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BLANCANIEVES
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 28, 2013 5:48 PM
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It’s almost impossible to write about this black & white silent film without mentioning last year’s sleeper "The Artist." Some critics have chosen to praise the Spanish import at the expense of its Oscar-winning predecessor—perhaps because it was drummed into the front ranks by Harvey Weinstein’s aggressive campaigning.
MORE CHARLEY CHASE ON DVD (AND EDGAR KENNEDY, TOO)
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 28, 2013 12:00 AM
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- 5 Comments
Charley Chase is a favorite of comedy connoisseurs but for years, it was difficult to see his best two-reel comedies from the 1920s. They seemed to exist only in scattered 16mm prints, until Kino (drawing on the LobsterFilm archives) and Milestone released their welcome collections.
LEE MARVIN: POINT BLANK by Dwayne Epstein (Schaffner Press)
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 25, 2013 11:19 PM
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Dwayne Epstein may not have intended to spend nearly twenty years working on a biography of Lee Marvin, but had he not started in the mid-1990s he would have missed the opportunity of interviewing the actor’s older brother, many of his directors (from Sam Fuller to John Frankenheimer), and an even greater number of friends and costars.
THE SAPPHIRES
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 22, 2013 1:38 PM
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I can’t imagine anyone concocting a movie about four Aboriginal girls entertaining American troops in Vietnam in the late 1960s unless it were based on a true story.
ON THE ROAD FOR TCM
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 21, 2013 4:07 PM
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For the second year, I’ve been asked to host two evenings in Turner Classic Movies’ “Road to Hollywood ” series—last week with Jane Powell in Cambridge, Massachusetts and this week with Mitzi Gaynor in Chicago. Need I add that it’s been great fun?
CINEFEST: RARE FILMS AND A UNIQUE AUDIENCE
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 18, 2013 11:06 PM
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When people ask why my wife and I travel to wintry Syracuse, New York every March—and celebrate our wedding anniversary there—I try to explain that Cinefest is more than just a four-day marathon of truly rare silent and early-talkie films. It’s also a “gathering of the clan,” a reunion of old friends with whom we’ve spent quality time over the past four decades.
RYAN GOSLING AND BRADLEY COOPER—ON 35mm FILM
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 14, 2013 12:00 AM
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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of screening "The Place Beyond the Pines," which opens in theaters March 29, for my class at USC School of Cinematic Arts. My guests were producer Jamie Patricof and co-writer/director Derek Cianfrance, who made a deliberate decision to shoot his feature on 35mm film.
PREMATURE BURIAL FOR 35mm FILM
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 13, 2013 1:27 AM
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In the midst of doom and gloom regarding the future of 35mm and digital cinema overtaking the movie industry, I received a press release from Eastman Kodak several weeks ago, boasting that six of this year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees were shot on Kodak film:
MAKING FILM SCHOLARSHIP FUN
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 11, 2013 2:13 AM
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Book review — Jeanine Basinger is a rare film scholar who brings to her subject the enthusiasm of a lifelong fan.She’s not afraid to write conversationally, punctuating her thoughtful points with often-hilarious asides.
Oz The Great And Powerful
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 8, 2013 1:05 AM
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No movie ever can, or will, replace 1939’s "The Wizard Of Oz," but taken on its own terms, this eye-filling fantasy is an entertaining riff on how the Wizard of that immortal film found his way to Oz.
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