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And This Is Word For Word: The Theory of Relatability and Rethinking Justin Long’s Face

There was a night last month where I couldn’t sleep. I had to be up early for another full day of screenings and filing at the Toronto International Film Festival,…

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The Eyeball #36: BRAKHAGE!!!

I taught another session of my Experimental Films as Writing Prompts class at Hugo House last night. This one we looked at some films by Stan Brakhage. At the outset…

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Roger Ebert

“I don’t know when I’ve enjoyed the comments under someone else’s blog entry more.” Roger Ebert loves the comments on today’s “All Thumbs” piece.

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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/18-10/24

This week, the Porchlight Reading Series, Poetry and Jazz at Viracocha, yacht rock + psychedelia at the Blue Macaw, and Uberpup! Monday 10/18: Head over to the Verdi Club for…

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All Thumbs: Roger Ebert and the Decline of Film Criticism

I hate Roger Ebert. This may not be the most tactful time to say so, what with his genuinely brave fight against cancer, his inspiring display of spirit and endurance,…

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Make It, Make It, Don’t Fake It: Trash Humpers

In a lush suburban neighborhood in the South, dogs bark, birds tweet, and the sun shines on basketball hoops hung over powered garage doors. By night, soccer fields and parking…

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10/40/70 #25: The Hitch-Hiker

This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine…

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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/11-10/17

This week in San Francisco, Twitter IRL, SOMArts asks How Do You Value Art?, more art at Hotel Biron, and even more art (and readings!) at Sub-Mission’s Skate This Art.…

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The Boobs That Came Too Soon: An Account of the Melbourne Writers Festival

In late August the Melbourne Writers Festival cranked up again, celebrating its 25th anniversary. There were ten days of scheduled programming, most events jostled tight into two weekends. The official…

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Meghan Blalock’s Social Network

Meghan Blalock responds to today Daily Rumpus Email which concerned the new movie, The Social Network. ** The problem with David Carr’s rundown in the Times is that it assumes…

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Women in Trouble

While we usually classify films in terms of their genre, or their director, or the actors, what if, instead, we looked for visual patterns that linked them? An auteur theory…

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