http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/?refid=0 MPR news editor Euan Kerr's movie musings two seats in from the aisle. Copyright 2009, Minnesota Public Radio Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:04:44 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) It's time to take a break, and make a change. I am off to have a few days of vacation, and then when I am back Movie Natters will be folded into the new State of the Arts blog on... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/07/a_summer_time_m.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/07/a_summer_time_m.shtml Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:04:44 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Michael Mann's retelling of the John Dillinger story is deliberately unsettling. It's not the shoot-outs and the gangster swagger, although that's there aplenty. Johnny Depp hardens his jaw as Dillinger, displaying the dark edge to the outwardly gallant Dillinger. Mann... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/07/public_enemies.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/07/public_enemies.shtml Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:51:21 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Shia LaBeouf and director Michael Bay take a moment out from filming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" to decide their selections in the Movie Natters poll. (Image courtesy Paramount Pictures.) There's lots of choice this weekend: dinosaurs, Dillinger, a... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/take_the_movie_11.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/take_the_movie_11.shtml Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:09:46 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Following up on my earlier post on the EIFF, Sir Sean Connery made news by going after the BBC for not covering the event. He made his comments after discovering the Beeb had sent hundreds of staffers to cover the... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/a_little_more_e.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/a_little_more_e.shtml Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:32:22 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Just in case you missed it, the AP reports Zhang Yimou (director of "Raise the Red Lantern," "Hero" and the "House of Flying Daggers" amongst others) is shooting a remake of the Coen brother's debut feature "Blood Simple." The AP... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/chinese_remake.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/chinese_remake.shtml Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:16:29 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) We have heard a great deal about the shrinking numbers of movie critics as a result of the great 21st century journalism crisis. Yet I was still unprepared for my gas pump to spontaneously begin pontificating about movies when I... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/movie_criticism.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/movie_criticism.shtml Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:13:55 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Depp There were huge crowds at the screening of "Public Enemies" at the Mall of America last night. They filled two theaters and still had to turn people away. I'm mulling over the film in my mind, and will... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/random_thoughts.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/random_thoughts.shtml Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:23:27 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) I'm off to see a preview of "Public Enemies," the Johnny Depp John Dillinger film. It was one of the films which some folks thought should have been shot in Minnesota, but lost out to Wisconsin because of a more... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/so_did_wisconsi.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/so_did_wisconsi.shtml Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:35:24 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) So the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has returned to its practice of before 1944 and decided to have 10 nominees for best picture. President Sid Ganis told All Things Considered it'll mean a greater diversity of nominations,... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/ten_best_pictur.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/ten_best_pictur.shtml Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:32:52 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Members of the visiting women's soccer team from Germany sign autographs for Iranian women in Teheran in 'Football Under Cover (Image courtesy Walker Art Center Ayat Najafi and David Assmann's documentary "Football Under Cover" takes on new bite as... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/football_under.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/football_under.shtml Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:07:21 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) According to Ashley Milne-Tyte at Marketplace Morning Report "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is basically an infomercial for GM cars. A pre-transformed Camaro in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (Images courtesy Paramount Pictures) She quotes auto industry analyst John Wolconowicz:... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/what_are_you_wa.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/what_are_you_wa.shtml Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:46:10 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Michelle Pfeiffer pauses during the making of 'Cheri'" to decide her pick in the Movie Natters Poll (Image courtesy Miramax) Looks like it will be a great week for sitting in a dark air conditioned space. So we have... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/take_the_movie_10.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/take_the_movie_10.shtml Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:42:50 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) Word just out: Kevin Smith, (yes THAT Kevin Smith of Jay and Silent Bob fame,) is coming for a live show to the State Theater on september 17th. Details here. When he came into the studio a while back... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/kevin_smith_com.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/kevin_smith_com.shtml Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:41:56 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) I have been spending part of the day trying to watch ahead, what with the ever growing pile of screeners on the desk. I started with "Soul Power" a new doc cut from the three days of film shot around... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/soul_power.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/soul_power.shtml Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:41 CDT mail@mpr.org (Euan Kerr) If you are a tweeter, and have some time around noon Central time today, you might want to check out a Twitter q and a with "Food Inc" director Robert Kenner. The film featuring food writers Michael Pollan and Eric... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/twitter_q_and_a.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/06/twitter_q_and_a.shtml Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:02:22 CDT