Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Julia – dir. Erick Zonca [Edited from a previous “ defense ” of Julia , which was written before a number of US critics got on board with the film] Over the past ten years, a number of films have showcased the many talents of Tilda Swinton, whose uncanny screen presence can’t really be likened to anyone else working today. Other than maybe Asia Argento, I can think of no other...
patruped:bun biped:rau (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
De curând Times şi Telegraph au dat publicităţii clasamentele privind cele mai bune 100 de filme din ultimii 10 ani şi înţelegem că fiind independente cele două liste nu au cum să fie la fel, însă filmul lui Cristian Mungiu 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile s-a clasificat pe locul 14 în topul Timesonline şi pe...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
With the Oscar deadline about six weeks away, there still doesn't seem to be enough films to completely quiet the mid-year run of The Hurt Locker . Though I don't expect it to win a lot, I still feel it's the year's best movie and should and will be nominated for the biggest awards - Best Picture, probably Best Actor, Best Director, probably Best Original Screenplay, and very likely Best Cinematography,...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
A Hurt Locker q & a was moderated last night by director-screenwriter Tony Gilroy following a 6 pm screening at Manhattan's DGA theatre. (l. to r.) Gilroy, Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal, costar Anthony Mackie, and...I'm sorry but I didn't write down the name of the bearded guy on the right. It could have been producer Nicolas Chartier or associate producer Jack Schuster...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
I had a nice, friendly, off-the-record lunch today with Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow at Extra Virgin on West 4th. She's in Manhattan for a day or two, and is sitting for a q & a with director-writer Tony Gilroy this evening at the DGA theatre on West 57th. On 11.30 Bigelow will be handed a tribute award at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. The org has also nominated Hurt Locker...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
It appears that David Schwimmer is leaving the comedy genre for his latest directorial project, Trust, a dark drama starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener. (And yes, typing out that last sentence did seem a bit trippy.) Owen and Keener will play parents who are shocked to learn that their teenage daughter (played by Liana Liberato) has been victimized by a sexual predator who she met in an online...
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
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My Fashion Life (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
New Yorkers for Children hosted it’s 10th annual gala on Tuesday to raise money for the important New York City based charity, and the city’s elite arrived in force. As well as raising much-needed awareness, the gala raised over $300,000 for the charity, which supports New York City kids in foster care through establishing tutoring programs, [...]
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Attendees at the Tenth Annual New Yorkers for Children Gala filed into Cipriani with all the accompanying first-day nerves.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Kevin MacDonald's film adaptation of the hit BBC miniseries is a star-stuffed paean to newspapers, but if its 127-minute running time makes you balk, get the story in our condensed screenplay instead State of Play By Paul MacInnes (with apologies to Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray and Paul Abbott) INT: NIGHT The offices of the Washington Globe, an important newspaper reporting important...
Style.com (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
New Yorkers for Children nabbed Anderson Cooper to host its tenth annual fall gala at Cipriani last night, but almost didn't: "An intern in my office wrote the message down as Children for New Yorkers, and described it as foster children raising money for members of New York society," the CNN anchor announced from the podium, getting off one of his better lines. It is, of course, the other...
Edward Copeland on Film (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
By Edward Copeland Being a former journalist, even if I was never a reporter, sticking more with copy editing with a side order of criticism, it's always nice to see a film that focuses on a veteran reporter (Russell Crowe) as its hero, even as it acknowledges the financial problems of the industry, the constant corporate changeovers and the ignoring of the bread and butter of the operation, the newspaper...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
Website Buy it on DVD (Amazon) Buy it on Blu-ray (Amazon) Read our review Russell Crowe interview Kevin Macdonald interview View photos from State of Play Watcht he trailer
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
Steven Soderbergh's new dramedy, "The Informant!" is funny and delightfully full of twists, the sort of picture that constantly leaves the audience guessing about the true motivations of its characters without whiplash-inducing changes in its plot's direction. In many ways, it feels like the movie that Tony Gilroy's corporate espionage comedy, "Duplicity," wishes it had been: Mr....
through an iris (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
I regrettably missed 'State of Play' at the cinema earlier this year and the anticipation to watch it gained more stimulus after the glowing reviews the film received both from critics and my fellow loony party of movie boffins. Based on the BBC series of the same title, 'State of Play' is a riveting political thriller, an old-fashioned conspiracy flick that surprises with its intelligence and despite...
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