It’s kind of an asshole thing to do, to take a trailer so seriously, but this is kind of an extraordinary circumstance. Whit Stillman, he of Oscar nomination fame for the wonderful Metropolitan, has not released a film since The Last Days of Disco in 1998, despite being almost universally beloved by independent films...
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A bit late this Sunday. I had woot canaw this week and needless to say I’ve been acting like a sick, hurt little baby all week, so I wasn’t as attentive as I usually am when it came to new hounding this week. It’s a bit of a thin link collection, and the best...
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Seriously, tonight is one of those epics nights on TCM as they venture on their Bundy vacation to… beautiful Wyoming! Huh? Wyoming? But seriously, it’s great, starting at 6:30 with the Henry Fonda western, The Ox Bow Incident, then at 8 for Steven Speilberg’s crazy-genuis-reason-for-living, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. After that, it’s Kirk...
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Inexplicably, Sony and Marvel decided to release the new trailer for their summer tentpole picture at 3am east coast time on Tuesday instead of, say, the Super Bowl, or, say, noon Tuesday. Scroll down to view it, but I’ve gotta say that it was worth the wait — at least for me, but I’m...
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So, Ben Gazzara died this week. Stop it. I hate talking about actors and directors and writers that I loved dying. He was probably generally best known for his work with John Cassavettes in films like The Killing of a Chinese Bookie or Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder with Jimmy Stewart, though people...
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It’s time once again for one of my favorite times of the year: 31 Days of Oscar, on Turner Classic Movies. Each year, the cable net ends their programming season with a month full of Oscar winners, from recent films to films from the 20s, Oscar winners all. From now until March 2nd, it’s...
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This week’s film’s are Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak’s Cinemania and Bennett Miller’s The Cruise. If you’ve ever been to New York City, even if you never ventured out into the City beyond Times Sq, you met some of the wonderful weirdos and oddballs that the City has both given birth to and accepted in...
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There were two really awful stories in the news this week and neither one of them had anything to do with Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close getting a Best Picture nomination. 1) Bingham Ray died. 2) Theo Angelopoulos died. What the fuck? Bingham Ray’s name might not be as familiar as Angelopoulos’ name, but...
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So, one month from tonight the 84th Academy Awards will take place, and Twitter will light afire with the spurned bleating of people who didn’t like the films that won. It’s already on fire with people who don’t like the nominations. Whether it be the snubs (Albert Brooks, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, etc) or...
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This week’s films are Cameron Crowe’s Untitled (aka Almost Famous: The Bootleg Cut) and Daryl Duke’s Payday. At first glance these films seem to have nothing much in common. One is about a 70s rock band on the fringes of popularity, hoping their one hit single makes them the next Allman Brothers Band, travelling the...
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‘Arrested Development’ success in keeping the family together Film & DVD: Don’t let early reviews of the new Netflix episodes ruin it for you By Ashley Belanger 6/19/2013
Deafheaven’s ‘Sunbather’ is basically the new black Music: The black metal band basks in the brightness of their sophomore album By Robert Miller 6/19/2013
Food Truck Wars News: Some say city’s temporary use permit for mobile food vendors is unfair By Erin Sullivan 6/19/2013
‘Monsters University’ almost as good as the superb original Film & DVD: Pixar’s prequel to Monsters, Inc. is monstrously magical By Cameron Meier 6/19/2013
Marco Rubio’s gay panic News: Senator sticks foot in mouth when discussing gay immigrants By Billy Manes 6/19/2013
Audubon Park/Baldwin Park Annual Manual 2013: Sometimes opposites really do attract 4/12/2013