And the winner is … who cares?
The Academy Awards are on Sunday! To which I say … what else is on? I’ve been a movie buff since child hood, when I would force myself to stay…
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Introducing Re-Creative, a podcast about creativity and the art that inspires it
After years of threatening, I’ve finally started a podcast: Re-Creative. Actually, that’s not really true. My co-host, Joe Mahoney, is really the one to credit… The post Introducing Re-Creative, a…
Top 10 Films of 2022
February, I suppose, is a bit late for a “Best of the Year” list. Getting through every single must-see movie in a timely fashion is no small task. Indeed, there…
World’s top movie not what you might think
It may come as a surprise to Canadian film fans, but the top box office movie in 2021 is not James Bond’s No Time to Die or the legendary sci-fi…
Watch These Documentaries to Better Understand SE Asia
The environmental movement is a global struggle against big corporations and corrupted governments, which means each struggle has commonalities while also being unique to its region. Over at Global Voices…
News From Home – a film by Chantal Akerman
How long is a long take? That’s the question I was asking myself as I began watching this mesmerizing film which is basically a lot of long takes in New…
I Yam What I Yam
A film by Bryan Konefsky TRT 16.5 minutes, Bryan Konefsky 2005 In 1929 monocular vision was not limited to the gaze of telescopes (Edwin Hubble) or movie cameras (Dziga Vertov).…
Top 10 Films of the 2010s
I don’t really write about movies on this blog (lately I haven’t written much of anything), but with the decade coming to a close, I figure why not take a…
Top 10 Films of the 2010s
I don’t really write about movies in this blog (lately I haven’t written much of anything), but with the decade coming to a close, I figure why not take a…
Documentaries can Change the World
If you enjoy documentaries you might be changing the world. Documentaries change conversations around important issues and some are so effective at doing so that they make a real-world impact…
A Disappointing Crop of Oscar Nominations
The oddsmakers have Roma winning, and I agree that it should – pure cinema, as Hitchcock would say – but Green Book will win because it has all those comfy,…
Ellis D. Kropotechev and Zeus, This marvelous time-sharing system. 1967
Stumbled on to this interesting little 16mm film made by a couple of Standford grad students in 1967. Some computer history and plenty of innuendo. Enjoy!
The Searchers
I like discussing influences which may also be a way of simply saying I am not ashamed to admit where it all comes from….anyway, took a shot of a “back
The Force Awakens: One Big Politically Correct Recycling Machine
The Force Awakens: One Big Politically Correct Recycling Machine Given all-time box office records for The Force Awakens, it’s pretty obvious almost all comic-con and Star Wars fans in particular…
The Force Awakens: One Big Politically Correct Recycling Machine
The Force Awakens: One Big Politically Correct Recycling MachineGiven all-time box office records for The Force Awakens, it’s pretty obvious almost all comic-con and Star Wars fans in particular do…
The Force Awakens: One Big Politically Correct Recycling Machine
The Force Awakens: One Big Politically Correct Recycling MachineGiven all-time box office records for The Force Awakens, it’s pretty obvious almost all comic-con and Star Wars fans in particular do…
Filmmakers pull out of Istanbul festival in government censorship protest
Nearly two dozen filmmakers have yanked their films from the 34th Istanbul Film Festival in response to the last-minute cancellation of documentary screening about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The…
Will Ferrell does a mock music video of gangster rap – and it’s a scathingly hilarious critique of the genre
A musical commentary, followed by social and political analysis, followed by hilarious spoof rap videos, and more This is scathingly funny. Will Ferrell does a mock music video of macho…