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...best supporting actor for “A Mighty Wind” after a friend informed him he had read it online.“I thought I would have gotten a call,” Levy says.Unlike “The Big Picture,” a light-hearted 1989 meditation on the industry directed by Guest, “Consideration” examines the emotional toll of award show speculation.“It’s just like a horse race—people are just tossed away,” Guest explains, focusing on the particularly...
...many interwoven threads—including smuggling and romance—connecting the lives of people living on either side of the Polish-German border. Critics have lauded the ensemble cast—featuring both German and Polish actors—and verité-infused cinematography for casting light on the complexity of international relations in the burgeoning EU. Schmid’s early work is also some of the most idiosyncratic material in the series, though it is equally critically-acclaimed. His 1988 film “23” received a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival...
...Levy rejoin their usual ensemble of a dozen or so outstanding character actors to give a farcical inside look at their own game, filmmaking. Combining improvisational dialogue and a loose plot-line, the “mockumentary” gives attention to both the obscure and mundane in a light that exceeds most comedic standards. The film centers around the making of a small, low-budget picture entitled “Home for Purim” and the ensuing Oscar buzz that surrounds its actors. Hardly a single aspect of L.A.’s entertainment industry escapes lampooning: actors...
...understand that nothing can be done to fix the electorate’s grave mistake; there are no hanging chads to save America this time. But we hope that by shedding light on the nonexistent Democratic “plan,” someone will be able to terminate the San Francisco-born, Harvard-educated, Neville Chamberlain-admiring, pansexual liberals. Yes, Arnold, we’re looking...
...Last week, the communist-ruled country gained approval to become the World Trade Organization's 150th member. And when President Bush arrives later this week for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, he will see a vibrant nation light-years away from the war and poverty that once plagued its people. More than half of Vietnam's 84 million people are younger than 30, born after what people here call the "American War." They are the children of two decades of "doi moi" (renewal), a program of economic reforms that has cut poverty from more than...