Category: Film and Video
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The truth-telling power of fairy-tale
(First of all, if you don’t know about Gobelins, consider this an introduction. Gobelins, reader, reader, Gobelins — a French animation school that’s putting out some of the most consistently beautiful and inspiring short films I’ve seen over the past few years.) Now, as to the film above — if I told you, in facts,…
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For want of a hero, 2012 box office revenue was lost
I recently heard it argued that movie attendance is down not only because of the economy, but because of the absence of admirable heroes in film. Then I saw Screen Rant’s story about how ticket sales are the lowest they’ve been since tracking started in 1993. The only saving graces for the box office, Screen…
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Robot & Frank actually looks kind of great
Has anyone seen Robot & Frank yet? I’ve ignored the trailer for a while, but finally watched it this morning, and thought it looked entirely different and more appealing than whatever I thought it was. 89% on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t a bad sign either. If you wind up watching it, let me know if it’s…
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The Classics: “A lot of people wonder that, a lot of … island people.”
In today’s edition of The Classics, a series in which we share things from forever ago that should not be forgotten, we’re proud to present SCTV’s Sunrise Semester with Ed Grimley, lecturing on Snakes.