‘NET LOSS: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ONDI TIMONER ON “WE LIVE IN PUBLIC”

Interviews

‘NET LOSS: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ONDI TIMONER ON “WE LIVE IN PUBL

Has physical connection become obsolete? With “We Live In Public,” Ondi Timoner ponders the reality of our virtual age. What’s the defining image of...

Reviews

EXTRACT

Ten years after turning out the immortal workplace comedy "Office Space," writer-director Mike Judge has revisited the genre and handed in an exercise in...

Reviews

MASS ROMANTIC

Things underground filmmakers should direct their actors not to do: a) Wipe their noses during dialogue scenes. b) Chew gum without keeping their mouths...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH

BOOTLEG FILES 299: “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” (1931 comedy starring Buster Keaton). LAST SEEN: It can be downloaded from several web sites. ...

Reviews

BIG FAN

First of all, “Big Fan” was not made with me in mind. As someone who was confused for the first fifteen minutes of the film (wait…I thought the...

News

NOW THAT THE KING’S DEAD, LET’S NOT FORGET “CAPTAIN EO”

An odd moment in pop history was when Michael Jackson converged with George Lucas (as writer/producer) and Coppola (as director) in 1986 to produce a...

News

ACTOR CALLS FOR KARLOFF BIOPIC, IN AN ODD MANNER…

Actor Connor Timmis, an unabashed Boris Karloff nut, has called for a major studio to finance a biopic about his favorite actor. This putative biopic...

Reviews

IT MIGHT GET LOUD

“It Might Get Loud” attempts to meld the talents and philosophies of three distinctively individual guitar players. Director Davis Guggenheim tosses...

Reviews

GUY MADDIN’S ARCHANGEL

To write about Guy Maddin’s extensive repertoire requires courage and wit. One must wade through labyrinthine mire where lost loves and demons patrol and...

Reviews

THE INNOCENT KILLERS (DVD)

A couple of months ago, I reviewed a film from Ponderous Productions, which bragged (right on the DVD itself) about its $300 budget. I wrote that the film...