and then those very same people were like, hey, you re not representing all of us, and that, sort of, opens the door, it acknowledges the conversation and it allows for other projects in the future to be more inclusive. but the eagerly anticipated in the heights didn t do as well at the box office as had been expected, which could mean that studio bosses will be less than enthusiastic in green lighting other big movies with latino casts in the future. i hope the performance of in the heights in theatres doesn t prevent studios from green lighting films with diversity or featuring latino stories and those kinds of points of view, and i wouldn t give up on either musicals or films with diversity and those points of viewjust because one movie or even two don t do as well as expected. these are challenging times for the film industry, this blockbuster season, as movie goers have had to decide whether to venture into cinemas or stay at home with streaming. at least the stars of
and it certainly reinforces the message that the true horror is in the human heart. the thriller stillwater was unveiled halfway through blockbuster season at the cannes film festival injuly. it comes from a thoughtful american filmmaker, tom mccarthy, and stars a much liked hollywood leading man, matt damon. the day you left for marseille. stillwater puts reliable hollywood leading man matt damon front and centre, playing an unemployed oil rig roughneck from oklahoma, travelling to marseille in france to visit his daughter who s been imprisoned on the charge of murdering her girlfriend. father and daughter don t really get along. tell me exactly what you did, dad. i hate myself for ever trusting you! damon s character, bill baker, becomes immersed in a rogue attempt to exonerate his daughter. this larger than life american blue collar worker
this is a movie that has to be seen on a big screen, because it is a trip to marseille, and we can t travel anymore. at least we can have a glimpse of marseille in a very big screen, and it makes the experience much more intense. this film tries, through damon s character, to make some political points to take a swipe at american populism and a me first mentality. it doesn t quite succeed. although there are some commendable components to this picture, it is an ambitious concoction that falls a bit short. and amanda knox certainly made it clear that she is not happy that this film was made. on twitter she posted that. people continue to profit off my name, face and story without my consent. most recently, the film stillwater. one of the pleasant surprises of blockbuster season was summer of soul, a documentary that threw a light on a little known festival that took place here in harlem in new york city
told the trauma, we told the pain, we told the sorrow, we told some progress to, butjoy is also an element, and this is what this has. what this has. well, we hope ou what this has. well, we hope you have what this has. well, we hope you have enjoyed what this has. well, we hope you have enjoyed the - what this has. well, we hope i you have enjoyed the programme. please remember you can always reach us online@bbc.com, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so from me, tom brook and the rest of the talking movies production team here in coney island in new york city, it is goodbye, as we leave you with a music clip from in the heights, one of blockbuster season s early releases. singing in spanish. # from puerto rico to santo domingo, wherever we go.
this is a movie that has to be seen on a big screen, because it is a trip to marseille, and we can t travel anymore. at least we can have a glimpse of marseille in a very big screen, and it makes the experience much more intense. this film tries, through damon s character, to make some political points to take a swipe at american populism and a me first mentality. it doesn t quite succeed. although there are some commendable components to this picture, it is an ambitious concoction that falls a bit short. and amanda knox certainly made it clear that she is not happy that this film was made. on twitter she posted that: people continue to profit off my name, face and story without my consent. most recently, the film stillwater. one of the pleasant surprises of blockbuster season was summer of soul, a documentary that threw a light on a little known festival that took place here in harlem in new york city in 1969, the same year the much more high woodstock