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Fall Movie previews, excitement ensues

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One of my favorite directors, Jane Campion’s new movie looks so good already. If you haven’t seen any of her work I highly recommend The Piano and one of my all time favorites, An Angel at My Table. Maurice Sendak + Spike Jonze = like having the most deliciously scrumptious ice cream fudge sunday on a hot July Saturday Can’t deny that I have been waiting for this to come our since Paris, Je T’aime […]

A girl mad as birds

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Finally saw The Edge of Love and it was mildly satisfying. It wasn’t the best, but I’m always a sucker for these period dramas and all its luscious cinematography. And besides from that, just watching Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in all those wool cardigans and silk dresses gets me so excited for autumn. Every year during August, when the humidity in Houston is most unbearable and I look at the way my boots are […]

In the mood for Wong Kar wai

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film / inspiration

I’ve been meaning to rent Chacon Son Cinema (To Each His Own Cinema), a collection of 33 short films by 33 different directors. This one is from one of my favorite directors, Wong Kar Wai. I was told when I was first learning to make videos, that the problem most photographers might encounter when transitioning into video was the ability to compose a movie frame the way they would normally compose a photograph. I don’t […]

Dear Spielberg,

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Dear Spielberg, I heard recently that you were planning on remaking the classic “Old Boy” with Will Smith as the main character. But before you start rollin in with the production gang I just wanted to say FUCK YOU for thinking you’re such a big-time hot shot American director who thinks he can make a cult classic like “Old Boy” any better. I’m filing you under the Senile Asshole Directors file along with Scorsese who […]

quicklists

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top five opening scenes from a movie… 1. fellini’s 8 1/2 2. amelie 3.my own private idaho/the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford 4.trainspotting 5.do the right thing [honorary mentions:::: ace ventura when nature calls) top five original beatles songs… 1. happiness is a warm gun 2. lucy in the sky with diamonds 3. julia 4. penny lane 5. here comes the sun top five mariokart character combos… 1. bowser jr and […]