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...
Saturn 3 is a sleazy piece of vicarious voyeurism. Related posts: UK Film Review: Terminator Salvation UK Film Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
After surprising fans by taking on an adaptation, one based on a children's book and shot using an old style of stop-motion animation, Wes Anderson is not about to shock anyone with future film plans. But can you imagine what it'd look like if the man behind "Rushmore and "The Royal Tenenbaums" made a science [...]
Bob Fosse as the Snake in Stanley Donen's 1974 movie musical adaptation of The Little Prince [available in low-res original and Billie Jean mashup versions, because why not? via maud] which was not, in fact, filmed in the same location...
The 1967 film "Two for the Road," directed by Stanley Donen, written by Frederic Raphael, starring Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn, is a glorious work of art. Stylish, witty, multifariously funny, it memorably takes up the theme of love and marriage. It is certainly one of the highlights of Raphael's long and distinguished career as a writer. Someone at Commentary -- my guess is editor...
halfway house halfway through the day, we stop a movie 'bout halfway through... what do we see? As you may have noticed, I tend to get hung up on film structures and timing. Not sure why but I live for opening scenes, I'm totally enthralled by filmmakers who can stick landings (i.e. the ending -- so difficult) and sometimes I just get hung up on random timed ideas like 20:07, first and last or Halfway...
One forgets how street [sounds]. Somewhere a sentence is being spoken. Somewhere there are many sentences, mouths we don't know, and somewhat. Light, roping. A day crossing bridges in old automobiles. Doors dented inwards and noticeably. Poetry is eaten, and baklava. *** Please join THE ST. MARK'S BOOKSHOP READING SERIES on Thursday, October 1st for a reading to celebrate the publication of A BEST...
Since I saw Synecdoche, New York I've been thinking about directorial debuts. Some of the great ones have shown directors peaking too early whereas others have been the start of a successful career. Again, the following list only shows the films I have seen so there is no Sean Penn or Quentin Tarantino here The newbies (those who have recently debuted) The Station Agent (Thomas McCarthy, 2003) Gone,...
Wherever he is up in Showbiz Valhalla -- no doubt helping out some hapless previous arrival on a rewrite -- Larry Gelbart has to be secretly delighted, reading all the good notices he's received since his death late last week...
An important chunk of entertainment history left us yesterday with the death of Larry Gelbart at 81. Gelbart was gifted both working alone and as a collaborator with other writers. It probably helped that relatively early in his career he labored alongside Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon on comedian Sid Caesar’s [...]
Lauren Bacall made one of the greatest debuts in film history. In 1944's "To Have and Have Not," she told Humphrey Bogart's character, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and ... blow."...
An important chunk of entertainment history left us yesterday with the death of Larry Gelbart at 81. Gelbart was gifted both working alone and as a collaborator with other writers. It probably helped...
Universal What a funky poster! The colours and the style is just amazing. Sophie Loren always rocks. She´s a real queen. I love Stanley Donen´s movies, but didn´t see this one. Did any of you see it? Later! Lady L
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