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Storming the Gates. BlogNosh 07/01/08

July 1, 2008 – 5:45 pm

“If this is confusing, let’s make the comparison to the airlines — the cost of travel is up and the cost of providing travel is way up. So the business is down. Only the best routes work. And only the best films work. Economics explains it all.” In a post on the IndiePix blog, Bob [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Indies | Comments (0)

Heaven Anti-Climactic?

July 1, 2008 – 11:04 am

The chicken v. egg puzzle surrounding a film and the LAFF doc about that film gets some clarification.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, LAFF 2008 | Comments (1)

“Doesn’t anyone just f*** anymore?”

June 30, 2008 – 4:04 pm

The boys get their porn and the girls get theirs, and Hollywood seems to be doing everything it can to make sure that the two events take place in separate theaters.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Classics, Film marketing and distribution, Hollywood | Comments (1)

LAFF: Sex and Place

June 30, 2008 – 11:00 am

TRINIDAD and THING WITH NO NAME: two LAFF documentaries about how sexuality and its consequences define two extremely different communities.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, LAFF 2008 | Comments (0)

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)

LAFF: Karaoke

June 27, 2008 – 3:18 pm

I’ve had a bit of bad luck with the screenings over the past few days, so when it comes to movies I have very little new to report. But the film festival karaoke train rolls along, as evidenced by these pics. This time around, it went down in a private room in a place in [...]

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

LAFF: Finishing Heaven

June 26, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Finishing Heaven begins in a bodega. A tall, thin, older woman with fire engine red dyed hair and a drawn face saunters to a table in the back of the deli section to greet a shifty-looking mustachioed character with whom she is clearly very well acquainted. They kiss hello, and almost immediately fall into an [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film Reviews, LAFF 2008 | Comments (4)

Controversial! BlogNosh 06/25/08

June 25, 2008 – 6:52 pm

Fake political controversy, Corey Feldman’s delusions of grandeur, and vintage cartoon porn. Oh, blogs.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Film festivals, LAFF 2008, animation | Comments (1)

LAFF Diary: Another Classic From Minneapolis

June 25, 2008 – 4:29 pm

Spooning filmmakers! Unbearably hip Frenchmen! Pictures and notes from a night out in Los Angeles.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, LAFF 2008 | Comments (3)

Los Angeles Film Festival Lineup

May 6, 2008 – 2:00 pm

Just minutes ago I was trying to figure out where to stay in L.A. during the Los Angeles Film Festival, when an email floated through informing me that the fest’s full lineup has been posted at The Circuit. The Film Independent-backed event will open with the, um, less-than independent Angelina Jolie action film Wanted; it [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, LAFF 2008, Uncategorized | Comments (0)