http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:49:17 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:30 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Film-Noir-101-A-weekend-of-darkness-at-the-Savoy-in-Montpelier?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Bogie & Bacall in The Big Sleep (1946, Warner Bros.)Film noir, as the French would come to call it, was a unique byproduct of artistic and sociological forces that had its start in America in the early ‘40s and reached its peak in the latte... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Film-Noir-101-A-weekend-of-darkness-at-the-Savoy-in-Montpelier?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Current-picture-shows-The-Coen-Brothers-A-Serious-Man?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner The land of Uz, circa 1967: Michael Stuhlbarg in the Coen Brothers' A Serious ManIf you walk into the new Coen Brothers movie a few minutes late, you may think you’re in the wrong theater.A Serious Man opens with an extended sequence shot in th... Current Picture Shows Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Current-picture-shows-The-Coen-Brothers-A-Serious-Man?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Current-picture-shows-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner I'm a goat watcher: George Clooney in The Men Who Stare at Goats It’s one of the stranger titles in recent years, and the movie more than lives up to it in the strangeness department.The Men Who Stare at Goats is not, as one might guess, a... Current Picture Shows Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:49:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Current-picture-shows-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Leo-McCarey-A-man-to-remember?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Leo McCarey: The auteur at workThat Leo McCarey does not enjoy a more substantial reputation today is one of the cinema’s greater puzzles.Let’s take a look at his résumé.  He got his start in the silent era, helming num... Profiles Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:35:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Leo-McCarey-A-man-to-remember?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Classics-from-the-vault-Two-from-John-Sturges?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Spencer Tracy (left) having a bad day at Black Rock John Sturges was a reliable craftsman, a solid pro who made entertaining and intelligent action movies across a variety of genres.  I would stop short at calling him an auteur, but when he... Classics from the Vault Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Classics-from-the-vault-Two-from-John-Sturges?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d26-VT-films-Liz-Canners-Orgasm-Inc?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner  Orgasm Inc. is a movie about that most mysterious and elusive of phenomenon: female pleasure.Countless books have been written about it.  Talk shows discuss it ad nauseum.  Cosmopolitan has made a franchise out of racy articles descri... VT Films Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:32:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d26-VT-films-Liz-Canners-Orgasm-Inc?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Classics-from-the-vault-Peter-Bogdanovichs-Targets?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Art imitating life: Boris Karloff in Peter Bogdanovich's brilliant Targets When Peter Bogdanovich was offered the chance to make a feature film by B-movie king Roger Corman, there were two stipulations.  The first was that he use footage fr... Classics from the Vault Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:41:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Classics-from-the-vault-Peter-Bogdanovichs-Targets?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Current-picture-shows--Michael-Moores-Capitalism-A-Love-Story?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner The man with a megaphone: Michael Moore in Capitalism: A Love StoryIn the dinner party of life, Michael Moore is the uninvited guest who spends the evening hogging the hors d’œvres and shanghaiing everyone he meets into heated debates.&nb... Current Picture Shows Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:52:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Current-picture-shows--Michael-Moores-Capitalism-A-Love-Story?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Dead-Creek-A-film-by-VT-director-Mike-Turner?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner VT actress Kerrin Jeromin in a scene from Dead Creek Dead Creek is a 2,858-acre area of swampland located in Addison County, Vermont, near the southern tip of Lake Champlain.  It’s the perfect place for a horror movie: dark, dank, and... VT Films Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:33:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Dead-Creek-A-film-by-VT-director-Mike-Turner?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d5-The-Top-10-Films-of-the-1950s?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Here’s where it starts to get difficult.The fourth installment in a nine-part series examining the best films of each decade from the 1920s to the present, the following article looks at the 1950s, arguably the cinema’s richest decade.Wit... Top 10 Lists Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:12:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d5-The-Top-10-Films-of-the-1950s?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Michael-Ritchie-The-Forgotten-Maverick?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Of all the directors to emerge during the American movie renaissance of the 1970s, the most underrated is Michael Ritchie.Ritchie brought a new brand of satirical realism to mainstream Hollywood, using cinema vérité techniques to lampoo... Profiles Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:39:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Michael-Ritchie-The-Forgotten-Maverick?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Current-picture-shows-The-Baader-Meinhof-Complex?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Rebels with a cause: Johanna Wokalek and Moritz Bleibtreu in The Baader Meinhof ComplexThere’s a scene early in The Baader Meinhof Complex that exemplifies the film’s dangerous power.  A gang tears down the streets of Berlin in ... Current Picture Shows Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:02:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Current-picture-shows-The-Baader-Meinhof-Complex?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Classics-from-the-vault-The-Phenix-City-Story?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner If The Phenix City Story took place in the year 1300 instead of 1954, it could have been the model for Dante’s fourth circle of Hell.The setting is Phenix City, Alabama, once nicknamed “Sin City, U.S.A.” for the crimi... Classics from the Vault Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:04:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Classics-from-the-vault-The-Phenix-City-Story?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Current-picture-shows-Steven-Soderberghs-The-Informant-starring-Matt-Damon?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner The Bourne Obesity: Matt Damon as The Informant!  The sad, strange story of corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre has been turned into a sad, strange movie by Steven Soderbergh.The Informant! stars Matt Damon as Whitacre, a Vice President a... Current Picture Shows Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:15:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Current-picture-shows-Steven-Soderberghs-The-Informant-starring-Matt-Damon?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Obituary-Patrick-Swayze-19522009?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009The movie world lost a legend yesterday.Patrick Swayze, AKA Dalton, AKA Bodhi, AKA Johnny Castle, passed away at the age of 57 after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer. If you grew up in the ‘80s, you knew w... Obituaries Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:12:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Obituary-Patrick-Swayze-19522009?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Current-picture-shows-Atom-Egoyans-Adoration?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner The experience of watching Adoration is akin to sitting around a dorm room with a copy of Nietzsche and a bag of weed and having a heated debate with a bunch of passionate and impressionable college kids about life.  The topic of debate is irrel... Current Picture Shows Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:29:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Current-picture-shows-Atom-Egoyans-Adoration?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Current-picture-shows-James-Tobacks-Tyson?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner The baddest man on the planet: Mike Tyson, circa 2007 Growing up, no one scared me more than Mike Tyson.Maybe it was his animal ferocity in the ring or the way his eyes seemed to pierce through the back of his opponent’s head before a... Current Picture Shows Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:36:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Current-picture-shows-James-Tobacks-Tyson?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Classics-from-the-vault-Fred-Zinnemanns-Act-of-Violence-starring-Van-Heflin-and-Robert-Ryan?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner One of the marks of a great actor is versatility: the ability to play many shades of good and bad, hero and villain.Take an actor like Gene Hackman.  In The French Connection and Night Moves he plays everyman heroes – guys with flaws, sure... Classics from the Vault Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:39:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Classics-from-the-vault-Fred-Zinnemanns-Act-of-Violence-starring-Van-Heflin-and-Robert-Ryan?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d2-An-interview-with-George-S-Clinton-composer-for-Extract-a-new-comedy-from-Mike-Judge?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner Let’s begin by getting one thing straight: George S. Clinton is not, nor was he ever a member of P-Funk.He also never served as Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson or James Madison.No, George S. Clinton is a distinctive v... Interviews Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:58:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d2-An-interview-with-George-S-Clinton-composer-for-Extract-a-new-comedy-from-Mike-Judge?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d31-Current-picture-shows-Ang-Lees-Taking-Woodstock?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner The not-so-ultimate trip: Demetri Martin (center) in Ang Lee's Taking WoodstockIt seems that every five years America renews its fascination with Woodstock.This August marks the 40th anniversary of the fabled festival, and the occasion has ... Current Picture Shows Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:02:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3880-Burlington-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d31-Current-picture-shows-Ang-Lees-Taking-Woodstock?cid=exrss-Burlington-Movie-Examiner