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Watch: Four Charming Clips from Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
41 minutes ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
A delightful new clip from Wes Anderson's Berlin fave "The Grand Budapest Hotel" has arrived via Fox Searchlight, in which Zero (Tony Revolori) hatches a plan to protect baker Agatha (Saoirse Ronan). Watch that clip, plus three previously released teases, below. Anderson's arch visual flourishes are front and center in this period film starring Ronan, Revolori, Bill Murray, Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Tilda Swinton, Lea Seydoux and Jude Law among many others and Anderson mainstays. Here's our review, Berlin press conference coverage and roundtable quiz. Also, watch Bill Murray's illuminating, in-depth chat with Charlie Rose, in which he discusses "Budapest" and his storied career, here. »
- Ryan Lattanzio
Berlinale 2014. Impressions Part I: Personal Programming
5 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Above: Seeking the Monkey King
A recent piece by Neil Young, an indictment of sorts of Rotterdam's programming, and the response it has garnered from those who do not share his negative view of the festival, generates an interesting question: to what extent can critics define and/or evaluate a festival from our subjective experience? With the massive, unwieldy array of films (Young's main gripe) to navigate at a fest like the Berlinale, the variety of possible trajectories is endless. To an extent, a critic can take whatever they view and familiarize oneself with what is happening peripheral to their own paths and come up with an impression. Each festivalgoer, is, in a sense, a programmer in their own right, choosing their own selection according to their interests (and/or professional pressures). Perhaps this personal micro-programming should be taken into account in the evaluative process.
As I assume is the »
- Adam Cook
Listen to a Track From the 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Soundtrack (Exclusive)
10 hours ago | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
If there's one movie that seemingly everyone wants to see, from the die hard film nerds to the casual multiplex visitors, it's Wes Anderson's "Grand Budapest Hotel."
The trailer for the movie has something for everyone -- the Anderson super-fans (of which there are many) goggled at the three aspect ratios that serve to indicate the three timelines the movie deals with, while those looking for a hearty yuk were probably impressed with the cast (including Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, and Jeff Goldblum) and the fact that most of said cast is outfitted with funny facial hair. One thing that you didn't get to truly appreciate with the trailer, though, was the film's original score, once again handled by Anderson confederate Alexandre Desplat. Well, today we have a bite-sized chunk of this score for you, and boy is it yummy. The plot for "Grand Budapest Hotel" concerns a young »
- Drew Taylor
Oscar Haunted by Ghost of Dickens’ Past
12 February 2014 11:43 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Invisible Woman” costume designer Michael O’Connor laments the fact that his compatriot, production designer Maria Djurkovic, did not also receive an Oscar nomination for her work on the film. “They missed a chance,” he says. “The two go hand-in-hand.”
But Djurkovic wasn’t O’Connor’s only collaborator: In order to know how to dress Charles Dickens and his mistress, the designer went straight to the source, pulling ideas from Dickens’ works, a biography on the author and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London — which he toured with director-star Ralph Fiennes.
“He’d see something in there, like a waistcoat, and want that. I’d say, ‘It doesn’t exist – we have to make it, ” recalls O’Connor, who apparently was very convincing: He got his costumes budget increased.
Of course, having a costume movie veteran at his side probably didn’t hurt, either. Notes O’Connor, »
- Randee Dawn
Watch: Roger Ebert's First 20-Minute Interview On 'Charlie Rose' In 1996
12 February 2014 10:37 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
"There was a thunder in Ebert's heart, and that was his love for movies, and he wanted to tell the world about films, both big ones and small," Chase Whale wrote in our Sundance Film Festival review of the upcoming documentary "Life Itself," and there's no doubt about that. Whether you agreed with him or not, there were simply no other critics who could make talking intelligently about film as engaging and accessible as Roger Ebert, and that shines through in this vintage interview. The "Life Itself" Twitter feed tipped us to this great 30-minute chat between the critic and Charlie Rose in 1996, marking Ebert's first appearance on the show. As always, it's great stuff to watch, and an interesting time capsule as well. The conversation kicks off with a talk about "The English Patient" and it's fascinating to see how wrong Ebert was in his prediction that »
- Kevin Jagernauth
DreamWorks were barking up the right tree with Mr Peabody & Sherman
12 February 2014 4:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Its main characters were barely known in the UK, but that hasn't stopped this spin-off from the 1960s Us cartoon Rocky & Bullwinkle rocketing to the top spot
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Despite competition from paid previews on The Lego Movie, DreamWorks Animation's Mr Peabody & Sherman posted a decent debut of £3.92m. Mind you, it's worth noting that Mr Peabody & Sherman likewise pursued a previews strategy – likely a knock-on effect of the Lego tactic – and these contributed a considerable £1.39m of the total. The figure compares favourably with previous DreamWorks Animation release Turbo, which landed with £3.89m, including £1.77m in previews, last October.
While Turbo, the story of a motor-racing snail, was one of DreamWorks Animation's lesser appealing titles, Mr Peabody & Sherman might still have struggled to match it. Conceptually, it's not an obvious easy sell – the story of an erudite beagle who adopts a »
- Charles Gant
Lupita Nyong'o thanks Ralph Fiennes for acting career
11 February 2014 5:27 PM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Los Angeles, Feb 12: Lupita Nyong'o, who made her debut with Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave", credits Ralph Fiennes for her acting career.
She says that Fiennes gave her the encouragement to chase her dreams while she was working as a runner on the set of "The Constant Gardener", reports eonline.com.
She said: "He asked me what I wanted to do with my life, and I very timidly admitted that I was interested in being an actor. He sighed and said, 'If there's something else that you want to do, do that. Only act if you feel you can't live without it.'"
"It wasn't what I wanted to hear, but it was the thing I needed to hear," added the actress who went on to graduate from Yale University School of Drama's Acting programme. »
- Amith Ostwal
Ralph Fiennes Talks The Grand Budapest Hotel, Collaborating with Wes Anderson, If He Will Direct More Shakespeare, and More in Berlin
10 February 2014 7:47 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
I love everything about Wes Anderson movies. From the way he creates unique worlds to the unusual characters that occupy the screen, Anderson is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker that always makes something special. His newest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, continues his streak of making exceptional films. The story mostly takes place in early 20th-century, and revolves around the goings-on at a famous European hotel where a legendary concierge (Ralph Fiennes) mentors a young employee (Tony Revolori) against the backdrop of a changing continent. The film also stars Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Lea Seydoux, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwarztman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, and Owen Wilson. For more on the film, here's all our previous coverage. The day after the world premiere, I participated in a great roundtable interview with Fiennes in Berlin. »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
20 Days Til Oscar (1993 Flashback)
10 February 2014 7:14 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Today's magic number is... 20! I couldn't find a statistic from this year's race involving the number 20 so what were Oscar fanatics like me (and you if you're weren't an infant) obsessing about 20 years ago in the Oscar race? 1993 was a fairly astonishing film year but there wasn't much drama in the Oscar race. Everyone knew that Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter would win the lead Oscars and the night would be all about Steven Spielberg with multiple wins for both Jurassic Park (recently revisted right here) and Schindler's List. Even Supporting Actor, in what one could argue was its best shortlist ever, didn't contain much drama. Though Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List) and Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?) were giving major star-is-born performances, it was pretty clear that the industry wanted to honor Tommy Lee Jones for his whole career and for co-starring in a huge hit (The Fugitive).
So »
- NATHANIEL R
On my radar: Claire Tomalin's cultural highlights
10 February 2014 5:20 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The award-winning biographer on the best thing she's read this year, the superior pleasures of radio, and a treat to come at the National
Claire Tomalin began her career as a journalist, working as literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times before making her name as a biographer. Her first book, The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread first book award in 1974, while The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, and Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man are among her other award-winning biographies. Tomalin's 1991 play, The Winter Wife, was based on her biography of Katherine Mansfield and performed at the Lyric Hammersmith. She also edited and wrote an introduction for Mary Shelley's children's book, Maurice, published in 1998. The Invisible Woman, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes and based on Tomalin's book, is in cinemas now. »
- Leah Harper
Review: The Invisible Woman
10 February 2014 4:04 AM, PST | Pure Movies | See recent Pure Movies news »
This is the Pure Movies review of The Invisible Woman, directed by Ralph Fiennes and starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Joanna Scanlan, Kristin Scott Thomas and Tom Hollander. Written by Dr. Garth Twa exclusively for @puremovies. Ralph Fiennes has long ago proven to be the foremost actor working today. And, with two features behind him—the bracing Coriolanus and now The Invisible Woman—he’s proven to be one of the most original and invigorating directors. What he brings to his performance he now brings to all the performances: a quiet turbulent emotion—in Coriolanus, the visceral and potent fevers of politics, war, and the media were electrifying; in The Invisible Woman, he presents us with sumptuous tableaux vivant that gasp their way into passionate life. The invisible woman is a mistress. But with an artist, any woman is destined to be the mistress, because first—always—in his heart, »
- Dr. Garth Twa
John Travolta Eyes Bond Film Villain Role
9 February 2014 9:00 PM, PST | Uinterview | See recent Uinterview news »
John Travolta has played a myriad of roles since his breakout in the mid 70s – from greaser Danny Zuko to hitman Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. One thing he hasn’t played is a Bond villain.
John Travola Wants Bond Villain Role
Villain roles have become a mainstay for Travolta, whose career started off with a pair of song and dance-heavy projects. His two films currently in production, however, are The Forger, in which he plays a petty thief and a John Gotti biopic.
Until he gets that Bond role, Travolta isn’t quite ready to “close the chapter on playing villains.”
"I would love that,” Travolta told the Telegraph, referring to getting tapped for a Bond villain role. “They're going a different way with their villain in this next film but I've spoken to [producer] Barbara Broccoli about it and she loves the idea, so that would be great.”
Bond 24, »
Berlin 2014: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
9 February 2014 6:03 PM, PST | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★★★☆ Wes Anderson ushers in the 64th Berlin Film Festival with his latest intricate offering The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Starring Ralph Fiennes in the lead as concierge extraordinaire M. Gustave, Anderson marries old world opulence with his signature stylistics in what is a frosted gateau of a dramedy, trimmed with vibrant charm and wry humour. Whilst the film is dusted with a plethora of stars, for the most part the story focuses upon three central characters: the aforementioned Gustav (Fiennes); his protégé Zero (newcomer Tony Revolori); and Agatha (Saoirse Ronan), a talented patisserie chef with whom Zero falls in love.
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- CineVue UK
Watch The Grand Hotel Budapest Press Conference; Rave Reviews For Wes Anderson’s Film At 2014 Berlinale
9 February 2014 4:36 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
“We were promised very long hours and low wages… and stale bread,” joked the always funny Bill Murray on collaborating once again with Wes Anderson on his latest tale.
Fox Searchlight Pictures’ The Grand Budapest Hotel made a big splash at it’s World Premiere at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
Making an appearance at the press conference, as well as walking the red carpet, in support of the director were stars Bill Murray, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Tony Revolori, and Jeff Goldblum.
First Showing’s Alex Billington had this reaction after seeing the movie: “The more I think about The Grand Budapest Hotel, the more it grows on me, and the more I seem to like it. There’s so much depth to it, so much to think about and discuss after, that I can’t help but admire it more than anything. »
- Michelle McCue
The Invisible Woman – review | Mark Kermode
8 February 2014 6:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Felicity Jones is mesmerising as a young actress whose affair with Charles Dickens is told in flashback in Ralph Fiennes's adaptation of Claire Tomalin's book
Ralph Fiennes may be the director and star of this handsomely mounted tale of the private life of Charles Dickens, but it's Felicity Jones who makes it fly. She plays Nelly Ternan, a young actress of indeterminate talent who captures the author's eye and heart, but wrestles (philosophically, morally, practically) with the idea of becoming his mistress.
Seen in flashback from the perspective of the now married Nelly, tormented by the memories of her affair, the story unfolds in chilly but engaging fashion, with Abi Morgan's typically insightful script taking its lead from Claire Tomalin's book.
At the heart of Nelly's dilemma is a gender inequality that Morgan's screenplay lays bare; the progressive "freedom" from marriage that Dickens and cohort Wilkie Collins »
- Mark Kermode
Berlin Film Review: ‘Beloved Sisters’
8 February 2014 12:30 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Nearly a decade on from his last theatrical feature (2006’s “The Red Cockatoo”), prolific Teuton TV helmer Dominik Graf makes an overdue and very welcome return to the bigscreen with “Beloved Sisters,” an enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld (who would become his wife) and Caroline von Beulwitz (his eventual biographer). Retaining the novelistic narrative density offered by television while taking full advantage of cinema’s larger, more enveloping canvas, Graf has created an unusually intelligent costume drama of bold personalities torn between the stirrings of the heart and the logic of the mind, while casting his revealing gaze upon Western Europe’s bumpy transition from the 18th to 19th century. Premiered at Berlin in a 170-minute director’s cut, the pic is also being offered for sale in a 140-minute “theatrical” edit, though »
- Scott Foundas
Berlinale 2014. The Fantastical Heart of the Old Continent That Was But Was-Not: Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
8 February 2014 12:56 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
The Berlinale’s starting gun is fired...and they’re off! The goodies, baddies, and everyone else scurrying up and down and through pastry-pink corridors of The Grand Budapest Hotel at the very height of its splendor, a fantabulous story told to a earnest Young Author, written in a much-loved book, displayed in a magnificent movie-with-a-movie, which tells a tale of adventure, of danger and woe. It is a Grand Old Allegory for Good Old Europe before that Menace we all know-too-well, that of the jackboots, grayness, and death squads in this delicate and once-hopeful period between the two Wars. It is an account proper and polite, of delicacy and charm like a three layered puff-pastry from Mendl’s prominent pâtisserie, giving Voice and Image not to the twin disastrous Ideologies looming over European History like shadows of giants, but rather to their Proud and Optimistic Refusal, although sadly enough not of their Overcoming. »
- Yaron Dahan
Dallas Buyers Club, The Invisible Woman, RoboCop: this week's new films
7 February 2014 11:50 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Dallas Buyers Club | The Invisible Woman | RoboCop | Mr Peabody & Sherman | The Patrol | Lift To The Scaffold
Dallas Buyers Club (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013, Us) Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn. 117 mins
What McConaughey loses in body mass he gains in compassion in this drawn-from-real-life drama, which cleverly disguises its awards-friendliness beneath thespian commitment and non-issue-movie storytelling. Diagnosed with Aids in 1980s Texas, McConaughey's rodeo-loving electrician takes matters into his own hands and devises his own grey-market treatment programme for the ravaged gay community (in partnership with Leto's lovable transgender cohort, Rayon). The authorities don't approve; the Academy probably will.
The Invisible Woman (12A)
(Ralph Fiennes, 2013, UK) Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott-Thomas. 111 mins
Working to Claire Tomalin's biography, Fiennes gives us a tale of two Dickenses: the charismatic literary celebrity and the self-absorbed love rat. But the passion of his secret affair with Jones's teenage actor is smothered by repression, »
- Steve Rose
Wes Anderson Talks About His ‘Grand’ Influences
7 February 2014 6:17 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
How do you get to the Grand Budapest Hotel? To be sure you will not find it on Trip Advisor, or on any maps of the region. Ditto the kingdom of Zubrowka, within whose borders it purportedly lies. But if you first travel to that beleaguered republic of Tomainia, where the dictator Adenoid Hynkel is on the rise to power, then cross over to nearby Bandrika, where visiting ladies are wont to vanish, and finally detour through Marshovia, whose king is known for his attraction to merry widows, you’ll be near enough to smell the artisanal confections of Mendel’s, official supplier of baked goods to the Grand Budapest and all of its denizens.
Of course, the true provenance of this extraordinary establishment is the expansive imagination of Wes Anderson, above flanked by “Grand Budapest Hotel” cast members Tony Revolori and Bill Murray, who has set his eighth feature »
- Scott Foundas
Movie Review - The Invisible Woman (2013)
7 February 2014 12:15 PM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Invisible Woman, 2013.
Directed by Ralph Fiennes.
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Joanna Scanlan and Michelle Fairley.
Synopsis:
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
The Invisible Woman is a subtle and incredibly quiet affair, almost too quiet in its final product. In Ralph Fiennes portrayal of Charles Dickens, his approach is secretive, flecked with moments of uncomfortable intelligence and intimacy-a shrine of emotions-balanced with subtlety and a silence by Felicity Jones, adding a femme fatal intensity. Fiennes directs with a hushed sense of bravado-an opening shot of Jones walking across a bare beach is uncomfortable and shot beautifully. Yet he fails to exploit these moments.
Subtlety can only go so far. The usually booming Kristin Scott Thomas is relegated into a role used simply as exposition, allowing Fiennes to quietly develop the plot around her. »
- Gary Collinson
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