Archive for May, 2009 (55 posts)

  1. We Live In Public and the rent is going up (video blog)

    Dive down the rabbit hole of social media and you’re bound to encounter two virtual ninnies, Twitter-dee and Twitter-dum. Avatars for the masses, they represent the increasingly popular absurdity of [...]

  2. The Paradox of SIFF; Warren simplifies the fest

    The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) boasts 268 features. You can’t see them all. Who would want to? (I do. It’s my job.) However, this abundance of options can be [...]

  3. Special Event: Inlaws & Outlaws

    What do you get when you fall in love?  Inlaws & Outlaws cleverly weaves together the true stories of couples and singles— both gay and straight — and all into a collective narrative [...]

  4. The Warren Report: Ondi Timoner & Josh Harris – We Live in Public

    Warren grabs two time Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner for a chat about the addictive nature of the internet, the desire for fame, and pimpin’ penguins.

  5. Body shots and belly laughs with Rachel Dratch

    I never thought I’d get to spend a night with Rachel Dratch drinking, laughing and wrestling in salsa. Truth is, I didn’t really. However, I did see SPRING BREAKDOWN in [...]

  6. School’s IN for summer!

    Who wants to be a millionaire? Who wants to be a screenwriter? The two dreams needn’t be mutually exclusive. Let TheFilmSchool show you how. The summer session kicks off on [...]

  7. SIFF ’09: Ryan Shiraki & Rachel Dratch – Spring Breakdown

    Warren snags Ryan Shiraki & Rachel Dratch at the Pan Pacific Hotel during SIFF ’09 to discuss their comedic opus, creating a film designed to bring mothers and daughters together, [...]

  8. Elizabeth Banks on the future

    What can’t Elizabeth Banks do? She courted a 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN and bedded Zach Braff on Scrubs. Later, she made A PORNO with Seth Rogen under the pseudonym, Miri. Heck, [...]

  9. SIFF ’09: Anna Chlumsky – In the Loop

    Warren chats with Anna at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Seattle regarding the SIFF opening night film, her personal connection to global politics, and why all you really do need [...]

  10. The bees envy me: MY GIRL, too?

    Maybe Anna Chlumsky needs a little TLC. After all, she is CrazySexyCool. Yup, that Anna Chlumsky. From MY GIRL. Who was fixated with Death. Who wore a mood ring. Who kissed Macaulay Culkin. [...]

  11. Words & Wine: Mark Caro (THE FOIE GRAS WARS)

    July 14, 2009 Mark Caro THE FOIE GRAS WARS: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World’s Fiercest Food Fight Time: 6:30 pm  Cost: $45/person Where: Pan Pacific Hotel  2125 Terry [...]

  12. Preview: AWAY WE GO

    Director:  Sam Mendes  Writers: Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida  Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Catherine O’Hara A contemporary comedy directed by Academy Award winner Sam [...]

  13. Book Smart: Amanda Koster – Can I Come With You?

    Warren grabs Amanda Koster on her birthday to celebrate the release of her social documentary photography book; where they discuss working with NGOs, why it is essential to follow your [...]

  14. Eez eet safe? Eez eet SIFF?

    How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? I suppose it depends, much like trying to verify the number of movies the [...]

  15. Warren, The DVD Chaser? (video blog)

    Must I go to Somalia to find a good pirate? Need I recruit Baretta to keep an eye on/out for Jack Sparrow? I am desperately seeking someone — most assuredly [...]

  16. Preview: IMAGINE THAT

    Many thanks to the delightful Dewdrop! Rated PG for some mild language & brief questionable behavior. Running Time: 107 minutes   **Please check in with The Warren Report Ambassador, the [...]

  17. Preview: DANCE FLICK

    Many thanks to the delightful Dewdrop! Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout and language.   **Please check in with The Warren Report Ambassador, the affable Neil S.** DANCE [...]

  18. Preview: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN

    *Please note the earlier start time of 6:30 pm!* Rated PG for mild action and brief language. Running time: 105 minutes   Please check in with The Warren Report Ambassaddor, [...]

  19. Punch-Drunk Love Fest… with James Toback?

    Body blow. Body blow. Body blow. Boom! Upper cut. Chuck Wepner took his beatings like a man, like a brave, yet foolish man with bad vision. In short, like Mr. [...]

  20. Short Cuts: THE KINDA SUTRA and FREE LUNCH

    THE KINDA SUTRA  Everything you always wanted to know about sex and are afraid your parents told you wrong. That’s THE KINDA SUTRA. Jessica Yu‘s delightful short exposes myriad adults’ [...]

  21. This Summer’s Breakout Stars!

    Like a high school kid eating nothing but deep-fried, chocolate-dipped pizza, these stars are set to break out this Summer. Jeremy Renner (THE HURT LOCKER) Renner is a fascinating, intense [...]

  22. An-ti-ci-pa-tion. It’s making me wait.

    Whether it’s blockbusters or ketchup, anticipation is an unscientific measure of quality. Tentpoles and Heinz come slower than a one-legged dog when called, but are they worth the wait? BuddyTV  asked [...]

  23. Oprah’s Bright Shiny Mourning?

    It takes a big woman to admit a mistake and Oprah, sporadically, is a very big woman. It takes an honest man to own up to a MILLION LITTLE lies. [...]

  24. Special Event: SHE CAN’T STAY WITH ME

        Come see an ultra-preview of Kevin Rexroat‘s subversive, hilarious SHE CAN’T STAY WITH ME.   This screenplay reading will be directed by Lisa Halpern and star Sarah Harlett, Basil [...]

  25. Film Rap: James Toback – TYSON

    Warren sits down with James Toback (The Pick-Up Artist, Harvard Man) to discussthe boundaries on sanity, greek tragedies, and the dangers of knowing yourself too well.

  26. The World’s Number One Fan!?! (video blog)

    Lydia, o Lydia, o have you seen Lydia? Groucho Marx was always on the lookout out for his illustrated lady. Well, no telling where Lydia is, but now she’s got [...]

  27. DVD Pick of the Year!?!: MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS

    God bless, Roger Corman! When will he win an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Oscars®? Perhaps his body of work does not “reflect a consistently high quality of [...]

  28. No one puts baby in a… corset?

    Men are from Mars? Women are from Venus? Who knows? But authors who pen divisive books about gender are definitely from Uranus. Why do so many feel the need to [...]

  29. Book Smart: Meg Tilly – Gemma

    Warren interviews Meg Tilly regarding her novel Gemma, her own experiences with abuse, and why it was necessary to tell a story from the perspective of a perpetrator.

  30. Have I become comfortably numb? (video blog)

    A critic’s job is akin to a forty-niner’s; both spend their days panning for gold. The veteran reviewer does so in two way: by cherry-picking the best films from amongst [...]

  31. They re-tried SISTER DOROTHY?

    Like this poor, simple USC student interviewing John Cusack, Justice isn’t always swift. Take the case of Dorothy Stang (right), the septuagenarian activist nun who was murdered in Brazil in [...]

  32. Earn $$$ without leaving your home!?!

    If you’re an aspiring screenwriter, socialization isn’t necessarily one of your primary skills. That is a secondary reason why contests are significant to enter. If you win, not only do [...]

  33. Film Rap: Harris Goldberg – Numb

    Harris Goldberg helps kick off the Spring ’09 session of TheFilmSchool by joining Warren on stage to discus his directorial debut, his struggles to keep his work intact, and other [...]

  34. CONTEST: Win tickets to ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL

    When critics compile their Top 10 lists for 2009, they will not need to go up to 11 to include ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL, a rockumentary that makes SPINAL [...]

  35. Down for the count? And a one and a two and a… Mike Tyson?!?

    Say what you will about Mike Tyson, the fighter. Say what you will about Mike Tyson, the lover. But don’t tell me Mike Tyson isn’t an electrifying presence on the [...]

  36. Special Event: STRAIGHTLACED

    Many thanks to the rock-steady Riana H!   Please note: This screening will be followed by a reception and panel discussion at Il Fornaio (on the ground floor of Pacific [...]

  37. Mother! Oh god, mother! Bon-bons! Bon-Bons! (video blog)

    For Mother’s Day, I sent my mom the Universal Legacy edition of PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic, not that ill-reasoned recreation by Gus Van Sant). The movie speaks to our relationship, [...]

  38. Honing in on The Good Life (video blog)

    What if you could improve your life simply by changing one fundamental part of your behavior? Would you do it? If you could make yourself happy simply by seeing a [...]

  39. Let’s get ready to rumble: Plants versus Zombies!?!

    Zombies: Can’t live with them, they can’t live without your brains. At times it seems the shuffling undead are as prominent as Gorbachev‘s coffee stain. They wander through movies more [...]

  40. Preview: LITTLE ASHES

    Many thanks to the audacious Arleigh N! Rated R for sexual content, language and a brief disturbing image. Running time: 112 minutes http://www.littleashes-themovie.com/ Directed by: Paul Morrison Written by: Philippa [...]

  41. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the SEX POSITIVE!

    In the summer of 1977, David Richard Berkowitz terrorized New York City. Known also as The Son of Sam, he killed six people and wounded seven others. He claimed he [...]

  42. Sundance ’09: PJ Raval – Trinidad

    Warren grabs PJ Raval for a revealing look at his documentary TRINIDAD where the discuss the legacy of sex reassignment surgery in Colorado, the commitment that goes into the transformation, [...]

  43. This week’s dvds? Why not take a SHINE to last week’s? (video blog)

    A broken clock is right twice a day which is a much better average than these contestants on Hollywood Squares. (God bless Gilbert Gottfried!) Like the malfunctioning timepiece, my chronological [...]

  44. I’ve got two turntables, a microphone and a clean-up on aisle 4

    Gangstas gave rap a bad name. The uninitiated believe that all hip-hop generated in South Central L.A. automatically features, well, automatics and uzis, bitches and hos, cop-killers and pot-addled chillers. [...]

  45. Special Theatrical Event: RABBIT HOLE

      Seattle Premiere of the hit Broadway drama RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay Abaire “Grade A! A transcendant and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” –Entertainment Weekly Winner of [...]

  46. Special Theatrical Event: RABBIT HOLE

      Seattle Premiere of the hit Broadway drama RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay Abaire “Grade A! A transcendant and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” –Entertainment Weekly Winner [...]

  47. Next stop: the TWILIGHT zone?

    Catherine Hardwicke epitomizes hip… minus the attitude. The director — who rocked Baby Jesus, tweaked LORDS OF DOGTOWN and chaperoned Edward and Bella — is a strong-minded artist with a [...]

  48. Preview: THE PROPOSAL

    Many thanks to the luscious Lindsay R!   Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language.   ***Please check in with The Warren Report Ambassador, the jocular Julie C!** http://www.myspace.com/proposalmovie [...]

  49. Lighten up, you P.C. motherf**kers! (video blog ; )

    When did we lose our sense of humor? Was it upon acceptance of Newt Gingrich‘s Contract With America? Should we have read the fine print first? Sure seems like sometime [...]

  50. Film Rap: Catherine Hardwicke – Thirteen

    Pulled from the archives Warren’s chat with Catherine Hardwicke (TWILIGHT) recoded at Silver Platters inSeattle, Catherine shares some great stories about writing Thirteen, learning how to tell what an UZI [...]

  51. Screw you, Herve Villechaize? (video blog)

    What do R. Kelly, H.R. Giger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chad Michael Murray and Kim Jong-Il have in common? No, they are not all appearing on the next edition of Celebrity Apprentice. [...]

  52. Special Theatrical Event: RABBIT HOLE

      Seattle Premiere of the hit Broadway drama RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay Abaire “Grade A! A transcendant and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” –Entertainment Weekly Winner [...]

  53. Special Theatrical Event: RABBIT HOLE

      Seattle Premiere of the hit Broadway drama RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay Abaire “Grade A! A transcendant and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” –Entertainment Weekly   [...]

  54. Special Theatrical Event: RABBIT HOLE

      Seattle Premiere of the hit Broadway drama RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay Abaire “Grade A! A transcendant and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” –Entertainment Weekly   [...]

  55. Special Theatrical Event: RABBIT HOLE

    Seattle Premiere of the hit Broadway drama RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay Abaire “Grade A! A transcendant and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.” –Entertainment [...]