E Pluribus Unum (1)
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An astonishing account of the intricate and unexpected swarm intelligence of wasps, bees, ants and termites.
the great happiness space (1)
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the great happiness space is a documentary about a male host bar in osaka, japan. host bars are special clubs where people pay an expensive hourly rate and buy overpriced drinks in order to participate in a simulacrum of a relationship with their chosen “host,” an attractive, charming, immaculately coiffed member of the opposite sex who they choose by flipping through a laminated catalog in their bar booth the way people at TGI Fridays order ...
Books of The Times: A Life of Chagall, the Shtetl Modernist (1)
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A life of the painter Marc Chagall, following him from avant-garde champion to much-mocked promulgator of ethnic kitsch.
MONEY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT (1)
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Expertly timed to premiere today, on so-called "Black Friday" when many parents rush to the stores to buy the latest must-have gifts for their sons and daughters is Lauren Greenfield's documentary Kids + Money. Greenfield is the photograher and author of the seminal Girl Culture, a book chronicling the reality of being a teenage girl in America today. Visit any filmmaker, screenwriter,
5 for the Day: Mia Farrow (1)
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By Dan Callahan“If I seem to be running, it’s because I’m pursued…”—Mia Farrow, 1968—It’s been close to twenty years since Mia Farrow did battle with her one-time boyfriend/boss Woody Allen, in actual law courts and in the even nastier courts of public opinion. She wrote an autobiography in 1997, What Falls Away, in which she described her life up to the point Allen started an affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi, which resulted in accusations ...
Simon Masterton: What are the best and worst movie accents? (1)
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How We Watch What We Watch (1)
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Truly Free Film (0)
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I look forward to Thanksgiving weekend as a time to catch up on my viewing. I suspect I will see three or so films in the theater and the same amount on DVD. I will probably watch a few video clips on YouTube and some trailers elsewhere on line. But I recognize I am not the normal American. You probably aren't either. Last sunday's AO Scott article on this subject had this nifty chart to ...
William Friedkin Has No Sense of Social Obligation (1)
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On the occasion of the DVD release of 1970's The Boys In The Band, Andrew O'Hehir has interviewed William Friedkin. Friedkin is best known to the general public as the man who engineered the back-to-back successes of The French Connection and The Exorcist, then flopped forever more. For hardcore film nerds and auteurists, he's either a constant failure or an underrated master. Aside from small cult affairs like 2003's The Hunted — a fairly brilliant ...
i love the 80s, even though sometimes they sucked. (1)
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Let's get this out of the way: Sorority House Massacre (1986) blows with a capital BLOWS. Last night, however, I was in the mood for a big fat slice of 80s slasher, and in the end, SHM delivered. Mind you, it only delivered in that it fulfilled my wispy nostalgia-fueled desires; even as cheesy 80s slashers go, this one is bad.Bad bad.As in really not good.Still, I was okay with that because popping in the ...
iW NEWS | Sundance Doc Program Announces Grants (1)
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Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program announced the 20 film projects awarded financial and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Fund. In a doubling of the numbers of projects submitted, nearly 800 filmmakers working in more than 70 countries submitted projects. The awardees include six first-time feature documentary filmmakers, complemented by national and international award winners. The Sundance Documentary Film Program supports U.S. and international documentary filmmakers "exploring the critical issues of our times in documentaries ...
This is The End, My Friend (1)
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Youtube Users Hostile Towards the Vertical Black Bars on their Movies (1)
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BY MARTIN LEDUC. TORONTO, CANADA (CINEMA MINIMA) – Youtube has changed their default player to a 16:9 aspect ratio, and the site’s users have gotten uncharacteristically vocal about the damage this has done to their old 4:3 uploads. The youtube blog typically receives under 100 comments per post, but in 2 days, over 1000 comments have been posted about the widescreen player. Among the criticism and praise for Youtube’s widescreen conversion, one message prevails: Uploaders ...
MGM to distribute movies on YouTube (1)
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I’m a week late to this news, but wanted to weigh in regardless. MGM has turned out to be the studio that will distribute some of their feature film catalog via YouTube. The studio will start by showing movies like Bulletproof Monk and other catalog titles in full along with clips from other movies like Legally Blonde. While, as the story says, the titles might not be the biggest draws around it’s a starting point ...
What sex film should Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes remake (1)
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When Tom Cruise first started stepping out with Katie Holmes he could scarcely contain his joy. So he did what any of us would do in his situation: he stormed onto Oprah Winfrey's TV show, grappled with the hostess and started jumping on her settee. He was so happy he could not help it. "I will forever with this woman be jumping on couches, dancing on tables and swinging from chandeliers," he vowed. Yet all ...
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How the vampires got so high in the trees.Shared by Erin (2)Contribute commentHorror Hacker (0) permalink
A Final Girl needs to be smart and resilient if she's going to emerge victorious against a crazed psychopath. Here are some of the best.Shared by Erin (2)Contribute commentSpoutBlog (0) permalink
Catherine Hardwicke hit one out of the park for female directors this past weekend, but she had a lot of help. Not only was she working with a pre-sold property, she also had a very manageable budget of $37 million. Quite different from the $2 million she had to work with on Thirteen a few years back. Of course, she had similar budgets on Lords of Dogtown ($25 million) and The Nativity Story ($35 million), ...Shared by Erin (2)Contribute commentThompson On Hollywood (0) permalink
Check out this Flickr collection of The End titles. [Hat Tip: Slashfilm]Shared by Erin (2)Contribute comment
