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Oscar Actors: Watson, Emily: Growing Up in a Religious Cult Almost Stopped her From Starring in “Breaking the Waves”
The actor recalled watching Michael Winterbottom’s “Welcome to Sarajevo” the night prior and realizing how “storytelling advocating for a place or people is so powerful.”
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Oscar Actors: Watson, Emily: Growing Up in a Religious Cult Almost Stopped her From Starring in “Breaking the Waves”
The actor recalled watching Michael Winterbottom’s “Welcome to Sarajevo” the night prior and realizing how “storytelling advocating for a place or people is so powerful.”
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New Book: Cineliteracy, 1927-2027–What You Need to Know about 1939 as a Movie Year
Cineliteracy: 1939 is considered by many (not me) to be Hollywood’s Best Year. What You Need to know?
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Odyssey, The: Nolan’s Epic: Biggest R-Rated Movie of All Time With $1.35 Billion
It is overtaking the benchmark set by 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” with $1.338 billion.
Cabiria (1914): Giovanni Pastrone’s Italian Silent Epic (Cineliteracy 2014)
Giovanni Pastrone’s Italian silent epic was groundbreaking in its grandiose scale and radical use of a moving camera, pushing cinema forward technologically.
Unknown, The (1927): Tod Browning’s Haunting Horror Masterpiece, Starring Lon Chaney (Cineliteracy 1927)
The Unknown is widely regarded as a masterpiece of the late silent film era and the most outstanding of the 10 Browning-Chaney collaborations, eight of them at MGM.
Vinyl (1965): Andy Wahol’s Adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ Novel, “A Clockwork Orange”
The first adaptation of the Anthny Burgess’ 1962 novel, Vinyl was made by Andy Warhol six years before Stanley Kubrick’s more elaborate, lavish and controversial picture, A Clockwork Orange.
