First Cow director Kelly Reichardt with Orion Lee, John Magaro and Film at Lincoln Center Director of Programing Dennis Lim Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Two free events have been added to the 57th New York Film Festival - a tribute to producer Ben Barenholtz who died on June 26, 2019, with Eamonn Bowles, Ethan Coen, and John Turturro, moderated by Annette Insdorf; and a screening of Lynne Ramsay’s Brigitte, commissioned by Miu Miu, followed by a Q&a with Ramsay and Brigitte Lacombe.
The Irishman, Joker and The Wolf of Wall Street producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff with Jane Rosenthal, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Free conversations with Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne on Young Ahmed; Nadav Lapid on Synonyms; producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff and David Hinojosa; Ric Burns (Oliver Sacks: His Own Life), Tania Cypriano (Born To Be), Ivy Meeropol (Bully.
Two free events have been added to the 57th New York Film Festival - a tribute to producer Ben Barenholtz who died on June 26, 2019, with Eamonn Bowles, Ethan Coen, and John Turturro, moderated by Annette Insdorf; and a screening of Lynne Ramsay’s Brigitte, commissioned by Miu Miu, followed by a Q&a with Ramsay and Brigitte Lacombe.
The Irishman, Joker and The Wolf of Wall Street producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff with Jane Rosenthal, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Free conversations with Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne on Young Ahmed; Nadav Lapid on Synonyms; producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff and David Hinojosa; Ric Burns (Oliver Sacks: His Own Life), Tania Cypriano (Born To Be), Ivy Meeropol (Bully.
- 9/28/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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We pick from over 200 episodes of CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother to select the 10 funniest...
When How I Met Your Mother came to a final close almost two years ago, it’s fair to say opinion was divided on the ultimate resolution to Ted Mosby’s nine year, epic romance. Some viewers felt a tad cheated that creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas pulled what was seen as a ‘cop out’ ending. Personally, I didn’t hate the final episode but that doesn't mean it's going to be on this list either.
How I Met Your Mother amassed a total of 208 episodes and this list is devoted to its 10 finest transmissions. Like any show that runs for so long, there were the expected dips in quality over How I Met Your Mother's life span. When whittling down choices, not a single episode of the...
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We pick from over 200 episodes of CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother to select the 10 funniest...
When How I Met Your Mother came to a final close almost two years ago, it’s fair to say opinion was divided on the ultimate resolution to Ted Mosby’s nine year, epic romance. Some viewers felt a tad cheated that creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas pulled what was seen as a ‘cop out’ ending. Personally, I didn’t hate the final episode but that doesn't mean it's going to be on this list either.
How I Met Your Mother amassed a total of 208 episodes and this list is devoted to its 10 finest transmissions. Like any show that runs for so long, there were the expected dips in quality over How I Met Your Mother's life span. When whittling down choices, not a single episode of the...
- 3/13/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Ted Mosby has dated a lot of women on How I Met Your Mother. We wouldn't call him a "slut" exactly, nor would we describe his dates as "random skanks," but the architect has certainly had more than his fair share of Mrs. Right Nows along his journey to find Mrs. Right. Some of them were guest stars, some of them were series regulars, and some of them didn't even have names (sorry, Blah Blah). But rich or poor, blonde or brunette, one thing united them: They all fell under Mosby's strange spell.
And now is the time, in the...
And now is the time, in the...
- 3/31/2014
- by Nate Jones
- People.com - TV Watch
Winter is coming? It feels like it never left. Perhaps the chill in the air is lingering for the season 4 premiere of Game of Thrones, airing April 6. Or maybe it’s sticking around to give us an excuse to check out all of this week’s big TV finales and premieres, like How I Met Your Mother and Inside Amy Schumer.
Either way, here are the excellent reasons to continue hibernating over the next seven days:
Sunday 3/30
Call the Midwife, 8 p.m., PBS
This underrated period drama following midwives in 1950s London delivers its third season.
Monday 3/31
How I Met Your Mother,...
Either way, here are the excellent reasons to continue hibernating over the next seven days:
Sunday 3/30
Call the Midwife, 8 p.m., PBS
This underrated period drama following midwives in 1950s London delivers its third season.
Monday 3/31
How I Met Your Mother,...
- 3/30/2014
- by Amber Ray
- EW.com - PopWatch
A question like ‘What’s your favorite episode of How I Met Your Mother?’ can prompt dozens of possible answers. Some fans like the humor of “Slap Bet;” some like the emotion of “Last Words;” some think the the show has never been better than when it introduced “The Naked Man” (two out of three times!). And, well, some are still waiting for that magical moment when Ted finally (finally!) meets the Mother.
So when EW’s Himym superfans set out to rank our Top 50 episodes, we knew the task wouldn’t be easy. First, we went through the entire show,...
So when EW’s Himym superfans set out to rank our Top 50 episodes, we knew the task wouldn’t be easy. First, we went through the entire show,...
- 3/28/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
How I Met Your Mother is known for many things: A sweet love story, a surprisingly heavy mythology for a comedy, an episode structure that gives fans one tiny morsel of information about twice a year, etc.
But one of the most enjoyable aspects about the long-running comedy is its ability to coin catchphrases that speak to some real issues in the modern world. I mean, how would we solve disputes without Slap Bets? (Relax. Rhetorical question. You shouldn’t slap people in the face.)
Below are 11 of our favorite phrases the show has introduced over its nine seasons. Which...
But one of the most enjoyable aspects about the long-running comedy is its ability to coin catchphrases that speak to some real issues in the modern world. I mean, how would we solve disputes without Slap Bets? (Relax. Rhetorical question. You shouldn’t slap people in the face.)
Below are 11 of our favorite phrases the show has introduced over its nine seasons. Which...
- 3/28/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
‘How I Met Your Mother”s long-awaited 200th episode was heartwarming, funny, and a very nice gift for diehard fans of the long-running series. It also proved that after nine years of anticipation, Cristin Milioti’s Mother is, in fact, the woman we’ve all been waiting for.
Nine years of build-up made the Jan. 27 200th episode of How I Met Your Mother, “How Your Mother Met Me,” a pivotal moment for the series. After nine seasons and fifteen episodes of Ted (Josh Radnor) telling the most long-winded story in television history, we finally got an episode from the infamous Mother’s (Cristin Milioti) perspective — and they nailed it.
‘Himym’: 200th Episode Finally Proved That The Mother Is Perfect For Ted
So much happened during “How Your Mother Met Me,” an episode that began in September of 2005 and concluded in present-day — you know, that pivotal day when Ted and...
Nine years of build-up made the Jan. 27 200th episode of How I Met Your Mother, “How Your Mother Met Me,” a pivotal moment for the series. After nine seasons and fifteen episodes of Ted (Josh Radnor) telling the most long-winded story in television history, we finally got an episode from the infamous Mother’s (Cristin Milioti) perspective — and they nailed it.
‘Himym’: 200th Episode Finally Proved That The Mother Is Perfect For Ted
So much happened during “How Your Mother Met Me,” an episode that began in September of 2005 and concluded in present-day — you know, that pivotal day when Ted and...
- 1/28/2014
- by Shaunna Murphy
- HollywoodLife
How I Met Your Mother Season 9, Episode 16 “How Your Mother Met Me”
Written by Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Directed by Pamela Fryman
Airs Monday at 8pm Et on CBS
At some point in our adult lives, we all face something we can’t let go. An ill-fated relationship, a traumatic experience, a regrettable decision… whatever it may be, it burns itself into our subconscious, an idea or a feeling that exists perpetually in the backgrounds of our lives – and it holds us back for a long, long time. The ninth season of How I Met Your Mother – particularly the last few episodes – have delved into this idea, presenting its cast of characters as a bitter, resentful group unable to enjoy one of the best (and thanks to the show’s narrative hindsight, most significant) weekend of their lives. Ted won’t give up on Robin, Marshall finally expresses the resentment...
Written by Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Directed by Pamela Fryman
Airs Monday at 8pm Et on CBS
At some point in our adult lives, we all face something we can’t let go. An ill-fated relationship, a traumatic experience, a regrettable decision… whatever it may be, it burns itself into our subconscious, an idea or a feeling that exists perpetually in the backgrounds of our lives – and it holds us back for a long, long time. The ninth season of How I Met Your Mother – particularly the last few episodes – have delved into this idea, presenting its cast of characters as a bitter, resentful group unable to enjoy one of the best (and thanks to the show’s narrative hindsight, most significant) weekend of their lives. Ted won’t give up on Robin, Marshall finally expresses the resentment...
- 1/28/2014
- by Randy Dankievitch
- SoundOnSight
You know that moment where you learn something about a person and suddenly they’re not who you thought they were? Tonight’s 200th episode of How I Met Your Mother was a half hour of that — an unraveling of a person, in this case The Mother, that completely changed the person I’d assembled in my head over the years from the tiny, perfectly-placed clues that had been placed before us viewers. Shattered is my mental image of this Dream Girl put on this Earth solely to be the opposite end of Ted Mosby’s two-piece puzzle life, and...
- 1/28/2014
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW.com - PopWatch
The 200th episode of "How I Met Your Mother" focused almost solely on the Mother -- down to the opening credits, which retitled the show "How Your Mother Met Me." A lot of things could have gone wrong with the episode -- and a couple did -- but thanks to a knockout performance from Cristin Milioti, it worked really well.
The biggest potential pitfall lay in depicting Ted and the Mother's near-misses as just a series of zany coincidences, a low-rent "Sliding Doors" that invested no emotional weight in the Mother's story. Fortunately, that didn't happen, and we learned a great deal about the Mother and why she is where she is in the process.
It can't be said enough how well Milioti handled the emotional scenes, particularly the moment where she asked her late boyfriend if it would be Ok to let him go, finally, nearly eight years after his death.
The biggest potential pitfall lay in depicting Ted and the Mother's near-misses as just a series of zany coincidences, a low-rent "Sliding Doors" that invested no emotional weight in the Mother's story. Fortunately, that didn't happen, and we learned a great deal about the Mother and why she is where she is in the process.
It can't be said enough how well Milioti handled the emotional scenes, particularly the moment where she asked her late boyfriend if it would be Ok to let him go, finally, nearly eight years after his death.
- 1/28/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Joel and Ethan Coen have built a reputation as two of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmakers working today. Dabbling in Film Noir to screwball comedy, from off-beat indies to big-budget studio pieces, their films are adored by critics and audiences alike. The two-man writer-director-producer-editor team, have long been regarded by cinephiles as masters of the craft. Choosing our favourite Coen Bros. film isn’t an easy task, but we asked our staff to rank their films from favourite to least favourite. The results were interesting, with Fargo running away with first place, and two of their 16 films not producing enough votes to justify making the cut (The Lady Killers, Intolerable Cruelty). Here are the results. Let us know which is your favourite Coen Bros. film?
****
13. Burn After Reading, 2008
Leave it to Joel and Ethan Coen to follow-up their award winning mammoth No Country for Old Men just a year later with the spry,...
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13. Burn After Reading, 2008
Leave it to Joel and Ethan Coen to follow-up their award winning mammoth No Country for Old Men just a year later with the spry,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
This week is Ben Barenholtz' birthday.
We'd like to celebrate by running 2 pieces on his amazing wonderful life.
This is his public bio, which in itself, tells of a rich wonderful career in film.
In the next days we'll publish his amazing memoir of his European childhood when he narrowly escaped from the hands of Jew killers during the War.
I personally owe Ben a lot. When I was producing some years back Ben was working for Almi and bought an indie film I produced 'Home Free All' by Director Stewart Bird for that company. The money from that deal paid our investors and took us out of a deep financial hole. I am always grateful to Ben for his vision and belief in us then.
Now for his professional bio -
Biography for Ben Barenholtz
Birth Name Benjamin Barenholtz
Mini Biography
As an exhibitor, distributor, and producer, Ben Barenholtz has been a key presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s, when he opened the Elgin Cinema in New York City.
Barenholtz secured his first job in the film business when he became assistant manager of the Rko Bushwick Theater in Brooklyn in 1958. From 1966-68 he managed and lived in the Village Theater, which ultimately became the Filmore East. At the Village Theater Barenholtz provided a home for the counterculture, with appearances by Timothy Leary, Stokley Carmichael, Rap Brown, and Paul Krasner. Some of the first meetings of the anti-Vietnam War movement, including the Poets Against Vietnam, were held at the Village Theater. It was also a major music venue, with performances by The Who, Cream, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Nina Simone and many others.
In 1968 he opened the Elgin Cinema. The theater became the world's most innovative specialty and revival house, relaunching the films of Buster Keaton and D.W. Griffith, running a variety of independent films by young American directors, and screening cult, underground, and experimental films for the emerging countercultural audience. The films of Stan Brakhage, Jack Smith, Maya Deren, Kenneth Anger, Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol, as well as early works by Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese, all played at the Elgin.
Barenholtz also developed new ways of screening movies. He started screening dance and opera films on Saturday and Sunday mornings. He created the "All Night Show" - movies started at midnight and ended at dawn. Most notably, Barenholtz originated the "Midnight Movie" in 1970 with Alexander Jodorowsky's El Topo, which ran for 6 months, 7 days a week, to sold out audiences.
The film was eventually bought by John Lennon. El Topo was followed at midnight by John Waters' Pink Flamingoes and Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come. Barenholtz formed the specialty distributor Libra Films in 1972.
The first film Libra distributed was a revival of Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terrible, followed by Claude Chabrol's Just Before Nightfall, and Jean-Charles Tacchella's Cousin, Cousine, which became one of the largest grossing foreign films in the Us and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards.
Libra also launched and distributed, among others, George Romero's Martin, John Sayles' first feature Return of the Secaucus Seven, David Lynch's first feature Eraserhead, Karen Arthur's first feature Legacy, Earl Mack's first feature Children of Theater Street, and Peter Gothar's first feature Time Stands Still.
Barenholtz sold Libra Films to the Almi Group in 1982, but stayed with the company to become the President of Libra-Cinema 5 Films. In 1984 he left Almi and joined with Ted and Jim Pedas to form Circle Releasing. Among the films released by Circle were Yoshimitsu Morita's The Family Game, Guy Maddin's first feature Tales From the Gimli Hospital, Vincent Ward's The Navigator, John Woo's The Killer, Catherine Breillat's 36 Fillette, DeWitt Sage's first feature Pavarotti In China, Alain Cavalier's Therese, and Blood Simple, the first film by Joel and Ethan Coen.
His involvement in film production began with Wynn Chamberlain's Brand X and George Romero's Martin. He continued working with the Coens on the production of Raising Arizona, and as executive producer of Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. This was the first and last time the three top honors have all gone to the same film at Cannes.
Barenholtz went on to produce George Romero's Bruiser, J Todd Anderson's The Naked Man, Adek Drabinski's Cheat, executive-produced Gregory Hines' directorial debut Bleeding Hearts and Ulu Grossbard's Georgia, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Mare Winningham. He served as co-executive producer of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, which earned Ellen Burstyn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 2000.
Barenholtz appeared in the documentary The Hicks in Hollywood, had a bit role in Liquid Sky, and appeared as a zombie in Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead. He was the main subject of Stuart Samuels' 2005 documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream.
Barenholtz directed his first feature, Music Inn, a documentary about the famed jazz venue.
Barenholtz was the producer of Jamie Greenberg's feature film Stags.
In 2012, Barenholtz produced Suzuya Bobo's first feature Family Games.
Barenholtz has recently completed directing and post production on Wakaliwood the Documentary, which was shot entirely in Kampala, Uganda. The film will be released in 2013.
He is now developing two feature fiction films which begin production in 2013.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Ben Barenholtz...
We'd like to celebrate by running 2 pieces on his amazing wonderful life.
This is his public bio, which in itself, tells of a rich wonderful career in film.
In the next days we'll publish his amazing memoir of his European childhood when he narrowly escaped from the hands of Jew killers during the War.
I personally owe Ben a lot. When I was producing some years back Ben was working for Almi and bought an indie film I produced 'Home Free All' by Director Stewart Bird for that company. The money from that deal paid our investors and took us out of a deep financial hole. I am always grateful to Ben for his vision and belief in us then.
Now for his professional bio -
Biography for Ben Barenholtz
Birth Name Benjamin Barenholtz
Mini Biography
As an exhibitor, distributor, and producer, Ben Barenholtz has been a key presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s, when he opened the Elgin Cinema in New York City.
Barenholtz secured his first job in the film business when he became assistant manager of the Rko Bushwick Theater in Brooklyn in 1958. From 1966-68 he managed and lived in the Village Theater, which ultimately became the Filmore East. At the Village Theater Barenholtz provided a home for the counterculture, with appearances by Timothy Leary, Stokley Carmichael, Rap Brown, and Paul Krasner. Some of the first meetings of the anti-Vietnam War movement, including the Poets Against Vietnam, were held at the Village Theater. It was also a major music venue, with performances by The Who, Cream, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Nina Simone and many others.
In 1968 he opened the Elgin Cinema. The theater became the world's most innovative specialty and revival house, relaunching the films of Buster Keaton and D.W. Griffith, running a variety of independent films by young American directors, and screening cult, underground, and experimental films for the emerging countercultural audience. The films of Stan Brakhage, Jack Smith, Maya Deren, Kenneth Anger, Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol, as well as early works by Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese, all played at the Elgin.
Barenholtz also developed new ways of screening movies. He started screening dance and opera films on Saturday and Sunday mornings. He created the "All Night Show" - movies started at midnight and ended at dawn. Most notably, Barenholtz originated the "Midnight Movie" in 1970 with Alexander Jodorowsky's El Topo, which ran for 6 months, 7 days a week, to sold out audiences.
The film was eventually bought by John Lennon. El Topo was followed at midnight by John Waters' Pink Flamingoes and Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come. Barenholtz formed the specialty distributor Libra Films in 1972.
The first film Libra distributed was a revival of Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terrible, followed by Claude Chabrol's Just Before Nightfall, and Jean-Charles Tacchella's Cousin, Cousine, which became one of the largest grossing foreign films in the Us and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards.
Libra also launched and distributed, among others, George Romero's Martin, John Sayles' first feature Return of the Secaucus Seven, David Lynch's first feature Eraserhead, Karen Arthur's first feature Legacy, Earl Mack's first feature Children of Theater Street, and Peter Gothar's first feature Time Stands Still.
Barenholtz sold Libra Films to the Almi Group in 1982, but stayed with the company to become the President of Libra-Cinema 5 Films. In 1984 he left Almi and joined with Ted and Jim Pedas to form Circle Releasing. Among the films released by Circle were Yoshimitsu Morita's The Family Game, Guy Maddin's first feature Tales From the Gimli Hospital, Vincent Ward's The Navigator, John Woo's The Killer, Catherine Breillat's 36 Fillette, DeWitt Sage's first feature Pavarotti In China, Alain Cavalier's Therese, and Blood Simple, the first film by Joel and Ethan Coen.
His involvement in film production began with Wynn Chamberlain's Brand X and George Romero's Martin. He continued working with the Coens on the production of Raising Arizona, and as executive producer of Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. This was the first and last time the three top honors have all gone to the same film at Cannes.
Barenholtz went on to produce George Romero's Bruiser, J Todd Anderson's The Naked Man, Adek Drabinski's Cheat, executive-produced Gregory Hines' directorial debut Bleeding Hearts and Ulu Grossbard's Georgia, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Mare Winningham. He served as co-executive producer of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, which earned Ellen Burstyn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 2000.
Barenholtz appeared in the documentary The Hicks in Hollywood, had a bit role in Liquid Sky, and appeared as a zombie in Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead. He was the main subject of Stuart Samuels' 2005 documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream.
Barenholtz directed his first feature, Music Inn, a documentary about the famed jazz venue.
Barenholtz was the producer of Jamie Greenberg's feature film Stags.
In 2012, Barenholtz produced Suzuya Bobo's first feature Family Games.
Barenholtz has recently completed directing and post production on Wakaliwood the Documentary, which was shot entirely in Kampala, Uganda. The film will be released in 2013.
He is now developing two feature fiction films which begin production in 2013.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Ben Barenholtz...
- 10/8/2013
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
It’s quite rare for the Coen brothers to write something and then not direct it. The only two examples are Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi and The Naked Man, directed by Coen’s go-to storyboard artist J. Todd Anderson. We have another film to add to that list. The brothers wrote a remake of the 1966 British action comedy Gambit, which starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine. With The Last Station’s Michael Hoffman attached to direct, Deadline now reports we have a lead.
Colin Firth, Oscar front-runner for the excellent The King’s Speech, is in talks to star. Firth will play “a cat burglar who attempts to rob a billionaire of his priceless statue. He enlists the help of a waitress who looks exactly like the victim’s dead wife. The burglar’s usual precision is clouded by his relationship with his accomplice.”
Gambit aims to shoot in...
Colin Firth, Oscar front-runner for the excellent The King’s Speech, is in talks to star. Firth will play “a cat burglar who attempts to rob a billionaire of his priceless statue. He enlists the help of a waitress who looks exactly like the victim’s dead wife. The burglar’s usual precision is clouded by his relationship with his accomplice.”
Gambit aims to shoot in...
- 12/13/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Barney Stinson is the epitome of awesome. What he does on a regular basis is never short of outlandish, ridiculous, and purely hedonistic. Because of this, America loves him. It should be no surprise that Neil Patrick Harris starring as Barney Stinson in a commercial bumper at Super Bowl Xliv seemed perfectly appropriate. Unlike Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory supposedly hacking into CBS’s telefeed, Barney Stinson appearing at the Super Bowl was totally plausible, totally within character, and totally entertaining. It didn’t even seem like an advertisement; they didn’t even mention How I Met Your Mother by name. To anyone unfamiliar with Barney or his show, it was simply a football loving Don Juan aping for the camera.
For the benefit of anyone who missed Barney’s appearance at the Super Bowl due to an emergency bathroom break, Mr. Stinson was among the throng of in-house football fans.
For the benefit of anyone who missed Barney’s appearance at the Super Bowl due to an emergency bathroom break, Mr. Stinson was among the throng of in-house football fans.
- 2/9/2010
- by Jaspers
- Atomic Popcorn
Calling all Mother lovers! Season 4 of How I Met Your Mother is now on DVD shelves, but before you buy, check out this exclusive commentary clip from the notorious "Naked Man" episode.
Yeah, you remember him. He's the guy who strips down spontaneously to save a bad date. It works two times out of three, he says.
Mother boss: "It's not going to be happily ever after" for Barney and Robin
In this clip, the producers chat about ...
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Yeah, you remember him. He's the guy who strips down spontaneously to save a bad date. It works two times out of three, he says.
Mother boss: "It's not going to be happily ever after" for Barney and Robin
In this clip, the producers chat about ...
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- 9/29/2009
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
It's a good day for funny people, especially if your name is Tina Fey or Seth MacFarlane.
Fey's series, 30 Rock, was handed 22 Emmy nominations this morning, which stands as a record for a comedy series. She and Alec Baldwin were also nominated for acting awards. Plus, for the first time some of the other actors on NBC's laffer were recognized. Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan all picked up supporting nominations.
MacFarlane's Family Guy was also nominated for best comedy series, the first time an animated show has cracked that category since The Flintstones in 1961. Two years ago MacFarlane decided to pull his show from contention in the animated series category to have it considered for best comedy.
Mad Men, the drama about the advertising world in the sixties, picked up 16 nominations in the drama categories, including a best actor nod for Jon Hamm. Hamm is also nominated as...
Fey's series, 30 Rock, was handed 22 Emmy nominations this morning, which stands as a record for a comedy series. She and Alec Baldwin were also nominated for acting awards. Plus, for the first time some of the other actors on NBC's laffer were recognized. Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan all picked up supporting nominations.
MacFarlane's Family Guy was also nominated for best comedy series, the first time an animated show has cracked that category since The Flintstones in 1961. Two years ago MacFarlane decided to pull his show from contention in the animated series category to have it considered for best comedy.
Mad Men, the drama about the advertising world in the sixties, picked up 16 nominations in the drama categories, including a best actor nod for Jon Hamm. Hamm is also nominated as...
- 7/16/2009
- CinemaSpy
After triumphing for two years in a row, Jake Gyllenhaal is not the winner of our third annual AfterElton.com Hot 100 poll (see the results for 2007 here and 2008 here). So which out man did take the top spot? If you’re the kind of person who always burns their mouth biting into that piping hot chocolate chip cookie, you can just cheat and go here to learn who came in first place.
Here at AfterElton.com, we’re thrilled to announce an out gay man topped this year’s list – especially this particular man as most of us voted for him as well. In fact, out gay men snagged nearly 20% of the spots, including the top three. To be sure, we’ve nothing against our straight male crushes, but it says something great about 2009 that there are so many out men to choose from.
What we find almost as interesting...
Here at AfterElton.com, we’re thrilled to announce an out gay man topped this year’s list – especially this particular man as most of us voted for him as well. In fact, out gay men snagged nearly 20% of the spots, including the top three. To be sure, we’ve nothing against our straight male crushes, but it says something great about 2009 that there are so many out men to choose from.
What we find almost as interesting...
- 5/11/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
The story behind The Greatest American Hero is getting a new spin! The Hollywood Reporter posts that Barry Sonnenfeld is gearing up to direct The How-To Guide for Saving the World, a new action comedy script written by BenDavid Grabinski. However, unlike Ralph, this unknowing earthling is "a loser who discovers a book on how to prevent an alien invasion and then has to put that knowledge to use when one actually occurs." I bet the guy wishes he lived back in the '80s, when aliens would provide how-to manuals for dorky yet powerful superhero suits.
Meanwhile, "Hitchcock" is getting a whole new spin on the big screen. Variety reports that New Regency has grabbed a pitch by Nim's Island writer/directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett called The Family Hitchcock -- for the pair to write, produce, and direct. The family in question won't gain lots of...
Meanwhile, "Hitchcock" is getting a whole new spin on the big screen. Variety reports that New Regency has grabbed a pitch by Nim's Island writer/directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett called The Family Hitchcock -- for the pair to write, produce, and direct. The family in question won't gain lots of...
- 12/18/2008
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Look! In your apartment! On the couch! It's The Naked Man!
If you're one of the millions who laughed your bare hiney off at this week's How I Met Your Mother, then you know about the rarely recognized maneuver, alleged by Robin's blind date, Mitch, to work two times out of three.
The M.O.: When it's clear ...
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If you're one of the millions who laughed your bare hiney off at this week's How I Met Your Mother, then you know about the rarely recognized maneuver, alleged by Robin's blind date, Mitch, to work two times out of three.
The M.O.: When it's clear ...
Read More >...
- 11/25/2008
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Has anybody out there tried the Naked Man? It seems like it would take some, uh, cojones to pull it off. How many people can just "ta-da!" their nakedness, even to longtime loved ones? The sheer preposterousness of the Naked Man makes it an excellent metaphor for risk-taking, which is just what Ted needs to do to get back out there after the Stella debacle. The Naked Man is a last-ditch, Hail-Mary move that a man can use to try to salvage a first date that's not going so well. Why not just strip naked and see what happens? According to Mitch, Robin's very own Naked Man, "two out of three times" the woman is "so charmed by your confidence and bravado" that she sleeps with you. And despite Mitch's lack of obvious attractions -- he's not smart, he's not handsome,...
- 11/25/2008
- avclub.com
With Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore’s Special - in which Michael Rapaport plays a man convinced by his medication that he is developing super powers - beginning its limited theatrical run this past Friday we were offered a theatrical one sheet for the film signed by the trio of Rapaport, Haberman, and Passmore to give away to a lucky Twitch reader. For your crack at it all you had to do was name the earlier film in which Rapaport had the leading role as a wrestling chiropractor, which is of course The Naked Man. Our congratulations go out to VincentKukua who had the correct answer and whose name was first out of the hat. Vincent, the poster is yours!
As for the rest of you, check the Special trailers below the break and get out to support this little gem.
As for the rest of you, check the Special trailers below the break and get out to support this little gem.
- 11/25/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
"Friends" had its Ugly Naked Guy, a man who lived near Monica and Rachel's apartment -- much too near, given his tendency to remove all his clothes. Monday's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" is called "The Naked Man," and CBS describes the episode thusly: '"After Ted walks into the apartment to find Robin's date sitting on the couch in the buff, the gang realizes this method might be the easiest way to get their dates into bed with them." During the course of the episode, Lily writes down 50 reasons to become intimate on a napkin from MacLaren's,...
- 11/24/2008
- by Tempo
- The Watcher
"Friends" had its Ugly Naked Guy, a man who lived near Monica and Rachel's apartment -- much too near, given his tendency to remove all his clothes. Monday's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" is called "The Naked Man," and CBS describes the episode thusly: '"After Ted walks into the apartment to find Robin's date sitting on the couch in the buff, the gang realizes this method might be the easiest way to get their dates into bed with them." During the course of the episode, Lily writes down 50 reasons to become intimate on a napkin from MacLaren's,...
- 11/24/2008
- by Tempo
- The Watcher
Michael Rapaport (Zebrahead, True Romance, Higher Learning, The Naked Man) stars as Les an underconfident and lonley "Metermaid". Les decides to take part in a medical trail for a drug named "special" which is meant to increase confidence, much in the way that modern antidepressants like Seroxat or Prozac are said to. Les how ever has a serious psychotic reaction to the drug, which is in its final stages of human testing before it goes public. Not long after ingesting the first dose Les an avid comic book fan begins to believe he is developing super powers. The first power that manifests itself is flight or more to the point the ability to hover. Les returns to the offices of the doctor running the trails and while discussing his new found hovering skills he notices the development of telekinesis. Though the Dr tells him to immediately cease taking the medication,...
- 10/7/2008
- by Leigh
- Latemag.com/film
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