Every now and then, while I’m watching a film, I’ll become unintentionally physically demonstrative. What I mean is that I’m not trying to draw attention to myself; I don’t want to have people around me hear me audibly sigh; I’m not looking for the person next to me to notice my head drop into myContinue reading “AN UNFORTUNATE AND AGONIZING INTERVIEW“
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IT’S LIKE A MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD MST3K
I’m not sure how long ago Slate V launched. If you subscribe to any Slate emails like me, I’m sure you’ve been receiving the online magazine’s new daily emails about this video only site as well, so this may or may not be new to you, but what they posted today looks like the beginningContinue reading “IT’S LIKE A MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD MST3K”
OH YEAH, I HAVE A BLOG: RANDOM THOUGHTS TRYING TO GET BACK INTO FOCUS … OR OUT OF IT
Every now and then, I would click the bookmark for Out of Focus and wonder why there was no new content. What was this guy doing? Just letting his little corner of the internet sit there, all empty and lonely. And then I remembered … this guy was me. The last seven months have beenContinue reading “OH YEAH, I HAVE A BLOG: RANDOM THOUGHTS TRYING TO GET BACK INTO FOCUS … OR OUT OF IT”
THE 2007 TOP 10 BEGINS WITH THE HOST
Yes, previously I wrote wrapping up “2007” when I meant 2006, but this subject header is what I actually mean. Today Magnolia Films opens the movie that would have been my number 2 on my 2006 list had it been released last year. Yup, ahead of The Departed. At last year’s New York Film Festival,Continue reading “THE 2007 TOP 10 BEGINS WITH THE HOST“
HEIDI & RACHEL PRESENT A MORE ENTERTAINING BLOG THAN THIS
To know Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, the directors of Jesus Camp, is to love them, and if you visit the Tribeca Film Festival site, you can get to know them — not quite intimately, but somewhat personally. These two awesome ladies kept a little diary for us spanning the weeks from learning about theirContinue reading “HEIDI & RACHEL PRESENT A MORE ENTERTAINING BLOG THAN THIS”
MORE TOMORROW (ER TODAY!) BUT FOR NOW, AT LEAST I CAN SLEEP NOT ANGRY
Thank god. Or Thank Oscar! Or whatever. But congratulations Martin Scorsese. It was great to see you not just finally win what you have so long deserved, but to receive your award from your compatriots. Congratulations The Departed. Congratulations Pan’s Labyrinth for at least some of the recognition you deserved. Congratulations Babel for still beingContinue reading “MORE TOMORROW (ER TODAY!) BUT FOR NOW, AT LEAST I CAN SLEEP NOT ANGRY”
OH, WOW … THERE GOES FEBRUARY: PREPPING FOR OSCAR
So much to say; so little time. Ellen hops on that stage in under an hour, and what have I missed? I still didn’t finish wrapping up 2007 2006 (thanks Cinetrix for being copyeditor to my mushy brain); I never put up my Spirit Awards or Razzies ballots; I haven’t even stopped by to mentionContinue reading “OH, WOW … THERE GOES FEBRUARY: PREPPING FOR OSCAR”
JESUS CAMP AND TRIBECA SHARE AN OSCAR FIRST
About a month ago I think I mentioned that I’ve been helping out a bit on the Tribeca web site. If you didn’t know, the Tribeca site has continuously changing content, highlighted by a now-weekly email newsletter. For the past couple months, I’ve been writing said newsletter and the associated website copy, a job IContinue reading “JESUS CAMP AND TRIBECA SHARE AN OSCAR FIRST”
2006 IN REVIEW PART III: THE REAL WORST
(Ahhh … a lost classic … an unfinished post … but it contains my Bottom 10 of 2006, so for posterity’s sake …) Unlike Oscar, this year I HAVEN’T seen most of the films that received the dubious dishonor of one (or several) Razzie Nominations. Even so, I’m a Razzie voter, and I know inContinue reading “2006 IN REVIEW PART III: THE REAL WORST”
MORE OSCAR REACTIONS
(What happens when my brain just tosses out random thoughts and comments before I sit and compile them into some sort of first-person dialogue that I pretend to be average writing? Why, that would be the following, incomplete random nomination … whatevers.) Pan’s Labyrinth: SIX nominations. That’s huge for a foreign film, and with thatContinue reading “MORE OSCAR REACTIONS”
Out of Focus 