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Junkfood Cinema: 1990: The Bronx Warriors
13 November 2009 1:39 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Editor's Note: We hope you enjoy this new Friday afternoon column, Junkfood Cinema, by Brian Salisbury. It celebrates movies that are so bad, even though they are also sometimes so good. For more (coming each and every Friday), stay tuned to the Junkfood Cinema Archive. Also, please feel free to let us know what you think of this new weekly feature in the comment section below. Hello all. Perhaps you are wondering as to the reason I was rejected by every film school in the tri-state area. I wish I could say it was because I was caught night putting with the dean's daughter or because I drank my weight in scotch and accidentally burned down an archives building. But alas, it is because I have a well-documented addiction to cinema crapiteé. I enjoy quality films like any other respectable film critic, but all too often I find myself pining for the simple, cheesy »
- Brian Salisbury
More “Nine” Photos
12 November 2009 12:18 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
More great photos from the upcoming Rob Marshall’s musical “Nine” have been released.
“Nine” following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life – Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.
Nine | Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz
Marshall’s move is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for the movie was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. So, the Broadway musical and the movie are adaptation of the book by Arthur L. Kopit.
Nine | Daniel Day-Lewis and Nicole Kidman
The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, »
- Fiona
Fergie Is 'Gay-Friendly,' Loves The Ladies: The MTV News Quote Of The Day
11 November 2009 2:07 PM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
"People don't associate the Black Eyed Peas with the gay market, but our new record is a huge dance record, so people are starting to catch on. I want more gay love! They're completely gay-friendly. Are you kidding me? Look at how they dress! Kanye West really did a great thing for hip-hop and made it very mixed and open."
-Black Eyed Peas singer and "Nine" star Fergie, talking to magazine The Advocate about her band's desire to embrace the gay market. The star also admitted that she was comfortable flirting with women in the video for "I Gotta Feeling" because she has experimented in the past. "Yes, it was [my idea to flirt with the girls]," she said. "That was fun because it was so naughty. It was a big tease, but it felt very natural." While the latest Black Eyed Peas album The E.N.D. continues to tear up the charts (after 22 weeks, »
- MTV News
Oscar Champ Italy Comes to Town
10 November 2009 9:23 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Steve Pond
When the rough-hewn crime drama “Gomorra” failed to get a nomination last year, it marked a rare Oscar setback for Italy, which has been the most successful country over the 60-plus years during which the Academy has honored foreign-language films.
To be fair, France holds the record for the most nominations, with 34. But France has nine wins; Italy, with 29 nominations, has won 10 competitive Oscars, plus three special awards in the years before the category was officially added. (Granted, director Federico Fellini may have skewed the numbers a bit, since four of the w... »
- Steve Pond
Featured Article: Classic Italian Film
9 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
With its silent superspectacles, postwar neo-realism and 1960s new wave, the Italian film industry has enjoyed three major periods of international influence. In between times, it has assimilated the technological advances and dramatic styles of foreign competitors and used them to shape such local trends as the `white telephone' film, calligraphism, giallo, the `sword and sandal' epic, the `spaghetti' Western and the dialect comedy.
Over the years, the unexpected has become commonplace. Therefore, it's no surprise to see Gianni di Gregorio, the screenwriter of the uncompromising crime saga Gomorrah, making his directorial debut with Mid-August Lunch, a charming comedy of bourgeois manners, whose unforced naturalism, social insight and deceptive wit hark back to a golden age that is recalled here by MovieMail - the best place to buy classic movies and world cinema on DVD.
After two decades of propaganda and pictorialism, Italian film went back to basics after the Second World War. »
'The Godfather 2': Movies I watch and watch again
3 November 2009 1:36 PM, PST | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
Maybe it's because The Godfather 2 seems to be playing on cable TV in a loop for all eternity-but I realized the other day that I've lost count of how many times I've heard Michael Corleone say to his brother, "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart." Not that I mind: There's a profound comfort in re-watching a movie you love, even though (or maybe because) the scenes have worn grooves in your consciousness. My list of most-watched titles includes Casablanca, Citizen Kane, All About Eve, the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup, and, for reasons I can't fathom but just accept, »
- Lisa Schwarzbaum
Tao Ruspoli's Top Ten Films of All Time
3 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month we profile Tao Ruspoli, helmer behind Fix which ropens November 20th at the Village East in NY. He gave us his top ten (as of November 2009). 8 1/2 (1963) Federico Fellini I'm sure this film has been on this list 100 times, and probably always for slightly different reasons. To me 8 1/2 is a brilliant exploration of one man's issues with time and aging (notice all the watches and clocks in the film!), with his complicated relationships to the women of his life, with imagination and the creative process, and with the complexes that come with growing up Catholic. Of course, as a film director and an Italian this »
Can Sexual Provocation Still Sell?
28 October 2009 6:15 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Barring some epic year-end bombshell, Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" is sure to walk away with the designation of year's most provocative movie -- with its sadomasochistic sex, penis smashing and spontaneous clitorectomy, it rivals Nagisa Oshima's 1976 cinema scandal "In the Realm of the Senses" in its efforts to shock and offend.
It's a useful comparison. Over the years, international art cinema has often been inextricably tied to our most prurient desires. In the 1960s, foreign masterpieces were as much about championing auteurs as glimpsing a choice piece of European ass. Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" was marketed with blonde bombshell Anita Ekberg dancing around in Dionysian ecstasy, while Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt" and Luis Bunuel's "Belle De Jour" were literally sold off the naked backsides of Bridget Bardot and Catherine Deneueve. But do such depictions of outré sex still sell challenging foreign cinema today?
As recently »
- Anthony Kaufman
Behind the Scenes of Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine’
22 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
As you may know, this Rob Marshall directed film is loosely based on Fellini’s 8 1/2. It tells the musical story of film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who’s facing a mid-life crisis. As he struggles to complete his latest film he examines his career, his life and the relationships with the various women in it.
If the quality of a film can be judged by the quality of its behind the scenes featurette, then I can safely say that Rob Marshall’s Nine is going to be one heck of a film. I’ve also included some new pics from the film as well which further illustrate just how great this movie is going to look.
Put all that together with the stellar cast and Marshall’s unquestioned ability to execute terrific musicals and Nine looks to have all the making of a hit. Be sure to check out »
- Chris Ullrich
Cool Rehearsal Footage Compilation from 'Nine'
21 October 2009 9:08 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
The musical is enjoying a comeback right now, thanks in large measure to the success of Rob Marshall's Chicago, an Oscar winner back in 2003. It was his first film, following a career in the musical theater, so it shouldn't be surprising that this year's big musical - and a likely Oscar nominee for Best Picture - once again comes from Rob Marshall.
Nine, as we've documented a few times, has the best cast of the year. That's pretty much all you can say. The film is based on the musical of the same name, which itself is drawn from Fellini's 8 1/2, and that alone would put it on the Oscar short list even if it didn't have the pedigree it does. In fact, In Contention has Nine penciled in for 11 nominations at this point; that should give musical haters plenty to shout about, although it surprises me that there »
- Colin Boyd
New Nine Rehearsal Montage
20 October 2009 1:15 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
A strange beast, this: not quite a trailer, not quite a behind-the-scenes doc. They're calling this sequence of clips from Nine a rehearsal montage, but what it really is is a) cool and b) proof that Penelope Cruz is very, very bendy. Check out the Nine montage over at Yahoo.The film is a musical based on Fellini's 8 1/2, starring every Oscar winner and nominee ever. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as an Italian film director called Guido, facing a midlife crisis that gets him reflecting on his relationships with his wife (Marion Cotillard), mistress (Cruz), confidante (Judi Dench), muse (Nicole Kidman), mother (Sophia Loren), a whore he met in his youth (Stacey "Fergie" Ferguson) and a journalist who comes to interview him (Kate Hudson).Nine is out on Christmas Day here, and we'll be spending most of the intervening period wondering why we don't get outfits like Hudson's when we go to do interviews. »
New Featurette/Montage of Rob Marshall’s Nine
19 October 2009 6:24 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
A new featurette, which is really more of a behind-the-scenes montage, has been released for Rob Marshall’s movie musical “Nine,” based on Frederico Fellini’s “8 1/2.” The musical follows famed fictional director Guido Contini (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) and the various people–wife, mistress, agent, etc–in his life. Between this featurette and the film’s trailer, I’d say “Nine” is looking sharp. My favorite movie musical of all time is Marshall’s “Chicago,” which really got it right, so I’m jazzed, if you will, to see him returning to the genre…and we can just overlook “Memoirs of a Geisha.” In addition to Day-Lewis, the cast includes Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, and the incomparable Judi Dench, so there’s something in there for everyone. Watch the featurette after the jump.
Featurette courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. “Nine” is set to open on Christmas day. »
- Michael Sullivan
Japanese “Nine” Movie Poster
19 October 2009 6:23 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Earlier we posted some Hi-Res images from the upcoming Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine″ and today we have a international poster.
Marshall’s movie is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano. Adapted from the 1982 Tony-winning Broadway musical, “Nine” is set to be helmed by “Chicago” director Rob Marshall. The film actually was set to be tackled by the late writer/director Anthony Minghella and previously scheduled to begin filming in March 2008.
“Nine” is a musical following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis instead Javier Bardem), who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life. Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.
The film, also stars Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, »
- Allan Ford
Fellini's '8 1/2', Wenders' 'Paris, Texas' and Soderbergh's 'Che' Coming to Criterion Blu-ray
16 October 2009 2:41 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Anyone that reads this site even on a semi-regular basis probably knows I absolutely love Federico Fellini's 8½ and that is one of the major reasons I am so looking forward to Rob Marshall's musical adaptation Nine. So, to learn Criterion is bringing the Fellini classic to Blu-ray with a brand new 52-minute documentary on Fellini's lost alternate ending for 8½ is almost too much for me to handle and is certainly too long to wait.
Along with the upcoming arrival of 8½, Criterion has also announced Blu-ray and DVD releases for Steven Soderbergh's Che and Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas. Details on these three titles are detailed below, but don't go yet there is a little more...
8½ (January 12, 2010) Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and Nyu film professor Antonio Monda Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini, »
- Brad Brevet
Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Actor
14 October 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Best Actor George Clooney, Up in the Air A professional downsizer finds the frequent-flying love of his life while having to come to terms with his long-lost humanity. Matt Damon, The Informant! A pathological liar helps the FBI nab his employer, a dishonest agribusiness conglomerate. Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine (with Marion Cotillard) In this musicalized remake of Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, Daniel [...] »
- Andre Soares
New Images from Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine’
10 October 2009 2:12 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
9 and Nine, two different movies but both look I’m very much looking forward to seeing. This post is about ‘Nine’, a movie based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. This movie has a cast which gives it very high expectations. The calibre of the movie is so high that it’s cast has a total of 17 Oscar nominations between them with a whopping seven.
The cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren. I’ve previously posted the trailer and images for the movie which hits UK cinemas 25th November.It’s directed by Rob Marshall who has previously brought us Chicago and is going to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth in the ‘Pirates’ franchise. I’ve embedded the images below, some of which we’ve »
- David Sztypuljak
Fantastic Hi-Res “Nine” Photos
10 October 2009 12:56 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
We posted amazing trailer for Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine” and some great photos but we have more fantastic Hi-Res images from the movie today.
As always, click on any of the photos to enlarge
Nine | Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard
“Nine” is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for the movie was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. So, the Broadway musical and the movie are adaptation of the book by Arthur L. Kopit.
The movie following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life – Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.
Nine »
- Fiona
The women of 'Nine' don't look like they've been eating four-hour dinners...
10 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Check out some of the lovely ladies of Nine -- Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz and Kate Hudson -- on the cover of Vogue. Vogue also has Annie Leibovitz’s shot on the set -- also with Judi Dench, Fergie and Sophia Loren. The film, directed by Chicago’s Rob Marshall, also stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a famous film director dealing with all these various women in his life. The film is based on the 1982 Broadway musical that was loosely based on Fellini’s 8 ½. Cotillard tells Vogue: "It's been my dream to do an American musical. When I was a child, »
- EW staff
'Nine' moves to December
9 October 2009 11:35 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
The Weinstein Co. has moved the release date of the Rob Marshall musical "Nine" from Nov. 25 to a wide release on Dec. 25.According to Variety, this takes "Nine" out of direct competition with "The Road," the Weinstein Co.'s post-apocalyptic movie that opens on Nov. 25."Nine" will now open against other Christmas films such as "Sherlock Holmes," with Robert Downey Jr., and the Meryl Streep-Steve Martin-Alec Baldwin romantic comedy "It's Complicated."Based on Federico Fellini's "8½," "Nine" stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz and follows a director dealing with a midlife crisis while juggling the various women in his life. »
- Adnan Tezer
Weinstein Co. Can’t Make Up its Mind
9 October 2009 10:19 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Most adaptations seem to get weathered and diminished with every iteration. They lose a little something in translation. But Nine is a film that I hope is galvanized with each successive adaptation. It is already based on a 1982 Tony award-winning play, which itself was based on an Italian play by Mario Fratti, derived from the legendary Italian film 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini. Nine is directed by stage musical extraordinaire Rob Marshall (Chicago, the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and starring Daniel Day Lewis as Guido Contini. Oh yeah, and it also co-stars Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, and Kate Hudson (who is talented but chooses a lot of forgettable romantic comedies). But nothing in there is news. What is new, as Variety reports, is the fact that Nine has been preempted by The Weinstein Company until December 25th, having originally been scheduled for November, the same month that The Road, »
- Jacob
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