July 2010
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Jul 10th
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Jul 4th
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Jul 3rd
June 2010
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Jun 26th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 22nd
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Jun 22nd
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Jun 21st
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Jun 20th
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“That he had a skinny, bespectacled male lover called Wally just didn’t fit...”
– Wild things - Times Online
Jun 19th
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“If you read enough of Wood’s criticism, you can see him naked. And if I do...”
– Wood’s Dilemma by Tom McCormack
Jun 17th
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“Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market,” she laughs. “We...”
– Shirin Neshat: A long way from home
Jun 14th
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Jun 14th
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Jun 13th
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Carl Th. Dreyer →
Beautifully designed and unique in scope and focus: The Web site about Carl Dreyer
Jun 4th
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“If we allow the voice of the independent artist to be stifled we should expect...”
– Joe Berlinger vs. Chevron: Why We Must All Defend Independent Filmmaking
Jun 4th
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Jun 4th
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Jun 4th
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Documentary on Lost Animated Masterpiece “The Thief and the Cobbler” — Kickstarter Back this project.
Jun 3rd
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Jun 1st
May 2010
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May 25th
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“I heard ‘we don’t want to be seen as monkeys’ an awful lot.”
– Sorrel Moseley-Williams on how director Andrés Livov-Macklin gained the trust of the people of Los Pereyra, Argentina.
May 24th
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“Seberg’s Patricia was everything I wanted to be: stylish, bilingual,...”
– The Enduring Magic of Breathless A lovely remembrance. However, the author should have at least mentioned Mark Rappaport’s wonderful From The Journals of Jean Seberg. For my time, more funny and rewarding and more radical than his Rock Hudson’s Home Movies.
May 22nd
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LoopLoop (by Patrick Bergeron) Hypnotic.
May 21st
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“[Suing pirates] isn’t a deterrence move, it’s simply a novel revenue...”
– Yo ho, an (Internet) pirate’s life for some.
May 21st
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May 19th
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The Incredible San Fancisco Artists’ Soapbox Derby, 1975. (by Mike Haeg) This short film represents the sort of irreplaceable artifact that could only exist within the documentary tradition. By contrast, does anyone think Iron Man 2 is irreplaceable?
May 16th
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May 13th
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May 13th
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“We ignore film’s most unique attribute. As demonstrated by how little of...”
– 38 More Ways The Film Industry Is Failing Today | Truly Free Film
May 11th
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38 More Ways The Film Industry Is Failing Today |... →
May 11th
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“The next superhero film should star Mickey Rourke. As himself.”
– Superheroes suck!
May 8th
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“That a copy of the original print of “Metropolis” even existed in Buenos Aires...”
– The Full ‘Metropolis’
May 7th
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They just fucked with the wrong Mexican! →
May 6th
April 2010
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FILM SOCIALISME / JLG / FILM ANNONCE 4 (by Lieutenant D.)
Apr 30th
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“If James Cameron showed up at my door with a contract to be in his next film, I...”
– Poseur Alert: Jean-Luc Godard’s New Trailer is the Entire Film! Godard is an artist and a clever one, but this statement and the whole frakin’ post make me nauseous. Can’t one make a point without saying something stupid? Wanna find pretension? Pick a film blog. Any film blog!
Apr 30th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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“I hereby give Sita Sings the Blues to you. Like all culture, it belongs to you...”
– Director of Sita Sings the Blues This isn’t marketing; it’s principle.
Apr 19th
“Believing in Banksy before taking on the marketing for the film (as his blog...”
– Art Fag City » Wooster Collective’s Marc Schiller Fails to Disclose Marketing Ties with Banksy Movie I haven’t seen the movie yet but if Banksy really believed his own bullshit, then the movie would have been released via Creative Commons and for free on the Internet. Just like Sita...
Apr 19th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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Five or six things I think I know about film...
Here they are: No one knows what’s important There is no “we” Context, identity and affinities matter The essence of cinema lives between your ears Nobody’s perfect Films make memories 1. No one knows what’s important One thing I’ve noticed as I’ve tried, for the last three months, to catch up on all the movies I’ve missed seeing over...
Apr 11th
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“my message about being proud of owning a pussy (even though I’m a man) is...”
– What’s Good For the Goose: The 2010 Feminist Porn Awards
Apr 9th
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How to Make a Documentary About Sampling--Legally... →
Apr 4th
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“The future of criticism is the same as it ever was. Miserable, and full of...”
– Is There a Future for Arts Criticism? David Byrne is the most-quoted pop star ever?
Apr 1st
March 2010
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“Why does [insert random Hollywood movie here] have to end with an action...”
– Roger Ebert , asking the question I always ask myself after watching a Hollywood movie. My answer: They shoulda done it with HBO.
Mar 31st