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She's Funny That Way (DVD)
Kathryn Hahn, Cybill Shepherd, Austin Pendleton, Imogen Poots, Rhys Ifans, …
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Peter Bogdanovich directs and co-writes this comedy starring Owen
Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and Imogen Poots. One of prostitute
Isabella Patterson (Poots)'s clients is Broadway director Arnold
Albertson (Wilson). When she auditions for one of his plays things
get complicated, especially since he is married to the star of the
production Delta Simmons (Kathryn Hahn). The situation only gets
more out of hand when Isabella becomes involved with her therapist
Jane Claremont (Aniston)'s boyfriend, playwright Joshua Fleet (Will
Forte). The cast also includes Rhys Ifans, Cybill Shepherd, Illeana
Douglas and Joanna Lumley. Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach are among
the film's executive producers.
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Are You Here (DVD)
Peter Bogdanovich, Naomi LaVette, Amy Poehler, Lauren Lapkus, Jason Davis, …
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Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis and Amy Poehler star in this comedy
drama written, directed and co-produced by Matthew Weiner, creator
of 'Mad Men'. Immature Ben Baker (Galifianakis) has no purpose in
life. When his father dies he and his best friend, weatherman Steve
Dallas (Wilson), journey to his family home. At the will reading
Ben discovers he has been left his father's entire estate, much to
his successful sister Terry (Poehler)'s chagrin. This newfound
wealth and sense of responsibility give meaning to Ben's existence.
Meanwhile, those around him search for purpose in their own lives.
Few directors of the 1930s and 40s were as distinctive and popular
as Preston Sturges, whose whipsmart comedies have entertained
audiences for decades. This book offers a new critical appreciation
of Sturges' whole oeuvre, incorporating a detailed study of the
last ten years of his life from new primary sources. Preston
Sturges details the many unfinished projects of Sturges' last
decade, including films, plays, TV series and his autobiography.
Drawing on diaries, sketchbooks, correspondence, unpublished
screenplays and more, Nick Smedley and Tom Sturges present the
writer-director's final years in more detail than we've ever seen,
showing a master still at work - even if very little of that work
ultimately made it to the screen or stage.
From Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema
scholar - 25 fascinating portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed
movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and
occasionally worked with. Bogdanovich captures brilliantly - in
their own words and his - the personality, the work, the style and
the enduring iconic appeal of America's movie greats.
In his Village Voice "Movie Journal" columns, Jonas Mekas captured
the makings of an exciting movement in 1960s American filmmaking.
Works by Andy Warhol, Gregory J. Markapoulos, Stan Brakhage, Jack
Smith, Robert Breer, and others echoed experiments already underway
elsewhere, yet they belonged to a nascent tradition that only a
true visionary could identify. Mekas incorporated the most
essential characteristics of these films into a unique conception
of American filmmaking's next phase. He simplified complex
aesthetic strategies for unfamiliar audiences and appreciated the
subversive genius of films that many dismissed as trash. This new
edition presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with
additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and
popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.
In his Village Voice "Movie Journal" columns, Jonas Mekas captured
the makings of an exciting movement in 1960s American filmmaking.
Works by Andy Warhol, Gregory J. Markapoulos, Stan Brakhage, Jack
Smith, Robert Breer, and others echoed experiments already underway
elsewhere, yet they belonged to a nascent tradition that only a
true visionary could identify. Mekas incorporated the most
essential characteristics of these films into a unique conception
of American filmmaking's next phase. He simplified complex
aesthetic strategies for unfamiliar audiences and appreciated the
subversive genius of films that many dismissed as trash. This new
edition presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with
additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and
popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.
A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS
Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks, fifty-two films, fifty-two reasons to watch. Which films does Peter Bogdanovich call . . .
"The most hauntingly chilling, strangely prophetic science-fiction picture ever made." (You'll be treated to it on Halloween)
"A scintillatingly directed comedy." (Discover it with someone you love on Valentine's Day)
"A bittersweet human comedy of vintage genius [that] only becomes more precious as the years pass." (Ringing in the New Year with it is reason enough to celebrate)
With recommendations specific to the seasons and holidays--from sparkling comedies, timeless musicals, landmark foreign films, powerful dramas and thrillers to legendary masterpieces and neglected treasures--Bogdanovich's eclectic cinematic calendar of classics, each available on video, each accompanied by an illuminating essay, and each followed by a list of tie-in recommendations, makes the perfect date for movielovers every week of the year.
This book provides an intimate and affectionate view of one of
Hollywood's most admired directors. The fifty-year career of John
Ford (1895-1973) included six Academy Awards, four New York Film
Critics' Awards, and some of our most memorable films, among them
The Informer (1934), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Quiet Man
(1952), The Long Gray Line (1955), and The Wings of Eagles (1957).
In addition, the name John Ford was practically synonymous with the
great Westerns that came out of Hollywood for many years--
Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande
(1950), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962), for example. After his death a European newspaper mourned
ford as "the creator of the Western," although many of his finest
films were far removed from that genre. Combining interviews with
John Ford with his own reflections, director Peter Bogdanovich
captures both the artist and the man in a highly readable, compact
book that will please film lovers and Ford admirers alike. Over a
hundred stills are included, along wit hthe most completed
filmography yet compiled for John Ford.
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