Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
As you might have noticed from Scott's post yesterday, we really like Joshua Safdie's The Pleasure of Being Robbed. So we have no shame in letting you know again. Head over to our Filmmaker Videos section where Evan Louison and David Woolner of Coin-Op Pictures have sent us a promo they co-directed for the film. It opens today at the IFC Center in New York. But in all honesty, Robbed was one of
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
"Essentially a mumblecore version of Pickpocket - sans the moral and existential high stakes, and with dollops of Miranda July-style fancy thrown in - Joshua Safdie's The Pleasure of Being Robbed operates under the curious assumption that we should...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Cinematical has just received this cute and quirky exclusive trailer for The Pleasure of Being Robbed (watch it below), which marks the feature directorial debut of Joshua Safdie, and is a comedy that revolves around a kleptomaniac who touches the lives of everyone she steals from. Eleonore Hendricks stars as the attractive, fearless and stealthy thief, and also co-wrote along with Safdie. Pleasure...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Film Reviews: Few ticketbuyers will take joy in "The Pleasure of Being Robbed," Joshua Safdie's pranksterish New York indie portrait of a deeply unsympathetic young distaff hustler.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
In today's Morning Call Time podcast, Oni Press resurrects Marc Guggenheim at Universal , Joshua Safdie discovers the pleasure of being robbed at Cannes , and Sony asks Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein to help Mitch Hurwitz sit down and shut up. Click here to subscribe to mediabistro.com 's Morning Call Time ... or check us out on iTunes ! For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Brie O'Reilly...
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Cannes' 40th Director's Fortnight was announced today in Paris with good showings from Latin America, Spain and particularly France with 12 of the 22 films either French or co-productions. The lone U.S. film is Joshua Safdie's The Pleasure of Being Robbed, a warm, beautifully lensed, simple story of a curious girl wondering around New York City in search of connections with strangers. The film
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
“Smart, absurd and heartwarmingly innocent, Joshua Safdie’s The Back of Her Head is a dessert short, that euphoriant treat that could in endless play still mesmerize with its sweetness and richness of story,” writes Noralil Ryan Fores at ShortEnd Magazine. The above clip “is in a way, a trailer for the film,” according to its [...]
