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A (Slideshow) Talk with Antonino D'Ambrosio of Let Fury Have the Hour

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 06.26.2012 | Home
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E. Nina Rothe

What Antonino D'Ambrosio has done with Let Fury Have the Hour is making me rethink everything I took for granted in my life.

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Movie Review: The Lady

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.12.2012 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

Thanks to a marvelously full-bodied performance by Michelle Yeoh and a complementary one by David Thewlis, The Lady overcomes its own obstacles -- principally ones of pacing -- to present a moving portrait of courage, resilience and conviction.

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John Sayles: An Artist for the Environment

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.24.2012 | Green
Read More: Environment, Duke LEAF Award, Film, John Sayles, Nicholas School of the Environment, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with The Green Grok."We think we can wound the planet, we think we can cut costs and stick the money in our pockets and just walk away. Bu...

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

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.13.2012 | Entertainment
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
Marshall Fine

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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2011 Workers Voice Awards Named, Signals Strong Year for Worker-Based Themes in Pop Culture

Wyatt Closs | Posted 01.28.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Peter Berg, Mike Ross, Workers, Dirty Jobs, Economics, Stone's Throw Records, A-Moment-in-the-Sun, John Sayles, Blowback Productions, Economy, Marc-Levin, Finn Ryan, Immigration, Awards, Music, Brian Grazer, Aloe Blacc, Workers Voice Awards, Craig Piligian, Parks and Recreation, Television, McSweeney's, Union Song, Greg Daniels, Wisconsin, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Books, Hbo, Economic Crisis, Michael Schur, I Need a Dollar, Tom Morello, Friday Night Lights, A Better Life, Award Season, Film, US Economy, Spiegel and Grau, Art, Work, Griftopia, Rolling Stone, Chris Weitz, Unions, Mike-Taibbi, Amy Poehler, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

Can a film about an immigrant father struggling to start a gardening business be a defining work of 2011? Yes. Who was best at amplifying workers' voi...

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Hearts and Minds: John Sayles on Amigo

Kristin McCracken | Posted 11.02.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: John Sayles, Philippine-American War, Amigo, Amigo Film, Amigo Movie, Amigo John Sayles, Entertainment News
Kristin McCracken

The infinitely curious and iconic director John Sayles digs up a war most of us didn't even know about for his latest feature film.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: John Sayles on Amigo

Dan Persons | Posted 10.19.2011 | Home
Read More: Garret Dillahunt, D. J. Qualls, Joel Torre, Yul Vazquez, Ronnie Lazaro, Chris Cooper, John Sayles, The Philippines, Home News
Dan Persons

Director John Sayles is delving into history again, and this time it's a little bit of American adventurism in the early twentieth century that's frequently glossed over in the history books: the Philippine-American War.

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HuffPost Review: Amigo

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.19.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Sunshine State, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Amigo, John Sayles, Garret Dillahunt, Amigo Movie Review, Philippine-American War, City of Hope, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Chris Cooper, Movies, A Moment in the Sun, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Amigo is a companion piece to John Sayles' new novel, A Moment in the Sun - or perhaps it's the other way around. While it's easy to admire Sayles' a...

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HuffPost Review: Ironclad

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.05.2011 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

When it comes to stories that bear transposition to varying eras and settings, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) seems a prime example of a plot t...

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A Jim Tully Revival: Hobo Author Back in Print

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Book News, Harvey Pekar, Paul Bauer, Hobo, Beggars of Life, Books, Ken Burns, John Sayles, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Kent State University Press, Books News
Thomas Gladysz

Whether or not Tully's work will strike a chord with contemporary readers remains to be seen. Certainly, readers of Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, William Vollmann or Stephen Elliott will find something of interest in Tully's stories and prose.

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Sunday, Sept. 12

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Dustin Lance Black, Ed Harris, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Amigo, Bunraku, Rowan Joffe, John Sayles, Jennifer Connelly, Last Night, Garret Dillahunt, Graham Greene, What?S Wrong With Virginia, Marshall Fine Commentary, Brighton Rock, Marshall Fine Blog, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I had decided before today even started to use the idea of "audience films vs. festival films" as a theme for my discussion of the day's screenings. ...

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Toronto Film Fest Day 4: Old Men, Young Girls, Graham Greene and Amigos

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Graham Greene, Catherine Breillat, Toronto International Film Festival, Fairy Tales, Helen Mirren, Movies, John Sayles, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Now we're talking: a five-movie day with no hiccups. Now if only we could do something about the quality of the films.

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HuffPost Review: Great Directors

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Todd Haynes, Great Directors Movie Review, John Sayles, David Lynch, Ken Loach, Richard Linklater, Agnes Varda, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Bernardo Bertolucci, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The title of the film Great Directors is exceptionally misleading, given that its real title should be People Whose Films I Like and Who Agreed to Be Interviewed By Me on Camera For This Movie.

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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast: Robert Mitchum and Great Directors

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Todd Haynes, Angela Ismailos, Robert Mitchum, Bruce Weber, Stephen Frears, John Sayles, David Lynch, Ken Loach, Richard Linklater, Agnes Varda, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani, Bernardo Bertolucci, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Bruce Weber's documentary-in-progress Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast about actor Robert Mitchum shows the Hollywood tough guy of Westerns and noirs as a shy, modest, non-celebrity.

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For St. Patrick's Day, The Best Irish Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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John Farr

With the always raucous, spirited celebration of St. Patrick's Day on the near horizon here in New York City, my thoughts turn to the powerful mystique of Ireland, and the many outstanding films that reflect it.

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Thoughts on Haiti, And the Spirit of Activism in Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: John Travolta, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Kopple, John Sayles, Best Movies on DVD, Cher, Kurt Russell, John Lithgow, Best Movies by Farr, Sally Field, Thirteen/WNET, Chris Cooper, Social Activism, Robert Duvall, Haiti Earthquake, Mike Nichols, Jim Lehrer, Activism, James Earl Jones, David Brooks, Meryl Streep, Haiti, The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, Wnet, Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

Great activist movies portray the ongoing struggle between the welfare of working people and larger societal forces, seemingly beyond their control, that threaten their integrity, livelihood, and often, their very survival.

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DVDs: TV Show Boxed Set Rip-Offs

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Barbara Stanwyck, TV Shows, Battlestar Galactica, The Sopranos, John Sayles, Monk, Derek Jarman, Westerns, Movies, Dvds, Honeydripper, Gunsmoke, Xanadu, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

A spreading practice needs to be stopped right now. A number of studios -- led by Paramount/CBS -- are releasing old TV shows in half-season sets.

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