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Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king
13 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
He gave life to teenage cavemen and candy-stripe nurses. Crab monsters and humanoids from the deep. T-bird gangs and towns that dreaded sundown. His name is Roger Corman. And on Nov. 14, he will receive an honor that no one would have predicted: an honorary Academy Award. The 83-year-old B-movie titan has made nearly 400 films as a director and producer. From the start, Corman was a magnet for hungry young actors, writers, and directors who would work for slave wages for the chance to make their first film. They called it the "University of Corman," and the alumni include Francis Ford Coppola, »
- Chris Nashawaty
Short Film Corner: Justin Ambrosino's The 8th Samurai
6 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- We caught up with Justin Ambrosino, an up-and-coming filmmaker (and at one time, a reporter on this website) to discuss his latest short-film. The 8th Samurai has been making the rounds on the film festival circuit and has managed to garner several awards along the way including the "Best of Fest" Award at the La Shorts Fest. The talented NY filmmaker, and AFI graduate, has been involved with an impressive range of productions in the past; from George Clooney's solid but little known faux-reality series "Unscripted", to Scorsese's "The Departed" (to name a few stand-out titles). Regardless of the roll he played on those sets, his ambition has always been to write and direct. Clearly, he's off to a strong start.As you may have gathered from the title, "The 8th Samurai" takes a "what if?" look at the behind-the-scene happenings of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai". Justin's »
Holiday Preview: A Repertory Calendar
3 November 2009 1:01 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Tim Burton invades New York, New Italian Cinema hits Los Angeles, Harold and Kumar spread holiday cheer in Austin and everywhere you look, they're celebrating All Tomorrow's Parties -- just some of the holiday film fun you can have this winter at your local repertory theater.
More Holiday Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Repertory Calendar] [Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
In November, the 92YTribeca Screening Room will have some special guests in the house when it hosts the already sold out "A Conversation with Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman" on November 10th, with the two longtime collaborators discussing their latest film "Fantastic Mr. Fox." But tickets are still available for the night before (Nov. 9th), when actor Ben Foster and director Oren Moverman will screen their acclaimed new post-war drama "The Messenger". Much of the rest of the month is devoted to Cinema Tropical's Ten Years of New Argentine Cinema series with screenings of Adrián Caetano's immigration »
- Stephen Saito
MTV: Chris Weitz On 'New Moon' To 'Eclipse' Transition
30 October 2009 10:12 AM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »
Chris Weitz recently spoke with MTV concerning the transitions between The Twilight Saga movies both between Twilight and New Moon and now between New Moon and Eclipse. Chris also spoke about some major differences we might notice between styles in Twilight and New Moon.As a fan and a filmmaker Im excited to see finished stuff from Eclipse rather than anything in progress Weitz said. When you see works in progress theres always some guy standing in front of some big green curtain and its all terribly disappointing. You really want to see the good stuff once its all finished.After New Moon was finished filming Summit Entertainment announced that David Slade would be directing Eclipse. Weitz said he had some early chats with Slade to let him know what New Moon was going to look like and how he had filmed the story and then let Slade decide how »
'New Moon' Director Chris Weitz Hasn't Seen 'Eclipse' Footage
30 October 2009 3:52 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'I'm excited to see finished stuff from 'Eclipse' rather than anything in progress,' director says.
By Terri Schwartz
Chris Weitz and Kristin Stewart on the set of "New Moon"
Photo: Summit Entertainment
With filming on "Eclipse" wrapping up, we couldn't resist asking "New Moon" director Chris Weitz whether he had seen any of the footage from next summer's blockbuster. He hadn't, he said, because he's been busy working hard to bring fans "New Moon," which hits theaters in less than a month. Surprisingly, he said he didn't really want to see the footage yet.
"As a fan and a filmmaker, I'm excited to see finished stuff from 'Eclipse' rather than anything in progress," Weitz said. "When you see works in progress, there's always some guy standing in front of some big green curtain, and it's all terribly disappointing. You really want to see the good stuff once it's all finished. »
Movie Poster of the Week: "Le feu follet"
8 October 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
This suitably autumnal poster for Louis Malle’s Le feu follet (The Fire Within) was the creation of the brilliant German designer Hans Hillmann. Now 83 years old, Hillmann was a major film poster designer in the 60s and 70s and is one of Germany’s best known graphic artists. His film posters are abstract and witty in equal measure and he benefitted from working much of the time for a revival distributor where he could riff on already known quantities (in the same way the Criterion Collection’s designers are able to). Though the majority of his posters are illustrations, for Louis Malle’s suicidal odyssey he simply took a photograph of star Maurice Ronet, strewed it with dead leaves and re-photographed it. Conversely his poster for Rene Allio’s little known Pierre et Paul—a face constructed from a crowd of people seen from above—looks like a photograph but is, »
Fox Beats Pixar to William Joyce's 'Leaf Men'
24 September 2009 9:32 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
If you have ever wandered into the children's section of a bookstore, you've undoubtedly seen the work of William Joyce. If you have small ones, you may have even read them. Joyce is a wonderful author, one of the rare picture book authors who write as well as they draw. Few of Joyce's books have made it to the big screen (a truly curious thing), but one of his more recent efforts will be coming to theaters near you, as Variety reports that The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs has been re-optioned by Fox.
At the moment, though, the story behind the option is causing more of a stir than Joyce's work. Pixar and Fox were both fighting over The Leaf Men, which was originally set up at Fox with Chris Wedge directing, and a script by Joyce and James V. Hart. Allegedly, Wedge was then given permission »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Paul Giamatti Gets Medieval On Megan Fox
18 September 2009 1:12 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Paul Giamatti is taking on a bad guy role for the movie Ironclad. According to Variety the movie is sort of a medieval take on the classic Seven Samurai formula. Actually this story first broke through multiple sources back in 2008, when Paul Giamatti first entered talks for a role in the film. It took them nearly a year but now he.s on board. In the film, a Templar Knight leads a group of seven in defense of Rochester Castle in 13th century England. Outside the walls is Paul Giamatti as the tyrant King John, leading an army on the offensive. Already on board the Jonathan English directed film is James Purefoy as the Templar Knight. Also rumored to be playing supporting roles in the film are Megan Fox, Bob Hoskins, Colm Meaney, and the great Richard Attenborough. Though the involvement of an evil despot named John and a crusading »
Pay Tribute to Paul Giamtti as King John in Ironclad
17 September 2009 11:28 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Paul Giamatti has just been cast as King John in the upcoming medieval action flick “Ironclad”. King John is the villain* and he’s throwing down against a “Seven Samurai” (except knights instead of samurai) led by a formidable Knights Templar played by James Purefoy. Hit the jump to find out who would win in a fight.
Variety says that King John has an entire army on his side but that’s more than a character played by Giamatti needs. If Purefoy wants to throw down with Paul Giamatti, he’s more than welcome. Yes, Purefoy is best known for playing Marc Antony on the HBO series “Rome” but Paul Giamatti is best known for suffering more existential angst than most men would dare face in ten lifetimes. Also, look at that photo below. That’s a dude who’s ready to eat your babies and wash them down with your sorrow. »
- Matt Goldberg
Blu-Ray Review: Criterion Edition of Akira Kurosawa’s Legendary ‘Kagemusha’
20 August 2009 6:43 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Now that he is widely recognized as one of the best filmmakers of all time, it’s almost hard to believe that there was a period in the career of Akira Kurosawa when he couldn’t get financing to make a film. Kurosawa went through a very dark time in the ’70s, punctuated by his disastrous experience with “Tora! Tora! Tora!,” and needed the weight of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas to help with his comeback, “Kagemusha,” now available in a beautiful Criterion Collection Blu-Ray release.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0 I adore stories like the one behind the making of “Kagemusha” because they reflect the ripple throughout the ages that comes with amazing creativity. In the excellent special feature, “Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa,” the interviews draw a definitive line from John Ford (whose “The Searchers” influenced Kurosawa) to Kurosawa’s work to “The Godfather” to “Star Wars” to “Kagemusha,” which itself inspired countless filmmakers. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The Pleasures of Putting a Team Together
18 August 2009 12:28 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
It's the first line of the last trailer for Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds": "I'm putting together a special team," Brad Pitt's Lt. Aldo Raine says. Most of Tarantino's movies pay homage to particular strains of genre cinema, from kung fu flicks to heist thrillers to grindhouse slashers, and with that pronouncement, Tarantino puts "Inglourious Basterds" in that cinematic tradition of pictures about the recruitment and implementation of a specialized squad of badasses.
"Putting a Team Together" is more a structural motif that crosses into different genres than a genre unto itself. There are musicals -- "The Blues Brothers," for instance, where Jake and Elwood Blues reassemble their former band in order to fulfill a "mission from God." There are superhero films like "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," the adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel in which one famous literary figure drafts several other famous literary figures »
- Matt Singer
Blu-ray Review: Kagemusha (Criterion Collection)
18 August 2009 4:43 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
When Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha was announced for Criterion Blu-ray I had seen the film for the first time only a couple months earlier and enjoyed it greatly. While it's not the director's greatest film, it is a visual feast that takes full advantage of a high-definition Blu-ray transfer, which I can only assume is the reason it's the first of Kurosawa's films Criterion decided to bring to the new format after their plans to deliver Ran were capsized due to rights issues. Kagemusha is Kurosawa's return to the samurai story and this time in color following his Oscar-winning Dersu Uzala five years earlier. The setting is the warring states of feudal Japan as the powerful warlord Shingen Takeda is fatally wounded, but before dying instructs his closest men to carry on his legacy, while not letting on he has passed away. In an effort to carry out the ruse »
- Brad Brevet
Why You Shouldn’t Avoid Subtitled Movies
6 August 2009 3:39 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
It is a a sad, sad truth that most English-speaking movie-goers will not watch foreign (and therefore subtitled) movies. No matter the type of film… Regardless of actors, the director, or whatever - if it’s not in English and subtitles have to be read, the choice will usually be made to opt for something else that doesn’t require reading while watching a movie.
There are several weak reasons for this: The most basic reason is that one has to Actually Read (blasphemy!) in order to understand what’s going on. Then there’s the fact that (most) subtitles appear along the bottom of the screen and therefore takes some of a viewer’s concentration off the action that’s taking place. Finally, subtitles require more attention be paid to a movie that’s not in one’s native language (English).
But as a lover of all types of cinema, »
- Ross Miller
Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Blu-ray Disc Collection
19 June 2009 10:27 AM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
After Kadokawa already released a series of Akira Kurosawa’s films (Rashomon, Madadayo, Ran and The Quiet Duel) in a Blu-ray Disc Collection back in February, Toho Studio also decided to honour Japan’s probably most famous director with another collection bearing his name. The Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Blu-ray Disc Collection contains Seven Samurai, Kagemusha, Sanshiro Sugata, Sanjuro, Men Who Tread On The Tiger’s Tail, Sanshiro Sugata Part II and The Bad Sleep Well which are also available as single releases on October 23, 2009. Unfortunately Toho also decided to follow Kadokawa’s example and will not include English subtitles.
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- Ulrik
Director Rob Cohen To Get ‘Medieval’ On Our… Well… You Know
10 June 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
That headline literally called me up and begged to be used. Who am I not to oblige? “xXx” and “The Fast and the Furious” director Rob Cohen is finished working with Vin Diesel for the forseeable future. Cohen, who had been set to direct the gravelly-voiced actor in “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage,” has now backed out of the project, according to a report in Variety. Cohen has instead turned his attention to “Medieval,” a blockbuster action romp that the director describes as “‘The Maginificent Seven’ in the Middle Ages.”
Cohen will be working off of a script from Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, with New Regency financing/distributing the film through Fox and “Terminator Salvation” director McG serving in some sort of production role. Cohen studied anthropology and European history at Harvard, which is what sparked his interest in the project. The Variety report offers no story details, »
- Adam Rosenberg
Rob Cohen Ditches Vin Diesel For The Ghost Of Toshiro Mifune
10 June 2009 12:12 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Rob Cohen has decided to ditch Vin Diesel for the ghost of Toshirō Mifune. Variety says the director has abandoned his plans to direct a new, Vin Diesel starring XXX sequel titled XXX: The Return of Xander Cage in favor of something much, much cooler. He's taking The Seven Samurai to the world of knights and ladies in waiting. Actually, Cohen describes it as The Magnificent Seven in the Middle Ages which, if taken literally is sort of what The Seven Samurai already was. I'm going to assume by Middle Ages he means the Middle Ages in Europe rather than Japan and I'm also going to assume that he knows Magnificent Seven is a remake of The Seven Samurai and that it would make a lot more sense to base your movie on the original version rather than remaking a remake simply so you can name check a well-known ... »
Hiroyuki Nakano Returning To the Big Screen With Tajomaru! *Updated With Teaser!*
27 May 2009 11:04 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
[The first teaser for this one just arrived via the official website! Find it below the break!]
2009 is poised to be an excellent year for once-prominent, long absent Japanese directors returning to the big screen. We wrote about the imminent return of Blue Spring‘s Toshiaki Toyoda last week and now it seems that Samurai Fiction helmer Hiroyuki Nakano is ready to return as well. Nakano won fans the world over with Samurai Fiction - a film that honors the traditions of samurai film while simultaneously updating them - a film that would eventually be ‘borrowed’ from quite liberally by Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill but he has been quiet for quite some time. Samurai Fiction launched his Sf Project series that also yielded feature film Stereo Future - also excellent - a short film collection titled simply Short Films and a photo book titled Sweet Female. At the peak of this run it seemed Nakano could do no wrong but then he did, his ninja film »
- Todd Brown
[DVD Review] A Bug's Life
23 May 2009 8:13 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
If it wasn’t for Cars, A Bug’s Life would probably get the most votes on the subject of Pixar’s weakest film. I can see why, given its lack of impressive motion sequences and the heartrending drama usually found in Pixar films. A Bug’s Life is much simpler, with a premise borrowed from Seven Samurai and a slapstick sense of humor like that of an old-timey Disney cartoon.
This, however, is an observation that can only be made now, after they’ve rolled out one great film after another. Coming out of the breakout success of Toy Story at the time—as the filmmakers will tell you in the special features—A Bug’s Life was a test to prove that Pixar wasn’t a one-hit-wonder company. That feeling seeped into the film: the main ant, Flik, is an inventor who is shunned because he keeps trying »
- Arya Ponto
Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha' Destined for Criterion Blu-ray
17 May 2009 12:37 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
A scene from Kagemusha
Photo: Criterion Collection Back at the end of March it was sadly announced Akira Kurosawa's Ran would not be able to be release on Criterion Blu-ray due to some sort of a rights issue. This meant Criterion's only May Blu-ray release would be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which -- if you read my review -- was fine with me, but I am more interested in old classics rather than the new ones from Criterion and it now appears a Kurosawa gem is taking the place of Ran, with a much better selection if you ask me. A scene from Kagemusha
Photo: Criterion Collection While I am sure most people would rather see Yojimbo, Rashomon, Ikiru or Seven Samurai as the first Criterion Blu-ray, the just announced August 18 release of Kagemusha is fine by me. A scene from Kagemusha
Photo: Criterion Collection Just look »
- Brad Brevet
San Francisco to get smashed by Godzilla & The Monsters Of Mass Destruction
11 May 2009 10:25 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Fangoria #1 cover boy honored at Japanese Monster Film Festival in San Francisco to Celebrate the Man Who Played Godzilla!
Stomping into San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre this summer, Godzilla & The Monsters Of Mass Destruction, is a weekend celebration of Japan’s monster cinema, featuring ten classic films, presented in glorious 35mm, from the producers of the annual Shock It To Me! Horror Film Festival. Our special guest will be in the man in the Godzilla suit himself, Haruo Nakajima.
Starting his film career in the late 1940s, Mr. Nakajima appeared as one of the bandits in Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954). After volunteering for the first Japanese fire stunt in the war film Eagle of the Pacific (1953), the team making Godzilla (1954) knew that he was the man for the job. From 1954 through 1972, Mr. Nakajima played Godzilla and various monsters on screen and television.
Mr. Nakajima will be in attendance throughout »
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