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Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Written by: Dave Eggers & Spike Jonze, based on the book by Maurice SendakDirected by: Spike JonzeStarring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Paul Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker My Advice: Don't miss it. Max (Records) is a young, imaginative energetic boy. He has a sister (Pepita Emmerichs) and a mother (Keener). His father is not present. [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Guidelines: random notes from pop culture There are copious strings to 50 Cent 's platinum bow. As well as being a rapper , self-help guru and inspiration to many , he's an actor and videogame voiceover artiste . Recently added to that list is "short film auteur". Before I Self Destruct is a semi-autobiographical tale of murder and revenge – with added lesbian sex scenes –...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paste lists the best debut novels of the decade. Paste interviews David Rawlings about his debut solo album, A Friend of a Friend. Paste: You cover some songs on this record—including a medley of “Method Acting” by Bright Eyes and...
Hypetrak (Free subscription) | yesterday
Opening Ceremony and the Where The Wild Things Are franchise have teamed up to release a special copy of the novel by Dave Eggers. Decked out in a fur motif, the book features an opening unveiling the eyes of the book’s main character, Max. The Dave Eggers novel is adapted from the original Maurice Sendak [...]
WHOLPHIN DVD (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Join us for Wholphin’s return to the Cinefamily on Tuesday, December 8th at 8PM to celebrate the release of our latest two DVDs: Wholphin No. 9 & 10. The screening will include Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s fiery adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story, “Sparks” (starring Carla Gugino and Eric Stoltz); a Maurice Sendak childhood memory re-enacted by Spike [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From Goldfrapp to Badly Drawn Boy, from Karen O to Nick Cave, more and more big names are lining up to write music for films. What makes the process so appealing? 'When you're writing a song, it's like you're the director, scriptwriter, cinematographer, everything. You're trying to create this little world, and although that's liberating, it's also a real head scratch. When you're just coming up with...
Phawker (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiJ2E0xGOv8 BOING BOING: Boing Boing Video proudly debuts a new piece from the “great god almighty could it get any more awesome?” N.A.S.A. music project, this one from two personal music heroes: Tom Waits, and Kool Keith. The track is called Spacious Thoughts, and you can pick it up on the project’s debut album, Spirit of [...]
El diario nocturno (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NASA , short for "North America South America," is a music collaboration project assembled by Squeak E. Clean (aka Sam Spiegel, brother of film director Spike Jonze ) and DJ Zegon ( Ze Gonzales , professional skateboarder). The music video embedded above was created by Montreal-based Fluorescent Hill More about the video : http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/18/nasa-feat-tom-waits.html
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Alexa from Pop Elegantiarum here. While it's been in theaters for over a month, the influence of Spike Jonze’s interpretation of Where the Wild Things are is still being felt pretty strongly. I've been enjoying following We Love You So , a collection of the art and style influences on the filmmakers. (Maurice Sendak was only the beginning.) From the influences to the influenced, here are some...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Can we continue this trend towards physical effects, please? Spike Jonze demonstrated rather well what can still be done with (dominantly) physical effects in his Where The Wild Things Are and now following along behind in a somewhat similar vein is Dutch / Belgian co-production Eep! from director Ellen Smit. It is the story of a couple who discover a young creature who appears to be a little girl...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In the post just below this one, I write quite skeptically about a planned upcoming movie that commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch is said to be “circling.” I admit aside from my other strong misgivings about the project, I was initially unimpressed that yet another big movie was being helmed by a commercial director. Yes, [...]
/Film (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Justin Theroux has been hired to pen a draft of the astronaut romantic comedy Space Invader. Theroux is an actor turned screenwriter whose writing credits include Tropic Thunder and the upcoming Iron Man 2. Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger sold the project to 20th Century Fox and penned the original draft. The concept is actually kind of funny, and has nothing to do with the famous retro video game (alien...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Justin Theroux has been hired to pen a draft of the astronaut romantic comedy Space Invader. Theroux is an actor turned screenwriter whose writing credits include Tropic Thunder and the upcoming Iron Man 2. Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger sold the project to 20th Century Fox and penned the original draft. The concept is actually kind of funny, and has nothing to do with the famous retro video game (alien...
FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Author Maurice Sendak and director Spike Jonze discuss the upcoming adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are
Movie Talk (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
What do you get when you cross a 1963 children’s picture book about a boisterous boy who encounters monsters with Spike Jonze, the visionary director of Being John Malkovich? You get Where the Wild Things Are. Here’s the trailer… To activate the sound in the trailer: hold your cursor over the screen to reveal the control [...]
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prmac | 10/27/2009
The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group will be Wednesday, October 28, 2009 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood California. This meet will feature film editors Eric Zumbrunnen and Erik Jessen who will discuss and show off the Final Cut Pro workflow they developed for the just released and much anticipated film from Spike Jonze, Where the Wild things Are.
edwinpq | 10/20/2009
Young, mischievous Max is sent to bed without his supper, but when his bedroom turns in to a magical jungle landscape filled with strange creatures, he embarks on a wild imaginary adventure.
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