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Art News
How to Make an Oscar-Nominated Animated Film for Grownups
February 14, 2012
(Film, New York) Oscar nominee Fernando Trueba lays out the method behind his (relatively) new film. ...more...
Is Star Wars: Episode I any better in 3D?
February 13, 2012
(Film, National) George Lucas is re-releasing “The Phantom Menace” in 3D. This may be something of a dilemma for some Star Wars fans. ...more...
Free French Films for You, Providence
February 7, 2012
(Film, Providence) The Alliance will offer a pair of films for free each month, beginning Friday. ...more...
Good Job, Academy: Nominees for Best Song Will Not Perform At Ceremony
February 7, 2012
(Film, National) It’s true; viewers will not be treated to performances of either of this year’s Best Song nominees at the ceremony. ...more...
“Casablanca” Inaugurates New Smithsonian Theater
February 3, 2012
(Film, Washington DC) The new Warner Bros. Theater, at the National Museum of American History, will host several other film festivals in 2012. ...more...
Wim Wenders’ 3D “Pina” Validates Use of 3D
February 3, 2012
(Film, Dance, Washington DC) Wenders’ documentary about the legendary dancer opens this week at AMC Loews Georgetown and AMC Loews Rio. ...more...
Come On, Get “Happy” on February 11
January 31, 2012
(Film, National) In an attempt to spread happiness globally, filmmaker Roko Belic is offering up his 2011 documentary, Happy, for a sliding fee scale with hopes of inspiring the entire world to watch his film on that day. ...more...
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Takes Grand Jury Prize at Sundance
January 30, 2012
(Film, National) The surrealistic Southern film also won the cinematography award. ...more...
Joffrey Doc Opens in Limited Release
January 27, 2012
(Dance, Film, National) Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance” will also be screened tomorrow at a number of theaters in conjunction with an interactive panel on Twitter. ...more...
Everyone Should Go See Video Leonardo
January 25, 2012
(Film, Art Museums, National) “Leonardo Live”, the film version of the National Gallery of London’s recent da Vinci exhibition, opens nationwide February 16 for limited screenings. Mark your calendars. ...more...
‘Citizen Kane’ Will Screen at Hearst Castle
January 23, 2012
(Film, Los Angeles/Orange County) William Randolph Hearst would probably have rather lost a limb than seen Citizen Kane screen in his personal movie theater, but time does march on, and sixty-one years after the magnate’s death, Orson Welles’ staggering film will play Hearst Castle as part of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. ...more...
Fiennes Takes Chances With ‘Coriolanus’
January 23, 2012
(Film, National) The multiple Oscar nominee has aimed at a lofty target in his first directorial effort. ...more...
Now Broadway Loves It When You Make Movies Out Of Its Shows
January 20, 2012
(Theater, Film, New York, National) Broadway’s embrace of film adaptations over the last decade stands in direct contrast to its former attitude; some film adaptations are even credited with saving fading musicals. ...more...
On Anniversary of Challenger Disaster, Go Cry Along With “Beaches” at the 92YTribeca
January 20, 2012
(Film, New York) Yes, the 92nd St. Y’s downtown branch will provide the tissues. ...more...
In more theaters soon: science and cinema
January 19, 2012
(Film/Education, Boston) The director of MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics does not usually prepare for a lecture by watching a Keanu Reeves film. ...more...
Arresting, but only on the screen
January 19, 2012
(Theater/Film, New York) In capturing the monotony and anger that marks the daily life of New York City cops, “Newyorkland” makes a powerfully compelling film. ...more...
‘High Society’ to screen Jan. 20 at the Casino in Newport
January 19, 2012
(Film, Newport/Providence) Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly will sing their way through “High Society” once again in Newport on Friday, Jan. 20, when the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum opens the recently restored Casino Theatre ...more...
Better late for ‘Never’
January 18, 2012
(Film/Theater, New York) When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies” opened in London in March 2010, the West End Whingers, England’s most influential theater bloggers, dubbed it “Paint Never Dries.” ...more...
Inaugural Best Picture “Wings” Gets The Restorative Treatment
January 18, 2012
(Film, National) A digitally restored Wings, the first-ever winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, hits shelves next Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray. ...more...
Sundance 2012 Levels Its Gaze at the Economy
January 17, 2012
(Film, Salt Lake City, National) This year’s Sundance Film Festival, slated to get underway on January 19, is expected to once again feature a significant number of films dealing with the drastic downturn of the global economy. ...more...
“Polka! The Movie” Screens Sunday at Cleveland Museum of Art
January 13, 2012
(Film, Cleveland) The screening’s at 1:30 Sunday afternoon; the screenwriter will be around afterward for a Q&A. ...more...
Why Are Your Film Archives Still Closed, MoMA?
January 13, 2012
(Film, National) Time film critic Richard Corliss wonders about the fate of MoMA’s Film Stills Archive. ...more...
3D Cirque du Soleil Coming To Screens Nationwide This Year
January 10, 2012
(Film, National) Paramount will release the 3D Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away around the world sometime later this year. ...more...
Enjoy The Met’s Production of Faust From the City of Trees
January 8, 2012
(Opera/Film, Boise) OK, so you’ve sold your soul to the devil in exchange for another shot at youth and passion, gotten your lover pregnant, inadvertently killed her brother, and now ...more...
