L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Contemporary filmmakers such as 'Thirst's' Park Chan-wook stop at the inaugural film festival at Chapman University to talk about the new wave of South Korean film. The Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon admires the oeuvre of Quentin Tarantino and readily acknowledges that "Kill Bill" influenced Kim's own recent film, the stylishly sanguine "A Bittersweet Life." Kim also cites Brian...
Most Beautiful Fraud in the World (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
My second review written specifically for the website Gone Cinema Poaching is for the film 35 Shots of Rum , directed by French provocatress Claire Denis. I caught the film at Film Forum waaaay back in late September (a side trip from the NYFF screenings) and am only now writing the review. Rather late, but hey, here it is now so get over it. Anyway, as I said, this is my second review for GCP and...
FilmNet Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I was really taken aback when I learned that American audiences had declared THE BOX one of the worst movies of all time. CinemaScore, the Las Vegas-based research firm that compiles responses from the movie-going public, reported that Richard Kelly’s new film had received the lowest possible grade: an “F”. That makes it the fourth [...]
Greatest Movie Deaths of All Time (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
While a crew of astronauts attempt to scan and record a strange formation on Mars, a large cyclone, similar to a sandstorm forms around the structure. The cyclone gets bigger, engulfing the crew and sending debris flying toward the others. One crew member gets a rock smashed into her faceplate, while the others are sucked into the vortex. This is where the fun begins...... We see one of the astronauts...
Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Entertainment Weekly asks if readers have ever felt "betrayed" by an actor (and their choice of role). I don't think I have. Because even the most brilliant actor can only go where the story takes them; they're usually not in control of that (and usually shouldn't be). For example, that movie with Kevin Kline as Cole Porter sucked, but that wasn't his fault. I may sometimes have felt saddened...
Kernunrex (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The anti-Scarface in that the acting/directing/writing are all top-notch and characters don't travel miles out of their way to do something stupid. (7/10) d. Brian de Palma
Staring At Empty Pages (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Most of you have probably not heard of Ennio Morricone . And, yet, he’s one of the most prolific film composers ever, having written music for almost 500 movies and television programs since assisting on his first effort in 1959. A good friend of Sergio Leone , the composer has worked with the director in many films. He’d already worked on almost 20 movies before really kicking off his...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Here's where you pause for the best of movies, masala, magic... ...
Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As long as Carrie Prejean and Maggie Gallagher get to make shit up, … (graphic: Mike Tidmus, here’s the original) Margaret White: I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will. Carrie: Breasts, Mama. They’re called breasts, and every woman has them. (dialogue: Carrie, a 1976 film by Brian De Palma)
Super Media Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
(Video: John Lithgow & ‘Dexter’ Cast panel discuss the show) In September of 2009, John Lithgow joined the cast of ‘Dexter’. John Lithgow portrays their next major villain. The actor is typically known for his comedic talent, but this role will portray him as a dark villain. John Lithgow also played Villains in Brian De Palma’s [...] This post was written by the Super...
Dogwood Tales (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
No chance of snow, but it's certainly blustery out there, rattling the tiles on the roof and dislodging the felt from the roof of the shed. Last night was Halloween, but we only got a handful of trick or treaters so we have rather a lot of sweeties left over. Oh dear, how sad, never mind - I'm sure they'll get eaten at some point. We watched the film version of 'The Dead Zone' last night and it struck...
Tales from a Draughty Old Fen (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The first really scary film I remember watching with my Mum on TV was Lewis Allen's 1944 The Uninvited , starring Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey. It reproduced the feeling of the hairs on the back of your head standing up when you're convinced somebody - something? - is following you, even though you've looked behind you repeatedly and seen nothing there, only strengthening the feeling that something...
Filmshaft.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
That’s according to the man himself. Speaking to MTV, “Mission: ...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
“Something’s wrong, like, more than you being female.” —Emily Perkins, Ginger Snaps There are horrors aplenty in Brian De Palma’s Carrie , but none quite as discomforting as the opening sequence, in which Sissy Spacek, playing the doomed wallflower of the title, happens to start her first period in the shower after gym glass. It’s bad enough that she has to shower...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Alexa from Pop Elegantiarum here to share some creepy film craftiness for Halloween Week. One of my favorite Halloween memories is a sleepover I had with some friends in middle school. A bunch of us girls bundled up after a night of trick-or-treating to watch Brian De Palma's masterpiece of horror, Sisters , starring Margot Kidder as a set of loony French-Canadian Siamese twins. This was Brian De Palma's...
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moviehound | 11/30/2007
Here's a review of REDACTED, a film by Brian De Palma . It's based on the Mahmudiyah killings , the gang-rape , murder, and burning of Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in March 2006 by U.S. soldiers who also killed her parents and younger sister.
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