Vulture (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Halloween's a memory, but Ti West’s The House of the Devil — which David Edelstein, writing on The Projectionist , recommends as an "ode to seventies gothic, female-oriented horror films in which less is more" — keeps chugging away at the Angelika . In August, Vulture debuted the movie's pitch-perfect first poster; recently, Magnolia Pictures released four more web-only...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Mark Harris pleads for someone, anyone , to save NBC . Emma Rosenblum chats with Zach Gifford , currently in the midst of his last season as Dillon High's quarterback on Friday Night Lights . David Edelstein reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox and Red Cliff . Logan Hill explores how Nicolas Coppola became Nic Cage , and he also talks to Tim Burton about his new exhibit at MoMA. Boris Kachka has a conversation...
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
• Dave Karger thinks "Precious" has a shot at landing at least five Oscar nods -- best picture, director, actress, supporting actress and screenplay. And he thinks, "Once people get past the strange concept of [Mariah] Carey as an Oscar contender, they won’t be able to deny the power of her few scenes as a social worker. If you ask me, she more than deserves to be in this...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves — or, sometimes, hurt themselves — in the Oscar race. Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who's up, who's down, and who's currently leading the race for a coveted nomination. Best Picture UP: Precious...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
With The New Yorker 's Anthony Lane and this magazine's David Edelstein already bucking critical status quo with mixed-negative assessments of Lee Daniels' Oscar-contending, Oprah-endorsed Precious , famed New York Press contrarian Armond White must've known he had his work cut out for him. His review went up this afternoon, though, and it does not disappoint! "Shame on Tyer Perry and Oprah Winfrey,"...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
After experiencing great success with each of his first two feature films, it appears as if director Jared Hess has hit a bit of a stumbling block with his third picture, Gentlemen Broncos . The movie was generally savaged by reviewers upon its limited release in New York and L.A. last weekend — although New York 's own David Edelstein did describe it as being "enchantingly freakish"...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In this week's magazine, Emily Nussbaum traces the history of the TV cougar , from Samantha Jones to Cougar Town . Tim Murphy spends 93 minutes with Lynn Redgrave . Andrew Marantz talks to the apocalypse experts Sony recruited to help sell 2012 . Justin Davidson tells us how New York is sneaking great new buildings into tiny, unexpected places . David Edelstein reviews Precious . Logan Hill interviews...
Sexy celebrity studio (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress and occasional singer. Winslet made her film debut starring in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). She achieved recognition in a supporting role in Ang Lee's adaption of Sense and Sensibility (1995) and her role as Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997). Winslet has appeared in films such as the Iris Murdoch biopic Iris (2001),...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I can't believe it. I saw the Broadway revival of Neil Simon 's Brighton Beach Memoirs a week ago tonight and now, a provisional closing notice has been posted for Sunday. Its companion, Broadway Bound , which I was so looking forward to seeing, has been canceled. I feel like crying. Why can't a play with so much humor and heart, with a terrific cast, find an audience? I mean, newcomer Noah Robbins...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
You've already read David Edelstein's recommendation for what films you should be watching after passing out Halloween candy tomorrow night, but in case you're thirsting for more, Martin Scorsese put together a list of what he considers to be the eleven scariest horror movies of all time. His No. 1? The Haunting (no, silly, not the crappy Jan de Bont remake from 1999). [ Daily Beast ] Read more posts...
Flavorpill San Francisco Events (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Oct 30 – Nov 5 Daily @ Roxie Theater ANDY BICHLBAUM IN PERSON OPENING WEEKEND! Protest Chevron with Andy on Sunday, November 1st, after the 5pm screening!! Rated : NR Runtime : 87 mins. The Yes Men are anti-corporate pranksters who create phony Web sites to get themselves invited to high-level corporate conferences and media events - where they give hilarious, Swiftian analyses that unmask global...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Over at the Projectionist, New York 's David Edelstein reviews Michael Jackson's new concert movie: "Good news: The assembly of rehearsal footage bearing the apt title This Is It does not play like the work of necrophiliac greedheads squeezing the last dollar out of a moonwalking skeleton. It’s vivid, illuminating, and sometimes — more often than you’d think possible —...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Last night, we took in a screening of Gentlemen Broncos , the new oddball comedy from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess, one that New York film critic David Edelstein described in this week's magazine as being "enchantingly freakish." At the end of the screening, the director and stars of the film took part in a more-entertaining-than-usual Q&A session, during which an audience member...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
In this week's magazine, Robert Kolker ponders David Letterman's crisis-management skills and what they tell us about him. Emma Rosenblum hops a cab with Edward Norton . Logan Hill raps with New York Comedy Festival headliner Ricky Gervais . Stephanie Zacharek and Scott Brown review Broadway's After Miss Julie and Memphis: The Musical . Boris Kachka profiles Quartett 's Isabelle Huppert . Dan Kois...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Sam Anderson tries to get to the bottom of Ayn Rand and Objectivism after reading Anne Heller's Ayn Rand and the World She Made . Emma Rosenblum interviews The View 's Sherri Shepard . Mary Kaye Schilling reports from the set of the upcoming Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg comedy, The Other Guys . David Edelstein tackles the legacy , —if there will be one,— of Neil Simon. Justin Davidson reviews...
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