Movie City Indie http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/ 2009-11-06T16:42:49-08:00 <![CDATA[<i>Bruno</i>'s scissored La Toya Jackson scene]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/11/brunos_scissore.html
Posted as a promo for the upcoming homevideo release.

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Ray Pride 2009-11-06T16:42:49-08:00
Jason Reitman http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/11/jason_reitman.html Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman, Peninsula Hotel, Chicago, 3 November 2009.

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Ray Pride 2009-11-05T20:19:49-08:00
#unseenprequels: another Twitter meme http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/11/unseenprequels.html _44968458_twitter.gifI'm amazed when Twitter memes break out overnight and it's late late late on some coast and a flurry of a dozen or more rush from the fingertips of a single writer. Although I was tempted by #unseenprequels to suggest "Jason Reitman's Stalled On The Tarmac," "The Blastocysts Karamazov" and "When Harry Stared At Sally's Neck."

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Ray Pride 2009-11-03T09:42:42-08:00
Yes... feeding squirrel-like kitten with chopsticks http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/yes_feeding_squ.html

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Ray Pride 2009-10-31T14:49:31-08:00
<![CDATA[Good days? Bad days? <i>Good days.</i>]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/good_days_bad_d.html
Week later, two million views, still a classic.

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Ray Pride 2009-10-26T12:32:59-08:00
Charles and Ray Eames' Polaroid SX-70 promo film http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/charles_and_ray.html
Technology arrives...

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Ray Pride 2009-10-23T11:30:05-08:00
<![CDATA[Out of the box: Richard Kelly's 1996 <i>The Goodbye Place</i>]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/out_of_the_box.html

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Ray Pride 2009-10-22T11:20:01-08:00
<![CDATA[VIFF 2009 trailers: <i>Sexuality</i> and <i>Subtitles</i>]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/viff_2009_trail.html
Vancouver's fest trailers are always pretty swell.

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Ray Pride 2009-10-21T10:02:12-08:00
42Below Vodka's 42-filmmaker 42-second film project: Flora Sigismondi, Kenneth Anger http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/42below_vodkas_2.html

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Ray Pride 2009-10-20T15:41:28-08:00
42Below Vodka's 42-filmmaker 42-second film project: David Lynch, Asia Argento http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/42below_vodkas_1.html

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Ray Pride 2009-10-20T11:37:55-08:00
42Below Vodka's 42-filmmaker 42-second film project: Abel Ferrara, Harmony Korine http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/42below_vodkas.html

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Ray Pride 2009-10-20T05:34:11-08:00
Picturing Chicago International Film Festival 45 award ceremonies http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/ciff_awards_200.html The Chicago International Film Festival's 45th edition runs through Thursday, but juried awards were handed out Saturday night at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East Hotel. In the International Feature Film Competition, three prizes went to Tina Mabry's Mississippi Damned, a Gold Hugo for Best Film, a Gold Plaque for Best Supporting Acress to Jossie Harris Thacker and another GP for Mabry's screenplay. Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank took a Silver Hugo Special Jury Award for "esthetic boldness" along with a GP for Michael Fassbender for Best Supporting Actor. Vincere took Silver Hugos for Marco Bellocchio as Best Director, Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Best Actress and Filippo Timi for Best Actor, along with a Gold Plaque for Best Cinematography, Daniele Cipri. Hipsters took a Gold Plaque for Best Art Direction. Only a handful of winners were present: the Mississippi Damned crew was happy to be there. New Directors and Short Film nods listed in the festival press release after the jump, along with video (below) of Martin Landau accepting an Achievement Award in the Chicago hotel where North by Northwest was shot. [Ray Pride.]

John Russell Taylor's 39th Chicago International Film Festival


This is critic John Russell Taylor's 39th consecutive CIFF, he says.

David Robinson
David Robinson served on the documentary jury.

Bruce Webb, director, The Be All And End ALL
Bruce Webb directed competition entry The Be All And End All.

Martin Landau
Martin Landau says the film industry has changed in 50 years.

Bisset signs
A scrum of autograph hunters outside the hotel sought a signature from jury president Jacqueline Bissett.

Remarks

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Ray Pride 2009-10-18T15:24:24-08:00
An hour of Hitchcock on the "Tomorrow" show http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/an_hour_of_hitc.html
The wavy rainbows when the VHS recorder was restarted after commercial are a nice throwback as well. The other embeds are below on a single page. Via @Ebertchicago. And here's sixteen or so hours for your iPod: the complete recordings of the Hitchcock-Truffaut interviews.

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Ray Pride 2009-10-16T12:51:47-08:00
Für Falcon: A fictional, non-hoax balloon ride gone wrong http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/fuer_falcon_a_f.html
Roger Michel's beautifully edited opening scene of Enduring Love, dubbed in German, but it still looks swell.

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Ray Pride 2009-10-16T05:27:41-08:00
<![CDATA[Trailering <i>Edge of Darkness</i>]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/10/trailering_edge.html ]]> Ray Pride 2009-10-15T10:39:10-08:00