- Sellebrity: A Fantastic Doc About the Paparazzi
$ellebrity is a documentary about paparazzi culture and its origins. The movie was produced and directed Kevin Mazur who is himself a celebrity photographer.
- More Mesmerizing Instagram Work: Instantáneas
This video came to me with the following note:
Hola les dejo este video que hice con imágenes de instagram que viendo el contenido de su página seguro les puede interesar para publicar.
I stuck it into Google Translate but I think there’s probably a better translation out there. If …
- F***IN Cruise Ship Tour
This video is not to be f***in missed.
- A Great Short: Eric Goes West
Ryan Nelson is a designer who works for screenwriter John August. Ryan and his wife Amy produced a short that I just found on the John August blog that, according to August, played at Slamdance last year. It is the epitome of working with you’ve got available to you like …
- My 2012 End-of-Year List of One
Maybe you, like me, have a tendency to get stressed by all the top-ten lists that emerge at the end of the year. The lists are usually filled with books you must read, dishes you must try, restaurants you must visit, movies you must see. Rather than inciting enthusiasm for …
- “Crash” My Victim
Local San Francisco heavy metal band, My Victim just released a new music video. The visuals are saturated with dark hues as the subject matter cuts between out-of-focus shots of the band and its story line, which references the title of the song, “Crash.” We are quickly informed as to …
- David Byrne & St. Vincent ‘Who’
The director of the music video, Martin de Thurah, knows how to draw a viewer in. What I find immediately fascinating about his music video is how he chooses to match the visuals to the music. The video begins with a wide angle shot of a person biking down a …
- Skyfall
For as long as I can remember my older brother influenced my film education. He taught me which actors and directors to watch, which to avoid, how to appreciate a clean, simple shot. My brother also taught me to love Bond. Under his tutelage, I watched the films and like …
- Invasión – A Music Video Made With Instagram
Instagram’s taking over. It’s now commonplace to see every moment of our lives documented by its photographs, including one that made Time’s cover, but now Perez, Faust and team have put Instagram in motion. I know this is the first of many similar films.
- Plurality Review
Set in New York City in 2023, Plurality raises surveillance and privacy issues. We are offered a city without soul, overrun with data and information. In an effort to fight crime, authorities can track a citizen’s every move using the Grid, a city-wide system that links one’s social security number, …
- Argo
Argo is on my Oscar list for 2012.
The Iran Hostage Crisis took place in during my freshman year of high school. I was just coming into a vague awareness of news events as I started crossing that bridge from snot nosed kid to snot nosed teenager. The whole affair …
- Frankenanswers
If you haven’t had a chance to see Frankenweenie yet, please do. It encompasses all the wonderful things, good writing, good directing, black and white, and stop motion. It’s fabulous.
And if my praise isn’t enough, you can have an opportunity to peer into the mind of the writer.
- Arbitrage
Arbitrage is one of those astounding, just under the radar films that you should not miss. The acting by all the players is exceptional and the writing and directing are a knock out. I’ve always been a fan of Richard Gere’s acting, but he really brings it home in this …
- Sleep Walk With Me
If you’re wondering which movie is going to be the sleeper hit this year, run out and see Mike Birbiglia’s Sleep Walk With Me. It is one of the most original, funny, sweet movies I have ever seen.
I predict that this is going to have a slow consistent rise …
