Samuel Maoz Articles
European Film Award 2010 Semi-Finalists: ANOTHER YEAR, SOUL KITCHEN, LEBANON
Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Oliver Maltman in Mike Leigh's Another Year (top); Samuel Maoz's Lebanon (middle); Moritz Bleibtreu in Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen (bottom) Roman Polanski's THE GHOST WRITER, Jean Luc-Godard's FILM SOCIALISM: 2010 European Film Award Semi-Finalists 3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE 3 SEASONS IN HELL Czech Republic, 110 min. written and directed by Tomáš Mašin produced by Monika Kristl ANOTHER YEAR UK, 129 min. [...]
Chace Crawford's TWELVE, Samuel Maoz's LEBANON, Anthony Geffen's THE WILDEST DREAM: Box Office
Samuel Maoz's Lebanon Luke Wilson-Giovanni Ribisi's MIDDLE MEN Flops, Rob Reiner's FLIPPED Does Okay: Box Office Also in limited release, via Box Office Mojo: Twelve grossed $107k at 231 venues for a dismal $463 average. Directed by Joel Schumacher, who has seen better box-office days, the crime & drugs thriller features Chace Crawford, Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts, Philip Ettinger, Ellen Barkin, and 50 Cent. Budget: [...]
LEBANON, EYES WIDE OPEN, OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS, CAFE NOIR: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 (June 20)
Eliza Triana in Hilda Hidalgo's Of Love and Other Demons (top); Samuel Maoz's Lebanon (upper middle); Zohar Strauss, Ran Danker in Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open (lower middle); Jung Sung-Il's Cafe Noir (bottom) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright will be present to talk about his career at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sunday evening, June 20. Star Trek's J. J. Abrams [...]
LEBANON Photos
“I dedicate this award to the thousands of people all over the world who, like me, come back from war safe and sound,” said Israeli war veteran and (first-time) filmmaker Samuel Maoz (above, lower photo) upon receiving the Golden Lion for his graphically violent war drama Lebanon at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. “Apparently they are fine, they work, get married, have children. But inside [...]