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The Supermen of Malegaon
12 hours ago | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
As Michael Caine might say, not many people know that Maharashtra has a second thriving movie industry less than 200 miles from the glitz and glamour of Mumbai. It's set in the declining Muslim-majority city of Malegaon and the typical budget for a movie is 00 - yes, you read that right - 00!
The movie men of Malegaon have no time for fancy equipment like electronic video mixers, 360 dollies or fancy stuff such as artist agencies, they're just as likely to use a bicycle, a borrowed camera and the local samosa seller to tell their tales. "We don't have fancy equipment like trolleys, so we mount our camera on a bicycle instead," says Shaikh Nasir, director, "A bullock cart functions as a crane. A handycam is our camera. But our films have heart."
A surprise hit at both the Osian Film Festival and Iffi, Mallywood movies are finally beginning to gain some recognition. »
Lights, camera, disaster
18 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Hollywood star refused to come out of his trailer, the leading lady's hair melted and the actor hired to play the joy- rider couldn't drive
Brixton-born City trader Robert Fucilla had succeeded in everything he had put his hand to, from selling oil to backing British hip-hop acts, and believed his Italian ancestry gave him a shot at being a British Al Pacino. Of course, millions dream of breaking into the movies, but what underpinned Fucilla's ambition, friends and workmates agree, what made him stand out from every other fantasist and wannabe, was self-belief and a monumental ego.
Too impatient to train as an actor, and having briefly tried the traditional route of castings and pumping connections, Fucilla decided to buy his way in. At first, this approach proved remarkably successful. Somehow, the novice film-maker secured more than £1m from investors, assembled a solid, homegrown cast that included Phil Davis, »
- Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy
The 2010 Warner Bros. Preview Brings 'Sex,' 'Titans,' 'Potter' and Much More
3 December 2009 7:43 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Warner Bros. has debuted their 2010 picture preview giving us our first look at select films out of the 23 features they have set for the new year. I have added new images from the likes of The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington, Edge of Darkness with Mel Gibson, our first look at Sex and the City 2, Kevin Smith's currently untitled new comedy with Tracey Morgan and Bruce Willis, Jonah Hex, Ben Affleck's The Town, and, of course, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.
The Book Of Eli January 15 Photo: Warner Bros. »
- Brad Brevet
Bifa 2009: Sir Michael Caine and Daniel Day Lewis to be honoured
3 December 2009 5:22 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Set up in 1998, The British Independent Film Awards aim to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British film, both to honour established British talent, and to promote emerging stars to a wider audience. This year's awards are held at The Brewery in Central London, and the extensive list of nominees documents what an incredible year British independent cinema has enjoyed - with Sir Michael Caine announced as the recipient of the prestigious Variety Award, celebrating his career which has spanned a staggering five decades; coinciding with his lead role in this year's Harry Brown. Daniel Day-Lewis will be honoured with the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contributor to British Film by an actor, and is described by the Bifa jury as 'one of the most exceptionally talented and enigmatic actors in the industry'. Debate has been rife as to who will be crowned victorious by the Bifa jury, with Katie Jarvis, »
- t5m
Jewison Lands Lifetime Achievement Award
2 December 2009 8:26 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
In The Heat Of The Night director Norman Jewison is to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Directors Guild of America (DGA).
The Canadian moviemaker's 1967 drama starring Sidney Poitier scored five Academy Awards, and he went on to land another three Oscars for 1971's Fiddler on the Roof.
Jewison will now follow in the footsteps of legendary directors including Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock when he is awarded the DGA's highest honour in January.
DGA President Taylor Hackford says in a statement, "He is an incredible filmmaker whose calm, affable manner belies a ferocious creative fire within. Norman well deserves to stand among the giants of cinema whom we have honored in the past."
Jewison's last big screen offering came in 2003 with The Statement, starring Sir Michael Caine. »
"Fiddler" director Jewison honored with career award
1 December 2009 11:39 AM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
The Directors Guild of America on Tuesday named "Fiddler on the Roof" director Norman Jewison the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award to be given at a gala dinner and ceremony in January.Jewison, a 83-year-old Canadian who has three Academy Award nominations for directing, joins 32 past recipients of the honor from the influential industry organization, including Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock."He is an incredible filmmaker whose calm, affable manner belies a ferocious creative fire within," DGA President Taylor Hackford said in a statement. "Norman well deserves to stand among the giants of cinema whom we have honored in the past".Jewison's films have tackled racism, corruption and falling in love, such as "Fiddler on the Roof," a 1971 musical about Jews in pre-revolutionary Russia and 1984's "A Soldier's Story", which earned one of three DGA nominations he received." »
Harry Brown Review
30 November 2009 2:05 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
After a long and distinguished career, Michael Caine has announced his retirement from lead film roles aiming to instead focus on supporting parts. Having burst on to the film scene with the likes of Get Carter and Zulu, the erstwhile Mr Micklewhite has been an enduring screen personality in fare ranging from Jaws: The Revenge through to Hannah And Her Sisters. His final bow comes in the shape of debut helmer Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown. The weight of playing host to a true legend like Caine’s last lead role could have overshadowed most films, a feat which Barber attempts to sidestep with his bold, if flawed, entry into the revenge film canon.
Caine stars, in a role pitched somewhere between Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino and his own Get Carter, as the titular Harry Brown, a man very deeply at odds with modern Britain. He is a lonesome »
- Kieron
Samuel Goldwyn Brings Justice to 'Harry Brown'
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Is there such a thing as Kitchen Sink films featuring old men? The young men from the 60's now belong to a different age bracket, so I guess we can point to this post-tiff and now, post-afm film deal as one of them. According to the trades, this year's Gran Torino in the shape of Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown has been smoked out by Samuel Goldwyn Films. - Is there such a thing as Kitchen Sink films featuring old men? The young men from the 60's now belong to a different age bracket, so I guess we can point to this post-tiff and now, post-afm film deal as one of them. According to the trades, this year's Gran Torino in the shape of Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown has been smoked out by Samuel Goldwyn Films. The pic which was considered a must see film by many buyers »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Caine Honoured With Legend Award
28 November 2009 6:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran actor Sir Michael Caine was honoured by the people of London at a glitzy awards ceremony on Friday night.
The Get Carter star, who was brought up in the U.K. capital, was handed the London Legend award - voted for by youngsters in the city to find their top role model.
And Caine was overwhelmed with the prize, telling the audience at Alexandra Palace it is "the greatest honour" he has even been given.
He told the crowd, "This is the greatest honour I have received as it is not voted for by the film industry but by the young people of London. I happen to think every Londoner is a legend. This place is a legend."
Alexandra Burke, winner of British reality show The X Factor last year, performed at the ceremony, while R&B star Lemar hosted the bash. »
This week's DVD and Blu-ray releases
27 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
DVD & Blu-ray, Universal
It's taken a decade for this to arrive (no time wasted on spellcheck, though), and Quentin Tarantino's epic second world war romp is the best thing he's done in ages. It's deceptively Tarantino-esque; just because it's a period piece doesn't mean he skimps on his trademark pop-culture references. It's just that here he geeks out not on Les Big Macs and exploitation movies but on 1920s/30s German cinema, which certainly separates the men from the (fan)boys. You don't need a diploma in German mountain movies to have fun with this, though. The tale, delivered in five generous interlocking chapters, is told masterfully. Just when you think one segment is beginning to outstay its welcome, a stylish twist is performed. Unusually for Tarantino, there's a good spread of performances too. Where his films normally play like a group of actors taking turns to »
- Phelim O'Neill
Free Flick of The Day: Blame It On Rio
27 November 2009 3:12 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
A film about an affair with your best friend's daughter is probably the last place you would expect to find a lesson on morality. But oddly enough, that's exactly what you get in Larry Gelbart's sex comedy, Blame It On Rio. Like many of the films I saw during my childhood, I was well out of the prescribed age group for the story of a May-December affair, but I always remembered this movie for two reasons: it was where I learned about the world of mid-life crisis, and I even learned a little something about the consequences of your actions ... but we'll get to that later. So if you've never seen this movie, you're in luck because SlashControl offers the flick as part of their free film selection.
Released in 1984, Rio was written by Gelbart, who is best known for his work in TV (as one of the creators of M. »
- Jessica Barnes
Caine Awestruck By Taylor's Professionalism
27 November 2009 12:21 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Sir Michael Caine begged Dame Elizabeth Taylor to "fluff" her lines as they filmed Zee And Co. - because she was outshining him with her perfect performance.
The Alife star has performed opposite a number of top actresses in his career, including Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson, but he insists Taylor was the most impressive leading lady.
And he reveals the veteran actress was so well-prepared when she showed up on the set of the 1972 drama, she made him look like an amateur.
He tells Total Film, "I remember I was doing a movie with Elizabeth Taylor a long time ago and I didn't know what to expect - lots of tantrums, probably. But she was completely professional, knew her lines before she turned up, never had any temper tantrums. She was quite amazing. She never fluffed. I bloody do that, you know? In the end, I said, 'Will you muck up your delivery so I look good?' So she did." »
Uncanny Birthday Suits
23 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Celebrating cinematic folk, born on this day 11/23. Get out your kazoos.
Franco, Maxwell and Harpo. Half of the fun of building these posts
is these completely nonsensical groupings!
1859 Billy the Kid, outlaw. I've always thought it a mystery as to exactly why people routinely idolize characters whom they would never want to meet in real life. Murderers, criminals, thieves, (especially gangsters)... they all get the silver screen pedestal treatment. Billy has been portrayed dozens of times and Val Kilmer, Emilio Estevez, Kris Kristofferson, Buster Crabbe and Paul Newman have all done the job.
1888 Harpo Marx I'm embarrassed to say this but I can never remember which Marx Bros is which. When I watch 30s comedies, I almost always select a screwball romance.
1892 Erté artist over whom wee Nathaniel obsessed, wanting a whole animated movie to spring forth from his theatrical illustrations of ladies in elaborate headdresses and fab gowns.
1913 Michael Gough, »
- NATHANIEL R
It is unusual: low-budget Welsh film outperforms big hitters
22 November 2009 3:44 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Bawdy farce involving Tom Jones's penis becomes a multiplex sensation
The Hollywood blockbusters 2012 and A Christmas Carol are playing to respectable audiences Merthyr Tydfil's Vue multiplex, entertaining fans with their multimillion pound effects.
But in screen eight, the staff are having to drag in extra beanbags in an attempt to accommodate everyone who wants to see a comedy made for just £100,000 and with a marketing budget of a couple of grand.
In these days when megabucks movies dominate, A Bit of Tom Jones?, is providing hope for independent film-makers who may have ideas and talent but no money.
The movie is a bawdy farce with a plot turning an attempt to sell the Welsh superstar singer's severed manhood (better not to go into too many details for taste as well as spoiler reasons). And it is outselling rivals such as Michael Jackson's This is It and the sci-fi drama The Fourth Kind »
- Steven Morris
Fan-Made 'Batman 3' Trailer Casts Johnny Depp As Riddler, Philip Seymour Hoffman As Penguin
20 November 2009 7:47 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Mining the multitude of fan-made trailers on the 'Net occasionally yields a real gem (for example: "Thundercats: The Movie"), and that's definitely the case for this "Batman 3" mash-up trailer that offers up a hypothetical brawl between Christian Bale as Batman, Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.
Created by YouTube user HawkeyeProtagonist, "Batman: Caped Crusader Teaser 1 (Penguin & Riddler)" splices clips from Christopher Nolan's previous Batman movies, as well as clips from Depp's "Secret Window" and Hoffman's villainous turn in "Mission: Impossible III" (among other films I could be missing). The final product is a compelling argument for both actors and their respective villains to make a bow in the next Batman movie.
Heck, with that monologue, Hoffman might even be able to strike terror into the Dark Knight's heart.
Longtime readers will recall that the original source of the Depp/Hoffman rumor was none »
- Rick Marshall
As 'Spider-Man 4' Rumors Persist, MTV Splash Page Polls For Your Favorite
19 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
From Splash Page: A while back, the third "Batman" movie seemed to be the subject of new casting rumors every day — from Michael Caine's assertion that Johnny Depp would play The Riddler to a British tabloid's "scoop" that Shia Labeouf would play Robin. Nowadays, though, "Spider-Man 4" has been receiving the lion's share of casting rumors, including quite a few that have popped up, circulated widely and subsequently been debunked within the last week.
Last week, many blogs echoed an anonymous rumor that Rachel McAdams would play Black Cat, only to have the actress dismiss the casting report this week. The dust had barely settled, whoever, when another Black Cat rumor hit the 'Net — this time, featuring Julia Stiles.
So, now we find ourselves wondering which one of these rumors you'd like to see become official. Is it one of the Black Cat rumors or something else entirely? What »
- Rick Marshall
Indie Roundup: 'Cracks,' 'Harry Brown' Deals and Trailers
18 November 2009 4:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Indie Roundup: Your quick guide to what's new and upcoming in the independent film community.
Deals. Our friends at indieWIRE report that Cracks has been acquired by IFC Films, which plans to release it next year via its IFC in Theaters platform. The film is the feature directorial debut of Jordan Scott, daughter of Ridley Scott. Eva Green (The Dreamers, Casino Royale) stars as a teacher and diving coach in an Irish boarding school for orphaned girls; Juno Temple, Imogen Poots, and Maria Valverde also star. "The trials and tribulations, for both the students and their unorthodox teacher," writes Kurt Halfyard at Twitch, "gradually are brought to a boil that subverts many of the typical paths in either a coming of age story or a typical 'school-girl dormitory' tale."
Michael Caine stars as Harry Brown, a retired Marine who determines to clean up his neighborhood after his best friend is killed. »
- Peter Martin
Which 'Spider-Man 4' Rumor Do You Wish Were True?
18 November 2009 2:41 PM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
A while back, the third "Batman" movie seemed to be the subject of new casting rumors every day — from Michael Caine's assertion that Johnny Depp would play The Riddler to a British tabloid's "scoop" that Shia Labeouf would play Robin. Nowadays, though, "Spider-Man 4" has been receiving the lion's share of casting rumors, including quite a few that have popped up, circulated widely and subsequently been debunked within the last week.
Last week, many blogs echoed an anonymous rumor that Rachel McAdams would play Black Cat, only to have the actress dismiss the casting report this week. The dust had barely settled, whoever, when another Black Cat rumor hit the 'Net — this time, featuring Julia Stiles.
So, now we find ourselves wondering which one of these rumors you'd like to see become official. Is it one of the Black Cat rumors or something else entirely? What about Dylan Baker »
- Rick Marshall
'2012' destroys UK box office competition
18 November 2009 1:52 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Apocalyptic drama 2012 has dominated the UK box office on its first weekend on release. The John Cusack film's £6.4 million three-day haul takes it to the chart summit ahead of last week's number one A Christmas Carol. Harry Brown, a vigilante thriller starring Sir Michael Caine, is a new entry at number three, while Up and The Men Who Stare At Goats round out the top five. Elsewhere, Michael Jackson music documentary This Is It falls sharply on its second week of release, (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
Review: Harry Brown
17 November 2009 10:07 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Michael Caine delivers a master class in the superb Harry Brown. In 1971 Michael Caine starred in the cult British gangster flick ‘Get Carter’. In the film Caine plays Jack Carter a Londoner who travels to the North of England to try to discover the circumstances of his brother’s death. Carter’s mission takes him into the bleak, uncompromising and seedy underworld of Newcastle’s gangland. On discovering the suspicious circumstances of his brother’s death Carter is hell bent on revenge. It’s an early ‘tour de force’ for Caine who displays his trademark calm, understated yet perfectly measured portrayals. Lesser actors have tried to imitate it in Brit gangster flicks over the years but come up woefully short. Thirty eight years later and Caine is back playing Harry Brown. The setting is just as un-salubrious in the way of a grim South London council estate overrun with young »
- Sav D'Souza
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