CD Review: La Virgen Negra
Discoveries, Reviews — February 8, 2010 at 10:00 amI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one of the joys of running this blog has been the introduction to so many different scores and composers that I would might not have come across on my own. My latest “discovery” is Venezuelan composer Elik Álvarez and his score for the 2008 mystical comedy LA VIRGEN NEGRA.
The film stars Carmen Maura (best known for her performances in Pedro...
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CD Review: La Virgen Negra
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one of the joys of running this blog has been the introduction to...
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LIMELIGHT is an interesting film in the Charlie Chaplin canon. In his last American film, Chaplin stars as Calvero, a once-famous...
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CD Review: La Virgen Negra
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one of the joys of running this blog has been the introduction to so many different scores and composers that I would might not have come across on my own. My latest “discovery” is Venezuelan composer Elik Álvarez and his score for...
February 8th, 2010 | Discoveries, Reviews | Read More
DVD Review: The Hollywood Sound
For all you lovers of Golden Age film music, have I got a DVD for you! THE HOLLYWOOD SOUND is a concert (well, a recording session), a history lesson, a film lesson, a music lesson, but most of all it’s an entertaining look at the birth of modern film music.
The 1995 film (originally aired on PBS)...
February 5th, 2010 | Reviews | Read More
Life Upon the Wicked Stage
LIMELIGHT is an interesting film in the Charlie Chaplin canon. In his last American film, Chaplin stars as Calvero, a once-famous English music hall comedian, who saves a young ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and helps her regain belief in her talent. The title card at the beginning of the film...
February 4th, 2010 | Trailers | Read More
Telle Bridge
When do movies about apartheid seem cold and passionless? When you have Richard Attenborough at the helm. Attenborough is an uninspiring director who makes uninspiring films. And, yes, that includes his multi-Oscar-winning GANDHI. After the joke that was A CHORUS LINE, Attenborough returned to dramatic...
February 3rd, 2010 | Cues | Read More
2009 Academy Award Nominees
It’s been a long road of prognosticators and pontificating on the way to this year’s Oscar nominees, myself included. As the years pass, I become less and less interested in all the major categories (though I still talk about them endlessly throughout the course of the year). My fascination...
February 2nd, 2010 | News | Read More
CD Review: Edge of Darkness
When it was announced back in October that John Corigliano’s score for the Mel Gibson thriller EDGE OF DARKNESS had been rejected in the 11th hour (the film was due to open a few weeks later), I was sorely disappointed. I had been looking forward to a new score from the Oscar winner after a 10-year...
February 1st, 2010 | Reviews | Read More
January Recap
As I sit here in my cave of an apartment (which STILL has no heat!) enduring a brutally cold weekend here in New York City, I warm myself up with the strides this blog has taken over the past month. The visitor tallies continue to climb and the comments from all of you new and regular readers keeps my...
January 31st, 2010 | News | Read More
IFMCA Nominations 2009
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) has just announced its sixth annual nominations for the best in musical scoring of 2009. Nominations are taken from films and television from around the world in all genres. Michael Giacchino leads the field with a record nine nominations. Please...
January 29th, 2010 | News | Read More
How Green Was My Valley
Today, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY is known as the film that most cinephiles believe “undeservedly” won the 1941 Best Picture prize over CITIZEN KANE. While VALLEY may not be a groundbreaking film, it is a moving and touching memoir.
Based on Richard Llewellyn’s novel, John Ford’s...
January 28th, 2010 | Trailers | Read More
I’m Such a Sap
I’m such a sap. I truly am. I cry at the drop of a hat. As my best friend has jokingly told me for years, I cry at milk commercials. Whether that makes me a mess or just emotional, I choose to repress it and not dig too deeply internally to figure it all out.
On those occasions when I need a really good...
January 27th, 2010 | Cues | Read More
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