Critical Essay by Jack Kroll
Mel Brooks's "Silent Movie" is a take-off on silent movies, but it also uses the silent movie as a way of getting a fresh angle on today's wor...
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Critical Essay by John Simon
Mel Brooks's comic gift, such as it is, is largely verbal and stands to lose too much in a silent movie; and … what was once done so well was done out of ne...
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Critical Essay by Stanley Kauffmann
[Silent Movie is Brooks's] best picture to date. That's limited praise, surely, still this is his most organic film, the least desperately outrageous...
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Critical Essay by Judith Crist
[In Silent Movie] Brooks has concocted a talkie with a gimmick. The gimmickry here involves parodies of silent-movie jokes and simplistic plotting. The absence of reali...
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Paris (dpa) - Marcel Marceau, the world-famous mime who inspired
Michael Jackson and Samuel Beckett, has died in Paris at age 84,
French media reported Sunday.
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Studio owner NBC Universal unveiled an ambitious plan to revamp its 390-acre Universal City complex that includes movie sets, office space and a theme park.The 25-year master plan outlined Wednesda...
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Martin Scorsese wants to save the world cinema.The Academy Award-winning director said Tuesday it was a "dream come true" to launch his international project at the Cannes Film Festival, where his ...
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A backpacker fell prey to one of Southern California's lesser-known hazards: being gored by an American bison on Santa Catalina Island.Jardrec Anangos was recovering from a fractured pelvic bone, a...
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Peter Zinner, who worked as a film editor on the first two "Godfather" films and won an Oscar for his work on 1978's "The Deer Hunter," has died. He was 88.Zinner died Tuesday at St. John's Health ...
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Peter Zinner, who worked as a film editor on the first two "Godfather" films and won an Oscar for his work on 1978's "The Deer Hunter," has died. He was 88.Zinner died Tuesday at St. John's Health ...
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Brand Upon the Brain! Running time 95 minutes Directed by Guy Maddin Written by Guy Maddin and George Toler Starring Erik Maahs, Sullivan Brown, Gretchen Krich, Maya Lawson, Catharine Scharhorn
Gu...
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2007. There are 326 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in Englan...
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On His CareerQ – What inspired you to become an actor?A –At school I wasn't a very bright lad. I was also rather shy but was forced by the headmaster to be in the school play. To my sur...
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Critical Essay by Jack Kroll
OBITUARY: Mime Marcel Marceau dies in Paris at age 84
