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Glorious 39's scorn for appeasement is unjustified

23 November 2009 2:47 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Stephen Poliakoff's antipathy towards the peacemakers of 1939 reveals cinema's love of a futile struggle

The movies have played their part in giving appeasement a bad name. Conflict, not surrender, is the essence of drama. Hence, Princess Leia can't be allowed to knuckle under to the Evil Empire, whatever fate resistance might precipitate. On the big screen, plucky fighters against the odds are celebrated in a galaxy of westerns, war films and thrillers. Those who decide that discretion is the better part of valour get Le Chagrin et la Pitié.

Yet in the animal kingdom, appeasement is a routine behavioural strategy. Our fellow creatures find themselves in contention with each other far more frequently than we do. Nonetheless, they fight to the death less often than you would think. Instead, they will size up a rival and assess their chances of beating him in combat. When they conclude that they are outclassed, »

- David Cox

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Hints About 2010 Oscars Emerge: No More Five-Person Presenting

17 November 2009 1:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

As you've probably already heard, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is shaking things up at this year's Oscars by having 10 Best Picture nominees instead of five, and by moving the honorary awards (read: the boring part of the show) to a special ceremony of their own. That ceremony will be held in November, and-- holy crap, it was this weekend! The almost-Oscars were on Saturday!

They're called the Governors Awards, and while they won't be televised, the AMPAS website has some photos and background info. Honorary Oscars went to actress Lauren Bacall (pictured), cinematographer Gordon Willis (the Godfather trilogy, Manhattan, All the President's Men), and director/producer Roger Corman (numerous MST3K films). Astonishingly, the legendary Bacall has only received one Oscar nomination in her 65-year career, for The Mirror Has Two Faces. Willis was nominated for The Godfather: Part III and Zelig. Corman, who has directed »

- Eric D. Snider

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Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman First Oscar Winners of the Season!

15 November 2009 10:18 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Months before its televised ceremony, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences honored its first Oscar winners of the season -- the Governors Awards!

Actress Lauren Bacall, B-movie king Roger Corman and "Godfather" cinematographer Gordon Willis each received Oscar statuettes.

Producer John Calley was also honored with the Irving J. Thalberg Memorial Award recognizing his career accomplishments with films like "Catch -22," "The Remains of the Day," and "The Da Vinci Code."

Each of the recipients was chosen by the academy's Board of Governors for their contribution to the excellence of American cinema.

The black-tie event was held at the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theater. Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Morgan Freeman and Steven Spielberg were among the 600 invited guests.

From what I heard, the atmosphere was so relaxed without the pressure of live TV broadcast. The taped portions of the Governors awards will be shown during »

- Manny

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Ask the Flying Monkey! (November 16, 2009)

15 November 2009 9:20 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Have a question about gay male entertainment? Send it to aftereltonflyingmonkey@yahoo.com! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)

Q: I'm curious about Project Runway's Christopher Straub. The ring he wears suggests he has a husband / partner / significant other. What details might you know on this? Every time Heidi had him in tears, I found myself strongly torn between wanting to give him a hug and going all Cher on him. – LgH, Houston, TX, Usw, Earth

Christopher Straub

A: “I am married!” Straub tells the Flying Monkey. “Well, not legally, but Ronnie and I had a commitment ceremony two-and-a-half years ago. We've been together for over five years. He's a little scientist, and we really don't understand what each other does for a living.”

I asked what the two of them do for fun. “We like to travel, watch TV – I like reality shows and he »

- Brent Hartinger

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Tom Hanks, Annette Bening, Warren Beatty: Governors Awards 2009

15 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Dino de Laurentiis, Warren Beatty, Norman Jewison, Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Walter Mirisch and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks present the Thalberg Award to producer John Calley (The Remains of the Day, The Da Vinci Code), who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Norman Jewison, whose socially conscious cop drama In the Heat of the Night won the best picture Oscar in 1968 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Board of Governors posed for a group photo following the 2009 Governors Awards Front Row (left to right): Sid [...] »

- Joan Lister

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Blu-ray Review: Howards End (Criterion Collection)

3 November 2009 3:30 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

My experience with Merchant/Ivory Productions is limited to say the least as Howards End now marks the second film of theirs I have seen, with A Room With a View being the other. While elegantly made, A Room With a View didn't move me that much, but I can say Howards End did a lot to squelch my fears it too would bore me more than engage me. Criterion brings Howards End to Blu-ray following their previous two-disc DVD release back in 2005, and while the only new feature is a video appreciation of the late producer Ismail Merchant by director James Ivory, this is a film ripe for high definition.

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster, Howards End takes a look at class divisions in Edwardian England and the inheritance of England by the working/lower class. The film centers on the well-to-do Wilcox family and the relationship »

- Brad Brevet

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Hey Kids - It's Time to Play Poovie With Justin Long!

16 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

I’ve been saying it for years, but perhaps it should be repeated one more time: The funniest person in Hollywood might just be Justin Long.

For exhibit A, check out the attached clip of a chat I had with Long about “Drag Me to Hell,” the awesome Sam Raimi thriller that hits DVD this week. During our conversation, he brought up a rude, crude, new game that might soon sweep the nation.

“I’ve been playing this movie game, it’s called Poovie,” the Mac pitchman and movie star said with a grin. “I’ll introduce it to you.”

“You come up with movie titles - you don’t change the movie titles - just straight-up movie titles that sound like they have to do with number two,” Long explained, giving us examples of some of his favorite films that also sound like someone possibly describing a bowel movement. »

- Larry Carroll

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Books: Review:Nocturnes

16 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

The narrators of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels and short fiction are never reliable; they exist in worlds where the truth is too painful to be confronted in any direction but sideways. The protagonists of books like The Remains Of The Day and Never Let Me Go speak in refined, dignified tones, and they never consciously lie. The tragedy isn’t that they aren’t happy, but that the only way to achieve happiness would be to become someone else entirely. Love lurks at the edges of their lives, or great danger threatens them; to understand either would require such a ... »

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Film & Literature: Disgrace

15 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »

Translating great works of literature to the screen is a daunting task; filmmakers open themselves up to comparison, and do not usually measure up to readers' standards. (Notable exceptions: The Remains of the Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, and a few others come to mind.) In the case of Disgrace, however, the elegant and chilling film opening this week is a testament to the care and respect paid to the novel by producer Julio DePietro, director Steve Jacobs, writer Anna Maria Monticelli, and stars John Malkovich and Jessica Haines. J.M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace caused quite a stir upon its publication in 1999. On the surface, the story is of a snobbish Cape Town literature professor who falls from grace after an affair with a student, visits his daughter on her farm in the country, and suffers as the victim of a horrible crime. Readers who dug a little deeper, however, »

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Bacall Gets Honorary Oscar

11 September 2009 5:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Academy Awards bosses will pay tribute to Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall at a ceremony this year - by presenting her with an honorary Oscar.

The star was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars in 1996 but has never won an Academy Award for her screen performances.

But she is among this year's recipients of an honorary statue, given to celebrate motion picture achievements not covered by existing Academy Awards.

Veteran director Roger Corman, who has produced more than 300 films in his career, and cinematographer Gordon Willis will also receive the award, announced by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday.

Board members also voted to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer John Calley, whose movies include The Remains of the Day and The Da Vinci Code.

The prizes will be presented at the inaugural Governors Awards gala event in November. »

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Academy votes honorary awards to Lauren Bacall, John Calley, Roger Corman and Gordon Willis

10 September 2009 11:01 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Steve Pond

One actress, two producers and a cinematographer are the newest Oscar winners after tonight's meeting of the Academy's board of governors, which voted to bestow honorary awards on Lauren Bacall, John Calley, Roger Corman and Gordon Willis.

 

Calley, a former executive at Sony, Warner Bros. and United Artists and the producer of such films as "The Remains of the Day" and "The DaVinci Code," will receive the Irving Thalberg Award, which goes to a producer "whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production."</p... »

- Steve Pond

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What are the 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations?

10 September 2009 4:46 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

The Telegraph has posted a nice little list of what they consider to be the 25 best book to film adaptations and while most of the titles will likely not surprise you, perhaps the order in which they are placed will. Considering this is the Internet, the most discussed placement is sure to be The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the 25th spot while the Harry Potter filmed franchise comes in three spots earlier at 22. Unfortunately, I haven't read many of the books from this list, but I have seen all but a few of the films. I will say I am far more partial to Stephen King's "The Shining" than I was to Kubrick's adaptation and I hardly remember the Harry Potter books well enough to even say if I think they are great adaptations as much as I have simply enjoyed both the films and the books. »

- Brad Brevet

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10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies

26 August 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Peter Weir's comprehensive profile at Senses of Cinema begins with:

Peter Weir helped to define the rebirth of Australian cinema, while addressing some of the most pressing concerns of the nation in the 1970s and 1980s. His intriguing images of Australia, evocative and transcendent, made an impact in the international art house scene, eager for compelling visions of geo-political areas and cultures overlooked by mainstream cinema. After achieving international recognition as an emblematic Australian filmmaker, Weir made his transition to Hollywood while maintaining a sense of experimentation and artistic exploration . . .[ read more ]

I have to say, Peter Weir's films are so diverse, it's hard to pinpoint exactly his focus as a filmmaker. That is, if he has any intention to focus on certain themes. He has done such an impressive list of movies in many genres - dramatic mystery-thrillers (Picnic at Hanging Rock), comedy-romance (Green Card), action-adventure (Master and Commander »

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