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Higher Ground

Blending bell-bottoms and Bibles can be dangerous. But for a fleeting moment in the 1970s, “Jesus Rock” wasn’t a joke. It was a genuine movement fueled by ringing guitars and fervent faith. Who would dare to recreate hippies getting baptized at the beach? First time filmmaker Vera Farmiga invites us to wade in the water with the original Jesus Freaks.  read more

Source Code

Director: Duncan Jones Writer: Ben Ripley Cinematographer: Don Burgess Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright Studio/Run Time: Summit Entertainment, 93 min. While having the signs of being another soulless, time-travelling, sci-fi dud, Source Code takes off with some intense performances and an inventive story that pulls you in and makes you work for the payoff....  read more

Madonna to Direct King Edward VIII Biopic

Madonna made her directorial debut at the Berlin Film Festival in 2008 with Filth and Wisdom, which starred Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz as the perv-pummeling frontman of a struggling gypsy punk band in London. Now, Madge has her eye on English history with W.E., the story of King Edward VIII abdication of his throne in order to marry his divorced lover (via Variety)....  read more

Up in the Air

Release Date: Dec. 4 (limited), Dec. 25 (wide) Director: Jason Reitman Writers: Sheldon Turner, Reitman (novel by Walter Kim) Starring: George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga Cinematographer: Eric Steelberg Studio/Run Time: Paramount Pictures, 109 mins. Despite some fine acting, young director’s third film is uneven and formulaic Jason Reitman has only made three feature films, but his work is already falling into familiar patterns. His first two films, Thank You for Smoking and Juno, were slickly produced, but the surface niceties were bolstered by sharp satire in the former and heartfelt emotion in the latter. His third,...  read more

Nothing But the Truth

There are lots of big ideas on display in...  read more

Vera Farmiga, George Clooney confirmed for Up in the Air

A couple months back we mentioned that Jason Reitman was working on getting George Clooney on board (rimshot!) for his forthcoming dramedy, Up in the Air. Now, per Variety, comes news that The Departed's Vera Farmiga will star opposite Clooney in the film. ...  read more