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Spike Jonze's Wild World

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Warner Bros. Where the Wild Things Are director Spike Jonze talks to The Daily Beast’s Caryn James about his new MoMA restrospective, childhood fears, and ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Spike Jonze,  The Daily Beast,  Caryn James,  John Malkovich,  New York Times Company

Jude Law in Drag

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Caryn James reviews Sally Potter’s inventive new movie Rage, which is being digitally distributed one segment at a time, featuring a cross-dressing Jude Law. We ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Jude Law,  Judi Dench,  Caryn James,  Eddie Izzard,  Steve Buscemi

The Not Ready for Primetime Player

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Justin Lubin, NBCU Photo Bank / AP Photo Not even the presence of a contrite Kanye West could save Jay Leno’s first night from painful dullness. Kanye West ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Jay Leno,  Jerry Seinfeld,  Kanye West,  Taylor Swift,  New York Times Company

Ethnic Cleansers

“I write novels like a filmmaker, but I write films like a novelist,” Philippe Claudel said when “I’ve Loved You So Long,” his first work as director, appeared last year. The comment couldn’t have meant much to American audiences. To us, that powerful ...

From CARYN JAMES, The New York Times,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Scott Thomas

Little Miss Palestine

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. In the Sundance favorite Amreeka, a single mom goes from the West Bank to White Castle. The Daily Beast’s Caryn James on this fall’s most charming indie ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  1 Sep 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Caryn James,  Michael Jackson,  Kathleen Kingsbury,  Charlie Rose

Heil, Tarantino!

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Kevin Winter / AP Photo Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino’s Nazi kill fest, is his best movie since Pulp Fiction, says The Daily Beast’s Caryn James. ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  20 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Brad Pitt,  Quentin Tarantino,  New York Times Company,  Caryn James,  Alan Dershowitz

Mad Men's Finest Hour

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Carin Baer / AMC The coolest show on TV is back for Season Three this Sunday, and The Daily Beast’s Caryn James says it will be the dizziest ride yet—if only ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  13 Aug 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Caryn James,  Jon Hamm,  Tina Brown,  AMC

Caryn James Book Pick

I love Nick Katsoris’ Loukoumi books series, Growing up with Loukoumi and Loukoumi's Good Deeds. They carry valuable lessons, but mostly because Loukoumi is just so cute! Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  3 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Caryn James,  Barack Obama,  Amy Irving,  Alice Waters,  Meryl Streep

How Funny Is Funny People?

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. It’s not easy competing with Judd Apatow, especially when you are Judd Apatow. His new, hugely hyped Funny People is an ambitious, indulgent mess of a movie, with ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  29 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Judd Apatow,  Adam Sandler,  Seth Rogen,  New York Times Company,  Caryn James

Laughing Away the Bush Years

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Abrasive and hilarious, In the Loop is the best, most biting political satire since Wag the Dog—and more intriguingly specific than that now-classic film about a ...

From CARYN JAMES, The Daily Beast,  21 Jul 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  New York Times Company,  Barack Obama,  Armando Iannucci,  Dick Cheney

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