a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to film
Everything tagged film
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08/14/07
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Women in Film
Women in Film. From the same person that brought us Women in Art, which I have to say is better, though this does provide an interesting look at the changing perceptions of beauty over the years in mainstream American culture. …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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On the Deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni
Both Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, to giants of film in my opinion (Bergman is hands down my favorite director) died this week. Rather than write up obituaries for them I thought I would defer to Mental Floss who do …continue reading »
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05/17/07
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The Drama of Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt won’t go away. She was born in 1844 and died in 1923, long past her glory days and well out of our reach. Her few silent films are awkward and off-putting. Yet she remains the most famous actress …continue reading »
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01/17/07
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Clooney and SciFi making “Diamond Age” miniseries
“Neal Stephenson’s Hugo-award winning masterpiece The Diamond Age is being made into a SciFi Channel miniseries. The Diamond Age tells the story of a group of neo-Victorians who’ve embraced strait-laced ethics and craftsmanship as a response to the infinite possibilities …continue reading »
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12/11/06
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Premiere Magazine - 20 Most Overrated
Hurrah to Premiere magazine for picking Jules and Jim as one of the 20 most overrated films of all time. I agree with all the picks on here except maybe Clerks and Easy Rider, neither of which are spectacular, but …continue reading »
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08/05/06
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Internet Archive: Feature Films
I think I might have linked to this before, but if not here’s an archive of legal downloads (films that are in the public domain). There’s some really great older stuff in here.continue reading »
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07/20/06
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The Haunting
“How Asian horror films put the fear back into America?s scary movies ? and brought the A list to a B genre.” If you want a truly freaky movie check out The Audition…continue reading »
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07/07/06
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Werner Herzog’s New Film ‘The Wild Blue Yonder’
The movie, which he describes as “science fiction fantasy,” tells the story of two interstellar voyages. The first is undertaken by an alien race fleeing a dying planet with hopes of colonizing Earth, the other by human astronauts who set …continue reading »
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06/11/06
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Jim Jarmush in the Guardian
When Jim Jarmusch speaks, it is like a man emptying out his pocketscontinue reading »
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06/06/06
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Blog Post from
Paris Hostel // Paris // France
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Cadenza
“On the meridian of time there is no justice, only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and justice”— H. Miller Outside it’s raining. Beads of water form on the window in front of me. The glow of …
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