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Article: Chat live this Friday with Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel
Log onto IFC.com on Friday and chat live with Portlandia director Jon Krisel
Article: Bond 23 “Skyfall” director Sam Mendes releases first video blog
The director talks his relationship with Bond and why he wanted to direct this movie.
Article: “Portlandia”: Nina gets Lance to join Facebook
On “Portlandia” a Facebook account can save your life.
Article: The Results Are In, and “The Most Portland Thing Ever” Is…
Remember earlier this month when we asked you to comment on this blog (and our sister Facebook page) with stories of your Most Portland Ever experiences? In a week, we received well over 400 submissions, which ran the gamut from sordid tales of vegan stripclubbery to hijinks of personal hygiene, from picky vegan bums to…
Article: Watch the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards while chatting live with your IFC hosts Chris Gethard and Matt Singer
We’re sure you’ve already marked your calendars for the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards airing this Saturday at 10/9c on IFC, but now you have extra reason to tune in: we’ll be live-chatting the whole show in our new IFC Sync app. That’s right, now every win, loss and candid celebrity moment will be dissected by…
Article: Sweepstakes: Get in a Portlandia Frame of Mind
Win prizes from Lomography, Tretorn, and Warby Parker
Article: Nostalgia and the Academy Awards
The Academy Awards are one week away and, at this point, it looks like the big winners will be the French silent movie tribute “The Artist,” the American tribute to French silent movies “Hugo,” and other films, like “The Help” and “Midnight in Paris,” set in or obsessed with the past. Clearly, this year’s Oscars…
Article: Exclusive premiere: Hunx “Private Room”
Hunx has some secrets left to tell in his “Private Room.”
Article: Keep Paris Portland
How many times have you heard Portland referred to as “the Paris of the Northwest”? Oh, never? Well, perhaps it makes sense, then, that the French appear to be nearly as fascinated with Portland as the New York media is. But even Brooklyn hasn’t had a Portland-themed cultural festival (yet, anyway). In April, the Paris-based…
Lists
Article: The 10 coolest vehicles from comic book movies
“Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” roars into theaters this weekend, leaving a trail of fire and burnt rubber in its wake. Sporting a new set of directors and a reinvented take on the motorcycle-riding anti-hero, “Spirit of Vengeance” also features a new look at the way Ghost Rider interacts with his fire-spitting ride and anything…
Article: Hollywood’s top 10 maverick directors
Hollywood demands plenty from directors. In a forest of remade classics, “Chipmunks” sequels and other safe, dependable investments, studios want bankable reasons to invest in innovation. Indie filmdom has long been a launchpad for Hollywood careers, but only a select few filmmakers can claim to have gone against the grain with enough force to change…
Article: Five movies that should never be watched on a Valentine’s Day date
If there’s anything that’s universally understood in the world of dating, it’s that Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to show your date some truly disturbing movies. Oh, wait a second. It’s not? Hmm. What is true about Valentine’s Day, though, is that it is a great day to take your date out to a…
Videos
Article: Exclusive premiere: Hunx “Private Room”
Hunx has some secrets left to tell in his “Private Room.”
Article: Exclusive premiere: Fun. “Some Nights (Intro)”
Fun. delivers operatic vocals, theatrical cocktails, and dapper grins in their intro to “Some Nights.”
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch “The Way” trailer with writer-director Emilio Estevez
“The Way” isn’t the first time Emilio Estevez and his father Martin Sheen have worked together, but it may be the most personal. The film, which Estevez adapted into a screenplay and directed at his dad’s request, finds Sheen traveling to Spain to reclaim his son’s ashes. While there, he decides to embark on the…
Portlandia
Article: Chat live this Friday with Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel
Log onto IFC.com on Friday and chat live with Portlandia director Jon Krisel
Article: “Portlandia”: Nina gets Lance to join Facebook
On “Portlandia” a Facebook account can save your life.
Article: The Results Are In, and “The Most Portland Thing Ever” Is…
Remember earlier this month when we asked you to comment on this blog (and our sister Facebook page) with stories of your Most Portland Ever experiences? In a week, we received well over 400 submissions, which ran the gamut from sordid tales of vegan stripclubbery to hijinks of personal hygiene, from picky vegan bums to…
Call In Commentary
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch “The Way” trailer with writer-director Emilio Estevez
“The Way” isn’t the first time Emilio Estevez and his father Martin Sheen have worked together, but it may be the most personal. The film, which Estevez adapted into a screenplay and directed at his dad’s request, finds Sheen traveling to Spain to reclaim his son’s ashes. While there, he decides to embark on the…
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch the trailer for the Oscar-nominated “Bullhead” with writer-director Michaël R. Roskam
The trailer for “Bullhead,” the Belgian pic nominated for a Best Foreign Film statue, is as dark and shadowy as its subject matter. That’s precisely why we were thrilled to get its writer and director Michaël R. Roskam to record a commentary for it. The movie follows a young cattle farmer named Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts)…
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch the “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” trailer with directors Neveldine & Taylor
After years of rumors about a new “Ghost Rider” film, that day is finally upon us as “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” roars into theaters this Friday. For this outing we find Nicolas Cage shuffling off to Eastern Europe in order to stop the devil’s plans for world domination. As suspected there’s a lot of…