Actor Clayton Moore became an iconic figure in television history thanks to his portrayal in The Lone Ranger. His adventures in this Western drew audiences in for its five-season run that expanded beyond its medium. However, the image of the Lone Ranger’s costume is especially what continues to stick in the mind of its longtime fans. Moore once explained that he designed the costume himself.
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels co-starred in ‘The Lone Ranger’ Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger | Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Moore played the Lone Ranger in the television show that came from the radio iteration that first aired in 1933. The drama switched mediums to ABC in 1949, which ran until 1957. Despite the eight years that it remained active, there were only five seasons.
The story follows six Texas Rangers who are ambushed and killed, except for one man. A Native American named Tonto (Jay...
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels co-starred in ‘The Lone Ranger’ Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger | Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Moore played the Lone Ranger in the television show that came from the radio iteration that first aired in 1933. The drama switched mediums to ABC in 1949, which ran until 1957. Despite the eight years that it remained active, there were only five seasons.
The story follows six Texas Rangers who are ambushed and killed, except for one man. A Native American named Tonto (Jay...
- 4/1/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Lone Ranger went through an array of iterations before it arrived at its final script. There were moments of brilliance, but also some serious missteps that could have resulted in the show never taking off. The first script of The Lone Ranger was so violent that there was no way that the Western would have made it to the air in any medium.
‘The Lone Ranger’ started as a radio show in 1933 Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
The Lone Ranger became famous for its title character (Clayton Moore) and his Native American sidekick named Tonto (Jay Silverheels). It all started with the 1933 radio show that aired on Wxyz in Detroit, although some test episodes initially aired on Buffalo’s Webr. However, writer Fran Striker didn’t expect the amount of success that would follow.
A series of The Lone Ranger...
‘The Lone Ranger’ started as a radio show in 1933 Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
The Lone Ranger became famous for its title character (Clayton Moore) and his Native American sidekick named Tonto (Jay Silverheels). It all started with the 1933 radio show that aired on Wxyz in Detroit, although some test episodes initially aired on Buffalo’s Webr. However, writer Fran Striker didn’t expect the amount of success that would follow.
A series of The Lone Ranger...
- 3/31/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Even if you don’t know the story of heralded photographer W. Eugene Smith or the Japanese fishing village of Minamata, you are likely familiar with the photograph Tomoko and Mother in the Bath. The 1971 black-and-white photo captures Ryoko Kamimura cradling her severely deformed daughter Tomoko, a victim of Minamata disease, in a Japanese bath. The photograph was one of many featured in a 1972 issue of Life magazine depicting the horrors of the disease, a form of Mercury poisoning that was caused by industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation’s chemical factory. Smith and his wife, Aileen Mioko Smith, lived in the town from 1971 to 1973 to document the effects of Minamata disease.
Now the story of the Smiths and Minamata has been brought to the big screen by filmmaker Andrew Levitas, starring Johnny Depp as Smith, Minami as Aileen and Bill Nighy as Smith’s editor Robert Hayes. Smith is portrayed as a challenging artist,...
Now the story of the Smiths and Minamata has been brought to the big screen by filmmaker Andrew Levitas, starring Johnny Depp as Smith, Minami as Aileen and Bill Nighy as Smith’s editor Robert Hayes. Smith is portrayed as a challenging artist,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
content warning: addiction, child sexual abuse, suicide Devastated by the Boeing Bust in the early 1970s, Seattle remained on shaky economic ground for years -- with a nation-leading unemployment rate and a rock-bottom minimum wage. In the shadow of this financial crisis, the city's homeless population skyrocketed, including young people who preferred the streets over the pressures of home. These children became the focus of photographer Mary Ellen Mark and writer Cheryl McCall's story for a 1983 issue of Life Magazine; working with Mark's husband, Martin Bell, they went on to create Streetwise, a 1984 cinema verité documentary about many of the young people Mark had met and befriended over the previous year. Streetwise documents the lives and lifestyles of dozens of street kids on...
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- 6/17/2021
- Screen Anarchy
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When you think about summer movies, big-budget blockbusters tend to come to mind. But it’s smart to diversify your viewing list. For the movie lovers who enjoy watching films in stunning clarity with bonus-scenes and extra content, all from the comforts of home, Criterion Collection Blu-rays are the way to go. To help with your summer movie list, we rounded up a handful of new Criterion Collection movies due out this month, and that you can pre-order right now. The selection includes LGBTQ stories to celebrate Pride Month, a gripping documentary on homeless teens, and much more. Below, find our selection of Criterion Collection Blu-rays to pre-order for the month of June,...
When you think about summer movies, big-budget blockbusters tend to come to mind. But it’s smart to diversify your viewing list. For the movie lovers who enjoy watching films in stunning clarity with bonus-scenes and extra content, all from the comforts of home, Criterion Collection Blu-rays are the way to go. To help with your summer movie list, we rounded up a handful of new Criterion Collection movies due out this month, and that you can pre-order right now. The selection includes LGBTQ stories to celebrate Pride Month, a gripping documentary on homeless teens, and much more. Below, find our selection of Criterion Collection Blu-rays to pre-order for the month of June,...
- 6/1/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
For nearly 50 years, when high-profile films needed a highly accomplished photographer to shoot behind-the-scenes stills, they turned to Mary Ellen Mark. Known for her harrowing yet openhearted images of street kids, sex workers and others living on society’s margins, she also became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after set photographers, documenting more than 100 films, from The Day of the Locust and Apocalypse Now to On Golden Pond and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Mark died in 2015, at 75, but her storied career is chronicled in The Book of Everything (Steidl), a new and extraordinarily thorough retrospective that, while 880 pages, somehow manages to feel as ...
Mark died in 2015, at 75, but her storied career is chronicled in The Book of Everything (Steidl), a new and extraordinarily thorough retrospective that, while 880 pages, somehow manages to feel as ...
- 9/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For nearly 50 years, when high-profile films needed a highly accomplished photographer to shoot behind-the-scenes stills, they turned to Mary Ellen Mark. Known for her harrowing yet openhearted images of street kids, sex workers and others living on society’s margins, she also became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after set photographers, documenting more than 100 films, from The Day of the Locust and Apocalypse Now to On Golden Pond and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Mark died in 2015, at 75, but her storied career is chronicled in The Book of Everything (Steidl), a new and extraordinarily thorough retrospective that, while 880 pages, somehow manages to feel as ...
Mark died in 2015, at 75, but her storied career is chronicled in The Book of Everything (Steidl), a new and extraordinarily thorough retrospective that, while 880 pages, somehow manages to feel as ...
- 9/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Glenn Dunks
For a film about teenagers living rough, squatting in dilapidated and abandoned hotels or homeless on the streets, there is a remarkable amount of poetic beauty in Streetwise. The work of director Martin Bell (American Heart) was born out of a Life exposé called “Streets of the Lost” by his photographer wife (also noted as a film still photographer) Mary Ellen Mark and journalist Cheryl McCall and it is the latter pair’s continued relationship with the runaway teenagers who populate its intimate yet sprawling narrative that was so essential to Bell being given the remarkable access that Streetwise offers.
Originally released in 1984 and now restored for its 35th anniversary, Bell’s documentary was nominated for an Academy Award. And it probably would have won, too, had it not been for The Times of Harvey Milk. So not quite as egregious of a loss as I had...
For a film about teenagers living rough, squatting in dilapidated and abandoned hotels or homeless on the streets, there is a remarkable amount of poetic beauty in Streetwise. The work of director Martin Bell (American Heart) was born out of a Life exposé called “Streets of the Lost” by his photographer wife (also noted as a film still photographer) Mary Ellen Mark and journalist Cheryl McCall and it is the latter pair’s continued relationship with the runaway teenagers who populate its intimate yet sprawling narrative that was so essential to Bell being given the remarkable access that Streetwise offers.
Originally released in 1984 and now restored for its 35th anniversary, Bell’s documentary was nominated for an Academy Award. And it probably would have won, too, had it not been for The Times of Harvey Milk. So not quite as egregious of a loss as I had...
- 7/24/2019
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
“Streetwise,” the classic and haunting 1984 documentary about homeless street kids in Seattle, is a movie that’s now 35 years old. But for anyone who has seen it, the children it’s about — drifters, hustlers, squatters, thieves, prostitutes — remain frozen in time. And none of them was ever more memorable than Tiny, the 14-year-old baby-doll hooker with the punk-peacock shag cut and the mouth that turned down at the corners with a look of jaded desolation you’d expect to see on the face of someone 30 years older.
In the most famous photograph associated with “Streetwise,” an image shot by Mary Ellen Mark, Tiny stares out at the camera with a look of dead-eyed knowingness, her scrawny body clothed in a sleeveless black dress, black gloves, and a hat with a veil that comes halfway down her face. What’s indelible about that image is that Tiny, with her children-of-the-damned stare and French courtesan’s clothing,...
In the most famous photograph associated with “Streetwise,” an image shot by Mary Ellen Mark, Tiny stares out at the camera with a look of dead-eyed knowingness, her scrawny body clothed in a sleeveless black dress, black gloves, and a hat with a veil that comes halfway down her face. What’s indelible about that image is that Tiny, with her children-of-the-damned stare and French courtesan’s clothing,...
- 7/19/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
It was a winner right out of the starting gate, an instant classic that's still a pleasure for the eyes and ears. Carroll Ballard and Caleb Deschanel's marvel of a storybook movie has yet to be surpassed, with a boy-horse story that seems to be taking place in The Garden of Eden. The Black Stallion Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 765 1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date July 14, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Doghmi Larbi, John Karlsen, Leopoldo Trieste, Marne Maitland, Cass-Olé. Cinematography Caleb Deschanel Film Editor Robert Dalva Supervising Sound Editor Alan Splet Original Music Carmine Coppola Written by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff from the novel by Walter Farley Produced by Fred Roos, Tom Sternberg Directed by Carroll Ballard
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Francis Coppola divided audiences with his war epic Apocalypse Now, but in the same...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Francis Coppola divided audiences with his war epic Apocalypse Now, but in the same...
- 9/15/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In today's roundup, we catch up with remembrances of costume designer Julie Harris, who worked with Richard Lester on his Beatles movies, A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Help! (1965), and won an Oscar for her work on John Schlesinger’s Darling (1965); Anne Meara, remembered for her comedic turns with Jerry Stiller and as the mother of Ben Stiller; director Prashant Bhargava; photographer Mary Ellen Mark; noir actor Wally Cassell; Mildred Pierce star John Compton; Betsy Palmer, known to most as the mother of Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th movies; Gill Dennis, co-writer of the screenplay for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line; and composer Robert Drasnin. » - David Hudson...
- 6/2/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup, we catch up with remembrances of costume designer Julie Harris, who worked with Richard Lester on his Beatles movies, A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Help! (1965), and won an Oscar for her work on John Schlesinger’s Darling (1965); Anne Meara, remembered for her comedic turns with Jerry Stiller and as the mother of Ben Stiller; director Prashant Bhargava; photographer Mary Ellen Mark; noir actor Wally Cassell; Mildred Pierce star John Compton; Betsy Palmer, known to most as the mother of Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th movies; Gill Dennis, co-writer of the screenplay for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line; and composer Robert Drasnin. » - David Hudson...
- 6/2/2015
- Keyframe
Mary Ellen Mark, the street photographer, empath and occasional catcher of celebrity souls, died Monday at the age of 75. She was equally deft at capturing the spirit of those on the fringes of the society as she was in getting those at the center of the red carpet. My favorite among her celeb shots is the one she made of John Belushi on the set of The Blues Brothers, very deadpan, a perfect distillation of his sly humor. Yours?...
- 5/27/2015
- by Carrie Rickey
- Thompson on Hollywood
Criterion has announced their July 2015 line-up of releases and it's a rather impressive one with the most notable title being a brand new release of the Alain Resnais' classic Hiroshima mon amour (July 14), a film I have never seen and there's a small bit of shame in that fact considering its influence on so many filmmakers and its importance in establishing what is now referred to as the French New Wave. The release is not without new features as Criterion gives it the Blu-ray upgrade: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie Interviews with director Alain Resnais from 1961 and 1980 Interviews with actor Emmanuelle Riva from 1959 and 2003 New interview with film scholar Fran?ois Thomas, author of L'atelier d'Alain Resnais New interview with music scholar Tim Page about the film's score Revoir Hiroshima . . . , a 2013 program about the film's restoration...
- 4/15/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I'm a huge fan of Federico Fellini's films, films that have essentially become part of the the fabric of cinema history. This largely refers to La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, La Strada, The Nights of Cabiria and Amarcord. Of course, I've also seen and enjoyed I Vitelloni and Juliet of the Spirits while also not particularly loving The White Sheik or Ginger & Fred. I mention this only as a note that I will pretty much devour whatever Fellini feature is placed in front of me, and as much as I was ready to delve into this new Criterion release of his 1969 feature Fellini Satyricon, I can't say the trip was an enjoyable one. Admittedly, Criterion always manages to deliver something intriguing with their releases and this new Blu-ray edition of Fellini Satyricon is no different, but not for the film itself, more for the supplemental material that makes you start to...
- 2/24/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Considered amongst the few surviving ancient novels as one of the best depictions of the wild debauchery that seized early Roman society, Petronius’s episodically fractured text The Satyricon tells the tale of Encolpius and his friend and occasional lover Ascyltus, a pair of former gladiators, as they venture through a society rife with overindulgence, sexual proclivity and flippant violence, rotating in form and tone from serious to silly, poetic narrative prose to lyrical verse throughout. Fellini Satyricon, Federico Fellini’s extremely loose adaptation of Petronius’s novel, takes this already loose narrative form and applies the structure as a lens for interpreting the history of antiquity itself – vividly alien, wholly broken and humanly detached from our own worldly norms. The result is a film that, in its unleashed inhibitions, leaves us as an audience in awe of its cinematic freedom, yet at odds with the tale as an empathetic journey through time.
- 2/24/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
If you're reading this you're likely a fan of the Criterion Collection, which also means as much as you may be interested to know what new titles are coming to the collection in February 2015, if you aren't yet aware, Barnes & Noble is currently having their 50% of Criterion sale right now, click here for more on that. However, if you're already hip to the sale, let's have a look at the new titles that were just announced. The month will begin on February 3 with a new film from Jean-Luc Godard, his 1980 feature Every Man for Himself starring Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye and Isabelle Huppert. It's a film Godard refers to as a second debut and is described as an examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations. The release includes a new high-definition digital restoration, a short video titled Le scenario created by Godard to secure financing for the film,...
- 11/17/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Alexander Payne accepting Eastman House Lifetime Achievement in Film award: "I've been an ardent film watcher since age five." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
On a beautiful spring evening in New York City, the second annual George Eastman House Light & Motion Gala celebrated preservation & restoration in Tribeca at Three Sixty°, a black and white affair. The 2014 honorees were film historian and critic Leonard Maltin, filmmakers Alexander Payne and Julia Loktev, photographers Mary Ellen Mark and Chris McCaw and self-publishing platform Blurb.
Film historian and critic, Leonard Maltin Light & Motion Award for Advocacy: "It's so vital to keep these films alive." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Paul Giamatti and Steven Soderbergh came to present awards. The honorary chairs of the Light & Motion Gala were Ken Burns, Richard Gere, and Howard Greenberg.
At the cocktail reception before the dinner and awards ceremony, I spoke briefly with Alexander Payne, Paul Giamatti and the Chair of the Board for George Eastman House,...
On a beautiful spring evening in New York City, the second annual George Eastman House Light & Motion Gala celebrated preservation & restoration in Tribeca at Three Sixty°, a black and white affair. The 2014 honorees were film historian and critic Leonard Maltin, filmmakers Alexander Payne and Julia Loktev, photographers Mary Ellen Mark and Chris McCaw and self-publishing platform Blurb.
Film historian and critic, Leonard Maltin Light & Motion Award for Advocacy: "It's so vital to keep these films alive." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Paul Giamatti and Steven Soderbergh came to present awards. The honorary chairs of the Light & Motion Gala were Ken Burns, Richard Gere, and Howard Greenberg.
At the cocktail reception before the dinner and awards ceremony, I spoke briefly with Alexander Payne, Paul Giamatti and the Chair of the Board for George Eastman House,...
- 5/7/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Photo Bomb: Maloof and Siskel Rewrite Modern Art History
Tales of buried treasure have long been the stuff of cinema gold, from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre through The Goonies and beyond, but John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s debut collaboration has much more in common with Jessica Yu’s In The Realms of the Unreal than it does with pirates and jewels. Finding Vivian Maier unearth’s the secret street photo cache of the titular neurotic nanny, posthumously hailing her as a master who’s been missing from the history books solely because of her own reticent will. After falling upon her unseen stockpile at auction after her death in 2009 and surveying a small selection of the thousands of images she composed, Maloof began to wonder, who was this woman? What motivated her to take so many photos, seemingly never showing them to a soul? Would the world...
Tales of buried treasure have long been the stuff of cinema gold, from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre through The Goonies and beyond, but John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s debut collaboration has much more in common with Jessica Yu’s In The Realms of the Unreal than it does with pirates and jewels. Finding Vivian Maier unearth’s the secret street photo cache of the titular neurotic nanny, posthumously hailing her as a master who’s been missing from the history books solely because of her own reticent will. After falling upon her unseen stockpile at auction after her death in 2009 and surveying a small selection of the thousands of images she composed, Maloof began to wonder, who was this woman? What motivated her to take so many photos, seemingly never showing them to a soul? Would the world...
- 3/27/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: Finding Vivian Maier IFC Films Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B+ Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Screenplay: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Cast: John Maloof, Joel Meyerowitz, Mary Ellen Mark, Phil Donahue, Duffy Levant, Joe Mathews, Michael Strauss, Howard Greenberg Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 3/14/14 Opens: March 28, 2014 Ninety percent of Americans have access to smart phones, many of which can take pictures. If you look at the snapshots on Facebook, you’ll realize that these photos were hardly meant to be exhibited in galleries but are posted for friends and family. Not true of Vivian Maier, the subject of John Maloof and [ Read More ]
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- 3/6/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
When you name a thriller Stoker, you immediately have people concluding it has something to do with Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, and therefore maybe the movie involves vampires. The film’s characters address that at one point but let’s stipulate that there are no members of the undead here. Instead, we have a stylish, noirsh film that marks a mostly successful American debut for Korean director Chan-Wook Park. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode, it’s an uncomfortable story of family. India Stoker (Wasikowska) has just lost her father, shattering their close bonds. Distraught, she is withdrawn, and initially shrinks further within Goth herself when Uncle Charlie (Goode) turns up and comes to live with her and her mother Evelyn (Kidman). In her eighteen years, India has never heard of an Uncle Charlie and more, what she begins to hear strikes her as fantastic and contradictory.
- 6/22/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
It still rains a lot. But everything else has changed in the damp and deadly world of AMC’s The Killing for season three. Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) has quit Seattle homicide and lost custody of her teenage son. Her ex-partner Det. Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) has a new suit, new partner and an improved outlook on life. And the central mystery that reunites them isn’t solving one murder, but numerous, as a serial killer has been quietly preying on homeless street kids.
Showrunner Veena Sud spoke to EW about the new season of the show, the fate of...
Showrunner Veena Sud spoke to EW about the new season of the show, the fate of...
- 5/1/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
News.
The Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominations—check out the full list here. We're especially happy to see two Notebook favourites getting some love: The Color Wheel (read Ignatiy Vishnevetsky's piece from last year) Starlet (check out our recent review from Celluloid Liberation Front) and Leviathan (our interview with Verena Paravel).
New word from Robert De Niro on the Martin Scorsese dream project, The Irishman (based on Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses), that would star De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, and there was a rumor at one point that Leonardo DiCaprio could be in the mix as well. According to De Niro, it sounds like the project could come to fruition sooner rather than later: "It has to or we all won't be around any more." News regarding the lawsuit surrounding Silence, the long delayed Scorsese project, has come out...
The Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominations—check out the full list here. We're especially happy to see two Notebook favourites getting some love: The Color Wheel (read Ignatiy Vishnevetsky's piece from last year) Starlet (check out our recent review from Celluloid Liberation Front) and Leviathan (our interview with Verena Paravel).
New word from Robert De Niro on the Martin Scorsese dream project, The Irishman (based on Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses), that would star De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, and there was a rumor at one point that Leonardo DiCaprio could be in the mix as well. According to De Niro, it sounds like the project could come to fruition sooner rather than later: "It has to or we all won't be around any more." News regarding the lawsuit surrounding Silence, the long delayed Scorsese project, has come out...
- 11/28/2012
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
The star of Alice in Wonderland on her new role as Jane Eyre, why she turned her back on ballet and how her love of photography allows her to focus the lens away from her
I arrive for my interview with Mia Wasikowska 45 minutes early, barrelling into the hotel corridor as she leaps gawkily, girlishly through a door. We lock eyes, I recognise her, she smiles shyly, as if trying to remember who I am, then realises she has no idea. This 21-year-old, the highest-grossing female film star of 2010, one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, is clearly entirely unused to being recognised. Her expression shifts to friendly confusion, and she bounds off through another door.
Even when she's completely silent, stories whisper over Wasikowska's face, which explains her latest casting as Jane Eyre, a woman whose inner monologue bubbles with wit and defiance. The film opens...
I arrive for my interview with Mia Wasikowska 45 minutes early, barrelling into the hotel corridor as she leaps gawkily, girlishly through a door. We lock eyes, I recognise her, she smiles shyly, as if trying to remember who I am, then realises she has no idea. This 21-year-old, the highest-grossing female film star of 2010, one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, is clearly entirely unused to being recognised. Her expression shifts to friendly confusion, and she bounds off through another door.
Even when she's completely silent, stories whisper over Wasikowska's face, which explains her latest casting as Jane Eyre, a woman whose inner monologue bubbles with wit and defiance. The film opens...
- 9/4/2011
- by Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
There aren’t too many outlets that review short films. At Moving Pictures we have a tradition known as “The Short List,” short reviews of short films we’ve seen that we think are worth a look.
From this past weekend’s Palm Springs ShortFest, here are five reviews of shorts that caught our eye at the festival and marketplace.
“Library of Dust”
Directed by: Ondi Timoner, co-directed by Robert James
Sundance-winning “Dig,” “We Live in Public” and “Cool It” director Ondi Timoner takes time out to deliver a short documentary that opens with shots of a crematorium turning flesh to ashes, positioning the viewer to understand the relevance of the unclaimed, unloved human “cremains” being harbored in 3,500 crumbling copper cans discovered at the Oregon State (Mental) Hospital.
Inspired by David Maisel’s book of photography, copper containers of former patients of the mental facility sat in a dis-used, decaying facility,...
From this past weekend’s Palm Springs ShortFest, here are five reviews of shorts that caught our eye at the festival and marketplace.
“Library of Dust”
Directed by: Ondi Timoner, co-directed by Robert James
Sundance-winning “Dig,” “We Live in Public” and “Cool It” director Ondi Timoner takes time out to deliver a short documentary that opens with shots of a crematorium turning flesh to ashes, positioning the viewer to understand the relevance of the unclaimed, unloved human “cremains” being harbored in 3,500 crumbling copper cans discovered at the Oregon State (Mental) Hospital.
Inspired by David Maisel’s book of photography, copper containers of former patients of the mental facility sat in a dis-used, decaying facility,...
- 6/29/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
There aren’t too many outlets that review short films. At Moving Pictures we have a tradition known as “The Short List,” short reviews of short films we’ve seen that we think are worth a look.
From this past weekend’s Palm Springs ShortFest, here are five reviews of shorts that caught our eye at the festival and marketplace.
“Library of Dust”
Directed by: Ondi Timoner, co-directed by Robert James
Sundance-winning “Dig,” “We Live in Public” and “Cool It” director Ondi Timoner takes time out to deliver a short documentary that opens with shots of a crematorium turning flesh to ashes, positioning the viewer to understand the relevance of the unclaimed, unloved human “cremains” being harbored in 3,500 crumbling copper cans discovered at the Oregon State (Mental) Hospital.
Inspired by David Maisel’s book of photography, copper containers of former patients of the mental facility sat in a dis-used, decaying facility,...
From this past weekend’s Palm Springs ShortFest, here are five reviews of shorts that caught our eye at the festival and marketplace.
“Library of Dust”
Directed by: Ondi Timoner, co-directed by Robert James
Sundance-winning “Dig,” “We Live in Public” and “Cool It” director Ondi Timoner takes time out to deliver a short documentary that opens with shots of a crematorium turning flesh to ashes, positioning the viewer to understand the relevance of the unclaimed, unloved human “cremains” being harbored in 3,500 crumbling copper cans discovered at the Oregon State (Mental) Hospital.
Inspired by David Maisel’s book of photography, copper containers of former patients of the mental facility sat in a dis-used, decaying facility,...
- 6/29/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Lionsgate has released a trailer for what looks to be a stunning upcoming release of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now on Blu-ray. The film will be released in high definition on October 19th and will be available in a choice of 3-disc and 2-disc Blu-ray editions or as a Digital Download.
Love it or hate it, Apocalypse Now is one of the most controversial and unforgettable films ever made. Directed by Coppola, it is set during the Vietnam War and has a stellar cast that includes Marlon Brando (The Godfather), Martin Sheen (The West Wing), Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider), Harrison Ford (The Indiana Jones series) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix Trilogy). It is epic in scope, thought-provoking and powerfully non-commercial. It was also apparently hell to make and almost ended Coppola's life.
The story of the troubled production of Apocalypse Now is told in the award-winning documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse.
Love it or hate it, Apocalypse Now is one of the most controversial and unforgettable films ever made. Directed by Coppola, it is set during the Vietnam War and has a stellar cast that includes Marlon Brando (The Godfather), Martin Sheen (The West Wing), Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider), Harrison Ford (The Indiana Jones series) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix Trilogy). It is epic in scope, thought-provoking and powerfully non-commercial. It was also apparently hell to make and almost ended Coppola's life.
The story of the troubled production of Apocalypse Now is told in the award-winning documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse.
- 8/30/2010
- CinemaSpy
Director Matt Reeves says his remake of 'Let the Right One In' is 'naturalistic.'
By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Chloe Moretz
Photo: MTV News
In horror-geek circles, there are few recent films as beloved as the 2008 Swedish vampire flick "Let the Right One In." Telling the tale of a bullied boy and a girl who has been 12 for roughly two centuries, the movie is tender, brutal and, to many, untouchable. So, when Matt Reeves ("Cloverfield") decided to remake it, he knew he might as well have been drawing a giant bull's-eye across his back.
"Absolutely, and I totally understand it," said the filmmaker, who is currently in post-production on "Let Me In," the American remake that stars "Kick-Ass" breakout Chloe Moretz and 13-year-old newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee. "When I was first shown the [original] film, it was way before it came out. I was so taken with it,...
By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Chloe Moretz
Photo: MTV News
In horror-geek circles, there are few recent films as beloved as the 2008 Swedish vampire flick "Let the Right One In." Telling the tale of a bullied boy and a girl who has been 12 for roughly two centuries, the movie is tender, brutal and, to many, untouchable. So, when Matt Reeves ("Cloverfield") decided to remake it, he knew he might as well have been drawing a giant bull's-eye across his back.
"Absolutely, and I totally understand it," said the filmmaker, who is currently in post-production on "Let Me In," the American remake that stars "Kick-Ass" breakout Chloe Moretz and 13-year-old newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee. "When I was first shown the [original] film, it was way before it came out. I was so taken with it,...
- 4/14/2010
- MTV Movie News
San Francisco, CA -- The San Francisco Film Society announced today that acclaimed film editor and sound designer Walter Murch will deliver the annual State of Cinema Address at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 22 - May 6) at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas Sunday, April 25 at 4:00 pm.
Murch's address, "Three Fathers of Cinema: Beethoven, Flaubert, Edison," will contemplate what would have happened if motion pictures had been invented in 1789. He will present various theories on the evolution of filmmaking, investigating the cultural origins of cinema in the 19th century and the implications for the future of cinema in the 21st century.
"We are thrilled to have Walter Murch deliver our State of Cinema Address at the Festival this year," said Graham Leggat, executive director of the San Francisco Film Society. "His extensive contributions to filmmaking and the pioneering steps he has taken in the field provide him with...
Murch's address, "Three Fathers of Cinema: Beethoven, Flaubert, Edison," will contemplate what would have happened if motion pictures had been invented in 1789. He will present various theories on the evolution of filmmaking, investigating the cultural origins of cinema in the 19th century and the implications for the future of cinema in the 21st century.
"We are thrilled to have Walter Murch deliver our State of Cinema Address at the Festival this year," said Graham Leggat, executive director of the San Francisco Film Society. "His extensive contributions to filmmaking and the pioneering steps he has taken in the field provide him with...
- 3/22/2010
- Makingof.com
The World Photography Organization and Unicef have launched a global initiative to raise awareness of children’s rights and mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Uncrc).
Supported by Sony, the two companies are calling on people around the world to get involved via a single photo pledge accompanied by a written pledge portraying one of the five fundamental children’s rights: survival, education, health, protection from harm, abuse and exploitation, and to be heard.
Celebrity Unicef Ambassadors including David Beckham and Ewan McGregor have already has their images snapped by world renowned photographers Reza, Mary Ellen Mark, Bruce Davidson and Jonathan Torgovnik, and made their pledge to help children around the world.
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Supported by Sony, the two companies are calling on people around the world to get involved via a single photo pledge accompanied by a written pledge portraying one of the five fundamental children’s rights: survival, education, health, protection from harm, abuse and exploitation, and to be heard.
Celebrity Unicef Ambassadors including David Beckham and Ewan McGregor have already has their images snapped by world renowned photographers Reza, Mary Ellen Mark, Bruce Davidson and Jonathan Torgovnik, and made their pledge to help children around the world.
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- 11/27/2009
- Look to the Stars
Last week at Comic-con, audiences got their first glimpse of footage from director Spike Jonze's big screen adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak's bedtime staple about a naughty boy who travels to a land of hairy-toed beasts when he's sent to his room with no dinner. The images were fierce and fanciful at the same time, and they drew gasps of joy and horror both in person and virtually once the stuff hit the web. Then, two days ago, the trailer for Wes Anderson's stop-motion version of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox debuted, full of characters probing the nature of whether it's okay to be the wild animals they are. The response was a similar chorus of rage and rhapsody. The same thing happened when Tim Burton revealed the first gothic and gruesome images (like this one, above, of Johnny Depp as the...
- 8/2/2009
- by Christine Spines
- EW.com - PopWatch
Mary Ellen Mark has documented some of cinema's most haunted, precocious and celebrated film sets in her 40 years as a stills photographer, including the fraught all-star environments of Apocalypse Now, Marathon Man (with Dustin Hoffman, pictured) and On Golden Pond. Her new book,Seen Behind the Scene recollects the stories behind the shots, a sampling of which are now available over at Vanity Fair. Go for the Fellini, stay for the three-way, mildly Nsfw (or hardly anywhere else, really) Jack Nicholson/Candice Bergen/Art Garfunkel kiss from their Carnal Knowledge days. The Harry Potter kids will be imitating them before you know it. [Vf.com]...
- 7/13/2009
- Movieline
Only Mary Ellen Mark can claim to have documented the turmoil on the most notorious film set of all time (Apocalypse Now), as well as the making of classics as diverse as Tootsie, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Fellini’s Satyricon. With photographs from more than 50 film sets, Mark’s recently published book, Seen Behind the Scene: Forty Years of Photographing On Set (Phaidon), provides a revealing look at how the movies get made.
- 7/10/2009
- Vanity Fair
Callooh! Callay! More frabjous shots from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland have surfaced, courtesy of Coming Soon's scans of Mary Ellen Mark's Vanity Fair spread.Colour-wise these are nowhere near as, well, loud as the previously released batch, lending the project a much darker vibe. The poses are similar to what we've seen before, but it's our closest glimpse so far of Aussie newcomer Mia Wasikowska as Alice. She's holding a white rabbit, which we guess means that the bunny being clutched by Johnny Depp's Hatter is a March Hare. Doesn't look much like Noah Taylor though.Helena Bonham Carter meanwhile, is nursing a pig. Aside from the League of Gentleman connotations, this suggests yet more mangling of the source text. It already appears that her royal highnessness is an amalgam of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland and the Red Queen from Through the Looking Glass.
- 7/5/2009
- EmpireOnline
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