Browsing Month November, 2008
Gotham Independent Film Awards Events
By Norm Schrager at November 24, 2008 | 1:24 pm | 3 Comments
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, November 24: MoMA Modern Mondays, with the more...
Review Roundup: TWILIGHT, BOLT, HARVARD BEATS YALE
By Norm Schrager at November 24, 2008 | 12:00 am | 1 Comments
We can now consider Twilight the third huge women's movie of 2008. (Joining Sex and the City and Mamma Mia!, none an original idea...) Exit reports have the weekend's Twilight audience as 75% female. That's huge. And with an estimated $70 million box office take, that's a whole lotta girls. Hint to younger guys: Go see Twilight, and make small talk at the theater before more...
Free DVD Giveaway: The 4400 — The Complete Series
By Norm Schrager at November 21, 2008 | 4:41 pm | 394 Comments
THIS CONTEST HAS NOW ENDED. We can only accept entries posted by the 5pm deadline. If you've entered by that time, best of luck! We'll contact the random winner soon. What if missing people returned? Okay, what if all of them returned, exactly as they were when they left. That was the fascinating high-level concept for the sci-fi series The 4400, now available in a more...
Julie Taymor’s THE TEMPEST Begins Shooting
By Norm Schrager at November 20, 2008 | 11:19 pm | 7 Comments
As a film director, Julie Taymor does everything big. That can work for her films -- or work against them. The theater master, best known for the spellbinding puppetry and costuming for The Lion King, has directed three films since 1999. And every one has been a spectacle. Now, her filmed version of The Tempest has just begun production, with a top-shelf cast that more...
