October 2010
53 articles
The American: A Strange Hybrid
The first three shots of Anton Corbijn’s The American are enchanting, and prepare the audience for a real treat. The film fades in on a stationary shot of a pristine snowy plain with a Norwegian...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankThe Crucial Message of Miral
Given the success of Julian Schnabel’s previous film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), audiences will have high expectations when they go to see Miral , his most recent feature. Like The...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankThe Dark Future of Film-making in Serbia: An Interview with Petar Pasic
The London Film Festival is not just about feature films: the festival also presents a selection of short films, which are grouped into different programmes according to theme. This year’s themes...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankThe Magic Tree: When Wishes Come True Too Easily
The Magic Tree ( Magiczne Drzewo , 2009) is not really about a tree: when the film begins, the tree in question has already fallen down during a storm, and has been used to make a number of different...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankThe Tillman Story: A Tale that Needed to be Told
The name might already be familiar to you from news reports during the mid-2000s. Pat Tillman was a young American football player who chose to put his career on hold in order to join the US Army....
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankMartin Freeman Confirmed as Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’
Warner Bros./New Line Cinema and MGM announced in a joint press release that Martin Freeman (“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”) will play Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit,” to be direct by Peter...
Oct 22, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongMark Wahlberg Offered Lead in ‘The Crow’ Remake
Bloody Disgusting reports that Mark Wahlberg (“The Departed,” “The Happening”) was offered the lead role in Relativity Media’s remake of “The Crow,” a 1994 film directed by Alex Proyas (“Dark City”)...
Oct 20, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongWes Craven’s ‘Scream 4′ Teaser Trailer
Horror maestro Wes Craven is back with “Scream 4″ which he directs from a script by Kevin Williamson starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere,...
Oct 20, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongDebut ‘Paul’ Trailer Starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
Universal has just debuted the first teaser trailer for Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” a sci-fi comedy that sees the reunion of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (“Shaun of the Dead”). Two British comic book nerds...
Oct 18, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRichard Branson Eyeing ‘300’-style Christopher Columbus Pic Directed by McG
Billionaire entrepreneur, Richard Branson, who recently launched the Virgin Produced banner with Relativity Media, is talks to acquire “Columbus,” a “300”-style film about Italian explorer...
Oct 18, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongVietnam Launches First International Film Festival
Vietnam’s first international film festival opened last night in Hanoi, the capital. The unprecedented event launched with a live red carpet broadcast by statecaster Vietnam TV throughout the...
Oct 18, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongArtful dodger: A brief analysis of Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’
Well well well, finally a George Clooney film without “George Clooney.” Indeed, “The American” is a film without much claim to plot, action or dialogue and is yet a compelling watch. I was seduced by...
Oct 17, 2010 / Kamayani SharmaRED (2010)
“ R etired, E xtremely D angerous” is the secret behind the ambiguous title of the Robert Schwentke-directed adaptation of the popular graphic novel “RED,” created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner....
Oct 15, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Hobbit’ Gets the Greenlight; Production to Begin in February
Fantasy fans, rejoice. “The Hobbit,” a two part prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy based on J.R.R. Tokien’s celebrated novel will finally become a reality. The Wrap reported this morning that...
Oct 15, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLondon Film Fest Review: ‘Never Let Me Go’ (2010)
At the London Film Festival press conference for Never Let Me Go , the most insightful comments about the film were made by, in this order, Andrew Garfield (lead male actor), Kazuo Ishiguro (who...
Oct 14, 2010 / Alison FrankRecent 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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