Antonioni, Stiller/Vaughn/Hill/Ayoade and Rising Stars of the Comedy World

My published writing for this week represents a rather a diverse set of work, so, for a change, the following links don't lead exclusively to snarky reviews of subpar new releases. Not to worry, there's plenty of that, too, (and I save some special venom for the new Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn/Jonah Hill/Richard Ayoade sci-fi/comedy The Watch), but there's also my consideration of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 masterpiece Red Desert and profiles of two up-and-coming comedians which I contributed to Variety's "10 comics to watch" feature.

Film reviews

Red Desert (Little White Lies)

The Watch (Slant)

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Slant)

Big Boys Gone Bananas* (Time Out New York)

Deranged (Indiewire)

Comedian profiles:

Kurt Braunohler (Variety)

Rory Scovel (Variety)

The July Longlist

It's been awhile, so let's get right into it. Here are my reviews from the last two weeks:

Trishna (Slant - originally posted during 2012 Tribeca Film Festival)
Union Square (Slant)
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (Slant)
Crazy Eyes (Slant)
Ponies (Village Voice)
Starry Starry Night (Village Voice)
Grassroots (Time Out New York)
Family Portrait in Black and White (Indiewire)