Tag: Dustin Hoffman

L13FC: The Long Careers of Actors

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Cindy Bruchman

Today is my lucky day! You’ve decided to stop by and add to the discussion to this month’s film topic on my double-nickel birthday. Thank you! Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall are lifetime friends who bunked together while honing their craft back…

Category: actors, biography, culture, Lucky 13 Film Club, movies, oscarsTags: actors, Allan Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, movies, Robert Duvall

Are You Not Entertained?

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Cindy Bruchman

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BOOKS Tom Hanks optioned the rights to Erik Larson’s nonfiction bestseller, In the Garden of Beasts six years ago with intentions of starring in the historical adaptation. Add to that rumors of securing Natalie Portman to the cast with Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) as the director. What’s it all about? Chicago historian…

Category: actors, Are You Not Entertained?, authors, Berlin, books, culture, directors, Film Spotlight, history, love, moviesTags: actors, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, books, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, Emma Thompson, Erik Larson, In the Garden of Beasts, movies, Noah Baumbach, The Last Jedi, The Meyerowitz Stories, The Shape of Water

Film Spotlight: Papillon

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Cindy Bruchman

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What’s your favorite prison movie? Franklin J. Schaffner was known as an innovative television director/producer in the early years of T.V. employing film techniques within the new medium of television. He was known in the film industry for popular films like Planet of the Apes…

Category: actors, books, directors, Film Spotlight, movies, oscars, scoresTags: Dustin Hoffman, Papillon, Steve McQueen