Film Week: James Dean Memorial Weekend
San Francisco’s Castro Theatre will screen all three of James Dean's films over the course of this coming weekend, with the first two screening in 35mm Scope prints.

Film Week: James Dean Memorial Weekend
San Francisco’s Castro Theatre will screen all three of James Dean's films over the course of this coming weekend, with the first two screening in 35mm Scope prints.

Film Week: James Dean Memorial Weekend
San Francisco’s Castro Theatre will screen all three of James Dean's films over the course of this coming weekend, with the first two screening in 35mm Scope prints.

On racing (1) - James Dean
? [sic wikipedia] While completing Giant, and to promote Rebel Without a Cause, [James] Dean filmed a short interview with actor Gig Young for an episode of Warner Bros. Presents in which Dean, instead of saying the popular phrase The life you save may be your own instead ad-libbed The lives you might save might be mine. Dean's sudden death prompted the studio to re-film the section, and the piece was never aired - though in the past several sources have referred to the footage :

Will Heath Ledger Follow in James Dean's Ghostly Footprints?
It's a pretty safe assumption that the first Halloween following the untimely death of Heath Ledger will see hundreds of thousands of young men made up as his Joker in tribute. Time will tell if Ledger inspires the same kind of cult as James Dean, who also died young (in 1955) just as his career was soaring; his most famous movie "Rebel Without a Cause'' opened the day before Halloween that year. The fascinating old Hollywood tribute website Greebriar Picture Shows recently offered a two-part examination of

Worth seeing
Here are our critic's choices of movies to see this weekend: James Dean Weekend: No matter how many screenings, how many retrospectives, how many tributes and how many documentaries, James Dean persists in being dead, and there seems to be no talking him out of it. And so we're left with only those three movies, to see again and again. But this is what's interesting about revisiting them. When we do, we realize that no single film contains the ultimate distillation of the Dean legend. Rather, the Dean th

Worth seeing
Here are our critic's choices of movies to see this weekend: James Dean Weekend: No matter how many screenings, how many retrospectives, how many tributes and how many documentaries, James Dean persists in being dead, and there seems to be no talking him out of it. And so we're left with only those three movies, to see again and again. But this is what's interesting about revisiting them. When we do, we realize that no single film contains the ultimate distillation of the Dean legend. Rather, the Dean th

McCain's Cancer Past Propels PAC Attack Ad
"Another bout of cancer for John McCain while he's President of the United States would profoundly impact his capacity to lead," says Dr. Michael D. Fratkin in a new ad on McCain's past battles with melanoma, a highly deadly skin cancer. The commercial, put out by Democracy For America and Brave New PAC, takes on McCain's secrecy surrounding his health, particularly the fact that he's only given the press three hours to examine his medical records. The narrator concludes 

After Phelps, Saturday Night Live Goes Hollywood Again
The season premiere of Saturday Night Live last week saw the so-called greatest Olympian of all time Michael Phelps hosting and, if reviews are to be believed, bombing.  Who can blame him, though?  Tina Fey's return to Saturday Night Live was nothing short of explosive with critics noting her spot-on resemblance of Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.  Add Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton and any mediocre hosting job will surely go unnoticed. While Fey's return to suc

After Phelps, Saturday Night Live Goes Hollywood Again
The season premiere of Saturday Night Live last week saw the so-called greatest Olympian of all time Michael Phelps hosting and, if reviews are to be believed, bombing.  Who can blame him, though?  Tina Fey's return to Saturday Night Live was nothing short of explosive with critics noting her spot-on resemblance of Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.  Add Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton and any mediocre hosting job will surely go unnoticed. While Fey's return to suc

James Franco profiled by Gus Van Sant in Interview Mag
I’ve been meaning to cancel my subscription to Interview Magazine for months upon months, probably years at this point.  I always forget until I get a new issue, then it gets tossed onto a stack on the shelf and I forget again.  But there’s always an interesting one-on-one and the closer we get the the awards season each year, the more pertinent the interviews become. Case in point, this month’s issue features the cover story: “James Franco by Gus Van Sant.”  It’s a s

James Franco Is a Golden Globe-Winning American Actor
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is a Golden Globe-winning American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist. He began acting during the late 1990s, appearing on the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and starring in several teen films. In 2001, he received worldwide attention and praise for his portrayal of James Dean in the made for television biographical film James Dean, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor. He became well known since the early 2000s when