[Update: As if this post weren’t long enough, there’s now a Part 2.] On January 22, I read Shya Scanlon’s…
Uncover Your Tracks: A Preliminary Critique of James Wood’s How Fiction Works
Shya posted something two days ago about James Wood’s How Fiction Works, in which Wood advocates the use of “free…
Postmodernist Identity, part 1: IPCRESS, Bond, Austin Powers, and G.I. Joe
OK, time to get really geeky. Paul’s recent post mentioning Len Deighton’s The IPCRESS File (1962) jostled a few thoughts…
Why Genre Will Prevail, in Peace and Freedom from Fear, and in True Health, through the Purity and Essence of Its Natural Fluids, God Bless You All
re: John M. recently quoting something that Paul wrote at his blog, and re: Roxane’s recent post and the resulting…
Reading Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 1
Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8…
Brevity, Part 6: Roundhay Garden Scene, ctd.(well, it’s short)
Roundhay Garden Scene is hardly the only short film that transcends its brief running time. Here are seven other shorts…
Brevity, Part 5: Roundhay Garden Scene
This is Roundhay Garden Scene, the oldest surviving movie shot on film:
Notes on Twee, part 1: Music Videos as School Plays
1993: Crash Test Dummies: “MMM MMM MMM MMM”, director unknown.
Brevity, Part 3: Long Takes Continued (well, they’re long)
While writing my previous post, I grew aware that I wasn’t mentioning any women filmmakers. So I’d like to add…