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City Of God & Eternal Sunshine Top Magazine's Best Of The Decade
30 November 2009 5:36 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
City Of God and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind have been declared the best movies of the past decade in leading U.S. music and culture magazine Paste.
Fernando Meirelles' critically-acclaimed City of God topped the magazine's critics list ahead of Amelie and Almost Famous, while Jim Carrey's bizarre 2004 film Eternal Sunshine beat The Royal Tenenbaums and Amelie in the Readers' Poll.
City of Gold finished ninth in the Readers' Poll, while Eternal Sunshine landed fifth among the critics' picks. »
Birthday Suits: Nov 9th
9 November 2009 7:35 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Today's Birthdays 11/09
1869 Marie Dressler is awesome. She gave one of the most aggressive Best Actress winning performances evah. If you haven't seen Min & Bill (1933), you must. You must, you must, you must.
1883 Edna May Oliver feisty character actress
1886 Ed Wynn Uncle Albert from Mary Poppins. He loves to laugh... long and loud and clear. Audiences were always ready to laugh along with him
1922 Dorothy Dandridge first black woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars (Carmen Jones) and what a neat coincidence that she was portrayed by the first black actress to eventually win the Best Actress Oscar (Halle Berry) in the bio Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1948 Bille August Danish director of The Best Intentions and Pelle the Conqueror fame
1955 Fernando Meirelles director of declining films: City of God, The Constant Gardner, Blindness. I'm not trying to be mean. But... um... do you have faith he'll pull out of it? »
- NATHANIEL R
Julianne Moore to be honored at 2009 Hollywood Film Festival
13 October 2009 2:11 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
Julianne Moore will be honored with the "Hollywood Supporting Actress Award" at the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards. An actress of great versatility, Julianne Moore has been nominated four times for Academy Awards for her work. She was FBI agent Clarisse Starling in Hannibal, a grieving mother in The Forgotten, Lila Crane in the Psycho remake, Susan in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, and the lead in the sci-fi Children of Men.
She just completed work on Atom Egoyan's noirish-b-movie parody Chloe, which also stars Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried...
She was last seen in sci-fi/fantasy/thriller Blindness, a film adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Jose Saramago's book of the same name, directed by Fernando Meirelles and also starring Mark Ruffalo. Moore will next be seen in Shelter, an independent psychological thriller, directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, and also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. »
- Superheidi
The Road Gets Delayed One More Time
10 September 2009 10:41 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It's been a long and arduous journey to the big screen for Cormac McCarthy's Pultizer Prize-winning book The Road. The movie was originally supposed to hit theatres last fall, but ended up being pushed back due to The Weinstein Company's lack of funds and possibly because of its bleak subject matter. It was never really clear whether or not director John Hillcoat needed more time for reshoots or editing tweaks, but now that the movie is finally finished and has already premiered at the Venice Film Festival, The Weinstein Company has decided to delay it yet again. Thankfully, it is only being pushed back by a month and will now hit theatres on November 25th instead of October 16th. But what could the reason for this latest delay? It's a bit of a puzzling choice, given that the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend is already packed. The Road now has »
- Sean
From The Writer of City of God: Last Stop 174 Trailer
27 August 2009 9:31 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The success of the 2002 Brazilian film City of God helped launch a number of careers, not the least of which is director Fernando Meirelles, who went on to helm The Constant Gardener and Blindness. It also spawned a TV series spin-off and a sequel called City of Men, and even now any association with that original film is bound to draw some attention. With that being said, here's another gritty crime drama that was penned by City of God screenwriter Bráulio Mantovani, and well, consider me interested! Last Stop 174 is based on the story of a bus hijacking that happened in Rio de Janeiro back in 2000. When Sandro do Nascimento boarded the bus, he didn't intend to take hostages, but the situation quickly escalated and turned into a media circus. The movie delves into his life growing up on the streets, and the events that brought him to that day. »
- Sean
Christensen, Newton, Leguizamo in Vanishing on Seventh Street
26 August 2009 11:50 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
The Machinist and Transsiberian director Brad Anderson will start shooting his next feature in October called Vanishing on Seventh Street. The screenplay, co-written by Anderson and Anthony Jaswinski (Killing Time), is set in a once-thriving city where shadowy forms cause residents to inexplicably disappear. Five survivors fight to stay alive while grappling with the meaning of existence. Hayden Christensen has signed on to star and Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo are in negotiations to star in the thriller, which is being produced independently. Shooting will take place in the "once-thriving" city of Detroit. I really like the concept for this. It kind of reminds me of Dark City or The Langoliers (in a distant way). But I'm worried it'll turn out a bit more like Fernando Meirelles' Blindness (as a bleak apocalyptic film) and not as sci-fi as I'm hoping, but it's really too early to tell. It's being »
- Alex Billington
IMDb Top 15 Of The Millennium List Offers A Glimpse Of Oscar Races Come?
18 August 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
As part of their Power of Film feature, IMDb has put together a list of the top 15 highest fan rated flicks released since 2000. The list is impressive and a bit shocking: four of the films are foreign, three are animated, and four are fanperson dream films.
Coming in at number one is, unsurprisingly, “The Dark Knight.” A fan favorite that arguably spurred the Academy’s decision to open Best Picture up to 10 nominees after it was snubbed a nomination. “The Dark Knight” redefined the comic book film genre. Similarly, “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is number two, and one of only two films listed that won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
After the #2 spot, surprises begin to emerge/ Number three is Fernando Meirelles' 2002 Brazilian film “City of God.” It's an amazing work of cinema, not to mention one of my favorite films of all time, »
- Terri Schwartz
Mumble, Mumble, Mumble
7 August 2009 12:44 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Robert here, intrigued by one of the small-market releases this week. Andrew Bujalski's Beeswax is the latest of the uber-indie movement known (sometimes pejoratively) as Mumblecore. As a fan of Bujalski though with little knowledge of the movement outside his work, I often wonder how much exposure the Mumblecore films have really achieved.
To those unfamiliar, the Mumblecore movies are made on shoestring budgets and mostly feature non-professional actors portraying inarticulate post-college 20-somethings as they wander through the financial and romantic tribulations of young life. Fans suggest that at a time when "realistic" means artificial studio-contrived shaky cam nonsense, the pointlessness of these films (which mimics the meandering lives of their subjects) is a breath of fresh air. Truly they make a Fernando Meirelles drama look like a Douglas Sirk picture. Dissenters suggest that movies and subjects so aimless they make Antonioni characters seem like go-getters do not make for interesting cinema. »
- Robert
King Richard of 'Robin Hood' Found in 'Wolverine' Villain
13 July 2009 1:32 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Moving on from his villainous role in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", Danny Huston will tackle on a historical figure in "Robin Hood". According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 47-year-old actor will step into the shoes of King Richard who is more commonly known as Richard the Lionheart due to his exploits during the Third Crusade.
Landing the role means he will be sharing screen with Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe, who headlines the project as the titular character. He will also join other cast ensemble that include Cate Blanchett as Maid Marion and Mark Strong as Sir Godfrey. The actor who is also credited as director is expected to shoot for his part after wrapping up on "Clash of the Titans".
Eying a May 14, 2010 U.S. release, "Robin Hood" is the working title given for the action adventure film which was once named "Nottingham". A first look at Russell Crowe's »
- AceShowbiz.com
A 'Tailor' made International Career for Let the Right One In's Tomas Alfredson
9 July 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- You can bet that Swedish helmer Tomas Alfredson had to field tons of requests for his next directing gig since the international success of Let the Right One In – the pic that was so popular that an American remake was commissioned quickly during the craze (Let Me In is going to be released in January of next year). Today, the director follows in the footsteps of Fernando Meirelles, who after giving us breakout City of God also took on a John Le Carré novel (The Constant Gardener). Alfredson has been paired with the very busy Peter Morgan on the adaptation of Le Carré’s Cold War spy novel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Here is Wiki's entry description for the novel and reasoning for the title: First published in 1974. It is the first volume of a three-book series informally known as The Karla Trilogy, followed by The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. »
Five Favourite Films with Gael Garcia Bernal
28 June 2009 3:35 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
Gael Garcia Bernal may be Mexico's best known acting export of recent years, having made a powerful debut in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Amores perros in 2000. A year later he co-starred with Diego Luna in Alfonso Cuaron's Y tu mama tambien. After a busy career which has seen him work with the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Michel Gondry and Fernando Meirelles, he reteams with Luna, and a different Cuaron -- Carlos -- for Rudo and Cursi. Of his five favourite films, Bernal had an easier time picking them than his co-star -- and curiously they've both chosen a Disney classic... »
‘Sugar’: a sports drama with an embittered pang of emotional realism
9 June 2009 9:23 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Anybody who saw Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s stunning feature debut, ‘Half Nelson’, will recall its unflinching and raw exploration of a troubled soul; anybody who didn’t see it… should. ‘Sugar’ is Boden and Fleck’s second feature, and I hope the general consensus will be that they have succeeded where promising feature debutantes so often fail. ‘Sugar’ follows the story of Miguel ‘Sugar’ Santos (Perez Soto), a young Dominican baseball player plucked from poverty to star in the American Minor Baseball League. There are so many genre staples available to the makers of this film – coming-of-age, rags-to-riches, the socio-political divide between the Us and Latin America, the inspiring success of a sportsman through determination and passion – but they have resisted these temptations, leaving a rich tapestry of dramatic but insincere stories behind in order to focus on the thankless and barren journey of one young man. While »
- Nicholas Deigman
Cannes 2009: Adrift, Drag Me To Hell, In The Beginning
22 May 2009 7:03 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar: "I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I’m going to say right up front — following in the footsteps of City of God director Fernando Meirelles, Dhalia is the next great Brazilian filmmaker on the verge of breaking out. Adrift is his calling card, a gorgeous family drama about a beautiful young girl and her parents. It’s not a masterpiece, but it is definitely one of the better films I’ve seen here that offers so much to fall in love with, whether it be the actors, cinematography, or story." *** In Time, Richard Corliss on director-writer Sam Raimi (above, top photo) and co-writer Ivan Raimi »
- Massimo David
Cannes 2009 Review: Heitor Dhalia's Adrift
22 May 2009 4:24 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I'm going to say right up front - following in the footsteps of City of God director Fernando Meirelles, Dhalia is the next great Brazilian filmmaker on the verge of breaking out. Adrift is his calling card, a gorgeous family drama about a beautiful young girl (seen above) and her parents. It's not a masterpiece, but it is definitely one of the better films I've seen here that offers so much to fall in love with, whether it be the actors, cinematography, or story. French actor Vincent Cassel stars as Mathias, the loving father of a family of three kids, husband of Clarice (Débora Bloch), and struggling author in desperate need of money. Set in the 1980's on the »
- Alex Billington
Firth, Spacey to visit 'Catalonia'
19 May 2009 4:16 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Hugh Hudson will direct the bigscreen adaptation of George Orwell's "Catalonia," with Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey set to star. According to Variety, Hudson ("I Dreamed of Africa," "Chariots of Fire") will direct from a script by Bob Ellis.Orwell's book tells the real-life story of how he and his wife Eileen traveled to Barcelona to fight Stalinism. Orwell then joined the Anarchist brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. The film will focus on the relationship between Orwell and Georges Kopp, the commander of the Anarchist brigade.Al Clark will be producing alongside French producer Alian Sarde and Fernando Meirelles.Clark was co-producer on the last film adaptation of an Orwell book, "1984." The film, released in 1984, was directed by »
- Adnan Tezer
[DVD Review] Just Another Love Story
11 May 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
What a brilliant film. It's a genuinely fresh feeling to be drawn in and affected by a film nowadays - with so much stale material on a reviewer's plate, sometimes it's difficult to remember just how good films can be. Ole Bornedal's 2007 Just Another Love Story (Kærlighed på film) is an impeccably mounted neo-noir, using typical genre tropes to tell an immediate and effective story. It's a mix of genres that at first almost dares you to expect the film and filmmaker to let you down. But it never does. It never ceases to impress in telling an intricately plotted and perfectly crafted story with its potently talented director, cast and crew. The performances are stellar, the cinematography is gorgeous, the soundtrack is just right and the editing takes daring risks with symbolism that pay off in the end.
Jonas (Anders W. Berthelsen, playing the conflicted everyman to perfection »
- Mark Zhuravsky
Film in Pictures: Heitor Dhalia's Adrift
24 April 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- I've officially placed Heitor Dhalia's Adrift on my Cannes coverage list. The next big director to come out of Brazil (remember his name folks) is actually the director's third feature film outing, following 2004's Nina and 2006's Drained. The Un Certain Regard selection is set in the 1980s, and centers on a 14-year-old girl who struggles with her life when she learns of the infidelities of her father (Vincent Cassel) while undergoing her own sexual awakening. Camilla Belle will play a young woman having an affair with the father. Art Director on all of his films, Guta Carvalho has an online portfolio with a great set of images from the film/film set that are definitely worth a look. The picture was produced by Fernando Meirelles' prod co. ... »
Five: Stand Out Pieces Of Violent Urban Cinema
7 April 2009 5:44 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »
"Urban" cinema tends to mean black cinema or cinema reflecting a "Ghetto" experience often from a youthful perspective. So I will that as a rough guide and then narrowing it down to crime related and violent features I'm going to look at some of the best from this "Genre", if it can really be called a genre.
1. La Haine (1995) Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
La Haine is arguably the best "Urban" film ever made, certainly the most politically charged and the one with the most impacting ending. French Jewish director Mathieu Kassovitz may have gone on to make the crappy Gothica, but in 1995 he made the best film of the year. So the top film on my list is not American as you would expect, but French. In fact as far as I am aware, a decade after its release the film which took won best director and was nominated for »
- Leigh
Blindness DVD Review
22 February 2009 12:31 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Blindness (DVD) Directed by: Fernando Meirelles Written by: Don McKellar (screenplay), José Saramago (novel) Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal, Don McKellar We've seen plenty of movies about killer diseases that come close to wiping out the human race, but what if the world was suddenly struck by a plague that didn't kill people, and instead, stole their vision? How would the victims cope with this sudden disability, and how would the rest of society react? This is the premise to Jose Saramago's Nobel prize-winning novel Blindness, which has been brought to the big screen by director Fernando Mereilles (City of God, The Constant Gardener). With its intriguing concept and promising pedigree, a lot of people had high hopes for this ... »
- Sean
[DVD Review] Blindness
11 February 2009 1:15 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
The premise of Blindness is an intriguing one: an epidemic of white blindness strikes humanity, infecting almost everyone in the world over a short period of time. Soon enough, no one can see, save for a woman known to us only as the Doctor’s Wife (Julianne Moore.) When the blind are quarantined, packed into cells like zoo animals, she feigns blindness in order to stay close to her husband, and the story progresses from there. Predictably enough, the microcosmic society rapidly devolves into a deranged orgy of depravity, standing in for the rest of the world, which is likely suffering the same fate.
The film is based on Jose Saramago’s Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name, and if you’ve read the book, the film will most definitely disappoint. Plot wise, it follows Saramago’s novel closely, almost to a fault, but it fails to resound with »
- Inna Mkrtycheva
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