May 2011
38 posts
“a Sony with the 3-D lens in place and other adjustments not made can be as much...”
– Boston.com’s expose on the murky colouring that arises when 2D films are projected through 3D projectors.
Life at a brainwashing "school for troubled teens"... →
This is absolutely disgusting.
What I Learned In Joplin
thedeadline:
I’m going to write this in a stream of consciousness, the same way I experienced Joplin.
It was my first time covering — more accurately, trying to cover — a disaster. The National desk knows I am a weather geek, so I came close to covering the tornadoes in North Carolina in April, and then the tornadoes in Alabama earlier this month. But the timing wasn’t right in either case.
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Total Film: What’s on David Cameron’s DVD shelf? →
totalfilm:
One of the more unexpected aspects of the state visit is an opportunity to speculate on the Prime Minister’s viewing habits. An official White House photo captured the Camerons’ bookshelves behind the First Lady and Samantha Cameron. The images are a little blurry, but some titles can be…
Cinespia celebrates 10 years of cemetery movies →
latimes:
KPCC has a great audio interview with the founder of Cinespia:
For ten years now, LA residents have been lining to get into Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They aren’t waiting to pay their respects, or visit a famous grave, but to see a classic movie under the moonlight—sometimes just a few feet from where the stars of the film are buried. Off-Ramp producer Kevin Ferguson talked about the...
“Like all visionaries, he spoke the truth. And no matter how comfortable we think...”
– Martin Scorsese on Kubrick (via usersillusions)
oldhollywood:
Georges Delerue - Chère Louise...
“A quick google search turns up lots of tweets, all of them from today. Searching...”
– Out of Osama’s Death, A Fake Quotation is Born - Megan McArdle - National - The Atlantic (via clembastow)
April 2011
29 posts
Seth Meyers speaking at the White House... →
“Donald Trump owns the Miss USA pageant, which is great for Republicans because it will streamline their search for a Vice President”.
