Summer is coming, and what better way to languish away in the hot heat than poolside with Alain Delon and Romy Schneider? They star together with Maurice Ronet and Jane Birkin in Jacques Deray’s 1969 thriller “La Piscine,” a volley of sexual jealousies and resentments between four people vacationing in the Côte d’Azur, which provides the perfect backdrop to simmering psychosexual tensions. One of the biggest box office successes in France of all time, “La Piscine” is getting a re-release from Rialto Pictures this summer, kicking off with a two-week exclusive run at Film Forum in New York beginning May 14. Then, the restoration will begin a national rollout.
In “La Piscine,” Jean-Paul and Marianne (Delon and Schneider) are spending an idyllic holiday together at a luxurious villa near St. Tropez, loaned to them by a friend. Their sensual solitude is interrupted by the impromptu arrival of their mutual friend Harry,...
In “La Piscine,” Jean-Paul and Marianne (Delon and Schneider) are spending an idyllic holiday together at a luxurious villa near St. Tropez, loaned to them by a friend. Their sensual solitude is interrupted by the impromptu arrival of their mutual friend Harry,...
- 4/30/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
It’s definitely been a week for good-byes.
My daughters and I spent the weekend in the beautiful, still somewhat quaint small town of Auburn, California, helping to lay to rest and celebrate the life of my dear aunt Mary Pascuzzi, my fraternal grandmother’s sister, who was the centered matriarch of her own family and a stabilizing force for all of us in her extended family as well. She, and my grandmother, were big fans of classic-era American movies and enthusiastically encouraged my interest, just one reason why they’re both held dear in my heart and in my memory. And being Italian, they both had more than a casual interest in The Godfather when it came out in 1972. I remember my aunt Mary talking to me about having seen it and wondering, me at the ripe old age of 12, if I’d had a chance to go yet.
My daughters and I spent the weekend in the beautiful, still somewhat quaint small town of Auburn, California, helping to lay to rest and celebrate the life of my dear aunt Mary Pascuzzi, my fraternal grandmother’s sister, who was the centered matriarch of her own family and a stabilizing force for all of us in her extended family as well. She, and my grandmother, were big fans of classic-era American movies and enthusiastically encouraged my interest, just one reason why they’re both held dear in my heart and in my memory. And being Italian, they both had more than a casual interest in The Godfather when it came out in 1972. I remember my aunt Mary talking to me about having seen it and wondering, me at the ripe old age of 12, if I’d had a chance to go yet.
- 7/23/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Lionsgate has closed a deal for an untitled pitch by Matt Johnson, with Temple Hill‘s Marty Bowen producing. It’s an action movie centering around a group of U.S. Marines who start a high-stakes business venture when they return home from Afghanistan. Temple Hill is producing Tracers, the Daniel Benmayor-directed film that Johnson co-wrote, which stars Taylor Lautner. Johnson also recently did production work on The Huntdown for Echo Lake. His pilot The Outside Man is in contention for a slot at USA. Johnson is repped by UTA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment.
- 8/9/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
By Allen Gardner
The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...
The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...
- 7/9/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
In its second full development cycle, Working Title Television has sold six series projects in broadcast and cable. This is the largest slate in the 21-month history of the TV production company, a joint venture between NBCUniversal International and Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner that in July tapped Daniel Pipski as its new head. Four of Working Title TV’s six projects are at NBC and Universal Television, which have a first-look deal with the company through the joint venture arrangement: dramas We, The Potters written by David Sussman, McMafia written by Matt Johnson & John Turman and Gypsy Tea Room written by Chris Monger, and comedy My Nuclear Family penned by Lucy Dahl. Universal TV also produces The Outside Man, a light drama Working Title TV has in the works at NBCU’s flagship cable network USA with Matt Johnson and John Turman writing. The company’s remaining project,...
- 11/16/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
'Actors We Miss' is a weekly series that pauses to remember and celebrate the career of a great talent who's passed away, highlighting what made him or her unique, and why their absence is so keenly felt. Look for it every Friday.
The high-pressure world of a ballet dancer on the verge of stardom -- and possibly a nervous breakdown -- is examined in harrowing and dazzling fashion by director Darren Aronofsky in 'Black Swan,' which opens in limited release today. Natalie Portman plays the dancer, a high-strung perfectionist with tremendous technical talent who is driven to new highs (and lows) by the ballet company's artistic director, portrayed by Vincent Cassel at his sinister and charming best. The movie, and Portman's performance, are so good that they leave one reeling to recall equivalent films and lead roles. And that takes us back to the...
'Actors We Miss' is a weekly series that pauses to remember and celebrate the career of a great talent who's passed away, highlighting what made him or her unique, and why their absence is so keenly felt. Look for it every Friday.
The high-pressure world of a ballet dancer on the verge of stardom -- and possibly a nervous breakdown -- is examined in harrowing and dazzling fashion by director Darren Aronofsky in 'Black Swan,' which opens in limited release today. Natalie Portman plays the dancer, a high-strung perfectionist with tremendous technical talent who is driven to new highs (and lows) by the ballet company's artistic director, portrayed by Vincent Cassel at his sinister and charming best. The movie, and Portman's performance, are so good that they leave one reeling to recall equivalent films and lead roles. And that takes us back to the...
- 12/3/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Moviefone
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
'Actors We Miss' is a weekly series that pauses to remember and celebrate the career of a great talent who's passed away, highlighting what made him or her unique, and why their absence is so keenly felt. Look for it every Friday.
The high-pressure world of a ballet dancer on the verge of stardom -- and possibly a nervous breakdown -- is examined in harrowing and dazzling fashion by director Darren Aronofsky in 'Black Swan,' which opens in limited release today. Natalie Portman plays the dancer, a high-strung perfectionist with tremendous technical talent who is driven to new highs (and lows) by the ballet company's artistic director, portrayed by Vincent Cassel at his sinister and charming best. The movie, and Portman's performance, are so good that they leave one reeling to recall equivalent films and lead roles. And that takes us back to the...
'Actors We Miss' is a weekly series that pauses to remember and celebrate the career of a great talent who's passed away, highlighting what made him or her unique, and why their absence is so keenly felt. Look for it every Friday.
The high-pressure world of a ballet dancer on the verge of stardom -- and possibly a nervous breakdown -- is examined in harrowing and dazzling fashion by director Darren Aronofsky in 'Black Swan,' which opens in limited release today. Natalie Portman plays the dancer, a high-strung perfectionist with tremendous technical talent who is driven to new highs (and lows) by the ballet company's artistic director, portrayed by Vincent Cassel at his sinister and charming best. The movie, and Portman's performance, are so good that they leave one reeling to recall equivalent films and lead roles. And that takes us back to the...
- 12/3/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
To some delicate souls it might seem a trifle peculiar and even off-putting that the man who directed the 1980 Maniac, an exploitation picture that many considered beyond the pale in its creepy misogyny and all-around anti-social intensity, should now be invited to curate, as they say, a series at the Lower East Side temple of art cinema, Anthology Film Archives. But anyone with even a passing familiarity with the eclectic, subversive aesthetic of the Archive and its founder Jonas Mekas—the visionary who championed Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures back when it was considered by many to be not only not art, but thoroughly pernicious and irredeemable trash by any "decent" standard—would not be in the least surprised. Director and DVD entrepreneur William Lustig, founder of the groundbreaking DVD label Blue Underground, has made it his mission in life in recent years to enlighten movie lovers of all stripe...
- 8/9/2010
- MUBI
Joe Dante presenting "The Movie Orgy" in L.A., a rare stateside appearance of Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda for a retrospective in New York and the Fantastic Fest in Austin are just a few of the events that serve as the perfect antidote for the endless stream of summertime sequels and toy-based franchises.
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92Y Tribeca
While the 92Y Tribeca is taking a well-deserved break in August, the cinema space comes roaring back in September, beginning with hosting the Fifth Annual NYC Shorts Festival (Sept. 10-13), followed by a late night "Labyrinth" sing-along complete with trivia and a costume contest (Sept. 25-26), and a Michael Winterbottom double bill of "Code 46" and "24 Hour Party People" (Sept. 30)...In October, the 92Y Tribeca will premiere "Zombie Girl: The Movie" (Oct. 2), the doc about 12-year-old filmmaker Emily Hagins and her quest to make a zombie movie, followed by hosting the Iron...
More Fall Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
[Breakout Performances]
92Y Tribeca
While the 92Y Tribeca is taking a well-deserved break in August, the cinema space comes roaring back in September, beginning with hosting the Fifth Annual NYC Shorts Festival (Sept. 10-13), followed by a late night "Labyrinth" sing-along complete with trivia and a costume contest (Sept. 25-26), and a Michael Winterbottom double bill of "Code 46" and "24 Hour Party People" (Sept. 30)...In October, the 92Y Tribeca will premiere "Zombie Girl: The Movie" (Oct. 2), the doc about 12-year-old filmmaker Emily Hagins and her quest to make a zombie movie, followed by hosting the Iron...
- 8/5/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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