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Suck My Big Hard Camp: <em>Wet Hot American Summer</em> Sequel Is On!

Suck My Big Hard Camp: Wet Hot American Summer Sequel Is On!

With both Arrested Development and Party Down returning as movies, we are now officially living in a golden age of cult comedy resurrections. So it's appropriate to learn that everyone's favorite summer camp parody, Wet Hot American Summer, will also "absolutely" be coming back for a sequel. "Yes, 100 percent yes," Michael Showalter said on Watch What Happens Live. "The whole gang, everyone's doing it." Funny enough, "Everyone's Doing It" sounds exactly like one of the rejected titles for the film. more ›

Spider-Man Trailer Introduces Awful New Subway Behavior

<em>Spider-Man</em> Trailer Introduces Awful New Subway Behavior

The Avengers isn't the only superhero movie threatening to destroy New York this summer. We've also got the Spider-Man reboot, Amazing Spider-Man, coming. And though we were antsy after the first trailer, we're much less so now. The Spidey we grew up with would say things like "You seriously think I'm a cop? In a skin-tight red and blue suit?" And that's the wallcrawler we've seem to have here. more ›

Ben Gazzara, Veteran Character Actor, Dies At 81

Ben Gazzara, Veteran Character Actor, Dies At 81

Ben Gazzara—a veteran dramatic character actor known for his films with director John Cassavetes, playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, and playing Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowskidied on Friday in Manhattan. Gazzara suffered from pancreatic cancer; he was 81. more ›

Spike Lee: Movie Studios Know Nothing About Black People Or Red Hook

Spike Lee: Movie Studios Know Nothing About Black People Or Red Hook

Spike Lee, New York sports fan, premiered his new feature film, Red Hook Summer (his not-a-sequel to Do the Right Thing), at Sundance last night and he was his usual, straight-talking self during a Q&A. So much so that he apologized to the audience, "Sorry for that mother----ing tirade." more ›

Kodak Is On The Brink Of Bankruptcy

Kodak Is On The Brink Of Bankruptcy

Eastman Kodak Co., the 131-year-old film company whose iconic "K" logo is a universal symbol for photographers and filmmakers around the world, is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection in the next weeks, reports the Wall Street Journal. more ›

Wolverine Bootlegger Sentenced To A Year In Federal Prison

Wolverine Bootlegger Sentenced To A Year In Federal Prison

Gilberto Sanchez, the 49-year-old Bronx father who uploaded a bootlegged "work print" (unfinished) copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine to the internet in 2009, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison. Where's the fine for the producers that greenlit the sloppy mess of a flick to begin with? more ›

Who Should Play Patrick Bateman In The American Psycho Remake?

Who Should Play Patrick Bateman In The <em>American Psycho</em> Remake?

Yesterday, we learned that Hollywood, fresh out of new ideas, has decided to remake a present-day version of American Psycho. The second thing that popped in our heads (after "What's the modern-day equivalent of Huey Lewis and the News?") is, of course, who should take on the role of the American Psycho himself, Patrick Bateman? more ›

Utterly Insane: American Psycho Remake In The Works

Utterly Insane: <em>American Psycho</em> Remake In The Works

It's been barely more than a decade since the first theatrical version of American Psycho came out (and two since Bret Easton Ellis published his lightning-rod book), but Hollywood apparently thinks it's time to bring back Patrick Bateman and his lusty (and bloodlusty) ways, albeit in a modern-day incarnation. more ›

Top Chefs Talk Meat On The Big Screen

Top Chefs Talk Meat On The Big Screen

Get a little culture with your cutlets this weekend at UnionDocs, a Williamsburg documentary center that's screening some meat-centric programming, with a helping of commentary from a handful of the city's top chefs and butchers on the side. more ›

<em>New Yorker</em> Critic Causes Major Drama For <em>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</em>

New Yorker Critic Causes Major Drama For The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Normally, the Hollywood insider's baseball game is too convoluted and self-involved to bother paying attention to, but every once in a while, something juicy enough for the mainstream comes along. Today's gossip involves dry-as-chalk New Yorker critic David Denby breaking a press embargo on reviewing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and the hoopla that's ensued as a result. more ›

Ninja Turtles, Gremlins & More Take Over The Big Screen At BAM's Puppet Fest

Ninja Turtles, Gremlins & More Take Over The Big Screen At BAM's Puppet Fest

Before the Muppets take over the cineplexes this Thanksgiving (which, don't get us wrong, is going to be awesome!), brush up on some of the lesser-known, and sometimes less-kid-friendly puppets to make it to the silver screen at BAM's "Puppets on Film" exhibit. more ›

See The Full Lineup For The "Brooklyn Close-Up" Film Fest, Kicking Off At BAM Tonight!

See The Full Lineup For The "Brooklyn Close-Up" Film Fest, Kicking Off At BAM Tonight!

Hey, locavore cinephiles, have we got the the film series for you! Tonight is the first night of BAMcinématek's "Brooklyn Close-Up" series, a celebration of 90 years of the borough's film history, and they're kicking if off with the most badass Brooklyn movie of all time: The Warriors. more ›

Reddit Can Make Your Movie Dreams Come True

Reddit Can Make Your Movie Dreams Come True

Reddit—the web home for the finest animal videos, incest survivor q-and-a's, and inspirational weight loss stories—just added another notch to its considerable belt: dream money maker. Two-time Jeopardy! champion and writer James Erwin posted his pitch for a time-travelling movie on the internet's preeminent link warehouse, and voila: Variety reports that Warner Bros. has preemptively purchased the high-concept pitch Rome, Sweet Rome. At least you can say you loved it before it was popular. more ›

Food Porn Coming To The Big Screen At The NYC Food Film Fest

Food Porn Coming To The Big Screen At The NYC Food Film Fest

Does looking at all that food porn on your tiny computer screen leave you feeling unsatisfied? The fifth annual NYC Food Film Festival is here to fix you right up. The interactive fest is taking over Tribeca Cinemas from October 13-16, with a whole slew of hunger-inducing films, conveniently paired with the real-life foods they focus on. Taste what you see—that means no more watching Chocolat alone on your couch while inhaling Three Musketeers! more ›

More Gosling! Depressed Kirsten! Nine Movies And Two Film Events To Check Out This Fall

More Gosling! Depressed Kirsten! Nine Movies And Two Film Events To Check Out This Fall
            

Click on the film stills for details on this Fall's new releases and repertory screenings, which include: Drive, Moneyball, 50/50, Ides of March, Weekend, Skin I Live In, To Save and Protect: The Ninth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, In Time, J. Edgar, and Melancholia. more ›

Spike Lee Isn't Working On A Sequel To <em>Do The Right Thing</em>

Spike Lee Isn't Working On A Sequel To Do The Right Thing

Earlier this summer, rumors began flying that Spike Lee's latest project, Red Hook Summer, was a sequel to his 1989 Bed-Stuy-set breakout hit Do The Right Thing. Now, as more details have emerged about Lee's hush-hush project, it looks like that might not be the case...sort of. more ›

Come Out To Plaaay-Yaay At The Coney Island Film Fest

Come Out To Plaaay-Yaay At The Coney Island Film Fest

Who needs Cannes? The 11th annual Coney Island Film Fest is taking over the boardwalk this weekend for a three-day celebration of celluloid and circus freaks. The festival kicks off on Friday night with a burlesque-and-sideshow party at The Freak Bar. Once you've gotten your fill of live entertainment, settle down for dozens of screenings, with a special focus on left-of-mainstream fare. more ›

Staff Picks: Scoping The Big Screen With 92YTribeca

Staff Picks: Scoping The Big Screen With 92YTribeca

Welcome to our weekly column Staff Picks, in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Today we're checking in Cristina Cacioppo, the director of film programming at 92YTribeca, to find out what she's been watching lately. more ›

Mayor Bloomberg On Film, In TV: A Retrospective

Mayor Bloomberg On Film, In TV: A Retrospective

When Mayor Bloomberg decides to leave politics, don't expect him to be out of the public eye just yet: Bloomberg has developed quite the acting career for himself over the years. Inspired by his recent cameo on the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm—which he reportedly ad-libbed—we decided to take a look at some of Bloomberg's other fine moments in film. more ›

Was Thousand Island Dressing Invented In NYC? New Film Aims To Find Out

Was Thousand Island Dressing Invented In NYC? New Film Aims To Find Out

Filmmakers Eric J. Roberts and Andrea Reeves are on a mission to discover where Thousand Island dressing came from, because (if you didn't already know) its origins are a mystery! One theory is that George Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria, instructed a maitre d’ at the hotel's restaurant to make it. According to Wikipedia (mystery solved?), Boldt received the recipe from actress May Irwin, who first tried it in the Thousand Islands region between the U.S. and Canada. more ›

Staff Picks: Nitehawk Cinema Tells You What To Watch

Staff Picks: Nitehawk Cinema Tells You What To Watch

Welcome to our weekly column Staff Picks, in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Today we're checking in with the staff at Williamsburg movie theater Nitehawk Cinema to find out what they've been watching lately. more ›

Staff Picks: IndieScreen Tells You What To Watch

Staff Picks: IndieScreen Tells You What To Watch

Welcome to our weekly column Staff Picks, in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Today we're checking in with Marco Ursino, artistic director of Williamsburg's independent movie theater IndieScreen, to find out what he's been watching lately. more ›

Everything You Wanted To Know About The Three Jeff Buckley Movies Being Made

Everything You Wanted To Know About The Three Jeff Buckley Movies Being Made

For whatever reason, everyone decided to make Jeff Buckley movies at the same time—and it's still causing confusion! But today it was announced that one more production has cast their leading man: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark star Reeve Carney. He'll begin filming in November... but at least one other production is starting sooner. more ›

Patti Smith's Memoir Heading To The Big Screen

Patti Smith's Memoir Heading To The Big Screen

Timed perfectly to the demise of the Hotel Chelsea, word comes today that Godmother of Punk Patti Smith's tale of coming of age with Robert Mapplethorpe in New York in the '60s and '70s, Just Kids, is heading to the big screen. more ›

Is Director Terry Gilliam Working On Paul Auster Adaptation?

Is Director Terry Gilliam Working On Paul Auster Adaptation?

Fans of the fantastically twisted brain of director Terry Gilliam, who's been laying relatively low since the 2009 release of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and last year's Arcade Fire concert, tentatively rejoice! The auteur has announced plans to bring New York author Paul Auster's Mr. Vertigo to the big screen. Maybe. more ›

Staff Picks: Reel Life South Tells You What To Watch

Staff Picks: Reel Life South Tells You What To Watch

Welcome to our weekly column, "Staff Picks," in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. more ›

Like to Stream AND Get Discs Via Netflix? Prepare to Bend Over and Take it in the Wallet

Like to Stream AND Get Discs Via Netflix? Prepare to Bend Over and Take it in the Wallet

Your days of enjoying a combo plan of getting a disc or two via those red envelopes in the mail and streaming content from Netflix are numbered, kids. Starting September 1, the popular site is implementing separate plans for streaming and physical disc borrowing. more ›

George Lucas Vs. Bay Ridge Fanboys

George Lucas Vs. Bay Ridge Fanboys

George Lucas took on an unexpected, unassuming foe last weekend: no, not the dastardly battle droids—think more like a group of Bay Ridge Star Wars fans who were planning a movie marathon at a local bar. more ›

Is Madonna&#8217;s New Flick Gunning For Oscar?

Is Madonna’s New Flick Gunning For Oscar?

Madonna: Material Girl, mother of terrifying biceps, Kabbalah enthusiast, and now...potential Oscar-winning director? It's a possibility, after reports that The Weinstein Company, which recently acquired Madonna's new movie, W.E., plans to release it "smack in the middle of Oscar season." more ›

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