Has The Smuggler been found?
Last year, the Doctor Who fan world was treated to a great surprise when 11 missing episodes were recovered. Those included the entirety of “The Enemy of the World” and all but one episode of “The Web of Fear”. It was an impressive announcement and only served to whet our appetites for more. So in that spirit, let’s check in on the current rumour mill and see what’s happening.
First off, persistent rumours are circulating that all seven episodes of the First Doctor adventure “Marco Polo” have been recovered. There are multiple sources reporting this. Now the story itself was one of the most widely-sold non-Dalek stories, and is very highly-regarded. It’s also the first story to have all the footage missing, and the earliest story to have any missing footage. Finding it would be a real boon.
I am inclined to think this rumour is true.
Last year, the Doctor Who fan world was treated to a great surprise when 11 missing episodes were recovered. Those included the entirety of “The Enemy of the World” and all but one episode of “The Web of Fear”. It was an impressive announcement and only served to whet our appetites for more. So in that spirit, let’s check in on the current rumour mill and see what’s happening.
First off, persistent rumours are circulating that all seven episodes of the First Doctor adventure “Marco Polo” have been recovered. There are multiple sources reporting this. Now the story itself was one of the most widely-sold non-Dalek stories, and is very highly-regarded. It’s also the first story to have all the footage missing, and the earliest story to have any missing footage. Finding it would be a real boon.
I am inclined to think this rumour is true.
- 3/13/2014
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
James Franco Lines Up Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain and More for Nyu Grad Student Films
Poet at heart James Franco has explored the works of writerly talents like Allen Ginsberg in Howl and Anthony Hecht in The Feast of Stephen, to name a few. The actor — who also happens to be a New York University professor — also teaches a class about poetry and film. Now, Franco will be overseeing a poetry-inspired project for Nyu grad students that will result in two anthology features, according to Indiewire. Award-winning American poet C.K. Williams' 1983 book Tar — set around the poet's experience with the Three Mile Island nuclear-reactor accident — and Stephen Dobyns' National Poetry Series award winner Black Dog, Red Dog will be the focus of the works. This wasn't an opportunity open to all students. Instead, they had to win a...
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- 5/15/2012
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Already the out-and-out definition of a entertainment multi-hyphenate, poetry is something that also evidently flows in James Franco's blood, and is a world he loves to delve into for his film projects. Franco has made several shorts based on poems, including works by Anthony Hecht ("The Feast Of Stephen"), Spencer Reece ("The Clerk's Tale") and Frank Bidart ("Herbert White") before playing Hart Crane in "The Broken Tower" and Allen Ginsberg in "Howl." And it doesn't end there either.
Franco has now shepherded a project for Nyu graduate students that'll result in two poetry-centric anthology features: "Tar" based on C.K. William's book of poems of the same name, and "Black Dog, Red Dog," based on a book of poems by Stephen Dobyns. Students -- who had to win a competition for the opportunity -- separately helmed shorts based on individual poems with their entries combined into a cohesive feature-length narrative.
Franco has now shepherded a project for Nyu graduate students that'll result in two poetry-centric anthology features: "Tar" based on C.K. William's book of poems of the same name, and "Black Dog, Red Dog," based on a book of poems by Stephen Dobyns. Students -- who had to win a competition for the opportunity -- separately helmed shorts based on individual poems with their entries combined into a cohesive feature-length narrative.
- 5/15/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
James Franco, Dave Franco
James Franco's gay-friendly creds have long been established what with his willingness to play gay in movies like Milk and Howl (and to not shy away from the same-sex love scenes in those films.) Plus, there's his involvement with the new movie Kink, that Saturday Night Live skit where he made out enthusiastically with two different guys, not to mention his student film The Feast of Stephen which has the naked basketball players. Then there was the research he did for Sonny by hanging out with male prostitutes, even watching one have sex with another guy.
All without a whiff of gay panic. If there has ever been a straight guy more confident in his sexuality, then I've yet to hear of him.
James Franco in Milk
So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that a couple of recent Funny or Die videos show...
James Franco's gay-friendly creds have long been established what with his willingness to play gay in movies like Milk and Howl (and to not shy away from the same-sex love scenes in those films.) Plus, there's his involvement with the new movie Kink, that Saturday Night Live skit where he made out enthusiastically with two different guys, not to mention his student film The Feast of Stephen which has the naked basketball players. Then there was the research he did for Sonny by hanging out with male prostitutes, even watching one have sex with another guy.
All without a whiff of gay panic. If there has ever been a straight guy more confident in his sexuality, then I've yet to hear of him.
James Franco in Milk
So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that a couple of recent Funny or Die videos show...
- 8/24/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
We haven't mentioned the Berlinale at all in the heat of Oscar week. So let's do that, shall we? Better late than never. The festival closes tomorrow but the awards were handed out over the past two days.
"Nader and Simin: A Separation" Golden Bear
Asghar Fahradi, who got a lot of Oscar buzz a couple years back (though no nomination) for About Elly, won this year's Golden Bear for Nader & Simin: A Separation (2011). The Hollywood Reporter explains the film like so.
Farhadi's drama traces the breakup of a Iranian family set against the political tensions in Tehran. While not overtly political, Nader and Simin is starkly critical of conditions in Iran, notably the country's huge class divide. It was widely tipped to win Berlin's top prize, not least because of the current upheaval in the Middle East.
Fahradi dedicated his prize to jailed filmmaker Jafar Panihi who was also...
"Nader and Simin: A Separation" Golden Bear
Asghar Fahradi, who got a lot of Oscar buzz a couple years back (though no nomination) for About Elly, won this year's Golden Bear for Nader & Simin: A Separation (2011). The Hollywood Reporter explains the film like so.
Farhadi's drama traces the breakup of a Iranian family set against the political tensions in Tehran. While not overtly political, Nader and Simin is starkly critical of conditions in Iran, notably the country's huge class divide. It was widely tipped to win Berlin's top prize, not least because of the current upheaval in the Middle East.
Fahradi dedicated his prize to jailed filmmaker Jafar Panihi who was also...
- 2/19/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
With Berlinale wrapped, let's take one last looksie at random celebs working the premieres and photo ops. Part of our irregular red carpet lineup tradition. And then the awardage.
From left to right: I didn't know what Michael Winterbottom looked like, so I've included him here. He's a boyish 48. I think his career is pretty fascinating because it covers so much global ground and differing genre terrain. He's so prolific while still making intelligent films. I'm impatient so prolific works for me. That said, his new noir The Killer Inside Me might be one I'll have to skip. If festival types are so horrified by the violence I'm sure it's more than I can take.
Julianne Moore looking foxy on her way to fifty. She's gone a bit goth here with smoky eyes, black dress and black fingernails. More on her in a bit.
Two-time Oscar nominee Isabelle Adjani, who hasn't been working much,...
From left to right: I didn't know what Michael Winterbottom looked like, so I've included him here. He's a boyish 48. I think his career is pretty fascinating because it covers so much global ground and differing genre terrain. He's so prolific while still making intelligent films. I'm impatient so prolific works for me. That said, his new noir The Killer Inside Me might be one I'll have to skip. If festival types are so horrified by the violence I'm sure it's more than I can take.
Julianne Moore looking foxy on her way to fifty. She's gone a bit goth here with smoky eyes, black dress and black fingernails. More on her in a bit.
Two-time Oscar nominee Isabelle Adjani, who hasn't been working much,...
- 2/21/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Berlin -- The Berlin film festival's Panorama sidebar is coming back loud and proud this year with a lineup packed with films examining gender identity and the gay movement.
The 2010 Panorama opens Feb. 11 with the Russian film "Jolly Fellows," director Felix Mikhailov's look at the drag queen subculture of a Moscow club.
This year's lineup also features Cheryl Dunye's thriller "The Owls," in which aging lesbians try to get away with murder; and Jake Yuzna's "Open," a series of intertwined love stories featuring gay and trans-gendered partners.
Several of Panorama's documentary selections explores related themes -- such as Crayton Robery's "Making The Boys" about Matt Crowley's ground breaking gay play "The Boys in the Band;" "Cuchillo de Palo," Renate Costa's expose of persecution of homosexuals during the Paraguayan dictatorship and the German doc "Rock Hudson – Dark and Handsome Stranger" from directors Andrew Davies and Andre Schaefer.
The 2010 Panorama opens Feb. 11 with the Russian film "Jolly Fellows," director Felix Mikhailov's look at the drag queen subculture of a Moscow club.
This year's lineup also features Cheryl Dunye's thriller "The Owls," in which aging lesbians try to get away with murder; and Jake Yuzna's "Open," a series of intertwined love stories featuring gay and trans-gendered partners.
Several of Panorama's documentary selections explores related themes -- such as Crayton Robery's "Making The Boys" about Matt Crowley's ground breaking gay play "The Boys in the Band;" "Cuchillo de Palo," Renate Costa's expose of persecution of homosexuals during the Paraguayan dictatorship and the German doc "Rock Hudson – Dark and Handsome Stranger" from directors Andrew Davies and Andre Schaefer.
- 1/22/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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