Final Update May 24 the awards The Festival de Cannes Awards Ceremony was full of surprises, as usual. And it comes as no surprise, really, that Louder Than Bombs received no prize from the Official Competition Jury. What did the film receive? Some great press and many positive reviews. Distribution […]
It has been 20 years since The Usual Suspects first mystified us with its unique and tangled story. So, of course, this masterpiece by Bryan Singer (director) and Christopher McQuarrie (Oscar-winning writer) is getting the anniversary treatment with a new Blu-ray release! Amazon US and Amazon UK both offer the […]
The Usual Suspects is Gabriel Byrne’s most popular film, if by popular we mean success at the box office and recognition by its legion of fans. And, although the film was released in 1995, there are many young people for whom it is a movie touchstone: Keyser Soze has entered […]
The LA Times blog has noted Pete Postlethwaite’s top 5 performances and this list is exactly the one I would have formulated. Note that Gabriel Byrne produced the first film and starred with Pete in the second film in this list (that’s the Byrne-ing connection and one of the reasons […]