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Can Dubai become the City of Life of Emirati film?
23 December 2009 2:51 AM, PST
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The economic ructions and unseasonal weather in the emirate did not dampen the mood at the sixth Dubai film festival, but the future for its embryonic movie industry remains to be divined
Dubai in December would probably seem a peculiar place to European eyes under ordinary circumstances, what with the tinsel on the palm trees and the fibreglass snowmen next to the waterslides. This year, of course, circumstances were extraordinary. Days before I headed off to work for the daily newspaper of the Dubai international film festival's sixth edition, which ran from 9-16 December, the emirate's risk of defaulting on its multibillion-dollar loans had exploded across the world's front pages. Would the festival still go ahead, friends wondered, and if so, how would it be affected?
Well, yes, rumours of festival meltdown were greatly exaggerated. It still went ahead, largely unruffled by the macro-level ructions buffeting the economy, and to
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DVD Playhouse--December 2009
19 December 2009 3:11 PM, PST
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DVD Playhouse—December 2009
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Allen Gardner
Public Enemies (Universal) Johnny Depp portrays legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger in co- writer/director Michael Mann’s take on America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Like many big studio releases today, Public Enemies has it all: A-list talent before and behind the camera, but lacks a heart or soul that allows its audience to connect with it. Film plays out like a “true crime” TV show with re-enactments of famous events cast with top actors and shot by the best technicians in the business, with little, if any, character or story development to hold it together in between. A real disappointment from one of our finest filmmakers and finest actors. The lone standout: the great character actor Stephen Lang as a hard-eyed lawman who’s seen a lot, but manages to retain a tiny piece of his heart. For a better take on the same subject,
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Scorsese Scores Mol For "Boardwalk Empire"...
5 December 2009 2:15 PM, PST
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Actress Gretchen "The Notorious Bettie Page" Mol, has joined the cast of the new HBO TV series "Boardwalk Empire", produced by Martin "Mean Streets" Scorsese.
Mol has a recurring role as a showgirl alongside actor Steve "Reservoir Dogs" Buscemi.
Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the gangster Prohibition era, "Boardwalk Empire" was adapted by Emmy-winning writer/producer Terence "The Sopranos" Winter from author Nelson Johnson's novel "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City."
The pilot episode, directed by Scorsese, was picked up by HBO, who ordered an additional 11 episodes, for a 12 episode season run.
"Boardwalk Empire" debuts Fall 2010...
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The Naughts: The Critics of the '00s
3 December 2009 11:31 AM, PST
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Film criticism as we know it tends to fall into a handful of time-worn categories: an expression of one's personality, politics and taste, with traces of social critique and memoir (Pauline Kael, James Agee); or a kind of performance art on the page, using individual films, actors or filmmakers as springboards for sustained riffs on art and life (Manny Farber); or a scholarly attempt to draw connections between films and film movements, rank filmmakers by aesthetic significance and put works in historical context (Andrew Sarris).
All these approaches have merit. But when you zoom out from the here-and-now and think about what cinema is -- about its dazzling totality, and the characteristics that distinguish it from novels or plays or paintings or dance or music, all of which feed, and are fed by, cinema -- you're struck by how much we're not reading about, by how much our critics either
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Exclusive: Robert De Niro and Kirk Jones for 'Everybody's Fine'
1 December 2009 9:10 PM, PST
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For his roles in such '70s and '80s classics as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Robert De Niro has been revered as the master of Method Acting. But of late he has been more closely associated with animated family fare (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Shark Tale), thrillers that failed to deliver thrills (Hide and Seek and 15 Minutes) and slow plodding dramas (City by the Sea and Men of Honor). Even his recent reunion with Al Pacino in Righteous Kill failed to spark with audiences.
For much of this decade, many De Niro-led films have neither ignited the box office nor drawn critical kudos. But there have been a few notable exceptions. As Frank, the curmudgeonly soon-to-be-father-in-law in Meet the Parents, De Niro struck gold. The sequel, Meet the Fockers, raked in almost $280M in international ticket sales. And What Just Happened?
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Paranormal Activity and the myth of the shoestring shocker
25 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST
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El Mariachi, Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity – are super-cheap hits ever quite what they seem?
Budgets are a notoriously fraught subject in Hollywood. Ask any studio executive how much his movie cost, and he will massage his brow and low-ball the figure, to make his movie seem more profitable. Unless, of course, it's a hit. Then the race is on to hide the profits from the grubby little hands of all those actors, directors and writers.
Rival studios, meanwhile, will give out the most wildly inflated figures they can, driving expectations through the roof and making the executive look like a fool. Depending on who you speak to, the new James Cameron movie, Avatar, costs between $240m (£144m) and $500m.
It's a different story at the lower end of the budget scale. Novice directors who have maxed out their mother's credit card in order to make their answer to Mean Streets
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Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber
18 November 2009 7:57 AM, PST
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Updated through 11/18.
While this season of taking stock finds us tinkering on our lists of the best films of the year - best of the decade, even - along comes a book that throws all our efforts into humbling perspective. Never mind years and decades. Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber presents us with the work of a lifetime, collecting what for too long has gone uncollected, the reviews and essays, stray thoughts and well-targeted rants of "the liveliest, smartest, most original film critic this country ever produced," as none other than Susan Sontag put it.
Over the next couple of weeks, The Auteurs will be celebrating this landmark publication with new appreciations of Manny Farber and his work; the full text of editor Robert Polito's introduction as well as his selections from the book of previously unpublished works by Farber; and a short film by
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Scorsese Scores Mol For Boardwalk Empire
18 November 2009 6:05 AM, PST
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Actress Gretchen "The Notorious Bettie Page" Mol, has joined the cast of HBO's period underworld TV series Boardwalk Empire, produced by Martin "Mean Streets" Scorsese.
Mol will have a recurring role in the series as a 'showgirl' alongside gangster Steve "Reservoir Dogs" Buscemi.
Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era, Boardwalk Empire was adapted by Emmy-winning writer/producer Terence "The Sopranos" Winter from author Nelson Johnson's book, "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City."
The pilot episode was directed by Scorsese, with HBO picking up the series for an additional 11 episodes, making the first season 12 episodes long.
"...From its inception, Atlantic City has been a town dedicated to the fast buck and this history offers a riveting account of its past, from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness.
A cast of characters, led by Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, populates
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Scorsese to Receive DeMille Award at Golden Globes
14 November 2009 6:07 PM, PST
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You could give Martin Scorsese just about any award you want and I don't think anyone would protest. Though he emerged at a time when American film was really blossoming, you could really only argue that among his contemporaries, Steven Spielberg is on the same level. Even then, I'm not certain Spielberg has been as consistent or as daring as Scorsese has in his career. They're also shooting for different goals most of the time.
A couple years ago, Scorsese finally got his Oscar, even if it's not the best example of his work and certainly not the first time he earned the award. At the Golden Globes in January, Scorsese will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." Spielberg, incidentally, won this past year.
We know the movies by heart - Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ,
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- Colin Boyd
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Scorsese to Receive Honorary Golden Globe
13 November 2009 1:21 PM, PST
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The Hollywood Foreign Press will bestow its honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese during the Golden Globes on January 17, according to Variety.
Scorsese, who is a few days from his 67th birthday, is responsible for several movies legendary for their gritty, sometimes expressionistic, portrayals of violence. These include Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and GoodFellas.
He also crafted many underrated gems that explored various social and cultural issues. These include The King of Comedy (the obsessions of celebrity culture), The Last Temptation of Christ (a non-Gospel, first-person telling of Jesus's internal struggle), Kundun (the life of the Dalai Lama), and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (the trials of single-motherhood).
The DeMille Award recognizes the lifetime achievement of various actors and directors. Recent recipients include Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, and Al Pacino. Earlier recipients include Walt Disney, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, and Alfred Hitchcock, among others. You can
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- Rich Z Zwelling
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Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king
13 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST
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He gave life to teenage cavemen and candy-stripe nurses. Crab monsters and humanoids from the deep. T-bird gangs and towns that dreaded sundown. His name is Roger Corman. And on Nov. 14, he will receive an honor that no one would have predicted: an honorary Academy Award. The 83-year-old B-movie titan has made nearly 400 films as a director and producer. From the start, Corman was a magnet for hungry young actors, writers, and directors who would work for slave wages for the chance to make their first film. They called it the "University of Corman," and the alumni include Francis Ford Coppola,
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- Chris Nashawaty
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Martin Scorsese To Be Honored at 2010 Golden Globes with Cecil B. DeMille Award
12 November 2009 12:59 PM, PST
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In January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will bestow the Honorary Cecile B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for “his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” to which we say “Congratulations, Mr. Scorsese.” Of course, any award honoring Scorsese’s career is well-earned by the prolific and influential director. His lengthy and diverse filmography naturally contains movies which flopped and received no support from film critics, but when you look at his hits, he has left an unforgettable stamp on not only American cinema, but on audiences the world over. That his work continues to improve and defy simple definition is an inspiration to aspiring filmmakers and a challenge to his peers. There’s only one complaint people have about the awards Scorsese receives: they’re overdue.
Hit the jump to read the full press release. The 67th Annual Golden Globes will air on January 17, 2010. Martin Scorsese’s next film,
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Martin Scorsese Scores Top Golden Globe
12 November 2009 11:32 AM, PST
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Martin Scorsese is a GreatFella. Just ask the folks behind the Golden Globes, who've tapped the legendary Oscar-winning filmmaker as the latest recipient of their highest honor.
Scorsese, 67, will pick up the the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 67th Annual Golden Globes set to take place Jan. 17 and hosted by Ricky Gervais.
They're talkin' to you, Marty.
Scorsese will be saluted for a groundbreaking four-decade career that includes such films as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed, which earned him
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Harvey Keitel Greets Little Fockers; Zachary Quinto Takes a Spin on Whirligig
12 November 2009 10:35 AM, PST
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According to THR, Harvey Keitel has joined the inevitable pain that is Little Fockers. Even though Keitel has never achieved the stature of his early peer Robert De Niro, Keitel has kept steady work in low-profile material and thus maintained the respect that De Niro cannot claim with his rocky record of the past 15 years. However, he will re-team with his Mean Streets co-star for the first time since 1997’s Cop Land. But while I sight for De Niro, I shrug for Keitel because he’s kept work as a steady character actor and I find his career as respectable as I used to find De Niro’s.
In an unrelated project, Zachary Quinto aka New Spock, may make his next feature project a “romantic adventure” called Whirligig. The film “centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman’s adopted son.
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Keitel to reunite with De Niro in Little Fockers
12 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST
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Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro are to be reunited on the big screen. But fans of Taxi Driver and Mean Streets may be a little disappointed to know that the two will be working together in the latest installment of the Meet The Parents/Fockers series. The film boasts an all-star cast, which includes Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson, Jessica Alba, and Laura Dern.
Keitel will play a contractor employed by Stiller’s character.
Read more on Keitel to reunite with De Niro in Little Fockers…
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Harvey Keitel Joins De Niro In Little Fockers
12 November 2009 8:32 AM, PST
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There was a time, really not so long ago, when the world was young and Martin Scorsese was a scrappy upstart and these two actors named Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel were making movies with him. Movies like Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, that didn't try to make their audiences feel good but challenged them, movies that inspired an entire generation to try and make something as good themselves.
Now those actors are starring together in a movie called Little Fockers. The THR article does not say whether or not Keitel's and De Niro's characters will simply glower at one another and shout "You talkin' to me?" for the duration of their screentime together, but you have to imagine there will at least be some kind of nod to their halcyon days, when poop jokes were the furthest things from their mind.
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Harvey and Bob – a pair of Fockers
12 November 2009 7:02 AM, PST
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Hollywood Reporter have announced acting legends Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro are to reunite on the big screen once more. However, fans of Mean Streets and Taxi Driver may be disappointed to learn that the film in question is not a gritty Scorsese production, but rather a sequel in the highly successful Fockers series.
Paul Weitz, off the back of his flop Cirque du Freak, is to helm the project currently operating under the working title Little Fockers. De Niro and Keitel are joined on the project by a returning cast which includes Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo and Owen Wilson.
Keitel is the latest addition to the ensemble which also features new additions Laura Dern and Jessica Alba who, in a role unlikely to test her acting aplomb, appears as an “attractive pharmaceutical rep”.
Related posts:Harvey Keitel becomes a ‘Focker’, joins Ben Stiller comedyLaura Dern joins
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Martin Scorcese Honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award
12 November 2009 5:35 AM, PST
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Martin Scorsese will be honored at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 17 with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." The award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was announced by Vera Farmiga at a morning press conference. The show, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm Pt, 8 to 11 pm Et) from The Beverly Hilton.
Scorsese received two Golden Globe Awards for "Best Director of a Motion Picture"; for The Departed and Gangs of New York. He received five additional Golden Globe nominations, including four as Best Director (Casino, Age of Innocence, Goodfellas and Raging Bull) and one for Best Screenplay for Raging Bull (with Nicolas Pileggi).
Recent Cecil B. DeMille winners include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005) and Michael Douglas (2004).
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Keitel + De Niro = Little Fockers
12 November 2009
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After working together in the classics "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver", Harvey Keitel and pal Robert De Niro are back together.
Millions of cinephiles would probably rejoice at the news that Harvey Keitel and Robert DeNiro, who worked together in the classics "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver", will be back together soon, but the excitement would most likely be dampened by the news that the two legends will be working on the third installment of "Meet The Parents". Far, far from Martin Scorsese's tortured and fascinating world...
In "Little Fockers", Ben Stiller and Teri Polo are back, of course, as are Blythe Danner and the hilarious Owen Wilson, while Jessica Alba and Laura Dern will join the cast for the first time.
Keitel and De Niro have also worked together on movies that have nothing to do with Scorsese: in the dark "The Bridge of San Luis Rey", the
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Keitel visits Fockers
12 November 2009 1:02 AM, PST
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Mean Streets and Taxi Driver stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro will reteam for the upcoming Universal comedy Meet The Fockers. And just a few days after Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence announced they'd be reteaming their Wanda and Sheneneh characters for a movie?! Will the superstar reteamings ever stop?! Keitel has signed on to play a contractor hired by Stiller's Greg Focker so it's unclear how much, if any, interaction Keitel will actually have with De Niro in the film.
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