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This blog should be back to its regular self next week or so. In the meantime, a round-up of what's been happening on the rest of IFC.com: + Review: "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" - Matt Singer wonder why, for a movie that supposedly revolves around music, no one in this teen rom-com seems to like it all that much. + Video: "The Wrestler" at the New York Film Festival - Mickey Rourke, Darren Aronofsky and Marisa Tomei face the press to share stories about the making of this tale of a faded pro wrestler. + Video: "Che" at the New York Film Festival - At his press conference, Steven Soderbergh talks about his motivations in making a four-hour bio-epic about Che Guevara. + Video: "Happy-Go-Lucky" at the New York Film Festival - Director Mike Leigh and star Sally Hawkins at the press conference, discussing why to simply write off...
This blog should be back to its regular self next week or so. In the meantime, a round-up of what’s been happening on the rest of IFC.com:
+ Review: “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” – Matt Singer wonder why, for a movie that supposedly revolves around music, no one in this teen rom-com seems to like it all that much.
+ Video: “The Wrestler” at the New York Film Festival – Mickey Rourke, Darren Aronofsky and Marisa Tomei face the press to share stories about the making of this tale of a faded pro wrestler.
+ Video: “Che” at the New York Film Festival – At his press conference, Steven Soderbergh talks about his motivations in making a four-hour bio-epic about Che Guevara.
+ Video: “Happy-Go-Lucky” at the New York Film Festival – Director Mike Leigh and star Sally Hawkins at the press conference, discussing why to simply write off the main character as cheery is to misunderstand her.
+ Video: “Hunger” at the New York Film Festival – Director Steve McQueen at the press conference for his film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
+ Interview: Neil Burger on “The Lucky Ones” – The director of last year’s surprise hit “The Illusionist” on stepping up to the present day and the Iraq War with his new road trip drama.
+ On DVD: “Jellyfish,” “Snow Angels” – Michael Atkinson on Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen’s everyone’s-connected social-weave film, like “Crash” by way of Wong Kar-Wai, but in Israel, and David Gordon Green’s own take on the same microgenre.
+ IFC News Podcast #96: Soundtracks That Overshadow Their Movies – Matt Singer and I talk about movies we think are more memorable for their song selection.
+ Opening This Week: Comedy in the Muslim world, infinite playlists and Jonathan Demme – Neil Pedley rounds up what’s new in theaters.
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[Photo: Mickey Rourke at the 2008 New York Film Festival press conference for "The Wrestler"]
