the-future-of-moving-pictures
These Beautiful Destroyed Polaroids Prove Film's Not Dead
Is film dead? Well, no, people are still shooting 35mm, Lomography is live and well, and medium- and large-format photographers will likely be using film slides forever. But "Kodachrome":http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/1/2/another-thing-that-didn-t...
Why Action Stars Are War-Mongering Republicans
Psychologist Aaron Sell and his team have found a strong correlation between physically formidable action stars and pro-war right wing politics.
Death Grips Go Into GIF Retrograde, Reinvent the Music Video Again
A piece of music is heard by everyone differently; that's a big part of the idea even. Pop music in the 21st century does amazing work, however, of micromanaging music into "something as unfree as possible":http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/03/2...
The Ecstasy of Fetishization: An Interview with Guy Maddin
If you listened carefully while the Academy Award for Best Picture went to _The Artist,_ you could hear thousands of film geeks across the world whisper, “Bullshit.” Making a silent movie? Pssh. Guy Maddin’s been doing that kind of thing for years. And...
Is This the Real Life
What the Internet is for sometimes: a drunk man in the back of a police car singing all of Bohemian Rhapsody ("Is this just fantasy?") is a bit like an anesthetized child "wondering if he's still in real life":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs...
The Occupy Batmobile is a Projector-Armed Protest Van
I've always been fascinated by Occupy Wall Street's "Bat Signal," a projected "99%" blasted onto buildings as a rallying cry that first appeared in mid-November 2011. It reminded me of Graffiti Research Lab's "Laser Tag project":http://www...
Commercials by David Lynch: Definitive Gold Box Edition
I was just talking about Old New York yesterday, which I guess is Old New York today. Trippy. One of the things I love about the New York of yesteryear is the filth and the grime (not that I'm going around trying to get a rise out of "Iron Eyes Cody...
Watch This Trailer: "Bad Ass"
I'm consistently impressed by how pissed off the Internet gets over meaningless things. Especially when race is even a minor factor. This might also impress the makers of _Bad Ass_, the new film starring Danny Trejo and directed by Craig Moss, a...
Chairlift Made a Choose-Your-Own Adventure Music Video About Science: A Chat with Director Jordan Fish
Sometimes, in the middle of a bad movie, I remember one of modern filmmaking's biggest what ifs: what would have happened if "Mr. Payback":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113863, the 1995 movie that was both the first and the last of the choose-your-own...
Watch This Trailer: Ridley Scott's Aliens are Back in "Prometheus"
Is there anyone out there who isn't excited for _Prometheus_? Is there anyone out there who is hoping against hope that Ridley Scott has reclaimed his sci-fi throne in order to bless us with a bountiful return to the genre that defined him and that he...
Watch This Trailer: If "Last Days Here" Doesn't Make You Appreciate Pentagram, You're a Poser
Pentagram rules, ok? If you didn't know that I'll bet you hot dollars that you'll still love _Last Days Here_. I had the privilege of seeing this masterpiece last year at the Independent Film Festival of Boston and I am genuinely shocked that it didn't...
Watch This Trailer: "Beyond the Black Rainbow" Takes Us to a Psychedelic Retro Future That's Positively Horrifying
I remember being scared shitless when I stumbled across shows like Twin Peaks and movies like Videodrome when I was a kid. Something about their quiet, composed weirdness along with their hyper-conscious, hazy, angular, grain-filled cinematography and...