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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

Read the Paste review of John Krasinki's directorial debut, a film adaptation of a book by the late David Foster Wallace...  read more

Bookshelf to Screen: Eight New Classics Becoming Movies This Fall (And Beyond)

Last week, we took a look at seven old favorite books getting the film treatment this fall (and beyond—damn you, Alice in Wonderland, March is too long to wait!). A few readers piped up to ask inquire the absence of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men in that roundup, but never fear, it wasn't forgotten. David Foster Wallace's short story collection, like the other seven picks on this week's list, just aren't quite "old favorite" material yet—but check back in ten years or so. By then, we may know better which of these titles will stand the test of time, and...  read more

Watch the Trailer for John Krasinski's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men has a ridiculous pedigree, what with the David Foster Wallace source material and a cast that includes Will Arnett, Julianne Nicholson, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale and Will Forte. It’s also backed by indie superdistributor IFC Films and marks the directorial debut of winsome Office star John Krasinski. As we might expect, then, the movie’s first trailer is brisk and droll, easy to watch and easier to like. ...  read more

Sundance 2009: Hideous Men and Big Fans

Robert D. Siegel wrote the critically acclaimed film The Wrestler (which just scored an Oscar nomination for Mickey Rourke's performance), and before that he was a senior editor for The Onion. And now he's making his directorial debut at Sundance with Big Fan. Patton Oswalt plays the title character, Paul, a Staten Island parking lot attendant who spends his nights and weekends obsessing over the New York Giants and their star linebacker. He lives with his mother, writes rant-filled commentary to read on late-night call-in radio shows, and sets up a lawn chair, a cooler, and a TV outside of...  read more

Sundance announces 2009 selections

Sundance may not be the biggest film festival around, nor is it even the most independent anymore with the preponderance of festivals like Slamdance. But it probably has the most cultural cache, and even with the current independent film distribution problems it's still one of the places people search for new talent. With the festival only 42 days away, the folks behind it have announced its selection of 118 feature-length films. Below are the films in contention for documentary and "dramatic" (i.e. non-documentary) features....  read more