When looking for material for his directorial feature debut, Jake Schreier recalled a short film he had produced at New York University. Called Robot & Frank, it was a brief, offbeat heist flick grafted onto a tale of dementia and a caregiver automaton. The short had been the thesis project of his longtime friend and budding screenwriter Christopher Ford. “It was something I’d … [Read more...]
Zemeckis’ ‘Christmas Carol’ is an instant classic
The cinematic potential of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is bounteous and apparently endless. Perennially relevant, A Christmas Carol has seen at least 20 film adaptations dating back to a 1901 single-reeler. Considering that it’s already been reenvisioned by Mickey and the Muppets, by Ronald Neame as an Albert Finney musical (Scrooge), by Richard Donner as a droll Bill … [Read more...]