Looking Closer
It boggles the mind. Read more
It boggles the mind. Read more
Friday specials: COEN BROTHERS’ NEXT MOVIE! Tommy Lee Jones gives credit to Flannery O’Connor and The Book of Ecclesisates in talking about his new film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Amy Wellborn noted this Boston Globe article today. NIGHTWATCH TRAILER YIKES… that’s a freaky trailer. ILLINOIS-Y NEWS Sufjan Stevens took 2nd place, just behind Kanye West, in the Village Voice music critics poll for the best albums of 2005. AND THE SNAKE WILL LIE DOWN WITH THE HAMSTER I... Read more
Christianity Today Movies has posted The 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2005. Mark Moring explains the definition: What do we mean by “redeeming” films? They’re all stories of redemption—sometimes blatantly, sometimes less so. Several of them literally have a character that represents a redeemer. And with some of them, the redemption thread is buried beneath the surface; you might have to look a bit harder for it, but it’s most certainly there. Some of them are “feel-good” movies that... Read more
It’s scary how well this trailer works… Read more
Well, that took, what… a few minutes? Wayne Proctor was the one to recognize that famous hat, which sits on the head of the dangerously beautiful Lena Olin in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. So, in the next contest, the name Wayne will be in some way related to the film… Read more
What film is this half-shot from? Okay… the new prize idea is this: Get it right, and the next Half-Shot contest will be in some way related to your name. I predict we’ll have a winner TODAY… probably in the next three hours. Post your guess in the comments. Read more
Thursday specials: COEN BROTHERS RETURN!! The next Coen Brothers film? Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. YOU SEE, IT’S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE… Thanks, Opus, for the link to the most intriguing “Lost” theory I’ve seen… BACKMASKING IS BACK! Need a laugh? The new issue of Lark News is up. Read more
Two worthwhile perspectives on Brokeback Mountain: Stephen Hunter sees the film very clearly: … a movie is a collection of images, not just words. What is said is secondary to the imagery — images, in the hands of a skillful filmmaker, such as the great Lee (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is his most well-known, “Eat Drink Man Woman” his best), are ideas. They carry ideas. They issue proclamations. They lobby for policy. And what do Lee’s images tell us? …... Read more
At midnight on February 1, 2006, I submitted Auralia’s Colors to the publisher. (more…) Read more
The New World‘s lack of Oscar nominations shows how utterly blind and unqualified Academy voters really are. This is nothing new, I know. But just because the Academy members make a habit of shoving our faces in their ignorance and susceptibility to hysteria and political hype doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt each time they insult and misguide the many who think their judgments are actually meaningful. Some of you have told me I shouldn’t care about this. Do I care... Read more
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