Here’s a look at a few more of the talked about films.
Errol Morris brings his unique interview style to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in the new documentary Standard Operating Procedure. Hollywood Reporter’s Kirk Honeycutt expresses disappointment that the film focuses primarily on the controversial photos and not “the wider context of the war on [...]
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Well, you kind of knew that Martin Scorsese’s next film Shutter Island wasn’t going to be released in 2008 and Paramount made it official today amid news of other less consequential reshufflings. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, based on the book by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone) is scheduled to open
October 2, 2009.
Variety figures there will [...]
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Kon Ichikawa, the Japanese post-World War II director best known for his films The Burmese Harp (1956), Fires on the Plain (1959) and the documentary The Tokyo Olympiad (1965) died today of pneumonia.
Frequently overshadowed in the West by his countryman Akira Kurosawa, Ichikawa’s career nonetheless spanned 7 decades and contributed several masterpieces to world cinema.
Inspired [...]
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The time for hype is over. The time for The Muriels is now. One new award will be announced every day beginning today and continuing through February 29th. First up is the 50th Anniversary Best Film Award given to the voters’ choice for the best film of 1957. My pick: Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. The Winner: [...]
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In the pages of Variety, Justin Chang looks into the heart the movies in 2007 and returns with a story of boys vs. girls.
Are we really going to reduce one of the greatest movie-going years in recent memory to just that?
Chang sees a stark divide in the best picture Oscar nominees with Juno and Atonement [...]
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