If I Were Attending Sundance 2012…
2011 was an intense self-education in the contemporary state of independent film. I followed industry blogs, twitter feeds, wikipedia-ed the shit out of filmmaking terms and titles, and began acquainting myself with people I Hope to One Day, Someday Collaborate With Or At Least Not Knowingly Embarrass Myself In Front Of. It’s been awesome; it’s [...]
Drive: The Longest Post Ever
Hey internet. It’s been a while. Allow me to make it up to you with quite possibly my longest ‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About…’ Film post ever for the not-quite-so-recently-released movie, Drive. For those who don’t know, Drive is a movie starring Ryan Gosling as the unnamed lead who stunt drives by day [...]
Fall Preview: The Only New Releases I Care About
There are a lot of movies currently generating buzz on the festival circuit (vestiges of Cannes, Venice, Telluride, and forthcoming from TIFF and New York). But with theatrical releases running at $13 a pop in New York, I am being picky about what gets my voting dollars: DRIVE (In theaters September 16) Cannes Director’s Award [...]
Your Homework: See ‘Another Earth’
Co-writer, co-producer, and lead actress Brit Marling on playing Rhoda Williams in Another Earth: The toughest thing was to not show the character wallowing in this unbearable grief and self-pity. I didn’t want Rhoda to be this way. I was looking for her grieving to be active. I didn’t want her to be a victim [...]
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