The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
The music video has had to adapt to survive the digital age. Bernadette McNulty assesses its progress
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
Highly Recommended The Movie Late in Missing , director Costa-Gavras' unbearably sad, righteously angry English-language debut, Jack Lemmon, playing the role of Ed Horman, starts down a staircase after exiting an American ambassador's office. Oblivious to his surroundings, he continues up another staircase for a few steps, realizes where he is and turns around to descend in the proper direction. It's...
GreenCine Guru (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Reviewer: Jeffrey M. Anderson Rating (out of 5): *** The Greek-born director Constantin Costa-Gavras usually signs his films with only "Costa-Gavras," as if he were creating a brand name for political thrillers. The thriller part invites audiences to have...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Costa-Gavras has always been known for his political polemics. "Z" established the genre. "Missing" continued in that vein, but the movie is about more than politics. It's a personal story, and that's what makes it so great. Starring...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Remastered Hitchcock, a 1980s political thriller starring Jack Lemmon and a classic bit of French film noir are this week's platinum ...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Jack Lemmon’s Everyman persona makes him ideal casting for Costa-Gavra’s controversial tale of U.S. chicanery in Latin America.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
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Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Cigar in hand, Dennis Hopper led guests around a major new retrospective of his oeuvre Monday night at Paris' Cinémathèque Française.
On The Scene (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
by James Israel (October 5, 2008) As the Reykjavik International Film Festival wrapped up this past Sunday, the Icelandic fest celebrated artistic achievement by honoring Costa-Gavras and Shirin Neshat earlier in the week. Iranian artist Shirin Neshat was honored with the Creative Excellency Award and also had an exhibit of her video and photography work on display at The National Gallery of Iceland....
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Film News: Win caps biggest-ever year for growing festival -- Swiss-Kazakh co-production "Tulpan" won the top film prize at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday, capping the biggest-ever year for the young and growing fest.
CNN (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
"The Godfather" was supposed to be terrible. Mario Puzo wrote the book for money; the studio wanted a quick gangster film; the director, Francis Ford Coppola, didn't want to do it. How the film, now out on a cleaned-up DVD, became one of the greatest of all time is a fascinating story.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Film News: Cantet film won Cannes' Palme d'Or -- "Entre les murs" (The Class) has been picked to rep France in the foreign-language film category at the 81st Academy Awards.
America's Finest Blog (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Five years ago, I wrote an essay trashing Roger Ebert for the shrill one-note predictability of his political commentary. I went for the jugular, comparing Ebert to his idol, Pauline Kael: It's worth comparing Ebert's reflexive right-bashing with the approach...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
A FILM documentary telling of how four women fared after the bloody military coup in Chile in 1973 is to be given its British premiere in Liverpool.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Film News: Festival opens with 'Baader Meinhof' -- The Zurich Film Festival, which runs Sept. 25-Oct. 5, will honor Constantin Costa-Gavras with its Golden Eye award for lifetime achievement.
