2009
420 articles
Sundance Film Fest Coming to a Theater Near You
In 2010, the Sundance Film Festival is adding a feature called Sundance Film Festival USA that will broaden the festivities to eight cities around the country. The Sundance Institute’s official...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Taken’ Director Signs on to ‘Signals’
French director, Pierre Morel, has signed on to direct “Signals,” reports THR . Morel’s most recent film, the overachieving “Taken,” grossed upwards of $220 million worldwide. “Signals,” written by...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #22 – Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s controversial revisionist’s WWII saga, “Inglourious Basterds” has had fans cheering and moralizers crying foul. Does it really deny the holocaust? Is it as boring as some have...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTurner Classic Movies to Launch Film Festival
Turner Classic Movies, the popular commercial-free movie channel run by Turner Broadcasting Systems (a Time-Warner company) has announced the launch of its own film festival. The inaugural TCM...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongZach Galifianakis Flirting With ‘Puss in Boots’
Funnyman, Zach Galifianakis, has exploded as a bankable Hollywood star. Todd Phillips’ smash-hit, the $461 million grossing, “The Hangover,” in which Galifianakis starred, has propelled the...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongAvatar Trailer #2
Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The...
Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMichael Jackson’s This Is It (2009)
Death is the great arbiter of a person’s legacy. Michael Jackson’s untimely death this June not only solidified his unequaled stature in the world of pop music but effectively disintegrated the...
Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Third Thursday Presents ‘Nollywood Babylon’ in Conjunction with International Education Week
WICHITA, KANS—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts and Tallgrass Film Festival announces the latest film in the Tallgrass Third Thursdays screening series. “Nollywood Babylon,” will be...
Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDisney Commits to Protecting Forests in Amazon, Congo, US
Burbank, Ca., Nov. 3—The Walt Disney Company announced today a $7 million investment in forest projects that will build on its long history of conservation and environmental stewardship. The projects...
Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet': Political Cinema Whether it Wants to Be or Not
Thick with intrigue and corruption, Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is well-stocked with the hallmarks of political cinema: miserable living conditions, exploited minorities, a grittily-tinged color...
Nov 3, 2009 / Jesse CataldoWhere the Wild Things Are (2009)
The announcement that Maurice Sendak’s beloved landmark children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” would be adapted into a full-length Hollywood film sparked an epidemic of convulsive rejection...
Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Invention of Lying (2009)
Who wants to have fat kids with snub noses? Jennifer Garner sure doesn’t, and if you’re being honest, you probably don’t either. The difference between our world and the one Garner and Ricky Gervais...
Oct 31, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong2009 Tallgrass Film Fest Roundup
As they say, all good things must come to an end. The 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival has come and gone. Another year, another successful event Wichita can count among its artistic and cultural...
Oct 29, 2009 / Brian GraySean Penn Meets Privately With Venezualan Pres Hugo Chavez
Controversial Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, announced that he met privately with Academy Award Winning actor, Sean Penn, on Wednesday. THR reports that Penn may have plans to shoot a film in...
Oct 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongZombieland (2009)
Suspicion of intellectualism and academia have been the unfortunate byproducts of the rise of the big dumb Hollywood movie. Film critics, once a respected and authoritative source of reasoned...
Oct 28, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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