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By Drew Grant 1/16/12 10:50am

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Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin

Ezra Miller Talks We Need to Talk About Kevin

On a frosty Friday night at the Angelika, the 7:30 showing of We Need to Talk About Kevin was sold out. As we scooted towards an empty seat in the back, we wondered what could possibly account for such a large crowd for a non-premiere of the Lionel Shriver adaptation.

After the disturbing, somewhat fractured retelling of a young sociopath (played at different life stages by Rocky Duer, Jasper Newell, and Ezra Miller) and his ice queen mother (Tilda Swinton), we found out: as the lights went up, a lanky figure in a full-length fur-coat traipsed the length of the stage and was introduced for a Q&A session. Ezra Miller was going to be taking our questions for the evening. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/12/12 5:59pm

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Adorably horrifying!

We Need to Talk About We Need to Talk About Kevin Parodies (Video)

We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsey‘s adaptation of Lionel Shriver‘s deeply disturbing novel of motherhood and America and school shootings and baby sociopaths (also, eyeballs) is coming out tomorrow in theaters. So far the reviews have been mixed. Some people who have already seen the film like the adaptation (people like Lionel Shriver). Some people did not like it. It’s probably going to come down to a matter of personal taste.

But already there’s a trend that needs to be addressed regarding this film. So can we all be on the same page about the We Need to Talk About Kevin parodies being this year’s Inception parodies? Look, it’s already starting… Read More

By Drew Grant 11/30/11 4:32pm

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Daniel Radcliffe vs James Franco in a Ginsberg-off? Its possible. (Via Harry Potter and Howl)

Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg? A History of ‘Howl’-ing Portrayals (Video)

James Franco (and David Cross, John Turturro, et al) have reason to be worried: Harry Potter is about to smash your portrayal of New York beat poet Allen Ginsberg into dust. Daniel Radcliffe, fresh from filming the Victorian horror flick The Woman In Black has reportedly joined the cast of Kill Your Darlings (not to be confused with the 2006 flick with the same name) as the famous (and infamous) part of Jack Kerouac/Ginsberg/Lucien Carr trio. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/30/11 3:06pm

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Evan Sneider in 'Girlfriend'

Acting with Down’s: Exploitative or Inspirational?

One of the most controversial elements of Ryan Murphy‘s shows like Glee and American Horror Story is his use of actors with Downs Syndrome, and how they are portrayed/treated by the other characters.

This issue was at the front of our mind when talking to producer Shaun O’Banion Monday evening at the Andaz Hotel. His film, Girlfriend, had just won The Gotham Independent Movie’s Audience Award.

Girlfriend revolves around Evan, a young man with Down’s Syndrome, who falls in love with a girl he went to high school with. Evan Sneider who plays the lead, is a 33-year-old actor with high-functioning Down’s Syndrome. Read More

7/11/11 5:36pm

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Spike_Lee_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival

Spike Lee to Reprise Role as Mookie in New Film

Spike Lee began tweeting this morning about “THE NEW SPIKE LEE JOINT” starting its first day of shooting (to which the director concluded, “Awwwwwwwwwwww Sheeeeeeeeeeeeet”). Presumably, that film is Red Hook Summer, which Blackfilm.com reported would be about an Atlanta transplant spending the summer in Red Hook. Apparently in the film, Read More