If not Angelina Jolie, then who? My ideas for the felinely femme fatale, in the event Catwoman is included in the follow-up to THE DARK KNIGHT.
February 8, 2008 – 5:00 pm
Karina is losing her mind due to a powerful cocktail of harsh branding realities and “ironic” take-offs thereof. Also: Stephen Malkmus, Matthew McConaughey’s boobs, and Berlin.
January 22, 2008 – 5:03 pm
The Oscar-nominated actor was 28.
January 15, 2008 – 6:04 pm
Nikal Saval has an admittedly cranky but masterful takedown of I’m Not There at N + 1. Calling Todd Haynes’ pastiche the Worst Movie of 2007, Saval scratches particularly aggressively at Haynes’ habitual referencing and naked larceny: “Haynes is drowning in his film school education, just as his audience is drowning in allusions, and not [...]
January 10, 2008 – 9:46 am
“My colleagues, students, and wife think I’m nuts to like National Treasure,” admits master film historian David Bordwell. He then launches into an extremely compelling defense of why the Jerry Bruckheimer franchise is “more informative about American history than Fahrenheit 9/11. More brain-teasing, and far more enjoyable, than I’m Not There,” and, perhaps most crucially, [...]
December 11, 2007 – 3:05 pm
Which noted Sidney Lumet hater got upset at the idea of giving an award to Sidney Lumet? We dare not speak his name!!!!
December 11, 2007 – 10:00 am
As Cate Blanchett loses ground in the Best Supporting Actress race, you’ve gotta wonder–where’s Harvey Weinstein?
December 3, 2007 – 7:53 am
The strike look set to carry on indefinitely. Plus: a big weekend at the indie box office.
November 30, 2007 – 11:32 am
Plus, recaps of some Thanksgiving leftovers, including I’M NOT THERE and STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING.
November 26, 2007 – 9:05 am
With strike talks set to resume today, a VARIETY survey finds that the majority support for the WGA breaks down when you look at individual unions. Plus: willfully ignoring the problems of the Weinsteins.
