Tag: film

Rootclip Starts the Film, You End It

Cristina Cordova — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:42:50 -0500

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Rootclip offers a new venue for amateur and indie filmmakers who want to take part in a joint story-telling experience.

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The Films of Carlos Reygadas

Cristina Cordova — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:09:04 -0500

The screen is black. A mass of ambient sounds emerges to pull the viewer into an immediate state of hypnosis. Crickets and a plethora of other insects are making their voices heard. Cattle and roosters join in, birds chirping, all while the camera slowly spins around with the grace of a Hitchcock film. At first a bit disorientating, soon it's evident we're looking at the nighttime sky onscreen, clouds and stars all together to form a perfect symbiosis with the soundtrack. The camera settles, and some light appears on the horizon. As the sun rises, two

My Bloody Valentine

Cristina Cordova — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:51:57 -0500

An evening with Lloyd Kaufman & 35 Years of Troma

The Short Side of the Oscars

Max Ross — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:30:22 -0600

At this year's Academy Awards, there will be films that — believe it or not — are actually judged on their artistic merit. No one will remember them a year from now, or probably even a month from now, but these reels contain imaginative innovations and emotional depths that surpass those evoked by any nominee for Best Feature-Length Film. I'm speaking of course (of course!) about the nominees for short films.

The Insanely Eupeptic

cristina — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:36:27 -0500

“ … Sure, it’s all there, but it’s kind of a tease. We’re definitely guilty of teasing.” —Joel Coen, on Barton Fink

The Devil Wears Nada

cristina — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:33:47 -0500

“Combining collegiate potty humor with flashes of surrealistic brilliance, comedies such as Anchorman, Wedding Crashers, and Old School represent the height of the Hollywood crossover, appealing to old smart alecks, young dumb alecks, and anyone in between who appreciates gratuitous nudity and boner gags.”

To The Barricades

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500

As I was watching the mid-June press screening of Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko, I could almost hear the lips of the conservative bloggers and talk show hosts beginning to smack as the smell of fresh meat wafted over the media landscape. Moore, whose Bowling for Columbine won the Academy Award for best documentary, won’t disappoint.

The Mystery of the Girl Who Didn’t Care

admin — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

I raised three daughters who spent their childhoods reading Harry Potter. So I had never encountered the Nancy Drew mysteries until Malcolm, my seven-year-old son, received a copy of one in a bookstore earlier this year. Apparently, Nancy Drew wasn’t selling, so to spark interest the store was giving away The Secret of the Old Clock, the first book in the series, with purchase of any two children’s books. The story, to me, was rather predictable, and Nancy Drew, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a well-to-do attorney, was so wholesome as to be unbelievable.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

admin — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0600

The best news the fans of James Bond books could have heard last year was that Paul Haggis was working on the screenplay for Casino Royale, and that this movie would stick closely to Ian Fleming’s book. Haggis, the writer of Crash and Flags of Our Fathers, teamed up with writers of the last few Bond-taculars to restore some intelligence to what had become a franchise sustained only by a spectacular chase, followed by a fight, followed by an explosion, followed by sex. Repeat as necessary.

A Prairie Home Production Assistant

admin — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Jon Steinhorst was on break from Columbia College’s film program, and he was looking to make a few bucks. Back when he was in design school, Jon spent his summers painting houses, so repairing stucco on his mother-in-law’s home wasn’t out of the question. But stucco proved to be an insurmountable challenge. So Jon whipped up a résumé that described his quartet of short films and his design background. After printing a dozen copies, he headed to the Prairie Home Companion set in search of a yet nameless assistant director. The other day, Jon spilled the beans about his experience.