Entry into Staples, notification emails all available via eBay.By Frank SwertlowDespite a plea by the LAPD last week for holders of prized tickets to Tuesday’s Michael Jackson memorial service not to sell them, scalpers on eBay have been asking as much as $100,000 to see the event at the Staples ...
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This interview was conducted at the Atlanta Film Festival in April. Trust Us, This is All Made Up screens at the 92nd St. Y in Tribeca on Friday and Saturday. In the West Village’s Barrow Street Theater, three empty chairs sit on an otherwise empty stage. An audience ...
With a script by Juno's Diablo Cody, and FHM's second sexiest girl in the world (No 1: Cheryl Cole) taking the title role, this looks extremely promisingI've always thought the idea of a sequel to Heathers, that relentlessly black cult classic of 80s high-school comedy, was a bit pointless. Luckily, ...
Michael Mann's celebration of amorality in the Great Depression chimes disquietingly with the spirit of our timesThe huge popularity of the American bank-robbers of the 1930s is usually put down to the frustrations of the Depression. The banks were the most hateful manifestation of a system that had failed the ...
While the franchise titans sat pretty at the top of the chart, Public Enemies gave director Michael Mann his best opening since Miami ViceThe winner(s)Just like Federer and Roddick in Sunday's Wimbledon final, there was little to separate Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ...
The mighty combo of producer Jason Reitman, director Karyn Kusama, writer Diablo Cody and Transformers hotty Megan Fox (whether or not she can act) should add up to a very commercial Jennifer's Body. This angry-at-men demonic horror flick reminds me for some reason of Attack of the 50-Foot Woman. This ...
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After a lazy holiday weekend, I herewith share with you my gleanings of what's been going on. At the boxoffice, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs battled tributes The Hollywood Reporter's late international reporter Steve Brennan. Marc Andreessen is
Over the last two years a number of exciting conferences have sprung up to address the convergence of tech, film, and emerging business models. Scott Kirsner's The Conversation, Liz Rosenthal's Power to Pixel, the WorkBook Project's DIY DAYS and most recently Participatory Culture's Open Video Conference - all provide ...
On Sunday night, shortly after returning to Manhattan from a nice weekend in Connecticut, Devon and I ventured to Central Park to see the Public Theater’s “Shakespeare in the Park” production of Twelfth Night (thanks to our friend Bruce). Not much to say specifically, but my first “Shakespeare in the ...
The final face-off for the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon on Sunday, echoed the intense showmanship of last year’s final showdown (considered the greatest tennis game ever played) between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. This year, the match was between Federer and Andy Roddick, with the former regaining his place atop ...
“There is a real opportunity to restructure (his debt) so they can keep all those assets.”By Sharon WaxmanMore than a week after the sudden death of Michael Jackson, a clearer picture has emerged of the singer’s complicated and notoriously debt-ridden financial status. Here’s what we know: Jackson’s death has already vastly improved ...
As Indiewire reported, Brian Newman has left his position as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute. In a statement he sent to his friends that he reposted on his Springboard Media blog. An excerpt:As many of you know, I have quite an entrepreneurial spirit and want to now ...
By N.P. Thompson[Whatever Works is now playing nationwide.]There’s a brief sequence somewhere along the middle of Woody Allen’s Whatever Works that is just about the most perfect scene imaginable in a film comedy. In it, a professor of philosophy at Columbia (played by the Irish actor Conleth Hill, flawlessly impersonating ...
Just noticing this... And as suggested by bmcintire... Maybe it's Chicago.
