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51 Birch Street

A little experiment (and what we learned)
51 Birch Street: Q&A with director Doug Block
51 Birch Street: post-event sidewalk conversation
Share your story
The big night
Spout's having an event

Autobiographical

What we want
Entertainment guilt
Treasure in the basement
Infinite Choice Leads to Oz
Why Watch?
Why Write?
An homage to THE SOUND OF MUSIC at 40
My Front Porch
Blockbusters
Thanks Nat
Real Blood, Not Bambi

Bike

Team Spout

Business

Box Office Spin: Sandler Gay-OK
Evan Won't Go To Japan: Trade Roughage 7/16/07
Box Office Spin: If Transformers is Just Boffo, What The Hell is Whammo?
Hollywood bleeds red ink
Dissecting the screw
Social action goes big time
Portland postcard 3: Powell's and farewell
Can gems shine through YouTube?
Somebody's listening
3,000 Miles Away from LA
Buzzing issues need a place to land.
The war between art and commerce continues.
Looking Back. Looking Forward.
Gatekeepers
Keep the theater, lose the multiplex
Folk music and filmmakers
Old-fashioned inspiration sells.
Brainstorm: Movie theater as neighborhood hub
Fast Company, December '05
Netflix, father Frankenstein.
Truly Indie
DVD Wars
For Harriet
Manufacturing Nuance
Why SpoutBlog?

Clip of the Day

Tammy Faye's Best Face -- Clip of the Day
Kurt Cobain Doc Has a Blog -- Clip of the Day
Metropolis Via Moroder--Clip of the Day

Community

George Lucas, Meet Devo
Do We Need a TMZ For Film Blogebrities?
Karina on ReelerTV
Today in YouTube Leaks: Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan Movie
Eight Things
ComicCon Coolness Round-up
Introducing The Micro 5
Film Critic Anderson Jones Dies
Four Eyed Monsters: Have You Signed Up Yet?
When novelty engulfs nostalgia
Teach your children well
Trusted voices in a sea of content
Essential community yields essential films
What we want
"SXSW Presents" puts its discussions online
A little experiment (and what we learned)
51 Birch Street: post-event sidewalk conversation
Share your story
The big night
Global village film parties
Spout's having an event
Snakes on a Plane
51 Birch Street
Portland postcard 3: Powell's and farewell
Portland postcard 1: city of theaters
Can "entertainment guilt" breed better discussions?
Treasure in the basement
Buzzing issues need a place to land.
Keep the theater, lose the multiplex
Groups.
Films. People. Groups.
Brainstorm: Movie theater as neighborhood hub
The Keepers of Public Knowledge
My Front Porch
A Sermon on Community
Manifesto Statement 5
What Spout will do.
Manifesto Statement 2
Independent films love independent librarians
Manifesto Statement 1
Blockbusters
For Harriet
Chatter vs. Community
Real Blood, Not Bambi

Culture/art

Theresa Duncan Dead, Jeremy Blake Missing?
Dziva Vertov Reloaded
Lloyd Dobler at Burning Man
Side by Side: The Darby Crash Simulation
Cinephile Calendar, Week of 7/09/07
Celebrate the Fourth With 'Fireworks'
Henry Rollins, The New Face of The USO--Clip of the Day
Live funny or die
When novelty engulfs nostalgia
Harsh realities for foreign-language cinema
The game has changed indeed...
Who will be our guide?
High speed munching
Teach your children well
Inconvenient falsehoods?
Strategies, tricks, and plain old love
A small January tirade
The mayhem begins tonight
Top 10's
Empire's Top 25 films of 2006
Four Eyed Monsters won a long time ago
The third screen just might offer some plusses
How I learned to stop worrying and love satire
Great success? Let's talk about Borat.
Interactive movie experiences
A film script in a month, anyone?
Those were the wonderfully horrific days...
"SXSW Presents" puts its discussions online
A little experiment (and what we learned)
The big night
Presidents, levees, and Dixie Chicks
Fresh like Sunshine
LOL
Viewers marketing to themselves
Portland postcard 3: Powell's and farewell
Portland postcard 1: city of theaters
Somebody's listening
War and film
Entertainment guilt
Treasure in the basement
Just tell your story, no excuses
Immediate stories
Immediate gratification
Keep the theater, lose the multiplex
Folk music and filmmakers
Old-fashioned inspiration sells.
Ben, Romans, and Scarlett O'Hara
Sundance '06: Rookies take Park City
Why Write?
Gretchen and the Night Danger
Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films
IFP Chicago, Part Deux
IFP Chicago, Part I
Manifesto Statement 3
Independent films love independent librarians
Blockbusters
Kissing On The Mouth
Manufacturing Nuance
Soderbergh and the Cuban

Denver Film Festival 2006

Documentary

Emmys, Errol, Animal Killers: Doc News 7/19/07
FILMMAKER 25 New Faces Includes Surprise for Orson Welles Fans
Sicko: Hit or Disaster?
Michael Moore vs. CNN, Round Two: Win, Lose or Draw
Michael Moore Vs. CNN, Sanjay Gupta, Iraq, Mainstream Media...
Is 'Google vs. Sicko' Really 'Art vs. Advertising'?
John Pierson Takes on Michael Moore
Sicko Scraps, 6/25/07
Sicko Settles For Comedy
Another Day, Another Sicko Piracy Story
Michael Moore: Under F-ing Pressure

Editorial

Dennis Hopper Knows From Rivers of Excrement
When novelty engulfs nostalgia
How I learned to stop worrying and love satire
Great success? Let's talk about Borat.
Can gems shine through YouTube?
Entertainment guilt
The war between art and commerce continues.
The Keepers of Public Knowledge
Fast Company, December '05
Netflix, father Frankenstein.
OLDBOY: East is West
Frankenstein (1931)
A Sermon on Community
DVD Wars
Movie City Indie: Go, indie, go!: Mike MIlls
Why Hollywood Movies Prefer to Premiere in New York
PSFK: The Future Of Entertainment

Everyday life

What we want
51 Birch Street
Can "entertainment guilt" breed better discussions?
Entertainment guilt
Immediate stories
The Keepers of Public Knowledge
Ben, Romans, and Scarlett O'Hara
Why Watch?
Why Write?
OLDBOY: East is West
An homage to THE SOUND OF MUSIC at 40
My Front Porch
Manifesto Statement 12
Manifesto Statement 10
Manifesto Statement 9
Manifesto Statement 7
Manifesto Statement 6
Blockbusters
Manufacturing Nuance
Chatter vs. Community
Thanks Nat
Real Blood, Not Bambi

Film Fridays

FilmCouch #1: Spout's new weekly podcast
Film Fridays - Shakespeare Behind Bars (2004)
Film Fridays Podcast- 51 Birch Street

Film festivals

Paris Hilton Gets Her Own Film Fest
Billy the Kid, August Evening Win LAFF
Fall Festival Watch: Wes Anderson, Coens Expected To Make the Rounds
LAFF: Midway Asessment
Blueberry Mornings, Afternoons, and Nights
Definitely not New York, but...
Tribeca 2007: The Buzz-O-Meter
How water, oil, and being Canadian add up
A filmmaker on good scores and small casts
Gearing up for SXSW
Does Sundance have (or need) a pure purpose?
The mayhem begins tonight
Presidents, levees, and Dixie Chicks
People at Telluride: Todd Field
Todd Field's "Little Children"
What's in a "premiere?"
So many festivals, so little time
The Napoleon formula for Sunshine
Finding the movie of me
Just tell your story, no excuses
Immediate stories
3,000 Miles Away from LA
Time for a little Waterfront celebration
Immediate gratification
Need inspires change. Change inspires imitation.
Gatekeepers
Keep the theater, lose the multiplex
Wassup Rockers
Sundance '06: Rookies take Park City
IFP Chicago, Part Deux
IFP Chicago, Part I
On short films.
At the Austin Fim Festival
Kissing On The Mouth

Film marketing and distribution

Medellin Trailer -- Clip of the Day
Captivity: MPAA Tests Its Jurisdiction Yet Again
Liz Phair vs. Philip Glass
Box Office Emergencies: Trade Roughage 7/06/07
Sicko's Marketing Gimmick Borrowed From Spy
More Simpsons Movie Marketing Genius
Southland Tales Still in Limbo
Simpsons Movie: Make an Avatar, Buy a Squishee
Watch Festival Films (And Sci-Fi Softcore) on Your AppleTV
Business Unusual For Harvey Weinstein
Box Office Spin: 5 Ways To Spell 'Surprise'
Transformers Movie Going Day and Date?
Margot at the Wedding Trailer
There Will Be Blood: Trailer of the Week
Again?
More on Moore
Free publicity, courtesy of the US government
Hollywood bleeds red ink
Harsh realities for foreign-language cinema
The critics and the "popcorn crowd"
Who will be our guide?
How water, oil, and being Canadian add up
A filmmaker on good scores and small casts
Teach your children well
Bank rolling achievement
Undiscovered Gems back in the light
What a best actor nomination takes (besides talent)
Does unscreened = dead on arrival?
Strategies, tricks, and plain old love
The mayhem begins tonight
DIY distribution pioneers
Flannel Pajamas
Akeelah and the latte
Caffeinated flicks
What's in a "premiere?"
The Napoleon formula for Sunshine
Can gems shine through YouTube?

Film watching

Spoilers: The Debate Rages On
Knocked Up: Let's Beat The Realism Dead Horse One More Time
A Gay Old Time
Barbara Stanwyck Birthday Essentials on TCM
In Lieu of Southland Tales, Bat For Lashes -- Clip of the Day
Disney: Recycled Images, Recycled Themes
Distribution Wars: How Irrational Fear of The Cellphone Might Kill The Movie Theater
Cloverfield Mystery Solved -- Clip of the Day
Dancing in the Streets of The Non-Musical
Watch the Old Hairspray Whilst Waiting For The New Hairspray
Happy Birthday To Tron -- Clip of the Day
Theo Van Gogh's 'Interview' -- Clip of the Day
Trailers From Hell: Micro Film School For Genre Geeks
Godard on Improvisation -- Clip of the Day
Start Your Own Drive-In
Transformers Apathy: Google Tells Me I'm All Alone In The Universe
Joel Siegel Dies
Roger Ebert Turns 65
Can Spoilers Be Avoided?
The Ultimate Sequel, Courtesy of YouTube -- Clip of the Day
Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe Walk Into An Old Age Home ... Clip of the Day
Blogathons: Austin, Music, and More Failures
AFI Top 100: Blogger Target Practice
Ambitious Failure Blog-a-Thon
First feature film on YouTube: Four Eyed Monsters
Again?
New theater concepts should be more than just trendy
Tribeca 2007: The Buzz-O-Meter
When novelty engulfs nostalgia
Things computers can do in movies
Who will be our guide?
High speed munching
Teach your children well
Love and movies
Does unscreened = dead on arrival?
Strategies, tricks, and plain old love
A small January tirade
The third screen just might offer some plusses
How to spot a genuine Christmas Movie
Movies that say "holiday" without screaming "cliche"
Overrated?
Essential community yields essential films
Great success? Let's talk about Borat.
Denver: Greatest Hits
Interactive movie experiences
What we can learn from horror films
Horror off
Vampire lust
Those were the wonderfully horrific days...
Scary cinema and the nature of fear
Film Fridays - Shakespeare Behind Bars (2004)
Good people-watching
"SXSW Presents" puts its discussions online
A little experiment (and what we learned)
51 Birch Street: post-event sidewalk conversation
Share your story
The big night
True Films
Global village film parties
Todd Field's "Little Children"
Spout's having an event
Fresh like Sunshine
Snakes on a Plane

FilmCouch

FilmCouch #29
FilmCouch #28
FilmCouch #27
FilmCouch #26
FilmCouch #25
FilmCouch #24
FilmCouch #23
FilmCouch #22
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FilmCouch #19
FilmCouch #18
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FilmCouch #15
FilmCouch #14
FilmCouch #13
FilmCouch #12
FilmCouch #11
FilmCouch #10
FilmCouch #9
FilmCouch #8
FilmCouch #7
FilmCouch #6
FilmCouch #5
FilmCouch #4
FilmCouch #3
FilmCouch #2
FilmCouch #1: Spout's new weekly podcast

Filmmaking

Jem Cohen Wants You To Fight The Man
The Return of Francis Ford Coppola
Julie Delpy Can't Get Her Sci-Fi Scripts Produced
Head Trauma Alternates--Clip of the Day
Scott Kirsner Interviews M dot Strange--Clip of the Day
Sexism Behind the Scenes at Disney
Transformers, Starring Orson Welles -- Clip(s) of the Day
Sicko Smackdown: Trade Roughage, 6/22/07
Clip of The Day: Jem Cohen + Patti Smith = Nirvana
First feature film on YouTube: Four Eyed Monsters
The ultimate skate movie?
Again?
Can a film shot be amusing in itself?
Mumblecore, Shmumblecore
Mumblecore
Hollywood bleeds red ink
Harsh realities for foreign-language cinema
How water, oil, and being Canadian add up
A filmmaker on good scores and small casts
Love on the decline
Film School in a Box
Mexican filmmakers in the spotlight
Strategies, tricks, and plain old love
Making Long Tail movies
DIY distribution pioneers
The third screen just might offer some plusses
Filmmaker creates against huge opposition
Denver: Greatest Hits
People at Denver: David Gow, David Strathairn and Andrew Walker
People at Denver: Dan Lohaus
People at Denver: Angie Avarez
People at Denver: AJ Schnack and Michael Azerrad
Interactive movie experiences
Good people-watching
Dissecting the screw
51 Birch Street: Q&A with director Doug Block
51 Birch Street: post-event sidewalk conversation
Share your story
People at Telluride: Todd Field
Todd Field's "Little Children"
Social action goes big time
Spout's having an event
Fresh like Sunshine
LOL
The Napoleon formula for Sunshine
51 Birch Street
Mann makes video exciting
Portland postcard 2: pass the cream, Morgan
Finding the movie of me
Can gems shine through YouTube?
Just tell your story, no excuses
Immediate stories
3,000 Miles Away from LA
Immediate gratification

Guest input

New ratings are not yet rated
A filmmaker on good scores and small casts
A small January tirade
DIY distribution pioneers
How I learned to stop worrying and love satire
Great success? Let's talk about Borat.
Ben, Romans, and Scarlett O'Hara
Thanks Nat

Hollywood

Trouble at Netflix and Dream-land: Trade Roughage 07/23/07
Fox Pulls Out Over F/X: Trade Roughage 7/20/07
From Boogie Nights to Bringing Down the House -- Clip of the Day
Fox Pulls Out of ComicCon: What Does it All Mean?
Terminator 4 Has Problems the Governator Can't Fix: Trade Roughage 07/19/07
Google on the Spot: Trade Roughage, 07/18/07
Hairspray Premiere -- Clip of the Day
Hollywood 'Votes': Presidential Candidates Ranked By Supporters' Star Power
Hollywood Tackles Iraq: Trade Roughage 7/17/07
Box Office Spin: Maybe Paul Dergarabedian Would Like A Milkshake?
Bill Maher, Alec Baldwin, Xanadu: Trade Roughage 7/13/07
Harry Potter and The Mystery of 'Trapped in the Closet': Trade Roughage, 7/12/07
Planet Terror's Not Dead: Trade Roughage 7/11/07
The Return of The Western: Trade Roughage 07/10/07
Harry Potter, Jim Carrey, and Donahue, Together at Last: Trade Roughage 07/09/07
Old News is ... Good Enough: Trade Roughage, 7/05/07
Oliver Stone is 'Satan' -- Trade Roughage 07/03/07
Box Office Spin: Insert Your Favorite Cooking Metaphor ... HERE
Apted Keeps DGA Crown: Trade Roughage, 07/02/07
Can McClane Beat a Rat? Trade Roughage, 6/29/07
Phil Spector: Caught Somewhere Between Sunset Boulevard and the Valley of the Dolls
Paris' Ultimate Performance: Trade Roughage 6/28/07
Die Hard: Great Catchphrase Masking Grand Socio-Political Irresponsibility?
Baiting Schwarzenegger, Remaking Hitchcock: Trade Roughage, 6/27/07
Horror of Brett Ratner's Playboy Movie Just Starting to Sink In
The Return of 2-D (And Guy Ritchie): Trade Roughage, 6/26/07
Tom Cruise Film Banned By German Govt.
Brett Ratner, 'Playboy': Trade Roughage, 6/25/07
Finke vs Poland vs Wells vs Poland Or, What the Hell is Going on in the LA Blogosphere?
Sex, The Mailroom, and Perez: Trade Roughage, 6/21/07
Angelina Jolie Dipped in Caramel?
Bond 22 To Be Directed By Marc Forster
Parker Posey, Sitcom Star
It's International Man Comedy Day! Trade Roughage, 06/19/07
SIlver Surfer Sigh of Relief: Trade Roughage, 6/18/07
Return of the Hooker
Hollywood bleeds red ink
New ratings are not yet rated
High speed munching
Teach your children well
The day after
Bank rolling achievement
What a best actor nomination takes (besides talent)
Strategies, tricks, and plain old love
A small January tirade
Dissecting the screw
Social action goes big time
Snakes on a Plane
Somebody's listening
3,000 Miles Away from LA
Looking Back. Looking Forward.
Folk music and filmmakers
Old-fashioned inspiration sells.
Fast Company, December '05
Truly Indie
Manufacturing Nuance
Soderbergh and the Cuban
Movie City Indie: Go, indie, go!: Mike MIlls
Why Hollywood Movies Prefer to Premiere in New York
PSFK: The Future Of Entertainment

Horror

Head Trauma ARG: A Dispatch
Stephen King Prefers Hostel 2 To The Shining
Clip of the Day: Kevin Lee on Dario Argento
Torture Porn Haters 1, Eli Roth 0

Humor

Steve Carell: There is No God But Allah, And Muhammed Is His Prophet--Clip of the Day
Evan Almighty: Blah Blah Blah, Only God Can Save Them Now
Are professionals always funnier?
Live funny or die
Things computers can do in movies
Need inspires change. Change inspires imitation.
Shine on you crazy diamond

Indies

Fish Kill Flea and the Doomed Economies of Subculture
The Williams/Swanberg Nuptials--Clip of the Day
Southland Tales: What's The Deal?
Hannah Takes the Stairs To Premiere in Theaters and on TV Via IFC
Pee Wee Returns. Again.

Innovation

First feature film on YouTube: Four Eyed Monsters
When novelty engulfs nostalgia
High speed munching
Trusted voices in a sea of content
Silent cinema: nostalgia or opportunity?
Making Long Tail movies