According to John Landis, "The Blues Brothers" was the last movie made under the old studio factory system. "The Blues Brothers" feels, indeed, like a transitional movie. It takes the form of a big studio musical, but its execution is all 1980s bigger-is-better filmmaking.
Read More »"I’m thankful that I have everything I want, and that no one else has anything better."
Read More »"But listen to the color of your dreams//It is not leaving, it is not leaving." --The Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows."
Read More »I hoped the title of this week's episode wouldn't imply what I had a feeling it implied. I hoped we'd just see Hannah writing in her diary, or hear snippets in a voice-over—something, anything besides another character reading Hannah's diary and getting information s/he didn't want, while I watched,...
Read More »"Game Of Thrones" is getting exciting again.
Read More »Remember those Cosmo-ish "Which Sex & the City character are you?" quizzes that every single editorial outlet featured during that show's run? Of course you couldn't take the results seriously; you can't "be" one of those people, because those people weren't p...
Read More »The craggy complexion. The stately ovate chin. Those thin lips deceptively wrapped around that charming smile. That perfect nose. Those clear greenish-brown eyes. That squint.
Read More »Press Play is proud to announce our first video essay series in direct partnership with IndieWire: "Magic and Light: The Films of Steven Spielberg." Set to premiere Dec. 15, 2011 on this blog, this series will examine facets of Spielberg's movie career, including his stylistic evolution as a direct...
Read More »Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Alamo Drafthouse posted a moving video about the power of film to cross borders. The video below details the story of Ahmed and Mohamed Abu Nasser, two filmmaker brothers from Gaza who were invited by the Drafthouse to their theater to realize their greatest d...
Read More »Filmmakers might find this useful. SAGIndie presents: A panel of actors, producers and casting agents including Famke Janssen, Bruce Weiss, Jay Van Hoy, Paul Schnee, Mary Clay Boland, Craig Zobel and moderator Michael Sladek, discuss casting for low-budget films and the role of unions in ind...
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