Kaedrin Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
So yeah, it's been over a year since the last List Day. I figure we're due. Random Ten: Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells Part Two" Nine Inch Nails - "9 Ghost I" Mew - "Why Are You Looking Grave?" The Who - "Welcome" Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet - "Winter Overture" Soundgarden - "The Day I Tried to Live" Jimi Hendrix - "Stop" Steroid...
Citizens Against ProObama Media Bia (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
November 3, 2009 Polanski/Goldberg/rape posts Source: CNN A date has been set for Roman Polanksi hearing – December 10 – in California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal. What sparked his sudden arrest when he’s been out of France (won’t extradite) many times over the last three decades? CNN questions whether the documentary on Polanski with the disgusting title: “Roman...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The appeal of the decision refusing to hear Roman Polanski's motion to dismiss the 1977 criminal charges and case has been set for Nov. 10 by a California appeals court. The motion was based on the revelations of the documentary, Wanted and Desired , which included interviews with a former prosecutor and the judge, which Polanski argued demonstrate proseuctiorial and judicial misconduct. Earlier this...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
LOS ANGELES — An attorney for <b>Roman Polanski</b>'s victim says scrutiny caused by the director's arrest is causing her health problems and job worries.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
An attorney for Samantha Geimer says scrutiny caused by the director's arrest is causing her health problems and job worries.
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
There's no ducking out of watching This Is It!, the Michael Jackson doc coming out Wednesday. Every instinct and intuition tells me it's going to be a huge downer and a pageant of resounding phoniness, but it has to be seen and endured and commented upon regardless. I know I don't believe a single word that director Kenny Ortega says to Ben Sisario in this N.Y. Times story about the film....
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
By Keith Uhlich Last week, I participated in the two-and-a-half hour Movie Geeks United! podcast on director Roman Polanski. It was a great discussion as always, and Jerry Dennis (co-host alongside Jamey DuVall) had some very kind things to say in his introduction to my segment. You make me blush, sir. Much obliged. The link to the podcast is here . My contribution begins at 96:30, though do listen...
Green Integer Blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
David Letterman and his wife, Regina Lasko Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate Roman Polanski today David Letterman Late Show with David Letterman , October 1, 2009, CBS Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (writers), Woody Allen (director) Manhattan / 1979 Joe Bini, P. G. Morgan, and Marina Zenovich (writers), Marina Zenovich (director) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired / 2008, the showing I witnessed was...
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Storyville: Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired BBC4, Monday 11.20pm First broadcast in 2008, this award-winning documentary looks at the complexities of the legal issues surrounding the original trial of Roman Polanski, who last month was arrested in Switzerland and faces extradition to the United...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Within the past few years, we've gotten varied cinematic portraits of famous people: Édith Piaf, Séraphine de Senlis, Françoise Sagan, Uschi Obermaier, Che Guevara, Coco Chanel, Harvey Milk, Jacques Mesrine, Diane Arbus, George W. Bush, Charles Bronson (the prisoner), Idi Amin, Edie Sedgwick, Charles Darwin, Gustav Klimt, the Bouvier Beales, the Notorious B.I.G., Amelia Earhart,...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
English-language newspaper in Poland conducts a poll on whether Polanski should be extradited to the US
Mizozo (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
This is strike one in Roman Polanski's current legal battles. Swiss officials have denied his request for an immediate release on bail. They fear he will attempt to flee. Considering he fled the U.S. prior to sentencing in the crime of sex with a minor, this isn't a bad assumption. Polanski was arrested on Sept. 26th as he arrived in Zurich to receive an award from a film festival. Since fleeing in...
Ill Doctrine (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
This started out as a brief mini-video, and somehow turned into an endless obsessive rant about the minutiae of the Polanski case. This video has no entertainment value, unless you enjoy hearing "let's be clear" over and over. Related links: Why Reading About Polanski Sucks, For Me - a must read. Reminder: Roman Polanski Raped a Child Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends Getting Over It Chris...
/Film (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Given that the Swiss government has more or less turned a blind eye to Roman Polanski's presence in the country over the past decade (despite an international warrant being out for his arrest since at least 2005) I suppose the filmmaker had reason to believe that he might be able to talk his way out of the Zurich prison that has been his home since September 26. But that isn't happening. His legal...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Given that the Swiss government has more or less turned a blind eye to Roman Polanski's presence in the country over the past decade (despite an international warrant being out for his arrest since at least 2005) I suppose the filmmaker had reason to believe that he might be able to talk his way out of the Zurich prison that has been his home since September 26. But that isn't happening. His legal...
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