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Online 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. ArmstrongZack Snyder to Direct New Superman Movie
As soon as comic book blockbuster guru Christopher Nolan signed on to produce Warner Bros’ next installment of their “Superman” franchise, the web was atwitter about who would fill those big red...
Oct 5, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Hobbit’ Closing in on Greenlight from MGM, New Line, Warner Bros.
After years of delays, setbacks, ecstatic highs and devastating lows, fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work may soon find themselves back in Middle-earth. According to LA Times Warner Bros., its subsidiary...
Oct 3, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Film Fest Announces 2010 Lineup, Details
The 8th annual Tallgrass Film Festival will take place in and around downtown Wichita Oct. 22-24, showcasing more than 124 independent films from more than 11 countries around the world, and hosting...
Oct 2, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongSherlock Holmes, Then and Now: A Comparative Analysis
Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective, Sherlock Holmes, is one of English literature’s most recognizable and enduring characters. As such, he has made more than 200 movies appearances since the...
Oct 1, 2010 / Torsten ReitzSally Menke, Longtime Editor for Quentin Tarantino, Found Dead
Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime film editor, was found dead early Tuesday after her friends alerted police when she failed to come home from hiking with her dog. She was 56. Menke is...
Sep 29, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘True Grit’ trailer
The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, are at it again. This time, with a remake of the classic John Wayne western, “True Grit,” starring Jeff Bridges in the Wayne role, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and...
Sep 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongA Look Back at TIFF 2010
The selection of films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was even stronger than usual. Of the 10 films I saw, only one was frankly awful, three disappointing, while the rest were...
Sep 27, 2010 / Alison FrankAlone 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 ReitzBond, James Bond?
“James Bond will return…” Fans have been reading this sentence at the end of each entry in the cinematic 007 series. But the current question is: Will the world’s most popular secret agent return...
Sep 25, 2010 / Torsten ReitzChristopher Guest Takes on Obsessive Collectors in New Mockumentary
UPDATE (9/27/10): Women of the Web published some faulty info on this project. Per Michael McKean’s Twitter account: “Sorry: it’s nonsense. This story is about Liz Smith’s meds, period.” There you...
Sep 25, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Human Centipede 2’ Teaser
After his much publicized gross-out fest “Human Centipede,” wherein a trio of captives have their mouths sewn to the anus of the person in from of him to create one long digestive system, director...
Sep 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPatton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson Join Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’
Set to begin filming in coming weeks, “Young Adult,” the flick that reunites the duo behind the Oscar-winning “Juno” (Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody) has added a couple of prominent thesps to its...
Sep 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPT Anderson’s Scientology Pic, ‘Master’ Hits Roadblock
Acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson (“Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood”) has encountered a formidable roadblock in his efforts to get his next project off the ground. According to Total...
Sep 21, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongMachete (2010)
The permanent scowl etched into the ungodly face of Danny Trejo has helped the former San Quentin State Prison boxing champion parlay his talent for the terrible into a decorated Hollywood career....
Sep 19, 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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