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Scavengers starring Sean Patrick Flannery goes to Splendid Film
22 May 2012 4:53 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
The science fiction action thriller Scavengers, produced by California Pictures and starring Sean Patrick Flannery, has sold to Splendid Film who will distribute in German-speaking territories, reports Variety. The deal was made at the Cannes Film Festival, where Scavengers trailer made its debut. The Travis Zariwny pic is in post-production phase and also stars Jeremy London and Roark Critchlow. Story tells of two competing space crews who try obtain a superior technology called the "Chaos Generator" that threatens to disturb the balance of the universe. California Pictures, found in 1944 by Howard Hughes and director Preston Sturges, produced and distributed 2011 »
Interview: Bobcat Goldthwait Shoots Idiocy in the Face in ‘God Bless America’
7 May 2012 6:23 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Embarrassments both mortifying and tragic are viewed through a cathartically hilarious and disarmingly humanistic lens in the cinema of Bobcat Goldthwait. Over the last decade, the “Police Academy” star has emerged as one of the most gifted cinematic satirists in America. His comedic targets are often audaciously provocative and there’s always a wealth of sincerity within the snark.
His jaw-dropping 2003 farce “Windy City Heat” allegedly duped a talentless actor Perry Caravello into unknowingly joining a phony production that promised instant stardom. 2006’s “Sleeping Dogs Lie” charted the downward spiral of a young woman’s personal life after she came clean about her dappling in bestiality, while 2008’s “World’s Greatest Dad” featured a career-best performance from Robin Williams as a father who took advantage of a sudden tragedy to make a last-ditch attempt at happiness.
Goldthwait’s latest film is “God Bless America,” a brutally scathing indictment of America’s increasingly vapid culture. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Goodbye First Love – review
5 May 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Mia Hansen-Løve proves that less is more in a beautifully observed tale of a student's romantic entanglements
The critic and columnist Alan Brien once told me about a friend consulting him about an autobiography he'd been asked to write. It was the mid-1950s when angry young men were all the rage, the friend was about 30 and clearly the publishers expected him to deliver something socially significant. "In 1939," he asked, referring to his sixth-form days, "whom should I have been reading and what should I have been thinking?" Somewhat mischievously Brien suggested he should have discovered Orwell, become disillusioned with Auden and Isherwood, had a sceptical approach to the Popular Front but a high regard for John Strachey, and so on. When I checked out the eventual book these were precisely the attitudes expressed, though whether these aspects of the author's intellectual development all came from Brien's tuition I can't be sure. »
- Philip French
Damsels in Distress | Review
3 May 2012 7:00 PM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Whit Stillman Writer: Whit Stillman Starring: Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Carrie MacLemore, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf, Adam Brody, Billy Magnussen, Jermaine Crawford, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Zach Woods, Domenico D'Ippolito, Nick Blaemire, Aubrey Plaza, Hugo Becker, Meredith Hagner It should say something to us that Seven Oaks College utilizes the Roman alphabet rather than the more commonly accepted Greek alphabet in the naming of their sorority and fraternity houses, as this references the Romans' propensity for crude decadence over the Greeks' philosophical pursuits. Propagated by doofi (the plural of doofus), the fraternities of Seven Oaks have de-evolved into a state of idiocracy; the situation is so grim that two male characters do not even know the names of the basic colors. (Did writer-director Whit Stillman's name of one of these dimwits Thor [Billy Magnussen] as a reference to the Norse god or the Avenger?) We can only assume that this fictional New »
- Don Simpson
Wayne White, 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse' Artist, On 'Beauty Is Embarrassing'
2 May 2012 9:14 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
From the characters on "Pee-wee's Playhouse" to the imagery in videos for Peter Gabriel and The Smashing Pumpkins, Wayne White may be the most-followed career that you didn't know you were following.
These days, his hilarious and subversive paintings have launched an entirely new side to his career. In Toronto to promote the documentary about his artwork and fascinating life -- "Beauty Is Embarrassing" -- Moviefone caught up with White to talk about his incredible past. Director Neil Berkeley was also on-hand to discuss why the world has finally caught on to his genius.
Wayne White wears a lot of hats -- cartoonist, painter, puppeteer -- so what part of his career did you choose to latch onto?
Neil Berkeley: The "Pee-wee" thing is really what kicked it off for me. I had seen every episode and grew up on that show ["Pee-wee's Playhouse"]. Everything he had done was directed at me and my friends. »
- Moviefone Canada
100 Facts on Universal Pictures' 100th Birthday
30 April 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Today marks the 100th birthday of Universal Pictures and to celebrate the studio has released a list of 100 facts based on its first 100 years in existence. I have placed in bold some of the ones I found interesting as well as offered a selection of photo and video accompaniments here and there. 1. Universal Film Manufacturing Company was officially incorporated in New York on April 30, 1912. Company legend says Carl Laemmle was inspired to name his company Universal after seeing "Universal Pipe Fittings" written on a passing delivery wagon. 2. The only physical damage made during the filming of National Lampoon's Animal House was when John Belushi made a hole in the wall with a guitar. The actual Sigma Nu fraternity house (which subbed for the fictitious Delta House) never repaired it, and instead framed the hole in honor of the film. 3. The working title for Et: The Extra Terrestrial was "A Boy's Life. »
- Brad Brevet
Review: Damsels in Distress
28 April 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
When I was in college, I fell in love, deeply and intensely ... with Thirties screwball comedies, with quirky indie comedies, with Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges and Bill Forsyth and I can't remember who-all else. I didn't get to Whit Stillman and Metropolitan until graduate school, but I really liked that movie too.
And while I was watching Stillman's latest movie, Damsels in Distress, all I could think of was how much I would have adored this film when I was in college. I liked it very much now, but the super-quirkiness, the obvious homages to Sturges comedies and Astaire/Rogers musicals would have overcome my then-infatuated self. The powers of scents to destroy or heal! A character named Fred Packenstacker, and another who calls himself Freak Astaire! Four women with distinctive personalities who are interested in men only as part of their mission to make the world a better place! »
- Jette Kernion
Cusack: Hollywood Doesn't Make Good Rom-Coms Anymore
26 April 2012 4:32 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
In “The Raven,” which opens nationwide on April 27, John Cusack stars as a fictionalized version of Edgar Allan Poe. And in this big-screen extravaganza, directed by James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”), Poe isn’t just the famous – and famously sozzled – author of “The Raven” and “The Telltale Heart”; he’s also a surprisingly spry action hero, recruited by the police to help solve a series of grisly murders based on his own stories.
Last weekend, Cusack, a newly minted Hollywood Walk of Famer, and his close friend Mark Leyner, author of "The Sugar Frosted Nutsack," appeared at the La Times Festival of Books to talk about Poe, his legacy, the new movie, and the artistic imperative – felt by writers and actors alike – to brave the darkness in order to tell great stories. He also offers some insight into why he hasn't starred in a romantic comedy for a while. Here »
- Michael Hogan
5 Things You May Not Know About Douglas Sirk's 'Imitation Of Life,' 53 Years Since Since It Was First Released
17 April 2012 7:02 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The Oscar-winning success of last year's "The Help" was a throwback in many ways, principally to the socially-conscious melodramas of Stanley Kramer, like "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." Another comparison point that came up frequently in reviews of Tate Taylor's film was "Imitation Of Life," the 1959 film by director Douglas Sirk, but it's scarcely fair: over fifty years on, Sirk's picture stands head and shoulders above virtually every other melodrama.
The story follows widow and aspiring actress Lora (Lana Turner), whose daughter Susie goes missing at the beach, and is found by an African-American divorcee, Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), there with her own light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane. The two become friends, Lora taking Annie in as a housekeeper, and Annie's care helping Lora achieve her dream of becoming a Broadway star. Eleven years later, however, their children have grown up, and Susie (Sandra Dee) develops a crush on her mother's boyfriend Steve, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
All This, and Linking Too
9 April 2012 6:02 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Matt Patches gives us the best news of the day for New Yorkers. The Alamo Drafthouse is coming.
Lists of Note Preston Sturges "11 rules of box office appeal" Tee hee.
Cinema Blend new details on Matt Damon's Promised Land. It involves fracking.
Scanners a wonderful interview with Bette Davis circa 1988. She would have turned 104 this weekend.
Pajiba the highest grossing female led action films (not adjusted for inflation)
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The Awl unanswered questions about teen movies. Here's a sample:
Say Anything…: How many times did Lloyd use the boombox trick in future relationships, and was his song selection always “In Your Eyes,” or did it change to reflect the current hits?
Tom Shone on the Titanic 3D conversion. I love Tom Shone.
Finally Boy Culture reminded me of this year old interview with one of my favorite character actresses (and incidentally one of my favorite lesbians) Miriam Margolyes. »
- NATHANIEL R
Director Whit Stillman and Greta Gerwig Talk Damsels In Distress, Favorite Movies, Karaoke, and More
6 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend is writer-director Whit Stillman‘s (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco) first movie in thirteen years: Damsels in Distress. Filled with the unique characters and dialogue that populate all of his works, Stillman’s latest film is about a group of college coeds (Greta Gerwig, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Adam Brody, and Analeigh Tipton) whose friendship is threatened by a series of romances, “including slick Charlie (Brody), dreamboat Xavier (Hugo Becker), the mad frat-pack of Frank (Ryan Metcalf), and Thor (Billy Magnussen) — who threaten their friendship and sanity.” For more on the film, here’s the trailer. At the recent Los Angeles press day, I got to speak with Stillman and Gerwig. We talked about the dialogue, favorite movies and actors, karaoke, and a lot more. Hit the jump to watch. Finally, if you missed my extended interview with Stillman which goes into a lot more »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
The Farrelly Brothers Talk Three Stooges!
4 April 2012 12:35 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Sibling directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly spoke to Deadline about their upcoming 20th Century Fox comedy The Three Stooges with Chris Diamantopoulos as an adult Moe, Will Sasso as Curly and Sean Hayes as Larry, and how their love for the Stooges inspired them to pursue the project despite numerous obstacles. “Physical comedy ages the best of all comedy and it travels well,” Bobby Farrelly told Deadline’s Mike Fleming. “If you look at The Three Stooges or any physical gag stuff from W.C. Fields to Charlie Chaplin, they are still hilarious to watch. Movies based on verbal repartee, good movies by the likes of Preston Sturges, don’t hold up as well because wordplay changes over generations. Of all our movies, the one that has held up best is Dumb and Dumber because of the physicality.” »
The Farrelly Brothers Talk Three Stooges!
4 April 2012 12:35 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Sibling directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly spoke to Deadline about their upcoming 20th Century Fox comedy The Three Stooges with Chris Diamantopoulos as an adult Moe, Will Sasso as Curly and Sean Hayes as Larry, and how their love for the Stooges inspired them to pursue the project despite numerous obstacles. “Physical comedy ages the best of all comedy and it travels well,” Bobby Farrelly told Deadline’s Mike Fleming. “If you look at The Three Stooges or any physical gag stuff from W.C. Fields to Charlie Chaplin, they are still hilarious to watch. Movies based on verbal repartee, good movies by the likes of Preston Sturges, don’t hold up as well because wordplay changes over generations. Of all our movies, the one that has held up best is Dumb and Dumber because of the physicality.” »
TCM Classic Film Festival Continues To Expand In Final Weeks Before April 12 Opening
28 March 2012 1:28 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Latest Additions Include Star-Studded Appearances, Noted Film Historians,
An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956)
And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film
Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival
With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:
On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the »
- Michelle McCue
Dan Callahan's "Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman"
19 February 2012 5:09 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"Dan Callahan's Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman is a serious book about a serious woman, less a biography of an actress than a biography of her career," writes Scott Eyman in the Wall Street Journal. "Mr Callahan follows her choices of roles and tries to capture what she was saying about herself through her acting. It was an astonishing career, whose impressive outlines only became clear in retrospect. Most actors want to be loved — it's the Achilles' heel of the profession — but Stanwyck seems to have been after something else: respect."
Introducing his interview with Dan Callahan at the L, Mark Asch notes that "Dan concludes that Stanwyck was the most open, raw, unshowy and affectless of the Golden Age movie queens, in both her performances and offscreen attitudes; he builds a compelling personal narrative out of her contradictions: her bootstrapping tough-broad self-sufficiency (this slum kid was a »
Film Feature: The 15th Annual EU Film Festival Arrives at Chicago’s Siskel Center
15 February 2012 7:52 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – One of the annual gems of the Chicago movie scene is the Siskel Film Center’s unmissable European Union Film Festival. It provides local movie buffs with the opportunity to sample some of the finest achievements in world cinema. For many of the festival selections, their EU appearance will function as their sole screening in the Windy City.
This year’s edition, running from March 2nd through the 29th, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Andrea Arnold (“Wuthering Heights”), Bruce Dumont (“Hors Satan”), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (“The Fairy”), Abdellatif Kechiche (“Black Venus”) and John Landis (“Burke & Hare”). Moviegoers will have the opportunity to see the latest work from some of the world’s most acclaimed and beloved actors, including Léa Seydoux (“Belle Épine”), Tahir Rahim (“Free Men”), Colm Meaney (“Parked”), Noomi Rapace (“Beyond”), Andy Serkis (“Burke & Hare”), Isabella Rossellini (“Late Bloomers”) and Ewan McGregor »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Romcoms: end of the affair?
10 February 2012 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From Fred and Ginger to Jennifer and Ashton, romantic comedies used to be one of the safest bets in Hollywood. But it seems that rom is just not into com any more
Is it the end for the romcom? You can imagine the celebrity mag headlines: "Romcom's relationship on the rocks?" "Com: I'm just not that into Rom" "Rom: Com doesn't make me laugh any more."
After all, who says romance and comedy go together like a horse and carriage? It seems to be a chiselled Hollywood commandment that the two shall be forever conjoined in cinematic matrimony, but perhaps it's time they went their separate ways. Sure, they got off to a great start: in those early years it was all fun and games and sparkling repartee, but recently they haven't quite looked the happy couple; the spark just hasn't been there.
They've been stuck in the same repetitive formula: boy meets girl, »
- Steve Rose, Richard Vine
Daily Briefing. Otto is the One + Vertov, Hong, More
10 February 2012 5:34 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"When Yen Tan was growing up in the 80s, he didn't dream of making movie posters; he dreamed of making movies like the big American blockbusters that flooded the movie theatres of his native Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." But, as Josh Rosenblatt tells the story in the Austin Chronicle, Tan would instead become an independent filmmaker, designing his own artwork for his low-budget projects. Eventually, other indie filmmakers came calling, and now Tan is a full-time graphic designer with his own company, Otto is the One. A gallery.
Los Angeles. Kino-Eye: The Revolutionary Cinema of Dziga Vertov, which ran at MoMA in April 2011, opens tomorrow at the Billy Wilder Theater and runs through March 31. One hopes (but doubts) that J Hoberman will see a second pay check for his overview of the retrospective for the Voice now that the La Weekly's repurposed it. At any rate, the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan »
[Sundance Review] Save The Date
26 January 2012 1:34 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
People have been talking in movies since the beginning. Since the late 1920s, audiences have been able to hear them talk. Since Preston Sturges’ films, they’ve been able to hear them talk a lot. In Save The Date, directed by Michael Mohan, it’s not that the characters talk too much. It’s that they talk about the same things too much, for too long. And then, they keep talking. Show, don’t tell. A common rule of thumb when making a film, broken here rather carelessly.
Starring a indie quartet to die for – Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr and Mark Webber - Save The Date concerns Sarah (Caplan), a twenty-something in a long-ish term relationship with Kevin (Geoffrey Arend), who plays in a successful L.A. rock band with Andrew (Starr), who’s engaged to Sarah’s sister Beth (Brie).
Then Kevin proposes to Sarah in a »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Dario Marianelli Hired for Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’; Jonsi Scoring Cameron Crowe’s Next
10 January 2012 10:12 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Unless it’s someone I consider myself a big fan of — particularly an “everyday” musician — news of a composer hiring isn’t the kind of development to get me going. This is different. FilmMusicReporter tells us that Atonement composer Dario Marianelli has been picked by Brian De Palma to score his new film, Passion, which is set to begin shooting in Berlin this March — hopefully, with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace in tow.
But it isn’t the hiring of Marianelli that makes me so happy; it’s just knowing that De Palma will finally get another picture before cameras in two months’ time. Still, I liked the composer’s work on Atonement — his Oscar was a well-deserved victory — and it’d certainly be a pleasure to have another great score in one of the director’s thrillers. Another great film would be rewarding, too.
Further composer news comes from ThePlaylist, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
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