Transcendence and Compassion in Cinema
Mick Innes as ‘John’ in ‘The Insatiable Moon’, Ponsonby, New Zealand, December 2009 *For the next couple of weeks I’m in New Zealand and will be blogging about the production of ‘The Insatiable Moon’, a movie based on Mike Riddell’s novel. I’m in Ponsonby’s red light district – the portable gazebos we’re using for shade [...]
Ben Foster – Still the Greatest Actor in the Movies?
UPDATE: Our Ben Foster Podcast Interview on ‘The Messenger’ is Now Online – Click Here to Listen or Click Here to Subscribe for Free to the Podcast and have the interview downloaded automatically. – – – In February I asked the question of that character actor you may have seen in a comic western, or [...]
David Carradine and Haskell Wexler – Film Making as Collaboration
Film Making is a collaborative art. Want proof? Check out this description of this ‘Bound for Glory’ panel gone awry, (link courtesy of Higgins who made my day with this link), featuring the late David Carradine and revered cinematographer Haskell Wexler: Bound for Hell, Or Glory? David Carradine and the Feistiest Film Panel Ever In [...]
Delightful
There’s a fellow on Myspace who lists his favourite films as ‘Champion’, ‘Paths of Glory’, ‘Spartacus’ and ‘Lonely are the Brave’. These are all pretty strong movies, let’s face it. It’s clearly a fellow who likes Kirk Douglas. Turns out that it is Kirk Douglas. Kirk Douglas is one of those guys who exudes the [...]
The Film Talk – Part 61 – That Evening Sun, Walton Goggins and Hillbilly Art Films
In This Episode: Walton Goggins / That Evening Sun / Nashville Film Festival Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter
Penelope Cruz was Robbed. By Penelope Cruz.
Through the magic of Netflix Watch Instantly – which seems to be delivering much better quality image than it used to – tonight I saw one of the films I had been eager to catch last year but missed due to unhelpful film distribution patterns/other commitments/laziness. ‘Elegy’, a film based on a Philip Roth story, [...]
Is Ben Foster the Best Actor in American Film Today?
UPDATE: Our Ben Foster Podcast Interview on ‘The Messenger’ is Now Online – Click Here to Listen or Click Here to Subscribe for Free to the Podcast and have the interview downloaded automatically. – – – He just may be. Watching 3:10 to Yuma I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I kept thinking ‘who [...]
