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Deborah Kerr: What Lies Beneath
22 May 2012 2:02 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity. With Deborah Kerr, it’s not the bare shoulders that matter. It’s the eyes. Deborah Kerr, who died at the age of 86 on Oct. 16, 2007, has usually been labeled the cinematic embodiment of the English Rose: ladylike from coiffure to pedicure, perfectly enunciated English, a distinctive coolness, poise and class. I won’t argue with that description (except to point out that this English Rose was born in Scotland), but all the same I wonder if any of those labelers have ever watched Deborah Kerr on screen other than the "Shall We Dance?" sequence in The King and I. Then there are those who have seen two Deborah Kerr scenes: "Shall We Dance?" and the kissing-on-the-beach bit in From Here to Eternity. Shocking! Who would have guessed that the cool, red-headed British lady could be so fiery? Well, anyone who has paid »
- Andre Soares
[Now Streaming] Your ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘The Raid,’ and ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ Alternatives
22 March 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Hunger Games, The Raid, and The Deep Blue Sea.
This week the hotly anticipated tale of Katniss Everdeen hits screens, and its only competition in theaters is an Indonesian action-extravaganza and a star-studded romance. If you want more action and tales of love and heartbreak, we’ve got you covered with some of the best titles Now Streaming.
Based on Suzanne Collins’s wildly popular Ya novel of a dystopian future, this teen-centered drama stars Jennifer Lawrence as a girl forced into a life or death battle on a nationally televised competition known as The Hunger Games. Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson co-star; Gary Ross directs.
For more tales of fierce heroines:
Winter’s Bone (2010) This gritty indie not only scored Jennifer Lawrence an Oscar nod, »
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George Cukor: Womens Director?
22 February 2012 3:38 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Known as a refined "women's director," George Cukor has had his considerable output either relegated to the sidelines or simply dismissed by those who like their directors macho and their films male-centered. Not helping matters is the general perception that Cukor was merely a hired hand for the likes of David O. Selznick at Rko and Louis B. Mayer at MGM, instead of an auteur following a clear professional path. Except, of course, for the (assumed) fact that he was a women's director — and we're back to square one. In truth, George Cukor was one of the most accomplished directors of the studio era. His movies may lack the wide vistas found in John Ford's Westerns, or those personal cinematic/thematic touches that make, say, an Alfred Hitchcock movie recognizably Hitchcockian. But that's because Cukor's camera was set up so audiences would forget it was there and thus be allowed to — or rather, »
- Andre Soares
Elia Kazan/Oscar Actors: James Dean, Marlon Brando
22 February 2012 3:00 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
James Dean, Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden Elia Kazan: Oscar Actors' Director Pt.1 Elia Kazan-directed movies: twenty-four acting nominations; nine wins. (s) supporting category. (*) Academy Award winner 1945 * James Dunn (s), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Additionally, Peggy Ann Garner won a Juvenile Oscar for her 1945 performances, including the one in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) 1947 Gregory Peck, Gentleman's Agreement Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman's Agreement * Celeste Holm (s), Gentleman's Agreement Anne Revere (s), Gentleman's Agreement 1949 Jeanne Crain, Pinky (co-directed with John Ford) Ethel Barrymore (s), Pinky Ethel Waters (s), Pinky 1951 Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire * Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire * Karl Malden (s), A Streetcar Named Desire * Kim Hunter (s), A Streetcar Named Desire 1952 Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata * Anthony Quinn (s), Viva Zapata 1954 * Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront Lee J. Cobb (s), On the Waterfront Karl Malden (s), On the Waterfront Rod Steiger (s), On the Waterfront »
- Andre Soares
Greer Garson, Joan Crawford: Deceased Honorary Oscar-less
17 February 2012 4:01 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson in William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver Honorary Oscars and Women Pt.2: Doris Day, Danielle Darrieux, Joan Fontaine, Maureen O'Hara On the list of film industry women who have yet to receive an Honorary Award, I did not include Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Glenda Jackson, Luise Rainer, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, and Jessica Lange because each of them has already won two acting awards. Barbara Kopple, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, for their part, have each already won two Oscars for, respectively, documentary feature, film editing, and screenwriting. Barbra Streisand, I should note, has also won two Oscars; the second one, however, was as co-composer (with Paul Williams) of the song "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born. Only someone like Elia Kazan — i.e., with friends in high Academy places — can have two Academy Award wins in a »
- Andre Soares
DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out George Cukor, John Huston, Vincente Minnelli
9 January 2012 7:14 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, A Letter to Three Wives DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards Pt.2: Foreign, Small, Controversial Movies Have Better Luck at the Oscars Since pre-1970 Directors Guild Award finalists often consisted of more than five directors, it was impossible to get an exact match for the DGA's and the Academy's lists of nominees. In the list below, the years before 1970 include DGA finalists (DGA) who didn't receive an Academy Award nod and, if applicable, those Academy Award-nominated directors (AMPAS) not found in the — usually much lengthier — DGA list. The label "DGA/AMPAS" means the directors in question received nominations for both the DGA Award and the Academy Award. The DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards list below goes from 1948 (the DGA Awards' first year) to 1952. Follow-up posts will cover the ensuing decades. The number in parentheses next to "DGA" indicates that year's number of DGA finalists if other than five. »
- Andre Soares
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