Showalter on "The Dropout" & con artists "The Dropout" director appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss comedy and why Americans keep falling for hucksters Salon · Apr 19, 2022
What links ‘Nick Cage’ to David Lynch’s Dune and an all-time turkey from Adam Sandler? Steal a Ferrari and race it down the rabbit hole with one of Hollywood’s most bombastic stars, along with Elon Musk’s ex-wife and director Tom McCarthy The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2022
TV tonight: watch out dinosaurs, that big asteroid is coming – and so is David Attenborough The most soothing voice on the box tells an apocalyptic tale in Dinosaurs: The Final Day. Plus: a killer on the loose in Grantchester. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022
Leave the gun. Make Godfather's sauce Fifty years after its debut, we ponder how many fans of Francis Ford Coppola have memorized Clemenza's sauce recipe Salon · Apr 10, 2022
Gaslit, Devs and Better Call Saul: what’s new to streaming in Australia this April Plus A Very British Scandal, a series about surfing entrepreneurs and Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s comedy about being a fictional president of Ukraine The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2022
Will Smith overshadowed the Oscars. Here’s what else happened during the 94th Academy Awards After Will Smith’s shocking behaviour at the 94th Academy Awards, we wouldn’t blame you for forgetting what else happened during the ceremony. The New Daily · Mar 28, 2022
Anthony Hopkins' brilliant Oscars after-show dancing will help you almost forget that Will Smith slap It was one of many Oscars 2022 moments you probably didn't realise had happened Wales Online · Mar 28, 2022
Oscars 2022: Will Smith not facing charges for slapping Chris Rock, says LAPD, as Academy releases statement – as it happened Family drama Coda won best picture at a ceremony that was overshadowed by Will Smith attacking Chris Rock The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022
‘Why do they do that?’: Nicolas Cage isn’t down with the Coppola-Scorsese Marvel bashing Francis Ford Coppola reckons comic-book blockbusters are ‘despicable’ – his nephew, stage-named after an MCU superhero, disagrees The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022
Nic Cage takes on Scorsese, defends MCU "What could be wrong with wholesome entertainment that is appealing to the parents and the children?" Salon · Mar 24, 2022
James Caan says he walked out of The Godfather screening over one of his scenes being cut: ‘I was so pissed’ Actor said director Francis Ford Coppola scrapped 10-page sequence The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022
An Offer You Can't Refuse: The 10 Weirdest Gangster Films Of All Time This month marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece “The Godfather.” Paramount Pictures (NASDAQ: PARAA) re-released the film in theaters last month and is putting out a 4K restored and remastered edition on Blu-ray and DVD. Benzinga · Mar 19, 2022
The Godfather at 50: celebrating the mob saga that raised the bar for gangster films It’s one of the most famous climactic scenes in film: a tense and shocking denouement that sees a series of brutal assassinations intercut with the central character calmly renouncing Satan as he becomes godfather to his nephew. The Conversation · Mar 11, 2022
The Godfather at 50: set among the American Mafia of the 40s, Coppola's film is unmistakably a film of the disillusioned 70s When it was released 50 years ago, The Godfather won a swag of Oscars and hailed director Francis Ford Coppola as the voice of a new auteur. But timing is, as they say, everything. The Conversation · Mar 6, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022 This thing of ours: why does The Godfather still ring true 50 years on? From Succession to the real-life drama of the Tory government, the influence of Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia film is everywhere
Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2022 ‘The Godfather’ star James Caan reflects on Sonny’s iconic moments as film marks 50th anniversary For James Caan, “The Godfather” remains the don of all movies five decades after its premiere.
Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022 How Mafia bosses almost scuppered The Godfather and then grew to love it The Godfather first premiered in 1972 and was the highest grossing film of that year - it also cleaned up at the awards winning best picture and best adapted screenplay
The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022 Francis Ford Coppola unimpressed by the ‘big razzle dazzle’ of modern-day Oscars ‘I like it more intimate, when they had a gentle quality,’ director said
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022 The Godfather review – a brutal sweep of magnificent storytelling Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in the series is still an epic, full of hypnotic acting, which reinvented mafia criminals as players in a dynastic psychodrama
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2022 ‘The Godfather’: 50 ways to love the masterpiece as it nears half a century Watching the greatest movie of all time when it returns to theaters Thursday is more fun when you know where Sofia Coppola shows up, how George Lucas contributed and what all those oranges mean.
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Coppola and Scorsese’s critique of Marvel is valid – why aren’t the younger stars saying it? The internet outrage economy thrives on elder statesmen of cinema going after Marvel and the lack of ambition in most modern blockbusters, writes Adam White. But Coppola, Scorsese and their ilk also have a point – and you wish younger A-listers would join them
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Francis Ford Coppola says films like Dune and No Time to Die waste talented directors ‘You and I could pull the same sequence out of both of them and put them together,’ said the filmmaker
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022 Francis Ford Coppola says Dune and No Time to Die feel interchangeable, suggests they waste talented directors ‘You and I could pull the same sequence out of both of them and put them together,’ said the filmmaker
Inverse · Feb 14, 2022 2022 Ford E-Transit review: Why it could be the most significant EV ever The E-Transit is a lightly modified version of the existing Transit van, trading an internal combustion engine for a battery and electric motor. It could be one of the most important EVs yet.
Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022 Why commercial customers are poised to lead EV transformation SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — Steve Dutton can't get his hands on an electric pickup fast enough.