Entertainment Weekly names the... Greatest Westerns of the Last 25 Years http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/gal...ns-of-the-last-25-years/ss-CC944i?ocid=ASUDHP 1. Unforgiven (1992) 2. Django Unchained (2012) 3. No Country for Old Men (2007) 4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) 5. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 6. Dances with Wolves (1990) 7. True Grit (2010) 8. 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 9. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) 10. Meek's Cutoff (2010) 11. Lone Star (1996) 12. Tombstone (1993) 13. The Proposition (2005) 14. Open Range (2003) 15. Appaloosa (2008) 16. Mad Max: Road Fury (2015) 17. The Quick and the Dead (1995) 18. Slow West (2015) 19. Rango (2011) 20. Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) 21. Dead Man (1996) 22. The Homesman (2014) 23. Bone Tomahawk (2015) 24. All the Pretty Horses (2000) 25. Back to the Future Part III (1990) My God... why did they bother? Pathetic.
2015 National Film Registry selections announced... Ghostbusters, Top Gun, LA Confidential and Edison's Sneeze Among Additions - Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-216.html?loclr=ealn&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter "Being There" (1989): Peter Sellers, Oscar-winner Melvyn Douglas and Shirley MacLaine star in Hal Ashby's satire about a simple-minded gardener who becomes a celebrity. "Black and Tan" (1929): Duke Ellington and Fredi Washington star in one of the first short musical films starring African American jazz musicians. "Dracula" (1931): The Spanish-language version of Tod Browning's classic vampire tale starring Bela Lugosi was shot evenings on the same set with a different director and stars. "Dream of a Rarebit Fiend" (1906): Edwin S. Porter's short fantasy comedy based on illustrator Winsor McCay's comic strip uses trick photography, including double exposure. "Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer" (1975): Thom Andersen spent a decade making this documentary about the man whose vision led to the development of the motion picture. "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" (1894): W.K.L. Dickson, one of Thomas Edison's team of inventors, took these images of engineer Fred Ott performing a snuff-induced sneeze. "A Fool There Was" (1915): This early silent box office sensation made a star out of an unknown actress with the exotic name of Theda Bara. She was promoted as "the woman with the most beautifully wicked face in the world" and became one of early cinema's bona-fide vamps. "Ghostbusters" (1984): Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver star in this classic horror-comedy. "Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944): Preston Sturges' comedic masterpiece about a small-town would-be World War II hero (Eddie Bracken) who was actually dismissed from active duty because of chronic hay fever. "Humoresque" (1920): Frank Borzage directed this adaptation of a Fannie Hurst story that presented a sensitive portrait of Jewish immigrants. "Imitation of Life" (1959): Douglas Sirk directed this sumptuous influential melodrama based on a Fannie Hurst novel. "The Inner World of Aphasia" (1968): A medical training film dealing with aphasia, the inability to speak due to a brain injury. Co-director Naomi Feil, a social worker who worked with language-impaired patients, stars, co-directed and produced the film with her husband, Edward. "John Henry and Inky-Poo" (1946): George Pal's stop-motion short film based on the legend of the African American folk hero. "L.A. Confidential" (1997) Curtis Hanson directed and co-wrote with Brian Helgeland this gritty film noir based on a James Ellroy novel about police corruption and the political machine in L.A. in the early 1950s. An Oscar winner for adapted screenplay and supporting actress (Kim Basinger). "The Mark of Zorro" (1920): Douglas Fairbanks' breathtaking first swashbuckler, which he also wrote under the name Elton Thomas. "The Old Mill" (1937): This Oscar-winning Walt Disney "Silly Symphony" featured the first use of the multiplane camera as well as more realistic depictions of the behavior of animals. "Our Daily Bread" (1934): King Vidor directed and self-financed this controversial Depression-era drama about unemployed workers who form a cooperative farm. "Portrait of Jason" (1967): Shirley Clarke directed this seminal LGBT film featuring Jason Holliday, a gay hustler and nightclub entertainer, who talks about his life during one 12-hour shoot. "Seconds" (1966) John Frankenheimer directed this innovative thriller about a bored married man (John Randolph) who gets more than he bargains for when he opts for a second chance in life. Rock Hudson stars as Randolph's new persona. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994): Frank Darabont wrote and directed this adaptation of a Stephen King short story revolving around the friendship that develops in prison between a banker (Tim Robbins) wrongly accused of a double murder and a longtime inmate (Morgan Freeman). "Sink or Swim" (1990): Su Friedrich chronicles the combustible relationship between a daughter and her father though 26 short vignettes narrated by the teenage girl. "The Story of Menstruation" (1946): Produced through the Educational and Industrial Film Division of the Walt Disney Co., this film sponsored by Kimberly-Clark, the makers of Kotex, encourages a "healthy, normal attitude" toward menstruation. "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One" (1968): African American film director and documentarian William Greaves, best known as cohost and producer of the public television program "Black Journal," wrote, directed and conceived this experimental docudrama. "Top Gun" (1986): Tony Scott directed this glossy Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer production about a group of flyboys starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards and Kelly McGillis. "Winchester '73" (1950): This adult psychological western was the first of eight features that actor Jimmy Stewart made with director Anthony Mann between 1950 and 1955.
That's actually a better list than I would have thought possible. The last 25 years haven't exactly been the golden age of the western. Unforgiven, Meek's Cutoff, Tombstone, The Proposition, Open Range and The Homesman are genuinely good westerns.
If either Spotlight or The Big Short were showing locally, then I would happily trundle off to the theater this week. Looks like we get The Big Short on the 8th.
There was an article by film critic Lou Lumenick in the New York Post today about the real-life "Wrong Man" depicted in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 movie... Case Of Mistaken Identity Ruined Man's Life — And Inspired Hitchcock - N.Y. Post http://nypost.com/2016/02/07/a-case...ruined-this-mans-life-and-inspired-hitchcock/
For anyone wondering why De Niro is now a waste... Having Kids Was The Worst Thing To Happen To Robert De Niro's Career - N.Y. Post http://nypost.com/2016/01/31/having-kids-was-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-robert-deniros-career/
Catching up on some news that's been around since last December... The new Godzilla movie being made by Toho, Shin Gojira, released the official English poster (under the title Godzilla Resurgence) and a 30-second teaser. The teaser isn't anything special, but I've posted it anyway. The release date in Japan is July 29. No news of any U.S. theatrical distributor at this time.
I couldn't care less, but I know some of you never tire of these has-beens... Scorsese Assembles Dream Team For New Flick - N.Y. Post http://pagesix.com/2016/05/16/scors...-flick/?_ga=1.264510799.1199074054.1431971450 Martin Scorsese is putting the old gang back together — and swearing in a new member — for a mob movie green-lighted through big-bucks deals struck at the Cannes Film Festival, according to reports Sunday. “The Irishman,” which has been stuck in development hell for years, is set to star Scorsese stable-mates Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, who both played key roles in the director’s classic gangster flicks, “GoodFellas” and “Casino.” Reports said it would also reunite Scorsese with Harvey Keitel, who last worked with Scorsese on 1988’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” and co-starred in the director’s 1976 legendary “Taxi Driver.” The instant Oscar-bait film would also mark the first collaboration between Scorsese and legendary “Godfather” star Al Pacino. The screenplay for the 1970s-era biopic is based on the 2004 book “I Heard You Paint Houses,” which details the deathbed confessions of Frank Sheeran, a Philadelphia-area hit man who claimed to have murdered Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. Digital technology would let the actors — all in their 70s — age backward, according to Variety.
Al Pacino, Others Named 2016 Recipients Of Kennedy Center Honors - Variety http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/2016-kennedy-center-honors-al-pacino-1201802197/ Al Pacino, James Taylor, the rock band The Eagles, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, and gospel/blues singer Mavis Staples have been named the 2016 recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, in a list weighted toward expertise in the musical arts. Recognized globally for his portrayal of Michael Corleone in “The Godfather,” Pacino, 76, has enjoyed success on the stage and on film. A native New Yorker, Pacino earned his first Tony Award in 1969, two years before he began making movies. He has appeared in 45 films, including “Scarface,” “Serpico,” “Donnie Brasco” and “Scent of a Woman” In 1996, he directed and starred in the documentary “Looking for Richard,” about Shakespeare’s “Richard III.” He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 2011, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures in 2001.
At my local multiplex, that is part of a series... http://www.cinemark.com/cinemark-classic-series Singing in The Rain Fight Club Planet of the Apes Gone With The Wind Batman Animal house The King and I Very much in the spirit of the this thread's title.
When a group of friends and colleagues gathers and people discuss their favorite secret agent in movies, but none of them has ever heard of Harry Palmer in the Ipcress File.
President Obama's Essential Sci-Fi - Wired https://www.wired.com/2016/10/potus-viewing-list/ Obama's list... 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 2. Blade Runner (1982) 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 4. Star Wars (1977) 5. Star Trek (1966-69) 6. The Martian (2015) 7. The Matrix (1999) 8. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)
I prefer old movies to anything made today especially the remakes. Westerns a favorite of mine was John Wayne in Red River. John Wayne was great in that movie. The Searchers again with John Wayne. I have every movie Chanel also the others like Amazon, Netflix etc. But all you real need is Turner Classic movies. The movies they don't have is El CID do yourself a favor and see that one. Plus trapeze with the late great Burt Lancaster. Now that I am retired I watch a lot of old movies. But I have to say in the last 5 years this is the golden age in television programs. So many good shows on now. Except for the damn commercials. So I buy them so I am not forced to watch them. When I used vcr machines I bought them with commercial skip.
Barnes & Nobel is having their 50% off sale of Criterion Collection titles from now until November 28. In addition, there are some must-have favorites being released in the coming weeks. On November 8... (contains 6 films from 1972-74, plus English-dubbed re-edit of first two films, "Shogun Assassin") On November 15... (also contains 150-minute documentary "Making of Dreams") On November 22... (restored by Universal Pictures; the film Stanley Kubrick walked out on ) On December 13...
More upcoming releases from the Criterion Collection: On December 13... On January 10... (will include the restored 1931 pre-code version of "The Front Page" -- produced by Howard Hughes, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien)
New releases from Olive Films... (includes the original 1948 107-minute cut with authentic Scots accents, and the 1950 85-minute re-release that redubbed the dialogue) ( in 1935, the great Leslie Howard had played the title role in Alexander Korda's "The Scarlet Pimpernel"; in 1941, Howard produced, directed and starred in this contemporary version taking place during World War II)
FINALLY!!! Available now from Kino Lorber... Legendary filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango In Paris; 1900; The Last Emperor) directed this controversial drama starring Jill Clayburgh. "Luna" explores the troubled life of Joe Silveri, a teenager (Matthew Barry) and his troubling relationship with his parents, including an incestuous liaison with his mother. After witnessing his father’s suicide, mother and son decide to move to Italy. Joe falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes addicted to heroin. Caterina, hoping to lure her son back to a healthier and safer lifestyle, tries to become closer to him, which leads to flirtation and incest. Written by Bertolucci, his brother Giuseppe Bertolucci and Clare Peploe. Stunning cinematography by the great Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a beautiful and haunting score by the renowned composer Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). The cast includes Tomas Milian (The Big Gundown), Fred Gwynne (The Munsters), Alida Valli (The Third Man), Renato Salvatori (State of Siege), Franco Citti (The Decameron) and Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful). Extras: On-Camera Interview with Director Bernardo Bertolucci | Interview with Actor Matthew Barry | Audio Commentary by Star Matthew Barry and Filmmaker Elijah Drenner | Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Writer Howard S. Berger and Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson | Original Theatrical Trailer.