There's a Little Muriel in All of Us: Nov 12-18, 2011

The ever-prolific Simon Abrams wrote up a bunch of John Sayles movies, Poetry, two by Francesco Rosi, 3D Sex and Zen, a mess of late-summer releases, Suddenly, Life During Wartime, Attack the Block, The Muppets Take Manhattan, and a roundup of the week’s new DVDs. He also podcasted the history of Captain America on film with fellow Muriels voter Steve Carlson, just for the hell of it. Would you like to know more?

Danny Baldwin reviewed Into the Abyss and Bellflower.

Sean Burns sort of enjoyed The Descendants and sort of wanted to rip his face off during Jack and Jill.

Jim Emerson examined Pauline Kael and the intersection between cinematic technique and criticism.

Kenji Fujishima offered up a Vertigo homage from his own life and consumed.

Glenn Heath closed out his coverage of AFI Fest and took a look back at Man of the West and What Happened Was…

Craig Kennedy reviewed The Descendants, interviewed Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, shared the Oscar doc shortlist, forecasted this weekend, posted some clips from the new Woody Allen documentary, and a whole lot more.

Michael Lieberman continued to report from the Occupy Wall Street front lines.

Uncle Crizzle interviewed experimental filmmaker Tom Whiteside and posted a bunch of other must-see stuff on his Tumblr.

Matt Lotti posted a slew of new reviews, complete with a new starlet photo to grace his front page. Find out who here!

Lucas McNelly submitted dispatches on the first two days of This Is Ours.

Phil Nugent contributed like a champ at the AV Club.

Scott Von Doviak recapped The Amazing Race.

Bryan Whitefield posted some thoughts on Moneyball and the art of the obsolete.

Alison Willmore reviewed Breaking Dawn, Another Happy Day, Tomboy, Rid of Me, and In Heaven, Underground.

Finally, here’s a fascinating video Bryan Whitefield shared called The Influencers:

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Additionally, Jim Emerson shared a cool new video for Bad Lip Reading’s “Russian Unicorn”, a write-up of which he did here (http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2011/11/we_could_shoot_a_russian_unico.html):



And courtesy of Craig Kennedy, a highlight reel of the career of Saul Bass by Art of the Title editor Ian Albinson:

The Title Design of Saul Bass from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.

Oh, what the hell… Chris Devlin posted a trailer for From the Back of the Room, a doc about women in punk that could potentially be pretty awesome. Check it out: