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  • 07 Feb

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    Raiding the Lost Ark: A New Filmumentary by Jaimie Benning

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    A couple of years ago the best Star Wars documentary (probably the best film documentary) I’ve ever seen hit the annals of YouTube and blew away fans with the amount of (relatively) unseen footage, stage sound, archival interviews and unbelievable behind-the-scenes evidence edited together in the most meticulous of researched fashion. Star Wars Begins launched Jaimie practically into super stardom amongst Star Wars fans and many cinephiles alike. Now Jaimie, with a little more knowledge and experience under his belt tackles the second most beloved trilogy on earth, Indiana Jones.

    The “filmumentary” is slowly becoming standard lexicon around the webs and I’m happy to see more of them done… as long as they’re half as well done as these exceptionally well made pieces of nostalgic awesome. I haven’t sat down to watch Raiding the Lost Ark quite yet, but as soon as I hit publish on this post, I’m going to head over to the Vimeo site and check it out. I am absolutely stoked and I can blindly recommend you do the same. Do yourself a favor and go watch it. Now.

    PS – if you haven’t seen Star Wars Begins yet, I don’t know what you’re waiting for. It’s brilliant.

  • 02 Feb

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    Groundhog Day.

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    Finally explained to us in 101 English so we can all learn from this very important day.

     

     

  • 30 Jan

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    Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

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    An oddly compelling reason to never buy a Honda, but also an interesting commentary on how our ‘hero’ has gone from a stolen 1961 Ferrari to a leased 2012 CRV. Superbowl, I hate you even more than usual. I’m off to palette cleanse on the real Ferris Too, Alexander Payne’s Election (The last time Matthew Broderick didn’t phone it in.)

  • 23 Jan

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    Clip from Rodrigo Cortes’ “Red Lights”

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    Thanks to Mack and the crew over at Twitch, we’ve got a new clip from the highly buzzed about film from Sundance, Red Lights. Now normally I don’t bother with clips as I like to go into films fresh.

    But I made an exception in this case for two reasons. One, I know nothing about Rodrigo Cortes’ (Buried) second English language film, so this clip will help clue me in a little bit about what kind of vibe to expect. But two, I wanted to see Elizabeth Olsen in something other than just MMMM and see if she really has the chops for hanging with Hollywood elites (in this case Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy). I guess on that second front this clip doesn’t give much insight – though she appears to have more acting talent in one of her big, bright, shiny eyes than both of her twin sisters have put together. On the former however, I dig the cold, vaguely European style I get. Plus, without context, whatever they’re taking pictures of and looking for intrigues me.

    Here’s the clip below. Once again, courtesy of Twitchfilm.

  • 13 Jan

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    10 Best On-Screen Punches

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    Normally I wouldn’t be too into posting other people’s lists but this one just seemed like too much fun to ignore. Prefect for a Friday. What I also like about the list is that they didn’t seem to just go for the obvious; it looks like the folks over at Zen College Life really were combing ever nook and cranny of film to think of a couple of these. Plus whether or not these are “the best” or not doesn’t really matter. It’s just a lot of fun.

    Now personally, I’d have added Joe Hallenbeck’s “touch me again and I’ll kill you” punch from The Last Boy Scout, but all in all I’d say this is a pretty good list. What are some you can think of if you made your own list like this?

    Check ‘em all out under the seat.

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  • 12 Jan

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    How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song [Soundtrack Preview]

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    Our buddy Gary King (New York Lately, Death of the Dead) keeps on diving from genre to genre so I suppose it only makes sense that at some point a filmmaker like that is going to tackle a musical. King seems to be attacking this one with gusto and a visual flair not often seen in indie film making.

    How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song features all original songs written by Joe Schermann and all performed by the talented cast (Joe Schermann, Christina Rose, Debbie Williams). And you’ll be able to hear the incredible orchestral arrangements written for the songs by composer Ken Lampl.

    “This truly has been a memorable collaboration…What I really dig about these songs is that I asked for Joe to create different styles for each lead character. He took it and ran with it. I love these songs. In the film, you will hear his influences of Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown and yes, even Springsteen in them.”

    We’re looking forward to finally checking out the film sometime over the next 12 months on the festival circuit (I know for a fact it’s been submitting to many!). Before that, a full fledged trailer should be on its way and today we’ve got a soundtrack preview of some of the songs all set to stills from the film. Take a listen and look to the video below and see what you think.
     

    HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG – Official Soundtrack Preview (Feature Film Musical) from Gary King on Vimeo.

     

    1. “I WANT” performed by Christina Rose (0:00-0:36)
    2. “WRITE ME A LOVE SONG” performed by Christina Rose and Joe Schermann (0:36-1:18)
    3. “I FELL IN LOVE” performed by Debbie Williams and Joe Schermann (1:18-1:56)
    4. “30 DAYS OF RAIN” performed by Debbie Williams and Joe Schermann (1:56-2:22)
    5. “I HATE SUMMER” performed by Christina Rose (2:22-2:46)
    6. “MOTH TO THE FLAME” performed by Christina Rose and Debbie Williams (2:46-3:25)
    7. “HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG” performed by Joe Schermann and Company (3:25-4:43)

     

  • 10 Jan

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    Bill Nighy rips it up

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    Bill Nighy

    I’ve never been adverse to a little fluff and after a night with The Tempest, I felt the need for something fun and light hearted. Enter the romantic comedy Chalet Girl starring “Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick and Felicity Jones (who also happens to appear in the aforementioned The Tempest) about a ex-pro skateboarder who two years after leaving the sport, ends up in Switzerland as a chalet girl who gets involved with said chalet owner’s son, falls in love and wins a major snowboarding competition; your typical winter in Switzerland deal.

    The movie is fun and upbeat but most notably, it plays this video alongside the closing credits which features Bill Nighy, a great actor who isn’t afraid of the fluff either, dancing it up complete with baby blue sun glasses. If that’s not enough, You Tube also offered up a little promo video with Nighy “shredding it up” which had me in stitches. It’s fun stuff.

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  • 09 Jan

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    Opening credits: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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    Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

    David Fincher’s take on Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo didn’t exactly impress Kurt or, for that matter, very many people but regardless of what anyone thought of Fincher’s take on the material everyone agrees that the film did have one superb thing going for it: its opening title sequence.

    Much has been said about it but for those of us who have yet to see the film, we now have a chance to take in the awesomeness and it is fantastic indeed. Set to a new take of “Immigrant Song,” this sequence is stellar stuff. Too bad that the movie doesn’t live up to the expectation put forth by its opening.

  • 09 Jan

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    Grampires

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    Everything about this should not be funny. But it is. There’s an Oscars promo video out there too that tries to capitalize on the return of Billy Crystal as the Oscar host, but that just doesn’t do it for me. This one on the other hand works partly because of the cast involved and to be honest, if you’re a fan of Crystal’s particular brand of humor, he seems to still have it going on. Enjoy the trailer for When Harry Met Sally II. Mazel tov!
     

     

  • 31 Dec

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    We Don’t Need the “Sphere” of Life [Kermode's Worst of 2011]

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    Happy new year everyone! Yes, you too!

     

     

  • 13 Dec

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    Yet a Third 2011 Montage…

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    These things are popping out of the woodwork now, it seems. This one does an outstanding job of making the films “talk” to each other via carefully chosen dialogue snippets, forming little sections of story that blend into each other really well. I’m not a fan of all the music choices (though extra thumbs up for the David Lynch track), but in terms of creating a narrative and emotional throughline, this may be the best of the 2011 montages yet. Plus, it includes some films that the other two we’ve found haven’t included, especially some foreign stuff like Heartbeats, Love Crime, and A Separation. Kudos for variety!

  • 11 Dec

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    Sunday Movie Montage [2011]

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    A more comprehensive list of Top Ten Lists are soon to be coming to the third row. In the meantime, here is one (of probably several more to come) nice movie montage that sort of recaps the year (good and bad) by genre. I like the inclusion of everything from Twilight to Another Earth. Well done sir.

    STATS:
    - 166 films
    - 6 songs
    - over a month of uploading and editing
    - 40 Untitled Sequences in Avid

    MUSIC:
    1. A snippet of “Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams
    2. “Immigrant Song” by Karen O and Trent Reznor
    3. “Down Boy” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    4. “The Masterplan” by Oasis
    5. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Ingrid Michaelson
    6. “Grounds for Divorce” by Elbow

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