“A silent movie? In this day and age?” Chances are, a silent movie-about-the-movies is about to take the Best Picture prize at this year’s Academy Awards. At least, all the usual signs are now pointing to The Artist making a…
Read more →It’s one thing to walk out on a movie before it’s over (or, sometimes it’s more than one thing, as you will see if you click on over to Have You Ever Walked Out on a Movie?). It’s another matter entirely to…
Read more →We’ve seen a long, if mixed, record of musicians morphing into movie stars. For every David Bowie, there’s a Peter Frampton. Whereas it’s hard to argue Barbra Streisand hasn’t enjoyed success and longevity on the big screen, Madonna’s got her fair share…
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World-renowned Swedish violinist Holger Brandt (Gosta Ekman) knows what he is about to do is wrong, but he does it anyway, and invites gifted student pianist Anita Hoffman (Ingrid Bergman) out for a “late dinner and wine” after they meet—not…
Read more →Sometimes, a movie question appears to present a very limited range of possible answers. Like the question, “Is Marlon Brando the Greatest Movie Actor of All Time?” You might think the answers to a question like that would typically be…
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Rested up? Ready for some serious movie watching? Perhaps at the outset of this year, you’re feeling frosty enough to curl up and commit to a Movie Marathon. With the recent completion of the eight-part Harry Potter film franchise fresh…
Read more →…what movies would you make? Would they be like The Matrix…or like Martha Marcy May Marlene? It was time to Ask Movie Irv this classic question, and he has a pretty clear answer: Now it’s your turn. You’ve just been…
Read more →Movie fans around the world have something to thank the French for (besides the movie Betty Blue): Ever since the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma promoted the idea that film directors such as Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock, due to the very…
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New Year’s resolution: Watch more foreign films. Watching foreign cinema is a lot like eating your vegetables. You know you must do it to maintain a balanced and healthy diet, and while you may actually find you enjoy them once you taste…
Read more →Taking offense; an unexpected emergency; sheer boredom…all reasons someone might give for walking out on a movie. It’s safe to say we’ve probably all done it at one time or another. When the exodus is not forced upon you—that is…
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