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BlogNosh 02/06/08

February 6, 2008 – 4:20 pm

In this edition: Berlinale, Berlin Alexanderplatz meets Barack, and Speed Racer’s castration anxiety.

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

Quiet City & Dance Party, USA, on DVD Today

January 29, 2008 – 11:00 am

Benten Films‘ second superbly-packaged DVD set (they previously released Joe Swanberg’s LOL) hits stores today. The set includes two films directed by Aaron Katz: Dance Party, USA, a kind of correction to Larry Clark’s KIDS, set in Portland and starring exquisitely natural local teens; and the Independent Spirit Award-nominated Quiet City, which I previously [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in DVDs, Film Reviews, Indies | Comments (4)

SpoutBlog Week in Review

November 30, 2007 – 10:43 pm

Sundance fever begins just as the awards season gains momentum. Plus: Martin Scorsese, Joe Swanberg, and Julian Schnabel.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (0)

Quiet City, Frownland Get Spirit Nods

November 27, 2007 – 11:35 am

Highlights from this morning’s 2008 Independent Spirit Award nominations announcement.

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

Telluride 2007: People on Sunday (1929)

September 2, 2007 – 12:32 pm

Paul’s favorite Telluride movie so far: People on Sunday (1929)

By Paul Moore | Posted in Film festivals, Telluride 2007 | Comments (1)

FilmCouch #35

August 31, 2007 – 8:00 am

Did “Mumblecore” end before it ever got started? The latest flash in the indie film pan has yet to prove if it will fizzle or flame.

FilmCouch #35 [25:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1081)

By Paul Moore | Posted in Film festivals, FilmCouch, The New Talkies, podcast | Comments (1)

Valentines and G Trains: Quiet City

August 29, 2007 – 3:07 pm

After I wrote that post last week on the films of Kentucker Audley and Frank V. Ross, I got a nice email from Quiet City producer Brendan McFadden, gently reminding me that although I had lumped the female protagonist of the film in with the relatively cosmopolitan characters of some the other mumblecore films, in [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Indies, The New Talkies | Comments (1)

Mumblecore Backlash Day 8

August 29, 2007 – 11:00 am

With hype rendering the m-word toxic, is it possible to rescue the individual movies from the rubble?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, The New Talkies | Comments (1)

QUIET CITY Director Aaron Katz: The Media Diet

August 24, 2007 – 2:14 pm

The Media Diet is a semi-regular feature on SpoutBlog where we ask indie film movers and shakers a bunch of stupid questions about their pop cultural preferences. This week: Aaron Katz.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Indies, The Media Diet, The New Talkies | Comments (1)