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The Red Shoes | Film review

10 December 2009 3:20 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Rereleased, the 1948 ballet classic stands the test of time. By Peter Bradshaw

The Red Shoes, the 1948 classic by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, has now been vividly restored for a cinema rerelease and it just blazes out of the screen: profoundly serious, sublimely innocent, yet deeply and mysteriously erotic. This is the compelling parable of the destructive demands made by art upon the artist, and upon performing artists expected to sublimate their emotions into a quasi-sexual submission to their director – a parable that seems to change into a portrait of psychotic disorder or actual demonic possession. It is also, incidentally, a portrait of an age in which the marriage contract instantly nullified a woman's professional identity. Moira Shearer is the beautiful English ingenue Vicky Page, who, on the premature retirement of her ballet company's leading lady, is catapulted to the position of prima ballerina. She has been promoted by Boris Lermontov, »

- Peter Bradshaw

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Tiff ‘09: Broken Embraces

24 September 2009 8:25 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Abrazos Ratos (Broken Embraces) Directed by Pedro Almodovar After Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, director Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with Broken Embraces, a film about film-making. Broken Embraces is a film within a film that jumps back and forth between past and present and evokes genres as far apart as noir and melodrama. Sugar coated on top are enough film references waiting to be spotted that is sure to put a smile on Quentin Tarantino's face. Only Almodovar's references are at times too easily recognizable, art imitating art, and in case you didn't catch it the first time, he's sure to have his characters name off each movie title for you. In one of the more interesting subplots, a young filmmaker stalks his stepmother (Penelope Cruz), hoping to expose her affair. His character is a caricature of Carl Boehm's Peeping Tom, »

- Ricky

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Stage Fright: The Grand-guignol And The Popularity Of Horror

19 September 2009 7:54 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

While the phrase “grand-guignol” has become commonplace in describing anything bloody or gory, its origin has its roots in an almost forgotten theater at the end of one of Paris’ alleyways.  This theater, which started out life as a Catholic church, became famous for showing blood, guts, dismemberment, thrown eyeballs, acid burned faces, and severed tongues.

The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (literally, The Theatre of the Large Puppet) was born in a part of town well-known for its roughnecks and whores in 1897. By the time it closed its doors for good in 1962 it had entertained hundreds of thousands of people and had a lasting influence on the worlds of literature, art, film, and theater.

The theater did not start out with the blood and guts, but was a theater dedicated to showing reality; taking its stories from the local papers. The theater had been running for several years before it hit »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (John Porter)

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Tiff ‘09: Broken Embraces

16 September 2009 9:53 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Abrazos Ratos (Broken Embraces) Directed by Pedro Almodovar After Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, director Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with Broken Embraces, a film about film-making. Broken Embraces is a film within a film that jumps back and forth between past and present and evokes genres as far apart as noir and melodrama. Sugar coated on top are enough film references waiting to be spotted that is sure to put a smile on Quentin Tarantino's face. Only Almodovar's references are at times too easily recognizable, art imitating art, and in case you didn't catch it the first time, he's sure to have his characters name off each movie title for you. In one of the more interesting subplots, a young filmmaker stalks his stepmother (Penelope Cruz), hoping to expose her affair. His character is a caricature of Carl Boehm's Peeping Tom, »

- Ricky

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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #4

16 August 2009 2:46 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Back again with my weekly wrap-up of what I watched that wasn't an upcoming theatrical release, although I will admit this isn't the complete list. There is one old school film I am prepping a review of and there are six others that have something in common with the final title on this list that will be part of a feature article on Monday so I decided not to mention them here. However, I do have four titles for you to chew on. The first two are definite must-sees and the third one I am assuming many of you have already seen, but may have something to say about my comments. As always, after checking out what I watched, add your thoughts in the comments as well as share some of the films you watched recently and suggest future titles for myself and others to add to our Netflix queues, »

- Brad Brevet

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Peeping Tom and more screening in NYC

6 August 2009 6:36 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fango Readers located in New York City may find this rare treat exciting. Film Forum (209 W Houston St) will be showcasing a four week series dedicated to British Noir films that begins this coming weekend and ends September 3. While Noir isn't exactly horror, nestled in this series of screenings will be a big screen projection of Michael Powell's 1960 classic Peeping Tom.

The fright film about a young obsessive film assistant who murders young girls with a camera and was released the same year as Psycho has become incredibly influential and if you're in the area, shouldn't be missed!

The film is showing on Wednesday September 2nd and Thursday September 3rd at various times throughout the two days. More info on the screenings and entire event can be found here. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)

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2009 | 2008 | 2006

6 articles from 2009

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