CINEMA: L’ Enfants Terrible

The Wild Child (1970, directed by Francois Truffaut, 83 minutes, France) The Class (2008, directed by Laurent Cantet, 128 minutes, France) BY DAN BUSKIRK FILM CRITIC Francois Truffaut died of a brain tumor in 1983, and at the time of his his death he was the most popularly beloved of the French New Wave directors.  Since his death his reputation seems to have receded with the public, the formality of his storytelling upstaged by the more extreme stylistics of Godard.  While he may lack Godard’s audacity, Truffaut’s wide-ranging curiosity produced an astonishing catalog of films; revenge dramas, black & white […]

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ARTSY: Call Me Isaiah

IN A DREAM: Theatrical Trailer from Herzliya Films on Vimeo. Synopsis: Over the past four decades, Isaiah Zagar has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with stunning mosaic murals. In A Dream is a documentary feature film that chronicles his work and his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Julia. It follows the Zagars as their marriage implodes and a harrowing new chapter in their life unfolds. MORE Opens April 17th at the Ritz at the Bourse.

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Whatever You Put On Facebook Stays On Facebook

SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL: A number of bloggers voiced concern Monday after discovering that Facebook Inc. changed rules earlier this month regarding how it treats user content. The Palo Alto-based social networking company now says in its terms of service that it will have unending and irrevocable license to use any content uploaded to its service, according to a posting on The Consumerist blog. The story is one of the ten most talked about Monday on Twitter Inc.‘s micro-blogging service. Before now, Facebook said it would only have rights to use any content posted on its service while the user […]

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NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t

FRESH AIR Danny Boyle, the director of the Oscar-nominated Slumdog Millionaire, says that filming in India presented a variety of difficulties, from language barriers to a limited crew size, but the on-location work allowed him to represent India’s “incredibly rich and complex society.” Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of an orphan boy who gets a shot at glory on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. The film has garnered 10 Oscar nominations, including nods for best picture and director. Boyle’s other films include Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Shallow Grave. RADIO TIMES Hour 1 During […]

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CINEMA: Reign Of Blood

FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009, directed by Marcus Nispel, 97 minutes, U.S.) BY DAN BUSKIRK FILM CRITIC Friday the 13th is the highest-grossing horror franchise in film history, banking over half a billion adjusted dollars. As successful as the films have been, Friday The 13th has been mocked, derided and dismissed, even by gorehounds, as a series that has been prey to the whim of its producers and never the brainchild of a auteur genre director like George Romero or John Carpenter. If none of the Friday the 13th films is a masterpiece, it is the core elements of the series […]

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TONITE: Werewolves Of Landon

I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957, directed by Gene Fowler Jr., 76 minutes, U.S. PETS (1974, Raphel Nussbaum, 103 minutes, U.S. ANDREW’S VIDEO VAULT @ The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA Thursday February 12th 2008  8PM Free! BY DAN BUSKIRK FILM CRITIC As the pillars of society begin to tremble, the double bill at Andrew’s Video Vault cautions against surrendering to our animal urges with two true drive-in classics, both sadly unavailable on DVD. Far better than it’s “Ripped From The Headlines” title would suggest, I Was A Teenage Werewolf is one of the masterworks of B-movie empire American […]

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THE POLITICS OF DANCING: When One Man’s Terrorist Is Another Man’s Freedom Fighter

NEW YORK TIMES: To many Americans, Maya Arulpragasam, known as M.I.A., is the very pregnant rapper who gyrated across the stage at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. Yet in Sri Lanka, where she spent her childhood years, M.I.A. remains virtually unknown. And some who do know her work say she is an apologist for the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels fighting in the country’s long-running civil war. M.I.A. — who has been nominated for an Oscar for the song she co-wrote for the hit film “Slumdog Millionaire” — has branded herself through music videos and interviews as the voice of the country’s Tamil […]

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BACKSTORY: Christian Bale Overdrive

AINTITCOOL: You want to hear the REALITY behind that clip? I know this because I happen to be somewhere where someone that was there that day and for the shoot is. And this person isn’t a publicist, nor are they invested in Bale’s career. They’re just someone that thinks it is absolute bullshit that this moment in Bale’s life is being aired and that the real story should get out there. The DP on TERMINATOR SALVATION, Shane Hurlbut, is a apparently a light tweaker. He’s a fairly young DP and likes to fiddle with his lights on set during action, […]

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HEY, CHRISTIAN BALE: Why So Serious?

DAILY MAIL: Batman star Christian Bale has been caught on tape launching into a foul-mouthed rant at one of the crew members on his forthcoming movie Terminator Salvation. The British-born actor, 35, repeatedly swore and threatened to ‘kick your f**king a**’ when director of photography Shane Hurlbut accidentally interrupted Bale mid-scene. An audio tape of the alleged incident, which happened on set in New Mexico, US last July, has been leaked on to the internet, prompting the film’s assistant director to defend Bale’s behaviour. The on-set clash took place just two days before Bale had an argument with his mother […]

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