Videos for the weekend
I know I'm coming late to this, but Girl Walk // All Day (above) is a feature-length dance film that since late 2011 has been freely available to view online in twelve chapters. And its tale of a girl, played more
I know I'm coming late to this, but Girl Walk // All Day (above) is a feature-length dance film that since late 2011 has been freely available to view online in twelve chapters. And its tale of a girl, played more
So let's talk about Beyoncé. Everyone else is. Especially about her half-time Super Bowl show last Sunday (above, the video is embedded in several of the pieces linked to), which through the week prompted a slew of interesting pieces. These more
The first of this week's videos - which, by the way, is totally delightful and should be watched now - is discussed by the academic Jason Mittell in his post The Scared is Spread at his essential blog more
On Friday Netflix made available simultaneously all thirteen episodes of its House of Cards re-make (above). The serial, starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Fincher, has had a mixed press - Alessandra Stanley for The more
I have my colleague Todd Macdonald to thank for the weekend's first clip: a timelapse panorama of the courtyard observed by Jeff (James Stewart, above) in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954). Todd was laid up with a bug for much more
I'm not going to apologise for leading again with Randy Moore's Escape from Tomorrow(above), the Sundance-premiered film that was shot in secret at Disney World and Disneyland. I particularly want to draw your attention to It's a mad, mad, more
A selection of interesting videos that I came across during the past week and - well, that's it really... Above is an image from the Saul Bass title sequence to Otto Preminger's Carmen Jones (1954), a film discussed by Christian more
The great story out of Sundance is the shooting at Disneyland and Disney World of Randy Moore's movie Escape from Tomorrow without any location permissions or copyright clearances. Believe me, as one who has tried to film at a Disney more
For this snowy Saturday, the week's selection of freely available online videos. Above, Act III of no. 3 below; no 4 has snowy aspects too. 1. How motion pictures became the movies This is a great innovation from David Bordwell's essential cinema website more
There's really only story that I can lead with this week, even if you have already seen it. Here is what happens when you cast Lindsay Lohan in your movie is Stephen Rodrick's tale for The New York more