August 2007 - Posts

Critic wrangle: "Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)."
Fri, Aug 17 2007 2:54 PM

Jason Kohn's Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) explores poverty, kidnapping, corruption and frogs eating each other in Brazil, and it...

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Critic wrangle: "The 11th Hour."
Fri, Aug 17 2007 1:18 PM

Leo DiCaprio follows in Al Gore's surprise-hit footsteps with environmental warning doc The 11th Hour. Despite offering a message we've...

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"The King of Kong."
Thu, Aug 16 2007 5:07 PM

If a whole universe of meaning and countless reams of undergrad theses can spring from a novel that tracks one...

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Odds: Wednesday - Karaoke nightmare.
Wed, Aug 15 2007 5:38 PM

According to Gregg Goldstein at the Hollywood Reporter, John Turturro is joining the self-distribution crowd with his New York musical...

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The last defender of independent film.
Wed, Aug 15 2007 1:57 PM

Wired News' Chris Kohler went with Wired editor Chris Baker to the US premiere of Uwe Boll's Postal — that...

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NYFF 2007: Lined-up.
Wed, Aug 15 2007 10:59 AM

Comments and links coming shortly. OPENING NIGHT: The Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson, US, 2007; 91m (Fox Searchlight) Screening with:Hotel...

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For those about to rock.
Tue, Aug 14 2007 4:59 PM

Mean Streets owes a debt to the Stones, Martin Scorsese tells Craig McLean at the Observer, talking about his upcoming...

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Re-invasion.
Tue, Aug 14 2007 4:36 PM

Both Hugh Hart at the San Francisco Chronicle and Dennis Lim at the New York Times look over the films...

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IFC News: Tom DiCillo, B-listers abroad, noir.
Mon, Aug 13 2007 4:16 PM

This week on IFC News: Aaron Hillis talks to director Tom DiCillo about Delirious:That's something I'm really interested in, this...

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At least when you're dead, you don't have to pay the bills.
Fri, Aug 10 2007 2:44 PM

Kyle Smith, New York Post: After Max von Sydow played chess with Death in 'The Seventh Seal,' he was condemned...

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Critic wrangle: "2 Days in Paris."
Fri, Aug 10 2007 1:29 PM

Julie Delpy takes on her near iconic role as Celine in Linklater's Before Sunrise and Before Sunset in 2 Days...

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Critic wrangle: "Rocket Science."
Fri, Aug 10 2007 10:42 AM

Rocket Science, the second film and first scripted effort from Jeffrey Blitz, the director of the excellent doc Spellbound, is...

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Woe!
Thu, Aug 9 2007 5:11 PM

...to cite Guy Maddin on the death of Bergman. Art film is dead, writes Camille Paglia at Salon (scroll down...

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Lovable losers and a whiff of Oscar season.
Thu, Aug 9 2007 1:26 PM

New to the trailer park, some of those irrepressible lovable indie losers, courtesy of one Michel Gondry: a trailer for...

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Bollywood, Lollywood, Nollywood.
Wed, Aug 8 2007 6:40 PM

At the London Times, Anil Sinanan talks to Ali Larter about interesting oddity Marigold (it opens here on August 17),...

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