The casting of Ravenna’s nemesis was slightly trickier than finding her pursuer. The filmmakers were searching for an actress who could capture both sides of the archetypal character: the innocence, naiveté and tenderness that Snow White demonstrates in the first half of our story, and the tough, physical warrior princess that she becomes in the […]
Oscar Artists: Rattigan, Terence–Writer
March 6, 2012 by
Beginning as a writer of light comedies, Rattigan became more determined to write more serious dramas after the Second World War; the most famous of which are The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952), and Separate Tables (1954).
Sayles, John: From the Pen of…Anthology Series
February 2, 2012 by
Starting this calendar, Anthology inaugurates an ongoing series called FROM THE PEN OF… to spotlight that brutally neglected figure most often forgotten in the filmmaking process, namely the screenwriter. Famously devalued by cinephiles more prone to celebrating auteurs and actors, screenwriters are rarely honored with the likes of critical studies or repertory retrospectives.
Wiseman, Frederick: Profile of Seminal Documentarian
February 2, 2012 by
Frederick Wiseman has made 37 documentaries and 2 fiction films. Among his documentaries are Titicut Follies, Welfare, Public Housing, Near Death, La Comédie Française ou l’Amour Joué, and La Danse—Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris.
Oscar Directors: Spielberg–Master Showman, PGA Honoree
January 20, 2012 by
When Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” opened in the summer of ’75, it marked a huge change. It gave birth to the modern summer blockbuster, as we know it. But the impact of Spielberg, who is 65, this year’s Producers Guild of America’s David O. Selznick honoree for lifetime achievement was immediate, and “Jaws” was followed by another great films, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” in 1977 (released the same year as “Star Wars”).
