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Directors We Love: Alfred Hitchcock

1 November 2009 4:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

This is a no-brainer, right? Everyone loves Hitchcock. But it was not always so. The great director, whose North by Northwest comes out on a new, 50th Anniversary DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday, was once considered a populist panderer with little artistic value in his work. Even if you were a film critic, it was not the done thing to explore the mood and structure of a film. And even the rare critic that did that, such as Manny Farber or James Agee, tended not to go crazy over Hitchcock's work. (He was too popular and supposedly did not need defending.) At the time, it was more important in film to have a strong moral message, or to impress audiences with size and scale. Hitchcock worked in the lowest genres, telling stories about creeps and murderers and kidnappers, none of which had any benefit to society. Yes, Hitchcock was nominated for Best Director five times, »

- Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Stephenie Saturday: Stephenie’S Playlists - ‘Dreams’

31 October 2009 9:54 AM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

Welcome to another edition of Stephenie Saturday! Weve got another installment of Stephenies Playlist coming at you and this week were highlighting another song for you straight from Stephenie Meyers Twilight book playlist. For this weeks playlist highlight Ta Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song Dreams by The Cranberries. In addition to the video Rebecca gives us a little background information on the band their music and how exactly they fit into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.Dreams The Cranberries Questions Where do you think this song fits into Twilight? Are you a fan of The Cranberries? If so were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for Twilight or did you become one after? Why do you think Stephenie included Dreams on her playlist? Whats your favourite The Cranberries song? »

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Producers Guild of America to Honor John Lasseter with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award; Up’s Oscar Chances Go Up

21 October 2009 9:42 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Named after the legendary producer behind such films as “King Kong”, “Gone with the Wind” and “Rebecca” The David O. Selznick Achiement Award in Motion Pictures is a tremendous honor bestowed upon producers by the Producers Guild of America.  Past recipients include Saul Zaentz, Robert Evans, Roger Corman, and Jerry Bruckheimer.  But never in its history has a producer of animated films received the award…until now.

At the 21st Annual PGA Awards Ceremony on Sunday, January 24, 2010, writer, director, producer, and Pixar COO John Lasseter will receive the David O. Selznick Achievement Award.  Hit the jump for details and what this could mean for “Up’s” chances at a Best Picture Oscar.

It does seem overdue that the man who produced every Pixar film hasn’t received an award from the Producer’s Guild but since most people consider animation as a genre for family films instead of an artistic medium, »

- Matt Goldberg

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The Best of the Obsessed

4 September 2009 12:26 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

The Best of the Obsessed Sandra Bullock's new film All About Steve is hitting theaters today. In the film, Bullock plays Mary Horowitz, a woman who is set up on a blind date with Steve (Bradley Cooper) and instantly believes that they are soul mates. Obsessively, Mary decides to follow Steve anywhere he goes and will stop at nothing to be with him. This got me thinking about how Hollywood often produces movies centering the domineering, aggressive and downright crazy, on-the-edge female character. Today, the majority of them are stereotypes, cliched personas of other characters (such as Bullock's Mary in Steve) and are, honestly, annoying. Here are what I believe to be some of the best of the obsessed female characters to grace the silver screen. 10.Cameron Diaz in Vanilla Sky (2001) I remember seeing this film in theaters and saying to myself “Cameron Diaz better be nominated for an Oscar. »

- Eric

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Loews Jersey City Premieres New Print Of "The Uninvited" This Saturday

28 May 2009 6:04 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

A couple of months ago, the Loews Jersey City Theatre, the landmark restored movie palace, announced it was showing Universal's classic 1944 ghost movie The Uninvited starring Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey. When the print arrived, the theater discovered they had been sent the recent horror film bearing the same title. An investigation revealed that Universal had no prints of the 1944 in their archive. The Loews used the debacle to lobby the studio to strike a new print for posterity's sake and, full credit to Universal, they have done just that. The new print will make its premiere at the Loews this Saturday, May 30 at 6:00 Pm followed by a showing of Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. Talk about a double feature! The Loews is only minutes from midtown Manhattan and draws hundreds of classic movie lovers to the magnificent theater to revel in great movies and great conversation with fellow fans. »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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DVD Review: Alfred Hitchcock Collector’s Edition Boxset

20 March 2009 6:44 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »

Alfred Hitchcock is an unquestionable great of world cinema. The man who gave us masterpieces like "Psycho", "Dial M for Murder", "Rebecca", "Vertigo", "North by Northwest" and "Birds", is known for his taut screenplays, capacity to play with human psychology and a great penchant for suspense drama. While his most famous films, made in America, are quite accessible, his earlier films made in Britain are not so well known to present-day movie goers. These are films that provide a glimpse into the early mind of the auteur in the making. »

- Utpal Borpujari

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DVD Review: Alfred Hitchcock Collector’s Edition Boxset

19 March 2009 6:02 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »

Alfred Hitchcock is an unquestionable great of world cinema. The man who gave us masterpieces like "Psycho", "Dial M for Murder", "Rebecca", "Vertigo", "North by Northwest" and "Birds", is known for his taut screenplays, capacity to play with human psychology and a great penchant for suspense drama. While his most famous films, made in America, are quite accessible, his earlier films made in Britain are not so well known to present-day movie goers. These are films that provide a glimpse into the early mind of the auteur in the making. »

- Utpal Borpujari

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The Ultimate Guide to TCM's 31 Days of Oscar Begins Here

31 January 2009 5:56 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

From this Sunday, February 1 through Tuesday, March 3 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) begins their annual 31 Days of Oscar, which brings you night after night of Oscar winning and nominated films uncut and commercial free on TCM and I have put together for you a mini guide for films to look for each day so you can either sit down and enjoy them as they play or set your DVR to record them for later. Either way, this is a great way to knock off so many of those classic films from your must see list. First, how about the TCM video montage preview. Can you name the films?

Now, for the full schedule you can click here to download the Pdf or you can browse TCM's online calendar at the 31 Days of Oscar official site. Because one thing is for sure, even though I list films for every single day below »

- Brad Brevet

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Faintheart (Best Pictures From the Outside In #13)

20 January 2009 11:24 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Since we've got a whole slew of new readers (thanks for joining us!) a little explanation. This is the 13th episode of the series "Best Pictures From the Outside In" in which Mike (GoatDog's Movies), Nathaniel (The Film Experience) and Nick (Nick's Flick Picks) compare Best Picture winners from either end of Oscar's timeline. We started by pitting the first (Wings, 1927) and the last (No Country For Old Men, 2007) against each other. In each subsequent episode we move one step forward in time and one step backward. We might throw in an extra episode pitting this year's winner (will it be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Slumdog Millionaire?) against... something. Eventually the series will end in the middle in the 1960s arguing about the comparative merits of In the Heat of the Night (1967) and Oliver! (1968). By the time that episode rolls around maybe nobody will be asking for »

- NATHANIEL R

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2009 | 2008

9 articles from 2009

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