
DP/30: Chico and Rita. director Fernando Trueba
RIP Peter Breck
Seen here in Samuel Fuller’s Shock Corridor, after exclaiming in interior monologue, “Nymphos!”
Read the full article »DP/30: The Ides of March, writer Beau Willimon
Ticket Prices… Tickets Sold… Slumpy The Whale
So… NATO (National Association of Theater Owners… the other NATO) has come out with their Q4 and 2011 Year End figures on ticket prices at US movie exhibitors. And the answer is… Inconclusive. What we know from this exercise is that, in theory, movie tickets were more expensive in Q2 2011 than any other quarter….
Read the full article »17 Days To Oscar: A Thin Line Between Win & Lose
This is the time of the season when things start lining up and one starts gathering perspective. As a result, I find myself endlessly pontificating about what could have been done, what should have been done, what would have been done had there been the money or the will. And so, a few basic rules…
Read the full article »OSS 117 Laughs With Jean Duajrdin
Adventures in Filmmaking: Something Resembling Forward Motion
The other day I was grumping to my colleague Ray Pride about how I needed something to stir a fire in me to write about. Usually a stroll through my Twitter and Facebook feeds and my routine pit stops through my morning bookmarks is good way to shift my writing mode into gear, but I…
Read the full article »For Valentine’s Day, T-Mobile Clips A Joe Swanberg Movie
A clip from Alexander The Last? Um…. thanks, Cupid? [Via Joe Swanberg.]
Read the full article »DP/30 @ Sundance 2012: Bachelorette, writer/director Leslye Headland
Somewhere, IRON SKY Lost Its Mind; Gained Udo Kier, Sarah Palin (trailer)
“I’ll see you in Valhalla.” Music by Laibach. And the slightly stranger, smaller-scale original trailer. [Via Iron Sky.]
Read the full article »DP/30: My Week With Marilyn, actor Michelle Williams
Teasing Robert Byington’s SXSW 2012 SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
“I’m… sixteen.”
Read the full article »Postering EXTREMELY LOUD… In Holland
[Via IMP Awards.]
Read the full article »DP/30 @ Sundance 2012: The House I Live In, documentarian Eugene Jarecki
Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary.
Read the full article »Amazing Spiderman Trailer/Preview
In this era of short exclusives, it may have been a little bit silly to do a trailer launch in 13 cities around the globe. Did Emma Stone really need to fly to Rio to answer one question and be cute in front of a few hundred Brazilian fans? I know the intention. And it…
Read the full article »DP/30: Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, actor Gary Oldman
And an earlier chat with Gary and his co-star Mark Strong.
Read the full article »Coppola And Savides Shoot In Moneyed Marrakech For H+M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7x4pCMRVQw
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates by Khronicle
So… it looks like a resounding success for CBS Films and a solid hit with some leggy upside for Fox. All on Super Bowl “Why Are They Releasing Films” Weekend. There have only been four $20m openings on Super Bowl Weekend prior to this one. Personally, I think this speaks to the elasticity of the…
Read the full article »Dujardin Kills On Leno
Jean Dujardin is a brilliant performer and a massive star. And he’s French. This has been the oddest curve of the awards season, as he has worked hard to learn English, so he could fully participate in the “fun.” It’s been hard. He’s a intuitive comedian, so he needs not just the language, but the…
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