by Danny Miller | Sep 2, 2022 | Interviews, What's Hot
As a child, David Kurtz emigrated from Poland to the United States. Years, later, in November 1938, he returned to Europe for a sightseeing trip and visited his home town of Nasielsk. He bought a 16mm camera for the trip, then still a novelty and something that was...
by Sean Axmaker | Mar 4, 2014 | Home Viewing
12 Years a Slave (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD), coming hot off an Oscar win for Best Picture as well as Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o, whose acceptance speech was a work of art) and Best Adapted Screenplay (by John Ridley), timed this release right....
by Noah Walden | Jan 16, 2014 | Awards, News
12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle led the way in nominations. See who else is in the running. Best picture Captain Phillips Gravity 12 Years a Slave Philomena American Hustle Her Nebraska The Wolf of Wall Street Dallas Buyers Club Best Director Steve...
by Noah Walden | Dec 3, 2013 | News
David O. Russell, who, you may recall, had some awards-season success with last year’s Silver Linings Playbook, looks to be on track for another season of trophies with American Hustle. Russell re-teams with his Playbook pairing of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley...
by David F Walker | Dec 1, 2013 | Features, News, What's Hot
Watching director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, it was impossible to keep my mind from wandering to Lelia Moore. Lelia was born a slave some time in the mid-1830s, and by 1850 she was the property of John Douglas Hancock. In 1855, while she was still in her late...