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- Awards | January 30, 2014
Oscar Analysis 2014: Nominated Shorts
We’re still in the thick of awards season, and with all the big dogs fighting over the coveted Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and so forth, it’s easy to overlook three of the most interesting categories...
- Interview | January 30, 2014
Jason Cohen and Tom Christopher Talk Facing the Fear of Forgiveness
Facing Fear, a short film by Bay Area resident Jason Cohen, just got nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. It explores the nature of forgiveness through the story of two men, Matthew Boger and Tim Zaal. One...
- News | January 27, 2014
‘The Shining’ Without Delbert Grady is Spooky as Hell
Taking a cue from Garfield Minus Garfield, special effects artist Richard Trammell’s digital removal of Tyler Durden from a classic Fight Club scene has been creeping us out since he released the clip last week. Now, Trammell’s followed it up with...
- News | January 24, 2014
Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up ‘Love Is Strange’
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American, German, and Scandanavian rights to Ira Sachs’ Love Is Strange starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina. The film made its world premiere at Sundance to wide praise. Here’s the plot synopsis, via SPC:...
- Features | January 24, 2014
Weekend Streaming Recommendations: Funeral Kings, Rio Bravo, Bicycle Thieves
Welcome to this week’s edition of Weekend Streaming Recommendations! It’s a bit of a grab bag this week, but I rep each of these films to the fullest. From little-known indie gem Funeral Kings, to the delightful doc Kings of Pastry,...
- Movie | January 24, 2014
Gimme Shelter
Vanessa Hudgens gets her hands dirty in Ronald Krauss’ pro-life message movie Gimme Shelter. She gains 15 pounds, tries on an accent, and cuts her hair short. The young actress’ commitment to the role of 16-year-old Apple Bailey–a homeless, damaged, pregnant...
- News | January 22, 2014
Tarantino Sidelines ‘Hateful Eight’ Following Script Leak
In some disappointing news, Quentin Tarantino has sidelined his recently announced supposed next project (and 9th feature film), an ensemble western called The Hateful Eight, when the script was leaked. Though he hasn’t ruled out making the film in the...
- Interview | January 22, 2014
Ronald Krauss & Kathy DiFiore Talk ‘Gimme Shelter’
Kathy DiFiore has sheltered pregnant teens in her New Jersey home for decades, and her work has garnered her worldwide praise, including from Mother Theresa. Inspired by her story, Gimme Shelter stars Vanessa Hudgens as Apple Bailey, a fictional character...
- Movie | January 22, 2014
The Last Match
Set in the streets of Havana (though it was filmed in Puerto Rico), Antonio Hens’ The Last Match is a seamlessly plotted story of two young men who develop a lust for one another, despite both being involved in long-term, heterosexual...
- Interview | January 20, 2014
Stuart Beattie and Kevin Grevioux Talk ‘I, Frankenstein’
In I, Frankenstein, director Stuart Beattie (Tomorrow, When the War Began) and screenwriter Kevin Grevioux (Underworld series) continue the story Mary Shelley started 200 years ago, as we find out what happens after the events of Shelley’s original version....
- Features | January 17, 2014
Weekend Streaming Recommendations: The Square, Tall as the Baobab Tree, Blackfish
For this week’s batch of Weekend Streaming Recommendations, I’ve chosen to pick a quartet of excellent documentaries, but with an added bonus: To enhance your viewing pleasure, I’ve included interviews I conducted with the films’ directors and subjects! It’s...
- Movie | January 17, 2014
Different Drum
In Kevin Chenault’s Different Drum (named after the Stone Poneys song), we follow two young ex-lovers as they take a road trip from South Dakota to Indiana, exploring and sampling the local flavor of 9 Midwest cities, all while learning...
- News | January 16, 2014
Magnolia and Paramount Link Up to Distribute ‘Happy Christmas’
Today, Magnolia Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced that they will collaborate to bring Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas to theaters and home video worldwide. The film, which premieres at Sundance this Sunday, is written and directed by Swanberg and stars Anna...
- Interview | January 16, 2014
Kevin Chenault Talks ‘Different Drum’, Awkward Road Tripping
How’s this for an awkward situation: Tod, a penniless musician (the film opens with him stealing clothes from a thrift shop), is forced to drive with his pregnant ex-girlfriend Lydia from South Dakota to Indiana for a wedding. In...
- News | January 15, 2014
Starz Digital Picks Up ‘Mistaken For Strangers’ and ‘Trust Me’
Starz Digital Media, the digital distribution subsidiary of Starz, has picked up the rights to two Tribeca standouts: Tom Berninger’s Mistaken For Strangers, a docu-comedy based on Americana rock group The National, and Trust Me, a comedy helmed by and starring...