This year Telluride will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in style with an extra day of screenings (though not an expanded slate, just more opportunity to see everything) as well as a new venue, “The Werner Herzog Theatre.” Things are just gearing up, and it all started today with the release of this year’s poster art for the fest.
Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis designs Telluride Film Festival's 40th annual poster
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:41 pm · May 30th, 2013
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Roger Ebert on my favorite movies
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:39 pm · April 4th, 2013
I always found that my taste tended to line up quite a bit with Roger Ebert’s, particularly when it came to our favorite movies of all time. His list of the 10 best ever overlapped with mine in three instances, while other films he loved — such as “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” — were certainly among those I held sacred.
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Off the Carpet: Getting out the vote
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:20 am · August 27th, 2012
That’s what’s so great about movies, books, paintings, songs, etc. They are as much a direct reflection of the times as they are a nebulous Rorschach for them. Involuntary extrapolation can be as significant as clear-eyed reaction to a straight-forward treatise. And in an environment as heated, tense and divided as this, the art that escapes the cauldron is bound to be, if not willfully profound, then a fascinating looking glass, at the very least.
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Cinejabber: Best Picture, critic style
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 am · August 18th, 2012
What happens when you fuse Oscar’s Best Picture list with the S&S poll?
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'Mad Men' stars promote 'The Godfather' on AMC
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:48 pm · February 29th, 2012
Plus a remembrance of my first look at Coppola’s masterpiece
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As 'The Godfather' heads back to theaters, we look back at its strange dance with Oscar
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:25 am · February 29th, 2012
It’s been 40 years since Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Mario Puzo’s seminal crime novel “The Godfather” was released in theaters. To mark the anniversary, Paramount Pictures, in a partnership with Cinemark Theatres, is re-releasing the restored version of the film in 55 Cinemark XD auditoriums on Thursday, March 1.
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Celebrate 100 years of Paramount on your iPad
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:17 pm · January 2nd, 2012
Paramount Pictures has launched a new app for the iPad that celebrates the studio’s landmark 100th anniversary this year. The 100 Years of Movie Magic app “is an exploration of the studio’s incredibly rich and storied history,” the iTunes blurb reads. Every studio should do something like this.
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84th Oscars poster could have been better
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:36 am · December 30th, 2011
The Academy’s recently-released poster for the 84th annual Academy Awards seems like it could have used a little more thought. But I doubt anyone much cares. Nevertheless…
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