Indiewire is reporting that Warner Independent has picked up Alan Ball‘s controversial Nothing is Private, which I favorably reviewed yesterday. That said, I’ve spoken to journo and industry folk who really hate it. When I told one of the haters (a woman) last night that I respected and admired it, she went “are you crazy?” She said she was greatly bothered by the young-girl sexual stuff. I replied that she’s probably more bothered by it than a typical 13 year-old girl would be.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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