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The Hornet's Nest (2014)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary, Action, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about terrorism, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Le Guêpier est un film révolutionnaire en immersion qui raconte l'histoire, à partir d'images réelles sans précédent, d'un groupe d'élite de soldats américains envovés dans une mission dangereuse au plus profond d'une des vallées les plus hostiles d'Afghanistan. Ce qui devait être au départ une opération d'une journée s'est transformé en neuf jours intenses de combat éprouvant contre un ennemi invisible et hostile sur un terrain difficile où aucune troupe étrangère n'avait osé pénétrer auparavant. Deux journalistes embarqués, un père et son fils ont courageusement suivi les troupes sur le champ de bataille le plus violent et le plus ensanalanté du conflit. Il en résulte une expérience cinématographique brute et intense qui offre au public une vision authentique et émouvante de l'héroïsme au centre de cette histoire captivante.
Testament of Youth (2014)
, 2h10Directed by James Kent
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Political films
Actors Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Colin Morgan, Taron Egerton, Jonathan Bailey, Dominic West
In 1914, Vera Brittain overcomes the restraints on women of the time to become a student at Somerville College, Oxford. When World War I breaks out, her brother Edward, her fiancé Roland Leighton, and their friends Victor and Geoffrey, are sent to serve at the front lines. Brittain follows their sacrifice, leaving college to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment as a nurse tending the wounded and dying (both British and German) in London, Malta and France.
Listen Up Philip (2014)
, 1h48Directed by Alex Ross Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter, Joséphine de La Baume, Jess Weixler
Philip (Jason Schwartzman), a writer waiting for the publication of his second novel, feels bored of his daily life and his shaky relationship with girlfriend Ashley (Elisabeth Moss). In all of this chaos, his idol, Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce), offers him his summer home, an isolated place where he finds peace.
Amici come noi (2014)
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers
Actors Alessandra Mastronardi, Massimo Popolizio, Mohamed Zouaoui, Anna Rita del Piano
Casanova Variations (2014)
, 1h58Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about writers
Actors John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Fanny Ardant, Victoria Guerra, Lola Naymark
Casanova a accepté la proposition du duc de Waldstein : il est bibliothécaire du château de Dux, en Bohême. En fin de vie, il s’est mis à y écrire ses Mémoires. C’est là qu’il reçoit la visite d’Elisa von der Recke, qui s’intéresse de près à son manuscrit. Casanova ne reconnaît pas dans les traits de cette femme pleine de charme une jeune fille qu’il avait séduite jadis et qui avait voulu mourir pour lui. Pour le fameux libertin, l’arrivée d’Elisa est à la fois stimulante, l’occasion de se lancer un nouveau défi (celui de la conquérir), et menaçante (il s’interroge sur la motivation de la voyageuse).
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
The film features a series of exclusive interviews including discussions with Blair and former executive editor Howell Raines, who stepped down after Blair's plagiarism was uncovered and staff at The Times complained that the breach should have been handled sooner. Raines took the mantle of executive editor in September, 2001, just days before the 9/11 terrorist attacks on The World Trade Center and The Pentagon, leading the paper to "an unprecedented seven Pulitzer prizes." Despite the paper's success under Raines, many reporters expressed feelings of being under pressure and bullied by his demanding management style. Discontent reached an apex after Blair's resignation when a 14,000-word expose of the journalist's plagiarism was published in the Sunday edition of The Times and staff discovered that the paper's metro editor, Jonathan Landman, sent Raines an unheeded memo urging him "to stop Jayson from writing for The Times. Right now.
Point and Shoot (2014)
, 1h22Directed by Marshall Curry
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Documentary films about the visual arts
Point and Shoot tells the story of Matthew VanDyke, a sheltered 26-year-old who left his Baltimore home and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood.” While on a 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East, he struck up an unlikely friendship with a Libyan hippie. When revolution broke out in Libya, VanDyke decided to join his friend in the fight against dictator Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a camera in the other, VanDyke joined and documented the war until he was captured by Gaddafi forces and held for six months in solitary confinement.
Meetings with a Young Poet (2014)
, 1h25Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Stephen McHattie, Maria de Medeiros, Arthur Holden, Luc Morissette
Carole Thomas, actrice, souhaite produire une pièce de Samuel Beckett. Pour ce faire, elle doit obtenir l'autorisation de Paul Susser, poète à qui Beckett a cédé les droits de son œuvre à la suite de leurs rencontres plusieurs années plus tôt.
Reaching for the Moon (2013)
, 1h58Directed by Bruno Barreto
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf, Glória Pires, Treat Williams, Lola Kirke
À Rio de Janeiro, dans les années 1950-60, la relation amoureuse de la poétesse Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) et de l'architecte Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires).
Kill Your Darlings (2013)
, 1h44Directed by John Krokidas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster, David Cross, Elizabeth Olsen
As a young man in the 1940s, poet Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) wins a place at Columbia University in New York City. He arrives as a very inexperienced freshman, but soon runs into Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), who is very anti-establishment and rowdy.
Big Sur (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Polish brothers
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Themes Films about writers
Actors Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell, Stana Katic, Henry Thomas, Anthony Edwards
Jack Kerouac, coming off the recent success of On the Road, is unable to cope with a suddenly demanding public and his rise in popularity, and begins battling with advanced alcoholism as a result. He seeks respite first in solitude in the Big Sur cabin, then in a relationship with Billie, the mistress of his longtime friend Neal Cassady. Kerouac finds respite in the Big Sur wilderness, but is driven by loneliness to return to the city, and resumes drinking heavily.
The Fifth Estate (2013)
, 2h8Directed by Bill Condon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Dan Stevens, Daniel Brühl, Alicia Vikander, Anthony Mackie, Carice van Houten
The story opens in 2010, with the release of the Afghan War Logs. It then flashes back to 2007, where journalist Daniel Domscheit-Berg meets Australian computer hacker Julian Assange for the first time, at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. Daniel's interest in online activism has led him to Assange, with whom he has corresponded by email. They begin working together on WikiLeaks, a website devoted to releasing information being withheld from the public while retaining anonymity for its sources. Their first major target is a private Swiss bank, Julius Baer, whose Cayman Islands branch has been engaged in illegal activities. Despite Baer's filing of a lawsuit and obtaining an injunction, the judge dissolves the injunction, allowing Julian and Daniel to reclaim the domain name. As their confidence increases, the two push forward in publishing information over the next three years, including secrets on Scientology, revealing Sarah Palin's email account, and the membership list of the British National Party.
Man of Steel (2013)
, 2h23Directed by Zack Snyder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about writers, Films about education, Films about children, Films about journalists, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Films about school violence, Disaster films
Actors Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne
The planet Krypton faces imminent destruction due to its unstable core; the result of depleting Krypton's natural resources. The ruling council is deposed by the planet's military commander, General Zod, and his followers during a coup d'état. Knowing that artificial population control and isolationism have ruined their civilization, scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara launch their newborn son, Kal-El, the first naturally born Kryptonian child in centuries, on a spacecraft to Earth after infusing his cells with a genetic codex of the entire Kryptonian race. After Zod kills Jor-El, he and his followers are captured and exiled to the Phantom Zone. However, they are indirectly freed after Krypton explodes, rendering the Kryptonian race extinct apart from Zod and his forces.
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
, 2h5Directed by John Lee Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Films about writers, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Children's films
Actors Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Ruth Wilson
In 1961, the financially strapped author Pamela "P. L." Travers reluctantly travels from her home in London to Los Angeles to work with Walt Disney at the urging of her agent, Diarmuid Russell. Disney has pursued the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories for twenty years, having promised his daughters that he would produce a film based on them. Travers has steadfastly resisted Disney's efforts because she fears what he would do to her character. However, she has not written anything in a while and her book royalties have dwindled to nothing, so she risks losing her house. Still, Russell has to remind her that Disney has agreed to two major stipulations - no animation and unprecedented script approval - before she agrees to go.