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The Alamo Guide for December 10th!

10 December 2009 3:29 PM, PST | OriginalAlamo.com | See recent AlamoDrafthouseCinema news »

The Alamo Guide

for December 10th, 2009 If you’re at the S. Lamar theater this weekend, and you see a bunch of groggy ass, smelly, crazy-looking people wandering out of the theater around noon on Sunday, don’t worry. They won’t hurt you, they will have just sat through a full 24 hours plus of movies and they’ll be in desperate need of sleep. I’ll be one of them. It’ll be awesomely exhausting! Aside from that, if you got tickets already (if not, toooo bad), you can see the folks from Broken Lizard with their newest film The Slammin’ Salmon, but the most important thing that you should do is Go See Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans!!! Yes, the name is long, and the trailer makes it look kind of silly, but the hype over at Alamo Headquarters is ridiculous and the few people in …

- caitlin

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Old Ass Movies: Some Like It Hot

6 December 2009 5:59 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: Some Like It Hot (1959) If you've been paying attention, this is two Billy Wilder films in a row for Old Ass Movies. It's also the second Wilder film in a row to feature Jack Lemmon. I had high praise for The Apartment last week, so this week I wanted to take a look at an early incarnation of that relationship. Where Billy Wilder put Lemmon in a dress. Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are two musicians who see a mob murder and decide to go into hiding in an all-female band headed for sunny Florida. The gorgeous Sugar Kane Kowalcyk (Marilyn Monroe) is part of the troupe, which might just be two good reasons to stay in hiding. Jerry ends up playing the ultimate wing man …

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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Just announced! The Alamo Ritz New Year’s Eve Bash: The Apartment!

3 December 2009 12:55 PM, PST | OriginalAlamo.com | See recent AlamoDrafthouseCinema news »

Our second annual New Year’s celebration of classic cinema, cocktails and cuisine at The Ritz!!

2008’s screening of After The Thin Man was a true extravaganza, bringing together an incredible drinking/dining experience with one of the greatest film’s of Hollywood’s golden era. This year, we’re stepping it up with the flat-out greatest New Year’s film in the world: Billy Wilder’s 1960 masterpiece The Apartment, a brilliantly written, fast-paced, heartbreakingly hilarious adventure of a poor schlub (a young, bumbling Jack Lemmon) who just can’t steer things right to fall into the good graces of the most wonderful woman in town (a young, unbelievably charming Shirley MacLaine). In his way are an innumerable number of comic obstacles, including the great Fred MacMurray and Ray Walston as self-serving high-rollers content to kick dirt in the face of anyone who crosses them.

It’s a gorgeously shot, …

- zack

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Old Ass Movies: The Apartment

29 November 2009 1:27 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: The Apartment (1960) Earlier in the year, a movie about a mall security guard chasing down a pervert came out to the mixed reactions of people shouting "genius!" from the back row and others shouting obscenities from somewhere near the middle. Observe and Report is the natural heir to a new lineage of dramatic comedies that has sprouted in the past decade (much to the horror of film marketers who have only two presets). The movement of comedic dramas or dramatic comedies has been a strong one, especially for audiences that got tired of the strict separation of the two that took place in the 1990s - sprinkled with a healthy dose of romantic comedies that required a box of tissues. Much like the great prognosticator of trends that …

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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An Education From Oliver Stone

6 October 2009 8:19 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

From left: An Education star Carey Mulligan and Maggie GyllenhaalLast night, after the New York premiere of An Education, Oliver Stone asked me what I thought of Carey Mulligan's hair. As Jenny, the precocious English schoolgirl she plays in Lone Scherfig's film, Mulligan wore her hair long and dark, but she had since cut it pixie-short and dyed it red. Stone has cast her in Wall Street 2, which is currently filming in Manhattan. Having seen her triumphant performance at Sundance in An Education (which took home that festival's top award), Stone had no doubt that she could act, but he was curious to know what people would make of the 'do she'll have in his film. "Some people say it looks like Audrey Hepburn," said Stone, "but it's more Shirley MacLaine" in The Apartment. It was Maggie Gyllenhaal who reccomended that Mulligan chop it all off. "Carey looks hot, …

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September. It's a Wrap

30 September 2009 8:59 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

I'm going to try to kick things back up several notches starting October 5th. Consider it the Fall Season Premiere of Tfe. In case you missed anything from September, a slightly sparse month, here's a little 'best of'

A scene from Lars and the DeGlam Girl

"Can we talk about the abuse in your movies?"

Before There Were Websites "movies of the 80s" a scrapbook discovered

Lights, Camera, Sew! Project Runway and Costume Design in movies

"Caution: District 9" Middle America: Fear of the Shaky Cam

Cate Blanchett, Blanket Stealer Glenn wondered what she was wearing?

Tiff through the eyes of three Tfe contributors: Up in the Air, Antichrist, Precious and more. Our most Tiff coverage ever.

Emily Mortimer and... Teresa Wright? The Departed at the movies

I Dream of Vera Farmiga ...and ignore her (oops)

Oprah Live Mariah Carey kicks off Oscar campaign. Really

Nine Reactions two views of …

- NATHANIEL R

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Mm@M: The Apartment (1960)

22 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Mad Men at the Movies: We've been talking about the movies and film stars referenced in the two-time Emmy winning (yay!) 1960s set series. Previously name-checked: Gidget,Wizard of Oz, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Natalie Wood, Joan Crawford, Marty and Grace Kelly

1.10 "The Long Weekend"

Sterling (John Slattery) proposes a public date with Joanie (Christina Hendricks) since his wife Mona will be out of town for Labor Day weekend. Sterling proposes dinner, naked. Joanie isn't playing this particular conversational foreplay game. Her frustration with their affair is starting to show.Joanie: How about a movie? Have you seen The Apartment?

Sterling: I went last week with Mona and Margaret.

Joanie: I hear Shirley Maclaine is good.

Sterling: Oh please, a white elevator operator? And a girl at that? I want to work at that place!

Joanie: [turning on him] Oh, I bet you do. The way those men treated that poor girl, handing her …

- NATHANIEL R

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'Up In The Air' Reviewed At The Toronto International Film Festival

12 September 2009 8:04 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Far closer in spirit and structure to his debut flick, "Thank You for Smoking," than "Juno," Jason Reitman's latest effort clearly is a step up in his increasingly exciting film career. Undeniably moving and heartfelt, "Up in the Air" is one of the year's best and a surefire awards contender for George Clooney, Reitman, and perhaps Vera Farmiga.

The film has been scorching through Toronto, leaving virtually everyone who's seen it gushing about it as the best thing since Billy Wilder helmed "The Apartment." Okay, maybe not That much gushing but close.

"The Apartment" comparison is actually a pretty apt one. There's a confidence and yes even grace to the filmmaking here that's altogether shocking to see in a big studio release. That being said, I'm here to temper your enthusiasm just a tad. Calm down, "Up in the Air" is a lot of things great. It's smart. It's …

- Josh Horowitz

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Chris Lemmon: The Hollywood Interview

9 June 2009 12:28 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Actor and author Chris Lemmon.

Chris Lemmon Sheds Light On Jack Lemmon: The Man Behind The Magic

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Alex Simon

Contrary to popular belief, not all movie stars’ offspring had dysfunctional lives filled with drug abuse, domestic violence and self-destruction. Some children of stars have even gone on to live “normal” lives outside of La-la land, and hold their famous parents in high esteem. Take the case of Chris Lemmon. Born June 22, 1954 in L.A., Chris is the son of two-time Oscar winning actor Jack Lemmon and actress Cynthia Stone. Although his parents divorced when he was young, Chris remained close to both throughout their lives and penned a tribute to his father, (who passed in 2001) called A Twist of Lemmon in 2006, published by Algonquin Books.

A successful actor in his own right and a graduate of Cal Arts, Chris Lemmon most recently has collaborated with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment …

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Scenes We Love: Two Mules for Sister Sara

28 February 2009 12:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Shirley MacLaine rises higher and higher in my esteem with every passing year, and every modern attempt at a zany heroine falls flat. Seeing her at the Oscars made me realize how low the standard has fallen, and it made me want to watch The Apartment or Two Mules for Sister Sara for the dozenth time. Doing a "Scenes We Love" is the next best thing.

I really wish Two Mules for Sister Sara would enjoy a pop-culture revival, and a remastered DVD. Not only does it have a fabulous (and largely forgotten) theme by Ennio Morricone, but Sara is the kind of heroine all modern rom-com girls aspire too. She's tough, she's smart, she's trilingual, and she's filled with fervor for the Mexican revolution. She wisely plays the victim in order to keep Hogan around, but he ends up needing her as much as she needs his gun and tracking skills. …

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Oscar Week: The Best Best Actresses

18 February 2009 5:22 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

It's likely that the Oscar has gone to the wrong performance in the Best Actress category more times than it has for Best Actor. You won't find Bette Davis here for All About Eve, or Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard; they were both beaten by Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday.

There's no Shirley Maclaine for The Apartment, no Sigourney Weaver for either good Alien performance, no Angela Bassett for What's Love Got to Do With It?, no Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth, and no Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Just think of how different this list would look only counting those oversights.

But here are our rankings of the best performances to ever win Best Actress. Debate away...

1 - Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1981)

I'll make this really simple. There has never been a better female actor in film than Meryl Streep. Making the argument against it …

- Colin Boyd

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The Ultimate Guide to TCM's 31 Days of Oscar Begins Here

31 January 2009 5:56 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

From this Sunday, February 1 through Tuesday, March 3 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) begins their annual 31 Days of Oscar, which brings you night after night of Oscar winning and nominated films uncut and commercial free on TCM and I have put together for you a mini guide for films to look for each day so you can either sit down and enjoy them as they play or set your DVR to record them for later. Either way, this is a great way to knock off so many of those classic films from your must see list. First, how about the TCM video montage preview. Can you name the films?

Now, for the full schedule you can click here to download the Pdf or you can browse TCM's online calendar at the 31 Days of Oscar official site. Because one thing is for sure, even though I list films for every single day below …

- Brad Brevet

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Blu-ray Review: Being There

18 January 2009 11:37 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

This was the first time I had ever seen Hal Ashby's Being There and it didn't take long for me to begin asking myself just how in the hell Forrest Gump earned so much praise 15 years after this film was released when this film does it better than Gump ever could have. Yet, the Tom Hanks starring Gump goes on to win six Oscars while Being There is reserved for those that remember there were films made before the birth of the Internet and they still hold a greater value than most any film made today could. Sure, Being There went on to win an Oscar for Melvyn Douglas in a supporting role, but the fact many will never see this film is just a shame. In his second to last film role, Peter Sellers stars as the slow-witted Chance a man who finds himself left to his own …

- Brad Brevet

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