HSB turned on by film.Tumblr (3.0; @filmresponse)http://filmresponse.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nFicqklGuB0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nFicqklGuB0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“Naive but inspiring statement *cough cough* then the movie gets hopeful.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/BriTANicKdotcom" target="_blank">BriTANicKdotcom</a>)</p> <p>grateful nod to <a title="scanners" href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2010/03/generic_movie.html" target="_blank">scanners</a></p>http://filmresponse.com/post/437956684http://filmresponse.com/post/437956684Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:45:20 -0300satirecomedy“Revolutionizing film is still not as important as telling a good human story.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-levine/the-2010-academy-awards_b_489838.html" target="_blank">Ken Levine, again</a></em>http://filmresponse.com/post/435435528http://filmresponse.com/post/435435528Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:55:56 -0300Oscars“No one can take a funny bit, milk it, stomp it, kill it, kill it some more, and grind it into the ground until it’s powder like Ben Stiller.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-levine/the-2010-academy-awards_b_489838.html" target="_blank">Ken Levine: The 2010 Academy Awards in Review</a></em>http://filmresponse.com/post/435432808http://filmresponse.com/post/435432808Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:54:22 -0300OscarsBen Stiller<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyziraGFT71qzx3vro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1802286" target="_blank">“Suck it, Dreamworks!”</a></p> <p>This is the only one that made me laugh.</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/435398436http://filmresponse.com/post/435398436Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:35:34 -0300Upmovies<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyylhkp4v31qzx3vro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com/2010/03/die-nibelungen-siegfrieds-tod-1924.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ddlForiegnMovies+%28DDL+Foriegn+Movies%29" target="_blank">Die Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod (1924) - Fritz Lang</a></p>http://filmresponse.com/post/434447273http://filmresponse.com/post/434447273Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:36:56 -0300moviesFritz Lang<a href="http://www.theauteurs.com/films/24647?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_content=528973617&utm_campaign=TheAuteursNewsletter8+_+otjed&utm_term=watch+for+free">Watch Alice in Wonderland (1903) for free on The Auteurs</a>http://filmresponse.com/post/428640233http://filmresponse.com/post/428640233Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:37:08 -0300filmmovies<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YUizPeF3QXM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YUizPeF3QXM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUizPeF3QXM&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Gorillas fighting on Mars!!</a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/marsrocks999" target="_blank">marsrocks999</a>)</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/427153228http://filmresponse.com/post/427153228Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:34:04 -0300Mars<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kys3sgS7JR1qzx3vro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Movie poster of the day:</p> <p><a href="http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com/2010/03/cuba-cabana-1952-fritz-peter-buch.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ddlForiegnMovies+%28DDL+Foriegn+Movies%29" target="_blank">Cuba Cabana (1952) - Fritz Peter Buch</a></p>http://filmresponse.com/post/426930819http://filmresponse.com/post/426930819Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:29:04 -0300postersmovies<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9679622&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9679622&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9679622&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Tilt-Shift Video of NYC</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9679622" target="_blank">The Sandpit on Vimeo</a> (via <a href="http://vimeo.com/9679622" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>)</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/422854500http://filmresponse.com/post/422854500Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:25:55 -0300tiltshiftvideosNYC<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyiws7JHEl1qzdvhio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/post/416485376/let-us-say-that-i-am-a-disillusioned" target="_blank">oldhollywood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Let us say that I am a disillusioned socialist. To the point of becoming an anarchist.  But because I have a conscience, I’m a <i>moderate</i> anarchist who doesn’t go about throwing bombs. I mean, I’ve experienced just about all the untruths there are in life. So what remains in the end? The family. Which is the final archetype - handed down from prehistory.</p> <p>What else is there? Friendship. And that is all. I’m a pessimist by nature. With John Ford, people look out of the window with hope. Me, I show people who are scared to even open the door. And if they do, they tend to get a bullet right between the eyes. But that’s how it is.”</p> <p>-<b>Sergio Leone</b></p> </blockquote>http://filmresponse.com/post/416545377http://filmresponse.com/post/416545377Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:07:47 -0300directorsSergio Leone<p> <object width="400" height="225"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9389738&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1"> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9389738&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object> </p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9389738" target="_blank">CFV 426 - Avatar/Pocahontas Mashup FINAL VERSION</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/randyszuch" target="_blank">Randy Szuch</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p>CGI has made great progress in the last few years, particularly in conveying facial expressions, but sometimes these big [expensive]  blue people just plain look funny, like when they run or fall. I have a hard time taking them seriously particularly with a script and narrative so tired. No amount of computer cycles can cover up the fact that the story is Pocahontas (Or Dances with Wolves, if you want to be more unkind) with some ersatz green politics sprinkled on top. Further, the simplistic dialogue is delivered woodenly and with little awareness of how trite it all sounds. Not even Sigourney Weaver uncomfortably smoking cigarettes can save it. As far as production design, when you borrow from Matrix Revolutions it’s fair to say that you’ve lost your inspiration. The cops from Fantasia and classic sci-fi covers I can live with but Avatar is an even bigger snowjob than the Dark Knight and as with Titanic, which Best-Picture nod has even former fans scratching their heads today, people will eventually come to their senses.</p> <p>I’m betting director James Cameron never will.</p> <p>Cameron recently stated that he doesn’t do animation, he talks to actors, he’s a director, and that animation is what Pixar does. (He’s pissed off because none of his actors were nominated for Oscars. Please.) If that’s so, then why are Pixar movies so much more carefully, distinctively and sensitively directed than Avatar? If Pixar can make audiences sit up and take notice of <i>Harrison Ford</i>, I’d say it’s doing something right.</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/415850925http://filmresponse.com/post/415850925Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:09 -0300Avatarmovies<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyh0hzPW311qzx3vro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com/2010/02/frontiers-2007-xavier-gens-director.html" target="_blank">Download of the Day: Frontier(s) (2007) Xavier Gens</a></p> <p>Sort of like what would happen if Sam Fuller directed Hostel.</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/414034916http://filmresponse.com/post/414034916Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:44:22 -0300horrorgoremovies<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/clnozSXyF4k&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/clnozSXyF4k&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Green Screen Extravaganza</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2009</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/stargatefilms" target="_blank">stargatefilms</a>)</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/412666292http://filmresponse.com/post/412666292Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:08:31 -0300televisioneffects<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky4m8bWPos1qzx3vro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Daybreakers’ Military Blood Orgy</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/400021477http://filmresponse.com/post/400021477Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:04:58 -0300vampiresfilmmovies<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky4ejhvJ4M1qzxwg8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://movielove.tumblr.com/post/400003458/neonbear-4-5" target="_blank">movielove</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://neonbear.tumblr.com/post/399727942/4-5" target="_blank">neonbear</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>4/5</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://filmresponse.com/post/400018690http://filmresponse.com/post/400018690Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:03:19 -0300movie postersposters<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxmub9fYmG1qzqq4no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Creature</p> <p>(via <a href="http://sissydudeomen2.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sissydudeomen2</a>)</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/382028721http://filmresponse.com/post/382028721Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:50:15 -0300<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxkyisq2Xk1qz7l0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to</p> <p>- Godard</p> <p><a href="http://are2.tumblr.com/post/380575976/waxandmilk-hey-i-finally-made-hi-res-versions" target="_blank">are2</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://waxinandmilkin.com/post/380070952/hey-i-finally-made-hi-res-versions-of-this" target="_blank">waxandmilk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>HEY! I finally made hi-res versions of this poster…..now with new styles/colorways based on different Jarmusch movies.</p> <p><b><a href="http://markmalazarte.com/jarmusch/" target="_blank">VIEW / DOWNLOAD HERE</a></b></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://filmresponse.com/post/380623212http://filmresponse.com/post/380623212Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:32:57 -0300Jarmusch<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxkycyT6Tx1qzqq4no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Metropolis poster</p> <p>(via <a href="http://sissydudeomen2.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sissydudeomen2</a>)</p>http://filmresponse.com/post/380078206http://filmresponse.com/post/380078206Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:25:01 -0300postersMetropolis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxkxcn5yVp1qzx3vro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com/2010/02/on-waterfront-sur-les-quais-1954-elia.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ddlForiegnMovies+%28DDL+Foriegn+Movies%29" target="_blank">On the Waterfront [Sur les quais] (1954) - Elia KAZAN</a></p>http://filmresponse.com/post/380041884http://filmresponse.com/post/380041884Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:53:11 -0300postersmoviesBrando<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxfsnc9w2a1qzx3vro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/1462" target="_blank">Movie Poster of the Week: The Dungeon Masters</a></p>http://filmresponse.com/post/374633497http://filmresponse.com/post/374633497Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:23:35 -0300postersfilmmovies