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TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
To discuss the British Film Institute’s retrospective on Czech New Wave director Vera Chytilova, Alison Frank is joined by critic Carmen Gray, author Peter Hames, and Michal Bregant director of the...
Mar 14, 2015 / Alison FrankGood Hair, Good Humour, Good Questions
In “Good Hair” (Jeff Stilson, 2009) Chris Rock offers an initiation into the world of African-American women’s hairstyling. I was immediately excited by this winning combination of a much-loved...
Jul 8, 2010 / Alison Frank‘Che': Steven Soderbergh’s Misunderstood Masterpiece
Willfully clunky at a difficult 4 ½ hours, Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” has been met with a mixed reception since its late 2008 release, not only for its length but also for its supposed inability to...
Feb 4, 2010 / Jesse CataldoWhere the Wild Things Are (2009)
The announcement that Maurice Sendak’s beloved landmark children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” would be adapted into a full-length Hollywood film sparked an epidemic of convulsive rejection...
Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Yellow Submarine’ Brought to You by Disney, Zemeckis
The Beatles’ seminal animated film and subsequent album, “Yellow Submarine,” is coming to the big screen once again thanks to Disney and Robert Zemeckis, according to Variety . George Dunning’s...
Aug 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongPaul Giamatti Signs on to ‘Three Stooges’
After Sean Penn announced he was backing out of the Farrelly brothers’ modern take on “The Three Stooges,” (citing “personal reasons”) the online film community was sent into a tizzy of speculation...
Aug 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongAmelia Trailer
The story of the relationship between famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her husband George Putnam. Director: Mira Nair Writer: Ronald Bass Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #14 – The Taking of Pelham 123, Home
John Travolta. What a guy. This enigma of an actor has been in some of cinema’s all-time greats (“Pulp Fiction”) and all-time embarrassments (“Battlefield Earth”). And in each endeavor, he seems...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSean Penn Backs Out of ‘Three Stooges,’ ‘Cartel’
Sean Penn’s busy shooting schedule is suddenly not so busy anymore. Penn recently caught Universal, MGM, and Imagine by surprise announcing that he will no longer star in Asger Leth’s “Cartel,” or...
Jun 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTerry Gilliam’s ‘Don Quixote’ Project Back On
Terry Gilliam, the man behind “Twelve Monkeys,” “Brazil,” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” says that “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” a project he previously abandoned due to a stretch of bad...
May 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #9 – Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons gets the TMA FilmCast treatment this week. The Illuminati sure does some pretty illogical things for an organization supposedly founded on science and logic. Also, find out the top...
May 21, 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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