Is being serious “BIZZARRE”? Mass media says YES!

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Web headlines of “Joaquin Phoenix’s BIZZARRE Behavior on David Letterman” were all over my laptop screen yesterday, so of course I tracked it down on YouTube.  I recently read a piece by director James Gray (who had worked with Phoenix in The Yards, We Own The Night, and the new Two Lovers) that was an […]

Christian Bale : The Real Deal (and now remixed)

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Don’t believe the hype about Christian Bale’s rant; he was right to chew out a distracted cinematographer…

O, FREE CANADA! – National Film Board puts works online

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

An email from FLAVORPILL informed me that the National Film Board of Canada has launched a new site that not only posts award-winning films for FREE online viewing, but accompanies it with a great database that lets you search by various categories, including length… I’m sure there are countless treasures to be found, but here […]

Perhaps “Hollywood” will prosper in the economic slowdown?

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Brooks Barnes at the New York Times has the rare economically-optimistic piece up today; check it out HERE. I found this on the excellent ProVideoCoalition.com

Could SAG destroy the film industry?

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

www.savethebiz.org thinks so!  While I support the Screen Actors Guild and my homies that are members, another work stoppage could be a huge blow to the thousands of people that work below the line.  Thanks to Christina for the link.

OSCARS, … schmoscars?

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Well, the nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced about 12 hours ago and… they’re pretty boring, but not exactly free of surprises.  The academy (AMPAS) avoided having their ceremony picketed by legions of 15-year-olds by giving Heath Ledger the nomination he so justly deserved, but The Dark Knight went un-nominated as did its […]