Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'danielpearl'
October 16, 2007
A Mighty Heart (directed by Michael Winterbottom) Being a journalist doesn't sound like a very dangerous profession, but for Daniel Pearl, his investigations while reporting on the situation in Karachi for the Wall Street Journal lead to his untimely end. Michael Winterbottom's most recent film starring Angelina Jolie offers a brief snapshot of Pearl, as played by Dan Futterman, and his stoic widow Mariane who used her own investigating skills to try to track down......
Continue Reading "The Cinecultist's Weekly DVD Pick: Grieving Widow Edition"June 21, 2007
A Mighty Heart (directed by Michael Winterbottom) If you ever turn on the TV, your computer or glance at a newspaper, you're probably aware that mother/humanitarian/human clothes hanger Angelina Jolie has a new movie coming out this weekend. You've also probably gathered that it's produced by her hunky paramour and co-parent Brad Pitt and that it highlights Angie's "good person-ness" by having her depict the tragic life of journalist Mariane Pearl shortly after the kidnapping......
Continue Reading "The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Pick: Horrific Hostage Edition"May 24, 2007
A Bourne, a Cloon and a pirate, oh my...with the Memorial Day holiday this weekend, we're entering the prime summer movie season and it's time to get psyched. Psyched! Here's just some Hollywood flicks we're awaiting between now and Labor Day. With all of these things to see, it's probably time to spring for the econo tub of popcorn and a bucket of soda to get through it all. May The summer gets underway as......
Continue Reading "The Cinecultist's Summer Movie Picks: Looking Ahead Edition"October 8, 2006
When the world's most photogenic celebrity family heads to India, you can be sure even a rickshaw ride will be documented. Now we know that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have deemed that Maddox is old enough to enjoy rickshaw rides in the Indian town of Pune, while Zahara and Shiloh are perhaps too young. The jetsetting actors are in India to film A Mighty Heart, a film based on the memoir by Mariane......
Continue Reading "Angelina, Brad and the Kids Head to India"April 1, 2003
The French press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, has started to run ads by Saatchi & Saatchi that depict known French journalists: "Saatchi's Paris office created three graphic print and poster ads, one featuring leading TV journalist Christine Ockrent with a bullet hole in her forehead. The other two ads show male TV journalists -- Emmanuel Chain, who is in charge of a Sunday evening news magazine program, and Guillaume Durand, who hosts Campus, a......
Continue Reading "The French and a Question of Taste"
