film industry
The Cannes Film Festival Can Be a Pretty Miserable Place
Cannes is essentially just self-congratulation wrapped in lies and other people’s misery. While the festival supposedly exists to celebrate cinema as the most palatable form of high art, it’s really just a chance for the powerful to plod around...
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Star Saves an Iconic New Orleans Pastry
Baker-turned-actor Dwight Henry is known for his breakout lead role in the Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild. I recently spoke with the New Orleanian about why he continues to straddle both worlds and how he saved the buttermilk...
Adventures in the North Korean Film Industry
Kim Jong-il loved giving white guys a chance on the big screen, as long as they were up for playing the white devil. It was inevitable that someone as fame-hungry as me would travel to the asshole of the earth just to have a crack a the whole...
Like Lost, Prometheus Is Brilliant Only At Being Its Own Viral Marketing Campaign
The movie _Prometheus_, the thing itself, is as viral as its actual, "still-growing":http://crushable.com/entertainment/prometheus-10-11-12-viral-marketing-guy-pearce-185/ viral marketing campaign. I paid $11 last night not to watch a so-so _Alien...