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Wichita gets a shout out in the Washington Express
Why not Wichita? That’s what the Washington Express asked Thursday while analyzing the tendency of movie aliens to invade large population centers like New York and Los Angeles. Before the latest...
Mar 11, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrailer: ‘Beauty Day’ documentary
Beauty Day Trailer from Jay Cheel on Vimeo . “BEFORE THERE WAS JACKASS… BEFORE THERE WAS TOM GREEN… THERE WAS RALPH ZAVADIL.” Podcaster and documentarian, Jay Cheel, presents his first feature...
Mar 7, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongRobert Downey Jr. in talks to join P.T. Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’
Since he dropped out of Disney’s “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” Robert Downey Jr. is looking to fill the gap in his schedule with a starring role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s next project, “Inherent...
Feb 21, 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 FrankMy Best Enemy: One of the Berlinale’s best films
Wolfgang Murnburger’s latest film tells the story of two lifelong friends, Rudi and Victor: when World War II breaks out, Rudi joins the Nazis and betrays Victor, who is Jewish. This is all I knew...
Feb 17, 2011 / Alison FrankOn Campus at the Berlinale
The Berlin Film Festival is not just about watching films that have already been made: it also invests in the future of cinema by nurturing new talent. The Berlinale Talent Campus, now in its 9 th...
Feb 15, 2011 / Alison Frank‘The King’s Speech’ reigns with 12 Oscar nominations
Tom Hooper’s period drama about King George VI and his debilitating speech impediment reigned supreme with 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting...
Jan 25, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongWikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to get a big screen biopic
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, who has stirred global controversy by releasing classified documents and communication wires between top government officials, will get his story told on the big...
Jan 21, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongTerrible things have happened here: Reflections and retribution in Holocast Cinema
The theater doors blast open, and Quentin Tarantino’s band of Jewish soldiers bursts in with fury, guns first. Showering the audience—once their oppressors—in a rain of bullets, the gunmen stand...
Jan 19, 2011 / Rod BastanmehrThe 10 Best Films of 2010
Luca Guadagnino's "I Am Love" I Am Love Luca Guadagnino’s astonishingly beautiful portrait of a woman torn between love and loyalty. A deep, layered, stylish work of cinema with all the passion and...
Jan 15, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongNew Spider-Man Revealed
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man Sony has released the first official photo from their new Spider-Man film. Andrew Garfield, who starred in “Never Let Me Go” and “The Social Network,” will don the...
Jan 14, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongMarching through a blizzard at the bottom of the world: George Miller’s microcosmic penguin mythmaking
I don’t think there is a singular film-maker I’ve found myself having written more about than Australia’s own Dr. George Miller. And now, writing this, I’m still not quite certain of the best way to...
Jan 13, 2011 / Henry J. BaughMonsters director Gareth Edwards to take on Godzilla
Since picking up the rights to Godzilla from Japan’s Toho Co. in March, Legendary Pictures has been on the hunt for a director to bring the famous cinematic destruct-a-saur back to the big screen....
Jan 5, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Social Network named Best Picture by Online Film Critics Society
As a member of the Online Film Critics Society it is my duty and pleasure to vote in the OFCS Awards to honor the greatest achievements in the movies. This year’s winners probably won’t surprise...
Jan 3, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe pharma rep and the conventional comedy: A contextual reading of Little Fockers and Love and Other Drugs
Maybe it’s a sign that healthcare issues have become a prominent part of the general American consciousness: I went to see two quite different Hollywood comedies and each featured a character who was...
Jan 1, 2011 / 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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