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Blogs We Love We finally got to see all footage from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek that everyone has been buzzing about. Read our impressions about it inside.
posted to SpoutBlog on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:40:58 +0000
By Holly Herrick, Eric Kohn, John Lichman, Vadim Rizov, Michael Tully, and Keith Uhlich[...
posted to The House Next Door on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:00 +0000
“Well everyone has a blog now” might be a popular thing to say, especially among those who would warn lifestyle product makers not to run ad campaigns that are mildly insulting to their core consumer base. But it’s not exactly true. Whether you’re talking about blogging, contributing to Wikipedia or most anything else in the [...]
posted to SpoutBlog on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:18:55 +0000
Afterschool is a movie not unlike so many punky, fishnet wearing, Sartre reading high school students; the type you don’t often encounter in this kind of picture. Like that tired cliché for transitory and defensive teenage identity, Afterschool doesn’t much want to be loved and bites you for trying. It's a film that sees, with [...]
posted to / HAMMER TO NAIL on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:49 +0000
Before diving into weightier issues here on Inside.Spout I thought I’d take a minute to highlight an easy way to show your friends what you’re watching on a regular basis.
When you create a “Films I’ve Seen” list (which is easy to do - when you visit any movie’s detail page just click the text that [...]
posted to SpoutBlog on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:52 +0000
When will Ridley Scott learn that you can't send a boy to do a man's job? His...
posted to Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:06:16 GMT
Chris Cagle at Category D tagged me for the Alphabet Meme.
Here are the rules:
1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet.*
2. The letter “A” and the word “The” do not count as the beginning of a film’s title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don’t know of [...]
posted to Self-Reliant Film on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:25:39 +0000
MARY AND MAX to open Sundance; Sony to adapt White House Butler's story; Paramount to present fake federal agent's story; ERIN BROCKOVICH-style movie to tell of victims' rights battle; Hollywood allegedly has TWILIGHT envy.
posted to SpoutBlog on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:17 +0000
Ben Child: Imagine the type of film the England footballers might decide to fund. Now add 50 Cent and Danny Dyer
posted to Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:53:38 GMT
Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert keeps in touch with his fans via his well-read blog. Here's a recent memoirish entry...
posted to Thompson On Hollywood on 2008-11-20T09:20:50-08:00
The festival hasn't officially begun yet, but they decided to screen during opening day, in the dayparts, to decidedly soft results. I've been in 3 films today and seen about 40 ticketholders.
Still, two of the three films were great to see... and one was interesting, even if I still don't know what it quite was.
The great ones were Solo - the tale of a man trying to cross the Tasmin, the ocean between southern Australia and New Zealand... in a solo kayak - and Return To The...
posted to The Hot Blog on 2008-11-20T08:28:18-08:00
I've been tagged by my friend and neighbor Glenn Kenny to participate in the alph...
posted to Like Anna Karina's Sweater on 2008-11-20T08:15:00-05:00
Ebert cracks wise over the bludgeoning banter between he and Gene Siskel through the years as a way of getting into his history of body image. Like many recent entries in his blog, there are zigs, zags and fruitful diversions, and the 2,500 words may be his most adventurous yet. ...
posted to Movie City Indie on 2008-11-20T04:09:44-08:00
Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!
posted to Salon: Beyond the Multiplex on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:41:00 PST
Well, from the trailer (visuals & audio/music) Sandcastles looks like a Mumblecore-type movie but maybe it isn't. Either way, perhaps worth a look:...
posted to DIY Filmmaker Sujewa on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:50:00 +0000
We talk to Danny Ledonne, who created the video game Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, and who directed the film documenting the controversy it ignited, Playing Columbine.
posted to SpoutBlog on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:33:30 +0000
The new STAR TREK trailer meets the opening to SMALLVILLE.
posted to SpoutBlog on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:33:19 +0000
Blogs We House You would think that a cross-cultural, cross-religious lesbian romance should have enough built-in conflict to sustain an 80-minute feature, but Shamim Sarif's I Can't Think Straight slumps and stretches its way from its first uninspired set piece, an engagement...
posted to Reverse Shot | Nov 20, 2008 @ 11:12
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire could conceivably be described as another one of his fractured fairy tales (like Millions, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, or even 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Trainspotting). Meaning, it's another stylized journey about a misunderstood young man thrown into the mix of heightened/magical reality, terrible danger, and a damsel in distress. The difference here, is...
posted to Matt Dentler's Blog | Nov 19, 2008 @ 22:18
MoMA is once again hosting the Gotham Award nominees for "Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You," with a series of screenings currently underway. Check out all of these films, because it is very possible this will be one of the only chances (outside of a film festival) you will have to see them on a big screen....
posted to Matt Dentler's Blog | Nov 19, 2008 @ 21:44
The Sundance Film Festival announced today that it would open its 2009 edition with Adam Elliott's animated Australian feature, Mary and Max, a dark comedy about two pen pals in opposite sides of the globe. Featuring voices by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collete in the titular roles, the film marks Elliott's anticipated leap into feature-length animation. His 2004 animated...
posted to Matt Dentler's Blog | Nov 19, 2008 @ 18:32
James Bond is a drug. He, it, this suavely hyperbolic object of cinematic momentum, has been one of the most powerfully consistent opiates in the history of the medium. Why, then, should anyone dilute the formula? Let's be clear:...
posted to Screen Rush | Nov 19, 2008 @ 17:57
I'm somewhere near Syracuse, New York in the midst of one of the most enjoyable bus experiences I've ever had (save for a horrible, horrible customs fiasco, but that shouldn't technically be considered part of the bus' experience). Greyhound...
posted to The Lost Boy. | Nov 19, 2008 @ 14:12
Greg Gillis may not make original music, but how he mashes up others' music is VERY original....
posted to A DOC'S JOURNAL by Scott Solary | Nov 19, 2008 @ 13:24
I'm getting excited and looking forward to doing the Philly race. The weather should be really good too (I read somewhere that it doesn't rain in Philly on race day). Here's a map of the course showing both the 26.2...
posted to DMW: Digital Music W... | Nov 19, 2008 @ 11:28
One can't accuse director Yair Hochner of not giving his target audiences what we want: in the opening fifteen minutes of the Israeli filmmaker's ensemble dramedy of hook-ups and hang-ups among a small group of gay men in Tel...
posted to Reverse Shot | Nov 19, 2008 @ 09:46
Lots of good stuff happening in NYC this weekend cinematically speaking. Let's get to it... An Evening With Don Hertzfeldt — Tonight! Apparently, I'm not the only one excited for this event, as Hertzfeldt has been screening his package of...
posted to "Boredom at Its Boredest" by Michael Tully | Nov 19, 2008 @ 08:52
Halloween had an encore late Sunday evening as Enzian hosted the Orlando premiere of REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA with director Darren Lynn Bousman and producer/actor Terrance Zdunich in attendance. Bousman, a local product who graduated from Full Sail University in...
posted to Enzian Theater | Nov 18, 2008 @ 21:53
Variety's The Circuit bog has my dispatch from CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, up on the site. Check it out for some details on what was seen and loved during the fest last week....
posted to Matt Dentler's Blog | Nov 18, 2008 @ 18:15
The guys from Sweaty Robot (Happy Birthday, Harris Malden) made this loving homage to Thanksgiving, and Alien. Check this out and stay tuned to check out their feature film, coming soon from CRM. Warning, this gets a little bloody:...
posted to Matt Dentler's Blog | Nov 18, 2008 @ 14:28
As we get closer to the event itself, I'd like to remind all of you to BUY TICKETS to one or more screening at THE HEEB FILM FESTIVAL, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday at the 92YTribeca. I...
posted to Screen Rush | Nov 18, 2008 @ 14:19
Joe the Plumber Continuing to try to milk his 15 minutes of fame, and proving once again that like most Americans he cares about his own celebrity more than anything else, Joe debuts his own website where you can find...
posted to Jared Moshe's weblog | Nov 18, 2008 @ 12:56
I haven't seen the movie yet, but Todd McCarthy's review of Sam Mendes' adaptation of Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road—aka, My Favorite Novel Ever—sounds exactly like my gut told me it would be when I found out who was making it....
posted to "Boredom at Its Boredest" by Michael Tully | Nov 18, 2008 @ 11:17
The Academy just announced its 15-film shortlist for the Best Documentary Oscar. And, I must say, it's a pretty strong list. There are few unfortunate omissions, as usual, including Margaret Brown's The Order of Myths, Marina Zenovich's Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, and Kurt Kuenne's Dear Zachary. However, the list we have, is perhaps the strongest one the Academy has...
posted to Matt Dentler's Blog | Nov 17, 2008 @ 20:13
Earlier today I had the bizarre pleasure of joining a few thousand fellow ex-Concordia University students at Montreal's Places-Des-Arts to celebrate our completion of various degrees. It was also a nice, too-brief reunion for a bunch of us (see...
posted to The Lost Boy. | Nov 17, 2008 @ 20:00
A strikingly original work of expressionistic self-analysis, Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues is like an animated diary film replete with spiritual flourishes. It inadvertently ignited controversy several months back because Paley, a Jewish woman in her forties, analogizes...
posted to Screen Rush | Nov 17, 2008 @ 16:45
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