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Children of Men: BlogNosh 03/21/08

March 21, 2008 – 4:33 pm

Are you ready for Children of Men: The TV Series? John Brownlee isn’t! Alfonso Cuaron’s film is “genre-defying masterpiece, exactly as long as it needs to be, every shot and line perfect,” he writes at Sci-Fi Scanner. “So obviously it requires weekly extrapolation to dilute the effect.”
“It dawned on me as I was getting started [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (0)

In Defense of The M-Word as Offense

March 13, 2008 – 10:17 am

Why it’s perfectly okay to go into convulsions every time someone uses the word “mumblecore” (sorry!)

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Indies, SXSW 2008 | Comments (8)

Sundance Trailer: ‘Goliath’

January 21, 2008 – 2:37 pm

The Zellner Brothers film is part of the American Spectrum program.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Film festivals, Film marketing and distribution, Indies, Sundance 2008, Video | Comments (4)

BlogNosh 12/20/07

December 20, 2007 – 5:39 pm

Your Christmas weekend time suck is here, in the form of indieWIRE’s massive 2007 Critics Poll. There Will Be Blood takes top honors, but as usual, the real fun lies in investigating the individual ballots and spotting the idiosyncrasies. Behold Andrew Bujalski’s single vote for Best Supporting Actor! Marvel at the critic who gave almost [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Community, Lists, Video | Comments (0)

M-Words

November 7, 2007 – 6:28 am

Notes on Amy Taubin’s “Adieu” to the Indie Film Wave That Must Not Be Named.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Indies, The New Talkies | Comments (0)

The New Naturalists

October 26, 2007 – 7:51 am

Yet another gem from the Silent Movie’s stellar fall schedule that I somehow forgot to mention: The New Naturalists, with Saturdays in December devoted to a handful of works from “America’s new-fly-on-the-wall auteurs.” The Puffy Chair, Mutual Appreciation, Frownland and Old Joy and will be joined by Jennifer Shainin and Randy Walker’s Apart From [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Indies | Comments (0)

Wither Mumblecore? Already?

August 22, 2007 – 11:44 am

The main event has barely begun, and already everyone’s talking backlash.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Indies, The New Talkies | Comments (4)

Hannah Takes The Stairs: The Theatrical Trailer

August 7, 2007 – 12:39 pm

IFCFirstTake has posted the new, theatrical trailer for Joe Swanberg’s Hannah Takes the Stairs on YouTube, and for your viewing pleasure, I’ve embedded it above. I think it does a bang-up job of sculpting Hannah’s rangy charms into something perfectly palatable for mass consumption.
If you’ve been living under a rock (and/or haven’t read this, this, [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Indies, Technology & Web, The New Talkies | Comments (2)