Category: film
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A 14-Year-Old and John Lennon Discuss Peace
In December 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono held one of their famous “bed-in for peace” protests at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto. This was when a 14-year-old Jerry Levitan sneaked into their hotel room and secured an interview with Lennon on the topic of World Peace. 38 years later Levitan produced an animated…
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Commanding Heights
I recently watched all six hours of Commanding Heights; a great documentary that attempts to trace the rise of free markets during the last century, as well as the process of globalization. It acts almost like a primer on 20th century economics. I have just re-discovered the PBS supplementary website for Commanding Heights and am…
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Independent Film Channel
Always on the lookout for enjoyable and thought-provoking films (i.e. not the typical mainstream drivel that makes it to your big-name cinema), I think the Independent Film Channel’s website may provide a plethora of (independent) candidates. Since the Cardiff Film Festival now ceases to exist, the Chapter Arts Center is Cardiff’s answer to New York’s…
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Busy? Movies and Books in a Minute
Don’t have the time to watch that new film or read that classic book? Got a minute? Movie-a-Minute Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles (1941) Orson Welles: Rosebud. (dies) Reporter: What does it mean? Everybody Else: We don’t know. THE END Book-a-Minute The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby: Daisy, I made all this…
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Art of the Title Sequence
The Art of the Title Sequence is a blog highlighting the best movie (and TV) title sequences. Some great ones on the list so far; some of the best, still to come. via Kottke
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Three of the Best Movie Reviews. Ever.
Peter Bradshaw on The Hulk (in Hulk-speak, no less) “Hulk. Smash!” Yes. Hulk. Smash. Yes. Smash. Big Hulk smash. Smash cars. Buildings. Army tanks. Hulk smash all hope of interesting time in cinema. Hulk take all effort of cinema, effort getting babysitter, effort finding parking, and Hulk put great green fist right through it. Hulk…
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Owen Wilson – Life Imitating Art
‘The Suicide of Genius: Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson in Life and Art‘ is an article pointing out the similarities between the troubling events in Owen Wilson’s troubled life and his on-screen roles in Anderson’s films. Owen Wilson, the eponymous free spirit and troubled hero of Wes Anderson’s films, has struggled with what appears to…