Big Fan Trailer: Patton Oswalt Goes to a Dark Place
Yes, this certainly looks darker than his role in 'Ratatouille.'
Posted 07/02/09 in Vulture
Michael Jackson
Footage From Michael Jackson’s Final Rehearsal Leaks
The footage, shot at the Staples Center on June 24, two days before his death, shows a skinny-looking MJ doing "They Don't Care About Us."
Posted 06/12/09 in Vulture
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Filmmakers Bastian Caspar, Sebastian Natto, and Denis Trümbach Would Like to Take Your Picture
It actually starts off kind of creepily, with a man silently walking around and taking Polaroids of random bystanders, putting them into strange poses as he does so.
Posted 06/09/09 in Vulture
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Brandon Flowers, of All People, on the Time When Men Were Men
And cars were boats, and Europe owed us a fat one for dubya dubya two.
Posted 06/08/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Bruce McDonald Clears Dance Floor by Process of Elimination
McDonald’s 1998 short 'Elimination Dance' starts off looking like a meet-cute romantic comedy and then turns into something infinitely weirder.
Video: Bret Michaels Clobbered by Descending Stage Set at Tonys
This will be making awards-show–highlights reels for years.
Posted 05/29/09 in Vulture
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A Pair of Short Shorts From Filmmakers Ounouri Damien and Eckhard Kruse
The Art by Chance Film Festival celebrates "ultra-short films" by presenting them to us in unexpected, nontheatrical venues.
Posted 05/28/09 in Vulture
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Bad Lieutenant Trailer: Herzog, Cage, Lucky Crackpipes
Abel Ferrara is probably not going to like this.
Posted 05/22/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Joel Plotch Pulls One Over
The story does end with a final twist of the knife, but it’s far subtler and more haunting than you might expect.
Posted 05/15/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Ken Jacobs in Stereo(graph)
In his 'Capitalism: Slavery,' the director takes a Victorian stenograph of cotton pickers and, essentially, animates it into cinema.
Posted 05/01/09 in Vulture
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Sita Sings the Blues Filmmaker Nina Paley Plays Fetch!
Nina Paley's 2002 short 'Fetch!' was the first Flash-to-35mm short film, but for a seven-year-old technological watershed, it's still pretty great.
Posted 04/29/09 in Vulture
You Saw It Here First
Exclusive Clip: Richard Dreyfuss’s My Life in Ruins Threesome
See our exclusive clip from Nia Vardalos's new movie, which closes the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday.
Posted 04/10/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Brendon McQueen Springs Grandma From the Hospital
There have been many films made about Alzheimer's, but few with the sensitivity and (yes) humor of Brendon McQueen's beautifully shot and touching short film 'Skip Rocks.'
Posted 04/03/09 in Vulture
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Filmmakers Fabrizio Galvagno and Julia Haslett Check in With the East Village’s Pizza Czar
We're big fans of Una Pizza Napoletana in the East Village and its irascible, tattoo-covered owner Anthony Mangieri, so we were more than a little excited to come across this short.
Posted 03/13/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Brian Pew Would Like to Get Your Opinion on This Toilet Paper
'Focus Group' takes us into the impossibly dry and claustrophobic world of consumer focus groups.
What’s Selling (or Not) at the Armory Show
Art critic Jerry Saltz previews the annual art show and sees how the recession is affecting sales.
Would Sayid From Lost Be Any Good at Stand-up?
Jack and Kate went up the hill. Kate came down with Sawyer. Because she's promiscuous.
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