Sally Potter’s Rage is as compelling for its mode of release as for the content. It was released exclusively to mobile phones last week over seven days, and then online and on DVD, as well as in select screenings in the UK. The premise of the movie is that a young man named Michelangelo is [...]
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Capitalism: A Love Story
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · General
The event. I had a chance to see a sneak preview of Michael Moore’s new movie Capitalism: A Love Story on Sunday at, of all places, the GM headquarters in Detroit. Moore was there for a Q&A after, as was Mary Kaptur, the democratic congresswoman from Toledo. For some video of the controversy surrounding the [...]
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Watchmen again
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · General
I watched the Watchmen again last night, and I can now make a correction and an observation. First the correction. The shot I mention a couple posts earlier with the blimp moving towards the WTC is in the background of Ozymandias’s office. He is giving a speech that starts: “The conflict with the Soviets is [...]
I watched the Watchmen
March 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General
After reading all these reviews that complain that the film is too faithful to the original, or that it’s nothing more than a faithful adaptation, with nothing else to offer, I have to reiterate the tagline from the graphic novel: “Who Watches The Watchmen?” Certainly not these critics, to be sure. One of the biggest [...]
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Syriana
January 24th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Syriana is an interesting and complex film. I spent most of the first half of the movie going "now who does this guy work for again?" which, I think, is part of the point and the appeal of the film. In the end, it is clear the oil industry and politicians and financial advisors get [...]
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Peerflix
August 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I just signed up for Peerflix, a service where you can send people movies you don’t watch, and people will send you theirs. It’s like Netflix in a way, in that you have a queue and things get sent to you, but there’s no monthly fee and you get to keep the movies. There’s a [...]
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Errol Morris day
August 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
It’s been an Errol Morris kinda day. A thread on Julie’s blog mentions Morris, then a great post on the abstract and the real has nothing do with Morris, but I wanted to mention him in a comment there, which led me to a google search for a particular quote I remembered of his [...]
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Richard Linklater
June 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I finally saw Before Sunset, which I found quite enjoyable. I liked the premise of Before Sunrise, and it managed to hold my attention, even if some of the dialgoue seemed forced. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy have certainly matured since 1995, becoming more comfortable as actors and with each other, which makes the film [...]
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Revenge of the Sith nonreview
May 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
This isn’t really a review, but some random thoughts on a groggy morning-after of the midnight show. I haven’t really liked a Star Wars movie since Empire Strikes Back, but when invited, I still go to the midnight show with my hardcore friends, if only to marvel at the Anakin costumes and light sabers. I have begun to think of it as a generational obligation rather than an actual pleasure. That said, I must say that this one really makes up for the last two in many respects.
First thought:
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Experimental film online
April 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ubuweb has some experimental films available for download, including Man Ray, Bunuel, Anger and others. I have been looking for some Harry Smith for a long time, and am currently downloading “Early Abstractions,” which weighs in at over 500MB. They also have some McLuhan audio and all sorts of other goodies.
via Bitter Cinema
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