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Review: Police, Adjective
23 December 2009 2:28 PM, PST
Patterned with minimalist surroundings, low-key performances and long takes that are filmed in real time, the almost mute <b>Police, Adjective</b> cleverly details how Romanian society has not entirely deposed of, or moved away from its past with this anti-thesis of a Michael Mann film. - Police, Adjective Click here to read the review! Patterned with minimalist surroundings, low-key performances and long takes that are filmed in real time, the almost mute Police, Adjective cleverly details how Romanian society has not entirely deposed of, or moved away from its past with this anti-thesis of a Michael Mann film. »
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Killer Films Wants What Jo Sol (Fake Orgasm) is Having
22 December 2009 10:08 PM, PST
Helmer Jo Sol's Fake Orgasm is based interviews done in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America. Sol attempts to find common answers that cross-cultural boundaries as to why three quarters of women say they're sexually dissatisfied and many fake orgasms. Personally, I'm already looking forward to the audio portion of the film. - It's a sign of the times when U.S. based indie producers are looking outside their parameters for new ops. Relatively a new trend, Christine Vachon's Killer Films has been working outside the U.S. for funding, filming and other co-production duties for a while now, this time out, Variety reports that the company is boarding a doc film from Spain in an exec-producer, promotions, distribution and festival strategy capacity. I think that the subject matter is amusing enough that this is more than just a deal that'll pay the rent. Helmer Jo Sol »
IndieWIRE Critics: Summer Hours Best of 2009, Mulholland Dr. Best of Decade
22 December 2009 9:37 PM, PST
Olivier Assayas' The Summer Hours beat The Hurt Locker and A Serious Man by a nose as the Best Picture of the Year, and a film that took me a couple of tries to acknowledge it as genius in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive was claimed tops of the 00's over my favorite of the decade, Wkw's In the Mood for Love. - I'm a huge fan of lists, especially those that include year end picks from film critic peers that I admire and respect. If there was an French version of IndieWIRE I'm sure their group of critics would be voting the same way as Olivier Assayas' The Summer Hours beat The Hurt Locker and A Serious Man by a nose as the Best Picture of the Year, and a film that took me a couple of tries to acknowledge it as genius in David Lynch »
Habib Azar's Top Ten Films of All Time
22 December 2009 7:28 PM, PST
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month we bent the rules a little, our profiled filmmaker Habib Azar explains why below, and keep in mind in less than a month, he'll be presenting his debut film, Armless at Sundance. He gave us his top seven (*) as of December 2009. - Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month we bent the rules a little, our profiled filmmaker Habib Azar explains why below, and keep in mind in less than a month, »
Lorber's 2010 Campaign Begins with Videocracy
21 December 2009 8:56 PM, PST
Many would say that "what comes around goes around" certainly applies if you happen to be Silvio Berlusconi. As of late, the power hungry, media mogul and prime minister (he has returned to the same seat in three separate occasions) is having his private life go public, received a bloody nose, and chipped teeth last week and hasn't been fortunate on the film fest circuit either. In February we'll get a full exposé on how Berlusconi has "added" to Italian culture with Lorber Films picking up the rights to Erik Gandini’s doc Videocracy - a film that was among the favorites from film critics who attended Tiff and Venice. - Many would say that "what comes around goes around" certainly applies if you happen to be Silvio Berlusconi. As of late, the power hungry, media mogul and prime minister (he has returned to the same seat in three separate »
Sundance 2010 Next: Move Over SXSW
21 December 2009 7:46 PM, PST
The lucky inaugural eight include: Habib Azar's Armless, Linas Philips's Bass Ackwards, Sultan Sharrief's Bilal’s Stand, Katie Aselton's The Freebie, Barnes Bros' Homewrecker, Adam Bowers's New Low, Michael Mohan's One Too Many Mornings and Eyad Zahra's The Taqwacores - which has nothing to do with the docu film Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam: (same subject, different film). - If you see or hear me calling this the Miranda July's (you'll have to have seen Me and You and Everyone We Know) section it's because of its no greater or lesser than emblem ( < = > ). John Cooper officially had a stroke of genius with the announcement of the section earlier in the year, and the batch of eight shows the festival is certainly getting back into the "indie" spirit of things again or, it will be seen as Sundance stealing some of the »
Sundance 2010: The Romantics, The Kids are Alright & It's a Wonderful Afterlife Added to Line-Up
21 December 2009 7:17 PM, PST
As I mentioned before, Sundance is a place where female filmmakers get to shine, and the festival has just announced that a trio in Gurinder Chadha, Galt Niederhoffer and Lisa Cholodenko (which I had placed high in my predictions for the upcoming edition) will be added to the line-up in the Premieres section. Honestly I'm surprised to see The Romantics get a slot, because I could have sworn I just looked at some pics from the set -- it'll be a made dash in the editing room for sure for the first time filmmaker and vet Plum Pictures producer. - As I mentioned before, Sundance is a place where female filmmakers get to shine, and the festival has just announced that a trio in Gurinder Chadha, Galt Niederhoffer and Lisa Cholodenko (which I had placed high in my predictions for the upcoming edition) will be added to the line-up in the Premieres section. »
Interview: Brittany Murphy (The Dead Girl)
21 December 2009 4:43 AM, PST
What a strange bit of untimely news this morning. Who dies of a heart attack at age 32? Makes no sense. The above news headline isn't a case of bad taste -- I've decided to re-publish a Brittany Murphy interview we had on the site, which I had completely forgot that we had, but it serves as a reminder that the actress, known for bubbly roles as Jameson mentions in his intro below, and as of late, had some back to back films that went the direct to video route, should also be remembered for taking on some difficult, challenging indie parts as in Karen Moncrieff's film. - What a strange bit of untimely news this morning. Who dies of a heart attack at age 32? Makes no sense. The above news headline isn't a case of bad taste -- I've decided to re-publish a Brittany Murphy interview we had on the site, »
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