October 2007

Splatter du Jour

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:04:19 -0500

Horror movies have always fascinated me. Norman Bates running across the staircase with a knife. Jack Nicholson screaming "Here's Johnny!" through a hole he axed through the bathroom door. Reagan's head turning around 360 degrees after she vomited on the priest. Damien's maid hanging herself at his birthday party.

No Ordinary Granny

michele — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

It's no ordinary day when a 90-year old grandmother sets out on a walk across the United States to make a point, and Doris "Granny D" Haddock is no ordinary woman. The protagonist of Run Granny Run spent 14 months in 2000 on her cross-country journey to bring attention to campaign finance reform.

Airing Your Dirty Laundry

erin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Doug Block wasn’t sure he had a film yet. His mother had passed away and he was videotaping his father’s move from the family home for posterity. Block had every reason to believe his parents’ 54-year marriage was happy. Then, riding next to his father one afternoon, he asked, “Do you miss mom?”

“No, I can’t say I miss her,” said his father, staring straight ahead.

A Conversation with Les Blank

David_Tames — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

In his new film All In This Tea, director Les Blank operates at the far extremes of technology, using digital video to explore an old-world subject matter: artisan, handmade tea.

His Muse is the Rule of Law

mike — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

James Cooper is one of those globetrotting guys who has more stamps in his passport than you do. A Cambridge-educated Canadian who now teaches law at California Western School of Law in San Diego, Cooper spends much of his time organizing media-related projects in Latin America, where he teaches people how to use everything from documentary films and reality TV shows, to public service announcements and animated work, to promote concepts related to the rule of law. Cooper's group, which he runs from his law school perch and an office in Santiago, Chile, is called Proyecto Acceso.

The Trailer for Takashi Miike's "Audition"

mike — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:05:21 -0500

A clip from "My Father, the Genius"

michele — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:57:38 -0500

"Educación Financiera," an animated short from Proyecto Acceso

michele — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:30:17 -0500

The trailer for "Tarnation"

michele — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:58:20 -0500

A clip from "All in this Tea"

michele — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500