- Dennis Cozzalio vs. Walter Chaw on THE BLIND SIDE
“Denver-based film critic Walter Chaw, who writes for the site Film Freak Central and has never been one to shy away from overstatement, may have topped even himself for hyperbolic tongue-lashing with his review of The Blind Side. The review is a pinnacle of sour self-satisfaction, apparently seriously positing The Blind Side as our very own Triumph of the Will, Ole Miss iconography apparently standing in for those swastika thingies. But Chaw’s brand of bombast may suggest to you that Hancock’s evil film may not be the only elephant in the room with an agenda.”
- Do You Guys Consider Yourselves Outsiders or Insiders?
Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Lee Daniels (Precious), Peter Jackson, Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) and Quentin Tarantino have a candid discussion of filmmaking and swap war stories.
- Criterion goes to the George Eastman House
We have been talking to them about accessing their archive on a more regular basis, starting with the three Von Sternberg films that are coming up. It’s really an interesting place, and we got to see some pretty cool things that we thought we’d share with you [..] The vaults are pretty endless, but incredibly well organized.
- Filmbrain talks some of the more interesting and provocative One-Sheets of the decade.
Inspired by my good friend Adrian Curry, whose Movie Posters of the Decade post over at The Auteurs led critic Roger Ebert to issue forth a “bleh” (and then respond with his own choices), I thought I’d join in on the fun and put together a post on posters as well.
Tags: Denis Cozzalio, Eastman Kodak House, Insider, James Cameron, Jason-Reitman, Katheryn-Bigelow, Kill Bill, Lee Daniels, Outsider, posters one-sheet, Quentint Tarantino, The Blind Side, Walter Chaw
I can’t wait to read Tarantinos cinema litterature in his later years.
Dennis Cozzalio is one of my favourite film bloggers…Even when I don’t agree with his opinion, I want to agree with it as his writing is so good. While on his site, check back a few posts for his latest quiz. He does them once a season and lays out questions that ask your opinion. It’s not a trivia quiz, but a set of questions that make you sit and think about your own perspective on your preferences. Lots of fun queries too. Even more fun is reading the folks who respond…
@Bob, “Dennis Cozzalio is one of my favourite film bloggers”
Ditto.