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«Beatnik Blues: Investigating Daddy - O» is a brief look at how the film fits into the tough guy movies that were in vogue during the 1950s, with comments from the usual film historians who pop up in Shout!

Those film historians who've summed up Kemp's post-Z Cars TV appearances as «sporadic» evidently haven't seen his small - screen work in such miniseries as Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance (he played German general Armin Von Roon in both); he also played Cornwall in Sir Laurence Olivier's 1983 television adaptation of King Lear, and was featured in the internationally produced historical multiparters George Washington (1985) and Peter the Great (1986).

Actress Mary Field kept her private life such a well - guarded secret that not even her most devoted fans (including several film historians who've attempted to write biographies of the actress) have ever been able to find out anything about her background.

Once there was a film historian who opined that Wallace Ford was in more movies than any other character actor of his prominence.

Sloan De Forest is a writer, actor, and film historian who has written about film for Sony, Time Warner Cable, the Mary Pickford Foundation, and Bright Lights Film Journal.

Not exact matches

«They are not the same films that most people are used to seeing,» says Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology who is not involved with the project.

Despite Barrymore picking up a Best Actor Oscar, the movie has faded into obscurity and is really only of interest to film historians (or those who insist on writing about Pre-Code Hollywood).

For Hank and Jim, biographer and film historian Scott Eyman spoke with Fonda's widow and children as well as three of Stewart's children, plus actors and directors who had worked with the men — in addition to doing extensive archival research to get the full details of their time together.

The final bonus feature is an audio commentary by film historians Travis Crawford and Bill Ackerman, who prepared a discussion that covers the movie from its origin to its release, with plenty of information about Marvin, Mifune, Boorman, and others.

Movies on the radio: Phillips and film historian Desiree Garcia, who played Madeline in Damien Chazelle's «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,» join «Filmspotting» host Adam Kempenaar for a «La La Land» show including their favorite musical numbers in movie history.

Each title gets a full - length audio commentary from Travis Crawford, a dogged film critic and programmer with the instincts of a historian, who goes into detail on the background of just about every lead and significant supporting player who appears on screen, in addition to the producers and financiers behind the scenes who allowed (or more likely didn't allow) Romero to realize his vision on screen.

Features commentary by film noir historian Alan K. Rode, who hosts the track and provides most of the production comments, and critic / noir maven (and fellow MSN writer) Kim Morgan, who chimes in for color commentary (and an obsessive appreciation of the pickle that J. Carrol Naish chomps in an early scene; Kim, sometimes a pickle is just a pickle) plus a gallery of stills and advertising art.

It's hard to think of a major filmmaker who came so close to being ruined by technology, just as it's hard to believe that anyone except film historians will be watching Beowulf, The Polar Express or A Christmas Carol even a decade hence.

«Spielberg» has the feel of official business, with the man himself happily participating in long conversations about his creative process, while dozens of other sources — his 100 - year - old father, Arnold, and his mother, Leah, who died at 97 in February; his siblings, peers, longtime collaborators, actors, film critics and historians — supply their own observations and asides.

It features new commentary by film historian Stephen Prince, new interviews with assistant director and restoration supervisor Kiyoshi Ogasawara and literary scholar Christopher Benfey, who discusses Lafcadio Hearn's stories, and a 1993 discussion between Kobayashi and fellow filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda, plus trailers and a fold - out insert with a new essay by Geoffrey O'Brien.

This edition has commentary by film historians David Del Valle and Tim Sullivan, who also deliver a reading of a print interview with Robert Quarry, plus stills, a radio tribute to Robert Quarry, isolated score audio track, and booklet with an essay by Julie Kirgo.

Also on board is an audio commentary from» 09 — Disney, alas, has dropped the picture - in - picture option that made this a full - blown «Cine - Explore feature» on the PE — teaming Leonard Maltin with Disney animator («and unashamed animation geek») Eric Goldberg and film historian J.B. Kaufman, who at the time was writing a book about the making of Pinocchio that finally got published in 2015.

Mostly, she starred opposite either Max von Sydow or Erland Josephson, men who critics and film historians often said were stand - ins for Bergman himself.

The makers of this splendid film are also helped along by the fact that this is really an old - fashioned courtroom saga, a dramatisation of the real life legal battle between David Irving (the infamous Hitler apologist) and respected historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, who ripped Irving a new one and labeled him a «denier» in her 1993 book Denying the Holocaust.

Known for roles in such films as «Amistad,» «Blood Diamond» and «Guardians of the Galaxy,» Hounsou will play CJ Mitchum, an original resident of the town and a historian with extensive knowledge of its complex origins — and the one person who can provide a unique bridge between the current world of Wayward Pines and the previous world that humans inhabited.

Formed in 2003, the International Cinephile Society is an online group comprised of approximately 100 accredited journalists, film scholars, historians and other industry professionals who cover film festivals and events on five continents.

Now it has been lovingly remastered from the negatives and Janus films (a partner with Criterion) has applied digital technology to create a new digital restoration for the U.S., which is the source of Criterion's special edition, which features commentary by film scholar James Naremore and new interviews with Keith Baxter, Welles's daughter Beatrice Welles (who has a small role in the film), and Welles historians Simon Callow and Joseph McBride among the supplements.

In an attempt to bring a more human face to the slaughter, Saroyan brings in a historian, an Armenian woman named Ani (Khanjian, Irma Vep), to serve as an advisor to the film, since she is an expert on the life of painter Arshile Gorky (Abkarian, When the Cat's Away), reported to have eye witnessed the events, and who is to be featured in a supporting role.

This release offers commentary by film historian Lem Dobbs with in - house historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman (who also founded the label), a trio that has done more than a few commentary tracks together, and their ease gives the track an easy - going quality as they dig into the film and offer historical and critical perspective.

While it's easy to see the Academy as simply «those people who give out the Oscars,» the institution performs an important function for both filmmakers and film historians, providing symposiums and information for industry professionals and the public alike, access to an extensive film library and archive to researchers and cinematheques, and a valuable reminder of the rich heritage of American cinema.

Those features, all in HD, begin with an audio commentary by Alain Silver and James Ursini, historians who have recorded tracks for nearly twenty noir films of the 1940s and»50s.

What distinguishes this DVD is the superb commentary by film historian Bob Gilpin, who persuasively presents the premise that this frivolous film has serious things to say about America in the Depression.

On the DVD, film historian Peter Cowie provides encyclopedic commentary on everything from actress Bibi Andersson (who would become Bergman's lover) to the silence that envelops the scene in which Death first appears.

The main attraction, of course, is another film - specific essay from in - house historian Julie Kirgo, who does not disappoint as she celebrates the film while trying to make sense of its mix of critical acclaim and commercial disappointment.

Among those appearing are lead voice cast members Tom Hanks (goateed) and Tim Allen, acclaimed animation directors Brad Bird and Hayao Miyazaki (who delivers only a brief subtitled anecdote), helmers of cinematic spectacle George Lucas and a surprisingly svelte Peter Jackson, Disney's go - to film historians Leonard Maltin and John Canemaker, and Roy E. Disney (who gets to sprinkle in the sage observation that the film excels because of story, not CGI - a philosophy Pixar seems to be pushing here).

Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.

I was almost as excited about «Denial,» a film about the true story of historian Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), an American sued for libel in British courts by David Irving (Timothy Spall), a British Holocaust denier who accused her of defamation.

- New high - definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu - ray - Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of The Magic World of Orson Welles - New interview with actor Keith Baxter - New interview with director Orson Welles's daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age nine - New interview with actor and Welles biographer Simon Callow - New interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?

«John Ottman with Film Historian» is a visually static but informative Q&A session with Film Score Monthly's Jeff Bond, who manages to cover several aspects of Ottman's score and career, including the always contentious issue of a film's temporary music track; and the current monetary and artistic demands which have affected the film composer's job.

It would've even been better as a Waking Life, where the talking heads were film historians and critics who could go on at length while animated versions of the paintings unspooled behind and around them.

As has become Criterion's habit, included are a number of features geared toward the cinephiles who make up its fan base, things like film historian Bruce Eder's audio commentary, experts from Francois Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock, and a gallery of production stills.

The answers lead the duo to a film historian (Michael Stuhlbarg), who has yet another sad story to tell — that of the filmmaker Georges Méliès, who sold everything after seeing a demonstration of Auguste and Louis Lumière's revolutionary invention of the motion picture camera for the chance to transfer his experience as a stage magician to create visionary films.

Rounding out the disc: forced trailers for.45 (decidedly unappetizing and NOT a remake of Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45) and The Zodiac (NOT the David Fincher film) and an optional one for Going to Pieces; and a special message from film historian Adam Rockoff, who wrote the book Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of Slasher Film and enthusiastically endorses this adaptation.

An audio commentary is provided by film historian Rudy Behlmer, who interviews the director, Richard Fleischer.

The second track is headlined by historian Jeanine Basinger, and composer David Raksin (who wrote the film's hugely popular theme).

Hosted by Roy E. Disney, the track's participants include film historians Leonard Maltin, John Canemaker, and Jeff Kurtti, live - action references for animation Kathryn Beaumont and Margaret Kerry, and animators who worked on the film Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Ward Kimball, and Marc Davis.

Joining Peter this week are Casey Tanaka, Coronado mayor, who discusses literature; Chris Donovan, historian, who talks about Kate Morgan, the Del's resident ghost; and Doug St. Denis, founder and co-executive director of the Coronado Island Film Festival, who piques our interest about a brand new film festival.

The White Review No. 14 features interviews with the art critic, historian and October journal editor Hal Foster; British artist Mark Leckey, whose hugely influential film «Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore» was memorably described by Ed Atkins as «better than art»; and the novelist Rachel Cusk, who talks about her commitment to «writing sentences that aren't the product of sentences written by other people.»

Co-organized by Tulane University's Newcomb Art Gallery and the Joan Mitchell Foundation, this three - day gathering features artists, art historians, and screenings of select films on Mitchell and culminates with a discussion among those who knew her personally.

The couple's accomplishments - as patrons, philanthropists and political activists who lived and worked along a Paris - Houston - New York axis - is told in lively texts and remembrances by contributors such as the artist Dorothea Tanning, architect Renzo Piano, film scholar Gerald O'Grady, architectural historian Stephen Fox, curators Bertrand Davezac and Walter Hopps, and Africanist Kristina Van Dyke.

Gelatin silver print, 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (290 x 215 mm), titled and dated in Cyrillic on verso by Varvara Rodchenko, Rodchenko's wife, (thus a later, but not a modern print), also with the collection stamp of Professor Lubomir Linhart of Prague, a noted historian of photography and film (who published a book on Rodchenko in 1964).

The grainy, poignant experimental films made a couple of people flee, but mostly they found a sympathetic audience of hard - core video lovers and art historians who had arrived in Barcelona for the LOOP Video Fair, opening the next day in Hotel Catalonia Ramblas.

An HBO documentary film, REMEMBERING THE ARTIST ROBERT DE NIRO, SR., is a portrait of the esteemed figurative painter which includes interviews with the art historians and critics, Robert Storr and Irving Sandler, and with the man who knew him best: his son.