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Studio Vaults Open—On DVD
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 25, 2013 12:00 AM
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- 19 Comments
Many of the major studios no longer want to be in the DVD (or Blu-ray) business; they’d rather stream or download their films. There are some notable exceptions, however, and they spell good news for serious buffs and collectors.
HOW TO PITCH A MOVIE…AND MORE
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 23, 2013 2:26 PM
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- 6 Comments
It’s long been a joke in Hollywood that the only way to sell a movie is to compare it to a previous hit. But what’s a joke to some people is a tutorial for others.
ANDRÉ PREVIN: A WELCOME RETURN
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 16, 2013 12:00 AM
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One of the first records I ever purchased was André Previn’s jazz version of "My Fair Lady"….and I’ve never fallen out of love with this wonderful album.
A FOND FAREWELL TO ANNETTE FUNICELLO
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 8, 2013 2:27 PM
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- 22 Comments
For baby boomers, the news of Annette Funicello’s death hits hard. Millions of us came home from school every day to watch "The Mickey Mouse Club," and she was one of the most popular Mouseketeers.
ROGER EBERT: MORE THAN JUST A CRITIC
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 4, 2013 7:44 PM
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- 20 Comments
I’m still in a state of shock over the news of Roger Ebert’s death, at age 70, so soon after going public about the recurrence of cancer in his system—and promising to file reviews as often as possible. That’s the Roger Ebert I’m thinking about right now: not the influential critic or the lifelong newspaperman who never missed a deadline, but the guy who faced a staggering series of health crises and refused to give in.
JOHN FORD’S FAVORITE FILM
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 3, 2013 12:42 AM
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I don’t know if "The Sun Shines Bright" (1953) is John Ford’s most neglected film—there are numerous candidates on the Old Master’s résumé—but it is the one he cited as his personal favorite.
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?
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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- 27 Comments
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:
THE 3 STOOGES: LOST, FOUND, AND UNSEEN
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 6, 2013 12:28 PM
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By now you may have read about the exciting discovery of a long-lost two-reel short subject, "Hello Pop" (1933) starring Ted Healy and his Stooges. A 35mm nitrate print, in two-color Technicolor, turned up in a private collection in Australia and is now being restored at a Los Angeles laboratory by Warner Bros.
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