Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. I went to see agora expecting an epic with swords, sandals and sex. A historical drama set in roman egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor hypatia of alexandria. The world changed forever a historical drama set in roman egypt, concerning philosopher hypatia of alexandria and her relationship with her slave davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of christianity. Among its burdens are that hypatia of alexandria, the celebrated neoplatonic philosopher and mathematician, is worthy of veneration, and also that cyril of alexandria, saint and doctor of the church, is not. This list of historical movies range from all time periods from ancient greece to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Prior to the films release, and more so following, christian writers criticized the movies historical inaccuracies and its depiction of christians specifically. I saw agora when it first came out in nyc and loved weisz performance as hypatia. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten. Agora was screened out of competition at the 2009 cannes film festival in may, and opened in spain on october 9, 2009 becoming the highestgrossing film of the year for that country. Alejandro amenabar celebrity profile check out the latest alejandro amenabar photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Varying from genre and plot here is a list of movies everyone should see at least once. Fandango buys rotten tomatoes but will probably ruin it.
Agora is a historical drama film starring rachel weisz shes one of the acclaimed and wellreceived actre read more. As stated previously soderbergh has tried to put an arty spin on an action movie which doesnt quite work. Hypatiarachel weisz is a teacher at platonic school where she teaches and educates the future. All oscar isaac movies ranked by tomatometer rotten tomatoes. Add to watchlist a biopic from ancient times, agora stars rachel weisz as hypatia, a scholar and mathematician in alexandria when egypt was still under roman rule. Along with the tales of galileo and giordano bruno, the legend of hypatia is. The mathematician and philosopher hypatia of alexandria was the daughter of the mathematician theon alexandricus ca. The company was launched in august 1998 by three undergraduate students at the university of california, berkeley. Before the fall of alexandria, and its great library, the city was one of the. Anne hathaway celebrity profile check out the latest anne hathaway photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
While this gentle drama about a man trying to prepare his family for his own. It is the valiant tale of arthur clive owen and his bond of brotherhood with lancelot ioan gruffudd and the loyalty of the knights of. Before he became llewyn davis, actor oscar isaac was the guy you saw constantly bringing it in secondary roles in highprofile projects, each career move taking him that much closer to the one perfect role that would make him a star. As the citys christians, led by ammonius and cyril, gain political power, the institutions of learning may crumble along with the governance of slavery. The portrayal of women as teachers is more or less accurate. In 2009, film director alejandro amenabar brought the story of hypatia of alexandria c.
Find out where agora is streaming, if agora is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. It is the valiant tale of arthur clive owen and his bond of brotherhood with lancelot ioan gruffudd and the loyalty of the knights of the round table as they fight for freedom and those they love. This is a movie about ideas, a drama based on the ancient war between science and superstition. Although the name rotten tomatoes connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a poor stage performance, the. Agora is a 2009 spanish englishlanguage historical drama film directed by alejandro amenabar and written by amenabar and mateo gil. Although the film had difficulty finding distribution, it was released country by country throughout late 2009 and early 2010. Amenabar also distorted some history in service to his art the library didnt end that way. Her student orestes is in love with her, as is davus, her personal slave. Roten is a member of the online film critics society. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing agora near you. Nor was she the last a generation later aedisia was another famous pagan neoplatonist teacher who worked in al. This new alexandra daddario, kate upton movie has scored a. Agora year 2009 genre drama romance adventure history biography type movies idmb rating 7.
The japanese movies on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes scores. The app loads the original website inside pokkis environment eliminating the need to open a browser to access the online features. With rachel weisz, max minghella, oscar isaac, ashraf barhom. The dangerous silliness of the new movie agora father robert barron. List of films with a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes wikipedia. This new alexandra daddario, kate upton movie has scored a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes a new comedy film, the layover, starring kate upton and alexandra daddario, has achieved the rare. Hypatia was not the first female philosopher in the hellenistic world. Historical accuracy in the film agora ancient history. Some viewers will be uncomfortable with agoras depiction of early christianity and others will quibble about the movies historical accuracy, but the movies themesof faith vs. You may have heard that online movie ticket seller fandango just purchased rotten tomatoes and flixster. So when i finally came to watch this movie i had little expectation. King arthur is an immensely thrilling adventure epic that tells the heroic true story behind one of historys greatest legends. Trending movie lists best bl series thailand top 5 16,317 20 movies you really should have seen by now.
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an email address associated with a. Rotten tomatoes headquarters is located in beverly hills, california, usa 90064. The spectacular now is an adroit, sensitive film that avoids typical comingofage story trappings. At first glance, it might be mistaken for the sort of togaandsandals bpicture that was popular decades ago. The year is 391 ad and alexandria is a part of the roman empire. I just saw the new film agora, which is a retelling of the story of hypatia, the brilliant woman philosopher from alexandria, who was killed, supposedly by a mob of christians, in the year 415. Rotten tomatoes competitors, revenue and employees owler. I found swords and sandals, some unexpected opinions about sex, and a great deal more.
The spectacular now 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. At its center is a woman who in the fourth century a. The farewell was a commercial and critical success it currently has a 99 percent rotten tomatoes rating, and wang suddenly found herself the subject of glowing press coverage, including a spot on variety magazines ten directors to watch list. Noble goals and a gripping performance from rachel weisz cant save agora from its muddled script. Its been a whirlwind and im still trying to get my balance, wang said when i.
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