With her latest film Priscilla earning Sofia Coppola some of the best reviews of her career, the Oscar winner is undoubtedly proud. But one person who might want Sofia to reevaluate it in the future is her father, Francis Ford Coppola, who knows a thing or two (or more…) about revisiting his works.
Speaking with Rolling Stone ahead of the release of Priscilla – which sits at a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, behind only 2003’s Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola said she is continuously nagged by Francis Ford about tweaking her movies long after their release. “My dad loves to recut his movies, and he’s always saying, ‘You can do that!’…I don’t have any desire to. I feel like they are what they are, even with their baby fat and awkwardness, that’s what I was thinking about at that time.”
Sofia is absolutely correct that Francis Ford has...
Speaking with Rolling Stone ahead of the release of Priscilla – which sits at a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, behind only 2003’s Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola said she is continuously nagged by Francis Ford about tweaking her movies long after their release. “My dad loves to recut his movies, and he’s always saying, ‘You can do that!’…I don’t have any desire to. I feel like they are what they are, even with their baby fat and awkwardness, that’s what I was thinking about at that time.”
Sofia is absolutely correct that Francis Ford has...
- 10/31/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)
The Movies: "The Godfather," "The Godfather Part II," "The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone"
Where You Can Stream Them: Peacock
The Pitch: For my 56th and final entry in /Film's Daily Stream series, I thought, "Screw it. I'm gonna write about 'The Godfather.'"
When's the last time you did a full 9-hour marathon with all three movies? If asked to articulate why the first two are such masterworks, what would you say?
Until recently, I never had a good answer for that beyond the requisite plaudits for the cast and crew's artistry. It had been years since I revisited "The Godfather" trilogy, and the last time, I remember thinking it really is true that "The Godfather Part III...
The Movies: "The Godfather," "The Godfather Part II," "The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone"
Where You Can Stream Them: Peacock
The Pitch: For my 56th and final entry in /Film's Daily Stream series, I thought, "Screw it. I'm gonna write about 'The Godfather.'"
When's the last time you did a full 9-hour marathon with all three movies? If asked to articulate why the first two are such masterworks, what would you say?
Until recently, I never had a good answer for that beyond the requisite plaudits for the cast and crew's artistry. It had been years since I revisited "The Godfather" trilogy, and the last time, I remember thinking it really is true that "The Godfather Part III...
- 3/4/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Gaspar Noé’s grim provocation is returning to select US cinemas but the ‘straight cut’ is a supplementary curio at best
There is no question that Gaspar Noé’s Irréversible belongs on the shortest of short lists for the most provocative film of the current century, a rape-revenge scenario told in reverse chronology and geared toward maximum visceral impact. As much talk has revolved around its two signature sequences – one a nauseating plunge into a gay Bdsm club called The Rectum, the other a nine-minute sexual assault with the camera almost literally bolted to the floor – words alone can’t account for theatrical experience of seeing it 20 years ago. It felt like a nerve-jangling shot to the solar plexus, especially in the first half, when Noé buttresses the action with tilt-a-whirl imagery, speaker-rattling bass notes in the score and even strobe lighting in the credits. He wants you in a highly suggestive state.
There is no question that Gaspar Noé’s Irréversible belongs on the shortest of short lists for the most provocative film of the current century, a rape-revenge scenario told in reverse chronology and geared toward maximum visceral impact. As much talk has revolved around its two signature sequences – one a nauseating plunge into a gay Bdsm club called The Rectum, the other a nine-minute sexual assault with the camera almost literally bolted to the floor – words alone can’t account for theatrical experience of seeing it 20 years ago. It felt like a nerve-jangling shot to the solar plexus, especially in the first half, when Noé buttresses the action with tilt-a-whirl imagery, speaker-rattling bass notes in the score and even strobe lighting in the credits. He wants you in a highly suggestive state.
- 2/8/2023
- by Scott Tobias
- The Guardian - Film News
Producer Charles Band discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Puppet Master (1989)
Dollman (1991)
Trancers (1984)
Corona Zombies (2020)
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings
I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Face of Fire (1959)
Hercules (1958)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Castle Freak (1995)
Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary
Laserblast (1978)
Crash!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Puppet Master (1989)
Dollman (1991)
Trancers (1984)
Corona Zombies (2020)
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings
I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Face of Fire (1959)
Hercules (1958)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Castle Freak (1995)
Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary
Laserblast (1978)
Crash!
- 3/22/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Film editor Barry Malkin, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his many collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola, died Thursday. He was 80.
Malkin began his career in 1963 as an apprentice to Dede Allen on Elia Kazan’s “America America.” He was first credited as an editor for his work on “The Patty Duke Show.” Through his friendship with editor and director Aram Avakian, Malkin was introduced to Francis Ford Coppola, and was hired to edit Coppola’s 1969 film “The Rain People.”
“The Rain People” began a long collaboration between the director and editor. Malkin would work either by himself or as part of the editing team on eight additional Coppola productions. Most significantly, Malkin worked on three “Godfather” projects: “The Godfather, Part II” alongside Richard Marks and Peter Zinner in 1974; “The Godfather Saga,” which edited “The Godfather” parts one and two into a chronological TV miniseries featuring scenes not included in the theatrical releases,...
Malkin began his career in 1963 as an apprentice to Dede Allen on Elia Kazan’s “America America.” He was first credited as an editor for his work on “The Patty Duke Show.” Through his friendship with editor and director Aram Avakian, Malkin was introduced to Francis Ford Coppola, and was hired to edit Coppola’s 1969 film “The Rain People.”
“The Rain People” began a long collaboration between the director and editor. Malkin would work either by himself or as part of the editing team on eight additional Coppola productions. Most significantly, Malkin worked on three “Godfather” projects: “The Godfather, Part II” alongside Richard Marks and Peter Zinner in 1974; “The Godfather Saga,” which edited “The Godfather” parts one and two into a chronological TV miniseries featuring scenes not included in the theatrical releases,...
- 4/6/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Al Pacino is close to closing a deal to star in the upcoming drama series “The Hunt” at Amazon, Variety has confirmed with sources.
Should the deal close, it would mark Pacino’s first regular television role in his long and storied career. Amazon declined to comment.
Pacino has previously starred in the TV miniseries “Angels in America” and “The Godfather Saga.” He is known for his roles in iconic films like “The Godfather” franchise, “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” and “Scent of a Woman.” In recent years, he has also starred in a number of HBO films like “You Don’t Know Jack” as Jack Kevorkian, “Phil Spector,” and “Paterno.”
He is repped by CAA.
“The Hunt” follows a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. They have discovered that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the Us.
Should the deal close, it would mark Pacino’s first regular television role in his long and storied career. Amazon declined to comment.
Pacino has previously starred in the TV miniseries “Angels in America” and “The Godfather Saga.” He is known for his roles in iconic films like “The Godfather” franchise, “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” and “Scent of a Woman.” In recent years, he has also starred in a number of HBO films like “You Don’t Know Jack” as Jack Kevorkian, “Phil Spector,” and “Paterno.”
He is repped by CAA.
“The Hunt” follows a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. They have discovered that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the Us.
- 1/10/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
Tribeca to Exclusively Livestream Once-in-a Lifetime Conversation From Radio City Music Hall on Facebook Live on Saturday April 29
Tribeca to Exclusively Livestream Once-in-a Lifetime Conversation From Radio City Music Hall on Facebook Live on Saturday April 29
New York, NY [April 28, 2017] – The Tribeca Film Festival will bring the excitement of its sold-out closing night celebration directly to you with an exclusive, real time Facebook Live event on Saturday, April 29 at 8:10 Pm Edt. A once-in-a-lifetime panel discussion about The Godfather saga with Academy Award®-winning director Francis Ford Coppola and actors Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Robert De Niro, will be livestreamed from Radio City Music Hall to mark the 45th anniversary of the iconic film. The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and the discussion’s livestream are presented by At&T.
The livestream is available exclusively via Facebook Live...
Tribeca to Exclusively Livestream Once-in-a Lifetime Conversation From Radio City Music Hall on Facebook Live on Saturday April 29
Tribeca to Exclusively Livestream Once-in-a Lifetime Conversation From Radio City Music Hall on Facebook Live on Saturday April 29
New York, NY [April 28, 2017] – The Tribeca Film Festival will bring the excitement of its sold-out closing night celebration directly to you with an exclusive, real time Facebook Live event on Saturday, April 29 at 8:10 Pm Edt. A once-in-a-lifetime panel discussion about The Godfather saga with Academy Award®-winning director Francis Ford Coppola and actors Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Robert De Niro, will be livestreamed from Radio City Music Hall to mark the 45th anniversary of the iconic film. The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and the discussion’s livestream are presented by At&T.
The livestream is available exclusively via Facebook Live...
- 4/29/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
As part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, on April 29 Northern California auteur Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather Saga," "Apocalypse Now"), winner of five directing Oscars, will place his hands and feet in cement at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It's hard to imagine that they aren't already there. This marks the sixth consecutive year TCM has featured a hand and footprint ceremony at the Chinese. In 2011, Peter O'Toole was the honoree, followed by Kim Novak in 2012, Jane Fonda in 2013, Jerry Lewis in 2014 and Christopher Plummer in 2015. The seventh annual TCM Classic Film Festival (April 28-May 1) will open with Alan Pakula's Oscar-winning "All the President's Men," celebrating its 40th anniversary, and will host hordes of film buffs of all ages willing to fork up as much as $1649 dollars for passes with a series of restored classics and in-person Q & As...
- 3/21/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marie Heller)
Writer-director Marie Heller paints an accurate, honest, and vibrant portrait of her young protagonist, Minnie (Bel Powley), in The Diary of a Teenage Girl. With the use of some beautiful hand-drawn animation, an enlightening and funny narration, and Powley’s versatile performance, this is about as intimate as a subjective picture gets. We experience the world as this young girl does.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marie Heller)
Writer-director Marie Heller paints an accurate, honest, and vibrant portrait of her young protagonist, Minnie (Bel Powley), in The Diary of a Teenage Girl. With the use of some beautiful hand-drawn animation, an enlightening and funny narration, and Powley’s versatile performance, this is about as intimate as a subjective picture gets. We experience the world as this young girl does.
- 1/22/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
You might think you know Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" inside out, but HBO is bringing the saga of the gangster family back to the small screen in a completely different format than you're used to. In fact, you've already missed the first airing. Read More: New York City Crime Movies: 20 Movies You Need To Watch I'm not sure why the network has been so quiet about this, but announced last month (but likely lost amidst the holiday and awards season chatter), last night marked the debut screening of "The Godfather Epic." Running 424-minutes long, this newly remastered version of "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II" features scenes cut from the theatrical release, with both movies re-edited into chronological order. If this seems like a bastardization of Coppola's film, it has actually been done before. In 1977, the version aired on NBC as "The Godfather: A Novel For Television,...
- 1/18/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While watching the films as originally intended is initially essential, Francis Ford Coppola has made available different ways to experience his iconic The Godfather films. Back in November of 1977, NBC aired The Godfather Saga, a version which puts the story of the first two films (all that was available at the time) in chronological order with additional deleted scenes, but was partially censored as it was airing on television.
With a few other editions over the years, nearly four decades later, we finally have the best version possible of the aforementioned edit as HBO has premiered The Godfather Epic, which marks the first time an uncensored, commercial-free version with 5.1 audio and full HD has become available. Airing last night and now available to stream on HBO Go through January 28th, it clocks in at 424 minutes, just over seven hours.
One can check out the trailer below and HBO Go members can stream it here.
With a few other editions over the years, nearly four decades later, we finally have the best version possible of the aforementioned edit as HBO has premiered The Godfather Epic, which marks the first time an uncensored, commercial-free version with 5.1 audio and full HD has become available. Airing last night and now available to stream on HBO Go through January 28th, it clocks in at 424 minutes, just over seven hours.
One can check out the trailer below and HBO Go members can stream it here.
- 1/18/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Annie Hall is headed to The Vatican.
Oscar winner Diane Keaton has boarded The Young Pope, an eight-episode HBO drama series from director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty).
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The Young Pope tells the controversial story of Pope Pius Xiii, formerly known as Lenny Belardo (played by Sherlock Holmes‘ Jude Law). Keaton will play Sister Mary, a nun from the United States who is now living in Vatican City.
The project, which begins production this week, will be Keaton’s first TV series gig since the 1977 mini The Godfather: A Novel for Television.
Oscar winner Diane Keaton has boarded The Young Pope, an eight-episode HBO drama series from director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty).
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The Young Pope tells the controversial story of Pope Pius Xiii, formerly known as Lenny Belardo (played by Sherlock Holmes‘ Jude Law). Keaton will play Sister Mary, a nun from the United States who is now living in Vatican City.
The project, which begins production this week, will be Keaton’s first TV series gig since the 1977 mini The Godfather: A Novel for Television.
- 7/28/2015
- TVLine.com
Cinelicious Pics brings to you the critically acclaimed epic crime drama Gangs Of Wasseypur on demand via iTunes and GooglePlay. The film is coming soon to Amazon, Netflix, Dish, M-go, Ultraflix, Facebook and Vimeo, in collaboration with Cinelicious’ VOD partner on the movie, FilmKaravan.
The intense and dazzling Gangs Of Wasseypur, often called India’s answer to The Godfather Saga, is director/writer/producer Anurag Kashyap’s ambitious and extraordinary blood-and-bullets fueled crime saga that charts seventy years in the lives – and spectacular deaths – of two mafia-like families fighting for control of the coal-mining town of Wasseypur, India. Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Gangs Of New York) recently praised the movie as “a bold, original, fascinating crime saga” and “A wild, dangerous epic.”
Inspired by the real-life exploits of local gangs and beginning with the bandit-like career of Shahid Khan (Jaideep Ahlawat) in the 1940s, the film follows the ruthless...
The intense and dazzling Gangs Of Wasseypur, often called India’s answer to The Godfather Saga, is director/writer/producer Anurag Kashyap’s ambitious and extraordinary blood-and-bullets fueled crime saga that charts seventy years in the lives – and spectacular deaths – of two mafia-like families fighting for control of the coal-mining town of Wasseypur, India. Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Gangs Of New York) recently praised the movie as “a bold, original, fascinating crime saga” and “A wild, dangerous epic.”
Inspired by the real-life exploits of local gangs and beginning with the bandit-like career of Shahid Khan (Jaideep Ahlawat) in the 1940s, the film follows the ruthless...
- 6/11/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Daredevil #26-31
Writer – Brian Michael Bendis
Art – Alex Maleev
Colours – Matt Hollingsworth
Publisher – Marvel Comics
Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s run on Daredevil is one for the ages. Their run together with the man without fear is a sprawling crime noir epic on the scale of The Godfather saga – minus Godfather Part Three. Plain and simple, their run is a modern masterpiece.
Bendis’s run on Daredevil actually began paired with the magnificent art of David Mack with a couple of unique and very deeply different Daredevil stories. Though the focus here is to be on Bendis and Maleev, it is very difficult not to mention the introduction of Bendis’s voice to Daredevil without David Mack.
Their first storyline together was a four-part tale entitled “Wake Up”, told from the perspective of Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich. The story alone deserves its own analysis, containing a true...
Writer – Brian Michael Bendis
Art – Alex Maleev
Colours – Matt Hollingsworth
Publisher – Marvel Comics
Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s run on Daredevil is one for the ages. Their run together with the man without fear is a sprawling crime noir epic on the scale of The Godfather saga – minus Godfather Part Three. Plain and simple, their run is a modern masterpiece.
Bendis’s run on Daredevil actually began paired with the magnificent art of David Mack with a couple of unique and very deeply different Daredevil stories. Though the focus here is to be on Bendis and Maleev, it is very difficult not to mention the introduction of Bendis’s voice to Daredevil without David Mack.
Their first storyline together was a four-part tale entitled “Wake Up”, told from the perspective of Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich. The story alone deserves its own analysis, containing a true...
- 1/7/2015
- by Anthony Spataro
- SoundOnSight
Often called “The Prince of Darkness” for his tendency to artfully cloak onscreen characters in ominous shadows, cinematographer Gordon Willis was the closest thing Hollywood had to a Rembrandt. His playful visual style, daring use of chiaroscuro, and seemingly effortless ability to conjure a mood of unsettling paranoia made him the ideal Director of Photography for the 1970s — a glorious filmmaking decade when Technicolor artifice was swept aside for New Hollywood naturalism.
Whether working with Francis Ford Coppola on The Godfather saga, Alan J. Pakula on his dizzying Watergate-era conspiracy thrillers All The President’s Men and The Parallax View,...
Whether working with Francis Ford Coppola on The Godfather saga, Alan J. Pakula on his dizzying Watergate-era conspiracy thrillers All The President’s Men and The Parallax View,...
- 5/19/2014
- by Chris Nashawaty
- EW - Inside Movies
Review Matthew Giordano 21 Nov 2013 - 07:22
Sons Of Anarchy's current season is reaching its conclusion, and delivers a brilliant episode as it does. Major spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
6.11 Aon Rud Pearsanta
"The king is dead, the light goes on. You'll lose your head when the deal goes down," prophetic words indeed from the theme song to Sons of Anarchy as after almost six full seasons, Clay Morrow finally met Mr. Mayhem. This is why making predictions about Sons of Anarchy is a useless endeavour. I was pretty bold in my statement last week in which I all but assured everybody that Clay was going to make it to the next season or at least the end of this one. Naturally, I was completely wrong and in a fitting end to the Clay Morrow saga he finally went down. I suppose Clay was living on borrowed time for...
Sons Of Anarchy's current season is reaching its conclusion, and delivers a brilliant episode as it does. Major spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
6.11 Aon Rud Pearsanta
"The king is dead, the light goes on. You'll lose your head when the deal goes down," prophetic words indeed from the theme song to Sons of Anarchy as after almost six full seasons, Clay Morrow finally met Mr. Mayhem. This is why making predictions about Sons of Anarchy is a useless endeavour. I was pretty bold in my statement last week in which I all but assured everybody that Clay was going to make it to the next season or at least the end of this one. Naturally, I was completely wrong and in a fitting end to the Clay Morrow saga he finally went down. I suppose Clay was living on borrowed time for...
- 11/21/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Home cinema systems have become increasingly popular with families as they provide a great place to enjoy films together in the comfort of their own homes, as well as a way to entertain friends. With the proper planning, home cinemas can actually provide a viewing experience that's right up there with that of your local cinema. You need an expert The process of designing and installing this sort of dedicated home entertainment system will require the help of experts who have the appropriate level of systems and applications knowledge, in addition to installation skills and project management. To find someone to help, get in touch with the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (Cedia for short).
The room
Both the size and shape of the room in which you plan to install your home cinema will have a definite effect on sound quality. This is why planning a room from...
The room
Both the size and shape of the room in which you plan to install your home cinema will have a definite effect on sound quality. This is why planning a room from...
- 9/26/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Written by James Nguyen
Directed by James Nguyen
USA, 2008
You have to respect an artist with a vision. Sometimes they make Dances With Wolves or The Passion of the Christ and are rewarded critically and commercially for their risky works of passion. Other times you get James Nguyen’s notorious 2008 film Birdemic. The film is an homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Al Gore’s Oscar winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Shot largely on weekends and funded completely by Nguyen’s day job as a software salesman in Silicon Valley, the film is actually quite magical for bad movie fans due to the tonal shift midway through. It’s kind of like two awesomely bad movies for the price of one!
The first half of the film focuses on the wooing of Victoria Secret model Nathalie (Whitney Moore) by leading man Rod (Alan Bagh...
Written by James Nguyen
Directed by James Nguyen
USA, 2008
You have to respect an artist with a vision. Sometimes they make Dances With Wolves or The Passion of the Christ and are rewarded critically and commercially for their risky works of passion. Other times you get James Nguyen’s notorious 2008 film Birdemic. The film is an homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Al Gore’s Oscar winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Shot largely on weekends and funded completely by Nguyen’s day job as a software salesman in Silicon Valley, the film is actually quite magical for bad movie fans due to the tonal shift midway through. It’s kind of like two awesomely bad movies for the price of one!
The first half of the film focuses on the wooing of Victoria Secret model Nathalie (Whitney Moore) by leading man Rod (Alan Bagh...
- 2/18/2013
- by Matthew Younker
- SoundOnSight
A sprawling three-hour-and-twenty-minute American epic crime film, what can you say about Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” that hasn’t already been said? Nominated for eleven Academy Awards and winning six, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Robert De Niro, “The Godfather Part II” was met with tremendous critical acclaim with many proclaiming it had outdone its predecessor. Award-wise, it had. The original had also bagged eleven nominations, but won only three.
This weekend, as we just mentioned in our piece about Coppola’s “The Conversation,” marked the 73rd birthday of the famed director, and yesterday on April 8th, the anniversary of “The Godfather Part II” winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Curiously enough, while many consider 'Part II' superior, box-office-wise the 3 hour 20 minute running time was audience prohibitive, and the film only grossed $47 million domestically, as opposed to...
This weekend, as we just mentioned in our piece about Coppola’s “The Conversation,” marked the 73rd birthday of the famed director, and yesterday on April 8th, the anniversary of “The Godfather Part II” winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Curiously enough, while many consider 'Part II' superior, box-office-wise the 3 hour 20 minute running time was audience prohibitive, and the film only grossed $47 million domestically, as opposed to...
- 4/9/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Spinning off of Roth's piece this morning about the "Godfather" re-release, I just flipped it over to AMC and see that the film is airing there now. It'll show again at midnight. According to Entertainment Weekly, "The Godfather: Part II" will air on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 pm and 12:30 am. "The trilogy will then be aired in its entirety on Friday, March 2, from 9:30 am through 10 pm. The celebration culminates on Saturday with AMC’s premiere of the digitally-restored version of 'The Godfather Saga' beginning at 10 am." You can learn more about the latter here. It's awesome. Anyway, in...
- 3/1/2012
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
AMC and a few of the actors from Mad Men have an offer you can’t refuse. In celebration of The Godfather’s 40th anniversary, AMC will be airing back-to-back viewings of the original, along with The Godfather: Part II. In honor of the milestone, AMC brought in Jon Hamm, Vincent Katheiser, and Jared Harris to film some of their thoughts on the film and cut it into a short commercial promoting the events that are to come.
You can check out the promo containing the Mad Men stars at EW.com. This week will see The Godfather being aired on Monday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. and midnight, with The Godfather: Part II airing Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Then on Friday the entire trilogy will play from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. It’ll be a busy day for anybody interested in...
You can check out the promo containing the Mad Men stars at EW.com. This week will see The Godfather being aired on Monday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. and midnight, with The Godfather: Part II airing Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Then on Friday the entire trilogy will play from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. It’ll be a busy day for anybody interested in...
- 2/29/2012
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
With the Oscars fresh in everyone’s minds, AMC will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of an Academy classic — The Godfather — with back-to-back airings of the original Oscar-winning film and The Godfather: Part II all week long, beginning tonight.
AMC will air The Godfather on Monday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. and midnight (schedule accordingly, central-time zoners!), and The Godfather: Part II on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. The trilogy will then be aired in its entirety on Friday, March 2, from 9:30 a.m. through 10 p.m. The celebration culminates on Saturday with AMC’s...
AMC will air The Godfather on Monday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. and midnight (schedule accordingly, central-time zoners!), and The Godfather: Part II on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. The trilogy will then be aired in its entirety on Friday, March 2, from 9:30 a.m. through 10 p.m. The celebration culminates on Saturday with AMC’s...
- 2/27/2012
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW - Inside TV
The Godfather Trilogy
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
There has been no lack of superlatives used to describe Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. So taken for granted is its greatness, one doesn’t even need to have seen it to know that, next to Citizen Kane, it remains the standard by which cinematic portraits of American striving are measured. Simply put, we can’t watch Goodfellas, The Sopranos, or even The Simpsons and Family Guy without being reminded of its influence. However, up until recently, my dark secret was that while I knew The Godfather was a great movie, I had never actually sat down and watched any part of the trilogy. Perhaps it was based on reluctance to watch a nine-hour gangster saga, (the genre has admittedly never been my cup of tea), or maybe I was afraid to “gasp” dislike these canonical works and thus risk never...
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
There has been no lack of superlatives used to describe Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. So taken for granted is its greatness, one doesn’t even need to have seen it to know that, next to Citizen Kane, it remains the standard by which cinematic portraits of American striving are measured. Simply put, we can’t watch Goodfellas, The Sopranos, or even The Simpsons and Family Guy without being reminded of its influence. However, up until recently, my dark secret was that while I knew The Godfather was a great movie, I had never actually sat down and watched any part of the trilogy. Perhaps it was based on reluctance to watch a nine-hour gangster saga, (the genre has admittedly never been my cup of tea), or maybe I was afraid to “gasp” dislike these canonical works and thus risk never...
- 2/22/2012
- by Jonathan Youster
- SoundOnSight
[Premiere Screening: Saturday, January 21, 12:15 pm –Prospector Square Theatre, Park City]
I didn’t have an option, when I was 7 years old I felt “the calling”, I knew since then what I wanted to do with my life: become a filmmaker. Since then, it has been pretty much like being passionately in love with somebody, why do we fall in love with some particular person and not the next? It doesn’t really have a rational explanation -at least not for me- you are just in love. During the years, I have tried to give it a sense, so here goes my best effort. In retrospective I think it has a lot to do mostly with two things:
First: I grew up during a very harsh dictatorship, as a child of a family against the regime I was aware of the danger we were living in every single day. I did my first movies at 8 and even though it was kind...
I didn’t have an option, when I was 7 years old I felt “the calling”, I knew since then what I wanted to do with my life: become a filmmaker. Since then, it has been pretty much like being passionately in love with somebody, why do we fall in love with some particular person and not the next? It doesn’t really have a rational explanation -at least not for me- you are just in love. During the years, I have tried to give it a sense, so here goes my best effort. In retrospective I think it has a lot to do mostly with two things:
First: I grew up during a very harsh dictatorship, as a child of a family against the regime I was aware of the danger we were living in every single day. I did my first movies at 8 and even though it was kind...
- 1/19/2012
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Lord of the Rings
The Motion Picture Trilogy - Extended Edition
Blu-ray
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Warner Home Video
Release date: June 28, 2011
If you want to turn a hit theatrical franchise into a long-term moneymaker in Hollywood, it's all about the home video releases. Sequels or prequels are an often shaky proposition (see The Godfather, Part III and Star Wars Episodes I, II, III, for example.) If you or your company own one or more films with a solid cult following, however, home video releases can be the gift that keeps on giving, usually at reasonable cost and low risk to revenue. George Lucas is a proven master at this, hauling out a new home video revision of one or more of his Star Wars films that highlights some new video format, some different cut of the film (including a...
The Motion Picture Trilogy - Extended Edition
Blu-ray
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Warner Home Video
Release date: June 28, 2011
If you want to turn a hit theatrical franchise into a long-term moneymaker in Hollywood, it's all about the home video releases. Sequels or prequels are an often shaky proposition (see The Godfather, Part III and Star Wars Episodes I, II, III, for example.) If you or your company own one or more films with a solid cult following, however, home video releases can be the gift that keeps on giving, usually at reasonable cost and low risk to revenue. George Lucas is a proven master at this, hauling out a new home video revision of one or more of his Star Wars films that highlights some new video format, some different cut of the film (including a...
- 7/12/2011
- by Dr. Geek, Ph.D.
- Geeks of Doom
On Saturday, March 26th, the Directors Guild of America hosted another event in celebration of their 75th Anniversary. Last month, they honored George Lucas with a screening of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) and discussion between Lucas and Christopher Nolan. This time, the DGA hosted a panel honoring Lucas's benefactor, Francis Ford Coppola. Unlike the Lucas event, the DGA did not screen one of Coppola's many feature films, but asked three directors, David O'Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen), and Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) to prepare short reels of some of their favorite scenes as a spring board for discussion. Each director's selections were fairly classical while also featuring some oddities: Hardwicke picked ten minutes from Apocalypse Now (1979), P.T. Anderson chose a selection from The Conversation (1974), my personal favorite of Coppola's films, and an odder choice, Youth Without Youth...
- 3/28/2011
- by Drew Morton
You've made it partway through the first day after a long holiday weekend, so reward yourselves with some snack-sized TV news.
ABC News president David Westin will leave the network at the end of the year, prompting another round of state-of-network-news stories. The latest speculation has Bloomberg News interested in buying up the news division. [The Wrap]
Now that a sexual-harassment suit against Steven Seagal has been dropped, A&E will resume airing "Steven Seagal: Lawman" in the fall. The second season of the show premieres Oct. 6. [A&E]
Strange bedfellows department: Syfy and Billy Ray Cyrus are developing an unscripted series called "UFO: Unbelievably Freakin' Obvious," in which Cyrus and his conspiracy-theorist son Trace travel the country investigating the unexplained. [Syfy]
AMC has picked up rights to "The Godfather," making it the exclusive cable home to the three films in the saga through 2019. The deal includes all three movies, making-of documentaries and "The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television,...
ABC News president David Westin will leave the network at the end of the year, prompting another round of state-of-network-news stories. The latest speculation has Bloomberg News interested in buying up the news division. [The Wrap]
Now that a sexual-harassment suit against Steven Seagal has been dropped, A&E will resume airing "Steven Seagal: Lawman" in the fall. The second season of the show premieres Oct. 6. [A&E]
Strange bedfellows department: Syfy and Billy Ray Cyrus are developing an unscripted series called "UFO: Unbelievably Freakin' Obvious," in which Cyrus and his conspiracy-theorist son Trace travel the country investigating the unexplained. [Syfy]
AMC has picked up rights to "The Godfather," making it the exclusive cable home to the three films in the saga through 2019. The deal includes all three movies, making-of documentaries and "The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television,...
- 9/7/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
AMC has acquired exclusive U.S. cable rights from Paramount Pictures to the 3 The Godfather movies for the next nine years, beginning January 2011 through December 2019. AMC’s license includes on-air and on-demand rights to The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), and The Godfather: Part III (1990). Also included is The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977), the nine-hour chronological re-edit of the first two installations, as well as additional documentaries and behind-the-scenes footage.
- 9/7/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
By Kevin Bowen - August 16, 2010
(Film critic Kevin Bowen is visiting his hometown of El Paso, Texas and attended the third annual Plaza Classic Film Festival.)
The Godfather (1972, d. Francis Ford Coppola)
My Godfather observation on my recent viewing: Fredo is gay. And Moe Greene is his lover. And this is the rarest, deepest and most vital secret of The Godfather saga.
No, this isn't a gaydar thing: I'm not picking on Fredo because he is the effeminate son of Mafia Don Vito Corleone. And when I say gay, I don't mean nebulous literary homoeroticism that otherwise arises in parts of the series. I mean they are literally homosexual lovers, and if true, it is a critical piece of the story.
Now there are hints of each man's possible homosexuality (or bisexuality) throughout the saga. For instance, Greene takes a bullet while receiving a massage from a male masseuse. True,...
(Film critic Kevin Bowen is visiting his hometown of El Paso, Texas and attended the third annual Plaza Classic Film Festival.)
The Godfather (1972, d. Francis Ford Coppola)
My Godfather observation on my recent viewing: Fredo is gay. And Moe Greene is his lover. And this is the rarest, deepest and most vital secret of The Godfather saga.
No, this isn't a gaydar thing: I'm not picking on Fredo because he is the effeminate son of Mafia Don Vito Corleone. And when I say gay, I don't mean nebulous literary homoeroticism that otherwise arises in parts of the series. I mean they are literally homosexual lovers, and if true, it is a critical piece of the story.
Now there are hints of each man's possible homosexuality (or bisexuality) throughout the saga. For instance, Greene takes a bullet while receiving a massage from a male masseuse. True,...
- 8/16/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
I’ll be up front with you: the list you’re about to read wasn’t what I had in store for you. As I sat at my desk and prepared to crank out what would be another top ten list of 2009, I realized that I was utterly ill-equipped to do so. As many great films as I witnessed this year, I missed just as many that I’m sure I’d enjoy: A Serious Man. The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hurt Locker. The Brothers Bloom.
I know. Just thinking about it makes me sick. But I saw enough to be confident in saying that 2009 was an extremely good year for movies — from blockbusters to indie pictures, we’ve witnessed some great films and surprising debuts from unique filmmakers.
What follows isn’t a list of the “best” films of 2009, but instead is a list of the most surprising, excellent...
I know. Just thinking about it makes me sick. But I saw enough to be confident in saying that 2009 was an extremely good year for movies — from blockbusters to indie pictures, we’ve witnessed some great films and surprising debuts from unique filmmakers.
What follows isn’t a list of the “best” films of 2009, but instead is a list of the most surprising, excellent...
- 12/24/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
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