Synecdoche, New York
If we don't "go to the movies" in any form, our minds wither and sicken.
Tom Stoppard
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Tulip Fever (2017)
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Writer
Nick Allen -
Parade's End (2013)
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Screenplay by
Jeff Shannon -
Anna Karenina (2012)
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Written by
Roger Ebert -
Enigma (2002)
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Written by
Roger Ebert -
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
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Written by
Roger Ebert -
Billy Bathgate (1991)
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Written by
Roger Ebert -
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
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Written and Directed by
Roger Ebert -
The Russia House (1990)
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Written by
Roger Ebert -
Empire of the Sun (1987)
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Screenplay by
Roger Ebert -
Brazil (1986)
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Screenplay by
Roger Ebert
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Richard Dreyfuss and Deborah Kolar, Daughter of Robert Shaw, on Jaws
An interview with Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss and Deborah Kolar, daughter of Robert Shaw, about Steven Spielberg's "Jaws."
The Journey of a Remarkable Artist: The Career of Gary Oldman
A history of Gary Oldman's performances.
Binge-watching All Eight "Star Wars" Films For the 40th Anniversary
A writer and his BB-8 watch all eight of the "Star Wars" films in numerical order.
The Player King: Richard Dreyfuss on "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" 25 Years Later
An interview with Richard Dreyfuss in celebration of the 25th anniversary of "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead."
Regarding R.W. Fassbinder: Letter to a Young Cinephile
A history and appreciation of R.W. Fassbinder on the launch of a retrospective screening series at the Lincoln Center.
Thumbnails 4/17/14
Cannes releases their lineup; Fargo, the TV show; Landmark anime; Under the Skin and Only Lovers Left Alive; Documentary subjects who don't want to be documentary subjects.
#132 September 5, 2012
Marie writes: According to the calendar, summer is now officially over (GASP!) and with its demise comes the first day of school. Not all embrace the occasion, however. Some wrap themselves proudly in capes of defiance and make a break for it - rightly believing that summer isn't over until the last Himalayan Blackberry has been picked and turned into freezer jam!
#131 August 29, 2012
Marie writes: It's that time of the year again! The Toronto International Film Festival is set to run September 6 - 16, 2012. Tickets selection began August 23rd. Single tickets on sale Sept 2, 2012. For more info visit TIFF's website.
Superheroes: Good vs. Evil isn't really much of a theme
In the classroom lesson that wraps up the romantic and thematic threads of "The Amazing Spider-Man," a high school English teacher takes issue with the old saw about there being only ten (or so) stories in all of human history. She says she believes there's only one: "Who am I?" This being a remake-reboot of the Peter Parker Becomes Spider-Man origin story, that's a good thing for this, or any, coming-of-age movie to focus on.
An appealing cast headed by Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone provides all the special effects the movie needs, and they're far more engaging (for adults, anyway, I would imagine) than the usual clinical computer visuals. (Yes, I *liked* it. Hey, Mikey!) The emphasis is on charm, emotion and comedy -- until the third act CGI blowout, but even those scenes give Spidey some real weight and mass for the first time as he swings through the skyscraper canyons of Manhattan. (There's even a built-in joke about it, with two students of Midtown Science High School discussing some user-uploaded YouTube footage.) The way director Marc Webb ("[500] Days of Summer") and DP John Schwartzman shoot Spidey and the city, they both seem to occupy a common, more-or-less real physical space. The camerawork isn't all "Avatar" floaty and fakey, and there's a lovely shot of Spidey on the Oscorp building with sunlight shimmering off the windows that looks like real glass and steel and sunlight, even though the Oscorp building itself is a CGI creation. (So are the hallways of Morse Science er, Midtown Science High, but you'd never know it.)
Mick moves into movies
PARK CITY, Utah -- Mick Jagger is taller than you'd think, thin as a rail, dressed in clothes that were never new and only briefly fashionable. There is a studious unconcern about appearance, as if, having been Mick Jagger all these many years, he can wear whatever he bloody well pleases.
Indies in the spotlight
PARK CITY, Utah -- Sundance has become the nation's most important film festival through an unbeatable combination: inconvenient location, lousy weather, overcrowded screening facilities, municipal hostility, and a 10-day lineup of films that in some cases will never be heard of again.
Movie Answer Man (02/07/1999)
Q. In your recent review of "Virus", you commented: "It didn't help that the print I saw was so underlit that often I could see hardly anything on the screen. Was that because the movie was filmed that way, or because the projector bulb was dimmed to extend its life span?"
