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Ken Burns: The public's filmmaker
Ken Burns is a matchmaker with a camera. He has introduced Americans to themselves, to their history, with documentaries such as "The Civil War." He also used the "pan and scan" camera technique to make still images of the long-dead seem alive on the...Tags: Mark Twain, Wars and Interventions, Democratic National Conventions, Automotive Equipment, Jerry Bruckheimer
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Manny Farber: A film critic not in awe of Hollywood
Farber on Film
The Complete Film Writings
of Manny Farber
Edited by Robert Polito
Library of America: 824 pp., $40
At this year's Academy Awards, the most incongruous moment came during the "In Memoriam" roll call. Among the distinguished deceased...Tags: Casablanca (movie), Anthony Mann, Nick Lowe, John Ashbery, Preston Sturges
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PASSINGS: Shirley Mills Hanson, Lorraine Chargin
Shirley Mills Hanson
Child actress in 'Grapes of Wrath'
Shirley Mills Hanson, 83, a former child actress who played young Ruthie Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath," director John Ford's classic 1940 film based on the John Steinbeck novel, died March 31 of...Tags: Lennox Lewis, Fashion Shows, Heavyweight, Prostate Cancer, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Book Review: 'Warning Shadows' by Gary Giddins
Warning Shadows
Home Alone With Classic Cinema
Gary Giddins
W.W. Norton: 416 pp., $18.95
Gary Giddins is well known for his writing about music — he was a Village Voice jazz columnist for three decades, and his books, among them the biography...Tags: DVDs, Death, Donald Duck (fictional animal), Gary Giddins, Anthony Mann
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The Art of the Swine Flu: The strange aesthetic of being sick as a dog
The Big PictureI've been sick with the swine flu for the past few days, hence the sparse number of postings on the blog. At least I assume it's the swine flu, since I got a regular flu shot and I still came...... -
100% approval with BFCA not enough for 'Me and Orson Welles'
Gold DerbyWith just a single nod today for supporting-actor Christian McKay, you wouldn't know "Me & Orson Welles" was one of only two mainstream films to rate 100% approval from the Broadcast Film Critics Assn. this year. The other movie with a perfect score --... -
'Hollywood Moon' by Joseph Wambaugh
Black humor is the match that closet idealists strike to keep the real darkness at bay.
"Hollywood Moon" is the third in the series of novels Joseph Wambaugh has set in LAPD's Hollywood station -- and, by far, the best in the sequence. A meticulously...Tags: Heart Attack, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Methamphetamine (drug), Entertainment
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Dennis Hopper book on the way
Jacket CopyActor, director, artist and art collector Dennis Hopper is to be the subject of an upcoming biography. Tom Folsom will write "Hopper: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" with, Publishers Marketplace reports, "the actor's knowledge."... -
Budd Schulberg dies at 95; author of 'What Makes Sammy Run?'
Budd Schulberg, who exposed the dark side of American ambition in his acclaimed Hollywood novel "What Makes Sammy Run?" and won an Academy Award for his screenplay depicting the mob-controlled longshoremen's union in the film classic "On the Waterfront,"...Tags: Marlon Brando, Sports, Parties and Movements, Chicago Tribune, Germany
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'Fables' writer Bill Willingham finds a happy ending despite 'that damned Shrek'
The Hero ComplexBILL WILLINGHAM INTERVIEW: PART 1 Over the last decade, one of the most consistently compelling comic-book runs has been writer Bill Willingham's "Fables," an intricate tapestry that weaves together familiar characters from fables, fairy tables,... -
Quiz: Who won the most Oscars for directing?
Gold DerbyTo see the answer, click on the "Continue reading" link underneath the photos below. ANSWER: John Ford won the most Oscars for directing (four): "The Quiet Man," 1952; "How Green Was My Valley," 1941; "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940; "The Informer," 1935.... -
Jeff Dowd on Jeff Bridges: A unique American icon
The Big PictureJeff Dowd is an indie film producer and promoter who is known to one and all as the Dude, having served in large part as the inspiration for Jeff Bridges' immortal Dude character in the Coen brothers' "The Big Lebowski."......
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