August 22, 2008 – 10:30 am
This review originally appeared in slightly different form during Sundance 2008. For further thoughts on Momma’s Man and the work of Azazel Jacobs, see these notes on his recent BAM retrospective.
When a filmmaker casts his own parents as parents––in a film about an adult and his relationship to his parents upon returning to his [...]
August 21, 2008 – 10:30 am
With the movie opening in New York tomorrow, Kino has posted a trailer for Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man on YouTube. If you haven’t seen the film, I think this clip is a pretty strong encapsulation of its overall mashup of slapstick and melancholy. Also, the reviews a starting to roll in, and J. Hoberman’s got [...]
August 15, 2008 – 8:55 am
Tropic Thunder and its fiasco retardo. The Clone Wars assaults weary Star Wars fans, but Karina’s watch list saves the day.
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August 11, 2008 – 1:00 pm
At age 35, with just three features under his belt, Azazel Jacobs seems like an unlikely candidate for a retrospective, but if such an endeavor pumps up the profile of his first two, lesser-seen films whilst effectively promoting his soon-to-be-released Momma’s Man, I’m not going to argue against it. BAM will devote five nights of [...]
Anthony Kaufman brings news that THINKFilm has given up distribution rights on Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man to Kino International. THINK announced their acquisition of the film in early March, about six weeks after the film was unveiled at Sundance. Just last week, THINK’s Mark Urman told Kaufmann that they planned on going through with the [...]
April 18, 2008 – 11:10 am
Exciting times! Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man has spread through the festival circuit like a deadpan, unexpectedly emotionally resonant virus (see our interview and review from Sundance) on its way to eventual theatrical release via ThinkFilm. Now, Jacobs’ previous film, The GoodTimesKid, is screening in Brooklyn for free on Monday night, as part of the Brooklyn [...]
Azazel Jacobs’ Sundance hit gets distribution, Joan Cusack enters the improbable mom role zone, and Time Warner’s math is bad.
January 25, 2008 – 3:27 pm
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Azazel Jacobs wrote and directed Momma’s Man, the tale of a grown man who decides to move back in with his parents. Not only did he decide to film the movie in his parents’ apartment, he chose to cast his actual parents in the role, his mother Flo and his father, the famous experimental [...]
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January 24, 2008 – 5:12 pm
When a filmmaker casts his own parents as parents in a film, which he shoots in his childhood home, about an adult and his relationship to his parents upon returning to his childhood home, you’d expect (or maybe fear) that the result would be meta-personal to the point of solipsism. But what’s really surprising [...]
January 16, 2008 – 8:22 am
Haiti, zombies, and unemployed actors: our top picks for the non-competitive titles at Sundance 2008.
