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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

Spike Jonze, Jason Reitman and the fearsome third.
Thu, Sep 3 2009 12:45 AM

There's two good profiles published in the last few days about polar opposite Great White Hopes of Hollywood film. The New York Times profiles Spike Jonze in anticipation of his adaptation of Maurice Sendak's "Where The Wild Things Are"; Anthony Breznican tackles Jason Reitman for USA Today in advance of "Up In The Air"'s premiere... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Wes Anderson, David Lynch, Up in the Air, Jason Reitman, Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Coming attractions, P.T. Anderson, Alexander Payne

"Up In The Air" could be this decade's "Fight Club."
Wed, Aug 26 2009 10:10 AM

Stills from "Up in the Air," the new film from Jason "Juno" Reitman, have been gathered over at the Playlist, and while I'm not usually into the tea-leaf reading that occurs when an anticipated upcoming movie releases things like this, I'll take any excuse to write about an adaptation I've been anticipating for almost a decade... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: David Fincher, Up in the Air, Jason Reitman, Coming attractions, Fight Club, Walter Kirn, AirWorld, Juno

In the works: Opposite George Clooney.
Mon, Nov 24 2008 1:39 PM

Who's starring opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman's new film "Up in the Air," about a man in pursuit of his millionth frequent flier mile? Variety says Vera Farmiga will play "will play a businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Clooney's character through meetings in airports and hotels around the country."... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: In the works, Martyrs, Twilight, Vera Farmiga, George Clooney, New Moon, Serge Gainsbourg (vie heroique), Vengeance, Sylvie Testud, Up in the Air, Details, Johnny Hallyday, Anna Kendrick, Johnnie To, Eric Elmosnino, China Miéville, Jason Reitman, Pascal Laugier