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R-Rated ‘Informers’ Trailer. Clip of the Day

August 7, 2008 – 3:33 pm

The latest Bret Easton Ellis adaptation seems underwhelming in its apparent lack of cinematic style.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Clip of the Day | Comments (0)

Bret Easton Ellis: Struggling Screenwriter

March 24, 2008 – 1:48 pm

With an almost completely dead, holiday hungover RSS, I spent the morning leisurely slogging through this LA Times profile of 80s it-boy novelist Bret Easton Ellis. Much of the story’s 3,000 words are devoted to defenses of Ellis’ literary reputation, most notably for our purposes from New York Times film critic A.O. Scott, who [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Hollywood, Indies | Comments (1)

Cruise-ing at AFI: Trade Roughage 08/30/07

August 30, 2007 – 5:24 am

Lions For Lambs, Tom Cruise’s first production as president of United Artists, will open AFI Fest in November. The film, which “explores issues surrounding the war in Afghanistan,”  is Robert Redford’s first as director since The Legend of Bagger Vance. Redford, Cruise, and Meryl Streep star. The project is considered a major test for Cruise [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Foreign Films, Hollywood | Comments (0)