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Roman Polanski’s Carnage will have its world premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival before making its North American premiere at the 49th New York Film Festival. The film is adapted from Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play, God of Carnage, which focuses on two couples who attempt to resolve their sons’ playground altercation only to engage in arguments of their own.
The limited setting and exploration of the darker side of human nature seem especially suited to Polanski’s sensibilities. Anticipation for the film has increased with the news that it would open NYFF. Read film critic Anthony Kaufman’s reaction here. Given the fact that the source material won a Tony and that both Polanski and three quarters of his principal cast are Oscar winners, is Carnage guaranteed to bring the goods? Regardless of awards, is Polanski’s body of work (and likewise, each actor’s) enough to suggest that Carnage will be a home run? Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who submitted something to our very first Crasstalk Terrible Fiction Contest. That’s right, I said first. What? You thought this was going to be a one-off? You were wrong. We’re doing this again, slores, and sooner than you think. So! Let’s get down to business. Continue reading
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest crowned its grand prize winner on Monday. Named for novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, the contest began at San Jose State University in 1982 and each year invites entrants to compose terrible first sentences for imaginary novels. The contest has grown over the years and now includes a slew of genre categories. This year’s grand prize winner was Sue Fondrie, and here is her godawful winning sentence: Continue reading
The BBC is reporting that several lost works have been discovered by researchers in the archives of Anthony Burgess.
It’s that time of year again! The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, and a few of your favorite Crassholes are here to give you the scoop on what’s hot and what’s not. Spirit Fingers, Capt_Badass and I will be reporting live from the red carpet outside the Palais des Festivals. Just kidding! It’s a bunch of fuchsia bathmats I lined up next to my television here in Queens. So! On to the big news that everyone’s talking about. Continue reading
The 2011 summer movie season is poised to give audiences big doses of all the usual fare: early Oscar hopefulness, R-rated laughs, and tentpole excess. What if film advertisers told the truth? What might the posters for the summer’s biggest releases look like? Website theshiznit.co.uk has the answer to that question.
You can find the full gallery of images here.
If you use Google Voice, you know that it has a transcription feature. At its most useful, this feature allows you to surreptitiously read a voicemail when you cannot listen to it. At its worst–or best–this feature can make it seem as though a lunatic has left you a voicemail, as though Google Voice is actually a psychotic poetry generator. So today I present to you a poem by Google Voice, which we’ll call: