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tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Hollywood sheds its prejudice
22 December 2009 9:40 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
As Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver win plaudits for their roles as older women in physical relationships with younger men, one of the most enduring barriers in Hollywood's movie-making history is at last being torn down
When a film star seduces someone 20 or 30 years their junior on screen, the audience doesn't bat an eyelid. In fact, it is an established cinema convention. If the older star is a woman, however, public reaction is harder to predict. But now Hollywood, so long accused of sexism because of the way it treats female talent, finally seems prepared to tackle a subject once regarded as beyond the pale: sex and the sixtysomething woman.
Sigourney Weaver, who stars in this month's new sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar, has revealed that in her next film she is to play the lover of an actor little more than half her age. In Cedar Rapids, Weaver, 60, is cast opposite »
- Vanessa Thorpe
DVD Playhouse--December 2009
19 December 2009 3:11 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—December 2009
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Public Enemies (Universal) Johnny Depp portrays legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger in co- writer/director Michael Mann’s take on America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Like many big studio releases today, Public Enemies has it all: A-list talent before and behind the camera, but lacks a heart or soul that allows its audience to connect with it. Film plays out like a “true crime” TV show with re-enactments of famous events cast with top actors and shot by the best technicians in the business, with little, if any, character or story development to hold it together in between. A real disappointment from one of our finest filmmakers and finest actors. The lone standout: the great character actor Stephen Lang as a hard-eyed lawman who’s seen a lot, but manages to retain a tiny piece of his heart. For a better take on the same subject, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
The Forgotten: Head Shots
5 December 2009 4:23 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
A strange, ringing tinnitus sound in the subway. A man, his shirt and face spattered profusely with blood, shambles in catatonic stupor up the stairs. Another man, blood gouting from a wound in his brow, staggers down the stairs. These men have something in common, but because of that very something, they do not notice each other.
Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, playwright, author and illustrator, is so multi-talented and so refined and brilliant in each of his talents that it's perversely easy to underrate him. For instance, as screenwriter of Mike Nichols' film Carnal Knowledge and Robert Altman's film Popeye, his work brackets the celebrated New Hollywood cinema of the 1970s. Add to that one screenplay for Alain Resnais (I Want to Go Home, 1989) and 1971's disturbing family comedy Little Murders, directed by Alan Arkin, and Feiffer's contribution to cinema becomes a small but vital one.
Of course, billed »
Norman Jewison Will Get DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
2 December 2009 7:33 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Norman Jewison, the Oscar-nominated director of In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, and Moonstruck will add another line to his resume on Jan. 30, when the Directors Guild of America gives him its lifetime achievement award. It's a fairly exclusive honor, too -- the DGA has been around for 73 years but only gives lifetime achievement awards occasionally. Jewison is the 33rd recipient; the last one was Clint Eastwood, in 2006.
Jewison, an 83-year-old Toronto native, is a somewhat unusual choice for the DGA in that he hasn't been active lately. The most recent recipients -- Eastwood, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola -- had all been working pretty regularly at the time of their awards, but Jewison has only made three theatrical features in the last 15 years: Bogus (1996), The Hurricane (1999), and The Statement (2003).
His past work is exemplary, though. In addition to the films I mentioned, »
- Eric D. Snider
Richard Jenkins visits Webster University
29 November 2009 10:18 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Be sure to partake in this fascinating opportunity to hear one of the hidden gems of acting speak about his career and his craft…
Enjoy A Visit With Academy Award Nominee: Richard Jenkins
The Star Of The Visitor
Tuesday, Dec. 1 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Winifred Moore Auditorium
Free and open to the public
Richard Jenkins, who earlier this year was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his starring role in the acclaimed movie The Visitor, will participate in an informal Q-&-A session.
Jenkins will take your questions about his entire career, which includes his continuing role on “Six Feet Under” and performances in scores of films, including “Burn After Reading”, “Step Brothers”, “North Country” and “The Man Who Wasn’t There.”
He has been directed by the Coen Brothers three times, Clint Eastwood, Mike Nichols twice, Sydney Pollack, Rob Reiner and David O. Russell twice. »
- Travis
'Gilda Live' now on DVD: Anybody else excited about this?
19 November 2009 1:54 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
A few weeks ago, with zero fanfare, Warner Bros. released a DVD version of Gilda Live, the Mike Nichols-directed concert pic of Gilda Radner's 1979 one-woman show. The disc -- a bare-bones straight-from-video transfer -- ended up under the piles of new releases on my desk until yesterday, when I found it, popped it in my computer, and smiled for 96 minutes straight. (Check out the clip below of Gilda's inspired tap dance "audition.") I can't judge Gilda Live in any sort of objective way. It replayed endlessly on Comedy Central when I was younger, and the skits, the songs, »
- Adam Markovitz
Birthday Suit: Shapeshifters
6 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Sing your favorite stars a happy birthday in the privacy of your own home.
Maybe not out loud.
Happy birthday to Ethan, Rebecca and Mike
11/06
Today's filmic / famous birthdays.
If it's your own birthday shout it out. It's your day, after all.
1882 Thomas H Ince actor who became a lifeguard then an actor again until he was a pioneering film director who became a studio mogul until he morphed into Cary Elwes having an affair with Kirsten Dunst ... and then died mysteriously.
1903 June Marlowe lovely brunette who became the Warner Bros proclaimed "Most Beautiful Girl On Screen" and eventually settled in as Our Miss Crabtree
1931 Mike Nichols Second City Improv founder who became a comedian then morphed into one of the most celebrated film directors of the second half of the 20th century. The filmography is kind of uneven, though, right?
poll by twiigs.com
1946 Sally Field a little Pasadena »
- NATHANIEL R
Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
4 November 2009 12:49 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Clive Owen Gets Back
By
Clive Owen is one of those actors that keep surprising you. Just when you think the audience, and the Hollywood establishment, has pegged him as an action hero, a leading man, or a romantic comedy pin-up, Owen pulls an about-face and does something unexpected.
It all started October 3, 1964 in Coventry, England. Owen’s father, a country music singer, abandoned the family when he was just three. His mother later remarried, with Clive and his four brothers raised by his mother and stepfather, who worked for British Rail. Owen has characterized those early years as "rough." A self-described “solidly working class” kid, Owen was bitten by the acting bug at age 13 and followed his dream to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art several years later. Initially cutting his teeth on high-profile British television programs such as “Chancer” and “Sharman,” as well as art house »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Halfway House: Oh Suzanne-ah
3 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Halfway through the day we freeze a movie halfway through. What do we see?
Doris Mann: Have you known Suzanne long?
Jack Faulkner: Ah, lets see. we've known each other about a month. It seems like longer, though.
Doris: Oh, I know what you mean. I'm her mother and it seems like longer.Fifty minutes into Postcards From the Edge (1990), Jack (Dennis Quaid) has dropped by to pick up Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) for a date. Her mother (Shirley Maclaine) intercepts the man with the bedroom eyes ('and the living room nose and the kitchen forehead'). The performers are deliciously insynch with Carrie Fisher's rapid fire witticisms.
One of the reasons people get so invested in the Oscars is the joy that comes from arguing about whether or not the octogenarian institution got it right in any given year / category. When it comes to Postcards From the Edge, they got it very very wrong. »
- NATHANIEL R
What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #14
25 October 2009 3:17 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I saw quite a bit this week, but some of it I have already detailed such as my reviews for Trucker and Tormented. I also watched the Blu-ray for Love, Actually (a personal favorite and a review is forth-coming) as well as the following three films.
The second two (The Sniper and 5 Against the House) are both from the November 3 release from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Film Noir Collection Volume One. You can get more details on the complete set right here and I hope to discuss the other three films (The Big Heat, The Lineup and Murder by Contract) next Sunday or perhaps in a complete review.
As always, remember you can keep tabs on my personal Netflix queue right here. I now have 50 friends on the movie rental site and would love to have a few more if those of you out there with accounts are interested. Now, »
- Brad Brevet
Whispering Wind and the Profit Margin: A Petition
24 October 2009 6:36 AM, PDT | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
Above: Griffith's Intolerance.
In New York, Bam, Film Forum, and Anthology Film Archives are playing forgotten masterworks, unavailable on DVD, in pristine prints: this past week has surfaced prints of Elia Kazan’s America, America at Film Forum, Douglas Sirk’s A Time to Love and a Time to Die and André De Toth’s Man in the Saddle, Norman Rockwell with guns, at Bam, and an entire retrospective to Ulrike Ottinger at Anthology, where upcoming are long overdue retros of Roger Corman and Jerry Lewis. In most cases, it’s been decades since these films have been shown in New York.
Meanwhile, MoMA slugs on with deliberately disposable movies designed to draw families and indie teens who have already seen them: a Spike Jonze retro of his music videos and films; an upcoming Tim Burton retro the museum’s been working on for years; a just-completed “Recent Film Acquisitions »
TV Land Prime to air AFI tribute to Mike Nichols, Summer 2010
19 October 2009 8:03 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
TV Land Prime will broadcast the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Mike Nichols, who was selected by the American Film Institute's (AFI) Board of Trustees to receive the highest honor for a career in film, it was announced today by Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees. Nichols was born in Berlin in 1931, fleeing Nazi Germany at age eight. Hewas certified a genius at 12, became half of the hit comedy act .Nichols andMay. in his twenties, was an acclaimed director of stage and screen in his thirties, conquered television, and now, in his late seventies, remains a force equally at ease in all mediums. The award will be presented to Nichols at a »
- April MacIntyre
Blu-Ray Round Up, Oct. 15, 2009: ‘Wolf,’ ‘Waterworld,’ ‘Frankenstein’
15 October 2009 3:37 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round-Up is back with this week’s collection of HD titles that may not get the buzz of something like the latest Sandra Bullock romantic comedy or what Sam Raimi brought back from Hell but could be just what you’re looking for at the mall this weekend. A few modern horror movies, a notable box office bust, and a beloved BBC show highlight this week’s list. Pick your favorite.
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf,” and “Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut” was released on October 6th, 2009.
“Waterworld” will be released on October 20th, 2009.
“Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut”
Photo credit: BBC
Synopsis: “Back To Earth takes place after “Series X.” Kochanski’s dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they’re just characters from a TV series. Knowing they »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Spamalot National Tour Bids Farewell and Good 'Knight' in Costa Mesa, 10/18
13 October 2009 1:58 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail will be told for the last time Sunday, October 18th, 2009 in Costa Mesa. Monty Python's Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will end its reign on the road.
Produced by Boyett Ostar Productions and directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot features a book by Eric Idle, music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Eric Idle and John Du Prez and choreography by Casey Nicholaw. Spamalot is based on the screenplay of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
When Monty Python's Spamalot closes, the national touring production will have:
Played a total of 1,435 performances, 183 weeks in 101 cities.
Been seen by 2.5 million people and grossed $170,586,675
Used over 1,840 coconuts, supplied by the Coconut King in Florida. »
Mike Nichols Has Achieved Much in His Lifetime, Says AFI
12 October 2009 11:51 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Hear ye, hear ye! Variety has reported that Sir Howard Stringer -- an actual knight who, when he is not rescuing distressed damsels and fighting what we can only imagine would be rather incendiary dragons, serves as chair of the American Film Institute's board -- announced that director Mike Nichols will receive AFI's Life Achievement Award in a ceremony next summer. Here's 7 reasons why we're not surprised: 1. Nichols was honored at the Kennedy Center a few years back. (Some of our favorite Fsr readers were there.) 2. He's getting old. Like, really old. Keith Richards old. 3. Nichols is is one of only 10 people ever to win the statuette trifecta: Oscar, Tony, and Emmy. (Fyi? He's also won a Grammy. Others that have won all four include (but are not limited to) Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, and Mel Brooks.) 4. I love, love, love Elaine May. 5. His stage productions and movies have run the gamut from profound (Angels in America, Wit »
- Bethany Perryman
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