Michael Arndt has related his ascendency in Hollywood to dreaming about “batting leadoff for the New York Yankees,” then it actually happening. The screenwriter, who once worked as an assistant for actor Matthew Broderick, has an Academy Award for Best…
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Danny Boyle! You’ve just won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Slumdog Millionaire! Now, what are you going to do? Um…make a movie about a guy stuck in a cave. You got to, er, hand it…
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MovieFanFare talks with Tony Goldwyn, the actor (“Ghost”) and filmmaker about his 2010 directorial effort Conviction, a powerful true-life drama starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell.
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Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker head the cast of the new action-comedy Red. But it was veteran thespian Ernest Borgnine who really made an impression on actor Karl Urban. “Having Ernest Borgnine on set…
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The annual Philadelphia Film Festival is back, and in its nineteenth incarnation. Over the years, it has shifted in size, season, focus, and administrators. But following a big dust-up between two opposing factions vying for control of the festival –and…
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It was only a matter of time. Warner was first to throw their hat into the studio on-demand ring, introducing a wide array of famous and not-so famous films available in the DVD-R format. The Warner formula for mixing much-desired…
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In 1987, Joe Amodei decided to foot the bill for a bunch of friends who wanted to make a movie. The film was Mad Ron’S Prevues from Hell, a tribute to the horror films of the 1960s and 1970s. Shot…
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Paul and Sandra Schuette Fierlinger are animation pioneers who have produced hundreds of animated shorts, commercials and public service spots for over 40 years. Based in the Philadelphia area, the Fierlingers work out of their home, specializing in 2-D work…
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Last year, the “zeitgeist film of the year” was Up in the Air, Jason Reitman’s saga about a lonely man played by George Clooney who travels around the country firing people when companies downsize in bad financial times. This year,…
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For years, Amy Ryan amassed a list of impressive credits, moving fluidly from television to stage to movies. She was one of those ever-reliable actresses who possessed a chameleon-like appearance, comfortable in large and small roles, and adept in movies both…
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