November 17, 2009
Dispatch #313: ultra Foxy edition
In This Dispatch:
A Schwartz-cast! On the subject of Mr. Fox, Bored to Death and more.
Plus:
* What's New: Thirst, Humpday, and oodles more.
* What We're Watching: Unmistaken Child, Proteus, Ballast.
* Explore: Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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The GreenCine Dispatch #313 | Nov 17, 2009
"The best films are like dreams you're never really sure you had."-- [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295907]The Limits of Control
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[http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007646.html]In director [http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=16996]Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated feature [http://www.fantasticmrfoxmovie.com/]Fantastic Mr. Fox [[http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007647.html]read Vadim Rizov's "Film of the Week" review; see more below], 29-year-old actor [http://www.greencine.com/character?cid=575341]Jason Schwartzman—who began his screen career working with Anderson as the overambitious teen hero of [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=6762]Rushmore, then co-starred in and co-wrote [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=238208]The Darjeeling Limited—lends his voice to Ash, a runty young fox who longs for the attention and affection of his father Mr. Fox ([http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=1371]George Clooney). Aaron Hillis[http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007646.html] chatted with Schwartzman for a new podcast. [http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007646.html]More >>
In This Dispatch:
* What's New: Thirst, Humpday, and oodles more.
* What We're Watching: Unmistaken Child, Proteus, Ballast.
* Explore: Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox.
What's New
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295908]Thirst [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295908]Rent [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295908]
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=197812&element=oldboy]Oldboy director [http://www.greencine.com/character?cid=661957]Park Chan-wook's latest operatic treat does nothing to change his reputation as one of the world's most provocative filmmakers. Time's Richard Corliss wrote: "Blending plot elements of [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=187044&element=double+indemnity]Double Indemnity and [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=122431]Natural Born Killers with the ripe sensuality of [http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=14654]Coppola's take on [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=3488]Dracula, the film should make audiences sit up in startled pleasure, as if they'd just received the most luscious neck-bite." Salon's Andrew O'Hehir calls it "a brilliant and gruesome work of cinematic invention as well as a passionate and painful human love story."
Humpday [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295963]Rent [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295963]
Lynn Shelton's "[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295963]Humpday carefully raises the stakes until it hits a finale loaded with humor, tenderness, and delicious ambiguity," wrote [http://www.avclub.com/articles/humpday,30167/]Scott Tobias, adding, "It’s like [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=212655&element=old+joy]Old Joy by way of [http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=86686]Judd Apatow." [http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2009/07/humpday_a_fine_bromance.html]Shawn Levy wrote that the "modest Humpday capture[s] the lives of its protagonists more credibly than any Hollywood-manufactured comedy of recent vintage." GC's Aaron Hillis sat down to chat with Shelton and co-stars [http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=480865]Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard for [http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007518.html]a podcast earlier this year.
Also out today: [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295901]Star Trek [probably doesn't need much of an intro; great fun]; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295920]Downhill Racer (Criterion) [Robert Redford skis! Gene Hackman growls! Fun sports film]; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295917]Avant-Garde 3: Experimental Cinema; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295965]Bruno; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295907]The Limits of Control [[http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007443.html]read more >>]; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295962]My Sister's Keeper; Another indie gem from Humpday's Lynn Shelton, [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295963] [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295964]My Effortless Brilliance; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295915]The Exiles (1961) [reviews coming soon]; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295988]Margaret Cho: Beautiful; [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295987]Rituals.
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What We're Watching
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295982]Unmistaken Child Rent Read
You don't necessarily have to believe in reincarnation to practice Buddhism, nor to appreciate [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295982]Unmistaken Child (2008), an engaging documentary on this subject by Israeli director Nati Baratz. Now out on DVD after a very brief outing in theaters, this film was shot beautifully by a small crew (often just Baratz himself) who serve as our proverbial "fly on the wall," allowing us incredible access into the inner workings of the Tibetan Buddhist system of picking reincarnated lamas...[http://guru.greencine.com/archives/2009/11/unmistaken_chil.html]Read more >>
More like this [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=6164]Kundun | [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=7702]Robert Thurman on Buddhism
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=257764]Proteus Rent Read
What a little gem is [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=257764]Proteus, which brings together a profusion of seeming opposites -- science and art, history and fantasy, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the 1872 voyage of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_expedition]HMS Challenger-- that in reality work in tandem toward the betterment of our globe. Writer/director [http://www.greencine.com/character?cid=1937275]David Lebrun's model documentary... [http://guru.greencine.com/archives/2009/11/proteus.html]read review >>
More like this [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=120337]In Realms of the Unreal | [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=121635]Death by Design
Ballast Rent Read
With [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295914]Ballast, writer/director [http://www.greencine.com/character?cid=2081629]Lance Hammer tells a story about a broken African-American family in Mississippi's Delta: a man commits suicide and his surviving twin brother Lawrence ([http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=1144666]Micheal J. Smith Sr.) finds himself alone, in charge of their little convenience store and dealing with his angry sister-in-law Marlee ([http://www.greencine.com/character?pid=1144668]Tarra Riggs), who understandably has mixed emotions about seeing him. Lawrence's nephew James (JimMyron Ross) is possibly even more alone, having become involved with local drug dealers while his mother is away working all the time. Hammer lets us in on these details a little at a time, rather than spelling it all out. The setting is...[http://guru.greencine.com/archives/2009/11/ballast.html]Read more >>
More like this [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=224629]Killer of Sheep | [http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=16659]Freedom Song
Explore
[http://www.fantasticmrfoxmovie.com/]Fantastic Mr. Fox is [http://daily.greencine.com/Wes Anderson]Wes Anderson's sixth feature and third to be pre-judged as a "Wes Anderson" film—a calcified pejorative often bearing little relation to what the movies are actually like. A "Wes Anderson movie," we're given to understand, is a series of candy-colored rectangular sets and frames boxing in little more than statically quirky characters. Vadim Rizov takes aim at the anti-Anderson crowd in his write-up for the [http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007647.html]Film of the Week. [http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007647.html] More >>
Avant Garde
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295917]Avant Garde: Experiment. Cinema V3
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=105948]L'Age d'Or
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=117106]Anthology of Surreal Cinema V1
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=125253]Unseen Cinema
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=295445]Walden: Diaries, Notes, Sketches by Jonas Mekas
Films of Charles & Ray Eames vol.5
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=287584]Treasures from American Film Archives, Vol. 4: Avant Garde
[http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=104950]Brakhage
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November 13, 2009
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Posted by cphillips at 11:11 AM
Dispatch #312: From disturbia to Sesame Street, as only GreenCine can.
In This Dispatch:
The Disturbing List concludes in mega-disturbing fashion.
Plus:
* What's New: Ballast, Woman in Berlin, Up, and more.
* What We're Watching: Spread [DVD of the week!], Lake Tahoe, Last Days of Disco.
* Explore: Wings of Desire podcast; Red Shoes restoration Q&A.
And a lot more!
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Posted by cphillips at 11:01 AM
November 6, 2009
Dispatch #311: Disturbing Edition
In This Dispatch:
Jared and Jerusha Hess chat about Gentlemen Broncos (before they knew it would receive such a bizarre and rude theatrical release.)
Plus:
* What's New: Food Inc, The Dead [note: this DVD has since been delayed by LionsGate], and more.
* What We're Watching: High School Record, Answer Man, Sam Fuller.
* Explore: Disturbing Films; Tom Noonan podcast.
* Contests: Men Who Stare at Goats.
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Posted by cphillips at 4:00 PM