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Producer Turns ‘Critic’ on Goldstein’s Blog

July 1, 2008 – 4:03 pm

Here’s a bright idea: let’s do away with critics and just ask the producer of the WICKER MAN remake what movies we should go see.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Hollywood | Comments (5)

War Inc DVD Release Delayed

June 30, 2008 – 5:03 pm

Why has its distributor suddenly bumped the DVD release of John Cusack’s war satire by three months?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in DVDs, Indies, Politics | Comments (1)

Here Come the Death Squads. SpoutBlog Week in Review

June 27, 2008 – 5:02 pm

Los Angeles Film Festival: karaoke, Finishing Heaven, party pics
SilverDocs: Alternative American Teens
The Death Squads and The Film Critics
Related: blogging hasn’t cured Peter Bart’s blogophobia.
Videos: Cartoon porn, Cartoon George Carlin, Star Wars meets Princess Bride, Wii Lightsaber, Disaster, Latvian Ghostbusters.
On FilmCouch: The death of George Carlin inspires talk of “life-changing” comedies.
Lists: The Most Critically-Acclaimed Action [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (1)

Marguerite the Whore

June 27, 2008 – 11:04 am

A short story by Steven Boone––by a film critic, about film critics, meant exclusively for an audience of film critics.

By Steven Boone | Posted in Columns | Comments (1)

Baghead to Open in Austin

June 3, 2008 – 10:15 am

The New York Times covers a studio’s effort to deemphasize the importance of the New York Times.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Indies, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

War Inc. Begets Further Critical Backlash

June 2, 2008 – 3:49 pm

Pay no attention to film critics who want to stifle anti-corporate, anti-Hollywood subversion! Instead, pay attention to … um … Vanity Fair?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution | Comments (0)

The Critic Who Wouldn’t Wait For F-ing James Gray. BlogNosh 5/30/08

May 30, 2008 – 4:28 pm

A Cannes blind item revealed. Plus: ROFLcon and Harvey Korman.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (1)

5 Reasons Why Speed Racer’s Failure Is Bad For Movies

May 12, 2008 – 11:00 am

…and one reason why it might be kind of okay.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Lists | Comments (14)

Glenn Kenny’s New Blog

May 9, 2008 – 12:45 pm

A day after learning and announcing that his job at Premiere.com had been eliminated, Glenn Kenny has already set up a new personal blog, free of association with Premiere/Hachette. Well, sort of: the subtitle on the TypePad blog is, currently, “Film writer Glenn Kenny’s own bought-and-paid-for-blog, thank you very goddamn much.” The title-title is Some [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (1)

Iron Man “first comic-book movie better than its source material”

May 1, 2008 – 4:17 pm

So often reviews of films like Iron Man, even positive ones, give you the sense that the critics are a bit embarrassed that they’re required to go through the motions of critiquing a Hollywood product for which financial success and pop cultural domination is a foregone conclusion. I’m the first to sympathize with the critical [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (10)