Arthur Penn’s under-appreciated epic has everything a big-scale western could want — spectacle, interesting characters, good history and a sense of humor. Dustin Hoffman gets to play at least five characters in one as an ancient pioneer relating his career exploits — which are either outrageous tall tales or a concise history of the taking of The West.
Little Big Man
Region B Blu-ray
Koch Media
1970 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 139 147 min. / Available from Amazon.de / Street Date September 14, 2017 / Eur 17.99
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey, Aimée Eccles, Kelly Jean Peters, Carole Androsky, Ruben Moreno, William Hickey, Jesse Vint, Alan Oppenheimer, Thayer David.
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis
Art Direction: Angelo P. Graham
Special Makeup: Dick Smith
Special Effects: Logan Frazee
Film Editors: Dede Allen, Richard Marks
Original Music: John Hammond
Written by Calder Willingham from the novel by Thomas Berger
Produced...
Little Big Man
Region B Blu-ray
Koch Media
1970 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 139 147 min. / Available from Amazon.de / Street Date September 14, 2017 / Eur 17.99
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey, Aimée Eccles, Kelly Jean Peters, Carole Androsky, Ruben Moreno, William Hickey, Jesse Vint, Alan Oppenheimer, Thayer David.
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis
Art Direction: Angelo P. Graham
Special Makeup: Dick Smith
Special Effects: Logan Frazee
Film Editors: Dede Allen, Richard Marks
Original Music: John Hammond
Written by Calder Willingham from the novel by Thomas Berger
Produced...
- 11/28/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
There are few words that can kill a film quicker than cute – just say to yourself, "Gosh, what a cute movie that was," and you can practically feel the inside of your mouth lined with a thin, granular film of Nutra-Sweet. It's one thing, of course, to plunk down cash to watch grumpy old coots and/or kids say the darnedest things, or bask in the cinematic equivalent of a puppy licking a baby's head. We, too, have done this. We don't judge you. Those things are a shucks-and-awww attack,...
- 4/10/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago – It’s that time of the film year, the “Ten Best” lists. In representing my 2016 picks – as “Patrick McDonald” – I looked for the emotional experience as much as anything. I think every filmgoer, from the most casual to the ardent buff, adhere to their favorites through that feeling of connection.
There are honorable mentions all over the place, often just missing the 10th spot – I like to characterize them as all tied for eleventh. My favorite superhero film was “Captain America: Civil War,” for the Marvel Comics angst that works best in this genre of movies. The dramas “Arrival,” “Elle,” “Little Men” and “A Monster Calls” were excellent and heartfelt experiences. I loved the wacky tribute that writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen gave to 1950s Hollywood in “Hail, Caesar!” And after watching it again after initial reservations, I realized and connected to the ardent celebration in the musical “La La Land.
There are honorable mentions all over the place, often just missing the 10th spot – I like to characterize them as all tied for eleventh. My favorite superhero film was “Captain America: Civil War,” for the Marvel Comics angst that works best in this genre of movies. The dramas “Arrival,” “Elle,” “Little Men” and “A Monster Calls” were excellent and heartfelt experiences. I loved the wacky tribute that writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen gave to 1950s Hollywood in “Hail, Caesar!” And after watching it again after initial reservations, I realized and connected to the ardent celebration in the musical “La La Land.
- 1/5/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Drug addicts! Who in 1970 really knew what life was like for them? Jerry Schatzberg, Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne's story of hell on the streets of NYC provided a stunning debut for Al Pacino -- and should have done the same for Kitty Winn. It sounds too tough to watch, but it's riveting. The Panic in Needle Park Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 109 min. / Ship Date June 14, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Raul Julia, Joe Santos, Paul Sorvino Cinematography Adam Holender Film Editor Evan Lottman Original Music Ned Rorem Written by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne from the novel by James Mills. Produced by Dominique Dunne, Roger M. Rothstein Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
We all know how the 1970s upheaval in Hollywood brought new talent to film -- actors,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
We all know how the 1970s upheaval in Hollywood brought new talent to film -- actors,...
- 6/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Feel that dry heat in the air? Alt comedians are having a moment with Bakersfield, California. Situated midway between L.A. and the Bay Area, the inland desert region is the setting for Rick Alverson's Entertainment, a horrifying feature that follows an obnoxious comic as he performs his gimmicky stand-up act to indifferent crowds. (I liked it, but it isn't an easy sit.) Now the new FX series Baskets charts a similar character — a pretentious aspiring clown who takes a job entertaining indifferent crowds at the local rodeo. Not since Five Easy Pieces has Bakersfield enjoyed this much national attention for being the place where joy and hope go to die.Baskets was co-created by Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis, who stars as the titular clown, and it has the clear inflections of both names. The show's entire premise even seems like it came from C.K.'s mouth...
- 1/22/2016
- by Andrew Lapin
- Vulture
Playing at Film Forum starting today, Friday, November 20th, for six days is John Huston’s newly restored 1972 film Fat City, starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges. In the film Keach plays Billy Tully, a down and out former boxer who returns to the ring in an attempt to escape his days spent picking fruit for a living and nights spent drunk in dingy skid row bars.
For those in New York City, Friday’s 7:00pm showing will be followed by an onstage interview with Leonard Gardner, author and screenwriter of Fat City. Monday’s 7:00pm showing will be followed by a live Q&A via Skype with Stacy Keach. I had the opportunity to speak with Keach via phone from Los Angeles. Check out our conversation below.
The Film Stage: When was the last time you saw the film in full?
Stacy Keach: I guess it’s been about ten years.
For those in New York City, Friday’s 7:00pm showing will be followed by an onstage interview with Leonard Gardner, author and screenwriter of Fat City. Monday’s 7:00pm showing will be followed by a live Q&A via Skype with Stacy Keach. I had the opportunity to speak with Keach via phone from Los Angeles. Check out our conversation below.
The Film Stage: When was the last time you saw the film in full?
Stacy Keach: I guess it’s been about ten years.
- 11/20/2015
- by James Knight
- The Film Stage
The seductive tale of ‘marooned midlifers’ Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds, who hit the highway in hope of a big payday
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the writer/director team behind 2006’s Half Nelson, describe this richly rewarding existential gambler road movie as inspired by the 1970s spirit of films such as California Split and Five Easy Pieces, although a James Toback cameo flags up a weightier debt to The Gambler. There’s a hint of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight too as Ben Mendelsohn’s down-at-heel Gerry finds himself in the lucky-charm company of Ryan Reynolds’s charismatic Curtis, an easy-going chancer with a Sideways-glancing twinkle. Tethered by fate, the odd couple leave Iowa, heading for New Orleans in pursuit of a high-stakes game that may change both their fortunes.
Filmed in long, heady takes that accentuate both the locations and tactile interpersonal dynamics, Mississippi Grind is a...
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the writer/director team behind 2006’s Half Nelson, describe this richly rewarding existential gambler road movie as inspired by the 1970s spirit of films such as California Split and Five Easy Pieces, although a James Toback cameo flags up a weightier debt to The Gambler. There’s a hint of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight too as Ben Mendelsohn’s down-at-heel Gerry finds himself in the lucky-charm company of Ryan Reynolds’s charismatic Curtis, an easy-going chancer with a Sideways-glancing twinkle. Tethered by fate, the odd couple leave Iowa, heading for New Orleans in pursuit of a high-stakes game that may change both their fortunes.
Filmed in long, heady takes that accentuate both the locations and tactile interpersonal dynamics, Mississippi Grind is a...
- 10/25/2015
- by Mark Kermode Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
According to an official description of the new drama Mississippi Grind, the film is intended to play as a textured human tale with grit, evoking everyone's favorite golden era of cinema, the 1970s. The description is not far off, as the small scale film completely wears its apparent lack of resources as a badge of honor. All lighting appears natural, all locations appear unaltered. Being that Mississippi Grind is the sometimes agonizing tale of a down-on-his-luck gambler (a sad sack Ben Mendelsohn) and his mysterious new confidant (Ryan Reynolds), this overall aesthetic choice isn't just one of convienience, it's the right one. That said, the feel of Mississippi Grind is one less recognizable than the 70's classics that may spring to mind. Think less Five Easy Pieces...
[Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]...
[Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]...
- 10/2/2015
- Screen Anarchy
This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of June 30th, 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.
Subscribe in iTunes or RSS.
Episode Links & Notes Top 5 Of 2015 (So Far)
Brian
5. Wolfen (Warner Archive)
4. River’s Edge (Kl Studio Classics)
3. Sullivan’s Travels (Criterion)
2. Blood and Black Lace (Arrow)
1. Breaking Away (Twilight Time)
Honorable: Thunderbirds, The Fisher King, Zardoz, Last Embrace, Return to Oz.
Ryan
5. 3-D Rarities (Flicker Alley)
4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth Re-issue (Twilight Time)
3. Thunderbirds (Shout! Factory)
2. Classics From The Van Beuren Studio (Thunderbean Animation)
1. Watership Down (Criterion Collection)
Honorable mentions: Spirited Away, The Train (Arrow), Man With A Movie Camera
News Saturn Awards: Winners Announced New Releases 1990: The Bronx Warriors Come Fly with Me The Decline Of Western Civilization Collection Escape From the Bronx...
Subscribe in iTunes or RSS.
Episode Links & Notes Top 5 Of 2015 (So Far)
Brian
5. Wolfen (Warner Archive)
4. River’s Edge (Kl Studio Classics)
3. Sullivan’s Travels (Criterion)
2. Blood and Black Lace (Arrow)
1. Breaking Away (Twilight Time)
Honorable: Thunderbirds, The Fisher King, Zardoz, Last Embrace, Return to Oz.
Ryan
5. 3-D Rarities (Flicker Alley)
4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth Re-issue (Twilight Time)
3. Thunderbirds (Shout! Factory)
2. Classics From The Van Beuren Studio (Thunderbean Animation)
1. Watership Down (Criterion Collection)
Honorable mentions: Spirited Away, The Train (Arrow), Man With A Movie Camera
News Saturn Awards: Winners Announced New Releases 1990: The Bronx Warriors Come Fly with Me The Decline Of Western Civilization Collection Escape From the Bronx...
- 7/1/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Links: Blu-rays Under $10 | Today's Deals | Release Dates | Reviews Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe has been chatting up this release on his official sit for some time, offering up script pages from the deleted scenes and now here comes the Blu-ray release, which includes an alternate ending. I have only seen this movie once and wasn't necessarily a fan and it seems to be a film that draws that line straight down the middle between those that don't really like it and those that love it. What side do you fall onc
The Gunman Eh, I really can't find any reason to ever watch this. it looks entirely generic and uninteresting.
Danny Collins I've actually heard this isn't too bad, I just have no interest in watching it. It's based on a true story with Al Pacino playing 1970s rocker Danny Collins... okay, sound rather routine, but there might be some takeaway there.
The Gunman Eh, I really can't find any reason to ever watch this. it looks entirely generic and uninteresting.
Danny Collins I've actually heard this isn't too bad, I just have no interest in watching it. It's based on a true story with Al Pacino playing 1970s rocker Danny Collins... okay, sound rather routine, but there might be some takeaway there.
- 6/30/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. How to decide in the grand scheme of things which film year stands above all others? History gives us no clear methodology to unravel this thorny but extremely important question. Is it the year with the highest average score of movies? So a year that averages out to a B + might be the winner over a field strewn with B’s, despite a few A +’s. Or do a few masterpieces lift up a year so far that whatever else happened beyond those three or four films is of no consequence? Both measures are worthy, and the winner by either of those would certainly be a year not to be sneezed at. But I contend the only true measure of a year’s...
- 4/27/2015
- by Richard Rushfield
- Hitfix
United Artists
“Oh man, those 1970s directors…they got it”.
The above is a line of dialogue you could expect to hear in any first year film studies class, but, you know what? There’s a lot of truth to the statement.
The film output of the 1970s is of such a consistently high quality that it’s hard to argue that it wasn’t the best decade for the film industry. It certainly was for American film. The inmates were running the asylum after the failure of the studio system and, while they would eventually ruin it for themselves, for a time the director, nay artist, was king.
The 1970s was a decade of experimentation. People were experimenting with sex and drugs, and they were also experimenting with film. It was a time of social change and the films of the era reflect that change. There is a sense...
“Oh man, those 1970s directors…they got it”.
The above is a line of dialogue you could expect to hear in any first year film studies class, but, you know what? There’s a lot of truth to the statement.
The film output of the 1970s is of such a consistently high quality that it’s hard to argue that it wasn’t the best decade for the film industry. It certainly was for American film. The inmates were running the asylum after the failure of the studio system and, while they would eventually ruin it for themselves, for a time the director, nay artist, was king.
The 1970s was a decade of experimentation. People were experimenting with sex and drugs, and they were also experimenting with film. It was a time of social change and the films of the era reflect that change. There is a sense...
- 1/7/2015
- by Lewis Howse
- Obsessed with Film
It’s December. And you know what that means? It means for every popcorn blockbuster, we get about three Oscar bait movies that are made solely to appease that body of somewhat stodgy Academy voters. Don’t get me wrong – a good portion of the Best Picture winners in history are still some of the greatest films ever made – “The Godfather” (Parts I and II), “Schindler’s List,” etc. But what about those historically good movies that got the nomination, but didn’t take home the prize? What about those popular movies that carried fan support, but lost out to a smaller, most of the time better, film? Well, here they are. This list focuses on those films that may or may not have been produced as Oscar bait, but earned the recognition of “Best Picture nominee,” only to walk away without the big prize. As usual, not in order of worst to best.
- 1/1/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away.
While everyone's favorite subscription streaming service is adding a ton of awesome movies and TV shows in December, it's also yanking a huge list of popular titles from its library. Below is said list. I'm especially sad to see "Dirty Dancing" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" go. Those movies are the sh...
Watch them while you can!
Movies Being Dropped by Netflix on December 1st
"1941" (1979)
"The Apostle" (1997)
"Audrey Rose" (1977)
"The Believers" (1987)
"Better than Chocolate" (1999)
"Blood & Chocolate" (2007)
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008)
"Chaplin" (1992)
"The Choirboys" (1977)
"The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County" (1970)
"Coffee and Cigarettes" (2003)
"The Cold Light of Day" (1996)
"The Constant Gardener" (2005)
"Count Yorga, Vampire" (1970)
"Cry-Baby" (1990)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
"Double Indemnity" (1944)
"En la Cama" (2005)
"Event Horizon" (1997)
"Eye for an Eye" (1996)
"Fairy Tale: A True Story" (1997)
"First Knight" (1995)
"Five Easy Pieces" (1970)
"Foreign Student" (1994)
"Free Men" (2011)
"Funny Lady" (1975)
"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" (1947)
"The Girl from Petrovka...
While everyone's favorite subscription streaming service is adding a ton of awesome movies and TV shows in December, it's also yanking a huge list of popular titles from its library. Below is said list. I'm especially sad to see "Dirty Dancing" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" go. Those movies are the sh...
Watch them while you can!
Movies Being Dropped by Netflix on December 1st
"1941" (1979)
"The Apostle" (1997)
"Audrey Rose" (1977)
"The Believers" (1987)
"Better than Chocolate" (1999)
"Blood & Chocolate" (2007)
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008)
"Chaplin" (1992)
"The Choirboys" (1977)
"The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County" (1970)
"Coffee and Cigarettes" (2003)
"The Cold Light of Day" (1996)
"The Constant Gardener" (2005)
"Count Yorga, Vampire" (1970)
"Cry-Baby" (1990)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
"Double Indemnity" (1944)
"En la Cama" (2005)
"Event Horizon" (1997)
"Eye for an Eye" (1996)
"Fairy Tale: A True Story" (1997)
"First Knight" (1995)
"Five Easy Pieces" (1970)
"Foreign Student" (1994)
"Free Men" (2011)
"Funny Lady" (1975)
"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" (1947)
"The Girl from Petrovka...
- 11/28/2014
- by Tim Hayne
- Moviefone
Move that Thanksgiving feast to the couch, because you have a lot of Netflix-watching to do before December 1, when these movies will disappear from the streaming service. (But given how Netflix has worked in the past, they may be back at some point in the future.) Here they are, in alphabetical order, though if you only have a limited amount of time, can we steer you toward Spice World? No? Well, take your pick.1941 (1979)An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)The Apostle (1997)Audrey Rose (1977)The Believers (1987)Better Than Chocolate (1999)Blood & Chocolate (2007)The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)Chaplin (1992)The Choirboys (1977)The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)The Constant Gardener (2005)Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)The Return of Count Yorga (1971)Cry-Baby (1990)Dirty Dancing (1987)Double Indemnity (1944) En la Cama (2005)Event Horizon (1997)Eye for an Eye (1996)Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997)First Knight (1995)Five Easy Pieces (1970)Free Men (2011)Funny Lady...
- 11/26/2014
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
Throughout the summer, an admin on the r/movies subreddit has been leading Reddit users in a poll of the best movies from every year for the last 100 years called 100 Years of Yearly Cinema. The poll concluded three days ago, and the list of every movie from 1914 to 2013 has been published today.
Users were asked to nominate films from a given year and up-vote their favorite nominees. The full list includes the outright winner along with the first two runners-up from each year. The list is mostly a predictable assortment of IMDb favorites and certified classics, but a few surprise gems have also risen to the top of the crust, including the early experimental documentary Man With a Movie Camera in 1929, Abel Gance’s J’Accuse! in 1919, the Fred Astaire film Top Hat over Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps in 1935, and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing over John Ford’s...
Users were asked to nominate films from a given year and up-vote their favorite nominees. The full list includes the outright winner along with the first two runners-up from each year. The list is mostly a predictable assortment of IMDb favorites and certified classics, but a few surprise gems have also risen to the top of the crust, including the early experimental documentary Man With a Movie Camera in 1929, Abel Gance’s J’Accuse! in 1919, the Fred Astaire film Top Hat over Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps in 1935, and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing over John Ford’s...
- 9/2/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The new film Are You Here follows Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson), a womanizing weatherman, and his slightly off best friend, Ben Baker (Zach Galifianakis), as they return to Ben’s childhood home after his estranged father passes away. Upon learning that Ben has inherited a majority of the family fortune, the two friends must deal not only with the strain these events are having on their friendship, but with Ben’s controlling and bitter sister (Amy Poehler), Ben’s father’s beautiful young widow (Laura Ramsey), and each of their own shortcomings as they try to straighten out and take control of their lives
Zach Galifianakis and Matthew Weiner on the set of “Are You Here.” Photo by James Bridges – © You Are Here Films, LLC
The film’s writer and director, Matthew Weiner, whom most may know as the creator of one of television’s most acclaimed dramas, Mad Men,...
Zach Galifianakis and Matthew Weiner on the set of “Are You Here.” Photo by James Bridges – © You Are Here Films, LLC
The film’s writer and director, Matthew Weiner, whom most may know as the creator of one of television’s most acclaimed dramas, Mad Men,...
- 8/26/2014
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Though he’s best known for swinging a massive sword in Conan the Barbarian or mounting Emilia Clarke on Game of Thrones, there’s more to Jason Momoa than meets the eye. And that he’s more than just a physically imposing man of action has never been more clear than in his directorial debut Road to Paloma. Behind the camera, he makes a strong first impression. As the film’s star, he delivers his most emotive performance to date. And when you add in that he co-wrote the script and produced Road to Paloma, it’s easy to see just how completely this movie belongs to him.
Momoa plays Wolf, a rough-and-tough Native American on the run from FBI agents after tracking down and murdering the man who brutally raped and killed his mother. Angry and world-weary, Wolf sets out on his motorcycle, intent on riding to the Teton Range,...
Momoa plays Wolf, a rough-and-tough Native American on the run from FBI agents after tracking down and murdering the man who brutally raped and killed his mother. Angry and world-weary, Wolf sets out on his motorcycle, intent on riding to the Teton Range,...
- 7/11/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Thanks to Mad Men, writer/director Matthew Weiner has become associated with 1960s — but he wanted to explore something different for his big-screen directing debut, Are You Here.
Starring Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, and Amy Poehler, the film tells the story of two childhood best friends who travel home when Ben’s (Galifianakis) estranged father dies, only to discover that he’s actually inherited a ton of money. Once there, the friendship is tested thanks to complicated relationships with Ben’s sister Terry (Amy Poehler), among other problems.
“I love the movie Five Easy Pieces, which is really a movie...
Starring Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, and Amy Poehler, the film tells the story of two childhood best friends who travel home when Ben’s (Galifianakis) estranged father dies, only to discover that he’s actually inherited a ton of money. Once there, the friendship is tested thanks to complicated relationships with Ben’s sister Terry (Amy Poehler), among other problems.
“I love the movie Five Easy Pieces, which is really a movie...
- 6/5/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside Movies
Matthew Weiner has been working on Are You Here, an ode to and examination of what he calls the “myth of male friendship,” for over a decade. He started writing the film between his first two years at The Sopranos, just around the point in his life when he started looking around and wondering where all his friends had gone.
It took Weiner nearly eight years to get the script to Owen Wilson, two breaks from Mad Men to shoot it, and two more seasons to edit and finish the film. But after showcasing an in-progress cut at the 2013 Toronto...
It took Weiner nearly eight years to get the script to Owen Wilson, two breaks from Mad Men to shoot it, and two more seasons to edit and finish the film. But after showcasing an in-progress cut at the 2013 Toronto...
- 6/4/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
It seemed like almost as soon as I posted this latest "Guess the Movies" installment Andre Marques had all the answers. That said, he was the only one that guessed that got them all and so I have no problem saying I think this was the most difficult installment yet and you'd better believe the next one will be even more difficult, though I will post that one closer to the middle of the week rather than on a Friday so I can keep closer tabs on your progress and get involved a little bit more. So, with that I bring you all the answers to the graphic and I'd also like to give a shout out to One Perfect Shot as each screen capture was from recent posts on their site, a great place to keep an eye on once a month or so. Now, if you want to...
- 6/2/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
In the mid-1960s, George Romero planned to make his feature debut with Whine of the Fawn, a drama about two teenagers in the Middle Ages. If he'd pitched a body-swap comedy about middle-aged teenagers, he'd perhaps have had more luck. As it was, his high-minded, "Bergman-esque" project failed to attract investors and the 27-year-old college dropout from the Bronx, now shooting commercials and industrials in Pittsburgh, turned his attention to horror.
A fan of the ghoulish EC Comics and monster movies of the 1950s, and heavily influenced by Richard Matheson's apocalyptic, home-invasion vampire novel I Am Legend, Romero scraped together $114,000 to shoot a Diy cannibal flick entitled Night of the Flesh Eaters. Set over a single night in a Pittsburgh farmhouse, it posited an America inexplicably overrun by resurrected corpses munching on human entrails, and threw together a band of scrabbling, squabbling survivors who hole up in a...
A fan of the ghoulish EC Comics and monster movies of the 1950s, and heavily influenced by Richard Matheson's apocalyptic, home-invasion vampire novel I Am Legend, Romero scraped together $114,000 to shoot a Diy cannibal flick entitled Night of the Flesh Eaters. Set over a single night in a Pittsburgh farmhouse, it posited an America inexplicably overrun by resurrected corpses munching on human entrails, and threw together a band of scrabbling, squabbling survivors who hole up in a...
- 5/14/2014
- Digital Spy
James Gray has operated in classic Hollywood territory before, both with his Coppola-esque crime dramas "The Yards" and "We Own the Night" and his excellent 2008 film "Two Lovers," which wouldn't seem out of place next to the character-driven New Hollywood likes of "Five Easy Pieces" or "Scarecrow." Read More: 'The Immigrant' Director James Gray to his Cannes Critics: 'They Can Go Fuck Themselves' But Gray's much-awaited new film "The Immigrant" looks like a throwback to the great melodramas of the past, with comparisons from the film's supporters ranging from Roberto Rossellini's Ingrid Bergman collaborations to Elia Kazan. The film stars Marion Cotillard as a Polish immigrant who starts working as a prostitute for Joaquin Phoenix as a way to bring her quarantined sister into the country. The stirring new trailer showcases Darius Khondji's stunning photography, not to mention impressive-looking work from Cotillard, Phoenix and Jeremy Renner as Phoenix's magician cousin.
- 4/17/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. Before he started making features, like his new release 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen was a celebrated visual artist known primarily for film installations. His “short start” was 20 years ago with a 10-minute work called Bear, in which he and another black man wrestled in the nude. After that, he made the shorts Five Easy Pieces (1995), Just Above My Head (1996), Exodus (1997) and Deadpan (1997), the last of which involved a recreation of Buster Keaton’s famous falling house facade stunt from Steamboat Bill Jr. You can see an excerpt of that film, with McQueen pulling off the dangerous bit himself, here. While many of his shorts can be seen in the occasional museum exhibit, most are otherwise pretty rare. Meaning not available to be viewed online. There...
- 10/20/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
James Gray's reception in North America is a little bewildering, regardless of which side you stand on. To some, including this author, Gray's qualities as a filmmaker are obvious. Decidedly at odds with the trends of contemporary cinema since he made his debut with Little Odessa in 1994 (something discussed in the following interview), Gray's so-called "classical" style is invested in things seemingly forgotten in American movies. He stands outside of the present, yet it is far too simple to say he comes out of the past. Aside from Clint Eastwood, is there another director working in Hollywood making subtle, emotional, expertly-crafted dramas while also maintaining a delicately mannered mise en scène? Because of this, Gray seems out of place. Maybe that explains the lack of Cannes awards on his shelf (despite four trips to the festival's competition), the dissenting reviews (which don't even appear to be written on the...
- 10/6/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. Following Ryan Coogler (July) and Destin Daniel Cretton (August), this September we’ve added yet another exciting new American indie writer-director voice to our, sorta speak, depth chart. This one made waves with micro-budgeted feature debut at both the Sundance (view our coverage) and SXSW (Chicken & Egg female narrative directing award winner) Film Festivals. Picked up by distrib label Oscilloscope Laboratories, Hannah Fidell’s A Teacher recently hit VOD and will be released theatrically September 6th. Hannah details her early memories associated with cinephilia and how recent masterworks might have influenced her own stylistic choices and as part of our profile, we ask the filmmaker to include their personal top ten. Here’s our profile on Hannah and make sure to check out her current Top Ten Films of All Time list.
- 9/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
At Any Price is like a film someone stored in a time capsule during the 1970s, and we’re just now finally opening it. Influenced by Five Easy Pieces and other landmarks of that era, director Ramin Bahrani set out to make a rural drama that, despite popular belief, has an audience. He ran into resistance while seeking financing, and one might think that was because of the film’s unlikable huckster protagonist, Henry (Dennis Quaid). The trouble didn’t come from the anti-hero lead, however, but rather in the story’s rural setting. According to the money men, nobody wants to watch a movie that’s not set in a major city. Bahrani finds, understandably so, that belief to be ludicrous. And At Any Price has made its way to screen with its setting intact, a fact he is pleased with. The writer and director behind Goodbye Solo and Chop Shop originally had his eyes set...
- 5/5/2013
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I've mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert's Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb's Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q. Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three "Great Movies" books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I've added that list below. I'm not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 363 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies, the Up docs and Decalogue) and of those 363, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I've seen. Clearly I have some work to do,...
- 4/10/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I've mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert's Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb's Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q. Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three "Great Movies" books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I've added that list below. I'm not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 362 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies and Decalogue) and of those 362, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I've seen. Clearly I have some work to do,...
- 4/10/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Matt Boyd (A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument), provided us with his all time top ten film list (dated: February 2013).
Beau Travail – Claire Denis (1999)
“I’m terrible with remembering story lines, plot points, even song lyrics…usually its scenes, images, tones, sounds, melody and mood that stick with me. Films that play more like dreams. This film is a masterpiece of that kind of filmmaking, and so a masterpiece in my mind. And, the final credit sequence! Rhythm of the Night and Denis Lavant! It has to be the best dance scene in film history. It’s in such contrast to the rest of the film and yet somehow the perfect ending.
Beau Travail – Claire Denis (1999)
“I’m terrible with remembering story lines, plot points, even song lyrics…usually its scenes, images, tones, sounds, melody and mood that stick with me. Films that play more like dreams. This film is a masterpiece of that kind of filmmaking, and so a masterpiece in my mind. And, the final credit sequence! Rhythm of the Night and Denis Lavant! It has to be the best dance scene in film history. It’s in such contrast to the rest of the film and yet somehow the perfect ending.
- 2/6/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This February, we feature Matt Boyd, an independent filmmaker whose debut docu feature, A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument premiered at such fests as Hot Docs in Toronto and Raindance Film Festival in London, and is now set to be released theatrically (with a one week run starting February 8th at ReRun Theater in Dumbo Brooklyn) via Factory 25 folks. We’ve charted the filmmaker’s journey into film and how he found the subject for his documentary and as added bonus material: you can plunge into Matt Boyd’s personal Top Ten films of all time.
Eric Lavallee: During your childhood…what films were important to you? How did your love affair with film began?
Matt Boyd: I can’t say any films were necessarily very important to me as a child.
Eric Lavallee: During your childhood…what films were important to you? How did your love affair with film began?
Matt Boyd: I can’t say any films were necessarily very important to me as a child.
- 2/6/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Have you ever wondered what you would get if you took the movie title The Two Towers and added it, math-equation-style, to The Three Stooges? Of course you haven't. What are you, some crazy person? (Incidentally, you'd get Five Easy Pieces.) But we here at Vulture are crazy pop-culture people, and so we've put together a movie title number game for you to enjoy. Some are relatively easy, some much more difficult. Have at it and let us know what other titles we should have added, subtracted, multiplied, divided, squared, or cubed. (And stay tuned for our Movie Title Color Wheel! Blue Hawaii + The Red Shoes = Purple Rain.)...
- 1/31/2013
- by Adam K. Raymond
- Vulture
Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces its Golden Globe nominations, and every year we wonder why this rococo freakshow matters. In years past, clunkers like The Tourist and Burlesque have been nominated for Best Picture, and to the HFPA's credit, neither of those ridiculous movies ended up winning Best Picture. Unfortunately, the five I've listed below either won Best Comedy/Musical or Best Drama, and you'll likely agree that these embarrassments remain stinky all these years later.
Here they are, the five worst movies to win the biggest Golden Globe of the night.
5. Evita
I'm obviously an elite-level Madonna fan, but I'm also the first to admit that Evita is un-special. Madonna's performance is serviceable and Antonio Banderas' is a bit better, but to me Andrew Lloyd Webber's rather muted spectacle is the least interesting thing about Madonna in the '90s. And yes, I remember "Nothing Really Matters.
Here they are, the five worst movies to win the biggest Golden Globe of the night.
5. Evita
I'm obviously an elite-level Madonna fan, but I'm also the first to admit that Evita is un-special. Madonna's performance is serviceable and Antonio Banderas' is a bit better, but to me Andrew Lloyd Webber's rather muted spectacle is the least interesting thing about Madonna in the '90s. And yes, I remember "Nothing Really Matters.
- 12/14/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
By Allen Gardner
Pier Paolo Pasolini’S Trilogy Of Life (Criterion) Pier Paolo Pasolini was Italy’s last Neo-Realist, a product of post-ww II Europe who was fervently Catholic, openly gay, defiantly Marxist, and one of the most original voices of the 20th century’s second half. Before his brutal murder in 1975 (after the premiere of his still-controversial swan song, “Salo”), Pasolini directed a trilogy of films based on masterpieces of medieval literature: Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales,” and “The Thousand and One Nights (also known as “The Arabian Nights”). The three films celebrate the uninhibited, earthy, raw carnal nature of the original texts, leaving little to the imagination, but also offering Pasolini’s own very unique and pointed views on modern society, consumerism, religious and sexual mores (and hypocrisies), and an unexpurgated celebration of the human body, both male and female. Extraordinary production design by Dante Ferretti and another evocative,...
Pier Paolo Pasolini’S Trilogy Of Life (Criterion) Pier Paolo Pasolini was Italy’s last Neo-Realist, a product of post-ww II Europe who was fervently Catholic, openly gay, defiantly Marxist, and one of the most original voices of the 20th century’s second half. Before his brutal murder in 1975 (after the premiere of his still-controversial swan song, “Salo”), Pasolini directed a trilogy of films based on masterpieces of medieval literature: Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales,” and “The Thousand and One Nights (also known as “The Arabian Nights”). The three films celebrate the uninhibited, earthy, raw carnal nature of the original texts, leaving little to the imagination, but also offering Pasolini’s own very unique and pointed views on modern society, consumerism, religious and sexual mores (and hypocrisies), and an unexpurgated celebration of the human body, both male and female. Extraordinary production design by Dante Ferretti and another evocative,...
- 11/14/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The Man With the Iron Fists is an ambitious first feature film. Not only because it cost more than the average directorial debut, but it’s from a nearly nonexistent genre with an unproven director at the helm in the form of rapper-turned-actor-turned-director RZA. Many would scoff at this project, but one man who didn’t is Eli Roth. It became a labor of love for both RZA and Roth, who came on as both a producer and co-writer of the film. From the sounds of it, RZA and Roth wanted to make the Star Wars of Kung-Fu movies. The long haul process of making the movie was about achieving that level of scope and world-building with a small amount of means, which is $15m, to be exact. Still, with that amount of money, The Man With the Iron Fists isn’t as big of a financial risk as it is a creative one. This...
- 11/1/2012
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In describing The Comedy, one can use the terms 'hilarious' or 'uproarious,' but words like 'provocative,' 'cruel' and 'disconcerting' are just as applicable. Inspiring comparisons to films like Five Easy Pieces, filmmaker Rick Alverson (The Builder, New Jerusalem) continues to explore both comic and dark elements of the American identity with his latest character study, featuring a revelatory performance by Tim Heidecker (of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!). Heidecker stars as Swanson, an aging Brooklyn hipster who spends his days meandering through life in Williamsburg with his crew of like-minded idlers (including previous co-star Eric Wareheim and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy) with little direction and a definite lack of empathy. On the verge of inheriting his family's fortune from his dying father, Swanson's erratic and risky actions isolate him, making meaningful connections with others almost impossible. Writer/director Rick Alverson describes the genesis of the...
- 10/24/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
If you’ve never done a Google image search for ‘Polish Film Posters’ then you’ve yet to spend a good fifteen to twenty minutes having your mind boggled by some of the most surreal movie-related images you’re likely to see. As such I was delighted to be invited to the private view of Iluzjon, a collection of some the classiest and craziest Polish posters of the sixties and seventies collected by Eye Sea Posters.
The exhibition is held at Protein in trendy Shoreditch and its opening was celebrated with a DJ specialising in synth soundtracks and copious amounts of Davna Polska Vodka. The works on display include posters for Death in Venice, Five Easy Pieces, Klute and many more, by a selection of artists including Jerzy Flisak, Wiktor Gorka and others.
The posters were commissioned by the Polish state during the country’s communist period as the Western...
The exhibition is held at Protein in trendy Shoreditch and its opening was celebrated with a DJ specialising in synth soundtracks and copious amounts of Davna Polska Vodka. The works on display include posters for Death in Venice, Five Easy Pieces, Klute and many more, by a selection of artists including Jerzy Flisak, Wiktor Gorka and others.
The posters were commissioned by the Polish state during the country’s communist period as the Western...
- 10/20/2012
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Perennial Sundance figure Paul Dano returns with this low-key character piece in which he plays Joby, a washed-up, marginally successful rocker (and owner of a horrible wispy goatee and numerous pieces of rubbish body art) in the final stages of a less-than-amicable divorce from his estranged wife.
Holed up in a dank motel in the middle of a particularly harsh winter, he’s also battling to gain visitation rights to his six-year-old daughter Ellen (Shaylena Mandigo) although her mother is insistent that, by law, he shouldn’t even be acknowledged as the girl’s father anymore. Joby slides deeper into depression and anguish, and all his ineffective lawyer (Jon Heder) can do is sit and watch him down whisky shots and (in the film’s most indulgent scene) air-guitar along to Whitesnake. Could an afternoon with his daughter (which he spitefully engineers) offer the chance to redeem himself and atone...
Holed up in a dank motel in the middle of a particularly harsh winter, he’s also battling to gain visitation rights to his six-year-old daughter Ellen (Shaylena Mandigo) although her mother is insistent that, by law, he shouldn’t even be acknowledged as the girl’s father anymore. Joby slides deeper into depression and anguish, and all his ineffective lawyer (Jon Heder) can do is sit and watch him down whisky shots and (in the film’s most indulgent scene) air-guitar along to Whitesnake. Could an afternoon with his daughter (which he spitefully engineers) offer the chance to redeem himself and atone...
- 4/27/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As much as I admire the incomparable films made during the era, New Hollywood (the term referring to innovative, risk-taking films made funded by studios from the mid-60s to the mid-70s) is a title that I find a bit problematic. The words “New Hollywood” better characterize the era that came after what the moniker traditionally refers to. Think about it: if “Old” or “Classical” Hollywood refers to the time period that stretches roughly from 1930 to 1960 when the studios as an industry maintained such an organized and regimented domination over and erasure of any other potential conception over what a film playing in any normal movie theater could be, then if we refer to the time period from roughly 1977 to now “New Hollywood,” the term then appropriately signifies a new manifestation of the old: regimentation, predictability, and limitation of expression. Where Old Hollywood studios would produce dozens of films of the same genre, New...
- 1/24/2012
- by Landon Palmer
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
As he releases his first stand-up comedy DVD, Stephen Merchant spares us some time to talk touring, movies and telly...
This year, Stephen Merchant returned to the world of stand-up with his first – and probably last – tour. It’s arriving on DVD now, and thus he spared us some time for a natter about it. Here’s how it went...
You’ve spent the last few years working in collaboration on projects, across film, television and audio. How does it feel to go back to one man and a microphone?
Well, in a way, that was the reason to go back to it.
I used to do stand-up years ago, and I sort-of fell out of love with it. And then, I started dabbling with it, like a hobby. It was a challenge to myself, I think. I was trying to see if I could do it, if I could do it well.
This year, Stephen Merchant returned to the world of stand-up with his first – and probably last – tour. It’s arriving on DVD now, and thus he spared us some time for a natter about it. Here’s how it went...
You’ve spent the last few years working in collaboration on projects, across film, television and audio. How does it feel to go back to one man and a microphone?
Well, in a way, that was the reason to go back to it.
I used to do stand-up years ago, and I sort-of fell out of love with it. And then, I started dabbling with it, like a hobby. It was a challenge to myself, I think. I was trying to see if I could do it, if I could do it well.
- 11/24/2011
- Den of Geek
Paramount has debuted a second poster for Jason Reitman's Young Adult starring Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). Last Friday I posted a trio of clips from the film and in the comments one person wrote, "The problem with these clips is that Charlize's character comes across as a major a-hole so why would anyone care about her story." As you can see from the poster, this isn't a personality trait the film is attempting to avoid. As a matter of fact, it's tackling it head on. During the Los Angeles Q&A for the film screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) had this to say: "This kind of film is a tough one to get made, particularly because Mavis does not have a classic redemption arc.
- 11/15/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Coffee has got many a movie made, and kept many a scene on the boil. From Michael Mann to Jean-Luc Godard, David Thomson filters the meaning of the key bean-related moments
There comes a night in Michael Mann's film Heat (1995) when the police detective (Al Pacino) decides he should have a little chat with the criminal he suspects is planning a major heist (Robert De Niro). Your first instinct may be to wonder: does every criminal enterprise in Los Angeles qualify for this friendly heart-to-heart where the law explains to the outlaw just how serious the crime and its consequences will be – is it a little like having your Miranda rights read to you? Or, is it simply that a big movie with Pacino and De Niro had to bring its firepower together, in the way Friedrich Schiller could not resist improving on history with a meeting between Queen...
There comes a night in Michael Mann's film Heat (1995) when the police detective (Al Pacino) decides he should have a little chat with the criminal he suspects is planning a major heist (Robert De Niro). Your first instinct may be to wonder: does every criminal enterprise in Los Angeles qualify for this friendly heart-to-heart where the law explains to the outlaw just how serious the crime and its consequences will be – is it a little like having your Miranda rights read to you? Or, is it simply that a big movie with Pacino and De Niro had to bring its firepower together, in the way Friedrich Schiller could not resist improving on history with a meeting between Queen...
- 11/4/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
George Clooney has given a list of his Top 100 films from 1964 to 1976, which he feels was “the greatest era in filmmaking by far." It's hard to argue with that, many of my favorite movies come out of that era. In an interview with Parade Magazine the actor and movie geek explained his list saying...
There were great filmmakers—Mike Nichols, Hal Ashby, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese—you go down the list of these insanely talented filmmakers all working at the top of their game and kind of competing with each other. Pakula, Sidney Lumet—I mean, you can just keep going down the list of these guys. And they were all doing really interesting films… That era [1964 to 1976] was a reflection of the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the sexual revolution, the drug counterculture. All those things were exploding at the same time. And...
There were great filmmakers—Mike Nichols, Hal Ashby, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese—you go down the list of these insanely talented filmmakers all working at the top of their game and kind of competing with each other. Pakula, Sidney Lumet—I mean, you can just keep going down the list of these guys. And they were all doing really interesting films… That era [1964 to 1976] was a reflection of the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the sexual revolution, the drug counterculture. All those things were exploding at the same time. And...
- 9/26/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
[1] George Clooney may be among the most prominent of celebrities, a fabulously wealthy, incredibly successful man at the very top of the A-list. But it seems there's a side of him that isn't so very different from film geeks like us who watch his movies. (Yes, all of that was a long-winded way of saying "Clooney: He's just like us!") For a recent interview about his upcoming Ides of March, which Clooney directed, produced, and starred in, Clooney revealed his top 100 films from 1964 to 1976, which he believes to be "the greatest era in filmmaking by far." The list is definitely cinephile-friendly, if not especially surprising: it includes tons of major classics and a handful of somewhat lesser known gems, all across a very wide variety of genres. Read the top 100 after the jump. Clooney told Parade [2] magazine that of that 100, his top five favorites are All the President's Men, Network,...
- 9/26/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
When I came up with the idea to start aggregating the various Criterion Collection related blogs that I read on a somewhat regular basis into a weekly column, I had grand plans to set up reminders for myself, bookmark posts into folders, and produce a compelling weekly blog post for all of you. Unfortunately, the birth of my daughter, and all of the other responsibilities of my life have managed to position themselves between me and that goal. I thought maybe if I switched to a monthly format, that would make things easier, but in reality it just gave me less of an excuse to work on the post. I’ve decided to reboot the column and produce it on a weekly basis. We’ll see if I can keep it going this time. As much as I pretend to be organized and productive, I am really a lazy, lazy guy.
- 8/15/2011
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
New York, N.Y. - A Canadian rock band has landed the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, usually considered confirmation of superstar status.
The Sheepdogs from Saskatoon are not there yet, but they may be on their way.
They beat out 15 other competitors in the magazine's first "Do You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star?" contest to land on the cover. The winner was announced Monday.
The magazine hits newsstands Friday.
The previously unsigned act is also getting a deal with Atlantic Records.
On Tuesday, they'll release a digital Ep "Five Easy Pieces" and perform on NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
"The biggest thing is ... just being able to tell everybody, and seeing what happens," Ewan Currie, lead singer of the quartet, said in an interview last week with The Associated Press.
The runner-up is singer-songwriter Lelia Broussard. Her soft, guitar-strumming tunes are a marked contrast to the hard-driving,...
The Sheepdogs from Saskatoon are not there yet, but they may be on their way.
They beat out 15 other competitors in the magazine's first "Do You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star?" contest to land on the cover. The winner was announced Monday.
The magazine hits newsstands Friday.
The previously unsigned act is also getting a deal with Atlantic Records.
On Tuesday, they'll release a digital Ep "Five Easy Pieces" and perform on NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
"The biggest thing is ... just being able to tell everybody, and seeing what happens," Ewan Currie, lead singer of the quartet, said in an interview last week with The Associated Press.
The runner-up is singer-songwriter Lelia Broussard. Her soft, guitar-strumming tunes are a marked contrast to the hard-driving,...
- 8/2/2011
- by CP
- Huffington Post
Stay off the streets and stay in with a movie…that takes to the streets.
Los Angelenos are aflutter with impending chaos. And, if you don’t live in Los Angeles, you probably don’t understand. (I live here and I’m not sure I fully understand.) But this weekend (July 15-17), the City of Los Angeles has gotten it in its mind to shut down the 405 Freeway, one of the central lifelines for the (frankly absurd) amount of traffic that hits Los Angeles on a daily basis. This means that, functionally, no one’s going anywhere this weekend and the entire West side of Los Angeles is going to be choked off by the cold, unrelenting hands of the Los Angeles Dot.
Naturally, this has become a bit of a cultural meme (surely confusing anyone who doesn’t live in Los Angeles) dubbed by internet pun genii as “Carmageddon.
Los Angelenos are aflutter with impending chaos. And, if you don’t live in Los Angeles, you probably don’t understand. (I live here and I’m not sure I fully understand.) But this weekend (July 15-17), the City of Los Angeles has gotten it in its mind to shut down the 405 Freeway, one of the central lifelines for the (frankly absurd) amount of traffic that hits Los Angeles on a daily basis. This means that, functionally, no one’s going anywhere this weekend and the entire West side of Los Angeles is going to be choked off by the cold, unrelenting hands of the Los Angeles Dot.
Naturally, this has become a bit of a cultural meme (surely confusing anyone who doesn’t live in Los Angeles) dubbed by internet pun genii as “Carmageddon.
- 7/14/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
Beginning in March 2010, Steven Soderbergh decided to document his cultural diet for the year, noting down everything he watched and read, the results of which have just been made public. Taking in almost a hundred movies, 50 books and several tv shows, Soderbergh also found time to finish shooting two movies, Haywire and Contagion. Put’s us to shame, right?
The list, which is also dated and organised was given to Studio 360′s Kurt Anderson and reveals busy viewing days, possible favourites and no less than 20 viewings of his new film Haywire, 5 of The Social Network (none of the other Oscar noms get a look in!), and several Raiders of The Lost Ark, in black and white! And if he sticks to his retirement plans in the near future, god knows how large this list may grow.
Here is the list of just the movies he devoured and in the order...
The list, which is also dated and organised was given to Studio 360′s Kurt Anderson and reveals busy viewing days, possible favourites and no less than 20 viewings of his new film Haywire, 5 of The Social Network (none of the other Oscar noms get a look in!), and several Raiders of The Lost Ark, in black and white! And if he sticks to his retirement plans in the near future, god knows how large this list may grow.
Here is the list of just the movies he devoured and in the order...
- 4/13/2011
- by Neil Upton
- Obsessed with Film
Steven Soderberg recently revealed every movie that he watched from April 12, 2010, to March 23, 2011. There are 92 movies in total. These are the movies he watched while he was making his two films Haywire and Contagion.
Check out Soderberg’s list below, 83 of which I’ve actually watched in the last year. How many on the list have you seen this last year? And in case you didn't know Soderberg is retiring from the movie buisness soon.
Haywire
Primer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
All the President's Men
Panic Room
Dune
Please Give
The Godfather
The Special Relationship
The Godfather Part 2
The Tall Target
The Social Network
The Room
The Day of the Jackal
In Cold Blood
Jaws
The Shark Is Still Working
Cloverfield
Rebecca
To Catch a Thief
Inception
Tiptoes
Salt
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
His Way
Catfish
Thrilla in Manilla
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The King of Kong...
Check out Soderberg’s list below, 83 of which I’ve actually watched in the last year. How many on the list have you seen this last year? And in case you didn't know Soderberg is retiring from the movie buisness soon.
Haywire
Primer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
All the President's Men
Panic Room
Dune
Please Give
The Godfather
The Special Relationship
The Godfather Part 2
The Tall Target
The Social Network
The Room
The Day of the Jackal
In Cold Blood
Jaws
The Shark Is Still Working
Cloverfield
Rebecca
To Catch a Thief
Inception
Tiptoes
Salt
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
His Way
Catfish
Thrilla in Manilla
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The King of Kong...
- 4/13/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Steven Soderbergh's film debut, sex, lies, and videotape (1989) probably pissed a lot of people off when they saw it. The title, linking duplicity and carnal relations with the then new media form of the videotape, seems to promise either amateur pornography or an art film akin to Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1972). Yet, the film has more in common with the work of another Italian director, Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura (1960) with regard to misdirection and theme. The title of Antonioni's film, translated into English as "The Adventure," begins with a mystery (a man's wife disappears on a trip and, rather than find her and solve the mystery, he delves into an affair) but sidesteps mystery and suspense in order to deal with how sexuality and relationships in general have become alienating, thanks to the concept of modernity.
Soderbergh's work is similar: the title promises something that the...
Soderbergh's work is similar: the title promises something that the...
- 2/15/2011
- by Drew Morton
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.