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The Werner Herzog, Jr. awards.
Thu, Nov 19 2009 5:00 AM
"The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" open Friday, Werner Herzog's supposed latest exercise in unhinged lunacy. But as a colleague observed after a screening, "If you didn't know going in Herzog had made it, would you be able to tell?" I'd say probably not: there's none of his trademark stunning footage that was clearly... Read More...
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If you Tweeted #indiefilmcliche, #killurself.
Fri, Nov 13 2009 2:27 PM
I work at home, so I love Twitter: it's a great way to break up the monotony of one room, one laptop and eight hours. If you're a user, you know that on the right-hand side of the page there's a list of "Trending Topics" -- frequently used phrases, frequently marked with a hash-tag -- that changes depending on how often they're used... Read More...
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Top 10 of the Decade List Time: Surfing the Zeitgeist.
Tue, Nov 10 2009 2:33 PM
Welcome to the end of the decade (unless you're one of those "decades start in the year one, not zero" cranks). More specifically, welcome to the end of the decade as seen by every publication wanting to list the aughts' best films. The rundown from the UK's The Times is a peculiarly schizophrenic juxtaposition of highbrow, middlebrow and... Read More...
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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...
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Risky business.
Wed, Oct 28 2009 6:00 AM
Since "Paranormal Activity" stomped all over "Saw VI" at the box office this weekend, it was only a matter of time before someone wrote about how creativity and risk-taking are rewarding, shaking up Hollywood and reminding executives not to write off the audience. So thank you, Patrick Goldstein, for making my job easier. "It's yet... Read More...
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Where in hell could horror film be headed?
Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:23 AM
Horror is in a strange place right now. In a genre currently steeped in remakes, "Paranormal Activity" has become the first original nail-biter to break through to the masses since "Saw," whose sixth installment showed its (and torture porn in general's) age by coming in second to "Activity" (in its third week) at the box office... Read More...
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"Slumdog Millionaire" might mean a grittier Bollywood.
Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:56 AM
Ready or not, Bollywood, here comes the sex, drugs and violence. At the Guardian, Nirpal Dhaliwal gives a qualified thumbs-up to "Ride the Wave Johnny," a new Mumbai-based melodrama about a boy who...okay, I can't paraphrase this: The Johnny of the movie is a coffee-boy who also delivers cocaine for his gangster boss, Chutta, while nursing dreams... Read More...
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Fan is a four letter word.
Thu, Oct 15 2009 12:50 PM
If you'd ever doubted, after what's become of Comic-Con, that "fanboys" are everyone's new favorite demographic, then consider a new study that tries, earnestly, to pin down those elusive creatures of the night who like to watch orcs and vampires skulk through the recesses of the imagination, or something. At the Wrap, Brent Lang summarizes... Read More...
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Jennifer Aniston, Rorschach blot.
Tue, Oct 13 2009 10:35 AM
Jennifer Aniston may not be the most obvious topic for a think piece, but the UK release of "Love Happens" has inspired a few fascinating ones. In the Independent, Ben Walsh defends her as "the most gifted American comic actress of her generation." In the Guardian, David Cox muses on the irony that Aniston -- our most famously frequently dumped... Read More...
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When gay activists and conservative pundits agree.
Fri, Oct 9 2009 2:00 PM
Buried deep in Patrick Range McDonald's absorbing profile of agent Howard Bragman, there's a sentence that took me off guard. Bragman specializes in helping gay celebrities craft coming-out strategies; he's got "a famous musician who's still closeted from the public" due next year, he's become an expert in controversy-controlling... Read More...
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Megan Fox is no Brigitte Bardot.
Wed, Sep 23 2009 1:45 PM
Brigitte Bardot, screen goddess, national icon and late-life bigot, is nearing her 75th birthday. As the Guardian notes in an audio slideshow tribute, Charles de Gaulle once compared her importance as a French export to that of Renault cars. Meanwhile, over at the Los Angeles Times, Chris Lee attempts to name her successor, a starlet on the path to becoming "a... Read More...
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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...
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David Duchovny would like to be your Warren Beatty.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 3:50 PM
Every summer since "Star Wars," pundits have complained about The Death of Adult Film. Sunday, it was the Washington Post's Ann Hornaday's turn to speculate on why "movies for grown-ups are in the cross-hairs," or, in her formulation: "Hello, 'Paul Blart.' Sayonara, 'Frost/Nixon.'" Oh, c'mon. The article's... Read More...
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Where the classic films roam.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 2:20 PM
Repertory cinema, the charmingly arcane practice of people gathering in a movie theater to watch a 35mm print of an older movie, seems, like so many things, to be on its way out, eradicated by DVD. The most recent sign is the upcoming closure of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's rep film program, a decision decried by many, include, most eloquently,... Read More...
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Is it time for a return to noir?
Thu, Aug 20 2009 10:10 AM
Earlier this year there was a spate of trend pieces on what the recession would mean for film. Would Hollywood slim down? Revive lighthearted comedy? The recession's officially slowing (or over, according to the IMF), but that doesn't mean predictions have to, and the latest involved more movie doom and gloom for all. So says the Telegraph's Matthew... Read More...
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