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4 days ago · Up began with Paul Almond’s 1964 film Seven Up!, but Michael Apted soon took over the series, directing each of the other films, including the most recent, 2019’s 63 Up. According to Apted, Almond had wanted to make “a beautiful film about being seven”, whereas he wanted to make “a nasty piece of work about these kids who have it all ...
2 days ago · Cobbs’ body of work, like any jobbing character actor, was full of peaks and valleys, but he made Nightjohn and appeared in Michael Apted’s “Always Outnumbered," starring fellow N.E.C. alum Laurence Fishburne, written by Walter Mosley. Those are two of the best films made in my lifetime, and two of the best films about race somehow made ...
2 days ago · In Britain, Michael Apted and Paul Almond’s ongoing Up series (1964 to 2019) followed a dozen or so subjects from childhood to their early-60s, while Stateside, An American Family (1973) did what its title suggests, capturing the everyday life of a Californian nuclear unit.
1 day ago · As an authentic collaborator, rather than simply a malleable instrument in the hands of a director, she has contributed to the success of movies by James Cameron, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Roman Polanski, Ivan Reitman, Mike Nichols, Ang Lee, and many others, each time imposing the mark of a complex personality -- at times ...
1 day ago · “As an authentic collaborator, rather than simply a malleable instrument in the hands of a director, she has contributed to the success of movies by James Cameron, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Roman Polanski, Ivan Reitman, Mike Nichols, Ang Lee, and many others, each time imposing the mark of a complex personality — at times ...
2 days ago · He championed Michael Apted's Up films, calling them "an inspired, even noble use of the medium." Ebert concluded his review of Hoop Dreams by writing: "Many filmgoers are reluctant to see documentaries, for reasons I've never understood; the good ones are frequently more absorbing and entertaining than fiction.
1 day ago · “As an authentic collaborator, rather than simply a malleable instrument in the hands of a director, she has contributed to the success of movies by James Cameron, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir ...
