SPIKE JONZE

Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel October 22, 1969) is an American director of music videos and commercials, and an Academy Award-nominated director and producer in film and television, most notably the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 film Adaptation., both written by Charlie Kaufman. He is also credited as a co-creator of MTV's Jackass. He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv. He is also part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders such as Eric Koston and Mike Carroll. (via Wikipedia)

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

via rollingstone.com ( 10 Days ago )
Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray Review: Maybe it?s a coincidence that two gifted young filmmakers — Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze (both born in 1969) — have latched on to kid lit and puppets for inspiration in the same year — first Jonze with Maurice Sendak?s Where the Wild Things Are, and now Anderson, having artful fun with Roald Dahl?s [...]

The Film Feed: Episode 27 - Wild Things, Citizens, & Coens!

via firstshowing.net ( 27 Days ago )
They're back! In this episode of The Film Feed, Will, Sean, and Clark return after a hiatus of more than two months and ramp things up with three in-depth and exciting reviews, starting with Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, followed by a moral discussion about F. Gary Gray's Law Abiding Citizen, ending with a long talk about the Coen Brothers' brilliant A Serious Man. Of [...]

Bizarre Spike Jonze Short

via neatorama.com ( 29 Days ago )
Last February, director Spike Jonez (Where the Wild Things Are) agreed to shoot a video for Kanye West’s song, “See You in My Nightmares,” which was then expanded into a creative, short film – shot at a nightclub over two days. The end result is an uneasy glimpse of Mr. West at his worst, premonitions of his MTV Video Awards appearance abound, and the ending [...]

Never Invite Kanye West to Your Club

via iwatchstuff.com ( 33 Days ago )
We already knew he was a nuisance at awards shows (remember when that thing happened???); now this Spike Jonze short demonstrates how Kanye West is also a terrible guest at night clubs. Turns out the guy will get soused and makes a huge mess in your bathroom:

Sex, Trolls, and Kanye West in New Spike Jonze Short

via uproxx.com ( 34 Days ago )
Behold Kanye West’s new video, We Were Once a Fairytale. It’s an 11-minute short film directed by the incomparable Spike Jonze. This was shot in January and premiered recently at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The clip is obviously a personal statement from Kanye West, replete with strange turns and overarching dark themes. But what

Vimeo: We Were Once A Fairy Tale ft. Kanye West (Directed by Spike Jonze) (video)

via showhype.com ( 35 Days ago )
MissInfo.tv found this 4 hours ago on vimeo.com Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Music, Kanye West

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 18, 2009

via screenrant.com ( 35 Days ago )
This week: The box office gets Wild; a Vampire Chronicles star moves to Cradlewood; Everything Must Go for Will Ferrell; Owen, Keener and Schwimmer Trust each other and Terrance Mallick’s Tree of Life withers in 2009. Box Office After a few years in post-production, Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are took the top spot with a mighty $32.4 [...]

Vimeo: "We Were Once A Fairytale" - Kanye West Dir: Spike Jonze (video)

via showhype.com ( 35 Days ago )
Notes from a Different Kitchen found this 5 hours ago on vimeo.com Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Music, Kanye West, Hip Hop

Review: Where the Wild Things Are Is Woolly, But Not Wild Enough

via wired.com ( 37 Days ago )
Hell is other people, existentialist Jean Paul Sartre liked to say. The new movie Where the Wild Things Are, director Spike Jonze’s audacious adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s children’s story, seems to argue that — despite a heavenly wildlife setting — hell is middle-aged actors whining about their feelings as they walk around in furry costumes. Give [...]

Meghan McCain Fans the Flames Surrounding Her Boobs

via indecisionforever.com ( 37 Days ago )
She hasn't quit Twitter, but Meghan McCain did need more than 140 characters to talk about why people won't stop talking about her cleavage, which simply wants to be left alone with its Andy Warhol biography. So it's a good thing she's learned to publish longer groupings of words on the Daily Beast, an internet newsletter that's been adapted for film by Spike [...]