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[Observe and Report trailer here.]
Review by James Douglas
With Observe and Report, director Jody Hill cements his place as my new favorite American satirist. Previously known for micro-budgeted indie The Foot Fist Way, and HBO comedy series Eastbound and Down, Observe finds Hill with an increasingly sure grasp of the complex tonalities that marked his previous work, and a high budget, studio-sanctioned playground in which he can let them loose. There’s something excitingly transgressive about watching such subversive, disturbing material delivered…
David Bowie’s son has directed a sci-fi art film (with a trailer) à la Solaris. This makes complete sense.
Michel Gondry is self-releasing a second compilation of his videos via his website on April 14.
Jim Jarmsuch confirmed that Melville influence on his upcoming The Limits of Control that we identified earlier, plus a bunch of other cool references.
Did you know that the guy from My Chemical Romance wrote comics? And that they’re being made into films? Do you even care?
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Jody Hill’s debut comedy The Foot Fist Way didn’t make it to Australian shores and I badly wish that it had based on the good word of mouth on the internet (including from Will Ferrell) and the fact that it starred Danny McBride who was so great in Screener fave David Gordon Green’s All the Real Girls. (Danny McBride has also hit big in the mainstream with roles in Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder). Reasons to be excited about this…
