What’s fair for the goose, is fair for the geezer. I was planning to expand this concept into something about how cartoons this summer are giving us more meaty news to chew on than actual live-action political discourse, but got too wrapped up in other work. So I’ll have to drop this Salon bomb and run, and come back later to see what you guys think before...
Monthly Archives: July 2008
When did our friends at Cinematical go in for cosmetical surgery? Love the new look. Feels, um, cozy, warm… eerily familar. Burgundy is the new black, cinnabar is the new brown. Nicely compatible with AD now. With their sharp new matching tuxedo, I think Cinematical wants to go to Senior Prom with us. Congratulations guys, seriously, it looks terrific. The velvety...
A couple of sour notes from The New Yorker and New York Magazine today (ChicaGotham envy?), but the raves rolling in still far outnumbering the thumps for The Dark Knight. As with the early reviews last week, it’s not so much the overall favorable reviews, but the elevated tenor of the praise that feels noteworthy: Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly …in...
Like a reckless act of slasher vandalism, the scattered cards and splattered blood stains on the latest poster for The Dark Knight foretell a violent clash of sinister forces. In spite of the coarse prankster mockery of the scratched graffiti catch-phrases, the poster has an overlay of aged shabbiness that gives it a surprisingly archaic quality. Maybe it’s the...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuY[/youtube] Continuing to catch up with posts and themes of the past week, and hoping to reopen some topics I missed. With another riff on a series for which Sasha and I share equal enthusiasm, here are two memorable scenes from Mad Men, remarkable for how quickly they’re able sweep us up in the emotions of the moment...
In the first review from the dozen top critics (the handful who really matter), Time’s Richard Corliss gives The Dark Knight a perfect 100 score on Metacritic. It’s been one of the best summers in memory for flat-out blockbuster entertainment, and in the wow category, the Nolan film doesn’t disappoint. True to format, it has a crusading hero, a sneering...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3DcCTKUdk[/youtube] \Film points us to this Channel 4 promo for Kubrick season, which begins July 15 (in the UK). Watch a prettier version of it, and also check out the new Heath Ledger film clip from The Dark Knight, on the Guardian’s site. Channel 4 has painstakingly recreated the set of Stanley Kubrick horror film The...
This latest slate of photos of Angie (appeared first on Entertainment Weekly) were disturbing to me for some reason that I couldn’t place, especially this one. I couldn’t shake the idea that there was some Mona Lisa moshing going on somewhere. So I put them side by side to see if I was right. I’m still not sure. It’s the flat hair, the lighting,...
Quentin Tarantino unveils Inglorious Bastards to Four Major Studios Gotham Awards moves to Cipriani Wall Street. Jeff Wells explains why he’s so down on studio movies lately. Watch an exclusive clip of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. JoBlo displays a graphic of Vertigo in its entirety. Universal announces the release of three Hitchcock DVDs: Vertigo,...