cinema | cinema
May.08.2013
Well, it was inevitable.
I don't have many heroes but Ray Harryhausen was definitely one of them. I grew up on his films and never got over the impact they had on my young, impressionable mind.
I was saddened but unsurprised to learn of his passing--my first thought was that he and his old pal Ray...
|
May.02.2013
We writers have heard for years that cinema has co-opted books. We've been taught to write in a manner that mimics cameras shots, i.e., to cinematize literature. Now a new twist appears (see link below) with Steven Soderbergh retiring from cinema and posting chapters from a novella on Twitter....
|
Mar.25.2013
Once again, Festival du Cannes is using classic movie stars to promote it’s upcoming European festival. An iconic couple: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman in A New Kind of Love (1963) personify the spirit of cinema on the official 66th edition poster.
Woodward and Newman were married for many...
|
Dec.28.2012
Strange to have a movie season replete with flicks the missus and I consider"must-sees." One we saw the day after Christmas was, for me, a long awaited one: Les Misérables. The story is famous enough that I needn't depict the plot. Suffice it to say that for the most part the movie clung...
|
|
Dec.03.2012
Inter-Disciplinary.net is sponsoring an international conference in February, 2013. Called Hollywood and the World, this research confab seeks to explore issues of cinema and its global influence across historical periods, and within cultural, political and social contexts; both in the US...
|
Aug.29.2012
I’m thrilled to be part of the Film Book Fair at CINECON 48. It’s part of the Memorabilia Show, located on the third floor meeting area of the Loews Hollywood Hotel (formerly the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel), at 1755 N. Highland Ave., and it’s going on all weekend.
I’ ll be presenting the...
|
|
May.07.2012
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has completed work on its outdoor theater, and has unveiled a marvelous collection of film screenings for the Summer. Oscars Outdoors will kickoff on June 15th, and continue through August 18th. Actually, on Saturday, May 19th, the Academy will...
|
|
|
Mar.18.2012
The demise of western movies is a sad, if inevitable result of a culture that has lost contact with its past, the landscape that surrounds and defines us, and the proud, independent spirit that allowed settlers to overcome monstrous odds and forge a nation.
In a recent post on my film blog I...
|
Jan.30.2012
My wife recently bought me a palm-sized video camera, the Kodak "PlayFull".
Her timing is impeccable--Kodak just announced they're seeking bankruptsy protection. That venerable old firm getting left in the technological dust by its competitors. Fighting for its survival. How the mighty...
|