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I know everyone is busy discussing the Selma Oscar snubs and Jennifer Aniston’s supposed one. The former film I haven’t seen yet, and Cake I won’t. Only when I scrolled through long lists of snubs would I find Ralph Fiennes, as if the omission of his name were insignificant, perhaps expected. read more

I know everyone is busy discussing the Selma Oscar snubs and Jennifer Aniston’s supposed one. The former film I haven’t seen yet, and Cake I won’t. Only when I scrolled through long lists of snubs would I find Ralph Fiennes, as if the omission of his name were insignificant, perhaps expected. read more

The farthest Eastern boundary of the European continent makes the perfect landscape for a new addition to the quirky Wes Anderson canon. But more on that later. First our story. It gains inspiration from the writings of forgotten Viennese  author of the 30s and 40s Stefan Zweig. In fact, the author& read more

The farthest Eastern boundary of the European continent makes the perfect landscape for a new addition to the quirky Wes Anderson canon. But more on that later. First our story. It gains inspiration from the writings of forgotten Viennese author of the 30s and 40s Stefan Zweig. In fact, the author& read more

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) The adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. read more

Enter now for a chance to win The Grand Budapest on Blu-ray from Pretty Clever Films and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment! WES ANDERSON’S THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL COMES TO BLU-RAY AND DVD JUNE 17 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of legendary concierge Gustave H. and Zero read more

US / 97 minutes / bw / Shangri-La, FotoKem, Gato Negro Dir & Scr: Sebastian Gutierrez Pr: Steve Bing, Sebastian Gutierrez, Zach Schwartz Cine: Cale Finot Cast: Malin Akerman, Kevin Connolly, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Carla Gugino, Mandy Moore, Rufus Sewell, Aaron Behr, John C read more

Hotel du Nord Directed by Marcel Carné Written by Jean Aurenche and Henri Jeansen from the novel by Eugéne Dabit 1938/France Societé d’Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF); Impérial Film First viewing/ Streamed on Hulu Plus Louis Jouvet’s performance was the highlight of read more

This year's TCM Classic Film Festival took over Hollywood April 25th through the 28th and, as always, opening day was a rush of events.  There are so many, in fact, that seeing movies does not really enter my schedule this early in the festival.  It was even more the case this ye read more

Los Angeles is commonly identified through several key locations: the Hollywood Sign, the Hollywood Bowl, etc.  But one principal location that is both a representation of, and a forgotten symbol of, Hollywood is the infamous Chateau Marmont Hotel.  Authors Raymond Sarlot and Fred E. Basten seek to read more

Newsreel footage of the premiere of "Grand Hotel" showing many of the stars arriving, being interviewed, and signing the famous lobby book. Grand Hotel is a 1932 drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by William A. Drake and Bela Balazs is based on the 1930 play of the same read more

Frequent contributor Rich over at Wide Screen World has wrote another contribution piece for our Cinematic World Tour Blogathon. He has chosen the hot spot of Berlin and the wonderful film Grand Hotel. Please check out the amazing post he did. I've read it twice so far. Here's the link: widescreen read more

Directed by Edmund Goulding, Grand Hotel (1932) is unique in the annals of Oscar history; it is the only Best Picture winner not even to be nominated for any other awards. Despite the Academy’s odd response to the film, Grand Hotel offers a lot more to the modern viewer than mere Oscar trivia. read more

Directed by Edmund Goulding, Grand Hotel (1932) is unique in the annals of Oscar history; it is the only Best Picture winner not even to be nominated for any other awards. Despite the Academy’s odd response to the film, Grand Hotel offers a lot more to the modern viewer than mere Oscar trivia. read more

Directed by Edmund Goulding, Grand Hotel (1932) is unique in the annals of Oscar history; it is the only Best Picture winner not even to be nominated for any other awards. Despite the Academy’s odd response to the film, Grand Hotel offers a lot more to the modern viewer than mere Oscar trivia. read more

The setting of the film in a tired old palace in the midst of a vibrant, colorful culture is representative of the message of the film as a whole: old people discovering that all the glories of life are still available to them and that new adventures are still to be had after age fifty. It also defi read more

Review and EXCLUSIVE artwork by Mark Satchwill Whitewood, 1692. Elizabeth Selwyn (the wonderful Patricia Jessel, looking like a cross between Anjelica Houston and Siouxsie on a bad hair day) is dragged from her house by her Puritan neighbours, accused of being a witch. As she starts to burn, a shado read more

Though the TCM Classic Film Festival ended days ago at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, I am still feeling all the excitement of the experience. And I know I'm not the only one who is still buzzing.  Despite a rainstorm that rolled into Los Angeles early in the festival--including a torrential read more

Hotel comes from that strange period of Hollywood cinema just between the Technicolor melodramas and the seventies realism. The film’s still in Technicolor of course–and Charles Lang’s cinematography is fantastic. He makes the New Orleans location shooting look just wondrous. But read more

Over the past few days, I have been fortunate enough to enjoy quite a bit of time at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  The Beverly Hills Hotel is itself one of the shining stars of Los Angeles, the iconic "Pink Flamingo" whose image was famously used as the cover of the Eagles' Hotel California. & read more