This trailer for the upcoming documentary Sign Painters looks interesting AND fantastic. Maybe I am totally biased, but who hasn’t wanted to take a glimpse into this world?

It’s coming to Minneapolis in June and I just know Diana Quenomoen will want to go with me! It’s coming to some other smaller cities as well, so don’t fret. Check out the dates and locations heresies.

The culture of filmmaking is antagonistic toward chaos. Most movies are designed to maximize order and structure. But if you come into a production with a preordained vision of how everything is going to be, you risk squeezing out spontaneity and ending up with this sanitized thing. I see my role as guiding the ship without controlling it too tightly, discovering the film by making it.

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— Benh Zeitlin (Director of Beasts of the Southern Wild); full article here

A video by Joe Nicolosi and his mom has me IN STITCHES this morning. I guess Joe’s mom had never seen the Matrix so he asked her to watch it and then retell the story, in detail, resulting in this short video called “The Matrix Retold by Mom” and it’s too funny. I love everything about it.

I cannot communicate how excited I am for Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby remake coming this May. CANNOT COMMUNICATE. Because even if the movie is terrible, it will at least be beautiful and have a kick-ass soundtrack. But let’s be honest. How could it be terrible with Leo and Cary?

Ok, Jennifer Lawrence, you’re out. Mila Kunis, you’re in. How charming is she as she helps this BBC reporter get over his stage fright in his very first interview? Read the story over on Gawker here.

Funny re-imagined titles of some of the 2013 Oscar-nominated movies by College Humor.

One of the Best Parts of the Movie Bridesmaids

Annie: Well, you know, she's not really that into sports. Even when we were little she didn't like anything that was too competitive.

Helen: Oh, she certainly enjoys playing tennis now. It's funny how people change, isn't it?

Annie: Yeah. I mean, I don't know. Do people really change?

Helen: Mmm. I think they do.

Annie: Yeah. But I mean like, still stay who they are, pretty much.

Helen: I think we change all the time.

Annie: I think we stay the same, but grow I guess, a little bit.

Helen: I think if you're growing, then you're changing.

Annie: But I mean we're changing from who we are, which we always stay as.

Helen: Not really. I don't think so.

Annie: I think so.

Helen: I don't.

Which Wes Anderson Character Are You? »

Can’t. wait. to. see. Pitch Perfect. For real. Can’t. wait.

IS IT CHRISTMAS YET!?

On a personal note, this week has been pretty rough at work. Long nights. Early mornings. Little sleep. Lots of pressure. So the stress has been slowly piling. These videos of the 100 Greatest Movie Insults really made me smile and loosen up a lot. These are not for sensitive ears! There is a lot of swearing, graphic, colorful language—which I love. But some people don’t. So just be aware of that. But seriously, you just need a really good zinger.

Here are the other 50!

Last night Brad and I saw Wes Anderson’s new film, Moonrise Kingdom. And we both fell in love. It was beautifully shot, acted and directed…filled with funny bits, awkward bits and painful bits about being different and growing up. I would HIGHLY recommend it!

There are about 1 million (give or take a couple hundred thousand) movies I want to see this summer. Good job, Hollywood! I feel like I never say that. In no particular order, these are the flicks I hope to catch while nursing sunburns on thunderstormy summer evenings:

• The Avengers (MAYBE. We’ll see how convincing Brad is and how bored I am)

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (love me some Maggie Smith)

• Moonrise Kingdom (for SURE have to catch this new Wes Anderson one!)

• Snow White and the Huntsman (Bad to the ass; SIDENOTE: Why is the HUNTSMAN on the poster? Did the poster designer not know that Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart were in the movie and that they’re both kind of pretty and kind of a big deal?)

• Brave (new Disney feministy film? Yes please!)

• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (An apocalypse movie plus comedy? So there.)

• The Dark Knight Rises (Because I think it’s illegal not to see it)

• Ruby Sparks

Check out the Atlantic’s summer movie guide here. Rock!