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I was shocked and pleased at the end of Sherlock Holmes when the director’s credit was shown. I’d either forgotten or ignored that it was a Guy Ritchie movie. After Revolver and Rocknrolla my faith in his abilities had taken a couple of hard hits. With Holmes, Ritchie delivers a solid period/mystery thriller/actioner. Sherlock Holmes [...]
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I was super-reluctant to give in to the hype and see this movie, but I was very glad that I did give in when my brother asked me to go see it with him. I was pretty disappointed by Titanic, but it was nice to know that the man behind Aliens and Terminator still knows [...]
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Collapse is surely a documentary meant to strike fear in all of us. World History is littered with examples of empires that grow, peak, and collapse. The USA should be no exception to that rule, but when the Portuguese, Spanish, French and British empires all finally became undone, how was it felt on “Main Street”? [...]
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Cool stuff! A movie proposed and possibly scripted but never ultimately made, Brotherman was the brainchild of a group of Chicago ad men turned would-be producers who never got their project off the ground. But they did get far enough to commission a soundtrack in 1974 Brotherman by The Final Solution (via The A.V. Club)
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Everyone is buzzing about this film and they are right: it’s good. Outstanding story and special effects. Director Neill Blomkamp proved many years ago that he is in the top echelon of artists who combine a cinema verité filming style with a compelling story. If you’re not familiar with the premise, a huge alien “mother [...]
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Long Portrait: Debauchette from Clayton Cubitt on Vimeo Clayton Cubitt is an editorial and art photographer based here in New York (and a ludicrously talented one at that), and he’s been producing what he’s calling “long portraits,” video portraits running about five minutes in length. They work as a study of minute facial expressions, so [...]
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Of all the long, rich histories in Europe the long, rich history of projecting multimedia art on building facades is my favorite. The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture – the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break through [...]
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This looks awesome! Trust me. …in the year 2019…an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires [who] must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery… Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. Starring Ethan [...]
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Adobe and University of Wisconsin scientists have created software that can correct shaky camerawork, but it’s way cooler than anything on the market now. Using 3D modeling, it guesses the intended look, then warps the original video to adjust. New Software Corrects Shaky Camerawork by Warping the Crap Out of It (via Gizmodo)
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If you like documentaries you don’t want to miss this amazing story. Several filmmakers (including the good people at Kartemquin Films) spent 4 years following families before and after they became American immigrants. The re-broadcast starts on July 5th. Check the schedule at ITVS’ Global Voices website. Starting in five nations, covering four years, with [...]
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