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Tim Robbins, evil right-wing millionaire.
Tue, Feb 9 2010 3:40 PM

Out of the small group of actors whose politics are nails-on-chalkboard jabbery to me, Tim Robbins is right up there with Sean Penn for sheer self-regard. But there's a key difference between the two (besides, grudgingly conceded, that Penn's a better actor). The parts Penn takes almost never tell you anything about himself, while Robbins seems to get... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Sean Penn, High Fidelity, War of the Worlds, Wall Street, Tim Robbins, Bob Roberts, Bulworth, The Green Lantern, Danny Huston, Antitrust, Catch A Fire

Watching movies from inside books.
Tue, Feb 9 2010 9:20 AM

Don DeLillo's new novel "Point Omega" is narrated by a documentarian and begins and ends with a description of Douglas Gordon's "24 Hour Psycho," a 2006 MoMA installation in which Hitchcock's film was slowed down to stretch over a day and night. Maybe that's why everyone writing about the book seems more focused on DeLillo's... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, The Godfather, High Fidelity, Rocky, Don DeLillo, Robert Frank, Paul Auster, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake, Point Omega, The Searchers, 24 Hour Psycho, Alphaville, Douglas Gordon, Last Notes From Home, Geoff Dyer, A Million Little Pieces, Frederick Exley, Raise the Red Lantern, Act of Violence, Out Of The Past, Ben Gazzarra, 5 Year Drive-by, Pages From A Cold Island

Tribeca 2009: "My Last Five Girlfriends."
Sun, Apr 26 2009 4:45 PM

Julian Kemp's "My Last Five Girlfriends" is less romance than ode to heartbreak -- the London-based comedy starts off with a suicide attempt by Duncan (Brendan Patricks), whose will to live has been shattered by the brutal end of his most recent relationship. The story then cycles back to the beginning of the trail of doomed romances, introducing... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Tribeca 2009, Brendan Patricks, Naomie Harris, My Last Five Girlfriends, High Fidelity, Julian Kemp, On Love, Alain de Botton, Jane March