Fourth Row Center: Film Writings by Jason Bailey

Monday, May 20, 2013

ICYMI: Women in Film, Braff in Damage Control, and a Visit to the Banana Stand


Guess What: Hollywood’s ‘Bridesmaids’ Revolution Never Happened

The Quietly Radical Insight of Frances Ha: A Rom-Com Doesn't Need Romance (The Atlantic)

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’s’ Clumsy, Superficial Commentary on Drones 

Despite His Protests, Zach Braff’s Cannes Deal Violates the Spirit of His Kickstarter Campaign

Flavorwire Interview: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach on Creating ‘Frances Ha’ Together 

Is John McCain’s Cable à la Carte Bill Secretly Terrible?

Where Can ‘Community’ Season 5 Possibly Go Now That Jeff’s Graduated? 

Exclusive Video: A Morning at ‘Arrested Development’s’ Bluth Banana Stand

The 50 Greatest Movie Villains of All Time 

The 10 Best Sitcom Finales in TV History

43 Great Tina Fey Quotes for Her 43rd Birthday 

‘The Office’ Comes to a Poignant, Lovable Conclusion

Flavorwire’s Guide to Movies You Need to Stream This Week 

Gorgeous Original Posters for Paul Thomas Anderson Movies From Mondo

Awesome Illustrations of Pop Culture’s Best Female Characters as Saints


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Labels: cable TV, community, flavorwire, greta gerwig, interviews, links, lists, noah baumbach, star trek, the atlantic, the office, tina fey

Friday, May 10, 2013

ICYMI: Movie Moms, Great Gatsby, and Spoiler Warnings


Exclusive Supercut: The Worst Movie Moms Ever

7 Totally Easy Steps to a Spoiler-Free Life

Why Can’t Hollywood Get ‘The Great Gatsby’ Right?

What It’s Like to Read ‘The Great Gatsby’ for the First Time at 37

Making Movies With Statistics Isn’t Just Artistic Suicide — It Won’t Work

Should ‘Community’ Stay In Session — Or Is It Time to Graduate?

A Beginner’s Guide to Gangster Movies

The Most Batshit Insane Twist Endings in Movie History

The Dirtiest Movie Posters of All Time [NSFW]

Handwritten Screenplay Pages From Film and Television

Flavorwire’s Guide to Movies You Need to Stream This Week
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Labels: baz lurhmann, beginner's guide, community, flavorwire, great gatsby, links, lists, spoilers, streaming, supercuts, twist endings

Friday, May 3, 2013

ICYMI: Iron Man, Streamageddon, and That Hitler Sitcom


Netflix’s “Streamageddon”: Why Do Streaming Video Services Still Suck?
‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘The Avengers,’ And the Thrill of Authorial Voice in Blockbusters

This Is a Thing: 1990 Hitler Sitcom ‘Heil Honey, I’m Home!’

Everything Wes Anderson’s Ever Directed, Ranked

Flavorwire’s Endearingly Exhaustive 2013 Summer Movie Preview

The 10 Best “Credit Cookies” in Movie History

Flavorwire’s Guide to Indie Flicks to See in May
 

15 Great Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter

The Best and Worst of Tribeca Film Festival 2013

‘Community’ Season 4, Episode 12 Recap: The Darkest Timeline Update

Flavorwire’s Guide to Movies You Need to Stream This Week

Feel Yourself Get Dumber as You Watch This ‘White House Down’ Trailer

Here's Your Dirty/Artsy Poster for Nymphomaniac

Cannes Classics Section Includes Hitchcock, Bertolucci, and (Ha Ha) Jerry Lewis

Member of the Real ‘Bling Ring’ Blasts Movie on Twitter

Cool Quote Art Pays Tribute to ‘Firefly,’ ‘Lebowski,’ ‘Princess Bride,’ And More

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Labels: community, flavorwire, indie guide, iron man, joss whedon, links, netflix instant, shane black, soderbergh, summer movies, this is a thing, trailers, tribeca 2013, wes anderson

Friday, April 26, 2013

ICYMI: "Mud," Murphy & Pryor, and "Community"



A Bodybuilder Reviews Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain’

Matthew McConaughey’s ‘Mud’ Is 2013′s First Truly Great Film

In Defense of ‘Garden State’

Eddie Murphy Is “Never Gonna Be Richard Pryor”: The Comedian’s Widow on Pryor’s Rivalries (And a Threesome)

10 Louis C.K. Movies You (Probably) Haven’t Seen

The Most Notorious Feuds in Comedy History

Flavorwire Interview: Jim Rash on ‘Community’s’ Season 4 “Learning Curve”

‘Community’ Season 4, Episode 11 Recap: The Darkest Timeline Update

Cool J.J. Abrams-Inspired Art From Gallery 1988′s Bad Robot Show
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Labels: bill cosby, community, eddie murphy, flavorwire, j.j. abrams, jim rash, links, louis c.k., michael bay, richard pryor, tracy morgan, zach braff

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

ICYMI: Michael Bay and the Miami Connection



Bad Movie Night: ’80s Rock and Killer Ninjas Meet in ‘Miami Connection’

Great Movies With Embarrassingly Bad DVD Art

Flavorwire’s Guide to Movies You Need to Stream This Week

Michael Bay Apologizes For His Worst Film, ‘Armageddon.’ Wait, What?

Whatever Losers, Michael Bay Apologizes for NOTHING
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Monday, April 22, 2013

ICYMI: Oblivion, Star Wars, John Waters, and Celebrity Self-Congratulation


How ‘Star Wars’ Killed Smart Sci-Fi Cinema

Flavorwire Interview: Producer Mark Johnson on ‘Breaking Bad,’ The ‘Galaxy Quest’ Sequel, And His New Show ‘Rectify’

67 Great John Waters Quotes For His 67th Birthday

5 Filmmaking Lessons From Mira Nair and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Tribeca Talk

Celebrities Praising Celebrities: The Best Tributes From the Annual “Time 100″ List

‘Community’ Season 4, Episode 10 Recap: The Darkest Timeline Update

Scorsese’s Passion Project ‘Silence’ Gets Financing and Start Date
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

ICYMI: Cult Classics, Comic Auditions, and Scorsese Art


Flavorwire Interview: Sebastian Junger on Documenting the Life of His Friend Tim Hetherington

10 Cult Classics The Critics Got Dead Wrong

The Best Insults in Film

The Best Books by Great Filmmakers

The Early Audition Tapes of Your Favorite Comics

Artwork Inspired by the Films of Martin Scorsese

You’ll Get a ‘Star Wars’ Movie Every Year, Whether You Like it or Not

And Now, Your Daily Reminder That Alison Brie Is Awesome
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I started writing about films for a small monthly alternative rag in my hometown of Wichita, Kansas, back in 1998. This was primarily as a distraction while I was pursuing my own interests as a filmmaker. Now, over a decade later, I've written for alt-weeklies and several websites (including my current gig as film editor for Flavorwire), and I've found that I tend to enjoy writing about films more than I enjoy making them. Plus, it's faster!
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Roger Ebert's Three Laws of Motion Pictures

  • 1. A movie is not about what it is about, but how it is about it.
  • 2. No good movie is too long. No bad movie is short enough.
  • 3. No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.

Favorite Films (so you know who you're dealing with)

  • The Godfather
  • Raging Bull
  • Citizen Kane
  • Chinatown
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Nashville
  • GoodFellas
  • Annie Hall
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  • The General
  • The Thin Blue Line
  • It's A Wonderful Life
  • Rear Window
  • Out of Sight
  • All The President's Men
  • Rio Bravo
  • Woodstock

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  • Flavorwire
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  • Motion/Captured on Hitfix
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DVD Talkers

  • Jamie S. Rich's Criterion Confessions
  • Thomas Spurlin
  • The Following Preview
  • Oliver St. John Gogarty's Revolver
  • Brian Orndorf
  • Bill Gibron
  • DVD Savant
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