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‘Breathless’ star Jean-Paul Belmondo receives Palme d’Or
The iconic Jean-Paul Belmondo with Jean Seberg in "Breathless" More than 50 years after “Breathless” Cannes finally gave Jean-Paul Belmondo a Palme d’Or. Belmondo, one the biggest stars of The French...
May 19, 2011 / Eric M. Armstrong‘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 CataldoTMA FilmCast #22 – Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s controversial revisionist’s WWII saga, “Inglourious Basterds” has had fans cheering and moralizers crying foul. Does it really deny the holocaust? Is it as boring as some have...
Nov 5, 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. Armstrong‘Kick-Ass’ Finds Distribution
Lionsgate has snatched up the stateside rights to Matthew Vaughn’s action-comedy, “Kick-Ass,” reports Variety . The movie, which won overwhelming fanboy approval at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con,...
Aug 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCut From Home (2009)
As the first decade of the 21st century dissolves into history, cinéastes and cinephiles find themselves in a time of uncommon ambivalence. Hollywood’s insatiable appetite for banality and bromidic...
Aug 12, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSony Drops Soderbergh’s ‘Moneyball’
Columbia Pictures has scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball,” just 96 hours before production was scheduled to begin, reports Variety . Based on the Michael Lewis book about Billy Beane, the former...
Jun 21, 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. ArmstrongSean Penn Wants to Rock Out
Two-time Oscar winner, Sean Penn has been the center of a media firestorm as of late thanks to his recent marital troubles combined with the news that he will star in a “Three Stooges” film with Jim...
May 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSoderbergh Tackles the Oakland Athletics in ‘Moneyball’
The 2002 Oakland Athletics were a Major League Ballclub that defied the odds. With a payroll about a third that of teams like the New York Yankees, the Billy Beane (to be played by Brad Pitt) led...
May 2, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSean Penn Files for Divorce After 13 Years of Marriage
After 13 years of marriage Sean Penn and Robin Wright are separating citing irreconcilable differences, the Associate Press reported Thursday. According to Marin County Superior Court papers, Penn...
May 1, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongOfficial 2009 Oscar Predictions: 81st Annual Academy Awards
We published an article a few days ago predicting 2009’s Oscar winners, but in light of the Academy releasing their official nominees today, we’re taking the liberty of revising our picks. You can...
Jan 22, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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- 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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