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14 articles from 2009
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. »
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Interview with Fernando Eimbcke (Lake Tahoe)
10 July 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- [Editor's Note: This was originally published during the 2008 edition of the AFI Film Festival.] Writer-director Fernando Eimbcke (Duck Season) delivers a poignant, and yet subtle coming-of-age story with his second feature film, Lake Tahoe. Set in a quiet coastal town, this tells the story of a teenage boy dealing with the grief of his father's death, but on the outset the narrative takes its time in letting the gem unravel into such territory. Instead of getting explosion of emotions, we see the characters implode with a loss of speech. Eimbcke innovates with a language and landscape of his own, telling a story that's loosely based on Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief. Eimbcke joins the lead of promising international and in the same token, Mexican filmmakers in contemporary cinema - something that Fipresci have established early on as they set up a special screening of Lake Tahoe at Cannes this past May. I met with up Fernando Eimbcke at the ArcLight Theater in Hollywood. »
Minority View: Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi
23 June 2009 11:54 PM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
Ermano Olmi is a filmmaker who remained true to the tenets of neo-realism (as defined by their ideologue Zavattini) long after the more celebrated adherents to the creed - Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica and Luchino Visconti had abandoned it. Rossellini went on to make films like The Rise of Louis Xiv (1966), De Sica to make social comedies like Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) and Visconti into operatic excesses like The Damned (1969). Neo-realism had set out to portray the lives of ordinary people - even when devoid of drama - but the best-known works of the movement are often highly dramatic in their choice of subject matter.... »
- M. K. Raghavendra
For Father's Day, A Few Cinematic Takes On Being A Dad
15 June 2009 11:42 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Prior to this Sunday, why not check out some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how we either rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short. The varied nature of the following titles speaks to the prevalence of fatherhood as a theme in film, and indeed, in all storytelling. Given its recurrence in so many movies, doubtless there any many fine "Dad" pictures I've overlooked, so feel free to share your own favorites. I lead with one of the most heartbreaking foreign films on record: Vittorio de Sica's neo-realist masterpiece, "Bicycle Thieves" (1948). Here a man who depends on his bicycle for his living sees it stolen out from under him, and with his adoring son in tow, scours Rome to retrieve it. Finally, he resorts to the theft of another bike... »
- John Farr
In Advance of Father's Day, Ten Cinematic Takes on Being a Dad
8 June 2009 1:59 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Prior to saluting fathers far and wide later this month, why not pop in some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how various dads rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short. I lead with one of the most heartbreaking foreign films on record: Vittorio de Sica's neo-realist masterpiece, "Bicycle Thieves" (1948). Here a man who depends on his bicycle for his living sees it stolen out from under him, and with his adoring son in tow, scours Rome to retrieve it. Finally, he resorts to the theft of another bike to put bread on his table. "Thieves" still packs a wallop, portraying poverty's heartless capacity to rob a father of the thing an impressionable son needs to see most --his basic dignity. For his powerful work, De Sica was awarded... »
- John Farr
TCM Unveils Their List of Top 15 Most Influential Films of All-Time
13 April 2009 12:08 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has just released their official list of top 15 most influential classic films of all time, the latest element in the network's 15th anniversary celebration and the launching point for a new feature at TCM.com in which the network says it will post a fresh list of movie favorites each day (although it actually looks like it is only going to be a weekly feature). The feature will be called TCM Dailies and will usually highlight five films, with a constantly changing theme. The lists will run from serious to silly, such as TCM's favorite car-chase movies, best slap scenes and top sequels. Perhaps the most unfortunate thing is that TCM will just be listing the films and not necessarily showing them. This would have been even bigger news had I been able to tell you the 15 films featured will be shown on TCM over »
- Brad Brevet
DVD Review: Criterion Adds Roberto Rossellini, Andrzej Wajda Films to Collection
13 April 2009 6:16 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0 Chicago – The Criterion Collection expanded by two titles recently and fans of Andrzej Wajda and Roberto Rossellini will be happy to see two of their films in slots #463 and #464 in the most acclaimed series of DVDs in the history of the format. Rossellini’s “Il Generale Della Rovere” and Wajda’s “Danton” might not be as high-profile films as some recent Criterion releases, but they have been given the typically spectacular treatment that this company has been known for over the years.
Rossellini’s “Il Generale Della Rovere” is a transition film from one of the fathers of neorealism’s more human films of the ’40s and ’50s to his historically-based work of the ’60s and ’70s. The director is still most known for that early period with “Rome, Open City” being required viewing for anyone with the guts to call themselves a film historian.
Danton was released »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
DVD Playhouse: April 2009
11 April 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—April 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Milk (Universal) Sean Penn deservedly captured his second Best Actor Oscar (and Dustin Lance Black a statuette for his original screenplay) in director Gus Van Sant’s portrait of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold public office in the U.S. Alternately heartbreaking, infuriating and very funny, a film that both captures a bygone era and is still very timely. Fine support from Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Three featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Slumdog Millionaire (20th Century Fox) The Best Picture of 2008 is a kinetic, clever audience-pleaser about a determined lad (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, who has his chance at literal and financial redemption as a contestant on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Best Director Danny Boyle dazzles »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
DVD Review: Il Generale Della Rovere (Criterion Collection)
30 March 2009 12:10 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I had not yet seen a Roberto Rossellini film, which made Il Generale Della Rovere my debut feature from the helmer. No worries, I just queued Rome, Open City, which according to the video essay in the Della Rovere is his only other "big success." That statement, of course, is in reference to Rossellini's box-office prowess, and does not reflect his filmmaking ability or the effect his films had on cinema and his peers. Starring Italian cinema icon Vittorio De Sica (director of The Bicycle Thief) the film is set in Italy during World War II. Germans occupy the city of Genoa and Emanuele Bardone (De Sica) has made a nasty habit of taking advantage of his fellow Italians by exploiting their family losses and conning them into thinking he will help them find (and potentially save) their missing loved ones. As an addicted gambler he continues down a path »
- Brad Brevet
2009 | 2008 | 2006 | 2001
14 articles from 2009
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