tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217723400735425992024-03-17T20:02:46.227-07:00All Things FangirlA group of East Coast Fangirls (and boys) in their early twenties, with various & random connections to the genre world, write about the things they love...and hate. Specializing in opinions, recommendations & commentary with some exclusive access thrown in, we're where to come to hear what the Fangirls really think.LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-10953837803626821672014-03-08T13:11:00.003-08:002014-03-08T13:11:29.182-08:00SXSW Take Two!<p></p>
That's right! Coming out of retirement to do a little coverage of this years SXSW. On tonight's dock, we have competition films <i>Wild Canaries</i> and <i>The Heart Machine
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Wild Canaries - Barri and Noah, a newly engaged Brooklyn couple, are disheartened by the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor, Sylvia. Though Noah sees nothing unusual about the old woman's death, Barri suspects foul play and sets out to investigate, enlisting her roommate Jean to join her on a reconnaissance mission to trail a possible suspect. Tensions mount, however, when the investigation uncovers unsettling secrets throughout the building—including in their own apartment—and suddenly everyone seems like a reasonable suspect. "Wild Canaries" is a freshly comedic take on classic film noir.<br />
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The Heart Machine - Cody and Virginia start talking while he’s in Brooklyn and she’s in Berlin. It’s a romance that could only happen online, and they’re happy together—except they’ve never really met. But Cody’s questions about Virginia’s life in Berlin become an obsession, leading him to doubt that she’s there at all. Combing NYC for clues, an increasingly driven Cody begins overstepping boundaries of privacy in his desperate quest for answers. Tracking two parallel journeys that show how digital mediation complicates modern love,The Heart Machine explores the evolving relationship between physical and emotional intimacy, isolation in the urban hive, and the seduction of hiding behind a screen.LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com171tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-88461840267063733042014-02-10T17:56:00.001-08:002014-02-10T17:56:10.734-08:005th Annual Fangirl Awards Eligibility List<p></p>
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Even though our IRL jobs are preventing us from being super active on this blog, we still believe in the Fangirl Awards and the Fangirl Academy. Nominating ballots are due from our 130 members this Friday and the nominations will be announced next week. Winners announced Friday, February 28th!<br />
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After the jump is the list of the 289 movies eligible for awards this year. But NEW CATEGORY ALERT, this year we are adding a Best of Fest category, where the five favorite movies that played at festivals but haven't been released yet can get a little love too :)<br />
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"About Time"<br />"Admission"<br />"Adore"<br />"After Earth"<br />"Afternoon Delight"<br />"Ain't Them Bodies Saints"<br />"All Is Lost"<br />"Alone Yet Not Lone"<br />"American Hustle"<br />"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"<br />"The Armstrong Lie"<br />"Arthur Newman"<br />"At Any Price"<br />"August: Osage County"<br />"Augustine"<br />"Austenland"<br />"Baggage Claim"<br />"Ballad of Rustom"<br />"Battle of the Year"<br />"Beautiful Creatures"<br />"Before Midnight"<br />"The Best Man Holiday"<br />"Between Us"<br />"The Big Wedding"<br />"Black Nativity"<br />"The Bling Ring"<br />"Blue Caprice"<br />"Blue Is the Warmest Color"<br />"Blue Jasmine"<br />"The Book Thief"<br />"Brave Miss World"<br />"The Broken Circle Breakdown"<br />"Broken City"<br />"Bullet to the Head"<br />"The Butterfly's Dream"<br />"The Call"<br />"Captain Phillips"<br />"Carrie"<br />"Charlie Countryman"<br />"Cleaver's Destiny"<br />"Closed Circuit"<br />"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2"<br />"The Company You Keep"<br />"The Condemned"<br />"The Conjuring"<br />"Copperhead"<br />"The Counselor"<br />"The Croods"<br />"Dallas Buyers Club"<br />"Dancing on a Dry Salt Lake"<br />"Dead Man Down"<br />"Delivery Man"<br />"Despicable Me 2"<br />"Diana"<br />"Disconnect"<br />"Don Jon"<br />"Down the Shore"<br />"Drinking Buddies"<br />"The East"<br />"Elysium"<br />"Emperor"<br />"Ender's Game"<br />"Enough Said"<br />"Epic"<br />"Ernest & Celestine"<br />"Escape from Planet Earth"<br />"Escape from Tomorrow"<br />"Escape Plan"<br />"Everybody Has a Plan"<br />"Evil Dead"<br />"The Fall of 1980"<br />"The Family"<br />"Fast and Furious 6"<br />"The Fifth Estate"<br />"Fill the Void"<br />"Filly Brown"<br />"For No Good Reason"<br />"47 Ronin"<br />"42"<br />"Frances Ha"<br />"Free Birds"<br />"Free China: The Courage to Believe"<br />"Frozen"<br />"Fruitvale Station"<br />"G.I. Joe: Retaliation"<br />"Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird"<br />"Gangster Squad"<br />"Getaway"<br />"Gimme Shelter"<br />"Gimme the Loot"<br />"Girl Most Likely"<br />"Girls Against Boys"<br />"Gloria"<br />"Go For Sisters"<br />"A Good Day to Die Hard"<br />"Grace Unplugged"<br />"The Grandmaster"<br />"Gravity"<br />"The Great Beauty"<br />"The Great Gatsby"<br />"Grown Ups 2"<br />"Grudge Match"<br />"The Hangover Part III"<br />"Hannah Arendt"<br />"Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters"<br />"A Haunted House"<br />"Haute Cuisine"<br />"The Heat"<br />"Her"<br />"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"<br />"Hollywood Seagull"<br />"Homefront"<br />"The Host"<br />"Hours"<br />"How I Live Now"<br />"How Sweet It Is"<br />"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"<br />"The Hunt"<br />"I Spit On Your Grave 2"<br />"I Used to be Darker"<br />"The Iceman"<br />"Identity Thief"<br />"If I Were You"<br />"Il Futuro"<br />"I'm So Excited!"<br />"The Impaler"<br />"In a World..."<br />"In the Fog"<br />"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone"<br />"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete<br />"Inside Llewyn Davis"<br />"Insidious Chapter 2"<br />"Instructions Not Included"<br />"The Internship"<br />"The Invisible Woman"<br />"Iron Man 3"<br />"Jack the Giant Slayer"<br />"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"<br />"Jayne Mansfield's Car"<br />"Jewtopia"<br />"Jobs"<br />"Kamasutra 3D"<br />"Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain"<br />"Khumba"<br />"Kick-Ass 2"<br />"Kill Your Darlings"<br />"The Kings of Summer"<br />"LA Superheroes"<br />"Labor Day"<br />"The Last Exorcism Part II"<br />"The Last Stand"<br />"Last Vegas"<br />"Lee Daniels' The Butler"<br />"The Legend of Sarila"<br />"A Letter to Momo"<br />"Live at the Foxes Den"<br />"The Lone Ranger"<br />"Lone Survivor"<br />"The Lords of Salem"<br />"Lore"<br />"Love Is All You Need"<br />"Lovelace"<br />"The M Word"<br />"Machete Kills"<br />"Mama"<br />"Man of Steel"<br />"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"<br />"Mental"<br />"Metallica Through the Never"<br />"The Missing Picture"<br />"Monsters University"<br />"Morning"<br />"The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"<br />"Movie 43"<br />"Much Ado About Nothing"<br />"Mud"<br />"Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary"<br />"Murph: The Protector"<br />"The Muslims Are Coming!"<br />"Nebraska"<br />"99% The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film"<br />"No One Lives"<br />"Nothing Left to Fear"<br />"Now You See Me"<br />"O Apostolo"<br />"Oblivion"<br />"Officer Down"<br />"Oldboy"<br />"Olympus Has Fallen"<br />"One Chance"<br />"One Direction: This Is Us"<br />"Only God Forgives"<br />"Out of the Furnace"<br />"Oz the Great and Powerful"<br />"Pacific Rim"<br />"The Package"<br />"Pain & Gain"<br />"Paradise: Love"<br />"Paranoia"<br />"Parkland"<br />"The Past"<br />"The Patience Stone"<br />"Pawn"<br />"Pawn Shop Chronicles"<br />"Peeples"<br />"Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters"<br />"Philomena"<br />"The Place Beyond the Pines"<br />"Planes"<br />"Populaire"<br />"Prince Avalanche"<br />"Prisoners"<br />"Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-"<br />"The Purge"<br />"R.I.P.D."<br />"Reaching for the Moon"<br />"Red 2"<br />"Redemption"<br />"Renoir"<br />"Riddick"<br />"Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury"<br />"Romeo and Juliet"<br />"Runner Runner"<br />"Rush"<br />"Safe Haven"<br />"Salinger"<br />"The Sapphires"<br />"Saving Mr. Banks"<br />"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"<br />"Shadow Dancer"<br />"Short Term 12"<br />"Side Effects"<br />"A Single Shot"<br />"The Smurfs 2"<br />"Snitch"<br />"Somm"<br />"Sound City"<br />"Spark: A Burning Man Story"<br />"Specific Intent 2"<br />"The Spectacular Now"<br />"Spring Breakers"<br />"The Square"<br />"Star Trek into Darkness"<br />"State 194"<br />"Still Mine"<br />"Stoker"<br />"Texas Chainsaw"<br />"Thanks for Sharing"<br />"This Is Martin Bonner"<br />"This Is the End"<br />"Thor: The Dark World"<br />"3 Geezers!"<br />"Tim's Vermeer"<br />"The To Do List"<br />"To the Wonder"<br />"Touring Talkies"<br />"Trance"<br />"The Truth About Emanuel"<br />"Turbo"<br />"12.12.12"<br />"12 Years a Slave"<br />"21 & Over"<br />"Twice Born"<br />"2 Guns"<br />"Two: The Story of Roman and Nyro"<br />"Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas"<br />"Tyler Perry's Temptation Confessions of a Marriage Counselor"<br />"The Ultimate Life"<br />"Unfinished Song"<br />"Upside Down"<br />"Wadjda"<br />"Walking with Dinosaurs"<br />"The Wall"<br />"Warm Bodies"<br />"The Way, Way Back"<br />"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks"<br />"We're the Millers"<br />"What Maisie Knew"<br />"White House Down"<br />"Why We Ride"<br />"The Wind Rises"<br />"Winnie Mandela"<br />"The Wolf of Wall Street"<br />"The Wolverine"<br />"World War Z"<br />"The World's End"<br />"Yossi"<br />"You're Next"<br />"Zaytoun"</div>
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We aren't as active as we once were! Or at all. Jobby jobs have happened and your faithful Fangirls have disappeared from the world of blogging. We are still tweeting about our geeky interests on the Twitters, so follow us there at @loquaciousmuse and @eruditechick and of course will occasionally post giveaways and rants when the mood strikes, and never stop running the Fangirl Awards if we can help it!
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It's been a great run! So long and thanks for all the fish! #42LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-76701351624001110692013-10-29T20:01:00.000-07:002013-10-29T20:01:10.489-07:00Basically, I like Arcade Fire <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZuRwJbfffY/UnBvCckeKSI/AAAAAAAAAbU/XDhqzS0AtT0/s1600/arcade-fire-reflektor.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZuRwJbfffY/UnBvCckeKSI/AAAAAAAAAbU/XDhqzS0AtT0/s320/arcade-fire-reflektor.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
As you probably know, Arcade Fire's new album <i>Reflektor</i> was officially released today. With its lyrical references to the Orpheus myth, its influences from Haitian music, and producution help from LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, <i>Reflektor</i> is a grand addition to the band's discography. Always thematic but never totally conceptual, Arcade Fire's albums are best when listened to in full but most tracks are still great out of context. This time around, their title track is a definite hit single. <br />
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It's too soon for me to rank <i>Reflektor</i> among the rest but then again I'm not sure I'll ever have a favorite Arcade Fire album; each one is a unique and solid record that moves and charms me with every listen. Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-61672362010631318302013-10-18T10:54:00.000-07:002013-10-19T15:28:18.500-07:00Byuioo: Pipeline's New Musical <a href="http://pipelinetheatre.org/productions/on-stage-now/"><i>Byuioo</i></a> is the new musical production from the incredibly innovative <a href="http://pipelinetheatre.org/">Pipeline Theatre Company</a>. Described as a folk gospel musical, <i>Byuioo</i> is set in a post-apocalyptic New York where survivors live in nomadic packs, each with its own language and customs. <br />
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Always entertaining and imaginative, Pipeline produces must-see shows. I expect no less with <i>Byuioo</i>. Previews start next weekend and the show runs until mid-November at <a href="http://judson.org/the-gym">The Gym at Judson</a>. For tickets and more info, visit the <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/468346">website</a>.Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-46208268401458133732013-08-23T13:52:00.000-07:002013-08-23T13:57:55.025-07:00It's The World's End! Better Give Some Stuff Away!<p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Visit the<b> <a href="http://www.theworldsendmovie.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">official website</a><u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Watch the trailer & clips on<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/TheWorldsEndMovie" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">YouTube</a><u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A signature brew of camaraderie, knockabout humor, excessive quaffing, questionable life choices, hand-to-hand combat, and explosive surprises, The World’s End reteams director Edgar Wright with actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, following their hits Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The tale of <b>The World’s End</b> begins on June 22nd, 1990. In their suburban U.K. town of Newton Haven, five boys in the prime of their teenage youth celebrate the end of school by attempting an epic pub crawl together. Despite their enthusiasm and the downing of a slew of pints of beer, they fall short of seeing their quest through, to the last pub on their list, The World’s End.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Twenty-odd years later, “the five musketeers” have each left their hometown and are now husbands, fathers, men with careers – with the flashing-red-light exception of their voluble onetime ringleader, Gary King (Simon Pegg), who is now a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens. The irrepressible Gary, keenly aware of his estrangement from his onetime closest friend Andy (Nick Frost), becomes hellbent on trying “The Golden Mile” drinking marathon again. He convinces Andy, Steven (Paddy Considine), Oliver (Martin Freeman), and Peter (Eddie Marsan) to stage an encore, and one <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_5415542" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span>afternoon they are all reunited. Gary is in his element: the mandate is one night, five guys, twelve pubs – imbibing at least one pint apiece at each establishment. Arriving in Newton Haven, they re-encounter Oliver’s sister Sam (Rosamund Pike), for whom Gary and Steven each still carry a torch.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">As the gang attempts along the way to reconcile their past and present, an increasingly insane and dangerous series of encounters with old haunts and acquaintances makes them realize that the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching <b>The World’s End</b> is the least of their worries…<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Cast:</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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This film from the director of “Smashed” comes a love story between a teenage alcoholic and the slightly nerdy girl he befriends after a bad senior year break up. While it may sound trite on paper, the festival darling (one of many hitting theaters in limited release this month) surprises with its deliberate lack of showiness, understated nature and simple, effective performances. Miles Teller and in particular Shailene Woodley shine with their nuanced naturalism and easy chemistry.</div>
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Although parts of the film feel too reliant on improv to achieve this realism, a rather rampant problem with a lot of indie filmmaking nowadays, the good ultimately outweighs the bad. And you’ll never look Coach Taylor the same way again. Since both Teller and Woodley appear in YA adaptation “Divergent”, and the film’s marketing focuses more on the teen love story than teen alcoholic story, expect high critical praise and potentially low cinema scores from the inevitably confused 13-18 year old set.</div>
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This movie!! Guys!! This movie!! Lindsay Lohan, renaissance porn star James Deen, Bret Easton Ellis, and the inimitable Paul Schrader join forces to create this masterpiece/sh*t show, which is finally coming to theaters and VOD after what seemed like an eternity of gossip. In any event, nothing is keeping me from taking in this “contemporary LA noir about the dangers of sexual obsession and ambition,” so good job stoking the strange fires of controversy, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/movies/the-canyons-is-another-film-of-a-bret-easton-ellis-tale.html?_r=0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this NY Times piece</a> and <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/the-canyons-director-paul-schrader-interview-lindsay-lohan.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this New York Magazine article</a>!</div>
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Another one of those aforementioned festival darlings that wowed at Sundance, SXSW, and LA Film Fest, to name a few. This neo-Western set in 1970s Texas Hill Country, stars Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster and was developed through the Sundance Writing and Producing labs. David Lowery’s film currently has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but can this swooningly romantic drama break out from the art house audience? At the very least, the Sundance US Dramatic Cinematography Award winner will be beautiful to look at, and allegedly features one of the most compellingly strange scores of the year.</div>
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As if a Wong Kar Wai movie would be opening and we *wouldn’t* put it in our movie preview. What, were you expecting? “Planes”? “Mortal Instruments”? PSHAW I SAY. “The Grandmaster” is yet another biopic about Ip Man, the legendary martial arts master who trained Bruce Lee, Wong’s take following the martial artist as his world collides with that of another kung fu master, Gong Er, during the Japenese invasion in 1936. Choreographed by Yuen Woo-Ping, mastermind behind “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”, “Kill Bill” and “The Matrix”, “The Grandmaster” certainly promises to be a different and decidedly unique take on both biopics and martial arts movies.</div>
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It has now been a solid TWO YEARS since “You’re Next” started playing the festival circuit to much acclaim, but finally the twist-on-the-home-invasion horror flick will be available for consumption nationwide. Opening weekend, grab a giant group of horror loving friends and get thee to a theater. Oh fun fact for you fellow geeks out there - that cat mask you see in the trailer? Very popular random item floating around at Comic-Con, that was even discovered backstage by Michael Fassbender and shown off during his Comic-Con panel for “X-Men.”</div>
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This little movie from director Destin Cretton won both the Grand Jury and Audience Award at SXSW, and then the Audience Award at LA Film Fest, and mark my words, will be making plenty of noise come Film Independent Spirit Awards time. Although the film was the second Cretton made, after “I Am Not A Hipster”, he began work on “Short Term 12″ long before, having worked with foster kids himself and becoming inspired to tell this story of the people who find hope in such facilities, whether they are the ones being cared for, or the ones attempting to do the caring. This beautiful, moving uncliched drama stars Brie Larson in a star-making role and an excellent John Gallagher Jr (“Newsroom”) as her sympathetic boyfriend.</div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-40448885188866088462013-07-18T13:14:00.000-07:002013-08-23T13:15:05.512-07:00The Most Notable Comic-Con Panels Of All Time<i><a href="http://www.film.com/movies/the-most-memorable-panels-in-comic-con-history">Full post on Film.com</a></i><br />
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With Comic-Con only days away, we decided to take a little look back to put the giant event into perspective. Although sometimes the movies promoted at the convention don’t break through to a mainstream audience, there have been many panels throughout the years that could be considered monumental or important for a variety of reasons. Here are the ten most memorable, in chronological order.</div>
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And be sure to check out <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/movie-lovers-guide-to-comic-con-2013" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">our ultimate guide to Comic-Con 2013 for movie lovers!</a></div>
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In 1976, Charles Lippencott famously hosted a panel for “Star Wars”, showing slides from the film to a somewhat skeptical (and not full!) audience. While it took some years for someone from a film other than a publicist to present a film panel at Comic-Con, footage (screened in 16mm, natch) was luckily not far off, perhaps most notably in 1981 when a “Blade Runner” panel screened a featurette before featurettes were a thing, that can now be found on the 30th anniversary blu ray.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Convincing The Fans About Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1988)</strong></div>
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In 1988, fans were so overwhelmingly against the casting of Michael Keaton as Batman, the studio’s consultant on all things geek knew they had to do something to prove that Burton’s vision was everything the fans would want in a “Batman” movie, not the rehash of the campy Batman series the hardcore fans so feared. So “Batman” creator himself, Bob Kane, appeared at Comic-Con with a slideshow and fans soon found themselves warming up to the whole idea after getting a peak of Anton Furst’s designs of Gotham City and watching a Tim Burton led tour of the set, Bat Suit and Batmobile. This marked the beginning of a change in fan perception towards the film, as it unleashed word of mouth that turned entire fan community around.</div>
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<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/comic-con-2013-movie-preview/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also Check Out: <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10 Things to Geek Out Over at Comic-Con 2013</strong></span></a></span></em></div>
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In what is now old hat, 1992 marked the first time an Oscar-winning director came to Comic-Con to show fans his genre film, as Francis Ford Coppola arrived in town with a a lengthy featurette and practically taught a class in filmmaking to a rapt audience (a feat the giddy legend would repeat at the “Twixt” panel some years later) . It was a huge moment to have someone in the film world of that caliber attend Comic-Con. Back in 1992, Comic-Con was one of many similarly sized genre conventions around the country, and Coppola went on to appear at many others that year promoting the film, to fantastic results, as the film was a surprise hit.</div>
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In a rare occurrence, Fox decided to combine their film and television into one panel, with one relatively unknown talent linking the two – writer and creator Joss Whedon. The move made certain logistical sense, as that year Whedon was involved in two geek properties, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Alien: Resurrection”. “Alien”, seeming like the bigger project, went second in the line-up, and when a third of the audience got up and left after “Buffy” had concluded, the geek world knew they might have a television phenomenon on their hands. Whedon has spoken about the experience as a turning point in his career, enjoying himself so much that he returned in 1998 with the entire Buffy cast (sans SMG who didn’t appear until “The Grudge”) and has since become one of <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</em> icons of fandom.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Lord of the Rings Comes To Life (2000)</strong></div>
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Back in 2000 when the largest room at the convention was 6CDEF, the Con removed the temporary walls separating 6CDEF from 6A and 6B, creating a 6000-person room, comparable in capacity to the current hub of all things major, Hall H, in order to host a screening of brand new clips and behind the scenes footage from “Fellowship of the Ring”. Can you imagine a studio greenlighting a panel in the largest room at Comic-Con just to show a long featurette? But the panel was a massive success, capped off with a surprise appearance by Ian McKellan, who had been hanging out at the Marvel booth, and decided to come up and watch the footage for himself. This panel manages to represent both a bygone era of Comic-Con, and provide a sneak preview into what it would become.</div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-25235885162643040972013-07-17T13:17:00.000-07:002013-08-23T13:17:42.130-07:00Film Lover's Guide to Comic-Con 2013<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Full preview on <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/movie-lovers-guide-to-comic-con-2013">Film.com</a></span><br />
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Entertainment Weekly returns with its regular panel focusing on different types of genre movers and shakers, The Visionaries. This year, the panel features three completely different directors, Marc Webb, Edgar Wright and Alfonso Curaron, all appearing on the same stage because of their successful forays into genre. The three are also all appearing on other panels throughout the Convention, Webb with “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, Wright with “The World’s End” and Curaron with “Gravity”, but the Visionaries panel is a chance to hear them not focus primarily on promoting their new movies, but discuss the art of filmmaking overall.</div>
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Controversery or no controversy, Summit is pulling out all the stops for their adaptation of “Ender’s Game” at Comic-Con this year, with a panel, signing, events and parties happening throughout the entire week. Head here for an extended look at the film and talk with Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield and more. Sharing this panel is “Divergent”, the film based on the hugely popular YA series by the same name and present for the Q&A will be the novelist, director, and *nine* cast members, including both Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, so if you ever wanted to pretend there might be the possibility of a The Spectacular Now panel at Comic-Con, now would be the time.</div>
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Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost return to Comic-Con with the third in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Flavours_Cornetto_trilogy" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, </a>following “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hut Fuzz”. Here, they will be showing off some footage for the comedy, but the real treat here is just getting to see these guys interact with each other and the fans. The perfect Comic-Con morning!</div>
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As if the morning wasn’t perfect enough already, immediately following the Focus panel is one on Veronica Mars, featuring a magical cast of magic, including regular cast members Kristen Bell, Francis Capra, Enrico Colantoni,Percy Daggs III and Jason Dohring, plus ensemble members Ryan Hansen, Chris Lowell, Tina Majorino and Krysten Ritter. Producer/director Rob Thomas will also be on hand to screen footage and discuss the phenomenon that was the film’s Kickstarter Campaign. In the true spirit of Comic-Con, a tv show that got canceled due to low ratings is now the subject of one of THE most anticipated panels of the entire convention. Love it.</div>
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Talent and hopefully footage from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” “Robocop” and “The Amazing Spider-man 2” will all be on hand this Friday afternoon in a massive 2+ hours panel. Andrew Garfield in particular has a lot to live up to after blowing everyone away with his genuine love for Spider-man at his last appearance for the first in the rebooted series, where he “asked a question” from the audience in full costume. Can he out-adorbz himself is clearly the question on everyone’s mind. Or at least mine.</div>
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Warner Brothers prepares to wow Comic-Con again with its regular Saturday morning spot, this time bringing footage and talent from “Godzilla”,” Seventh Son”,” 300: Rise of an Empire”, “Gravity”, “The Lego Movie”, and</div>
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“Edge of Tomorrow”. Going into the panel, my money would be on Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity” or Gareth “have you seen V/H/S/2 and realized what a genius I am yet?!” Evans’ “Godzilla”, but you never know with a panel chock full like this one.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lionsgate – Featuring I, Frankenstein and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</strong></div>
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“I, Frankenstein” is gonna be cool and all but “CATCHING FIRE” AHHHH. Jennifer Lawrence?! Will you be there? Are we besties? Is the footage going to be amazing? Am I gonna volunteer as tribute?! Am I going to make myself a dress made entirely of Catching Fire pins and then catch myself on fire BECAUSE I CAN?!?! Point is – first ever “Hunger Games” panel. HAPPENING.</div>
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All the program guide says is TBA, which is probably the greatest thing ever because the only thing we can really glean from it is DO NOT MISS THIS PANEL. Because, come on, if all a studio will announce is that they are a studio having a panel, you know that sh*t is going to be epic. Not. To. Be. Missed.</div>
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Marvel returns to Saturday evening to close out the film portion of Hall H with this look at the second movies for Thor and Cap, and if we are being honest, there will probably be some “Guardians of the Galaxy” stuff in there too and most likely some announcement of something happening next cause that’s how Marvel rolls. Holy crap does Saturday rule this year.</div>
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“The Way Way Back” is firmly grounded in reality (although Steve Carrell playing such a horrible human being does take some getting used to), as it tells a classic coming of age tale surrounding a 14 year old boy as he starts working at a water park and finds a mentor in Owen, the enthusiastically loquacious man in charge, portrayed with usual vigor by Sam Rockwell. Don’t wait too long to catch this one, as it might seem rather slight when held up against its early praise. Ultimately, “The Way Way Back” has its heart in the right place and is worth a watch, even if it might not be the sleeper Oscar darling Fox Searchlight is hoping it will be.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">In this indie flick that made the festival circuit rounds to relatively positive reviews earlier this year, Michael Cera plays an American on vacation in Chile determined to have a hallucinatory cactus trip on the beach. In a bold move, Cera portrays his most unlikeable character yet as Jamie, a self-involved, judgmental twenty-something in desperate need of redemption. The stand out here, however, is Gaby Hoffman, as the titular free spirited woman who Jamie encounters along the way. It’s questionable whether or not this arthouse flick would have seen the light of day without the attachment of Cera, but if you’re willing to go on the journey, you may find that “Crystal Fairy” has lot to say about how and why we look inward and outward, playing with notions of perception and introspection in an easy, hands-off sort of way.</span></div>
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Keep an eye on director Ryan Coogler’s Sundance Grand Jury and Audience Award winner. If you want to be in on this conversation early, before the hype becomes too much to live up to, head to a theater this weekend to catch this fictionalization of the last day in the life of Oscar Grant (an outstanding Michael B. Jordan), the young man infamously and unjustly killed at Oakland’s Fruitvale Station by police officers in 2009.</div>
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Warning: Nicholas Wending Refn’s next movie, the most anticipated of his career following break out hit “Drive”, is not a crowd pleaser. “Only God Forgives” is strange, slow, violent, morbid, disturbing, and absolutely nothing like “Drive” beyond the fact that Ryan Gosling stars in both and, for the most part, speaks in neither. It follows a mother (a deliciously diabolical and undeniably fantastic Kristen Scott Thomas) seeking revenge for her eldest son’s murder, and the role her youngest son (Gosling) plays in this misguided mission. “Only God Forgives” is a full sensory experience that Winding Refn himself likens to an acid trip. It may fascinate you, bore you, piss you off, or some combination of the three.</div>
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This unsettling documentary first made its mark at last years Toronto and Telluride film festivals and further demonstrated its popularity with sold out screenings at SXSW and LA Film Festival in 2013. This month is your chance to finally see this powerful, surreal and chilling doc in which Indonosian death squad leaders reenact the mass killings they themselves have committed, in the style of their beloved American movies. To further the strangeness, these men are considered heroes in their country, a notion fundamentally counterintuitive to what we as a people believe and are capable of perceiving. But if you have ever wanted to see the perpetrator of mass genocide star in his own western/musical/gangster flick about committing said atrocities, well hey, now is your chance! Do not miss your opportunity to catch this brilliant piece of filmmaking while it is in theaters and don’t be surprised to hear of it a hell of a lot more come Oscar season.</div>
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Much Ado About Nothing<br />
Joss Whedon’s highly anticipated adaptation of the beloved Shakespeare play finally comes to theaters and the Whedonites of the world rejoice! This excellently executed take on the play emphasizes the dark, sensual side of the comedy and showcases another side to a slew of Whedon regulars, including Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Fran Kranz and Sean Maher and introduces the striking Jillian Morgese as Hero. The movie is everything you want it to be, regardless as to whether you see yourself as Shakespeare Fan, a Whedonite, both or neither. Enjoy.<br />
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The Bling Ring<br />
Some love it, many don’t, but what else is new, Sofia Coppola? Being described as the slightest and therefore most accessible of her work, Coppola fans may find themselves somewhat disappointed, but perhaps it also means the film may become more of a commercial success than her previous outings. Mainstream appeal and Sofia Coppola are somewhat diametrically opposed – much like “Spring Breakers”, the cast may attract an audience expecting something a little less artsy, so keep an eye on the film’s Cinema Score and make sure to be following your teen during the film’s rollout! Reaction should be interesting to say the least. But hey, at the end of the day, the film didn’t get booed after its Cannes premiere, unlike Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette”, so, victory!<br />
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One of my favorite movies from LA Film Fest last year hits theaters in very limited release and it is your duty as a human to go see it. “Call Me Kuchu” chronicles the life and death of David Kato, gay rights activist in the startlingly homophobic country of Uganda. Filmmakers Katherine Wright Fairfax and Malika Zouhali-Worrall happened to be in Uganda following Kato and his movement when the activist was murdered for his beliefs. The film is difficult but powerful, moving and necessary viewing.<br />
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Pedro Almodovar’s latest and the opening night film of this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival finally hits American screens (in limited release) at the end of the month. The film is a comedy about the people on an airplane after a technical failure endangers all of their lives (also, massive doses of peyote are involved). Current reviews for the broad romp are mixed, and compare it to Almodovar’s earlier work, which could be seen as either a good or bad thing. Just don’t go in expecting “Bad Education”, “Talk To Her” or “The Skin I Live In” and you should be okay.LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-25768274088972963282013-05-28T10:00:00.000-07:002013-05-28T10:00:04.345-07:00Close Up: Director Todd Berger (It's a Disaster, Coming to DVD June 4th)<p></p>
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With<i> It's a Disaster's</i> DVD release closely approaching (one week from today), I thought we would revisit our talk with director Todd Berger from SXSW this year. After seeing <i>Good Night</i>, a film Berger acted in, I sat down with him outside of the Alamo Slaughter to discuss how <i>Good Night</i> influenced <i>It's a Disaster</i>, the Texas filmmaking community, the plus sides to making independent film and so much more.<br />
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Check out a portion below and for the complete interview, head on over to <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/todd-berger-interview-its-a-disaster">Film.com</a><br />
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<i>It's a Disaster</i> will be available for home ownership forever and ever on June 4th<br />
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Berger: Oh absolutely, just giving characters relationship backstories so they know how to relate to each other, I just thought was vital, and when we did “It’s a Disaster”, I would sit with Julia and be like, okay you know everyone *this* way, you’re old friends with Hedy, America’s character, you guys met in college, this will never been on screen you know, you’re never gonna talk about this, but it’s important to know how you guys know each other. Because you wouldn’t want someone to read a script and be like “We’re all good friends, we’re all eight of us best friends and we all treat each other the same!” cause that’s not how real friendships work, when you go to a party with your friends, you end up talking to the same people, and you talk to people differently depending on how you know each other, so I thought that was great and it totally was inspired by [the exercises we did for "Good Night"].</div>
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Berger: Oh yeah absolutely, we call it the Burnt Orange Mafia, and I was so busy here at SXSW because my friends are all directing movies! Bryan Poyser did “The Bounceback”, PJ Raval did “Before You Know It”, Kat Chandler did a couple shorts, Johnny didn’t go to UT but he’s Austin guy, he’s in seven things. Geoff Marslett did “Loves Her Gun”, there’s a bunch and actors and actresses, I don’t know if you saw, the Austin Chronicle had busy actor bingo, you should look for it, it’s a bingo card with all these Austin actors and basically it’s like, if you see a movie, cross them off and see if you can make bingo! And Johnny’s on it, and Jason Newman, it’s all these actors that are in two or more movies at SXSW. So it’s cool, it’s like all of your friends are making movies! And you’re like, I gotta go see my friends movie! It’s great and everybody is still supportive, Austin is a great, supportive film community.</div>
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You kind of have to make your own movie cause it never happens, people who wait for someone to give them a million dollars do go back a movie, you’re gonna be waiting a long time. And we all come to the realization eventually that if you want to do something, you have to do it yourself, so you might as well do it now. Those few who have had the opportunity out of the gate who directed one like killer short in college then handed the keys to a franchise, those are few and far between, but still you’re probably gonna be under heavy supervision of a studio or a financing company, but if you really want to use your first feature film as a business card to show this is who I am, this is what I do, if you it independently, you don’t have to answer to anybody and that’s crucial.</div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-17293755837923286402013-05-20T15:27:00.003-07:002013-05-20T15:28:15.219-07:00Indie Watch: May 2013<p></p>
For our complete list of movies to see (and one to avoid) for the month of May, head to <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/may-2013-movies">Film.com</a>. For just the most important indie flicks of the month, read on!<br />
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“The Squid and the Whale” and “Greenberg” helmer Noah Baumbach is back, reunited with “Greenberg” break out Greta Gerwig in this comedy, who stars and co-writes. The film played to solid reviews out of Telluride, Toronto, New York and more and also stars beloved Girls boy Adam Driver. In a month chock full of major studio movies, “Frances Ha”, described as a “modern fable exploring New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure and redemption” is a much needed alternative, currently rocking 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.</div>
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Ultimately whichever film wins the box office over Memorial Day is irrelevant, because the only movie that actually matters that weekend is “Before Midnight.” The third movie in this most unusual of trilogies, following 1995′s “Before Sunrise” and 2004′s “Before Sunset,” the latest chapter again follows one day in the relationship between Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), this time finding them in their early 40s … and that’s all you need to know. A must see for any human, be prepared to experience sensations in your soul you did not know existed. Go go go go go go go go go.</div>
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Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling collaborate once again after beginning to build a fanbase with last year’s “Sound of my Voice”. Eco Espionage Thriller is the name of the game this time around, with a healthy dose of Stockholm Syndrome for good measure. In “The East,” Brit Marling stars as a rookie FBI agent who infiltrates an anarchist group and starts to connect with its charismatic leader played by Alexander Skarsgard. It’s been called captivating and inventive, and apparently features a fantastic performance from Ellen Page. If you make a point to see one Indie this month, make sure it’s “Before Midnight.” But if you see two, “The East” should definitely be on your list.</div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-36679138536941162902013-05-19T20:35:00.004-07:002013-05-19T23:23:01.471-07:00Crashbox Scores with its Intimate but Powerful Production of The Liddy Plays <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cepg3Ld7XPI/UZmXpHpqwVI/AAAAAAAAAZo/jbHsLfiUpMI/s1600/LIDDYNEWPOSTER.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cepg3Ld7XPI/UZmXpHpqwVI/AAAAAAAAAZo/jbHsLfiUpMI/s320/LIDDYNEWPOSTER.jpg" /></a><br />
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The subjectivity of sanity and the endurance of memory, and the ways in which both shape selfhood, are examined in <a href="http://www.brookeberman.net/">Brooke Berman</a>'s <i>The Liddy Plays</i>. Last night, I had the pleasure of watching <a href="http://www.crashboxtheater.org/Home.html">Crashbox Theater Company</a>'s production of <i>The Liddy Plays</i> at Manhattan's <a href="http://www.accesstheater.com/accesstheater/">Access Theater</a>. The 90-minute production was well-paced, finely acted, and an overall totally enjoyable show. <br />
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<i>The Liddy Plays</i> is a collection of four plays about the often-tempestuous Liddy and her calmness-obsessed brother Em, as they deal with the ripple effects of their emotionally unstable Mother's suicide. Crashbox's production is a treat to watch, filled with perfectly sparse movement and song and raw performances from the cast. The show explores that often fine line in mental health between subtly giving in and loudly breaking down. The lead actress Keilly McQuaill especially shines in her fantastic portrayal of Liddy's attempt at balancing popular notions of sensibility with her desire to be true to her personal emotionality. <br />
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I highly recommend going to see <i>The Liddy Plays</i> this week. For tickets and more information, please go <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/380424">here</a>. Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-25019399392287228812013-05-14T17:49:00.001-07:002013-05-14T17:54:35.186-07:00PEN Festival Reading List <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9KDXtkg9BtY/UZLbA2GjA0I/AAAAAAAAAZY/yDyhw6F0XmA/s1600/festival_logo.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9KDXtkg9BtY/UZLbA2GjA0I/AAAAAAAAAZY/yDyhw6F0XmA/s320/festival_logo.png" /></a><br />
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The 9th Annual <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/">PEN World Voices Festival</a> wrapped last week and left me longing to learn more about many of its featured writers. The festival's focus was on works that possessed bravery--either in form or content. Some of the writers in attendance displayed a valiant political spirit while others showed boldness in their writing style. All the writers I was lucky enough to see proved to be courageous in their ability to openly share their thoughts and communicate their creativity to an audience. <br />
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There were so many wonderful speakers at this year's PEN festival and I'm excited to learn more about them and their literary works. Here's a short but punchy list of recommended readings from writers who attended the festival: <br />
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-Adania Shibli's <a href="http://www.clockrootbooks.com/clockrootbooks/touching.html"><i>Touch</i></a><br />
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-Joy Harjo's <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=23915"><i>Crazy Brave</i></a><br />
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-Shahrnush Parsipur's <a href="http://www.feministpress.org/books/shahrnush-parsipur/kissing-sword"><i>Kissing the Sword </i></a><br />
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-Shane Bauer's <i>Mother Jones</i> article <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/solitary-confinement-shane-bauer">"Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons."</a><br />
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-Earl Lovelace's <a href="http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Is-Just-a-Movie"><i>Is Just a Movie </i></a><br />
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Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-80502385537718789682013-04-29T22:32:00.001-07:002013-05-14T17:55:54.252-07:00This Week in NYC: Brave Lit presented by PEN America! A fiery exchange between Salman Rushdie and a political heckler, a former <i>Onion</i> writer filling in for a former U.S. Military Commissions prosecutor, live drum music, and some stellar readings were all part of a compelling <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/02/27/opening-night-reading-bravery">opening night event</a> of the <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/">9th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature</a>. <br />
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The theme of this year's festival is <b>bravery</b> and tonight's opening night readings at Cooper Union set forth a rather spirited tenor. A man who was protesting PEN America's <a href="http://www.pen.org/press-release/2013/01/16/pen-american-center-names-suzanne-nossel-executive-director">recent appointment of Suzanne Nossel</a> as their new Executive Director disrupted the start of the event by heckling the introductory speakers. Instead of forcing him to leave, the PEN staff showed their respect for debate and free speech by asking the man to remain quiet for the readings after he had been allowed to say his piece (and distribute flyers explaining <a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/u-s-cooption-of-the-human-rights-movement-continues/#more-48267">his dissent</a>). While Salman Rushdie and he exchanged some heated words, the activists/heckler did stay to watch the rest of the show silently. With that intro, the PEN Festival showed that it's an open forum for political discourse. The remainder of the event showed that the Festival means to celebrate both political and creative bravery in literature. Hosted by former <i>Onion</i> writer and current best-selling author, <a href="https://twitter.com/baratunde">Baratunde Thurston</a> (who stepped in for the absent speaker Lt. Col. in the Army Reserve Darrel Vandeveld to do a dialogue with Lt. Col. in the U.S. Air Force David Frakt about <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/nonfiction/closing-argument-guantanamo-ii-torture-mohammad-jawad-continued">the trial of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad</a>), tonight's readings were performed by a group of writers diverse in national background and literary style. From Native American writer Joy Harjo's tuneful poetry to Caribbean writer Earl Lovelace's humorous prose, the evening's literary performers all confidently voiced the passion, resilience, and defiant power that literature is capable of in all its engaging forms. <br />
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This year's festival is off to a bold start and I'm looking forward to a week of fantastic literary events. I've highlighted several upcoming happenings below but make sure to visit PEN's <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/">website</a> for the Festival's full schedule and ticket info. <br />
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<b><a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/03/18/kissing-sword-prison-memoir-shahrnush-parsipur">Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir by Shahrnush Parsipur</a></b><br />
Friday, May 3rd at Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. <br />
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<b><a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/02/27/obsession-joy-harjo-time">Obsession: Joy Harjo on Time<br />
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<b><a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/02/14/watching-meter-poetry-taxi-drivers-workshop">Watching the Meter: Poetry from the Taxi Drivers Workshop</a></b><br />
Saturday, May 4th at Joe's Pub. <br />
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<b><a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/02/28/all-that%E2%80%99s-left-you-palestinian-writers-conversation">All That’s Left to You: Palestinian Writers in Conversation</a></b><br />
Saturday, May 4th at The New School. Moderated by Judith Butler. <br />
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<b><a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/02/28/literature-lock-and-key">Literature: The Lock and Key</a></b><br />
Saturday, May 4th at The Public Theater. With Shane Bauer and Laura Secor.<br />
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<b><a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/event/2013/02/28/obsession-naomi-wolf-truth">Obsession: Naomi Wolf on Truth</a></b><br />
Saturday, May 4th at The Standard, East Village Hotel.Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-10475289022527929472013-04-19T20:11:00.000-07:002013-05-14T17:56:29.398-07:00Putting the performance back in Performance ArtThis is what an awesome live musical performance looks like: <br />
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<a href="http://pplgtrdybrassland.bandcamp.com/album/people-get-ready">People Get Ready</a> is a Brooklyn-based group that's fusing mediums and bending genres with their musical movements. While their songs rock on their own, watching a clip of their live performance is what immediately turned me on to them. <br />
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If you live in New York, you can catch People Get Ready--along with the super awesome <a href="http://www.solangemusic.com/#/">Solange</a>--at the <a href="http://www.crossingbrooklynferry.com/">CBF</a> festival this month! Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-83532832039076584892013-04-10T16:52:00.000-07:002013-05-14T17:57:01.243-07:00<a href="http://theroomsies.com/">Roomsies</a>, a wonderfully ridiculous webseries staring real-life roommates Jenny Donheiser and Meagan Kensil, just released the first episode of its second season today! It's hilariously kooky and has me pumped for future episodes. Check it out below! <br />
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Sadface because you're not caught up with Roomsies? Well put yourself in a barrel of laughs by watching all the short & sweet episodes <a href="http://theroomsies.com/#6ba/youtube">here</a>. <br />
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And make sure to follow the ladies on <a href="https://twitter.com/theroomsies">twitter</a> for updates and extra giggles. <br />
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This year, for their 9th annual <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/about-festival">PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature</a>, <a href="http://www.pen.org/">PEN America</a> will celebrate writers who have shown bravery in their work and personal lives. The festival will host a slew of lectures, workshops, and performances that will feature numerous political and talented writers such as Judith Butler, Joy Harjo, Naomi Wolf, Yusef Komunyakaa, Salman Rushdie, and this year's festival honoree US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. <br />
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The festival will take place throughout New York City from April 29th-May 5th. <b>To all my fellow lit and politics nerds: I can't recommend hitting up this festival enough!</b> A full schedule of events can be accessed here: <a href="http://worldvoices.pen.org/festival-event-calendar-page">http://worldvoices.pen.org/festival-event-calendar-page</a>. While a few events are free, most require individual tickets so I recommend taking a look at the lineup now and purchasing tickets in advance. <br />
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If you sadly can't make this year's festival, make sure to check back here at ATFG for festival updates and coverage! <br />
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Castlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671710847715038258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-16851522929094312442013-03-31T15:28:00.000-07:002013-05-20T15:30:13.176-07:00Coolest Shit On The Floor : Wondercon 2013 Edition<p></p>
At Wondercon this weekend? Check out the awesome items we found during our dealer's room sojourn yesterday!<br />
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<br />LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-22924645359811512252013-03-22T16:40:00.000-07:002013-03-22T16:49:53.486-07:00Admission Giveaway!! WIN BOSSYPANTS?! OKAY!<p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been way too long since we've had a giveaway, right? Probably? I love giving shit away. Especially when said shit includes Tina Fey's book because even if you own it already, it's pretty much the best gift ever for anyone awesome....who doesn't own it already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, in celebration of the release of a movie with Tina Fey AND Paul Rudd in it, we are giving away TWO prize packages featuring:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock) and Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Knocked Up) star in <b><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Admission</span></b>, the new film directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (About a Boy), about the surprising detours we encounter on the road to happiness. Straight-laced Princeton University <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">admissions</span> officer Portia Nathan (Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman (Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted -- but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-20447026911126885522013-03-19T18:16:00.000-07:002013-03-22T18:23:17.393-07:00SXSW: Even Moar Best of the Fest!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over on <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/sxsw-2013-best">Film.com,</a> Will Goss and I made up our own SXSW awards and in the process got to honor everything that we thought was awesome about the films at the fest. But I actually had a few more random superlatives that I thought I'd post here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Aint it Cool News' Eric Vespe's cameo in "Grow Up Tony Phillips" alongside his brother, lead Tony Vespe, is pretty damn adorbz, we can't help but award this honor to Hit Fix's Drew McWeeny, who makes us all look good with his intelligent, head above the rest commentary on the history and impact of the VHS in Josh Johnson's documentary "Rewind This"</span></div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-77838301170764019512013-03-19T12:56:00.001-07:002023-01-15T22:08:55.640-08:00Diary of a Noob: SXSW Edition<p></p>
<i>For the full article, head to <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/sxsw-virgin">Film.com</a><br /></i>
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It began with getting lost six times in 10 minutes and ended with my wallet getting stolen on Rainey Street (I blame this, and everything else that goes wrong in the world, on the Music festival) but in between I experienced the most fun film festival I’ve ever attended, a week in the magical land of destination BBQ, breakfast tacos, legendary milkshakes, great movies and even better people. As this was my first time not only to SXSW and Austin, but also to an out of state festival, I was three times a noob, and t to document the first 90 of my 168 hours in attendance, if only so others might learn from my mistakes. Drunk bonding with filmmakers, strange “only at SXSW” sightings and the 18 movies I caught, it’s all here.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5:00 P.M. </strong>After settling into the Hyatt Regency, where I will be rooming with Erin McCarthy of <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mental Floss</a> and Eugene Novikov of <a href="http://filmblather.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Film Blather</a>, I decide to begin my journey into downtown. The Regency is over the bridge, which is about a 15-minute walk to the convention center, or if you can get a cab, a three-minute drive. I am armed with multiple electronics and a detailed binder. I feel prepared for whatever comes my way!</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5:31 P.M. </strong>It quickly becomes apparent that I am not at all prepared for whatever comes my way. Or even the things that are vaguely near my way. Outside of the labyrinthine Convention Center I make not one, not two, not three, not even four or five, but <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">six</em> wrong turns before figuring out where I’m supposed to go. Neither my phone nor iPad seems to understand the geography of Austin (seriously, you’d need one of those tracker orbs from “Prometheus” to find your way around the Convention Center) and this binder is way too heavy. I think I’m doing it wrong.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6:04 P.M. </strong>I stumble into the Target Lounge to catch my breath, where I find Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze about to perform. This would probably be more exciting if it weren’t the first time that I’m learning of either Glenn Tilbrook or Squeeze..</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6:15 P.M. </strong>In line for my first movie, the documentary about Improv Everywhere, “We Cause Scenes”, at the Vimeo Theater, which is located on the first floor of the Austin Convention Center. I’m about 10th in line.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8:50 P.M. </strong>I am thrilled with my first choice of movie. “We Cause Scenes” is a joyous detailing of Improv Everywhere’s history that touches on the impact of technology, the nature of art and the definition of success. During the Q&A, the director invites the entire audience to come drink with him. I have a feeling I’m going to like this festival.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9:10 P.M. </strong>I notice that the throne from “Game of Thrones” is stationed beside the Vimeo Theater, and unlike at Comic-Con or Wondercon, no one seems to care. I make a mental note to make sure I come back and pose in it before the week is up. Like all of my mental notes, it will soon be completely obliterated by alcohol.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9:35 P.M. </strong>A random guy on the street offers me pot brownies. I reluctantly decline.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10:50 P.M. </strong>Head out of the party, figuring I can easily catch a cab and make it over to the Topfer theater for “V/H/S/2″ by 11pm. I am sorely mistaken.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11:23 P.M. </strong>A nice girl agrees to pedicab me over there for a discount. I’m not sure if she realizes how far away the Topfer theater is. I start to worry this pedicab ride will kill her.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11:48 P.M. </strong>Pedicab girl lives! (for now). She drops me at the theater, a performance space rocking a temporary screen for the duration of the fest. I grab a queue card, and eventually Erin and I are settled in for “V/H/S/2.”</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1:25 A.M. </strong>The audience bursts into applause after Gareth Evan’s “V/H/S/2″ sequence. Holy crap.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1:50 A.M. </strong>During the Q&A, the filmmakers and Scott Weinberg start having a fun back and forth. I decide to introduce myself to Twitter friend Weinberg after the Q&A but then chicken out for no discernible reason. This will prove to be a SXSW trend. Next year, Weinberg. Next year.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2:15 A.M. </strong>Due to lack of a car and a 90-minute wait for a cab, Erin and I decide to walk back to Hyatt. On the long walk, which involves going under a terrifying bridge, I comment to Erin that it’s like we’re starring in our own “V/H/S” right now! Erin does not like this.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2:26 A.M. </strong>A pedicab driver appears out of nowhere and insists that I high five him. I oblige. He murders neither Erin nor myself. This is good.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2:45 A.M. </strong>We make it back safe and sound, our faces eaten by zero drugged up mutants, and meet our roommate Eugene. At 2:45 in the morning. What up, SXSW!</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9:00 A.M. </strong>My plan to wake up and go to the Samsung Brunch fails miserably as I couldn’t fall asleep till 6 in the morning, haunted by the disturbing imagery of last night’s Midnighter. I proceed to hit my alarm every ten minutes for the next two hours.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12:13 P.M. </strong>I finally head back downtown and share a free Chevy with a bunch of kids from Interactive. Turns out the Hyatt is filled with mostly Interactive folks, as their programming is all across the street at the Long Center. The girl in the car specializes in front loading software or something. The guys are super impressed and they all throw about a bunch of technical terms I couldn’t even begin to decipher. I suddenly feel like I’m LARPing “The Social Network.” They ask what I’m there for and when I say Film, they stare at me blankly and continue talking tech. No yeah cool, I’ll just see myself out.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12:53 P.M. </strong>I see Erin at “Much Ado About Nothing” and she tells me about how she just saw a Gorilla break dancing outside. Naturally.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3:37 P.M. </strong>After “Much Ado About Nothing”, both the darkest and most accessible adaptation of the play I’ve ever seen, there is a 45-minute panel with almost the entire cast,<a href="http://www.film.com/movies/joss-whedon-much-ado-cast" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">which you can read about here</a>. One moment that didn’t make the cut? When a high school teacher thanked Whedon for making this movie.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4:13 P.M. </strong>Have a meeting with a future co-worker. Accidentally get drunk. That keeps happening.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6:00 P.M. </strong>Erin and I begin our party hopping for the evening. First up: Awsomeist Journalist Party, wherein we take our first photo booth pics of SXSW together.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6:15 P.M. </strong>We meet the CEO of Indie Go Go. We think he is kidding. He is not kidding. He promises us branded sweatbands if we come to their party Sunday. Spoiler Alert: As tempting as branded sweatbands are, we do not attend said party.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7:32 P.M. </strong>On the corner of Congress and Fifth, the center of it all, we encounter a <a href="http://www.film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/426465_10101785822913369_1597352776_n.jpg" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">werewolf playing the fiddle.</a></div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7:45 P.M. </strong>We walk into the WBTV Chuck Lorre cocktail party to discover Amanda Palmer performing, husband Neil Gaiman watching off to the side. She closes with a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Everything is awesome. We drink.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8:00 P.M. </strong>Filmmaker/Actor Todd Berger (“It’s a Disaster”) enters the party. We all hop into the ball pit and then Todd and Erin randomly star in some guy’s sketch video. All in a day’s work.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8:55 P.M. </strong>I am the 169th person to get into line for “Before Midnight” at the Paramount, and I eat my first meal of the day – an energy bar.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9:15 P.M. </strong>I make my first line friends! The producer of “Burma” and three Austin locals. The nice producer man invites me to their premiere party Sunday night. Nothing says “party!” like Burma.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10:10 P.M. </strong>The Paramount is enormous and I start to doubt I will be able to see the screen from my seats perched high atop the 1000+ seater.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10:30 P.M. </strong>The movie starts 45 minutes behind schedule. But I care not. It’s “Before Midnight”, people. I’ve waited nine years for this, I can handle an extra few minutes.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12:50 A.M. </strong>My high emotions from “Before Midnight” coupled with the raging thunderstorm and knowledge that I have to be up early help me decide to head back to the hotel, rather than drink. I can’t find a cab, so I walk. 40 minutes. In a thunderstorm.</div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-91848827118061119352013-03-14T15:24:00.000-07:002013-05-20T15:25:19.101-07:00MPAA Meets SXSW: All (okay fine, some) Of Your Questions Finally Answered!<p></p>
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In light of the burgeoning controversy over how the reportedly ultra-violent “<a href="http://www.film.com/movie/-evil-dead/483611/main/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background-color: transparent; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Evil Dead</a>” remake, which screened for the first time on Friday night, managed to get away with an R rating, I decided to take a brief respite from the traditional SXSW day-drinking and hit up the convention center for an event called “This Panel Is Not Yet Rated”. During the hour-long discussion, lots of myths about the Motion Picture Association of America’s iron-fisted ratings system were debunked and / or explained by the MPAA’s Classifications and Ratings head Joan Graves, while opinions on how these ratings affect film were offered by Twitch Film’s Scott Weinberg, director Vincenzo Natali and Cheap Thrills CEO Travis Stevens. Unfortunately, while “Evil Dead” was minimally discussed (Weinberg noted that he generally doesn’t care what rating a horror film has, especially a new film, but if you’re remaking “Evil Dead”, you better make damn sure it has an R rating), Graves hasn’t seen it so she couldn’t speak to how the film managed to get away with avoiding an NC-17 (which in and of itself offers clues as to the internal workings of the MPAA). But fear not, plenty of interesting discussions were still had. Here are the 10 most fascinating things we learned.</div>
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Graves clarified that when the MPAA was first created, religious organizations were up in arms, seeing it as the “fox guarding the hen house,” but their outrage increased tenfold when an appeals board made up of exhibitors and distributors was formed. To placate them, the MPAA agreed to let two members of two organizations have observer seats on the board, so that they may witness the discussion and see for themselves that no one has any personal interest or nefarious intentions, but they may not participate in any way — including so much as offering their opinions — and certainly cannot vote.</div>
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When “Splice” was screened for the MPAA, Natali was concerned that he would receive an NC-17 because of what the film was about and the fact that, although it was filmed tastefully, there is an interspecies sex scene. Graves explained that theme/subject matter only plays a role up until PG-13, and from there it is only how that theme is articulated that may push it over the edge into R or NC-17. So as horrible as a a sex scene that manages to contain within it both incest and bestiality sounds, the fact that it exists only warrants a PG-13. Because of the context surrounding it and the tastefulness with which it was handled, the sex scene itself never entered into an NC-17 area.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Ratings Are Only For Parents – Unless Making Money Is An Issue</strong></div>
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For indie filmmakers, they really couldn’t care less about a rating. The film is only going to be in theaters in a limited release anyway, and will eventually find more success on home video. On the other hand, for huge movies intended to be on 3000 screens and make a lot of money, the difference between PG-13 and R is enormously pivotal, and often will play a role in the creative process. Graves reiterated many times that the board has 12 parents (6 moms and 6 dads), from all over the country, and the only goal is to give parents a guideline for what might be appropriate for their children. The system is “voluntary” — if indie filmmakers aren’t concerned about money or the parents/kids market, they can bypass the MPAA altogether and still get released and distributed by certain companies ( i.e. what Killer Joe did). Graves even pointed out that when they talked to NATO and polled theater chains about whether or not they would show NC-17 films, only one chain in the entire country said they would not.</div>
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LoquaciousMusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915505540153733746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772340073542599.post-51061869008197658602013-03-13T12:59:00.000-07:002013-03-22T12:59:58.101-07:0010 Things I Learned at SXSW About Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing<p></p>
<i> For the full recap, head to <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/joss-whedon-much-ado-cast">Film.com</a></i><br />
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One of the most anticipated events of all of SXSW was undoubtedly the US premiere of Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing”, the screening of which was immediately followed by an hour-long Q&A with the entire cast save for Sean Maher, Riki Lindhome, and Reed Diamond. The line for the screening was the festival’s longest (at least until “Spring Breakers” blew the roof off of the Paramount Theatre last night), and chairs had to be brought in to line the sides of the auditorium, accommodating as many audience members as possible. And it was all worth it: The movie is fantastic, perhaps the most accessible Shakespeare I’ve ever seen – and this ain’t my first Shakesprodeo (see what I did there?). The panel that followed was lively and filled with little nuggets of wit and wisdom. Below, we’ve shared our 10 favorite things that we learned from Whedon and his friends.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. You Don’t Say No To Joss Whedon</strong></div>
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Both Alexis Denisof and Nathan Fillion were nervous about tackling Shakespeare, but they both subscribe to the belief that if Joss Whedon asks you do something, you do it. Fillion even came close to dropping out completely until Whedon’s wise words kept him attached. When Whedon reached out to Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney to inquire as to whether they would fly themselves out to work on his movie for very little pay, they didn’t even hesitate. As Kocher put it, “Of course we came out – what do you think we do all day?!”</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Wanna Work With Joss Whedon? It Could Happen</strong></div>
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Over and over, situations came up where Joss discovered someone and incorporated them into the Whedonverse. Danny Kaminsky was hired as Joss’ assistant for “The Avengers”, and they worked so well together that Danny ended up becoming the editor and co-producer of “Much Ado”, thus “winning the best lottery of all time” (Kaminsky’s words, though I share the sentiment). Similarly, Jillian Morgese, who makes her feature debut in the film, was discovered by Joss after working on “The Avengers” in a minor PA/Extra role. He was taken by her as she “ran around looking scared”, and found her particular brand of ingenue to be exactly right for Hero, so he asked her to audition. Kocher and McElhaney were cast because Whedon is a huge fan of their sketch comedy group BriTanicK. Now, with their foot in the door, all of these people are here to stay. Moregese even went so far as to say that they had all become like family, something none of them would have thought possible just a couple years ago. The cherry on top? Rather than have any old extras, Whedon specifically brought in film students to fill out the main party scene.</div>
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Whedon’s hunch about Morgese was proved correct when she auditioned for him over Skype and immediately got the role, no in-person callback required.</div>
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<i>Way way way more on <a href="http://www.film.com/movies/joss-whedon-much-ado-cast">Film.com</a>! You should go there! </i></div>
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