Turner isnt comprehensive, and yet it feels all of a piece the film roughly covers 1825 to 1851, the year turner died. Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for. The films title character is one of many such characters in mr. When turner says no good deed goes unpunished hes a bit ahead of his time. The movie focuses on the art and life of joseph mallord william turner. Turner is rated r for sexual situations, and will be released by sony pictures classics on dec. Turner is an illustration, if not defense, of the creative process, whatever it may be and whatever it may yield. Turner, a 19thcentury englishman with big appetites. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of.
Turner stretches the canvas of cinema the boston globe. Turner timothy spall lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes. Turner is rated r and has a running time of 150 minutes. Turner is a superb film for anyone who is interested in art and a marvelous revelation to anyone who, like. Turner is a more somber, less humorous work than usual for leigh. An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, british painter j. This film explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric british painter j. The conflict is subtle and not marked by histrionics or dire acts. Mr turner and his queen anne street gallery youtube. While theaters are closed, some data on this page may be delayed or unavailable. Turner, timothy spall fiendishly embodies the carnality the artist was known for.
Rick moranis returns for shrunk, guy ritchie to direct aladdin sequel. Cannes film festival best actor winner timothy spall. An exploration of the final 25 years in the life of the great, eccentric british painter j. Movie times, online tickets and directions to village east cinema, in new york, ny. Actor awards from the cannes film festival and the new york film critics circle. Turner, including some featured in mike leighs new film about the artist, are on view at museums in new york or within a days journey from the city. There is plenty of action, just not of the physical sort that we see too often. However, the film confounds in its portrayal of the man. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Written and directed by mike leigh, the film stars timothy spall in the title role, with dorothy atkinson, paul jesson, marion bailey, lesley manville, and martin savage. Turner, but his sensibility is largely the same, striving to capture the temperament of the man and his times rather than reducing them to a series of. Turner entered him in a single thrust causing him to cry out.
No doubt much of this has to do with turner himself, whose complicated, difficult childhood produced a complicated, difficult man. Leighs process, talking through each characters history with the actor and hunting down vintage pieces that would. Turner lifted brian up and placing him in a familiar position, bent stomach first over one of the theater chairs and without giving him much of a chance to adjust, mr. Comicconnew york comicconsundance film festivaltoronto intl film. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, british painter j. Grand budapest hotel, ida, mr turner, unbroken and birdman are the contenders vying for the award, which has shrugged off a recent obsession with cgi and 3d published. Now, with mr turner, the british director of naked and secrets and lies takes us back to the nineteenth century and the later years of the celebrated, groundbreaking, difficult painter jmw. Turner is an exploration of the last 25 years of english painter j. With timothy spall, paul jesson, dorothy atkinson, marion bailey. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including night. Browse new york times obituaries, conduct other obituary searches, offer condolencestributes, send flowers or create an online memorial.
Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Turner is a master stroke movies detroit metro times. It premiered in competition for the palme dor at the 2014 cannes film festival, where spall won the. In order to display showtimes, please select a nearby theatre. Wes andersons the french dispatch, dev patel in the green knight and more. Rick moranis returns for shrunk, guy ritchie to direct aladdin sequel and more. Timothy spall gives an awardwinning performance as eccentric british painter j. The film earned timothy spall a best actor award at the 2014 cannes film festival. It combines domestic intimacy with an epic sweep, and a lyrical gentleness pervades each scene. My only regret that the dvd was not available in a.
Some movies limit their audience by their very nature. Turner is an impressive accomplishment, laudable for the way it uses the figure of a single artist to explore both art and cinema. Turner, about the life of the artist jmw turner the new york. Timothy spall plays the cockney painter, who imbued often outwardly unremarkable panoramas with an intensely spiritual feeling thats intriguingly hard to match up with the man we see before us onscreen. Often described as the painter of light, turner was part of the romantic school of painters, whose work eventually. The movie is very well done, but contains some strong lewd content and no redemptive content as it explores art for arts sake and an artist who seems driven by personal desires. The real reason to make this a mustsee of this holiday season is to wallow in the oscarworthy acting talent. Structured by mike leigh as a series of vignettes, mr. Paige helping andrew pull his pants the rest of the way off as mr. Movie times, movies in theaters, movies coming soon, movie.
Turner is far more than merely an explosion of color and toned nuance for the eye. Turner is one of them, not just because of its subject matter the prolific, eccentric english landscape painter j. Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist. Arkadin and other suspensethriller in new york city. Mr turner is funny, humane and visually immaculate, hitting its confident stride straight away. Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist j. Turner was a great movie, the visuals scenes within the movie were as rich as turners paintings. In this short video, they focus on how they recreated turners queen street gallery. Turner was released in 2014 on friday, december 19, 2014 in limited movie theaters. At the same time, though, we might be reading a novel, a victorian.
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