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CineVegas: Memorial Day

June 16, 2008 – 8:09 pm

The most controversial film at CineVegas equates spring break to Abu Ghraib.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in CineVegas 2008, Film festivals, Indies, Uncategorized | Comments (6)

Directed by Michael Jackson

May 23, 2008 – 1:00 pm

Steven Boone imagines an alternate universe in which the King of Pop becomes Hollywood’s most socially conscious filmmaker.

By Steven Boone | Posted in Columns, Politics | Comments (4)

John Cusack Baits Celeb Friends To Support WAR, INC

May 6, 2008 – 3:00 pm

John Cusack seeks celebrity endorsements for his anti-war debacle; hip girl celebrities who should know better find they can’t say no to a pleading Lloyd Dobbler.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Politics, Stars, Video | 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)

Tribeca 2008: Standard Operating Procedure & Conversation with Errol Morris

April 25, 2008 – 10:00 am

The night before Sony Pictures Classics planned to open Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard Operating Procedure in two theaters the Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening of the film, followed by a conversation between Morris and Jarhead author Anthony Swofford.
Beat to the festival circuit by over a year by Rory Kennedy’s Ghosts of Abu [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Editorial, Film Reviews, Film festivals, FilmCouch, Foreign Films, Spout.com, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (1)

Critical Cavalcade! SpoutBlog Week In Review

April 18, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Karina spent five days in Queens bemoaning her future job prospects discussing the future of film criticism. See the A.O. Scott piece, the Molly Haskell/Andrew Sarris piece, the quiz, the answers to the quiz, the piece about compromises. Also, Kevin considers the new pro-critic model, and bad critics are punished severely.
Marilyn Monroe has a sex [...]

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

Bad Voodoo’s War. Clip of the Day.

April 18, 2008 – 2:45 pm

Deborah Scranton’s follow-up to THE WAR TAPES is watchable online.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Video | Comments (2)

Moving Image Institute: Andrew Sarris & Molly Haskell

April 16, 2008 – 10:03 am

The legendary coupled critics talk feminism, Kael, and how the war on terror made the rise of Judd Apatow possible.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Culture/art | Comments (5)

SXSW 2008: Stop-Loss

March 17, 2008 – 7:54 am

A review of one of the most anticipated films of SXSW 2008, Kimberley Pierce’s STOP-LOSS.

By Michael Lerman | Posted in Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (1)

SXSW 2008: Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss of Full Battle Rattle

March 14, 2008 – 5:04 pm

2008 SXSW Special Jury Prize winning documentary Full Battle Rattle manages to find a unique way to examine the War in Iraq. Rather than bring their cameras into an actual war zone, they decided to look at a simulated war zone, the U.S. Army’s training facility in the Mojave Desert. I talked to directors Tony [...]

 
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