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Watching movies outdoors is appealing for the nostalgia and novelty. But if you throw too much money at it, the novelty can quickly overpower everything else. (read more)
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Satire has been engaging the world and making people laugh for hundreds of years. Is there really a place for a new genre like "ambush comedy?" (read more)
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Is Borat the funniest film ever, or just the most offensive? Perhaps both, but it also creates an interesting opportunity for thinking and talking about prejudice. (read more)
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Not surprisingly, YouTube's greatest advantage also seems to be its greatest disadvantage. (read more)
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Feeling guilty about which films we do and don't watch is apprently prevelant enough to deserve its own term: "Netflix guilt." How sad is that? (read more)
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This proposal is ridiculous. In the future it will be more expensive to make a documentary in this country than a feature film. Documentarians should get a packet of free Product Placement Coupons from the government in case their subject... (read more)
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My wife works for a non-profit organization that is slowly but steadily planning and rebuilding one neighborhood of our city. I love hearing her talk about her work. To grow my knowledge about what she does a bit more, I... (read more)
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So if you haven't yet read the latest issue of Fast Company, you should. Alan Deutschman and Scott Kirsner cover the changing, bomb-shelled landscape of movie distribution. ("Hollywood's New Wave" and "Maverick Mogul" only available in print right now) Of... (read more)
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My understanding of business is pretty simplistic, I'll be the first to admit that. I don't understand this pattern I see in the business of buying and selling movies. The pattern is this: those who love movies the most are... (read more)
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I finally got around to watching Oldboy last night. It's a Korean film by director Chan-Wook Park. Oldboy was named Best Asian Film at the Hong Kong film awards, won Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes, and has come... (read more)
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Dave and I visited The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin to catch a movie and a beer. The Alamo Drafthouse is a restaurant/movie theater. More theater than restaurant, they've devised simple ways for film lovers to eat a meal, have a... (read more)
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The comment Summer left in the last Manifesto statement got me all worked up to start preachin' on community. Before I start humming soulful-like, I need to check myself. Now first, Summer you said "the 'old-fashion' communities and neighborhoods I... (read more)
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Every day seems to bring yet another story regarding the different companies lining up into the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD camp. Personally, I'm thinking that Blu-Ray will win out in the end, due to a combination of adoption by many... (read more)
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Link: Movie City Indie: Go, indie, go!: Mike MIlls. That's the good thing about film - it's really just a big pirate ship, and it's like saying, 'How do you become a good pirate?' Well, any f***ing way that you... (read more)
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Link: Why Hollywood Movies Prefer to Premiere in New York. "But the real reason is that New York's the home base for the burgeoning, always-hungry celeb-photo press, guaranteeing coverage...The joke is that I don't think you have to show the... (read more)
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Link: PSFK: The Future Of Entertainment. There are some very interesting insights on the next 75 years of Hollywood here. My problem with these insights is they all come from the inside. Seems to me that Hollywood has gotten itself... (read more)
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