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Wilson & Wilde Join Baumbach and Anderson Produced Indie Comedy
25 May 2012 9:41 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Over a year and a half ago we heard about a new project from The Last Picture Show director Peter Bogdanovich with filmmakers Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach producing. The indie comedy was said to merely be about "about an escort, a theatre director and a private detective," but that's all we knew at the time. Now Variety has some solid updates on the project, titled Squirrel to the Nuts, as frequent Anderson collaborator Owen Wilson is attached to star along with Olivia Wilde and 21 Jump Street and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World star Brie Larson. Apparently Jason Schwartzman might also join. Read on! More specifically the film follows a hooker turned Broadway actress (Larson) and the recurring intersection of those two facets of her life. Meanwhile, Wilson will play a Broadway director who pays the woman of the night for her sexual services, even though he's married to the »
- Ethan Anderton
Brie Larson, Owen Wilson and Olivia Wilde to Lead Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Squirrels’; Jason Schwartzman In Talks
24 May 2012 6:33 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Peter Bogdanovich has never truly gone away — you always see those glasses and that neck bandana in a documentary or at some public event — but it’s been quite a while since he actually released a film in theaters. Back in January, there was a rumor that he would reteam with The Last Picture Show‘s Cybill Shepherd on One Lucky Moon, a Westworld-inspired feature with Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson, and Tom Petty. But, for better or for worse, that one story was the last we heard of it.
This looks to be his true return. Variety reports that Brie Larson (21 Jump Street, Scott Pilgrim), Owen Wilson, and Olivia Wilde have signed to Bogdanovich‘s next film: a comedy titled Squirrels to the Nuts, which Jason Schwartzman is “courted” for at the moment. (I initially thought, “We’ve got a potential Wes Anderson reunion on our hands!”– and then I »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Casting Net: 'Thor 2,' 'Iron Man 3' land new villains. Plus: Anthony Hopkins, Bradley Cooper, Owen Wilson, Olivia Wilde
24 May 2012 6:28 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
• Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) is in talks to torment the citizens of Asgard in Thor 2, as an unspecified villain who joins Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) will direct the film. [THR]
• Speaking of Thor 2, that sequel may stand in the way of Anthony Hopkins joining another sequel, Red 2. Hopkins would play a baddie in the latter film — which will star Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, and Catherine Zeta-Jones — but his involvement hinges on his ability to schedule around playing Odin in Thor 2. [Deadline]
• Elsewhere in the Marvel-verse, two actors have signed onto Iron Man 3, which just started filming this week. One is quite familiar: Jon Favreau will return to play Tony Stark bodyguard Happy Hogan, notable since Favreau passed the directing reins for the franchise to Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). »
- Adam B. Vary
Timothy Bottoms: The Hollywood Interview
21 May 2012 6:21 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Timothy Bottoms Gets His Pound Of Flesh
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Timothy Bottoms became an overnight sensation at the height of the so-called “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls” era, after landing the leading role in The Last Picture Show (1971), Peter Bogdanovich’s film about the social and sexual rites of small town Texans in the early 1950s. Internationally acclaimed for his portrait of Sonny, a sensitive kid struggling to find his way in the harsh landscape of post-war America, the then-twenty year-old Bottoms suddenly found himself not only in-demand as a rising young star, but a major celebrity, as well, with younger brothers Sam (who co-starred in The Last Picture Show), Joseph and Ben following in their older brother’s footsteps, making names for themselves on stage and screen. Bottoms reprised the role of Sonny for Picture Show's 1990 sequel, Texasville.
After another triumphant turn with the lead in James Bridges’ The Paper Chase »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Cloris Leachman Talks 'The Fields', 'Dying Room Only', and a Very Creepy 'Hansel and Gretel'
13 April 2012 2:01 PM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman has been making people laugh with her hilarious turn as the 84-year-old grandmother with Alzheimer's, Maw Maw, on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope for the past few years. Before that, however, Leachman had already amassed a great resume of work including performances in films like Kiss Me Deadly, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein, and The Iron Giant. Leachman's latest project is one that genre fans should really enjoy. She plays Gladys in Tom Mattera and Dave Mazzoni's indie psychological thriller based on true events, The Fields, which tells the story of a young boy (Joshua Ormond) and his family as they're terrorized by a mysterious presence emerging from the cornfields »
Ok, Let's Talk About the Amazing "75 Best Supporting Actresses" Reenactment Video
11 April 2012 10:02 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
I've waited a few days to collect my thoughts and weigh in on the most important YouTube video since Corgis Enjoy A Treadmill, so here goes: A fast-yapping vlogger who goes by the name The Doomsday Diaries (and the Twitter handle @Diariesofdoom) zeroed in on The Academy Awards' Best Supporting Actress category -- the greatest Oscar category, by the way -- and toasted it by reenacting scenes/moments from all 75 winning performances since 1936.
Let me be clear: This is a staggering feat. This guy has democratized everyone from Eva Marie Saint and Lila Kedrova to Gale Sondergaard and Helen Hayes in the clippiest, hippest way possible. It's explosive. It's gigantic. It's a pink diamond. And so much of it is amazingly good. It's like a version of "The Snatch Game"from RuPaul's Drag Race, except with dignified actresses up for satire and not, say, Snooki.
I thought we'd have a little debate. »
- virtel
The Films Of Sidney Lumet: A Retrospective
9 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It has been a year since Sidney Lumet passed away on April 9, 2011. Here is our retrospective on the legendary filmmaker to honor his memory. Originally published April 15, 2011.
Almost a week after the fact, we, like everyone that loves film, are still mourning the passing of the great American master Sidney Lumet, one of the true titans of cinema.
Lumet was never fancy. He never needed to be, as a master of blocking, economic camera movements and framing that empowered the emotion and or exact punctuation of a particular scene. First and foremost, as you’ve likely heard ad nauseum -- but hell, it’s true -- Lumet was a storyteller, and one that preferred his beloved New York to soundstages (though let's not romanticize it too much, he did his fair share of work on studio film sets too as most TV journeyman and early studio filmmakers did).
His directing career stretched well over 50 years, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
23 High School Movies That Get The Passing Grade
15 March 2012 1:17 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Considering it's where most of us (bar the weird home-schooled kids) spend our crucial formative years, where we have our first fights, our first loves, our first tentative steps into adulthood, it's no surprise that high school has long been a popular setting for movies. A range of genres (though generally leaning towards comedy) have taken place in those hallways, particularly from the 1980s onwards, when John Hughes, among others, made an entire career out of the lives and loves of 15-18 year olds.
The latest film to head back to class is "21 Jump Street" (review here) the big-screen reboot of the '80s TV show, which stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as youthful-looking cops who are sent back to high school in order to bust a drug-running ring. While you might assume this to be another lazy remake, you'd be very wrong, as Tatum, Hill, co-writer Michael Bacall, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
9 Great Posters for 9 Not-So-Great Movies (That I Haven't Seen)
15 March 2012 8:34 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
9 Great Posters for 9 Not-So-Great Movies (that I Haven't Seen) If you missed it, yesterday I explored 11 great posters from 11 not-so-great movies, and I promised today I would take a slightly different angle at the same idea. Yesterday's 11 posters were for films I had seen, today's collection come from nine films I have never seen and I can't take full credit for this list. After I had compiled a list of my own I reached out to a few friends and one of them provided me a Ton of suggestions, several of which I had never seen. David Frank, who used to provide content on a regular basis for me, is a big poster buff and of the nine posters here, he suggested seven of them. As for the other two, well, I'll explain below and perhaps in too much detail on one of them. This list also differs from my »
- Brad Brevet
Martin Scorsese Talks Hugo Blu-ray
28 February 2012 1:09 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Director Martin Scorsese discusses his first 3D movie Hugo, available on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD February 28
Director Martin Scorsese took 3D to new heights with Hugo, his Oscar-nominated adventure which will be available on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD February 28. The celebrated filmmaker recently sat down to discuss the unique challenges involved with making his first 3D movie, and you can take a look at what he had to say below.
You faced so many challenges making Hugo. It was the first time in your illustrious career you shot a movie in 3D, the sets were complex, two of the leads were young actors and there were so many other complexities. The question is, was the experience fun or a headache?
Martin Scorsese: It was a lot of fun and yes it was a headache (laughs). But it was a really enjoyable headache. (Cinematographer) Bob (Richardson), (production designer »
- MovieWeb
Post Oscar Thought: Grown Up Films – An Endangered Species?
28 February 2012 9:12 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
“When I was a child,” film reviewer Stephen Whitty wrote in “What Happened to Grown-Up Films?” for New Jersey’s state paper, The Star-Ledger, on the day of the Oscars, “most of the big hits in movie theaters were aimed at adults. Now that I’m an adult, most of the big hits in movie theaters are aimed at children.”
Earlier this month (“Why Can’t An Oscar-Winner Look More Like a Hit?” posted 2/8/12), several of us on this site were discussing what turns out to be the heart of Whitty’s article: the divergence between the acclaimed and the popular. With respect to my Sos colleagues, none of us put it quite as eloquently or made as substantial a case for the how’s and why’s behind that schism as Whitty does. His piece is worth a read and you can find it here.
The part of Whitty »
- Bill Mesce
Oscars 2012: 'Last Picture Show' Director Peter Bogdanovich Reflects on His Big Night in 1972 (Q&A)
24 February 2012 10:22 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
This story first appeared in the March 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. In 1972 at the 44th Academy Awards, Old Hollywood and what was then just coming to be known as the New Hollywood crossed paths. Peter Bogdanovich and William Friedkin exemplified the new wave of American filmmakers shaking up a moribund studio system. Bogdanovich, 32, was competing to become the youngest director in Academy history to win an Oscar. In the end, Friedkin and his policier The French Connection prevailed over Bogdanovich and his valedictory The Last Picture Show. But even as that new generation of filmmakers
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- Todd McCarthy
Oscars 1972: Peter Bogdanovich on 'The Last Picture Show' and that legendary Charlie Chaplin tribute
23 February 2012 10:30 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
In 1968 Esquire film writer and MoMA film curator Peter Bogdanovich decided to follow the example of critics-turned-filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard and try his hand at directing. Four years after moving to Hollywood, Bogdanovich’s second feature film, The Last Picture Show, received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and personal nods for Best Director and for co-writing the Adapted Screenplay. Though the film lost the top prize to The French Connection, the Academy did honor The Last Picture Show with Oscars for Supporting Actor Ben Johnson and Supporting Actress Cloris Leachman at the ceremony on April 10, 1972 hosted by Helen Hayes, »
- Peter Bogdanovich
The 5 Most Deserving Best Supporting Actress Oscar Wins
22 February 2012 12:07 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Cloris Leachman and Timothy Bottoms in The Last Picture Show
Newsflash: I can't stop thinking about the Oscars. I'm writhing around in my bathrobe crying Irving Thalberg's name and opening every briefcase I can find, just in case Price Waterhouse hid the list of this year's winners in my attic. (Still looking!) In the meantime, let's take a moment to honor some occasions when The Academy Awards were worthy of this level of fanaticism. Here are the five greatest winners in my favorite category, Best Supporting Actress. You can't beat a woman going for broke in a secondary role; there's a nothing-to-lose gutsiness about these dames, and they make the most of their every fleeting moment onscreen.
5. Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire
Though Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) and Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando) are compelling portraits on their own, the genius in Elia Kazan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams »
- virtel
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Corman’s World Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
21 February 2012 7:44 AM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 27, 2012
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.99
Studio: Anchor Bay
The man hard at work in Corman's World.
The 2011 documentary film Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel presents a truly star-studded tribute to Roger Corman, Hollywood’s most prolific writer-director-producer and seminal influencing force in modern moviemaking over the past 60 years.
One of the most influential and prolific Hollywood filmmakers in the history of the medium (he’s made more than 300 films!), Corman’s imprint on American cinema not only spans over six decades, but has resulted in creating an indelible cinematic body of work (from 1962’s I Hate Your Guts! to 2010’s Sharktopus) as well as a legacy of training the next generation of actors, writer, directors and producers – many of whom have created cinema masterpieces of their own.
Directed by Alex Stapleton, Corman’s World‘s interview roster boasts such Hollywood icons and cinematic luminaries »
- Laurence
Was the 1970s the best decade for the Best Picture Oscar?
21 February 2012 3:58 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
With the Oscars nearly here, Glen looks back to the 70s, and argues that it was the decade when the Academy got its Best Picture decisions consistently right...
It’s widely acknowledged that the 1970s was one of the best periods in American cinema. It’s little surprise, then, that the Academy Awards gave the Best Picture award to some of the best films during its 84 years. But as is often the case with the Oscars, the 70s wasn’t without its controversies, as a number of great films missed out on the award or even failed to be nominated. Even so, the run of Best Picture winners from 1970 to 1979 was incredibly strong.
The decade started with Midnight Cowboy scooping the Best Picture award at the 42nd Academy Awards on 7th April 1970, but as the film was released in May 1969 it doesn’t really count as an example of the »
DVD: No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
20 February 2012 12:29 PM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
DVD Release Date: Feb. 28, 2012
Price: DVD $19.95
Studio: Cinema Libre
The lives, careers and friendship of legendary Hungary-born cinematographers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond are examined in the 2008 documentary No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,
László Kovács (r.) and Vilmos Zsigmond focus on their work in No Subtitles Necessary.
Both survivors of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Kovács and Zsigmond immigrated in poverty to America in the late 1950s, helping each other up the ladder out of the underbelly of Hollywood all the while holding onto their dreams. After ten years of no-budget toil, Kovács’s camera broke Hollywood’s rules with Easy Rider, directed by Dennis Hopper. Suddenly in demand, he recommended Vilmos to both Peter Fonda and Robert Altman, where Zsigmond poured his “poetic realism” into Fonda’s 1971 The Hired Hand and Altman’s 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller. The two cinematographers quickly became the go-to camera guys of the New Hollywood, ultimately yielding some 140 credits between them, »
- Laurence
Martin Scorsese on ‘Hugo,’ 3-D, and Leading the Oscar Field
24 January 2012 11:00 AM, PST | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Getty Images Director Martin Scorsese onstage during the 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards held at The Hollywood Palladium on January 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Martin Scorsese’s affection for cinema is a major theme of his movie “Hugo” and this morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences returned the love by giving the film 11 Oscar nominations, the most of any movie this year.
Scorsese, the director of such features as “Taxi Driver,” “Goodfellas,” “Gangs of New York, »
- Christopher John Farley
84th Academy Awards Nominations; Hugo Leads With 11
24 January 2012 7:09 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence. Brace yourselves for the surprises and omissions. The nominees were a little more than crazy this year to say the least – nine best picture nominees! This year’s balloting rules allowed for the possibility of between five and ten Best Picture nominees, and for the first time in Academy history, nine films have been nominated in that category.
Now for the shockers. No Michael Fassbender in the Best Actor category…no Albert Brooks in Best Supporting Actor category…no Adventures Of Tintin or Cars 2 in the Animated category! Terrence Malick and The Tree Of Life both saw some love with 2 nods this morning. How grand that Rooney Mara, Demián Bichir, Jonah Hill, and Nick Nolte are coming to the big party this year! »
- Michelle McCue
Bogdanovich and Shepherd Re-Team for One Lucky Moon
20 January 2012 12:57 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Serbian-born filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich’s (known as part of the wave of New Hollywood directors) most critically acclaimed film is The Last Picture Show (1971). In 1998 the U.S. Library of Congress added The Last Picture Show to its list of culturally significant movies. This fine quasi-western starred Cybil Shepherd as Jacy; Bogdanovich cast the 19-year-old [...]
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- Nick Martin
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