San Francisco Sentinel (Free subscription) | 12/14/2008
Maria Metropolis, 1927 In Fritz Lang’s classic silent film, the robot Maria incites a full-scale rebellion in a futuristic dystopian world. Gort The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951 A humanoid alien sent to Earth to warn earthlings about the perils of violence and nuclear weaponry, Gort is the guardian of a flying saucer and its pilot. His message, as [...]
Shooting Down Pictures (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
M83, “Graveyard Girl.” Directed by Mathew Frost In the concept-and-spectacle-driven world of music video, once in a while you have to stand up for old-fashioned narrative, especially when it’s done right. The most accomplished demonstration of linear storytelling in a music video came courtesy of French shoegaze band M83 and director Mathew Frost. in his unparalleled appraisal [...]
Showbiz News & Celebrity Gossip (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Clint Eastwood gets the top spot today. Primarily he is getting it because the other possible candidates today have already been in the top spot and I can’t remember if Clint ever has. Plus, he is like 100 and still looks great. Adele - London Aretha Franklin - New York City So, I was on a flight last [...]
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The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
“My favorite farm animal is a pig because they are such intelligent and emotional animals,” said ’80s legend and 1998 lesbian crush object ( High Art ) Ally Sheedy the other day via email, apropos of the Farm Sanctuary “Winter Wonderland for the Animals” event she’s attending tonight at the Art Directors Club with other famous lettuce chompers , like fellow neon-decade heartthrob Corey Feldman , Legally...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Man's Best Friend Mans Best Friend UNITED STATES (dir. John Lafia, 1993 Question: How has Lance Henriksen been in so many shitty movies? More of a question is how many movies out of 146 (according...
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
It was around this time two years ago that Adrienne Shelly got the call from Sundance: her film Waitress was accepted for a Park City premiere in January. Only a few days later she was senselessly killed in her West Village apartment. Shelly was a true luminary of the independent film community whose life and work represent something we should all celebrate. The foundation created in her name
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
A confession: I know only too personally the joy of early onset male pattern baldness. In my case, it crept up just slowly enough for Minoxidil to preserve a few token sprouts. Still, my “early onset” was late twenties, how much more traumatic would it have been if I’d been in my early teens? That’s [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Film News: Gala will feature 'The O Letters' -- The Adrienne Shelly Foundation fund-raiser gala will feature a reading of the late “Waitress” helmer’s script “The O Letters,” a satire about a series of five letters read at a women’s conference in the year 4046.
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The success of the indie film Waitress was somewhat bittersweet after its writer and director, Adrienne Shelley , had been found murdered in her New York apartment only a few weeks before the film was to show at Sundance. Shelley was a talented and prolific writer, and some of her closest and most well-known friends are gathering to read one of her works in her honor on Nov. 17. Hines, Russell and...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
(All times listed are ET/PT.) Wednesday, November 12 Encore Spotlight: The Brat Pack The Brat Pack is showcased with a marathon of films stacked on Encore beginning at noon. -- 12 p.m. Mannequin (Andrew McCarthy) -- 1:30 p.m. Class (Rob Lowe) -- 3:10 p.m. Man's Best Friend (Ally Sheedy) -- 4:40 p.m. Airheads (Judd Nelson) -- 6:15 p.m. D3: The Mighty Ducks (Emilio Estevez) -- 8 p.m. Sixteen...
Surrender, Dorothy (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
So yesterday I was over visiting Backpacking Dad's site, and I saw this challenge: Between NOW and 11:59pm on Thursday simply write a blog post describing in great, painful, humorous, depressing, sexy, angry, or emo detail which character from either...
Metroblogging Seattle (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
This Friday marks the opening night of the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The festival is in its lucky thirteenth year this year and offers all kinds of excitement to film fans, from the opening night gala at Sodo Park to all the films up on the screens. Film series during the festival include [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
THE women who wrote all the "Sex and the City" episodes for HBO are back at it - but this time, they're focusing on dogs. Amy Harris created a Web series called "Puppy Love" and got Cindy Chupack, Liz Tuccillo, Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky to...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
There's an advert that's all over commercial radio right now. "Hyuk hyuk, I'm Seasick Steve," it begins, "I've got a new record out, and I sure would appreciate it if you'd buy it ..." Someone in the Seasick Steve camp deserves a Best Marketing award.
