The Onion AV Club has posted an interview with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, two of my favorite people making comedies these days. Indiewire interviews Alison Chernick, director of Matthew Barney: No Restraint. We presented the film back in May, and IFC First Take is opening it in limited release today. Bob Dylan threatens to sue over Factory Girl. IMDb reports. Hayden Christiansen as the Dylan…

It is my pleasure to introduce to you our new blogger, Mike Lyon. A current intern in the Film/Video department, Mike and I not only share a desk, but we also share many interests in film. As a matter of fact, conducting an interview felt a little like talking to myself. In the Asian Film Fan Death Match, it is really unclear at this time who would win! I may have more DVDs, but Mike has more degrees…

Ennio Morricone to receive honorary Academy Award. All I can say is that it’s about time. Oliver Stone has a film about the war in Afghanistan in the works. IMDb reports. Two By Bertolucci: Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and The Conformist finally get a proper DVD treatment.Two By Bertolucci1900The Conformist Two By Bertolucci: Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and The Conformist finally get a proper DVD…

Much like Paul Schmelzer’s Centerpoints but in the realm of film and media, Shorts is a compilation of bits of news that cross our desks and catch our eye, regurgitated for your perusal. Oliver Stone got fined $6,322.20 to “resolve allegations of violations of the Cuban embargo” for trips to Castroland. IMDb reports R.I.P. Peter Boyle. His rendition of Puttin’ On the Ritz in Young Frankenstein still…

Over the past 16 years, the Walker Art Center’s Regis Dialogue and Film Retrospective program has brought together some of the most innovative and influential filmmakers of our time with leading critics, writers and historians. We’ve just greatly enhanced the Regis Dialogues section of our website by uploading all of the interviewers’ introductory essays on the honored filmmakers. These singular…

No, I’m not kidding. Jonas Mekas is hitting small screens of all kinds this fall. He has two projects in the works. Firstly, he is curating a series of short films. The first of which, Hans Richter’s Rhythmus 21, hit jonasmekas.com on September 15. Judging by this first entry, each film will feature a video introduction by Mekas. The second project has the venerable filmmaker making a film every day for…

Tomorrow is the opening day of the 31st Toronto International Film Festival. I have to admit, that I start to feel a little woozy looking at the list of films playing in Toronto–it’s just too much of a good thing. Although I won’t be going, our friends Dean and Sheryl will be there making us proud, and bringing home their insights to the hidden gems they find. My interests may be a little more…

…or East, depending on how you look at it. Fresh from the success of Brokeback Mountain (and Walker Regis Dialogue), Ang Lee heads back to Asia for his next feature film, Lust, Caution. Based on a short story of the same name written by Chinese author Eileen Chang, Lust, Caution is an espionage love story of sorts set in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation. A press release a month ago revealed that…

I’m sorry if I sound trite in my grief over his death, but there it is. I must start by saying that Mitchell always told it like it was. I remember him meeting Elliott Gould with a loud, cringe-inducing yet apropos: “You’re much BIGGER than I expected!” He was a multifaceted, complex man. I only knew one small part of him: a great film lover in our community. He was an instigator and a provocative force…