Toute la mémoire du monde ... Dreaming of France

papier, papier, everywhereAlain Resnais, dir. 1956Ou est la bibliotheque? Watching this short documentary made by Alain Resnais in 1956 will have you asking the French 101 question again. Because any book-loving Francophile worth his or her salt will want to find the amazing library shown in Resnais' spellbinding documentary.The iconic French New Wave filmmaker behind masterpieces such as Hiroshima mon amour and Last Year at Marienbad, began...

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The Garden of Last Days movie based on Andre Dubus III book is OFF!

 MAJOR BUMMER! After getting all jazzed about James Franco directing the screen adaptation of The Garden of Last Days (see post below) I just learned from Deadline that James Franco, who was set to direct, exited the project just two weeks prior to filming! According to the report, Millenium Films nixed several key crew members hand-picked by Franco. Apparently they didn't have enough experience to satisfy the bond company. For now...

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Set pictures from George Clooney's The Monuments Men movie based on Robert Edsel's book

George Clooney shooting The Monuments Men movie on the beach at Rye, England.Serious George Clooney watchers may want to bookmark The Monuments Men  movie site where 'moviehorizons' is gathering a ton of production photos and info for the upcoming film based on Robert M. Edsel's book. Clooney wrote the adaptation, stars, directs and produces the film about a group of allied heroes rescuing some of the world's greatest works of art from...

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Pitch Perfect: My Quick Take on this movie from the Vault

Zooming through the channels last night I landed on Pitch Perfect - about 40 minutes in. I'm not a huge Glee fan - which I figured the movie would be a big screen version of - but nothing else grabbed me so I figured what the hey. And I had a general sense that it had done well critically. I wish I'd seen it sooner. Sweet, funny, romantic with some glorious singing.The story: "Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The...

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World War Z; My personal connection to Brad Pitt - ha!

Brook's name is nice and big!Brad Pitt: Zombie FighterWorld War Z book fans take note: the Brad Pitt movie based on Max Brook's book that was so awful that Paramount  plunked down another $20 million for re-shoots which most everyone said would not work, actually opened this weekend to generally favorable reviews! Deadline talked to the film's director, Marc Forster, about the whole horrific process and how the re-shoots helped return the movie...

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Evidence stars Stephen Moyer and is NOT based on a book UPDATED

In theaters July 19thUpdated 6/21: MLH makes the publicity stills!This movie is NOT based on a book - but I have a personal connection so I decided to burst out of my box and share since my hubby worked on the movie. Mark, better know to y'all as MLH, was the second assistant director on  Evidence, one of those low budget 'found footage' horror films that have been popping up over the last few years. He's not an actor but took on the role...

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Juliet by Anne Fortier: Who would you cast?

A fan of Anne Fortier's Juliet and waiting for the screen adaptation? If you've been waiting patiently since Paramount and Montecito picked up the film rights with James Mangold set to direct, back in the fall of 2011, there's  finally some good news; Eyal Podell and Jonathon Stewart have been tapped to pen the script. Progress! According to Deadline, the pair apparently has a 'hot' Seuss script making the rounds.The Story from Pulishers Weekly:Fortier...

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First trailer for The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio

Oh my. The first trailer for The Wolf of Wall Street has just been released. The film based on Jordan Belfort's memoir of the same name stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, and as you can see from the trailer, Jonah Hill as his trusty sidekick. Matthew McConaughey,looking way too gaunt and acting -  well - pretty creepy, also stars. The cast also includes Jon Favreau, yummy Kyle (Friday Night lights) Chandler, Rob Reiner and Jean Dujardin. The...

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Jane Fonda blogs about This Is Where I Leave You movie based on Jonathan Tropper's book

Image credit: Dutton/Penguin BooksHow did I miss this! Back on May 15th  I blogged about the making of the movie This Is Where I Leave You based on Jonathan Tropper's eponymous novel totally missing the fact that Jane Fonda was playing Judd's newly widowed mother. And was blogging about it on the very same day. I had no idea Jane Fonda was online ... she's on twitter too. I just love that!It wasn't until I actually started reading the novel...

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Sam Riley joins Michelle Williams Suite Francaise movie based on book (updated)

Mon dieu! Can you get enough World War II period films set in France? This news from Cannes should strike a bittersweet note with Paulita over at the Dreaming of France meme - lots of fun French posts on Monday. Bitter because of the somber subject matter, sweet because it's still satisfies our fascination with France; an adaptation of the long-discussed movie based on Irene Nemirovsky's novel, Suite Francaise, is moving ahead. Nemorovsky's own story,...

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Joss Whedon gives us his Anatomy of a Scene from Much Ado About Nothing

Have you brushed up your Shakespeare in prep for Much Ado About Nothing, due out June 21st? Joss Whedon's modern take on the comedy - so modern, it was shot in one short week, in the director's own home - has been labeled a rush job by its' detractors but if you're still psyched to see it - like I am - check out the 'Anatomy of a Scene' video from the New York Times featuring Whedon's voice-over commentary bel...

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Tom Hanks will star in screen adaptation of A Hologram for the King

GADS! What a crappy cover!Tom Hanks and Tom Tykwer are reteaming to turn the Dave Eggers novel A Hologram For The King into a feature film. Hanks will star as a struggling businessman who moves to Saudi Arabia to try to head off financial ruin, save his home from foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition and do something meaningful in the process. Twyker who co-directed Cloud Atlas with the Wachowski sibs,will direct; he's already written the...

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Catherine Deneuve Belle de Jour 1967   Based on the book by Joseph Kessel DREAMING OF FRA...

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Tiger Eyes: My take on the movie

Tiger Eyes, the movie based on Judy Blume's novel was released yesterday in select theaters AND on VOD. I thought about driving into Pasadena then decided to pass on the traffic and watch it in the comfort of my own home. I spent the extra buck on the HD version ($4.99) last night on Amazon; we have a fairly massive flat screen which I think did justice to this really lovely film adapted for the screen by Blume herself, along with her son, Lawrence,...

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