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Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused" sequel bites the dust.
Tue, Nov 17 2009 10:00 AM
"Dazed and Confused" is effectively beloved by everyone who's seen it -- including me -- so I got uber-excited about the prospect of Richard Linklater making a "spiritual sequel." And now it's dead on the ground. It was apparently called "That's What I'm Talking About," in honor -- we presume -- of the kind of stoned... Read More...
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The Wes Anderson Happy Meal.
Tue, Nov 3 2009 9:05 AM
It's expected that a blockbuster like "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" get nonsensical tie-ins like Strawberry-Peanut Butter M&Ms -- junk movies spawn junk food. And we don't squawk in protest at "Twilight: New Moon" band-aids, if only because it takes a certain amount of wit (or, uh, greed) to propose using a vampire's... Read More...
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Desplechin vs. Anderson: "Fantastic" family men.
Wed, Oct 28 2009 3:36 PM
Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (which is, yes, fantastic) begins its platform release domestically two Fridays from now, but it's already out in the UK -- complete with a "Fantastic Mr. Fox Happy Meal" -- and the publicity mill is already grinding. One of the cooler interviews Anderson's done is with French director Arnaud... Read More...
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What we learned from the "Fantastic Mr. Fox" junket.
Fri, Oct 16 2009 1:30 PM
Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" had its world premiere at the London Film Festival this week. A boatload of reporters were there -- 250 print, 35 broadcast/online -- some on 20th Century Fox's dime. After wading through the many reports, here's what I've learned: The London Film Festival is becoming a bigger deal. Its budget has been... Read More...
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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...
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Wes Anderson, tumor.
Wed, Apr 15 2009 4:54 PM
In his interview with Noel Murray at the AV Club, Will Oldham expresses from pretty strong thoughts on movie music in general and Wes Anderson in particular: AVC: You mentioned talking to Richard Linklater and Caveh Zahedi about your ideas on movie music. Can you summarize those ideas? WO: Well, for a while, it seemed like you were always seeing movies where... Read More...
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Odds: Download "Dementia 13," the fantastic Mr. Cocker, the Germs.
Mon, Jul 21 2008 5:53 PM
Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing points out that the 1963 Francis Ford Coppola/Roger Corman slasher film "Dementia 13" is in the public domain and available for download for free from Archive.org. Jarvis Cocker is writing songs for Wes Anderon's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," according to an interview with Time Out Chicago: Yet you wrote songs... Read More...
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