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Film Critic Pooh-Poohs His Own Magazine's Blog

The print vs. online media war wages on, and the latest skirmish was an internal one. It seems that New York magazine critic David Edelstein, when reviewing Adam Sandler's latest pastiche of things that never existed in the first place You Don't Mess With the Zohan for NPR's Fresh Air, said he took issue with a recent post on NYM's delightful Vulture entertainment blog. But now he's sent an email to the magazine's whole staff, as something of a clarification and an apology.
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4:48 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Richard
1,999 views, 7 comments

Latest by Edward Lionheart: I think it's refreshing to read someone who doesn't jump on the bandwagon for Zodiac or Prestige and tries to make a case for SATC (but imo fails totally). But why the hell give so much space to Adam Sandler more »

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Film Critic Scared of His Own Bad Review

New York magazine film critic David Edelstein issues a bit of a mea culpa this morning, regarding Anthony Minghella and some not-so-pleasant comments he made about the late filmmaker's oeuvre. Last week he suggested that the English writer-director was perhaps artistically bullied by former Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein. Once Miramax got a hold of Minghella, Edelstein argued, Weinstein coerced him into directing high-gloss prestige pictures, Oscar-bait that didn't exactly sync up with the ragged little edge he showed in his first film, Truly, Madly, Deeply. Now, just a few short days later, Edelstein is recanting. More »

11:06 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Richard
1,335 views, 18 comments

Latest by IamnotStarJones: @MsMuffinMcGuffin: long live not respecting the dead. more »

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I Really Wanted To Like 'Juno'

When Juno, the 16-year-old heroine of the movie being marketed hardest to my generation this holiday season, tells her best friend she's pregnant, the friend's first reaction is, "Honest to blog?" CLUNK. But in spite of being forewarned about that line in the movie's ubiquitous T.V. spots, and in spite of David Denby's New Yorker rave—"Juno is a coming-of-age movie made with idiosyncratic charm and not a single false note"—I still held out high hopes for alternastripper memoirist turned screenwriter Diablo Cody's collaboration with 'Thank You For Smoking' director Jason Reitman. But guess what? There are false notes aplenty in this trytoohardy movie. Honest to blog! More »

2:25 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Emily Gould
17,927 views, 196 comments

Latest by fiveinchtaint: Finally saw this, and I have to agree with a lot of what Emily said here. The one thing she doesn't mention is the awkwardness of both the Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner characters. There were odd moments when it more »

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'New York' Mag's Oscar Party, Part Two

Our day-after breakdown of last evening's New York mag Oscar party at the Spotted Pig was so brutally detailed, we had to take a break and come back. In this second and final installment, the gals learn who Bill Hemmer is, discuss the spelling of former Jane editor Jauretsi Saizarbitoria's name (she's pictured, sparklingly, at right), and contemplate using the Spotted Pig as an apartment. More »

6:02 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Doree Shafrir
490 views, 7 comments

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Liveblogging 'New York Mag' Liveblogging the Oscar Nominations: Part II

Well, we seem to have hit a nerve earlier when we called out New York film critic David Edelstein's takesies-backsies regarding his The Departed review, prompting him to admit that the review was "wussy." See, Mom, our job isn't totally pointless! David had time to mull this over, of course, because his correspondent, producer Lynda Obst, took her sweet time in replying to his (9:28) email. She is on the West Coast, but we mean, this is LIVEBLOGGING, people! Pick up the pace, Picante! More »

4:10 PM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Emily Gould
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Liveblogging 'New York Mag' Liveblogging the Oscar Announcements

Every year, New York Magazine film critic David Edelstein and producer Lynda Obst correspond via email on the day the Oscar nominations are announced, and their ramblings are posted on the mag's website (this year, they're hosted by the Daily Intel). Yes, you heard right: email. We hear David had been really edging towards IM this year, but there was a last-minute glitch involving animated emoticons. Anyway, in the spirit of immediacy, we thought we'd liveblog our thoughts as we read David and Lynda's e-pistles. More »

11:20 AM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Emily Gould
73 views, 4 comments

Latest by Seeräuber Jenny: I gave up on David Edelstein after he called the director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty, The Road to Perdition) a "showbiz whore." There are just too many movie reviewers out there available through imdb.com, mrqe.com and rottentomatoes.com for me to put more »

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'Miami Vice': Two Critics, One Rippled Love

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'New York' Movie Critics Keep Rolling

Last week Ken Tucker announced he's quitting his job as New York's movie critic to return to Entertainment Weekly and the comfortable bosom of Time Inc. This week, Adam Moss & Co. make a quick recovery by snapping up Slate critic David Edelstein to fill Tucker's still-warm aisle seat. More »

5:35 PM on Tue Nov 22 2005
By Jesse
117 views, 1 comment