I haven’t seen every single music documentary released between 2000-2010, but I have come pretty close. I’ll watch one on any band whether I’m a fan or not. Most of the time documentaries about bands I don’t really like or am completely unfamiliar with turn out to be the most interesting. Compiling this list was much harder […]
Once upon a time, an English professor explained to me–and the rest of her class–the seven basic plots in literature. In addition to providing a working context for writers, she suggested, the prevalence of these themes relieves all creative people of the burden of avoiding cliché. If there are only seven stories any of us can tell, […]
This Matrix/Big Lebowski mash-up should win an Oscar. (h/t Steve Barker) Also, on a semi-related note, here’s the very-well-done Arrested Development action movie trailer from a while back that I forgot to post. The best part is obviously the Tobias chair kick at 0:54.
My brother married a Canadian woman. They exchanged vows in an Ontario border town situated at the most eastern and most southern point of Lake Superior. For the reception, the bride’s family–who had emigrated from Italy–supplied enough good wine to fill up all five Great Lakes. (All of it was consumed.) The maid of honor made a […]
This is pretty much the best idea going. The Alamo Drafthouse (along with jeans-maker Levi’s) is showing nine different classic flicks in (or around) the locations where they take place. Some settings are more spot on than others — Jackie Brown in LA’s Del Amo Fashion Mall is perfection — but the whole concept is just fantastic. […]
Inception is the most bold, daring, thought-provoking, original work released by a major Hollywood studio in the last decade. To classify Christopher Nolan’s film to any specific genre is a disservice to the audience’s expectations. Dreams and ideas lay at the forefront of this psychological mind-bender; how one man’s subconscious thoughts can either make or break his […]
Jul21
Dog Sings About Bats
This theme music sung by a dog comes from the cartoon show, but Batman was a movie, too, right? Whatever. This is too good not to post even if it’s not particularly film-related. I mean, even Christian Bale couldn’t yell at this adorable pup. (via Warming Glow)
As a few million of you might know, Inception opened this past weekend to the delight of many and the derision of a few who expected a summer movie to be a masterpiece. Please note: there is no “second coming” in the summer. If you’re privy to the recent heat wave that has blanketed the Northeast, summer […]
This graphical breakdown of career director arcs over on Into the Abyss is pretty damn fantastic. What author Todd Miro did was compile all the Rotten Tomatoes scores for all the movies made by a director and then chart those critical rankings on a line graph to show how well each director’s flicks were received over time. […]