Director/writer/star Nadine Labaki’s Caramel opens in limited release
The January movie doldrums are behind us and now it’s time for…the February movie doldrums. Here are the wide releases:
The Eye. A remake of the 2002 Hong Kong horror film of the same name. Jessica Alba is a young blind woman who receives a double corneal transplant which restores [...]
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In the absence of actual awards news, Variety’s Adam Dawtrey looks into his navel and finds similarities and differences between the film nominees of the U.S. and British film academies. In order to do so, he’s forced to use the world “Blighty” three times. I’ll translate some of it sans Varietese.
Besides hometown favorite Atonement (14 BAFTA nominations vs. 7 AMPAS [...]
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Jay C. at The Documentary Blog had this YouTube clip, a deleted excerpt from Errol Morris’ new Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operating Procedure. The clip features portions of an interview with Col. Janis Karpinski (formerly a Brigadier General) who was commander of the prison at the time of the controversy and later in charge of Saddam [...]
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The lineup for the 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was announced yesterday. As had previously been reported, Berlinale will open with Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film/documentary. The festival will continue through February 17th.
21 films will compete for the Golden Bear award including Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operation Procedure; [...]
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David Carr reported last night that the music branch of the Academy has let the Best Song nomination for Falling Slowly stand and that the song would appear on ballots that shipped to voters this morning.
Questions about the eligibility of the key song in the indie hit Once had arisen because it had appeared on two different recordings before film [...]
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If I don’t post something about No Country for Old Men at least once a week, gnomes will come into my house, turn polka music up loud on the stereo, drink all my booze and then trash the joint.
Here’s one of the best scenes. If you haven’t seen the movie: A) what are you waiting [...]
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The deadline to participate in the Living in Cinema 2007 Readers Top 10 is Thursday, January 31st at Midnight PST (GMT -8). In order to be sure your Top 10 is included, remember to email it to topten@livingincinema.com. If you’ve already mailed your top 10 but want to make a change, you may do so [...]
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61-year-old Sylvester Stallone gets it up with .50 caliber Viagra in Rambo (2008)
There are three reasons I hesitate to review Rambo. First, I’m just going to sound like a scold and a buzz kill. I swear I’m not completely joyless. I take pleasure in movies that exist for no other reason than to push buttons. [...]
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The Screen Actors Guild handed out the hardware this evening:
Best Ensemble: No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Hard to really argue with any of these picks, though both of [...]
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The American Society of Cinematographers awarded Robert Elswit the Outstanding Achievement Award in the feature category for his work on Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.
In addition to Elswit, Roger Deakins was nominated for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and No Country For Old Men; Janusz Kaminski was nominated [...]
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