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Shot, Reverse Shot: The Coen Brothers

Found another great video essay about making film. Enjoy this gem about the Coen’s brothers’ secret to rhythm and dialog.

Film Essays About Film

What great things you can find by stomping around on the Internet. Here are three really cool film essays about film from a Vimeo channel called Kogonada I selected three that I really liked, but if you’re a video buff, you’ll probably spend some time checking out all the good stuff. Here are my picks:Continue reading “Film Essays About Film”

Indie Movies That Boggle The Mind: Movies for People who Like a Mind Challenge

With more opportunities for indie markets, in comes some pretty interesting stuff at the movies. As a lover of postmodern fiction, I really like a good mind-f** when it comes to a story, especially if it’s a movie, and doubly so if it’s also a comedy or romance. Everyone’s already seen Inception, Matrix, and Memento,Continue reading “Indie Movies That Boggle The Mind: Movies for People who Like a Mind Challenge”

Best Indie Documentaries on Creativity

For some reason, now that 2015 started, I’m in a mood to take stock of things. Last year I taught for the first time a class on creativity and writing, and I’ve had the pleasure of watching some truly inspiring documentaries on the creative process. Here are a few that are worth seeing. Indie Game:Continue reading “Best Indie Documentaries on Creativity”

The Funniest Movie Scenes Ever

I thought I’d start my first new year’s post on a high note. I’d been thinking about moments in movies when I laughed so hard it actually made the entire movie. The more I thought about it, the more I realized there are some truly amazing funniest scenes in movies. Here are five, in noContinue reading “The Funniest Movie Scenes Ever”

Are Apes Sexist? Yes, According to Hollywood

Hollywood’s standards for women roles are pretty low, but Dawn of Planet of the Apes goes even lower…the movie doesn’t even have leading female ape roles.

How GoT Lost Cred

I admit that I wasn’t all that hot on the GoT fashion train when it first became the GoT fashion train. I read the book, only the first one. It felt tediously slow and unreasonably long for what I got out of it. It had way too many characters and the plot advances at aContinue reading “How GoT Lost Cred”

I Don’t Want to Live in Rainbow Land And You Can’t Make Me

This is just a short post from the social commentary aspect of my blog. I recently watched the movie The Campaign, a Will Ferrel movie that I would only recommend as a light, entertaining film to watch when you don’t feel like getting involved in serious intellectual stuff. I’m going to spoil the highlight forContinue reading “I Don’t Want to Live in Rainbow Land And You Can’t Make Me”