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MCLA Theatre Presents “Sweet Charity” MCLA Theatre proudly presents Sweet Charity by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, and Neil Simon November 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8pm…

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As requested by ❤anon❤ to post my favorite 60 women from films, here you go! As ive seen on pbs shows about greatest books, please applaud between every one of these!

1. Amy Dunne played by Rosamund Pike on Gone Girl 2014

2. Alma played by Vicky Krieps on Phantom Thread 2017

3. Ponyo on Ponyo 2008

4. Patsey played by Lupita Nyong'o in 12 years a slave

5. Omocha played by Isuzu Yamada in Sisters of the Gion 1936

6. Tonya Harding played by Margot Robbie in I, Tonya 2017

7. Valkyrie played by Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok 2017

8. Jennifer Check played by Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body 2009

9. Dona Flor played by Sonia Braga in Dona Flor and her two husbands 1977

10. Princess Yuki played by Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress 1958

11. Lady Asaji played by the Isuzu Yamada again in Throne of Blood 1957

12. Carmen Jones played by Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones 1954

13. Sabrina played by Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina 1954

14. Oharu played by Kinuyo Tanaka in The Life of Oharu 1952

15. Blanche DeBois played by Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

16. Norma Desmond played by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard 1950

17. Gilda played by Rita Hayworth in Gilda 1946

18. Laura Hunt played by Gene Tierney in Laura 1944

19. Mildred Pierce played by Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce 1945

20. Ki-jung played by Park So-Dam in Parasite 2019

21. Cleo played by Yalitza Aparicio in Roma 2018

22. Elle Woods played by Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde 2001

23. Clementine "Tish" Rivers played by Kiki Lane on If Beale Street Could Talk 2018

24. Madeline played by Helena Howard on Madeline's Madeline 2018

25. Anne Graham played by Tonie Collette in Hereditary 2018

26. Marlina played by Marsha Timothy in Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

27. Paula played by Noamie Harris in Moonlight 2016

28. Sook-he played by Kim Tae-ri in The Handmaiden 2016

29. Elaine played by Samantha Robinson in The Love Witch 2016

30. Thomasin played by Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch 2015

31. Maggie played by Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a hot tin roof 1958

32. Emmanuelle Riva's anonymous character in Hiroshima Mon Amour 1959

33. Eurydice played by Marpessa Dawn in Black Orpheus 1959

34. Betty played by Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive 2001

35. Mon played by Machiko Kyô in Older Brother, Younger Sister 1953

36. Kiyoko played by Hideko Takamine in Lightning 1952

37. Cabiria Ceccarelli played by Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria 1957

38. Mamma Roma played by Anna Magnani in Mamma Roma 1962

39. Cléo played by Corinne Marchand in Cléo from 5 to 7 1962

40. Charulata played by Madhabi Mukherjee in Charulata 1964

41. Licia played by Adrienne La Russa in Psychout for Murder 1969

42. Ganja Meda played by Marlene Clark on Ganja & Hess 1973

43. Claudine played by Diahann Carroll on Claudine 1974

44. Foxy Brown played by Pam Grier on Foxy Brown 1974

45. Conchita played by Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina on That Obscure Object of Desire 1977

46. Gorgeous played by Kimiko Ikegami on House 1977

47. Alma Starr played by Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned 1967

48. Anna played by Isabelle Adjani in Possession 1981

49. Vivian played by Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman 1990

50. Mozelle played by Debbi Morgan in Eve's Bayou

51. Elizabeth Bennett played by Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice 2005

52. Masako Kanazawa played by Machiko Kyô in Rashomon 1950

53. Elena Tejero played by Ninón Sevilla in Aventurera 1950

54. Masako played by Chieko Nakakita in One Wonderful Sunday 1947

55. Beatriz Peñafiel played by Maria Felix in Enamorada 1946

56. Celine played by Julie Delpy in the before trilogy

57. Ed played by Holly Hunter in Raising Arizona 1987

58. Mrs. Chan played by Maggie Cheung on In the mood for love 2000

59. Kitty March played by Joan Bennett in Scarlet Street 1945

60. Sumie played by Noriko Sengoku in Scandal 1950

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what are your favorite movies? I love your blog

Zerkalo, Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Nostalgia, Solaris, Sansho the Bailiff, Osaka Elegy, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, When A Woman Ascends The Stairs, Le Notti di Cabiria, Sans Soleil, The Red Shoes, The Third Man, 8½, Late Spring, Floating Weeds, High And Low, The Bad Sleep Well, Le Plaisir, Autumn Sonata, Winter Light, The Virgin Spring, Cries and Whispers, Hour of the Wolf, Au Hasard Balthazar, Les cousins, Le feu follet, Vivre sa vie, Yi yi, A Time To Live/A Time to Die, The Last Year at Marienbad, Les statues meurent aussi, The Fallen Idol, L'Atalante, Woman in the Dunes, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, All About Eve, Dark Victory, Greed, Napoléon vu par Abel Gance, The Face of Another, Babette’s Feast, Journal d'un curé de campagne, Ordet, Vampyr, Gertrud, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Werckmeister Harmonies, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Broken Blossoms, Diary of a Lost Girl, The Heiress, Ascenceur pour L'Echafaud, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Promised Country, La Rayon Vert, Opening Night, Faces, Love Streams, Harakiri, Léon Morin, prêtre, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Orphée, Le testament d'Orphée, La Belle Noiseuse, Dr. Mabuse, der spieler, The Human Condition (I, II, III), 24 Frames, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Till We Meet Again (Borzage), Rebecca, La Notte, Jules et Jim, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Ikiru, Akahige, Ivan Grozny (I, II), Un condamné a mort s'est échappé, The Trial, F for Fake, Trois couleurs: Bleu, Trois couleurs: Rouge, The Wind, Bob Le Flambeur, La peau douce, L'Histoire d'Adele H., La Grande Illusion, La maman et la putain, I Know Where I’m Going!, Faust (Murnau), Medea, Mamma Roma, The House is Black, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Sonatine, The Ballad of Narayama, Roma città aperta, Voyage to Italy, The Roaring Twenties, Baby Face, Design for Living, Vivre sa Vie, Brief Encounter, The Circus, City Lights, The Night of the Hunter, Monsieur Verdoux, Terje Vigen, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, From Morn to Midnight, The Lady Vanishes, Kuroneko, Play Time, Le Quai des Brumes, Apur Sansar, The Music Room, In the Mood for Love, Taste of Cherry, Through the Olive Trees, Viridiana, Tale of Tales, To Be Or Not To Be, Sherlock Jr., Our Hospitality, The General, The Apartment, Pandora’s Box, Veronika Voss, Morocco, L'Age d'Or, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Laura, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Notorious, The 39 Steps, The Big Sleep, In A Lonely Place, Easy Living, The Thin Man, The Shop Around The Corner, Knight Without Armour, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Steamboat Bill Jr., Floating Clouds, Umberto D., Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, The Big Heat, Chronicle of a Summer, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Lost Weekend, La Ronde, Der amerikanische Freund, The Smiling Lieutenant, The Uninvited, Wings (Shepitko), The Ascent, Come and See, Liebelei, Ran, Le Fantôme de la liberté, The Color of Pomegranates, Les Vampires, Dr. Strangelove, Certified Copy, The Nibelung: Siegfried, Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors, Devi, The Phantom Carriage, Russian Ark, and many, many others.

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Consumer Guide / No.98 / American television, film and stage actress, Bernadette Quigley with Mark Watkins.

MW : What’s new?

BQ : Currently, work is sparse as most of my businesses have been shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. No films or television shows are being shot in NYC at this moment in time and most of my side businesses are on pause as well. This season’s gardening work didn’t happen at all (because NYC had not yet deemed gardening an essential service).

Thankfully, I have a few coaching (acting) clients I work with often and I had one job before this pandemic hit that I’m still working on - a press and radio campaign for Irish singer-songwriter Ultan Conlon’s beautiful new record, ‘There’s a Waltz’. It’s been gratifying to see reviewers agreeing with me that it’s Ultan’s finest record thus far!

MW : Tell me about your role in Law & Order...

BQ : Well, I had four Law & Order roles, actually. Two are on Law & Order: SVU and two are on the mothership Law & Order.

My first big role on SVU was of a victim, Jean Weston, on the season finale of their 2nd season, many moons ago. This character was a mother and wife from Oregon whose husband and son got stabbed to death by a serial killer – played by Richard Thompson.

I’ll never forget this role for many reasons but primarily it was a job where I discovered I could cry on cue. The director and producers decided they wanted to end the episode with a huge close up of my character, breaking down in the gallery in the courtroom. One of the producers shouted out, “Bernadette…can you cry on cue!?” I meekly replied, “Sure.” Next thing I hear was…”rolling….” and “ACTION”… I looked up, terrified I wouldn’t be able to summon up tears but imagined the hell my character went through and looked deeply into Chris Meloni’s eyes and …phew!...started to cry!

The Law & Order franchise has been a godsend for many actors. Not just financially, which it has and still is but for me, the experience I gained working on those shows led to a lot more television and film work over the years, so I’m forever grateful to creator/producer, Dick Wolf.

MW : What are your own views on law & order? Anything you’d like to see relaxed or tightened up on?

BQ : Feels very naïve and idealistic to say this, but I’d love to see major, police reform. Police brutality is despicable and out of control, especially in Black communities. 

I believe we’re beginning to see the power of the Black Lives Matter movement resulting in some of these police officers losing their jobs and sometimes being arrested themselves for their unspeakable acts of violence, but I imagine we, as a nation, need to keep the pressure on. The police brutality simply has to stop. There has to be more consequences for those senseless deaths. There has to be better training, etc...

I’d also love to see major gun control in this country. I would love to see guns banned. Period. But that’s highly unrealistic as this country tragically has a major addiction to their gun culture. Perhaps someday we’ll have some common-sense gun control again such as background checks, and high-capacity magazine and semi-automatic assault weapon bans.

MW : What was it like working with Kenneth Branagh?

BQ : I suggested Kenneth’s play “Public Enemy” to the Irish Arts Center’s Artistic Director at the time, Nye Heron, and was emailing and talking with Kenneth’s assistant quite a lot before setting up a meeting with Kenneth and Nye.

I was flying high that I helped to secure the rights to his play. Kenneth then came to our first read-through, and he came back to see a preview or two. He was an absolute prince, kind, intelligent, caring, witty.

However, this success was so bittersweet because my dad died right before we opened the play, a performance I had dedicated to him before he died (because my dad loved Jimmy Cagney, and the main character of the play was obsessed with Cagney). The play got great reviews and we ran for five months. It was so difficult for me to fully appreciate the success of this show as I was mourning the most devastating loss of my life.

MW : Which "shelved" film appearance of yours should have seen the light of day?

BQ : There’s a provocative film I am in about a racial experiment that is under the radar called, “The Suspect” (2014), which stars Mekhi Phifer, Sterling K. Brown and William Sadler.

By the way, I am currently in three indie films that I’m psyched for the world to see: I play a lead role in “Darcy” which is available (worldwide) to stream on Herflix.com; “The Garden Left Behind” has just landed international distribution, so stay tuned for the release date! And finally, I have an interesting supporting role in a film called “Tahara” which had its world premiere at Slamdance in January and is slated for more film festivals.

MW : What makes a good film/TV critic? Can you name any?

BQ : One that doesn’t give the plot, or too much dialogue away. I often don’t read reviews of films, or television shows, I want to watch because I love going in – not being influenced by another’s opinion. But sometimes, I’ll read reviews afterwards to learn more about the evolution of a film or TV show. I often find myself agreeing with A.O.Scott’s (NY Times) film reviews.

MW : How do you usually prepare for an acting role, and has a character ever taken you over?

BQ : The first thing I do is read the script several times and see what the words are telling me about the character, and how other characters view that person. If it’s a period piece, I research the era or history surrounding the event in the play, or screenplay. Eventually, I forget my research, learn my words and hopefully let the character inhabit me emotionally, physically and psychologically, spiritually etc…and try my best to be fully present with the other actors I’m working with moment-to-moment. Every project is different.

Yes, there were times, I found it difficult to shut off the pain of a character after some performances. Two that come to mind are two intensely emotional theatre roles I performed at the Repertory of St. Louis, Elizabeth Proctor in “The Crucible”, and Agnes in “Bug”.

MW : Is performing on film different to TV as an acting discipline?

BQ : I think it all depends on the style of the film, or television show. With a TV show like Law & Order, it’s formulaic and heightened realism (acting style) and so one makes sure one knows every single word, and hits one’s marks, and if it calls for emoting then one must emote! Some films I’ve done are grittier-kitchen-sink realism. A very minimalistic style of acting.

MW : Has your song-writer husband ever penned a song for you?

BQ : Yes, many….Don (Rosler) primarily writes for and with other artists – on the John Margolis: Christine’s Refrigerator CD, there’s many tunes that speak to many moments within the course of our lives: the title track (altho’ the name was changed), “Scrap of Hope” (a pep talk to me when I was stuck at a temp job I hated), “Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day” (a wedding reverie that literally started in Don’s mind when I fell asleep on his shoulder), and he wrote an exquisite lyric for Bobby McFerrin’s Grammy-nominated record VOCAbuLarieS, a song called “Brief Eternity”… where his words infuse my love for gardening: “Working in the garden has you... ...Breathing in the bloom and then you View the sunset view to move you Close to truly understanding Life and death but nothing ending Voices living on”…..

MW : Tell me about some of your favourite music...

BQ : My music tastes are pretty eclectic – besides all the indie artists I’ve done publicity for, I love so many styles of music from classical to folk to country but here’s some of my fave artists: Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Pink, Beyonce, Billie Holiday, Ani DiFranco, Ibeyi, Sinead O’Connor, Prince, Bjork, Leonard Cohen, Kacey Musgraves, K.D. Lang, Laura Mvula, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Billy Bragg, and Randy Newman, among many others.

MW : ...and your favourite films....

BQ : Ohhhhh-so-many faves but a few, in no particular order :

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019) 

Parasite (2019)

Secrets & Lies (1996) 

Vera Drake (2004)

Pain And Glory (2019)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

BlacKkKlansman (2018) 

A Fantastic Woman (2017) 

Babette’s Feast (1987)

Coco (2017) 

To Kill A Mockingbird  (1962)

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

The 400 Blows (1959)

12 Years A Slave (2013) 

Jean de Florette (1986)

Trees Lounge (1996)

My Left Foot (1989)

In America (2002)  (I know I’m biased but still…such a beautiful film)! 

Annie Hall  (1977)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 

My Brilliant Career (1979)

 And I also love documentaries and a ton of old movies from the 1930’s and 1940’s, such as The Lady Eve (1941).

MW : ...plus your favourite books....

BQ : I’m currently reading this years New York Times Bestseller American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (it’s excellent!).

Some of my all-time faves are :

Of Human Bondage ~ W. Somerset Maugham (1915)

A Confederacy Of Dunces ~ John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Angela’s Ashes ~ Frank McCourt (1996)

The Grapes Of Wrath ~ John Steinbeck (1939) 

Lady Chatterley's Lover ~  D.H Lawrence (1960)

Olive Kitteridge ~ Elizabeth Strout (2008) 

Americanah ~ Chimanda Ngozi Adichie (2013) 

The Feast of Love ~ Charles Baxter (2000) 

Everything Here Is Beautiful ~ Mira T. Lee (2008)

An American Tragedy ~ Theodore Dreiser (1925)

Sister Carrie ~  Theodore Dreiser (1900)

Act One ~ Moss Hart (1959) 

Born A Crime ~ Trevor Noah (2016) 

Wild : From Lost To Found On The Pacific Crest Trail ~ Cheryl Strayed (2012)

MW : You enjoy gardening. How is yours designed and tended to?

BQ : I don’t have my very own garden. I live in NYC and dream of having a country house with a garden of my own one day!

This is the reason I started a side business of urban gardening. My dad was an extraordinary gardener and after he died, I started tending to my mother’s flower gardens. Then I found myself volunteering at a neighborhood garden and that led to me working in other people’s gardens. Primarily small back gardens and some rooftop or balcony gardens.

I specialize in flowers, shrubs and trees and love planting lots of perennials (flowers and plants) with annuals so there’s lots of varying blossoms of different heights and textures, throughout spring, summer and fall. 

When possible, if space allows, I also love incorporating foot paths, rock walls, or other elements in gardens – art/birdbaths/benches/statues that might be a sweet focal point but primarily I love the combinations of plants, trees, shrubs and flowers to be the focal points.

MW : Recommend five flowers...that every good garden should have!

BQ : Daffodils - one of the first signs of spring! Muscari (aka grape hyacinths) – the color (blue) is gorgeous, as is the scent. Climbing roses – the beauty and romantic history of roses. Anemone Robustissima (late blooming perennial flower). Lady Ferns (okay not a flower, but I’m a fern freak and I love ferns of all kinds!, but Lady ferns in particular are stunning when they sit beside most flowers or surround trees).

MW : How opinionated are you on current events? Would you like to be more, or less opinionated?

BQ : I’m extremely opinionated on current events but find it difficult to find ways to communicate my thoughts without screaming angrily from the rooftops and then of course not being heard. There are those that say we have an obligation to try to talk sense into people whose viewpoints are much more extreme than one’s own (either extreme conservative or extreme liberal). 

I’m very liberal but am more pragmatic when it comes to progress, not perfection, so I’m very happy to enthusiastically vote for someone like Joe Biden or in 2016, Hillary Clinton, but I honestly don’t know how to reach people whose minds are already made up – people who either continue to justify their support for the current racist/narcissist/sexist/pathological liar-in-chief, or that justify their “protest” vote by falsely equivocating both candidates as “the same” or “the lesser of two evils”.

So yeah, I offend people at times because yes, I’m judgmental when it comes to politics and I most definitely believe in the power of protests, but believe just as strongly in the collective power of one’s vote and it drives me insane when others don’t show up and vote for local elections, and national ones.

I find I do hold back on Facebook, not because I’m afraid to voice my opinions but because it becomes too much of a time suck for me.

MW : What character traits frustrate you?

BQ : Impatience (in myself). Aggression (in myself and others).

MW : What’s the kindest thing another person has done for you?

BQ : I find this question so complex to answer. There are so many inexplicable moments in my life, where I’ve been blown away by many seemingly small gestures or kind words from strangers. And professionally, I’ve been truly blessed to work with some top-notch directors that gave me the gift of encouraging me to fully trust my artistic instincts.

When I was a child, my parents were not the type of people who conveyed their love in typically demonstrative ways, in ways that I honestly craved, so on the rare occasions when either one of them did utter something like “We’re proud of you”, or “I love you”, I was very moved by them going past their own comfort zones to express that kind of sentiment!

I’ve had many personal and professional challenges in my life and many of my siblings have been there for me over the years in ways I can’t really articulate without choking up. I also think having the courage to face one’s disagreements and past hurt, which comes with the territory of most friendships and relationships, is an act of kindness that I most value. Those I feel closest to have stuck it through with me by navigating through some painful, complex and messy misunderstandings. I’ll never forget those acts of kindness and generosity.

MW : What have you lost, growing older... and gained?

BQ : My mom died in January, and as I mentioned, my dad died many years ago. Sometimes I feel the depths of that loss – the fact that I don’t have my parents to share the ups and downs of the events of the rest of my life. Of course, I do have them close to my heart and their spirits live on….but damn I miss them! I’ve definitely gained a profound appreciation for them and their influence on me in countless ways.

On a professional level, as an older actress, unfortunately it’s easy to become invisible but I’m not ready to disappear and am joining the fight against ageism! I’m drawn to stories and filmmakers that include women and men of all ages, genders and ethnicities.

Perhaps if enough roles are not forthcoming in the next number of years, I’ll venture into writing and directing at some point.

MW : Where can we find out more / keep in touch?

BQ : Thanks so much, here’s a few links…!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703489/

https://twitter.com/quigdette

https://www.instagram.com/quigdette/

https://www.facebook.com/bernadette.quigley.3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Quigley

https://bernadettequigleymedia.wordpress.com/

https://bernadettetheconstantgardener.wordpress.com/bio/

© Mark Watkins / July 2020

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The History of Film in 222 Heartbeats

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Disclaimer: This video does not reflect my personal appreciation of the history of film and cinema. Also, I would like to thank the copyright owners of all the assets included in this montage and invite them to consider the non-profit educational biographical nature of the work, the limited amount of the works used in relation to the respective wholes and the lack of impact on the potential market as evidences of “fair use”.

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Trip to the Moon Great Train Robbery The Assassination of the Duke of Guise Kid Auto Races at Venice Atlantis Cabiria The Birth of a Nation Intolerance Cleopatra Hearts of the World Broken Blossom The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari The Sheik Nanook of the North Nosferatu The Ten Commandments Thief of Bagdad Greed Last Laugh Battleship Potemkin The Phantom of the Opera The General Sunrise Metropolis The Jazz Singer Passion of Joan of Arc The Singing Fool The Show of Shows Un Chien Andalou Man with the Movie Camera All Quiet on the Western Front The Blue Angel City Lights Frankenstein Grand Hotel King Kong L’Atalante It Happened One Night The Bride of Frankenstein Triumph of the Will Becky Sharp Confessions of a Cheat The Great Ziegfeld Modern Times Pepe le Moko Adventures of Robin Hood Olympia Gone with the Wind The Wizard of Oz Rules of the Game Stage Coach Grapes of Wrath Citizen Kane Maltese Falcon Casablanca The Song of Bernadette Laura Double Indemnity Meet Me in St. Louis The Lost Weekend It’s a Wonderful Life Miracle on 34th Street Black Narcissus Bicycle Thieves Late Spring The Third Man Rashomon All About Eve Sunset Blvd. A Street Car Named Desire Bwana Devil Singin’ in the Rain The Robe Tokyo Story On the Waterfront Rear Window Seven Samurai Journey to Italy Blackboard Jungle The Man with the Golden Arm The Night of the Hunter Ordet Rififi The Ladykillers The Searchers The Ten Commandments 12 Angry Men Sweet Smell of Success The Bridge on the River Kwai Touch of Evil Vertigo South Pacific Some Like it Hot Shadows North by Northwest Room At The Top Ben-Hur Breathless Psycho The Apartment L’avventura Victim West Side Story Lawrence of Arabia To Kill A Mocking Bird 8.5 Cleopatra Le Mepris The Leopard Le Petit Soldat A Hard Days Night Dr Strangelove Mary Poppins The Sound of Music Repulsion The Battle of Algiers Balthazar Persona The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Producers The Graduate Night of the Living Dead Once Upon a Time in the West 2001: A Space Odyssey Army of Shadows Wild Bunch Midnight Cowboy Easy Rider Patton The Conformist Sweet Sweetback’s Baadass Song A Clockwork Orange Pink Flamingos Deep Throat The Godfather The Exorcist Mean Streets Enter the Dragon Chinatown Blazing Saddles The Godfather Part II One Flew Over a Cukoo’s Nest Nashville Jaws Carrie Rocky Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Superman Halloween Heaven’s Gate Apocalypse Now Alien Raging Bull Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark Evil Dead Fanny and Alexander E.T. Blade Runner Tron Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Flashdance Ghostbusters Back to the Future Brazil Top Gun RoboCop Die Hard Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Abyss Do the Right Thing Sex, Lies and Videotape Batman Goodfellas Total Recall Terrminator 2 The Silence of the Lambs Days of Being Wild Reservoir Dogs Jurassic Park Schindler’s List Pulp Fiction Forrest Gump The Shawshank Redemption Braveheart Se7en The Usual Suspects Trainspotting The Cable Guy Independence Day Titanic Saving Private Ryan Blair Witch Project The Matrix Fight Club In the Mood for Love Gladiator X-Men The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Harry Potter and Philospher’s Stone Lord of the Ring: the Two Towers Minority Report City of God The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Passion of the Christ Brokeback Mountain Batman Begins Pan’s Labyrinth Casino Royale Juno 4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days The Dark Knight Avatar Inception The Social Network The Artist The Dark Knight Rises Best Kept Secret 12 years a Slave Gravity Likes: 76 Viewed:

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“Directors have, of course, been lingering on the female face for more than a century... Indeed, how can one talk about the performances of Renée Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc, Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box, Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria, Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann in Persona, Cicely Tyson in Sounder, Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple, Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love, Nicole Kidman in Birth, or Laura Dern in Inland Empire, among countless others, without directly addressing the ways in which each actress uses her facial features to communicate myriad facets of her character? How, then, is one of to discuss the unusual power of Ruth Negga’s magnificent, flesh-and-blood characterization in Jeff Nichols’ social/marital drama Loving?” — Matthew Eng

Ruth Negga’s Artful Restraint is the Real Triumph of Loving

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Ravenna Jazz, tra i protagonisti spiccano Pat Metheny, Billy Cobham e Paolo Fresu

Un filo diretto con le più varie espressioni del jazz statunitense: la 44a edizione del festival Ravenna Jazz si svolgerà dal 5 al 14 maggio portando nella città romagnola grandi miti del jazz crossover (Pat Metheny), della fusion (Billy Cobham), della scena alternativa newyorkese (Marc Ribot). Anche gli artisti più giovani in programma sono già in aria di celebrità, come la prodigiosa sassofonista Grace Kelly e la cantante Avery*Sunshine, mentre gli Istanbul Sessions faranno da ponte tra la scena musicale d’oltreoceano e quella mediterranea.

Il nostro jazz nazionale risponderà da par suo: sul fronte delle contaminazioni jazz-rock con il Trio Bobo, su quello dei fondamentali jazzistici con il clarinettista Nico Gori e la cantante Laura Avanzolini, oltre che con Paolo Fresu, Tommaso Vittorini, Ambrogio Sparagna e Alien Dee, che faranno squadra assieme ai ben 250 baby musicisti della colossale massa orchestrale e corale del “Pazzi di Jazz” Young Project.

Ravenna Jazz è organizzato da Jazz Network con la collaborazione degli Assessorati alla Cultura del Comune di Ravenna e della Regione Emilia-Romagna, con il sostegno del Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo e con la partecipazione della SIAE.

  Il Teatro Alighieri aprirà le sue porte per tre serate di grande richiamo. Quella di domenica 7 maggio sarà certamente la più attesa: ogni esibizione del chitarrista Pat Metheny è in sé un evento. A Ravenna Metheny arriverà alla testa di un quartetto dalla spiccata propensione jazzistica: una specie di ritorno ‘a casa’ per questo mito della sei corde che ha percorso con intramontabile successo oltre quarant’anni di carriera.

Il batterista Billy Cobham ha invece un punto di forza nella sua inossidabile fedeltà al genere musicale che lo ha reso celebre: la fusion anni Settanta. La sua attuale band, con la quale sabato 13 calcherà il palco dell’Alighieri, è un turbine sonoro, un’apoteosi di ritmi ipercinetici e sonorità elettriche capaci di riportare alla luce l’intensità degli anni d’oro del jazz-rock.

Sempre all’Alighieri si terrà una terza serata a ingresso gratuito di ben diversa impostazione. Lunedì 8 andrà infatti in scena il “Pazzi di Jazz” Young Project: un monumentale concerto che porta a coronamento mesi di lavoro didattico nelle scuole ravennati realizzato dal trombettista Paolo Fresu, il direttore e arrangiatore Tommaso Vittorini, l’organettista Ambrogio Sparagna e il beatboxer Alien Dee. Questa eterogenea e affiatata squadra musicale si esibirà alla guida di una gigantesca compagine orchestrale e corale formata da ben 250 giovanissimi esecutori, selezionati tra le migliaia di studenti che hanno preso parte al progetto didattico Pazzi di Jazz.

Sotto la bandiera di “Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”, le serate del festival ravennate si spostano in vari club della città e dei dintorni, esplorando le più varie frontiere stilistiche della musica improvvisata e convocando artisti dalla spiccata personalità, in un’alternanza di nomi di culto e giovani già lanciati sul trampolino della notorietà. Sarà proprio uno di questi live a dare il via ufficiale a Ravenna Jazz 2017, venerdì 5 maggio al Cisim di Lido Adriano: protagonista il Trio Bobo, che sprigiona scintille con una fusion spinta ai massimi livelli virtuosistici, jazz-rock dalle tinte vintage incastonato tra ammiccamenti di irresistibile ironia (del resto i ‘Bobo’ sono Faso e Christian Meyer delle Storie Tese, oltre ad Alessio Menconi). Sonorità non meno alternative sono quelle degli Istanbul Sessions guidati dal sassofonista Ilhan Ersahin, tra funk, rock, ritmi ballabili e jazz. Ma più che gli stili qui sono le coordinate geografiche a intrecciarsi: il quartetto mette in cortocircuito le sonorità dell’East Village newyorkese e delle notti di Istanbul (sabato 6 al Bronson di Madonna dell’Albero). Sodale di Elvis Costello, Tom Waits e John Zorn, il chitarrista Marc Ribot si è ben guadagnato il titolo di guru della scena avanguardistica downtown di New York: ogni sua esibizione parte dai presupposti dell’imprevedibilità in attesa di immancabili colpi di scena sonori (martedì 9 al Cisim). La vocalist Laura Avanzolini ci riporta sul sempre fecondo terreno degli standard e della pronuncia jazz più ortodossa: si esibirà dal vivo in trio mercoledì 10 al Mama’s Club e nello stesso giorno sarà anche protagonista del workshop di “Mister Jazz”. Con la cantante e pianista Avery*Sunshine (giovedì 11 al Mama’s Club) la girandola stilistica di “Ravenna 44° Jazz Club” si rimette in moto: in duo con il chitarrista Dana Johnson ci pone di fronte a una visione incantevolmente attuale di tutto quanto fa black music (soul, gospel, jazz, R&B…). Gli ultimi due concerti di “Ravenna 44° Jazz Club” saranno come un viaggio nel tempo. Venerdì 12 (al Teatro Socjale di Piangipane) il clarinettista Nico Gori scorrerà a ritroso il calendario sino agli anni fastosi dello swing orchestrale assieme al suo Swing 10tet e al tap dancer Ernesto Tacco: sarà davvero difficile trattenersi dal ballare. La giovane sassofonista e cantante Grace Kelly riporterà in avanti le lancette dell’orologio: già star di prima grandezza a livello internazionale, arriva per la prima volta in Italia con la sua vorticosa commistione di jazz puro e concitati additivi rock (domenica 14, Teatro Socjale).

  Tornano anche quest’anno i concerti ‘Aperitifs’, coi quali la musica esce dai suoi luoghi canonici (teatri e club) per diffondersi nel tessuto urbano e andare incontro a un pubblico che preferisce una situazione di ascolto più informale. Tutti a ingresso gratuito, questi live in orario da aperitivo si svolgono nei locali che fanno ‘tendenza’ del centro cittadino. Tra le locations toccate dagli ‘Aperitifs’ si segnalano diverse novità, mentre si conferma la formula dei concerti in solo, per portare allo scoperto l’individualità di ogni artista.

Il primo ‘Aperitif’ sarà con le “Canzoni nel cassetto” del bandoneonista Pepe Medri (venerdì 5 maggio presso Leonardi Dolciumi 1957). Si andrà poi “A spasso con il basso” assieme al bassista e cantante Giacomo Da Ros (sabato 6, Caffè Pasticceria Palumbo). Da lì si passerà al Caffè del Teatro con lo “(S)concerto per chitarra sola” di Aldo Betto (domenica 7) e poi al Fresco Cocktails & Tapas con le “Note di viaggio: dal tango al jazz” dettate dalla fisarmonica di Massimo Tagliata (lunedì 8). Martedì 9 a Casa Spadoni ci si butterà in “Caduta libera” coi suoni etnici e jazz del chitarrista Tolga During. Ancora chitarra mercoledì 10 al Caffè del Ponte Marino, con le “6 + 1 Songs” per la 7 corde di Daniele Santimone. Giovedì 11, al Due Dame, si passa al sax di Alessandro Scala con il suo “Omaggio a Dexter Gordon”. Venerdì 12 tornerà a grande richiesta un ospite ormai abituale degli ‘Aperitifs’, il pianista-cantante Giacomo Toni col suo “Piano Punk Cabaret” (Cabiria wine bar). I pomeriggi musicali di Ravenna Jazz si chiuderanno poi a suon di chitarra con Antonio Stragapede e le sue “Storie italiane di uomini e chitarre” (sabato 13, Al Cairoli) e con il solo “In My World” di Daniele Bartoli (domenica 14, Naturalmente Burger).

Pat Metheny (di John Peden)

Billy Cobham

Grace Kelly (di Taso Papdakis)

Avery Sunshine + Dana Johnson

Nico Gori Swing 10et (di Stefano Cerri)

   PROGRAMMA

  Venerdì 5 maggio

Lido Adriano (RA), Cisim, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

TRIO BOBO

FASO-MENCONI-MEYER

“Pepper Games”

Faso – basso el.; Alessio Menconi – chitarra; Christian Meyer – batteria

  Sabato 6 maggio

Madonna dell’Albero (RA), Bronson, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

ISTANBUL SESSIONS

Ilhan Ersahin – sax tenore; Alp Ersönmez – basso el.; Turgut Bekoğlu – batteria; Izzet Kizil – percussioni

  Domenica 7 maggio

Ravenna, Teatro Alighieri, ore 21:00

An Evening With

PAT METHENY

Antonio Sanchez, Linda Oh & Gwilym Simcock

Pat Metheny – chitarre; Gwilym Simcock – pianoforte, tastiera; Linda Oh – contrabbasso; Antonio Sanchez – batteria

  Lunedì 8 maggio

Ravenna, Teatro Alighieri, ore 21:00

“Pazzi di Jazz” Young Project

ORCHESTRA DEI GIOVANI, ORCHESTRA DI PERCUSSIONI,

CORO SWING KIDS & CORO TEEN VOICES

250 giovanissimi diretti da Tommaso Vittorini, Ambrogio Sparagna & Alien Dee

special guests PAOLO FRESU, AMBROGIO SPARAGNA & ALIEN DEE

“A Night in Ravenna”

Omaggio a Dizzy Gillespie nel centenario della nascita

Serata finale del progetto “Pazzi di Jazz” dedicata a Carlo Bubani

Con il sostegno del Comune di Ravenna

Con il patrocinio dell’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per l’Emilia-Romagna – MIUR

produzione originale

Jazz goes to School

  Martedì 9 maggio

Lido Adriano (RA), Cisim, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

MARC RIBOT SOLO

Marc Ribot – chitarra

  Mercoledì 10 maggio

Ravenna, Mama’s Club, ore 10-13, 14:30-16:30

“Mister Jazz”

WORKSHOP sulla vocalità

condotto da LAURA AVANZOLINI

“La voce nel jazz tra suono, parola e improvvisazione”

  Mercoledì 10 maggio

Ravenna, Mama’s Club, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

LAURA AVANZOLINI TRIO

“I’m All Smiles”

Laura Avanzolini – voce; Fabio Petretti – sax tenore; Daniele Santimone – chitarra 7 corde

  Giovedì 11 maggio

Ravenna, Mama’s Club, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

AVERY*SUNSHINE

Avery*Sunshine – voce, pianoforte, tastiere; Dana Johnson – chitarra

  Venerdì 12 maggio

Piangipane (RA), Teatro Socjale, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

NICO GORI & SWING 10tet + special guest Ernesto Tacco

Dancing Swing Party

Nico Gori – clarinetto, direzione, arrangiamenti; Vladimiro Carboni – batteria; Nino “swing” Pellegrini – contrabbasso; Piero Frassi – pianoforte;

Renzo Cristiano Telloli – sax alto; Moraldo Marcheschi – sax tenore; Alessio Bianchi – tromba; Silvio Bernardi – trombone;

Mattia Donati – chitarra, voce; Michela Lombardi – voce; Iacopo Crudeli – presentatore, voce

+ special guest Ernesto Tacco – tap dancer

  Sabato 13 maggio

Ravenna, Teatro Alighieri, ore 21:00

BILLY COBHAM BAND

Billy Cobham – batteria; Carl Orr – chitarra; Christian Gálvez – basso el.; Steve Hamilton – tastiere; Camelia Ben Naceur – tastiere

  Domenica 14 maggio

Piangipane (RA), Teatro Socjale, ore 21:30

“Ravenna 44° Jazz Club”

GRACE KELLY QUARTET

“Trying To Figure It Out”

Grace Kelly – sax alto, voce; Julian Pollack – tastiere, pianoforte; Julia Pederson – contrabbasso, basso el.; Ross Pederson – batteria

    RAVENNA JAZZ APERITIFS

ingresso libero

  Venerdì 5 maggio

Leonardi Dolciumi 1957

Aperitif ore 18:30

Pepe Medri

“Nel mio quartiere (canzoni nel cassetto)”

bandoneón, organetto diatonico

  Sabato 6 maggio

Caffè Pasticceria Palumbo

Aperitif ore 18:30

Giacomo Da Ros

“A spasso con il basso”

basso, voce

  Domenica 7 maggio

Il Caffè del Teatro

Aperitif ore 18:30

Aldo Betto

“(S)concerto per chitarra sola”

chitarra

  Lunedì 8 maggio

Fresco Cocktails & Tapas

Aperitif ore 18:30

Massimo Tagliata

“Note di viaggio: dal tango al jazz”

fisarmonica

  Martedì 9 maggio

Casa Spadoni

Aperitif ore 18:30

Tolga During

“Caduta libera”

Musica etnica & jazz, dall’Olanda alla Turchia

chitarra

  Mercoledì 10 maggio

Caffè del Ponte Marino

Aperitif ore 18:30

Daniele Santimone

“6 + 1 Songs for seven-string guitar”

chitarra a 7 corde

  Giovedì 11 maggio

Due Dame

Aperitif ore 18:30

Alessandro Scala

“Dexter Blues”

Omaggio a Dexter Gordon

sax tenore

  Venerdì 12 maggio

Cabiria wine bar

Aperitif ore 18:30

Giacomo Toni

“Piano Punk Cabaret”

piano, voce

  Sabato 13 maggio

Al Cairoli

Aperitif ore 18:30

Antonio Stragapede

“L’Onda, storie italiane di uomini e chitarre”

chitarra

  Domenica 14 maggio

Naturalmente Burger

Aperitif ore 18:30

Daniele Bartoli

“In My World”

chitarra

    Informazioni

Jazz Network, tel. 0544 405666, fax 0544 405656

e-mail: ejn@ejn.it

website: www.ravennajazz.org

  Ufficio Stampa

Daniele Cecchini

tel. 348 2350217, e-mail: dancecchini@hotmail.com

  Direzione Artistica

Sandra Costantini

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EVRIPIDIS AND HIS TRAGEDIES - BITTER

Barcelona based artist Evripidis and His Tragedies delivers a surreal (serial killer)  visual treatment for his latest single-Bitter..an emotionally immense tune that features vocals from NYC based  Greg Goldberg (The Ballet)!  We got in touch with Evripidis who graciously answered some questions about their sound, their city and their interests. Watch the treatment above and then check out the interview below. Give Neos Kosmos a spin and we think you will find it soundtracking your days and nights (we know it is ours)! 

01. Hey how are you and what are you up to?

I am good! Trying to enjoy spring as much as I can (since last spring was cancelled), promoting my latest album Neos Kosmos, drawing and reflecting on my next move.

02. What inspired the name of your musical project?

My name is Evripidis, which means that I share my name with one of the three most famous playwrights of ancient Greece. I can be quite dramatic myself and my songs are often like tiny pop tragedies, complete with a choir that interacts with the main character, a direct link to my love of sixties Girl Groups. Back in the day when I was looking for an artistic name, while browsing the internet I discovered a book that was titled “Euripides and his tragedies". This discovery ignited a sparkle, I immediately thought it would be hilarious but also kind of accurate to name like that my musical project, one that deals with heartache, existential angst, death and the joy of living, all bundled up with emotion and a sprinkle of humor. I intentionally used Evripidis, which is how my name is pronounced in Greek, instead of the English version Euripides.

03. How would you describe your sound?

It is pop, influenced by my classical piano studies and my love for many popular genres of the last 100 years. On my previous records I had a multi-instrumentalist, almost orchestral approach but my latest record has a synth finishing and a dance beat.

04. What was the inspiration behind your single (and latest video) Bitter?

In "Bitter" I wanted to convey a mixture of romanticism, cynicism, and humor that is kind of camp, but also deeply heartfelt. I am, after all, bitter and hopeful, grumpy and funny, all together at the same time, and I wanted to connect with those who feel these strong contradictions. I invited Greg Goldberg from The Ballet to sing with me because I imagined an encounter of two like-minded souls who never give up on love, and also because I couldn’t help but add some some queer pizzazz.

The video is a collaboration with my friend Centauros, an amazing Spanish pop artist who visioned the song as a gay thriller. I guess he did so because love can be scary, unpredictable, violent and fun at the same time.

05. How was the first show you played like? How was the crowd and where was it?

My first show as Evripidis and His Tragedies was in 2005 at a dive bar, Robadors 23, in one of the seediest streets of Barcelona-calle Robadors in Raval, a narrow, dirty one, buzzing with sex workers, their clients, drunks and petty thieves. Right next to that bar there used to be a legendary punk, queer venue that was our second home back in the day, so I was very familiar with that street anyway. I remember my mom calling me on the phone right before entering the venue, to wish me luck. She sounded very proud of my forthcoming performance, and I thought “if you only knew mommy…” with a little mischievous smile. The concert was a success. Everybody I knew was there, and since I was pretty sociable and a new entry in the scene, the place was packed. I remember I played a very long set which was probably not a good idea but this is how I used to be in my early days as a performer: too anxious to show the world my craft but not caring very much about my audience’s patience. I hope I have improved since then

06. What are some of your favourite artists when you were growing up?

I consider that the artists we listen to between 15 and 25 are the ones that have the deepest impact on us. In my case it was The Velvet Underground, Nico, The Beach Boys, The Magnetic Fields, The Smiths, Kate Bush, Pulp, Saint Etienne, Marianne Faithfull, Soft Cell, The Shangri-Las, The Ronettes, Pet Shop Boys, Portishead, Joy Division, Jens Lekman, The Hidden Cameras, Alaska y Dinarama, Stereo Nova…

07. What was the first song you ever wrote called? Did you ever get a chance to play it live?

When I was a kid I was composing little classical pieces with pompous names like “Viennese waltz”, that maybe were one page long and terribly simple but came with an elaborate cover hand drawn by me. I am not sure what my first pop song was called, although if it is the one I think of, it was musically and vocally inspired by Nico’s "I'm Not Sayin'" but sported a starry-eyed, hopeful lyrics, the complete opposite from the song it drew inspiration from. I don’t think it made it to my first concert, by the time I was playing live I had moved on from that kind of naivety.

08.   Tell us a little bit more about Neos Kosmos, your latest record. Any themes?

The title comes from the words Neos Kosmos that I glimpsed, printed on a crumbled paper receipt from a pharmacy in my hometown Athens. These two words on a mundane scrap of everyday life seemed like a sign, resonating perfectly with the artistic process behind the record, as well as its content.

Neos Kosmos was written and recorded in the course of half a decade and maps my particular bittersweet vision of a New World on a personal, artistic but also global level, characterised by intense contradictions. Sonically it breaks away from  my former, multi-instrumental musical adventures, employing the use of synthesizers instead.

Recurring themes are friendship, ally ship, queerness, mental health, longing, domestic bliss, diversity, human touch, the everlasting chase of the elusive butterfly of love.

The record is mostly sung in English although there is a song in Spanish and another in Greek.

Neos Kosmos features collaborations from indie pop darlings Rachel Kennedy (Flowers), Greg Goldberg (The Ballet), Max Andrucki (The Smittens), Francina Ribees, Marc Ribera and Laura Antolín (Doble Pletina) and it is produced by Sergio Pérez (SVPER).

09.  What are some of your favourite places in Barcelona?

Barcelona has a lot of incredible spots. but one of the most magical places is Montjuic hill, which is right in the heart of the city and it is world of its own,-it features a castle, a massive historical cemetery, a cactus park, a botanical garden, various other parks with eclectic styles and architecture, a swimming pool with incredible views featuring on Kylie’s “Slow” musical video, important museums, even a quite kitschy but still adorable village that consists of relics of buildings from all corners of Spain.

The Collserola Mountain is also incredible-it is just half an hour from the city centre and bears dense Mediterranean forests, wild boars, a small levee, crazy modernist architecture, the ruins of a casino, an arched viaduct, a whole neighbourhood with breathtaking views of the city, a historical attraction park, a huge telecommunications tower…

10.  Any books or films that you have read or seen lately that you would love to recommend?

comic: “Berlin” by Jason Lutes, “Monstruosamente” by Alfonso Casas.

Books: “Our Part of The Night” by Mariana Enriquez, “Glitter Up The Dark” by Sasha Geffen, “Just Above My Head” by James Baldwin, “A Broken Mirror” by Mercè Rodoreda.

Movies: “First Cow” by Kelly Reichardt, “Promising Young Woman” by Emerald Fennell, “Johnny Guitar” by Nicholas Ray, “Stop” by Stanley Sunday, “¡Corten! “by Marc Ferrer.

11. Any local artists that you are into and would love to tell us about?

A bunch of current artists that I love are Doble Pletina, Cabiria, Rebe, Papa Topo, Caliza, Marta Movidas (from my Spanish music family) and Nalyssa Green, Stella, Kristof, Miss Trichromi, Johnny Labelle, LogOut (from my Greek one).

12. Any sleeping tips for us?

Drink valeriana or take it in pills two hours before going to bed. It is natural and harmless. Do not check your mobile phone for some time before sleeping. Read a book instead. If you share the bed with someone you love it also helps.

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Concert susținut de mezzo-soprana Laura Cabiria și de organista Anna Gevorgyan la Istanbul (22 iulie 2017) Sâmbătă, 22 iulie 2017, începând cu orele 20:30, la Catedrala Franciscană „Sf. Anton” (St. Antuan Katolik Kilisesi) din Istanbul…