Image via WikipediaFor serious movie fans, the shaky concept of "Best" as defined by the Oscars is invalidated from the get-go by a separate category for best foreign film--one that somehow never finds room for, say, Korean master Chan-Wook Park, let alone French master … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
ONE THAT GOT AWAY, BEATLES
EGGERS ON SALINGER
Image via Wikipedia...To me the question of whether or not he continued to write strikes at the heart of the nature of writing itself. If he indeed wrote volumes and volumes about the Glass family, as has been claimed, it would be such a curious thing, given that the nature of written communication … [Read more...]
AVATAR EXCHANGE
Image via WikipediaA friend writes: "The biggest puzzle that lingers for me after Avatar isthe message that young ones take away having seen the recruitment videos for the Marines and the Air Force before The Show. I think of the militaristic characters in Avatar as rogue Blackwater … [Read more...]
Hentoff
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/nyregion/09nyc.html?_r=3&ref=todayspaper … [Read more...]
BOFFO POSTER SITE
Or: How I Spent My Downtime: at cinemasterpieces. For more cheap thrills, go to http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en, enter "http://www.cinemasterpieces.com" in the "results images from this site or domain" box, and then tweak your size option settings to "medium" or "large." … [Read more...]
A HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE
"I've long known about Smith's recordings and his obsession with documenting what went on at the building where he lived and worked from the late 50s until the early 70s. One story, which has stuck with me since I first heard it, was of Smith cutting a hole in his ceiling to insert a microphone … [Read more...]
BUST A MOVE
Was it uplifting or depressing to see Young MC take down Up In the Air's cheezy corporate splash? Nelson George called it "the highlight," but I thought the one-hit wonder looked like Andre Braugher.This gets reviewed as a yuppie comeuppance, but its generational gags shoot the curl. When Anna … [Read more...]
CUSSING WITH THE SOUNDTRACK
Bobby Fuller via last.fm George Clooney at his best: he doesn't even need that smile...Best Use Of: Beach Boys "Heroes and Villains" Best Climactic Number: Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance" Related articles by ZemantaAFI Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox (cinematical.com)New Jarvis Cocker - "Fantastic … [Read more...]