September 30th, 2008 |
Since I’ve taken off the sidebar section with the asides, which is where I used to highlight notable things on other sites, I decided I should start collecting some notable links together into larger posts. Mostly because this will discourage me from simply sharing things on GoogleReader or linking them on Friendfeed, which is not [...]
September 26th, 2008 |
If I could be anywhere except sunny LA right now, it would definitely be Austin for the Austin City Limits music festival. I nearly flew back to Texas for it, but given my current non-employed status, it’s a good thing I didn’t. Maybe next year I can save up for it.
Anyway, the next best thing [...]
September 24th, 2008 |
This is on the beginning of the Speed Racer DVD, and I assume elsewhere. I watched it with my mouth gaping. Who at Warner Brothers thought this would be a good use of a classic film? And how about these values: “Making time with Victor’s girl - good; pirating DVDs - bad.” Yep, copying their [...]
September 24th, 2008 |
I didn’t get this out on time because I kept looking at the DVD release list this week and going, “is that it? Really?” Yeah, after the plethora of interesting options last week, this week is pretty slim.
Pick of the Week
The main thing worth looking at this week is the Godfather Coppola Restoration Set. All [...]
September 24th, 2008 |
This post is part of a project to watch the Film Bloggers’ 100 Favorite Non-English Films.
Amélie
France 2001; dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
screened 4/6/08; DVD
Previous Viewing Experience: I’ve seen this at least four times, but most of them were pretty soon after it came out on DVD, so it’s probably been four or [...]
September 24th, 2008 |
This post is part of a project to watch the Film Bloggers’ 100 Favorite Non-English Films.
Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel)
Germany 1931; dir: Josef von Sternberg
starring: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich
screened 7/5/08; New Beverly Cinema
Previous Viewing Experience: Never seen it, nor anything else directed by von Sternberg or starring Jannings, though I’ve seen several later [...]
September 18th, 2008 |
Busy week of concerts for me! I went to see Glasgow band The Fratellis on Tuesday night. I’ve been meaning to feature the Fratellis on a Music Monday for a long time, but haven’t, largely due to Music Monday going on hiatus while I settled in out here. Then I got tickets to their concert [...]
September 16th, 2008 |
Let’s see if I can revive the DVD New Release posts. Now that I’ve had time to actually catch up on what’s being released.
New Release Picks
Speed Racer
Okay, so I didn’t actually see this in theatres. And it got trounced by most critics. On the other hand, I’ve seen a few glowing reviews from bloggers I [...]