Cinema

Watching Inglourious Basterds In A Room Full of Jews

The Candler Blog | Jonathan Poritsky | Posted 12.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jewish Identity, Holocaust, Bible, Hitler, Inglorious Bastards, Judaism, Revenge Fantasy, Inglorious Basterds, Jewish Culture, Film, Jewish Theological Seminary, Ww2, Cinema, Religion, Wwii, Gore, Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino, Persecution, Entertainment News

Dr. Kalmanofsky, no stranger to Judeo-Chrisitian-pop deconstruction, opened the discussion with some fascinating points about the concept of the reven...

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Israel's Arabs -- A Cinematic Voice in New York

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New Films, Israeli Cinema, Other Israel Film Festival, Zabar's, Israeli Films, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Cinema, Israeli Arabs, New York News
Richard Z. Chesnoff

National schizophrenia has become an obsession for the Israeli Arab community -- and to the benefit of Israeli cinema, the subject matter of a growing number of increasingly fine films.

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Wall Street, Cinema Style

Cathy Whitlock | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cinema Style, Boiler Room, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Working Girl, Cinema, Entertainment News
Cathy Whitlock

Twenty years later, Wall Street's Gordon Gekko returns to public life from jail -- will he atone for his sins and live a life of redemption and volunteer work?

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News
Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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What Makes a Movie "Spiritual?"

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Stephen Simon, Arjuna Ardagh, Spiritual Cinema Circle, Free Tele-Seminars, Movies, Cinema, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

My favorite all time translucent movie is Alan Ball's American Beauty. What is your list of the five most "spiritual" or "translucent" films you have ever seen?

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Toronto Film Fest Day 3: Cartoons, Cads and Commies

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Toronto Film Festival, Leon Trotsky, Disney, Film, Movies, Cinema, Animation, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Tomorrow is just a train wreck of competing film screenings. I interview Vera Farmiga at 10:20 for the excellent Up In The Air. But then what?

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Add All About Steve to the List of Punful Movie Titles

Danny Groner | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Good Will Hunting, Long List of Movies, Ginger Snaps, Get Smart, Poison Ivy, Cops and Robbersons, Me Myself & Irene, The Family Stone, All About Eve, Timeline, Zero Effect, Wild Wild West, Deliver Us From Eva, Barb Wire, King's Ransom, Puns, Grosse Pointe Blank, All About Steve, Film, Hey Steve, Movies, Cinema, Major Payne, Raising Helen, For Pete's Sake, Invincible, The War of the Roses, (500) Days of Summer, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

I've assembled a list of movies that showcase lead characters names in the titles in both odd and clever pun-driven ways. Some of these may have been obvious to you, other puns might be so bad that you'll only realize them now.

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Ponyo: Finally, A Great Family Movie

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Japanese, Kids, Movies, Cinema, Animation, Ponyo Movie Review, Family, Living News
Maria Rodale

If you haven't seen it in the theatres yet, Ponyo, a new Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyasaki, is one of the rare gems of a movie that the whole family will enjoy, and that is worth seeing on the big screen.

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John Hughes: "The Audacity of Empathy"

Kevin Smokler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, 1980s, 80s, Generation X, Film, Movies, John Hughes, Cinema, Death, Parents, Entertainment News
Kevin Smokler

Hughes's are not just movies about the mid-1980s, but movies set in the mid-1980s that now live as archetype and fable.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Amat Escalante on Los Bastardos

Dan Persons | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Haneke, Home Invasion, Migrant Workers, Lou Dobbs, Violence, Drugs, Film, The Auteurs, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Amat Escalante, Interview, Cinema, Carlos Reygadas, Suburbia, Gore, Sex, Drama, Illegal Immigrants, Bruno Dumont, Horror Movies, Dario Argento, Podcast, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Los Bastardos is a spare and brutal survey of the suburban wasteland.

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Cannes 2009 Wrapup: Quick Movie Rundown and Sights & Sounds Of The Fest

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Ang Lee, Up, Film, Pixar, Cannes Film Festival, Sylvester Stallone, Cinema, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Since I can't sneak you into screenings of the films in competition, this is as close as you can get at the moment. Enjoy, thanks for reading and au revoir!

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Even in a Recession, We Need Provocative Independent Cinema

Asiel Norton | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film Industry, Emerging Artists, Cinema Industry, Cinema, Entertainment News
Asiel Norton

Contrary to popular belief, economic and other hardships usually cultivate the appetite for movies and other arts instead of diminishing it.

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Thoughts After Seeing Disneynature's Earth

Avital Binshtock | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Movie Reviews, James Earl Jones, Earth, Disney, Animals, Film, Disney Nature's Earth, Movies, Cinema, Wildlife, Green News
Avital Binshtock

If it sounds like I'm gushing, that's because I am.

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Documentary Features Mike Tyson with His Gloves Off

Danny Groner | Posted 04.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Moviemakers, Don King, Second Chance, Movie, Robin Givens, Documentary Film, Documentaries, Cannes, Moviemaking, Film, Movies, Tyson, Cinema, Movie Reviews, Mike Tyson, Boxer, Media Attention, Documentary, James Toback, Boxing, Cannes Film Festival, Entourage, Evander Holyfield, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

On Thursday night I attended a screening of the documentary Tyson, set to be released later this spring. The film is an intimate look at famed boxer M...

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Hollywood, Bollywood and now Nollywood

Lola Olley | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: West Africa, Nollywood, Independent Film, Nollywood Foundation, Nigeria, Dvd, Nigerian Film Industry, Film, Cinema, Emeka Mba, Entertainment News
Lola Olley

After the United States and India, West Africa has become the birthplace of the world's third largest film industry in terms of production.

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The Spell (and Sell) of the Expectable: Slumdog Millionaire

Derek Beres | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slumdog Millionaire, Oscars, Bollywood, Award Season, Movies, Academy Awards, Cinema, Lata Mangeshkar, India, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

We can't be surprised that this movie drove Americans to theaters in droves. It's exactly what we're going through: watching the television and seeing where the next million is.

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Veteran Actor Frank Langella Offers Frost/Nixon and Insights into A Failed Presidency

Brad Balfour | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar, Ron Howard, Tonys, Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon, Peter Howard, Richard Nixon, Impeachment, Broadway, Theater, Dracula, Film, President, Cinema, Tonys, Ron Howard, Oscar, Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon, Richard Nixon, Impeachment, Broadway, Theater, Dracula, Film, President, Cinema, The Plumbers, Peter Morgan, Brian Grazer, Watergate, Deep Throat, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Langella: "Ron [Howard] was about as good as anyone I've ever worked with. He wants the film to be about human beings and wants it to be about the soul of people."

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Life Cycle: Kernels of Wisdom about Popcorn

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Popcorn, Blockbuster, Corn, Butter, Green, Grains, Movies, Dvds, Cinema, Green Living, Kevin Bacon, Salt, Night, Kernels, Diacetyl, Bag, Microwave, Health, Environment, Popping, Orville Redenbacher, Sarah Smarsh, Pop, Simran Sethi, Footlose, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Fall is upon us, and you've decided to make it a movie...

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We Are Winning: An Interview With Battle In Seattle Director Stuart Townsend

Brad Listi | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: New Releases, WTO Riots, Third World, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Michelle Rodriguez, Presidential Election, Global Trade, Imf, Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, Seattle Riots, Stuart Townsend, Battle in Seattle, Movies, Barack Obama, Cinema, Celebrity Endorsements, Patriotism, Seattle, Brad Listi, World Trade Organization, Filmmaking, Ray Liotta, Make Trade Fair, Channing Tatum, Andre Benjamin, Charlize Theron, Wto, Home News
Brad Listi

A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.

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Short Is Cool in Cannes

Efe Cakarel | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Cannes Film Festival 2008, Short Films, The Auteurs, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Media News
Efe Cakarel

Today, it is possible for a lone director to claim the status of auteur with a consumer-grade digital camera, a laptop, and a web site to exhibit their work.

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Artist Angela Dufresne On Recreating History

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 06.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Angela Dufresne, The Inner Life, George Bush, Fine Art, David Park, Skull and Bones, Veronika Voss, Painting, Gus Van Sant, Cinema, Du Champ, Aristotle, Elizabeth Taylor, John Steinbeck, Werner Herzog, Grey Gardens, Kimberly Brooks, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Losey, Alice Neel, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Flag Pins, Of Mice and Men, Vuillard, Fassbinder, Giotto, Bacon, Ozu, Cassavetes, Haneke, Louvre, Antonioni, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

Angela Dufresne, The Bruno S Island Acting School and the S House, Paris, France, 2006, oil on canvas, 66 by 108 inches. Courtesy of the artist and M...

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