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Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 9:22AM first and last puzzles
the first image and the last line from a motion picture
I'll show you the internationally infamous free love crawl. It's a little stroke I picked up out in space."
Can you guess the movie?
If you're stumped the answer is after the jump
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 7:00PM On the occasion of writer/director René Clément’s centennial I thought we’d take a look back at his award winning 1952 film Forbidden Games. This drama about children and grief during World War II won the NYFCC foreign film prize, BAFTA’s best film honors and a special Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (before the category was permanently introduced). Though Clement made other important pictures (Purple Noon, The Walls of Malapaga, Is Paris Burning?) let's just say this one comes with a fair amount of prestige baggage.
it's hard to remember prayers when you're hungry
I had never seen the picture but given my long history covering Oscar’s foreign film prize, where World War II and stories about children are both privileged frequently whether or not they’re “special”, my expectations weren’t enormously high. But the film more than lives up to its lauded reputation. more
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 2:00PM 
From top to bottom chronologically: Natalie Wood, Jane Fonda as Barbarella, Burt Reynolds as The Cosmopolitan Man, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa, Miss Piggy, La Pfeiffer as Catwoman, Rollergirl of Boogie Nights fame, Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux, and Dame Helen Mirren.
P.S. If you would like to replay this post at maximum volume, might I suggest queueing up the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack whilst doing so?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:00PM first and last puzzles
the first and last image from a motion picture
Can you guess the movie?
Bonus points if you can tell me what we're looking at in the first image. The answer is after the jump
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 7:00AM Gawker "Magneto to Marry Professor X" the headline is actually true! Sir Ian McKellen is the best.
Slate an excellent piece on American cinema's love affair with serial killers and violence with Terrence Malick's Badlands as centerpiece
Playbill I bet you thought you were done hearing about "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark"'s production trouble. Ha! The trial which pits director Julie Taymor against the producers starts this May.
i09 on why condensing those sprawling Game of Thrones books is a very good move for HBO. The show won't be running forever.
Salon interviews Lily Tomlin, a lifelong feminist who sends up feminism in Admission as Tina Fey's mom
Awards Daily breathless online reactions to an August: Osage County screening.
ScriptNotes Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss the Veronica Mars kickstarter on this podcast - two different opposing takes.
My New Plaid Pants on Xavier Dolan and his influences including Julianne Moore and Michelle Pfeiffer scenes. No wonder I love Xavier Dolan!
The Film Doctor 8 notes on Oz: The Great and Powerful
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Playbill Hugh Jackman attached to the adaptation of the novel Six Years. I can't wait to see how he follows up Les Miz and whether he's hungry for future Oscar play.
Guardian Keira Knightley to play Coco Chanel in a short film
Laura Dern's schedule just freed up. Where are you David Lynch?!?
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Deadline Lynne Ramsay a no show for Jane Got a Gun on the first day of shooting. What's going on there? I feel like we're only get 1/100th of the story in these reports.
Cinema Blend Christina Ricci leaves Girlfriend in a Coma pilot. She was to be the girlfriend, the one in the coma.
TVLine Enlightened has been cancelled. Sad day for Laura Dern fans
