Dispatches from Zembla (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Carol Reed's Odd Man Out wasn't really a discovery for me since I anyway expected it to be great (being a huge fan of The Third Man) but it really exceeded all my expectations. The film starts in the morning with Johnny (played by James Mason) and his gang of Irish revolutionaries planning on a bank robbery which goes wrong. The way the story is told it almost feels as if it takes place in real time,...
Hongkie Town (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Sunday, one of the things we watched was the Criterion Blu-Ray release of The Third Man . I wasn't originally planning on buying this - I was going to get by with my standard def DVD until I saw this was going out of print and figured, "better get it while I can." And while it's now pretty much sold out everywhere, I still think the movie is worth a mention. I haven't watched this in awhile...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Character actor and comedian who specialised in Jewish roles Portly, balding, twinkly-eyed and sporting a moustache, Lou Jacobi, who has died aged 95, believed that he "had the look of everybody's favourite Uncle Max". Although Jacobi had been acting since he was 12, he was the sort of character actor that one could never imagine being young. He was born in the Jewish section of Toronto,...
Fine Dry Wit (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Oh no, you say-another one of those posts. I know some prefer the politi-bitters, or the theologic cambrianism. But again, Doug with the old movies full of actors who have been dead lately. According to the imdb, Alida Valli, pictured above with Joseph Cotton, passed from this world all the way back in 2006. Also according to imdb, she was in over 100 films-I just watched "The Third Man"...
The One-Line Review Presents (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
L'Atalante (1934) .. Jean Vigo The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) .. Victor Erice Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) .. Robert Bresson Tokyo Story (1953) .. Yasujiro Ozu Man with a Movie Camera (1929) .. Dziga Vertov La Règle du Jeu (1939) .. Jean Renoir Playtime (1967) .. Jacques Tati L'Avventura (1960) .. Michelangelo Antonioni Sunrise (1927) .. F.W. Murnau The Conformist (1970) .. Bernardo Bertolucci...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
International News: Distrib gets rights to U.K. film classics -- StudioCanal's U.K. distrib Optimum Releasing and Pinewood Studios have teamed up to protect British movie classics.
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Answer the following multiple choice question… “The Agony and the Ecstasy” is: a) A 1961 novel by Irving Stone b) A 1965 film directed by Carol Reed c) The 2009-2010 season to date authored by Alexander Semin OK, it’s a trick question. They’re all true. Fans were treated to “The Full Semin” tonight as the Caps struck with lightning early, got thundered shortly...
Brokedown Palace (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A shot from Anton Corbijn’s The American starring Clooney. If you saw the legendary music video director’s Joy Division biopic Control , you know he has an amazing way with look. Maybe not story, but certainly look. The “cobbled maze of alleyways” feels like a direct reference to the tunnels of Vienna in Carol Reed’s The Third Man . Synopsis: Anton Corbijn ’s (...
Film of the Year (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
A year or so ago I blogged about a post-war crime drama set in Northern Ireland and titled the piece Northern Noir. I was a little hesitant to apply that most overused and abused term "noir" in a piece about a British picture, but it evoked much of the look,...
The Botheration Log (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I wouldn't blame you if you were put off by the title of this post. After all, it's a pretty moot point which people will continue to argue over, disagree about and use as a subject for television documentaries probably for decades to come. And whenever these discussions kick off, Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane always gets mentioned, much to the annoyance of those people who don't rate it very...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
James Mason is unforgettable as a doomed fugitive IRA gunman in Carol Reed's extraordinary and eccentric 1947 film. Odd Man Out begins as a straightforward thriller, then splurges into the surreal. It's one of the masterpieces of postwar British cinema. (NR) ELLIOTT STEIN
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A Kid For Two Farthings1:55am Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009 Repeat PG A six-year-old boy is told of a unicorn with magic qualities. He buys a young goat with a single horn, believing he has found the mythical unicorn, and all his wishes begin to come true. CAST: Celia Johnson DIR: Carol Reed
(Cool) Shite on the Tube (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Jackie Chan, Arrested Development, Mad Max 4, Matt Damon, District 9 sequel, James Bond, The Third Man remake, Chow Yun-fat and more...
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Although it was a big story a couple days ago DiCaprio’s rep says he is not involved in the the upcoming The Third Man remake. “He isn’t involved with that project,” DiCaprio’s rep tells Hollyscoop exclusively in regards to reports that he’s set to star in The Third Man alongside good pal Tobey Maguire. The 1949 Carol Reed remake [...]
The Afro Film Viewer (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The awesome film website CHUD has made light of what at the moment is a dubious rumor. It seems that Leo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire could be starring in a remake of The Third Man The news article is here. If you think the third man is Ashley Cole or something similar then your wrong. The Third man is an excellent 1949 film by director Carol Reed. It's a superb film with a sublime turn from Orson Welles,...
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