A small piece of contemporary cinema history was written last night in St Andrews, Scotland when Steven Soderbergh sat down with Joe and Anthony Russo on stage at the Sands International Film Festival to discuss their 2002 collaboration Welcome to Collinwood.
Produced by Soderbergh and George Clooney who also stars alongside William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Luis Guzmán, and Patricia Clarkson, Welcome to Collinwood was the second feature from the Russos following their debut feature Pieces, which bombed out of Slamdance in 1997.
“There was zero interest in the film from anybody but this man over here,” Anthony said of Pieces, pointing towards Soderbergh. The sex, lies and videotape filmmaker had been present at the doomed Pieces screening at Slamdance and reached out to the directing duo to impart some wisdom.
“It was insanely ambitious and dense,” Soderbergh told Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr, who moderated the talk, of Pieces.
Produced by Soderbergh and George Clooney who also stars alongside William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Luis Guzmán, and Patricia Clarkson, Welcome to Collinwood was the second feature from the Russos following their debut feature Pieces, which bombed out of Slamdance in 1997.
“There was zero interest in the film from anybody but this man over here,” Anthony said of Pieces, pointing towards Soderbergh. The sex, lies and videotape filmmaker had been present at the doomed Pieces screening at Slamdance and reached out to the directing duo to impart some wisdom.
“It was insanely ambitious and dense,” Soderbergh told Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr, who moderated the talk, of Pieces.
- 4/21/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), David Costabile (Lincoln) and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) have wrapped production in Arkansas on In Fortune’s Shadow, a new thriller from writer-director David L. Hunt (Greater) and his 2521 Entertainment.
Others set to star include Alexander Kane (A Day to Die), Leonard Wu (American Born Chinese), Lawrence Kao (Walker: Independence), and Billy Choi (The Affair). Check out a first-look still above.
The first film in a planned series titled The Underneath, In Fortune’s Shadow is billed as John Woo meets The Matrix or It’s a Wonderful Life with guns. The film centers on a legendary Keyser Soze-type figure known as The Man with the Answers, an ex-Knight of the Round Table now wandering in today’s underworld. The legend says that if you can find The Man and eat with him in a Chinese restaurant,...
Others set to star include Alexander Kane (A Day to Die), Leonard Wu (American Born Chinese), Lawrence Kao (Walker: Independence), and Billy Choi (The Affair). Check out a first-look still above.
The first film in a planned series titled The Underneath, In Fortune’s Shadow is billed as John Woo meets The Matrix or It’s a Wonderful Life with guns. The film centers on a legendary Keyser Soze-type figure known as The Man with the Answers, an ex-Knight of the Round Table now wandering in today’s underworld. The legend says that if you can find The Man and eat with him in a Chinese restaurant,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we look at Oscars categories from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy's winners stand the test of time.)
Making a movie is hard. A shocking statement, I know. When you direct a film, you are utilizing a tremendous amount of your time and energy to devote to a project that more often than not takes years of your life. So, when a director releases two films in the same year, I'm always impressed that they had the bandwidth to turn these films around so quickly. The rarest of the rare, though, is when the director gets nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Director for multiple films within the same year.
The first was at the 2nd ceremony, when Frank Lloyd received three of the seven nominations for "Drag," "Weary River," and "The Divine Lady," for which he won. The...
Making a movie is hard. A shocking statement, I know. When you direct a film, you are utilizing a tremendous amount of your time and energy to devote to a project that more often than not takes years of your life. So, when a director releases two films in the same year, I'm always impressed that they had the bandwidth to turn these films around so quickly. The rarest of the rare, though, is when the director gets nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Director for multiple films within the same year.
The first was at the 2nd ceremony, when Frank Lloyd received three of the seven nominations for "Drag," "Weary River," and "The Divine Lady," for which he won. The...
- 10/29/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh were guests at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood last weekend for a showing of their 2001 production “Ocean’s Eleven.”
During the Ben Mankiewicz-hosted chat, Clooney and Soderbergh explained where they were in their careers when they first linked up and prepped to make 1998’s “Out of Sight.” Clooney was coming off of “Batman & Robin,” a project he frequently talks about as a humbling experience with rubber nipples attached. Soderbergh had a flop with “The Underneath”. After things turned around and Soderbergh delivered “Erin Brockovich,” which won an Oscar for Julia Roberts as Best Actress plus four other nominations, and “Traffic,” which won an Oscar for himself as Best Director, plus Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro, Best Adapted Screenplay for Stephen Gaghan, and Best Editing, the planets aligned for the smart, sexy, and snappy “Ocean’s Eleven.”
“People really wanted to work with Steven,...
During the Ben Mankiewicz-hosted chat, Clooney and Soderbergh explained where they were in their careers when they first linked up and prepped to make 1998’s “Out of Sight.” Clooney was coming off of “Batman & Robin,” a project he frequently talks about as a humbling experience with rubber nipples attached. Soderbergh had a flop with “The Underneath”. After things turned around and Soderbergh delivered “Erin Brockovich,” which won an Oscar for Julia Roberts as Best Actress plus four other nominations, and “Traffic,” which won an Oscar for himself as Best Director, plus Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro, Best Adapted Screenplay for Stephen Gaghan, and Best Editing, the planets aligned for the smart, sexy, and snappy “Ocean’s Eleven.”
“People really wanted to work with Steven,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Pittsburgh hardcore band Code Orange have released What Is Really Underneath?, a companion album to their 2020 LP, Underneath, along with an accompanying short film by the same name.
The release is part remix, part soundtrack, featuring elements of the 2020 album while offering up some new vibes with previously unreleased companion pieces. Band members Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose produced the set.
The short movie offers an animated narrative that is scored by pieces from the album. The film, helmed by Balderose, was created using Cinema 4D and Octant Render, and took more than 2,000 hours of work over four months.
The movie follows the “Mudman,” whom fans will recognize from the band’s video for “The Mud” off their 2017’s Forever, as he goes “Underneath” to meet his maker in an effort to be cleansed of sin.
Editor's Pick Code Orange’s Jami Morgan on “Out for Blood,” Upcoming Album,...
The release is part remix, part soundtrack, featuring elements of the 2020 album while offering up some new vibes with previously unreleased companion pieces. Band members Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose produced the set.
The short movie offers an animated narrative that is scored by pieces from the album. The film, helmed by Balderose, was created using Cinema 4D and Octant Render, and took more than 2,000 hours of work over four months.
The movie follows the “Mudman,” whom fans will recognize from the band’s video for “The Mud” off their 2017’s Forever, as he goes “Underneath” to meet his maker in an effort to be cleansed of sin.
Editor's Pick Code Orange’s Jami Morgan on “Out for Blood,” Upcoming Album,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Anne Erickson
- Consequence - Music
Pittsburgh metal/hardcore band Code Orange have released What Is Really Underneath?, a companion album to 2020’s acclaimed Underneath.
“Part remix, part soundtrack What Is Really Underneath?, contains elements of the 2020 album while digging deeper down into the Underneath universe with original unreleased companion pieces,” explains the release. “The album, which was produced by Jami Morgan and Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose, is out now via Blue Grape Music and closes a chapter of the band that saw a Grammy Nomination, groundbreaking live-stream performances in the midst of the pandemic, tours with Slipknot, $Uicideboy$ and Korn, their Coachella debut, and more.
“Accompanying the album is a short film (below) of the same name, a fourteen-minute, animated narrative that is scored by selections from the album.
Helmed by Eric “Shade” Balderose of the band, the film was created using Cinema 4D and Octant Render, taking more than 2000 hours over the course of four months.
“Part remix, part soundtrack What Is Really Underneath?, contains elements of the 2020 album while digging deeper down into the Underneath universe with original unreleased companion pieces,” explains the release. “The album, which was produced by Jami Morgan and Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose, is out now via Blue Grape Music and closes a chapter of the band that saw a Grammy Nomination, groundbreaking live-stream performances in the midst of the pandemic, tours with Slipknot, $Uicideboy$ and Korn, their Coachella debut, and more.
“Accompanying the album is a short film (below) of the same name, a fourteen-minute, animated narrative that is scored by selections from the album.
Helmed by Eric “Shade” Balderose of the band, the film was created using Cinema 4D and Octant Render, taking more than 2000 hours over the course of four months.
- 2/17/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Creator Sam Levinson and cinematographer Marcel Rév always wanted to shoot their HBO series “Euphoria” on film. But during Season 1 “there were a lot of reasons why we couldn’t do that,” Rév told IndieWire in a recent interview. Rév was happy with the digital look he and Levinson created for the show, but for Season 2 they agreed that film was essential in order to achieve the “deconstruction of memory” that they hoped to achieve. With the intention of finding a new color palette and a grain structure that would give the impression of old photographs, Rev and Levinson tested every possible option when it came to analog film — and ended up reviving an entire format in the process.
“We explored all the available film stocks and all the laboratory tweaks and tricks we could think of,” Rév remembered. “The closest thing to what we had in mind was 16mm Ektachrome,...
“We explored all the available film stocks and all the laboratory tweaks and tricks we could think of,” Rév remembered. “The closest thing to what we had in mind was 16mm Ektachrome,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Steven Soderbergh is a fantastically eclectic filmmaker (you never know where he’s going to go next), but if you look back over his roughly 30 dramatic features it’s telling to consider how many of them are some variety of tricky old-school thriller or film noir powered by suspenseful screw-tightening. I’m talking about the “Ocean’s” trilogy, the ebullient Elmore Leonard adaptation “Out of Sight,” the redneck heist thriller “Logan Lucky,” the deconstructed gangster mystery “The Limey,” the brooding noir “The Underneath,” the small-town grunge noir “Bubble,” the sex-industry noir “The Girlfriend Experience,” and the true-life-bumbler noir “The Informant!” Soderbergh has a prankish side, but the truth is he would have been right at home in the ’40s or ’50 churning out moody black-and-white thrillers like Robert Siodmak or Joseph H. Lewis.
His latest, “No Sudden Move,” makes that connection all the more explicit. Opening on a gorgeous vintage version of the Warner Bros. logo,...
His latest, “No Sudden Move,” makes that connection all the more explicit. Opening on a gorgeous vintage version of the Warner Bros. logo,...
- 6/19/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Los Angeles, Nov 25 (Ians) The 2021 Grammy Awards nominations are all about women power with Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa leading the way.
Beyonce is leading the contender at the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine nods. She is followed by Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa, who earned six nominations each.
Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, earned five nominations for her solo debut. Earning four each were Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, jazz pianist John Beasley and classical producer David Frost, reports Variety.
As a shocker, The Weeknd didn't get nominated. Despite being predicted to dominate the nominations at the 63rd annual Grammys, the pop-r&b superstar's "Blinding lights" single and "After Hours" album got zero nominations.
Beyonce will be competing against herself in the Record of the Year category. She is nominated in the category for "Black Parade" as well as "Savage". She fights Black Pumas,...
Beyonce is leading the contender at the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine nods. She is followed by Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa, who earned six nominations each.
Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, earned five nominations for her solo debut. Earning four each were Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, jazz pianist John Beasley and classical producer David Frost, reports Variety.
As a shocker, The Weeknd didn't get nominated. Despite being predicted to dominate the nominations at the 63rd annual Grammys, the pop-r&b superstar's "Blinding lights" single and "After Hours" album got zero nominations.
Beyonce will be competing against herself in the Record of the Year category. She is nominated in the category for "Black Parade" as well as "Savage". She fights Black Pumas,...
- 11/25/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The 2021 Grammy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday, November 24, at noon Eastern (9:00 a.m. Pacific). So who made the cut? Scroll down to see the list. Winners of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will be revealed on Sunday, January 31 in a two-part ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The majority of the awards in the 84 categories spread across 30 fields will be handed out in a non-televised event, the Premiere Ceremony, that afternoon. The televised portion of the Grammys will begin on CBS at 5:00 p.m. Pt/8:00 p.m. Et. Expect that 3.5 hour telecast to be dominated by musical performances with about a dozen presentations of prizes. Scroll down for the full and complete list of nominees for the 63rd Grammys.
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General Field
Album Of The Year
“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,...
The majority of the awards in the 84 categories spread across 30 fields will be handed out in a non-televised event, the Premiere Ceremony, that afternoon. The televised portion of the Grammys will begin on CBS at 5:00 p.m. Pt/8:00 p.m. Et. Expect that 3.5 hour telecast to be dominated by musical performances with about a dozen presentations of prizes. Scroll down for the full and complete list of nominees for the 63rd Grammys.
Keep refreshing this page for the most up-to-date results
General Field
Album Of The Year
“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Two years ago, Ivana Mikovic—former COO of public broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia—took a look at the booming local TV landscape and saw an opportunity for a bold new venture. Partnering with Boban Jevtic, the former head of Film Center Serbia, she hatched a plan to build a sprawling, state-of-the-art film studio on the outskirts of Belgrade.
“I thought we could invest in some film studios and attract…people and productions and studios from abroad to start filming in Serbia,” she told Variety. But as the duo wrangled for permits and pored over blueprints, they realized that their country could be more than just a hub for foreign shoots.”
“The ever-growing market with drama series [was] really trending,” said Mikovic. As a result, “we thought we could offer some of the more interesting stories that we can develop, which is much cheaper in Serbia, for foreign markets.”
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“I thought we could invest in some film studios and attract…people and productions and studios from abroad to start filming in Serbia,” she told Variety. But as the duo wrangled for permits and pored over blueprints, they realized that their country could be more than just a hub for foreign shoots.”
“The ever-growing market with drama series [was] really trending,” said Mikovic. As a result, “we thought we could offer some of the more interesting stories that we can develop, which is much cheaper in Serbia, for foreign markets.”
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- 8/14/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Code Orange channeled the Nineties in multiple ways during their livestream show, Under the Skin, which aired Thursday, July 30th and drew inspiration from classic MTV Unplugged performances. Notably, it featured a cover of Alice In Chains’ “Down in a Hole.”
The performance took place at the Theatre Factory in the band’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with candles flickering around the stage and a full string section providing accompaniment. Code Orange’s performance of “Down in a Hole” begins at the 1:23:00 mark and features Reba Meyers and Jami Morgan sharing vocal duties,...
The performance took place at the Theatre Factory in the band’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with candles flickering around the stage and a full string section providing accompaniment. Code Orange’s performance of “Down in a Hole” begins at the 1:23:00 mark and features Reba Meyers and Jami Morgan sharing vocal duties,...
- 7/31/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Slipknot will host an online edition of their annual Knotfest with concerts and interviews featuring Slipknot, Underoath, and Code Orange. The program will start on Knotfest.com at 3 p.m. Pt on May 29th.
The band will stream its 2019 headlining set from Belgium’s Graspop Festival, which it played shortly before the release of Rolling Stone’s Metal Album of the Year for 2019, We Are Not Your Kind. The band’s percussionist, Shawn “Clown” Crahan, will also participate in an exclusive interview for the event.
Underoath will stream a 2016 gig...
The band will stream its 2019 headlining set from Belgium’s Graspop Festival, which it played shortly before the release of Rolling Stone’s Metal Album of the Year for 2019, We Are Not Your Kind. The band’s percussionist, Shawn “Clown” Crahan, will also participate in an exclusive interview for the event.
Underoath will stream a 2016 gig...
- 5/27/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Steven Soderbergh’s Oscar-winning 2000 drama gave Julia Roberts one of her greatest roles and found levity in a dark subject
In 1989, Steven Soderbergh changed the independent film business forever with sex, lies and videotape. A decade later, he conquered Hollywood. But it’s important not to yadda yadda away the years in between, when his sophomore slump (1991’s Kafka) extended to a junior slump (1993’s King of the Hill) and a senior slump (1995’s The Underneath), and he seemed lost in a wilderness of his own design. Arguments can (and should) be made for his work during this period – the Depression-era drama King of the Hill is one of his best films, and all three are varied and conceptually adventurous – but Soderbergh himself felt so discombobulated by failure that he wrote, directed, starred, edited and photographed 1996’s Schizopolis, an experimental doodle, just to give his career a hard reboot. Two years later,...
In 1989, Steven Soderbergh changed the independent film business forever with sex, lies and videotape. A decade later, he conquered Hollywood. But it’s important not to yadda yadda away the years in between, when his sophomore slump (1991’s Kafka) extended to a junior slump (1993’s King of the Hill) and a senior slump (1995’s The Underneath), and he seemed lost in a wilderness of his own design. Arguments can (and should) be made for his work during this period – the Depression-era drama King of the Hill is one of his best films, and all three are varied and conceptually adventurous – but Soderbergh himself felt so discombobulated by failure that he wrote, directed, starred, edited and photographed 1996’s Schizopolis, an experimental doodle, just to give his career a hard reboot. Two years later,...
- 3/16/2020
- by Scott Tobias
- The Guardian - Film News
The venue where the industro-metal group Code Orange intended to play a record-release show has chosen to postpone the performance, due to Covid-19, but the band has decided to go on with the show — even without an audience.
The band will livestream the performance they had planned at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Roxian Theatre via Twitch tomorrow at 9 p.m. Et. The group released their fourth LP, Underneath, Friday.
“We are going to perform — in an empty venue — the show we have been planning on presenting to you all for months on end,...
The band will livestream the performance they had planned at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Roxian Theatre via Twitch tomorrow at 9 p.m. Et. The group released their fourth LP, Underneath, Friday.
“We are going to perform — in an empty venue — the show we have been planning on presenting to you all for months on end,...
- 3/13/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
One of my own most anticipated albums of the year is Code Orange‘s Underneath, arriving this coming Friday the 13th of March. To hype this weekend’s release, the band has shared an excellent new track, “Sulfur Surrounding,” with an animated music video created by Code Orange’s own Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose streaming on the band’s YouTube channel. “‘Sulfur Surrounding’ is […]...
- 3/9/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Code Orange boasts a reconfigured lineup in their new video for “Swallowing the Rabbit Whole,” the second single off the metal band’s upcoming album Underneath.
For the first time since the band’s formation over a decade ago, founding drummer and lyricist Jami Morgan steps out from behind the drum kit to lead Code Orange through the new track.
The video opens with a man burning to death, only to wake up on a gurney. Over the course of the visual, the scorched skin heals, revealing Morgan as the victim.
For the first time since the band’s formation over a decade ago, founding drummer and lyricist Jami Morgan steps out from behind the drum kit to lead Code Orange through the new track.
The video opens with a man burning to death, only to wake up on a gurney. Over the course of the visual, the scorched skin heals, revealing Morgan as the victim.
- 2/7/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Code Orange will hit the road for a U.S. tour in support of their upcoming LP, Underneath, this spring. The group has dubbed the trek the Underneath the Skin Tour, and the support acts include Show Me the Body, Jesus Piece, Year of the Knife, and Machine Girl. Presales started today and the general on-sale date for tickets is January 24th.
The group teased its new record, due out March 13th, earlier this month with the release of a video for the song “Underneath.” The clip for the heavy...
The group teased its new record, due out March 13th, earlier this month with the release of a video for the song “Underneath.” The clip for the heavy...
- 1/21/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
When Steven Soderbergh is asked about the state of filmmaking, he often points to the American films of the ’60s and ’70s as a counterpoint to the broken state of today’s industry. “The bottom line is that at a certain period in time, from 1966 to 1976, the most successful movies were also the best movies, and that’s just not true anymore,” the director said in a 2014 interview.
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Soderbergh may complain a lot, but he’s never been passive about it. Throughout his career, he has constantly experimented with different ways to make and distribute his films by thinking outside the box and pioneering new technology. With “Logan Lucky,” Soderbergh’s finally fulfilling his plans to launch a self-distribution company capable of releasing a studio-size film, but it’s not the first ambitious effort in a career defined by risky maneuvers.
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Soderbergh may complain a lot, but he’s never been passive about it. Throughout his career, he has constantly experimented with different ways to make and distribute his films by thinking outside the box and pioneering new technology. With “Logan Lucky,” Soderbergh’s finally fulfilling his plans to launch a self-distribution company capable of releasing a studio-size film, but it’s not the first ambitious effort in a career defined by risky maneuvers.
- 8/16/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Steven Soderbergh’s directing career started with “Sex, Lies and Videotape,” a massive breakout that not only launched his career — it changed the industry of independent filmmaking in America. While struggling to find his footing after becoming a household name at age 26, Soderbergh never let himself become frozen by his early success or some preconceived notion of what his career would be. Instead, he dogmatically followed any story that piqued his interest, regardless if it was building the slick “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise or an experimental film he shot in his hometown with friends (“Schizopolis”).
He has been careful to build a career that was commercially viable so as to maximize his ability to be constantly creating and experimenting with films that were sometimes aggressively uncommercial. Along the way, he has fought to be as efficient a filmmaker as possible – constantly trying different approaches and new technology to make and...
He has been careful to build a career that was commercially viable so as to maximize his ability to be constantly creating and experimenting with films that were sometimes aggressively uncommercial. Along the way, he has fought to be as efficient a filmmaker as possible – constantly trying different approaches and new technology to make and...
- 8/14/2017
- by David Ehrlich and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Who knew being trapped in a life or death situation would prove to be a therapeutic affair for Oliver and Felicity?
That's exactly what happened on Arrow Season 5 Episode 20, and it resulted in a decent hour of this CW hit.
Having Oliver and Felicity trapped in the bunker provided some insight into how they felt about one another. Now, I don't see them getting back together anytime soon, but it brought them closer together.
I felt horrible for Felicity being rendered immobile by the Emp, but she was still thinking of ways out of the situation. Felicity has always been one of the smarter characters on the show.
I'm one of those viewers who felt like there was no way the characters would get back together again, but the flashbacks proved there were still strong feelings between the pair. I still don't see them reuniting until the end of the series.
That's exactly what happened on Arrow Season 5 Episode 20, and it resulted in a decent hour of this CW hit.
Having Oliver and Felicity trapped in the bunker provided some insight into how they felt about one another. Now, I don't see them getting back together anytime soon, but it brought them closer together.
I felt horrible for Felicity being rendered immobile by the Emp, but she was still thinking of ways out of the situation. Felicity has always been one of the smarter characters on the show.
I'm one of those viewers who felt like there was no way the characters would get back together again, but the flashbacks proved there were still strong feelings between the pair. I still don't see them reuniting until the end of the series.
- 5/4/2017
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
If the transformation is a character’s external change then the meltdown is the internal equivalent. Sometimes the most terrifying part of a horror film isn’t when the monster pops out, but when a character loses his or her grip on reality. The psychosis can begin gradually, exacerbated by stress, sickness, or an outside tormentor. Often the character begins a film in complete control of his or her mental faculties. But control is a relative term, and in a horror film, the illusion of control can be just as powerful as actual agency. The options: denial or embracement. The psychological break will come soon enough. The only question is, how broken will the person be once it does?
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Alien (1979) – Ash malfunctions
The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo has just about had it. Awakened from a cozy hypersleep to answer the worst wrong number in interstellar history, they then...
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Alien (1979) – Ash malfunctions
The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo has just about had it. Awakened from a cozy hypersleep to answer the worst wrong number in interstellar history, they then...
- 10/25/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Nightmare Alley
Written by Jules Furthman
Directed by Edmund Goulding
U.S.A., 1947
A carny cons his way up to high society through cold-reading and (un)timely circumstance. Based on that one-liner, who would you cast? If you say Tyrone Power, I’d say that my friend Stan Carlisle is on his way (The name Stan Carlisle being a con-industry handshake of sorts, informing one con-artist that he’s stepping in on another man’s con, or at least according to Eddie “The Czar of Noir” Muller’s introduction of this film at Tcmff). In Nightmare Alley, Tyrone Power, the 20th Century Fox matinee idol, plays a lowlife con man, who lies and cheats his way from a podunk carnival to becoming a spiritualist amongst the more gullible of Chicago’s upper crust. His character is also the namesake of the above con slang.
And any which way, yes, Tyrone Power...
Written by Jules Furthman
Directed by Edmund Goulding
U.S.A., 1947
A carny cons his way up to high society through cold-reading and (un)timely circumstance. Based on that one-liner, who would you cast? If you say Tyrone Power, I’d say that my friend Stan Carlisle is on his way (The name Stan Carlisle being a con-industry handshake of sorts, informing one con-artist that he’s stepping in on another man’s con, or at least according to Eddie “The Czar of Noir” Muller’s introduction of this film at Tcmff). In Nightmare Alley, Tyrone Power, the 20th Century Fox matinee idol, plays a lowlife con man, who lies and cheats his way from a podunk carnival to becoming a spiritualist amongst the more gullible of Chicago’s upper crust. His character is also the namesake of the above con slang.
And any which way, yes, Tyrone Power...
- 4/17/2015
- by Diana Drumm
- SoundOnSight
Steven Soderbergh is nothing if not candid. And self-critical. But unless you're a longtime fan you may not have heard the always-frank filmmaker essentially throw himself underneath the bus for Universal/Gramercy Picture’s 1995 crime film, "The Underneath” starring Peter Gallagher, William Fichtner, Elisabeth Shue and Alison Elliott. A remake of 1949's noir "Criss Cross," the film came at a critical time in the filmmaker's development and a tumultuous one in his life. He had started his career with the Palme d'Or breakthrough "Sex Lies & Videotape," a film that essentially jumpstarted the American indie film scene ("it's all downhill from here,” he quipped during his acceptance speech), but his subsequent efforts didn't connect with audiences. And moreover Soderbergh seemed dissatisfied with each to some degree or another. By the time his fourth feature "The Underneath" was ready to roll before cameras, the filmmaker, who was also suffering through a crumbling marriage,...
- 3/11/2014
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"Gravity"
What's It About? A routine space walk goes horribly awry when space debris smashes into the shuttle, leaving a medical engineer (Sandra Bullock) and an astronaut (George Clooney) a mere 90 minutes to make it to the International Space Station.
Why We're In: Even though you won't be getting the whole IMAX 3D experience of being alone in space with Sandy Bullock, you'll still feel crazy anxious about the fate of her character. Plus, Alfonso Cuarón and his crew have snagged tons of awards and Oscar nominations for this sci-fi chiller.
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"Tess" (Criterion)
What's It About? Roman Polanski's take on Thomas Hardy's classic novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" is a Victorian drama about a lower class peasant (Nastassja Kinski) who runs into all sorts of trouble when her father discovers...
"Gravity"
What's It About? A routine space walk goes horribly awry when space debris smashes into the shuttle, leaving a medical engineer (Sandra Bullock) and an astronaut (George Clooney) a mere 90 minutes to make it to the International Space Station.
Why We're In: Even though you won't be getting the whole IMAX 3D experience of being alone in space with Sandy Bullock, you'll still feel crazy anxious about the fate of her character. Plus, Alfonso Cuarón and his crew have snagged tons of awards and Oscar nominations for this sci-fi chiller.
Exclusive: Go behind-the-scenes on "Gravity" (Video)
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Tess" (Criterion)
What's It About? Roman Polanski's take on Thomas Hardy's classic novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" is a Victorian drama about a lower class peasant (Nastassja Kinski) who runs into all sorts of trouble when her father discovers...
- 2/25/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
After a pair of edgy indies and a Palme d’Or to boot, Steven Soderbergh was given his first opportunity to bed down with the studio system and take advantage of the much deeper pockets that such an opportunity affords, but no one expected that under the watch of Universal the young auteur would make the polished and saccharine King of the Hill his first project. Adapted from A. E. Hotchner’s depression era memoir of the same title in which a preadolescent boy named Aaron is faced with the harsh realities of true poverty, Soderbergh’s first studio effort remains a wholesome oddity within a filmography that seems increasingly chameleonic, but rarely sentimental. After the subversion of Sex, Lies, and Videotape and the experimentalism of the bio-pic Kafka, the chances that his next film would boast the fluffiness of a made for TV afternoon special about how hard it...
- 2/25/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Steven Soderbergh followed The Underneath, a superb neo-noir that expertly uses widescreen framing and color photography to its full potential, with Schizopolis, a film motivated by his feelings of artistic impotence. This concept is somewhat surprising, as The Underneath is one of his best films, one of the best neo-noirs from the nineties, and one of Soderbergh’s more underrated works. Schizopolis is more well-known and seen (thanks to Criterion) but unfortunately, it is a stale work that only exists for the director’s edification. After Schizopolis, Soderbergh reportedly felt rejuvenated and made Out of Sight, which ended his commercial slump so we can all thank this experimental film for Soderbergh’s commercial and artistic turning point. However, this exercise is far more interesting to think and write than it is to watch. Schizopolis is ultimately more interesting in the abstract than it is in reality
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- 12/6/2013
- by Cody Lang
- SoundOnSight
Following the release of Sex, Lies, and Videotape in 1989, Steven Soderbergh was poised for stardom as the darling of the indie scene. He sat at the head table in a push to change the face of cinema. Unlike contemporaries like Tarantino, his predicted rise didn’t happen right away. He followed the popular debut with Kafka and King of the Hill, and neither came close to earning a significant return. The talent was there, but Soderbergh needed more than critical praise to keep his career intact. His next step was 1995’s The Underneath, a low-key noir film that didn’t change his perception as a director with limited appeal. Despite a convincing lead performance from Peter Gallagher, it earned just over $500,000 on a more than $6 million budget. Was Soderbergh doomed to slip completely off the map? Despite the lack of financial rewards, this movie contains the elements that served him well several years later.
- 11/29/2013
- by Dan Heaton
- SoundOnSight
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 25, 2014
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jesse Bradford is King of the Hill.
The 1993 drama King of the Hill represented the first Hollywood studio production for Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a few years earlier.
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent (Bring It On’s Jesse Bradford) who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips.
An evocative period piece about growing up, the film is faithfully adapted from the memoir by the novelist A. E. Hotchner. Among the ever versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films, it features a strong supporting cast that includes...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jesse Bradford is King of the Hill.
The 1993 drama King of the Hill represented the first Hollywood studio production for Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a few years earlier.
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, King of the Hill follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent (Bring It On’s Jesse Bradford) who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father’s long business trips.
An evocative period piece about growing up, the film is faithfully adapted from the memoir by the novelist A. E. Hotchner. Among the ever versatile Soderbergh’s most touching and surprising films, it features a strong supporting cast that includes...
- 11/20/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Read our appreciation of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven here.
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“How old do you think I am?”
Ocean’s Twelve has a reputation that will always precede it; some have called it an anti-sequel, and publications like Entertainment Weekly have dubbed it one of the worst sequels of all time. Though both reactions are, perhaps, understandable, neither is remotely accurate. Ocean’s Twelve is an inherently self-aware sequel, possibly the most self-aware follow-up in modern history. What Steven Soderbergh, screenwriter George Nolfi (whose original script, Honor Among Thieves, was completely unrelated to Ocean’s Eleven and was sold initially before that remake had been released), and the slightly larger-than-before ensemble cast did was make a sequel to a critically and commercially lauded caper film that was wholly cognizant of the fact that it was a sequel to a critically and commercially lauded caper film. Ocean’s Twelve toys with audience expectations,...
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“How old do you think I am?”
Ocean’s Twelve has a reputation that will always precede it; some have called it an anti-sequel, and publications like Entertainment Weekly have dubbed it one of the worst sequels of all time. Though both reactions are, perhaps, understandable, neither is remotely accurate. Ocean’s Twelve is an inherently self-aware sequel, possibly the most self-aware follow-up in modern history. What Steven Soderbergh, screenwriter George Nolfi (whose original script, Honor Among Thieves, was completely unrelated to Ocean’s Eleven and was sold initially before that remake had been released), and the slightly larger-than-before ensemble cast did was make a sequel to a critically and commercially lauded caper film that was wholly cognizant of the fact that it was a sequel to a critically and commercially lauded caper film. Ocean’s Twelve toys with audience expectations,...
- 11/15/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
The Good German
Written by Paul Attanasio
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
USA, 2006
During the mid-2000s, between his exercise in low-budget filmmaking and new modes of exhibition with Bubble, and his big-budget ensemble Ocean’s Thirteen, Steven Soderbergh made a mid-budget return to 1940s style with The Good German.
Announcing the unambiguous Casablanca reference with a mimicking poster, Soderbergh’s black-and-white film is full of classic Hollywood soft-lighting and sinister wartime figures.
The Good German fits squarely alongside two previous Soderbergh efforts in its near-revisionist status: Underneath and Solaris, which are both bold takes on classic source material. Underneath reworks Robert Siodmak’s Criss Cross into a color-gelled suburban world. Solaris is a re-adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 novel, moving the film closer to a relationship drama than Andrei Tarkovsky’s famous 1972 adaptation was.
These two films point toward Soderbergh’s willingness to take on and reimagine classic tropes. Though...
Written by Paul Attanasio
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
USA, 2006
During the mid-2000s, between his exercise in low-budget filmmaking and new modes of exhibition with Bubble, and his big-budget ensemble Ocean’s Thirteen, Steven Soderbergh made a mid-budget return to 1940s style with The Good German.
Announcing the unambiguous Casablanca reference with a mimicking poster, Soderbergh’s black-and-white film is full of classic Hollywood soft-lighting and sinister wartime figures.
The Good German fits squarely alongside two previous Soderbergh efforts in its near-revisionist status: Underneath and Solaris, which are both bold takes on classic source material. Underneath reworks Robert Siodmak’s Criss Cross into a color-gelled suburban world. Solaris is a re-adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 novel, moving the film closer to a relationship drama than Andrei Tarkovsky’s famous 1972 adaptation was.
These two films point toward Soderbergh’s willingness to take on and reimagine classic tropes. Though...
- 11/12/2013
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – Over a hundred films in and Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects” is still one of my favorite flicks of 2013. In fact, I’d say it’s the first great movie of the year released on Blu-ray and DVD. It underperformed at the box office but the star power on its cover is likely to make it a hit on the home market. Renters or buyers will be pleasantly surprised by a rewarding thriller from one our best working filmmakers.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Well, maybe we can’t call him that any more. Steven Soderbergh has said that “Side Effects” will be his last theatrical film (and HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra” his last film, period). While I find it hard to believe that someone this talented is simply going to put his camera away (and stories about Soderbergh producing and directing an upcoming TV series make the “retirement” feel even less...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Well, maybe we can’t call him that any more. Steven Soderbergh has said that “Side Effects” will be his last theatrical film (and HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra” his last film, period). While I find it hard to believe that someone this talented is simply going to put his camera away (and stories about Soderbergh producing and directing an upcoming TV series make the “retirement” feel even less...
- 5/29/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Mad Men" has gone from a subtle, slow-burning series to a hit-you-over-the-head drama (that's still pretty slow) this season, but no parallel is more blatantly obvious than Peggy Olson's (Elisabeth Moss) transformation into her old boss and mentor Don Draper (Jon Hamm).
Before Season 6 debuted, Moss told The Huffington Post that Don's "the only example that she's ever had of a boss -- that's her mentor. That’s who she's looked up to, so she thinks that's what you're supposed to do and she thinks that's how you're supposed to manage." She added, "I'm interested for the audience to see whether or not that works for her, because she's not Don. She has much more heart, and that's what makes her better than Don honestly, and that's what Don actually loves about her."
But this week's episode, "To Have and to Hold," found the former confidants going head-to-head for the...
Before Season 6 debuted, Moss told The Huffington Post that Don's "the only example that she's ever had of a boss -- that's her mentor. That’s who she's looked up to, so she thinks that's what you're supposed to do and she thinks that's how you're supposed to manage." She added, "I'm interested for the audience to see whether or not that works for her, because she's not Don. She has much more heart, and that's what makes her better than Don honestly, and that's what Don actually loves about her."
But this week's episode, "To Have and to Hold," found the former confidants going head-to-head for the...
- 4/23/2013
- by Maggie Furlong
- Huffington Post
CSI doesn’t shake things up too often, which could be why it’s currently in its 13th successful season.
But diehard fans will notice a difference right from the start of tonight’s episode, “Dead of the Class.”
For a change, Assistant Coroner Dr. David Phillips (played by David Berman) steps out of the lab and is front and center when a murder takes place at the high school reunion he reluctantly attends.
There are also other unexpected moments, as Berman teases in the following Q&A, including meeting his character's significant other for the first time. Read on for key excerpts...
TV Fanatic: There are some fun moments right from the start of this episode but how did the story come about? It’s definitely something a lot of us can relate to.
David Berman: I actually went to my high school reunion last spring and I really didn't want to go,...
But diehard fans will notice a difference right from the start of tonight’s episode, “Dead of the Class.”
For a change, Assistant Coroner Dr. David Phillips (played by David Berman) steps out of the lab and is front and center when a murder takes place at the high school reunion he reluctantly attends.
There are also other unexpected moments, as Berman teases in the following Q&A, including meeting his character's significant other for the first time. Read on for key excerpts...
TV Fanatic: There are some fun moments right from the start of this episode but how did the story come about? It’s definitely something a lot of us can relate to.
David Berman: I actually went to my high school reunion last spring and I really didn't want to go,...
- 3/20/2013
- by jimhalterman@gmail.com (Jim Halterman)
- TVfanatic
Steven Soderbergh became the poster child for new American independent cinema in the 90′s, after winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his debut feature Sex, Lies, & Videotape. Soderbergh spent the better part of the ensuing decade, directing small idiosyncratic films, and often wearing many hats including producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. Eventually the director entered into a period that saw him make commercially satisfying films; most notably Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich and Traffic, the latter of which earned him an Oscar for Best Director. Despite his box office success, Steven Sodberergh continued to experiment with such films as the ensemble piece Full Frontal, the smart and ambiguous Solaris, the low-budget Bubble and the four hour long epic, Che. There are very few filmmakers who are able to keep their feet firmly planted in the commercial world, while conserving their independent spirit. With his last...
- 2/10/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – Steven Soderbergh has given interviews in which he claims that his latest film, the fantastic “Side Effects,” will be his last. As much as I have my doubts that this is true, it makes more sense after viewing the thriller starring Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Channing Tatum. It plays like a proof of the auteur theory; like a “Greatest Hits” of Soderbergh’s career.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
With elements that remind one of “Contagion,” “”Sex, Lies, & Videotape,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” “The Underneath,” and much more, it is a testament to the man’s incredible ability that he can blend all of these different styles and creative visions into one highly-entertaining piece of work. “Side Effects” not only draws on Soderbergh’s career but has conscious echoes of Roman Polanski, Brian De Palma, and Alfred Hitchcock as well. I hope it’s not one of the modern era’s...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
With elements that remind one of “Contagion,” “”Sex, Lies, & Videotape,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” “The Underneath,” and much more, it is a testament to the man’s incredible ability that he can blend all of these different styles and creative visions into one highly-entertaining piece of work. “Side Effects” not only draws on Soderbergh’s career but has conscious echoes of Roman Polanski, Brian De Palma, and Alfred Hitchcock as well. I hope it’s not one of the modern era’s...
- 2/7/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
How I Met Your Mother welcomes back an old friend when True Blood star Joe Manganiello returns as Brad in the Nov. 19 episode (CBS, 8/7c). But the following sneak peek suggests that Marshall’s law-school pal, who’s packed on some pounds and gone scraggly, has not been doing so well.
(Don’t worry, folks; Manganiello’s only sporting a fake gut. Underneath, those washboard abs are still laundry-ready.)
Related | How I Met Your Mother Gets Schooled by Covert Affairs‘ Peter Gallagher
To help him out, Marshall sets him up with an interview for a gig at his firm, but the meeting goes awry.
(Don’t worry, folks; Manganiello’s only sporting a fake gut. Underneath, those washboard abs are still laundry-ready.)
Related | How I Met Your Mother Gets Schooled by Covert Affairs‘ Peter Gallagher
To help him out, Marshall sets him up with an interview for a gig at his firm, but the meeting goes awry.
- 11/7/2012
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
This is a reprint of of our review from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
It hasn't been a good one for the disaffected on the Croisette today. Lars Von Trier kicked things off with his Earth-destroying examination of the depths of depression in "Melancholia," and this afternoon, Joachim Trier unveiled his sophomore feature film "Oslo, August 31st." Delivered with more nuance than Von Trier, containing the sensitivity missed in that provocateur's film and powered by a strong lead performance by Anders Danielsen Lie, who is nearly every frame, "Oslo, August 31st" still succumbs to a romantically tragic conclusion that can't help but feel a little cliche.
Based very loosely on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s “Le feu follet” (which Louis Malle sourced for his 1963 film of the same name) the film opens with a gorgeous, elegiac montage of scenes from Oslo, with a voice over poetically describing the memories and moments...
It hasn't been a good one for the disaffected on the Croisette today. Lars Von Trier kicked things off with his Earth-destroying examination of the depths of depression in "Melancholia," and this afternoon, Joachim Trier unveiled his sophomore feature film "Oslo, August 31st." Delivered with more nuance than Von Trier, containing the sensitivity missed in that provocateur's film and powered by a strong lead performance by Anders Danielsen Lie, who is nearly every frame, "Oslo, August 31st" still succumbs to a romantically tragic conclusion that can't help but feel a little cliche.
Based very loosely on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s “Le feu follet” (which Louis Malle sourced for his 1963 film of the same name) the film opens with a gorgeous, elegiac montage of scenes from Oslo, with a voice over poetically describing the memories and moments...
- 5/23/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Steven Soderbergh has been a prolific filmmaker, cranking out a movie every year or two (and sometimes twice a year) since Sex, Lies, and Videotape propelled him to fame in 1989. Always willing to venture into new genres, Soderbergh tried his hand at film noir with his fourth feature, The Underneath.
Released in 1995 and shot in Austin, The Underneath (also known as Underneath) is a remake of Criss Cross, a 1949 thriller based on Don Tracy's 1934 novel of the same title. The story is classic (some would say clichéd) noir, a grim tale of how addiction, lust, jealousy and greed can inspire evil acts, compelling desperate people to take desperate measures.
The film centers on gambling addict Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher), who returns home to Austin for his mother's wedding. Michael had left town abruptly years earlier to escape his gambling debts, leaving his wife, Rachel (Alison Elliott), to deal with the mess her husband created.
Released in 1995 and shot in Austin, The Underneath (also known as Underneath) is a remake of Criss Cross, a 1949 thriller based on Don Tracy's 1934 novel of the same title. The story is classic (some would say clichéd) noir, a grim tale of how addiction, lust, jealousy and greed can inspire evil acts, compelling desperate people to take desperate measures.
The film centers on gambling addict Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher), who returns home to Austin for his mother's wedding. Michael had left town abruptly years earlier to escape his gambling debts, leaving his wife, Rachel (Alison Elliott), to deal with the mess her husband created.
- 5/16/2012
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
Don't read on unless you've seen "Lady Lazarus," Sunday's Season 5 episode of "Mad Men."
A strange sense of anti-climax pervaded this episode, which felt like a bridge between earlier events and themes and what's to come. I couldn't help but feel during the entire hour that a big explosion or a major event was on its way, but it ended with Don merely picking up the needle on a Beatles record and walking out of an empty room.
Emptiness, missed connections, lies and not getting what you want -- those were the recurring ideas, but overriding all that was the sense that someone was going to die or something terrible was going to happen. But nothing did (unless we saw Don begin to truly fall out of love with Megan?). It was all pretty ambiguous, and I spent much of the hour waiting for a confrontation that never came.
Not surprisingly,...
A strange sense of anti-climax pervaded this episode, which felt like a bridge between earlier events and themes and what's to come. I couldn't help but feel during the entire hour that a big explosion or a major event was on its way, but it ended with Don merely picking up the needle on a Beatles record and walking out of an empty room.
Emptiness, missed connections, lies and not getting what you want -- those were the recurring ideas, but overriding all that was the sense that someone was going to die or something terrible was going to happen. But nothing did (unless we saw Don begin to truly fall out of love with Megan?). It was all pretty ambiguous, and I spent much of the hour waiting for a confrontation that never came.
Not surprisingly,...
- 5/7/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Aol TV.
Don't read on unless you've seen Season 5, Episode 8 of "Mad Men," entitled "Lady Lazarus."
A strange sense of anti-climax pervaded this episode, which felt like a bridge between earlier events and themes and what's to come. I couldn't help but feel during the entire hour that a big explosion or a major event was on its way, but it ended with Don merely picking up the needle on a Beatles record and walking out of an empty room.
Emptiness, missed connections, lies and not getting what you want -- those were the recurring ideas, but overriding all that was the sense that someone was going to die or something terrible was going to happen. But nothing did. (Unless we saw Don begin to truly fall out of love with Megan?) It was all pretty ambiguous, and I spent much of the hour waiting for a confrontation that never came.
Not surprisingly,...
A strange sense of anti-climax pervaded this episode, which felt like a bridge between earlier events and themes and what's to come. I couldn't help but feel during the entire hour that a big explosion or a major event was on its way, but it ended with Don merely picking up the needle on a Beatles record and walking out of an empty room.
Emptiness, missed connections, lies and not getting what you want -- those were the recurring ideas, but overriding all that was the sense that someone was going to die or something terrible was going to happen. But nothing did. (Unless we saw Don begin to truly fall out of love with Megan?) It was all pretty ambiguous, and I spent much of the hour waiting for a confrontation that never came.
Not surprisingly,...
- 5/7/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Aol TV.
With remakes of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940) and Suspicion (1941) on the way, it seems that Hollywood is once again intent on plundering the iconic director’s filmography.
Purists will cry foul but maybe it is not such a bad idea to revisit some of Hitch’s back catalogue, if done right. However, as history has shown, Hollywood tends to get Hitch wrong. Among the bad Hitchcock remakes are Gus Van Sant’s pointless carbon copy of Psycho (1998) and the critically maligned Dial M for Murder (1954) remake, A Perfect Murder (1998). Not to mention the films that are directly influenced by Hitchcock, or in most cases just rip him off. To this list you can add Charade (1963), Basic Instinct (1992), Disturbia (2007) and almost all of Brian De Palma’s early psychological thrillers.
Nonetheless there is a case for remakes in general. After all, a bad movie will be bad no matter if it...
Purists will cry foul but maybe it is not such a bad idea to revisit some of Hitch’s back catalogue, if done right. However, as history has shown, Hollywood tends to get Hitch wrong. Among the bad Hitchcock remakes are Gus Van Sant’s pointless carbon copy of Psycho (1998) and the critically maligned Dial M for Murder (1954) remake, A Perfect Murder (1998). Not to mention the films that are directly influenced by Hitchcock, or in most cases just rip him off. To this list you can add Charade (1963), Basic Instinct (1992), Disturbia (2007) and almost all of Brian De Palma’s early psychological thrillers.
Nonetheless there is a case for remakes in general. After all, a bad movie will be bad no matter if it...
- 3/15/2012
- Shadowlocked
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that this year’s “Secret Screening” at AFI Fest presented by Audi will be the debut of Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh’s highly anticipated new film Haywire, starring Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and introducing mixed martial arts (Mma) star Gina Carano in a demanding lead role that has her performing her own high-adrenaline stunts. AFI Fest will roll out the People’s Red Carpet prior to the screening Tonight (November 6) at 9:30 p.m. where all guests can walk the carpet and pose for photos.
A dynamic action-thriller, Haywire tells the story of Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone...
A dynamic action-thriller, Haywire tells the story of Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone...
- 11/6/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Star was 'responsible for ushering in a bold and brazen era of sexually explicit horror films in the 1970s'
Ingrid Pitt, Hammer horror's favourite heroine, has died aged 73 in south London. The Polish-born actor, right, who survived imprisonment in a concentration camp during the second world war, found fame as the blood-splattered, often blouseless star of films such as Countess Dracula, and The Vampire Lovers.
She relished being cast as predatory baddies, rather than innocent victims. Film historian Marcus Hearn, said: "She was partly responsible for ushering in a bold and brazen era of sexually explicit horror films in the 1970s, but that should not denigrate her abilities."
Steven Soderbergh gave her a late career boost when he cast her as a sinister aunt in his 1995 noir The Underneath. She also won fans as an author with an autobiography, Life's a Scream, and three volumes of horror trivia, including 2000's...
Ingrid Pitt, Hammer horror's favourite heroine, has died aged 73 in south London. The Polish-born actor, right, who survived imprisonment in a concentration camp during the second world war, found fame as the blood-splattered, often blouseless star of films such as Countess Dracula, and The Vampire Lovers.
She relished being cast as predatory baddies, rather than innocent victims. Film historian Marcus Hearn, said: "She was partly responsible for ushering in a bold and brazen era of sexually explicit horror films in the 1970s, but that should not denigrate her abilities."
Steven Soderbergh gave her a late career boost when he cast her as a sinister aunt in his 1995 noir The Underneath. She also won fans as an author with an autobiography, Life's a Scream, and three volumes of horror trivia, including 2000's...
- 11/24/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Head to Austin, Texas, home of Tarantino's film festival, Mumblecore – and possibly the best cinema chain in the world
A real indie movie holiday would consist of holing yourself up in your bedroom and sulking about how no one understands you/cares if you live or die/follows you on Twitter/accepts your eBay bids for obscure Pixies EPs, etc – so give yourself a break. But where? America, obviously. Duh! But where in America? California? That's not indie, that's the domain of The Man. New York? Yawn. Portland, Oregon? That's more like it – Gus Van Sant-land. Oh, but wait, now they've made the Twilight movies there. The weather also sucks. The bedroom it is, then.
No wait! The indie destination you seek does exist. It's Austin, Texas.
Why Austin? Well there's the films, for a start. Starting with that meandering paean to aimlessness that is Richard Linklater's Slacker.
A real indie movie holiday would consist of holing yourself up in your bedroom and sulking about how no one understands you/cares if you live or die/follows you on Twitter/accepts your eBay bids for obscure Pixies EPs, etc – so give yourself a break. But where? America, obviously. Duh! But where in America? California? That's not indie, that's the domain of The Man. New York? Yawn. Portland, Oregon? That's more like it – Gus Van Sant-land. Oh, but wait, now they've made the Twilight movies there. The weather also sucks. The bedroom it is, then.
No wait! The indie destination you seek does exist. It's Austin, Texas.
Why Austin? Well there's the films, for a start. Starting with that meandering paean to aimlessness that is Richard Linklater's Slacker.
- 10/8/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
"When I say that this is the most important motion picture you will ever attend my motivation is not financial gain but a firm belief that the delicate fabric that holds all of us together will be ripped apart unless every man, woman, and child in this country sees this film and pays full ticket price, not some bargain, matinee, cut rate deal...In the event that you find certain sequences or ideas confusing, please bear in mind that this is your fault, not ours. You will need to see the picture again and again until you understand everything."-Steven Soderbergh in Schizopolis
Shortly after Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) debuted at Cannes in 1989, a few critics compared Soderbergh's accomplishment with that of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941) nearly fifty years earlier. Here was another film, written and directed by a twenty-five year old (Greatness at before thirty?...
Shortly after Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) debuted at Cannes in 1989, a few critics compared Soderbergh's accomplishment with that of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941) nearly fifty years earlier. Here was another film, written and directed by a twenty-five year old (Greatness at before thirty?...
- 8/24/2010
- by Drew Morton
You haven't seen Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale? Then you haven't dipped a toe into the motliest crew on record
The other day I finally got a chance to see Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale, a documentary I'd been meaning to get to for some time. Chronicling the adventures of assorted young Iranians who sell their kidneys to buy a taxi, or finance their education, or pay off debts, Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale is not the kind of movie that is readily available at most local video stores. But it is available – free – in the movie section at YouTube. So is a lot of other stuff.
Mostly when I visit YouTube it is to watch cats falling off chairs, parodies of Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker or sportscasters being tormented by stalking sock puppets. But it was recently pointed out to me that YouTube also has a section that is...
The other day I finally got a chance to see Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale, a documentary I'd been meaning to get to for some time. Chronicling the adventures of assorted young Iranians who sell their kidneys to buy a taxi, or finance their education, or pay off debts, Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale is not the kind of movie that is readily available at most local video stores. But it is available – free – in the movie section at YouTube. So is a lot of other stuff.
Mostly when I visit YouTube it is to watch cats falling off chairs, parodies of Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker or sportscasters being tormented by stalking sock puppets. But it was recently pointed out to me that YouTube also has a section that is...
- 1/14/2010
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor Steve Zahn.
Steve Zahn Moves Up The Ladder In Management
By
Alex Simon
Steve Zahn has become one of his generation of actors’ great chameleons. Zahn’s filmography features roles as diverse as goofball stoners, cocky musicians and one very brave fighter pilot struggling for survival in a North Vietnamese prison camp.
It all started November 13, 1967 in Marshall, Minnesota when Zahn was born to a Lutheran minister and his wife. After being bitten by the acting bug in his Minneapolis high school, Zahn spent one abortive semester at local Gustavus-Adolphus College, before crashing the audition of a professional production of Biloxi Blues at the urging of his acting coach. Zahn, a non-pro at the time, was cast in the lead, and as the famous blues song goes, “the train kept-a-rollin’” from there, including graduation from Harvard’s prestigious American Repertory Theater program several years later. After honing his craft on stage in New York,...
Steve Zahn Moves Up The Ladder In Management
By
Alex Simon
Steve Zahn has become one of his generation of actors’ great chameleons. Zahn’s filmography features roles as diverse as goofball stoners, cocky musicians and one very brave fighter pilot struggling for survival in a North Vietnamese prison camp.
It all started November 13, 1967 in Marshall, Minnesota when Zahn was born to a Lutheran minister and his wife. After being bitten by the acting bug in his Minneapolis high school, Zahn spent one abortive semester at local Gustavus-Adolphus College, before crashing the audition of a professional production of Biloxi Blues at the urging of his acting coach. Zahn, a non-pro at the time, was cast in the lead, and as the famous blues song goes, “the train kept-a-rollin’” from there, including graduation from Harvard’s prestigious American Repertory Theater program several years later. After honing his craft on stage in New York,...
- 5/16/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
"I've built my career on being an asshole," asserts Steve Coogan. "And if you're happy being an asshole, it's freeing. You end up quite cool." "The end run to coolness," quips Elisabeth Shue. Coogan and Shue are successful actors, and so, despite their lighthearted banter, they know about the vagaries of acting and the pain of rejection. Shue admits, "Being an actress is extremely humiliating." Shue and Coogan co-star in filmmaker Andrew Fleming's Hamlet 2, released next week nationwide, so these are topics close to their hearts. Indeed, most actors can find something to identify with in the film. Part satire, part valentine, Hamlet 2 recounts the comic misadventures of Dana Marschz (Coogan), failed-actor-turned-high school drama teacher who transforms his "high risk" students into the hot musical-theatre cast of a singing, dancing, politically incorrect sequel to Shakespeare's tale. Dana is the ultimate nerd-loser: earnest, determined, and relentlessly talent-free. On the bright side,...
- 8/22/2008
- by Simi Horwitz
- backstage.com
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