Spectacle: On the Street with Bill Cunningham
Posted by Avril in Art, fashion, Film, spectacle on 11. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
He’s both easy and impossible to miss amid the bustle of New York City. Between criss-crossing pedestrians and lane-changing taxis, you first see the flash of blue. And then comes the click. Follow the sound to the source and there he is: a fuzzy-haired old man, Nikon in hand, scanning the streets with his gaze. [...]
Reunions: the new hip-hop movement?
Posted by Anupa in Film, media, Music, Rappers, Toronto on 29. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
The above flick has been making the rounds in Toronto hip-hop circles recently; a shot corralled on Feb. 12, 2011 of some of Toronto’s biggest heads who came together to celebrate an iconic time slot in local rap radio. The same folks, and a bunch more, are featured in Celine Wong‘s just-uploaded short film, 1 [...]
What happened to all the good Hollywood films?
Posted by Simon in Film on 08. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
In a sprawling piece over at GQ, Mark Harris digs deep into the systemic problems with Hollywood’s studio system and the slow death of American mainstream cinema. From the whoring of films for profitability, devolving tastes and economic realities, Harris weaves into his truly informative essay plenty of levity and Solomon-like pinches of balanced perspective. [...]
Reeling: Watching “Blue Valentine” with my long-term girlfriend
Posted by Jef in Film, modern relationships, Reeling, sex week on 14. Feb, 2011 | 5 Comments
The general consensus around Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine is that it’s a very bad choice for a first date activity. I don’t disagree. But it’s also an awkward idea for a ten-thousandth date, which I learned after catching a screening with my girlfriend of nine years. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play Cindy and Dean, [...]
The Atlas Shrugged movie trailer. And it is awful.
Posted by Simon in books, Film on 14. Feb, 2011 | 2 Comments
Not the first movie adapted from one of Ayn Rand’s tomes of objectivism, and probably not the last. Particularly because, from the looks of it, this one has all the trappings of ending up in straight-to-DVD purgatory. Asides from coming off melodramatic and poorly written, this movie also looks, you know, totally boring. Trains people! [...]
