Links
- BFI Screenonline
- BFI YouTube Channel
- Blogcritics
- Cinephile
- DVD Savant
- DVDBeaver
- Edition Filmmuseum
- Greenbriar Picture Shows
- Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Midnight Eye
- Observations on Film Art
- Self-Styled Siren
- Senses of Cinema
- Shadowplay
- The Criterion Collection
- The Digital Fix
- The Friends of Marty Melville
- The Wild Eye
- Video WatchBlog
Tag Archives: Documentary
Basil Dearden, Humphrey Jennings, and the fires of London
Growing up in England during the late 1950s and early ’60s, my experience of British film was a mix of now-forgotten B-movies, coarse comedies (I loved the Carry On films, which seem all but unwatchable now), and occasional big productions … Continue reading
Over-consumption and Diminishing Returns Part 1
Although I know I’ve enjoyed watching movies pretty much since I can remember, I have few specific memories from childhood. It always amazes me when people have a clear recollection of “the first movie I ever saw” … I know … Continue reading
John Paskievich’s Special Ed debuts at Hot Docs
http://youtu.be/O87dWW8GYx4
Winnipeg documentarian John Paskievich spent several years following around noted Winnipeg “eccentric” Ed Ackerman with a small digital camera. The results, a remarkable portrait called Special Ed, debuts at the end of April at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto. … Continue reading
Project Update: Deleted Scenes
Although my documentary on Winnipeg movie theatres was originally conceived as a one-hour show, I ended up interviewing almost thirty people who gave me more great material than I could possibly fit into that format. As a result, the project … Continue reading
Project Update: End of the Journey …
If it’s possible to feel exhilarated and anti-climactic at the same time, that’s how I feel this evening. It’s been just over a year since I shot Going: Remembering Winnipeg Movie Theatres, my documentary about the experience of going to … Continue reading
Project Update: October
It’s always tough to be original, but I was made nervous last year as I started on my documentary about Winnipeg movie theatres when I learned that local writer Russ Gourluck was working on a book about Manitoba movie theatres … Continue reading
Recent Viewing 2
Continuing my partial round-up of recently watched movies … The Innkeepers (2011) Ti West is a filmmaker whose work I really want to like, but each film comes as a letdown – except for his second feature, Trigger Man (2007), … Continue reading
Recent Viewing 1
It looks like I haven’t reported on my home viewing in quite a while, so looking back over my notes, there are far too many titles to comment on in detail. Some of these are films I’ve looked at again … Continue reading
Posted in Review
Tagged Actors, Biblical Epics, Directors, Documentary, Gangster Films
Leave a comment
Project Update: Trailer
My documentary about Winnipeg movie theatres is creeping towards completion – I had a session with the person doing the on-line last Thursday; he’s working on several projects simultaneously, but hopefully mine will be done by the end of the coming … Continue reading
Project Update: my part’s done …
I recorded the voice over for my documentary last Friday and spent the next few days making final detail changes in the edit. Yesterday, I turned the project over to the techies for on-line picture corrections and sound fix-ups and … Continue reading
