Review: Game of Thrones; Or, A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Westeros
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How riveting was Game of Thrones last night? We saw Bran have a dream, talk to Osha, and walk. We saw Jon talk to Mance Rayder and walk. Arya and her rag tags walk, get captured, talk to their captors, and then walk some more. Sansa eats lemon cakes (is that the only pastry in… More
Shakespeare Uncovered: A Review
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Today, in a rare mood to shake things up, I’ve decided to review something other than old books about writing, old books that only I care about. And, in a seemingly similar mood, PBS has decided to air something other than reruns of Doctor Who and is instead showing a series, Fridays at nine, about… More
Top 5 Art Documentaries
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Five (or six) of my favorite art related documentaries. A must-watch list of sorts. More
What to Do When Confronted With a Demon
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I took my dad to see Prometheus this Father’s Day, and of course when you see one summer movie, you get to hear about the rest… More
Adventures In Reverse Psychology
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This is how it’s done. The public Library in Troy, Michigan reverses popular opinion and lights a fire under voters’ asses. Pun intended. More
A Brief History of John Baldessari
A great short about the life of artist John Baldessari. Narrated by the man with the gravelly voice, Mr. Tom Waits. via BoingBoing More
The Art of Making, Alma Flamenca
“Pieces of wood, love, knowledge and 299 hours of work, condensed in a 3 minute film.” Director & VFX – Spiros Rasidakis, Dimitris Ladopoulos Director of photography – Nikos Mexis Editing – Yiannis Kostavaras Sound Design – Nikos Tsines Guitarist & Composer – Edsart Udo De Haes Guitar Maker – Vassilis Lazarides lazarides.com via Deep… More
Coming Home
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I’ve started a new project of scoring stock footage, which, by the way, is in danger of being made more difficult to obtain through new anti-piracy laws; look into the new PIPA and SOPA laws now put before congress, which though supposedly intended to protect corporations against privacy, will severely limit public access to public… More
PROTÉIGON
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An incredibly smooth stop motion film created by Steven Briand aka BURAYAN. When I say incredibly smooth, I mean it. It’s no easy task to produce stop motion animation with such a seamless quality. More
I Believe I can Fly (flight of the frenchies)
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These Frenchies are crazy! Following in the footsteps of Man on Wire, which is on my shortlist of best documentaries, the Skyliners team and filmmaker Sébastien Montaz-Rosset provide us with some vertigo-inducing views in their latest film, I believe I can Fly (flight of the frenchies). More
Salvador Dali on “What’s My Line?”
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We all know of Dali’s bloated ego; He fancied himself quite the Renaissance Man. In this clip from “What’s My Line?” – Dali gives the panel a good run-around trying to figure out what it is, exactly, that he does. …oh, and just in case you didn’t already know: More
Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography – Language
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Kinetic typography animation using the wonderful words of acclaimed writer and actor Stephen Fry. Agreed. More