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  • July 2008

    • Iraq Films Get Army's Attention

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Iraq Films Get Army's Attention

      War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times looks at an area in which, one military liaison says, "There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for nuance." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • film  • US military  • Vietnam War  • film studio  • film director  • Army  • Iraq war movies  • Paul Haggis  • Redacted  • Brian De Palma  • anti-war movies

  • June 2008

    • Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Up

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 6, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Up

      At 78, Clint Eastwood doesn’t have much patience for his current critic Spike Lee. The most influential African-American filmmaker has taken issue with the lack of black people in Flags of Our Fathers and, previously, with having a white man direct Bird , the 1998 Charlie Park biopic. "A guy like him should shut his face," the five-time Oscar winner told the Guardian . More »

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      film  • race  • movies  • film director  • Clint Eastwood  • Spike Lee

  • May 2008

    • Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 26, 08 8:48 PM CDT

      Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

      Oscar-winning filmmaker Sidney Pollack died of cancer today at age 73 in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. His career, defined by classics like Tootsie and Out of Africa , spanned an era when directors wrangled stars and battled studios to make artful yet commercial films. He later grieved that mainstream movies are good only by "accident" in today's Hollywood. More »

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      film  • obituary  • Hollywood  • movies  • film director

    • Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 20, 08 8:17 AM CDT

      Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe

      America may have spawned Woody Allen, but “the perpetuation of Allen's zombie-like career is one atrocity for which we refuse to be held accountable,” Joe Queenan argues in the Guardian . The diminutive director’s recent films have bombed stateside; when eight people showed up for a New York screening of Hollywood Ending , Queenan writes, it signaled that “Allen was finished as a driving force in US cinema.” More »

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      movie  • Europe  • film director  • Scarlett Johansson  • Woody Allen  • movie premiere  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    • Being Hated Is All But an Art for Uwe Boll

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 18, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Being Hated Is All But an Art for Uwe Boll

      Uwe Boll is either the world’s worst filmmaker or its most-targeted whipping boy. Either way, the 42-year-old German, who bases his over-the-top gore films on video games, is unlikely to stop anytime soon. “The art form is, almost, in being hated,” one actor told the New York Times . “It’s his relationship with the audience that is his creation, his relationship with the critics, more than the movies.” More »

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      movie  • film  • video game  • film director  • horror flims

    • Moore Preps 'Searing' Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 14, 08 3:24 AM CDT

      Moore Preps 'Searing' Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel

      Rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore is working on a sequel to his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 . The follow-up to his 2004 savaging of President Bush—the biggest-selling political documentary ever—will be "searing and provocative," he vowed, but gave few other details. The new film won't be released until after the presidential election. More »

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      film  • documentary  • film director  • Michael Moore  • Iraq war movies

  • April 2008

    • Robocop Director Pens Shocking Jesus Bio

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 24, 08 5:42 AM CDT

      Robocop Director Pens Shocking Jesus Bio

      Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, best known for directing films like Robocop , Basic Instinct , and Total Recall , is releasing a biography of Jesus which is bound to spark an angry response, reports AP. The book, which Verhoeven has been working on for 20 years, suggests that Jesus' father was a Roman soldier who raped Mary. The director hopes the book will lead to a film. More »

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      religion  • biography  • film director  • Jesus Christ

  • March 2008

    • First Film Was Minghella's Finest Work

      newser  |  Slate  |  Mar 21, 08 12:45 PM CDT

      First Film Was Minghella's Finest Work

      He might be known for his sweep of the 1996 Academy Awards with The English Patient , but director Anthony Minghella should be remembered for his first film, Dana Stevens writes in Slate. Truly, Madly, Deeply , a 1990 made-for-TV movie that's now something of a cult classic, is a "psychologically accurate portrait of grief" that still manages to be funny and "madly romantic." More »

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      Great Britain  • film  • movies  • romance  • film director  • romantic comedy  • grief  • Anthony Minghella

    • Director Minghella Dead at 54

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 18, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      Director Minghella Dead at 54

      Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella died today at 54, the Guardian reports. Minghella won the 1997 best director Oscar for The English Patient and was nominated as a screenwriter for The Talented Mr. Ripley in 2000. "This is a shattering blow from someone who was a major figure in an important industry and had a lot to go on and contribute," fellow director Lord Puttnam told the Guardian. More »

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      movie  • obituary  • Oscar  • film director  • Oscar winner  • Anthony Minghella

    • Putin's Newest Gig: Savage Theater Critic

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 12, 08 9:35 AM CDT

      Putin's Newest Gig: Savage Theater Critic

      Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila caused a stir in Moscow last weekend when they paid an unannounced visit to the theater. After the audience gave him a standing ovation, Putin made a foray into theater criticism that stunned the cast. "Why did you show him crying?" asked the notoriously emotionless Putin of the lead actor's portrayal. "You showed him sniveling." More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • theater  • Moscow  • film director  • play  • Lyudmila Putin

  • February 2008
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  • July 2007

    • Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 30, 07 5:59 AM CDT

      Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

      Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of the giants of cinematic storytelling, died today at 89 after a career spanning more than half a century and over 50 films. Bergman's films scanned the dreary but often resplendent landscape of the human condition, one deeply conditioned by his native country. More »

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      movie  • film  • obituary  • Sweden  • film director  • cinema  • Ingmar Bergman

  • June 2007

    • Michael Moore Saves, Exploits His Enemy

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 11, 07 9:19 AM CDT

      Michael Moore Saves, Exploits His Enemy

      The man behind an anti-Michael Moore website found himself on the right end of his target’s checkbook after the documentarian dropped 12K to cover the blogger's uninsured wife's medical expenses. Jim Kenefick received the anonymous gift after seeking help from visitors to Moorewatch.com, which aims to expose Moore's "deceptions and half-truths."  More »

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      health insurance  • documentary  • film director  • Michael Moore  • big gifts  • Sicko

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