Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film
CultureBot.org (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Tickets are on sale now for Under the Radar. The full line up is here with links to purchase tickets. You can also check out video for the upcoming shows if you check out the UTRFestival channel on Vimeo. I don’t know all the shows listed but here are the ones that I’ve heard about [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | yesterday
Like you knew they would, Film Independent lavished more attention this morning on Precious with the announcement of the nominees for this year's Spirit Awards. Among the surprises, though: The Last Station cleaned up with five nods (tying Precious ). Gentlemen Broncos ' Jemaine Clement scored a supporting nomination! A Serious Man 's Michael Stuhlbarg and That Evening Sun 's Hal Holbrook were shafted...
Extra Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Actors Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon announced the nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Tuesday morning. Dramatic films "The Last Station" and "Precious" lead the pack with five nods each. The winners will be announced on Friday, March 5, 2010 in L.A. 2010 SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | yesterday
The nominations for the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning, with few surprises. Really, I have little to say about them aside from being puzzled, but not surprised, by seeing Lee Daniels among the Best Director nominees. A lack of love for both Humpday and Zooey Deschanel put a smile on my face, but everyone seems to be confused as to why Goodbye Solo only nabbed one nomination....
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, and The Last Station. which opens Friday, each received the most 2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations this morning with five each. (FYI, The Hurt Locker can't be nominated because it was put forward last year.) As usual, the nominations were a harbinger of things to come for the Academy Awards nominations. BEST FEATURE (Award given to the...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | yesterday
One year ago today, my team and I assumed the posting duties for Blog@Newsarama. There might have been some doubt from some quarters, but any real investigation into our traffic would indicate that we’ve been doing just fine all along. I’m quite proud of the group, and I think that they do a [...]
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
At the "Great Ideas" forum at the John Cassavetes Cine in Thessaloniki, Greece, sponsored by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the Fulbright Foundation, the U.S. Embassy in Greece and Stavros Niarchos Foundation, co-chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment Jim Gianopulos talks about "Jim" Cameron's "Avatar," which he says he has seen tens of times in various...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
A film dealing with war and how it shapes soldiers and civilians alike was honored Saturday evening as the 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival announced the winners of its juried prizes. The prizes were awarded before the closing-night film "The Young Victoria" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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Coffee Coffee and More Coffee (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Damien Chazelle - 2009 If John Cassavetes directed an MGM musical produced by Arthur Freed, it might look something like Guy and Madeline. I am referring to the earlier Cassavetes, of Shadows and Faces, with the hand held 16mm...
Watch Free TV Online (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Beginning with a budget of $539 and taking three years to complete, THE EXILES, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1961, finally got its official theatrical release in July 2008 after being restored by Ross Lipman and the UCLA Film and Television Archive, which previously restored Charles Burnett's 1977 drama, KILLER OF SHEEP. Writer, director, and producer Kent Mackenzie set the film...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
John Cassavetes has been everywhere the last week. Alex and I watched Opening Night while she was here (she had never seen it). She said to me, "You know what I feel like seeing right now? Woman Under the...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Legit News: 'Husbands,' 'Document' among fest's highlights -- A new piece from SITI Company and a stage version of John Cassavetes pic "Husbands" are among the offerings of the annual Under the Radar fest.
Only The Cinema (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is, at least superficially, John Cassavetes' stab at a gangster thriller. In fact, though, the film's genre trappings are incidental to its central purpose, a character study of the charismatic loser Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara), a strip club owner who fancies himself an artist as he arranges his club's lame, unsexy nightly shows. Cosmo is a kind of vaudeville showman,...
Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
If American independent cinema could be said to have a birthday, Nov. 11 is as good a date to celebrate as any. On that night 50 years ago, John Cassavetes, an actor then best known for his TV roles, unveiled for a downtown New York audience his directing debut, Shadows. Cassavetes had financed the production with his paychecks from Hollywood and made the film with a cast and crew of novice actors...
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