10 90s Indie Hits That Should Be Franchised
Albert Maysles on Showman, and commerce vs. humanity.
Marnie as bondage fantasy.
We have new columnists!
“The porno version of Cloverfield.”
If an Iraq metaphor comes this easily, it should probably go through a second pass.
“Leave Britney Alone”? Jonas Mekas invented the concept.
The Universal Studios fire and its impact on classic film [...]
Karina does Cannes:
Cannes Diary: Eavesdropping on the Indiana Jones premiere; Karaoke; Assessing the Che situation; Terrence Davies and Olivier Assayas return to Cannes; the cons of premiering at Cannes.
Reviews: La Vie Moderne; Two Lovers; La Frontiere de l’aube.
Market Flash: Uwe Boll’s Vietnam Epic; the Macaulay Culkin group sex movie; the neo-noir 9/11 conspiracy theory spoof.
More: [...]
Enter our Presidential Zombie Photoshop Contest! And if you need inspiration, watch the brilliant Aussie zombie short I Love Sarah Jane.
Karina in Cannes: Follow her here. Also: Black Downey Jr. Billboards; Damme on Van Damme; THINKfilm’s Cannes do; Waltz With Bashir trailer; Sex on the way to Cannes.
The “controversial” lesbian kiss revealed: Vicky Cristina Barcelona [...]
Tribeca reviews: Sita Sings the Blues (see trailer above), Somers Town, War, Inc
Iron Man = Pure Sex, critics admit begrudgingly
Scarlett Johansson sings, necks with Salmon Rushdie.
Disney’s Miley Cyrus “outrage” is laughable
Harmony Korine loves Patrick Swayze, Stepin Fetchit
New episodes of Four Eyed Monsters
How is Madonna a piece of trash? Let us count the ways…
JD Salinger takes [...]
Tribeca is upon us: Karina’s preview; and Midnight preview; andThe Wackness review; and Standard Operating Procedure review — follow our continued coverage here
Already anticipating the next fest: Cannes lineup announced; and yes, of course Che is part of it
Porn sales are down because flaccid penises are up (or in?)
Burger King and Iron Man, Robert Downey [...]
Karina spent five days in Queens bemoaning her future job prospects discussing the future of film criticism. See the A.O. Scott piece, the Molly Haskell/Andrew Sarris piece, the quiz, the answers to the quiz, the piece about compromises. Also, Kevin considers the new pro-critic model, and bad critics are punished severely.
Marilyn Monroe has a sex [...]
We said “goodbye” to Charlton Heston while others said “see ya later” to Uwe Boll.
The Death of Film Criticism, Chapter Twelve.
By the time you read this, that Roman Polanski doc will already have completed its secret Oscar qualifying run.
Movies that make Yankee fans mad.
Slavoj Zizek + Telluride
On our podcast: Iraq fatigue and Wholphin.
Josh Hartnett stars in the movie no one on the internet is willing to admit that they’re [...]
Wrapping SXSW and BUTTERKNIFE, Twittering the Cinema Eyes, watching George Clooney watch scat porn. Oh, what a week it was…
February 22, 2008 – 6:00 pm
From fake Diablo Cody to a very, um, not fake Lindsay Lohan; from Gondry to Godard to SXSW and the Oscars. This is what we did all week long.
