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Momma’s Man Review

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 [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Indies, Reviews | Comments (2)

Sundance 2008: MOMMA’S MAN Interview

January 25, 2008 – 3:27 pm

photo: WireImage
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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Sundance 2008: Momma’s Man

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 [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Festivals, Reviews, Sundance 2008 | Comments (1)

Sundance: Non-Competition Picks

January 16, 2008 – 8:22 am

Haiti, zombies, and unemployed actors: our top picks for the non-competitive titles at Sundance 2008.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Festivals, Sundance 2008 | Comments (0)

BlogNosh 12/20/07

December 20, 2007 – 5:39 pm

Your Christmas weekend time suck is here, in the form of indieWIRE’s massive 2007 Critics Poll. There Will Be Blood takes top honors, but as usual, the real fun lies in investigating the individual ballots and spotting the idiosyncrasies. Behold Andrew Bujalski’s single vote for Best Supporting Actor! Marvel at the critic who gave almost [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Lists, Video | Comments (0)