Articles tagged "peter bogdanovich"

Film DVD Review

‘Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris

by Terrence Butcher

[2.Apr.09] :. When he sizzled: This tells of the bittersweet odyssey of “Skylark” Jackie Paris.

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Music DVD Review

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream

by Zeth Lundy

[13.Jan.09] :. Initially available only as an exclusive Best Buy box set, Peter Bogdanovich's four-hour documentary on the making of an American rock 'n' roll institution is re-released in a two-disc edition, available anywhere.

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Film Review

Dedication

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Aug.07] :. It's Henry's movie, and for all his eccentricities and fixations and rages, he's a very conventional man.

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News

Another Cassavetes heard from: director Zoe

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[19.Jul.07] :. “Columbo’s playing Wiffle ball with me!” Zoe Cassavetes remembers thinking happily, back when she was a little girl in 1970s L.A. There she was, in her parents’ back yard,...

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Film Review

Broken English (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.07] :. Parker Posey's performance during these potentially too-precious moments of anticipation is perfect.

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TV Review

Directed by John Ford

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Nov.06] :. Ford's brusque manner is well known, inspiring equal parts fear, respect, and awe among the many interviewees assembled for this look-back at his career and reputation.

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Infamous (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Oct.06] :. When Truman quite gleefully describes his plan to use 'fictional techniques' to tell his nonfiction story, to shape the Clutter murders as an emblem of cultural malaise, Nelle insists on a knowable distinction between fact and fiction.

 

Edge of Outside

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Jul.06] :. As much as the lines between 'independent' and 'mainstream' movies seem impossibly blurred, the impulse to mark their difference appears irresistible.

 

The Thing Called Love: Director’s Cut (1993)

by Mary Colgan

[9.Mar.06] :. Country music provides a roadmap, guiding the characters away from disillusionment and toward a simpler, more straightforward way of life.

 

Hustle (2004)

by Nikki Tranter

[16.May.05] :. Pete Rose so badly wants people to think he's a good guy that he presents Rose the legend, never Rose the man.

 

Targets (1968)

by Stephen Tropiano

[15.Sep.03] :. Draws parallels between Bobby and Charles Whitman, though there's a much larger issue at stake: the availability of guns, at the root of the rise of violence in America.

 

The Cat’s Meow (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Apr.02] :. 'The Cat's Meow' insists, you can't go back to the good old days, because they were never so good as you think they were.

 

Edge of Outside

by Cynthia Fuchs

As much as the lines between 'independent' and 'mainstream' movies seem impossibly blurred, the impulse to mark their difference appears irresistible.