2010s Flashcards
The director of what blockbuster has insisted that its title ultimately refers not to the main character, but to Detective John Blake, as stressed by the film’s final scene? The director is quoted: “…is a symbol. He can be anybody, and that was very important to us.”
Christopher Nolan The film is “The Dark Knight”. John Blake (Robin) is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
In addition to being the setting, Abu Dhabi was to be the filming location of what 2010 film until authorities actually read the script, prompting them to revoke permission, thus prompting a shift to Morocco? Through a hell of a lot of luxury and one rather vulgar pun about T.E. Lawrence, the film leads to an inelegant attempt to convey international solidarity among women that, in a legendarily savage review, Lindy West described as “Muslim women: Under those craaaaaaay-zy robes, they’re just as vapid and obsessed with physical beauty and meaningless material concerns as us! Feminism! Fuck yeah!”
Sex and the City 2
The Pixar film Coco was released in November 2017 in conjunction with a 21-minute film, preceding screenings of Coco for a limited time, which features (and is named after) what character?
Olaf
Already an Emmy winner, in 2017 she won an Oscar for the same role that had won her a Tony.
Viola Davis (Fences)
The subject of a 2010 documentary film by Philip Rosenthal is the making of the Russian TV show Voroniny, which is a Russian version of what US sitcom?
Everybody Loves Raymond
The 2012 remake of this movie has North Koreans pitted against the protagonists, unlike the 1984 original, when the US was occupied by the Soviet Union (with help from Cuba and Nicaragua).
Red Dawn
Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake took a ride in 1950s Coney Island in this 2017 film.
Wonder Wheel
In 2017, Sally Hawkins starred in two movies opposite a humanoid animal character who gets pulled out of a South American river. Name both movies.
The Shape of Water, Paddington 2
As of 2018, who has won two of the five most recent “Worst Actress” Razzie awards, despite not being a female actress?
Tyler Perry
In a 2017 movie, what name does Christine McPherson insist on going by at Immaculate Heart High School?
Lady Bird
In 2008 and 2009, a group of Calabasas, California teenagers and twentysomethings burgled the homes of various 2000s socialites and other celebrities to the tune of $3 million in cash and property stolen. This group – and the 2013 feature film they inspired – was known by what rhyming name?
The Bling Ring
These two films, recent back-to-back winners of Best Picture, both have nine letter titles that end with the same five letters. (Card created 3/19/19)
Spotlight (2016), Moonlight (2017)
2017 saw the release of two Netflix films based on stories by Stephen King. The first was directed by Mike Flanagan (who would go on to create The Haunting of Hill House for Netflix the next year) and was based on a 1992 novel. The other was based on a short story from 2010’s Full Dark, No Stars. Name either film.
Gerald’s Game, 1922
The first African-American woman to direct a movie with a budget over $100 million (A Wrinkle in Time), as well as the first African-American woman to direct a film nominated for Best Picture (Selma) Ava DuVernay did not get behind the camera until she was 32. Before that, she owned her own Hollywood publicity firm, working most famously on what film? Following an interview in which the star of the movie said that she felt the voices of the main characters were not heard, DuVernay tweeted, “That film pushed me to make my own - for the reasons Viola states. I’m grateful for that push.”
The Help
Best known as an actress, this woman made her (solo) directorial debut in the last two years, with a critically acclaimed coming-of-age tale that co-stars Beanie Feldstein… Actually, that description applies to two women. (Card created August 22nd, 2019)
Greta Gerwig, Olivia Wilde
One of the obstacles to women sitting in the director’s chair is the male-dominated nature of many crew jobs that have the potential to lead to a directing gig. Director Dee Rees challenged this status quo by hiring as many women as possible for what 2017 movie, based on a novel by Hillary Jordan? Cinematographer Rachel Morrison earned the first Oscar nomination by a woman in that category.
Mudbound
While six individuals have been nominated for Academy Awards twice for the same role in different films (e.g., Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II), the widest spread between nominations—39 years —occurred in 2015. Identify either the actor or the character in this circumstance.
Sylvester Stallone / Rocky Balboa
2019’s Berlin, I Love You is the latest in a series of films (including Paris Je T’Aime and New York, I Love You) which contain a number of short segments set in the titular city. However, one artist and activist who has lived in Berlin since 2015 directed a segment he claims was cut due to pressure by the Chinese government. Name him.
Ai Weiwei
The soundtrack of this 2018 film has “Material Girl” and “Money (That’s What I Want)” in Chinese and English.
Crazy Rich Asians
The lost and hidden (and fictional) Incan city of Parapata is central to the plot of a 2019 film that features the first live-action film appearance of what title character?
Dora The Explorer
In 2012 at age 82, Christopher Plummer became the oldest winner of a competitive acting Oscar; the record for a male actor had stood for 36 years, since this beloved 80-year-old comedian took the honors in 1976 for “The Sunshine Boys”
George Burns
What Oscar-winning director produced the acclaimed 2018 documentary They Shall Not Grow Old, in which 21st-century technology is used to add color and sound to archival World War I film footage?
Peter Jackson
What 2019 film set a scene on a cliff called an “attestupa,” a term popularized by the 13th-century Gautreks saga?
“Attestupa” are ritual suicide cliffs, as you won’t forget anytime soon if you saw Midsommar.
After a 23-year absence, what actor is slated to return to the big screen in an upcoming film to reprise his role as inventor Wayne Szalinski?
(Card created June 2020)
Rick Moranis
