The 5 Most Overrated Films Of 2008
With the 2008 Academy Award nominations just announced, we thought this was as good a time as any to finally post our belated 5 Most Overrated films of 2008. Why not, we're late as it is, no? Plus we like to ha...
More Best Of 2008 – Fataculture’s Picks
Sometime Playlist contributor and pal Nick Plowman from the movies blog Fataculture has dropped his Top 10 list. We approve. Here's the entire thing in it's full glory. The truncated, Playlist version is below....
‘Paranoid Park’ Soundtrack Finally Available In The U.S.
A lot of y'all have been asking about "Paranoid Park" and whether the lyrical and dreamy skate drama by director Gus Van Sant was going to have an accompanying soundtrack release or not.As we mentioned way back...
‘Paranoid Park’ Continues Gus Van Sant’s Fixation With Young Sk8r Bois, Arty Slo-Mo & Elliptical Narrative Formalism
We wrote our review for Gus Van Sant's latest film, "Paranoid Park" back during the New York Film Festival. Since the movie comes out this weekend, we thought we'd just repost it, rather than rewrite it (our fe...
‘Paranoid Park’ Trailer: Gus Van Sant Still Loves Young (Skate) Boys
We saw this one many moons ago, but for the rest of the world, Gus Van Sant's dreamy skate-punk teen angst film, "Paranoid Park" hits real-world theaters on March 7, via IFC films.As we previously reported, the...
Elliott Smith, Ethan Rose, Menomena and Nino Rota Fuel Gus Van Sant’s ‘Paranoid Park’
Our belated New York Film Festival review, plus a rundown of all the music used in the film.Gus Van Sant has been fixated on a minimalist, experimental type of filmmaking since the beginning of this decade ("Ge...
The Fall Preview – Everyone’s Doing So Why Can’t We, Part Deux
The fall Oscar prestige season is in full swing and a bunch of films will be competing for both your dollars and the consideration of a certain Academy. But awards are whateves, so without further adieu, the se...