This week: Cannes, More PR Nonsense from Netflix, Jax and Clay Together Again Bro, and Paris Hilton Cries Delicious Tears.
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Tags: Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality, Alex Gibney, Alexander Payne, Alexey Balabnov, Angelina Jolie, Ari Folman's The COngress, Bradley Manning, Cannes, Catching Fire, Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Kaufman, Claire Denis, Coen Bros, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Cosmos, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Disney, Donnie Yen, Drew Struzan, Emma Watson, Europe Report, Ghost in the Shell, guillermo del toro, Inside Llewyn Davis, james franco, jean-pierre jeunet, jennifer lawrence, Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin, Jerry Seinfeld, Jia Zhangeke's A Touch of Sin, julian assange, Justin Marks, Katniss Everdeen, Koreeda Hirokazu, Merida, michelle yeoh, Nation Treasure, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Netflix, Pacific Rim, Paris Hilton, Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited, Pixar's Brave, Ron Perlman, Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station, Sofia Coppola, The Bling Ring, The Catcher in the Rye, The Young and Prodigious Spivet, Toy Story, Un Certain Regard, Wikileaks, Yeun Wo Ping
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Instead of a preamble this week, I offer a plea: SUPPORT THIS GUY! Former Creative Screenwriting editor Jeff Goldsmith has a new project out, the bi-monthly iPad screenwriting magazine, Backstory. The first issue, containing full screenplays by Richard Kelly and Rex Pickett, is free. Single issues are $4.99 and yearly subs are $24.99. I...
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Tags: ALF, Backstory Magazine, Bonjour Tristesse, Brenda Chapman, Carl Sagan, Catching Fire, Clint Eastwood, Darth vader, David Niven, David Prowse, Deborah Kerr, Disney Animation Studios, Disney's Paperman, Doug Sweetlan, Education for Death, Garret Hedlund, George Lucas, Goro Miyazaki, Hay, Idiocracy, Jean Seberg, Jeff Goldsmith, kirsten dunst, kristen stewart, Laika House, Locarno, Lou Romano, martin scorsese, Matthew Lilard, melissa leo, Moneyball, On the Road, ParaNorman, Partysaurus Rex, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Pixar, Pixar's Brave, President Camacho, Robot and Frank, Roger Avary, Sam Reilly, Sideways II, Stanley Tucci, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, Subway Thoughts, Terry Crews, Trouble with the Curve, Up on a Poppy Hill, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walter Salles
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Happy Earth Day. We can still get a few more in before we successfully kill the Earth off I think. Unrelated, the Florida Film Festival comes to a close tonight. This edition has been deemed a success, with films like Renee, Eye of the Hurricane, Turn Me On Dammit, and Monsieur Lazhar are getting...
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Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins, Cannes, Catching Fire, Clive Owen, Cosmopolis, Dark Shadows, david cronenberg, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Disney Animation Studios, Disney's Wreck-It-Ralph, Dr. Strangelove, Duplass Brothers, Dustin Lance Black's Virginia, Ed Harris, Eye of the Hurricane, Father of my Children, florida film festival, Francis Lawrence, Goodbye First Love, Hemingway and Gellhorn, Hillman Curtis, Hong Sang-soo, Im Sang-soo, Jack and Diane, Jennifer Connolly, Jonathan Frid, Jurassic Park, Kristin Stewart, Lars von Trier, Lena Dunham, Lola Creton, Mel Gibson, Melancholia, Mia Hansen-Love, Michael Haneke, Miranda July, Monsieur Lazhar, On the Road, Palme D'or, Pixar's Brave, Polisse, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Silverman, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Amazing Spider-man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, Tribeca Film Festival, Turn Me On Dammit, Wesley Morris
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So, unless you’ve been living under a rock this week you probably already know that the Florida Film Festival is underway. It is, I believe, the biggest edition of the festival yet, and the handful of films I’ve seen while we were going through our reviews were all good. My picks for can’t-miss of...
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Tags: A Cat in Paris, Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, Amazon Prime, Anna Chlumsky, Armando Iannucci's Veep, Cartoon College, Catching Fire, Darren Aronofsky's Noah, Elizabeth Olson, Emma Watson, Ender's Game, florida film festival, God Bless America, Hit So Hard, Hysteria, In the Loop, Jeon Do-yeon, Joey Lauren Adams, Koreeda's I Wish, Kurt Cobain, Lee Chang-dong, Lee Yoon-ko, Lena Dunham's Girls, Looper, Mamitas, Mariano Rivera, martin scorsese, Miley Cyrus LOL, Monsieur Lazhar, Patty Shemel, Red Light's Sigourney Weaver, Rian Johnson, SNL, Sofia Coppola's The Blind Ring, Steven Spielberg, The Avengers, The Blair Witch Project, The Death of Film, The Thick of It, tiny furniture, Turn Me On Dammit, Woody Allen
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