Film

"Global Warming Swindle" Movie Not Quite Offensive Enough For Regulators

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Misleading Film, Lies, Al Gore, The Great Global Warming Swindle, Andy Revkin, Climate Change, Wag TV, An Inconvenient Truth, Ofcom, Film, Global Warming, Green News

When "The Great Global Warming Swindle" aired on British television last year, it was billed by its producers, Wag TV, as "the definitive response to ...

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The Man And His Muse

Zorianna Kit | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Entertainment News, Guillermo Del Toro, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Doug Jones, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

If one is ever lucky enough to spend time with Doug Jones, as I have been on a couple of occasions, you can't help but see all of his previous characters when he's standing in front of you -- you need only to look at the actor's hands.

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WALL-E and The Fall of Man

Joshua David Stein | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Wall-E, Idiocracy, Film, Robots, Robot, Entertainment News
Joshua David Stein

Wall-E is hopefully the first herald that the studios (or at least the smart ones) have finally said, "Phooey on humans. Robots are where it's at!"

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Heavy Load In New York

Jerry Rothwell | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Punk, Independent Film, Film, Punk Rock, Jerry Rothwell, Heavy Load, Entertainment News
Jerry Rothwell

I first encountered Heavy Load on the pages of an out of date charity newsletter lying in my doctor's surgery. A black and white photocopied image sho...

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The Double Standard

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Feminism and Film, Movie Business, Sex and the City, Film, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

It makes me angry that it is all on women to make SATC a hit. No other film has that burden. What the media and the marketing has done here is to really divide the sexes.

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Indy? Is That You? [SPOILER ALERT]

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

My beloved Indy was fine. But when it starts ripping up the rules of physics on the non-fantastical elements, wondrous awe turns in to unintended laughs.

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What I Learned About Making and Marketing Movies

Sean Wolfington | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Marketing, Film, Bella, Entertainment News
Sean Wolfington

When there is a great idea and people that are passionate about bringing that idea to the world through a film, anything is possible.

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Sex and the City Part 2: Feminism and Backlash

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City the Movie, Film, Sex and the City Backlash, Feminism, Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

Two weeks ago the NY Times discussed the lack of films coming out that have women in significant roles. I find it easy to reconcile my feminism and my love for movies on this one.

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Movies Instead of High School? Join The Film Club!

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: David GIlmour, Children, Sons, The Film Club, Canada, Film, Movies, Fathers, Parents, Huffpost Books, Book Review, Entertainment News
Elizabeth Benedict

Canadian novelist David Gilmour's The Film Club tells such an unusual story, and tells it so gracefully, it just might break through the non-fake memoir glass ceiling.

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Lawrence of Latin America

Jeffrey Wells | Posted 04.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Argentine, Benicio Del Toro, Lawrence of Arabia, The Guerrilla, Movie, Film, Che Guevara, Che, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Wells

Benicio del Toro, the moody and mesmerizing Marlon Brando-ish actor whose work keeps getting deeper and more fascinating, is certain to stir Oscar talk for his performance as Che Guevara.

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Who Fired the First Shoot?

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 04.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Graduate, 1967 Films, Mark Harris, Film, Movies, Bonnie and Clyde, Entertainment News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Exquisitely detailed and exhaustively researched, Mark Harris, in his new book, peels away the onion around the genesis, production, and reaction to the best films of 1967.

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A Card-Sharp Thriller, Huh? You Get Paid for This?

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 21, Advertising, Movies, New Movies, Movie Reviews, Gambling, Television, Intelligence, Education, Roger Ebert, Entertainment, Roger Ebert Reviews, Film, Blackjack, Magazines, Entertainment News
Jeff Dorchen

In the TV ad for the movie 21, the announcer says, as if it's a terrific, exciting piece of news, "Entertainment Weekly calls it 'a card-sharp thrille...

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You Don't Know Dick!

Zorianna Kit | Posted 04.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Nudity in Film, Full-Frontal Nudity, Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

Women have been prancing nude on-screen for decades but only recently has equality reared its penis-shaped head. And it's about time.

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Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr. in New Film by Atonement Director

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Classical Music, Robert Downey, Jamie Foxx, Los Angeles Times, Movie, Music, Film, Hollywood, Musician, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

Nathaniel Ayers was one of the few blacks enrolled at the prestigious Juilliard music school back in the 1970s. He developed schizophrenia, and after stints in psychiatric hospitals he ended up on the streets in LA.

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When Is Film Art?

Michael Simmons | Posted 03.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Midnight Cowboy, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Film, Steven Spielberg, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Simmons

Films, not movies, are out there, but chances are you won't find them if you're sitting through 23 coming attractions and eleven commercials.

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Sam Stein

On MLK Day, Filmmaker Takes Private Equity To Task

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Film, Martin Luther King, Brave New Films, Kkr, Gunite Plant, Private Equity, Robert Greenwald, Henry Kravis, Rockford, Politics News

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, filmmaker Robert Greenwald has released a sharp new short film on his topic-de-jour: the excesses of the private e...

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The Year in Film: 2007

Mike Miley | Posted 01.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: There Will Be Blood, Movies of 2007, Film, Best Movies, I'm Not There, Best Films of 2007, Year in Film, Entertainment News
Mike Miley

I'm Not There and There Will Be Blood are equally beyond reproach. A masterpiece is a masterpiece; after that, it's all personality.

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The Moviegoer: Manufactured Perspectives

James Rocchi | Posted 01.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Top Ten List, Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Manufactured Landscapes, Film, The Moviegoer, Movies, Entertainment News
James Rocchi

Manufactured Landscapes starts with a simple shot that becomes astonishing, as the camera slowly moves right-to-left across the production floor of a factory in China. It keeps going. And keeps going. And keeps going.

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How is "The World's Worst Director" Still Making Movies?

Darrell Hartman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Scary Movies, German Film, Directors, Uwe Boll, Horror Films, Video Games, Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Darrell Hartman

As hopeless he is behind the camera, Boll has a peculiar genius for getting films made.

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Best Prison Escape Movie Ever? And Other 2007 Pleasures

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 12.30.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Blogs, Lily Allen, Pop Music, Art, Books, Glenn Greenwald, Jacques Becker, 2007, Film, Scot Horton, Entertainment News
Barry Yourgrau

From 2007 encounters, some of the film, books, art, blogs, etc. that linger in my own mind:

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Religious Bigotry's Biggest Ally

Philip Slater | Posted 12.19.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Gender Bias, Film, Movie Reviews, The Golden Compass, The Golden Compass Religion, The Golden Compass Gender Bias, The Golden Compass Review, Entertainment News
Philip Slater

Female critics are almost unanimous in praising The Golden Compass, while male critical responses are almost two to one unfavorable. The reason was simple: the film had a female protagonist.

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Research Uncovers Technology That Could Destroy Film and TV Studios

Toby Barlow | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America Strike, Television, Film, Books, Writer's Strike, Writers Guild of America, Writers' Strike Opinion, Writers' Strike, Hollywood Strike, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Toby Barlow

Panic swept through Hollywood today as producers and studio executives, already embattled by the writer's strike. "It's called a 'book' and it's pronounced like 'cook."' said one worried insider. "

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