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Shouts and Murmurs: ‘Indiana Jones’ reminds columnist of childhood love of movies

I'll never forget the summer where my friend Andrew and I stayed up all night watching Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. He had never seen it before, and he was instantly captured by Indy running away from the boulders, the Nazis and, in ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  29 May 2008
Related Topics: Harrison Ford,  Steven Spielberg,  George Lucas,  Pixar

Shouts and Murmurs: Special effects: Director discretion advised

As technology advances, the special effects created through computers become more and more unbelievable. t's hard to believe that the fight scenes in movies such as Spider-Man can be so exciting, or that viewers get so attached to Gollum in the Lord ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  14 May 2008
Related Topics: Robert Zemeckis

Shouts and Murmurs: Blockbusters, bohemians part of ‘healthy film diet’

Today marks the end of the 35th annual Athens International Film and Video Festival. I hope that many people have had the chance to check out some of the fascinating and unusual films offered by the festival this past week. I know that, personally, I ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  1 May 2008
Related Topics: Pauline Kael

Shouts and Murmurs: Local criticism of films gives way to generic reviews

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, almost thirty newspaper film critics have lost their jobs in the last two years. This includes the critic that worked for my hometown newspaper, The Cincinnati Enquirer. Instead of replacing the ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  17 Apr 2008
Related Topics: A. O. Scott,  Roger Ebert

April films ‘hold over’

April can be a difficult time for moviegoers. The month is typically a barren wasteland of film. But this April, there are a few movies that should be able to hold audiences over from now until Iron Man comes out next month. Leatherheads — George ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  3 Apr 2008
Related Topics: George Clooney,  Renee Zellweger,  John Krasinski,  Keanu Reeves,  Sarah Marshall

Shouts and Murmurs: Snow days offer time to catch up on movies

This past weekend many here in Athens were shocked to see the snowstorm that hit the area. I decided to stay away from the snow as much as possible and take the time to check out a few movies that I had missed on DVD instead. La Strada — This one is ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  12 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Federico Fellini,  James Gandolfini,  Susan Sarandon,  Kate Winslet,  Christopher Walken

Shouts and Murmurs: Movie presidents are better than those in real life

With the primary election being the nonstop topic of discussion over the past few weeks, it's time to take a good, hard look at the presidential nominees.  However, once you get right down to it, the candidates are all basically the same person.  None ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  6 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Bill Pullman,  Barack Obama,  Michael Douglas,  John McCain,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Independent films get recognition, but maybe not mainstream acceptance

This past weekend was not only the weekend of the Academy Awards but it was also the weekend of the Independent Spirit Awards, a ceremony designed to celebrate the achievements of independent filmmaking. This year, however, three of the five films ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Academy Awards,  Paul Thomas Anderson

Shouts and Murmurs: ‘Post’ columnist chooses his favorites for the Academy Awards

columnist Ethan Goldsmith gives his picks for Sunday’s Oscars. In this category there are three legitimately great movies (Atonement, Juno, No Country), one strong actor movie (Michael Clayton), and one Yosemite Sam cartoon (There Will Be Blood). But ...

From ETHAN GOLDSMITH, The Ohio University Post,  21 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Academy Awards,  Michael Clayton,  Julian Schnabel,  Daniel Day-Lewis,  Julie Christie

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