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Welcome to Hugowood, where revolution rules.
Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:54 AM

Hugo Chávez is having a movie moment. The Venezuela president is the subject of a fawning Oliver Stone documentary. He's had visits from Sean Penn, Danny Glover and Kevin Spacey. (And, of course, Tim Robbins, if it even needs to be said.) And, as I pointed out last month, his anti-golf politics have a lot in common with Alex Cox's "Repo Man"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Oliver Stone, Alex Cox, Sean Penn, Mussolini, Pulgasari, Secuestro Express, Libertador Morales, Kim Jong Il, Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez's "Repo Man" sequel.
Wed, Sep 9 2009 3:40 PM

I'm among those who was intrigued by the prospect of "Repo Chick," Alex Cox's sorta-sequel to his 1984 cult favorite "Repo Man." The film premiered last night at Venice, and alas, Leslie Felperin's Variety review is in and not so hot. Felperin deems the film a patchy, occasionally amusing mess, "what you would get if Michael... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Oliver Stone, Alex Cox, Venice 2009, Coming attractions, Repo Chick, Repo Man, Hugo Chavez

"W."
Fri, Oct 17 2008 10:21 AM

When the "South Park" boys looked at George W. Bush not long after he'd been sworn in in 2001, they saw in the malapropism-prone Texan we'd sort of elected the perfect sitcom character, a genial doofus whose hijinks could always be resolved in the space of half an hour, even though those problems hung on the unresolvable ones over which our... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: W., Oliver Stone, Josh Brolin, Reviews, George W. Bush

Trailering: "W."'s wonderful world.
Mon, Jul 28 2008 12:57 PM

Dailymotion has a teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's "W." here. I... have no words. Other than that I find myself suddenly and unexpectedly looking forward to the film -- October 17th is the release date. From everything I've heard about "Sukiyaki Western Django," designating it "Takashi Miike's English language masterpiece... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie, Trailering, Up, Pixar, Sukiyaki Western Django, RocknRolla, Martyrs, W., Oliver Stone, Takashi Miike