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ATTRACTIONS
A FIGHTER
IN THE WAR AGAINST FASCISM IN AMERICA? YES, THE WARRIOR WAS DALTON
TRUMBO AND HE FOUGHT IN THE FIFTIES. READ GUY FLATLEY'S REVIEW OF
'TRUMBO' ... PLUS
GUY'S 1970 INTERVIEW WITH TRUMBO
IT'S A
BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S ROBERT DOWNEY JR! AND HE'S SOARING MIGHTILY
AS A LETHAL FLYING MACHINE IN 'IRON MAN.'
IT'S
A HUNK, IT'S A HULK, IT'S EDWARD NORTON! AND HE'S A BIT OF A MONSTER
IN WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MONSTROUS HIT.
A
BREATHTAKING FIVE-WEEK SALUTE TO THE MAVERICK WHO GAVE US 'BREATHLESS'
...
PLUS GUY FLATLEY'S 1970 INTERVIEW WITH THE ONE AND ONLY JEAN-LUC
GODARD
AT THE
TRIBECA FESTIVAL: SINISTER U.S. VPS, CREEPY WHISTLE BLOWERS, PUSHY
SURROGATE MOMS, SCREWED UP SONS, ALL-AMERICAN MASTERS OF TORTURE
THE
EMBARRASSINGLY NAKED TRUTH ABOUT SARAH MARSHALL'S NERDY BOYFRIEND
CAN
DENZEL WASHINGTON BE A TOUGHER COP THAN WALTER MATTHAU? WE'LL KNOW
WHEN WE SEE 'THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123'...READ ABOUT THIS AND OTHER
HOLLYWOOD REMAKES
CHARLTON HESTON,
THE MOST AMERICAN MOSES TO EVER CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN, DIED ON APRIL
5TH AT THE AGE OF 84. READ GUY FLATLEY'S 1977 INTERVIEW WITH THE
CONTROVERSIAL SUPERSTAR.
'I
CAN'T WAIT TO KICK ASS ON WHEELS,' SAYS 'JUNO'S' ELLEN PAGE, WHO
WILL PLAY A ROLLER DERBY QUEEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DREW BARRYMORE.
READ ABOUT 'WHIP IT!' AND TWO MORE NEW PAGE MOVIES.
CLOONEY,
JOLIE, PITT, ANISTON, DiCAPRIO, KIDMAN, CRUISE, ADAMS, DEPP, JOHANSSON,
CROWE, STREEP, BLANCHETT, BLACK, WINSLET & JACKMAN ... FOR FULL
DETAILS ON THEIR NEW FILMS, CHECK OUT 'STAR TURNS.'
WAS CLARK
GABLE A MAN'S MAN IN THE BEDROOM, TOO? THAT'S THE SURPRISING
CLAIM MADE IN A NEW PEEPING-TOM TOME.
10
YEARS AFTER 'SAVING PRIVATE RYAN,' MATT DAMON IS GOING TO WAR AGAIN.
BUT THIS TIME THE BOMBS HE'LL BE DODGING ARE THE ONES EXPLODING
IN IRAQ
HEY,
IF HUBBY GUY RITCHIE CAN BE A BIG-TIME DIRECTOR, WHY CAN'T MADONNA?
READ HOW VARIETY RATES THE BUDDING AUTEUR'S 'FILTH AND WISDOM.'
THE
UA PARADE: FROM CHAPLIN, PICKFORD FAIRBANKS & GRIFFITH TO SCORSESE,
MONROE, THE BEATLES & JAMES BOND
PAUL
DANO CAN PLAY ANYTHING--FROM THE WANNABE MUTE IN 'LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE'
TO THE RABID PREACHER IN 'THERE WILL BE BLOOD.' NOW HE'S A MATRESS
SALESMAN WITH DREAMS OF BEDDING ZOOEY DESCHANEL.
SEAN
PENN PORTRAYS SLAIN GAY ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK IN GUS VAN SANT'S PROVOCATIVE
NEW FILM
HE WAS THE
BEST OF THE BAD MEN...READ GUY FLATLEY'S 1977 NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEW
WITH RICHARD WIDMARK
AND THE
OSCAR WINNERS FOR THE BEST OF 2007 ARE...READ THE COMPLETE LIST
EDWARD ALBEE,
WHO HAS TUURNED 80, IS STILL TRIUMPHANT. BUT AT THE TIME GUY FLATLEY
INTERVIEWED HIM IN 1971, THE CRITICS WERE SAYING THE PLAYWRIGHT
WAS 'ALL OVER.'
DEBRA
WINGER'S BACK IN THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER GAME, PLAYING THE MOM OF A
DRUG-ADDICTED MODEL ACTED BY A MADE-OVER ANNE HATHAWAY
WHEN
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG--HEATH LEDGER'S DEATH, AT 28, COMES AS A BRUTAL
SHOCK FOR HIS FAMILY AND FANS
THERE
WAS NO BOOZY, SCHMOOZY TV PARTY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE
NO GOLDEN GLOBES...HERE ARE THE WINNERS
THESE
ARE THE 10 BEST FILMS OF 2007--A ROUNDUP OF PROMINENT CRITICS
FROM SWEENEY
TODD TO JOHNNY DILLLINGER, DEPP KEEPS KNOCKING 'EM DEAD
JOEL &
ETHAN COEN RIDE HIGH WITH THE NEW YORK CRITICS...READ THE DETAILS
ON THEIR 'NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN' AND OTHER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
WINNERS
THE
L. A. CRITICS ASSN. WAS OUT FOR PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON'S 'BLOOD'...NOT
ONE BUT FOUR AWARDS WENT TO THE DIRECTOR'S FILM ABOUT GREED, CRUELTY
AND THE LUST FOR OIL
THE NATIONAL
BOARD OF REVIEW DECLARES 'NO COUNTRY' THEIR COUNTRY...CHECK OUT
NBR'S OTHER PICKS FOR THE BEST OF 2007
KEATON,
SARANDON, STREISAND, STREEP, REDGRAVE AND MIRREN--OVER 50 AND VERY
MUCH IN DEMAND
WHO
NEEDS BRAD PITT WHEN THEY'VE GOT RUSSELL CROWE READY TO ROLL?
AN ENCHANTRESS
NAMED AMY SOARS TO SUPERSTARDOM IN 'ENCHANTED'...READ THE DETAILS
ON THIS SURPRISE HIT AND OTHER NEW AMY ADAMS MOVIES
MOMA
PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOAN BLONDELL, THE BOMBSHELL FROM NINETY-FIRST STREET
WHAT'S
COOKING WITH MERYL STREEP--A POTATO PANCAKE? MAIS OUI!
WHO IS
SAOIRSE RONAN? A 13-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS WITH BIG ROLES IN THREE MAJOR
NEW FILMS
TO BE
PERFECTLY FRANK...WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRANK LANGELLA, THE PERFECT
CHOICE TO PLAY PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON
HE'S
COME A LONG WAY SINCE HIS DAYS AS MARKY MARK, A POP SINGER WHO WASN'T
ASHAMED TO BE SEEN IN HIS UNDIES...NOW HE'S IN FOUR PROMISING NEW
FILMS
THE
QUEEN WHO WOULD BE KING...CATE BLANCHETT CAN--AND DOES--PLAY ANY
AGE, ANY NATIONALITY AND ANY GENDER
OWEN
WILSON, NO STRANGER TO SADNESS IN REAL LIFE, WANTS TO MAKE US LAUGH
IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT NEW COMEDIES
AT THE
VENICE FESTIVAL: BRAD PITT HITS A BULLSEYE AS JESSE JAMES...KEIRA
KNIGHTLEY AND DIRECTOR JOE WRIGHT PROVE THAT 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE'
WAS NO FLUKE
THE NEW
YORK FILM FESTIVAL WENT ON THE ROAD AGAIN--FROM DARJEELING TO TEXAS
TO IRAQ TO PARANOID PARK
IN
TORONTO, FESTIVALGOERS MAY HAVE GONE BONKERS TRYING TO MAKE THE
RIGHT SELECTION FROM THE TON OF POTENTIAL WINNERS BEING UNSPOOLED
IN SEPTEMBER,
MOVIES TOOK A TURN FOR THE SERIOUS...READ ABOUT 'IN THE VALLEY OF
ELAH,' 'EASTERN PROMISES,' 'THE BRAVE ONE,' 'INTO THE WILD' 'THE
KINGDOM' AND OTHER HEAVY HITTERS ...
AND LOOK WHAT'S
PLAYING IN DECEMBER
WHO'S
THAT SMOKING (AND SINGING) IN BED? IT'S KATE WINSLET AT HER NAUGHTIEST
AS JAMES GANDOLFINI'S TOOTSIE IN A SIZZLY MUSICAL CALLED 'ROMANCE
& CIGARETTES.'
REMEMBERING TWO CINEMATIC GIANTS: READ
GUY FLATLEY'S 1970 NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEW WITH MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI
... AND
GUY'S 1972 INTERVIEW WITH LIV ULLMAN IN WHICH SHE TALKED ABOUT WHAT
IT WAS LIKE TO LIVE WITH INGMAR BERGMAN
THE
NEW COMEDY OF THE SEXES...NEW YORKER CRITIC DAVID DENBY WONDERS
, "HOW DID WE GET FROM 'IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT' TO 'KNOCKED
UP'?"
LINCOLN
CENTER'S SALUTE TO TOUGH, TENDER GERARD DEPARDIEU
... DIANE
BARONI'S PROFILE OF DEPARDIEU, A MAN WHO LOVES SMOKING, DRINKING,
LOST SOULS AND WOMEN (THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER)
SEEN
ANY GOOD LIT LATELY? MOVIEMAKERS ARE RAIDING THE LIBRARY...FROM
D. H. LAWRENCE'S 'LADY CHATTERLEY' TO HUNTER S. THOMPSON'S 'RUM
DIARY'
HOW
MANY STARS DOES GUY FLATLEY GIVE THE FRENCH TAKE ON 'LADY CHATTERLEY'?
READ GUY'S REVIEW AND FIND OUT.
DEPTH
IN VENICE...KEIRA KNIGHTLEY OPENS THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL IN 'ATONEMENT,'
A HEAVY DRAMA IN WHICH SHE ATONES FOR HER CARIBBEAN CAPERS WITH
JOHNNY DEPP
WHY DOES
MAMIE REMIND US SO MUCH OF MERYL? BECAUSE THIS STAR-ON-THE-RISE
IS MERYL STREEP'S DAUGHTER
GOTTA
SING! GOTTA DANCE! GOTTA SEE JOHNNY DEPP AS THE SMASHING, SLASHING
"SWEENEY TODD"... PLUS MANY OTHER PROMISING NEW MUSICALS
FROM IRAQ
TO AFGHANISTAN TO PAKISTAN, WAR IS STILL HELL, AND YOU'LL SOON SEE
IT BEING WAGED IN A NUMBER OF NEW MOVIES
GUY
FLATLEY'S ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTORS--FROM MARTIN SCORSESE
TO BILLY WILDER, JEAN-LUC GODARD, WOODY ALLEN, FRANK CAPRA, PIER
PAOLO PASOLINI, BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, FRANCOIS
TRUFFAUT AND LARS VON TRIER
LEO
DiCAPRIO & KATE WINSLET SET SAIL AGAIN...BUT THIS TIME THEY'RE
AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE DEALING WITH DISILLUSION AND ADULTERY IN 1950s
SUBURBIA
OUSMANE
SEMBENE, THE FATHER OF AFRICAN CINEMA, IS DEAD AT 84. READ A. O.
SCOTT'S APPRAISAL OF HIS WORK ...
PLUS GUY FLATLEY'S
1969 INTERVIEW WITH SEMBENE
HE
WON IT AT CANNES--A ROMANIAN DIRECTOR TAKES THE TOP PRIZE FOR HIS
DRAMA ABOUT AN ILLEGAL ABORTION ...
READ A
ROUNDUP OF THE FILMS THAT MADE THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL ONE OF THE CLASSIEST
EVER
THE
TRAGIC STORY OF DANNY PEARL HAS COME TO THE SCREEN...READ VARIETY'S
REVIEW OF THE MOVIE AND THE PERFORMANCE BY ANGELINA JOLIE AS PEARL'S
WIDOW, MARIANE
AT
LONG LAST, TOM CRUISE IS A COLONEL--SO WHAT IF HE'S IN HITLER'S
ARMY?
LEO DiCAPRIO'S
A PRIVATE EYE WHO KNOWS WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD BODIES ARE BURIED IN
MICHAEL MANN'S NEW FILM...BROWSE THE 'D' PAGE OF STAR TURNS FOR
DETAILS
LOOK
WHO'S FEELING SICK--AND SNOOPY--ABOUT MICHAEL MOORE'S 'SICKO'
BROADWAY'S
LATEST SMASH HIT IS HEADED FOR THE BIG SCREEN...READ THE DETAILS
ABOUT PETER MORGAN'S 'FROST/NIXON' AND MANY MORE NEW STAGE-SPAWNED
FLICKS
TWO
FILMS ABOUT THE MURDER OF SOVIET SPY SASHA LITVINENKO, BUT ONLY
ONE OF THEM IS LIKELY TO STAR JOHNNY DEPP ...
AND THERE
ARE MANY MORE BIOPICS COMING YOUR WAY
YOU
CAN'T TURN AWAY FROM JULIE CHRISTIE IN 'AWAY FROM HER.' READ GUY
FLATLEY'S REVIEW OF THE MOVIE THAT MIGHT WELL BRING CHRISTIE HER
SECOND OSCAR
DE NIRO
AND PACINO ARE TOGETHER AGAIN AS A PAIR OF COPS IN MAD PURSUIT OF
A SERIAL KILLER IN 'RIGHTEOUS KILL,' ONE OF MANY NEW MURDERPIX
THE
NEW YORK TIMES' BEN BRANTLEY LOVES ANGELA LANSBURY & MARIAN
SELDES IN 'DEUCE'...BUT HOW MUCH DOES HE LOVE PLAYWRIGHT TERRENCE
McNALLY?
CAMPUS
MASSACRE--MERYL STREEP IS INVOLVED WITH AN ASIAN STUDENT WHO GOES
ON A BLOODY RAMPAGE IN 'DARK MATTER'
THE
WINNING TEAM: BEST ACTORS FOREST WHITAKER AND DENZEL WASHINGTON
PAIR UP IN A TRUE-LIFE DRAMA
MADE IN
ENGLAND: LONDON CRITICS PICK THE 21 BEST FILM DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME
SETH
ROGEN, FROM JUDD APATOW'S 'THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN,' IS BACK IN APATOW'S
LATEST LAUGH-FEAST. READ VARIETY'S KNOCKOUT REVIEW OF 'KNOCKED UP'...
...ALSO
AIMING FOR BELLYLAUGHS: A PARADE OF NEW COMEDIES, RANGING FROM STILLER
AND DE NIRO IN 'LITTLE FOCKERS' TO STILLER AND CRUISE IN 'THE HARDY
MEN'
THE
CINEMA OF BROTHERLY LOVE--BUDDING DIRECTOR BEN AFFLECK GIVES BABY
BRO CASEY THE BEST MOVIE ROLE HE'S EVER HAD
SCARLETT
JOHANSSON: SHE'S JUST A GIRL WHO CAN'T SAY NO TO WOODY ALLEN--FOR
THE THIRD TIME!
THE
BOLD, THE BRAVE AND THE NEW--HERE'S WHAT'S PLAYING AT THE 36TH ANNUAL
'NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS' FESTIVAL
FOR
MARTIN SCORSESE--AT LONG LAST, OSCAR! READ THE COMPLETE LIST OF
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS FOR THE BEST OF 2006.
WHAT WAS
MARTY LIKE WHEN HE WAS THE NEW KID ON THE DIRECTORIAL BLOCK? READ
GUY FLATLEY'S 1973 NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEW WITH SCORSESE AND FIND
OUT.
HOW IS
NEW YORK MOVIEGOING THESE DAYS? C'EST MAGNIFIQUE!
IN
HOLLYWOOD, THEY'RE HOT FOR OBAMA ... AND THAT MAKES HILLARY HOPPIN'
MAD
THE BERLIN
JURY HAS SPOKEN...HERE ARE THE 2007 FESTIVAL WINNERS
LOOK WHO'S
WALKING BABY (BACALL) BACK HOME--WOODY HARRELSON AS A GAY ESCORT
IN PAUL SCHRADER'S THRILLER, 'THE WALKER'
LITTLE
CHRISTINA RICCI'S BEEN TRYING TO GROW UP FOR THE LONGEST TIME...SEEMS
LIKE SHE'S MADE IT AT LAST IN THE SHAMELESSLY SIZZLING 'BLACK SNAKE
MOAN'
A
FAMILY GONE HORRIBLY WRONG--A BRITISH REPORTER'S TAKE ON THE FEUDING
O'NEALS
TO GUY FLATLEY,
RYAN O'NEAL LOOKED LIKE THE COMEBACK KID (BUT THAT WAS IN 1977)
THE
SEVENTH TIME'S THE CHARM--AFTER LOSING SIX TIMES, MARTIN SCORSESE
FINALLY WINS THE DGA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
SUNDANCE
2007 ... FROM JARED LETO AS THE MAN WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON IN 'CHAPTER
27' TO DAKOTA FANNING AS A GIRL SEXUALLY EXPLOITED BY HER FATHER
IN 'HOUNDDOG' ...
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
BRANGELINA--ARE
THEY TOO GOOD FOR THEIR OWN GOOD?
THE
SOUND THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD--STARS AND DIRECTORS OF THE SILENTS TOLD
GUY FLATLEY HOW THEY WEATHERED THE STORM--READ GUY'S 1977 NEW YORK
TIMES ARTICLE
FROM
BAD BOY BORAT TO GOOD QUEEN ELIZABETH, HERE ARE THE WINNERS IN ALL
OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE MOVIE CATEGORIES
YVONNE
DE CARLO--SHE COULD SHOOT A GUN AND SHE COULD SING SONDHEIM
A
MUST-SEE MOVIE FOR JERRY LEWIS--ONE THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE
THE UNRELEASED FLICK IN WHICH HE PLAYED A CLOWN IN A NAZI CONCENTRATION
CAMP
FROM
A. O. SCOTT TO STEPHEN KING, FROM 'LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA' TO 'SNAKES
ON A PLANE,' TOP CRITICS PICK THEIR FAVORITE FILMS OF 2006
IT
WAS A GOOD YEAR TO BE PARIS HILTON, A BAD YEAR TO BE A CATHOLIC,
AND A SO-SO YEAR TO BE MADONNA ... VARIETY'S TIMOTHY M. GRAY EXPLAINS
IT ALL FOR YOU
THERE'S
NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY ... JUST ASK TOMKAT, BRANGELINA &
MELRANT
WHAT WAS
STALLONE LIKE BEFORE 'ROCKY' MADE HIM A STAR? PRETTY SLY, AS GUY
FLATLEY DISCOVERED WHEN HE INTERVIEWED HIM SHORTLY BEFORE THE MOVIE
OPENED
THE AWARDS
SEASON KICKS OFF WITH A DOUBLE TRIUMPH FOR CLINT EASTWOOD
THE NEW
YORK CRITICS CAST A VOTE THAT HONORS THE HEROES OF 9/11
WILL
OSCAR HAVE MERCY ON MAD MEL? EARLY REVIEWS FOR GIBSON'S "APOCALYPTO"
POINT TO BEST PICTURE & BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR NOMS
... SEE
WHICH CRITICS LOVED--OR HATED --THE MOVIE
DAVID
LYNCH IS BAAAACK! AND THE NEW YORK TIMES' MANOHLA DARGIS SAYS HIS
NEW MOVIE IS "ONE OF THE FEW FILMS I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR THAT
DESERVES TO BE CALLED ART."
EVERYONE LOVED
PETER BOYLE...READ GUY FLATLEY'S 1978 INTERVIEW WITH THIS REMARKABLE
ONE-OF-A-KIND INDIVIDUAL
WHAT
WOULD NORAH JONES BE LIKE WITHOUT HER SONGS? WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN
WE SEE HER EMOTE OPPOSITE JUDE LAW
MISTER
CRUISE GOES TO WASHINGTON...AND HE TAKES MERYL STREEP AND ROBERT
REDFORD WITH HIM
THE NIGHT GUY
FLATLEY DROVE LIZA MINNELLI TO DRINK
REMEMBERING ROBERT ALTMAN:
AN APPRAISAL OF THE MAN'S WORK BY A. O. SCOTT AND MEMORIES OF THE
MAN HIMSELF FROM THE ARTISTS WHO WORKED WITH HIM
A GREAT
FILMMAKER SETS OUT TO UNCOVER THE HORRIFIC TRUTH ABOUT ABU GHRAIB
"FLAGS
OF OUR FATHERS" OR "LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA"--WHICH
EASTWOOD MOVIE WILL WIN AN OSCAR AS BEST PICTURE OF 2006?
HOW
MANY TRAGEDIES MUST YOU ENDURE BEFORE TURNING YOUR LIFE INTO A FUN
SHOW (WITH SONGS)? JUST ASK CARRIE FISHER.
EVERYONE
KNOWS THAT HEPBURN & TRACY WERE LOVERS, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT,
ACCORDING TO A NEW BIO, THEIR LONG-RUNNING AFFAIR WAS PURELY PLATONIC?
THE
PASSION OF THE PACINO: THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE PAYS TRIBUTE
TO AL PACINO FOR HIS RIVETING BODY OF WORK...READ GUY FLATLEY'S
ONE-ON-ONES WITH PACINO AND A DOZEN PREVIOUS AFI WINNERS
THE DAY TONY
PERKINS WAS BABYSITTING HIS OWN TWO KIDS AND BEING INTERVIEWED BY
GUY FLATLEY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
CLINT
EASTWOOD ENTERS THE OSCAR WARS ...READ THE CRITICS ROUNDUP ON "FLAGS
OF OUR FATHERS"
A
RAZOR-SHARP ARTIST POKES DELICIOUS FUN AT THE LUNACY OF BRANGELINA
AND TOMKAT ... READ CARYN JAMES' ARTICLE ABOUT 14'S GALLERY OF THE
ABSURD
MOM & DAUGHTER INTERVIEWS BY GUY FLATLEY
... WHEN
DEBBIE DID WATERGATE &
CARRIE
DID THE GALAXY
TOO
TRU TO BE GOOD? NOT ACCORDING TO NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC A. O. SCOTT,
WHO APPLAUDS "INFAMOUS," THE LATEST STUDY OF TRUMAN CAPOTE'S
BIZARRE BOND WITH A PAIR OF "IN COLD BLOOD" KILLERS
ALICE FAYE WAS
READY FOR HER COMEBACK--EVEN IF IT MEANT PLAYING OPPOSITE LASSIE
RIPPED
FROM TODAY'S HEADLINES--JAKE GYLLENHAAL PLAYS A CIA ANALYST IN A
MOVIE GUARANTEED TO MAKE PRESIDENT BUSH FUME
CRUZING
TO SUPERSTARDOM--PENELOPE'S BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN PEDRO ALMODOVAR'S
"VOLVER"
AT THE
TORONTO FESTIVAL, THEY HAILED A FILM SHOWING THE KILLING OF OUR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
AT THE
VENICE FESTIVAL, THE WINNERS WERE HELEN MIRREN AND BEN AFFLECK
ALEXIS,
DOROTHY & YVONNE--THREE SHOWBIZ PROS WHOSE "FOLLIES"
DID THEM PROUD
FAMED
RECLUSES TOM & KATIE FINALLY OVERCOME THEIR CAMERA-SHYNESS AND
POSE WITH THEIR SUNNY LITTLE SURI WITH THE FRINGE ON THE TOP. BUT
WHY?
AFTER
A LONG WAIT,
JUDE LAW FINALLY GETS HIS REVENGE ON OSCAR HOST CHRIS ROCK
AT
THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL, HELEN MIRREN HELD COURT AS ELIZABETH II IN
"THE QUEEN" ... JUST
ONE OF MANY NEW BIOPICS
PLAYING
DOWN AND DIRTY, MATT DILLON HITS A
NEW HIGH (READ GUY FLATLEY'S REVIEW OF "FACTOTUM")
... THE
NEW YORK TIMES' A. O. SCOTT PAYS TRIBUTE TO DILLON
GETTING
SACKED FOR MISCONDUCT, TOM CRUISE HITS A NEW LOW (READ CARYN JAMES'
REPORT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES)
WHEN
DIANE KEATON LONGED FOR THE AUDIENCE TO LOVE HER THE WAY THEY LOVED
LIZA MINNELLI
HOW VITTORIO
DE SICA WAS FOOLED BY IL DUCE ... READ GUY FLATLEY'S 1972 NEW YORK
TIMES INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT DIRECTOR
JENNIFER
LOPEZ STANDS BY HUBBY MARC ANTHONY--JUST DON'T CALL THEM ANTLOPE!
JUDGING
LAWYER GEORGE CLOONEY BY THE CLIENTS HE KEEPS
VIVA, ANDY WARHOL'S
BIGGEST SUPERSTAR, TOLD GUY FLATLEY HOW TO BREAK INTO THE MOVIES:
"JUST TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES."
SCARLETT
JOHANSSON AS THE WOMAN WHO WOULD NOT BE QUEEN. BUT, UNLIKE HER SISTER,
WHO DID BECOME HENRY VIII'S QUEEN, SHE AT LEAST DIDN'T
LOSE HER HEAD.
JOHN
TRAVOLTA? CALL HIM EDNA TURNBLAD, THE BOSSIEST, MOST BOSOMY MOM
IN ALL OF BALTIMORE. AND LOOK WHO'S PLAYING BITCHY VELMA VON TUSSLE
IN "HAIRSPRAY"
IN HIS
REVIEW OF "CHANGING TIMES," GUY FLATLEY SAYS THE CHEMISTRY
BETWEEN DENEUVE & DEDPARDIEU IS STILL HOT
INSTEAD
OF "SCOOP," SHOULD WOODY ALLEN HAVE CALLED HIS NEW MOVIE
"DROOP"? CHECK OUT THE VARIETY REVIEW.
IF YOU
MISSED 'BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING' THE FIRST TIME AROUND, GET READY
FOR THE REMAKE...AND SEE WHICH OTHER OLD FLICKS ARE BEING CLONED
ALL
RIGHT, MR. WILDER, WE'RE READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP ... A STUNNING
BILLY WILDER RETROSPECTIVE, FROM ''SUNSET BOULEVARD'' TO ''ACE IN
THE HOLE'' TO ''SOME LIKE IT HOT''
THERE'S
A NEW LORD OF THE RING, AND HIS NAME IS JACK BLACK...READ GUY FLATLEY'S
REVIEW OF HIS "NACHO LIBRE"
HEATH &
MICHELLE & CHRISTIAN & CATE & RICHARD & JULIANNE
ALL PLAY BOB DYLAN IN A NERVY NEW BIOPIC
AS THE
CROWE FLIES FROM THE KIDMAN--ONE MORE TIME!
TWO
NEW BOOKS ABOUT TWO SCREEN GODDESSES--AVA GARDNER & VILMA VALENTINE
... VARIETY
REVIEWS "THE SUNDANCE KIDS: HOW THE MAVERICKS TOOK BACK HOLLYWOOD"
CRITICS--THEY
DON'T MAKE THEM THE WAY THEY USED TO (ACCORDING TO PHILLIP LOPATE'S
NEW ANTHOLOGY) ... WANNA
BUY A BOOK DEALING WITH M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN, PATRICIA NEAL OR MACAULAY
CULKIN?
DiCAPRIO
FOR PREZ? YES, LEO GETS MARTIN SCORSESE'S VOTE IN HIS NEW MOVIE.
READ ABOUT 'THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT' AND MANY MORE NEW BIOPICS
BREAK-UP
OR THROW-UP? READ WHAT TOP CRITICS HAD TO SAY ABOUT VINCE &
JEN'S BOX-OFFICE HIT ... FOR
CARYN JAMES' ASTUTE TAKE ON JEN'S CAREER CHOICES, CLICK HERE
ROBERT
ALTMAN HITS A 'PRAIRIE HOME' RUN. READ GUY FLATLEY'S 4-STAR REVIEW
OF THE AMAZING DIRECTOR'S NEW FILM
IN 1977, NATALIE
WOOD TOLD GUY FLATLEY SHE LONGED TO STAR IN 'A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.'
THAT WAS NOT TO BE, BUT NATALIE WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT BLANCHE
AT CANNES,
BRAD PITT CRIED UP A STORM IN 'BABEL,' AND EVEN KEANU REEVES DARED
TO SHOW EMOTION
YOU
THOUGHT 'MISSION 3' WAS A TURKEY? WAIT TILL YOU SEE 'DA VINCI 1'!
PARTY
GIRL LINDSAY LOHAN MAY BE HEADED FOR A CRASH
THE
NEW YORK TIMES' FRANK RICH AND THE WASHINGTON POST'S GEORGE WILL
SAW 'UNITED 93,' BUT DID THEY REALLY SEE THE SAME MOVIE?
... HERE'S
WHAT OTHER MAJOR CRITICS THOUGHT OF THE 9/11 DOCUDRAMA
IT
MAY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IN 2005 TOM CRUISE WAS TOP GUN AT THE
BOX OFFICE. THE RUNNERS-UP WERE... AND
HERE'S A LIST OF PAST WINNERS, DATING BACK TO 1935
'THE
ROAD TO GUANTANAMO'... A HARROWING, SURE-TO-BE-CONTROVERSIAL JOURNEY
BY MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM
THE MORE
WE SEE HER, THE MORE WE LOVE HER--SEVEN JUICY NEW ROLES FOR STREEP
REVEREND
TOM CRUISE PREACHES TO BROOKE SHIELDS, AND SHE RESPONDS WITH A SERMON
HE WON'T SOON FORGET...
DOES TOM HAVE THE TRUE HOTS FOR KATIE HOLMES, OR IS IT A CASE OF
HYPE HYPE HOORAY?
WHO
IS THIS MAN--AND WHY DID HE GIVE JOHN TRAVOLTA A BIG WET KISS ON
THE LIPS?
COME
ON, MAKE MY MONTH...FOUR WEEKS OF MOVIE-MOVIES BY THE MAN WHO GAVE
US 'DIRTY HARRY'
THE
2005 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS--OSCAR'S DECLARATION OF INDIE-PENDENCE
AND
THE OSCAR WINNERS ARE...
A FESTIVAL
OF NEW FRENCH FILMS, WHERE THE ACCENT IS ON COMEDY AND WOMEN DIRECTORS
LOOK--A
WHOLE NEW MOVIE WORLD HAS BEGUN (THANKS TO THE NEW DIRECTORS/NEW
FILMS FESTIVAL)
WOODY
ALLEN LOOKS AT LUST AND GREED IN LONDON: A REVIEW OF 'MATCH POINT'
BY DIANE BARONI
ARE
ACTORS THE BEST JUDGES OF OTHER ACTORS? CHECK OUT THE 2005 SAG AWARDS
AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
THE BERLIN
FESTIVAL BEGAN WITH 'SNOW CAKE'... READ ABOUT THAT AND OTHER MOVIES
SERVED UP AT THE FESTIVAL
MEET
THE SUNDANCE GANG...FROM THE FBI'S MOST WANTED TEENAGER TO A PAIR
OF CIGARETTE AND BOOZE LOBBYISTS
GOING
FOR 'BROKE' AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES... THE 2005 NOMINEES AND WINNERS
30 YEARS
AFTER 'TAXI DRIVER,' JODIE FOSTER AND ROBERT DE NIRO RIDE AGAIN
THE
10 BEST FILMS OF 2005--A ROUNDUP OF PROMINENT CRITICS
10
CRITICS PICK THE 10 BEST FILMS OF ALL TIME--A VARIETY ROUNDUP
A LOOK
AT THE AWARDS SEASON: THE L.A. FILM CRITICS FLIPPED FOR PHILIP SEYMOUR
HOFFMAN AS TRUMAN CAPOTE ... AND
SO DID THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ...
NEW
YORKERS HAVE A CRUSH ON COWBOYS
TO
CATCH A HITCH--THE MOST STUNNING RETROSPECTIVE EVER
... PLUS
GUY FLATLEY'S 1972 INTERVIEW WITH ALFRED HITCHCOCK
THE
NEW YORK TIMES' CARYN JAMES WRITES ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYING
GAYS
VENICE,
ANYONE? PALTROW, SARANDON, DOWNEY AND DUNST ALL SAID YES!
OPENING
NIGHT AT THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL WAS GREAT FOR 'GOOD NIGHT'
GUY
FLATLEY REVIEWS 'GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK' ... THUMBSUCKER
...
'AN UNFINISHED LIFE' ... 'THE
CONSTANT GARDENER' ... 'BROKEN
FLOWERS'
ANNA
PAQUIN, WHO WON AN OSCAR FOR 'THE PIANO,' MAY BE ON HER WAY TO WINNING
ANOTHER
WHO'S
THAT HUNK REMINISCING ABOUT HIS ROMANCE WITH JENNIFER ANISTON? IT'S
GUY FLATLEY'S STEPSON MICHAEL BARONI!
WHO
WOULD BE A NATURAL TO PLAY MICHAEL JACKSON? IF VARIETY
IS RIGHT, THE ANSWER IS JOHNNY DEPP!
THE
STRANGE LIFE AND DEATH OF DOMINO, DAUGHTER OF LAURENCE HARVEY
RUSSELL
CROWE THROWS A PHONE FIT (A HISSY THAT COULD SEND HIM TO THE SLAMMER)
... HAS
THE AWESOME AUSSIE SAID SORRY, WRONG NUMBER?
TOMMY
LEE JONES, PLAYING BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMERA, WINS A BIG, BIG PRIZE
THE
MAN WHO HATES YODA SO MUCH HE'D LIKE TO SEE HIM DEAD
A FEARLESS
BRITISH AUTEUR DARES TO SHOW HIS LEADING MAN AND WOMAN
HAVING FULL-FRONTAL, UNSIMULATED SEX
AT CANNES--3
BURIALS, 2 BROTHERS AND 1 ZAFTIG ISRAELI TAXI DRIVER
... MANOHLA
DARGIS COVERS THE FESTIVAL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES ...
AND
SO DOES A. O. SCOTT
IS LARS
VON TRIER'S 'MANDERLAY' A BIGGER DOG THAN HIS 'DOGVILLE'?
'LAYER
CAKE' MAKES MATTHEW VAUGHN THE HOTTEST NEW DIRECTOR ON THE BLOCK
(AS IF BEING MARRIED TO CLAUDIA SCHIFFER WEREN'T ALREADY ENOUGH)
WILL
HOLLYWOOD EVER LET DENZEL WASHINGTON WOO REESE WITHERSPOON?
AT
TRIBECA, THEY TRY, TRY AGAIN--BY KEEPING HOLLYWOOD SCHLOCK TO A
MINIMUM
A SAD FAREWELL--MGM
HAS FLOWN OVER THE RAINBOW FOR THE VERY LAST TIME
FOR
SOME HOLLYWOOD PLAYERS, A STEP DOWN CAN BE A MAJOR STEP UP
A BOY
NAMED AGNES AND OTHER NOTABLES IN NEW FILMS FROM NEW DIRECTORS
IS BILLY CRUDUP'S
BEAUTY MORE THAN SKIN-DEEP?
SO WHAT DOES
A FILMMAKER DO WHEN HE TURNS 80? IF HE'S SIDNEY LUMET, HE MAKES
ANOTHER MOVIE
THERE ARE
CRITICS WHO FEEL 'SIN CITY' IS SOME KIND OF MASTERPIECE AND CRITICS
WHO FEEL IT'S SOME KIND OF MONSTROSITY
THESE
ARE A FEW OF GUY'S FAVORITE LINKS
...VIEW
GUY AT THE MOVIES ARCHIVES
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