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How to make a post-Charlie Kaufman US arthouse movie
Sophie Barthes's engaging new comedy Cold Souls is the latest of a new breed of films that can be called "Kaufmanesque", with deference to the screenplays of Charlie Kaufman .
Synecdoche, New YorkBeing Charlie Kaufman takes a lot of brain power
Sreenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who spun American cinema on its head with striking scripts for "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," goes for fiendishly obsessional, intellectual acrobatics in his directorial debut.
John Cusack learns to play the hero
For us Brits, the year 2012 means the Olympics, but for the ancient Mayans it signalled the end of the world.
In contrast to his verbal characters, screenwriter-producer Charlie Kaufman is close-lipped about his own life and background.
Absolut vodka teams up with Spike Jonze
Absolut, the Pernod Ricard-owned vodka brand, has signed an a oeartistic partnershipa with US film director Spike Jonze.
Renowned Cinematographer Lance Acord Set for Keynote Conversation...
The Keynote Conversation takes place during the popular event's two-day, flagship conference and exposition at the Burbank Marriott Conference Center.
Movie Review: Where the Wild Things Are Is Monstrous
"Where the Wild Things Are" is depressing, dull and dysfunctional. Childhood fans of the book should beware that a few creatively illustrated pages with fewer words than this review simply cannot be the basis of a feature length motion picture.
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Heavy-toned 'Where the Wild Things Are' respects original book
Substituting airy family cheer with heady self-indulgence, director Spike Jonze may have lost a near majority of head-scratching critics and 3-D crazed tykes with his dark adaptation of the popular 1963 picture book "Where the Wild Things Are," but he sure hasn't lost his audacity.
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"Where the Wild Things Are" ; Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ruffalo; Director: Spike Jonze; Rated: PG Movie Review: Spike Jonze directs this movie based on a classic childhood book by Maurice Sendak.
Editors of a oeWhere the Wild Things Area at lafcpug, Oct.28
The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group will be Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood California.
Araya. Made in 1959, acclaimed at Cannes but skimpily released, this exceptional documentary is very deservedly brought forth again.
Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are , has been the buzz of critics and filmgoers alike since its opening last weekend.
Mr. Burton's next film, "Alice in Wonderland," also dips into classic kiddie territory and promises to be just as odd.
Spotless Mind director worries for future of film
Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman wonders if there's a place for his smart, smaller movies as the marketplace loses the distributors who made those movies their business.
'Where The Wild Things Are': The Gold Medalist At The Hipster Marketing Olympics?
And no, it's not the movie about Dan Humphrey 's homicidal stepfather . Where The Wild Things Are hits all the points on the stereotypical public radio listening hipster's checklist.
As an unruly boy sent to bed without dinner on occasion , I could relate to Max from "Where the Wild Things Are," one of my earliest recollections of childhood literature.
'Wild Things' is box office champ: $32.5M
After a long and troubled production, Warner Bros.' Where the Wild Things Are found its supper waiting, and it was hot to the tune of $32.5 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Spike Jonze talks about "Where the Wild Things Are"
Preston Sturges For pioneering the writer/director, and always pushing the comedy envelope.
Where the Wild Things Are aims for the adults-and-kids double-whammy Friday when the PG-rated fairy tale hits screens.
Bold, gorgeous Where the Wild Things Are roars onto big screen
"Where the Wild Things Are," the book, is just 339 words long. But in turning it into "Where the Wild Things Are," the movie, director Spike Jonze has expanded the basic story with a breathtaking visual scheme and stirring emotional impact.
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