Darren Lynn Bousman and Alexa Vega. On July 18, the day of the world premiere of Repo! The Genetic Opera, I was fortunate enough to be able to interview the …
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Pietro Germi. Though not as well remembered as several of his contemporaries such as Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti, Pietro Germi was a respected director of Italian dramas and – …
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The War of the Worlds with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson (top); George Pal ca. early 1950s (bottom). “George Pal: Discovering the Fantastic,” a centennial celebration hosted by director Joe …
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Youssef Chahine, possibly the world’s most renowned Arab filmmaker and the winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, died today at Al-Maadi Military Hospital in …
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François Cluzet in Tell No One. Several weeks ago, I chatted with actor-director-screenwriter Guillaume Canet, 35, at a West Hollywood hotel where Canet was promoting his romantic thriller Tell No …
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“I’m the last survivor of one section of the history of French cinema,” director-screenwriter Jean Delannoy declared in 2004. The “last survivor” died yesterday, June 18, at his home in …
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Dino Risi, best known for his 1974 comedy-drama Profumo di donna / Scent of a Woman, has died in Rome. Risi, who was 91, had been suffering from ill health …
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Joseph Pevney. Director Joseph Pevney: From Joan Crawford & Loretta Young to ‘Star Trek’ Director Joseph Pevney, best known for his 1950s movies made chiefly at Universal, and for handling …
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Sydney Pollack and Patrick Dempsey in the box office disappointment Made of Honor. Sydney Pollack, the director of several critical and box office successes of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, …
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Formerly known as Padre Nuestro (not to be confused with Rodrigo Sepúlveda’s Chilean drama of the same name), screenwriter-director Christopher Zalla’s debut feature Sangre de Mi Sangre (“Blood of My …
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Jellyfish movie with Ilanit Ben Yaakov and Sarah Adler. I caught Jellyfish (Meduzot in Hebrew), which opens in New York tomorrow and in Los Angeles on April 25, at the …
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A 40th anniversary screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, will take place on Friday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts …
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Jack Neely’s “The Forgotten Director: Who was Clarence Brown?” at Metro Pulse: “Dr. Gwenda Young, a film-studies professor at University College Cork, came across [Clarence] Brown by an unlikely route. …
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Cries and Whispers. Ingmar Bergman (right) will be the subject of a weekend-long salute – with the screening of five of his Academy Award-nominated and winning films – beginning Friday, …
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has just begun an homage to Hungarian director Béla Tarr, which runs until March 28. Titled “Reel Epics: The Films of Béla Tarr,” …
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Dennis Lim in the New York Times: “When referring to the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, it is now – and has been for some time – customary to affix …
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Francesco Rosi political drama Salvatore Giuliano. This year’s Berlin Film Festival will present the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement to the unabashedly political Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi, 85, on Feb. …
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Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek, Ellen Page and nominated directors: Oscar Nominees Luncheon plus humongous group photo.
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Russian Mafia + Rwanda Genocide top English-Language-centered Genie nominations + DGA and ASC Awards + Maribel Verdú is named Best Actress.
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Screenwriter, director, and producer Costa-Gavras, 74, never one to shy away from inflammatory themes, will be honored with the second-ever Eisenstein Award handed out by the University of Southern California’s …
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Henry King: Film director mostly associated with 20th Century Fox. Henry King director: San Sebastian Film Festival retrospective Henry King is best remembered for the movies he directed at Fox, …
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A complete retrospective of Hollywood director Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987), one of cinema’s greatest stylists and innovators, will run at New York City’s Film Forum from Friday, Sept. 7, through Tuesday, …
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Michelangelo Antonioni, the film master of modern alienation, despair, and ennui, was the third important personage of world cinema to die in the last three days – Ingmar Bergman and …
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Fanny and Alexander: Bertil Guve and Pernilla Allwin are the two young leads in Ingmar Bergman’s 1982 classic that earned the veteran filmmaker his third and last Best Director Oscar …
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In late August, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program will present “Billy Wilder’s Europe,” a seven-film series showcasing samples of the …
The life of Darby Crash and the Germs was based around a five-year plan. Director Rodger Grossman would spend triple that amount of time making a film version of the …
Chop Shop by Ramin Bahrani. Ramin Bahrani’s Chop Shop, which opens today in Los Angeles, has received widespread praise since its premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The French …
Water Lilies movie with Adèle Haenel and Pauline Acquart. Filmmaker Céline Sciamma briefly discusses the lesbian coming-of-age drama Water Lilies. “Watching the film I want the audience to embrace the …
Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar for directing The English Patient (above, 1996), died today, March 18, at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He was 54. “It was a very …
View from the Bridge: Stories from Kosovo filmmakers John Ealer and Laura Bialis. Directed by John Ealer and Laura Bialis (above), View from the Bridge: Stories from Kosovo, described on …
Lasso of Truth: Lynda Carter Woman Woman vs. George W. Bush Liar Man. Lynda Carter & Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth vs. George W. Bush & Lying cronies Lynda Carter, …
Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar: Best-known Spanish film director According to a poll conducted by the Spanish-based SigmaDos, Pedro Almodóvar is the best-known modern-day Spanish film director in his home country, …