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‘Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me’ a charming glimpse into a grande dame of Broadway
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me Directed by Chiemi Karasawa USA, 2013 The worst thing you can say about Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me is that it’s too damn short, clocking in at just over 80 minutes. Within only a few of those minutes, it’s clear that the subject of this up-close-and-personal documentary could fill at least 2 […] More
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TIFF 2013: ‘Enough Said’ is hilarious and bittersweet
Nicole Holofcener is one of the strongest voices working in movies today. Her films, often about the lives of everyday women, are consistently sharp and observant and Enough Said does not stray from her already terrific track record. As a writer she has a way of portraying her characters as people we know or someone that we could know. More
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TIFF 2013: Watch Two New Clips From ‘Enough Said’ Featuring One of James Gandolfini’s Last Onscreen Performances
Two more clips have been released for Enough Said, the latest film from writer/director Nicole Holofcener, which premieres this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. The late James Gandolfini plays Albert, a single dad who falls for Eva, a single mom played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. You can also watch the third clip which we […] More
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TIFF 2013: ‘Enough Said’, the newest feature from Nicole Holofcener, releases a clip
Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener has built a career out of critically lauded works in both movies and television, with films such as Friends With Money and Please Give complementing her directing work on shows such as Six Feet Under, Enlightened, and Parks and Recreation. With her last theatrical feature coming in 2010, many of her fans […] More
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The Oscar Season Begins! Five of the Most Anticipated Films at TIFF ’13
The Toronto International Film Festival can be described in many different ways. It’s a festival, sure, or a convention of sorts, but most importantly TIFF is a celebration. The festival is a 10 day period where movie lovers gather to celebrate a diverse and growing medium by seeing various different films from numerous different countries. […] More
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Remember Me: Dennis Farina (1944 – 2013) – Coming By It Honestly
When the news of Dennis Farina’s death by cancer at age 69 came through early this week, I think I felt a particularly sharp pang because it came so soon after the passing of James Gandolfini. I hadn’t thought of it before, but with Gandolfini still fresh in my mind, when I heard about Farina’s […] More
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Remember Me: Richard Matheson (1926-2013) – “Just” A Great Storyteller
A week after James Gandolfini died, we lost another Jersey boy: novelist, short story writer, film and TV screenwriter Richard Matheson. His was not as well-known a name to the general public as Gandolfini’s, certainly, and perhaps only familiar to sci fi and fantasy fans, the genres within which he scored some of his most […] More
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Remember Me: James Gandolfini (1961 – 2013) – One Of Our Own
James Gandolfini died yesterday of an apparent heart attack, and in the short space of time since his passing, enough has been said about this intimidating-looking actor many called, in reality, “a gentle giant,” that there’s little I can add without seeming lamely repetitive. Parts large and small, before The Sopranos and after, will always […] More
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‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ is, at best, a tolerable though unfunny diversion
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Written by Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daley Directed by Don Scardino USA, 2013 A high concept comedy of the kind Will Ferrell has most been associated with in the last decade, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone assembles an appealing cast for its familiar story and character beats, here applied to […] More
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‘Killing Them Softly’ is an enthralling crime film of furious execution
Killing Them Softly Written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik USA, 2012 Set against the backdrop of the 2008 US election, chunks of both major parties’ campaign rhetoric, as well as that of former President Bush, permeate select scenes of Killing Them Softly via background radios and televisions, entering like tumbleweeds rolling across […] More
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‘The Sopranos’ mastermind David Chase makes his feature film debut with the trailer for ‘Not Fade Away’
When discussing the current unprecedented boom in quality television programming, with shows such as Breaking Bad and Louie expanding the scope of the medium, many people point to the HBO series The Sopranos as the pioneer that paved the way for all that came since. Thus, since the show’s end in 2007, creator and showrunner David […] More
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