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Cuteness vs. grimness.
Mon, Nov 9 2009 9:28 AM

Everyone loves it when trend pieces talk, like when you have Jim Windolf at Vanity Fair complaining about our obsession with "cuteness" and A.O. Scott at the New York Times taking on "grimness." In some ways they're actually worried about the same thing. Windolf proposes that we as Americans live in a culture of "growing self-infantilization... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Where the Wild Things Are, Zeitgeist, The Hangover, A.O. Scott, Weezer, Cute Overload, Mickey Mouse

The death of the original screenplay...?
Wed, Nov 4 2009 8:07 AM

This week's favorite Oscar topic, besides last night's announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the awards, is where all the original screenplays have gone. The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik points out the a dearth of obvious candidates for the "Best Original Screenplay" category. If "Up," "Inglourious... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Up, The Hurt Locker, Awards, Where the Wild Things Are, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days Of Summer, Star Trek, The Hangover, Away We Go, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Oscars 2010

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...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Marketing, Fantastic Mr. Fox, McDonald's, Twilight: New Moon

Kanye West's inner "Wild Thing."
Mon, Oct 19 2009 12:55 PM

It's not a great time to be either Kanye West or one of his fans. After his umpteenth public freak-out, interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Awards, his tour with Lady Gaga was canceled, and rumors are flying that West is hiding out somewhere, doing his best to purge himself of the demons that make him act like a jackass in public. Spike Jonze to the... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Being John Malkovich, We Were Once a Fairytale, Kanye West, Adaptation

A kids' movie that's not for kids.
Mon, Oct 12 2009 2:57 PM

Anne Thompson at indieWIRE believes "Where The Wild Things Are" is too expensive to succeed commercially, and I think she's probably right. Standard movie math says a studio film needs to gross two and a half times its budget before it can start being profitable; in that case, "Where The Wild Things Are" would need to make $250 million... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Coming attractions, Ponette, Anne Thompson, E.T.

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

Where the wild things are trailered.
Wed, Mar 25 2009 12:23 PM

Finally, we get a glimpse of Spike Jonze's long-awaited kiddie (?) flick. Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Trailering, Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Dave Eggers