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“The Internship”: A Google Comedy
Richard Brody on “The Internship”: It fails the first test of merit for a comedy: “Is it funny?” http://nyr.kr/ZyodhD
(Source: newyorker.com)
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Emerald City
Lizzie Widdicombe visit’s Google headquarters with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, stars of The Internship: http://nyr.kr/19pkfM9
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Idea of the Week: A Galaxy of Franchises
An interactive graphic ranking 26 different Hollywood movie franchises: http://nyr.kr/12Tj1UH(Source: newyorker.com)
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Harryhausen and the Expressively Imperfect World
In today’s Daily Comment, Adam Gopnik looks back on the work of Ray Harryhausen, a legendary filmmaker and titan of special effects, who died earlier this week: http://nyr.kr/132Dvc2
(Source: newyorker.com)
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Richard Brody’s review of “The Great Gatsby”: Try Again, Old Sport http://nyr.kr/15vCLn6
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Richard Brody’s take on “Iron Man 3” which he calls “a minor masterwork of synergy between actor and director”: http://nyr.kr/YAZDy9
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A slide show of vintage New Yorker ads that evoke the gin-fuelled Gatsby era of “flaming youth” and Prohibition, flapper culture and cabarets: http://nyr.kr/ZLAFeg
(Source: newyorker.com)
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"The movie celebrates a great American kid, and much of it plays with a depth and psychological acuteness almost never found in our movies anymore."
— David Denby on ”Mud,” a new adventure film with Matthew McConaughey: http://nyr.kr/14VHcXv(Source: newyorker.com)
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In this week’s issue, Ian Parker profiles the writer and director Noah Baumbach: “Baumbach has discovered that elective frugality gives him power.” http://nyr.kr/1798GXk
