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      <title>Film:Starting Out in the Evening</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Starting Out in the Evening<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2007<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Andrew Wagner<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____40453/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Frank Langella</a> (<a href="http://www.spout.com/films/9701/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dracula</a>, Good Night, and Good Luck.) stars in Andrew Wagner's independent drama Starting Out in the Evening, an adaptation of the acclaimed 1999 best-seller by Brian Morton. Langella plays Leonard Schiller, a once-celebrated author whose first four novels inspired Heather Wolf (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___230190/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lauren Ambrose</a>) to pursue a career as a writer. These days, Leonard is still working toward completion of the novel that has occupied his life for nearly a decade. On the surface, Leonard has removed himself completely from the deep-seated need for success that characterized his life at an earlier point in time; but on a more buried level, he still longs for his fiction to be rediscovered and reacclaimed. Now an eager graduate student in the throes of her thesis, Heather is writing her dissertation on Schiller, and promptly convinces him that she can use the thesis to regenerate popularity and discovery of his work. Heather also projects personal interest in Leonard, however, which cuts straight through to the core of his loneliness and brings him in touch with his need for a meaningful relationship even as it leaves him feeling shaken and increasingly uncertain. Meanwhile, Leonard finds that his relationship with his daughter, Ariel (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____70063/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lili Taylor</a>) is challenged, both by Heather's presence and by Ariel's decision to begin dating her former boyfriend Casey (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___232663/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Adrian Lester</a>) once again --  a fact that Leonard finds most upsetting thanks to his disapproval of Casey. Suddenly, Leonard feels his entire world turned upside down, from his familial relationships to the security of his writing to his own physical vitality -- but he is also taking risks and plunging headfirst into the core of life for the first time, thus living out the principles long celebrated and upheld in his fiction and giving himself the capacity to grow. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 21<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 5<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 11<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 1<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:50:39 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Starting Out in the Evening</spout:Title><spout:Year>2007</spout:Year><spout:Director>Andrew Wagner</spout:Director><spout:Plot>&lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____40453/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Frank Langella&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/films/9701/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Dracula&lt;/a&gt;, Good Night, and Good Luck.) stars in Andrew Wagner's independent drama Starting Out in the Evening, an adaptation of the acclaimed 1999 best-seller by Brian Morton. Langella plays Leonard Schiller, a once-celebrated author whose first four novels inspired Heather Wolf (&lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___230190/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Lauren Ambrose&lt;/a&gt;) to pursue a career as a writer. These days, Leonard is still working toward completion of the novel that has occupied his life for nearly a decade. On the surface, Leonard has removed himself completely from the deep-seated need for success that characterized his life at an earlier point in time; but on a more buried level, he still longs for his fiction to be rediscovered and reacclaimed. Now an eager graduate student in the throes of her thesis, Heather is writing her dissertation on Schiller, and promptly convinces him that she can use the thesis to regenerate popularity and discovery of his work. Heather also projects personal interest in Leonard, however, which cuts straight through to the core of his loneliness and brings him in touch with his need for a meaningful relationship even as it leaves him feeling shaken and increasingly uncertain. Meanwhile, Leonard finds that his relationship with his daughter, Ariel (&lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____70063/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Lili Taylor&lt;/a&gt;) is challenged, both by Heather's presence and by Ariel's decision to begin dating her former boyfriend Casey (&lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___232663/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Adrian Lester&lt;/a&gt;) once again --  a fact that Leonard finds most upsetting thanks to his disapproval of Casey. Suddenly, Leonard feels his entire world turned upside down, from his familial relationships to the security of his writing to his own physical vitality -- but he is also taking risks and plunging headfirst into the core of life for the first time, thus living out the principles long celebrated and upheld in his fiction and giving himself the capacity to grow. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>21</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>5</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>11</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>1</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Starting_Out_in_the_Evening/313975/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Top Ten Movies I've Seen This Year (Half-way)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2008/7/4/32105.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/7717/default.aspx'>JimBell</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/4/2008 12:50:39 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> These are the top ten films I&rsquo;ve seen at the mid-point of the year. I think it is a good idea to post a semi-annual list because instead of complaining about mundane theatre offerings the list confirms that there are enough excellent films out there to watch. In no particular order:   Mother of Mine (2005; Finland/Sweden)&mdash;A young Finish boy is torn from his family by WWII and later in life comes to terms with both of his mothers and how they treated him.   Gone Baby Gone (2007)-- Dennis Lehane, the author of the novel on which the movie is based, says that we as a society have not figured out how to protect our children. The search for a missing little girl dramatizes his concern.   51 Birch Street (2005; documentary)&mdash;Doug thought that in his parents&rsquo; marriage, his mother was the loving and approachable one and his father was remote and cold, but when Doug&rsquo;s mother died and his father quickly married his former secretary, everything Doug thought he know about his family started to change.   The Italian (2005; Russia) follows a young, plucky Russian boy&rsquo;s attempt to escape adoption to Italy and instead find his birth mother.   Starting Out in the Evening (2007) develops two complex relationships among New York&rsquo;s intelligentsia. The course of any kind of love never did run smooth.    Sharkwater (2006; documentary) examines sharks&rsquo; behaviour, their importance to the planet, and our complex rush to exterminate them.    Charlie Wilson&rsquo;s War (2007) is a high-spirited look at how US politics works, and our tour leader is the extremely complex and always interesting Senator Wilson.   Longford (2006) portrays the public struggle and the personal growth of Lord Longford as he visits in prison a woman involved in the murder of several children.   Get Smart (2008) may be the funniest movie in theatres this year, and it improves on the original series by creating more well-rounded characters and more serious action.   Elizabeth I (2005) transports you to London in the late 1500s and embroils you in Queen Elizabeth&rsquo;s loves and politics.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:50:39 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JimBell</spout:postby><spout:postto>JimBell Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/4/2008 12:50:39 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>These are the top ten films I&amp;rsquo;ve seen at the mid-point of the year. I think it is a good idea to post a semi-annual list because instead of complaining about mundane theatre offerings the list confirms that there are enough excellent films out there to watch. In no particular order:   Mother of Mine (2005; Finland/Sweden)&amp;mdash;A young Finish boy is torn from his family by WWII and later in life comes to terms with both of his mothers and how they treated him.   Gone Baby Gone (2007)-- Dennis Lehane, the author of the novel on which the movie is based, says that we as a society have not figured out how to protect our children. The search for a missing little girl dramatizes his concern.   51 Birch Street (2005; documentary)&amp;mdash;Doug thought that in his parents&amp;rsquo; marriage, his mother was the loving and approachable one and his father was remote and cold, but when Doug&amp;rsquo;s mother died and his father quickly married his former secretary, everything Doug thought he know about his family started to change.   The Italian (2005; Russia) follows a young, plucky Russian boy&amp;rsquo;s attempt to escape adoption to Italy and instead find his birth mother.   Starting Out in the Evening (2007) develops two complex relationships among New York&amp;rsquo;s intelligentsia. The course of any kind of love never did run smooth.    Sharkwater (2006; documentary) examines sharks&amp;rsquo; behaviour, their importance to the planet, and our complex rush to exterminate them.    Charlie Wilson&amp;rsquo;s War (2007) is a high-spirited look at how US politics works, and our tour leader is the extremely complex and always interesting Senator Wilson.   Longford (2006) portrays the public struggle and the personal growth of Lord Longford as he visits in prison a woman involved in the murder of several children.   Get Smart (2008) may be the funniest movie in theatres this year, and it improves on the original series by creating more well-rounded characters and more serious action.   Elizabeth I (2005) transports you to London in the late 1500s and embroils you in Queen Elizabeth&amp;rsquo;s loves and politics.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Starting Out in the Evening</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2008/6/23/31530.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/7717/default.aspx'>JimBell</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/23/2008 2:11:46 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Starting Out in the Evening (2007) is excellent (certainly deserving of its 86% Fresh Tomatoes). It is the story of two odd couples&mdash;an old novelist and the engaging graduate student who is studying his work, and the novelist&rsquo;s 40-year-old daughter and her love for the &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; man. It&rsquo;s about the complexities of love. What makes this tried and true theme fresh is that in any given scene, you never know how things will turn out. Even though the swelling music suggests romance, it could be the start of a break up. When you think the author and grad student may have a May/December romance, it is not like that, and when you suspect she is manipulating him, she isn&rsquo;t, she truly wants to figure out what makes her favourite writer tick, and she wants to advance her career in a cut-throat business&mdash;and who can blame her for that? While most of the acting kudos and nominations have gone to Frank Langella for his muted but powerful performance of the aging novelist, the other three actors have to be good enough to not look bad in comparison. Lauren Ambrose is brilliant as the adoring and prying grad student. Lili Taylor is so strong as the daughter that she can support the second story line.              Because the secondary theme of this movie concerns literature and the writing process, it helps if you are interested in, or familiar with, that.              This is the kind of serious mature movie I wish was more common.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:11:46 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JimBell</spout:postby><spout:postto>JimBell Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/23/2008 2:11:46 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Starting Out in the Evening (2007) is excellent (certainly deserving of its 86% Fresh Tomatoes). It is the story of two odd couples&amp;mdash;an old novelist and the engaging graduate student who is studying his work, and the novelist&amp;rsquo;s 40-year-old daughter and her love for the &amp;ldquo;wrong&amp;rdquo; man. It&amp;rsquo;s about the complexities of love. What makes this tried and true theme fresh is that in any given scene, you never know how things will turn out. Even though the swelling music suggests romance, it could be the start of a break up. When you think the author and grad student may have a May/December romance, it is not like that, and when you suspect she is manipulating him, she isn&amp;rsquo;t, she truly wants to figure out what makes her favourite writer tick, and she wants to advance her career in a cut-throat business&amp;mdash;and who can blame her for that? While most of the acting kudos and nominations have gone to Frank Langella for his muted but powerful performance of the aging novelist, the other three actors have to be good enough to not look bad in comparison. Lauren Ambrose is brilliant as the adoring and prying grad student. Lili Taylor is so strong as the daughter that she can support the second story line.              Because the secondary theme of this movie concerns literature and the writing process, it helps if you are interested in, or familiar with, that.              This is the kind of serious mature movie I wish was more common.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Starting Out In The Evening - Review</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/mercurial/archive/2008/4/30/27991.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/30/2008 12:31:51 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Finding love with another is fairly common, finding love within yourself can be tremendously harder. In Starting Out In The Evening, an aging author finds excuse in indulging a young aspiring literary critic as she pens her graduate thesis on his oeuvre. While a stilted romance blooms between the two, his daughter gets caught up in her own misgivings about her two lovers and her trepidation for the future. Simultaneously endearing and platitudinous, an ambiguous lightness emerges through the duration of the film in this simple yet lovely story.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:31:51 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>a filmblog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/30/2008 12:31:51 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Finding love with another is fairly common, finding love within yourself can be tremendously harder. In Starting Out In The Evening, an aging author finds excuse in indulging a young aspiring literary critic as she pens her graduate thesis on his oeuvre. While a stilted romance blooms between the two, his daughter gets caught up in her own misgivings about her two lovers and her trepidation for the future. Simultaneously endearing and platitudinous, an ambiguous lightness emerges through the duration of the film in this simple yet lovely story.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: my 2007 movie lists</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/wonga/archive/2008/1/10/23719.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5180/default.aspx'>wonga</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/10/2008 12:19:35 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> i have a wonderful picture of all my movie ticket stubs from this year in a pile but i can&rsquo;t get it transferred to my filmblog (yes, i save my ticket stubs and scrapbook them at the end of the year&hellip;i know, it&rsquo;s sad really)! armed with discount movie coupons, i saw 118 movies this year at the theater and, as usual, it was really hard to narrow them down but here&rsquo;s my list, for what it&rsquo;s worth. some are from 2006 that i didn&rsquo;t see until later. my 15 favorite movies at the theater in 2007the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert fordthe diving bell and the butterflythe lives of othersjunothe painted veilonceno country for old menthe darjeeling limitedwaitressstarting out in the eveningsunshinefirst snow zodiacin the shadow of the moonacross the universehonorable mention (alphabetically)2 days in paris 3:10 to yuma51 birch streetdirty dancing (20th anniversary)dreamgirlshairsprayinto the wildthe jane austen book clubkiller of sheepknocked uplars and the real girlletters from iwo jimathe lookouttalk to me wristcutters: a love story2007 movies i still want/need to seeking of kongthe savagessweeney toddthere will be blood 2007 movies I didn&rsquo;t like so well before the devil knows you&rsquo;re deadfeast of lovei now pronounce you chuck and larryla vie en rosemartian childold joyratatouillespider-man 3other movies (on video) that I fell in love with this yearthe dead girllonesome jimlook both ways<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:19:35 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>wonga</spout:postby><spout:postto>wonga's filmblog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/10/2008 12:19:35 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>i have a wonderful picture of all my movie ticket stubs from this year in a pile but i can&amp;rsquo;t get it transferred to my filmblog (yes, i save my ticket stubs and scrapbook them at the end of the year&amp;hellip;i know, it&amp;rsquo;s sad really)! armed with discount movie coupons, i saw 118 movies this year at the theater and, as usual, it was really hard to narrow them down but here&amp;rsquo;s my list, for what it&amp;rsquo;s worth. some are from 2006 that i didn&amp;rsquo;t see until later. my 15 favorite movies at the theater in 2007the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert fordthe diving bell and the butterflythe lives of othersjunothe painted veilonceno country for old menthe darjeeling limitedwaitressstarting out in the eveningsunshinefirst snow zodiacin the shadow of the moonacross the universehonorable mention (alphabetically)2 days in paris 3:10 to yuma51 birch streetdirty dancing (20th anniversary)dreamgirlshairsprayinto the wildthe jane austen book clubkiller of sheepknocked uplars and the real girlletters from iwo jimathe lookouttalk to me wristcutters: a love story2007 movies i still want/need to seeking of kongthe savagessweeney toddthere will be blood 2007 movies I didn&amp;rsquo;t like so well before the devil knows you&amp;rsquo;re deadfeast of lovei now pronounce you chuck and larryla vie en rosemartian childold joyratatouillespider-man 3other movies (on video) that I fell in love with this yearthe dead girllonesome jimlook both ways</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: FilmCouch #49</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/12/21/23103.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2132/default.aspx'>paul</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/21/2007 4:16:25 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I am Legend opens tonight, how does Will Smith surviving the apocalypse stack up in the small pantheon of post-apocalyptic movies? Where does the no budget, camp-fest Saucy Flyer UFO PI fit in? Also, interviewing filmmaker Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us) about how he makes films from one truth, “Life is hard.” Starting Out in the Evening is his new movie in theaters now.

FilmCouch 49
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I am Legend, Starting Out in the Evening, The Talent Given Us
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:16:25 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>paul</spout:postby><spout:postto>paul on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/21/2007 4:16:25 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I am Legend opens tonight, how does Will Smith surviving the apocalypse stack up in the small pantheon of post-apocalyptic movies? Where does the no budget, camp-fest Saucy Flyer UFO PI fit in? Also, interviewing filmmaker Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us) about how he makes films from one truth, “Life is hard.” Starting Out in the Evening is his new movie in theaters now.

FilmCouch 49
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I am Legend, Starting Out in the Evening, The Talent Given Us
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      <title>Spout Post: FilmCouch #49</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/FilmCouch_49/302/22998/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/21/2007 9:10:30 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I am Legend opens tonight, how does Will Smith surviving the apocalypse stack up in the small pantheon of post-apocalyptic movies? Where does the no budget, camp-fest Saucy Flyer UFO PI fit in? Also, interviewing filmmaker Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us) about how he makes films from one truth, &quot;Life is hard.&quot; Starting Out in the Evening is his new movie in theaters now.  FilmCouch 49<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:10:30 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>paul</spout:postby><spout:postto>FilmCouch</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/21/2007 9:10:30 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I am Legend opens tonight, how does Will Smith surviving the apocalypse stack up in the small pantheon of post-apocalyptic movies? Where does the no budget, camp-fest Saucy Flyer UFO PI fit in? Also, interviewing filmmaker Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us) about how he makes films from one truth, &amp;quot;Life is hard.&amp;quot; Starting Out in the Evening is his new movie in theaters now.  FilmCouch 49</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: FilmCouch #49</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/14/22819.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/14/2007 10:01:01 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I am Legend opens tonight, how does Will Smith surviving the apocalypse stack up in the small pantheon of post-apocalyptic movies? Where does the no budget, camp-fest Saucy Flyer UFO PI fit in? Also, interviewing filmmaker Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us) about how he makes films from one truth, “Life is hard.” Starting Out in the Evening is his new movie in theaters now.

FilmCouch 49
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I am Legend, Starting Out in the Evening, The Talent Given Us
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:01:01 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/14/2007 10:01:01 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I am Legend opens tonight, how does Will Smith surviving the apocalypse stack up in the small pantheon of post-apocalyptic movies? Where does the no budget, camp-fest Saucy Flyer UFO PI fit in? Also, interviewing filmmaker Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us) about how he makes films from one truth, “Life is hard.” Starting Out in the Evening is his new movie in theaters now.

FilmCouch 49
(Subscribe to FilmCouch in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday.)
I am Legend, Starting Out in the Evening, The Talent Given Us
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      <title>Spout Post: New in Theaters: Diving Bell, Savages</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/11/30/22411.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s313975.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/30/2007 12:02:27 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> We didn’t do a New in Theaters last week, and many Thanksgiving releases are expanding this weekend, so this is basically a recap of every film we’ve reviewed that’s been released in the past two weeks.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Paul was “blown away” by Julian Schnabel’s latest at Telluride; at NYFF, Karina called the film “an almost excessively beautiful aestheticization of misery [that’s] often a little too good at conveying Baudy???s isolation within his own head.” Check out today’s podcast, which includes an interview with Schnabel from Telluride, and an argument between Karina and Paul.
The Savages: At Telluride, Paul called Tamara Jenkin’s long-awaited feature follow-up to Slums of Beverly Hills “a really rich movie, full of dark humor you have to develop when things aren???t funny.”
Starting Out in the Evening: Karina caught Andrew Wagner’s second feature in Denver and had this to say: “[Evening] unfolds in comfortably-worn indie drama territory: New York academics and struggling artists collide cross generations, their almost complete lack of self-awareness failing to keep them from brutally criticizing and actively manipulating one another…but Lauren Ambrose and Frank Langella make each moment on that path feel startlingly real.”
I’m Not There: Kevin saw it and loved it at Telluride; Karina saw it at NYFF and, um, didn’t. Also check out Kevin’s interview with Haynes here, and audio from Haynes’ NYFF press conference here.
Protagonist: Guest SpoutBlogger Pamela Cohn on Jessica Yu’s experimental tackling of Euripedes: “Juxtaposing live interviews with four different male characters, and using archival footage of their lives intercut with highly-stylized scenes of puppets reciting Euripides??? in the original Greek acting out the tragedies being narrated on-screen, Yu orchestrates a provocative and deeply-thoughtful chorus based on the structure of a Greek tragedy…yes, it is quite challenging to watch, but far from boring.”

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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:02:27 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/30/2007 12:02:27 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>We didn’t do a New in Theaters last week, and many Thanksgiving releases are expanding this weekend, so this is basically a recap of every film we’ve reviewed that’s been released in the past two weeks.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Paul was “blown away” by Julian Schnabel’s latest at Telluride; at NYFF, Karina called the film “an almost excessively beautiful aestheticization of misery [that’s] often a little too good at conveying Baudy???s isolation within his own head.” Check out today’s podcast, which includes an interview with Schnabel from Telluride, and an argument between Karina and Paul.
The Savages: At Telluride, Paul called Tamara Jenkin’s long-awaited feature follow-up to Slums of Beverly Hills “a really rich movie, full of dark humor you have to develop when things aren???t funny.”
Starting Out in the Evening: Karina caught Andrew Wagner’s second feature in Denver and had this to say: “[Evening] unfolds in comfortably-worn indie drama territory: New York academics and struggling artists collide cross generations, their almost complete lack of self-awareness failing to keep them from brutally criticizing and actively manipulating one another…but Lauren Ambrose and Frank Langella make each moment on that path feel startlingly real.”
I’m Not There: Kevin saw it and loved it at Telluride; Karina saw it at NYFF and, um, didn’t. Also check out Kevin’s interview with Haynes here, and audio from Haynes’ NYFF press conference here.
Protagonist: Guest SpoutBlogger Pamela Cohn on Jessica Yu’s experimental tackling of Euripedes: “Juxtaposing live interviews with four different male characters, and using archival footage of their lives intercut with highly-stylized scenes of puppets reciting Euripides??? in the original Greek acting out the tragedies being narrated on-screen, Yu orchestrates a provocative and deeply-thoughtful chorus based on the structure of a Greek tragedy…yes, it is quite challenging to watch, but far from boring.”

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      <title>Spout Post: Denver Film Festival Ahoy</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/15/2007 9:01:35 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Posting may be a bit light today and Friday, as I’m heading to Denver to attend the final weekend of the Starz Denver Film Festival. Kevin and Paul will be posting a bit while I’m gone, so be nice to them. Hopefully I’ll find the time to scribble something about the films screening while I’m there, including Starting Out in the Evening, the much-lauded doc?? A Walk Into the Sea, and the comedy Karl Rove, I Love You. And if you’re in Denver, come see me speak on this panel on Friday. It’s very important that I put as many sympathetic plants in the audience as possible.
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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:01:35 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/15/2007 9:01:35 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Posting may be a bit light today and Friday, as I’m heading to Denver to attend the final weekend of the Starz Denver Film Festival. Kevin and Paul will be posting a bit while I’m gone, so be nice to them. Hopefully I’ll find the time to scribble something about the films screening while I’m there, including Starting Out in the Evening, the much-lauded doc?? A Walk Into the Sea, and the comedy Karl Rove, I Love You. And if you’re in Denver, come see me speak on this panel on Friday. It’s very important that I put as many sympathetic plants in the audience as possible.
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 1300</br><br/>
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