Below the Line
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We’ll always have ‘Casablanca’
Judging from a conversation I overheard before the start of the screening, it seems that there will always be people who haven’t seen Casablanca (1942). ‘I can’t believe you guys have never seen it,’...
Feb 20, 2012 / Alison FrankAcademy Awards make another change; Will now nominate 5 to 10 films for Best Picture
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday to make another change to the nomination phase of the Best Picture competition. Anywhere from five to 10 films...
Jun 16, 2011 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Ashamed’ at the Berlinale
Kim Soo-hyun’s distinctive way of looking at the world shines through in bursts of comic dialogue and unexpected visual twists in Ashamed ( Chang-Pi-Hae , 2010). For the most part, the film is mildly...
Feb 17, 2011 / Alison Frank‘How I Ended the Summer’: Inexplicably
Like Werner Herzog’s half-satirical, half awestruck documentary Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Aleksei Popogrebsky’s Kak ya provyol etim letom ( How I Ended the Summer ) offers a...
Oct 26, 2010 / Alison Frank‘Avatar’ = ‘Aliens’: Self Plagiarism Rampant in Hollywood
Noticed that Hollywood hasn’t had an original idea in years? You know, like how “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was almost a shot for shot remake of “Forrest Gump”? (They were both written by...
Oct 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOnline Critics Choose 100 Best First Films
The Online Film Critics Society, of which yours truly is member, released the results of a society-wide poll asking what first (debut) films are the greatest in history. Orson Welles’ masterpiece...
Oct 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongAlone in Bad Company: A Dissection of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Shutter Island’
Martin Scorsese has seen it all. After a two-score year long journey in which he had experienced the highs and the lows of the business, the director has frequently been hailed “America’s greatest...
Sep 27, 2010 / Torsten ReitzDisney Loses ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ Case, Vows to Appeal
Disney was wrong. That’s what a jury decided today finally ending a years long $250 million “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” lawsuit brought against Disney by the show’s creator, Celador...
Jul 7, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongShrek Forever After (2010)
The trilogy used to be the golden standard for film franchises prior to the aughts. Every now and then a “James Bond” or a “Godzilla” or a “Star Trek” would come along and break the mold, creating a...
May 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongIn Case You Missed It: ‘Nuit Blanche,’ Arev Manoukian’s Award-Winning Short
Short films are often neglected by Hollywood (because they don’t make money) and by the mainstream (because most people just don’t know they exist). But shorts can sometimes be a superior method of...
Apr 22, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongDe Niro, Scorsese to Reunite for Two-Part Film, “The Irishman”
In a recent interview with MTV to promote his Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro revealed some interesting details about a project he’s currently working on with long-time friend and collaborator,...
Apr 17, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongGreen Lantern’s Suit Will Be Computer Generated
Almost immediately following the announcement of each new superhero movie debate rages about how the hero’s suit, usually the most visual and recognizable part of the character, should be transferred...
Apr 12, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongStruggling Blockbuster Strikes Deal With WB, Fox, Sony
Once the king of home video movie rentals, Blockbuster has found itself in dire straits competing with popular services like Netflix and Redbox. But the struggling company is doing everything it can...
Apr 7, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOrson Welles’ Impressive Career Not Over Yet
Even death can’t stop Orson Welles, arguably the greatest filmmaker of all time, from finding his way onto the big screen. Since Welles died in 1985 you may be wondering just how he’ll be...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongSam Worthington to Play Dracula in ‘Year Zero’
Sam Worthington, the inexplicable star of James Cameron’s giant worldwide success, “Avatar,” is in negotiations to anchor the cast in the title role of Alex Proyas’ period vampire project, “Dracula...
Jan 27, 2010 / 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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