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NOIR CITY 6Lineup

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2007-12-11 16:59:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...intrepid young "investigator" to the home of a woman who may, or may not, be the widow of America's most notorious serial killer. Ms. Hunt, last year's Guest of Honor at Noir City 5, will be in attendance for the film's World Premiere Other highlights of Noir City 6 include: a double bill (Tuesday, January 29) of rarities from 20th...
 
Tags: city, noir city, noir, noir heritage, home entertainment format, format, home, film, noir fiction
 
 
 
 
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Halloween in the Castro (and beyond)

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2007-10-22 01:48:00 by Brian in Hell on Frisco Bay
...intrepid repertory programmers and/or DVD releasers happen to be reading this On October 29th and 30th, there will be two showings per night of a brand-new print of Eraserhead . I've been waiting years to see this film, on film, with an audience. Jonathan Rosenbaum has called David Lynch's first feature film, which he began while a student...
 
Tags: film, film screenings, feature film, rafael film center, kubrick film plays, plays, kid-friendly film event, silent film faust, arab film festival
 
 
 
 
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DVD Review: Frau Im Mond (aka Woman in the Moon) (1929)

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2007-12-08 20:51:37 by modculture in Cinedelica
...intrepid team as they head off into space in shirt and tie combos, with just a bottle of brandy for medication and some plyers for repairs (or so it seems). But remember, this was around 40 years before we actually did go to the Moon This newly-restored version is of 'near-original length', with no obvious gaps or breaks in continuity,...
 
Tags: eccentric professor mannfeldt, mannfeldt, helius, moon, prophetic movie, girl helius loves, movie, frau, final silent movie
 
 
 
 
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got nostalgic

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2007-09-23 19:39:00 by Jiangtou in Kung Fu Fridays
...intrepid contributers and will shortly post the video for the Intro and Q&A with Wilson Yip for FLASH POINT. I'll be sure to add a link here On the weekend I attended a course on letterpress printing out east on Gerrard Street, where the 2nd of our three or four Toronto Chinatowns exist. This brought back memories as there used to be an...
 
Tags: midnight madness, video, video store, rent vhs tapes, vhs, midnight madness selection, tapes, toronto chinatowns exist, scenes video
 
 
 
 
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Macho Meets the Mystical in a Himalayan River Trek

2007-05-20 03:23:00 by cine in Bhutan Film Blog
 
...intrepid types on a 10-day river trek from the Himalayas, south to the Indian border. Nobody has done this before, and there seems no reason to do it now, other than to make this documentary; the network assembled the team for that purpose The leader is Gerry Moffatt, a Scot who can say things like, Were all in the same boat together and not...
 
Tags: bhutan, adventure bhutan, recent bhutan stop, stop, river, adventure, northern bhutan, discovery channel, executive producer
 
 
 
 
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RETRO TOY FLASHBACK # 72: Choose Your Own Adventure/Find Your Fate/Plot-Your-Own Adventure Books of the 1980s

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2007-12-10 06:51:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...intrepid readers the chance to select at every story juncture a new quantum reality, so-to-speak, by deciding which "action" to take given a scenario. For instance, if you "chose" to go into a dark cave without a flashlight, you would turn to page 68...and promptly fall off the edge of a precipice. Or if you decided to "go back to camp" for...
 
Tags: adventure, adventure books, books, adventure format, choose, favorite star trek, star trek, adventure -style books, indiana jones
 
 
 
 
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RETRO TOY FLASHBACK #69: Pulsar: The Ultimate Man of Adventure (1976; Mattel)

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2007-11-07 19:10:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...intrepid Pulsar fanatic could monitor Pulsar in a well-constructed playset (sold separately) called the Life Systems Center. This device allowed you to "program him" for missions, "double-check X-rays", "light-scan his brain", "set all systems," and "activate vital organs." Molded in blue plastic, the Life Systems Center is essentially a very...
 
Tags: pulsar, change pulsar, systems, monitor pulsar, vital systems, intrepid pulsar fanatic, systems max, transparent chest, chest
 
 
 
 
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HD vendor has high-end doodads

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2008-01-03 14:22:00 by Alexandyr Kent in Louisiana Movies: Glamour, Geeks and Gumbo
...intrepid reporter visited with Michael Ciancio of 4:4:4 Camera this morning. He opened the rental shop in downtown Shreveport and hopes to add HD equipment and expertise to the local market. Read my Times story here. Good info for those DPs out there I asked Michael some reasonably interesting questions about choosing HD over 35 mm film. He...
 
Tags: lower budget features, budget features, high-end, michael, michael ciancio, market, pretty neat pieces, local market, vision research phantom
 
 
 
 
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Comic Cover Art for 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

2008-01-04 00:00:00 by Erik Davis in Cinematical
 
...intrepid Doctor Henry Jones Jr. is back in his biggest adventure yet! This time, the world-renowned archaeologist finds himself caught in a series of events that all point to a discovery unlike any other. But will his rivals in pursuit of this priceless treasure seize his quarry from right under his nose? Not if he, and a few unexpected...
 
Tags: comic cover art, cover art, cover, indiana jones, crystal skull, comics, kingdom, dark horse comics, adaptation