Marco Bellocchio, the secular director from Piacenza, has often explored the consequences of religious imposition — never being sententious yet remaining truthful to his laical perspective. In his 2002 film, My Mother’s Smile (L’ora di religione), he touched upon the sensitive issue of being baptised in treason. In that case it occurred to the son of the…
After thirty-some years, Martin Scorsese is telling the world why he turned down the possibility of directing Schindler’s List, the acclaimed Holocaust-themed film that was ultimately done by Steven Spielberg. In a recent interview with Deadline, Scorsese said that his decision to turn the project over to Spielberg was prompted after the response to his…
Steven Robert Alten (born August 21, 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American science-fiction author. He is best known for his Meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Alten holds a bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a master’s in sports medicine from the University of…
Director Steven Spielberg, camera operator Michael Chapman and cinematographer Bill Butler on the set of the Universal Pictures production of ‘Jaws’ in 1975. Acclaimed cinematographer Bill Butler, who rose to fame for shooting director Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning 1975 horror thriller Jaws, died on April 5 at the age of 101, according to The Hollywood Reporter….
Photo by Andrew Cooper, SMPSP – © 2012 – The Weinstein Company Quentin Tarantino confirmed today that his upcoming film “The Movie Critic” will not be about Pauline Kael, the legendary New Yorker cinemaphile whose first book, I Lost It At the Movies, appeared in 1965. In a conversation with Cannes Film Festival director Theirry Fremaux,…
Young people often look at their grandparents and are fascinated – if not also appalled and frustrated – with how they interact with the world. That’s because their life experiences are considerably less sizable and sophisticated, whereas people in their sixties, seventies, or eighties have been through much more. Society has also changed in a…
The BAFTA Film Awards were held at the Royal Festival Hall in London yesterday, during which the German film, All Quiet on the Western Front, was the sweeping victor. The epic anti-war movie, which is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, won seven awards, including Best Film and…
The German publisher Taschen is about to release what it calls the definitive account of Stanley Kubrick’s 1977 film The Shining. The voluminous account, which will sell for $1500, is being written by J W Winzler and edited by director Lee Unkrich (Coco and Toy Story 3). The book, to be released on March 7,…
Having minimal time to prepare for an equally joyful and painful journey into the past, as well as the endless possibilities of new experiences that are linked to previous relationships, is a gripping theme of the new romantic drama, She Is Love. Both the characters in, and creatives behind, the film learn to quickly embrace…
The Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards will begin streaming live on Netflix worldwide next year, after the guild and streamer signed a new multi-year partnership. Netflix announced the deal today, as SAG also presented the nominees for this year’s ceremony. While discussing the new partnership, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said: “We are…
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