Beyond the Multiplex

Posts on Tuesday, August 5, 2008

It all started with the Germs
A loving, low-budget film tries to revive the undead spirit of Darby Crash and L.A.’s most anarchic punk pioneers. But some things aren’t easy to resurrect.
Wayne Wang isn’t missing
Peripatetic Asian-American indie-film hero is back from J.Lo exile with a double bill of intriguing new low-budget films — and YouTube distribution. (A podcast and interview.)
No country for human beings
Tastes bad! Less filling! Brad Pitt’s quasi-closeted gym boy and George Clooney’s beard star in the Coen brothers’ bizarre, coldblooded spy farce, “Burn After Reading.”
Arab-American beauty
En route from “Six Feet Under” to “True Blood,” TV genius Alan Ball snuck in “Towelhead,” an earnest drama about race and sexual awakening in ’90s suburbia.
Gone fishin’! Back soon — here’s what awaits
Alan Ball, the Coens, a re-release of the greatest film of the ’70s and a tribute to Britain’s most important filmmaker — and I’m on vacation!

Wayne Wang on “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers”

What I’m Reading

Nobel. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
GreenCine Daily, 2008.10.09
Tokyo Sonata (Michael Koresky)
Reverse Shot, 2008.10.09
NYFF. The Windmill Movie.
GreenCine Daily, 2008.10.09
Body of Lies: Yes, DiCaprio is a Movie Star (Variety.com *)
Thompson on Hollywood, 2008.10.08
SNL: Wahlberg Talks to Animals (Variety.com *)
Thompson on Hollywood, 2008.10.08
On the new Hong Sang-soo (Glenn Kenny)
Some Came Running, 2008.10.08
Che (Michael Joshua Rowin)
Reverse Shot, 2008.10.08
Paging the Edna Ferber estate… (Glenn Kenny)
Some Came Running, 2008.10.08
Understanding Screenwriting #7 (noreply@blogger.com (Keith Uhlich))
The House Next Door, 2008.10.08
Links for the Day (October 8th, 2008) (noreply@blogger.com (Keith Uhlich))
The House Next Door, 2008.10.08

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Andrew O’Hehir’s independent film blog offers reviews, news and interviews. Subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or RSS.

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