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The death of the original screenplay...?
Wed, Nov 4 2009 8:07 AM

This week's favorite Oscar topic, besides last night's announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the awards, is where all the original screenplays have gone. The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik points out the a dearth of obvious candidates for the "Best Original Screenplay" category. If "Up," "Inglourious... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Up, The Hurt Locker, Awards, Where the Wild Things Are, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days Of Summer, Star Trek, The Hangover, Away We Go, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Oscars 2010

Sam Mendes, American dreamer.
Mon, Sep 21 2009 5:10 PM

"Away We Go" is hitting the UK, and the London Times' Kate Muir points out the weirdness of director Sam Mendes -- a native of Reading -- setting himself up to be the premiere chronicler of the "American Dream." Muir cites the scolding given the film by New York Times critic A.O. Scott, who castigates Mendes as "a literary tourist... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Austin, The Wire, Abroad, Away We Go, Baltimore, Bill Clinton, Deja Vu, American Beauty, New Orleans, Gran Torino, Sam Mendes, 12 Rounds, Robert Frank

George Clooney does the airport stare.
Wed, Sep 9 2009 3:05 PM

If you weren't already aware of how our recent economic state has made the source material for Jason Reitman's new film "Up in the Air" extra-extra-melancholy, the teaser trailer, released earlier today, makes it perfectly clear. You don't even need to listen to George Clooney's corporate keynote-***-voiceover about literal and metaphorical... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: George Clooney, Up in the Air, Zeitgeist, Fight Club, Garden State, airports, Last Chance Harvey, Everything Is Illuminated, Away We Go, Elizabethtown