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NSFW, for language. Says Kevin Smith, of this Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks hosted tease for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, “Don’t call it a trailer, ’cause it’s not a trailer; it’s a teaser. There ain’t a frame of footage in this puppy that’s in the actual flick, so feel free to watch it without fear of “spoilers”. This is just a little something to give you a bit of a feel for the flick.” Scheduled release: Oct 31st, 2008. (hat tip: Cinematical)

Always with the lo-fi artsy-crafty appeal,
even in e-commerce - Miranda July utilizes dry-erase technology and neurotic storytelling to promote her new book.

Slow news day. And yes, we play favorites around here.

Overheard whilst getting a few hairs cut:

Cuttee: 10,000 people… downloaded podcast… Utah… brainwashed… sideburns… budgetary constraints… Bottle Rocket… free-form… Cassavetes…

Cutter: John Who?

Cuttee: Cassavetes… anyways maybe… podcast… see you… sometime?

Cutter: Um, well I have to work like 6 days a week so I don’t…

Tags: Little Miss Sunshine

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There will always be tent-pole, franchise trilogies to plaster every available surface of our culture. Romantic comedies will continue to come out of a tube, every spring and fall. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, a car is exploding on screen somewhere, a drug deal is going bad, a couple are overcoming the obstacles between them and true love. The slate of every studio looks pretty much the same, year to year. But the hunger for a surprise, for a story with an unconventional structure or politics or ending, stays with us because moviegoers crave unpredictability. It looks like life.

Excerpt from Killer Films producer Christine Vachon’s recently released book - A Killer Life