Some of the most dramatic scenes in western films have started with a character walking into a bar. Guest blogger Craig Pisani looks at a pair of memorable moments from two standout frontier tales, Shane and Unforgiven.
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Frontier loners, serial killers, Scottish freedom fighters, and a doomed luxury liner; all were among the recipients of Hollywood’s biggest prize in the ’90s. MovieFanFare wants to know which “Best Picture” you think is most deserving of the title.
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It’s been 23 years since Anthony Hopkins first frightened filmgoers as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. We’re serving up more movie milestones with fava beans and a nice chianti.
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Has it really been half a century since The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show? MovieFanfare looks back at that night as we list other key nuggets from Fab Four history available on home video…and you know that can’t be bad.
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Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. The Six Pix of Olympics is about to begin—which poster will…
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Two acclaimed, Oscar-winning actors passed away this past weekend. MovieFanFare takes a moment to remember the lives and careers of Maximilian Schell and Philip Seymour Hoffman, with a focus on a lesser-known role from each man’s remarkable body of work.
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Did you love “Her”? Spike Jonze’s talked-about film and I weren’t the perfect match, but I don’t regret our first get-together, as it led me to a terrific little documentary about the nature of modern love, and thoughts about other great movies on the subject.
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Has it really been exactly 40 years since Mel Brooks’ gloriously improper western spoof, Blazing Saddles, came ridin’ into theaters, a-whompin’ and a-whumpin’? We’ve got a heady mix (that’s Hedley!) of factoids for you.
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Wartime drama, Mafia weddings, nervous romances: the Best Picture winners of the 1970s had it all. Which of the Academy’s picks do you think was the decade’s finest? Let us know in this week’s poll.
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An actor lands a film role. That’s where it all begins, right? Not for Originally Starring. For us that’s the end. We want to know what happened before that (and make some Photoshop magic along the way). For instance, Betty…
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