By There’s a special kind of obnoxious nothingness to the way people talk about “world peace.” Not the wanting of it. Wanting world peace is fine, obviously. It’s the framing that gets under the skin: the tiara-and-sash simple-mindedness of it, the idea that wishing hard enough into a microphone counts as
Trailer: Netflix’s Martin Short Documentary
Netflix has premiered the trailer for the documentary feature “Marty, Life is Short” which puts the focus on Canadian national treasure Martin Short. Famed filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan (“Body Heat,” “The Big Chill”) directs the project, which blends, intimate, never-before-seen archive footage alongside exclusive interviews with some of the most established
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Eulogizes Journalism, Movie Stardom and Last Gasps of Creativity
It was a different world The Devil Wears Prada opened in 20 years ago, as indicated by the fact that you could open a summer hit like The Devil Wears Prada without it being a sequel, remake, or reimagining. To be sure, the 2006 original—which also netted Meryl Streep an
BELLISSIMA: For the Love of “La Lupa”
To understand why the sobriquet “La Lupa” (The She-Wolf) was bestowed upon Anna Magnani in her native Italy, you need look no further than her performance in Luchino Visconti’s 1951 melodrama Bellissima. A lesser-known gem in both its star and its director’s illustrious filmographies, Bellissima stars Magnani as a working-class
“Devil Wears Prada 2” Snags $10M In Previews
20th Century Studios’ “The Devil Wears Prada 2” pulled in a reported $10 million in Thursday night previews domestically. Internationally, the film is doing considerably better – snagging a further $40.5 million overseas to date. Those numbers mean the sequel is still very much on track to meet projections of
