My Favorite Films of 2011 – New and improved with commentary!
I outlined my reasoning in a previous post. Here’s the promised skinny on my reactions to each of the 15 movies I enjoyed the most in 2011. (again, in alphabetical order) 50/50– Will Reiser survived...
View ArticleWill Jean Dujardin screw up your Oscar pool?
Hugo wasn’t up for anything at the SAGs last night, but it is in the mix at the Academy Awards next month so we’ll have to wait and see if the Bridesmaids gals’ new drinking game has legs. After all,...
View ArticleAs the 65th annual French film festival opens, will an Oscar winner ever do...
The 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival is getting underway right about now on the beautiful French Riviera. (It’s Wednesday night there already) And before too long we will know the winner of this year’s...
View ArticleLet’s talk about sex – the greatest movie sex scenes, that is
Twenty-three years ago today – May 24, 1989 – Sex, Lies, and Videotape (a title more naughty sounding than the film itself) took the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, launching the career of...
View ArticleGoodbye Schenectady, hello Venice? Is ‘Pines’ set for the festival?
It didn’t win the Golden Palm, but our own Schenectady-set and Schenectady-shot film The Place Beyond the Pines, could walk away with the Golden Lion. That’s right, the Ryan Gosling–Bradley Cooper...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival to be judged by Spielberg, Lee, Kidman, Waltz
The 66th Cannes Film Festival run s this year from May 15 through 26, and Steven Spielberg has already been announced as the head of this year’s jury. As if having arguably the biggest movie director...
View ArticleThose who Cannes do, those who can’t blog about it
Yes, another May has arrived and again the Times Union has not sent me to cover the Cannes International Film Festival. I know, what were they thinking, right? But I’ll do my best to bring you the...
View ArticleCan Cannes and the Oscars reach a consensus?
The 68th Annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off today and will run through Sunday, May 24, uniting stars, filmmakers, critics, journalists and, but of course, marketers and business people under the...
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