Page One: Inside the New York Times Review

By Tim Basham at 3:15 PM on July 12, 2011

Most every journalist, at one point in is his or her life, has envisioned a gig at the New York Times. And why not? Playing the righteous defender of free press against the villainy of government corruption, the Times has chronicled our progress as a civilization for more than 150 years. And that’s one reason a film like Page One: Inside the New York Times deserves attention. Another is the surprisingly easy access director Andrew Rossi has to the newspaper’s inner workings....  read more

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The 12 Best Films of SXSW 2011

By Tim Basham and Michael Dunaway at 8:30 AM on March 24, 2011

SXSW has grown into much more than just a music festival. Interactive attendees outnumbered the Music crowd for the first time ever, and Film continues to attract great talent. Here are 10 narrative films that caught our attention this year....  read more

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Sundance Documentary Reviews (Reagan, Connected, Page One)

By Michael Dunaway at 5:15 PM on February 2, 2011

Paste film editor Michael Dunaway was at Sundance last week. Here’s a round-up of just some of the documentaries he saw....  read more

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UPDATE: Kathryn Bigelow Signs Up Not Attached to Direct Story of NYT Reporter's Abduction

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 1:45 PM on January 15, 2010

UPDATE, 10:32 p.m. According to MTV News, The New York Times has shot down the report that Bigelow is attached to direct Held by the Taliban. Given that they hold the rights to the original story, they are in a position to know. The report originated on Production Weekly‘s Twitter feed, typically a reliable source. We’ll keep you updated. Kathryn Bigelow, director of sleeper Oscar contender The Hurt Locker, has signed up to direct Held By the Taliban, an account of the Taliban’s kidnap of New York Times reporter David Rhode....  read more

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As Inglourious Basterds Looms, The New York Times Zeroes in on the Weinstein Company

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 9:25 AM on August 20, 2009

Tomorrow (Aug. 21) brings the release of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, the movie widely to believed to be one of the Weinstein Company’s last chances to maintain solvency. In a dubious bid to put to rest the breathless speculation about the company’s future, legendary producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein granted astonishing access to a writer for The New York Times, including exclusive interviews, screenings of their upcoming movies and admittance into production meetings, among other things. ...  read more

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Columnist Casts Judd Apatow as Conservative Icon

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 7:30 AM on August 12, 2009

The New York Times’ nominal conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, also happens to be a film critic for the National Review, and he recently married his jobs with a column about Judd Apatow that sent the (admittedly left-leaning) community of film bloggers into a fit. ...  read more

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