Tag: Stanley Kubrick
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Video: Amazing Steadicam work in ‘Hugo’
Martin Scorsese and Larry McConkey are masters of their crafts. The former is arguably the greatest living director. The latter is one of the world’s foremost Steadicam operators. Their...
Jun 3, 2012 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Descendants’: A loving portrait of the 1 percent
Ben Stiller’s 2001 male modeling comedy “Zoolander” was released just a few weeks after 9/11. It didn’t do well. The consensus was that a contemplative America wasn’t interested in such aggressive...
Feb 25, 2012 / Scott ArmstrongNuance, subtext and poetry: A defense of ‘The Village’
Bryce Dallas Howard in "The Village" I feel sorry for M. Night Shyamalan. After “The Last Airbender” debacle and the graceless marketing scheme for “The Happening” as his first rated-R film, M. Night...
Feb 5, 2012 / Vanessa GranielloDancing through hardship: Why ‘Happy Feet Two’ is better than you think
After five years to the day, George Miller continues his epic penguin odyssey in “Happy Feet Two,” and more than any recent film I have to say I’m befuddled and confused by the terrible reception it...
Dec 17, 2011 / Henry J. BaughWhy did ‘The Tree of Life’ need dinosaurs?
About twenty minutes into Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” there is a sequence that chronicles the creation of the universe. There is darkness, then supernovas of stellar light, volcanic...
Jul 9, 2011 / Vanessa GranielloRage against the male machine; Cinema’s subtle female avengers
Jennifer Lawrence as the headstrong Ree in "Winter's Bone" I had recently watched Ingmar Bergman’s all-time-downer classic, “Cries and Whispers,” for the second time when an article critiquing the...
May 31, 2011 / Vanessa GranielloSidney Lumet’s 5 Best Films
Peter Finch in "Network" #5. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) Lumet’s last film was also one of his best. Following a pair of troublesome brothers who plot to rob their parents’ jewelry...
Apr 16, 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. BaughSherlock 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 ReitzDennis Hopper Dead at 74
Hollywood screen legend, Dennis Hopper, known as one of Tinseltown’s most creative and versatile bad boys died Saturday from complications due to prostate cancer, a friend of the actor told Reuters ....
May 29, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongVideo: How to Watch a Martin Scorsese Film
Martin Scorsese is not only our greatest living director, but is perhaps our greatest living film historian. His movies are not only brilliant probes into the depths of the human condition, but are...
Mar 23, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #28 – Shutter Island, The Crazies
What happens when Martin Scorsese, the master of personal, gritty, nuanced filmmaking decides to make a schlocky, B-movie-style, psychological thriller? You get a delicately constructed,...
Mar 19, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongHopkins, Bening Join Garcia in ‘Hemingway’
Andy Garcia has coaxed Hollywood royalty, Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening, to co-star with him in “Hemingway and Fuentes,” which Garcia will also direct. Variety reports that Garcia, along with...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet': Political Cinema Whether it Wants to Be or Not
Thick with intrigue and corruption, Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is well-stocked with the hallmarks of political cinema: miserable living conditions, exploited minorities, a grittily-tinged color...
Nov 3, 2009 / Jesse CataldoTMA’s 25 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time
Sports and movies have much in common. They make us laugh, cry, shout for joy, and smash things uncontrollably (this only happens at really bad movies). So, it’s only natural that they overlap in...
Aug 26, 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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