22 Oct
Oct 22, 2008
Last week, I was hooked by an indieWIRE story about the latest trend in the filmmaking world known variously as “crowd-sourcing,” “swarm filmmaking,” or “open source cinema.” I asked around and it seems I am a Johnny-Come-Lately to the whole concept (For you other Luddites, the basic idea is that filmmakers [...]
20 Oct
Oct 20, 2008
In honor of the recent DVD release Lynch, an intimate portrait of David Lynch’s creative process as he completes the film Inland Empire, I recently revisited his classic Blue Velvet. I hadn’t seen the film since its 1986 release and my confession is, when I saw it then, I didn’t like it very [...]
7 Oct
Oct 7, 2008
Tomorrow night is the opening of Oliver Stone’s new film W, and as happy as I am to go laugh at President Bush, I also find it slightly disturbing that this film is coming out while George is still in office. Not that I feel sorry for the man. I believe that George [...]
