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Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 2:22PM Salon "Dear serial tweet-favoriter: you are a coward" lol. a must read for anyone with a Twitter account
The Uncool Cameron Crowe's agonizing search for a title for Almost Famous (2000)... in notepad form
Film School Rejects two members of the staff watched "the 50 best movies of all time" and here are their takeaways from that two year process
Antagony & Ecstasy on King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) at the great end of silent filmmaking
Kenneth in the (212) shares a pretty great X-Men related Graham Norton wherein Fassy & McAvoy see gay fan art of themselves
MNPP tries to rekindle his love for George Clooney with his three favorite Clooneys. Good choices
Variety asks where the kids movies are this summer in the absence of Pixar
The Wire "Zac Efron hits bottom by accepting life advice from Tom Cruise" haha. I'm linking that for the title alone
i09 see what your favorite webcomics would look like animated
Cinesnark terrific examination of why Captain America films are what Superman films have failed to be
news bits
Empire the ever employed Liam Neeson joins A Monster Calls... the new feature from the director of The Impossible. I can't wait until it's retitled something dull like "Dark River"
Cinema Blend The Flintstones getting a new animated feature because no franchise is allowed to ever die
In Contention The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby will be released in three different versions. It's a neat experiment but it fills me with horror. Goodbye final cut and "definitive" versions. That's a thing of the past (Malick, Lucas, and Scott have been trying to force that on us for years with their "oh, i'm sorry did i say i was finished i wasn't finished" tinkering so I'm sure they're thrilled.)
Guardian Andrea Arnold to direct first US film, a road trip called American Honey. I hope she casts professional actors this time.
Reader Comments (5)
Strangely, I got to see Michael Clayton again last week and Clooney was sort of A M A Z I N G?
Arnold is responsible for at least 80% of the carnal thoughts the world has about Michael Fassbender. That intro in Fish Tank.
I agree that she should hire professionals but let's hope she hits the jackpot like that again.
When has Andrea Arnold gone wrong with casting non-professionals? C'mon, she gave us THAT performance from Kate Jarvis! (I guess I haven't seen Wuthering Heights yet? I dunno.)
As a completist and a huge fan of McAvoy and Chastain I'm also not sure what to do. I mean if I had all the money and time in the world, I'd see all three films no sweat. But I don't so now what?
@Ryan T.
Watch the Cannes version theatrically. Then wait for home video to see Him and Her.