February 2012
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2012 Oscar Titles/Graphics
It doesn’t matter who they put in as host (maybe Chris Rock?). Until the Academy starts voting for the deserving nominee instead of surrendering to Harvey Weinstein’s films, the Oscars will and always suck. It’s not all bad though.
Year after year, I have to give it to the Oscar production team providing great titles and graphics throughout the show. Last year, we saw more of...
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This is my home - Short Film
A story by Kelsey Holtaway and Mark Cersosimo about Anthony Pisano. A man, his collectables, his home.
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The first New York Low-line park?
What’s terrific about New Yorkers are their constant drive to make the city a better place. With the new success of New York’s High Line Park, citizens have band together in hopes to transform an abandoned trolley terminal on the Lower East Side. Using solar technology and fiber optics that will transfer sunlight to the underground, they hope to solve city issues of the lack of green...
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M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Welcome back M.I.A. Great video by Romain Gavras.
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Wes Anderson - From Above
Say what you will about Wes Anderson movies but the charming visuals and cinematography cannot be debated. This is a video montage of Wes Anderson’s overhead point-of-view shots. The compilation, created by Vimeo user Kogonada, includes infamous shots from Anderson’s best movies namely the beautifully shot (yet highly eerie suicide scene) from Royal Tenanbaums.
January 2012
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Ai Weiwei : Never Sorry
The documentary about the Chinese artist/activist received a rare standing ovation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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Oscar Roundtable
The ultimate reality show for me features accomplished professionals sitting at a table, turning the camera on and letting them talk. It doesn’t necessarily matter whether you’re interesting in what they do but the passion, hard work and path they got to where they are leads to an extremely inspiring and refreshing dialogue.
Anthony Bourdain and his Travel Channel special ‘At...
WORDS FROM KURT VONNEGUT
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Detropia
Detroit. Birthplace of the American middle class and now the deathbed of what was once a thriving and successful city. With a city that has lost 25% of its population in the last decade, thousands of factories closed and millions of workers/residents unemployed, the city is the unforunate result of globalization and the decay of the American manufacturing industry.
Oscar nominated filmmakers...
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Photographing Photographers
Abe Frajndlich’s 20 year project, Penelope’s Hungry Eyes: Photographs of Photographers, turning the cameras on renowned photographers.
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69TH GOLDEN GLOBE PREDICTIONS
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NBA Logo Redesigns by Michael Weinstein
There are some logos you don’t touch. Lakers, Bulls, Celtics. If there is so much of a slight tweak to their logo, riots would break out in their respected cities. And while the NBA has some timeless team logos, some fans are pleading for a logo revamp from their team. Enter Michael Weinstein, a Cambridge-based graphic designer. Weinstein has recreated logos for 8 teams while keeping their...
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THE JOKERS, 1959
Photographer Bruce Davidson and his 1959 ‘Brooklyn Gang’ photographic set documented rebellious teenagers called The Jokers. His images exposed the shady side of a seemingly “innocent” time period.
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Wynton Marsalis Group Live - New Years Eve
What a way to bring in 2012 with Wynton Marsalis and his group. Thank NPR for providing the audio for this. If you can’t appreciate this, kill yourself.
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Paths of Glory
It’s becoming more and more evident that the tension between individuals and the institutions they serve have reached a boiling point. See: The greedy financial sector, the corruption of political bureaucracy and the broken education system. This led me to recently revisit the 1957 WW1 movie, ‘Paths of Glory’. Stanley’s Kubrick brilliant anti-war film on the failures of...
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Senna
With the recent success of the ‘ESPN Film’ series and their vanguard ‘30 for 30’ documentary series, there has been an enormous thirst for sports documentaries. The great aspect of these films is that it shows the hidden and often concealed story lines that sports fans often aren’t generally informed about.
‘Senna’ was one of my favourite documentaries...
December 2011
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BOOKSHELF PORN
Not sure why I love ‘Bookshelf Porn’. Whether its the look of hardcovers shelved, the organized chaos or the idea that it satisifies my OCD tendencies but this blog collection is great.
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INFLUENCERS
INFLUENCERS is a short documentary by R+I Creative that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends become contagious today in our culture.
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Best Movie Posters of 2011
One might debate today’s importance of movie posters. The legendary Saul Bass designs have been replicated to exhaustion and movie trailers spearhead online hype and fandom. Even so, the first impression of a movie poster displayed in front of the theatre cannot be replaced. This year, we’ve seen some great poster designs, which range from the simplistic photography for...
November 2011
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October 2011
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June 2011
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The Global Food Crisis →
The result, according to Oxfam, is that “they extract much of the value along the chain, while costs and risks cascade down on to the weakest participants, generally the farmers and labourers at the bottom”.
May 2011
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“Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough...”
– Cornel West
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“I listened during the last election cycle to the rhetoric about small town...”
– David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme.
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April 2011
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WatchFRONTLINE: Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei? He’s China’s first global art star who is using his fame to push the boundaries of freedom in that country. But he’s walking a fine line…
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March 2011
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WatchFRONTLINE - Money and March Madness
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6 Lessons in Japanese Resilience →
“Being able to remain steadfast despite one’s circumstances. Few need to be reminded on how stoic the Japanese have remained in the face of tremendous adversity. From the replies of ordinary Japanese affected by the disaster to the media, to the way they behave in orderly fashion, one can tell that they are a people who can focus on what needs to be done as opposed to what’s...
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T-Magazine's Guide to Hamburg →
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WatchESPN Films presents The Fab 5.