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CineVegas: Memorial Day

June 16, 2008 – 8:09 pm

The most controversial film at CineVegas equates spring break to Abu Ghraib.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in CineVegas 2008, Film festivals, Indies, Uncategorized | Comments (6)

Battle for Haditha is the Best War Film in Years

May 8, 2008 – 4:04 pm

And by best I mostly mean it’s the most entertaining, exciting and enjoyable war films in years.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Documentary, Politics | Comments (1)

Tribeca 2008: Standard Operating Procedure & Conversation with Errol Morris

April 25, 2008 – 10:00 am

The night before Sony Pictures Classics planned to open Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard Operating Procedure in two theaters the Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening of the film, followed by a conversation between Morris and Jarhead author Anthony Swofford.
Beat to the festival circuit by over a year by Rory Kennedy’s Ghosts of Abu [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Editorial, Film Reviews, Film festivals, FilmCouch, Foreign Films, Spout.com, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (1)

Greengrass’ Green Zone: BlogNosh 04/22/08

April 22, 2008 – 5:46 pm

Paul Greengrass takes on Iraq. Plus: BAGHEAD, Madonna, and Lindsay Lohan.

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

Tribeca Film Festival Preview

April 22, 2008 – 1:02 pm

The Tribeca Film Festival opens tomorrow (with Baby Mama, a film I haven’t seen but am rooting for via sheer love for Miss Liz Lemon), and there are a number of films on the schedule that we’ve covered at other festivals and can reccommend, including Baghead, Bigger, Stronger, Faster* and especially Mister Lonely. After [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (2)

Critical Cavalcade! SpoutBlog Week In Review

April 18, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Karina spent five days in Queens bemoaning her future job prospects discussing the future of film criticism. See the A.O. Scott piece, the Molly Haskell/Andrew Sarris piece, the quiz, the answers to the quiz, the piece about compromises. Also, Kevin considers the new pro-critic model, and bad critics are punished severely.
Marilyn Monroe has a sex [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (0)

Iraq Doc DVD Targets Redacted For Sales Goal

April 17, 2008 – 11:15 am

But anything Brian DePalma’s last movie did, virtually anyone could do better.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in DVDs, Documentary, Politics | Comments (6)

Iron Man and new subversive cinema

April 14, 2008 – 3:13 pm

Is Robert Downey Jr. cashing in or taking his message to the streets?

By Paul Moore | Posted in Culture/art | Comments (2)

George Bush Movie Even Sillier Than We Could Have Hoped!

April 1, 2008 – 12:43 pm

Who knew Oliver Stone was making a cartoon?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Politics | Comments (2)

New in Theaters: Stop-Loss, 21, Fatboy

March 28, 2008 – 2:46 pm

I’m going to spend about four hours this weekend with my celebrity boyfriend, Young Albert Brooks, at Anthology Film Archives‘ double feature of two of Brooks’ early, still super-relevant films, Modern Romance and Real Life (see above). But if you’re not lucky enough to be in New York, there are three films opening in general [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film Reviews, Hollywood | Comments (0)