AltWeeklies Wire
Why VOD is Inevitable
Video on Demand is already poised serve the full spectrum of Hollywood, foreign, and independent films.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-10-2010 |
Movies
Sac Attack: The Story of Animal Collective's Mindbending Filmnew
The movie Oddsac is an aptly-titled grab bag of headfucking psychedelia directed by Danny Perez and starring, scored by- and jointly conceptualized with the indie rock band Animal Collective.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
04-19-2010 |
Movies
NYU's Snuff Filmnew
A campus-wide clampdown on last year's student film death won't keep us from giving you the whole picture.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
04-08-2010 |
Movies
The Ann Arbor Film Festival: Bringing indie film to Mitten Masses for 48 Yearsnew
It's pretty safe to say that Michigan isn't exactly wanting for film festivals. In fact, the damn things are popping up like dandelions. If you throw a dart at a calendar, you're bound to hit a week when an ethnic or special interest group is screening flicks for local moviegoers.
Metro Times |
Jeff Meyers |
03-30-2010 |
Movies
On the Strange Symbiosis Between Publicists and Film Criticsnew
Greenberg, the big-budget mumblecore movie by Noah Baumbach, should enter the language as Woody Allen’s Zelig did — a title that goes beyond ethnic specificity to stand for a particular social disorder: the tendency toward vanity, suppression and censorship.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-18-2010 |
Movies
You Liked Them, You Really Liked Them: The Alternative Academy Awardsnew
Sure, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a long and venerable tradition of rewarding the film community’s artistic accomplishments. But here at the Mirror, we’ve got an institution of our own, “honouring” the best.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki and Mark Slutsky |
03-12-2010 |
Movies
An Analysis of Oscar's Not-So-Major Categoriesnew
Hey, look! It’s an Oscar ceremony in March, just like we used to have every year. With all the attention on the Best Picture and acting races as usual, I’m running my third annual rundown of some of the lesser-known categories to help you with your Oscar pool.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-07-2010 |
Movies
Wake Up and Smell the Oscars: They Stink!new
Everyone has their wakeup moment about the Academy Awards: A moment when you put away childish belief and realize it’s not at all about art but about popularity (as Sally Field once indicated and then got lambasted for her clarity).
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-04-2010 |
Movies
Whose Turn is It Now? The 2010 Oscar Race
You can practically already hear Academy Award producers shouting, after the fact, "Whose idea was this?" about changes in the ceremony that are doomed to be criticized for months after the last statue is handed out.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-25-2010 |
Movies
Tags: The 2010 Oscar Race, Cole Smithey
A Look at the Academy's Expanded Oscar Fieldnew
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected to raise the total number of nominees from five to 10, thus greatly increasing the chances of inviting more audience-adored endeavors to the party.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
02-11-2010 |
Movies
Tags: The 2010 Oscars, N/A
Sundance Festival Goes Back to its Roots... Or Does It?new
This year, the movie that's attracted the scalping scene outside Eccles is The Runaways, a stylish biopic of the all-teen girl band of the same name. The film has been the subject of blog gossip, thanks to casting of Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.
L.A. Weekly |
Karina Longworth |
02-05-2010 |
Movies
'Avatar' Really Annoys the Top Pointyheads on the Rightnew
Athens (Ohio) News editor summarizes the criticisms of James Cameron's blockbuster, Avatar, by four leading lights of the conservative movement, and then explains why they're full of baloney.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
01-12-2010 |
Movies
Tags: Avatar, James Cameron
Some Choice Literary Adaptations at This Year's Sundance Film Festivalnew
Though the overwhelming majority of Sundance titles are wholly original creations, there are a few literary adaptations scattered through the programming. Here’s a look at five books-turned-Sundance films to give you a taste of what you might be in for.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-05-2010 |
Movies
From Industry Turmoil, Great Films Arosenew
And so another year comes to an end, and with it a decade (Gregorian contrarians notwithstanding) in which the answer to the question “What is cinema?” underwent more radical transmutations than in any comparable period since the dawn of moving images.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-04-2010 |
Movies
It's Been a Banner Year For Brooklyn-Based Movies. But Is There a 'Brooklyn Film'?new
The notably thriving social enclaves of Brooklyn—particularly the areas of Williamsburg and Greenpoint—have grown increasingly gentrified in direct proportion to the down-and-dirty mystique. In that conflict lies a distinct two-headed beast ever-present in the movies of the region.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-10-2009 |
Movies
