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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; political movies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/political-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>Václav Havel Dead at 75: Former Czech President Directed One Movie, Played Bit Parts</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vaclav-havel-death-czech-president-playwright-leaving/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vaclav-havel-death-czech-president-playwright-leaving/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:16:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36245</guid> <description><![CDATA[Former Czech Republic president Václav Havel died from respiratory problems earlier today. Havel, who had been a heavy smoker, was 75. Besides his role as a political dissident during the Communist regime and as a representative of Czechoslovakia's transition from Communist rule to economically and politically troubled constitutional democracy, Havel was also a playwright. A number of his plays were filmed for television throughout the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vaclav-havel-death-czech-president-playwright-leaving/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Clint Eastwood to Make Cameos in Eastwood Family Reality Show?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-family-reality-show-kardashians/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-family-reality-show-kardashians/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:39:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36231</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a couple of Best Director Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood has apparently decided his next goal in life is to be named one of Barbara Walters' &#34;most fascinating&#34; personalities of the year. Hence, as per various online reports, Eastwood may have cameos on a reality TV show starring his wife Dina Eastwood and two of his daughters, Francesca and Morgan. It gets better: the Eastwood [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-family-reality-show-kardashians/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AIDS, War, the Environment, the West Memphis Three: Oscar 2012 Documentary Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aids-war-west-memphis-three-oscar-2012-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aids-war-west-memphis-three-oscar-2012-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:48:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35955</guid> <description><![CDATA[The West Memphis Three: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory AIDS, American football, horses, the environment, war, the American Injustice System, Harry Belafonte. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 semi-finalists for the 2012 Best Documentary Feature Academy Award. Included on the list are James Marsh's Project Nim, a nominee for the British Independent Film Awards; Wim Wenders' [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aids-war-west-memphis-three-oscar-2012-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meryl Streep Criticized, Praised for Margaret Thatcher/THE IRON LADY Portrayal</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/meryl-streep-thatcher-movie-the-iron-lady-accuracy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/meryl-streep-thatcher-movie-the-iron-lady-accuracy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:42:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35905</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady Oscar veteran Meryl Streep may have her name already engraved on the Best Actress statuette for the 2012 Academy Awards &#8212; well, barring a Glenn Close upset &#8212; but those associated with former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher are none too pleased with Streep's performance as the free-marketeering Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, as reported [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/meryl-streep-thatcher-movie-the-iron-lady-accuracy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leonardo DiCaprio/Clint Eastwood/J. EDGAR Opens Modestly; Better Box-Office Chances Overseas?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-clint-eastwood-box-office-j-edgar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-clint-eastwood-box-office-j-edgar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:46:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35845</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Adam Sandler in Drag/JACK AND JILL Below Sandler Box-Office Average; TOWER HEIST Down 45% At no. 5 on the domestic box-office chart this weekend, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar raked in $11.47 million &#8212; at the very lower end of expectations &#8212; as per studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The J. Edgar Hoover biopic starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover, Armie [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-clint-eastwood-box-office-j-edgar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Clint Eastwood/Leonardo DiCaprio J. EDGAR Unlikely to Reach Martin Scorsese/DiCaprio THE AVIATOR Success</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-the-aviator-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-the-aviator-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:53:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35830</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar Henry Cavill/Tarsem Singh IMMORTALS May Reach $38m: Box Office At no. 5 on the domestic box-office chart on Friday, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar raked in $4.25 million as per Box Office Mojo. If the J. Edgar Hoover biopic starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, and Naomi Watts reaches $12 million for the weekend, that means an acceptable &#8212; though not [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-the-aviator-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leonardo DiCaprio/Clint Eastwood J. EDGAR: Middling Box-Office Debut</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-clint-eastwood-armie-hammer-j-edgar-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-clint-eastwood-armie-hammer-j-edgar-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:19:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35823</guid> <description><![CDATA[Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson, Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover, Judi Dench as Anne Marie Hoover, J. Edgar JACK AND JILL/Adam Sandler in Drag: Second-Lowest-Grossing Sandler Comedy in Past Five Years? According to unproven &#8212; and quite possibly unfounded &#8212; rumors, FBI emperor J. Edgar Hoover enjoyed wearing some nice-fitting dresses every now and then. Ironically, this weekend the all-powerful Hoover will surely be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-clint-eastwood-armie-hammer-j-edgar-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Clint Eastwood/Leonardo DiCaprio J. EDGAR Has Okay Opening; Behind MILK: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-box-office-milk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-box-office-milk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:07:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35799</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Hoover biopic J. Edgar grossed $52,645 according to Box Office Mojo. The Warner Bros. release starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the FBI honcho and Armie Hammer as his intimate &#34;friend&#34; Clyde Tolson is currently screening at seven locations. The film's average was a not-too-impressive $7,571 per theater. For comparison's sake: on November 26, 2008, Gus Van Sant's Milk, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/clint-eastwood-leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-box-office-milk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PERSEPOLIS Broadcast: Tunisian Television Station President Apologizes to Offended Muslims</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/persepolis-broadcast-tunisian-television-station-nessma-muslims/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/persepolis-broadcast-tunisian-television-station-nessma-muslims/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:42:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35449</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis Three days ago a group of 200 Fundamentalist Muslims protested outside the headquarters of a television station in Tunis for showing Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi's Academy Award-nominated animated feature Persepolis. What irked the crowd was that Persepolis features an image of God, while Islam forbids all such depictions. &#34;Arab Spring&#34; or no, Nessma TV Nebil Karoui has apologized [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/persepolis-broadcast-tunisian-television-station-nessma-muslims/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iranian Actress Marzieh Vafamehr Sentenced to 90 Lashes, One Year in Prison</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/iranian-actress-marzieh-vafameh-lashes-prison/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/iranian-actress-marzieh-vafameh-lashes-prison/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:38:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35448</guid> <description><![CDATA[Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr, the wife of veteran filmmaker Nasser Taghvai, has been sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison for appearing without a headscarf in Granaz Moussavi's 2009 drama My Tehran for Sale, reports Deadline.com. Imprisoned since July, Vafamehr's sentence was announced by the Iranian opposition website Kalameh.com. Now, whether Iran's theocratic dictatorship has been set afire by Vafamehr's &#34;immodesty&#34; is debatable. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/iranian-actress-marzieh-vafameh-lashes-prison/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another Sarah Palin Movie Bombs: Palin Box-Office Poison</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-box-office-poison-sarah-palin-you-betcha/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-box-office-poison-sarah-palin-you-betcha/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin cutout, filmmaker Nick Broomfield, Sarah Palin &#8211; You Betcha! Anna Faris-Chris Evans-Zachary Quinto/WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?: One of Worst Box-Office Openings Ever Sarah Palin &#8211; You Betcha! is the second Sarah Palin movie to bomb this year. Directed by sometime collaborators Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill, Palin's You Betcha! movie collected an estimated $7,400 at 6 locations in North America this weekend, averaging a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-box-office-poison-sarah-palin-you-betcha/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nadine Labaki Musical WHERE DO WE GO NOW?: Toronto Surprise Winner</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/nadine-labaki-lebanon-where-do-we-go-now/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/nadine-labaki-lebanon-where-do-we-go-now/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:15:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nadine Labaki, Where Do We Go Now? Lebanese actress-filmmaker Nadine Labaki's second feature, the musical Et maintenant, on va où? / Where Do We Go Now?, was the surprise winner of the Toronto Film Festival's Cadillac People's Choice Award. Toronto doesn't have a jury like Cannes, Berlin, or Venice; festivalgoers pick the winner each year. Apparently inspired by Aristophanes' Lysistrata &#8212; which presents women as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/nadine-labaki-lebanon-where-do-we-go-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI Review</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-made-in-miami-gaspar-gonzalez-alan-tomlinson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-made-in-miami-gaspar-gonzalez-alan-tomlinson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35157</guid> <description><![CDATA[MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI (2008) Produced by Gaspar González, Alan Tomlinson Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami. Photo: © Bob Gomel MUHAMMAD ALI:THE GREATEST Review d: Carlos Larkin Shot in 2008 and clocking in at 54 minutes, Gaspar González and Alan Tomlinson's PBS documentary Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami covers much of the same terrain as Carlos Larkin's Muhammad Ali: The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/muhammad-ali-made-in-miami-gaspar-gonzalez-alan-tomlinson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Burt Lancaster on TCM: THE LEOPARD, A CHILD IS WAITING, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/burt-lancaster-the-leopard-scorpio-the-killers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/burt-lancaster-the-leopard-scorpio-the-killers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27631</guid> <description><![CDATA[Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, The Leopard Burt Lancaster is Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; featured star today, August 25. TCM is presenting 11 Burt Lancaster movies, including two premieres: The Leopard and Scorpio. [Burt Lancaster Movie Schedule.] A powerful but hammy leading man who developed into a first-rate mature actor-star in movies such as Luchino Visconti's Conversation Piece and Louis Malle's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/burt-lancaster-the-leopard-scorpio-the-killers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover, Naomi Watts as Helen Gandy: J. EDGAR Photo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-hoover-naomi-watts-j-edgar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-hoover-naomi-watts-j-edgar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:45:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27597</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover, Naomi Watts as Helen Gandy in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar As J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's notoriously corrupt, rabidly power-hungry topdog, Leonardo DiCaprio looks very much like Leonardo DiCaprio in the above still from Clint Eastwood's Hoover biopic J. Edgar. As Hoover's secretary Helen Gandy, Naomi Watts looks like Nicole Kidman without makeup. Watts certainly looks nothing at all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leonardo-dicaprio-j-edgar-hoover-naomi-watts-j-edgar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Obama Administration-Kathryn Bigelow&#039;s KILLING BIN LADEN Connection: Republican Congressman Wants Investigation</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/obama-administration-kathryn-bigelow-killing-bin-laden-investigation/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/obama-administration-kathryn-bigelow-killing-bin-laden-investigation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:13:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27559</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker's Academy Award winners Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal have been receiving assistance from the Barack Obama Administration for their project about the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan earlier this year, according to a Maureen Dowd report in the New York Times. In her article, Dowd affirms that &#34;the moviemakers are getting top-level [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/obama-administration-kathryn-bigelow-killing-bin-laden-investigation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Josephine Baker, Abbas Kiarostami, THE BAND&#039;S VISIT, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS: Arabs &amp; Muslims on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/josephine-baker-abbas-kiarostami-the-battle-of-algiers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/josephine-baker-abbas-kiarostami-the-battle-of-algiers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:20:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27473</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers On July 22, 76 people were killed at a couple of terrorist attacks in Norway. Immediately, Arab/Muslim groups were suspected/accused of the mass murder. Imagine the shock and horror of those clamoring for the expulsion of the Muslim Menace from Europe when the death and mayhem turned out to be the carefully planned acts of a white European nationalist, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/josephine-baker-abbas-kiarostami-the-battle-of-algiers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sarah Palin Movie THE UNDEFEATED NOT Opening-Weekend Box-Office Flop</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-movie-the-undefeated-not-box-office-flop/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-movie-the-undefeated-not-box-office-flop/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:19:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27418</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin is The Undefeated Despite reports to the contrary, the Sarah Palin movie The Undefeated did not play to empty houses on its first weekend out in North America. According to Box Office Mojo, The Undefeated brought in $65,132 at 10 locations over the weekend of July 15-17; the Stephen K. Bannon-directed film's per-theater average was a so-so $6,513. So, &#34;so-so&#34; may not mean [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sarah-palin-movie-the-undefeated-not-box-office-flop/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, YOUNG WINSTON, THE FOUR FEATHERS on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lawrence-of-arabia-young-winston-the-four-feathers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lawrence-of-arabia-young-winston-the-four-feathers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:18:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27390</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Race and Hollywood: Arab Images on Film&#34; continues this evening with four movies about European powers and their difficult relationship with &#34;the Arab races&#34;: Lawrence of Arabia, Lion of the Desert, The Four Feathers, and Young Winston. In David Lean's sprawling Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole is a much taller version of T. E. Lawrence, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lawrence-of-arabia-young-winston-the-four-feathers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL: Chinese Communist Propaganda Movie Premiered</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/beginning-of-the-great-revival-chinese-communist-propaganda/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/beginning-of-the-great-revival-chinese-communist-propaganda/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:38:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27214</guid> <description><![CDATA[Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping's Beginning of the Great Revival Political propaganda has always been a movie staple, from Rupert Julian's The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin, made during World War I, and Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi-glorifying Triumph of the Will to Leo McCarey's anti-Red My Son John and Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping's pro-Red Beginning of the Great Revival. Featuring an all-star that includes John [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/beginning-of-the-great-revival-chinese-communist-propaganda/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 6</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Mike Nichols-Elaine May's PRIMARY COLORS: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 5 Directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, the documentary Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer attempts to show that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's downfall was quite possibly set up by his powerful Wall Street enemies. Unlike [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PRIMARY COLORS: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 5</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emma Thompson, John Travolta, Primary Colors Primary Colors (1998) Antonio Capuano's PIANESE NUNZIO: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 4 Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Elaine May, adapting Newsweek political columnist Joe Klein's novel, Primary Colors is a surprisingly effective fictionalized account of Bill Clinton's run for the White House. In the film, Southern senator Jack Stanton (John Travolta) is an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PIANESE NUNZIO: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 4</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pianese-nunzio-gay-priest-sex-scandal-teenager/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pianese-nunzio-gay-priest-sex-scandal-teenager/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:43:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27204</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emanuele Gargiulo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Pianese Nunzio Pianese Nunzio, Fourteen in May (2006) Franklin J. Schaffner-Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 3 Writer-director Antonio Capuano's Pianese Nunzio, Fourteen in May focuses not on a political figure, but on a politically active religious one. Set in Naples, Pianese Nunzio chronicles the anti-mafia crusade waged by Don Lorenzo Borrelli (Fabrizio Bentivoglio). [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pianese-nunzio-gay-priest-sex-scandal-teenager/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BEST MAN: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 3</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-best-man-sex-cliff-robertson-homosexuality/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-best-man-sex-cliff-robertson-homosexuality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:42:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27203</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cliff Robertson, The Best Man The Best Man (1964) Otto Preminger's ADVISE &#38; CONSENT: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 2 Adapted by Gore Vidal from his own play, The Best Man has more dirty politics, more homoerotic activity in the distant past, and more Henry Fonda. The &#34;Best Man&#34; of the title refers to the guy who shall eventually win the presidency [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-best-man-sex-cliff-robertson-homosexuality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ADVISE &amp; CONSENT: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/advise-and-consent-don-murray-gay-blackmail/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/advise-and-consent-don-murray-gay-blackmail/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:41:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27201</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Advise &#38; Consent Advise &#38; Consent (1962) Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies: Introduction Especially after his departure from 20th Century Fox in the early 1950s, Otto Preminger set out to break one taboo after another. He took on the Production Code Administration when he released the 1953 sex comedy The Moon Is Blue without a seal of approval, cast [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/advise-and-consent-don-murray-gay-blackmail/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>Princess Diana Death/Conspiracy Documentary UNLAWFUL KILLING: Cannes 2011 Controversy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/princess-diana-death-unlawful-killing-keith-allen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/princess-diana-death-unlawful-killing-keith-allen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 18:23:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27057</guid> <description><![CDATA[Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, Unlawful Killing Screened at Cannes on Friday, Keith Allen's documentary about the British royal family, Unlawful Killing, will likely fail to find the popular reception accorded to The Queen, The King's Speech, and Will and Kate's wedding. After all, the self-proclaimed &#34;antidote to The King's Speech,&#34; is a documentary that, as per The Associated Press, &#34;claims Britain's royals are racist 'gangsters [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/princess-diana-death-unlawful-killing-keith-allen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meryl Streep&#039;s Margaret Thatcher Film THE IRON LADY Acquired by The Weinstein Company</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/meryl-streep-the-iron-lady-the-weinstein-company/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/meryl-streep-the-iron-lady-the-weinstein-company/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:27:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher drama The Iron Lady has been acquired for U.S. distribution by The Weinstein Company (TWC). Directed by Mamma Mia!'s Phyllida Lloyd, and featuring Jim Broadbent as Thatcher’s husband, Denis, The Iron Lady is expected to hit U.S. theaters some time in 2011. That, of course, means the 17th Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/meryl-streep-the-iron-lady-the-weinstein-company/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dana Wynter Dies: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, AIRPORT</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dana-wynter-death-the-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dana-wynter-death-the-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 19:26:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27007</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dana Wynter Dana Wynter died Thursday, May 5, of congestive heart failure at Ojai Valley Community Hospital's Continuing Care Center, located in the small hilly community about 60 miles north of Los Angeles. She would have turned 80 on June 8. Though never a top film star, Dana Wynter holds a place of honor in film history: she is the heroine who falls asleep in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dana-wynter-death-the-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steven Spielberg&#039;s LINCOLN Adds Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Film to Be Shot in Virginia</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-spielberg-lincoln-tommy-lee-jones-joseph-gordon-levitt/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-spielberg-lincoln-tommy-lee-jones-joseph-gordon-levitt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 23:53:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26988</guid> <description><![CDATA[Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals Oscar 2013 watch: Steven Spielberg's Lincoln has added several prestigious names to its cast. Two-time Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis (as Abraham Lincoln) and Sally Field (as Lincoln's wife, Mary Lincoln) will be joined by Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Jones will play Republican leader and congressman Thaddeus Stevens; Gordon-Levitt will incarnate Robert Todd Lincoln, the president's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-spielberg-lincoln-tommy-lee-jones-joseph-gordon-levitt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Michael Collins&#039; GIVE UP TOMORROW: Tribeca 2011 Audience Award Winner</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-collins-give-up-tomorrow-tribeca-2011-audience-award-winner/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-collins-give-up-tomorrow-tribeca-2011-audience-award-winner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 07:58:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26950</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Collins' Give Up Tomorrow Newcomer Michael Collins' documentary Give Up Tomorrow, about a gross &#8212; and apparently willful &#8212; miscarriage of justice in The Philippines, was named the winner of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival's Audience Award earlier this evening at the festival's wrap-up party at Eye Beam in New York City. Collins will receive a cash prize of $25,000. [Full list of Tribeca [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-collins-give-up-tomorrow-tribeca-2011-audience-award-winner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ATLAS SHRUGGED Producer: There May Be Parts II, III, But Without Betraying Ayn Rand&#039;s Principles</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-sequels-ayn-rand-john-aglialoro/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-sequels-ayn-rand-john-aglialoro/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:15:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26943</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart, Atlas Shrugged: Part I The marketplace not only shrugged at, but downright turned its back on Atlas Shrugged: Part I, the widely derided film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel about the individual's struggle against collectivism and government forces. Directed by Paul Johansson from a screenplay by John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O'Toole, and starring Taylor Schilling as Rand's heroine [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-sequels-ayn-rand-john-aglialoro/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin Photo: HBO&#039;s GAME CHANGE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julianne-moore-sarah-palin-hbo-game-change/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julianne-moore-sarah-palin-hbo-game-change/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:40:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26929</guid> <description><![CDATA[Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, Game Change Julianne Moore (not Tina Fey?) as Sarah Palin, the bespectacled creature from the far corners of the world that the Republican party unleashed during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. At that time, Palin's Bridge to Nowhere almost took her to the vice-presidency of the United States; now four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore brings her to life in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julianne-moore-sarah-palin-hbo-game-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Illegal Immigration Screenings: THE FENCE, WHICH WAY HOME at the Academy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:36:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26868</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rebecca Cammisa's Which Way Home Rory Kennedy's The Fence and Rebecca Cammisa's Academy Award-nominated Which Way Home will be screened as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 29th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Directed Kennedy is expected to in attendance. Admission to all screenings in the series [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ATLAS SHRUGGED Box Office Pt.2: Popular Among Tea Party Crowd</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-taylor-schilling-tea-party-politics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-taylor-schilling-tea-party-politics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:20:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26860</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taylor Schilling in Paul Johansson's film adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand's ATLAS SHRUGGED Box Office Part I According to The Hollywood Reporter, &#34;The makers of Atlas have been working to get organizers to insert mentions of the film into the millions of e-mails that go out to the faithful, and Tea Partiers have obliged. &#8230; One recent e-mail to Tea Partiers in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-taylor-schilling-tea-party-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ayn Rand&#039;s ATLAS SHRUGGED Box Office: Critically Lambasted Ideological Drama Does Middling Business</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ayn-rand-atlas-shrugged-box-office-tea-party/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ayn-rand-atlas-shrugged-box-office-tea-party/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:18:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26859</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taylor Schilling in Paul Johansson's film adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Russell Brand-Helen Mirren's ARTHUR Plummets on Friday: Box Office Neither liberals nor libertarians (and the latter group's far-right cohorts) fared very well at the North American box office on Friday, April 15, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. As mentioned in my previous post, Robert Redford's period political drama The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ayn-rand-atlas-shrugged-box-office-tea-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</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>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>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>SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS Review &#8211; Julia Jentsch d: Marc Rothemund</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sophie-scholl-the-final-days-marc-rothemund/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sophie-scholl-the-final-days-marc-rothemund/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:04:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sophie-scholl-the-final-days-marc-rothemund/</guid> <description><![CDATA[SOPHIE SCHOLL &#8211; DIE LETZTEN TAGE / SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS (2005) Direction: Marc Rothemund Cast: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Gerald Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke Screenplay: Fred Breinersdorfer Oscar Movies, European Film Award Movies Recommended Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Directed with clenched fists by Berlin Film Festival winner Marc Rothemund, who seems to have been at least [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sophie-scholl-the-final-days-marc-rothemund/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MERRY CHRISTMAS Review &#8211; Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Diane Kruger d: Christian Carion</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/merry-christmas-christian-carion/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/merry-christmas-christian-carion/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:18:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/merry-christmas-christian-carion/</guid> <description><![CDATA[JOYEUX NOËL / MERRY CHRISTMAS (2005) Direction and screenplay: Christian Carion Cast: Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Benno Fürmann, Diane Kruger, Alex Ferns, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Lucas Belvaux, Steven Robertson, Ian Richardson, Michel Serrault, Suzanne Flon Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Alex Ferns, Daniel Brühl, Guillaume Canet, Merry Christmas Inspired by an actual World War I ceasefire that took place around Christmastime 1914, director-screenwriter Christian [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/merry-christmas-christian-carion/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GANGS OF NEW YORK Review &#8211; Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:53:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese/</guid> <description><![CDATA[GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) Direction: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, John C. Reilly, Gary Lewis, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings Screenplay: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, from a story by Cocks. (Herbert Asbury's Gangs of New York treads on some of the same territory shown in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/gangs-of-new-york-martin-scorsese/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HOTEL RWANDA Review &#8211; Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo d: Terry George</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/hotel-rwanda-terry-george-don-cheadle/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/hotel-rwanda-terry-george-don-cheadle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:40:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/hotel-rwanda-terry-george-don-cheadle/</guid> <description><![CDATA[HOTEL RWANDA (2004) Direction: Terry George Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube, Neil McCarthy, Jean Reno Screenplay: Keir Pearson and Terry George Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Sophie Okonedo, Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda In the second quarter of 1994, while much of the world was gearing up to the World Cup to be held in Los Angeles, one of history's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/hotel-rwanda-terry-george-don-cheadle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE CONTENDER Review &#8211; Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman d: Rod Lurie</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:41:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE CONTENDER (2000) Direction and screenplay: Rod Lurie Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William L. Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Robin Thomas, Mike Binder, Mariel Hemingway, Kathryn Morris, Kristen Shaw Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Saul Rubinek, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, The Contender &#34;Principles only mean anything when we stick by them when they're inconvenient,&#34; says Senator Laine [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE FIXER Review Pt.2 &#8211; d: John Frankenheimer</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-fixer-review-pt-2-d-john-frankenheimer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-fixer-review-pt-2-d-john-frankenheimer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:10:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26230</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE FIXER Review &#8211; Part I Most of those monologues are given to leading man Alan Bates, as The Fixer is set up as a showcase for the respected film and stage actor then near the peak of his popularity following leads in prestigious productions such as Silvio Narizzano's Georgy Girl and John Schlesinger's Far from the Madding Crowd. As Bates' contracts apparently stipulated that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-fixer-review-pt-2-d-john-frankenheimer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE FIXER Review &#8211; Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fixer-john-frankenheimer-alan-bates/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fixer-john-frankenheimer-alan-bates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fixer-john-frankenheimer-alan-bates/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE FIXER (1968) Direction: John Frankenheimer Cast: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Ian Holm, David Opatoshu, David Warner, Carol White Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo; from Bernard Malamud's 1966 novel Oscar Movies Alan Bates, Ian Holm (background), Dirk Bogarde, The Fixer In 1969, director John Frankenheimer declared that he felt &#34;better about The Fixer than anything I've ever done in my life.&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fixer-john-frankenheimer-alan-bates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>JFK Review d: Oliver Stone</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/jfk-oliver-stone-kevin-costner/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/jfk-oliver-stone-kevin-costner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:54:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/jfk-oliver-stone-kevin-costner/</guid> <description><![CDATA[JFK (1991) Direction: Oliver Stone Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Laurie Metcalf, Jack Lemmon, Sally Kirkland, Jay O. Sanders, Edward Asner, Walter Matthau, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Rooker, John Candy, Donald Sutherland Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar; from Jim Marrs' book Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy and Jim Garrison's book On the Trail of the Assassins [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/jfk-oliver-stone-kevin-costner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>OPERATION THUNDERBOLT Review &#8211; Klaus Kinski, Yehoram Gaon, Sybil Danning d: Menahem Golan</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/operation-thunderbolt-menahem-golam/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/operation-thunderbolt-menahem-golam/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:15:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/operation-thunderbolt-menahem-golam/</guid> <description><![CDATA[MIVTSA YONATAN / OPERATION THUNDERBOLT (1977) Direction: Menahem Golan Cast: Klaus Kinski, Yehoram Gaon, Sybil Danning, Assaf Dayan, Gila Almagor, Assaf Dayan, Mark Heath Screenplay: Menahem Golan and Clarke Reynolds Oscar Movies Klaus Kinski, Sybil Danning, Operation Thunderbolt Despite the complex and gripping real-life basis for Mivtsa Yonatan / Operation Thunderbolt &#8212; the 1976 hijacking of a Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris Air France flight &#8212; director-co-producer-co-scenarist Menahem [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/operation-thunderbolt-menahem-golam/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT Review – Claus Holm, Mario Adorf d: Robert Siodmak</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/devil-strikes-at-night-robert-siodmak/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/devil-strikes-at-night-robert-siodmak/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:25:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/devil-strikes-at-night-robert-siodmak/</guid> <description><![CDATA[NACHTS, WENN DER TEUFEL KAM / THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT (1957) Direction: Robert Siodmak Cast: Claus Holm, Annemarie Düringer, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Carl Lange, Werner Peters Screenplay: Werner Jörg Lüddecke; from an article by Will Berthold Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Mario Adorf in The Devil Strikes at Night After more than a decade in Hollywood, German-born director Robert Siodmak (nominated for an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/devil-strikes-at-night-robert-siodmak/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DOWNFALL Review – Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler d: Oliver Hirschbiegel</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/downfall-untergang-hirschbiegel-ganz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/downfall-untergang-hirschbiegel-ganz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:51:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/downfall-untergang-hirschbiegel-ganz/</guid> <description><![CDATA[DER UNTERGANG / DOWNFALL (2004) Direction: Oliver Hirschbiegel Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Heino Ferch, Thomas Kretschmann Screenplay: Bernd Eichinger; from Joachim Fest's book Untergang: Hitler und das Ende des Dritten Reiches / Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich and Traudl Junge and Melissa Müller's Bis zur letzten Stunde / Until the Final Hour: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/downfall-untergang-hirschbiegel-ganz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
