Dive into the archives.
- McDonalds, Starbucks, and Sarah Palin
I’ve hestitated to write more on the subject of Sarah Palin, because her presence in this campaign makes me so angry, but I wanted to share a link to a post on one of my absolute favorite blogs, Sociological Images, which sheds a light on what I think is the true story of the Sarah [...]
- You Ignorant Piece of Shit
“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Fuck you for being willfully, patronizingly ignorant of the great history of community organizing in America: the legacies of Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Martin Luther King Jr., Jane Addams, Cesar Chavez, Uriah Smith Stevens, William Lloyd Garrison, [...]
- Manny Farber (1917-2008)
The greatest of all film critics has died. Let’s celebrate some of his wit and wisdom:
“Masterpiece art, reminiscent of the enameled tobacco humidors and wooden lawn ponies bought at white elephant auctions decades ago, has come to dominate the overpopulated arts of TV and movies. The three sins of white elephant art (1) frame the [...]
- Holy Crap
This is old news for many of you, probably (it’s from a paper that was published last year) and a few years away from having any impact on low-budget filmmakers, but I just came across the most mindblowing video:
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo.
The project’s website is here.
- Profit motive and the whispering wind / New Left Note
John Gianvito’s Profit motive and the whispering wind is that rare lumbering giant of experimental cinema that through force of good will manages to boil to the edge of consciousness in the film world, gifted a week-long run at Anthology Film Archives. It has not been an overwhelming financial success, as one I suppose can [...]
- Greatest American Dog - Episodes 3 + 4
Our fallen dogtestants:
With Episode 3, it becomes clear that Greatest American Dog is almost a Zen koan: in order to find the greatest American dog, one must find the greatest American dog owner. As with the first two episodes, our eliminated dog is chosen not for any grievances on his part - many compliment Elvis [...]
- The Sadist at Not Coming
Hey guys,
The wonderful folks at Not Coming to a Theater Near You have posted a write-up I did on one of the films I wrote about for my thesis, James Landis’ underseen horror gem The Sadist. Check it out!
- Meticulous Research
The Mad Men Season 2 premiere happened on Sunday night. There’s little for me to add, except I wanted to point out again just how incomparably researched Matthew Weiner’s dissection of 1960s Americana is:
In Season One, Episode Eight, “The Hobo Code” : A devastating moment in the relationship between Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) and Pete (Vincent [...]
- Morning in Treetown
Dinotopia was very important to me growing up.
I could never decide if I’d rather live in Treetown or Waterfall City.
