Eastern Promises is absolutely worth a trip to the theatre. Cronenberg continues in the same vein as A History of Violence and I think it’s a really great direction he’s taken. Viggo Mortensen is fucking awesome, as is Vincent Cassel. See this soon. The King of Kong tells the story of the two greatest Donkey […]

How is this possible??? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/07/first_ingmar_bergman_now_michelangelo_antonioni.html

He was ”probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera,” Woody Allen said in a 70th birthday tribute in 1988. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Obit-Bergman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

My favorite new film right now. Full of incredible performances. Haven’t seen anything from a young filmmaker with this much energy, intensity, and emotional impact in a long time. This deserves to be seen and recommended.

Lives of Others actor Muehe dies at the age of 54. Stomach cancer. Ulrich Muehe also starred with his wife Susanne Lothar in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (the original one) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6915665.stm

A bounty of sex and violence! Spoilers within.

For those of you interested in what Wong Kar Wai’s first english language film looks like. Opening night film at Cannes & in competition. After seeing the trailer, I have my doubts about this film. Looks like all his other films only with Norah Jones and Jude Law. Weird. http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18730399&cfilm=111805.html

MIT’s come up with a new robot… freaky to watch him trying to maintain eye contact with the programmer… Meet Domo

First kryptonite, now an earth-like planet with a red sun… what could it mean???? Found: The New Earth

No word yet on Richard Pryor’s possible involvement…. Scientists unearth Superman’s “kryptonite”

If you ever wondered who would get an email with the Subject line: Death Star 🙁 … The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire’s Worst Engineer

The changing face of Michael Jackson… the horror… oh, the horror… http://www.tvpluto.net/news/122/ARTICLE/1154/2007-03-01.html

Hobo With A Shotgun

The first several fake “Grindhouse” trailers have been posted onto You Tube. These were all made and submitted for the competition put on by SXSW & Robert Rodriguez. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=grindhouse%20trailers%20sxsw&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0 My partners in crime & I will soon be posting our own entry, and I will keep EG up to date on that. In the meantime, […]

Although 2006 seemed like a weaker than usual year in cimema, there were still several stand out films. Here are some of the highlights for me, and some of the disappointments.. Happy 2007 to all!

This is truly an insane film. If you’re interested and in New York, you still have a chance to see it tonight at the Anthology Film Archives. In addition to the film, you will be treated to Crispin Glover performing a slide show beforehand, and participating in a lengthy Q&A afterwards. Possibly the best Q&A […]