the 87th Oscars) will close on Thursday, January 8, at 5 p.m. PT.

Then it's time for the "fun part" ---tabulating and verifying the votes which is done by the  international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Then the creative film community holds "its' breath" and crosses their "fingers" until mid January when the  87th Oscars Nominations Announcement are made which, this year, will be held on Thursday, January 15, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Then the luck nominees will embark on the big race to win the Oscar.  Fun!

This year, the Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2014 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.  The Oscars, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

In case you didn't know, now you know.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards—in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners — the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.  

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OSCAR may find VIVIAN MAIER!

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER was listed recently as one the top 15 documentaries of the year.
http://www.oscars.org/news/15-documentary-features-advance-2014-oscar-race.

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER takes us across the globe from New York to France to Chicago following the life of the late Vivian Maier – a career nanny who earned a reputation posthumously as one of America’s most accomplished and unsung photographers. Her mysterious life was spent taking care of other people’s children, as she had no family of her own or any relatives to speak of. She died at the age of 83 in 2009 and left behind over 100,000 photos/negatives of her work that were hidden in storage with her other belongings.
It was soon after her death, historian John Maloof, a 26 year-old amateur historian in Chicago, stumbled upon this treasure trove of work at an auction and brought her work to life.  It is through him, that Maier and her works, as an amazing artist were discovered and are now shared with the rest of the world.

The critics have lined up, neatly, to share their positive support and some of the review highlights are below:

“Haunting and humorous. A revelatory riddle of a film. Maier was like Mary Poppins living a double life as Diane Arbus.” - Entertainment Weekly

“A gripping documentary. Fascinating.” – Los Angeles Times 
“An exciting electric current of discovery runs through Finding Vivian Maier.” – New York Times
“Haunting. A riveting documentary about one of the 20th century's greatest photographers.” -Indiewire
“Remarkable. Art in the guise of a detective story.” – Wall Street Journal
“A moving tribute to Vivian Maier’s art.” – New Yorker

In FINDING VIVIAN MAIER, Maloof teams with filmmaker Charlie Siskel to unravel this mysterious gifted artist. They trace her history from New York to France and Chicago to find out who she really was. Intimate interviews with some of the children (now adults) that she raised and the families who employed her, the film unravels this profound and lonely artist that the New York Times called “one of America’s more insightful street photographers.” Don’t miss it!
Website: WWW.FINDINGVIVIANMAIER.COM