Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime film editor, was found dead early Tuesday after her friends alerted police when she failed to come home from hiking with her dog. She was 56. Menke is best-known as the award-winning editor of such Tarantino movies as “Pulp Fiction,” “Kill Bill” and “Jackie Brown,” and has been credited as [...]
The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, are at it again. This time, with a remake of the classic John Wayne western, “True Grit,” starring Jeff Bridges in the Wayne role, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and introducing Hailee Steinfeld. Expect to see this in theaters Christmas 2010.
The selection of films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was even stronger than usual. Of the 10 films I saw, only one was frankly awful, three disappointing, while the rest were good or outstanding. Here is my overview of the must-sees and the must-avoids. Let’s start on a positive note: 1.) Cold Fish [...]
Martin Scorsese has seen it all. After a two-score year long journey in which he had experienced the highs and the lows of the business, the director has frequently been hailed “America’s greatest living filmmaker” in recent years and was finally even awarded the elusive Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing for “The Departed” [...]
“James Bond will return…” Fans have been reading this sentence at the end of each entry in the cinematic 007 series. But the current question is: Will the world’s most popular secret agent return this time as well? After recent statement by producers, this has become perfectly unclear, as the 23rd film of the franchise [...]
After his much publicized gross-out fest “Human Centipede,” wherein a trio of captives have their mouths sewn to the anus of the person in from of him to create one long digestive system, director Tom Six is back with part two, reports IFC. Only this time there will be 12 poor saps sewn together this [...]
UPDATE (9/27/10): Women of the Web published some faulty info on this project. Per Michael McKean’s Twitter account: “Sorry: it’s nonsense. This story is about Liz Smith’s meds, period.” There you have it folks. What sounded like Guest’s next promising mock-dock is not to be. Christopher Guest, a major force behind the cult-favorite mockumentaries “This [...]
Set to begin filming in coming weeks, “Young Adult,” the flick that reunites the duo behind the Oscar-winning “Juno” (Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody) has added a couple of prominent thesps to its ranks. Patton Oswalt will join Charlize Theron in the film (which examines the experiences of a ghostwriter of young adult novels who [...]
Acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson (“Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood”) has encountered a formidable roadblock in his efforts to get his next project off the ground. According to Total Film’s latest print edition (via Playlist) the writer/director’s ambitions to begin shooting his 1950s era religious drama, “The Master,” starring Jeremy Renner and Phillip Seymour [...]
The permanent scowl etched into the ungodly face of Danny Trejo has helped the former San Quentin State Prison boxing champion parlay his talent for the terrible into a decorated Hollywood career. Trejo’s specialty has been wielding that hellish face like a Mexican Medusa to command scenes as a solid supporting player. His leading roles have [...]
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Orlando: Does Sex Matter?
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The Power of Limits in The Five Obstructions
Surviving ‘Surviving Life’
‘The Other’ at The 2nd London Iranian Film Festival
‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
A Step Forward: New African Film in Paris
Adapting to The Skin I Live In: The Antidote to Horror
Chicken with Plums: Better on Paper
