Tag: movie
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Exit Through the Gift Shop
Next week holds the promise of the US release of the first film by Banksy. Last week, an extended teaser for the film was released which begins to outline Thierry Guetta’s (aka Mr. Brainwash) pursuit of the mysterious artist. Check it out: A list of venues and showtimes across the US is available on the…
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Tips for Life: Robots
Back by popular demand, another installment of tips for life. Enjoy!
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Sherlock Holmes
Have you seen Danny Yount’s titles for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes? Wow! Read Art of the Title’s interview with Yount here and see the evolution of his work on this project as well as the full credits themselves. Image: Art of the Title
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Shoveling
Unless you live under a rock or more likely, are one of my readers from abroad you might not know that this weekend brought Baltimore an historic blizzard. So this afternoon once the snow had stopped, I helped my family dig out. My mum was kind enough to supply the following video of my father…
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Brain Candy
Today finds Charm City buried once again, in a blanket of sparkling white. The effect is beautiful, bewildering and even a little inspiring though at some point after hours of shoveling, the snow will become less than charming. In the meantime, here is a piece of visually stunning eye/brain candy straight from Japan for you,…
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Tips for Life, Vol. 5: Workplace Safety
You know, women workers can be surprisingly good producers…. And remember, this all boils down to four things: 1) Don’t mix pleasure with business 2) Women can be awfully jealous of one another 3) Avoid undue familiarity 4) Women are more sensitive than men This gives me flashbacks to Oakland…
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Tips for Life, Vol. 4: Entertaining
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Tips for Life, Vol. 3.: Dating
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Tips for Life, Vol. 2b: Modern Popularity
A modern version of the last film, narrated by Stephen Colbert:
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Tips for Life, Vol. 2: Popularity
Remember: Girls who park in cars, are not REALLY popular… and home, parents and personality ALL help boys and girls to be popular… really…
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Tips for Life, Vol.1
I drink a lot of tea and coffee, thus mugs are one of the items that tend to join me in my frequent travels; but I wasn’t always a mug user. Thanks to this handy instructional video, though I was able to master the delicate art of mug use and ownership:
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Nice Tray
Oh Pee-wee, how I’ve missed you: Pee-wee Gets An iPad! from Pee-wee Herman Personally, I’m pretty satisfied with my MBP and iPad Nano so far, but we shall see…
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One of those days
It’s just one of those days; we all have them– you wake up and the world feels grey and unwelcoming. You scuff around and feel sorry for yourself and maybe mope a little. Well today, I’m having one of those days. BUT instead of moping about like a fool when I feel like this, I…
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Why be good when you can be better?
When I was an undergrad in design school , I was one of the weakest drawing students among my peers our freshman year. My professors, patient and inspiring though they were, seemed to remain concerned about my weaknesses in the fields of drawing and craft; it was the final pin-up discussions at which I shone.…
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Ode to Neutra
Ever the type-geek, I couldn’t resist sharing this TERRIBLE (terribly AWESOME, that is) video parody: Kind of makes you want to grow a well-kept beard, n’est pas?
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A Day in the life
With the new year upon us, now seemed like an appropriate moment to share this short film: Forever’s Not So Long, by Shawn Morrison and Garrett Murray How would you want things to end?
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Méliès the Magician
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of watching a documentary about the work and career of early French filmmaker, Georges Méliès. His work is the sort of early silent film many of us have seen without realizing who the names behind the work were. He is the creator and mind behind the A…
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Viens voir, mes amis…
Lately, I’ve been on a French film kick. Ever the Francophile, it has been a nice change of pace to come home and listen to the soothing sounds of a language I know and love, acted beautifully as is so rarely seen these days. Recent favorites have been Port of Shadows (Le Quai des Brumes)…
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The Fall
One of best movies I’ve seen in the last decade has to be The Fall directed in 2006 by Tarsem Singh. Late last summer, it played for a few weeks at the local independent movie theater and I was fortunate enough to see it on the big screen. Right from the beginning, the movie draws…