Because after a Cap’n Jazz reunion and a novel by your lead singer, what else is there to do but score a 1928 film about the French heroine/Roman Catholic saint who your band is named after?
Michael Chabon In Hollywood
It’s funny how things changes when you learn one of your favorite writers is behind a project you were initially skeptical of. In this case it’s finding out about Michael Chabon’s involvement with the upcoming Disney film, John Carter, has made me quite curious after seeing commercials for the film and muttering an “Ehhhh…” Chabon co-wrote the screenplay for the film, and coupled with his upcoming work with HBO, it would seem he’s finally getting on the right track when it comes to getting […]
Whit Stillman In Bronxville
I love Wes Anderson as much as the next person whose college years took place during or right around 9/11, but that didn’t stop me from getting drunk one night and spouting off a bunch of crap about how Whit Stillman is Wes Anderson — for adults! Whether this is true or not I will leave up to you, but Stillman’s trilogy of films dedicated to the “Urban Haute Bourgeoisie” rank among my favorites, and I am willing to bet that Damsels in Distress, […]
Somebody Explain How We Should Feel About The “Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter” Trailer
The trailer for “Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter” has us asking so many questions.
There Is a Documentary About Linotype. We Think This Is Awesome.
Posted by Tobias Carroll We were very happy to learn of the existence of the documentary Linotype: The Movie. It’ll be screened this evening at the SVA Theater on 23rd Street, and you can watch the trailer now. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Apparently, James Franco Enjoys Literary Mash-Ups
Posted by Tobias Carroll In the middle of this Vulture piece about Joss Whedon’s next film came an interesting detail: the name of James Franco’s production company. That name? Rabbit Bandini. We can only imagine what other literary names bookish actors might mash together to christen their own production companies. We assume that Benedict Cumberbatch would choose something particularly clever for his. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
The Emperor Has No Sound: Why is The Artist So Overrated?
By Abraham Riesman Not to sound like a troll or anything, but why isn’t anyone talking about how much of a joke The Artist is?
On “teachable” moments and unreliable narrators
Posted by Jen Vafidis At the beginning of Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret, a teenage boy asks a teenage girl to go to the movies. Not wanting it to turn into a date, she makes him supremely uncomfortable, in that flirty way that destroys young people who are trying to be straight-forward. A few scenes later, the teenage girl is on the phone with another teenage girl and pithily relates this new development in her friendship with the boy. “What’s that about?” […]