Foundas & Taylor on Film tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2012:/foundas//45 /img/atom_logo.png 2009-03-04T05:49:05Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en Let It Rip tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.181158 2009-03-03 21:38:33 2009-03-04T05:49:05Z Another New York-only (for now) film retrospective that will, with any luck, eventually make its way West centers around the volatile, Texas-born character actor Rip Torn and, in particular, the r... Scott Foundas Another New York-only (for now) film retrospective that will, with any luck, eventually make its way West centers around the volatile, Texas-born character actor Rip Torn and, in particular, the r...

Continue reading "Let It Rip" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/181158.t.jpg Reflections on a Darkened Screen tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.180539 2009-03-02 09:47:52 2009-03-03T17:06:26Z Somewhere, Guy Debord is smiling -- or at least nodding in approval. Although it's been nearly 15 years since the French author, filmmaker and all-purpose radical put a gun to his heart and en... Scott Foundas Somewhere, Guy Debord is smiling -- or at least nodding in approval. Although it's been nearly 15 years since the French author, filmmaker and all-purpose radical put a gun to his heart and en...

Continue reading "Reflections on a Darkened Screen" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/180539.t.jpg How Do You Say "Oscar Scandal" in Hebrew? tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.178510 2009-02-23 04:40:45 2009-02-23T14:04:59Z Much as I am loathe to give any further wind to the orgy of self congratulations and poor taste that was this year's Academy Awards, given that it has been something of an ongoing discussion on th... Scott Foundas Much as I am loathe to give any further wind to the orgy of self congratulations and poor taste that was this year's Academy Awards, given that it has been something of an ongoing discussion on th...

Continue reading "How Do You Say "Oscar Scandal" in Hebrew?" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/178510.t.jpg Rated "G" For Globalization tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.175779 2009-02-13 03:29:58 2009-02-13T11:52:45Z As earlier noted, the 2009 Berlin Film Festival opened with a Hollywood movie (The International), directed by Germany's own Tom Tykwer and filmed in a half-dozen countries around the world, then ... Scott Foundas As earlier noted, the 2009 Berlin Film Festival opened with a Hollywood movie (The International), directed by Germany's own Tom Tykwer and filmed in a half-dozen countries around the world, then ...

Continue reading "Rated "G" For Globalization" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/175779.t.jpg Mist Opportunity tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.175391 2009-02-12 03:14:37 2009-02-13T11:53:27Z Not many films in the 60 years since Robert Flaherty's immortal Louisiana Story have evoked the atmosphere of the Bayou State as strongly as Bertrand Tavernier's In the Electric Mist, a movie that... Scott Foundas Not many films in the 60 years since Robert Flaherty's immortal Louisiana Story have evoked the atmosphere of the Bayou State as strongly as Bertrand Tavernier's In the Electric Mist, a movie that...

Continue reading "Mist Opportunity" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/175391.t.jpg Run Naomi Run tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.173832 2009-02-06 17:01:43 2009-02-07T01:25:39Z For the next 10 days, I'll be posting regularly from the Berlin International Film Festival (a.k.a. the Berlinale), generally considered to be the second largest festival in Europe (after Cannes) ... Scott Foundas For the next 10 days, I'll be posting regularly from the Berlin International Film Festival (a.k.a. the Berlinale), generally considered to be the second largest festival in Europe (after Cannes) ...

Continue reading "Run Naomi Run" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/173832.t.jpg John Updike at the Movies tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.170131 2009-01-27 13:31:29 2009-01-27T22:31:45Z Hollywood and John Updike, who died today at the age of 76, never made for the easiest of bedfellows. In 1970, the underrated director Jack Smight took an admirable stab at filming Rabbit, Run, th... Scott Foundas Hollywood and John Updike, who died today at the age of 76, never made for the easiest of bedfellows. In 1970, the underrated director Jack Smight took an admirable stab at filming Rabbit, Run, th...

Continue reading "John Updike at the Movies" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/170131.t.jpg Coming to Amreeka tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.169312 2009-01-24 16:35:01 2009-01-25T01:24:06Z If the U.S. dramatic competition at Sundance this year failed to yield one truly great film, it did offer up a lovely surprise in writer-director Cherien Dabis' Amreeka, which follows a Palestinia... Scott Foundas If the U.S. dramatic competition at Sundance this year failed to yield one truly great film, it did offer up a lovely surprise in writer-director Cherien Dabis' Amreeka, which follows a Palestinia...

Continue reading "Coming to Amreeka" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/169312.t.jpg Crude Realities tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.168816 2009-01-22 18:45:00 2009-01-22T23:52:10Z One of Anna Wintour's most significant (and profitable) contributions to Vogue, we learn in The September Issue, has been her decision to put movie stars -- rather than fashion models -- on the ... Scott Foundas One of Anna Wintour's most significant (and profitable) contributions to Vogue, we learn in The September Issue, has been her decision to put movie stars -- rather than fashion models -- on the ...

Continue reading "Crude Realities" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/168816.t.jpg Shalom Documentaries! tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.168812 2009-01-22 14:00:37 2009-01-22T21:49:55Z "The dirty little secret about Sundance is that the best films every year are the documentaries," says Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth director David Guggenheim in one of the trailers for this... Scott Foundas "The dirty little secret about Sundance is that the best films every year are the documentaries," says Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth director David Guggenheim in one of the trailers for this...

Continue reading "Shalom Documentaries!" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/168812.t.jpg Pushed to the Brink tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.167773 2009-01-20 12:45:10 2009-01-20T10:04:26Z By the mid-point of Sundance 2008, the standout film of the dramatic competition was Lance Hammer's Ballast, which mined unexpected poetry from the story of a poverty-line black family making ends... Scott Foundas By the mid-point of Sundance 2008, the standout film of the dramatic competition was Lance Hammer's Ballast, which mined unexpected poetry from the story of a poverty-line black family making ends...

Continue reading "Pushed to the Brink" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/167773.t.jpg Susan Sarandon Help Line tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.167752 2009-01-20 06:18:52 2009-01-20T09:42:14Z Will someone please stop Susan Sarandon from playing grief-stricken mothers before this once-great actress becomes a one-trick caricature of her former self? Having fretted over a son feared missi... Scott Foundas Will someone please stop Susan Sarandon from playing grief-stricken mothers before this once-great actress becomes a one-trick caricature of her former self? Having fretted over a son feared missi...

Continue reading "Susan Sarandon Help Line" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/167752.t.jpg Cold Souls and Paper Hearts tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.167699 2009-01-19 16:27:26 2009-01-20T06:13:20Z What is the shape and size of a human soul? Does it look like a chickpea? A gumdrop? A pet rock? And if you could somehow extract your soul from your body, what would be left? Would you still be y... Scott Foundas What is the shape and size of a human soul? Does it look like a chickpea? A gumdrop? A pet rock? And if you could somehow extract your soul from your body, what would be left? Would you still be y...

Continue reading "Cold Souls and Paper Hearts" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/167699.t.jpg Taking No Chances tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.167405 2009-01-19 00:00:19 2009-01-19T08:18:11Z Those searching for signs of how leaner economic times are being felt at Sundance 2009 need look no further than the fact that the festival's opening weekend yielded only one major sale -- and tha... Scott Foundas Those searching for signs of how leaner economic times are being felt at Sundance 2009 need look no further than the fact that the festival's opening weekend yielded only one major sale -- and tha...

Continue reading "Taking No Chances" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/167405.t.jpg G'day Sundance tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.167276 2009-01-17 11:58:09 2009-01-17T20:13:36Z For the first time in its 25-year history, the Sundance Film Festival opened Thursday night with a movie from Australia. It was also the first time the festival has opened with a feature-length an... Scott Foundas For the first time in its 25-year history, the Sundance Film Festival opened Thursday night with a movie from Australia. It was also the first time the festival has opened with a feature-length an...

Continue reading "G'day Sundance" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/167276.t.jpg Sundance, R.I.P.? tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.166469 2009-01-14 16:35:01 2009-01-15T21:30:30Z "Will everyone be wearing black?" a friend asked over dinner the other night when the subject arose of my imminent departure for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. "I'm so glad I'm not going to Sund... Scott Foundas "Will everyone be wearing black?" a friend asked over dinner the other night when the subject arose of my imminent departure for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. "I'm so glad I'm not going to Sund...

Continue reading "Sundance, R.I.P.?" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/166469.t.jpg How Do You Say "Oscar Scandal" in Italian? tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2009:/foundas//45.165115 2009-01-13 12:40:12 2009-01-14T19:01:30Z One year ago this week, I wrote with astonishment and anger about the omission of Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's Cannes-winning abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days from the Academy of... Scott Foundas One year ago this week, I wrote with astonishment and anger about the omission of Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's Cannes-winning abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days from the Academy of...

Continue reading "How Do You Say "Oscar Scandal" in Italian?" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/165115.t.jpg Papa Manoel Turns 100 tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2008:/foundas//45.157343 2008-12-12 09:23:59 2008-12-12T19:20:21Z ... Scott Foundas "How many filmmaker have lived to witness their own centenaries?" I asked rhetorically this past spring on the occasion of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's month-long retrospective of film...

Continue reading "Papa Manoel Turns 100" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/157343.t.jpg Inside The Baader Meinhof Complex tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2008:/foundas//45.148168 2008-10-31 15:47:18 2008-11-01T00:04:40Z Even back in the day, when I was revolting on campus while extolling the paradise of Soviet socialism to my slack-jawed parents over breakfast, my lefty friends and I drew the revolutionary line a... Ella Taylor Even back in the day, when I was revolting on campus while extolling the paradise of Soviet socialism to my slack-jawed parents over breakfast, my lefty friends and I drew the revolutionary line a...

Continue reading "Inside The Baader Meinhof Complex" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.laweekly.com/common/assets/148168.t.jpg Left, Right and Center tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2008:/foundas//45.141455 2008-10-06 08:43:00 2008-10-06T17:20:12Z Sifting through the LA Weekly mailbag over the weekend, I couldn't help but take perverse amusement at a number of virulent missives written in response to my review of An American Carol, the ind... Scott Foundas Sifting through the LA Weekly mailbag over the weekend, I couldn't help but take perverse amusement at a number of virulent missives written in response to my review of An American Carol, the ind...

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