Hey folks. As long as we're recommending potential Muriel-ballot ringers, allow me to throw out A Separation. It opens December 30th (just under the eligibility wire), and if you miss it, your ballot will be short the most beautifully constructed screenplay of the year. I'm just sayin'.
Anyhoo... what's in my inbox? *checks inbox* Good God, people!
- Simon Abrams liked himself some Park Chan-wook... and that's okay!
- Ali Arikan said, "Yes, Anatolia."
- Andrew Bemis met a couple of scary cats in Kevin Spacey and Robert Blake.
- Scott Black repped the horror genre hard with Dellamorte Dellamore, The Shout and Just Before Dawn. (In non-horror news, he also saw the latest film by some Jewish dude.)
- Chuck Bowen went hunting for different species of movie monsters and ended up bagging a Homo deadicus afrikaanus (AKA the lesser South African zombie) and a Homo slashus hockeymaskicus (AKA the immortal masked summer-camp slasher).
- Chris Devlin chugged along on the October Horror Challenge with the Nightmare on Elm Street remake and the original Prom Night. (Good idea skipping the worthless remake, bud.) Then he played a song inspired by They Live.
- Jim Emerson got frank about gettin' nekkid and tossed out an animated addendum to his recent breakdown of action scenes from Salt.
-James Frazier talked about why he liked Drive then talked about people who don't.
- Kenji Fujishima got his NYFF on.
- Glenn Heath was all about the youths: youths as poets, youths as dogs and youths as potential "zombie" chow.
- Craig Kennedy trailered the new Polanski and chose Peckinpah over Clooney this weekend. Plus, he handed out some words of wisdom.
- Michael Lieberman thought that if you don't know Dorsky, you don't know nuttin'.
- Lucas McNelly got rained on.
- Phil Nugent mused about Steve Jobs and capitalism as well as a couple alarmed bits of culture. Also, holy crap AV Club avalanche!.
- Philip Tatler rode away with The Phantom Carriage.
- Scott Von Doviak found The Walking Dead still has a strong pulse.
- Hey, what happened to those crazy kids from Once? Ask Alison Willmore.
Today's video: Jacques Tourneur has been knocking my shit out recently. Here's one real good reason why.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Where U At - 5-7 October, 2011
Hey folks, Paul here again. Glad to see Phil got the ball rolling with his last post by campaigning for THE ARBOR, which I can attest is quite worthy of his love. On a similar note, I recently caught up with the awesome COLD WEATHER, which has been described by some as a mumblecore detective mystery, which would be fairly accurate except that the term “mumblecore” seems so reductive anymore. Instead, I’ll call it a mystery in miniature, in the best way. For more details, I’ll direct you to my review of the film over at my blog.
In other Muriel-related happenings…
Simon Abrams took his chances with A Dangerous Method, and looked into the old-school virtues of Ealing comedies.
Danny Baldwin spent some time with Dirty Girl.
Andrew Bemis scared up some pre-Halloween love for Count Orlok, Rev. Harry Powell, and Near Dark’s Severin.
Scott Black got into the Halloween movie spirit as well, with reviews of Insidious, Cry Baby Lane, and more!
Sean Burns reviewed The Ides of March, the long-delayed Margaret, and Rocky With Robots. At least you dodged a bullet on Human Centipede 2, bud.
Chris Devlin continued his month of horror with genre favorites both old and new.
Jim Emerson’s cinematic adventures in Vancouver continued with The Mill and the Cross.
Kenji Fujishima double-featured Sleeping Sickness and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, enrolled with The Student, vacationed in Le Havre, and found Two Years at Sea to be time well spent.
Glenn Heath reviewed The Ides of March and Real Steel for his gig at sandiego.com.
Craig Kennedy plugged the Afghanistan War doc Where Soldiers Come From, eulogized Steve Jobs and Charles “The Chin” Napier, and dropped a quartet of new trailers just for you. Jesus Craig, slow down already! You’ll make the rest of us look bad.
Adam Lemke updated his Horror Challenge tally. Also, James Glickenhaus? Haven’t heard that name in forever.
Uncle Crizzle pondered whether he might be getting critical burnout- I feel your pain, man- and reviewed Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and (you guessed it!) Real Steel and Ides of March.
Lucas McNelly shut down production on his latest filmmaking project. For now, anyway.
Phil Nugent examined the performance-art aspect of modern politics and gazed into the “Heart of Dickness”.
Bryan Whitefield offered up his own tribute to Steve Jobs.
Well-traveled Alison Willmore paid a visit to The Women on the 6th Floor, time-warped back to 1911, and went to Hell and Back Again.
Finally, Crizzle posted a pretty sweet video of a pre-NCIS LL Cool J performing and inviting some ladies up to the stage. Bad idea, James- don’t forget what the LL stands for. Anyway, it’s good for a laugh:
In other Muriel-related happenings…
Simon Abrams took his chances with A Dangerous Method, and looked into the old-school virtues of Ealing comedies.
Danny Baldwin spent some time with Dirty Girl.
Andrew Bemis scared up some pre-Halloween love for Count Orlok, Rev. Harry Powell, and Near Dark’s Severin.
Scott Black got into the Halloween movie spirit as well, with reviews of Insidious, Cry Baby Lane, and more!
Sean Burns reviewed The Ides of March, the long-delayed Margaret, and Rocky With Robots. At least you dodged a bullet on Human Centipede 2, bud.
Chris Devlin continued his month of horror with genre favorites both old and new.
Jim Emerson’s cinematic adventures in Vancouver continued with The Mill and the Cross.
Kenji Fujishima double-featured Sleeping Sickness and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, enrolled with The Student, vacationed in Le Havre, and found Two Years at Sea to be time well spent.
Glenn Heath reviewed The Ides of March and Real Steel for his gig at sandiego.com.
Craig Kennedy plugged the Afghanistan War doc Where Soldiers Come From, eulogized Steve Jobs and Charles “The Chin” Napier, and dropped a quartet of new trailers just for you. Jesus Craig, slow down already! You’ll make the rest of us look bad.
Adam Lemke updated his Horror Challenge tally. Also, James Glickenhaus? Haven’t heard that name in forever.
Uncle Crizzle pondered whether he might be getting critical burnout- I feel your pain, man- and reviewed Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and (you guessed it!) Real Steel and Ides of March.
Lucas McNelly shut down production on his latest filmmaking project. For now, anyway.
Phil Nugent examined the performance-art aspect of modern politics and gazed into the “Heart of Dickness”.
Bryan Whitefield offered up his own tribute to Steve Jobs.
Well-traveled Alison Willmore paid a visit to The Women on the 6th Floor, time-warped back to 1911, and went to Hell and Back Again.
Finally, Crizzle posted a pretty sweet video of a pre-NCIS LL Cool J performing and inviting some ladies up to the stage. Bad idea, James- don’t forget what the LL stands for. Anyway, it’s good for a laugh:
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Stuff We Done Did - October 4, 2011
Hey now! It's update time once again. Before you scroll down to make sure that I hyperlinked to your piece, I'd like to put in a HEAVY Muriel plug for THE ARBOR, Clio Barnard's meditation on the brief life and career of playwright Andrea Dunbar and the effect it had on her family, specifically her two daughters, Lorraine and Lisa. Barnard transcends the (already fascinating) subject matter, creating a sui generis documentary that is quite a cinematic/formal feat.
If I were voting today, it'd be number two on my top ten of the year and top the editing, directing, and ensemble categories. How, you may ask, could a documentary earn a spot in the ensemble acting race? To which I answer: watch the film, dummy. It's streaming on Netflix and I have a screener if you want to PM me. The trailer is pasted at the bottom of this post.
And now, here's yer run-down:
If I were voting today, it'd be number two on my top ten of the year and top the editing, directing, and ensemble categories. How, you may ask, could a documentary earn a spot in the ensemble acting race? To which I answer: watch the film, dummy. It's streaming on Netflix and I have a screener if you want to PM me. The trailer is pasted at the bottom of this post.
And now, here's yer run-down:
- SIMON ABRAMS looks at some horrible Spielberg rip-offs
- DANNY BALDWIN is a hoarder
- ANDREW BEMIS begins a spooktacular/ghoultastic/ghostational/etc. list of the scariest monsters in cinema, beginning with Peter Lorre, that chick from the killer VHS movie, and the midget in DON'T LOOK NOW
- SCOTT BLACK yammered about RAMMBOCK, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, 30 DAYS TO DIE, and GRAVE ENCOUNTERS and made a Muriel cram list that I think we can all benefit from. He only gave ISLAND OF LOST SOULS a "B" which makes me angry at first but, ultimately, just sad for him.
- CHRIS DEVLIN begins a month of horror with I BURY THE LIVING
- JIM EMERSON has started his coverage of the Vancouver International Film Fest. with a review of Markus Schleinzer's MICHAEL.
- JAMES FRAZIER Excels at film watching!
- KENJI FUJISHIMA TIFFs and NYFFs whilst listening to Bowie's Low.
- DANIEL COOK JOHNSON says 50/50 "pulls it off with humorously heartfelt aplomb"
- CRAIG KENNEDY posts trailers for ANOTHER HAPPY DAY, THE LADY, and WAR HORSE. He reviews MARGARET, TAKE SHELTER, and WEEKEND. And then there's some Quentin Tarantion/Coen Brother art exhibit thing that's happening.
- ADAM LEMKE soldiers on through his own horror-ific month.
- MICHAEL LIEBERMAN's friends occupied Wall Street. And were arrested by The Man.
- PHIL NUGENT gets all political an' shit while making a hilarious Miami Vice reference.
- UNCLE CRIZZLE continues to astound. Corsets?! Blaze Magazine?! Professional doormen?! Donnie Hathaway?! Crizz covers it all in true Renaissance Man style.
- PHILIP TATLER IV saw a lady at Starbucks today that resembled Roman Polanski in THE TENANT. Seriously. It was deeply unsettling. I'm barely tethered to reality as it is these days.
- BRYAN WHITEFIELD eulogizes Nobel Prize winner Ralph Steinman and shares some great photos.
That's it then. Here's the aforementioned ARBOR trailer:
Friday, September 30, 2011
What we've done: 28-30 September 2011
Anybody got a pithy leadoff sentence for this post? Because I’m finding myself regrettably short on pith at present. But since I’m a good sport, I’ll alphabetize the posts by the voters’ first names. Wheeeee!
Alison Wilmore got a glimpse of the movie it’s taken half a dozen years to release, and reviewed a couple of indies for the AV Club for good measure.
Andrew Bemis recapped his summer vacation for us.
Chuck Bowen chilled with Hesher.
Craig Kennedy forecasted the upcoming weekend's cinematic offerings.
Craig Lindsey reviewed 50/50, finding it odd that Seth Rogen just keeps making movies in which his friends get cancer.
Danny Baldwin got doubly happy and spent an afternoon with Marguerite.
Dennis Cozzalio took a gander at Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.
Glenn Heath went to bat for Moneyball.
In dreams, Jim Emerson walks with Chinatown / In dreeeeeams, Jim Emerson taaaaalks… to Chinatown…
Kenji Fujishima went under the NYFF with Dreileben and The Loneliest Planet.
Lucas McNelly offered some advice for future Kickstarter campaigns and posed the question, “whatdoes is The Stagg Do”?
Phil Nugent found precious little Hope and met The Man Behind the Mosque.
Sean Burns also ventured into the backwoods with Tucker and Dale and gave good odds to 50/50. He also interviewed Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for the latter. Although wouldn't it be fun if more movie stars would be interviewed for movies with which they had nothing to do?
Simon Abrams wallowed in Carnage.
Steve Carlson shared his preliminary list for Adam Lemke’s horror challenge. And if you want to play along at home, there’s still time!
Finally… is it possible for a trailer to win an Oscar? Because that is how frickin’ bad the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close trailer wants to push the Academy’s buttons. Let’s see… it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock and it’s directed by Stephen Daldry (who’s never not been nominated for a movie he directed- chew on that a while) and it’s about a child reconnecting with his dad AND it’s set in the aftermath of 9/11. And even with all those Academy ringers they still feel the need to slather the trailer in magical U2 lotion, just in case anyone wasn’t already sure of their intentions. What are the odds that Daldry and Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth threw a Holocaust survivor into the story for good measure? Anyway, see this but preferably not if you’ve just now eaten:
Alison Wilmore got a glimpse of the movie it’s taken half a dozen years to release, and reviewed a couple of indies for the AV Club for good measure.
Andrew Bemis recapped his summer vacation for us.
Chuck Bowen chilled with Hesher.
Craig Kennedy forecasted the upcoming weekend's cinematic offerings.
Craig Lindsey reviewed 50/50, finding it odd that Seth Rogen just keeps making movies in which his friends get cancer.
Danny Baldwin got doubly happy and spent an afternoon with Marguerite.
Dennis Cozzalio took a gander at Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.
Glenn Heath went to bat for Moneyball.
In dreams, Jim Emerson walks with Chinatown / In dreeeeeams, Jim Emerson taaaaalks… to Chinatown…
Kenji Fujishima went under the NYFF with Dreileben and The Loneliest Planet.
Lucas McNelly offered some advice for future Kickstarter campaigns and posed the question, “what
Phil Nugent found precious little Hope and met The Man Behind the Mosque.
Sean Burns also ventured into the backwoods with Tucker and Dale and gave good odds to 50/50. He also interviewed Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for the latter. Although wouldn't it be fun if more movie stars would be interviewed for movies with which they had nothing to do?
Simon Abrams wallowed in Carnage.
Steve Carlson shared his preliminary list for Adam Lemke’s horror challenge. And if you want to play along at home, there’s still time!
Finally… is it possible for a trailer to win an Oscar? Because that is how frickin’ bad the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close trailer wants to push the Academy’s buttons. Let’s see… it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock and it’s directed by Stephen Daldry (who’s never not been nominated for a movie he directed- chew on that a while) and it’s about a child reconnecting with his dad AND it’s set in the aftermath of 9/11. And even with all those Academy ringers they still feel the need to slather the trailer in magical U2 lotion, just in case anyone wasn’t already sure of their intentions. What are the odds that Daldry and Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth threw a Holocaust survivor into the story for good measure? Anyway, see this but preferably not if you’ve just now eaten:
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
What we've done: September 24th-27th, 2011
UPDATE: Ali Arikan pointed out that I skipped the latest terrific entry in the terrific column he's doing for Press Play. It's about Withnail and I and the legacy of the Baby Boomers, and it's a really killer read. If you haven't already, do yourself a favor.
Y'all been busy lately. Must be getting to the good-movie season then. Let's do this.
- Simon Abrams. Incendies. Roman Polanski. TIFF. Roman Polanski... again. Dude's a machine. A MACHINE.
- Jason Alley assured us that he's okay.
- Scott Black turned an eye towards everyone's favorite annual cram session.
- Chuck Bowen found Finding Joe... and told it to fuck right off. He did think, though, that Zanskar is worth the journey.
- Steve Carlson saw Abduction. And now he's going to kill all of your friends on Facebook.
- Drive has gotten into Chris Devlin's brain. HIS BRAIN, I TELL YOU!!!! (He also alerted me to yet another band I need to hear more from. He's very, very good at that.)
- Jim Emerson took issue with Christopher Nolan's notions of realism but not with Alec Baldwin's comedic chops.
- Kenji Fujishima let us know what he's been up to lately. He also got his Abbas on.
- "Do you ever stand in the mirror so long that you become disgusted with yourself?", Glenn Heath wonders. He also says nice things about a film I've had two chances to see and never have because both times the VHS copy I'd procured was defective and another film that I hope I don't have similar troubles with.
- Craig Kennedy dropped into a busy projection room and joined the knights of a roundtable about a search for a holy grail. (Or something like that.) Also: Trailer! Poster! Poster! Weekend! Moneyball! Really fucking awesome poster! (Seriously, I want that last one. On my wall. In my car. As a hat. Whatever - I just want it.)
- Adam Lemke prepped for the annual Halloween Horror Challenge. For which I am sooooo game.
- Matthew Lotti's latest batch of reviews is pretty damn eclectic. (Dude, Mondo Cane 2? Why?)
- Sam C. Mac just got back from Toronto, and boy, are his eyes tired!
- Lucas McNelly is finished with the powerful portly youth he'd been hanging around.
- Coming attraction from Marya Murphy! Whee!
- Matt Noller... is... uh... where'd ya go, bud?
- Phil Nugent, it turns out, is not fond of Rick Perry.
- Scott Von Doviak is watching The Amazing Race. Are you?
Well... if not, here's something you can watch. Because Halloween is coming, and you might need a suggestion.
Y'all been busy lately. Must be getting to the good-movie season then. Let's do this.
- Simon Abrams. Incendies. Roman Polanski. TIFF. Roman Polanski... again. Dude's a machine. A MACHINE.
- Jason Alley assured us that he's okay.
- Scott Black turned an eye towards everyone's favorite annual cram session.
- Chuck Bowen found Finding Joe... and told it to fuck right off. He did think, though, that Zanskar is worth the journey.
- Steve Carlson saw Abduction. And now he's going to kill all of your friends on Facebook.
- Drive has gotten into Chris Devlin's brain. HIS BRAIN, I TELL YOU!!!! (He also alerted me to yet another band I need to hear more from. He's very, very good at that.)
- Jim Emerson took issue with Christopher Nolan's notions of realism but not with Alec Baldwin's comedic chops.
- Kenji Fujishima let us know what he's been up to lately. He also got his Abbas on.
- "Do you ever stand in the mirror so long that you become disgusted with yourself?", Glenn Heath wonders. He also says nice things about a film I've had two chances to see and never have because both times the VHS copy I'd procured was defective and another film that I hope I don't have similar troubles with.
- Craig Kennedy dropped into a busy projection room and joined the knights of a roundtable about a search for a holy grail. (Or something like that.) Also: Trailer! Poster! Poster! Weekend! Moneyball! Really fucking awesome poster! (Seriously, I want that last one. On my wall. In my car. As a hat. Whatever - I just want it.)
- Adam Lemke prepped for the annual Halloween Horror Challenge. For which I am sooooo game.
- Matthew Lotti's latest batch of reviews is pretty damn eclectic. (Dude, Mondo Cane 2? Why?)
- Sam C. Mac just got back from Toronto, and boy, are his eyes tired!
- Lucas McNelly is finished with the powerful portly youth he'd been hanging around.
- Coming attraction from Marya Murphy! Whee!
- Matt Noller... is... uh... where'd ya go, bud?
- Phil Nugent, it turns out, is not fond of Rick Perry.
- Scott Von Doviak is watching The Amazing Race. Are you?
Well... if not, here's something you can watch. Because Halloween is coming, and you might need a suggestion.
Friday, September 23, 2011
What the tiff is up: 19-23 September 2011
Because we’re all about variety, we’re going in reverse alphabetical order today! Hold on tight, this could get exciting!
By the way, this week’s post is sponsored by the new FilmDistrict release, Drive. I swear, if the title wasn’t so damn short I’d get really tired of typing it over and over.
Alison Willmore considered the portrayal of Christians in independent cinema and reviewed Weekend and The Man Nobody Knew Probably Because His Movie’s Title Was So Stinkin’ Long over at the Muriel-winning AV Club.
Bryan Whitefield shared his thoughts on the inevitable end of St. Mark’s Bookshop.
Philip Tatler dug into Le Quattro Volte.
Phil Nugent reviewed new episodes of CSI, Raising Hope, The Mentalist, and A Gifted Man. I guess someone had to, right?
Lucas McNelly speculated on the future of film production and blah blah Matthew Lillard.
Uncle Crizzle logged some thoughts on gay marriage and Clint Eastwood and Prince’s Black Album.
Craig Kennedy did a text-to-screen comparison of Drive, forecasted the weekend’s new releases, and dropped a whole mess o' trailers.
James Frazier burned Hollywood for its ongoing treatment of Mississippi .
Jim Emerson posted twice about Drive and still found time to transcribe his video essay on The Dark Knight and salute the pride of Winnipeg, Mr. Kim Morgan himself, Guy Maddin.
Chuck Bowen reviewed the Bridesmaids DVD.
Kent M. Beeson continued to count his golamine beads.
Danny Baldwin enjoyed Dolphin Tale and didn’t care for Drive. One in every crowd, I tell ya.
And Simon Abrams- because we had to get to him eventually, right?- penned pieces on the films of Jerzy Skolimowski, a twofer of 10 and La Dolce Vita, The Wave, and much, much more.
Finally, a propos of nothing- when I was younger (never mind how much younger) one of my career aspiration was to be the guy who wrote one-liners for Norm on Cheers. Obviously that never happened, but that’s OK. Here’s a pretty decent YouTube compilation of some of the better “Norm” entrance lines:
And because I feel like it, here’s your obscure fact of the week: the best man at Peter Boyle's wedding was John Lennon. Because of course.
By the way, this week’s post is sponsored by the new FilmDistrict release, Drive. I swear, if the title wasn’t so damn short I’d get really tired of typing it over and over.
Alison Willmore considered the portrayal of Christians in independent cinema and reviewed Weekend and The Man Nobody Knew Probably Because His Movie’s Title Was So Stinkin’ Long over at the Muriel-winning AV Club.
Bryan Whitefield shared his thoughts on the inevitable end of St. Mark’s Bookshop.
Philip Tatler dug into Le Quattro Volte.
Phil Nugent reviewed new episodes of CSI, Raising Hope, The Mentalist, and A Gifted Man. I guess someone had to, right?
Lucas McNelly speculated on the future of film production and blah blah Matthew Lillard.
Uncle Crizzle logged some thoughts on gay marriage and Clint Eastwood and Prince’s Black Album.
Craig Kennedy did a text-to-screen comparison of Drive, forecasted the weekend’s new releases, and dropped a whole mess o' trailers.
James Frazier burned Hollywood for its ongoing treatment of Mississippi .
Jim Emerson posted twice about Drive and still found time to transcribe his video essay on The Dark Knight and salute the pride of Winnipeg, Mr. Kim Morgan himself, Guy Maddin.
Chuck Bowen reviewed the Bridesmaids DVD.
Kent M. Beeson continued to count his golamine beads.
Danny Baldwin enjoyed Dolphin Tale and didn’t care for Drive. One in every crowd, I tell ya.
And Simon Abrams- because we had to get to him eventually, right?- penned pieces on the films of Jerzy Skolimowski, a twofer of 10 and La Dolce Vita, The Wave, and much, much more.
Finally, a propos of nothing- when I was younger (never mind how much younger) one of my career aspiration was to be the guy who wrote one-liners for Norm on Cheers. Obviously that never happened, but that’s OK. Here’s a pretty decent YouTube compilation of some of the better “Norm” entrance lines:
And because I feel like it, here’s your obscure fact of the week: the best man at Peter Boyle's wedding was John Lennon. Because of course.
Monday, September 19, 2011
What we've done: September 16th-18th, 2011
- Chuck Bowen did not fall for One Fall. No, not at all. (Boy, this film sounds fucking awful.)
- Sean Burns, to a degree, approves of Vera Farmiga trying to reach that Higher Ground.
- Chris Devlin posted a piece of music from Barn Owl, a band that I suddenly feel really compelled to explore further.
- Jim Emerson continued his examination of editing techniques in action movies by breaking down sequences from Bullit and Don Siegel's awesome The Lineup. I can't wait until he gets to Bad Boys II!
- Rolling back a bit: Daniel Getahun put his site on hiatus. And I missed it. Dammit. Come back whenever you're ready, bud.
- Glenn Heath got all revved up over Drive. Contagion, though, left him nonplussed.
- Craig Kennedy posted a trailer for "Le Help... without the appalling sociopolitics." (Come on, that's a good line.)
- Good God, don't we all wish that what Michael Lieberman is posting here still existed in filmed form. Don't we though.
- Craig Lindsey blurbed Bilal.
- Lucas McNelly pondered an unusual car and other things on the set of that Matthew Lillard film he's working on.
- Phil Nugent wins the Prolific Writer of the Update Award (aka the Abrams): he used If a Tree Falls as an impetus to discuss activisim and terrorism, dug into creative writing departments and their discontents, groused about two flawed films and a ridonkulous DVD commentary and correctly pointed out that it's a damn shame that most people can't name a single Dramarama song outside of "Anything, Anything."
- Scott Von Doviak got into Squidbillies, which by his own admission is a species of hillbilly outside his area of expertise.
- Alison Willmore gave positive reviews to Silent Souls and The Mill and the Cross. America went and threw money at a 15-year-old cartoon instead. Whatever, America.
Today's video: The great experimental filmmaker George Kuchar passed away recently. So, if you haven't seen it, here's his most famous piece of work:
- Sean Burns, to a degree, approves of Vera Farmiga trying to reach that Higher Ground.
- Chris Devlin posted a piece of music from Barn Owl, a band that I suddenly feel really compelled to explore further.
- Jim Emerson continued his examination of editing techniques in action movies by breaking down sequences from Bullit and Don Siegel's awesome The Lineup. I can't wait until he gets to Bad Boys II!
- Rolling back a bit: Daniel Getahun put his site on hiatus. And I missed it. Dammit. Come back whenever you're ready, bud.
- Glenn Heath got all revved up over Drive. Contagion, though, left him nonplussed.
- Craig Kennedy posted a trailer for "Le Help... without the appalling sociopolitics." (Come on, that's a good line.)
- Good God, don't we all wish that what Michael Lieberman is posting here still existed in filmed form. Don't we though.
- Craig Lindsey blurbed Bilal.
- Lucas McNelly pondered an unusual car and other things on the set of that Matthew Lillard film he's working on.
- Phil Nugent wins the Prolific Writer of the Update Award (aka the Abrams): he used If a Tree Falls as an impetus to discuss activisim and terrorism, dug into creative writing departments and their discontents, groused about two flawed films and a ridonkulous DVD commentary and correctly pointed out that it's a damn shame that most people can't name a single Dramarama song outside of "Anything, Anything."
- Scott Von Doviak got into Squidbillies, which by his own admission is a species of hillbilly outside his area of expertise.
- Alison Willmore gave positive reviews to Silent Souls and The Mill and the Cross. America went and threw money at a 15-year-old cartoon instead. Whatever, America.
Today's video: The great experimental filmmaker George Kuchar passed away recently. So, if you haven't seen it, here's his most famous piece of work:
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