daily stream: the muse’s tale… from her own perspective
2009’s Bright Star is on Prime in the UK, but criminally streaming nowhere in the US.
John Keats
defining the female gaze
In response to something I posted recently about “the female gaze,” I got an email from a male reader who appeared to believe that “the female gaze” refers to “movies women like to watch.” It doesn’t. Not even close. But his email got my thinking that perhaps I need to explain what “the female gaze” … more…
because Thomas Edison loved a good ass-kicking
Quentin Tarantino believes violence is what makes movies good. Not just his movies: all movies, according to the London Evening Standard: In general cinema, that’s the biggest attraction. I’m a big fan of action and violence in cinema… That’s why Thomas Edison created the motion picture camera — because violence is so good. It affects … more…
Bright Star movie review: cinematic poetry
John Keats is the intruder in Fanny Brawne’s story, and you might be forgiven for assuming that she’s the one who became legendary, for how the film defies convention by lavishing its focus on her.
North American box office: forecast is good for ‘Cloudy’
Clear skies ahead for the movie? The sun is shining upon it? What other tedious weather-related metaphor can I come up with? 1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: $30.3 million (NEW) 2. The Informant!: $10.5 million (NEW) 3. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself: $9.9 million (2nd week; drops 58%) 4. … more…
I interview Paul Schneider (and others)
You’ve seen Paul Schneider in movies like Lars and the Real Girl and Away We Go, and he’s in Parks & Recreation on NBC, which just had its second season premiere last night. And now he’s starring in Bright Star, Jane Campion’s new movie about the poet John Keats and his romance with Fanny Brawne, … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Whiteout,’ ‘Crude,’ ‘Bright Star,’ ‘The Other Man’
2nd UPDATE: This week is turning insane. I’ve just added screenings of Jennifer’s Body (opens in the U.S. on September 18, and in the U.K. on November 6) — the Megan Fox-as-not-just-high-school-evil flick — and another upcoming movie that I’ve been asked not to say anything about yet (but I’ll let know more as soon … more…
