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Films To Watch Before You Die #99 - Nil By Mouth (1997)
2 May 2012 11:20 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
D.J. Haza presents the penultimate entry in his series of films to watch before you die...
Nil By Mouth, 1997.
Directed by Gary Oldman.
Starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles and Laila Morse.
Nil By Mouth is the dark and gritty tale of a family living on a London council estate and explores working class life as well as drugs, drink, domestic abuse and family. Despite its poor box office performance, the film won several awards and is recognised as an outstanding and unflinching look at life on the mean streets of London.
The film follows the story of pregnant Valerie (Burke) and her abusive husband Raymond (Winstone) as their relationship hits upon rocky patches and family complications. Raymond is a social drug user and heavy drinker living in a small flat with Valerie and her young daughter. Raymond offers Valerie’s younger brother Billy (Creed-Miles) drugs on a »
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Close up: Back in the Hobbit
26 April 2012 9:58 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
Is there any more eagerly anticipated film that The Hobbit? If so, this week go down as a bit of a downer in the blockbuster annals, for footage unveiled at CinemaCon - a starry jamboree in Vegas for multiplex owners - has been found slightly lacking. Ten minutes shot in the hot potato 48 frames-per-second format (for which Peter Jackson cheerleads) left some punters unconvinced.
"It reminds me of when I first saw Blu-Ray, in that it takes away that warm feeling of film," one chain owner said. "It looked to me like a behind-the-scenes featurette."
"It looked like a made-for-tv movie," another projectionist told the La Times. "It was too accurate – too clear. The contrast ratio isn't there yet – everything looked either too bright or black."
Some good pointers there for Jackson, who still »
Summer of Sam is an almost boringly flawless portrait of a real-life monster
26 April 2012 1:39 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Spike Lee's picture of 1977 New York can hardly be faulted historically, but was there a more compelling story to tell?
Director: Spike Lee
Entertainment grade: B-
History grade: A-
Between July 1976 and August 1977, a serial killer known as Son of Sam terrorised New York City.
Crime
As films about real-life serial killers go, Summer of Sam is unusual. Rather than having either the killer or an investigator as the lead, it focuses on a fictional group of Italian-Americans who live in the neighbourhood in which Son of Sam is killing. Sharp-eyed viewers familiar with New York City may notice this seems to be the Bronx. In real life, Son of Sam's crimes were mostly committed in Queens. As he wrote in his most famous letter, (which is quoted in the film, though without this particular line): "I love to hunt. Prowling the streets looking for fair game – tasty meat. »
- Alex von Tunzelmann
The House Of Horror Podcast Episode 52: The Cabin In The Woods
19 April 2012 6:51 PM, PDT | Horrorbid | See recent Horrorbid news »
In House Announcements Toms Reaction To "Hallow" Future Retrospectives Review The Cabin In The Woods (Spoilers: 21:00-1:01:00) News Suspiria Remake Finally In The Works Julianne Moore In Talks To Play Carries Mother In Carrie Remake Jamie King To Star In Silent Night What We Watched The Village Slaughter Undocumented Summer Of Sam The Strangers Insidious Chatroom Questions Favorite Jump Scares "Sleepaway C… »
Ben Gazzara obituary
5 February 2012 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Forceful actor who built a 60-year career in the Us and Europe
Few screen debuts have equalled the searing malevolence of Ben Gazzara's Iago-inspired Jocko De Paris in The Strange One (1957). The role, which he had created on stage, became forever associated with this intense graduate of New York's method school of acting.
Gazzara, who has died aged 81 of pancreatic cancer, continued his stage career in modern classics including Epitaph for George Dillon and as the humiliated and vengeful George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He also achieved popular acclaim through television series – notably Run for Your Life (1965-68) – and in movies for his friend John Cassavetes and other directors including Otto Preminger, Peter Bogdanovich, David Mamet, Todd Solondz and the Coen brothers.
Gazzara was born to Sicilian immigrants and grew up on Manhattan's lower east side. He began acting at the Madison Square Boys Club and »
- Brian Baxter
Ben Gazzara, 1930 - 2012
5 February 2012 5:57 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"A New York native of Sicilian heritage, Ben Gazzara was a strongly masculine, subtly menacing screen presence with a gravelly voice that one writer described as 'saloon-cured' and another said could strip paint at 50 paces," writes Dennis McLellan in the Los Angeles Times. "The veteran actor, who died Friday in New York City, found fame on Broadway in the 1950s, starred in the TV series Run for Your Life in the 1960s and was closely identified on the big screen with independent filmmaker John Cassavetes."
In Cassavetes's Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1976), "he plays varieties of himself, as Cassavetes saw him: the moderate man who loses his head and takes immoderate action," blogs the New Yorker's Richard Brody. "Husbands, in particular, finds Gazzara accomplishing one of the most astonishing, and moving, feats ever filmed: he steals a movie from Cassavetes and Peter Falk…. The movies »
Ben Gazzara Loses Cancer Battle - Dies at 81 Years Old
4 February 2012 1:59 PM, PST | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Stage and screen legend Ben Gazzara has died after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer - the same disease that killed his Road House co-star Patrick Swayze. Gazzara, who was 81, died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Friday. A native New Yorker, the Emmy winner studied with drama guru Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and became a Broadway stage sensation in the 1950s thanks to leading roles in plays like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Hatful of Rain. Gazzara made a string of TV appearances in the late 1950s and hit the big screen in Anatomy of a Murder, opposite James Stewart, in 1959. The film picked up seven Oscar nominations and shot Gazzara into the Hollywood spotlight - where he became a revered actor for 50 years. Key projects have included Convicts 4, Saint Jack, The Big Lebowski, Buffalo 66, Happiness, Dogville, Summer of Sam and the 1999 »
Rip Ben Gazzara
4 February 2012 12:38 PM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Ben Gazarra. The actor passed away in New York City on Friday (3rd February) after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
Gazarra, born Biagio Anthony Gazzara, a classically trained actor, started his career playing numerous roles in the 1950′s, mostly the part of ‘the heavy’ in various movies. He moved to television in the 1960′s with recurring parts in the shows Arrest And Trial and Run For Your Life. He enjoyed a comeback in no less than three John Cassavettes movies in the seventies, Husbands, The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie and Opening Night. In the eighties Gazarra appeared as the bad guy in the classic Patrick Swayze movie Road House before going on to appear in the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski, Happiness and Summer Of Sam, all in the 1990′s. More recently, in 2003, Gazarra appeared in Lars Von Trier’s Dogville. »
- Paul Heath
Ben Gazzara obituary
4 February 2012 9:42 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Prolific actor who built a 60-year career in the Us and Europe
Few screen debuts have equalled the searing malevolence of Ben Gazzara's Iago-inspired Jocko De Paris in The Strange One (1957). The role, which he had created on stage, became forever associated with this intense graduate of New York's method school of acting.
Gazzara, who has died aged 81 of pancreatic cancer, continued his stage career in modern classics including Epitaph for George Dillon and as the humiliated and vengeful George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1976). He also achieved popular acclaim through television series – notably Run for Your Life (1965-68) – and in movies for his friend John Cassavetes and other directors including Otto Preminger, Peter Bogdanovich, David Mamet, Todd Solondz and the Coen brothers.
Gazzara was born to Sicilian immigrants and grew up on Manhattan's lower east side. He began acting at the Madison Square Boys Club and »
- Brian Baxter
Ben Gazzara Loses Cancer Battle
4 February 2012 6:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Stage and screen legend Ben Gazzara has died after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer - the same disease that killed his Road House co-star Patrick Swayze.
Gazzara, who was 81, died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Friday.
A native New Yorker, the Emmy winner studied with drama guru Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and became a Broadway stage sensation in the 1950s thanks to leading roles in plays like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Hatful of Rain.
Gazzara made a string of TV appearances in the late 1950s and hit the big screen in Anatomy of a Murder, opposite James Stewart, in 1959.
The film picked up seven Oscar nominations and shot Gazzara into the Hollywood spotlight - where he became a revered actor for 50 years. Key projects have included Convicts 4, Saint Jack, The Big Lebowski, Buffalo 66, Happiness, Dogville, Summer of Sam and the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair remake.
Gazzara also enjoyed a string of movie successes as legendary director John Cassavetes' collaborator - the two old pals teamed up in Husbands, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Opening Night.
He always brought a sense of great drama and a tremendous physical presence to his roles, often playing villains and morally corrupt characters.
On TV, he is best known for his role as Paul Bryan in the long-running 1960s series Run For Your Life.
He returned to the stage in recent years and toured his one-man show throughout the New York area as he battled throat cancer.
Gazzara was working with Jerry Lewis and Peter Bogdanovich on new movie Max Rose when he died. As WENN went to press it was not known if he had completed his work for the film. »
R.I.P. Ben Gazzara (1930 - 2012)
4 February 2012 2:16 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Ben Gazzara, the veteran actor of the stage and screen, has passed away on Friday at the age of 81 after battling pancreatic cancer. Born in New York City in 1930, Gazzara studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop in New York before joining the celebrated Actors Studio and began his career with a number of acclaimed Broadway roles during the 1950s, gaining the first of three Tony Award nominations in 1956 for his work in A Hatful of Rain. He made his feature film debut alongside fellow Actors Studio alumni such as George Peppard and Pat Hingle in 1957's The Strange One, before gaining his breakthrough role in Otto Preminger's 1959 courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder.
During the 1960s, Gazzara enjoyed a successful run in the television series Run for Your Life, receiving three Golden Globe nominations for Best TV Star - Male and two Emmy nominations for Actor in Leading Role »
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Actor Ben Gazzara Dead at 81
4 February 2012 1:13 AM, PST | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Ben Gazzara, the actor known for his work with the late John Cassavetes and for starring in the 1960s NBC series "Run for Your Life," died Friday afternoon in Manhattan of pancreatic cancer. He was 81 years old. Gazzara's resume includes such films as "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," "Opening Night," "Road House," "The Spanish Prisoner," "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Summer of Sam," and "Dogville." And while the actor never received an Oscar nomination, he received four Emmy nominations and eventually won one in 2003 for his role in HBO's "Hysterical Blindness." He most recently appeared in the thriller "13," opposite Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Michael Shannon. »
Ben Gazzara Dead: Actor Dies At 81
3 February 2012 7:36 PM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Ben Gazzara, star of "Anatomy of a Murder" and "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" has died at age 81. The actor, who was a favorite of director John Cassavetes, died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center, his lawyer, Jay Julien, told the New York Times. He was a contemporary of higher-profile stars Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger and also studied at the famed Actors Studio in Manhattan. He conquered Broadway, originating the role of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," but didn't capitalize on his rising star when Hollywood came calling. "When I became hot, so to speak, in the theater, I got a lot of offers,” he told Charlie Rose in a 1998 interview. “I won't tell you the pictures I turned down because you would say, ‘You are a fool.' And I was a fool.” Gazzara still managed to make an indelible mark on the movies, »
- Sharon Knolle
Ben Gazzara Loses Cancer Battle
3 February 2012 5:46 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Stage and screen legend Ben Gazzara has died after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer - the same disease that killed his Road House co-star Patrick Swayze.
Gazzara, who was 81, died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Friday.
A native New Yorker, the Emmy winner studied with drama guru Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and became a Broadway stage sensation in the 1950s thanks to leading roles in plays like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Hatful of Rain.
Gazzara made a string of TV appearances in the late 1950s and hit the big screen in Anatomy of a Murder, opposite James Stewart, in 1959.
The film picked up seven Oscar nominations and shot Gazzara into the Hollywood spotlight - where he became a revered actor for 50 years. Key projects have included Convicts 4, Saint Jack, The Big Lebowski, Buffalo 66, Happiness, Dogville, Summer of Sam and the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair remake.
Gazzara also enjoyed a string of movie successes as legendary director John Cassavetes' collaborator - the two old pals teamed up in Husbands, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Opening Night.
He always brought a sense of great drama and a tremendous physical presence to his roles, often playing villains and morally corrupt characters.
On TV, he is best known for his role as Paul Bryan in the long-running 1960s series Run For Your Life.
He returned to the stage in recent years and toured his one-man show throughout the New York area as he battled throat cancer.
Gazzara was working with Jerry Lewis and Peter Bogdanovich on new movie Max Rose when he died. As WENN went to press it was not known if he had completed his work for the film. »
R.I.P. Ben Gazzara
3 February 2012 5:06 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Ben Gazzara, veteran actor of stage, movies and television, died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center, his attorney Jay Julien told the New York Times. He was 81. The New York native studied at the Actors Studio and starred in numerous Broadway productions including Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof directed by Elia Kazan, though for the film version he lost out to Paul Newman. In movies, he made a strong impression as the accused killer in Otto Preminger’s 1959 courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Murder. Of his extensive TV work, he’s perhaps best remembered for NBC’s 1965-68 Run For Your Life, in which he played a terminally ill man trying to squeeze the most out of his remaining time alive. He continued to work with acclaimed film directors. His initial collaboration with John Cassavetes was on Husbands, which also starred Cassavetes and Peter Falk. Other »
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Ben Gazzara Passes Away at 81
3 February 2012 4:44 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Veteran actor Ben Gazzara passed away earlier today at the Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan at the age of 81, after a longtime battle with pancreatic cancer.
Ben Gazzara was born on August 28, 1930 in the East Side of Manhattan to Italian immigrants. He enrolled in the prestigious Actors Studio in Manhattan, and honed his craft under the tutelage of legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg.
He is best known for is work with director John Cassavetes including roles in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Opening Night. He also worked with acclaimed directors such as Peter Bogdanovich (Saint Jack, They All Laughed), Otto Preminger (Anatomy of a Murder), David Mamet (The Spanish Prisoner), Spike Lee (Summer of Sam), and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (The Big Lebowski).
He was also known for his extensive work on the Broadway stage, including his turn as Brick in the original version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. »
- MovieWeb
Rip Actor Ben Gazzara, Dead at 81
3 February 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
The New York Times is reporting that legendary actor Ben Gazzara lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City earlier today. He was 81 years old. The New York-based, classically-trained actor, born Biagio Anthony Gazzara, is best known for his work with the late John Cassavetes, a pioneer in independent filmmaking with pioneering films like The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). He followed those pivotal films by working with other prominent directors, such as Peter Bogdanovich ( Saint Jack , They All Laughed ), David Mamet ( The Spanish Prisoner ), Spike Lee ( Summer of Sam ) and Lars von Trier ( Dogville ). Although Gazzara never received an Oscar nomination for his film work, he received four Emmy »
Film Junk Podcast Episode #354: Haywire
23 January 2012 9:17 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
0:00 - Intro 6:30 - Headlines: 2012 Golden Globe Winners, The Expendables 2 Will Be PG-13 28:15 - Review: Haywire 1:22:15 - Trailer Trash: Resident Evil: Retribution 1:28:45 - Other Stuff We Watched: Alcatraz, Jim Gaffigan Live, Ahl Winter Classic, And Everything is Going Fine, The Prestige, Summer of Sam, We Bought a Zoo, The Island of Lost Souls, Hanna, Con Air, Hands on a Hard Body, Routine Pleasures 2:05:40 - Junk Mail: Breakout Roles for Athletes, Displaying Box Sets with Cardboard Sleeves, Favourite Breast Shots, Crispin Glover and Nic Cage, Theatre vs. DVD and Blu-ray, Digital Copies, Critiquing a Movie Based on What You Thought It Should Be 2:28:50 - This Week's DVD Releases 2:31:00 - Outro
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