February 2008
32 posts
LA Times Blog: 48 pending questions about 'Lost' →
On the Official Lost Podcast, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse said the answer to #33 was yes. [via paulscheer]
January 2008
31 posts
“From what I can find on the internet, it is in two theaters in New York, so I...”
– commenter on Jezebel
“I’m pretty sure it won’t come to my town, unless the private local...”
– commenter on Jezebel
“Well, in a year when this finally hits the midwest art film circuit, I’ll...”
– commenter on Jezebel
“It’s in two theaters, probs in L.A. and New York. I wouldn’t hold...”
– commenter on Jezebel I followed the link in Ricky’s post about 4 Months to Lindsay’s blog and then to the coverage of the movie’s positive reviews on Jezebel and NYMag.com, sites I read regularly but for various reasons (Sundance, obligatory post-Sundance illness, all-consuming...
WatchSince we’re on the subject, just posted the VOD trailer to my Vimeo today.
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“Perhaps you’d like to finish my speech.”
– Schnabel (!) after being heckled by Sean Young (!) during his DGA acceptance speech Sunday night.
via goldenfiddle
Speaking of Nominees... →
No Oscar nomination for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which we all pretty much thought was a lock. Doh! Schnabel nabs a Best Director nod. Yay! AJ Schnack gets 4-out-of-5 doc nom predictions right. Snap!
Nominees for the 2008 Cinema Eye Honors for... →
This is the new nonfiction award created by filmmaker AJ Schnack. The name of the award changed when I wasn’t looking. Nominations in the Audience Choice category for two IFC Entertainment docs, Deep Water and Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten.
I’m quite interested in how all this develops. Not whether IFC wins awards, but rather how the awards are received within the...
GM Charlie Collier Raises AMC’s Profile →
On shooting 'Cloverfield' →
Basically they used an HVX200 ($5k) for most of it, and a Sony F23 ($100k) for the scenes that needed monsters inserted. [via jstn via dalas but I can’t find the link]
HBO tiptoes into the broadband market →
“AMC — yes, the old-movie channel — became the new HBO while we weren’t looking.”
– eonline.com
The genius of JJ Abrams
Went to see Cloverfield last night, and it so totally did not disappoint. Which is kind of amazing since it’s the first studio-made, mainstream movie I’ve wanted to shell out $12 for in the last, I dunno, 2 years? (My tastes tend towards independent films & docs.) The videocam POV was clever, and so apropos of the times in which we live. I loved the camera shooting through other...
“Slusho! loves your mails!! You Can’t Drink Just Six!!!”
– satoshi@slusho.jp
“This show is Weeds with a death wish.”
– Matt Roush, TV Guide, on Breaking Bad
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“What worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as...”
– Gloria Steinem, in her Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times.
Can I get an ‘amen’ from the congregation?
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“We’ve learned to live without writers, but can we live without…...”
– Gawker, on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s decision to cancel the Golden Globe Awards.
National Society of Film Critics Give Best Foreign... →
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John Lennon’s Death Revisited Through the Words of... →
WatchA window into the mind of Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon in 1980, this psychological drama captures celebrity stalking at its most frightening moment. The film premiered yesterday at the IFC Center, and is available On Demand from IFC in Theaters. Trailer produced by me, edited by Johnny Bergmann.
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Fly Oceanic Air - Hacked! →
via paulscheer
Oceanic Air Press Release →
Oceanic Airlines announced today their return to the airways. Beginning December 31, operations and flights to nine markets will resume, “Taking You Places You Never Imagined.” Destinations include:
Los Angeles, CA
Tustin, CA
Ames, IA
Miami, FL
New York, NY
Portland, OR
Knoxville, TN
Seoul, South Korea
Sydney, Australia
Knoxville? Ames? Tustin? Is there even an aiport in Tustin?
