NewsNavroze was an important contributor to the documentary field in India, and served as the cinematographer for many award-winning feature films, and documentaries.Navroze Contractor, a multi award winning cinematographer, photographer, superbike enthusiast, cricket player, coach and administrator, and writer, passed away in a road accident, on Sunday, June 18. He was 80-years-old. The accident took place near Hosur, when he was returning on his sports bike along with his friends. Another bike had hit Navroze’s bike, and he was rushed to the Denkanikottai Hospital in Tamil Nadu but did not survive. It had been his routine to go on bike trips every weekend. Navroze was an important contributor to the documentary field in India, and served as the cinematographer for many award-winning feature films, and documentaries. Some of the feature films he shot are Duvidha by Mani Kaul, Percy by Pervez Merwanji, Love in the Time of Malaria by Sanjiv Shah,...
- 6/19/2023
- by AzeefaF
- The News Minute
Wally Campo, the Roger Corman regular who did his best Det. Joe Friday impersonation as Sgt. Joe Fink — and also served as the narrator — in the original The Little Shop of Horrors, has died. He was 99.
Campo died Jan. 14 of natural causes in Studio City, his son, musician Tony Campodonico, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Campo also played a goofball in Monte Hellman‘s Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) and appeared for director Burt Topper in Hell Squad (1958), Tank Commandos (1959) — where he was top-billed — and the Victor Buono-starring The Strangler (1964).
Campo showed up in the Corman-directed Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Ski Troop Attack (1960) and Tales of Terror (1962) and in the Corman-produced Devil’s Angels (1967). Many of his movies were made at the filmmaker’s low-budget American International Pictures.
His acting credits also included Edward Dmytryk’s Warlock (1959), the Vincent Price-starring Master of the World (1961) and Shock Corridor (1963), directed by Sam Fuller.
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Campo died Jan. 14 of natural causes in Studio City, his son, musician Tony Campodonico, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Campo also played a goofball in Monte Hellman‘s Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) and appeared for director Burt Topper in Hell Squad (1958), Tank Commandos (1959) — where he was top-billed — and the Victor Buono-starring The Strangler (1964).
Campo showed up in the Corman-directed Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Ski Troop Attack (1960) and Tales of Terror (1962) and in the Corman-produced Devil’s Angels (1967). Many of his movies were made at the filmmaker’s low-budget American International Pictures.
His acting credits also included Edward Dmytryk’s Warlock (1959), the Vincent Price-starring Master of the World (1961) and Shock Corridor (1963), directed by Sam Fuller.
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- 1/26/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Donn Cambern, the film editor who used his musical background to help make Easy Rider a masterpiece and 15 years later shared an Oscar nomination for cutting Romancing the Stone, has died. He was 93.
Cambern died Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank of complications from a fall three weeks ago, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Los Angeles native edited Blume in Love (1973), Willie & Phil (1980) and Tempest (1982) for Paul Mazursky, Twins (1988) and Ghostbusters II (1989) for Ivan Reitman and worked on five Burt Reynolds starrers, including Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and The Cannonball Run (1981).
Cambern also received an editing credit on The Last Picture Show (1971), though Peter Bogdanovich insisted that he was the editor on that.
He was honored with a career achievement award from the American Cinema Editors in 2004, and three years later, he became the first recipient of the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s Fellowship and Service Award.
Cambern died Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank of complications from a fall three weeks ago, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Los Angeles native edited Blume in Love (1973), Willie & Phil (1980) and Tempest (1982) for Paul Mazursky, Twins (1988) and Ghostbusters II (1989) for Ivan Reitman and worked on five Burt Reynolds starrers, including Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and The Cannonball Run (1981).
Cambern also received an editing credit on The Last Picture Show (1971), though Peter Bogdanovich insisted that he was the editor on that.
He was honored with a career achievement award from the American Cinema Editors in 2004, and three years later, he became the first recipient of the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s Fellowship and Service Award.
- 1/21/2023
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Talk about a Back-to-School disc promotion! CineSavant digs into Severin’s MegaBox The Incredibly Strange films of Ray Dennis Steckler — 10 discs, 20 films — just enough to sample this demented offering that some have nominated for the honor of worst film ever. It’s a glorified home movie by a guy bitten by the movie-making bug — and a friend with some cash who wanted to be a producer. Steckler’s movie found real screenings in real theaters, launching the Auteur from Lemon Grove Street on one of the oddest Hollywood careers ever.
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Blu-ray
Part of the Severin Films ‘The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler’ Boxed Set
1964 / Color / B&w / 1:78 widescreen/ 82 min. / Street Date September 27 2022, 2022 / Available from / 219.95
Starring: Cash Flagg, Brett O’Hara, Atlas King, Sharon Walsh, Madison Clarke, Erina Enyo, Toni Camel, Jack Brady, Bill Ward, Neil Stillman, Joan Howard,...
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Blu-ray
Part of the Severin Films ‘The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler’ Boxed Set
1964 / Color / B&w / 1:78 widescreen/ 82 min. / Street Date September 27 2022, 2022 / Available from / 219.95
Starring: Cash Flagg, Brett O’Hara, Atlas King, Sharon Walsh, Madison Clarke, Erina Enyo, Toni Camel, Jack Brady, Bill Ward, Neil Stillman, Joan Howard,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
‘Music School’, the much-awaited musical with compositions by Ilaiyaraaja is getting final touches in Budapest where the background score of the film was orchestrated and recorded yesterday. Featuring 11 songs, ‘Music School’ is written and directed by Papa Rao Biyyala. The film includes 3 songs from the Oscar-winning and much-loved classic ‘The Sound of Music’.
The film is produced by the Hyderabad-based company Yamini Films. The producers planned to record background music in Budapest to match the quality of the music from ‘The Sound of Music’.
“Dr. Ilaiyaraaja has written many parts of the film’s background music for a symphony orchestra,” director Biyyala said. “Hence we approached the Budapest Symphony Orchestra – one of the leading orchestras in the world.”
Earlier three songs from ‘The Sound of Music’ were orchestrated by the London Philharmonic Orchestra before the shoot of the film. So the music composer and the director thought it would be...
The film is produced by the Hyderabad-based company Yamini Films. The producers planned to record background music in Budapest to match the quality of the music from ‘The Sound of Music’.
“Dr. Ilaiyaraaja has written many parts of the film’s background music for a symphony orchestra,” director Biyyala said. “Hence we approached the Budapest Symphony Orchestra – one of the leading orchestras in the world.”
Earlier three songs from ‘The Sound of Music’ were orchestrated by the London Philharmonic Orchestra before the shoot of the film. So the music composer and the director thought it would be...
- 9/2/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
One of India’s finest music directors, Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja, has got the background score of the musical film, ‘Music School’, orchestrated and recorded in Budapest, Hungary.
Sources say that the much-awaited musical with compositions by Ilaiyaraaja is getting its final touches in Budapest.
Featuring 11 songs, ‘Music School’ has been written and directed by Papa Rao Biyyala. The film includes three songs from the Oscar-winning and much-loved classic ‘The Sound of Music’.
The film is produced by the Hyderabad-based company Yamini Films. The producers planned to record background music in Budapest to match the quality of the music from ‘The Sound of Music’.
“Dr. Ilaiyaraaja has written many parts of the film’s background music for a symphony orchestra,” director Biyyala said. “Hence we approached the Budapest Symphony Orchestra – one of the leading orchestras in the world.”
Earlier, three songs from ‘The Sound of Music’ were orchestrated by the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
Sources say that the much-awaited musical with compositions by Ilaiyaraaja is getting its final touches in Budapest.
Featuring 11 songs, ‘Music School’ has been written and directed by Papa Rao Biyyala. The film includes three songs from the Oscar-winning and much-loved classic ‘The Sound of Music’.
The film is produced by the Hyderabad-based company Yamini Films. The producers planned to record background music in Budapest to match the quality of the music from ‘The Sound of Music’.
“Dr. Ilaiyaraaja has written many parts of the film’s background music for a symphony orchestra,” director Biyyala said. “Hence we approached the Budapest Symphony Orchestra – one of the leading orchestras in the world.”
Earlier, three songs from ‘The Sound of Music’ were orchestrated by the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
- 9/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Martin Scorsese’s incandescent celebration of The Band’s last performance‚ was the first rock documentary to be shot in 35mm. It’s rock concert as art film. And very few rock concerts‚ had the good fortune to be‚ photographed by the likes of Michael Chapman, Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs.
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- 8/5/2022
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
With the death this week of Ralph “Sonny” Barger, national president of famed motorcycle club the Hells Angels, a piece of vibrant American pop culture history recedes farther into the past.
It’s hard to appreciate today, but when Barger founded the Oakland chapter in 1957, the mythology of the outlaw biker had already been emblazoned on the national consciousness through the Hells Angels’ impact on fashion, movies and music, as a symbol of rebellion. Barger’s death on June 29 at the age of 83 made international headlines because of that reach.
Barger was the face of the Hells Angels for decades, but the origin story of the Hells Angels began nearly a decade before when the club was founded in Fontana, Calif., in 1948. The mythos of the rebel clad in black leather astride their prized “hogs,” as their often-chopped Harley-Davidson motorcycles are known, is now entrenched in the public’s imagination.
It’s hard to appreciate today, but when Barger founded the Oakland chapter in 1957, the mythology of the outlaw biker had already been emblazoned on the national consciousness through the Hells Angels’ impact on fashion, movies and music, as a symbol of rebellion. Barger’s death on June 29 at the age of 83 made international headlines because of that reach.
Barger was the face of the Hells Angels for decades, but the origin story of the Hells Angels began nearly a decade before when the club was founded in Fontana, Calif., in 1948. The mythos of the rebel clad in black leather astride their prized “hogs,” as their often-chopped Harley-Davidson motorcycles are known, is now entrenched in the public’s imagination.
- 7/1/2022
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
‘Teach your children well’ they say, but Sondra Locke’s young girl in this show is the victim of parenting so bad it verges on criminal … John Lewis Carlino’s adult murder mystery has excellent imagery courtesy of director William A. Fraker and cameraman László Kovács. But the studio ‘made changes,’ removing explicit adult content and selling the show as horror even though it’s PG and has little to shock an audience. That leaves us with a carefully underplayed drama courtesy of Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Sally Kellerman and Signe Hasso — and a twisted sex mystery that seems obvious from the get-go. The HD transfer restores Fraker’s elaborate imagery, making us wonder what his intended version might have been.
A Reflection of Fear
All-Region Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 84
1972 / Color / 1:85 / 89 min. / Street Date October 27, 2021 / available from Amazon.au / 34.95
Starring: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke, Signe Hasso,...
A Reflection of Fear
All-Region Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 84
1972 / Color / 1:85 / 89 min. / Street Date October 27, 2021 / available from Amazon.au / 34.95
Starring: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke, Signe Hasso,...
- 1/8/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The “Ghostbusters” franchise has gone through quite a few permutations in the decades since director Ivan Reitman’s original feature was released in 1984. And while the kooky spirit and basic concept of the first film remain unchanged in each iteration, from the two ’90s animated TV series to 2016’s gender-swapped reboot, the property itself is continually in a creative flux. It’s no wonder it’s going through yet another change — and showing marked growing pains in the process. Director/ co-writer Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” hits the reboot button once more, this time carrying a familial cinematic legacy. Yet with all the nostalgia packed into the picture, its own refurbished identity is slightly compromised, functioning as .
Rebuilding from the past is the guiding sentiment of this feature, not only in terms of one family renovating their lives, but also in the way Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan reconstruct elements foundational to the franchise.
Rebuilding from the past is the guiding sentiment of this feature, not only in terms of one family renovating their lives, but also in the way Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan reconstruct elements foundational to the franchise.
- 10/9/2021
- by Courtney Howard
- Indiewire
The comedian and former The Daily Show correspondent talks about his favorite Blaxploitation movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Casablanca (1942) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Castle (1997)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) – Bill Duke’s trailer commentary
Pressure (1976)
Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Boss (1975)
Django Unchained (2012) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
The Thing With Two Heads (1972) – Stuart Gordon’s trailer commentary
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
Black Samurai (1977)
Truck Turner (1974)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Black Caesar (1973) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Hell Up In Harlem (1973) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Judas And The Black Messiah (2021)
Friday Foster (1975)
That Man Bolt (1973)
Blacula (1972)
Foxy Brown (1974) – Jack Hill’s trailer commentary
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
Willie Dynamite (1973) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Billy Jack (1971)
John Wick (2014)
The Matrix (1999)
Cleopatra Jones...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Casablanca (1942) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Castle (1997)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) – Bill Duke’s trailer commentary
Pressure (1976)
Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Boss (1975)
Django Unchained (2012) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
The Thing With Two Heads (1972) – Stuart Gordon’s trailer commentary
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
Black Samurai (1977)
Truck Turner (1974)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Black Caesar (1973) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Hell Up In Harlem (1973) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Judas And The Black Messiah (2021)
Friday Foster (1975)
That Man Bolt (1973)
Blacula (1972)
Foxy Brown (1974) – Jack Hill’s trailer commentary
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
Willie Dynamite (1973) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Billy Jack (1971)
John Wick (2014)
The Matrix (1999)
Cleopatra Jones...
- 8/17/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection
Blu ray
Severin Films
1965 – 1989 / 2841 min.
Starring Russ Tamblyn, Regina Carrol, Lon Chaney
Cinematography by Gary Graver, Vilmos Zsigmond, László Kovács
Directed by Al Adamson, David Gregory
The titles grab you by the collar like a desperate carny barker – Psycho A Go-Go, Blood of Ghastly Horror, Satan’s Sadists – then something for the raincoat crowd – Girls For Rent, Nurses For Sale, The Naughty Stewardesses. The rant turns political, incendiary: Black Heat, Mean Mother, Black Samurai. His last gasp – Cinderella 2000, Nurse Sherri, The Happy Hobo. The Happy Hobo?
Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection is an alarming new release from Severin Films presenting 32 of the director’s misbegotten “masterpieces” in beautifully restored transfers with enough added attractions to choke a horse. It’s the story of one man’s twenty year run in exploitation cinema that may be too exhausting for the casual viewer to contemplate. But...
Blu ray
Severin Films
1965 – 1989 / 2841 min.
Starring Russ Tamblyn, Regina Carrol, Lon Chaney
Cinematography by Gary Graver, Vilmos Zsigmond, László Kovács
Directed by Al Adamson, David Gregory
The titles grab you by the collar like a desperate carny barker – Psycho A Go-Go, Blood of Ghastly Horror, Satan’s Sadists – then something for the raincoat crowd – Girls For Rent, Nurses For Sale, The Naughty Stewardesses. The rant turns political, incendiary: Black Heat, Mean Mother, Black Samurai. His last gasp – Cinderella 2000, Nurse Sherri, The Happy Hobo. The Happy Hobo?
Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection is an alarming new release from Severin Films presenting 32 of the director’s misbegotten “masterpieces” in beautifully restored transfers with enough added attractions to choke a horse. It’s the story of one man’s twenty year run in exploitation cinema that may be too exhausting for the casual viewer to contemplate. But...
- 6/23/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
The Danish star of The Celebration and many others discusses what seeing America only through movies when she was growing up.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Gremlins (1984)
Piranha (1978)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Matinee (1993)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
The Celebration (1998)
On The Border (1998)
The Idiots (1998)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Deep Throat (1972)
American Graffiti (1972)
Sexual Freedom In Denmark (1970)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)
The Godfather (1972)
Stripes (1981)
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
Faces (1968)
Taking Off (1971)
Gloria (1980)
Gloria (1999)
The Biggest Heroes (1996)
Nashville (1975)
That Time of Year (2018)
Psycho (1960)
All That Jazz (1979)
California Split (1974)
The Player (1992)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Network (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Heathers (1988)
Fame (1980)
Judy (2019)
Star 80 (1983)
Lenny (1974)
Over The Edge (1979)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Footloose (1983)
Raging Bull (1980)
Running On Empty (1988)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Superman (1978)
Superman II (1980)
On The Waterfront (1954)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Planet of the Apes...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Gremlins (1984)
Piranha (1978)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Matinee (1993)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
The Celebration (1998)
On The Border (1998)
The Idiots (1998)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Deep Throat (1972)
American Graffiti (1972)
Sexual Freedom In Denmark (1970)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)
The Godfather (1972)
Stripes (1981)
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
Faces (1968)
Taking Off (1971)
Gloria (1980)
Gloria (1999)
The Biggest Heroes (1996)
Nashville (1975)
That Time of Year (2018)
Psycho (1960)
All That Jazz (1979)
California Split (1974)
The Player (1992)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Network (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Heathers (1988)
Fame (1980)
Judy (2019)
Star 80 (1983)
Lenny (1974)
Over The Edge (1979)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Footloose (1983)
Raging Bull (1980)
Running On Empty (1988)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Superman (1978)
Superman II (1980)
On The Waterfront (1954)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Planet of the Apes...
- 3/17/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
A panel of top principals from classic 1989 coming-of-age romantic comedy Say Anything… celebrated the film’s 30th anniversary and its refreshingly timeless sensibility during a Tribeca Talks event Tuesday night in New York.
Beyond the nostalgic embrace of the familiar from the sellout crowd (a loud ovation during the famed boom-box scene was no surprise), writer-director Cameron Crowe was genuinely touched to revisit this early-career touchstone, and the way beloved 19-year-old would-be pro kickboxer Lloyd Dobler, played by John Cusack, was portrayed as “a warrior for optimism.”
That spirit, which became the heart of Lloyd’s rebelliousness during this time of the Reagan era, became a central point for Cusack as well. “We landed on that and John electrified into that idea,” Crowe said.
Cusack, seen via satellite after a day of filming Gillian Flynn’s new Amazon series Utopia in Chicago, took the message a step further and appeared...
Beyond the nostalgic embrace of the familiar from the sellout crowd (a loud ovation during the famed boom-box scene was no surprise), writer-director Cameron Crowe was genuinely touched to revisit this early-career touchstone, and the way beloved 19-year-old would-be pro kickboxer Lloyd Dobler, played by John Cusack, was portrayed as “a warrior for optimism.”
That spirit, which became the heart of Lloyd’s rebelliousness during this time of the Reagan era, became a central point for Cusack as well. “We landed on that and John electrified into that idea,” Crowe said.
Cusack, seen via satellite after a day of filming Gillian Flynn’s new Amazon series Utopia in Chicago, took the message a step further and appeared...
- 5/1/2019
- by Robert Edelstein
- Deadline Film + TV
Dennis Hopper’s legendary follow-up to Easy Rider ended his Hollywood directing career for at least fifteen years. Barely seen again after brief premiere bookings, it hasn’t built up a reputation as a suppressed masterpiece. So what is it exactly? A new spotless restoration gives a dazzling rebirth to Hopper’s Perú- filmed deconstruction of Hollywood. The astonishing number of notables in the cast list may in itself demand a viewing.
The Last Movie
Blu-ray
Arbelos
1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / 39.99
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Stella García, Tomas Milian, Don Gordon, Julie Adams, Donna Baccala, Sylvia Miles, Rod Cameron, Severn Darden, Sam Fuller, Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom, Michelle Phillips, Kris Kristofferson, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Clint Kimbrough, John Phillip Law, James Mitchum, Richard Rust, Toni Basil, Michael Anderson Jr.
Cinematography: László Kovács
Production design: Leon Ericksen
Film Editors: David Berlatsky, Antranig Mahakian, Dennis Hopper, [Alejandro Jodorowsky]
Original Music: Severn Darden,...
The Last Movie
Blu-ray
Arbelos
1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / 39.99
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Stella García, Tomas Milian, Don Gordon, Julie Adams, Donna Baccala, Sylvia Miles, Rod Cameron, Severn Darden, Sam Fuller, Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom, Michelle Phillips, Kris Kristofferson, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Clint Kimbrough, John Phillip Law, James Mitchum, Richard Rust, Toni Basil, Michael Anderson Jr.
Cinematography: László Kovács
Production design: Leon Ericksen
Film Editors: David Berlatsky, Antranig Mahakian, Dennis Hopper, [Alejandro Jodorowsky]
Original Music: Severn Darden,...
- 11/10/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Beverly Hills 1968 — Sunset Blvd., The Strip, The Bistro, the haze in the Hollywood Hills — where a lowly hairdresser-stud is locked in a crazy lifestyle free-fall while having the time of his life with four beautiful women. Warren Beatty puts a facet of his public personality on display as a world-class ladies’ man who just can’t keep things together.
Shampoo
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 947
1975 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 18, 2018 / 39.95
Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, George Furth, Jay Robinson, Carrie Fisher, George Furth, Luana Anders.
Cinematography László Kovács
Production Designer Richard Sylbert
Art Direction W. Stewart Campbell
Film Editor Robert C. Jones
Original Music Paul Simon
Written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
Produced by Warren Beatty
Directed by Hal Ashby
Mr. Pettis, banker: “What kind of references do you have?”
George Roundy: “I do Barbara Rush.
Shampoo
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 947
1975 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 18, 2018 / 39.95
Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, George Furth, Jay Robinson, Carrie Fisher, George Furth, Luana Anders.
Cinematography László Kovács
Production Designer Richard Sylbert
Art Direction W. Stewart Campbell
Film Editor Robert C. Jones
Original Music Paul Simon
Written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
Produced by Warren Beatty
Directed by Hal Ashby
Mr. Pettis, banker: “What kind of references do you have?”
George Roundy: “I do Barbara Rush.
- 10/16/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Here’s how one pushed the limits of good taste in 1974. James Caan and Alan Arkin run the gamut of racist, raunchy, sexist & homophobic jokes as bad boy cops breaking the rules, and director Richard Rush delivers some impressive, expensive action stunts on location in San Francisco. Does it get a pass because it’s ‘outrageous?’ The public surely thought so. If the star chemistry works the excess won’t matter. With Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit and Jack Kruschen.
Freebie and the Bean
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1974 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 113 min. / Street Date August 8, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Alan Arkin, James Caan, Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Paul Koslo, Linda Marsh, Alex Rocco.
Cinematography: Laszlo Kovacs
Film Editors: Michael MacLean, Fredric Steinkamp
Original Music: Dominic Frontiere
Written by Robert Kaufman, Floyd Mutrux
Produced and Directed by Richard Rush
‘Buddy’ pictures have been around forever, but I...
Freebie and the Bean
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1974 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 113 min. / Street Date August 8, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Alan Arkin, James Caan, Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Paul Koslo, Linda Marsh, Alex Rocco.
Cinematography: Laszlo Kovacs
Film Editors: Michael MacLean, Fredric Steinkamp
Original Music: Dominic Frontiere
Written by Robert Kaufman, Floyd Mutrux
Produced and Directed by Richard Rush
‘Buddy’ pictures have been around forever, but I...
- 8/8/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Hells Angels On Wheels La Screening with Richard Rush and Sabrina Scharf in Person
By Todd Garbarini
Richard Rush’s 1967 film Hells Angels on Wheels celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special screening at the Noho 7 Theatre in Los Angeles. Starring Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor and Jack Starrett, the film runs 95 minutes and is one of several films that Mr. Rush directed Mr. Nicholson in, the others being Too Soon to Love (1960) and Psycho-Out (1968). This is a rare opportunity to see this film on the big screen.
Please Note: Director Richard Rush and actress Sabrina Scharf are scheduled to appear in person for a Q & A following the screening.
From the press release:
Hells Angels On Wheels (1967)
Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 7:30 Pm
A bunch of hairy guys on Harleys are causing trouble again in this, one of the best-remembered examples of the biker flicks of the 1960's.
By Todd Garbarini
Richard Rush’s 1967 film Hells Angels on Wheels celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special screening at the Noho 7 Theatre in Los Angeles. Starring Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor and Jack Starrett, the film runs 95 minutes and is one of several films that Mr. Rush directed Mr. Nicholson in, the others being Too Soon to Love (1960) and Psycho-Out (1968). This is a rare opportunity to see this film on the big screen.
Please Note: Director Richard Rush and actress Sabrina Scharf are scheduled to appear in person for a Q & A following the screening.
From the press release:
Hells Angels On Wheels (1967)
Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 7:30 Pm
A bunch of hairy guys on Harleys are causing trouble again in this, one of the best-remembered examples of the biker flicks of the 1960's.
- 7/31/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Robert Altman builds his films like dystopian prisons, convincing his residents they have the run of the place while working to ensure they can’t escape. When he actually buckles down for a psychological thriller (3 Women) or locked-room drama (Come Back to the Five and Dime, Secret Honor), any departure from the comedic tone we usually expect from him is balanced by a psychological continuity. His films consistently show that you can never really run away from your problems, and you’re inevitably due to return to them.
That Cold Day in the Park opens in a city so generic, I took the English-accented cast at face value and assumed we were somewhere in the U.K. Here, in a well-appointed apartment, lives Frances (Sandy Dennis), so entombed in the memory of her deceased parents that all her friends (and would-be suitors) are twice her age. She entertains them and...
That Cold Day in the Park opens in a city so generic, I took the English-accented cast at face value and assumed we were somewhere in the U.K. Here, in a well-appointed apartment, lives Frances (Sandy Dennis), so entombed in the memory of her deceased parents that all her friends (and would-be suitors) are twice her age. She entertains them and...
- 2/28/2017
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
Arrival, Snowden directors of photography also among winners at international cinematography festival.
Lion cinematographer Greig Fraser was awarded the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography, which uniquely awards films according to their visual, aesthetic and technical values.
The 24th edition of the festival was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 12 – 19.
Fraser took home the top award for shooting director Garth Davis’ Lion, the true story of an Indian boy separated from his family and adopted by an affluent couple. The film features Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara and Dev Patel.
UK box office success Arrival, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, was awarded the Silver Frog for Bradford Young’s photography, while DoP Anthony Dod Mantle was presented the Bronze Frog for Snowden, the biopic of the former Nsa whistle-blower, directed by Oliver Stone.
The main festival competition aims to honour features in which the image significantly contributes...
Lion cinematographer Greig Fraser was awarded the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography, which uniquely awards films according to their visual, aesthetic and technical values.
The 24th edition of the festival was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 12 – 19.
Fraser took home the top award for shooting director Garth Davis’ Lion, the true story of an Indian boy separated from his family and adopted by an affluent couple. The film features Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara and Dev Patel.
UK box office success Arrival, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, was awarded the Silver Frog for Bradford Young’s photography, while DoP Anthony Dod Mantle was presented the Bronze Frog for Snowden, the biopic of the former Nsa whistle-blower, directed by Oliver Stone.
The main festival competition aims to honour features in which the image significantly contributes...
- 11/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
Robert Altman, Warren Beatty and Julie Christie join together for one of the great westerns, a poetic account of the founding of a town and the way big business preys on foolish little guys. Raw and cluttered, the show gives the genre a new look, with a dreamy mix of snowflakes, opium and the music of Leonard Cohen. McCabe & Mrs. Miller Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 827 1971 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 121 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 11, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Antony Holland, . Cinematography Vilmos Zsigmond Production Designer Leon Ericksen Film Editing and Second Unit Director Louis Lombardo Original Music Leonard Cohen Written by Robert Altman, Brian McKay from the novel McCabe by Edmund Naughton Produced by Mitchell Brower, David Foster Directed by Robert Altman
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Robert Altman films run hot and cold for this reviewer.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Robert Altman films run hot and cold for this reviewer.
- 10/22/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Having displayed comedic chops through his entire career and an eye for action in the last few features, Paul Feig was the ideal director to handle a new version of Ghostbusters. Teaming the actors who have most excelled when working with him (Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy) while giving a spotlight to some deserving talent (Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones), the right ingredients were in place to carry on the spirit of this franchise — or, let’s be honest: just the first film. While it doesn’t quite reach the height of laughter or thrills of Feig’s best work, Ghostbusters has a persistent dose of rollicking, scrappy fun that the ideal summer blockbuster should contain — all the way past the last credits.
Many years ago, Erin Gilbert (Wiig) and Abby Yates (McCarthy) co-authored a book about paranormal activity, but their friendship became fractured as the former entered academia and...
Many years ago, Erin Gilbert (Wiig) and Abby Yates (McCarthy) co-authored a book about paranormal activity, but their friendship became fractured as the former entered academia and...
- 7/10/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With the new riff on the ol' Ghostbusters property nearly upon us, what better time to look back at the original comedy smash? While the film's comic tone and dialogue are well remembered its visuals are less often discussed. The film was shot by the Hungarian cinematographer László Kovács. He logged a lot of quality time in the romantic comedy genre (What's Up Doc?, My Best Friend's Wedding, Say Anything...) but made his name in the 70s on scrappy, famous and/or ambitious pictures like Five Easy Pieces, Shampoo, New York New York, and Paper Moon.
Without further ado, let's see what the Hit Me With Your Best Shot club thought of the look of this picture and what slimy memories this revisit stirred up...
Ghostbusters
Directed by Ivan Reitman. Cinematography by László Kovács.
Starring: (in order of billing) Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver,
Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts,...
Without further ado, let's see what the Hit Me With Your Best Shot club thought of the look of this picture and what slimy memories this revisit stirred up...
Ghostbusters
Directed by Ivan Reitman. Cinematography by László Kovács.
Starring: (in order of billing) Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver,
Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts,...
- 3/9/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Last year, the Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond told Filmmaker Magazine, “I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a film.” Directors, he said, focused too much on words — talk, talk, talk, not enough on images. True to his manifesto, Zsigmond shot some of the most indelible cinematic images of the 1970s and 1980s, from musical aliens hovering majestically over Moocraft, Wyoming, to cowboys dancing in gauzy washes of light.Zsigmond, who died on New Year’s day at the age of 85, escaped from Hungary in 1956 with his friend László Kovács (the cinematographer for Dennis Hopper’s iconic 1969* counter-culture odyssey Easy Rider, as well as Ghostbusters in 1984). Their luggage was filled with long ribbons of newsreel footage they had shot on the streets of Budapest. They sold their film to CBS, which impelled...
- 1/3/2016
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
Visionary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who escaped his native Hungary to set up in Hollywood and became one of the most acclaimed practitioners of his generation, has died aged 85 in Big Sur, California.
The cinematographer fled Budapest in 1956 with his hidden footage of Soviet forces crushing the Hungarian Revolution and along with his dear friend and fellow émigré the late László Kovács went on to establish a brilliant career in the United States.
Zsigmond and Kovács got their foothold shooting B-movies under the Americanised names William Zsigmond and Leslie Kovacs before they embarked on more illustrious projects.
Zsigmond’s career spanned collaborations with Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma and Woody Allen.
He shot Altman’s McCabe & Mrs Miller and won the Oscar in 1978 for Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. He was nominated subsequently for The Deer Hunter, The River and The Black Dahlia, a collaboration with frequent associate Brian De Palma.
Zsigmond...
The cinematographer fled Budapest in 1956 with his hidden footage of Soviet forces crushing the Hungarian Revolution and along with his dear friend and fellow émigré the late László Kovács went on to establish a brilliant career in the United States.
Zsigmond and Kovács got their foothold shooting B-movies under the Americanised names William Zsigmond and Leslie Kovacs before they embarked on more illustrious projects.
Zsigmond’s career spanned collaborations with Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma and Woody Allen.
He shot Altman’s McCabe & Mrs Miller and won the Oscar in 1978 for Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. He was nominated subsequently for The Deer Hunter, The River and The Black Dahlia, a collaboration with frequent associate Brian De Palma.
Zsigmond...
- 1/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Last week, we mourned the loss of Haskell Wexler, and now cinema has lost another one of its great craftsmen — celebrated cinemtographer Vilmos Zsigmond has passed away at the age of 85. "Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a film. I think all films should be really visual," Zsigmond told Filmmaker Magazine in 2014, and not only did he make "good images," he made the movies he worked on simply beautiful. Read More: Watch 70-Minute Masterclass With Legendary Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Trained in Budapest, and pairing up with his friend and fellow cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, he captured the 1956 Hugarian Revolution on film before escaping to Austria, eventually landing in Los Angeles where he quickly got to work shooting anything he could. Honing his skills on a strong of low-budget B-movies, Zsigmond leapt to attention and acclaim providing gorgeous...
- 1/3/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In Paul Bettany’s screenwriting and directorial debut, Shelter follows the lives of two homeless people who find love in each other despite all of the obstacles that stand in their way. Starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie, the film depicts the lives of the drug addict Hannah (Connelly) living on the streets and running into Tahir (Mackie), an illegal immigrant who escaped terrors from Boko Haram and tries to make ends meet. You can catch the film out in select theaters and read the interview we had with the cast and director below.
You worked with Paula Huidobro who is noted as being one of the best in her business of cinematography. Can you talk about your collaboration with her?
Paul Bettany: Yes I can. I can talk for hours about it. For me, pre-production was the worst part of this, it was the only aspect that I...
You worked with Paula Huidobro who is noted as being one of the best in her business of cinematography. Can you talk about your collaboration with her?
Paul Bettany: Yes I can. I can talk for hours about it. For me, pre-production was the worst part of this, it was the only aspect that I...
- 11/24/2015
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Other winners include Rams, Son of Saul, The Look of Silence and Gaspar Noé’s Love.Scroll down for full list of winners
Cinematographer Ed Lachman has won the prestigious Golden Frog at the 23rd Camerimage (Nov 14-21) for his work on Todd Haynes’ period drama Carol.
A total of 15 films were in the running for the prize, awarded to titles representing the greatest achievements in cinematography at the festival, held in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.
The Silver Frog went to Sturla Brandt Grøvlen for his cinematography on Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams.
The Bronze Frog was won by Mátyás Erdély for his cinematography on László Nemes’ Holocaust drama, Son Of Saul.
Other prizes saw The Look Of Silence cinematographer Lars Skree pick up the Golden Frog in the feature-length documentary films competition.
Gaspar Noé’s hardcore sex drama Love won Best 3D Film for cinematographer Benoît Debie.
Camerimage 2015Main Competition
Golden Frog: Carol
cin. Ed Lachman
dir. Todd Haynes...
Cinematographer Ed Lachman has won the prestigious Golden Frog at the 23rd Camerimage (Nov 14-21) for his work on Todd Haynes’ period drama Carol.
A total of 15 films were in the running for the prize, awarded to titles representing the greatest achievements in cinematography at the festival, held in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.
The Silver Frog went to Sturla Brandt Grøvlen for his cinematography on Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams.
The Bronze Frog was won by Mátyás Erdély for his cinematography on László Nemes’ Holocaust drama, Son Of Saul.
Other prizes saw The Look Of Silence cinematographer Lars Skree pick up the Golden Frog in the feature-length documentary films competition.
Gaspar Noé’s hardcore sex drama Love won Best 3D Film for cinematographer Benoît Debie.
Camerimage 2015Main Competition
Golden Frog: Carol
cin. Ed Lachman
dir. Todd Haynes...
- 11/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Five Easy Pieces
Written by Adrien Joyce (Carole Eastman)
Directed by Bob Rafelson
USA, 1970
Five Easy Pieces follows along an existential strain of American cinema that began with films like The Graduate (1967) and Easy Rider (1969), where, in the latter example, two men went looking for America and, as its tagline states, couldn’t find it anywhere, and continued through the vehement introspection that emerged from the tormented minds of Martin Scorsese’s anti-heroes, like Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver [1976]) and Jake La Motta (Raging Bull [1980]). Somewhere in between these two manifestations of anguish is Jack Nicholson’s Robert Eroica Dupea, the main character of Bob Rafelson’s 1970 feature. Disenchanted with life and the people who surround him, and utterly aimless in his restless, insatiable quest for self-contentment, Bobby is continually disheartened by the realization that his ideals of happiness and unhappiness don’t apply to everyone else, and may not even be applicable to himself.
Written by Adrien Joyce (Carole Eastman)
Directed by Bob Rafelson
USA, 1970
Five Easy Pieces follows along an existential strain of American cinema that began with films like The Graduate (1967) and Easy Rider (1969), where, in the latter example, two men went looking for America and, as its tagline states, couldn’t find it anywhere, and continued through the vehement introspection that emerged from the tormented minds of Martin Scorsese’s anti-heroes, like Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver [1976]) and Jake La Motta (Raging Bull [1980]). Somewhere in between these two manifestations of anguish is Jack Nicholson’s Robert Eroica Dupea, the main character of Bob Rafelson’s 1970 feature. Disenchanted with life and the people who surround him, and utterly aimless in his restless, insatiable quest for self-contentment, Bobby is continually disheartened by the realization that his ideals of happiness and unhappiness don’t apply to everyone else, and may not even be applicable to himself.
- 6/30/2015
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Breathless is not playing at this year’s Classic French Film Festival, but St. Louis classic French film fans get to see it on the big screen anyway! It’s part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum’s series A Critical Eye: Avant-Garde Cinema of the 1960s and is screening this Tuesday night (March 24th) at the Tivoli (6350 Delmar Blvd. University City, Mo). The show starts at 7pm. Admission is Free!
Breathless was remade in 1983 with Richard Gere and Valerie Kaprisky (remember her? Me neither). The remake, directed by Jim McBride, is excellent but has been hard to see in recent years. It will be available on Blu-ray on April 7th, which means this is a perfect time to take in the original to compare and contrast.
The part that Jean Luc-Godard played in The French New Wave was tremendous. Breathless (1960), with its innovative jump-cuts, catapulted Godard into international fame.
Breathless was remade in 1983 with Richard Gere and Valerie Kaprisky (remember her? Me neither). The remake, directed by Jim McBride, is excellent but has been hard to see in recent years. It will be available on Blu-ray on April 7th, which means this is a perfect time to take in the original to compare and contrast.
The part that Jean Luc-Godard played in The French New Wave was tremendous. Breathless (1960), with its innovative jump-cuts, catapulted Godard into international fame.
- 3/23/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
He’s been a Hollywood star since his teens, when he starred in Class, Sixteen Candles and The Sure Thing, but thankfully John Cusack was never like the characters in David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars. A brutal satire about the players, wannabes and has-beens of Hollywood, Cusack plays Stafford Weiss, a self-help guru who peddles his therapies to the weak-minded. Father to the foul Benjie (Evan Bird), a rehab-hopping teen star of the ‘Bad Babysitter’ franchise, Stafford is just one of the soulless ghouls that haunts the Hollywood Hills in what is the Canadian Cronenberg’s first real foray into Tinseltown terrain.
For Cusack, it represents yet another impressive notch in a career that’s seen him work with Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High Fidelity), Woody Allen (Shadows and Fog, Bullets Over Broadway), Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich), Terence Malick (The Thin Red Line) and Clint Eastwood (Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil...
For Cusack, it represents yet another impressive notch in a career that’s seen him work with Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High Fidelity), Woody Allen (Shadows and Fog, Bullets Over Broadway), Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich), Terence Malick (The Thin Red Line) and Clint Eastwood (Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil...
- 2/2/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Austin Film Society continues their "Rebel Rebel" film series this weekend with a rare 35mm screening of Getting Straight at the Marchesa. This 1970 film from Richard Rush stars Elliott Gould as a Vietnam vet who attempts to go back to college amid the countercultural revolution. Also starring Candice Bergen and shot by legendary cinemtographer Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider, Paper Moon), it's playing tonight and again on Sunday afternoon. Doc Nights is booked for Wednesday evening and will be spotlighting the story of a young ballerina who was diagnosed with polio at 27. Read more about Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq in our preview post here. On Thursday evening, you can view Stanley Kubrick's Paths Of Glory as part of this month's Essential Cinema series about World War I.
The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series has a wide variety of flicks to choose from this week. Saturday and Sunday at the Paramount,...
The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series has a wide variety of flicks to choose from this week. Saturday and Sunday at the Paramount,...
- 6/6/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
Filmmaker Geoff Todd's Twitter account, @OnePerfectShot, is our new No.1 destination for a daily fix of movie geekiness.
The account's mission is to "honour cinema's past and (hopefully) inspire a new generation of perfect shots" and features stunning stills from classic movies. And Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
Here are our personal 14 favourite shots:
1. North by Northwest
Perfect shot from North By Northwest (1959) DoP: Robert Burks | Dir: Alfred Hitchcock pic.twitter.com/q67FGcM6m9
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 5, 2014
2. Badlands
Perfect shot from Badlands (1973) Cinematography:Tak Fujimoto (et al) | Dir:Terrence Malick pic.twitter.com/ufNKGp9EU4
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 4, 2014
3. Reservoir Dogs
Perfect shot from Reservoir Dogs (1992) DoP: Andrzej Sekula - Dir: Quentin Tarantino pic.twitter.com/Zhrq1QjMK4
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 4, 2014
4. Psycho
Perfect shot from Psycho (1960) DoP: John L. Russell - Dir: Alfred Hitchcock pic.twitter.com/3XEtsmadki
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 2, 2014
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom...
The account's mission is to "honour cinema's past and (hopefully) inspire a new generation of perfect shots" and features stunning stills from classic movies. And Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
Here are our personal 14 favourite shots:
1. North by Northwest
Perfect shot from North By Northwest (1959) DoP: Robert Burks | Dir: Alfred Hitchcock pic.twitter.com/q67FGcM6m9
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 5, 2014
2. Badlands
Perfect shot from Badlands (1973) Cinematography:Tak Fujimoto (et al) | Dir:Terrence Malick pic.twitter.com/ufNKGp9EU4
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 4, 2014
3. Reservoir Dogs
Perfect shot from Reservoir Dogs (1992) DoP: Andrzej Sekula - Dir: Quentin Tarantino pic.twitter.com/Zhrq1QjMK4
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 4, 2014
4. Psycho
Perfect shot from Psycho (1960) DoP: John L. Russell - Dir: Alfred Hitchcock pic.twitter.com/3XEtsmadki
— Perfect Shots (@OnePerfectShot) May 2, 2014
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom...
- 5/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Here’s a feature-length documentary on the art of cinematography — one of many such films, but this particular one does feature the participation of dozens of cinematographers. Actually, more than “dozens” — Jon Fauer‘s Cinematographer Style features interviews with over one hundred shooters. They include, but are hardly limited to Roger Deakins, László Kovács, Vittorio Storaro, Gordon […]
The post Watch Documentary ‘Cinematographer Style,’ A Great Exploration of Film Technique appeared first on /Film.
The post Watch Documentary ‘Cinematographer Style,’ A Great Exploration of Film Technique appeared first on /Film.
- 4/16/2014
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
As director David Gordon Green returns to the mind frame of independent cinema with a duo of films like Prince Avalanche and (especially) the soon to be theatrically released Joe, Criterion revamps his 2000 feature debut, George Washington at a time that seems ripe for reexamination both in Gordon’s own eclectic filmography and the American independent film scene at large. Insomuch as snagging a slot in the Criterion lineup with a debut film, Green’s title is a definitive standout (Lena Dunham’s 2010 feature Tiny Furniture also comes immediately to mind), and after almost a decade and half later, we can look back and see a brilliant filmmaker already working a magic rarely seen in the independent realm both then and (even more notably) now.
There is an omnipresent nostalgia to be felt while watching George Washington, whether it be your first viewing or one of several rewatches, as it concerns a group of kids,...
There is an omnipresent nostalgia to be felt while watching George Washington, whether it be your first viewing or one of several rewatches, as it concerns a group of kids,...
- 3/11/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Every day, from now until the weekend of the 2014 Academy Awards, HeyUGuys will be publishing an article championing one of the nine films in contention for the coveted Best Picture Oscar. We will be collecting them all here, where you can find the previous articles.
Today we turn our attention to David O. Russell’s latest, American Hustle, whose long con seduced many with its evocative, heightened 70s bewitchery. Oscars may indeed a certainty, but does it deserve the grand prize? Cai Ross makes the case…
American Hustle is a film about the intricate means by which we deceive and fictionalise our entire lives to no good end, and the rescue which honesty and truth can potentially bring. Not only is it the best film of last year, but it is also the final proof of the Electric Light Orchestra’s standing as a truly great soundtrack band – but that’s by the by and,...
Today we turn our attention to David O. Russell’s latest, American Hustle, whose long con seduced many with its evocative, heightened 70s bewitchery. Oscars may indeed a certainty, but does it deserve the grand prize? Cai Ross makes the case…
American Hustle is a film about the intricate means by which we deceive and fictionalise our entire lives to no good end, and the rescue which honesty and truth can potentially bring. Not only is it the best film of last year, but it is also the final proof of the Electric Light Orchestra’s standing as a truly great soundtrack band – but that’s by the by and,...
- 2/25/2014
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has today revealed its list of 2013 winners. Check them out below and look for many more interviews from the festival here on ComingSoon.net in the days to come. Main Competition: Golden Frog winner: Ida cin. Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski dir. Paweł Pawlikowski Silver Frog winner: Heli cin. Lorenzo Hagerman dir. Amat Escalante Bronze Frog winner: Inside Llewyn Davis cin. Bruno Delbonnel dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Polish Films Competition: Best Polish Film: The Girl from the Wardrobe cin. Arkadiusz Tomiak dir. Bodo Kox Student Competition Laszlo Kovacs Student Award . The Golden Tadpole: Such a Landscape cin. Zuzanna Pyda dir....
- 11/25/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Other winners at the cinematography festival in Poland included Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity.Scroll down for full list of winners
Competition winners at Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, were revealed today as the 21st edition came to a close with a gala awards celebration at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The winner of the top prize - the Golden Frog - went to Polish drama Ida, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, the latest in a string of top awards for the film.
Ida cinematographers Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski accepted the award.
The film stars newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska opposite Polish star Agata Kulesza in the story of a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.
It marks the first Polish-language film for Warsaw-born British filmmaker Pawlikowski, best known for...
Competition winners at Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, were revealed today as the 21st edition came to a close with a gala awards celebration at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The winner of the top prize - the Golden Frog - went to Polish drama Ida, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, the latest in a string of top awards for the film.
Ida cinematographers Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski accepted the award.
The film stars newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska opposite Polish star Agata Kulesza in the story of a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.
It marks the first Polish-language film for Warsaw-born British filmmaker Pawlikowski, best known for...
- 11/23/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Resurrecting the Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp must’ve sounded like one of the all-time Hollywood no-brainers when it was pitched to Disney in 2011. After all, the mysterious masked man used to be the all-American icon with the greatest chase-music (“The William Tell Overture”), the greatest sidekick (Tonto), and the greatest catchphrase (“Hi-yo, Silver, away!”). Plus, though Depp is playing a boldly reimagined Tonto opposite Armie Hammer’s Ranger, he was reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the creative triumvirate that made Disney billions with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But getting The Lone Ranger into...
- 7/2/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Scarecrow and The King of Marvin Gardens – quirky, unstylised films made in the 60s and 70s that refused to smooth their rough edges. This bravery, Adam Mars-Jones argues, is what film-makers are missing today
The label "independent film" doesn't mean what it once did, and the Sundance festival is part of the reason. The moment aspiring film-makers realised there was a potential shortcut to distribution and acclaim, they started smoothing off their rough edges – consciously or without even noticing – or at least they began to stylise themselves. Either way, the overall effect of the festival has not been to promote individuality but to erode it. So it's a mild beneficial shock to watch two American films of the early 1970s on re-release – not because they're masterpieces, exactly, but because they give the flavour of a different set of assumptions.
Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, won a prize at Cannes in...
The label "independent film" doesn't mean what it once did, and the Sundance festival is part of the reason. The moment aspiring film-makers realised there was a potential shortcut to distribution and acclaim, they started smoothing off their rough edges – consciously or without even noticing – or at least they began to stylise themselves. Either way, the overall effect of the festival has not been to promote individuality but to erode it. So it's a mild beneficial shock to watch two American films of the early 1970s on re-release – not because they're masterpieces, exactly, but because they give the flavour of a different set of assumptions.
Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, won a prize at Cannes in...
- 5/24/2013
- by Adam Mars-Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Bob Rafelson's Jack Nicholson vehicle set in a decaying Atlantic City is quite the metaphor for early 70s America
In Bob Rafelson's The King Of Marvin Gardens, the Atlantic City of 1972 becomes the anteroom to Paradise for two brothers: one a depressive talk-radio host, the other a manic huckster. Played by Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern respectively, David and Jason Staebler are the last gasp of an America that is visibly dying all around them.
The Atlantic City of those years, with its ruined pier and empty hotels, was a crumbling pleasure dome; indeed, the movie's main location, the huge Traymore Hotel, was demolished before Marvin Gardens even had its premiere. Fading for decades, AC was doomed to wait another 10 years before legalised gambling made it the opulently tacky Vegas East that it is today. Everything in this film is dilapidated, devalued, degraded or due for demolition. As shot by László Kovács,...
In Bob Rafelson's The King Of Marvin Gardens, the Atlantic City of 1972 becomes the anteroom to Paradise for two brothers: one a depressive talk-radio host, the other a manic huckster. Played by Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern respectively, David and Jason Staebler are the last gasp of an America that is visibly dying all around them.
The Atlantic City of those years, with its ruined pier and empty hotels, was a crumbling pleasure dome; indeed, the movie's main location, the huge Traymore Hotel, was demolished before Marvin Gardens even had its premiere. Fading for decades, AC was doomed to wait another 10 years before legalised gambling made it the opulently tacky Vegas East that it is today. Everything in this film is dilapidated, devalued, degraded or due for demolition. As shot by László Kovács,...
- 5/20/2013
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 19, 2013
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Sandy Dennis tries to overcome her loneliness in That Cold Day in the Park.
Sandy Dennis (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) stars as a wealthy and mentally disturbed spinster who goes to extraordinary lengths to assuage her loneliness in the 1969 drama That Cold Day In The Park, a seldom-screened film directed by Robert Altman (3 Women) that is now seeing its first-ever release on DVD and Blu-ray.
On a cold, rainy Vancouver day, Frances (Dennis) encounters a shivering blond youth (Michael Burns) sitting alone on a park bench. She offers him food and shelter and the apparently mute teenager accepts. Every night she locks his bedroom door, but the boy goes in and out of his room through the fire escape window, returning early next morning without her knowledge. Frances eventually attempts to seduce him and the boy soon...
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Sandy Dennis tries to overcome her loneliness in That Cold Day in the Park.
Sandy Dennis (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) stars as a wealthy and mentally disturbed spinster who goes to extraordinary lengths to assuage her loneliness in the 1969 drama That Cold Day In The Park, a seldom-screened film directed by Robert Altman (3 Women) that is now seeing its first-ever release on DVD and Blu-ray.
On a cold, rainy Vancouver day, Frances (Dennis) encounters a shivering blond youth (Michael Burns) sitting alone on a park bench. She offers him food and shelter and the apparently mute teenager accepts. Every night she locks his bedroom door, but the boy goes in and out of his room through the fire escape window, returning early next morning without her knowledge. Frances eventually attempts to seduce him and the boy soon...
- 12/10/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
This Is Not A Film was smuggled out of Iran inside a birthday cake. Long may film-makers continue to take risks for art
Jafar Panahi's This Is Not A Film demonstrates by the simple fact of its existence that the political oppression of difficult artists – a tradition as ancient and venerable as art itself – is alive and well in modern Iran. No surprises there, perhaps, but more encouragingly it also shows that Iranian responses to being silenced are as inventive as any ever developed by film-makers in repressive regimes. Given the formal and stylistic adventurousness of many movies made under arduous political circumstances, you might even argue that a bracing dose of aggressive censorship and brutal repression can sometimes do wonders for a director's formal and intellectual development.
Panahi had no need of such spurs to creativity; he was Abbas Kiarostami's assistant while Kiarostami was making films set...
Jafar Panahi's This Is Not A Film demonstrates by the simple fact of its existence that the political oppression of difficult artists – a tradition as ancient and venerable as art itself – is alive and well in modern Iran. No surprises there, perhaps, but more encouragingly it also shows that Iranian responses to being silenced are as inventive as any ever developed by film-makers in repressive regimes. Given the formal and stylistic adventurousness of many movies made under arduous political circumstances, you might even argue that a bracing dose of aggressive censorship and brutal repression can sometimes do wonders for a director's formal and intellectual development.
Panahi had no need of such spurs to creativity; he was Abbas Kiarostami's assistant while Kiarostami was making films set...
- 3/24/2012
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
DVD Playhouse—March 2012
By Allen Gardner
J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Director Clint Eastwood provides a rock-solid, albeit rather flat portrait of polarizing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, covering his life from late teens to his death. Leonardo DiCaprio does an impressive turn as Hoover, never crossing the line into caricature, and creating a Hoover that is all too human, making for an all the more unsettling look at absolute power run amuck. Where the film stumbles is the love story at its core: Hoover’s relationship with longtime aide Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). In the hands of an openly-gay director like Gus Van Sant, this could have been a heartbreaking, tender story of forbidden (unrequited?) love, but Eastwood seems to tiptoe around their romance, with far too much delicacy and deference. The film works well when recreating the famous crimes and investigations which Hoover made his name on (the Lindbergh kidnapping,...
By Allen Gardner
J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Director Clint Eastwood provides a rock-solid, albeit rather flat portrait of polarizing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, covering his life from late teens to his death. Leonardo DiCaprio does an impressive turn as Hoover, never crossing the line into caricature, and creating a Hoover that is all too human, making for an all the more unsettling look at absolute power run amuck. Where the film stumbles is the love story at its core: Hoover’s relationship with longtime aide Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). In the hands of an openly-gay director like Gus Van Sant, this could have been a heartbreaking, tender story of forbidden (unrequited?) love, but Eastwood seems to tiptoe around their romance, with far too much delicacy and deference. The film works well when recreating the famous crimes and investigations which Hoover made his name on (the Lindbergh kidnapping,...
- 3/7/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
There can be no serious discussion about cinematography without the names of Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, two of contemporary cinema's most revered men behind the camera, who between them have worked with directors like Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Cimino, John Boorman, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, Bob Rafelson...you get the idea. But what many people may not know is that the two also shared a close friendship and incredible story of how they got into the business in the first place, but all that is explored in the fascinating documentary "No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos."
Directed by James Cressanthis, the film chronicles the incredible story of the pair's flight from Hungary, the early days paying their dues in Hollywood and their breakthrough films that made them the revered names they are today. In our review of the film we said it presents "the kind of...
Directed by James Cressanthis, the film chronicles the incredible story of the pair's flight from Hungary, the early days paying their dues in Hollywood and their breakthrough films that made them the revered names they are today. In our review of the film we said it presents "the kind of...
- 2/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
There can be no serious discussion about cinematography without the names of Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, two of contemporary cinema's most revered men behind the camera, who between them have worked with directors like Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Cimino, John Boorman, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, Bob Rafelson...you get the idea. But what many people may not know is that the two also shared a close friendship and incredible story of how they got into the business in the first place, but all that is explored in the fascinating documentary "No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos." Directed by James Cressanthis, the film chronicles the incredible story of the pair's flight from Hungary, the early days paying their dues in Hollywood and their breakthrough films that made them the revered names they are today. In our review of the film we said it presents "the kind of...
- 2/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- Indiewire
Generally speaking, stories about Hollywood personalities tend to focus on players with larger than life egos, who used their bravado to make things happen, or the stars whose luminous quailty made them legends. There is nothing that makes for a more page-turning read or a compelling documentary than juicy behind the scenes stories, and the outsized rumors that linger around them. But you won't find anything salacious in "No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos," which makes it all the more refreshing and endearing. This is the kind of Hollywood story we don't hear often enough, one of true friendship and collaboration, of two likeminded souls whose dedication to each other and respect for the craft made them true legends in the field.
If you don't know much about the personal lives of celebrated and revered cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, your appreciation of 'No Subtitles Necessary' will be even greater.
If you don't know much about the personal lives of celebrated and revered cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, your appreciation of 'No Subtitles Necessary' will be even greater.
- 2/27/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
DVD Release Date: Feb. 28, 2012
Price: DVD $19.95
Studio: Cinema Libre
The lives, careers and friendship of legendary Hungary-born cinematographers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond are examined in the 2008 documentary No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,
László Kovács (r.) and Vilmos Zsigmond focus on their work in No Subtitles Necessary.
Both survivors of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Kovács and Zsigmond immigrated in poverty to America in the late 1950s, helping each other up the ladder out of the underbelly of Hollywood all the while holding onto their dreams. After ten years of no-budget toil, Kovács’s camera broke Hollywood’s rules with Easy Rider, directed by Dennis Hopper. Suddenly in demand, he recommended Vilmos to both Peter Fonda and Robert Altman, where Zsigmond poured his “poetic realism” into Fonda’s 1971 The Hired Hand and Altman’s 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller. The two cinematographers quickly became the go-to camera guys of the New Hollywood, ultimately yielding some 140 credits between them,...
Price: DVD $19.95
Studio: Cinema Libre
The lives, careers and friendship of legendary Hungary-born cinematographers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond are examined in the 2008 documentary No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,
László Kovács (r.) and Vilmos Zsigmond focus on their work in No Subtitles Necessary.
Both survivors of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Kovács and Zsigmond immigrated in poverty to America in the late 1950s, helping each other up the ladder out of the underbelly of Hollywood all the while holding onto their dreams. After ten years of no-budget toil, Kovács’s camera broke Hollywood’s rules with Easy Rider, directed by Dennis Hopper. Suddenly in demand, he recommended Vilmos to both Peter Fonda and Robert Altman, where Zsigmond poured his “poetic realism” into Fonda’s 1971 The Hired Hand and Altman’s 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller. The two cinematographers quickly became the go-to camera guys of the New Hollywood, ultimately yielding some 140 credits between them,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Allan Arkush brings us one of the greatest rock films ever made, The Last Waltz.
Martin Scorsese’s incandescent celebration of The Band’s last performance was the first rock documentary to be shot in 35mm. It’s rock concert as art film. And very few rock concerts had the good fortune to be photographed by the likes of Michael Chapman, Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs.
This commentary should be played loud.
There’s a valid point made by Allan Arkush in his commentary: if you’re ever feeling a bit down and just need some energy, The Last Waltz will jolt you. It’s a complete meal, a full pot of coffee and shot of straight rock and roll amphetamine. You’re not going to find any endorsement of the drugs surely consumed in the performances captured in this amazing movie from me, but you will get my urgent...
Martin Scorsese’s incandescent celebration of The Band’s last performance was the first rock documentary to be shot in 35mm. It’s rock concert as art film. And very few rock concerts had the good fortune to be photographed by the likes of Michael Chapman, Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs.
This commentary should be played loud.
There’s a valid point made by Allan Arkush in his commentary: if you’re ever feeling a bit down and just need some energy, The Last Waltz will jolt you. It’s a complete meal, a full pot of coffee and shot of straight rock and roll amphetamine. You’re not going to find any endorsement of the drugs surely consumed in the performances captured in this amazing movie from me, but you will get my urgent...
- 7/22/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
Let’s rock this week’s upcoming trailers.
All this week we’re honoring the music documentary festival co-founded by guru Allison Anders, every Thursday night at the Cinefamily in Hollywood. If you live in the area, get there and enjoy live performances, classic rock films, DJs spinning at intermission and lively Q&As. Details here.
Also, take this as your call to arms: get a membership to the Cinefamily, and all the shows — including non-Don’t Knock The Rock events — are free.
Meanwhile on the site, on Monday, July 18, you can join Jesus Trevino for the trailer to Rock, Rock, Rock!.
Before producers Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky hit upon their popular series of Amicus horror films, they made a number of mainstream programmers through their own Vanguard Productions. This minimalist excuse for a bunch of hot rock acts to do their stuff was Tuesday Weld’s film debut.
All this week we’re honoring the music documentary festival co-founded by guru Allison Anders, every Thursday night at the Cinefamily in Hollywood. If you live in the area, get there and enjoy live performances, classic rock films, DJs spinning at intermission and lively Q&As. Details here.
Also, take this as your call to arms: get a membership to the Cinefamily, and all the shows — including non-Don’t Knock The Rock events — are free.
Meanwhile on the site, on Monday, July 18, you can join Jesus Trevino for the trailer to Rock, Rock, Rock!.
Before producers Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky hit upon their popular series of Amicus horror films, they made a number of mainstream programmers through their own Vanguard Productions. This minimalist excuse for a bunch of hot rock acts to do their stuff was Tuesday Weld’s film debut.
- 7/18/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
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