Jurgen & Marcy's Independent Film Blog May 2008 Archive

John Cusack is doing his part. He co-wrote, produced, and starred in War, Inc, a political satire set in fictional land of Turaqistan, where corporations rule. According to indieWire, the ... Read More

With The Edge of Heaven, the marvelously talented Fatih Akin, a German filmmaker of Turkish origin, continues to explore questions posed in Head On. Delving into the complicated co-existence of ... Read More

The 2008 Palme d'Or went to the French film The Class, by Laurent Cantet (Heading South, Time Out). Robert DeNiro received a standing ovation while presenting the award to Cantent ... Read More

Go to Rotten Tomatoes and you'll see what a beating John Cusack's labor of love, War, Inc., is taking with the critics. The satire, directed by John Seftel, has received ... Read More

Christian Petzold, proud member of the "Berlin School" of young German filmmaking, won the Silver Bear with the moody tale of a rootless woman who joins forces with a roving ... Read More

At his new hangout, Glenn Kenny reports on Jack Black's Kung Fu Panda shenanigans -- and the gruesome aftermath. More Cannes updates from GreenCine Daily:  Blindness, Waltz with Bashir, Four ... Read More

The 61th Annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off tomorrow on the French Riviera with Blindess by Fernando Meirelles' (City Of God, The Constant Gardener). Based on a novel by ... Read More

There's more to summer than Indiana Jones' Crystal Skull, the Dark Knight's Bat Bike, and Iron Man (though we, too, love Robert Downey Jr.) Summer films also means exciting new ... Read More

It's a crazy film. Tarsem Singh's The Fall is a children's fairytale, never mind the fact that it's rated R. Shot all over the world, it's got candy colored action ... Read More

Cinephiles take note: a few of the best and most shamefully overlooked films of 2007 are out this week on DVD. Don't miss Christophe Honoré's homage to the New Wave, ... Read More

An unusual and arresting coming of age story, Isild Le Besco's Charly just made its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca film festival. While primarily known as an actress (A Tout ... Read More

Josh Seftel's satire War, Inc. is set in the so-called future, where corporations, not governments, run the world -- and the wars. The ridiculously likable John Cusack stars as ... Read More