Film author and historian Anthony Slide discusses the subjects of The Silent Feminists, the story of the American film industry’s pioneering women directors.
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Film historian Anthony Slide discusses The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché, about the life and career of the world’s ‘first woman director.’
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Belfast movie: Kenneth Branagh is shooting his ‘most personal film,’ set in tumultuous 1960s Northern Ireland. Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan among stars.
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Little Fugitive director Morris Engel was the post-WWII ‘Father of American Independent Cinema,’ inspiring John Cassavetes and the French New Wave.
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‘Under the Volcano’ screening: John Huston’s ‘quality’ comeback starring daring Albert Finney As part of its John Huston film series, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will be presenting the…
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Amazing Tales from the Archives: SFSFF spotlights unusual movie audio system, pioneering female documentarian and memorably inventive comedy fantasies.
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Blake Edwards Movies: The Pink Panther filmmaker at his best directing not slapstick but more refined comedies and surprisingly effective serious dramas.
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William Cameron Menzies Movies: Murderous Joan Fontaine, Howard Hughes’ Nazi Communists out to destroy American Way of Life.
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Quentin Tarantino Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame: Peaceful ceremony Despite Police Threats of ‘Surprise’ Against The Hateful Eight Director.
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And Then There Were None Movie Remake: Oscar Nominee Morten Tyldum to Direct reboot of classic Agatha Christie mystery bestseller.
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Jean-Luc Godard Solution for Greek Debt Crisis is a simple one that quite literally involves the use of the Aristotelian concept of Logic.
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Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg to Join Woody Allen Movie Project? Untitled Film also reportedly to feature Bruce Willis.
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Kristen Stewart Joins Kelly Reichardt Movie also with Laura Dern and Michelle Williams. History-making César winner Stewart to play lawyer.
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Luis Buñuel Movies: Subversive, Challenging Viridiana (‘blasphemous’ according to the Vatican) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
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Pretty Poison with Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins: Noel Black-directed cult crime classic. Cult movie classic Pretty Poison filmmaker Noel Black has died Noel Black, best remembered for the 1968…
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Chris Hemsworth in Snow White and the Huntsman. ‘The Huntsman’ release date announced as ‘Snow White and the Huntsman 2’ drops Snow White a.k.a. Kristen Stewart Universal’s Snow White and…
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Best Picture tie surprise: Gravity was one of the winners. Producers Guild of America Awards: ‘Gravity’ & ’12 Years a Slave’ tie for Best Picture Earlier this evening, Jan. 19,…
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Justin Bieber Believe Bombs but comparisons to Never Say Never unfair + David O. Russell Movies: All-Star Crime Film to become his biggest box office hit?
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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…
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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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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…
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Channing Tatum ‘Magic Mike 2’ Director? & Genghis Khan Admirer + Robert Pattinson Gets New Director?
Channing Tatum in a rare non-shirtless moment in Magic Mike. Channing Tatum to direct ‘Magic Mike 2’? Channing Tatum, whose White House Down opens this evening in North America, may…
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Bryan Forbes. Bryan Forbes has died: Katharine Hepburn & Leslie Caron + the original ‘The Stepford Wives’ director Director Bryan Forbes, whose films include the then-daring The L-Shaped Room, the…
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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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Grace of Monaco Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly. Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly in ‘Grace of Monaco’: Best Actress Oscar nominee? Nicole Kidman Best Actress Academy Award nominee (possibly winner)…
Hal Prince Broadway musical legend: Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator + remembering subversive cult classic.
Ernst Lubitsch movies’ subtle touch now passé in our age of sledgehammer filmmaking but The Student Prince and The Merry Widow still delight.
Christopher Nolan New Movie Release Date: Batman Trilogy diretor’s films are as eagerly anticipated as Steven Spielberg’s in 1980s.
Marc Allégret: From André Gide Protégé (and lover) to Simone Simon Mentor. Allégret was one of French cinema’s greatest starmakers.
Oldest person in movies: Manoel de Oliveira. Oldest person in movies? Following the recent passing of 1931 Dracula actress Carla Laemmle at age 104, there is one less movie centenarian…
Hal Needham: Stuntman & Burt Reynolds director was last year’s Honorary Oscar recipient Veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator Hal Needham, whose stunt-work movie credits ranged from John Ford Westerns to…
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,…