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‘Albert Brooks: Defending My Life’ Review: Rob Reiner Gets A Comic Genius On The Record In A Conversation Worth Savoring
By Pete Hammond, November 10, 2023 12:37pm When I heard Rob Reiner was planning to direct a documentary on a true comic icon and genius named Albert Brooks, I thought “Now this will be good!” Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, Stand By Me, This Is Spinal Tap, etc., etc.) is not only a smart and talented filmmaker…
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DEADLINE: Rob Reiner On Re-Launching Castle Rock With ‘Spinal Tap’ Sequel And Shooting Documentary On Albert Brooks: Cannes
Fresh with an injection of $170 million in Castle Rock financing with a lead equity investment from Derrick Rossi — the stem cell biologist who is co-founder of the Moderna vaccine — Rob Reiner is here at the Cannes Market for myriad reasons. One of them is to shoot Sharon Stone in Cannes this week, as part of the…
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Albert Brooks’ ‘Lost in America’ Remains Piercingly Relevant 32 Years Later
NPR / Fresh Air | link › by John Powers Newly released on DVD and Blu-ray, the 1985 film follows a well-heeled LA couple who decide to become free-spirited wanderers. Critic John Powers says Lost In America is a comedy for the ages. Transript TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Like Woody Allen before…
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Criterion Edition Now Available: The Brutal Cynicism of Lost in America Still Resonates
The Atlantic | link ›By David Sims Albert Brooks’s 1985 satire of two upper-middle-class Californians trying to find themselves is as cutting as ever in its Criterion rerelease. This might sound hard to believe, but the notion that Americans all live in hermetic, deluded bubbles defined by their own narrow experiences existed long before anyone…
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Lost in America: The Criterion Collection
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When Reality was a Joke: The Making of Albert Brooks’ Real Life
lareviewofbooks.org | link › By Tom Teicholz Today, reality TV is a genre for which they award Emmys, from which careers are born, love is found, and fortunes are made. Reality TV represents a huge share of the television industry, and we accept that these shows are cast, produced, and edited to enhance their drama.…
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Exclusive: Albert Brooks films are swimming to Netflix
usatoday.com | link › By Gary Levin Albert Brooks may be best known as Marlin, “the adorable clownfish” from Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, or the sweaty reporter from Broadcast News, a role that won him his only Oscar nomination. But he’s also starred in, written and directed seven often-acclaimed films, all of which will surface…
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‘Defending Your Life’ at 25: Albert Brooks on Making a Comedy Classic
rollingstone.com | link › By Jennifer Wood The funniest man alive on his heavenly film’s 25th anniversary: “I got a letter from a parent who said their kid memorized the whole movie” If heaven exists, what would it look like? It’s one of life’s big questions, and if you believe what you see in the…
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Albert Brooks in ‘Concussion’: Another Oscar nomination for a scene-stealing performance?
Gold Derby | link › While much of the talk about “Concussion” has been about Will Smith’s stand-out performance as Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic neuropathologist who first discovered the football-related brain injury CTE, equal attention should be paid to Albert Brooks’ turn as Omalu’s friend and mentor, Dr. Cyril Wecht. The beloved funnyman, who shaved…
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