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‘Paris': An episodic delight | 3 stars

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:15:00 GMT

‘Paris’: An episodic delight | 3 stars Romain Duris is a dancer awaiting a new heart. More News ‘Paris’ ★★★ Not rated | Time: 2:10 French with subtitles Cedric Klapisch’s “Paris” could have been made by the late Robert Altman.
Source: KansasCity.com

The Reunion Tour, for Clothes Only

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:27:53 GMT

WHEN consumerism spends itself to death and the arteries of fashion are clogged with cheap, disposable and boring designs, it's time to rediscover one-of-a-kind relics from bygone fashion eras.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Comedy noms may predict Oscar entries

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:19 GMT

"BRUNO" Genre: Straights dressing up Classic Precursor: "Some Like It Hot" (1959). Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, like Sacha Baron Cohen, won plenty of pre-release publicity for exploring how the other half loves.
Source: Variety

Free films, special screenings Nov. 20-26

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:07:26 GMT

FREE FILMS“NASHVILLE” Robert Altman’s kaleidoscopic study of Music City USA during a presidential campaign. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Film Vault, KC Central Library.“SHORT CUTS”...
Source: KansasCity.com

3 Women: The Soundtrack

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:56:15 GMT

Another fantastic find, courtesy EggCityRadio, Gerald Busby‘s scary-as-shit flute soundtrack to Robert Altman‘s 3 Women. Along with The Long Goodbye and McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 3 Women definitely makes my “classic” Altman shortlist.
Source: Dangerous Minds

Our Man in Boston: Robert Altman's One Long Film [Iconography]

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:27:56 GMT

Film (theatrical and television) director Robert Altman, auteur of some 40 movies (you know what I mean, the stuff that, during what may one day be referred to as America’s Golden Age, was shown on very big screens in halls that held hundreds of...
Source: The Morning News

My Hollywood Breakthrough: We Destroyed the Film

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:41:48 GMT

The dazzling light show that served as interplanetary communication in 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” helped win both cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and the film their only Oscar.
Source: The Wrap

Robert Altman biographer speaks here Monday

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:59:40 GMT

Robert Altman biographer speaks here Monday More News Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the newly published “Robert Altman: The Oral Biography,” will discuss the life and career of the Kansas City-born film director in a free presentation Monday.
Source: KansasCity.com

Quoted in 'Short Cuts'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:36:58 GMT

said in The New York Times:

At 46, Robert Altman is Hollywood’s newest 26-year-old genius.

Quoted in 'Music Review | 'Daryl Glenn and Jo Lynn Burks Play and Sing Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville'': A Tribute to ‘Nashville’ (Altman’s, not Parton’s)'

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:52:01 GMT

said in The New York Times:

Daryl Glenn and Jo Lynn Burks Play and Sing Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’

Robert Altman Schools Matthew Modine

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:50:07 GMT

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:18:38 GMT

Actress Cameron Diaz presents the Robert Altman award at the 24th annual Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California February 21, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: Actress Lynda Carter arrives with husband Robert Altman at the Kennedy Center for the Kennedy Center Honors on December 7, 2008 in Washington, DC.