A24 Announces Free Screenings On Billboards In Cities Where The Movies Are Set
Distribution company A24 announces a screening series called A24 Public Access, in which it will offer free film screenings on billboards in select locales.
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Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies With Connections To 'The Circle'
In the latest edition of Movie Mixtape, we explore the various The Circle movie connections and explain to watch after you see the new movie.
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Top 25 Best Coming Of Age Movies Of The Past 25 Years
In honor of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Dope, we're counting down the 25 Best Coming of Age Movies of the Past 25 Years. Did your favorite make it?
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Video: Edgar Wright's Top 10 Favorite Films Of 2013 [Updated]
World's End/Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright has in past years posted his favorite movies of the year online. Wright, being a real film geek, always has some great cinematic recommendations. This year Digital Spy cornered Wright at a late November junket to get his top 10 list on video. Of course, recording the…
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Angie's Top Ten Films Of 2013
Thanksgiving was over a month ago, but now seems as good a time as any to thank the cinema gods for the fantastic films we got in 2013. With the usual caveats that this is more of a personal "favorites" list than an objective "best of" list, and that there are plenty of great films…
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Dave's Top 5 Film Scores Of 2013
I think one sign of a film score's success is how well it stands apart from its film. While the relationship should always be symbiotic, I'm always on the lookout for film scores I can add to my listening rotation. This year, there were a bunch of tracks that moved me deeply and/or received a…
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Read Many Of 2013's Best Screenplays, From '12 Years A Slave' To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'
If you're both 1) desperate for some distraction from the holiday hubbub and 2) eager to get a leg up on the rest of your office for the annual Oscar pool, here's a way to kill two birds with one stone. Over thirty screenplays for some of 2013's top films have just been made available,…
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/Film Interview: James Ponsoldt Talks Sex, Booze, And Nostalgia In 'The Spectacular Now'
In an age when the phrase "teen drama" suggests hardscrabble dystopias or lovelorn werewolves, what's extraordinary about The Spectacular Now is how ordinary it is. The leads are two kids that could be from any town in America, and their romance is neither epic nor star-crossed. Stories like this one surely play out dozens of…
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Amazon Inks Exclusive Deal To Stream A24 Films Like 'Spring Breakers' And 'The Spectacular Now'
Way before Blockbuster said goodbye, the battlefields of streaming video were getting bloody. Studios fought and signed exclusive deals with Netflix, Hulu and others to release both catalog titles, and new releases, on one service or the other. The future has been happening for a while. One of the (relatively) newer streaming services to enter…
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The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Inside The Music For The Spectacular Now (GUEST: Rob Simonsen)
Dave chats with composer Rob Simonsen about creating the beautiful music for The Spectacular Now. Check out more of Rob's work at his official website. Buy his album on Amazon or iTunes. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser:…
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/Filmcast Ep. 243 - The Spectacular Now
Dave and Devindra discuss the gruesomeness of Hannibal, the beauty of The Grandmaster, the shininess of the Robocop, and how The Weinstein company is destroying Asian cinema. Be sure to read up on how The Grandmaster was hacked up for US release and Bong Joon Ho's comments about Snowpiercer. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also,…
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See 'The Spectacular Now' For Free In A City Near You
As a thank you to all our glorious /Film readers, we're offering free tickets to see James Ponsoldt's lovely, impressive coming of age story The Spectacular Now in a city near you. The film stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley and opens August 2 in New York and Los Angeles, and nationwide August 23. We have…
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'Say Anything,' 'Dazed And Confused,' 'Almost Famous' And 'The Breakfast Club' Screen To Promote 'The Spectacular Now'
James Ponsoldt's wonderful film The Spectacular Now hits theaters August 2. It's one of those serious, emotional, yet magical coming of age stories in the mold of films from the Eighties and Nineties. Films like Say Anything, Dazed and Confused, Almost Famous and The Breakfast Club. All four of those certainly influenced The Spectacular Now and…
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/Filmcast Ep. 234 - The Heat (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba)
Dave, Devindra, and Joanna Robinson try to get excited about a new Terminator film, reflect on the last season of Mad Men, praise the spectacular Spectacular Now, and remember the late, great James Gandolfini. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your…
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'The Spectacular Now' Trailer: Miles Teller And Shailene Woodley Strike Up A Critically Acclaimed Romance
In James Ponsoldt's last film, Smashed, binge-drinking helped tear two married people apart. In his new one, The Spectacular Now, it brings two very different teens together, albeit in an unexpected way. Miles Teller stars as popular, hard-partying Sutter, who drinks himself to oblivion one night after getting dumped by his girlfriend. He wakes up…
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Martin Scorsese's 'Wolf Of Wall Street', Sofia Coppola's 'The Bling Ring', And Sundance Fave 'The Spectacular Now' Get Release Dates
Who's ready to think about next year's Oscar race? Paramount has just announced a November 15 release for Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, putting the crime drama right in the thick of prestige pic season. It already has some stiff competition lined up for that day, including Ridley Scott's The Counselor, Bill Condon's…
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Germain's Top Ten Films Of The 2013 Sundance Film Festival
Any film fan should make it a point to attend the Sundance Film Festival at least once. Words can hardly describe the beauty of Park City, the camaraderie of the attendees, the smooth running machine that plays dozens of movies a day on screens all over town. And those movies. Oh, those movies. Some of the best…
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Sundance Acquisitions: 'Austenland', 'The Look Of Love', 'The Spectacular Now', 'The Rambler', And More
A few days after the kickoff the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, deal-making is in full swing. The well-reviewed drama The Spectacular Now, by Smashed director James Ponsoldt, is headed to newish distributor A24, while the crowdpleasing comedy Austenland, from Napoleon Dynamite writer Jerusha Hess, is nearing a deal with FilmDistrict. Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan's The…
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'The Spectacular Now' Is A Great Coming Of Age Movie That Matters [Sundance 2013 Review]
At the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, I was blown away by a film called (500) Days of Summer. When I interviewed director Marc Webb in Park City that year, he exclusively revealed that he was working with the 500 Days writing team of Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber on a adaptation of Tim Tharp's…
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Casting Bits: Jason Clarke In 'Wettest County In The World;' Ken Howard In 'J. Edgar;' Thomas McDonnell In 'The Spectacular Now'
John Hillcoat's revived project The Wettest County in the World has Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy set to appear when the film shoots later this year, and there is word that Mia Wasikowska might grab the main female role if her schedule permits. While we wait for that to be sorted out, here's word that…
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Variety Steals /Film News Scoop?
On Tuesday, we ran an exclusive news scoop about the next project from the director and writers of 500 Days of Summer -- Marc Webb and writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber are developing a big screen adaptation of Tim Tharp's The Spectacular Now. Tonight Hollywood tradepaper Variety is running the same bit of…
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500 Days Of Summer Director/Writers Developing The Spectacular Now
500 Days of Summer seems to be the big buzz film of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Yesterday I got a chance to sit down with director Marc Webb (full interview will be posted later in the week), who slipped a bit of news regarding his possible follow-up. Marc revealed that his is developing a…
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