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Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios at Moma
11 June 2013 9:00 PM, PDT | Village Voice | See recent Village Voice news »
It's been more than half a century since he last made a movie, and still we keep coming back to Allan Dwan. Fifty years was also the span of his working life, from 1911–1961, and it's in Dwan's epochal directing career that we find a unlikely connecting hub for Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Shirley Temple, and John Wayne, among many others. Any given batch of Dwan films affords the invigorating if decidedly nostalgic privilege of seeing how the movie medium invented itself. To signify the scope of his endurance, Moma's monthlong retrospective derives its title from a new book by Frederic Lombardi, Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios.
A purveyor of generally unpretentious entertainments, Dwan never really had name recognition. "Dwan »
Film review: A big hand for Downey Jr, but this Iron Man 3 lacks dramatic mettle
25 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT | The Independent | See recent The Independent news »
Iron Man 3 shows up both the glories and the extreme limitations of the superhero summer blockbuster genre. Director Shane Black and his British co-writer Drew Pearce work tremendously hard to bring humour, irony and complexity to their screenplay, even if they are defeated by the sheer superficiality of their source material. Robert Downey Jr is as appealing as ever as Tony Stark, the playboy/engineering genius, saving the world in his iron suit. The film serves up plenty of spectacle – explosions, chases and brilliantly choreographed feats of acrobatics in which Downey leaps hither and thither like an iron-clad Douglas Fairbanks. As in The Dark Knight Rises, in which Tom Hardy's Bane terrified America, there is again a very menacing villain (Ben Kingsley's The Mandarin), who seems like a mix of Nosferatu, Fu Manchu and Osama bin Laden. »
Leonard Nimoy, Terry Gilliam, Neil Gaiman, 'Goonies' added to EW CapeTown Festival
5 April 2013 6:30 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Leonard Nimoy, Terry Gilliam, Richard Donner, John Carpenter, Neil Gaiman and Edgar Wright are among the starry names that will bring universes of imagination together at the EW CapeTown Film Festival (April 30 – May 6) in Los Angeles, the editors of Entertainment Weekly announced Friday.
Those guests, along with the previously announced appearance by Kurt Russell and the anniversary screenings of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, represent a powerful line-up for the inaugural CapeTown festival, which shares its name with EW.com’s recently launched hub for sci-fi and fantasy coverage.
CapeTown has covered the news in pop culture »
- EW staff
102-Year-Old Former Movie Extra to Attend Author Slide's Lecture About Hollywood Extras, Bit Players and Stand-Ins
4 April 2013 12:39 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Author Slide to discuss the history of Hollywood extras at historical Lasky-DeMille Barn Film historian Anthony Slide, author of dozens of books on Hollywood history, will be discussing his most recent work, Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players and Stand-Ins, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, located at a Hollywood historical landmark: the Lasky-DeMille Barn, right across the street from the Hollywood Bowl. (Check out: "The History of Hollywood Extras, Bit Players and Stand-Ins: Interview with Author and Film Historian Anthony Slide.") Pictured Above are Olivia de Havilland and her The Charge of the Light Brigade stand-in, Ann Robinson, circa 1936. As per the Barn's press release, "Mr. Slide will discuss the lives and work of extras, including the harsh conditions, sexual harassment, scandals and tragedies." Besides, he'll also talk about Central Casting and the Hollywood Studio Club, the residence of a number of up-and-coming actresses, »
- Andre Soares
The Best Movies of Everybody's (Second) Favorite Year: From Caligari to Pollyanna
1 April 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
In Robert Wiene’s 1920 dreamlike horror classic, veteran German actor Werner Krauss plays the mysterious Dr. Caligari, the apparent force behind a creepy somnambulist named Cesare and played by Conrad Veidt, who abducts beautiful Lil Dagover. The finale in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari has inspired tons of movies and television shows, from Fritz Lang's 1944 film noir The Woman in the Window to the last episode of the TV series St. Elsewhere. In addition, the film shares some key elements in common (suppposedly as a result of a mere coincidence) with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's 2011 thriller Shutter Island. The 1920 crime melodrama Outside the Law is not in any way related to Rachid Bouchareb's 2010 political drama. Instead, the Tod Browning-directed movie is a well-made entry in the gangster genre (long before the explosion a decade later). Browning, best known for his early '30s efforts Dracula and Freaks, »
- Andre Soares
Top Movies of the Teens
26 March 2013 7:33 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Everybody's favorite movie decade: Which ones are the best movies released in the 20th century's second decade? Best Film (Pictured above) Broken Blossoms: Barthelmess and Gish star as ill-fated lovers in D.W. Griffith’s romantic melodrama featuring interethnic love. Check These Out (Pictured below) Cabiria: is considered one of the major landmarks in motion picture history, having inspired the scope and visual grandeur of D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance. Also of note, Pastrone's epic of ancient Rome introduced Maciste, a bulky hero who would be featured in countless movies in the ensuing decades. Best Actor (Pictured below) In the tragic The Italian, George Beban plays an Italian immigrant recently arrived in the United States (Click below for film review). Unfortunately, his American dream quickly becomes a horrendous nightmare of poverty and despair. Best Actress (Pictured below) The movies' super-vamp Theda Bara in A Fool There Was: A little »
- Andre Soares
"Thief of Bagdad" Snags an Unnecessary HD Conversion
14 March 2013 8:38 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Most of my inner cinephile rejoices at any film distributor who takes it upon themselves to make the effort to track down prints of classic films to give them an HD conversion and help them survive the transition into an increasingly digital world. That said, most of the newly announced Cohen library of classic and contemporary films will go a long way towards making it a reputable distributor of an ilk similar to Criterion Collection, but part of the challenge inherent in that task is recognizing when a film's print doesn't warrant the Blu-ray format due to such low abysmal quality, like with The Thief of Bagdad. A classic adventure epic from the silent era with Douglas Fairbanks as its lead, The Thief of Bagdad is an entertaining film with a story strong enough to keep audiences watching despite the lack of spoken dialogue, unfortunately, it's seen far better days »
- Lex Walker
'Zorro' Rights Challenged as Invalid and Fraudulent
14 March 2013 8:29 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
For nearly a century, the masked outlaw Zorro has been a popular character who in books and films has been featured defending against tyrannical villains who seek to oppress the masses. Zorro has been played by Douglas Fairbanks, Antonio Banderas and others. Next year, 20th Century Fox is scheduled to release Zorro Reborn, starring Gael Garcia Bernal. But now comes a big attempt to free Zorro from any intellectual property grip. On Wednesday, a lawsuit was filed that asserts that Zorro is in the public domain, that trademarks on the character should be canceled and that the company currently professing
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- Eriq Gardner
Emerald City Comicon Exclusive: Day 1
8 March 2013 1:02 PM, PST | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Welcome To The Emerald City Comicon!
While it’s no San Diego Comicon, maybe that’s a good thing. This past weekend, from March 1st to 3rd, Seattle hosted the 11th annual Emerald City Comicon, an event that has ballooned in size to an almost unwieldy horde of nerds, freaks, geeks and cool kids. On the strength of its celebrity guests and its massive hall of comic book writers and artists, with a heavy bent on the independent scene, for one weekend, the Con takes over downtown Seattle.
For awhile now, it’s been clear that the Con is not just for the periphery, for those that toil in their parents’ basement subsisting on Mountain Dew and WoW (though they’re welcome). The Con has become mainstream, for better and worse, and is a family event that appeals to nigh every demographic.
This year, after two years volunteering behind (and »
- Andy Greene
Incredible Mr Goodwin: 'Life or death makes people sit up and listen'
6 March 2013 8:32 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
It's not everyday that I end an interview by watching the interviewee munching on a smashed-up lightbulb. But Jonathan Goodwin, the star of Watch's new daredevil TV series, isn't an ordinary man. He's brave, incredibly skilled and also possibly slightly crazy.
On his new TV show The Incredible Mr Goodwin, Jonathan will perform stunts that include putting a live scorpion in his mouth while handcuffed, testing his reflexes on a bear trap that would snap off his arm, dangling off buildings with only two fingers and hanging off a helicopter by only his toes. So you probably see what we mean by "slightly crazy".
"I've never really had a proper job. I started when I was seven. It's been part of my life for a very long time," says Goodwin.
"My dad gifted me a book about Harry Houdini when I was seven and I just become obsessed. I was fascinated by it. »
Blu-ray Review: Awe-Inspiring ‘The Thief of Bagdad’ Gets Superior Release
1 March 2013 12:32 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Audiences cry for many reasons other than sadness. They cry tears of joy, of amusement, of recognition…and of awe. When an artist manages to pull off a groundbreaking technical achievement never before brought to the big screen (or the stage, for that matter), it can elicit a response of overwhelming astonishment. Of course, in the age of digital overkill, such reactions are as rare as original scripts.
Watching Cohen Media Group’s unmissable Blu-ray release of Raoul Walsh’s 1924 masterpiece, “The Thief of Bagdad,” was an experience akin to witnessing the Broadway production of Julie Taymor’s “The Lion King” (which I was lucky enough to catch on a high school trip). The ingenious props and fluid choreography that allowed towering animals to suddenly materialize onstage during the opening “Circle of Life” number caused me to bawl out of sheer exhilaration, and the final, incredible moments of Walsh »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Bruce Willis hints at return to theatre
1 March 2013 5:42 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Die Hard star last appeared in a stage play in 1984, but says theatre 'seems like a more reasonable job, more manageable'
Yippee ki-yay, theatregoers: Bruce Willis has hinted that he's in the market for a return to the stage.
It's been close to 30 years since the 57-year-old Die Hard star last took on a stage role, but before he broke into Hollywood, Willis spent the best part of a decade working in theatre.
In 1977, aged 22, Willis secured his first professional role in an off-Broadway play called Heaven and Earth, having previously played Brick in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof while still a student. He then spent several years working off-Broadway, four of them as the lead in Dennis Watlington's play Bullpen, before replacing Ed Harris as male lead in Sam Shepard's classic Fool for Love at the Douglas Fairbanks theatre.
That was in 1984 and, »
- Matt Trueman
Blu-ray, DVD Release: The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
4 February 2013 6:55 AM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 19, 2013
Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $24.98
Studio: Cohen Media/Entertainment One
Fantasy takes flight in 1924's The Thief of Bagdad.
Raoul Walsh’s 1924 film The Thief of Bagdad, a dazzling Arabian Nights adventure fantasy starring Douglas Fairbanks and set in the city of Bagdad, remains one of the most imaginative of all silent movies.
The classic film’s fantastical family-friendly story finds Fairbanks portraying the titular recalcitrant thief Ahmed who vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler (Sôjin) for the hand of a beautiful princess (Julanne Johnston).
Filled with Fairbanks’ acrobatic and energetic stuntwork, elaborate and lush settings, and backgrounds and massive sets by William Cameron Menzies (who would later design Gone with the Wind), The Thief of Bagdad was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Further, the American Film Institute’s 2008 poll of the creative community ranked the movie among the »
- Laurence
Julia Stiles To Star In Mary Pickford biopic – The First!
1 February 2013 12:16 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
As you already see from our title – Julia Stiles is set to star in an upcoming Mary Pickford biopic The First, which comes from director Jennifer DeLia. Stiles will join previously announced Lily Rabe, Michael Pitt and Ryan Simpkins, and accodring to the latest reports – she will come on board to play Frances Marion, one of the top screenwriters during the early 20th Century!
So, at this moment we know that Jennifer DeLia will direct The First from Josh Fagin‘s script which is based on Eileen Whitfield‘s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood which will tell us the story of a woman so ahead of her time who was living one of the most romantic love stories of all time.
As for the above mentioed cast – Lily Rabe is already set to play Pickford, while Michael Pitt is set to play Owen Moore.
When it comes to »
- Jeanne Standal
Julia Stiles Joins Jennifer DeLia's Mary Pickford Biopic 'The First' to Play Oscar Winner Frances Marion
1 February 2013 10:36 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Julia Stiles, who re-emerged with a great supporting turn in "Silver Linings Playbook," has signed on to play screenwriter Frances Marion--the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay--in Jennifer DeLia's "The First," based on Eileen Whitfield's biography on Mary Pickford, "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood." Marion's Oscar was for "The Big House" in 1930. Pickford was muse to Marion during their collaborations, including “Rebecca from Sunnybrook Farm” and “Poor Little Rich Girl.” Other characters in the film will include Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Lillian Gish. Lily Rabe is set to play Pickford, and "Boardwalk Empire"'s Michael Pitt is set to play Owen Moore. Julie Pacino is producing with Said Zahraoui and Dominick Fairbanks; she'll shopping the film at Berlin with Poverty Row's Billy Bates. Last November DeLia told Indiewire, "I didn't »
- Sophia Savage
Julia Stiles cast as Frances Marion in Mary Pickford biopic The First
31 January 2013 11:24 PM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Julia Stiles has landed a role in The First.
The Bourne Identity and Silver Linings Playbook actress will portray iconic screenwriter Frances Marion in the Mary Pickford biopic, Poverty Row Entertainment has confirmed.
© Pa Images
[Julia Stiles at the 24th annual Producers Guild of America Awards]
Marion was one of Pickford's frequent collaborators and became the first woman in history to win an Oscar in 1930, taking the 'Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)' award for The Big House.
She later won the 'Best Story' Oscar in 1932 for The Champ.
The First is based on the Eileen Whitfield biography entitled Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood, and is directed by Jennifer DeLia (Billy Bates).
© Rex Features / Everett Collection
[Frances Marion photographed in 1937]
"Julia is someone I could instantly envision in that era and within the world of Old Hollywood," said DeLia. "I've watched her work since I was a kid in the mid '90s when she was emerging as a very cool and very talented actress. »
4 Iconic Cinematic Heroes Who Need To Return Immediately
9 January 2013 2:23 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
What do Batman, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes and The Doctor have in common? They have all been successfully reinvented in the last 7 years for a new generation to a great success. They have all retained the true spirit of the characters and the source materials with enough clever deviations to be unique, but they have (mostly) had something to say about the world we live in now.
Daniel Craig, Christian Bale, Robert Downey Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith are idolised by children and fans the world over for reinvigorating beloved franchises that had been left for dead and no longer reflected the thoughts and feelings of their audiences. With three of the above having grossed at least a billion dollars over numerous films, and the others having assured ratings-mainstays across British Television and making the BBC a fortune in merchandise and overseas sales, it will »
- Oscar Harding
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