The stop-motion slyness of ‘Mr. Fox’
If someone had to put a new spin on stop-motion movie, it had to be Wes Anderson. Actually, it makes sense. His movies (Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) all have this stop-motion caricature to them. They are quirky, humorous and as clever as the species of the title character of Fantastic Mr. Fox. The...
A ‘Julia and Julia’ afterword
Consider this a sidebar for my interview with Julie Powell. In case you’re wondering about Julie Powell’s original blog, here’s the web address for it: blogs.salon.com/0001399. Her last entry is from 2004 and by now, her blog can be considered a “contemporary artifact” – or something like that.
