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Tag: spike jonez

festivals, hot docs, reactions

BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY plays Hot Docs

It must have been so tempting to make a film for the fans. Happily, Stacy Peralta took a more nuanced approach and came up with pure joy.

Posted on May 4, 2012December 24, 2012
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Robot Rock (Spike Jonez’s short film, I’M HERE)

Happy Monday folks! There’s a new episode of The Matineecast coming – hopefully today – but my host site, mypodcast.com, is having a little bit … Read More ›

Posted on March 22, 2010
reviews

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Jonze takes the imposing beasts Maurice Sendak first made us all afraid of, and makes them stand in the sunshine until we seem them for what they are: lonely, isolated, and misguided.

Posted on October 28, 2009January 28, 2012
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Monster – WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Poster

Every once in a while, Hollywood manages to get a poster spot on…

Posted on March 17, 2009March 29, 2012

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