Thursday, December 20, 2018
PETER MASTERSON 1934-2018
PETER MASTERSON
1934-2018
Peter Masterson was one of the nicest people I ever interviewed. I am sorry he is gone. He was intelligent, friendly, encouraging, and skilled as an actor, director and writer.
He was married to the actress Carlin Glynn. The cinematographer Peter Masterson is his son, and the actress Mary Stuart Masterson is his daughter. I interviewed Mary Stuart when her fine film, The Cake Eaters, was shown at the Stony Brook Film Festival. I was glad, at the time, to be able to tell her how much I liked her father.
Peter Masterson was best known for his Tony nominated adaptation and direction of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. (He won the Drama Desk Award for Best Director. Carlin Glynn won both the Tony and Theater World Awards for Featured Actress.) He also directed the film Trip To Bountiful, which won an Oscar for Geraldine Page, which was adapted by his cousin, Horton Foote, who had written the original stage play. Peter played Katharine Ross' husband in the original adaptation of Stepford Wives. Mary Stuart, then just 10, made her film debut as his daughter in that film.
LINKS
PETER MASTERSON - WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Masterson
PETER MASTERSON - IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557751/
QPORIT: MARY STUART MASTERSON AND THE CAKE EATERS
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2008/07/mary-stuart-masterson-and-cake-eaters.html
Labels: broadway, Carlin Glynn, Drama Desk Award, Mary Stuart Masterson, Oscar, Peter Masterson, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Cake Eaters, Tony Award, Trip to Bountiful
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
FILM COMMENT'S SELECTIONS FOR BEST FILMS OF 2018
FILM COMMENT'S SELECTIONS
BEST FILMS OF 2018
Film Comment has just announced its selections for best films of the year!
Surprisingly, perhaps, ROMA, which has received a lot of attention and praise from many sources (and will be available on NETFLIX shortly), was only number 4 on their list.
As a magazine for international(!) film lovers, it is not surprising that many of the films on the Film Comment list are indie and foreign films.
Interestingly, looking forward to the future, there is a second list: the best films that have appeared in film festivals this year, but that have not yet been released.
The following comes from Film Comment's FSLC Press release today:
Film Comment’s Top 20 Films Released in 2018:
1. Zama Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Brazil/Spain
2. Burning Lee Chang-dong, South Korea
3. First Reformed Paul Schrader, USA
4. ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico
5. Western Valeska Grisebach, Germany/Bulgaria
6. Shoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
7. Let the Sunshine In Claire Denis, France
8. The Other Side of the Wind Orson Welles, USA
9. Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher, Italy
10. Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross, USA
11. Sorry to Bother You Boots Riley, USA
12. If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins, USA
13. The Rider Chloé Zhao, USA
14. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Joel & Ethan Coen, USA
15. Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski, USA
16. You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay, UK/France/USA
17. Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman, USA
18. Personal Problems Bill Gunn, USA
19. The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/UK/USA
20. BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee, USA
Film Comment’s Top 20 Unreleased Films of 2018:
1. What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? Roberto Minervini, Italy/USA/France
2. La Flor Mariano Llinás, Argentina
3. Black Mother Khalik Allah, USA
4. A Family Tour Ying Liang, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia
5. Feast of the Epiphany Michael Koresky, Jeff Reichert & Farihah Zaman, USA
6. América Claus Drexel, France
7. Donbass Sergei Loznitsa, Germany/Ukraine/France/Netherlands/Romania
8. The Grand Bizarre Jodie Mack, USA
9. Your Face Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
10. Casanova Gene Luise Donschen, Germany
11. Shakedown Leilah Weinraub, USA
12. The Task Leigh Ledare, USA
13. Sophia Antipolis Virgil Vernier, France
14. Second Time Around Dora García, Belgium/Norway
15. Manta Ray Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand/France/China
16. Flight of a Bullet Beata Bubenets, Russia/Latvia
17. Our Time Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Germany/Denmark/Sweden
18. Reason Anand Patwardhan, India
19. Season of the Devil Lav Diaz, Philippines
20. A Wild Stream Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda, Mexico
The nearly 100 poll participants are all Film Comment contributors from the past year and include:
- Ina Diane Archer (The Smithsonian),
- Ela Bittencourt (Brazil-based programmer),
- Andrew Chan (The Criterion Collection),
- Justin Chang (Los Angeles Times),
- K. Austin Collins (Vanity Fair),
- Nick Davis (FC contributing editor, Northwestern University),
- Nicholas Elliott (Cahiers du Cinéma, BOMB),
- Molly Haskell,
- J. Hoberman (The New York Times),
- Eric Hynes (FC columnist and Museum of the Moving Image curator),
- Kristin M. Jones (The Wall Street Journal),
- Nellie Killian (programmer and FC contributing editor),
- Violet Lucca (Harper’s),
- Aliza Ma (Metrograph),
- Farran Smith Nehme (Self-Styled Siren),
- Christina Newland,
- Sheila O’Malley (RogerEbert.com),
- Nick Pinkerton,
- Jonathan Romney (FCcontributing editor),
- Girish Shambu,
- Imogen Sara Smith (FC columnist),
- Amy Taubin (FC and Artforumcontributing editor),
- Ella Taylor (NPR),
- Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan (curator and critic), and
- Manu Yáñez Murillo (Otros Cines Europa).
FILM COMMENT
Film Comment magazine features in-depth reviews, critical analysis, and feature coverage of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. In its bimonthly print edition, vibrant website, and popular podcast, Film Comment is at the center of film culture, and has been since 1962, when it was founded by Gordon Hitchens. Its subsequent editors include Richard Corliss, Harlan Jacobson, Richard Jameson, Gavin Smith, and, today, Nicolas Rapold.
FILM COMMENT
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER (FSLC)
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is devoted to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema. The only branch of the world-renowned arts complex Lincoln Center to shine a light on the everlasting yet evolving importance of the moving image, this nonprofit organization was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international film with year-round programming and discussions; its annual New York Film Festival; and its publications, including Film Comment.
For more information, visit filmlinc.org and follow @filmlinc on Twitter.
Labels: best films 2018, Film Comment, film society of lincoln center, Films, FSLC
Thursday, December 06, 2018
GOLDEN GLOBE (JAN 6, 2019) NOMINATIONS
GOLDEN GLOBE
JAN 6, 2019
NOMINATIONS
PICTURES AND TELEVISION
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
=>Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
Best Motion
Picture – Musical or Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
=>Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
=>Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice
Best Motion
Picture – Animated
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
=>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
=>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Motion
Picture – Foreign Language
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
=>Roma
Shoplifters
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
=>Roma
Shoplifters
Best Television Series – Drama
=>The Americans
Bodyguard
Homecoming
Killing Eve
Pose
=>The Americans
Bodyguard
Homecoming
Killing Eve
Pose
Best Television Series – Musical or
Comedy
Barry (HBO)
The Good Place (NBC)
Kidding (Showtime)
=>The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Barry (HBO)
The Good Place (NBC)
Kidding (Showtime)
=>The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Best Television Limited Series or Motion
Picture Made for Television
The Alienist (TNT)
=>The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
Escape at Dannemora (Showtime)
Sharp Objects (HBO)
A Very English Scandal (Amazon)
The Alienist (TNT)
=>The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
Escape at Dannemora (Showtime)
Sharp Objects (HBO)
A Very English Scandal (Amazon)
WRITING, DIRECTION AND MUSIC
Best
Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
=>Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
=>Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Adam McKay (Vice)
=>Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (Green Book)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Adam McKay (Vice)
=>Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (Green Book)
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place)
Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)
Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther)
=>Justin Hurwitz (First Man)
Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)
Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place)
Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)
Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther)
=>Justin Hurwitz (First Man)
Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
All the Stars (Black Panther)
Girl in the Movies (Dumplin’)
Requiem For a Private War (A Private War)
Revelation’ (Boy Erased)
=>Shallow (A Star Is Born)
All the Stars (Black Panther)
Girl in the Movies (Dumplin’)
Requiem For a Private War (A Private War)
Revelation’ (Boy Erased)
=>Shallow (A Star Is Born)
ACTING
=>Glenn Close (The Wife)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Rosamund Pike (A Private War)
Best Actor
in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased)
=>Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased)
=>Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Actress
in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
=>Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Charlize Theron (Tully)
Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
=>Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Charlize Theron (Tully)
Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
Best Actor
in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
=>Christian Bale (Vice)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun)
John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie)
=>Christian Bale (Vice)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun)
John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie)
Best Actress
in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams (Vice)
Claire Foy (First Man)
=>Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Amy Adams (Vice)
Claire Foy (First Man)
=>Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Best Actor
in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
=>Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
=>Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Best
Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell (The Good Place)
Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Alison Brie (Glow)
=>Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Debra Messing (Will & Grace)
Kristen Bell (The Good Place)
Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Alison Brie (Glow)
=>Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Debra Messing (Will & Grace)
Best Performance by an Actor in a
Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?)
Jim Carrey (Kidding)
=>Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?)
Jim Carrey (Kidding)
=>Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Best Performance by an Actress in a
Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)
=>Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)
Connie Britton (Dirty John)
Laura Dern (The Tale)
Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)
=>Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)
Connie Britton (Dirty John)
Laura Dern (The Tale)
Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Best Performance by an Actor in a
Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)
Daniel Bruhl (The Alienist)
=>Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)
Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)
Daniel Bruhl (The Alienist)
=>Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)
Best Performance by an Actress in a
Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for
Television
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
=>Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
=>Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Best Performance by an Actor in a
Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for
Television
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
=>Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
=>Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television
Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
=>Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Julia Roberts (Homecoming)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
=>Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Julia Roberts (Homecoming)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Best Performance by an Actor
in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Stephan James (Homecoming)
=>Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Stephan James (Homecoming)
=>Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Labels: Golden Globes
