When we talk about lost films, most people immediately think of silent movies, cinema on nitrate that either went up in flames or was in the hands of studios who didn't see the value in preserving it. Although we've come a long way in terms of film preservation since then, there are still plenty of films from the second half of the 20th century that may not be technically "lost," but are nearly impossible to track down and actually watch. They may have been put out on comparatively low-quality VHS back in the day, but not a peep since then -- these films never got a DVD or Blu-ray release, and aren't available on any of the streaming services.
If you're lucky, you might be able to find a grainy, unsanctioned VHS transfer on an unauthorized YouTube account, but even then, there's a lack of permanency, since they could be...
If you're lucky, you might be able to find a grainy, unsanctioned VHS transfer on an unauthorized YouTube account, but even then, there's a lack of permanency, since they could be...
- 4/14/2024
- by Audrey Fox
- Slash Film
The first twenty minutes of the 1979 horror film When a Stranger Calls (watch it Here) really creeped out movie-goers. It stuck in their heads, earning the movie cult classic status. The rest of the running time, viewers don’t often remember so clearly. So when Screen Gems gave the greenlight to a remake, they decided to expand those first twenty minutes to feature length, stretching out the thrills and suspense for as long as possible. It was a clever idea that was brought to the screen in an entertaining way. And if you haven’t seen the When a Stranger Calls remake, this is the best horror movie you never saw. (You can watch that one Here.)
To properly tell the story of this 2006 release, we first have to rewind thirty years. That’s when college friends Fred Walton and Steve Feke sat down to write the script for a...
To properly tell the story of this 2006 release, we first have to rewind thirty years. That’s when college friends Fred Walton and Steve Feke sat down to write the script for a...
- 4/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
A retrospective of Denis Villeneuve’s work also brings the director’s programming choices, among them films by Godard, Resnais, Cassavetes, and Wong Kar-wai.
Roxy Cinema
Bob Fosse’s Star 80, The Piano Teacher, The Pillow Book, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and End of Night all play on 35mm.
Anthology Film Archives
As retrospective of Haitian cinema continues, films by Hollis Frampton and Ernie Gehr play Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Film Forum
“Sapph-o-rama” continues with films by Nicholas Ray, Jonathan Demme, Lizzie Borden, and more; a 4K restoration of Pandora’s Box has begun a run; a print of The Third Man continues, while the Harold Lloyd film Hot Water shows on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
A retrospective of snubbed performances brings films by Scorsese, Elaine May, Jonathan Demme, and Gus Van Sant...
Film at Lincoln Center
A retrospective of Denis Villeneuve’s work also brings the director’s programming choices, among them films by Godard, Resnais, Cassavetes, and Wong Kar-wai.
Roxy Cinema
Bob Fosse’s Star 80, The Piano Teacher, The Pillow Book, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and End of Night all play on 35mm.
Anthology Film Archives
As retrospective of Haitian cinema continues, films by Hollis Frampton and Ernie Gehr play Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Film Forum
“Sapph-o-rama” continues with films by Nicholas Ray, Jonathan Demme, Lizzie Borden, and more; a 4K restoration of Pandora’s Box has begun a run; a print of The Third Man continues, while the Harold Lloyd film Hot Water shows on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
A retrospective of snubbed performances brings films by Scorsese, Elaine May, Jonathan Demme, and Gus Van Sant...
- 2/16/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Marlena Shaw, the oft-sampled soul singer best known for her enduring 1969 hit “California Soul,” has died at the age of 81.
Shaw’s daughter Marla Bradshaw confirmed her mother’s death Friday on social media; no cause of death was provided.
“It’s with a very heavy heart for myself and my family I announce that our beloved mother, your beloved icon and artist Marlena Shaw has passed away today,” Bradshaw said. “She was peaceful. We were at peace… She went listening to some of her favorite songs.”
Shaw’s onetime...
Shaw’s daughter Marla Bradshaw confirmed her mother’s death Friday on social media; no cause of death was provided.
“It’s with a very heavy heart for myself and my family I announce that our beloved mother, your beloved icon and artist Marlena Shaw has passed away today,” Bradshaw said. “She was peaceful. We were at peace… She went listening to some of her favorite songs.”
Shaw’s onetime...
- 1/21/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Singer Marlena Shaw, best known for her much-sampled hit, California Soul, has died at 81, according to a video posted to Facebook by her daughter, Marla. No details were given.
“Hello everyone, it is with a very heavy heart that for myself and my family, I announce that our beloved mother, your beloved icon and artist, Marlena Shaw, has passed away today at 12:03,” Marla said on the video. “She was peaceful, we were at peace.”
Shaw’s California Soul was an track on her 1969 album, The Spice of Life, but later became a highly sought-after record for early hip-hop samplers. The song has been sampled by Gang Starr, DJ Shadow, Diplo and Nightmares on Wax.
The track was written by Ashford & Simpson and first recorded by The Messengers, and also became part of many television ads too. It currently has more than 100 million streams on Spotify.
Shaw was born in New Rochelle,...
“Hello everyone, it is with a very heavy heart that for myself and my family, I announce that our beloved mother, your beloved icon and artist, Marlena Shaw, has passed away today at 12:03,” Marla said on the video. “She was peaceful, we were at peace.”
Shaw’s California Soul was an track on her 1969 album, The Spice of Life, but later became a highly sought-after record for early hip-hop samplers. The song has been sampled by Gang Starr, DJ Shadow, Diplo and Nightmares on Wax.
The track was written by Ashford & Simpson and first recorded by The Messengers, and also became part of many television ads too. It currently has more than 100 million streams on Spotify.
Shaw was born in New Rochelle,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In talking with Diane Keaton, you get the sense she is most comfortable discussing anything — her beloved mother, her impressive co-stars, the photograph she pulled from a coffee table book about poor dental hygiene she found at a flea market — other than herself.
If she were to talk about herself, there would be a lot to cover, beginning with an early career filled with New York theater, the Godfather films and a prolific partnership with Woody Allen. She has since accumulated four Oscar nominations — she la-di-da-ed her way to a win for 1977’s Annie Hall — with the films Reds and Looking for Mr. Goodbar proving her dramatic muscle, while titles like 1996’s The First Wives Club and Something’s Gotta Give cemented her as one of Hollywood’s greatest onscreen comediennes. Her most recent career arc has seen her in such features as Book Club (grossing $104 million globally), surrounded by other...
If she were to talk about herself, there would be a lot to cover, beginning with an early career filled with New York theater, the Godfather films and a prolific partnership with Woody Allen. She has since accumulated four Oscar nominations — she la-di-da-ed her way to a win for 1977’s Annie Hall — with the films Reds and Looking for Mr. Goodbar proving her dramatic muscle, while titles like 1996’s The First Wives Club and Something’s Gotta Give cemented her as one of Hollywood’s greatest onscreen comediennes. Her most recent career arc has seen her in such features as Book Club (grossing $104 million globally), surrounded by other...
- 4/28/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Diane Keaton has been starring in films for five decades, taking on iconic role after role. In her almost 60 films, she has worked with actors like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, and Michael Douglas. The list goes on and on.
Keaton grew up in Highland Park, CA, and got the acting bug at age 6 when she saw her mother crowned Mrs. Highland Park. It was then that she knew she wanted to be a famous movie star.
Diane Keaton’s career Diane Keaton attends the Ralph Lauren SS23 Runway Show. I Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Keaton’s career began at age 19 when she moved to New York to study acting. Her first role was in Hair on Broadway. Soon after, she was working with Woody Allen on the stage and film versions of Play It Again, Sam. Her next role was in The Godfather.
Keaton grew up in Highland Park, CA, and got the acting bug at age 6 when she saw her mother crowned Mrs. Highland Park. It was then that she knew she wanted to be a famous movie star.
Diane Keaton’s career Diane Keaton attends the Ralph Lauren SS23 Runway Show. I Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Keaton’s career began at age 19 when she moved to New York to study acting. Her first role was in Hair on Broadway. Soon after, she was working with Woody Allen on the stage and film versions of Play It Again, Sam. Her next role was in The Godfather.
- 4/12/2023
- by Stacy Feintuch
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believed that Diane Keaton deserved an Oscar win for her starring role in Annie Hall. However, her long-time fans still don’t agree with the decision. They absolutely adore the actor, but they thought that another performance in the same year was more deserving of the golden statuette.
Diane Keaton played the titular character in ‘Annie Hall’ Diane Keaton | Getty Images
A comedian named Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) recalls the ups and downs with a nightclub singer named Annie Hall (Keaton), who is going through a difficult time in her career. He speaks directly to the audience, chronicling his life reaching as far back as his childhood to explain the situation that he’s in. Singer later gets to the point where he discusses how he met Annie and the struggles of modern romance.
In addition to starring in the leading role,...
Diane Keaton played the titular character in ‘Annie Hall’ Diane Keaton | Getty Images
A comedian named Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) recalls the ups and downs with a nightclub singer named Annie Hall (Keaton), who is going through a difficult time in her career. He speaks directly to the audience, chronicling his life reaching as far back as his childhood to explain the situation that he’s in. Singer later gets to the point where he discusses how he met Annie and the struggles of modern romance.
In addition to starring in the leading role,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Michael Jacobs’ romantic comedy attempts to present a universal portrait of the difficulties faced by couples young and old, those just starting out and those married for many years. So it’s ironic that Maybe I Do, which features such stellar screen veterans as Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and William H. Macy plus relative youngsters Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, has exactly the opposite effect. Instead of relating to the characters onscreen, you marvel at how they all look so good. The dominant message isn’t that all couples have issues, but rather that movie stars age so much better than the rest of us.
Adding to the dissonance is that the film represents reunions for many of the cast members — and that we’ve seen them together before, most of the time in much better films. Gere and Sarandon have played married couples in Shall We Dance...
Adding to the dissonance is that the film represents reunions for many of the cast members — and that we’ve seen them together before, most of the time in much better films. Gere and Sarandon have played married couples in Shall We Dance...
- 1/26/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Diane Keaton loved reuniting with Richard Gere on their latest flick “Maybe I Do”.
Keaton and Gere previously starred in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” together back in 1977, with the actress discussing the reunion in an interview with Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante.
She insists of the upcoming comedy, “I like the movie, I like the people that were in the movie, and acting in the movie.
“It was a great experience, especially Richard Gere since I worked with him… how many years [ago]?”
Read More: Emma Roberts Says Working Alongside Richard Gere Is ‘Full Circle Moment’
A synopsis for their movie reads, “With their relationship at a crossroads, Michelle and Allen invite their parents to finally meet. As it turns out, their parents already know each other, maybe a little too well.”
The flick also stars Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Susan Sarandon and William H. Macy.
Keaton says when asked if...
Keaton and Gere previously starred in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” together back in 1977, with the actress discussing the reunion in an interview with Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante.
She insists of the upcoming comedy, “I like the movie, I like the people that were in the movie, and acting in the movie.
“It was a great experience, especially Richard Gere since I worked with him… how many years [ago]?”
Read More: Emma Roberts Says Working Alongside Richard Gere Is ‘Full Circle Moment’
A synopsis for their movie reads, “With their relationship at a crossroads, Michelle and Allen invite their parents to finally meet. As it turns out, their parents already know each other, maybe a little too well.”
The flick also stars Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Susan Sarandon and William H. Macy.
Keaton says when asked if...
- 1/25/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Cinema in the 1970s was truly a golden age. Year after year, both American and foreign imports elevated the artform to new heights of gritty and urban realism as the aptly labeled, “sexual revolution” played out in all its hedonistic glory. But with every The Last Detail and Taxi Driver released, there were also some equally good movies that fell through the cracks. Richard Brooks’ Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977) was one such forgotten film. Based on the best-selling novel by Judith Rossner, this film starred a fully dramatic Diane Keaton playing against type as a teacher of first grade
Why Looking For Mr. Goodbar Needs a Blu-Ray and Streaming Release...
Why Looking For Mr. Goodbar Needs a Blu-Ray and Streaming Release...
- 12/12/2021
- by Charles Switzer
- TVovermind.com
Lock the doors. Turn on the lights. Check under the bed. Crank up the volume. It’s time for another Halloween Parade!
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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Mandy (2018)
Carnival of Souls (1962) – Mary Lambert’s trailer commentary
Night Tide (1961) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
A Bucket Of Blood (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s DVD review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Dementia 13 (1963) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Region B Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s director’s cut Blu-ray review
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
The Godfather Part II (1974) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Conversation (1974) – Josh Olson...
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Click here, and be sure to indicate The Movies That Made Me in the note section so Josh can finally achieve his dream of showing Mandy to his wife!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Mandy (2018)
Carnival of Souls (1962) – Mary Lambert’s trailer commentary
Night Tide (1961) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
A Bucket Of Blood (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s DVD review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Dementia 13 (1963) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Region B Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s director’s cut Blu-ray review
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
The Godfather Part II (1974) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Conversation (1974) – Josh Olson...
- 10/29/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The Covid epidemic must be rough for sex addicts — something that lends at least a temporary tinge of nostalgia to “Lost Girls & Love Hotels,” whose promiscuous heroine seems unconcerned even about old-school Std risks. This adaptation of a 2010 semi-autobiographical novel by Canadian Catherine Hanrahan stars Alexandra Daddario as a North American expat in Japan, escaping murky demons via endless partying and anonymous sexual encounters.
Hitting notes variably redolent of “50 Shades” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” with the added element of cultural dislocation, William Olsson’s film works as an atmospheric mood piece and sometime erotic drama. It’s less successful as a character study. That creates a certain hollowness at the core of a movie that ultimately should expose the tortured psychology of a figure who instead not only remains elusive, but never fully earns our sympathy or interest. Astrakan Film is releasing the feature (which was reportedly shot on...
Hitting notes variably redolent of “50 Shades” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” with the added element of cultural dislocation, William Olsson’s film works as an atmospheric mood piece and sometime erotic drama. It’s less successful as a character study. That creates a certain hollowness at the core of a movie that ultimately should expose the tortured psychology of a figure who instead not only remains elusive, but never fully earns our sympathy or interest. Astrakan Film is releasing the feature (which was reportedly shot on...
- 9/17/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
There are a whole host of films bubbling around the virtual Cannes Market at the moment, one, in particular, will see the likes of Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, Blake Lively and Lin-Manuel Miranda team up to star in the romantic comedy ‘The Making Of’.
Written and produced by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, the story focuses on two couples: long-married filmmakers (Gere and Keaton) have cast overemotional actors (Blake Lively and Lin-Manuel Miranda) to portray their younger selves in the story of their great love. Unfortunately, by the time shooting begins, their fabled marriage is unravelling. The filmmakers want to make a hit; the actors want to tell the true story. Whose version really is the truth? And how do they distinguish between real love and movie love when their lives and their work become hopelessly intertwined?
Gere and Keaton have previously worked together before, back in 1977 they starred in...
Written and produced by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, the story focuses on two couples: long-married filmmakers (Gere and Keaton) have cast overemotional actors (Blake Lively and Lin-Manuel Miranda) to portray their younger selves in the story of their great love. Unfortunately, by the time shooting begins, their fabled marriage is unravelling. The filmmakers want to make a hit; the actors want to tell the true story. Whose version really is the truth? And how do they distinguish between real love and movie love when their lives and their work become hopelessly intertwined?
Gere and Keaton have previously worked together before, back in 1977 they starred in...
- 8/27/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Dennehy in the 2018 screen version of "The Seagull" from Sony Classics.
Brian Dennehy, the popular and acclaimed actor of stage, screen and television, has passed away from natural causes at age 81. Dennehy was born in Connecticut and continued to reside there until his death. Dennehy had a rather late entry into an acting career. He first appeared on screen in 1977 in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" in a bit part. Later that year, he made an impression as a hulking football player in the comedy "Semi-Tough". His considerable physical presence often found him playing tough guy roles, though he was equally adept at playing light comedy. He was constantly in demand, mostly as a character actor, but he occasionally found acclaim in leading roles. He won multiple Tony awards for playing Willy Loman in two Broadway runs of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman". He was also nominated for five Emmy awards.
Brian Dennehy, the popular and acclaimed actor of stage, screen and television, has passed away from natural causes at age 81. Dennehy was born in Connecticut and continued to reside there until his death. Dennehy had a rather late entry into an acting career. He first appeared on screen in 1977 in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" in a bit part. Later that year, he made an impression as a hulking football player in the comedy "Semi-Tough". His considerable physical presence often found him playing tough guy roles, though he was equally adept at playing light comedy. He was constantly in demand, mostly as a character actor, but he occasionally found acclaim in leading roles. He won multiple Tony awards for playing Willy Loman in two Broadway runs of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman". He was also nominated for five Emmy awards.
- 4/17/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Brian Dennehy, the winner of two Tonys in a career that also spanned films including “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon,” and television roles including “Dynasty” and “Death of a Salesman,” died on Wednesday night in New Haven, Conn. He was 81.
“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian, passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and grandfather, he will be missed by his wife, Jennifer, family and many friends,” his daughter, actress Elizabeth Dennehy, tweeted on Thursday.
His agency ICM also confirmed the news.
In the 1995 comedy “Tommy Boy,” Dennehy was Big Tom, the father of Chris Farley’s character Tom, who takes over the family’s auto parts business with David Spade after his father dies. In Ron Howard’s 1985 hit “Cocoon,” Dennehy played the leader of the alien Antareans who...
“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian, passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and grandfather, he will be missed by his wife, Jennifer, family and many friends,” his daughter, actress Elizabeth Dennehy, tweeted on Thursday.
His agency ICM also confirmed the news.
In the 1995 comedy “Tommy Boy,” Dennehy was Big Tom, the father of Chris Farley’s character Tom, who takes over the family’s auto parts business with David Spade after his father dies. In Ron Howard’s 1985 hit “Cocoon,” Dennehy played the leader of the alien Antareans who...
- 4/16/2020
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
The CW's hit teen mystery drama Riverdale already has one successful spinoff in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which is a dark, supernatural tale of a young witch coming into her powers and thwarting evil forces. But next year, The CW is debuting a second Riverdale spinoff with Katy Keene, starring Lucy Hale as the title character and bringing Riverdale's Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray) along for the ride, along with several other fresh new faces.
But is Katy Keene going to have all the murder, mayhem, and mystery of its predecessors? Read on to find out.
Speaking to the 2019 TCA Summer press tour, executive producer Robert Aguirre-Sacasa says that if darkness is what you're hoping for from Katy Keene, then prepare yourself - that is not what this new dramedy is bringing. They did consider making a darker version of Katy Keene but ultimately they decided that...
But is Katy Keene going to have all the murder, mayhem, and mystery of its predecessors? Read on to find out.
Speaking to the 2019 TCA Summer press tour, executive producer Robert Aguirre-Sacasa says that if darkness is what you're hoping for from Katy Keene, then prepare yourself - that is not what this new dramedy is bringing. They did consider making a darker version of Katy Keene but ultimately they decided that...
- 11/10/2019
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
Richard Gere celebrates his 70th birthday on August 31, 2019. Whether in romantic comedies, legal dramas, action thrillers or musicals, he’s been pretty durable as a leading man in a career spanning over 40 years. But how many of his titles remain classics? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 12 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1949, Gere kicked off his movie career with a memorable supporting turn in Richard Brooks‘ “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” (1977), followed by a leading role in Terrence Malick‘s “Days of Heaven” (1978). He became a sex symbol with Paul Schrader‘s “American Gigolo” (1982) and a romantic idol with Taylor Hackford‘s “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination as Best Drama Actor.
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Despite his box office bravura, Gere has never competed at the Oscars.
Born in 1949, Gere kicked off his movie career with a memorable supporting turn in Richard Brooks‘ “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” (1977), followed by a leading role in Terrence Malick‘s “Days of Heaven” (1978). He became a sex symbol with Paul Schrader‘s “American Gigolo” (1982) and a romantic idol with Taylor Hackford‘s “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination as Best Drama Actor.
SEEDebra Winger movies: 10 greatest films ranked from worst to best
Despite his box office bravura, Gere has never competed at the Oscars.
- 8/31/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Richard Gere celebrates his 70th birthday on August 31, 2019. Whether in romantic comedies, legal dramas, action thrillers or musicals, he’s been pretty durable as a leading man in a career spanning over 40 years. But how many of his titles remain classics? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 12 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1949, Gere kicked off his movie career with a memorable supporting turn in Richard Brooks‘ “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” (1977), followed by a leading role in Terrence Malick‘s “Days of Heaven” (1978). He became a sex symbol with Paul Schrader‘s “American Gigolo” (1982) and a romantic idol with Taylor Hackford‘s “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination as Best Drama Actor.
Despite his box office bravura, Gere has never competed at the Oscars. Perhaps the closest he ever came was with his leading...
Born in 1949, Gere kicked off his movie career with a memorable supporting turn in Richard Brooks‘ “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” (1977), followed by a leading role in Terrence Malick‘s “Days of Heaven” (1978). He became a sex symbol with Paul Schrader‘s “American Gigolo” (1982) and a romantic idol with Taylor Hackford‘s “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination as Best Drama Actor.
Despite his box office bravura, Gere has never competed at the Oscars. Perhaps the closest he ever came was with his leading...
- 8/31/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Diane Keaton is one of those special actors who can shift from comedy to drama without missing a beat. She has been nominated for two Oscars in comedy (“Something’s Gotta Give” and winning for “Annie Hall”) and two in drama (“Reds” and “Marvin’s Room”). Keaton is now back in theaters joining Oscar winners Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen, as well as five-time Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen in Bill Holderman‘s comedy “Book Club.”
Keaton is also a key cast member in one of the seminal film series of all time — Francis Ford Coppola‘s “The Godfather” trilogy. Her heartbreaking turn as Kay Adams Corleone, a woman who sincerely believed that her husband was a good man, will forever be a part of motion picture history.
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A recipient of the 2017 American Film Institute life achievement award, Keaton has also been nominated...
Keaton is also a key cast member in one of the seminal film series of all time — Francis Ford Coppola‘s “The Godfather” trilogy. Her heartbreaking turn as Kay Adams Corleone, a woman who sincerely believed that her husband was a good man, will forever be a part of motion picture history.
See AFI Life Achievement Recipients Photo Gallery
A recipient of the 2017 American Film Institute life achievement award, Keaton has also been nominated...
- 5/19/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Tuesday Weld, nominated for an Oscar in 1978 for her co-starring role in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” has splashed out almost $1.8 million for a desirably private home in the Cahuenga Pass area of the Hollywood Hills. Invisible from the street and down a long driveway, the single-story, renovated ranch-style residence has four bedrooms and three bathrooms in just under 2,000 square feet.
A three-sided stacked-stone fireplace divides the living and dining rooms, both featuring chestnut-toned hardwoods, an integrated sound system and room-wide banks of sliding-glass doors that provide panoramic views over the neon lights of Universal CityWalk. Open to the dining room over a raised breakfast bar, the kitchen has up-to-date stainless steel appliances and stone-like speckled-granite countertops. Two guest bedrooms, one with a barn-style door that slides open to the laundry room, share a small hall bathroom, and a third guest bedroom is en suite. The master bedroom, unconventionally situated off the dining room,...
A three-sided stacked-stone fireplace divides the living and dining rooms, both featuring chestnut-toned hardwoods, an integrated sound system and room-wide banks of sliding-glass doors that provide panoramic views over the neon lights of Universal CityWalk. Open to the dining room over a raised breakfast bar, the kitchen has up-to-date stainless steel appliances and stone-like speckled-granite countertops. Two guest bedrooms, one with a barn-style door that slides open to the laundry room, share a small hall bathroom, and a third guest bedroom is en suite. The master bedroom, unconventionally situated off the dining room,...
- 4/3/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has tapped screenwriter Barbara Curry to pen their upcoming feature Gasp, the dramatic investigative thriller is inspired by several true stories of women who were killed by men they met on dating apps. Kind of like a modern day Looking for Mr. Goodbar, it seems. And what better writer to script: Curry segued to screenwriting after a decade serving as a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office. Produced by Jennifer Gibgot and Adam Shankman's…...
- 11/17/2017
- Deadline
“It’s not a good idea to be identifiable, though it’s reassuring. It feels safe in most ways, and that’s bad, because it means that you’re accepted, and once that happens that’s where you stay. You have to watch yourself. I’d like a life like Katharine Hepburn’s in terms of work. She matured. She made the changes. Like Martha Graham.”
Diane Keaton, New Yorker, 1978
Diane Keaton is to receive the American Film Institure Lifetime Achievement award on June 8th. We should be pleased, not only deserved because Keaton is a true legend, but also because highly accomplished comic actors are so often overlooked by awards bodies. Think of Keaton and Annie Hall comes immediately to mind along with other Woody Allen films, as well as comedies like The First Wives Club, Father of the Bride and Something's Gotta Give. But few actresses have a...
Diane Keaton, New Yorker, 1978
Diane Keaton is to receive the American Film Institure Lifetime Achievement award on June 8th. We should be pleased, not only deserved because Keaton is a true legend, but also because highly accomplished comic actors are so often overlooked by awards bodies. Think of Keaton and Annie Hall comes immediately to mind along with other Woody Allen films, as well as comedies like The First Wives Club, Father of the Bride and Something's Gotta Give. But few actresses have a...
- 6/7/2017
- by Seán McGovern
- FilmExperience
by Seán McGovern
Annie Hall turns 40 this year and Diane Keaton will be the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award next month (June 8th to be exact). Keaton, a perennial A-lister, reminds us every few years about the extent of her talents. She's been enjoying recent success in The Young Pope and her upcoming projects Hampstead and Book Club sound promising at least. Since Annie Hall turns 40 this year so too will Keaton's other '77 triumph, Looking For Mr. Goodbar.
Though Goodbar is remembered for Keaton in a dramatic role (which this author will pay attention to here at a later date), the film is definitely what we'd call in contemporary parlance "problematic". I recently watched Goodbar for my own podcast, but amongst the reprehensible moments I finally understood why so many women of a certain age (i.e. my mother) swooned over Richard Gere - who we get...
Annie Hall turns 40 this year and Diane Keaton will be the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award next month (June 8th to be exact). Keaton, a perennial A-lister, reminds us every few years about the extent of her talents. She's been enjoying recent success in The Young Pope and her upcoming projects Hampstead and Book Club sound promising at least. Since Annie Hall turns 40 this year so too will Keaton's other '77 triumph, Looking For Mr. Goodbar.
Though Goodbar is remembered for Keaton in a dramatic role (which this author will pay attention to here at a later date), the film is definitely what we'd call in contemporary parlance "problematic". I recently watched Goodbar for my own podcast, but amongst the reprehensible moments I finally understood why so many women of a certain age (i.e. my mother) swooned over Richard Gere - who we get...
- 5/26/2017
- by Seán McGovern
- FilmExperience
Looking for Mr. Goodbar meets Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret on the streets of 21st century London in Peter Mackie Burns' disarming debut Daphne, the intimate character study of a 31-year-old singleton who goes off the rails after witnessing a random act of violence. First and foremost, it's a cracking little showcase for rising British actress Emily Beecham, who's seldom offscreen for long as the tale's lively, complex, intriguing quasi-heroine.
A low-key but promising first feature from Mackie Burns, winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear in 2005 for his short Milk, it is essentially an expansion of his 11-minute Happy Birthday to Me (2013),...
A low-key but promising first feature from Mackie Burns, winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear in 2005 for his short Milk, it is essentially an expansion of his 11-minute Happy Birthday to Me (2013),...
- 2/8/2017
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plus: Katharine DeShaw to lead Academy Museum fundraising efforts; and more…
The actress and sometime director will collect the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute on June 8, 2017.
Chair of the AFI board of trustees, Howard Stringer, described Keaton as “peerless in her mastery of both comedy and drama”.
Keaton’s credits include her Oscar-winning performance in Annie Hall, as well as The Godfather, Play It Again, Sam, Sleeper, Love And Death, Manhattan, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Marvin’s Room, Something’s Gotta Give, Father Of The Bride, Finding Dory and The Young Pope.
Arts and philanthropy veteran Katharine DeShaw has been appointed managing director, advancement and external relations at the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures, effective November 1. DeShaw will direct all aspects of fundraising, including completion of the $388m capital campaign to support the new museum, which is now under construction.Doc NYC programming includes the eight-day Doc NYC Pro conference comprising talks, panels...
The actress and sometime director will collect the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute on June 8, 2017.
Chair of the AFI board of trustees, Howard Stringer, described Keaton as “peerless in her mastery of both comedy and drama”.
Keaton’s credits include her Oscar-winning performance in Annie Hall, as well as The Godfather, Play It Again, Sam, Sleeper, Love And Death, Manhattan, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Marvin’s Room, Something’s Gotta Give, Father Of The Bride, Finding Dory and The Young Pope.
Arts and philanthropy veteran Katharine DeShaw has been appointed managing director, advancement and external relations at the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures, effective November 1. DeShaw will direct all aspects of fundraising, including completion of the $388m capital campaign to support the new museum, which is now under construction.Doc NYC programming includes the eight-day Doc NYC Pro conference comprising talks, panels...
- 10/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In today's roundup on special screenings, we're collecting reviews of Richard Brooks's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Eiichi Yamamoto's Belladonna of Sadness, King Hu's Dragon Inn, Tony Conrad's The Flicker, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers and Riley Stearns's Faults. Plus: Celebrating Orson Welles in Los Angeles, talking with Kelly Reichardt in Vienna, Whit Stillman in Liverpool, discussing The Walking Dead in London, and in Gent, Pere Portabella's Informe General and Informe General II. El nuevo rapto de Europa. » - David Hudson...
- 5/5/2016
- Keyframe
In today's roundup on special screenings, we're collecting reviews of Richard Brooks's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Eiichi Yamamoto's Belladonna of Sadness, King Hu's Dragon Inn, Tony Conrad's The Flicker, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers and Riley Stearns's Faults. Plus: Celebrating Orson Welles in Los Angeles, talking with Kelly Reichardt in Vienna, Whit Stillman in Liverpool, discussing The Walking Dead in London, and in Gent, Pere Portabella's Informe General and Informe General II. El nuevo rapto de Europa. » - David Hudson...
- 5/5/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
At the time of its production, Louis Malle’s 1978 title Pretty Baby (the title derived from the Tony Jackson song) was quite the scandal, a period piece frankly depicting child prostitution in turn of the century New Orleans. But like many provocative titles from the period (another being Richard Brooks’ Looking For Mr. Goodbar), decades of suppression has resulted in unavailability and a disappearance from modern cinematic conversations. Recently made available courtesy of the Warner Bros. Archive collection (solely on DVD) this is property begging for a more masterful restoration.
In the Red Lights district of 1917 New Orleans, legal prostitution is on the wane as a surge of conservative, religious rhetoric begins to sweep through the country. Nell (Francis Faye) owns a booming brothel in the famed Storyville district, and one of her most notable employees is Hattie (Susan Sarandon), whose twelve-year-old daughter Violet (Brooke Shields) has grown up within the house.
In the Red Lights district of 1917 New Orleans, legal prostitution is on the wane as a surge of conservative, religious rhetoric begins to sweep through the country. Nell (Francis Faye) owns a booming brothel in the famed Storyville district, and one of her most notable employees is Hattie (Susan Sarandon), whose twelve-year-old daughter Violet (Brooke Shields) has grown up within the house.
- 10/20/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
“This 1966 western… has the expertise of a cold old whore with practiced hands and no thoughts of love. There’s something to be said for this kind of professionalism; the moviemakers know their business and they work us over. We’re not always in the mood for love or for art, and this movie makes no demands, raises no questions, doesn’t confuse the emotions. Even the absence of visual beauty or of beauty of language or concept can be something of a relief. The buyer gets exactly what he expects and wants and pays for: manipulation for excitement. We use the movie and the movie uses us.”
- Pauline Kael on The Professionals, from her collection Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
I’m not speaking from direct experience here, you understand, but I would imagine that old whores, cold or otherwise, could be pretty entertaining, not only in their professional...
- Pauline Kael on The Professionals, from her collection Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
I’m not speaking from direct experience here, you understand, but I would imagine that old whores, cold or otherwise, could be pretty entertaining, not only in their professional...
- 9/17/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Sometimes I imagine that it is 1983 and Terrence Malick is somewhere in Paris, living a quiet, normal life. As he walks to one of his favorite cafes, he catches a glimpse of Gilles Deleuzes’ Cinéma 1: L’image-mouvemont in a bookstore window. Naturally, he’s curious. In an intellectual era dominated by Theory, the only other book of philosophy that had taken up cinema as a way to do philosophy was The World Viewed, written by his friend and one time academic advisor Stanley Cavell. I imagine that Malick seeks out Deleuze, who is lecturing at the University of Paris VIII. Two years later, he buys a copy of Deleuze’s Cinéma 2: L’image-temps. Deleuze confirmed what Malick has long suspected, but either forgotten or was distracted from in the hedonistic atmosphere of 1970s L. A. chronicled by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls—cinema “thinks” philosophically. Other...
- 8/3/2015
- by Reno Lauro
- MUBI
Screenwriter, director, and novelist Allison Burnett adapts his critically-lauded book Undiscovered Gyrl, retitled Ask Me Anything for the screen, with excellent results. (By the way, only two writers I can think of have even attempted to migrate their prose from page to screen as both writer and director -- Norman Mailer and Stephen Chboksy.) This dramatic coming-of-age indie boasts an outstanding cast with a wickedly twisted plot twist that is so left field that you may have to watch it again to get it. Part Lolita meets Looking for Mr. Goodbar a la a precocious teenage blogger gone rogue.
The film's complex ingénue is the beautiful, blond Katie Kampenfelt (Britt Robertson), an 18-year-old girl who starts blogging, for her own kicks, the year following her high school graduation. Falling in love with a college film professor (Justin Long) as well as the married husband (Christian Slater) of couple she is the nanny for,...
The film's complex ingénue is the beautiful, blond Katie Kampenfelt (Britt Robertson), an 18-year-old girl who starts blogging, for her own kicks, the year following her high school graduation. Falling in love with a college film professor (Justin Long) as well as the married husband (Christian Slater) of couple she is the nanny for,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Polly Bergen: 'Desperate Housewives' Emmy nominee; winner for 'The Helen Morgan Story' (photo: Felicity Huffman, Doug Savant, and Polly Bergen in 'Desperate Housewives') (See previous article: "Polly Bergen: Actress on Richard Nixon 'Enemies List'.") Polly Bergen began her lengthy — and to some extent prestigious — television career in 1950, making sporadic appearances in anthology series. She won an Emmy for Best Actress in a Single Performance – Lead or Supporting — beating Julie Andrews, Helen Hayes, Teresa Wright, and Piper Laurie — for playing troubled torch singer Helen Morgan (Show Boat) in the 1957 Playhouse 90 episode "The Helen Morgan Story," featuring veteran Sylvia Sidney as Morgan's mother. Curiously, Bergen's retelling of Helen Morgan's story was broadcast the same year that Ann Blyth starred in Michael Curtiz's Morgan biopic. Also titled The Helen Morgan Story, the film focused on the relationship between the singer and a...
- 9/23/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) is coming up fast, but organizers are still putting final touches on the festival’s impressive lineup. Highlights of today’s newly announced titles include the world premiere of the anticipated Bill Murray starrer St. Vincent, for which the actor is tipped to garner awards buzz, and Palme D’Or winner Winter Sleep‘s North American debut.
Check out all the announcements below…
Mavericks Conversation With… Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington is one of the film world’s most prominent leading men, known best for his galvanizing portrayals of both real-life figures (Malcolm X, The Hurricane, American Gangster) and fictional characters (Philadelphia, Devil in a Blue Dress, Flight). Washington returns to the Festival starring in The Equalizer, an intense thriller that reunites him with director Antoine Fuqua (Brooklyn’s Finest, Shooter, Olympus Has Fallen) for the first time since their Oscar-winning collaboration on Training Day.
Check out all the announcements below…
Mavericks Conversation With… Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington is one of the film world’s most prominent leading men, known best for his galvanizing portrayals of both real-life figures (Malcolm X, The Hurricane, American Gangster) and fictional characters (Philadelphia, Devil in a Blue Dress, Flight). Washington returns to the Festival starring in The Equalizer, an intense thriller that reunites him with director Antoine Fuqua (Brooklyn’s Finest, Shooter, Olympus Has Fallen) for the first time since their Oscar-winning collaboration on Training Day.
- 8/19/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Like an avenging angel wrapped in red cellophane, Valentine’s Day is back to remind us all that we should be better lovers. You know what, Valentine’s Day? F*ck you and the Whitman’s Sampler you rode in on. Here are 20 reasons why nobody should bother with romance this February 14.
1. The Talented Mr. Ripley
Ripley is a great movie, but it’s long on suspense and deception and short on romance. Ripley connives and insinuates his way through a whole gaggle of actual and imagined romantic partners – both female and male – and even those who manage to survive to the final reel are most assuredly a bit more guarded after dating him. Side note: did you realize that the guy that Ripley romances and then murders is Derek from Smash? Seriously, one of the best casts ever assembled, and also Gwyneth Paltrow.
2. Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Anti-romance, anti-feminist,...
1. The Talented Mr. Ripley
Ripley is a great movie, but it’s long on suspense and deception and short on romance. Ripley connives and insinuates his way through a whole gaggle of actual and imagined romantic partners – both female and male – and even those who manage to survive to the final reel are most assuredly a bit more guarded after dating him. Side note: did you realize that the guy that Ripley romances and then murders is Derek from Smash? Seriously, one of the best casts ever assembled, and also Gwyneth Paltrow.
2. Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Anti-romance, anti-feminist,...
- 2/12/2014
- by Brian Juergens
- The Backlot
Test Your Madonna Knowledge Against TheBacklot’s Louis Virtel On The YouTube Game Show “The Experts”
It feels bizarre to claim that I’m a Madonna expert when, really, casual fans of the 55-year-old Material Monarch can accidentally know everything about her too. Madonna’s history is pop history, so even if you’re a Radiohead fan or a sports junkie, you still might know that “Take A Bow” is Madonna’s biggest single and that Christopher Walken guest-stars in the “Bad Girl” video. (Though you might not know that Madonna’s cited inspiration for the “Bad Girl” video is Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Diane!)
Nonetheless, I’m the anointed “Madonna expert” on this week’s episode of The Experts, a YouTube game show that tests savants on a specific area of expertise and pits them against other geeks. I’m competing with a Batman expert and a Melrose Place expert, so whether you’re a dead-eyed Madonna zealot or a low-key Daphne Zuniga fan, there’s something here for you.
Nonetheless, I’m the anointed “Madonna expert” on this week’s episode of The Experts, a YouTube game show that tests savants on a specific area of expertise and pits them against other geeks. I’m competing with a Batman expert and a Melrose Place expert, so whether you’re a dead-eyed Madonna zealot or a low-key Daphne Zuniga fan, there’s something here for you.
- 1/7/2014
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
Strap on your leather gloves and jaunty hat, because it’s Diane Keaton‘s 68th birthday this weekend! The legendary thespian will always be known for Best Actress-earned turn in Annie Hall, but she’s given us enough joy to last us a few cinematic lifetimes: Love and Death, Sleeper, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Manhattan, Reds, Baby Boom, Father of the Bride, Marvin’s Room, The First Wives Club, and hell, Something’s Gotta Give. She eked an Oscar nomination out of Something’s Gotta Give, people. The woman has earned her props. And her memoir? Is outstanding.
To celebrate her big day, I ask you: What’s the most underrated Diane Keaton performance?
I already hear your shouts of Crimes of the Heart, but I’m going with a simpler, lighter film: Manhattan Murder Mystery. Although I love Mia Farrow in Woody’s movies, Diane takes to his often...
To celebrate her big day, I ask you: What’s the most underrated Diane Keaton performance?
I already hear your shouts of Crimes of the Heart, but I’m going with a simpler, lighter film: Manhattan Murder Mystery. Although I love Mia Farrow in Woody’s movies, Diane takes to his often...
- 1/3/2014
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
Cary Leibowitz: (paintings and belt buckles) Invisible Exports Through October 13, 2013 "In the beginning was the Word…" John 1:1 "On our way to a single pictorial audience! We are the Plan, the System, the Organization! Direct your creative work in line with Economy!" El Lissitzky, Unovis street flyer, 1919 "So funny it just occurred to me I haven't thought about suicide in weeks" Cary Leibowitz
In or around 1920 or '21 the painter and propagandist El Lissitzky painted a small, unassuming gouache picture for reproduction in a magazine or journal with the words "Rosa Luxemburg" lettered in, then painted over, to make a once-declarative statement (political solidarity with the case of Rosa Luxemburg) instead a quiet, self-effacing comment, though unintentional, about the absurdity of making art a weapon or tool of politics. El Lissitzky knew even back then, in another century, before Wikileaks or Edward Snowden, that he was trafficking in shit way above his head.
In or around 1920 or '21 the painter and propagandist El Lissitzky painted a small, unassuming gouache picture for reproduction in a magazine or journal with the words "Rosa Luxemburg" lettered in, then painted over, to make a once-declarative statement (political solidarity with the case of Rosa Luxemburg) instead a quiet, self-effacing comment, though unintentional, about the absurdity of making art a weapon or tool of politics. El Lissitzky knew even back then, in another century, before Wikileaks or Edward Snowden, that he was trafficking in shit way above his head.
- 10/12/2013
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Women in Film: Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, and dozens of movie actresses in curious morphing montage A few dozen top international female movie stars, most of them Hollywood celebrities, are seen in the Women in Film morphing montage below created by Philip Scott Johnson. The faces belong to actresses from the 1910s to the early 21st century. (Image: The ‘Daughter’ of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner — who sort of looks like a cross between Eleanor Parker and Cyd Charisse as well — in the Women in Film morphing montage.) Just as interesting as trying to identify each of the famous faces is stopping the video while the morphing is going on, so you get Daughter of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner, or Daughter of Audrey Hepburn and Dorothy Dandridge, or Daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer and Sigourney Weaver. Some of those Daughters are quite pretty; others look like they’ve just landed on this planet.
- 7/31/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Tom Berenger may not be in touch with his peers from "The Big Chill" all the time, but they remain in his mind and heart.
Thirty years ago, the actor teamed with other then-rising stars -- including Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline and Jeff Goldblum -- in director and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan's Motown-scored comedy-drama about college friends drawn back together to mourn a suicidal peer (played by Kevin Costner, who went unseen in the version ultimately released).
"I kind of did a little bit afterwards," the friendly Berenger tells Zap2it of maintaining contact with fellow cast members from the modern classic that cast him as television star Sam Weber, magazine-cover famous for playing "Magnum, P.I."-like action hero J.T. Lancer.
"I remember getting together with Bill Hurt in New York a couple of times, and there were phone calls after that. And of course, I...
Thirty years ago, the actor teamed with other then-rising stars -- including Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline and Jeff Goldblum -- in director and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan's Motown-scored comedy-drama about college friends drawn back together to mourn a suicidal peer (played by Kevin Costner, who went unseen in the version ultimately released).
"I kind of did a little bit afterwards," the friendly Berenger tells Zap2it of maintaining contact with fellow cast members from the modern classic that cast him as television star Sam Weber, magazine-cover famous for playing "Magnum, P.I."-like action hero J.T. Lancer.
"I remember getting together with Bill Hurt in New York a couple of times, and there were phone calls after that. And of course, I...
- 6/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Rosie Schaap's sharply written memoir, Drinking With Men, is a collection of scenes from the bars she frequented in different phases of her life. It's a fairly cinematic approach, as the New York Times "Drink" columnist would readily admit. "Because I've been involved in bar life for so long, I'm always kind of sensitive to the way bars are depicted in movies," she tells us. Too often, she believes, the bar setting is used as shorthand for rock bottom, as in Looking for Mr. Goodbar and It's a Wonderful Life. (The latter may be a holiday classic, but "that bartender's such a prick," she says.) So what makes for a good bar scene? We had Rosie take us on a pub crawl through her thirteen favorites.
- 3/5/2013
- by Gwynne Watkins
- Vulture
It really can’t be true, can it? Richard Gere has never been nominated for an Oscar? Really? Let’s check again. For Chicago, surely. Nope. Officer and a Gentleman? Nope. Unfaithful, The Hoax, Primal Fear? Eh-eh. Damn… Dude’s due.
With Arbitrage, Gere might finally land that elusive nomination. In the Sundance hit from first-time writer/director Nicholas Jarecki, Gere plays a Bernie Madoff type who needs to unload his financial company before Wall Street figures out he’s short $412 million. It’s a subtle, daring performance, but also one that reminds you how consistently remarkable the 63-year-old has been for more than 35 years,...
With Arbitrage, Gere might finally land that elusive nomination. In the Sundance hit from first-time writer/director Nicholas Jarecki, Gere plays a Bernie Madoff type who needs to unload his financial company before Wall Street figures out he’s short $412 million. It’s a subtle, daring performance, but also one that reminds you how consistently remarkable the 63-year-old has been for more than 35 years,...
- 12/21/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Spring Breakers - Opening Sequence
Having been at Tiff this month, attempting to select favorite scenes without going entirely overboard– well, it may not exactly be as drastic as Sophie’s choice, but that is the first label that comes to mind. Spring Breakers is one of many very strong showings from Toronto this year, and certainly one of the most talked-about here at Sound on Sight. I might provide greater variety to go with one of De Palma’s masterful sequences in Passion or one chapter from the genius 101 of Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love, and so on and so forth, but I would be lying if I did not say one scene that has stuck with me the most is the opening of Korine’s simultaneously hilarious and terrifying latest. The much-discussed slow motion, booze-soaked and bikini-clad (or, really, not clad at all) introduction to the world...
Having been at Tiff this month, attempting to select favorite scenes without going entirely overboard– well, it may not exactly be as drastic as Sophie’s choice, but that is the first label that comes to mind. Spring Breakers is one of many very strong showings from Toronto this year, and certainly one of the most talked-about here at Sound on Sight. I might provide greater variety to go with one of De Palma’s masterful sequences in Passion or one chapter from the genius 101 of Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love, and so on and so forth, but I would be lying if I did not say one scene that has stuck with me the most is the opening of Korine’s simultaneously hilarious and terrifying latest. The much-discussed slow motion, booze-soaked and bikini-clad (or, really, not clad at all) introduction to the world...
- 10/4/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
(Spoiler alert: Don't read this article if you don't want to know some key plot points from "Arbitrage.") Richard Gere sashays through "Arbitrage" in quite a subdued performance compared to his acting in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." Still, his swagger is there -- and certainly his sexuality. But a mature, more reserved, yet, enfin, handsome actor has emerged since the days Richard and I worked together in "Goodbar." Age embraces him. His moves are languid. His eyes blink and twitch at all the right moments and encapsulate an energy moving throughout his body that finally bursts into...
- 9/17/2012
- by Carole Mallory
- The Wrap
The shelf life of a Hollywood leading men can sometimes be quite short. When the A-list scripts or name directors cease to call ( or return calls ) many leading men have turned to television (especially now with the quirky shows on basic cable and premium channels ). Some actors will turn to smaller supporting or character roles: the gruff father or grumpy grandpa’ parts. And then there’s Richard Gere. He emerged as a major heart-throb in the late 70′s with splashy performances in Blood Brothers and Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Of course, posters of him in American Gigolo adorned many a bedroom wall in the early 80′s. Even then he balanced these main stream flicks with quirkier fare like Days Of Heaven. Through the next decades he cemented his box office status with romantic roles in box office smashes such as An Officer And A Gentleman and Pretty Woman. But Gere...
- 9/14/2012
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Richard Gere, who turns 63 on Friday, has never been nominated for an Oscar. Considering that his credits include such modern-day classics as Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Pretty Woman (1990), Primal Fear (1996), Unfaithful (2002) and the best picture Oscar winner Chicago (2002), that fact is somewhat surprising. But consider this: For each of the films listed, at least one of his co-stars was nominated for – and in two cases won – an Oscar. That suggests that Gere is a guy who has always brought out the best in those
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- 8/24/2012
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I was chained naked to a bed in my test for the "Fan Club." I was in an orgy in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," tummy down on the bed. I was told to take my shirt off and to show a breast for editing purposes by the director of "Steel." And this is the reason I cheer the movie Magic Mike which is about a man being treated like an object. And don't blame me. I was a top model in New York and had filmed "Stepford Wives" with nary a button...
- 7/5/2012
- by Carole Mallory
- The Wrap
Mad Men “Signal 30” An Expert Opinion
"I'll keep watching these films of Don's wedding night until I figure out All of his moves."
I like Pete Campbell. I don’t know why.
If I met a guy like him, and I’m sure that I have, I’d have to stifle an urge to punch him in the softest part of his smug face (in my imagination, I am terribly brave but also concerned with the bruising of my knuckles). But in the context of Mad Men, I can’t bring myself to hate him.
Much of it comes down to the fine casting. Vincent Kartheiser has a boyish physicality that is perfectly suited to Pete Campbell: no matter what sharky office politics move he orchestrates, or how many inappropriately young women he leers at in a driving instruction class*, Pete always looks like a guy playing dress up in his dad’s clothes.
"I'll keep watching these films of Don's wedding night until I figure out All of his moves."
I like Pete Campbell. I don’t know why.
If I met a guy like him, and I’m sure that I have, I’d have to stifle an urge to punch him in the softest part of his smug face (in my imagination, I am terribly brave but also concerned with the bruising of my knuckles). But in the context of Mad Men, I can’t bring myself to hate him.
Much of it comes down to the fine casting. Vincent Kartheiser has a boyish physicality that is perfectly suited to Pete Campbell: no matter what sharky office politics move he orchestrates, or how many inappropriately young women he leers at in a driving instruction class*, Pete always looks like a guy playing dress up in his dad’s clothes.
- 4/19/2012
- by Jesse McLean
- TVovermind.com
Spoiler Alert If You Haven’T Watched American Horror Story!
By now many of you watched the first episode of FX’s new shock-a-palooza and have many questions. (Be sure to check out my colleague Jeff Jensen’s recap.) Who is Rubber Man? What the hell is in that basement? How fabulous is Jessica Lange? Thankfully, co-creator Ryan Murphy, who conceived the show alongside Brad Falchuk, talked to EW exclusively about the wild first hour and what’s in store for next week’s episode.
Entertainment Weekly: This is the complete opposite of Glee. Did you and Brad want to...
By now many of you watched the first episode of FX’s new shock-a-palooza and have many questions. (Be sure to check out my colleague Jeff Jensen’s recap.) Who is Rubber Man? What the hell is in that basement? How fabulous is Jessica Lange? Thankfully, co-creator Ryan Murphy, who conceived the show alongside Brad Falchuk, talked to EW exclusively about the wild first hour and what’s in store for next week’s episode.
Entertainment Weekly: This is the complete opposite of Glee. Did you and Brad want to...
- 10/6/2011
- by Tim Stack
- EW - Inside TV
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
It was one thing when Hollywood released two "friends with benefits"-themed movies this year a few months apart: No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits.
But a mainstream movie about an outright orgy? A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, which opened last weekend, seems like something new, right? Could it be that Americans, and American movies, are growing up? They're we're finally getting, um, religion on the topic of sex in film?
Of course, the problem with movie trend articles is that there are so many movies released every year that you can always find examples to support almost any point you want to make. I mean, when it comes to sex, Cruising (1980), Basic Instinct (1992), and Showgirls (1995) weren't exactly chopped liver.
Cruising's infamous gay S&M club
And let's face it: the mere inclusion of sex and sexual topics in movies doesn't necessarily mean the...
It was one thing when Hollywood released two "friends with benefits"-themed movies this year a few months apart: No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits.
But a mainstream movie about an outright orgy? A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, which opened last weekend, seems like something new, right? Could it be that Americans, and American movies, are growing up? They're we're finally getting, um, religion on the topic of sex in film?
Of course, the problem with movie trend articles is that there are so many movies released every year that you can always find examples to support almost any point you want to make. I mean, when it comes to sex, Cruising (1980), Basic Instinct (1992), and Showgirls (1995) weren't exactly chopped liver.
Cruising's infamous gay S&M club
And let's face it: the mere inclusion of sex and sexual topics in movies doesn't necessarily mean the...
- 9/7/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
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