Martin Scorsese has made a commercial for the Spanish wine company Freixenet, which normally wouldn't be very notable to me, except that it's not so much a commercial as it is a 9-minute short film, called The Key To Reserva, Reserva of course being
Jim Jarmusch's Night On Earth is a love song to the beauty of city streets at night. It's also a love song about conversation, and storytelling, and the collisions (fortuitous or ugly) of strangers that make up the fabric of the urban landscape. The
Pleeeeeasse, just like the story about Sanaa Lathan and that random football dude, don't let this be true.... I was just giving this girl props the other day:A highly placed source close to actress Lauren London exclusively tells Bossip Lil Wayne recently
The Cheadle is 43.Robin Givens turned 43 yesterd
Spotted this on AOL: Most rappers take baby steps in the acting world before they even get recognition and respect, but for some, they are treated as if they were #1 draft pick. Take 50 Cent for example. His first film, 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' was directed
She of the unusual name, S. Epatha Merkerson, is 55. I loved her in "Black Snake Moan" and "Lackawanna Blue
Got this in my email for those who may be interested:Hey All -At Flixster, we've always believed that we the people are the REAL critics.In that spirit, Flixster has partnered with VH1 to send one of you to the 2008 Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles...
When Ingmar Bergman died earlier this year, there was a certain strain of criticism — most (in)famously presented by Jonathan Rosenbaum in the New York Times — that took the occasion to re-evaluate the famed director's art and importance. At the time,
I neglected to write about "This Christmas " yesterday, which actually did a very respectable 2nd place over the holiday weekend behind "Enchanted" (??!!) a movie I only heard about the day before it came out. How did a film like that break records?
I've seen a lot of people asking what exactly Todd Haynes' I'm Not There has to tell us about Bob Dylan, its ostensible subject. This is, of course, the wrong question. Moreover, it's the question that Haynes' film is specifically intended to short-circuit,
If it wasn't clear before the end that Werner Herzog's documentary account of the 16th Century Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo was a bit off-kilter, the film's last line clinches it. The final sequence of the film is set at a pageant in Gesualdo's hometown,
Last month I posted here about Tyrese being considered to play the Green Lantern in the new Justice League movie. The consensus was pretty equally divided; the men weren't too thrilled about it, the women just wanted to see Tyrese in a tight costume
Dayum, Snoop. I'm gonna really have to see the rest of this; I'm hoping this just looks hella crazy out of conte
Hope everyone had a wonderful day yesterday...I personally celebrate "Gratitude Day", out of affinity for my Native American brothers and sisters. Thank you to all who wished me well; back at you 100 fold :-)I have folks in from Philly (whassup Thembi!),
Fourteen thoughts on Richard Kelly's Southland Tales...I. The accusations from all quarters that Southland is "a mess" have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I was totally mystified at more than a few points. Yes, the film is elliptical in the extreme and
I saw this post article on an odd blog James Lamb Jr. via The Assault on Black Folk's Sanity. I can clearly see both sides, tho the first one (from Racialicious) is a lot funnier, I must admit:james lamb:After reading a recent post on Racialicious.com
Of course, you know my one-and-only is the only one that could wake this sleeping beauty out of her mini-vacation from the blogosphere...welcome back Terrence and IW!I saw this from the New York Daily News:Terrence Howard will make his Great White Way
Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind seethes with sexuality — or, more properly, with frustrated sexuality, with a sense of impotence, both literal and figurative. It's the story of a family of wealthy Texas oil barons, the Hadleys, and especially the
[This review of Mala Noche is a contribution to the Queer Film Blog-a-Thon being hosted by Queering the Apparatus.]I've always thought that there was a profound disconnection in Gus Van Sant's career between his more recent masterpieces starting with
