In yesterday’s Vancouver Sun, I discovered this hilarious story: Victoria-raised [filmmaker Atom] Egoyan, 49, laughs as he recalls a surreal experience at the Guadalajara Film Festival. A showing of Next of Kin, his 1984 drama about a troubled young man who impersonates an Armenian couple’s long-lost son, was planned as part of a retrospective, but the […]
Oppressed Groups Relate to Avatar
Last week on Hyperallergic, I quoted a Chinese blog that noted how some Chinese relate to the movie Avatar: Many Chinese identify themselves with the Na’vi tribe in the movie Avatar — the tribe which rises up against the evil, with the help of Mother Nature and the animal kingdom. Government stopped the screening of the […]
From the latest episode of Parks & Recreation
Tom Haverford says, “A piece of art caused me to have an emotional reaction. Is that normal?” Episode: The Camel
Hasidics Try to Get Rid of Williamsburg’s Hipsters (video)
The Golem from Tablet Magazine on Vimeo. This video–which touches upon every hilarious hipster stereotype–includes a wink at the latest NY craze, Golems! Amazingly, this is a book trailer for The Jewish Body by Melvin Konner (Amazon). Enjoy! via Curbed
Dope Video for Your Friday (video)
Created by Bang-yao Liu as a senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design, it’s a fun take on the anxiety of deadlines (and procrastination). Here‘s the “making of” video. (Hat tip David G aka Tavit, btw, Happy Birthday T)