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Cannes 2012: The Americans take over, starting with Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom'
16 May 2012 11:59 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Look out, most prestigious and glamour-drenched international movie showcase/market in the world! The Americans have taken over the 65th Festival de Cannes. They have rolled out the big guns and the big talent — and no, I don’t mean that the festival has been anchored to the premiere of some e-ticket popcorn showpiece like Robin Hood or Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as happened in recent years. (This year, the token Hollywood vulgarity is Madagascar 3, which has so nothing to do with this festival that no one has to pretend.) The films with the featured slots, »
- Owen Gleiberman
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Singin’ in the Rain
14 May 2012 3:37 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 17, 2012
Price: Two-dvd $14.96, Blu-ray $19.98, Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo $84.99
Studio: Warner Home Video
Singin’ in the Rain didn’t win an Academy Award back when it was first released in theaters in 1952, but it still became one of the most loved musicals of all time. It’s the American Film Institute’s No. 1 Movie Musical. We’re glad to see the film get its Blu-ray debut for its 60th birthday. A gift for fans indeed.
The movie’s story is reminiscent of the 2012 Best Picture winner The Artist. Set in 1927 Hollywood, Singin’ in the Rain stars Gene Kelly (Cover Girl) as Don Lockwood, a silent movie star with Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen, The Shaggy Dog). When the talkies are introduced and Don and Lina’s film is changed into a musical, Don’s voice is perfect for the new medium, but Lina gets left behind. »
- Sam
Les Línkables
8 May 2012 12:33 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
TMZ life imitating art - Shawarma sales skyrocketing in La after The Avengers opening.
Coming Soon has a new photo from the set of Les Misérables. I'm choosing to interpret this set as an homage to Moulin Rouge!'s greatness
Acidemic would like you to know that 1933, not 1939 was the greatest year at the movies.
Playlist Maybe Edgar Wright is going to make that Ant-Man movie after all.
Antagony & Ecstacy looks back at Ang Lee's Hulk (2003) in the wake of the new green giant fever sweeping the nation. Really interesting piece.
In Contention Gene Kelly centennial tribute hosted by the Academy next week in La. Someone go and tell me all about it. We'll celebrate his centennial here in August (the actual month of his birth)
Movie|Line Jessica Chastain finally passes on a movie. Hee!
SuperPunch has photos of Wal-Mart's The Avengers set. I include this only because its rabidly sexist. »
- NATHANIEL R
Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist: Has the film establishment forgotten everything it once knew?
8 May 2012 12:35 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
It may be a little late in the day to review Michel Hazanvicius’ The Artist. The Oscar ceremony is forgotten and, if The Artist did well at the last Cannes Festival where it premiered, the next Cannes Festival is just around the corner. Winning Oscars may not amount to a ‘high-brow’ achievement but The Artist received the Best Film, the Best Director and the Best Actor awards. The Artist is apparently the most awarded French film in history – and considering that France once produced the best cinema in the world, that is impressive. But after all these achievements have been listed it may perhaps be worthwhile to study the film a little closely because, to me at least, it looks like the work of someone who might have flunked film school. But rather than make unsubstantiated assertions as in most film criticism today, it may be necessary to provide actual reasons for this. »
- MK Raghvendra
Academy to fete Gene Kelly with centennial tribute
7 May 2012 10:43 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The AMPAS is set to honor Gene Kelly, the icon of the golden age of the elaborate Hollywood musical, in a two-night celebration hosted by his widow, Patricia Ward Kelly. The event will feature film clips, personal remembrances and a look at the radical impact Kelly had on the way dance was filmed. Kelly's on-screen presence as a singer/dancer and behind-the-scenes work as a director and choreographer altered how musical numbers were conceived and executed both in his day and beyond. He is remembered for his indelible self-directed performances in films such as "An American in Paris" and "Singin’ in the »
- Roth Cornet
The Matter of Design
4 May 2012 1:57 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Above: The Penn Station set for The Clock.
"Loving evaluation of texture, the screen being filled as a window is dressed in a swank department store." —Orson Welles
If we accept Raymond Durgnat's theory that in cinema, landscape is the equation of the state of the soul and architecture constitutes an X-ray photograph of the heroes'1, then Minnelli's films, especially musicals and melodramas, can be described as full-color X-ray photography of the inner universe of his characters, with a particular interest in artists, daydreamers, painters and dancers.
Minnelli's films generally happen in strange places. In his musicals the absence of modern urban life (unlike Stanley Donen, for instance) is noticeable. The real is recreated by studio-manufactured settings, where also the unreal, the fantasy, takes place. Minnelli's films are the encounter of two worlds, two parallel lines, which in reality never happen to cross each other. Although it is true that »
10 Best Bad Movies for Gay Summer Viewing
3 May 2012 12:05 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Once upon a time I wrote a column called "Bad Movies We Love," and I feel close enough to you to admit that -- actually? -- I don't love bad movies. I would rather watch something good, weirdly. I'm sensitive when it comes to reserving time for woefully bad cinema, and that's why I want to help kick off your summer with the essential gay stinkbombs. Summer is the best time to gather your friends at 11 a.m. on a Saturday, gather around the thespian sorcery of Elizabeth Berkley, and cry, cry, and laugh until you're whole. Let's celebrate the worst of the best of the worst!
10. Chastity
Though not as renowned a misfire as the later totems on my list, Chastity is one of the weirdest film debuts ever -- particularly for a splashy firebrand like Cher -- and therefore it's essential viewing. More than a full decade before »
- virtel
Screen Legend Danielle Darrieux Turns 95
2 May 2012 10:42 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Danielle Darrieux, La Ronde Screen legend Danielle Darrieux turned 95 yesterday, May 1. The Bordeaux-born (1917) Darrieux probably has had the longest "film-star" career ever: eight decades, from Wilhelm Thiele’s Le Bal (1931) to Denys Granier-Deferre’s Pièce montée / The Wedding Cake (2010). Absurdly, despite a prestigious career consisting of more than 100 films, Darrieux has never won an Honorary Oscar — but then again, very few women have. However, she did receive an Honorary César back in 1985. Additionally, Darrieux, along with her fellow 8 femmes / 8 Women co-stars, shared Best Actress honors at the European Film Awards and the Berlin Film Festival. Danielle Darrieux has been directed by many of the world’s top filmmakers, among them Max Ophüls (La Ronde, The Earrings of Madame de…, Le Plaisir), Billy Wilder (Mauvaise graine), François Ozon (the aforementioned 8 Women), Anatole Litvak (Mayerling), and Henri Decoin (Beating Heart, Her First Affair, The Case of Poisons). Also: Claude Autant-Lara (Occupe-toi d’Amelie, »
- Andre Soares
News Nuggets: Louis C.K., Bjork win Webby Awards
2 May 2012 1:16 PM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Louis C.K., Bjork among Webby Award winners: "Comedian Louis C.K. picked up the top honor, person of the year, from the Webby Awards on Tuesday, while social networking newcomers Pinterest, Spotify and Instagram were singled out for being Internet innovators ... Icelandic singer Bjork was named artist of the year for her multimedia 'app album,' 'Biophilia,' while actress Juliette Lewis and comedian Graydon Sheppard were singled out for their original Youtube series 'Sh*t Girls Say,' which became a viral phenomenon last December, generating 16.2 million views." Reuters Motion Picture Academy celebrates Gene Kelly centennial: "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a two-night celebration of the life and career of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Film clips, personal remembrances and an exploration of the technology Kelly used to change the look of dance »
Gene Kelly To Be Honoured By Oscars Bosses On 100th Birthday
2 May 2012 1:01 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Late dancer/actor Gene Kelly is to be posthumously honoured on what would have been his 100th birthday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Officials will present a two-night celebration of the Singin' in the Rain star's life and career on 17 and 18 May in Hollywood.
Kelly's widow, film historian Patricia Ward Kelly, will host both events. »
Academy To Fete Gene Kelly With Centennial Tribute
1 May 2012 2:23 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Gene Kelly in Summer Stock, 1950. credit: Courtesy of AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a two-night celebration of the life and career of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Film clips, personal remembrances and an exploration of the technology Kelly used to change the look of dance on film will be featured on consecutive evenings: Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, and Friday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Both programs will be hosted by Kelly.s widow, film historian Patricia Ward Kelly.
Kelly is perhaps best known for his remarkable dancing, but his talents extended to many different aspects of filmmaking. His work behind the camera, as an innovative director and choreographer, has had a lasting influence on the way that dance is filmed. »
- Michelle McCue
The Raid: Redemption Movie Review
25 April 2012 10:51 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
With some movies, the title pretty much says it all, and this is most definitely the case with The Raid: Redemption.
Set in the drab slums of an Indonesian tenement, the film follows a Swat team in their harrowing attempt to arrest a drug kingpin and his associates who occupy one of the upper floors. Filled with psychotic drug attics and a seemingly endless supply of “soldiers”, all of whom seem fairly well-versed in martial arts, the Swat team quickly finds themselves in the thick of an urban war zone. As they ascend their way up the hellish nightmare, the situation deteriorates and as the body count rises, the team’s numbers rapidly dwindle.
To spice things up, the film’s plot throws a few wrenches into the equation. There are unexpected revelations about the connection between one of the Swat team members, Rama (Iko Uwais, who effectively serves as »
- Christopher Lominac
Our Top Ten Rain Scenes - Which Is Your Favourite?
25 April 2012 6:08 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
To thank April for its annual showers and celebrate this, the wettest day of the year that will bring us a whole month’s worth of rain, we thought it only fitting to bring you the top ten rain scenes in film.
Here’s a taste of what’s to come to whet – or wet – your appetite. We’ve got Gene Kelly swinging round lampposts declaring the obvious; the slightly creepy upside-down kiss between Kirsten Dunst and a man who shoots webs out of his hands; and the torrential downpour at the end of Shawshank Redemption’s dramatic escape scene that gave Tim Robbins a much-needed, post-sewer, wash.
Are we missing your favourite? Let us know in the Comments below...
But for now (with a big thanks to Lovefilm for compiling the most-popular poll), here's, arguably, the top ten. So put the kettle on, slip on the old slipper socks, »
- The Huffington Post UK
Lord Of The Rings Battle Named Top Rain Scene
18 April 2012 3:11 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
A spectacular battle in The Lord Of The Rings sequel has been hailed as the best rain scene in movie history.
The brutal clash at Helms Deep in 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is one of the fantasy series' standout set pieces, and has come out on top of the poll by U.K DVD rental firm LoveFilm.
The ending of Blade Runner, which features Rutger Hauer's soaking wet character delivering a moving monologue, was in second place, and The Shawshank Redemption's rain-lashed climax came third.
Gene Kelly's toe-tapping dance in Singin' in the Rain twirled into fourth place, with the fearsome fight scene in Matrix Revolutions rounding out the top five. Other notable entries include Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell's kiss in Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Tobey Maguire's upside down smooch in Spider-Man. »
Tsr Exclusive: ‘Damsels in Distress’ interview with actress Greta Gerwig
17 April 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
With a start in independent films like Nights and Weekends with “mumblecore” director Joe Swanberg, actress Greta Gerwig has recently expanded her quirky prowess to larger films, both from the independent and Hollywood scene. Recently, she played Russell Brand’s on-screen love interest in Arthur, playing the part once made famous by Liza Minnelli. Now, she’s in Damsels in Distress, the latest movie from Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco filmmaker Whit Stillman.
In the vibrant comedy Damsels, Gerwig plays a college student named Violet, an eccentric character with an unusual circle of friends. As tap dance-loving Violet falls into a “downward spiral,” her group of friends incorporate a new student (played by Crazy Stupid Love’s Analeigh Tipton) into their deadpan world of boys, suicide prevention centers, and the “Sambola.”
I sat down with Gerwig to talk about her unique character, the difference between working on a »
- Nick Allen
Wamg At The 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
16 April 2012 2:08 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
There’s truly no place quite like Hollywood. For the third straight year, the TCM Classic Film Festival was staged in the historic center of the world’s film industry. The event once again united a great community of film fans. The 2012 event celebrated style in the movies, from fashion to architecture and everything in between and lined up great films, terrific guests and many special events.
There were so many classic films to choose from over the 4-day festival, it was nearly impossible to decide what to see! Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend.
Auntie Mame (1958) .
Fantastically restored, and screened at the legendary Egyptian Theater, this Rosalind Russell classic was easily a fan fave at the festival. Even at 9am on a Saturday morning, the house was packed. The screening was hosted by two-time Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholar Cari Beauchamp, »
- Melissa Thompson
TCM Classic Film Festival 2012
14 April 2012 3:22 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"Style in the Movies" is the central theme of this year's TCM Classic Film Festival, opening tonight in Los Angeles with the world premiere of the new restoration of Cabaret (1972) and running through the weekend. For the AP, Lynn Elber calls up Liza Minnelli, who'll be there with Joel Grey and, if he can make it, Michael York: "Minnelli, whose turn as cabaret singer Sally Bowles captured a best actress Academy Award and cemented her young stardom, said making Cabaret was a joyful 'secret,' filmed in Munich and far away from meddling Los Angeles studio bosses. Director Bob Fosse 'got away with murder. We all did,' Minnelli said… 'We'd take chances, and the studio would send notes like, "Too cloudy. It will break up on drive-in (screens)." Fosse would read that out loud, tear it up and throw it over his shoulder — in front of the whole cast and crew. »
Robert Osborne Discusses the TCM Film Festival and Why You Must See Movies On the Big Screen
12 April 2012 10:34 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The third edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival kicks off today in Hollywood with a lineup sure to make savants of historical cinematic achievements drool, with new restorations ranging from "Cabaret" to "Rio Bravo." Film historian Robert Osborne has hosted the four-day event from the start. He got on the phone with Indiewire yesterday to discuss the current lineup as well as the appeal of watching movies on the big screen in an age where home viewing has threatened to destroy the theatrical experience. What do you consider to be the highlights of this year's festival? I think the answer is each to his own. But I'm very excited to see Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in "Cover Girl" on the big screen. "How the West Was Won" hasn't been seen in Cinerama in many years. I'm excited about Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and "Thief of Baghdad" with a live orchestra. »
- Eric Kohn
Reynolds: 'The Artist Borrowed From Singin' In The Rain'
12 April 2012 5:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds is convinced The Artist borrowed heavily from her hit movie Singin' In The Rain but failed to live up to the 1952 film's high standards.
The black and white silent movie ruled the 2012 Academy Awards in February, winning five trophies including Best Picture and Best Actor for its lead Jean Dujardin.
The movie was based around a silent movie star who fell on hard times after the introduction of sound and drew comparisons to the story of Singin' In The Rain, which featured Gene Kelly in a very similar role.
Reynolds, who starred alongside Kelly and Donald O'Connor in the popular musical, has now spoken out about the similarities between the two pictures, insisting she enjoyed The Artist but felt it failed to shine in the same way as Singin' In The Rain.
She tells the New York Post, "I thought The Artist was a very good film, with talented personalities. But while they took the basic premise of Singin' in the Rain, it's not in colour, and it doesn't have Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. And its musical numbers aren't as good...
"When we made the picture, nobody had the slightest idea that it would someday be listed among the greatest films of all time. We just thought it was a big, splashy MGM musical."
Unlike The Artist, Singin' In The Rain failed to win a single Oscar, but it was named fifth in the American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. »
Hollywood legends: the TCM Classic Film Festival
11 April 2012 4:28 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
At this Los Angeles film festival, movie buffs wallow unashamedly in nostalgia and the golden era of Hollywood, and get to meet the odd star of the classic films being screened
Hollywood Boulevard was closed to traffic and the crowds were gathering outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre to spot the stars – Peter O'Toole, Tippi Hedren and Mickey Rooney among them – as they walked the red carpet and filed past hundreds of famous foot and handprints for the premiere of Gene Kelly's 1951 film, An American in Paris. Fans cheer and cameras flash.
At the TCM Classic Film Festival stars from yesteryear rub shoulders with paying guests who made their way past the pair of giant Chinese Ming Heavens dogs guarding the main entrance of the 85-year-old picture palace.
Home to the biggest film premieres in Hollywood since 1927, the theatre interior rises 90 feet to a bronze roof, two coral red columns sitting »
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