January 2011
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America’s longest continuously operating movie theater, down the road from Feral Farm, is showing a film written and directed by the Coen Brothers! Cinema of this calibre is a rare treat in a town of 2000 people.
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“what Al Jazeera in Egypt is for cable TV: a wake-up call from the future.”
– Doc Searls
spending a last night in New Jersey meandering through the “Garden State” (2004), director Zach Braff’s first feature.
300 channels of dreck
Having spent the last few weeks in a house with satellite TV, we can only hope the endless “channels” of talentless entertainment, and dumbed-down edutainment, merely reflect what the networks choose and afford to produce, rather than representing the actual taste and demands of the viewing public.
Are you paying $60-100 a month for this “service”? You can do so much...
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“Dump your cable TV service. Get the shows you actually enjoy from iTunes and...”
– productivity advice from a successful one-man shop
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Orson Wells’ “The Other Side of the Wind” (1972) could now see the light of day, according to The Guardian.
if you hire a pretty idiot as your on-camera narrator, and allow him to improvise, your show will be painted with ignorance.
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Noir City Film Festival →
January 21 - 30, The Castro Theatre, San Francisco
we appreciate that @TCM shows old anamorphic films are their actual 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
we’re enjoying the Peter Sellers mini-marathon on @TCM tonight.
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“Cherries don’t sell sundaes.” - Khoi Vinh http://ping.fm/GJrrK twuote
on any given day, the programming lineup on cable or satellite TV reads like a dissonant directory of declining art and culture.
“Natural Born Killers” (1994) is a serial killer amusement park ride, layered like an adrenalin dream.
so much work, no time to watch anything. have carried the same dusty DVDs across 12 state lines.
what’s your favorite web site or app for finding local movie listings, on a mobile phone?