#lifeandnothingmore

[faithfamilyfilms]

Finally watched the third of Kiarostami's wonderful Koker trilogy. I'd say the second (Life, and Nothing More) was my favourite but naturally this is great too. Of course it's not really a trilogy in the conventional sense but each film is linked by the village of Koker, some characters, and the director's love of playing with films within films. Through the Olive Trees is the most playful of the three, and whilst mostly about the efforts of a young actor to woo an actress who won't even speak to him features most of Kiarostami's trade marks - beautiful landscapes, conversations in cars, and unexplained events. . . . . . . . . . . #Kiarostami #Kokertrilogy. #lifeandnothingmore #koker #characters #director #throughtheolivetrees #olivetrees #iran #iran🇮🇷 #iranian #iraniancinema #iranianfilm #iranianmovie #abbaskiarostami #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #cinéaste #cineaste #lifeandnothingmoremovie https://www.instagram.com/p/CBLJCtgFGnx/?igshid=uxve7pib1s5x

[efabuloushb]

through the eyes of a struggling African American single mother and the adolescent son she desperately wants to keep out of trouble against the mounting odds. #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Family http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2RReTI3

[twotrey23]

#producer & #director of #JohnCassavetes #award winner #LifeAndNothingMore . @filmindependent #SpiritAwards #FilmIndependent #FilmIndependentSpiritAwards #film #cinema #movies #movie #films #indie #independent #awardseason #awardsseason #awards #filmmaker #filmmaking #filmmakers #directors (at Independent Spirit Awards 2018)

[efabuloushb]

FILMING AMERICA Hale County This Morning, This Evening Monday, January 21, 2019: Noon–1:20 p.m. #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Family http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2HtMx2G

[efabuloushb]

FILMING AMERICA Life & Nothing More Monday, January 21, 2019: 2 p.m.–3:55 p.m. #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Celebratory http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2RN179n

[efabuloushb]

“What is really poor and impoverished?” And so, in a few short leaps, Hale Countytouches on aspiration and education, distinctions of region and class, not as abstracts but as lived experience. #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Celebratory http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2RQzTOV

[efabuloushb]

[FROM THE AUTHOR ] Not being able to go to Europe much, I thought I would make a film in Florida after three years of living here and the movie I wasn’t able to make in Spain was a movie about a single mother, so I followed the same idea and tried to embrace it in a different city, a different context. That was very much the beginning of a very long period of casting and exploring the place where I live. But there was not one moment where I was like, “Yes, this is it.” It’s a very slow process of discovering. #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Unique http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2QMykgi

[efabuloushb]

Hale County This Morning, This Evening isn’t a character study in the usual sense, though it does single out two principal characters, both young black men living in a low-income area of rural Alabama, for name-tag identification. #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Unique http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2CkSrNH

[efabuloushb]

In the throes of an election year in the swing state of Florida, there was already a natural underlying tension in the air when the filmmaker set about making “Life and Nothing More” in 2016 and that backdrop only adds an extra jolt to his sensitive look at American society’s most vulnerable, settling in with a single mother named Regina (Regina Williams) who works all hours of the day to keep a roof over her family’s head and is pained she can’t spend more time with her young daughter or her teenage son Andrew (Andrew Bleechington), whom she worries might take after his father who currently incarcerated. With the camera always stationed slightly at a remove, Méndez Esparza lets real life find its way into the frame, drawing on the experiences of his nonprofessional cast to enliven the drama which crackles as Andrew’s situation becomes particularly precarious, exacerbated by the introduction of a new man into Regina’s life (Robert Williams). #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #AmericanExperiences http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2M6VRrJ

[efabuloushb]

“Most of the dazzling moments come from the way RaMell Ross captures men playing basketball. It’s in the editing—match-cutting, allowing moments to linger—that the magic is created, employing art-house techniques seen in films like Kahlil Joseph’s Until the Quiet Comes. A celebratory dance after a scored point becomes poetic by being slowed down. Sweat hitting the pavement during practice transforms into big, full raindrops hitting the sidewalk, moving us seamlessly between two spaces.” —Reverse Shot #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #AmericanExperiences http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2skXwkm

[efabuloushb]

“It’s a vital, singularly crafted film that simply tells it ... like it is through the eyes of a struggling African American single mother and the adolescent son she desperately wants to keep out of trouble against the mounting odds.” —Los Angeles Times #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Film http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2ADx9uG

[efabuloushb]

“Though set in the historical heart of the American Civil Rights Movement’s tumultuous birth, Ross’s movie insists on a present that turns young, African American men and women into agents of pleasure and work (very often involving college basketball) and subjects of a poetic gaze.” —Cinema Scope #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Film http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2RCSkXk

[efabuloushb]

“Persistence is the name of the game, and Antonio Méndez Esparza’s steadfast cast of first-time actors seems to know it in their bones. There isn’t a false note between them.” —IndieWire #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Dazzling http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2AA6Oxr

[efabuloushb]

“Void of the traditional struggle on which documentaries about the black experience often center, Hale County ruptures conventional—and often stereotypical—depictions ... to create an experience that is simple, complex, and revelatory.” —Los Angeles Times #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Dazzling http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2SLD33C

[efabuloushb]

“Unsweetened by any score and unwilling to supply an emotional payoff, the film sometimes plays more like anthropology than cinema.” —NPR #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Americana http://bit.ly/lifenothingmore http://bit.ly/2COkbeM

[efabuloushb]

“Hale County This Morning, This Evening Is the Most Significant Piece of Nonfiction Filmmaking This Year.” —IndieWire #MFAHFilm @MFAHouston #HaleCounty #LifeAndNothingMore #MommyFab #FabWorld #Americana http://bit.ly/halecountythismorning http://bit.ly/2SyLz6c