04.08.12 |
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Great small film websites can die, but that doesn't stop great writing from continuing on. Screened was one such site, with a wiki like interface and a lot of personality. But last week the site was sold off to new management with all the writing staff disbanded.
Nevertheless, Screened's head writer Matt Rorie is now setting up temporary residence over at his Tumblr blog. The guy is an excellent writer so check him out; not a lot there yet, but it shows a lot of promise with a kick ass review of The Raid and some commentary on Netflix.
04.05.12 |
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Finally caught up with Take Shelter late yesterday evening, and Michael Shannon’s performance completely blew me away. Yet that ending…I won’t spoil anything, but if you’ve seen the film, there’s a pretty in depth discussion here over at the Criterion Forum regarding exactly what happened.
10.18.10 |
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Danish film can be a hard starter for many; mainstream moviegoers harp on the usual “downsides” applicable to foreign film: subtitles, unorthodox plotting, and no recognizable stars. Even art house veterans can find it hard to dissociate Denmark’s output from the well known (infamous?) director Lars von Trier, who’s films run cold, experimental and arguably misanthropic.
There’s more out there. What follows are three very different Danish films in three varied genres, all personal favorites of mine and a starting point for learning more about what Danish (or for some, just plain foreign) cinema has to offer.
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12.01.09 |
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As more and more people watch film in ways different from the “traditional” formats of the theaters and DVDs, the progress bar, a indicator that shows exactly how far into a film the viewer is, has become commonplace. While instinctively it’s a great device to help navigate back and forth through a movie, I’ve got serious problems with the device, as it can completely kill the enveloping effect of a movie.
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