Mumbai, July 5 (Ians) Music composer Amit Trivedi, who is known for giving music for films like Dev.D, Queen, Bombay Velvet and Lootera is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his timeless album Lootera. The composer revealed the reason behind the soundtrack garnering so much positive response saying that the album features old school melodies which tug at the heartstrings of the audience.
Lootera, which starred Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, received immense love from audiences for its storyline and music. The album boasts of six songs including ‘Sawaar Loon’, ‘Ankahee’, ‘Shikayatein’, ‘Monta Re’, ‘Zinda’ and ‘Manmarziyan’.
Lootera’s music has powerful singers crooning these beautiful songs such as Shilpa Rao, Monali Thakur, K. Mohan and Swanand Kirkire along with Amit Trivedi and Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Getting nostalgic about creating music for this beautiful album, Amit Trivedi said: “Time truly flies and it doesn’t feel like it’s been...
Lootera, which starred Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, received immense love from audiences for its storyline and music. The album boasts of six songs including ‘Sawaar Loon’, ‘Ankahee’, ‘Shikayatein’, ‘Monta Re’, ‘Zinda’ and ‘Manmarziyan’.
Lootera’s music has powerful singers crooning these beautiful songs such as Shilpa Rao, Monali Thakur, K. Mohan and Swanand Kirkire along with Amit Trivedi and Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Getting nostalgic about creating music for this beautiful album, Amit Trivedi said: “Time truly flies and it doesn’t feel like it’s been...
- 7/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, July 5 (Ians) As the film ‘Lootera’ clocks 10 years of release in Hindi cinema, producer Ektaa R Kapoor says it surpassed all expectations and that it has become a timeless masterpiece even though the movie wasn’t considered as “quintessential entertainment”.
‘Lootera’ starring Ranveer Singh and Sonankshi Sinha is a period romance film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and the second half is based on author O. Henry’s 1907 short story ‘The Last Leaf’.
The film is based in the era of 1950s against the backdrop of the Zamindari Abolition Act by the newly independent India. It revolves around a young con man posing as an archaeologist and the daughter of a Bengali zamindar.
Speaking about ‘Lootera’, Ektaa said: “Ten years ago, when I made ‘Lootera,’ at that time, it wasn’t seen as quintessential entertainment. But I had a vision- a vision of a film that would steal everyone’s heart.
‘Lootera’ starring Ranveer Singh and Sonankshi Sinha is a period romance film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and the second half is based on author O. Henry’s 1907 short story ‘The Last Leaf’.
The film is based in the era of 1950s against the backdrop of the Zamindari Abolition Act by the newly independent India. It revolves around a young con man posing as an archaeologist and the daughter of a Bengali zamindar.
Speaking about ‘Lootera’, Ektaa said: “Ten years ago, when I made ‘Lootera,’ at that time, it wasn’t seen as quintessential entertainment. But I had a vision- a vision of a film that would steal everyone’s heart.
- 7/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
For a movie with an expletive in its title, Bucky F*cking Dent sure displays a sentimental streak.
In David Duchovny’s film based on his well-received 2016 novel, a dying, and diehard, Red Sox fan is comforted by his son and friends who make up stories about imaginary victories — and even periodically use a garden hose and sound effects replicating a thunderstorm to make him think that certain games have been rained out. It’s like a modern-day version of the classic O. Henry story “The Last Leaf.”
Fortunately, the film, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, also features enough caustic, irreverent humor to make its soppier aspects more palatable. Representing Duchovny’s first feature directorial effort since 2004’s House of D, it provides an excellent showcase for the actor’s particular brand of deadpan comedy as the sort of cranky, wisecracking guy who pretends to be taking his last breath,...
In David Duchovny’s film based on his well-received 2016 novel, a dying, and diehard, Red Sox fan is comforted by his son and friends who make up stories about imaginary victories — and even periodically use a garden hose and sound effects replicating a thunderstorm to make him think that certain games have been rained out. It’s like a modern-day version of the classic O. Henry story “The Last Leaf.”
Fortunately, the film, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, also features enough caustic, irreverent humor to make its soppier aspects more palatable. Representing Duchovny’s first feature directorial effort since 2004’s House of D, it provides an excellent showcase for the actor’s particular brand of deadpan comedy as the sort of cranky, wisecracking guy who pretends to be taking his last breath,...
- 6/11/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Each week, we'll be highlighting the top virtual show programs from BroadwayWorld's Stage MagWant to create a Stage Mag for you own show To get started on your own program, visithttpsstagemag.broadwayworld.com. This week's programs include It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play- Theatre Agpe, 4000 Miles-Western Edge Theatre, and The Gift of the Magi A Live Radio Play- Sunstone Studios...
- 1/3/2022
- by Team BWW
- BroadwayWorld.com
In film history, the anthology genre is the most challenging. Episodic films often have several directors and screenwriters which gives them an inconsistent tone and quality. But the genre’s pitfalls haven’t stopped such filmmakers including Akira Kurosawa (“Dreams”), the Coens (“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”), Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez (“Sin City”); Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese (“New York Stories”); and Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller and Steven Spielberg (“Twilight Zone: The Movie”).
Wes Anderson joined them with his latest film “The French Dispatch,” which received a nine-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. The comedy brings to life three stories from an American magazine published in a fictional French city and features his stock company of actors including Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson.
If you are a fan of the genre, here are the best anthology movies that...
Wes Anderson joined them with his latest film “The French Dispatch,” which received a nine-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. The comedy brings to life three stories from an American magazine published in a fictional French city and features his stock company of actors including Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson.
If you are a fan of the genre, here are the best anthology movies that...
- 10/30/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
A day before the 50th anniversary of Blue, Joni Mitchell has revealed a digital EP of outtakes and demos.
The highlight of the five-track EP is “Hunter,” an outtake that was only released on the live album Amchitka, the 1970 Vancouver Greenpeace benefit Mitchell performed with James Taylor. In addition to the deep cut, the EP also contains alternate takes of “River” and “Urge for Going,” as well as demos for “California” and “A Case of You,” the latter of which features slightly different lyrics.
The Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes) EP will...
The highlight of the five-track EP is “Hunter,” an outtake that was only released on the live album Amchitka, the 1970 Vancouver Greenpeace benefit Mitchell performed with James Taylor. In addition to the deep cut, the EP also contains alternate takes of “River” and “Urge for Going,” as well as demos for “California” and “A Case of You,” the latter of which features slightly different lyrics.
The Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes) EP will...
- 6/21/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Lee Aaker, best known for starring as Corporal Rusty of “B-Company” on the 1950s western series “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,” died on April 1. He was 77.
Paul Petersen, another former child actor, confirmed the news to Variety and posted a tribute on his Facebook page, along with a signed photo of a young Aaker with Rin Tin Tin, his onscreen canine pal.
“Saying Goodbye to Lee Aaker,” Peterson said. “You have to be a certain age to remember Rin Tin Tin. Lee Aaker passed away in Arizona on April 1st, alone and unclaimed…listed as an ‘indigent decedent.’ As an Air Force veteran Lee is entitled to burial benefits. I am working on that. God knows when a sparrow falls.”
Aaker was born on September 25, 1943. His mother, Myles Wilbour, was the owner of a dancing school in Los Angeles. He was singing and dancing at local clubs by the age of 4. At 8-years old,...
Paul Petersen, another former child actor, confirmed the news to Variety and posted a tribute on his Facebook page, along with a signed photo of a young Aaker with Rin Tin Tin, his onscreen canine pal.
“Saying Goodbye to Lee Aaker,” Peterson said. “You have to be a certain age to remember Rin Tin Tin. Lee Aaker passed away in Arizona on April 1st, alone and unclaimed…listed as an ‘indigent decedent.’ As an Air Force veteran Lee is entitled to burial benefits. I am working on that. God knows when a sparrow falls.”
Aaker was born on September 25, 1943. His mother, Myles Wilbour, was the owner of a dancing school in Los Angeles. He was singing and dancing at local clubs by the age of 4. At 8-years old,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
The White Stripes dropped a 90-minute Yule log video on Tuesday set to songs from the band’s recently released Greatest Hits compilation album — along with acoustic tracks, B-sides, and the band’s Christmas tune “Candy Cane Children.”
The video, directed by Noah Sterling, features several looping animations ranging from a more innocuous image of a family sitting by the fire watching TV with pets (and raccoons and a docile cougar), to creepier shots of demons emerging from the walls and a slender man-like figure readying dinner in its Christmas-themed cave.
The video, directed by Noah Sterling, features several looping animations ranging from a more innocuous image of a family sitting by the fire watching TV with pets (and raccoons and a docile cougar), to creepier shots of demons emerging from the walls and a slender man-like figure readying dinner in its Christmas-themed cave.
- 12/22/2020
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Power Book II Ghost The Gift of the Magi Trailer — Starz‘s Power: Book II: Ghost: Season 1, Episode 5: The Gift of the Magi TV show trailer has been released. Cast Power: Book II: Ghost stars Mary J. Blige, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Michael Rainey Jr., Shane Johnson, Naturi Naughton, Gianni Paolo, Tameika [...]
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- 9/28/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
For movie lovers, October is the gloriously ghoulish time of year when we celebrate one kind of film above all others. That’s right: Biting comedies about dysfunctional New York Jews who finally decide to air their grievances after decades of resentment! Um… well, maybe Netflix didn’t get the memo. It’s not as though the streaming service isn’t scaring up some choice horror titles in time for Halloween (don’t miss “Raw” or “The Cult of Chucky”), but most of the month’s big new additions aren’t exactly in season.
Case in point: The splashiest arrival is a Noah Baumbach film, and it’s safe to say that “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” is considerably less frightening than any of the Adam Sandler comedies that Netflix has brought to you before. On the other hand, it’s true that movies can terrify you in a...
Case in point: The splashiest arrival is a Noah Baumbach film, and it’s safe to say that “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” is considerably less frightening than any of the Adam Sandler comedies that Netflix has brought to you before. On the other hand, it’s true that movies can terrify you in a...
- 10/3/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
No Bad Deed Goes Unpunished at the ‘House on Willow Street’O. Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief” gets a devilish upgrade.
It’s not easy being a kidnapper. Months of planning, a tenuous trust in your cohorts, and a lack of empathy are just the basic requirements, and any slip along the way can lead to missed payouts or jail time. And it only gets worse when the person you abduct isn’t quite the innocent victim you expected.
Four crooks (including You’re Next’s Sharni Vinson) plan to kidnap a young woman with the expectation that her wealthy parents will pay handsomely for her return, but after snatching Katherine (Carlyn Burchell) from her big, spooky home they immediately feel as if something is off. She doesn’t look well leading one of the crew to wonder if maybe they’ve actually rescued the girl from a bad situation.
If...
It’s not easy being a kidnapper. Months of planning, a tenuous trust in your cohorts, and a lack of empathy are just the basic requirements, and any slip along the way can lead to missed payouts or jail time. And it only gets worse when the person you abduct isn’t quite the innocent victim you expected.
Four crooks (including You’re Next’s Sharni Vinson) plan to kidnap a young woman with the expectation that her wealthy parents will pay handsomely for her return, but after snatching Katherine (Carlyn Burchell) from her big, spooky home they immediately feel as if something is off. She doesn’t look well leading one of the crew to wonder if maybe they’ve actually rescued the girl from a bad situation.
If...
- 3/24/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A regional productin of the musical is casting talented singer-actors for all roles, including Quasimodo and Esmeralda! Plus, we’ve got a reading for a brand new musical, Fox’s upcoming “X-Men” pilot, and more! “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center is casting union and nonunion performers for its upcoming production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Seeking male and female talent ages 18 and up for roles including Quasimodo and Esmeralda, the piece will hold auditions by appointment April 3 and 5 in Midland, Pennsylvania. A run is slated for June 16–25, also in Midland, with pay set at $315/week under an Equity Guest Artist Agreement. Untitled “X-men” Project TV PILOTFox is casting background actors for its still-untitled “X-Men” pilot project. Depicting “two ordinary parents who discover that their children possess mutant powers,” the piece seeks male and female talent ages 18 and up, and is shooting March and April in Dallas,...
- 3/15/2017
- backstage.com
Andrew Haigh’s quiet, two-person relationship tale won a lot of friends last year. A revelation from the past changes everything in the marriage of Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. We read the faces, read the gestures — just like we do in our own close relationships.
45 Years
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The Criterion Collection 861
2015/ Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date March 7, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley.
Cinematography: Lol Crawley
Film Editor: Jonathan Alberts
Production Designer: Sarah Finlay
From the short story by David Constantine
Produced by Tristan Goligher
Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh
Most filmmakers must find a way to chop down 800-page novels and still retain some semblance of the original. Others have the opposite problem, fleshing a short story to fill a feature length movie. The classic example is Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers, which is less than three thousand words in length.
45 Years
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 861
2015/ Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date March 7, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley.
Cinematography: Lol Crawley
Film Editor: Jonathan Alberts
Production Designer: Sarah Finlay
From the short story by David Constantine
Produced by Tristan Goligher
Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh
Most filmmakers must find a way to chop down 800-page novels and still retain some semblance of the original. Others have the opposite problem, fleshing a short story to fill a feature length movie. The classic example is Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers, which is less than three thousand words in length.
- 3/7/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
For the first time, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be split into two parts this weekend, demonstrating the growing importance of the below-the-line TV crafts. Even so, don’t expect too many surprises, with “Game of Thrones” dominating for its bravura “Battle of the Bastards” sequence in several categories and “The People v. O.J. Simpson” doing the same for its zeitgeist-grabbing historical relevance.
However, two of the toughest races will be for production and costume design. Howard Cummings, last year’s Emmy-winning production designer for “The Knick,” goes up against sentimental favorite Donal Woods for the final season of “Downton Abbey,” while last year’s costume design winners Marie Schley (“Transparent”) and Lou Eyrich (“American Horror Story: Hotel”) square off this time in the contemporary category: a further transgender exploration vs. Lady Gaga as the Countess.
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However, two of the toughest races will be for production and costume design. Howard Cummings, last year’s Emmy-winning production designer for “The Knick,” goes up against sentimental favorite Donal Woods for the final season of “Downton Abbey,” while last year’s costume design winners Marie Schley (“Transparent”) and Lou Eyrich (“American Horror Story: Hotel”) square off this time in the contemporary category: a further transgender exploration vs. Lady Gaga as the Countess.
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- 9/9/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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Fargo may be profligate with killing, but it never forgets the cost. Here's our review of the excellent season two finale...
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2.10 Palindrome
The slow procession of Gerhardt bodies in the opening moments of this final episode acts as a reminder of the high cost that this season has levied on its characters. Although no one really left the series totally unscathed, the routing of the once-powerful local crime family should be regarded as the core tragedy of the narrative. A combination of stupidity and downright bad luck prompted Rye’s demise and the family continued to exhibit both characteristics until they were utterly destroyed. A failure to instigate a clear succession plan caused rifts between Floyd and Dodd, which only exacerbated the problems between Dodd and Bear, which would have been bad enough even without Hanzee acting as a wildcard angel of death.
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2.10 Palindrome
The slow procession of Gerhardt bodies in the opening moments of this final episode acts as a reminder of the high cost that this season has levied on its characters. Although no one really left the series totally unscathed, the routing of the once-powerful local crime family should be regarded as the core tragedy of the narrative. A combination of stupidity and downright bad luck prompted Rye’s demise and the family continued to exhibit both characteristics until they were utterly destroyed. A failure to instigate a clear succession plan caused rifts between Floyd and Dodd, which only exacerbated the problems between Dodd and Bear, which would have been bad enough even without Hanzee acting as a wildcard angel of death.
- 1/4/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Once upon a time, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were supposed to be Jewish.
Bill and Alice Harford, the decidedly gentile married couple that the actors portrayed in 1999's Eyes Wide Shut, are about as kosher as a bacon milkshake. But when Stanley Kubrick first conceived of adapting Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle in the Seventies, the filmmaker allegedly envisioned the male lead as Woody Allen, a man so Jewish that Shabbat practically observes him.
Kubrick's initial casting idea, which is all but inconceivable to anyone who's seen the finished film,...
Bill and Alice Harford, the decidedly gentile married couple that the actors portrayed in 1999's Eyes Wide Shut, are about as kosher as a bacon milkshake. But when Stanley Kubrick first conceived of adapting Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle in the Seventies, the filmmaker allegedly envisioned the male lead as Woody Allen, a man so Jewish that Shabbat practically observes him.
Kubrick's initial casting idea, which is all but inconceivable to anyone who's seen the finished film,...
- 12/17/2015
- Rollingstone.com
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This week's gloriously absurd episode, The Castle, was sheer, unadulterated Fargo...
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2.9 The Castle
The all-out massacre that provided the climax of this episode has been signalled since before this season had even started (an older Lou referred to it, with heavy understatement, as ‘bloody’ during season one) and was heralded by a steady increase in dread in the preceding few episodes. This palpable foreboding became almost unbearable in the first two thirds of the episode itself as a collective spirit of arrogance, manipulation and good old fashioned stupidity swirled into an inevitable orgy of violence. That final multiway outburst was simply a fantastic piece of action television; frantic, exciting, and utterly, utterly terrifying.
It was also gloriously absurd. Sheer, unadulterated Fargo. Indeed, there is a case to be made for The Castle being considered the exemplar episode of Fargo, every special component working...
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This week's gloriously absurd episode, The Castle, was sheer, unadulterated Fargo...
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2.9 The Castle
The all-out massacre that provided the climax of this episode has been signalled since before this season had even started (an older Lou referred to it, with heavy understatement, as ‘bloody’ during season one) and was heralded by a steady increase in dread in the preceding few episodes. This palpable foreboding became almost unbearable in the first two thirds of the episode itself as a collective spirit of arrogance, manipulation and good old fashioned stupidity swirled into an inevitable orgy of violence. That final multiway outburst was simply a fantastic piece of action television; frantic, exciting, and utterly, utterly terrifying.
It was also gloriously absurd. Sheer, unadulterated Fargo. Indeed, there is a case to be made for The Castle being considered the exemplar episode of Fargo, every special component working...
- 12/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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The brilliant Fargo season 2 episode 8 offers moments of unbearable tension and raw discomfort...
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2.8 Loplop
Have you actualised, fully? Peggy’s vision at the beginning of this episode was a rather Lynchian way of underlining just how far out of their depth she and her husband are. Having stumbled, literally by accident, into a pattern of poor decision-making that has led to them on the lam with a dangerous man in the boot of their car, the Blomquists find themselves having to justify their position. It’s probably easier the less they actually think about it, or to put it in the New Age wisdom terms so beloved by Peggy, if they don’t think, just be.
As forms of denial go, it’s rather handy. Peggy’s mental distancing from the reality of her situation enable her to do things that she wouldn...
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2.8 Loplop
Have you actualised, fully? Peggy’s vision at the beginning of this episode was a rather Lynchian way of underlining just how far out of their depth she and her husband are. Having stumbled, literally by accident, into a pattern of poor decision-making that has led to them on the lam with a dangerous man in the boot of their car, the Blomquists find themselves having to justify their position. It’s probably easier the less they actually think about it, or to put it in the New Age wisdom terms so beloved by Peggy, if they don’t think, just be.
As forms of denial go, it’s rather handy. Peggy’s mental distancing from the reality of her situation enable her to do things that she wouldn...
- 12/9/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Two thirds of the way through Fargo season 2, this rich, complex drama is building into something wonderful...
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2.7 Did You Do This? No, You Did It!
‘It’s hard to be simple’, says Hank in his customary grandfatherly tones, ‘in times of complication’. It’s a somewhat pat piece of wisdom, but one that’s entirely suited to the bewilderingly complicated scenario that we have before us. Two thirds of the way through the season and positions have become so thoroughly entwined that it’s difficult to imagine a sword sharp enough to cut through the knot.
Not that a violent shortcut is completely off the table. As the opening montage loudly reminded us, this world, however complicated, is a terrifyingly violent one and the prospect of any resolution coming through words alone seems very remote indeed. We started with a double Gerhardt funeral...
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Two thirds of the way through Fargo season 2, this rich, complex drama is building into something wonderful...
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2.7 Did You Do This? No, You Did It!
‘It’s hard to be simple’, says Hank in his customary grandfatherly tones, ‘in times of complication’. It’s a somewhat pat piece of wisdom, but one that’s entirely suited to the bewilderingly complicated scenario that we have before us. Two thirds of the way through the season and positions have become so thoroughly entwined that it’s difficult to imagine a sword sharp enough to cut through the knot.
Not that a violent shortcut is completely off the table. As the opening montage loudly reminded us, this world, however complicated, is a terrifyingly violent one and the prospect of any resolution coming through words alone seems very remote indeed. We started with a double Gerhardt funeral...
- 12/2/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Fargo's second season is simply excellent drama, with sparkling dialogue and clever character development...
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2.6 Rhinoceros
Speaking prior to the debut of the first season of Fargo, showrunner Noah Hawley made the telling comment that he saw his project as less a TV show and more a ‘ten hour movie’. The import was that the show could be enjoyed as a self-contained story, something that needed no external input, such as the promise of a second series and multiple year arcs, to work. His argument has some merit, particularly for TV shows such as his, that take the anthology format and promise a narrative resolution in each season.
As with any creative decision, there are positive and negative aspects to the approach, but ultimately, it’s a valid view and a valid decision for Hawley to make. I thought about this a lot while watching Rhinoceros,...
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2.6 Rhinoceros
Speaking prior to the debut of the first season of Fargo, showrunner Noah Hawley made the telling comment that he saw his project as less a TV show and more a ‘ten hour movie’. The import was that the show could be enjoyed as a self-contained story, something that needed no external input, such as the promise of a second series and multiple year arcs, to work. His argument has some merit, particularly for TV shows such as his, that take the anthology format and promise a narrative resolution in each season.
As with any creative decision, there are positive and negative aspects to the approach, but ultimately, it’s a valid view and a valid decision for Hawley to make. I thought about this a lot while watching Rhinoceros,...
- 11/25/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Fargo season 2 offers up a detailed exploration of violence in The Gift Of The Magi, feat. a bonus appearance from Bruce Campbell...
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2.5 The Gift Of The Magi
There are times that I check the running time of an episode of Fargo just to see whether it’s actually four hours long. This isn't because the fifty-odd minutes tend to drag, quite the contrary, but because the writers seem to cram so much into every edition and still appear to take their time in doing so. The Gift Of The Magi, for example, managed to examine the commission of violence, in some considerable detail, through two separate lenses.
The early shoot-out offered a look at violence through the eyes of the victims (if the brutal Kc mob could ever earn the soubriquet ‘victims’, it was here). Fast, bloody and utterly frenzied, the assault came...
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Fargo season 2 offers up a detailed exploration of violence in The Gift Of The Magi, feat. a bonus appearance from Bruce Campbell...
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2.5 The Gift Of The Magi
There are times that I check the running time of an episode of Fargo just to see whether it’s actually four hours long. This isn't because the fifty-odd minutes tend to drag, quite the contrary, but because the writers seem to cram so much into every edition and still appear to take their time in doing so. The Gift Of The Magi, for example, managed to examine the commission of violence, in some considerable detail, through two separate lenses.
The early shoot-out offered a look at violence through the eyes of the victims (if the brutal Kc mob could ever earn the soubriquet ‘victims’, it was here). Fast, bloody and utterly frenzied, the assault came...
- 11/18/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Everything on TV last week retroactively fell under the shadow of what happened in Paris on Friday, which made the weekend shows feel like either a welcome escape or an act of mass commiseration. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver kicked off with the host addressing the terrorists with, "Fuck these assholes." Saturday Night Live — coming back strong from last week's Trump debacle — served up both remembrance and relief, with a touching bilingual nod to France. Even when television offered comfort food, we first had to say a somber grace.
- 11/16/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Fargo, Season 2, Episode 5, “The Gift of the Magi”
Written by Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi
Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
Airs Mondays at 10pm (Et) on FX
There’s a self-help book called The Secret you’ve probably heard of. Within the bound covers of this temple to bullshit, The Secret tries to explain how powerful the art of manifestation is: If you can conceive it, and commit to believing in it, it will become. Want to push your life forward? Just change the way you think, and you can have it all—or at least that’s what The Secret wants you to think. Watching “The Gift of the Magi”, I couldn’t help but think about Rhonda Byrnes’ monument to nonsense: From Ed to Dodd right up to presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan, “The Gift of the Magi” is all about people trying to manifest a better tomorrow for themselves through the power of their mind,...
Written by Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi
Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
Airs Mondays at 10pm (Et) on FX
There’s a self-help book called The Secret you’ve probably heard of. Within the bound covers of this temple to bullshit, The Secret tries to explain how powerful the art of manifestation is: If you can conceive it, and commit to believing in it, it will become. Want to push your life forward? Just change the way you think, and you can have it all—or at least that’s what The Secret wants you to think. Watching “The Gift of the Magi”, I couldn’t help but think about Rhonda Byrnes’ monument to nonsense: From Ed to Dodd right up to presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan, “The Gift of the Magi” is all about people trying to manifest a better tomorrow for themselves through the power of their mind,...
- 11/10/2015
- by Randy Dankievitch
- SoundOnSight
Season 2, Episode 5: The Gift of the Magi Summary: Lou (Patrick Wilson) is pressed into service for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (Bruce Campbell), while Ed's (Jesse Plemons) resolve is tested in a big way. Review: Damn, how good is this show? With episode five marking the official midway point of season two's 1979-set prequel to season one, the only downside here is that there's only... Read More...
- 11/10/2015
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
A review of tonight's "Fargo" coming up just as soon as I find out if Joan Crawford had crabs... "Do you really think we'll get out of this mess we're in?" -Lou After being alluded to throughout the season's first four episodes, Ronald Reagan finally appears in the fleshy form of Bruce Campbell (who's having himself quite the fall, between this and "Ash vs. Evil Dead"). Reagan — even more than most American presidents of the TV age, given his acting background — is difficult to portray as anything but a caricature, but Campbell is able to get across the essence of the man whom many Americans believed could finally pull the country out of the morass it was in from Vietnam, Watergate, gas lines, and Jimmy Carter's comments about our national malaise. When he busts out his "shining city on a hill" rhetoric (which the real Reagan famously used in...
- 11/10/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Above: Us three-sheet poster for The Private Life of Henry VIII (Alexander Korda, UK, 1933).
The great Charles Laughton may not have been the prettiest of movie stars, but he had a presence that many matinee idols would have killed for (as the current retrospective running at Film Forum will attest). In an era in which glamor was everything, studio marketers may have struggled with how to present Laughton’s unconventional looks and his larger-than-life portrayals of larger-than-life characters (so many monsters, murderers, tyrants, or simply overbearing fathers) to the public. In most of the posters for his most famous film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), he is all but a silhouette, a spoiler alert to his monstrous transformation as Quasimodo. And in some posters for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), the film for which he won his first Oscar, Henry is made to look more like the Hans Holbein...
The great Charles Laughton may not have been the prettiest of movie stars, but he had a presence that many matinee idols would have killed for (as the current retrospective running at Film Forum will attest). In an era in which glamor was everything, studio marketers may have struggled with how to present Laughton’s unconventional looks and his larger-than-life portrayals of larger-than-life characters (so many monsters, murderers, tyrants, or simply overbearing fathers) to the public. In most of the posters for his most famous film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), he is all but a silhouette, a spoiler alert to his monstrous transformation as Quasimodo. And in some posters for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), the film for which he won his first Oscar, Henry is made to look more like the Hans Holbein...
- 2/21/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Hindi films are known for their romance and it is one of the reasons so many people fall in love with the heroes, the heroines and the films! We asked our writers to tell us what moments in Bollywood define love or romance to them, be it a song, a line, a look, or anything that makes you sigh thinking that is Love! So for Valentine’s Day we present what we think is Romance Bollyishstyle!
The One with the Tune and the Recording
We could not pick just one scene from the great Dil Toh Pagal Hai starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar. However, the two that stand out for our writers are:
That moment when Madhuri and Shah Rukh are in adjoining changing rooms in a clothing store, and Madhuri hears him whistle a tune. She later hears it again and knows it was meant to be!
The One with the Tune and the Recording
We could not pick just one scene from the great Dil Toh Pagal Hai starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar. However, the two that stand out for our writers are:
That moment when Madhuri and Shah Rukh are in adjoining changing rooms in a clothing store, and Madhuri hears him whistle a tune. She later hears it again and knows it was meant to be!
- 2/12/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Welcome back, Whovians! I hope everyone had a nice break, but it’s time to get back to it, at least for one episode. The last time we saw Twelve and Clara, they were recreating the darkest timeline version of “The Gift of the Magi.” The Doctor lied to Clara about finding Gallifrey so she’d want to stay with Danny and be happy, while Clara lied about Danny being alive so the Doctor would return home to his people on Gallifrey. Everyone’s a liar and everything hurts. Break out the tissues because you’re going to need them during “Last Christmas.” ******** Like countless holiday specials before it, and countless ones yet to come, the episode opens with a decorated Christmas tree framed by windows. Outside it is snowing and dark. Obviously Christmas Eve. Clara is nestled all snug in her bed, when from outside she hears the sound...
- 12/26/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
On the one hand, I respect anyone who can devise a formula that works for them and for an audience, and while I wasn't a huge fan of the film, the first "Horrible Bosses" seemed to connect with audiences three years ago. The appeal of that film, and one that seems like it's pretty smart in its universal appeal, is that we have all had bosses we hate at some point. Watching characters we like get one up on people we hate is something that seems enormously easy to enjoy. My problem with the first film was that it felt like it never really embraced its premise. It wasn't mean enough, and I guess I hoped we'd see them cut loose in "Horrible Bosses 2" and really go for the dark humor the first film promised but soft-pedaled. After all, they were adding to very game performers in the form...
- 11/13/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth. As Cybermen. See what he did there? The Master is back, and has been working on this plot for Quite a long time. Some old friends return for the fight, we say goodbye (for now, anyway) to some others, and oh goodness, were there still surprises. I don’t know why you’d be reading this recap before you saw the episode, but if you are, don’t. Because it makes much more sense to know about the…
Death In Heaven
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay
As things rather ended in the moment last week, this week’s adventure starts just the same. Clara, when discovered by the newly minted Cyberman, takes the lessons she’s learned throughout the year and put them to use – she lies through her teeth. She claims to be The Doctor,...
Death In Heaven
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay
As things rather ended in the moment last week, this week’s adventure starts just the same. Clara, when discovered by the newly minted Cyberman, takes the lessons she’s learned throughout the year and put them to use – she lies through her teeth. She claims to be The Doctor,...
- 11/9/2014
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
The holidays are almost upon us, and if you just can't wait to re-watch seasonal classics like "White Christmas" or "The Muppet Christmas Carol," they're available right now on Netflix. There are also a few Thanksgiving-themed movies you can stream, our favorite being, of course, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
There's something for almost every taste, whether you want something nice like an animated film for the kids or something very naughty, like "Bad Santa."
Thanksgiving Movies
1. "American Son" (2008) R
Nick Cannon stars as a young Marine who's just completed basic training and is about to ship out to Iraq: But first, he's home for a volatile four-day Thanksgiving with friends and family.
2. "The House of Yes" (1997) R
Parker Posey proves why she was the '90s Indie Movie Queen in this film where she plays a Jackie Kennedy-obsessed who is unreasonably jealous when her brother (Josh Hamilton) brings home...
There's something for almost every taste, whether you want something nice like an animated film for the kids or something very naughty, like "Bad Santa."
Thanksgiving Movies
1. "American Son" (2008) R
Nick Cannon stars as a young Marine who's just completed basic training and is about to ship out to Iraq: But first, he's home for a volatile four-day Thanksgiving with friends and family.
2. "The House of Yes" (1997) R
Parker Posey proves why she was the '90s Indie Movie Queen in this film where she plays a Jackie Kennedy-obsessed who is unreasonably jealous when her brother (Josh Hamilton) brings home...
- 11/6/2014
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Ordell (Mos Def) and Louis (John Hawkes) have planned the perfect kidnapping. Their target is Mickey (Jennifer Aniston), wife to a sketchy businessman named Frank (Tim Robbins) who’s hiding a fortune in a secret bank account. The plan is simple. Kidnap Mickey, tell Frank to pay the ransom if he ever wants to see his wife again and then retire in style. But they never considered the possibility that Frank might not want his wife back. Chronology is a funny thing. The inclination will be (and has been if you check the IMDb page) to label Life of Crime a straight-up rip-off of 1986′s Ruthless People. In actuality though this is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard‘s 1978 novel, The Switch. Keep moving backward and you’ll find that all of these incarnations share an inspiration in O. Henry’s 1907 short story, “The Ransom of Red Chief.” The problem for this film then is how to stand...
- 8/28/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It is not unusual to have a Bollywood film inspired by a book.
A few examples are 3 Idiots, which was adapted from Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone, 7 Khoon Maaf, by Ruskin Bond’s short story Susanne’s Seven Husbands and Lootera by O. Henry’s The Last Leaf and the upcoming 2 States which again is based on Bhagat book.
It is still not unusual for Bollywood to transform stage productions onto the silver screen – for instance the many Shakespeare adaptations such as Omkara, Ram Leela and Maqbool.
However, there is now a Bollywood film that is to be adapted into a theatrical production.
Vishal Bhardwaj, who is famously inspired by Shakespearian tragedies, has been approached by Paris’ Chatelet Theatre to transform the 2013 film Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola on stage.
Does this mean that we will see lead actors Imran Khan or Anushka Sharma on stage? Well,we don’t know but Pankaj Kapur,...
A few examples are 3 Idiots, which was adapted from Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone, 7 Khoon Maaf, by Ruskin Bond’s short story Susanne’s Seven Husbands and Lootera by O. Henry’s The Last Leaf and the upcoming 2 States which again is based on Bhagat book.
It is still not unusual for Bollywood to transform stage productions onto the silver screen – for instance the many Shakespeare adaptations such as Omkara, Ram Leela and Maqbool.
However, there is now a Bollywood film that is to be adapted into a theatrical production.
Vishal Bhardwaj, who is famously inspired by Shakespearian tragedies, has been approached by Paris’ Chatelet Theatre to transform the 2013 film Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola on stage.
Does this mean that we will see lead actors Imran Khan or Anushka Sharma on stage? Well,we don’t know but Pankaj Kapur,...
- 4/6/2014
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
The clarion call of a grander moral calling anchors the documentary We Are the Giant, and in large part saves it from its own overstuffed passion. Profiling a handful of activists involved in Arab Spring uprisings in Libya, Syria and Bahrain, the film mixes unsettling firsthand protest footage with involving stories of self-sacrifice. Director Greg Barker (the Emmy-winning Manhunt) overdoes things a bit with composer Philip Sheppard’s brawny score and a slick technical package that, paradoxically, provides little in the way of relevant current sociopolitical grounding but lots of distracting quotations from historical figures and other textual interludes. Still, the...
- 2/4/2014
- Pastemagazine.com
Although Lootera failed to seduce the audience, Vikramaditya Motwane’s film got good reviews and the performances of both lead actors, Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha, were highly praised. In fact, the film, loosely based on O. Henry’s short story The Last Leaf, allowed the actress to prove her acting skills to those critics who considered her a weak actress.
But that’s not all. As a source told the Times of India, her portrayal of Pakhi, a Bengali girl dying of tuberculosis, caught the eye of a theatre group based in New York and has approached the actress for a Broadway adaptation of The Last Leaf. According to the same source, the play is planned for the coming summer and Sonakshi has not given an answer yet. While Sonakshi remains silent, her spokesperson confirmed the news and said, “Yes, she has got an offer to perform there and...
But that’s not all. As a source told the Times of India, her portrayal of Pakhi, a Bengali girl dying of tuberculosis, caught the eye of a theatre group based in New York and has approached the actress for a Broadway adaptation of The Last Leaf. According to the same source, the play is planned for the coming summer and Sonakshi has not given an answer yet. While Sonakshi remains silent, her spokesperson confirmed the news and said, “Yes, she has got an offer to perform there and...
- 1/15/2014
- by Núria Bonals Hidalgo
- Bollyspice
Warning: Spoiler Alert – This Article Discusses Pivotal Scenes And Provides A Synopsis For The Films: Aashiqui 2; Abcd Anybody Can Dance; Lootera; Raanjhanaa; Ram-leela.
Now these are Major spoilers so read on at your own risk!
They say that love makes the world go around.
That is certainly true and an aspect that Bollywood profusely reflects and explores.
However, this thing called “love” is a complex emotion that has been portrayed through a myriad of ways, often highlighting that there are not only many ways to express, perceive or feel love, but that love also comes entwined with other emotions.
One of the consequences of love is “heart break.”
Perhaps enivitable, but as the wise words advise: it is better to have loved and lost than not loved at all.
BollySpice bring you their top 5 heart breaking Bollywood moments of 2013.
1. Raanjhanaa: (Dir. Anand L. Rai)
Directed by Anand L.
Now these are Major spoilers so read on at your own risk!
They say that love makes the world go around.
That is certainly true and an aspect that Bollywood profusely reflects and explores.
However, this thing called “love” is a complex emotion that has been portrayed through a myriad of ways, often highlighting that there are not only many ways to express, perceive or feel love, but that love also comes entwined with other emotions.
One of the consequences of love is “heart break.”
Perhaps enivitable, but as the wise words advise: it is better to have loved and lost than not loved at all.
BollySpice bring you their top 5 heart breaking Bollywood moments of 2013.
1. Raanjhanaa: (Dir. Anand L. Rai)
Directed by Anand L.
- 12/28/2013
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
If movies have taught us anything, it's that it is really much better to receive than to give. But which Christmas movie present is the best to receive? Check out our ranking of 19 of the most memorable onscreen gifts, from worst to best. We're calculating not only the objective worth of the gift itself, but also the emotions and motivations with which it was given - after all, the worst gift in the world can be priceless if it comes from love. Which would you want to see under your tree? 19. Louis Vutton Bag, Sex and the CityObjectively a nice...
- 12/25/2013
- by Nate Jones
- PEOPLE.com
It's the last day of the countdown to the countdown -- the last day before 25 Days of Christmas officially starts on ABC Family on Sunday, Dec. 1.
The last day of the countdown to 25 Days features a special treat in the form of a "Harry Potter" movie marathon that culminates in the network television premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part 2."
So tune in for "Order of the Phoenix, "Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows Part 1," before "Deathly Hallows Part 2" kicks off at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on ABC Family.
Then Sunday, 25 Days of Christmas starts off with a bang -- an all-day holiday movie marathon. Schedule below:
(7:00-8:30 Am Et/Pt) Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas
Kelsey Grammer narrates three charming Christmas tales with a Mickey Mouse twist, including the Christmas classic The Gift of the Magi, starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse. (Animated)
(8:30-10:00 Am...
The last day of the countdown to 25 Days features a special treat in the form of a "Harry Potter" movie marathon that culminates in the network television premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part 2."
So tune in for "Order of the Phoenix, "Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows Part 1," before "Deathly Hallows Part 2" kicks off at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on ABC Family.
Then Sunday, 25 Days of Christmas starts off with a bang -- an all-day holiday movie marathon. Schedule below:
(7:00-8:30 Am Et/Pt) Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas
Kelsey Grammer narrates three charming Christmas tales with a Mickey Mouse twist, including the Christmas classic The Gift of the Magi, starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse. (Animated)
(8:30-10:00 Am...
- 11/30/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
One of the greatest Christmas short stories of all time is "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry (a.k.a. William Sydney Porter), that all-but-forgotten master of "the twist." If you don't know the story (published in 1906), I won't tell it to you, except that it's about a young couple who dearly wish to get each other something for Christmas but lack the means. But director Henry King very nicely adapted it to film as part of this 1952 five-part anthology film based on five great Henry stories. It's definitely not your typical feel-good Christmas tale, and its heartstring-tugging might be a nice alternative to the usual chirpy, colorful stuff on TV (like The Santa Clause 3, which I accidentally caught the other night).
As great a story as "Magi" is however, it's not even the high point of this film. In Henry Koster's segment "The Cop and the Anthem,...
As great a story as "Magi" is however, it's not even the high point of this film. In Henry Koster's segment "The Cop and the Anthem,...
- 12/23/2009
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
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