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Talking With 'Gomorrah' author Roberto Saviano
Bloomberg NewsRoberto Saviano's life mirrors that of the mobsters who have vowed to kill him: He has gone into hiding, even from his neighbors. Saviano, 29, is the author who fingered the Camorra Mafia in a bestseller. Last year, Italian police learned of what they...Tags: Organized Crime, Movies, Film Festivals, Books and Magazines, Virginia
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'Azur & Asmar' stars the voices of Steven Kyman, Nigel Pilkington
Tribune criticIs it too early to announce the most beautiful film of 2009? Two days into the new year, it's hard to imagine a more transporting cinematic experience coming our way than "Azur & Asmar," an animated feature from the French writer-director Michel Ocelot....Tags: Movies, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Imperial and Royal Matters, Gene Siskel, Film Festivals
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'Waltz With Bashir' is therapy for Ari Folman
During the four years it took to make the Israeli-animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir," writer-director-producer Ari Folman never had time to consider whether his uniquely stylized film would play outside his country.
"When we completed the film,...Tags: Movies, Civil Unrest, Animation, Film Festivals, Refugee
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Laurent Cantet: the head of 'The Class'
The idea of French filmmaking still brings to mind images of fiercely middle-class adults loitering in cafes, musing on life, frequently philandering and always talking, talking, talking.
There is certainly plenty of talking in filmmaker Laurent Cantet's...Tags: Movies, Cinema Industry, Steven Soderbergh, Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood
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Celebrity hookups, and a split we saw coming
Finding a mate in 2008: That was the theme for many celebrities as they hooked up with new partners and sealed the deal in undercover weddings. Here's a look at four notable couplings and one split we all saw coming: JEN AND JOHN: John Mayer has dated...Tags: Beyonce, Celebrity, Cinema Industry, Guy Ritchie, Samantha Ronson
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'Gomorrah' aims to be a different kind of mob film
In the film "Gomorrah," a young, would-be mobster amuses his friend by reciting Al Pacino's lines from "Scarface" inside an abandoned villa that eerily resemblances Tony Montana's lair in the same movie.
"That villa was built by a real big boss who is...Tags: Organized Crime, Movies, Roberto Rossellini, Al Pacino, Academy Awards
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'Wendy and Lucy' have the will, but is there a way?
It could be described as a road movie set on the bridge to nowhere.
As "Wendy and Lucy" opens, a young woman named Wendy (played by actress Michelle Williams, her usual blond hair turned into a matted, chestnut mop) is driving through Oregon to seek work...Tags: Movies, Celebrity, Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger, Festive Event
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Benicio Del Toro leads the charge for 'Che'
In films as varied as "The Usual Suspects," "Basquiat," "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas," "Traffic" and "Things We Lost in The Fire," Benicio Del Toro seems drawn to play the eccentric outsider.
Now in director Steven Soderbergh's "Che" -- which opens...Tags: Movies, Celebrity, Steven Soderbergh, Film Festivals, Benicio Del Toro
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Colleagues praise Samuel L. Jackson at American Cinematheque
The language was colorful but the tone loving when friends and colleagues spoke at the American Cinematheque tribute to Samuel L. Jackson on Monday night. In what may be the most bleeped award show in history, Jackson's iconic movie lines were repeated,...Tags: Theater, Movies, Santa Monica, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone
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The unreal Charlie Kaufman
Tribune criticCharlie Kaufman doesn't go in for what he calls "faux-realism." There's a lot of it onscreen these days: Everything from the "Bourne" pictures to "Rachel Getting Married" to the forthcoming Mickey Rourke picture "The Wrestler" is shot with hand-held...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Charlie Kaufman, Movies, John Malkovich, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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'Synecdoche, New York' (3 1/2 stars!) stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams
Tribune criticMost movies fling an audience from A to B to C so that the typical customer response to the average studio product—"Well, it was OK"—is elicited and there's a few more ducats in the coffers at the end of the day and no hard feelings. Being...Tags: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charlie Kaufman, Movies, Celebrity, Evanston
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'What Just Happened' stars Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Catherine Keener
Chicago Tribune criticIf relaxation were an automatic cinematic virtue, we'd have the comedy of the year in director Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened." Small, mild, easy to watch and easier to forget, this adaptation of producer Art Linson's Hollywood memoirs has the...Tags: Bruce Willis, Movies, Paul Mazursky, Stanley Tucci, Alec Baldwin
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