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British Actress Susannah York Dies at 72 January 19, 2011  11:07 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Susannah York and Beryl Reid in The Killing of Sister George BBC The Killing of Sister George Rating: Star Star Star Star Star The distinguished British actress of the stage and screen  Susannah York  died in England on January 15. York played in over 100 films and appeared on the stage. She was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role as a marathon dancer in  They Shoot Horses Don't They  (1969) opposite  Jane Fonda,  which earned her a  BAFTA  as Best Supporting Actress in 1969. Another memorable role York played was "Childie", the partner of the cigar smoking June Buckridge ( Beryl Reid)  in  The Killing of Sister George  (1969- review by  Movie Magazine International  ...

Winter's Bone Best Film at Stockholm International Film Festival Use your  key for the next article Next:  Celebrate Jennifer Lawrence’s birthday with her best on DVD  November 27, 2010  3:14 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus     Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone Fortissimo Films Winter's Bones Rating: Star Star Star Star Star Debra Granik 's   Winter's Bone  won the Bronze Horse for Best Film, the highest honor at the  21st Stockholm International Film Festival  that ran November 17-28. It also won best film from the  FIPRESCI  jury, the Association of International Film Critics. The award to Granik was a refreshing nod in a festival which typically features hard boiled films with aestheticized violence by directors such as  Quentin Tarantino  ( Reservoir Dogs , 1992,  Pulp Fiction , 1994),  Gaspa...

Sofia Coppola Wins Golden Lion in Venice September 11, 2010  3:30 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Sofia Coppola Wins Golden Lion in Venice La Biennale di Venezia When  Sofia Coppola  now turns to introspection about young men after a trilogy of films about young women  (Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation  and  Marie Antoinette)  her efforts have paid off with amazing success. Tonight she received the 67th Venice International Film Festival's highest award: the Leon d'Oro - Golden Lion for her film  Somewhere.  The film stars  Stephen Dorff  as Johnny Marco, an errant film director whose life changes for the better when his teenage daughter Cleo,  Elle Fanning ,  appears on the scene from a broken marriage. Somewhere is a poignant yet slow to boil narrative, with the kind of film time and space that is ty...

Michelle Williams Re-defines Women in the West Michelle Williams Re-defines Women in the West September 7, 2010  2:22 PM MST  Facebook Michelle Williams in Meek's Cutoff La Biennale di Venezia Michelle Williams  as Emily Tetherow is the middle ground behind  Meek's Cutoff.  The film directed by  Kelly Reichardt  is part of the official competition at the  67th Venice International Film Festival.  It is about three covered wagons with settlers trying to make it across the rough in Oregon, in what was later to be called "Meek’s Cutoff". Numerous shots position the wagons and the bonneted women, and the landscape for a good part of the introduction to the film. But when Emily spots "The Cayuse" ( Rod Rondeaux ), a Native American, while gathering firewood the settlers go after him and tie him up. Eventually Emily gets into a firepower standoff with Steven Meek ( Bruce Greenwood ) about whether or not to al...

Pernilla August's Beyond Hits Home Run at Venice September 6, 2010  12:12 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Tehilla Blad, Pernilla August and Noomi Rapace. "Beyond" , 67th Venice Film Festival. Heppfilm Swedish actor/director  Pernilla August  presented her film  Beyond  at  International Critics Week  at the  67th Venice Film Festival  today, and received the longest and warmest standing ovation I've encountered at this festival. The film is based on a novel by the Finnish author  Susanna Alakoski  entitled  Svinalängorna.   The Swedish title, virtually unsuitable abroad to nameplate this film is an expression used for housing areas with primarily immigrants. The housing areas in Ystad in Southern Sweden composed primarily of Finnish immigrants were referred to as "pigsties". The story is about a Finnish c...

Sofia Coppola's Somewhere Opens at Venice Film Festival September 5, 2010  2:42 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Stephen Dorff, Sofia Coppola and Elle Fanning 67th Venice Film Festival La Biennale di Venezia Sofia Coppola  brought  Somewhere , her latest feature, to the 67th Venice Film Festival. The Oscar winning director has done a trilogy on young women and has now turned to young men in her style of contemplative introspection. The film is set in Los Angeles and Milan and concerns a privately errant director Johnny Marco ( Stephen Dorff)  who has been left by his partner and who tries to spend quality time with his daughter Cleo ( Elle Fanning ). She is just about to go off to summer camp and he drives her in his elegant Ferrari, a machine that symbolizes his wealth and esteem, but not his emotional IQ. Johnny is on the road often and stays in ...