Новости за 21.11.2014

The compelling indie “Match," starring Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard  screened at the Tribeca Film Festival this past fall. The cast alone is intriguing, especially since Lillard returned to form after “The Descendants.” Directed by playwright/filmmaker Stephen Belber (the pen behind "Tape" with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), the film centers on a Seattle woman and her husband (Gugino and Lillard) coming to New York to conduct an interview with a Juilliard ballet professor (Stewart)... Читать дальше...

Remnant Publications, a Christian publishing house based in Coldwater, Mich., sent 350,000 copies of a religious tract to residents all over the city. The book, “The Great Controversy,” has the cramped text of a Dover Thrift edition and the lurid glowing cover of an old copy of “Dianetics.” In case you immediately chucked your copy into the recycling bin, here’s what was inside: hundreds of pages of religious history. White was one of those prototypical American figures who had visions, advocated... Читать дальше...

Funny. Smart. Sincere. Irritable. Gay. Cute. Humble. These are just some of the adjectives used by Matthew Shepard to describe himself in an ongoing series of journal entries that he mostly kept a secret from his friends, his family, everyone. Shepard was a young gay man from Laramie, Wyoming whose brutal murder sent ripples of grief and stringent awareness from the middle of the country all the way to the coasts. I suspect Shepard kept this diary (where all entries begin with “I am…”) to allow himself... Читать дальше...

President Obama will soon announce that he plans to use executive power to delay the deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants, among other reforms. Join us and submit your questions via Twitter as we discuss the policy and politics of the President's plan.

Whoa! This is not the time to hit on your office crush. Plus other nuggets of wisdom to make sure you don't screw up your office holiday party. #yourewelcome

How we watch movies is almost as important as what we watch. Certain films, like Christopher Nolan’s massive “Interstellar,” demand to be seen in their most pristine format, ideally on a big screen. Other films, like Paul Thomas Anderson’s wooly, inscrutable “Inherent Vice,” should be seen with an audience —it’s just that kind of movie. The current climate also shrouds many of its bigger, more potentially profitable pictures in a veil of secrecy —all the better to whet the public’s fervent anticipation... Читать дальше...

Everybody knows people on the Street are ... different. But how different?

China's economy is slowing as global demand remains too low for its manufacturing capacity and labor costs rise, Peter Baum said.

There is pretty much nothing Meryl Streep can't do. Across five decades, she's earned one award after another, no shortage of critical acclaim, audience love, and the kind of respect reserved for...well, Meryl Streep. And this winter, she's delivering another performance which will once again highlight her versatility, by demonstrating her singing chops. In Disney's big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's fairy tale reimagining "Into The Woods," the Oscar winner plays the fearsome witch, but... Читать дальше...

Florida real estate brokers are looking for sales to heat up as the Northeast and Midwest shiver through the cold.

The European parliament is poised to call for a break-up of Google, the Financial Times reports.

People who purchase new Chromebooks during the holidays will get 1TB of free Google Drive storage as part of a deal.

Before you hit the comments section and tells us this is "old news" or whatever, consider that when this little nugget broke, we were deep in the midst of the Toronto International Film Festival, so it passed us by. But our recent AFI Fest interview with "Wild" director Jean-Marc Vallée had us poking around to see what was up. During our chat the filmmaker told us "...next year I've got a rock-n-roll film happening. I can't talk about it, though." But it appears he already has. A couple months back... Читать дальше...

Tarullo argued that compliance hasn't been stiff enough and that tougher action owas likely needed.

With the rise of the internet, texting and social media and a sense of impersonality has overwhelmed communication. Even most cellphone users are more keen on texting than answering calls, which most often hit voicemail rather than being answered by a person. Tony Shaff’s documentary “Hotline” looks at this shift in communication through the still prevalent and important tool of help hotlines, where a personal, intimate touch is everything. The film screened at DOC NYC recently and is now available on iTunes and VOD... Читать дальше...

As the cyberthreat landscape has gotten worse, there's been a silver lining of sorts for investors.

Some Obamacare plans may see significantly higher deductibles than people who get employer coverage, according to a new study.

Bank plans return to sector a year after £12.4m fine for advice failings

Okay, so it's not the trailer for "Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens," but the below is something from the mind of George Lucas. Inspired by William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Strange Magic" is an animated tale that he wrote, and hey, it's not everyday you hear about something like that. Featuring the voices of Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph, Sam Palladio, Meredith Anne Bull, Alfred Molina, Elijah Kelley, Bob Einstein and Peter Stormare... Читать дальше...

Jennifer Aniston's commitment to her craft takes the cake! Even the actress' cast mates were impress[...]

The James Franco-produced “The Color of Time” (formerly titled “Tar” when it premiered at last year’s Rome Film Festival) examines the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning poet C.K. Williams. The film takes an unusual approach to the material, in that an ensemble of 12 directors (all are New York University students) collaborated with the main cast. But this is not an anthology film —the directors worked together to create a single narrative.  The story follows a young Williams, living with his... Читать дальше...

Top home tier listings rose in more than 82 percent of the markets reviewed by Zillow compared to a year ago.

Immigration reform that entrepreneurs and tech companies need has bipartisan support, a venture capital group said.

HMRC addresses concerns about a lack of oversight in plans to access taxpayer bank accounts

The color red is striking and loaded with sometimes paradoxical meanings, like anger and joy, hate and love, pain, danger, heat, fire, sex, passion and courage. All of this is to say that the decision to use the color red is not one taken lightly, and no one understood that more than Stanley Kubrick. This week, Rishi Kaneria (via Live For Films) uploaded “Red: A Kubrick Supercut,” a look at the director’s frequent use of red in all his color films, including the unfairly over-looked Kirk Douglas... Читать дальше...