The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
I watched Johnny Handsome last night, a movie I had not seen - spurred on by my brother's comments about the film in the comments-section to this post about Mickey Rourke. What is extraordinary about this film (besides its dark...
PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Click Here to download full episode George Cukor’s elegant 1933 production is among the best adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s evergreen classic about the lives and loves of the March sisters (Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, Jean Parker). Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver and Paul Lukas co-star. In the interest of full disclosure, none of [...]
/Film (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Empire Magazine has just published their 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, the result of “the biggest movie poll of all time. The films were chosen by readers, a panel of Hollywood insiders (including Quentin Tarantino, Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh, Guillermo Del Toro, Pedro Almodovar and Cameron Crowe), and I was somehow included in their [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
What a wicked idea! A sex farce about getting religion. Taproot Theatre's "Susan and God" is the genuine article: a lost classic worth reviving, a fizzy brew with snappy satire and spiffy period clothes like "The Women" and "The Philadelphia Story" (all three became George Cukor films). Susan was the last hit of Rachel Crothers, a Broadway playwright polished by Hollywood. Now forgotten, she was famous...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Sex and the Leatherheads, Fat Boy This Week's DVD Releases / The Pajiba Staff...
knitspot (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
the toad lilies have actually been open now for about a week; a little later than last year. i never notice exactly when they do open since this is the time when the garden does not bear close inspection (at least, not by me—by now i’ve let a lot go out there and it’s better [...]
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
We have a wonderful array of prizes to give away from this new film.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Film News: New film proves fashion is forever -- Husband snatching, malicious gossip and fashion are staples in "The Women," whether it is the 1939 George Cukor classic, the 2001 Broadway play or Diane English's current adaptation. The ladies steal, scheme and dress to kill, and fabulous clothes have always played a major role.
Binside TV (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Stars Samuel Jackson, Kerry Washington and Patrick Wilson were at the AMC Lincoln Square premiere of Lakeview Terrace last night in NYC. Will Smith stopped by to support Sam Jackson's...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Here's my interview with Diane English conducted on opening day of The Women. Women & Hollywood: You picked a pretty beloved film your first time...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading."
The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
she admits to her mother, who offers to finance it with her own inheritance, as yet unused and unrequired. Isn’t life grand? Only one thing in “The Women” escapes the spit of cattiness, and that is not a human being but a store. According to Sylvie, “Nobody. Hates. Saks.” Such . . .
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Film News: New releases perform strong in crowded frame -- Ethan and Joel Coen’s farce “Burn After Reading” led a vibrant boom at the fall box office, debuting to an estimated $19.4 million from 2,651 theaters to give the siblings and Focus Features their biggest opening gross ever.
