We're revisiting the 1998 film year in the lead up to the next Supporting Actress Smackdown. As always Nick Taylor will suggest a few alternates to Oscar's ballot.
Unlike my last two companion pieces for 1998, which opened with well-deserved grousing about the meager recognition Velvet Goldmine and Beloved received from audiences and industry professionals alike, I actually feel pretty good about how High Art was received on the indie circuit. No, it didn’t get any notices from Oscar, but five nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards, with Ally Sheedy deservedly winning their Lead Actress prize, is a damn good run for any film, to say nothing of how well its reputation has grown since it debuted. But surely the best thing to come from High Art’s success is giving us Patricia Clarkson, Character Actress Extraordinaire™. Her highwire turn as the perpetually soused, washed-up German actress Greta earned Clarkson a...
Unlike my last two companion pieces for 1998, which opened with well-deserved grousing about the meager recognition Velvet Goldmine and Beloved received from audiences and industry professionals alike, I actually feel pretty good about how High Art was received on the indie circuit. No, it didn’t get any notices from Oscar, but five nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards, with Ally Sheedy deservedly winning their Lead Actress prize, is a damn good run for any film, to say nothing of how well its reputation has grown since it debuted. But surely the best thing to come from High Art’s success is giving us Patricia Clarkson, Character Actress Extraordinaire™. Her highwire turn as the perpetually soused, washed-up German actress Greta earned Clarkson a...
- 7/17/2021
- by Nick Taylor
- FilmExperience
Producers Ed Saxon and Nina Yang Bongiovi are taking on new roles in support of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California.
Saxon will serve as the program’s Chair, with Bongiovi filling a new role, as its Associate Chair and Producer-In-Residence.
Both producers are alums of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. They were chosen following a multi-stage selection process, involving a comprehensive analysis and review of the program’s curriculum, and will take their posts immediately.
As Chair, Saxon will build on the program’s legacy, adapting it to meet the needs of students and the realities of the job market. In her role, Bongiovi will ensure that students are supported and mentored, as they receive on-the-ground training, reflecting current industry practice.
The change in leadership at USC was announced today by Elizabeth M. Daley, who serves as Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts.
Saxon will serve as the program’s Chair, with Bongiovi filling a new role, as its Associate Chair and Producer-In-Residence.
Both producers are alums of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. They were chosen following a multi-stage selection process, involving a comprehensive analysis and review of the program’s curriculum, and will take their posts immediately.
As Chair, Saxon will build on the program’s legacy, adapting it to meet the needs of students and the realities of the job market. In her role, Bongiovi will ensure that students are supported and mentored, as they receive on-the-ground training, reflecting current industry practice.
The change in leadership at USC was announced today by Elizabeth M. Daley, who serves as Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts.
- 7/15/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Weekend Update anchors Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler reunited Tuesday to roast billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos for using their unprecedented fortunes to “drag-race to outer space.”
Reviving their signature bit “Really!?!,” the onetime Saturday Night Live costars quickly got to the root of Branson’s historic July 11 space jaunt, and Bezos’ determination to follow suit later this month.
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Reviving their signature bit “Really!?!,” the onetime Saturday Night Live costars quickly got to the root of Branson’s historic July 11 space jaunt, and Bezos’ determination to follow suit later this month.
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- 7/14/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were presented on Thursday, November 19. They awarded the best Latin music released within the eligibility period of June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020. So who were the big winners? Scroll down to see the complete list in all 53 categories, updated throughout the event.
J Balvin led the nominations with 13 bids including two for Album of the Year: “Colores” and “Oasis,” the latter of which was his collaboration with Bad Bunny. Balvin also had two nominations for Record of the Year, for his own “Rojo” and as a featured artist on Anuel AA‘s “China.” In the last five years J Balvin has won a total of four Latin Grammys, but he had never won in the general field.
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Bad Bunny was next in line with nine nominations. Like J Balvin, he had two chances to claim Album of the Year,...
J Balvin led the nominations with 13 bids including two for Album of the Year: “Colores” and “Oasis,” the latter of which was his collaboration with Bad Bunny. Balvin also had two nominations for Record of the Year, for his own “Rojo” and as a featured artist on Anuel AA‘s “China.” In the last five years J Balvin has won a total of four Latin Grammys, but he had never won in the general field.
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Bad Bunny was next in line with nine nominations. Like J Balvin, he had two chances to claim Album of the Year,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
One of the best Hollywood historical epics takes Technicolor to Mexico for a Production Code version of La conquista: the Inquisition is still bad, but the Church is exonerated. Likewise with the invasion — Cesar Romero embodies a marvelous Hernán Cortés, substantially less murderous than the one we now know from accurate history books. Tyrone Power is the heartthrob hero and newcomer Jean Peters the lowborn girl who loves him. The magnificent scenery is matched by the music score of Alfred Newman.
Captain from Castile
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1947 / Color / 137 Academy / 141 min. / Street Date October 17, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Alan Mowbray, Barbara Lawrence, George Zucco, Roy Roberts, Marc Lawrence, Reed Hadley, Robert Karnes, Estela Inda, Chris-Pin Martin, Jay Silverheels, Gilberto González.
Cinematography: Arthur Arling, Charles G. Clarke, Joseph Lashelle
Film Editor: Barbara McLean...
Captain from Castile
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1947 / Color / 137 Academy / 141 min. / Street Date October 17, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Alan Mowbray, Barbara Lawrence, George Zucco, Roy Roberts, Marc Lawrence, Reed Hadley, Robert Karnes, Estela Inda, Chris-Pin Martin, Jay Silverheels, Gilberto González.
Cinematography: Arthur Arling, Charles G. Clarke, Joseph Lashelle
Film Editor: Barbara McLean...
- 10/28/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
'The Merry Widow' with Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald and Minna Gombell under the direction of Ernst Lubitsch. Ernst Lubitsch movies: 'The Merry Widow,' 'Ninotchka' (See previous post: “Ernst Lubitsch Best Films: Passé Subtle 'Touch' in Age of Sledgehammer Filmmaking.”) Initially a project for Ramon Novarro – who for quite some time aspired to become an opera singer and who had a pleasant singing voice – The Merry Widow ultimately starred Maurice Chevalier, the hammiest film performer this side of Bob Hope, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler – the list goes on and on. Generally speaking, “hammy” isn't my idea of effective film acting. For that reason, I usually find Chevalier a major handicap to his movies, especially during the early talkie era; he upsets their dramatic (or comedic) balance much like Jack Nicholson in Martin Scorsese's The Departed or Jerry Lewis in anything (excepting Scorsese's The King of Comedy...
- 1/31/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Greta Garbo movie 'The Kiss.' Greta Garbo movies on TCM Greta Garbo, a rarity among silent era movie stars, is Turner Classic Movies' “Summer Under the Stars” performer today, Aug. 26, '15. Now, why would Garbo be considered a silent era rarity? Well, certainly not because she easily made the transition to sound, remaining a major star for another decade. Think Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, William Powell, Fay Wray, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, John Barrymore, Warner Baxter, Janet Gaynor, Constance Bennett, etc. And so much for all the stories about actors with foreign accents being unable to maintain their Hollywood stardom following the advent of sound motion pictures. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star, Garbo was no major exception to the supposed rule. Mexican Ramon Novarro, another MGM star, also made an easy transition to sound, and so did fellow Mexicans Lupe Velez and Dolores del Rio, in addition to the very British...
- 8/27/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
With big-budget film-makers comparing themselves to military generals in charge of thousands of people working on a single campaign, "Lincoln" director Steven Spielberg continues developing late director Stanley Kubrick's anti-war "Napoleon" project as a TV mini-series.
"I’ve been developing Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay," Spielberg said in a recent interview, "for a miniseries not for a motion picture — about the life of Napoleon. Kubrick wrote the script in 1961, a long time ago."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code', has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called 'Napoleonic Wars'.
"I’ve been developing Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay," Spielberg said in a recent interview, "for a miniseries not for a motion picture — about the life of Napoleon. Kubrick wrote the script in 1961, a long time ago."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code', has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called 'Napoleonic Wars'.
- 9/18/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
With big-budget film-makers comparing themselves to military generals in charge of thousands of people working on a single campaign, "Lincoln" director Steven Spielberg has announced he will develop late director Stanley Kubrick's anti-war "Napoleon" project as a TV mini-series.
"I’ve been developing Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay," Spielberg said in a recent interview, "for a miniseries not for a motion picture — about the life of Napoleon. Kubrick wrote the script in 1961, a long time ago."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code', has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions,...
"I’ve been developing Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay," Spielberg said in a recent interview, "for a miniseries not for a motion picture — about the life of Napoleon. Kubrick wrote the script in 1961, a long time ago."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code', has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Although notorious for being independently minded rebel residents of the democratic U.S. of A., Oscar voters have always bowed to royalty with shameless reverence. Let's take a royal tour through Academy Awards history. "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933) won Best Actor for Charles Laughton in the title role. "Cleopatra" (1934) won Best Cinematography. Joe Mankiewicz's bloated 1963 version won four Oscars (Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Visual Effect) and reaped a lead bid by Rex Harrison as well as a Best Picture nod. "Romeo and Juliet" (1936) was the screen adaptation of a Shakepearean play commissioned by Elizabeth I. It secured nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Norma Shearer), Supporting Actor (Basil Rathbone) and Art Direction. "Conquest" (1937) landed a Best Actor nod for Charles Boyer as Emperor Napoleon Boneparte and an Art Direction nomination. "Marie Antoinette"...
- 3/24/2012
- Gold Derby
Jean Dujardin, The Artist Best Actor Academy Award nominee Jean Dujardin — for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist — is a first-time Oscar nominee and only the fourth Frenchman to be shortlisted for an Academy Award in the acting categories. Dujardin's predecessors were Best Actor nominees Maurice Chevalier for the Ernst Lubitsch musicals The Big Pond and The Love Parade (1929-30); Charles Boyer for Clarence Brown's Conquest (1937), John Cromwell's Algiers (1938), George Cukor's Gaslight (1944), and Joshua Logan's Fanny (1961); and Gérard Depardieu, the only actor nominated for a French-speaking role, for Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). None of those three performers ended up taking home the Best Actor Oscar statuette, though at the 1959 Academy Awards ceremony Chevalier was awarded an Honorary Oscar "for his contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century." (Not coincidentally, that was the year he failed to be nominated for Vincente Minnelli...
- 1/24/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, Glenn Close. [Photo: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley in The Descendants.] Like in the Best Actress 2012 Academy Award race, there are three shoo-ins for the Best Actor shortlist: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, and Brad Pitt. Clooney will be in the running for Alexander Payne's The Descendants, Dujardin for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, and Pitt for Bennett Miller's Moneyball. Clooney has already won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his sleazy U.S. spy/weapons dealer in Stephen Gaghan's Syriana (2005). In the acting categories, he was also nominated as Best Actor for Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton (2007) and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009). This year, Clooney's own Golden Globe-nominated political drama The Ides of March serves as further evidence of the actor-director's "worthiness." (Clooney was a Best Director Oscar nominee for the 2005 black-and-white drama Good Night, and Good Luck, which also earned David Strathairn a Best Actor nod.
- 1/24/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ridley Scott's 1992 epic about Columbus's discovery of the Americas glosses over the fake logs, slavery and appalling diseases – and that's before the invented baddie
Director: Ridley Scott
Entertainment grade: D
History grade: D–
Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in 1492. Though Norsemen settled in north America 500 years earlier, he is often said to have begun the European "discovery" of the Americas.
Geography
Columbus (played by Gérard Depardieu, lazily) is sure that the world is round, but the court rejects his proposal for an expedition. His dignified response consists of shouting "Raaaargh!", throwing his papers around and falling over a table. After half an hour of this sort of thing, Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) finally stumps up the cash, maybe just to get rid of him. Off he sails, pointedly using his quadrant to demonstrate that the screenwriter has read a book. "A mistake of one degree and we'll be out 600 leagues!
Director: Ridley Scott
Entertainment grade: D
History grade: D–
Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in 1492. Though Norsemen settled in north America 500 years earlier, he is often said to have begun the European "discovery" of the Americas.
Geography
Columbus (played by Gérard Depardieu, lazily) is sure that the world is round, but the court rejects his proposal for an expedition. His dignified response consists of shouting "Raaaargh!", throwing his papers around and falling over a table. After half an hour of this sort of thing, Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) finally stumps up the cash, maybe just to get rid of him. Off he sails, pointedly using his quadrant to demonstrate that the screenwriter has read a book. "A mistake of one degree and we'll be out 600 leagues!
- 1/7/2010
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Philip French takes delivery of a 22lb history of Napoleon, Kubrick's 'film that never was' and finds a fascinating exploration of historical film-making
A boxed book landed on my doorstep the other day, too big to go down a rubbish chute let alone through any conceivable letter box. The book's size (12x15x5in and weighing 22lb) made me think of the Rosetta Stone which is appropriate because its provenance is Napoleonic and it's in three languages (English, German, French). The outer, leather-bound volume is a facsimile of Raymond Guyot's gigantic Napoléon (Paris, 1921), but upon untying the leather cords, one discovers the inside has been carved out to contain the eight assorted volumes of Stanley Kubrick: The Film that Never Was, edited by the Paris-based American film scholar Alison Castle, designed by the French partnership M/M (Paris), and published by Taschen at a breathtaking £450. You feel the book...
A boxed book landed on my doorstep the other day, too big to go down a rubbish chute let alone through any conceivable letter box. The book's size (12x15x5in and weighing 22lb) made me think of the Rosetta Stone which is appropriate because its provenance is Napoleonic and it's in three languages (English, German, French). The outer, leather-bound volume is a facsimile of Raymond Guyot's gigantic Napoléon (Paris, 1921), but upon untying the leather cords, one discovers the inside has been carved out to contain the eight assorted volumes of Stanley Kubrick: The Film that Never Was, edited by the Paris-based American film scholar Alison Castle, designed by the French partnership M/M (Paris), and published by Taschen at a breathtaking £450. You feel the book...
- 12/13/2009
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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