It’s hard to believe another year is almost over. Well done - you’ve almost made it! I love this time of year. Like everyone else it’s about family, holidays and long summer days – three of my favourite things. However, unlike most people that like to get as far away from their work as possible, I just can’t stop myself watching movies. There’s nothing better than a day at the beach, dinner around the outside table, a game of family cricket or cards, and then ending the day with a good movie.
And on Rialto Channel there’s plenty to choose from.
In January Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore take over from Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender in Rialto Channel’s Film Star Face Off. Rialto Worldembraces Scandinavian cinema and the theme of Rialto Documentary is politics. The French television series The Returned continues on Tuesdayevenings, and Saturday’s Rialto Selection continues to screen an impressive lineup of films, from Half a Yellow Sun (Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor) to Escobar: Paradise Lost (Benicio Del Toro)
So put your feet up and relax. You’ve earned it. Have a wonderful Christmas, and all the best wishes for the New Year.
It’s hard to believe another year is almost over. Well done - you’ve almost made it! I love this time of year. Like everyone else it’s about family, holidays and long summer days – three of my favourite things. However, unlike most people that like to get as far away from their work as possible, I just can’t stop myself watching movies. There’s nothing better than a day at the beach, dinner around the outside table, a game of family cricket or cards, and then ending the day with a good movie.
And on Rialto Channel there’s plenty to choose from.
In January Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore take over from Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender in Rialto Channel’s Film Star Face Off. Rialto World embraces Scandinavian cinema and the theme of Rialto Documentary is politics. The French television series The Returned continues on Tuesday evenings, and Saturday’s Rialto Selection continues to screen an impressive lineup of films, from Half a Yellow Sun (Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor) to Escobar: Paradise Lost (Benicio Del Toro)
So put your feet up and relax. You’ve earned it. Have a wonderful Christmas, and all the best wishes for the New Year.
Here are a few more picks for the week;
Thursday 24th December, 8.30pm… The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
After the extensive Anime season Rialto Channel screened recently, it’s only fitting to screen the gorgeous documentary The Kingdom and Dreams and Madness that takes us inside the legendary Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli. Director Mami Sunada follows renowned director Hayao Miyazaki, producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential “other director” Isao Takahata over the course of a year as they attempt to complete two films; Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises and Takahata’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya. The documentary gives us rare, fly-on-the wall insight into one of the most creative and well-respected film companies in the world. It captures the stress and the incredible hard work that goes into creating an animation and releasing it, and acknowledges the competitive relationship between Takahata and Miyazaki. Most importantly though, Sunada’s gentle film captures the artistic spirit that flows through Studio Ghibli thanks to it’s iconic leaders. Both Studio Ghibli fans, and everyone else should enjoy this loving tribute and poetic ode to creativity.
Friday 25th December, from 8.30pm…A Dangerous Method
Period drama, A Dangerous Method, tells the story of how the two great minds of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), met and the woman who came between them, Russian patient turned doctor Sabine (Keira Knightly). Inspired by true events, director David Cronenberg was determined his film reflected history as accurately as possible. He used letters and correspondence between Freud and Jung, diaries, film footage and medical books to make sure these characters and their dialogue was as authentic as possible. His Oscar and Golden Globe nominated cast do a wonderful job of bringing this intense story of the birth of psychoanalysis to life.
Friday 25th December… Drive
In Drive, Gosling plays a movie stunt drive who agrees to drive a get away car in a million dollar heist. Striking, violent and cool, this highly stylized film is as close to an art house action flick as you can get. Originally actor Hugh Jackman was attached to the project, but it wasn’t until Ryan Gosling became involved and insisted on bringing on director Nicolas Winding Refn that it became clear to screenwriter Hossein Amini how to adapted James Sallis’ novel. The trio stripped back Sallis’ novel making Gosling’s character, known just as Driver, a quiet and almost mythical hero that goes through a period of transformation when he meets Irene (Carey Mulligan). A mix of thrilling action, brutal violence and heartfelt romance, this retro film noir stands out for the fact it’s filled with both style and substance.