Last night I saw Dogtooth, the 2011 Academy Award nominated Best Foreign Language Film from Greece. There’s going to be no rhyme or reason in selecting the films for my 40 movies in 40 days project. I’ve decided to go wherever the spirit leads me.
Continue readingI’ve decided to watch 40 films in 40 days and write about them from a personal standpoint as I puzzle through how I want to be reborn on Easter morning. It will be a journey of looking at my life through the lens of movies– some contemporary and some old school– I hope you will join me.
Continue readingUniversal’s deal with AnyClip can make memorable scenes from “E.T.,” “Jaws” and more available by search and embeddable on Facebook or your website.
Continue readingSix filmmakers who recently came together at the Los Angeles Times to talk about their craft have dramatically different work and directing habits.
Continue readingThe reception for Kathryn Bigelow at the DGA was lovely and the program was heart-felt and was a wonderful tribute to an amazing woman. But I couldn’t help remembering a Women in Hollywood article I had read the week before. It recounts the rather dismal reality in the aftermath to Bigelow’s stunning achievement.
Continue readingDiscussions on casting and performances between Ben Affleck, David Fincher, Lisa Cholodenko, Ethan Coen, Darren Aronofsky and Tom Hooper
Continue readingFor those of you rhyme-ically inclined– Here is a great listing of screen stories about poets or poetry.
Continue readingHere is an interesting survey of 24 Rom Com cliches and in what movies they appear.
Continue readingTime Magazine has compiled a montage of some of the greatest one liners in movies. Watch them here–
Continue readingThe King’s Speech is a wonderful film with brilliantly drawn Power of Conscience and Power of Idealism characters in constant tension and conflict.
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