MCN Curated Headlines Archive for November, 2012
Gatekeepers, Mud, No, Sightseers, Stories We Tell, Ass-Backwards, S-VHS
Sundance13 Sets Spotlight, Midnight And New Frontier
“Elements of immediacy and fearlessness. Compelling and urgent. Many of the films explore sexual relationships and the nature of sexuality in our modern society, which can be really complicated and risky for some.”
Cooper & Groth On Sundance13 Selections
Including Shane Carruth, Lynn Shelton, David Lowery, Jerusha Hess, Jehane Noujaim, Andrew Bujalski, Kim Longinotto, James Ponsoldt, Audrey Ewell & Aaron Aites, Matthew Porterfield, Carl Deal & Tia Lessin, Plus: Pussy Riot
Sundance 2013 Announces U.S., World Cinema Dramatic And Documentary Competitions As Well As “<=>”
“Part of what keeps Lincoln so far away from any mythical past I can believe in is a form of political correctness.”
Jonnie Rosenbaum Would Differ With Spielberg’s Lincoln
“What it means to be young on camera.”
Tulipsyn‘s “Notes on Fame (Do You Know Who You Are?)”
And – Being “Microfamous”
“By the way, it’s a MOVIE.”
Gervasi On Hitchcock Criticism
“If I had my way, and I don’t, a Best Picture nomination would certainly go to Beasts of the Southern Wild.”
Ebert Goes Oscar
“‘Lost’ had a little bit of everything—mystery, science-fiction, comedy, tragedy, deep characterization—not out of an attempt to pander, but because Lindelof and Abrams had tried to cram in as many of the things they loved about popular culture as they could into one improbable pilot.”
On The Writing Of The Finest Sausage Known To Television
“The Batman movie has a spelling mistake in it,’ someone said. ‘There was a shot of a newspaper headline. Spelled “hiest” instead of “heist”.’
‘Christ. Multimillion-dollar movie.’”
Copyeditors, Forever Fretting Over Typos
Daily Beast Attacks Oliver Stone’s “History Of The United States”
Then – Stone Strikes Back; Angry Reviewer Gets Rebuttal To Rebuttal