Showing posts with label 2021. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2021. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
On this day in movie history - Fear and Loathing in Aspen (2021):
Fear and Loathing in Aspen
directed and written
by Bobby Kennedy III,
was released in the United States on July 23, 2021.
Music by Wayne Kramer.
Music by Wayne Kramer.
Jay Bulger, Cheryl Hines,
Laird Macintosh, Amaryllis Fox, Maxwell Loeb, Emily Garnet, Lincoln Nemeth, Paul
Morgan, James Chambers, Henry Dills, Mac Hedges, Dabbs Anderson, Danny Power, Bobby
Kennedy III, Weston Cage Coppola, Blair Carlyle, Carlo Lombardi, Kick Kennedy, Alexis
Kelley, Charlie Oldman, Peyton Morse, Uma von Wittkamp, Maggie Nixon, Tage
Plantell, Maya Ferrario, Micah Flamm, John Harper, Blake Lindsley, Damian Lund.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
On this day in movie history - Pig (2021):
Pig
directed and written by
Michael
Sarnoski,
based on a story by Vanessa Block and Michael
Sarnoski,
was released in the United States on July 16, 2021.
Music by Alexis Grapsas and Philip Klein.
Cast:
Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Cassandra Violet, Julia Bray, Elijah
Ungvary, Beth Harper, Brian Sutherland, David Shaughnessy, Gretchen Corbett, Sean
Tarjyoto, Darius Pierce, Kevin Michael Moore, Tom Walton, Davis King, Nina
Belforte, David Knell, Adam Arkin, Dana Millican, Dalene Young, October Moore, Brandy
(the pig), Cody Burns, Parker Green, Carlo Hernandez, Josh C. Logan, Kent W.
Luttrell, Anita Marier, Troy Oelke, Baka Prase, Bill Salfelder, Jamie Martin
Stewart, Kieran Thomas, Daniel Vasic, Christian Wilson.
Sunday, July 6, 2025
On this day in movie history - The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021):
The Story of Film: A New Generation
a two-part documentary directed and written
by Mark Cousins,
was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on
July 6, 2021.
Narrated by Mark Cousins.
Friday, June 13, 2025
On this day in movie history - With/In (2021):
With/In
Anthology in two volumes.
Segment titles:
Coco and Gigi. I’m
Listening. In the Air. Intersection. Leap. Mother! Neighborhood Watch. Nuts. One
Night Stand. Shell Game. Still Life. Touching. Twenty Questions.
Directed by:
Jonathan Cake, Bill Camp,
Chris Cooper, Griffin Dunne, Bart Freundlich, Gina Gershon, Sebastian Gutierrez,
Sanaa Lathan, Elizabeth Marvel, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Nivola, Rosie Perez, Maya
Singer, Morgan Spector, Mickey Sumner.
Written by:
Portia A. Buckley, Jonathan
Cake, Griffin Dunne, Bart Freundlich, Gina Gershon, Sebastian Gutierrez, Arliss
Howard, Marianne Leone, Michael Lindley, Margaret Nagle, Sam Nivola, Zonia
Pelensky, Rosie Perez, Maya Singer.
Released at the Tribeca
Film Festival in the United States.
Volume 1 shown on June
13, 2021.
Volume 2 shown on June 14,
2021.
Cast:
Talia Balsam, Don
Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Justina Machado, Julianne Moore, Rosie
Perez, Maya Singer, Morgan Spector, Taj Swaminathan-Sipp, Adrianne Palicki, Elizabeth
Marvel, Carla Gugino, Gina Gershon, Emily Mortimer, Debra Winger, Alessandro
Nivola, Julianne Nicholson, Griffin Dunne, Chris Cooper, Bill Camp, Jonathan
Cake, Arliss Howard, Trudie Styler, Mickey Sumner, Sam Nivola, Marianne Leone, Fuschia
Sumner, May Nivola, Zonia Pelensky, Phoebe Cake, Iggy Cake, Silas Camp.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Recommended reading - Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, by Eddie Muller (2021):
Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir
by Eddie Muller (2021).
Revised and Expanded
Edition.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
ISBN: 9780762498970
ISBN-10: 0762498978
Description:
This revised and
expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible,
taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in
a definitive, highly illustrated volume.
Named by The Hollywood
Reporter one of the "100 Greatest Film Books of All Time!"
Dark City expands with
new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the
mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who
created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights
as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of
Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through
treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art,
politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new
approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.
Friday, May 2, 2025
Recommended reading - Golden Age Detective Stories (2021):
Golden Age Detective Stories
Edited by Otto Penzler.
Published by American
Mystery Classics.
Published 2021.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1613162162
ISBN-13: 978-1613162163
Description:
"In addition to
well-known contributors, such as Ellery Queen and Erle Stanley Gardner, Penzler
presents memorable tales from the lesser-known [...] This sampler is an easy
gateway to other volumes in this high-quality series." – Publishers
Weekly.
"For some readers,
the book will be a walk down memory lane, or a way to reconnect with writers
they haven’t visited in a while; for others, it’s a wonderful introduction to
some new writers―people who not only excelled at mystery fiction, but who also
helped create and define the genre. The book belongs on the shelf of any true
mystery fan, and in the collection of every library’s mystery section." – Booklist.
"Exemplary." –
Kirkus.
The greatest detectives
of the Golden Age investigate the most puzzling crimes of the era.
Sometimes, the police
aren’t the best suited to solve a crime. Depending on the case, you may find
that a retired magician, a schoolteacher, a Broadway producer, or a nun have
the necessary skills to suss out a killer. Or, in other cases, a blind veteran,
or a publisher, or a hard-drinking attorney, or a mostly-sober attorney… or,
indeed, any sort of detective you could think of might be able to best the
professionals when it comes to comprehending strange and puzzling murders.
At least, that’s what
the authors from the Golden Age of American mystery fiction would have you
think. For decades in the middle of the twentieth century, the country’s
best-selling authors produced delightful tales in which all types of eccentrics
used rarified knowledge to interpret confounding clues. And for even longer, in
the decades that have followed, these characters have continued to entertain
new audiences with every new generation that discovers them.
Edgar
Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler selects some of the greatest American
short stories from era. With authors including Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts
Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Anthony Boucher, this
collection is a treat for those who know and love this celebrated period in
literary history, and a great introduction to its best writers for the
uninitiated. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
On this day in movie history - The Survivor (2021):
The Survivor
directed by Barry Levinson,
written by Justine
Juel Gillmer,
was released in the United States on April 27, 2022.
Based on the book Harry
Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano, by Alan Scott
Haft.
Also, the graphic novel The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft, by Reinhard Kleist.
Music by Hans Zimmer.
Also, the graphic novel The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft, by Reinhard Kleist.
Music by Hans Zimmer.
Ben Foster, Billy
Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, Saro Emirze, Danny DeVito, John
Leguizamo, Dar Zuzovsky, Laurent Papot, Paul Bates, Svetlana Kundish, Sonya
Cullingford, Michael Epp, Erik Contzius, Kingston Vernes, Sophie Knapp, Zachary
Golinger, Charles Brice, Scott Alexander Young, John Guerrasio, Pablo Raybould,
Amalina Ace, Bálint Magyar, Márk Szekulesz, Aaron Serotsky, Miklós Kapácsy,
Andrew Hefler, Kristóf Widder, Patrick McCullough, Peter Linka, Hans Peterson,
Katia Bokor, Stephen Saracco, Björn Freiberg, Nikos Brisco, Alan Jouban, Adam
Zambryzcki, András Kovács, Gábor Czap, Anthony Molinari, Zsolt Erdei, Zach
Anderson, Árpád Antolik, Attila Arpa, Marc Alan Austen, Jeff Burhans, Sandy
Burhans, Christian Carrigan, Jim Cleary, Karim Ghajji, Emerson Henley, Roderick
Hill, Ken Holmes, Zámbó István, Colton Langan, Perla Middleton, Robert Myers,
Cailyn Peddle, Peter Schueller, Marc Schöttner, Ferenc Iván Szabó, Balázs
Veres, Conor William Wright, Lauren Yaffe.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
On this day in movie history – Violet (2021):
Violet
directed and written by Justine Bateman,
was released at
the South by Southwest Film Festival in the United States on March 18, 2021.
Music by Vum.
Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey,
Justin Theroux, Dennis Boutsikaris, Erica Ash, Zachary Gordon, Todd Stashwick, Bonnie
Bedelia, Peter Jacobson, Jim O'Heir, Simon Quarterman, Laura San Giacomo, Rob
Benedict, Keith Powers, Cassandra Cardenes, Al Madrigal, Rain Phoenix, Steve
Agee, Anne Ramsay, Colleen Camp, Jason Dohring, Jordan Belfi, Federico Dordei, James
C. Victor, Matt Ingebretson, Liliana Mijangos, Brooklynn MacKinzie, Jakari
Fraser, Mason Wells, Kathleen Wilhoite, Annica Liljeblad, Joe D'Angerio, W. Tré
Davis, Erin Cantelo, Jack Nicholls, Antonio Raul Corbo, Nicole Gabriella
Scipione.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
On this day in movie history - Land (2021):
Land
directed by Robin
Wright,
written by Jesse Chatham and Erin
Dignam,
was released in the United States on February 12, 2021.
Music by Ben Sollee and Time
for Three.
Robin Wright, Demián
Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong,
Brad Leland, Jordan Bullchild, Dave Trimble, Rikki-Lynn Ward, Mia McDonald, Barb
Mitchell, Dennis Corrie, Valerie Planche, Laura Yenga, Randolph West, Darin
Grisdale, Darren Poirier, Thomas Komarniski, Shawn Loo, Edmund Gee, Maureen Bronner,
Matthew Godden, Jordan Gooden, Vattanak Khun, Bud Klasky, Faith Louissaint, Travis
Gordon Phillips, Mike Richards, Jill Maria Robinson, Daniel D'Angelo Sparks, Steve
Tsang, Travis Willier.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Recommended reading - Street with No Name (2021)
Street with No Name
A History of the Classic American Film Noir
By Andrew Dickos.
Published by The University Press of Kentucky.
Published 2021.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0813152194
ISBN-13: 978-0813152196
Description:
"The best book available on the genre of movies set in
the dark, wet streets of the urban US." – Choice.
"A concrete, concise study of noir against an
impressive historical vista that brings to light the complex relation between
alienation and obsession that makes up these films." – Rain Taxi Review.
"Dickos provides a sharp critical and psychological
evaluation of a genre that continues to mutate long after many pronounced it
dead." – Shepherd Express.
Andrew Dickos's Street with No Name traces the film
noir genre back to its roots in German expressionist cinema and the French
cinema of the interwar years. Dickos describes the development of the film noir
in America from 1941 through the 1970s and examines how this development
expresses a modern cinema. He argues that, in its most satisfying form, the
film noir exists as a series of conventions with an iconography and characters
of distinctive significance. Featuring stylized lighting and urban settings,
these films tell melodramatic narratives involving characters who commit crimes
predicated on destructive passions, corruption, and a submission to human
weakness and fate.
Unlike other studies of the noir, Street with No Name
follows its development in a loosely historical style that associates certain
noir directors with those features in their films that helped define the scope
of the genre. Dickos examines notable directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz
Lang, Otto Preminger, and Robert Siodmak. He also charts the genre's influence
on such celebrated postwar French filmmakers as Jean-Pierre Melville, Francois
Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard.
Addressing the aesthetic, cultural, political,
and social concerns depicted in the genre, Street with No Name
demonstrates how the film noir generates a highly expressive, raw, and violent
mood as it exposes the ambiguities of modern postwar society.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
On this day in television history - The Stand (2020–2021):
The Stand
9-episode mini-series.
Directed by Josh Boone, Bridget
Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, Chris Fisher, Vincenzo Natali and Tucker Gates.
Written by Stephen King,
Josh Boone, Benjamin Cavell, Jill Killington, Owen King, Knate Lee, Eric
Dickinson, Taylor Elmore.
Based on the novel by
Stephen King.
Released in the United
States on December 17, 2020 – February 11, 2021.
Music by Mike Mogis and Nate
Walcott.
Cast:
James
Marsden, Odessa Young, Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, Gordon Cormier, Amber
Heard, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Irene Bedard, Brad William Henke, Nat Wolff, Henrique
Zaga, Greg Kinnear, Nicholas Lea, Eion Bailey, Katherine McNamara, Olivia Cheng,
Fiona Dourif, Tarun Keram, Ezra Miller, Gabrielle Rose, Natalie Martinez, Jason
Burkart, Paul Jarrett, Mark Gibbon, Sunita Prasad, Seth Whittaker, Hamish
Linklater, Kendall Joy Hall, Daniel Sunjata, Cameron McDonald, Luis Javier, J.K.
Simmons, Kristy Dawn Dinsmore, Jennifer-Juniper Angeli, Curtiss Cook Jr., Angus
Sampson, Heather Graham, Spencer Drever, Reese Alexander, M.J. Kokolis, Primo
Allon, Harrison MacDonald, Nyla Alleyne, Clifton Collins Jr., Ariana Nica, Todd
Matthews, Isla Crerar, Peter Anderson, Rob McEachern, Troy Mundle, Jagua Arneja,
Briar Diallo, Tim Carlson, Tebo Nzeku, Alexis Paige Dixon, Shadi Janho, Bruce
Blain, David Parent, Miles Chalmers, Brandyn Eddy, Lisa Chandler, Arkie Kandola,
Darren Dolynski, TJ Kayama, Mariessa Portelance, Angela Moore, Joe Costa, Fletcher
Donovan, Donald Sales, Liza Huget, Lissa Neptuno, Veena Sood, Kim Kondrashoff, Eddie
Flake, Hugo Raymundo, Jesse Stanley, Camden Filtness, Jasmine Lukuku, Mike
Wasko, J. Douglas Stewart, Shishy Gebru, Myles McCarthy, Leah Hennessey, Jeremy
Jones, Richard Meen, Sean Millington, Jenny Mitchell, Iris Paluly, Luvia
Petersen, Lisa Renee Pitts, Michel Issa Rubio, Eric Ruggieri, Carolyn Tinglin, Danny
Wattley, Bryan Cranston, Steve Ellis, Stephen King, Mick Garris, Jeremy Angel.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024
On this day in movie history - Beat the Devil (2021):
Beat the Devil
directed and written by David Hare,
based on the
monologue play by David Hare,
was released in the United Kingdom on November
11, 2021.
Music by George Fenton.
Ralph Fiennes.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
On this day in movie history - Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021):
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
a documentary directed
and written by Inés Toharia Terán,
was released at the São Paulo
International Film Festival in Brazil on October 21, 2021.
Narrated by Joseph Bohbot.
Music by Robert Marcel Lepage.
Narrated by Joseph Bohbot.
Music by Robert Marcel Lepage.
Cast:
Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure
Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen, Tina Anckarman, Peter Bagrov, Peter
Becker, Steve Bloom, Margaret Bodde, Joseph Bohbot, Frédéric Bonnaud, Serge
Bromberg, Kevin Brownlow, Jared Case, Luciano Castillo, Cecilia Cenciarelli, Te-Ling
Chen, Bede Cheng, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Costa-Gavras, Grover Crisp, Rachel del
Gaudio, Paula Felix Didier, Bryony Dixon, Dennis Doros, Shivendra Singh
Dungarpur, Ray Edmondson, Lotte Eisner, Awad Eldaw, Dino Everett, Simon
Fisher-Turner, Giovanna Fossati, David Francis, Mercedes de la Fuente, Lars
Gaustad, Julia Gouin, Todd Gustavson, Sam Gustman, Patricio Guzmán, Mariano
Gómez, Amy A. Heller, Jan-Christopher Horak, Anne Hubbell, Rob Hummel, Tessa
Idlewine, Andrea Kalas, Ahmad Kiarostami, Anthony L'Abbate, Emmanuel Lefrant, Emily
Leproust, Josef Lindner, Ken Loach, Patrick Loughney, Frédéric Maire, Ben
Mankiewicz, Laurent Mannoni, Juan Mariné, Mike Mashon, Bob Mastronardi, Brian
Meacham, Jonas Mekas, Bill Morrison, Jan Müller, Lourdes Odriozola, Hisashi
Okajima, Maung Okkar, Bono Olgado, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Michael Pogorzelski, John
Polito, Chema Prado, Rick Prelinger, Daniel Pérez, Javier Rellán, Nicolas Rey, Esteve
Riambau, Ramón Rubio, Celine Ruivo, Aboubakar Sanogo, Martin Scorsese, Ridley
Scott, Deborah Stoiber, Jeffrey Stoiber, Rob Stone, Vittorio Storaro, Ed
Stratmann, Dan Streible, Linda Tadic, Mark Toscano, Katie Trainor, Fernando
Trueba, Iván Trujillo, Benjamin Tucker, Chalida Uabumrungjit, Patricia Ubeda, Ernst
van Velzen, Wim Wenders, Geo. Willeman, Adrian Wood, Caroline Yeager, Ishumael
Zinyengere.
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