Posts tagged: Links

Links 13/06/10

It’s been quiet around here, what?

Links 24/11/10

Links 14/05/10

  • Iron Man 2 is (I attest!) better than Iron Man – because it doesn’t have to bother with all the laborious character-formation that distracts from the utterly, unambiguously Randian superheroics we pay our money for (what are they waiting for?). Poet Ron Silliman thinks otherwise.
  • Attend to David Milch and you will be rewarded – in this life!
  • A reminder about one of the best French films I’ve seen in recent years, Heartbeat Detector. Like the comments say, it isn’t quite a masterpiece, but it is driven by ideas, and argues its case rather than junking it all in during the last act, which is rarer than it should be.
  • “A very private internal implosion.” Casey Affleck tries desperately (I assume) to keep the cat in the bag.
  • This is nothing to do with film, but I link to this recent Oxfordian v. Stratfordian Shakespeare authorship debate because (a) it’s quite comprehensive if you’ve read little previously about the topic, and (b) Orson Welles found J. Thomas Looney, who first suggested the Earl of Oxford was the true author of Shakespeare’s works, very persuasive indeed.
  • Speaking of Shakespeare, Michael Sheen is taking on Hamlet. Just as exciting is the news that Ian Rickson is directing.

Links 10/05/10

Hello all. After a political hiatus I am now back to grab your brain hole with links and nonsense. Rejoice.

Links 30/04/10

  • M.I.A. – ‘Born Free
  • Boing Boing on Kenyan short film ‘Pumzi’ (albeit mostly just pointing out the existence of ‘Pumzi’).
  • Chris Hemsworth is Thor!
  • Matt Smith is Christopher Isherwood!
  • Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is to be released – finally complete! – in September. (Infinitely exciting because probably no one in the world saw Lang’s original version between its 1927 premiere and the footage turning up in a Buenos Aires film vault a couple of years ago.)
  • 3-D Ang Lee.

Links 23/04/10

Links 19/04/10

Links 10/04/10

  • The new issue of Film-Philosophy is now available – for free. Knock yourself out; it’s huge. I’m reading about Scorsese, The X-Files, Richard Kelly, geopolitics and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but there’s so much there’s almost something for everyone.
  • Cinema Scope reviews the last decade.
  • Alfie picks the Tories. (Although it’s nothing we didn’t already know.)
  • My trip to Brighton last week involved, among other things, watching Kick-Ass (of which more in a bit) and discovering Cyriak. Watch giant teddy bears invading Worthing and then go from there, here.
  • Todd Alcott on A Serious Man (which I’m not reading until I’ve seen the film).
  • Heheheheh. Hehehehe.

UPDATE

Links 06/04/10

Links 29/03/10

  • Dr. Mark Kermode provides us with an even-handed, scientific appraisal of the latest 3D revival. Incidentally, I’m reading his book at the moment and in it he makes the point that studios are pushing 3D so forcefully because it’s more difficult to pirate. This honestly never occurred to me before, but it seems to be pretty much on the money. Interesting.
  • J.D. Shapiro, the man responsible for notorious scientologist stinker Battlefield Earth, has apologised for his crimes against cinema while collecting the Razzie for worst movie of the decade.
  • Talking of flops, did you hear that Uma Thurman’s latest flick Motherhood took £88 on its opening weekend? No, I didn’t omit an ‘m’ after that figure. Literally 11 people went to watch this movie. Ouch.
  • Here’s an interesting piece of history: a letter from James Cameron to H. R. Giger explaining why he didn’t contact the artist about collaborating on Aliens. By the by, I totally didn’t know that Cameron’s middle initial was F when I called him James ‘fucking’ Cameron last week, but I’m totally pretending that I did.
  • On a serious note: Dennis Hopper is terminally ill. He’s one of my favourite actors and I was really upset to hear the news. At least he has been given the honour of a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star before he passes, but it’s likely to be the last time he’s ever seen in public. This is how I’ll remember him:

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