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No: Too Good at Recreating the 80s
In 1988, Chile held a referendum to decide whether dictator Augusto Pinochet should stay in power. For one month, both sides could express their views in daily 15-minute TV slots. Pablo Larraín’s new...
Feb 7, 2013 / Alison Frank‘Alois Nebel’: Surrounded by Fog
The feature debut of director Tomáš Lunák, Alois Nebel (2011) is an animated film based on a trilogy of graphic novels by Jaromír99 and Jaroslav Rudiš. The film’s black-and-white images sometimes...
Oct 26, 2011 / Alison FrankToo great expectations: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
In last week’s blog I talked about the experience of seeing a film with low expectations, and the potential this has to skew one’s judgement, making a surprisingly good film seem even better than it...
Jan 17, 2011 / Alison FrankMichael 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. Armstrong‘Havana’ Mob Saga Draws Trio of Prominent Producers
Eric Eisner (“Hamlet 2”), Gil Adler (“Superman Returns”), and Shane McCarthy (untitled Robert Cooley mob drama at Paramount) are all teaming up to produce, “Havana Nocturne,” a story of gangsters in...
Jun 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongChace Crawford to Star in ‘Footloose’ Remake
Remakes, remakes, and more remakes. Hollywood is officially creatively bankrupt. Variety reported Wednesday that “Gossip Girl” star, Chace Crawford has signed on to anchor Paramount Pictures’ remake...
May 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHugh Jackman to Haunt ‘Ghostopolis’
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Hugh Jackman is moving from mutants to ghosts. The ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ star is attached to ‘Ghostopolis,’ an upcoming graphic novel from Doug Tennapel...
May 4, 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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