Morgan Freeman heads the Best of Ho... Nov 12, 2009
quo;s directorial debut with the adaptation of Christopher Isherwood s 1964 novel depicting a gay English professor named George (Colin Firth). who s on a downward spiral after the sudden death of his partner. (Suite101.com)
Hip Berlin: Europe's Capital of Cool Nov 7, 2009
As for Berlin, it hasn't been on the international cool list since Christopher Isherwood lived in the city in the early 1930s and chronicled the demise of its rambunctious culture under the Nazis. If foreigners came to visit, they were hippies, spies, U.S. Presidents or peeping tourists curious to catch a glimpse of communism from a safe distance. (Time.com)
Oprah Film Club? Sep 20, 2009
Yes, that Tom Ford, the former Gucci designer in his impressive first-time directing debut of A Single Man, based on the Christopher Isherwood novel and starring Colin Firth. Tom co-wrote the film with David Scearce, with Colin winning the best actor award last week during the Venice Film Festival. (Fox News)
Five to Watch from the Toronto Film Festival Sep 20, 2009
George, in Tom Ford's adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel, is it. The movie brought Firth the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and was bought for U.S. distribution by the Weinstein Company. (Time.com)
Catwalk to screen Sep 12, 2009
Not only has Ford made A Single Man but he's co-written and produced it too, adapted from the book by Christopher Isherwood. He got two Hollywood stars to take the leading roles and secured a premiere at one of the world's most prestigious film festivals. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
a new Somerset Maugham bio Sep 10, 2009
Christopher Isherwood compared Maugham to an old Gladstone bag covered with labels. God only knows what is inside. (Harper's Magazine)
READ MORE: New and fashionable films, TV series Sep 10, 2009
Other fare: At least two name fashionistas have turned from frock-making to moviemaking: , the former maestro/savior of , has just directed his first film, A Single Man, based on the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood. Actress Tara Subkoff, the designer behind the Imitation of Christ label, is starring in Tanner Hall, a coming-of-age tale of girls in boarding school, co-directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg, daughter of the queen of the wrap dress, designer. (USA Today)
Win Out in Africa film tickets! Sep 3, 2009
Anyone who has seen 'Cabaret' will be fascinated by Chris and Don, directed by Guido Santi and Tina Mascara this amazing documentary is about Christopher Isherwood whose short stories 'Goodbye to Berlin' were the basis for the musical 'Cabaret. This sharp, witty and revealing film is told mainly by his lover, Don, and is supported by amazing archival footage of Hollywood starting in the late 40s. (iAfrica.com)
Christopher Isherwood Brief Biograp... Aug 13, 2009
Christopher Isherwood Brief Biography. Christopher Isherwood Brief Biography ... Brief biography of English-American author Christopher Isherwood, best known for the autobiographical content of his novels. (Suite101.com)
Rediscovering Orwell Aug 6, 2009
Cyril Connolly had admired Orwell since meeting him at prep school, but, in Enemies of Promise (1938), he stitched together quotations from Orwell, Hemingway and Christopher Isherwood into a single passage to show how indistinguishable "colloquial" writers could be. 2009 Times Literary Supplement. (The American Conservative)
What I Do: Dan Weiss, Dog Eared Books May 26, 2009
I just started "The Berlin Stories" by Christopher Isherwood, which is one of my boss' top five books. There's this great book, "The Tenants of Moonbloom," by Edward Lewis Wallant. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Wellesley Players to bring Cabaret to stage Mar 6, 2009
Christopher Isherwood wrote stories about his life in Berlin in the 1930s, which led to the creation of John van Druten s play I Am A Camera, inspiring the original musical Cabaret with book by Joe Masteroff and music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb in 1966. This, in turn, inspired the 1972 movie. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Vermont painter George Tooker made waves in the art world Mar 1, 2009
"Through Cadmus, Tooker met writers, poets, artists and critics, including E.M. Forster, W.H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, George Platt Lynes, and Lincoln Kirstein, the dance critic and cultural impresario who became Tooker's most important champion.Kirstein was responsible for having him included in the MoMA show, "Fourteen Americans" (his inclusion was so last-minute, he says, "that I didn't make it into the show's catalog"). But again, Tooker had to battle to be his own man. Kirstein, who... (Boston Globe)
Charles Laughton, scene stealer Feb 20, 2009
Bonus features on the Criterion DVD include a 1978 BBC documentary on Laughton; Christopher Isherwood reflects on the actor's homosexuality, while Laughton's widow, Elsa Lanchester, speaks movingly of the accommodations she chose to make in their marriage. Fans of the TV series Fawlty Towers will spot Prunella Scales, who played Basil Fawlty's wife, as Hobson's youngest daughter. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Upward and onward Feb 19, 2009
Ed went to Cambridge and was a friend of W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood and his career seems to have wilted in the heat of their brilliance. They became famous and he got a job teaching school. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
