February 2008 - Posts

We've moved!
Wed, Feb 20 2008 8:55 AM

We're packed up and headed over to the freshly redesigned IFC site: The new home of this blog is here...

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A simpler, kinder, more muscled time.
Mon, Feb 18 2008 3:16 PM

We're on the teetering edge of a website redesign, so the rest of the week's IFC News will be posted...

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Critic wrangle: "Diary of the Dead."
Fri, Feb 15 2008 5:22 PM

George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead" has been drawing mixed reactions since its premiere at Toronto — some critics...

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Critic wrangle: "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation."
Fri, Feb 15 2008 3:13 PM

The title of Cao Hamburger's "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" is euphemistic. The main character, a 12-year-old boy...

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Odds: Thursday - China regrets (it's unable to lunch today).
Thu, Feb 14 2008 6:56 PM

Mia Farrow releases a victory statement in her battleground of choice, the New York Post's Page Six, after shaming Steven...

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That tricky directorial debut.
Thu, Feb 14 2008 5:44 PM

There are two conflicting critical impulses one has to fight off before ever seeing (and presumably honestly reviewing) a film...

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Kon Ichikawa, 1915-2008.
Thu, Feb 14 2008 3:59 PM

Kon Ichikawa, the Japanese director responsible for, among other things, the great anti-war films "The Burmese Harp" and "Fires on...

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"Diary of the Dead."
Thu, Feb 14 2008 3:38 PM

With "Diary of the Dead," George A. Romero has retconned his zombie apocalypse series back to its beginnings, before the...

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Strike is over (if you want it).
Wed, Feb 13 2008 9:05 AM

The WGA strike is officially over — Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood has the official statements from both sides. In...

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In the works: The Coens adapt Chabon, Tomei plays a stripper.
Tue, Feb 12 2008 12:30 PM

Trailer du jour: For "The Forbidden Kingdom," here. Director Rob Minkoff, of "The Lion King" and "Stuart Little," seems to...

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IFC News: "Two guys walking around talking for two hours."
Mon, Feb 11 2008 6:58 PM

This week at IFC News: Matt Singer starts on the first of three parts of his 40th anniversary guide to...

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Great moments in film criticism.
Fri, Feb 8 2008 12:36 PM

Some highlights from reviews of "The Hottie and the Nottie," the film that seems primed to give Paris Hilton what's...

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Critic wrangle: "The Band's Visit."
Fri, Feb 8 2008 11:49 AM

"The Band's Visit," the first feature from Israeli director Eran Kolirin, was Israel's Foreign Language Film Oscar submission until the...

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Critic wrangle: "In Bruges."
Fri, Feb 8 2008 11:13 AM

After a glowing critic reception as the opening night film at Sundance, playwright Martin McDonagh's feature debut "In Bruges" opens...

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Odds: Thursday - "Parnassus" lives on, at least on the internet.
Thu, Feb 7 2008 6:46 PM

What's to become of Terry Gilliam's unfinished "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"? Christopher Plummer's earlier interview comments on the possible...

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