Mutual Appreciation, a movie you might not have seen, but really should! (It's definitely a GreenCine staff favorite.) Directed by Andrew Bujalski, this Indie rom-com takes a look at the life of a dissilusioned musician who moves to Brooklyn and winds up falling in love with his best friend's girl. Hannah Eaves had a chance speak with Bujalski this past August.

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Thelma Schoonmaker has for decades been editing Martin Scorsese's films. The Oscar nominated film The Departed, is no exception. Thelma Schoonmaker spoke with Jonathan Marlow about her storied career as one of the worlds most accomplished film editors.

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Continue Reading Thelma Schoonmaker Cuts It Up - Scorsese's The Departed

The Quiet, just out on DVD, is the latest offering from Jamie Babbit, director of the wonderful satire; But I'm a Cheerleader. The Quiet is a disturbing thriller starring Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle. Belle plays a deaf and mute teen who discovers some very awful secrets in the home of her adoptive family. Michael Guillen caught up with Babbit to discuss her films and philosophies.


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Continue Reading Babbit, Cuthbert in The Quiet: An Unsettling Hush

Half-Cocked - from award winning documentary filmmaker Michael Galinsky - is an older film new to DVD. A group of bored kids steal the van of a punk band (fronted by Ian Svenonius) and procede to use the gear to crash some shows. Michael Galinsky spoke with Jonathan Marlow about his political documentary, Horns and Halos back in October, 2004.


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Infamous, the second biopic in a years time about the author of the legendary novel, In Cold Blood. This film from director/screenwriter Douglas McGrath follows Truman Capote in his investigation of the 1959 Clutter Family homicide. Hannah Eaves interviewed McGrath this past October. Read On >>

Continue Reading Infamous: Does This Capote Trump Capote?

Another huge releasing day, even bigger than last week's. Includes several Oscar-nominated films, a few cult items and on low-budget indie with a lot of critical praise behind it:

The Departed: Nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Director (will Scorsese be a bridesmaid once again?) and Supporting Actor (Mark Wahlberg, just part of a stellar cast), this remake of the HK crime film Infernal Affairs [box set] took that story and ran with it. If it's not completely original, it's thrilling nonetheless. "The whole film is a powder keg on the verge," wrote GC's Craig Phillips in his Best of '06 list. The two disc special edition includes additional scenes with intros by Scorsese, a feature-length TCM profile on him and a profile of the real-life gangster behind Jack Nicholson's character.

Mutual Appreciation: Director Andrew Bujalski was interviewed on GreenCine on the subject of his black and white indie comedy. "The sort of unassuming discovery that could get lost in a crowd or suffer from too much big love," wrote Manhola Dargis in the NY Times, "and while it won't save or change your life, it may make your heart swell...

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In January, director David Lynch [site] visited the Bay Area to present an advance screening of his latest film, Inland Empire, at the Smith Rafael Film Center. Starring Laura Dern (in her fourth collaboration with the director) as "a woman in trouble," the story transverses the realm between reality and fantasy, present and past, exploiting the benefits (and, to great effect, weaknesses) of small-format digital video in this discomforting, nearly-three-hour film. Inland Empire is also something of a distant relative to Lynch's Lost Highway and Mulholland Dr. in its use of overlapping narratives and themes, to the extent that the three could loosely be considered a trilogy.

Throughout his career, from the earliest shorts and features, to his television programs and most recent projects, David Lynch has consistently crafted exceptional work that operates within its own self-contained and self-realized world. A world not unlike the one we live. But not quite.

For those fortunate enough to attend the sold-out screening, Lynch used the occasion to talk briefly about Inland Empire and other topics, fielding questions from the Rafael's Director of Programming Richard Peterson and the audience. Fortunately for the rest of you, these comments are reproduced below.

-- Jonathan Marlow