FILM

Argo – Why it’s NOT the Best Picture

by Tony Shea January 10, 2013

1/13/13 Well, I’m certainly wrong so far. Argo took best Drama at the Golden Globes tonight. Let’s see what happens at the Oscars. TS Argo has been receiving a slew of award nominations lately, including this morning’s Oscar nomination for Best Picture, along with Beasts of the Southern Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, […]

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Django Unchained

by Tony Shea December 31, 2012

I always look forward to a new Tarantino film. I want to see what unusual mash up he’ll put together, in his highly personal and idiosyncratic style, filled with its black humor and carnage. And so it was that I felt a twinge of excitement as I went to see Django Unchained, on Friday night. […]

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In Praise of Oscar Niemeyer: The Boy from Brasilia

by Daedalus Howell December 6, 2012

Oscar Niemeyer, the internationally-renown architect and father of modern architecture, died today at the age of 104. Among his accomplishments was the design of the futuristic “planned” city of Brasilia, which not only became the capital of Brazil but, with its abstract, non-linear forms, has inspired sci-fi cityscapes ever since. As a salute to Niemeyer’s […]

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Snuz Bros – Hot Day

by Eric Hoffman November 29, 2012

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In Praise of Robert Altman

by Thad Weitz November 20, 2012

November 20th  marks the anniversary of the death of  Robert Altman. Thad Weitz discusses the director’s legendary work. (7 video clips) Perhaps Scorcese, Coppola, Peckinpah, and Woody Allen were his only contemporaries who rivaled his artistic achievements. Even so, his name doesn’t have quite the same widespread recognition as these peers—he is more of a […]

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A Brief History of the Mustache in Cinema

by Daedalus Howell October 29, 2012

Sad to report that our documentary film, A Brief History of the Mustache in Cinema, has been shaved from the development slate of upstart cabler The Hair Channel. Collaborator Cary Carpe and I had been tapped to track the mustache through cinema for the new channel (a sort of E! for all things follicular) after […]

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All the World’s a Stooge

by Bill Chott October 24, 2012

Are you a fan of the Three Stooges? There was always something forbidden about the Stooges when I was a kid. When I was 5, my friend Scott Watson tried to do one of those Moe smacks on the nose. He tapped me rather lightly, but my nose started to bleed a river. Now, my […]

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In Praise of William Friedkin

by Richard B. Phillips October 11, 2012

William Friedkin is an American treasure and one of the boldest, uncompromising directors in the world. And at age 77 (which he turned recently) he continues to take risks by exploring the most terrifying subject matter that teeters on realism and hyper realism.  His latest film, Killer Joe, which is screening in theaters and stars […]

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Wes Anderson

In Praise of Wes Anderson

by Tony Shea October 6, 2012

Wes Anderson has now made three of my favorite films, with the inclusion of Moonrise Kingdom, along with Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Royal Tenenbaums. Like Terry Gilliam and the Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson’s highly personal and idiosyncratic style is not for everybody, but I would argue that Wes Anderson is probably the best contemporary filmmaker […]

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