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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; classic movies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/classic-movies/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Peter Breck</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:30:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37194</guid> <description><![CDATA[Actor Peter Breck (right, in Shock Corridor), best known for his role as the short-tempered Nick Barkley in the 1960s television series The Big Valley, died Monday, Feb. 6, in Vancouver. Breck, who had been suffering from dementia, was 82. Though mostly a TV actor (Black Saddle, Maverick, The Fall Guy), Breck also appeared in about 20 movies. The most notable among those was probably [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Alfred Hitchcock/REBECCA Remake</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alfred-hitchcock-rebecca-remake-joan-fontaine/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alfred-hitchcock-rebecca-remake-joan-fontaine/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37182</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hollywood has been running out of ideas since filmmakers started making movies in Hollywood. Even the first &#34;official&#34; movie made in Hollywood proper, Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 Western The Squaw Man, wasn't an original story. DeMille's Western was based on Edwin Milton Royle's play. And prior to that, there had been movie shorts with titles such as The Squaw and the Man (1910), Cow-boy and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alfred-hitchcock-rebecca-remake-joan-fontaine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mia Farrow Must-See Photo Tweet: Rick Santorum Bores Kids</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mia-farrow-photo-rick-santorum-boring-speech/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mia-farrow-photo-rick-santorum-boring-speech/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:48:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37087</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum puts kids to sleep Mia Farrow is a frequent Twitter tweeter. Earlier today, for instance, Farrow expressed her disgust at the Chinese and Russian governments' decision to veto United Nations sanctions against Syria, where the Bashar al-Assad regime reportedly massacred hundreds of people in the city of Homs. On the homefront, Farrow posted a picture she called &#34;a gem&#34; (via the website Think [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mia-farrow-photo-rick-santorum-boring-speech/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cornel Wilde/THE BIG COMBO, Dick Powell/Lizabeth Scott/PITFALL: Million Dollar Theater Film Noir Double Bill</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cornel-wilde-the-big-combo-dick-powell-lizabeth-scott-pitfall/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cornel-wilde-the-big-combo-dick-powell-lizabeth-scott-pitfall/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:34:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37085</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joseph H. Lewis' The Big Combo (1955) and André De Toth's Pitfall (1948, right, with Dick Powell) will be screened as a film noir double bill at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at downtown Los Angeles' historic Million Dollar Theater. I haven't watched either movie, but the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan's warns: The Big Combo's &#34;big, dark shadows &#8230; will eat you alive.&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cornel-wilde-the-big-combo-dick-powell-lizabeth-scott-pitfall/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HUSBANDS Review: John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/husbands-john-cassavetes-ben-gazzara-peter-falk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/husbands-john-cassavetes-ben-gazzara-peter-falk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:32:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25343</guid> <description><![CDATA[HUSBANDS (1970) Direction &#38; Screenplay: John Cassavetes Cast: John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, Jenny Runacre, Jenny Lee Wright Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara in John Cassavetes' Husbands John Cassavetes was a filmmaker who made his independent films in two primary modes: brilliant character-driven masterpieces like Faces, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, and Opening Night, or character-driven mediocrities with &#34;moments,&#34; like Shadows, A Woman Under [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/husbands-john-cassavetes-ben-gazzara-peter-falk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ben Gazzara Dead at 81: ANATOMY OF A MURDER, HUSBANDS, AN EARLY FROST</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ben-gazzara-anatomy-of-a-murder-husbands-an-early-frost/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ben-gazzara-anatomy-of-a-murder-husbands-an-early-frost/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:40:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37068</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ben Gazzara, who was featured on Broadway in the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in movies by the likes of John Cassavetes, Otto Preminger, and Peter Bogdanovich, died earlier today at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital Center as per the New York Times. Gazzara, who had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, was 81. Although Gazzara (the son of Italian immigrants, born Aug. 28, 1930, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ben-gazzara-anatomy-of-a-murder-husbands-an-early-frost/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE MUPPETS Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy Ridicule Fox News: Video</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-fox-news-the-muppets/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-fox-news-the-muppets/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37038</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy took a well-deserved swipe at Fox News while taking part at a press conference at London's May Fair Hotel this past January 26. Please scroll down to check out the video. A little while ago, Fox Business Channel's Eric Bolling said the following: &#34;The Muppets are back and being terrorized by an evil oil executive in their new movie. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-fox-news-the-muppets/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joan Fontaine on TCM: JANE EYRE, SUSPICION, THE CONSTANT NYMPH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-fontaine-jane-eyre-suspicion-the-constant-nymph/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-fontaine-jane-eyre-suspicion-the-constant-nymph/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:04:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36992</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion Joan Fontaine, who turned 94 last October 22, shines on Turner Classic Movies' tonight. TCM will be showing five Fontaine movies: Jane Eyre (1944), The Constant Nymph (1943), Born to Be Bad (1950), Suspicion (1941), and Ivanhoe (1952). I've yet to check out The Constant Nymph, which had been unavailable for decades until TCM presented it a few months [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-fontaine-jane-eyre-suspicion-the-constant-nymph/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GOING MY WAY Review: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald d: Leo McCarey</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/going-my-way-bing-crosby-barry-fitzgerald-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/going-my-way-bing-crosby-barry-fitzgerald-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:35:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36950</guid> <description><![CDATA[GOING MY WAY (1944) Direction: Leo McCarey Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Risë Stevens, Frank McHugh, Gene Lockhart, James Brown, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Fortunio Bonanova Screenplay: Frank Butler and Frank Cavett; from a story by Leo McCarey Oscar Movies Barry Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Going My Way Director Leo McCarey and screenwriters Frank Butler and Frank Cavett poured a whole bottle of syrup into their [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/going-my-way-bing-crosby-barry-fitzgerald-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LETTER (1929) Review: Jeanne Eagels d: Jean de Limur</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/letter-jeanne-eagels-limur/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/letter-jeanne-eagels-limur/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:28:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/letter-jeanne-eagels-limur/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE LETTER (1929) Direction: Jean de Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O.P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne, Lady Tsen Mei, Tamaki Yoshiwara Screenplay: Garrett Fort; from W. Somerset Maugham's 1927 play, itself based on a Maugham story found in the 1924 collection The Casuarina Tree Oscar Movies, Pre-Code Movies Jeanne Eagels, Herbert Marshall, The Letter Having watched William Wyler's masterful 1940 film adaptation of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/letter-jeanne-eagels-limur/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FACES Review: d: John Cassavetes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:34:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/</guid> <description><![CDATA[FACES (1968) Direction and screenplay: John Cassavetes Cast: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery Oscar Movies Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Faces After playing Mia Farrow's husband in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968), John Cassavetes reportedly threw the money he made as an actor into the finishing touches on Faces, a personal project he had begun filming in 1966. Cassavetes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/faces-john-cassavetes-marley-rowlands/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nicol Williamson Dies: Stage Hamlet; Screen Merlin, Sherlock Holmes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/nicol-williamson-hamlet-merlin-sherlock-holmes-excalibur/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/nicol-williamson-hamlet-merlin-sherlock-holmes-excalibur/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:22:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36926</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stage and screen actor Nicol Williamson, who played Hamlet onstage and Merlin on screen, died of esophageal cancer on December 16 in Amsterdam, where he had been living since 1970. His son announced the death yesterday, January 25. Reports vary on Williamson's age; he was either 73 or 75. For those familiar only with Williamson's movie work, he was best remembered for his cocaine-addicted Sherlock [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/nicol-williamson-hamlet-merlin-sherlock-holmes-excalibur/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A FACE IN THE CROWD Review: d: Elia Kazan scr: Budd Schulberg</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/a-face-in-the-crowd-review-elia-kazan-budd-schulberg/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/a-face-in-the-crowd-review-elia-kazan-budd-schulberg/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:53:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36914</guid> <description><![CDATA[A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) Director: Elia Kazan Cast: Patricia Neal, Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram, Paul McGrath, Marshall Neilan, Alexander Kirkland, Kay Medford Screenplay: Budd Schulberg; from his short story &#34;Your Arkansas Traveler&#34; Patricia Neal, Andy Griffith, A Face in the Crowd Elia Kazan’s 1957 drama A Face in the Crowd, written by Kazan's On the Waterfront collaborator [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/a-face-in-the-crowd-review-elia-kazan-budd-schulberg/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jean Dujardin, Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier, Gérard Depardieu: Oscars French Actors</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jean-dujardin-charles-boyer-maurice-chevalier-gerard-depardieu-oscar-french-actors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jean-dujardin-charles-boyer-maurice-chevalier-gerard-depardieu-oscar-french-actors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:11:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36902</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Dujardin, The Artist Best Actor Academy Award nominee Jean Dujardin &#8212; for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist &#8212; is a first-time Oscar nominee and only the fourth Frenchman to be shortlisted for an Academy Award in the acting categories. Dujardin's predecessors were Best Actor nominees Maurice Chevalier for the Ernst Lubitsch musicals The Big Pond and The Love Parade (1929-30); Charles Boyer for Clarence Brown's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jean-dujardin-charles-boyer-maurice-chevalier-gerard-depardieu-oscar-french-actors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gene Hackman Hit by Car: Reports Vary Between Serious Condition, Fine &amp; Going Home</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gene-hackman-car-accident/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gene-hackman-car-accident/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:58:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36611</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gene Hackman, Oscar winner for The French Connection (photo) and Unforgiven, was hit by a car while bicycling in Florida earlier today. According to TMZ (and TheWrap, quoting a highway patrol officer), Hackman suffered &#34;serious injuries to his head and body,&#34; and was later airlifted to a local hospital. According to Hackman's rep, the 81-year-old actor (82 next January 30), &#34;is fine, he is on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gene-hackman-car-accident/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jerry Lewis, Christopher Hitchens: Unfunny Women, Reactionary Men</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jerry-lewis-woman-comedians-christopher-hitchens/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jerry-lewis-woman-comedians-christopher-hitchens/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:47:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36607</guid> <description><![CDATA[While accepting the award for Best Comedy for Bridesmaids at the 2012 Critics Choice Awards ceremony, Judd Apatow ended his speech with the following: &#34;Jerry Lewis [photo] once said that he didn’t think women were funny. So I’d just like to say, with all respect, fuck you.&#34; Jerry Lewis' negative comment about female comedians was made at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jerry-lewis-woman-comedians-christopher-hitchens/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Luise Rainer: Oldest Living (Two-Time) Oscar Winner Turns 102</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/luise-rainer-turns-100-114/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/luise-rainer-turns-100-114/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:42:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20697</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frank Capra, Luise Rainer, George Jessel Luise Rainer turns 102 today, January 12. She is the oldest living Academy Award winner in the acting categories, having won two consecutive Best Actress Oscars for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937). Because of both her longevity and the fact that Turner Classic Movies regularly shows nearly all of her films, the Dusseldorf-born (some sources [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/luise-rainer-turns-100-114/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steve James/THE INTERRUPTERS, Frederick Wiseman/Censored Classic TITICUT FOLLIES: Cinema Eye Honors</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36582</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies Steve James' The Interrupters topped the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors announced earlier this evening. The Interrupters received honors as Best Nonfiction Film and for Best Director, a first in the organization's five-year history. [Full list of Cinema Eye Honors winners.] Despite generally positive reviews and several US-based critics' awards, The Interrupters is not in the running for the 2012 Oscars. Curiously, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Catherine Deneuve: Film Society of Lincoln Center Chaplin Award Recipient</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/catherine-deneuve-chaplin-award-film-society-of-lincoln-center/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/catherine-deneuve-chaplin-award-film-society-of-lincoln-center/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:59:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36561</guid> <description><![CDATA[Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve, 68, will be the recipient of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 39th Chaplin Award. The annual fundraising gala benefiting Lincoln Center programs will be held on Monday, April 2, at the Alice Tully Hall in New York. The evening will include films clips and a party. [Full list of Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) Chaplin Award Honorees.] Catherine Deneuve's career [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/catherine-deneuve-chaplin-award-film-society-of-lincoln-center/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Christopher Nolan, Pedro Almodóvar, Peter Jackson</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-2000s-christopher-nolan-pedro-almodovar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-2000s-christopher-nolan-pedro-almodovar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:31:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25980</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated Moulin Rouge! DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1990s: Odd People Out Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman 2000 DGA Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous AMPAS Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot DGA/AMPAS Steven Soderbergh, Traffic Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ridley Scott, Gladiator Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich &#160; 2001 DGA Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! Christopher Nolan, Memento [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-2000s-christopher-nolan-pedro-almodovar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Roman Polanski, Kenneth Branagh, David Lynch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1980s-roman-polanski-kenneth-branagh/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1980s-roman-polanski-kenneth-branagh/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25978</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bob Hoskins, Jessica Rabbit in Robert Zemeckis' DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated Who Framed Roger Rabbit (top); Willem Dafoe in Martin Scorsese's Oscar- (but not DGA-) nominated The Last Temptation of Christ (bottom) DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1970s: Odd Men Out Bob Fosse, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman 1980 DGA Michael Apted, Coal Miner's Daughter AMPAS Roman Polanski, Tess DGA/AMPAS Robert Redford, Ordinary People David [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1980s-roman-polanski-kenneth-branagh/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Bob Fosse, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1970s-david-lean-bob-fosse/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1970s-david-lean-bob-fosse/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25977</guid> <description><![CDATA[Martin Balsam, Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, directed by DGA (but not Oscar) nominee Sidney Lumet DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1960s: Odd Men Out Jules Dassin, Federico Fellini, Arthur Penn 1970 DGA David Lean, Ryan's Daughter Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces AMPAS Federico Fellini, Satyricon Ken Russell, Women in Love DGA/AMPAS Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton Robert Altman, MASH Arthur Hiller, Love [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1970s-david-lean-bob-fosse/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Jules Dassin, Federico Fellini, Arthur Penn</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1960s-jules-dassin-arthur-penn/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1960s-jules-dassin-arthur-penn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:29:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25976</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eiji Okada, Emmanuelle Riva in DGA (but not Oscar) nominee Alain Resnais' Hiroshima, mon amour (top); Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin in Dassin's Oscar- (but not DGA-) nominated Never on Sunday (bottom) DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1953-1959: Odd Men Out Jack Clayton, David Lean, Stanley Donen 1960 DGA (14)Vincente Minnelli, Bells Are RingingWalter Lang, Can-CanDelbert Mann, The Dark at the Top of the StairsRichard Brooks, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1960s-jules-dassin-arthur-penn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Jack Clayton, David Lean, Stanley Donen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-jack-clayton-david-lean-stanley-donen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-jack-clayton-david-lean-stanley-donen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:15:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36534</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi in Oscar nominee (but not DGA nominee) David Lean's Summertime DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1948-1952: Odd Men Out George Cukor, John Huston, Vincente Minnelli 1953 DGA (12) Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, Above and Beyond Walter Lang, Call Me Madam Daniel Mann, Come Back, Little Sheba Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Julius Caesar Henry Koster, The Robe Jean Negulesco, Titanic George Sidney, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-jack-clayton-david-lean-stanley-donen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out George Cukor, John Huston, Vincente Minnelli</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-a-letter-to-three-wives-mankiewicz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-a-letter-to-three-wives-mankiewicz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:14:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25968</guid> <description><![CDATA[Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, A Letter to Three Wives DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards Pt.2: Foreign, Small, Controversial Movies Have Better Luck at the Oscars Since pre-1970 Directors Guild Award finalists often consisted of more than five directors, it was impossible to get an exact match for the DGA's and the Academy's lists of nominees. In the list below, the years before 1970 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-a-letter-to-three-wives-mankiewicz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jack Kerouac/THE SUBTERRANEANS Movie, Pre-Kristen Stewart ON THE ROAD/Mary Lou</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-kerouac-the-subterraneans-leslie-caron-dorothy-malone/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-kerouac-the-subterraneans-leslie-caron-dorothy-malone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:16:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36516</guid> <description><![CDATA[ON THE ROAD Letter: Jack Kerouac Wanted Marlon Brando for Dean; Kerouac Would Play Sal [Photo: Leslie Caron.] On the Road was never made into a movie during Jack Kerouac's lifetime. However, the lesser-known The Subterraneans, which Kerouac mentions in his letter to Marlon Brando, was turned into an MGM movie in 1960. Needless to say, the final film had little in common with Kerouac's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-kerouac-the-subterraneans-leslie-caron-dorothy-malone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ON THE ROAD Letter: Jack Kerouac Wanted Marlon Brando for Dean; Kerouac Would Play Sal</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/on-the-road-jack-kerouac-marlon-brando-letter/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/on-the-road-jack-kerouac-marlon-brando-letter/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36514</guid> <description><![CDATA[On the Road's Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac &#34;I'm praying that you'll buy On the Road and make a movie of it. Don't worry about structure. I know how to compress and re-arrange the plot to give it perfectly acceptable movie-type structure: making it into an all-inclusive trip instead of several voyages coast-to-coast in the book&#8230;&#34; That's from a 1957 letter from Florida resident Jack Kerouac [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/on-the-road-jack-kerouac-marlon-brando-letter/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Frederica Sagor Pt.3: THE WAY OF ALL FLESH Plagiarism</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-autobiography-the-way-of-all-flesh/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-autobiography-the-way-of-all-flesh/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:04:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36489</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frederica Sagor Pt.2: Women Screenwriters in 1920s Hollywood [Photo: Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh.] Frederica Sagor's reported final Hollywood screen credit was the scenario for the 1928 slapstick comedy The Farmer's Daughter, directed by Arthur Rosson at Fox. Marjorie Beebe, previously featured in several comedy shorts, had the title role (no relation to Loretta Young's 1947 Oscar-winning Congresswoman-to-be). In her book, Sagor [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-autobiography-the-way-of-all-flesh/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Frederica Sagor Pt.2: Women Screenwriters in 1920s Hollywood</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-maas-obit-woman-screenwriters-hollywood/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-maas-obit-woman-screenwriters-hollywood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:03:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36488</guid> <description><![CDATA[Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Dead at 111: Wrote Movies for Norma Shearer (photo), Clara Bow, Louise Brooks Now, whether Frederica Sagor's Hollywood Babylon-like tales bear any resemblance to what actually happened at studio parties and private soirees, I can't tell. But on the professional side, one problem with the information found in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim is that studios invariably used numerous writers, whether male or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-maas-obit-woman-screenwriters-hollywood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Dead at 111: Wrote Movies for Norma Shearer, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-maas-screenwriter-death-obit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-maas-screenwriter-death-obit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36486</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frederica Sagor Maas, a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1920s, died January 5 at the Country Villa nursing facility in La Mesa, in the San Diego metropolitan area. She was 111. The daughter of Russian immigrants (one Jewish, one Christian), she was born Frederica Alexandrina Sagor on July 6, 1900, in New York City. According to her autobiography, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/frederica-sagor-maas-screenwriter-death-obit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rin Tin Tin the First Actual Best Actor Academy Award Winner? Think Again</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rin-tin-tin-the-first-best-actor-academy-award-winner-emil-jannings/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rin-tin-tin-the-first-best-actor-academy-award-winner-emil-jannings/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:05:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36433</guid> <description><![CDATA[Author Susan Orlean, whose book The Orchid Thief became &#8212; more or less &#8212; director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's all but unwatchable Adaptation (Meryl Streep played Orlean), has another book out, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, published last September. Today, Deadline's Mike Fleming wrote a piece in which he explains that Orlean &#34;discovered that the true Best Actor winner in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rin-tin-tin-the-first-best-actor-academy-award-winner-emil-jannings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tarzan Chimp Cheeta Dies at 80, or Most Likely Not</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tarzan-cheeta-death-hoax-impostor-johnny-weismuller/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tarzan-cheeta-death-hoax-impostor-johnny-weismuller/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:09:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36364</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maureen O'Sullivan (Jane), Cheeta, Johnny Weismuller (Tarzan): MGM in the '30s Cheeta, Tarzan's chimp in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934), died of kidney failure during the week of December 19 according to Florida's Suncoast Primate Sanctuary. Sad news &#8212; and curious news as well. The Associated Press reports that chimps in captivity live between 40 and 60 years. Cheeta, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tarzan-cheeta-death-hoax-impostor-johnny-weismuller/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, John Bunny, George Kuchar: National Film Registry 2011 Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/national-film-registry-movies-glenn-ford-gloria-grahame/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/national-film-registry-movies-glenn-ford-gloria-grahame/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:09:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36359</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat FORREST GUMP, BAMBI, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: National Film Registry 2011 Movies Besides the aforementioned Hester Street and Norma Rae, women are also at the forefront of Julia Reichert and Jim Klein's Growing Up Female (1971); Chick Strand’s Fake Fruit Factory (1986), a documentary about Mexican women who create ornamental papier-mâché fruits and vegetables; and the recently deceased George [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/national-film-registry-movies-glenn-ford-gloria-grahame/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PORGY AND BESS, FORREST GUMP, BAMBI, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: National Film Registry 2011 Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/porgy-and-bess-forrest-gump-bambi-national-film-registry/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/porgy-and-bess-forrest-gump-bambi-national-film-registry/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:09:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36358</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Picture winners The Lost Weekend (1945), Forrest Gump (right, 1994), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), along with the Walt Disney Studios' animated classic Bambi (1942), Charles Chaplin's silent comedy-drama The Kid (1921), and Howard Hawks' early screwball comedy Twentieth Century (1934) are among the 25 &#34;culturally, historically or aesthetically&#34; significant movies just added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. Directed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/porgy-and-bess-forrest-gump-bambi-national-film-registry/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leo McCarey Movie Schedule: From Irene Dunne/Charles Boyer Romance to Marx Brothers Satire</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leo-mccarey-movie-irene-dunne-love-affair-marx-brothers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leo-mccarey-movie-irene-dunne-love-affair-marx-brothers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:34:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36337</guid> <description><![CDATA[Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer in Leo McCarey's Love Affair Leo McCarey on TCM: GOING MY WAY, DUCK SOUP, LOVE AFFAIR, MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW Leo McCarey's Love Affair (1939) is now mostly forgotten, whereas its 1957 remake (also by McCarey), An Affair to Remember, remains a romance classic. In the original, in place of Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr we have Charles Boyer and Irene [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leo-mccarey-movie-irene-dunne-love-affair-marx-brothers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leo McCarey on TCM: GOING MY WAY, DUCK SOUP, LOVE AFFAIR</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leo-mccarey-going-my-way-duck-soup-love-affair/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leo-mccarey-going-my-way-duck-soup-love-affair/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:33:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36336</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bing Crosby, Gene Lockhart, Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way Leo McCarey is Turner Classic Movies' Director of the Evening this Christmas. Considering that McCarey was an ardent Catholic, TCM has made quite an appropriate choice. Unfortunately, McCarey's anti-Red My Son John &#8212; despite the fact that the Bible plays a prominent role in that film &#8212; hasn't been included on the TCM film roster. Instead, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leo-mccarey-going-my-way-duck-soup-love-affair/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doe Avedon Dies: Inspired Audrey Hepburn Character in FUNNY FACE, Married to Don Siegel (DIRTY HARRY)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doe-avedon-death-audrey-hepburn-funny-face-don-siegel/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doe-avedon-death-audrey-hepburn-funny-face-don-siegel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:14:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36291</guid> <description><![CDATA[Model and actress Doe Avedon Siegel, best known for her marriages to photographer Richard Avedon and to Dirty Harry movie director Don Siegel, died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 86. Born Dorcas Nowell (on April 7, 1928) in Westbury, New York, she was discovered by Avedon, who married her in 1944. (Avedon herself told journalists she began her acting career while working as a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doe-avedon-death-audrey-hepburn-funny-face-don-siegel/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Orson Welles CITIZEN KANE Oscar Auction: Statuette Has Long, Convoluted History</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-oscar-auction-citizen-kane/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-oscar-auction-citizen-kane/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:15:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36190</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Elizabeth Taylor's jewels have just fetched a record-setting $115 million. Chances are Orson Welles' Oscar for his 1941 classic Citizen Kane won't be sold for even one hundredth of that amount next December 20. Still, Welles' golden statuette is bound to its anonymous seller much more than the $1 price tag stipulated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-oscar-auction-citizen-kane/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Elizabeth Taylor Jewels Break World Auction Record</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-jewels-break-world-auction-record/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-jewels-break-world-auction-record/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:30:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36189</guid> <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Taylor, who died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79 last March 23 in Los Angeles, was known for wearing diamonds the size of icebergs. Well, Taylor's jewelry collection has been auctioned for a record-setting $115 million on Tuesday night at Christie's in New York. A 33.19-carat diamond ring given her by two-time husband Richard Burton (Taylor and Burton were married and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-jewels-break-world-auction-record/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maria Schneider, Cliff Robertson, Barbara Kent, Tura Satana: TCM Remembers 2011 Pt.2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tcm-remembers-maria-schneider-cliff-robertson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tcm-remembers-maria-schneider-cliff-robertson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:16:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36170</guid> <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Taylor, Farley Granger, Jane Russell, Peter Falk, Sidney Lumet: TCM Remembers 2011 Pt. 1 Also: child actor John Howard Davies (David Lean's Oliver Twist), Charles Chaplin discovery Marilyn Nash (Monsieur Verdoux), director and Oscar ceremony producer Gilbert Cates (Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, I Never Sang for My Father), veteran Japanese actress Hideko Takamine (House of Many Pleasures), Jeff Conaway of Grease and the television [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tcm-remembers-maria-schneider-cliff-robertson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Elizabeth Taylor, Farley Granger, Jane Russell, Peter Falk, Sidney Lumet: TCM Remembers 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-farley-granger-tcm-remembers-2011-peter-falk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-farley-granger-tcm-remembers-2011-peter-falk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:16:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36169</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;TCM Remembers 2011&#34; is out. Remembered by Turner Classic Movies are many of those in the film world who left us this past year. As always, this latest &#34;TCM Remembers&#34; entry is a classy, immensely moving compilation. The haunting background song is &#34;Before You Go,&#34; by OK Sweetheart. Among those featured in &#34;TCM Remembers 2011&#34; are Farley Granger, the star of Luchino Visconti's Senso and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-farley-granger-tcm-remembers-2011-peter-falk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Australian Actor Harold Hopkins (GALLIPOLI, THE CLUB) Dies of Asbestos-Related Cancer</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/australian-actor-harold-hopkins-obit-gallipoli-the-club/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/australian-actor-harold-hopkins-obit-gallipoli-the-club/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:32:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36151</guid> <description><![CDATA[Harold Hopkins, who appeared in several important Australian movies including Gallipoli (right), The Year My Voice Broke, Don's Party, and The Club, died yesterday, Dec. 10, at Neringah Private Hospital in Wahroonga, north Sydney. According to reports, his death was caused by the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. Hopkins, who was 67, is supposed to have been exposed to the cancer right after finishing high school, while [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/australian-actor-harold-hopkins-obit-gallipoli-the-club/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Review: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk d: John Cassavetes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:40:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974) Direction and screenplay: John Cassavetes Cast: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Eddie Shaw Oscar Movies Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence Steven Spielberg is a respected film director. Many will even call him an auteur. When you watch a Spielberg film, you know it's a Spielberg film &#8212; or at least [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Andrew Embiricos: Rita Hayworth Grandson Dies of Apparent Suicide</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rita-hayworth-grandson-andrew-embiricos-suicide/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rita-hayworth-grandson-andrew-embiricos-suicide/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:14:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36113</guid> <description><![CDATA[Andrew Embiricos, grandson of Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan, was found dead of an apparent suicide at his West 17th Street apartment in Chelsea, New York City, on Sunday, Dec. 4. Embiricos was 25. Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos was the son of economist and shipping heir Basil Embiricos and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. He was also the nephew of Prince Karim, Aga Khan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rita-hayworth-grandson-andrew-embiricos-suicide/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New York Film Critics Awards: Oscar Precursors, Yes; Snooty and Artsy, No</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/new-york-film-critics-awards-winners-oscar-precursors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/new-york-film-critics-awards-winners-oscar-precursors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:48:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36051</guid> <description><![CDATA[Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven For decades, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards have been considered a precursor of the Academy Awards. Movies, performers, directors &#8212; and later cinematographers and screenwriters &#8212; singled out by the NYFCC usually have gone on to receive Oscar nominations, oftentimes the golden statuette itself. The New York critics awards also have the reputation of being &#34;snooty&#34; and &#34;artsy.&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/new-york-film-critics-awards-winners-oscar-precursors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ken Russell/THE DEVILS DVD Release Missing Rape of Christ Sequence?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-the-devils-dvd-rape-of-christ-scene/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-the-devils-dvd-rape-of-christ-scene/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:18:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36022</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils Ken Russell, the director of Women in Love, The Boy Friend, and Altered States, died Sunday, Nov. 27, at the age of 84. Coincidentally, the British Film Institute, with much fanfare, announced several months ago that it would be releasing for the first time on DVD the X-rated version of Russell's The Devils, a mix of history, political intrigue, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-the-devils-dvd-rape-of-christ-scene/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Provocative, Controversial Director Ken Russell Dead at 84: THE DEVILS, WOMEN IN LOVE, TOMMY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-director-women-in-love-the-devils/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-director-women-in-love-the-devils/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:33:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36018</guid> <description><![CDATA[Director Ken Russell, best known for his movies featuring sex-starved nuns, nude male wrestling, "offensive" religious symbolism, and kaleidoscopic musical numbers, died Sunday, Nov. 27, in the United Kingdom. Russell had suffered a series of strokes. He was 84. Now hardly as remembered or admired as, say, '70s Hollywood icons Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, or Martin Scorsese, Russell not only was &#8212; more than &#8212; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-director-women-in-love-the-devils/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepherd THE LAST PICTURE SHOW Academy Chat Live Streaming</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-bogdanovich-cybill-shepherd-the-last-picture-show-academy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-bogdanovich-cybill-shepherd-the-last-picture-show-academy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:01:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35887</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show with the Los Angeles premiere of the digitally restored “Definitive Director's Cut” of the 1971 black-and-white classic. Additionally, there will be an onstage discussion with members of the cast and crew. Those include Bogdanovich, Academy Award winner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-bogdanovich-cybill-shepherd-the-last-picture-show-academy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hal Kanter Dies: JULIA Creator, Elvis Presley Director, Oscar Telecast Writer</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/hal-kanter-julia-elvis-presley-oscar-telecast-writer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/hal-kanter-julia-elvis-presley-oscar-telecast-writer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:46:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35744</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hal Kanter (see photo), creator of the groundbreaking television series Julia, starring Diahann Carroll (photo) as a nurse, died Sunday, Nov. 6, of complications from pneumonia at Encino Hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino. Kanter was 92. Julia (1968-71) marked the first time a black actress had an important role in an American television series playing something other than a maid (e.g., Ethel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/hal-kanter-julia-elvis-presley-oscar-telecast-writer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Margaret Field Dies: Sally Field Mother, THE MAN FROM PLANET X Star</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/margaret-field-sally-field-mother-the-man-from-planet-x/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/margaret-field-sally-field-mother-the-man-from-planet-x/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:52:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35742</guid> <description><![CDATA[Margaret Field, best remembered for the 1951 sci-fier The Man From Planet X, died at her Malibu home on Sunday, Nov. 6, the day her daughter Sally Field turned 65. Margaret Field, who had been diagnosed with cancer six years ago, was 89. Directed by cult B-movie director Edgar G. Ulmer, The Man From Planet X turned out to be the highlight of Field's film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/margaret-field-sally-field-mother-the-man-from-planet-x/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
