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Potato, potato, potato.
Tue, Oct 6 2009 5:18 PM

As a commenter elegantly added after Scott Tobias's review of "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" at the AV Club, "Thanks a lot, jerk. I would have appreciated a spoiler alert before describing the potato scene." Really, few other films are as spoiler-proof as Chantal Akerman's 1975 housewife saga, the complete plot... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Criterion, cooking, Delphine Seyrig, Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles

Cooking up a post-movie career.
Thu, Aug 13 2009 2:45 PM

Nora Ephron's "Julie and Julia" is not only one of few female-driven mainstream films this summer, it's one of very few directed by a woman. (Kathryn Bigelow, of course, being another with the phenomenal "The Hurt Locker.") Directing remains, overwhelmingly, a boys club, so it was heartening to stumble upon what a female filmmaker... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Half-Baked, Julie and Julia, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Crossroads, Tamra Davis, cooking, Nora Ephron, Skipped Parts