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Everybody's (Sorta) Fine
12 November 2009 3:00 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
"Everyone's been asking how we're doing this week," film critic-turned-afi programmer Robert Koehler said, shortly before a screening of Juan José Campanella's Argentinean murder mystery "The Secret of Their Eyes." "And the answer is our sponsors." Indeed, thanks to chief sponsor Audi, AFI has responded to an economy that's been particularly unkind to film festivals with free tickets that have ensured capacity attendance to most, if not all, of their screenings at the Mann's Chinese Theaters in Hollywood.
Even the more obscure titles that Koehler and his team have programmed, like Philippe Grandrieux's "The Lake" or the Spanish Berlinale winner "The Milk of Sorrow," have seen solid attendance. But the fact that so many have been asking the question is more telling than the answer -- with a changing audience profile (a Bugs Bunny impersonator wandered into Tuesday's screening of "Youth in Revolt" in full costume from entertaining »
- Stephen Saito
De Niro to the 7th? (Oscar's Male Hierarchy)
6 November 2009 3:46 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Have you been buying the minor huzz (hype+buzz) 'Robert De Niro's 7th Oscar nomination' for the holiday film Everybody's Fine? My friend txt critic saw it last night and sent the following note by phone...
it's, well, fine. most definitely a drama (despite the trailer) and conceptually a cross between About Schmidt and Four Christmases. nice, sweet and somewhat forgettable.
might, Might be a nomination for DeNiro, but i wouldn't bet on it.I dunno. I wasn't betting on it either but Best Actor sure seems vacant this year with only Colin Firth (A Single Man) and George Clooney (Up in the Air) catching any sort of real fire. As I've been saying for months, Fox Searchlight shouldn't have even hesitated to position Crazy Heart for a 2009 release. Jeff Bridges would have a clear shot at the career trophy given the field (if -- and it's always »
- NATHANIEL R
Clooney will likely have Descendants
3 November 2009 7:58 AM, PST | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Georhe Clooney is in talks to frontline The Descendants for director Alexander Payne. If he takes the job Clooney will play a father/husband who goes on a search to locate the man who was his wife's secret boyfriend for years. As the director of Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt and Sideways, it sounds like the kind of off kilter dramatic material that Payne is known for.
Variety notes that the film, which is in the chute at Fox Searchlight, would begin filming next February in Hawaii. The movie's screenplay is based on a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. »
- Patrick Sauriol
George Clooney Circles 'Descendants'
2 November 2009 9:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
According to Variety, George Clooney is circling the family dramedy The Descendants, set to be directed by Alexander Payne, the man behind such films as Election, About Schmidt and Sideways. Circling typically means that either Clooney is still deciding, and/or negotiating terms...or that the project is in difficulty and the actor may be preparing to descend in and pick up the project remains.
The story for The Descendents concerns a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together.
Penned by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, the screenplay is based on a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.
The Descendants, which marks Payne's first feature in five years, is scheduled to begin lensing in February in Hawaii. Fox Searchlight will distribute.
The story sounds a bit improbable for a Clooney film, frankly. It's hard to imagine »
The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #2
6 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | SCOREcastOnline.com | See recent SCOREcastOnline.com news »
#2 - American Beauty
A second-generation member of Hollywood's preeminent musical dynasty, composer Thomas Newman weighs in on our countdown with the #2 most influential score of the past decade: American Beauty.
American Beauty score was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to John Corigliano's "The Red Violin". Perhaps just what kind of influence Newman's score has bestowed on modern film composing can be summed up by a comment on the Movie Music UK website:
"It's difficult to know what to say about Thomas Newman's score, except that it can probably be summed up by one simple word: unconventional. You only need to look at the list of instruments used in the score's make-up to see what I mean - tablas, kim-kim drums, bird calls, mandolas, Appalachian dulcimers, lap steel guitars, ukuleles, arpeggiated violins, detuned mandolins. And a saz - whatever a saz is."
The fact is »
- noreply@blogger.com (SCOREcast Admin)
New Trailer and Release Date for ‘Up in the Air’
2 October 2009 8:33 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Chances are you’re familiar with Jason Reitman’s last movie, Juno. The film garnered him an Academy Award Nomination for Best Director, though screenwriter and former erotic dancer Diablo Cody, along with “it girl” Ellen Page stole most of his thunder. For most people, Reitman’s name probably doesn’t ring any bells.
With Up in the Air, that might be about to change. And we have a trailer that will show you why.
Up in the Air, adapted from a bestselling novel by Walter Kirn, stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a middle-aged professional down-sizer. Bingham spends the majority of his days traveling, going from city to city playing message boy for bosses who don’t have the heart to tell their employees that they’re fired. His life’s goal is racking up ten million frequent flyer miles; he keeps his relationships casual so he’s free to fly whenever business calls. »
- Brian Gresko
DVD Review: ‘O’Horten’ Tells of One Odd Fellow
28 September 2009 2:27 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The problem with defining yourself by your job, as anyone in this god-awful economy might tell you, is that you probably won’t work forever. Odd Horten, the kind yet unexcitable title character in a strange, little Norwegian comedy by Bent Hamer, has steered locomotives for 40 years, and if you were to take the trains out of this simple fellow’s life, there wouldn’t be much left.
DVD Rating: 2.5/5.0 How devoted is Odd to his occupation? Well, he shuns driving cars and traveling by plane, and he loves wearing his uniform even while off duty. Heck, the guy lives in a house where railroad tracks are literally outside his living room window.
Of course, most of Odd’s friends work on trains too, and they love their jobs as much as he does. For kicks, they’ll get together, listen to recordings of locomotives and quiz one another »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
A Talk with Bent Hamer, on the Subject of a fellow named Odd Horten
22 September 2009 3:03 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
by Terry Keefe
Bent Hamer's O'Horten arrives on DVD today, complete with Interviews with Hamer and composer John Erik Kaada. Below is my talk with Hamer, who I had interviewed previously for his 2004 film Kitchen Stories. This article previously appeared in Venice Magazine.
(Actor Bard Owe in O'Horten, above, and director Bent Hamer, below.)
Norwegian director Bent Hamer has just come back from a walk around the beach in Venice and eagerly relates, “I just saw this house on the beach and it had a sign which said, ‘Hippies, please use kitchen entrance!’” Hamer then laughs, captivated by this little glimmer of absurdity he has discovered. The sign in question actually wouldn’t be out of place in a Bent Hamer film, which are known for mixing visual oddities of the everyday with characters and plots which keep the overall film grounded in reality, somewhat anyway. We last spoke »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Blu-Ray Round Up, Aug. 12, 2009: ‘The Last Starfighter,’ ‘Sling Blade,’ ‘The Waterboy’
12 August 2009 2:31 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – You won’t find the kind of diversity that exists in HollywoodChicago.com’s Blu-Ray Round-Up too many places online. Where else can modern sci-fi mingle with quarter-century-old genre product and hang out with Oscar winners and slapstick comedies? Nowhere.
The Round-Up is our regular informational column about titles that may have slipped under your radar just because they haven’t been on the cover of Entertainment Weekly or in the point-of-purchase slot at your local Blu-Ray store. Today’s edition of the Round-Up is particularly impressive with a massive comedy hit from Adam Sandler, a sci-fi cult classic, a great new TV show, and the film that made Billy Bob Thornton a star.
“Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead” was released on July 28th, 2009.
“Sling Blade,” and “The Waterboy” were released on August 4th, 2009.
“The Last Starfighter” will be released on August 18th, 2009.
“Doctor Who »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Alexander Payne's Flirtation with Dysfunction
11 August 2009 5:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Okay, after all these years, maybe Alexander Payne is doing a little more than flirting with dysfunction.
He's brought to life the manic world of Tracy Flick, teenage sexuality, and cheating spouses with Election, aging pains and hot tub sauciness with About Schmidt, and wine snobbery at its finest with Sideways. He's the man who finds strange books and make them a usually irresistible cinematic experience. He's even gearing up to shoot a film that focuses on people who want to become little people to have a happier retirement. But before that can happen, Payne is going to follow The Descendents, according to Variety.Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Deals
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- Monika Bartyzel
Alexander Payne opts for 'Descendants'
10 August 2009 11:48 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne, whose last feature was 2004's splendid comedy "Sideways," will direct Fox Searchlight's upcoming family dramedy "The Descendants."
The film is based on Kaui Hart Hemmings' novel and follows a rich landowner who embarks on a search for his wife's lover with his two daughters. His plan is to do everything it takes to keep his family together.
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash wrote the script, but Payne is currently doing some rewrites, according to Variety. He will shoot the film later this year or early 2010 in Hawaii. Casting has yet to get under way.
Payne also directed "About Schmidt" and "Election." One of his upcoming projects is "Downsizing," a comedy starring Paul Giamatti, Sacha Baron Cohen and Reese Witherspoon. »
- Franck Tabouring
Alexander Payne Looks up Fox Searchlight's 'Descendants'
10 August 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- Among the favorites from the most recent the 2008 Blacklist, scribes Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Way Back) can open a bottle of champagne or merlot. It's looking like the longtime actors will see Alexander Payne direct their first screenplay to make it past the in-development phase with The Descendants. Fox Searchlight had bought the rights to Kaui Hart Hemmings novel back in 07 for Payne to produce, the following year after he set up the project with the scribes, and after not being able to get Downsizing and Nebraska out of the starting blocks, decided to take on the project himself. Production Weekly reports that filming will begin in January of next year. If all goes well, we could see the film released same time next year during Fall festival season. Set in Hawaii, the unconventional family drama tells the story of a newly widowed father -- the descendant »
Davis Worried About London Trip
3 August 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Hope Davis is losing sleep as she plans for an upcoming trip to England, and not just because she'll be playing former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton - she's terrified of flying.
Ironically, the About Schmidt star's father was a pilot, but that fact doesn't make the thought of her trip to London, where she'll star in The Special Relationship, any easier.
She says, "I always step on the plane with my right foot and touch the outside of the plane with my left hand. Sometimes there's someone standing there to welcome you to the plane and I have to kind of get them to move a little bit so I can put my hand on the outside of the plane.
"It's not a natural thing to be up in the sky in a little metal tube. My father was a pilot, my father who's long gone, he was a pilot of small planes, so we'd travel to family gatherings... It wasn't a good thing. I think my fear came early.
"My husband sleeps on planes. Completely relaxed. 'What's there to be scared of? It's the safest way to travel,' they keep saying to me. I'm sure it's going to end up sounding like I'm completely neurotic. I'm actually just a little overwhelmed at this point. I'm actually better when I'm flying with my children. I think, 'Well, if we go, we go!'" »
'2012' Trailer, Shot By Shot: The Beginning Of The End
19 June 2009 3:31 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
John Cusack and Amanda Peet run for their lives in this action-packed sneak peek.
"2012"
Photo: Columbia Pictures
Nobody makes a better movie trailer than Roland Emmerich — the man behind "Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Godzilla." And while many might be tempted to insert a joke here about how good or bad those movies actually turned out to be, we'll hold our tongues and simply say this: "2012" looks awesome.
So, with our fingers crossed that the November 13 apocalyptic action flick actually delivers the goods, we present our shot-by-shot breakdown of the latest masterpiece by the world's greatest movie-trailer director:
Shot 1: "Mankind's Earliest Civilization ... "
Shot 2: Some Mayan ruins
Shot 3: " ... Warned Us ... "
Shot 4: Outer space. Uh-oh, this isn't looking good for the little blue marble we call home.
Shot 5: " ... This Day Would Come." Darkening forests and the eclipsed sun, with the words playing over them. »
Telluride Film Festival Taps Alexander Payne As Guest Director
17 June 2009 5:05 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
The 2009 Telluride Film Festival has tapped Alexander Payne as its guest director of the year. Co-directors Tom Luddy, Julie Huntsinger and Gary Meyer have invited the acclaimed filmmaker to bring new ideas to the Colorado annual event.
Traditionally, the festival's directors invite a guest director as a key collaborator in the programming decisions. He is also expected to select films to be shown at the event. Payne ("About Schmidt") fitted the bill and honored the 36th annual festival by agreeing to the role.
Meyer said, "Alexander has succeeded in programming a group of films with both rarity and variety. We have a sophisticated audience at Telluride and he has met the challenge and exceeded our highest expectations."
The director/screenwriter joins past guest directors such as Peter Sellars, Salman Rushdie, Buck Henry and Slavoj Zizek among others.
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Frances Ethel Gumm at 87
10 June 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Had Judy Garland not died tragically at 47 of an accidental overdose she would be turning 87 years-old today. Okay, so she might have died by now but we would have had much more of her work to enjoy. To give you an idea of how young that is for a world class entertainer, consider people who outlived her.
Had Frank Sinatra died at 47 his career would have ended with The Manchurian Candidate. He'd have never recorded his signature song "My Way" or any of his live records. Had Shirley Maclaine died at 47, she would never have sent up Debbie Reynolds in Postcards from the Edge or made Terms of Endearment which was arguably her greatest screen triumph. Had her co-star Jack Nicholson died at 47, Terms... would have been his last film: no Prizzi's Honor, Witches of Eastwick, Ironweed, The Departed, About Schmidt. Had Paul Newman, only three years Judy's junior, »
- NATHANIEL R
Cannes '09 Watch: "Up"
16 May 2009 9:14 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Although we're nowhere near the South of France, it doesn't mean we're going to just sit out Cannes. Reviews of the opening night film, Up, is already trickling everywhere, so we'll round up the reactions of the other press folks who are there.
For Pixar's latest film, looks like the reaction is a definite positive. But that's predictable, isn't it?
Also, check out this 40 minute video of the press conference with director Pete Docter, co-director Bob Peterson, producer Jonas Rivera and Pixar head John Lasseter.
"Unlike so many animated films, it's not all about sensory bombardment and volume. As Pixar's process is increasingly analyzed, the more one appreciates the care that goes into the writing. The underlying carpentry here is so strong, it seems it would be hard to go too far wrong in the execution." - Todd McCarthy, Variety
"It's also the ideal choice to serve as the first »
- Arya Ponto
Six of the Best Eyebrows in Movie History
9 May 2009 6:35 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
The revival of Star Trek has arrived in theaters amidst a continuing trend of re-imagings, reboots, and origin stories. J.J. Abrams has somehow managed to make the science fiction franchise new again through a simple re-telling of how the famous crew was formed. Last weekend, X-Men Origins: Wolverine separated the character from the mutant team to delve into his violent past. Later this month in Terminator Salvation a new trilogy of old, yet futuristic Terminators will terrorize humans again.
Though the movie may have been a timely collision with the zeitgeist, perhaps there’s a more important movement Abrams hadn’t intended to align with. A fashion statement so deeply woven into society that maybe you hadn’t even noticed it. I’m talking, of course, about crazy eyebrows.
Zachary Quinto had to shave his ordinary looking ‘brows to then achieve Spock’s two furrowed examples of crazy eyebrow excellence. »
- Jeff Leins
Bent Hamer returns with O'Horten, an off-beat character journey - Norwegian-style.
8 May 2009 4:33 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Actor Bard Owe in O'Horten, above, and director Bent Hamer, below.)
by Terry Keefe
Note: This article is currently appearing in this month's Venice Magazine.
Norwegian director Bent Hamer has just come back from a walk around the beach in Venice and eagerly relates, “I just saw this house on the beach and it had a sign which said, ‘Hippies, please use kitchen entrance!’” Hamer then laughs, captivated by this little glimmer of absurdity he has discovered. The sign in question actually wouldn’t be out of place in a Bent Hamer film, which are known for mixing visual oddities of the everyday with characters and plots which keep the overall film grounded in reality, somewhat anyway. We last spoke when he was releasing Kitchen Stories in 2004, the story of which was inspired by the real-life studies done by a Swedish kitchen appliance company in the late 1940s, specifically centering »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Larry Charles Should be More than Content with Winter's Discontent
8 April 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- He has stripped away his beard and with no more wingmen or creative influences (Bob Dylan, Bill Maher and Sacha Baron Cohen) in the way, Larry Charles will have a chance to spread his wings. Columbia Pictures have set the director on an About Schmidt-like project that hopefully will avoid bringing up butt-end jokes about the powerful blue pill. With Winter's Discontent, Charles takes on a top-rated Blacklist project (7th vote getter from 2008's list) that centers on Herb Winter, whose wife dies after 50 years of marriage, prompting the long-faithful but sexually frustrated widower to move into a retirement community with his best buddy so the two can start living the swinging single life. I wonder what the shortlist is for the lead male roles?... »
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