Ritesh Batra’s Mumbai-set debut feature The Lunchbox weaves a ‘socio-romantic’ narrative connecting a married woman and an unhappy widower.
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Marta Eggerth ca. 1935: Central Europe’s Jeanette MacDonald. Operetta and film star Marta Eggerth dead at 101: The Jeanette MacDonald of Central European cinema Marta Eggerth, an international star in…
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Rossana Podesta in Helen of Troy with Jacques Sernas. Rossana Podesta dies: ‘Helen of Troy’ actress later featured in sword-and-sandal spectacles & risqué sex comedies Rossana Podesta, the sensual star…
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The Emigrants with Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the New York Film Critics Circle handed out top awards to a couple of…
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Colonialism in Africa and its lasting legacy: The Wilby Conspiracy with Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, Prunella Gee, and Rutger Hauer. Shot in Kenya with an international cast, Ralph Nelson’s South…
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Cry, the Beloved Country with Canada Lee and Sidney Poitier. Directed by Hungarian-born Zoltan Korda (The Four Feathers, Sahara) from a screenplay by an uncredited John Howard Lawson – one…
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Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Directed by and starring a couple of Englishmen, respectively Justin Chadwick and Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom has been indifferently…
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Norma Bengell and John Herbert in As Cariocas. Norma Bengell: Iconic (and controversial) Brazilian film, stage & TV star made history as first actress seen naked (full frontal) in a…
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Patrice Chéreau and Queen Margot star Isabelle Adjani. Patrice Chéreau dies: French director best known for ‘Queen Margot’ & gay-related dramas Screenwriter, sometime actor, and stage, opera, and film director…
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Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 with Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski. ‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’ 1979: Werner Herzog German-language version screening Werner Herzog’s stylish 1979 horror drama Nosferatu the Vampyre will have…
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Clint Eastwood Western movies: The Good the Bad and the Ugly stars the former U.S. TV actor & B Hollywood flick performer as the silent, strong – and unfeeling, unwashed,…
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European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Award-less veteran actress Danielle Darrieux. European Film Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Only three female recipients to date As mentioned in the previous post, French…
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With the mostly Havana-set refugee drama Una Noche, narrative feature newcomer Lucy Mulloy proves herself a capable screenwriter-director.
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Alec Guinness. Alec Guinness movies: Pre-‘Star Wars’ Guinness runs the gamut from Dickens’ Fagin to Japanese businessman romancing Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars”…
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s good but sadistic thriller Only God Forgives isn’t for the uninitiated. Ryan Gosling and a malevolent Kristin Scott Thomas star.
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Alfred Hitchcock silent films’ Unesco honor: Ivor Novello in The Lodger. Alfred Hitchcock silent films added to Unesco UK Memory of the World Register The nine Alfred Hitchcock silent films…
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Peyman Moaadi Kristen Stewart movie Camp X-Ray reportedly gets leading man: Peyman Moaadi June 24 update: Two Kristen Stewart movie projects were announced a couple of weeks ago: Olivier Assayas’…
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Léa Seydoux in Blue Is the Warmest Color. ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ graphic novel writer Julie Maroh discusses Abdellatif Kechiche’s film adaptation + lesbian sex scenes Julie Maroh, the…
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Eddie Romero. Eddie Romero dies: Filipino filmmaker best known for his exploitation horror and action movies Eddie Romero, one of most best-known Filipino filmmakers, died of prostate cancer on Tuesday,…
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Alfredo Landa. Alfredo Landa, Cannes Best Actor winner dead at 80 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor winner Alfredo Landa, who was featured in more than 100 Spanish movies, died May…
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Robert Pattinson: Mission Blacklist. Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist movie: Filming in August? Mission: Blacklist is not the upcoming fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise. For the…
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Oscar host Seth MacFarlane: Off-color jokes and dance numbers led to raised eyebrows and complaints. Oscar host debate + producers return Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return next year…
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Jesus Franco a.k.a. Jess Franco: Cult sex & horror filmmaker. Jesús Franco a.k.a. Jess Franco: Cult sex & horror Spanish filmmaker dead at 82 “I think I was born because…
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Richard Griffiths in The History Boys with Dominic Cooper. ‘Harry Potter’ actor Richard Griffiths dead at 65: Renowned for gay roles in ‘The History Boys’ & ‘Withnail & I’ Richard…
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Gay Movie Scenes: Paul America in Andy Warhol’s My Hustler. Controversial Gay Movie Scenes at LACMA: Andy Warhol & Gus Van Sant + Jean Genet Whether or not you find…
Edouard Molinaro: La Cage aux Folles’ Oscar-nominated filmmaker. La Cage aux Folles director Edouard Molinaro collaborated with Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau & Orson Welles Edouard Molinaro, best known internationally for…
Zhang Ziyi: Actress seen in The Grandmaster. Golden Horse Awards: Singapore’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission wins Best Picture Surprisingly, the 2013 Golden Horse Award for Best Picture was…
Bryce Dallas Howard. Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World? Howard possibly the next female star in Jurassic Park franchise Bryce Dallas Howard, Rush director Ron Howard’s daughter perhaps best known…
Catharine Deneuve. Catherine Deneuve: Style & talent on TCM tonight A day to rejoice on Turner Classic Movies: Catherine Deneuve, one of the few true Living Film Legends, is TCM’s…
Un Flic with Alain Delon. Un Flic (1972) movie review: Un Flic: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘late noir classic’ Jean-Pierre Melville’s last film, Un Flic / A Cop (1972), is a late…
Gay Erotic Thriller Wins Cannes Award + Jerry Lewis ‘Disastrous’ Comeback + ‘Pussy Riot’ Documentary
Gay erotic thriller Stranger by the Lake: Cannes Film Festival’s Queer Palm winner. Gay erotic thriller ‘Stranger by the Lake’ is Cannes’ Queer Palm winner Writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s gay erotic…
Sara Montiel Sara Montiel: Legendary Spanish movie and recording superstar Sara Montiel, a.k.a. Sarita Montiel a.k.a. Saritisima, one of the Spanish-speaking world’s biggest film and recording stars, died yesterday, April…