Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter" is a scalding experience. Over three hours, we get to know a group of Western Pennsylvania steelworkers who are plucked from their blue-collar town and thrust into the confounding hell of the Vietnam War. These are not complicated men. Left to their own devices, they'd put in their 40 hours a week, and spend their free time either throwing back beers at their local bar or tracking deer in the Appalachian Mountains.
Cimino lets us get comfortable with his characters in their natural habitat, so that, when they're captured by Viet Cong soldiers, and, among other tortures, forced to play Russian roulette for the gambling pleasure of their captors, we share their bewilderment and outright terror. This is where "The Deer Hunter" also becomes a problematic experience. Though the Viet Cong unquestionably abused prisoners of war, there is no substantial evidence that they forced American soldiers to play Russian roulette.
Cimino lets us get comfortable with his characters in their natural habitat, so that, when they're captured by Viet Cong soldiers, and, among other tortures, forced to play Russian roulette for the gambling pleasure of their captors, we share their bewilderment and outright terror. This is where "The Deer Hunter" also becomes a problematic experience. Though the Viet Cong unquestionably abused prisoners of war, there is no substantial evidence that they forced American soldiers to play Russian roulette.
- 4/30/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Reader, you have been lied to! Film history is littered with unfairly maligned classics, whether critics were too eager to review the making of rather than the finished product, or they suffered from underwhelming ad campaigns or general disinterest. Let’s revise our takes on some of these films from the wrongheaded to the correct opinion.
Earlier this year, the Criterion Channel launched a series devoted to films that have won Golden Raspberry Awards, or “Razzies,” prizes ostensibly created to recognize the worst that cinema has to offer. The idea of streaming’s most respected curator of film art showcasing a selection of Razzie winners was one whose time was long overdue, given the Razzies’ astonishingly reliable tendency to be on the wrong side of history; the list of nominations from any given year is typically more useful as a guide for suggested viewing than as an indication of what to avoid.
Earlier this year, the Criterion Channel launched a series devoted to films that have won Golden Raspberry Awards, or “Razzies,” prizes ostensibly created to recognize the worst that cinema has to offer. The idea of streaming’s most respected curator of film art showcasing a selection of Razzie winners was one whose time was long overdue, given the Razzies’ astonishingly reliable tendency to be on the wrong side of history; the list of nominations from any given year is typically more useful as a guide for suggested viewing than as an indication of what to avoid.
- 4/4/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Joshua Logan’s Paint Your Wagon can be viewed as one of the last gasps of a dwindling Hollywood studio system, as well as a precursor to the New Hollywood. The film, with its expansive anamorphic vistas of the American Northwest, bears some superficial similarities to Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, which is often historicized as the end of the New Hollywood, given how it bankrupted United Artists. But in contrast to the profound sadness with which Cimino regards America’s history of violence, Logan’s musical romp takes a lighthearted approach to the process of resettlement, and it’s propelled by the contrasting personalities of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as bickering and tussling gold prospectors.
Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...
Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...
- 3/25/2024
- by Clayton Dillard
- Slant Magazine
Paul D’Amato, who portrayed the despicable goon Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in the classic hockey movie Slap Shot and had a memorable scene in the best picture Oscar winner The Deer Hunter, has died. He was 76.
D’Amato died Monday at his home in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder, his fiancée, actress Marina Re, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“He was the most wonderful, sweetest guy, he fought so hard against this horrendous disease,” she said.
D’Amato also played a razor- and knife-wielding bad guy in Peter Yates’ Suspect (1987), starring Cher and Dennis Quaid, and appeared in other notable films including Heaven Can Wait (1978), F/X (1986) and Six Ways to Sunday (1997).
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, D’Amato ice skated since childhood, served with the National Guard and attended Emerson College in Boston, where he acted in school plays and was a...
D’Amato died Monday at his home in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder, his fiancée, actress Marina Re, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“He was the most wonderful, sweetest guy, he fought so hard against this horrendous disease,” she said.
D’Amato also played a razor- and knife-wielding bad guy in Peter Yates’ Suspect (1987), starring Cher and Dennis Quaid, and appeared in other notable films including Heaven Can Wait (1978), F/X (1986) and Six Ways to Sunday (1997).
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, D’Amato ice skated since childhood, served with the National Guard and attended Emerson College in Boston, where he acted in school plays and was a...
- 2/21/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In his last dramatic and interminable years, Michael Cimino spent his days in solitude rewatching old movies in the Bel-Air mansion he bought during his heyday. On the rare occasions that he ventured out, he drove a Rolls-Royce he acquired while making The Deer Hunter in 1978, his chauffeur having left long ago, as well as his success.
Even in those final moments, he did everything he could to show a winning image to Hollywood, a town that had ostracized him ever since the colossal Heaven’s Gate fiasco that had bankrupted United Artists during the early ’80s. He had a perpetually ironic, scornful smile, but he was the first to know how pointless, even miserable, that act was. The only thing he had left from his triumphant years was some money, and he would show up at the hangouts of movers and shakers like the Polo Lounge, where he often ended...
Even in those final moments, he did everything he could to show a winning image to Hollywood, a town that had ostracized him ever since the colossal Heaven’s Gate fiasco that had bankrupted United Artists during the early ’80s. He had a perpetually ironic, scornful smile, but he was the first to know how pointless, even miserable, that act was. The only thing he had left from his triumphant years was some money, and he would show up at the hangouts of movers and shakers like the Polo Lounge, where he often ended...
- 2/17/2024
- by Antonio Monda
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Willem Dafoe receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Jan. 8, the distinction will commemorate more than just a four-time Oscar nominee, but an actor so versatile that he has embodied everything from a conflicted messiah in “The Last Temptation of Christ” to the tortured father figure of “Antichrist.” Is there an actor working today with greater range?
With his deep-set eyes, sharp nose and broad smile, Dafoe has depicted his share of devils, from creepy “Nosferatu” star Max Schreck in “Shadow of the Vampire” to comic-book villain the Green Goblin in “Spider-Man 2.” But he also excels at the other end of the spectrum, as when he plays God in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” a Frankensteinian surgeon charitably committed to reanimating dead creatures, like Emma Stone’s Bella.
“My character has this beautiful predicament, because he adores her so much and she adores him, but what she needs,...
With his deep-set eyes, sharp nose and broad smile, Dafoe has depicted his share of devils, from creepy “Nosferatu” star Max Schreck in “Shadow of the Vampire” to comic-book villain the Green Goblin in “Spider-Man 2.” But he also excels at the other end of the spectrum, as when he plays God in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” a Frankensteinian surgeon charitably committed to reanimating dead creatures, like Emma Stone’s Bella.
“My character has this beautiful predicament, because he adores her so much and she adores him, but what she needs,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Prime Video has ordered the coming-of-age ensemble drama Motorheads, from writer/showrunner John A. Norris (All American) and executive producer Jason Seagraves (Hacksaw Ridge), to series.
Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Nathalie Kelley (The Baker and the Beauty), Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever) and Melissa Collazo (One Of Us Is Lying) have been set as series regulars.
Motorheads is about first love, first heartbreak, and turning the key in your very first car. Set in a once-thriving rust-belt town that’s now searching for a glimmer of hope, the series is the adrenaline-filled story of a group of outsiders who form an unlikely friendship over a mutual love of automobiles. And while some characters will be navigating the hierarchy and rules of high school, others will be racing from a dark past.
Phillippe will portray Logan, a former NASCAR mechanic who now owns an auto body shop in his hometown of Ironwood,...
Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Nathalie Kelley (The Baker and the Beauty), Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever) and Melissa Collazo (One Of Us Is Lying) have been set as series regulars.
Motorheads is about first love, first heartbreak, and turning the key in your very first car. Set in a once-thriving rust-belt town that’s now searching for a glimmer of hope, the series is the adrenaline-filled story of a group of outsiders who form an unlikely friendship over a mutual love of automobiles. And while some characters will be navigating the hierarchy and rules of high school, others will be racing from a dark past.
Phillippe will portray Logan, a former NASCAR mechanic who now owns an auto body shop in his hometown of Ironwood,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Scorsese (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images), Avengers: Endgame (Disney)Graphic: AVClub
There’s a new Martin Scorsese movie coming out, so of course it’s time for another round of the esteemed filmmaker’s King Lear-like rants against Marvel Entertainment and superhero movies as an existential threat to the art of cinema,...
There’s a new Martin Scorsese movie coming out, so of course it’s time for another round of the esteemed filmmaker’s King Lear-like rants against Marvel Entertainment and superhero movies as an existential threat to the art of cinema,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Ray Greene
- avclub.com
Had Michael Cimino not killed New Hollywood with the financial disaster that was Heaven’s Gate, he might have eventually unmasked the movement anyway, exposing this supposedly new style of filmmaking as nothing more than the old way with a dirtier face. His debut feature, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, illustrates this in spades: One of the many intended cash-ins on Easy Rider’s success, the film reverses the nature of other counterculture road movies. Though it begins with sweeping, Fordian vistas and ends in muted, existential despair, the film is less a deconstruction of Americana by the intrusion of the real than a study of human interaction that reinforces, if tragically, its classical formalism and iconography.
As such, the film’s pairing of old and young functions not as a commentary on the generation gap or the trading of an antiquated set of values for a newer one, but as a means of drawing out their parallels.
As such, the film’s pairing of old and young functions not as a commentary on the generation gap or the trading of an antiquated set of values for a newer one, but as a means of drawing out their parallels.
- 10/9/2023
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
The film festivals can always be counted on to deliver surprise hits at this time of year, but meanwhile Hollywood must deal with another issue: Its Barbitude hangover.
Barbie’s billions will importantly impact upon how decision-makers frame future strategies on budget, content and promotion.
The megahit could also cast a pink cloud over awards season: Will message-minded Academy voters levitate Barbie to the same somber stratum as Nomadland?
Further, will Greta Gerwig, its auteur, become a victim of the Tom Cruise syndrome – a filmmaker-star whose work we are encouraged to admire but not honor?
Complicating matters, the bizarre lure of Barbie clearly encouraged ticket buyers to rally behind another assured Oscar nominee, Oppenheimer. It’s hard to find a precedent for feminist frivolity stoking an appetite for nuclear terror.
As such, battles over Barbitude might open a unique opportunity for a reborn Golden Globes. If 300 or so Globe voters,...
Barbie’s billions will importantly impact upon how decision-makers frame future strategies on budget, content and promotion.
The megahit could also cast a pink cloud over awards season: Will message-minded Academy voters levitate Barbie to the same somber stratum as Nomadland?
Further, will Greta Gerwig, its auteur, become a victim of the Tom Cruise syndrome – a filmmaker-star whose work we are encouraged to admire but not honor?
Complicating matters, the bizarre lure of Barbie clearly encouraged ticket buyers to rally behind another assured Oscar nominee, Oppenheimer. It’s hard to find a precedent for feminist frivolity stoking an appetite for nuclear terror.
As such, battles over Barbitude might open a unique opportunity for a reborn Golden Globes. If 300 or so Globe voters,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Few American filmmakers of the last 40 years await a major rediscovery like Hal Hartley, whose traces in modern movies are either too-minor or entirely unknown. Thus it’s cause for celebration that the Criterion Channel are soon launching a major retrospective: 13 features (which constitutes all but My America) and 17 shorts, a sui generis style and persistent vision running across 30 years. Expect your Halloween party to be aswim in Henry Fool costumes.
Speaking of: there’s a one-month headstart on seasonal programming with the 13-film “High School Horror”––most notable perhaps being a streaming premiere for the uncut version of Suspiria, plus the rare opportunity to see a Robert Rodriguez movie on the Criterion Channel––and a retrospective of Hong Kong vampire movies. A retrospective of ’70s car movies offer chills and thrills of a different sort
Six films by Allan Dwan and 12 “gaslight noirs” round out the main September series; The Eight Mountains,...
Speaking of: there’s a one-month headstart on seasonal programming with the 13-film “High School Horror”––most notable perhaps being a streaming premiere for the uncut version of Suspiria, plus the rare opportunity to see a Robert Rodriguez movie on the Criterion Channel––and a retrospective of Hong Kong vampire movies. A retrospective of ’70s car movies offer chills and thrills of a different sort
Six films by Allan Dwan and 12 “gaslight noirs” round out the main September series; The Eight Mountains,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Quentin Tarantino is widely seen as a top filmmaker thanks to his acclaimed and successful projects. But he’s been very aware that some critics have felt he put perhaps too much of his influences in his films.
Quentin Tarantino felt he was unfairly targeted by certain film critics for his work Quentin Tarantino | Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Tarantino hasn’t hidden the fact that he draws from a lot of influences for his films. He’s even been quite vocal about this technique.
“I steal from every single movie ever made,” Tarantino once told Empire (via Variety). “If my work has anything, it’s that I’m taking this from this and that from that and mixing them together.”
But some critics felt that Tarantino’s homages to his projects were downright stealing. Composer Ennio Morricone seemed to have developed a slight grudge with Tarantino after working with the filmmaker on The Hateful Eight.
Quentin Tarantino felt he was unfairly targeted by certain film critics for his work Quentin Tarantino | Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Tarantino hasn’t hidden the fact that he draws from a lot of influences for his films. He’s even been quite vocal about this technique.
“I steal from every single movie ever made,” Tarantino once told Empire (via Variety). “If my work has anything, it’s that I’m taking this from this and that from that and mixing them together.”
But some critics felt that Tarantino’s homages to his projects were downright stealing. Composer Ennio Morricone seemed to have developed a slight grudge with Tarantino after working with the filmmaker on The Hateful Eight.
- 7/28/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This article contains spoilers for Never Have I Ever season 4.
Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) has had a lot of love interests throughout Netflix’s comedy-drama series Never Have I Ever. From the love triangle of her, Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison), and Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet), to the intermediary love interest of Des (Anirudh Pisharody) in season three, Devi has no issues attracting young men of all types. It made complete sense then that the show brought another heartthrob into the picture for the first half of the final season. Ethan Morales (Michael Cimino) is a bad boy in every sense of the word. Ethan likes to vandalize vehicles, manipulate situations to his advantage, and win women over with his incredible smile and toned physique. He also showed he was capable of empathy and being a good partner to Devi throughout his short stint on the show.
This is why his...
Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) has had a lot of love interests throughout Netflix’s comedy-drama series Never Have I Ever. From the love triangle of her, Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison), and Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet), to the intermediary love interest of Des (Anirudh Pisharody) in season three, Devi has no issues attracting young men of all types. It made complete sense then that the show brought another heartthrob into the picture for the first half of the final season. Ethan Morales (Michael Cimino) is a bad boy in every sense of the word. Ethan likes to vandalize vehicles, manipulate situations to his advantage, and win women over with his incredible smile and toned physique. He also showed he was capable of empathy and being a good partner to Devi throughout his short stint on the show.
This is why his...
- 6/13/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Image Source: Getty / Michael Tran
In our Q&a series Popsugar Crush, we get to know some of our favorite celebs' more intimate details - from their first celebrity crush to their best love advice. This month, we're crushing on "Never Have I Ever" actor Michael Cimino.
Michael Cimino may have made a big impression on Maitreyi Ramakrishnan's Devi in "Never Have I Ever"'s fourth and final season, but he still hasn't found a way into the cast's "family group chat." Although he doesn't mind since he can at least say he's worked on a Mindy Kaling project, despite never actually meeting her.
Believe it or not, Cimino wasn't an avid viewer of the Netflix teen dramedy until he boarded it early last year - albeit he's known Darren Barnet (who plays Paxton) "for a long-ass time." In "Never Have I Ever," the 23-year-old trades in the sweet teen...
In our Q&a series Popsugar Crush, we get to know some of our favorite celebs' more intimate details - from their first celebrity crush to their best love advice. This month, we're crushing on "Never Have I Ever" actor Michael Cimino.
Michael Cimino may have made a big impression on Maitreyi Ramakrishnan's Devi in "Never Have I Ever"'s fourth and final season, but he still hasn't found a way into the cast's "family group chat." Although he doesn't mind since he can at least say he's worked on a Mindy Kaling project, despite never actually meeting her.
Believe it or not, Cimino wasn't an avid viewer of the Netflix teen dramedy until he boarded it early last year - albeit he's known Darren Barnet (who plays Paxton) "for a long-ass time." In "Never Have I Ever," the 23-year-old trades in the sweet teen...
- 6/9/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
The cast and crew of “Xo Kitty” gathered on the pink carpet at Netflix’s Tudum Theater on Thursday — one week before the YA drama’s premiere.
The series focuses on Kitty (Anna Cathcart), the youngest sister of Lara Jean (Lana Condor) in the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” series by Jenny Han. Kitty travels to Korea to have her own adventure.
Han and showrunner Sascha Rothchild skipped the event to hold the Writers Guild of America Strike picket line. However, members of the Han television universe, including “To All the Boys” star Noah Centineo, showed up to support Cathcart in the spin-off series. Summer Madison, who stars in Prime Video’s adaptation of Han’s other beloved trilogy, “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” also walked the carpet.
Stars Anthony Keyvan and Regan Aliyah showed subtle support for the WGA through fashion accessories. Keyvan wore a pin labeled...
The series focuses on Kitty (Anna Cathcart), the youngest sister of Lara Jean (Lana Condor) in the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” series by Jenny Han. Kitty travels to Korea to have her own adventure.
Han and showrunner Sascha Rothchild skipped the event to hold the Writers Guild of America Strike picket line. However, members of the Han television universe, including “To All the Boys” star Noah Centineo, showed up to support Cathcart in the spin-off series. Summer Madison, who stars in Prime Video’s adaptation of Han’s other beloved trilogy, “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” also walked the carpet.
Stars Anthony Keyvan and Regan Aliyah showed subtle support for the WGA through fashion accessories. Keyvan wore a pin labeled...
- 5/13/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
“Never Have I Ever” is nearing the final installment of its hilarious depiction of adolescent chaos, and showrunner/co-creator Lang Fisher already expects fans will have feelings about how the story ends.
The Netflix comedy series follows Sherman Oaks teen Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she juggles high school, grief over losing her father and love interests aplenty between hearthtrob Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet) and academic frenemy Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison).
Fisher tells TheWrap that the show’s final season, set to premiere Thursday, June 8, will see Devi make a clear choice between her two suitors — and not all fans will be happy with the outcome.
“I think there’s gonna be a subset of people who are disappointed because, you know, the love triangle comes to an end and decisions are made,” Fisher said during the NBCU Emmys Kickoff luncheon in Los Angeles Wednesday. “But I hope that we...
The Netflix comedy series follows Sherman Oaks teen Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she juggles high school, grief over losing her father and love interests aplenty between hearthtrob Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet) and academic frenemy Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison).
Fisher tells TheWrap that the show’s final season, set to premiere Thursday, June 8, will see Devi make a clear choice between her two suitors — and not all fans will be happy with the outcome.
“I think there’s gonna be a subset of people who are disappointed because, you know, the love triangle comes to an end and decisions are made,” Fisher said during the NBCU Emmys Kickoff luncheon in Los Angeles Wednesday. “But I hope that we...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jose Alejandro Bastidas
- The Wrap
The trailer for season four of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever warns viewers to buckle up, senior year is going to be a wild ride. The one-minute teaser for the final season finds Devi and her friends prepared to take on their last year of high school, believing they’re ready for anything. Which, of course, means they’re most definitely not.
The 10-episode fourth and final season premieres on June 8, 2023.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as Devi Vishwakumar, Poorna Jagannathan is Nalini Vishwakumar, Richa Moorjani is Kamala, and Jaren Lewison plays Ben Gross, Darren Barnet is Paxton Hall-Yoshida, Lee Rodriguez is Fabiola Torres, and Ramona Young stars as Eleanor Wong. Michael Cimino joins the cast as Ethan.
Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher co-created the series and serve as writers and executive producers, with Fisher as showrunner. Additional executive producers include 3 Arts Entertainment’s David Miner and Howard Klein.
Showrunner...
The 10-episode fourth and final season premieres on June 8, 2023.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as Devi Vishwakumar, Poorna Jagannathan is Nalini Vishwakumar, Richa Moorjani is Kamala, and Jaren Lewison plays Ben Gross, Darren Barnet is Paxton Hall-Yoshida, Lee Rodriguez is Fabiola Torres, and Ramona Young stars as Eleanor Wong. Michael Cimino joins the cast as Ethan.
Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher co-created the series and serve as writers and executive producers, with Fisher as showrunner. Additional executive producers include 3 Arts Entertainment’s David Miner and Howard Klein.
Showrunner...
- 4/13/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Hulu‘s How I Met Your Father Season 2 has featured multiple impressive guest stars, from Mark Consuelos and Constance Marie to the legend himself, Neil Patrick Harris. So, of course, the writers had to include more big names in the two-part mid-season finale of How I Met Your Father Season 2, starting with Michael Cimino.
Michael Cimino as Swish and Francia Raisa as Valentina | Patrick Wymore/Hulu Michael Cimino plays Swish in ‘How I Met Your Father’ Season 2 Episode 10
As fans recall, Valentina and Charlie broke up during the How I Met Your Father Season 1 finale. And the two have yet to rekindle their flame in season 2. They have remained friends while dating other people, and it looks like Valentina’s latest fling is with Swish, played by Michael Cimino, in How I Met Your Father Season 2 Episode 10, “I’m His Swish.”
The synopsis for “I’m His Swish” reads, “Sophie dates an older man,...
Michael Cimino as Swish and Francia Raisa as Valentina | Patrick Wymore/Hulu Michael Cimino plays Swish in ‘How I Met Your Father’ Season 2 Episode 10
As fans recall, Valentina and Charlie broke up during the How I Met Your Father Season 1 finale. And the two have yet to rekindle their flame in season 2. They have remained friends while dating other people, and it looks like Valentina’s latest fling is with Swish, played by Michael Cimino, in How I Met Your Father Season 2 Episode 10, “I’m His Swish.”
The synopsis for “I’m His Swish” reads, “Sophie dates an older man,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Director Michael Cimino Didn't Want The Deer Hunter To Feel Like A Political Statement About Vietnam
In a 1977 New York Times article, director Michael Cimino was asked how big of a role the Vietnam war would play in "The Deer Hunter." He replied, "The war is really incidental to the development of the characters and their story. It's a part of their lives and just that, nothing more. I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement."
Released the same year, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" contemplates the moral ramifications of war whereas "The Deer Hunter" considers how it affects the homefront. "The Deer Hunter" is the story of a group of friends — Michael, Nick, and Steven — that belong to a tight-knit Russian Orthodox community in rural Pennsylvania. With the exception of the infamous Russian roulette scenes, the film focuses on their struggle to assimilate into their community and reconcile their trauma after participating in the Vietnam war.
Released the same year, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" contemplates the moral ramifications of war whereas "The Deer Hunter" considers how it affects the homefront. "The Deer Hunter" is the story of a group of friends — Michael, Nick, and Steven — that belong to a tight-knit Russian Orthodox community in rural Pennsylvania. With the exception of the infamous Russian roulette scenes, the film focuses on their struggle to assimilate into their community and reconcile their trauma after participating in the Vietnam war.
- 2/26/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
It is my experience that one gets a far richer, stranger cinema education in pursuing the careers of actors, that group defined first by (assuming luck shines upon them) two or three era-defining films and then so much that dictates their industry—pet projects, contractual obligations, called-in favors alimony payments, auteur one-offs, and on and on. Few embody that deluge of circumstance better than Michelle Yeoh and Isabelle Huppert, both of whom are receiving spotlights in March. The former’s is a who’s-who of Hong Kong talent, new favorites (The Heroic Trio), items we can at least say are of interest (Trio‘s not-great sequel Executioners), etc.
Huppert’s series runs longer, and notwithstanding certain standards that have long sat on the channel it adds some heavy hitters: Hong’s In Another Country, Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness, Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come. And, of course,...
Huppert’s series runs longer, and notwithstanding certain standards that have long sat on the channel it adds some heavy hitters: Hong’s In Another Country, Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness, Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come. And, of course,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Robert De Niro is known for his dedicated Method style of acting, where having authentic experiences that match your characters' lives enhances your performance. De Niro drove taxi cabs around New York City to prepare for "Taxi Driver," learned saxophone for "New York, New York," and ate tons of Italian pasta to gain weight for "Raging Bull." Before signing up to star in 1978's "The Deer Hunter," De Niro accompanied director Michael Cimino on a tour of the filming locations. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Washington would form and inspire the film's blue-collar setting of Clairton, Pennsylvania.
Speaking to GQ for its oral history about the making of "The Deer Hunter" in 2019, De Niro explained he felt "soaking up the environment" of his character Michael — a steel mill worker turned traumatized Vietnam veteran — would make his performance more rich. The actor "tried to become as close to becoming a steelworker as possible...
Speaking to GQ for its oral history about the making of "The Deer Hunter" in 2019, De Niro explained he felt "soaking up the environment" of his character Michael — a steel mill worker turned traumatized Vietnam veteran — would make his performance more rich. The actor "tried to become as close to becoming a steelworker as possible...
- 2/4/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Tenure starts January 30.
Rosalie Cimino has been named managing director and producer of Anonymous/Federation, the Paris-based joint venture between US management and production house Anonymous Content and rapidly expanding European independent studio Federation Studios.
Cimino is a former talent agent and partner at Ubba since 2010 after eight years at Intertalent alongside top French agent François Samuelson. She has managed the careers of several turned global stars including Matthias Schoenaerts, Mélanie Thierry, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Albert Dupontel, Alexandra Lamy, Anouk Grinberg, Nadine Labaki and Veerle Baetens.
Cimino is currently working on the follow-up to Baetens’ feature directorial debut When It Melts,...
Rosalie Cimino has been named managing director and producer of Anonymous/Federation, the Paris-based joint venture between US management and production house Anonymous Content and rapidly expanding European independent studio Federation Studios.
Cimino is a former talent agent and partner at Ubba since 2010 after eight years at Intertalent alongside top French agent François Samuelson. She has managed the careers of several turned global stars including Matthias Schoenaerts, Mélanie Thierry, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Albert Dupontel, Alexandra Lamy, Anouk Grinberg, Nadine Labaki and Veerle Baetens.
Cimino is currently working on the follow-up to Baetens’ feature directorial debut When It Melts,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Rosalie Cimino, a talent agent and partner with French agency Ubba, has been named the new managing director at Anonymous Federation, the recently-launched production joint venture owned by Anonymous Content and Federation Studios.
Cimino will take over in her new role Jan. 30, running Anonymous Federation alongside Federation’s Pascal Breton, Lionel Uzan and Patrick Wachsberger and Anonymous’ Dawn Olmstead, David Levine and David Davoli.
True Detective and Mr. Robot producer Anonymous launched the new Paris-based group with Federation, whose productions include French series The Bureau, German drama Bad Banks and pan-European limited series Around The World In 80 Days, late last year. It’s the latest international expansion for Anonymous, which already has production outlets in the U.K. (Chapter One), Scandinavia (AC Nordic) and South America (AC Brazil).
As an agent, Cimino has managed the careers of such European stars as Matthias Schoenaerts (The Swimmer), Veerle Baetens (The Broken...
Cimino will take over in her new role Jan. 30, running Anonymous Federation alongside Federation’s Pascal Breton, Lionel Uzan and Patrick Wachsberger and Anonymous’ Dawn Olmstead, David Levine and David Davoli.
True Detective and Mr. Robot producer Anonymous launched the new Paris-based group with Federation, whose productions include French series The Bureau, German drama Bad Banks and pan-European limited series Around The World In 80 Days, late last year. It’s the latest international expansion for Anonymous, which already has production outlets in the U.K. (Chapter One), Scandinavia (AC Nordic) and South America (AC Brazil).
As an agent, Cimino has managed the careers of such European stars as Matthias Schoenaerts (The Swimmer), Veerle Baetens (The Broken...
- 1/19/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Anonymous Content and Federation Studios have appointed Ubba agent Rosalie Cimino as MD and producer for Anonymous Federation, their French joint venture.
She will lead the Jv alongside Pascal Breton, Lionel Uzan and Patrick Wachsberger on behalf of Federation, and Dawn Olmstead, David Levine and David Davoli on behalf of Anonymous Content.
Ciminio begins her new role effective January 30. Among projects already underway, she is working on Veerle Baetens’s new film. The actress and director’s first movie, When It Melts, is currently in competition at Sundance in the World Drama category.
Cimino was a talent agent and partner at French talent agency Ubba since 2010 and before that spent eight years at agency Intertalent. She has repped or worked closely with talent including Matthias Schoenaerts, Mélanie Thierry, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Albert Dupontel, François-Xavier Demaison, Alexandra Lamy, Jérémie Guez, Coralie Fargeat, Anouk Grinberg, Nadine Labaki, Veerle Baetens, Hervé Hadmar,...
She will lead the Jv alongside Pascal Breton, Lionel Uzan and Patrick Wachsberger on behalf of Federation, and Dawn Olmstead, David Levine and David Davoli on behalf of Anonymous Content.
Ciminio begins her new role effective January 30. Among projects already underway, she is working on Veerle Baetens’s new film. The actress and director’s first movie, When It Melts, is currently in competition at Sundance in the World Drama category.
Cimino was a talent agent and partner at French talent agency Ubba since 2010 and before that spent eight years at agency Intertalent. She has repped or worked closely with talent including Matthias Schoenaerts, Mélanie Thierry, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Albert Dupontel, François-Xavier Demaison, Alexandra Lamy, Jérémie Guez, Coralie Fargeat, Anouk Grinberg, Nadine Labaki, Veerle Baetens, Hervé Hadmar,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Phineas and Ferb has been revived for new adventures. Disney has ordered 40 new episodes of the animated musical-comedy series. The company has also renewed Hamster & Gretel for a second season.
Created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, the original Phineas and Ferb series ran for four seasons, from 2007 until 2015, on Disney Channel. Featuring the voices of Vincent Martella, Thomas Sangster, Richard O'Brien, Mitchel Musso, Marsh, Dee Bradley Baker, Dan Povenmire, Caroline Rhea, Ashley Tisdale, and Alyson Stoner, the show follows young Phineas Flynn and his stepbrother Ferb Fletcher taking on projects and adventures during their summer vacation.
Also created by Povenmire, Hamster & Gretel debuted in August. Featuring the voices of Meli Povenmire, Michael Cimino, Beck Bennett, Joey King, Matt Jones, and Carolina Ravassa, the action-comedy series follows a teenager named Kevin (Cimino) who helps his...
Created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, the original Phineas and Ferb series ran for four seasons, from 2007 until 2015, on Disney Channel. Featuring the voices of Vincent Martella, Thomas Sangster, Richard O'Brien, Mitchel Musso, Marsh, Dee Bradley Baker, Dan Povenmire, Caroline Rhea, Ashley Tisdale, and Alyson Stoner, the show follows young Phineas Flynn and his stepbrother Ferb Fletcher taking on projects and adventures during their summer vacation.
Also created by Povenmire, Hamster & Gretel debuted in August. Featuring the voices of Meli Povenmire, Michael Cimino, Beck Bennett, Joey King, Matt Jones, and Carolina Ravassa, the action-comedy series follows a teenager named Kevin (Cimino) who helps his...
- 1/14/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Quinn Redeker, who came up with the original script and Russian roulette idea for The Deer Hunter before starring as shady characters on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless, has died. He was 86.
Redeker died Dec. 20 of natural causes in Camarillo, California, his daughter, Arianne Raser, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Early in his career, Redeker appeared in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) and Jack Hill’s Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), then graduated to more prestige fare, working with Robert Redford in The Candidate (1972), The Electric Horseman (1979) and Ordinary People (1980).
Inspired by a Life magazine article about a man who played Russian roulette for the camera, Redeker contacted screenwriter Louis Garfinkle in 1974 about teaming on a movie script about a guy in the Bahamas who made a living at the hazardous game.
Garfinkle saw Russian roulette as “a perfect metaphor for the war in Vietnam,...
Redeker died Dec. 20 of natural causes in Camarillo, California, his daughter, Arianne Raser, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Early in his career, Redeker appeared in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) and Jack Hill’s Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), then graduated to more prestige fare, working with Robert Redford in The Candidate (1972), The Electric Horseman (1979) and Ordinary People (1980).
Inspired by a Life magazine article about a man who played Russian roulette for the camera, Redeker contacted screenwriter Louis Garfinkle in 1974 about teaming on a movie script about a guy in the Bahamas who made a living at the hazardous game.
Garfinkle saw Russian roulette as “a perfect metaphor for the war in Vietnam,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christopher Walken always disagreed with the mostly negative critical response to 1980's "Heaven's Gate." He plays a supporting role in the legendary flop of a Western, giving one of his most subdued and haunting performances as the morally-conflicted cattle baron enforcer Nate Champion. Walken had only just won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in director Michael Cimino's previous film, "The Deer Hunter," when the pair reunited for "Heaven's Gate." He couldn't have known what he was getting into.
He stands by it, however. As he told IndieWire in 2012, Walken "always thought it was good" and that the hate it received was undeserved. To critics like Vincent Canby of the New York Times, the film was "an unqualified disaster," one with flimsy themes and shoddy craftsmanship unbecoming of a filmmaker with such strong ambition as Cimino. Stories of the movie's troubled production and massive budget had been public knowledge...
He stands by it, however. As he told IndieWire in 2012, Walken "always thought it was good" and that the hate it received was undeserved. To critics like Vincent Canby of the New York Times, the film was "an unqualified disaster," one with flimsy themes and shoddy craftsmanship unbecoming of a filmmaker with such strong ambition as Cimino. Stories of the movie's troubled production and massive budget had been public knowledge...
- 11/20/2022
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
It’s almost midnight in Tokyo, where Isabelle Huppert is playing faded southern belle Amanda in a New National Theatre production of Tennesee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie.” We’re on Zoom to discuss a new retrospective of her career opening at Film Forum this Friday. Her career needs no introduction, but it’s one so bursting with iconic, complicated, often gnarly characters — she has two Césars, five Lumières, a BAFTA, three Cannes honors, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar nomination — that to distill it all into 20 minutes of conversation with the French actress would be a fool’s effort. But one can try.
Instead of trying to parse what’s long made her so alluring to directors like Claude Chabrol (“La Ceremonie”), Jean-Luc Godard (“Every Man for Himself”), Michael Cimino (“Heaven’s Gate”), Maurice Pialat (“Loulou”), Ira Sachs (“Frankie”), Olivier Assayas (“Sentimental Destinies”), Paul Verhoeven (“Elle”), Claire Denis (“White Material”), and...
Instead of trying to parse what’s long made her so alluring to directors like Claude Chabrol (“La Ceremonie”), Jean-Luc Godard (“Every Man for Himself”), Michael Cimino (“Heaven’s Gate”), Maurice Pialat (“Loulou”), Ira Sachs (“Frankie”), Olivier Assayas (“Sentimental Destinies”), Paul Verhoeven (“Elle”), Claire Denis (“White Material”), and...
- 10/4/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The third season of "Never Have I Ever" ended on an epic cliffhanger that left fans desperate for news of the next season. With Sherman Oaks High School's resident will-they-won't-they couple finally together, there will definitely be lots of drama in store for Devi and her friends. Netflix hasn't released many details about season 4 yet, but they have released a few major clues.
In the last moments of season 3, the main character Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) redeems a coupon for "one free boink" given to her by her frenemy, Ben. Devi spends most of the season dating her long-time crush, Paxton (Darren Barnet), and a new fling, Des. It seems like Devi is finally ready to take Ben seriously as a potential partner, but there may still be some obstacles in the way of their love.
Against all odds, Paxton graduated high school and was set to attend Arizona State University in the fall.
In the last moments of season 3, the main character Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) redeems a coupon for "one free boink" given to her by her frenemy, Ben. Devi spends most of the season dating her long-time crush, Paxton (Darren Barnet), and a new fling, Des. It seems like Devi is finally ready to take Ben seriously as a potential partner, but there may still be some obstacles in the way of their love.
Against all odds, Paxton graduated high school and was set to attend Arizona State University in the fall.
- 9/27/2022
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
There's a new heartthrob coming to Sherman Oaks High School. Netflix has released a first look at the next chapter of Never Have I Ever, which is set to release its fourth and final season in 2023. In the tease, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, who plays Devi, gets her first look at the script for the upcoming season, teasing a wedding and an extra-special new love interest. In the clip, Michael Cimino, who will play Ethan, calls the cast so they can get their first look at him. When Darren Barnet, who plays Paxton, says that he and Jaren Lewison (Ben) have the nerdy and jock stereotypes covered, Cimino reveals he will play more of a "smoldering bad...
- 9/26/2022
- E! Online
What do you do after you make a film that soars so far over budget it cripples one of Hollywood's most beloved studios? First off, you fall to your knees and thank the cinema gods that anyone is willing to finance anything more substantial than a home movie with your name on it. Secondly, you make certain your next film comes in on time and on budget. Finally, maybe tackle a subject that's unlikely to court controversy.
Michael Cimino at the very least delivered 1985's "Year of the Dragon" with a minimum of production fuss, even though his exacting aesthetic standards led him to seamlessly recreate parts of New York City's Chinatown on the Deg backlot in Wilmington, North Carolina while shooting select interiors and exteriors in six different cities all over the world. This might sound like a logistical nightmare, but Cimino learned his lesson from the debacle of "Heaven's Gate.
Michael Cimino at the very least delivered 1985's "Year of the Dragon" with a minimum of production fuss, even though his exacting aesthetic standards led him to seamlessly recreate parts of New York City's Chinatown on the Deg backlot in Wilmington, North Carolina while shooting select interiors and exteriors in six different cities all over the world. This might sound like a logistical nightmare, but Cimino learned his lesson from the debacle of "Heaven's Gate.
- 9/9/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The origin of United Artists is well-known to any passingly devoted Hollywood history buff, and it can be found Tin Balio's book "United Artists, Volume 1, 1919 - 1950: The Company Built by the Stars." In 1918, Mary Pickford, Carlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith — four of the biggest celebrities of their time — felt something fishy was happening with each of their respective studio contracts. Each of their tenures was due to end soon, and none of them had yet received any offer of renewal. In order to find out what was happening, the quartet hired a private investigator (!) to look into what was going on. The P.I. found that the separate companies that each of them worked for planned on a giant merger, which would lock in standard five-year contracts.
The stars were not interested in such shenanigans and elected, instead, to simply form their own production company. As it was founded by artists,...
The stars were not interested in such shenanigans and elected, instead, to simply form their own production company. As it was founded by artists,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Spoiler alert: The following article discusses the “Never Have I Ever” Season 3 finale.
“Never Have I Ever” may have just debuted its third season on Friday, but for viewers who binged an entire junior year’s worth of episodes, Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) romantic cliffhanger with Ben (Jaren Lewison) is just one of the developments necessitating answers and exploration in the final season. And showrunner Lang Fisher said when senior year rolls out, it will be “epic.”
Read on to find out more about Season 4.
Who is newcomer Michael Cimino (from “Love Victor”) playing in Season 4?
In July, it was announced that Michael Cimino would play Season 4’s new hottie, Ethan, who is described as a skater.
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Fisher, who is also co-creator and executive producer, told TheWrap Cimino will shake things up.
“He is...
“Never Have I Ever” may have just debuted its third season on Friday, but for viewers who binged an entire junior year’s worth of episodes, Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) romantic cliffhanger with Ben (Jaren Lewison) is just one of the developments necessitating answers and exploration in the final season. And showrunner Lang Fisher said when senior year rolls out, it will be “epic.”
Read on to find out more about Season 4.
Who is newcomer Michael Cimino (from “Love Victor”) playing in Season 4?
In July, it was announced that Michael Cimino would play Season 4’s new hottie, Ethan, who is described as a skater.
Also Read:
‘Paper Girls’ Star Jason Mantzoukas Loved Explaining the Show’s Time Travel Logistics (Video)
Fisher, who is also co-creator and executive producer, told TheWrap Cimino will shake things up.
“He is...
- 8/15/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Some people love a slow burn — but for singer-songwriter Joshua Bassett, the pain of waiting for a resolution that might never come is too much to bear, as evidenced by his new single, “Smoke Slow.” The vulnerable, piano-backed song finds the High School Musical actor pining for quality time with a love interest he knows he won’t ever be able to call his owm.
“All that we are is all that we’ll ever be, ‘cause he’s the one waiting at home,” Bassett sings on the song’s chorus.
“All that we are is all that we’ll ever be, ‘cause he’s the one waiting at home,” Bassett sings on the song’s chorus.
- 8/12/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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Bert Fields, the renowned entertainment litigator whose clients included Edward G. Robinson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty, The Beatles and a host of other luminaries, studios and talent agencies, has died. He was 93.
Fields died peacefully late Sunday night at his Malibu home, a spokesperson for his law firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Llp., announced.
“For forty years, we were graced with Bert’s brilliance, decency and charm,” said Bob Baradaran, managing partner of Greenberg Glusker. “Bert was a beloved colleague, friend and mentor who trained a generation of outstanding lawyers. We were blessed to know and work with such a truly remarkable lawyer and human being.”
A longtime partner at Greenberg Glusker and mainstay on THR‘s annual Power Lawyer list, Fields during his six-decade career also represented the likes of David Geffen, James Cameron, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson, Mike Nichols,...
Bert Fields, the renowned entertainment litigator whose clients included Edward G. Robinson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty, The Beatles and a host of other luminaries, studios and talent agencies, has died. He was 93.
Fields died peacefully late Sunday night at his Malibu home, a spokesperson for his law firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Llp., announced.
“For forty years, we were graced with Bert’s brilliance, decency and charm,” said Bob Baradaran, managing partner of Greenberg Glusker. “Bert was a beloved colleague, friend and mentor who trained a generation of outstanding lawyers. We were blessed to know and work with such a truly remarkable lawyer and human being.”
A longtime partner at Greenberg Glusker and mainstay on THR‘s annual Power Lawyer list, Fields during his six-decade career also represented the likes of David Geffen, James Cameron, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson, Mike Nichols,...
- 8/8/2022
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Look into the series Criterion Channel have programmed for August and this lineup is revealed as (in scientific terms) quite something. “Hollywood Chinese” proves an especially deep bench, spanning “cinema’s first hundred years to explore the ways in which the Chinese people have been imagined in American feature films” and bringing with it the likes of Cronenberg’s M. Butterfly, Cimino’s Year of the Dragon, Griffith’s Broken Blossoms, and Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet—among 20-or-so others. A three-film Marguerite Duras series brings one of the greatest films ever (India Song) and two lesser-screened experiments; films featuring Yaphet Kotto include Blue Collar, Across 110th Street, and Midnight Run; and lest we ignore a Myrna Loy retro that goes no later than 1949.
Criterion editions include The Asphalt Jungle, Husbands, Rouge, and Sweet Smell of Success; streaming premieres for Loznitsa’s Donbass, Béla Tarr’s watershed Damnation, and...
Criterion editions include The Asphalt Jungle, Husbands, Rouge, and Sweet Smell of Success; streaming premieres for Loznitsa’s Donbass, Béla Tarr’s watershed Damnation, and...
- 7/25/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Michael Cimino is staying booked and busy. The star of Love, Victor, which dropped its third and final season June 15, has joined the cast of the fourth and final season of Netflix's Never Have I Ever, Netflix confirms to E! News. Cimino will play Ethan, "a skater and new heartthrob at Sherman Oaks High," according to the streamer. Something tells us this heartthrob might be a bit of a heartbreaker, too. Viewers will have to wait a little bit to see Cimino on the show—which is co-created by Mindy Kaling and stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan and Darren Barnet—as season three hasn't even premiered on the streamer yet. Those new episodes will drop...
- 7/9/2022
- E! Online
Michael Cimino is taking his talents to two more YA romantic comedies.
The “Love, Victor” actor will recur in the fourth and final season of Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever.” Cimino will also lead the upcoming HBO Max special “B-Loved.”
In “Never Have I Ever,” Cimino will play Ethan, a skater and the season’s new heartthrob. But, fans of the series will have to wait a while before he graces the halls of Sherman Oaks High, since he won’t appear until Season 4. Season 3 of the Mindy Kaling series, which stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, is set to debut Aug. 12.
For “B-Loved,” Cimino will star opposite “Cobra Kai” actress Peyton List. The special consists of two episodes, which will follow List as Bea, a free-spirited teenage ghost who forms a special friendship with the new boy in town, Cole (Cimino), whose house she has been inhabiting for more than 100 years.
The “Love, Victor” actor will recur in the fourth and final season of Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever.” Cimino will also lead the upcoming HBO Max special “B-Loved.”
In “Never Have I Ever,” Cimino will play Ethan, a skater and the season’s new heartthrob. But, fans of the series will have to wait a while before he graces the halls of Sherman Oaks High, since he won’t appear until Season 4. Season 3 of the Mindy Kaling series, which stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, is set to debut Aug. 12.
For “B-Loved,” Cimino will star opposite “Cobra Kai” actress Peyton List. The special consists of two episodes, which will follow List as Bea, a free-spirited teenage ghost who forms a special friendship with the new boy in town, Cole (Cimino), whose house she has been inhabiting for more than 100 years.
- 7/8/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
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Michael Cimino is filling up his dance card now that Love, Victor has come to an end with its third and final season.
The star of Hulu’s follow-up take has joined the fourth and final season of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and booked the lead role opposite Cobra Kai’s Peyton List in the HBO Max romantic special B-Loved.
In Never Have I Ever, Cimino will play Ethan, a skater and new heartthrob at Sherman Oaks High. Season three of the series is set to debut Aug. 12, with the final season of the comedy from exec producer Mindy Kaling and starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan expected in 2023.
B-Loved, the two-episode special set for around Valentine’s Day 2023 on HBO Max, was picked up in May. The special revolves around Bea (List), a free-spirited teenage ghost who forms a special friendship with the new boy in town,...
Michael Cimino is filling up his dance card now that Love, Victor has come to an end with its third and final season.
The star of Hulu’s follow-up take has joined the fourth and final season of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and booked the lead role opposite Cobra Kai’s Peyton List in the HBO Max romantic special B-Loved.
In Never Have I Ever, Cimino will play Ethan, a skater and new heartthrob at Sherman Oaks High. Season three of the series is set to debut Aug. 12, with the final season of the comedy from exec producer Mindy Kaling and starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan expected in 2023.
B-Loved, the two-episode special set for around Valentine’s Day 2023 on HBO Max, was picked up in May. The special revolves around Bea (List), a free-spirited teenage ghost who forms a special friendship with the new boy in town,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Network: Hulu
Episodes: 28 (half-hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: June 17, 2020 -- June 15, 2022
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, George Sear, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, James Martinez, Ana Ortiz, and Nick Robinson.
TV show description:
A teen dramedy series, the Love, Victor TV show takes place in the same world as the Love, Simon feature film. The story follows Victor Salazar (Cimino), a new student at Creekwood High School.
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Episodes: 28 (half-hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: June 17, 2020 -- June 15, 2022
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, George Sear, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, James Martinez, Ana Ortiz, and Nick Robinson.
TV show description:
A teen dramedy series, the Love, Victor TV show takes place in the same world as the Love, Simon feature film. The story follows Victor Salazar (Cimino), a new student at Creekwood High School.
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- 6/16/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Brave,” the series finale of “Love, Victor,” now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
Hulu’s “Love, Victor” came full circle in its series finale, ending where it began — atop Creekwood High’s Winter Carnival Ferris wheel.
In the closing moments of the third season, Victor (Michael Cimino) returned to the spot where, exactly one year earlier in the pilot, he took a ride with former girlfriend Mia (Rachel Hilson) to conceal his sexuality. Only this time, it was his ex-boyfriend Benji (George Sear) sitting beside Victor, professing their love for one another after they spent the season apart so Benji could address his alcoholism and Victor could get to know himself.
“Victor found out who he was this season, and realized that Benji was the right person for him,” Cimino told Variety.
Elsewhere in the finale, it was happy endings all around,...
Hulu’s “Love, Victor” came full circle in its series finale, ending where it began — atop Creekwood High’s Winter Carnival Ferris wheel.
In the closing moments of the third season, Victor (Michael Cimino) returned to the spot where, exactly one year earlier in the pilot, he took a ride with former girlfriend Mia (Rachel Hilson) to conceal his sexuality. Only this time, it was his ex-boyfriend Benji (George Sear) sitting beside Victor, professing their love for one another after they spent the season apart so Benji could address his alcoholism and Victor could get to know himself.
“Victor found out who he was this season, and realized that Benji was the right person for him,” Cimino told Variety.
Elsewhere in the finale, it was happy endings all around,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
Note: Spoilers for the entirety of “Love, Victor” Season 3 below.
For the past three years, “Love, Victor” has shepherded a wave of uplifting stories centered around young, queer people, including Hulu’s “Crush,” HBO Max’s “Genera+ion,” and Netflix’s “The Half of It” and “Heartstopper.” The serialized spin-off to the 2018 film “Love, Simon,” following Michael Cimino’s Victor Salazar, a closeted high schooler of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent, was heralded as having rectified some of the sins of its predecessor, offering a more nuanced and intricate representation of LGBTQ+ youth.
With its third season, which debuted on Hulu (and Disney+) in its entirety June 15, the series is coming to a close. The show’s unexpected end — announced back in February — came despite its maintenance of strong audience and critical reviews, with Them magazine describing it as “distressing proof that nothing pure lasts forever.”
When speaking with TheWrap, cast...
For the past three years, “Love, Victor” has shepherded a wave of uplifting stories centered around young, queer people, including Hulu’s “Crush,” HBO Max’s “Genera+ion,” and Netflix’s “The Half of It” and “Heartstopper.” The serialized spin-off to the 2018 film “Love, Simon,” following Michael Cimino’s Victor Salazar, a closeted high schooler of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent, was heralded as having rectified some of the sins of its predecessor, offering a more nuanced and intricate representation of LGBTQ+ youth.
With its third season, which debuted on Hulu (and Disney+) in its entirety June 15, the series is coming to a close. The show’s unexpected end — announced back in February — came despite its maintenance of strong audience and critical reviews, with Them magazine describing it as “distressing proof that nothing pure lasts forever.”
When speaking with TheWrap, cast...
- 6/15/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
We pay tribute to the film stars and directors from around the world who sadly passed away in 2016.Hector BabencoArgentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco died on July 13 at 70-years-old.He found international success with Brazilian slum drama Pixote (1981), going on to make Kiss Of
We pay tribute to the film stars and directors from around the world who sadly passed away in 2016.
Hector Babenco
Argentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco died on July 13 at 70-years-old.
He found international success with Brazilian slum drama Pixote (1981), going on to make Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985), for which he earned a best director Oscar nominee and William Hurt earned an Oscar win for best actor.
Babenco went on to direct Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in Ironweed (1987) and Tom Berenger and John Lithgow in At Play In The Fields Of The Lord (1991).
After undergoing cancer treatment in the 1990s, he returned to the director’s chair for films including Brazilian prison...
We pay tribute to the film stars and directors from around the world who sadly passed away in 2016.
Hector Babenco
Argentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco died on July 13 at 70-years-old.
He found international success with Brazilian slum drama Pixote (1981), going on to make Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985), for which he earned a best director Oscar nominee and William Hurt earned an Oscar win for best actor.
Babenco went on to direct Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in Ironweed (1987) and Tom Berenger and John Lithgow in At Play In The Fields Of The Lord (1991).
After undergoing cancer treatment in the 1990s, he returned to the director’s chair for films including Brazilian prison...
- 12/31/2016
- ScreenDaily
Ryan Lambie Dec 27, 2016
Thrilling, timely and often very funny, Hell Or High Water has made it into our list of the 10 best films of 2016...
As is tradition at this time of the year, our writers have been voting for their favourite movies. Number three of 2016? Hell Or High Water...
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3. Hell Or High Water
Behind every crime, there's some kind of human story. In director David Mackenzie's spectacular thriller Hell Or High Water, the series of bank heists pulled off by Texan brothers Toby (Chris Pine and Tanner (Ben Foster) are driven by their disintegrating way of life.
As depicted by Mackenzie and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), America's Old West is a dusty, lonely place, emptied out by the financial crisis and generations of stagnating wages. Towns are quiet and empty; farms are falling apart; the oil industry is shrinking.
Thrilling, timely and often very funny, Hell Or High Water has made it into our list of the 10 best films of 2016...
As is tradition at this time of the year, our writers have been voting for their favourite movies. Number three of 2016? Hell Or High Water...
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3. Hell Or High Water
Behind every crime, there's some kind of human story. In director David Mackenzie's spectacular thriller Hell Or High Water, the series of bank heists pulled off by Texan brothers Toby (Chris Pine and Tanner (Ben Foster) are driven by their disintegrating way of life.
As depicted by Mackenzie and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), America's Old West is a dusty, lonely place, emptied out by the financial crisis and generations of stagnating wages. Towns are quiet and empty; farms are falling apart; the oil industry is shrinking.
- 12/20/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Sep 6, 2016
Director David Mackenzie talks about making Hell Or High Water with Chris Pine, and the state of modern cinema...
A blend of western and heist thriller, Hell Or High Water has one foot in the present and one in the past. Its rugged atmosphere recalls classic thrillers and dramas of the 1970s, yet its setting - among shuttered towns of a post-recession east Texas - is unmistakably modern. Its big skies and Stetsons recall classic westerns, yet its story, brilliantly written by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) feels like a eulogy for a vanishing way of life.
Even the casting feels like a nod to both 70s and contemporary cinema. There are plenty of parallels between Hell Or High Water and Michael Cimino's 1974 thriller Thunderbolt And Lightfoot, not least the casting of Jeff Bridges. In Cimino's film, Bridges stole just about every scene as a live-wire outlaw...
Director David Mackenzie talks about making Hell Or High Water with Chris Pine, and the state of modern cinema...
A blend of western and heist thriller, Hell Or High Water has one foot in the present and one in the past. Its rugged atmosphere recalls classic thrillers and dramas of the 1970s, yet its setting - among shuttered towns of a post-recession east Texas - is unmistakably modern. Its big skies and Stetsons recall classic westerns, yet its story, brilliantly written by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) feels like a eulogy for a vanishing way of life.
Even the casting feels like a nod to both 70s and contemporary cinema. There are plenty of parallels between Hell Or High Water and Michael Cimino's 1974 thriller Thunderbolt And Lightfoot, not least the casting of Jeff Bridges. In Cimino's film, Bridges stole just about every scene as a live-wire outlaw...
- 9/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile, we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten favorite films of all time. As is the case with some of our previous profiled folks, sometimes we don’t receive a set ten, in this case, Lance Edmands‘ (his feature debut Bluebird gets released theatrically today via the Factory 25 Folks) delivered a hard eight. Here are Lance’s top eight, in his own words…
Making a list of my top ten films of all time is a next-to-impossible task for me. That list is constantly growing, shifting, evolving, and is probably closer to a hundred films than to ten. For me, it’s probably more relevant to list the films that inspired Bluebird specifically. That said, many of these films are also on my list of all-time favorites,...
Making a list of my top ten films of all time is a next-to-impossible task for me. That list is constantly growing, shifting, evolving, and is probably closer to a hundred films than to ten. For me, it’s probably more relevant to list the films that inspired Bluebird specifically. That said, many of these films are also on my list of all-time favorites,...
- 2/28/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Legendary director William Friedkin has just been given a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival, but he is still making big, critically acclaimed movies, such as last year's Killer Joe. He looks back on his career, and the film he considers his best, 1977's Sorcerer
On a hot, sticky Tuesday in Venice, the American film director William Friedkin sauntered from his hotel to see an exhibition of paintings at the nearby Doge's Palace. There, he stood in front of Manet's L'Evasion de Rochefort, which depicts the flight of the man who challenged Napoleon III. He saw the little boat packed with indistinguishable figures and the mighty sea churning all around. It struck him that the painting summed up what he thinks of the world: that we're stuck on a boat, at the mercy of nature. Possibly it has something to say about his own career too.
Friedkin is...
On a hot, sticky Tuesday in Venice, the American film director William Friedkin sauntered from his hotel to see an exhibition of paintings at the nearby Doge's Palace. There, he stood in front of Manet's L'Evasion de Rochefort, which depicts the flight of the man who challenged Napoleon III. He saw the little boat packed with indistinguishable figures and the mighty sea churning all around. It struck him that the painting summed up what he thinks of the world: that we're stuck on a boat, at the mercy of nature. Possibly it has something to say about his own career too.
Friedkin is...
- 9/5/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
If Cleopatra signalled the demise of Hollywood epics, Heaven's Gate ended the reign of the all-powerful director. Should these films' reputations be rescued? And has the film industry lost its kamikaze tendency?
Sexual intercourse must have been invented earlier in New York than in Yorkshire because all that Robert Benton could think about in 1963 was movies. One movie in particular. But it was not Hollywood's current grandest offering, Cleopatra, which Joseph L Mankiewicz directed for 20th Century Fox, with Elizabeth Taylor in the leading role. Benton was thinking about another love story – another portrayal of a woman loved by two very different men. The director was François Truffaut. The star was Jeanne Moreau. Benton saw Jules et Jim 12 times after it was released in the Us, and his obsession was crucial to what happened next.
"You cannot see a movie that often without beginning to notice certain things about structure and form and character,...
Sexual intercourse must have been invented earlier in New York than in Yorkshire because all that Robert Benton could think about in 1963 was movies. One movie in particular. But it was not Hollywood's current grandest offering, Cleopatra, which Joseph L Mankiewicz directed for 20th Century Fox, with Elizabeth Taylor in the leading role. Benton was thinking about another love story – another portrayal of a woman loved by two very different men. The director was François Truffaut. The star was Jeanne Moreau. Benton saw Jules et Jim 12 times after it was released in the Us, and his obsession was crucial to what happened next.
"You cannot see a movie that often without beginning to notice certain things about structure and form and character,...
- 7/19/2013
- by Leo Robson
- The Guardian - Film News
Is the director's cut just one big self-indulgence, or the chance for an auteur to get his vision across to the public untrammelled by the money men?
First 18 minutes had to be cut for length. Then another eight minutes went at the insistence of the studio. Six months later, the director was allowed to reinstate a minute of original footage. That was followed, 19 years later, by another seven minutes, one minute of which was – on second thoughts – removed again a few years after that.
Since it premiered in 1971, The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich's nostalgic masterpiece about lust and loss in smalltown Texas, has been through three official edits and several unofficial ones. Bogdanovich now says the version to be released on 15 April finally represents his perfect vision. Almost. "Well, it's as close as it's going to get."
It was in 1974 that the term "director's cut" began to acquire...
First 18 minutes had to be cut for length. Then another eight minutes went at the insistence of the studio. Six months later, the director was allowed to reinstate a minute of original footage. That was followed, 19 years later, by another seven minutes, one minute of which was – on second thoughts – removed again a few years after that.
Since it premiered in 1971, The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich's nostalgic masterpiece about lust and loss in smalltown Texas, has been through three official edits and several unofficial ones. Bogdanovich now says the version to be released on 15 April finally represents his perfect vision. Almost. "Well, it's as close as it's going to get."
It was in 1974 that the term "director's cut" began to acquire...
- 4/8/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Richard Kelly followed up the cult success of Donnie Darko with the oft-derided Southland Tales. Ryan looks back at a flawed film worthy of reassessment…
Cinema history is filled with directors who never quite lived up to the promise of their first film. Despite a glittering career as a director, writer and actor, popular opinion dictates that Orson Welles never made another movie quite as good as his debut, Citizen Kane, and Michael Cimino followed up the Oscar-winning The Deer Hunter with Heaven’s Gate, a film whose financial failure not only brought down a Hollywood studio (United Artists, Rip), but also prompted one critic to famously write “You might suspect Mr. Cimino sold his soul to the Devil to obtain the success of The Deer Hunter, and the Devil has just come around to collect.”
When a rough cut of Richard Kelly’s second movie, the lengthy sci-fi satire Southland Tales,...
Cinema history is filled with directors who never quite lived up to the promise of their first film. Despite a glittering career as a director, writer and actor, popular opinion dictates that Orson Welles never made another movie quite as good as his debut, Citizen Kane, and Michael Cimino followed up the Oscar-winning The Deer Hunter with Heaven’s Gate, a film whose financial failure not only brought down a Hollywood studio (United Artists, Rip), but also prompted one critic to famously write “You might suspect Mr. Cimino sold his soul to the Devil to obtain the success of The Deer Hunter, and the Devil has just come around to collect.”
When a rough cut of Richard Kelly’s second movie, the lengthy sci-fi satire Southland Tales,...
- 3/23/2011
- Den of Geek
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