“Movies” or…? Quo Vadis: One of the first feature films ever made, Enrico Guazzoni's Italian epic came out in 1913, going on to become a global sensation. Should American “moving picture” fans of the early 1910s have referred to it as a “photoplay” or a “movie”? Silent bites: The birth of 'the movies' In 1926, in her native England, Iris Barry published what is generally considered the first serious historical study of the motion picture as an art form. Utilizing the British slang term, she chose to title it Let's Go to the Pictures. Later that same year, when the book was published in the United States, the title was changed to Let's Go to the Movies, in recognition of what had become the most familiar form by which the motion picture was known – and would continue to be known.[1] The history of the term “movies” is a fascinating one, dating...
- 8/12/2017
- by Anthony Slide
- Alt Film Guide
On June 1, 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much, featuring James Stewart and Doris Day, hit theaters stateside. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
A suspense film that can run two hours without the audience getting restless must be pretty good. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, screenplayed by John Michael Hayes from a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis, meets this test.
Hitchcock fans have reached the "show-me" point where they practically challenge him to bring forth enough new cinema inventiveness to hold them on the ...
A suspense film that can run two hours without the audience getting restless must be pretty good. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, screenplayed by John Michael Hayes from a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis, meets this test.
Hitchcock fans have reached the "show-me" point where they practically challenge him to bring forth enough new cinema inventiveness to hold them on the ...
On June 1, 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much, featuring James Stewart and Doris Day, hit theaters stateside. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
A suspense film that can run two hours without the audience getting restless must be pretty good. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, screenplayed by John Michael Hayes from a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis, meets this test.
Hitchcock fans have reached the "show-me" point where they practically challenge him to bring forth enough new cinema inventiveness to hold them on the ...
A suspense film that can run two hours without the audience getting restless must be pretty good. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, screenplayed by John Michael Hayes from a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis, meets this test.
Hitchcock fans have reached the "show-me" point where they practically challenge him to bring forth enough new cinema inventiveness to hold them on the ...
On June 1, 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much, featuring James Stewart and Doris Day, hit theaters stateside. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
A suspense film that can run two hours without the audience getting restless must be pretty good. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, screenplayed by John Michael Hayes from a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis, meets this test.
Hitchcock fans have reached the "show-me" point where they practically challenge him to bring forth enough new cinema inventiveness to hold them on the edge of their seats...
A suspense film that can run two hours without the audience getting restless must be pretty good. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, screenplayed by John Michael Hayes from a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis, meets this test.
Hitchcock fans have reached the "show-me" point where they practically challenge him to bring forth enough new cinema inventiveness to hold them on the edge of their seats...
- 5/30/2017
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto star Cate Blanchett is on Broadway in The Present, directed by John Crowley Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In 2014, Cate Blanchett starred with Isabelle Huppert in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Jean Genet's The Maids (Les Bonnes) at Lincoln Center. Now in New York, Blanchett appears live on stage at the Barrymore Theatre, opposite Richard Roxburgh in The Present, Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Platonov, and on screens in Julian Rosefeldt’s enthralling Manifesto at the Park Avenue Armory.
Cate Blanchett as CEO in Manifesto combines the ideas of Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Wyndham Lewis and Barnett Newman
The words of Yvonne Rainer, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Olga Rozanova, Adrian Piper and Elaine Sturtevant flow alongside those of Lars von Trier, Stan Brakhage, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Thomas Vinterberg, Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, Claes Oldenburg, Sol LeWitt, Barnett Newman, Kurt Schwitters, Francis Picabia, André Breton, Antonio Sant'Elia,...
In 2014, Cate Blanchett starred with Isabelle Huppert in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Jean Genet's The Maids (Les Bonnes) at Lincoln Center. Now in New York, Blanchett appears live on stage at the Barrymore Theatre, opposite Richard Roxburgh in The Present, Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Platonov, and on screens in Julian Rosefeldt’s enthralling Manifesto at the Park Avenue Armory.
Cate Blanchett as CEO in Manifesto combines the ideas of Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Wyndham Lewis and Barnett Newman
The words of Yvonne Rainer, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Olga Rozanova, Adrian Piper and Elaine Sturtevant flow alongside those of Lars von Trier, Stan Brakhage, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Thomas Vinterberg, Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, Claes Oldenburg, Sol LeWitt, Barnett Newman, Kurt Schwitters, Francis Picabia, André Breton, Antonio Sant'Elia,...
- 12/28/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bernardo Bertolucci, Jeanette Winterson and Paul Weller also among 75 public figures revealing favourite works
BBC Radio 4 is lining up 75 leading public figures, including film director Bernardo Bertolucci, singer Paul Weller and novelist Jeanette Winterson, to reveal their most treasured cultural influences for what the station claims will be one of the most comprehensive arts events broadcast.
The network has already confirmed 30 names for the project, Cultural Exchange, which will see individuals selecting a single item to talk about, with the choices ranging from the King James Bible to an obscure 1960s album.
It will feature every weekday on Front Row until the end of July.
Artist Tracey Emin will launch the series on 22 April with her insights into a Vermeer painting – Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid. She describes Vermeer as "one of the first feminists", pointing to the unusual and fascinating way he depicted women. "He showed that...
BBC Radio 4 is lining up 75 leading public figures, including film director Bernardo Bertolucci, singer Paul Weller and novelist Jeanette Winterson, to reveal their most treasured cultural influences for what the station claims will be one of the most comprehensive arts events broadcast.
The network has already confirmed 30 names for the project, Cultural Exchange, which will see individuals selecting a single item to talk about, with the choices ranging from the King James Bible to an obscure 1960s album.
It will feature every weekday on Front Row until the end of July.
Artist Tracey Emin will launch the series on 22 April with her insights into a Vermeer painting – Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid. She describes Vermeer as "one of the first feminists", pointing to the unusual and fascinating way he depicted women. "He showed that...
- 4/17/2013
- by Ben Dowell
- The Guardian - Film News
Tim Burton plays the jokey 'darkness' of his style to totally predictable effect in his latest oddity-comedy
The new film from Tim Burton does something that is rarer than you might think. It whelms you. Its effect is whelming. The film delivers precisely the satisfaction a sympathetic audience could expect from its director, not one degree above or below. The audience is whelmed. It's a whelmer. Tim Burton drives it straight down the middle of the anticipation fairway. You will be whelmed by the Goth style, whelmed by the CGI olde-worlde darkness of the Liverpool-in-1760 prologue, whelmed by Johnny Depp's vampire makeup and quasi-English accent and occasional funny line, and intensely, almost sensually whelmed by the fact that Helena Bonham Carter is in it. This really is a reasonably, moderately, whelmingly good film.
It is based on a cult Us TV show from Burton's childhood that never made it...
The new film from Tim Burton does something that is rarer than you might think. It whelms you. Its effect is whelming. The film delivers precisely the satisfaction a sympathetic audience could expect from its director, not one degree above or below. The audience is whelmed. It's a whelmer. Tim Burton drives it straight down the middle of the anticipation fairway. You will be whelmed by the Goth style, whelmed by the CGI olde-worlde darkness of the Liverpool-in-1760 prologue, whelmed by Johnny Depp's vampire makeup and quasi-English accent and occasional funny line, and intensely, almost sensually whelmed by the fact that Helena Bonham Carter is in it. This really is a reasonably, moderately, whelmingly good film.
It is based on a cult Us TV show from Burton's childhood that never made it...
- 5/10/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this week
Theatre
• Reasons to be Cheerful
Raucous, rude and really rather joyful, the Graeae theatre company's musical – set in 1979 as Thatcher comes to power, and inspired by the music of Ian Dury – is terrific fun. It's good to have it back. New Wolsey, Ipswich (01473 295 900), until 18 February, then touring.
• The Recruiting Officer
Josie Rourke's first show as the Donmar's new artistic director is a revival of an early 18th-century comedy. Mackenzie Crook, Mark Gatiss and Nancy Carroll are part of a strong cast. All eyes will be watching. Donmar, London WC2 (0844 871 7624), until 14 April.
Film
• A Dangerous Method (dir. David Cronenberg)
Freud, Jung and their patient-acquaintance Sabina Spielrein ignite psychological problems. On general release.
Dance
• Blanca Li...
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this week
Theatre
• Reasons to be Cheerful
Raucous, rude and really rather joyful, the Graeae theatre company's musical – set in 1979 as Thatcher comes to power, and inspired by the music of Ian Dury – is terrific fun. It's good to have it back. New Wolsey, Ipswich (01473 295 900), until 18 February, then touring.
• The Recruiting Officer
Josie Rourke's first show as the Donmar's new artistic director is a revival of an early 18th-century comedy. Mackenzie Crook, Mark Gatiss and Nancy Carroll are part of a strong cast. All eyes will be watching. Donmar, London WC2 (0844 871 7624), until 14 April.
Film
• A Dangerous Method (dir. David Cronenberg)
Freud, Jung and their patient-acquaintance Sabina Spielrein ignite psychological problems. On general release.
Dance
• Blanca Li...
- 2/13/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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