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After Ellen "Return of the Lesbian Villain"/Film Sharon Stone does Mrs Robinson at The Graduate live-readKCRW Tilda Swinton guest DJ special. She's a fan of Marilyn Manson, Björk & Bowie. We could...
View ArticleHappy Easter Weekend. Complete the Sentence...
I totally forgot it was Good Friday today. Herewith a #faithbased edition of complete the sentence because that's trending now. "My favorite Biblical movie is ________________ because _______________."...
View ArticleApril Showers: Thelma & Louise
waterworks all month long... this one's from the vaults Tonight's shower is provided by mother nature rather than traditional indoor plumbing. That's appropriate since Thelma & Louise (1991) is...
View ArticleI Met Thelma Schoonmaker at the TCM Film Festival
Our coverage of the TCM's 2014 festival in Los Angeles wraps with Anne Marie on legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker Thelma in the editing bay... Thelma Schoonmaker is surprisingly calm. Not just calm,...
View ArticleLost River, I Anxiously Await Thee
Oooh, it's another new image from Ryan Gosling's Lost River (formerly titled: How To Catch a Monster) and I love this macabre club entrance that Christina Hendricks is standing in front of. Does this...
View ArticleYNMS²: Foxcatcher & Gone Girl
Unless you count the LEGO Movie's probable Best Animated Feature bid and the Sundance bow of Love is Strange (I'm still hopeful - it's playing Tribeca right now) 2014 hasn't seen much in the way of...
View ArticleHappy Easter. The Ten Greatest Bunnies in Cinematic History
Since we already named our favorite Bible movies, it's time to turn the conversation over to the most integral part of Easter celebrations: Bunnies! Rabbits. Hares. Whatever you'd prefer to call the...
View ArticleBox Office: Christians Are For Real!
Amir here, with the weekend’s box office report. It’s Easter weekend and we have proof of it in the box office top ten. When was the last time three films with such strong religious overtones as Noah,...
View Article"They call this war a cloud over the land..."
... But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!” Isn't that a great line from Cold Mountain? It's profound down-home truth and blunt poetry at once....
View ArticleEaster Podcast: Noah, Under the Skin, Budapest Hotel
SEASON PREMIEREReady for another year of the podcast? The gang is back: Nathaniel R, (The Film Experience), Joe Reid (The Wire), Katey Rich (Vanity Fair) and Nick Davis (Nick's Flick Picks) reunite to...
View ArticleTribeca: A Tale of Two Alex's in "About Alex" and "Alex in Venice"
Our Tribeca coverage begins with Glenn on two similarly titled indies Alex is in crisis in both About Alex and actor Chris Messina's directorial debut Alex in Venice. Both films are indie dramas about...
View ArticleTribeca: Rory Culkin is "Gabriel"
Our Tribeca Film Festival coverage continues with Abstew on Gabriel... Something is not quite right with Gabriel (Rory Culkin). But please, don't call him that. It may be his own name, but just the...
View ArticleBeauty Vs Beast: Happy Mutant Monday
JA from MNPP here wishing you a very happy Mutant Monday, which is the brand new holiday that comes right after Easter Sunday, as of right this second, says me. Why am I making up this brand new...
View ArticleLink Jr.
Vulture psychologically astute piece by Kim Morgan on Lindsay Lohan's reality show The Front Row on the lost generation of indie film and filmmakers from the 1990sNew York Times Rubin "Hurricane"...
View ArticleSay What: Macbeth x 2
Amuse us. Add dialogue or a caption to these two new stills from Macbeth starring two much obsessed over actors, Michael Fassbender as the would be King and Marion Cotillard as his Lady with that damn...
View ArticleApril Showers: The Piano
The evening waterworks continue. Here's Andrew on a particularly gloomy shower. The Piano is a moody movie. Moody as in unpredictable and volatile, and moody as in suggesting melancholy and mystery....
View ArticleCurio: Bootleg Posters from Ghana
Alexa here to share some arts and crafts for your Tuesday. I recently came upon a story about the strange world of bootleg movie posters from Ghana and I've become a little obsessed. In the 80s and...
View ArticleTribeca: Holla for 'Mala Mala'
Our Tribeca Film Festival coverage continues with Glenn on Mala Mala Christine Vachon is a national treasure. That is a fact. Without her then it’s highly questionable whether queer cinema would even...
View ArticleTribeca: Life Partners With Benefits
Tribeca coverage continues with Jason on Life Partners with Leighton Meester & Gillian Jacobs When I say that the specter of Frances Ha hangs heavy over Life Partners, you should probably keep in...
View ArticleTribeca: "Every Secret Thing" with Dakota Fanning & Diane Lane
Tribeca coverage continues with your host Nathaniel on a new feminine driven mystery Twisted women are an easy hook for this movie nerd and Every Secret Thing's premise provides. Ronnie (Dakota...
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