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Jonathan Coe on Comfort And Joy
5 December 2009 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Bill Forsyth, 1984
Whenever I contemplate the career of Bill Forsyth, I realise I'm getting old. It's more than a quarter of a century since he was considered one of the great new hopes of British cinema, but to me, the sudden flowering of his oblique, wilful talent still seems like one of the more recent miracles of film history.
After the cult success of his Glaswegian caper comedy That Sinking Feeling (just issued on DVD in an insulting format – with a dubbed soundtrack for American audiences), Forsyth hit the big time with his second feature, Gregory's Girl. I watch this film whenever it comes on TV – every two or three years, I suppose – and it never disappoints. The bittersweet experience of adolescent love is expertly captured, but more than that there is an unstoppable flow of comic invention: even the smallest characterisations are quirkily memorable, every scene crackles with good lines. »
Anderson Has Faith In 'The Master'...
3 December 2009 7:55 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Writer/director Paul Thomas "There Will Be Blood" Anderson is developing his next feature, a period drama set in the 1950's, to star actor Philip Seymour "Magnolia" Hoffman playing the founder of a new religion.
Producer JoAnne Sellar has budgeted the film at $35 million, currently being set up at Universal, who are waiting to greenlight the project, dependent on Anderson delivering a screenplay that won't get the studio into hot water with religious groups, scientologists and mormons.
In the script, Hoffman will be known as 'The Master' Of Ceremonies, an intellectual who starts a faith-based organization in 1952.
At the heart of the story is the relationship between The Master and 'Freddie', a drifter who becomes the 'lieutenant' of the new religion.
Anderson says the film will follow how a belief system can easily graduate into an organized religion.
The last time a film-maker effectively tackled the subject, was in the »
- SneakPeek.Ca
Honest Injuns - Saluting the Real Deal Native American Stars of the Wild West
27 November 2009 9:01 PM, PST | amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns | See recent amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns news »
For a long time, a jar of bronze makeup was the crucial component in playing a Native American in the Wild West. Cross-racial turns by Burt Lancaster in Apache, Chuck Connors in Geronimo, and Anthony Quinn in They Died With Their Boots On are the most glaring examples -- not to mention the legions of hooting buckskins felled by the benevolent cinematic gunfire of the U.S. Calvary. In honor »
Honest Injuns - Saluting the Real Deal Native American Stars of the Wild West
27 November 2009 9:01 PM, PST | amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns | See recent amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns news »
For a long time, a jar of bronze makeup was the crucial component in playing a Native American in the Wild West. Cross-racial turns by Burt Lancaster in Apache, Chuck Connors in Geronimo, and Anthony Quinn in They Died With Their Boots On are the most glaring examples -- not to mention the legions of hooting buckskins felled by the benevolent cinematic gunfire of the U.S. Calvary. In honor »
Arnold Laven obituary
25 November 2009 10:42 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Producer-director behind a raft of 20th-century TV classics
It is no exaggeration to declare that the name of the film and television producer-director Arnold Laven, who has died aged 87, has been seen by millions of people all over the world, even if it might not have registered. Think of all those viewers of the TV series The Rifleman (1959-63) and The Big Valley (1965-69), made by Laven's company, Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, many episodes of which he directed.
Laven was also credited as director on scores of episodes of such archetypal 1970s series as Marcus Welby MD, Gunsmoke, Mannix, Ironside, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files and Fantasy Island. In the 1980s he directed, among others, several episodes of Hill Street Blues and The A-Team. In addition, Laven directed 11 feature films from 1952 to 1969, some for companies other than his own.
In the late 1930s, the Chicago-born Laven moved with his family to Los Angeles, »
- Ronald Bergan
Arnold Laven obituary
25 November 2009 10:42 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Producer-director behind a raft of 20th-century TV classics
It is no exaggeration to declare that the name of the film and television producer-director Arnold Laven, who has died aged 87, has been seen by millions of people all over the world, even if it might not have registered. Think of all those viewers of the TV series The Rifleman (1959-63) and The Big Valley (1965-69), made by Laven's company, Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, many episodes of which he directed.
Laven was also credited as director on scores of episodes of such archetypal 1970s series as Marcus Welby MD, Gunsmoke, Mannix, Ironside, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files and Fantasy Island. In the 1980s he directed, among others, several episodes of Hill Street Blues and The A-Team. In addition, Laven directed 11 feature films from 1952 to 1969, some for companies other than his own.
In the late 1930s, the Chicago-born Laven moved with his family to Los Angeles, »
- Ronald Bergan
Ernest Borgnine at From Here To Eternity Screening
23 November 2009 2:35 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Ernest Borgnine and Lou Diamond Phillips pose next to a poster of Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity, prior to a screening of the 1953 classic presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, November 18, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Phillips hosted the event. Winner of the 1953 best picture Oscar and one of the biggest blockbusters of the 1950s, From Here to Eternity stars Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, and Academy Award winners Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed. Ernest Borgnine has a supporting role in the film as a military officer who makes life hell for both Clift and Sinatra. Two years later, Borgnine would win a [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Michael Winner: 'The only purpose of life is to avoid boredom'
16 November 2009 1:37 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The notorious film director on cheating death, the awfulness of restaurants – and how he can't stand boring people
It is with a mixture of fear and exhilaration that I approach Michael Winner's large house – he likes to describe it as a mansion – in London's fashionable Holland Park. God knows how much it's worth – £25m maybe. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin lives next door, in an even bigger house. An attractive, slightly forbidding young woman answers the door – I later discover she is a resting actress called Ruby – and she shows me into Winner's private cinema, filled with memorabilia from half a lifetime of movie-making and an entire lifetime of trouble-making.
There are seats for 30 people, a bar, a director's chair with Winner's name on it, the Winner puppet from Spitting Image, a signed photograph of Marilyn Monroe, pictures of some scantily clad starlets, and hundreds of photographs of stars »
- Stephen Moss
Next!
15 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Emil Jannings, Warner Baxter, George Arliss and Lionel Barrymore. Wallace Beery and Fredric March simultaneously. Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Victor McLaglen. Paul Muni and Spencer Tracy². Robert Donat, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper and James Cagney. Paul Lukas, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland and Fredric March, who was worth returning to. Ronald Colman, Laurence Olivier, Broderick Crawford, José Ferrer and Bogie. 'Coop' again. William Holden and Marlon Brando a few years late. Ernest Borgnine, Yul Brynner and Alec Guiness. David Niven, Charlton Heston and Burt Lancaster. Maximillian Schell, Gregory Peck and Sidney Poitier who made history. Rex Harrison, Lee Marvin, Paul Scofield, Rod Steiger, Cliff Robertson and 'The Duke'. George C Scott though he refused. Gene Hackman. Marlon Brando by way of Sacheen Littlefeather. Jack Lemmon, Art Carney, Jack Nicholson and (posthumously) Peter Finch. Richard Dreyfuss, Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Henry Fonda. Ben Kingsley, Robert Duvall, F Murray Abraham, »
- NATHANIEL R
Michael Madsen is our nominee for Hardest-Working Man in Show Business
11 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Michael Madsen calls movies "pictures" and makes a new one every couple weeks. I happened to check his IMDb page recently, and I noticed something incredible: the man acted in 25 movies released this year. 25*! Sure, they all have dubious titles like You Might As Well Live, Lost in the Woods, and Road of No Return. Sure, Madsen mostly plays characters with names like "The Reverend," "The Associate," and "Clinton Manitoba." But the sheer quantity of Madsen-imprinted cinema in 2009 deserves a special kind of acclaim. Madsen is philosophical about his workaholic output. "I'm only good when I'm busy. When I've got nothing to do, »
- Darren Franich
Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift: From Here To Eternity Screening
9 November 2009 4:24 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster make love in From Here to Eternity(top); Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra do a little (sorta) lovemaking of their own later on in the film (bottom) Fred Zinnemann’s 1953 Academy Award-winning drama From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra, will be screened by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The presentation will feature the premiere of a new digital restoration, as well as an onstage discussion with Ernest Borgnine, who has a supporting role in the film. Adapted by Daniel Taradash from James Jones‘ bestselling [...] »
- Andre Soares
Joseph Wiseman: A tribute to the late Dr. No
21 October 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Joseph Wiseman, the Canadian-born actor best known for his deliciously evil portrayal of the James Bond villain, Dr. No, passed away yesterday at age 91. Wiseman appeared in a slew of Broadway productions, television shows, and movies such as Viva Zapata! with Marlon Brando and The Unforgiven with Burt Lancaster. But he will always be remembered for locking horns with Sean Connery's agent 007 in 1962's Dr. No. Wiseman's character, a mad scientist with an arsenal of fiendishly wry quips, a charter membership in Spectre, and a nasty atomic-powered radio-beam weapon, became the prototypical Bond villain. Later in his life, the »
- Chris Nashawaty
A Conversation with the Wizard of Gore: H.G. Lewis!
11 October 2009 3:42 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
In another unpublished interview from the archives, Australian contributor Lee Gambin sits down for a little one-on-one with Herschell Gordon Lewis - a Fango fav, and always a source of great conversation. This interview has been abridged for posting here.
Lee Gambin/Fangoria: What initially got you stated in the movie making business?
H.G. Lewis: I owned a commercial film studio in Chicago, including 35mm movie equipment. The big advertising agencies were sending all the important and profitable jobs to California. One day I was complaining about this, and a friend asked, "How do you make any money in your business?" I answered sardonically without thinking: "The only way to make money in the movie business is to make features." That, like a virus, took hold in my brain.
What attracted you to gore and the 'splatter' picture?
As an independent with limited financial and distributional resources, the challenge »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Lee Gambin)
Where My Heart Lies: My Favorite Actors. And Yours?
29 August 2009 10:05 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
instead of a tues top 10, a 25.
I did this once for the actresses but I'm always giving the ladies their due. So, here's to the silver screen men that have enriched my movie-life. I admit up front that I haven't investigated Classic Hollywood actors to the extent I've investigated their leading ladies, so this list is highly subject to change the more old movies I see in my life.
Nathaniel's 25 all time favorite leading men
In no particular order and extremely subject to change
Gene Kelly | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai |
Montgomery Clift | Jeff Bridges | Paul Newman
Jude Law | James Dean | William Holden | Gene Hackman | Rock Hudson
Jack Lemmon | Gael García Bernal | Ewan McGregor | James Stewart | Gregory Peck
Steve Martin | Marlon Brando | Jack Nicholson | Burt Lancaster | Richard Burton
Brad Pitt | Johnny Depp | Cary Grant | Warren Beatty | William Hurt
Because sometimes you just want to name names
The list is not comprehensive, not set in stone, »
- NATHANIEL R
Tarantino and the original 'Bastards'
18 August 2009 10:52 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Take your seats, class: Senior writer Chris Nashawaty is kicking off his in-depth weeklong tutorial on all things Quentin Tarantino for the latest installment of EW University. Check out our gallery of 20 Tarantino movie and movie poster faves and our Quentin Tarantino trivia quiz. The Original Bastards: ‘Guys on a mission’ Italian-style If you’re reading this, then you’re probably already hip to the fact that Quentin Tarantino has a new (and badly spelled) new film coming out on August 21 called Inglourious Basterds. And depending on your level of interest in the Pulp Fiction auteur and his well-chronicled movie-geek obsessions, you may also already know that the Brad Pitt WWII epic is loosely based on a fairly obscure (and better spelled) Italian-produced action flick from 1978 called Inglorious Bastards. I’ve seen Tarantino’s Basterds already and I think it’s absolutely fantastic -- the best thing he’s done »
- Chris Nashawaty
10 Pairs of Bravo TV's 'Launch My Line' Unveiled
28 July 2009 2:21 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
In a creative new package, Bravo TV will premiere yet another fashion reality show called "Launch My Line". The show will pair up professionals wishing to have their own fashion line with established fashion designers that assist them in the journey. The ten teams that will compete for the ultimate prize have been unveiled.
The professionals are ranging from an architect to a fashion critic while the fashion designers aka "The Experts" are mostly those who have resided in California. The concept of the show is to have the pairs sharing cohesiveness in creating a fashion line. According to the press release, "Some teams form a natural connection while others have instant tension."
Acclaimed designers, twin brothers Dean and Dan Caten of DSQUARED2 serve as the series hosts, and fashion notables Stefani Greenfield and Lisa Kline are series judges. The winning professional will have their clothing line launched and the »
- AceShowbiz.com
Underrating Rita.
27 July 2009 3:55 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Hello, Jose from "Movies Kick Ass" here with something that's been bugging me since I watched "Separate Tables" last week. The film features an altogether impressive cast with the likes of David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Gladys Cooper, Burt Lancaster and Wendy Hiller among others. But the one who made the greatest impression on me was the incredible Rita Hayworth. She plays Ann Shankland, an American social climber/seductress who comes to the hotel where the film takes place, looking for her ex-husband John (Lancaster).
In a few scenes, most of which feature long silences, Hayworth creates a character with a fascinating backstory. One that's more interesting because it's only suggested (her backstory might vary from viewer to viewer). Most of the time Hayworth slips quietly in the back, partly because her character's "questionable morals" force her to and partly because she's overshadowed by bigger "actors" who shout, acquire funny accents »
- Jose
Karl Malden Passes Away at the Age of 97
1 July 2009 5:34 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
It has been a rough two weeks for the entertainment business when it comes to the passing of major celebrity names as Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, his manager Bud Ross tells CNN. Malden won an Oscar for his performance alongside Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and was also nominated for another one of his performances opposite Brando in On the Waterfront in 1955. Only five years ago at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards he was recognized with a Life Achievement Award and has long been recognized as a Hollywood icon. My personal experience with his movies has been relatively limited considering the overal breadth of his career but I have seen him in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Baby Doll, How the West Was Won, The Cincinnati Kid, Patton »
- Brad Brevet
Father’s Day Blu-Ray Round Up, May 26, 2009: ‘Fletch,’ ‘Field of Dreams,’ ‘Seabiscuit’
26 May 2009 1:54 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Universal Home Video is releasing a wave of titles timed for Father’s Day gifts. Some of their choices - “Field of Dreams,” “Fletch” - seem like logical picks for a better HD daddy day than another striped tie while others seem chosen purely because they have the word “Men” or “Man” in the title - “Children of Men,” “Cinderella Man,” “Inside Man”.
Most are pretty good and some are great. Pick your favorite and give it to your Blu-Ray pop.
“Inside Man” will be released on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009.
The other five titles were released on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009.
Photo credit: Universal Synopsis: “No children. No future. No hope. In the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, Clive Owen portrays an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former love, played by Julianne Moore to escort a »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Cinema Retro Issue #14 Now En Route To All Subscribers
11 May 2009 10:39 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Those Brits who subscribe to Cinema Retro can stop gloating over already having the latest issue of the magazine. We can now report that issue #14 arrived in the USA and was shipped immediately to all subscribers in North America. For those of you who have still not taken the plunge and subscribed, try resisting this:
Our 8 Page Film In Focus: Director Jack Cardiff'S Cult Hit Girl On A Motorcycle Starring Alain Delon And Marianne Faithfull - The Full Behind-the-scenes Story With Dozens Of Rare, Sexy Photosexclusive Interview: Oscar Nominee James Caan Recalls His Early Days In The Film Industry As Well As Making El Dorado With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum And Howard Hawks.Exclusive Interview: Oscar Winner Ernest Borgnine Recalls Making The Wild Bunch, Willard And The Poseidon Adventureexclusive Interview: Karen Black On Working With Alfred Hitchcock On Family Plotexclusive Interview: Screenwriter Gerry Wilson On The Making Of The »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
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