Monthly Archives: July 2011
UPDATE: ok, we’ve had our bootleg kicks. You can now see the trailer here in HD. Another of those raw cam-quality leaks very reminiscent of the viral unveiling of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trailer. Ordinarily not worth noting or worth posting, if not for the interesting coincidence that both are Sony/Columbia films. I don’t know if that means anything,...
Twitch catches the long-awaited trailer for Wong Kar Wai’s Wuxia biopic of Ip Man, The Grandmaster. Synopsis from The American Film Mart press release, manages to convey excitement in spite of the stiff translation: With martial arts getting more popular in the Thirties, more people seek to learn them via the professionals at Foshan in Southern China. Some of the...
The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. Opens October 7th. (via The Film Stage) ...
Like The Joy Luck Club, a film to which his latest film will no doubt be compared, Wayne Wang’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan enters the world of women with complete openness to its sensory sights and sounds, its codes of behavior, secrets of the heart and sturdiness of the soul. It does this through parallel stories, one set in contemporary Shanghai and the other...
Have read a few favorable tweets from people I trust who’ve seen Captain America: The First Avenger. The good buzz is coming from some insiders who can often be quite jaded and skeptical, so we might be in for a happy surprise next week. If you have any appetite left for superheros this summer, whet it with this featurette and 3 clips after the cut. ...
In keeping with AD tradition, the Forums today announced their nominees for the 10th Annual AD First Half of the Year Awards. Dominating the field this time are a raft of Cannes contenders, most notably Palme d’Or winner The Tree of Life with 14 nods, followed by Certified Copy, Hanna and Super 8 with 7 each. Joining the Malick and Kiarostami films in the BP lineup...