Despite the proliferation of streaming services, it’s becoming increasingly clear that any cinephile only needs subscriptions to a few to survive. Among the top of our list are The Criterion Channel and Mubi and now they’ve each unveiled their stellar April line-ups.
Over at The Criterion Channel, highlights include spotlights on Ennio Morricone, the Marx Brothers, Isabel Sandoval, and Ramin Bahrani, plus Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard, Frank Borzage’s Moonrise, the brand-new restoration of Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, and one of last year’s best films, David Osit’s Mayor.
At Mubi (where we’re offering a 30-day trial), they’ll have the exclusive streaming premiere of two of the finest festival films from last year’s circuit, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Labyrinth of Cinema, plus Philippe Garrel’s latest The Salt of Tears, along with films from Terry Gilliam, George A. Romero,...
Over at The Criterion Channel, highlights include spotlights on Ennio Morricone, the Marx Brothers, Isabel Sandoval, and Ramin Bahrani, plus Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard, Frank Borzage’s Moonrise, the brand-new restoration of Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, and one of last year’s best films, David Osit’s Mayor.
At Mubi (where we’re offering a 30-day trial), they’ll have the exclusive streaming premiere of two of the finest festival films from last year’s circuit, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Labyrinth of Cinema, plus Philippe Garrel’s latest The Salt of Tears, along with films from Terry Gilliam, George A. Romero,...
- 3/26/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
John Landis was the natural choice to talk about this middling post-Thalberg Marx Bros. movie. Can you guess why? Because it has Charlie Gemora in a Gorilla Suit! Groucho introduces the now iconic, W.S. Gilbert-inspired song “Lydia the Tattooed Lady”. This is the one where the boys save a circus from bankruptcy. Kinda topical, except for the circus part.
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- 11/20/2019
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
It’s truly the end of an era. Jerry Maren, the last munchkin from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz has passed away at 98 years old. According to TMZ, Jerry died over a week ago. His funeral service, which took place over the weekend, was held at Forest Lawn in Hollywood, CA. While his cause of death remains unknown, sources say that Jerry had been suffering from dementia for a long time. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Jerry’s IMDb profile cites a number of small roles in films like The Lord of the Rings (1978), That’s the Spirit (1945), and At the Circus (1939). Though, he is still best known as being the bravest member of Oz’s iconic Lollipop Guild — handing Dorothy a sweet treat (played by Judy Garland) took real gusto! In addition, Jerry’s profile offers a brief, but inspiring biography. “He took dancing lessons when he was young and aspired to be an actor.
- 6/6/2018
- by Melissa Copelton
- Closer Weekly
The film industry goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, and most experts still maintain that 1939 is the greatest single year in movie history. At no other point in the long chronicle of the film industry has Hollywood had such an ability to draw in and hold and audiences. Cinelinx looks at 1939.
In 1939, Americans bought an incrediblel 80 million movie tickets per week. There were 365 films released by the major studios in the United States during 1939. That’s an average of one film each a day. If you went to the theater every day, you’d never have to see the same movie twice. And the best part is that most of them were good.
The American Film Institute, along with such critics as Pauline Kael, Siskle & Ebert, Leonard Maltin and others have dubbed 1939 as the cinema's best single year ever. Looking back, its hard to argue with that opinion.
In 1939, Americans bought an incrediblel 80 million movie tickets per week. There were 365 films released by the major studios in the United States during 1939. That’s an average of one film each a day. If you went to the theater every day, you’d never have to see the same movie twice. And the best part is that most of them were good.
The American Film Institute, along with such critics as Pauline Kael, Siskle & Ebert, Leonard Maltin and others have dubbed 1939 as the cinema's best single year ever. Looking back, its hard to argue with that opinion.
- 1/23/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Above: 1960s French stock poster for Marx Brothers revivals.This weekend New York’s Film Forum begins a week-long series entitled The Marx Brothers & The Golden Age of Vaudeville which is as good an excuse as any to look at the representation of the greatest sibling comedy team in cinema through movie posters. It has long been a tradition in movie poster illustration to render comedy stars as caricatures—often with oversized heads on small bodies—and Groucho, Harpo and Chico were a caricaturist’s dream. (Zeppo, the straight man, less so, but he left the act after Duck Soup in 1933, and re-release posters for the films he appeared in tend to ignore him, as in the Belgian Duck Soup and the Danish Horse Feathers below). With their distinctive props—Groucho’s oversized greasepaint mustache and cigar, Harpo’s curly blonde wig and Chico’s Alpine hat—the threesome could...
- 9/23/2016
- MUBI
The recent box office success of The Boss firmly establishes Melissa McCarthy as the current queen of movie comedies (Amy Schumer could be a new contender after an impressive debut last Summer with Trainwreck), but let us think back about those other funny ladies of filmdom. So while we’re enjoying the female reboot/re-imagining of Ghostbusters and those Bad Moms, here’s a top ten list that will hopefully inspire lots of laughter and cause you to search out some classic comedies. It’s tough to narrow them down to ten, but we’ll do our best, beginning with… 10. Eve Arden The droll Ms. Arden represents the comic sidekicks who will attempt to puncture the pomposity of the leading ladies with a well-placed wisecrack (see also the great Thelma Ritter in Rear Window). Her career began in the early 1930’s with great bit roles in Stage Door and Dancing Lady.
- 8/8/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By 1935, the Marx Brothers already had five movies to add to their already extensive Broadway and Vaudeville resume, among them the legendary Duck Soup and the near-classics Animal Crackers and Monkey Business. As we’ve often seen, however, some of our most beloved Hollywood favorites flopped upon first release. 1933’s Duck Soup, specifically, was the last of a five-picture deal the Brothers had at Paramount, and its commercial failure would spell a parting of the ways between the studio and the iconic comedy team.
Enter Irving G. Thalberg, the wunderkind who helped build MGM into a powerhouse. Perhaps best known today for the namesake honor given to producers at each year’s Academy Awards, Thalberg left an indelible mark on Hollywood before his untimely death in 1937 at the age of 36. In addition to launching such innovations as the first production code and the use of audience response questionnaires to hone...
Enter Irving G. Thalberg, the wunderkind who helped build MGM into a powerhouse. Perhaps best known today for the namesake honor given to producers at each year’s Academy Awards, Thalberg left an indelible mark on Hollywood before his untimely death in 1937 at the age of 36. In addition to launching such innovations as the first production code and the use of audience response questionnaires to hone...
- 11/15/2015
- by M. Robert Grunwald
- SoundOnSight
Groucho Marx in 'Duck Soup.' Groucho Marx movies: 'Duck Soup,' 'The Story of Mankind' and romancing Margaret Dumont on TCM Grouch Marx, the bespectacled, (painted) mustached, cigar-chomping Marx brother, is Turner Classic Movies' “Summer Under the Stars” star today, Aug. 14, '15. Marx Brothers fans will be delighted, as TCM is presenting no less than 11 of their comedies, in addition to a brotherly reunion in the 1957 all-star fantasy The Story of Mankind. Non-Marx Brothers fans should be delighted as well – as long as they're fans of Kay Francis, Thelma Todd, Ann Miller, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Allan Jones, affectionate, long-tongued giraffes, and/or that great, scene-stealing dowager, Margaret Dumont. Right now, TCM is showing Robert Florey and Joseph Santley's The Cocoanuts (1929), an early talkie notable as the first movie featuring the four Marx Brothers – Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. Based on their hit Broadway...
- 8/14/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
John Landis was the natural choice to talk about this middling post-Thalberg Marx Bros. movie. Can you guess why? Because it has Charlie Gemora in a Gorilla Suit! Groucho introduces the now iconic, W.S. Gilbert-inspired song "Lydia the Tatooed Lady". This is the one where the boys save a circus from bankruptcy. Kinda topical, except for the circus part.
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- 7/18/2014
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
"Groucho, Woody and... Chevy?" week kicks off at Trailers from Hell, with director John Landis introducing the Marx brothers' "At the Circus," featuring Groucho's iconic song, "Lydia the Tatooed Lady." John Landis was the natural choice to talk about this middling post-Thalberg Marx Bros. movie. Can you guess why? Because it has Charlie Gemora in a Gorilla Suit! Groucho introduces the now iconic, W.S. Gilbert-inspired song "Lydia the Tatooed Lady". This is the one where the boys save a circus from bankruptcy. Kinda topical, except for the circus part.
- 8/27/2012
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
James Cameron's collaboration with Cirque du Soleil promises a storyline, dancing on ribbons and a Mick Hucknall lookalike
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In January, James Cameron announced he was producing a 3D Cirque du Soleil film. You may have thought this proclamation was just a cruel joke, like when he said there were going to be three more Avatar films, but apparently this is not the case. The first trailer for Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D has just been released. This is really happening.
But Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D won't just be a presentation of a regular Cirque du Soleil performance, all full of wind-chime noises and people dressed up as unicorn fairies flapping around on a ribbon. Oh no. We've been promised something more than that – it will have narrative and everything. But what story will Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D choose to tell?...
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In January, James Cameron announced he was producing a 3D Cirque du Soleil film. You may have thought this proclamation was just a cruel joke, like when he said there were going to be three more Avatar films, but apparently this is not the case. The first trailer for Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D has just been released. This is really happening.
But Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D won't just be a presentation of a regular Cirque du Soleil performance, all full of wind-chime noises and people dressed up as unicorn fairies flapping around on a ribbon. Oh no. We've been promised something more than that – it will have narrative and everything. But what story will Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D choose to tell?...
- 7/4/2012
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
The studio that created The Wizard of Oz and Ben Hur has had to put the latest James Bond movie on hold
In its heyday, MGM boasted that it had "more stars than there are in heaven". But since the sale of its grand lot in Culver City in 1985, several changes of ownership and the initiation of few productions of its own, the studio has been more like a black hole than a galaxy, and its current £2.4bn debt has led to the postponement of the 23rd James Bond movie. Though Leo the MGM lion may still occasionally roar beneath that grandiose motto Ars Gratia Artis ("Art for Art's sake"), he will never be the beast he was from the 1920s to the 1960s.
In 1920, the immigrant waiter's son Marcus Loew, former furrier and owner of a movie chain, bought the ailing Metro company. Four years later he merged it...
In its heyday, MGM boasted that it had "more stars than there are in heaven". But since the sale of its grand lot in Culver City in 1985, several changes of ownership and the initiation of few productions of its own, the studio has been more like a black hole than a galaxy, and its current £2.4bn debt has led to the postponement of the 23rd James Bond movie. Though Leo the MGM lion may still occasionally roar beneath that grandiose motto Ars Gratia Artis ("Art for Art's sake"), he will never be the beast he was from the 1920s to the 1960s.
In 1920, the immigrant waiter's son Marcus Loew, former furrier and owner of a movie chain, bought the ailing Metro company. Four years later he merged it...
- 4/24/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
In the world of independent filmmaking a lot of people get their break only to discover they have no followup game. Then there are people like Larry Cohen. He's made his name and stayed in the game as a writer director and producer for decades. Known mainly for his work on films like It's Alive (1974), and The Stuff (1985) Cohen has also worked the mainstream side of cinema serving as screenwriter on such hi-profile projects as Phone Booth (2002), and Cellular (2004). And in the early part of his career he worked extensively in television creating such hugely popular shows as The Defenders, Branded and The Invaders. Talking to him, however briefly , was a true thrill. Finding him to be articulate, funny, gracious and deeply thought out about his career was even better.
Larry is appearing in Chicago April 10 at Sci-Fi Spectacular 4 in conjunction with a special screening of Q The Winged Serpent...
Larry is appearing in Chicago April 10 at Sci-Fi Spectacular 4 in conjunction with a special screening of Q The Winged Serpent...
- 4/8/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Chicago – Turner Classic Movies continues their collection of some of their greatest films in four-movie sets, three of which were recently released and distributed by Warner Brothers Home Video under the label “Turner Classic Movies: Greatest Classic Films Collection” with sub-labels of “Romance,” “Marx Brothers,” and “Sci-Fi Classics”.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
The gigantic partnership that has released dozens of classic films in themed groups continues a series that serves to satisfy both serious film buffs and casual fans who may just be starting to build a library of classic films.
The latest three installments in the “Greatest Classic Films Collections” features a set timed well to Valentine’s Day and two collections of classics that never grow old.
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romance was released by Warner Brothers Home Video on February 2nd, 2010.
Photo credit: Warner Brothers
The “Romance” edition of the “TCM Greatest Classic Films Collections” features timeless stars like Natalie Wood,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
The gigantic partnership that has released dozens of classic films in themed groups continues a series that serves to satisfy both serious film buffs and casual fans who may just be starting to build a library of classic films.
The latest three installments in the “Greatest Classic Films Collections” features a set timed well to Valentine’s Day and two collections of classics that never grow old.
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romance was released by Warner Brothers Home Video on February 2nd, 2010.
Photo credit: Warner Brothers
The “Romance” edition of the “TCM Greatest Classic Films Collections” features timeless stars like Natalie Wood,...
- 2/17/2010
- by BrianTT
- HollywoodChicago.com
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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Cut down in its prime by a network that didn’t understand the greatness it was letting slip away (Hello, BBC!), The Peter Serafinowicz Show (Channel 4, Not Rated, Region 2 DVD-£19.99 Srp) was fully appreciated by its dedicated fans (I’m one of them) and has since become an internet viral phenomenon as its sketches have been globally disseminated. In fact, it was via Twitter that...
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Cut down in its prime by a network that didn’t understand the greatness it was letting slip away (Hello, BBC!), The Peter Serafinowicz Show (Channel 4, Not Rated, Region 2 DVD-£19.99 Srp) was fully appreciated by its dedicated fans (I’m one of them) and has since become an internet viral phenomenon as its sketches have been globally disseminated. In fact, it was via Twitter that...
- 2/7/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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