Let’s Talk Cinema: The 2000s
I can close my eyes and almost feel it—the scent of buttery popcorn, the sound of quiet whispers, the rustle ...
Tag: Roman Polanski
HBO’s ‘Faye’ Should Have Gone Deeper
The first indication of potential trouble regarding HBO’s documentary on the legendary actress Faye Dunaway (simply titled Faye) was something ...
Robert Towne: The Screenwriter of the Auteur Era
It is not even a slight overstatement to say that Robert Towne is one of the handful or greatest screenwriters ...
Burt Young Did Not “Sweat You,” But He Did Sweat
It’s quite easy, and even understandable, to reduce the career of Burt Young down to his most famous role: Paulie ...
Venice Dispatch – That’s a Wrap
In hindsight I was never going to get any of it right. Predicting festival awards is in itself an exercise ...
The Oscars Put to the Test – How to Separate the Art from the Behavior
The first question people asked me when the Harvey Weinstein story broke was whether the Academy was prepared to start ...
Polanski to direct Venus in Fur — in French
When Venus in Fur was nominated for a Tony Award and won a slew of NY awards including a Tony ...
Jodie Foster Talks God of Carnage
Thanks to Kevin for the link to these first images from the film, available at Empire. In an interview with ...
FIPRESCI Names The Ghost Writer the Best Film of the Year
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS A BIG SPOILER In Contention's Guy Lodge reports that the FIPRESCI has chosen Roman Polanski's brilliant ...
Cinema Paranoia: Roman Polanski and Ghosts
How do we start talking about Roman Polanski? His most recent film, The Ghost Writer, was upstaged and rendered obsolete ...
2026 Oscars — Podcast Alert: Frontrunners and Challengers, Episode 5
There is a missing episode three but I lost count and got confused so, here is Episode Three. But don't...
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