August 19, 2008 – 9:51 am
The Toronto International Film Festival sent out an email this morning with 15 attachments, and although many of them represent lists of films on the 2008 lineup which have already been made public, it’s still a *bit* overwhelming to have it all land in an inbox at once. 312 films from 64 countries, including 249 [...]
Former New Line heads Bob Shaye and MIchael Lynne have announced their first project under their new deal at WB. They’ll adapt Foundation from Isaac Asimov trilogy about “a society that has figured out how to predict the future based on a method called psychohistory and sets up a foundation devoted to scientific research to [...]
The Coens recycle images, action movie screenwriters recycle jabs at the audience, and George Clooney’s bat suit is recycled to aid documentation of Greydon Carter’s vision of young hotness.
George Clooney and Brad Pitt go to Venice, cosmo-guzzling women prop up the economy of Manhattan, and Mark Cuban finds a way to make money off of illiterate men.
The Coen Brothers’ next film gets a suspicious release date, and other odds and ends from today’s film blogs.
February 25, 2008 – 9:08 am
All news is Oscars news this morning, I’m afraid. I sorted through the sour milkshakes of Variety and The Hollywood Reporter’s packages so you wouldn’t have to.
December 12, 2007 – 1:58 pm
In this edition: Nick Broomfield, Martin Scorsese and MICHAEL CLAYTON.
December 7, 2007 – 8:55 am
Interviewing director Jennifer Venditti about BILLY THE KID (opening this week). Karina defends her controversial stance on the Coen Brothers and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.

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November 28, 2007 – 11:16 am
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: The Supernatural Read.
November 12, 2007 – 1:00 pm
The Coen Brothers have commandeered the national style discourse by making Javier Bardem look like Tony Danza. Or is it Richard III?