Topic: Todd Solondz

It's been quite a week. It started in Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival, where, in three days, I saw seven great films, a pop up performance by ...
What do you think has been the most buzzed-about indie style over the past few years? Electro-house? Dubstep? 9tz grunge?. All worthy guesses, but...

Spies and drop-outs in Venice for the Golden Lion

Spies, torture and betrayal have come to Venice with Tomas Alfredson's cold war thriller, "Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy" -- an espionage whodunit, without a James Bond gadget or femme fatale in sight.The Swedish director's adaptation of John le Carre's ...

DVD review: 'Life During Wartime'

0 View Larger Image . . . . . Todd Solondz has been honored with this Criterion Collection Blu-ray of his most recent film, the story of several...

Happiness Sequel

The untitled sequel to the Todd Solondz 1998 film, Happiness is in production. Solondz off to Werc Werk Works (August 28, 2008) Paris Hilton , Allison Janney , Charlotte Rampling , Ciaran Hinds and Paul Reubens have been cast. Welcome to the Dollhouse won an ...

Life During Wartime

Film industry rag, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that The Independent Film Channel has bought the rights to the latest effort from Indie director Todd Solondz , Life During Wartime . The film has also garnered a Best Actress award for star, Allison Janney ...
Todd Solondz first movie is a twisted tale of small town life through the eyes of an unpopular 12 year old girl. Welcome To The Dollhouse is rather hysterical, but in a manner that most might find disturbing when hearing about the ...
Virtually from the beginning, I have actively despised the cinema of Todd Solondz. Champions of Solondz's follow-up, 1998's Happiness, an ensemble piece following a roundelay of miserable, wounded, toxic characters, claimed that the film displayed humanistic sympathy for child molesters ...
On the cover, Mike Riggs examines the various reality franchises that have landed in D.C., and wonders: Ted Scheinman checks in on Imagining Madoff, which premiered in Hudson, N.Y., recently but won't be coming to D.C.'s Theater ...
A handful of movies Saturday led the pack of 25 vying for the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival including late-screener " A Single Man" by Tom Ford.The fashion designer's first feature film, about a gay man mourning his ...