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Ghostbusters: New York and Self-Involvement

July 15, 2008 – 10:03 am

When I heard that the New York in the Movies Blogathon and the Self-Involvement Blogathon were happening around the same time, I got it into my head that there was one film I could write about that could legitimately fit on the nexus of both. Sure, there are “better” New York films––Manhattan, obvs, or even [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Classics, Film Reviews | Comments (5)

ComicCom and DotCom. BlogNosh 07/09/08

July 9, 2008 – 6:30 pm

Ironic marketing for both a dot com movie and and ComicCon. Plus: blogathons a plenty, and Bob Saget meets Ingmar Bergman.

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

Review: The Wackness

July 3, 2008 – 2:30 pm

It’s an un-critical celebration of out-of-control adolescent male id. No wonder certain websites are, as they say, all up on its jock.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film Reviews | Comments (3)

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)

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 (5)

Crashing the Set of ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’, Part II

June 13, 2008 – 1:30 pm

Steven Boone returns to the continuing saga of the Antoine Fuqua film shooting in his Brooklyn neighborhood. This week, a chat with the film’s tollbooth worker-turned-screenwriter.

By Steven Boone | Posted in Columns, Hollywood | Comments (0)

The Future is Debatable. BlogNosh 05/29/08

May 29, 2008 – 5:01 pm

Earlier this week, Jonathan Marlow published a rant on GreenCine Daily, titled They didn’t build their sales model for you. Much of the piece is given over to a description of the dire state of distribution affairs for truly independent filmmakers. Marlow, who acquires films for GreenCine’s DVD-by-mail main site, essentially argues that filmmakers should [...]

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

Trade Roughage 04/11/08

April 11, 2008 – 8:02 am

Quentin Tarantino will give the Cinema Master Class lecture at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
A new New York State budget makes room for a tripling of film production tax incentives, designed to stop the flow of productions running away to nearby states like Connecticut.
The remake of Prom Night is expected to narrowly beat out Street [...]

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