Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42 Better late than never! The news: Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday. Not a bad year at all for the major categories, though the foreign film selections are an embarrassing mess. The ceremony itself is still imperiled, but the WGA made some significant concessions this week, raising hopes for a red carpet with actual stars. After high expectations, sales were quite slow at Sundance. Baghead, a horror-comedy by the directors of the laidback The Puffy Chair, sold yesterday to the mini-major Sony Pictures Classics, so you should be seeing that in theaters sometime this year. Previously sold: Frozen River, about poverty... Copyright 2008 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:00:51 -0800 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:06:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Carollani How She Move is actually a very stimulating film. I saw it last year at Sundance when it was just a little indie, and I'm impressed that its done so well for itself.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909874 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909874 Film Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:12:11 -0800 Comment by la This post is a little too 'inside baseball' for me. How do you even get to see the foreign language films and why are they "an embarrassing mess"?

]]> la http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909875 Film Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:12:20 -0800 Comment by annie Sorry, @2, I posted about that last week. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, the Romanian entry, was heavily favored going into the nominations. It (along with Persepolis) was rejected in favor of a really weird slate of movies nobody seems to care much about. I should say, however: I haven't seen any of the actual nominees yet, so I can't really judge their merits.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909879 Film Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:19:36 -0800 Comment by la Thanks for that. I thought I was living under a rock or something. The post made it seem like all the foreign language films were terrible, which seems unlikely.

]]> la http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909925 Film Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:17:20 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Persepolis was GREAT! Everyone loved it - me, two female friends, my 16yo son.

Looking forward to Band of Brothers.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c909940 Film Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:38:54 -0800 Comment by UNWILLING IN SEATTLE I saw "Persepolis" this afternoon too. It was GREAT but I took little catnaps during it, so I don't know what I missed. But if I had a 16-year-old son, he would have loved it, and anyone else who might have been with me had they come.

Who knew Danielle Darrieux was still among the living? Looking forward to "Beaufort" winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Film because well, you know, Hollywood.

]]> UNWILLING IN SEATTLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910162 Film Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:39:31 -0800 Comment by John Pontoon WHAT ABOUT RAMBO DUDEZ IT IS AM NEEDS ALL CAPS

]]> John Pontoon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910235 Film Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:55:24 -0800 Comment by Kathy Fennessy I've seen The Counterfeiters, and it isn't bad, but it shouldn't have been nominated over 4 Months. But I'm thrilled Persepolis received an animation nod, though it doesn't stand a chance against Ratatouille (and I can live with that).

]]> Kathy Fennessy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910464 Film Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:46:49 -0800 Comment by louisa Kater Can't wait to see "Teeth".

Just found this on another site:
The Vagina Dentata Purse, by artist Kate Kretz

http://katekretz.blogspot.com/2008/01/apparently-on-january-18th-movie-teeth.html

]]> louisa Kater http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/this_weekend_at_the_movies_42#c910638 Film Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:06:42 -0800