November 2014
"Life Itself" Among Best Documentary Nominees at the Gotham Awards
By Entertainer"Life Itself," Steve James's acclaimed documentary about the life and legacy of iconic film critic Roger Ebert, has received its first major nomination of the 2014 awards season. The film has been nominated by the Gotham Independent Film Awards in...The Babadook
By EntertainerI went into “The Babadook” under a kind of misapprehension. I’d heard a bit about the movie—it would have been difficult, as a working film reviewer to not have—but not orally, so I thought that the title was...The Immortalists
By EntertainerDavid Alvarado and Jason Sussberg’s documentary “The Immortalists” concerns the scientific effort to defeat the aging process, yet because it focuses so closely on the personalities of two scientists in particular, it is bound to...The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
By EntertainerFor “The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness,” director Mami Sunada was allowed remarkable access to one of the most important artistic enterprises of the last half-century, Studio Ghibli, at a very unique point in its existence. News about...The Imitation Game
By EntertainerHow odd that “The Imitation Game,” one of the more rousingly entertaining crowd-pleasers coming out this holiday season—as endorsed by its People’s Choice Award at the Toronto film festival—also happens to be one of...She Holds the Eye: Jessica Lange Accepts the Kirk Douglas Award
By EntertainerJessica Lange was waitressing in New York when asked whether she'd like to audition for a role in "King Kong." "What the…?," she thought, and so flew out to Los Angeles, a place she'd never been. Producer Dino De Laurentis took one look...Existential Westerns: Criterion Editions of "The Shooting," "Ride in the...
By EntertainerThe idea of a movie that could be properly described as an existential western is so inherently absurd that it sounds like the set-up to some kind of arcane joke with the phrase "Go West, Jung Man!" in the punchline. After all, there are certain...Penguins of Madagascar
By EntertainerThe scene-stealing penguins from the “Madagascar” franchise get their own movie in the appropriately titled “Penguins of Madagascar.” One would think a little of these crazy creatures would go a long way. And indeed, this...Horrible Bosses 2
By EntertainerThe law of diminishing returns, which has afflicted so many comedy sequels over the years, strikes again in “Horrible Bosses 2,” further proving that just telling the same joke with a dirtier punchline isn’t quite as funny as...#240 November 26, 2014
By EntertainerSheila writes: Recently, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Patti Smith sat down and interviewed director David Lynch for the BBC. The result is a fascinating and atypical interview, revealing and evocative, giving the sense of two people sharing an...
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