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Wamg At The Room 237 Press Day
12 April 2013 5:32 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Many movies lend themselves to dramatic interpretations, but none as rich and far-ranging as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. In Rodney Ascher’s new film Room 237, we hear from people who have developed far-reaching theories and believe they have decoded the hidden symbols and messages buried in the late director’s film. Recently, I got the chance to sit down with director Rodney Ascher, as well as producer Tim Kirk in a small roundtable discussion about the film. Check it out below.
What do you think it is about this movie that has inspired so many people to study it after 30 years?
Rodney Ascher: I think a big part of it is that The Shining is that it’s a puzzle that’s missing a few pieces. Even at the simplest level of story, there’s huge gaps in at, and what goes on in it. The central event in the film, »
- Melissa Howland
How Many of the Movies from Roger Ebert's List of Great Movies Have You Seen?
10 April 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I've mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert's Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb's Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q. Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three "Great Movies" books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I've added that list below. I'm not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 363 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies, the Up docs and Decalogue) and of those 363, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I've seen. Clearly I have some work to do, »
- Brad Brevet
How Many of the Movies from Roger Ebert's List of Great Movies Have You Seen?
10 April 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I've mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert's Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb's Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q. Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three "Great Movies" books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I've added that list below. I'm not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 362 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies and Decalogue) and of those 362, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I've seen. Clearly I have some work to do, »
- Brad Brevet
Ioncinephile: Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
8 April 2013 8:45 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) provided us with a combined/all time top ten film list (dated: April 2013).
Les Quatres cents Coups Blows (400 Blows) – Francois Truffaut (1959)
“I saw this when I was at secondary school (high school) and there was something in it that really spoke to me. It’s the film that made me want to be a director.” (Eb)
“Truffaut was getting out there onto the streets of Paris with the camera and capturing life. I love the playful scene with Antoine turning upside-down on the Rotor, and that final breathtaking tracking shot as Antoine runs down to the sea.” (Re)
- Eric Lavallee
To 'Room 237' and Beyond: Exploring Stanley Kubrick's 'Shining' influence with Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright, more
6 April 2013 3:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It was 45 years ago this weekend that Stanley Kubrick gave us 2001: A Space Odyssey, a vision of the future that still beckons, even if the title is out of date. Something similar can be said about the extraordinary artist who made the masterpiece. History tells us that Kubrick died in 1999 at the age of 70, but our current pop culture tells us that his singular genius remains relevant and challenging to those who make movies, those who consume movies, and those who write about movies for a living. We see homages to The Shining in NBC’s new horror drama »
- Jeff Jensen
5 Movies That Prove Stanley Kubrick Is The Greatest Director Ever
4 April 2013 3:05 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Stanley Kubrick is a filmmaker who could work in any genre he pleased and always produce a masterpiece. The man was incapable of making anything less than compelling, thanks to his famous tendencies as a director obsessed with perfectionism and his stunning eye for cinematography.
The way his stories use the full range of tools a filmmaker has at their disposal is un-paralled even to this day. Kubrick embraced cinema as a medium that could be warped in any way he desired, unlike any other form of art, with the use of music, light, dialogue, actors and composition.
His films have been dissected by film scholars and casual movie goers alike for years now and their is still no one general consensus as to what any of them mean. That speaks volumes to Kubrick’s brilliance by showing his complete mastery of the medium of cinema.
I have compiled a »
- Zac Richey
Attack of the Trilogies
2 April 2013 6:49 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
E. B. White once wrote, “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” Analyzing trilogies seems to the same. The entire point is to enjoy them. Still, given the many sins to be found in film, there are worse things than movie trilogies but few have become more prominent or unavoidable. In terms of definitions, a trilogy only means three “individual” (animated, live-action, etc.) films are tied together which leaves a lot of room in seeing something as a trilogy.
Currently, negative reviews over trilogies highlight how easily and predictably they start off well but soon degenerate at a rapid pace. Then, too, there cases where once was good enough and added treatments are not welcome. David Lynch’s Dune thankfully has not become a trilogy though it sits there waiting to be given birth. In rare cases, yes, a trilogy may be badly called for. »
- Christian Jimenez
The Collision: Episode 41 – Film Criticism and Room 237
2 April 2013 1:05 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
This week on The Collision, we examine film criticism: its purpose, relevancy, strengths, weaknesses, and how it benefits our understanding of film, but can also lead us away from movies towards hollow consumer reports. This all ties in with the release of Rodney Ascher's documentary Room 237. As always, we finish up with our recommendations. Click here to listen to the new episode of The Collision, click here for the previous episode ("Terrorism, 9/11, and Olympus Has Fallen"), click here to add the podcast to your RSS, and click here to find us on iTunes. To keep up to date with The Collision, you can follow us on Twitter at @MattGoldberg, @AdamChitwood, and @DrClawMD (Dave Trumbore). Hit the jump to check out the trailers for this week’s recommendations. Adam's Recommendation: Holy Motors Matt's Recommendation: Paths of Glory »
- Matt Goldberg
'Room 237': All 47 Movies Used in the Documentary About 'The Shining'
28 March 2013 8:38 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
"Room 237" is hardly your average documentary. Not only does it float some very out-there theories about what Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" is really about, it illustrates those points with clips from both the 1980 horror classic and dozens of other movies. Every single shot in the film is from an existing flick, including ones from Kubrick, Hitchcock, and Spielberg, as well as classic horror movies and silent films. Moviefone sat down with director Rodney Ascher and producer Tim Kirk, who provided insight into some of their choices. In the same spirit of obsessiveness, we've compiled every movie featured in "Room 237," below “The Shining” "Lolita" "Spartacus" "Eyes Wide Shut" "Paths of Glory" "Barry Lyndon" "2001: A Space Odyssey" "The Killing" "Fear and Desire" "Killer's Kiss" "Dr. Strangelove" "A Clockwork Orange" “Full Metal Jacket" "Drums Along the Mohawk" "The Battle of Apache Pass" "The White Buffalo" "Sitting Bull at the »
- Alex Suskind
TV Review: Parks and Recreation 5.16, “Bailout”
18 March 2013 6:05 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
So. Not only were there two Bored to Death alumni in Parks’ triumphant return to our screens (alright, Jenny Slate was only in a few episodes, whatever), but Leslie Knope referenced Kubrick’s Paths of Glory, Guiseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso, and Kurosawa’s Rashomon, as well as a Michael Bay burn – how I haven’t given this episode five stars based on that alone is madness. And the swagger-rific whipped cream on this already classic Leslie Knope sundae? A double dose of Jean-Ralphio and his twin sister, Mona Lisa Sapperstein. The siblings singing and swinging stylings were enough to make my night, but on top of that there were truly great lines from just about every character, even Jerry. There was Ann’s awkward phone message and Jerry impersonation, April’s comment that Anne’s nursing career is equivalent to that of a janitor, Chris »
- Joseph Kratzer
On 'Parks and Rec,' Leslie and Ron Take a Stand on Arthouse Culture
15 March 2013 10:06 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
While as a network NBC continues to have trouble in terms of ratings and finding new series people want to watch this season, it's also still home to one of the most charming shows on TV -- "Parks and Recreation," which was at its strongest last night with "Bailout," an episode that tackled socialist versus capitalist worldviews by way of the fate of a video store. Directed by Craig Zisk and written by Joe Mande, "Bailout" delved not into banking but into territory that will be achingly familiar to any film fan who's watched arthouse culture struggle to sustain itself in a world ever more crowded with viewing options. The main story was centered on the fate of the Pawnee Videodome, a video store owned by Dennis Lerpiss (guest star Jason Schwartzman) so rarefied that Pixar films aren't carried and getting Tarkovsky films with subtitles is seen as a populist gesture. »
- Alison Willmore
On 'Parks and Rec,' Leslie and Ron Take a Stand on Arthouse Culture
15 March 2013 10:06 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
While as a network NBC continues to have trouble in terms of ratings and finding new series people want to watch this season, it's also still home to one of the most charming shows on TV -- "Parks and Recreation," which was at its strongest last night with "Bailout," an episode that tackled socialist versus capitalist worldviews by way of the fate of a video store. Directed by Craig Zisk and written by Joe Mande, "Bailout" delved not into banking but into territory that will be achingly familiar to any film fan who's watched arthouse culture struggle to sustain itself in a world ever more crowded with viewing options. The main story was centered on the fate of the Pawnee Videodome, a video store owned by Dennis Lerpiss (guest star Jason Schwartzman) so rarefied that Pixar films aren't carried and getting Tarkovsky films with subtitles is seen as a populist gesture. »
- Alison Willmore
Sam Raimi's not in Kansas anymore
11 March 2013 3:35 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From The Evil Dead to the Spider–Man trilogy, Sam Raimi is the self–taught film nerd who followed the Yellow Brick Road all the way to Disney
Sam Raimi, who's spent the last three years on Oz The Great And Powerful, looks like a man emerging into bright light, blinking and slightly dazed, from a very long tunnel. Today, he's in the last hours of a gruelling four-day international press junket at which you can bet he's been asked stupid questions in two dozen languages. There's a haunted look in his eyes.
We meet in a huge, empty ballroom containing one table and two chairs. It feels like the Versailles courtroom sequences in Paths Of Glory, too much headroom weighing down on us, possibly exacerbating the weight of expectation that's bearing down on Raimi. Oz The Great And Powerful is not merely a gargantuan, complex, mega-budget Disney production in 3D, »
- John Patterson
Evil Dead | Review - SXSW Film 2013
9 March 2013 6:09 PM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Fede Alvarez Writer(s): Fede Alvarez (screenplay), Diablo Cody (screenplay), Sam Raimi (1981 screenplay), Rodo Sayagues Mendez (screenplay as Rodo Sayagues) Starring: Jane Levy, Jessica Lucas, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Elizabeth Blackmore Who would have thought heroin detox would take a backseat to anything! But alas, it is so. Mia (Jane Levy) is a junkie and her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez) and three friends venture to the creepiest family cabin ever to get Mia off the smack. What they don’t know, but will soon come to realize, is that a heapin’ helpin’ of witchcraft is lurking in the basement! What happens next? The good news is that Mia apparently kicks her drug habit. The bad news is she becomes possessed by some crazy demon and everyone starts dying horrible deaths. It’s a tradeoff of sorts. The reimagining of Evil Dead is like having electroshock therapy over »
- Dirk Sonniksen
An Animated Tribute to Stanley Kubrick
8 March 2013 11:16 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Deadly Puppies is comprised of Hyejin June Hong and Ori Kleiner and they put together the following 76-second animated tribute to the works of Stanley Kubrick, which tease the filmmaker's films chronologically beginning with Fear and Desire and continuing through Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and, finally, Eyes Wide Shut. Give it a look below. »
- Brad Brevet
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Champion
21 February 2013 2:54 PM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 23, 2013
Price: DVD $19.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Kirk Douglas is down but not out in Champion.
Kirk Douglas (Paths of Glory) stars as an unscrupulous boxer who fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up in the 1949 film noir drama Champion.
Midge Kelly (Douglas), hitchhiking west with his crippled brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy, Lawrence of Arabia), is hustled unprepared into a pro boxing match. Though he’s severely beaten, his manager (Paul Stewart, Kiss Me Deadly) finds him promising. In California, Midge and Connie find nothing but menial jobs, from which Midge gets relief by seducing a lovely young waitress (Ruth Roman, Strangers on a Train). One shotgun marriage later, ambitious Midge falls back on the only option he knows: boxing. Seduced by the cheering crowds, money, and women, Midge becomes more and more of a hero in public… »
- Laurence
Top 10: Actors that have never won an Oscar
21 February 2013 6:21 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Article by Dan Clark
The Academy Awards have a long tradition of awarding the best and the brightest in the world of movies. Hollywood’s biggest night is the ideal time for film legends to be recognized. Unfortunately the Oscars are also well known for dropping the ball on occasion. Some of the best actors to ever have graced the silver screen never hoisted that golden statue. Sure they attempt to remedy that at times by giving out Honorary Awards to make up for their biggest oversights, but to me that’s nothing more than a giant comp out. With that in mind I have compiled a list of the greatest actors to never have won an Oscar. Like the Oscars I’m sure there are many that deserve to be on this list that didn’t make the cut so feel free to honor them in the comment section »
- Guest
Why are we so suspicious of shorter blockbuster films?
16 January 2013 2:22 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
News Simon Brew Jan 17, 2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' sub-90-minute length has caused suspicion on the web. When did shorter films become a bad thing, we wonder?
Every now and then on our Twitter feed, we post information about confirmed running times and certifications for interesting looking movies. One of those, earlier this week, was Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which we suspect might be a good, concentrated blast of fun. We're not expecting an epic from it, but Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in an action-filled subversion of fairy tale characters has something to it.
In this particular instance, we reported that the film had been granted a 15 certificate in the UK (none of that 12A pandering here, by the looks of it), and that the confirmed running time was 87 minutes. And it was the latter that got the biggest reaction. That because the film was under an hour and a half, »
- ryanlambie
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