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FilmCouch #86: Happy-Go-Lucky and Adam Resurrected, Telluride 2008

posted 6 days ago

We chat with some of the best filmmakers in Telluride (and the world): Mike Leigh and Paul Schrader!

 
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The Good, the Bad, and the Weird dir. Kim Ji-Woon, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Korean auteur Kim Ji-Woon talks about his new “kimchi western” The Good, the Bad, and the Weird.

Flame & Citron Review, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Noir, drama, bad-ass assassins: Danish WWII resistance film Flame & Citron delivers.

Slumdog Millionaire Review, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Danny Boyle’s new film Slumdog Millionaire is generating lots of buzz at Telluride. Am I the only one who thinks it’s a total mess?

Steve McQueen’s Hunger, Review and Interview, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Hunger is an unflinching look at the horrors of prisoner abuse.

Ken Burns: The Media Diet, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Among his many accomplishments, Ken Burns should be proud to have children with such excellent taste in television.

Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Review and Interview, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Indie pioneer Mike Leigh is back, this time with an up-beat tale about a 30 year-old girl.

Jeff Goldblum: The Media Diet, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Jeff Goldblum, star of Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected, shares what he’s been watching.

 
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Waltz with Bashir Review, Telluride 2008

posted 1 week ago

Waltz with Bashir is one part Waking Life, one part Schindler’s List, and two parts awesome.

FilmCouch #85: Death Race, Crispin Glover’s What is It?

posted 1 week ago

Some movies are violent, some are disturbing, and others are just plain wrong. Paul W. S. Anderson’s Death Race is a fun ride with some gnarly crashes, but it can’t hold a candle to its demented predecessor, Roger Corman’s Death Race 2000 (1975).
Cinema’s favorite weirdo, Cripsin Glover, is taking his film across the country, personally [...]

 
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FilmCouch #84: Primary, The Rape of Europa, Nastia Liukin

posted 2 weeks ago

The epic battle between McCain and Obama will shape America’s future. To prepare, we look at an eerily similar battle from America’s past, the 1960 primaries between JFK and Hubert Humphry, as portrayed in Robert Drew’s verité classic, Primary.
Karina stays in for the weekend watching back-to-back movie marathons to settle an age-old debate: Who’s better, [...]

 
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FilmCouch #83: Tropic Thunder protest, The Clone Wars

posted 3 weeks ago

Tropic Thunder and its fiasco retardo. The Clone Wars assaults weary Star Wars fans, but Karina’s watch list saves the day.

 
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FilmCouch #82: Pineapple Express and Foot Fist Way

posted 4 weeks ago

Pot and taekwondo, the pursuits of a Southern gentlemen named Danny McBride.

 
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Comic-Con 2008: Terminator Salvation dir. McG, Can He Save Us From a Remake Apocalypse?

posted 1 month ago

The answer, as it turns out, might be yes.

Comic-Con 2008: Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder Attempts to Assuage My Fear that the Movie Will Suck

posted 1 month ago

The visuals are great, but it’s the editing that will make or break Watchmen.