May 30, 2012

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"Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture"

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Honeymoon With Harry, Paul Haggis, Bradley Cooper, Self Publishing, Jonathan Demme, Writing a Novel, Bart Baker, Screenwriting, Books News

This is a tale of perseverance and taking control of one's life. It's a look behind those so-glamorous curtains of Hollywood and New York book publishing, where the real world is totally different from how rosy it looks out front.

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Movie review: Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Ron Howard, Peter Fonda, Sharktopus, Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, John Sayles, Kurosawa, Fellini, Oscar, Corman?S World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, Hollywood, Marshall Fine Movie Review, New World Pictures, Movies, Dinoshark, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Independent Film, American International Pictures, Peter Bogdanovich, Corman?S World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel Movie Review, Tom Snyder, Jonathan Demme, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

It's hard to believe no one has done a film tribute to Roger Corman before Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, Alex Stapleton's loving time...

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A Pair of Kings: Chatting with Peter Wolf and O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge, Plus Samiam's "Nightly" Audio Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Van Morrison, Little Steven, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Bob Wills, Dave Matthews, Thelonius Monk, Bono, Jimmy Rogers, Kyle XY, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Willy DeVille, DJ Logic, Cam Neely, Jason Beebout, James Cotton, Dave Matthews Caravan, Marc Roberge, David Lynch, Charlie Parker, Boston Celtics, Willie Nelson, Russell Simmons, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Peter Wolf, Muddy Waters, DIc Rivers, Neko Case, Twilight, Magic Dick, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Little Steven's Underground Garage, Shelby Lynne, J. Geils Band, John Lee Hooker, Cam Neely Cancer Foundation, U2, ABC Family, Fenway Park, Joni Mitchell, The Dixie Chicks, Jonathan Demme, Jimi Hendrix, David Ruffin, O.a.R., The Four Seasons, Ozomotli, Samiam, Entertainment News

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Stephen King Novel Now Big Hollywood Movie?

Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Stephen King 11/22/63, 11/22/63, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan-Demme, Stephen King, Jonathan Demme Movies, Jonathan-Demme-Movies, Entertainment News

We've seen Stephen King's name in embossed, blocky letters across dozens of paperbacks; he is the ubiquitous thriller novelist. And his newest nov...

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HuffPost Review: And Everything Is Going Fine

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, The Killing Fields, Gray's Anatomy, Monster in a Box, And Everything Is Going Fine Movie Review, And Everything Is Going Fine, Steven Soderbergh. King of the Hill, Spalding Gray, Jonathan Demme, Swimming to Cambodia, Elizabeth Lecompte, Marshall Fine Movie Reviews, Wooster Group, Movies, Entertainment News

Spalding Gray was a unique, insightful and entertaining performer, who found ways to turn his life into his art. It's only fitting that that his life is told in his own words in And Everything is Going Fine.

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Film Review: Spalding Gray Wins!

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom DiCillo, Howl, Curt Worden, Steven Soderbergh, Jack Kerouac, Spalding Gray, And Everything Is Going Fine, Neil Young, Jonathan Demme, The Doors, Allen Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, Entertainment News

After watching style swamp content in Howl, I wondered what would happen to Spalding Gray's monologues. Would the beauty of his words die an obscene death on a screen of ripping horrors?

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The Discrimination I Wrote About in Philadelphia Is Still With Us -- But HALSA Is Helping

Ron Nyswaner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia, Films, Movies, Artists Give Back, Hollywood, Los Angeles News

Although stories about AIDS related discrimination have drifted to the back pages of newspapers, people with HIV/AIDS are still losing jobs and being denied health care and basic rights.

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Stop Making Sense With Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz, Plus a Robert Francis Interview, John Mayer News, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Riback, ET Thorngren, Stop Making Sense, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, DVD Audio, Neil Young, Alexander Spence, The Beatles, John Mayer, Rooney, Sacd, Snuggie, Atlantic Records, The Who, Weezer, 5.1, John Martyn, Goldie Hawn, Imax, Blu-Ray, Swing Shift, David Byrne, The Rolling Stones, Karen Dalton, Dave Sardy, David Beal, Jordon Croneweth, Dts, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Soul Train, Talking Heads, U2, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Entertainment News, Michael Franti, Beverly Martyn, Robert Francis, Oasis, Jonathan Demme, Glen Gray, The Band, Reverened Gary Davis, Bruce Springsteen, James Walcott, Pauline Cale, Martin Scorse, The Last Waltz, Beyonce, Maxwell, Miley Cyrus, Townes Van Zandt, Entertainment News

This year being the 25th anniversary of the release of the Talking Heads' concert classic Stop Making Sense, I spoke with Talking Heads Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz on the cult favorite.

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Knox Burger

Andrew Bergman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Taking of Pelham of One Two Three, Jonathan Demme, Gorky Park, Jimmy O'Neill, Knox Burger, Entertainment News

Knox Burger discovered Vonnegut, he mentored John D. MacDonald and Malcolm Braly -- it all sounded terribly romantic to me at age twenty-five.

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Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: Roger Corman and His Oscar

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Coppola, Katt Shea, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda, Igmar Bergman, Joe Dante, Martin Scorsese, Barbara Hershey, Nancy Sinatra, Motion Picture Academy, Penelope Spheeris, Roger Corman, Sylvester Stallone, Angie Dickinson, Bruce Dern, Peter Bogdanovich, Federico Fellini, Shelley Winters, Jonathan Demme, Oscars, Curtis Hanson, Gale Anne Hurd, Jack Nicholson, Schlondorff, Kurosawa, Wenders, Truffaut, Entertainment News

He is the unbearable lightness of being a director, producer, actor, mentor. He is the most effervescent of gentlemen, one who has that gene for making it all look easy.

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In Honor Of Woodstock, The Best Rock Documentaries and Concert Films By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Emmylou Harris, Muddy Waters, Martin Scorsese, KD Lang, Neil Young, Concert Films, The Who, Best Movies by Farr, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, The Talking Heads, Otis Redding, Elvis-Costello, The Beatles, Monterey Pop Festival, The Grateful Dead, Janis-Joplin, Buddy Guy, Jonathan Demme, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News

I've found that if you're equipped with a decent home theatre and quality speakers, it's hard to go wrong with a rock concert film.

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Culture Zohn: Rachel Gets Married and We Are All the Better for It

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Margot at the Wedding, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe, Rachel Getting Married, Max Ophuls, Jonathan Demme, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Robert Altman, Anne Hathaway, Lola Montes, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dogme, Entertainment News

In the end, the movie made me want to speak my heart to the people I love, to tell them right now they mean the world to me, to hold them close and to forgive them.

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Rachel Getting Married -- A Wedding To Remember

Matt Budd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Addiction, Jonathan Demme, Film, Rachel Getting Married, Anne Hathaway, Tv on the Radio, Tunde Adebimpe, Entertainment News

The film is almost entirely filmed with hand held cameras. The result is a quiet intimate film that makes the viewer feel like they are one of the invited guests to this wedding.

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"Silence Of The Lambs" Director Premieres Jimmy Carter Film

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Documentary, Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Demme, Politics News

Former US president Jimmy Carter joined the ranks of movie stars like Brad Pitt and George Clooney at the world premiere of "Man from Plains," the bio...

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