Alternative Film Guide

Recommended reading: J. Hoberman’s old (May 2001) Village Voice article "G.I. Jane," in which he discusses Film Society of Lincoln Center honoree Jane Fonda. Brief excerpt below:

"Fonda turned down the chance to play a social outlaw in Bonnie and Clyde, but she made up for it. In the context of the Vietnam War, hers was the greatest sign crime. She was the pinup who went AWOL - something for which she must forever be pursued and nailed back to the wall.

"Fonda’s intervention in American politics occurred during what was arguably the most Hollywood-inflected presidential election ever: Nixon versus McGovern, 1972. As Robert Redford promoted his personal project, The Candidate, with a mock campaign swing, Warren Beatty pioneered the rock benefit to establish himself as candidate George McGovern’s most important fundraiser, as well as a close adviser. The Republicans meanwhile mobilized a troglodyte army of toupees and face-lifts in support of Richard Nixon: John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Jane Russell, Zsa Zsa Gabor. (The youngest of Hollywood Nixonites was Clint Eastwood, whom the president had just appointed to the National Council on the Arts.)"

2006 Lola (German Academy) Award Nominations

French Film Critics’ Etoile d’Or de la Presse 2005 Awards

Brief Obit: Stanislaw Lem

Director Richard Fleischer Obit

Canadian-Brazilian Film Initiative

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