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...Grieveson is an expert on American gangster movies, censorship, and silent films. But despite a distinguished career as a scholar of American films, this semester marks his first time teaching cinema to students in the U.S. Grieveson, current director of the graduate film studies program at University College London, will serve as Visiting Associate Professor in Harvard’s Visual and Environmental Studies department for one semester. He will spend his time at the College acclimating to the United States, continuing work on his latest book, and teaching two film courses—one on government and film...
...buoyant and prominently apple-cheeked as she did three decades ago in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Ruby Dee is 82, and has been in movies (and a lot of places more important, like the civil rights struggle) for 60 years. But when her brief role in American Gangster made her a surprise winner of the supporting actress award - sorry, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - she glided on stage to display all the class and radiance of a perennial American beauty...
Quick on the heels of his latest box office blockbuster, Denzel Washington assures us, “There’s no Frank Lucas in my Mel Tolson.” The iconic actor emphasizes that, despite the overwhelming success of “American Gangster,” his upcoming film, “The Great Debaters,” holds a special place among his immense body of work.As only the second film Washington has directed (the first was the critically praised “Antwone Fisher”), “The Great Debaters?...
...product - nine of the 12 films released in November or December, including three that haven't opened yet. But the Globers did acknowledge that the people who watch awards shows also go to movies. Two slots were filled by popular films that have grossed about $120 million domestic: American Gangster, nominated in the Best Drama category, and Hairspray, one of the five finalists for Best Comedy or Musical. Atonement, Juno and the all-star Charlie Wilson's War could becomes hits as they open wide this month and next...
...problem that’s exacerbated by the similar lack of engaging, energizing beats. Ghostface relies heavily on Diddy’s production crew, The Hitmen (Sean C. and L.V.), who mostly just contribute mediocrity, as they did on Jay-Z’s recent “American Gangster.” But Ghostface hasn’t really fallen off, either. He still spins some good yarns, as on “Yolanda’s House” and “Shakey Dog Starring Lolita,” a somewhat disjointed sequel to a track...