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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; film reviews</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/film-reviews/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>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>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>THE WHALES OF AUGUST Review: Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-whales-of-august-lillian-gish-bette-davis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-whales-of-august-lillian-gish-bette-davis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:26:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26842</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE WHALES OF AUGUST (1987) Direction: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr, Mary Steenburgen, Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling Screenplay: David Berry; from his own play Oscar Movies, Highly Recommended Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, The Whales of August According to my math, the careers of the three leading ladies &#8212; Lillian Gish, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-whales-of-august-lillian-gish-bette-davis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</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>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>ULYSSES GAZE Review: d: Theo Angelopoulos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/ulysses-gaze-theo-angelopoulos-harvey-keitel/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/ulysses-gaze-theo-angelopoulos-harvey-keitel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/ulysses-gaze-theo-angelopoulos-harvey-keitel/</guid> <description><![CDATA[TO VLEMMA TOU ODYSSEA / ULYSSES' GAZE (1995) Direction: Theo Angelopoulos Cast: Harvey Keitel, Erland Josephson, Maia Morgenstern, Thanasis Vengos, Giorgos Mihalakopoulos Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Giorgio Silvagni Harvey Keitel, Ulysses' Gaze Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos' 1995 effort To Vlemma tou Odyssea / Ulysses' Gaze is the first of that director's four films that I have seen that is not unequivocally a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/ulysses-gaze-theo-angelopoulos-harvey-keitel/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>CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY: Truth vs. Reality</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-art-of-documentary-jessica-yu-werner-herzog-truth-reality/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-art-of-documentary-jessica-yu-werner-herzog-truth-reality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35810</guid> <description><![CDATA[CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY Review Pt.1 The problem with those comments is that none of them really addresses the fact that documentaries are not really concerned with truth, but with reality vs. fiction. Many people confuse truth with reality, and given this film’s title it would have behooved Ferrari to explore the very difference between reality and truth that so many of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-art-of-documentary-jessica-yu-werner-herzog-truth-reality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY Review: d: Pepita Ferrari</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/capturing-reality-the-art-of-documentary-review-pepita-ferrari/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/capturing-reality-the-art-of-documentary-review-pepita-ferrari/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:54:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35808</guid> <description><![CDATA[CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY (2008) Director: Pepita Ferrari Cast: Kevin Macdonald, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Jennifer Baichwal, Eduardo Coutinho, Joan Churchill, Nick Broomfield, Patricio Guzmán, Werner Herzog, Jessica Yu, Scott Hicks, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Hubert Sauper, Peter Wintonick Pepita Ferrari's Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Pepita Ferrari’s 2008 documentary on the insights of the documentarian’s craft, Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/capturing-reality-the-art-of-documentary-review-pepita-ferrari/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GOOSE WOMAN Review: Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford, Constance Bennett d: Clarence Brown</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-goose-woman-louise-dresser-clarence-brown/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-goose-woman-louise-dresser-clarence-brown/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:56:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35139</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE GOOSE WOMAN (1925) Direction: Clarence Brown Cast: Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford, Constance Bennett, Marc McDermott, George Nichols, Gustav von Seyffertitz Screenplay: Melville W. Brown, titles by Dwinelle Benthall; from Rex Beach's story Highly Recommended Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford, The Goose Woman At the 2011 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the Clarence Brown-directed 1925 Universal release The Goose Woman was introduced by author and film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-goose-woman-louise-dresser-clarence-brown/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BLIZZARD Review: Einar Hanson, Mary Johnson d: Mauritz Stiller</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-blizzard-mauritz-stiller-einar-hanson-mary-johnson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-blizzard-mauritz-stiller-einar-hanson-mary-johnson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:04:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27621</guid> <description><![CDATA[GUNNAR HEDES SAGA / THE BLIZZARD (1923) Direction: Mauritz Stiller Cast: Einar Hanson, Mary Johnson, Stina Berg, Hugo Björne, Pauline Brunius Screenplay: Mauritz Stiller; from Selma Lagerlöf's novel Recommended with Reservations Mary Johnson, Einar Hanson, The Blizzard Directed by Mauritz Stiller, the Swedish drama Gunnar Hedes saga / The Blizzard tells the confusing story about how a reindeer stampede affected the life of a violin [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-blizzard-mauritz-stiller-einar-hanson-mary-johnson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HUCKLEBERRY FINN Review: Lewis Sargent d: William Desmond Taylor</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/huckleberry-finn-review-william-desmond-taylor/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/huckleberry-finn-review-william-desmond-taylor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:01:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27617</guid> <description><![CDATA[HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1920) Direction: William Desmond Taylor Cast: Lewis Sargent, George Reed, Katherine Griffith, Frank Lanning, Gordon Griffith, Esther Ralston, Edythe Chapman, Martha Mattox Screenplay: Julia Crawford Ivers; from Mark Twain's novel Recommended with Reservations Lewis Sargent in William Desmond Taylor's Huckleberry Finn Directed by William Desmond Taylor, Huckleberry Finn stars a fresh, freckle-faced Lewis Sargent as Huck. (Sargent was also featured in another 1920 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/huckleberry-finn-review-william-desmond-taylor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE SADIST Review: Arch Hall, Jr.; d: James Landis</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-sadist-arch-hall-jr-james-landis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-sadist-arch-hall-jr-james-landis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27396</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE SADIST (1963) Direction and Screenplay: James Landis Cast: Arch Hall, Jr., Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning, Don Russell, Helen Hovey Arch Hall Jr, The Sadist Say what you will about Arch Hall, Jr. (and I know many people have), but he gives an outstanding performance in James Landis' The Sadist &#8212; one that is quite unlike his amateurish appearance opposite his father in Eegah, only [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-sadist-arch-hall-jr-james-landis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay Marriage in QUEENS &#8211; Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes d: Manuel Gómez Pereira</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/queens-manuel-gomez-pereira/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/queens-manuel-gomez-pereira/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:42:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/08/25/reinas-queens-opens-in-the-us/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reinas / Queens (2005) Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira. Screenplay: Yolanda García Serrano, Joaquín Oristrell, and Manuel Gómez Pereira. Cast: Betiana Blum, Carmen Maura, Verónica Forqué, Marisa Paredes, Mercedes Sampietro, Gustavo Salmerón, Unax Ugalde, Hugo Silva, Daniel Hendler, Paco León, Raúl Jiménez, Tito Valverde, Lluís Homar Reinas / Queens is Manuel Gómez Pereira's dramatic comedy about five mothers (Verónica Forqué, Carmen Maura, Betiana Blum, Mercedes Sampietro, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/queens-manuel-gomez-pereira/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BLOOD AND SAND Review &#8211; Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Lila Lee</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/blood-and-sand-rudolph-valentino-nita-naldi/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/blood-and-sand-rudolph-valentino-nita-naldi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:06:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27244</guid> <description><![CDATA[BLOOD AND SAND (1922) Direction: Fred Niblo Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, Nita Naldi, Rosa Rosanova, Walter Long, Charles Belcher, Leo White, Rosita Marstini Screenplay: June Mathis; from Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's novel, and Tom Cushing's play Recommended Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Blood and Sand Bullfighting has never appealed to me, so I approached Fred Niblo's Blood and Sand with caution. Now that I've seen it, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/blood-and-sand-rudolph-valentino-nita-naldi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Review d: Michael Moore</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 23:30:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/</guid> <description><![CDATA[FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (2004) Direction and screenplay: Michael Moore Recommended Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 THE BURNING BUSH While criticizing U.S. president George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, filmmaker Michael Moore was loudly booed by some at the 2003 Academy Awards ceremony. Not long afterwards, Moore decided he was gonna show ‘em who was right. And show ‘em he does with his Palme d'Or-winning documentary Fahrenheit [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW Review d: Leo McCarey</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/make-way-for-tomorrow-review-leo-mccarey/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/make-way-for-tomorrow-review-leo-mccarey/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 23:04:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27080</guid> <description><![CDATA[MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937) Direction: Leo McCarey Cast: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read, Elisabeth Risdon, Maurice Moscovitch, Minna Gombell, Louise Beavers Screenplay: Viña Delmar; from Josephine Lawrence's novel, and Helen Leary and Nolan Leary's play Recommended with Reservations Beulah Bondi, Victor Moore, Make Way for Tomorrow The main conflict in Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow revolves [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/make-way-for-tomorrow-review-leo-mccarey/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LOVE OF JEANNE NEY Review d: G. W. Pabst</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-love-of-jeanne-ney-g-w-pabst-edith-jehanne/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-love-of-jeanne-ney-g-w-pabst-edith-jehanne/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 23:32:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26970</guid> <description><![CDATA[DIE LIEBE DER JEANNE NEY / THE LOVE OF JEANNE NEY (1927) Direction: G. W. Pabst Cast: Edith Jehanne, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte Helm, Adolf Edgar Licho, Eugen Hensen, Sig Arno, Vladimir Sokoloff Screenplay: Ladislaus Vajda, Rudolf Leonhardt; from a novel by Ilja Ehrenburg Recommended Uno Henning, Edith Jehanne, The Love of Jeanne Ney G. W. Pabst's Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney / The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-love-of-jeanne-ney-g-w-pabst-edith-jehanne/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLOSE-UP Review d: Abbas Kiarostami</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:29:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26800</guid> <description><![CDATA[NEMA-YE NAZDIK / CLOSE-UP (1990) Direction and Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami Cast: Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Abbas Kiarostami is one of those &#34;name&#34; non-American directors who is looked to as a god. The low-budget Nema-ye Nazdik / Close-Up is the second Kiarostami effort I have seen and it is an excellent film. [Note: spoilers ahead] Close-Up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>RAN Review d: Akira Kurosawa</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/ran-akira-kurosawa-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/ran-akira-kurosawa-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:28:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21179</guid> <description><![CDATA[RAN (1985) Direction: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide, and Hideo Oguni Oscar Movies Akira Kurosawa's Ran By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: &#34;Critical cribbing&#34; is a term I coined in regard to the tendency of critics, in all fields, to not engage a work of art directly, but rather [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/ran-akira-kurosawa-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WAR GAME Review d: Peter Watkins</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-war-game-peter-watkins/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-war-game-peter-watkins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:28:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18248</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE WAR GAME (1965) Direction and Screenplay: Peter Watkins Narration: Michael Aspel and Peter Graham Oscar Movies Peter Watkins' The War Game By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: For anyone who thinks that those 50-pack mega-DVD sets of public domain films put out by several different video companies are worthless, I would argue that the amount of films you get for the money is worth it, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-war-game-peter-watkins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GODDESS Review &#8211; Kim Stanley d: John Cromwell</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-goddess-kim-stanley-john-cromwell-1958/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-goddess-kim-stanley-john-cromwell-1958/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:10:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Doug Johnson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18437</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE GODDESS (1958) Direction: John Cromwell Cast: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Gerald Hiken, Patty Duke Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky Oscar Movies Recommended Kim Stanley, The Goddess Paddy Chayefsky evokes a cynical Tennessee Williams in his screenplay for The Goddess, a Hollywood cautionary tale directed by veteran John Cromwell. Episodic in progression &#8212; the film is broken into three pulpy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-goddess-kim-stanley-john-cromwell-1958/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Review &#8211; Lew Ayres d: Lewis Milestone</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres-lewis-milestone-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres-lewis-milestone-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:19:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18889</guid> <description><![CDATA[ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) Direction: Lewis Milestone Cast: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Russell Gleason, John Wray, William Bakewell, Raymond Griffith, Beryl Mercer, Ben Alexander, Slim Summerville, Yola D'Avril Screenplay: Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews; from Erich Maria Remarque's novel Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Lew Ayres, All Quiet on the Western Front Synopsis: World War I: A group of German schoolboys soon [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres-lewis-milestone-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BLADE RUNNER Review d: Ridley Scott scr: Hampton Fancher, David Peoples</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/blade-runner-harrison-ford-ridley-scott/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/blade-runner-harrison-ford-ridley-scott/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:52:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7304</guid> <description><![CDATA[BLADE RUNNER (1982) Direction: Ridley Scott Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James Screenplay: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples; from Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Oscar Movies Harrison Ford, Blade Runner By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Ridley Scott's dystopian 1982 sci-fi drama Blade Runner is one of those [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/blade-runner-harrison-ford-ridley-scott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE MERRY WIDOW Review &#8211; Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier d: Ernst Lubitsch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:46:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10214</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE MERRY WIDOW (1934) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway Screenplay: Ernest Vajda and Samson Raphaelson; from Franz Lehár's operetta Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, The Merry Widow The Merry Widow is neither one of Ernst Lubitsch's most discussed nor best-liked films. Film critics and historians generally tend to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A TALE OF TWO CITIES Review &#8211; Ronald Colman d: Jack Conway</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/a-tale-of-two-cities-ronald-colman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/a-tale-of-two-cities-ronald-colman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:02:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10316</guid> <description><![CDATA[A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1935) Direction: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Donald Woods, Lucille La Verne, Henry B. Walthall, H. B. Warner, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, Isabel Jewell, Tully Marshall, Mitchell Lewis, Robert Warwick Screenplay: W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman; from Charles Dickens' novel Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Jack Conway's A [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/a-tale-of-two-cities-ronald-colman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review d: Michael Curtiz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/casablanca-d-michael-curtiz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/casablanca-d-michael-curtiz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6005</guid> <description><![CDATA[CASABLANCA (1942) Direction: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, S. Z. Sakall, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch; from Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play &#34;Everybody Comes to Rick's&#34; Oscar Movies Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: About three years ago, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/casablanca-d-michael-curtiz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA Review &#8211; Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson d: Woody Allen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/vicky-cristina-barcelona-d-woody-allen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/vicky-cristina-barcelona-d-woody-allen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:10:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith Waterfield</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4272</guid> <description><![CDATA[VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (2008) Direction and Screenplay: Woody Allen Cast: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Chris Messina Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona I saw Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona at its Canadian premiere at the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival to a sold-out crowd in the beautiful Italian [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/vicky-cristina-barcelona-d-woody-allen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD Review d: Alain Resnais</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/last-year-in-marienbad-d-alain-resnais/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/last-year-in-marienbad-d-alain-resnais/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:51:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=2785</guid> <description><![CDATA[L'ANNÉE DERNIÈRE À MARIENBAD / LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961) Direction: Alain Resnais Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff Screenplay: Alain Robbe-Grillet Oscar Movies Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Forget all prior claims you've read about Alain Resnais,&#34; 90-minute, black-and-white effort L'année dernière à Marienbad / Last Year at Marienbad (1961) &#8212; from the bad to the good, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/last-year-in-marienbad-d-alain-resnais/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Review d: Joel and Ethan Coen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/no-country-for-old-men-joel-ethan-coen-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/no-country-for-old-men-joel-ethan-coen-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:28:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19989</guid> <description><![CDATA[NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) Direction: Joel and Ethan Coen Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin, Stephen Root Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen; from Cormac McCarthy's novel Oscar Movies Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men Synopsis: West Texas, 1980: A hunter (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon numerous dead bodies, a stash of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/no-country-for-old-men-joel-ethan-coen-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>POSSESSED Review &#8211; Joan Crawford, Van Heflin d: Curtis Bernhardt</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/possessed-joan-crawford-van-heflin/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/possessed-joan-crawford-van-heflin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:39:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=2685</guid> <description><![CDATA[POSSESSED (1947) Direction: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Moroni Olsen Screenplay: Silvia Richards and Ranald MacDougall; from a story by Rita Weiman Oscar Movies Recommended Van Heflin, Joan Crawford, Possessed From the moment we see her shuffling across town in a comatose stupor to the homicidal climax, Possessed is Joan Crawford's picture all the way. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/possessed-joan-crawford-van-heflin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GANG&#039;S ALL HERE Review &#8211; Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda d: Busby Berkeley</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-gangs-all-here-alice-faye-carmen-miranda/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-gangs-all-here-alice-faye-carmen-miranda/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:16:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=2652</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE GANG'S ALL HERE (1943) Direction: Busby Berkeley Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, James Ellison, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, Sheila Ryan, Eugene Pallette, Tony De Marco, Bando da Lua Screenplay: Walter Bullock; from a story by Nancy Wintner, George Root Jr., and Tom Bridges Oscar Movies Highly Recommended From the moment The Gang's All Here opens with a nightclub production [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-gangs-all-here-alice-faye-carmen-miranda/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>JUNO Review &#8211; Ellen Page, Michael Cera d: Jason Reitman</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/juno-jason-reitman-ellen-page/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/juno-jason-reitman-ellen-page/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:36:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Reginald Williams</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/juno-jason-reitman-ellen-page/</guid> <description><![CDATA[JUNO (2007) Direction: Jason Reitman Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, Rainn Wilson Screenplay: Diablo Cody Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Juno Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody, Juno is what most teen movies are not: non-commercial, with an &#34;agenda&#34; between the pages of its screenplay. In [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/juno-jason-reitman-ellen-page/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SHANKS Review &#8211; Marcel Marceau d: William Castle</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/shanks-william-castle-marcel-marceau/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/shanks-william-castle-marcel-marceau/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:11:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=2556</guid> <description><![CDATA[SHANKS (1974) Direction: William Castle Cast: Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Larry Bishop, Don Calfa Screenplay: Ranald Graham Oscar Movies Recommended Schlock-master William Castle's Shanks, a little-known curiosity piece, is the story (written by Ranald Graham) of Malcolm Shanks, a deaf-mute puppeteer who leaves his abusive family to go to work for the creator of a device that brings the dead back [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/shanks-william-castle-marcel-marceau/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE FALLEN IDOL Review d: Carol Reed</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:41:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE FALLEN IDOL (1948) Direction: Carol Reed Cast: Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald Screenplay: Graham Greene, from his short story &#34;The Basement Room&#34;; additional dialogue by Lesley Storm and William Templeton Oscar Movies Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: The 1948 drama The Fallen Idol is the third film I've [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PAN&#039;S LABYRINTH Review d: Guillermo del Toro</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:20:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/</guid> <description><![CDATA[EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO / PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006) Direction and screenplay: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo Oscar Movies Recommended Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth &#34;If you expect to get laid after this screening,&#34; Guillermo del Toro told the midnight (actually, closer to 1 a.m.) audience at the AFI FEST Los Angeles 2007 premiere [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Review d: Frank Capra</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/mr-deeds-goes-to-town-frank-capra-gary-cooper/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/mr-deeds-goes-to-town-frank-capra-gary-cooper/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:49:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/mr-deeds-goes-to-town-by-frank-capra/</guid> <description><![CDATA[MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) Direction: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Douglass Dumbrille, Lionel Stander, H. B. Warner, Ruth Donnelly, Raymond Walburn, Margaret Seddon, Margaret McWade Screenplay: Robert Riskin; from Clarence Budington Kelland "Opera Hat" Oscar Movies Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Frank Capra By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: There is a tendency among some to think that all the art [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/mr-deeds-goes-to-town-frank-capra-gary-cooper/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Review d: Frank Capra</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:17:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra/</guid> <description><![CDATA[IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) Direction: Frank Capra Cast: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns Screenplay: Robert Riskin; from Samuel Hopkins Adams' short story &#34;Night Bus&#34; Oscar Movies Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: It is a very rare thing when a light-hearted comedy, something that is quintessentially the stuff of a &#34;good movie,&#34; breaches into [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE 400 BLOWS Review d: François Truffaut</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-400-blows-francois-truffaut/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-400-blows-francois-truffaut/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:26:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/03/09/the-400-blows-1959-by-francois-truffaut-dvd-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS / THE 400 BLOWS (1959) Direction: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant Screenplay: François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy Oscar Movies Jean Pierre Léaud, The 400 Blows By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: In 1959, a pair of newly released French films were instantly hailed as classics, going on to become the twin pillars of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-400-blows-francois-truffaut/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LITTLE CHILDREN Review &#8211; Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson d: Todd Field</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/little-children-kate-winslet-todd-field/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/little-children-kate-winslet-todd-field/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:15:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/10/06/little-children-2006-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[LITTLE CHILDREN (2006) Direction: Todd Field Cast: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Phyllis Somerville, Gregg Edelman, Sadie Goldstein, Ty Simpkins Screenplay: Todd Field and Tom Perrotta; from Perrotta's novel Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Little Children Synopsis: Suburbia, U.S.A.: A married man (Patrick Wilson) and a married woman (Kate Winslet) have an affair, while an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/little-children-kate-winslet-todd-field/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NOTES ON A SCANDAL Review &#8211; Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett d: Richard Eyre</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/notes-on-a-scandal-judi-dench-cate-blanchett/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/notes-on-a-scandal-judi-dench-cate-blanchett/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:09:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rosemary Westwell</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/07/notes-on-a-scandal-by-richard-eyre-film-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006) Direction: Richard Eyre Cast: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis, Anne-Marie Duff Screenplay: Patrick Marber; from Zoe Heller's novel Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal Directed by Richard Eyre, Notes on a Scandal is a must-see for those who enjoy a cleverly constructed plot that explores human relationships to the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/notes-on-a-scandal-judi-dench-cate-blanchett/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STRAW DOGS Review d: Sam Peckinpah</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/straw-dogs-sam-peckinpah/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/straw-dogs-sam-peckinpah/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:31:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/28/straw-dogs-1971-by-sam-peckinpah-dvd-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[STRAW DOGS (1971) Direction: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Peter Arne Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah; from Gordon Williams' novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm Oscar Movies Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Straw Dogs By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: If there has ever [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/straw-dogs-sam-peckinpah/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AMARCORD Review d: Federico Fellini</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/amarcord-federico-fellini/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/amarcord-federico-fellini/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:59:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/24/amarcord-1974-by-federico-fellini-dvd-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[AMARCORD (1973) Direction: Federico Fellini Cast: Bruno Zanin, Magali Noël, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei, Luigi Rossi, Gianfilippo Carcano, Josiane Tanzilli, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi , Giuseppe Ianigro, Ferruccio Brembilla Screenplay: Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra Oscar Movies Amarcord By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Federico Fellini's Amarcord has often been linked with Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander as films made by old men [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/amarcord-federico-fellini/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FORBIDDEN PLANET Review &#8211; Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen d: Fred M. Wilcox</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/forbidden-planet-anne-francis-leslie-nielsen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/forbidden-planet-anne-francis-leslie-nielsen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:45:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/09/forbidden-planet-50th-anniversary-two-disc-special-edition/</guid> <description><![CDATA[FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) Direction: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Robby the Robot, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman, Richard Anderson, Jack Kelly, George Wallace, Robert Dix Screenplay: Cyril Hume; from a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest Oscar Movies Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: When one [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/forbidden-planet-anne-francis-leslie-nielsen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE QUEEN Review &#8211; Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen d: Stephen Frears</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-queen-helen-mirren-stephen-frears/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-queen-helen-mirren-stephen-frears/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:49:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/10/08/the-queen-2006-capsule-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE QUEEN (2006) Direction: Stephen Frears Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Sylvia Syms, Helen McCrory, Roger Allam, Julian Firth Screenplay: Peter Morgan Oscar Movies, European Film Award Movies Recommended Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, The Queen A more sober tone would have made Stephen Frears' filmization of Peter Morgan's The Queen screenplay less appealing to a mass audience. However, it would also [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-queen-helen-mirren-stephen-frears/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE CONVERSATION Review d: Francis Ford Coppola</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-conversation-francis-ford-coppola/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-conversation-francis-ford-coppola/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:46:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/11/29/the-conversation-1974-dvd-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE CONVERSATION (1974) Direction and Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth MacRae, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford Oscar Movies Gene Hackman, The Conversation By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica There are some works of art that are both obviously derivative and just as obviously inferior to the originals. Those simply ape the earlier [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-conversation-francis-ford-coppola/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BREATHLESS Review d: Jean-Luc Godard</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/breathless-jean-luc-godard/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/breathless-jean-luc-godard/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:24:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/breathless-jean-luc-godard/</guid> <description><![CDATA[À BOUT DE SOUFFLE / BREATHLESS (1960) Direction: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville Screenplay: Jean-Luc Godard; from a story by François Truffaut Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Breathless By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica The fact that an artist writes boringly to convey boredom, or childishly to convey puerility, has no effect on the resultant work being neither boring nor puerile. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/breathless-jean-luc-godard/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>30</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UMBERTO D. Review d: Vittorio De Sica</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/umberto-d-vittorio-de-sica/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/umberto-d-vittorio-de-sica/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:25:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/09/10/dvd-review-vittorio-de-sicas-umberto-d-1952/</guid> <description><![CDATA[UMBERTO D. (1952) Direction: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari Screenplay: Cesare Zavattini Oscar Movies Flike, Carlo Battisti, Umberto D. By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica Lost between the glare of The Bicycle Thief (1948) and his later films with Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica's 1952 drama Umberto D. stands as an almost forgotten masterpiece of Italian neorealism and one of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/umberto-d-vittorio-de-sica/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BLOWUP Review d: Michelangelo Antonioni</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/blowup-michelangelo-antonioni/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/blowup-michelangelo-antonioni/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:59:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/09/17/dvd-review-michelangelo-antonionis-blowup-1966/</guid> <description><![CDATA[BLOWUP (1966) Direction: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Veruschka, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles Screenplay: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond Oscar Movies David Hemmings, Veruschka, Blowup By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Made in Great Britain in 1966, the flat-out great Blowup was Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language effort. &#34;Inspired&#34; by Argentinean writer Julio Cortazar's short story Las babas [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/blowup-michelangelo-antonioni/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
