July 2007
Tammy Faye's Best Face -- Clip of the DaySpoilers: The Debate Rages On
Box Office Spin: Sandler Gay-OK
Trouble at Netflix and Dream-land: Trade Roughage 07/23/07
Kurt Cobain Doc Has a Blog -- Clip of the Day
George Lucas, Meet Devo
Theresa Duncan Dead, Jeremy Blake Missing?
Knocked Up: Let's Beat The Realism Dead Horse One More Time
FilmCouch #29
Fox Pulls Out Over F/X: Trade Roughage 7/20/07
Emmys, Errol, Animal Killers: Doc News 7/19/07
From Boogie Nights to Bringing Down the House -- Clip of the Day
Fox Pulls Out of ComicCon: What Does it All Mean?
Fish Kill Flea and the Doomed Economies of Subculture
Dziva Vertov Reloaded
Terminator 4 Has Problems the Governator Can't Fix: Trade Roughage 07/19/07
Metropolis Via Moroder--Clip of the Day
Do We Need a TMZ For Film Blogebrities?
FILMMAKER 25 New Faces Includes Surprise for Orson Welles Fans
Karina on ReelerTV
A Gay Old Time
Google on the Spot: Trade Roughage, 07/18/07
Hairspray Premiere -- Clip of the Day
Hollywood 'Votes': Presidential Candidates Ranked By Supporters' Star Power
Hollywood Tackles Iraq: Trade Roughage 7/17/07
Barbara Stanwyck Birthday Essentials on TCM
Head Trauma ARG: A Dispatch
Medellin Trailer -- Clip of the Day
Box Office Spin: Maybe Paul Dergarabedian Would Like A Milkshake?
Evan Won't Go To Japan: Trade Roughage 7/16/07
Today in YouTube Leaks: Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan Movie
Jem Cohen Wants You To Fight The Man
Eight Things
In Lieu of Southland Tales, Bat For Lashes -- Clip of the Day
Disney: Recycled Images, Recycled Themes
Distribution Wars: How Irrational Fear of The Cellphone Might Kill The Movie Theater
FilmCouch #28
Bill Maher, Alec Baldwin, Xanadu: Trade Roughage 7/13/07
Cloverfield Mystery Solved -- Clip of the Day
Lloyd Dobler at Burning Man
Sicko: Hit or Disaster?
The Return of Francis Ford Coppola
Harry Potter and The Mystery of 'Trapped in the Closet': Trade Roughage, 7/12/07
Dancing in the Streets of The Non-Musical
Julie Delpy Can't Get Her Sci-Fi Scripts Produced
Watch the Old Hairspray Whilst Waiting For The New Hairspray
Michael Moore vs. CNN, Round Two: Win, Lose or Draw
Captivity: MPAA Tests Its Jurisdiction Yet Again
The Williams/Swanberg Nuptials--Clip of the Day
Planet Terror's Not Dead: Trade Roughage 7/11/07
Side by Side: The Darby Crash Simulation
Desperately Seeking Susan: The Blondie Jukebox Musical
The Micro Five (er, Three): Movie Characters That Changed My Life
Happy Birthday To Tron -- Clip of the Day
The Return of The Western: Trade Roughage 07/10/07
Michael Moore Vs. CNN, Sanjay Gupta, Iraq, Mainstream Media...
Cinephile Calendar, Week of 7/09/07
Liz Phair vs. Philip Glass
Theo Van Gogh's 'Interview' -- Clip of the Day
Box Office Spin: If Transformers is Just Boffo, What The Hell is Whammo?
Trailers From Hell: Micro Film School For Genre Geeks
Harry Potter, Jim Carrey, and Donahue, Together at Last: Trade Roughage 07/09/07
Paris Hilton Gets Her Own Film Fest
Godard on Improvisation -- Clip of the Day
FilmCouch #27
Box Office Emergencies: Trade Roughage 7/06/07
Sicko's Marketing Gimmick Borrowed From Spy
Start Your Own Drive-In
Dennis Hopper Knows From Rivers of Excrement
Head Trauma Alternates--Clip of the Day
Transformers Apathy: Google Tells Me I'm All Alone In The Universe
More Simpsons Movie Marketing Genius
Old News is ... Good Enough: Trade Roughage, 7/05/07
Celebrate the Fourth With 'Fireworks'
The Micro Five: Unplanned Movie Pregnancies
Scott Kirsner Interviews M dot Strange--Clip of the Day
Is 'Google vs. Sicko' Really 'Art vs. Advertising'?
Oliver Stone is 'Satan' -- Trade Roughage 07/03/07
John Pierson Takes on Michael Moore
Henry Rollins, The New Face of The USO--Clip of the Day
Southland Tales Still in Limbo
Simpsons Movie: Make an Avatar, Buy a Squishee
Box Office Spin: Insert Your Favorite Cooking Metaphor ... HERE
Joel Siegel Dies
Apted Keeps DGA Crown: Trade Roughage, 07/02/07
June 2007
Watch Festival Films (And Sci-Fi Softcore) on Your AppleTVBilly the Kid, August Evening Win LAFF
Can McClane Beat a Rat? Trade Roughage, 6/29/07
FilmCouch #26
Southland Tales: What's The Deal?
Roger Ebert Turns 65
Hannah Takes the Stairs To Premiere in Theaters and on TV Via IFC
Can Spoilers Be Avoided?
Phil Spector: Caught Somewhere Between Sunset Boulevard and the Valley of the Dolls
Fall Festival Watch: Wes Anderson, Coens Expected To Make the Rounds
Paris' Ultimate Performance: Trade Roughage 6/28/07
LAFF: Midway Asessment
ComicCon Coolness Round-up
Sexism Behind the Scenes at Disney
The Ultimate Sequel, Courtesy of YouTube -- Clip of the Day
Die Hard: Great Catchphrase Masking Grand Socio-Political Irresponsibility?
Baiting Schwarzenegger, Remaking Hitchcock: Trade Roughage, 6/27/07
Horror of Brett Ratner's Playboy Movie Just Starting to Sink In
Business Unusual For Harvey Weinstein
Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe Walk Into An Old Age Home ... Clip of the Day
The Micro Five: Improbable Werner Herzog Anecdotes
The Return of 2-D (And Guy Ritchie): Trade Roughage, 6/26/07
Tom Cruise Film Banned By German Govt.
Introducing The Micro 5
Transformers, Starring Orson Welles -- Clip(s) of the Day
Sicko Scraps, 6/25/07
Film Critic Anderson Jones Dies
Box Office Spin: 5 Ways To Spell 'Surprise'
Brett Ratner, 'Playboy': Trade Roughage, 6/25/07
Four Eyed Monsters: Have You Signed Up Yet?
Finke vs Poland vs Wells vs Poland Or, What the Hell is Going on in the LA Blogosphere?
Transformers Movie Going Day and Date?
Blogathons: Austin, Music, and More Failures
Steve Carell: There is No God But Allah, And Muhammed Is His Prophet--Clip of the Day
Stephen King Prefers Hostel 2 To The Shining
Sicko Settles For Comedy
FilmCouch #25
Sicko Smackdown: Trade Roughage, 6/22/07
Margot at the Wedding Trailer
AFI Top 100: Blogger Target Practice
Clip of The Day: Jem Cohen + Patti Smith = Nirvana
Evan Almighty: Blah Blah Blah, Only God Can Save Them Now
Sex, The Mailroom, and Perez: Trade Roughage, 6/21/07
Ambitious Failure Blog-a-Thon
Pee Wee Returns. Again.
Another Day, Another Sicko Piracy Story
Clip of the Day: Kevin Lee on Dario Argento
Ben Stiller Dumpster Dives For 'Deep': Trade Roughage 6/20/07
Angelina Jolie Dipped in Caramel?
Bond 22 To Be Directed By Marc Forster
Parker Posey, Sitcom Star
There Will Be Blood: Trailer of the Week
Piracy As Revenge
It's International Man Comedy Day! Trade Roughage, 06/19/07
Blu-Ray DVDs Are Rotting, But Blockbuster Loves Them Anyway
Michael Moore: Under F-ing Pressure
Torture Porn Haters 1, Eli Roth 0
SIlver Surfer Sigh of Relief: Trade Roughage, 6/18/07
Meet Your New Blogger
FilmCouch #24
The deal with Four Eyed Monsters
FilmCouch #23
First feature film on YouTube: Four Eyed Monsters
Karina Longworth and Spout
FilmCouch #22
May 2007
The ultimate skate movie?FilmCouch #21
Again?
Return of the Hooker
FilmCouch #20
Blueberry Mornings, Afternoons, and Nights
More on Moore
Free publicity, courtesy of the US government
FilmCouch #19
Can a film shot be amusing in itself?
Ten Tribeca films to try
New theater concepts should be more than just trendy
Tribeca 2007: The Buzz-O-Meter Revisited (Or, This is Durst's Town, DeNiro Just Lives In It)
FilmCouch #18
Are professionals always funnier?
Tribeca 2007: The One Thing This Festival Needs, Multiplied By 6
Tribeca 2007: Diary of a Partyhopper
April 2007
Definitely not New York, but...Tribeca 2007: The Buzz-O-Meter
FilmCouch #17
Mumblecore, Shmumblecore
Mumblecore
FilmCouch #16
Hollywood bleeds red ink
Live funny or die
When novelty engulfs nostalgia
FilmCouch #15
Things computers can do in movies
FilmCouch #14
Harsh realities for foreign-language cinema
The critics and the "popcorn crowd"
March 2007
FilmCouch #13SXSW Roundtable: Swanberg, Katz, Gerwig
FilmCouch #12
People at SXSW: John Chester (Lost in Woonsocket)
The game has changed indeed...
People at SXSW: Stephanie Johnes, Tim Martin (Doubletime)
Who will be our guide?
FilmCouch #11
People at SXSW: Bill Haney (The Price of Sugar)
How water, oil, and being Canadian add up
New ratings are not yet rated
SXSW Roundtable Part 2: Kirsner, Russo-Young, Weiler, Willmore
SXSW Roundtable Part 1: Kirsner, Russo-Young, Weiler, Willmore
People at SXSW: Gregg Araki (Smiley Face)
People at SXSW: Dan Cox (Running with Arnold)
People at SXSW: Stephen Kijak (Scott Walker: 30th Century Man)
People at SXSW: Mike Mills (Does Your Soul Have a Cold?)
People at SXSW: Jennifer Venditti (Billy the Kid)
People at SXSW: Andrew Garrison (Third Ward, TX)
People at SXSW: Ashley Sabin (Kamp Katrina)
People at SXSW: Patrick Steward, Candace Tenbrink (Cherry Valley)
People at SXSW: Bob Ray, Werner Campbell (Hell on Wheels)
People at SXSW: Ronald Bronstein (Frownland)
People at SXSW: Reg Harkema (Monkey Warfare)
People at SXSW: Kazuhiro Soda (Campaign)
People at SXSW: Michael Jacobs (Audience of One)
Superman and The Hulk of Confessions of a Superhero
FilmCouch #10
A filmmaker on good scores and small casts
High speed munching
Teach your children well
FilmCouch #9
Trusted voices in a sea of content
February 2007
Silent cinema: nostalgia or opportunity?The day after
FilmCouch #8
Bank rolling achievement
Undiscovered Gems back in the light
What a best actor nomination takes (besides talent)
FilmCouch #7
Love on the decline
Love and movies
Film School in a Box
Does unscreened = dead on arrival?
FilmCouch #6
Gearing up for SXSW
Mexican filmmakers in the spotlight
FilmCouch #5
January 2007
Inconvenient falsehoods?FilmCouch #4
Strategies, tricks, and plain old love
A small January tirade
Does Sundance have (or need) a pure purpose?
FilmCouch #3
The mayhem begins tonight
Making Long Tail movies
DIY distribution pioneers
FilmCouch #2
FilmCouch #1: Spout's new weekly podcast
December 2006
Top 10'sEmpire's Top 25 films of 2006
Four Eyed Monsters won a long time ago
The third screen just might offer some plusses
How to spot a genuine Christmas Movie
Movies that say "holiday" without screaming "cliche"
Flannel Pajamas
Overrated?
Filmmaker creates against huge opposition
November 2006
Essential community yields essential filmsHow I learned to stop worrying and love satire
Great success? Let's talk about Borat.
Denver: Greatest Hits
People at Denver: Annie Sundberg
People at Denver: Jeremy Davies
People at Denver: Harry Knapp
People at Denver: Allan King, second interview
Roundtable Recap 11/18/06 Starz Denver Film Festival
People at Denver: Michael Apted
People at Denver: Lexie Shabel
People at Denver: Will Hartman
People at Denver: Daniel Schechter
Roundtable Recap 11/17/06 Starz Denver Film Festival
People at Denver: Tim Robbins
People at Denver: Allan King, first interview
People at Denver: Marc Meyers, Jody Girgenti
People at Denver: Richard Berge
People at Denver: Jane Ainbinder, Alexandra Lydon, Randy Sterns & Courtney Lee-Michell
People at Denver: Korey Green and Addison Henderson
People at Denver: Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin
Films at Denver: Venus
People at Denver: Liselle Feingold
People at Denver: Robin Burke
People at Denver: Arturo Cabanas
Roundtable Recap: Wednesday, November 15
People at Denver: Ryan Cooper
People at Denver: Justin Jones
People at Denver: Matthew Porterfield
People at Denver: Samira Goetschel
People at Denver: Michael Weston, Spence Decker, Katharine Towne
People at Denver: Amy and Andrea Doe
People at Denver: Adam Burr, Brandon Bennett, Thom Milano
People at Denver: Sylvie Moreau
People at Denver: David Gow, David Strathairn and Andrew Walker
People at Denver: Dan Lohaus
People at Denver: Paul Aaron & Mark Piznarski
People at Denver: Mike Ott & Jenifer Shahin
People at Denver: Aaron & Adam Nee
People at Denver: Vlimos Zsigmond
People at Denver: Robert M. Young, Richard Dresser, Robert Knott, Caroline Ashley
People at Denver: Angie Avarez
People at Denver: AJ Schnack and Michael Azerrad
People at Denver: Judy Irola
People at Denver: Aaron Wiederspahn
Films at Denver: The Sensation of Sight
People at Denver: Erik Canuel
Rountable Recap: Friday the 10th
People at Denver: Anthony Minghella
Roundtable Recap: Thursday the 9th
People at Denver: Ron Henderson
Interactive movie experiences
Why we're upping the podcast ante at Denver
A film script in a month, anyone?
October 2006
Denver's official podcasters are ready to goWhat we can learn from horror films
Horror off
Vampire lust
Those were the wonderfully horrific days...
Scary cinema and the nature of fear
Film Fridays - Shakespeare Behind Bars (2004)
Good people-watching
Emotion, formulas, and film
What we want
"SXSW Presents" puts its discussions online
Dissecting the screw
A little experiment (and what we learned)
51 Birch Street: Q&A with director Doug Block
51 Birch Street: post-event sidewalk conversation
September 2006
Share your storyThe big night
Akeelah and the latte
True Films
Global village film parties
Presidents, levees, and Dixie Chicks
Caffeinated flicks
Telluride followup with Rick
Telluride followup with Dave
Telluride followup with Bill
Telluride followup with Aaron
Telluride followup with Paul
Dodsworth
Jindabyne
Charmed Lives
Maldonne (1928) dir. Jean Gremillon
Day Night Day Night
Round Table Review: The Last King of Scotland
People at Telluride: Tom Luddy
People at Telluride: Christopher Smith
A tribute to Walter Murch
People at Telluride: Peter Bogdanovich
People at Telluride: Todd Field
People at Telluride: Ryan Werner
Todd Field's "Little Children"
People at Telluride: Kevin MacDonald
People at Telluride: Bill Pence
People at Telluride: Laura Linney
People at Telluride: Forest Whitaker
What's in a "premiere?"
Like an all-you-can-eat buffet
Night cap before Telluride officially begins
People at Telluride: a tech reporter
People at Telluride: a volunteer
August 2006
Telluride: It's all true.Social action goes big time
Spout's having an event
Fresh like Sunshine
LOL
So many festivals, so little time
The Napoleon formula for Sunshine
Snakes on a Plane
Telluride delivers year after year
Viewers marketing to themselves
Film Fridays Podcast- 51 Birch Street
51 Birch Street
Portland postcard 3: Powell's and farewell
Mann makes video exciting
Portland postcard 2: pass the cream, Morgan
Portland postcard 1: city of theaters
Finding the movie of me
Can gems shine through YouTube?
Somebody's listening
July 2006
War and filmCan "entertainment guilt" breed better discussions?
The Number-One-Slot effect
Entertainment Guilt: True Confessions
For the sake of Art or The Cause?
Entertainment guilt
June 2006
Treasure in the basementJust tell your story, no excuses
Immediate stories
3,000 Miles Away from LA
Time for a little Waterfront celebration
Immediate gratification
May 2006
When we last saw our heroes...Buzzing issues need a place to land.
March 2006
Spout beta launchFebruary 2006
The war between art and commerce continues.January 2006
Looking Back. Looking Forward.Need inspires change. Change inspires imitation.
Gatekeepers
Keep the theater, lose the multiplex
Wassup Rockers
Groups.
Films.
People.
Films. People. Groups.
Folk music and filmmakers
Old-fashioned inspiration sells.
December 2005
Brainstorm: Movie theater as neighborhood hubThe Keepers of Public Knowledge
Ben, Romans, and Scarlett O'Hara
Fast Company, December '05
November 2005
Sundance '06: Rookies take Park CityNetflix, father Frankenstein.
Infinite Choice Leads to Oz
Why Watch?
Why Write?
Gretchen and the Night Danger
OLDBOY: East is West
An homage to THE SOUND OF MUSIC at 40
Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films
IFP Chicago, Part Deux
IFP Chicago, Part I
Forget it. It can't be done.
My Front Porch
October 2005
Frankenstein (1931)Manifesto Statement 12
Manifesto Statement 11
Manifesto Statement 10
Manifesto Statement 9
On short films.
At the Austin Fim Festival
Manifesto Statement 8
Manifesto Statement 7
A Sermon on Community
Manifesto Statement 6
Manifesto Statement 5
Truly Indie
Manifesto Statement 4
What Spout will do.
Manifesto Statement 3
Manifesto Statement 2
Independent films love independent librarians
Manifesto Statement 1
Blockbusters
DVD Wars
Shine on you crazy diamond
Kissing On The Mouth
For Harriet
Manufacturing Nuance
September 2005
Chatter vs. CommunityThanks Nat
Soderbergh and the Cuban
Movie City Indie: Go, indie, go!: Mike MIlls
Real Blood, Not Bambi
Why Hollywood Movies Prefer to Premiere in New York
PSFK: The Future Of Entertainment
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