LYSISTRATA-Themed Screenings at the Getty Villa
Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom in The Girls
Michael Patrick Kelly’s documentary Operation Lysistrata, Melvin James‘ A Miami Tail, and Mai Zetterling’s The Girls will be screened at the Getty Villa’s Auditorium on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15. Admission is free, but a separate ticket is required for each film.
Having staged Aristophanes‘ Peace earlier this season, Los Angeles’ Getty Villa continues its celebration of "the father of comedy" with this three-film series based on the Athenian playwright’s best-known work, the anti-war satire Lysistrata, in which the women of Athens and neighboring cities go on a sex strike so as to force their male partners to reconsider their warring habits.
Of the three, Mai Zetterling’s The Girls (1968) is the one [...]
by Andre Soares | November 13, 2009
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Golden Beetles 2008
2008 Golden Beetles
Swedish Film Institute’s 2008 Golden Beetle (aka Guldbagge) nominations: January 8, 2008. A special six-member jury later picked the Best Achievement winners.
2008 Golden Beetle winners: Stockholm, January 21, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
BEST FILM
Darling, produced by Fredrik Heinig
* Du levande / You the Living, produced by Pernilla Sandström
Leo, produced by Anna Anthony
BEST FOREIGN FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu
* This Is England, Shane Meadows
The Edge of Heaven, Fatih Akin
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Det svider i hjärtat / Aching Heart, Oscar Hedin
* Nunnan / The Nun, Maud Nycander
Paradiset / Paradise, Jerzy Sladkowski
BEST DIRECTOR
* Roy Andersson, You the Living
Josef Fares, Leo
Johan Kling, Darling
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jonas Karlsson, Den man älskar / To Love Someone
* Michael Segerström, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 21, 2008
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Golden Beetles 2008 Nominations
The nominations for the 2008 Golden Beetles — Sweden’s version of the Academy Awards — have been announced.
Roy Andersson’s best picture nominee You, the Living (above), a low-key comedy about the day-to-day difficulties of human life, was Sweden’s entry for the 2008 best foreign-language film Academy Award. Late last year, Andersson received a best director nomination at the European Film Awards.
Johan Kling’s Darling, the year’s most nominated film and the Swedish Film Critics’ Association’s best film pick, is a Stockholm-set dark comedy of manners about a young woman whose path crosses that of a 60-year-old man. Darling had its production funding suspended by the Swedish Film Institute and had to be financed independently.
The third best film nominee, Josef [...]
by Andre Soares | January 8, 2008
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