(Editor’s Note: Allison graces The Lobby for the first time in a while — and we love it. Wanna know where she’s been? Keep reading…)
I have finally returned from a short stint in South Africa. And I come back not just with stories of baboons breaking into our place and stealing food, but also with […]
One of the great film sites today is The Auteurs, and one of their superb features is a monthly offering of free online movies from the Criterion Collection. Their current half-dozen freebies are from the catalogue of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, and I’ve listed them below.
Click on any title to reach The Auteurs’ viewing […]
Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, one of the most beloved movies of the past decade, is experiencing some major static — in the city where it takes place. Slumdog opens in the Indian city of Mumbai tomorrow, and you’d think the populace would go ballistic over such an enormously winning story. But not so.
The major criticism […]
If you’ve already enjoyed our Quantum of Solace UK quad poster, here’s another for you Daniel Craig admirers, and it’s a hell of a lot more somber. The film is Defiance, based on the Nechama Tec bookabout three Jewish brothers during the Nazi slaughter in 1941 Eastern Europe, and their desperate fight to survival that turns into […]
If you haven’t yet discovered the movie site The Autuers, you’re in for a tremendous treat. Still in private beta, this newer site is an exciting library of film history, specializing in special interest, independent and international cinema categories. Their current homepage, for example, includes ”innovative documentaries,” “Latin cinema” and “The impact of the French New Wave.”
To celebrate the Tellruide Film Festival, The […]
