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Celebrity chef and restaurateur Mario Batali has been accused of sexual harassment by four women in a new report published by Eater New York. The women have chosen to remain anonymous. The allegations date back two decades and claim that Batali had groped women’s breast and buttocks in the past. Batali responded to the claims by admitting to Eater that the behavior described in the allegations “match up” to past actions.

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“I apologize to the people I have mistreated and hurt,” Batali said. “Although the identities of most of the individuals mentioned in these stories have not been revealed to me, much of the behavior described does, in fact, match up with ways I have acted. That behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility and am deeply sorry for any pain,...

There are many sides to Willem Dafoe. He played genteel British poet T.S. Eliot in the quietly devastating 1994 UK period drama Tom & Viv; a cider-swilling rat in Wes Anderson's 2009 stop-motion animation The Fantastic Mr. Fox; and, early in his Hollywood career, he landed the title role of Jesus in Martin Scorsese's controversial 1988 mini-epic The Last Temptation of Christ. But those aren't the kind of parts that most movie audiences associate with him: it's a likely…...

The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced today that actor, director, writer and producer George Clooney will be the recipient of the 46th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film. The award will be presented to Clooney at a Gala Tribute on June 7, 2018, in Los Angeles, CA. The AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute special will return for its sixth year with Turner Broadcasting to air on TNT, followed by encore presentations on sister network Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Audi and Vizio return as Official Sponsors of the event.

“George Clooney is America’s leading man,” said Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman of the AFI Board of Trustees. “Director, producer, writer and actor — a modern-day screen icon who combines the glamour of a time gone by with a ferocious passion for ensuring art’s impact echoes beyond the screen. AFI is proud to present him...

On this episode of Gotham, titled "A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks," Gordon heads to Miami to enlist Carmine Falcon's help in overthrowing Penguin, Barbara's mysterious benefactor is revealed and a special knife piques Bruce's interest.  

Bruce, clad in his brand new suit complete with a radio that allows him to communicate with Alfred, is keeping his eyes on Penguin. Bruce learns that Penguin is receiving a big shipment and heads to the docks. Bruce is more brazen now that he's bulletproof and wants to get a closer look. Alfred reminds the young billionaire/superhero-in-training that while Mr. Fox's suit may be bulletproof, the mask is not. In other words, don't get shot in the head.

On this episode of Gotham, titled "A Dark Knight: The Fear Reaper," Gordon is forced to go after Scarecrow alone after Penguin calls out the Gotham City Police Department (Gcpd), Barbara Kean returns with an offer for Selina and Tabitha and Mr. Fox aids in Bruce's transformation into Batman. 

So, Jonathan Crane has officially embraced his "Scarecrow" persona, giving Jim Gordon and the Gcpd one more eccentric villain to take down. Thanks to a tip from Merton, Gordon and Bullock head to the former Crane residence only to find it empty. They also discover that there's a whole new batch of the fear toxin in circulation. Gordon spots something in the backyard, and it's Grady dressed as a scarecrow, and he warns them the actual Scarecrow is coming.

A big welcome to UK disc purveyors Indicator, or Powerhouse, or how does Powerhouse Indicator sound? Savant’s first review from the new label is a favorite from the Columbia library. The extras are the lure: they company has snagged long-form, in-depth interviews with James Fox and director Arthur Penn. Everybody’s written about The Chase but here Penn tells his side of the story.

The Chase (1966)

Blu-ray + DVD

Powerhouse: Indicator

1966 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 134 min. / Street Date September 25, 2017 / Available from Amazon UK / £14.99

Starring: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall,

Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Richard Bradford,

Robert Duvall, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Clifton James, Steve Ihnat

Cinematography: Joseph Lashelle

Production Designer: Richard Day

Art Direction: Robert Luthardt

Film Editor: Gene Milford

Original Music: John Barry

Written by Lillian Hellman from the novel by Horton Foote

Produced by Sam Spiegel

Directed by Arthur Penn

Yes,...

Chris here. I'm one of those oddball folks that considers Fantastic Mr. Fox as Wes Anderson's best film, so next year's Isle of Dogs has me very excited for the auteur to take another dive into the stop motion pool. And by the looks of the first trailer, Dogs will be very aligned to Fox's humor and visual aesthetic but with the added unexpected intrigue of its Japanese setting. The potential troublesome optics and use of language here gives me some pause, but we'll wait until the film arrives to access. Let's hope Anderson doesn't end up in the cinematic doghouse by delivering our worst fears here.

As you can tell from the poster, Anderson has assembled a massive cast even by his standards. Regular players like Edward Norton and Bill Murray are back, but can you believe this is his first collaboration with Scarlett Johansson and Greta Gerwig?...

Peter Rabbit, Isle of Dogs, and Murder on the Orient Express all get new trailers!Peter Rabbit, Isle of Dogs, and Murder on the Orient Express all get new trailers!Amanda Wood9/21/2017 4:52:00 Pm

Today has been a great day for trailer lovers, with three cool new trailers dropping.

Kenneth Branagh is both directing and starring in Murder on the Orient Express, the highly-anticipated adaptation of acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie’s famed novel. It’s got a star-studded cast that we get to see more of in this trailer, including Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley, Penelope Cruz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Willem Dafoe, and more. The classic story follows a variety of characters stuck on a train when a murder occurs. This is classic murder mystery genre fare, and we can’t wait. Murder on the Orient Express hits theatres November 10th.

We’ve waited 3 long years in between Wes Anderson movies,...

“Isle of Dogs” looks like a more than worthy follow-up to “Fantastic Mr. Fox.”

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With tons of modern classics under his belt – like Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Life Aquatic and more – Wes Anderson can seemingly do no wrong. His new movie, Isle Of Dogs, will take him back to the stop-motion style he used on Mr. Fox, and once again it appears Anderson will deliver another quirky, hilarious, and visually stupendous film. Take a look above, and be prepared to once again say, “That Anderson is a f@cking genius.” One... Read More...

A young boy navigates a treacherous island of trash to find his lost dog in the new trailer for Wes Anderson's, Isle of Dogs. The film boasts a stacked cast (Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson) and finds Anderson returning to the stop-motion animation style of Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Isle of Dogs is set 20 years in the future, in a Japan overrun with dogs and susceptible to an outbreak of dog flu, which causes the mayor to order all K9s be quarantined on a nearby garbage island.

If you love The Fantastic Mr. Fox, then boy do we have a treat for you. The first trailer has arrived for Wes Anderson's second feature-length stop-motion animated adventure Isle of Dogs. The voice cast brings back some of Wes Anderson's favorite actors. And as you can see in the teaser below, courtesy of Fox Seacrhlight, this isn't quite like anything we've ever seen before. Here's the official synopsis.

"Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

It’s been nine years since Fantastic Mr. Fox and Wes Anderson is finally returning to stop motion animation for his next feature film, Isle of Dogs. This one is based entirely on his own original screenplay and it is set 20 years in the future where a dog flu outbreak in Japan forces the mayor […]...

It’s been eight years since Wes Anderson went stop-motion for Fantastic Mr. Fox, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book that ended up with two Oscar nominations, including Best Animated Feature. He returns to the genre along with partner Indian Paintbrush armed with that success (and know-how) for Isle Of Dogs, which upon first blush maintains Mr. Fox‘s visual sensibility but creates a new world in some sort of version of Japan. The pic centers on Atari…...

There’s a chill in the air. It’s time to bust out the corduroy suit and take another journey to Wes Anderson country, where everything is symmetrical, everyone has father issues, and the soundtracks are off the hook. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs trailer has arrived to enchant the hell out of you. Like Fantastic Mr. Fox, this […]

The post Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ Trailer is Here, And What Good Dogs They Are appeared first on /Film.

"Somebody is up to something..." Fox Searchlight has revealed the first official trailer for Wes Anderson's latest film, a stop-motion adventure titled Isle of Dogs. Set in Japan, the story follows a boy's odyssey in search of his dog. That's about all we know, since this is our first official glimpse at footage from the film (aside from the very brief announcement last year). Isle of Dogs features the voice of Edward Norton as Rex, along with a huge ensemble voice cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Kara Hayward, Fisher Stevens, F. Murray Abraham, Courtney B. Vance, Bob Balaban, and Yoko Ono. I completely adore Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox, and I'm crazy excited to see Anderson make another stop-motion movie about dogs next (since I also love dogs). I have a feeling I'm going to adore this.

The first trailer for Wes Anderson's upcoming anticipated feature, the stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs, is now available. This film marks Anderson's return to the medium following his twice Oscar-nominated 2009 effort Fantastic Mr. Fox, and takes place in a near-future Japan where, after an outbreak of dog attacks, all dogs have been banished to live on a garbage-filled island—the Isle of Dogs. A young boy ventures to the island in search of his own dog, coming across a pack of Alphas lead by Edward Norton's Rex. I may be biased because …...

Wes Anderson is back, and he’s bringing a whole lot of familiar faces (and newcomers) along with him. Starrring F. Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban, Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Mari Natsuki, Yojiro Noda, Kunichi Nomura, Edward Norton, Yoko Ono, Koyu Rankin, Liev Schreiber, Fisher Stevens, Tilda Swinton, Akira Takayama, Courtney B. Vance, and Frank Wood, the first trailer for Isle of Dogs has finally arrived.

The Japan-set tale, which marks his first return to animation since the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox, follows “a boy’s odyssey in search of his dog.” Inspired by the films of Akira Kurosawa, according to Anderson himself, the film is set to get a release in March of next year via Fox Searchlight. By the time this debuts, it’ll be the longest break between features for the director, and it’s good to have him back.

Welcome back, Wes! The beloved auteur has been absent from the big screen since “The Grand Budapest Hotel” was released in 2014 and went on to score nine Oscar nominations and four wins, but that all changes next March with the release of “Isle of Dogs.” The film marks Anderson’s second dive into stop-motion animation after “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his missing dog, Rex.

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Anderson has assembled his most star-studded cast yet with this collection of voice actors: Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jeff Goldblum, F. Murray Abraham, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban, Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson, Yoko Ono, and Greta Gerwig are just a few of the names lending their voices.

The last time Anderson went stop-motion for “Fantastic Mr. Fox” he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.

Fox Searchlight has unveiled a frustratingly short trailer teaser for Wes Anderson's upcoming stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs. This film marks Anderson's return to the medium following his twice Oscar-nominated 2009 effort Fantastic Mr. Fox. There's really not much to say about this trailer teaser since it doesn't really preview much of anything beyond the Japanese setting in the background, but hey, it's Wes Anderson's new stop-motion animated movie, so it's automatically noteworthy. Anderson has said the film is inspired by the work of Akira Kurosawa, so it'll …...

Roald Dahl's widow says that Charlie Bucket from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was originally black. The original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book, in which a boy from an impoverished family in Britain finds the fifth and final ticket to win a tour of the factory run by eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, was just one of many insanely successful children's classics written by Dahl that also inspired major motion pictures. James and the Giant Peach, The Bfg, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Matilda were all from Dahl's books long before they were made into movies. But perhaps a bigger change was never requested of Dahl than to make his hero a white boy as opposed to African-American.

In honor of Roald Dahl Day, which is held on September 13th, the BBC interviewed Dahl's widow, Felicity, and his biographer, Donald Sturrock. During the interview, Felicity brought up that Charlie...

By Jacob Oller

I got yer goddamn whimsy right here. es Anderson is a director built on consistency. His pastel palette and perfectly-framed shots highlight narrative themes that permeate and link his masculinity-exploring works. He also loves to swear, so much so that his lone animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox needed a placeholder word (“cuss”) for all the […]

The article Uniform Profanity: Wes Anderson’s Cusses appeared first on Film School Rejects.

“Loving Vincent” is being billed as the first fully oil-painted feature film, but even that lofty description doesn’t do just justice to the painstaking and extremely technical process it took to make this one-of-kind hand-crafted film. IndieWire recently talked to co-directors Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman to find out how, over the course of seven years, they made this film that tells the story of the real-life Vincent van Gogh through his paintings.

The Backstory

Co-director Dorota Kobiela was a painter working in animation and frustrated by a career that revolved around working on other people’s projects. Determined to make something of her own, she set out to combine her passion for painting and film. As a university student, she studied the intersection of psychology and art, writing her thesis on the letters of van Gogh. Using this as starting point, she came up with an idea for...

In an age where special effects reign supreme, there’s one aspect of the filmmaking process that hasn’t gone through a radical transformation — music. Some of the best movies in any given year would be sorely lacking without their memorable scores, and this has remained true well into the first two decades of the 21st century.

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Film composers play an integral part in the filmmaking process, and there are a handful whose bodies of work stand out in recent years. Of course, this list of 12 major composers only begins to scratch the surface of the talent out there. There are plenty of other worthy contributors to the medium who didn’t make the cut — Danny Elfman and John Williams, we’re looking at you — but rest assured that this top dozen represent the cream of the crop.

Hans Zimmer...

Have you ever stumbled upon a location where the symmetry of the space and/or the use of color has made you think, “This looks like a Wes Anderson movie”? You’re definitely not alone.

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Reddit users from around the world have come together for the coolest cinephile-centric subreddit known to man, Accidental Wes Anderson. The purpose is simple — post pictures of places that look like they’re from a Wes Anderson movie — and the results are absolutely gorgeous. From Hong Kong to Toronto, Scotland, Milan, Brussels and Ukraine, Wes Anderson fans are seeing their beloved auteur’s style in everything from buildings to subway cars, pools, docks, and, of course, hotels and lighthouses.

Anderson is currently in production on his next movie, “Isle of Dogs.” The film is his second stop-motion effort after “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and features the voices of Bryan Cranston,...

There will always be some debate as to whether or not “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is the best Wes Anderson movie (we ranked it #2 on our list), but it’s hard to deny that it’s not the most Wes Anderson movie. The film is a flawless, four-tiered confection that represents everything the filmmaker holds near and dear to his heart. Every shot is so overwhelmingly Anderson that you could spend hours dissecting the frame.

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That’s pretty much what the video essay team at Storytellers did for their latest deep dive, which explores the visual makeup of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and the many ways it successfully mixes comedy and tragedy. The former is a no-brainer when it comes to movie, but we’re often surprised at how melancholy “Grand Budapest” is every time we re-watch it. The movie...

That's right. Netflix is finishing up a deal for the film Bubbles. It's a stop-motion animated film about Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee of the same name, and it looks to be one of the best films coming from Cannes Film Festival this year.

But what sort of madman came up with the idea to make a stop-motion film about Michael Jackson's chimp, you might ask? Well, that would be the brilliant mind of Taika Waititi, who is known for Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows, as well as helming the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok film. He's working on it with Mark Gustafson who worked on Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Variety reported that the deal is for worldwide rights and the price is just under $20 million. But thats not the only thing Netflix has been buying. They've been making some big buys at Cannes this year.

According to Deadline, Netflix is close to picking up Taika Waititi’s movie about Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee, Bubbles. In what would be the first major acquisition to come out of the Cannes Film Festival, Deadline’s Mike Fleming reports the streaming service could end up plunking down around $20 million for the heavily bid on film, the script for which topped 2015’s Hollywood Black List of acclaimed screenplays.

Waititi, of Thor: Ragnorok and What We Do In The Shadows fame, is set to co-direct this stop-motion animated film about Jackson’s primate companion with Mark Gustafson, who served as Wes Anderson’s animation director on Fantastic Mr. Fox. Dan Harmon is producing via his animation studio, Starburns Industries.

Waititi previously downplayed the idea that the movie would be a straight biopic of either the chimp or his iconic owner. “I want to focus on telling a story ...

Netflix is set to take worldwide distribution rights to “Bubbles,” TheWrap has learned, a top Black List script and super-hot package that kicks off this year’s Cannes Film Market. The streaming giant will pay just south of $20 million at a highly competitive auction, an individual familiar with the negotiations told TheWrap. It was not immediately clear what other studios or indie houses were involved. The stop-motion film will be directed by “Thor: Ragnarok” helmer Taika Waititi and co-director Mark Gustafson (“Fantastic Mr. Fox”). Also Read: Cannes 2017: Red Carpet Arrivals on the Croisette (Photos) Bubbles was late pop star...

Wes Anderson recently announced that his new stop-motion animation project Isle Of Dogs will be released April 20, 2018. It’s his second such stop-motion film, but it’d be incorrect to label his previous effort, Fantastic Mr. Fox, as a children’s film, just as it would be to call his child-focused romance Moonrise Kingdom a movie for kids. They are, like all of Anderson’s films, set in a twilight place between childhood and adulthood, where the kids are more wise than the adults and the adults look admiringly toward the children.

The Childhood Whimsy of Wes Anderson from Fandor on Vimeo.

A video essay by Fandor digs into this career-long fixation, noting how, for example, on Bottle Rocket the director introduces the child characters with the camera at eye level with them. Almost all of the kids in his films are serious and perceptive, with maturity that ...

…Let’s hope the dogs don’t die.

On Tuesday, the first poster for Wes Anderson’s newest feature film since 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel was released. Whilst not much is known about the story of Isle of Dogs, its poster reveals small details about what to expect, and, more importantly, the influence of Akira Kurosawa on the stop-motion animation.

Set in Japan, the poster’s large, red font places the Japanese title at the center, with its English translation held within the script. Wes Anderson’s posters usually have either one clear defining image at the forefront or a depiction of the ensemble cast, so Isle of Dogs is a slight departure from what Anderson’s audience are used to.

The poster for The Royal Tenenbaums places family at the center while Anderson’s classic Futura font title stayed beneath the family as something that was not meant to draw attention. Moonrise Kingdom...

We’ve known for a while that Wes Anderson has been in production on his latest movie, “Isle Of Dogs,” his first stop-motion animation since “Fantastic Mr. Fox” eight years ago, but there’s been no fixed release date for the project, and as anyone who’s ever done stop-motion will tell you, these things take as long as they take.

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But the good news is that Fox Searchlight have just revealed a release date (at the same time as “Star Wars Episode IX” revealed its, natch), and the good news is that you have just under a year to wait: the studio will be releasing the movie on April 20th, 2018.

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Fox Searchlight struck Oscar gold with Wes Anderson’s 2014 hit The Grand Budapest Hotel, and now it has a date for his next film. The distributor said today that Isle of Dogs, the filmmaker’s second animated pic after 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, will hit theaters April 20, 2018. Searchlight acquired world rights to the film just before Christmas last year. It will distribute the pic in partnership with Indian Paintbrush, marking the latter’s fifth movie with Anderson. Set…...

A new Wes Anderson is movie coming…in 12 months. Fox Searchlight Pictures has released the teaser poster for the director’s stop-motion “Isle of Dogs,” which confirms Anderson will be back in U.S. theaters on April 20, 2018.

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“Isle of Dogs” is Anderson’s first stop-motion animated movie since 2009’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” The story is set in Japan, as the post makes abundantly clear, and follows a young boy’s adventure in search of his missing dog. Earlier this year, Anderson said the film was “less influenced by stop-motion movies than it is by Akira Kurosawa.”

Further details around the project have remained under wraps. Anderson has been filming in London this year.

The star-studded voice cast includes the likes of Bryan Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Greta Gerwig, Scarlet Johansson, Yoko Ono and Bob Balaban. Check out the teaser poster below.

Fox Searchlight has set a release date and revealed the first poster for Wes Anderson’s second foray into stop-motion animation, “Isle of Dogs.” The comedy will open April 20, 2018. Anderson’s last animated film was 2009’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Like “Fox,” which featured the voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep, Anderson has lined up a starry cast. Among the talent listed on the poster are Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel and Yoko Ono. Anderson is coming off his most successful film to date, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” which grossed $175 million worldwide, and garnered four Academy Awards,...

In search of male desire in a twee world.

Here’s a thesis: with the singular exception of his animated adventure story, Fantastic Mr. Fox, the movies of Wes Anderson are fundamentally about nice, fiery desire. But while a number of his movies explore this through the conventional terrain of the heterosexual relationship and its discontents — The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom come to mind — others explore more curious expressions of desire, leaving Anderson’s plain and plaintive ladies behind. Shared aesthetic characteristics, from the constantly reprised Cornell boxes to the carefully referenced dead Eastern European novelists, are subject of much ruthless discussion among Anderson acolytes. And, considering Anderson’s diligent cooperation with turning a collection of essays and interviews into a $35 coffee table book, that seems to be the dissection that Anderson embraces. But what are those other, male-centric movies actually about? Most critics, when forced to give something like a serious and meaningful answer, will...

Wes Anderson is finally back behind the camera and at work in London on his new film, “Isle of Dogs.” The movie, which brings the director back to the world of stop-motion animation after 2009’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” is set in Japan and follows a young boy’s odyssey in search of his missing dog. But just because the movie is stop-motion doesn’t mean Anderson is going the family-friendly route again.

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During a wide-ranging discussion about his career at Arte Cinema (via The Film Stage), Anderson remains quite tight-lipped about his upcoming film, though he did reveal two surprising sources of inspiration.

The first is the Rankin-Bass Christmas television specials, which Anderson admitted to being obsessed with as a child. “I really liked these TV Christmas specials in America,” he explained.

Wes Anderson is deep into production on his next feature, the new stop-motion Isle of Dogs, and while this extended animation process means we won’t see the results for at least another year-plus, it has also freed him up to other opportunities. Following a Christmas advert, he’s now participated in an extensive, one-hour masterclass while at Arte Cinema. With it being conducted by a pair of French speakers, the translation process means it might not be as smooth as other conversations he has taken part in, but it is certainly one of the most informative about his influences and his process.

“The reason to hide your inspirations is because you are trying to steal them. If you can sneak it in, then you’ve gained something without having to lose something,” he says, mentioning his time at University of Texas when he would go back and forth consuming...

Our favourite voice work performances in time for The Lego Batman MovieOur favourite voice work performances in time for The Lego Batman MovieAdriana Floridia1/23/2017 10:13:00 Am

Many of us have different opinions on who played Batman best, but we'd be willing to throw out a far left candidate: Will Arnett.

That's right. Will Arnett plays Batman in a whole other way, by voicing Lego Batman. He was such a scene-stealer in The Lego Movie that he got his own spin-off, which has to say something, right?

Arnett is no stranger to voice work as he stars as the titular "Bojack Horseman" on the Netflix series. Playing a horse who once starred on a popular sitcom and now has fallen from grace, this is another voice performance that is so good, it makes Bojack-- an anthropomorphic horse, feel real. We'd argue Arnett does the same with the Lego version of Batman.

Chicago – The year 2016 was a dangerous one to be a famous person. In the past twelve months, one dozen of my former photo subjects passed away, celebrities who at one time or another famously posed for my lens. However, on a positive note, at least photos are forever. Or to quote the immortal words of Pee Wee Herman – “Why don’t you take a picture, it will last longer!”

The ranking of the portraits are based on a combination of the star power wattage of the subjects, the artistic results and the difficulty of landing the quarry…for those budding smart-phone-celebrity-stalkers who may wish to play along at home. So without further adieu, I present my top 20 celebrity portraits of 2016.

20. Peter Bogdanovich

Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

Here’s to Peter Bogdanovich, who apart from Woody Allen is one of my all-time favorite directors.

This is what we’ve been waiting for.

It’s safe to say that as soon as 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox ended we all needed more Wes Anderson anthropomorphic stop-motion magic on the big screen. Sure, in the meantime we’ve enjoyed Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and, most recently, a delightful Christmas short for H&M but you know what all those things aren’t? Charming stop-motion animals voiced by an ensemble cast of the industry’s best and brightest.

Now, we’ve known for about a year now that Anderson’s next project was going to a stop-motion film about dogs. This is incredibly exciting. It’s also incredibly interesting, as dogs haven’t fared well in Wes Anderson films. Cats neither, now that we think about it. (Rip Buckley, Snoopy, and Jeff Goldblum’s cat.) We haven’t had much other news but guess what, Christmas came early because we’ve now got...

Roald Dahl Rankings by Sam Adams Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) When it comes to Roald Dahl adaptations, there’s Wes Anderson‘s, and then there’s everyone else’s. Stop-motion animation was a logical step for one of the movies’ great miniaturists, and the animal-kingdom setting softens the harshness of Dahl’s worldview, which on screen often hardens into grotesquerie and cynicism. Like most of Anderson’s movies, “Mr. Fox” hides serious melancholy beneath its lacquered surface, just as Dahl’s whimsy mingles with the macabre. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Watched with adult eyes, Mel Stuart’s candy-coated adventure looks awfully threadbare in spots,...

Amazon Prime Day is here, and with it, a bevy of deals for your entertainment-loving heart. In order to plow through the massive list of deals being offered to Amazon Prime members — it is called Amazon Prime Day for a reason — we’ve narrowed down some of the many offerings for 18 tried and tested IndieWire favorites, spanning both film and television, available with some very special streaming deals today only. Take a look, and start saving now.

“Edge of Tomorrow” ($0.99, 80% off)

In a summer full of lousy Hollywood fare, go back to 2014 and re-experience Doug Liman’s brilliant sci-fi romp. Written by master screenwriter Chris McQuarrie, “Edge of Tomorrow” pushes Tom Cruise to rock bottom and kills him off in the first 10 minutes. And then does it again, and again and a few dozen more times. Consider it a video game movie that doesn’t need video game source material to make it work,...

In the season 2 finale of Gotham, "Wrath of the Villains: Transference," Bruce learns that there is a secret council running Wayne Enterprises and the entire city, Fish uses her new talents to influence Ms. Peabody, and Professor Strange loses control of Indian Hill. 

When we last saw our heroes, things weren't looking too good. Bruce and Mr. Fox are locked in an empty lab inside Indian Hill, being interrogated by Ed Nygma. And if they don't spill all they know about Professor Strange and his experiments, the room will be flooded with poisonous gas.

Michael J. Fox has scored an apology from American Media Inc. for a story published in its tabloid Globe about the “Back to the Future” star’s health. The mea culpa was posted on Globe’s website on Friday, as a “clarification.” Apparently, contrary to the Globe report, the actor “continues to live a fulfilling successful life.” “Ami apologizes to Michael J. Fox for an article about his health published in the April 4, 2016 issue of Globe,” the company’s apology reads. “Mr. Fox continues to live a fulfilling, successful life and to be an optimistic beacon of unflagging hope and inspiration for people living.

Don't mess with Michael J. Fox. The Good Wife actor has received an apology from tabloid magazine Globe and its publisher American Media Inc. for publishing a story that grossly exaggerated that his physical and mental health was in deep decline because of Parkinson's disease. "Ami apologizes to Michael J. Fox for an article about his health published in the April 4, 2016 issue of Globe," reads a statement posted on Globe's website. "Mr. Fox continues to live a fulfilling, successful life and to be an optimistic beacon of unflagging hope and inspiration for people living with the challenges of Parkinson's. Ami regrets any implication to the contrary." Fox, 54, tweeted a screen...

So, after several weeks of pre-emptions, we learned Alicia’s answer to Peter’s “one last favor” request/cliffhanger — even if it wasn’t shown on screen. But the fact that The Good Wife‘s titular protagonist did a solid for her soon-to-be-ex, and held off on publicly announcing her intent to divorce the Illinois governor, hardly matters in relation to the way this Sunday’s episode ended.

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With barely a moment’s hesitation, Alicia finally got real with her reason for (not) getting out of bed...

A half dozen characters dropped “Yep, we’re headed for a series finale” bombshells on this week’s The Good Wife, but none landed louder than Alicia Florrick’s barely audible inhalation in the episode’s last second.

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Cary’s quitting —and perhaps heading to parts decidedly more tropical. Eli’s pleading guilty. David Lee’s selling out. Diane’s putting the finishing touches on a power play. Howard Lyman is pulling up his pants. And Peter’s begging for a favor.

But our protagonist, she’s...

[Editor's Note: We're bringing some of our columns from Deadly Magazine into Daily Dead as well and today we have a look at our review roundup from Monte he likes to call "Movie Mayhem." Each month, he'll give you the rundown on movies he watched over the last 30 days that you may be interested in checking out. In the first installment on Daily Dead, find out what he thought of Bone Tomahawk, Tales of Halloween, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, and more...]

Bone Tomahawk: It’s a horror film, but it’s mostly a western. Add Kurt Russell, some cannibals and basically point me in the direction of the movie theater because I’m sold. “Bone Tomahawk” is an impressive film, one of the best of the year so far; a mix of unusual humor, touches of thoroughly effective and satisfying horror, a beautifully rendered western era composition, and stunning performances from an impressive cast. Richard Jenkins, known to horror fans as one of the operators of horror in “The Cabin in the Woods”, is amazing. Mr. Jenkins constructs a character that is both too old to banter with the mindset of those younger than him but also too old to not share whatever wisdom he can conjure up through insufferable anecdotes. Matthew Fox, from televisions “Lost”, plays a prideful and somewhat despicable hired gun. Mr. Fox might be at his best here,...

Make no mistake, pre-production has irrefutably kicked off on Wes Anderson‘s next project, and while his return to stop-motion animation still lacks an official title, we learnt more about the film’s canine nature only a few days ago. Wasting no time, the eclectic director has now turned to his regular posse of actors in order to fill some of the leading roles, with Nerdist revealing that Edward Norton, Bob Balaban and Jeff Goldblum have all signed on for the “Japanese-inspired” feature.

They’ll star opposite Breaking Bad and Trumbo alum Bryan Cranston, marking the actor’s first collaboration with the esteemed director. As a stop-motion animation, Anderson will be returning to a genre he excelled in with 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, though the filmmaker is playing is cards particularly close to his chest for this one.

All we know for sure is that the new creative venture will revolve around dogs,...