Marc Tracy

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Articles

A Jewish Promised Land in … Texas? Rachel Cockerell Had to Know More.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Marc Tracy

1 hour agoYemen: US-Houthis ceasefire pact offers respite although Red Sea tensions unsolvedYemen's Houthi group on Thursday celebrated a recently-announced ceasefire agreement with the United States as a "victory for Yemen" while warning of a "devastating response" to Israel, according to the Houthi-run Saba News Agency.
A Jewish Promised Land in Texas Comes Alive in Rachel Cockerell's New Book

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Marc Tracy

Discovering the ways her great-grandfather's rich life intersected with the hidden history of Zionism led to an unusually crafted new book, "Melting Point." One summer day 10 years ago, Rachel Cockerell gathered with dozens of family members for a cousin's 80th birthday party in the North London house where her father had grown up. Among the guests were relatives from Israel.
Goose Rules the Jam-Band Roost (Sorry, Haters)

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Marc Tracy

The quartet earned the respect of its elders and scores of young fans by making their live sets, and themselves, super available. So why are some still not sold? The quartet earned the respect of its elders and scores of young fans by making their live sets, and themselves, super available. So why are some still not sold? Credit...
Alex Garland pairs with a veteran to engage in realistic ‘Warfare’

4 weeks ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Marc Tracy

By Marc TracyThe climactic sequence in last year’s “Civil War,” a movie about an imagined military conflict in the United States, was unusual — and not only because it depicted insurgents storming the White House, breaching the Oval Office and assassinating the president. It was also action shown in a way that films do not often depict. The gun-toting fighters communicate constantly about needing to reload. They awkwardly trade off shooting down hallways.
Alex Garland Pairs With a Veteran to Engage in Realistic ‘Warfare’

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Marc Tracy

1 day agoWhether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about. Critic’s Pick It’s not entertaining, and that’s a compliment. Written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, this atypical war movie follows a platoon of Navy SEALs during a calamitous …
Alex Garland Pairs With a Veteran to Engage in Realistic 'Warfare'

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Marc Tracy

The filmmaker directed his latest picture with Ray Mendoza, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Iraq War. They wanted to depict, with a sense of urgency, war as it is really experienced. The climactic sequence in last year's "Civil War," a movie about an imagined military conflict in the United States, was unusual - and not only because it depicted insurgents storming the White House, breaching the Oval Office and assassinating the president.
Why Val Kilmer as Batman was peak 1990s, nipple suit and all

1 month ago | afr.com | Marc Tracy

Marc TracyApr 3, 2025 – 12.37pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? In June 1995 a pop confection hit thousands of movie screens. It seemed to embody what both boosters and critics have identified as that decade’s end-of-history nonchalance. It was, of all things, a Batman movie.
Val Kilmer in 'Batman Forever' Was a True 1990s Moment

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Marc Tracy

Schumacher favored showy camera angles and a garish color scheme. The villains - Jim Carrey played the Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones was Two-Face - were freely permitted to chew the scenery. Batman's suit had nipples. The movie was weird. It was also a box-office smash. It broke an opening-weekend record and eventually brought in more than $336 million worldwide, besting its predecessor by tens of millions of dollars. In his highest-profile role ever, Kilmer played Batman and Bruce Wayne as stolid.
How No Other Land became an unlikely box office success

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Marc Tracy

NEW YORK - No Other Land has racked up festival awards, critical acclaim and the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Yet the film, a narrative expose about Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes directed by two Palestinians and two Israelis, has not been acquired by a traditional North American distributor. This is partly a reflection of the collapse of studio interest in newsy documentaries and hesitance surrounding a movie that condemns Israeli policies.
How ‘No Other Land’ Became an Unlikely Box Office Success

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Marc Tracy

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. “No Other Land” has racked up festival awards, critical acclaim and the Oscar for best documentary feature. Yet the film, a narrative exposé about Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes directed by two Palestinians and two Israelis, has not been acquired by a traditional North American distributor.