Lawrence Turman’s film stands alongside Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Blume in Love and other films of the late 60’s/early 70’s that found middle class Americans fed up and frustrated in their search for marital bliss. Carrying on in that tradition, Stockbroker zeroes in on one man’s attempt to patch up his empty union through the fine art of voyeurism. Richard Benjamin plays the nebbish with the wandering eye and Joanna Shimkus is his beleaguered wife.
- 2/20/2017
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Riding high after the tremendous success of his 1969 hit "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice," Paul Mazursky kicked off the ’70s with this self-indulgent ode to his own creative block. Not coincidentally, Alex concerns the travails of a director trying to top his last hit. Felliniesque in the worst way (even though the great director cameos), the film nevertheless features a stellar cast including Donald Sutherland, Jeanne Moreau and a special appearance by Larry Edmund’s Bookshop.
- 1/12/2015
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
In just four short years, Jennifer Lawrence has earned an Oscar win among three nominations, and she is now declared as the most powerful actress in the world. Beyond that victory for "Silver Linings Playbook" and nods for "Winter's Bone" and "American Hustle," her ranking is mostly based on the success of "The Hunger Games" film franchise. She is the 12th overall person on the new Forbes Celebrity 100 list. The top five are singer Beyonce, basketball star LeBron James, producer Dr. Dre, entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey, comedian/talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Thompson on Hollywood. -Break- Oscar-nominated writer and director Paul Mazursky dies in Los Angeles at age 84. Though he was never nodded as a director, he competed four times as a writer for "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice," "Harry and Tonto," "Enemies: A Love Story," and "An Unmarried Woman" (for which he also earned a producing bid). H.
- 7/2/2014
- Gold Derby
He may not have been as well known as his contemporaries of the American golden age of cinema—Robert Altman, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Bob Rafelson etc.—but Paul Mazursky was just as influential. A writer, director and actor, Mazursky cemented his reputation with relationship films like "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice," "An Unmarried Woman," "Blume in Love," and "Enemies: A Love Story" and yet, despite five Oscar nominations, was somewhat underappreciated. He passed away today at the age of 84, and it's probably time to dip into his oeuvre if you haven't. And rather than provide a life overview that you can get from anywhere else with a quick click (Thompson On Hollywood has a pretty good one), instead, below you'll find about two and a half hours of Mazursky and Dave Poland, chatting extensively about the filmmaker's career. And certainly, if you want all you can get straight from the man himself,...
- 7/1/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The poster for Voyage of the Damned makes a bold claim, and maybe those who saw Stuart Rosenberg’s star-studded blockbuster in 1976 have remembered it ever since. Until a couple of weeks ago, however, when I saw it in a list of past Oscar nominees, I had never heard of it, and I don’t think it would be unfair to say that it is a film that has not stood the test of time.
Voyage of the Damned, which chronicles the tragic failed escape of 937 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, was nominated for three Oscars (for Best Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, and for Lee Grant for Best Supporting Actress, the lone acting nominee among a boatload of international heavyweights).
Oscar nominations, especially for acting, tend to confer a certain amount of immortality on their recipients (you are forever “Academy Award nominee Lee Grant”) and there are many films and...
Voyage of the Damned, which chronicles the tragic failed escape of 937 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, was nominated for three Oscars (for Best Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, and for Lee Grant for Best Supporting Actress, the lone acting nominee among a boatload of international heavyweights).
Oscar nominations, especially for acting, tend to confer a certain amount of immortality on their recipients (you are forever “Academy Award nominee Lee Grant”) and there are many films and...
- 3/1/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
By Lee Pfeiffer
If it's remembered at all, the 1970 WWII comedy Which Way to the Front? is generally attributed as being the film that ended Jerry Lewis' career as a leading man - at least for quite some time. During the 1950s, Lewis' partnership with Dean Martin made them the kind of pop culture idols that would only be rivaled by The Beatles and Michael Jackson. If that sounds absurd, search out newsreel footage of the thousands of people that stormed their hotel in Times Square, causing police to close the vicinity as Dean and Jerry merrily tossed autographed photos to the crowd below. When Martin left the act, thus bringing about one of the longest feuds in show biz history, both men went on to enjoy a successful careers on their own. Martin's friendship with Frank Sinatra did much to keep him in the public eye until he...
If it's remembered at all, the 1970 WWII comedy Which Way to the Front? is generally attributed as being the film that ended Jerry Lewis' career as a leading man - at least for quite some time. During the 1950s, Lewis' partnership with Dean Martin made them the kind of pop culture idols that would only be rivaled by The Beatles and Michael Jackson. If that sounds absurd, search out newsreel footage of the thousands of people that stormed their hotel in Times Square, causing police to close the vicinity as Dean and Jerry merrily tossed autographed photos to the crowd below. When Martin left the act, thus bringing about one of the longest feuds in show biz history, both men went on to enjoy a successful careers on their own. Martin's friendship with Frank Sinatra did much to keep him in the public eye until he...
- 12/21/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
It was one thing when Hollywood released two "friends with benefits"-themed movies this year a few months apart: No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits.
But a mainstream movie about an outright orgy? A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, which opened last weekend, seems like something new, right? Could it be that Americans, and American movies, are growing up? They're we're finally getting, um, religion on the topic of sex in film?
Of course, the problem with movie trend articles is that there are so many movies released every year that you can always find examples to support almost any point you want to make. I mean, when it comes to sex, Cruising (1980), Basic Instinct (1992), and Showgirls (1995) weren't exactly chopped liver.
Cruising's infamous gay S&M club
And let's face it: the mere inclusion of sex and sexual topics in movies doesn't necessarily mean the...
It was one thing when Hollywood released two "friends with benefits"-themed movies this year a few months apart: No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits.
But a mainstream movie about an outright orgy? A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, which opened last weekend, seems like something new, right? Could it be that Americans, and American movies, are growing up? They're we're finally getting, um, religion on the topic of sex in film?
Of course, the problem with movie trend articles is that there are so many movies released every year that you can always find examples to support almost any point you want to make. I mean, when it comes to sex, Cruising (1980), Basic Instinct (1992), and Showgirls (1995) weren't exactly chopped liver.
Cruising's infamous gay S&M club
And let's face it: the mere inclusion of sex and sexual topics in movies doesn't necessarily mean the...
- 9/7/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Actor Robert Culp died Wednesday from a fall outside his home. He was 79. Best known for his work in the groundbreaking TV series “I Spy," he was also one of the stars of Paul Mazursky’s seminal 1969 sex comedy “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.”
According to published reports, Culp was on a walk near his Hollywood home when he fell and hit his head. The actor’s son, reports said, was told by police he had suffered a heart attack prior to the fall.
Culp played Kelly Robinson in the 1960s NBC series “I Spy,” which broke new ground by having a black actor (Bill Cosby) in one of the lead roles.
In a career that spanned more than a half-century, Culp’s biggest film success came as documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders in “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” in which he played opposite Natalie Wood as his wife, Carol. Culp and Wood play a couple who,...
According to published reports, Culp was on a walk near his Hollywood home when he fell and hit his head. The actor’s son, reports said, was told by police he had suffered a heart attack prior to the fall.
Culp played Kelly Robinson in the 1960s NBC series “I Spy,” which broke new ground by having a black actor (Bill Cosby) in one of the lead roles.
In a career that spanned more than a half-century, Culp’s biggest film success came as documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders in “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” in which he played opposite Natalie Wood as his wife, Carol. Culp and Wood play a couple who,...
- 3/24/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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