News, links, etc:
–RIP Edouard Molinaro, director of La Cage aux Folles. (Fandor)
–Maria Bello came out in the NY Times this week. (NY Times)
–Spike Jonze’s Her was awarded Best Film by the National Board of Review. (Thompson on Hollywood)
-Meanwhile, David O Russell’s American Hustle won the NY Film Critics Circle Best Film award in what sounded like a contentious vote. (Rotten Tomatoes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPwS9jSoW4
-10 highlights from the year in LGBT film. (IndieWire)
-You HAVE TO watch this video of an Australian sea eagle who steals a running video camera and takes it for a ride… and then takes a selfie. (Guardian)
-An oral history of The Kids in the Hall if you’re into that sort of thing (FYI I’m crushing your head). (NOW Toronto)
–Lars von Trier apparently is making good on his vow to never speak to the press again at a Nymphomaniac photo call (which, by the way, comes out in the US on VOD on March 6 for part 1 and April 3 for part 2). (Cineuropa)
-Ex-Bikini Kill/current Julie Ruin singer Kathleen Hannah on the feminist film Born into Flames. (The Dissolve)
–Stanley Donan making a come back? Maybe it’s better to leave it alone at this point? (The Film Stage)
–Greta Gerwig and Steven Spielberg have completely opposite ideas of what makes a great film. They’re both right and both wrong and both great anyway. (The King Bulletin)
-If, by some chance, you happen to want to watch Lana Del Rey’s short film, Tropico, then have at it. I think I’m going to pass. (Vevo)
–Kevin Hart playing Lebron James’s brother? Is this a Twins remake? (The Wrap)
–Lena Dunham and Judy Blume talk about blow jobs, heavy petting and twerking. (AV Club)
This article appears in Dec 4-10, 2013.