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Lars von Trier's already notorious new film Antichrist has received wildly mixed reviews, with the disgusted detractors often just as fiery as the film's champions, but you certainly can't argue that this is a Halloween-appropriate provocation that gets people talking. Aaron Hillis rounded up Steve Dollar, Aaron's esteemed Benten Films cohort Andrew Grant, and Hammer to Nail's own Michael Tully to get them all talking about Antichrist for a new podcast. More >> |
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In This Dispatch:
- What's New: Il Divo, Medicine for Melancholy, and more.
- What We're Watching: Monsoon Wedding, Fear(s) of the Dark, Dr. Bronner's.
- Explore: 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T + Wild Things.
- Contests: Men Who Stare at Goats.
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The story of Giulio Andreotti, the larger-than-life man who was elected Prime Minister of Italy seven times since after WWII. The LA Times' Kenneth Turan writes, "Simultaneously exhilarating and confounding, dazzling and confusing, this is filmmaking of such verve and style that you likely won't care that you can't follow it completely." And Ella Taylor notes that it "plays like an elegantly ritualized black comedy." |
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When Barry Jenkins debut feature, about the morning after a romantic rendevous, played at the San Francisco International Film Fest, GC's Craig Phillips, writing on the Daily, called it "a low-key revelation." A.O. Scott in the NY Times writes, "There are no simple answers or obvious conclusions to be gleaned from this movie, which, like its soundtrack, is both sad and vibrant, meandering and formally sure-footed. It is an exciting debut, and a film that, without exaggeration or false modesty, finds interest and feeling in the world just as it is." Ernest Hardy calls it: "tender, smart, soulful." See also our podcast interview with lead actor Wyatt Cenac. |
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Rich, inventive, black-and-white animation (of the sort that puts to shame the neither-fish-nor-fowl, million-dollar color stuff that makes Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf such a bore) gets a go-round in Fears[s] of the Dark (Peur(s) du noir). This most interesting compilation of stories - some are self-contained while others wrap around the movie in strange and witty ways - is artful, often gorgeous to look at, and clever in the manner in which it makes its points and ties things together... read review >> |
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James Van Maanen extols the "goodness" at the heart of this recent documentary. "[D]irected by first-timer Sara Lamm not only made me a fan of the film but of the product itself -- a line of castile soaps -- that originally put the titular Dr. Bronneron the map. I would not be surprised to find other viewers, if they finish the film and watch some of the equally fascinating DVD extras, becoming fans of the docs (the documentary and the doctor), and of the soap itself." Read more >> |
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In The Men Who Stare at Goats, a comedic look at real life events that are almost too bizarre to believe, a reporter ( Ewan McGregor) discovers a top-secret wing of the U.S. military when he accompanies an enigmatic Special Forces operator ( George Clooney) on a mind-boggling mission. The film opens November 6, and now, thanks to GreenCine and Focus Features, you can win our new Men Who Stare at Goats contest. One (1) very lucky winner will receive a copy of book on which the film is based, and a movie T-Shirt. Details >>
Congratulations to the winners of our for "9": awehman, Carol Harbers, Chad Nelson, Bridget Boyle, and f0xym0pmama. |
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