Two filmmakers offer different points of view on the evolving role of theatrical exhibition in the overall life of an indie film.
FINALLY, LILLIAN AND DAN Trailer
Finally, Lillian and Dan comes to CineVegas almost a full year after its first and only significant public screening, as part of the M-word heavy Summer 2007 Independents Week series at Harvard Film Archives. It’s a find, a definite cousin of the work being made in the Bronstein household––as with Frownland, [...]
The Cannes Film Festival will show a classic Warner Brothers film every night of the fest, including I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang and Dirty Harry, as part of a tribute to the studio’s 85th anniversary. Also on tap: film critic Richard Schickel’s doc, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story.
John Waters [...]
Tribeca is upon us: Karina’s preview; and Midnight preview; andThe Wackness review; and Standard Operating Procedure review — follow our continued coverage here
Already anticipating the next fest: Cannes lineup announced; and yes, of course Che is part of it
Porn sales are down because flaccid penises are up (or in?)
Burger King and Iron Man, Robert Downey [...]
April 22, 2008 – 10:45 am
We’re still complaining about mumblecore? Really?
Joe Swanberg’s webseries wraps up with two final episodes, starring Ronnie Bronstein, Mary Bronstein, Sean Prince Williams and Craig Zobel. Plus: an update on the current projects of the extended BUTTERKNIFE players.
March 13, 2008 – 10:17 am
Why it’s perfectly okay to go into convulsions every time someone uses the word “mumblecore” (sorry!)
Visually more sophisticated than the bulk of features to yet come out of the new wave of DIY independent American cinema, narratively smoother and yet still boundless in mold-breaking ambition, Medicine for Melancholy offers a self-contained rebuttal to claims that precious, naturalistic dramas about the existential dilemmas of hipster singles are exclusively a white [...]
Here I propose 5 TV series that quickly need a movie continuation/spin-off instead of, in the future, the inevitable movie remake/adaptation.
Barlow Jacobs co-stars in the latest episode of Joe Swanberg’s web series.
