Spectacle: Crossing the Processing Line
Posted by Avril in Internet, media, Pop Culture, spectacle on 18. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’m a luddite, I’ll admit it. But it’s little alienating sometimes to realize I’m pretty much the only person alive without an iPhone. The thing shoots HD video, has FaceTime video calling… does just about everything except walk your dog and paint your nails. (And, patience friends—apps for that are in the works). The irony, [...]
How sad is Precious?
Posted by Anupa in Film, Pop Culture on 27. Nov, 2009 | 3 Comments
When Hotel Rwanda came out I remember avoiding seeing it for over a year, despite the hysteria, because everyone told me it was sad as hell. I did the same with Before Sunrise, Eternal Sunshine, Leaving Las Vegas, Requiem For A Dream, and other generally depressing films. Of course, I went on to love all [...]
Review: "Inglourious Basterds"
Posted by Jef in Film, Pop Culture on 27. Aug, 2009 | 2 Comments
Quentin Tarantino is an unlikely choice to direct a Nazi film only insofar as we’ve come to view Nazi films. Rest assured, Inglourious Basterds ain’t Oscar bait, but that doesn’t mean the revisionist Hitler death fantasy isn’t Tarantino’s most relevant work to date. Despite Basterds’s flagrant hipness, the cues of WWII and WWII movies positions [...]
