Ah, now that you have all been stuffed to the brim with either turkey, tofurkey, or turducken, you can turn on the telly and catch holiday movie after holiday movie for the next 25 days. I chose to poke around in my parents’ basement and came up with Gremlins. On VHS. Recorded off of HBO. […]
It’s “that” weekend again… a shopping bonanza across our consumption-crazed country. Like it or lump it, one thing is true, especially this year: there are some pretty decent DVD deals. While past “Black Friday” sales may have been about the hardware — HDTVs, game systems – this year, with a few exceptions, it’s all about DVDs. Seems everyone can afford […]
Thanksgiving weekend is here — which means we now get the cinema equivalent of Oscar and Felix. Opposites, that is. On one side, an overload of earnest efforts targeted at the upcoming year-end awards; on the other, a slew of commercial holiday titles. The releases for this long weekend provide the perfect example. Van Sant tackles human rights with Milk, […]
After writing about film for nearly ten years, I’m catching a disturbing trend: Bloggers and writers who express their excitement by saying they’ve wet their pants. Or they’re going to wet their pants. Or they wish they could wet their pants. What’s with all the incontinence? (Oh, that means inability to hold your waste …)
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If you’re in the New York City area, the IFP’s Independent Film Awards Series has some standout events running through December 6. And the top price for any single event: just $12. Some are even free. How’s that for recession-proof? Go to the IFP site and click on “Public Film Series”.
Here’s what caught my eye:
Tonight, […]
