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The Rocchi Review -- With Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog!
Filed under: Documentary », SXSW », Podcasts », Cinematical Indie », The Rocchi Review: Online Film Community Podcast »
What were the big films at SXSW? What buzzword's rapidly becoming synonymous with lazy film journalism? And what happens when an alternative to the Oscars documentary nomination process follows close in the Academy's wake? Joining us this week on The Rocchi Review to talk abot SXSW and the Cinema Eye Honors is Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog (and Cinematical's founding Editor) to answer all those questions and more, after the jump. ...
SXSW Review: Yeast
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Independent », SXSW », Theatrical Reviews », Festival Reports », Cinematical Indie »
It's risky to make a film with only three characters. If the audience dislikes even one of them, that's 33 percent of the ensemble gone. In the case of Yeast, a three-person mumblecore debacle by Mary Bronstein, I hate all three of them. How am I supposed to enjoy a film when I dislike 100 percent of the characters?
Something tells me Bronstein would be pleased by this reaction, and part of me admires the chutzpah required to make a film so blatantly cringe-inducing. The wife of Ronald Bronstein, whose similarly aggravating Frownland is currently making the rounds, Mary Bronstein has achieved something notable with Yeast. It's a sort of litmus test: Whichever character you hate the most says something about you.
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