Jamaican author Marlon James has won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. In the words of judges' chair Michael Wood, James's sprawling novel was simply the "most exciting" book on this year's Booker short list. Taking inspiration from a 1976 assassination attempt on Bob Marley, Seven Killings weaves an polyphonic narrative out of the political violence of '70s Jamaica and the drug empires of '80s New York. As that description hints, its nearly 700 pages are full of unspeakable violence; as James told one interviewer, "I didn’t want to fall into a pornography of violence but I think violence should be violent. I find the violence in PG13 movies unbearable ... you have to explore the consequences."...
- 10/13/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Exclusive: New film and TV participants include crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.Scroll down for the full list
BAFTA’s networking and career development programme for UK-based film and TV workers BAFTA Crew will this year include key crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.
New vfx department crew attending the programme include Carlos Ciudad (Jupiter Ascending), Jason Brown (Terminator Genisys) and David Michael Schneider (Guardians of the Galaxy).
Art department crew include Sarah Ginn (Beauty & the Beast), Dominic Sikking (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) and Matt Wynne (The Martian).
Other new names include Riccardo Bacigalupo (first assistant editor Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jo Beart-Albrecht (costume department Suffragette) and Thomas Wade (2nd Unit camera Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens).
The group will be officialy unveiled by BAFTA next week and will have a private networking event on Tuesday August...
BAFTA’s networking and career development programme for UK-based film and TV workers BAFTA Crew will this year include key crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.
New vfx department crew attending the programme include Carlos Ciudad (Jupiter Ascending), Jason Brown (Terminator Genisys) and David Michael Schneider (Guardians of the Galaxy).
Art department crew include Sarah Ginn (Beauty & the Beast), Dominic Sikking (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) and Matt Wynne (The Martian).
Other new names include Riccardo Bacigalupo (first assistant editor Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jo Beart-Albrecht (costume department Suffragette) and Thomas Wade (2nd Unit camera Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens).
The group will be officialy unveiled by BAFTA next week and will have a private networking event on Tuesday August...
- 7/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
With Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949) now screening in New York, London and other cities, the Independent has posted Martin Scorsese's thoughts on the classic—and on Reed, "a wonderful film artist." At Hyperallergic, John Yau writes about collages by John Ashbery and Guy Maddin. Curator Ed Halter considers the films of William Klein. Calum Marsh previews the Vittorio De Sica retrospective in Toronto. This week, London's Close-Up will re-open with a series of six films by John Cassavetes. And in the London Review of Books, Michael Wood writes about Bob Hoskins in John Mackenzie's The Long Good Friday. » - David Hudson...
- 6/29/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
With Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949) now screening in New York, London and other cities, the Independent has posted Martin Scorsese's thoughts on the classic—and on Reed, "a wonderful film artist." At Hyperallergic, John Yau writes about collages by John Ashbery and Guy Maddin. Curator Ed Halter considers the films of William Klein. Calum Marsh previews the Vittorio De Sica retrospective in Toronto. This week, London's Close-Up will re-open with a series of six films by John Cassavetes. And in the London Review of Books, Michael Wood writes about Bob Hoskins in John Mackenzie's The Long Good Friday. » - David Hudson...
- 6/29/2015
- Keyframe
Considered amongst the few surviving ancient novels as one of the best depictions of the wild debauchery that seized early Roman society, Petronius’s episodically fractured text The Satyricon tells the tale of Encolpius and his friend and occasional lover Ascyltus, a pair of former gladiators, as they venture through a society rife with overindulgence, sexual proclivity and flippant violence, rotating in form and tone from serious to silly, poetic narrative prose to lyrical verse throughout. Fellini Satyricon, Federico Fellini’s extremely loose adaptation of Petronius’s novel, takes this already loose narrative form and applies the structure as a lens for interpreting the history of antiquity itself – vividly alien, wholly broken and humanly detached from our own worldly norms. The result is a film that, in its unleashed inhibitions, leaves us as an audience in awe of its cinematic freedom, yet at odds with the tale as an empathetic journey through time.
- 2/24/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
BBC Two and BBC Four will air a series of factual programmes to accompany upcoming BBC Two drama Wolf Hall.
From January 2015, the channels will mark the 500th anniversary of Tudor palace Hampton Court Palace with the collection of programmes celebrating the art and culture of the Tudor era.
A Night at Hampton Court Palace will recreate a key event from the building's history to celebrate its 500th anniversary, with the christening of Henry's son and heir Prince Edward being imagined.
Presenters Lucy Worsley and David Starkey will offer audiences an insight into the world of Henry VIII and reveal how the household came together for an event which was the culmination of almost three decades of Henry's reign.
The programme will capture an event which was not only politically iconic but also a carefully managed piece of performance art.
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors - A Culture Show Special...
From January 2015, the channels will mark the 500th anniversary of Tudor palace Hampton Court Palace with the collection of programmes celebrating the art and culture of the Tudor era.
A Night at Hampton Court Palace will recreate a key event from the building's history to celebrate its 500th anniversary, with the christening of Henry's son and heir Prince Edward being imagined.
Presenters Lucy Worsley and David Starkey will offer audiences an insight into the world of Henry VIII and reveal how the household came together for an event which was the culmination of almost three decades of Henry's reign.
The programme will capture an event which was not only politically iconic but also a carefully managed piece of performance art.
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors - A Culture Show Special...
- 12/8/2014
- Digital Spy
In today's roundup of news and views: Adrian Martin on Robert Bresson, Sarinah Masukor on Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Luscri on Jacques Rivette, Jonathan Rosenbaum on Bertrand Tavernier, Erich von Stroheim and Emile de Antonio, J. Hoberman on Chris Marker and Léon Poirier, Jesse Barron and John Semley on Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, Michael Wood on Jacques Tati, Michael Atkinson on Monte Hellman, Agata Pyzik on Walerian Borowczyk, Sean Axmaker on Orson Welles, Erich Kuersten on Werner Herzog, Robert Moeller on Harun Farocki and much, much more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/19/2014
- Keyframe
In today's roundup of news and views: Adrian Martin on Robert Bresson, Sarinah Masukor on Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Luscri on Jacques Rivette, Jonathan Rosenbaum on Bertrand Tavernier, Erich von Stroheim and Emile de Antonio, J. Hoberman on Chris Marker and Léon Poirier, Jesse Barron and John Semley on Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, Michael Wood on Jacques Tati, Michael Atkinson on Monte Hellman, Agata Pyzik on Walerian Borowczyk, Sean Axmaker on Orson Welles, Erich Kuersten on Werner Herzog, Robert Moeller on Harun Farocki and much, much more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/19/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
If you're reading this you're likely a fan of the Criterion Collection, which also means as much as you may be interested to know what new titles are coming to the collection in February 2015, if you aren't yet aware, Barnes & Noble is currently having their 50% of Criterion sale right now, click here for more on that. However, if you're already hip to the sale, let's have a look at the new titles that were just announced. The month will begin on February 3 with a new film from Jean-Luc Godard, his 1980 feature Every Man for Himself starring Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye and Isabelle Huppert. It's a film Godard refers to as a second debut and is described as an examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations. The release includes a new high-definition digital restoration, a short video titled Le scenario created by Godard to secure financing for the film,...
- 11/17/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 10 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "The Trial," and it sounds like things will get pretty shocking and intense as Cary's trial deal, might leave him contemplating serving jail time,and more! In the new, 10th episode press release: Cary's case is going to go to trial. Press release number 2: When Cary’s case goes to trial, a plea deal offer is going to have him seriously considering jail time. Also, a joke between mother and daughter, will land Alicia in trouble as her campaign for State’s Attorney is in full stride. David Hyde Pierce Returns as Frank Prady. Guest stars feature: Michael Cerveris (James Castro), Nicole Roderick (Nora), David Paymer (Judge Richard Cuesta), John Ventimiglia (Detective Gary Prima), Eric Ruffin (Dylan Bishop), Mark Green (Dante Wallach), Chris Jackson (Michael Wood), Zak Orth...
- 11/16/2014
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Valerie Wood-Harber remembers the phone call like it was yesterday. "Quinten isn't breathing," her 14-year-old brother Cameron told her, referring to their 15-year-old brother, who suffered from Chromosome Ring 9, a rare disorder that made it difficult for him to walk, talk and eat on his own. "I can't wake him up," Cameron told her on Jan. 4, 2013. "Come here now." By the time she got there - making the four-hour drive from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she lived, to Oklahoma City, where they lived, in just under two hours - Quinten was dead. Wood-Harber, who had filed a complaint with the state...
- 9/25/2014
- by Caitlin Keating,@CaitKeating
- PEOPLE.com
Valerie Wood-Harber remembers the phone call like it was yesterday. "Quinten isn't breathing," her 14-year-old brother Cameron told her, referring to their 15-year-old brother, who suffered from Chromosome Ring 9, a rare disorder that made it difficult for him to walk, talk and eat on his own. "I can't wake him up," Cameron told her on Jan. 4, 2013. "Come here now." By the time she got there - making the four-hour drive from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she lived, to Oklahoma City, where they lived, in just under two hours - Quinten was dead. Wood-Harber, who had filed a complaint with the state...
- 9/25/2014
- by Caitlin Keating,@CaitKeating
- PEOPLE.com
Jameis Winston, the Heisman-winning Florida State quarterback, has admitted to shoplifting crab legs from a local supermarket.
Jameis Winston Caught Shoplifting
Winston, 20, allegedly ordered $32.72 worth of crab legs and crawfish at a Tallahassee, Fla., Publix grocery store Tuesday night and walked out without paying, Michael Wood, the Leon County Director of Law Enforcement, said in a news conference Wednesday.
When police went to Winston’s residence Tuesday night to ask him about the incident, the football player told them he “forgot” to pay for his groceries, reported USA Today. "He was very cooperative and he seemed fairly honest in that he did not pay for the item," Woods said. Woods also revealed that Winston was not arrested, but was issued an adult civil citation and will complete 20 hours of community service.
Winston Apologizes
Winston released a statement through his attorney, Tim Jansen, on Wednesday, admitting that he made a mistake...
Jameis Winston Caught Shoplifting
Winston, 20, allegedly ordered $32.72 worth of crab legs and crawfish at a Tallahassee, Fla., Publix grocery store Tuesday night and walked out without paying, Michael Wood, the Leon County Director of Law Enforcement, said in a news conference Wednesday.
When police went to Winston’s residence Tuesday night to ask him about the incident, the football player told them he “forgot” to pay for his groceries, reported USA Today. "He was very cooperative and he seemed fairly honest in that he did not pay for the item," Woods said. Woods also revealed that Winston was not arrested, but was issued an adult civil citation and will complete 20 hours of community service.
Winston Apologizes
Winston released a statement through his attorney, Tim Jansen, on Wednesday, admitting that he made a mistake...
- 4/30/2014
- Uinterview
The November Criminals author Sam Munson has signed with Simon & Schuster for The War Against the Assholes, his next book, after a competitive auction. The story follows Michael Wood, a 17-year-old student at a Catholic high school in Manhattan who becomes involved in a centuries-old war between magicians in New York’s sorcerous underworld when he discovers a mysterious book called The Calendar of Sleights. Joe Monti, the executive editor of Saga, the Simon & Schuster imprint that will publish the book, pitched it like this: “This novel is like imagining a long con worked by
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- 3/4/2014
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ancient ads of times past, the physical, getting-fuzzier evidence of films watched over and over, the simplicity my Dad can comprehend: we haven't mourned the VHS enough
As gazillions of video recordings reach the end of their useful life, it occurred to me that unlike the LP, and Polaroids, the demise of the big, bulky VHS tape hasn't been mourned half so much as it deserves. According to the Washington Post, in 2005 94.7m American households still owned VCRs. I doubt it would be quarter of that now. I can count the people I know under 60 with video players on my two index fingers.
Before home-recorded videos decline entirely from functional to shabby retro-decoration, I'm going to press pause and give them their clunky due. Here's why I love watching films on video.
They wear their loving proudly
Like teddy bears and your comfiest pair of jeans, you can tell...
As gazillions of video recordings reach the end of their useful life, it occurred to me that unlike the LP, and Polaroids, the demise of the big, bulky VHS tape hasn't been mourned half so much as it deserves. According to the Washington Post, in 2005 94.7m American households still owned VCRs. I doubt it would be quarter of that now. I can count the people I know under 60 with video players on my two index fingers.
Before home-recorded videos decline entirely from functional to shabby retro-decoration, I'm going to press pause and give them their clunky due. Here's why I love watching films on video.
They wear their loving proudly
Like teddy bears and your comfiest pair of jeans, you can tell...
- 10/1/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Most acts of religiously motivated violence pit one faith against the other, but the uproar across the Middle East over clips of an anti-Islam, American-produced film has managed to draw several faiths into the fray, presenting a unique set of circumstances.
Reports have linked people from three major religions, Islam, Judaism and Christianity with the film, and members of each say they fear repercussions against their own people and their relationships to other religions groups.
There have been more than a dozen deaths of Americans and Middle Eastern nationals during protests; the most high-profile victim was U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, though U.S. officials have said the attack on the Benghazi consulate where he and other Americans were killed may have been planned. Protesters in front of Yemen's U.S. Embassy died in clashes with police Thursday, while in Cairo demonstrators jumped over the wall of the U.
Reports have linked people from three major religions, Islam, Judaism and Christianity with the film, and members of each say they fear repercussions against their own people and their relationships to other religions groups.
There have been more than a dozen deaths of Americans and Middle Eastern nationals during protests; the most high-profile victim was U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, though U.S. officials have said the attack on the Benghazi consulate where he and other Americans were killed may have been planned. Protesters in front of Yemen's U.S. Embassy died in clashes with police Thursday, while in Cairo demonstrators jumped over the wall of the U.
- 9/14/2012
- by Jaweed Kaleem
- Huffington Post
A Planet Fury-approved selection of notable genre releases for June.
Harold and Maude (1972) Criterion Blu-ray and DVD Available Now
Forty years later, this 1972 Hal Ashby cult favorite remains a lovably eccentric meditation on life. The romance between a death-obsessed youth (an adorable Bud Cort) and a vivacious geriatric (the mythic Ruth Gordon) is still as beguiling and heartfelt as it was upon its original release. Written by Colin Higgins (9 to 5, Foul Play) and featuring an iconic soundtrack with several Cat Stevens hits, this is a must-have release for cult film buffs.
The much-anticipated Criterion release features:
A new high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack, optional remastered stereo soundtrack, audio commentary by Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill, illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and Colin Higgins, new interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wood and more!
Harold and Maude (1972) Criterion Blu-ray and DVD Available Now
Forty years later, this 1972 Hal Ashby cult favorite remains a lovably eccentric meditation on life. The romance between a death-obsessed youth (an adorable Bud Cort) and a vivacious geriatric (the mythic Ruth Gordon) is still as beguiling and heartfelt as it was upon its original release. Written by Colin Higgins (9 to 5, Foul Play) and featuring an iconic soundtrack with several Cat Stevens hits, this is a must-have release for cult film buffs.
The much-anticipated Criterion release features:
A new high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack, optional remastered stereo soundtrack, audio commentary by Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill, illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and Colin Higgins, new interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wood and more!
- 6/13/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
A Vincente Minnelli season opens at BFI Southbank in London today and it is no small thing. When The Complete Vincente Minnelli ran at the BAMcinématek in New York last September, I opened a roundup and spent a month updating it (and followed up in December with another roundup on 1944's Meet Me in St Louis). With the BFI's season on through May 31, this one may be another marathon runner.
For now, the spotlight's on The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), which, as Michael Wood notes in his piece for the London Review of Books, will soon be playing in theaters throughout the UK:
The plot itself is too nifty by half, a sort of lesson in how to overdo the flashback. We see and hear three phone calls in the narrative present. A man called Jonathan Shields [Kirk Douglas] is trying to reach three Hollywood figures, a director (Barry Sullivan), an actress...
For now, the spotlight's on The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), which, as Michael Wood notes in his piece for the London Review of Books, will soon be playing in theaters throughout the UK:
The plot itself is too nifty by half, a sort of lesson in how to overdo the flashback. We see and hear three phone calls in the narrative present. A man called Jonathan Shields [Kirk Douglas] is trying to reach three Hollywood figures, a director (Barry Sullivan), an actress...
- 4/3/2012
- MUBI
DVD Playhouse—February 2012
By Allen Gardner
To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Robert Mulligan’s film of Harper Lee’s landmark novel pits a liberal-minded lawyer (Gregory Peck) against a small Southern town’s racism when defending a black man (Brock Peters) on trumped-up rape charges. One of the 1960s’ first landmark films, a truly stirring human drama that hits all the right notes and isn’t dated a bit. Robert Duvall makes his screen debut (sans dialogue) as the enigmatic Boo Radley. DVD and Blu-ray double edition. Bonuses: Two feature-length documentaries: Fearful Symmetry and A Conversation with Gregory Peck; Featurettes; Excerpts and film clips from Gregory Peck’s Oscar acceptance speech and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 2.0 mono.
Outrage: Way Of The Yakuza (Magnolia) After a brief hiatus from his signature oeuvre of Japanese gangster flicks,...
By Allen Gardner
To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Robert Mulligan’s film of Harper Lee’s landmark novel pits a liberal-minded lawyer (Gregory Peck) against a small Southern town’s racism when defending a black man (Brock Peters) on trumped-up rape charges. One of the 1960s’ first landmark films, a truly stirring human drama that hits all the right notes and isn’t dated a bit. Robert Duvall makes his screen debut (sans dialogue) as the enigmatic Boo Radley. DVD and Blu-ray double edition. Bonuses: Two feature-length documentaries: Fearful Symmetry and A Conversation with Gregory Peck; Featurettes; Excerpts and film clips from Gregory Peck’s Oscar acceptance speech and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 2.0 mono.
Outrage: Way Of The Yakuza (Magnolia) After a brief hiatus from his signature oeuvre of Japanese gangster flicks,...
- 2/26/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Belle de Jour Directed by Luis Buñuel Written by Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière Starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviéve Page Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour is a sexy and disturbing psychological case study that investigates the masochistic desires of its main character as she attempts to fulfill her urges and reconcile her past. The film opens with a red herring of sorts, as we're introduced to a couple on a romantic carriage ride. The woman, an attractive blonde, shuns the advances of her companion, resulting her forceful removal from the carriage by its drivers. She's led into the woods blindfolded, and eventually tied to a tree, hands above her head. After ripping down the back of her dress, the man signals the drivers to whip her. She seems to enjoy it. An abrupt cut reintroduces the same couple, now in their bedroom getting ready for bed. It was all a dream…...
- 1/28/2012
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
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It was surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel’s most popular film and his biggest financial success, even outperforming the great Oscar-winning The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (the idea for which was given to the director by actor Owen Wilson during a time travel escapade to Paris in the 1920s*). Starring an effervescent, young and beautiful Catherine Deneuve in a defining role that would forever typify her as the kind of cool, intense, independent blonde she would portray for the rest of her long career, Belle de Jour broke ground for eroticism and feminism alike.
Released in 1967, the picture is one of Buñuel’s most accessible pictures. The plot is simple enough. Severine, a frigid and frustrated woman of the Parisian upper class who is married to a successful doctor, has disturbing fantasies of being sexually humiliated and degraded. When...
By Raymond Benson
It was surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel’s most popular film and his biggest financial success, even outperforming the great Oscar-winning The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (the idea for which was given to the director by actor Owen Wilson during a time travel escapade to Paris in the 1920s*). Starring an effervescent, young and beautiful Catherine Deneuve in a defining role that would forever typify her as the kind of cool, intense, independent blonde she would portray for the rest of her long career, Belle de Jour broke ground for eroticism and feminism alike.
Released in 1967, the picture is one of Buñuel’s most accessible pictures. The plot is simple enough. Severine, a frigid and frustrated woman of the Parisian upper class who is married to a successful doctor, has disturbing fantasies of being sexually humiliated and degraded. When...
- 1/25/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
I first watched Belle de Jour back in March of 2009. Unfortunately I didn't write about it at the time, which gives me nothing to look back on as far as my interpretation of what I saw. Considering we're talking about the work of surrealist director Luis Bunuel it would have been nice to refer back to something, but sometimes life gives us oranges. What I watched then was a rented Netflix copy of the previously released Miramax DVD version of the film, which, to my recollection, didn't include any special features. Fortunately Criterion is here to save us on that front with an excellent high definition transfer and uncompressed monaural soundtrack, but on top of that an outstanding audio commentary and one specific featurette I found incredibly enlightening. As for that first viewing of Belle de Jour, I remember having a conversation about the film's ending and confusion over what...
- 1/17/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 17, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon are Harold and Maude.
With 1971’s idiosyncratic offbeat comedy-romance fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby (Being There) fashioned a film that would become the cult classic of its era.
Working from a script by Colin Higgins (9 to 5), the movie tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon, Rosemary’s Baby).
Harold and Maude breaks through a lot of barriers with it unique voice, which is equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence. Most effectively, it dissolves the barriers that separate people by class, gender and age. Along the way, it features a handful of amazing performances and a solid soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
The Criterion Blu-ray and DVD...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon are Harold and Maude.
With 1971’s idiosyncratic offbeat comedy-romance fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby (Being There) fashioned a film that would become the cult classic of its era.
Working from a script by Colin Higgins (9 to 5), the movie tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon, Rosemary’s Baby).
Harold and Maude breaks through a lot of barriers with it unique voice, which is equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence. Most effectively, it dissolves the barriers that separate people by class, gender and age. Along the way, it features a handful of amazing performances and a solid soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
The Criterion Blu-ray and DVD...
- 1/17/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The weekend's must-read is Michael Idov's report in GQ from the set of Ilya Khrzhanovsky's (4) latest project, Dau, which "has been in production since 2006 and won't wrap until 2012, if ever." I first came across it via a tweet from Vince Keenan: "It's Synecdoche, New York. Only it's real. And Russian." Very. Ostensibly a biopic based on the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Lev Landau, Dau has become "an entire city, built to scale" in eastern Ukraine and populated by 300 cast and crew members who literally live, day in and day out, inside a simulacrum of Moscow, circa 1952. It is also an Institute, of which Khrzhanovsky is the Head "or simply the Boss." There's a narrative arc to Idov's piece: "A day into my stay at the Institute, I begin to feel its pull." By the third day, "I have been reduced… to a sniveling Soviet stukach, a snitch." By the way,...
- 10/30/2011
- MUBI
Oscar Horrors continues...
Here Lies... Poltergeist's ghosts and ghouls. The Oscar loss for Cuesta Verde’s original residents of evil still haunts me to this day. Spielberg’s other 1982 production featuring otherworldly visitation beat Carol-Anne and Company to the FX gold. The restless undead may have lost out on hauling an Oscar back to the Beyond that day, but you never know if they might sooner or later... maybe... come back...
“Poltergeist,” stresses the creepy voiceover that ends the trailer, “It knows what scares you.” Thus so, too, do Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson, the scare-mongering trio responsible for its Oscar nominated (and Bafta winning) visual effects. These were the guys (along with 106 other crew members) who threw JoBeth Williams around her bedroom before dropping her into a cadaver-filled watery grave. They scared seven shades of senselessness out of all of us by making us think every...
Here Lies... Poltergeist's ghosts and ghouls. The Oscar loss for Cuesta Verde’s original residents of evil still haunts me to this day. Spielberg’s other 1982 production featuring otherworldly visitation beat Carol-Anne and Company to the FX gold. The restless undead may have lost out on hauling an Oscar back to the Beyond that day, but you never know if they might sooner or later... maybe... come back...
“Poltergeist,” stresses the creepy voiceover that ends the trailer, “It knows what scares you.” Thus so, too, do Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson, the scare-mongering trio responsible for its Oscar nominated (and Bafta winning) visual effects. These were the guys (along with 106 other crew members) who threw JoBeth Williams around her bedroom before dropping her into a cadaver-filled watery grave. They scared seven shades of senselessness out of all of us by making us think every...
- 10/21/2011
- by Craig Bloomfield
- FilmExperience
Release Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Parisian housewife Catherine Deneuve is up against the wall in Belle du Jour.
The surreal and erotic 1967 “daydream” drama film Belle du Jour, from provocateur Luis Buñuel (Viridiana), is a classic movie that’s both an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure, as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions.
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve (Potiche) hides a cracked interior in the actress’ most iconic role: Séverine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day. Fantasy and reality commingle in Séverine’s head, just as they do in the viewer’s in the movie, which is recognized as one of Buñuel’s finest.
The film is presented in French with new and improved English subtitles. It got a new high-definition digital transfer and an uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition.
The...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Parisian housewife Catherine Deneuve is up against the wall in Belle du Jour.
The surreal and erotic 1967 “daydream” drama film Belle du Jour, from provocateur Luis Buñuel (Viridiana), is a classic movie that’s both an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure, as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions.
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve (Potiche) hides a cracked interior in the actress’ most iconic role: Séverine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day. Fantasy and reality commingle in Séverine’s head, just as they do in the viewer’s in the movie, which is recognized as one of Buñuel’s finest.
The film is presented in French with new and improved English subtitles. It got a new high-definition digital transfer and an uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition.
The...
- 10/17/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Chicago – Every time I’ve seen “The Great Dictator,” I’m amazed that it even exists. It is not only one of the great Charlie Chaplin’s most consistently funny films but it is a satirical masterpiece that is So daring that it’s amazing it even got made. It is a piece of slapstick comedy about World War II and Adolf Hitler. Think about that for one minute. Now, it was made in 1940 (a year before our entry into the war), but it was still a risky move to make a piece this politically and socially conscious and try and sell it to an audience who had grown accustomed to watching Charlie Chaplin fall down.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Now, of course, we can look back at Chaplin’s career now and realize that he was Always socially and politically conscious. “City Lights,” “Modern Times,” the very character of the Tramp...
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Now, of course, we can look back at Chaplin’s career now and realize that he was Always socially and politically conscious. “City Lights,” “Modern Times,” the very character of the Tramp...
- 5/30/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"More than fifty years have passed since critics rediscovered Buster Keaton and pronounced him the most 'modern' silent film clown, a title he hasn't shaken since." So begins Jana Prikryl's terrific essay, "The Genius of Buster," in the New York Review of Books:
In his own day he was certainly famous but never commanded the wealth or popularity of Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd, and he suffered most when talkies arrived. It may be that later stars like Cary Grant and Paul Newman and Harrison Ford have made us more susceptible to Keaton's model of offhand stoicism than his own audiences were. Seeking for his ghost is a fruitless business, though; for one thing, film comedy today has swung back toward the sappy, blatant slapstick that Keaton disdained. There's some "irony" in what Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler do, but it's irony that clamors to win the identification of the...
In his own day he was certainly famous but never commanded the wealth or popularity of Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd, and he suffered most when talkies arrived. It may be that later stars like Cary Grant and Paul Newman and Harrison Ford have made us more susceptible to Keaton's model of offhand stoicism than his own audiences were. Seeking for his ghost is a fruitless business, though; for one thing, film comedy today has swung back toward the sappy, blatant slapstick that Keaton disdained. There's some "irony" in what Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler do, but it's irony that clamors to win the identification of the...
- 5/24/2011
- MUBI
"What makes Johann run — and rob?" asks Melissa Anderson in the Voice. "Benjamin Heisenberg's second feature is as taut, lean, and fleet as its title character, played by Andreas Lust and based on the real-life Johann Kastenberger, who was both Austria's most-wanted bank robber of the 1980s and a champion marathoner. Writing the script with Martin Prinz, who adapted his own 2005 novel about the notorious criminal, Heisenberg forgoes backstory and psychological explanation, structuring his film as a series of adrenaline spikes."
"Lust's character in The Robber is familiar from European crime movies," suggests Noel Murray at the Av Club. "He's the stoic loner who doesn't say much, lest he inadvertently reveal some kind of motivation. When he robs banks, he wears a thin mask that doesn't look all that different from his face, and when he goes on a date with his caseworker, Franziska Weisz, he's more amused by...
"Lust's character in The Robber is familiar from European crime movies," suggests Noel Murray at the Av Club. "He's the stoic loner who doesn't say much, lest he inadvertently reveal some kind of motivation. When he robs banks, he wears a thin mask that doesn't look all that different from his face, and when he goes on a date with his caseworker, Franziska Weisz, he's more amused by...
- 5/8/2011
- MUBI
The American Film Institute have released their annual list of top ten films “which best advance the art of the moving image; enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form; inspire audiences and artists alike; and/or make a mark on American society”. Which is a quote that basically means Brit made hits like The King’s Speech and Another Year aren’t invited to the dance, but films like Inception and 127 Hours that were made by Brit directors with large non-u.S. crew are ok.
Basically the AFI list only includes those movies made by the American dollar.
Personally, I’m loving the shout-out for The Town, which is one of my personal favourite films of the year and as I’m beginning to put together my list of the year’s best films, it’s certainly in the top three. I hope it can squeeze into...
Basically the AFI list only includes those movies made by the American dollar.
Personally, I’m loving the shout-out for The Town, which is one of my personal favourite films of the year and as I’m beginning to put together my list of the year’s best films, it’s certainly in the top three. I hope it can squeeze into...
- 12/13/2010
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
The American Film Institute has released its annual list of the 10 best movies of the year and 10 best TV programs of the year. If you don't agree with the list, you can blame the jurors this year, and they are (from the Hollywood Reporter):
This year's motion picture jury was chaired by producer Tom Pollock, a member of the AFI board of trustees, and consisted of Jeanine Basinger, Wesleyan University; Donn Cambern, editor; Diablo Cody, writer/producer; Lee Daniels, director/producer; Jane Gaines, Columbia University; Gazzale; Akira Mizuta Lippit, University of Southern California; Leonard Maltin, Entertainment Tonight; Elvis Mitchell, At the Movies; Claudia Puig, USA Today; Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly; and Michael Wood, Princeton University.
Producer Richard Frank of the AFI board of trustees chaired the TV jury, which consisted of Steven Bochco, producer/writer; Gazzale; Marshall Herskovitz, producer/writer/director; Jennifer Love Hewitt, actor/producer; Henry Jenkins, USC; Anna McCarthy,...
This year's motion picture jury was chaired by producer Tom Pollock, a member of the AFI board of trustees, and consisted of Jeanine Basinger, Wesleyan University; Donn Cambern, editor; Diablo Cody, writer/producer; Lee Daniels, director/producer; Jane Gaines, Columbia University; Gazzale; Akira Mizuta Lippit, University of Southern California; Leonard Maltin, Entertainment Tonight; Elvis Mitchell, At the Movies; Claudia Puig, USA Today; Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly; and Michael Wood, Princeton University.
Producer Richard Frank of the AFI board of trustees chaired the TV jury, which consisted of Steven Bochco, producer/writer; Gazzale; Marshall Herskovitz, producer/writer/director; Jennifer Love Hewitt, actor/producer; Henry Jenkins, USC; Anna McCarthy,...
- 12/13/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Brandon Kessler’s got a knack for finding the next big thing. At the age of 18, the Columbia student was among the 10 people in the audience to hear a then-obscure group named the Dave Matthews Band. "I told them I thought they'd be huge," Kessler says. "So they hired to me to do all of their radio promotion on the East Coast." Kessler went on to do more for Dmb, then started his own label, Messenger Records, heavy on the internet promotions.
Fast forward a decade or so, when he taps into yet another potential zeitgeist. Kessler’s back in the halls of academia –- this time on weekends to earn a business degree -- and his study session is interrupted one night when he discovered a challenge online: $100 to anyone who could create a software program that allowed Windows to run on a Mac. The competition ramped up in just a few weeks.
Fast forward a decade or so, when he taps into yet another potential zeitgeist. Kessler’s back in the halls of academia –- this time on weekends to earn a business degree -- and his study session is interrupted one night when he discovered a challenge online: $100 to anyone who could create a software program that allowed Windows to run on a Mac. The competition ramped up in just a few weeks.
- 11/29/2010
- by Lydia Dishman
- Fast Company
Chalk it up to a case of entrepreneurial ants in the pants. When Mike Wood, an attorney-turned-educational toy maker, retired in 2004, he didn’t stop working for very long. In fact, the founder of LeapFrog Enterprises--which is now responsible for 120 million educational systems, interactive children's books, and games in homes worldwide--got busy creating SmartyAnts, an online learning tool and companion toy designed to help kids read.
It started when Wood spent time in India trying to help children learn to read in English with software programs. It was part of an initiative to raise the standard of the country’s public schools, Wood says. Female college graduates unable to find work were given $30 per month to become principals or teachers at schools for slum children.
Watching the students help each other read the few books available to them was “powerfully motivating,” Wood tells Fast Company. As was working with a...
It started when Wood spent time in India trying to help children learn to read in English with software programs. It was part of an initiative to raise the standard of the country’s public schools, Wood says. Female college graduates unable to find work were given $30 per month to become principals or teachers at schools for slum children.
Watching the students help each other read the few books available to them was “powerfully motivating,” Wood tells Fast Company. As was working with a...
- 11/16/2010
- by Lydia Dishman
- Fast Company
David Fincher's film may focus on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but it also makes an important point about the power of the open net
"The primary goal of any film-maker," writes Michael Hauge in his classic book Writing Screenplays That Sell, "is to elicit emotion in the audience." In contrast, the primary goal of the screenwriter is "to elicit emotion in the person reading the screenplay". Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for The Social Network, a film about the origins of Facebook, clearly scored on both counts. For not only was funding forthcoming for a lavish, beautifully crafted movie directed by David Fincher, but it has also been a big hit with audiences.
The critics have likewise taken it seriously. The Social Network, wrote our own Philip French, "takes familiar ideas about trust, friendship, endeavour, ambition, betrayal and greed into fascinating new areas of experience. It's as riveting,...
"The primary goal of any film-maker," writes Michael Hauge in his classic book Writing Screenplays That Sell, "is to elicit emotion in the audience." In contrast, the primary goal of the screenwriter is "to elicit emotion in the person reading the screenplay". Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for The Social Network, a film about the origins of Facebook, clearly scored on both counts. For not only was funding forthcoming for a lavish, beautifully crafted movie directed by David Fincher, but it has also been a big hit with audiences.
The critics have likewise taken it seriously. The Social Network, wrote our own Philip French, "takes familiar ideas about trust, friendship, endeavour, ambition, betrayal and greed into fascinating new areas of experience. It's as riveting,...
- 11/15/2010
- by John Naughton
- The Guardian - Film News
Midsomer Murders | Wonderland: Boy Cheerleaders | Michael Wood's Story Of England | The Boys Of H Company | Mad Men | Film 2010 With Claudia Winkleman
Midsomer Murders
8pm, ITV1
A guilty Wednesday evening diversion or subtle deconstruction of a rural bourgeois idyll? Either way, John Nettles as Dci Tom Barnaby is remarkable in that he doesn't seem to do anything – it's perhaps the easiest job in TV, or maybe he's the Charles Bronson of prime time, where a fixed expression and narrow eyes act as a cover for manifold emotions. This week the bodies start dropping round a boxing champ, his dodgy manager, a justice of the peace with familial complications, the village solicitor and an artist who shares a workshop with a moody blacksmith. Ms
Wonderland: Boy Cheerleaders
9pm, BBC2
This latest dispatch from the enlightening documentary series follows a group of boys from south Leeds as they compete in their first cheerleading competition.
Midsomer Murders
8pm, ITV1
A guilty Wednesday evening diversion or subtle deconstruction of a rural bourgeois idyll? Either way, John Nettles as Dci Tom Barnaby is remarkable in that he doesn't seem to do anything – it's perhaps the easiest job in TV, or maybe he's the Charles Bronson of prime time, where a fixed expression and narrow eyes act as a cover for manifold emotions. This week the bodies start dropping round a boxing champ, his dodgy manager, a justice of the peace with familial complications, the village solicitor and an artist who shares a workshop with a moody blacksmith. Ms
Wonderland: Boy Cheerleaders
9pm, BBC2
This latest dispatch from the enlightening documentary series follows a group of boys from south Leeds as they compete in their first cheerleading competition.
- 10/12/2010
- by Martin Skegg, Jonathan Wright, Andrew Mueller, Phelim O'Neill, David Stubbs
- The Guardian - Film News
Hot Tub Time Machine
Best title ever? I can't wait to check out Steve Pink's ode to the 80's. Great cast including Crispin Glover!
Extras include:
Deleted ScenesProduction: Acting Like IdiotsChevy Chase: The Nicest Guy in HollywoodTotally Radical Outfits: Dayna PinkCrispin Glover: One Armed Bellhop
The Crazies
Missed it but have heard good things about this Romero remake and I dig Olyphant.
Extras include:
CommentaryThe Romero Template FeaturetteParanormal PandemicsBehind-the-Scenes FeaturetteRob Hall Makeup FeaturetteStill Gallery
The White Ribbon
This Oscar-nominated German WW1 film by Michael Haneke (Funny Games) is supposed to be amazing.
Extras include:
Making of The White RibbonMy LifeCannes Film Festival Premiere[Read More...]
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
The history of the legendary Canadian rock trio. Get ready to air drum!
Extras include:
Deleted ScenesLive Performances
When You're Strange
Another rock doc, this one on The Doors. It features unreleased footage and narration by Johnny Depp.
Don McKay
Indie thriller starring Thomas Haden Church,...
Best title ever? I can't wait to check out Steve Pink's ode to the 80's. Great cast including Crispin Glover!
Extras include:
Deleted ScenesProduction: Acting Like IdiotsChevy Chase: The Nicest Guy in HollywoodTotally Radical Outfits: Dayna PinkCrispin Glover: One Armed Bellhop
The Crazies
Missed it but have heard good things about this Romero remake and I dig Olyphant.
Extras include:
CommentaryThe Romero Template FeaturetteParanormal PandemicsBehind-the-Scenes FeaturetteRob Hall Makeup FeaturetteStill Gallery
The White Ribbon
This Oscar-nominated German WW1 film by Michael Haneke (Funny Games) is supposed to be amazing.
Extras include:
Making of The White RibbonMy LifeCannes Film Festival Premiere[Read More...]
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
The history of the legendary Canadian rock trio. Get ready to air drum!
Extras include:
Deleted ScenesLive Performances
When You're Strange
Another rock doc, this one on The Doors. It features unreleased footage and narration by Johnny Depp.
Don McKay
Indie thriller starring Thomas Haden Church,...
- 6/29/2010
- by josh@reelartsy.com (Joshua dos Santos)
- Reelartsy
One of the more prized members of the Criterion Collection, the stunning Luchino Visconti film, The Leopard, is set to make the jump out of the collection, for a new Blu-ray release.
According to blu-ray.com, BFI Video has announced the release of a new Blu-ray release of the film, which will hit shelves on June 21. It will be presented complete and uncut, in widescreen, and with an all new transfer taken right from its original 35mm print. The transfer was even overseen by the film’s cinematographer, Guiseppe Rotunno.
The release will feature a commentary by Italian film scholars David Forgacs and Rossana Capitano, an interview with Claudia Cardinale, the film’s Italian trailer, and a booklet featuring essays and more.
However great it may be to see this classic film get yet another take on Blu-ray one cannot argue that the film’s upcoming Criterion Blu-ray will be...
According to blu-ray.com, BFI Video has announced the release of a new Blu-ray release of the film, which will hit shelves on June 21. It will be presented complete and uncut, in widescreen, and with an all new transfer taken right from its original 35mm print. The transfer was even overseen by the film’s cinematographer, Guiseppe Rotunno.
The release will feature a commentary by Italian film scholars David Forgacs and Rossana Capitano, an interview with Claudia Cardinale, the film’s Italian trailer, and a booklet featuring essays and more.
However great it may be to see this classic film get yet another take on Blu-ray one cannot argue that the film’s upcoming Criterion Blu-ray will be...
- 5/29/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
DVD Playhouse—February 2010
By
Allen Gardner
Hunger (Criterion) Harrowing true story of imprisoned Ira member Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and his 1981 hunger strike protesting the British government’s refusal to recognize him, and other Ira members as political prisoners. Director Steve McQueen delivers the story with true filmmaking panache, mixing startling imagery that blends both stunning beauty and stomach-churning horror. Fassbender is absolutely brilliant in the lead. Not for the faint-of-heart, but not to be missed or, particularly, ignored. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with McQueen and Fassbender; Short documentary; 1981 episode of BBC series “Panorama” that covers the Ira hunger strike; Trailer. Widescreen. DTS-hd audio on Blu-ray.
Adam (20th Century Fox) Quirky romantic comedy about an eccentric, borderline Asperger’s Syndrome, astronomy buff (Hugh Dancy) who is drawn out of his self-imposed shell by a beautiful and sympathetic neighbor (Rose Byrne). Charming film with engaging performances by the two leads,...
By
Allen Gardner
Hunger (Criterion) Harrowing true story of imprisoned Ira member Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and his 1981 hunger strike protesting the British government’s refusal to recognize him, and other Ira members as political prisoners. Director Steve McQueen delivers the story with true filmmaking panache, mixing startling imagery that blends both stunning beauty and stomach-churning horror. Fassbender is absolutely brilliant in the lead. Not for the faint-of-heart, but not to be missed or, particularly, ignored. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with McQueen and Fassbender; Short documentary; 1981 episode of BBC series “Panorama” that covers the Ira hunger strike; Trailer. Widescreen. DTS-hd audio on Blu-ray.
Adam (20th Century Fox) Quirky romantic comedy about an eccentric, borderline Asperger’s Syndrome, astronomy buff (Hugh Dancy) who is drawn out of his self-imposed shell by a beautiful and sympathetic neighbor (Rose Byrne). Charming film with engaging performances by the two leads,...
- 2/15/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
More Afm news
Myriad Pictures, which first offered the psychological thriller "Cry of the Owl" for presale at the 2007 Cannes Film Market, plans to release the film itself in U.S. theaters this fall.
Written and directed by Jamie Thraves and based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, "Owl" stars Julia Stiles as a woman being stalked by a man, played by Paddy Considine.
Paramount Home Entertainment will release "Owl" on DVD, VOD and PPV, and Myriad will handle the pay TV and other markets in the U.S.
Myriad took a similar tact last year when it released the Dario Argento horror-thriller "Mother of Tears" to U.S. theaters.
"We decided to try to be more proactive and in control of the U.S. exploitation of our titles which we hope will also benefit our producers," Myriad president and CEO Kirk D'Amico said. "Our U.S. distribution model allows...
Myriad Pictures, which first offered the psychological thriller "Cry of the Owl" for presale at the 2007 Cannes Film Market, plans to release the film itself in U.S. theaters this fall.
Written and directed by Jamie Thraves and based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, "Owl" stars Julia Stiles as a woman being stalked by a man, played by Paddy Considine.
Paramount Home Entertainment will release "Owl" on DVD, VOD and PPV, and Myriad will handle the pay TV and other markets in the U.S.
Myriad took a similar tact last year when it released the Dario Argento horror-thriller "Mother of Tears" to U.S. theaters.
"We decided to try to be more proactive and in control of the U.S. exploitation of our titles which we hope will also benefit our producers," Myriad president and CEO Kirk D'Amico said. "Our U.S. distribution model allows...
- 11/5/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country)
Q: I've been feeling Lost a lot lately, mostly because I'm completely enamored with one of their new characters, Daniel Faraday, played by a very unique actor, Jeremy Davies. Can you tell me anything gay about Jeremy Davies? Anything at all? - Lindsey, New York
A: Hmmm, well, I can tell you that Davies, who first made a splash in the terrific indie hit Spanking the Monkey (1994), has made a name for himself playing nervous losers and misfits, in movies such as Secretary (2002), Solaris (2002), The Locusts (1997), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Some of these characters could, in a certain light, from a certain angle, by certain people, be read as “maybe, possibly gay.”
Davies also played a drama student in HBO’s TV production of The Laramie Project, about the murder of Matthew Shepard,...
Q: I've been feeling Lost a lot lately, mostly because I'm completely enamored with one of their new characters, Daniel Faraday, played by a very unique actor, Jeremy Davies. Can you tell me anything gay about Jeremy Davies? Anything at all? - Lindsey, New York
A: Hmmm, well, I can tell you that Davies, who first made a splash in the terrific indie hit Spanking the Monkey (1994), has made a name for himself playing nervous losers and misfits, in movies such as Secretary (2002), Solaris (2002), The Locusts (1997), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Some of these characters could, in a certain light, from a certain angle, by certain people, be read as “maybe, possibly gay.”
Davies also played a drama student in HBO’s TV production of The Laramie Project, about the murder of Matthew Shepard,...
- 2/17/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
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