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Golden Globes 2010: Martin Scorsese to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award
Alternative Film Guide Nov 12 09Martin Scorsese will be the next recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Scorsese will be handed out his Cecil B.
THE GODDESS – Kim Stanley – d: John Cromwell
Alternative Film Guide Nov 12 09
The Goddess (1958)
Direction: John Cromwell
Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky
Cast: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Gerald, Hiken, Patty Duke
Kim Stanley in The Goddess
Paddy Chayefsky evokes a cynical Tennessee Williams in his screenplay for The Goddess, a Hollywood cautionary tale directed by veteran John Cromwell.
JCVD – Jean-Claude Van Damme
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09
JCVD (2008)
Direction: Mabrouk El Mechri
Screenplay: Mabrouk El Mechri and Frédéric Benudis; from an idea by Frédéric Taddeï and Vincent Ravalec
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Liliane Becker
Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD
Mabrouk El Mechri’s JCVD is one of the best films Jean-Claude Van Damme has starred in for some years, equal to his more recent efforts in Wake of Death and Replicant.
Berlin 2010: Play it Again …! Series
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg in Breathless
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Berlin International Film Festival will mark its 60th anniversary with the retrospective "Play it Again …!," featuring 40 films compiled by British film critic David Thomson from previous Berlin festivals.
Charles Chaplin’s ZEPPED Found
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09In the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips reports that a long-thought lost Charles Chaplin film has been accidentally found after a film collector made an eBay bid on a nitrate film canister.
Jack Lemmon, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier on TCM
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09
Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award winners Stan Laurel, Jack Lemmon, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Kirk Douglas will be celebrated by Turner Classic Movies with a four-film presentation beginning at 8 p.
Oscar 2010: Animated Feature Semi-Finalists
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09
Up by Pete Docter (top); A Town Called Panic by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar (middle); Fantastic Mr.
Grace Kelly on TCM: REAR WINDOW, THE COUNTRY GIRL
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09
James Stewart, Grace Kelly in Rear Window
Turner Classic Movies‘ Grace Kelly series continues this Thursday, Nov.
D.W. Griffith in California
Alternative Film Guide Nov 10 09Los Angeles Filmforum will present "D.W. Griffith in California," on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 pm.
People’s Choice Awards 2010
Alternative Film Guide Nov 10 09
2010 People’s Choice Awards
2010 People’s Choice Award Nominations: Nov. 10, 2009
2010 People’s Choice Award Winners: Jan.
Awards 2010: Warren Beatty to Receive ADG Honor
Alternative Film Guide Nov 10 09
Warren Beatty will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, "given to an individual whose body of work in the film industry has richly enhanced the visual aspects of the movie-going experience," at the ADG Awards ceremony on February 13, 2010, at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Abbott & Costello, Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Screenings
Alternative Film Guide Nov 10 09
Packard Campus’ November Series Intro
Schedule and film information from the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus website:
Thursday, November 05 (7:30 pm.
Charles Chaplin’s THE CIRCUS, ALADDIN, EASY RIDER Screenings
Alternative Film Guide Nov 10 09
Among the upcoming screenings in the November film series of the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va.
Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Screening
Alternative Film Guide Nov 09 09
Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster make love in From Here to Eternity(top); Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra do a little (sorta) lovemaking of their own later on in the film (bottom)
Fred Zinnemann’s 1953 Academy Award-winning drama From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra, will be screened by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.
BLESSED IS THE MATCH, PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL Screening
Alternative Film Guide Nov 09 09
Roberta Grossman’s Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh and Gini Reticker’s Pray the Devil Back to Hell (above, lower photo) will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.
PRECIOUS Music: Q&A with Composer Mario Grigorov
Alternative Film Guide Nov 09 09
The son of a concert pianist and trumpeter, Bulgarian-born, Austrian-trained composer Mario Grigorov has been creating film music for two decades, having become particularly busy in the last ten years or so.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Tops Box Office; THIS IS IT in 2nd Spot
Alternative Film Guide Nov 08 09
As expected, Walt Disney’s A Christmas Carol took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office this weekend with a solid $31 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Anselmo Duarte
Alternative Film Guide Nov 08 09
Tônia Carrero, Anselmo Duarte in Tico-Tico no Fubá
Brazilian actor and filmmaker Anselmo Duarte, whose 1962 anti-religious intolerance drama Keeper of Promises remains the only Brazilian production to have won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, died yesterday, Nov.
2009 European Film Awards: Rules & Relevance
Alternative Film Guide Nov 08 09
Maria Heiskanen in Everlasting Moments
European Film Awards Nominations: Part I
Among the eligible films and performers that failed to nab a mention were Giovanna Mezzogiorno for Vincere, Audrey Tautou for Coco Before Chanel, Maren Ade’s Everyone Else, Ulrich Tukur for The White Ribbon, Martina Gedeck for The Baader Meinhof Complex, and Michael Fassbender for Fish Tank.
European Film Awards 2009: Nominations
Alternative Film Guide Nov 07 09
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (middle); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (bottom)
Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards.
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