Cosmopolis (Teaser) First off, apologies for the French(?) subtitles. I hope they don’t distract too much (if they do, simply watch this teaser over and over again. It’s bloody brilliant). David Cronenberg’s latest film, Cosmopolis, promises to be oneiric, violent and strange. Did you see the giant rat in the teaser? The story follows 28 […]
After a very lengthy hiatus all of us Mad Men fans (we number in the tens!) were treated to a double dose with this past Sunday’s premier episode. Suffice it to say, much like most early season episodes of Mad Men, there were lots of good things set up that will most likely end up […]
Wednesday night I watched ABC’s comedy block of the Middle, Suburgatory, Modern Family and Happy Endings, and last night NBC’s “Must See T-“ Oh, excuse me, “Comedy Night Done Right!” of Community, The Office, 30 Rock and Up All Night. Despite this being an off week of programming- mostly reruns and no shows of the […]
South By Southwest (SXSW) is gaining more and more legitimacy as time goes by. The 25 year old festival may not be a household name like Sundance or Cannes just yet, however, Austin’s booming film community grows exponentially each year and slowly creeps into the social consciousness. Some consider this to be the birthplace of […]
Traffic (2000), directed by Steven Soderbergh, Spine #151 of the Criterion Collection. After viewing the film, Traffic seems to be that landmark, eye-opening film on drugs we’ve all been waiting for. Yet on reflection and closer examination, one asks: have we really been waiting for this? It would be easy to say that all the […]
March Madness is at its peak in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The shocking upsets, the buzzer beaters, the Davids vs. the Goliaths, the constant basketball from 11 in the morning until midnight, all of that usually makes the opening weekend (rounds 2 and 3 now) the most exciting and favorite weekend of […]
Baggs and Will discuss how the powers that be in the film industry are effecting film negatively and talk about the nature of film viewers – what they hope to see in the theater and what they should be seeing.
Due to the shear magnitude of trailers, I have enlisted the help of the one and only founder of this website, Chris Baggiano, to finish out the post for today. Don’t worry I’ll be releasing a part 2 tomorrow featuring the rest of the trailers that have a certain southwest theme. Prometheus (Full Trailer!) On […]