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The Louisiana Roots of Rise of the Guardiansnew
Will Coviello on the storytellers behind an Oscar-winning Shreveport startup
Beasts of the Southern Wildnew
The Louisiana-shot film that's burning up the world's film festivals.
Louisiana: Reality TV Capitalnew
Why every other reality show seems to be set in Louisiana these days.
Tags: Swamp People
Girls on Filmnew
Richard Day's 2003 film Girls Will Be Girls is the definition of a cult movie: for every repulsed critic, there's an equally obsessed fan.
Tags: Girls Will be Girls
Spike Lee: The Gambit Interviewnew
Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee was in New Orleans for the premiere of his new documentary, If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don't Rise. Gambit caught up with Lee before the screening.
Gambit |
Matt Davis |
08-24-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stimulus Package: 'The Girlfriend Experience'new
Steven Soderbergh screens his latest film, The Girlfriend Experience, as a fundraiser for the New Orleans Film Festival. The cast includes porn star Sasha Grey, the only professional, and acting virgins who mostly hold the jobs they have in the film.
Gambit |
Will Coviello |
05-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Post-'K-Ville'new
New Orleans could get a proper prime-time spotlight with David Simon's Treme, whose pilot shoot wrapped earlier this month. Now all HBO needs to say is "go."
'The Least of These' Looks at the Incarceration of Immigrant Familiesnew
To the list of bizarre, wasteful and cruel failures of the Department of Homeland Security under the Bush Administration, add this program to imprison children.
Can 'Trouble the Water' Wrangle an Oscar from 'Man on Wire'?new
Regardless of who takes the gold on Sunday, Carl Deal feels his film's influence on the discussion about Katrina -- specifically, its first-person commentary on how governments prioritize and interact with the people they are supposed to serve -- is victory enough.
'Cadillac Records': Rhythm & Beyoncenew
Beyonce Knowles excels as Etta James in Cadillac Records, a movie that has flaws but is notable the detail of its development -- and the music.
'Elegy' Looks at Agingnew
A professor (Ben Kingsley) falls for a younger woman (Penelope Cruz) and discovers his insecurities with aging in Elegy.
Tags: Elegy, Isabel Coixet
'Iron' Deficiencynew
The plot is thoroughly stupid, but fun enough here and there, and Gwyneth Paltrow has never looked lovelier.
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Stayin' Alivenew
Stephen Walker's documentary about the Massachusetts chorus of retired people can be uncomfortable, because the participants (average age 80) don't seem to be in on the joke that is central to their act, which is elderly singers performing rock and punk rock more associated with rebellious youth.
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
Well Made As It Is, 'Leatherheads' Doesn't Have Anything to Say About Anythingnew
Coming from a guy like Clooney, who has recently starred in Michael Clayton and Syriana and directed Good Night, and Good Luck, that lack of substance is a little unexpected and disappointing.
Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
