The Blog Archive

December 29, 2006

Del Toro: "Thank God I'm Not in Charge of the Parenting Board"

The Pan's Labyrinth director makes a case for taking the kids to his brilliant, bloody fable

Factory Girl Opens in Exile; Hickenlooper Haunts the Rumor Mill

Angry director offers bounty for head of shadowy online detractor

Screening Gotham: Understanding Armond

Also: The Talbots speak! Invincible explained!

December 28, 2006

New Times Update: LA Weekly Poll Arrives; Chain Chops High-Paid DVD Columnist

Syndicated DVD reviews save America's biggest weekly chain mid- to low-four figures annually

O'Hehir: Out With the Old, In With the Old-ish

News flash: Mini-majors had a good year, indies still impossible to define

Screening Gotham: Woody Allen, Now in Convenient Blog Form

Also: Another Look at Kubrick, untruth in advertising for NYC indie

December 27, 2006

"And Here I Was Being Offered This Funny Old Lady..."

Scandal screenwriter Patrick Marber checks his Notes with The Reeler

Screening Gotham: Like Sugar and Spike: Lee to Helm Brown Biopic

Also: New Yorkers working through holiday, George Hickenlooper drinking through post-post-production

December 22, 2006

Handle With Care: Can Filmmakers Deal With the Truth?

When it comes to film reporting and criticism, honesty evidently isn't always the best policy

Screening Gotham: Finicky Christians Whack New Line Over Nativity

Also: Zacharek lights up Iwo Jima, Carr not getting much sleep