"David…will you please stop talking. Please David. Please be quiet David…" These are the urgings of beautiful, disturbed Julia, one inmate or rather, tenant in Peter Robinson’s 1972 documentary Asylum. A superlative example of the late ’60s, 1970’s cinema verite, direct cinema approach to documentary filmmaking, Robinson’s film shares much in common with The Maysles Brother’s […]

Press play at the same time on all 3 players (or as close to it as physically possible) for the optimal effect: Published by blogebrity@gmail.com (Blogebrity)Continue reading: Chris Pirillo Goes Schizo Over YouTube, Google Video and Revver

For many of us, especially those of us who love movies, there are three great pleasures in life: Food, sex and cinema … though not necessarily in that order. Of the three, cinema is the only pleasure which can roll food, sex and countless other feelings, themes and experiences into one interesting batch of tiramisu. Food […]

Enjoy your day. Enjoy your food. And don’t forget to put your un-eaten meat back in the refrigerator. Published by Kim MorganContinue reading: Happy Thanksgiving

Go ahead and set this one at… Three (3) months before Gawker deploys its TODO into a Daily Candy/Flavorpill ripoff mashup. They’ve already got the shiny graphic and the content stream needing more readers/ad inventory. They’re at least halfway there. And didn’t you hear — daily email newsletters are all the rage right now. (Those of […]

From The Zero Boss: Please, someone give Jason Calacanis a job, or else he’s gonna do nothing but blog his press clippings all day. That’s only a degree of pathetic away from a supermodel blogging about what she threw up for dinner. (And yes, Jason, I’m going to take full advantage of the fact that you […]

Hollywood, that dream factory of too many happy endings, overwrought social dramas, mercilessly unfunny comedies and inane action-adventure extravaganzas, is often just plain clueless … especially when it comes to real life. And yet, occasionally they get life absolutely spot on, dead aim, bull’s-eye right. But when does this actually happen? When they go after […]

Jason Calacanis has confirmed the report from Techcrunch yesterday — he will be exiting AOL. Denton predicts Jason’s next stop will be a new podcasting or wiki venture, judging by Calacanis’s own blogtalk. Meanwhile back at AOL, some people aren’t too sad to see Jason go. Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL [Techcrunch] Blog Entrepreneur Leaves AOL […]

Congrats to Ms. Congdon on her new deals with ABC and HBO. Everyone knew something was coming (you don’t usually sign with big talent agencies and then NOT sign deals), but who thought HBO would be in the mix? Does this mean Amanda’s got some R-rated plans in the near future? Meanwhile back at Rocketboom, they […]

The George Cukor remake that works: Though Charles Walters’ High Society has never been snubbed in the world of movie musicals, it’s not earned its rightful place as one of the best in the pantheon either. A remake of the brilliant George Cukor 1940 screwball The Philadelphia Story starring the power trio of Katharine Hepburn, Cary […]

via Live Footage of Cory Kennedy, “Internet It Girl” [Gawker] Cory Kennedy [corykennedy.blogspot.com] Published by blogebrity@gmail.com (Blogebrity)Continue reading: There Is No More A-List, There Is Only Cory Kennedy — The Star of The Internet

So the rumored remake of George Cukor’s The Women is becoming a reality and I have to say, I’m leery. The classic 1939 woman’s picture (adpated by Anita Loos from Clare Boothe Luce’s play) that reveals female bonding and bitchiness in its purest form needs no update. Yes, a lot of things have changed since then […]

Business 2.0 drops a Cleveland Steamer bevy of new blog titles on the chest of the blogosphere. [Business 2.0 / Gawker] Wonkette (the site) gets a facelift. Wonkette (the redheaded former blog editor/current Time.com political editor) gets a subpoena. [Wonkette] Michael Arrington: Giving Tony Pierce a run for his “Resident Pimp of the Blogosphere” title. [Valleywag] Gawker’s […]