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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; historical movies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/historical-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 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Raúl Ruiz Homage, Aki Kaurismäki Booed: Rotterdam Film Festival 2012</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/raul-ruiz-rotterdam-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/raul-ruiz-rotterdam-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36988</guid> <description><![CDATA[Raúl Ruiz The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will be paying tribute to Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz, who died in August at age 70, with a screening of his first film, La Maleta (1963) and one of his last, Ballet Aquatique (2011), at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 31. Among those expected to reminisce about Ruiz are actor Melvil Poupaud, producer François Margolin, Australian journalist and &#34;Ruiz expert&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/raul-ruiz-rotterdam-film-festival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Benoît Jacquot/Diane Kruger/FAREWELL, MY QUEEN: Berlin Film Festival 2012 Opening Night Movie</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diane-kruger-farewell-my-queen-berlin-2012-benoit-jacquot/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diane-kruger-farewell-my-queen-berlin-2012-benoit-jacquot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:42:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36454</guid> <description><![CDATA[Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, Farewell, My Queen The world premiere of Les Adieux à la reine / Farewell, My Queen will open the 2012 Berlin Film Festival next February 9. Directed by Benoît Jacquot (Tosca, Villa Amalia, Deep in the Woods), Farewell, My Queen stars Inglourious Basterds' Diane Kruger (as Marie Antoinette), Midnight in Paris' Léa Seydoux, and Army of Crime's Virginie Ledoyen. Adapted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diane-kruger-farewell-my-queen-berlin-2012-benoit-jacquot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>QUEEN CHRISTINA &#8211; Greta Garbo, John Gilbert d: Rouben Mamoulian</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/queen-christina-greta-garbo-gilbert-mamoulian/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/queen-christina-greta-garbo-gilbert-mamoulian/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:20:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10183</guid> <description><![CDATA[Queen Christina (1933) Direction: Rouben Mamoulian Screenplay: H. M. Harwood and S. N. Behrman Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, David Torrence &#160; &#160; One of the most ambitious productions of the early 1930s, Queen Christina remains surprisingly modern in its execution thanks in large part to Rouben Mamoulian's assured hand. Those looking for historical [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/queen-christina-greta-garbo-gilbert-mamoulian/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Liam Neeson to Star in CLASH OF THE TITANS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/liam-neeson-clash-of-the-titans/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/liam-neeson-clash-of-the-titans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:02:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9971</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liam Neeson, 56, whose wife Natasha Richardson died last March 18, is set to begin work on a remake of Clash of the Titans. Neeson will play Zeus, the ancient Greeks' top god (Zeus is akin to the Latin Deus, God), a role played by Laurence Olivier in the 1981 film. Louis Leterrier, of The Incredible Hulk, is set to direct the new version, which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/liam-neeson-clash-of-the-titans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GONE WITH THE WIND: A 70th Anniversary Celebration</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gone-with-the-wind-a-70th-anniversary-celebration/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gone-with-the-wind-a-70th-anniversary-celebration/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:20:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9742</guid> <description><![CDATA[Among the special events at the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival, which runs April 16-25, is &#34;Gone With the Wind: A 70th Anniversary Celebration,&#34; with the presence of Turner Classic Movie's host and film historian Robert Osborne, Baltimore Sun critic Michael Sragow, and author/critic Molly Haskell. On Saturday, April 18, at 8:00 pm, &#34;The Gone With the Wind Legacy&#34; will feature a discussion with Osborne, Sragow [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gone-with-the-wind-a-70th-anniversary-celebration/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALEXANDER Review: Sexually Confused Hero</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alexander-the-great-gay-sexually-confused-hero/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alexander-the-great-gay-sexually-confused-hero/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35855</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great, Alexander ALEXANDER Review Pt.2: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer That is the casting of Colin Farrell, who lacks the necessary charisma to make one believe that all those men would follow him for thousands of miles to risk life and limb in a fight against a much more powerful enemy, Darius' Persian Empire. Farrell looks particularly out of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alexander-the-great-gay-sexually-confused-hero/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALEXANDER Review: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/alexander-colin-farrell/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/alexander-colin-farrell/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15370</guid> <description><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Colin Farrell, Alexander ALEXANDER Review Pt.1. [Photo: Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great.] Alexander begins with an homage to Citizen Kane, in which a ring falls from the hand of the dying emperor. The similarities to Orson Welles' analysis of another deeply flawed historical figure end there. Fast forward several decades to Alexandria, Egypt, where Ptolemy (a mechanical Anthony Hopkins), self-proclaimed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/alexander-colin-farrell/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALEXANDER Review d: Oliver Stone</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/alexander-oliver-stone/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/alexander-oliver-stone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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