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Annette Insdorf: Cannes Celebrates Philip Kaufman With Hemingway & Gellhorn
24 May 2012 10:36 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
It's no surprise that Philip Kaufman -- perhaps the most European of American filmmakers -- was drawn to the passionate story of Ernest Hemingway and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. Kaufman is a consummate adapter of complex novels including The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Right Stuff, as well as a portraitist of literary powerhouses like Henry Miller (Henry and June) and the Marquis de Sade (Quills).
Karen Ballard/HBO
Hemingway & Gellhorn is having a world premiere in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival before its HBO broadcast May 28. Starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman as the feisty journalist who became Ernest Hemingway's third wife, it's a thematically ambitious, visually rich and superbly acted motion picture. (Kaufman is also being honored in Cannes with the invitation to give the "Master Class." Among those who have previously been accorded this prestigious presentation are Martin Scorsese, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Stephen Frears. »
- Annette Insdorf
Walter: A New Way To Edit
17 May 2012 2:11 PM, PDT | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Nyu student Elena Parker has created an intriguing device called Walter (named for the legendary Walter Murch) which tackles editing in an innovative new way. Here’s the description from the university website’s about her “eye-ware kinetoscope”:
Walter watches your eyes as you watch a film, and every time that you blink, it edits the video.
Based on the theories of Walter Murch in In the Blink of An Eye, I’ve transformed the subliminal action of blinking into a method of interaction with the film. By cutting every time that you blink, Walter creates a customized narrative for you, without interrupting your absorption in the film. You are free to watch while your unconscious does the work.
All edited footage of the “scene” of the girl/boy/director in this video was edited using blinks and not manipulated in further post.
Walter was built using a hacked PS3 Eye camera. »
- Nick Dawson
From Best To Worst: The Playlist's Complete Tribeca Film Festival Coverage
2 May 2012 12:38 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
That's it. It's a wrap. The Tribeca Film Festival is over for another 12 months. And while it was an improvement from years past, despite a promising line-up the festival proved to be somewhat disappointing: most of the best regarded films ("2 Days In New York," "Take This Waltz," Searching For Sugar Man" being three prime examples) had premiered elsewhere, while the more high-profile, star-laden of their world or North American exclusives landed with a thud.
However, even while the festival still grapples with its own identity, there were some real gems in the line-up: there are a few films that justify whatever else we had to sit through in the course of the last few weeks. And let's not forget the festival did secure "The Avengers" and "The Five-Year Engagement," two films we loved (though try and ask any civillian who got into either and you'll hear a lot of crickets). Below, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
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
‘Fringe’ Season 4 Episode 20 Review: World’s Apart
28 April 2012 4:20 PM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
This week on Fringe, the teams from both universes came together in their endless effort to find and stop David Robert Jones. While Fringe has been renewed for a fifth and final season, the results this week leads me to believe that we just may have seen these worlds collide a final time. The writers are brilliant at introducing us to a completely new journey at the end of each season and this episode seemed to set up very well whatever that new journey will be by closing the bridge between the two universes. We’ve come to love the alt-world so much though, hopefully this will not be the end of our visits there even though it will be for Olivia, Peter, and the gang…minus Lincoln Lee who decided to stay on the other side. Everything worked out for the best for Lee (admit it, you loved alt-Lee more than Lee, »
- Melody Simpson
The Finder Review: Moving Past
20 April 2012 8:18 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
The Finder found himself in search of a missing portion of a voice mail this week. But the journey opened up more than just "The Conversation" about his past, it also opened up a conversation about Leo and the loss of his family.
When a wife and daughter walked into the Ends of the Earth Bar, I didn't realize all the emotional baggage they would bring up for poor Leo, who was already grieving the loss of his daughter, whose sixteenth birthday was rapidly approaching. Even four years after this loss, Leo is understandably still struggling.
I think the part that got me the most was when he visited the graves.
What I loved about this episode were all the ways in which Willa and Walter tried to help him get through it. Walter's counsel about letting go of the past was almost like seeing him and Leo switch roles. »
- chandel@mediavine.com (C. Charles)
What to Watch: The TVLine-Up for Friday
20 April 2012 7:06 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
On TV this Friday: A Lost alum joins Fringe‘s futuristic battle, former Beverly Hills resident Jennie Garth is now a little bit country, Ricky Gervais‘ animated adventures return and more. In addition to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are seven programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm The Finder (Fox) | While tracking down a missing father — with a partial voicemail as the only lead — an attractive FBI agent (Nip/Tuck‘s Kelly Carlson) tries to squeeze as much information as she can out of Walter.
Facing Nikita‘s ‘Wrath’: 7 Scoopy Bits From Tonight’s Extraordinary Episode »
- Alyse Whitney
The Essentials: The Films Of John Milius
12 April 2012 7:04 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
All those who complain about the liberal domination of Hollywood have never come across John Milius. A film school pal of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Milius had tried to join the Marine Corp, but was turned away due to his asthma. Instead, he channeled his frustrations into both a life-long obsession with firearms (he was paid for "Jeremiah Johnson" in antique weaponry, and has served on the NRA Board of Directors) and making some of the most masculine, testosterone-filled movies of all time, both as an acclaimed writer and as a director. The basis for both Paul Le Mat's character in "American Graffiti" and Walter in "The Big Lebowski" -- the Coens are friends of Milius, and offered him the part of Jack Lipnick in "Barton Fink" -- he's one of film history's most singular, colorful characters.
He might not have had the overwhelming success of Lucas or Spielberg, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
5 Things You Might Not Know About 'The Conversation'
9 April 2012 7:09 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Two milestones hit for Francis Ford Coppola this weekend. The legendary filmmaker celebrated his 73rd birthday on Saturday, April 7th (happy belated, Francis) and, on the same day, observed the 38th anniversary of the opening of one of his most artistic efforts, 1974’s “The Conversation.”
Released into theaters just a few months before Richard Nixon resigned as President, the film was commonly interpreted to be a commentary on Watergate. But in actuality, Coppola had written the outline way back in 1966 but couldn’t get financing together until after “The Godfather” became a massive commercial and critical success. After battling Paramount throughout the production of the crime family classic, the studio wound up backing “The Conversation,” which Coppola worked on at the same time as “The Godfather Part II.”
Featuring one of the finest performances of Gene Hackman’s career (one that the actor reportedly considers his favorite) and embodying the »
- Kevin Jagernauth
'Alcatraz' season finale: Is that it? (Spoilers!)
26 March 2012 7:01 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There’s a subgenre of modern television that blends the procedural tradition — weekly investigative stories with plots that wrap up in an hour — with the expansive narrative possibilities of a serialized drama. On paper, this mix seems like a can’t-miss formula for success: It’s Lost meets CSI! And the best practitioners of the “serialsodic” style can create great television that feels at once classical and modern: Think Justified, or Fringe, or The Good Wife, which can all serve up a tasty one-and-done episode plot while constantly building their overarching stories. The twist is that serialsodic shows rarely do well in the ratings. »
- Darren Franich
Daily Briefing. Asghar Farhadi in France, Payman Maadi in La
13 March 2012 11:27 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Today sees an odd confluence of stories on Asghar Farhadi, his Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Film, A Separation, and his follow-up, which will "center on a love story between a young Iranian woman and a North African man, and will begin filming within weeks," as the Afp reports. And while it'll be shot in France, Farhadi is insisting that "I love my country and I will not change it for anywhere in the world… I will never emigrate from Iran."
Meantime, the Center for Directors of Iranian Cinema and the High Council of Producers of Iranian Cinema had been planning a ceremony in Tehran, welcoming Farhadi back home, a gesture of appreciation. But as the AP reports, authorities called off the event, "even though the government had hailed his win as a triumph over a competitor from Israel."
For Salon, Rod Bastanmehr accompanied Payman Maadi, who plays Nadar, on »
Author Jonathan Lethem Will Deliver the State of Cinema Address at the San Francisco Film Festival
29 February 2012 2:39 PM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
File this under unexpected but cool: the San Francisco Film Society has announced that author Jonathan Lethem will deliver the ninth annual State of Cinema address at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival. Lethem's talk will investigate the "ecstasies of influence" in cinema and discuss how cultural movements like Occupy Wall Street, new media like YouTube and grassroots arts movements have the capacity to affect film culture. Previous speakers include Christine Vachon, film editor Walter Murch, Wired publisher Kevin Kelly, actress Tilda Swinton, writer/director Brad Bird and cultural commentator B. Ruby Rich. "Jonathan Lethem is the perfect person to explore current social and cultural movements and their possible aesthetic, political and commercial influences," said Film Society director of programming Rachel Rosen. "An insightful thinker and an enormous movie fan, Lethem is sure to deliver a lively and »
- Devin Lee Fuller
Maureen Ryan: Your Burning TV Questions Answered: 'Community,' 'Game Of Thrones' & More!
28 February 2012 3:56 PM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
When I recently asked for your TV-related questions, I got a bumper crop of great ones. Thanks for sending in so many good queries, and I tried to answer as many as I could get to here.
But one note before I get to them: We may take on a couple I didn't get to in this week's Talking TV with Ryan and Ryan podcast, during which my co-host Ryan McGee will also discuss "Awake," premiering Thursday. Look for that review Wednesday and the podcast late this week.
Now, on to your questions!
Dale Kunz: Do you think "Mad Men's" long hiatus has cost it the cultural initiative? I should be bugnuts for it coming back, but I'm not. Think that first new hour will snap us all back into place as fans or will they have to work at it to draw back their audience?
Mo says: I will »
- Maureen Ryan
WonderCon 2012 - Full Schedule Announced!
28 February 2012 1:00 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
2012 will be the first year that GeekTrant will invade WonderCon, mostly due to the fact that it was moved down to Anaheim, CA this year which is right in our backyard. We're all pretty excited about attending this year, as we've heard it's a much smaller more intimate version of San Diego Comic Con.
WonderCon is set to open on Friday, March 16th and run through Sunday, March 18th at the Anaheim Convention Center. If you plan on attending let us know, and maybe we can meet up and hang out for a bit!
I've put stars next to the panels we are interested in attending. Check out the schedule, and let us know what you are looking forward to seeing most!
Friday March 16th
12:30-1:30 Idw Presents: The Idw Panel!— Chief creative officer Chris Ryall and sergeant of marketing Dirk Wood, give out prizes, make announcements, and evade questions! »
- Venkman
Warner Bros brings Fringe, Alcatraz, The Secret Circle and more to WonderCon 2012
28 February 2012 11:40 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
In a line-up that sounds like geek heaven, the cast and crew of Fringe and Alcatraz and the producers of the DC superhero cartoons Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series will be among those heading to WonderCon 2012.
There will also be special screenings from The Secret Circle and Person of Interest.
Warner Bros Television has announced its panels and screenings for the pop-culture event, which is on from March 16 to 18 at Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California. The usual venue, San Francisco's Moscone Centre, is undergoing renovations.
The Wbtv line-up kicks off on the big screen on Friday, March 16, with an exclusive advance screening of a never-before-seen episode of The Secret Circle and an 'explosive' episode of Person of Interest.
The Secret Circle, from executive producer Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries) and based on the books by L.J. Smith (The Vampire Diaries), chronicles the story of a young »
- David Bentley
WonderCon 2012 Schedule Revealed
28 February 2012 11:33 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The full schedule has been released for 2012 WonderCon, which moves from its regular home in San Francisco to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California this year. The convention runs from March 16 to March 18, and the schedule is chocked full of movie and TV events, as you can see below. You can clickHere to check out the full slate of events, but we have pulled out the movie and TV events below. Take a look at what WonderCon 2012 has to offer.
Friday, March 16
12:30-1:30 TheOneRing.net Hobbit Movie Insider's Preview
Ringers everywhere are eagerly awaiting Peter Jackson's new Hobbit films during the 75th anniversary year of the book's publication! Staff writers and scholars from TheOneRing.net web portal invite you to join this lively panel revealing film production surprises and a zealous shredding of rumors! Led by Clifford Broadway (Ringers: Lord of the Fans), Josh Rubinstein (Star »
- MovieWeb
Fringe Round Table: "A Better Human Being"
22 February 2012 6:55 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Fringe viewers said hello to Alt-Nina Sharp on "A Better Human Being."
What did our Round Table team of Sean McKenna, Carissa Pavlica and Nick Shere say about the most recent episode of this Fox drama? Find out below and then chime in with your own take...
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Sean: Going back to the storage containers. I recognized the callback to the pilot episode immediately. It's always fun when you get those little reminders of a show's past moments.
Nick: The conversation between Astrid and the young man who had been institutionalized, in which she helps him understand what it's like to be alone inside one's head -- to be normal.
Carissa: In true girly girlishness the gooey gushy lovey dovey truck scene at the gas station made me tingle. I've waited so long for them to really feel for each other, and at »
- carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
Martin Scorsese/Hugo Wins Best Sound Mixing Award
19 February 2012 11:54 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz in Martin Scorsese's Hugo Martin Scorsese's period fantasy Hugo was the winner at the Cinema Audio Society Awards, which took place Saturday night at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The Cas Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture went to Hugo's production mixer John Midgley, re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman, and scoring mixer Simon Rhodes. Also at the ceremony, four-time Cas Award winner Scott Millan (Captain America: The First Avenger, Red Dawn, Skyfall) was given the Cas Career Achievement Award, presented by sound department veteran Walter Murch and composer Thomas Newman. Additionally, Chicago/Nine/Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' Rob Marshall was handed the Cas Filmmaker Award, presented by, among others, Nine/On Stranger Tides' Penélope Cruz. Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz/Hugo photo: Jaap Buitendijk / Gk Films »
- Steve Montgomery
Daily Briefing. Garrel and Nico, New Offscreen and More
8 February 2012 5:19 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Tomorrow evening at 92Y Tribeca, Not Coming to a Theater Near You will present Philippe Garrel's J'entends plus la guitare (1991), reason enough for Leo Goldsmith to look back on Garrel and Nico's ten-year romantic and artistic relationship, which produced "only about a half-dozen films, some threadbare Warholian portraits, shot without sound and on old film stock, others mythopoeic allegories of creation, destruction, and revolution, shot in exotic locales from Iceland to Morocco." It "was this young Garrel who first captivated French cinephiles like Henri Langlois, who hailed Garrel's 1972 film La Cicatrice intérieure as a masterpiece, and Gilles Deleuze who, in 1985, praised Garrel's 'cinema of revelation' in his second Cinema book. Deleuze's reading of Garrel, derived almost entirely from the 60s and 70s films, describes a 'liturgy of bodies,' a devotional, if not exactly pious cinema. For the young Garrel, cinema serves as a vehicle for prophecy and vision, »
Blu-ray Review: Oscar Favorites ‘Cold Mountain,’ ‘The English Patient,’ ‘Shakespeare in Love’
31 January 2012 5:13 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – There have been a series of catalog releases so far this year (releases that aren’t exactly new but weren’t available in HD before) and there are many exciting ones still to come (Universal has an amazing slate of releases scheduled throughout the year). 2012 is going to be the year in which you complete your collection. You may want to include one of the three recently-released Lionsgate/Miramax movies to celebrate Oscar season. These were some of the Academy’s most beloved.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
32 Oscar nominations, 17 wins, 3 films. Whoa. Take that in for a second. Thirty-two! These three movies were when Miramax were in their prime and Harvey Weinstein was the most powerful man in the cinematic world. With his win for “The King’s Speech” last year and a near-certain one for “The Artist” this year, he’s back on top. On his first trip to the peak of the Hollywood mountain, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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