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Full of the strange
5 December 2009 4:09 PM, PST
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In September Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland. He faces extradition to the Us, having fled the States in 1978 to avoid being sentenced for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The debate about the case has raged ever since. Martin Amis was the first writer to interview Polanski after his flight, meeting him in Paris in 1979 for a magazine article. Here, we publish the encounter in full
When I was being driven to the police station from the hotel, the car radio was already talking about it. The newsmen were calling the police before I was arrested to see whether they can break the news. I couldn't believe… I thought, you know, I was going to wake up from it. I realise, if I have killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls.
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- Martin Amis
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Martyn’s Top Ten Vampire Films
11 November 2009 7:43 AM, PST
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The vampire has been a key figure in folklore, literature, television and cinema. Its popularity, at present, has never been so high. It is easy to see the appeal: immortality and sex. Since death is the fate that awaits us all, a creature that we invent and imbue with an indeterminate lifespan, captivates the collective imagination like no other. Due to sexual liberalism and relaxed censorship of the 1960s, the erotic sensibilities inherent in the mythology were allowed to fruition in cinema. What once was implied, could now be shown in all its sexy glory (see the films of Jean Rollin). Gothic horror and romanticism may be the classic home of the vampire, but in cinema, they have found a new place to spread wider-reaching nightmares.
In recent times, the everlasting monster has been tamed. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga saw them turn into something akin to vegetarians and teen heart-throbs,
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- Martyn Conterio
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Twilight on Broadway
23 October 2009 11:52 PM, PDT
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Imagine this: You sit anxiously squirming in your red plush seat having vivid flashbacks to years ago when you were first introduced to the love story that shaped your life. Your thoughts jump around from your first impressions of seeing Twilight (2008) in the theaters to your first Twilight convention where you waited in line for three hours to get Kellan Lutz's autograph. As memories fill your existence, the sound of the harp accompanied with the graceful upbeat sounds of the piano begin to play the opening score to Twilight on Broadway... Throughout time, Broadway and Hollywood have worked closely, sharing performers, scripts, and scores. Actors dream of starring on Broadway and this month alone you can walk down 42nd Street and find Daniel Craig, Jude Law, Sienna Miller, and Hugh Jackman pouring their souls out in nightly sold out performances. Besides sharing actors, Broadway and Hollywood work together and
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- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
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Jenn Colella, David Balderamma, and Timothy Among Those To Work With Aspiring Musical Theatre Performers In The Musical Theater Conservatory Program
4 September 2009 2:40 PM, PDT
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Aspiring musical theatre performers from all over the world will have the opportunity to work with a Broadway veteran faculty in the Musical Theater Conservatory Program at the New York Film Academy, merging stage and screen with cutting-edge movie musical opportunities.
Additional faculty announcements include Jenn Colella (High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy), Lisa Mandel (Sunset Boulevard, Producers, Mamma Mia!), David Balderamma (In The Heights, Movin? Out, Saturday Night Fever), Robin Irwin (Titanic, Grease, Dance of the Vampires), Stephanie Kurtzuba (Billy Eliott, Boy From Oz, Mary Poppins), Dan Johnson and Timothy Smith (Aida, Sweet Charity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
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Neil Gaiman Says Vampire Movies Should Go Back "Underground"
30 August 2009 12:33 PM, PDT
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Vampire movies had been out of vogue since the '90s, taking a "dirt nap" until 2008's Twilight regurgitated them back into popular culture in a big way. Now there's a whole host of vampire-themed movies and TV shows to choose from, supplanting this decade's zombie fixation with their pale-skinned supernatural brethren.
Fantasy author and movie producer Neil Gaiman (Coraline, Stardust) was recently asked about the importance of vampires in cinema, and he ultimately said that vampire movies should go back to the grave from whence they came. Gaiman gave credence to a few vampire movies, however, which he said helped to broaden the genre. One movie Gaiman cited was Roman Polanski's Dance of the Vampires (1967), which called into question the long-established belief that vampires are afraid of crosses.
Dance of the Vampires has that wonderful moment where Alfie Bass as the Jewish innkeeper has been bitten and transformed by the vampires.
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- BrentJS Sprecher
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Vampires Jump the Shark! (Thanks, Twilight)
13 August 2009 9:45 PM, PDT
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Remember when Hollywood vampires were indie cool? Think TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Roman Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers.
But then Twilight arrived. And Robert Pattinson assaulted our senses with his everywhere-ness. And fanggirls assaulted our senses with their everywhere-ness at Comic-Con.
And finally, overkill of overkills: Starting Friday, people are going to fork over their hard-earned allowances for tickets to Bandslam—Bandslam!—just to see the new trailer for New Moon.
It's over. Hollywood vampires have jumped the shark. Thanks to the Twilight Saga, they are too big to be indie. They are too hot to be cool. They are a blasted water-ski attraction. Just like
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Polanski Lands Lifetime Honour
4 August 2009 12:16 PM, PDT
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Controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival in September.
Organisers will present the Polish-born director with the Golden Eye for his contributions to film at the 27 September ceremony.
He will also take part in a workshop discussing his work, prior to a retrospective of his films during the festival's annual A Tribute to... series.
Polanski's featured works will include his cinematic debut, 1962's Knife in the Water, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Frantic, Death & the Maiden and his 2003 hit The Pianist.
Just last year, controversy surrounding the director led discussion at the festival when organisers screened Marina Zenovich's documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired - about the moviemaker's refusal to return to the U.S. since he fled in 1977 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
The A Tribute to... series has previously honoured filmmakers including Oliver Stone and Stephen Frears.
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Terrifyingly Gnarly #13: Sam Gets Rad at Tribeca
13 May 2009 4:02 AM, PDT
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This year I was awarded with my first experience at a fully robust film festival. I’ve been to the occasional movie screening or two, but unfortunately have never managed to get to multiple flicks at one particular event. So it is with great excitement that I can relay to you a roundup of the movies I was lucky enough to attend at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Cropsey
If you’ve checked out my piece on the film (read it here), which I naturally encourage you to do, the sheer enthusiasm I have for this documentary is likely obvious. When I initially read the concept (filmmakers investigating their own hometown’s urban legend), I almost expected a ghost hunter kind of thing and wasn’t too hip to it. Thankfully, Cropsey is much smarter, more intriguing and more heartbreaking than a first person hunt for ghouls.
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Movies That Deserve a Second Life: Comedy Edition
5 April 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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Welcome to another edition of Movies That Deserve a Second Life. If you need a refresher on what I’m referring to by “second life,” check out the Action/Adventure Edition. If you’re caught up, read on to see what funny flics I felt were unfairly ignored/disliked upon its release or have been forgotten in the years since its release.
Comedy is almost certainly the most subjective of all genres. What makes one person laugh is guaranteed to make another yawn or wrinkle his/her brow. Some find juvenilia in poor taste while others bust a gut. Everyone claims to have a sense of humor, but almost no one enjoys every type of humor there is, from dry wit and pungent satire to bodily fluid gags and intentionally groan-worthy puns. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say that no one (besides myself) will be satisfied with every choice.
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- Matt Medlock
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