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Why No One Cared About The Tourist

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:45:00 EST

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People love Angelina Jolie. Johnny Depp has a huge fan base. Put 'em both in one movie — for the very first time — and you'd think it would be box office gold! Instead, The Tourist tanked. More »

Helen Mirren Slams Hollywood For Being Dick-Centric

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:49:00 EST

Yesterday, at the Hollywood Reporter's Women In Entertainment event, Helen Mirren received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. She also said "a few words about being a woman." She went off! More »

Have you heard about the new film Who Does...

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Have you heard about the new film Who Does She Think She Is? It's a documentary about women and creativity, in a world where people can't name more than a handful of female artists. From the trailer, it's evident that many themes are touched upon: Why are 80% of students in art school women, but 80% of artists featured in museums men? Are women taken less seriously when they become mothers, or if their art is about motherhood? The director is Pamela Tanner Boll, known for her Academy award-winning film, Born Into Brothels. It opens in New York October 17. [BlogHer, Official Site, Theatrical Trailer] More »

The New Prada Movie Stars Very Shady Characters

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Back in February, Prada debuted Trembled Blossoms, an animated film that used creepy psychedelic imagery to push purses on hopelessly hypnotized fashionistas. Get ready to trip again: Prada has a new movie, Fallen Shadows, which features music by Antony & The Johnsons and makes little sense. Thank goodness we're here to do a (sorta) frame-by frame dissection. A breakdown of the stills from the film begins after the jump. More »

Watch It

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:45:00 EST

Over on Radar, Amy Monaghan has a run down of the decade's most misogynistic movies. Did some of your faves make the list? From Superbad ("Dick-obsessed Seth is... a cretin who is afraid of vaginas"), to The Devil Wears Prada ("'Wake up, Six!' was the quip that launched a thousand fingers down girls' throats."), Sin City ("Two-dimensional curvy broads in artsy black and white play strippers, hookers, and waitresses who get beaten, raped, and beheaded."), andBridget Jones's Diary ("She's just like you! Or at least she's exactly what Hollywood thinks you're like: frumpy, insecure, man-hungry, and completely incapable of self-discipline!"), the gang's all here! Whether you agree or not, the fact that the Superbad picture is captioned "There Will Be Blood" is genius. [Radar] More »

Another Luxury Brand, Another Existential Film

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:30:00 EST

Much like the art piece from Prada, another luxury brand is experimenting with existential themes in the medium of short film. OK, OK, it's a commercial. But with angst! Beauty, ennui, fuzzy, unfocused camera work and faces slipping out of the frame. In fact, it's so much of a mood piece that you barely see overpriced crap they're trying to push. But this brand, while popular, could really use re-positioning. And this gorgeous, teasing commercial could be just the thing. We're not naming the brand, but if you pay attention, (or skip to the end) it's obvious. A frame-by-frame breakdown, after the jump. More »

Let's All Take Acid And Watch The New Prada Movie

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:40:00 EST

Reader Tanya asked us to look at Trembled Blossoms, the digitally-animated short film on the Prada Web site. And we did! And tripped the fuck out of our minds. The creepy, dreamy, product-pushing visual art tells a mythic story set to delicately bizarre music. See, once upon a time there was a sexual-organ-esque flower. This flower's juicy center was penetrated by a hummingbird, and a little jizz seeped out... (join us as we storyboard and caption our favorite stills after the jump) More »