December 31, 2007 – 12:00 pm
Searchlight is selling a mainstream film as an indie with “surprise” mainstream appeal. The only real surprise is that we’re letting them get away with it.
December 17, 2007 – 8:12 am
The children of America overwhelming choose excrement-eating rodents over atheism. At what point are we going to start seeing the impact of that decision in the culture at large?
December 12, 2007 – 8:10 am
How the writers strike might give us a reprieve from the Golden Globes. Plus: Guy Maddin, Fritz Lang, and insect sex in Berlin.
December 11, 2007 – 7:59 am
Bloggers: we kill Oscars. Plus: more critics awards, more strike strife, and a documentary for people who took reading tips from GOOD WILL HUNTING.
December 6, 2007 – 9:06 am
A former member of the National Board of Review writes in to explain why the body’s awards are consistently so very bad.
December 5, 2007 – 4:28 pm
Note: The straitjacketed lunatic pictured is not actually a member of the National Board of Review. We think.
The National Board of Review has released their annual list of film honors, but you’re only allowed to look at it after you read these stories about how the NBR’s is this mysterious organization that doesn’t disclose details [...]
December 1, 2007 – 9:02 pm
So says one of the many party invitations that I’ve received here at IDFA–this one from a Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour hosted by the Krakow Film Foundation, Polish Film Institute and Estonian Film Foundation. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy, look alive.
I’m currently working my way through screenings of as many award-nominated films [...]
November 30, 2007 – 10:43 pm
Sundance fever begins just as the awards season gains momentum. Plus: Martin Scorsese, Joe Swanberg, and Julian Schnabel.
November 29, 2007 – 6:10 pm
In this edition: the crimes of Jean-Luc Godard, the synergistic resurrection of IDIOCRACY, and the academic rejection of 2GIRLS1CUP.
November 29, 2007 – 8:14 am
Plus: foreign intrigue for Woody Allen, and prizes for CONTROL.
