Stepping into the shoes of two-time Golden Globe-winning director Steven Spielberg is a tough task, but it’s one that Gabriel Labelle has nonetheless adroitly accomplished. The rising star is now close to being recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association himself thanks to his performance in “The Fabelmans,” which Spielberg co-wrote and directed as a roman à clef based on his own childhood. At 20, Labelle is the youngest hopeful in this year’s Best Film Drama Actor Golden Globe race, and would indeed be the category’s youngest nominee ever.
The title of all-time youngest Best Film Drama Actor contender has been held since 1982 by Timothy Hutton, who was 21 when he was nominated for “Taps” against eventual victor Henry Fonda (“On Golden Pond”). Until then, the distinction had belonged to 1964 nominee Stathis Giallelis. Hutton also still holds the record for youngest Best Film Supporting Actor winner, which he achieved...
The title of all-time youngest Best Film Drama Actor contender has been held since 1982 by Timothy Hutton, who was 21 when he was nominated for “Taps” against eventual victor Henry Fonda (“On Golden Pond”). Until then, the distinction had belonged to 1964 nominee Stathis Giallelis. Hutton also still holds the record for youngest Best Film Supporting Actor winner, which he achieved...
- 12/10/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
(See previous post: Fourth of July Movies: Escapism During a Weird Year.) On the evening of the Fourth of July, besides fireworks, fire hazards, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, if you're watching TCM in the U.S. and Canada, there's the following: Peter H. Hunt's 1776 (1972), a largely forgotten film musical based on the Broadway hit with music by Sherman Edwards. William Daniels, who was recently on TCM talking about 1776 and a couple of other movies (A Thousand Clowns, Dodsworth), has one of the key roles as John Adams. Howard Da Silva, blacklisted for over a decade after being named a communist during the House Un-American Committee hearings of the early 1950s (Robert Taylor was one who mentioned him in his testimony), plays Benjamin Franklin. Ken Howard is Thomas Jefferson, a role he would reprise in John Huston's 1976 short Independence. (In the short, Pat Hingle was cast as John Adams; Eli Wallach was Benjamin Franklin.) Warner...
- 7/5/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Fourth of July movies: A few recommended titles that should help you temporarily escape current global madness Two thousand and seventeen has been a weirder-than-usual year on the already pretty weird Planet Earth. Unsurprisingly, this Fourth of July, the day the United States celebrates its Declaration of Independence from the British Empire, has been an unusual one as well. Instead of fireworks, (at least some) people's attention has been turned to missiles – more specifically, a carefully timed North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test indicating that Kim Jong-un could theoretically gain (or could already have?) the capacity to strike North America with nuclear weapons. Then there were right-wing trolls & history-deficient Twitter users berating National Public Radio for tweeting the Declaration of Independence, 140 characters at a time. Besides, a few days ago the current U.S. president retweeted a video of himself body-slamming and choking a representation of CNN – courtesy of a gif originally created by a far-right Internet...
- 7/5/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Hollywood Film Award winner and Vancouver International Film Festival’s Audience Award recipient, Brooklyn, opens in theaters today. The film centers on a young Irish immigrant (Saoirse Ronan) coming to America in the 1950’s and her struggles with adapting to a new country and leaving behind her homeland.
The film’s setting and subject matter may hit close to home with many Academy voters who grew up in that time period and can relate to the immigrant story. Coupled with the fact that the film is distributed by Fox Searchlight, which was behind both of the last two best picture winners (12 Years a Slave, Birdman), it seems destined for Oscar success. It is not the only movie this year that may spark nostalgic sentimentality in Academy voters, however.
Here’s a look at a few films from Oscars history that dealt with the subject of...
Managing Editor
Hollywood Film Award winner and Vancouver International Film Festival’s Audience Award recipient, Brooklyn, opens in theaters today. The film centers on a young Irish immigrant (Saoirse Ronan) coming to America in the 1950’s and her struggles with adapting to a new country and leaving behind her homeland.
The film’s setting and subject matter may hit close to home with many Academy voters who grew up in that time period and can relate to the immigrant story. Coupled with the fact that the film is distributed by Fox Searchlight, which was behind both of the last two best picture winners (12 Years a Slave, Birdman), it seems destined for Oscar success. It is not the only movie this year that may spark nostalgic sentimentality in Academy voters, however.
Here’s a look at a few films from Oscars history that dealt with the subject of...
- 11/4/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
Elia Kazan is one of my top five favourite American filmmakers of all time, and so I decided to ask our staff to rank his films. If you are not yet familiar with the filmmakers work, now would be a good time to start. Kazan was one of the most honoured and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history and introduced a new generation of unknown young actors to the world, including Marlon Brando, James Dean, Warren Beatty, Carroll Baker, Julie Harris, Andy Griffith, Lee Remick, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam, Fred Gwynne, and Pat Hingle. Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his cast, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins. The source for his inspired directing was the revolutionary acting technique known as the Method, and Kazan quickly rose to prominence as the preeminent proponent of the technique. During his career,...
- 6/1/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Elia Kazan’s deeply personal and ambitious epic America, America is based on his uncle’s immigration to America from Turkey at the turn of the twentieth century. Right at the start of the film we are aware of the director’s direct connection to the material when he introduces himself through voiceover narration, giving us a bit of historical background. This is the only film that Kazan aligns himself with in this way; it is not something I can recall another director doing. Finally getting a DVD release, film buffs should make a point to seek this one out.
America, America is a film that captures the immigrant experience in an authentic yet carefully self-conscious way. Instead of focusing on what happens when our protagonist arrives in America, it tracks his tumultuous journey and escape from his homeland. It is a tribute to the struggles and desperate efforts of...
America, America is a film that captures the immigrant experience in an authentic yet carefully self-conscious way. Instead of focusing on what happens when our protagonist arrives in America, it tracks his tumultuous journey and escape from his homeland. It is a tribute to the struggles and desperate efforts of...
- 3/11/2011
- by Catherine Stebbins
- CriterionCast
Legendary director Elia Kazan (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Gentlemen's Agreement; A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront; East of Eden) once said that, of all his films, this one was his favorite. That's not surprising when you consider how personal a project this was for him. America, America chronicles the true-life story of Elia Kazan's uncle, who suffered many setbacks during his arduous journey from his war-torn homeland to a new life in America.
Although the story deals with a very private and personal subject, Elia Kazan films it on an epic scale. The story spans several countries and many years. The film beautifully captures the obsessive determination of a man who will let nothing stop him from getting what he wants. The story works on a grander scale than most of Kazan's other films, which are focused on a specific place. This is a character driven story...
Although the story deals with a very private and personal subject, Elia Kazan films it on an epic scale. The story spans several countries and many years. The film beautifully captures the obsessive determination of a man who will let nothing stop him from getting what he wants. The story works on a grander scale than most of Kazan's other films, which are focused on a specific place. This is a character driven story...
- 3/3/2011
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
Legendary director Elia Kazan (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Gentlemen's Agreement; A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront; East of Eden) once said that, of all his films, this one was his favorite. That's not surprising when you consider how personal a project this was for him. America, America chronicles the true-life story of Elia Kazan's uncle, who suffered many setbacks during his arduous journey from his war-torn homeland to a new life in America.
Although the story deals with a very private and personal subject, Elia Kazan films it on an epic scale. The story spans several countries and many years. The film beautifully captures the obsessive determination of a man who will let nothing stop him from getting what he wants. The story works on a grander scale than most of Kazan's other films, which are focused on a specific place. This is a character driven story...
Although the story deals with a very private and personal subject, Elia Kazan films it on an epic scale. The story spans several countries and many years. The film beautifully captures the obsessive determination of a man who will let nothing stop him from getting what he wants. The story works on a grander scale than most of Kazan's other films, which are focused on a specific place. This is a character driven story...
- 3/3/2011
- by Robert Young
- JustPressPlay.net
Chicago – With the release of “The American,” it’s time to rally ‘round the flagpole and see if it waves. And that mix of metaphors conjures the great American film, the movies with American or America in their titles that have flown like an eagle soaring through red, white and blue skies on a starry night, punctuated by fireworks on the 4th of July.
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty
Photo credit: Dreamworks
As unblinking and truthful story about the American Dream as any pre-9/11 film, Ab rides on the performance of Kevin Spacey as a burnt-out corporate nebbish named Lester who is unloved by his ambitious real estate agent wife (Annette Bening) and is quietly desperate about the life that has passed him by.
When Lester is unexpectedly freed from his 9 to 5 hell, he embarks on a journey which includes workouts, weed and lust – for an unattainable teenage friend of his daughter.
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty
Photo credit: Dreamworks
As unblinking and truthful story about the American Dream as any pre-9/11 film, Ab rides on the performance of Kevin Spacey as a burnt-out corporate nebbish named Lester who is unloved by his ambitious real estate agent wife (Annette Bening) and is quietly desperate about the life that has passed him by.
When Lester is unexpectedly freed from his 9 to 5 hell, he embarks on a journey which includes workouts, weed and lust – for an unattainable teenage friend of his daughter.
- 9/6/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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