Happenings: Jackman, Spacek, Turner, Fillion, Kidman
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 12:35PM I'm losing patience with today's scientists. The world has changed so rapidly in my lifetime but there doesn't seem to be any progress with teleportation. I don't know about you but I need to be in several places quite often and in quick succewssion. Who has time for planes, trains or automobiles? Look at how much there is to experience near you at unreasonable distances from each other.
War of the Roses (1989)
TORONTO
Today! Kathleen Turner will be honored today with a mini free film festival at the Carlton Cinema: Peggy Sue Got Married and Romancing the Stone this afternoon. The War of the Roses and Body Heat this evening. If you're near there, why miss it? I'd totally hit The War of the Roses because and Body Heat because I haven't seen it in ages (the former) and have never seen it on the big screen (the latter). I think the great lady is in town with her recovery drama High on stage. That closed quickly here on Broadway but they're sure pushing the tour which they can do if a star is willing to tour.
LOS ANGELES
Today Plus! The Getty is hosting a film series "What Becomes a Legend Most" kicking things off with Rudolph Valentino's The Sheik and the incomparable Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks (which we've covered in our "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" series previously. If you're in LA and have never seen it, do not miss the opportunity to see it on the big screen. Other classics coming in the Getty series include two more "Hit Me" alums A Streetcar Named Desire and Rebel Without a Cause.
EDINBURGH
Monday The Railway Man, a new World War centric prestige drama about a traumatized soldier and a woman helping him confront his past, starts shooting. The film will star Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, and Stellan Skarsgard (incidentally a friend of the book's author). Kidman's role is apparently being beefed up from what it was on the book's pages.
CANNES
May 16th-27th The world's most important film festival begins with an opening ceremony hosted by recent Oscar nominee Berenice Bejo and a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and closes with the late Claude Miller's Therese Desqueyroux starring Audrey Tautou. Many significant things will happen inbetween. I love MUBI's easy to follow Cannes guide.
LOS ANGELES
May 18th-23rd marks the second annual Hero Complex Film Festival via the Los Angeles Times. They always show geek friendly movies with special guests like the actors of filmmakers. The most exciting day this year, according to me, is Sunday the 20th when they'll show WALL•E with Andrew Stanton there to discuss and preview Brave followed by Serenity (which we were just talking about) with Nathan Fillion appearing.
SEATTLE
June 7th "An Evening With Sissy Spacek" ! The screen legend is being honored for Outstanding Achievement in Acting via the Seattle International Film Festival. I wonder what she makes of all the Carrie revisionism these days? I'm sure people will ask.
NEW YORK AND ON YOUR TELLY
June 10th The Tony Awards (more on these later) hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and undoubtedly featuring many screen and stage stars.
NEW YORK
June 23rd Hugh Jackman will be hosting Trop Fest, the world's largest short film festival in Bryant Park. The festival is 20 years old and began in Australia, hence quite possibly the presence of our favorite musical theater mutant. You can reserve a space here -- the event is free but it will obviously "sell out".
What special events are happening in your town in the near future? Should we teleport there as well?
Hugh Jackman, Kathleen Turner, NYC, Sissy Spacek, The Railway Man
Reader Comments (8)
I'd like to teleport over to the NYC Film Forum- I've read they're showing a restored Celine and Julie Go Boating by Jacques Rivette. Best girlfriends movie ever.
I actually just read an interview with Sissy yesterday (can't remember where) about her new autobiography, and she said she LOVES all the Carrie revisionism. If Sissy likes it, then I like : )
corey -- good to know!
This is really extraordinarily nerdy of me but I am looking forward to the Chariots of Fire stage production this summer here in London. Apparently the film is also getting a re-release as well, but I'm interested to see how they'll carry off the race scenes on a theater stage. Yes, the timing can be taken quite cynically (they'll stop at nothing to wring more money out of the Olympic atmosphere) however I do truly love that film so I don't mind this time.
The War of the Roses - God, I love that film. It's so uncompromising, dark and funny.
Kokolo -- and a mainstream hit, too. The times have changed.
Thanks for the Turnerfest reminder Nat!
I'm just back from War of the Roses and had a great time. I loved how gaudy and colourful it was but at the same time I kept thinking how great it would look in black and white, with all those exaggerated shadows and, of course, Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. If Stale Popcorn ever revives Black and White Fridays this would be a prime candidate!
"When I watch you eat. When I see you asleep. When I look at you lately, I just want to smash your face in." -- I mean, how can't we love Turner?