#Argos Films Productions

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man i genuinely think sura would Love luhrmanns red curtain trilogy (i haven't seen strictly ballroom but i assume it has a similar vibe to the other two) it's exactly the kind of outrageously camp it would adore

[byneddiedingo]

Medea (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969)

Cast: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Lauren Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti, Paul Jabara. Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on a play by Euripedes. Cinematography: Ennio Guarnieri. Production design: Dante Ferretti. Costume design: Piero Tosi. Film editing: Nino Baragli.

Pier Paolo Pasolini's retelling of the story of Medea is a challenge to anyone who doesn't already know the story: Pasolini is not interested in conventional movie storytelling, so the film feels shapeless, lurching through some scenes and lingering through others until it ends almost abruptly. What he's interested in is crafting a vision of antiquity, of the age from which the myths and legends came, that's primitive and tribal, not at all the graceful world of marble gods and goddesses we've come to associate with ancient Greece. This is a world in which people scrabble for survival in bleak desert settings, filmed in Turkey and Syria. In Pasolini's film, the Argo, the ship that brings Jason and the Argonauts to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece,  is a cobbled-together raft. The fleece itself is a somewhat ratty-looking ram's head with gilded horns. It's not exactly a film in which you'd expect to find a diva like Maria Callas, and yet her out-of-placeness somehow fits the character of Medea, a woman who would rise above almost any setting only to be dragged down by fate. 

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𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 + 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 ♱

i promised i’d update you guys on my manifestations from last week so here is the update!! (+ i’m going to start doing weekly updates on sundays - even though it’s monday today - so i can rant about my cr life to someone other than my diary…)

ok so first, my laptop didn’t get fixed unfortunately BUT i did end up being able to buy a new one thankfully (which i did nawt expect to happen…did you guys know the cheapest laptops at argos are like £400??? tf 😭) so although it wasn’t exactly what i manifested i’m still incredibly happy!!! in a way this new laptop is easier since it runs faster so everything worked out in the end <3

next is something very exciting, i manifested for my insomnia to be gone. i feel much less stress to sleep early and wake up early these days, and it’s been much easier to wake up early in the morning compared to 2 weeks ago - which if you know me you know that’s amazing because getting out of bed is really difficult for me when my depression worsens, so being able to get out of bed at around 8-9am is great for me and i’ve been getting outside in the sun which has been lovely 🩷

i’m still looking out for results for the others so next week i’ll let you all know if anything drastic happenssss

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k now time for the weekly update!! like i said, this week i’ve been getting out of bed and trying to get outside because being homeschooled & very anxious, i rarely leave the house. on thursday i went on a walk to my local co-op and spent like 15 minutes trying to decide what snacks to get lmaoaoao. i think i need to start walking to places more often because when i go to college in september i’m probably gonna end up having to walk a long way to the bus stop every morning which sucks but it’s whatever!!!

talking about college….me and my mum were discussing what i’m gonna do about college if i fail my gcse’s in may (which is looking very likely considering i’ve been out of education for the past year and 2 months 🌝) and i’m honestly not sure what to do anymore?? my ideal plan would be to go to college and do theatrical makeup, so like special effects makeup and makeup for theatre productions since the town i’m going to college in is very famous for its theatres and i’ve always loved makeup art, but i think if i do have to retake my maths & english exams i’ll have to pick something else for the foundation year because the course i wanna do doesn’t offer retakes or something??? idk my mum tried to explain it to me but i didn’t get it, if i do have to choose another course i’ll probably end up doing media or film (if my college offers it, i haven’t checked yet) because my ultimate dream would be to work in the film industry as a film director - but i’m definitely not equipped for that in this reality (hence why i have a director dr 🙂‍↕️) but i guess i’ll get to that in september or on results day. i’m gonna try real hard to pass my exams since i’m only taking maths, english and religious education, if the course i want to do didn’t need a 3rd pass i’d only take the first 2 but since i grew up catholic i know a lot about religion 😫

thankfully my life is peaceful at the moment besides from my rapidly declining mental health, maybe these weekly updates will be more exciting in the future but i can’t promise anything right now lololol !!! thank you for reading & more shifting posts coming soon i swear i’m in a rut at the moment 😭😭

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Lord Of Light by Tom Scioli

with the attached caption: Here’s a tribute to Barry Ira Geller, who died last year. Barry commissioned the Lord of Light drawings from Jack Kirby for a proposed film. Unbeknownst to Barry or Jack, the production was part of a CIA operation as detailed in the film Argo.

[agendaculturaldelima]

#ProyeccionDeVida

🎬 “PARIS, TEXAS”

🔎 Género: Drama / Road Movie / Película de Culto

⏰ Duración: 144 minutos

✍️ Guión: Sam Shepard

♫ Música: Ry Cooder

📷 Fotografía: Robby Müller

🗯 Argumento: Un hombre camina por el desierto de Texas sin recordar quién es. Su hermano lo busca e intenta que recuerde cómo era su vida cuatro años antes, cuando abandonó a su mujer y a su hijo. A medida que va recuperando la memoria y se relaciona con personas de su pasado, se plantea la necesidad de rehacer su vida.

 👥 Reparto: Harry Dean Stanton (Travis Henderson), Nastassja Kinski (Jane Henderson), Hunter Carson (Hunter Henderson), Dean Stockwell (Walt Henderson), Aurore Clément (Anne Henderson), Bernhard Wicki (Doctor Ulmer) y Sam Shepard.

📢 Dirección: Wim Wenders

© Productoras: Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos Films, Film4 Productions, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Pro-ject Filmproduktion & Wim Wenders Stiftung

🌎 Países: Alemania del Oeste (RFA)-Francia-Reino Unido-Estados Unidos

📅 Año: 1984

🏆Ganadora de la Palma de Oro en el Festival de Cine de Cannes.

📽 Proyección:

📆 Martes 25 de Junio

🕗 8:00pm.

🎦 Cine Caleta (calle Aurelio de Souza 225 - Barranco)

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre

🙂 A tener en cuenta: Prohibido el ingreso de bebidas y comidas. 🌳💚🌻🌛

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The Scottish actor Nicol Williamson was born on October 14th 1938 in Hamilton.

Williamson was an enormously talented actor who was considered by some critics to be the finest actor of his generation in the late 1960s and the 1970s, rivalled only by Albert Finney in his generation.

Born the son of a factory owner. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Birmingham, England. Williamson was sent back to Hamilton to live with his grandparents during World War II due to Birmingham's susceptibility to bombing, but returned when the war ended, and was educated at the Central Grammar School for Boys, Birmingham

He left school at 16 to begin work in his father’s factory and later attended the Birmingham School of Speech & Drama. He recalled his time there as “a disaster” and claimed “it was nothing more than a finishing school for the daughters of local businessmen”. After his national service as a gunner in the Airborne Division, Williamson made his professional debut with the Dundee Repertory Theatre in 1960.

In 1962 he made his London debut as Flute in Tony Richardson’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Court Theatre. His first major success came in 1964 with John Osborne’s Inadmissible Evidence for which he was nominated for a Tony Award when it transferred to Broadway in 1965. 1964 also saw him appearing as Vladimir in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the Royal Court Theatre. In 1968, he starred in the film version. Williamson’s Hamlet for Tony Richardson at the Roundhouse caused a sensation and was later transferred to New York and made into a film, with a cast including Anthony Hopkins and Marianne Faithfull. Faithfull later stated in her autobiography Faithfull that she and Williamson had had an affair while filming Hamlet.

His most celebrated film role was as Merlin the magician in the King Arthur epic Excalibur in 1981. Director John Boorman cast him as Merlin opposite Helen Mirren as Morgana over the protests of both actors; the two had previously appeared together on stage in Macbeth, with disastrous results, and disliked each other intensely. It was Boorman’s hope that the very real animosity that they had towards each other would generate more tension between them on screen, as is evident from their scenes together. Williamson gained recognition from a much wider fanbase for his performance as Merlin. A review of Excalibur in the London Times in 1981 said, “The actors are led by Williamson’s witty, perceptive Merlin, missed every time he’s off the screen.”

Some of his other notable cinematic performances are as a deeply troubled Irish soldier in the 1968 Jack Gold film The Bofors Gun; Sherlock Holmes in the 1976 Herbert Ross film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution; and Little John in the 1976 Richard Lester film Robin and Marian.

Williamson had a reputation as a bit of a hellraiser and a troublesome man who was known for several tantrums and on-stage antics. During the Philadelphia tryout of Inadmissible Evidence, a play in which he delivered a performance that would win him a Tony Award nomination in 1965, he hit the equally mercurial producer David Merrick. In 1968 he apologised to the audience for his performance one night while playing Hamlet and then walked off the stage, announcing he was retiring. In the early 1970s, Williamson left the Dick Cavett Show prior to a scheduled appearance, leaving the host and guest Nora Ephron to fill the remaining time. In 1976, he slapped an actor during the curtain call for the Broadway musical, Rex. In 1991, he hit co-star Evan Handler on the backside with a sword during a Broadway performance of I Hate Hamlet.

In 1974, Williamson recorded an abridged reading of The Hobbit for Argo Records, with authorisation for abridgement provided by Tolkien’s publisher. The recording was produced by Harley Usill. According to his official website, Nicol himself re-edited the original script, removing many occurrences of “he said”, “she said”, and so on, as he felt that an over-reliance on descriptive narrative would not give the desired effect. In 1971, Williamson married actress Jill Townsend, who played his daughter in the Broadway production of Inadmissible Evidence. They had a son, Luke, but divorced in 1977.

Despite concerns over his health in the 1970s, Williamson admitted drinking heavily and claimed to smoke 80 cigarettes a day. In an episode of The David Frost Show in the 1960s, during a discussion about death, which also involved poet John Betjeman, Williamson revealed that he was very much afraid of dying, saying that “I think of death constantly, throughout the day” and that “I don’t think there is anything after this, except complete oblivion.” On 25 January 2012, Luke Williamson announced on his father’s official web site that Nicol Williamson had died on 16th December 2011, aged 75, after a two-year struggle with oesophageal cancer. The news was released late as the actor did not want any fuss to be made over his death.

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Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89

Alan Arkin, a versatile and acclaimed actor who won an Oscar for his supporting role in Little Miss Sunshine, died at age 89. Arkin was known for his comedic and dramatic skills, alongside his ability to play a wide range of characters, from a Russian submarine captain in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, to a con artist in The In-Laws, to a grumpy grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine. He was also a director, writer, musician, and singer who performed with the folk group The Tarriers and composed songs for movies and Broadway shows.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 26, 1934, to Jewish parents who were immigrants from Ukraine and Germany. He developed his interest in acting at a young age and joined a children's theater group. He studied drama at Los Angeles City College and Bennington College and joined the Second City improv troupe in Chicago. In 1963 he made his Broadway debut in the musical From the Second City, which earned him a Tony Award nomination. He also starred in the original Broadway production of Luv, a comedy by Murray Schisgal.

Arkin made his film debut in 1966 in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, a satire about the Cold War that earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor. He received another nomination for his role as a deaf mute in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter in 1968. He also appeared in films such as Wait Until Dark, Catch-22, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grosse Pointe Blank, and Argo. He won his only Oscar for his performance as Edwin Hoover, a heroin-addicted grandfather who coaches his granddaughter for a beauty pageant in Little Miss Sunshine in 2006.

He was married three times and had three sons: Adam, Matthew, and Anthony, all are now actors. He also had four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was known for his wit, warmth, generosity, and ardent support for social justice and human rights. He supported causes such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and UNICEF. He was also an avid reader, painter, and chess player.

His death was announced by his family on Friday. He died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. His family said he was surrounded by love and laughter until the end. They also thanked his fans for their support and admiration over the years.

His legacy will live on through his work and influence on generations of actors and comedians. He was one of the pioneers of improvisational comedy and satire in film and theater. He brought humor and humanity to every role he played, regardless as a hero or a villain. He challenged stereotypes and conventions with his unconventional choices and performances. Arkin inspired many of his peers and successors with his talent, courage, and integrity. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and colleagues.

[criticalbennifer]

Ben Affleck Is Batman, and Here’s Why That’s Perfect Casting

By:  Jacob Hall

August 23, 2023

By now, you've surely heard the news: Ben Affleck has been cast as Batman in the still unofficially titled ‘Man of Steel 2,’ which will see Superman go toe-to-toe with the Caped Crusader.

The reaction was immediate and intense. For every fan who thought Affleck was a great choice, there was another who was ready to jump off a bridge. For every reasonable conversation about the casting, there was another that made reasonable people want to remove their ears upon hearing "Batfleck." Because that's how much people love Batman; he drives us all to bridge jumping.

However, the simple truth of the matter is that there is no such thing as multiple opinions on the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman. There is only one solid fact: it's terrific. There's no one we'd rather see put on the cape, get behind the wheel of the Batmobile and chuck batarangs at criminals' heads.

You want a good reason? Here are a few..

He’s a Damn Good Looking Man

Look, let's get this one out of the way first: Ben Affleck is an extraordinarily good-looking man with a physique and face that seem like they were specifically crafted by nature for a superhero costume. More importantly, his looks are in line with our new Superman -- like Henry Cavill, Affleck is a man, not some generic, flavor-of-the-week pretty boy. They were never going to get an ugly brute to wear the cape and cowl (although 'The Dark Knight Returns' writer/artist Frank miller would probably prefer it that way), but at least they're casting the right kind of handsome. If you're attracted to Ben Affleck, it's only because you're a human being. (And let's be clear, we're not saying Christian Bale is an ugly brute.)

So, Let’s Talk About Daredevil 

The most common complaint from fans about Affleck's casting as Batman has been to dredge up the debacle that was 2003's 'Daredevil.' They ignore his two Oscars. They ignore 'Hollywoodland,' 'The Company Men,' 'The Town' and 'Argo.' They ignore the fact that he's a completely different man than he was back in his (shudder) "Bennifer" days. All some people can talk about is the fact that he once played a superhero in a terrible movie.

Yes, 'Daredevil' is stilted, boring movie that's somehow managed to age into an even more stilted and boring movie. Yes, Affleck isn't particularly good in it. But let's be honest with ourselves here: Affleck is the least of the film's problems. Can we talk about the lousy screenplay? Can we talk about Mark Steven Johnson's pedestrian direction? Can we talk about every single thing that's wrong with the movie (which will take all day)? Affleck is guilty of being involved in a production that was a clusterfrack from frame one -- of course, he was bad in it! Everyone was bad in it!

If you're going to use 'Daredevil' as a reason why Ben Affleck shouldn't play Batman, your argument is essentially "every actor whose given a poor performance or starred in a lousy movie can't play Batman." Follow that logic and no one plays Batman. Ever.

Aged Like a Fine Wine

A decade ago, Ben Affleck put on skintight leather to play the Marvel superhero Daredevil and the whole world rolled its eyes. What changed? It's quite simple, really. Time has been kind to Affleck. As he's aged, he's grown as an actor and artist, taking on more nuanced, challenging roles and proving himself to be one of the best directors working today. Affleck wears this experience in every film he's in now, appearing less like a cocky young star and more like a guy who's seen it all. It's easy to write off young Affleck -- he was likable but rarely compelling. But 41-year-old Affleck? He's aged into a true movie star, a man of genuine interest.

In the official press release, director Zack Snyder talks about Affleck being able to play both sides of Batman, the charming Bruce Wayne and the tough, vigilant Batman. Directing himself in 'The Town' and 'Argo,' he proved more than capable of playing complicated characters with dual identities, guys whose soft sides mask something far darker, tougher and more violent. Anyone who immediately writes off Affleck has not seen the films he's directed or, more specifically, the performances he's given in films he's directed.

Batman Can Smile, You Know

We liked Bale as Batman as much as the next fanboy, but it's time for a change. We know Bruce Wayne has a lot to be angry about, but that doesn't mean the Caped Crusader can't crack a grin now and then. Bale's stoic, humorless performance was typical for him, but Affleck is a very different kind of actor. He's a naturally funny and charming guy, a performer who can own the stage on 'Saturday Night Live.' Now, we're not saying Affleck should take the Adam West route with his Batman, but we are saying that Affleck can play a Batman who, you know, occasionally feels joy and has amusing things to say to Alfred. Batman can be dark without being mopey, so let Affleck do what he does best and lighten it up just a little bit.

One Classy Motherf———-er

Has any actor really captured Bruce Wayne? While Christian Bale and Michael Keaton made more-than-capable Batmen, their take on the millionaire playboy behind the mask was always a little, well, dull. Bruce was always the least interesting part of Christopher Nolan's 'Dark Knight' trilogy. He was a cipher who occasionally pretended to be a loudmouth rich kid when he wasn't fighting crime. What about the Wayne of the comics? The well-liked philanthropist and social celebrity who acts as a figurehead for Gotham City by day before protecting it behind a mask at night? Affleck is perfect for this half of Batman's existence. Effortlessly classy, charming and suave, he resembles the Bruce Wayne we know and love, more so in everyday life than any actor who's put on the cowl before.

BONUS:  Holy Jawline, Batman!

When you're casting Batman, there's one thing more important than anything else. Sure, good looks, a superheroic physique and strong acting skills are a requirement, but they're all secondary at the end of the day. You see, there is one part of Batman that is more important than any other. If not chosen correctly, it's a tiny detail that could derail the entire film. We are, of course, talking about Batman's chin. If Batman has a bad chin, how the heck is he supposed to make that costume look cool at all? A bad chin and/or jawline will only make the whole thing look silly.

But, ladies and gentlemen, Ben Affleck has one helluva jawline. And that's all you need, really.

It’s funny to read all this and think of the Ben affleck from them and the Ben Affleck of right now (technically he was always this Ben but he and the people around him hid it really well)

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Sad news here. Aside from this other accolades, I also fondly remember Arkin from some of his lesser-known roles. He was the second actor to play Inspector Clouseau on screen (substituting for Peter Sellers for the off-piste "Inspector Clouseau" movie around 1968 - and some aspects of his interpretation seem to have informed the more exaggerated way Sellers played the character from the mid-1970s onwards). He also was enjoyable as The Chief in Steve Carrell's underrated mid-2000s remake of Get Smart (one of the only remake films I've seen that actually work!).

I was going through his filmography and he had such a range or performances - he even appeared several times early in the history of Sesame Street! He was also in productions such as The Seven Per Cent Solution, Gattaca, Argo, So I Married an Axe Murderer ... the list goes on. RIP.

[bentuckett1997]

Happy 73rd Birthday to American actor John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952). He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called him "among our very finest actors

Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) as well as supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He voiced roles in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998), The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), and Bee Movie (2007).

On television, Goodman gained recognition playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), and The Conners (2018–2025). Goodman has played English professor in the drama series Treme (2010–2011), a military contractor in the legal drama series Damages (2011), a Republican Senator in the political satire Alpha House (2013–2014), and a televangelist in the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025). He also guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012), and is a member of the Five Timers Club having hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times from 1989 to 2013.

Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre acting numerous productions including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009), and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman made his West End debut in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).

[intelmarketresearch]

Algorithm Trading Market Growth Analysis 2025

The global Algorithm Trading market was valued at US$ 13,523.37 million in 2023 and is anticipated to reach US$ 26,730.34 million by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of 10.58% during the forecast period 2024-2030.

Get free sample of this report at : https://www.intelmarketresearch.com/download-free-sample/270/algorithm-trading 

North American market for Algorithm Trading is estimated to increase from $ 6,319.47 million in 2023 to reach $ 12,357.44 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 10.46% during the forecast period of 2024 through 2030.

Asia-Pacific market for Algorithm Trading is estimated to increase from $ 3,179.34 million in 2023 to reach $ 6,353.80 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 10.73% during the forecast period of 2024 through 2030.

The global market for Algorithm Trading in Investment Bank is estimated to increase from $ 6,852.29 million in 2023 to $ 13,381.21 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 10.39% during the forecast period of 2024 through 2030.

The major global companies of Algorithm Trading include QuantConnect, 63 moons, InfoReach, Argo SE, MetaQuotes Software, Automated Trading SoftTech, Tethys Technology, Trading Technologies, and Tata Consultancy Services, etc. In 2023, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately 22.52 % of the revenue.

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Algorithm Trading, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Algorithm Trading.

The Algorithm Trading market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of and revenue ($ millions), considering 2023 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2019 to 2030. This report segments the global Algorithm Trading market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided.

For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

The report will help the Algorithm Trading companies, new entrants, and industry chain related companies in this market with information on the revenues for the overall market and the sub-segments across the different segments, by company, by Type, by Application, and by regions.

Market Segmentation

By Company

QuantConnect

63 moons

InfoReach

Argo SE

MetaQuotes Software

Automated Trading SoftTech

Tethys Technology

Trading Technologies

Tata Consultancy Services

Exegy

Virtu Financial

Symphony Fintech

Kuberre Systems

Itexus

QuantCore Capital Management

Segment by Type

Forex Algorithm Trading

Stock Algorithm Trading

Fund Algorithm Trading

Bond Algorithm Trading

Cryptographic Algorithm Trading

Other Algorithmic Trading

Segment by Application

Investment Bank

Fund Company

By Region

North America

United States

Canada

Others

Asia-Pacific

China

Japan

South Korea

Southeast Asia

India

Rest of Asia

Europe

Germany

France

U.K.

Rest of Europe

South America

Mexico

Brazil

Argentina

Rest of South America

Middle East & Africa

Middle East

Africa

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[byneddiedingo]

Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)

Cast: Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Paul Calderón, Eddie Daniels, Bianca Hunter, Zoë Lund, Vincent Laresca, Frankie Thorn, Fernando Véléz, Joseph Michael Cruz, Paul Hipp. Screenplay: Zoë Lund, Abel Ferrara. Cinematography: Ken Kelsch. Production design: Charles M. Lagola. Film editing: Anthony Redman. Music: Joe Delia. 

Harvey Keitel's lacerating performance and Abel Ferrara's narrative skill, using a baseball playoff series as a thread to hang his story on, almost made me think that Bad Lieutenant was some kind of good film. But the more I think about it, the more it seems to me a tired reworking of the old motif of Catholic guilt, a kind of feint at creating a Dostoevskyan moral fable undermined by vulgarity. Was it necessary, for example, to cast a nubile young blond as the nun who gets raped, and to provide so many glimpses of her naked? 

[byneddiedingo]

Cast: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Lauren Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti, Paul Jabara. Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on a play by Euripedes. Cinematography: Ennio Guarnieri. Production design: Dante Ferretti. Costume design: Piero Tosi. Film editing: Nino Baragli.

Pier Paolo Pasolini's retelling of the story of Medea is a challenge to anyone who doesn't already know the story: Pasolini is not interested in conventional movie storytelling, so the film feels shapeless, lurching through some scenes and lingering through others until it ends almost abruptly. What he's interested in is crafting a vision of antiquity, of the age from which the myths and legends came, that's primitive and tribal, not at all the graceful world of marble gods and goddesses we've come to associate with ancient Greece. This is a world in which people scrabble for survival in bleak desert settings, filmed in Turkey and Syria. In Pasolini's film, the Argo, the ship that brings Jason and the Argonauts to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece,  is a cobbled-together raft. The fleece itself is a somewhat ratty-looking ram's head with gilded horns. It's not exactly a film in which you'd expect to find a diva like Maria Callas, and yet her out-of-placeness somehow fits the character of Medea, a woman who would rise above almost any setting only to be dragged down by it. 

Medea (1969) Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Response Project

Post 1

For the response project I struggled with deciding on what I wanted to do. Initially I wanted to continue the polaroid emulsion lifts and take them a bit further by printing the images onto paraphernalia associated with smoking.

When stumbling through the presentation I had made for this I got feedback that boiled down was to strip the idea back and work on it from the ground up rather than trying to jump into a final idea. something I know I am bad for doing! so I took the advice to heart and kept to the polaroids and decided on nights I would patrol the city of glasgow to capture nightlife on polaroids. this itself came with it's own complications.

I really struggle with approaching strangers! now with them being a bit intoxicated that could either help a lot with people being more comfortable with having their photos taken but it also made me a bit anxious and had to be more socially aware just in case people didn't appreciate it.

2. Polaroids are bit more difficult to shoot at night due to the aperture on my camera opening to the most at f8 and the iso of the film being 640. This and the film needs to be somewhat warm when shooting! so when I would go out I had the film in my pocket to keep it at body temperature. this worked for the most part but a good amount of the images came out with green hues that is usually due to being too cold. Most of the packs I bought were not from polaroid themselves so this could also be a factor since the production date was a while ago and I doubt Argos was keeping the film stored properly. but when it comes to polaroid you tend to expect some imperfections and that's apart of the appeal.

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KAOS TV Show on Netflix with actor Shila Ommi

Iranian/American actress & filmmaker Shila Ommi (Disney & Pixar ELEM ENTAL, Apple TV+  “Tehran,” “Little America,” “Charlie Wilson’s War”), discussing her work at Pas in Netflix hot new binge-worthy series KAOS (starring Jeff Goldbloom and Janet McTeer). In the intriguing world of KAOS, it’s the pantheon of gods versus humans with Zeus at the top of the mythological food chain as the cruel and stylish ruler of the gods, a position he has enjoyed for some time. Then one day he discovers the unthinkable: a wrinkle on his forehead. Paranoia builds, leading the supreme deity down a dangerous and unstable path. All-powerful Zeus is convinced his fall is nigh and sees omens of doom everywhere. 

Recently audiences saw Shila as Cinder Lumen Firetown’s resident matchmaker in Disney & Pixar ELEM ENTAL, utilizing her natural gift that allows her to smell true love in a Fire person’s smoke, whether they know it or not. She boasts numerous matches throughout her tenure—she’s proud of her track record—but this brusque, no-nonsense and traditional mom has yet to find a match for her daughter.  Elsewhere audiences can see Shila Ommi on the Apple TV+ espionage thriller, “Tehran.” Shila Ommi is one of the returning co-stars of Apple TV+,  espionage thriller, “Tehran,” now streaming season two now on Apple TV+.  Ommi portrays the character of Nahid Kamali, the wife of Shaun Toub’s character Faraz Kamali (a skilled investigator with the Revolutionary Guards), and she also shared the screen with the iconic Glenn Close, and in season two. The heart-pounding “Tehran,” which has earned the comparison in the media already of “24” meets “The Americans,” is must-watch TV at its finest.

Shila Ommi is an American/ actress, born in Tehran, and has lived in Los Angeles since the onslaught of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.  Her mother was a poet and her father was a philanthropist, real estate mogul, and the founder and CEO of Iran’s largest construction company, Vima Co.  At an early age, Ommi witnessed the wrath of the Islamic regime. Ommi’s father was also on their hit list, but her family had the chance to flee the country, leaving behind their wealth and all their belongings to begin a new life in the United States. Today, Shila Ommi is a prominent actress in the Iranian communities in diaspora.  For over a decade, she toured the globe as the lead actress and co-artistic director of Workshop 79, a theatre company spearheaded by acclaimed Iranian playwright/director/actor Houshang Touzie (“A Simple Wedding,” “Argo”). The founder of the LA-based theater group, Turquoise Heart Productions,  Ommi uses theater art as a form of healing and activism, writes, directs, and acts in theatre pieces that share the Iranian experience with American audiences, and the exile experience with Iranians abroad. She is recently directed a play commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health.

Ommi portrays the character Nahid, in the acclaimed espionage thriller, “Tehran,” with seasons 1 & 2 streaming now on Apple TV+ . She portrayed the character of Yasmin in the Apple TV+ anthology series “Little America” co-starring with Shaun Toub (who is also her screen husband in “Tehran”).  Ommi is also a voice-over artist and performs regularly in animated films and web series.  She is the voice of all the characters, male and female in a cartoon series called “NOPM: Special Forces” which was commissioned by the Boromand Foundation, a human rights organization focused on Iran’s human rights violations. She is narrating a video about deforestation, and a film about Iran… both coming out by the end of this year.

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#ProyeccionDeVida

🎬 “PARIS, TEXAS”

🔎 Género: Drama / Road Movie / Película de Culto

⏰ Duración: 144 minutos

✍️ Guión: Sam Shepard

♫ Música: Ry Cooder

📷 Fotografía: Robby Müller

🗯 Argumento: Un hombre camina por el desierto de Texas sin recordar quién es. Su hermano lo busca e intenta que recuerde cómo era su vida cuatro años antes, cuando abandonó a su mujer y a su hijo. A medida que va recuperando la memoria y se relaciona con personas de su pasado, se plantea la necesidad de rehacer su vida.

 👥 Reparto: Harry Dean Stanton (Travis Henderson), Nastassja Kinski (Jane Henderson), Hunter Carson (Hunter Henderson), Dean Stockwell (Walt Henderson), Aurore Clément (Anne Henderson), Bernhard Wicki (Doctor Ulmer) y Sam Shepard.

📢 Dirección: Wim Wenders

© Productoras: Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos Films, Film4 Productions, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Pro-ject Filmproduktion & Wim Wenders Stiftung

🌎 Países: Alemania del Oeste (RFA)-Francia-Reino Unido-Estados Unidos

📅 Año: 1984

🏆Ganadora de la Palma de Oro en el Festival de Cine de Cannes.

📽 Proyección:

📆 Martes 13 de Mayo

🕗 8:00pm.

🎦 Cine Caleta (calle Aurelio de Souza 225 - Barranco)

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre