For a long time I’ve held an ambiguous attitude toward geek culture, and ultra-fandom. On the one hand, it’s painfully disturbing how much time some people lavish over recreating their favorite fantasy franchises, whether they while away the hours writing fan-fiction, painting fan-art, sewing cosplay costumes, compiling guides to their favorite shows and films and [...]
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DIY Geek Cinema
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AKJAK, Aliens Vs. Predator, Andrew Koenig, animation, Batman, Batman: Dead End, Black Widow Gone Wild, Blade Runner, Chris Latta, comiquero, cosplay, Dark Hose Comics, DC Comics, fan-cinema, fandom, geek culture, George Lucas, Iron Man, Lord of the Rings, Mega-Man, Michael Bay, Mike Stoklasa, Patrick Boivin, Sandy Collora, Star Wars, Starscreem, Tim Burton, Transformers, Vader Sessions, Walter Koenig on March 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Why Do You Need So Many Cinemas?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AKJAK, animutation, Billy Joel, Brian Eno, Can Dialectics Break Bricks?, cinema, David Bordwell, David Lynch, détournement, Film Art, Flash animation, Frank Film, Frank Mouris, George Lucas, James Earl Jones, Joseph Cornell, Judson Laipply, Kanye West, Kristin Thompson, Len Lye, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Lumière Brothers, Mike Stoklasa, Neil Cicierega, Onion AV Club, René Viénet, Roger Ebert, scott mccloud, Situationist International, Stan Brakhage, Star Wars, Terry Gilliam, Thomas Edison, Understanding Comics, Vader Sessions, Weezer, YouTube on January 30, 2011 | 9 Comments »
In my last post on this topic, I argued that cinema can be redefined as “the cinematic arts,” which would include not only movies and short films, but also music videos, commercials, TV programs, experimental film and video, installation art, video games, Flash animations, animated gifs, and even “nonelectrical” forms of moving images, such as [...]
My Favorite New Movies of 2010
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Around a Small Mountain, Black Swan, Dogtooth, Hausu, Inception, Iron Man 2, Le Monde Vivant, Let the Right One In, Mike Stoklasa, Moon, Runaway, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sherlock Holmes, Shutter Island, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, The Fall, The Ghost Writer, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Where the Wild Things Are, White Material, Wild Grass, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger on January 7, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Hello and welcome to 2011. Time to make a list of what I liked and didn’t like in 2010. A word though first: I don’t consider the following definitive; I’m not trying to pronounce some final judgment on each of the following films. In ten year’s time, I might feel very differently about these movies; [...]
My Favorite New Movies of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Agnès Varda, Andrzej Wajda, Antichrist, Bill Murray, Bradley Beesley, Bright Star, Bruno Delbonnel, Chaos Reigns, Chris Marker, Christian Petzold, Christmas on Mars, Christoph Waltz, David Mamet, David Yates, Fanny Brawne, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frank Miller, George Salisbury, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hayao Miyazaki, Il Divo, Inglourious Basterds, J.J. Abrams, Jane Campion, Jerichow, John Keats, Katyń, Lars von Trier, Les Plages d’Agnès, Mike Stoklasa, Nicolas Roeg, Nightwatching, Oren Peli, Paolo Sorrentino, Paranormal Activity, Peter Greenaway, Ponyo, Puffball, Quentin Tarantino, Redbelt, Rembrandt, Richard Kelly, Ricky Jay, Rita Tushingham, sexism, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review, The Beaches of Agnes, The Box, The Spirit, torture porn, Tsai Ming-Liang, Visage (Face), Watchmen, Wayne Coyne, Wes Anderson, Whatever Works, Woody Allen, Zack Snyder on December 31, 2009 | 21 Comments »
[Update: 2010 is here] Here are my favorite new movies of 2009, like you care. I’m drawing from the films I saw in the theater this year, some of which were “officially” released a year or two ago. But they’re all new. …So, Mr. Cranky, what did you like?
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