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Ways to object to "Precious."
Fri, Nov 6 2009 11:22 AM

For anyone familiar with habitual barnburner Armond White and his politics, it's zero surprise that the NY Press critic object strenuously to "Precious." His review of the film has, as usual, much food for the comment trolls, particularly in his insistence that, by attaching their names and confessing personal histories of abuse, Tyler Perry and... Read More...

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Filed under: Controversy, Armond White, Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Precious, The Cosby Show

Doom, gloom and Michael Haneke.
Mon, Nov 2 2009 4:26 PM

As Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning laugh riot "The White Ribbon" opens in the UK and Sony Classics ramps up for the December 30th US release of the film, Hari Kunzru comes forth to praise the director and Stuart Klawans to (covertly) bury him. What's funny is they both end up pointing out the same thing. Kunzru -- the awesome British... Read More...

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Filed under: Michael Haneke, Controversy, The White Ribbon, Nazis, Hari Kunzru, Stuart Klawans

How to diss the dead.
Mon, Nov 2 2009 3:04 PM

Robert Altman's been dead for nearly three years, and apparently the time for politeness is over. (Hey, it's longer than Heath Ledger got). Mitchel Zuckoff's "Robert Altman: An Oral Biography" hit shelves last Tuesday, a book built out of Altman's final interviews and the voices of his collaborators that doesn't skirt the fact that... Read More...

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Filed under: Controversy, Michael Murphy, Robert Altman An Oral Biography, Richard Schickel, Alan Rudolph, Robert Altman

Is this it? This is (not) it!
Wed, Oct 28 2009 10:00 AM

You know, I really wanted to ignore all the Michael Jackson-related hoopla today, but fat chance. The title "This Is It" is distracting for a concert movie built out of Michael Jackson's rehearsal footage; mostly it just makes me think of The Strokes, but that's my problem. It is, nonetheless, a grim way to commemorate Jackson's legacy;... Read More...

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Filed under: Controversy, Sony, Michael Jackson, Michael Lynton, Elizabeth Taylor, This Is It

Lil Wayne in real life.
Thu, Oct 22 2009 1:43 PM

This morning, Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a weapon in the second degree, which could mean up to a year in jail. So "The Carter," the documentary portrait from director Adam Bhala Lough that Wayne tried to prevent from premiering at Sundance, is probably not the first thing on his mind. In the face of jail time, the concerns that... Read More...

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Filed under: Sundance 2009, Lil Wayne, The Carter, Adam Bhala Lough, Controversy

Ken Loach vs Israel, round four.
Fri, Oct 16 2009 2:00 PM

Throughout the summer and fall festival season, Ken Loach has gotten more headlines for his statements against Israel than his new movie "Looking For Eric." Now his Israeli distributor is fighting back. Loach first pulled the comedy from the Melbourne International Film Festival in July because the Israeli government had given the festival funds to... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Controversy, Toronto 2009, Ken Loach, Looking For Eric, Vanessa Redgrave, Israel, Melbourne International Film Festival

Is "Astro Boy" Marxist?
Wed, Oct 14 2009 10:10 AM

That's what Jason Newman at Moviefone (of all places) sees in the upcoming film, an adaptation of the '60s anime series that was the first to be broadcast outside of Japan. A mere 57 years after "Astro Boy" first burst onto the world, a CGI version will hit theaters next Friday, aiming to entertain families while apparently, er, encouraging... Read More...

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Filed under: Controversy, Moviefone, Astro Boy, Ayn Rand, Marxism, The Incredibles, The Polar Express

Eight offensive quotes on the Polanski situation.
Wed, Sep 30 2009 9:30 AM

In a case as tangled with moral, legal and straight-up emotional arguments as the ongoing Roman Polanski one, there's plenty of room for reasonable people to disagree. But wherever you stand, you'd hope at least people would avoid making the debate needlessly glib. And you'd be wrong. Here are eight of my favorite stupid statements made, in the interest... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Harvey Weinstein, Chinatown, Controversy, Roman Polanski, Wendy Murphy, Debra Winger, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger L. Simon

Almodóvar gets left off the list.
Fri, Sep 18 2009 2:25 PM

There's a hot new drama from Pedro Almodóvar; it's just not his new movie. Spain's most famous living filmmaker has had a tempestuous relationship with the Spanish Cinema Academy for year. He and his brother Agustín left the Academy in a huff in 2005 to protest the new voting rules for the Goyas (Spain's Oscars). Now the Academy's returned... Read More...

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Filed under: Woody Allen, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, Isabel Coixet, Pedro Almodóvar, Controversy, Abroad, Daniel Sanchez Arevalo, Broken Embraces, The Dancer and the Thief, Goyas, Fernando Trueba, Spain, Gordos

Werner Herzog declares war. Again.
Wed, Sep 16 2009 4:45 PM

No content to simply pick a fight with Abel Ferrara, whose 1992 film may or may not have provided source material for his own, Werner Herzog is now using the press kit for "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" to launch barbs at the academics in the audience who dare to compare the two. The Wrap has an excerpt from the apparently awesome director's... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Bad Lieutenant, Werner Herzog, Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Controversy, Abel Ferrara

On-screen smoking, the new sex and violence.
Tue, Aug 11 2009 10:00 AM

Like many a moviegoer, the American Medical Association Alliance was unhappy with "Wolverine," but not for the same reasons: "Millions of children have been exposed to the main star of the film, Hugh Jackman, with a cigar in his mouth in various scenes," president Sandi Frost told CNN at the start of this long blockbuster season. "I'm... Read More...

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Filed under: Liverpool, MPAA, ratings, Land Of The Lost, American Medical Association Alliance, Hugh Jackman, Wolverine, Controversy