The Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Online and the Boston Society Of Film Critics have all selected David Fincher’s The Social Network as the year’s best film. First the L.A. Film Critics Association announced their choices with David Fincher’s film picking up Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Music, and in …
The Social Network won big today at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards picking up Best Picture and Best Screenplay along with a tie for Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Music/Score. Olivier Assayas’ Carlos also won big getting the runner up for Best Picture, Best Actor (Edgar Ramierz), and tieing for Best Director. …
Well, we’re entering award season which means a number of films and actors are spending considerable amounts of time and money trying to get themselves nominated for Academy Awards. Most people can agree on the fact that the David Fincher’s The Social Network will be very present at the awards this year. Whether it’s David …
Among the very few criticisms that surround the highly rated film The Social Network are comments on how the film portrays women. /Film found Aaron Sorkin’s, the writer of the screenplay, response to one specific comment found in the comments section of a review of the film by Ken Levine. The comment, posted by a …
The Social Network Directed by David Fincher Privileged due to his intelligence and in spite of his personality, Mark Zuckerberg’s (Jesse Eiseinberg) need for success runs far deeper than his need for money or acceptance. His primary drive initially seems to be to become a member of a Harvard Club, but shortly after that opportunity …
The 48th annual New York Film Festival is fast approaching us on September 24th, filled with a rich variety of films that will surely appease everyone’s taste. From populous director David Fincher’s The Social Network to Shakespeare’s adapted The Tempest, this year’s festival will turn the heads of mainstream movie goers to theater buffs to …
Fall is now upon us. With Labor Day upon us, that means it’s time to get the rake out and pass on those trick or treats. Football has replaced Baseball, although with the pennant race in full gear, important baseball is still to be played. I am glad I mentioned the word important because that …
10) The Social Network To tell you the truth I was not looking forward to the David Fincher / Aaron Sorkin dramatization of the Facebook saga until the iconic trailer was released. Not only was it visually stunning (as all Fincher’s films are) but its brilliant use of a course singing Radiohead’s outsider anthem Creep. …
The first review of David Fincher’s The Social Network is up and it is a douzy. Scott Foundas, former Village Voice film critic, now a film programmer, has seen the film and loves what he has seen. The review/essay will be published in the next issue of Film Comment, in which The Social Network, will …
24 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar was screened for the very first time to 1,000 European industry attendees at the Cinema Expo International in Amsterdam. Cameron’s decade long passion project has been touted as the film that will change how we watch movies forever. Now that is one hell of an expectation to live up …