Imagine a world in which Stephen Sondheim made Sicario. Yes, that Stephen Sondheim; yes, that 2015 thriller about the world of Mexican drug cartels. Got that? Good. Now add in Selena Gomez as the wife of a narco who, in a moment of deep grief and remembrance, utters the line, “My pussy still hurts when I think of you” — which, to be fair, sounds a lot more poetic in Spanish. She believes her husband, a major drug lord for the Los Globales cartel, had been murdered. This is not true. Rather,...
- 5/19/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: British writer, director, and producer Alex Marx will make his feature debut with The Queen of Fashion, a long-gestating biopic of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow, with Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough set to produce and play the lead role.
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Zack Norman, the stand-up comic, actor and producer perhaps best known for his turn as a crocodile-loving antiquities smuggler in Romancing the Stone, has died. He was 83.
Norman died Sunday night of natural causes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family announced.
Norman collaborated frequently with director Henry Jaglom, with the two working together on Tracks (1976), Sitting Ducks (1980), Venice/Venice (1992), Babyfever (1994), Déjà Vu (1997), Festival in Cannes (2001), Hollywood Dreams (2006), Irene in Time (2009), Queen of the Lot (2010), The M Word (2014) and Ovation (2015).
In Robert Zemeckis’ action-adventure Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Norman and Danny DeVito play the smuggling cousins Ira and Ralph, respectively.
“Look at those snappers,” Ira says in admiration whenever he sees a croc.
(He and Douglas would get into a legal spat over a company that they co-founded.)
Norman also appeared on the big screen in James Toback’s Fingers (1978), Milos Forman...
Norman died Sunday night of natural causes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family announced.
Norman collaborated frequently with director Henry Jaglom, with the two working together on Tracks (1976), Sitting Ducks (1980), Venice/Venice (1992), Babyfever (1994), Déjà Vu (1997), Festival in Cannes (2001), Hollywood Dreams (2006), Irene in Time (2009), Queen of the Lot (2010), The M Word (2014) and Ovation (2015).
In Robert Zemeckis’ action-adventure Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Norman and Danny DeVito play the smuggling cousins Ira and Ralph, respectively.
“Look at those snappers,” Ira says in admiration whenever he sees a croc.
(He and Douglas would get into a legal spat over a company that they co-founded.)
Norman also appeared on the big screen in James Toback’s Fingers (1978), Milos Forman...
- 4/29/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
General Hospital spoilers and updates tease Carmine Cerullo, formerly played by John Capodice, returns for Brook Lynn Quartermaine’s (Amanda Setton) wedding to Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard). Actor George Russo has been cast as Brook Lynn’s Bensonhurst grandpa.
General Hospital Spoilers – If Only They Could Have Recreated Lois Cerullo’s Big Wedding
If only they could have recreated Lois Cerullo’s (Rena Sofer) big wedding, but time constraints over Gregory Chase’s (Gregory Harrison) health force them to marry as soon as possible. Right now, it looks like May 15 for the airdate because that’s when Russo appears as Carmine.
Brook Lynn has a lot of Cerullo relatives besides her grandpa and grandma, Gloria Cerullo (Ellen Travolta) who viewers saw at Christmas-no word if she’ll return.
The rest of Brook Lynn’s family includes Lois’ siblings, Mark (Richard Tanner) Louie (Tony Mangano), Francine (uncast) & Chuck Cerullo (uncast).
Their children,...
General Hospital Spoilers – If Only They Could Have Recreated Lois Cerullo’s Big Wedding
If only they could have recreated Lois Cerullo’s (Rena Sofer) big wedding, but time constraints over Gregory Chase’s (Gregory Harrison) health force them to marry as soon as possible. Right now, it looks like May 15 for the airdate because that’s when Russo appears as Carmine.
Brook Lynn has a lot of Cerullo relatives besides her grandpa and grandma, Gloria Cerullo (Ellen Travolta) who viewers saw at Christmas-no word if she’ll return.
The rest of Brook Lynn’s family includes Lois’ siblings, Mark (Richard Tanner) Louie (Tony Mangano), Francine (uncast) & Chuck Cerullo (uncast).
Their children,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Rita Ryan
- Celebrating The Soaps
Tisa Farrow, the actress known for her roles in 1970s films like James Toback’s Fingers and William Richert’s Winter Kills, passed away at the age of 72. Her sister, Mia Farrow, announced the unexpected demise on Instagram on Wednesday, revealing that Tisa had seemingly passed away in her sleep. “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there,” Mia wrote. “She was the best of us — I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever.” See the Instagram post below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mia Farrow (@realmiafarrow) John Farrow, her brother, informed The Hollywood Reporter that his sister passed away in Rutland, Vermont. Having made her onscreen debut in Homer (1970), where she portrayed the girlfriend of a high school student deeply affected by the Vietnam War, Tisa Farrow went on to star...
- 1/12/2024
- TV Insider
Tisa Farrow, an actor and sister of Mia Farrow, died in her sleep on Jan. 10 in Rutland, Vermont. She was 72.
Her sister Mia shared the news in a post on Instagram, writing: “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there. She was the best of us – I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life and never complained. Ever. She was a nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.”
Farrow was born Theresa Magdalena Farrow in Los Angeles to actor Maureen O’Sullivan and film director John Farrow and was the youngest of seven siblings. She was the subject of a New York Times profile in 1970, in which she discussed her family connections in the entertainment industry.
“None...
Her sister Mia shared the news in a post on Instagram, writing: “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there. She was the best of us – I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life and never complained. Ever. She was a nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.”
Farrow was born Theresa Magdalena Farrow in Los Angeles to actor Maureen O’Sullivan and film director John Farrow and was the youngest of seven siblings. She was the subject of a New York Times profile in 1970, in which she discussed her family connections in the entertainment industry.
“None...
- 1/12/2024
- by Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
Tisa Farrow, the actress who appeared in such 1970s films as James Toback’s Fingers and William Richert’s Winter Kills, has died, her sister Mia Farrow announced. She was 72.
She died unexpectedly on Wednesday, “apparently in her sleep,” Mia Farrow reported on Instagram.
“If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there,” she wrote. “She was the best of us — I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever.”
Tisa Farrow made her onscreen debut in Homer (1970), portraying the girlfriend of a high school student (Don Scardino) deeply affected by the Vietnam War, and she also starred in the low-budget horror films Zombie (1979), directed by Lucio Fulci, and Anthropophagus (1980).
In her most prominent role, Farrow played a woman who has a kinky romance with a disturbed loner (Harvey Keitel) in writer-director Toback’s Fingers (1978). She then showed...
She died unexpectedly on Wednesday, “apparently in her sleep,” Mia Farrow reported on Instagram.
“If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there,” she wrote. “She was the best of us — I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever.”
Tisa Farrow made her onscreen debut in Homer (1970), portraying the girlfriend of a high school student (Don Scardino) deeply affected by the Vietnam War, and she also starred in the low-budget horror films Zombie (1979), directed by Lucio Fulci, and Anthropophagus (1980).
In her most prominent role, Farrow played a woman who has a kinky romance with a disturbed loner (Harvey Keitel) in writer-director Toback’s Fingers (1978). She then showed...
- 1/12/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Best known to horror fans for playing Anne Bowles in Lucio Fulci’s Italian horror classic Zombi 2 (aka Zombie), actress Tisa Farrow has passed away this week at the age of 72.
Sister Mia Farrow writes on Instagram, “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there. She was the best of us – I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever. She was a nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.
“She died unexpectedly yesterday morning. Apparently in her sleep. This is a hard time for all of us who admire and love her so deeply.”
Lucio Fulci’s 1979 classic wasn’t Tisa Farrow’s only stop in the horror genre, as she further...
Sister Mia Farrow writes on Instagram, “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there. She was the best of us – I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever. She was a nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.
“She died unexpectedly yesterday morning. Apparently in her sleep. This is a hard time for all of us who admire and love her so deeply.”
Lucio Fulci’s 1979 classic wasn’t Tisa Farrow’s only stop in the horror genre, as she further...
- 1/12/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve (“Prehistoric Planet”) will compose the score for Sky and Peacock series “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.”
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Heather Morris, the limited series is inspired by the true-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov. It follows Lale (Jonah Hauer-King), who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, where he was made one of the tattooists charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms. He meets Gita (Anna Próchniak) when tattooing her prisoner number, and they experience love at first sight. Under constant guard from a volatile SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lale and Gita became determined to keep each other alive. Some 60 years later, Lale (Harvey Keitel) meets novice writer Heather Morris (Melanie Lynskey). Recently widowed, Lale finds the courage to tell the world his story.
The six-episode series is produced by Synchronicity Films in association with Sky Studios and All3Media International.
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Heather Morris, the limited series is inspired by the true-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov. It follows Lale (Jonah Hauer-King), who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, where he was made one of the tattooists charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms. He meets Gita (Anna Próchniak) when tattooing her prisoner number, and they experience love at first sight. Under constant guard from a volatile SS officer Baretzki (Jonas Nay), Lale and Gita became determined to keep each other alive. Some 60 years later, Lale (Harvey Keitel) meets novice writer Heather Morris (Melanie Lynskey). Recently widowed, Lale finds the courage to tell the world his story.
The six-episode series is produced by Synchronicity Films in association with Sky Studios and All3Media International.
- 8/23/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Some sad news has come in to end the week, as it has been announced that legendary NFL player-turned-actor Jim Brown has passed at the age of 87. His passing was announced by his wife on Instagram, with no cause of death being provided.
Born on February 17, 1936, in St. Simons Islang, Georgia, Brown is considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. He was drafted out of Syracuse University by the Cleveland Browns in 1957, and spent all nine years of his NFL career with the team. Deadline notes that “his bruising running style redefined the running back position”. He was the first NFL player to make over 100 career rushing touchdowns and set single season and career rushing records. He was a three time Mvp, Rookie of the Year, eight time All-Pro, and eight time rushing leader. With him on the team, the Browns won the NFL championship...
Born on February 17, 1936, in St. Simons Islang, Georgia, Brown is considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. He was drafted out of Syracuse University by the Cleveland Browns in 1957, and spent all nine years of his NFL career with the team. Deadline notes that “his bruising running style redefined the running back position”. He was the first NFL player to make over 100 career rushing touchdowns and set single season and career rushing records. He was a three time Mvp, Rookie of the Year, eight time All-Pro, and eight time rushing leader. With him on the team, the Browns won the NFL championship...
- 5/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Jim Brown, the NFL titan who appeared in “The Dirty Dozen,” many Blaxploitation films plus Oliver Stone’s “Any Given Sunday,” “The Running Man,” Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks” and Spike Lee’s “He Got Game,” to name a few, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 87.
His wife Monique posted the news of his death on Instagram, saying, “He passed peacefully last night at our L.A. home.”
In nine extraordinary seasons as a fullback with the Cleveland Browns, Brown set an array of NFL records. In 2002, The Sporting News named him the greatest professional football player ever. That phenomenal athleticism and a charismatic personality made him bankable as the first African American action star.
“On behalf of the entire NFL family, we extend our condolences to Monique and their family,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. “Jim Brown was a gifted athlete — one of the most dominant players to...
His wife Monique posted the news of his death on Instagram, saying, “He passed peacefully last night at our L.A. home.”
In nine extraordinary seasons as a fullback with the Cleveland Browns, Brown set an array of NFL records. In 2002, The Sporting News named him the greatest professional football player ever. That phenomenal athleticism and a charismatic personality made him bankable as the first African American action star.
“On behalf of the entire NFL family, we extend our condolences to Monique and their family,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. “Jim Brown was a gifted athlete — one of the most dominant players to...
- 5/19/2023
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Jim Brown, the incomparable Cleveland Browns fullback who quit the NFL at the peak of his prowess to become a Hollywood action hero in such films as The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra and 100 Rifles, has died. He was 87.
A staunch advocate for civil rights, Brown died in his Los Angeles home Thursday night with wife Monique by his side, his family’s spokesperson told the Associated Press.
In a statement, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell praised Brown’s skills on the field, in addition to calling him a “cultural figure who helped promote change.” The message continued, “During his nine-year NFL career, which coincided with the civil rights movement here at home, he became a forerunner and role model for athletes being involved in social initiatives outside their sport. He inspired fellow athletes to make a difference, especially in the communities in which they lived.”
A synthesis of speed,...
A staunch advocate for civil rights, Brown died in his Los Angeles home Thursday night with wife Monique by his side, his family’s spokesperson told the Associated Press.
In a statement, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell praised Brown’s skills on the field, in addition to calling him a “cultural figure who helped promote change.” The message continued, “During his nine-year NFL career, which coincided with the civil rights movement here at home, he became a forerunner and role model for athletes being involved in social initiatives outside their sport. He inspired fellow athletes to make a difference, especially in the communities in which they lived.”
A synthesis of speed,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lindsay Lohan’s “Mean Girls” co-stars are celebrating her recent pregnancy news.
After announcing on Tuesday that she and husband Bader Shammas are expecting their first child together, a number of celebs were quick to congratulate Lohan, including two of her former onscreen “Plastics” clique members, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert.
“This is Wonderful News!!” Seyfried, who starred as Karen Smith, wrote — a comment that was liked over 3000 times by fans.
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Chabert, the actress who played Gretchen Wieners, commented, “I’m thrilled for you!!!! So exciting,” alongside several red heart emojis.
Many of Lohan’s 12.5 million followers are so excited for the actress that it only seemed fitting for them to reference the iconic “Mean Girls” line, “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.”
“You’ll definitely be a cool mom.
After announcing on Tuesday that she and husband Bader Shammas are expecting their first child together, a number of celebs were quick to congratulate Lohan, including two of her former onscreen “Plastics” clique members, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert.
“This is Wonderful News!!” Seyfried, who starred as Karen Smith, wrote — a comment that was liked over 3000 times by fans.
Read More: Lindsay Lohan Shines In Copper In Rare Public Appearance Supporting Her Siblings At Christian Siriano Show
Chabert, the actress who played Gretchen Wieners, commented, “I’m thrilled for you!!!! So exciting,” alongside several red heart emojis.
Many of Lohan’s 12.5 million followers are so excited for the actress that it only seemed fitting for them to reference the iconic “Mean Girls” line, “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.”
“You’ll definitely be a cool mom.
- 3/15/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Tl;Dr:
The Rolling Stones’ “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” features a member of the Plastic Ono Band.The member of the Plastic Ono Band explained what happens when The Rolling Stones play songs.He discussed what he thought about “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” in retrospect. The Rolling Stones | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
The Rolling Stones‘ “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” featured instrumentation from a member of the Plastic Ono Band. The musician discussed what he thought about The Rolling Stones as a band. In addition, he said he didn’t know he was being recorded when he played on “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.”
A member of the Plastic Ono Band felt The Rolling Stones are unique
Bobby Keys was a saxophonist who was part of the Plastic Ono Band. He also repeatedly worked with The Rolling Stones. During a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone,...
The Rolling Stones’ “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” features a member of the Plastic Ono Band.The member of the Plastic Ono Band explained what happens when The Rolling Stones play songs.He discussed what he thought about “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” in retrospect. The Rolling Stones | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
The Rolling Stones‘ “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” featured instrumentation from a member of the Plastic Ono Band. The musician discussed what he thought about The Rolling Stones as a band. In addition, he said he didn’t know he was being recorded when he played on “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.”
A member of the Plastic Ono Band felt The Rolling Stones are unique
Bobby Keys was a saxophonist who was part of the Plastic Ono Band. He also repeatedly worked with The Rolling Stones. During a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If you are a first-time filmmaker keen to have a long career in the motion picture industry, write a part for Harvey Keitel and get it to him Asap.
Over his magnificent 55-year career, Keitel has been a good luck charm for some of the greatest directors in the industry. His auspicious streak kicked off with his very first leading role in Martin Scorsese's very first feature film, "Who's That Knocking at My Door." Scorsese's done fairly well for himself. So had Ridley Scott, who began his big-screen career by directing Keitel in 1977's "The Duelists." A year later, Keitel hooked up with "Taxi Driver" screenwriter Paul Schrader for "Blue Collar." This was evidently a nightmare production for the overwhelmed Schrader, but the raves, many of which singled out Keitel's performance, earned the scribe a reputation as an actor's director. Also in 1978, Keitel dazzled as a prodigious pianist...
Over his magnificent 55-year career, Keitel has been a good luck charm for some of the greatest directors in the industry. His auspicious streak kicked off with his very first leading role in Martin Scorsese's very first feature film, "Who's That Knocking at My Door." Scorsese's done fairly well for himself. So had Ridley Scott, who began his big-screen career by directing Keitel in 1977's "The Duelists." A year later, Keitel hooked up with "Taxi Driver" screenwriter Paul Schrader for "Blue Collar." This was evidently a nightmare production for the overwhelmed Schrader, but the raves, many of which singled out Keitel's performance, earned the scribe a reputation as an actor's director. Also in 1978, Keitel dazzled as a prodigious pianist...
- 9/9/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Better late than never. After the traditional Cannes Film Festival was cancelled last year due to Covid, the glitzy event is back with Covid protocols in order. Instead of taking place in May, the 74th annual gala opened on July 6 and will continue through July 17th at the glamorous French resort town.
Spike Lee, who was supposed to be jury head last year, was asked to take up the reigns of this edition. And he appeared on the legendary red carpet decked out in a striking pink ensemble. The festival opened with the Leos Carax’ offbeat musical “Annette” featuring music by the Sparks Brother and Val Kilmer’s self-titled documentary “Val,” which earned kudos and a long-standing ovation. Other films premiering at the festival including Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Asghar Farhadi’s “The Hero” and Francois Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine.”
Besides screening and selling movies,...
Spike Lee, who was supposed to be jury head last year, was asked to take up the reigns of this edition. And he appeared on the legendary red carpet decked out in a striking pink ensemble. The festival opened with the Leos Carax’ offbeat musical “Annette” featuring music by the Sparks Brother and Val Kilmer’s self-titled documentary “Val,” which earned kudos and a long-standing ovation. Other films premiering at the festival including Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Asghar Farhadi’s “The Hero” and Francois Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine.”
Besides screening and selling movies,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Michael Chapman, the cinematographer who lensed classics like “The Fugitive” and “Raging Bull, died on Sunday. His wife, screenwriter Amy Holden Jones made the announcement on Twitter. Chapman was 84.
“Goodbye to the love of my life. Michael Chapman Sept 20 2020”
Goodbye to the love of my life. Michael Chapman Sept 20 2020 https://t.co/rkhyjGjkMd
— Amy Holden Jones (@aholdenj) September 21, 2020
Chapman received two Oscar nominations for best cinematography for his work on both “Raging Bull” and “The Fugitive.” In 2004, Chapman received a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Cinematographers.
Other notable credits Chapman earned as director of photography include “Scrooged,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “Doc Hollywood” and “Space Jam.”
In 1987, Chapman was also the cinematographer on Michael Jackson’s 18 minute “Bad” music video which was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Chapman was born in New York City on Nov. 21, 1935, and first started working in film production as a camera operator on...
“Goodbye to the love of my life. Michael Chapman Sept 20 2020”
Goodbye to the love of my life. Michael Chapman Sept 20 2020 https://t.co/rkhyjGjkMd
— Amy Holden Jones (@aholdenj) September 21, 2020
Chapman received two Oscar nominations for best cinematography for his work on both “Raging Bull” and “The Fugitive.” In 2004, Chapman received a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Cinematographers.
Other notable credits Chapman earned as director of photography include “Scrooged,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “Doc Hollywood” and “Space Jam.”
In 1987, Chapman was also the cinematographer on Michael Jackson’s 18 minute “Bad” music video which was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Chapman was born in New York City on Nov. 21, 1935, and first started working in film production as a camera operator on...
- 9/22/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Fingers is a bit of a genre bender. This title blends comedy and crime elements, along with horror and thriller influences. Developed by Juan Ortiz, Fingers is a title set to be released in September of this year, throughout the U.S. Random Media will handle the release. And, Fingers stars: Sabina Friedman-Seitz ("Young Blood"), Jeremy Gardner (The Battery), Michael St. Michael, Stan Madray and several others. The film's official U.S. release poster is hosted here, along with the film's story details. An initial concept poster was released in early 2019. Now, a more up-to-date U.S. release poster is available here. The graphic shows a hand, missing a couple of fingers. All sorts of tools lay about a hoodied figure. No tagline is required as the background looks to be a forest. The story for Fingers follows an employee, who is missing a pinky. This injury awakens a demon in the employee's boss,...
- 5/26/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
In their own not-at-all-quiet way, Archers of Loaf were one of the best bands of the Nineties. They made a tuneful ruckus: craggy riffs, croaked vocals, and hooks you didn’t know were there till the 10th listen, all in service of songs as heartfelt and sticky as those of acts many times their size. The North Carolina quartet’s output included four good-to-great albums, a killer Ep and a handful of immortal singles, and though they built a cult of fans and opened for Weezer, the Archers never got...
- 2/24/2020
- by Christian Hoard
- Rollingstone.com
Aiello in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing".
Actor Danny Aiello has passed away at age 86 following a brief illness. Aiello didn't start acting until age 34 but when he did, he became a reliable and popular character actor. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing", playing the owner of a pizza parlor trying to navigate boiling racial tensions in the neighborhood. He also had a memorable role in Norman Jewison's "Moonstruck". Other films include "The Godfather Part II", "The Front", "The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Radio Days" (the latter three with Woody Allen), "Fingers", "Fort Apache the Bronx", "The Cemetary Club", "Ready to Wear", "The Professional", "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Prince of the City". Although Aiello worked with some of the most legendary directors, his one regret was not having been cast in a Martin Scorsese film.
Actor Danny Aiello has passed away at age 86 following a brief illness. Aiello didn't start acting until age 34 but when he did, he became a reliable and popular character actor. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing", playing the owner of a pizza parlor trying to navigate boiling racial tensions in the neighborhood. He also had a memorable role in Norman Jewison's "Moonstruck". Other films include "The Godfather Part II", "The Front", "The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Radio Days" (the latter three with Woody Allen), "Fingers", "Fort Apache the Bronx", "The Cemetary Club", "Ready to Wear", "The Professional", "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Prince of the City". Although Aiello worked with some of the most legendary directors, his one regret was not having been cast in a Martin Scorsese film.
- 12/13/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Dubious business arrangements can often lead to hostile relationships that awaken the partners’ demons within themselves and with each other. That’s certainly the case for Jeremy Gardner and Michael St. Michaels’ corrupt characters in the upcoming horror movie, ‘Fingers.’ In honor of the crime drama recently making its World Premiere at the Chattanooga Film Festival, […]
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- 6/10/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Zayn Malik explores love, loss and rebirth through the visual telling of a tragic love story in his new video for “Satisfaction.” The ballad appears on his sophomore studio album, Icarus Falls, which was released last month.
While Zayn only appears briefly in the Bouha Kazmi-directed clip, the narrative aptly captures the spirit of the song’s sentiment, where fulfillment is ultimately achieved through love. “We can’t get no satisfaction alone/’Cause I can’t, you can’t, we can’t get no satisfaction,” Zayn croons. “All in my zone,...
While Zayn only appears briefly in the Bouha Kazmi-directed clip, the narrative aptly captures the spirit of the song’s sentiment, where fulfillment is ultimately achieved through love. “We can’t get no satisfaction alone/’Cause I can’t, you can’t, we can’t get no satisfaction,” Zayn croons. “All in my zone,...
- 1/10/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Nicki Minaj and Zayn explore romantic frustration on their new Edm-pop song “No Candle No Light.”
The duo exchange soulful lines about a doomed relationship over pulsating synths and gleaming electronics. “Hand on your hand, chest on your chest/ Tangled in bed, but I’m feeling you less,” Minaj croons. “You know my love ain’t free/ Why do you make believe? Why do you sell me dreams?” On the chorus, they sing in unison, “I woke up on the wrong side of ya,” building to a breakdown of pitch-shifted vocal samples.
The duo exchange soulful lines about a doomed relationship over pulsating synths and gleaming electronics. “Hand on your hand, chest on your chest/ Tangled in bed, but I’m feeling you less,” Minaj croons. “You know my love ain’t free/ Why do you make believe? Why do you sell me dreams?” On the chorus, they sing in unison, “I woke up on the wrong side of ya,” building to a breakdown of pitch-shifted vocal samples.
- 11/15/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Zayn Malik has dropped his brand new single “No Candle No Light”, featuring Nicki Minaj. The former One Direction band member only unveiled his track “Fingers” in October; now, he’s treated fans to yet another release, teasing the song on Twitter. Malik posted: #NoCandleNoLight feat. @nickiminaj...
- 11/15/2018
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Zayn Malik just dropped his latest track, "Fingers." The One Direction alum sings about love and needing a certain someone in his new song, released Thursday morning. "F--ked and I want ya/Looked and I loved ya/Stuck, now I need ya/Hopin' I'd see ya," Zayn, who has been in an on-off relationship with Gigi Hadid for about three years, sings on the track. "I've been f--ked and I want ya, I can't even text ya/'Cause my fingers ain't broken, but my heart is/If you wanna let me know where you hiding/I could come and love." Zayn later sings, "What did I tell ya? Typo said I loved ya/Didn't mean what I was saying/No, I wasn't playing, just confused/Was tryna play it...
- 10/18/2018
- E! Online
Zayn Malik struggles to find the right words to text on his mesmerizing new song, “Fingers.” The track boasts an alluring mid-tempo beat with low synths bubbling around a crisp drum groove. Zayn keeps his vocals low, yet seductive as he tries to come to grips with an unrequited love while staring at his phone. “Cause I’m fucked and I want ya, I can’t even text ya,” he sings. “Cause my fingers ain’t working, but my heart is/ If you wanna let me know where you hiding...
- 10/18/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Former New York Times film critic Janet Maslin says James Toback threatened to kill her after she wrote a bad review of his 1978 directorial debut, “Fingers.” In an interview with The Daily Beast, Maslin said she received calls from a man, who she believed was Toback, who disguised his voice in the middle of the night, telling her, “I’m going to f—– kill you.” “He disguised his voice,” Maslin said. “It was a very menacing tone, and you know, I was scared. But at that point I had a listed phone number. He was the guy who made me unlisted.
- 11/2/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
★★★★☆ Ostensibly a remake of James Toback's 1978 film Fingers, The Beat That My Heart Skipped sees an electric Romain Duris fill Harvey Keitel's boots as livewire musician and borderline crook, Thomas Seyr. The fourth feature from French director Jacques Audiard, it is a vibrant, kinetic depiction of obsession, desire and filial responsibility which freewheels around the City of Lights, largely at night. At its heart a tale of fathers and sons, Beat takes place at the intersection of the bourgeoisie, a real estate racket and the more dangerous elements of Paris' criminal underworld. Built around a stellar lead performance, it is a dynamic film, constantly on the move and tightly coiled with the ever present threat of violence. Backed up by an eclectic score that veers from electro to acid jazz to classical and superbly framed by cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine - who would go on to collaborate with Audiard...
- 3/23/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
By Todd Garbarini
When The Sopranos ended its run on HBO in June 2007, fans were forced to say goodbye to one of television’s greatest series. It is a difficult thing to bid farewell to characters you have come to know and enjoy watching, and Tony Soprano and his extended family and crew were no exception. Fortunately, most of the people who appeared on the show have gone on to other projects, some in a similar vein and others one hundred and eighty degrees removed from the actions of La Cosa Nostra. Actor Tony Sirico, who portrayed Pauley Walnuts since the series began in 1999, was himself involved in some criminal behavior and did less than two years in jail prior to becoming an actor. While the Internet Movie Database lists his first screen credit as appearing in The Godfather Part II (1974) - his appearance is both unconfirmed and uncredited -...
When The Sopranos ended its run on HBO in June 2007, fans were forced to say goodbye to one of television’s greatest series. It is a difficult thing to bid farewell to characters you have come to know and enjoy watching, and Tony Soprano and his extended family and crew were no exception. Fortunately, most of the people who appeared on the show have gone on to other projects, some in a similar vein and others one hundred and eighty degrees removed from the actions of La Cosa Nostra. Actor Tony Sirico, who portrayed Pauley Walnuts since the series began in 1999, was himself involved in some criminal behavior and did less than two years in jail prior to becoming an actor. While the Internet Movie Database lists his first screen credit as appearing in The Godfather Part II (1974) - his appearance is both unconfirmed and uncredited -...
- 4/30/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The 1974 film scripted by James Toback is relocated to Los Angeles, and turned into something pretty preposterous in the process
Writer and film-maker James Toback has had a mini-resurgence lately: his documentary Seduced and Abandoned was widely enjoyed, and Jacques Audiard remade his 1978 movie Fingers as The Beat My Heart Skipped. Now 1974’s Toback-scripted The Gambler has had a modern – rather sanitised – makeover, transposed from New York to La. It’s another tellingly personal tale of a highbrow guy with a lowlife secret.
Mark Wahlberg plays the part that James Caan had in the original. He is Jim Bennett, a university professor and novelist with an addiction to gambling. Wahlberg is, sad to say, uncharismatic and unconvincing in a tiresome role in which he has to harangue his students on the subject of true genius. On his personal time, he loses a fortune at blackjack, and finally stakes everything on...
Writer and film-maker James Toback has had a mini-resurgence lately: his documentary Seduced and Abandoned was widely enjoyed, and Jacques Audiard remade his 1978 movie Fingers as The Beat My Heart Skipped. Now 1974’s Toback-scripted The Gambler has had a modern – rather sanitised – makeover, transposed from New York to La. It’s another tellingly personal tale of a highbrow guy with a lowlife secret.
Mark Wahlberg plays the part that James Caan had in the original. He is Jim Bennett, a university professor and novelist with an addiction to gambling. Wahlberg is, sad to say, uncharismatic and unconvincing in a tiresome role in which he has to harangue his students on the subject of true genius. On his personal time, he loses a fortune at blackjack, and finally stakes everything on...
- 1/22/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Is casting Mark Wahlberg as a self-loathing literature professor an inspired or ridiculous choice? Can it be both? It's hard to decide even after seeing The Gambler, director Rupert Wyatt and screenwriter William Monahan's re-imagining of Karel Reisz and writer James Toback's 1974 film. The original story, though it shares some rough similarities with Dostoevsky’s novella The Gambler, was inspired by Toback’s own life as a moneyed Harvard grad and City College lecturer whose own gambling addictions are well documented. His career since has focused on documenting personalities living between seemingly opposite extremes. (In Fingers, the first and best film Toback directed, Harvey Keitel played a concert pianist who worked as a bag man for the mob.)As the never-smiling, tormented Jim Bennett, Wahlberg gets to put his characteristic glower to good use. By night, he hangs out in dark rooms where the dress code appears simply to be "black,...
- 12/27/2014
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Exclusive: Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to French director Jacques Audiard’s latest, currently untitled, feature film.
The film, currently shooting, centers on a Sri-Lankan Tamil warrior who flees his war-torn country and seeks asylum in France as a political refugee, posing as a husband and father to two fellow escapees. In the suburbs of Paris, he takes up a position as caretaker of a run-down housing block. His attempt to obtain a stable life is interrupted by the violent gang of the drug dealers that rules the derelict neighborhood. Unwillingly drawn into the conflict, the former soldier must make a difficult choice whether to take a violent path once more.
Audiard’s two previous films, Un Prophete and Rust And Bone, were acquired for the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics. Audiard, one of France’s most acclaimed filmmakers, is known for his appreciation of American cinema.
The film, currently shooting, centers on a Sri-Lankan Tamil warrior who flees his war-torn country and seeks asylum in France as a political refugee, posing as a husband and father to two fellow escapees. In the suburbs of Paris, he takes up a position as caretaker of a run-down housing block. His attempt to obtain a stable life is interrupted by the violent gang of the drug dealers that rules the derelict neighborhood. Unwillingly drawn into the conflict, the former soldier must make a difficult choice whether to take a violent path once more.
Audiard’s two previous films, Un Prophete and Rust And Bone, were acquired for the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics. Audiard, one of France’s most acclaimed filmmakers, is known for his appreciation of American cinema.
- 12/16/2014
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Michael Moore at First Time Fest Stand Alone: "And the other film I saw at that time was a film made with Barbie Dolls. It's called Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Moore in a seated Stand Alone with Director of Programming David Schwartz discussed how he got into filmmaking through his immersion in the cinema of Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut, Federico Fellini and sneaking in to see Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.
David Schwartz to Michael Moore: "And Kubrick? You said Clockwork Orange was a favorite." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
This year's First Time Fest First Exposure series includes Julie Taymor's Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming - Salesman directed by Charlotte Zwerin, Albert and David Maysles - James Toback's Fingers starring Harvey Keitel - David Lynch's Eraserhead with Dp Frederick Elmes in person - Kelly Reichardt's River Of Grass...
Michael Moore in a seated Stand Alone with Director of Programming David Schwartz discussed how he got into filmmaking through his immersion in the cinema of Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut, Federico Fellini and sneaking in to see Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.
David Schwartz to Michael Moore: "And Kubrick? You said Clockwork Orange was a favorite." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
This year's First Time Fest First Exposure series includes Julie Taymor's Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming - Salesman directed by Charlotte Zwerin, Albert and David Maysles - James Toback's Fingers starring Harvey Keitel - David Lynch's Eraserhead with Dp Frederick Elmes in person - Kelly Reichardt's River Of Grass...
- 4/7/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It sounds like the makings of a bad joke. A renowned filmmaker (James Toback) and a famous actor (Alec Baldwin) walk into a film festival with an idea under their arm… In reality, it’s a film (though, it’s by all rights a documentary, just don’t tell this to the director). The HBO movie “Seduced & Abandoned” features James Toback—writer of “The Gambler” and “Bugsy” director of “Fingers,” “Two Girls & A Guy” and the doc “Tyson”—and Alec Baldwin, and follows them to the Cannes Film Festival (Baldwin’s first time ever) with the idea of pitching and selling their latest film ideas to financiers at the fest. The project they're selling is called “Last Tango In Tikrit,” a would-be erotic thriller set in the heart of the Iraq War with two politically-opposed journalists in the heat of it all (Neve Campbell, who starred in Toback’s 2004 film...
- 11/14/2013
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Set at Cannes in 2012, Alec Baldwin stars in this delicious doc about the desperation underpinning the film industry
It's sometimes said that experiencing the movie business with the chill of failure is like drinking warm Coca-Cola: now you know what it actually tastes like. This deliciously insightful documentary from director James Toback – who made Fingers (1978) and Black and White (1999) – is all about the massive sub-surface icebergs of desperate, painful effort that lie beneath the peaks of the cinema world. Basically: the agony of finding the money. The location is the Cannes film festival, which is where I first saw it earlier this year.
A fly-on-the-wall camera follows Toback around the hubbub of Cannes in 2012, ostensibly trying to raise cash for a new movie called Last Tango in Tikrit, a sexually explicit allegory about post-Iraq disillusion. With him is his putative star, the funny and charismatic Alec Baldwin, who, like Toback,...
It's sometimes said that experiencing the movie business with the chill of failure is like drinking warm Coca-Cola: now you know what it actually tastes like. This deliciously insightful documentary from director James Toback – who made Fingers (1978) and Black and White (1999) – is all about the massive sub-surface icebergs of desperate, painful effort that lie beneath the peaks of the cinema world. Basically: the agony of finding the money. The location is the Cannes film festival, which is where I first saw it earlier this year.
A fly-on-the-wall camera follows Toback around the hubbub of Cannes in 2012, ostensibly trying to raise cash for a new movie called Last Tango in Tikrit, a sexually explicit allegory about post-Iraq disillusion. With him is his putative star, the funny and charismatic Alec Baldwin, who, like Toback,...
- 11/8/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Filmmaker James Toback is the éminence grise of shooting the shit and telling a good yarn. The raconteur of raconteurs, you can ask him about the sincerity in his upcoming HBO documen—err, film, “Seduced & Abandoned,” and he’ll somehow end up on a hilarious (and off-color) tangent about Robert Downey Jr. in “Two Girls and a Guy” (the 1997 Toback film, famous for its Rdj-eating-Heather-Graham’s butt scene). James Toback, the director of “Fingers” (1978), “Black and White” (1999) and the documentary “Tyson” (2008), loves to talk. His HBO doc/film, “Seduced & Abandoned” hit the cable channel this week after premiering earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival (our review). It’s funny, entertaining and insightful portrait about the movie industry that could jokingly be subtitled (in the spirit of Toback’s always-blue, often sardonic and self-deprecating humor), “Whose d*ck do you need to suck here to get a movie made?...
- 10/30/2013
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Hollywood and the world's most prestigious film festival, Cannes, have conducted an on-off romance down the years – and now they're closer than ever. But have they got too cosy? As the Croisette opens for business, Xan Brooks investigates
In among the ligging and rigging of last year's Cannes film festival, visitors may have spotted James Toback and Alec Baldwin trudging wearily back and forth along the Croisette. The director and star, it now transpires, were in town to shoot a very meta documentary – a film about their efforts to actually make a film. For a 10-day spell they interviewed everyone from Ryan Gosling to Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman to Roman Polanski. Along the way they took the temperature of a festival perched at the intersection between art and commerce. The documentary's title, Seduced and Abandoned, alludes to Baldwin's description of the film industry as "the world's worst girlfriend". But it...
In among the ligging and rigging of last year's Cannes film festival, visitors may have spotted James Toback and Alec Baldwin trudging wearily back and forth along the Croisette. The director and star, it now transpires, were in town to shoot a very meta documentary – a film about their efforts to actually make a film. For a 10-day spell they interviewed everyone from Ryan Gosling to Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman to Roman Polanski. Along the way they took the temperature of a festival perched at the intersection between art and commerce. The documentary's title, Seduced and Abandoned, alludes to Baldwin's description of the film industry as "the world's worst girlfriend". But it...
- 5/14/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
HBO has snagged the North American television rights to the documentary "Seduced and Abandoned" ahead of its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it'll play as a special screening. Directed by James Toback ("Fingers," "Black and White," "Tyson"), "Seduced and Abandoned" was actually shot during last year's Cannes festival, and explores, according to HBO, "cinema art, money, glamor and death." Toback and Alec Baldwin, who produced the film alongside Michael Mailer, serve as the film's onscreen guides as it offers up profiles of Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Jessica Chastain, Berenice Bejo, Diane Kruger and James Caan. According to HBO's Michael Lombardo, "When James and Alec set out to make this documentary, it took a different turn. What resulted is something uniquely special and wonderfully entertaining." The deal for the film was negotiated with HBO by Jeff Berg at Resolution on behalf of the.
- 5/13/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
HBO acquired all television rights for the U.S. and Canada to James Toback‘s feature documentary Seduced And Abandoned. Produced by Michael Mailer, Alec Baldwin and Toback and exec-produced by Morris Levy, Alan Helene, Larry Herbert and Neal Schneider, the pic will premiere as a Special Screening in the Official Selection this month at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. Guided by Baldwin and Toback, Seduced And Abandoned is a cinematic exploration of several interconnected subjects: The Cannes Film Festival and cinema art, money, glamour and death. Shot during the 65th Anniversary Festival in 2012, it features original portraits of Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Jessica Chastain, Berenice Bejo, Diane Kruger and James Caan. Seduced And Abandoned is produced by Michael Mailer Films. The deal was negotiated with HBO by Jeff Berg at Resolution on behalf of the filmmakers. International sales are being handled by Hanway.
- 5/13/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
French director Jacques Audiard's bleak, brutal crime films have led to him being called the new Scorsese. His latest, Rust and Bone, is a love story – but as intense and inquisitive as ever
For a man who is a bundle of intense, nervous energy, Jacques Audiard is a surprisingly slow worker. Since he started directing, in 1994, he has completed just six features, with lengthy gaps between them. Indeed, the three-year run up to his new film, Rust and Bone, represents something of an acceleration. "I am free," Audiard shrugs, "because I work for a producer [Pascal Caucheteux] who says, 'We'll go when it's ready.' He doesn't give me a deadline. The films take a long time to write – too long, perhaps. That is where the time is spent."
But what films they are. His last, A Prophet, the coruscating study of a French-Arab convict who becomes a player in the Corsican mafia,...
For a man who is a bundle of intense, nervous energy, Jacques Audiard is a surprisingly slow worker. Since he started directing, in 1994, he has completed just six features, with lengthy gaps between them. Indeed, the three-year run up to his new film, Rust and Bone, represents something of an acceleration. "I am free," Audiard shrugs, "because I work for a producer [Pascal Caucheteux] who says, 'We'll go when it's ready.' He doesn't give me a deadline. The films take a long time to write – too long, perhaps. That is where the time is spent."
But what films they are. His last, A Prophet, the coruscating study of a French-Arab convict who becomes a player in the Corsican mafia,...
- 10/24/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Cannes. Cannes, Cannes, Cannes, Cannes, Cannes. Cannes!
Okay, now that I’ve gently eased you into it, here's some news from everyone’s favourite film festival - you know, the one that kicked off today. This piece of news comes from Cannes, and is about a film that’s being made at Cannes, which is about raising money at Cannes to make another movie – that other movie could be set anywhere really…but nobody’s ruling out Cannes.
The film in question is “Seduced and Abandoned” and is being put together by veteran writer/director James Toback ("The Gambler," "Fingers," "Two Girls And A Guy") and Alec Baldwin. If this all sounds a bit confusing, that’s because it is. Here’s how Toback explains it: “The film idea was generated by conversations Alec and I have had over a long period of time and we decided we’d go...
Okay, now that I’ve gently eased you into it, here's some news from everyone’s favourite film festival - you know, the one that kicked off today. This piece of news comes from Cannes, and is about a film that’s being made at Cannes, which is about raising money at Cannes to make another movie – that other movie could be set anywhere really…but nobody’s ruling out Cannes.
The film in question is “Seduced and Abandoned” and is being put together by veteran writer/director James Toback ("The Gambler," "Fingers," "Two Girls And A Guy") and Alec Baldwin. If this all sounds a bit confusing, that’s because it is. Here’s how Toback explains it: “The film idea was generated by conversations Alec and I have had over a long period of time and we decided we’d go...
- 5/16/2012
- by Joe Cunningham
- The Playlist
Wait - what?! They're filming a secret film in Cannes, about Cannes, right now? Apparently it is indeed true. I was sent a link last week to an article on Forbes talking about how Alec Baldwin, who appears in Woody Allen's To Rome with Love (not premiering here), will be in town filming a movie the entire time he's here. Filmmaker James Toback (of Fingers, Love & Money, The Big Bang, Black and White, Tyson) is directing it, he "has an idea", and it's supposedly "a feature or a mocumentary about... the Cannes Film Festival." Very, very interesting. Baldwin has already been spotted in town with Toback, so it's all real. It's happening. The article on Forbes doesn't seem to have many extra details, as they go on to say that it's a "secret" film being shot in Cannes. "The film crew will be hitting all the big parties and events,...
- 5/15/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A week from today, the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival will be getting underway on the south coast of France, opening with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," and as ever, it's possibly the biggest date in the cinephile calendar, with a host of hotly anticipated films set to premiere over the ten days that follow. A jury headed up by Nanni Moretti, and also including Andrea Arnold, Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne, Diane Kruger and Jean-Paul Gaultier will have to decide which of over twenty films to award the Palme d'Or to. But while the In Competition category will be typically fierce in competition, there's plenty of gems to find in the Directors' Fortnight, Un Certain Regard and Critics' Week sidebars too.
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
It's not a tumor! In case you missed it this weekend because you were out living life, it was April Fool's Day on Sunday. And in a sea of mostly lame April Fool's Day jokes from the movie world (this /Film writer sums it up well), we tip our caps to The Criterion Collection. Their gag this year? A fake announcement that Ivan Reitman's 1990 comedy "Kindergarten Cop" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger would soon be joining their prestigious DVD collection on July 24th of this year.
Their sly prank included an entire DVD web page dedicated to the release, including details of the extras ranging from “Fingers to Finger-Painting," an interview with cinematographer Michael Chapman (lol), a hilarious fake DVD cover, a beautiful "hand-painted poster from Ghana," and a picture of legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa visiting the set of the movie posing with Ahnuld. It's pretty amusing. Oh and there was...
Their sly prank included an entire DVD web page dedicated to the release, including details of the extras ranging from “Fingers to Finger-Painting," an interview with cinematographer Michael Chapman (lol), a hilarious fake DVD cover, a beautiful "hand-painted poster from Ghana," and a picture of legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa visiting the set of the movie posing with Ahnuld. It's pretty amusing. Oh and there was...
- 4/2/2012
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Writer/director James Toback is looking to make a new movie; a film focusing “on the idea of the self,” as the filmmaker revealed during an event for The Artist earlier this week. [L.A. Times]
He dug deeper into the idea:
“If I say, ‘I’m James Toback,’ what does that mean? I could just as easily be walking over there and saying, ‘I’m Harold Lerner.’ I could go to a second country with a different identity.”
He’s hoping to direct the film this summer in Cannes in the south of France.
Toback has been in the movie business for a long, tumultuous period of time. Once an Nyu professor with a vicious gambling addiction, Toback made a splash in the literary world with his controversial Jim Brown biography, then a splash in early 70s Hollywood with his script The Gambler, a film about an Nyu professor with a vicious gambling addiction.
He dug deeper into the idea:
“If I say, ‘I’m James Toback,’ what does that mean? I could just as easily be walking over there and saying, ‘I’m Harold Lerner.’ I could go to a second country with a different identity.”
He’s hoping to direct the film this summer in Cannes in the south of France.
Toback has been in the movie business for a long, tumultuous period of time. Once an Nyu professor with a vicious gambling addiction, Toback made a splash in the literary world with his controversial Jim Brown biography, then a splash in early 70s Hollywood with his script The Gambler, a film about an Nyu professor with a vicious gambling addiction.
- 1/10/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
By Todd Garbarini
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There are a handful of films that I hated the first time that I viewed them, but upon subsequent viewings have all come to be beloved favorites of mine. James Toback’s Fingers (1978) was an incoherent mess to my naïve, nineteen year-old eyes but was revealed to be one of the cinema’s greatest character studies years later; William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) seemed like a Miami Vice wanna-be, but is now one of the best police thrillers ever and gives the average person a hint of what it must be like to be a cop; and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986) was…well…strange. The film was…confusing…boring…aimless…weird…My friends and I honestly didn’t know what to make of it after we stumbled out of the theater in October 1986 and pondered...
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There are a handful of films that I hated the first time that I viewed them, but upon subsequent viewings have all come to be beloved favorites of mine. James Toback’s Fingers (1978) was an incoherent mess to my naïve, nineteen year-old eyes but was revealed to be one of the cinema’s greatest character studies years later; William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) seemed like a Miami Vice wanna-be, but is now one of the best police thrillers ever and gives the average person a hint of what it must be like to be a cop; and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986) was…well…strange. The film was…confusing…boring…aimless…weird…My friends and I honestly didn’t know what to make of it after we stumbled out of the theater in October 1986 and pondered...
- 10/30/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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The Conversation (1974), the best film that Francis Ford Coppola has ever made, begins with a bird's-eye view of a crowd of people in San Francisco's Union Square. The camera slowly and decisively zeroes in on specific people moving about, such as a mime (Robert Shields of the “Shields and Yarnell” television show from 1977-1978 and one of the world's greatest mimes) and eventually rests on our protagonist, Harry Caul, a wire tapper and surveillance expert played by Gene Hackman in one of his best screen performances. From the film's very first frame, this is a movie about seeing and listening without being detected. It's also about deeper issues such as guilt, paranoia, responsibility, absolution and redemption, themes that were common to American cinema in the 1970's during the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam era. What is even more amazing is...
By Todd Garbarini
The Conversation (1974), the best film that Francis Ford Coppola has ever made, begins with a bird's-eye view of a crowd of people in San Francisco's Union Square. The camera slowly and decisively zeroes in on specific people moving about, such as a mime (Robert Shields of the “Shields and Yarnell” television show from 1977-1978 and one of the world's greatest mimes) and eventually rests on our protagonist, Harry Caul, a wire tapper and surveillance expert played by Gene Hackman in one of his best screen performances. From the film's very first frame, this is a movie about seeing and listening without being detected. It's also about deeper issues such as guilt, paranoia, responsibility, absolution and redemption, themes that were common to American cinema in the 1970's during the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam era. What is even more amazing is...
- 10/24/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Above all it was her personality. Pauline Kael had an overwhelming presence in a conversation. There will no doubt be many discussions of Kael's work and influence and with the publication of Brian Kellow's new biography Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, and the Library of America's forthcoming collection of her work.
She was the most powerful, loved and hated film critic of her time, but her work cannot be discussed objectively by simply reading it. She challenges you on every page, she's always in your face, and she functioned as the arbiter of any social group she joined. She was quite a dame.
She might have liked that "quite a dame." She wrote with slangy, jazzy prose, always pepped up, spinning on the edge of a whirlpool. She never saw a movie twice, and wrote her reviews first-draft, in longhand on yellow legal pads. In her years at the New Yorker,...
She was the most powerful, loved and hated film critic of her time, but her work cannot be discussed objectively by simply reading it. She challenges you on every page, she's always in your face, and she functioned as the arbiter of any social group she joined. She was quite a dame.
She might have liked that "quite a dame." She wrote with slangy, jazzy prose, always pepped up, spinning on the edge of a whirlpool. She never saw a movie twice, and wrote her reviews first-draft, in longhand on yellow legal pads. In her years at the New Yorker,...
- 10/23/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
The last big news late last week was that The Departed team of screenwriter William Monahan and director Martin Scorsese would remake [1] the 1974 film The Gambler. James Caan starred in the original as a New York English professor who has a serious gambling addition. Thing is, the film wasn't just any old movie, at least for the screenwriter, James Toback. The script was a particularly autobiographical one, with Caan's character being a thinly veiled version of Toback himself. So when Toback learned of the remake the same way most people did -- by reading about it on the internet -- he was none too happy. (Especially as he is friends with multiple remake participants, including possible star Leonardo DiCaprio.) In his frustration, the writer/director penned a heartfelt letter that gives a rare insight into how the original creator of a film might feel about the remake process. Deadline [2] ran Toback's letter,...
- 8/29/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
The 49th New York Film Festival has announced their Masterworks and Special Anniversary screenings that will show between the festival’s seventeen days, September 30th – October 16th. The Masterworks program and the festival’s additional programming will provide audiences with exciting opportunities to explore new film-making styles and storytelling events. To learn more about the Masterworks and Anniversary films, please check out below for full synopsis and details.
Masterworks And Special Anniversary Screenings
Masterworks: The Gold Rush
Chaplin’s personal favorite among his own films, The Gold Rush (1925), is a beautifully constructed comic fable of fate and perseverance, set in the icy wastes of the Alaskan gold fields. Re-released by Chaplin in 1942 in a recut version missing some scenes, and with added narration and musical score, The Gold Rush will be presented in a new restoration of the original, silent 1925 version. In this frequently terrifying and always unpredictable universe of...
Masterworks And Special Anniversary Screenings
Masterworks: The Gold Rush
Chaplin’s personal favorite among his own films, The Gold Rush (1925), is a beautifully constructed comic fable of fate and perseverance, set in the icy wastes of the Alaskan gold fields. Re-released by Chaplin in 1942 in a recut version missing some scenes, and with added narration and musical score, The Gold Rush will be presented in a new restoration of the original, silent 1925 version. In this frequently terrifying and always unpredictable universe of...
- 8/28/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
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