The Blog Archive

August 15, 2007

The King is Dead, Long Live the Kooks

"Frat Night" at the NewFilmmakers Summer Series kicks off with Elvis doc

By Chris Willard

Reeler Pinch Hitter: Maria Pusateri, Filmmaker

"Viewers who are already familiar with the 9/11 health crisis news are compelled by Vito's character and touched by his story."

Dedication to Spare

NYC Premiere: Theroux on not being Lynch; Moore on not being Theroux

August 14, 2007

Today in Stunt Casting: The Notorious B.I.G. Movie

Fox invites amateur videos in casting push for hip-hop biopic

Another Trip to Birch Street

Looking back as Block's shattering family documentary arrives on DVD

August 13, 2007

Reeler Pinch Hitter: John Lichman, Journalist

"We weren't discussing films anymore. I waited 40 minutes for Die Hard's or even Bruce Willis' connection to this Bible story, but it didn't come."

Look Back in Haneke

MoMA announces complete retrospective of Austrian filmmaker set for October

August 10, 2007

Reeler Pinch Hitter: Bennett Marcus, Journalist

"The part of it that makes me uncomfortable is when they stalk people. And that's what it is; it's stalking."

Reeler Pinch Hitter: Lewis Beale, Journalist

"It's not that there isn't a cinema culture out there anymore. It's just that what there is has been crushed in spirit and driven to the cultural edges."

The News: All-Positive Friday!

Inside: Clint and Harvey to duel over violin cues; Shelly Foundation and Pen & Brush focus on women filmmakers