Cannes 2013. Dialogues: Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring"
NotebookThe first of a series of “dialogue” dispatches from Cannes between Adam Cook & Daniel Kasman.
Michael Bay
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Three Takes #4: Michael Bay's "Bad Boys II"
Calum MarshIn anticipation of the release of Bay’s new film Pain & Gain, this week’s column looks at a pop pulverizer.
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The Noteworthy: Mini Holiday Edition
Adam CookJust a handful of links this week: Keira Knightley remembers Tony Scott, new trailers from Michael Bay and Terrence Malick, and more.
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Daily Briefing. New Bright Lights, Alphaville, More
David HudsonAlso: SXSW completes its lineup. Capitalism on the high seas. Gondry’s next film is selling nicely. And more.
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Daily Briefing. That Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren Story
David HudsonAlso: David Fincher on the embargo brouhaha. Charges against Lars von Trier dropped. And more news and goings on.
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The Baroque, Spiraling: Michael Bay and the Dromospheric Cinema
Uncas BlytheF.T. Marinetti and Paul Virilio walk into a bar, which turns out to be the set of a Michael Bay movie and it explodes. No one is hurt. PG-13
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Notebook Reviews: Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Fernando F. Croce"Visual, therefore visceral," snaps John Malkovich in Transformers: Dark of the Moon as some sort of wacky Michael Bay proxy, a conglomerate martinet who screams at his crew, checks out the leading lady
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The New Titans: Notes on Michael Bay's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Daniel KasmanThe new CGI opus from the disreputable Bay conjures unreal visions of robots ruling the earth.
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Michael Bay and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
David HudsonUpdated through 6/30. "No, I don't think Bay can direct actors," concedes Bilge Ebiri in an entry he posted yesterday entitled "In Defense of Michael Bay (Sort Of)." What's more, "No, I don't think
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Image of the day. Supposedly an Advertisement for a Film
Daniel KasmanThank you Apple for this "exclusive image." From Michael Bay's Tranformers: Dark Side of the Moon (2011); featuring Rosie Huntington-Whiteley; cinematography by Amir Mokri. (Withering sarcasm
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Bay Area: A Flare for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Ryland Walker KnightThe way to enjoy Michael Bay is to deny him his rights as a filmmaker. That is, to turn his fascism around and onto him. Instead of bludgeoning him, your power is denial, or reduction. You can limit
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Topics/Questions/Exercises of the Week — 25 June 2009
Glenn KennyLast week, we wrote, " [T]he Transformers films are abominations which any grown adult ought to be ashamed to even bring up in conversation." Hence, this week: Transformers! The jive (or whatever its