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Iron Man Makes Internet Swoon in Unison

May 5, 2008 – 1:45 pm

Our referral logs suggest you’re interested in blog posts tagged “Iron Man Sex.” Here you go!

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

Tom O’Neill and Faux-Populist Criticism

April 18, 2008 – 5:03 pm

A lesson to ye who dares speak against the classic film canon: don’t pretend like you’re speaking for the people.

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

SXSW Shake-up: Trade Roughage 04/15/08

April 15, 2008 – 9:14 am

Plus: New Line’s anti-climax, and the Oscars duck and cover.

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

More on the Polanski Thing

March 31, 2008 – 2:22 pm

Everyone’s talking about how the movie is being released, but nobody’s talking about the movie.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film marketing and distribution | Comments (2)

Bush Banks, Crash Crush: Trade Roughage 03/26/08

March 26, 2008 – 8:54 am

A California appeals court has refused to force the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to give a “retroactive Oscar” to Bob Yari for producing Crash. Yari was excluded from the film’s 2005 Best Picture win when the Academy changed qualification rules the same year, limiting a film’s eligible number of producers to three. [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Hollywood, Politics | Comments (0)

True/False: Gonzo

March 2, 2008 – 3:59 pm

Alex Gibney says his Hunter S. Thompson doc is a critique of the present day media’s obsession with “phony” objectivity.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, True/False 2008 | Comments (1)

Stefan Ruzowitzky wants to punch old people, instead wins Oscar for THE COUNTERFEITERS

February 27, 2008 – 3:00 pm

Interview with Stefan Ruzowitzky, winner for the Best Foreign Film: THE COUNTERFEITERS.

By Paul Moore | Posted in Awards, Foreign Films, Telluride 2007, podcast | Comments (0)

Sunshine Swept: Trade Roughage 02/27/08

February 27, 2008 – 8:57 am

Is it too “gory,” or did the filmmakers want too much money? This Variety story offers both as potential reasons for why the Amy Adams/Emily Blunt Sundance comedy Sunshine Cleaning, which was pegged before and during the festival as an almost sure-thing candidate for a sale, is only now closing a distribution deal with Overture [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Film festivals, Film marketing and distribution, Sundance 2008 | Comments (0)

Oscar Finger-Pointing: Trade Roughage 02/26/08

February 26, 2008 – 8:45 am

Rick Kissell says we shouldn’t be surprised that Sunday night’s Oscar telecast earned its lowest ratings, um, ever: “A batch of films with mostly grim themes, combined with an awards season that lacked any real momentum thanks to the writers strike, contributed to this year’s alarming 20% falloff.” The people, they just want to laugh! [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Documentary, Hollywood | Comments (0)

Ways to Boost the Oscar Ratings

February 25, 2008 – 4:55 pm

Nobody watched the Oscars, and those who did were bored. What can the Academy do to make the 2009 show better?

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Awards, Hollywood | Comments (36)