Indie Spirits, Gotham Awards, DVDs
David HudsonHaving won Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance at the Gotham Awards last night, Debra Granik's Winter's Bone now scores seven nominations for this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards, to
November 2010
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Tuesday Foreign Region Blu-ray Disc Report: "Make Way For Tomorrow" (Leo McCarey, 1937)
Glenn KennyGiven my oft-cantankerous and frequently, in the word of one editor, "pugilistic" rhetorical manner, it may surprise some to learn that I am married to an exceptionally tender-hearted woman
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Mario Monicelli, 1915 - 2010
David Hudson"Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter Mario Monicelli, considered one of the fathers of the Italian comedy of the 1940s-1960s, died Monday after jumping from a fifth-story hospital window
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Irvin Kershner, 1923 - 2010
David Hudson"Irvin Kershner, renowned for making the epic Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back [1980], has died in Los Angeles aged 87," reports the AFP. "Kershner also directed Sean Connery as James Bond in
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Leslie Nielsen, 1926 - 2010
David HudsonTo follow up on the clip from George Romero's Creepshow that Danny posted last night, here's a sampling of what's being said about Leslie Nielsen, who's died at the age of 84. "Mr Nielsen, a tall
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History Lessons (Pt. 2): Notes on Steven Soderbergh's "Che"
Dave McDougallA TWO-PART SERIES ON STEVEN SODERBERGH'S CHE. *** CHE: PART TWO (GUERRILLA) Part Two of Che begins with images of Bolivian miners. These are not portraits of revolutionaries, but of the need for revolution
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George A. Romero x Leslie Nielsen
Daniel KasmanRIP—one of the finest of film actors.
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Sight & Sound's Films of 2010 + Blue Dragon Awards
David HudsonThe season for listing and awarding begins this week and will dribble on through at least the end of February, that is, until every last Oscar is handed out on the night of the 27th. Sight &
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Cineaste, Lancaster, "London Boulevard," "King's Speech," More
David HudsonDavid Greven in the new Winter 2010 issue of Cineaste: "Judging by these first three entries of Arsenal Pulp Press's new series Queer Film Classics, the editors — Matthew Hays and Thomas Waugh — have
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Movie Poster of the Week: "The Bride of Frankenstein"
Adrian CurryA couple of weeks ago there was a lot of buzz about the fact that this rare teaser poster (the only one known to be in existence) for the 1935 The Bride of Frankenstein was poised to break the world
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Image of the day. Anna Karina, Behind The Nun
Daniel KasmanAnna Karina behind the scenes of Jacques Rivette's La religieuse (1966). Rivette has turned over his archives to the Cinémathèque française. Click here for a scan of a written interview transcript
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The Forgotten: Street of Dreams
David CairnsProduction stills have played a large and peculiar role in my movie-watching life. Seeing a haunting image from some unfamiliar film can set me off into reveries, and make me crave the opportunity to