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THE APARTMENT ABOVE d: Leon Trystan
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
Pietro Wyzej / The Apartment Above (1937)
Direction: Leon Trystan
Screenplay: Emanuel Schlechter, Ludwik Starski, Eugeniusz Bodo
Cast: Eugeniusz Bodo, Helena Grossówna, Józef Orwid
Leon Trystan’s Pietro Wyzej (alternately known in the US as The Apartment Above, Neighbors, and The Neighbor from the Next Floor) is a delightful Polish comedy about two men — one older (Józef Orwid), the other younger (Eugeniusz Bodo) — who happen to have the same name.
THE RAVEN – Henry B. Walthall – d: Charles Brabin
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
The Raven (1915)
Direction: Charles Brabin
Screenplay: Charles Brabin; from George Cochran Hazelton’s novel and play The Raven: The Love Story of Edgar Allan Poe
Cast: Henry B.
Doha Tribeca Film Festival Awards 2009
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
Team Qatar by Liz Mermin (top); Hiam Abbass in Najwa Najjar’s Pomegranates and Myrrh (bottom)
Doha Tribeca Film Festival Executive Director Amanda Palmer and Robert De Niro handed out two audience awards, worth US$50,000 each, at the festival’s closing night gala on Nov.
2009 Fetish Film Festival Winners
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
Flemish filmmaker Erik Lamens‘ SM-rechter / SM Judge (above) was chosen the best narrative feature at the 2009 Fetish Film Festival, held in the northern German city of Kiel from Oct.
M’LISS – Mary Pickford, Thomas Meighan
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
M’Liss (1918)
Direction: Marshall Neilan
Screenplay: Frances Marion; from Bret Harte’s story
Cast: Mary Pickford, Thomas Meighan, Theodore Roberts, Tully Marshall, Charles Ogle, Monte Blue, Winifred Greenwood
Mary Pickford, Thomas Meighan in M’Liss
Directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Frances Marion – two frequent Mary Pickford collaborators — M’Liss is one of Pickford’s very best films.
Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT Tops Box Office
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
Sony Pictures’ Michael Jackson documentary This Is It prevailed at the North American box office this weekend, with $21.
THE GREAT WHITE TRAIL – Doris Kenyon
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
The Great White Trail (1917)
Direction: Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton
Screenplay: Gardner Hunting and Leopold Wharton
Cast: Doris Kenyon, Paul Gordon, Richard Stewart, Thomas Holding, Louise Hotaling, Hans Roberts, Edgar Davenport
Some films have "everything except the kitchen sink" as the saying goes.
HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE – Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
Her Night of Romance (1924)
Direction: Sidney Franklin
Screenplay: Hans Kräly
Cast: Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, Jean Hersholt, Albert Grand, Robert Rendel
Directed by Sidney Franklin and written by frequent Ernst Lubitsch collaborator Hans Kräly, Her Night of Romance is certainly on my list of top three favorite films at Cinesation 2009.
THE MARINES ARE COMING – William Haines, Esther Ralston
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
The Marines Are Coming (1934)
Direction: David Howard
Screenplay: James Gruen; from Colbert Clark and John Rathmell’s story
Cast: William Haines, Esther Ralston, Conrad Nagel, Armida, Edgar Kennedy, Hale Hamilton
The Marines Are Coming was a last-minute substitution for the 1936 version of M’Liss, starring Anne Shirley, which was originally scheduled but didn’t arrive in time for Cinesation 2009.
AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING’S GONNA LIVE, ABOUT ELLY, DOCTOR PARNASSUS
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (top); A Lake by Philippe Grandrieux (middle); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (bottom)
AFI FEST 2009 highlights, Nov.
AFI FEST 2009: PRECIOUS, THE WHITE RIBBON, AJAMI
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom)
Among the Sunday, Nov.
Top Five Movie Screamers
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Top Ten Movie Screamers: 10 to 6
5 – Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960)
I don’t recall myself recoiling in horror while watching Janet Leigh’s shower scene in Psycho, but I do recall quite vividly one night long ago when I was showering at an acquaintance’s place and imagined myself facing the same fate as Leigh’s unlucky bank teller.
Top Ten Movie Screamers
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Doctor X directed by Michael Curtiz (top); Janet Leigh in Psycho (bottom)
Halloween Time. So, here’s my list of the Top Ten Movie Screamers of All Time.
A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR d: Anthony Asquith
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
Direction: Anthony Asquith
Screenplay: Anthony Asquith; from a story by Herbert Price
Cast: Norah Baring, Uno Henning, Hans Schlettow
Uno Henning in A Cottage on Dartmoor
Very little in a career overview of filmmaker Anthony Asquith prepares a viewer for the brilliant thriller A Cottage on Dartmoor, released by Kino, which he both wrote (from a story by Herbert Price) and directed.
Charlotte Rampling, Shirin Neshat, David Morrissey: London 2009
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Veteran actress and London Film Festival jury member Charlotte Rampling, the star of Night Porter, The Verdict, and Swimming Pool, arrives for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28.
Dominic Cooper, Souleymane Cissé, Anjelica Huston: London 2009
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Malinese filmmaker Souleymane Cissé and guest arrive for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28.
John Hurt, Tahar Rahim, Yoav Shamir: London 2009
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Tahar Rahim, the star of Jacques Audiard’s widely praised prison drama A Prophet, winner of the best picture award at the London Film Festival and a likely best foreign language film Oscar contender, arrives for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28.
Jodie Whittaker, Yaron Shani, Nick Broomfield: London 2009
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Actress and award presenter Jodie Whittaker arrives at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony.
Charlotte Rampling, Souleymane Cissé, Ridley Scott: London 2009
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Malinese filmmaker and BFI Fellowship recipient Souleymane Cissé poses with his BFI Fellowship. Veteran actress and presenter Charlotte Rampling is standing next to him at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony.
Gay Documentary THIS AREA IS UNDER QUARANTINE Banned
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Thunska Pansittivorakul’s Thai-made experimental documentary This Area Is Under Quarantine, which discusses the difficulties faced by both gays and Muslims in Thailand, has been banned by that country’s Ministry of Culture from showing at next month’s World Film Festival of Bangkok.
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