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.
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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 [...]
August 29, 2007 – 11:00 am
With hype rendering the m-word toxic, is it possible to rescue the individual movies from the rubble?
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.
August 23, 2007 – 4:01 pm
Surveying the Mumblecore-manic media coverage of the last week or so, three features are in danger of slipping through the cracks. Totally coincidentally, these are the three films of the fest that I’m currently most interested in. At the risk of sounding like a Swanbergian heroine, my crushes on individual films and filmmakers come and [...]
August 23, 2007 – 5:10 am
More news from the front lines of The New Talkies coming soon, but here’s a tidbit for the capitalists: Chris Wells, who starred in and co-wrote LOL and who now works at the IFC Center, told me before the 6:05 PM screening of Hannah Takes the Stairs that in the film’s first three shows, it [...]
August 22, 2007 – 11:44 am
The main event has barely begun, and already everyone’s talking backlash.
August 16, 2007 – 10:39 am
Warning: The following interview contains at least one penis joke. Viewer discretion is advised.
August 14, 2007 – 9:23 am
Last night, I was reading a story on Twitch, and I noticed a banner ad trumpeting the DVD release of something called Valerie On the Stairs. My instant reaction was, “Uh-oh. That’s going to be really confusing, what with Hannah Takes The Stairs opening next week.” Upon further research, I discovered that Valerie was [...]
