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Posted 01/02/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Dale Goodson Gets Gas

Hey, remember those skyrocketing fuel prices earlier this year? Boy, was that a silly time — and so long ago, too.

Posted 12/17/08 in Vulture

Chat Room

The Wrestler Director Darren Aronofsky on Mickey Rourke and the Benefits of Having a Small Music Budget

Aronofsky rapped to Vulture about his new movie and how a Ratt song can enhance the emotional texture of a bar scene.

Posted 12/15/08 in Vulture

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Adam Resurrected’s Jeff Goldblum on His First-Ever Movie Accent and Forgetting His Secret Mantra

Goldblum spoke to Vulture about his new part, his old part — his turn in 'Annie Hall' — and his fears about tackling such a legendary book.

Posted 12/12/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Barry Jenkins Explores Love in a Time of Clorox

Jenkins's 2003 short 'My Josephine' is a lovely, impressionistic look at an Arab man and woman who work in a laundromat.

Posted 12/12/08 in Vulture

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Milos Forman Remembers The Firemen’s Ball, Sabotaging Communists

The legendary director raps with Vulture about his classic 1967 film.

Posted 12/10/08 in Vulture

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Wendy and Lucy Director Kelly Reichardt on Michelle Williams and Why Alaska Is Overrated

Reichardt raps to Vulture about Michelle Williams, the fine-tuned instrument.

Posted 12/04/08 in Vulture

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Dennis Hopper on Elegy, James Dean, and Being Big in France

'I'm pretty sure I wasn't as terrible as people have made me sound.'

Posted 12/04/08 in Vulture

The List

The Ten Greatest Movie Nixons

Until Dubya headlines his own torture-porn horror franchise (hey, it could happen), Richard Milhous Nixon will still be the nation's favorite movie president.

Posted 12/03/08 in Vulture

Kudos

Gotham Awards Honor ‘Frozen River’ and Penélope Cruz, End on Time

If last night’s Gotham Awards ceremony at Cipriani were any indication, the upcoming spate of year-end prize-giving will be a series of smooth, well-oiled affairs.

Posted 12/02/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Antonio Campos Spoils His Dinner

Let's see … where to start with this one?

Posted 11/21/08 in Vulture

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert Remembers Gene Siskel’s Best Snaps

'Phone for you, Rog. Your shoes are calling.'

Posted 11/20/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Michael Dudok de Wit Tears a Family Apart

You might need a Kleenex.

Posted 11/14/08 in Vulture

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Maeve Binchy on ‘The Hard Core’ and Her Uplifting Next Novel About Heart Failure

Binchy raps to Vulture about how she got her writing start from a kibbutz and taking the money and running.

Posted 11/14/08 in Vulture

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First-Time Director Robert Davi on ‘The Dukes,’ Battling James Bond, and Meeting the Jonas Brothers

'My agent said, 'They want you to do a Jonas Brothers video.' And my kids and my wife were all going crazy.'

Posted 11/13/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Ilya Chaiken Blacks Out

Shot on a dime, 'Blackout' is a funny, genuinely unsettling look at an unfortunate hookup in the midst of the big power outage of 2003.

Posted 11/06/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne Laments the Plight of the Bathroom Attendant

'Rent-A-Person' is a hilarious musical pastiche about a young, lovesick men's-room attendant who decides to become a visionary entrepreneur.

Posted 11/05/08 in Vulture

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Wayne Coyne on ‘Christmas on Mars,’ Giant Brains, and Long John Silver’s

'Yeah, my house is basically Salvador Dalí meets 'Sanford & Son.''

Posted 10/30/08 in Vulture

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‘Splinter’ Director Toby Wilkins Goes Kidney Shopping

See Wilkins's creepily hilarious 2006 short 'Kidney Thieves,' starring Ethan Embry, Paget Brewster, and Paul F. Tompkins.

Posted 10/23/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Branan Edgens Would Like to Sell You David Lynch’s Coffee

'The Darkest Coffee' functions less as a commercial and more as a four-minute creepfest about the experience of consuming said hot beverage.

Posted 10/16/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Myna Joseph Follows Creepy Sisters Into the Woods

Fair warning: 'Man' is not an easy film to watch.