Living • Uhles: Essential movies May 25, 2008
SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993): Searing cinematic look at the Holocaust. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954): A stirring drama featuring Marlon Brando's most complex and accomplished performance. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Hope After Holocaust May 24, 2008
Although "Fugitive Pieces" aims to uplift, it never reaches the rarefied heights of "The Pianist" or "Schindler's List." It's the difference between doing a good job and a great one. The other main characters besides Jakob are sketchily drawn. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
WAYNE STEFFEN: Freedom has limits at the county library May 24, 2008
We're not talking "Schindler's List," "The Godfather," "Psycho" or "The Graduate" here. Such films are not for the very young, but are among the American film Institute's 100 best American movies and have stood the test of time, the only critic that matters. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Less dash than lash, yet Indy's on form May 23, 2008
It's not a surprise that he thinks fear is back; his movies have been getting more political since Schindler's List. The surprise is that these ideas are in a movie that's supposed to be brain-dead fun. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Indiana Jones' whips up the action May 23, 2008
Director of photography Janusz Kaminski ("Schindler's List") composes the characters within the frame like Gregg Toland in an old William Wyler movie, with everything crisply outlined in deep focus. It's an homage to the 1940s style that doesn't copy the '40s so much as show how, say, a Toland might do things were he working today. (San Francisco Chronicle)
There couldn't be more sequels, could there? May 21, 2008
It seems Ford had brought up the idea in 1994 after presenting Spielberg with his Oscar for Schindler's List. Spielberg admitted that he'd been the most reluctant of the three to come on board, though the popular vote was on Indy's side: Whenever people approached him in the street, the director said, they only ever asked when he would make a sequel to ET or another Indiana Jones picture. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
`Indiana Jones' DVDs Feature Nazis, Melting Face, Monkey Brains May 21, 2008
How can the man who went on to make ``Schindler's List'' comfortably serve up cartoon Nazis. That's a greater mystery than any posed by the film, which has something to do with the search for the Holy Grail. (Bloomberg)
Indy survives Cannes May 20, 2008
Spielberg credited Ford with reviving the Indiana Jones juggernaut when the actor told him in 1994, after he presented the director with an Oscar for 'Schindler's List', that he would be willing "to put the fedora back on". The director called Ford his "secret weapon" in making the movies. (iAfrica.com)
A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France May 16, 2008
Save the popular film "Schindler's List," little attention has been given to Europe's rescuers. Jewish survivors haven't wanted the Holocaust itself reduced in scope. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Spielberg's Lincoln Logs May 13, 2008
com Schindler's List collaborators Spielberg and Neeson will re-team for Lincoln. Spielberg also said that Tintin would be unaffected by the possible actor's strike, as the film will be animated using motion capture technology. (IGN FilmForce)
Rushdie aims for literary hat-trick as Booker marks 40th anniversary May 13, 2008
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. Salman Rushdie's novel 'Midnight's Children' is in the running to win the Best of the Booker prize. (Independent)
Irena Sendler, 98; saved 2,500 children in the Holocaust May 13, 2008
But unlike Schindler, whose story received international attention in the 1993 movie "Schindler's List," Ms. Sendler and her heroic actions were almost lost to history until four Kansas schoolgirls wrote a play about her nine years ago. "One person can make a difference," Megan Felt, one of the students who wrote the play, said yesterday of Ms. Sendler. (Boston Globe)
Honest, Spielberg is making Lincoln May 13, 2008
Liam Neeson, the star of his Oscar-winning second world war epic Schindler's List, is still lined up for the role of America's 16th president. The biopic is adapted by Munich writer and playwright Tony Kushner, from a biography by Pulitzer prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin entitled Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Spielberg Starts Tintin May 13, 2008
This news also pushes back two live-action films that Spielberg had on the front burner: a planned Abraham Lincoln biopic starring Liam Neeson (Schindler's List), and The Trial of the Chicago Seven, an Aaron Sorkin script about the 1968 trial of several Vietnam protesters, potentially starring Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat). Award-winning scriptwriter Stephen Moffat (Dr. (Suite101.com)
Lincoln for Spielberg May 13, 2008
Irish actor Liam Neeson, the star of Spielberg's Oscar-winning World War II epic 'Schindler's List', has been tipped to play Lincoln, the 16th US president who led the victorious Union side during the American civil war before his assassination in 1865. AFP Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Saviour of a lost art May 12, 2008
The authenticity Spielberg is concerned with here is something other than the historical realism of, say, Schindler's List or Munich; what he wanted to talk about was the physical integrity of the action, of which there is plenty. The tone and style of the films derive from the movie serials of the 1930s and '40s, which Spielberg, growing up in the '50s in Arizona, used to see at the theatre on Saturday mornings. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Spielberg to focus on Civil War film May 12, 2008
The Lincoln project could be ready for an early 2009 shoot because of several variables: Spielberg has proved adept at shooting back-to-back films, which he did most memorably when he made "Jurassic Park" and the Oscar-winning "Schindler's List" in 1993. Also, his Lincoln project -- informed by the biography by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's "The Uniter: The Genius of Abraham Lincoln" -- has a strong script by "Angels in America" playwright Tony Kushner (who rewrote... (Variety)
The Counterfeiters May 3, 2008
(Spielberg's Schindler's List went close. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Winona family collecting 6 million stars to remember Holocaust, teach tolerance May 2, 2008
Jillian Curtis, 32, of Winona, and her sons, Joshua, 11, left, and Jarrett, 10, have received nearly 500 stars in the mail, including one of their favorites, center, depicting Schindler's List, from artist Angela Matteson of Chicago. Curtis posted a request for stars, which each represent a Jewish life lost during the Holocaust, on her blog a month ago as a home-school project for the boys. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
'Star Trek' captain indulges his dark side Apr 16, 2008
"You're never done -- that's the great thing. I know come the 24th of May, we're going to be feeling like Liam Neeson's character in 'Schindler's List': 'I could have done more,' " he says. "You can never say this job is done, mission accomplished. That's impossible with Shakespeare.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Crying at the movies OK, so just go with the flow Apr 12, 2008
I cried at everything from Schindler's List to Babe. I'm sure I'll do it again some time after the summer movie season is behind us. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Excerpt: Celebs' Moms Dish on Life Lessons Apr 11, 2008
Steven is responsible for some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history including: E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List, for which he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture ... He has dedicated himself and his resources to many philanthropic causes including the Righteous Persons Foundation which was established with the profits from Schindler's List and the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, which has recorded over... (ABC News)
Full Story Mar 23, 2008
" Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg, says that although he was busy making home movies as a teen, she never dreamed he'd become the director of movies like "Jaws" and "Schindler's List. " She tells the author, "I thought maybe he would get a job in a supermarket as a carryout boy. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Only In Your Dreamworks Philippe Dauman Mar 16, 2008
Dauman expressed optimism that the company's rift with DreamWorks could be smoothed over. Whether it's in the current form or not remains to be seen. (New York Post -- Business)
Holocaust memorial honors Spanish diplomat Mar 15, 2008
More than 22,000 have been honored since the designation was originated in 1963, including Oskar Schindler, whose efforts to save more than 1,000 Jews was documented in the Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List," and Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who is credited for having saved at least 20,000. Only four Spaniards have been granted the award. (MSNBC -- International)
Itzhak Perlman cancels U.S. concert after injury Mar 7, 2008
His recordings have won 15 Grammy awards, and he was the violin soloist in the Oscar-winning movie Schindler's List. Last month, he won a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Thank You Does It Mar 1, 2008
"Menopause", says Spielberg in an honest attempt to explain how he felt when Schindler's List won Best Picture in 1993. Diablo Cody, who won her first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Juno), mushily thanked her family for "loving me for who I am". (India Times, India)
The Oscars: A dark view on dark times Feb 25, 2008
A decade ago, with the country in a more buoyant mood, the best picture Oscars went to movies with more uplift -- notably such films as "Forrest Gump," "Titanic" and "Shakespeare in Love." For much of the 1990s, Oscar winners looked backward, the vast majority of them safely set in distant places, including Shakespearean England, the American West of "Dances With Wolves" and "Unforgiven," the gilded age of "Titanic," the prewar and World War II-era "The English Patient" and "Schindler's List.".... (Los Angeles Times)
Spielberg Rejects Garlic Feb 24, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Last Update: 06:25 AM EST. MY 'COLD' DAY IN FLUISH HELL. (New York Post -- Gossip)
There's only one true original here ... Feb 24, 2008
More invested in it because I have seen all of the films that are up for best picture (Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood), a feat that I have not accomplished, or even wanted to accomplish, for many years (the last time I did was in 1993, when Schindler's List beat In the Name of the Father, The Fugitive, The Piano and The Remains of the Day to the title); and more than usually aware of what a farce it is for the same reason. By this, I don't mean... (Guardian Unlimited)
The Counterfeiters Lauds Real Human Will Feb 23, 2008
I can certainly say that if this movie cannot match the high moral sentiments of, say, Schindler's List , it is, on its much smaller scale, a very good movie, which like Spielberg's masterpiece, offers us a shifty central figure, whose much less certain redemption is fascinating to observe. The Counterfeiters leaves us pondering this question: When government itself becomes fully criminalized, does our hope of surviving its depredations depend not on brave acts of resistance, but on scuttling... (Time.com)
The Nielsen Company's 2008 Guide to the Academy Awards Feb 22, 2008
Table 11: Average Cost Per 30-Second Commercial Academy Award Average Cost Per Year 30-Second Commercial Best Picture Winner 2007 $1,665,800 The Departed 2006 $1,646,800 Crash 2005 $1,503,000 Million Dollar Baby 2004 $1,503,100 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2003 $1,345,800 Chicago 2002 $1,290,000 A Beautiful Mind 2001 $1,450,000 Gladiator 2000 $1,305,000 American Beauty 1999 $1,000,000 Shakespeare in Love 1998 $950,000 Titanic 1997 $850,000 The English Patient 1996 $795,000 Braveheart... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Oscars will be political Feb 20, 2008
"From the man who also gave us Schindler's List. Schindler's List and Munich. I think I speak for all Jews when I say I can't wait to see what happens to us next. Trilogy!". Since 1999, Stewart has hosted the satirical TV news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which has a small audience but has developed a cult following and is required viewing among US liberals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Holocaust survivors share love story in Boca Feb 18, 2008
What makes it different from other Holocaust films, such as Schindler's List and The Pianist, is that its central theme is not concentration camps or gas chambers. "It's based on love," Roma Rosenblat said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Best of the best of Oscar Feb 16, 2008
The runners-up: Billy Wilder, "The Apartment" (1960); David Lean, "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962); Mike Nichols, "The Graduate" (1967); and Steven Spielberg, "Schindler's List" (1993). Best best supporting actor. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Beijing's Spielberg Problem Feb 16, 2008
Spielberg, the director of such films as Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, had written letters to Chinese President Hu Jintao urging him to take more action to encourage Sudan to resolve the conflict. Despite what he called "some progress," the movie mogul said the continuing bloodshed meant he couldn't continue his work for the Games. (Time.com)
The 800-lb. Golden Gorilla Feb 15, 2008
There are five Best Picture winners among the Top 10 honorees on the American Film Institute's list of the all-time best movies: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather and Schindler's List. It's also true that the best-grossing film of any decade has usually won Best Picture: Gone With the Wind in the '30s, The Best Years of Our Lives in the '40s, Ben-Hur in the '50s, The Sound of Music in the '60s, Titanic in the '90s and the final Lord of the Rings film this decade. (Time.com)
Rambo: Sylvester Stallone is back and he's voting for gore Feb 14, 2008
It's like Schindler's List played for thrills, or Saving Private Ryan for PlayStation junkies. Again, Stallone is on the defensive. (Times Online)
Spielberg skips Olympic role, cites China silence on Darfur Feb 14, 2008
Spielberg, who won an Oscar for his 1993 Holocaust film Schindler's List, said he was turning down a position as artistic adviser to the opening and closing ceremonies because China is not doing enough to pressure its ally Sudan into ending the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region. That decision drew praise from a slew of other groups critical of Beijing, boosting a months-long campaign by activists to spotlight the communist regime's human-rights record. (AZCentral -- News)
Nonfamily humor, straight from home Feb 13, 2008
"Klan KooKout," another Burnham offering, does a comedic number on white supremacists worthy of Randy Newman (sample punch line: "someone loses Schindler's List"). Burnham's latest, "3.14 Apple Pi," drags gangsta rap down alleyways even Snoop Dogg would fear to tread. (Boston Globe)
'Imaginary Witness' Feb 8, 2008
With many clips from films and a handful of talking heads - some barely identified other than by name, so we never know why they're "experts" - the movie outlines American attitudes toward anti-Semitism and Nazism from the 1930s to Steven Spielberg's 1993 Schindler's List ... But the central question that the movie raises is whether any fictional representation of the Holocaust is permissible: Whether any artistic, rather than documentary, depiction doesn't trivialize the enormity, turning it... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Mexicali grave flaunts Nazi association Jan 25, 2008
A movie by Spielberg titled: Schindler's List, brings nigtmares. make suggestions. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Oscar Best Pictures - 1950s/1960s Jan 20, 2008
A story of a man caught in office politics, it was the last best picture to be filmed fully in black and white [Schindler's List (1993) was 90% b & w. In 1962, another epic from David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, won the Oscar, arguably against the toughest competition since 1939. (Suite101.com)
Double-dippers and other trivia Jan 12, 2008
1993: Schindler's List. 1994: Forrest Gump. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Spielberg lends a hand Jan 11, 2008
The obvious connection between cinema and philanthropy in the name of peace apparently caught the eye of Spielberg's foundation, which is funded by revenues generated by two of Spielberg's films, Schindler's List and Munich. Margery Tabankin, executive director of the Righteous Persons Foundation, says a grant to Peace It Together made perfect sense: "When Mr. Spielberg decided to funnel his profits from Munich into the Righteous Persons Foundation, he knew that he wanted to allocate these... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Ridley Scott talks about new film American Gangster Jan 10, 2008
Scott had read the script when his friend, scriptwriter Steven Zailian (Schindler's List), showed him the original draft. "I went off and made a couple of movies, then gradually realised it had never been made. I called Steve and said, 'What's happening?' He said, 'It flatlined twice','' Scott recalls. "I reread the original and that's where it all started. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Spielberg Globe honour 'deferred' Jan 10, 2008
The 60-year-old director has already won six Golden Globes for films including Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List and ET.. Normally, the recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award is treated to a package of film clips recapping their career as well as praise from colleagues at the annual ceremony. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
In brief: Globes delay Spielberg lifetime award Jan 9, 2008
The Schindler's List director will now be handed his award at a later date. Australian director Philip Noyce has signed on to direct Scarlett Johannson in Mary, Queen of Scots, in which Johannson will play the ill-fated titular monarch. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Producers as auteurs Jan 8, 2008
She has been alongside Spielberg for his most important international work, including "Empire of the Sun" (set in China), "Schindler's List" and "Munich" (both set and shot in Europe), while the inspirational thrust of "Diving Bell" echoes that of her Oscar-nommed "Seabiscuit." "Persepolis'" innate appeal to young people carries on Kennedy's interest in films for tweens, from "E.T.," "Twilight Zone: The Movie" and "Gremlins" in the 1980s to "The Young Black Stallion" in 2003. Like Kennedy,... (Variety)
Continuereading Jan 8, 2008
Mortensen, as we all know, has since gone on to Lord of the Rings superstardom and, more recently, a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Eastern Promises; Neeson would go on to star in the Oscar-winning Schindler's List the same year Deception was released and is now set for the title ill-fated role in Steven Spielberg's 2009 Abe Lincoln biopic; and MacDowell was at the height of her fame in 1993, coming off of Groundhog Day and a year before Four Weddings and a Funeral. Below are... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
'Oscar & Tony' makes a strong show of tradition Jan 7, 2008
John Williams's "Immolation" cue from "Schindler's List," featuring full-throated cantillation from the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, is imposingly somber, the slowly arching string lines amassing power as they go. But the best of the bunch is the lightest, Victor Young's overture to "Around the World in 80 Days": The creamy orchestration and the velvety lilt of the familiar theme are a straight shot of Hollywood polish. (Boston Globe)
Eye on the Oscars: Cinematography Jan 3, 2008
Oscars, Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Grammy and Guild Features - Award Central - Variety. D.p.'s known for epic visions go intimate, and vice versa The year in cinematography included a lot of shooters doing what they do -- but doing more of it. (Variety)
'Witness' is a chilling reminder of the unimaginable Jan 2, 2008
As "Imaginary Witness" tracks the gradual emergence of the Holocaust in pop culture through the '60s, '70s, all the way to the inevitable apotheosis of 1993's "Schindler's List," Anker switches gears. Can the unknowable be put on film. (Boston Globe)
Jon Voight glad to be the hero Dec 31, 2007
" That willingness to seek out unusual roles saw unsuccessful attempts by Voight to land parts in Milos Forman's classic "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List. " "These were unique characters and the actors who portrayed them gave inspired, memorable performances," Voight says. A movie set is no place for prima-donnas With "National Treasure" on release, Voight has two more films in the pipeline: "Pride and Glory," a crime film co-starring Colin Farrell and... (iAfrica.com)
Best war films ever Dec 22, 2007
Schindler's List (1993): Sure, there are many films to choose from. But Stephen Spielberg's study of the factory owner (Liam Neeson) who saves Jewish people working for him from certain death, is hard to beat. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Mirren likens breast implants to hanging fruit Dec 12, 2007
The Queen' star who met the 'Schindler's List' actor on the set of 'Excalibur. "He taught me a lot of things - Northern Ireland politics, how to make a very good colcannon, an Irish potato and cabbage stew. And he taught me about love, " Mirren said. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Old Men' and 'Blood' scoop film awards Dec 11, 2007
The last film to win both awards was Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The rape and revision of Nanjing Dec 11, 2007
Adapted from the bestseller The Rape of Nanking by the bete noire of Japanese conservatives, the late Iris Chang, the US-Chinese production is aiming for nothing less than an Asian version of Schindler's List, director Simon West (of Con Air fame) told Variety magazine in the summer. Award-winning Japanese actors Kagawa Teruyuki and Emoto Akira will appear in John Rabe, a German movie also starring Steve Buscemi and Ulrich Tukur (The Lives of Others) as the eponymous Nazi, dubbed the "Schindler... (Asia Times Online)
Los Angeles film critics honor Day-Lewis drama Dec 10, 2007
The last film to win both awards was Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List." In recent years, the group has favored smaller or edgier films such as "Brokeback Mountain," "About Schmidt," "In the Bedroom" and "Secrets & Lies.". Next on the awards agenda are announcements of the New York Film Critics Circle's picks for the year on Monday, the Critics Choice Awards nominations on Tuesday, and the Golden Globe Award nominations on Thursday. (Reuters Canada)
'Juno' jolts specialty box office Dec 10, 2007
"Atonement" scored one of the best per-location averages for a film opening in 20-50 theaters, including "Schindler's List," which nabbed a per-screen average of $26,265 when debuting in 25 theaters. Foley said "Atonement" is strictly an "arthouse, smarthouse" title, and that it mostly drew an audience aged 30 and above. (Variety)
McNeill: Filming Nanjing Dec 8, 2007
Adapted from the bestseller The Rape of Nanking by the bte noire of Japanese conservatives, Iris Chang, the US-Chinese production is aiming for nothing less than an Asian version of Schindler's List, Director Simon West (of Con Air fame) told Variety magazine in the summer. . (Zmag.org)
Scott Rudin drove 'No Country' Dec 7, 2007
"Also making a transition from big-budget producer to more indie fare is Kathleen Kennedy, who has produced many studio films for director Steven Spielberg ("E.T.," "Schindler's List," "Munich") and with her husband and Kennedy/Marshall partner, Frank Marshall ("Arachnophobia," "Congo," "Seabiscuit"). Oddly, Kennedy found herself producing two French-language films this year, Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and Marjane Satrapi's black-and-white "Persepolis," which is not... (Variety)
Neeson reveals Paisley influence Dec 6, 2007
The Ballymena-born star of Schindler's List and Michael Collins paid tribute to the first minister and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness as he attended a reception in New York in their honour on Tuesday. Mr Neeson, however, denied claims he has been lined up to play the role of Ian Paisley in one of two movies currently in development about the North Antrim MP.. (BBC News)
Mini movie reviews Nov 23, 2007
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Spielberg Looks Golden for Globes Nov 16, 2007
Spielberg previously scored Best Director Globes for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, Best Motion Picture Drama Globes for E.T., Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan and his most recent addition, Best Foreign-Language Film for last year's Letters from Iwo Jima. Spielberg has also won, among other things, three Academy Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement, as well as career-honoring awards from the Directors Guild of America, the American Film... (E! Online)
