As a new New Yorker, I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to commemorate 9/11 like the people who lived here when the attacks occurred. This was my second 9/11 in town and to say that things feel...
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Where we take a look at posters for upcoming features. I am such a sucker for famous people playing famous people and the trailer for Saving Mr. Banks hit all the right notes (look it's To...
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Even the casting means something! That's Greta Gerwig as Frances (Woody Allen surrogate figure) with Grace Gummer looking exactly like her famous mother did at her age: #swoon
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Just wow.
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I recently got in touch with Bosco Kim, a young filmmaker currently working on Shape of Day, a short film inspired by true events. Bosco has set up a crowdfunding campaign for his movie and ...
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Head over to PopMatters and read my reviews for Upside Down and The Host , which sadly happened to be terrible, but hey...we can't have winners all the time, right?
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Where we take a look at posters for upcoming features. If there is one kind of film Naomi Watts has yet to perfect, it's the biopic (yes, yes, but The Impossible doesn't really count, now d...
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Head to PopMatters where I review Harold Lloyd's iconic comedy Safety Last! and the endlessly disappointing Quartet . Then, visit The Film Experience and read my short take on Rooney Mara an...
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...it became apparently obvious where Matthew Weiner found all the inspiration for Betty Draper Francis: in Gena Rowlands' character. Have you seen this film yet? Where do you think Bet...
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I’ve always had a very complicated relationship with 2001: A Space Odyssey. For starters I am not a fan of Stanley Kubrick: I see why people deeply worship him and I understand why he’s s...
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Anyone who can pull off palazzo pants and a lace cami and still look badass, gets all the points in my book.
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Here's Nicole Kidman forever shutting up my accusations of frigidity. Just WOW!
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Here's a quick roundup of what I've been up to this week: - A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be in the presence of his holiness Pedro Almodóvar who was in town doing press for his newes...
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As I stated earlier this week, I will never get over having touched Kylie Minogue last Monday, so it's fitting that I get back to this weekly column by discussing what she wore that day...rig...
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Saskia Rosendahl gives a magnificent performance in Cate Shortland's Lore, out on Blu-ray now. Here's my review for PopMatters .
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My beloved Movies Kick Ass is turning ten this year and I've been such a neglectful parent lately...but it's not like I've not been doing movie things or anything...I've been cheating for the ri...
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I interviewed Judith Hill for PopMatters . Have you seen her in 20 Feet from Stardom yet?
http://movieskickassblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/judith-hill-closer-to-stardom.html
The Earth, the way I left it (Trailer) from Jeff Pinilla on Vimeo . Few things are as pleasing as seeing someone complete a movie. Late last year I spoke to young filmmaker Jeff Pinilla abou...
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Recently I got in touch with filmmaker Jonathan Ade, who's currently working on a new short film called Lay in Wait. I would go into more detail and make a longer intro about Jonathan's work, b...
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A couple of days ago I was contacted by young filmmaker Shahab Zargari, who has recently started a fundraising campaign to shoot is dream project; an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's The Crysta...
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It's always the first thing I remember from this movie, going all the way back to when I first saw it as a child. Judy conveys such precise emotions in it: longing, sadness about leaving Oz, ...
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MOTIFS IN CINEMA IS A DISCOURSE ACROSS 22 FILM BLOGS, ASSESSING THE WAY IN WHICH VARIOUS THEMATIC ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE 2012 CINEMATIC LANDSCAPE. HOW DOES A COMMON THEME VARY IN USE...
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Julianne Moore seems to do no wrong. Her choice of Chanel for the SAG seems to be doing her usual love of white and black (the Emmys last year were the rare exception) but adding a little som...
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Amy Adams was a revelation in Vionnet at the Critics Choice Awards ten days ago. The lovely actress was able to convey an elegant sexiness she never has displayed before. Speaking of which...
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