Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12 An astonishing number of films opening this weekend didn't screen for the press. Take this to mean this week's releases are all awful, take this to mean critics are outdated, take this to mean whatever you like. But first, the news: Once again, ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede, whose documentary Zoo (which was preceded by this feature in The Stranger) was accepted into Directors' Fortnight at Cannes. (Via GreenCine: a quick rundown of critical response following the NYC opening.) In the New York Times, Sharon Waxman reports on the rapid fade on... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:53:59 -0800 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:40:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by filmguy Also Lawrence of Arabia @Cinerama
Movie Dates: April 22, 24, 29 and May 1, 2007

]]> filmguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12#c704452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12#c704452 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:58:23 -0800 Comment by ebsur Annie Hall was the movie that beat out Star Wars for best picture.

That's just fucked up.

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When I was a little kid and that happened, I—already a paranoid Jew—was worried there was going to be an anti-semitic backlash over that on the playground.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12#c704614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12#c704614 Arts Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:49:17 -0800 Comment by Kathy Fennessy The year before, Rocky beat out Taxi Driver. You win some, you lose some.

]]> Kathy Fennessy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12#c704687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_weekend_at_the_movies_12#c704687 Arts Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:40:16 -0800