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Free Flick of the Day: Buena Vista Social Club

source: Cinematical

I don't remember who made me sit down and watch Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club, but the moment I did, I was enamored. It wasn't so much that I loved the cinema; frankly, I remember nothing about it, even if it did earn itself an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. I was smitten w...

Published 2 hours ago

Diane Tucker: Women-Made Films Mostly Ignored By The National Film Registry. Why?

source: Huffington Post

Hollywood is still an old boys' club. But does the National Film Registry have to be? Maybe not, because you can nominate films for inclusion. The Washington D.C. chapter of Women In Film & Video (disclosure: I am a member) has nominated the following women-made films to the Registry in 20...

Published 4 hours ago

Rourke determined to win Oscar

source: Hollywood.com

Mickey Rourke is not letting his Oscars disappointment get him down - he's determined to land a Best Actor award before he retires from Hollywood.

Published 6 hours ago

Precious little joy for Disney's A Christmas Carol at US box office

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

It's going to be hard to find nine worthy best picture Academy Award nominees who can go head-to-head with Precious. The Hurt Locker deserves to be up there, as does Jason Reitman's Up in the Air. But other than that what is there? This hasn't been a vintage year for US cinema. Nobody's seen Clin...

Published 9 hours ago

Exclusive: Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, and Barbara Hershey Join Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan

source: /FILM

So what other actors and actresses will join Portman and Kunis in the new Aronofsky film? Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, and Barbara Hershey (The Portrait of a Lady).  There are three Academy Award nominations within the credits of these three new additions. How about that for a cast? De...

Published 18 hours ago

Winona Ryder Covers BlackBook Magazine December 2009

source: OH NO!!

On Angelina Jolie, who won the 1999 Academy Award for best supporting actress for Girl, Interrupted (Winona starred in and produced the film): “I never had any bad feelings about Angelina. And I was hurt that people thought that. Everyone assumed I was really jealous because I thought this...

Published Sat, Nov 7

Matt Damon: The private campaigner who became Hollywood's biggest star

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

It is the right, though, that boasts the most successful Hollywood activists. Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, while the unaffiliated Clint Eastwood, a campaigner for small businesses and the environment, was mayor of Carmel from 1986 to 1988. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been gov...

Published Sat, Nov 7

Trish Kinney: Politically Correct or Perfectly Crazy

source: Huffington Post

Moving on to the theatre, it was announced last week that the revival of The Miracle Worker on Broadway would star Abigail Breslin, the young film star nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Little Miss Sunshine. Immediately the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group...

Published Sat, Nov 7