The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Film and biographies mark 250th anniversary of passionate 'Ode to Joy' poet He is the "rebel from Arcadia", the author of the lyrics to the modern European anthem, Ode to Joy , and a passionate champion of free spirits. But for some time Germany seemed to forget all about the man who was arguably the country's most famous Romantic thinker. Not any more. Friedrich von Schiller is back, along...
...an endless banquet (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
1. Bright Star , dir. Jane Campion 2. Hans Fallada, Every Man Dies Alone 3. red beans + rice 4. red flannel hash fig. a: On Dangerous Ground 5. On Dangerous Ground , dir. Nicholas Ray fig. b: Border Incident 6. Border Incident , dir. Anthony Mann 7. Dirk Bogarde, A Particular Friendship 8. King of Hearts Drink Book (1955) + Esquire Party Book (1965) 9. The Best of Everything , dir. Jean Negulesco fig....
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Some intriguing web stories have come up on a third film in three dimensions.
The Curated Object (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
John Keats (1795-1821), autograph letter signed to Fanny Brawne, Kentish Town, 5 July 1820 tour: Love Letters For those in the City of Brotherly Love.... a romance, quite modern..... Love Letters, from Poet John Keats to Fanny Brawne October 9-December...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We have all the details on Jane Campion's brand new film.
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Cinematic birthdays for Nov. 19th , this time with lighter loafers. 1889 Clifton Webb , reportedly as out as an actor could be back in the day but Oscar never gave him their top prize. They never give out actors the statue. Sad, but true. Classic films include Oscar favorites like Laura and Three Coins in the Fountain ( review ) but he's most famous for playing Mr. Belvedere, the uptight gentlemen...
The F-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Producer Jan Chapman spoke to Jess McCabe by phone from Sydney about women in the film industry - and her latest movie Bright Star We have two problems when it comes to representations of women in film: not enough films...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
By my research, Facets' upcoming release of Werner Schroeter's Palermo or Wolfsburg [ Palermo oder Wolfsburg ] through Filmgalerie 451 will be the first Schroeter film to see a DVD release in the US. Schroeter's three-hour epic won the Golden Bear at the 1980 Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to Palermo or Wolfsburg , Facets will release through Polart Tadeusz Konwicki's Salto , which...
ModLife (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
(Image Above: Clockwise from left: www.cinemacenter.org, www.more.com, www.orlandosentinel.com, blackchristiannews.com) Where oh where do I start? The film, Bright Star, was so moving and beautiful and inspiring that it’s hard to know what to talk about first. Should I touch on the impeccable costumes, the devastating romance, or the amazing cinematography? The film follows the romance between...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Female directors are enjoying a crowded Oscar race this year -- but the field for Best Actress nominations is sadly thin.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Music News: 'Bright Star' composer scores intimate pic -- For first-time film composer Mark Bradshaw, the job of scoring Jane Campion's ethereal period pic "Bright Star" began with words rather than notes on a page.
From the Desk of Bee Drunken (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
the view from my bedroom window rain and more rain The lowering gray days of November have been getting me down. Don't you think that certain words are best suited to an English accent? Horrid, wretched and dismal, for example. (To be said in best Mitford tones): The horrid weather we've been having is unrelentingly dismal . . . and it's making me feel perfectly wretched. I thought that I was feeling...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Bright Star on 26th January 2010 priced at $27.96 SRP. From Jane Campion, Academy Award winner of The Piano, comes a sweeping love story that will carry you back through time...
My Life in Movies (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep? Before diving into a rash of entries about a lot of older films, I thought I would cover a couple of more recent films I’ve seen in the theatre this fall. The first is Jane Campion’s beautifully romantic (in both upper [...]
Past Imperfect (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Where did it go? Our 30 th wedding anniversary looms – next week (it’s Pearl since you’re asking) - and MTL asked what I’d like to do. I wondered if we had had too much excitement recently and perhaps we should have a quiet night in. I gave it serious thought – for a whole 30 seconds - and then thought what I’d really, really like to do. Two things I miss –...
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