Federico Fellini

Cinema: Poll picks 'Algiers', 8 1/2

Ansa (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

Pontecorvo, Fellini works 'worthy of being passed down'

Samsung Crownfish. No it’s not their latest TV…

Gaj-It.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008

Now, I’m quite a fan of the voice of random weirdness, like Federico Fellini movies and cereal boxes in another language. I like stuff that makes you smile even though you’re not entirely sure what at. Basically anything that actually makes you exclaim out loud like a cartoon character with copious amounts of punctuation marks [...]

DVD kiosks are rising in popularity - but not selection

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008

John Michael is about to rent a DVD. But he's not standing in a chain video store like Blockbuster or an independent store like 49er Video in Davis or Awesome Video in Sacramento. Neither is he online, renting from Netflix.

Movies About Movies. Love Them

Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

Timetables have conspired against me. I really wanted to participate in Goatdog's Movies about Movies Blog-a-Thon which is now in progress. The entries so far cover a geographically wide and artistically varied array of cinema... everything from Federico Fellini through Spike Jonze and even Blake Edwards. My three favorite Movies about Movies are Singin' in the Rain, Sunset Blvd , and Purple Rose of...

A Portal Into a Time That Russia Never Knew

Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008

Glamorous blondes in sequined dresses, director Federico Fellini in his signature hat and beaming Elizabeth Taylor with big hair -- the black-and-white images, set against Stoleshnikov Pereulok's boutiques, are like a portal into a time that Russia never knew.

Babae sa Bubungang Lata (Woman on a Tin Roof, Mario O'Hara, 1998)

Critic After Dark (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

First published in Cinemaya Magazine, Issue # 43, Spring, 1999 A farewell to the Filipino film industry Babae Sa Bubungang Lata ( Woman on A Tin Roof , 1998) isn't about films so much as it is about the people who make them. Not the directors or producers or stars (as in Federico Fellini's 8 ½ (1963) or Francois Truffaut's La Nuit américaine ( Day For Night , 1973), but the little people on the marginal...

Home entertainment boom takes world cinema to Indian homes

Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

New Delhi, (IANS) Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Francois Truffaut, Federico Fellini - they were exclusive names in the domains of discerning and cerebral moviegoers across India until a few years ago. Not any more.Earlier, the iconic movies made by them were either shown in film festivals organised by small groups or sold in video formats [...]

• Home entertainment boom takes world cinema to Indian homes - Big News Network.com

Home entertainment boom takes world cinema to Indian homes

India eNews (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Francois Truffaut, Federico Fellini - they were exclusive names in the domains of discerning and cerebral moviegoers across India until a few years ago. Not any more.

• Home entertainment boom takes world cinema to Indian homes - Big News Network.com

Sandy Allen, World's Tallest Woman, Dies

The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

Allen spent much of her life trying to teach the public about being different, the Indianapolis Star reported. Her height -- 7 feet, 7 inches......

Film festival in former bingo hall

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

A film festival created by Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton and held in a former bingo hall is getting under way.

• Film festival in former bingo hall - Daily Star
• Offbeat film festival will be a ball - Scotsman.com

World's Tallest Woman Dies In Indiana

The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

Sandy Allen, 53, the world's tallest woman, died early Wednesday at a nursing home in Indiana....

Sandy Allen took inspiration to whole new height

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall and recognized as the world's tallest female died Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53.

World's Tallest Woman Was Inspiration To Children

Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

A woman who grew to be 7 feet 7 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest female died Wednesday. She was 53.

World's tallest woman inspired kids

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest female died Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53.

World's tallest woman, 53, dies in U.S.

CNN (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

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