Fantastic Fest Review: Private Eye
filmschoolrejects.com 10/11/2009 — The two most entertaining films at this year’s Fantastic Fest both came out of Asian countries. (This is where I get accused of being biased towards Asian cinema due to my supposed fetish for the ladies of the region…) Neither film is among the best of the fest though, which is ...

Fantastic Fest Review: Sweet Karma
filmschoolrejects.com 9/27/2009 — If I were asked to put together the perfect man night, by whom I don’t know, it would inevitably involve Jack Daniels, local Austin beef ribs the size of a cruise ship, and a 70’s revenge film. I love the ever-living hell out of movies like Death Wish , Lady Snowblood , Get ...

The 2009 LAMMY Nominations
largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com 5/15/2009 — It's time to pick a winner! Or winners, as it were. The nominations are in, and your choices in 15 categories are below. For more information on the LAMMYs, see the introductory post here . CLICK HERE TO VOTE! A few random notes: * Voting runs ...

The Man I Love (1947)
selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com 10/17/2009 — Since the Siren recently dissed another Ida Lupino movie in a big way, it is only fair that she make amends and write up the lovable, unclassifiable The Man I Love . The Siren has no idea what Warner Brothers, via the great Raoul Walsh, was trying ...

Previewing the Academy's Documentary Feature Shortlist
edendale.typepad.com 6 days ago — Rumor has it that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is due to announce its Documentary Feature shortly (perhaps as early as later today). Given that, there've been a bunch of conversations of late as to what may...

eyeweekly.com 9/18/2008 — TIFF Roundtable: Part 1 of 6 For the last word on TIFF, EYE WEEKLY's Jason Anderson and Adam Nayman host a salon with Variety's Robert Koehler, The Village Voice/L.A. Weekly's Scott Foundas and Cinema Scope's Mark Peranson and Andrew Tracy. ...

Tiff 2009 - Valhalla Rising
tiff.net 8/26/2009 — Description One of the most daring and audacious directors in Europe, Nicolas Winding Refn is probably best known for the epochal Pusher trilogy, which transplanted the gangster film to Copenhagen and gave it a tragic import and epic scale. (It may be ...

"Rage" Director Sally Potter on Movies, Mobile Content and World of Fashion - Speakeasy
blogs.wsj.com 10/3/2009 — With the release of her latest film, “Rage,” which stars Jude Law, Steve Buscemi and Eddie Izzard, among others, British director Sally Potter is trying something no other filmmaker has yet attempted: She will be distributing a feature film for free ...

TV Review: Mad Men 3.4 – The Arrangements
filmschoolrejects.com 9/7/2009 — Mad Men Airs Sunday Nights at 10/9c on AMC Synopsis: Gene continues to bond with the Draper kids; Sal gets put in charge of directing the “Bye Bye Birdie”-themed commercial; Peggy decides to move to Manhattan and begins looking for a roommate. Review: Time to spooj all over ...