Did you know that a movie or a short film is made somewhere around the world every four seconds? For the casual film lover looking for a quality movie-going experience, and even for the professional film writer who sees upwards of 150 new releases a year, that statistic can be disheartening. Is the tiny fraction [...]
Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” won top honors at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or (Golden Palm). Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American rights to the black-and-white WWI drama. Jacques Audiard’s gritty prison drama, “A Prophet” won the Grand Prix, Christoph Waltz took top actor honors for Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” [...]
Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol” will be adapted again, this time by Disney and Hollywood funnyman, Jim Carrey will play the infamous party-pooper, Ebenezer Scrooge. After playing another Holiday hater, The Grinch, in Dr. Seuss’ beloved “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” it’s not surprising that Carrey would more-or-less reprise that role in another anti-Christmas [...]
Luminary director Martin Scorsese has long been a champion of film preservation and appreciation. The Oscar-winner founded and chairs The World Cinema Foundation which works to restore and promote important films in history. Friday at Cannes he announced his ongoing commitment to broaden the audience for these restored masterpieces saying, “Restoration is meaningful only if [...]
DIFF 2012 Reviews: ‘Cinema Six,’ ‘Compliance,’ ‘Faith, Love and Whiskey’
Things I Don’t Understand (2011)
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Brevity Pays Off
‘A Secret World’ at Cinélatino
‘Future Lasts Forever’ at Sofia
Two Treatments of Italy’s Fascist Past
‘The Leopard’: novel, opera, but above all, film
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