Thumbnails 7/29/2013
“Dawn of the Dead”, Japanese-style; the effects of the depression in Greece; what happens when blogs go silent; revisiting Cronenberg’s “The Dead Zone”; Fassbinder/Foley.
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thumbnails 7/28/2013
On Trayvon and Questlove and feminism and racism; why the American right hates Detroit; Elliott Gould tells tales out of school; why somebody should adapt Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk.’
She doesn’t give a damn about her bad reputation: Why “The To Do List” is revolutionary
“The To Do List” may not be a film of great substance, but this comedy
about a young girl’s strange, semi-erotic journey from untouched maiden
to minx accomplishes something both rare and significant for a teen
movie: it places a female character in the central role as unapologetic
sexual aggressor.
Thumbnails 7/26/2013
All the movies Stanley Kubrick was known to have liked; the 25 most exciting young female filmmakers in cinema today; Skyler White is not a bitch; why Spike Lee doesn’t need Kickstarter; reporter’s account of watching her elderly parents getting arrested; scientists implant false memory in a mouse’s brain; Paul Thomas Anderson directs Fiona Apple.
“The Grandmaster” at Comic-Con 2013
Jana Monji reports on the party for Wong Kar Wai’s “The Grandmaster” at Comic-Con 2013 in San Diego.
“The World’s End” at Comic-Con 2013
Jana Monji reports on the Comic-Con panel for the new movie “The World’s End,” from the team behind “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.”
Thumbnails 7/25/2013
Ailing ‘Simpsons’ co-creator to give away fortune; ‘Fruitvale Station’ and Trayvon Martin; how comic-book movies make movies irrelevant; correlating violence to hairstyle on ‘Breaking Bad.'”
Roger Ebert and “The Wolverine”
Chaz considers Roger’s influence on James Mangold’s “The Wolverine.”
Thumbnails 7/24/2013
What it means to craft “personal” writing; Steven Soderbergh pledges $10,000 to Spike Lee’s Kickstarter film; inside the Malick lawsuit; revisiting “There Will Be Blood.”
“That’s not a plot hole. Allow me to explain.”
You see it happen more and more often these days: a movie pauses to address a potential plot hole, then explains it away with clunky dialogue or ignores it and moves on. The movies are trying to plug leaks in a boat before the whole thing sinks—never quite repairing it, but doing just enough to get by.
Thinking Molecules update
Our contest to complete the story Roger started about the Thinking Molecules of Titan is officially closed.
Thumbnails 7/23/13
Remembering Dennis Farina; why Nate Silver doesn’t do the Oscars well; eulogizing Detroit; deeper into Troma.
Blood on the screen: Violence, movies and Me
How does screen violence make you feel? What kind hurts, and what kind doesn’t? What goes through your mind when you see blood on the screen?
Thumbnails 7/22/13
“The Godfather” as reimagined by J.J. Abrams; two USC grads who represent the future of filmmaking; a site is charged under an obscure Canadian anti–comic book law; advice for future visionary filmmakers; how “Sex and the City” lost its rep.
Hollywood’s your star support group: The “Divergent” panel at Comic-Con 2013
Nell Minow reports from the “Divergent ” panel at Comic-Con 2013 in San Diego.
Godzilla Encounter: Comic-Con 2013
At Comic-Con 2013, Jana Monji reports in on the Godzilla Encounter.
