CRM filmmaker Adam Hootnick writes, for The Huffington Post, about his experience making the acclaimed Gaza documentary Unsettled and how what’s happening with Israel and Palestine relates to Iran. From his column: “If at some point I hoped that the Gaza withdrawal might augur progress toward peace, if I thought ...
By TheWrapInfamous record label owner Allen Klein, who at one time controlled music from such rock luminaries as the Rolling Stones, managed the Beatles, and represented the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Womack, the Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and others, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with ...
Everyone’s talking about the new R-rated trailer for Jennifer’s Body, a horror comedy starring Megan Fox as a possessed cheerleader. My first impression was that it seems too much like last year’s Teeth, only with less interesting subtext. Alison Willmore of The Independent Eye instead finds the movie reminiscent of ...
By Sharon Waxman I'll be answering questions about the life and death of Michael Jackson tomorrow from 12 to 1 pm EST at my old haunt, The Washington Post's chat room. Here's a link to submit questions and join the conversation. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/07/06/DI200... See you then.
The biggest news in media today is the agreement by The Tribune Company to sell The Chicago Cubs for what seems to be between $850m and $900m. The deal needs to be approved by MLB owners, which seems pretty much like a rubber stamp in this case. Creditors, ...
I just discovered this mash-up of Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in Michael Kidd's classic Girl Hunt Ballet from The Band Wagon and another brief bit with Leslie Caron from Daddy Long Legs. It's brilliant; it makes these old musical chestnuts look sexier than ever: ...
By Andrew Grant [NB: Sion Sono was in New York last week for the New York Asian Film Festival, promoting his two latest films, Love Exposure and Be Sure to Share. I had a chance to sit down with him...
I should have known Free would be the mantra of the weekend. We were going to take Hope The Younger to freeload at Vanessa's Dad's pad by the beach for the 4th, but before we left, we had the op to share a cab back from celebrating Strand's 20th ...
The latest, a Heathers-ish satirical horror film, Jennifer's Body, from screenwriter Diablo Cody, former Filmmaker cover-story director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight), and Megan Fox. Related: Karyn Kusama in Filmmaker on Girlfight.Diablo Cody in Filmmaker on Juno.
There’s a billion things I could go on about re: the beautiful, wacky world that is Karlovy Vary and its film festival. But I’m low on time (and internet access), so this more formal dispatch from the main site will have to do until whenever that changes.
One of the longest-running film festivals in Los Angeles, Outfest, will stage its 27th iteration July 9 - 19 (starts this Thursday!). Presented by grand sponsor, HBO, Outfest will offer a week and a half of 182 narrative and nonfiction feature and short films and videos from 25 countries ...
Get yourselves over to Barbes in Park Slope tonight at 7pm for the latest installment of Joe Pacheco’s Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series. Tonight brings two New York City premieres, including (descriptions have been taken from the Brooklyn Independent website): Lost World (Gyula Nemes, 20 min., Hungary, 2008) The life, demolition ...
How does one go about attending Tilda Swinton’s film festival? I’m 100% serious about making it happen. Apparently, Swinton sent out an email asking for “a roving, raving, ambluant, perambulant circus of grannies and firemen, walkers, skateboarders, mountain bikers, hobblers and totterers on stilettos to join our happy breed.” I’m ...
Strangely enough, this is my exact view form the window sill I smoke on in my aptly named room at the Hotel Petr: Its a really comforting coincidence. Like home is watching over me. And equally strange, a few doors down is the Hotel Concordia (which ...
Don’t forget: the Lumiere Brothers’ first documented motion pictures of the late 1890s (arguably the first “body of work” in the history of the film medium) had a running time between 30 and 50 seconds. Eventually, technology and consumer habit made motion pictures longer and, thus, more monetizable. Is the ...
Buried in this Kim Masters story about Sony bringing over George Clooney's production deal is a juicy nugget: Clooney wants to take over playing Jack Ryan in the Tom Clancy franchise. That is, if Paramount ever gets its act together and puts the next movie back on the front burner. ...
(The Last Blunder is a humorous weekly serial detailing the making of a true independent filmmaking catastrophe. I hope all of you who read along find it entertaining and can relate to it to some degree. The names of the participants have been changed. Any comments, suggestions, compliments, or criticisms ...
Millie Perkins in The Diary of Anne Frank, George Stevens, 1959In his epic examination Histoire(s) du cinéma, Jean-Luc Godard mordantly observes of director George Stevens, "if [Stevens] hadn't been the first to use the first sixteen millimeter color film at Auschwitz and Revensbruck, there's no doubt that Elizabeth Taylor's ...
In a time in which MTV barely shows music videos, want to score an audience for yours? Here's the trick: be the first out of the gate with a clip shot on a new camera. Here are two music videos shot with the new Apple iPhone 3GS.The first is by ...
As I blogged nearly six months ago, it was an honor to be a part of a 20th anniversary salute that started in Park City and continued through this past week in New York City. After last month’s tribute in Ptown, there was a great dinner, hosted by James Schamus, ...
So last night I did my duty as a member of the five-person jury for the competition section of the fabulous New York Asian Film Festival. We had fifteen films to choose from, and aside from a required Grand Prize, we were free to give out as many (or, I ...
By Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard[Editor's Note: The Conversations is a monthly feature in which Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard discuss a wide range of cinematic subjects: critical analyses of films, filmmaker overviews, and more. Readers should expect to encounter spoilers.]JASON BELLAMY: Ten years from now, if not sooner, when ...
