Bibi Andersson in The Seventh Seal. Remembering international arthouse cinema icon Bibi Andersson: Frequent Ingmar Bergman actress & four-time ‘Swedish Oscar’ winner International arthouse cinema icon Bibi Andersson, a blonde…
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(See previous post: Fourth of July Movies: Escapism During a Weird Year.) On the evening of the Fourth of July, besides fireworks, fire hazards, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, if you’re…
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Star Wars The Force Awakens: Negative Reviews Few But caustic as critics complain about blandness and lack of originality in J.J. Abrams film.
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Boycott Star Wars: Episode VII Controversy: Waste of Time and Space as much ado about pointless, meaningless attempt to create heated Twitter debate.
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Theodore Bikel Movies: The Oscar-nominated activist and The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof star was bypassed for the movie versions.
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Robert Redford Movies: Two of the Biggest Blockbusters Ever and War Hero or Serial Killer? The future Hollywood icon in an early subversive war movie.
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Erland Josephson, The Sacrifice: Ingmar Bergman actor also collaborated with Andrei Tarkovsky. Erland Josephson, who was featured in more than a dozen Ingmar Bergman movies in addition to several plays…
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Adolf Hitler quotes: Der Führer fumes following Academy’s Albert Brooks snub Who would have have guessed that two of Albert Brooks’ most die-hard fans are the unlikely pair of Russell…
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The Passion of the Christ with Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ and Luca Lionello as Judas. Caviezel followed in the footsteps of, among others, H.B. Warner (The King of Kings,…
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Per Oscarsson in Henning Carlsen’s Hunger. The year 2011 begins with a likely tragedy for the movie world: According to reports, a Friday, Dec. 31, house fire may have killed…
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Passchendaele. Genie Awards: World War I drama ‘Passchendaele’ wins Best Picture In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television (website) chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross’ flag-waving World War…
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Charlton Heston movies: Ben-Hur 1959. It’s Charlton Heston Movies Day on Thursday, Aug. 28, on Turner Classic Movies. Charlton Heston was a graduate cum laude of the Paul Muni School…
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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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Scoop movie with Woody Allen and Scarlett Johansson. Scoop (movie 2006) review: Woody Allen fluffy comedy works – as a fluffy comedy Though hardly one of Woody Allen’s best comedies,…
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Sean Connery as James Bond: Prestige decades after commercial success. Sean Connery: James Bond star and Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner to receive AFI Life Achievement Award Sean Connery, best…
Michael Caine Movies: From Gay Villain to starring in the Best British Film in a series of vehicles presented on TCM including Get Carter.
George Clooney and Max von Sydow. George Clooney and Max Von Sydow chat away at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon held on Monday, Feb. 6, in Beverly Hills. Clooney is a…
Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in The Talk of the Town (top); Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year (bottom). Actor Cary Grant collaborated with director George…
Cannes 60: Jane Fonda and Cristian Mungiu, Palme d’Or winner for the Romanian abortion drama 4 Weeks 3 Months and 2 Days. “Cannes is the heart of world cinema. The…