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Superheroes and Celebrity Resurrection: SpoutBlog Week in Review

May 9, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Contrary to the connotations of that headline, we did talk about something other than Robert Downey Jr this week.

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

Lloyd Kaufman Fights Paltry Promo With Poultry

May 7, 2008 – 10:45 am

The Troma chief’s latest stunt: protesting Tribeca.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Indies | Comments (0)

Tribeca 2008 Recap

May 5, 2008 – 12:22 pm

The good, the bad, and the inexplicable from ten days at the Tribeca Film Festival.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (1)

Tribeca Review: Sita Sings the Blues

May 2, 2008 – 5:26 pm

Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues is a strange and beautiful little film, a potentially wispy slice of autobiography smartly elevated through irresistible, orgiastic style. The 82 minute feature cross cuts between the story of the director’s own divorce, and a loose retelling of the ancient Indian myth Ramayana; we’re led back and forth between [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film Reviews, Film festivals, Tribeca 2008, animation | Comments (0)

Tribeca Lets Right One In: Trade Roughage 05/02/08

May 2, 2008 – 9:47 am

Swedish vampire buzz magnet Let The Right One In took the top narrative prize at the Tribeca Film Festival last night. Shane Meadows’ Somers Town walked away with consolation acting prizes for its two young stars, and the extremely narratively confused My Marlon and Brando inexplicably won the Best New Narrative Filmmaker award. More [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (0)

Tribeca 2008: War, Inc

April 29, 2008 – 12:01 am

The John Cusack “comedy” (generic term used loosely) gives anti-war filmmaking a bad name.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film Reviews, Film festivals, Politics, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (8)

“Madonna, You Are A Piece of Trash.”

April 28, 2008 – 10:53 am

Today in Film Theory From The Darndest Places: an internet boy millionaire and a FOX News gossip columnist call out Madonna’s documentary ethics.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (0)

Blockbuster Bloat: Trade Roughage 04/24/08

April 24, 2008 – 9:03 am

Plus: new Cannes additions, and the NY state government plays their part in making sure Robert DeNiro will never again have to miss the Tribeca Film Festival’s opening press conference.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Hollywood, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (0)

Tribeca Preview: Midnight and Midnight-esque

April 23, 2008 – 6:01 pm

A look at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Midnight program, and a few midnight-style selections that have snuck into more mainstream portions of the program.

By Michael Lerman | Posted in Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (0)

Tribeca Film Festival Preview

April 22, 2008 – 1:02 pm

The Tribeca Film Festival opens tomorrow (with Baby Mama, a film I haven’t seen but am rooting for via sheer love for Miss Liz Lemon), and there are a number of films on the schedule that we’ve covered at other festivals and can reccommend, including Baghead, Bigger, Stronger, Faster* and especially Mister Lonely. After [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (2)