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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 FrankLen Wiseman to Direct ‘Total Recall’ Remake
The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi cult classic “Total Recall” will be getting a total recall courtesy of Columbia Pictures. “Underworld” director Len Wiseman will direct the script written by...
Jul 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongWhere 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. 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. 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. 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. ArmstrongMel Gibson Settles With Screenwriter Out of Court
Benedict Fitzgerald, the screenwriter of Mel Gibson’s 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ” had claimed that he was underpaid by Gibson and his production team in the wake of the film’s $600 million...
May 19, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong“Watchmen” Falls Short
Despite taking the top spot at the box office with $55.7 million, Zack Snyder’s Watchmen fell well short expectations opening weekend. Based on the critically acclaimed and wildly popular graphic...
Mar 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
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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
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