Author Archives: AaronOOF

Just to continue my attempt to throw a wrench into the inane box office crisis so many have created around King Kong (see below post) … I just received the email Daily Variety sends out with final box office figures for the three day, Friday-Sunday 12/22-25 weekend. Apparently, the earlier numbers underestimated the grosses ofContinue reading “ADDENDUM TO THE BELOW KING KONG BOX OFFICE POST”

My oldest and best friend returned home to San Francisco on Christmas Day after a week’s vacation in Hawaii. While neither of us are particularly religious, we both love movies and Chinese food, therefore making the longtime Jewish tradition of how to spend one’s Christmas the most important tradition of all? Canvas sneakers with aContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN REVIEW (OR AT LEAST IN REPORTAGE): A VERY GOOD CHRISTMAS JEW”

I’m so bored with the constant box office attention being paid to the most notable “blockbusters” this holiday season, especially King Kong. The most recent culprit (recent, at least, in terms of my readership) is Fishbowl LA which manages to both continue the trend of criticizing Kong‘s box office and Universal’s comments on its prospectsContinue reading “THE MYTH OF KING KONG‘s POOR BOX OFFICE; SOON TO AFFLICT MUNICH AS WELL?”

I know it’s cliche to talk about how annoying it is to rent or buy videos at Kim’s on St. Marks. Is it better/worse/as bad as it used to be at the old Avenue A location? I don’t know. I hadn’t been to the now closed shop in probably seven years, and until recently, IContinue reading “WHY PEOPLE HATE KIM’S”

So no … I did not write the Gothamist interview with the Cuddle Party founders. That was my friend Rachel. But last week I did post an interview with the great documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles. I’m sure 99% of you reading this blog know who Maysles is, but in case you don’t, he and hisContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DEC. DAY 4 – ALBERT MAYSLES (THIS POST IS A WEEK LATE)”

Ooh, I can’t believe I almost forgot about this. I saw this post on Curbed a few minutes ago and it reminded me of a photo I took of the same building last night. After last night’s Producers screening, my friend and I made a spontaneous stop at the legendary 2nd Avenue Deli because sheContinue reading “WHEN YOU NEED TO BUY SOME TAIL”

Yeah, so all that stuff I said yesterday, I meant tomorrow as in tomorrow talking today. Friday. You know? Good. That’s what I thought. You see, I wanted to start writing last night, but I ended up at a screening of The Producers, which only meant the desperate need for a drink to quell theContinue reading “AARON ELSEWHERE (THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: IT’S HANNUKAH — OH YEAH, AND XMAS — WEEKEND!)”

Hi. Yeah, here I am. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and where have I been? Damn fine question. Obviously, I’ve been trying to mediate the Transit Strike, and that’s been keeping me a little busy. The egos on both sides, you know? And seriously, isn’t there a way for us to get rid of all the negotiatorsContinue reading “HOPEFULLY THIS WON’T STAY TRUE FOR LONG”

I’ve been a reader of indieWIRE for quite a while, and I was happy when they chose my blog as one of their “Blogs We Love.” I’ve even hoped to write for them for some time, and in the near future, they’re giving me that chance. Meanwhile, indieWIRE also hosts a monthly event at theContinue reading “I SUPPOSE IT’S ABOUT TIME I PROMOTED THIS: FILM BLOGGER PANEL AT THE APPLE STORE”

My weekly Gothamist Weekend Movies post is up. It was a bit late today because I was up late last night finishing the Ron Hogan interview that got posted this morning. Then I was out of the apartment, and then I was back in the apartment while we finally got cable installed, a whole ordealContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: MONKEY MONKEY”