Linking Time
Hollywood Will the ending of August Osage County screened at TIFF be the ending it has in theaters? The film might not be "locked" just yetPajiba on social media, celebrity, and Joseph...
View ArticleJames Franco, Disembodied
TFE's coverage of the 51st New York Film Festival (Sept 27-Oct 14) begins now. Here's JA on James Franco's press conference for Child of God... He came at us as a disembodied voice, booming across the...
View ArticleAmir's TIFF Roundup, Pt 1: The Bad and The Ugly
[Editor's Note: I've shared my TIFF experience with you through 12 plus articles. Amir was also there, hell he lives there, so he has a two part report to wrap things up. - Nathaniel] "Take it,...
View ArticleMovie Teachers: "Fame" (1980)
Back to School Month + 1980 Retrospective- StinkyLulu doubles up for Fame (1980). A partial version of this article first appeared at StinkyLulu in 2007 When I was a wee lil Stinky, I watched the...
View ArticleThis Comment Thread is NOT Going to Be Ignored
Today's Lunchtime Poll (what, we eat late)... Which movie star would drive you mad if they dumped you after a brief torrid sexual affair?
View ArticleWhither Pixar?
Tim here, with what we might call, to steal a phrase, a burning question. Or at least a terrified, desperate question with rage tears streaming all down my face: What the hell is happening with Pixar...
View ArticleThis Link Goes to 11
Movie City News Gurus of Gold update post TIFF/TellurideMind of a Suspicious Kind Jordan on Denis Villeneuve's PrisonersAV Club Joss Whedon airlifted in to punch up Thor: The Dark World. (awesome...
View ArticleBest Actress "Character" ~ 50 Years 100 Greats
I was cleaning up a few folders on my desktop recently when I noticed this old poll and the accompanying visuals. It was too delicious not to revive. See back in 2011 when The Film Experience got its...
View ArticleAmir's TIFF Roundup, Pt 2: The Good
Amir here, back to finish my TIFF diary. With the bad taste of my previous roundup washed away, it's time to move on to the good stuff. And boy did we have a lot of that. As a diligent ticket stub...
View ArticleFirst Look: Quvenzhané Wallis as Lil' Orphan "Annie"
Classic musical moppet "Annie" may no longer be a brilliant orange redhead but the new film version was savvy enough to still give her a memorable mop o' hair. Here's our first peek at Oscar nominee...
View ArticleEmmy Predictions. Who Are You Rooting For This Weekend?
Giant all caps disclaimer coming at'cha: I AM NOT A TELEVISION PUNDIT. I have never claimed to know what I'm doing with predicting Emmys though occassionally I try. I watch way more TV than I did a...
View ArticleLink Hunter
Variety mourns film criticism wondering if Roger Ebert was the last critic who really matteredCinema Blend talks "narrative" in Oscar campaigns and what they might mean for the futures of Gravity and...
View ArticleThree Reasons Why People Ought to Stop Bitching About the Foreign Film Race...
There are now 38 Official Submissions for Oscar's Foreign Language Film race, one of The Film Experience's favorite categories. Which means there are now undoubtedly about 38,000 bitchy articles lodged...
View ArticleBox Office: The Family Prisoners of Oz
Jake Gyllenhaal sure needed it. Hugh Jackman's still got it. Prisoners, their tense new child abduction thriller had a strong opening weekend. It shouldn't come as a surprise, really. Hugh hasn't had...
View ArticleEmmy Night Winners
I've opted not to live blog tonight since I was bombing earlier on twitter. Not my night... what i'll be doing later when Jon Hamm loses again But that's okay because it's the Emmys and my attention...
View ArticlePodcast: Reader Questions & Short Term 12
For today's super-casz edition of the Podcast it's just Nathaniel & Nick gabbing. We argue about Short Term 12's schematic screenplay and individual character arcs (Nathaniel loved it all / Nick...
View ArticleReview: Prisoners
This review originally appeared in my column at Towleroad Thanksgiving in movies is usually overstuffed with dysfunction and hostility. Who can digest from all the bile at home? That's not the case in...
View ArticleBefore Batman Began Again...
JA from MNPP here. This is making the rounds today, but perhaps you've missed it - from the new boxed-set of Batman blurays out this weeks comes the above audition tape from our most recent...
View ArticleNYFF: Cannes Winner "A Touch of Sin"
TFE’s coverage of the 51st New York Film Festival (Sep 27-Oct 14) has begun. Here are Glenn and Jose with their takes on Cannes winner A Touch of Sin. Glenn: For whatever reason, Asian cinema doesn’t...
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