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Category Archives: Editorial

Tribeca 2008: Standard Operating Procedure & Conversation with Errol Morris

April 25, 2008 – 10:00 am

The night before Sony Pictures Classics planned to open Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard Operating Procedure in two theaters the Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening of the film, followed by a conversation between Morris and Jarhead author Anthony Swofford.
Beat to the festival circuit by over a year by Rory Kennedy’s Ghosts of Abu [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Documentary, Film Reviews, Film festivals, FilmCouch, Foreign Films, Spout.com, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (1)

My Year of Fassbinder: Heaven & Fear

March 21, 2008 – 10:07 am

Fassbinder’s ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL and ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, the Douglas Sirk film that inspired it, sit right next to each other in alphabetical order on the Criterion shelf. I *had* to buy them both.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Classics, Foreign Films | Comments (1)

The Suicide Shave

February 12, 2008 – 12:00 pm

A blogger who says she’s planning her own suicide looks to movies for guidelines.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Community, Film watching | Comments (2)

The Upside of the Strike

January 3, 2008 – 11:50 am

Fetishizing the strike beard.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Humor, Screenwriting | Comments (3)

2007 and the Death of the Auteur

December 31, 2007 – 9:48 am

With one day left in the year, let’s make sure to beat that “Bergman and Antonioni were the last of the Great Film Auteurs” dead horse one last time.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Film watching | Comments (1)

Disney Wants To Turn Your Daughter Into a Whore!

December 17, 2007 – 4:28 pm

There’s no time like the holidays for misguided feminist fear mongering.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Film watching | Comments (8)

Make Film Not War: Persepolis

December 14, 2007 – 3:43 pm

Can movies stop wars? I sure hope so.

By Kevin Buist | Also posted in Film Reviews, Foreign Films, Indies, Politics, Video | Comments (0)

JUNO: Is it all about getting a stripper to come to your party for free?

December 12, 2007 – 10:03 am

For anyone who’s been mystified in regards to JUNO’s lightning-quick ascent to the top of the award’s game, we now have an explanation: male film critics just really want to hang out with a stripper.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Awards, Screenwriting | Comments (13)

Heigl Jumps On KNOCKED UP Backlash

December 3, 2007 – 2:33 pm

Six months later, the KNOCKED UP realism debate continues.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Hollywood, Stars | Comments (2)

Another persona for I’M NOT THERE: corporate shill

November 8, 2007 – 11:59 am

Todd Haynes new Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There comes out in a few weeks. In case you haven’t heard the schtick, Dylan’s multiple personas are played by different actors, including Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett, among others.
I saw the film at the Telluride Film Festival and totally loved it. I [...]

By Kevin Buist | Also posted in Business | Comments (3)