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The men who would be Terry Gilliam.
Tue, Sep 1 2009 7:08 PM

If you haven't heard, today kicks off "Sketchtember" on IFC.com, and inspired by Nick Schager's look at the best and worst films derived from sketch comedy, I was reminded of Kelly Makin. Who is Kelly Makin, you ask? Well, besides giving "The Hurt Locker"'s Jeremy Renner one of his first breaks, Makin enjoys the status of being... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, Terry Gilliam, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Saturday Night Live, Akiva Schaffer, Monty Python, Sketchtember, Michael Patrick Jann, Hot Rod, Kelly Makin, The Kids in the Hall

What made "Sammy" stop running and other never-were adaptations.
Tue, Sep 1 2009 1:12 AM

In what's easily the best thing he's done since, uh, guest star on "Undeclared," Ben Stiller took time out from mugging, shrieking and frittering away his talent to pay affectionate tribute to the late Budd Schulberg, who died August 5th. For the past few years, Stiller's evident frustration with Hollywood has been erupting in odd ways ... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Terry Gilliam, Barry Sonnenfeld, Scott Rudin, Ben Stiller, Neil Gaiman, Harold Pinter, Budd Schulberg, List, White Noise, Don DeLillo, Michael Chabon

Cannes do.
Thu, Apr 23 2009 6:17 AM

The competition line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival has been announced! A fair amount of Euro provocateurs -- Lars von Trier, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke -- and France in general, and only two American films, the expected Tarantino and the unexpected Ang Lee comedy, which hopefully has more to it than its trailer would indicate. New films from Jane... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Quentin Tarantino, Cannes 2009, Ang Lee, Terry Gilliam, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Johnnie To, Park Chan-wook, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Taking Woodstock, Inglourious Basterds

Odds: "I broke the code Tarantino invented."
Mon, Jul 28 2008 6:17 PM

To watch -- "Tarantino's Mind," a short from Brazilian directing duo 300ml in which a man (Selton Mello) explains his unified field theory of Quentin Tarantino to a skeptical friend (Seu Jorge, of "The Life Aquatic" and "City of God"). It all takes place, naturally, in a diner. (Hat tip -- Fimoculous.) Wong Kar-wai goes unsunglassed... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Quentin Tarantino, Odds, Wong Kar-Wai, Carina Lau, Johnny Depp, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Britney Spears, Tarantino's Mind, London Film Festival, Terry Gilliam, Lost in La Mancha, The Knoxvile Carjacking Party, Tony Leung