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Their Best Role: Meryl Streep

18 November 2009 9:02 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Welcome to a new series here on Cinematical where we select an actor or actress and the role we think is their all time best.

Last August, "Meryl Streep" wrote an op-ed piece for The Onion called "Name One Masterpiece Of Cinema That I've Starred In." It was really written by the Onion staff, of course, but they (and Streep) made a good point. For a woman who is very possibly the finest living actor of any sex, she has made very few truly unforgettable films. Her resume doesn't contain anything quite like Rear Window, The Godfather, Chinatown or Pulp Fiction. Case in point: the article brings up Kramer vs. Kramer. "Streep" says "I'd watch it if it were on," but it isn't really a masterpiece. Also, it's more Dustin Hoffman's movie than Streep's movie, and if you look at it that way, it ranks pretty far down on Hoffman's list of classics. »

- Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Movies I Saw as a Kid (That I Shouldn't Have)

17 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST | Momlogic | See recent Momlogic news »

C'mon, tell the truth ... have you ever taken your kids to an inappropriate movie?

Paul Starke: I was flipping through the channels this weekend, pretending to listen to my wife, when I stumbled upon the movie "Kramer vs. Kramer" -- the 1979 film that chronicles the bitter custody battle between Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) and ... Kramer (Meryl Streep). I happened upon the scene in the movie where Dustin Hoffman's son falls off a jungle gym and is rushed to a hospital ... Pretty dramatic, depressing material. And then, as if suddenly recalling a repressed dream, I remembered: My parents took me to see this movie when I Was 6 Years Old!

Times were different back then -- parents would go see whatever movie they wanted, whether it would interest the kids or not. I don't think my parents thought I'd enjoy it, per se -- they probably just thought I'd get bored and fall asleep. »

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Vilmos Zsigmond: From Hungary with Cameras

12 November 2009 2:35 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

A new documentary about film-maker Vilmos Zsigmond shows the risks he took filming secret footage of Soviet troops in Hungary

The visionary Hungarian-born cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond does not care, I suspect, to dwell in the emotional terrain of the past. Perhaps the roots of that lie in the dying embers of 1956, when Soviet troops invaded his homeland and crushed the Hungarian revolution. To look back then, as he fled Budapest with clandestinely shot footage, would have meant death. "We had to be careful," Zsigmond says, "because the Russians had killed people just for taking still photographs."

Zsigmond's life is the subject of a warmly received documentary by James Chressanthis called No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos, which has just reached Los Angeles. The Laszlo in question is the late, great cinematographer László Kovács, Zsigmond's spiritual brother and companion on that fateful flight to the Austrian border more than half a century ago, »

- Jeremy Kay

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Berlin 2010: Play it Again …! Series

11 November 2009 2:01 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg in Breathless As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Berlin International Film Festival will mark its 60th anniversary with the retrospective "Play it Again …!," featuring 40 films compiled by British film critic David Thomson from previous Berlin festivals. Among them are Curzio Malaparte’s The Forbidden Christ, Alf Sjoberg’s Miss Julie, Akira Kurosawa’s To Live, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum, Niels Arden Oplev’s We Shall Overcome, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. Also, Nagisa Oshima’s In the Realm of the Senses, which caused a furor in 1976. German authorities — who probably had better things to do (weren’t the Baader Meinhof running [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Festival Nouveau Cinéma 2009: Handsome Harry

20 October 2009 9:58 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

[caption id="attachment_14823" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Handsome Harry"][/caption] Handsome Harry Directed by Bette Gordon A spectacular cast and a deliberate tone help to distract from director Bette Gordon's Handsome Harry, which acts both as an emotionally detailed character study and a slightly ungainly road movie. The titular Harry (Jamey Sheridan), an aging ex-Navy electrician, is shaken from his cozy small-town existence when he receives a call from an old Navy buddy (Steve Buscemi), who is dying of a dire, unnamed disease. He summons Harry to his deathbed to exact one final wish: to track down Kagan (Campbell Scott), the old cohort that Harry, along with Buscemi and a gaggle of their Navy buddies, viciously assaulted following a wild night at sea. Bound by a sense of duty, Harry travels to Miami to find Kagan, dropping in on the rest of his old crew along the way, who are played to the hilt by an impressive array of character actors, »

- Simon

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Antoine Fuqua Takes Prisoners

30 September 2009 12:31 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

One of the hottest spec scripts in the first quarter of this year was Aaron Guzikowski's Prisoners. It provoked a flurry of interest among production companies, directors and potential stars, until it eventually landed at Alcon, who seem to have got the gig by demonstrating they could get it into production quickly.Names like Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Bryan Singer were mentioned, but the slightly downsized project is now moving ahead with Training Day's Antoine Fuqua in negotiations to direct. He'll have to make his mind up quickly, since the project is being fast tracked to go before cameras at the very beginning of next year.The story involves a father taking the law into his own hands and kidnapping the man he believes to be responsible for the disappearance of his daughter and her best friend. THR says the script has drawn comparison to both Taken »

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Emile Hirsch: 'Ang Lee is very specific'

29 August 2009 11:16 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Emile Hirsch has revealed that director Ang Lee gave "wonderful" guidance during the filming of their new movie Taking Woodstock. The 24-year-old actor has said that he learned a great deal from Lee's "specific" direction as a filmmaker. Hirsch told Cinematical: "Ang is very specific, so I didn't have a hard time understanding what he wanted. Like, there was a moment where he had me watch a scene in The Deer Hunter with Christopher Walken where Christopher Walken recognises Bob De Niro right before he shoots himself in that final game, and it's like this cathartic moment of recognition where the memories are pouring back all at once. That was a moment that Ang was like, I want to feel the memories coming back to you, like Christopher Walken, when you're on the hill. You're on the hill and suddenly every (more) »

- By Marcell Minaya

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Meryl Streep: Has she ever starred in a masterpiece?

28 August 2009 7:42 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Meryl Streep is arguably our best living actress, and she's by all accounts awesome and interesting and smart, etc. But this mock editorial in the Onion, called "Name One Masterpiece Of Cinema That I've Starred In," by Meryl Streep is really, really on the money. I know it's a joke, and that Meryl  Streep didn't really write it, but the very funny piece is totally right. Por ejemplo: "... the name Meryl Streep isn't really synonymous with one truly unforgettable film. It's weird to think about, but it's undeniably true. Go ahead, try and name a classic movie I've starred in. Not a classic character I've portrayed, mind you, but an overall amazing piece of cinema. You can't. You just can't." Then it runs through some of the Streep filmography: Kramer vs. Kramer: "Let's be honest, Kramer Vs. Kramer isn't really a masterpiece in the same way that, say, The French Connection »

- Margaret Lyons

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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Meryl Streep?

5 August 2009 1:47 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie and Julia

Photo: Columbia Pictures By many, if not most, Meryl Streep is considered one of the best actresses of all-time. Taking that into consideration shouldn't you be rather familiar with her accomplishments and everything that comes with the Streep package? She began her feature film career with Julia in 1977 and 32 years later she is now playing a Julia in this week's release of Julie and Julia as she once again transforms herself and is already winning over critics. So what better topic for this week's trivia quiz? I have put together ten questions ranging from easy to a few that may actually prove to be challenging even to the most avid of Streep fans. Let's see how you do. Check out the sample question below or click here to get started: Meryl Streep's first Oscar nomination was for what movie? Julia »

- Brad Brevet

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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 7/14/2009

12 July 2009 10:44 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.

Presented with "branching" coverage with trailers, interviews, and reviews for select titles!

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com

Asalto Violento (Traumatized, 1993) - Distrimax

Robert Smith is an outstanding doctor, devoted to teaching at a local university in Mexico City. During a trip to Vietnam he suffers a violent assault at the hands of a group of terrorists while he was being intimated with a local girl. After his arrival he discovers that he has contracted an incurable disease; traumatized by the attack and his illness, he will »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Streep at 60: Chamaeleonidae Erotica

30 June 2009 6:29 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60, a retrospective (June 11th - July 14th)

I wear body armor as I type this, for fear of your collective outrage but the time got away from me. We're jumping forward. You see, Streep's second act, those legend making years from 1981-1988, in which she morphed through one of cinema's all time hot streaks like some genetically enhanced superfreak chameleon, is too large a topic. I need more time with The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982) and Silkwood (1983), in particular. Perhaps I should write a book. For disparate reasons all three are deserving of chapter length essays.

For now, some general observations about this time period and the first of Streep's collaborations with director Fred Schepisi (Plenty).

Chameleonidae Erotica

Streep's penchant for shape shifting, particularly in the vocal arena, is well known. Though many actors collect several character voices and accents in their life's work, the vocals became »

- NATHANIEL R

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Meryl Streep "The Immoral Psychotic Promiscuous One"

18 June 2009 6:43 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60, A Retrospective

Previously: Julia, The Deer, 1978 Oscars

Sadie, Sadie (Un)married Lady

One of the fascinating things about old movies is the snapshots they take of their own time. Even in period pieces you can see the (then) modernity of the time period it was made in faintly stamped... a bit of reverse pentimento if you will. The Seventies might be the very best decade for cultural snapshots since it seems as if a large percentage of filmmakers were excited about capturing their own times rather than obsessing over eras gone by or creating imaginary worlds. That's arguably a naive modern perspective on the Seventies based on the films that endured but it feels like the truth.

Troubled marriages have been around since the sacred institution was invented. Naturally they've also been a part of cinema since its invention. What is Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans (1927) for »

- NATHANIEL R

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The Deer Hunter (1978)

15 June 2009 6:33 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60

A Retrospective Celebration in June and maybe some of July, too.

At the risk of cries of sacrilege I decided to try a screening experiment with The Deer Hunter for my Streep project. I have never seen the movie (I know) and I opted to only watch the Meryl Streep parts.

"Why???" I can hear purists (and other versions of myself) screaming. Well, I've become fascinated of late with the idea that audiences are consuming their movies in an entirely different way than they used to. In the age of YouTube, termite criticism, DVR, cable, home theaters and dozens of "exclusive" clips from new movies available on hundreds of sites before the movie in question ever opens, it's now quite common to experience movies not as 90-120-180 minute narratives but as a collection of acted fragments both before and after the first full screening. Sometimes the movie »

- NATHANIEL R

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Streep at 60: Julia (1977)

11 June 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60: A Retrospective Series

This post is dedicated to Derek who has asked me to write about this movie for two years. What can I say, I'm slow.

Julia (1977) Directed by Fred Zinneman. Starring: Jane Fonda, Vanessa

Redgrave, Jason Robards and way down in the cast list... Meryl Streep

Imagine you're the casting director for a prestige piece about hotheaded playwright Lillian Hellman and her (fictional) friend Julia, a wealthy anti-fascist who puts her life on the line to save Jews in 193os Germany. Lillian, the chainsmoking Jewess, is described early in the film like so: You're scrappy. You are the neighborhood bulldog except for your goddamn dream of being a cocker spaniel. You have to have Meryl Streep for the role, don't you? Bulldog and cockerspaniel it is. We're talking about the cinema's most acclaimed chameleon. Or maybe you had Meryl in mind for the impassioned title character, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Thirty Years Ago...

9 June 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

...on April 9th 1979, this photo was taken outside the Academy Awards honoring the films of 1978. Meryl was a first time nominee that year for The Deer Hunter.

Her follow up project, Woody Allen's Manhattan (another future classic) was opening in just two weeks time. Welcome to Meryl Streep Month. Sorry for the delays. We'll begin with a trip back to her feature debut, Julia (1977) tomorrow.

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- NATHANIEL R

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Ray Stevenson to Play 'The Irishman'

18 May 2009 6:28 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Northern Ireland born actor Ray Stevenson (King Arthur, Rome) is to star in a new film 'The Irishman', based on the Irish American gangster Danny Greene. The film will be directed by Jonathan Hensleigh (The Punisher) with Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) and Val Kilmer (Heat) also set to star. 'The Irishman' was inspired by Rick Porrello's book To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia, which tells the story of mobster Greene (Stevenson), who competed with the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland and provoked a war that crippled the mafia. »

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Robert De Niro Collection goes on exhibition

1 May 2009 4:03 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Forget the likes of Righteous Kill and What Just Happened? (oh, you have already – good for you), and remember him in his prime. Who are we talking about? None other than Jake La Motta, Young Vito, Jimmy Conway and Travis Bickle or as he’s better known Robert De Niro. The Hollywood heavyweight who has been scaring audiences with his brooding intensity for decades has earned himself an exhibition that brings together thousands of mementoes from his celebrated career in front of the camera.

The Robert De Niro Collection is open to the public at the Harry Ransom Center, a library and museum at the University of Texas at Austin and contains no less than 8,500 items relating to De Niro. The actor donated the collection himself back in 2006 and boy, are there plenty of movie mementoes on show. The paper portion of the items alone filled more than 300 archival boxes, »

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Stars in Rewind: Christopher Walken in 'Puss in Boots'

24 February 2009 1:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

There are the great actors, men and women with an uncanny ability to transform themselves anew with each and every performance. There are popular actors, who are known for one thing and one thing only, but who have reached iconic status purely because audiences adore them. Then, there's Christopher Walken. Sure, there's The Deer Hunter and Annie Hall, but he also built Optimis Prime in his garage one lazy Sunday afternoon. He told us what the prescription for a fever was. And in 1988, he demanded a pair of boots from Jason Connery. I can say no more. Watch the clip, and experience new depths of horror and hilarity.

(When you're done pondering that, let's all ask Erik Davis why he immediately thought of me when he watched this. This is all thanks to him.)

Filed under: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Family Films, Film Clips, Trailers and Clips, Stars in Rewind »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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2009 Oscars: Family Accepts Heath Ledger's Academy Awards Kudo

22 February 2009 7:36 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Being the favorite winner of this year's awards season, late Heath Ledger has collected the top prize for his lunatic performance as Joker in "The Dark Knight" as he is named Best Supporting Actor at the 81st Academy Awards. Accepting the award on his behalf were his father, Kim Ledger, his mother, Sally Bell, and his sister Kate Ledger.

Reading off the list of thank you in a calm voice for the acceptance speech, Kim said receiving the award is "ever-so-humbling". Adding to his speech, Sally who called his son an inspiration stated that the family chose to celebrate what Heath has achieved. Meanwhile, Kate confessed that she wishes her brother to accept the award himself, but added that they humbly accept on behalf of his daughter, Matilda.

Before the Best Supporting Actor was announced, a montage of past winners had been viewed. The montage included five previous winners, Joel Grey »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Live blogging the Oscars

22 February 2009 12:07 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Make this blog item your home page for the rest of Oscar day. Tom O'Neil and Paul Sheehan are blogging live continuously all day. Keep hitting "refresh" for constant updates about what's happening at the Kodak Theatre.

9:06 p.m. — As with all of the past seven Oscars held at the Kodak Theater, the Governors Ball takes place in the adjoining Grand Ballroom which is 25,090 square feet. The menu for the Governors Ball was created by Wolfgang Puck for the fifteenth consecutive year. He promises the return of old favorites like tuna tartare in sesame miso cones and Maine lobster as well as, of course, caviar. And pastry chef Sherry Yard will once more be creating her gold-dusted chocolate Oscars as consolation prizes for those who didn’t get one of the real ones. Music will be spun by Kcrw radio host Jason Bentley who will alternate with The Impulse »

- tomoneil

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