She plays the “young girl” in Noah Baumbach’s new film Greenberg, but I can’t help but watch this new trailer and feel like lovely/talented Hannah Takes the Stairs and Baghead co-star Greta Gerwig’s all-grown-up! It’s also an odd thing to feel, because she’s always been so mature in her indie films (well, except for Yeast). Regardless, super excited for her, and excited to see Greenberg. See her with Ben Stiller, in the upcoming film:
It’s been rumored for months, but Nintendo officially announced that its VOD platform on the Wii console has launched in Japan over the weekend. The programming so far trends along family fare. Varietyhas a little more:
Service, called Wii no Ma (Wii’s Room), has 120 titles at launch, including episodes of “Sesame Street” and “Pocket Monsters,” as well as other old pics, toons and TV shows. Among the supplying partners are Toei, Yoshimoto Kogyo, TV Asahi, NTV and NHK Enterprises. The cost to view one title ranges from 30¥ to 500¥ (33¢ to $5.60). In addition to their Internet-connected Wii consoles, customers can utilize the service on their Nintendo DSi handhelds.
By the end of the year, three more companies, including Disney Japan, are skedded to join the service.
Richard Linklater’s Me And Orson Welles (or, MAOW) opens this Thanksgiving weekend in select cities. It will expand nationwide through December. The film (which, full disclosure, Cinetic has been involved with since its inception) premiered at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, and waiting until the holiday season 2009 makes a lot of sense. I rewatched the film on Monday night at the Cinema Society’s New York premiere, which was attended by Linklater with stars Zac Efron, Claire Danes, and an awards-worthy Christian McKay. What occurred to me for the first time on Monday was that Me And Orson Welles truly is a family arthouse film. It’s the kind of movie you can take your parents to see over the holidays, or the kind of movie that parents of teenagers can feel comfortable watching wit their kids.
It’s almost as if this was the movie made precisely for those fans of Efron’s High School Musical, who have grown up a little and ready for something smarter. Or, it’s the kind of independently-made film that older audiences can feel safe with seeing; a ride back to 1930s New York City, before WWII. Few working directors today love the history of cinema more than Richard Linklater, and it shows in the way this film feels like it lives in the era of Frank Capra or William Wyler. In other words, a style of filmmaking that was completely inverted when Welles himself would make Citizen Kane just a few years after this story takes place. Linklater can change up styles so much, in such a deliberate and focused manner, it’s no doubt that he’s one of the most unpredictable artists out there. Just like Welles.
I don’t know what it is about this new recurring Saturday Night Live sketch that is so appealing. When the first installment of “What Up With That?” launched a few weeks ago, it felt like a cool breeze of much-needed absurdity in an otherwise dull season for the comedy show. It’s become a forum for throwing random variety show ideas into a blender, and the title song is pretty infectious. This weekend, “What Up With That?” came back, and it continued to deliver some very funny “WTF?” moments:
1. Cold Cave, Love Comes Close
(Dark but delicious synth-pop, as if The National added more skip to its step.)
2. Memory Tapes, Seek Magic
(Philadelphia soundscaper Dayve Hawk has followed up his stellar Memory Cassette EPs with this album of submerged melodies and overcast dance music.)
3. tUnE yArDs, BiRd BrAiNs
(Holy wow. This is a unique musical project from Merrill Garbus, who has taken household items to create one of the best albums in recent months. Folk-song/worldbeat structures are redesigned and inverted for a lush but organic, sound experience. You have to hear it. These songs sound like they’re from another country, another planet, and you can’t deny their greatness.)
4. Kings of Convenience, Declaration of Dependence
(This coffeehouse-pop Norwegian duo has taken its sweet time to offer up a new album. Ever since, they’ve settled on side projects and even helped to launch Feist onto the world. But they’re back, and they haven’t lost their touch for a “Simon & Garfunkel in Scandinavia” sweetness.)
5. A Place to Bury Strangers, Exploding Head
(A sophomore album from one of New York’s biggest buzz/fuzz bands, with feedback-drenched guitars and shoegazed harmonies. This band’s inspirations are obvious, but still deliver product that is inspiring.)
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