The awards momentum for Argo continues across the pond at London’s Royal Opera House with Affleck’s drama winning Bafta best picture and director awards.
Author: Steve Ramos
Steve Ramos is a national, award-winning journalist whose advocacy of independent and art cinema has made him one of America's leading critical voices. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Boxoffice, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Movie Jungle.com, New York Magazine.com, Screen Daily and indieWire among others. In 2001, Ramos broke the story of a Cincinnati art-house theater snipping a sex scene from director Wayne Wang's "The Center of the World," which led the theater owner to ban him indefinitely from the theater. Ramos has programmed for film non-profits like 92Y Tribeca in order to bring independent film to larger audiences. He earned a BA in Philosophy from Xavier University and makes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife and son.
Let Us Now Praise: ‘Warm Bodies’ Director Jonathan Levine
Writer/director Jonathan Levine adapts Isaac Marion’s YA novel ‘Warm Bodies,’ about a teen zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) who falls in love with a pretty blonde girl named Julie (Teresa Palmer).
One Sheet Wonder: Studio Ghibli’s ‘From Up On Poppy Hill’
GKIDS releases From Up On Poppy Hill March 15 in New York City and Los Angeles and expands the film nationwide March 29.
The Morning Feed: Ben Affleck Wins Best Director and Best Drama Golden Globes for ‘Argo’
Tweet Free of last year’s controversial hosting duties by comic Ricky Gervais, the surprising Winner’s Circle of 2013 Golden Globe winners grab the morning-after spotlight and continue to add intrigue to awards season guesswork with the Final Voting for the…
The Morning Feed: Louvre-Lens, First Satellite Museum of the Louvre, Debuts in Northern France
Excitement continued to build after today’s inauguration by French President François Hollande of Louvre-Lens, the first satellite of the world famous Paris art museum, scheduled to open to the general public Dec. 12.
More Sundance 2013 Announcements Land Including Spotlight Films
2013 Sundance Film Festival added movies from the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier sections to festival’s competition films.
Sundance Announces U.S. World Competition Films for 2013 Lineup including ‘Touchy Feely and ‘Citizen Koch’
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival (SFF), and his Sundance team announce U.S. and World competition segments for Sundance 2013.
The Morning Feed: CBS Casts Brandon T. Jackson in ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot
Brandon T. Jackson stepping into the super-sized shoes of Eddie Murphy to play wisecracking cop Axel Foley Jr. in the sitcom Beverly Hills Cop.
The Morning Feed: President Obama Victory Tweet is Top Retweet in Twitter History
Tweet The grand theatre of American presidential elections reached its emotional climax last night with NBC calling the swing state of Ohio (my home state) for President Barack Obama at 11:12 p.m. ET and announcing his victory over Republican challenger…
The Morning Feed: NASA Officials honor late Ray Bradbury calling Mars landing site ‘Bradbury Landing’
Tweet Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, who died June 5 at age 91, received arguably the greatest posthumous tribute possible when NASA officials called the Mars landing site of the Martian rover Curiosity the “Bradbury Landing.” According to The Guardian,…