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Free Flick Fridays: Chaplin
3 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »
Chaplin Dir. Richard Attenborough (1992) Robert Downey, Jr.'s two Oscar nominations make an amusing pair of bookended actors. Most recently was 2008, when he was nominated for Tropic Thunder, delivering a wicked parody of the pomposity of actors with his so-method-he-went-blackface Kirk Lazarus, and then there was 1992, where he was eerily on-point as one of the true legends of film, Charles Chaplin, better known to you as Charlie Chaplin. Perhaps he had to go Lazarus in order to get to the root of Chaplin; but really, Downey's wildman antics (his publicized drug difficulties took up the rest of the 90s) and general sadness-underneath-the-geniality lends a gravitas to the actor, who was in his late twenties when he played the role. Attenborough's film, based on Chaplin's autobiography and David Robinson's book Chaplin: His Life and Art is wildly ambitious (the original cut was nearly four hours long) - an epic ride through »
Luciano Emmer obituary
3 December 2009 10:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Distinguished Italian director noted for art documentaries
Though the Italian media prefer to remember him as one of the inventors of the first popular programme of television commercials – called Carosello (Carousel) and broadcast each evening at peak viewing time on the only channel of the Italian public broadcaster Rai in the mid-1950s – Luciano Emmer, who has died aged 91, was a distinguished Italian cinema director. He directed a dozen features during 70 years as a film-maker, the first of which, Domenica d'Agosto (Sunday in August), became an international arthouse hit in 1950. He was, however, best known for scores of documentaries on art.
Born in Milan, Emmer spent most of his childhood in Venice, where his father was the city's municipal engineer. As a boy, he made good use of his father's free pass to the local cinemas, where his preference was for Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, but he also »
- John Francis Lane
Glee recap (1.12): "Once Upon A Mattress"
3 December 2009 8:54 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
I was actually a little shell shocked after this week's episode. I needed a minute to pull myself together. And no, I actually did not cry this week, but it was very emotionally draining. There was some fantastic acting, and I thought it was another well-written episode — though definitely not the best.
We start off with two bits of important information. One is that Ken has scheduled his and Emma's wedding for the same day as the Glee Sectionals, and the other is that it is officially yearbook photo time at McKinley High.
Sue sashays in with two black eyes from her yearly plastic surgery touchup for the yearbook. (Emma: "Sue! Did someone finally punch you?") Sue had her eyes done this year. "While they were in there, I had them go ahead and yank out those tear ducts. Wasn't using 'em." She delights in informing Will that Glee Club »
- josh
Downey Jr. Lands Top Hollywood Honour
2 December 2009 5:36 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Robert Downey Jr. is to become part of Hollywood royalty on Monday when his hand and footprints are added to the cement outside Tinseltown landmark Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
The Iron Man star will join the likes of George Clooney, John Wayne and Charlie Chaplin, who he once famously portrayed on the big screen, when he's honoured on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
His wife Susan Downey and moviemaker Joel Silver will be among the guests paying tribute to the movie star. »
Blue Skies and Black Metal
30 November 2009 7:48 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
This week's slate gathers together so many big name stars in one place you'd think it was Oscar night already.
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A stripped-down neo-noir with a twist, this feature debut for filmmaker Alex Merkin began as a 2005 short (starring Adrian Grenier, which can be found online here). Grenier didn't return, but Mike Vogel takes his place as Julian, a young man who races to a seedy hotel where his best friend's wayward fiancée (Brittany Murphy) and another man have aroused the suspicions of his pal, who's holed up "across the hall" with a bottle of whiskey and a gun.
Opens in New York and Los Angeles.
"Armored"
Having garnered a great deal of attention with his grungy murder mystery debut "Kontroll," American-born Hungarian helmer Nimród Antal first made his mark in Hollywood »
- Neil Pedley
Tiff 2009 Day 7: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
A welcomed "diversion" to my viewing slate, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator wasn't the first picture that came to mind when watching Dany Boon's miming about in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "anti-war" themed pic. - A welcomed "diversion" to my viewing slate, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator wasn't the first picture that came to mind when watching Dany Boon's miming about in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "anti-war" themed pic. I wasn't thinking of anti-war pics, and it was upon further reflection that I thought about the whole non-violence combating violence discourse of the film, but it was the collection of pics from the late 70's/early 80's films that I grew up on that I had in mind. In my estimation, Jeunet's Micmacs delivers that tingling feeling sensation that we find in spades in Amelie, the pic is a technically fun film to watch, and is inoffensive, quirky »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Birthday Suits: The Blonde and the Bookish
29 November 2009 4:24 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Celebrating cinematic birthdays for 11/29. Which celebrity would you most like to spank today?
Blond³: Diane, Anna and Cathy
1832 Louisa May Alcott wrote the oft-adapted Little Women
1895 Busby Berkeley, legendary choreographer/director. What would the early musicals have been without him?
1898 C.S. Lewis wrote the Chronicles of Narnia which were made into unfortunately generic movies. He also wrote The Screwtape Letters which I personally pray will never see the silver screen despite Hollywood's efforts. Some books just deserve the undiluted perfection of their original form. Sir Anthony Hopkins played him in the weepy bio Shadowlands (1993)
1901 Mildred Harris, silent film actress and Mrs Charlie Chaplin (for a few years)
1918 Madeleine L'Engle prolific author, most famous for Wrinkle in Time
1931 Shintarô Katsu the original blind swordsman Zatoichi
1932 Diane Ladd, if you don't love her Oscar nom'ed performances in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Rambling Rose and Wild at Heart, well... what's wrong with you? »
- NATHANIEL R
Charlie Chaplin museum to open in Swiss mansion
26 November 2009 3:11 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Former home by Lake Geneva to showcase life and work of legendary actor
Charlie Chaplin's Swiss mansion is to become a museum, one of his sons said today.
The Corsier-sur-Vevey property by Lake Geneva was chosen over sites in Los Angeles and London as the site of the first museum dedicated to the screen legend, said Michael Chaplin. The museum, which has been a decade in the planning and will be finished within two years, will feature objects from the actor's life and displays chronicling his rise from London's music halls to Hollywood stardom. "He was very happy here because he had a family life," Michael Chaplin said of the Swiss home where his father lived for more than 20 years until his death in 1977.
The vaulted wine cellars of the house will be used to evoke the Victorian-era London of Chaplin's youth, while Hollywood will be recreated in the »
Robert Gives Thanks
25 November 2009 11:01 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
I love slow movies. Really slow. For the longest time I thought everyone else considered that word to signify the worst in movies. Slow meant bad enough to put you to sleep. I love movies that put me to sleep. I’ve a whole collection of movies that I can pop in the DVD player whenever I can’t sleep and they’ll do the trick. If we can agree that music peaceful enough to put you to sleep can still be great, why not movies?
So this year I’m thankful for slow movies. But I’m also thankful for others who love them, because together we inspire filmmakers to keep making them. Great modern films like Goodbye, Solo and The Assassination of Jesse James..., and The Band’s Visit and Silent Light.
I’m thankful that cinema hasn’t been completely overrun by the desire to make anything »
- Robert
Chaplin Museum Set For Switzerland
24 November 2009 2:06 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Silent movie icon Charlie Chaplin's home in Switzerland is to be turned into a museum.
The mansion at Corsiersur-Vevey by the shores of Lake Geneva was Chaplin's last home before his death in 1977. It has been chosen as the site for the museum over the star's homes in London and Los Angeles.
His son Michael says, "He was very happy here."
The museum, which will feature feature objects from Chaplin’s life and career, is expected to open in 2011. »
Judd Apatow and Aziz Ansari Sell Universal On 'Funny People' Spin-Off
24 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Last week, during a live Q&A on FunnyOrDie.com, Judd Apatow addressed the idea of a "Funny People" spin-off focused on Aziz Ansari's minor stand-up comedian character, Randy (or, Raaaaaaaandy), implying that it was all up to the actor if it would happen. "You should Twitter Aziz Ansari and tell him you want that movie," Apatow urged fans via webcam. "Aziz may be concerned that more people think he's Randy than Aziz. That may be his hesitation."
Well, the occasional IMAX protester and costar of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" has apparently gotten over that hesitation, whether due to fans Tweeting him or not. According to Variety, he and writer-director Jason Woliner, one of Ansari's collaborators on MTV's sketch comedy show "Human Giant," have sold Apatow and Universal Pictures on a pitch for the Randy movie, along with two other movie ideas.
Ansari notes that he was surprised Apatow »
- Christopher Campbell
Chaplin: museum in Corsier-sur-Vevey
24 November 2009 | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »
Favored over Los Angeles and London, the small town of Corsier-sur-Vevey will host a museum dedicated to Charlie Chaplin, says his son, Michael Chaplin. The future pilgrimage destination for fans of the legendary English filmmaker should be complete within two years. It will be dedicated to Charlie Chaplin's career, screening clips of his masterpieces and exhibiting some of his possessions, such as the piano he used to compose his unforgettable songs. In the great Swiss tradition, when the idea was first raised several neighbors of the villa in which Chaplin lived for twenty years were immediately opposed to the idea of transforming it into a museum, afraid visitors to the site, from old to young, would dare to infringe on their hard-earned, idyllic daily lives. Luckily, after about ten years of legal battles, Vevey authorities and the Nestlé Group has prevailed, and the multinational will pick up the reported »
- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
Gucci Mane Album Preview: State Vs. Radric Davis Is Surprisingly Jovial
22 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
Guest verses from Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Cam'ron boost incarcerated Mc's latest, due December 8.
By Shaheem Reid
Gucci Mane
Photo: Rick Diamond/ Getty Images
The most important album of Gucci Mane's career is scheduled to surface in stores December 8. For Gucci, the title The State vs. Radric Davis took on an all-too-real relevance a couple of weeks ago when the rapper was sent to jail for 12 months.
He violated the terms of his probation, and at a time when he should be on the road promoting, Gucc is behind bars. He does have a slew of mixtape tracks holding him down in the streets and the clubs. A Gucci set is necessary for just about every hip-hop dance floor now. For the mainstream, the Zone 6 rep left a calling card: "Spotlight" with Usher. Meanwhile, "Wasted" with Plies continues its chart success.
Things couldn't be better for Gucci, career-wise. Despite the LP's grave title, »
Besson, Reno, Portman, Oldman: 'The Professional' 15 Years Later
18 November 2009 2:23 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Jean Reno and Natalie Portman in The Professional
Photo: Columbia Pictures Is Luc Besson an overrated filmmaker? I think he's a fine director but reviewing his resume he's usually a pretty average writer and his movies are kind of hit-or-miss. But every once in while he sneaks in an effort that surprises you, makes you take a step back and think, Whoa, where'd that come from? My most recent such reaction came while watching his last directorial effort, Angel-a, a sweet and moving love story dropped into a hotzone trifecta of mediocrity including The Fifth Element, The Messenger and Arthur and the Invisibles. To that point, outside of Angel-a he hasn't made a substantial contribution to the medium since Leon - The Professional, a contribution certainly worth celebrating, and will be done so over the next ten paragraphs.
I didn't see The Professional in the movie theater. I watched it on VHS. »
- Andre Rivas
Family Britain by David Kynaston | Book review
13 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Katharine Whitehorn on a survey of Britain in the 1950s
What was it like to live in the 1950s? Until recently the decade was thought of as a bare patch between the battleground of the 40s and the fairground of the 60s, but recently its complexities and excitements have exercised historians Peter Hennessy and Dominic Sandbrook; and now there's Family Britain, the second book in David Kynaston's three-volume New Jerusalem project. Mercifully, this massive work – nearly 800 pages – is made highly readable by all sorts of extracts and quotations from diaries, columns and oral records, and deals as much with ordinary, everyday lives as with the machinations of politics and power.
There are surprises in it even for someone who lived delightedly through those years: was rationing really not finally called off until July 1954? Was a Tory government cheerfully still subsidising milk and National Butter in 1956? Some things I remember all »
- Katharine Whitehorn
'New Moon' Star Robert Pattinson Wants To Produce As Well As Act
13 November 2009 10:30 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
From MTV.Com: When Edward Cullen was 18 years old in 1919, Hollywood superstars Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford came up with the idea for United Artists — a studio that would give actors greater control over which films they got to make and take the creative decisions away from commercial-minded studio execs. When Edward was 68 years old, Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier and Barbra Streisand made waves with their First Artists Production Company, pledging the same actors-first mentality.
Now, Robert Pattinson is determined to mark Edward's upcoming second-century teenage period with a similar endeavor, using his newfound star power to make the kind of movies he wants to see.
Continue reading Robert Pattinson's Dream? To Make His Own Movies
MTV delves deep into the "Twilight" universe with two can't-miss specials: "Love Bites" chronicles the budding rumored romance between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart on Monday at 10 p.m. Et/Pt, »
- Larry Carroll
Robert Pattinson's Dream? To Make His Own Movies
13 November 2009 9:17 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'I'd like to make it a lot easier for the creative people to get their thoughts heard,' the 'New Moon' star says of possibly starting his own production company.
Photo: MTV News
Beverly Hills, California — When Edward Cullen was 18 years old in 1919, Hollywood superstars Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford came up with the idea for United Artists — a studio that would give actors greater control over which films they got to make and take the creative decisions away from commercial-minded studio execs. When Edward was 68 years old, Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier and Barbra Streisand made waves with their First Artists Production Company, pledging the same actors-first mentality.
Now, Robert Pattinson is determined to mark Edward's upcoming second-century teenage period with a similar endeavor, using his newfound star power to make the kind of movies he wants to see.
"I definitely »
Lost Chaplin Footage Sold on eBay for $5
12 November 2009 3:41 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By the Independent U.K.
When Morace Park bought a can of nitrate film on eBay for $5, he was surprised to discover that it contained footage of Charlie Chaplin.
The inventor was utterly astounded when his friend John Dwyer, a former member of the British Board of Film Classification, told him he had discovered rare footage of the performer, and possibly an unknown Chaplin work. Unlike many nitrate films, the contents of this 1916 can were still intact.
Read more in the Independent U.K. »
- Lisa Horowitz
Charles Chaplin’s Zepped Found
11 November 2009 1:19 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
In the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips reports that a long-thought lost Charles Chaplin film has been accidentally found after a film collector made an eBay bid on a nitrate film canister. Phillips explains that "the footage turned out to be the obscure Chaplin short [Zepped], a World War I propaganda effort designed to buck up British morale, combining stop-motion animation and outtakes and unused alternate shots from films Chaplin made for both Keystone and Essanay studios. "The hybrid, over which Chaplin apparently exercised no creative control, includes a shot or two from His New Job, the short film Chaplin made for the Chicago-based Essanay during his 23-day residency here in late 1914 and early 1915." »
- Andre Soares
Charles Chaplin’s The Circus, Aladdin, Easy Rider Screenings
9 November 2009 10:51 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Among the upcoming screenings in the November film series of the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., are vehicles for just about everyone, from Charles Chaplin to Dennis Hopper; from Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland to Robin Williams‘ voice. I’ve never seen Disney’s Aladdin, though I know it was a big hit when it came out. Robin Williams was particularly praised for his voice work as the Genie — some even went as far as to demand that the Academy come up with Oscars for best voice performance. No one came up with that demand when Charles Chaplin’s The Circus was released, perhaps because the film has no audible dialogue. I’m not a big [...] »
- Andre Soares
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