Oliver Stone

A Movie A Day: Oliver Stone’s SALVADOR (1986) You gotta get close to get the truth. You get too...

Ahoy, squirts! We started with his one-scene early career role as “Bank Officer” in the James Caan flick THE GAMBLER, then was second only to Robert De Niro in yesterday’s amazing ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA and now we get to...

Bulgarian movies at the spotlight of Thessaloniki Film Festival

Unlike last years, the 49th edition of the International Thessaloniki Films Festival (November 14 - 23) will include more than one Bulgarian movie. The first one is the "Golden Rose" winner and Oskars candidate "Zift". The...

Peter Preston: The paucity of hope

Let's call it the Redknapp illusion: the fleeting moment when a wonder worker takes over an imploding football team and turns despair to triumphant cliche. Forget Roy of the Rovers, try Harry of the Hotspurs ... Harrylujah! But...

Teaming up to climb a 'High Tower'

Back booth, corner, City Deli, Hillcrest. A table resplendent with kosher dill pickles, brisket sandwiches on rye, Dr. Brown's Cream Soda, other delectables. Music: oldies but goodies. It was here, between scoops of creamy cole...

Comedians' lament: No Obama laughs

New leader's influence will extend beyond politics to pop culture By TAMARA IKENBERG • The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal • November 17, 2008 After comedian Jon Stewart announced on election night that Barack Obama was...

The sweet (non) smell of success

TODAY: Remember that classic episode of "Seinfeld"? The one where Jerry leaves his car with the valet and then has to deal with the horrendous body odor? Well, if Jerry had been smart, he'd have watched this morning's episode...

With new president, at least language should get a break

Director Oliver Stone, in his recent film “W,” portrays our current president as something of a tragic figure – a man both elevated by his family’s status and shackled by his father’s lofty standards.I see George W. Bush as a...

'B List' highlights obscure film gems

By Mae Anderson Associated Press "The B List" (Da Capo Press. $15.95. 288 pages), edited by David Sterritt and John Anderson The literary version of having a movie-critic friend intent on convincing you that there's a movie of...

'Should I put on tap-dancing shoes and juggle chainsaws?'

IN the week that Oliver Stone released W. -- his portrait of the life of the US president which had a cinema release specifically timed to capitalise on pre-election hysteria -- the film which kept the legendary director off...

SMU nears win in renaming Yale Boulevard

12:00 AM CST on Saturday, November 15, 2008 By MARK NORRIS / The Dallas Morning News norrism@dallasnews.com The UA Cine is long gone. The change from Yale Boulevard to SMU Boulevard reflects Southern Methodist University's...

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